Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1842-05-19
A RIGHT SPIRIT,

study Mr.. Adams speeches, aud catch, if
they can, his stern and independent spirit.
Where shall we find better description of
what OngM to be the character Of the rep
resentative of freeman than the following |?
The old man felt what he said. Il was in
him-and his life bears testimony to it,
Oh for II like honesty and fearlessness in
all our public men,.
81 beg the gentleman from Virginia dis
| tnctly to understand that if he means TO
apply the remarks he made as to his friend,
our present Minister to Mexico, being SO
very terrific a champion in this House,
have never felt any Of the dread which the
gentleman thinks he was, calculated to in,
spire. met him on his station here. I
never was afraid to meet him. / appre-
ciated and respected his talents, and have
sometimes lamented the influence he exert
cd in the House. / have often differed
from him, but he never assumed the airs of
that superiority which here seems 10 bs
claimed for him BY his friend from Virginia;
AM hold it scandalous for any gentleman
in this House to assume TO speak Of any
other as dreading a fellow member Upon
The floor. know nothing of such dread.
speak of the Minister to Mexico, as
would Of him if he we're here, aud as am
in the habit of speaking on all occasions,
1t does not bcft my spirit, and I hope 1t
never wiN b. fit the spirit Of those represent,
ing that part Of thezcountry from Which I
co%c, to meet any manahere "nder a spirit
Of slaoish inferiority Il hold in disgust
eSery thing Ike the assumption Of superior
Hy, or the eroction If PERSONAL Difference 4"
body like this. lancet gentlemen here
in open debate, and speak my mind,
sometimes perhaps too strongly, instiga,"d
it may be by mon,entary feeling of irrila-
| lion, which soon passes over, and which
ann afterwards the first TO regret but the
gentleman from Virginia has never seen mo
finch from meeting him on footing of
perfec, equality, or any other member OF
this House, past or present.
1.-THE young ladies Of the present gene
ration seem to pass in review before ME-
with all their privileges, and all their grace
and beauty. Me,hnksaheir hands are "p-
OH the ark Of their country Let tiem'not
feel that they have onlyto seek embellish-
menr, TO sip from the honey cubs of life, or
TO glitter like the meteor Of Il summers
eve. For as surely as the safety and pros.
perity of nation depend on the virtue ct
its people, they, whoEeign in tte'rotrsa's
where man turns for his comfort, who have
power over tho machinery whicn stamps
on the infant mind lis character OF good or
evil, are responsible. to Il fearful extent. toE
tina, safety aud prosperity.
A,cful and Deliberate Murder.--One Of the
most cruel and cold biooded murders which
have ever disgraced the records OF crime IN
this city, was committed about half past misc
o'clock this morning, by man named
Christian Burk, journeyman tailor, man
OF dissipated habits, upon the person OF his
wife, who is represented to have been an
amable and industrious woman. The dread
full deed was done with an axe. The body
| of the unfortunate woman was horribly man
gled by CHASTITY wounds on her head,. neck.
and other parts of her body, and she dfed in
| a few minutes. There appeared to De no
cause or provocation for the commission OF
the deed, save a shadow Of jealousy, as un-
founded and baseless as a dream. II was
evidently n cool, ard premeditated murder.
lie declared he had done it, and expected to-
be punished for it.-AlbGny Jour., APr1 20.
Painting Houses.-It has long been sub-'
paint to the clapboards Of houses for durA-
bility. Repca ed experiments have been
made, (says the Farmers Cabinet,l within
twenty. five years past, which have resulted
| in the conviction, that paint applied between
November and March, will stand more than
twice as long AS that which is spread In the
warmest weather. The reason 10 obvious: :.
for in cold weather the oil and the compo-
nent parts of the paint form hard substance
on the surface of the clapboards, nearly rs
hard as glass. and not easily erased or even
cut with sharp knife, and will not soon
wear off; whereas paints applied in the
months Of July and August, and more espe-
chilly if In severe drought, the oil immedi-
ately penetrates into the wood u he water in
to a sponge, which leaves the lead nearly
dry, which will soon crumbic off.
| A toIernble Pun-Some men Of the grenteat
talents have taken delight in composing or
endeavoring to unravel riddles-Dean Swift
is n case IN point. Sir William Smyth. the
learned Irish Ban 70 of the Exchequer. al one
time spent two days in considering the an
swcr TO this conundrum-" Why is an egg
undcrdoDe like an egg overdoneT He
would not suffer any one TO give hirn the an
swer, which he ut last discovered. II - ~
tolerable pun enough. "Because they are
both hardly done"
Egportant-if rue.-We learn from Cana
da through sources entitled TO high consider
alton, that there is strong proba bility that an
amnesty will be granted by Queen Victoria
| to all who were engaged 10 the insurrection-
ary movements in the British American Pro.
vinces. Ifthis should prove 10 be correct. It