Litchfield enquirer., 1859-11-18


Mlchlgan ................... .......... %
iowa. ................ .................
Total, l52
Which is majority of the 301 electoral votes.
They think there is beside, good chance to
carry Illinois and Indiana, and possibly Oregon.
If Kansas be admitted, they count upon her
three votes also, as certain for the Republican
nominee.
Democratic cry this Winter. The tactics are
now arranging. So commercial and cotton
nerves had better be prepared.
nsg%The Hartford Press says the pixies found
in Old Browns possession were manufactured
at Unionville, by G. Hart, who voted for J. B.
for President and has ever since voted the aa-
ministration ticket Of course, according to the
logic of the Buchanan papers, the administration
is implicated!
Bsg~Mr F. S. Bartram has been appointed
Postmaster at Worthwhile, in place of Clark
Buckingham, resigned.
HsgA less number than an actual majority of
the House, which is ll9, will be requ site to Or
ganize Mr. Brown of Kentucky, Democrat,
will not take his seat being under the Constltu-
tional age and one or two others may be absent
from belief that the Democrats have no chance.
Two members did not attend for several weeks
in the protracted struggle of the AAAlVth
Congress If every Opposition man is on the
ground the first day, III votes will elect the
Speaker.
BGpThe charging of WIN. Fl. SEWARD with
treason-with completely with John Browns
an operation that does not appear to PAY. In
| Trrrerrur UourUrcs fSew forh:
it has probably increased the Republican vote
very considerably.
R9ynMr. Maniere (Rep) was elected Senator
from the 9Th District New York, and three or
four Republican members of the House were
elected from the city
nO~The Oxford (Me.) Democrat, Republi-
can paper,) has an article recommending Hon.
w. 2. Fessenden, of that State, as a Republican
candidate for the Presidency.
| bgg'The town election in East Hartford on
on Tuesday, resulted in the success of the entire
Republican ticket
ag~Stratford elected Republican town Off
GERS yesterday, by small majority. There was
not full turn oM as no contest was expected.
ssg-The Republicans carried Wethersfeld at
the election on Monday, by 70 majority. AL
bert Galpin was elected Town Clerk and SAM
uel Woodhouse, Alfred Francis, Henry Luce,
and Rufus Stoddard, Selectmen,
BaSThe Q. S. House of Representatives now
stands lib Republicans, SO Democrats, % south
ern skion and anti-Lecompton Demo.
Gratis.
B9-The Democratic papers of Minnesota
have since election been seized with the dry
rot Five have expired since the polls closed.
By~Mr. Seward, when last heard from, was at
the Island of Java in the Mediterranean. He
had been to Thebes and the pyramidsannd was
about to start for Jerusalem and Constantinople.
He of course has not heard that he has become
traitor insurrectionist, murderer, and several
other bad things since he left home.
g@GerrittS it is said is Enthusiastically insane
He was taken to the New York State Lunatic
ASYLUM the last week in October, completely
deranged.
The Utica Herald of the 18th says that Mr..
Smith is an inmate of the New York State Lu-
matte Asylum, on account of marked insanity.
We learn that be is very violent and has exhibit
ted disposition to commit suicide, and than at.
attendant keeps constant watch over him to p' 81
vent him from laying violent hands on himself.
This result we hear attributed to the connection
of Mr.. Smiths name with the Harper's Ferry af-
fair though many will regard it as the conse-
quence of long seated and marked disease.
SENATOR DOUGLASS has been very seriously i'll
at Washington with govt in the stomach, but is
now better and recovering.
p@~ Fernando Wood has been nominated by
the Mozart faction, for the Mayoralty Of New
York
On Thursday afternoon, the trlal OF the dar-
per's Ferry insurgents was terminated. The
Court sentenced Cook and all the other prison
ers to be hung on the 18th of December. 1t is
supposed that Gov. Wise will respite Brown, and
hang all on the same day. The Court has adj
iourned for the term.
Col. r. NJ. Hoe, the inventor of the printing
press, had one of his legs broken on Wednesday
asst by being thrown from his carriage.
The fire upon Mt. Washington was much more
extensive, than represented in our paper of last
week. The track burnt over is or A miles long,
following the mountain chain, and extends from
the cultivated lands on this side, entirely over.