Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1846-06-25

MANY SERMONS FROM ONE

TEXT.
II was a custom in years past, in New
Ia,land. when minister wanted to make
Sp.ay of his learning, to preach len or
we've sermons ON the same text. AJucge
flfe county of Fairfield court, informed
me tina, the first minister settled in the town
; was a Young man educated at Yale
'ollege, who took notion to make a dis
clay of his learning, and at the same time
TO make some obscure things plain. There
fore he chose for his text, Mat. viii. "A
..tnd when Jesus was come into Peters house
le saw his wife'S mother laid, and Sickwith
.eyer.' He informed his hearers that his
1esign in choosing this text, was to convince
them that Peter was married man.
ia this text he labored for six SabbathS,
yrenoon and afternoon; and as he frequent
.y quoted part of his text, viz: Peters wife't
n0iner laid sick Of a fever, he then would
;ay, "Note, it was PEERS wife'S mother
Therefore Peter was a married man." mus
he labored to prove that Peter was mar
rie6 man, until he had finished his eleventh
discourse in the forenoon of the sixth Sab
bath. and on closing his sermon, he inform
Ell the people that he should finish his course
ON the text in The afternoon; so that on the
next Sabbath he should have a new text, for
he preceived that the people were tired with
his arguments to prove that Peter was
married man.. But circumstance occur
Icl that put the blush upon the minister and
prevented his preaching his twelfth sermon
en- this text. An infant child had died and
was to be buried in the time Of the inter
mission. The friends of the deceased had
desired the sexton 10 commence tolling the
bell Just as the meeting was dismissed lie
did so-and the minister not knowing for
what and why the bell tolled, asked a gentle
man in pew, "whc was dead, that the bell
was tolling?" The gentleman replied -
Il don't know, but guess it is Peters wife IS
rnc Their. for hear she has been sick this fl, e
or six weeks"
MEXICAN KINDNEss.-The editor Of the
Savannah Republican has seen letter
from Capt. Hardce, at the time he was II
prisoner. The Republican SAYS.
Capt. Fl. seems to think that his escape
in The action was rather IL narrow one, ns
three were killed Immediately around
his person aud the balls flew thick in ev-
ery direction. The precip.ce over when
hIuself and men precIpilated themselves
in their effort to pass the Mexican lines.
H. thinks mus, have been nelrl y fifteen
ttet in height.
Subsequently to their capture however,
he and IN fact all the prisoners, were
treated with the greatest consideration
and kindness. Capt. H. was allowed 10
send into the American camp tor ms
baggage and body servant. Gen. ArISta
received the PRISONERS in the most gra-
cious manner, and said that his nation
had been regarded as barburous and that
he wante to pl owe them the contrary.
Capt. Hardee says, Lieut.. Kane and
myself are living with Gen. Aulpud"'
lodge in his Hotel aud eat at his table,
We are not On parole, but III company
with one of the Generals aids-g" pref
tv much where and when we please -
Two of his aids speak excellent English,
and the General himself speaks French,
50 We are admirably off in thus respect.
Every one around us use their best en-
d.avnrs to make our time pass pleasantly,
and If anything could make us forget our
captivity it would be the frank and gen
orous hospitality OF Gen. Ampud'a. He
aud Gen. Aris,a are both men OF high
tone and character.