Litchfield enquirer., 1836-09-08

{; (P6.) Register, dated SSp.s-losr te Ae6S | thus spoke of the "Gove11x.ne1s x N CenoAcefe. .,A 9I,e Connection (unf0rtunaie, Imust call it, L..sh T,r fife country and General Jacksonl .',I,;,.h recenfIv existed between him and Mr. . Van R,ren. has hitherto deterred me, in some measure, from speaking of the latter as think he deserves. The unsparing bitterness
 of his former opposition to General Jackson, continued until every hope of success was blasted by the firnmess of Pennsylvania, ar.
 gues but little in favor of the sincerity and patriotism of his late Awning professions, to say nothing of their grossness and servility Situated as am, when at home, on the con- | fines of the State of New York, and having
 been personally intimate with many of MT.
 Van Buren's partisans, few individuals have
 had better opportunities than myself of mark l ing his political manoeuvers for the last twen-
 ty years, during which time he has exhibited
 all the powers and qualities, with regard to
 politics, of the chameleon, assuming every
 hue and color which his ambitious purposes,
 in view of the exigencies of the moment,
 seemed to require. Tospeak plainly, I know
 him to be void ofpolitical integrity, and most
 of those high qualities of the mind, which.
 wherever they my be found, I humbiy trust
 no minor differences in matters of human opinion will ever prevent me from duly ac-
 knowledging or yielding a just respect. Cum
 ming, and a Certain species of popular talent,
 he indeed possesses but these only render
 him the more dangerous in times of public
 excitement and illusion. When he first en-
 tered General Jankson's cabinet, expressed
 my serious misgivings of the result to Judge
 Mclean, linen Postmaster General and oth- CTS; and inc mischiefs which then appre-
 hended have been more than verified. His
 whole course has been that of political dis
 organizer, whenever it could promote his sell fish schemes. Party arrangements, and even the sacred ties of personal friendship, have
 both by turns been coldly sacrificed upon the altar of. his insatiate ambition"
 The Hickory, verses the White Ook.-We learn, from the Jonesborough Republican, that when the President was passing in his carriage through Parrotsville, in Cooke coun- ty, Tennessee, he was somewhat puzzled to see the American banner streaming from two trees, one of which was aoithered Hickory, planted on one side the road, and on the oth- CT, fourishing in all its bloom and beauty, a
 White Oak, the pride of our forest and the bulwark of our navy. At Dandridge, JeHer- son county, the General had again to encoun- ter the White symbol as represented in anoth- CT Oak, on the public square, while the la dies, to make the matter worse, and to whom the General is never known to be wanting in courtesy, were all arrayed in white dresses, and waved from their windows kerchiefs- of the same ermine purity to welcome the Pres ident's approach, showing at the same time, that as the future matrons of American born freemen, their souls were as free as their hearts were warm.
 Murder.-An atrocious murder was perpe- trated last night at about twelve o'clock, on the wharves near the foot of Wall street. One of the city watchmen, named Hudson, we are informed, had scuff1e with a stout seafaring ] man, apparently Spaniard or Italian, at a. bout the above hour the cause which led to it is not known, but it is probable that the watchrnan in the discharge of his duty had stopped the foreigner from some cause of sus- picion; child's flannel petticoat was found afterwards on the spot-and that the foreign l CT resisted. He succeeded in getting away from the watchman who pursued him, giving 1 the alarm, a distance of about fifty yards, | when the rufian turned round and plunged rigger's knife in the stomach of the watch | man, who fell dead on the spot. Two of the Custom House watch, Mir. Hughes and MT. | Van Tassell, drawn there by the alarm given by the watchman, seized the assassin and took the knife, still reeking with the blood of his victim, from his hand. Other watchmen speedily joined them, and the fellow was car ried on to the watch h-house with the corpse of the murdered man.-N. Y. Cour. 9 Enq.
 A case of melancholy distress was made known at the Aims House on Saturday. A married lady of responsibility, with her child, was brought in to be taken care of by l the Commissioners. The name ofthe female is Hathaway, and belongs to Johnstown, | Montgomery county. She came to this city l a week or two ago, bringing with her quan- tlty of furniture, all put up in cases. In con- sequence of being unable to obtain house, the furniture was stored, and, with her hus- band and child, she obtained boarding at Brooklyn. On the morning of the unfortu- nate steamboat accident, her husband was in the Jackson, and was one of those who sank with her having in his pocket $lOO at the time. His wife, on learning the aff1icting | news, was thrown into convulsions, and part l " lost the use ofher senses. In state ofin- | sanity she had escaped with her child, and sald sne was going to start for Johnstown, where she had highly respectable connec-
 uons she was. however, overtaken in the streets and brought to the Aims House. to be
 taken care of Although she has moments of sanity, the place where her furniture is stor- \ ed mas entirely escaped her recollection. It consists of large. boxes. containing crockery,
 oedss Deddlng. Shalrss &c.-N. Y. Star.
 An Imporsed Pauper.- Paul Williams, a
 native of England, applies for support in the
 Boston Almshouse. He is tolerably intel- ligent old man, destitute, and incapable ofla-
 bor: He gives the following history of him.
 self. He had wife and lS children, all of
 whom are now dead. Paul was soldier of