Litchfield enquirer., 1840-12-24
TmE EN aIjTRER. LlTcHFfEL5, DEC,R a4, isAO.-

tne peFPetfator ot the foul cme ot murder has been almoss as suddenly and unaccounAably arrested. is strange what the love Of money will lead men to do Hereis man in the prime Ot life, bearing an unspOt. ted diameter among his fellow citizens with young aud interesting family depending upon hin, for sup port. suddenly torn from these enioymenrs. thrown into 4dnngeor On the charge orob6ihg and murder. ing his friend and benefactor, and from which it is probable he will not emerge until goes forth to exp ate his crime upon the galows And all thisnot be. cause he harbored any malice towards the murdered victm-not because he had been wrOnged or insulted or abused by him-but simply that he migh, take nd vantage of his death to have his bonds for few hun. dred dollars cancelled! r,.. y ty
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 CoNGREss appears to have gone to work unusually early this season. Instead of waiting till the holidays are over, the members have already commenced car vlna but work; and afa going sgit es though tbss ; tended to make up for the ,ime ns.spent p& the last session The Presidential contest being ended, and decided so anspiciousy the best interests of the country, and no preprraton being yet making for an other campaign the members of congress can ha ve no excuse for putting sG to future session the multitude of petitions and claims ,ha, have for long ,e been pending before them. We trust they will make this - . | q,
 It will have been seen thas in each House motions have been submitted for the repeal of the obnoxous Sub Treasury aw.'' Even should it pass both houses however, we have no expectation that 1t will 6e re- pealed. It has beenthe favorte sneasure of Mir Van Buren: and # would not he estrsnge-isdeeditwpu dsappoint us were it o.herwise-even should the motion Prevai if he should exercise his preroga,iye and veto the bill Stil the Represen,a
 lives of the people may wish to clear her skirts of the odium of endeavoring to fasten it upon them, and thesefore go for its repeal. .~ T tt~4l .A
 IIENEy CLAY IS now ii, New.York, vyfere he con. 'emplsses spending the ensuing holidays The os,en. sble object o his vs, pay some attention to two or three of hs grandchildren who are a. school in the neghborhood of the city. He will of course be visited bya great number of people. who in a sections of the country are always anxious to take by the hund one of their coontry's most brilliant ornaments f ' ' .s-''''.. ''t. ~ ''| -- .+t. f'atl'h@ I'- '..'
 Ark0nsos.--We have at last the vote of this state a, the late Presidential election. It is for Van Buren 6o4s-fiarrison 4s6s-v. B. majority l6s6 'ts' .''.
 arW We have accounts of the actual voting of near ly ali the Electors chosen at the late election. AM of those chosen favorable to "Tfppecanoe and Tylcr too have voted tbr Harrison and Tyler and of,hose states Favorable 10 Van Burep, all have voted for him. and for Johnson except Souih Carolina and one cleo. tor in Virginia.
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 correspondent of the NorwicA Aurora recon. mends the. lion. Daniel Burrows, an officer in the Sustom House at Middletown, as a suitable person ic! the next Fl Loco Foco candidate for Governor in of hls correspondents-PGtriof. r
 So does the New Haven Register-and the itcl,. hed EnqNrer-t0r sra glad that tIrere Is to be candidate--nany of "the party" herea5outs are for grounding arms entirely for the present. and giving matters to whig management exclusively ulltil they can produce schism in their ranks ''' ''''' V |" "So-Mr. WEBsTER's remarks In the Senate upon the sniieet of the Presidents Message, at inc of two or three of our renders will bc published m our next paper. ~, ''@ " s'''. .s 4 {y
 Taenert CdbinesTls continues 10 be the subiec, of speculation in many of the whig as weIl as adni nstration papers ;; and the lime approaches when ihc Cabinet actually to be formed. there seems 10 De Hpse coincidence N opinion as % who, will and, who will not in fact compose it. It fseens to be agreed upon all hauds dnt the following gentlemen "'A fil the otices named. if they desire 90 to do- Daniel Webster to takS ank office he chooses, and that he will probably sake that di Secretary osEshtes Thomas Ewing of Osio io he Post Master Genernl-- and JoEn J. CviHenden of Kentucky to be Attorney General Who to fli the offices of Secretary of the Treasury, of War, and of the Navy, does no, seem to be decided as yet If the Presdsn, elect has rendered thenp to any oss in particular, i. has not been disclosed. line does not have sa able cabinet, the fauit will be his own. It is supposed he will not be Tn WasiAngto" nni:l some lime in February.
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 Lifchfsld Cosnty Glee Cisb---We understand that this association contemplate giving another Concert tlc evening o the frs, ot January From tho sue. cess which attended their former efos, we have no hesitadoa in commcnding this to the lovers of good music, vocal and iaairnipsaippLL il' '''"''3' -' " Ar. AdGms-The Wiigs and Conservatives, by uniting their strength Or the good, of ous common country, hsse raOss esesasy puos,faseda sery cor. rups administration. who were governed in all their movements by small clique of desperate pcli,icians. and who were selfish in al their efforts Whils the great body Of 'he Van Buren party were honest in sheiy views. but ~ould not separate from il,eirp parry. hoping in the end to overcome ths errors of their lea. ders y patient endurance 9f .hee Haeasures until better and more honest counsels might prevail; and in the end all have been overwhelmed in one cod. mon ruin. And ;hisl will always be ihe case Mi,h every parry in ihis sosaiy, who. bndfod follow the dictatOa of few desperate ofics scekers. And nov. shall the Harrison party foow intheir footsteps. (which God forbid, they will soonnset tbe sse end That there are oiice seekess among us is not to he denied who under the presence of the psSlc good are only to ptomote their swn selfish interest hv h;rn~ osnvas enissa vas h Ensais u,hlss and sounding ,heir ownpaise. and dssyiaa the mod