Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1838-11-22

tate that a defaIcation 10 the amount men.
,ionod above cannot possibly be true, and
lIRat IA 4 generally believed, upon final set
lleFnent Of Mr.. Swartwout's accounts, ne
will fall short $500, OOO-and that he has
nronerty 10 the amount of more than half
million to meet it.-PatriOt and Democrat.
From the National Gazette, of Lhe l4th.
The Anti Masonic Convention ADJOURNED
TO the absence of some delegates, when II
was organized and proceeded to business
The following States were represented -
Ohio, New York, New-Jer-
sew, Rhode. Island, and Massachusetts, Ha-
mer Denny, of Pennsylvania, was chosen
President Of the Convention Henry Cotheai,
of New-York, Ebenezer Clongh, of Massa-
chusetts, Rufus Beach, Of Ohio, and Edward
s. Williams, of Rhode Island, Vice Presi-
dents and John Williamson, Of Pennsylva-
MIA, and, j. A. Simpson, Of New-Jersey, Sc
cretarieS. III .4,1.-LL,..,,fg
On motion Of Thaddeus Stevens, William
Henry Harrison, of Ohio, was unanimously
nominated candidate for the next President
of the United States, and Daniel Webster Of
Massachusetts, unanimously nominated a
candidate for Vice-P President.
Next day the Convention adj'd sine de-
From, the Ne,C- York Courier and Enquirer NOU. l6:
- JI5 LATER FROM England AZ, d.
Arrival of the Steam Ship Great Western.---
We are happy to announce the safe return
of this fine shin to our port. She left Bris.
toll OF, her regular day, October 9th, at four
o'clock in the afternoon, and arrived at the
wharf in this city, at halt. past 10 O'Clock
yesterday morning. She made the outward
passage in twelve days and halt, having
sailed hence on the afternoon of Oct. 4th and
arrived ut Bristol on the 18th. On her pres
ent voyage, she has encountered the. rough
est weather, during which, according to the
concurrent testimony Of the passengers-of
which she has as many as she could take
she evinced the most extraordinary capabil-
tiles as a sea boat. s. ..-,
Our dates by the Great Western arc from
London aud Liverpool to the 26th, and from
Bristol to the 9th October. '- ~
1t appears thut the steam ship Liverpool
departed from Liverpool at the appointed
time, the Doth October, or seven days before
the Great Western. Her rion-arrival here,
therefore, justly causes much anxiety; it
would he useless, however, to indulge in spec
ulntion us to the cnuss of her detention. She
was last seen on the morning Of the day af,
ter she lett port, off Tuskar, going al the rate
of 9 and 10 knots an hour against strong
head wind and sea. aba -.st,-a
From the letter Of our London Correspon.
dent, it will be seen that the contemplated
departure of Lord Durham from Canada, o
which intelligence had been received in Lon.
don, was the engrOssing topic of attention
there. The event would probably provo ft.
tai to the present Cabinet, were there not u1
der existing circumstance great difficulties In
finding successors to them, who would com
mand majority in the House Of Commons
II Is amusing to 60 through the list Of person
ages who 1t is supposed, will be appointed e
fiji the place Of Lord Durham, none of whom
know more Of Canada, than they do Of Kan.
schatka, and that too, whic British interest.
there are in the keeping of such men us S,l
John Colborne and Lieut.. Governor Arthur
.r.. ,l.,..,l,....... .,,.. Nep- York, Nou. l6.
CGn0da.--We received yesterday Montre.
al papers to the date Of Monday last The
patriotism and courage Of the invaders who
had assembled at Napiervllc' seem TO nave
pearancc of the British troops Two col
umns, one under the immediate command 81
Sir John Colborne from st. Johns, and the
other under that of Colonel Love from st
Valentine. reached Napicrvile on Saturday
morning last at the same moment, and founc
the place deserted by no less than four thou.
sand men who had collected there,-probn.
bly, twice the number of their, enemy VIII,
now sought them. The two affairs wliel
have already been mentioned by our cores
pondent at Whitehall, would seem to have
been of more Importance than his letters leo
US to expect. In both the attacks of tho in
surgcnts, they were repealed by the mli.i
of the province alone. For the account!
from other parts of Lower Canada, we reiel
10 our extracts.
The following letter was received yesscr
day - 0#E la
.:.,,,. L'Acadie, 10Th Nov. 1888.
Sir-I nm directed by his Excellency Sil
John Colbornc 10 acquaint you that the reb.
els. who had assembled in arms in the Dis.
trict Of Montreal, have been entirely dispers.
ed by her Mnjcsty's troops and the yolun.
tcers. have the honor to be, &c.
VIM. ROWAN, Military Secretary.
To JAS. BUCHANAN, Esq. Consul.
From the Courier Of The 12h. g.,
On Saturday afternoon the annexed dc.
spatch reached town, announcing what was
SO much feared, that the rebel force had
evacuated Napiervillc before the troops
reached il. ''a''l' ''..
....,', Napierrille, Nov. 10, 1888. J ~
s., Saturday. 8. A. M, :
Sir-I am directed by the Commander oil
the forces, TO inform you that the force under
his command, has just arrived here. The
rebels, to the number Of 1000, evacuated the
town about two hours ago, and about the
same number had previously gone off, many
Of them having thrown away their arms
The Cavalry arc now in pursuit of the for.
mer. on the Chateauguay road. Col. Loves
column reached the town, from st. Valentine,
at the same time with the Head Quarter li.
vision. ' '.;a t0g 7'.fo "t' -,-.s1sr..-
/ have the honor to be, Sir, your most obe.
dient servant, JOHN EDEN, d. A.7G. q
= Col. Wetherall, c, B.. Commanding Mon.
trent -. A.MnLn- u A------L--, -