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Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1849-06-07
LITcHFIELD, CCONH,) THURSDAY JUNE T. ls49
WILLIAM PITT.

He was tall and thin, with a gloomy,
sneeting expression. His language was
cold,Eh's information monotonous, his gcs-
lures passionless yet the lucidness and
tiue9cy of his ideas, and his logical rea-
sonIsg, Illuminated by sudden flashes of
eloqhence, made his abilities something
extraordinary. / saw Pitt pretty often
us he walked across Saint James Park,
from his house, on his way to the king.
George III, on his side had, perhaps,
just arrived from Windsor, after drink
ing beer from pewter-pots with the far
mers of the neighborhood; he crossed
the ugly courtyard of his ugly palace,
in dark carriage, followed by few
horse-guards. This was the master of
the kings of Europe, as five or six n,er-
chants are the masters of India.
Pitt, in black coat and brass-hilted
sword, with his hat under his arm, went
upstairs, two or three steps at a time;
on his way he met few idle ensSgres and
glancing disdainfully at US, passed on
with a pale face and head thrown back.
This great financier maintained no order
in hts own house; he had no regular
hours for his meals nor his sleep. Plum
ged in debt, he paid nothing, and could
not make up his mind to add up a bill.
A valet managed his household affairs.
addressed, without pleasure, without
passion, eager for power alone, he despi-
sed honors, and would be nothing but
William Pitt. lord Liverpool took me
to dine at his country house, in the month
of June, 1922; and on his way thithcr,
pointed out to me the small house where
died in poverty the son of Lord Chat
ham, the statesman who brought all Eu-
rope into his pay, and distributed with
his own hands all the millions of the
earth.-Memoiys Of Chateaubrias,d.
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Penn. Agriculturalist.
WIRE FENCED, K;;uog,a,, Fer

WIRE FENCED. Kiingn,tan, 'Esd>
of Ridgway, N. j., publishes in the New.
Eark Advertiser the result of his experi.
ments in making wire fences. He first
had his cedar posts sawed, and Eve holes
bored through each at proper distances
apart. These posts were then set in the
ground one rod apa t. He then drew
the wires through the post holes, strain
ing them tight by means Of lover, and
plugged the holes tight with pins Of red
cedar prepared for the purpose. SMALL
er wires are then passed up and down
two or three times between each pair Of
posts being wound around each of the
five extended wires. Beneath the extern
cei wires. alen the bottom of the fence
he nails board fourteen inches wide
The upper and lower wires were number
10, and the others number Ii. For lO4
rods OF fence, tale five wires weighed 355
pounds, and cost 81 so per hundred.
The wire used to weave in up and down,
was No. l6, weighed Is pounds, and cost
10 cts. per pound. He paid $l2 for
one cord OF cedar timber, from which he
cut los posts. 1t took 1000 feet of hem
lock boards, at 81 per thousand. The
whole expense for building the lO4 rods
of fence, was $55.77, Or fraction over
SIS cents per rod.
Mr.. K. states that his was road fehce
and that neither cattle. hogs or geess
could pass over it or through it.
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Teteriniaru and CAlorotore. - o

Teteriniary and CAloretorn. - Oh
Monday the painful operation of firing
was performed on horse in the posses
sion Of ]. G. Bridge, Esq, Of Piddletren.
From desire to avoid UNNECESSARY pain
to the animal. it was decided that he
should be submitted to the influence OF
chloroform. The following account may
be interesting:
The horse having been thrown. the
India rubber nose piece, charged with 2
OF Of chloroform, was applied to the nos
trils, and the effect was almost instanta-
ncous. In two minutes the horse became
insehsible, and the firing was concluded
in about twenty minutes. without any
symptom Of pain whatever, the chloro-
form being reapplied On the appearance
Of returning animation: The hobbies
being removed, three minutes elapsed
before the horse awoke, when he stood
up and commenced eating grass in the
paddock. perfectly cool and without any
Of that appearance Of excitement and dis
tress which usually attends spch opera
Unconstitutional Eng.] Journal.
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st. Paul. AlfilbsOia.

