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Litchfield enquirer., 1846-12-17
CAPTAIN DUSTAN.

A few yeals since-and the ciecum- siance is still fFUsh in the recollection ot our recherche commanded the ilI-tatsd Lexington. On her passage to thus city. from Providence, with some two hun. dred messengers, a terrible storm over took her, such, perhaps, as was wit messed in the loss Of the Atlantic. Atier beating about and struggling with tho contending ed ments for long tune, and when the gale was at it's height, she U"- sbjpredh her rudder! A fearful cry went up from all on board, and all was gwen up for lost. The tOai beat about and the wind was fast diving her 10 me shore, where in short time she would have been dashed in'o pieces, anu every soul on board haveperished. CaF. DuS- tan called on hls men, and asked wnicn of thel.l "would dare 10 jump mo me sea. and lash a rope t0 the rudder that Il might be reshipped ," No one had inc courage 10 do it. Flv9 hundred dollars were then offered as an inducement, but it was not accepted. Fifteen minutes more and the boa, would be dashed into pieces-the breakers were almost within reach. A thousand dollars were then offered-lhe passengers clung round the Captain in fearful suspense, and waiting with dreadful anxiety to hear some one accept the offer; but the risk was too great, the fate too terrible to attempt No one, either among the passengers or crew, dared accept it-a thousand dol lars was no consideration for such @ fearful risk. Captain Dustan withdrew and the passengers gave themselves ul to hopeless despair. A few minutes o awful, horrible reflection ensued, wher cry was hoard-"G man Orcrboard !-' man orer6oard!!' !' It ran like an electric shock through the chilled and tr'ghten cd multitude as an omen of the tatt which momentarily awaited them. Bu still greater was that shock when th' cry was heard," IT IS CAPTAIN DusrA' -1r IS CAPTAIN DUsTAN"
 1t was Capt. Duslan-he had tieo roP
 round his body-stationed two or three ot nl nl
 men at the stern pest, and leapee into the SC:
 Manfully he buffeted the waves, now seen II
 ding at the top of the highest wave' ana nov swallowed up nthe tr' ugh of the sea- tossing Inn struggling and working his way to the ioos rudder. At length he gained it-he lasne' n' the rope to it, and in ten minutes he was o'aS ged on hoard the boat-the rudder was hune and two hundred lives saved by hls daring ID trcpidity. Y Sat. EmpOriuDs.
Litchfield enquirer., 1846-12-17
REMARKABLE PHENOMENON.

The sea at short distance from the shore here. has presented some remark able appearan- ces during the past week. On Tuesday last |. about 4 oclo'k in the afternoon. about low wa- ter, the sea for about 30 yards from thA shore, and along the 'ast from the cove to the Bay "f Nigg. appeared of purple color. and continued to darken as the afternoon advanced. Our i'm dormant who, with large number of fishermen observed the appearance, thinking it might arise from the rsfection of the sky, went GU, in a boat and examined the water. To his as. tonishment he found the boat actually in sea of purple, and the water of glutinons nature, containing 90 much coloring matter that is it actually dyed red whatever object it touched. No effiuvia could be perceived arising from the water. As the tide rose the celpretl water packed closer in shore. and continued to be. come darker and darker. Next afternoon the same appearances were observed to oe cur, but not to such an extent. We wish some of our scientific friends would afford us clue to the cau.e this phenomenon.
 Aberdeen Herald.
Litchfield enquirer., 1846-12-17

