Litchfield enquirer., 1838-11-29

Winter always brings with it additional
wants nnd threatens severe privations-no
matter how mild it may be, the storm must
Occas ionally rage and the snow must fall, and
tueI and clothing cannot be dispensed with.
Those who can prepare for the change need MO
adlnonition, but who is to take care of those
without means to meet the "peltings of the
pitiIess storm e. We have long been satisfi-
ed that the increase of population by e.nigra-
tion, as well as those who came to the city
during the winter to be supported, will impose
a heavy burden on the public and private
charity. which must be met promptly. Those
who are blessed with means, should bear in
mind, that they are kind of trustee to aid
the poor with reasonable portion of those
means. A mans money is not all his own,
as he believes it to be--hc is an agent of
providence, and will he held accountable
hereafter for the trust. A humane man who
dispenses aims to the poor according 10 his
means, never loses in the long end-the
money he gives returns to him in sonac shape
or other. Probably doubled, and the gratifi-
cation of doing a good act is all profit
What would become of the poor, however,
ii it were not for the women Z? How uniform
ly they throw ON their cloaks whenthe storm
RACES and the wind blows to seek objects ut
charity--how regular they are in their Wis.,
ting committees, how extensive in their do
nations, how zealously they beg for the poor
what real good they do in their various
benevolent societies, and yet they cannot a.
lone meet every claim upon them. The men
must aid them literally must give
their wives portion Ut their profits for char
liable purposes, and positively all their VIM
nings atlwhist and brag at least from No
vember until May-and if every young Indy
had neat mahogany box, with an inviting
aperture on the top. on her centre table, for
the weekly purchase Of fuel for the poor, she
can have no idea how many shillings would
insensibly find their way into it from admir-
ing friends.-Noah. .54s
CGndOr and good sense-Extract from the
address Of the Wing Convention in North
Essex, Mass. .sr. 4s,5r y@as1t3 ya,t a-
"Be not deceived by the specious pretext
Of Democracy, word which is always in the
mouths of our adversaries, but which never
influences their conduct. Their love of the
people begins and ends with the love of
themselves Individually. In their vocabulary,
the democracy of the Union, is neither more
nor less than an association of Office holders.
While they insult their countrymen with hy-
pocritical cant about their love of the people,
they secretly laugh at the credulity Of their
victims, and while proclaiming attachment
to republican simplicity Of manners. they
shamelessly initiate the state and grandeur
of the most Odious aristocracy. aa'ot I.
Nor, while we warn you not to believe
the treacherous fabrications of our opponents
we do not ask you to rest your faith on our
representations, we wish you to act on your
own convictions, we beseech you to examine
for yourselves. We refer you to public doc
No rofsnn 10 Aho Of tlDn
Treasury Department. We refer you to the
state of exchanges as reported in the public
Journals. We refer you to your own expert
ence as business men. Look at the public
Treasury as it was LEFT by Mr.. Adams.
Look at the yearly expenditures Of the Co.
vernment as reported by the public officers
of his, and of the previous administration,
and fiien compare them with the state Of
things under the present administration, as
represented by itself and by its authorized
agents. After candid and honest examin-
alton of these particulars, all we desire is,
that you should vote, as conscience shall die
tate."aa is1.a t.t-- aG @ 's0yaao
CITY Ladies read Mis.-A letter from Hele-
ma (Arkansas,) under date of the 18th ult.
gives an account Of backwoods heroine, Of
Monroe county,a widow lady named Nc
Bride, who being informed by one Of her
children that the dogs had freed q panther
within half mile of the house, sent to q
neighbor, procured powder and bullets, load
ed her gun, and proceeded to the place, and
brought down her game at the first fire. The
report of the gun started up another panther
at hand, which ran up a tree within half a
mile ofthe other. She again loaded her gun,
and killed the second also at the first fire,
from the top Of one Of the tallest trees. Who
among our many fair readers could perform
such feat !-Phila. paper yet ,..,f r,ag,
Desert Of California This immense plain.
the existence of which was, until very re-
Gently, wholly unknown, is situated ~ the
central part Of Upper or New California, in
Mexico. It Is limited on the north BY q
mass Of rocks, which separate it from the
head waters Of the Lewis river; on the west
by an irregular chain of mountains, extend.
ing in parallel ridges along the shores Of the
Pacific Ocean on the east side by the west
ern branches of the Colorado, and on the
south by the valley Of the Colorado. Its
area is equal to that of Virginia, and consists
of an elevated plateau or table land, flanked
on all sides, by descents more or less inclin-
ed, according to their geological structure.
In all its essential features, this remarkable
waste resembles the great Sahara. of Africa
1t presents little else than an Grid surface,
broken at intervals by few detached noun
tains Of limited extent but rising in some
instances above the region ofperpetual snow.
From these mountains, small streams flow
during the rainy seasons. On reaching the
plains these torrents instantly disappear in
the sand, leaving no other trace OF their ex-
istence than the fragments of rocks and other
debris, which are borne down. BY the cur
rent and deposited at The basis Of the hills
No region can present more dreary and