Litchfield enquirer., 1841-04-22
TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES
A RECOMMENDATION. 49,

When Christian People feel themselves To be-
overtaken by grent public calamity, u becomes
Divine Providence. TO recognize His righteous govern
ment the children Of men. 10 acknowledge ms
goodness in time past. well az their own unworn-
ness and to supplicate His Dercu protect'Oa tor the
future.
The death Of wlII1AM HENRY HARRrses, late Pre-
sdent 81 The United States, soon after hs elevation
that high office, il bereavement peculiarly cnlcu.
lated to lie regarded heavy affection. and to i'm.
press all minds with sense at the dependence ut
Nations, well as Of individuals, upon our Heavenly
Parent.
have thought, therefore, that should he ac,ingin
conformity with the general expectation and feelings
Of the community in recommending. as now do' ="
nomination. that. according to th ir several modes
and forms uf worship, they observe day Of Fasting
and PRAYER by such religious services may lie suit
able on the occasion; and recommend Friday, the
fourteenth day Of May next for THAT pnFpose 10 the
end thar, that day, may af with one ACCORD.
join in humble and reverentiaf approach to HiM, ir
proper spirit ard temper Of heart and mind under
those frowns Of His providence, and still, TO htstcw-
His gracious benedc,ons upon or rF'M y s"'
Washington, April la, 1871.
The rigas ray Of Rs/orm-Thc Pittsburgh Gaz, tie,
of April 8, contains the following: .-.. :.
We publish the following for general information
About one thousand dollars year was, we believe,
paid to an individual who held an Office which
declared to be entirely unnecessary"
t" 's. March %, 1871.
Sir: As you have applied for the appointments Of
ment at Pittshurgh, deem it proper to inform you
that finRg the office to be entirely unnecessary an'r
just reg ard to the public interests requiring lis dis
co !,t it has bee" n abolished. p.;,,.n
sons Administration. II would have been the SANG
under his successor for !hey language Of Mr.. IyleE
is that all sinecurcs shall be abolished
GENERAL JAcKsoN.-'rhe Louisville Journal in qro
ting paragraph from the Express touching General
Jacksons pecuii.ry condition. says the editor, tho
rumor we published is not correct. a few weeks
ago, we saw very long letter from Gen. Jack son
gentleman who had drawn on him for one humid
red dollars. He acknowledged that the money was
due but stated that he was niserahly emharras-
sed by his security debts to be utterly unable to
raise even the small sum necessary TO meet the draft.
He said he had some Hooded stock which he was
willing to give mp TO the drawer OF the DRAFT bat that
$lOO in money was out of the questl n. We have
not. for long time, says the Journal. read letter
that more deeply excited our sympahes. We al
most felt Ike forgetting that the writer was justly
chargenhse with having reduccd tens thousands of
his ,,Oilcndins counrymen to n condition Of pecu-
mary des'l'ui'on more pltlable even Than his Own
The Nem. York Charter Elrc'ian took pr &c 81
Tuesday, and resulted in The triumph Of the Van u-
Fen or opposition party ty greatly reduced minority
oyer j. Philips Phoenix, the Wing candidate; by
Mr. Phnnix I,62so The Wings have carried their
old five wards, with their entire ticket, in the seventh
and fourth, though in the latter there is majority for
Morris as Mayor. They have also elected the Coz
lectors in the eighth and TENTH and the Assessors r
the twelfth. They failed to carry die Alderman in
the eighth by So, in the tenth by 49, and Assistant
by %; in the twelfth by about lGO on each; in the
sixteenth by CO., and in the seventeenth by s5 Three
hundred more votes of the thousands unpolled would
have given them very decided ascendancy inthe
Common Council i.
The majorities for Mayor are very nearly as fol-
lows: