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Litchfield enquirer., 1840-06-25
$ THE FBoRlDA WAR. 5

The following is an extract of letter fo gentle man from this town now in Fiorida, dated
 ,.. Fort No. II, Florida, May %, ls4o
 party of 90 started yesterday to go to Fort King 900 men, infantry, artillery and dragoons are, to be weeks scout is sexpeced-the principal object being to destroy all the Indian crops. Col. Twiggs passed hets last evening on his wayto that Fort; he said that he should use his influence to have all the infant " and atiefysent back to ther posts, as it would be impossible for footmen to stand campaign at this season of the year. The Indians are very active, murdering in all drec,ions the last severe fight took place near Fort King. Capt. Ranes was sho, through the lungs, two of his men killed and four wounded is dangerous place near there. Capt. R. had two of his men shot short time since within rife shot of the Fort. ua4 ,a :, .-. -.-aE}HT yrlra h.a
 2ist--The express from Fort White brought a rr port last evening that they had smart fight at Mi. canopy day before yesterday, We never trust the first report. so will say nothing about it until we have something further. There are but about dog. en men in this garrison, so that we could not make very strong fghtif fauacked. ~ .s
 ,,. 22d-An e express came from Mieanopy to-day. Ve. " bud news-on the 19th, It, Martin of the ed infant " left Mcanopy with escort of three men to go to Wacahootee. which post he con,inanded.a When 4 miles distant he was attacked bythe lndianss and at ihc first yolley every horse butLt. Martins was killed; one of the men killed and Lt. M! received three ha'ls-one through the abdomen, one through his arm. snd one through hs hand; he kept his sad de, however. get back to Micanopy, and will get wels It. Sanderson of the 7th was immediately sent in pursuit with seventeen men ;-,hey were also at tackled; L S. with five men were killed at the first voll6y -the amount of it is, one Lieut.. Killed, one wounded, and II priva,es killed and missing-a terri. ble affair." The bodies were found by Col. Riley of the 2d, who is now in pursuit of the Indians! It. Sandersons fingers were off and put in his mouth, and the bodies were horribly plutilnted. #
 23dExpress from Fort King brings report tlia, the Indians have taken asFort somewhere below. and but one man escaped it was garrsoned by citizens. >
 27th--Express from Black Creek last evening, brings intelligence that five men were killed on the Pcolaia road on Satafday. This part of the country is in m dproar; itis thought that the semipoes know that the troops have gone south, and will take the op- portunity tomake call in these diggings, At Black Creek they are much alarmed. If they come here, l would be obliged to them if they would send their card soon enough 10 give me time 10 gs: inside the Fort, as do nos consider my quarters good enough to accommodate gentlemen of their character. l have nothing but wooden latch and seldom think 10 use even that. Express from Fort King inst came in brings no news-~IA. .Wesseis had left there on a scout" !iE4@ 92ilA GAGG* 1CGT
Litchfield enquirer., 1840-06-25
COECERT T.

THE Lic9falda Opunty Sacred Music Socie- i A ty will give a Concert at the Episcopal Church. Litehfeld; on Friday, July Sd, com. mencing!at 6 o'clock P. M. 6 7s,s N '.o ~,.. t Tickets may be had at the stores of Morse
 & Camp and I. Lawrence; also at the Man.
 sion House. the South Street House, and at. the door on the evening gofiperformance. <, . Members of the Society are requested to
 meet on Thursday the 2d of July .at l o'clock
 r. M. for rehearsal. .a.aNN Ne3 3S1stE Per order of the Erecutire Committee. June Is. lS40 %sSk5s ~s B.
Litchfield enquirer., 1840-06-25
Just ReceiYeal.ol1

a--1 --v.- I-- D uuSU 1NGCEHVEWq I-9 ?. EI aud j0r sale at the Book < Variety Store, vTyHE BOOK OF JAsHER; southgate's
 A Tour through Armenia, Persia, and Me sopotamia; History of the Fine Arts illustra- ted; Outlines of Disordered Mental Action, by TIC. Uphnm; Scotland and the Scotch, hy Sinclair; Beauties of History Family at Heatherdale; Young Man from home; Young Mars Aid, by Winslow; Young Woman's Guide, Young Housekeeper, Young Mother, and Young Husband. by Dr.. Alcott. a-;' v, 7. ;.
 Christian Tyre and Supplement, by Lea witt. D' Books not on hand when called for will be procured on short notice. e@o s,7.
 Litchfeld, June g. ,i a 's"a '2 @Il 4 'I
Litchfield enquirer., 1840-06-25
tMARRIEDE