0o-We trusf the Whigs of Litchield County will be fully and properly represented in the Congressional Convention 10 be held at Brook field on the 2d of February next. The primary meetings in the several towns should he called soon and fully attended. and such delegates sent as will regard snly the honor and reputa- ton of the District in the selection of Con- gressional candidate. By union and reasonable effort the Fourth District will give the largest whig majority of any in the State. |. ''-
Litchfield enquirer., 1846-12-17

snssssk e sss sosres ." Yet h snolher place ws find hin asserting that ''by rapid movsmea the pr vince of New Mexico. with Santa Fe iis capital. has been captured without 6IeOdshsd!" ," Did His Excellency forget that . large part of this same province of New Mexico, sCith SGnS0 Fe, its capital. is on the East bank of the RiO Grande, and, according to his claim. belonged to the Province of TexaI and of course had al- ready been annexed to the United Slatss! And farther, it is fact which will not be disputed, thai up to the day that Gen. Kearney arrived there. duties were paid on their gOodsby Am. erican citizens to Mexican officials at Santa Fe. Nay, more than that. An official order was issuedby MT. Folks Secretary of theTreasury, regulating exportatiOn to and importation from Santa Fe,a ,as Mexican town, while. according to his present claim. it was town belonging to the territory of Texas.
 In reply to the attempt to shift upon Par edes, the initiative of the war, the Express cites Mr. Folks order to Gen. Taylor to take uP his quarters opposite Matamoras, as Gn act ct tcGr. This order was dated January 18th, while the refusal of Paredes to receive Mr. Slidell-which isgravely put forth as the cause of the war, was not known until the 26th of March following, and, as the Express adds, itremAins here, however, for Me. Polk also to show, that the refusal of one nation to hold diplomatic intercourse " ith another is cause of war. If SO. we shall have our war on hand with thirty or forty nations of the world.1a
 After showing very clearly that General Taylor's encampment opposite Masamoras was the first real act of ,oG'. the Tribune adds: ..-. ...,. ...... ....'. ...
 The Presidents talk of Mexico's 'cona naencing an oppressive war (after we had blockaded the mouth of the Rio Ora nde, sub
 jecting her army and people to famine) aud shedding the blood of our citizens on oul own Soil,' is an untruth of the grossest char
 acter. We can butcher the Mexicans, bu
 History will not be so mangled.
 It thus concludes its notice of the mes
 sage. ... . ..r
 Have we not shed blood enough? How many more women and children must WI rend and mangle before the spirit of Car mage. can be satisfied 1? Why does not Mr Polk state plainly on what terms he is read, to make Peace? Why does he not offer tt arbritrate to, accept impartial Mediation Why does he talk of compelling Mexico ts pay the enormous expenses of his War wher he knows she cannot do it, excep, by tearing reluctant Departments from her sides, ane making herself second Poland? Why, ( why is he Polk aud not man? Years 0 National Misery and probable bankruptcy People debauched by slaughter and demo niac glory Republic corrupted by con quest and gold won by the rc1 hand, shal sadly answer these questions! ,-.e ..-
Litchfield enquirer., 1846-12-17
whig congressional COnven
 liOll.

A Whig Congressional Convention tor the A purpose of nominating Member of Con gress for the Fourth Congressional D1S'1le, will be held at the Hotel of Hopkins k Ierr!i in Brookfeld, on Tuesday. the 2d day of Feb ruary next, at 10 o'clock, A. M.
 The Wings of the several towns composing said District are requested to elect delegates to said Convention equal to double the npmoe' of Representatives to which sald towns are e"' filled in the General Assembly.
 FRANCIS BACON. Litchhe'd
 HENRY B. GRAVES, County
 A. N. BALDWIN, Commiuee
 AMOS s. TREAT. } Fairfield
 DW!GHT MORRIS. County
 NELSON L. WHITE. ) Committee
Litchfield enquirer., 1846-12-17

RAILWAY AccrDENr.-Just as MT. Ben. jamin Sykes of Ludlow, had started with horse and buggy, to cross the track of the Western Railroad. near the "five Mile House." so called, in this town, yesterday morning, the steamboat train for New York came along; the Locomo. tive struck the horse with much violence, killing him instantly. The buggy had not got far on the track, but it was over- turned and broken, and MT. Sykes thrown out nt distance of seventy five feet from the spot. When taken up, it was found that one of his arms was bro. ken in two places, & that he was other wise injured. IL was no. known. whether he was internally injured or not. by the shock. It will be remembered that Mir. Bush of this town. met with similar. though less serious accident, at this same crossing few months since.
 Pitsyield Eagle.
Litchfield enquirer., 1846-12-17

