The Litchfield County post., 1826-07-11

lines of packet-boats, which leave daily for the east, and one for the west. In these different modes of cctveyance, with the addition of freight boats, 90,OOO per- sons, it is calculated, will pass through that village in the course of this year. The collector of canal tolls has ascertained that there is an increase in the. amount of tolls from the last year of one third, and that three hundred more boats had passed up to. the 18th inst. than during the same time, last season. All this is strong proof not
 only of the growth of the central point up-
 on the canal, but of the increasing use made
 of the latter. %
 CoNNEcTIcUT RIvER.--A highly inter-
 esting discussion and elucidation, of facts
 and opinions relative to the comparative value of canal and river navigation of this noble stream, was had before committee
 of the House of Representatives, consisting
 of 15 members. The controversy was be-
 tween the Connecticut Ricer Company,
 which was organized at Hartford, Conn.
 about two years ago, and the Nesc Hacen
 Farmington Canal Company, organized at
 New Haven: MT. Smith, President of the
 Company, appeared for the former; and
 Mir. Kimberly, of New Haven, for the lat
 ter The point contended was, whether
 improvement of the river-by means of dams and locks round the falls for the accommo-S dation of steam tow boats, or lateral ca- nal the whole length of the river, was to be preferred The expense of the former from Hartford to Barnet, Vt. including the pnrchase of the present works and the dam-
 age to the proprietors oflands, is estimated from the survey of an experienced engi-
 neer, at S1 ,57O, ,O0O; the expense of a ca-
 nal the. same distance, is calculated to be
 from 4 to millions of dollars. Hon. Levi
 Woodbury was of counsel for the Connec-
 ticut isivers Co.,: he addressed the com- mittee in presence ofmost of the Legisla- ture, in an eloquent argument of about an hour and "a half. The object of the New Haven Company, is not at this session to obtain for themselves'a charter, but to pre- venfthe other company from obtaining a # confirmation of the charter granted them by Vermont, and which requires the as- sent of the states of New Hampshire, Mas sachusetts, ,and Connecticutto be complete. This subject has excited warm feeling in the Massachusetts Legislature, which has just adjourned without confirming the grant. The subject was there postponed to the | winter session. More than two parties appeared in this controversy in tlfat State; there seems to be a Hartford interest, a New Haven interest, ,and Boston interest, each opposing the other.-N. if. Pot. . The following remarks are extracted from the message of Gov. Morrill,, of New -Hamp- shire, to the legislature of that state. They | doubtless have reference to the faithless and weak course of MT. Senator Wooodbury who, from some cause or other, has allowed him self to be duped by MT. Calhoun and his friends.
 Since the last meeting of this legislature, our national government has been in session, not, however, under circumstances the most propitions to the honor and dignity of our A want of perfect harmony between the different branches, or even in the execu- ! tive department, on subjects of policy, altho' they may effect the vital interests of this, and all the American Republics, it is not an un-1 expected event at this peculiar crisis public affairs. We are fully aware of the sectional preindices which must be excited on this oc- casion :; and also, the local partialities, and high toned feelings of 'the leviathan of the south" at the head of this faction, and of the liability of the inexperienced and ambitious in. other sections, to be caught by fatteries and promises, by which they may fall into the vor- tex of delusion. Pride and ambition have a place in the human breast, andHuniess con trolled by political virtue and sound moral principle, they may insensibly impel their vo- taries to measures, not only, injurious 10 their country, but degrading to the dignity of human nature. lis happy circum- stance for this nation that there is al < tredeeming power in the people," well known and usually realized by the popular the government, before whose tri- bunai they must return at short intervals, and pass an interesting test. This is constitu- l tional and salntary check, we'll calculated to regulate and suppress that pride and ambitiOnI incline to wider range, in those who aresremoyed to a greater distance from the immediate expression of public sentiments by the elective franchise. These differences. however, are exceedingly to be regretted, as their uniforrz3 tsndeney is, to retard and em- barrass tl1e wheels of government, delay im- porta1t business, ard incrt ase public expense. And, perhaps, there has never been period | since the organization of this government, | when these evils were more sensibly felt and | rcprobated, throughout the country, than du- | ing the late session of Congress.
 z 7Ne cGHse.- A physician the other day ]