Litchfield enquirer., 1860-04-19


 | scrlption of Owen Lovejoy, of Illinois, and of the exciting scene which attended his scatb;n,, speech in the House on the beanties of SlIs very: " S'~ | HIS intellect IS remarkable one Ho i. evidently highly accomplished scholar as he 4 auu,"cs',c'iaoly me most forcible and fearless Knit frame strong face and lasbinT S' bla"I we'll lie seems to be, and no doubt is. man of ,,yaa, rtsoiution S hxedness of purpose. and indom;tstIs "'l,. While speaking he reminds mo of AL" al'uef JlInltry; indeed. he resembles him. thoch ' "o' so large man. When he got the Aoor ,,e.- c1n ; s'rohg speech was generally expecteJ. '"a hoveJoy Is full of the subject, and has oriy ori. restIalned from giving utteranM to b;s bpt'ao"s Il,t ny the appeals of his party friends
 f o.e Was prepared for such an outburst ouence a, f,,, S.eh s torrent of indignant elo quence as fell from his lips. '' e''-
 nave rarely seen the Hopsa SD r,,,o, +. eurpeo as during the delivery of tbis "rfraoua; nary PhiflIplc against the South ,Cbo.o ,'.o.N ,. ,'eh'''ce ant scorn in. his manner aud ;s S;s ianeuaSe. ol which can give vop ro ;d.. " Ws .9't HIS seat came down into the main aS,o as me House, and addressed the Snn,I"r'' "''e o' oefs aTectiy. The effect may be well cnnos;raJ several hie-eaters attempted to get near hin, ana m an instant the whole body was in an ".' TORT or confusion. Imprecations and threat, '., ii"i one sue 10 the other: and TOT While 1t seemed as if we were on tho ox. of one of those personal conflicts which he,.e been so frequently threatened and anprehar,laS, ny the moderate men in Congress. Ilurinp tb;s tempest Loyel"y stood calm and silent and when order had been in measure restored i-, ies'oise to the advCe of those aruuud him ba e,t ms seat and mounted the Clerks desk. from winch elevated position he finished his remarts 'ha''ng Tn nothing of temper of manner, or or anguage, the spirit which marked his bepin. nng.' "'' "'e'"- r, nRrNkENNESs IN EuEorE.-Rev. Theodore aiker. Tn one of his letters from Euroue nub. lished in the Lijer0t,r. says: P""- ih Europe You see many things which seem strange to an American. la akc the us,. or wine
 II am right the Europeans ron,uu,. ,hort o,'"V.oto,''" g dons Uf wine In Fan.y lraye ,.ut U. account ln@ lastuie land which Is nut lluw- o'' ana tile forests. ot the actual alaIe land. phe-h'iW Is devoted to the culture of the ur,re
 ! ct there are immense districts where pn w,ps can be raised at all. i see it stated that the . government returns make it appear that the peo Ele oi rance ttlnk S]G.G00,lUH gallons of wlns. ant the calculation k that the amount is not much less than lr1a G0OtC0, Yet ,lout Le- iIeTe. in the Year iSl9, there was so u.uch ,Iurk
 ,nness among the :G GUHGn rcopl. of Lra,r,
 $ among the 3,Or0CCG Yankee, of New Lrg- land, l have been iuur months a, Home in, ra gre wine ohuits everywhere; l am out ,,r doors from three t1 SIX hon's a day. and have never yet seen man drunk ncW and then unc is mery never intoxicated. | he homan, Italians. French &r. are quite temperate: ti,v d;iuk
 heir weak wine with water :nd when ,icv take liquors it is only a lit ela.>iu at q time which does not make spoonful. l don't believe there
 Is a 6T in all Italy where mvn step ID aud drink rum and water gin and water &c In tbc North
