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Litchfield enquirer., 1835-03-05
HARDWARE

AU " &3&A6S
 FOR SALE BY SAMUEL P. BOLLES,
 LITCHFIELD. DARBER g. GeDn's patent cast steel CIR ID cuEAR SAWS, of A and 26 inches diam eter, and smaller sizes.
 English and American, German and Cast Steel MILL SAWS, of 6 and 1-2 feet, and Cross cut and TennOa ditto.
 Wood Saws and Frames, with all other sorts of Saws. Plane Irons.
 Primers, Turner's. Franer's Chisels and Gouges. Files and Rasps, flat. round, halt round, square g. triangular, of all com. lengths Blacksmiths' Vices. Bitt Stocks and Bitts, from IF to 48 pitts complete.
 Door Butts and Handles and House Trim rnings generally. Screws of all sizes.
 LOCKS of every description.
 Cabinet Makers Trimmtngs-HOtto'O Ware: Brass Andirons, cast dO. with brass tops and do. with wrought bars, and common cast do' Shovels and Tongs-Chopping Knives. Knives and Forks; Spoons Walters. Waffle lrons-FateDt Iron Tea Kettles. Harness Makers Trimmings. Carpenters 'Adzes, Hatchets, cast steel and common Augers; Veers-Glass Curtain Pins' GLUE, Sand Paper, SIc. SIc. with almost ev- cry other article in the Hardware line, which will he sold as low as they can be bought 'n the state of Connecticut. LiichfeLd NOu. 6. 22
Litchfield enquirer., 1835-03-05
NOTICE.

NOTICE. "HE Hon. Court of Probate for the Dis- 1- trict of Woodbury has limited and allow ed six months from this date to the creditors Of the estate of
 AARON HITCHCOCK. late of WoOdbury. in said district, deceased. represented insolvent. for the exhibition of their claims against said estate; and has ap- pointed the subscribers Commissioners to re. ceive, examine and adjust said claims. We hereby give notice that we shall meet, to at! tend io the duties of said appointment, at the late dwelling house of the deceased, in said Wo"dbury. on the 9sth days of April and JU- y next. at nine o'cleck in the forenoon on each of said days. All claims not presented within said limited time will be debarred q Escovery.
 WALTER BoOTR. Ceasmis.
 JasEFH E. BELLAMY, sioHers. All persons indebted to said estate aFe 70. queSted to make immediate payment tO
 NATHANIEL PEAaV. ESseutev. NssV. AiIl(Srd, Fs6. 2, issS. ss1
Litchfield enquirer., 1835-03-05
NOTICE

ITS hereby given, that pursuant to an order II of the Court of Probate for the District of Litchfeld, directing SO much ofthe Real Els. tate of ISAAC Fl. DIBBLE,
 late of TOrringtOn, deceased, to be sold at public or private sale as will raise the sum of S8O4 45 cents-ihe administrator will sell at public auction, on the premises. on the 5th day of March next, at one o'clock in the af ternoon, ifnot previously sold at private sale sc sc .,"Cir"t sald real estate as will raise the aforesaid sum and incident charges of sale.
 HANNAH B. PHELPS, Adm'r.
 TOrrington, Feb. l8, 1885. "SSr
Litchfield enquirer., 1835-03-05
NOTICE.

NO lOCs
 THE undersigned having reason 10 believe A that MAD DOGS have within few days past been at large in the town of War. ren. and heinz of opinion that the property "f the inhabitants of this State. as well as their p"rs"ns, are in danger in eGnssqarnce of d"gs being permitted to gO at large-We d0 there. f"re, in conformity Co R statute law of this state. order aud direct that all persons, Own ers "f dogs within the limits "f the town oi Warren. shall etlsciualIy restrain them from g"ing at large in said i6wn far thirty days from this date.
 SRERMAN HARTwRLl, Jnsfiess ef
 GEORaw STARR, tAe Peaes. l, Warren, ktk. Ie, 1888. B7
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1835-04-22

