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Litchfield enquirer., 1854-05-04
TIT FOR TAT.

Some few years since. in the County of Penobscot, there lived . man by tht name of H---, whose greatest pleas ure vas in tormenting others. His owE family were generally the butt of hi sport. One cold and clustering night hs retired to bed at an early hour. his wife being absent at neighbors. Some tims after, she. on returning. finding the dool closed. demanded admitisnce. l ssa
 .Who are you I, cried MT. H---
 sYou know who am let me in, is'a xery cold
 'Begone. you strolling vagabond! ! ] want nothing of you here. I j a.ittt ]
 But l must come in.' Aa. 5fii
 .What is your name?' l;y aa
 You know my name-it is Mrs. H.
 sBeconeI Mrs. H-- is . very likely woman : che never keeps such late hours a this.' iie%
 Mrs. H- replied:
 If you don't let me in, I will drown myself in the we'll
 Do, # you please he replied. She then took log and plunged ! into the we'll. and returned to the side q the door.
 Mr. H.. hearing the noise, rush ed from the house, to save, as be sappo sed. his drowning wife. She, at She san' lime slipped in and closed the door afte her. Mr. H., almost naked, il turn demanded sGmilianee.
 sWho a,e you r she demanded.
 Yon know who am let me in. O shall freszs.' sa sds a o
 Begoae, you ,hievish rogue! I wan nollling of you here.
 .l3nI I must come ia.' E'asgo sdi a' 'Whai is your name f' 4 as. ,.aas You know my nsme-is is Mr. H--.
 '1lf. H. is . very likely man Dc don't keep snch late hours. ,Ts..
 Sufice it to say she, alter keeping bio the cold hnlil she was sati6ed, opene' the door and lsl him h. seianlcs fi4sI Il E IA. Hn "A q
Litchfield enquirer., 1854-05-04

A gentleman talking with Col. Beniop
 sbowt ske Administration, . day or two
 since. the Colonel remarked, 1" ! never
 supposed they had such sagaclly. but 2
 aid think they had common ssnas enough to know GhaE if they applied q match ls gunpowder t would explodesr 1
Litchfield enquirer., 1854-05-04

In lei,er to ihe pnblisber of his last work, New York 5; iis Upper Ten and Lower Million," the late MT. Lippard wrote as follows of his satisfaction in inc work: :. This book was t,e child of rnapy years. IL is inished--il is printed in beau- iiinl iorm-it.is no longer in the dark. but before inc public and sihe author foIs lows it's fate win anxieiy. satisfaction and pride. Egolism! ThiGk of the lono nishls he has spent over it. In June, when clover breath and moonlight came through the windows, and loved ones sat watching bv his side. In winter, when the snow was while in moonlight, and he sat alone. writ ing, writing though the same .sn0W, yise ible from his window, shone .whiie and cold on the graves of his beloved. Begun in winter when his Christmas heart was . ciEcle of home and its, ioys---lhis book was ended 0n a still, summer night, in a desolate house, by a. bereayed hearth, when there was no one but eft0 hear The sound of a pen. And is it eg0.ism il, him when he sends it forth, sin think of these things, and lollew yearningly it's lates''
Litchfield enquirer., 1854-05-04

A message from New OIleans says that tl,eEs is . rumor in ihas eisy that lilty Americans had been arrested ai Ban Blss. on tke Pacific conAe of Mexiecs Tor landing without paaaporssy and msrs de ee shQs. a ssl tnsd v sarsg
Litchfield enquirer., 1854-05-04

Great place lpr Tun is Mexiea. The girls and boys dp nothing but play iiI
 they are iMeniy-one They then marry and spend ihe Feul of lheir days u Eisii' ing country sonsins. smoking, eating sopf and going ,to mass. For q iaes asd eans styIs of loIks. you may puE the Mexigani in the lEqHl seat. .s.wsss .assan
Litchfield enquirer., 1854-05-04
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Litchfield enquirer., 1854-05-04

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Litchfield enquirer., 1854-05-04

