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Litchfield enquirer., 1856-10-02
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Asoarded by. tde Sererdl Committsss, df hs 16f1 \ Anasal C4ttk- St6p and Faiy of Ms Lites- fsh Cosety Agrialssral So6ty, 6sid ot < Lifct t)leld, ,om 1Aesday Weinesdoy and 1Hsrs- dax he l6t 17th and 1894 Days cf Sep.
 STUD HoRsIs.
 First premium to Stephen Atwater, Sor-
 rel $ years old, 15,00 Second do. to George Saxton, Roah years old, 4,OO First Premium to Lot Fem, Browns Second do. ,.' to Jos H. Bennett sor
 rel Colt do LOO First Premium to Edward Wetmore,
 Bay Colt 3 years old, 200 Second do to Jos. H. Bennett, do. 100
 PAIRS OF HoRsEs. s First Premium to c. B. Bates, pair of
 Bays, - N - e- = $500 second do: to A. s. Knoz, pair of Third sssds, do. to j. R. Kelly. iss pair 4 ,''
 Browns, =. 800
 A very fine Bay was. exhibited by George Bates-two fine Black Hawks and years old, by R. Battell, aud one fine Black Hawk, by Seth Hopson. .s -
 Henry Judd exhibited fine pair of sosrsl Mares. ,ss. sss sf .sss.sssass.. a x ss A premium of $4 % was recommended to Rufus Smith, for one fourShorse teani, to be paid to the Band, by MT. Battelps request.
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'G9t 9tfbftlo Gnquirrr.

Litchhsld. Conn, Thursday. Oct ?. 1856.
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See the Speeches of Butler and Toombs, an letter of Atchison. - .-.-... ...- -s-.s-
Litchfield enquirer., 1856-10-02

Stcrcr VI HtS oUss iS dt JOSS now t0 provide fOr tk n. There is 10 diversity of occupations no incentive to cntesprise. Labor of all kinds is disrepatable because performed by slaves
 Osv sosens are stationary our v;laares srer.
 rAtys deciiwiMg, and tAe geaesal aspea Of ti, coaatyy ssayks fhe curse cf a rastejnl. idk and reckless popalafion. trko h6rv 10 interest ;n tke soit and care not Aose maoi u < smporyrisaed.D
 And to the same purport, Mfr. Boiling, ol Buckingham. e@g s@ ks9 A st v 's This is grave and iInpo, tant subject: one that ought to be, and will be, considered and debated here; and is not, as some gentlemen think.a reason that it should be passed in si- fence, and acted upon in secret. No. Sir, our action shcnld be calm and dispassiouate, but open and manly. Sir, that it is an evil, . great and appalling evil. I dare believe no sane man will or can deny. No. Sir, can It be leni ed that 1t dcprives us of many of those ssavan- tages, facilities, and blessings witch we should enjoy had we . more dense white populas!or. That it Is hlighting, whitening curse upon this land. is clearly demonstrated by this very discussion itself
 Notwit49soding Eastern gentlemen have waxed s0 axh, there are many, very many. ,in Eastern VaRinia who xonld rather resign their slaves gratuitously than submit to the ills ot slavery many who had rather tsm. them loose. aud leave them behind. while they seek . hap pier slimc-a land alike ssfan6er to Slaves
 Here. it win be perceived. b . concurrence of testimony to tho bad character of invqlunfa- " labor. It is also notable that ia those days no man dared to stand ID n defcnce of the
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tIusive reliance upon involuntary labor Our Interest and senses proclaim the progress q Reneral decline ,conscience and experience at- test that SaaverY is its principal cause. Do we contemplate Yirrinin jnstly when we regard her d meaere, haggsrd seld enfeeblcd, with decrepi- tuds stealing upon her limbs, as given, over to leanness and .mpotency. aud as wasting away under the impr0vidence and inactivity which .eterually accompany the fatal institution which cherishes, and cheriihcs, too, as a mother who wili haxard her own life rather than part with the monstsoas edspsing that aflicts her :? If | an to jodge eUm the tone of our debate. and iron the conversations on ell hands expressed, stheFe is not . man in this body, not one, per haps that | even rspresented here, who would not have thauhed the generations that have gone belore u& II, acting a public men, they kad bfcoeht fhiB boudage to . close who; wsold nos have thanked them t, acting as pri- sate men ou. pgivate nio&ves they had relin- qois6ed the property which their mistaken kind nee has devolved upon us. In this investiga- eQn thsse b 10 di6lculty nothing has been @n % speculation or inquiry for, however widely sentleBen have differed upon the power and the joeeiee of tonching this property. they ness yet united in . common tsstimony to it's e1erecter. It has been frankly and urcuuivocal-
 declared. from the very commencereut of
 la debate, by the most Il vided enemies of eoollkica themselvcs, as well ss by others, that ens proPsrty . 'aa erip-that t is danger eos Fropefty." -
 Ano1hee nemher q ths Legislature who dis
 Iseed hinaself hy his denupciatoas of the
 61quFped nsfitstioa" uas Hon. c. J. Eanlk- peks as preseat Eeprsseuting tho Eighth District ~ Yirsinis h Congress; and as Chairman of the
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-01-31
IsaIsLArJRs OF VIRGINIA
SENATE.

