The Litchfield County post., 1827-01-02

MT Johnson, of Kentucky, from the Se- i lect Committee on the bill for G6OIisking l Imprisonment for debt, reported the bill with amendments.
 Att o'clock the Senate went into the consideration of Executive business. In the House, a brief discussion was e.
 icited by a resolution offered by Mir. Cook, the object of which was to obtain some relief for the purchasers ofland who, not having completed their payments, have incurred the penalty of forfeiture of the lands. His resolutions asked for the ap- pointment of Select Committee to in- quire into the expediency of exchanging these certificates for scrip, which the hold CTS might dispose of for other lands.
 The resolution was amended, on motion of Mr. Campbell, so as tn be referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
 From the papers of the day we learn that the small pox, that most loatIAsome of all di- seases, is again making its appearance ia our country. More than sixty cases have occur red at Staten Island, N. Y. about twenty of which have proved fatal. A number of cases have also occurred at New Haven. The Re gister mentions three or four cases in North Brandford. The Mercury says this disease prevails to an alarming degree in the town of Bolton. Several other towns are also visited | by this terrible scourge. Providence has pla- l ced within the reach of every person an effect ua safe-g guard against this baleful disease; & he who refuses to employ the remedy for Himself and his children does an injury which may be lrreparable. The Mercury asks, G. Where is Dr. Fansher ?" We answer, he has been in this county with very little benefit to commit nity, and an actual loss to himself; the people having been too busily engaged about their 'iarms and merchandise 3 to profit by his skill
 and experience. He is now in Vermont, where We trust the prudence of the citizens will amply remunerate him for his labours and expense for the public good.
 Trials for M,uder.-On the goth and elst ults. the trial of Winslow Curtis came on, for the murder of Capt. Edward Selfridge, cap tain of the schooner Fairy. On the last day the jury returned a verdict ofguilty. Charles | Merchant was previously tried for the murder 1 fir. r. Jenkins, mate of the same schooner, and found guilty. On the 23d the criminals received sentence of death, aud are to be exc cuted on the first ofFebruary. A Boston pa per says, "After the sentence ,whicl was pro- nounced by Judge Story in most solemn and impressive lnanner, the prisoners gave ut terance to their feelings in the most horrid imprecations ofvengence and malignity upon the Judge, the attorney general, the witnes- ses, and the souls ofthe victims they had been convicted of murdering, in language too shocking for repetition. Such scene of de- pravity and hardihood, it is presumed, has never before, in this country at least, been witnessed in court ofjustice.''
 But little business has been transacted at Washington since the 24th ult. up to our last l dates. Levees and parties of pleasure occu pied the whole attention of our HOnourables during the first week of Christmas. This ] suspension of Congressional news gives the knowing ones an opportunity to indulge in cOnjectures relative to the difficulties between this country and England. Some pretend to see specks of war, and others predict the complete overthrow of the administration, as they are disposed to visit upon MT. Adams and the cabinet the whole blame ofthe loss of the VI. trade. For ourselves we can see no other signs of war than in a belief that it will materially benefit the |" mother country" in hCA PitSCHt uisuSSSs to cILEuOy puTuOU OI her suffering surplus population in making conquests, Or in attempting to humble the pride and ambition of her enterprising quan- dam daughter. Whether the late act of Par lament and subsequent conduct, be the pre- cursor for picking quarrel. time will deter mine.-And as for the ruin of the great re- publican family, at the bead of which is J.. Q. Adams, II. Clay, Sc. we have no fears. The good sense and patriotism of this cOuntry,wi! never yield an undoubted right, alright toper- feet reciprocity in trade, for the '' boon," as Mir. Secretary Canning calls the w. I. trade; neither will the unjust demands ofthe British cabinet effect the popularity of the adminis- tration, or destroy the confidence which the people have reposed in it. 0}@For the greater accommodation of several
 towns in the county, and with the hope of
 extending the circulation of our paper, we
 shall hereafter issue the County Post on
 Friday, instead of Tuesday, of each week.
 Our next number will of course be publish
 cd on the l2th insts Our present subscri- 1
 bcrs will be able to receive their papers as
 early after publication, as they have hereto
 fore received them. 0T@The Slips in the Episcopal Church in
 this village will be rented for one year on