Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1842-09-01


speech delivered by John Tyler in the Vir-
gnia House of Delegates, in 1889, in favor of
the Proceeds OF the Public Lands, as recon-
mended by the Kentucky Statesman:
:. In my deliberate opinion, there was but
one man who could have arrested the then
course of things, John C. Calhoun's traitor
Gus attempt to dissolve the Union. and that
man was HENRY CLAY. 1t rarely happens,
Mr. Speaker, TO the most gifted, and talented,
and patriotic, to record their names upon the
page OF history in characters indelible and
enduring. But, sir, if to have rescued his
country from civil war-it to hare preserved
the constitution and linton from hazard and totaL
ioreck, constitute any ground for an immortal
and undying name among men, then | do be-.
lieye that he has won for himself that high
renown. Ispeak what do know, for was
an actor in the scenes of that perilous period.
When he rose in that Senate Chamber, and
held in his hand the olive branch of peace, I.
who had not known what envy was beftr..,
enpied him. | was proud of him as nv t; L.
low country man, and still preuder that tias
staSheS Of HHnorer, within the limits Of n r
'old district, gave him BIRTH"
Bon Hommie Ricnard.-This .vas the Massey
of the trlgate, in which Paul Jones fought!
terrible battle with the Scraps off Flambo ),
Head. The origin Of this name is said to ~
as follows:
Paul Jones, at the time he was attemptirp
to lit out little squadron during the Reyolu-
tionary war, in one of the ports of France. to
crulsoon the coast of England, was much de-
lnyed by neglects and disappointments from
the Courl,th had nearly frustrated his plan.
Chance one day threw into his hands an old
Almanac, containing Poor Richards Marin,s,,
by DR.. Franklin. In that curious assen1blage
OF useful Instructions u, man is advised if he
wishes to have any business faithfully and
expeditioasly performed to go and do it him.
self:-otherwise to send.' Jones was imme-
diately struck upon reading this maxim, with
the improperly of his past conduct in only
sending letters and messages to Court, whelt
he ought 20 have gone in person. He instant
ly set out, and by dint of personal represen-
tations. procured the immediate equipment
of the squadron, which afterwards spread ter
ror along the Eastern coasts of England and
with which he SO gloriously captured the
Scraps, and the British ships of war return
ing from the Baltic. In gratitude TO Doctor
Franklin's maxim, he named the principal
ship of his squadron after the name of the
pretended Almanac maker, LIE Bon Hommic
Richard, Che good man Richard.)
A Rich ScENE.-The following rich scene
recently occurred in one of our courts Of
justice, between the Judge and u Dutch
witness all the way from Rotterdam:
Judge" What's your native language?"
Witness.--''I pc no native rs u Dootch-
man,
Judge" What is your mother tonguc?"
Witness.--"O fader say she pc all tongue"
Judge, lin an irritable tone.)--" What
language did you first learn! what language
did you speak in your cradle" a..
Witness.-"i It'd not speak no language
in to cradle at all; only cried in Dootch.''
Then there was n general laugh, in which
the judge, jury, and audience joined. Tho
witness was Intercepted no more about his
native tonguc.-Picayune.
"Rachel, my daughter, why don't you
learn us fast as your sister Hannah :"
"Why don't every stalk of clover bear
four leaves, mother g.
There are some as splendid steamboats, on
Lake Erie as are to be found in the world
The Arena thus discourseth two of them.
did You ever see the steamboat Illinois?'
asked live Hoosier the other night.
'Often-sailed in her.
well, stranger /! she's human boat, | tell
you-goes it like streak. That boat can
beat chain lightning and give six on string
'The Cleveland can beat her. said we.
'lll tell you what, stranger! I'LL strip OIL
and bet my shirt that she'll beat her ten miles
in thousand-if she won't Iii eat cord of
rattlcsnakes with their heads on. Why, she
has got an engine that would shake the kinks
out of cternity-I tell you she's human
boat
So we gave it up ut that.
HARD TMEs.-"Well, Joe, what luck 20
inquired n boy yesterday, of little shaver
who was coming up from the wharf with an
angle over his shoulder and an empty basket
by his side.
"Oh, bad enough; such desperate hard
times the fish Vont bite %
We came away with the impression that
if the bad times have got down to the fish,
we must be pretty near to the bottom of them.
Phil. Ledg.
BLACK AND WHrrE.-The French papers
give the following story--received neat as
imported from the island of Cuba:
" Six hundred negroes lid been sold by
an American slave dealer, but in three weeks
after the sale they all disappeared in one
night. II was afterward discovered that the
600 pretended negroes had sailed for Jamai.
ca, taking their places as-white passengers!
The fact is, they had stained their skins with
nitrate of silver or lunar caustic, TO pass for
blacks--a fraud deposed to by chemist who
had sold the commodity"
A WIDow WORTH HAvING.-H is stated
that during recent debate in the United
States Senate, on certain bills for the relief
of the widows of the soldiers Of the Revolu-
ton, one was presented in behalf of widow
who had been the wife of three men, either of
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