MONDAY, Jan. -. 1856
The Senate was called to order by Lieutenant
Governor McComas. Prayer by Rev. Peter De-
forest.
A communication from the House of Delegates
was read by the Clerk. Among others, was one
announcing their disagreement to the Senate's
substitute for the House bill in regard to 10
james Parsons. jr.. and joint resolution ap-
pointing Commissioner to attend Parsons trl-
al
Ate, n nrotractel III discussion on the Parsons
bill
On motion of Mr.. Campbell the joint resolution
from the House in regard to a commissioner to
attend the trial If Parsons was taken up and
oarried-ayes "A, noes none.
On motion of Mr.. Johnson.thdorders OF the day
were continued till TO morrow.
On motion of Mr.. Saunders, the Senate ijourn-
ed
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pr-go,tp,ion Pact ced b. cur For fa'aeIs
In thu act of the Legislature of Georgln. pass
cd ON The 9Th February 1875, il is provided that
an alien may become u citizen. who hath resi-
del at least twelve months in the same and at
Ter the expiration thereof. doth obtain from the
grand inry of the country where he resides. II
certificate. pufporting that he bath demeanfd
himself rs an honest man and friend to the gov
eminent of the State" and upon his having raid
certificate duly recorded and taking the oath OF
allegiance,
For the benefit and instruction of some dema-
gognes. who would confer upon all foreigners our
inestinable privileges, MS pearls are cast before
swine. only to be irampled in the dust. we copy
the third section of the Act entire.
Prouided aiipags. and be Il eHaeied By he Ga-
hofify aforesaid, That no such person (nllen
born, thus made a oitizeD) shall be a member Of
the General Assembly or of the executive coun-
Gil or hoidany office Of trust or profit, or uoie
for members of the General Assembly, for the
term e seven years, and untd the Legislature
shabby special act for that purpose, enable such
person So to do. And provided also, that nil
such aliens. or persons aforesaid, shall be sub
ject aud liable TO pay such alien duties as have
been heretofore. or may hereafter be imposed
by the Legislature"
So we see tlat although alien might be al
United to citizenship aud enjoy all The proec-
lion Of our laws and our institutions, yet was he
not entitled to the honors and profits of Office
nor to exercise that act Of sovereignty, 10 rote.
until after a residence If seven years from the
time of linking the oath Of allegiance. nor epfa
then, except by special act in his behalf The
original act can be found in tho old Digest Of
Watkins, nj pages 3O2 and BOB. Several Of
these special acts, naming the individuals, may
be found i'm the same volume.
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DEATH IN BALL RooM.-We learn that n
melancholy affair occurred on Thursday. the 3D.
instant, ut "Freene's Bottom" in ST. Charles
county, in this State. Mrs. Mahaa Tacgart
daughter of Squire Green, while in the midst of
of an assembly of ladies' and gentlemen. en-
gagged in social promenade. exhibited some
signs of ndisposition, and requested sister of
hers to take her place in the set in which she
was engaged, while she warmed herself She
immediately went to a settee near the stove, and
SAT- down, while the company, observing nothing
extraordinary in her actions, continued on in
their innocent amusement. few minutes after
one OF .he company, ON approaching her, found
TO her indescribable horror, the young lady a
corpse. She was thought to be in good health.
and we have heard no reason assigned as the
cause OF her death-h' Louis in,eHigeneer.
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Heiskill. niet. Hobbs. Ilog". Holden. Holman,
Howell. .nbodeu, Johnston, Johe ~ i.nppai,an.
mock. Jones If Glouchester, Kelly, kemper. Kirby.
Inndy. Mallory. Martin. McIver. Nicholson. Not
,inehnm. Nowlin. PAUL. pendleton Of Louisa. Pit
man, Preston, Rildiek. Riggs, Roberts. Ronold,
Rutherford Samuel-. Seaman, Seddon. segar.
Sinclair, spady. Splitter, Sprinkle. Taylor, Thorn
rs Of Masou. Thomas 81 Warren. Thompson.