IOWA.-The St. Louis Republican has re. ceived an abstract sf the official returns of the late Iowa Election. Instead of the 500 or 1000 claimed for him, Ansel Briggs, the Loco Focs candidate for Governor, has but ose hundred and sirty enc majority, and the lowest Loco Fceo Congressman only 3lo lI:y ~Yf-,
 Othat the People of Iowa could have heard from New York before their Election But there will be another.ye e...., ~. .,.....
Litchfield enquirer., 1846-12-17

NG-We perceive that w. E. Robinson, Esq
 the former able correspondent of the New York Tribune, has again returned to his post. and will continue to write for that paper, snd prob ably for his own also, namely, the Buffalo Ex- press. '.. ..
Litchfield enquirer., 1846-12-17
HAVE YOU PAID THE PRINTER!

When the cold storm howls round the door And you by light oftarer, Sit costly by the evening fire,
 Enjoying the last paper ....... Just think cf him whose work thus helps To wear away the winter, .u And put this query to yourself Have I paid the printer! From east and west-from north and south, From lands beyond the water, He weekly brings you lots of news.'
 From every nook and quarter; No slave on earth tolls more than he,
 Through summers heat and winter How can you for moment then'
 Neglect to gay the Printer?
Litchfield enquirer., 1846-12-17

S,Alden DraM We are informed (savs the Waterbury American) that JOHN MoRRIs Esq. of Wasertown, formerly an active merchant of that village. dropped down dead at his resi- dence. last Thursday forenoon He had ever enjoyed good health previously and his death is supposed to have been oecasioned bv dis ease of the heart. He was 60 years of age.
Litchfield enquirer., 1846-12-17
BEAUTIFUL INSCRIPTION.

During . recent visit to Laurel Hill Cemetry, near Philadelphia, while wander ing among the sculptured monuments, we saw on plain slab of marble these simple yet beautiful words:
 "OUR MOTHER
 She taught us HOW 10 ipe srd HOW 10 die"
 This Is no doubt the tribute of affection which some motherless children have paid to their deceased parent, and the few words employed express more than could volume Uf praise. She taught us hoW to live. How vast field is embraced-the fear of God early piety-love for one another-meekness |. and forseara ance-faith, hope, and charity all the graces which adorn the Christian character, combined in one short sentence She imparted these to her children and by reaching them Chow to live she taught then how odie.
 Would that every mothers epitaph nigh be written by her children in such sentence 1t is light upon the memory of the de ceased which casts its reflection up,n the living. g.- Thursday Mess.
Litchfield enquirer., 1846-12-17

MAINE.-Ws have probably lost the Legis. lature at last. An" Extla Age' announces Locos elected to ] Whig last MOnday--9 no choice. not heard from, This puts the Loco Focos ahead. and probably saves them the state officers for another year.
Litchfield enquirer., 1846-12-17
Correspondence cf Me Pieayu''e. FROM THE ARMY.
MONTEREY, Mexico, Nov. l", lo+