In this town, on the iStil inst, Mir! !eNn,. Nelson Bradley. o|' 17a'' : " Y EIT5GlI5, .aH7s7a 9 ln. n.Washineton, on ,he 10th inst, Mir! Edward J. Pond, to Miss Sarah F,rd, .s j 'a,'; ;% a1'a '~Fa.
 1n ,h;., ;,.,a.. ,o,., sn m J., DIED. ~; ,, n. .-.J
 aged 5 years. ,,.., ,s.... ', " v 1,' 1,.
 In this town, on the 22d, widow Mehi,able Morse. aged 87 years. , +. ... .@.. e T? .''l' so of MT. Grandson Lpamis, aged years n '' , In Colehrook, on the 14th inst. Reuben Rockwell, Esq. aged 5 years, G @ - '''~ff"' "
 In Columbia, Texas, May II, MT. Benjamin Pil- grim, nt Bridgeport, aged 37. '" >H' ',,'
 h Boston, the 29th ulf, John Parker, Esq aged g. of the oldest merchants of that city. He has left an estate of about S30UO, 900. @''.' .''.',''7l'
Litchfield enquirer., 1840-06-25
NOTICE.

TEIE Court of Probate for the District of
 -A 3Harwinton hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof for the credit prs to the estate of LUcrNA CLARK, late of Harwinton, deceased. to exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who neglect to present their accounts, properly attested, within said time, will be debarred a recovery. All per- sons indebted, to said estate are requested to make immediate payment to .,i aI6 ,''.,, -t n oj lud ,o ELMER N. PEcK, 70 t,......,,... 4 va t.a' WILLIAM C.'Scov1LL, 1'~''"'0' '' S
 Har,cinto,,, Jnne IS, lS4O. 1nr IH' 4
Litchfield enquirer., 1840-06-25

4th sBlly.-A meeting oaoill De he!d at the Court House this (1'hwsday) euening, 25th inst, Gt o'clock, for the purpose ef making ar rangements to celebrate 5in this rillage Me Anni- rersary .f our Independence. H is respecyuuy reqteste that ALL aco teel interested in ne euent miH mol fail 10 be present. Z" '.' 'f.Jume 25 2an
Litchfield enquirer., 1840-06-25

Tbe Grsaf Western; steam ship arrived at N. York last Friday morninc having left Bristol on the 4h
 about an usual passage-H days The news bn,', is not otherwise thsT showing further de- cline in the price of cotton, as well as on -four and grain. It is said that shippers to England will lose money on both cotton and -four The money marker was in bad state in England ,-,,s 7e ,1'-.t
Litchfield enquirer., 1840-06-25
NO,TICE.1

YNHE members ofthe LitchGeld Mutual Frt'
 A I,surance Company are hereby warned tha, the annual meeting of said company will be holden atthe Mansion Housein Litchtield on Monday the 9th of July next, at , o'clock P. M, for the choice of Directors for the yeat! ensuing, and to do any other business proper to, be done at said meeting. s.gay I 7',, .5fr ..rN '.@ SYLVESTER GALprN, SecretGry. $, i" June 23, lS4O. Ta 9d a .na .Hf@441q slutr; A
Litchfield enquirer., 1840-06-25

05- The Independent yeo,nen efMe'o~n cf l3ethlsm haUe concluded 10 cele6rdte he4k of Jaly ke birthday of Amercan Freedom manner suitable to the sio; aud hey cordially iaUe dH locers elual rights to j6sa apik them ke tesiivitieS of the occasiom
 " Per order of he Comminee. 'ls B. -s+I5 June 25 aA 2'- tf E.5r w LAKE. SecrPfdru
Litchfield enquirer., 1840-06-25
NOTICE.

