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Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1850-12-05

The annual m.eling of the Cooperation
Of The Village of Limhfeld was held i'll the
Court House on Monday. J G. BECK.
WITH, NJ. D., was re- elected President, p
X. Kilbnurne, Clerk, and c. l. Webb
Treasurer, for the year ensuing. Afler1wo
or three unsuccessful ballo,inss for Bal
Id, the meeting was adjourned TO the 18th
Tuesday in Dec. mber. IN the mean time
the County Court is 10 be pe'iIioned for the
appointment of Assessors, and new as
scSsmeul is TO he made.
After the adjournment, an informal
meeting of the villagers was held, ard a
Committee was appointed (CharIes Adams,
S. Spencer and 6. Sanfrd) 10 visi. ever
house in the village, & examine the stoves,
ladders. fire. buckets, sc. The following
Resolves, passed several years since, were
ord. red TO be published
Resolved, Taat the owner or owners Of ever.
Dwelling House within this Village. shalt vi
err before the first day at December next, pre-
u.e aud keep at all times IN g'""i "'der ~ sad
building, me good l,.aihrr FIRE Bucket, II said
ild.mg Us but enc story high, Nv" such Buck
els II Iwo stories nigh. and three such Hucket'
IT said building is three stories high, an penal'
~ ii two dollars per mouth during such neg
lect.
Resolved, That every owner Of Dwelling
House, or other Bm,Iding, in which lire Is usu'
ally kept in this Village. shall ~" or before
the first day "f December next, procure IN.
goo1 Lauder. Of sufficient, length lo'each f:"M
the gr.und to tn ridg" OF the highest ROOF OF
such building, or Two short Ladders. one reach.
ing 10 the caves oi the highest roof III - CHI
building. the other reaching from lie caves IL
the ridge, and hanging there BY hooks, the lal
ter Ut which shalt not be Iem"ved, and the
others shalt at all times be kept on or near SAID
.uid,ng, aud in order tor use in case ot the
breaking cut Of fire, on penalty oi two dollars
tor each mont hs neglect. e"
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STONE Fon THE WAsnIGToN MoHU-
MENr.--The stone designed for the Wash
ington Monument as tribute from Con.
necticut, is now completed, and viii leave
this city in few days. Il is Of Portland
Free Stone, with the name aud arms Of
the State very beautifully cut on its face.
Its dimensions are four feet long, two
broad, and fifteen inches thick. Il has
been carved at tie establishment Of Mr..
PATTERSON. and is an excellent specimen
Of his skill and taste. There is another
stone in state of forwardness, from some
Temperance society in this State. 1t is
Of the New Preston white marble
Hartford Courant
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A PHYSIOLOGICAL FAcT.-A surgeon
in the u. s. Army recently desired TO
to know the most common cause of en-
listments. BY permission Of the Captain
of the company. containing fifty. on a
pledge never to disclose the name Of any
officer or private. except as a physical or
metaphysical fact, the true history WAS
obtained of every man. On investiga-
ton, it appeares that nine tenths enlisted
on account of some female difficulty ;
thirteen Of them had changed their names.
and forty three were either drunk Oh par
tally So at their enlistment. Most
OF these were men of tine talents and
learning, and about one-third had once
been men in elevated stations in life four
had been lawyers, three doctors. AID tw"
ministers. The expeaimeater believes. it
it were not for his pledge Of secrecy, that
this would be as Interesting a history,
and would exhibit the frailtv of human
nature a< fully as amy experiments ever
made on the subject Of the passions.
E@s l@ 81 Baltimore Patriot,
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NICARAGUA CAxAL.-Informatio has
been received from Central America, that
this great work may be- lar more conven.
iently located than has yet been sup
posed. Advices from the town Of Me-
aragua to the 25th ult. state that pass
sage exists from the Lake Of that name
TO the Pacific, the summit level Of which
does not exceed sixty feet. The distance
Is also reduced to twelve or Thu .een m Hes,
with terminus Mt the port Of Nacac"n.
which is SAID To afford far better shelter
than that of 81. Juan del Sur.-Jon,nal
ut Commerce..
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The TEACHER !. Iaslisute Al south Corn
wall was opened on Monday evening, Nov.
4lh, hy an InsrOductoEy Lecture from the
Rev. Mr. stone of the State Normal School
Il cOntinarL In session until Friday eve
ming, when the Parting Address from the
Rev. Mr. Andrews, OF the Aleer Institute,
was followed by singing the DOxol"gy In
chorus comprising rs large congregation
as cuunlry churches often receive. The
inIeres; Of the teachers and citizens seemed
To increase To the last. In addition 10 the
efforts OC MessrS. Andrews and Stone, who
conducted the institute, Prof. Thompson
Of New York, DR.. Gutter OF MasSachuSe,ts.
Prot. Andrews of Marieua College, Ohio.
DR.. North of Cornwall, Prot. Sedgwick Of
The Alger IHsiiiuIe. and Prof. 1'yce Of the
same institution. with several Of The teach
trS. contributed to the value of ine exercises.
Few who were present will forget the soul i.
stirring notes which the later occasionally
drew frum The organ. /, is hoped that the
whole county will profit by the suggestions
respecting School>house ventilation and
school seats, presented by DR.. Cuiier.
The number Of teachers in attendance
was l36, besides school commilIees and
citizens. The formation Of the Li'chield
County Teachers Association, was an in
tsreSIiBg feature Of the meetings, and iull
Of promise 10 tie common school.
The subscribers, members If the 1nsii>
tHie, who have attended tie exeTc Ses of the
week, hereby tender 10 the several genlle>
men whose efforts are referred TO above, and
10 the citizens of tae place, our thanks TOR
their seTvIces-,',eir gen ernus hospitality
their allen ion TO our wants ia the ACCOM-
mo,iasions offered for our exercises, and es-
pecialiy 70 Mr.. Andrews for the use Of the
valuable apparatus "f his seminary.
While we pledge ourselves TO each other
and To- "ui tetiow>c,sizens. To carry with US
i0 our schools. and through life, the valua>
ble >ugges ions and impressions here re-
ce.yed, we cannot refrain from expressing
the COW cliOns thai the interests of common
schools demand a larger appropriation from
the State, for The proper supper. OF similar
institutes, iU thr spriug amt fall. as the Su.
prr.n,entienl ut Common SchUols may fnd
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RETURNING CALlFoRN1ANs.---The
steamers Crescent City and Pacific found
on the Isthmus about one thousand pas :.
sengers from California waiting for a
chance TO get home. Three hundred and
fifty were taken on board the Crescent
City and Eve hundred on board the Pa
cific. steamer about the size Of the Ad-
miral. On the Pacific they were abso-
.lutely packed in bulk. and FOR nearly one
day before reaching HAVANA were with
out provisions and water. OF the Ores
cent City's passengers, who arrived at
New York on Thursday night, a number
are sick Of Chagres fever others. worn
out with their hardskips in California. are
not only sick. but absolutely pennyless,
and will have to depend upon the charity
Of strangers for means to rdach their va
rious homes. One, or two reached thi.
city this morning, having received a free
passage by the Stonington route. On'
young man who arrived this morning WA
unable to walk, had scarcely decen
4 suit Of clothing, and NOS a cent in hr
pocket. He had not the least idea as I,
how he should get food to- day, or ,
chance to reach home. OF all the Ores.
cent Citys passengers, perhaps not more
than twenty or thirty have gained any
thing by their California trip, while hum
dreds Of others hare not orly lost their
all, but are also ruined in constitution
Boston Zrav. gs @ va
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e. The San Francisco Herald men,
tons an instance Of good luck on the part

