Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1832-07-12


Mr.. TtsslslH said he had but siusle word
Al state. In explanation OF bis vote for with
holding his assent to the fesOlulioa. ia bis
opinion, Congress had no more power 20 re.
commend by joint resolution, thantO enact by
law, any matter or thing c0ncpt 10 amy rrli-
giOus matter or right whatsoever. He could
not. let the pressure of the case be what i
might, % conformity 10 the oath which bOund
him heFe.give his vote to sustain this principle.
He had another argument TO support his
opposition. He did not concur in the Opin-
ion that a majority Of The people apprehend
such an extent of mischief, as seemed TO be
unprecedented by gentlemen here. The dis
Ease had not yet made its appearances IN cur
country, and there seemed 10 him 10 be
| strong reasons to believe IL viii not reach 81
except in the persons sof those unfortunate
people, who bring It with them from. dis
tant country. 1t would probably rage, and
prove extensively fatal among emigrants, be-
ing a disease which was engendered by the
filth which attends sqnalid poverty, and until
our situation shall be so changed AS to'redhce
us TO similar poverty, there was no reason to
fear IL. M 8t.-,s,..sss ,ss .ess
He had no desire to sanction any act the
tendency of which would be to add to the
existing excitement ON the subject, interrupt
| ing the ordinary course Of business. land throw
ing every thing into state of confusion.
! The question was then taken and decided
as foilows.--Yeas 3O-Nays IS.
Sothe resolution was agreed TO. e
| From the Gaienian. sa4
| The Mining Countrywide situation OF
this whole country, called the lead mines, in
the state and territory, and the country adj
Joining the mining district, embracing an cx-
| tent Of about 400 miles long, and go or 70
broad, is at this time in u condition of distress,
unparalleled in the history Of the country.
Travel east, west, north or south, we see
nothing but waste, destruction and d.
lapidation. Fields half plOwed for sowing
and planting; sOme just planted gardens
partly made; hogs, cattle. fowls. &c. run.
ming wild houses vacated, and left with all
the furniture within them, and not an inhabi-
tant within so miles, presents an aspect too
gloomy for reflection.
Four years Of the hardest kind oftimes for
all who continued to reside in this country,
have passed, leaving no other consolation,
than the belief that they would, sometime,
!, come to an end. This spring seemed to open
. prospects in the most fatterlng nlanner,sand
/ every man, woman and child seemed to glad
den as the spring approached. 1t was acon-
mon exclamation here. that our hard times
were at an end. The farmers, tho miners,
the smelters. the mechanics, the merchants.
all begun their business as If they had been
endowed with new life. Their prospects
were fatterng; they built their hopes on the
result Of this seasons business.
How is the scene changed ? Look at our
condition now, and the question is solved
The whole country is vacated, and its inhab-
itants driven by our barbarous neighbors,
whom we have so long fostered and fed, into
forts, bIockades, &c. and none dare, without
an escort of from so 10 100 well armed men,
go to~visit their farms. Our allied enemy
haze nearly or quite surrounded us; they are I
now marching their large armies of incendia-
| ries upon our borders. We have not force
enough to compete with them. The Illinois
militia are disbanded; and has left us to fight !
our own battles. defend our own country, or
fall sacrifice to the tomahawk and scalping
knife. The United States troops are too low
down 10 afford any protection to this part of
the country. We cannot go ont to wage an
offensive war against our enemy, without haz-
ardlng the safety OfOur women, children, and
property at our homes. Hence we can do J
but little towards concluding the destruc-
tive war, till We get some relief from other
sources. u -
The people are all forted in different parts
Of the country, with but few days proyi-
sion, and nothing growing 10 the country
should this war continue, famine, without
some relief, must be the result. We are will
ling e fight our battles if our families can be
protected.
Our mails are all stopped. except some car
RED by express, and then generally interrup.
ted and cut OF by the Indians.
We have only given a faint picture Of the
situation of this Upper Mississippi region.
= \ u. E. 5G| p +.
f. Extract Of a Letter dated
ts1 BUFFALO, june 3Oth. 1889.
left Detroit 28th inst. The evening be-
fore "wednesday Governor Porter received
dispatches from Chicago, dated 22d, stating
that the Indians have embodied themselves in
the vicinity of TIM four Lakes, between the
Rock and Wisconsin Rivers, where Black
Hawk has but from six to roo warriors, and
y determined to give Gen. Atkinson battle 4
Gen. A. j. within twenty FIVE miles Of the ISL
and where they ara, and will have between
three and four thousand men to attack them,
the result Of (which may now be nomently
expected. A man employed 10 hauling shin.