Litchfield enquirer., 1841-07-01
THE ENQUIRER.
LITCHFIELD, JULY I, Is4l.
MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.

following, by which it will be seen that a number of important changes have been made in the arrival and departure of the mails from this place:
 After the Ist of July, Is4I. the Mails if carried &C., eording to the contracts, will arrive nt and depart from the Post Office at Litchfeld, Ct., follows. viz
 NeO- Hape", UiG Wate'b~Ty-Arrves Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, at 4 A. M.
 Nesut0tcn, UiG WoOdbMry--Arnves Tuesda vs Thurs days. and Saturdays at 9 P. N: Leaves Tuesdays,
 1SssoSHa %%I Mondnys Wednesdays and Fridays. atsP. M. Leaves Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays. on arrival of Canaan mail:
 SaGron-Arrves Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri days, and Saturdays. about P. M
 CanOdn-Arrives Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri days, at l.2 P. M. Leaves, Tuesdays, Thursdays,
 'HartJord. viG WolcottuiIe- Mondays and Fridays, a.2P: M. Leaves, Tuesdays and Satnr- days. at 9 A. M.
 Harford. SiG Har,p;nson--Arives Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at3P. M Leaves. Tues. days, Thnrsdaye. and Saturdays, about A. NJ
 Hdrtford. UpG Plymouth rrives Tuesdavs, Thurs. days, nnd Saturdays, ahout 3 P. M Leaves. Mon. days, Wednesdays, and Fridays, about 10 A. M.
 POST OFFICE APPOINTMENTS
 "The people have more reason to fenr too few re- movals than too many."--Amos Kendall.
 George w. Merrill has heen appointed Postmaster at Barkhamsted in place of Rollin L Beecher, remo we'd.
 Daniel B. Brinsmade, Postmaster at Washington in place of Timothy Mitchell. deceased.
 John Stone, Postmaster at Goshen, in place of Bird sye Baldwin, resigned.
 Independence.-The people of Kent, it will be per. csved by notice in columns intend to celebrate the approaching anniversary of our Independence on MnnHav tho Sth Tn a party spirit As there are no signs of doing much in Ltchfed, why would it not answer for many of our inhabitants to go Kent and participate with their brethren Of the neU county in kindly cheer7 We think we can promise all who will 20 a, least fine intellectual feast in the address of MT. AxpREws- Few men in the county rank high as he in all the characteristics of popular speaker.
 There s to be a party celebration at Col. Odel's Cornwall Bridge, on Saturday the Sd. Probably Cot. tonism in great profsion will be poured into the ears or down the shroass of those who choose to attend
 The act giving to the widow of General Harrison passed the Senate on Friday last by the vote Of 2s to l6-Messrs. Buchanan and Walker the only loco Senators who voted with the whigs in the afr native.
 NIuCuWtau C0UntY ouCTCO Hgu&bC DOCtGty.-l HIS DO cety, as will have been noticed by most of the read ing public by their advertisements scattered through the county. are to have another Concer, on Friday evening next And it is to be hoped that the lovers of music n this vicinity. as well us abroad. will con. slider it their duty to attend. The object of the Soc ety, explained by one of tho members in our paper last week, is certainlY a very praise. worthy Nne Hitherto, are sorry to say the receipts at their Concerts have not been sufficient to cover their ex. penses ID order to perfect themselves in the diff. cult pieces usually performed 1t is necessary that the members should devote considerable time at home n the practice and then to srend two three days to- gshes at the place where the Concerts are held for the purpose of general rehearsals is another very rious tax upon their time as well as purse. The mere cost Of the mustc to he performed in the coming Concert, we understand, is from $50 to $IOO. We should be very sorry tO the association abandoned for the want of encouragement the part of our en- frightened population but we learn that it probably will be unless such measure of support to indsm nifty the members against actual loss should be ai- forded.
 31 Tickets for the Concert may be procured at Hotels in the village.
 The remains of President HARRISON were disinter red from the Congressional huryin2 ground at Wash ington on Saturday last by the relatives and friends of the decensed. They to be removed to his late residence at North Bend. Col. Henderson and small escor. of marines under hs command. are to accompany the friends the whole distance. They reached Baltimore the same day, and were to pro- ceed forward in an extra train of with all possible despatch.
 Major General Macomb, the senior officer in the army. died at Washington on Friday last. Now comes n struggle for the vacancy Gems. Gaines and Scott, previous 10 the appointment of Gen. Maconh each laid claim to the ofice-their commissions as Brgadievs hearing date abou, the same time. There can be no douht 10 which is the best officer; bat there is great degree of etiquette in the army and it is frequently very difficult to settle coRicted claims.
 SHOCKING AccrDENr.-Mr. John Armstrong, house carpenter of this city, instantly killed yesterday morning, at the rail road depot at Moosup. In de- taching the freight cars from the locomotive. he fell upon the track, and his head was severed from his body by the train passing over him. A Mir. Palmer also feH under the rain in endeavorng to rescue his friend and of his legs was crushed of just below the knee Tho body of the deceased and the wound ed man were brought to this city by the accommOda- liOn train aI noon.-NOr~icA Courier.
 TIE CHANNEL CLoSED.-We passed, last Friday. from Middle Meadow. 70 the island formed by a new GU, out Of the river, dry land. Not drop of the waters Of the Connecticut out Of the nveT now pss ses ayoand in the old channel. The old bed of the hov,avAr ,wiH reuaain E1RM Mil