lly put out Of temper.-lIe carried his irrri-
liability so far to break marbe table to pieces
with hammer, because lie chanced to stumble over
it in the dark.
Shakespeare, though one of the most generous of
men, a great hlggler. lie was often known TO
dispute with shop keeper for half an hour on the
matter of penny. He gives Hotspur credit for
portion of his own disposition, when he makes him
say, " would cavil on the ninth part of a hair"
Peter Corneitte, the creates wit of his time, so
far as concerns his works, remarkably stupid IN
conversation, also Addison, who is acknow-
ledged to have been of the most elegant writer's
that lived.
Handel was such a miser, that at the same time
he was in receipt of fifty pounds night from the
Opera, he was frequently known to a shirt
for a mouth, to save the expense ofwashing
Burns never remained sober so long he could
get drunk. 1t in the fits occasioned by this Pc
cularity, that he wrote many of those simple
doggerels for servant girls that frequently find at
tached to beautiful airs, under the title of poetry,
such Wandering Willie, &c
ByrOnwas also sadly addicted to the % malt stoup"
Some of his stanzas, how ever, were produced
der the influence of the jolly god. According to his
servant, Peter Controy, lately deceased in this city,
pint Of brandy was his nightly allowance.
Samuel Rogers is ar inveterate punster, albeit
from his poetry, might suppose him to be the
grayest man in Christendom. He has pecu-
ary that distinguishes him from all poets past pres
ent, and to come, ie., three hundred thousand pounds
Thomas CompbeU though ugly man it is said,
is very vain of his personal appearance; he once
discharged servant for limiting to him the propriety
of getting wig, as his hair turning grey.
Sir Waiter Sc.H was said to have taken no pride
in the wonderful creations of his genius, 1.-THE same
time that he extremely vain of his title Of sher-
if of the county.
Hogg, however, is the victim of still more un-
pardonabe vanity. Whenever he is asked out to
dinner he invariably says, II shall do ye the plea
sure, and then ye will ha' it to say, that ye had the
honor to sit in company with the Ettrick Shepherd,
allowed all hans to be the greatest sang writer in
the warld,"
Earle Grey, the late premier, who is indisputa-
bly, man of genius, is very tmid that he will
never sit in after nghtfal by himself for fear
of seeing ghost and though he acknowledges to
this, he affects to be sceptical to their existence,
Pdrlour Journal
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1835-04-22
PRESIDENT JACKSON.

The number for last month of the London New
Monthly Magazine, contains m article entitled
Z" General Jackson and contributed, avowedy, by
an American - from the North" who had an inter
view with him in 1881. We subjoin two passages
of the article:
General Jackson is very TALL bony, and thn with
an erect military bearing, and head set with
considerable ferte upon his shoulders. A stranger
would at once pronounce upon his profession and
his frame, features, voice, and action, have nat,-
raj and most peculiar warlikeness. He has mot to
speak disrespectfully) gamecOek look all over him.
His face is unlike any; its prevailing expression is
energy, but there is, to speak, lofty honorable
ness in its thinworn lines, combined with a pene-
trating and sage look of talent, that would single
him out, even among extraordinary men, as per-
son of more than usually superior cast. He looks
like the last person in the world TO be "humbugged,"
and yet caricature of him would make an admra-
BILE Don QuixOue. In the days Of chiyalry, lie
would have been the mirror of tried sodiers-an old
ron-grey knight, invincible and lonlike but some
thing stiff IN his courtesy. His eye is of DANGER
Gus ixedness, deep set, and overhung by bushy
grey eyebrows his features long, with strong ritgy
lines, running through his cheeks; his forehead a
good deal scanned; and his white hair, stiff and
wiry, brushed obstinately hack and worn quite
with expression of cheraur de treize of bayon-
cts. In his mouth there is redeeming suavity as
he speaks, but the instant his lips close vizor steel
would scarcely look more impenetrable. His man.
ners are dgniied, and have been called high bred
and arisocratic by travellers; but to my mind are
the model of republican simplicity and straight for
wardness,-He is quite man one would be proud
to show as the exponent Of the manners of his
country.
General Jackson would be bad dplomatist
in Europe, or any where, without power. He has
but one cheodt de botaile-he rides down and breaks
through every thing that other men would think of
knots His is no i" head to creep into crevices"-
Having made up his mind as to his aim, and trust.
ing to his own directness of purpose, he shuts his
eyes, like the monarch of the herd, and charges
generally with success. His passions are said
to be tremendously violent; and long life has but
little subdued their warmth. His paroxisns are
not unfrequent: and sooth to say, he has often
cause for never man crossed and thwarted
he has been in his administration. His stern up
rightness and singleness Of mind, however, bring
him generally well through.
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1835-04-22
PERILOUS ADVENTURE.