' CLERaTaEN.-Some people estalk great dealabout ministers, ard the cost of keep. ing them, paying their house rent. table expenses, and, other items of salary. Did such croakers ever think that it costs thir- " five millions of dollars to pay the salaries of American lawyers; that twelve millions of dollars annually to keep the dogs in the midst oE us ahve, while only six millions Of dollars are spent annnally to keep six thousand ministers in the United States
 These are facts, and statistics will show them to be facts. No one thing exerts such . mighty influence in keeping this great Republic from failing to pieces, as the Bible and it's ministers. sA
Litchfield enquirer., 1854-05-04

MILK TREE.--We do not know if tl1ey have cows on tie river Amazon; if thcy do not, the Milk Tree growing near Para is an excellent substitute saving too the ex- pense oi fodder. The fruit is esta ble. and iul ofa rich jucy pulp, and when the bark is cut, n vegetable milk flows out as thick as cream. slightly peculiar in taste but scarcely dislinguishablo from the product ofi,he COW. sl its peculiar flavor. has been pronounced by some an improvement of lIle quality of tea; inacoffee it is equally good, communicating 10 both the rich col or imparted by real cream. h is also used as glue. Nothing is said Of the foliage: but ifnaexceptionahle inlhis respect, what shade trees they would be in the streets of American cities insthe place ol the present barren tribet Every h6use-hUlGef might have couple of vegetable cows growing
 before his door, sheneaih whose shade he
 might repose while refreshing himself at
 the same time with the ices manufactured
 from the creamEever flowing from the bod.
 lies, when desired. Fl aya assz Isit la ls.ss stsi n .N1scork .adUsysiser.
Litchfield enquirer., 1854-05-04

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 tFsclEaich- -gIaKer aAd yewsler. aol 2 ovkE bI. SEcKwIrn's STORE, SOUTH sr,
Litchfield enquirer., 1854-05-04

he don's keep such late hours.' s...,Tg..
 Suffice it to say she. alter keeping hin inihe cold hnlil she was satideds opene' the door and lss him ia saiaalos eti-s
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-12-23
HARD TIMES I'M NEW YORK.

REDUCTION OF LABoRERs AND WAGES. Necessity
knows no law, it is said, and, consequence, the
wages of labor are being cut down and aborers dismissed
in various departments Of business Two three thou
sand mechanics said to be out of employ in the ee-
venh ward hitherto the Of SO much activity in the
workshops and shp-yards. The Novelty and Morgan
Iron Works. Bible and Tract Houses the Methodist Book
Concern, besides great number Of shops and smaller
establishments have dispensed with average
half their worknen The Erie Railroad has reduced the
wages Of its absrers to eighty cents day All this is
sad enough, bu necessitous. We see brighter times
ahead, we think and reduction Of price
in meats and some other kinds Of provisions.
The occasion 10 in which economy is due from ALL
while Of capital and abundance should spend of their
spare means more literally than It is public
bsnefacon we'll private duty give employment
to many persons possible; and all kinds of
featured goods he made and purchased cheaper than
ever there is double advantage in present expenditure
upon whatever viii give employment to labor.
Nev York Express.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-12-23
METROPOLITAN RAILROAD.

To show the great Importance Of this road to the Gene
raj Government, well the facilities it will afford
the public is only necessary to state that the distance
by it from Georgetown to its junction with the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad is but forty miles, and that this point
of junction is sixty three miles from Baltimore The
Washington mail and all passengers from Washington
to the great West have to go the Relay House.
thirty-one miles, (and within nine Of Baltimore and
thence westward to this very point fyfour miles, max
ing in all eighty-fve miles. Just reflect on ia saving
of forty-fve miles in eighty-four doubt whether
parallel be found any great horoughfaro in
the whole Union. Surely this is enough to make it
truly important land most desirable road But this
is not ALL the Metropolitan is nearly airline and
the grades slight that the trains win pass from this
city to the junction in hour instead Of four or FIVE
BY the present crcutous route enabling the mails from
the West to reach Washington four hours earlier than
present Now, the question Isl this important road be
made? And think can lin future number) show
that it can, to the great and mutual advantage Of all
rested in it.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-12-23
TIMES PAST AND TIMES PRESENT.

