Litchfield enquirer., 1836-01-07

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
be admitted into the Union 10 season to vote
for Mr.. Van Buren,. In the recent debate on ]
assigning chairs to the by-cOartesy Senators
from that 80 diagram" Of the country, as it is
called by the pathological Mr.. Benton, Mr..
Senator Upton, Of Indiana, suggested certain
constitutional objections which deserve ma
ture cOnsiderati0n-and the adjustment of
which must be an Indispensable preliminary 10
the recognition of the claims of Michigan.-
The aspiring diagram" has invaded the
boundary rights of Indiana and Illinois, as
well as Ohio; setting up claim to tract of
country, ten miles vide. north and south, and
extending from Lake Michigan to the east
boundary OfIndiana, over 100 miles. Indiana
has been in possession of this territory over
twenty years, and has exercised jurisdiction
OVerit; opening roads, aud laying out towns,
as in amy other acknowledged aud undispnted
part of the State. Mr.. Upton concluded
with the following observations -
Let Michigan retrace her steps and strike
from her constitution all that part that claims
portion Of the neighboriDg States, and PEE
sent herself here, and will be amongst the
first to take her by the haUd and welcome her
into our great family the Confederacy. Let
her come in ne peaceabIe and good humored
sister, want nO more schisms Ia our family.
What have we lately heard on our bOrders?
We have had flaming general orders. calling
on the militia TO stand by their arms, to main
tain the integrity Of certain boundaries that
/ Congress has fixed, and that Congress alone
has the right to alter. It is true, sir. that no
| blood was shed 10 this tumut, but it is equal
! " true that things there assumed at one time
y most alarming aspect.
| lam confident, said Mr.. r. that if Michigan
| IL admitted with her Constitution in its pres
ent form, there will be an appeal to the courts
of the country. or what is far worse, to arms.
This will produce state Of things that / am
sure every patriot will avoid.
Mr.. Hendricks Of the same State took the
same ground, denying that Michigan is either
ia fact, or 10 right. State, and asserting that
she never can be State within the boundaries
assumed by her present Constitution. The
boundaries claimed by Indiana are those pre-
scribed by an act Of Congress 10 1915; while
4 Michigan, in her constitution, attempts to in
clude within her limits all the soil embraced in
the Michigan Territory, by the act Of 1895,
for the organization Of that NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
| atlas.
Progress Of Royaity.-Two distinguished
Southern gentlemen, one an Ex-Governor of
the Old Dominion, the other member of
| Congress, called on Christmas day TO pay
| their respects to the President. They were
| met in the anti-chamber by the Presidents
attendants, who informed them that -le could
NOT be seen, saying, " The President gratifed
TIE people last night, and he cannot CRAFTY
them again until NeO Years Day r.
:" Us. Telegraph.
A Severe Sufepr.-One Of the severest
sufferers ia the late calamity, is the lady OF
the, late illustriOus De Witt Clinton. The
| Ppn far a. ohaA nod
we were told, was invested in Insurance stocks.
! She has now dependent on her for support
an accomplished and lovely family. They
reside in the upper part Of the city, but such
is the peculiar nature Of the great calamity,
that the greatest sufferers are those personally
beyond the reach 0fthe raging element. This
10 truly lamentable case.-~N. 4. Herald w
| A Corpse UncoRned.-An Incident which
Occasioned considerable sensation in the neigh
borhOod Of Broadway and White sts... occur
red yesterday. About 10 O'Clock, when the
street was thronged with people on their way
TO church and elsewhere, wagon with fine
spirited horse bel6re il came dashing up
Broadway, as fast as the animah which had
acquired the mastery Of the reiass and was
running at the top OF bis speed, could travel,
and when near White-street one Ofihe wheels
of the wagon came 10 contact with a cart, by
which conclusion the wheel and axletree Of
| the wagon were broken, the vehicle upset,
| and from It was tutnbled coffin which was
| shattered by the fall, from which rolled a fe-
male corpse, habited in the grim habiliments
of the grave Many who were near were
Mortified and ran, and some stood aghast, bat
others were rational enough TO hft the corpse
from the street, and wrapping its winding
sheet about 1t, deposited it on neighboriDg
stoop. The driver, on recovering from the
shock Of his fall, stated that he was convey
ing the body to Wsstchester for interment,
and several present volunteering to assist him
IN his disagreeable dilemma, another convey
ance and coffin were procured. the exposed
remains again placed 10 its narrow habitaiion,
and the driver once more started forward to-
wards his destination.--N. y. Sun.
| meeting Of the Worcester Mutual Fire Insu-
| rance Company, held Dec. 8, 1895. the Di-
I rectors made their Annual Report, by which
It appears that the amount at risk. Dec. I,
1885, was SS,9s6,S50 IS, being an increase Ut
| $622, 99S so since last year. Only two losses,
amounting to $S74 46. havs occurred during
the year. The funds ofthe company. after
deducting all claims, amount to the sum Of
$47.aO8 90, being an Increase since Dec. I,
1884, of n, sos Os.
We see preparations are making among the
Merchants in Boston, since the New York ifre,
to organize an extensive Mutual COMPANY.
and the same thing 10 talked Of ID New York
Every householder has had sufficient warning
to be cuIrahls It he negiects to avail himself
OF this security, -Hampshirs Gazette. 3r
A Simih.--A writer in the Baltimore Amer