Litchfield enquirer., 1839-01-10
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force through CONGRESS his sbtreGsGTy schese AZ uie
last session. served in fen cases TO show to what de
graded lenetks he eresUe influence CARRIED, and
with what finn Integrity Uas resisted By The rPrese"
tatiues Of tAe people. s, ,.u
was expected be uken the President sent into the
representative chamber for Mr.: gentleman % %
yanced in life, and republic0R Of the School q v
against the subfreasury, unless little tUkeedlag and
drilling by the executive should change him" He WAS
with the Presidcnt near an hour; when he retur9ed
said to him he replied, don't think ought to tell.
rs it was private interview. Well, said his friend,
you have right to tell what you said. No. says the
representative, that might be considered breach OF
good manners. Well, says the friend, :ell US what
was the subject Of your interview. can't, because
that would be breach of confidence was the reply.
the result, SAYS the member, told the President
I'd Be id II 7 aOOuld."-N. Y. Times ,a b.
Or We are gratifed 70 learn that the Hon. Se,auet
Of the claim Of the State Of Connecticut against the
United States, and on "Wednesday last paid into the
State Treasury the sum of nine thousand one hundrcd
amount allowed TO close finally the whole business
and making together seGentytn0 thousand dollars
that had been paid through The faithful agency Of Mr.
lngham.-Jiar!tord Patriot and Democrat ..
Great Fre-Onc of the most destructive fires that
ever occurred in Vermont took place in Burlington,
in that State, on the 2lst inst. The fire broke in
a Block Factory at The Winoosk Falls, manufac-
turing village about one mile from the centre of Bur-
Iington and soon communicated to other buildings
and before it was extnguished entirely consumed the
Block Factory with all the tools, stock, &c. Saw
Mill and CaRn's sattiuet Factory with most Of the
machinery, &c. The loss is estimated at $4,000
insurance OoO.-Aaryford Patriot 4 Democrat,
A bachelor editor at the west is so incorrgible that
he refuses publish the usual marriage notices in his
paper, unless paid for as advertisements. The
aedsed lie, that he sees reason in being obliged
to expose the foles Of his fellow creatures gratis"
vow ScHoULTz' Wi1L.-The Christian Guardian
states that Col. Won Schoutz (he Pole who was re-
Gently hung in Canada) has left by his will four thou
sand dollars to young lady whom he was to marry
-four hundred to the Catholic College at Kingston,
and sixteen hundred to the widows and children Of
| the Canadian militia who fell at Prescott. .ga
Wonde.ful-In the U. 8. Senate. on Tuesday Of
last week, Mr. Buchanan presented communica-
ti"n from John Espy stating that he had discover
ed the means Of making it rain in any part Of the
country, and proposing to make the experiment at his
own expense, provided that Congress would give him
premium Of 90 much for every five miles, or at that
rate for any extent Of surace Mr.. Epsy is probably
ex-clerk of the weather. We should be in favor Of
granting him every reasonable facility for making his
! experiment. and have not the least doubt that it
would be quite as successful as some other "exper.
n,ents' which Congress has recently patronized,
81 ,.t.- s.,7f ...t. Hartford Courier.
A man in Vermont has been accused ofhaving ten
wives at time, and the jury before which he was
called give an account Of himself decided that nine
was enough for any reasonable man. and 30 shut him
up in place where neither Of them can live with him.
for five years. There will be some pulling Of caps
when he out, unless in the mean time part Of
these glorious ten, pick up other husbands. ~
i5a0 9l >stf> s"r Boston Times.
"You are rather crooked character, Mr.. Jones'"
Rather Sir, but not crooked az tree once knew
II was the tallest butternut I ever saw. Standing
close to one day, in thunder storm, saw SPUR
rel on one Of The topmost branches. The lightning
struck the same branch, about three feet above him,
and the squirrel started The lightning had to follow
the grain, Of course, and the squirrel went straight
down. So COMPOUNDED crooked was that tree, cir,
that the squirrel by my watch, got to the bottom pre-
csely three minutes before the lightning That's
lie, ! know !" exclaimed the landlord. "A lie!
true as any story ever was ! afterwards saw that
tree cut down, and made into rails for hog pasture
The hogs would crawl through twenty times in day.
and 20 laundering crooked were them rails, that
every time the hogs got out, they found themselves
back in the pasture again. 60, ....... -...
A Busy FslloU.--There is on editor down East WHO
is not only his own composior. prcssman and devil;
but keeps tavern s village schoon,sster, captain in
the militia, mends his own boots and shoes, makes
patent Brandrs.h pills. peddIes essence and tin ware
two days in the week. and always reads sermons on
the Sabbath when the minister happens to be miss
To ii h. he.
children. st
We understand that whale was taken off East
Hampton, on Thursday, which il is supposed will
make about 30 bbls Spoke but one Sub Treasurer on
his passage-Mr. Price, and taking him for land
shark, sheared Of-SGg -Ha,6or Corsector.
Afsempe to rob ths Nation Wednesday night, as
the stage from Albany to Hartford was ascending the
hin in Greenbush opposite this city. the mail bag
cut out othe boot When the stage reached the brow
Of the hill the driver discovered, from the motion Of
the body Of the carriage, that something was wrong
and on examination, ascertained the loss OF the mail
He Immediately shouted, turned his horses, and de-
scended the hill His promptness saved the mail as
it found against the fence on the road aide, the
bag cut. but none Of the contents missing.
Argus. p n Lss /s{ Hs $40 ali.
Disfingnished Stsangn.-The only remaining de-
scendant al the celebrated Flosentne AInerigo Yes
pueei; who gave his name TO this continent. is in
this city. Her name is Signorina Maria Helena
Amerigo vespucci. She arrived here about two
weeks ago. in vessel from Rio Janeiro She left
Florence last spring. passed through Paris has let
tiers from Louis Philippe TO his minister in this
Try. She is a young woman Of great accomplish
meats, extraordinary talents, and peculiar personal
nj ekA
winter in WashiugtOn-N. Y. Herald.
The legislature Of South Carolina have bills under
consideration 20 remove the sset Of government from
Columbia 10 Charleston to take census Of the Pep
ation Of he State; 70 give the election Of Governor