Litchfield enquirer., 1840-12-17
THE ENQUIRER.
LlTCHFIELD, DEC'R 17, ls4O.

| LtTCHFAELDs DEC'R 17, lS4O.
 TIE MEssAor-We give this farewell document of the President entire this week. It has one rare meri, over any Ofits predecessors from the same pen. and a very comfortable one il. country prin,ers-;t is shorter! Bu: we confess we are some what deceived init. We did not believe he would press the Sub. Treasury proiect after the clearly expressed opinion of the people against his views and his conduct for the three years past-nOr dd we believe he would go into another long tiEode agnns, the defnnct U S. Bank.- We thought he would gather his rohes around him. give fair exposition of the condition ot the country mingled with due degree of glorfcation of his "
 ustrious predecessor" as well as his own purity and nterestedness-congratula the people upon hav- ing relieved him from the and perpexte of the government, and in substituting capable and more honest public servant-decare that he leaves this great people conented and hnppy-and % out of political existence with good grace as possihe- Buv mortified as he is beyond measure, he cannot re. 1 linquish power without making many disingenuous remarks rnpotent they are uucalled for and un. wise.
 A Choltengc-wAoW luke a?--Mr. Samuel Palmer, of Goshenv challenges the farmers of Ltchield county to show greater or equal amount of produce from any se acres of land in piece than he has raised the past season from that quantity. The ground was prepared early, highly manured and the product was as follows :-GOO bushels of Corn in the ear, lls cart loads of Pumpkins, 300 boshels of Turnips, and 24o bushels of Potatoes. The potatoes were planted A. round the edges and on one sde--the turnips sowed among the corn and the corn topped in good season so as to let the on the turnps to bring them for ward Ifany man in the county, or elsewhere can show greater yield, let him .end word to this office. and he shall have the bereft of our columns to pro- claim his superior skill or more productive land
 South Carolina h0s thrown her electoral vote for Mr. Van Buren for President For Vice President, she selected, next to Mr. Calhoun the most chongea bls politician she could knd to wit I,tto.on Waller Tazewell-the very man we named six weeks ago as the most suitable adjunct to Mr. Calhoun, and for whom we imagined the vote would be given @ We have now heard from sufficient to know that the exact electoral vote for Mr. Van Buren will he 6o--for Gen. Harrison 93i For Vice President, John Tyler 234-Richnrd M. Johnson 4s-Lit,leton w. Tazewell ll-James K. Polk l. Is no, the result most wonderfnl Was ever snch an instance ofpow. CT, thus apparently strongly enirenched 50 triumph. an.ly and completely over,hrown? s-
 GeOrgio.-John McPherson Berrien has been cho. sen by the legislature succeed Mir Lumpkin in the U. S. Senate after the 4th of March next. For Mr. Berrien l53 votes-Mr. McAllister ll7-seatterinr g. It may be remembered that Mir. B. was one of Gen. Jacksons famous "unit cabine" but, like most other honest men, soon became dis9usled with the party, and left it. He is now strong Harrison man, and succeeds bitter loco loco.
 Mr Preston, of S. CA report has for some days been in circulation that this gentleman intended to resign his ecat in the Senate and would bc succeeded by Mr. McDuffie. This is now fully contradicted- In recent letter to friend in Charleston, he says "Having aided, according to my humble ability, in efactine the election of Gen. Harrison think it due to the country that should render such assistance in the organization of the new Government "s d~r--I- upon my s."'i~".
 "1Ae Practical Spelling Book, Wish Reading Les. sons, by T. H Gullaades aud Horace Hooker" is the title of publication just issued from the Hartford press. and of which We are favored with copy we suppose for the benefit of our "ltte responsibilities" It is handsomely printed clear white pnper and we should judge from very slight examination correctly and methodically arranged. It has however to our eye m appearance, except the paper and printing are
 
 upon some forty years ago, by certain Noah Web. ster! Whether it is an improvement upon that. or the hundred others that have since issued from the prolific American press. the public interested in such matters will not be slow to find out. It ought to be beer-for it professes to be the production of two heads instead o one-and one of them certainly not inexperienced in teaching young ideas how to shoot We presume it can be obtained of the booksellers
 Housaionic Eaa Rond Company-An error occur. rcd in the advertisement of this company in onr last weeks paper. not through aul which is this day corrected. Instead of Ue per cen. payable the first ofnext month. i. should read TEN. The stockholders will doubtless bear this in mind, and "gOvern them. selves accordingly"
 The casting of the vde of Virginia for R. M John. son, VcePresiden pnls the last nail in the coffin of Van Burenism in the Old Dominion. The people of the state will now the rank hypocrisy of the party that has made 60 many preen:ons about the sovereign state of Virginia, has beel by twenty 1 two men, given to . United States Bank, Internal 1 Improvement, Tariff Lnudinarian--tO one not even proiessnR to hold single state ngh; doctrine such the State Rgh,s Republicans ef Virginia have ever maintained-and. who. for political heresy, not to speak of other insnTmoonable objections. has been SS" Sb "S W Sy yvS Ss sss ss RsS S S leaders nov quote the resolutions Of 9e-or Madsons | Report-or buFt oppnsti"n so Bank, or whine about the nsurpaiions ct iedersl power1 Republicans They have used you to sHit their own selfish party purposes Cut loose from the connexion Come 1 out from among them !-Aiero"dria GGseiEe. l The Members of Congress who arrived yesterday from the South bring information of one of tho most extraordinary accidents and hair.bread.h eecnpes that ever heard Of. which occurred io Gen. Wad.