 # Europe, and even in switzerland it iS nu; SO. The English without help from the lri.h and scotch, drink about CO0 or 7U0 Nnr.1nn gallons Of beer every year nat to speak of the wine, S''rlts tkc. tisy take to wash it down withsl Ihr2 is drunkenness So vuu finl it in Sean ;Iinnyia. in Holland and North Germany. How lo you think the Americans will settle the drink qn'stion? Certainly hot l,y takinr merely 10 water, tea. coffee. &c. We shall ha.. more beer polhars return to the making of cjlrr aud certainly plant vines where they viii grow. Drunkenness s such q lEunStrous snd r!!as;ly ,yil, l sometimes think we have taken the wrong track am glad to see the license law Etro-
 Hrr to the New York Legislature ard Iih;nk it will do more good than uy,r New ilcIaud >cleme of prohibition ly force
 lhc late locds in Chic have II,yed lrora in- furious than previously reported. lE. railroads anA canals have heen greatly damaged u the in- ;erior of the < tate. Fl" dar.per '" iullic w:fks is estiM,te,! at S5C"on The Central Ohio road elsj of Eo15.k, Wa. o,,fa"wed for miles On Thursday in '!ui,.'a. tho water W:ss six feet deep "l farmer ..,a.t, aui was rising three inches Der h,-rr. n" Nushi'giNn aI file is hshrr tan eyer "as kE,wu.. West Xanesyic i, euti1ely oy,,tow3i. az the lower part of IaNrsyiit tig same. ILs Gen tral Ohio road is very niuri dama-r'l. several ware houses on the lin" gre wa.hHd a@ay.
 The punishment of reading th, '; T. T,-i1une in Hartford County. Maryland. is fen gears irn- 7risonment. This is d free country and n1 nis- takc.
 Tne RlGrT TO USE THE Rcn yor 70 P2 EI- TENDED TO IEArIER.-On Wednesday la-t. in Baltimore John il. PuEsIcy wa5 coHyic;-d of horsewhipping his daughter. I hr counsel Tor 1 the defence. in his argument having quoted tlie .recept of solomon Eato the ruad and spoil the chil1'-R. Stockrtt Matthews member Of hn bar who had nGthnn else to do just st that moment scribbled off the following lines. which Mr Whitney counsel for the prosecution. read in his argument:
 The fathers feelings made him geek his child. 10 guide his steps in ways uncommon mild. And lest her tender feet should chance to slip. lie gently held her with 'drayman's whip
 ihp ancient tca"hrr-holy man of God- 1 Advises ,arents Eot to pare inc rod
 i'ut in this case the qre'y rises. whether , solomon meant the cruel us1 of leather.
 "IIow much money have you?" said rich old curmulgeon te gay young fellow eourtIDg his rrattv dauuhtpr "Gh. ] haven't much Of .ny thing now but have q very rich prospect. ,n,jead." The wedding occurred, and the old chan learned from his fine s0ri in law that the rich prospect was the prospect of marrying his daughter.
 Mir. surveyor Hart has fallen heir 10 nn estate and,r the following romantic circunlstan' ei.- ears ago. when in Paris n lovely Jewess be- ca no enanoled of him, Ut he cid not ieturntle i ,,.s,nn \,h.n i.p came lack tU New ! OTk he It;lI renamed the object of her tender rscOllec. fl, ms winch were shawn by her sending him On i bo several annual feast days of her ancient lfGfb, valuabIc lrcscnts - sweet memeutOes which q, I, tEe q ic. | taste of woman k ows now to summon u0. Every feast of the Pass over. as well as every other day of Mosaic mark, there were disl atcled to this city seBti- mental objects of art and vertu and neither Iistance time nor the absence of q rcciprocity treaty could abate, her love the least. As she was faithful ill life so was she in death. for the news arrived the other day that the poor lady had gone to the better world. and dying. be- queathed to Mir. Hart all estate. It was legally necessary for him to go abroad to look after it, and, accordingly. he sailed on Saturday Tor Ham, burg, where the estate lies--N r Tribune.
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