Litchfield enquirer., 1845-10-02
LITcHFIELD, (Conn.,) Aug. 90, 1s45.

Mount Tom IS one oi the peaks ot thlS hlll country which overlooks the Housato much on one side and the Naugaiuck on the other. The latter is a small but very valuable stream ,whch turns lac- tory at almost every mile.
 The storm illustrated the violent vicissitudes of our changeable climate. In two hours the ther- mometer fell, judged, thirty degrees. The clouds were blown away, and the shrill winds came whir- ling and clustering around our ears. The over- coats were in immediate demand and drew the capes close around my head if guarding against January fros:s
 This highland scenery and air have to me pe- culIar charm. The wild romance with which Wal ter Scott has clothed the Highlands of Scotland is ever present to my imagination. The rugged rocks, the tumbling waters, the incessant success sion of evergreens, the wild rose and sweet tbrier, the contrasted bloom and foliage of the mountain laurel-ht to grace hero's brow-all combine to throw around the scenery the tancifu hues of TO- nance. Little of thathas, however, occurred for the matter of fact, common sense life of the Con- necticnt people admitsof very little mystery or ad- venture. Still, 1t is the same kind of country, and very nearly the same kind of people, as those in the midst of which the Wizard of the North has placed the scene of his ever memorable stories.
 Here IS beautiful example of one of the natural phenomena of high lands; that is, the mountain lake. Mount Tom Pond is lovely sheet ofwater, around which our stage road wound in graceful turns. The rocks and cedars of the mountain were on one side, and the beautiful little lake on the 
 no less than five of these little lakes.
 From the town hill of Litchfed, at the distance of three or four miles, one of these lakes i seen embosomed in meadows and woods beyond it are the white houses ofother villages and still beyond cultivated ridge sloping upwards in the South. The whole space taken in at once by the eye is a. bout sixty square miles, distance of about eight miles around. It is said by travellers to be one of the most picturesque views to be found anywhere It Is at once ''extensive various and minute"-the definition of picturesque scenery.
 Lltchheld Hill IS known to most persons as the location of the Lltchheld Law School-long the best and most famous seminary of that kind in the Union. Law had not then been considered as a science; and this school was the first in which the labyrinth of the Common Law was reduced to or- der. and its principles made simple and reasonable This was admirably done by it's distinguished teachers, Judges Reeve and Gould; and they have not been surpassed by any Professor of the Law since.
 The School was established in 17sA, by the Hon. Tapping Reeve, one of the Justices of the Superior Court Till 179S, he lectured alone, in which tune 2lO young gentlemen were students and ad- mitted to the Bar. From 17os to 1920, Judge Gould was associated with Judge Reeve. Frcm 1o2O to 1893, Cat which time the school was dis continued,) Judge Gould lectured alone, occasion- ally assisted by the Hon. J. w Huntington. Dur lng this time, there were S1O students The total nnmber of students, at the Ltchfeld Law School. was 1924. This is large number, and the inhu- they have exerted on the politics, business and lt- eraure of the nation can hardly be estimated. Mind cannot be measured by numbers. The School was recruited from among the best students of the College, and the most ambitious spirits of the na- tlon. Among thus number was JOHN C. CALHOUN, who, though the most distinguished, was not n- tellectually superior to several others. Many who have since figured in public life, studied their pro- feSslon here.
 The Law School was not alone, in its attraction fnpE fllna Ip cd school for the instruction of:Females, which continued for forty years, with most distinguished reputation. In this Seminary from fifteen hundred to two thousand ladies received their chief cduca- tioA, and they were we'll educated as they now in the best seminares These young ladies came from every part of the nation, and they turned from the seminary to become the wives and mothers of men, who hold sway over millions.
 Nor was Litchfeld distinguished by its schools alone. small village, of little business, it pro- duced more men, eminent for intellect and station, than any town of it's population in the country.- Among this number were Oliver W"lcott, (signer of the Declaration of Independence,) Oliver Wol colt, Secretary of the Treasury, and General Uriah Tracy, who one of the ablest of the United States Senator's; Judges Reeve, Gould, Adams, Phelps oc Vermont, and many others in the Judi ciary the celebratrd Matthew Lyon, of sedition memory, and numerous others. Among the citi- zens here, at different periods, were Dr. Beecher, for sixteen years Minister in Ltchfeld, and Judge J. c. Wright. of Cincinnati.
 Since the suspension of the Law School, and the retirement of Miss Pierce from the Female Semina rv, the town has, in great measure, ceased to att tract persons from abroad. The channels of con- merce move in the lowiands of the streams, which furnish the Manufacturing Power but Nature stIll presents herself in most beautiful and lovely attire, and the inhabitants are still hospitable and cultl- vated people. The very circumstances which re- move it from the influences ol Commerce, are those which might be seized upon for the advantages of education. There are few places in the country which afford better site for seminaries of learn ing.
 Ng-The Hon. William [. Sto,rs, one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of this State, has been appointed Instructor in the Science and Prac- tice of Law, in the Law School of Yale College, to supply the vacancy occasioned by the death of Hon. Samuel J. Hitchcock.
 Charitable Bequest.--The late Hon. Samuel J. Hitchcock, of New Haven, has left, by his will, $200 to the Domestic Missionary Society of Con- necticut, and $4OO annually, subject to certain contingencies for the education of ' ndigent young men studying for the ministry in New Haven"
 State House, .Ve,o HGUen We learn from the Palladium, that the masons at work upon the Representatives Hall to reduce its size and give it something like proportion, in which the voice will not find ethousand reverberatons. The Hobbies where the spectators have usually stood, have al- ready been parttioned off from the Hall, and made into spacious committee rooms. Other alterations and repairs are contemplated, which doubtless will be carried out this autumn
 Grg-ReV. .dlonzo Potter, D. D., was consecrated Bishop of fPennSylvania, on the 23d ult