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Litchfield enquirer., 1854-07-13
Important War News,

By ile arrivsl 70 Wetrt,day lasi, we learn that lhe sik1e of l|tin hns been Fnfedt szhe Hus<ia n1 were deieaJed D, the Turks and dr1Ttn arfossille Danuhe l Ihe sieEe opefalInn6 &cre heeun on ,he I1lhQf May. and from then 0 June I5lh tbe aisaclt end defence were carried on necessarily and with equal bravery on both sides repeated slofming parties were di- rccieu against the entrenchmenis, mines and counter mines were expl0deds caus- ing ilnlnPpse slaughter 10 besiegers and hesie ped Mpssa Paoha, The brave Turk isli enlDmsndef, whs itiIled sby shell, ailer
 Hhich Prince Paskiewiicll, the Russian commander, was struck and disabled by . lspent ball, and will probably die.
 This viclery was gained entirely 6yst 1 Turks, the French and English troops not having then made ihoir 5ppeaFaice.
 Most 0l. ihe allied fceton the Back Sec was cruising of SebastapDl. SIX or eigh, ships wpreal Xarna assisting the embark aliOn Of tr0dps. Transports with heavy guns having arrived, it was likely that Se- baslapol would soon be attacked.
 Admirals Dnndas and Hanelin issued | circular on the. 5lh, announcing q close blockade ofthe mouth ot the Danube.
 A conspiracy sa assa ssinate the Emperor of France has been discovered in one 0flhe couEsry departme6,s,and l5O arrests male A French ageHt having arrived al Nipples lo buy corn, the NeapOlitan government Immediately prohibited iIs expnrlaiion.-
 The King of Naples has reiired 10 Galeta
 which l,e is lDrifying. .l. sfiII Latsr and moro Important. THE czAR CONSENTS TO EvAcUATE. Bs lhe sfflvafof The B6lic On SainfdaS morning from Liverpool, in 9 days and l6 hnurss and 5S minutes, (ths quickest pass age on record) we Ieara that the Czar in his reply iO Austria has consented 10 eva~ rnate the Principalilies and is already with drawing all lfis forces to beyand the Pru,h x Lord John Russell officially informed Parliament that ghe siege of Slisiria is raised. The advanced guard of French and English have reached Prepedi. Omar sPacha is advancing with his whole force i0 tie Danube.
 From the Baltic, the Black Sea, or Asia, there is no news: Tue Greek insurrecii0n is totally qnelled. The minor German Siaiea have accepted the Austrio-P Prassian note. Brazil has notified France and Eng> land ni her determined neutrality.
 I'lle British Government has sent Sir John Bnnham to China, to negotiate acom- mercial treaty with htJapan.
 THE LATEST. .-- The Ansirians will march into lfe Municipalities as soon as the Russians leave them.
 IRtlia and Chino. .--The Russian squad. ron is supposed to have taken refuge on Inc caasl ol Kamschaika. One of its ves. seis was seenal WoOsung, where she had put in inr intelligence. 1l isn0t the Rus !. sian squadfch that aur merclianiile marine feared, but pirates from Caliiosnias sailing HndercOl0Fs. V t
Litchfield enquirer., 1854-07-13

7. E ..,I..zn. Ae night exprtss train Mi i|.t f.ses. VeSicfn slSilraad, which len NE s.ss.,sNNis1 hriaNe XIIuteday riglis run <'SsI 3NtfsS. &hEfe6Y two esiigrnpt cars Hztt tIfSE,s s'F .I.e lfack, kiIIiug pass F<H1sf< etd severely NenId'l'', ! Q oilsefs, *SA< af Nile,n Ni'I aoi recover.
Litchfield enquirer., 1854-07-13

"A GnAsH. The tower of tIie eecond Congregational Church. in Waterbury. fell Wednesday morning last. teafipg up the roof adjoining on both sides for come twenty feet The defect vas in the found a,ion. | portion of which gave way and tumbled into ths cellar beneath. The outward walls were already up, the roof on and completed. and the tower casriss up nearly to the junction of lhs spire.- Fortunately no one was injured. as 1t happened at o'clock. A. M.
Litchfield enquirer., 1854-07-13

ARsEsr Eos DRvSKEENEss Four men were brought before Justice E. M. KsI~ logg. in Warren. on Saturday lass. and fined $2 and costs (about sll \ pieee.l which was paid by all but one DAvid Briggs, who was committed.
Litchfield enquirer., 1854-07-13

