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LITCHFIELD, (CONN.,) THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1850.
WnoLB No. 1281. No. 29.
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LITCHFIELD ENQUIRER
rtiiusRKD r.rtnY Thursday morning
By PAYNE KENYON K1LB0ERNE,
One Dior Kant of the Court Uoute
LITCHFIELD, CONN.
tb:i is*
Village end Single Mail Subscribers. SI 50
la Bundles ot 20 and upw ards, SI,25 : or if
#AU>*riucTi.v ir advarc*. S1.00 per annum*
—ADVERTIZING —
Admin.ttrators’ Notices, SI 00
Com nissionera’ Notices, 1*25
J5*tr*y Notices, 75
Other adv’ie, per square. (3 weeks,) 100.
Each subsequent insertion, 20
Bdward W, Blake,
tm
01ESM0JBA'T M9E.YTMST,
Offic** a i#’\v df»nri* Wrrt of IN tin UoQxo.
Lttch$eMf J«i»* «7»h, 1S4».
REMOVAL
Dr VAIf.L lia* r*m* v.d to the house o'
Mis. Morse, 2d door west ol the County H**uso.
noith side ot West *ln*et. Office as l.elnre,
over the *lnre teceirtlv occnoied oy 5. P Holies
Ksj. All rails in the tin- ■ I his profession,
left either at his home nr office, will ue |>roui|>U
Iv altended lo
' Litchfield, Ocl . 30 1530.
Jonathan 7. Norton*
Attorney and Counsellor ut Law
Weal Cornwall, Conn.
January 17, IS5). 3>:tf
Attorney da l Conassllor at Li-.v
LlTJHFIKbD. CnNS,
OJice over Dr. Duel's Store, re.
cently occupied by the late Gen. Bacon.
Arvifl Dayton,
M A N U FACT UIIKII Or
Seraphim g &• *fielotleoitg
Wol.colt.vHle. Conn.
MBfa*. II ATS.
j£7 Cr>- Kasliioiirtble fine Nnlresml
JS*3i ■'ilk A TS, l'*r »i|e..n ream'i‘able
terms. hv
K!I..OURN & RRvM'N
Litchfield. M *' *"h t'-Vi. 52
I) E Bostwick *1 D
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON.
0Tice over <? -m,l P R >!| - ,ior»>, in r«>. in« l"r
ineilv ti'cnnied iiv Dr J S Wolcolt.
June, Sill. IS ID
«\ n. ihkikh’!.
1) E >' T 1ST,
M V «T be i: ms jliel it ail linies. (unless
profession illy ibseut,) at Itis office, iltirti
door ib ive ibe B ink.
Litchfield, J-tu. 1st
J. Q. UALTEIISONS
SCEJk&B^J VJASS,
II irt/ord, Conn.
Miiummfi .in I Tonis «f Am»iican and
luii.ni VI irble, U.iii'ismal Knots. ,VIu
rsl Tj I.eU, UtoiS. Vj.os. M miles
Tj lie Tn,is, lull an Ti'efor
... - , cnn.i.innv
on hi id or furnished In order.
Hartford. Ju le l*l. Iy4
Barkshire MutUTl
HEALTH ASSOCIATION
Piltsiitld, Mass.
RATES Of YEARLY PAY.YIENTR.
B' tiperu I 5 unit 3IJ,
$*,00 per year, drew* $2,00 per week,
3.0J 3.0J »•
4.00 4.00 «
5.00 5,00 “
8.00 6,<>0 ••
Brlicern 50 «U‘l 65.
$2.53 per week, draws $2.00 p.-r wr ek.
3.75 3,00
5.00 4,00 “
6,25 5.iX» ••
7.50 5,00 “
OFFICERS.
MBRRr-K ROSS. P.e lent. HENRY 8.
BRIGGS, V Preenlent, U. F Job.xson. St rre
lary. t* L. Pros. I’reasurer, N. J, Wtuog, Ex
amining PnyMinan.
