Litchfield enquirer., 1840-06-18
From the Baltimore Patriot. A. SIGN FROM OLD FREDERICK.

SI'AAS IL PI1CCS US SISH or the LtIneSs we may mention that the writer, pr. John w. Dorsey, is one of the oldest and most respec- table physicians of Frederick county; one
 who has enjoyed as large practice in his | profession as any physician in Maryland; and who has rendered services to his coun- 1 try under the lamented Decatur, aS sur geon in the United States Navy.
 LIBERTY TowN, Md, May 3, ls4O. | To the Editors of the Frederick Herald
 | As the friends of MT. Van Burcn in this election district have placed my name upon their committee to attend the Van Buren
 Convention which is to assemble in Frcder- lck on Monday the 6th of June next, feel it
 incumbent upon me 10 adopt this mode of ] publicly announcing, that am no longer n 1 supporter of the present National Admins
 tration. It is true that was among the orig
 lnal friends of Gen. Jackson, and sustained his administration throughout his two suc- cessive terms; that contiding in the fair | promises of the present incumbent l gave him my Zealous support at the election of 1 1856, and have since until q recent period acted in concert with his political friends in reference to both State and General Gov ernment-but can act with them no longer
 The measures and policy of Mir. Van Bu- ren have been so disastrous to the general prosperity of the country, that with all the | preferences of early associations and party | attachments bearing upon me, l cannot lon- ger render to him my support. believe that the interests of the people of the United States require change of rulers, and as one ot the people, shall exert myself, so far us
 my humble abilities will avail, to effect that change. And in turning from the support of
 Mir. Van Buren to that of Gen. Wm. H. Har- rison of Ohio, do it with no reluctant spirit l With the distinguished claims of Harrison 1 have long been familiar. Whether we look
 upon his services in the battle field, or in the councils of the nation, or as a minister to | foreign Court, there is perhaps no living man
 in the United States who merits so large
 share of public appreciation. The impartial
 pages of history have long since recorded his
 triumphs and his great public services, and
 1t would be useless for me here 10 enumerate
 and applaud them, as it is degrading to the
 partisans of the present administration to at- tempt to disparagc them in estimation of the
 public. The fame of our Heroes and States
 men is the jewel of the people, and they will
 preserve it from detriment. .-. :. ..
 That Gen. Harrison will receive that re- ! ward at the hands of the people of the Uni l ted States which belongs 10 distinguished
 merit and great public services, when they
 are called upon to cast their ballots in No-
 vember next, is the sincere wish of yours, 1 J. w. DORSEY. A thousand stories are told of the strange
 eccentricties of the natives of the South
 west, but one of the best and most character.
 istic anecdotes we have eyer met with, is re-
 lated by correspondent of the N. Y. Star
 The writer had friend who had been stay ing several days at the Hot Springs in Ar
 kansas, confined 10 Harrow quarters by the
 incessant rains. Il. may naturally be SUD-
 posed tllat he gladly took advantage of the first internission of the elemental strife, to 1 walk out and see something of the country. Having walked about mile from the tavern 1 where he lodged, he saw a small house, so | thickly surrounded by trees as not to be dis tinctly observable from the road. Advanc-
 ing from the opposite direction, he perceived
 a rough looking six footer, clad in buckskin
 hunting shirt, with u lare Bois d'Arc stick in
 his hand. Evidently not knowing his prox-
 mity to a house, this individual suddenly
 drew himself up to his full height, and with
 the whole force of his lungs, produced a
 sound which my friend declares to have | been the best imitation of the praying of a Jack that he ever heard. Apparently pleas ed with his performance, he was in the act of drawing himself up for tnother effort, when stout man rushed out with his rife in his hand, and in no very measured or polished terms objurgated him for making such hor- rible noise, which he said had almost fright ened his little daughter into fits. The other | apologised, on the ground that he was not aware of his being so near a house. "lt makes no difference" said the owner of the soil, "you sha'nt make such a noise here, and if you do it again I'll break every bone in your body" "Look here, stranger" was the reply, cit you come to talk of whipping, that's game that two can play at. reckon you ha'nt got much of the advantage of me there. I've been wanting to bray all day, and came cleer out here where thought shouldn't interfere with nobody. A pretty d-d free country, to De sure, that e man can't bray ,chere he pleases "'-BufalO Journal.
 Coop NAruRE-Dame Grundy was the most good natured woman alive. Come.I what would. every thing was right, nothing wrong. One day farmer Grundy told q neighbor that he believed that his wife was one of the most even tempered women in the and that for once he should like to see her so-" Well," said his neighbor, "go into the woods and bring her a load of the crooked est wood you can find. and if it doesn't make her cross, nothing will" Accordingly, to try the experiment, he teamed home q load of wood every way calculated to make woman fret. For a week or more she used the wood copiously, but not q word of com plaint escaped her lips. So one day the | husband ventured to inquire of her how she liked the wood. "Oh, it is beautiful wood," said she, "I wish you'd get another load, for 1 it lays around Le pol so complete"
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