Litchfield enquirer., 1841-02-25
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LlTCHr1E1.D. FEB'RY Is, Is4i.

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TIM CONvENroxs.-Our readers win perceive in
tOdays pager calls for The County and different Sc
material Conventions in this county. We nsrd not
ssy thas we consider IL important that these meet
ings should be fully attended. We Trust they may
be-and that the merits Of the candidates for public
suffrage may Ne fairly canvassed. In the 10th and
18th Districts, the parties ere nearly balanced that
it will be important that popular and udicous seec.
tons should bo made. East yeav, the 10th was lost
by few vOaes- Ifa free interchange Of opinion is
had previous to the meeting. and Discreet nomina.
ton made, dosbt not that the wings will be there
triumphant.
W1ig SSHk ConUenIion--We this day give the pro-
ceediRgs of this Convention pretty much At large
We learn by some Of the members that, considering
the general apathy which Drsvaits, II was much
better attended than was expected. There was q
general ncquisscencs in the nomination Of the old Of
fcerS except as TO one name. There WIS desiys
manifested and perhaps expressed by some that Mr.
Hinman should be dropped, as the candidate for Sc.
crstasy Of Ssase. stink, however. good policy as
web az principle s hes, observed by retaining him.
Though we were opposed to his nomination when
rss mades three or four years since, we do think ihne
respect for the conservative party Of which he has
long been q prominent member, demands that Mr..
Human should be cordially supported by the wings
He came out from and abandoned the loco foco party
Do proscrptive and oppressive when they were ia the
height of their power-in the hey day Of their pros.
perity-when he had every thing but honor and prin.
cple to lose and for this nothing s!se. we are glad
the Coaseniion determined to ne.numinate> him. Il
10 agreed by al parties thaNhe discharges the duties
Of the Office n q manner credi.able to himself and
the state
Loco FSeo Conocnton.--This RECOGNIZABLE BODY
held their meeting at Middlatown last week. five
take the Times and Register account of it as correct
l. was considerable Of on assemhlage. But we hap.
pen to Know that some Of the persons whose names
are given were not nearer to MddIetown than Lech-
field. But that is o. no. ersas consequence .here
were enough present 60 through The farce ofmaking
q nomination. And here itis-For Governor, Fran
cis IL hicou. of Srat6jrd or Bridgeport Lieut.. Go
vernon, Benjamin Pinney. Of Ellington; Treasurer,
EdUin Eeniami", OF HAraosd Secretary, Robinson s.
Hi"man. Of New.Haven; Comp.mFlsEr Jaha Be Witt,
OF Norwich. An entireI1 Re~ ticket from, any enc
heretofore presented to the people Of this state.
The question is frequently asked. who 10 this Mr..
Nico the loco candidate for Governor and as often
answered, don't know" Some Of the New.Have
papers remark that he 10 awealthy merchant Of New
York, who has 4 country seat near the Sound. in
Fairfield county. Beyond this. and tina. he is sus-
pected Of having once been in Congress from the
State Of New.York, we can gather nothing. We
shall probably bsar more about him rAsa he is chosen
Governor .
The Legislature Of Virginia have at length, after
discussing the matter AZ times for many weeks agreed
to 60 into the choice Of an o. S. Senator in place Of
Mr.. Roane, whose term will expire on the 81 of
March. The Sd Of March 10 the time fixed upon for
the election.
Votes in Congrms.-On Saturday last two mpor-.
ant questions decided in the Senate of the Uni
ted Stases-ons in the choice OF Printer, the o.hen
upon the motion Of Mr.. Clay to repeal the Sub.Trca.
sury GpOn tie fret question: 10 choose Printer for
the next Congress, there were for Blair e. Rives tDe
ty-seUen votes. and none for any one else-the wing
Senators declining TO vote at ILL., believing the quss.
ton should be left for tho next Senate to choose their
own Printer. The question upon Mr.. Clay's resolu.
ton, for tho repeal Of the SubTreasury was not di.
rect but tantamount to it, to lay upon the table, and
carried by 81 to Is. Every member Of the Senate
was in his place Of course the act continues in force
until the next Congress convenes.
Hon., Jacob w. Miller (whig) was on Friday last
chosen by the Legislature Of New.Jersey Senator in
Congress for six years ons the 4,h Of March next in
place Of Mr.. WALL doco.,
The Massachusetts legislature were to choose
Senator to Congress in place Of Mr. Webster. resign
ed on Tuesday last. Rufus Choate,- Esq. Of Boston,
has the caucus nomination, and will Of course have
been chosen.
COddingson Billings. Esq. Of New.Eondon, wee
few days since nominated M q candidate for Con.
gress by the loco focos Of New-London county, in
but lie, knowing probably that his
chance for success erceediagly doubtful has de.
clined the honor Of being beaten.
Large Calues.-Mr George Merchant, of Sou,h
Farms drove into village, last week, three bull
calves, and had them weghed-one, S months old,
weighed $40 lbs.-one months weight 72O-and one
. mOnthr, 1860. Whether they are all Of extraor.
din0ry size. most Of the readers Of paper are Geg
ter judges thar we are. Two of them were from the
cOw which took the highest premium at the cattle
chow in 1882
miserable hoax. that the Niagara Falls had gone
has been published in some Of the New-York papers
Of the past week. Though there were some things
about it which appeared probable enough, such as
that the table rock had fallen off, that the rock on the