DIRECTORS.
Solomon L- Rune I, Merrick R nr, Jame
Franci-, B. F, Johnson, N. J. Wilso .Jwn.li
Curler. P. L. P«ge, Henry S. Briggs L. C
Thayer, A. H. P- a e 7 ”
BBFKRENlES,
Hi* Excelleiiev. G, N Br ea*. Re*- John
ToM, U, D.. Key. Hrmlley Miner, (Inn Ell ia
H Kelloar, lion. Th .mat F. Plunked. Thoma
D i'»it., fcW/'t;*(ie«l; G IV, P .vner. Esq
Lee ; b.9, (lawk-*, M. D., North Adams.
AH turn nu ucition alto .Id be jddre-sed.P.isr
paid, to
5 ALBERT D. WAT IAMS. Agent.
Goshen, Conn.
To Dealers la Crockery Ami
Class Ware.
T1IE tnhvi ibert, Imnorins tnd Dealers in,
China, Glass and Earthen Ware, have
inti received a large assm iment »f Gold Hand.
White and Riised Figured China; Mullruii
White Granite, Liahl Blue, Flowing Blue. C.
C. Colored and Edge Karihen Ware; Turn
biers, Lamps. S nrcie 4*r*, 4a|l*, f'aaiors. Can
dlestick*, ami everv variety of Glass Ware.
The attention ot Murcnani* is respectfully an*
Itci'ed tn mir stork ot the ab.ee kinds <d
gn«<K which wu will anil at the iuweel New
York price#
BOOTH A PEt’K. No. 0 Tall 'll reef.
J Sign of i he BigPitcber3
Bihlgeport, Apr. ^5. 1819.
NEW GOODS
Far lh» Fill aai Winter Trade.
Next door to J. O. Beckwith's Drug store
in South street.
WE are now receiving a targe and c< m
m imliog stock <>f
smi ATI© WHOTSl
our hoods
io winch we w >nld call ihe attention ol pur
chasers VVnhoul enumeialing articles, suf
fice il io say ihai eveiythmgnew and desirable
in the wav of Ladies and tlen-|em n's wear,
andiirv G mils gen“rallv, will b-* added looilr
stock throughout the season, as they amiear in
the New Yoik iMukeis; and oui stock at no
lime will be excelled by any other in this
cotfty.
We shall endeavor, hy slricl integrity and
close at tent ion to the wants of our customers,
to m-“l a continuance of those favors so lib
eraliv bestowed lor Ihe I?*' ihie*- irao.
F. D. AJcNIEL.
LitchfielJ, Oct 22. H5'.
NATIONAL SAFETY' (LIFE) INSU
RANCE AinD i’RUST COMPANY.
Horn* Office ttil Walnut St South side,
doors ab. vr 3d. Philadelphia.
11 ON 11 KN R Y L B KN NEK, President.
I.ucian I Bi-bee >eeietary.
Rates of Life Insurance reduced 25 per
cent.
CAPITAL, 82500P0.
' I ’ HE above company have rslnbliskcd
I tin agency in this coun y, fjr ihe pur
pose of insuring lives, and have appointed
Lyman VV. Gilbert. Agent,
J. G. i)Etft*iTH. Al. D., Medical Exam
iner,
G. II. JIollx ter, Esq., Connecticut
Referee.
Application f r Insurance mnv be mode
to Lyman VV. Giihtrt in Dr. Beckwith, ai
Dr. Beckwith’s suite, at 9o'clock A. M., at
12 o'c nek .\l, or a. G o’clock P, AI., where
pamphlets may be hail explaining I lie pun*
cipie ol Lile Insurance, and showing the
economy and du y of every man. wno has
not n superabundance ol wealth, to secuie
to his funily, at teof: a few thous nd dot*
la;s. by an Insurarce on his Lile. This
0 i up nyiiave iicn)iiimndaied ilieir terms
01 payment to meet the ability of the poor,
he laboring man. as w-.l as the monied
man. The terms are 21 per cent less than
most Compmies, and payable yearly, hall
l early it qmrterly si that the laboring
man may save.or lay by, a few dollais eve
ry tli'ce months to pay his premium, and
thus secure to his family, at his death, a
| t’Oinpt'iriici'of this world's goods, which he
can nevei cx|>eci to do by the irttits of his
labor. Life insurance is Cuming to lie re
garded as an economic liilsine** measure,
seen■ ing to one’s lainilv. alter b's death,
th.it comprii lice and support which he is
Ultahie to lay up lor’hem while he liv.s.