BARN STRUCK BY LrGHrNINa.-T The barn of Charles Smith. Wolcottville. being illed with bay and conlainiug his farming utensils, was struck by light- ming last Sunday afternoon aal burned to the ground.
Litchfield enquirer., 1854-07-13

IF The jury in tlle Walker divorce Iease eoald.hol agree. and have been dis- EchAsged
Litchfield enquirer., 1854-07-13

10 MucH HeR MR. BAREuM.-Ar. BarnSa has resigned the Presidency of the GlSstsl Palace. Financially. the Exc hihislQn as a isiluse. and is FeEnpins failure asss his spirited tiai lo make iE
Litchfield enquirer., 1854-07-13

A 2 unsacAssful attempt @es ulsde
 N N ssss the lsmperanee Hall, over WalsSA ene1icl. Soosill & O.. ia molning of the sth.
Litchfield enquirer., 1854-07-13

ny- John Ksndfiek, E 0., son of the Speaker of ths EIeuse el personalities, haH been elected Reebldea q ihe cily oE Waterbury.
Litchfield enquirer., 1854-07-13

Ry- The friends of lhe Maine rau N
 Birmingham. met on the 5.h inst, anu resolved that they could and .Oosld enc force lhe Maine Law, and formed a *Car- son League and Vigilance Commls.ee.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-06-14
BRIDGE AT ROCK ISLAND.

The Mo. Republican Of the 3lst ult. says,
. we are pleased 10 see that the City Council
are acting promptly in reference to the proposed
obstruction OF free navigation to the Mississippi
river at this point. II is a maeler in which not
only st. Louis is deeply interested but ons OF
vast importance 10 the rising and prosperous
cities on the Upper mississippi who will doubt
less second this effort to prevent so great an
evil.
The following proceedings were had yes
terdsy afternoon in the City Council, the matter
having passed both branches unanimously !"
Whereas, The free ard uninterrupted ravi-
CATION of the Mississippi river is deemed TO be
essential and of vital importance 10 the trade
and commerce of the city of St Louis; and,
whereas. the erection Of a bridge across the
Mississippi on the plan contemplated at or near
the town Of Rock Island, in the State of ILL
nois, il is believed, will prove an obstruction
to the free navigation of said river, and conse-
quently detrimental to the interests OF this city
Therefore, be it
= Resolved, By the City Council of the city Of
ST. Louis, That the Mayor be instructed to pro-
cure interference Of The state of Missouri in
preventing the erection OF the said bridge by an
application in the Supreme Court Of the United
States for writ Of injunction, restraining the
building Of the same, and the Mayor is hereby
authorized and empowered to employ such
counsel and means as in his opinion may be ne
cessary to effect this object.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-06-14
JUDICIAL POLITICIANS.

That it is right and necessary for men occu
plying judicial positions, to exercise their pre-
rogatve as citizens, by casting their votes when
called upon TO do so, we presume no one will
call in question; but that is right, or that it
looks well for them to descend from their high
position TO make themselves the instruments of
others in the general scramble for office, we ut
terly eschew. We do il for two reasons In
the first place, il detracts from the dignity which
belongs to the officer, and brings the office into
disrepute and in the second place, it uncon-
sciously and almost imperceptibly corrupts both
the fountains of politics and of public justice.
The position which Judge holds, having the
judicial determination of large interests, in both
property and personal liberty, gives him an in
f1uence, which can only be measured by the ex.
tent of his District and the number and wealth
Of its people. He may be ever so conscientious
and honest in administering the functions of his
office, and Yeti he carelessly and thoughtlessly
allows himself to be betrayed into the arena Of
party politics and unconsciously lends him
self as an instrument to promote the interests
or wishes of the partisan, let that partisan be
friend or brother, he soils the ermine which
adorns his position, diminishes public confidence
in the judiciary system, and produces an injury
to the community, the extent Of which no human
experience or sagacity can measure. That the
Judiciary, as general thing, are guilty Of this
breach of decorum, we do not believe but that
we now and then meet with one who forsets
the dignity which belongs to his position, canno,
be gainsayed. It would be public blessing if
such would either correc, their habits, or vaca,e
their places.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-06-14
From the n. o. PIcayune, May %
FIGHT WITH INDIANS.

