Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1840-06-11
From the Wisconsin, Temperance Journal.
WATERLOO! WATER FOR ME.

All freshness, like infant purity. sui
Oh water, bright wafer, for me, for me!
Give wine, give wine 10 the debauchee!
Fill to the brim fiji, fill to the brim!
Let the flowing crystal kiss the rim;
For my hand is steady, my eye is true,
Fur l, like the flowers, drink nought but dew.
Oh water, bright waters a mine OF wealth,
And the ores it yieldeth, are vig0r and health.
So water, pure water for me, for me
And wine for the tremulous debauchee!
Fill again TO the brim--again to the brim
For water strengtheneth fife and limb; -
? To the days OF the aged it addeth length; 81 Sd
Tothe might Of the strong il nddeth strength;
Il freshens the heart, il brigh,ens the sight
IT'S like quaffing goblet OF morning light
So water, l will drink nought but thee,
Thou parent Of health and energy!
When DER the hills, like gladstone bride,
+ Morning walks forth in her beauty's pride, .3n
And leading band of laughing hours, .a18
Brushes the dew from the nudding flowers, .g
p Oh cheerily then my voice is heard, ~ sU o.
Mingng with that ofthe soaring bird,
|, "a Who fineeth abroad his ma tins loud, NE
AS he freshens his wing in the cold grey cloud. '
But when evening has quilted her sheltering yew.
Drowsily flying, and weaving anew, @ ~. .il. .
Her dusky meshes DER land and seq, ,.al
How gently, oh Sleep tall1thy ponies on me
And my dreams are otheaven the live long night,
So hurrah for thee, water, hurrah! ,e,.sts.
Thou art silver and gold, thou ar, rihbonan star!
Hurrah for bright water! hnrrah! hurrah! p. b.
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A leading " B. paper in Connecticut inmates,
that the Whigs have hought 1000 locofocos in that
state with a hundred dollars. II that be the fact the
sub-treasury has reduced the marketprce of locofo
.e n....- Prentice. .
We shall soon have months Of uninterrupted sun.
shine. Globe. d"
Indeed you will. We shall drive you to the North
Pole where the sun shines six months in the year
without sethng-Prentice. ..-. 3D.. .... .f.f.rt
Martin Van Buren, is making preparations to retire
to private life. He has recently purchased country
seat, in retired place. about two miles from the vii
lage Of Kinderhook N. Y, and given orders to have
it fitted up in grand style, with veranda sixty feet
long. The people win not disappoin. him in the &C.
cupancy OF it.-Har!fOrd Patriot. Ia na
A DEcrNAruRE.-Mr. Forsyth, in public note in
the Globe, announces that il "hs wishes are respect
ed" his name will not "be further mixed up in the
contest, for the Vice Presidency"
Mr.. Forsyth has written q letter to the Globe in
which he declines being considered candidate for
the Presidency lie intimaes that the voice Of
the People in his favor would be the only induoement
to accept the office, and that as il seems likely the
election will be thrown into the Senate, he does not
wish to compete for the prize-Nesc. Yorker. B.
More AecEssIoNs.-The New.York Commercial
Advertiser stutes that three hundred and seventy mem.
| bers were added to the Eighth Ward Tippecanoe
Club, Of that city, on Thursday evening last, THIRTY.
SEVEN Of whom have hitherto belonged to the Van Blu.
| rem party. They came forward like men and declar.
ed their willingness to have their names published.
We learn from Washington that it is known there
that Gov. Cass is in favor Of the election Of his old
Fellow.Solder, Gen. HARRISON. The followers Of
Van Buren, ore camorous for his recall, but the little
man dare NOE take the responsibility" aul
Fatal Accidsnt-On the ed uIt. the steamboat
Green River capszed in the river Of that name, in
Kentucky, by which nine persons were drowned
FIVE females and four men. One man swan ashore,
but his daughter after clingng to her fathers neck
long as possible, let 90 and sank. A Mrs. Brady
saved herself on two sticks Of cord wood -Four
young girls were drowned in the cabin. There were
twenty.four on board, and only fifteen Of the number
were saved
The Boston Post says, the best papers-most
able, amusing. influential. prosperous-in the coun.
try, are those which are conducted by practical prn
ters." ..Hn.
HIP. TAFT, a democratic editor in Vermont. COM
plains that he can't get share ofthe public printing
Prentice says, there is no iii for TAFT in that coun.
try"
Young Adren. son Of the Juggler or Magician, was
shot by DR.. Mcleod, in Montgomery, Ala, ior con-
niving, rs was supposed, at the elopement Of Nc
Leod's wife. Adrien was performing at Montgome-
ry, and the woman became too much enchanted with
him, and pressed her suit perseveringy as to ex
pose him to the vengeance Of her husband, who pur
sued Adrien to Ferry Boat, from which the latter
sprang into the water and was there shot, General
commisseration was felt for Adrien, and the belief
was that he was comparatively if not altogether in.
nocent yet it 10 said that the standing Of the
derer 10 such that il 10 doubtful whether justice will
reach him !!-PaLlGdiuR.
A Hoosier being asked the other day what MAORI
ty would he given in his state TO the hero Of North
Bend, answered about seUentees acres i.a r,.sr.
Sixty Of the former friends Of Van Buren, threw in
their adhesion to Gen. Harrison, at Erie, few days
since. Fourteen citizens Of Union township, Ohio,
have followed suit. John Jones. Esq, Of Columbus,
Ohio, has published eloquent remuneration Of his
loeofocoism.--DesrOit Ado. fe.-e a'a.s 81
The Exploring Erpedition.-Ca Hooker, Of bark
Shepherdess which arrived at this port early last
evening from Sydney. New South Wales. Feb. 10,
ported that the u s. Exploring Expedition, consist.
ing of the ships yincennes and Peacock. brig POr-
pose and schr Flying Fish, sailed thence Dec 26 on
61I' Il1 Boston Daily Ado. May 25
Another OF the Van Buren, electoral candidates in
Mississippi, Mr.. ClabOrns hes declined thc honor Of
being beaten.
Il 10 stated in the Springfield Gazette. thas James
G. B:rney has consented to stand as the Abolition