Litchfield enquirer., 1838-02-22
NEW HAMPSHIRE.

l The whole State seems to he-in arms. County, dis trct and Senatorial conventions. and meetings, are he'd every week, and the hest spirit prevails in m that hau-ndoen region. IL IS now about eight years snce there was any trial of the strength ot partes- Tn ls2 the Wings made some exertio1s to put down the dynasty Of Hill < Co. but they were beaten by over oooO majority, and since that perkA they have had no organization.
 A vigorous and united effort is now making by the Wing party carry the State If Isaac Hill is not oVerthrown, we shall be much disappointed. It is a- so probable that the Wings will succeed in obtaining moorlty of the popular branch of the Legislature- town by handsome mnjorities Concord will be re- deemed. and so will Dover, Nashua, and Portsmouth The probable complexion of the Senate is more doubt tpl. It New Hampshire ahandons the administration, the divorce between MT. Van Buren and the people will be complete.-Boston Atlas.
 CONTRAST BETWEEN 1892 AND 1888. The chaotic state of the currency of the United States IS topic o intense interest and free nvestiga ton; and while the fact IS admitted by all and the ta tai effects ot this Arrangement are obvious and un- conrad!cted, the and the remedy subjects of immediate and pressing attention.
 or capable of fnthoning all the deep researches of those who are, the great mass of the people we'll know and remember, that six years since, this nation enjoy ed currency unsurpassed in the history of the com mercial world. It unitedfhe security of the precious metals, and the convenience of paper. It was con- verble at any moment into gold and silver, and had 
 was currency which answered the great purposes of commercial exchange. possessing an equal and con verble value n every part of our widely extended land, and enabling sections most distant from each other to negotiate with ease and safety. When it was deemed expedent by Government 10 change or destroy it, all practical men admitted that we then could hardly be improved and might he impaired or destroyed by sudden changes, or Ill considered schemes of improvements. The events of the last year have fully demonstrated that the predictions and tonP nt NfoHnN tnntp frInAn uncertain experiments upon the currency O the coun try, were not the assertions and prophecies of jealous opponents, but the far reaching views of ex perienced statesmen anxious to preserve what eXpe rience had proved salutary and useful
 Coz. Rents Message 10 Me Maine Legislature Death of Oseo7a--The Charleston Mercury. of Jan 3I says This far famed Chf paid the debt of na ture at Snllivans Island, on Tuesday night. He had been sick for some tme-when we saw him at the Theatre, he looked sad and tired of the world. He was attacked with caiarrhaltever; but whether he fell victim to the common course of the disease, or to the harrassments of veXed and disappointed spr it, is matter of doubt-probahly combination of the two. He had the best medical attendance, and we his proud and unconqIerable spirit refused to be chained to captive body. We shall not write his epitaph or his funeral oraon yet is there something in the character of this unworthy of the pect of the world. From vagahond child, he became the master spirit of a long and desperate war. He made himset-no man owed less to accident. Bold and decisive in action. deadly but consistent in ha' red dark in revenge, cool subtlc sagacous in council he established gradual and surely resistess ascen- dancy over his adaptive tribe, by the daring of his deeds, the constancy of his hostility to the whites, and llttle-he made the other chiefs his instruments and what they delivered in pmblic the secret sugges- 1 ton ot the invisible master. Such was Oseoa, who | will be long remembered as the man that with the teeblest means produced the most terrible eftects
 Extract of letter from an officer of the U. S. Army at Fort Brooke, Florda, under date of January l3
 "l have just returned frornva tour of duay on the Suwance and WithIacoochee and have just heard.of
 the fatal affair of the 18th of December at Okeechub- bee Lake,;
 fore he fell either of which would have proved fatal The first ball passed trough the abdomen to the left
 the second, in ,he right breast and the last. through the chin and neck evidently shot from tree. He | Tell m sitting position, and died instantly
 "Van Swecrlngen was shot in advance of his com pany, in the lower part of his neck, retired to the rear, raised both hands above his head, and fell fiat I on his face, gave one eroan, and was no more. Brooke shot through the heart, and died with | a smile on his face.
 ".Cenler was shot through the head, from a tree,
 "Col Gcniry, of Missouri, was shot through the bo- dy; the same ball passed through him and through his sons arm, and ther into tree It was musket
 "All these officers showed the greatest galan,ry in the fight. Andrews was severely wounded, and Walker, of the fh literally shot to pieces four balls passed through him, and several others grazed | him. He s fast recovering however, and is man.
 y under his severe wounds as he was brave in recev l ing them. He IS promising officer.
 | II have thus been particular in naming all these
 facts, as know they will be interesting 10 you. II seems hard that so many brave spirits should fall in such an inglorious warfare"
 Incredible.-We understand that gentleman in a neighboring town, having taken a drop and half o
 the celebrated Maichcss Snnaiivc discovered by the
 immortal Louis Ofon Goclicke, and of which one droI
 is dose for stout man, fell asleep in his chair, ant
 the next morning there was nothing left ot him bn | his boots, buttons and hrenstpin! A obein emetit was immediately administered to the boots, and ir less than half an honr the gentleman thrown up although considerably debilita,ed. One drop of San alive Che regular dose) was then given him. the cis ri te was very soon restored, he ate seven pounds o beef steak for dinner, and the next day was wei man Those who doubt this story, t they. will cal on the Senllemsr, can have the privilege of examn
 Destruction of Cooke's Celebrated Stud and the Am pheoirc at Balfimore-It is with sincere regret we learn that the whole of that beautiful stud of horses | which have been the admiration of every city where they have performed, were burnt to death early on Saturday morning. Every person will sympathize with MT. Cooke and his numerous family, all of whom much respected, and thrown on the world by this loss the amount of which is estimated at SI20- 0OO not dollar of which it is believed is insured.- The spacious building called the Amphitheatre cor ner of Front and Low streets. in which the horses were kept and where they performed burnt with such rapdity as soon us the flames were discovered from the large quantity of combustbles i. contained that the four grooms in attendance had barely time to cape with their lives. The scenery and decorations of Mazeppa, the wardrobe. &c. gave additional fury to the fire The entire wardrobe was lost and 49 hor. This the finest stud in this country. perhaps in the world There is said to be small policy of in-