Litchfield enquirer., 1845-08-14

bay. There are now 500 men encamped here, and the scene is full of interest. The other vessels with troops are not expected to arrive for several days.
 Correspondence of the Baltimore Patriot WAsHlNGroN, August 5, lsA5. am informed to-day, that the POM reMor0Ls in the various Departments in this city, amount in al thus far to one hundred and fsoenty-tsco clerks heads of bureaus and messengers, whose salaries would average at least $12OO Thus MT. Polk in the first five months of his administration, hur]s fa,om Me Peoples o6iees-not his own-here in this city alone, one hund ed and twenty.two men, with an aggregate compensation for their services ot $l46 400! Something of an income to be taken from one class of citzens,'in city of 25,oOO in- habitants, and given to another class
 Add to this number of removals, all those of Land Office Surveyors. Registers and Receivers, cers and Navy Agents, Foreign Ministers, Consuls 1 and Government Agents and deputy Postmasters. all over the land, and then say how such furious and cold.blooded system of prescription agrees with the professions uttered the 4th of March last, by James K. Polk. that minorties had right, which he would neither trample upon nor abuse! Senator Bog1y Reod Om!-The nvincible Democracy of Jackson county, (Ala.) have in- vited Senator Bagby to resign his seat in the Uni. ted States Senate. The following are the rcsolu. tions
 Resolved That in the opinion of this meeting, the Hon. Arthur P. Bagby, one of the Senators in Congress from the State of Alabama. for his course in relation to the question of the anncxa.
 on of Texas to the United States has forfeited and violased the confidence of the Democratic party of the State of Alabama Be it therefore
 Resolved, That in the opinion of this meeting, the mere fact of his having recordt d his vote in favor of this question, is no rcdeemng trait in his regards this question, as thiS meeting de- precates violation in public servant as bring the If hat, in ] question, first dispre, ing it by speech, and then recording his vote in tav or of it, tends to destroy and lessen the confidence already aix, d. and that in the opinion of this meeting. frmness is an in- dspensable requisite in public servant. Be tt MtyefOre RtsolDed. That in lhe opinion of this meeting it is the duty of the Hon. A. P. Bag by to resign his seat in the Senate of'ihe Uni:ed States and that this meeting respectfully request him to do
 Crops Of Me JVest.-Mr. Joseph Barber (for. merly of the New Haven Register) says in his Sy- racusan Messenger, that the harvest news about that region is favorable from all quarters. The winter wheat has been gathered without injury from rust and 1t IS teieved that the spring wheat will also escape injury from such attack Oats are coming in heavily. Hay is rather light al,ho' much better than was expected two or three weeks ago. With regard to the potato crop, says the wri- ter there are striking indications of repetition of last years calamity Waterbury Ameriea". 
 .Ns,c Wheat-The Bloomington (Iowa) Herald s:-"A crop full one third larger than usual will soon he in market, and we learn that some of our merchants are making contrrcts at fifty six cents per bushel. We are further informed that the article is considerably superior to that of last years production"
 7He Crops of Conneetiem,-The New London Advocate says:-
 .As far as we can learn from our farmers, the crops will, in this part of New London county, be about equal to those of any previous yearalthough the quantity of hay cut, will be hardly an average crop. Grain-rye and oats-we are told. will come in very well, and of corn there will be about an av- craze yield.
 Of fruit there is an abundance of most kinds We hear nothing yet. however, of the apple crop but of pears and peaches there will be large supply
 7tcins.-We are assured that private letter received in this city yesterday, from one of the most popular and influential members of the Texan Convention stating that it is in actual contempla- ton among the leading spirits in that body to dI-~ vide Texas into two States. making the BraZos the dividing line; the State West of fhe river to be called Austin, and that on the East to retain the name of Texas That's right. sister yot are alto gethef too delicious a morsel 10 be swallowed whole. True. your population may be thooght too small by some to furnish four members of the US Senate. but where the quality is so fine it's not worth the while to stand for trifes. Cut yourself in twain, by all means Such blessings as you are should never come single !-IriLssne.
 The N. Y. Mirror of Wednesday contains the fol. lowing :-' A deplorable circumstance, at inc country residence of one of our New York mer chants, involving the happiness of three families and probably the lives of two persons, has been ru- mored for some days. We have been able to col. lect but few authentic particulars. The metchant recently returned from Europe. and on visiting his country residence, had his suspicious aroused thaf a friend was base and wife Lnfaithful Findin~ them together he stabbed the guilty psir. ana would have killed both instantly had he not fallen insensible at themoment of sttikinga second dead. ly blow at his wife. Both were seriously wounded and the husband, gloryng in the belief that he had killed both is now raving inaniac The wife. if is believed, is not fatally wounded but the recovery of her paramour, who IS merchant, is doubtful.- Both were stabbed in the region of the heart"
 Ihe Ch,1ch ef the PIgyams,-The owners of this expensive edi6ce, situated in Brooklyn, N. " appear to have been very unfortunate in regard to it. It appears that through some fault in it's con- strctiOn. the roof has settled and exhibited such signs of weakness, the subscribers to the Aouse have determined to remove the whole covering ana put on a new one, which will create sn addifional expense of three thousand dollars. This saya inc Journal of Commerce will cause delay of thro~ uonths~~Nesp. Haven PGIIadivnt.
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