Litchfield enquirer., 1840-10-15
From the BOstOn Mercantile Jour sal. GROW, CHAPMAN, CROW"

Loudly as sounds the midnight bird,
 Our voices grow fanr, and are scarcely feard
 But as the day of our doom draws near,
 | We'll sing at the White House our parting cheer " CrOr, Chapman, CrosD 2" our time runs fast,
 The Wings are aG coming. our reign has past.
 But why should we yet in despair sit down, While still on my brow there rests a crown;
 There'll be time for regret when power is OCT, Then call un the {" f0itltul' to crov' once more | CroW, Chapman, CrOU !' our time runs fast,
 CrOW :" af ye Jaitltal," though it be the last.
 Let each, ere we go, take a " fork and spoon,''
 For we shall float OCT the rough surees soon: l Saint of Salt River! oh, hear our prayer,
 And grant us good lodgings, and gold spoon" fare: |" Cror, Chapmon, Crotu :" 'ris the lasl-crOw fast The Wings are all coming, our reign has past The old Jackson men, those who went for him originally in the honest belief that he would reform and purify the government, are rapidly ralying around the banner of Gen. Harrison, while the
 upt eleventh hour men who over for the spoils of office, cling the administration with the lenacty of drowning men in their death struggle. Another Change-A young lady at the west has promised to marry her lover, provided General Har- rison is elected President The way the young man, who was formerly loco. is going it for whig princ pies, isn't slow.
 Election Inder-The face of a Custom House off cer or Postmaster. Orfnl Katastrophe.
 Chapman" in the Boston Post, just previous to the Maine election, stated that beyond doubt Mr. Van Buren's majority in that State would Dc abou, | as urge os Cos. FdirfelGs!!!
 A complete Failure.-The city of Mobile, as we learn from the N. Y. Journal of Commerce. has taii ed and assigned its property. The Journal of Com merce states that a mercantile house of New York, who had suit against the city of Mobile for $500, of d. IL: l,,. Lnl l ed advices that judgment had been obtained, but previous to it's being rendered. the corporation of the city had made an assignment or deed of trust, of all the real estate belonging to the city, by which ac. the judgment obtained against it, is useless.
 Major Eaton and his lady arrived in this city yes terday and took the morning stage for Nashville.- Both of them are unmeasured in their denunciatons of MT. Van Buren. One of them intends take the stump and make an eectioneering tour through Ten. nessee and the other will undertake to straighen the crooked politics of the Hermitage ge.-LOuisrine Jour.
 Dr. Souhey, the poet, has sunk into state of men- tai imbecility, if not of derangement. A letter of Mrs. Southey. date Miss Bowles,) announces the melancholy fact.
 Political Feeling in Ohio.-The editor of the Wheeling Times ays :-Having occasion, within Q few days to travel through Harrison, Tuscarawas, Stark, Wayne, Carroll and Jefferson counties. Ohio, we took occasion to sound the battle cry of Hunah for Harrison to every man we met overlook, with a team or at work. 762 persons thus addressed, promptly responded, and but 43 opposed the sent- mcnt
 1 RECEIVER GENERAL ISAAC HILL The action, Mer- rimac County Bank Isaac Hill, was tried last Tuesday aud "Wednesday, and resulted in a verdict in favor of the Bank. Mr. Hill claimed of the Bank an offset between 5000 and Slo,OOO-$5,26O of which for his services as Pension Agent and Of all this the jury, nearly every one of whom was locofoco allowed but S795 s9. Oh my country what a falling off was there! This action has produced considerable interest, and has injured MT. Hill derfuiy in the estimation of his friends His costs. ,oo will amount to nearly all of the $795 S9 that all his labors as Pension Agent while in that Bank will be lost to him.--N. Hampshire Courier.
 The Pa. Democrat asks whether we would have the office holders that is the leg-,reasurers. work | for nothing and find themselves" We would cer- tainy have them find themselves, for in many cases i. would be very difficult for any body else to find them-ths side of Texas.
 ExcELLENT-Two Iocos were conversing the other day, the political prospects of their party in Massa- chusetts, Shen one of them gravely remarked that "he had not the least doubt of Gov. Morton's re- eection but he did not think his majority would be quite 60 grent as it was last year," If that is lhe case. the majority of (unseuehs suffrage , w be whued down to the little end of nothing. | NeUer brOod Mietortune.-The person who sits down brood his misfortunes, his deficiency of taente, is sure to be miserable. But he who i'm proves what little his Maker has given him. is sure of gaining double, and of accomplishing more in the end, than many who were naturally endowed with better abilities. but misimproved them.
 If ihero is one creature abomnaie, it Is lie who will smile upon you and feed you with soft words, but the moment your back is turned, thrust dagger to your honor and reputation. .. l DIIAroRY INcLlNArIoNs-Slr Robert Peel. speak, ing of Lord Edon remarked, that "even his failngs leaned to virtues side;'' upon which gentleman observed that his lordshps failings resembled the leaning tower ot Pisa, which. in spite of it's long in clnation, had never yet gone Orer.
 Castles in the A.-If we build castles in the air, they are always in the shape of snug little farm house, ono story high, painted white, with green blnds-a big barn with abundance of out sheds, &c. from five hundred acres of good land, pair of good oxen, fifty sheep. good horse and bug gy turkies hens geese pigs, and forth and on, |" all free from debt" We don't much care where it is, SO the above qualities are possessed. and we wouldn't call the king grandfather. We some times have the infatuaton to iu'agne that we shall one of these odd days-odd enough it will be when 1t comes-be able to porsess these, and live like a king-NGshHa 7shgrcpA.
 The late Rev. Dr. -. ot neighbOrng town. an eccentric bu, honest minister. preach