Litchfield enquirer., 1836-07-28

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rc.,wzLNo.-Mr. Davis from Mass; closed
.,,s remarks in the Senate, upon the Dll max a5.
Sno appropriations, with the following !""A-
ciOus remarks:
air. n the course ofthisde debate Ihave heard
she surplus heavily and bitterly denounced
md Notifications recommended IN itS sesao.
TIL TIL PeoDIe scramble after it; after their
o,vn property! You took it from them, have
no need of it, and now they call on you to re-
turn it. This is denominated scrambling
Sir, the People are not scrambling; but the
scrambiing is here, in these halls. and among
the pet banks, to keep the peoples money
from them, by devising new schemes OF de-
Tending the country, and by making appro-
priations wears in advance. The scramb-
ling is to keep what does not belong to you
and, sir, the public are not SO blind as not to
comprehend this. They understand to whom
this money belongs, and will not be satisfied
to have few favored individuals enjoy the
use of il. There must, sir, either be sur
plus, or such q profligate and wasteful eXRen-
diture as has never been witnessed. 1n.S
cannot be disguised. II must be mel anu
gentlemen must choose the ALTERNATIVE 'NeS
mean to take. -, ,vho f..
On this point Join issue with an VINO Ia
vor lavish schemes, to waste the Puollc nlon-
ev under the guise of defending the country
II is to keep the money from the fe0pie' 10
prevent their being benentteo Dy II. lsoe-
clar;no tn them they cannot be trusted with
their own property but the Government,
YES. sir. the Government, as their guardians,
must hold it and waste it, to advance selfish
schemes, and to enlarge its influence, by the
all subduing and corrupting power OF money.
What stakeholder of all these banks, when
his property has been advanced from par to
thirty per cent advance by the public depos-
ties, will not be silenced in his opposition to
all abuses of power? Talk ofcorruptlng the
People, and their scrambling after the mon
ev! It is now employed in more eftectual
way than to diffuse its benefits among the
whole public. Its seductive power is now
felt, for it works out certain conversions and
the question is, shall it perform this corrupt
ing Office, or shall the People have it? Let
this be the issue let the People understand
that this is the reason for double and treble
appropriations in advance, and for prevent
ING the distribution under the land bill.
Our true policy is to return to the old safe
course of policy. Give up the double and
treble appropriations. Keept the expenditures
on reasonable footing, and let the People
have the balance which will remain. 1t is
theirs, and they know how to spend it !; and
allow me to say they will see and understand
where the scramble is.
Feats of Indian Jugglers.-One of the men
taking large earthenware vessel, with a
spacious mouth, filled it with water, and turn
ed it upside down, when all the water flowed
out but the moment it was placed with the
mouth upwards, it always became full. He
then emptied it, allowing any one to inspect
it who chose. This being done, he desired
that one Of the party would fill this re-
quest was obeyed still when he reversed the
jar, not drop flowed, and, upon turning it, to
our establishment, it was empty. lex
amined the jar carefully when empty, but
detected nothing which could lead to discov-
cry of the mystery. was allowed to retain
and fill it myself; still, upon taking it up, all
was void within, yet the ground about was
perfectly dry, so that how the water had dis
appeared, where it had been conveyed, were
problems which none of us were able to ex-
pound. The vessel employed by the jugglers
on this occasion, was the common earthen-
ware OF the country, very roughly made {;
and, in order to convince us that it had not
been especially constructed for the purpose
Of aiding his clever receptions, he permitted
1t to be broken in our presence the frag-
ments were then handed round for the in.
spection of his highness and the party pres
ent with him.
HC AACAb Lu4AIS5 CIlSdSCU
was feat of dexterity altogether astonish-
Ing. A woman, the upper part of whose body
was entirely uncovered, presented herself to
our notice, and, taking bamboo twenty feet
high, placed it upright on a flat stone, and
then, without any support climbed to the top
Of it with surprising activity. Having done
this, she stood upon one leg on the point of
the bamboo, balancing it all the While.-l
Round her waist she had girdle, to which
was fixed an iron socket springing from her
upright position on the bamboo, she threw
herself horizontally forward with such exact
precision, that the top of the pole entered the
socket Of her iron zone, and in this position
she spun herself round with O velocity which
made me giddy to look at--the bamboo all
the while appearing as if it were supported
by some supernatural agency.
She turned her legs backwards, till the
heels touched her shoulders, and, grasping
tne ankles in her hands, continued her rota-
uons SO rapidly that the outline of her body
was enurely lost to the eye, and looked like a
revolving ball. Having performed several
other feats equally extraordinary. she slid
down the elastic shaft, and raising it in the
air, balanced it upon her chin, then upon her
nose, and finally projected it to distance
from her, without the application her hands.
Sne was an elderly woman, and by no means
progressing inher person, which conclude,
was the reason that the Rajah, though he an.
plauded her dexterity, did not give her a
proof Of his ltberality. We, however, threw
nef few rupees, with which she appeared
s"usned.-The Oriental Annual.
Inc washington Globe of Saturday, states
arn M Srazy man, named Samuel Bridge, had
arrived IN That city, for the purpose of taking
the place of the President. 'e
, .On his arrival he drove up to the Presi-