Ins a nets are continoaliy nccuiiing.
showing 'he wisdom ol Life lusurame —
The billowing, clipped from a Philadelphia
paper, is such an instance—
Philadelphia, O i 9ih. 1850.
To the Presiih hi ami Dneciors of the Na
tional Siteiv Iusuiatice Company, No
G? VValnti s reel.
Gentlemen —I ermit me to acknowledge
the recript ol one thousand dollars, be.ng
the aniooni a policy of Lite Insurance, ef
fected by my late husband. Janie* Knkpat
• ick. lor my benefit on the iG'h July last,
in youi company The payment of a small
sum for p emiutn has entitled me to the
ah..ve amount, but lor which I should have
been hit destitute. Thanks to you th:tt at
my request, an I for my conveuienee, you
have paid the full amount tit one*, without
the delay raistomary in such cases,
Yours sincerely. 2G
P.vLLI aK K. KIRKPATRICK.
Mmams
Mutual Fire lusunuce Company.
'|7liIS C impai.' has been in o’.erutiuM 17
JL Yetrsei dtngJuly Lt IslO.
And has insured property to the amount nf
$29(49 594 00
Ain't of property now insured in $991,534,00
Thu whole amnuctol cash p tun
■im paid into the Tesasur) ui.ro u
Hie lime is $14,715,70.
To interest received on Loan. " 1,143.29.
15,9.9, to
The whole ami unt of Losses wl irh
have been paid is. $10,755,32
The whole amount of
expenre- paid loAgnnts,
Books. Mat 'iiaiy, and
for Im plmes,is $3,(02 57—13767.89
Cafh in hands of Treasurer. $8,091.09
A il <o tl.e iit'i've, ihe charged
piemiutn, uhchcanbe collec
ted il iequired. 15: "10,06
Present capital orfundsof thrCo. 17. $01.15
During ihe time ibe t'< mpai y lias been
in o;ieratiim. there has not htrnant aasessimnt
made on the member* o> the l Un pany, aid 'lie
exp • se insur'i'K in tine Ccinpi n«, we co.e
rid n U ihinK , is lee# than in ai y i.tlier f'onr
,ia »y—*e:Q4 only about beta on the Alt 0 per
annum.
Officers of the Company,
WILLIAM BEEBE, Preti,Unt,
OLIVER GOOnWIJV, Tretuuur
JASOJV WH1TLYG, Secretary.
Directors.
WILLIAM BEE.iC I A 3 LEWD?
OLIVER GOODW.N I D. C WHirPLBSBS
1 G BECKWITH. I DAVID C. HANKOliD
JASON WHITING BOBBINS BATTELL
GLORGL C, WOODRUFF.
Agents for the Compa ny.
Daniel B. Brinsmade. Washington,
David C.Saulord. New Milford,
Rufus Fu; er, Jr Kent.
Richard smith. Suaron,
FVederick Aellogg, Cornwall,
Nelson Brewster. Goshen.
Wm M. Burrell, Canaan,
Donald J. W ariu r, Salisbury,
S D. North<*ay, dt I N f
John IJewell. ( Norfolk*
Roger H. Milla. New Hartford,
George D- Wadhams. Tornngton,
Lewie Smith. Harwtnron,
Bliaha Johnson, Plymouth,
JobpC. Ambler, Rathlem,
Leman W. Cutler, Watertown,
John Abernethy, Woodburv,
David C. Whitileay, New Pttnoy,
GeorgeP. Tallrfiadfr.Warrs i
Tnrsons wishing to gat their Buildings laaored
can apply to either olthe Agtatiartsika boc
ntlKf' WILLIAM BEEBE. Prealdeot.