Inc san FRANCISCO herald men
tons aninstance Of good luck on the part
of a miner:
A FORTUNATE MiNER.--We yesterday
conversed with a gentleman just down
from the mines, who gave US an account
of the good fortune Of man named
johnson. He had been 10 the mines but
three days in all, and will return home
with the largest Z" pile ever taken out
in the same length of time. He com,
menced work on the south branch of the
Middle Fork of Feather River, digging
upward from the base Of the mountain.
when. on the second day, he came TO a
rock. around which the river had formed
an eddy, and by o'clock the next day.
he had taken out sirty pounds Of gold,
without washing PAINFUL! The Jumps
were from IS to $500. He then sold
out his claim for $4,000. packed his
dust upon mule. and atarted for this
city. He will probably reach here in a
day or two. This is undoubtedly ihe
best days work ever done in California
The truth Of the story is well vouchet
Cor. as our informant himself saw .h'
gold.
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LirCHFIELD ENQUIRER


Congress assembled On ainnday, aud tho
Presidents Message was deliver.6 tO the
IwO HOUSES sum after noon. The Message
reached us0n Tuesday p. NJ, LuI as our
paper goes 10 press on "Wednesday m"rn.
ing, we are compelled TO delay It's PUbIica-
,ion until our nexI. Many VI our readers
will of course veru&e the document before
we can furnish IL to them, hui we deem IL
desirable that ALL should read II and pre-
serve it.
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APPROACHING LIBERATION OF Kos
sUTn.--It will be recollecied that the pc.
riad during which the Turkish Govern
ment agreed to detain Kossulk and bis
companions. in order to pacify the Aus
TRAN md Russian Governments. was one
year. The term expires during the pres
ent month. and The Vienna cabinet are
now endeavoring 10 procure its extension
BY setting up the quibhle that the time
was to BE- computed from the date Of his
transportation TO Asia. The Turkish
Government resist this demand and have
appealed to the representatives OF France
and Fngland for their opinion respecting
II: Meanwhile, il 10 said. measures have
already been taken to procure a passage
ior the refugees on board government
vessel. either 10 England or America. al
they may desire.-Nsv Pork commer.
ef@ks wt sfs4s kea skis s.lf q
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rre.In lhe rroceedinrs q ,he NTiddle,ou

EF-In the proceedings OF the Midd'e,own
Centennial Celebration, Il Is men,ioned sha,
the Hon. Gilss tlamIin represented the
town In the General Cours a, % sesslons.
Soma members fs0m this csaa,y have slane
almossaA welL Danltl sherman Of tvo0d>
bury was member of that body Ht &c ses.
slons, and Col. Joshua Porter Of SaIIsSaFy,
al 81 sessions. D.. .heAe are all cas.in
The Ahaas BY William Ilillhouse, sshs pa.
'rIGrcA cf Alonlvllls." who wss membsE
al los sssslooui ~
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EE Cotton used ,n talk about some-
body who was so swift Of foot that lie
left the lightning painting in the rear"
The lightning has been p'ac,icing since,
ard can now beat that fellow ali hollow.
When the Atlantic arrived IN New York,
The other day, her intelligence WAS t"lc>
yraphed TO New Osleans and got TO that
city half an hour before il started F.; APP
pe.ring simultaneously in the papers of
both these cities and Boston OF ia, peak
), little less paradaxically, the difference
If time between New Yo,k and New Or
leans was more than overcome Ttle-
graphic news is actually becoming proph-
ecy.
Gen. Arista has been elected President
Of Mexico.
The New Yo,k Tribune publishes the
complete Congressional vote Of tina, STATE
II the recent election, the footing up OF
which furnishes the most gratifying Eg-
ures to the wings Of the old Empire.-
The clear aggregate whig najon'y over
All Others is 6l96! showing that. although
the Opposition have chosen half Vi il.eir
candidates. The, stand in the popular
vote decidedly in the minority. g
A "REMINISCENCES The " oldest in-
habtant tells US well authenticated
