Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1836-04-07

Enfield BerIi" 9
Burlington Pennington Q
Harlland 2 Simsbury 2
Canton
Middle,own gave 900 majority against $3.50
FAR have returns have no hopes Of the State
shall leave the letter open for the additional news Of
the morning.
Tuesday Morning-The returns are not favorable,
| though better than last year. Fairfield county has
come ia bad.
The Season-For few days pas: the balmy mir
from the south and west has tended very much
liven Our feelings and mel, away the snow. A large
quantity ofIhis necessary winter article still however
remains upon the ground. On Monday very many of
our freemen came 10 Town meeting in sleghs from the
different parts Of the town. 1t was 10 US n singular
sghl-for we do not recoect have ever before wit
messed it..
The first snow fell here the night Of the ODD Of
Northumberland the earth has been sufficiently cover.
ed ever since Except r the last three or four dnys)
TO make good sleighiog-n period Of very near four
months and haIf-or 1856 days. What do our southern
friends say TO such winter ihs7 The winter Of
1856 will douII. be long remembered az TIE
HARD WINTER.
The Public Lands.-We would beg leave to call
the attention Of readers letter from Washing
ton on our proceeding page respecting the public
Ia"ds. II was intended for publication week or two
ago, bat crowded out Ivy more local political Natter
Now that the excitement Of The election is over and
that the public mind will soon have had time TO cool,
We hope every reader Of public newspaper-every
person who has the honor aud welfare of his country
al hearI-esery one who feels for the good Of his
tive s.a.e-wil take the pains to inform himself upon
this subject. Depend upon it, iha, it is not the dema-
gosne who makes ahe oudes professions OF regard for
the dear people, that will do the most isinteres,ed
good for them. Look out that seIfshness be no, a,
the bottom Of all their hig'-sounding proiessions.-
Again, we say. tina, We every reader will at eas.
inform himself upon the subject.
"Is proper TO vote at an Electors meeting nv
p'ory7 II is said that certain deputy sheriff in the
south part ofths county was employed the agent Of
others 10 carry the votes 10 the ballot box. x.
WASHINGTON. March "a.
My letter Of las, evening left me at Masonic Hall,
surrounded with 80 chiefs belonging to the Chippewa
and Ottawa tribes, assembled for the purposs Of re-
COmmlB.
sioners or. to the language Of the Ottawa chief
Justice at the hands OF their American Father
Fancy then again before you the scene hastily drew
in my last evening letter: the 'abr-ihe maps of the
disputed bou"dary-'he interpreters, one Of them
half breed, American and Ouowa, and the other an
American-,he full blood Indian Catholic Priest, horn
in America. christened in America. and educated a,
Rome, in all The doctrines ofthe Romish church. Do
! no, forget the mother and her children.
The Ottawa chic Is placed in front Of the com.
mssioners, the interpreters and the Chppewas oppo.
site the latter. and, 10y the way being much better
clothed, aud much intelligent than their Oi,owa
brethren. Thus situated, one Of the Oaowa chiefs,
the edes. Of oil present, from the front seat Civ
ing his hand in token Of friendship the commission.
er. This man, who than six feet high, with
his head, the largest ever before, shaved from
Ihe Zip Of the forehead the crowR, presented most
savage appearance. His age appearance. was more
! than 60 years his hair and beard were white, and
his costume wholly Of Indian character. From the
appearance Of this Chief well 40 those around him.
any one would have supposed the Oltawas far more
destitute, degraded, and Neglected than the Chin.
pewas, who were even dressed. tone Of them in par
ticular) more 6Wckish than a New. York beau. The
old man said hat few words, and those in his native
.Ongue, and having reference simply 10 the location
| Of the Chippewa lnRds. His conclusion, however,
was noble. worthy Of q chief AID father. 1--WE ask
our father" said he, naming the Presden, Of the D..
States, thas he would reserve lands for and
for our pos,eri,y." The surOunIipg chiefs nodded
| assent.
The name Of THE chiefwho had jus, closed wac Apo-
psigsnia. He was noble looking fellow. dressed in
fu Indian costume, with his face painted and his hai'
queerIy arranged. His RICH. hand given to both
Of the commissioners, when in impressive and elo
quent strai" Of ora.ory be begun. gathered few
words from the interpreter, which were follows:
"Lissen to me, o Fathers. The Great Spirit sect
Us: He knows your thoughts and my thoughts Hi
eye is upon u.s." tpootiDg to the heavens.) "Hs
gives Us all that we have, and all that We want. HI
kno~s Of all our actioRs' Then casing his eyes a
round The hall-' The white man." said he. " love-
bus wife," tpOnsng TO the adies,) and the red
loves his wife much a. the white man loves his
Tue While man loves his children" {poin,ing 70
creep o. scholars, who had just before entered th'
ihaiit-"so does the red man"