Litchfield enquirer., 1835-04-23
FOR THE ENQUIRER.

FOR THE ENQUIRER.
 -" With allthy fants, I love thee still, My country And while yet O0dk:is left Where auyht of nncen ni assge is reiaiued, Shall be constrained 10 love lhee.
 There is nothing lha. ruus awasywi,h people in their sober senses as ,he rage fur internal improve meat. As if nature were not sufficiently liberal i" her donations, or sknl in her workmanship, art must be called in supply her deficiencies correct her de- formiiies. The crooked must be made straight, and the straight crooked; mountains must be eveled, and rivers turned from their accustomed channels, or surmuunied with structures that seem to brand them intruders. Una ccounable persersity mod. taste! Banef1l influence of modern literature!
 The aboriginas oi our country thought not so i; where, wh the broad heavens for their canopy, and America for their hunting ground surrounded by all the grand and beautiful in nature. they worshpped her at her own altars- So thought not our fathers when with patrarchal simplicity each located his hab
 iaon where he pleased and, provided he had ngress and egress at his door, asked not whether every in chrstendom could find a smooth and easy pas sage ,hither. But in these days of political yejOrm {" the is pained. the soul made sick with every days report' of roads, and bridges, and canais aud railroads, and the endless et-ceera of modern nven tions and improvements.
 There is nothing I co much admire as reverence for the sayings and doings Of forefashers-and have often thought things ancient and things e good repOrs" are, ought Co De- synonymous phrases. I'm. agi"e 'heD if you can, ,hs pleasure long since experienced in the contemplation oi sceae entirely tn accordance with my feeIDgs-a favored spot where inc seeds of disorgamizaon have aot yet been sown jslsn yet un,hought of.
 was passing through vlage--f would name it did not modest merit always love coBccnlment- but 'hs eye of the traveller along the pleasant vale Of the Housatonic doubt has ofen rested upoo it with de- light; village where has exhibited her faires haRdiwork and ssSrt stands by a,nsed n silent 6we" And nature is not reverenced alone-the venerable piles reared in the days of aOld lang syne" are held sacred. aUd the crumbng ruins of ancient ed i6ces Sot suffered De removed hy hands uul,oly The church. which, according to the worthy customs of our ancestors, stands in bold relief in the mid de of.he public s,reet-sO that NIkwayfaring man. though fool, may find admissiop--,he absurd notions ofmodern reform haze yet displaced. The bridg. es, which, possible for them ,o resist the fury ot the deuges, might be looked upnn antideluvean with their creaki"g pIanks and mouldefing arches still stand in their glory unmoIesled by the wind. of heaven. venerae these relics ot the past: True they may fall. and prove the death ol some unwary traveller But in these days of high handed ,illany the probability s strong ,ha, villain would fall with I thsn. Time would fail were 10 enumerats all the relies of departed worth which give to the place an air of moral grandeur and submi,y. Rot one valley is here exalted hill brough, low--pos sione or plank removed from i,s snciess resting pIace--,he syhe and the roller pear seir quie, habita. tioH-the light wings ot heaven have eii them un- scathed. the fierce whirlwiad of pO,ca u,y has pas stiIi dosbas the insfsaey of interaa Improvements or would know how lar art is out-d6ne hy Dature come and And like the queen of the snaih he will ciaim in wondering admra'on, tbe half was not told mel" wv
 Makfhias fhs P,sphes.--T'he Circni. Coan aad the chester. N Y. is in session al Whie Pians Os Mon. day the noted Robert Manhew, alias MaaihiAs the Prophet, brought iBto COurt. dressed ia hs usual ss. T ] Ss % 2. % the morder of Mr. Pierssa. AsscoDd iadiclnen, has been goSad againss tim lhs Grand Jury, for xn .:...i ss ss a::s.. e1e :Ls Sody q Ii: agasss hi l6r asslAes heisas1 esius. sAeg aoi of murder. Hia siAi ou tiEs Nsss ipdict@sms | progra1 sNg and rep0ftege are w aftendance tOf the NeRuFk Courier And EAqnirsr aaa ihe Transcrpi. Speaking cf tis mpostaFee ihey eeys 5.is
 ia lamealable insiaSce of the Veak aees nf hu-
 na aasnEss ataa many of the pese ia The neRhboT- hpod White Plains should s place implicit faith in this outrageous imposl0r. fle laaeIy issae asereel if0aa she jai ordering RI she EsgMsgs ss Iag kSwn shsir ploaels fs:. !. ssya .ss - gA.ss sssll = ne aad sss ef ihe Anass em aslissre1 eaa efahe house esaaA gGis. .ssRhile Fiaiae naaJd hs sesirosed ag a ezEAgsske, aah nst ibhabsas lelt se leII the suia ofiis 6ssluctiDa.'
 [Alssshias sas aeqssssd ef lhs murder of Mr. Pier. son, bn tousd guilty of the assault upoa his daegb,er. aud sentenced to Imprisonment for ihree monbs and to one month for contempt Ofconrt.
 We are informed ny Capt. Bachard, of Bark Car oliee. from Bahia, that early the moraag of the 2oh January, nsurrecton ofibe Slaves took place, and would have proved . very serious affair, hui for the Police having ohsaised Information few hovrs previous, which enabled them rui ;he garrison on the aieTt. About l50of the negroes were killed, and opWaTds oG IOO taken prisoners The negroes nrd io s'e woods, aRd nansbers sla,. Three soldiers and oae cizen were the only whites iha, were killed. Tho U. s. Sloop-oE-war Esse was laying in the har. Scr as the time; the CommanAer oI which volunteer. ed the services Of the marihss an sailors to qDe the '"'urrse'io"-N' Y. LOG'. ef Co~.