Thrift. Tomin Towner, Tredway, I'ripleu, WIT
son, Weman, West. Wiley Wood, Yanoey-
I0l
Nors.-AIessrs. Burwell Of Bedford. Carpen-
ter. Carter. Deane, Dejarneite. Early. French,
New Ion, Powell Smith, Stannrd, Wright. =
II.
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RAPID INCREASE IN THE POPULATION OF Tx

RAPID INCREASE ~ TIE POPULATION or TX
As-TnAn. has increased very rapidly in pofula-
ton Of late years. In the year 1850 the census
gave il 2l2.592 inhabitants At the presidential
election is 1852 the total vote cast was 1917.
As the population Ind increased considerably in
the rcriod between 1850 and 1852. il must then
have been near 100000. This would be in the
ratio Of about one vote To every sixteen inbabi
tants If tire had been no rncrease in the pop
alation the ratio would haze been about one yo-
ter TO every eleven inhabitants. At the election
held recently in Texas no less thnh 455l7 votes
were polled Applying the first ratio to this we
should have a population Of 1852, being three
times the aggregate Of the population in 1850
taking the lower ratio The total would be sol ,0l7,
so that in any case. the aggregate at this time
must exceed half n million. This is an astonish
ing increase, and cvinces that Texas has grown
as rapidly as Iowa.
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HOUSE OF DELEGA Els.

message from the Senate announced the pas
sage of sundry bills which were read and appro-
priatel $ referred.
Committees were called for reports and num-
Der Of bills were reported, which will come up in
order.
HOUR OF MEETING.
On motion of Mr. Nowlin the House resolved
hereafter to meet at II O'Clock each day.
IMMIGRATION.
On motion of Mr.. Floyd the committe of Agri-
culture &c was instructed to inquire into the ex-
pediency Of incorporating company TO encour-
age immigration.
ORDER OF BUSINESS.
On motion of Mr.. West it resolved
TINT after the presentation of petitions aud reso
lutons one hour should be devoted ench day
to reading bills on their first and second rea-
ding.
Resolutions Of inquiry, DC. were offered, adop-
ted and referred: viz: BY Mr.. Deane, referring
apnper sustaining the petition of Henry |. Brown,
BY Mr. Ruthe, foord, of authorizing tenants for
life If real estate to make improvements thereon.
BY Mr. Wright. of exempting from taxation sill
yer the result of premiums taken at Agrcutu-
raj Fairs. BY Mr.. Anderson of incorporating
a company under the style and title If the
"Western Virginia Lumber, Agricultural and
Mining Association" in Wyoming and raze
we'll
BY Mr.. Doyle.of authorizing the County Court
of Rockbrdge to loan to the North River Navi-
CATION Company a sum not exceeding $4,000.
BY Mr. George, of Il Turnpike Road from New
Martnsville, in the county of Wetzel to Middle
bourne in Tyler. BY Mr. Segar, of relinquish-
ing to James s. French all right of the Common
wealth TO certain lands by him held in the eoun-
ty of Elizabeth City. BY Mr.. Early, fincorpo-
rating Gas Company at Charlottesville and the
University.
PETITIONS.
Petitions were presented and appropriately
rcerred:
BY Mr.; Norman. of Robert w. Lumpkin and
others against making Staunton river lawful
fence. BY Mr.. Burwell of b., similar petition
from G.. G. Saunders and others. BY MIR. Lang
fit. of citizens of Brooke for right of way to the
Steubnvie RAILROAD. By.Ar. Thomas Of W.,
of sundry citizens for road from the Cedar
Creek turnpike near the Old Forge to Huck-
town. BY Mr.. Cox, of citizens of Henrco
against the extension of the limits of the city of
Richmond
Bills were considered in their ealy stages.
An ineffecua attempt was made by Mr. Smith
to make the Covington and Ohio Railroad bill
the order of the dayton Monday next. In the
course of the brief debate upon it Mr.. Garnet
stated that the report of the Committee of FL
nance, on the finances of the State, would be
made to the House the present week.
On motion of Mr.. Chrstian.the House adjourn
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Will Russia accept the terms offered to her
by the allies! They reached her on the 2oth OF
last month. aud as yet the telegraph records
nothing. She has neither thrown the messen
ger into IA well. as the ancient Greeks did the
emissalies IF the Great King when they came to
demand from them earth and water, nor run h'm
up To the yardarm of one Of those frigates which,
though secluded from the may yet perform
indiferenty well the functions of a gallows, nor
dismissed him without an answer. Russia is 81
lent and we presume. therefore. Is meditating,
and i'll the interests of peace the more profound
ly those intrusted with her destinies mediate
the better. We cannot, indeed, expect that she
will hurry herself togratify our Impotence -
She has our secret and may reasonably take
her time before she impart- to Us hers. A sim
pie mo- would have been soon sent. and the
fact that it has not been uttered for ten days Is
some proof that 'No"does not fly So readily from
her lips as her English admirers and supporters
would have led Us to suspect.
