Litchfield enquirer., 1835-04-16

msno6ed; bnt this iS suOiee. io dsprov. the naeV- carefully absiansd sqs Interfering wiIh fIe elective franchise.
 Ora. Jackson may asw he sOnsdered, whs,cver may have been the case befsre. Opealy a the eId eleciiOWeering for AIarsIs Vaa Bure0. Notwnhsand. ing ha eays "Iha discareG aH PersOR0t prefereMces.
 consider the pOliey of Ihe irleHds of republican,
 principles to send dergaes resh from the people, to General Conveniion, tDr iIse purpose Oi selecting candidates for Ilse presidency aud vcepresidrncy.' his wishes and iecis cannot he mistaken. Does the President Of the United States latter himself wj, the dea that the people, fDr whom he prOiesses sur. high venesaliOn. be euie.l bg such msy covering a.A ,his7 Selecting caRdidafe fbr the pCcsdency (Nha,- sally undersood as plainly and ,s,i.cy as f declar. ed in the simplest form 1f exprees"H' iO mean nO1Ri nasing MGrtia Kap BnsSn. This cannm be winked ""i ot sight Il the pronniers 0i General ConNen- liOn believed, tor uIOlneOl, that Judge White would obtain the nOsiWatiOn at such meeting, the convention would never he held--'ha is il woua not be attended I,y tose who are now g" zealousy engA ged tn pushing I Erward. Aad OOw if the friends oI that gentleman iM the suutlsrrn amd States. should cOne the deIermiNatiOn [" send delegates Batimorei for the pGrose Of supporting his cl',s tn ihat hOdy, tire KclIrM Cabinet wOnId examine the whole groGn very ihoreagl!y before they Mould ven. lure upon the experiment.. That the friends of Van Buren Enigt1 probably ohtaip, hy s"ch means us he well knojSs l experience how lo Use, maj ,ri,y oi the members ol such convocaiiOn, need lues- tioned.
 But majority merely would nnt the porynse. The great body Of Ofrepuiiicans in auf this, would make hui poor figure ide even if, should not he exacty in the nndle. The ol,ieci in calng ,he Contention is Olain nnaninaas nomina,oa oi Marlin Van Bure". The body llla' comes tn this sut nO naner how chosen, nor by wai tricks manOenvFesShe rsniAax beAht Mets wtt be gIgni- fed by the name and style of the Great Repu!Iican Party; and then that party, i" all ramica,ons and n0dfiraons, will be loudly urged hy all the motives by which heir leaders influenced, unite n sup port Of ilie n0n,innton.
 That General Jackson tReaMs, by .hia .ha, s mos, ca6s Martin Van Buren, is as oisins as if the name- was stamped On the lcHer.--N. r. Ado.
 Biographical SGetch of thp iatf Col. 7'a1lmadge.- He born ,D the year l754, al Brook haven. Long Island. ln l773. he graduated sl Yale College. icaN ary as LeUienaNl, with the appoin,,eni of Ad juiant, tn he regiment raised by the legislature of Con- neciicU n Una, year. Thence, he coniinuedio serve in revolutionary army, until the end of ihe Very Jew persons. G any, in our army, saw more ser. vice, were mOre actively, constantly. or usefully employed tn the operations of that war; than lie. A a" officer and d'scipli""rian his saeaciy courage zeal, aud military enterprise extensively known, and universally acknowledged, both by the army aud the public.
 In December, l776, Congress. ,y i,s vote, tnised four regiments of horse, with l6 additional regiments oI infantry; cOnfdNg to the CUMmander-iN. Chief, the power appoin, the officers ot the whole 20 rrgi. men,s. U"der the power thus entrusted to him. Gen. Washington appointed Lieut.. TalIm,dga to the com. mand of the first troop in the second regiment oflght- horse, wiih tue rank Ol Captain. And in the Srrng of the following year. tl777. he received Mnj"r's commission. S0oM after this, he was hOm0red hy direct confidential correspondence wi,h Gen. Wash. Mgion himse concerning the grea, iUieresis "f the American army. aud the military operations of 'h. country; R correspondence, which continued through the whole remainder of the war.
 One of the most lryDg and affecting occurrences. the life of Major F. during the war. his charge of,he galIs" bus ilItaed Major Andre. whO fran the oFhis cap,ure. to that of bis execution, com lnitied to tbe custody Of Col. tbeR Mnj0rD TA The
 npreaaioa, which the fate Of this gallant and accom- pl,shed officer. nntc Major T's, miad, most leep and inicnsPy distressing. Indeed, the inielli gence ihe refinement Of manners, and strking accom- pIishmen,s "f this young British officer, excited the profound symraihy oi the public. as well here as in Great Britain. What M9jor IT. fei,, from a familiar intercourse with hin, p his wrclcbed condition as prisoner, exposed io the ienay efdenth. may be dis rovered, ron ,he follnwing passaaes tn his j"Mrnal became sa4 deeply auaclsed iN.4 aipr Asdrr l.aa could remember TO isstance wheSE lny affections were so fully ats"rbed, ny any snma.. fhrn cav him insupporsable AiiWere ovefw hssmrd ith tbe aeci- ing specmcie eyes snused with tears" Mor ralinadge kindly walked by tie side of ihis uniaiu. nate yeung officer so the gaiOws. a' the foo. of which
 In I7s0, Maior TaIImadge planned and executed the capture or i'e British fort of St. George, on h. aud effected the desirac'oa "t the British magazI"rs there; nad this he aid with sUch celeri,y, secrecy and addrehs that n0f of his de,achmen was lost in the adventure For.hshriliant achievement he re- Geived the llic thnuks 0t Gen. ashtnB0Os as uis0 a vote Of thaMks frosA Congress.
 h s noi intended detail in this general notice, aH the engagements, in which he took part. It may be sntciemi cay, this head, that he was tn almost a the battles which took place in tue norisern states ihroaghou, the was. He was nsa present, indeed a' tha. oT Banker HiIl, ef Lexingon, bo,h of which occurred beiore he joined the army. Bot lie i"ok part in ihnse of Long Island. White Plains, Brandy wine, Germaniewn and Monmouih; aad tn many mi; n0r conflicts, between hs own deischMent only and various different detachments oi lhe enemys forces.
 Al the close of the war. he retired to private lite, with the breye; rank 0f Colonel. He had received, during the war. no dangerous woaad. or any lasting boy hort; and is sefeFaeee soshis Gac be says, iD he journal, i seem io onysefa singular ins,ancs oi Divine protection."
 Jasl before the eyacUa,ios of New. York by lhe Brit ish forces, he went, with tie approximation of Gen. w. to the city, for ihe prOiection 0f such friends Of ieiF couu,ry's cause had remained to that city, during its occupation by the Briiish; aud wh much address. soush, out. and placed them in safety; and thus pres served them from the abuse and vaIeRee tO which they uould otherwise have beeD exp0sed. OW this occasion, te was treated with great civility by ihe British military and naval officers there. and paricO larly, ty the British Commandes-iaC Chief, General Carlton. ,
 h l7SL Cot T. 6xed his residence n'ihe town of Lichfeld, (ConN.) where he aheSwsrds continued .o reSsde l the ,ite oi his death. There he engaged iW sercaKiile bUsiUehs which he coR,ipued for mRHy Xeers with gsea sdccess. IW the year 1800, hc