Litchfield enquirer., 1837-02-02

u.cHOeF Ine anecdOte related of the Persian
 Mug It IS said that when with his mighty afmy AeTxes was about. to invade Greece.
 "a"ing marshailed his hundreds of thou.
 sa!'oS oi hnman beings, as he was viewinv
 tli!s vast mass of life and motion fror .s,
 elevated station, he was observed to sI,ad
 tears. Upon being asked the cause ofh;.
 weeping, he replied, that he wept at inc rccollcction, that of the multitude of men who n he saw before his eyes, in one hun. dred years, none would be living, And truly the thought is affecting; it is sublime. And Where-we may ask-where will all the millions ol people that inhabit this wide earth-whero will they be when one hundred years shall have passed away l. Where, a century hence, will be that m;ob- ty mass ofliving beings-those fifteen mill ions-wl,o now people these United States. some absorbed in the cares of business. others pushing their way towards the giddy heights of political renown; others again s'rainlng every nerve. and putting into re- qH'sltion every faculty 1.-the mind, laboring by day and toiling by night, to multiply theif farms-to increase their stocks and merchandize-toIa lay up a treasure on earth where, a century hence, will be this vast ocean of human lite
 But bring the thought nearer home
 Where shall we who stand hero today VIC who are planning for future years--look- ing forward with the bright, but perhaps ''Iuslvc visions of hope, to worldly honors; or to accumulated riches; or to fancied
 lappiness-whe,e shall we, and all our
 families and friends-where shall we he a
 hundred years hence? Wonder mountain
 Will then stand on it's everlasting base,
 That fertilizing river will still be flowing on, bearing it's sparkling waters to the eter- nal ocean. The beautiful meadows on its 1 banks will continue to yield their annual tri- bute to hardy industry. And these undu- latiDg hills, that variegate our landscape, will still assume their alternate robes of green and white. .3'7 @,tt.E Still more He who laid eartl,'s found- alions: He who heaved the massive pillars of this mighty globe: He will remain un- changed and unchangeable. But we, frail children of the dust, shall be sleeping be-
 meath the clOds of the valley. When that day shall dawn, we shall be unknown and perhaps forgotten. Yes, not one of us will then be here. Our children's children will occupy our places, and the tomb stone will only tell that we have lived. as't 5sr..a. ....... +.. ANECDOTE. h5 51@ 1He late Emperor Alexander was accus. toned to walk out alone. On one occa- ksion, upon tl'e eve Of an Imperial review, he had extended his excursi6ns to the dis- tance of two ar three leagues from St. Pe- tersburg. Finding himself fatigued, he got into one of tho public sledges. "Driye to the imperial palace at St. Petersburg !'' said he to the lswotschilk. 1T will take you as near to it as can," replied the man. "but the guards will not allow me to ap- proach tho gates. On arriving within little distance of the palace the sledge stop- ped. We must not go any farther" said the sledge-driver. Tho emperor jumped from the sledge, saying, "Wait there, and will send some money 10 pay you." No, mo- replied the man, that will not do.- Your comrades often make me the same promise, but they always forget 10 keep it. I will give no more credit. ifyou have no nioRey, leave something with me until you tening the clasp of his cloak, threw it into the slsdge. Here,' said lie, take this. On his ascending to his apartments, he di- rected his valet de chambre to take fifty roubles to the Iswotschlk who had driven him along aud bring back his cloak. When the valet reached the spot where the em. peror had left the sledge, he found about twenty drawn up in a line. (Which of you droVe the emperor 2 inquired the valei.-- No one answered., Who has got cloak 2 said the valet, pursuing his inquiry. .An officer left cloak with me- exclaimed a sledge driver. 'Give it to me, and here is your fare.' Great St. Nicholas!' ex- claimed the astonished driver, and, seizing the reins. he drove rapidly away, amidst the shouts of the assembled Iswotschilks.- PlHs happened OH the eve of one of the grand reviews. After the troops defled, all tho commanders of corps formed group round the cniperor. 'Gentlemen,' said Alexander, I am nuci, pleased with tho fine appearance and excellent discipline of your troops. But tell your officers from me, that they last night made me submit to the humiliation of leaving my cloak in pledge for my honestly Every one stared wifil astonisIIment. 'E assure you,' resu- med the emperor, the sledge driver who brought me home refused 10 trust, because, he said, my comrades often forgot to pay him. Vincenza's St. Petersburg.
 We occasionally hear of simpering., double refined young lady boastiDg that she, never labored, and could not for the life of her make pudding, as though ignorance of these matters was mark of gcnsiIity and a leaning towards European nobility. There k.. ..E ..C .