Litchfield enquirer., 1837-03-23

would woman indeed prove blessing, and her price would be far above rubies. CIAR1NDA. CHARMS OF MUSIC.
 How great admirers of music and musical talents some of our ancestors enjoyed! How soft and tender their feelings lofty and elevatng in the extreme if the following be fair specimen. May we not as well consider ourselves withered branch Of this parent stock?
 Wm. Peynne, leader of the Sectaries and vio- lent and fanatical writer, published in 1883 volume titled "Hstrio Mastix"-the Plague Story, in which he uses language thus in regard to the church music of the time. He afims it "not to be the noise of men, but beatng of bruit beasts; choristers below the tenor, as 1t were oxen; bark counterpart as it were a kind of dogs; roar out treble, as it were sort of bulls; and grunt out bass. as it Der of hogs.'' o. The State of Connecticut will receive frona the avails of the public Iands tn the course of the pres. year, t,an million Of daliara, Io apply tO the support of their common schools, aud other pub. lie purposes. The act of Congress under which this distribution Of those monies was made, Mlrnd,,- ced by the Whig members ot C"ngress, and carried through i0 opposition O the feelings and wishes of General Jackson and his principal partizans in both Houses. During the session which has just closed, aud while discussing hill respecting Notifications,
 
 amendment, a rrnvision for dividing whatever sur. plus there may he n the treasury the first of Jan. "ary next, and tt was carried ia ihe House oi Rep resentaves, by a vote of l3 10 90. When the bill was before the Senate, this amendment was struck out, and i, returned to the House; who, before taking the question, refused concur with the Sem ate, but adhered to their first vote. Alter various tempts to come together. hoih Houses refused to yield, and the bils was finally lost. lt is expected that there will be on the first of January nex al eas, twenty millions surplus in the Treas"ry. That would have entitled this State to halfmllion ofdol- lars more.
 As it is los fur the present. and perhaps forever, Il is important that the people "f Connecticut should be informed what course has been pursued by those who represent them in Congress, where this matter was agnied. Rlr. Bells amendment adopted in the House Q the 25,h nf February. The following members from ,s State rnted against i, viz Messrs. Haley, Holt, PHELPS, ToUcEy, and Whtesey. Mr. t"gham's name doee not appear among either the yeas or nnys Ofcourse he must have been absent did not vote at all.
 On the 2d of March, ihc bill having been before the Senate, and the amendment adopted in ihc House Of Representatives struck out, was taken by the House; who insisted retai"i"g Mir. Bells amendment, by a vote "f III 10 94 On this qnes- ton. Messrs. Haley, Holt, Ingham, Phelps, and Whtlesey, voted with the minority, and Icourse in favor of agreeing with the Senate m striking out the ame ndrneni. Mir. Toucey's name do0s not appear either with the yeas or n0ys.
 Thus it appears, from the best evidence the nature of the admits of that fhe reprpseNtdtive in Con
 
 n their orer, 10 Gefeal this meosue, and O pFeren the peopie othe State from ,ecsri"g their share aUniis of the iandsa property whch belongs 'o the nation. and to just proposition of which, every slate has absolute right.
 In the Senate. where the bill was defeated, Mr. Niles, Senator from this siale ns far Rs his vote weD contributed 10 this result. After the House Of Representatives had rejected the amendment. iN the Senate, striking out the provision for distributing the sHrpns, the question was taken on the I'd Of Mnrch that the Senate would adhere n their vote for tA tad Enun NA Amdh by a vote of 28 10 22-Mr. Nes votng scish the nG- iOritv.
 This conduct of the Members of Congress, com. rorts exactly with the sen,ments of the leaders of the Van Buren party in the State. Their newspapers have openly and decidedly opposcd the pa" "f dis iribung the surplus money. This s acting nccord- ing 10 the example set by the chiet men o' that de. nomination. out of the State. whose interess will be much more benefited by having twenty millions of dollars on hand, than by distributing it among inc people, to whom 1t belongs. The surplus money comes from the sales oi the public lants, and not from the impoais and d"ies merchandise. or course. is inc property of .he people. aud cannot De withheld from them except for sel6sh or dishonest purposes. The depose baaks, as they are called that is, the banks in which the public money s pia- ceG-wii hold this surplus of twc"iy millions, "r whatever it may be paying only two per cent per an. for the of it. IL is easy to see that H VIII prove 10 be profitable job for them. people this State to settle, whether they will men Congress, who So OtalIy disregarded the 'n- ieress of ihe State, as 10 use their influence to pre- ve" he people oG the State from receiving s s"a's of the national property, or send new de'egat'o" who will do every thing iO iher power to protect those isterests. This is plain case, the importance of which will come home 10 every man's ieei'"gs' without the aid oi any extraordinary eHor. at argu- mcntaiion. In the course tsueRfy ye0rs the 0Uaits o the lands are distributed, tis Sate asay erpect 10 receipe from len to fscepy mions ot doil0Ts as her ;aar n. vs. Bare" p9ey 'sas r.Sss x: ed 0wE Of all lhelr property sn fhem.
 Connecticut COurGns.
 BANKING HoUsE FALLEx-A few minutes past one o'clock this morning, the gable end cad 'r""' corner of Joseph's Banking Hosss fell ~,h mos, tremendous crash. We happened to be passing on he opposite side of the street as the very mome"'- The whole eor"er of Exchangs aoo Wsm S saree;s seemed to busst out, and in . moment ahe sGwPend- block of graWite iumbed from iher great height, and the whole down in heap. A wss rHi"iOg see but from appearances si,oad j.dge that about half the buildisg al leas in rvins. The conc9ssiOs SD great that n seemed lo shake the foundations oi every bGildi:g in Wall street. The earth irem' blej as lift had heeS shaken by earthquake. Tt s exceedingly fortunate that ihs accident occurred night, wben the ~"rkmeH were absent and the street desestsd-had is happened in she day.nse, many lives would have Leea sacrificed. We regret the loss ofthis nobe building. par'ic Uary ihe propr e.ors had spared neiihrr care nor expsnse ,w lhe erection t has heeW pat Wp by days wark, without limit as Co eos, sad How msre than year has been spsa. in the psogress thus far. We presume shs,e mast have besn some m.j"dgmeas on inc part of the architect, he material is the hensiess tha, he GaunA h any huildimg of the knd in ihis eisy, t will 10 dovbs hs agaiW pst Sp as speedily as nos.iblc.
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 Snov Ssorm About o'clock this mornisk l. com. menced showing. and continued without inisrmssIon up to this hour tie o'clock, when we penned tis ar .icle. Such . faIl Of snow. VIC understand from an old inhabI.un., has no. been witnessed in this city since the year isOe, when tho anew wss from ono to two fee. deep-.. a now sbous is inches. Fins pport