We are favoured with intelligence from Cor
pus Christi to the 10th inst, from which we
learn the particulars OF fight which took place
the previous day between small detach-
ment oil United States troops and body of
Indians four times their number.
Lieut. Crosby, we learn, with ten men and
one sergeant, attacked forty Indians, who had
been committing depredations in the vicinity,
and whom the troops were therefore pursuing
The Indians turned on the troops with great
harceness, and fought hard, but four of them
were wounded, and the whole body shortly
afterwards completely routed. The gallant
little band suffered considerably one, brave
fellow, Sergeant Byrne, being killed, and Lieu
tenant Crosby himself, and several others, be-
ing wound d besides whom two others are miss
ing. All the plumbers of the Indians, however,
with all their spare horses and equipments, and
their bows and arrows, were captured.
Lieu. Crosby was brought into Corpus
Christi on the morning of the 10Th inst, in a
wagon. His recovery is confidently expected
He was struck in the groin by an arrow, which
fortunately hill 90 gold piece which he had
in his pocket book in his pantaloons pocket.
When he was brought in the arrow head was
found doubled up in his pocket book. The ma.
ture of his wounds is not explained, but they
are said not to be such as seriously TO threaten
his life.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-06-14
THE SENATORIAL CONVENTION.


The Democratic State Senatorial Convention
which met a, Colesburg on Friday the 9th inst,
placed in nemjnaton ID S Wilson, Esq of this
city MIR. Wilson was nominated on the hrst
ballot, which was as follows: Wilson 81 votes
Stcwar, II aud McClinlock 10.
We hoist MIR. Wilson's name at The head OF
our columns to day, and intend TO give hun
cordial support during the canvass.
The nomination of MIR Wilson was result
which we had not anticipated, nor was it such
as the democracy of this county desired; but
the nomination was made in convention " here
a majority of the counties in the Dis,riss were
in question either ke Judgment Or integrity
of those who aided in producing it. Mr.. Will
sons democracy has never to our knowledge.
been called in question, and while he remains a
consistent dem ocrat- whatever may be his af-
finities with fer in Dubuque, whom we do not,
nor canno; regard in this highland the party
in convention bestous its confidence upon him,
we shall always he found lending our utmost
exerlions in an honest aud conscientious endea-
vor to carry out the behests of our party. Ger
tainly no one will doubt hut that there is stri-
king difference between the two men placed IN
nomination by the two parties for this Office.
MIR. Wilson is a thorough going democrat,
believes in the sovereignty of the States, while
Judge Hamilton is radical, conservative wing,
in favor of concentrating as much power as
possible in the general government, and if we
have been rightly informed, is inmical to the
great democratic doctrine, that the people of a
Territory should be left to regulate their doc
mestc concerns as may best suit themselves -
Occupying diverse positions, as these gentlemen
do, til, re can be no doubt as TO how democrats
will deposit their ballots in August next.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-06-14
RIOT AT LA SALE
sese a .Yea Shot gee supposed to 'e Nor

Yesterday, news was brought to this city that
Capt Henry Brown, Of the Ca nal Boat Flying
Cloud had had atfray with some irishmen at
Ottawa which resulted in the shooting of seven
men it is supposed that three were MORALLY
wounded The occurrence happened we learn,
in the following manner
Capt Browns boat was locking at La Sale,
when an rishman came on board, and seeing a
dog, which was pet of the Captains, on deck,
for some reason other kicked it off the boat
into the water The Captain was below at the
time, and when he came on deck asked who
kicked the dog into the water. Upon being
pointed out the man he observed that for
two cents he would serve him aShe had the dog.
At this the lrishman took two cents from his
pocket and dared the Captain to put his threat
into execution. The Captain then knocked the
irishman down, it is said three different times,
and was on the point of throwing him into the
canal, when the bystanders interfered and sepa
rated tn am The Captain COON after started for
Chicago with his boat.
In The meantime a number of lrishmen, II
in all, we see it stated, started after the boat IN
wagons and succeeded in overtaking him at
Ottawa Here the Captain went ashore ac-
companed by one OF his crew, for team, and
} was soon attacked by the Irlshmen in body.
The man with Capt Brown discharged re-
vo!ver at the crowd, which took effect, woun,
ding one man, and then retreated, leaving the
Captain alone. Finding his life in danger
and no hope of escaping, Capt. b discharged
his revolver six tl.les, every discharge taking
effect on his ASSISTANTS, SIX of whom were shot
exclusive of the man shot by his companion
| making seven in all The assalans then ii d
This is truly melancholy affair, and we are
| sorry To say, but one of a number of deadly
riots which have taken place throughout the
country within few months Where this de
slrucion OF life is to end, God only knows.
| TChi. Democrat.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-06-14
GENERAL WASHINGTON REBUklNG
EAfrTInO

