Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1836-02-11

Of Jan. 81, lear" that the 81. Augustine Guards, IA
volunteer company with tew meg from Mosquito,
had engagement near that place with $50 Indians.
which they had eighteen me" killed aud Wounded.
the Indians losing about the same number. Tive vol
"n'eers came very near being cat of !" their retreat
Lieut. Rugsles, with 50 recruits nr:he u. S. Army,
had arrived III jacksonville ON his way Gen. Clnchs
head quarters.
Col Parish, with about lG0 men Of the Middle Flor.
ida muin, had had an engagement with equal
number of Indians, in which Indians we're killed
and two white men killed or wounded.
Immediately on the reception At Pensacola Of the
of the massacre Of Maj Dade's detachment, the
sOnp of Van,laia, took on board ammunition
ihay jng previously off detachment Of her men
in the direc;ioni and sailed for Tampa Bay,
where her arrival iii time, will be Of the utmost i'm
porlance to the troops left THEREBY. Y. Star.
From the flashing ton Telegraph Of Friday, Feb. 5.
Mr.. Calhoun from the commucp I" whom was re.
ferred that part Of the Presidents Message relating to
the distribution" ol ncend'ary pamphlets through the
Post Office, made report yesterday. The Report
takes the broad gr"und that the general government
has constitutional power ne, terc with the cir.
cuation, and distribution Of pamphlets papers ex.
cert IN s"bnrdnati"n 10 the laws "l the States. II
shows that power given the general governme nt
discriminate as To what publications. should be dis.
lrhu,ed through the Mail aud wl'a should not, would
i've TO give the Government control over the press,
greater than that given by the Sedi0m Law of 1898.
The Report WAS accompanied by n bill, prescribing
certain duties To the P"smasirrs. and requiring them
to act in subordinalion to the laws Of the States.
The Weather-The thermometer early yesterday
morning stood at one degree below zer,; which il
lower than il has fallen before this winter. The rv
prs filed with ice thai il IL difficult get cut Of
port in any direction. For several hours yesterday,
The ferry boats J." Brooklyn we're obliged to suspend
their trips. The sleanl"a, Bnlvar, after one or two
unsur cessfn attempts effected passage from Staten
Island 80 this city. The Jersey Civ ferry boat, after
getting nearly across vesri av mnrming, Obliged
To PM back. The schooner Jasper dried from her
mnnrinSs aud considerably injured by coming H.
cnm,ac, with other vessels. The schr Hermnsa from
Georgetown, 5. c., was some time in the ice, aud
carr led with \ considerable distance down the
ha'bor. No boat arrived "n Monday from PbIa,irl
pa, and none left for tina; city yesterday morning.
M steam boa, either for Providence or Nrw.Ha.em
has left the present week; aud rs there ARE rpgu-
lar land conveyance except The mail stage, passengers
nre obliged work lhcir way IhrnWgh they best
can. S"nd:y accumulation sIrishs have volunteer.
ed from time I" time carry passengers :" Newlla
ven for the modest sum "G So per head.-N Y. Jour-
Description of 7trns.-We nre graiiied to lie emf
hlrt give from the Report "( the General Connc
nC the Provisional Government, ~ akrrh Of this roun
ry bcc"mi"g the subj Of 50 much interest To Amer
leans.
The whole territory lies between The Saline and
Gramhe Rivers contains $50, 600 square miles, equal
four Of the largest states ~ the Uni"n-New York,
Pennsylvania, Virginia aud Ohio. Que sixteenth on
", 10 millions Of acres, have been granted 10 set
,i"rs. tax of one cent per acre would rr""re l0O
UUV. a" "di'""a annual am""", ." %|oVOoO ~ "x'
pcreh from the sales OF lh''c lands. 'ax 'spr"r"'
sed ais" ct 81 per head on slaves "rtwee" a"d Oh
ais" on 1"rr,gm tonnage. lhe cotton crop last year
amounted W.otO-'bIs year !" oUOO" bales. An "x.
port duty 81 per cr"i on c"''"" VIII ~ present pro.
d"rr S5O,OUO A" nd r0form dn'y "i ~ per cr"' Is
recommended u" the vn"" OF the rarg" on all d"hr".
t"re g""is and 10 per cent an III others. loan OI
81 ,0O0, 900 is proposed from the Unied Siaics.-Ib
LoLu Ouincv Adams" We have ahstained from
nil remaHs on The course lately n,I,ned in drl,ne y
hs gentleman bscau.r he has not finished his course
v.t I.as, session he made ~ dash one day, and few
,Iny. ahcr scratched it all out. There IL ~" telling
VIII" d."bs III" canvass, aud g"es on adding shades
""" M"''sa IN ,' 'd G";s"% I s"r
,hrn - dnuh, existed whether The r"mplr"n rp,ec.n-
the "''g"'l promise or rA'r"E'"''' mr. adams; v"
;s,ir -; ;s ".,'.,, ,,L ~, rs ~, ionns,, ~ ,rr;L .,i.
stance. hrs,r",i"g own work fr Ill useful p"rp"s.
49, s'"r " w. r","n'i.'" III" I'.. :. ,n,r. "'
s"rr,,v Than in ,,o,r" Ai,er 6"sh;up h,s o,e rx,,,
, ORDINARY poem "r = Dermu, MrS"ne,hi"g" we IN.
n"r','" u" "a' nee" ever SINCE r"sHsen T." rnr" "
ns,m nC David wn. ,cxcr ;n,rrd.d ~ he one ns,Iu
and was prepared I" s"-la" pr"V"si"n that il Was
.',."u I" ";"s ."s ' ~" ",% ,h. ' ,r": ri,
show tina, an,.ma.on+y was moi. and tina, Daniel " ~b
s'er was "a h"m''"g."-B.
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