Litchfield enquirer., 1852-08-19

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Doctors Disagree.
Southey concludes his Life Of the Duke
OF Marlborough with these words ;"Con.
sidering him in all his relations, public
and private, Il may be safely asserted
that Marlborough approaches, as nearly
as human frailly will allow. to the per-
feet model Of good patriot, 2 trpe
statesman, AID a consnmmate geSefa!."
fIallum in summing UP the character Of
the same person. writes thus I've find
in the whole Of this great mans political
life. nothing but ambition and rapachy
in his motives, nothing but tieachery and
intrigue in his means" Aud again
His whole life was such picture Of
meanness and treachery, that one must
rate military services very high indeed
to preserve any esteem for his memory"
Macauley speaks Of tie Duke in the fol-
lowing ,e,ms--"ln our age and country,
no talents; mo service, no party attach
j men:s, could bear up under mountains Of
infamy y and again, in his History Of
England the same writer desc' ibes
Marlborough as ''this man who had owed
his rise 70 his sisters dishonor, who had
been kept BY the most pl ofuse, i'm pe'ious,
and Shameless Of harfots, and whose
4 public life. 70 those who can look stead
lily through the dazzling blaze Of genius
and glory, will appear prodigy Of tdr.
pitude." A new biographer, Mr.. Mac
farlane. represents the Duke Of Marlbo-
rough as aIman Of splendid endowpents,
diSfgured by only one fault--avalice.
ALI Of these writer's had access to the
same sources of Information, had nc
,, personal interest to warp their judgment,
had no other object than to ascertain the
! truth. and arc all men of ability. In
! these circumstances, such striking diff.
, elcnce of opinion must be set down as
one Of the ''curiosities of literature"
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i NOBLE CoNDucT OF NEwFoUNDLAHD
Doc. THE dog Rolls, belonging to Nj.
Adams, Of 66 Courtland ST., N. Y, on
sunday last. performed one of those he>
ro;c deeds Of humanity for which the
Newfoundland breed is remarkable: An
interesting boy about 10 years old,
while playing near thu ater at Hoboken,
lost his balance and fell in. 'fhe tide
sweeps along the shore the,e with great
rapidly, aud the little fellow in a few
moments was carried apparently beyond
the reach Of human assistance The bad,
il seems, could swim little, but lust as
bis strength was giving away. the dog,
short distance from the spot, quick as
thought dashed through the 'crowd,
leaped into the water. and in minute
more had the boy by the collar, secure
between bis teeth. 10 bring him ashore,
back to that particular place. however,
was an imposslbility; owing to the force
Of the CURRENT; 10 that the only he pc
was TO make a point Of land some dis.
lance ahead. (between Jersey City and
Hoboksa,) and for that CHARTER Rolla
s,eered his course. amidst The applause
and excitement of the spectators. On
went the noble animal. brayely buhe,:ng
the tide, and careless Of the shouts Of
applause, alfths while keeping the boys
face out Of water. Hereachcd the goal
at length with his precious bur.hen. safe
and sohnd, but alittle faint and Brighten.
ed ; and no sooner had he laid him down
than tile roble animal sunk exhausted
Oh the sand. He was instantly SUR.
roanled by a'namerous crowd of people,
who had been eyeswitnesses Of the
scene. 'vieing with each other in showing
kindness TO the hesoic animal that had
thus risked his own life to save help.
less human being. Some idea of the
labor performed by the dog is had in the
fact that the entire distance he had TO
swim is said TO be not less ttan i,co
miles.
| A SArlExr JuDoE.A New Hamp-
shire SGpesior Court Judge. in late
|, case tried before him Coz 4 breach Of
. marriage promise. instructed Tho sAsy
|, ,haI " correspondence between an un.
= married Yoang gentleman and an unmar'
\ ricd young lady was evidence Of mat.
. rimonial engagement. where the parlie,
were mol relatives (! Il does not appeal
that the character OF the correspondent,
is vi all important 10 the disposition o
i the case. The learned Judge says .ha
unmarried men do not desire that sucl
corrcspondenoe should be carried o,
4. where any engagement does not exist
/ unless il be from, improper motives, o.
\ With the hope and expectation Of a,
ALTERNATE engagement r. This may b,
very excellent and fslherly advice 4
young people generally. but as arule o
law. L shows that all Che wisdom Of thi
. wnrld Il mt nnononoiized hv fha Sin