Litchfield enquirer., 1852-04-01
Correspondence of the Enquirer.
 NEW MlYEJ
NEw HAvsv. Marc b 27fh, I(

NEW HAvsS. Marc h 9Th, 1852.
 l. viii perhaps bc recollect that On a former occasion 1 spoke of Ralph Waldo Emerson, and 9 lecture he delivered. U". willing, as | am, again to task the patience of my readers with similar remarks, l yet caanO, for bear to say few words of ano'h CT and far different lectmrer- youIbiul, handsome, accomplished, eloqa.n,, lec,ur CT, who rules alike the heat and heart |: whois the common delight of the gravesi Professor. aud the gayest schooi>giIi -- DouaId G, Mitcheii. alias k Marvel. pro- nonnced,a most brilliant essay betore the Young Mems Institute of this city. last Thursday evening,
 ; The wide spread celebrity, which he has w0a hy his elegant writings, assembled an immanSe auaience, whp waited patiently. a full hour, for hun tO.mtEe his sppearan z, In pers0n he is slightly yet gracefully formed, with 6ne expressive face, and d bright Soul-pierciHg eye. He was dressed with flultless t,ste. tie seemed indeed the impersonat,on of the Hero of tie Scottish Bard,
 "of stature lair and slender frame.
 Bul fi'miy knit was Malcolm GIaeme,
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 Lively aai ardent, frank and kind."
 The use of Beauty, was the theme kc had cnosen, and the Queen of Beauty her. self could not have Sel.:led mnre approS pri'te champion. lo break a lance in her behalf. The leciure was a highly fLished pr0duciiOn-a caskeI Of jeweIs, sparkling with gems Of wit and fancy. such as K Marvel ai"ae Vn,>>eSSes. To attempt to give an analysis of Il would spoil it. lt must he heard m he appreciated. The only objection, that c"uld be adduced. waS that b.. did nNi raise his voice sufficiently to a hear with dIs:inctness, in the remote parlA Of the house. Whether so great a degree Of lou iness, as would hay. filled lhe la,ge building in which he spoke. might nM have impaired the wonderful Sweetut N aud silver clearness of his b. H. like lOnes, l .m hy nO ueans certain.
 las annual prize debate. open to Fresh mrn aud SJPhmoreS. in the L@nian Su.:istS cane of lest We tuesday atiern.rOm "nd eveaing. ton. Wm. ". Dnas.imal |, Rev, $. W. 5, DurcH, aud F l.. tImi .ex. E>q.. gradHaie memheTs of the Saciety, oticial d as JaJs.es. Twea,y tour compe,i e,i,.rs spoke. Fac decision, of couise, has n,.. yet been given.
 To say that the whiSs here are In ih :. best spirits, and cDniiirnt of succrs would bO uesdiess-a mere echo of the ,idmgs which atrive every day. frnm all pas.s ol tha State. The democracy is doomed .o defeat, In this connection would no.ice one of the many sOphisnsU our opponents. According to them, ygHng men have no prnspeE, of promoion u the " hig ranks They must du all lhe work and receive ull the blows, while they fail to receive evsn the poor requilal of empty thanks. They must look 0n and see men who have no quai 6cation to recommend lhem to favor. except . song course sf parry service-men who have onllivsl tneir intellectual if not their p',y sicas powers -m0n, slla have 10 sympathy with tlle sarisat denands Oi IlIs prsssnt age, who tsil to keep pp with sL~ umss, wls glIry iu maintaining every anti auatsd dncifiae aud every exploited tlle0ry o-elevatsd to all posts of fr1st and resIAon- sibility. They-nlust wait for thsir Own reward, till time shall have sRrinkled the hair with silver, and bowed lhe slalwari form, and filrrOwed ths brow desp wmh care and PsFplsxity-liil they have lOsI ali relish for enjoyment, and cdn- entertain nO bopO OE rising e highOT emiAonss and mOrS