THE Copartnership heretofore existing between the subscribers, under the firm of DUNBAR &S DE WoLr, is this day by n1utu- al consent dissolved. 9 All persons indebted to the late firm are requested to make imme- diate payment. ''a CYRUS DUNBAR, 2 -."., i ,s-,as. .assr HENRY DE WOLF.
 Harspini0n, June 10, lS4O. .,-,aa, ... .,
Litchfield enquirer., 1840-06-25
NOTICE.

%.21 a2' , ,o 5'I ,@ r NOflCE.% 5,1f 72',a' - H''@ H1HE Court of Probate for the District Of
 Woodbury hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof for the creditors to the estate of MARY B. SHERMAN. late of WoOdbury, deceased, to exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who neglect 10 pre- sent their accounts, properly attested, within said time, will be tdebarred a recovery. All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment to ' oah 4.| e. ELIJAH SHERMAN, JUN. Admin'r. v a Waodbury, June 9, lS40.e .eta 2 \ ,I ..lj4 Al q Court ef Proafs holden at Litchel in and yor
 s s S sG sss Es% ns s s ss . ca"i a"s
 q .Pro6air or said distris, being. aead -Presen,,
 Cabin BatIer, Esq. Judge ofthe Conrt of aProbdte
 for the aajoiniag. aistrief 0 Pigmodth tho may by
 Idb Gct h0ldng khe some; TT , ''." ''Fj ~! l, I nN motion of the executor of the last will O and testament of MIRR1AM BUCK. late of Warren, deceased, this Court doth appoint the 3d day of July, 164O, at 10 o'clock A. M. at the probate office in Litchfield, for the ex- animation and settlement of the administra- ton account of said executor; when & where all persons interested may appear, if they see cause, and be heard touching said account {; and doth also direct said exeeutor to give public notice of this order by advertising ihe same in a newspaper published in LiichIield two weeks successiveiy, and by posting the same on tho public sigppost in said Warren nearest athe place where said deceased last dwelt one week at least before s;tid Sd day Of July. Certified from Record. aoa .1q A a,, ..',g, G. C. WOODRUFF, Clerk. 4
Litchfield enquirer., 1840-06-25

T'he Young Ladies of St. Michaers Church sviA hold Fair Gi the Court House oa the eren. ing Qf T'hursdey the 2d of July nett. '2''af. ,'t
Litchfield enquirer., 1840-06-25
NOTICE.

THE subscriber has received a warrant \, for the collection of a town tax on List 1889 against the residents and nonlresidents of Of1.itchfeid, in Milton Society. and that he vii. meet the said persons at the house of Frederick Peek, in Milton, on Friday the 3d day of July next, at one o'clock PPM. for the purpose of.receivipg said .tax:1r 5e- .sne9
 "-S'' LEHMAN BEACH, JR. Collector.
 LitcLfaIA. Jhhes1a l6dO. ss s@wssTfS B
Litchfield enquirer., 1840-06-25

Ala Cos,4 af Pyobae Aoldsnai WihekssieS,ci,his
 and for the Disfricf gf Winchester, on the lOth
 dag of June. A. D. 1640:
 Present. Gideon Hal. Jr. Esq. Jndgs. VTHIiIS Court doth direct the administrators II OfJOEL LEWIS, late of Colebrook. in said distrieL deceased, represented t0 be insol- veDt.ltO give notice to all persona interested in the estate of said deceased tO appear (if they see ehnee) before tho court of probate lo be holden at the probate office in said dis. trict, on the Sd day of July, A. ID. 164O. al Q o'clock 4. M., to Do heard relative to the np- poiniment of commissioners op said estate py posting said order of notice on . public siGn- post in said town of Colebr00k nearest tho place where the deceased laai dwelt, and 0y advertising tho same in a newspaper pWOlIah- ed in Liichhcld. Certified tso.n recnFn.
 . GIpEoN HALL, Jr. Judge.
Litchfield enquirer., 1840-06-25
tlNOI'ICE...