JA0ON WHITING,Beewearr
c ■' P
■--—?—
—-- — ■ =a
“I An Not Old.”
Oh no. I am not old ! though (he age-frost ts
creating
With *ilv. n rim my nnce‘bnnnv br«wn hutr,’
And wi.,ear.d deep furrow* are quietly ieat -
in*
On my brow, just In tell long years have! tee*
there.
Oh no, I’m not old ! though my footstep* «*>>
growing , I
More le.ble and slow, and my laugh is lues
gay.
And the r ><e on ray cheek has lung sinceceas’d
its glowing,
And mv eye glows moredirn, and my strength
flits away.
Oh no, I'm not old ! though mj frame islk
<■»> •»*,
The soul that’s within is still buoyant aed
s’rong, * '
And I trust while on earth ’lis its lot to De
staying.
That faith, hope and love will its yiuth still
prolong.
Oh no. I’m not old ! for the bud and the blos
som,
The sing of the wild-bird, the sunset’s deep
glow,
Ate as lair, and as sweet, and as dear to my
b< 'So tn.
as they weie in the spring-time ol life long
ago.
Oh no, I’m not old! 'lisnot wtinkles and for
rows,
XT..- .U _I__ f (Viol .-.Lml.l
us in t;ii>i>tn.
But the flighting ft hope, amid trials and sin
r<nvs,
May deaiiwi the heart till it throbs hir the
Imnb.
jaUftmlawy.
Appoiutmeut of Wasliiuetou as Gen
eralt
[From the V> filings of Julia Adams ]
This measure of imbecility, the second
petition to the King, embarrassed every
exertion of Congress; it occasioned mo
tions and deb tes without end, for ap
pointing a committee to draw up a deo
laiHlion of the causes, motives, and object
of taking arms, with a view to obtain de
cisive declarations against independence.
<kc. In the meantime the New England
air.iV investing Boston, the New England
legislatures, congresses and conventions,
and the whole body of th‘- people, wcie
left without munitions of war, without
aims, clothing, pay, or even countenance
and encouragement. Every post le ought
me letters from my friends Dr. Wins
tlirop, D>-. Cooper, Gen. James Warren,
and sometimes from Gen. Ward and his
aids, and Gen. Heath, and many otlieis,
uiging in pathetic terms, the impossibili
tv of keeping their men together without
i lie assistance of Congress. I was daily
urging all the.e things, but wo were em
barrassed with more than one difficulty,
not only with the party iu favor of the
petition to the King, and the party who
were jealous of independence, hut a third
party, which was a southern against a
northern, and a jealousy against a New
England army under the command of a
New England general. Whether this
jealousy was sincere, or whether it was
ineie pride and a haughty ambition of
furnishing a southern general to command
the northern army, 1 cannot say. Bui
the intention was very visible to me that
Colonel Washington was their object,
and so many of our staunchest men were
in the plan that we could carry nothing
without conceding it.
Another embarassment which was nev
er publicly known, and which was care
fully concealed by those who knew r,
the Massachusetts and btliei New Eng
land delegates were divided. Mr. Han
cock and Mr. Cushing hung back ; Mr.
Paine did not come ‘orwaid, and even
Samuel Adams was irresolute. M .
