Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1838-04-26
OFFICIAL CANVASS.

The votes for State Officers, given at the recent
election, have been canvassed as the law directs
The w0 70 NUMBER % 4 Of Ss legally rrnsd for Coy
Fairfield county, from which no official return has
been received, and the whole vote will be 50427. OF
these Mr.. Ellsworth received 1898; Mr.. Beers 2l,-
CPS Mr.. Phelps 1894; Scattering ID.
Mr. Ellsworlh's majority over Beers, is 5,667-over
all opposition, Also.
The whole vote last year, was As 3l3-of which the
Wing candidate received q, SOB. Loco Foco, % 9O5.
Loco Foco majority, 1881.
1t will be noticed that the aggregate vote his year,
exceeds that of last year, 5,ll4-COarGnt
LIEUT.. GOVERNOR
The whole number. of votes legally returned for
Lieutenant Governor. is 50,O63
Of which Charles Hawley has 27,O76
Scattering M-2s,es7
Majority for Mr.. Hawley 4,OS9
TREASURER.
Whole number legally returned is 1911.
Of which Hiram Rider has 26,S26
Scattering 50 sos5
Majority for Mr.. Rider 3,74
SECRETARY.
Whole number legally returned, is 1887.
OF which Royal r. Human has 29,37
Jabez L. White, Jr. 1856
Jabez l.. White 4,705
Scattering 69-2l ,44O
Majority for Mr.. Human 6,937
COMPTROLLER.
Whole number legally returned, is 49,9S7
OF which Henry kilbonrn has 2,O02
William Field 2l.466
Scattering Is-2s,sss
Majority for Mr.. Kilbourn 4,0l7
Se"asOrsMIbe Senators legally elected are the
ton. with execution, the Tth district the
are returned-for John A. Rockwell. COZ for John
Rockwell, 592 for Stanton Hewitt, Jr. 957. This
gives M Hewitt plurality Of the votes and he is
of the A. in Mr.. Rockwell's name was made by the
moderator of the Norwich meeting, and ashe is fairly
chosen by majority Of 237 the Legislature will
doubleday set the matter right.-ib
In the official vote for Secretary Jabez L. White
received 4705 votes, which undoubtedly intend.
ed for Jabez L. White, Jr.-ib.
A Loco Foco's OPINION OF HIS PARTY.-The Post
master a, Kennebunk. (Me) having lost the town at
the choice of town officers (says the New York Ex-
press,) uttered the following as the reason -
about 60 uosers deceived us-he truth Of the matter
is, WE HAVE so aANY D--D DRUNKARDs ON OUR SIDE
THAT THEY DON'T KNOW Eow THEY VOTE, OR WHETHER
THEY VOTE OR NOT"
Miss Hanoi who was abducted by the captain ola
STEAMBOAT, al E1Tle, Tenn.-an account OF winch we
published the other day, was recovered in about
twelve hours after her departure at Ashtabula. The
captain was found upon his knees begging his captive
to marry HIM. but she spurned hn-returned with her
friends TO Erie. and was married on the Sunday eve
ming following to a Mr. Walker of Er;e-all right.
Boston Post.
Remarkable Eclipses.-It is a singular coincidence,
that On Monday last the administration and the moon
were both partially eclpsed about the same degree,
namely. between and digits, j. e. nearly tro
thirds :" The moon soon came out again, bright as
ever; but the PARTY" still remain in the eclipse !;
and all the loco oco matches in the world cannot re-
store them to that brilliant light which the venus of
democracy reoiced in. before Mr. Hamers resolution
was Observation-Disclosures.
Josiah Durham, Jr. has been tried in the Boston
Municipal Court on charge Of perjury, in swearine
TO false return ofthe state Of the Lafayette Bank in
September 1886. a large number of witnesses were
examined in the prisoners favor, all of whom testified
to his being most egTegOus ignoromus most un-
mihgated knave. ejury found him gully.