Litchfield enquirer., 1834-05-15
THE ENQUIRER,


Ne. HohrOok, Of Rofres he being one Of the OIdes,
members. They immedia,eIy proceeded % the choice
Of a Speaker, and the frsl ballot the Hon. Roger
Huntington, Of Norwich, was chosen 6y very large
majority. Before taking the chair he made short bu,
address 10 lhe house. The "toree" after much
drumming aud hard labor with the aali-masons, OBJ
tanned IS votes Tor Mr.. Haley. which is nearly the
whole strength Of the tory party 10 the house, There
being 2lS members, the wings have a s"aH majority
Of about $50 votes. Mr. Huntingdon did not have all
the wing vOtes-there were some scattering ones Tor
Messrs. Sous, Waldo, and Oshers 1t is believed the
tories went TO a man for Haley. Mr. Du,ton OF New
town, and Buckley Of East haddam. were elected
Clerks. After the house organized, resolution
WIS introduced inviting all the regularly ordained aud
settled clergyman Of the city Oficiaie as chaplnins
to the house jaring the session. Mr. Haley ofnnii-
praying memory, strongly ates,sa soshe p~ssase Of
shesusolntion. and rrpeassd his old speesh agaias,
public praying. The reeoln,0u passed however by a
very large majority. On Thursday morning, both
ansea proeeedad in Joint hnllol abe coice of Gov
error. There were 224 votes given, Of which s. A.
Foot had l54. aWdwas chosen Immediately after the
vote was announced, the bells commenced ringing.
and wing salute Of 100 guns fred. Tories never
liked the smell Of powder, and this occasion they
were very scarce: even Gov. Gid. very anxious
get out to the Catholic Churcla--vhether TO say
mass, &c, his sins pardened, 10 not knowH--ir the
latter, he must have had hard days work ofi.
Abou. p. N. the military and very large con.
course Of citizens repaired the steamboat wharf to
receive the Governor elect who ,hatday came up from
New.York. He was heartily greeted by the people,
aud escorted 10 the Franklin House, ~here he mel
Il. al -
paired the Representatives Chamber, sgaifed his
acceptance Of the appointment, aud the oath Of office
administered 10 him. The day was 6ae, and all
went off in fine style. There appears oe q great
degree Of unaaimy aud good feeling the part Of
the wings in The house. There 10 also much talent,
and prospects are fair for . pleasans session.
'Fhe Senate wac organised by choosing Charles
Hawley President pro tem., and Charles Bahcock was
chosen Clerk. ! think we have rarely had a more
respectable aud talented body Of men ia .he Senate
since the State was dis,ricted. IT'S
The Message Of the Governor will we pressme be
perused by every Of readers II will be unne-
cessavy therefore attempt to resiall opinion with
regard i,s merits. Under ordinary circumstances
do not like 10 see the Chief Magisiraies Of the
States very largely into the discussion Of nation
al politics; These however ARE extraordinary times
aod his Excellency may very readily be excused for
somewhai travelling Of the record IN the discussion
Of the 'conduct Of our national rulers.
The wings in the Legislature twill be seen by the
chs;ce Of the efeers mad asa in he vote Cor Cover
nor number at least TWO to thu Tories one. This is
quite large majority 10 ordinarily "sound and
healrhfu"
In the Senate, the first day ofthe session,
miisee appointed TO investigate the claims Of Gen.
Booth the from the 9Th district hu, after the
examination of one witness from East Haven, Dr..
Webb reIioquishcd bic claim to Gen. Booth.
J, is no, a little singular that, although we are only
Sc miles from New. Haven. where there two daily
sheets proposed to Be Published during the session, that
the FRS, printed reports Of the proceedings Of our e
gisasure were received through the New-York pa
pers. Such was however the fac,-and we desire our
roher Woodward Al least nigh, correc, the proce.
dare" The Register is the only paper which is
ceived here with much regularity. The Journal Is
uaiormly two days in reaching here--,he Herald mot
the daily generally the same length Of time-and the
Palladium Of Saturday generally receive as early
as Monday night, sometimes not till Tuesday, Last
Saturday we received !. when Il duel
Os,;noAs.--The publication ofihe NsO- York Ssan-
dard has been discontinued. The assigned by
the editor asd proprietor s that Il has been polished
at loss and he make further sacrifices
tain it. This being the acknowledged organ Of the
Tammany party in the city, but be consider-
ed as ominous Of the downfall Of IL. There 10 only
Jackson paper 10 the city, the old federal Evening