Litchfield enquirer., 1841-12-09
THE. ENQUIRER.
LITCHFIELD. DEC'R 9. Is4l.

 Need more be said
 6T Next week, the County Court commences its session. Will not customers in neighboring towns then remember the Printer?
 CONGRESS.-The present session of Congress will undoubtedly be one of very great consequence to the country. There several questions of vast importance which must be acted upon they cannot be stayed off for a future Congress- Among them are the adjustment of the tarf and the apportion. ment of the Representatives to Congress. Each will no doubt meet with warm debate and both, if not ad- usted suit their peculiar views, with strong opposi- tion from the south Any apportionment, however, will diminish their relative strength to the free states We like many of the suggestions in the annexed re- marks from the N. Y. Tribune, though we cannot agree with all of them. The number for the ratio Of representation is altogether too high for the small at lantic states. We particularly like the suggestion as to members of Congress, and especially the me- age Take for illustration, the pay to our own mem- Der, Hon. T. SM1rH-and no man we consider more deserving of good pay. He can leave Ltch6eld and travel over the whole 34O miles in three days one way, or five to six both ways. His whole ex- pcnse both ways need not exceed $4O while the re- ceipt would be at least S272 With many other members the disparity is still greater, particularly those from the far southwesl-where some of the members receive as much for their travelling expen- ses as for their whole attendance Congress during the long session. But to the Tribune article-here it is:-
 l. Retrench the expenditures of the Government universally and thoroughly, beginning UiM the pay of iis oun Members Cut them down to $6 per day, or S42 per week, instead of $56 per week now taken, -l.,x. ahn fQ QI lowed as mileage, and the rest will he easy. The 5000, S6 900 and 5000 salaries would come down very easily, and the snecure nearly useless othces be readily pared off after that. We shall be bitterly ed at Mis Session.
 II. Abolish the Navy Board, and thoroughly reform and purify that branch of the public service. ,. or quite OOO and thus reduce the members Ot the House to about l5O. This would greatly facilitate the despatch of business and probably reduce the long session onehalf saving the country m varlous ways over 9l ,0OOOO
 W. Establish stable though efficient (we do not expect now perfecD system of conducting the Fs- cal business of the Governmen'.
 V. Revise carefully the Tariff, and adjust II 10 the interests and wants of the country. keeping m view and repcng the legislation and policy Of other coun- tries which operate injurousy upon our Home Indus
 VI. Refrn our Post Office System, by greatly re- atrcrng totally abolishing the Frankng Privilege, regulating the Postage of Periodicals and Pamphlets, and greatly reducing that of I.etters-cutng down te time the salaries ot Postmasters who receive over Sl.0OO
 VII Investigate thoroughly the great mass of pri- vate claims which have heen suffered to accumulate for the last six eight years; sift them sharply, and pay those which are honest and just.
 We know that other things will claim and justly receive the attention of Congress- but it our friends will do those above named, good portion of ihem, shall feel that the Whig pledges to the country have been nohly redeemed. their duty faithfully dis charged and they in good condition for the important C.,NQFeSSiOnaI and State Elections Ot l642.
 Housafonic Rail Road Money-Some little excite men, has been occasioned the past week by the stop page of the Rail Road Company to redeem their bills. 1t is believed however they will be ultimately good and under this belief, they now taken by the merchants of Bridgeport and many other places at par for goods. The New Haven Palladium says
 Housatonic Railroad Bank-The President of the Company announces to the public that it has been compelled by a sudden and unexpected exhaus"n of it's funds d-posire in NswYnrk |" suspend the re- Company, which has cost more than , SIsOUV,uoo IS pledged for the red~apfI0n or the notes m the hands do,hrle>s II few days make public s'atenrn. of the affn ,s o inc Company. It IS therefnre hoped that the h,'ders u the notes would not sacrifice them as sne security in the hands of the Commissioners IS am pie for their uliImn'e redemption.
 The Brdgeport Standard saye, According 10 the passed by r!e Legislature, the paper in circula ton could not exceed cue ourth of the amount actu- ally expended in the construction of thr Road The hills at this Ine outstanding probably do not exceed fifth the which has thus been expended The hoe s','ck franchise and income ot the Com psnv,' with all tho real and personal estate owned are by the same n "pedaed and n,ortgaged" as security for tie Biils"-N H Patlad.
 Hartford and New Haven, a, the town elections last week, nntwi'hstanGi the severe stOrm were carried by the whigs-lhe former hv only about 40
 majority. the latter by 330. In Hartford about half and in New Haven about two-thirds, of tho voters were out.
 Tsmntssep.-There is at length prospect that the Legislature of this State will go into election for II. & Senator. Mir. Turney, one of the loco mem- bers of the State Senate. who represents whis dis trict, has made motion rha: effect. He said, "he nigh. dsappoint his political friends by taking this step, but he represented whg district his cOnstitu- had been kind to hm-and, besides. he believed 1t right to bring the election" If he perse- veres, MT. FOSTER or Mir. BELL, both, will doubt less he chosen. Tennessee was unrepresented in the Senate at the extra session.
 Humbug.-There was a story circulated in New York Sunday last of battle between the British and American troops the Aroostook, which at first created considerable sensation. Although respect. able name was given to sanction the rumor, on Mon. day every one believed it a mere hoax got up by some of the penny papers.
 The election in the district of Virginia represented at the extra session by Mir. Banks but who afterwards resigned to give his competitor chance before the people, has resulted in the choice of his competitor William Smith, by about l5O majority. MT. Banks he If 1ha throo ndi dot Mp