Litchfield enquirer., 1837-05-04
THE ENQUIRER. LITCHFIELD, MAY {, ls37.

Sume, according to law The first business being or. ganizatiOn, and show of the military, we shall not probably get the message of the Governor before Fri day. In looking over the list of names of the mem bers of the House, we do not hit upon any one more prominent for the high office of Speaker than his HO- nor the Judge of Nonnewaugs; and it is believed by many that he will be chosen.
 We shall endeavor to keep our readers appused of what sage legislators doing from week to week.
 Failures, the Panic, &c-These are the absorbing topics of conversation in all circles and in every part of the country. The newspapers are literally filled with articles upon the subect-and in the absence of other of any description, we too have this week devoted considerable space to articles touching upon the facts, the causes, the remedy, &c.
 It will be seen by notice in another column that the large manufacturing establishment at Wolcottvile has stopped payment and suspended business for the present The company, we learn, have abundance of property hand but in the deranged state of mo- ney matters, sales cannot be made meet their ia. biltes. We hear that the manufacturing company in West Goshen have also suspended payment and busi ness from the same cause. This is the case in all the manufacturing villages. Stoppages are taking place in al of them to greater or less extent-the conse- U girls are thrown out of employment, many of them in an utterly destitute condition. It is fearful state of things-and trust will soon be over. It must affect more or less all classes of society.
 May Day, when our military were out, was really one of the most unpleasant we ever witnessed Sun day the air was soft and balmy, but night thunder storm arose. the weather grew colder and colder, the .bo h,4 If of Monday the ground in the shade began to freeze, and during the night ice of inch thickness or more had formed. The boys who had anticipated fine sport in ball-playing were sadly disappointed
 What cdn the matter be?-The Van Buren papers throughout the state from the Times down the little farthing lights whose rays only tend to make darkness more visible are necessarily calling upon their sub- scrbers and customers to "pony up the dust" Some them threatening to discontinue publishing their papers (what an immense loss to the community such an event would be } unless more prompt and immediate payments are nnade-they say they can scarcely get money enough to carry their business with all the assistance of the state and general gov ernments-and already two of them in Fairfield coun- ty have given up the ghost. Now aOe too have some customers who are exceedingly slack, but we cannot in conscience call all of them-as saw of our v. B. papers not long since call theirs-knaves and cheats for the sins of omission of few of them. On the contrary, we have some, nay many, of the cho cest sort of customers-who have adhered to us thro all changes-and who have yearly paid us promptly -four dues'' in advance. But these are hard times "hard times for printers" as well as for many of their customers.
 A Curiosity "A cow belonging to MT. Hiram Loo. mis, of Torrngton had calf on Saturday las of the following strange conformation One head, with two distinct mouths, two tongues, four nostrs four eyes, four prominences for the horns with two lines from the fore part of the head to the neck-but no only one throat-and from the neck backward per fectly formed animal. It was born alive, had very little strength though of large size. It was alive on Monday, but its had stopped feeding it, 50 that of course it soon die, as it was 50 feeble that it could not stand up to suck.
 FOR THE ENQUIRER
 That the Justices of the Peace should be appointed by the electors in the several towns is proposition too equitable to be disputed That such electors are bet ter qualified make these appointments than the Ge- neral Assembly is evident. That the principle is de- mocratc, and such the people will and do so con- sder, is tue and that this right cannot much longer be denied them, is certain.
 Not single reason by way of objection, of any pnusbty, has yet been urged against this clear pop ular right; and but pretended reason has been CT mentioned; which is, that Justices of the Peace nre county officers.
 Now if this assertion was true in point of fact has no relevancy in proving that towns should not appon shen lift proves any hing, it is that counties and not the legislature should exercise this right But Justices of the Peace are not county officers. The constitution of the State does not so make them nor does any law; nor their duties of such charac- ter as to constitute them county officers The con- sttution merely declares that sufficient number of Justices of the Peace shall be appointed in each coun- ty, not Jor esch county And the power of appoint ment may be placed any where, and still the nature and character of the office be the same.
 Formerly there was some plausiblity in the notion that Justices of the Peace were county officers now there none. Once the power of levyng county tax es was entrusted to them, now it is not. Once the county members of Assembly had an effective voice In their appointment, the interference of these members, when exercised, is mere form, and indeed every body knows that the members for the seUeral towns claim and exercise the sole right of directing those appointments; 1mean if they belong to the ma jority. Formerly Justices of the Peace were restrict ed in their powers of issuing process to be served and returned out of their respective counties; now no such restrictions exist Indeed these officers exercise one power in which the interest of counties such IS involved. On the contrary, towns are the only communities which are interested in their acts. The Justices of Peace with the Select.Men of towns