Litchfield enquirer., 1837-02-09

| Consistency of an Erpunger.-Mr. Bucha nan, the ali-consistent Mir. Buchanan, O Pennsylvania, offered the following resolu tion and voted for its adoption in the Pennsyl vania Legislature in 1916:
 ResOtUtd, That in lhe opinion cf this House, ''t part of the journals 0f the House cG" Oe Ex- PUNGED EVEN BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT
 At Pensacola, January 1st, Flour was sel- ss ling for $l6 per barrel, pork $Sc' aPPLeS nS' and other provisions equally his" |" PAOF tion. -
 Astonishing EscGpe.-The Trenton Htae Gazette of the 2Oth inst. states tlla' l"Dol ;n0 man, Daniel Carsner, on the 1otn was
 h,SSs;nd in a we'll he wtlS cleaning on Mill Hill. Wh;t,. nt work at the bottom of the well, vvh;cl, was 6 feet below an old curb placed nernendicblar, the loose sand began to cave in He called to the man at the windlass to draw him up immediately. He sprang into inc bucket and had been drawn but few feet above the bottom of the old curb when it was crushed in at the bottom. The earth sliding above closed in at the top, leaving him in a space not large eno0gh to turn, but space sufficient to breathe. There was an aperture of feet from the cavity formed by the falling timbers to the surface. Above the caved earth io the surface of the ground was twelve feet. He was extricated without material injury after 24 hours incessant la bour. -
 Death ofG Miser.-A singular and most ec- centric old hermit of miser named John Yeargain, died few days since at Charlotts- vile, Virginia, aged near 70. He had come to live there from some other county ot the state. about l795, and after following sad- ding kept liquor shop, in which he vended chiefly to the negroes, and accumulated much money. From some dispute with the univer- sity students, he had, for many years, chain on his door, and never went out except at night, and had no communication with any one except they wished to Purchase.- He lived in the utmost filth and seclusion, and ate only corn bread, cheese, and bacon known to give money for charity, and was polite to all that he admitted into his room. He wore constantly buckskin brooches and coat ofthe same, and his room was filled with broken furniture, barrels, &c., and dirt and rubbish which had been accommodating for twenty years. He slept on miserable bed up stairs, under deer skins. His neighbors on Saturday evening heard nothing from him, broke open the door and found him dead with his head on the ashes and much doubtless died with aPoplexy. Search was soon made for his riches, and four or five pots were found buried two feet under the floor containing near $6,6O0. Nis supposed there is more. He had no rela- tions, and is supposed to have come from Scotland. His whiskey, from its age, had great repute and was called yeargain.- Franklin and Pope's works, were his favorite books. He read the papers much, but sub- scribed to none.-N. Y. StGr.
 "A Sealed Veraict."-In a case tried yes- terday in the U. s. Circuit Court, now sitting in this city, the Jury was instructed by Judge Conkling, to come with sealed Verdict" in- to court this morning. The Jury not being able to agree on verdict, sealed up that fact in the form of verdict, with which they came into court this morning! We have known many Jurors who would not have re- naained cooped up all night in a cage, if this ingenious mode of relief had occurred to them.-Alb. Eue. Journal.
 LAND BILL.
 The Bill to prohibit the sales of Public Lands, except to actual settlers, &c. was ta- ken up for consideration. The question be- ing On the motion of MT. Clay to strike out the fourth section of the Bill, being that which gives preemption rights to persons who have settled on Public Lands
 Mr. Kang of GG., then made some remarks against the Bill. It was a Bill to perpetuate by the solemnity oflaw, system of peridy and fraud and if it was to pass at all, it mat tered little to him what the details were. Per- haps the worse they were, the better for the country. It was not likely that the vote on this Bill would be strict party vote. He stated that owing to the liberality ofthe Gov ernment the new States had advanced i;l beyond all precedent and parallel, while many of the old States were exhibiting symptoms of premature old age and decay, enough to make the heart of the patriot bleed. This was called an administration measure. Don't talk to me (said MT. K. of administfa- ton measures while you have your fingers in my pocket, or the pockets of my constituents. He attacked the estimates and conclusions of the Chairman of the Committee on Public Lands, as fallacious and unsustainable by fact or reasoning. He attributed the supera- bundance of specie iE' circulation, that the balance of offoreign4ttade having been against us last year te'the amount of forty millions, we are borrowers from Europe to that extent, and that having borrowed that extent in spe- cie. The influx of money into this country accounts for the extraordinary amount ot Cspecie which has accumulated on our hands. He denounced the course which had been taken on this floor in lauding to the skies the contemners of the institutions of both God and man, as honest and deserving ofreward
 while the purchasers of lands who go to the
 land offices established by law conform to
 the provisions of law and pay their money
 are called spectators deserving only of odi-
 um. We may as well say that the midnight
 robber who breaks into your house and plum
 ders your goods is entitled to the plunder as
 a reward for the enterprise which he has ex.
 hibited. Were these squatters better thar