PURSUANT to an order ef the Court of E Probate for the district of Harwipten. inc subscribers will sell, at the late residences nf JULIUS BRowN. deceased. on Thursday the 2d of July nexts at lao'clock P. M. so much of the real estate of said deceased as will be sufficient to pay of mortgage due to the School Fund of Connecticut. q ..t
 O9 HANNAH BROWN. Adminisfrafrir.
 ts, AUGUSTUS ALFRED. AdMinistratOr.
 Ha,7Uinton, Jung l6, l64O. 2
Litchfield enquirer., 1840-06-25
PROBATE SALE

,H1 PROBATE SALE vn't
 IN pursuances of an order from the Hon. \ Court of Probate for the' District of Har- winton. will be sold at public auction, on Monday the 29th day of. June, 1s40. at T o. clock P. M. (unless previously disposed of 1t private sale,) all the real estate of ELRMURL CLEAvELAND, late. of said Harwlnton. deceas- ed, excepting the incunnbrance of the widows right of dover therein. Sale to take place on the premises. E's' T: osn e1f !24'13a1'De 7t.. ..t @-1 '.'so.i HENRY f1o1r,, Administrator. a
 LIdrcinton, June 8, l04O. #h4 ,)i3f.ta J' 2
Litchfield enquirer., 1840-06-25

ITnasiapfafisss G1easroaity-- MOnFne Edwards. Esq of tho parish 0f fbeFsllle. La has wsanwmitsd one hundred end sixty elaves Ne s n this cisy, and has just had the deed of manumissen prepared.
 CiHeiHnafi Gaselte.
Litchfield enquirer., 1840-06-25

e We are glaa4 isSrn, bs the NsW.York pa. pers, that one of the first good acts Of Mr. D. M. O. NnEs-and this ccrtsinly is good 6re-is to have the eastern mails forwarded by the New Haven steam boats, as formerly, six days in week: This will giveRtbsN. Y papers nedtly day earlier tlSan for some monSs East, andas early as they are brot by passengers When he restores themail from here to NO5ok and Canaan and Albany, dds!y, we shall thank him for doing another good deed. ' ..'f-i
 SIOaO but sHre-Wm. L.. Marcy, ex-Goveynor of New York, who was rejected by the people, has at last been provided for by the President He is ap- pointed Commissioner "to carry into effect the Convention with the Mexican Republic Of the IIth April lS39." He is to be associated with John Row. an of Kentucky, who lately came over and joined the speckled Calhoun standard. " 7. .'.
 Hon. JOHN DAVIS, now in the U S. Senate, was last week nominated for Governorof of Massachusetts by the Whig Convention held at Worcester. The nomination was made in open convention and by ac- camation From 10000 to %, 900 persons were in att tendance; and the assurances are that the nominee will be elected by from to 1000 majority and liar rison Electors by an equal or greater one Now that
 the stped big has run his race, the old Bay State is herself again. Van Buren cannot rvet chains for
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1840-11-19
WHO WROTE "QUODIIBETln