A new paper called "The Pioneer"
has been started at St. Paul, the capital
of the Territory of Minnesota. The fol-
lowing paragraph from The Pioneer con-
tains all the information which we pos
scss relative to the town of st. Paul:
:, g "ST. PAUL.-This town, which was
that it had then no existence, is sltuateu
on the eastern bank of the Mississippi,
about five miles south of latitude As de-
grees rorth-being about the same lati-
tude as the northern extremity of New
Hampshire and Vermont. and the central
portion Of the State of Maine. st. Paul
is at the head of steamboat navigation on
the river, being only eight miles by land
below the Falls Of st. Anthony, Of which
we shall say more hereafter. In APP
preaching St. Paul by passage up the
river, after making a sweep around the
Sioux reservation on the Western shore
a beautiful tract Of well wooded land
at a distance of about half mild be-
low st. Paul, the entire village breaks
suddenly upon the view, resting upon
the bluff nearly one hundred feet above
the level of the river and extending up
the river about half a mile. At each
end of the town the bluffs cioven down
so as to afford moderate grade to the
river: and these two points of access to
the river make the Upper and Lower
Landing. A more beautiful site for a
town cannot well be imagined. Bilious
fevers, and agues, are strangers here.
A description of the village no'o, would
not answer month hence, so we leave it.
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Trace Of Antiquity.-The perfect skel-
eton of an Indian woman was found last
Wednesday afternoon in the sand bank
excavated adjoining Niagara river, i'm
mediately back of Major Whitney's new
residence. It rested in sitting posture,
facing the north (true Indian style) about
four feet below the surface. Immedi-
ately above grew large hickory tree
at least two hundred years old, whose
huge roots encircled the skeleton on ev-
cry side. We are informed that jewels,
accustomed to be worn by Indian ladies,
were found with it. To all appearances
some centuries have passed since vitality
left these remains of perhaps a once
mighty and powerful chiefs daughter
Niagara Falls iris.
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Happy Country.-It is estimated thai
the harvest If the United States is sufia
Gent 70 feed half the people Of the globe.
With scarcely an exception, every spea
cies of G an, fruit AMI vegetable, has
yielded throughout the country an extra
ordinary crop. OF beef pork, butter,
cheese, &C., the same plenty aboundss
and while our population are sure of ev-
cry comfort and luxury in the way of
food, we have surplus sufficient to meeE
the famines that may occur in the old
world. Our farmers, the real subtrata
of the nation, so far as wealth and indie
pendence are concerned, hold the whip
in their hand. and justly boast of feeding
every other class OF their fellows.
National Zntelligencer.
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MT1SGDL L A M Y.
THE PRESIDENT AND THE
BIBLE.

D1DACs
CorresDondence of The .NtJoark Advertiser.
WASHINGTON, Monday, 10 2. M.
This morning delegation from the Anne
rfcaa Bible Society to the Washington Ci>
" Society called npon the President OF the
United States, and an interview took place.
of an exceedingly interesting character -
The delegation, consisting OF the Kew. ..
/ Prime. Secretary of the American Bible
Society, and the Rev. W. P. Strickland, Of
Ohio. were introduced by Mr.. Penrose and
Mr.. Miller of the Treasury Department, and
were received by the President in his Cab
met chamber with great cordially and kind
ness.
Mr.. Prime remarked to him that the
friends of the Bible had been exceedingly
grateful to know that he held the Word of
God in high esteem, that he had publicly
expressed his reverence for its truths, and
they cherished the hope that the Govern
menl of this country would always be adj
minis,ered consistently with its principles.
Gen. Taylor replied; The Bible is the
hes, of books, and wish it were in the hands
ofeyery one. Ii is indispensable to the safe
" and permanence Of Our Institutions a
free. government cannot exist without reli-
gion and morals, and there cannot be NOR
ais without religion, nor religion without
Bible. Especially should the Bible be placed
in the hands of the young. Il is the bes,
| school book in the world. can remember
| what learned when child far better than
what read now, and would that all ouI
people were brought up under the influence
of that holy book. You are engaged in a
good cause, and wish you great success"
After free and very pleasant conversation
with the President on general topics The del
egation Withdrew: srs .-.
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Worth Trying For. - The Londoh
has instituted two prizes OF I'VE Juuusssuti
francs, with a gold medal, and one thou
sand francs respectively; the firstfor the
best work on general agriculture, and the
second for the best work on diseased
potatoes. Foreigners are invited to
compete, and manuscripts are to be sent
to the Ministry Of the Interior before the
LIST Of January, 1850.
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Appie Castard. To make the cheap
est and best every day farmers apple
custard, take sweetappies that viii cook:
(such as every farmer ought to haxs
through the year,) pare, cut and stew
them: when well done, stir till the pieces
are ali broken: when cool. thin with milk
To a proper consistency and bake With
one crust like apple pie. Eggs may BIZ
rre,,ared and added with milk il handy:
mi Il win do without. No sweetninS
i necessary. It may be seasoned With
any kind Of spices To suit che taste.
Ohio CWltiUdtots s.
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N. B. STEVENS & CO.,
NORFOLK, CT,

