Litchfield enquirer., 1835-05-07

iinguished amOngst that hardy. enterprising,
 and gallant face Ofmen who defended our mo-
 liners from the t0mahawk and 0calping knife.
 He has learned ihe wants Of men by mingling
 with them in sli conditions of life. He has
 talents sufficient tO qualify him fur any busi-
 ness. for any emergency, without ever being
 above it. His education was as good as the
 means of his father and the condition Of the
 country. cOnld afford hut there was more
 use for soldiers than school masters iD Ten
 ncssee in his day. That he has talents and
 acquiTements Of the frat order. is admitted by
 AIl with whom he has measured strengih.-
 At the Bar Or On the Bench he did not suffer
 by comparison with such men as John Hay
 wood and Jenkyn Whiteside. When Com
 missioner under the Spanish Treaty, he was
 prOnOuncedb by Littlet"n Waller Tazewell, the
 present governor of Va., to be one of the a.
 blest men with whom he had been associated.
 It will be seen by an examination of his
 speeches in the Senate of the U. s. perhaps
 the ablest hOdy in the world in point of tai.
 ents, that he has fully sustained his reputation
 there as a man of talents--He has filled w wiih
 equal fidelity and ability many of the highest
 offices in his own State, and has been long
 Senator nlhe Congress of the United States.
 His hOnesfyi d pEnvsrilial. No enemy. in the
 most violedf tsarfy contest, has ever brealhcu
 a suspicion against bis character. Ifany man is entitled [" tie appellation, he may be call. ed the Arisfides of the country for if all we read of the AtheDian be true, he was not more just than is Hugh Lawson White. Mild in his disposition and amiable in his manners, but DO man who lives has more moral courage and unshrinking frtnness. He is possessed of a competent though not overgrOwn estate plain and simple in his mode oflife. quite an Gnn the management of public affairs. but money has as few charms for him as office. Many Dfhis friends thought he formerly carried his Ondnpss for rural life and rural occupations too lar. I remember to have heard from par
 cnlar friend of his, an anecdote of a law stu- lent who came considerable distance to be | examined by Judge White, whiie he was on he Supreme Bench of Tennessee. The young | nan, had heard much of his ability and learn ng as jurist. and expected to be much em- in his presence. But he mustered l outrage, come tO his residence, and On being that The Judge was on his farm, went 'ut and intercepted a man ploughing. inquired ] or Judge White; T am the man. was the | eply. Il wish to get license tO practice law, nd carae to be exanined.' We'll. sir, if you vill be good enough to come down to the hade, will attend to it with great deal of 'leasure.' He pitched his horse, got over in
 cool shade. and took the young man thro'
 most learned and rigid examination. found hat he was well qualified; and after inviting i'm to his house, and showing him every mark of politeness and hospitality. gave him icense. said that neither money nor office ad any improper influence over him. He as declined the accrptance of both, when onsidered ny others to be his due Gen. ! uMtpu NAMA SA which he declined. on account of domestic is wife and neatly aN his children" l
 Dessfh ef 1Sensney scsutey-Iffe Rhode Tsi- nd papers announce the death of SAMUEL r 'LATER. Esq.--long known as one of the nost enierprising and respected citizens of hat State. ssDd as the father of the cotton nanufactaring business in this country. The
 sst cottpn-mhl i,uilt in the United States, vas erected by him. in Pawtnckct. and was ct in operation at the time of our last visit There is curious anecdote, connected with he original machinery of this factory. which, 8 tt ls strictly true, we will relate for the ed icatiOn of Doctors AhercrOmbie and Mac
 ish. and other inquirers into the philosophy 'f dreams. Mr. Slater was m ingenious me han'st, and all the machinery was construct " usuSs nso ssutncusdtG UUtCtSOUs Ob COuTSes D the earliest infancy Of the business. and before the machinery to be constructed was tself thoroughly understood, or the means or making it as ample as could have been de- were to bs ts greater or less extent
 he work was complete, and however, hopes of the artist and his employ yeiTssse yeTss.e the was ready. but the machinery would moi I m"ve-~or at least it would not move as in. ended. or to any purpose. The disappoint. nent was great, and the deceased mechanis, vas in great perpIexiY. Day after day. did le labor to discover. iha, he might remedy he defect-but in vain. But ~sst h,. co,ia not discover waking, was revealed to a;m in l1 lis sleep.
 It was perfectly natural, that the subject which engrOssed all his thoughts by day. mould be dancing through his uncusbed i'm. ,gination by night. and it so happened that >n one occasion, having fallen into si1mher with all the shafts and wheels of his mill \ hirling in his mind with the complexity of Ezekiel's vision. he dreamed of the absence Df an essential band upon one Of the wheels. | The dream was fresh in his mind On the fol- ! lAMing nasERaAgs and eepAisiag~ bright sNd ear f y to his works, he iB an instant detected the deficiency! The reyelation was true. and in 1 a few hours afterwards, the machinery was iO full and successful operatiOu. Such IS one feature in the history of American mannfac- lures. The machinist has since led an active l aud useful lifs--susiaining in all the relations an unblemished reputdtion:.