Litchfield enquirer., 1835-10-08

Ou6ut 70 vote Tor hinlseIfs ne being OI9o Ot the candidates for Representatives. On Tues day. he went Co Bath. his former place of res- idence. on a visit to his brOther-in-Iaw, at whose house he resided. He remained up with the family until the usual time of rest on Wednesday! apparently in good spirits, and converslng cheerfully. On Thursday niOrn- ing, he did not appear at the breakfast table --On searching for him in his bed chamber it was discovered that he had disappeared. lear- ing behind him his coat, vest, watch, and pocket book. on which last was note, direc- ted to his brother -in-law, telling him that he would find within sufficient security for the deht due him, and desired if any thing re- mained, that it might be given to his children. In the course of Thursday mOrning, boat which had been fastened the night previous between two vessels moored at the wharf, was adritt in the stream, with his hat and camblet cloak lying in it's bottom.-BostOn ITdnsc.
 City Of Washing gton.-The city of Wash ingtOn, it is we'll known, is that point in the United States to which the largest vessels can be farthest navigated into the interior of the continent. This single fact evincrs the wis dom and foresight of him whose advice thus located the capita! of the empire which he founded. .-- .s .5' "..es ...s
 Neither sectional partiality nor prejudice, it appears. had the least influence in deter mining this important matter: for the Fatb- CT of his Country did not recommend the spot where the City of Washington now stands, until he had bestowed great and unwearied pains, and made laborious and interesting re- cOnnoisance of the country adjacent; and though the conflicting claims of other States, particularly those of Pennsylvania, were strongly urged against the measure. yet, fortu- nately for the nation, the popularity and in- fluence of Washington surmounted every ob- stacle. and permanently fixed the seat of the General Government in, perhaps, the best possible position that could be selected iD any part of the United States
 It may be mentioned. as curious coinci- dence and fact not generally known, that the present permanent seat of our National Government includes the very spot where formerly were lighted the council fires of the Pow Whattans, the most prominent, numerous, powerful nation of Red Men in Virginia |; and on the banks of the Potomac, extending to the shores of the Pautuxet. These people lived under a royal government, their despot- ic monarch being the father of the celebrated Pocahontas. The beautiful plain at the foot of Capitol Hill almost insulated by the Fiber Greek, the Potomac, and the Eastern Branch, was. as we are informed by tradition. period ically visited by the Indians. who named it their fishing ground. in contradistinction 10 their hunting ground. Here, the tradition adds, the aborigines assembled in great num- bers in the vernal season, for the double pur- pose of preserving fish and consulting on the affairs of the nation. Greenleaf's Point was their principal camp, and the residence of the chiefs. where councils were held among the various tribes thus gathered together. This tradition was doubtless familiar to Washing
 Under the old confederation, by which.the States were Hominally bound together. Con- gress was deprndent upon the several sove- reigDties for '' local habitation," and might have been virtually dissolved by the mere re- fusal to permit the occupation public build ings. This inconvenience was provided for, probably at the suggestion of Washington himself tn the eighth section of the first Arti- cle of the Constitution, which gave express power to Congress to exercise exclusive lr- gislatioD in all cases whatsoever, over such District, (not exceeding ten miles square.) as might by cession of particular States and the acceptance of Congress become the Seat of the Government ofthe United States" .....
 In accordance with this provision, the States of Virginia, and Maryland ceded to the Uni- ted States their jurisdiction over district of ten miles square. situated on both sides of the Potomac, nearly two hundred miles from its mouth. This cesson was formally accepted by the United States Government, in an Act of Congress passed on the 18th July, l79O {; and ten years afterward. during the presiden- cy of John Adams. the Government was re- moved thither, and permanently established in the infant city called after the deathless name of its patriotic founder. On the Sd of May, 1909. Congress passed an Act by which the City of Washington became incorporated; ; the appointment of Mayor heinz vested in the President annually. and the two branch es of the council elected by the people in general ticket. By new charter granted by Congress in 1920, the Mayor is now elected by the people for term of two years. The city is rapidly increasing in wealth and popu- lation.-Reynotds. | s'" ExPLosIoN.--The steamboat Don Juan, we understand. burst her boiler the night before last, about 27 miles above this city, on her up- ward passage. The engineer, Henry Under wood, it is said, was killed instantly, and sev- eral other persons badly scalded. We have heard no farther particulars of the painful oc- currence. Hns sl.aF ga5 s. .s ..,s7.
 F. s. Last night between anG!, @ o'clock the Don Juan arrived al. our wharves, in tow of the steamboat Andrew Jackson, which went up the river yesterday for the express purpose of bringing her back to the city. As stated above, the engineer was killed at the in- stant. The boiler head blew out of the after end, and swept him the whole length of the engine room, through small passage into the cabin and against the hindermost partition of the cabin. Besides the enginper! 0ne nf in