Litchfield enquirer., 1840-08-06


 be summariIy stated Ihus
 First district, Whites (whiR) majority 2O45
 Third do. MOOFe's (dO) do. 8
 Whig majority, 2O7s
 Second district, Dawson's (tory) minority I9
 Whig majority in the state, 9Oe5
 The majority in the third district is given as credit ed to an administration papeF-the whigs claim, by later account, 6 majority. Either of them are good enough, and leave the election of Mir. Moore beyond doubt. In the second district, il is said MT Dawson elecnon will be contested the ground of % or 40 illegal votes having been given in one parish.
 The New-Orleans Bulletin of the 25th states that there will be whg majority in the legislature, on joint ballot, of6-thus securing the choice of Sena tor to Congress. The Senate will he whig, tory, reversed from what was supposed last week-Fhe House 2S whlg, 2l tory, neutral The whig papers throughout the state speak with confidence of their carrying the electoral in the fall for Harrison by a: least 25OOas then the local considerations which have operated in favor of the tory candidate n the Red River district will not exist.
 Elections took place in Alabama, Missouri. Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky last Monday-and will take place in lh-Carohna this and next week. Mem bers of Congress are chosen in except Illinois, Look for En srhig hal in the course of couple of weeks-,hough nearly all these states were loco last year, and until the banner of Tippecanoe was unfured to the breeze.
 4 Loco Foco xsed up-A few da ys since certain Mr. M s. P Dean, of Rutland, Mass. most devo- ted friend and admirer of MT. Van Buren, was pass ing through the country, and at all bar-rooms and stores where he stopped sooh commenced bragging, in real heO style, on the certain ot his idol the Presidency, and IprOfessed to be very anxious to make large bets on Ohio. He would bet $500 that Van Bsren would get the electoral vote of that State In passing through Goshen he called in at a certain s,oss and there made great flourish with his pock et-book, and show of money, and repeated his offer of $500 that Ohio would go for Mat, and dared any one to cover the money; he wanted no boys play Alter he had swaggered about awhile, and made proposition in tangible form, couple of gentlemen present told him they would take the bet. and his money the spot But in whose hands should the money be deposited? They were all strangers to him in Goshen but he had acquaintances in Hartford, and finally proposed to deposit it in the hands of Messrs Ayrault & O., a very respectable establishment in that city and a guaranty that he would be there
 
 ot the gentlemen forfeiture if he did fulfil his part. Well, say the gentlemen, $25 will pay us for going to Hartford. Accordingly the writings were drawn and signed. The parties met at Hart ford per agreement By this time Mir D. began to fine that it was not boys play and began 10 con- trve escape; but how should he get back his S25 there way to do that but 10 put upshis money and after having failed to get Mr. Ayrault not to re- ceive the stakes, !hcre way but for him to put up his money, which he did after much twisting and prevaricatiou. The gentlemen from Goshen had promptly deposited their $500 and after Dean found that he could not get his S25 without putting up his smoney, he reluctantly handed over S499 evidently with an intention of getting his money back because the sum in full however the Goshen gentle men said that dollar was not of much conse- quence in the matter, and that should not be objected to the matter closed, and the parties separated The next morning early. MT. D. in pursuit of his Goshen friends, was very anxious to meet them at Mr. Ayrault's. The parties again met, and MT. Dean began beg off; he said he had no intention of making bet, hut they must brag, and he thought they might well take the stronghold of Gen. liar rison, but he had no idea that they should get the State of Ohio that he would not bet straw on that point he had no idea tha, any would take him up when he made the offer; he did not suppose any one in the country could raise that amount of money that he had been fairly caught, and he had done wrong he found men that had more grit than he ex- pected, and he rather thought he should not get caught in such scrape again; that he should not stand the bet but should take to recover 1t back, if it was no, given up. He found the Goshen boys were not easily frightened and after he had made an suitable acknowledgements and fairly back ed out. and paid them 20 dollars for going to Hart ford, they let hm off. And a more thoroughly used up Loco has no, been since the District Attor- ney backed out of bet in Hartford. One thing this Mr D. did not do that was done by a certain notori- ous Colonel in Litch6eld-he did not put up money of defunct bank and then run. I've had prepared an article respecting the above named bet hut lieu give place to this from an eye wness-merey adding that Mir. D. commenced his braeging around Sharon, and finally offered the mail carrier from there to Ltch6eld SlO if he would find any one to cover bs $500. He forthwith went with him to Goshen, where he was accommodated by Mir. Cicero Collins as above detailed. Mir Hamlin, the pos,rider wishes to remind Mir Dean that Au SlO is no, vet paid and would be glad if he would forward i, ,o his address either ct Sharon or Ii:ch6eld.l The Iitchfield Enquirer says. If our friend the junior editor of the New Haven Register feels so con- dent that Louisiana will in the fall go oT Van b9ren, we would just inform him that we have couple oi veoD boys' that should like 10 risk upon the re- sEh." Much as we detest the practice of bet'ing- we will take this. with fro ssOre, one upon Virginia and the other on Georgia; both of which states the whgs now claim. Do you ar7-Rsg'sfeT.
 Yes, we "hear," and will take it-and. in addition. E1I