MONTEREY, Mexico, Nov. lH, lS:6
 The armisti, c is at an end; the troops are aeain on the march and everything is as' suming the appearance oi a iorwaro 1nove .s
 The departure of Gen. Taylor for Sait.l- To was delayed one day by the arrival oi d bearer of dispatches. He left yesterday la king four companies of dragons under Lieut.. Col. May as his escort. Gen. " orth marched at the same time with Duncans artillery battalion, Lieut.. Col. Childs, o'h Infantry, Major Scott, and the 9th Capt Screven. and Blanchard's company of Lou isiana volunteers. ..,
 But one field officer (Major sScott,) with three regiments!- Childs in hneai rank being bu, captain. Whether this force is to remain there only the knowing mes can fell, though it is supposed that the most of it, with Gen. Woops coiomn' ~ w,il remain ,hereakout for the present: 1he Chihuahua expedition is fearflu iailure' and so it will be with all bureau plans Washington. City is not the place to pla" uampnisns in Mexico.
 Gen. Taylor will be back here in few days, and it is presumed will soon move with a large portion of the force here Tn the direction of Tampico, via Linares and Victoria. He will be joined on the way by Major Gen. Patterson with large portion of the volunteers who have remained in de pot up to this ,imc-one portion marching from Camargo, one from Matamoras, and a third going by sea from Point Isabel.
 What little regular force we have is in fine condition -chills and fever having al- most disappeared, and the wounded being rapidly on the mend. Isn't it shame that our Government has no place where It can take care of these brave and devoted ser wants who have shed not only their blood but their legs and arms in its scrviceT The navy is provided for and why is the army
Litchfield enquirer., 1846-12-17

Dc-Don't forget the Concert this (Wednes- da! evening. at tke Court House. The repu- tation of the Bakers is equaled only by that oi the Hutchinsons. They have had full houses elsewhere, and will not sing, we trust to empty seats even ini Litch6eld Ladies should go early if ,hey wish to obtain gooe seats. The Concert will commence at half past ,. .,
Litchfield enquirer., 1846-12-17

lG- Our worthy and talented friend, F.. G. SQUEIR, Esq, late editor of the late Hartford Journal and now of the Sciota Gazette. we are pleased to say has just been appointed Clerk in the House of Representatives of Ohio.
Litchfield enquirer., 1846-12-17

First T1ings--The first Roman Catholic essahlishu meat in the United States was in Maryland, under Calvert, son of Lord Bal ti,nore, in 1884. The first Episcopaiians that came to the Uaiied States were among the settiers of Jamestown, Va. having their pastor, Mir. Hunt, with them. The first Presbyterian church In the United States was at Philadelphia, in l70Si aHd the 6rsi PEesbyseSy was Orgaaized the following yaags
Litchfield enquirer., 1846-12-17

D-We understand that the Rev Wm. Wat son, of St. Peters, Plymouth. has declined the call of the Rec:orship of the Church of the Holy Comforter. New York City.
Litchfield enquirer., 1846-12-17
ELIZABETH, MOTHER OF OLIVER ,'. CROMWELL. 's"' a-z .

This Lady. who is said to have been an un- d"ubted descendant of the royal family of the Stuarts, possessed higher distinction in her own virtnes. Mr. Foster, in his Statesmen of the Common Wealth of England" pays this beautiful tribute to her worth:
 "An interesting person, indeed, was this Mo. ther of Oliver CrOmwell-a woman with the glorious faculty of self. help when other assist ance failed her !; ready for the demands of for. tune in its extremest adverse time-of spirit and energy equal to her mildness and patience; who, with the labor of her own hands, gave do. weres 10 five daughters, sufficient to marry them
 into families as honorable, but more wealthy than their own whose single pride vas hones- ty and whose passion love; who preserved in the gorgeous palace at Whitehall the simple tastes that distinguished her in the old brewery at Huntington; whose only care. amid all her spendors was the safely of hei beloved son in his dans erous eminence finally, whose closing wish. when that anxious care had outworn her strength, accorded with her whole modest and tender history. for it implored simple burial in couniry church yard, rather than the ill suited trappings of state ard ceremony where-
 with she feared and with reason feared, that his Highness. the Lord Protector of England,
 would have her carried to the royal tomb d
 which, if that were possible, wruld increase the interest she inspires, and the respect she claims The month SD small and sweet. ye: full and firm as the mouth of hero the large
 melancholy eyes; the light, pretty hair; the
 expression of quiet affectionateness suffused
 over the face. which is so modestly enyeloped in white satin hood the simple beauty of tho
 velvet cardinal she wears. and the richness of
 the small jewel that clasps it. seem to present
 before the gazer her living and breathing char acter."
 This distinguished lady. of the British Isle,
 was the mother of Henrietta Cromwell, who
 was married to Col. John Jones, in 1893. one of 1 the Judges of Charles l.; the maternal grand
 parent of Hon, William Jones, Lieut.. Governor of Connecticut colony. and married to Hannah: youngest daughter oi Governor Eaton, of New Haven; and great grand parent of Sir William Jones of India, and Rev. William Jones of Nay land, SO eminent in the annals of literature and science. ... I.J.
Litchfield enquirer., 1846-12-17

