Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1843-11-02

NatlonaI observatory. ana called u light
house Of the skies" the party which CON-
bined to depOSe him, exercised their wit in
ridiculing his proposition; but now an ap-
preparation is made without opposition, for
that very purpose, and he is called upon to
lay the corner store.
The DELIGHTS oE RoYALTV.-Tho saloons
of Paris are much occupied with the follow
ing ridiculous story The late Duke of
Sussex had an immense stock of Segars of the
finest quality. Count D'Orsay purchased u
thousand Havanas made in 1889, and gave,
it is said, three hundred pounds sterling for
them. A charge 6'affaires was sent express
ly to London from Paris, to purshase ten
thousand of these Segars, and Prince Albert,
like other gentlemen, became smitten by the
prevailing mania. He purchased several
boxes as secretly as possible but the Queen,
who watches him with an eagle eye, and is
aided besides by tho most devoted spies who
keep her az cour0nt Of his smallest move-
mcnts and actions, sent for him within an
hour of the purchase, and no hurried to obey
her summons, with all the coniugal dOcility
of the Coburg family.
The Queen, in her moments of rage, is q
Juno cut down. AS soon as the PriAce ap.
pcared, the aug ust:: sovereign, without wait
ing till he had finished making his three
profound salutations, exclaimed:
! "You forget then, sir, that forbade you
| from smoking?"
This bitter apostrophe COMPOUNDED the
Prince, who began to mu,ter some words Of
excuse and repentance.
| You arc deprived of your pension for
month";" replied the Queen !; f" this will teach
| you to make better use of your money for
[ the future. AS to the segars I confiscate
them; 60, and send them to me immediate.
ly."
Upon majestic sign, the Prince mndc
three more salutations. and retreated back
words-an exercise in which the Coburgs
! are early practised.
The report adds that the segars we've i'm
mediately distributed among the officers OF
the guard on service at buckingham Palace.
A VILLA1NoUs AcT-YouNG WOMEN BE-
wARE.-A dashing fellow, aged n, named
Henry Homer, representing himself to be n
merchant, put up ut a private boarding
house in Baltimore, Md, two or three weeks
since.gained tho affections of a young lady re-
siding in the family, and was privately mar
ried to her on the 18th inst. She had al
ready engaged" her self to a worthy and
respectable gentleman, with whom she had
| long been acquainted. On Tuesday, 18th,
Homer decampcd, and has not since been
heard Of
FouR.FooTED DELEGATIoN.-Trowbrid
Sons and Dwight, had a large delegation of
horses, mules, and jackasses in their extern
sive yards on Long Wharf on Thursday,
most of which they have since consigned to
the tender mercies Of the sugar planters in
the West Indies. Almost every section Of
country Ind delegates there, but the Cana
dies and Kentucky was rather the most nu-
merOusly represented. This firm sends out
annually hundreds, and even thousands Of
animals to Z" the islands" every year, and
in return they receive the rich products Of
the West Indies. The traffic in live stock
be tween this city and tho Islouds is very OK.
tensive, and tho larger part of the animals
they receive, or which are are exported
from the United States, arc sent out OF Ne W
Haven.-N. III. Morning Courier.
'WH1G, ALL ovEE'-Whcn General HEN
I Rv SEwALI, of this town, came into the town
house on the 18th of September inst, he was
met at the door by an active 81 party man,
and offered a vote. What ticket is tina, !?
asked the old gentleman. The reply was
the liberty ticket-you are an abolition list
you are for liberty The General. who
was captain in the army of Washington,
and who fought through the whole war, and
who, though over four score and ten, is yet
able to walk about our streets every day,
replied in n voice as if he was at the head Of
II division oftroops, Yes, young man, am
for liberty: was an abolitionist before you
was born: ! was also Wing: was a
Wing Of the Revolution. l am n Wing
now Wing all over, and shall vote this
Wing ticket Ten or twelve years ago Gen.
Sewall was perhaps the most influential alb
olitionist in Kennebec, and he has not chan.
ged his opinions. He holds on to old organ.
ization, and has no fellowship with the new
party. Though his limbs have lost some of
ever. his nerves firm, and he writes hand
which not one clerk in hundred can equal.
Kennebec Journal.
INFLUENCE OF KNowLEDGE.-The Danville
| (Ky.) Tribune states, that several of The
leading Loco Focos of Adair county oppose
the common school system, avowediy on the
I ground that it would cause all the youth to
grow up Wings!
The Editor pertinen:ly adds: We cannot
but admit that there is very good ground for
their apprchensons. If any Loco Foco
wishes his child to grow up in his own poll
tics, he had better keep the little fellows
mind as dark as VOLTS mouth.-N. O. 7ropic
"VAN, VAN IS A USED UP MAN."-The
| New Haven Courier suggests that some Of
| the old HarrsOnian songs will "work in"
very well this autumn, il all the states arc
going at this rate for the Wing party. With
| in few weeks, Maryland, Georgia, Penn
sylvania, and Ohio, nave shown unfai!ing
signs of deserving the Magician. Between
the Calhoun men and the Wings, he'll find
! short commons.