Litchfield enquirer., 1842-04-07

a CGntury ago. SdlLn LfaQlLlOO, Wneu CISFBy"
men were not SO plenty as they now are, u
anxiousIy awaiting the happy day which
was to see them united in the silken bonds of
mairimony. They resided on the north side
OF TouheDick creek, and the clergyman who
had been engaged to tic the knot lived on
the south side of the same stream. AS the
t;ltes would have it, heavy rains fell the
night previous to the nuptial day, which rem
dered the creek impossible. Its waters were
rising, and current becoming more rapid ev.
cry hour. the clergyman arrived at the
appointed ;ime at place where he had
been in the habit of fording the creek but
it was as much as his life was worth to at
tempt TO cross it then. He turned his horses
head to return, when he was hailed by two
voices on the opposite side of the stream
they were those of the groom and bride, who
entreated him to stay. After some debate,
it was agreed that the ceremony proceed
In the meantime the friends of the betrothed
arrived from the BRIDES house in the neigh
borhood. Then was presented singular
spectacle, "the like whereof was never seen
before" and probably will not be again.
The dominic read the marriage service, on
the margin of the creek, while the parties
stood on the opposite side. After the cere-
mony was over, the groom tossed few gull
ders across the creek, which the dominic
picked up and pocketed as his fee, mounted
his horse and proceeded homewards: and
the married couple did the same.
A FAcr.-The ready wit of true born
Erishman, however humble his station, is ex@
ceedcd only by his gallantry. A few days
since we observed a case in point. A sud-
den gust Of wind took parasol out Of tho
hands of its owner; and before we had q
chance to recol!cct whether it would be Ell.
quette TO catch the parasol of a lady to whom
we had never been introduced 10 lively En-.
GRADER dropped his bod of bricks, caught the
parashute in the midst of its Ellssler gyra'
lions, and presented it with bow that re-
minded US of poor Power. Faith, ma'am,'
you are handsome it wouldn't have got away
from YOU -
(which shall thank you for first. the SER
vice or your complimcnt!' asked the lady
smiling.
'Troth ma'am,' said pat again, touching
the place where once stood the rim of what
once was beaver, 'that look of your beau
tiful eyes thanked me for both
If that bod carrier will issue proposals to
tache the iontale,' we will do his advertis-
ing gratis, and head his list of pupils. He
has genius for the thing.
Hone and Lore Gre the last emotions to die In q
true Woman's Breast Among the numerous
females on the cape, who have lost dear
friends by the periIs of the sea, or Of whose
loss there was any doubts. and have cherish
ed hope, until hope has become del1sion, tina
the lost would be restored we have never
heard of a more affecting instance then that
of a poor woman at Truro, whose husband.
ii is believed, persisted in the October gale.
She declined to unite with her neighbors in
desiring prayers for their and her loss, on
recent occasion, from full belief that her
partner and protector was alive, and would
vet return. She rests her hope on recent
dream, in which she was told that her hus-
band was shipwrecked on lee shore. but
did not perish, and would come back to her
at the end of six months from the time OF her
dream. Happy dream-may it prove hap
py reality. Bornstable Patriot.
Alexander Mcleod is in Jail in Niagara for
debt. What a sinking in poetry! 10 be-
now the bone of contention between two OF
the most powerful nations upon earth, with
all the rest of tho civilized world as specta-
,ols-and then so soon to find himself the
disregarded inmate of debtors prison IN
his own land-a captive OIL the score Of an
unsettled balance amounting to q few pounds,
shllings and pence. How transitory is hu-
man greatness how uncertain our chances
for the Immortality Of fame! But few
weeks have elapsed since Queens and Pres.
idents, prime ministers, and secretaries OF
state were busy with the name of Alexander
Mcleod! Armies were preparing, Havles
fitting out to- cspouse his quarrel, and had he
been fortunate enough in the heroic senses to
have CLOSED his career or a Lockpoft GAL
lows, the earth might have rocked under tho
roar of artillery to avenge his fate. But now
single bum. bailiff, armed with bit OF dir
" paper, takes Alexander by the elbow and
walks him to "quod" without even exciting
the attention Of the ragged little urchins in
the street. Was there ever such fall-ev-
er such o rapid step from the sublime to the
ridiculous! Like many other great men,
Alexander Mcleod has lived too long; ha
has survived his glory .-PennsyIcGntGn.
The AMIsTAD AFRIcLNs.-The arrival OF
the Amistad Africans at Sierra Leone, in the
bark Gentleman" Capt Morris, has been
already announced. The owners ofthe bark
Yesterday received letter from Capt. Nor
ris, via. Salem, dated on the African coast,
Feb. 18th, in which he states that the Afri-
cans and Missionaries all arrived in good
health" They were landed at Freetown.
(Sierra Leone, the certificate of which fact.
given by Messrs. Steele and Raymond. mis-
sionarfcs, is dated Jan. 18th. After landing
her cargo, the bark proceeded to leeward.
and Capt. Morris wrote by the Salem vessel
from u place considerably south of Sierra
Leone. No letters were received from the
Missionaries by this vessel. They probably
supposed that letters from Sierra Leone, via.
London would reach this country sooner
than letters left on board the bark, to be put