lS$ NOhF OAAs CA.3
TfAVE been appointed wholesale and
N a retail agents for the sale of
DR.. TOW NSEND'S SARSAPARILLA
81 artile already 10 we'll known for its UNI
shrpassed medicinal properties 10 need any
.fatther Recommendation.
AS there is SO much of this Article pur>
pDrting to be DR.. Townsend's that is spu>
Nous persons should be careful of whom
iEey purchase. All can depend upon pro-
uarins of ns the genuine article. Merchants
applied at reasonable rate.
N. B. STEVENS d co.
Norfolk, Jan. 1649. ifs
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Temperance DKoLARArroN OF SEVEN

TEMPERANCE DECLARATION OF SEVEN
PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES
We have Just received, says the New
York Organ, the following declaration,
with Gen. Taylor's name affixed. At
the time it was drawn up, it was gener.
ally supposed that distilled liquors
were the principal cause Of intemperance,
but all who have since examined the sub
ject, have concluded that intoxicating iIq-
uors, under whatever name, should be
termed "spirituous liquors." and should
be avoided as beverage. Gen. Harri-
son died so soon after his Inauguration to
the Presidency. that time was not allow
ed TO procure his signature to the decia,
ration. He would doubtless have sighed
it, as it was generally understood that
soon after the Temperance Reform was
ap:tlted, he at once closed the fires Of a
distillcry in which he was interested.
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An CHAPIN, Agent.
Dee. 1Ah

ID OOK, Stationary, and cheap Publication
d DEPOT and General Agency OFFICE.
Trumbull Buildings, opposite the Pos. ofhce,
Waterbury, Conn, om-E
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\: g. J. Day.o1

YOUNG LADIES
SCHOOL, LTTCHFIELD.
FTNHE SUMMER TERM Of % weeks,
commences on Wednesday. May, 23d.
Hard and Tuition in English branches, per
Term, $50.
Music per q ,arter, $40.
Fsench, Latin and Drawing. each per quarter,
$5.
The DEPARTMENT in French and Music ably
sustained. j. h. JONES.
Litchfeld, March Goth, 1919. as
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DECLARATION

Being satisfied from observation and
experience, as well as from medical testi-
mony, that ardent spirits. as drink, is
not only needless, but hurtful, and that
the entire disuse of it would tend to pro-
mote the virtue and happiness Of the COM
munity. we hereby express our convic-
ton that should the citizens of the Uni
ted States, and especially al young men,
discontinue entirely the use Of it, they
would not only promote their own per-
sonal benefit, but the good Of the coun-
try and the world ah
James Madison, Martin Van Buren,.
john Quincy Adams John Tyler q aeaA =
Andrew jackson, James X. Polk,
.NR'EN Zaehafy Taylor
The Arkansas banner., 1849-08-07
yer, Lnte from caIifornia.

