Litchfield enquirer., 1837-01-12

1oDs hssiAg A meeting oft iuhdhi,antS 6f th;a town was held on Monday last for the puTpose Oftak- ing into consideration the expediency of accenr the portion of the surplus funds which would siI ,o tb. town as iis share (abOu 1000 dolars) under the net of te late legislature, md to appoint stsble Aesnts to take the charge of and loan out the money. After considerable discussion it was voted to accent inc money, and to appoint the Agents Mir Isaac LasU- rsncc, the Town Treasurer; was appOin,ed the Re- ceivcr and Tteasuter also of the Depose Fund; and Messrs. Theron BtucG and George C. Woodruff were appointed the Agents to onn out and manage the fund -and suitable compensation, at the rute of sirseen dollars per year, was voted to each of the Agents and the Treasurer until the annual meeting next October We were glad o see 90 many of the substantial citi. from various parts of the tOwtf at the meeting- and with the exception of one or two feeble and futile attempts no strong party feeling manifested.
 The last Nep- York Mirror contains most magnifi- cent engroving-reprcsenting the "LANDnc OF Co., LUNBUs." If any of our readers who have not the means of seeingit elsewhere doubt it, and will call at this office and examine it, they will have their scept cism removed forthwith. This number is also rich in miscellaneous reading matter.
 Hon. John M. Niles again !-When will this wretch: ed apology fora statesman have enough to hold his tongue, and make himself the butt of ridicue for the whole city of Washington and of modification to his native state? A Washington correspondent of the NewYork Star thus speaks of one of his latest efforts in the "Sinnit:''-
 "Mr Niles next rose and shook his amhrosial curls heard the following exordium, which, as faithful reporter, will give you verbatim. MT. President but few words to say to the Snnit, and must say, MT. President, in commencin that the subject which is now presented to the Sinnt is very simple one" Whether he meant himself by the subject" the rushing multitude, eager to get free qma data PortG ru"nt down stairs, before could hear another Items from the Post Muster Generals Renor,-It is stated m this repor that the annual transporta ton of the mails has been increased near nine millions of
 The number of post offices in the United States on the lst July, 1885, lO,TO; on the lst July l836
 '5a and Od the 1s stan
 established, 345 discontinued, and there were 1874 changes of postrnasters.
 The ase9ng ,R a6S e of the department for the ments from the Auditors office, was as follows, viz For letter postages $3OlO,249 43 Newspapers and pamphlets 3762H 13
 Estimated for deficient returns sSs4 % Total sasssas5 l9 WASHINGTON, Dec! 31. Intelligence was received to-day of the death of Mrs. DonelsonI wife of A. Doneson, Esq: in conse- quence of which the Presidents house will not be open on Monday The Presidents health is still fee be, and the presentment which he expresses in the Message that he will not "be spared to enter upon that retirement which is suitable to his age and n frmities, has, is said been confirmed in his mind.
 Snouy at the East.-The roads on Sunday were blocked up in Portland, Me- and were quite impassa- hle. So deep was the snow at Augusta on Wednes- day, that quorum of the members had not then sembed. Friday, the thermometer was IS degrees below zerO-N. Y. Erpress.
 Burial of Me dead from the Merico-Sunday, the frozen bodies which had drfted ashore, were commit ted to the earh in the burial ground belonging to the Methodist Episcopal Church, attended by numerous train of ladies and gentlemen of the counties of Kings and Queens. It was one of the most solemn and touching scenes ever beheld upon the island.-Ih.
 At the late annual meeting of the American Coloni- zation, Society, the Hon: Henry Clay, Senior Vice President, was unanimously elected President of the Society to fill the vacancy gccasoned by the decease of it's late President, Mir. Madson.-NatiOnGl Intel.