Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1842-03-10
From the Hartford Courier.
CONE TO DUTY.

Shall HldInIdIn the SLdLIOn "HAS1. "oo1 ava
four years, rested upon her as robe OF hon.
or or be abandoned to become a mockery
and a by.word upon the lips of the nation.
We HAVE CONFIDENCE that the decision
will be given in a VOICE OF THUNDER, which
will disc OMIT her enemies from the western
hills to the seaside. Connecticut shall not
be left to be a reproach to those who hate her
institutions, and would rob her of her honor.
Fellow citizens, let US see to it, that the
stranger, as he passes in our midst, mas no
occasion to shake the head, and point at US
the finger of Scorn,-that, having for years
enjoyed the blessings of a sound Wing Gov
eminent, we have suffered the enemy to
come in and despoil our heritage, while we
! were folding our arms, and singing the song
| ofthe sluggard. Our opponents are tasklng
! every nerve and muscle, to overthrow the
| policy ofthe State Government, in the spring
election. Disappoint their desperate hopes.
Humble their expectations They whl night
with an energy known only to dispalr.-
There is among them man OF infinite am
bition to bequcath to generations yet to
come, the undying reputation of statesman,
TO stand up in the eye of the nation, and
| revert to first iples,-who can, by logic,
by metaphor, and by sylogism, prove the
identity of sail Uith SALT, and coal 'olth COAL
This man has, with delicate consideration,
| toreborne to crowd his name upon the State
Ticket, with the understanding, that he can
contribute through the columns OF the Times
towards revolutionizing the State, shall be
repaid to him in the good and sound consid-
Grafton of placing him in the United States
Senate.
The People of Connecticut are not again
ready for this humiliation and Disgrace
Thelf modification has been deep enough, in
being libelled in Congress, by another re-
creant Senator, who for six years, has been
the merriment of his friends, and a reproach
to the fame ofany legislative body.
THE C1LLEY DuEI.-Thc National Intelli-
gencer Of yesterday contains statements
from Hon. William j. Graves of Kentucky.
Charles King, ESD of this city, and never
dy Johnson, of Baltimore, respecting the de-
pforable duel in which Hon. Jonathan Gil
ley of Maine fell by Mr.. Graves, with espe-
cial reference to the alleged participation
of Mr.. Clay in the matter. Mr.. Graves
states positively that, when he showed to
Mr.. Clay form of challenge which he had
drawn to Mr.. Cilley, Mr.. Clay overruled it
and drew milder one, which was sent
Mr.. Clay never gave up the hope that the
quarrel would yet be adjusted without
meeting, was surprised and distressed when
he learned that the parties had gone out to
fight, conferred with others as to the best
means of yet arresting the duel, and ehed
tears when Mr.. Graves came home, the least
fortunate survivor Of that sad encounter
1t is but justice to state that these gentle
men all aver that Mr.. Wise also endeavored
to avert the duel-N Y. Tribune.
The Tragedy in WiSkoHs0n-A letter from
our Correspondent at Galena, Ill. dated Feb.
18th, after giving full particulars of the muir"
der of Hon. C. c. P. Arndt by James X.
Vineyard on the floor of the Legislative
Council at Madison, (Which is anticipated
by the account which reached US Yesterday
gives the following farther intelligence;
"At the late accounts from Madison the
dastardly perpetrator of this fiend-like and
atrocious outrage was undergoing Prei'mi-
nary examination, He, was defended by
Col. A. P. Field, the Secretary of tho Terri:
tory, formerly the Secretary of the State OF
Illinois, and long distinguished as one of our
most eloquent and able lawyers. The ex-
element was very great against Vineyard, |
and well it might be, for by his lawless act
he has deprived society of a high-minded,
honorable and virtuous citizen. and the
Council of the Territory of one of its bright.
est ornaments, besides bringing inefiable dis
grace upon the Legislative Council, and
shocking and outraging the moral sense of
the whole community.
"Arndt was young man ofgreat promise.
and lawyer at Green Bay. II is said his |
father was present in the Council Chamber |
when his son was shot.
"Vineyard resides at Plateville, Grant
County, twenty five miles from this city,
and is we'll known here as most reckless |
and unprincipled man. He was one of the |
original proprietors of the town of Pfatevill |
and man of considerable property. 1t is
strange that so respectable a county as
Grant should have ever so disgraced herself
as to send such an unmitigated BLACKBOARD |
to the Legislative Council."--N. Y. Tribune |
Mournful Accidental few weeks since |
Mr.. N. Rowe of this village, picked up
lump of crystallized arsenic on one of our
piers, which he supposed to be a common
neurological specimen of an interesting
appearance. MIR. r. carried the article in
question to his residence in North Second
street, and laid it away in the garnet. In
part of the same house resided Mr.. Robert
members of the family were two interesting
children, one daughter of about six years
of age, and a son of four. These children
amused themselves on Thursday last with
the arsenic, bit off and swallowed portions of
it. They were soon seized with the distress
sing symptoms usually produced by that
deadly poison. Notwithstanding prompt
and skillful medical aid, both expircd-the
youngest on the same day, about three hours
after being poisoned, the elder fingered un.
Ill Sunday afternoon, and then sunk in death.
On Sunday their remains were committed
to the earth, surrounded bv a large concOurse