Litchfield enquirer., 1832-02-16

went OD shOre, sent blll on board the other day. for be0ck0ge of the ship, of SEQ. Part of the charge was understood to be for thu privilege of picking up wood on the shOra.-- He intimatpd that it was as low as he could afford, because so few ships came tO his beach-almOst all of them going ashore fur- ther sOuth.-N. Y. Journal cf COmSterec.
 Mr. Humingtop--A letter from Washington, pub Ished in the Boston Courier, speaks thus of Mem- Der Of Congress from Connecticut :-" There buG very few who deservedly hold higher rank in the house, than MT. Huntingon.-Fle is a close aOd severe student, a ready and acute debater, higl- minded, amiable, and honorable man he speaks with ease and energy always confning himself to the sub under discussion, enIighieDing, rather than Okasc0- ting debate. Connecticut has reason be proud of such Representative, and quite am l. that if he represented South Carolina, his talents would be aP- plaudod tOshe very echo that should appIaudagan. The N. Y. Evening Journal states that the rejec- ton of Mr. Van RuEeH by the Senate not nn set a together unprecedented in hstory WilliamShOrt, who had been nominated by Je6essoO, Ambassador to Russia, having been unanimously rejected by that body, and John 0. Adams appointed in his stead. Caricatures-Our Iithographc artists as prompt | in taking advantage of passing eveuts shoSe of England France. On Monday . caricatare was to us, which is for sale by H. Ans.ce, PA Broad ! way, and which has this leesnd-" The Rejected Minister We can never make him PresIdeNt, with out first making him Vice Presdens.'" It might pass for Snbad the Sailor, with the old man of the seaaoD his back-or part of the ceremonies of initiating candidates inte the Society of Odd Fellows. A poor old gentleman who looks considerably like the Pres dent o the United Sta,es is attempting to sagger up the stairs that climb the capitol, with another gem ! ,eman who is chsgng firmly round his nsck, and l looking as if he would Aaot he shaken of out oE whose pocket label is flying marked $18,0OO. He says, " Thus only can reach the ThroRe;' and tho weared old gentleman sorrowfnlIy replies, with his favore oath. No, Ma.y, by the Eternal, yOu'll sink me with you."-N Y Consmerciai Ado.
 l Land Piracy.-ln consequence of deficiencies in some of the goods saved from the George Canning, l the Surveyor of New.York was induced, says tho Journal of Commerce, to send oa company of off, cers examine several places about which informa- ton had been received. In house st Hempstead, L. l. there found 30 pieces of fine Irish linens. and in another, twenty thirty bundles of fine cot~ ton hose. Systematic preparations appeared to have been made for such dspredaons. A is supposed lhat considerable parcels had been sent to market h is difficult to understand how the people could have ob-
 .aned possession of the goods, i. was impossible
 that they should have been stolen board the ship.
 Fires.-on Sunday last, the Episcopal Church at AubSrn, under the pastoral care fthe Rev. Dr.. Rudd was destroyed by fire. It was neat, plain ed6ce. and had been recently enlarged We presume lhs hUlding cost about 900. good organ, whichcost I $650, destroyed. Il The Congregational Meeting House in Dorset, VI. < was consumed by fire oa the 3o,h uA The fire. ~as communicated to the building by the embers whichre. mained aer service the wind burst open the door. and scattered them the house. l The Masonic Hall at Canandaigua, occupied by Messrs. Howard and Nesle, Merchants and the dwell ling part by Mir. Howard, was destroyed by fire, on Sunday before last, with the kitchen and store house attached, together with the almost entire stock of merchandise of Messrs. H. & N. Five thousand five hundred dollars were insured on the goods and $25OO on the building The furniture, &c. of the Chapter and Lodge were also destroyed, worth about $l000. A resolution in favor of re.charterng the Bswk of
 the United States, has passed the Senate of PeunyI- vania unanimously, and adopted in the other | House by vote of77 to7. I'd 't"h@ 1 The Legislature of Wig gnia has passed law con- cernng the militia, which, among other provisions, | has limiting the fine for non-atendancs at any company, batalion rcgimensai, other mustsr, serenty-HUe cents. OuFinS he ucoate ln the Aegsa. ture on this subject, Mir. Goode, of the members ohAt body, observed that perhaps he ought to be the last to interfere, being the only private present!
 In the Senate of NewYork resolutions against the proposal io re-charter the United States Bank, have passed, 20 to TO- The resolution has passed the oih CT House by a still larger majority.
 We learn from the TaiIahasse Foridian, that Achil- le Murat who recently received military commission from the Belgian Government, but was deprived oft by demand made by the French Government, is ex- pec,ed shortly with his lady, to his residence 1 in Florida. . e.. l We learn from the Boston Daily Advertiser, that nt meeting of Commissioners fihe Massachusetts Mod
 cal Society held in that city Wednesday last committee was appointed, consisting of Drs. Jackson. Warren, and Hayward, of Boston, Perry, of Stock bridge, Greene, of Worcester, Wyman, of Charlcs-
 town, and Person, of Salem, to inquire into tho cbar- ac,er of the Spasmodc Cholera, now prevailing in various parts Europe. with authority o pubsltlhs result of their investigations at the expense Of,he Soc 1 c;siy.
 Wintsr Bathing.-On the 9th inst. two gen.lsmsD ofNsw-Y ork, proceeded in sleigh to the customary bathing place at Coney Island. and alter diyesti"g themselves oftheir clothes M ofthe cabins, >TaH naked on the ice considerable distance, and plunged I Rn