Litchfield enquirer., 1829-03-05

Inc Washington Telegraph contains an account ofthe interview between Gen. Jack son and the committee appointed to inform him Of hls election. Mr. Tazswell, of the Senate. and Messrs Hamilton and Bell of the House. composed that committee. When the President elect entered the apartment where the committee were tn waiting, the chairman addressed him in these words:
 Sir:-In obedience to the orders of the. Senate & of the House of Representatives of the United States, and by the direction Ofthis their Joint Committee appointed for that special purpose, it is my duty to notify you that you have been duly elected President OC the United States, for the term Of four years, to commence with the 4th of March next. While performing this act of duty, beg leave to offer you my own. and the cor dial congratulations of each of my associates of this committee, on this evrnt-an event which we all very confidently believe, will re- dound not less to your fame, and to the future benefit of o,r common country, than any Oth CT of those occurrences which have signalized your past life, and secured to you that respect and esteem. and confidence of your fellow citizens, which have been so fully illustrated in your recent election. The particulars of this election will be made known to you by the record which have now the honor to place in your hands.
 To this address Gen. Jackson replied:
 SIR :-The notification that have been G. lected President of the U. States for four years, from the 4th of March next, which by the directions of the Senate and House of Representatives, yon have so politely presen- ted, is received with feelings of the deepest sensibility.
 Idesre yon to communicate to the respec- tive Houses ofCOngress.my acceptance of the high trust which has beeu conferred by my fel- low -citizens. with an acknowledgment of the responsibility which it enjoirs; & that can make nO suitable return for SO fattering proof Oftheir confidence and attachment. All that can offer, is my willingness to eater upon the duties which they have confdcd to me, with an earnest desire to execute them in manner the best calculated to promote the prosperity and happiness of our common country; and to the attainment of these objects. shall my unceasing efforts be directed.
 l beg you, Sir, to convey to the Senate and House of Representative assurances of my respect and regard. -..,....-,a..e
 A hiA to proyide for taking the ti(th census was acted on in Committee of the whole on the state of the Union, on Saturday, and or- dered to be engrossCd and read third time to-day. In the general appropriation bill, the sum OfS50, 900 dollars is appropriated for the expenses of taking this census. The enumer- ation under this census is to commence on the lst day of July next, to be completed in | five calender months; and the returns are to be made to the Secretary of State, on or be. fore the lst day of February, 1880. It is pro. posed by the last section of the bill that the whole Of the representative number shall be divided by 93O, which it is conjectured will leave about 92O members for the House. - Nat. Journal. It is whispered, says the National Gazette, that General Jackson has given to some ofthe delegates ifotn clubs, a reply akin in spirit to that which he gave to Mr. Buchanan. He refused in the latter instance to listen to the idea of bargain beforehand; he is said to re. ject now that of a "condition subsequent" In vain have the bOldest of his original parti. sans, intimated to him that when they exer. ted themselves in his behalf they fully expec. ted guid pro quo, an unlimited preference when the patronage of office should be dis tributed. He acknowledges nO arrangements mo acknowledgements, or implied: in accepting the highest station he hns under,a- of his situation which admits ofbut one rule, viz the choice of such auxiliarics In public functions, as will discharge with most ability and probity the duties of their respective sta. tions. -
 A Washington letter writer (leth inst.) says .-" saw Gen. Jackson yesterday. on the avenue returning from Church. He was supported on the left by some friend. and fol. lowed by two others: he walked with cane in his right hand, and wore a pair of plain spectacles. Habited in black with grave anal collected countenance. graceful and digniAed step, he makes very deep and favourable impression on a spectator. He was Out of his quarters before breakfast on Friday morn. ing, on visit to one of the Representatives of Tennessee, confined to his room by sick l ncss." -
 The Washington Correspondent of the U. S. Gazette under date 0fthe 18th inst. writes Strangers continue to flock into the city in increasing numbers. An the hotels are full. At Gadshy's public table upwards of goo per- sons sit down to dinner every day, and he has number of mGsses, such us the Judges Ofthe Supreme Court. Members of Congress- Families, Sc. Serious apprehensions begin to be entertained that we shall suffer from the dearth ofprovisions which are already attain ing an exorbitant price,. such us eggs 30 cents per dozen &c. Nothing further has tra inspired even in the shape of rumOr, on the subject of the cabinet. Gen Jackson was out to day