Litchfield enquirer., 1835-09-10
REV. DIR. BEECHER.

un himself the spite and venom of the wicked every where. We have known Dr. Beecher for years as man, a preacher, and as pas | tor, and know that he deserves the high rrpu- tatiOn, given him. .....,,.
 He possesses a benevolent and enlarged
 feeling of which few partake. He is neither
 arr"gant or dpspOtic, but kind. atftcii0nate.
 and unassuming. H" is, to be sure, eccentric,
 and forgptful. In his moments of absence.
 his c"nduct borders upon the ludcrous. We
 remember once while passing by the Doctors
 house, he rushed ont, without hat, his hair
 standing up straight, his spectaces thrown over his head, his coat full of holes. and his
 panialoODs covered with dirt, and shufHns
 along the street as we'll as pair of loose slip 1 pers would allow him. cried at the top of his
 voice, Ctams !"' CLams :" intending thus to
 attract the n"tice of a man wh" was at sOme
 distance, and had that article fur sale.
 l At another tme young gentleman ofour
 acquaintance called upon him. The Doctor himself went to the door. in some such dress as just described, and invited him doacn eel
 Lar. Afer sundry bruises in following the | Doctor through dark passages, they come to
 the-wood- pile " Humph!" says the Doc tor, " Kill two birds with one stone. YOuput on the wood; I'll saw. Can talk too" And at it they went. the Doctor saving away, and
 
 sentences ever fashioned by the tongue of mor- tat.
 But the value of this splendid production of nature cannot be fully appreciated except in the pulpit. In private he unoends. and re- laxes his mind, Intentionally. stranger will be at first unfavorably impressed with his appearance. He sees walking very fast up the aisle of the church small man. with low forehead. He, perhaps. runs up the pulpit stairs, bustles about in the desk, aud gazes up. on his congregation Iistlessly. He reads his hymns carelessly. and, in short, neither looks nor acts as though such a thing as an nea- more particularly sermon of them-had ever had lodgment in his cranium. He reads his text badly, blunders over his notes, having got them out of order; commences his exOrdium with some admitted truth, and the visitor is about ready tO repeat again inwardIy the ex- pression which has risen in his bosom several tin,es-Can that be Dr.. Beecher? But that peal of thunder, that dazzling lightning arrests it. What a change! The brow seems to ex- paud-the little twinkling eye dilate. and burn as though lighted ny unearthly fires. The witless man has disappeared and one of Gods immOrt0ls-swe cling with the majesty of the theme-stands panoplipd in heavenly armOr before him. s' That IS Dr. Beeeher. It can be no other." We have heard him preach when every eye seemed to cease winking. and every breath to respire. We have heard hm 1 when he has wrought the minds of his hear CTS to state of distressing tension-fve thOu- sand people were an their feet at once with l eyes standing out in agony-and with veins | sweIling-and the tears flowing profusely down their cheeks. We have seen the cOuntenance 1 of the same audience the next moment light | ed with general sunshine, as some happy ! stroke of satirical argument would hang his 1 opponent, Intentionally, upon the horn of some Imaginable dilemma.
 Doctor Beecher's peculiar province is debate; and wO be to the man who, per chance, falls into his hands. He never ap- breaches his adversary gracefully, and with profuse compliments. No. He steps up t0 him with darkrned brow. collars hn with one of his iron hands. and with the other wields his battle-axe." Perhaps he carries his severity too far. Certainly, we know not the man whose scorching, whitening satire ! we would not sooner encounter than Dr.. l Beechers. He impales his opponents, and on the point of his spear, to public gage.
 This is Dr.. Beecher ;-a man emineDtly l fitted to take prominent part in the war of mind which is uOw going on, man who will finch at no threats-fear no opponent-of unyielding integrity. and unceasing energy. 4l a Zion's Herald.
 Abolition Periodic0Ls.-Amns Kendall, the Post Master General. has addressed another letter to the Post Master of this City, in which he repeats his former doctrines on the | subject of Abolition papers and pamphlets deposited in the P. Office for transmission to the slave. holding States. He admits that the Post master General has nO legal authority. | hy any orderor regulation ot his Department. to exclude from the Mails any species of newspapers, magazines, or pamphlets. He however deems it the duty of POstmasters to stop them, and approves of the conduct of the New York Postmaster in so doing. As 1 a measure great public necessity" he says. !" you and the Othe~ Post masters who have assumed the responsibility of stopping these in6amatory papers will, have no doubt. stand justified in that step hefnre your country and all mankind."-N. Y. Jour. cf Com.
 Remarkable Preservation of a Child.-The Framingham C0urier relates, that as two children of Jonas Cioycs, Esq. ofthat town, were playing about the pump. having remov- ed the plank which c"veresa the we'll. the youngest child. eighteen months old, fell in the well being seventy feet deep. with five feet depth of water. The other child. three years oid, gave the alarm, and the sDntheP en reaching the welt discovered the child swim ming in the water. Her eldest son. in the twelfth year of his age, descended into the we'll. tnOlr inc child in hia nrms and hy NlN.