Litchfield enquirer., 1836-09-15

"Efa Efs of unsulIied and unimpsachnbls iuisurisv -fa long esRies q nfduGns ono faithful a1FVlo69f an intimate and prOound knowledge ct the COnssitu- unsurpassed in ancient Or modern times-unitSd also to lofty and disnteresed patriotism, in the highest and purest sense of that much abused term-can be TEI WFnsTRR would be placed bv acclanasion at he head Of our national sfiaiTs. But as much as many, very many desire to see this statesman elevated to this hIeh oce te current Of popular opinion sets too to admit the most distant hope that at the next cleo ton he can receive the votes o more than two States in the Uni0n."
 So says the Norwich COuier-to which the Hart ford Times sneerngly annexes this commentary as being particularly odiOus, but to which pe fully sub scribe-
 "The above paragraph not only speaks the senti- mentS 0 tne propnetors ot the Courer, and the Cou" rant but those of large portion of their party m Con necdcut." .
 It does "speak the sentiments'' of large portion of the Whg party not only of Connecticut but of New England They feel greatly attached to Mir. WEBSTER for his purity of character, exalted talents and nde- pendent and fearless expression of his sentiments in cOntradistincton to the shufling evasve, non-com- initial, contemptble course of MT. Van Burcn: but they not so much attached to him but that they
 
 Gen. HARRISON, Judge WHITE, or any other honest man in preference to the Baltimore nominee "Mea- sures not men," is the doctrine they preach and the doctrine by which they choose to be governed
 The old Connecticut Courant we are sorrv to record it, has passed from the Messrs Goodwin into other hands. They made their valedictory bow in the pa- per Of this week. That paper is now seuenttaDo years rfn ak A,s- ..nc,. been connected with it as prnter publisher editor. He now, at the advanced age of 60, retres from the cares and perplexites of printing office with hand some fortune the reward of his industry From the commencement of it's until the present time, @ tradition to be depended upon for part of that pe rod) the Courant has sustained the first rank among the newspapers of the day, for the consistency of ite political course, it's high moral tone, and the extensive ness of its circulation. We trust the gentleman who is hereafter to publish it may be equally successful in sustaining the character of the paper.
 A State Temperance Convention will be held al Hartford on Wednesday the 2lst inst at which it is requested that all County, Town and other Societies may be represented. This Convention is called in accordance with a recommendation of the State So- ciety at it's late annual meeting.
 Another Mardcr.-We understand that there is much cause to fear that another and brutal mur der has lately been pepetrated in this county. On Friday last, as we learn the particulars, MT. - KEAPP residing in North Canaan. (who was about to remove to Michigan in few days, and had collected together his little earnings for the purpose started to go to neighbors on College Mountain to make set dement, with him that he had with him tin box con- taining about $4OO in money that not returning in season, his friends went in pursuit of him, when the box was found with the lock broken and the contents gone his hat was also found with cut through the forepart as if done with axe, and blood hair and
 flesh stuck around as if the edges had been pressed into the head by the blow. An alarm was immediate ly spread and large number of people from Canaan, Norfolk, and Sheffield were out Saturday and Sun. day. but had been unsuccessful in finding the body.- Suspicion had aligffed upon an individual who was about there, but as he has been apprehended nor the body found, we forbear mentioning his name at present. Knapp has left wife and two children.
 MUSICAL CONCERT.
 MR. EDIToR-The announcement in your columns of the intention of the LitcfeA County Music Soces to give concert the Fist inst must be highly nrat flying to all those who delight in sacred melody The increase of knowledge and experience gained from time and practice, added to the superior and well known qualifications of the members afford the stron gest assurances that the performances will be of the same elevated character with those already exhibited And if on former occasion the public were surprised by an excellence and briliancy of execution beyond any thing that was expected may not now be safely calculated that the society-wth greater length of nm kfnPO Oros 0xsasan n,~l ofpeces will fully answer all reasonable expectations?
 his not however, with the feelings of the amateur solely that we look forward to this approaching fest valve anticipate it with pleasure as affordnp sat. isfactory proof that the objects proposed to be accom- plished by the establishment of this society are not as some have apprehended, vain and chimerical but on the contrary are likely to be realized with all their sal utary results The members composed of the leading singers Of different chos, have here an opportunity of comparing their various degrees of pgoiiciency-and they communicate and receive knowledge-a spirit of emulation and enthusiasm is enkndled that prompts to effort when other motives might fai-and witlal, they imbbe social feeling that harmonizea well with the delightful occupation with which they are enga. ged The public toO by attending exhibitions of this sort. have an opportunity of comparing the different styles of execution-they learn to distinguish, and choose the best and in sho to form correct taste. All these advantages, to say nothing of many others that might be enumerated are the legitimate result of the successful operation of this society And when we consider that sacred music. " The hymning our Makers praise. constitutes an indispensable part of divine service among all denOminatons of christians -when we consider the peculiarly happy influence it exeFs in abstracting the soul from sublunary thneu and elevatng it to those dvine how s it possible to