Litchfield enquirer., 1841-12-23

4@OOIG 190 gNQHTe0kWcIu-1u uC OOStOn | Daily N ail states that girl called Rebecca 1 Austin, Gged about l9, one of the inmates of | house of i'll fame. occupied by Julia Carr, in Traverse street, was discovered on We'd nesday about one o'clock, in the entry of he | house, lying senseless, her body shockingly | cut and mangled, her hands tied behind her, 1 and bandage around her neck. The keep. CT of the house went out about II o'clock, and the girl was left there alone. The rooms had been ransacked and robbed.- After the girl had somewhat recovered, she stated that she had been tied, and nearly strangled by two men known, but she knew nothing of their proceedings afterwards.- The Post adds that the amount of booty ta- ken was $S50OO. AyouDg man named Wash ington Dunbar has been arrested on Suspi- cion.-N. Y. Express.
 Temperance Cause ct Spring feM.-In less than four weeks, about eteren Hundred have signed the Total Abstinence Pledge in this village. At no time since the recent efforts commenced, has the prospect appeared so suspicious as at the present moment The probability now is, that nearly all of our cit izens will sign the pledge. At the meeting in the Town Hall on Sunday evening last, the number present was estimated at 1900, and hundreds went away, not being able to obtain admt!ance. It is understood thnt another meeting is to be held at the same place next Sunday evening. Many of our citizens who have never until recently been known as the active friends of the cause, are now zealously engaged in most praisewor- thy efforts to benefit their fellow men.
 Spring field Republican.
 Remoral of tue Red Rirer Ratl.-The Alex andria Whig states that there appears to be some hope, at last, that the raft of Red River will be finally removed, and the immense agricultural country above it be brought near to market by reason thereof. Messrs. Vawter and Williamson have made con- tract with Government to the following ef- feet, we understand. For the sum of $p64 OOO these gentlemen have contracted to remove the raft and keep the channel open for the space of five years. There can be no doubt now that this work will be speedily accom-. plished; for the gentlemen engaged in it are thoroughly acquainted with the country, are acclimated, and possess all the intelligence and active business habits essential to suc- cess in an undertaking of such magnitude Mir. Williamson is already at the raft, busiIy 1 at work, and contemplates having it opened by the first of January next Laborers are in demand to work on it at 1925 per month.
 We would be glad to hear of some such contract made to keep the Mississippi and Missouri clear of snags. Thousands upon thousands have been spent on the Red Xiv CT, of which we do not complain, whilst the great and growing trade of the Mississippi and Missouri have been wholly neglected.
 St. Louis Rrpublican.
 Our readers will recollect the melancholy | fate of Thomas H. Laughlin, Whig me- chanic of Baltimore, who was killed while | marching in the procession of the great Whig Young Mems National Convention, in May, l94O. His murderer was believed to be the ruffian Jeff. Griffiths, notorious for as. saults and outrages, especially on Wings at elections; but, upon trial, he could not be in the Penitentinry for life, having since been convicted of a wanton and shocking ! manslaughter (really a murdcr) in that city.
 The members of the Whig Convention im- mediately took up a collection for the widow and children of Laughlin, left destitute by their terrible bereavement. Hon. John V. l.. McMahon, President of the Convention, was made Treasurer. We rejoice to learn, ~ h%- recent letter from the Baltimore Patri. oi, that this collection amounts to $,269 3 269 49 9, which has been invested in Baltimore City Stocks and productive Real lstate for the benefit of the widow and orphans of the de- ceascd.-N. Y. Tribune.
 Political ConfcssiOns.-The New Era, the l leading locofoco journal in New York, makes 1 the following honest confessions in relation to the doings of its party, while it was in power in that State:
 From the views which we expressed yes terday, as well as the general course of the paper, our readers are fully aware that we haqe but little regard for the men who were properly designated us the "Albany Regen- -cy." Their influence in our party was most .deleterious. Under it monopolies were cre- .ated, and the stock divided among them- selves and the panders to their power, yield ing exorbitant gains actually stolen from the mass; special privileges were granted to a favored few, of rights which the whole peo- pie were by iniquitous laws restrained from exercising; the public works were arranged l in the manner best calculated to forward their private speculations; offices were. with but few exceptions, bestowed upon those only who acknowledged their pretensions; in fact, every act of legislation or appointment which they could by any means control, was shaped for the advancement of their individ- ual interests. and the perpetuation of their ill.gotten power"
 Such, with trifling alterations, to conform to local circumstances, is a true picture of locofocoism, wherever it acquires the ascen- dancy. Prating of it's democracy, it is most arrogant, overbearing, and despotic; and crying out against monopolies. it carries the spirit of monopoly into all it's acts profess sing great love for the iaborcr, it would grind him to the dust, in order to give the office holder the benefit of his labor. At this very moment, under the delusive cry of free trade-a thing never yet known, and that will mt he in the nreSent yeneratiOn-it