Hancock himself had ac ambition to he
appointed commander-in-cliief. Whetliei
I'.u ilinnirM tin xlxi-linnii i-iimiiliment due i
o ■
i him, and intended to Imve llie honor ol
declining it, or whether lie would have
! accepted, I know not. To the compli
ment he had some pretensions, for, ai
that lime, his exertions, sacntices, and
genera! merits in the cause of his country
had been incomparably greater than those
of Colonel Washington. But the delica
cy of his health, and his entiie want ol
expei ience in actual set vice, though an
excellent militia officer, were decisive
objections to him in iny mind, in can
vassing this subject out of doors, i found
loo, that even among the delegates ol
Virginia there were difficulties. Tin
upustolic reasonings among themselves,
which should be the greatest, were no
less energetic among the saints of the an
cient dominion, than they were among
us of Nsw England, in several corner
sations i found more than one very cool
about the appointment of Washington,
and particulai ly Mr. Pendleton was very
clear and full against it. Full of anxiet}
concerning these confusions, and appre
hending daily that we should hear very
distressing news from Boston, 1 walked
with Mr. Barnaul Adams in the Butte
House yard for a little exercise and fresh
air, before the h •ur of Congress, and there
represented to him the various dangers
that surrounded us. He agreed to uicm
all, but said, What shall we do?" i
answered him that he knew i bad taken
great paiue to get colleagues to agree up
nn some plan, that we might be unani
mous; but he knew that they would
pledge themselves to nothing; but I was
detei mined to lake a step which should
compel them and all the other members
of Congress, to declare themselvts for or
against something. “ I ant determined
i his morning to make a direct motion that
Congress should adool the army before
Boston, and app ant Golonel Washington
commander of it.” Mr. Adams seemed
to think very seriously of L but said noth
ing.
!'i' Accordingly, when Congress had as
sembled. I rose in my place, and, in as
*ltorl a speech as t.te subject would ad
mit, represented the slate of the colonies,
the uncertainty in the minds of the peo
ple, their great expectation and anxiety,
the distresses of the army, the danger of
its dissolution, the difficulty of collecting
another, and the piobabilitv that the
British army would lake advantage of j
our delays, inarch out of Boston, and
spiead desolation as far as they could go.
i concluded with a motion, in form, that
"Congress would adopt the army at Cam
bridge, and appoint a general. and tho’
this was not the proper lime to nominate
a general, yet as I had reason to believe
tins was a point of the greatest difficulty,
l l.ad no hesitation to declare that l had
but one gentleman in mv mind, and that
was a gentleman from Virginia, who was
among us and very well known to all of
us—a gentleman whose skill and expeii
ence as an officer, whose independent for
tune, great talents, and excellent univer
.»• I .di.iiiiiilni' iir«\til«l octrvinsonrl I lio oimu’a
billion of all America, and unite the cor
dial exertions of all the colonies belter
than any oilier person in the Uni >n.
Mr. Washington, who happened to sit
near the door, as soon as he heard me
allude to him, from his usual modesty,
darted into the libuiry room. Mr. Han
cock, who was our President, which gave
me an opportunity to observe his counte
nance while 1 was speaking on the state
of the colonies, the army at Cambridge,
and ttie enemy, beard me with visible
pleasure, but when I came to describe
Washington for the commander, I nevei
rein Hiked a more sudden and striking
change of countenance. Mortification
and lesentmeiu were expressed as forci
hly as his lace could exhibit them. Mi.
Samuel Adams seconded the motion, and
that uid not sullen the President’s phys
ionogomv at all. The subject came un
der debate, and severel gentlemen de
clared themselves against Lhe appoint
ment of Mr. •Washington, not on accouni
of any personal objection against him
bill because the army was all front New
England, had a general of their own, ap
peaied to be satisfied with him, and laid
proven themselves able to imprison the
Uiitish army in Boston, which was all
they expected or desired at that li.ne.—
Mr. Pendleton of Virginia, and Mr. Sliet
man of Connecticut, were very explicit
in declaring their opinion; Mr. Cushing
and several others, faintly expressed their
opposition and their fears of discontent
in the army and in New England. Mr.
Paine expiessed a great opinion of Gen.
Ward, Hnd a strong friendship for him,
having been his classmate at collvge, or.
at least, his cotemporary ; but gave no
opinion upon the question.
The subject was pisiponed toa fu'ureday.
