Litchfield enquirer., 1843-02-02

knives! Who were the favored individu-
ais! Speaker Wightman and the two
clerks alone are specified - but who took
the residue! "How many did the Wings
carry with them 2" Never before, we ven-
ture TO assert. have the members Of our
House of Representatives furnished them
selves with penknives.
But look at some of the other articles
What means this charge for clothes brush
es! Who had these useful articles? Tt0o
clothes brushes! Why not charge for shoe
backing And then the drawing pencils
Why these Loco Foco legislators seem to
have taste for the fine arts II we only
had skill in drawing, and could borrow
one of these pencils, we should like to draw
a picture of these honest servants of the
people, with Speaker Wightman at their
head, scrambling for these Is penknives, to
say nothing Of the clothes brushes, and six
pens which were so nicely mended at the
expense of the state. However. we leave
the House of Representatives for the present
with their knives, brushes and paper cut
ters, and pass on the Senate Chamber.
AT the May session, 1912, the Locofoco
Senate furnished themselves with penknlveS,
paper, quilts, and other articles OF statione-
ry, to the amount Of 5000. There are, it is
true, two articles which cannot be included
under the head of Stationery,-viZ: Mar
ket Basket, and Japan'd Waller: Now we
think the Senate ought to have been salts
fed with this amount. We would be llbe-
raj with them, though we wholly disapprove
and despise this practice of obtaining petty
articles at the expense of the state. At all
events, we say the "a penknives, at AZ dol
lars, the "a paper folders, and % letter
stamps, the extra fine knife for the 1t. Gov
ernor, the silver pencil for the President of
the Senate. and the satin paper should have
satisfied theme When the October session
arrived, they ought to have been contented
with the knives which had only been in
their pockets since last May. But no! In
October we find the state again charged,
(among other items, amounting in all to
about $l5O,) with the following:
"a best ivory paper folders, at 44c. $40 26
knife, for clerk of Senate, 125
do. for 1t. Gov. 200,
20 letter stamps, 80
2 do. large, 100
9 do. ivory, 60
"a penknives, As 90
bunch Swans quilts, 125
paper folder, for Gov. l25
bunch Swans quils, for do. 125
cut glass inkstand, for do. $50
do. do. for Secretary, (ef Senate) l 80
&c. &C., to the amount Of @l46 90.
Now we most unhesitatingly pronounce
this gross and unpardona Die outrage!-t
At the regular session, the Senators had ct
least the poor excuse, that necessary arti-
cles should be furnished by the state, but at
The extra session, a few months after, to take |
\ new supply, with the old ones still bright |
in their pockets, was pi,iful and dishonest in |
the extreme. The amount, IL is true, is
comparatively snnall,-but the principle in. |
volved is as great, ~ the difference between
high minded honesty, aud grasping mean. |
ness. But we must postpone the further !
Of this subject TO another day.
The sickening details Of dishonesty, and |
already exposed, are enough for
The present. Hartford Courcr1.
Coon News THE most important item
of news brought by the Steamboat Mail |
(says the Boston Transcript is |
the following, which we copy from the Jour-
nal of Commerce:
II is understood that Miller and his asso- |
ciates have recently carefully renewed the |
upon which they found the pro- |
phecy of the end Of the world, when an er-
ror was discovered in the footing of one of
the columns of a thousand years. This is a |
very important discovery just now-it will
dispsl the uneasiness about so sudden 60.
off, and give promise that we are yet to wit
ness the filling of many bubble, and real
ize the enjoyment of many panic before |
the end Of all things. The "ascension
robes" with which many of the Millerites
on Long Island have provided themselves,
are not likely to be wanted.
End ofhe Worh.-One of the Millerites
has issued the following proclamation -
GREAT EARTHQUAKE!
To all the people far and near,
To dreadful warning now give ear.
Jan. IL, ls43, there will be great earth
quake-three shocks in succession in all the |
world. Let all the people believe and trem.
BILE before God for the time will soon come !
when the saints will possess the kingdom.
Jan. 81, 1943, the door of mercy will be
shut against the whole world.
Now, my dear friends, would invite you
to flee for mercy while the door of mercy is
open. The spirit of God testifies these things
which are coming on tho earth.
N. B. Please forward this in all your pa
pers as much as possible.
LEVI HOUGHToN.
Acton, January l, ls43.
Correspondence sfthe N. Y. Tribune.
WASHINGTON, Jan. %.
There is no political news Of consequence
to-day.
A great crowd of people, of all sorts and
descriptions, including many members of
Congress, collected this afternoon in front
of the portico of the Patent Office, to hear a
discourse from Mr., Miller. of Millennium