1t often happens that a simple narrative presents
the most striking commentary The Flag Of the
Union" at jackson, Mississippi, thus pithily de-
scribes the effects Of the Wing and of the Demo
cratic Tariffs of 1912 and 1885, and the temper with
which the infections of each were borne:
The DEMOCRACY AND THE SoUrH.-When under Wing
tariff twenty millions of revenue were rssed, the
Southern Democracy groaned terribly the oppression
of he suffering South - grass grew Sin the streets of
Charleston" Whiggery national curse
Nop, when about three times that raised under
Democratic tariff, not man Of them complains On the
contrary, arc asked to be grateful to seconst
tuted guardians for such specimen Of craftsmanship
If it be still true that the South pays most of the
venue" it is easy to how much she is blessed by De-
mocratic contrivances But the other day the people
called to admire what the Democracy has done for
the South" and when open eyes to yiewthe won
der, 10! il retles tares!
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-12-23
FROM THE SAME PAPER OF DrcnaBnn IS.
TO TIE EDITORS.

TO THE EDITORS.
The Latin epigram not very distinctly referred to by
two correspondents written by Crashaw and is
as follows:
Joan 2 AquG IN vinnm Uerse
" Unde rubor vestris ct non purpura lymphis.
Qu@ rosa mirantes tam mutat aquas?
Numen, convivG, prmsens agnoscite numen:
Lympha pudica Deum vidit ct erubuit.n
It is thus translated by Haley:
whence does the crystal redden to the eye,
And lucid water take roseate dye?
Here own him present who gives nature law:
This element saw God and blushed with ave.
still more feeble translation was made by Aaron HILL
Crashaw died in 1885, and his sacred rams Of which
the above is one published at Cambridge in 1884,
when Dryden only three years old. have doubt
the line The conscious water saws God and blushed
by him. and though does not exactly express
puca, the epithet is equally happy. The original, in
my judgment is superior to Martial and worthy Of Ovid
In reference to the marriage Of Cana, let mention
the painting Of Paul Veronese, in the Louvre. In mag
nifcence twas surpassed The variety and grace
full attitudes and expression Of the hundred and thirty
persons that grouped in it and the architecture
oil admirable To Of the works Of the great painter
is applicable the remark that his buildings are
palaces and his figures nobemen" That it represents
very different from that Of the humble marriage is
objection None of your readers with taste for the
fine arts who have visited the Louvre fail be am
liar with this noble picture
HANOVER County, (vA) Nov. 81
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-12-23
OHIO REVENUE Laws

The Cincinnati Enquirer contains article o, nearly
two columns addressed to the Governor of Ohio on the
subject of taxation, the Supreme Court and the remedy
The Enquirer says is written by one Of the NEST pro-
minent legal and political in the State and one Of
the soundest Of Democrats" It calls loudly upon the
Governor for extra session Of the Legislature hat the
burdens under which the people crushed and gpanng
may be remedied by amendment Of the Constitution at
the next October election. This prominent Democrat al
desires the Legislature to extend the time for tie pay
ment Of taxes He says the people Of Cincinnati cannot
pay the million and half Of dollars assessed against them
by the goth instant because they have not col and
cannot get it, &c. The State Journal has no idea that
an extra session will be called
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-12-23

LIGnTsNa, AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE HUMAN SYSTEM
The French Academy Of Sciences have received some in
teresng observations the effects Of the lightning stroke
upon human beings The number Of people yearly struck
by lightning in France averages two hundred. or the
number struck there nearly three to
Onefourh of the people who have been struck may trace
the misfortune their imprudence in taking shelter
under trees which attract the electric fluid M Boudn
called attention to two curious facts in connection with
this subject The first was, that dead men, struck by
lightning had been found in exactly the upright position
they held when killed. the second that other bodies
bore upon them faint Impressions Of outward Objects
probably somewhat resembling Photographic shadows.
Animals however, much more exposed to the infu-
Of lightning than men, and suffer by its de-
structve properties More than single fash Of
lightning has destroyed entire flock Of sheep, and,
according NJ D. Abbadie focks Of 1000 in Ethiopia.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-12-23

