Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1843-09-28

The HAamoNroUs PARrT.-The Charleston
Mercury, the organ of Mr.. Calhoun, thus
treats Of Mr.. Van Buren, and his prospects:
sour deliberate conviction is, that he can.
not be elected against Mr.. Clay. What the
Express saysof the opposition to him in New
York, is even more true as to the Southern
States-that not vote which was cast
against him in 1910. but would be cast
against him again. 1t is true that the Demo-
cratic Party have gained with the people, in
the last two years, but not Mr.. Van Buren,,
one inch The is just as odious now to the
majority that put him down in 1910, as he
was then; and it is an odium no party de-
say he fell by his principles and for them
not so, his principles fell by him.
Mr.. Van Buren's own want of manliness
and elevation in craftsmanship, and the ut
ter unpopularity of the men he brought
about him, and his confidential advisers this
it was broke him and his party down, and
will break them down again, if he is chosen
to be their leader. There is scarcely a
Southern State which Mr.. Clay could not
carry against Mr.. Van Buren,. The same
thing the late elections in the West show to
be true there"
This is language not to be mistaken or
denied.
The New ATLANTIC STEAMER.-Whateve
regret may be entertained for the loss of the
Columbia-a regret unchequered, happily,
by any loss of life, and con fined TO the mere
dollars part Of the questionable public GER
tainly will be no sufferers by that event.
The spirited proprietors of the line of steam
ers to which that vessel belonged, bave,
with, the greatest prompttude, contracted
with Messrs. Steele and Co., of Greenock,
for another vessel of superior dimensions
and greater speed than the one lately wreck
ed in the bay of Fundav. The new steam
er, whose engines will be constructed by the
celebrated Napier, of Glasgow, will be
counterpart, in every respect, of the swiftest,
and beyond all comparison, the most sue
cessful steamer afoat-the Hibernia, whose
brief career has thrown all the previous tri.
umphs of ocean navigation into the shade
The result then is-that the public will have
the advantage of a new and first rate ves-
sci, into which every improvement will be in
troduced which the experience Of years in
navigating the Atlantic has given birth 10.
with all the advances in mechanical science
which have been made since the Columbia
was first hoated. Whether as regards the
builders, the engineer, or the owners, the
new vessel now on the stocks will, the pub
lie may rest assured, be chef deuvre.
Taking newspaper and paying for it in
advance, is said to be the best method of
preserving life that has yet been discovered.
Those who would live to 'green old age
will do well to try it. An old gentleman Of
CRANKY, Ct, ninety two years of age, has
been a subscriber to the Hartford Courant,
seventy gears, and always paid in ADVANCE
This is the secret of his long life.-Lo,0. Pat.
PULPIT INGENu1TY.-A preacher in the
neighborhood of Blackfriars, London, not un.
deservedly popular, had just finished an ex-
hortation strongly recommending the sup.
port of certain very meritorious institu-
ton. The congregation was numarn",;;, ana
the ine c.apc. cfoW9cl y. &c cAvvss. The dis.
course being finished, tho plate was about
to be handed round to the respective pews,
when the preacher made this short address
to the congregation:
"From the sympathy have witnessed in
your countenanceS and the strict attention
you have honored me with, there is only one
thing | am afraid Of; that some of you may
be inclined to give too much. Now it is my
duty to inform you, that justice. though not
so pleasant. should always be a prior to vir.
tue and generosity therefore, as you will all
be called upon, in your respective pews.
wish to have it thoroughly understood,
that no person will think Of putting any thing
into the plate who cannot pay his debts" I
need not add that this produced an overflow.
ing collection.
DEAD LETTER OFrrcE-The dead letter
Office in the Post Office at Washington, is a
great curiosity. Dead letters are returned to
the general Post Office with the quarterly
accounts from the 1900 post offices which
now exist. The envelops are taken frem the
packages by one clerk, who ties string
round the contents and casts them into a
basket-the clerk asserts them and compares
them with the post bills-sending the letters
to the clerk 10 be opened-on opening, the
letters contSining no valuable enclosures are
returned to the office where they were mailed,
and sent to the owner if found. If not claim
ed, it is placed into separate fund, and the
amount recorded. so that it can be paid to
the owner at any future period, if claimed.
They open 100000 letters in quarter-there
are now several cart loads in the office un-
opened. The work ofopening and asserting
them is very tedious and laborious.
ELDER BERRY PIEs-A gentleman of this
city presented to us yesterday sample of
pies made of the elder berry, which we found
quite agreeable to the taste, and an excel.
lent substitute for other kinds of fruit. The
pethod of making them is similar to that of
whortte and blackberries, with the addition
of little acid (vinegar or tartaric) to cor
rect the natural flavor of the frut.-Conn
Herald.
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