Litchfield enquirer., 1841-01-14
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cOff9SpOudGnce feIauVo CT covering the correspondence relative the burn ing Of the steamboat Caroline, on the Niagara from tier. Both were referred to the committee Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed. On the latter an interesting discussion arose. on motion to print 5000 1 extra cOples. The reading of the correspondence produced some excitement In the House.
 MT. FOx's first letter 10 Mr: Forsyth complains of the arrest and imprisonmem of British subject Mo LeOd) n New York; and after demanding hIs release, proceeds to avow the principle or iac th0t te burn ANtkOrities. Mcleod, he asserts, if employed in burning the Caroline, which he very much doubts, was employed by authorty The British authorities, not Mcleod. The question, as consequence, if to be cUntrOverted, becomes one which must be settled by the twO Governments. aud not h,- the prisoner.
 MT. FOTsyIh's reply is courteous but firm; aud re- iterales the complain: heretofore officially made 10 the British Government Ot the burning Of the Caroline and which Mr. Fox merely says will be answered hereafter. After referring the uniform friendly dis position of the President towards Great Brlain Mir. Forsyth proceeds to say that the request for the lease of Mcleod cannot be granted. He was charc ed with arson committed upUn American Soil, and was great outrage, and the prisoner arraigned under the charge of being one uf band of awess
 aanSoGIs ne made , ss appearanfe m President, continues MF. F. knows of no principle ot onal law which calls for the release of such an offender. Mir. Forsyth proceeds comment in e becoming temper upon the acknowledgement, for the hrst tune officially made. that he CGrome burnt Mader tks authority c ihe Briiish GoUe,aen It now cOHsSS IIUiu one spedKtag by autnOHty. IL became l the U States, therefore, to act as complainant Mir. Afford. of GeorRln, made some remarks con. tanning warm approval 0f the tone taken by MT. Forsyth He said ha. the rights fths E,npire State of New-York had been vindcaied in an able and dig nited manner by the Secretary of State. As regard ed the Northeastern Territory Is, Southern man. did know that the Lion of England had been growing tor hs prey on the Northeastern frontier long ago. He reflected strongly upon the administration, and the debate took party turn, in which some severe hnfh ondo in call f0 order and the subject was dropped.
 large number of bills rum the Senate were refer red to appropriate committees. H-hfe
 REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONS MF " Wehster, in support of a claim for the widow Ot sodler, ante Revolutionary almost-thus speaks MT. W. bster sald, as there were some Senators
 present who were not % here last year. he would relate adOrn nor illustrate it. All readers of our history know that on the 18th of April l77 the British army let Boston to proceed to Concord where the colonial stores were collected, to seize those stores. That the commencement of the war. On the morning of the 10th this intelligence had been communicated to anS ,bs the of torches ApFil Isaac Davis. an interesting young oi be- tween eighteen and nineteen years uf age, the hus baud oi the applicant, who was then the captan of nia stores Before the British troops could arrive a Conco,d they sent forward party io take possession ated three or four miles apart; and on early hour. this intent'on was known Ior many miles round and Isaac Dsvis' with bis company. were soon under by road that led to the lnwer ot these bridges and there, on the right and o1 the Left were seen other collections of the militia Cf Massachusetts; but there company, however, kept e0 his course according to i.s own sense of propristy; before he reached the bridge. admontory shouts were given to the militia ed. the British fired, and several men fell. Davis then pressed Forward, aud as he approached the bridge the British again fired, and he iei but in the Boston. His widow, after his death, was married to another person, and acquired the name of Leighton sne was now ninety years of age was poor and pen consideration of the Senate-whether on the one hand the passage of lbs bill for the relief of this poor Oq EOSsS would De S PlRss.ng of the gGxsrn%Sn eet!s did not iDtend sO convey the impression that he had so characterized ls
 Mr Webster did not say the Senator from South Carona had 60 characterized il, but he had said tha: many of the pensions granted for alleged services du ring the late war were plunderng of ihe govern ment. - .....-
 MT. Webster hoped that there were many excep- tons Now hat was the danger of this case becon1- ing a precedent? Were there many such cases Could there be another such case There coule not be precisely another such and yetr the Sena tor from New Hampshire tMr Perce) had said, they haG acknowledged the claim Of the widows of men who had served but six months, and who consequsnt- y furnished less strong case than this. He thought 1t strong case there was no case like t. He had received communications from nc honorable and high nln06u men 4D were ln WA900CnuSettSy requesting him to interest himself in the Of this poor woman; and he hoped something would now be done for her by Congress.
 Mr Wright Mfr. Calhoun, and others. opposed this, would think. irresistible claim-hut the Senate passed the bill by 2tol.
 RoBBxRy.-The Rev. Mir. Richardson, of Water. town, making call upon his faiherin.law, Rev. Dr. Murdock, in Crown-st. on Wednesday evening last left his valse containing valuable papers and seventy
 five dolarsin cash, in his sleigh standing a. the door On returning. he found it was gone. and having no clue lo its mysterious disappearance. he repaired to MT. Constable Knevals for advice. or course at the 5 nS: quiry ascertaned that some boys were playing near the premises at the lime of the abstraction of the goods several of whom had been entered on his tab lets suspicious persons. and knowing thelr hauDts among the cAerGtisss who have DO visible means oi support but among the idle and the vicious, he pnrsu. ed his inquiries, which resulted in the apprehension of
 three young lads. and the recovery of the property,
 including about G5 dollars of the money, which they had divided among themselves, and part Of which they had spent. They were committed 10 lail. tor
 ans Of bonds to toke their trial at the next Superior Cour.-N. HGUen HsraiG
 Review for January has been placed on our sabic- 10 perhaps unnecessary 10 stnte that the some what famous Mir. Brownson is it's editOr. Among its art- ces s respecting she policy to be pursued hsFea ter bv the Loco Foco party which we have re9d with a good deal of interest. to some satisfaction It deals rather severely with Mr. Van Buren-severe ly, we mean. for a man Of the Loco FOco paF1y ana tells some plain, sound democratic truths. 1T mr. Brownson De right in his application Of MT van Bu' ren some other leader must b0 found to reireve the
 losses and change the fortunes of the defeated Loco Focos Hear Mir Brow nson!
 "M Mfr. Van Buren strikes us az dshc'ent ID DoianesS and enthusiasm He is not deficient in mere intel. leef and his political information is respectable lie wants elevation, nobility of ideas, and warmth 0i