The Litchfield County post., 1829-01-01

plirs "i working pe"lle and of provissuns |" feed them, ate abuNdanr-NiLss.
 lt Us stated that Mr. c. Huphes. a, present. our charge dps affaires in Hol. land, has been named by 'he president to the senate. as minister plenipoIentialy in consequence Of the reference of the dis- puie concerning our northeastern boun- dary to the arbitration of the king of the Netherlands.
 The report that Mr. Adams will take up a permanen, residence in Washington, is pronounced inCUrrect-but he will remain there sometime for the Set;lemant of his private affairs.
 Parties are very nearly balanced in the If gislatnre of IndIana- Isaac Howk. esq. ladmlnlstration. was elected sneaker of the house of representatives by majority of two votes over s Judah, esq.
 MT. Derbigny has been elected govern- or of Louisiana, by the Iegislalure-an act by which IS required to confirm the selec- tlon made by the people, and to make a choice out ofthe two highest voted for. Mr. Butler, who had been the opponent of MT. D. but beaten, declined being cau- dldate befoIe the legislature.
 AFECDoTE.-A little daughter of Col. D. violent partisan of Gen. Jackson, in N. IT.. overhearlng conversation, in which some- thing Was said about her fathers being ap pointed Foreign Minister if Jackson was e. iected. witlessly sad to her parent, You must go to church more, if you want to be a minister
 The Governor of Virginia has offered reward Officially of $2OO, for the ap- prehens'on of Isham w. Clements, who 'ntly beat to death his sieve, negro woman.
 An article has gone hrough several pa. pers, recommending the fee use of soaD tea U dyspeptic patients. The word sOau It appears Was substituted for soOt, by some ingenious composites.
 It is proposed 10 extend the Vermont State Prison SD as to make i, contain TAO cells for prisoners. The Legislature are also about obtaining information on the ad- rantages of solitary confinement.
 Hon. Stephen D. Miller has been unan- lmousy elected by ahe legislature of South Carolina, Governor of hat state for the next two years, and C"i. Thomas Will- jams, Lieut.. Governos. Before taking the oath of "fite, Mr. Miller declared "that he would no, consider hlmself bound by hls oath |" protect lhe Constitution of the United SIatrs. [" support an unconstitu- 'innai Act ot Congress, and pledged him- self to support any proceeding which the LegSla ure might ;iIun proper to adopt in reldt.on to the Tarlif."
 The New York Enquirer states. as a fact, that the Antl-Aucti0n interest in Nc" ork is about to assume permanent course "t acton to promote and defend it's peculiar views. A committee have de- tern'ned to have paper of their own, and have, we learn, purchased the Naiion- al Advocate, or hired it for one year, for S5OOO-'hey are to change the name to the Morn ng Herald, which is 10 appear with new type, and strike off 1000 extra num- be's. The paper will be ably edited. The New York morning papers are considering t''e r&peLiency of closing their ! offices on the Subblth-Su that the papers of Monday morning shall be prepared oa Saturday instead of Sunday as is now prac- llsed to great exicnt. If this should be done, much will have been done towards etfect'ng a change in the Post Office de- partmen', by winch the mails shall cease to be transported, and Post Offices kept open on the Sabbath. A proposition, having ;tis object, has already been sub mrted Ill Congress. We hope it may be etiectual-MaSs. Yeoman.
 Extraordinary Abstinence.-A case of ex- traordinary suffering and abstinence occurred lately in this village. On Saturday evening, the 9th of Nov embrr, during storm of wind and rain. struggling man. in sailors dress, came into the tavern of MT. Samuel Carman, near the Fulton Ferry, and asked if he could have lodging. On ascertaining his destitute condition. Mir c. gave him some supper, and showed him the way into the barn where he could sleep comfortably among the hay Such circumstance Was very common. and was quite forgotten by MT. c. who, on the E,NIl ,@hx l.-C |