Litchfield enquirer., 1843-03-23

We extend the above for the rurnose ot
InqurIng what advantage "the Publishers
of The several Periodicals in this State" are
10 Obtain by complying with the request .
Unless there is some equivalent, it does up
pear 70 Us that the request is unreasonab bic,
"ithough in Its general aspect, to the uniform.
{" u may appear rather as n favor confer
red ON the part ofthe Society, than as one
received Publishers are requested to pre-
serve, and present TO the Society comics of
thtir respective papers, as each volume is
completed." We find i, somewha, difficult
to preserve our own files. owing to the CON
slant calls upon US by others for various DUR
poses, by which they are dcnandeu and
sometimes destroyed while a call for graf
ui>ouS NE seems, on the part of this Society,
|" ne cav an ordinary request. In this re-
Sp'ct publishers seem to stand nIoof from
ever other class OF society No other trades
man or professional man is called to perform
similar duty. though in every other rcSpcc,
all professions seem to be very much alike
Printers and publishers live by the same
duties to society TIM: all other people do -
THEY are ted ~ the same manner, warmed
IN the snne way and clothed AT the same cx
prnse rs the merchant, mechanic. and ren
1l'mHn OF the hber0l professions, but we new
er hcar of their being called on for the like
gratuitIeS. The merchant is paid for his
goodS-the tailor for his staytapn and buck.
raIn-ihe shoemaker for his shoes -,he smith
Tor nus hammering-the artist for the cXhi,i,
ton OF his gtnius-the lecturer for his dis
course-the lawyer for the exercise of his
legal powerS-and the literary man for his
labor but the Printer and Publisher is IN
exception. Shylock' 5 description of the Jew
applies 10 him. He has the same ORGANS
dimensions and passions, and requires 10 l,r
ted very much in the same way tina, other
people do. and cannot actually get along
very we'll IN the world without the Same
advantages and appliances that other people
have. Itt the fact does not seem to be well
undrrsfoo lie does all the duties to soci.
ely 'hat other people do. He is required
on all rnlefgencits to 90 the same and vet
II would appear to be in the range Of common
propricty That he should be called upon 10
give up "thc means whereby he lives" and
then be called upon for more. When tyncS
and presses can he bought tlout money
paper and Ink-makers furnish stock graz
uitously borers live without 2ay-tuel be
made To light IT'S own fires without expense
house rent to he paid IN politics-and wo-
men and children learn to live without eating
Editors and Publishers may consent to
- Work Tor nothing and find lhrnSeives"-
but not Ill then. There is II capital chance
Tor hon''iy on this sun jsct VINO will take
up the cudgel and fight our cause Conn.
Heraid.
TOUCHING lNcIDENr.-The Bay State De-
mocr"l relates the following: We saw
an incident Friday afternoon, OF a most no
blc and benevolent character. A liule girl
about seven years Of age Was sitting al The
cornerof Washington and State streets, up.
On IL Small pune box, WIN II BASKET by her
side, containing some half dozen apples
which She was patiently waiting TO sell,
though her Lutte form treInbled from head 10
foot with cold, which was most severe. Al
the moment the lItle half clad object met
our eye. ii boy not more than eight years old
dressed III the richest style OF the day, even
10 an unusual extent, stopped before her,
and l"klnga large rich kcrchiet from his
own neck, lIed IL snusty about her, and "Trip
ped away"
ALABAMA TAxEs.-The revenue bill which
PASSED HE House OF Krprcs ,nlatives OF Ala.
oa'na contained some singular provisions.
Every race-horsc WAS assessed ten dollars
ana every race-cOurse twenty. Upon play.
my cards one dollar was levied, but whether
ii dollar upon il s.:'s!e pack, or II dozen, or IL
gross, we Know not. Theatres are m ,de to
pay fifty dollars; IL billiard table, thirty
uagateile, twenty and Il steamboat twenty
d"Iars. Other provisions are equally singu.
lar.
ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE.-The Bridgeton,
n. j., Chronicle says that Mrs. Sarah Smith,
who died in that place OH the 18th ult Was
ilnea descendant of the royal family OF Swc-
den. Her great grandmother Elizabeth, III
the troublous times of that Kingdom. was
compelled TO flee from her native country.
when she was sixteen years old. She was
concealed in IA hogshead on board OF IL ship
al Stockholm, for some time, before the yes
sci sailed tor America. She brought many
valuable treasures with her across tho water,
which were also concealed on board the
ship but after the vessel had sailed over the
Atlantic she was wrecked on the Jersey
shore This lady, with few OF the crew
barely saved their lives. In her destitute
condition. on the shore OF vast wilderness,
as Ncw-Jersey then was, she fell in with n
hunter bv the name Of Garrison their ac-
quaintancc grew into intimacy and ripened
INTO love. She married h,n,and by him had
ten children. II is said that her youngest
son, William, was born when She Was III her
55h year. She died in the 9th year OF her
age. She has grandson now living in
Bridge;on, who was brought up by her until
he was . years of age, to whom she related
this narrative, aud many of her interesting
adventures. This gentIeman computes his
grandinother's descendants in the country at
more than thousand souls.
SPECIE IN morton The Peoria Register
relates he following incident: 1.-Two wng-
ons with specie arrived at Princeton. b ire al
county. on Moniay of last week, in tn, midst