Litchfield enquirer., 1840-04-30

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rMG asnis, October 5 2
South Carolina, " u by LEGISLATURE
%%PPefnnsylVanla, - November
*New-York, Nov %, "a %, "a
*New-Jersey, " 8, s.
Mississippi, " Q 3
Michigan, 3
Arkansas, y" 3 2
Massachusetts, =" 9 9
delaware, " 10 10
Those States marked with star, choose members
OF Congress the same day that State officers
chosen
The Electors meet at the capitols Of the respective
satesin which they are chosen on the second day Of
December, and give in their ballots for President.
REGBTRy.-This excellent law works to admira-
hon-so much SO that many OF those who were the
most violently opposed 10 it, have been obliged to
fess that it az least saved much time and prevented
much confusion Mt the pclls-and we predict that
there will be no more general hostility to the system
among them: If either party have lost by il, is the
Wings, for they have been exceedingly liberal. and
our opponents in many towns, regret TO hear, have
abused it as far as they could successfully, for the
double purpose of rendering the law odious and at
the same time increasing their votes and diminishing
ours. Still, however, they have lost ground as much
in the towns where they had the power Of registering,
as where they did not The Registry Law will grow
moro aEd more popular, as it will be administered
each year with less and less troublc--N. Haren Pal
AT stockbridge, Wisconsin Territory, Isaac Little
TOM Sockbrdge Indian, was tried for the murder OF
Peter Sherman, also Of the same tribe The trial was
held before the High Court OF the nation" without
jury, but with great order and decorum. Two Of the
tribe were appointed to conduct the case ON the part
Of the nation, and the accused was permitted to
choose another for his advocate, to whonl,a second
was added by the Court The prisoner was convicted
and sentenced TO be hanged on the 18th Of March
The names Of the three judges are Austin p. GUM.
ney, Jacob Chicks and John H. Chicks--all Indians.
The object of the murderer was plumber, and it was
the sale of some of the deceased property that led
his detection. After his trial he made confession,
acknowledging tina: he had also murdered an old wo-
man some eight years ago.
The New Orleans True American has chronicled
leap by Miss Kerr, the ddnseuse. which would make
her fortune if she could only repeat it on the stage
She was passenger on board the steamboat Selma
which was snagged in going up the Mississippi, and
when the boat parted in the middle, she found herself
on the hurricane roof of the part sinking in the deep
water; with desperate bound, however, she sprang
to the part falling towards the shore, and at one leap
cleared space Of twenty eight feet Without stop.
ping, she essayed by another spring to reach the
shore but the second effort was too great she fell
short. and descended, unnured into the soft mud of
the Mississippi waist deep. When exricated, we
imagine she could hardly be in plight to appear
among the Bayaderes.
SoD Gardens Eariy-Sow beets, carrots, and other
garden sauce early and find tho benefit in having
plenty of these earlier than those who sow late The
reasons for eowng early, are the seed 10 more sure
to come up well when the ground is moist early, than
when it is dry, late and the garden flea is not as
likely to take the early as the later plant. Ithe seed
fails or the insects destroy the young plant there may
be time for second sowing, perhaps as soon as those
who SOW late, from fear Of the seed rotting in the
ground.
judge White-The National Intelligencer says -
ave crieye to learn by letters from the West that
we may expect by every mail to hear of the decease
of the venerable Judge WHITE The severity Of the
season at which he obliged to return home, prov
ed too much for constitution never very strong, and
lately enfeebled by ndisposi,ion."
Fmsr GIN FROM TENNEssEE-ln Upton county,
Tennessee, where the Locos last year carried their
Sheriff and Clerk by over 200 majority, the Wings
this wear have elected the same officers by about the
same maicr:ty-thus showing net gain of over 400
| votes
MELANCHOLY AccInENT.-We learn from the New
Haven Herald, that Sheldon Clark, Esq. late Repre-
sentative from Oxford fell from scafiold in his barn
in that town on the 10th inst and was severely in
iured that he survived the accident but lew hours.
Increasing Population.-ln the Senate of the Uni
ted States on Friday last Mr.. Walker presented q
memorial from the father and mother Of tsoenty6r
children all his constituents, and the eldest Of the
twenty-five children not over twenty-five years. The
petitioners say that each Of the children can have
donation of land if they go to Texas. They threaten
to emgrate if the United States will not give them
donation of land. The petition was referred.
FIRE IN WAsuINeroN.-O Saturday morning las
fire broke out in the building occupied by Messrs
Lanetree g. Sullivan, and Thomas ]. Allen, as print
ing Offices for the Democratic Review and the Mad
sonian. The loss of Messrs. Langtree & Sullivan j
estimated at from $4,000 to $4,000, Of which $500
were insured The materials Of the Madisonian Of
fee were entirely destroyed. and no insurance The
| were valued at about $500 The Medical Colleg
and Baptist Church were also considerably injured
Col. CRocKErT-Tbe Boston Traveller has bee
informed tina. the son Of Col. Crockett, "a member
Congress from Tennessee.) has received informatio
inducing him to believe that the report in relation
his father being in one Of the mines Of Mexico, is col
rect Steps will be Immediately taken to ascertai
! its truth, and procure his Liberation.