Litchfield enquirer., 1845-01-02
Gov. BArDwrNs ACCEPTANCE.

tered with honor to yourself and to the State. We
are, with sentiments of high respect.
Your obedient servants, .s .
sa 4 { S SEsSSE' ~. Committee.
New HAVEN, Dec. 81, 1874
GENTLEAEEN:-I have the honor to acknowl-
edge the receipt Of your oblgng letter of the 2oth
announcing my nomination by the Wing State
Convention their candidate for the Office of
Governor Of Connecticut for the ensuing year.
Deeply sensible Of this new proof Of the conf
dence Of my fellow citizens, rendered by Con-
vention comprising and representing so much of
the intelligence and patriotism Of the State, &C.
cept the nomination, with the assurance Of my
earnest desire to cooperate with my political
friends in their efforts to avert the imminent dam
gers which threaten the peace and internal tram
guilty Of the country, and to secure the permanent
triumph Of those great principles Of policy which
are indicated in the resolutions of the Convention,
and which believe to be essential to the liberty,
prosperity and happiness of the people.
With my thanks, gentlemen, for the kind man
ner in which you have announced to me the doings
OF the Convention. / am, with sensiments of high
respect,
Your friend and obedient servant,
s-s.f. 3a.l ROGER S. BALDWIN.
To W. Stuart, Charles Chapman, and r. E.
Selden, L., EsQvs., Committee, Sc.
The Richmond Enquirer is in pucker, as Sam
Slick would say. Somebody has been writing the
venerable editor, from Washington, that the dan
ger is not over and upon this text an earnest hon.
lily is delivered by the startled Enquirer, who says
despondingly, Sour last accounts from Washington
are far from cheering" He then quotes from his
correspondent this paragraph:
"The Texas project is doubtful, fear, in Con-
gress. in both Houses-far behind popular senti-
ment, and too much welded to last sessions mis-
takes. Still action consider the policy, as we'll
az the duty, of such of US went forward then in
hope not indeed forlorn-but Incorporating in
the middle and the Northern States"
And he adds what follows:
"Is there a single member Of Congress, or an ir-
teligent man in the Union that would say that the
bill Of Mr.. Benton 10 in accordance with the views
Of Gov. Polk, expressed in his Texas letter! Tex
as acquired Immediately, and Texas acquired by
negotiation with Mexico, are not synonymous.-
The first gives US Texas now, the second never,
at some far distant day when it will in all proba-
bility be acquired by military force. Mr.. Benton's
bill throws obstacles in the way that cannot be
mounted for years. If this bill should pass it
would be virtual postponement of this great mea-
sure for years to come. second consent of Texas,
the conditional assent OF Mexico, an adjustment of
the slave question, all these are to be conditions
upon which we are to acquire Texas. Mr.. Benton
could not have framed bill that would give rise
to greater variety Of opinion than the one he in
troduced." h
Mr.. Richie then goes on to give good advice to
Mr.. Polk to the formation of his Cabinet, and to
the democracy" to be good children and submit to
their new President, dntifully. in this matter of
choosing his own advisers and councillors. He
thinks there is great present need of every Repub
lican keeping cool, cherishng party union, pFacti
sing forbearance, displaying wisdom, and looking
out for brcakers.-.N. y Express.
Fons Me Ciaciana!i Bulletin, Dec. 81.
DREADFUL STEAMBOAT DIsAsrER- TnUfy-one
lres lost !On Saturday night, the 14th inst, near
midnight, the steamer Louisiana, bound for New
Orleans, ran into the Belle, of GAINESVILLE, bound
for Nashville, half a mile below Horseshoe Cut
off on the Mississippi, by which the Belle was
completely demolished, and thirty.one persons
drowned, at time when they were reposing in
perfect Inconsistencies of harm or approaching
danger. t
The particulars of ho,o the accident happened,
we are not informed of, further than that the
Belle" took sheer in spite of the pilot, and ran
parted and sunk almost instantly. The Louisiana
did all she could to save the passengers.
The Duke of Orleans passed on the 18th inst,
and took from the bank Of the river, all the surv-
Those lost were men, there being fe-
males on board, and but few cabin passengers
The officers of the boat escaped, with the excep-
ton of John Holiday, one Of the engineers
Twelve negroes belonging the boat were drowned.
Mr.. French lost three negroes. Mr.. Percy lost
four. The following residents of Tennessee, were
all the names we could gather of the unfortunate
men: P. Linn, w. Linn, J. Percy, J. Ryan. II.
Malisle, son of l. w. Hall, J. Asknew, N. Sills,
T. Allen, G. Hyer, VIM Jones, T. Whitley.
The Pilgrim Festival in Ci,sc;nnah-The An
niyersary OF the Landing Of the Pilgrims was to
have been celebrated with great force IN Cincin-
natl. Rev. James H. Perkins, one Of the best men
in that city, was to deliver the Grafton. We no.
tice there has occurred split between the Wine
party and the Tee-total organization; the former
party would not give way, but agreed that any per-
son might bring wine at his own expense, although
in the FIRST instance resolve had been passed to
make the dinner Teetotal. The Anti-wine party,
therefore, agreed to walk in the procession, and 60
to the speech, but not to the entertainment. Bel
lamy Storer, DR.. Beecher, s. p Chase, DR.. Mus
sey, and other well known individuals, represent
the Temperance side of the celebration.
Mr.. POLKA correspondent at Nashville, in
whom we have the most implicit confidence, writes
under date Of the 18th December, that Mr.. Polk.
on the day previous, had said to primnent Lo-
cofoco that the leading measures Of his Admins
tration would be. lst. Reduction of the Tariff;
lishment of the Sub-Treasury This is fact be-
yond dispute; but we say that Congress dare not
repeal the Tariff and Polk has not enough of Jack
son in him to make them do it Wheeling Times.
Not Boldly the laws Of the United States,
the importation Of Slaves into our country is
fragrant crime and the Slave Trade is Piracy pun
ishable with death. Mr.. John Tyler, in his last
Annual Message, feicitates our People on the fact
that we were the first to deal 80 thoroughly with
this infamous traffic A correspondent wants So
luton for this Drohlem-ss If the needy rascal who