Litchfield enquirer., 1835-03-19

they had transacted. their Executive business.
 The subject of House or no House after l2
 o'clock, was then revived. Mir. J. Q. Adams
 and Mr. Mercer bOlh testifying thai the House
 might cUntinue in session, and that such was
 tire practice since the commencement Ot t5e
 government. All this would not dO {: not one
 collar man was found to agree to the former
 practice, because it did not suit the politics of
 the party.' The Senate, it was deeEeed in
 high places, should be cOerced, if possible, or they, h1 causing the loss. or leaving them
 selves open to the party charge, of losing the
 bill, would have tO bear the responsibility ot leaving the country defenceless Mr. Cam fbrtlrng would not hear noU of any thing short 1 of the three millions, and charged the Senate
 with having purposely endangered the bill. It
 was lust, he said, by their tlaeans, &c. MT. l Barriager, immediately replied. 'ssl deny the
 fact: the l,ill ias been lost hy igtfig1e here, < which the member fr0m NeWsYOrk knows full welt" Mr. CambreIeng could notscOn-
 trovert this, and he did not. l Two o'cLocK had arrived. and second
 message, as is customary at the close. was
 received from the Senair. !" that they had
 transacted an business, and were ready to ad- : iourn.'' For this, the party had waited.-- l They came in troops to the Hall, but took l care not to form quorum upon various mo- 1 tions submitted to them and fnaliy, It be- ing communicated that the Senate having 1 done all that in them lay, to avert this con 1ict, in order to prevent forfeiture of self, respect, and to be no longer trliied Withs ndd I 0d;ot:rned. A resolution was then proposed ny MT. Smiih, of Maine, that they too had done 90. Mr. Lyon moved an amendment to in-
 sist, tf.sat they had not, in consequence ot no 1 quorusI, i; and this was further debated, until. without taking the question. motion 10 ad- 1 iourn, sTmply-after the Speaker had return ed taledictory address-prevailed by con. sent leaving thus, this bill, and mass 2.
 other important hills, lseady to pc Passecl anu other bns;ness. undisposed nf,4-and without J paving eifl,er to the Senate, or the Executive l the usual parting compliments of respect be-
 ing the first instance of the kind, since the for
 mation of the Goverpment
 Lost Treasures Foand. .~-Some time ago a
 broker in Wall street was notified by the cash fer of one of ihe banks, ihatsa cODsderable a. ] mount 0f stock of the hank was standing 10 I his credit on the books, and had bef0' stand- l ing for so long time without the dividends
 being called for, that it was presumed the ow- 1 ner of the stock had forgotton thls portion q! l his property. The broker ha'lns ascerta'neo
 dates and other circumstances from the DOCKS ti of the bank, turned to his own records: ana l found that at that time he had been turn'sned 1 with money by an acqna'ntance 70 guy 2
 o,antity of the stock. It turned Our that this l was inc very stock The person of whomH was bought, by mistake transferred il to the
 broker instead of the real purcllassf. and the
 real purchaser just at that time sickened and
 died. leaving widow and large, family with
 very slender means of support. The stock
 has been sold. and the proceeds of tt, togrth-
 or with twenty semi. annual dividends. a.
 mounting in ali t0 $26OO, paid over tO the widow and her family, making their hearts
 glad. as it has also the hearts of all who have 1 been made acquainted with the story.
 Colon;ious Fire.-This morning our city
 was visited with a fire, the most destructive j ever witnessed here since 1879. It or'g'na- fed. about one o'clock, in the wOrkshop Of l Mr. Vim. F. Benedict, tinmaD, in the rear of his store, on the south side of State-street.-
 Ii communicated from thence tO the soap and
 candle factories, stores, shops, and other build ings of Mr. i. Howes, along the hanks Of the !, canal and destroyed, in addition to MT. Howes' buildings, the canal stables. and all the barns and out houses in that vicinity More than one hour elapsed before the fire. men were enabled to procure any water. and then only iI small quantities rom the adJoln. ing wells Owing to this cIrcUmstanee, ana a brisk wind from south vsesf,I the devOpring ' element swept away every building on the
 south side of State st. from the house of the late A. Myndefse to the canal the jeweller's 's shop of MT. Charles Sanders, the shoe store J of A. Van Sanfyoord. the estOres of Mir. Bcn- edict, and Mir. Loyett, the dwelling house ol 1 Dr.. Dunlap, and the druggist store of pr. Richard Fuller, are now heap of smoking ruins. The canal boats and packets in that nefghborhOod also took fire and burnt tO the
 ground. Very lite property saved, ard we
 are informed that the whole amount of insur-
 ance does not exceed S5,O00--loss estimated
 at about $S0.OOo Schenet dy paper, Moreh 3. | Fire and loss of Lives.-We are informed
 that on yesterday morning. about o'clock. ftbc dwelling house of Mr. John Griffin, n | Westevlo, took fire. and was entirely consum-
 ed. The family of MT. Griffin. conssting of
 six pefsons. were asleep in the house at the commencement of the fre. Mir. G. his wife
 and daughter. aged about three years, were
 in one bed below, and escaped. His other daughter. about n years old. and twO young wornen by the name of Carl-, were ln one bed in chamber. One of the Miss Carie's succeeded in throwing herself from the wln- ]. dow, and thus escapfd, though badly burned [ and having one of her ancies dislocated. Tne , daughter and the other Miss Carle were con surietl in the Games. The night was intense iy cold. and Mir. G. was badly frozen. Fur nif,,re aH desfrOyed.-Al Alb1ny Jour. e .s