Litchfield enquirer., 1839-07-18
TOR TIE ENourRER.

the unworthy act, which Gf merit will allow) please accept. Yours &c.
 What, m land where Freedom gaily smiles No naughty monarch reves in his pride,'
 Shall Freemen's ruler look to Britain's isles,
 And scorn the work her native sons supplied?
 Proud Europe's purpled tyrants ever wore
 The gandy t:lppings of another cline,
 But freemen, hardy JTeemea, never bore
 Such gittering ensigns of the giant crime.
 It is the pride of most abiect slave
 To slight the work of those who gave him power; To look for splendor far beyond the wave, Would make. methinks, his recreant spirit cover. Iwould my country were spared this disgrace. To .tree I0a'd it is deep. foul stain; a. ..i.s is of regal power the. growing pace. G.3 The mimicry of tyrannic reign.
 Such was the cause of Rome now fallen pride; D, Twas too the curse of classic Attica;
 And now behold sad ruin OCT them ride, 4 While mid their fragments careless breezes play. And shall our country follow their decline7 Q breathe not here such m unwelcome sound Paint not with pride fair freedoms holy shrine,
 Nor forge the chains in which we may be bound. | 'JE -n TRIO **** TIE WHIe CELEBRATION ON THE 4TH--On one of the beautiful islands in the Delaware, fronting the city, was a cheering and expressive scene. The speeches and toass are reported to have been of an unusually high order, The sentiment of Mr. Henry tremely torcible and brilliant. His toast was
 The Union of the Whigs-for the sake of the | No phrase could convey deeper meaning. in few
 The sentiments and addresses were all in good taste, and gave great to all present Ani- nation and concord ruled the hours and shall be glad 1t the life and friendship thus awakened should continue to point the decisions of the National Con- venton tor the Presidency. as the true resort oi har- monlzed party and people, klt0delpht0 Gazette a BANK PARTY JoB-Every mail brings inteili- gence ot some new expedient ot the office party to keep themseiyes m power Col Polk. m the excite of the method by which Mr. Van Buren contriyed to dispose of superfluous candidate. In the Lincoln District ISnncssee, two aspiring loco fecos Messrs brown and kincannon, started together tor Congress Both being eager or the distinction and lucrc of place. neither would give up and as there was only one op- position candidate, and he highly popular throughout ceed It was necessary to do something to suppress the division m the loco loco ranks. Col Polk recom mended the appointment of KiIcannori to an office in The President complied with the wishes of his faithful servant and counsellor, and the office was conferred Instantly Mr Kincannon retired from the field in ta. These arrangements might have remained secret, but for the overweening vain righteousness of Polk, who, in order to recommend himself to the people of Tennessee, paraded this instance of his standing at Washington, and of his great influence with the Pre- l sdent.-N. Y. Times
 [ A LAZY MAN.-There is man in New. Orleans go lazy that he carries kitten under each arm to 6reate | for him. .. Quite probable. We saw man, only short time since, on bonrd United States ship, so lazy that they had fo fho koo uEakx l q. $. Gazette. ! PREPARATION TO PRACTICE LAW IN MIssIssrrpI.- Wc met young Eastern friend of ours Q few days since in shop purchasing brace of pistols, and looking keenly at large Bowie Knife. What on earth are you about, said we, to peaceable de. murc acquaintance, who never before had handled such weapon. "Why," he replied, l" have finish ed Burlemaqui, Coke, Kent, Blackstone, &c., in Maine, and am now about to emigrate to practice in Mississippi !'' i I CHcAGo-The Beauben reservation, otherwise Fort Dearborn reservation, in the heart of Chicago, which has lately been adjudged as belonging to the government of'he United States was sold by auction in June. The property contained fifty nine acres, laid out in town lots. The sale lasted two weeks, and the amount of purchases to about SSO,0OO. In | water lots measuring about 4s feet on the rver by 90 to 100 deep, and sold at s20OO up 4l5o each The inner lots ranged from S2oo 9l 900. The cash was all paid on the spot.-.Jour. ef Com. A SuIcIDE.-The Rogersyille Tennesseean of the lst, says that 2 Miss Sally Vaughan. a blooming young lady of IS years residing in the county com. rnitted suicide by hanging herself Her parents had opposed her union with young in the neighbor- hood, and on that day she went short distance from the house, tied rope to tree the verge of bank orIedge and fastening the other end nbout her neck precpitaied herself of, and was found dead having hung there apparently several hours.
 ORIENTAL FANATIcIsM.-A wretched fanatic now in Bombay, took little slip of the Tnls tree, planted in pot, placed it in tho palm of bis left hand and held it above his head in which position it has re- nianed for five years The Tulsi hns grown fine shrub the muscles of the arm which support it have become riged md shrunken; the nails of the fingers have grown out and they curl spirally downwards to a great length; yet that wretched devotee seems quite indifferent to his strange position having lost his remembrance of pain in public applause. REMARKABLE ADvENrURE.-The Nafchez Free Trader in giving an account of tho late fire at Port Gibson, Mississippi relates that during the confagra. ton person in the upper story of wooden house occupied in rescuing some property. when all at once volume of black smoke broke from one of the dormer windows. and he was seen plunging through the other with wreath of red flames curling after him. At enc leap he cleared the window and tho caves of the house, and came down into the street like psojectiIe Three gentlemen saw him falling, seized him by the clothes to break his fa and sue ceeded in landing him safe on the pavement, although the force of the fall was such to tear his clothes from him and leave him bare to the skin EUe. Post "I don't know where that boy got his temper: he did not take it from me-" "Why no my dear, don't perceive that you have lost any was the affection ate reply of the sposG.
 Eliza Emery warns all the girls out South and