General Washington apparently foreseeing
lust such crisis has now arisen in the legs
Iative action upon the Nebraska bill, warned the
people Of the United States in his Farewell
Adtre IS as follows
"a Ii distractions TO the execution of the laas
all combinations and associations under what
ever plausible character, With the real design to
direct control, coun'eract, or awe the regular
deliberations and action of the constituted at
Mori1es. serve to organize faction, to give
it an artificial and extraordinary force, to put in
the place ofthe delegated will of the nation the
will of party often a small but artful and enter
prising minority ofthe community.
allow ever combinations or associations Of the
above description may now and then answer
popular ends, they are likely, in the course of
time and things, To become potent engines, by
which cunning ambitious. and nnprincipled
men will be enabled to smJrert The pener Of the
people, and 10 usurp for themselves the retns Of
government
The patriotic people ofihis Union will be ever
mindful of such warnings and teachings of the
wise authors Of their glorious liberties, and we
air ady find them promptly administering stern
and meritcd rebuke to legislators who have
recently either forgotten or have been wiitully
and wantony recreant to their sacred trust, in
trifiing with the charter of the peoples rights by
factions and revolutionary conduct. The PEG
pie are awake 10 the matter, and are too watchul
and resoiu'e TO allow the incendary connsels of
the New York Tribdne, or other enemies OF the
constitution, to prevail And now, when the
heart of every true citizen is swelling with
patriotism, made more than ordinarily earnest
and powerful from incense at the extreme and
threatening attitude ofthe enemies ofthe Union,
blow will be dealt which will PROSTATE the
monster ianaticism, and so far palsy the arm OF
political ineendiarism as TO render it forever
mpotent and incapable OF rearing itself again
in an attitude 10 endanger the security of the
Union
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-06-14
MR.. MONROE AND SPAIN.

In the fl.k annual message of MIR. Monroe,
december 2, 1879 he brought to the attention
Of Congress the long unsettled claims Of the
United States upon Spain for repeated indigni-
ties to our flag, depredations on the rights Of
American citizens, &C., saying:
The negotiations with Spain for spoliation
on our commerce and the settlements of boun-
daries remain essentially in the state it held in
the communications that were made to Congress
BY my predecessor. II has been evidently the
policy Of the Spanish government 10 Keep the
negotiations suspended. and IN this the United
States haze acqxiesccd from an amicabie DISPOSE.
ton towards Spain, and in the expectation that
her government would, from a sense of justice
finally accede to such an arrangement as would
be equal between the parties
Fifty two years from the present time, Mr..
Madison made similar appeal while he was in
Mr. Jefferson's cabinet. We have submitted
TO and suffered these wrongs from that day to
.his
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-06-14

ENGLISH CREW MUEDERED.-A correspon.
dent Of the New York Observer, writing from
Athens, Greece, under date Of April 20, 1854
says:
We have received intelligence here that
should be known in America, that captains of
vessels may be on their guard in coming into
these waters.
The ship Harriet of London, bound to Con.
stantinople, while off the island of Andres,
was boarded, plundered of everything movable
and the crew murdered One of them was an
American, aged "a. The ships papers were
found in perfect order, and the log written up
70 noon Of April IL, bearing by compass Cape
Doro N. Z by N. 12 miles, weather calm and
sul'ry The next morning she was observed
oy the people on the island drifting about, and,
on her being reached, she was found in the
condition mentioned with much blood on deck.
"American captains would do well to look
out Tor pirates il the Archipelago
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-06-14

SOUTHERN WINES Rad OUT OF THE WHIa
PARTY.-Now that the whig party of the North
has finally committed itself 10 the keeping and
control of the abolition leaders the test of faith
is openly applied by Greedy, and no one is
permitted TO remain in the ranks unless he
swears eternal hostility to the Nebraska bill and
to all who have favored its passage in other
words, the wing party mas now abandoned the
South, and has concentrated its forces behind
the organizations led by Mr. Seward and Mr.
Sumner. The idea that The constitution IF the
United States is to be observed hereafter by anv
northern wing will be treated as rebellion, and
punished with instant expulsion. The fugitive
slave law is not only to be opposed in the press
and in the pulpit, but to be resisted to the last;
and the more men that fall in defence of it, the
less there will be to vote down at the polls.-
As tor tolerating any man in the wing party
who lives South, except Mr.. Cullon, Mr. Hunt,
MIR. Benton, MIR. Etherbridge, and few others,
1t Is not to b. thought of for moment SEN
tence of accommodating has already been
pronounced by the Tribune against such men
as Messrs Stephens and Toombs, of Georgia ;
Senator Jones, Of Tennessee; Senator Benia-
min, OF Louisiana; Senator Badger of North
Carolina Senator Clayton, &c. &c The doors
are shut upon you, gentlemen. You have sworn
TO support the constitution OF the u S, you have
dared TO protest against The advances of the foul
tie nd OF northern fanaticism; you live in Sec
ton of the Union which contains the graves of
Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, Clay, and
Calhoun. All these are capital sins, to be-
atoned for by exclusion from no. thern whig
confidence and never to be forgiven. You
must recollect hereafter that whiggery is indigo
nous to the North alone, AMI that it wi,hers
and dies in the atmosphere which bred such
traitors to liberty as fought the English friends
Of abolitionism in the days Of the revolution,
when the heresy Of popular sovereignty was
advocated by l3 States, nearly all of which
acknowledged the ms tuition Of slavery -IWash.
Union
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-06-14
JUNIUS HlLLYER.
Copy }
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,, }
WASHINGTON. Nav 81. 1854

