Litchfield enquirer., 1843-06-15

Mr. Seymour moved the indefinite postponement ot the resolution together with the amendment of the gentleman from WateHown; carried,
 Committee on contingent expenses of the House of kepresentativesor the present session reported The amount was SIO56 65. Resolution read a second and 1hird time and laid on ths table.
 Mir. Cowles enqunsd after some resolutions from fe state ot Name concerning the izure of persons of color winch had "1e" TO committed to joint spe
 MT. Curtis submitted whether that subject was not embraced in the resolutions and report from the Sen ate, which had been disposed ofa few minutes since. Those resolutions embraced a good many States, and he thought this might be found somewhere among them.
 60 the Senate since which time he had not seen hem
 Adjourned until tomorrow morning at o'clock
 2RursdGy Morning, Jane 8.
 Report of the committee on contingent expenses
 Speaker called Mr. GALPrN to the chair>
 A message from the Governor by his Private Sec retary that he had signed various bills sent to him yesterday, and had no further communication to
 Resolution presenting the thanks of the house to 4he Hon. Speaker.
 MT. PERKINS said that he knew very we'll that votes of the kind now offered to the House, had be- come a matter of course, hut in this instance, the The thanks of the House was really earned by the Speaker, and for himself land he presumed he ex- pressed the feelings of every genteman) he was very Happy to vote for the resolution offered.
 MT CURTIS. heartily coincded with the gentleman from Hartford; resolution adopted unanimously.
 Speaker resumed his seat.)
 Mr. CowLES called the attention Of the House to <esoluous from the State of Maine, referred to mittce early in the session. The committee had pre- scented a report which was .recommtted to them; the Senate then concurred in the proceedings but when he called for them yesterday, they were no. to be found in the House, or Senate, or SecretaTys office but he had at length succeeded in finding them in the pocket of the chairman on the part ot
 A long debate ensued upon this subject; but as we do from the report understand the exact state of the case, we omi, the details.
 MT. GALPIN reported to the Speaker that during his absence, the House had unanimously adopted resolution expressive of their sense of the ability, fidelity, and impartlality with which he had dschar- ged his duty as Speaker; -,
 Mir. ALLYN of Hartford, made some explanation in relation his refusal to vote yesterday. On sub- sequent reflection he thought his course on that oc- casion wrong and as 1t was the result ot teei' ing, he thought this apology due to the House.
 The Hon. Speaker then rose and said
 Gentlemen: receive this rene wed mark ot your favor with gratitude. came to the Speakers cha'r with disposition and determination to execute lis duties, as farNsi c6d, with fidelity and imparall- .y; and to be thus assured of your appreciation men individually and coltectUtLy, the same express sion of sasfacton-the same friendly feeling have received and l assure you that the acqualnances have here made, and the kind sentiments you have expressed will be ,ong remembered by me, with the greatest pleasure.
 beg leave again to return to you, and the gentle men she vote, and to the gentlemen who have s" kindly and efficiently aided in the discharge of my duty, my sincere tlanks,-and to wish you sale and nap py return to your homes.
 Gentlemen, do now, in conformity with the re- nurenIens of the constitution, pronounce lhs House tu be adjourned without day
 FIRE IN BR1peEpoRr.-We learn by the stage dr. yer from Bridgeport last evening" that fire broke out in that city about clock yesterday morning. ln the bake house of Messrs. Garfield & Spencer, which. tllnPS tlb n hnPn totally destroyed. The whole of the stock ot Messrs c. & 5. was consumed. The buildings belonged to Hani"rd liar % oice of' for $500 Further particulars no, known.-Morning Courier.
 Bsnor GR1swoLp's BIOGRAPHY is to be written by Rev: Dr. STONE, of Brooklyn. L. l. who has published '"' ''S Brooklyn, May 25, 1s4s
 The undersigned. having, at the reques. of the fam jly and friends of .he late Bishop Griswold, undera- ken ,O prepare memoir of the deceased, akes this method of respectfully requesting that all who have been intimately acquainted, who have held habit. nal, or occasional correspondence with Bishop Gris wold during his fe time, would favor the design m hand by communicating such valuable and authen- iic facts and intorma,Ion especially copes oi such session would he impor!an! 10 the church and the public bv giving increased fulness and interest to the con templaed work: is be geaned from the stores of memory, may be as minute as is consistent win fidelity, and accompa' nied as far as possible. with exact dates as to the times, when the facts communicated transpir pired- And as the strongest desire is felt for the early ap- pearance of the work, it is hoped that commnnica. iions in response to this call will he made soon as possible Please direct to the undersigned at Brook lyn, Long Island, New York. JOHN $. STONE
 The National Inteligcncer expresses the belief that the conduct of Lord Paue in taking torcble posses. sion of the Sandwich Islands is entirely by that Government lf so, the moment intelligence of the outrage reaches England, Her Majesty will be compelled to make reparation, in addition to the m. fiction of some punishment upon the heroic otncer who performed the gallant exploit,
 DISAPPOINTMENT FOR THE CRITlcs.-Mr Charles Dickens in letter MT. Clark, of the knckerbock- CT, writes m this wise;
 "When resolved on shpboard, coming home to write upon America, lselemnly determined with my self that would never read an Amerlcan criticism on the book. Innumerable newspapers have been sent to me the Atlantic since it's publication fthere were any thing 10 pay, they have gone back to the post office nothing they have gone unopened into the fire. ihavs not departed from my respluon in the least degree and feel the wisdom o N m good spirits and good humor
 Most magnanimous !" Boz !'-BOssOn Trans.
 TIE NEwspApEER-SExrMENr- The Philadelphia U S. Gazette lately indulged in the follwing reec- tions.
 "The Newspaper may be destroyed at night-it may light segar, or it may curl ady's hair; but the thoughts that are in it's columns may influence ten thousand for good, and produce effects which vol umes of essays. sermons, narratives, could never effect, and especially where they could reach.
 Whereupon the bachelor editor of the New Haven Courier, overwhelmed by his feelings bursts forth in- to the following rhapsody.
 .'The very thoughts of one's lucabEations nesling down at night among the rngleis of sweet girl keep. k-.. :1u.nh