Ill ilie meantime, puns were taken out of
doors 10 obtain a unanimity, nmt the voices
weie so i-lcarly in favor ol Washington
iIni theill—eniieni menihrra were in favor
ui withdraw their opposition, anil Mr.
Washington was nominated, I believe, hy
Air. Thomas Johnson, of Maryland, unan
imously elected and the army adopted.
A Siberian Winter.
The traveler in Siberia, during the
_ ........i ..i •!...> i.„
oiin scarcely move; and the thick fur
hood, which is fastened to the beif-skiu
collar and covers the whole face, one can
only draw in, as it were by stealth, a lit
tle of the external air, which is so keen
mat it causes a very peculiar and pai.i
ful fteling to the tin oat and lungs. The
distance from one hailing place to an
other lakes about leu hour*, during which
time the traveler must always continue
oil hoiseback, as the cumbrous dress
makes it insupportable to wade th ougli
me snow. The poor horses suffer at
least as much as their riders, for besides
i lie general effect of the cold, they are
loriuenled by ice forming in their nostrils
md stopping their breathing. When
they intimate this, by a distressed snort
and a convulsive shaking of the head, the
drivers relieve them by taking out the
pieces of ice, to save them from being suf
located. When the icy ground is not
covered with snow, their hoofs often
out si from the effects of the cold. The
caravan is always surrounded by a thick
cloud of vapor; it is not only living bod- j
tes which produce this effect, but even
the snow smokes. These evaporations
are changed into millions of needles of
ice, wlituii till the air, and cause a con
stant slight no se, re*embl'iig the sound
of loru satin or thick silk. Even the
reiedeer seeks the forest to protect him
self trora the intensity of the cold. Iii
the tundras, where there is uo shc'ter to
be found, the whole herd crowd together
as close as possible to gain a little »nrmth
from each othei, and may be seen stand
ing in this way quite motionless. Only
me dank bird of winter, the ravtn. still
cleaves the iey air witn slow and heavy
wing, leaving behind him a long thin ya*
pur, OMikiojf the traek of hie solitary
flight. The influence of the cold extends
- fl
even to inanimate nature. The thickest
trunks of trees nre rent asunder with a
loud sound, which, in these deserts, falls
on the ear like a signal shot at sea : large
masses of rock are torn from their an
cient sites; the ground in the tundra- j
and in the rocky valleys, cracks, formi0.
wide yawning chasm , from which the
waters which were beneath the surface
lise, giving off a cloud of vapor, and be
come immediately changed into ice Th<
effect of this degree of cold extends eve?
beyond the earth. The beauty of ih.
deep polar star, so often and ro ju-<K
praised, disappears in the dense ntmos
pnere with the firmament, hut their bnl
liancy is dimmed.— Travels in the North
The Partial Cat.
The story of “ The Religious Dog ” in
the Congregationalist of September ‘27th
biought to my remembrance a scarcely
less remarkable Cat, that recently belong
ed to an aunt of mine, from whose life 1
had the following, and many other intei -
esling details. Now my aunt is o,ne <d
the best of women, the widow of a cler
gyman, not a bundled miles from Boston,
who would not for the world slate wlnit
was not stiicily true and her Cat, if not
“religious” was a great favorite in the
family, and endowed yviih some qualities
not usually credited to her humble spe
cies.
Puss, at one time, had a very interest
ing family of little kittens. They were
till bright and active, but one of them
was observed to have a greater resem
blance to its mother than I lie rest, and
was indeed the prettiest kitten of the
whole, and the mother allowed a pecuhai
attachment to it. A neighbor begged
one of them of my aunt and being allow
ed her choice, selected this fnvriiie and
carried it home, A'l this occurred in
the absence of the feline mother, who, on
tier return, evidently observed with con
cern the absence of her pet. She im
mediately commenced searching the house
and out buildings, insisting on having the
doers opened lot her admission to all the
rooms in the house, and when satisfied
that it was not on the premises, she in
tituled a similar search through the
leigliborhood. Occasionally she would
return to her remaining little ones for the
purpose of meeting their demands on her
or nourishment, and then she would re
icw the seatch for her lost favorite.—
.laving explored the premises of all the
aew neighbors, she at length entered the
>ast house in the village, when she found
die object of her lo.ig and persevering
pursuit. She curressed it with eveiy
manifestation of maternal fondness and
delight, fed it, and then, much to the
.-.urpiise of the lady of the house, took
her departure, leaving the kitten behind.
