Litchfield enquirer., 1847-02-04

history of crime in our country, is now in a
rapid consumption, and can hardly live more
than few weeks at best. The prison physi-
clan has relinquished all hope of his recovery,
and his death at any moment would not be q
matter of surprise. [P. S., Edwards died on
Friday last.l ~tae
efThe freight (between Albany and New
Housatonic Rail Road on MOnday week, amount.
ed to $1,000! So says tie Bridgeport Stand
ard. -ts t.@ts.
Senator from .NssO Jersey.-The Legisla-
ture, on the 2Sth inst, reelected Hon. Jacob
w, Miller to the U. S. Senate, for the term Of
sixyears from the 4th of March next.
.Another VrgiaiG SenatOr.-James NJ Ma
con, of Frederick county, has been chosen o.
S. Senator from Virginia. to supply the vacan.
cy Occasioned by the death Of Hon. Isaac S.
Pennybacker. re-
Magnificent PSvject, We learn from citi-
zen Of Hartford, Conn. that they have it in
contemplation to bring down the Enfield Ca
nal to Hartford Tor the purpose OF supplying
= the city with water, and introducing into this
finely located place an immense sratsr po,rer.
The route has recently been surveyed by a
competent and thorough engineer, and his re-
port is in the highest degree favorable. I'll
. proposed that the canal shall be 100 feet in
width and 10 feet in depth. This will afford
water power in Hartford much more extern
sive than that Of Lowell, il being sufficient
according to accurate estimates, to carry more
. than 100000 -sp indies. The whole cost of
= This splendid enterprise will not exceed $500,
600.
Touch not, H4ndle:not-The stockholders
of the Fall River Railroad, nearly 400 being
present, have voted that no alcoholic liquors
should be carried over their road.
Hard Up.-It is said that the rumsellers in
New York are so hard up to get names to put
to their petition to the Legislature for a repeal
Of the excise law that they 60 to the grave
yards and take names off the tombstehes-prob
ably of their victims, who they know would
sign, if alive.
Cheap Enough -Ritche and Heiss, proprie-
= tosss Of the (" Union" it is said. have sent in
pre- posals to Congress to publish all the speech
es made therein, subject othe revision Of their
authors, and full and impartial reports Of the
proceedings for $4,000 the long, and $4,000
the short session A larger appropriation han
that will be necessary toge, the people to read
them. &
Just So The Albany journal very sensibly
remarks -" The Union speaks Of slavery as
the most delicate question which can be sug.
gcs.ej.' fit be so delicate Commodity, the
less we have of ii the better land the surest
way to have no more off: WILDE TO declare the
fact in Congress. 1t is possible to have too
m1'h ev'1 Of s,od thing. Too much of
bad hing is intolerable" f 81 -
e5-The ohio Hoase Of Assembly have passed
vote, by 43 TO ~. requesting their Represen.
tatiyres in Congress. to sustain the i" Wilmot
PrOviso." So
n Streak Of Lightning LAST evening. at
~ O'clock Toronto was attached TO The Buffalo
and New York line Of Telegraph. and com,nu.
nications passed along the line from New York
10 Toronto for the first time Subsequently
Boston was brought into the circuit and con-
ncc'ed line of nine hundred miles placed in
op"rali"n Messages pasted from the various
Offices. and the substance OF the recent foreign
news transmitted TO Toronto from the station
here Albany .9rgus.
A NlcIrr's EARNINcs.->Som time ago, Mr.
Woodbridge, agent for Day. Newell & Day, pat
ent safe manufacturers, placed ii the Exchange
safe, with a recently inVeated lock, and in
the safe enclosed $500 as reward for any per.
son who should pick the lock. Mr.. Hobbs,
locksmith of this city. was shnt up last night
in the building. and at little befure 7o'clock
this morning left the place $500 richer than
when he entercd.-.Ne,e York Commercial
.adrerf,ser.
Death from The Fumes of Charcoal - Two
Irish domestics, in Lyme, CT, Ann O'Connor
and Mary Leonard, were found dead in their
bed on the morning Of the 25th inst. furnace
Of charcoal, partly consumed, standing in the
middle of the room, which they had placed
there on going 10 bed, revealed the cause of
this catastrophe. Thus adding another instance
to the many on record, of the fatality attending
this dangerous expedient. -..a sq. -, ,4-a
.NsW London Nescs.
Il Commercial Euent.-The Hibernia, be-
sides her two or three millions Of dollars in
specie. had a very valuable cargo Of goods
The whole amount of her freight was greater
than that Of any other which ever passed from
the Eastern to the WesternlC Continent, or which
has ever entered at any Of our posts.
f+..i "a Boston Courier.
Scarlet Fevw.-The Philadelphia cores
'pondent cfihe New York Mirror writes that
the scarlet fever is very general throughout
THAT city. II has ragged fatally for abou, three
weeks, and is rather on the increase
Louisiana U. s. Senafsr.--Pierce soule
r (Loco) has been elected U. S. Senator for
1Af.l