BosToS, July 24-Oue days later intelligence has been received from California. Leitens from Saa Francisco, up to 18th May, have been received.
 The market is oyerstockad with many descrip- tions of goods. which selling at low rates
 San Frsaciseo Is faitof people. 1t is not aa ufi- common thing for % or 30 individaaIs to occupy one small apartment Building lots, worth two years ago S200, now sell a. s5o.O00
 At the mines matters are sgain pretty quiet, but fears are entertained that long there will be S. rious disturbances between our counirymea and the Mexcans, as some 6,a06 of the latter have arrived in the country, and ey,nced most turbulent disPo" sition. We may rest assured, however, that should any important outbreak take place they will Ss shos down to man
 News has been received that six men, in tsenty days near Feather river, procured S60 900 in gold dust. - Letters from Venezuela, under date of July j. state that i, reported thai Gen Paez has again dis embarked at CorO, for the purpose 0. meeting Mene- gsns. It s feared that the result wall be thas Pao lie order will be more subverted than eves'
 f8y Tel to Lou. Dem.
The Arkansas banner., 1849-08-07
HungaIians, Attention !!
The Hungarian Meeting.

On Friday evening the Little Rock Branch of the Central Southern Association to promote inc cause of Liberty in Europs held meeting ia this city
 It was we'll attended, although we learn that many of our citizens who were expected to join in the
 audabe object proposed to to be achieved, were not present The objects of the association were briefly explained by Messrs. C. o. TALLER and l.. A. WHITLEY, and the further organization of the so- ciety was completed It is proposed that all who are willing to aid in the heaccompishmen. of European freedom should furnish their names to the secretary CT standing committee cf the association. Volun- tary contributions will be received. but the sum of only ten cents per month is to be regularly con- tributed by the members during the Hungarian war
 It is cause in which all freemen may well feel an interest. and we hope 10 see our citizens contribute their full proportion of substantial "ad and com fort to procure arms and munitions of war for the brave and the oppressed who struggling to be free
The Arkansas banner., 1849-08-07
Prngress of the Cholera.

ST. Logs. July 26, ?. M.-Intsrments of cholera yesterday 22 of other diseases 26. The cholera is rapidly disappearing from the neighboring villages, In BeIIeviie, H., Ca small pace) there have been 200 deaths from cholera up 10 Tuesday. Sylvester Labade old resident of this city, died yesterday aged T. The weather is pleasant
 ST. Lotus, July 27, l, P. M.-The interments oi cholera Thursday were II; other diseases, l5.
 CINCINNATI. July a6, P, M.--Interments of cholera to-day, l5; other diseases, 3l.
 CINCINNATI, July P, P. M-Inierments for the 2i hours. ending at noon to-day, were IT of cholera and % of other diseases.
 PHILADELPHIA, July P. P. M-There have been 3i cholera cases and deaths here to-day.
 NEW YORK, July 27, ?. M-2o5 cholera cases and G6 deaths are reported here to-day.
 BosroN But few cases are reported.
 NASHVILLE, On the 26th ult, was entirely free from cholera.
The Arkansas banner., 1849-08-07

of OH Stortey and OId Whitey like sons of thunder suddenly inspired.
 Oliver Cromwell was lover of Easis. He ruled England for many yeas with IaSis and exhUrtaiions; and while he looked the perfect character of EARLY PTETY, he was bloody hypocrle in an iron jacket, ard had orerunneT Of Tophet al the end of his face n the shape Of very red tose. Cromwell always directed his soldiers in the field "io put their trust ln Providence, and keep their powder dry" This vas less prnane than the order which rang over the bloody heId oi Baena Visia-"Give them little hell, Capt. Bragg" But Cromwell, nevertheless, was harder case than the Second Washington; and it took him nearly all his time to wrestie wito the red-tIocked woman who kept stew m Babylon, and LuceI, whom men. for shorness, call the Devil
 But why moi fast ai once, and without proelama- tieai Why wait so Aeitby esHPiFes2- When man dies, the end of the world has come to him; and when man lasts. he has fulfilled the law, and Is ready to receive special blessing. The man sas done his duty and he be punished or blessed for il a; once withou, the presence assistance of his neighbors. This making a grand review ot the church, and waiting for month to ask blessings and assistance al the head of brgades, when the Phils- tines upon us, ready 10 devoar our hearts IS un- worthy of military man, and would not advance cbnrchman far ahead in hs spiritual calling, if we are any judges of who's who and whai's what.
 But wlIl any one fasi, in realty7 Will the people of this country go without eating an entire dayf If they do they will be l subjects for disease 10 lasea upon. Leaving od eating green things on thatdsy may od but many do thus abstain al the present tlme It's poor way to cure a national disease to live tor twelve houls on wind and the lungs all the time in the singing of long anthems; and it is poorer way still 10 postpone the administering of the pro- posed remedy for month, to insure an idle pageant and solemn mockery of prayer.
 But this is a day of revelations and wonders. "Early piety" is around and about us; and while we admire and worship truth and sincerity, we abominate hypocrisy.
 Lucifer stole the livery of Heaven when he be- came the king of perditon; and Richard Ill was fo1nd erected with two gody ministers when he vas called to the crown of England. Prayer is the sincere wish of the soul expressed or understood; il is etfectual the mountain top as in the crow ded eity--in the hamlet in the palace; il comes with peculiar beauty and power from the lips of the young and the lovely, and is always the best when it comes without prompting. The recommendation to fast and pray, though unusual, is right, but the spirit that caused it may have been wrong Aswe, however not the judges duly constituted to de- eide upon the spirits sins of omission and comms- sion, we mast leave the subject. with the simple rec mark. that he who taught the Texans to 'cuss Is tile very man who should teach the people of the Union to pray in the ''small hours" of the
 HEROIC AGE"
The Arkansas banner., 1849-08-07
Recent pecision of the supreme Court.


