Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1839-12-12


No-,hern and Southern Farming gu y aD
,us,rnaItv common to many minds. 70 oe as
..cntrnsed with their present situation aiiu -
.s-es,,h their wishes away from home ~ ~.
-. ~ ,hat happiness which the far reacnI"e
eu.s nf ;r,agination thinks it can oIsCOveI
sosd They have never learned the no'nS-
=, iessor. alet well enough alone ana tnlhN
;f.hor, cn,,ld hut change LOCALITIES new souE-
ces If prosperity would rush upon SnI.n
Sr;cE ne blackberries in summer. ~! .no
,rhoIe number ofpeopie VINO nave lelt willis
Ear the far south and west, now many sup
nose We, have really bettered their cononlon
h.nnier. than they probably would have
hea,1 mad thew remained at home in habits OF
industry and frugality! Not many, we
think On the contrary we do know many
who have made miserable trade oy 'Hhs ca :.
change. They have found ProNnc son ,.l !.
e tr,,ss hut NOT so prolific as TO enable tneIn
=. I've v,;thont work, or if it has SO enableo
49,. .h;s circumstance has induced habits
sI and then of dissipation, which are
.,i.;raatelv disastrous to torture, to reputa-
tom. and to happiness every where. Tney
ind themselves, too, cast amongst mouey
mixture of people, with whose HABITS ana US
ares they can never fraternize; they mus.
always be strangers, or frienos q. aIlns
length, amongst them; the great lnsIltu'lI ~
ofsocial and moral order, which are the gro
nv of New England, are wanting there; ano,
on the whole, though they may nave "nog
and horninvO enough, jim all the great eie.
ments of human happiness they are misera-
hIv off. Most of those who have sold their
5ayms in Maine, and expended their money
"a nrettv large sum-to remove themselves
and families TO the great west, would, we
doubt not, rejoice to be returned to their an
cient homes, and to all the moral, inteilectl-
al and social blessings of our state. could
they procure money enough to get back.
Ii is a common opinion here at the North,
that if you go South where the seasons are
warm and the climate more favorable to the
growth of certain products, you will ind
fields almost like paradise, and the people RI
.otinp in plenty which is burdensonle. TO
and see the mistake. We have travelled
some in the sunny south, and we say delioe-
rately, that in the southern states, agriculture
does not begin to compare with agriculture
amongst us. The fences are bad, the fields
are skinned over and appear sterile the
buildings are miserable compared with ours
the poor slaves Tiff and let tall their noes as
~ thew cared not fig how little and how
.,oorIv the work was done, whilst the lordly
whites, too proud to work, are wasting their
time in idleness and those vices which idle
ness seldom fails to induce. It is verify so,
and the reader will find it SO if he goes south.
He will be surprised to ascertain thatthe gar
den of the Union, after all is in the cold and
rugged fields of New England. Hereawe
have no slavery, and it is not discreditabfe
fer white men to work and work they do
and work they must. Their labor Is per-
formed with skill, and the faceof the country.
shows the effects of free white labor infinite
~ above that of black slave service.
Maine Caltivator.
Steamboat Explosion and Loss Of Lires.-.
The New Orleans paper OF the 22d, states
that the steamboat Wilmington. on her voy.
age from New Orleans to st. Louis, burst her
boilers, at daylight on the morning OF the
18th inst, near the mouth of Arkansas river.
The boilers, engine, and upper works were
carried away, as far aft as the cook house,
One Of the pilots, Mr.. Andrew Helms, was
blown overheard and lost Julius Fisk, LIST
engineer, killed; Paul -, I'd do. MORALLY
wounded and dying at mouth Of Arkansas,
and others I'D cook included) dead--ihe;
number of wounded IS not precisely known
the accounts vary from 6 to IL. tis sup
posed that none of the other officers were in
jured. The accident occurred about 20
minutes after the boat had wooded, and |
whilst she was under way:
The Washington correspondent of the New York /
Times, under date Of Nov. 18th, says that Mr.. |
Douglass has given up all thoughts Of contesting the
right Of MI. Stuart Of Illinois to seat in Congress.
and that Richard w. Barton has announced in long
address to his constituents that he will not for rea-
given, contest the right of Mr. Lucas Of Virginia
There remains, therefore, only the disputed cases
from New-Jersey and the ridiculous pfetensions of
the Tory Ingersof Of Philadelphia to the seat Of Mr..
Naylor, be disposed Of" Ssesr
A personal friend Of Col. Richard M. johnson as
sures US that our Washington correspondent is msta-
ken in saying that that gentleman will not consent to
be again candidate for the Vice Presidency. He I
will NOT, we learn, withdraw his name and his friends
will press his caims to second election Eue Post.
The editor of the Madisonian very properly asks
the question:" How does it happen that the admins
raton candidates for Congress fromthe State Of Mis-
sissppi are in their seats in the House, when from
eght counties the returns Of the election are yet
received T'--PGtriot and Democrat.
~ a Court Of Probate holden at Plymouth. for The
District Of Litehfeld, on the 9ih day Of December
l9S9-Phinehas Miner, Esq. late Judge of the Court
OF PfObnfQ ~ Rnfd ko:ns /