Litchfield enquirer., 1838-11-01


Sc advertisements received at a late hour.
An article was published in our last paper respect
ing the BalimOre election, erOneneOusy credited to
the BostOA Chronicle.
CoMAoM SCHOOL CoMvENT1oN.-A meeting Of the
friends Of education was held in this village on Tues.
day last for the purpose Of forming County AssOca
ton for the improvement Of our present system Of
common schools. A large number Of highly respect
able gentlemen from various parts Of the county were
present-sOme we believe from eighteen out Of the
twenty-five towns. Hon. SAMUEL CHURCH was ap-
pointed President, Rev. Truman Marsh, Rev. FOsdic
Harrison, John Whtesey and Elijah Sherman, Jr
EaQ's. Vice.Presdents, and David G. Sanford, Esq.
Rev. G. c. v. Eastman, and Rev. Cad Smith. Secre-
taEies. very able, interesting, and eloquent address
was delivered by Henry Barnard, ID, EsQ Of Hartford
the Secretary of the Board Of Commissioners Of COM
mon schools and some practical observations by sew
eral other gentlemen. A County Association was
then formed, Of which Hon. Samuel Church wascho-
cen, President, George C. Woodruff, Esq. Secretary
and Treasurer, and Vice.President in each town in
the county, the names Of whom will all probably be
published hereafter in the Secretaries account Of the
meeting This il oil we have room for this week.
Judge Church. on taking the chair, made the follow
ing remarks :! =
Gentlemen,-I cannot het'er express the grateful
emotions entertain for this unexpected evidence OF
your respect, than by assuring you, that ec very
deep and sincere interest in the promotion OF the cause
which has brought us together, and by pledglng my
We have not TO learn for the first time the great
importance Of Common School education we have
been taught this in early life. New-Eng has been
both the birthplace and the nursery Of the Common
School system. Our fathers understood very well,
that the institutions Of civil liberty and Protestant
Christiapity which they intended to bsh and &C.
cure could not exist unless their foundations were
laid deep and strong upon the arm base OF popular
education.
Several of our sister states, and some Of them much
younger than ourselves have gone beyond US N ras'
ing the character OF Common Schools ana even
e,mc Of the arbitrary governments OF Europe have
put the blush. Prussia has the most perfect any
tried system Of common schools in the world and
about two years ago, was told by highly Intelligent
Prlssian gentleman that our goVcrnment was TOO nh
s had T rs
mark, for had believed that the virtue and intell.
gence Of free people could expect as much for the
But il has long been obvious, that tho standard OF
our ComIion Schools from various concurring causes,
has become depressed from is former more elevated
ceptbie hut rejnice that our Legislators have at
length become aroused action on this subject, and
have adopted measures for detecting these causes and
applying the proper remedies 1t 10 our duty to lend
then, our aid.
We cannot resort in aid Of this cause. perhaps. to
heated zeal and excited passion nor do we wish to
do this Tor we Mi.h for more abiding consequences
ent We therefore shall appeal to the sober refiec.
lions and resolutions Of our fellow citizens
"u, from Ills Convention, which shall spread cfiectS.
ally over this county. and which shall entirely carry
out the great and good purposes of the Legislature
Hon. Samuel shethar Phelps. twhig, formerly of
I'll r.. u. \
was last week chosen Senator in Congress by the
Legislature ofVermons for six years from the 4,h Of
March next, in place of Mr.. Swift, whose term ex-
pirss at that time. Wonder if any body about here
will claim him IS tetheral?" where he has always
been known as belonging to strong democratic FAM
lily. Mr.: g. was not elected until the 10th ballot in
she House, and about the 5oth in the Senate. John
Kellogg the loco candidate, who received votes
in the Senate, and 70 in the House upon nearly every
ballot. On the 9rst day there fifteen ballots in
the Senate, and Eve in the House. Mr. Follett (whg)
being the other competitor Of Mr.. Phelps On the
second day, Solomon Foot was started in the House,
with one or two votes. and finally gained until his
vs,e outnumbered Mr.. Phelps, when (being Speaker
Of the House) he and requested his name to be
Withdrawn, and desired his friends to vote for Mr.
Phelps, who after enc two further ballosings was
chosen. We are thus particular in this matter on
count fhia numerous friends in this quarter He
OF brilliant talents and will doubtless do honor
to the station to which he is now elevated.
In New-York city. Ogden Hoffman, Edward Cur.
tis Moses Fl. Grinnell, and James Monroe are the
wing candidates for Congress. The ncotoco candid.
Hses are Churchill C. Cambreleng, Eli Moore, John
MeKeon. and Isaac L. Varian the latter in place Of
Edward Forrest. the trsgedian, who declined Both
are strong tickets and win doubtless bring out tho en-
tire vote Of the city.
Judge Enges is not elected to Congress from Iowa.
but Mr.. Wallace. What his political designation is,
we know not he was the principal competitor Of Mr.
Engles, loco. whom he defeated.
Ner-Jersey.-The Legislature of this State Assem-.
bsd at Trenton on Tuesday of last week. Wing pre-
siding officers were choeen in each hranch-in the
Senate by vote Of to 10. and in the House by %
TO 2o-a healthy" majority enough It was expect.
ed that the votes for members Of Congress would he
eanvassed the same day but in consequence 81 q
fall from his carriage, and the dslocaiion Of his hip
Governor Pennington was unable to attend. and the
canvass was postponed for a few days. There %.
pears 10 he no doubt that the whole wing ticket will
be declared to he elected by from to 800 majority.
On Friday, the legislature made many Of the annual
Observation-Disclosures them Mr.. Pennington was re-
appointed Governor for the year ensuing by vote Of
IS 10 26. ~ ,.. ..- .-~
Riot IN Dan6Gry.--Wo learn iha. tho ahOli,ionists
held q meeting in the Congregational Church. on
Thursday evening last; and that while lecture was
being delivered. by Mr.. Colver. largo collection Of
people gathered on the outside peed the house with
stones and other missiles and that four or Eve humid