Litchfield enquirer., 1832-10-18
HENRY CLAY.

Adams, and must be peculiarly tut1H91ting ae ahis time. nlrs Adams wrote it upon retiSIag from the Presidency. and distinctly. denies
 the EbeIlops charges of bargain 6 corruption.
 "The oiher fNIr. Clays) is equally .ssoEthy of the honor i9 which yOn have nsSOciated
 him with me Upon him Che 3onIest islanders
 have been shOwcTed. Long know aad apprc-
 ciated, as snceessively the member Of both
 houses ofyour national legislature, as the nO- rivaIled Speaker, and same time most efficient leader or debates in one of them as m able and successful negOtiatOF for your interests in war and in peace, with foreign pOweFs, and as powerful candidate for the highest of your trusts. The departmenf:Of State itseH was station, which by. it's best0wal. could copfer neither honor nor profit on him, but upon which he has shed uniading honor, by the manner in which he has discbafged it's
 duties. Prejudice and passion have charged hin with obtaining that office by bargain and corruption. Before you, my fellow-eitizens, in the presence of our country and Ofheaveh,
 pronounce that charge totally unfounded. This tribute of justice is due from me to him, and seize with pleasure the 0ppOrtunity af-
 forded me by your letter, of dischargiog the obligation.
 "As to my motives for rendering to him
 the Department of State when I did, let that man who questions them come forward. Let him look around among the statesmen and legislators oftbi nation and of that day. Let him then select and name the man whom. hy his pre-eminent talents, by his splendid servi- ces, by his ardent patriotism, by his all-en,-
 bracing public spirit, by his fervid elo- quence in behalf of the rights and liberties af mankind, by his long expe, fence in the affairs of the UnioD. foreign and domestic {; a Presi- dent of the United States, intent only upon the honor and welfare of his country, ought to have preferred to HENRY CLAY. Let him name the man, and then judge you, nay fel-
 low citizens, of my motives" s Lone Seminary.-We learn that this semi-
 nary, to which Dr. Beecher is to remove, has about 90 students. It Is within twU miles of Cincinnati and within half mile of the Ohio.
 A farm .ofonc hundred and ten acres is Ow0-
 ed by the seminary, on which its buildings are
 located, and from the cultivation ofwhich the l table of the stOCentsis tosa great extent sup piled. Workshops are also provided fer lih0se who prefer this mode of exercise. and l for the employment of all during the winter. 1 It is required that each student employ three
 hours every week day in manual labor, either ] on the farm or in the workshop. ,-v.s
 1He GirUrd Coliege-As the disposition of
 the immense bPqGest of MT. Girard for the
 establishment and support ofan Orphan Col
 lege is a subject of deep interest to thc friends
 of religious education. we present an abstract
 of the erdinance of the Councils of Philadel- 1 phia, respecting the manner of its control. y | The whole charge of all the legacies in
 which the city of Philadelphia is interested. is
 vested iH bOard of nine directors, each t,s
 serve for three years, to be chosen annually I by the two councils. which consist altogether l of thirty two members. T he board is Feqnir. l ed to divide itself into three committees oF ] three members each one on Hpance tO con- ] trol hesincemr, investment. and expenditure I of the estate; a second 10 take charge of the l real properysits leasing, repairs. &c. snd 3 third t0 lhsvs charge Ofthe College, the sys- \ tenn of instruction and discipline, and ihe
 maint enance and linstruciion of the orphans. I No member of the board isto receive sslY
 compensation forhis services, or he engaged
 in any profitable contract or employ nsent connected with the estate. A treasurer and
 Secretary are to be employed by the Board.
 The accounts to be examined quarterly by
 Board of three auditors.sto continue in flte of.
 fee three years each.-S. s. Jowr..k A
 The sentiment expressed in the anncxed paragraph
 from the Natienal Gazette, must have the entire epn-
 currence of every observer :" Politicians, specuia.
 tive and practical occupy foo large share of ihe al-
 en,ion of the world. Thsmoral, intellectual, social,
 and economical interes ofman neglected and sn-
 dersood propor,ianasely. our country, party pol-
 cs have an epidemic iaAusnce like that ofahe Chel- era-every subject is assnsila,ed aud takes the pre-
 xaiag ype Most of ths journals called Papcss,
 particularly iD tle South and Wesi, do not aBswes to
 their ,iile they filed wh political controversy.
 personai insecvs, and pfolix disqnisisons party
 topics is as the eyes of the crier, and dry aa
 ssthe remainder biscuit aiter long voyage"
 | IHe Choters in Boston. This disease can scarcely
 be said to have existed epidemic in this city,
 There have been battsw cases reported, and bs, one
 since the 2lst of September. Those that have keea
 reported have been nalsnans and Pessly hssl.-
 Mos of them, however, occurred in about Fessen-
 den Court, yard of Elliot Street, in which the
 sources of filth and dsease sufficient to account
 for the deveOpement which was t.ere witnessed. On
 opening the drain. found 10 be obstrucsed, aud
 tha, the materialstE should have passed into the
 common sewer, had for some time found their waydi-
 rec,ly into the well which supplied the inhabitants ef
 .he court with water. In addition 10 this le stencil \ in and asagths court had bees rsmafked upeny thsI passers-by for several weeks previous, and eveqio
 the inhabitants themselves, had been amaaier ofscms
 conversation and uneasinesa. There does not ithen
 appsar much cause obeieve that tbe disease has yet