Litchfield enquirer., 1840-10-29

ing very bad, it was thinly attended, compared with most former meetings. The addresses were good, and interesting-the singing very fne-the coTec-
 tions libera-and the whole passed off pleasantly.- The officers chosen, we believe, were the as
 last year. Since the change in the time of holding the anniversaries, however, has been made, think 1 the interest felt in these meetings has been very much diminished, It follows too nearly upon num- Der of other hoIidays.s jl j. .....H.. ..s .-.
 In publishing the list of officers of the County Az rcultural Society, last week, The name 0 the Trea surer was accidentally omitted. Stephen TrOwbridge, of this town, was chosen to that office. ' | FIREs.-The dwelling house of Misses Olive and Betsey Lncas, in Goshen, was consumed by fire on the 10th inst. and most of the furniture was burn ! There was woodhouse attached 10 the dwelling house, and a hogpen joining the woodhouse in which were two fat swine, which were destroyed. The fire 1 originated in the woodhouse, but how is not known. Loss about Sl, ,50o-no oinsurance.-Comm.
 A corn house, with about two hundred bushels of corn belonging to MT. Elias Brink, in Cornwall. was destroyed by fire one night last week. Loss estima ted at about $25O. ... Al -.,-. The Hartford Times says" The returns of the recent elections afford the federalists (meaning whgs) great exultaton. Not that single State has gone against Mr. Van Buren which went for him in ls36." What! MT. Times, do you mean this {? Not "sngle State? P Where was Connecticut in 1896 and Rhode Island and Maine? and North Caroli- ma ? and Virginia? and Louisiana? ? to say nothing about New York and Michigan, which will speak next week? Do you calculate to impose upon a "single" reader by such wholesale misrepresenta- tions? Are your party so gullibe or so ignorant as to be deceived by such stuff? t,,.r... ....
 "The federaisis (whigs) are compelled 10 admit that they lose New. York, they lose the Presden l tial election" yfr.a x 2. rE'f .' aa. ! The whigs admit no such thing. They believe they shall elect Gen. Harrison even with the loss of New York, Virginia, and Pennsylvania by the bye they have small fears of doing They believe that the most votes Van Buren would get even with these three great states would be lS2 votes-leaving tor Harrison l52 Has he any chance?
 The New-Orleans correspondent of the Baltimore American writes, under date l4th inst, that he learn candidate in the Third Congressional District o( that State, defeated by Mr. Monre, died few days pre- vious of congestive lever. Mir. Vim the ablest and most efficient Van Buren leader in that s'ate
 Dr. John L. Spence, n member of the United States Senate, from Maryland, died at his residence in Wor cester county, last Thursday.
 FRAups.-The Loco Focos. to shield themselves, 1 are making great charges against the Wings of this city for procuring illegal voters How happens It, H the Wings are SO dishonest, that they have tor se ries of years, when the Loco Focos held the power been the steady and unwaverng applicants for the passage of Registry Law to prevent these very /! frauds? And how happens it that the Loco Focos not only opposed it in every shape but refused to pass 1 such law :? How happens t, also, that the moment the Wings got the power: they went to Albany with the petition of eighteen thousand citizens, asking tor
 its passage and in conformity to their uniform prin. cipes the law was brought forward and carried not ry step. Actions speak louder than v words W e.. | We have in the defeat of Messrs. Colquin, Black | and Cooper another evidence of the fatality which attends Calhonnisnl. since e coalition Ot December last These gentlemen, it was understood, under wrote Georgia, and were relied upon by the high con tracing parties. to lead her under the yoke Vain and high toned people, over match for all the | 7i-'- :. - .t'o5 0'ta5' Richmond Whg.
 The Register and other Loco papers endeavor to soften down their overwhelming defeat in Georgia. by boldly asserting that the gentlemen elected to Con gress ny the Whigs are opposed to Harrison meas Ma it is well known that Cooper, COlquitt. and Black were not re-nomina,ed Congress by the Wings, be- cause they were in favor of the Sub;Ireaslry and ana
 
 that the men elected to take their places are advO- cates of he measures that those gentlemen are in tavor of. and wil! pursue the same course that caused the defeat of Messrs. Cooper, Co7ultf. and Black! This, like many of the locofoco stories now a-days, carries it's contradiction on its very face. M 'e'. ,... j'r.gf NeaD Hauen P0ltadiunp. PENNSYLVANIA is nothing farther from Pennsylvania. The Phil. American Sentinel (V B. puts the V. E. majority a. 3953. Old Tip will use that up in the twinkling of an eye.--ibid. f. . MARRIED,
 In New.Milford, Mir J. M. Thompson, of Bridge port, 10 Miss Maria A. daughter of Ezra Noble, Esq In New Haven on the 20Ih inst. Rev. John Chnr' chill, o Woodbury, to Miss Caroline. daughter of Ma than Peck, Esq F.,,...t. ...,.t.~..-'. ... GIED, ..t..4 .i In this town, on the 27lh inst. MT. Ebenezer Spen-
 in Rochester, N Y. on the 5h inst, MT Eli N. 1 Gibbs, aged 47 years, formerly of this town. In Harwinton, on the 2Oth inst MT. Russell Wilson.
 In Plymouth. on the s4th inst, APOllOs Wnrner'
 h Norfolk, on the leth inst, Mr. Lyman Royce, in Anrorn. Ohio, on the 10th inst. Putnam Bailey, 1 Esq aged 43 of North Goshen, Con-.
 In Thomasvie, Geo. on the lst inst. Mrs Eliza. beth Ann, aged 38 and on the 4th. Napoleons aged IT, wife and son of Col Isaac F. Brooks, formerly of Goshen. Con. sf
 am, aged 63, formerly of Watertown. Con.
 In New Haven, Mir. John Morris Gilbert, aged %; [ Miss Harriet Dummer aged A.. '-' -'A 4 | -----A- - --|sT