pBulwer, the novelist, has recently come iato possession ofhis mothers fortune, about $2O,OOO or $3O,OOO a year. He has not been in Parliament for several years, but contemplaies coming forward sl the mex, election. He vii. stand for . county instead Of borough-a somewhat arisiocraiical honor, for which, whether successful or not he will have to pay somewhat dearly to pocket
Litchfield enquirer., 1846-12-17
FARTHER FROM THE ARMY.

The Victoria, (Texas) Advocate, speak ing of the expedition to Chihuahua, says:
 "We have converscd with an intelligent vo(,ng gentlemen connected with the Guar ternlaster's Department of Gen. WooFs d'- vision of the army, arrived at this place oil Monday evening last, on his way from san Antonio to Port Lavacca and from him we learn that an express arrived al San Anto' nio on the llth inst. bearing dispatches from Gen. Wool to Capt. Irwin, Quastermaster at Port Lavacca. This express left Mon cloya on the 4th, at which time Monclova was in possession of Gen. Wool, the place having made no other opposition than the alcaldy protestingi in the name of the Mex' can Government against this entrance. ten. Wool understood on his arrival that some 25OO volunteers or rancheToS had intended to defend the place, but in consequence oi orders received from Santa Anna, few days before Wool's arrival, this force had lefl Monclova for the purpose of joining Santa Anna at Saltillo. IL is said Santa Anna's order were to make no resistance 10 General
 Wool's entrance, but to let him advance a: far into tho heart of the country as he wish ed, and to repair to him at Saltllo. where he a, the head of 10000 Mexican troop: expected to meet the American army.
Litchfield enquirer., 1846-12-17
OCEAN SOLITUDE.

There are no solitudes on the earth SC full of solemn and impressive grandeur, as ,be solitudes of ocean. None but they who have trayersed the vast wilderness of wa ters, and gazed long and musingly abroad over its trackless wastes, can fully imblbe the imrression which the ocean solitude IS suited to fasten on the thoug ghtful mind.
 "A solitude,' says Burke, more solemn and awful than that of the mountains, for est. or deserts, penetrateS the soul with a spirit of devotion. Every agitation produ- ees new beauty, or new wonder; the mira cles of the Armament are reflected in every wave, in the unceasing restlessness of which we recognize the ever-marching progress of time; and as the waves gradually accunu- late al a distance, seeming to collect their strength in their approach to the shore, and fall on the beach in the form of semi.cif- cular cascade, contemplation seems to have the power of producing ambrosial slumber and silently whispering to the imagination that the soul is of eternal duration; we seem for a moment, to be Qike Enoch,) in the road of translation to heaven. Many are the paragraphs in the sacred writings de- scriptiye of the ocean. In the Apocalypse, how sublime are those passages where an angel is represented standing with one foot on the sea and the other on the land, with his hand stretching to heaven; when at the sound ofa trumpet, a burning mountain falls into the sea-a third part of which becomes an ocean of blood. Equally sublime is the passage, where S.. John represents himself as behoding a new earth, and new heav' en, with the sea fading from existence. In the ocean, we contemplate a Being capable of measuring all it's waters in the hollow of his hand,' and who seems 10 our lhhnl'e imagination, to have exercised in forming II me greatest possible exertion of cmn'Po tence. Philosophy itself acknowledges in its contemplation, all the fire and enthusi- asm of poetry. In man, and in the workings of man, we observe no permanent ordcr.- y'he laws of nature, on the contrary, are forever the same, operating with equal con- s,ancy, whether in the Scythian, the Allan tic or .he Indian, the Antartic or Pacific.
 sWhen the waves swell with the storms, the sky darkens with clouds, and rocks re- verberate till echo wearies in repeating their sounds; how vast is the conception of power alone capable of commanding obedi. ence 10 his mandate:
 Silence, ye troubled waves; and thou, deep
 peace! Sa,d the omniic World-'yo your discord cease.'
 sHushed to repose, calm and sedate majesty glides as it were upon the azure; a nd the Spirit of the Eternal seems to move mon the waters Sailor's Mag0zine.
Litchfield enquirer., 1846-12-17