REMIMscENcE.-The Ohio State journal, in o re-
view Of the past policy Of that State the subject of the
currency, introduces the following facts in reference to
the Union at large:
From 1920 to 1880 lin which latter yearthe war on
the currency Of the country commenced the number
banks created in the whole United States twen oo
with an increase Of capital Of So, 981 $751;
From 1880 to 1897 in which Inter year the bubble
burst the increase of banks three hundred and forty
eight with an increase Of capital Of $268, 12S900!
This enormous increase of banking capital made
as follows By Wing Legislatures, 124 banks with capt.
tai Of S62, 1928; by Democratic Legislatures 224
banks, with capital Of $205, G50,6l
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-12-23

BURNING OF SHIP At SEA.-The British ship " Polar
Star" bound New Zealand with troops and emigrants
was burnt in October last The FIRE discover
ed in the hold the 1st of October and the smoke
cended from the hatchways in thick black cloud After
were put on and battened down Nothing further could
be DONE and for period Of three days the Sailors SOL
ders and passengers, men, women and children,
hudded together with little food and many Of them with
scarcely any clothing upon the deck Of the ship which
was slowly burning away beneath them. At length after
the deck had very hot and the flames threatened
ever hour break out their eyes greeted with the
welcome sight Of sail in the distance and they were
rescued from their perous position by the ship Anna
mooka which carried them to st. Helena The matches
opened upon quitting the vessel and the flames
burst forth that in few she became literally
Of fire, and before the Annamooka made sail was
burnt to the waters edge.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-12-23
FROM OUR HAvANA CORRESPONDENT

HAVANA DECEMBER IL, 1854.
On the 9Th arrived the Spanish Francisco
de Aris from st. Jago de Cuba bringing Havana the
State prisoners, Mr.. J. H. Felix, belonging to New York.
and Mr.. Lacoste, probably assumed name,) Capt
McCulloch, and the first officer Of the schooner John
g. White seized at Baracoa for violation Of the
laws by the introduction of arms and powder without
manifest The two first named persons will be tried for
aiding and obetting nsurreconary movements which is
contrary to expectations from previous information
in relation to Mr. Felix, who supposed be an in
nocent associate Of Mr. Lacose and not implicated in
any secret transactions Of his if he had them But the
investigation, under the direction Of Gen. Manzano has
given grave color to the affair." involving Mr..
Felix in suspicion Of completely in the designs Of La
coste, whatever they may have BEEN They were con-
Quoted through the streets Of Havana prison on the
9h the evening, corded back and the two tied
together Mr. Robertson acting consul has had an in
teryew with the Captain General in relation to them
which has, think impaired his hope Of eecng the re.
lease of Mr. Felix which would have been accomplished
had the intelligence first received been confirmed by the
erpedients Of the Government The acting consul has
been allowed to Mr. Felix but not to converse with
him he has also been allowed to see the captain and
mate Of the schooner who confined board of the
Spanish frgate Pera, and to examine them. There is
no hope of the release Of Mr.. Felix except by the de-
cson Of the Military Commission" which will be
sued and governed in its proceedings in the Of
John S. Thrasher. The case Of the officers Of the
schooner presume win be less serious and they may
only be detained for their testimony.
Other things in this connection threaten excitement
the end Of the island which viii not be realized
by any work done. There is nothing more Of moment
since my last letter.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-12-23

The NAVIGATOR IsLAHDs.-The population of these
groups Of islands is 33901 Of which the foreign resi-
dents constitute about TO- In $780, when the rst mis-
sionary visit made these islands, oil the inbabi-
tants heathens and without written language Al
the present time with the exception Of some two hun
dred all professedy christians the greater
ton Of the Scriptures have been translated and printed
Throughout the group there hundred and
chapes. The harbor Of Apa, in the Island Opou
is much visited by American vessels and as the Consul
has power, without calling the sayages armed with
their clubs, to settle disputes that occasionally
the California Chronicle urges that U. s. war vessel
should occasionally visit there.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-12-23

South CAROLYN LEGIsLATIoN.-A bill has passed the
House Of Representatives Of South Carolina subscribing
$lOO00 900 to the stock Of the Blue Ridge Railroad
bill has also the Senate to aid the Charleston and
Savannah Railroad The Charleston papers look upon
the passage Of these bills inauguratng new in
the commercial career Of that city. The Senate has
passed bill modifying the law in relation to colored
men. As modified provides that captains Of vessels
arriving at any port in the State must give bond and
curity that the negroes board their vessels shall
70 on shore
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-12-23

LEGISLATIVE DILIGENcE.-The standing rules
of the House Of Representatives enjoin itas duty
on the Committee Of Ways and Means to report the
several Appropriation Bills within thirty days after
the opening Of an annual session Of Congress. At
the present session, however, the committee have
signazed their diligence by maturing and reporting
these voluminous bills within the first ten days of
the session. What is more, the House has already
passed three of them.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-12-23
A LAST WORD.