Yet we cannot bring ourselves to believe that
the Emperor of Russia, though he hesiates to
refuse, will make up his mind t" accept the terms
offered him by the allies. In the interior okhis
kingdom the German party, usually regarded as
the friends OF peace, has been Frustrated, and
the Old Russians, the mpacab!e advocates OF
war and conquest, reign in their stead. Dat Of
Russia the Bel gan organ ofthe Car keeps up
bravely the note of defiance, and challenges the
allies to try the fortune of IA campaign in the
North. With great ability, and with not more
unfarness and efrontery than the exigencies off
rather unmanageablc case demand, this journal
strives to create disseusion between England and
| France, and TO prove to both that any hope of Il
success in the Baltic is utterly futile and absurd.
| To be sure, it little over argues its case when
it states that the Baltic is only open four months
but there is no doubt there is great justice in
whit it says with reference 10 the impossibility OF
wintering in those inhosptabe regions. Since the
| time of Charles XII, no enemy's army has win.
| tered in the dreary confines of Rassla, and the
success of that exp pertinent not great as
to induce its repetition; but when the Nord tells
us that we only scratch the feet pull the
hair of Russia its metaphors carry ii a little too
! far Our scratches have drained the arteries of
the giant, and though applied at the extrernites
| have been only the more effective on that ac-
| count.
We anticipate, then, from Russia neither n
! refusal nor an acceptance, but such n modl-
| fled counter proposition may give rise to ne
gotirtions, aud enable her to pay off upen US
the devices Of another my stfcaton and enoth-
er conference. Unless there be a broad aud
clear acceptance of every main point-,inless the
! proposal relates only to matters of secondary
! Importance and such as might fairly and rcas-
| onably form matter of difference between nego-
| tiators agreed on essetials we trust that such
insidious overtures will be reremptorially refus
! ed
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The committee appointed by the Secretary of
the Navy to test and report on the different life
boats offered to the public, has made a lengthy
report The one preferred by the committee is
Berden's Compressihle Lifeboat.
This says the report 'comes nearer the
object required in our instructions than any boat
presented. She is of very ingenious construc
non. and may prove valuable in the mercantile
marine from her comractness and buoyant prop
cries Its buoyancy may be judged of by the
'o',"wihg 'estto which she was subjected in slnoot
water.
Fifteen men were placed in the boat offered
Tor inspection (being twelve feet long,) and two
o. pounds weights suspended on one side, with
which she tioated with great ease There was
afterwards placed in the boat five hundred pounds
~ ~, ron ,hen she Was filled with water and four
ol pounds weights suspended ON one side unaer
which pressure she fioated with her eunnels s;x
VI t'Snt inches above water. She was put TO-
gether and launched in two minutes"
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:, MARRIED -R"v Antonette l.. Browne New
io'h' me wei known advocate, of 'woman's
os"'s' was Is married on Thursday last. to Mr..
SamuelC {. Backwe,of Cincinnati. The hnshana
OF Miss Brown is brother of Lucy Stones Lns.
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AMERCANIsM IN ALABAMA. An emnentlv ia
Tented and former distinguished Democratic
statesman of Alabama, now of the American par
ty, writes of the prospects of the party in that
State AS follows:
You may, perhaps, think too sansuine,
when tell you that, with suitable candidates for
President and Vice President,l have not doubt
of our ability to carry Alabama next November
have but recently returned from Montgomery,
where met with active and intelligent members.
| assure you, that everywhere among them there
is IA feeling of hope and confidence which is the
surest prestige of victory.
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BRITISH VIEW OF THE CONTEST FOR SPEAKER
SHIP IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, This
obstinate contest is good sign of the prosper
Gus condition OF the United States. both in their
foreign and domestic relations. Did an enemy
stand at their gates, were a commercial crisis
impending, were servle war raging in the
Southern States, the election of Speaker would
not be spun out to such length. All other
siderations would be flung to the winds in order
that Congress might proceed without delay to
concert measures for avertng the danger. But
the United States have peace within their bor-
ders and beyond them. With ample elbow room
in THEN extensive and thinly peopled territory,
with an ample field ofremunerative employment
for thousand times the capital and labor they
cap command, men have no temptation to civil
broils; and, unless they force a quarrel on some
foreign nation no People or Government have
any thing to gain by attacking them. The an.
