Litchfield enquirer., 1831-10-13
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an annual rent of $50. Any man who denies this must be ignorant of what the priuciple of the Bill is, or he must have haEiihood of aa- sertiOn, which he Ofthe bronze forehead and ivory hammer who graces the rostrum of x mock auction might envy.
 What is the principle of the Bill? To de- stroy dependent and create an independent constituency. It's principle, therefore, in- wolves twO-fold operation. both tending 10 the one Object-freedOm of election. To at tain this great object it was as necessary to break down as to reconstruct. A measure of reform which only effected the demolition of the rotten borOughs would have been but a half measure. A plan which only went to create an additional number of independent voters, without cutting off the rotten bOrOughs, would also be a half measure. No real and effective reform could result from either-s Ministers by their Bill proposed to combine both. and thereby give the country the benefit of full and efficient plan of reform.
 It must be owned tEat Ministers did moi. from the beginning, choose the simple and obvious means of e6ectng this plan ofreforn7 which were within their reach. They pre- ferred operating by more complicated ma chlnery than reference to the ancient Cons stIutIOn of the country could have supplied. The diversity disqualification with which thev doled out the elective franchise was calculat< ed to introduce confusion into system alrea-. dy too confused, and to cucumber the exer- else of that valuable franchise with vexatiuns litigation. Still the goodness of the principle induced us to be indulgent towards ths defects in the details. We wished not to stay the force of that axe which appeared to be uplifted against the roots ofthe tree of cor rnption, because it did not seem to us to hs yielded in the most scientific manner. We would rather have seen the '' iourishing rot- tenness" that overlaid the Constitution cue down clunsly than not cut down at all.
 Morning Herald.
 Mail Robbery.-The mail between this citv and Elizabethtown has been frequently rob- bed, and all attempts to ferret out the thief have. until yesterday. proved fruitless. A man named Henry Jackson. who has been for several years employed by the contractor m carrying the mail to and from Jersey City, was Tuesday morning arrested on suspicion of being the person who has committed tbes. depredations. The arrest was made. uniey the following circumstances. One of the clerks in the post-oficc saw him take |, small package of letters from the mail bag and put 1t into his coat pocket. The Post Master was immediately made acquainted with the fact when he sent for Mr. Hays, and had him ar rested. He was forthwith conveyed to the Police office. but he would not make any dis closures. He was then taken to Judge Bet,s, and fully committed on the evidence of the clerk. He has heretofore borne a good char acter, and suspicion never rested on him liI he was detected in the act. The amount of his depredations cannot be ascertainsei, but it no doubt excceds SS.O0O. One gentleman lost $500 which was mailed about six weeks since at Elizabethtown. It is supposed that he has an accOmplice, and hopes are enter tained that he will make full disclosure.
 ~. Y. Gazette.
 Reported capture of Nat the Insurgent.-We last evening c"nversed with young gentle man from Smithfeld, who gave us the fuI- lowing particulars. A respectabtes farmer from the neighbOrhood of Jerusalem. came to Snthfield on Tuesday and reported that Nat, the instgator ard leader of the late in- surrsction in Southampton, yeas apprehended on Friday last hy party of unoun,ed nlkn, who came upon him on the edge of d r+cd swamp on Holloway river, about two miles below Jerusalem. On seeing the horsemen approaching lie ran into the reeds, which be- ing too close to admit the entrance of horses, l somc of the men dsmounted and pursued him for nearly a mile. when in attempting to leap over bog. his footing fell short of the opposite bank. and he aank up to the middle "' " ""' AHay Oc HteTdIIy termed kn0 " Slough or Despond;" for before he had time to ex. tr'cate himself his pursurrs were at his back. and he was taken and borne triumphantly off to the Jerusalem prison. He was we'll arm ed having musket, two pistols, a sword and dirk; but did not fire shot or make the least resistance. The person from whom this report is received, stated that he saw Nat when he was brought into Jerusalem.-Nor- tolk Herald, Sept. 80.
 lLater accounts do not confirm the above1
 The Indiana Political, |" CIarion," !" says that the two grand divisions into which General Jackson's administration is split, are styled very appropriately, the petticoat rarsy and the ant, -pett.coat Party. The Hero, Van Buren, 1aton' Lewis and Kendall, are the leaders of me PetticOats-Calhoun, 1ngham, Berriep. Branch, and Duff Green, are the leaders of the anti-petticoats!! Vive Ia 6orateVe = Hurra for Jackson!!
 A respectable family in the south mar, or rph;,.A, Pna' was poisoned few days snce by eating hn;ied caboage-eVery member Of the family being ,nors o. less affected. "S'"s "0Fe or
 Sir. John Fenner, highly respectable mercba., ,e th's city, died on Sunday morning from the effect. o poison. Mrs. Fenner died on Monday from ,h. ..,,. cause. Several other members of,he family sr. v. understand also lying dangerously ilI. These c,am;. ties were occasioned by cabbage con,aiaing no;.o WvhI L...