Oo-tEon. Gsosgs MeDuiRs. U, G. Ssnaiov oG South carOliNia. hes resigned hls ssas .ea se- count of 70 health. i.. .',...,a
Litchfield enquirer., 1846-12-17

The City of Troy.-No longer ago than l72O. according to a travelling cores poudent of the Post. the territory upon which the now large and flourishing city of Troy stands. including an exten; of near five hundred acres. was rented to D. Van Derheyden, at three bushels and three pecks of wheat. and four fat fowls per annum. It was not until the close of the Revolution, that the spot at. tracled much attention, and the Yankees were the first to suggest to the Dutch proprietors divisian into town lots. IL was first called Ferry Hook, for three subsequent years Van Derheyden. and in l759, assumed the classic name oi Troy.
Litchfield enquirer., 1846-12-17

REv. Ma. HoPxiNs.-Rsv. Asa [. Hep. kins of Buhala. arrived in the packet ship MarRare. Evans. from LiverpsOl. bringing with him, ws are painsd 10 yay, ths remains of his wife, Mrs Elizabeth W Hopkins, who died on her passage, Is wss fos the health of MEs. Hopkias. which he'd long hssh ibdiiIsEsae, Ihai the voyage was undsFiaksn. viihops. lG sssms. the sdvsalaas thsl wss hspsd fos Hsv Vsmains Wos0 laksR Co Hmasle. where lhs ssA sVsaI will sWaksa the liVsllsst sosyuw ed synPslAy. .,- .s .l.......
Litchfield enquirer., 1846-12-17

MT. Bancroft dincd with the Queen on Che 18th ult. and On the following Saturday at tended select party al LoEd PAlmsFslou's,
 The steamer Great Britain had not been got oG the rocks as pundEum day.
Litchfield enquirer., 1846-12-17
REMARKABLE Ep1rApH.

The following admirable inscription is copied from stone in the burial ground of Concord, Mass. Itis seldom that a string of finer paradoxies can be found. It deser- yes wide circulation. ."
 "God wills as free; man wills us slaves. will as God wills Gods will be done.- Here lies the body of JOHN JACK, q native of Africa, who died March, l773, aged about 60 years. Though born in land of slave ry, he was born free; though he lived in . land of liberty. he lived slave, till, by his honest. though stolen, labors. he acquired the source of slavery, which gave him his freedom, though: not long before death, the grand yrans, gave him his 6sai emaucipa- tion, and SC. him on . footing with kings. Though slave to vice, he Pracsiced those virtues, without which kings are but slaves"
Litchfield enquirer., 1846-12-17

Eject efs Ii.le Encoaragsmeu.-In tho Western country, . miserable druAken loafer was elec,ed ts the office of justice of the peace, for the fun of it He immediately became temperate and indussrioas, diessed hinself in good style, and discharged the duties of the ofics Ia . Fespscsaale manner.