Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1842-08-25
THE ENOURER.
LITCHETELD, AUGUST rs, 1912.


CONGRESS.-FOr the past week things at Wash.
ingsOn have undergone comparatively little change.
All was uncertainty as to the passage Of Revenue
Bill after several OF a prOvisiOnary character had
been introduced aud the same doubts still remain
News week old is quite as important that Of to-
cay save the alteration Of the time for adjournment
the time for which has not been fixed What will be
done ID q matter Of coliec.ure-nos Of certainty.
Mr.. Adams Report will be found interesting to
those Of our readers who have not seen it before
The N. Y. Express talks thus -" What is to be
done in the House Of Representative as 70 Tariff
Bill is yet az uncertain in Washington, as here-foE
the majority have had repeated consultations, but
have as yet been unable 10 agree upon any thing
The great difficulty is we have suggested in ascer-
gang what kind Of 4 Bill the Executive would ap-
prove. The Loco FocO Southern members call the
Tariff Bill Congress hes just passed, part from dis
tributon," Bill Of abomiualions." The Madiso-
MAN, the official organ manfes.s signs Of opposition
in the following paragraph land there is nothing in
the Executive veto to counteract such impressions)
The Big Tariff BM.''-From the most accurate
calculations that can be made at the Treasury De.
partment. it appears that the big Tariff Bill" If it
had become q law. would not have yielded revenue
exceeding tuelUe millions Of dollars! The reason
assigned is, that the heavy duties on many Of the
from the market. This information is authentic.
MIR. Fillmore, the Chairman Of Ways and Means
has given out that in his opinion, the difficulties in
the way OF aow passing an efficient Tariff act are in.
snrnountable. MI. Adams, it is known, is Of the
same mind-whose opinions, by the way, we may
remark, have much more weight with the country
than thpse OF any other member from the fact, that
personal ambition can have little to do with the fra
If oha IS n
good Whig) says
He was not, he said afraid Of the Veto. nor would
he be Of dozen VetOes. The people must ultimate
~ decide between Congress and the President. He
prepared to meet the Executive on such an ap-
peal; but he had idea that this Government was TO
be Dissolved by little sqnabbles between part Of this
House and the Corporate guard.
THG ELEcrloNs- North Carolina the Locos
claim ~ majority in the Ilouse-,he Wings concedc
la tss to co.. Tic Senate stands 10 or 70 majority
I.ocofoco Eight counties remain only in par. heard
from, which will probably give Morehead about $500
maturity in all.
gisla,urc.
In Indiana the Wings have majority in the Sen.
ate and the LAGOS in the House.
Missouri is Locufoco as usual
In kentucky the Wings have every Thing.
THE Concert of the Litchfeld County Sacred Mu-
sic Society will not take place in the second week oil
September. stated by a week or two since. No
time has yet been fixed. Ample notice, however
will be givon Of the time Of its performance.
The NewIIaven Palladium of the 18th inst says
we have now the proud satisfaction Of ranking the
Palladium among the presses that have been dcpr-
we'd of the Post Office printing for speaking flee
mans opinions in freeman's voice.
The Legislature of New York assembled at Alba
ny the 10th inst for the purpose Of Dstrictng the
State for members Of Congress.
ONO LEGlSLATURE-The Wing members Of the
Ohio Legislature, rather than sanction the outra-
geous conduct OF the Loeotocos, in dislricting the
State resigned their the llh, after report
ing an able and candid address to the people. A
correspondent Of the Tribune says the Wing mem.
bers generally left town Friday the 18th inst, and,
after or three Intellectual attempts to 60 on with
the session and compel the return Of the resigned
members to their seats, the Locolocos adjourned in
formally and followed them home too.
Governor Clcveland's Adiutant General made an
official call on Major General Adams, on Saturday
last in regard to the honorable discharge of Loco
conduct The ov. ID very anxious the General shall
countermand the orders Tor the Court Martial. Some
fifty or sixty dollars a1pense has been made, which
somebody must pay, and the question with the Cen
eral Isl and an important one it 10 too, the Court
Martial does not organize, who will tax this cost =
1t will be hazardous experiment to let this matter
d:op here thinking relief may be obtained BY an ap-
plication to the legislature Of the State. Our next
Legislature sn certainty be Whig, and will not
Oily thrust their fingers into the peoples purse for
change to pay expenditures shuftied oil the shout,
ders Of an accused, by the unmitaIy Intervention OF
the Captain Generul.-StamjordA @rcrats.
% We understand that the officer above alluded
to belonged to the 9th Brigade, and was discharged
aoithoG the knowledge Of consent of Gen. Phelps who
it is stated had prepared the most abundant proof in
support Of his charges against said Colonel, for
whose trial COSrt Martial had been ordered in
sequence of which, we learn that Gen. P. has made
several unsuccessful attempts to retire from the
vice. The precedent thus established by His Excel
lency to be very dangerous one. and if fol-
lowed out. would soon clear the service of large
class Of young men who of late have submitted to
great personal sacrifices in sustaining the honor and
dignity of the laws, which they are bound to obey
and enforce.
FROM tke Hartford Courier.
IMPosIrToN--The Eagle Of this city publishes the
proceedings of Tyler Wing meeting" in Sharon,
purporting have been held on the 18th Of July last
correspondent OF the New Haven Palladium, UNI
der date Of Sharon Aug H. states that such meet
ing was held-and no such man as the pretended
Secretary ever resided in the town. The pseudo
chairman 10 aspirant for the place of Post Master,
and being the only Tyler man in the town, it 10
jectured that he held the meeting soIas in his bar
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