kcoIi
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
Washington, May 81, 1854.
SIR: Yours of the 26th ultimo, addressed to
my colleagues and myself, did not meet my
eye until this day, owing to my absence at
home where have been confined account
of i'll health. You give me quotation
from an address recently made by James w
Grimes, Esq one of the candidates for Gov
ernor, in the State OF Iowa, to the people of
that State, as follows: "A distinguished Re
pre- seutati1e from Georgia has announced that
an fifteen Years Io,ca aciH be Siaec State"
You ask me if ever so expressed myself, or
en- any aoay, whereby such an inference might
be drawn from my language the idea attri
bued to one of the Georgia Representatives
by MIR. Grimes | take great pleasure il stat
ing that have never made any such announce
ment as the one attributed to a Georgta Repre-
senfatsre by Mr. Grimes address, nor have
ever used such language could be distorted
in the reI1otest possible degree by inference or
implication to any such meaning. So far as
am concerned pronounce the statement an un
my colleagues use such language, or any lam
guage whereby such an inference might be
drawn, nor do believe they have done so 1t
h been pleasure to me to speak OF the de
mocracy of Iowa in laudaiory terms, as have
regarded them as sound in the faith. Those by
whom the democratic party have been repre-
sented i'm both branches Of our National Legs
lature, so tar as the State of Iowa is concerned
have made up a record that is monument of
honor to themselves, and the noble constituent
cy who selected them That record tried by
the true standard (the cons,ituton) will never
make them or their true friends blush.
The people of Georgia will not trouble them
selves about regulating the domestic institutions
of other States The Democratic party, of
Georgia, honor and respect their political breth-
rem in your noble young State.
The friends of the late bill for the organiza.
ton of the Territories of Nebraska and Kan.
sas IN the free States, will be prosecuted
aud misrepresented by that heterogeneous
mass, who burn honorable Senators IN eff
,gy and preach Abolition sermons on the Sab
bath day. They and their co-workers of all
shades and colors, enemies to the democratic
party, will no doubt make a grand rally, to
deie at the true men in Iowa and other States in
the approaching elections. | trust the result
will show, that those W no have heretofore stood
bv the Pillars of the constitution, remain as
firm TO their principles as the "surge repelling
rock" and when the day of trial comes will
rebuke This picbatd party, by giving them a
real Waterloo defeat at the ballot box. Such a
result will be hailed by the great Republican
family who rerere the constitution that binds US
together as family of Independent Sorer. /
eiga Suites, with joy and gladness and by none
more than the democracy in the empire State of
The South including.
Your humble servant,
VIM. Il. w. DENT.
Hon. Berhart Hem, House of Representa-.
tives.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-06-14


TnH PRocEEDiSes Of The SENATORIAL
CoryEHrlax. We had expected to publish in
this day issue the proceedings Of the Senate
J rial Convention, held at Colesburg, on the 9th
inst. but they are so incomplete tina. we cannot
consent 10 publish them in their present shape
The proceedings we received from The hand
Of the Secretary Just as we were leaving the
Convention, and without examinations supposed
they were right, until We were ready TO hand
them over To The compassion. The proceedings
wa have enciosed to the Secretary for correction
and shall publish them Is soon as we can get
Them n ! corrected form from him.
- NJ. Crittenden has published letter
explaining his course in reference % 'Se " arc
case. He says he had nothing to do win pre-
pairing the case Of selecting the Ju'y' 'ha' ns
h.d heard nothing 9th facts when he consent
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