Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1840-04-09

Of the London Quarterly, we find PAPER Of
interest relative to the internal
state of Austria and Hungary, being review
of several works recently published by Eng
fish travellers who have visited those coun-
tries.
The pride and pomp Of the Hungarian mo-
bility are we'll known. The House Of Ester"
hazy is said to be probably the most magnl-
ficent and wealthy of any in the worlo' saw
ing those of royal families. The FRINGE Oh
that name has visited England more tnan
once, where he became famous on SeVerai
accounts, but more especially for ms Jacket:
This, of course, could be no ordinary JacAet
lit must have been unusually snaoDy' or
uncommonly splendid, 10 confer particular
notoriety upon the wearer. me frlhce :
Jacket was a prince Of jackets IN the way Oh
magnificence. The material we are not IN
formed of-but that was of small account
for the decorations and ornaments and bedl-
zenments were SO costly as to make the ma
terial no material Observation-Disclosures"
superbat opus. 1t was not jacket and trim
mings, but trimmings and jacket. A grea'
historian somewhere says that single Incl.
dent may often serve to convey to the mind
of the reader a more impressive idea OF
thing than could particular description IN
detail. This remark is as applicable to the
Princes jacket, as it would be to the sacking
of town. 1t is said, then, that every. time
the owner of this garment put it on 1t cos
him hundred pounds in wear and tear-or
account of the rubbing off of jewels and 9th
er costly adornments.
The proprietor of such jacket should, o.
course, have an estate to match. 1t appears
that Prince Esterhazy does not dress beyond
his means. His estates contain one hundree
and thirty villages, forty towns, and thirty
four castles. He has four magnificent coun'
try houses, within an hours ride OF one ano'
Their; one of them, Esterhazy, contains three
hundred and sixty rooms tor vislters, ana q
theatre. When the Prince was in England
| q large landholder in the country exhiDlteo
a flock of two thousand sheep, and asked MN
| if he could show so many on his estates
+" NV Shepherds" replied the Prince, "are
more numerous than your sheep. Ills sneP-
herds number two thousand five hundred
The Esterhazy family keepa regular grena-
dier guard in pay, and hold the right OF !i1e
and death on their estates, after the genuine
old feudal fashion.
The family pride of the EsterhaZy house
is in keeping with their vast wealth and ter
ritorial preatr,ess-uuite in concentration
with the IDEAS of splendor and magnificence
that shone embedded in the jacket. In one
room,n says Mr.. Paget, an English traveller
who lately visited Hungary, I'VE noticed the
genealogical tree of all the Esterhazys, in
which It is made out, as clearly as possible,
that, beginning with Adam, who reclines in a
very graceful attitude at the bottom of the
tree, they pass through every great name,
Jewish as we'll as Heather, from Moses to
Aftila, It'll they find themselves what they
now are, nagnates of Hungary. What is
still more extraordinary, there is long Sc.
ries of portraits of these worthless, from Atti-
la inclusive, with their wives and families,
dressed in the most approved fashion, and
continued down to the present century"
But the house of Esterhazy is memorable
for Something Faore than for wealth and an
cestry.- 1t was prince of this family that
first recognized the opening genius of HAYDN,
and who fostered the precious germ until it
expanded into the full splendour Of maturity.
The young musician had composed piece
on birthday occasion, and scarcely had the
performers got through the FIRST allegro, when
the prince interrupted them to ask who was
the author of SO beautiful a piece. The mod
est, trembling HAYDN was dragged from
corner of the room into which he had crept,
and presented to him as the fortunate COM
poser. He became favorite forthwith and
as a mark of the high esteem in which he
was held, it was allowed him to wear his own
hair and plain clothes, at period when curl
ing wigs and rich apparel were considered
indispensable at court. We may presume
that the name of the great musician in its
connection with the Esterhazy family, will
shed richer lustre upon the house than all
the jewels on the Princes jacket.
The Memphis, Tenn, Enquirer, says:-
awe know of several changes in Memphis,
from Van Buren, to Harrison. We have
heard other Van Buren, men say they would
not be sorry to see Harrison elected. We
have heard other Van Buren, men express
their belief that,he wiR be elected. They
say they want to see change of times, and
hope change in the course OF the Govern
ment may produce it. "Any thing for a
iersville assures us that several of his neigh
bors who would not have voted for Mr.. Clay,
will now vote for Harrison. Gin. Rep.
The revolution is sweeping through Ten
nessee. A very prominent member of the
Van Buren, party from Nashville, was over
heard to say in addressing himself to few
OF his political friends in Raleigh, about two
weeks since, that "the Van Buren party in
Tennessee soere ten thousand votss sOeaksr no,o
ttan they sce"e sOhen the Legislature first conven-
ed."
An incident vorthy Of recor1.-A few days
since, in town in Illinois, a number of citi-
zens Of both political parties assembled to
hear discussion of political subjects
Among those present was an old man whose
head was white with the SHOWS of seventy
winters. He walked with long staff, and
his hearing failed him. He was placed on
the speakers stand. Here he sat patiently
hearing the different speakers. At length, a
young lawyer came on the stand and shortly
commenced a most violent TRADE Of personal
abuse of Gen. Harrison. The old man sat
patiently listening to it all until the speaker