Litchfield enquirer., 1833-08-01

candidate whom some prefer. TO tns agita. tors in behalf of Judge Mclean and Mr. Web sIer, | would say in aIl good feeling, beware ;hlt you do not pull down those you would hnild np. Both are yet in the green tree of 1 life, and in the vigOr Of public usefulness.- Nothing is so likely tO sere and blast both as tO stand before the country defeated candi- dates for ihe Presidency. The matter should be we'll considered, and all mining and cOun- termining avoided. Let the last ten years of Crawford. Calhoun and Clay be borne in fresh recollection, aud it cannot fail to im- press a serious admOnition upon all, who wish well to the country and hold in proper estima- ton the best Ofiis citizens when the nOmina- ton of new candidate is under cOnside- ration. .
 Melancholy Occurrence. accident at Schenectady, yesterday, threw gloom over the concluding proceedings Of the commence Rent at Union College. Mir. w. DakP, a young gentleman of Greenfield, Saratoga co. who was aboutlo graduate with high repu- tatiOn for scholarship and personal worth, and to whom was assigned Hebrew oration in the distribution of the orders of the com mencemrni, went with several college assO. ciates, about 4 o'clock yesterday mOrning, io bathe in the Mohawk, near the college. He ] was not supposed io have been beyond his depth, when he cried out for help. One o
 the young men, who was swimming farther out in the stream, came to his assistance, but became soon so much exhausted as fO bt compelled [, leave him for the preservation of his own lfe The body of Dake was soOr recovered, aud every effort made to resusci
 tate it; hut Intellectually. The parents of the unfortunate y0ung man reached the college
 from their residence, about an hour after the event :-their high hopes and anticipated grat. ifcation inthe promise of favorite son all
 dashed to the earih.-Albany Argus.
 Playing Gen. Jackson.-According tn the 1 Transcript, the Boston boys have new play, which is thus described "A juvenile wag, of some consideration with his companions. con- ceives an idea that he would make avery good President or General. Accordingly he sum mons all tbe boys in the neighbourhOod. to the number Of one or two hundred, and lays his plans before them. They like the fun, and yield willing obedience 10 the peoples Presi. dent. A handcart is procured and drag ropes attached to it. The President combs and tal- lows his hair until it stands erect. like quilts upOn the fretful porcupine. His mothers dredging box is put in requisition. and he be- comes grey headed and venerable old man. He mounts ihe cart--his little fellow citizens good and loyal subjects-lay hold-and the procession proeeeds-the President standing | erectin his mock barouche, hat in hand, bow ing right and left, front and rear, to the enthu- siastic multitude. Here and there his prog. ress is interrupted by a speech. to which he makes "a nsat and pertinent reply The game continues until the President is exhaus- ted by fatigue, when he is conducted to the lodgings provided for him at the Gingerbread House, and the escort is dismissed. The President, before he retires, shows himself al the window-the crowd recognize his vener. 1 abie form and greet him with reiterated shouts --he smiles cOmplacentlY and goes to bed.