Litchfield enquirer., 1839-07-11
MANIC THE LADs.-A soorou ,o,e

come
 Id aheres ere only but one lwadfan mak' my joe;
 sAT1 anOugh seem shy, yet SO dear is he to me,
 M,, s::aIce :s.N can forgive myself when say tNo"
 SaS'er SJ she sneers cause he has na the penny
 "AE ,.n uI1ner ne bans, but it's n ane tO Jenny
 0Ne Just tax the lad she likes-waether or no.
 NY father he cries, "tak' the laird O Kinlogie,
 M ro & ne mas path Tnaillins and gOwd to hestOw;"
 "H nlIner erles ncst. tak' the heir O Glenbogie;" b4s can please haith O them weel Iwanno!
 Ana slnce 'tismyser maun be gainer or loser--
 Maun drink Q life picker, bet veal or he't woe, uTeT T U put ialr should be my ain chooscr!
 |" lOVe will lippen, then whether or no.
 Oa1d prudence may count his gowd and his acres, Rn, And ,s Innk m them the sumo a blessings below,
 DuT Le me can wealth bring content to it's makers p!n !ne eare-wrnkled face O the miser says i No" Dgs oh wnsS M pure love meets love corresponding,
 lghtens life sload, keeps inc heart from desDondne.
 Let fate smile or scowl, it smiles-whelher or mo-
 The New-York American urges Gen. Scott as csnaloa.e ior the Presidency on the ground that Mir
 ysay can get no Southern State except Louisiana 1T mas often struck us that the American knows less of the south and of Southern 0piniU than any North ern prn we are in the habit of reading. There is Stale more certain for any candidate than North Car oIla IS TOT MT Clay. save possibly, Kentucky tor the same gentleman. Tennessee is equally eertain.- Georgla we believe to be scarcely less certain-for cured there in his favor. Virginia is not or Mr. Ciay no man has right, looking at the latest demon stfations, to affirm that she Ggaist him There is in 80 or 5000 voters South Caroina is the only Southern State to which the Administration has the pretence ot certGin clainl-and while all the world knows her vote to be completely at fhe disposal of MT Calhoun. and MT. Calhoun himself to be wholly unset tied n his dispositions, is unsafe for Mr. van Buren to rely even upon that.
 The American, then, is not authorized by the state above: On the contrary the state of facts complete y explodes that conclusion, ,-Richnond Whig.
 J. O. PerciUal.-Ths gifted poet in common with
 many others m Of the same class IS as sceenrlc m n ms " bachelors hal'' in New-Haven, Conn.,, and often
 yves for weeks together on crackers, cheese codtsh &c; Sometimes he selects 9 boarding house but his habits are far from being gregarious that he seldom or never minges with the social circle. When he discovers disposition on the part ot the boarders to enlist his conversation, court m acquaintance, ci, where he communes with thought and gathers in formation from books and biscuit. His life is wholly devoid ot poetry-yet among his works are found some or the richest specimens ot poetic talent. that ey- We are not aware however, that he is accomplishing any thing at present worthy of his caing-.we rather ook upon hlm, at this moment as personllcatlon of " Genius Sleeping."-N. r. Visiter
 The other day gentleman asked one of his far mers what was his age. "I am not certain" replied he, Il am either 5S or 69'' "What v was the res- ponse, '' not know your own age?" No, sir" re- piled the farmer, "I count my money, my income, andmy cattle; but of my years do not keep any reckoning, because am we'll convinced shall lose none of them, and that nobody will rob me of them"
 MORE VIoLENcE.-Col. Buck Walker, of Madison vile, Miss, was morally wounded by gunshot, a few days since, by youth r IS years of age. be- cause of an indigniy offered to the young mans sis ter Hthis be correc we feel but little sympathy for the sufferer. Let him learn better manners.
 HEAVY VERDrcr.-In the Cincinnati papers there is report of trial for assault and battery, in which Wm c. Lawrence, young physician from N. York, was plaintiff and the officers of the steamboat Gazele defendants. The suit was brought to recover dana. ges for maj treatment, while the defendant was pas scnger on the boat, and the circumstances detailed in the report fully justify the verdict rendered by the jury, which was seuen Motsand sir Hundred and thr- ty-three dollars for the plaintiff
 False Teeth uersus Matrimonial P1edges.--At a trial which recently took place in Kendall county, Ohio, Miss Lasher recovered some $l39 from a MT. Smith for refusing to mar ry her according 10 agreement. The defen- dant insisted as his excuse, that his manor ata wore false teeth, and false curls, to boot, of different color from her own natural hair; and that with all duo deferencc to the court, he did not agree to marry any such things as these. But the jury gallantly deci- ded that false teeth and false curls were very good things in their place.. and that even if the plaintiff wore them. a gals a gal for a' that" and so mulcted the defendant in dam- ages. So Johnny Smith had to walk up and pay over his sovereign "rure alp' for Woun- deAe affections and broken hearts. We ad- wise all ardent beaux to profit by the exam wives as they would the horses they wish to buy-by looking at their teeth. The law settled above renders it incumbent for one to do so at the outset, or suffer the consequent ecs.-Rochesler Advertiser.
 Caution to Pdul Prys.-In Lowell, last week, a man was mulcted in $15 damages for being too prying into the love affairs of ono of his fellow citizens. It was an action of trespays, Montgomery vs. Parker, for ta- king and carrying away letter put into the Post Office for plaintiff. It appeared in evi- dence that Parker took the letter. which was written by lady, from the Post Office, broke the seal, and read the contents to another per- son, to prove an assertion he had made that the writerof the letter and the plaintiff" kept company" The letter was afterwards shown and read 10 two other persons by defendant. The court decided that letter is property. and the damages for taking it away may be estimated. An article devoted, set aside and marked off for person and put in way of conveyance, is the property of the person to whom it is so devoted, &c. Possession fol- lows ownership of personal property. fla man has the ownership of, and is entitled to the immediate possession. he may maintain an action of trespass. This was a fit case for exemplary damages. Judgment for the plaintiff damage Sl5. a s,
 Efscts. of Sobriaty.-A recent traveller in Holland. says Nothing can exceed the