Litchfield enquirer., 1835-05-28

% Rirhn-A n. ISanssu of Kentucky was declared | 0 be rhs ehoics 6fihs csuvssten for the Vice Pss dsaey Af.sr the rssuI. was apnpnpesd asd sows ds- baas easusd, member lrOm vigiaia offered the Gol. lowing resolution, which gave rise so frthsr deba,e bat co lar as we can learn from ihs papsFS the Con- ven.iOn broke up wiIhout taking hsy vote On it:
 ResolUed, That Iwo deleEases from vEginia be de. puIed Io deeIars Ihis C0nvenaiDn thRt the Homna iiOn Of B. M. Johnson ia not approved ofby the dele iO the support of the people ef Iasaie beeause they do not believe that he wiil carry o the great rePab licaW principles which ought b govern the people of this country.
 Some measures were then taken tO form electoral tickets in the different states in coaor~iy to the vote Of che ConventiOO and the body was brought dis. solution. And ne eymptoas of OppagnaIOn began to manifest themselves. 1t was IhougM prudent dis- PerSs before an open quarrel should ensUe.
 We wonder whether. when Col. gohnsOn shall be sleesed vicePresidsHt Of the United s,ales he Is to nduct into uhe fashionable circles ihe White House hs colOred lady Can0o. the "memher from Glas.en- bury enIighie6 ie pulc upon ihis subject? Or per. haps the M. c. from Barkhamstsd can throw little
 gh, before the people of the bepigh.ed region" of Liseh6eld couniyi
 "Cuiiing of the heads of whigs in office is an easy matter enough, but placing Jackson heads on their shoulders is rather more difcult task, and requires some mapsgemeD,. :. So says Aajor Naaiin m ar,i- cle upon the saiect of removing whg officers by the common council of New-Y ' Yovk--aud we were forciv struck with i's applicability 10 legislature now in session at Hartford. There would be no difficulty of removing every whig Justice efshe Peace, every She- riff. tho consequences aboai the consiliuon) aud eve- " "every thing" 1.-the difficulty d not present itself selecting suitable persons to supply their places- We cannot do without some Of these ofieers-pubc jHRtice must he adminsiered-and no sosner is a vc- tim Tor immoation selected and proposed than horde of hsngry applicants put n their claims for the vacan, sfce with much clamorousness tboagA they were entitled to h l,y prescrip,ivs right. The shrd house have viroalIy the control of tke two others hold their
 eetngs almost nightly and instruct the represen,a. lives in the line oftheir dp.y.
 rumor having ohtaaef circulation sha, Chief Jus. 'iee Marshall lay dangerously M a, his residence in Richmond, the Na.onaa In.egencer oi the 18th inst. sayp--" We are happy cay that . letter from the Chief Justice. upon business was yesterday received a this office, the contents and appearance of which indicate noihng ike iadisposi;ion of either mind, or body, jn the writer. The hand is as firm, and matter as germaini 10 the purpose, as usual wi,h him, Far. ihermoEe. the Rchmond Compiler of Frday s,a,ee that the edior the Chief Jusee on the previous das,takng his accustomed walk, half mile dis,an, I from his rcsidence.''
 Fre.-Oa Wednesday of last week, about noon, the dwelling house of MT. Linus Fem, in Plymouth fIol low, took fire upon or about the roof aad neighbors n"s being very near, before assistance could be rsn dsred the ames had progressed 90 far that aIl efforts to extiDgnish them before the house wsss consumet proved intellectual. The fire commnaica,ed to the woOd-house, harm, and cider mill, which were also consumed The value ef the property we have no. heard stated, probably no les than or 800 dollars- and. 0aiorsnnaialy. .hers Saa no insuranee.
 k~S@-4 F g' FOR THE EkQUIRxh.
 Mr. EdifOr:- noticed in your last paper. several inquiries respecti"g the Iiich6eld Coaaiy Sacred Music Society. which seem to invie an answer. The nai,enion paid the culiva,ioa and science of music, aed the general indifference with which the snliect has been viewed by the communy, led seyer- al indviduas from various parte of the county who have long felt desirons that some measures should be adopted for the purpose of improving and elesang the standard of Chorch Biusic to organise Musical Society. wss intended to consisa offenders Of oors and others. whose musical requirements should req. der them desirable acquisitions such society !, is not tie intention oi the socieiy make selection of s members, bat to admit alt who have the requi. site qualifications, and desirous of lending their aid the object in view. The cons,iis,ion provides for the admission of any peson who shall pass pre-. scribed examination beSore the executive commiee. Although the society. in i,self distinct from and in. dependeai o all other societies and choirs, is beev- cd that iswil exert beneficial influence with them, and that desirabe resSiss will follow.
 The object ofshe society s to cul,ivaie more cor. rect taste Or masic to produce uniformiiy ofsyle and execution in our churches generally, and 10 pus into operation ihe most effective measures or sI,e sx. tension acknowledge in this interesting bfnach of ed. ucation and important part of divine worship.
 am aware that ihe formation of sucb society is an experimesi; but, considering ihe inaiteniioa with which lhis part oi Christian worship is treated by large poviop oSshe commoni,y, and ny prOessed chrisaians, s highly worthy of some exerions.
 Perhaps s will m, De inapplicabie here 10 intro. dsce few remarks from MT. Hassings introduction ie ibe Musical Magazine. He says-"Ths spirit Of reform is abroad. and rejoice that is s %. The necessity s where greater. perhaps, than in the feld of musical cultivation and amoag the various departments of music, that which s Se purpors 10 be devoaona s pre-emnent for the revaieace of iis a- In..a naauv nf slasm are eeav sna,, ,Herahla Tha~