Litchfield enquirer., 1839-12-05
fFom &c NcD Esgisai EarMr.
Ne0Rrfa NTIITTCAULTS,


NJ an eud.%.at least, for the present. 10 Is, "
common parlance, fat upon It's buck; anc
whether II can be made 10 staFd again Of u
self5or be made 70 stand upon eruiches' re-
mains to be seen. II has fallen suddenly llKt
atFemendous Colossus and itnow lies spraw
linz. with good many under It VINO were
.crlished hv the fall. Some are quite dead
,r,fheTa n,ayy crawl out with only some of thei
limbs broken-others may, by careful surgi
cal SILL. be restored again to eoundness, ]
euch.siphl should fortunately be at hand bu
vastpumbers have fallen like those who wer'
crevelling In the halls which the giant, NTH
old testament, pulled down over their heads
AKethave no pleasure in contemplating thest
wrecks of hope -these enterprises OF ayarace
whichnever can be reached without our ~.
tegFity, as we'll as our happiness Deing pun
az extreme peril. In all such cases. tue re-
action is extreme -the ebb corresponds 20 tne
flood. sj
n The country.in many parts,is covered wttn
0he, n1nlticauiis almost as 1hickly az most
wheat stubbles are with the Roman worm
wood |; and prices have gone down next TO
the point of giving away.
Some years since, in Boston, when the
marketing was brought to town in panniers
slung across the horse, wild pigeons were 10
such abundance, that q farmer who had come
10 market with his panniers full of pigeons,
after selling asmany as he could for PEN
nv a dozen, at length went away in despair,
leaving his horse, in hopes that some person
would steal what remained unsold. But
Judge Of his surprise, when, on returning to
his horse, he found that some other mar keter,
as unfortunate as HIMSELF had turned his load
upon what he had left. II has not yet quite
come to this with the tnulticaulis, although
they have been sold in quantities at public
sale, at four cents and two cents per tree-
and then the sale was stopped for want Of
any further bids.
This is certainly undertaking them
They are aplant of inestimable value TO the
country. They yield an abundant foliage:
The worms consume them with avidity and
they have not, as many feared. proved I'M
healthy. The silk produced by them is OF
excellent quality. They will not endure our
rigid winters but the taking them up and
storing them id the cellar, or covering them
up in the fields, is not an affair of any great
labor OF trouble, and the extra labor is amply
compensated by the ease Of picking the
leaves from low shrubs, compared with the
difficulty Of picking leaves from high stand
ing trees. 81 " +,
We have RICH! to hope, therefore, that
The public judgment will at length do them
full justice; and although they cannot be
expected to 60 as high as they have hereto
fore been sold, yet they will bring such a
price as will fully pay for cultivating them.
and be obtained so reasonably, that the far
niers viii be warranted ia making planta-
tions of them for the purpose ofraising silk.
Our only fear is, that the ,disap pointments
which many must experience, in falling to re-
llize the brilliant prices which their heated
Imaginations anticipated, may disgust many
with the whole matter, and operate TO pro-
duee preiudices against the business of rais-
ing silk. This will be o great evil for in
bur humble opinion, the raising ofsilk in
New England may presently become almost
MS valuable mn interest asthe raising of cot
Ion in one Of the Southern States. MI ban,
When we have a little leisure, and an OPP
of looking at the documents, we
design to give history. little known TO most
persons, Of what was done for the encourage
Epcni ard saee advancement Of this business many
years ago, and long before the American Rev
olutlou. s ri 81 I,
as Correspondence ef ne Journal of Commerce.
Recent Epesats IN HoVt- During twenty
one years, the Republic of Hayti has been
governed by its present President. during
which time several acts Of arbitrary power
have been committed. But. during the same
time, the Republic has had the satisfaction 81
seeing united under one banner, all the DIFF
ferent parties; the good was thought to have
the bad /; and so the enlighten.
ed portion of the nation have thought best
not to complain. But, during the last four
een years, the country has seemed to be
gradually retrograding, under the bad adj
of those in power, and more par
icularly within the last six years the en-
ightened portion of the nation, with the ex-
.eption Of those who live by a servile SUBJ
mission 70 the will Of their master. have at
empted to complain openly against those
lets of Unconstitutional authority.
II would seem thut the President has no
more those faculties which are required for q
nan occupying 50 important a station
From his advanced age he has become quite
noted and capable of giving vent to the most
FOOLISH passions and being counselled by III
disposed men, he does some things that are
'eally q stain on his history.
4 The fourth legislature being aware of the |
sAd effects Of allowing the Chief Magistrate |
ID use arbitrary power over the money affairs |
IF the country, with which by the constitu-
Ion he has nothing to do) attempted TO use I
heir constitutional rights in these matters.
But the consequence WINS, that the govern |
nent got up an intrigue amongst the menu
,ers Of the house Of Representatives, and bad /
Mr. Herald Dunmosle and David st. Prez ex- !
pelled from the house, contrary 10 The text OF /
The constitution. But as it was d measure of /
he government, there was no redress to be /
had. After that time some of the most op-
3ressive laws were passed by that body. 41s1
Inc NTH legislature those same personages