fact. that the first potatoe planted in New
Haven, was bought TO this city about
tho year 1869. Ly Christopher Kilby.
from Nova Scotia; and WAS planted in
what is now the garden Of NJ. Simeon
Marble, in Chapel street, nearly opposite
Trinity Church. From the yield "f that
one wcte the inhabitants Of this region
afterwards supplied. ~
DEATH OF GARRET D. WALL.--Gen.
Garret D. Wall, late U. S. Senator from
New Jersey, died Nov. 22d, at his resi-
dence in Burlington, NJ. His disease
was dropsy on the chest. and his health
has been declining for two or three years:
General Wall was over seventy years OF
age. He leaves widow in affluencc.
and several children. g, .ne~..
REsuLr OF FoLLY.Two men at AL
ton, N. H., at a husking last week, un-
dertook TO amusc the company BY seeing
which could eat the most Of a great vas
riety Of 100 !. including died apples
One of them. Charles French, who made
the husking. died the next day /; The 9th,
er. Henry Miller. died the day after.
The entire loss Of property BY the burn.
ing of the freight depot Of the Michigan
Central Railroad is estimated by The Dali,
~ Advertiser Of that city at $4,000.
OF which about $4,000 will fall upon
the Company. -.---------
The quantity Of -four in the depot AZ
the time of the Gre. was $4,000 barrels.
and the quantity Of wheat about $4,000
bushels, which was a total loss. Tia
wheat and flour belonged 10 different In.
dividuals, Gorwaudcrs. buyers an others.
TEA CvlTras.--Mr. Junius Saith ID
devoling bis attention 10 tea culture IN
South Carolina. The plants nre nov
well established. and Afc making sApid
progress towards maturity. liz has re.
ceived, this year. direct hon China, a
large quantity Of plants which arrived IN
good eensllIl0n, and almost all ore living
and delay veil. lie appears very saaa
gains % success,
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THE School MISTRESS AND HER CA
NINE FRIEND.-O One Of the most touching
instances of canine attachment, of which
we ever heard. was related TO us the 9TH
err day, by matron Of the neighborhood
where the finale Of the melancholy event
transpired.
"a young .dy Of one Of the northern
towns cf this county. while engaged IN
teaching school, the past summer q few
miles from her home. was singled, out to-
wards the close Of her engagement. with.
out any apparent Involvement, by the dog
OF one of her employers. AS the peculiar
object of his regard, which soon increas'
ed TO such n degree that he could scarce.
" be beaten from her side. or prevented
from entering the school. house, to which
he daily repaired. At The termination
OF her school, which she left in failing
health, when about to start for her pa
rental residence. the dog gaye signs d
his determination to follow her. which
perceiving she turned 10 the owner. and
soon effected q purchase Of the animal
which now attended her home. Her frs,
words on entering the house. WERE
saMother have come home TO die, ans
have brought a friend here TO watch owe
NV grave. After making this an
ncuncenient. SHE Immediately took TO lie
he'd. and sunk rapidly IN typhoid whic
ii about week. terminated In her dealt
During her whole sickness. the faithf'
md evidently sorrow-stricken dog. neys
isut for q few moments 1T atiuae, LEFT III
sick room. constantly lying dejectedly
ti.e head of her bed, and seeming but 10
bIest whom permitted TO lick her ferete
hand. which. vas occasionally extende
fuF III tender eaFeasss. as her haa
heuF HsNM nsav. he beoame inaIslsraE
nb6uE fona. nnd soon Esfassd y ailytS
sSshaE. Alseg Der death, which hsason
81 A. e1mnIAheh1s be continued y wals
~ ~ snIps6. only q one NEne leasln
n anS 1thsD Vas pbsa The coiAh' eas'
FL
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& not applied to some useful purpose ?
Until something Of this kind shall he
brought into use, rather regret. than
rejoice Ht. the continued. and in some IN
stances, injudiCiOus and apparently I'M
necessary multiplication of ail>ROads.
especially in the older portions Of our
country. II.
Litch field, NOV. 2oth, 1850.
Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1850-12-05

