Litchfield enquirer., 1839-07-18
Esn sls Ms.s- -YsrL Daily Waia.

FTSn as NsO- Ysrk DaIy Wig.
 Prssidsnfi.l Csndidai@-Et has been the policy Of scarcely departed in sinqo instance Go place fhsir candidates early n tAe 6ed. They well know how large class of votsrS have little leisure for specua- would be likely iO carry onward, it placed at the helm. They are aware of tho influence of popular nRms EayPg y gE.t sSsr , to politics. action lead. An army without .. chief will soon become mutinOus-and . party without an acknowledged head, known and popular leader, be ever 60 strong will ofien Dc borne down by the weaker party. Ge- neral Jackson from an accidental movement at for. tnnate iuncture, was made the candidate fthe coal ton against John o. Adams, at the very threshhod of cleus of an opposition destined to accomplish great political revolution. His name was the Taying cry. His party, for three years prior to his election, nscrb poles-paraded upon handkerchiefs and rbbands, badges and buttons. erockery ware and brass medals and pasted in huge capitals upon the dark and dismal walls of every den and grOggery throughout the land: tens of thousands of voters would shout hcsannas 10 Jackson, who could not stop 10 consider the conse- quences of his elevation. Little did they care about difference win them whether the cotton cotton growers % or wool spinners were protected, long they could get shirts to their backs, and enough eat and drink --they thanked God (such as believed in Him) that they were freemen. and could vote for Old Hickory He rGs their chief!
 MT. Van Buren no sooner came into the new Ad- ministratoE, than with the foresight peculiar to him, ing rudely pushed Mir. Calhoun from his seat in the royal affections he went quietly at work in the manu- facure ofpubic opinio and long before the first term the U as his successor. The same machinery is at work now. The steady gaze of the loco focos is upon MT. Van Buren, and no one else is even thought of as their candidate for Presidency little apparent division
 s suffered to exist in relation to the vice presidency, for other purpose than to divert the public scrutiny from the movements of the Magician himself The poses of ambition is sagac;ous enough see the ad- vantage in every contest of having known and pop ular leader. and bringing him early in the field.
 The position of the Whig Party. in this respect. is numbers an unquestonabe majority of the voters of the country-i can conquer, and we believe it WILL conquer. And yet there IS hesitation in quarter this direction, and unnecessarily to delay in that We could wish it were otherwise. It is not a very animating spectacle. after "a seven years war; liant State Victories. such as would have prostrated any Administration not specially upheld by the most lavish expenditure of the Peoples Money; it is not encouraging. after such struggle and such repeated Trumphs to see the great and conquering Whig Par. Duty. Our true course is Onpard We are certain ly not divded-although from mere want of action of the Federal Government are preaching division, and the cuckoo note may by.and-bye induce some over-credulons Whigs to believe the song. Take warning take warning, Wings! and not be misled by the croakings of your adversaries;
 MARTIN VAN BUREN is in the field, the accredited Sub-Treasury candidate. His Name is on all the banners of the adversary. His Recruiting Sergeants His army is drawn up in martial array. Hoso is a ,0ith the WHIGs? Under whose banner shall they march to victory2
 This question, already settled in the minds of an immense majority of the Wings, will very soon be answered with very sufficient formality. In the mean time, we see no possible harm in temperate and manly discussion s1 among .hcse who whatever rty And we beg leave to advise those kind hearted editors of the Van Baren press who distressed at our apparent division, to give no further house in order, and hasten to learn their prayers
 GREAT FIRE AT EASTPoET, (ME.k-Soon aNer l o'clock, on the morning of the 9th inst fire broke out at Passport. It commenced in a small building,
 Ss Two vessels, the Martha and Abigail, were totally destroyed. The fire made clear sweep of every building on both sdss o Water street to s me store . S flee of c. F. Granger on the west side; extending also back and burning number of buildings Eve ry wharf within the limits of the conhagraton, was at $4oooo of which $sooOo are supposed to be nsu- red.
 Nothing remains of what was the centre and in fact nearly the crcumference of the business part ot the town but heap of ruins, above which rise the black ened chimnies of the burnt buildings and over which the smoke rests like pail as if to hide the hideous mass beneath
 daughter of country curate in Hampshire being re- duced by the death of her father. to the hard necess ty seeking some mode of subsistence, could find no other than going into the service Gf an ola S female her name) had received from her parents the best ed ucaton. She was handsome, had very pleasing fig ure, sensible, discreet, and o the most modest de- of good fortune, who was friend of the family with which she lived, frequently visited the house. The master and mistress keeping only one tooman, poor thus an opportunity of seeing the young man. and fell in love with him before she was aware of the progress of that sentiment in her heart. When she did per ceye it, her reason induced her to oppose It, and she deed violent were her struggles that her health be- came seriously affected by them. Her mistress. who loved her tendey, after having consulted several phy twenty miles distance to !ry whether change of air would not be of service to her. The absence of the object of her affection no doub contributed to her re- Sovsr she returned aS hsI , ana navhng ing ore her passion revived. Firmly resolved to conquer or die, rather than give way to an attachment that n creased in spite of her she relapsed into the most de- able to discover the cause of her disorder thought she must be affected by some deep sorrow, and pronounc- ed her danger Her afflicted mistress entreated her to entrust her with the secret and induce her do to, told her the danger she was in and promised only not to beray her confidence, but to do her utmost to obtain the means necessary for her cure. Overcome by the affection of her mistress she acknowleded her passion begged her to conceal it from him who was the object of it; and received with resignation the news ot her approaching dissolution which would at last deliver her from an unfortunate passion that all her efforts had been unable to vanquish. Her mis-
 ress could not help informing her husband of the dis covery. They agreed to sound the young man upon served the merit sf Emeia. they prevailed upon him to pity her situation. He consented-asked to see her. tshe being previously prepared for it by her mis-
 ress) entered into conversation with her. testified the even went 60 tar as to say that n she could recover, he would be happy to marry her. Marry me 2"