Litchfield enquirer., 1842-07-28
TE9E ENQUIRER.
LITCHFIELD. JULY 2s. Is42.

o'' ItS OVettnTOW m US taSt stage, 0Y the'r President. Again the peoples representatives are exertng their influence to carry through mea- sure for the Protection of American Industry. That proIect with the Land Distribution, has most happily already passed the House, and been taken ki in the Senate, and some amendments, of little importance been made-which amendments will doubtless re- ceiVe the concurrence of the House. It will, in all probability, pass this body, but with close vote ;- from thence we shall wat with impatience the moye ments of the President There are various opinions expressed in regard to the action of MT. Tyler since there are nc" constitutional scruples" in the premises. But with all the candor and sincerity others may view the provisions of this bill, MT. Tyler will! act &C., cording to his own opinions.
 Should the veto power bo again enforced it will be come the people to look around and what can ba done in such contingency. Rumors say that bill
 fixing 20 per cent. adyalorum duty on articles with specific home valuation may pass in the end, which would save the lands and be equivalent to 25 or 30 per cent. protection upon foreign, or upon an reeu. l lar home valuation. How these matters will ulti. matey terminate it is impossible a this time to con. lecture.
 1 Ftre-A barn belonging to Mrs Osborn of New Mllord' about two miles southwest of the village. was burnt on Sunday evening, the 18th inst. Suppo- sed to be the work of an ncendiary.
 Another.-A barn owned by MT. Truman Kellogg, ot Ilarwinton, was consumed by fire, on "Wednesday morning. the 10th nst containing over three tons of hay, new cart, slay, and other articles alp destroyed. Pursuit was being made, at last accounts to arrest man named David Foot, the supposed in- cendiary.
 Our exchange papers speak most encouragingly of the crops, from nearly all quarters. Hereabouts the prospect must be equally favorable as we hear no complaints.
 We have had left at our office within the past week bunch of rye, consisting of seventy yfve stalks all from one seed, and every head of the seventy Gvo stalks ,ccN filled. Our informant calculated as an average that there were near twenty-seven hundred kumes in the cluster. Ihls curious production was taken from field of rye belonging to MT. F. Chit tenden, of Woodville. Bank Dgfalcaion. n book keeper in the Bank of America, of Ncw-Y ork, was on the 2ls, inst. discovered to Do q defauter to the amount of Sl5,oOo He left there few days ago with the pre- tence o making visit to Boston, but sailed for Eng land in the Cunard steamer. reward is offered for his capture and tho return of tIac funds Rho1lr Islnna--The Providence Chronicle says -- "Ot the whole number of prisoners taken in the late rebellion, twothrds, on examination, have been dis charged. Some few of those remaining will proba. bly be severely punished; necessity which the case actually demands while the majority w after q proper time, be permitted to go ,o.hcr homes, wiser l if not better men,
 THE LOUISIANA ELECTION. The New ()Fleana Roe nf tho Jtih cIniu,a ,ho gistature for the Whes as G,aows | The Senate has r members. The Bee claims l Wings. says but Loco Fncos elected, and ,
 Lnco in"" hSfrc's last ycnr) are to be heard from The House has Ca members. Tho Wings says the Bee, have f ready chosen g. and members arc 1 yet 10 he heard from
 Sn 'he Whips have the Legislature, the main poin, in dispute for Louisiana is enrHd to four members of Congress md lns elected but ,hrf~ wherupon, 1t seems to ns. there wfi be tsiaf, especially with Whig Legislature tD ordcs it Ni"M Congressional District 1ios.-The Boston | Atlas of Wednesday contains returns from all tho towns in the district bat eight. Goodrich (Whig> has 1881 votes; Wilkinson (.oco) 1858; Jackson ] tAbo and Whig) 673; scattering 5, The Atlas says MT. Goodrich will want about 800 votes of an elcction.-CourGnf.
 The Supreme Court have denied the motion for trial in the case of John C. Colt convicted of the murder of Samuel Adams, and have ordered the case to be remtted to the Oyer and Terminer for sentence Messrs J. A. Morrill, and Sclden, argued the for Colt, but the thought the excep- tions groundless they declined hearing the Dis | trct Attorney on the other side. | Sentence cannot now be passed until September, as the court of Oyer and Terminer adjourned on Saturday for the term--N. Y. Cour. Perhaps there is no village in New.England which possesses more charms than our own. Inland tho tits, but notwithstanding, there couple of beau tiful lakes contiguous, where the blessings of a fresh sea air, and pleasant sailing may be enjoy ed. Our Hotels are "tip top,'' ury 'em) of which we calculate nothing is necessary be said-if psr lection itself can be considered an article of value- Yes-this "village of elms,' as the Orator on the lth called Lchfield, is fine resort for those who | have long been confined within a whirl of business and in stagnate city air. We have cool breezes, cool shades, cool water, (coo soda water tobe slre) and all of the cooling qualities nature has kindly be- slowed upon "gude country people" Soiourners here, as well as at Saratoga, enjoy the comforts of rural life. five haven't Congress Water, we have Congress News-and alas ii we must say it, hard times ]" - which are abundant everywhere. We have still another and greater blessing than all the rest-fne girls, with bright eyes and pretty faces Who can resist partakng of such enjoyments? Since the above in type we have received the New-Y York Plebian, which contains highly com mandatory letter respecting these parts,"-which we publish in part:
 l Correspondence cf fdse W. Y. Plebian