Litchfield enquirer., 1851-09-04
THE CELEBRATION,


 Elizur Wright, the principal editor of the Boston Commonwealth, i; native of Canaan in this county. From an article in the last number of that paper, we in fer that he was present at our Jubilee Here is an extract-wlich bears unmis takeable marks of it's authorship
 But something must be said of the great nrennial celebration at Liichfeld We lost the first day of the celebration oy i"~hilitv to raise team tp carry oul company over the slXLeen miles. A pleas, ant ride it was at last. Leaving the Housatonic valley by that of the Little, Forge, or Hallenbeck river, as it is va riously called, we passed by Huntsville, the locality of Hunts forges, and climbed two mile hill to the town of Goshen. This Goshen is a peculiar place, famous for high toned Calvinism and good cheese. Spread out on the mountain top to all the winds of heaven. in plain sight of the Kaatskills beyoud the Hudson. it is as cold as some think it's theology. It is altogether rich, respectable, and well painted, and looks as if every body be- longed 10 the established order in religion and the conservative side in politics, without smiling on Sunday or laughing on any other day.
 Litch6eld, lying on about the same elevation, has much of the same stiffness and formal;ty, only mixed in with the worldly accomplishments of n county town, such as taverns where temperance docs not yet reign supreme. and shops with loafers about the doors. As we drove into it just at sundown. its broad streets were full Of people. its private houses were full and its .averns more than full. The great tent Of the con- grega.ion on the green bad just been va cated, and several long marquees with flags flying, seemed to be as populous as possible. Among the pilgrims to the festival were said to be not less than 500 from Ohio, some of whom had left that State the day before! The sons of Lichfield county had ga,her- ed from all quarters, in fact, as if there had been a sort of instantaneous general resur~ rection. People were there who had heen forgotten for d generation, and who came back to remember nobody. The place is the same, said every one, but how different the faces But great as was the crowd, 1t was not greater than the hospitality of Litchfeld, which entertained all with a cordial welcome.
 The writer then proceeds with half cordial eulogy of Dr Bushnell and his ser- 1 mon.-s In his doctrines and theories ofthe- ology, the doctor is a pretty bold though prudent innoyator. He dares to say what others hardly dare to think. But in practi> cal matters he is very much conservative. This was apparentin his discourse a, Litch- 6eld," &c. He describes pr. Bushnell as man . of medium size, little under fifty. with large head, profuse dark hair, slight, ly silvered, and features which remind one of the late Rev. Dr. Chagning. When youth he was stout and rubicund. Bought up under the straight Westminster Assem- bly's Catechism. though somewhat Tberal> ized by the more genial Calvinism ot Rev. Dr. Fitch of New Haven, whose manner of delivery he has unfortunately copied, his strong spirit resting on a good physical sys- tenn, led him, when he became preacher to seek greater liberty of opiniOn.' rI
 Mr. Wright, however, seems to have re- served his special invective for others. General Lawrencs's letter he PronOunces