Dancing at a Fanero! - The ceremo-
ny Of erecting a monument. 10 the memo,
" of ,he lone democrai' of Garkh mps,ed.
came of On Friday. Funeral addresses
were made by Messrs. HoIahird I'm I Eaton,
aud Grand Ball followed. Democracy
itself Tn Us modern phase) ~ill need a
monument, BY and by; who will volun.ee,
10 dance thea ~
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~ The Boston Chrono'ype says thai
when Hon. Truman Smith passed through
Charleston, S. c., few weeks since, he
was placarded as ssa notorious ..holilit mist"
and was Obliged TO leave The city 10 ''twen-
,y>lour he urS. s @
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EE Governor Seymour has appoint-
ed Henay d. Smith. of MildletoAn. lin.
Othy Dwight Of New Haven, Nathan Bel
cher Of New Mondon, and Samuel Colt
Of Hartford, committee for this State,
10 receive articles destined for the
Worlds Fair in London.
Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1850-12-05

The Newfoundland Tines gives facts
establishing the probability that The
wholn Island i rising out AZ the ocean
With I Rapidly which threatens. ai no
distant period. 10 materially affect. Il moi
utterly destroy. many Of tho BEST 'haF-
bon on the coast Of NewfoUndland ..
The southern press., 1850-07-29
Correspondence of the Commercial Advertiser.
ToRoNro. Thursday. July 10. 1850

