Litchfield enquirer., 1834-09-18

Mfr. Selden, the honest and able represent alive in Congress from the city of New York. has resigned his seat in Congress, and ad- dressed his constituents in reference to his course during the last session. In resigning his seat, Mr. s. has placed his conduct before inc people and thrown himself upon them for trial, willing to abide their verdict, which will undoubtedly be-" we'll done thou good and faithful servant :'' whether he will be sustain ed Or not, will be determined at the ensuing eleetion.-Ne,O Bedford Mercury.
 Whig Buttons.-A new style of button has been received, and are to be obtained of 5. M. BlatchfOrd's. 45 Maiden lane. The Orna- mental part of the button contains the cap of liberty and the country's motto, which have been left off from the newly emitted currency. On the inner surface of the button the wOrdsy whigs of 1884, are epgraved.-N. Y. Star.
 The President found great fault with Mir. Clay for travelling and accepting invitations from his fellow citizens 10 barbecues, &Lc. Sc. General Jackson is carrying out the same project tO a greater extent than ever MT. Clay did; hut professions and practice are differ ent affairs.-Ib.
 Co., Chiuenden, who was Chief Magistrate of Vcr- mont. was of humble birth, and by the force ot talent, 10 his exalted station. Yet while Governor of the Green Mountain empire, he sill coanued to keep the same tavern, upon the steep hF side, that he kept for many years before. One evening a wag- goner drove up and accosted him shIis; |" Governor ChitiendeD, as Chief Magistrate of Vermont, render you all due homage; but landlord Ci,,enten, l'l thank you to turn ou. my horses.'
 "l say Nym," said person to the Corporal, "I have got musneto in my ear, and am afraid he will get into my headp' 'No maer,'' said the Corporal, ''he will find plenty of roorrs."
 We understand, says the Hartford Review, from good authority, that Lather Loomis Esq. one of the Jackson candidates for Congress- sockhoI,ler in the U. s. Bank, and friend to that institution.
 The Philadelphia National Gazette proposes Ma 'io"al Convention Of Whigs to be heit s, washing- ton next winter, "with the object of recommending to the country some proper as ,he successor to Presiden, Jackson" It atds elf the Convention could n"iIe upon of the men now prominent and favorite, should that the majority of the people could not be rallied any one of them, ,her all Of them should be renounced for some other em. nen citizen known to be adequate in his abilities and hahs and sound in his heoresica ad practical views of our political and social system."
 A Doctor's Conscience-A doctor in Brooklyn N !. brought !" a bill against deceased patients estate of tree ousand fue hundred dollars for seven months attendance. Fhe New-York Transcript mentions another case where physician of that city cItargctt s'co h''dred doilars for ten days attendance h was disputed and left ,O arbitraiors. Some salr dozen physicians were appointed 10 decide. II had better been leh to the pIainif-for as it turned out ma. jory of the judges in the habit of charging still higher than he Their views however, were vari- o"s. Ones conscience chalked as high ae S35O; an- others was with 100; and the result was sort of compromise, which gave the plaintiff tmo ha.ndyea and fen dollars. instead of two hundred claine ty him
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 VItainOas Conduct.-Yes.erd.y morning, it was discovered that the ship Taialnsse, loaded and boan.i to New Orleans, with cargo worth 200 900 dollars, was found to have sprung aIcak. The pumps were immediately put in motions and the cargo was saved from damage. On examinaiion it was f.und ,Ia, sey- eral a"ger holes had been bored between wind and water during the night The underwriters, we leavn, are determined 10 offer liberal reward, in hope of reaching the offenders-N. Y. Gag.
 Valany Pmnished.-A young Welch woman arrived at Albany in steamboat from this city, few days s'nce and scoundrel by the name of Stephenson, hndlng sue had no protector adviser, Kindly offer ed 'o procure her boarding house and taking her trunk, directed her to follow him thi,her. When she reached it he was be found, but compain, be- ing entered at the police office, he arrested rot however, until he had squaDdered most of the money it contained nearly $5O) and disposed oi shawl and other wearing apparel. He tried and sentenced to the state prism at Sing Sing for the term of three years.-N. Y. Trans.
 On the night of the 5.h inst. E. Kirby, Esq. pay master |" the United States army, robbed a, Fort Hamilton tNarrows,) ofa Port Folio containing sev- eral vouchers for payment made the United States troops. and check the Bank of America payabIe to M. Payne, for $400.
 The Doylestown (Penn.) Democra, men,ons that R lad eighteen years of oge suhjoneI public house |" that place day last week. who is sic feet and haLfinches ia height, and proportionaby buii
 fine horse, says the N. Y Commercial Advertiser, blonging to gentleman in the first ward died on Sunday having been seized suddenly and violently, on the preceding night with every symptom Of Asiac Cholera. The animal died with all the cramps and spasms which often mark that disease Similar ca- ses, we remember, occurred among the cattle in Ire land, and to great extent, during he prevalence of the cholera in 1882. ..
 Warning to Body y-Snatchers.-We learn from the