Litchfield enquirer., 1840-08-27

And when friends forsake thee, and trouble shall | come,
 (As fortune is subject to vary)
 Oh then you will think of the heart you have wrung
 And in sorrow, remember your Sarah. i
 From the Ne,0 England Reuiew. 1 STANZAS.
 One sigh to the hope that hath perished l One tear to the wreck Of the past,
 One look upon all have cherished, I One lingering ook-'iis the last And now from remembrance banish The hopes that my heart hath prov d vain An vanish, dear memories, vanish - Return not to thrill me again.
 But as the fond ivy clines closest | To that which is wthered and dead, And m it's green beauty reposest ] a'" ...e rum whose glory has fled | Thus 10 hopes and tc ;cyys ;nar nave faded, More fondy doth memory cling, l And OCT the t0ir prospects hath shaded Its freshness and vivdness fling. | The cloud that each moment is frightening, With the flash that so soon fades away, Is the darkest in Heaven when the lightning Hath ceased on it's surface to play Thus the heart when some bright dream each min ute
 Springs up with too dazzling light, | Hath the gloom of the tempest within it, And is shrouded the soonest in night. The t,ro North Caroline Senators-Messrs. Brown and Strange, U. S. Senators, have the credit of signing their seats previous to the North Carolina forms us who had it from the lips of the Governor of state, that the letter of these two Senator's resign ing their seais was sent to him, when the law or the constitution of the state in all cases, requires the re- signation to be made to the legislature. The Cover. nor therefore. returned the letter of resignation 10 them, with his reasons for not receiving it-and it., therefore, now remains with these two gentlemen to resign or not As the state has probably gone Whig, is feared they will retain their seats in the Senate of the United States. Certain it is they did retain them all last session in defiance of the resolutions lemnly adopted by both Houses of the, Legislature, disapproving of their conduct.-N. Y. EEpress
 Census Anecdete.-Mr. Cist in letter to the editor of the Cincinnati Chronicle. relates the following dia- sFs Fe aDs zsSs S And e$sss % And And call yourseff "l do not know my age exactly dam,t that your eldest son twenty-seven? Yes" " You & must surely. then, be more than thirty"
 Well, sI tquite snaPpishly' told you about thirty am positive 1t IS not over that"
 Census Anecdofe-A marshal of one of our neigh boring towns making call at the house of one Cornwell, who to use eastern phrase, was at the time pretty well corned inquired who was the head of the family.
 one Is' TcpHeo tne m0ns poinlng 10 ms better
 "You are a boarder, suppose 2" said the census man; ,. A"6 where do you drink and lodge ?'' II drink at the grocery and lodge in the bGr"." Western paper.
 The Georgetown Advocate reports as rumor that Major Eaton has had an interview with the Presi- dent. which eventuated in m open and declared rnp ture between those Iusfrious personages. The Ma. cr avoMsd his for Gen Harrison and ns ms take the stump-RichmOnd Whig. We have no doubt of the truth of the above. Boston Atlas.
 Kendall draws very graphic picture of himsef- Behold. "The propensity to lying becomes 60 ty' ranncal and despotc, that it does not require the stimulus of sefnterest, fear or shame-but. on the contrary, induges itself in the most uubounded l- cense, from the mere force of habit, and in the ab sence ot all temptation.
 ,>,oT.-.A. InckDOrt, Illinois, during the election there was general row with the citizens and Irish Several citizens were stabtcc,3. Gen. Fry, (cana commssioner,) Capt. Sisson and Esq. Barnum were badly hurt. The polls had to be closed portion of the day, 60 alarming the riot. The Locos boiled a strong majority. ClerelGnd Herald
 Alarming Inundation West !-The Cincinnati Re- publican says, Since the great celebration at the Tippecanoe Battle Ground in IndiaDa the Tippeca noe river has continued rising, and the last intel gence we had from that quarter, the river had flowed all the adjacent country. and the Loco Focos have resorted to ditching a means of saving .hem selves from the destroying flood. The Log Cabins and canoes are all ahOat.
 A physician in New Hampshire advertises that he shall be happy wait the public. and his friends | n particular.
 1Re great fOod ia Louisiana.-" Heard of the big flood at the seath lately r asked Harrison man of Loco Gcco "No Where was it ?' Tn Louisiana i; ihe whole state is swept" "Ah, indeed. A great deal of property and many lives lost. no doubt believe not It was Harrison food-deslroyed mo- thing but the hopes of the Spoilsmen. and drowned | Iocofocoiam stone dead! That's alt." l EortAquake-On Sunday afternoon last. at five minutes past four a severe shock of an earthquake was felt in this city, which learn extended through Hartford county, and some portions of Middlesex, 1 LtchfeId, and Holland counties. The shock was preceded by rumbIing, the whole occupying ebOut five seconds At the time it occurred, there was a light breeze with scattered clouds from the s. w. l Thermometer at 30 d. The motion appeared to be ftOm s. E. tO N w. At the South Congregational Church in this city, great portion o me eonGreEa ton rushed out in confUsOn-some oi them escaping through the windows-When the shock occurred.
 Harsford COarieT.