Litchfield enquirer., 1841-01-21

SMITH we are indebted for suhdry public documents during the present eessiOn of Congress. From the Cery honorable Perry Smith, the Senator in Congress from this county, we have not received single docu. ment of any description during the almost four years he has msrepresented the state. Such distiaRuaRsd l1srGlity we imagine is without parallel and ought not and shall not be unremembereG and unacknowl. edged by his more immediate constituents.
 In the statement from the Hartford Patriot, in our last paper that there 54 sGues in this state it seems are included the 43 negroes of the Amsted, in confinement at New.Haven, which the Marshal has designated as slaves. Whether they are even slaues is question yet to be decided and they are they do not belong to this state except for the time being The last Hartford Coprant, aluding to the supposed existence ot slavery here, remarks as follows:
 As long ago as l7ll, law was passed in this cel- ony authorizing the owners of slaves to get them at loety on condition that if they should become pau lmmedately after the peace of l7S3 law was pass cd by the legislature of the State which declared Una, an children born of negro parents who were slaves, of 25 In l797, the period of servitude was reduced o the age of 2l In l792, the owners of slaves, who did not tall within the act which emancpated the Gmaen hc m 70 years were authorized to set them ot which were that they should be of sound heaith and not over 45 years of sge The obiect of inc ie glslature in establishing these conditions was to pre- vent masters, after their slaves had lost their health or been worn out in their service, from casting them o and to guard the community against the necessity of providing for their support under the inGrmes If humnne and just. .. ..--G =
 If there are any nominal slaves in Connecticut a, the present tune, they must be few in number and of by the laws referred to and could nut he. on ,he
 grounds shove alluded to- It will be 57 years the is, day of March next since slave could have been beora that date. the owners of whom were not prohb lted by law from eMancipong them very soon after. wards were set as liherty. few individuals whose age or lniirmisies prevented their emancipation re- mained with tlleirTlnninal owneER and were support. ed by them till their deaths. It is little short of ab. surd n ca persons thus situated, slaves; and pr,sslv absurd so consider their existence or conGiinn as matter of reproach upon tho character of the S,ate
 FOR THE ENQUIRER
 ,Mr. Editor-l have observed occasional notices in your paper of "Concerts" at your place, given by The Iitch6eid County Cleo Club" Now, wish to inquire, through the medium ,f your paper, what constitutes " The Lchfeld County Glse Club ?" m,
 resident (" the county, and but for the notices Of the Concerts. in your paper, should no: have known of this Association Do .feD individuais residing in your vicinity compose the County Club? Perhaps ''SSy "oe VI tdtcIO UcIDg OtueH people and other sOWns in the county. have keurd also of County Association of Sacred Music, managed proba. by in the same manner. It seems to me there mus. be "'"sic moncpolies got up in your place by noble few," and denomnated County Associations, as thigh sounding titles" If they are, in fact, County Socie'ies why do not the authors take the trouble to make it known ihroaeh the county If they should, their Concerts might have eOanty attendance and, perAops, they mighs find, occasionally persons who ifno able to eng Solo," might join in the Chorus Now, these Societies are benefit so the science of music, and lbeleye they are, why arc they no, ex. tended throughout the county # they are county con- ceEns ? Who compose them How regulated? Who are the c0cers1 What the terms of admission T Will some of the members explain? We live in a dark, benigAsed corner-but should like to be enlightened
 Salisbwry, Jan. l6; lS4I. "OED HuNpREp."
 (Realy. our correspondent handles the l,tle crook. ed fellow I'll in such ulanner as anost to preclude the possibility of oar answering the whole of his inter. rogaaoFes We will however reply to one or two, and leave some member of the "Club ot other person to answer the remainder ano,ker time The Club is not confined to Ltch6eld, as "Od Hu ndred" supposes; {; there are members fre,n Norfolk. Plymouth Be,hlem and w ashnSt0n but. as we arc not a member we cannot say from how many other towns. We believe the vocal performers are lned by their constitution to l5 or 20 members. Of this number, five or six be. long to Ltch6cld. The number of insirumeh.al per. formers is not limited The President of the Club is Col. w. H. Reed of Plymouth. .....
 As to the County Sacred Music Association, we should suppose that "Old Hundred" f he really be sld singer. could not be ignoran. of it's organiza. ton and objects. It was formed six or seven years AUo-haa hnh EAnPC COncnvfa at s.i.sch people from almost every town in the county. The members of this association more generally from other towns than from L,chiield indeed. we believe there from both of the chos here but three or four members That was not if the Glee Club was confined to few persons or places, bu, was design ed to embrace, what its name denoted the best vocal performers throughout the county. But we forbear- and leave the remainder of tue writer's in,errogato res to better informed upon the subjec, than we profess to be, with simply this ren,ark-lhat i. is easier to cav a., and find fault with. than to build np, a credilable musical assocalon.-Edl
 GOVERNOR SEwARD's MEssAGE.-It appears from this document that the gross revenue of all the New. York Canals, during the last fiscal year. including water rents. is Sl nett revenue Sl O2o osl5
 The present productive capital of the School Fund S2o33S0s Amour. paid last year tor support of Common Schools, $275OlO.
 Ihs stpendiYre, for .hs snlaEaemen. Sf .he EEe pcnded since. or t4. be expended before lst March next, q, S69. I'll. Total thus lar q. .j3s s32 The whole cost of the enlargement is now estimated at
 The pressn. debt of the State is sis,os474s 8.
 Number of convicts in the Auburn State Prison 30lh Sept last 667 Sing Sing S32. Excess of eafn. nes oyer expenditures in the former s6,si7. In the
 Amoun. d Bank Safety Fund s5s6. 6.4s6 7e, After applying Sz62 333 63 towards the redemption of the