Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1840-05-07

liam Is an only son, and an excellent son
and after talking with me and looking at
Haunah-I believe her face was the moro
eloquent advocate of the two-he relented,
and having In him q spice Of his sons 70:
nance, finding that he had not mentioned
his situation in lite, he made point OF Its
being kept a secret till the wedding day
We have managed the business OF settie-
mcnts; and William, having discovered that
his fair bride had some curiosity to visit Lon
don-a curiosity, by the by, which suspect
she owes to you or POOR LucY-lntenuS Ia.
king her thihCr for q fortnight. lie Will
then bring her home to one of the best hous-
es in b, garden, fine furniture, fine SER
wants, and more m',aey than she will know
what to do with. Really the surprise OF
Lord E. IS Farmers daughter, when thinking
she had married his steward, he brought her
to Burleigh, and Installed her as its Mistress
could hardly have been greater. hope the
shock will not kill Hannah, though, as 1t is
said to have been the case with that poor la
dy."
"Oh no. Hannah loves her husband too
we'll. Any where with him."
And | was right. Hannah has survived
the shock. She is returned to B., and II
have been to call on her. never saw any
thing so delicate and 'bride-liko as she look
ed in her white gown and lace mob, IN
room light aud simple, and tasteful and eie-
CANT, with nothing fine except some beautl-
full greenhouse plants. Her reception was
a charming mixture ofsweetness and NODES
", little more shame .faced Poor thing
her cheeks must have panied her! But this
was the only difference. In every thing else
she is still the same Hannah, and has lost
none of her old habits Of kindness and graft
tude She had handsome matronly cap,
evidently for her mother, and spoke, even
with tears, of her new fathers goodness 10
her and to Susan. She would fetch the cake
and wine herself and would gather, in spite
of all circumstances, some OF her choicest
! flowers as q parting nosegay. She did, in
| deed lust hint at her troubles with visitors
and servants-how strange and sad it was
seemed distressed at ringing the bell, and
visibly shrank from the sound OF double
knock. But, in spite of these calamitles,
| Hannah is happy woman.
! The double rap was her husbands, and
| the glow on her cheek, and the smile on her
F.! lips and eyes when he appeared, spoke more
plainly than ever, "Any where with him !"
! From the Cincinnati Republican.
Turning the T'aJ1es-The Peticoat reversed.
The following incident, which occurred at
the late Harrison celebration in Madison
county, ILL.,, reverscs, completely, the petit.
coat story. We commend it to the general
attention of our brethren, for the garment is
certainly more appropriately the insignia of
the Van Buren, party than of any other.-
The incident occurred thus: The Loco Focos
of Milton attempted to annoy the procession
red flannel petticoat from the roof of the
bridge over Wood River. 1t was a poor
joke, but it served to recall one portion of
Mr.. Van Buren's history, upon which Mr..
Calhoun can scarcely reflect with much
composure in speech at Edwardsville, il
was thus alluded to by Mr.. Hogan:
was this morning considerably amused
at an exhibition Witnessed at the covered
bridge, over Wood River, at Milton. had
started in advance of the procession from
Upper Alton and, when reached Milton
bridge, found there some half a dozen of
the most devoted followers of Mr.. Van Bu-
rem. They called my attention to an en-
blem hung in the roof of the bridge, under
which they seemed to be rallying-it was a
flannel petticoat. I asked them If Mrs. Ea
ton had sent it to them? 1t is not, said the Or
ator, to be disguised, that the petticoat is the
to rally under. Had it not been for Mrs.
Eaton, Mr.. Van Buren, could not have sup
planted Mr.. Calhoun in the affections of the
chief of the Hermitage; and had not that d.
vision been brought about, no one would have
thought of Mr.. Van Buren, for President the
mantel would most certainly have fallen on
him, who afterwards became an arch.Nulli
fer. But Mrs. Eaton Misrepresentation G.
Calhoun was supplanted by Martin of Kin
derhook, whose name now should be Jacob,
or the supplanter; and 1t is-a curious coin
cidence that Calhoun is deprived of his
birthright, by the same means that Esau was
of old-the cunning of a woman. Hence,
there is propriety in the selection of the
banner hoisted by the party in the Bridge
land am glad 10 find them honest enough to
avow, that, to q petticoat-more than anv
thisg else-are the party indebted for their
present chief"
I WASHINGTON, April 25, 1910.
The Committee appointed toreport state
Of facts in the case of Mr.. GARLAND and Mr..
BYNUM, reported this afternoon. The report
was read. 1t presents precisely the view of
the case which gave you in my letter. Mr..
ceeded near ~ Mr.. Garland's. There, with
in the hearing OF Garland, but speaking to
Mr.. G0lbraith, he pronounced the document
signed by Garland string Of lies. A few
minutes after, addressing Mr.. Banks, he re-
peated tho remark in coarser language, call
ing Garland id liar. TO which Gar
land replied, according to one statement, that
the document was true and none but a
id scoundrel would speak so. Accord.
ing to another statement, Garland said, it is
true. and no gentleman would deny it. Up
on this Bynum repeated what he had said.
and attempted TO seize Garland's cane, which
stood near him, and the scufile ensued as