Litchfield enquirer., 1845-05-08
nnfrnEEcIMENr AND REroRM..

\ -. e tkETnENCHMENT AND REFORM" | Wa have already alluded to the new rule sci up \ hg Mfr. Vice President DALLks, whereby some
 TMlRrT THOusAND DOLLARS have been eunstTueo
 out Of the Treasury of the U. into the pockets ot Senators, and in virtue of which Air. DANIEL S.
 DIcKlNsoN of this State is reported to have re-
 ceived TIVE HUNDRED DoLzAns foE an imaginary
 journey perfnrmed from BinghamptOn to Washing ton between midnight and morning on the 4th ot
 March. ltnow seems that Mir DALLAS does not
 stend alone in his "glqry." The last Locofoco
 Ho6se Of Representatives were equally distinguish
 ed fof clever device to put money in their pock
 etS' at the expense of the People. Under the
 general provision of the law authorizing each branch
 of Congress to supply Itself with the necessary sta tionery, books, &c., the last House of Representa- tives voted to give to each Member 2l volumes of
 Gales & Seaton's State Paper, 20 to 30 volumes of the Register of Debates, l2 volumes of the Extra IGlObe, Peter Forces American Archives and ta-
 riety of smaller aftcles amounting in all to about
 SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS TO EACH MEMBER Of
 courses out of 242 members, there were good ma- ny Wh0 did not care sixpence for these wcrks5-
 and were fecdy to sell them to the highest bidder
 Accordingly it is said that one speculator" alone,
 bought up about seeenty of these shares, or sMem-
 befg tickets" as they are called for ttcO hundred
 dottGrs apiece. We think the whole affair most
 discreditabte Ob and srikiHgly Illustrative of the
 Reform. ."-.anaay EUening Journal
 1 IOWA REFUSES TO ENTER THE UNION. 1 A majority of her people having, on the 7th ult
 rejected the constitution and boundaries proposed
 by Congress, compromise, satisfactory to ali par ties. will probably be adopted by the Territorial l Legislature next month, All agree upon the wes- ltsrn boundary extending to the Missouri River, but
 cannot agree on the northern boundary; the south
 efners wishing to extend it as far as possible and
 people north of latitude forty two desiring se-
 parete organization as new territory, for which they propose the name of Washington. This, with
 the territory of Superior, from Wisconsin, will make four new States in the north west.
 r TEXAN AFFAIRS, fa.,..., The New Orleans papers declare their unauali-. fled belief in the determination of the Texan Gov
 ernment to delay action on the annexing resolutions
 to the last possible moment. They say that MT. Smith, the Texan Secretary of State, departed for
 Boston, to take the steamship of the 1st inst for Liverpool. sezsqsra Ess ts f~s ssES The Washington Constitution says:-ss We un- derstand that M Saligny, the French Charge to
 Texas, arrived in this city on Tuesday, and almost Immediately took his departure for New York He was accompanied, it is said, from Texas, by Dr.
 Ashbel Smith, the Texan Secretary of State, who is now here."
 RaiI Road Eon.-We learn from an article in the Tribune, that the Mount Savage Company, near Baltimore, has supplied by contract 10O0tons
 
 cred in New England. Since the recent eXtraof- dinary rise of iron, it has entered upon new con- tracts at $S5 per ton It Is now turning out one hundred tons of Rail Road Bars per day. and is put ting up two new blast furnaces and an immense blowing engine which will be completed ln .Au- gust--after which time it will be prepared to turn out three hundred tons per dag. The Company is ready to make contracts to deliver any quantity of bars ten per cent cheaper than they can be obtain ed from England under the present Tariff. The Tribune expresses the conviction that most of the Railroad Iron laid down in the Union hereafter, will be made in this country and that the Tariff
 is let alone, 1t will very rarely be higher than if imported under 20 per cent duty. Only let cap
 talsts feel that they may safely invest n this bu- siness the heavy capital needed to prosecute 1t proftably, and home competition will soen reduce the price to the lowest sum for which it can be made withona lesS- -- 5ff F The Cleveland Plain Dealer in speaking of the recent transaction at the PhGnix Bank, in which gentlemen of that place are implicated, says that it
 is satisfied that the persons who made the loan are
 innocent of any fraud. The package left as collat- eral security, according to that paper has been ih several different places of deposit since it was sea- ed by the Comptroller of the State, and passed through various hands. Some light fingered clerk has distracted its principal contents, substituting
 in its place worthless paper as stated above, thus committing a robbery on its present owners, in
 
 Nothing could De more innocently done than de- posting this same package as c0iiatesdl secaaify for loan, which shows upon its face no intention Of fraud -- Hayttord Co,rGnt
 Rail Rood from Lake ssfishi higan to Lhe Pacifc. MT. A. Whitney, No. Al Wiliam-street, New York, gives notice through the National intelligent cer. that 1t is his intention to pass over examIne and partially survey seven or eight hundred miles. of the proposed route for the Rail Road from Lake Michigan to the Pacific, He will leave New York about tho 20th of May for Green Bay. Several young gentlemen of responsibility and education will accompany him, and he would like to have the number increased He thinks the excursion will be pleasant, beneficial to health, and useful in the Knowledge to be gained fgsT 7gd A HEaorc DRAxnAN. .-The Pittsburg Amer-~ can mentions the case of Joseph Robinson, drayr, man, whose noble-hearted conduct during the ra-r ging oi the late fire. is deserving special note and remembrance. He had been laborjously en-
 gagged in removing goods from different warehouses; when he recollected that his own house in Ross
 street must be in danger and he drove thither.---f
 Before reaching it he found some eight or ten kegs;
 of powder on the street, which he stopped for and
 placed on his dray. and drove with all speed for
 the 4th street road, directly past his own house7
 Looking behind him, he found the canvass on one of the kegs on Are. He immediately sprung on, the dray, and without stopping, put out the fire with his hand, and again hurried on his horse,- when he observed that another keg had canght, which he put out in like manner, and succeeded4 in'placing the powder in place of safety. when he returned and found his own house burned down., with all it's contents and the earnings oi many
 yearsof labor and economy. This bold intrepidity,n presence of mind, and self-sacrfce, can have fewf parallels. ~. ,,l..t ..ys se5ta75I5 o7l5asr | .,..ti iftfM T