Litchfield enquirer., 1837-04-20


 ou or or readers to the notice in another column oi the vsruOh of the Bible by Dr. Webster. The indefa.
 gahle industry and perseverance of this venerable and worthy man have already accomplished a vast amoun of good for his country: and it is deemed pro- babe by many of our most esteemed cOunHymen that, after his body shall have crumbled into its original dust, and the present generation shall have passed away, his version of the Sacred Volume will come almost universally into use, instead of the one now used. Many candid critics and scholars already give it the preferences and though itgains prOseyes slow y, may eventually spread throughout the world in as many different languages as there are now various nations and tongues.
 ReviesD of the Neau- York Market-We copy the fol- lowing remarks upon the state of the market from the Courier and Enquirer of Saturday last. will be seen that the tendency of almost every thng-our provi- sions, sugars, teas &Lc. &c--is down, down, down. Not only in New-York, but almost every where else Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Richmond, New-Or- leans, &c., business of most every description is in an exceedingly depressed state money scarce, and cre- dit dreadfully impaired. This latter, from all &C., counts particularly so at the south than in the northern states.
 COtcOn-The tendency ofprices is still downwards The transactions of the past week have been almost exclusively for shipment. The usual demand from manufacurers at this season being checked by the diff faculties they experience in dsposng of their goods to meet their purchases of cotton. In the unsettled state only name the ates at which the different qualities are offered, viz: ordinary to middng 10 10 l'2c; mid ding to fair II l2c fair to good fa l2 l-2 B l-2c
 Ftour-The apathy noticed in our last review still continues; and sales are making on small scale, that we are very much at loss to give any quotao Prices have settled fully 50 cts per br and sales of Rye Flour have been made as low as $5 cash, which is decline in about three weeks of $050 per barrel sale of about 400 brs Alexandria Four of all grades, was nude at auction on Thursday, which has had the eset of any sales quotations The highest asking price is $ centa of which some prime New Orleans has been disposed of. There also sale of 475 bbls. at g. l2 800 hhds Trinidad at B. and various other parcels at all prices within the range of our quotations. The market is rather heavy, and the prices declining.
 the week, for export at s5 cts cash Hnseed oil has declined considerably, sales of English and Dutch having been made 30 cts. cash There is but little doing in other descriptions, and prices remain at the quotations.
 Prouisions.-A moderate business has been doing this week in provisions Beef efmaintans its price, and sales are made at our quotations mostly at retail doing in the article. Mess Pork % 2lc; prime pork l6 ll2 l7 l-2c. Mess Beef IA i2 l5c; prime beef l-9 9c. Lard-Ohio 9 a lOc; Northefn 10 l-2 a II l-2c.
 Sugars-The market for Sugars is rather depressed in prices, and the transactions continue limited. The sales during the week comprise to TOO hhds Porto Rico at "a cts; 100 do St. Croix 3 9 cts a 800 boxes Cuba brown IA cts; 200 do white 10 II cts; l5O do Canton 10 10 l2. A large portion of the white box Cubas understand are to be shipped from first hands.
 were sold on Wednesday by auction at 52 a 54; the other sales have not been important but all go to show decline in the value, and perfect prostration of the market.
 Housatonic Ra1 Road.--The sum required by the charter (S6OOO OOO,) having been subscribed, the Com mssoners called the stockholders together for the pur men were chosen until the annual meeting in October next, as Directors of the Company.
 Joseph Wood,
 Edwin E;iShan Porter, a,5.hu,v Bridgeport
 Anaq Ass Piai.s;; ains; New Milford.
 Alpheus Fuller. Kent,
 Peter BieFce, Cornwall.
 Wm. P. Burral, Canaan.
 John Adam, l.itchfeld.
 Wm. H. Noble was chosen Secretary.
 Edwin Porter, Esq was chosen President pro. tenn, the permanent election of that officer having been de- ferred until fuller meeting fthe Board~RPabIican Farmer.
 The Money Market.-We are sorry to say that the aspect of affairs yesterday, was decidedly more gloomy than on any day during the last week. One or two heavy failures occurred, and there existed general feeling of ofdespondency, which we were sorry to perceive and which hope will! not he induiged in by the merchants of this city. We admit to the fullest extent the manifold evils under which we are aborng, in consequence of the tyranny and oppres- sion of ouf Rulers; we are among those who believe that the of ruined thousands are richly merited by Mr. Van Buren and his predecessor, and that the present Executive should be driven from his place, by the voice of an insulted, injured, and deeply suffering people. Yet we say to all, "Do not despair IS in times like these, that our willingness and ability to sustain each other are made manifest" O the fi. ure we will not pretend speak, except that al-all depends upon the simple question whether the Ad- mnisraton will cease its dsgraceful crusade against the best interests of the countryN Y Courier lSth
 ITEMS-sELEcTED.
 The Ckelsea (Mass) Bank.-The Boston Album says -" The Chelsea Bank has exploded. Its notes are represented to be hardly worth the paper on which they are printed. Within sixty days its circulation has been extended from $69.OOO to $lO2.OOO. The assets of the Bank are in the shape of $74OOO due from John B. Glover, $l1O,OOO due from w. H. & G. L. Montague, 600 in the bills of other banks, Si, 27s in specie. "But penny worth ef bread for all this sack !'
 A hlack woman aged 20, was convicted at Hudson of numbering her child aged two years She had, in