Litchfield enquirer., 1837-02-16

They profess to have cast US HoEoScopes 'ii fiffy wears was fixed upon by many as fh' utmost limit ofits duration. But those year r~c-ed bv. and beheld us united and happy
 ,conIe: our political atmosphere agitated bJ no storm, and scarce a cloud to obscure tho serenity of our horizon all ot the presen was prosperity all of the future hope. True upon the day fthat anniversary two venera ted fathers of our freedom and of our coun try fell; but they sunk calmly to rest, in the maturity of years and in the fulneSs of time and their simultaneous departure on that day of jubilee, for another and better world, was hailed by our nation as propitious sign sent to us from heaven. Wandering the other day in the alcoves of the library, ac- cidentally opened volume containing the orations delivered by many distinguished men on that solemn occasion, and l noted some expressions of a few who now sit in this hall, which are deep fraught with the then prevailing, may say universal feeling. II is inquired by one, Is this the effect Of ac- cident or blind chance, or has that God, who holds in his hand the destiny of nations and of men, designed these men as an evidence of the permanence and perpetuity of our in- stitutions 2" Another says "Is it not stamped with the seal of divinity?' And third, des- canting on the prospects, bright and glorious, which opened on our beloved country, says, "Auspicious omens cheer us.'
 Yet it would have required but tinge ot superstitious gloom, to have drawn from that event darker forebodings ot that which was to come. In our primitive wids, where the order of nature is unbroken by the hand ot man; there, where majestic trees arise, spread forth their branches, live out their age, and decline; sometimes will patriarch al plant, which has stood for centuries the T.. G,1l O<rs tates leaf of the trees that surroundit. And when, in the calm stiffness of summers noon, the solitary woodslnan hears on either hand the heavy crash of huge, branchless trunks, falling by their own weight to the earth whence they sprung, president of the future, he foresees the whirlwind at hand, which shall sweep through the forest, break its strongest stems, upturn its deepest roots, and strew in the dust its tallest, proudest heads. But am none of those who indulge in gloomy anticipations. do not despair of the republic. My trust is strong, that the gallant ship in which all our hopes are cm- parked, will yet outride the storm, saved a. like from the breakers and pillows of disun- ion, and the greedy whirlpool-the all-en- gulphing maelstroom of Executive power, that unbroken, if not unharmcd, she may pursue her prosperous voyage far down the stream of time, and that the banner of our country, which now waves over us so proud ly. will still float in triumph-borne on the winds of heaven, famed by the breath of fame, every stripe, bright and unsullied, eve- " star fixed in it's sphere, ages after each of us now here shall have ceased to gaze on its majestic folds forever.
 SIGNAL REvENeE.-From 1914 to 1918, du- ring the Bank mania in the "great West, !" when every village and hamlet boasted its Ettle monster,-one of these public 0ccontsnO- ddtions sprung up in Mount Vernon, Ohio, un- der the cognomen of Owl Creek Bank" ta. king its name from a small but beautiful stream passing through the village, called "OWl Creek" The affairs of the bank went on swimmingly for a short time, but short time only.-like all the neighboring institu lions of money representation, it was declareC iHsolveEt. A morning or two after this i'm portant fact had coane $; :o iiiga. iigaa., mysteriou looking person. wrapped up to his eyes in ; cloak, presented himself at the counter of th' bank, tendering some Of their bills. and de handing in Serlols manner its redemption in gold or silver. He was told that the banI had ne;ther-he then demanded Easter fnnds-no Eastern funds on hand, was tn brief reply. -Can you" says the mysteri O0s person, give me tolerably well execu ted counterfeit notes on solvent banksl would prefer them to this trash" This wa, home thrust moi to be submitted to-s Oul of the bank you insulting puppy" Hold may have made some mistake am right in supposing myself in the office of " the Owl Creek Bank!" @Yes sir" .I have then my revenge for the loss of my money-I have just shot your President, ,"-throwing on the counter from under his cloak a large hooting ODl.-N. Y. Star.
 Fatal Afray.-Under this head we have in the Lexington (Ky) Reporter, the particulars ed Ramsey, in Clarke county of that State, which resulted in the death of the former. Ii appears that young Ramsey, (the son) had wst returned from school, and hearing that ms iatner had been whipping. or was whip plnS "se.c woman very severely, stepped into the room where he was (having at the time an open knife in his hand, with which he was trimming his finger naiis,) and begged his father not to whip the woman any more as he thought he had whipped her enough when the father turned upon and commenced using the cowhide upon his son, catching hin at rhs same time with his left hand, and jerk ing him SO suddenly that they both fell.- When they arose, it was discovered that th
 father was stabbed, the young man appeare'
 greatly distressed; and disclaimed any in
 tention of inflicting wound of any kind o
 his father.-Penn. Sentinel
 Con9orts cf Pouerty- Hone, lat
 Mayor ofthe city of New York, met John Ja
 cob Astor, few months since, in Wall stree
 when the conversation turned on their privat
 affairs.
 "I havn't seen you for some time, frien
 Hone," said Astor, where have you been 1!
 "Why. l have given up business" sai