Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1838-08-30


close behind him. The baron himself fell,
shot through the heart He sprang from the
earth, staggered against hedge and expired
instantly, his glazed eyes fixed on his enemy.
Frederick was horror struck. The last look
of man slain by ones own hand, is the
most hideous spectacle In nature! "Let US
be Off" said the old man, with fiendish
smile on his countenance; you have done
your work well !" "Leave me - Numbered
forth Frederick; "leave me! You urged
me to this; you are my evil genius; you
have ruined me, body and soul !" Young
man, we are never ruined but by our own
doings, by our bad inclinations, viscious
thoughts and criminal passions" And, with
these words the old man walked away
! Fredericks other friend and the friends Of
the slaughtered baron hastily quilted the
scene, and Frederick was left alone with the
| dead body.-N. Y. Mirror.
| And it came to pass, in the days of John
commonly called Quincy, that a certain man
saw a vision, and the vision was that OF
| huge Water-M The mill stream flowed
on still, and rapid, and deep; and the great
water-wheel went splash, splash, splash, con-
tinuously and the smaller wheels and grind
stones whirIed rapidly, and the dust flew,
and the millers bawled merrily, one to the
other, as they threw the grain into the hop
pers and the -four beautiful and white flow
ed forth. The people staggered with their
! bags, and the wains creaked and groaned
with their barrels, and the sailors cheerily
sung, +" Yo heave yo!" as they slowed it
away in their boats; and all were very mer-
ry and full of Joy, because they knew the
mill was staunch, and that they should have
plenty to eat, if they carried their grain to
the miller. The old folks smoked in the
shade and told long tales, and the youths
danced and sung on the green lawns; and
| all the while the old mill went splash, splash,
and the little wheels click-clGcked, busily and
all the people shouted and cried, Hail to
the mill-hail to the old mill-the good Old
friend that grinds the corn for our wives
and children
And the man was sore amazed, and went
to the soothsayer's, and said, " Read me,
pray thee, the dream, for | am heavy in
heart, because of this dream"
And the soothsayer stroked his long grey
beard calmly, and said. Dream yet once
again, and 10 I will read thee the VISION"
And the man laid him down again, and
straightway deep sleep came on him, and
he saw an old man with white hat aud
spectacles, with O crowbar and whole pack
Of vagabond looking fellows, with chocks and
clogs, endcavoring to stop the big, water
| wheel, sweating and disappearing, and swear
ing that they would stop the old water
wheel, and that the mill would grind better
without it." And the people looked on and
said, "Surely, the old man with the white
hat is honest, and near to his end he will
do nothing to injure our mill and they sung,
and laughed, and danced, because as yet
they had plenty of flour. And the old man
| hove away at the wheel with his crowbar,
and swore and blasphemed; and the rag
| tail mob threw in their chocks, and succeed
ed in stopping the big wheel, and its splash.
ing was hushed; but the little wheels and
grindstones for while went on, like mad,
| by their own impetus, because the pinions
that regulated the force of the big wheel had
been pulled away, and the water in the mill
stream rose higher and higher, and over
flowed the dam, and covered all the nlea-
dows because there was no outlet at the big
wheel and presently it filled the mill, and
all the wheels stopped, and the millers were
near being drowned, and endeavored, each
one, to escape for their lives and the grain
was overlooked and rotted, and the people
were silent and sad and said, "Surely the
old man has ruined our mill, and we shall
all starve because we have no -four; and
our meadows are all under water, and VIC
cannot raise any more grain :" and the quiet
and repose of the old people was turned to
wailing, and the youths and maidens stood
looking gloomily on and they, sorely pinch
ed with hunger, cried, "Oh that our old
mill was going again oh that the wicked
violent old man, with the white hat, had not
stopped the big water-wheel."
And the men groanGd in spirit, and straight
way went to the Seer, and said, d" Interpret to
me, pray thee, my dream"
Then the SoothsGyer rose, and shook his
garments, and answered, Lo! my SOL, the
mill that thou sawest was the system Of Puoi'c
credit, which ages of advancing improve
ment and intelligence have made so beneti-
cial. The miH.stream which flowed so ST.
lently, and deeply, and regularly, was the
stream of public ,cant or necessity, and the
i great uheeL that splashed so strongly and
heavily, was the Bank Of the United States,
and the smaller ,cheels, that clacked SO mer-
rilv. were the State Banks, which were re-
strained, and at the same time influenced by
its power. The overlooking of the meadows,
and the rotting of the grain, is the ruin that
has overwhelmed the country, for the want
of a proper outlet and channel for the great
stream of Public Necessity. The wall of the
old men and the youths and the madens, is
the wall of the people crying for bread"
And the man turned him gloomily, and
went on his way, and said, as he strobe
along, "Oh! that the people had prevented
the old man with the white hat from stop
ping the big water-wheel, and running the
Mill."-N. Y. American.
Land Sales.-Thc President has by proc
lamation fixed the time of public land sales
at the different offices as follows, viz:
In Wisconsin-At Green Bay, on Mon
day, the gid day OF October, and the 9th OF
November next; at Milwaukee on the 18th
of November, and the Sd day of December.
In Iowa.-At Dubuque, on the 9th. and at
Burlington on the 10th of November.