Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1839-05-30
THE ENQUIRER.
LlTCHFIELD, MAY so, 1859.

AeSsSt0UUe-It Will De seen Dy our iegaS0uVe re-
ports. that Hon. THApDEus BErrs, Of Norwalk, was
on Thursday last chosen on the part of the House for
Senator in Congress by majority over oil others
On Friday the Senate voted three times but without
efectng choice. The vote each time was for Belts
S-Ingersoll fisherman 5. Another trial was to be
had on Tuesday, but we have not heard the result.
On Wednesday, the House negatived the bill grant
ing the credit Of the state to aid the Housatonc Rail
Road Company by the vote Of lag 10 40. We have
not seen the yeas and nays, but learn that the Litc
field county members stood % in favor to l6 against
the petitioners.
On Thursday, the Senate negatived the proposed
amendment to the constitution giving the election Of
Justices Of the Peace to the people, to be chosen an
nually, by the following VOTE from which It will be
seen that it was not made party question: locos
voting for and against-and wings for and 8 a.
gainst it.
Yeas-Messrs. Roberts. Plumb Wilson, Wldman,
Butler, Pearl, Abernethy. Perry, Wighiman-9.
Ndys-MessFs. Barnes, Bunce, CaTringion Cook,
DeshoD. Rockwell, Comstock, Williams, Brown, Eli
OFT, Hyde, Hendee-l2.
The Nrginia Election for Members Of Congress and
the Legislature took place last Thursday. TWAS ca-
culated that there would be hard fought battle as
ever took place in the Ancient Dominion especially
for Congress. The relative strength in the last Con-
gross. when chosen, we believe, was Wings, IS Lo-
COS. If the Wings gain two members, including the
Conservatives, think will be doing as well as may
be expected For the truth is, there is considerable
division in the wing ranks; they are not as well uni
ted as their opponents. In two or three districts
there are two Wing candidates, which gives strong
reasons TO fear their defeat Besides which, many Of
the Conservatives as well as Wings were dissatsfi-
ed because Rives was not reelected to the United
States Senate, when by fair union Of their strength
il was believed he might have been. We shall know
more about it by another week.
There sone circumstances connected with this cleo
ton peculiarly gratifying. tits well known thu. Mr..
Henry A. Wise is one Of the most uncompromising
opponents Of the administration, and has been for
tunate as to draw upon himself the most bitter and
unrelentng anahemas Of the locoocos and their vile
prints. In this election he walks over the course no
enemy venturing tooppose him.
~ BY the latest mails we have partial returns from
some districts. The accounts do NOT look over favor
able to the Wing cause, and we fear the Legislature
will be loco As to the c,ngressmen, we think the
Wings will at least hold their own but were in hopes
they would do much better They viii probably lose
OIiS 1NotiOh uIiu gum Vue III EEsucftCA.-
Mr.. Bolts and Mr.. Mercer twhigs) chosen in the
Richmond and Loudon districts, and Mr.. Banks doco)
in the Spotisylvania district. The weather was 90
uniavorable on Thursday. that in many places the
polls to be kept open the following day A few
days more will bring the decision Of the whole matter
The following are the members Of Congress chosen
90 far as heard from
wings. ~ r Locos.
Charles F. Mercer, ~, John HolIeman, (gain)
John M. Bots. Francis E. Rives,
James Garland, John w. Jones,
Henry A. Wise, Linn Banks.
John T. Hill, gain, E
AT q special meeting Of the Directors Of the Phoe-
nix Branch Bank in this village on the ED inst. TIE
RON BEACH, Esq. was appointed Cashier pro team. in
place Of Charles Spencer.
MesD-Hpsn Steam Boat Company. II. Is stated in
the Hartford papers that the Hartford Steam Boat Co.
have purchased out the entire interest Of the New
Haven Company, and will hereafter run morning
and evening Iine The New-Haven folks complain
that the new Company win refuse to take the mail
contract from city to city for the same price as the
old. and that ii win take the old slow landroute. We
hope not, n,
or We learn from the last New-Haven Palladium.
that the marriages at Southbury Of the Misses Mitch
ell and Miss Peck published in our last paper N CO.
pied from that paper. were vile hoax, perperated
BY some scoundrel who deserves 70 have his ears mail.
ed TO the pillosy.
Disgraoefal Osfrege.-Two young ladies'. passing
through Church street last evening. were assaulted
BY two hruies in human shape. their dresses were be-
spattered with vitYiGlc acid. and thus ruined. while
their persons barely escaped the pollution. strong
tors Of this outrage, and are informed legal pro-
cess will Be instituted against them. unless they are
otherwise exeulpated. Such cruel and vindictye
acts ought 70 be visited with exemplary punisbment
sIss 80 N. HaSes HesGld.