Litchfield enquirer., 1842-02-17
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L'censes.-At the second town meeting of Bridge. port, held on Monday the 3st ult il was resolved by vo.e of l23 to 66, that this town grant no licenses for tho sale of spurious liquors or wnes for the ensu. a'ng year.
 We have heard .ha, forgery was committed yes- i,erday in the following huld and adrot manner A person called a. the Bank of America, and while sstanding conversing with the Cashier, Mir. Thomp. } son. handed check for $5o0o to the Paying Teller, purporting to be signed by Mir. Thompson, with whom I he stood talking The Teller, under such crcum. stances. could not suspec, any thing wrong and paid It withon; Recitation. The check proved to be for. gery. This achievement in boldness and mpu. fence, "bangs Banagher." We give the story as we heard ii-N. r. Tribune.
 BeauGful-Thc Boston Mail describes Fame as ws:-Fame is like shaved pig with greased Ea! and it is only after it has slipped through the hands of some thousands. that some ellow by mere chance holds on to it.
 A doughter-said 10 bo beautiful, only l4-of the Hon. G. M. Dallas of Philadelphia eloped, the other ainy, or night, with m a,,achc tagged about ee) to minister plenipotsnary to some foreign power. A Mssire from OConneL-An address, signed by SSome 6o,oCo names among whom were those of Dan. EiC' V SohiCii L9uttnC", Hn6 been TOT. warded from Ireland to this country calling upon al Irishmen 10 make common Wh Me oboiionists. s is 10 be exhibited in Boston on Wednesday nex, 7, athe annual meeting of the Massa chusets Abolition Society. This is an interference in the concerns of \ he United States which should be dscountcna nc cd Sby all parties.
 Nrw. York Staie Officers The two branches of the sNew.fork Legislature, on Monday last, made choice # thn ntl,N I1rFS StNta nL LN.. ComptrolIer-Samuel Young, Secretary ot State sGeo. P Barker, Attorney Generai-Thomns Earring. S;on. Trensurer-N Nathaniel Jones' Surveyor General a-Henry Storms. Commssarry General These ap, p0lntmens continue, agreeahly to the constitulionn provision, for three years unless sooner termnn ted by concurrent resolution of the legislature. Boston Atlas ] Washington Irving, Esq, of this city, our own lr History of New York. the author of the Sketch Book fand Bracfbridge Hall-report says has been nomna 2ed for Minister to Spain by the President. He will I .f course be confirmed by unanimous vote.- Fri. pune.
 "No Humnn Gorsrnmens"-Tho New Haven Her. ald says, Mrs. Futile of Prospect was committed jail on Saturday by the Superior Court at New a. ven, for refusing o testify, on the ground u consci- entious scru,ses she denying the jurisdiction of the court and all human laws.
 Robert P. EIdredee, Esq. has been appointed Sec. retnry of State by :he Governor and Senate of Mich. H lgan.
 lcr Some nine years since, Prentice of the Louis. vile Journal lost tho use of his rgh. hand by contn un writing; he has since used hls Jeff, but has now | lost the use of that also.
 Benneit's Se"tence-Jnmes Gordon Bennett, the notorious editor uf lhe N Y. Herald, vas last week sconviccd of two fragrant libels on the Criminal
 Court of Sessions of that city and sentenced 10 nav me of $350. He charged Judges Noah, Lynch. &c c with being old focs do,ards sleeping on their bench and spending their wakefu hours in cracking point less jokes with elons and each other, punnnR on the names of cuprs arraigned before lhcm," etc.
 In the Execution of ,he Act of Congress entitled " An Act to establish uniform system of Bankrupt. Icy throughout Ihc United States" approved Aupusl l9, lsil; the Ds,rc, Judge has appointed the follow 'ng persons to be Commissioners Tn their respective
 Hartord County Waiter Mitchell. Gideon wees MeU, HaUea Co-samuel J. Hitchcock. Robsson
 NeU-London Co.-JOsl W. White, William P. Fla ,Fai,feld Co-Flon. Roger M. Sherman, Thomas r
 Wsdhcm Co-Jona,han A. welch, Uriel Fuller
 Liich6sld CO.-Elisha s. Abernelhy, William H Mernman.
 H Middiessr Co.-Noah 4. Phelps, Jonathan Bsrne.
 Toliond Ce:-LorR ?. Waldo. Jeremiah Parrish.
 Also. the following persons 10 be Assg gnees within their CT rsspec!iye H counties. viz:
 NeW. W.HGren-Norns Wilcox.
 EeW-London-James A. Hovey. Fsirfe!d-F. s. WIldman. Windham-Chesier Lyon.
 LifrhfeLd-Wm. 2. HOllabird
 Middteser-Samuel D. Hubbard.
 1oiiand-AbneT Hendee.
 And the Judge has deeigna'ed the Patriot and Ea gle Ia ~hlch to publish the notices Of Baukrupts.
 Pennsyfuania.- Legislature of PennsyIvan; have saanMOusly resolved that the faith and crodi of the State, pledRed for the security of her oans shall be kept sarred and ;Hvioate, in every emerasn ey; and that the doctrine of repudiafiOn of deb contracted under la~, shal never until the las, mora and political tie of her government is sundered, b. visited upon her honest and conkding creditors O ghis and other cOuatries