Rather singular episode occurred last night
in the House of Assembly, on the occasion of the
second reading of a bill to admit foreign (Amer-
can) reprints of British publications and books
upon Repayment of twenty per cent. duty. Du-
ring the discussion on the general question of
copy right, the Hon. Inspector General (Hincks)
in the heat Of debate, remarked that the system
Of prating the works of British authors by some
American publishers, was immoral and unjust,
and that :" the scoundrel publishers (cheers)
whom the nation is scoundrel enough TO counte-
nance (sensation) did not scruple to rob the Eng
lish author Of the fruits of his talents and labor -
The hasty language Of the honorable gentleman
uttered impromptu, as you may be well assured,
called forth good deal Of feeling, and for upward
of two hours the shafts of the opposition were
increasingly levelled against him.
The virtuous Indignation Of Sir Allan McNab,
and some other of the tories, at the dreadful scan
dal which the honorable member for Oxford had
brought upon the House, could scarcely be ap-
peased. They were all very vehement in their
"proof" that Mr.. Hincks had asserted That the
American people were a nation of scoundres;
and having made themselves believe that he had
done so, nothing could exceed the grandoquence
and pathos of high national feeling exhibited in
repudiating the Inspector Generals inadvertent
" "slander." 1t was study for Punch. 1t was
extremely ludicrous and absurd, knowing, as l
do, how cordial is the dislike of the Sir Allan
section of the Tories to everything American.
After the furor had subslded, the Hon. Mr..
Hincks explained and "protested that he had
never intended to charge the Americans as ma
ton with being scoundres. Any gentleman in
the House who knew him could not for moment
believe that he regarded the large class of respec-
table American publishers or the American nation
generally, as set Of scoundrels. The expression
was hasty, and wrong as applied to any people,
but in reprobating those dishonest printers who
pirated the works of English authors, he was far
from casting slur upon the American people, or
better class Of publishers. Thus ended the
episode, TO the satisfaction of the House. The
explanation was deemed ample, knowing that the
expression objected to was uttered in the heat Of
debate and without permediton. Mr.. Hincks is
an Irishman, and has all the warmth of his coun-
trymen in debate.
At this period of the discussion, Mr.. III. J.
Boulton, an incessant taker, arose on poin of
order, and called the attention Of the Speaker to
an informality which he had just discovered, and
in which he was singularly enough right, that as
the bill interfered with matter Of trade, il should
first have been brought before committee of the
whole house. The Speaker found such to be
the case, and thus after having passed two read
ings, and then being in committee, the bill had to
be Withdrawn. Mr.. Hincks withdrew it accord
ngly-to be introduced again in the same shape,
after the usual formalties have been observed.
The southern press., 1850-07-29

Hon. Horace Mann has Just published a
pamphlet edition Of his letters the extension oi
slavery into California and New Mexico, with
notes, some Of these notes are quite pungent, es-
pecially that in regard to Mr.. Cass, in which Mr.
Mann perpetrates the following epigram, among
Others, by way of retaliation for Mr. @. IS punning
on his own name -
Small odds twixt tweedle dunn and tweedle-dee,
And Cass means much the same Without the c.. y
The Joke originally belonged to the I" John
Donkey" but Mr.. Mann, we presume, comes
legitimately into possession Of it-by inheritance
~ Y Day Book.
The southern press., 1850-07-29

CASUALTIES OF ENGLISH STArEsMEN.--The Lon
don Times in an article on the death of Sir Robert
Peel, INDUCES in the following reflections
I" Strange that on the bloodless field Of states
manship death should so often come with the sud
deness, the violence and the anguish of war -
Chatham fell fighting. His still greater son sank
under the news of Austerlitz. Perceval was as.
sassinated on the threshold of the house, his hand
filled with papers, and speech on his tongue
Castlereagh's end was still more awful. Romilly
too, was statesman as well as lawyer, Lord
Liverpool was struck down in the midst of his
duties. Canning fell suddenly, while soaring in
the pride of his might Huskisson perished ter
ribly in the midst Of his former colleagues. Ben
tinck aspired to be statesman, and died in full
health, without moments warning. But, who
would have thought that Peel would one day be
added to the listi The hero of an hundred fights
still survives. All around us we see octogenarian
generals and admirals, surviving countless acc-
slow decay. Sir Robert Peel falls by sudden
his mind to decline. Did not the thought suggest
a murmur at the dispensations of Omnipotence,
one might call it a waste Of precious power, a
mighty soul lost to the world, by the merest trife,
by the silly panic or momentary impatience Of a
brute How much had such man still to do! How
many noble thoughts and splendid anticlpations to
deliver! How many large views carefully elabora-
ted What treasures Of observation, and acquisi-
tions Of political lore nay, what a mighty part
he might still have played, had opportunity again
invited, or necessity demanded his potent nerven-
tion But in moment all this is beyond the grave,
and speculations which but yesterday were real
and probable, are now become the theme of the
school-boy."