nual meetings of their Representatives are de-
voted to routine business, which might stand o.
erfor year or two without seriously injuring
them. They are the political locust eaters of
the modern world they can afford to indulge in
leisure and procrastnation. Fetices ST bona Sua
norint. The nations of the Old World have the
wolf constantly at the door, and must dearly a
bide any moment of precious time they let slip
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Ksac., Fever and Aga. curc-l

LtBkITY-NeNer did any medicine acquire popularity s
idly as this. IL has paved the 10 celebrity bv m, w.,
fupted succession OF cures. The demand Tor II j. 20
with the union. Quumc, Strsehnine, aud other i,s
drugs administered a reucdit for remiiten and o
ieyers have done much mischief In Sonti, a "A
this prep ratioi which it ttce from all such peri W. %
dients far effective thHn the medicines ls
them, has been haie in those regions as n,;rc i
ssicnce. - sit z
Tor sac pS Il sia'r % aud by Druggists GENERALLY,
JAS. y RHODES prorri.tar
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Ill of Boston, who is travelling frh health in
1T gives one ever present idea 81 the expansive enter
prise of his counymen find their commodities of CON
merce continually in his path whereNc he have M
visited considerable city OF Turkey fin
the Medicines OF country represented by CHFER
PICTORIAL. In Smyrna, Acppo, Jaa, Jerusalem
stantnople in each the post some aaef
the peculiarly American looking Iron card Aver at
ing in language which not one in thousand of the
by read Ayers Cherry Peetoral for Conghs Colds
Consumption, sold here On shelf behind cgc
mussuman The bottles with their English Spanish
French and German farce turned towards the and
enqurng told that foreigners the only purcha
but the true believers themselves waive their tat
ory this product of American Skill when they iud there
other for them
was told yesterday that the CHERRY PEoroRAL had beea
presented to the Sultan and is constant in
rem, and in the Hospitals of the Empire dcc 20 Ii
HEtiEMAN, CLARK a. co. date Rushion.
CLARK g. CO)-GENUINE COD LIVER Oii,-1he grca.
success attending the of this valuable
on having induced all kinds of limitations purchasers
toned to notice that the signature HEG EMAN, CLARK d
CO. in full b the cork of each bottle
genuine and the value of the depends upon
y, too much cannot be taken get the genuine
HEGEMAN, CLARK g. co.
Sole successors 10 Rusbton, Clark x Co..
Nos los. 273 5ll and 7l6 Brnadwsv
Wholesale Depot, No. l65 Broadway.
Sold by Druggists generally in the L nited States
&c I2d3m
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GOLD IN NiCARAGuA-IHe Kinney Statement
The n. o. Crescent publishes a letter from one
Of Col. knney's party in Nicaragua. dated Jan.
ith.-1he writer gives glowing description of
the fertility of the soil, and regreats that pows
were not carried out by them. lie says
Three gentlemen who have been prospecting
in the mine, have just returned and report most
tevorably. They say that Judging from the spec
linens taken cut by them, that the mines Of this
country are far superior to those of California.
The yield of gold dust to the pan twenty cents.
AT that rate man. by proper attention to his
woik. can make one hundred dollars per day.
The three gentlemen are experienced miners
Col. Kinney is in fine health, and never was
more sanguine of success.-Our company was
organized on the Sd inst. We occupy very good
quarters, provided for us by Col Kinney. Ow-
ing to the scarcity of boats (the only convey vance
to the interior) the whole of our party will not be
able to get mp Indian river. 1t has been arrang
ed that Captain Oliver. with party of ten men
will go and select proper location. | will remain
with the balance where we are until boats can
be provided for u.s. in the meantime we will open
u garden for even here, whore the soil is sandy
and barren compared to the soil of Indian river
we can raise any kind of vegetables. so that |
hope by the time you arrive will be able to
treat you to green corn and water melons, What
DE-" you think of that in January Greytown at
this time is healthy. A doctor from the United
States who came out to practice, owing to the
false reports he got of the health of this country
has gone back in disgust not being able to hear
Of single case of sickness in the town. There
Is no mistake about the soil producing the tropi-
cal fruits IN wild state. Pantains, bananas.
oranges, etc, can be found anywhere | never
saw set of better pleased men than the bows
are with Central America
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BLACK vs.. PANAMA. lIATS.-At a recent SOS
sion of the legislative assembly Of fIayti, one Of
the member mny, i that for the future no mem.
Der be admitted to the assembly with n Panama
hat. and that IA buck hat is not only moro nnr
liamentary, but erigitie in all good soci4tv =
After warm debate the motion was carried and
the members gave up their "Panamas.n