Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1841-03-04
THE ENQUIRER.
L1TCHFlELD, MARCH 4, Is4i.

LIFCHF9ELD; MARCH 4, IS41.
i, FOGVth Of Aarch-This day there will be erea. re-
JO'cIng throughout the land-especiaIy At Washing
ton. To-day Gen. HARRIsoN takes upon himself the
office Of Chief Magistrate Of the United States, and
Martin Van Buren, speedily Tesires 70 the shades Of
KinderhOok--the noRt thoroughly rebuked man who
has ever held that high station Trusting the change
will be productive Of great good to the nation respec
tive Of party purposes we think the people generally
me disposed to judge the new administration fairly,
and test it's principles by its actsy@ -o'' a. = a
The Superior Court for this county closed its ses-
sion on Friday last. The number of civil cases tried
was not very large and, with the exception of that
reported in our last none involving very strong legal
points We expected to have had brief reports of
theR6y some members Of the bar hnt tfiey have not
yet come to hnnd. The only important criminal ca
ses, tried were the following: - .,tgyT,
Mary Ann Heath, Of Sharon, for murder. The evil
dence was cIepr and explicit as the killing but the
prisoner was acquitted on the ground Of idiocy.
appeared that the prisoner inmate Of the asy
fun for the poor that last October, her child being
Then about nine months old, she attempted to take its
life. by FIRST causing it TO swallow buttons and other
hard substances, then by pounding it upon its pnste
EiOrs with stone, but not accomplishing s death in
chat way. she grasped SO closely around its body
was supposed 70 press the breath from its lungs.
Cyrus OsLorn Of Woodbury., a negro. was convict
ed ofrape upon white girl, and sentenced to state
pHsonfpr life. .., ~ ,s,t-,, ..-.- ira .,.... d..
Nathan Clark. Of Washington, was tried Tor hFeak-
ing JAIL bu. the jury being able agree, he was
selnanded 10 prison. 5s.t,s.At. 81. .'|..'I
-0no Aou Last hVc
or other the jury hox was deficient Of jTymnn, and
a talisrnan became necessary, The sheriff called
upon one or two persons |; they made their excuses
which the judge deemed sufficient. Another was
cned-one If our worthy but rather sovenly dressed
c,izens-and he wished to he excused. "For what
season o. asked his Honor Because my clothes
ore not good enough" answered the happy tempered
gentleman. The Judge dropped his head for mo-
ment to conceal smile, and remarked, "Take your
in the box, sir your excuse is entirely new. but
not valid one." Bsers-E sEs~
Delow our readers have the official account Of the
ongs of the Convention held in this village las, week
to consider the expediency Of dividing this county
1t evenuated IKE the one in Kent, in mere talk
Out Of the % members Of the committee appointed at
the former meeting, only answered to their Names
though there were several towns represented by 9TH
trs than the comnittee. Onls two persons swho
were a, the Kent meeting attended here, The meet
ing adjourned 10 meet again during the April Court.
Ata Convention Of citizens If Ltchfied County,
held L,chfie on the 25,h February inst pursuant
a. the recommendation Of the Convention held al
Ken, the lth inst. relative to the division Of the
County &c L;'chfefd: Gen URIEL TuTTLE was ap:
pointed President, and ABu,u CArLrN, Secretary.
A discussion OF this interesting subject arose. and
was continued ill late in the afternoon wherenpop,
Resolved, That this Convention he adjourned 10
meet at this piHce on the "Wednesday nffer the I'd
7neadayd April next; and that a central commit
tee Of five. and also Of one from each town. he APP
ron,ed for the purpose Of collecting facts and report
ing 10 the adjourned Convention
Peter Berce. Israel Coe, Wells Beards'ey. Gideon
Hail. and John H. Hubbard were appo'"ted the COM
William Beebe Of, ,Ii.chGeld. Alexen.ler Gleave-
land Of BaIkhansisd. Re,s'en Cock Of WinchesteI,
ltsrila Of T"rrinctnn Norman Kellogg IT New: Hart
t,rd: Truman kellogg Of Hafwin'on Thomas Curtss
John Cotton Smith, II. If Sharon, Ira Spooner Of
Kent, George P. Tainndec If Warren Alvin Brown
If Washington. ROYAL I. Garfield # New Milford.
Merit Hemingway Of WatertOwn, A. VI. Huxley of
Woodbury.. Myror Downs "f Roxbury, upon the
Resoired, Tha, the proceedings Of this Convention
ne signed hy the President and Secretary and that
copy he tranamcd TO the editors "f the Enquirer and
Mercury TOT po'''e ,uRiEL FUTILE. P,..;se.,
ABIJAH CArLIN. Secretary. ,r,, ,.- ..,.,.1.
The Er~. Haren Palladium, heretofore published
iri-weckly and weekly, i. nov published daily. This
makes two daily papers in that city. Whether the
husipSs IT the city will warrant il. s for diem "a
jrdQe. We supp,re The principal object in the pub
fishers tere il 10 compete with The hundred penny
and two-penny pnrers that daily food The CRY from
New York, We perceive tina, the Hartford Times
Il also hereafter TO he published daily Several at
septs have before heen made issue this print
frequently than once twice week, and tailed Tor
wan, of patronage. We presume j, will again fail
when the government. pap shall he taken from it
which suppose will be the case in Q few days.
RpFcs CHoAfE. Esq has been chosen Senator in
Congress by the legislature Of Massachusetts 70 sup
ply the vacancy ,occasloned hy the acceptance by
Mr. WEBSTER Of the Office ng Secretary Of Ssaie.-
MFR. C. received Isl majority in the Hos'., and oil
the SenHre buttwos -s2$s z
JAlEs J. MoREHousE. ESQ, has been chosen sepn
tor in Congrsss from Kepineky. 10 supply Nj. CRIT
TExDES who has :sken the Office Of Attorney
General under Gen. IIarrison's Administration. IL
not until after some twenty balolngs OFT two
DAYS had taken place that he was chqsen-there be-
ing three or four candidates besides the loco. p
" Jesse Hoyt, the Collector Of New York. seems
in some respects TO be following ia the footsteps Of