Litchfield enquirer., 1832-03-08

CHvernor Mu"rr's nute." Then follows q , letter Uf a c"lumu and d half in length from James Watson Webb IO Senator Miller, of South Carolina, who acted as the friend of Mir. MUurp, which we think is one of Ihe most extraordinary dUcnmrnts We ever met ! with It PnIhOdies letter which it was intended tO present when the expFCipd challenge from Governor M"Or1 should toe received. stating that as C"l. Webb was the l only person (bssitcs Mr. Cleneni) who could I,. cnnsitlrrt.I an offender tn the case. he should himself claim the privilege of meet 1 ing GOvrrn"r Mu"rr, tO the exclusion Of MT. ] Bcrgen.-N. y. Jour. Commerce.
 The N. Y. American says-lt may interest some readers tU know, Un the raui h0rty of ] the C"urirr and Enquirer. |" that the Hon. J. Y. Bergen. NJ. C. from Kings County, ar. rived in town on Saturday evening from Washington; ;'' and tO learn, on the authority "f a card in :he Telegraph of Saturday. sign rd by Mr. Moore. of lh" Senate. that he was only restrained by |" Sef-resprct. and respect for the body of which Mir. B. is a member. &c., from iGAic,ns personal chastisrn"nt" upon the said Mir. Bergen. The csrd thus concludes:
 "But. degraded as he (Mr. B. is. if he can prevail upnn any one "f the thirty eight Rep rpsen,ativrs of New York t" bear his answer, (and he surely can if he has any claims tc be considered genileman.) it ~ill receive the proper notice, by GABRIEL MUORE."
 Ersract of Letter to the Editor of the Ne,O- York Daiiy Aduertiser. ddted
 WASHING TON, Feb. 25, 1889.
 The Senate adjourned yesterday, 10 meet on Monday. SrsrraLdays since, MT. Branch naa.sl aacsA ruas ian EVI qa6 and laid "n the table. calling on the Secreta- ry of the Navy fnr'crrtain inf"rtnati"n in rela Ii"n to the Live Oak Timbrf in FIOrida.- They were taken upihs 'n6rnng. when Mir. Whiic the delegate from Florida. offered sev- cral amendments. Tine original resolutions were modified in several particulars, as were the amendments offered by Mir. White.
 Mr. Branch opposed the amendments. and was at loss [" know why they we're U1rred. unless it was [" -nohArrass the passage of the resolutions. His propositions, he said. were simple and specific in their character, and might be easily answered, hy the information in inc pusst'sxi"n "f,he Secretary "f the Ma ". The inquiry made iry the amendments was ofa different character, and might take much time io in~es,igatr. He said it had been stated |" the Navy Department, that there was not a sufficient quantity of live oak
 in Florida for the use of the Navy; and that the former Secretary. Mir. South"rd, had hrrn inducrdt" purchase a tract of land near Prnsac"la, for the purpose of growing the live oak upon i,,thr,prlprriy of the Drlaga'r,, which was poor and worthless and that his inject was tn show, that there was live e'"ak timber in abundance, aud that the cultivation of ii was nnnrcrssary. Mr. White. in reply. said, that before he was elected, the then Secretary "f the Navy. MT. SnuIllard, had resolved tn purchase d tract of land near Pensacola, for the c"ltlva- lion of live oak iimhrr. believing iron, the in fnrmaiiun he had received from the Naval Officers. that there was sufficient quantity "f that sahablc ar'1ie'5n the public lands for the use of the Navy; that when he came here, he was applied iO ," sell a tract of land, owned by himself and Judge Breckenridge, (lhan whD:l there was no man more h"n"ra hlr.) near to Prnsar"la, of sixteen hundred acres; that bargain was concluded; and the consideration "i about S4OOO was paid, and the c"nv~yanccs made to the United States; that the Own ners of the land offered, On sevr- ral nccasi,.ns. [" rescind the contract. which the United States had refused; that SO far from the land being worth less, it would ap- pear, from a report in the Navy Department, that the t,nlrr on 200 acres, (ihe whole tract not being c"vcrrt with iiuihrr,) was then worih S8.C00. He said he did not know why the gentlemen from N"rtlS Car0!ina had offered the resoh.ti"ns, unless it Was {" cast some censure on the present competent Secrr- tary of the Navy ; that, when Genrral Jack son came inlu office there was an agent em- | played tO look after the live oak imber tn Florida, who possrssrd intelligence and intrg-
 riiy. on.a salary of Sl5 or, $500 year, but that, in the spirit "frrirenchment. the grntle' man from N"rlh Carolina, aS Secretary Of the Navy, had recalled the agent mentioned. and had sent cut seven others On cOmpen- sation of s2,40O each that the whole ex- p-ns~ for these agents and the equipment "f vessels was not less than S45;O0O a year and that was one specimen of the rrtrenchn,ent and rrfnrm of ihe present administration He would however admit. that there was one imp"rtantand necessary reform :-it was the dismissal of his late Cabinet.
 Mir. Branch hoped the house would hear him patiently. as he had been assailed. it was necessary fir him iO defend himself. He re- prai~t, the Delegate frUm Fi"r,da had sold [" the United States a tract~Of land near t"- Pensac"la. when he had not the fee, and pUckrtrd some hundreds of dollars.
 Mr. White rxpainrd-he said he had own ed in frc. eight hundred acres. that he and Judge Breckenridge had made other rHrcha- ! srs. and the consideration paid 6y the United States was grass sum for theesitirr tract. Mir Branch admitted thAt he had sent an