Litchfield enquirer., 1840-04-09

MOdeT6ttOn Of q Moderator: And queer
kind Of moderation it was, too, If the story, as
related by the Exeter News letter, be not
colored by tinge of exaggeration. The
News Letter. alluding to the Powerless con-
dition Of the Moderaters of Town Meetings,
at the present day, as compared with the au-
lhority exercised in times past relates an an
ecdote Of a worthy Major somebody, who
was elected, long time ago,to preside over
town meeting, at election time, to this effect:
The Major was a violent paTtzan, and went
1he Whole hog to support and sustain ''the
parry, to the best and worst of his ability.
On the occasion just alluded TO, of his being.
elected Moderator, meddlesome fellow Of
the opposite party, was disposed to be troub-
lesome-ihterposin divers objections 10 the
acts of the presiding officer, until at length
| he became so inhpWdent as to challenge a
+ vote which had just been handed to the Mod
orator. Being asked the grounds of his
challenge, he stated that he had three obiec-
I tions to the vote In the first place the man
had no right to vote at all in the second
place, he had voted twice already; and in
the third place he had given three votes, roll
led up together, instead of one. The Mode
rator deliberately unrolled the ballots, exam
ined the three, and finding them all right,
been any better votes put iI3 the hat to-day
than these are. Fonly wish there were more
Of them, and can tell you sir, Cunning to
the objecter, that you are a troublesome fell
low, and an old-fsderalist Or iacobin-no'
matter, which--to boot. And I'll let you
know Quitting the Ballots all into the hat to-
gether) that while Pm Moderator, i shall
take such votes as Pye a mind to. and you
may help yourself as you can. Fellow citi-
zens, bring In your votes for Mr.. -- for
Governors and the more ofthem the better"
PHILADELPHIA, March %, 1910.
An affair occurred here on Friday last
which is not altogether creditable to our city.
Youa are aware that an Investigation is to be
had respecting the election in which Mr..
Naylor, now in Congress-, claims to have
been constituted one OF our Representatives.
Evidence has been recently taken here be-.
fore Commissioner; and Mr.. Naylor,in a,
publication in one Of the papers, charged his
antagonist, Mr.. Cha'sJ. Ingersoll, although
tnot by name,) with bringing forward impro-
per evidence, such as would be rejected by
any honorable court.
AT this, Mr.. Charles Ingersoll, (he son of
the former, who is employed as counsel in
the case for his father,) took offence, and q
correspondence passed, lending in challenge
lby Mr.. Ingerso!!, ~. Eay!og was not ex-
actly satisfied with the manner In which the
bearer of the challenge demeaned himself,
and ordered him out Of his house. A scuff1e
ensued, in which the challenge. SSccS.sss Sag
forcibly elected. The parties are now under
| arrest, Mr.. Ingersoll has of course violated
the laws Of this State in sending challenge
Such 10 the evaporation produced by the
growing bitterness ofparty strife.
! IN. - ~ Nep-Ilapsn Record
House and sir children burnt. -On Saturday
night, about one o'clock, the house of MI.
| John Austin, in the town Of Yonkers, in West
chester county, about one mile fRefIs the viii
! lage of that name, was burned down and six
of his children persisted BY It inthe fiali,es.--i
| Mr.. Austin, his wife with an Infant and some
of the older children, three daughters and q
son, who lodged on the floor escapeds-the
children lodged on the upper foor. IT was'
an old wooden house, one and q half stories.
high. The FIRE appears to.have originated
by accident after the family had all retired.
Five Of those that persisted were between the
age Of FIVE and twelve years and one was
young man grown, who, it would seem, lost
his life in attempting to rescue the children
in the chamber. The four that escaped, be.
sides the parents with the infant, were also
Echildren-the family consisting of fourteen
children in all, three Of whom We're not resi-.
ding al home.-N. Y. Gazette.
AnfW DfSct0sufe 81 FtUe Murders IN one
Family The Frankfort ,(Ky.) Common !,
wealth gives some revolving particulars OF
/ an occurrence which took place near Green's
burg. Ky.,in 1888. II appears there lived
Fin July, 1888, a few miles from that place, an
aged woman named Lucinda White, with;
her two sous. aged - and IA, and a daugh-
ter-in-law,: (whose husband lives in the
Southern States with aid infant Of 20 months
Eold. Intending to move South in the month
Eof July, as above, a man named Darlington
Smith undertook to convey them. and on a
certain night he set off with the younger
Mrs. White, the infant and the younger boy :;
but had departed but a short time when he
murdered Them and buried them in hole
mother were also killed and buried in the
same hole. Suspicious lately led to the ar
rest Of Simpson, when the bones were found
and an inquest held. The fiend has confess.
| ed, and duplicates two others whose names
l.are concealed, but who have been arrested,
together with Simpsons family. He killed
them for their property, which consisted Of
Ia few beds and old furniture, not worth 800
in ali IN. Y. EGpress. :.
Worthy to ls Preserved correspondent
of the New Orleans True American relates
a very excellent and interesting anecdote
about General Harrison:. He saws during.
one Of the Generals Northwestern cam
paigns, against the Indians. there was in one
ofthe Kentucky companies, lad of a boy, a.
native Of that gallant state. who had preina-'
tHrely joined the army to fight the Indians.
in marching through dangerous and diff !.
cult defile, infested with hostile Indians. that
hung Upon the rear the army, and under
rapid travelling TO relieve a post in advance,
this patriotic boy gave out. and fell behind,
and without relief, would have been overta-