Litchfield enquirer., 1839-07-25

TEMPERANCE -1hs kss meeting of lhs Etekfsld County Temperance Society. held at Winsted, was one of great interest to the friends of tempennco- The meeting was fuIIy attended by citizens Of al classes; but what made the meeting stil more inter- esting was the presence of about two hundred chil dren, who marched iniO the church with music and appropriate bannsvs. The choir performed their part admirably, and all seemed to be filed with the true spirit of temperance. Tho cause is going forward. and will ultimately triumph over all opposition. The reports from delegates show an increase of temper anee principle in this county. also great increase of members The following preamble and resolution was unanimously adOpsed Whereas the temperance cause appears to be stationary in parts of the county, owing to tho apathy oi its friends and where as more energy and perseverance, are indispensable to its more rapid progress; therefore,
 ResOlUed, That it be earnestly recommended to those Auxiliary Societies which have become dor mant to re-organize and commence a moro efficient action and that it be enjOined on all the auxaries to hold monthly meetings. and to secure the aid of competent persons to advocate the cause in such meetings.
 the fourth Tuesday in Angust, at 10 o'clock A. M.- A 'uh uUenuanc0 IS requ05teu.
 In the beautiful village of Litch6eld there ia now Temperance Public House. well furnished and gen. teey kept by Mr. George Boles at the house former ly kept by MI. Orlando Wadhams, in South Street.
 TT, ;. III BALDWIN, Secretdry.
 ALLOTMENT OF JUDGES FOR lSS9-l84O.
 SUMMER CIRCUIT. az, 7.
 New:London and Windham, WrLIrAMs, c. ! :.
 Fairfield, @H7' CHURCH, J. 9
 Middiesex, HUNTINGDON, J. Y
 Hartford and Holland, @fa WAITE, J. f..4v4
 Litchfield and New Haven, SHERMAN, J.
 Har,ford and Toiiand' MndsR CIRCUIT i Wn,5.Ms. | New Haven and Litchfeld, CHURCH, J. 2
 Nirs,1 Winaham and New London, HyNrIseToN' J,
 Fairfield, WAITE, J.
 Mddlesex, ' SHERMAN, J.
 Mr. Spencer, Cashier ef ahe ,Phenir Bank.--We learn from the s. Louis Republican of the eth inst. that the Sheriff of Hartford county Conn. arrived in ing Charles Spencer. the abscondng Cashier of the Phenx Bank of Litchfeld, who had been arrested there to return home. The Republican adds: "The ss a nus a s s more than $500O and that this had occurred from the exravagances of his wife, and not from his own de- fault. The Bank is further satisfied that he has no money or very little with him, and as an evidence of his honesty is said, that when he passed through New York, a large sum of money belonging to the Bank was on deposite in one of the New York Banks, disposed, but that he did not touch cent oft The Sheriff. we understand came not tn his official capa. city, but as friend, to induce him to return, and states he was authorised on the part o the Bank to that he would accept it he could retain his place in the Bank. We are sorry to learn that the Sheriff mission has been unsuccessful, Spencer having left here, it is believed, for Texas. %S WGl#E1
 "MR. VAN BuRRN AT HoME. The Sub Treasury eeciioneering President Van Buren has been rebuked in his native county and in the city of his adoption Friday last and the city authorities were seasonaby waited upon by Loco Foco committee and request sd se !spds. officially the sossMes M a of the city G
 Gse o Ss snsc a Common Council held on Saturday the 18th inst. i. was resolved by the Mayor and Common Council that they do no. feel bound b any colsderStions c money descend from the dignity of official sta. tions for the purpose of aiding political partizGns in their endeayors to carry out ther f9yorite schemes
 We are not disposed to withhold from Mir. Van Blu: ren any of the glory he achieved in Sing Sing, and therefore, though confess it disgrace to our place, Kissed Kis Iand srik sghich Ae seemed highly grated Should he ever visit Sing Sing again. there vii! prob ably be those sufficiently enbusd svi loyalty to k'ss % or his s h. boat RslsSa s,sr ;Ss fashion set by inc slaves of the Chinese Emperor. On
 his way ao Peekskill boys addressed him with adula- tory speeches which they had been taught for the oc fattering demonsrations he had received, that ho HHdson River Chronicle.
 Hon. Sargent s. Preniiss -1Ths brief congressional career of the above named gentleman has been bril- liant beyond parallel His resolution to decline reelection to the House cf Representatives met the deep regret ol the unyerF9 Wing party. hs taIeh;s scope of language and metaphor unbounded-and his elonence soulstring and i!resistibly captivating It gives great pleasure to observe that Whlgs ot Madison county, Miss. have held public meeting and nominated him to the United s.aies Senate. to succeed fhe Hon. Robert J. Walker, whose term ex- pires on the 4th of March next.
 INDIAN wAR.-The Peoria Register gives the fol- lowing items respecting the war which young Hawk is waging against the SiOuxs
 It seems they were ont in search Of the Sioux only, and that coming upon the combined bands near the neutral ground tract of land that separates the tor. mer and latter trihes, they lthe Sioux and MohawO held up red blanket n token of friendship, but which, bosom fthe ferocious Sacs who instantly rushed upon them, and without resistance killed and captured men, women and children, to the number of twenty
 And now at their towns on the Des Moines, and far in the distance may Dc heard the fierce shouts and triumphant yells, as, in their ecstacy they dance around the post where hangs the ghasty scaps of the dead, and where are tied their disccnsoae captives
 The following belongs to the same subject:
 WAR-Exiract of . letter to the editor, dated Des Moines Trading House, June 5 1859:
 "0uf Indians (Sacs and F0xesl are aii at var at scaIps and II prisoners ' They are % eated with tFgf success, that they have ell turned out, men, young and old, boys, dogs, and al"
 .Goop ApycE-Read good books, seek ant good companons, attend good counsele, initiate good ex- ampIes, and vose As Whig 1sckes."
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 MARRLED,
 In New. Haven. MT. Henry H. Bromley, to Ms. Jane A. Kimball. of Bethlem Leut Joseph H1.i. oi Elisba Hart, of Saybrook. and sister of Mrs. Com Hull. and Mrs. Jarvis; Mir. Caryine Farnum. to Miss Harriet E. Russel. ;,.- T, .s.,,.