Litchfield enquirer., 1837-06-08

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 Every one had caught the mania. It pene- trated the closet of the scholar, and was fast breaking down the character of the profes. sions by merging lawyers, doctors. ana
 ministers, in the great tribe of speculators'-
 The effect of all this on society has been 10 inc last degree injurious. It has turned the fon to thc bottoin Character-cap0clty- | infe0ritv-public spirit and public honor; every thing respectable and desirable, seenl-
 ed to have lost it's legitimate weight, and wealth has constituted the paramount clalm
 to influence and consideration.
 Tn Governnent there has been the same
 revolution. Our highest public offices have been filled by men of protligate character speculators and gamblers in politics. Con- gress has been q mere stepping stone to ap- Oointments, and the sessions have been mere- fy a convenient reunion of its members for the better arrangement of their land specula- tions, and the more convenient distribution of the Government deposites among the most accommodating Banks The heGrt gf our Co., ernMelst is rotten to uS cOTe-and like our Socl- cty, our Currency and our Trade, it presents but miserable present CONTRAST to the con- dition of 1929. And all these revolutions have been brought about by the uncontrolled Gscendency of Jackson; and by no other agency urder HeGUen.
 Anecdote of the Vice Presidena.-The Louis- vile Journal says, that when the Tecumseh- killer was in Louisville on Saturday last, one of his friends, free negro of the name of Bill Harris, called on him on board the Gen. Gaines. sHow do you do, Uncle Bill ? says the Colonel. Very well,' says Bill. How do you do, Colonel? Quite well, Uncle Bill How is your family!' All we'll, thank you-Ho.0 are yoar daughters, Colonel! 'Ve- ry we'll, very well,' said the good Colonel hur- riedly. This dialogue actually took place in the presence of many respectable gentlemen on board the Gen. Gaines.
 The Hickory Bank-A. .ftiend has sent us a specimen of the bills of the Hickory Bank, Jack Downing, President and Uncle Josh, Secretary. It is for fifty mills, payable in glory or better currency. It is surrounded with the mottoes, My Experiment. Perish credit, perish commerce. Glory enough to serve such a chief &c. with other embel- lishments. Whether it circulates freely in any part of the country we are not informed. Currency ct Washington.-The National Intelligencer of yesterday, says: : It may be of use to distant readers to state that, Tn this 1 city, specie is at premium of about ten per cent. over District Bank Notes; that Bank
 
 l Carolina Banks, are at discount of from fif- teen to twenty five per cent. in comparison with District Bank paper-that is, from twen- ty-five to thirty five per cent. below specie. l We know that this is monstrous and deplora- ble, the paper of those banks being as good as that of any Banks in the Union. But such l is the catastrophe of 'the Experiment. The paper of our Banks is, we suppose, deprecia- ted, in correspondent degree, in remote parts of the country. There is, in fact, no circulating medium -. Desperate Afair.-Allusion has been made in some of the newspapers, to duel that
 was about to be fought near Memphis, CIenn.) The parties were proceeding to their battle ground when the item was penned. We
 have been furnished with the following par
 ticulars relating to this fatal transaction, ill a letter from gentleman, who was an eye wit ness of the scene The duel was fought be- tween Mir. GoLDsoN and Mir. JACKSON, both of Memphis. They fought over in Arkansas, I May 18th, at 15 paces-they were to fire be- tween and 5;-they fired at the word five, I together, and so near, that it made but one report. Jackson's ball passed through Gold
 sons heart and left arm; Goldson's ball went
 through Jackson's thighs. Goldson never breathed af:er he fell but Jackson, as he lay | OH Ll6 RTOuUus dSkcU HIS SCCOuuS HOW HIS Op. ponent was when they left him? They told him he was dead, he replied, 4 thougM / | acould kfg him!' -
 Melancholy. Elizabeth A. Merrow. aged 17 years, was drowned, on Friday af- ternoon of last week, in the south meadow, in this city. She in company with two sisters and brother, were proceeding to Wethers- | field, in skiff, when the boat ran upon post, in the meadow, few inches under water, causing it to upset in about five feet of water. The brother immediately caught his wife and placed her upon the rails of the fence, to which she clung, while he proceeded to res cue one ofthe sisters, and carried her to the fence, which was just below the surface of the water. He immediately returned for the remaining sister, and found her lying upon the bottom, directly under the boat; she was tate her proved unavailing. .-Har1tord Cou.
 Change is not really so scarce as it seems 10 be. Many persons go about and purchase trifiing articles, which they do not want, merely for the purpose of getting bills chan ged. We heard of a man, who got his hair cut three times, one day, and had bill chan ged each time. A boy called at barber's the other day to get shaved, who had no ap- pearance of down on his chin, when the bar Der, suspecting his object, asked him if he had the. change, when he produced bill and was sent off without being lathered.-| There is no doubt change enough for all the ordinary business of the community, if peo- ple would not hoard it.-LoaoeU Patriot.
 From the Claremont Eagle
 | A Fact.-A stage passenger took breakfast RNtyN Als