Litchfield enquirer., 1837-02-09

sF5e SolIowing letter from President Jack am 10 his niece, Mrs. Emily Donelson' snort Iv ureyiouS to her decease. we copy rom tnS Washington Globe. It IS lnteresslngias eg,:s Mell firm its n1etv and tenderness of feeling, us from the account it gives of the Presidents oyyn state, during his last serious illness.
 M,r nrsR EMrY,-Your kind and accepta- hle letter ofthe llth inst. was received on the sI0d. while was confined to my bed by se- were hemhoYrage from the lungs, which threa- tened a speedy end to my existence. But with sincere thanks to kind Providence, who holds our existence here in the hollow of his hand, have so far recovered as to be nble to write you this letter, to acknowledge the receipt of yours, and to offer up 10 him 1eho made us my most sincere and hearty thanks for his kindness to you m restoring you to health again and my prayers for your perfect recovery, and that you may be long shared to superintend the bringing up ana educating of your dear children, and be comfort to your dear husband, who mas great solicitude about you, and great anxlety to speedily return to you, but my Suooeu a'- tack has detained him.
 | reioice, my dear Emily, to find your spirits are good, and that you are able to take exercise daily. This is necessary to your perfect recovery; ]; and trust in kind Prov fdence, that in time you will be completely restored to your health. You are young, and with care and good treatment, you will out grow disease; Btt you must be careful not to ake'coId this winter, and as soon as. Dr. Hunts prescription reaches you, would ad- wise you to pursue it. The digitalls' iear' is too exciting to the pulse.
 The Doctor tells me lost from the lungs, and by the lance and cupping, upwards of oO ounces of blood, which stopped the nemnor- rage. without the aid of that potent but per- picious remedy to the stomach, sugar or load Tam now mending as fast as could exnect. and if can keep clear of taking cold this winter, I hope to be spared, and be able to return to the Hermitage in the spring, and again have the pleasure of seeing you and your dear children, to whom, present me af- fectionately.
 My Dear Emily-The chastisements of our Maker, we ought to receive as rebuke from him and thank him for the mildness ot IL, which was to bring to our yiew' ana tnat u may always be before us that we are mere tenants at will here. And we ought to live daily so as to be prepared to die, for we know not how soon we may be called hone.-l Then let us receive our chastisennents as blessings from God, and let us SO live that we can say with the sacred poet:
 'What though the Fathers rod,
 Drop a chastising stroke,.
 Yet lest it wound their souls too deep,
 1ts fury shall be broke.
 Deal gently, Lord, with those
 Whose faith and pious tear,
 Whose hope, and love, and every gFaceJ
 Proclaim their hearts sincere
 must close with my blessings to you and the children. May God bless you and the children. May God bless you G1. Emily, farewell. Aftectionately,
 Ssngular Conduct and Melancholy Conse- ouence.-The Fredonia (Chatauque Co. N. M Censor mentions the departure of the Hon. John Birdsall from that vicinity, with the expressed intention never to return, and remarks that he is now probably vending his way south, as he was last heard of at Cincin. natl, and the next that we shall hear from him, will probably be that he is in New-Or- leans or Texas. Tho course of MT. Birdsall, says the Censor, since he became resident ofthis county, has been d singular one.- With talents of the first order, he seems to have lacked the strength of mind or energy of character necessary to bring gthem into ac- tive display and to sustain him in that high rank in society which he was capable of a. dorning. He located at Mayville;shortly af- ter he became Circuit Judge, the duties of which important trust he discharged with distinguished ability and satisfaction. This course has tended downward. His talents and acquired abilities, however, would not permit him to remain in obscurity. He was soon after elected member of the Assembly, and next year after Senator of this State. In neither of these stations did Ee particular ly distinguish himself, and the latter dfgnif- I cd office he resigned, and afterwards accept ed the petty office of Treasurer of this coun- ty. He courted society but little, especially after the death of his first wife, whom he married at Mayville, and in a few years fol- lowed her to the grave. But the most pain full scene of his life is yet to be revealed.- Some three or four months since, after brief acouaintance, he led to the hymenial altar a young lady, tis niece and ward of the Hon. William Peacock. Nothing appeared to give evidence that the union was not happy one three weeks after his marriage he caused two families to remove from his house that he might commence house keeping-but in three or four weeks thereafter, from some cause wholly unknown to his friends, he wrote to his wife's mother that she must come and take her daughter home that he had come to the resolution of not living with her, and very soon after took his departure for the south. This extraordinary movements sc wrought on his young wife, who ffoNr the manner in which she had been brought up and educated, was but little acquainted with the ways of the world, as to entirely deprive her of reason and, she has at times been bound to bed. a raving maniac.
 Sleigh Bells are indispensable to the safety ofpedestrians in winter. Last week the ve- nerable Judge HiMekleY of this town. was