Litchfield enquirer., 1831-12-22

"'0 '0" "'ueIy extended to require any par- c"'ar noee. Mir. Sergeant is also extensivc known as aIawyer ofgreat mera statesman of ack nowledpd pur'ty' scholar of varied and extensive acoure- ments, and a man of unsulIied moral cbarocter- These men just such persons as the nation reores at the head of the government. They have been nut m "omnatlon too: by body of men as distinguished TOT heir nigh character, taiens and integrity as any winch has been assembled for the national good for great many years And will not the people in every portion ol the Union echo the nomination they have made Will they not with one voice proclaim that the season for the misrule of Jacksonsm has nearly expired, and that better state of things is about 10 dawn upon the nation?
 The Balmore Chronicle of the 14,h inst, savs:- We yesterday attended the sitting of the National Republican Convention, and were much grati6ed al, Inc proceedings. It is seldom that so large, so respec table, and so talented body has assembled in this country. The nomination of Henry Clay fo, tine Presidency, was received with enthusiasm, and voted for unanimously.
 "Alr. Clay is now formally before the people as candidate; and if talents, integrity, patriotism, and peculiar fitness for the station, are to be taken into consideration in the selection of chief magistrate he must be successful. But whatever may be the result we nall h's flag to our mast, and with it will sink or swim.--Ths address by the venerable and learned MT. Livingston, ofN. Y. introductory to his nomina- ton o Henry Clay, riveed the attention, and elicit. ed frequent and rnpturons applause. His aged ap- peara"ce, the tremor of his voice, and his eloquent appeal in favor ofthe great Orator of the West were irresistible We are persuaded that even the gross of ihA to the admonons of this republican, patriarch with out being pleased and bene Gtted."
 0 We have given in to-day's paper cop;ous ex. tracts from the Report of the Secretary of the Trea sury. It would have given us pleasure to have pre sened it toour readers entire had we not been too much cramped for room and help. The extracts we have no doubt will be read with interest," This doc ument is spoken of of the most startling which has smanated from the department since the days of the elder Adams. Mir. McLane is a man of indepen- dence and 6rmness and dares express his opinisns even though they do not correspond with those of the President.
 We have also given brief abstracts of the Reports of the other Secretaries, which find in some of cur exchange papers ready made to our hands.
 
 0 n the third day fths session. Notwithstanding which, the President of the Senate pro tem Samuel smi,h) took advantage ofh absence, and appointed all the important committees of the Senate.
 Quick 2'raoeiling.-The express from Providence to Boston, which conveyed the Message, rode the whole distance, 42 miles, in one hour and fyfpe i. mutes The number of horses employed was r, so that the average distance by each horse was about two miles and half. The express employed by the N. Y. Courier rode from Washington to Baltimore in a little more than an hour and halG-36 miles.
 Cold.-On Friday and Sunday mornings last, a, sunrise, the mercury fell to degrees below zero in this village. So said ihermometer-Ano one indicated deg. below.
 George AT. DaNas Esq. has been elected, on the llta balot to the Senate of the United States by the Legislature Of PennsySa"ia to supply the vacancy oc- casoned by the resignation of Mir. Barnard.
 An election for Mayor was held in Boston Monday last week. There were three candidates, Lyman, Wslls and Sullivan. The two former received nearly m equal number of votes, and the other was not far behind. Another trial is to be hnd this day, when we apprehend Mir. WelIs will be elected.
 Tle Lady's Book, for December, has just reached us and is about interesting usual. It has nea. title page wrought in gold. Accompanying it is an advertisement offering the very liberal sum of $2OO for the best American Tale: and secondary premi- nm of $50 for the best Poen suitable for publication in that work.
 Rev. Reuben Post was on Tuesday of last week elected Chaplain of the House of Represe on he first ballot Rev. Messrs. GurIey, Palfrey, and Dan(orth were put in nomination.
 correspondent of the N. Y. Daily Advertiser, dat pd Washington, Dec. 12. contains some remarks up- 'n the formation of the Committees in the House of from which we extract the follow ng:- :-
 Z" Agreeablyto an order made on Thursday, the com miiiees were announced by reading the journal of Thursday this morning. The committee of Manufac- lures consists of Messrs. Adams, Condit, Finley Horn, DayaD, Worthington. and Barbour ofva. I there but two (Mr. Adams and Mr. Condi who be relied on, sustain the manufac- turing interests of the country Mir. Huntington, enc of the talented and industrious members of the house, whose investigation and ressarch and the wig lice to Mr. Malloy the very able report ofthe com mee on manufaetnres at the last Session. is remov- ed from this committee, and sent 1" away up North West" to make a territory West of Lake Michigan. Althou1h inc Snoak0r has had tha mower given him