"The conscious arGter its God and blushed."
GENTLEMEN: Allow respectfully re-assert, not
wthstanding the confident declaration to the contrary Of
your anonymous correspondent in Baltimore, that the
editor Of Chamberss Cycopmda" right in ascrbing
the paternity of the above line to Crashaw instead Of
Dryden. said before had no doubt of it." The
air Of infaibity assumed by my critic has set
aiming the matter, and the result is this Campbell in
his Essay on English Poetry" &c., London, 184S,
p 224 traces the above line to Latin epgram by Rich
ard Crashaw," the /" friend and intimate Of Cowleyn
Alexander Chalmers in his Works Of the English Poets
from Chaucer to Cowper &c., London, $780," declares in
his life of Crashaw found in volume nix Of the ENG
lish Poets" that g in 1884 Crashaw published volume
of Latin poems mostly Of the devotional kind dedicated
to Benjamin Lany, Master Of Pembroke Hail. This
contains the wellknown line which has somstimes been
ascrbed to Dryden and Others the miracle turning
water into wine," &c.
Finally in the Geographic Britannica" is found the
biography Of Crashaw, written note of the editor
informs us, by HALEY whose word WILL Ihope, pass
rent with your Baltimore correspondent. Haley says he
has had presented to him by friend copy Of the La
tin Epigrams," dedicated to BENZ. Lany, above-de-
scrbed by Chalmers From this work Of Crashaws Haley
transcribes the following cpigram:
JoANNEs q
Aque in pinum perse.
Unde rubor vestris ct sua purpura lymphisf
Qu@ rosa mirantes tam nova mutat aquasf
Numen, conviya prnsens agnoscte numen;
Lynpha pudica Deum uidi ct erubuat
This was published in 1884 Dryden was born in
IT, therefore, he preceded Crashaw in the authorship Of
this pretty concetn he must have written it when he
was three years old or under which find hard to be-
ievc am curious to know what your correspondent in
Baltimore thinks Of it. He says Dryden dull boy;
but If the failure poet turned of the weknown Latin
line quoted by my critc before he out Of his short
clothes he must have been uncommonly precocious.
quoted before faint adumbratons Of this quaint
fancy, rs found in the Latin hymns Of the medieval
church. POTOMAC sneers at the iambics Of st. Am
brose and says tyro in Georgetown College SURPASSED
both Dryden and the old poets Of the Thesdn Hymnolo
gicas This may be. The question Of originality, and
not erencs is the point in dispute Perhaps the
Hest auson to the divine energy, as atested by eth
waters, is found in the LxXv0 psalm, verse 16 Tn
waters thee, Oh God the waters thee; they
afraid; the depths also were troubled"
The latest reproduction plagiarism? Of Crashaw'
fancy Is perhaps the following which have stumble
upon in my Investigations See "Works Of Aaron Hill
London. l754;' vol. III, pal:
When Christ, at Canas feast, by power divine,
Inspird cold water with the warmth Of wine,
See cry'd they, while In reclining tide it gush'd
The baskfut stream hath seen is God and biusRd
Here I drop the matter. THYMBRIUS.
HIonrsrows, IN. ~ Drc. IA, 1864
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-12-23

FoRPEITuREs SMUGGLMG.--Judge lSGERsoLL, of
the Admiralty Court, New York, has declared the Bril-
fish steamship Alps forfeited to the United States
count of smuggling by her steward The other officers
appear to be entirely innocent The Struggled articles
were thirtysix watch movements Of the value Of
one thousand dollars which of foreign manufacture
and subject to the payment Of duties The Alps
leased on bond for 00o and is carrying troops
to the East The steamer Washington in like trouble
and has been libeed in part. She was bonded for
$50 OOO