Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1839-06-06

The press Of legislasiue matter and vish to bring
e proceedings to the close Of last creek, has erclud
desired to publish This soesk tIe legslatare vii
terminate Its sessionQfler rkick zoe shall haze room
for more m'scellaneoss reading.
q. S. Semator.-The Senate on the second day Of
trial confirmed the appointment Of THApDEus BErrs.
The vote was for Belts ls, Sherman !, Ingham g.
Mr. Belts was formerly 1t. Governor Of the State-is
man Of fine talents, and will do credit to the State in
the body to which he is chosen.
The Legislatme.-The House Of Representatives,
it will be seen by reference to preceding columns,
have chosen Roger M. Sherman Judge Of the Supe.
rior Court. in place Of Judge Bssell. resigned The
Senate confirmed the appointment by vote Of l3for
Mr.. Sherman, 8 for Mr.. Ingham. We confess we do
not see the policy or principle Of this measure Mr.
Sherman, according to oil accounts, is verging to.
wards 10 years, beyond which he cannot constitution.
ally hold the ofce-and by thus holding it only two
or three years. he will hardly get the hang" Of it be-
fore he will be obliged to resign and give place to
some other person. In the meantime, the question as
to the successorshp will be constantly before the
minds Of the people, and no doubt in many cases made
the question on which elections are to turn. Eec.
tons OF this description ought to be made as perna
nent rs possible-and we should have been glad TO
see much younger man than MIR. Sherman appoint.
cd-even one, qualifications takeninto consideration,
not older than Samuel j. Hitchcock or Ralph l. Inger-
soil, or even Origen 8. Seymour.
"VlRoIMA. VIRGINIA ELECTION Papers from
all quarters and Of each party, come to us with these
modest captions. The Wings have no all hail, great
triumph !" and the Tories no shouts of Democracy
triumphant" and the like; but each give the most
favorable accounts for themselves that they can The
truth appears to DO that both parties are dssa
the tories expected to carry both branches of the L.
gislature and nearly all the members Of Congress
and they have not done it-and the Wings hoped to
hold on to what they had last year in the legislature,
and gain Of members Of Congress- in the former of
which they have not succeeded and in the latter not
to the same extent they hoped for.
The Senate we believe 10 composed of 20 members,
this year chosen, the Wings have majority, but as
the Tories had before large majority they will still
have small one, Of 4. In the House, parties are
nearly equally balanced, andit !. yet doubtful which
believe that the iocos will BY about the same MAORI.
Y they have 10 the Senate: This win give to them
U. 8. Senator in place Of Mr.. Mves. ~
House. The Wings have Unexpectedly gained two
or three members. which may turn the balance in
their favor.
In the Congressional delegation, the parties win
stand 80 far as heard from, Wings, 2Conservatives
and 10 Tcries-:wo districts to hear from, both OF
which were, the last term represented BY Tories
this State. We one or two wings. for instance g.
ary. some Of the other party called ani Subtrsasnry
Deaa0crafs. What anomalies! The following are
the names Of the members elect: