Litchfield enquirer., 1838-07-26
From the Ne,c- Hapen Herald.

From he Ne,c-H Hapen Hcrad. ', Hartford and New-Haven Rail Road Company us.
 sunreme co.r, of Esrnns kennsdyi iu,v Tern, ,saa-Mo ton for trial.-1'his was an action of assump. sit, brought to from the defendant sundry in staments laid by the Directors of said Company upon their stockholders, and refused to be paid by the de- fendan, who was original subscriber to the capi tai stock. The grounds of defence insisted on by the defen.
 That subscribing to the capital stock of said Rail Road Company did not amount a promise, express or implied, to pay the insalmens, and therefore the action could not be sustained. 9. That the charter having given the Company the right to sell the stockholders shares after certain time had elapsed for nonpaymen of nstallmenis, the right to for and recover instaments did exist but the only remedy to sell the shares and there. fore also the action did not lie.
 The case was ably argued by D. Kimberly and w. w. Ellsworth Esqs for the motion on the part of the geor, Esqs. against the motion, the par; of the Company.
 The Court denied the motion, and unanimously recover all insallments laid by said Company upon their stockholders according to their charter.
 There was also another case by the same Compa- ny, against Boorman & Hudson who were not origi- nal subscribers to the capital stock, but were purcha- sers and assgnees of one hundred shares of stock, and who also refused topay the installments.
 The Court in this case also were unanimously of opinion that the plaintiffs entitled to of the defendants the nstallments and interest thereon and denied the motion for a new trial
 The decisions in these cases interesting 10 the public, they fully and finally settle the right of the plaintiffs to recover of sundry stockholders consider able amount of money, which will materially aid the Company in carrying forward their Road.
 In the debate which took place in the House on the 18th ut. on the subject of appointing Committee among other things, Mir. Bond said he had just ascer tained that one of the clerks of the Treasury Depart men instead of being at his desk in that department had been employed during the whole session of Con- gress, now nearly seven months, as reporter for the Globe. At this momen, he was 30 employed
 Mr. Hamer of Ohio, inquired the name of the clerk
 MT. Bond gave the name, adding that he em poyed to report the of the Senate, for the official newspaper, the Globe. He said it was ex cuse that this clerk had employed substitute Such practice was expressly condemned by the retrench ment and reforming party, who told the country that to allow this recognized in an incumbent, " such a sort of property in the office. as to enable him to farm out its duties and to receive part of its revenues for doing nothing. And yet, he said in order to aid an unprincped partisan paper, the government took one of it's clerks and placed him in the service ofs official organs. It was well understood that this clerk to resume his office again when the session o Congress over. He did not think the people were prepared to approve this kind of reform: Mir Bond said he to the country, and he called upon the friends of the administration here to deny or explain them if they could. 1 have thus noticed this statement of MT. Bond, because have not 1t noticed elsewhere.
 Fourth of July Disaster and Dealh.-A few young men and lads in the north part of Canton, collected just at the setting of the sun July 4h in her way to ed themselves with several pounds of refuse powder from the mill; and while charging . screw box which they had obtained for the purpose, the second time, ,he powder Ter n the hox lgmied and communicated wlIh fects. Six individuals were seriously injured one of whom, MT. Harry Moses, son of Capt Chauncey Mo ses aged 2i, died the next morning The others, the life of some of whom for several days hung in doubt, have now fair prospect of recovery Their names are Watson second son of MT. Freeman Case Will liam Wright; George. youngest son of the late Gen. nard and Henry. son of MT. Ruggles Case. By this unexpected and alarming event, indescrbable soici
 de has been awakened in the hearts of parents bro thers and sisters; and. indeed, through the entire neighborhood and place.-COuraat
 Gire i rp.-According to the Boston Atlas Judge Morton will decline running another heat as the Lo cc.Foco candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, This is too bad Judge Morton had just got cleyerly used to it. and whether the Locos can find another man who will stand it with much patience as he has, is very doubtful question.
 Singular Deprouity-Y Yesterday while some of the Police Officers were making out list of unclaimed and stolen goods preparatory to the usual quarterly lying about the office for than year. and for which no owner had appeared. By order of one of the magistrates ii was opened, when tin box neatly soldered was perceived This was also opened and
 
 in it six beautiful small gold watches, apparently of French make The box it was thought was taken from some person during the fire at the Public Store in Washington street, more than year since, but wherever it came from, if the can adduce suf fcent proof of his title to the property, he may cover rt.-N. '. Courier. @ ..., -. ...'....
 The Loco Focol party never had fairer prospects before them.'-Loco- Foco PGper. st
 Very true-but it is the c,lpnt's prospect from the top of the galows Next November the drop will fall, and after that their prospect will be somewhat circumscnbed! .- .... .-..a.-.. .-...-
 Newspapers in CoHnecticnt.-The New-Havener estimates the number of newspapers and periodcals in this state at 2a of which % are weekly political papers---ll Whg. 6 ocoloco, 2 Conservative. and neutral; there also weekly religious papers, monthly and weekly literary journal, and l month y and one quarterly publication. Eight Of the above are published in Haven, and ten in Hartford. Governor James Barbour. Secretary of War under Mfr. ]. O. Adams will run for Congress against Linn Banks in alr. Patersons district, Virginia, at the re- gular election in April.
 The Baltimore Sun is out against a tailor in that city, who 6ls his awning poss with nails for people