Litchfield enquirer., 1838-01-04

The balance Tn the Treasury Jan l, loS0. was @ ooo Jan. l. l837 4596S,523 Jan. 1, 1888, ss4, ,ls7, JAS, available, l0s5,49s Jan. l, l539 estimated do. .ll1S,59S The exports of the year ending the S0th of Sepiem- Der last, ascertaned and estimated, amounted to
 ll6, soc, ,06O Of which 95, ls3 l99 were of domestic and 2l, ,722 s6l of foreign origin. The amount of domestic ex- ports is less than in the preceding year by ll7334Sl and of foreign about the same.
 The value of imports is Sl4Os52, ,9so, or AZ, l97055 less than in 1886. The imports of the quarter ending Sept. 30, amounted to only 22829,6l1, and exports l9,l59,O4.-Boston Messenger
 The Wheat crop for 1s35-6-7-Statement of flour left at Albany, Troy and Schenectady, from lst Sept to the close of navigation in the years 1835-6-7.
 sss:sis 5ssSi 5szSiO isSS1 7sssse .sSs;
 The wheat coming to Albany and Troy is included n the above estimate at the rate of five bushels for barrel of flour.
 The above statement shows the quantity of four irving at tide waters from the lst of September when the new crop commences coming to market, to the close of naygation in each of the last three years The The quantity coming to tide water for this period in 1884, is greater by 13S626 barrels than for the same period in 1885, and it exceeds the quantity coming to market in the fall of 1886 by I'll, ,795banes. The av 1885, was $6 5O-n 1886 $9 and in 1887, it probably has been about $9 per barrel. At these prices the quantity brought to market after harvest and during years before referred to, will yield the flour mer- chants the following rates viz:
 1885, 59O2l3 barrels at $6 50 $3,S363S4 1sss ls 5sssss 7sssss at at sSS SSS s55ssSP 5SssG The crop of 1886, that is, the wheat and flour com ing to market from the first of Sept l636 to the 3s. of Aug 1887, is less by 5s4'0oO barrels of four than the product of the previous crop of 1885. But with importation from foreign countries Of several millions of bushels of wheat and other grains-and with m a. bundan crop of wheat and all the coarser grains, well as of every description of vegetable food, and hn, oC from the wheat crop of 637 the present high pri ces be maintained? Since 1884, the price of flour has nearly doubled Can those who are interested in the flour trade explain the cause of this enormous in. crease ?-N. Y. Cour.
 Bank RObber Caught.-The celebrated Bank Rob- Der, who by means of forged checks and bills of change swindled the banks last spring in Miledge- ville Columbus, Mobile, Charleston, and some of the Northern cities to the amount of about has, af ter long chase, been caught by MT. Thomas Banks, of Augusta, Geo. He was taken in Louisville, Ky, atthe Theatre, and is now in jail at Augusta. He is said to be most accomplished villain. It is not sta ted how much money has been recovered.
 Not one of the Loco Foco members of Congress, whom the late election in New York instructed out of their seats has resigned But what is the use of this exclamation point Isit to be expected that Loco Foco should practice what he breaches ?-N, Y EEpr Register of Deeds.-The trial on Wednesday last, believe. has resulted in the election of Mr. Roland E. Cotton, of the former Register, by consid- erable majority over all the other candidates. The circumstancesin relation to the election this officer office to which MT. Cotton is now elected has been held by his ancestors for period of l24 years in cesson. His father held the office 48 years his grand
 Plymouth Mass. paper.
 South Carolina-In the year 1891, resolution was adopted by both branches of the Legislature of South Carolina, declaring that Congress is constitutonaly vested with the right to incorporate Bank"
 Caught an his o,Un Trap !-Mr. Van Buren, in his message to the Extra Session, said The people will desert public functonary Honestly labOring for Me publicgood." Certainly not. But the people haue deserted Mr. Van Buren. By his own showing then, he is not public functionary honestly ldboring or the public good"-Norpalk Gaz.
 Apples to Keep-When there is frost all that you have to do is to keep the apples in state perfect darkness until thaw has taken place. If they thaw in darkness, they only do rot but ose very t tie of their original Aavor.-Ohio paper.
 Peter the great, when in England, is said to have marked to confdant that he was not aware of hav- ing more than four lawyers in his don,inions, and when he got home he would hang two fthem
 No one living in society can be independent. Tho world is watchdog, which lawns upon you or tears you to pieces.
 Correct Notioe.-A writer in the Mechanic and Farmer says, that when he sees woman send her husbands pantaoons to the tailor to get three buttons sewed on them, he has notion that young men are right in being rather skittish about getting married | Untortunate Occurrence.-We are informed that on l A. nln # T.,lo W. H. Lawrence, in Green county, was burnt, to- gether with six negroes, five men and one boyJ and about 5000 lbs of seed cotton. We not fully in- formed of all the particulars but learn that the seer went into the Gin House with candle, and by some unucky accident the picked cotton caught fire, which burnt with so much rapdity that it was mpos- sibe to extricate the six negroes, who were at the time in the pick room packing away the ginned cot ton.-Aiabama Inteuigencer. SUDDEN DEATH.-The wife of one of our substantial citizens Mir Zebul Bradley, while going to her home through State-st, on Wednesday evening last. sud- denly complained of feeling unwel, and advanced but few steps further when she fell and expired in few seconds. We are informed that the cause of her death was suffocation from dropsy in the chest
 Ne,C-I Iaren Palladium
 "THE CoNsTrTUTIoN."- is the name of new whg paper which will appear in Middletown in few days. It will be published by Mir. Abner Newton. late of New-Haven.
 CouRAeE.-It is not in the daringness ot kicking waiter at the tavcrn tits not in strutting with cock ade dressed in scarlet; it is in using oaths and m precations at every word, which forms the character istcs of true courage. That man only is brave who fears nothing go much as committing mean action and undaunngly fulfls his duty whatever may be the dancers that depend on his way