Litchfield enquirer., 1844-08-15

 liam A. Hswley of Northampton, and Nahum F. Bryant of Barre, Secretaries. , MT. Ashmun then announced that prayer would be made by the Rev. Frederick A. Barton of Chic opee Falls after which the President spoke of the occasion and the causes of it, in brief and elo- Quent terms. II
 The Committee on the Prize Banmer then made a report through W. Dwight, Esq, their chairman. They had counted the delegates and concluded that the Wings of Chester, in Hamden county, had won it by sending the largest number of delegates in comparison with theiI vote in lS43-distance and facilities for getting here being taken into consid- eration. Chester had 164 delegates, while she cast 134 votes for Briggs. The Whigs of Westfeld l who came next to Chester, were highly compli- l mented by Mir. Dwight, who said they must take it 1 in the fall if possible. MT. D. then in behalf ofthe Whig Ladies of Springfield presented the banner to | the gallant Wings of Chester, who had won it by l their efforts and deserved it for their spirit. Dr. T. K. DeWolf on the part of Chester, received the banner, and replied in an eloquent and beautiful speech, thanking and complimenting the Ladies in handsome manner. He said every Whig voter in | Chester was here except one old man S7 years old and he wept that he could not come. He conclu- ded by saying, Sufficient honor is it for the whigs of Chester to be elected standard bearers for the ladies of Springfield .....,.
 Hon. Robert c. Winthrop, of Boston, was then introduced and spoke three quarters of an hour in his usual beautiful and able manner, and concluded by announcing Hon. Francis Granger of Canandai- qua county, New York. He addressed the mul- titude for an hour and quarter, in his eloquent and powerful style Hon. Rufus Choate next spoke for one hour in the most fervid, eloquent and soul stirring manner He perfectly captlvated the au- dience, who cheered him long and loud. Hon. Daniel Webster was next introduced by the Presi- dent by reading an extract concerning him, from a letter of Gov. Stewards, who unable to be pres- ent. MT. Webster spoke for three quarters of an hour in his usual powerful, argumentatve, plain I IL of the State before, he had been looked for with | some impatence and was received with much ap- plause. Horace Greedy of the N. Y. Tribune, Dan- iel F. Tyler, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, Wm E. Robinson of New Haven, followed in suc- cession, in short and able speeches, and at about o'clock, after song from Joseph Hoxie, Esq, of New York, the meeting at the principal stand clo- sed in good spirits and hearty wishes for the success
 of the Whig party.
 It appearing in the former part of the speaking, evident that not one half the immense assemblage could hear the speakers from the original stand, second one was put up in Lovers Grove" in the rear of the former, and large multitude assembled
 around it, from those who could not hear at the oth
 CT, They were addressed here by Hon. Charles ] Hudson, M c. from the Worcester district, Mir. Greedy, of the Tribune, Hon. Jdpon Laurence, of l Belchertown, George WcodnsdD Ga mechanic of Boston, and capital speaker) Joseph Horie, Esq, of New York, and L B. Eld,idge, of Conn. The Convention broke up about five o'clock, and most ofthose living the line of the Railroad left at in the extra trains.
 As to the number present, we have headed our account with Itcenty Ihousand. We have no doubt that full that number of persons were on the Convention ground, yesterday. Some of our breth- | ren of the press from abroad, and shrewd men at home, estimate as high as Itventy.fue or Thirty 1 3H0uSGnd.
 | fl Cherokee Girl at Soratoga-The correspon- | 1oot No,,, E.o,,, Saratoga, gives the following interesting description of Cherokee girl now on visit to the springs:-
 "Her name is Mary. She is the neice of the celebrated John Ross, of the Cherokee nation of l Indians. With his name this country is familiar.
 Mary is here for the benefit of the ssHe aRds tf here assembled. Nothing has been spared in her education thus far, and presume her opportunity for acquiring knowledge hereafter will not be d- unfinished, Her age, judging from her appearance, ls about seventeen Her eyes are quick and pier cling, her hair long and jet black, and her face is l tlon she represents. Her complexion is somewhat tawny, although not more so than many brunette, whom have met in my rambles to-day"
 John Smith, the well known driver of the stage rom Portland to Conway, which has chaise body
 fixed to the top fthe coach is one of the wealth. est landholders in New Hampshire. He owns farm of 1000 acres in Conway 700 of which are we'll stocked with wood. From this farm he has recent ly sold the timber on ten acres for $1OOO. He has 300 acres of good grass, grazing and tillage. The whole farm and buildings cost him S11 ,0OO, He has driven stage upon this line, distance of 54 miles, every day. except Sundays, for the last 12 years, without missing day. When he commenc- ed driving on this line he was worth about $1OOO
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 .MeldnchOiy De0M of Clergyn,an. .-The Troy 1 Whig of Tuesday brings us the following sad par ticulars;
 :" We have just learned the painful intelligence of the death the Rev. Palmer Dyer. of the Eps- copal church under the following circumstances:- On Thursday last, he, with party of ladies, was viewing the Adgate's Falls, Keesville, in this state, and while walking backwards and leading l lady over deep chasm, he felt that he was falling He instantly dropped his companions hand and fell alone some sixty feet into the water He sustained himself few moments, and it was thought he might yet be saved although there were perpen- dicular rocks each side of the river, but the rent carried him over the rapids, and he drown ed. His body was found the next day, and taken to Whitehall for interment. The deceased was favor- ably known in this community, and to the church generally by his writings"
 Washington correspondent of the s' Tribune" writes as follows
 7" learn from a scource entitled to credit, that on the interesting occasion of Tylers return with his young bride among his old friends and neigh oors Tn Virginia, they generally omitted to call up. on him. This caused the Captain much vexation, and he demanded of one who knew, why it was that he was thus treated affecting of course entire innocence of all knowledge of any reasonable He got an honest answer, such an one as he ought to have had long ago. 'The reason sir, is, that { If tho y0yHa arc V,nrS |