Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1839-09-05

Tan HEI,LEsPoNr.-Thc following spirit
ed sketch of place renowned IN ancient
history. Is from Stevens Incidents Of Travel.
SOnward, still onward! Wehave reach
ed the Itellespont, the Dardanelles of the
Turks. tamed as The narrow waters that d.
VIDE Europe and Asia. Three miles wide NJ
IT'S mouth, u becomes gradually narrower UNI
I'll IN the narroweSt part the natives Of Ela-
rope and Asia can talk together from the OPP
posiie sides. Forty-six miles Of its whole
length it presents succession of new beam
ties. had just time to reflect that it was
melancholy, and seemed inexplicable that
this and other Of the fairest portions of the
earth should be in the hands of the Turks,
who neither improve it themselves nor suffer
others to do the same. AT every moment. a
new picture presents itseif-a new fort or VIII
Ia, or the ruins of an ancient CITY,. Here
Xerxes built his bridge Of boats, to carry over
his millions to the conquest of Greece, and
here, when he returned with the wreck of his
army, and found his bridge destroyed, he or
dered the chains 10 be thrown into the sea,
and the waves dashed with rods. From this
point, Iseander swan the Hellespont for love
Of Hero-and lord Byron and Mr.. Ecken-
head for fun. Nearly opposite the ruins of
Sestos, close to a Turkish fort, are the ruins
of AbydoS. Here XerXeS and Leander, and
Lord Byron and Mr.. Eckenhead landed.
A BLooDY BArTLE-9 tOo 7aoasana Men
KiLled-Buenos Ayres papers to MAY nth,
received via Boston, bring us the particulars
of a bloody battle which took place on the
3lst OF March, at a place called Paga Largo,
between the army of Corrientes Zone of the
provinces of the Republic Of Rio de la Plata
and the troops Of Entire Rios another of said
provinces,) which the Corrientians, in con-
nection with the Oriental Republic (ofwhich
Monte Vidcois the capitaD were attempting
to revolutioniZc. 10 will be reeollected that
not many months since Gen. Ffuctuoso Rive
ra, or Frutos, as he is Familiarity called, rails
ed an insurrection in the Oriental Republic,
and succeeded in ousting Gen. Oribe from
the Presidential Chair, which Reverb of
course Immediately assembled, adopting such
forms of procedure as would best save APP
pearances. Oribe, with q number of friends,
escaped to Buenos Ayres, and awakened in
that capital SO much interest in his own be-
half and in opposition to Rivera, that the lat
ter determined on revenge, and accordingly
issued declaration of war against the Uni
ted Provinces. in this he was encouraged
by the French authorities ut Montevideo, who
were in hopes the movement would result in
the downfall of Rosas Governor of BueRos
Ayres, and therefore ex-officio conductor of
the foreign operations of the United Provin-
ces) This hope was strengthened when,
soon after, means were found to gain the CO.
operation of the Province Of Corrientes,
through the influence of its Governor, Gen.
Atrada. So here whit the Oriental Republic
and the province Of Corrientes, encouraged
by the French authorities at Montevideo,,
about to make war upon the United Provin-
ces. And for convenience sake they direct
ed their first operations against the province
of Entire Rios.-Jour. e Comm. 4
European Sopere;gns-An amusing letter,
written by Jefferson to friend Of his. for
merly governor Of New Hampshire, relates
to the European nonarchs Of his day and
acquaintance, and speaks pretty freely of
them, as the following passage may show
Louis XVI. was fool, Of my own knowl-
edge, and in, despite ofthe answer made for
him at his trial., The King of Spain was q
fool; Of Naples the same. They passed
their lives in hunting, and despatched two
couriers week, one thousand miles, 10 let
each other know what game they killed the
preceding days. The King of Sardinia was
a fool. All these were Bourbons. The
Queen of Portugal, q Braganza, was an idiot
by nature. And so was the King of Dem
mark. Their sons, as regents, exercised the
powers of government. The King of Prus-
STA, successor to the great Frederick, was
mere hog in body as well as in mind. Gus
tayus Of Sweden, and Joseph of Austria, were
really crazy, and George of England, you
know, was in straight waistcoat. There
remained then, none but old Catharine, who
her common sense. Inthis state Bonaparte
found Europe: and it was this state Of its
rulers which lost it with scarce struggle
These animals had become without mind
and powerless !; and SO will every hereditary
monarch be after a few generations. Alex
ander, the grandson of Catharine, is yet an
exception. He Is able to hold his own. But
he is only of the third generation. His race
is not vet worn out. And so endeth the
book of Kings, from all which the Lord de-
liver u.s." ai ~ ~ M
Humanity rerGrded- - Beneuolence in
d Magistrate - Yesterday morning Mr.. Cor
nelius Alderman, dock builder, while at
work at the foot Of Jay street. observed some
children playing about the dock, and shortly
saw one Of them fall into the water. With
out further hesitation than to lay his watch
upon the string piece, he plunged into the
dock and happily rescued the little sufferer
from watery grave. On reaching terra fir
ma again, MIRA. ,bethought himself Of his
watch, and going to the spot where he had
left il, found it was gone. A lad standing by
informed him that woman whom he point
ed out al some distance off (whose name was
afterwards ascertained to be Peggy Hood)
had taken II up and handed it to boy who
was with her. when they both ran off. The
woman was pursued and taken to the police,
and shortly after the boy alluded to was al
so arrested and brought up. Both ofthem
were examined, but no trace of the watch
discovered. They were however committed.
While Mr.. Alderman was standing atthe
bar, Justice .Bloodgood inquired of him the
vslue Of his loss. Mr.. a. replied that he sup