Litchfield enquirer., 1834-10-30

way to the city, and had with him cOnside- I rable sum of money. About o'clock on the evening of his arrival, he went out, saying he was going to Cambridge, and if he could not get ride back he should walk, although it were 10 o'clock. His son, whom he brought to Boston, said that his father had four or five hundred dollars in his pocket. Nothing fur ther was heard of him for several days. ex- cept that his hat, pOcket-bOok. and number ] of papers, were found that night, at about II o'clock. on Cambridge Bridge. The follow ing article, however, from the Boston Tran script of Oct. 2I, throws some further light on ] this subject. =
 Perkins, the Ne,cingfOn P. M.-There is reason to believe that this man, whose dsap-
 pcarance has excited SO much anxiety, has ab-
 seconded. The Sheriff of Newington. accom-
 panird by one of Perkins creditors, has come to the city in pursuit of him. He has been
 traced to the Marlborough hotel. from whence
 it is presumed that he went tO Fall River. It 1 appears that he had mortgaged his farm and | borrowed considerable sum of money, and
 it is supposed he must have had with him,
 when he came to Boston. five or six thou
 sand dollars. It is said that the hired man
 who accompanied him was in the secret, and
 has divulged the plot since he returned to
 Newington with the hoy. We are informed
 also that Perkins purchased in Boston cap and pistol on the day he disappeared.
 Political Conficts.-Thc conflicts of politi- 1 cal parties, when based upon honest difference of opinion in regard to questions of state pol icy, the measures of Go, ernment, or consti- 'ntional powers, and when the discussions of the cOntrOverted questions are conducted in a 1 spirit of liberality, good nature, and mutual lv hono in1 not only to the community which may be thus divided, but to mankind generally. It is in such conflicts that political truths are eli cited. the rights of the people made known, the general principles of government investi. gated. and the reciprocal duties of the govern. 1 ing and the governed illustrated and settled. ! Truths before unknown or unsettled, have in { such conflicts, in which mind grappes with ! mind, and all the mental energies and resour- ces of men are called into action, elicited like the sparks produced by the sudden contact of flint and steel and like those sparks, have sometimes been the apparently small cause of great and important events. But so long as l man continues to be the selfish being that he is, (and as he always has been and is. SO will he ever continue to be,) 80 long will evil be ] inseparabie from good; instead. therefore, of those salutary and wholesome differences of opinion and candid discussions which lead to truth and elicit knowledge-instead of that forbearance, gentIeness, and candor, which should characterize controversies of every kind, we unfortunately too often witness the outpomrings of the bitter waters of the heart, by the contending parties, upon each other.-l All the angry passions are stirred up; the voice of charity is sienced; islander, with her shafts dipped in gall, is let loose, and in com pany with the Furies. attacks, indiscriminafe- ly, all she meets-virtue is no prOtection-in- nOcence no shield-the more elevated the man, and the brighter the character. the more conspicuous a mark does he become, and the snrer is he of being attacked. We may de- precate this state of things, and all good men must. but may we not hope, that like the storms and tempests of the natural world, V hich threaten ruin and destruction to every thing exposed to their fury. but which leave the atmosphere purer and more serene, these political tcmpests serve wise and beneficial purpose? We would fain think so, and in that thought take comfort, that the storm which now rages in this country. in which the tom ahawk and scapins knife are brandished over the heads of the venerable and patriotic, with all the malevolence ofsavage warfare, will ere long have passed away, and with it the rle-
 nents of its own composition, namely, selfish ambition, love of power, avarice, and a slavish u1'oNo" so P"ty' As H"VPhy' N'S suVU'u ] be the case, we should have little to regret 1 but should these elements still remain. what ever may be the result of the present conflict,
 we shall still be exposed to d future political
 tempest, that may, in its desolating course,
 prostrate all that freemen should hold dear
 and valuable--Our rights. our liberties, and
 our Philadelphia Heralu.
 Hermitage Burnt.-We are sorry to learn
 from the following extract from the Nashville
 Republican, that Gen. Jackson's residence.
 the Hermitage, has been destroyed by ire,- the result of accident:
 "Yesterday evening, about 4 o'clock, the roof of the Hermitage was discovered to be on fire, and all attempts to arrest the progress of the flames proving unav ailing. the entire edifce, with the exception of the room at tached to the northern end, and used as di- hing room, was in few hours consumed.- The valuable furniture in the lower story was fortunately saved. though much broken and otherwise injured in getting it out. That in the second story was, We understand. chiefly ] destroyed. The fire is supposed to have heen communicated to the roof by the falling of spark from one of the chimneys, and l there being at the time light breeze from the North-West, the progress of the flames was propor,ionabIy rapid. The numerous and
 valuable private papers of the President were
 probably all preserved. We need not add
 that the event has occasiuned to this c0mmu-
 nlty deep and universal regret.