Litchfield enquirer., 1836-12-22
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 DTUudIaa CoueagrutiOn-Th General Psst OGce, hhe Patent OGce, cd ae WashiagsSa Cily POt OGs dsstrdei !-For desaied account of the los Of these valuable establishmens, the reader is referred to the ureceding paQe We gather from correspondent in the Journal of Commerce. Van BuEen paper) that the supposed incendaEies have been arrested, and they are olcers n fhe Post OGce but the account is so vaguely given that we confess inability to fully comprehend it. We gathered however, that the wri- ter meant to say that the "iacendGies claimed the ashes which were made in the building as their pro perty and that they were in the custom of deposng them in the cellar, whence from spontaneous combus- ton or other cause fire was communicated to the wood or coal in the cear and hence the catastrophe This to be sure would show cupabe carelessness. but not prove them incendiaries- the writer may have more covert meaning.
 It is little singular that the fire should have taken place 30 immediately after the passage of Mir. Wises resolution appoint special committee tOinvestigate the affairs of the various departments of government; but trust nothing corrupt will be found in the coin cidencc.
 Congress have as yet done very little, nor probably will they until the Christmas holidays are over. The Committees of bo:h Houses are appointed, and some few resolutions introduced which may hereafter lead to some warm debates. The "expunging resolution, of Mr. Benton in the Senate and the resolutions of Mr. Wise for the appointment of committee onvestigate the affairs of the different departments, will probably lead to some long and angry discussion.
 TIE SuRpLus.-Tolland, Danbury, and some other towns have already held called meetings for the purpose of taking into consideration the subject of the disposal of the surplus revenue, and insructng their representatives, as to the vote they wish them to give in the legislature Nearly all the towns which have passed resolutions upon the subject 90 far as we have noticed and also the bulk of writers who have discus sed the matter and recommended any specific mode, have adoped the plan of its distribution to the various towns agreeaby the population either the use of schools in the towns for some other purpose where it cabe obtained again should it ever be called for by the general government itchfeld county. % far as we have learned, has been singularly indifferent to this matter. Not single town meeting or other ex. pression of public sentiment has been had in any town in the county-and yet the legislature s now in ses sion, and before the people could move very much in the matter, that body will have adjourned, and the money in one way or another appropriated There ought to be no party movements in this busness-the
 money is to belong to the state, or to the people thereof and all parties should unite in devising means for dsposing of 90 that it would prove most beneficial to the whole community.
 Individuality we go for the distribution of the surplus revenue the towns in proportion to their population .the Seectmen to receive it, and give their bond as the legal guardians of the town, to restore to the state treasury it should ever be called for by the ge neral government, (which we presume it never will be) The towns then can have the power to dispose of in such manner as the people therein shall M If one chooses to appropriate it for the benefit of schools another to make and keep their roads in pair, another to subscribe for the construction of rail- roads, another support the town poor, and another "scater it among the people, 80 be it-thers is the responsibility. We owe to Mr. CLAY and his whg
 friends in the Senate large debt of gratitude for their perseverance in urging the measure through Congress, yet in it's distribution here, do not wish to the finger of party introduced. Give the money to the towns Messrs. legislators and let them dispose of it as they please. .a
 TRe PepuEar Vose.-Under this or some similar cap ton the Van Buren presses publishing tables like the following, (which we copy from the Bridgeport Famer) to show that Mi. Van Buren has large jorify of the popular vote with him. The vote of So Caroinas not put down in the tables which they pub fish, but we add it and it may be remarked that pro- bably no slate in the Union could give % large pro portionase vote for against Mr. Van Bwen as South Carolina against him. Her legislature, as well ma ny districts of the state, almost opposed sO him. In putting down tho vote therefore 1000 majority. we think we have goae below the actual vote. could it be ascestained And what meagre
 majority does it give the President elect Only l6OO0 out of vote of l,36OOOO! which could have been re- dnred to by the single state of New-York.
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