Litchfield enquirer., 1829-04-23

O'" "e "ankheEsWtth which MF. Tracy Wae In th
 "a0N 0t expressing hs opinions, and from the insna
 otmy intercourse with him. willbe difficult. for m,
 to believe that it coOld have existed with hs knowl
 edge' and never have been mentioned In my hearing.
 Another Pri"tsr pVOVided. ./or--B. II. Norton, Esq lately one of the publishers of the Hartford Times has bee" appointed Postmaster at HartfOrd, in place ct Jonathan Law, Esq. removed.
 A"Other.-Dabney s. Carr, Esq. editor of the Bal. ''more Republican, Is appointed Collector fthe Port of Baltimore. Truly, he has his "rcward."
 "ksOrm."-M9jOr Noah says that tho Fourth Au. dtor oGthe Treasury hnself an edi,or will save to tue government tue enormous amount of Ome hwndred dollars by discOn.nOlHg newspapers, such as tho Ma. sion"l lntelligencer National Gazette, Niles Regis. ter, &c. straining as gnats, Sc. Wo presume he will substitute such papers us the United States Telo. graph, New.Eiampshire PatriOt Kentucky Argus, and 90 forth.
 Ma'O"ry.-Thc Lodge a. Lodi, and the Chapter at ovid' Seneca county; and also tho Lodges tn Rich. mond and Naples, in Ontario county, have returned their charters to the Grand Lodgc and Grand Chap. terS, and dissolved their conncxion with the masonic institution, though by no means renoancing masonry.
 appears to be compromise for the purpose Of re-. s'orimg pests and harmony in inc community: va
 NeW. York State TtWpsvGnce SoOiety. the cnv,y part of the prescn. month, meeting or gentlemen from the different sections of the Statc Of New.York was held Ut Albany for the purpose of forming soci ety under ths title. Hon. John Woodwork, one of the Judges the Supreme Court, presided. Appro- prate addresses were delivered by several gentlemen. Hon. Reuben IT. WNlwor.h Chancellor of the State, was chosen President Of the Society, and Viceprcsi. dents were appointed from various parts of the s,ase Mr. Walwor,h, in accepting the office of President. stated the singular fact, tOs hc chad not drank gill of arden. spirits of any kind for five years and during
 considerable part of that time he had resided in tho cold climate of the North .ha. ho had aSo travelled in the warmer regions of the South and West, and n. h"rd tho noxious vNpours which arise from the slug gsh streams of tho Illinois, tho OAkaw, and the Wa. bash; that he had frequently been subjected 10 great bodily fatigue, and exposed to the iaclemency of the wea,her but h none ofthcss situations had he found
 necessary o resort to tho use of arden. spirits, svsm as medicine" He added, that he had travelled n thu, part of tho United States where the use Of ardent spirits is carried to the gvCa,es. excess h sckly sea son, when disease and death wero found In nearly ey cry house, and he was told {, would be impossible to preserve lis health unless spirits were mixed with the water hc drank but thHt the contrary was the fac,- He would not 'ay thu. nrdent spirits were never use fl medicine, but he had no hcsi,aiion in oxpres sing his belief that the use Of them was never Aso lu'ey necessary and he had no doub, h was generally deleteroUs to heNth Hc said he could Nlso testify a to 'he demoaliSng effects ofardent spirits; tha, dur tug the five years In which he presided tn the higher criminal courts Of this State, i had been his painf duty Co oonaRn many the unfortunate victims oi in. tempeEaaee sOthe state pFseR Nwa eomr su ths gal: lows: thae om tho fhcts disclosed n tho course oI judicial i"vestieaiioD, he had been able n M lcas. three lourhs of alt tho cases of convictions before him 10 charge thc commission of the crimc directly or n. directly, Co ,he use of Nrdcn. spirils"