Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1831-01-20

err states. Messrs. Johnson, OF Ken, Carson
and DravtOn, advocated the bill. Mr.. Ch'l-
ton called for the Yeas and Nays on the pas
sage Of the hill, which motion was agreed TO-
but hefHre the vote was taken the House adj
jOurned.
In the Senate Of the u. S. on Monday last,
| a Memorial Of Joseph NOurse. the venerable
and reformed Register Of the Treasury, was
presented and referred to Committee. He
was abruptly turned off in I829-proclamed
deflulter for about 81 I, OOO-and his private
property was attached-the District Court
ordered his accounts TO be examined-a let
| ter was procured from the Hon. Mr.. Craw-
ford. expressing the opinion that certain per
centum on disbursements ought to Ice allow
ed Mr.. NOurse, as charged by him.
The Court, las we understand ir,) decided
that he did not owe the government, but that
| the government was indebted to him, to the
amount Of 200. His memorial asks for
the settlement of his accounts according to
law and usage, and for damages sustained by
an 1nwarrantable attack on his character and
seizure Ofhis property without cause.-Reg.
THE TariE-In the House Of Representa-
tives on Monday Of last week, Mr.. Irrelevant.
of Virginia, offered the following resolution:
| Resolved, That the Committee on Ways
and Means be instructed to Report n Bill IT,
reduce the existing duties on imported goods,
to take effect after the payment of the public
debt, SO as to raise revenue adequate to the
support of the Government under an ecOnOu-
| zeal administration vt it's affairs.
The House refused to consider the resolu.
ton by the following vote Yeas IS, Nays
| III.
On Tuesday the following resolution was
offered by Mr.. Haynes:
Resolved, That the Committee Of Ways
and Means be instructed to inquire into the
expediency of reducing the duty IN brown
sugar imported into the United States from
foreign countries.
The question Of consideration was demand
ed, when the House decided by Il vote vt 80
to IS to consider the resolution.-Con. Cour.
! WAsnINGToN. Jan. 1.-THE Supreme
Court Of the United States met at the Court
Room in the Capitol yesterday, being the
commencement of its annual term. Chief
Justice Marshall, and associate judges Story,
Duvall, Thompson, Mclean, and Baldwin,
took their seats at 12 O'clock: absent Justice
Johnson (by reason probably of the bad roads. J
The Docket was opened. but no business act
ed upon ycstcrday.-Intel.
Among the visitors at present at the Seat
James HillhOuse, Of Connecticut, Gen. VIM.
Fl. Harrison. Of Ohio, Gen. Erastus Root. of
New. York, and Gen. Wool, Inspector Gem
eral Of the Army, on his annual tour South
ward )-I6.
Mammoth Crystal.-Tn Moretown, on On
ion River, among the Green Mountains, has
been found a cystal uf smoky quartz. weigh.
lug ITO lbs. most Of it Of first water. This
crystal is six sided prism, very regularly
formed, having Que end terminated Ivy six
sided pyramid, surface generally smooth, and
angles well defined, and being So transparent
that large letters may, in some directions, be
read through it, The sides Of the prism are
paraIieograms, transversely striated, varying
10 length from 8 10 10 inches, and in breadth
from 12 to 7. The circumference of the
prism, at the end next to the termination, is 9
feet II inches, at the other end. 8 feet
When this crystal stands erect, it is 90 inches
| high. 1t is now In the cabinet Of Rev. Il. A.
Merrill of Middlebury.-Termont Chronicle.
Uncommon Visiter.-The Albany Daily Adj
vertiser Of Tuesday, says Yesterday Mr..
Jacob Rumsey, of this city. observed II wild
( cat in the hollow between NUrman's Kill and
Whitehall, about two miles from this city {;
he got gun and shot at the animal and broke
us leg, When II was caught ny dogs. Alter II
was wounded, it jumped mt least 80 feet clear
Of the ground. 1t is feet long from ,he tip
Of the nose to tho end Of the tail % inches
high Of brinde color, and resemblessyery
much in make our common cat. There has
not been seen wild cat SO near Albany, in al
least 80 years.
| Mysterious. two weeks since, a
young man called at one Of the boarding hou-
seq in this city. and asked permission to leave
a large trunk, stating at the same time that
they must not be- surprised il they discovered
some unpleasant effluvia from it rs it contain.
ed some hams, Sc. The singuarity of the
young mans conduct led to some suspicion
Of deception. and the family sent 10 the Po-
lice Office and had the trunk taken away. II
was ascer:ainrd that the naked body Of n COL
Ored man was enclosed, which was taken 10
the Aims House, and the Coroner was called
to examine the body. All that has been as
certained on the subject, as we are informed.
is, that the trunk was brought down the North
River in a steamboat, and that the body was
taken from some public burying ground for
the purpose If dissection. The young man
has not called since at the boarding house to
inquire for his property, having no douh, left
the city. These particulars we have obtain
ed from an undoubted ssurce.-New York