Litchfield enquirer., 1834-03-13

which would nave the a0ganfaEe, 1T I, and the Government, and BIack Hawk, and . great eternal big caravan of aCiid v0rminEs were aIf to be showed at the same time in four different parts of any of the big cities in the nation, I am not so sure that shOuldn't get the most custom of any Of the crew. There must therefore be something in me. OT about me, that attracts attention. which is even mystei iOus to myself. Ican't understand it, and therefore put all the facts down; leaving the reader free to take his choice of them"
 The Report of the Committee cf Ways and Means, in the House of Representatives. was made by Mir. Polk on Tuesday. A counter report was presented by Messrs. BiDney. GOrham, and Wilde, the minority. Fifteen thousand copies of each were ordered to be printed. Mr. Folks report concludes with these resolutions:
 T.. Resolued, That the Bank of the United St0tes ought not to be re, chartered. ,l 2. -Resoiued, That the Public Deposites ought mGt to be restored to the Bunk Q fthe Unit ed States.
 s. Resotued, That the State Banks ought to De continued 0s the places of deposite cf she Pub ic nsOney. and that tt is erpedient for Congress to make farther prorision by la,O. prescribing
 e mode of selection, the securities to Le taken, and the manner and terms on achich they are to be employed.
 4. Resoiued, That, .tor. the purpose cf ascer- taining. as .far as practicable. the cause cf the commercial embarrassment aud distress eops- pLGineG of by numerous citizens of the United ] States, in sundry memorials tthich kQue been presented to Coagress at the present session. and | ofiaguiring soEether the charter of the Bank 0f 1 ke United StQIfs has been 0ioiGted; and, als0. ,okat corrwptions aud abuses have eristed in its management; aohether tt has used its corporate poscer money to control the press, 10 intersre in politics, in9mence elections and sehether it has had 0Ny agency, through its management or money, in producing the tristing pressure e Select COmmittee be 0ppointed to inspect he books aud ez0mine into the prOceedings of the said Bunk, soso shaN report schether Me propi- si0ns of the. charter h0Ue been viOiGted or not; and also aeb0t abuses, cOrrupfions, or maI-pr1c- tices have eristed is the management of said bank i; aud that the said committee De outhoriz- ed to send for persons and papers, and to sum ns0n md erdmine WitneSses, on 0Gth, and to er- amine into the affairs cf the said Bank and Branches and they are further authorised to visit the principal Bank, or any cf its Branches, for the purpose cf inspecting the books, corres- pondence, accounts, and other papers connected iUith its management or business and that the soid committee De repaired to report the result of sasch investigation, together a0ith the evidence they mag talce, at as eGrly day as practicable.
 Here, then. we have the deliberate express sion of the intentions of !" the party," respect ing the future management of the public rev. enue. through the agency ofthe State Banks. No measure of relief is proposed or indicated for existing distress; hut men broke up in their business, defeated in their hopes, and with the prospect of ruin staring them in the face. are to be turned off by the representa- lives of the people. with Committee of Inves- tigGtion into the afairs ofthe Bank ofthe Unit ed States! Was ever insult greater
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 Loss OF llvEs,sTEAMBoAT DESTROYED. Yesterday afternoon. about 5 o'clock. the steamboat William Penn. having on board one hundred and fifty to two hundred passen- gers, and the United States Mail from Balti- more, when she hove in sight near Gloucester Point, was seen to be on fire. This appalling spectacle soon spread alarm and disniay throughout the city, and our active areinen and citizens hurried with their accustomed a. lacrity tO the wharves, but only to witness most awful scene-assstance being impracti- cable. In very short iin,e the vessel seemed entirely enveloped in the devouring element. Captain Jeffries,--whose steady coOlness and presence of mind is beyond all praise,--short- ly after the accident, run the boat on the Penn sylvania shore, between the Navy Yard and; the Point, where the passengers landed, and have arrived in safety in the city. together with their baggage and the United States Mai. The fire, it is said, originated in the wood house. G.,s
 We regret to add, that several persons are reported drOwned-three bodies have been found. viz 1.-The Rev. Mir. Mitchell More, MT. Porter of this city, and female unknown -the body of the latter will be kept at the Coroner's Burial Ground, in the rear of the Eastern Penitentiary, for few days.
 Loss of the Steamboat Hm. Penn by Fire !!-- Yesterday afternoon the Steamboat Wm. Penn. belonging to the Citizens Line, plying between this city and Baltimore. on her way from New Castle, when nearly opposite the Point house, was discovered to be on fre.- Every exertion was made to stop the progress of the flames. which spread with great rapidi- ty from the fire room, and soon cOmmunicat- ed to the fuel. The boat was run On shore between the Point house and the Navy Yard {; and the passengers, amounting to l40 ar l5O. jumped overheard. The scene presented was one of inexpressible dismay: and painful to relate. three lives were lost. f
 The Rev. Mitchell Moore,, a lady from Lewiston. Del. and Col. Porter of this city. who all jumped ovcrboaH4 abaft the wheel house, where the water was deep, were