Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1839-02-14
THE ENQUIRER.
LITCHFIELD, FER'RY be, 1855.

making choice ol Senator IN place OF Mr. Ialmadge.
In the House. the vote was for Mr.. Tallmadge ~
for Addison Gardner loco) 42-Gor Tracy and Gran
ger (whigs) each. But in the Senate (see preceding
cOlumns) the lOcOs defeated the win Of the majority by
throwing their votes for seventeen different persons
thus preventing joint baOt-to effect which it is
cessary that each house present candidate by
ory Of votes If the houses could have been brought
together, agTeeaby to the constitution and the law
Mr. T. would have been chosen by about 80 majority.
This act of the Senate will no doubt produce spirit
Of Indignation throughout the state Of New-York that
the locos will in vain attempt 10 allay until that body
10 thoroughly ceansed from its faint as the other
branches Of the government now are. 1t will bring
the people to the polls pass directly upon this high
handed usurpaton Of power as it did upon the an.
mortal seUemeen' of 1924 5. The same number are
seeking an infamous notoriety for themselves
for seems thar, though there eighteen, one (Mr
Sterling) was ready to go into the election in good
faith, and effect the election Of Senator.
A third unsuccessful attempt to choose member Of
Congress in the district of Massachusetts, repre-
scented by MIR. Parmenter was made last week. Mr..
Parmcnter (loco) had 1850 votes-Mr Brooks (whig)
37s3-scatterng tmostly abolitionsis) 667. Another
trial, and we think the locos will succeed.
Gen. Edward A. Phelps, Of Colebrcok has been
nominated by the ocos candidate for the Senate
from the 18th district. He will doubles be elected
whenever he gets votes enough ,.t..tA .-....
PENsIoNs.-A few weeks since we remarked that
widows who had obtained pension certificates under
the late act Of Congress need not be in hurry in for.
warding them to Hartford to obtain the money, as
none had then been received. The Hartford Demo-
crat Of the 18th says" We are informed that PEN
sion certificates from the War Department, obtained
by Widows Of the soldiers of the Revolution in confor.
nifty to the laws Of Congress passed July 1884, are
daily presented the Pension Office in this city for
payment, and that the applicants are told that the
Government had not only provided no funds for pay
ing these Pensions, but had not yet given drec-
lions for The enrolment Of their Names This sup.
pose, affords fair specimen Of the manner of doing
business by The present administration. Tie appi-
Giants for Pensions fast sinking into their graves
and while rascdls in high life running Of with mill
lions Of the public money, the Government will not
furnish the funds to curry into effect law passed
than six months since, and to help poor. aged
widow to get cord Of wood or b,,sl,el u meal"
% We learn from The papers Of the pnst week that
ihe bill making the ssnry appropriation for the
payment Of The widow pensioners has been rnssed tro
both houses OF congrcss-consequeny in few days,
instructions are given, they may receive the money
to which they are entitled. and which to great many
Of the poor widows viii be the means Of smoothing
their passage 10 the grave.
Major Noah is unquestionably one of the most ad-
rit ,acticians in the country; and if the Wings Of
Eew-York city would transfer the management more
to Noah. than Webb and Stone, we i" have an idea"
they would reap the advantage in vastly increased
Wing vote in the city. Read the following brief e..
say. Here is the true ground" don't stop parry
garry the ~nr into the camp Of the c"rruptonis,s.
The Wing Press-Sevprnl of DIR able Wing jour
nails are replying and with considerable ability, TO the
attacks Of The whole Regency. whose pens are all at
work in the Argus. II is bad pnlcv. Never stop q
moment to ward off the blows Of defeated and enrag-
sad 10 We res" no
fight for The country; the Tories fght far tie spn;l
Not word In reply TO the Argus, bn continue to keep
the people awake us 10 the movements Of the plum
derers: sIrw them mp in their true colors, reckless
wicked, and anhiIions--ihe foe to the Constitution
and Laws-despos in oil their lneasures-the ruin Of
their country Dorm with them should he the CRY All
over the land They are the worst foes this country
has ever had.
OF al the mean and dirty acts which the loco focos
in this have rcsored to render the wings OBJ
noxnus to public censunr, we have seen none baser
fhan the recent attempt to cast odium upon VIM. W.
Bonrdman nv charging him with The design Of defraud
ing the Post Office of few cents. The attempt how
ever recos upon his il clearly appears
that no blame attaches TO him, hut that his enemies
have violated be sdnciy ofo sent to accomplish their
nefarons purposes. The following article from the
New-Haven Palladium, explains the matter fully and
fairly a4
TAc Libd:-We are now prcnarcd to prove that tire
charges nsa:nst the HIM W. w. Boardman Of an AZ,
tempt to dcfrand the Tosi Office, is gross and mali
cious libel. and have the hest reasons for believing
it known to he nv the men who perpcfraicd H.
The person who 'o'k the pamphlet referred to. and
eneaged TO deliver It in Hartford. was Mr. Constant
B. Kirkland. Owing to the late arrival Of the stage in
that city, Mr. X. had time to deliver i: in person,
and he handed it TO Mr.. Rose. Of Hartford who pro-
to zee sr M The to %hom wa.
sed II in the Post Office. The senl there broken!
and few words having been found written in the let.
ter covering the pamphlet. the Post Muster, instead c
asking one cent postage, (ifn usnn charge in such
cases.) had the andaciiy To demand thirty! and
the pentlemans refnsns 70 he swined after this fash
ion it was sent IN Haven with directions 10 pro
secase Mr.: Bocrdman for aftmpt to defraud The Co
rernn'enf! Was there ever more consun,ma.e inpu:
GenceI The facts are precisely se wa have stated
!hem-and now We ask with great confidence, who
mot thu author of the libel in The Times show the law
which authorised him. in the first place. 10 charge 80
centS postage on IcHPr wncn was never within the
mail nrd in the second, to break the seal o Tint let
teri II he had right 10 open il, he had right TO
open nnv letter that passes through hie hands. We
ask II ,e community il pvepaFed to submit to such an
outrage upon private rights?
Mr.. Adams-I observed in your last paper an eek
tract from the life and adventures Of Dr.. Do,lmus
Duckworth," and by il was reminded Of the witty
and facetious author Of that work. ASA GREEN. NJ.
D.. who wrote the hook from which the extract was
taken, was my college classmaie and room.mate.
and was in stne respects the most singular individual
ieyer knew. He exceled oh others Of my acquaint-
ancA in his Al.