She was not however long absent. In a
few hours she returned, bringing one ol
her other kittens in her mouth, which
site placed on the floor beside the newly
found. Ah! thought the lady—so 1 am
to have the mother and all tier progeny
quartered upon me. This however, was
not the intention of the Cat, for al ter car
ressing the kitten she had brought, for a
few moments, she to 'k the other in her
mouth and carried it to its former home,
and never afterwards visited the one she
had given in exchange lor it.— Congreg-.
tionalut.
As Elopement Among the Geeks
Mountains.—A correspondent of tin
Boston Mail, writing from Ludlow, Vcr
mont. under date ot Nov. 4th, says :
An elopement came off her* a few days
nm, nr l\mL /oil! JO. I n . > III I Lj rllill' I IllTiillI II.
this region, and will serve to show tin
true grit of the Green Mountain girls.—
Mr. G. Imd paid his addresses to a Mis.
D. for some months without opposition
from any quarter. All at once the lady’s
fattier flatly refused Mr. G. his house.—
In this stale of affairs AJi.-s D. resolved on
something despemie, and putting on hei
Sunday toggery went out to make some
calls, the most important of whico wa
ill the iSuuion House, where she called
for a ticket to Rutland, Mr. G.’s place oi
residence. Arriving nl Rutland, she
proceeded at once to Mr. G.’s boarding
house and quietly informed him of the
slate of affairs at home, and that she h id
come to get marr'ud and be married she
would that very night or never. Mr. G.
finding all arguments useless •• raved, in,’
and me thing was did. While lho mar
riage ceremony was being performed at
Rutland, a pair of boots was being pro
pelled round this village with great ve
louily. The fury of the lady’s lather wa
in those boots. Ho had missed his daugh
ter, and was very busy “ rapping up ”
Ins neighbors to make inquiries l’>>r her,
with little suceess, till lie called on the
ticket master, wno informed him that the
mi.-siiK' one had taken a ticket tor
“ UVr the mountain* arid far away.**
in the night train. The secret was out.
fhe old gentleman full of wrath immedi
ately put horse power in competition with
steam, and the morning found him in
tho presence of the runaway and her
husband. When he was informed of
what had taken place lie thought it of
little use Vo show tight, and quietly took
bis leave.
Wester* Travel.—Some idea of th>
tide of travel setting to Wisconsin may
be formed from (lie fact, that the aggre
gate number of passengers landed at
Milwaukee, during the present #«won of
navigation, is 90 W’
.
Tiis Gi.oky to be Revealed.—Dr,
Arnold very strikingly remarks, “ Men
f <rget wlmt lhey were in their youth, or
»t best only partially remember it; it,is
hard even for I hose whose memories are
strongest and livtlv, 10 put themselves
exactly into the same position in wloch
ihoy stood as boys ; they can scarcely
fancy that there was once a time when
to y eared so much for pleasures and
• roubles which now stem so trifling.—
And it. nny lie, that if we rise hereafter
to angel’s stature; if wisdom be ours such
is we dream not of; if, being counted
worthy to know God as he is, the poor
ness of all created pleasures shall be re
vealed 10 us, this I ing upon our uncreated
-piiits like light—it may be that we shall
then feel it as hard to fancy how we eould
have c.ued for what we how deem most,
important; how twenty years, mote eir
'ess, taken from this spun of our earthly
life; iiow being parted for a few years,
more or less, from those dear friends
with whom weare new united lorever—
now this could have seemed of tiny irn-*
portunce to beings born for immortality,
ft is quite 1 eu>ou it»le u> suppose that the
interests of manhood will hereafter ap
pear to us just as insignificant; 1 ought
rather to say ten thousand times more so,,
limn the interests of our boyish years.
acciu tu ua uun.
