Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1840-03-12

sneaks of the remarks of Mr.. Smith, on the
New Jersey Election
Mr.. TRUMAN SMITH, of Ct. had the floor
this morning, and he made an able set
speech of some two hours in length, upon
this base attempt TO take the main question
of the N. JERSEY case away from the COM
mittee, while the parties holding the legal
certificates ofelection were absent endeaVor-
ing to procure evidence to sustain their
claims upon the merits Of the election itself.
Mr.. Smith is member ofthe Committeeman
he spoke with a great deal OF feeling and an
I imation. He talks in plaln' bold, unvar-
nished manner, and employs the most tamil-
lar and homely illustrations. Like Martin
Luther, he calls spade spade, and drives
his point home, in good honest hearty style.
Mr.. Smith has won good deal OF reputa-
ton by his first efforts in the House, and his
speech to-day is said to have been really the
most effective that has been delivered upon
the New Jersey question.
"Fast Line and Short Route."-By letter
| from Thomas Shepard, Esq, Postmaster at
Northampton, we learn that Connecticut
river has broken through the neck OF the
Isthmus near Hockanum, and that the OPEN
| ing thus made will doubtless become from
this date the main channel. By this freak
of the elements, Northampton gains from
Hadley about 1000 acres of first rate land.
The public is a great gamer, by the change,
as about four miles of river navigation are
saved, and an equal length Of land travel
But on the other hand, the view from Mount
Holyoke will be very much impaired. The
beautiful curve in the river, now no more,
was one of the most interesting features OF
that splendid landscape.-Jour.o Of Commerce.
The Hampshire Gazette says The cham
mel is not cut in the narrowest part of the
neck, but perhaps forty rods below. At the
narrows the neck of land is not more than 8
or 10 rods wide. Where the new channel is
it was about 25 rods wide. 1t is supposed to
any other because the land was ploughc6,
whereas at the narrowest place it was turf
land.
The new channel is about half a mile be-
low Hockanum Ferry. 1t is now thought to
be about IS rods wide, and although it is so
narrow, the main body of the water evidently
passes through it. The upper part of the
old channel is filled with immense quantities
70 ice, piled up like bulwark, and upon the
top of it is long piece of the Northampton
bridge.
Most of the land included in this great
bend of the river is now an island. The
quantity of land thus isolated is estimated to
be about 300 acres. 1t is owned wholly by
Hadley farmers, and was worth at least 300
per acre. Its value must now be very much
reduced, on account of the inconvenience OF
getting to and from it.
The old bed of the river, around the turn,
is about three and half miles in length, and
covers an area of not far from 400 acres.
Should the old bed be filled up, the public
will be gamers by the change, though the
present owners of the land which is now an
island will be subjected to serious loss.
Mysterious. New Orleans Bulletin of
Feb. l8, states that curious discovery had
been made by some workmen employed in
erecting houses on the site of the old Gala
boose. That ancient building, in the centre
of the city, which dates far back into Span
ish times, was recently pulled down for the
purpose of placing new buildings upon its
Site The laborers in their excavation dis
covered a dungeon arched over with brick
walls and ribs of iron, and in it were found
few human bones, supposed to be the re-
mains of some victims of superstition. The
supposition is that the dungeon has branches
undermining the ground in several direc-
tons; but owing to the breaking of the wall
and the flowing in Of the water, thorough
examination had not been had. 1t was sup
posed that every exer:ion would be made for
a further exploration of the subterranean
structure. Various conjectures were indulg-
ed as to who were the builders of the diabol-
ical continuance. The N. Orleans Picayune
says the buildings which formerly occupied
the square were the property of the Jesuits
more than one hundred years ago. The
same paper states that in one of the vaults
(as if more than one had been discovered)
was found gold crucifx, weighing %
pounds and also quantity of human bones.
At the bottom of this vault, door was dis
covered, apparently leading to vaults still
dseper.-N. III. Palladium.
It's fact, that Mr.. Van Buren's friends in
the West are leaving him daily. They are
in truth, deserving by companies, and not We
ry small companies either. In Cincinnati,
ace knoW, that hundreds who voted for Mr..
Van Buren, in 1886, have declared that they
cannot vote for him again, and they are not
confined to the merchants or men of leisure;
they are the mechanics and manufacturers,
and men in their employ. The sober, in
dustrious class of citizens. who get their
bread by the sweat of their brow We are
told, that in one manufacturing establish
ment, where between 90 and 80 men are en-
ployed, where not more than three or four
gave their votes in 1886, against Mr.. Van
Buren-there are not noao. more than that num-
Der (if any that wiU uote for him in 1910.
The information we have from Indiana, H.
linois, Michigan, Missouri and Tennessee,
tells the same story. All is enthusiasm for
the Cincinnatus Of the West The People
every where, East, West, North and South,
are fiocking to his standard, not alone by
companies, but whole bahalions. There is
now more enthusiasm manifested for Gen.
Harrison, than ever was for Gen. Jackson
On this point,we profess to have some knowl-
edge, for we as ardently and honestly sup
ported Gen. JackSon in 1924. ,2S and 30. as