Litchfield enquirer., 1842-01-27
MIR. CLAY.

Whether this gentleman shall be the choice of the " Whig party proper" for their mex: candidate for the Presidency, is ques- tion which should for the present remain untouched, But whether he is well deserv- ing at the hands of his countrymen, is an undoubted point. No man has ever been more faithful to the discharge of duty than he nor ever was more willing to obey the mandate of the people in any question, or in any course of policy, that has been l known to be their truest, their best interest. 1 He was always an unwavering democrat, and has always pursued a course compati- 1 ble with the meaning of democracy. Eve ry measure of long continued public life
 proves the assertion. Upon his first en- trance into public and political life he dis played the talents of great debater, sound thinker, a practical mind, upon the questions he so earnestly and efectually es-
 poused. He has stamped his genius upon all the great worthy measures of the pres- ent age.
 To whom are we indebted for our mod ern improvements in the rail roads and ca-
 nals which interscct our country!
 To whom must we give our plaudits for a
 laudable zeal in starting into existence the great measure of protection
 Who "calmed the troubled waters" dur ing the agitation of the Missouri question!
 Whose voice was eloquently heard for South Americans during their struggles; and ill behalf of the dauntless Greeks, who became martyrs of the revolution against Turkish myrmidons
 Who brought forward the compromise of 1920? and who has ever stood first against the high handed exercise of Executive pow CT!
 Whose life has been willingly devoted to the interests of our government, and not to party? No one more so than Henry Clay.
 Who has defended the honor of the last war, and opposed the war of the Executive I upon the people!
 1 Among the first stands the statesman of the West. Still he is despised by some, 1 and misunderstood by others. He is called selfish, while he has sacrificed every private personal good for the good of ali. Shame- 1 full it is that man of such true devotion to country such Restitution of private ambi- tion; of such zeal and energy; such we'll directed talents; fruitful mind rich men, tai store; unWearying eXertion an orator; a statesman; patriot for just and equal rights; pity is it that any ono should be SO poverty stricken in liberality as to defame, rather than echo the praises of such a man. l New Haven Heruld. ] More Mobbing. (Geo.) was thrown into great excitement on the 5th, by the discovered of the murdered bo- dy of one Arnett on the premises of the mo- torious magistrate Ivey, the associate of reputed gang of outlaws. A mob collected, rushed upon his house and destroyed five buildings A large meeting convened next day in the Market -housc-lhe Mayor, (Col. Lewis,) in the Chair. A resolution was pre- sented, with much applause, directing Ivey, IJo and ail obo ters, to leave the city in certain number of hours, or that summary means would be used Col. Hines Holt, (ate M. O. and Judge Sturgis interposed in behalf of law and order, and a substitute, declaring that the laws of Georgia were sufficient to pro. tect the innQcent and punish the guilty, fi- nally PreNs'Sl, and tsAmeeting adjourned. HoRR1D MuRpER.-On Monday, the 3d in. stant, itwas discovered that the keeper of the ! first toll-gate, on the turnpike road from Georgetown to Frankfort, Ky, was not at his post. Suspicious were excited, and the door of his house broken open, when horrid spectacle presented itself. The keeper, a MT. John B. Hodson, was found lying in his bed, with his head so smashed that one might have laid his fist ill the wound. It was SUD- posed to have been inflicted by blow from stick of wood, which was found near the bed. No traces of the perpetrator of this most diabollcal act have yet been discovered, but every effort will doubtless be made to ferret him out. His object it is thought was to obtain the money in the house amounting, according to the entries on the keepers book, to about $40. The deceased had family living mile or two from the gate.-Lering- ton (Ky.) Inteligencer.
 Tho Correspondent of the "Sun' writes, l "some four or five days since, the select committee of the House on the Exchequer project, held their first meeting. The com mi,tee assembled-Mr. Wise took the chair but not one tcord ,oas spoken by any member present. Alter this quaker meeting had con- linued some twenty minutes, Mr. Kennedy, l one of the members, moved an adjournment, l which was carried without dissenting voice. As the committee made their way out of the room, Mir. Wise observed to MT. Kennedy, that "he hoped all their future meetings might be characterized by a similar spirit of unanimity."
 The best story of the season-it is from the Plaquemine Gazette:
 Ut is generally the case with editors, that when giving the accounts of the destruction of lives and property by fire, they first men, ton the particulars about the loss ot proper ty. and then merely allude to the loss of life. This always reminds us of an accident that happened to neighbor of ours, down east. Deacon Sweet was an even. tempered, good hearted sort of man, and Mrs. s. was ditto. loved her husband, and was very eco- nomical in her habits. The deacon took candle and two quart pitcher, (a pitcher that Mrs. Sweet had kept whole, minus the | nose for ten Years) one cold night, and Start-