Those of our READERS who have not met with
| this highly entertaining and instructive vol
| uIne, Will thank us for the extracts from it
which we publish to-day. Wecommend the
whole work to them. Satire.and humor per-
form, in it, their most dignifed office; ofsup-
porting the cause of Justice and Truth, and
impressing the soundest lessons Of political
wisdom.
We have been often asked "Who wrote
lluodiibet z" MANY guesses and many con-
hdent assertions have been made with know
ing alrrespecting the authorship. But since
wehave read the book we have never been
once puzzled about reply to the question:
Without pretending to be wiser than our
neighbors, we may yet express our undoubt-
ing belief that the author of ''Quodlibet" is
John p. Kennedy, of Baltimore. We have
not room now TO state all the ground for this
assurance, contained in the work itself.-But
those who are intimate with Mr.. Kennedy
can scarcely fail to recognise him III many of
the pages; and those who are familiar with
his speeches III Congress, may easily trace
his views, and thoughts, and feelings, respect
ing the men and measures of the Administra-
ton, In many passage Of this curious book.
We here see reproduced, with dramatic
power OF illustrations, many topics of his me-
morable speech on the General Appropriation
Din, ueilFeTeu eOrudfy 18TH, 1889 that the
GUARDIANS of the Treasury have been ASLEEP
that felonies unmatched in amount have
been detected in the innermost shrines of the
temple-the very priests having robbed the
altar-the nation just relieved from one debt
creating another--the finances embarrassed
the revenue short of the eXpenditure-the
hard money Government converted into a pa
per issuing Goyernment--the rulers of the
land at their wits end all around, the signs
of their doom and judgment. The warnings
OF their downfall abroad. The President and
his party incompetent to the crisis. An ca
sy, INDECENT, and luxurious chief presiding
over cabinet which is mere pcrsonation Of
leebleness. Kendall, the link between the
past Administration and the present-the con-
duit pipe by which the surplus popularity of
the one, it was hoped, would be transferred
into the framing circulation of the other
The whole cabinet array of impracticable,
skllless, temporizing xpedient-mongering
statesmen, who now, with their guardian pc
MUS, are TO sink together, and be remember
cd 70 more
But we must stop for the present. We put
1t down as our conviction, that John p. Ken
nedy, author of"Swallow Barn. Horseshoe
Robinson" &c. and late representative i'll
Congress from Baltimore, is the author OF
''Quodlibet. "-II1d. SOniun.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1840-11-19
NEW JERSEY AND IT'S SEAL.

The decided and emphatic expression of
public feeling in this State pleases us more
than any victory we have won. The re-elec-
ton of the very six members by about 1900
majority, whom the Administration party in
the House by force and fraud excluded from
their places, is noble vindication of State
pride and State right by one of the sovereign
members of the confederacy. The lesson it
teaches the Federal Government, that this
pride cannot be outraged, and these rights
violated with impunity, is a sautary lesson,
such as will have its effect hereafter in the
settlement Of contested seats in the House of
Represe ntatives.
1t is probable that party spirit never went
sa1ar before among public men sworn to sup
port the Constitution, when they shut ont
from the House five of the six Wing men,
bers from New Jersey. The wrong was
such, ii not the unconstitutionalty of the act.
that the Wing Governor and Wing Leuisla-
ture would have been justified in principle
IN resort to extreme measures of defence,
upon the ground atleast, that where there was
no representation there should be no taxation,
but they wisely deemed il best to abide the
verdict OF the People, and to commit their
wrongs to the redress of time. In making
that appeal, interest was impaired to it by
the appearance before the People of the same
parties, upon whose case the House of Rep
| resentativcs had advocated. The candidates
for Congress on both sides were the same
persons that appeared at Washington. The
men Of the Administration had urged on
Congress, that the popular will of New Ter
sey was, that they should represent the Peo-
| pie there, but when an appeal was taken to
that popular will, the Wing members are
sent back by great majority for so small a
State. The broad seal OF New Jersey was
assailed and ridicued in Congress, and by
none more than the men who claimed exclu-
sively to represent the State, but upon that
seal the People now, and with an emphasis
too, have affixed their stamp such us will
make it respected through all time.
| If the men Of the Administration believed
what they preach; if their democracy was
belief in the government of the People; if
| indeed they had amy respect for popular
rights, and the principle OF representation,
they wouldnot now, they could not, go back
to Washington, the coming winter, and usurp'
places they cannot well pretend to be theirs
N. Y. EXPREss.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1840-11-19
A REBUKE INDEED