From Mr. Hofrman's very interesting volume of
"a Winter in the Vest" we extract the following
passage
"The banks of Lake Erie at Cleveland which
high and covered with sod on the top, ore COM
posed of clay and gravel. On the surface they ap-
pear firm, but for the distance ofnearly mile along
shore they have sunk or sinking to the breadth
of about 5000 feet, and slipped off into the lake,
whose waters thus swallow building lots worth a
great amount of money. The cause is believed to
lie in qucksands beneath ; and it offers singular
phenomenon, to stand the shores below, and.
marking the sunken platforms of earth behind,
where half of clay has risen through the SAN
dy beach in front, within few inches of the surface
of the water.
The treacherous attitude of the shore, suggested
to my companion--who, tho young, has been a
traveller in his day-an incident he had witnessed
while journeying through some of the remote prov-
incos of Mexico, which would make feeble sub
jec for the pencil of Weir or Inman He had rid
den with an English gentleman for many hours
through unsettled country where not drop of
water to he got for their horses, when coming
upon clear stream, sparkling a bed of yellow
sand, their weary beast spraDg forward simulta-
neousy to drink from the grateful current A break
in the bank caused their riders to reign up and dis
mount retaining mt the same time the lOosencd relns
in their hands, while their horses stepped down to
the margin of the brooks. The American finding
that the decetfu bottom yielded as as touched,
jorked his terrific beast from the fatal spot while
yet his forefeet were only immersed in the quick
sand but the horse of the Englishman in his
gerness to get at the water made but step to
destruction. He sunk Houndeing to his shoulders
before an effort could be made to rescue him and
then in his struggles to rescue himself from the
ingufng pool, he heaved his broad chest high above
its surface and the sucking sands drew his quarters
in moment beneath them, the nostrils of the suf-
ter, and giving that hideous cry,
The cry ofsteeds that sink in agony
he tossed his head franticay above his greedy grave
his name f1uttered for q moment the shallow wa
ter and the bed of the stream closed oyer him for,
ever.
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1835-04-22
MORAL REELECTION.

Hope is the support of the disappointed, the en-
courager of the unfortunate the rest of the weary,
and the visionary friend of all mankind. How many
an unhappy person has been enable to support him
self in the trying moments of alction, by the indul-
gence of hope, that the dark hour would not las,
forever, but that the time would soon arrive when he
would once more be happy. The young man in his
hopeful day dreams. only in the extended vista
of life. the gay images of fancy, and the deiustve
pbanthoms of ambition. Hope adds TO the picture
friendships visionary form, and loves glowing col
ors. Time himself can scarcely weaken the hucs
and diminish the objects raised by boPc TIL death
shuts the scene
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1835-04-22
From the Baltimore Tisiter,
BURNING OF A MENAGERIT

------Fastw we found, fast we shut,
The dismal gates barricadoed strong;
But long ere our approaching, heard within
Noise, other than the sound of dance song;
Torment, and loud lament, and furious rage.
Milton.
The horrors Of that light shall never be forgotten
Time may roll on, and the mass of years NAV gath
or over my head, and by their heavy pressure bring
me to the cold damp grave yet will remem-
member the terrors of that night.
A friend IN the country--a Wild open hearted
fellow--one of those choice spirits rarely to be
met with in this dense crowd of human nothing
ness, called upon me after tea to request that
would accompany him 10 4" the lions" or in 9TH
or words, on visit to the menagere readily con-
sented, as it had been a long time since had vsi-
ted one of these UitdefRcsses-and the thing was
perfectly novel to him. lie had trappd otters and
beavers. treed opposums, fork ID deer hunted bears
and even shot panthers--yet he had never been in
a menagerie.
The display of wild BEASTS engrossed our atten-
fion for an hour or two-with admiration we mark
ed the wonderful dociIity and sagacity Of the huge
clephant-laughed at the playful tricks of those
iuockcries of human nature, ycept monkeys
shrunk from the vengeful grin of the hycna, and
shuddered at the roar of the monarch lion. w,
were all absorbed in the strange scene before us
miration.-The great book Of nature had been open
ed to our view, and the wonder-woraing power anc
majesty Of the Creator were written there in clarinl
characters.
With minds full Of the grand and terrible, we sal
led forth; and in order that we might have fa
opportunity Of talking over the interesting sabcc
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1835-04-22
THE BOAT OF LIFE.

