Litchfield enquirer., 1839-01-03

fashion Of the TINES tor The oppSn marty to hcnp
nhlcq n''n THIS gentleman f'r his ay and deter
mncd eip riiiun to the destructive principles Of the
titifAss fitdk we take the greater pleasure in pre-
seatng hiaedisfWeFested tribute ol ADMIRATION.
Hon. NRains and splendid mansion Q" The
must I've allowed TO say few words Of its occupant.
Mr.. y who is yet in the prime of lfe has always de-
voted himself to the public good. His patriotic exer-
crowned witt. success shine conspicuous amidst the
public calamtes which they would have averted.-
Aiter graduating with distinguished honor at Union
College, ne applied himself to that profession which is
the highway to public "a vor and enolunen;. But the
| honOrs oil the kEam soon aiianed !; and the
spendors 81 The great American Senate had higher
considered as just begun. Transferred from the as-
semb'y and senate OF his own state where his emf
ncnt abilities were constantly exer,ed for the benefit
q his fellow citizens. TO the eenate of the United
States iis votes and speeches subject fully
attest his worth. He is genuine old-fashoned re-
publican one who s never guided by party trammels,
9Gt whose whole soul y given to his whole country.
MS speeches are marked by great vgor efthpught,
chasfeness and beauty swr 40 q n,ost fascinating
eioquence, he adds the more valuable quality of
sound and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, Honesty SINGER
ity, and intelligence, are stamped indebly in his
countenance and character.
| ~ lie was not born to shame: .#
| Upon his brow shame s ashamed to sit, ..
For It's throne where honor may be crown'd.'
! Eierniy-The only theme that confuses, hnmbIes
and alarms the proud intellect Of man. What is it
The human mind can grasp any defined length Of
tme however vast; but this is beyond time, and too
great for the limited conception Of man. II has no
beginning, and have no end It canno, be multi
piled, it cannot be added unto; You may strive to
subtract it. but it s useless. Take millions and mill
lions Of years from it, take all time that enters the
compass Of your Imagination, it is still whole and un-
diminished as MISREPRESENTATION is lost. Think on,
the brain becomes heated and oppressed with SEN
saon Of weight too powerful for it to hear, and reason
to:ters in her seat and you rise with the conviction Of
the mpossbil.y Of tho creature to fathom the Crea-
tor, Inundated with sense Of your own no,hingness
and impressed with the tremendous majesty of the
Deity. As a vi s-.~I -,
DEATH.-The first conviction that there is death in
the house lie, perhaps, the most awful moment Of youth
| When we are young, we think that not only our.
selves, but that all about US are immortal. Until the
arrow has struck victim round our hearth, death s
merely an unmeanng word until then, its casual
mention has stamped no idea upon our brain. There
few among those least suspected Of thought
and emotion, in whose hearts and minds the first death
in the family does not act as very powerful revela-
ton ofihe mysteries Of life and Of their own being
there are few who after such catastrophe, do not
look upon the world and the worlds ways at least for
a time, with changed and tempered feelings. 1t re-
calls the past it makes as ponder over the future and
YOUTH gay and light hearted YOUTH 10 taught for the
first time, TO regret and fear. ''h
Presene.-A roll fable butter weighing fourteen
hundred pounds has been made at the dairy Of Col.
| Meachan, in Cayuga coun,y. N. T., intended as a
prssen, TO President Van Bnren. We don't think
much ths fashion Of making presents of butter and
cheese and hats and bonnets 70 Presidents and
Queens. why not send your big rolls Of butter, youv
mammoth cheeses and such like. to poor people, who
know how to value them, and who will bless you fol
them Martin Van Buren, and Queen Victoria car
afford topay for their own bread and butter. .,
Irish Wa--An English officer. who was called 70
suppress riot in some part Of Ireland, upon striving
on the ground commanded the mob 70 disperse. when
one Of the number stepped up to him, and said--
"You want us to be off, TO be sure, don't you r.
Yes" answered the officer, end you had better 60
quick, for you won't like the smell Of gunpowder"-
The smell Of ponder, did you say the devil the Bit
do we care for thas-its the balls we fear"
| Fatal Duel-A duel took place on the 10th ult in
New Orleans, in which q son Of OF. Governor Marty.
ny and lawyer, named Greilhef, were the comba-
sanss. II terminated fatally TO tho former gentleman
S@icide.-Peter b. Bristol. Assistant Teller in the
Bank of Buffalo. shot himself through the head on
Wednesday evening last. at the banking house Of that
nstisuton-it is supposed in fit Of insanity.
| Popping The Quesfion.-What strange thing s de-
euaintance said beautiful girl the other day to a
friend Of ours" yearago had not seen each 9th
er-many season had rolled it's course, bringing
hope, happiness and perchance sorrow 10 EACH with
out the cognisance Of the other; and now are SO
intimate - Our friend says she looked 20 lovely he
could not help pressing her delicste ehsekhe asked
her il he had aught do with the happiness Of her f
ture You are in al my dreams Of the coming
days." replied she. They are to be married at Christ
mas We consider this one Of the neates. popping
ofthe question ever heard Of though by the way WI
think il ought TO have happened in leap year.
indians Mode Of LynckiaR-H orrid Scene.-We
learn from the Wisconsin Democrat Of Nov. 18th
that after the payment Of the Menomonees at Grand
Chute, an Indian (no doubt intoxicated entered q
wgwam to murder his brother, who however escaped,
leaving his squaw. who was Immediately stabbed Ia
| death by the infatuated savage. Not satisfied with
this, he Immediately murdered also the sister Of tho
squaw, and then stabbed his own wife. The whites
present succeeded in binding him hand ard foot, bu,
surrendered him to his tribe. who fell upon him with
their knives in the erUcous manner. and killed
him on The spot, then threw him on fire and burnt
| him to c;nders.--N. Y. Star.
T. FIRE broke out in tho most condensed and bust
ness portion Of the village Of Amsterdam, n Y few
nights SINCE which destroyed the large block ofbud-
ings the south side Of Main street, between Bridge
street and the American Hotel, and large amount Of
property. The paper Of that place heads the notice
Of tho fire." Amsterdam in ruins" .s,
/ The eye is never TO he mistaken. A person NAV
discipline the muscles Of the face and he ,nny control
the voice. but there l. something in the eye beyond
the will, and We sometimes find Il giving the tongue
| tho lie direct. htts '@4 '3 af
Mr.. Henry Clay, Jr. Of Ky, has sold an imported