Litchfield enquirer., 1829-12-24

anee. would suggest 70 the several auxiliary socle. evSln this county, whether mlghINOI 6e of some d. vantage Co the oaHse as well Rs nlerosl to the com. muny, lSr each society tO ascertain the quantity Of ardent sprts brought Into lOwN and what cost the inhabitants, and then make comparative view be. tween the cost to the nhablRnls and the public bur- lheMs of the town. It s believed that such facts have been collected n sOmU places and the result has been
 favorable to the cause And isbelleVed that the Fe. suit Of such inquiries would be such Ns very few are prepared to expect B' kea.acky.-The Legislature oG this state assembled oM the 7lh Ins, John J. CriWeMden, Esq. whom Gen. Jackson re)ormed out Of tho office of U. S. District Attorney, was elected Speaker OfIho House. tTrF1nia.-The Legislature of this state convened Ut Richmond on tho sIh inst. Gov. Giles, whS is N member of the Convention as well as Governor Or the State, holds the following language respecting the Convention, Therc arc u number of the members oG
 this latter body who arc NlsO members Of the LcgiNa.
 Ure, and others who arc members Of Congress. Gov. c. ays:-"k would give me unspcakable pleasure to be enabled 10 assure the GcNerNl Assembly Of happy results to the Commonwealth, from the proceedings Of the Convention; but !, Is with Uniegned sorrow Of heart, that find myself compelled n cNMdor, to state lhnt, from all the progNoscs new before us anci. pate the results o s proceedings more in spirit os fear than of hope. Most reluctantly nun compelled to Iear thMt nothing short of an increasing spirit Of | mutual conciniion and concession nmoMg ourselves, or special interpretation of experimenting ProVi. ,encc cnn save US from the mischie OC our own ms. ep,ions, mistaken theories, and imaginary delu. s>e hopop and expectations"
 An election for Governor Or Virginia by the Lcgis- la,ure was to have taken place las, week. Governor Giles Is no longer eligible for tho office. Mcssrs P. F. Barbour, John Floyd, and Robert D. Taylor are spoken of us candidates. We should hope ,hnt Gen. Floyd migh, not succeed, whoever else may Do sue. cessia-ho is altogether much upon the southern "hgh pressure principle"
 Vi ciaia Coneeatioa.-Nlr. ?. P. Barbour has been elected unanimously the President of this body tn tlc placc of Mr. Monroe, whose continued ll health was such thu, he wNs obliged to resign. Gen. Robert B. Taylor, of Norfolk, the geneman who sOmc days pre- vous resigned his scat on accouh. Of his unwingncss ,o disobcy the instructions ofhs constituents, has been appoined to Mr. BarboWr's place n the Convention.
 North Carolina.-Bcdiord Brown, Esq. has been elected to f tho vacancy in tue United States Senate for ,hs state accustomed by the appointment to sen, in the Cabinet of Mir. Branch. I, was on.y on the fourth or th day's ballOng shM Mr. B. was elected -,he other candidates having been dropped and his name substituted as q measure Of consolidation. Hon. Harrison Gray Otis hNs been reelected May. or Of Boston without opposition.
 Tho Rnv. Ralph Emerson, late Of Norfolk, wns to have been Inaugurated Brown Professor of Eccie. A a,o0 snag Rev. Professor cleo, 10 deliver an inaugural ad. dress, and the Rev. Mir. Dana, of NewburypoT, dis. course.
 l ANnerican Recorder.-Wo have received tho first and second numbers of new publication a, Washing. ton by the above name. It's object will be, primarily, to furnish the principal documents which issue from the different departments at Washington, the proceed ings of Congress. of the Supreme Court, 6c. 1t is edited by George N. Grouard, printed weekly in large octave form, on good paper and furnished to subscr. bers Ut S5 per annuin.
 | EP The gentleman wlO took the first No. of this work from the office will please return after he shall | have pcrused n sufficiently.
 The Rev. N. Niaiit, of tho Methodist Church, Bos. ton, has been appointed Chaplain in the Navy. 1 rA column or two of items, in type, are excluded to make room for our advertising friends. l Fcrty-ehree Editors, persons connected with newspapers, have according to the National Journal, been appointed to office by the present administration -an average of two to each State.
 l 4 geMsiemaH and lady, were arrested few days days since the Cahoes Falls on the Mohawk for robbery bu examining the lady, there was found in her possession lO2 dollars in counterfeit bank notes She was committed Cor attempting to pass counterfeit money and her companion for robbery. There was another fellow in company, assaming to be the hus- band Of the lady, who made his escape.
 Small Porlt is stated that the small Pox rages 'o considerable extent tn the towns Or Great Barring ton and EgrcmOnt, Ms. where good many have had the disorder, and some died.
 l 100000 tons of coal have been iaken this season 1 from the Pennsylvania mines which has not been l sufficient to meet the demand.
 1 TRief StOppsd.-The young man who lately lied from the employ of J. J. Ryan, of New.YOTk, with SI5OO, has been arrested at Columbus, OhiO-SilOO of the money has been found in his possession the balance he had spent.
 Johnson us RaRdoLph.-It wl be in recollection that when Mir. Randolph uttered his "POint no point" Ii. rade he fore the Virginia Co0ven,iO, ne took Occa- sion ,o eap an unusual quantity of his abuse Mr.