BY THOMAS MOORE.
Let's take this world as some wild scene,
Through which in irail but buoyan, boat
With skies now rude and now serene,
Together thou and must float:
Beholding of, on either shore,
Bright spots where we should love TO s,ruy
But Time plies swift his flying oar,
Aud OIL we speed-away, away,
Should chilling winds and rain come on,
Wen raise our awning 'gainst the shower
Sit closer till the storm is gone,
And smiling wait a SUMMER hour.
Aud ir that suanier hour should shine,
Wen know its brightness cannot stay,
And happy while It's thine and mine,
Complain not when il fades away.
Thus reach we both, at last, that fall
Down winch liie's currents all must go
The dark, the brilliant, destined all
To sink into the void below
Nor cen that hour shall want its charms,
Ifside by side still fond we keep,
And calmly in each others arms
Together linked go down the sleep.
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1835-04-22
POPPING THE ALTERNATIVE.

If we but knew who the author of the following
stanzas is or ever was, We would canonze him. 1t
was addressed to a young lady, (who, by the way,
was coquette) by one of her weary admirers. lie
was gallant fellow-one in thousand, and the old
bachelors should love him for his independence,
though it is quite probable the lady in question would
not
You will and you won't half no and half yes!
fm quite at loss for your meaning, dear Miss:
Andenough, in all conscience you've baied and shammd
Say yes and be kiss'd or say no. and be d-d
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1835-04-22
PECuuARITIEs OF MEN OF GENIUS.

Homer, 1t is said, had such an aversion TO natural
music, that lac could never be prevailed on to walk
along the bank ola murmuring brook, nevertheless,
he sang his own ballads, though not in the charac-
Ter of mendicant, recorded by the infamous
Zoilus
IirgH was so fond Of salt, tha, he seldom vent
without box full in his pocket. which he made use
of from time TO time, all men of the present day
tobacco.
Zorodsfer, it is said, though the most profound
philosopher of hi. time, theoretically, was very
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1835-04-22

We were pleased with the common sense inan-
tested by an unfortunate son Of Erin, who was be-
ing tried before Justice Whitman, tic other day.
/" Are you guilty not guilty r. SAID the clerk.
|" And whs, the de7i, ~ Wv pu. ,hers fos ~, :,
End ou.r
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1835-04-22

The following lines from the pen Of Charles X D. Boy
ington recently executed Mobile for murder They were
written prison under the of death They are pecu
ary touching and when the circumstances under wmch h
were written taken into consideration we believe no one
can read them without admitting they worthy to be called
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ouching, and when the circumstances uhuef ""e'
written are taken into consideration, we believe
i'd them without admitting they are worthy to De
LINES BY THE CONDEMNED.
/ love the glittering scenes OF life
The worlds gay revelry;
Though brief have been my youthful days.
They still are dear to me.
Hove to gaze on beauty's smile.
And kiss her tears away;
Hove 10 hear the soft breathed words
OF thrilling poesy.
"old natures wildwood loveness'--
The forest, hill, and deb
Are all too dear, without q sigh,
To breathe las. farewell;
And stif, with rapture, behold
Creations wonders, where
Each star stands glmmering in iu sphere.
Like islands Of the air.
love TO pause, and listen TO
The murnuring Of the sea
The signing breeze the wood-birds note
All nature s minstrelsly!
And mid the haunts of early days
Doth memory often dwell,
And paint. with varied colors bright.
Each scene once known SO well
Methinks the, now the merry laugh
or school-mates can hear;
Each friendly voice Of mem'ry seems
Still ringing IN mine eer.
Zen now see each maiden's blnsh.
Each smile of artless Joy,
Each feature that gazed upon
Ahappy. thoughtcs boy
And ah how true remembrance paints
One dear loved object there
The bright blue eye the lilly cheek,
The rosebud in her hair,
Be still. my henrt remembrance soon
Will sketch less faithfully,
And death thy thrilling tumul, hush
Through oil eternity.
But, oh, most sadly dear is still
My mothers parting sigh
Her last fond kiss, her soft embrace
The bright tear in her eye
And DER till death will on my mind
Her words prophstc dwell;
We may not mset again, my boy
God bless thee fare thee well"
Yet, though my mind calls up the past.
TO cheer the future view,
Soon must tho word--the loved Of life
Receive my last adieu
The fearful words have been pronounced
That seal my earthly doom,
Aud, with the springs first flowers, consign
My form within the tomb
Bat, ere the destined day arrives,
The anxious world shall seo
One effort for my distant friends
One for my memory.
If succeed, then can say,
With cheerful ecstacy,--
20, death where is thy sting o, grave!
Where is thy victoryi"
lie City Prison. January 1896.
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1835-04-22