New York has put her veto upon the re-
election of Martin Van Buren,. -Four years
ago, she gave him majority of % 600 and
now, after taste Of his quality as Chief Ma
gstrate of a nation, this same New York has
decided against him by more than ten thou
sand votes. This reversal of Judgment is
worthy of special remark and notice. 1t is
an eloquent lesson to public men, and comes
as powerful voice of warning to all who
would sacrifice right for expediency, or sink
the character of the enlightened stateman in
that of the groveiing partisan striving for the
spoits. For fifty years, during which the
present form of Government has existed, this
is the irstinstance in which a candidate for
the Presidency, much less an actual Presi-
dent, has failed to obtain the vote of his own
State In judgment upon his measures,
such as this, there can be no mistake. From
such condemnation there can be no appeal.
AS 1t is the first instance of such condemna
tlon-reuctant, but decisive-let us hone il
may be the last which evil counsels and bad
government may render necessary. Let us
hope that a parent State will never apain he
constrained to render judgment upon recre-
ant son, and that the case of Mr.. Van Buren,.
the head of the spoils Administration ofIs4O.
Will live in the memory of aspiring politicians
as an example to deter. BaHimorc Patriot.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1840-11-19
THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION.

The question is asked with some anxiety.
whether Gen. Harrison's administration will
be proscriPtive, whether public officers will
be removed for opinions sake. Certainly
not: but there will he good deal TO do under
the following rule. as laid down by Mr.. JEFF
ferson, III circular addressed by him TO his
ofhceholders Immediately after lis election
Neg York Com. .4du.
Zone thing will say, that the future IL.
references in elections, whether of the STATE
or general governments, by officers of ths
latter, should be deemed cause of removal;
because the constitutional remedy by The g
lective principle becomes nothing, if it NAV
be smothered by the enormous patronage cf
the general government."-Jefyson,
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1840-11-19
"IHe OLD Three Stringed Fiddle. -

correspondent of the Enquirer writes
from New York on the 9TH inst. that sal is
lqst.''
Upon this Mr.. Richie flaps his wings and
crows:
SAL is not lost-We have saved our honor
we have saved Virgtnia.-We have saved
the Citadel.--We have saved the flag of the
Republican party
Mr.. Ritchie's exultation at having saved
Virginia by some two or three hundred votes,
reminds us of al anecdote we have hea rd ola
half-witted brother of Mr.. Jefferson. Mr..
Jefferson, we have beentold, had his house
burnt many years ago. He had living with
him at the time asimple, eccentric brother,
who owned an old fiddle with three strings,
to which he was very mu III attached
soon as the fire was discovered, all hands
went to work to save the furniture, except
this brother. He ran in, secured his old fid-
die, and swore that .sfhe house and erery thing
else might burn and be Id. He had saved
his fiddle, which was all he cared for" So
it is with Mr.. Richie. He has saved Virgil
MA, and 1t is worth about as much to him in
the present contest, as was the old three
stringed fiddle Charlottesville .qdvocate.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1840-11-19
PAINFUL OCCURRENCE.

We understand that Professor Davis of the
University of Va. was shot by an unknown
hand, with pistol, in front Of his dwelling,
on Thursday night about9 o'clock. The in
dividal who committed the act is said to have
been masked at the time. The ball was re-
ceived just below the navel. and is said to
have passed around the abdomen down to
the fcshy part of the thigh, without enterpS
the cavity. 1t affords the numerous friends
OF MIR. Davis in this community infinite plea
sure to learn, that the wound is not consider
ed mortal. AS the circumstances connected
with the distressing occurrence will probably
undergo Judicial investigation, we forbear to
speak more fully of them for the present.
charlottesville .4drocate.
u We learn that suspicion has at
tached to one of the Students, who has been
committed to prison.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1840-11-19
TENNESSEE

Has done gloriously in the good cause. In
81 Counties in East Tennessee Gen. Harri-
sons majority is G,S29. In the same coun-
ties Cannon's (Whig) majority was only
jorities in nine counties 4,GO5-and the Van
Buren, majorities l,7I6-leaving aWhig ma
jority in these counties Of 1857. The vote
at the Hermitage precinct (Gen.i Jackson's
residence,) stood Harrison 1873, Van Buren,
29i
The Knoxville Register thinks Gen. Har-
rison's majority in the State will be from 10
to Is thousand.