Litchfield enquirer., 1837-05-18

and the brokenness of his own sorrowfu heart from the grave of one he lOved-perchance, wife, a kind parent an attractive brother, aectonate sister, to whose sympathisng heart he submitted all his sor- row and his joy Ask him, where is the syrens song of pleasure which beguledthem on earth? Ask him, if the recollection of their buoyancy of spirit brings back the fire of life to the pale and moulderng clay The convusve sigh and the bursting will be his mounfu reply Ask the warrior, as he fingers on the bed of deah what is the tumult of the camp the gee of the garrison the caerng of the warwhooptle deaf ening clangor of the trumpet, and the din of ?-
 His hollow voice and struggling accents will exclam, they are the viewless wind and the grave will soon shut out their memory. Ask the man of pleasure, where are the darling visions the unreal fantasies, which he pursued from his childhood and he will tell you that the smiles of realized ambition have been few, and far between; that his hopes have been un- realized and his facilities denied. Then will he re- gret and acknowledge that his brightest hours were all mis-spent, and the channel of his ambition msdirect- ed Then will he too deeply feel and express, that al though there has been time with him, when all the kindly affections might have been nurtured in his sou yet master passion has driven them from his bosom, and that the ailty of existence had ceived moments serious weight in his mind. But the prospect of deahh has descended deep into his spirit; and the overwhelming reflection has at last overtaken him, that life and it's honors are as uncer tain as the morning coud or as the vapor which ris eth and soon passeth away. MFG.
 Condition of tue Ldboring Classes-Many have been at loss to account for the act that an admins traon which has done SO much as that of Gen. Jack son, to cripple the industry of the nation should have been so popular It is to be accounted for on very fhortn fho 0hc cfrllcfi fiona oOHp sequent in the way of doing business have been felt chiefly, by the propretors of establish ments darge and smaL)-tEe ship owners-the mer. chants and traders--and the master mechanics while the great mass of operatives and day laborers have been employed as usual. While the former classes have had to keep up their invested capital to borersthe latter have continued to receive high wa ges The consequence has been, that while the prin cpals have been oppressed, their workmen have got along swlmmingly.
 The time has at length arrived, when ths troubled waves are to extend to the laborers .o ho W- cry body finds 1t necessary to curt.ght lo De tos the great manufacturing establisOf children at t;nn % tbn Gt the country are country In ment to go on and every kindntly cnargeaDle, the will be- that sln 6reakngs or at high wages, will soon find },,nfort1nate he. of employment, from the fact, tsnh at Ioas+ tn dustry will be dried up The RfSn' at i:aS. a ae w ton of wages en,saIla k' I
 Indeed the several classes of ,he community are much more dependent on each other than they are out evil consequences to all others. If the usua! pro portion of specie is withdrawn from the Atlantic c tes or from its accustomed channels, the exhaustion
 is first felt by the owners of manuactores, of ships and stores in short, by all who employ workmen, and employed As the principals have embarked in their
 S s hsy S them Se experiment fary at least, to work up the materials on hand After while however, they are compel; led to yield to the pressure of the times and either fall case, the result s the same to their workmen, and the poor aborer at last suffers in the general shpwreck Precisely such crisis is now impending over this the rich and tn epoor will in the end suffer common misfortune. We apprehend, therefore, that the time is fast approaching and near at hand when the great mass of the people will open their eyes to the evil con- sequences of the mad experiments of Gen. Jackson, and rise up in judgment against his successor, who has avowed his determination to follow in his footsteps. Boston Gazette. NEw-YoRK, Saturday, 12 M.
 The Committee of Merchants returned this morn- ing from Washington. It appears they have got po- sitive refusal from the President to comply with the
 First, That the Treasury Order might be repealed.
 Second, That Congress might be called together.-
 Third, That the merchants might receive some in- dugence on bonds.
 The Committee that went on consisted of fifteen.- They had an interview with the President on the day after their arriva the spectators were the son Of e President Secretaries Forsyth and Woodbury. The address and resolutions of the Merchants read by Mr. Hone, on which the President said he would re- ply in writing, and he did so the following day-in which he decsively refused to repeal the Treas ury Order, or to call Congress together As to the third proposition. he took time to consider and would The news was received here with both mortifca- ton and indignation. The merchants one and all, feel that the government have turned their backs on the whole mercantile community. An early meeting of citizens will be called, dOubt to take into con- sideraton the report of the committee. We shall wait with no small interest to see the result ct such meet ing.-EGPress.
 Most Destruciiue Fre.-About one clock this mor- ming, fire broke out in the of wooden buildings adjoining Dr. Whiting's warehouse on Woodward Avenue from thence it extended with ungoverna- ble fury in all directions east of Woodward Avenue, crossed Atwater street, and swept over the buildings between Atwater and Woodbridge streets. The en- Woodbridge street, and the river, as far the low | block in front of Woodworth's Hotel on Woodbridge street, with two or three exceptions is mass of ru ins! On Atwater street the fire was arrested at small building below and next to the tavern, called Market Hotel.
 The destruction of property is immense numerous
 families are houseess, whose condition appeals strong ly to the prompt benevolencc of our citizens. 1t is impossible to give now more than few partc- ulars, or to fvrm any estimate of the loss Those quainted with the important establishments in the dis trict destroyed. will be able form some conjecture of the extent of the calamity -Derot Adv. Apa 27. An Aged Pair.-There are now living near Cincin- nati, man and his wife, whose united ages make two centuries-he being l02 and she 9s years old The editor of a western journal gays that fifteen young men, who subscribers to his paper. on pe- rusng the first number began to feel symptoms of