Litchfield enquirer., 1845-12-18

all parts OF the South and west and of all political
creeds, assembled about ten o'clock in the evening
The festive board did honor to the boundless re-
sources Of the great valley that had furnished the
more substantial part of the feast, while the choi
cest Injuries of the earth were spread out in rich
profusion. 1t is needless to say that politics were
forgotten. Other and more agreeable topics occu-
pied the attention of the brethren. They adjourn
ed at sunrise.
Dan6s~y Road-The engineers employed to
survey the route for railroad from Hartford and
New York, via Danbury, have, according to the
Hartford Times, made their report to the Commit
tee, and it is now in press it will be issued in
pamphlet form in few days. The report is high
ly favorable to the construction Of the road-more
so than the ardent friends of the road anticipated
A G1ANr.-A human skeleton, said to have been
recently discovered in Tennessee, is described by
the Nashville Orthopoitan as weighing, in the ag-
gregate, (the bones being all in perfect state of
preservation) 1900 pounds! There must have been
giants. surely, in the days when these bones were
clothed with fesh for the body which animated
this skeleton must have been eighteen or twenty
feet high, and have weighed at least three thous-
and pounds perfect Brobdinag The bones of
the thigh and leg, it is asserted, measure six feet
and half; the cavities of the skull are large
enough to held nearly tive bushels of brains and
the sockets Of the eyes will take in good sized
mist" is engaged in putting this large frame to-
gether, and our wonder-loving citizens will at
some early day, no doubt, have an opportunity of
seeing it for themselyes-Boston Traveller.
DR. LYMAN BEEcHER. "A letter from profes.
sor Stowe to the editors of the Boston Recorder,
states that DR.. Beecher is now out of danger, and
will probably soon resume his duties. Professor
Stowe said it was ga tremendous thump, enough
to kill any yonng man." l
The London Times Of October 80, published
leader on the Oregon question, in which it recon-
mends that this question be settled by arbitration
it fears. however, that America will not be willing
to submit her claims to arbitration. In little more
than month, Mr.. Polk will give full and au-
tEentic statement ofthe policy Of his Government.
The Times says that the Presidents Message has
seldom had more momentous topics to deal with,
more important doubts to remove, more hidden
things to reveal We are most unwilling to be-
lieve, says the Times, that the indiscreet and
unmeasured terms which the new President
thought fit to employ on his accession to office on
the 4th OF March. are to be regarded serious in
dications of his policy. If, indeed, they had been
so, the continuation of the Oregon, negotiation
would have been a farce unworthy of the govern
ments Of two great States, and Mr.. Mclean would
have started on his mission to this country, with
instructions very unworthy Of his estimable char
acter as a politician and man. But we cannot be
insensibleto the danger of allowing this question
to hang over until the commencement of another
session of the Legislatures of both countries -
The Times says it is certain that no concessions in
the Oregon territory which could be made by one
party, will be accepted by the other, as long as
they are offered in the ordinary form of direct d.
N0Nf ASn1O afs hann 81
according to the Times, are narrowed to the alter
natives of arbitration or eventual war;"
Remedy for LOekia,o,-Having seen in the Ar
gus Of the 2lst an account Of the death of the son
OF Mr. Andrew WATSON, from Lockjaw, from a
nail accidentally run into his foot would state for
the benefit of those afflicted from similar causes,
that common r4cent or piece of copper bound
hrmly npon the wounded part, and in actual con-
tact with it, will cause almost immediate and en-
tire relief and cause the wound to speedily heal,
whether 1t be made by rusty nail, steel instru-
ment, splinter or any other cause, either in foot
hand or other part of the body. NJ B.-Rusty or
furnished copper is preferable to bright copper,
though either Will answer. J. H. H.--.al6any .ar-
gus.
= THE TERM .tWE."-The plural STYLE of speak
ing {" we') among kings. was begun by King John
Of England, A. D. 1ll9. Before that time soye-
reigns used the singular number in their edicts-
The German and the French sovereigns followed
the example of King John in 1900. .-
The phrase "year of our Lord" is said to have
been first used by Charles Ill. Emperor of Ger
many, A. d. $40, while designating the date of
some particular transaction. ''' .'' '.-'
a "Feast of Honor"-Capt. Fremont relates
that when he was at Fort Larimie. during his ex.
petition to the Rocky Mountains. he was often in-
vited by the Indians to ''a feast Of honor, a dog
feast" He went to one of them; the women and
children were sitting round the lodge. and the host
and his guest took seats on buffalo robes. The
dog was in large pot over the FIRE. in the middle
of the lodge; and. Immediately on their arrival it
was dished up in large wooden bowls, one (which
wa shanded to each drones. The flesh appeared
very glutinous, with something of the flavor and
appearance Of mutton "Feeling something move
behind me, (says Capt. Fremont,) I looked round
and found thatI had taken my seat among aslitter
Of fat young puppies. Had l. been nice in such
matters, the Prejudices Of civilization might have
interfered with my tranquility; but, fortunately,
am not Of delicate nerves. and continued quietly
to empty my plattsE. "-.Mvn. .Nsscs