Discovery or a Tiirid Ring to the
Plane? Saturn.—The existence of a
thud Ring mound this Planet which had
been for some time suspected, was as
certained by the astronomers at the Ob
sci Calory at.Cmubi idge oil Friday night,
of last week. It is interior to the two
others, and therefore its listance from
the body of Saturn must be small. It.
was well observed through tile great
Equatorial, with powers varying from 150
to DjO, tin* evening for astronomical ob
se vatious being remarkably tine, perhaps
me finest since tile establishment of the
Observatory, although, singlurly enough
the skv was so Imzv that to the naked.
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eye only the brighter sturs were visible.
it will bo remembered that the eighth
satelite of tins Planet i an also discovered
at Cambridge by Mr. Rond, about two
I years since.
Mrs. Webster and Daughters.—It is
said that the widow of the lata Prof
Websier, and her daughters, have sailed
j for Faya I, in the bark Ion.
Fortune’s Whims.—Quite an interest
j ing and affecting foene in the drama of
life occurred in the city of New Yoik the
other day. As it is an apt illustration
of the numerous freaks Dame Fortune
so often plays upon us mortals, we give
the fuels of occurrence for tits' informa
tion of our readers. Soma four year*,
since a gentleman resid ng in that city,
having a large famyly dependent upon
him for support, became very much re
duced in circumstances from various un
fortunate cutises. In n moment ot des
pair lie enlisted a soldier in Col. Steven
| son’s Regiment «#Ua Iifornia Volunteers,
leaving an only son, some eighteen year$
of age, to provide fora mother and seven
children.
For four long, tedious years did that
boy toil manfully and successfully in sup
port of the charge confided so unexpect
edly to his hands. Not a single word
had ever been heard of the absent parent
until the other day, when he returned
from California, and in the act of search
ing out his (to him) lost family, he
ui.uiced to see the name of his son on a.
igu over the door of a store in Natsiu
■meet. We cannot pretend to describe
■lie j<»y, the inexpressible happiness felt
by unit family on meeting with the re
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f rom California the nice sum of seventy
due thousand dollars ! the result of threo
reais labor on the golden shore of tha
Pacific !
Uissrr, thb Animal Teacii hi.—Few
individuals have presented so e: .iking nil
instance of patience and eccetui icilv os
dissei, the extraordinary teacher of ani
mals. He was a native of Perth, in Scut
laud, and an industrious shoemaker, unfit
die notion of teaching animals attracted
his attention in the year 1759. Heading
an account of a remarkable horse shown
at St. Uenu dn's, curiosity led him toex
peiiincnt upon a horse and a d <g. which
ue bonght in London, and he succeeded,
in imilting these beyond all expectation,
t’wo monkeys were the next pupils ha
took in Imiid, one of which he taught to
dance and tumble on the rope, whilst the
oilier held a candle in one paw for his
companion, und with the other played
die b tricl organ These untie animals he
also instructed to play several luneilul
tricks, sucli as di inking to the company,
iidmg mid tumbling on n horse’s back,
and going through several legular dan*
ces with n d >g. being a man of unwea
ried patience, three y oung cats were the
next objects of tiis tuition. He taught
these domestic tigers to strike their pawn
in such directions on tiie dulcimer, as to
produce several regular tunes, having
music-books before tiicm. iind squalling
at the same time iu different key* q( tones,
tirsi, second, uhd thud, by way of noa
eert. He afterwards was induced Mr
make a public exhibition of his unimafat
aud the well known Cat* Optra,in winch
they performed, was advertised in tit •
Hay market Timaue. The tone, tha
dog. Use monkeys, and the cats, wool
(though their several parts with UQ8k«i
inou applause to crowded
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