Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1841-04-29
~ THE ENQUIRER
LlTCHFEELD, APRIL 20. ls41.

WEDNESDAY, next We have locked over he list If
mambeTPIo 80 'wbOwOuld pE0bably'be the Speaker
OF the House. Mr.. 'Cutdy 10 rs.cAossn uDsmbuy.
adds if 10 UhO0la desire tsi Office, We suUoo.e ~.
Honor would fGI upon him. Next 10 MIN. We have
heard tie name Of Judge BiBse u,entio,,ed HA nm
doubleday would make gOOd presiding IN,
II is believed services would be equally a. ..yv;ce
abeon the Judiciary committee as in the Sneaker,
chair. "a % FSFTEN'
The s'hSeCl % abpOhoniRg o. altering slie Senate
rial dslricss which may be done everyaeu.h year. it
- anticipated will come up this sessio. for action
whether i will be found e&pedsepe 10 ohahss,4hem
We think very doubtful Thong population in
some districts may have Increased, and ih01heFs d.
m'nlsshed yet the people have become aeesstOmed
70 them ihat we think they will not be essentially al
tered Some, we understand; are in favor Of 50
changing the districts to elect cOnty wise and to
give to- h~Of the three large countless Hartford
Ne~-Haven and Fairfield, an Eddhisndi Senator
the remaining counties to have the sdtte number as
atpPeseIit. Butwe doubt whether tiiiS pr,iect will
meet with sufficient favor to cause lis ADDITION
Wat p.hegsmpogtP q ne seples nay beTbsoueht h.
fore the legislature, time will disclose; but whether
much or lptle business is transacted, the session will
doubtless continue 10 the close Of the 9Th week
fromi,s colninencemet,.. 1t has always appeared to
US lle singular that the sessions of the COunect,
cpt legslatpre should be uniform in their con,n,-
anee--neVGr less .han Eur weeks, aud rarely seaeA.
ing Eve. ae, az 81 n. go Va" s... ,sh..%.-
.l.l.. -! -t.,,.. .s5,t g. 60. !..l..
thR Rhbttc lstfHH EteUsiDa for members of Con-
gress, Governor, and members Of the Legislature
was held last week. The WING members Of Con-
gsess Messrs: 'Elhnghast and cransron were re-
elected without serious opposition, as was also the
wing Governor, King, and other state officers. The
whole Of the Senate i also wing, and little over
two-thirds of TIM House., In all the towns but six,
only g. votes were given against Gov. King. f.r,
VEGGiNIAAThe election i'll the Ancient Dominion
forineMlbers Of Congress, and also for the Lcgisa
ture was held last week on Thursday. We have a
feW scattering returns bat they given in hose
and qhsiJiEted manner that We ean learn but lti,
from them. We have all along feared, however,
that The whigs would hose ground in Virginia, both
m,he Congressional delegation and in the I.egisfa
tuFe. First, because she wings were in many places
running sets Of candidates secondly they have
never been 80 we'll organized in Virginia as their OPP
Iontnts and thirdly, there are good many of the
leading Of our party there who are everlasting
ly running after abstracto truly mpracticablos--
"hO 0cttcI dt pttuH& uo~H utah
haikinag uptbey seem to delight TO be in the naino
riy ra,het thra' the nanjorisy-snd win such men,
when success is mostneeded, defeat is quite as like
lytofbe che conseqnence.' -" 49, So '''"
Sofaie ,holSbers Of Congress whose election ap
Pears 10 b. ccrqhi, essrs Barton and Rotts twhigs)
Mallory and Gillner tinprac tcahIesl md sC,sfey
tfoco) only one yet heard from. The wings have
fostSne ms IilbcTs IL the legislasses and gu
ed aboattn esame ninibet.C " :. - - .ai-A
5 a1- PosTscRPr,--Ry yesterdays mail We have
fssv additional returns These show Mhig los df 8
sne,abers 6f tho Legislature, and enin, Of only g
thls Lae. year. wings -. locos 5. This year, wings
Is, teps g. A rroportonate loss and gain trou:i
the stale viii give the loeos the esislatase Ay soaae
10 or IS nt,Ssisy.I az is. atsset BE- 81 .t5N an
Fir Congress, however, the wings sand better
,has we.expecied. Already they. have seven MEM
MEs,. besides Mr. Hunter, which 10 as many as we
surpassed they would obtain In tile snte. We shall
probably have At least two nnFe in the t7,h and l9,h
is,rics. The iuowing the districts heard from
/ Francis R. sl; ;S ri. { ; q = 'Ssry
20. Iohn rafiafcrro l. Wiiiam O. Goode
~ John NJ. B.f.s ~. linn Bnnks 777'.,"
~ Thomas w Giln,er tl6 Janss M. H. Bealc
f W R, rS%e ro, R. N pa III hu s.s,,
Eight Districts TO be heard from. .~'bi -H."'
Til; SEAsox.-Thc n. y. American remarks and
every about this region can respond to s truth
ave have rarely known SO cold, backward, and
stormy Spring. We are close upon bright May,
and yet the face Of Nature still wears tile aspect Of
Wmtcr-and blazing fires withirdoors are the un-
welcomed and costly substitute for warm and sunny
heavens without. The chill, drcary, rainy, North
casters blow anceasingly-- the weeping willow.
the earliest and the latest among trees. with its
bright foliage, droops its leaGess branches with
more than wontsd sadness. The notwithstanding
cherry has essayed 10 vain put forth from its swell
ling buds its early boom-and even the sheltered
violet almost fearful to give forth its modest
howpr and scented breath. Al .pLl IF ,'s
Spring this year we shall not, probably, know
hut rush at once from the domain Of Winter to that
Of Summer. Any change, however, will be wei!
eo,ae.' "a, ..; ...r...,,. ..,,,.t ..,
~ III FOR THE LITtHFIEID ENQUIRER. L " t'
LTTCHFIELD TEMPERANCE SOCIETY.
At late meeting It this society, il was recon-.
n,ended by the Rev. Mr., Warren. Agent Of the Am,
Temperace Union. whose judcious and valuable
lahors in the cause Of Temperance entitled to the
gratitude and cooperation Of every good czen) that
we should NOT form new sociesy, but supply some
defects in the present constitution especially that we
annex two new Hedges, one 70 abstain from ardent
spirits and srine, and another from all Intoxicating
drinks. % that by subscribing 70 either Of tie Gree
person becomes member Of the Society. u 49, --
Tho following reasons. il is believed, exis, in sup.
mort of this acheHe. rf.,r-' '.t ..t'FI ,