fire, (which rug bore representation OF huge
Bengal Tiger-and this gentle reader explains the
whole mystery.
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1835-04-22

l turned from the to witness one still more
horrible.
4 mother, with fair child, blooming boy, was
standing immediately beneath me, looking passively
upon the appalling conliagraton-l heard the boy,
say " he wished he had been man, that he might
he freman"--and | became interested III him.
The mother, when she heard the roar of the dying
lion nstiuctycy casped the boy TO her breast, and
was about flying, when a vcngcfu tiger leapt from
the flaming interior of the building, and with one
bound fell, buried his teeth deep into his tender
flesh. The people around stood aghast with horror,
and the mother fled, leaving her hoy prey to the
infuriated animal, In vain he shricked--the flesh
wa. torn piece-mca from his delicate limbs, and
turning towards me look of reproach, he resigned
his spirit know not whether was actuated by
feelings Of humanity or determination to avenge the
death Of that fair boy, but without thought for
myself, sprang from the WALL aud in a moment
was in deadly grapplc with the grim monster, My
knife thrice entered his throat but his wounds on,
tended to augment his frocy. His teeth were
firmly buried in my shoulder and his sharp claws
were tearing the flesh from my sides. oh the
|. horror of that moment struggled in van-deatb
was Notwithstanding in despair, l invoked the
aid of the supreme power--and dscokt.
I What with thoughts of the menogorie, and the
champaign. had tumbled on the rug before the
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1835-02-20
From the Mew York Gazette, on Monday.

LATEST FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN SouADRoN.-
The editors OF the Gazette, have received let
tiers, dated on board the U. S. ship Delaware,
Port Mahon, 18th and 18th of November, with
postscript of the 2lst giving some particulars Of
the cholera in the squadron; but having been ia
vored with an extract of letter from the fleet
surgeon, We give il in preference to other re-
marks The Doctor says
81 am still in the land of the living, and after
having been exposed TO scenes, almost calcula-
ted to make death too familiar. Our ship re-
mains in port with the Shark; We sent their men
as fast as they were attacked, to an island in the
harbor 1t has been melancholy scene. About
20 Of our men have died, and two were buried
this day; but from the favorable state Of those
now under our care, and change for the bet
ter in the weather, this afternoon, entertain
strong hopes that the worst is over. No officer
has died on board, and but one petty officer the
acting boatswain Of the Shark, who died on the
18th inst"
We find the following paragraph in New
York paper:
In the Temps Of the 18th, We find this state
ment-" On the receipt Of the American papers
at Havre, the members Of the General Council
and the chief merchants met together, in order
to ward off if possible. the blow which threatened
commerce. The meeting was unanimous for pc
tionng the Chambers to acquesce in the Anne
rican indemnify The petition was drawn and
instantly covered with signatures" One mer-
chant only, Mr. P***r-who has nevertheless
fifteen vessels at sea, and whom war would GER
tainly ruin-reiused, declaring that he would
not, even at the hazard of war, consent that
France should treat under menace.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1835-02-20
LATER FROM CALCUTTA.

The ship Star, Captain Grifing, of this port,
arrived at the Delaware Breakwater, on the
nth instant in l04 days from Calcutta.
We have not received any papers by this YES
sci: but have been favored with the following cx.
tracts from private letters, received in this city
Yesterday. The most important intelligence
Contained in them, is an account of the stoppage
of the Trade with the English at Canton, on tie
18th ofAugust-P Philadelphia Commercial Her.
Extract of a differentiated.
CALCUTTA, Oct. 10th, 1894
"Goods generally are high, aud Private Bills
on England are Is. Sd. per rupee; Bank Bills IS.
Cd. In consequence Of the high price of goods,
the ship Liberty of Philadelphia, is not expected
to leave here till January"
F,lract Of a letter from I'm. 4. Foster, Esq. dated
CALCUTTA Oct. 9Th.
owe are to-day in receipt of advices from
China (Canton) to August goth, by which il,
appears that the trade with the English was stop
ped on the 18th Of that month, in consequence
of Lord Napier's insisting upon direct com.
munication with the Viceroy, which was denied
him."
Another letter ofkhe 1911 Oct. says
1.-THE speculation mania in Metals is now over.
Fortunes have been made and lost within the last
two months. Copper has fallen from 40 to 26
rupees per maund; and Spelter from to 5ru.
PEGS per maund.