Litchfield enquirer., 1840-01-09

| N - gets back from Encland and goes to Washington, MT Van bnren, lI ne ch3oges, can take hin, by the hand ana say-,M MT. Webster, how do you, do ?-How il Massa chuseIts ?'-Ph1adelphia Hines. sl ,.is lg And Mir. Webster can proudly reply. She is os sh, has been there she is: look at her she needs no el logy oi mine she IS Whig to the core. By the way "r' fresldent; How is Ncsc York f'-G S. Gdsefte.
 1hro'o haU ererboard 1t will be seen bv the fol lowing paragraph, which we take from the Eveuip. Post, that Gov SHANNON, of Ohio. is not su;cientlx Destructive" in his views to satisfy the Rentor ad Blair gentry :-- ...' as' t'~' ' ~ GOU. Shannon of Ohio-A meeting wac baId n, Ginclnnatl on the 18th ins at which thst mart of be message ot Gov. shannon relating to cnrrencv and nNnks was condemned in the severest terms. h was resolved hnt man holding the opinions of Gov shannon could not he conscien.io,,sly snnnorteS b
 tDe renI frends Of democracy and that the dennocy; ic convention which is to assemble at Columbus u 'hnnary next, should he requested to nominate some o'el person as candidate for the office of Governor
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 '.-> '" ,s- .t." s;-- s3r,.- a. j.. t'S si, Gen Woync's Endorsement !-G General ANTHONY WAYNE, in his Letter to the Secretary at War; giving an official account of his sanguinary Indian battle
 in l79s, said:- My faithful and gallant Lieutenant HARRISON rendered the most essential service, by communicating my orders in every direction, and by hls conduct and bravery, exciting the troops to 1 press for victory:''-Albany Eve Jour- , l-., {. Harrison and 2!yler.--The Wings and Conserva. lives throughout the Union are receiving the nomina tions of the Harrisburg Convention with great enthu sasm, and holding meetings to publicly declare theil approval of the same. In rhe oities of New-Yo Philadelphia and Boston, they turned out en masss last week, to respond to the nominations, aud pledge themselves to an united and vigorous effort to sustain them at the polls Such spirit as was manifested at
 these meetings, nugurs the happiest results and noth- ing is now required but union and action to rescue the country from the spoilers, and place WLLrAM HEN. KY HARRISON and JOHN TYLER in the offices for | which they have been selected Com Cour
 Fronds in FIour-The Boston Courier publishes the following letter from friend at Exeter, N H.
 grocer in ;his place, few days since received five barrels of flour, marked Rochester, N. Y and upon opening one of them the flour appeared to be loose and to have settled from the head. He ther weighed the barrel and found it to be twenty pounds short The other four were then weighed, and al found to be from eighteen to twenty pounds shor each Whether this fraud is practised at the mills or whether the flour is purloined by some one of th
 many hands it passes through, does not yet appear but it is very evident that whoever is guilty of suc
 pilfering should be feret,ed out and exposed ' .
 4 Weddng-olmost "A black leg from New Or
 leans, run away, short time snce with the daugh ter of wealthy planter in Blount County, Mo- H. was immediately pursued and overtaken by the girl' brother, who had him tied 10 post, barred his back gave him fifty ashcs and sent him about his business Tho fellow derived but little pleasure from the "gordi
 an knot on this occasion. a.- w .,, ooSC .l
 great flour dealer of New York, hes suspended Thi
 is the same whose warehouse was alta cked once by,
 mob, for nonopohzing flour and holding it in store t raise the price. r. # 7 35a isH Rsp bt ar- We counted in the last Hartford Times the word | "Granny Harrison" in serentecn places! Comnien is needless. "-ib. .y as. :. sss@ s .asxa
 The Locofoco philosophy is to make ever, thing subject of rejoicing. The editor o the State Paper says that, on the whole. lle i glad his party were defeated in New York because, if they had not been--something else would have been "to pay" It was pret. ty much so with old father Hodge, over the mountain. His son Ben came in one day and said, .aA ..y -sSt 3g,tfs4s ,ag.sr t,'7
 "Father, that old black sbcep has got two | lambs."6 fst r1 lesfa ,-.-aaI fas, zi .i
 "Good," says the old man, that's the " {" But one on 'em's dead, ,",added Ben. ,.s,.,.l "I'm glad ont" says the father, 1" it'll be better for the old sheep" .lr D.. ia s,,,, | But tother's dead too" says Ben. g a,i <
 "So much the better, rejoins Hodge she'll make a grand piece of mutton in the fall" .y rotf5ea E,,.%4s lo tall,s,t,r es r Yes--but tho old sheep's dead too,'' ex- claims Ben. a3j ts y4sf.4-g sy!s 3, ..,s,as 9d,
 "Dead d!-.dead.-.what the old, sheep dead :" cries old Hodge, "that's good, darn her !-she always was m ugly old scamp" Ia 1 r,essa ss,g Mddisbu'y Peopts Press.
 The Cherokee troubles are settled. A let ter of tho 21st ult. from Fort Leavensworth announces the return of Col. Kearney, with | 25O dragons from march from that post along the Mississippi Frontier, and into the Cherokee country, as far as Fort Wayne on inc Illinois river, near Fort Gibson. The movement was made in consequence of a rumor that inc Indians intended 10 resist the attempt 10 execute recent order from the Secretary of War to Gen, Arbuckle, to ar rest the murderers of the Ridges and Boudi- | not and that they were preparing for war. 1 On reaching Fort Wayne Col. K. learned that the rUnors were utterly groundless
 peace and quiet prevailed, and no resistance need be feared, beyond that which the mem. bers themselves may mnke ; though there is strong party who will strive to conceal them. The dragons travelled 300 miles in days. @1 aT .a '5 '.s t'''4
 What splendid Administration will the old hero have on his election [ His name is inc tower of strength in the battle; but after inc victory, the pillars of his support wilt be CIAy. WEBSTER, TALLMApsE, ScoFT, SOUTH ARD. and others like them.s With no small share of the sagacity, patriotism. and lintelli! 1 pence of the Father of his country, he will, 1 ike call around him those more brilliant, but no more worthy than himself, and administer the government in a mnnt'er as different from those who now direct 1t, as