 Upon a writ of quo warranto, issued against JOHN CARNALL, sheriff of Crawford county, whose office had been declared vacant by the Governor under the revenue laws of the State, 1t was decided by this court that the declaration of such vacancy was e- gall and that CarnalI held over sheriff The action of the Governor in this case was caused by the rep- resentaon to him, in the proper form, of the fact that the sheriff of Crawford had failed to file his assessment list within the time prescribed by law, the penalty of which was removal from office.
 We do moi pretend to know anything of the tech nicalites spirit which sometimes seems to govern legal decisions, but the faithful collection of the revenue is matter in which the State and people are deeply interested. The most stringent egisa- ton has bean used to prevent any failure; the most explicit phraseoogy in language has been sought to insure due observance of the laws by those upon whom the duty devoved. We regret to find that in this case the law has been declared efficient far as the design of the General Assembly was cerned. We speak of the principle only, for MT Carnall we have known, and entertain for him the highest regard. The election which has taken place in Crawford county is then void.
The Arkansas banner., 1849-08-07

DANCERS OF THE PANAMA RouTE TO CALIFoR- NA.-The Cincinnati Chronicle of the 2oth ultitao contains statement furnished by Jas. l.. Loring, just returned from San Francisco, which discoses new danger 10 those seeking California by the Panama route. He mentions having met two ves- sells, going from Panama to San Francisco, in great distress for want of provisions and water; one of them in order to procure supplies lad to land al town on the Mexican coast and supply themselves by force. The authorities ol the town had refused te lei them have anything. Mir Loring concludes by advising emgrans" nerer 10 take saiiiag pessel froa Panama for SaH Francisco" We would ad- wise them not to go to Panama at all, but proceed by the great natioaat road from Fort S@ith. This has already been surveyed and travelled over by thousands of emigrants, without the least difficulty and dcombines safety, chsapaess anderpedtioH. This is than can be said of any other route to the Pacific.
The Arkansas banner., 1849-08-07
Late News from the plains.

A teegraphic dispatch to the Louisville Daily News, dated the 27th July, represents that on the sth June, as Capt. Hughes was returning from Fort Kearny, where he had been 10 take govern ment cattle, he was surrounded by 500 Sioux and Cheyenes, who robbed hing of everything. The Indians were in search of the Pawnees, and were on their way ,le head of the Kansas river, where the Pawnees were supposed to be. Next day Capt. aud Mahas, who immediately gave chase to the Sioux. desperate fight expected. Most of the by this arrival is not so late as what has been received previously.
The Arkansas banner., 1849-08-07

SERIOUS AFrRAY.-James Phillips, we'll known in tnis city, was on Saturday night last stabbed by E. Dunbar, who keeps the grocery below the Frank lin House. Phillips, we learn, committed some out rage upon the property oi the proprietor. and made an attempt to escape, but fell while in the act of running off. Dunbar pursued and overlook him while down, end stabbed him iu the left side, oppo- site the spleen. His recovery is considered doubt fuI. Dunbar has been committed to the Jail of this county, awaiting the result of the wound he has inflicted.