Litchfield enquirer., 1860-02-02

I Upon the ballot for Secretary of State, whole no. of votes cast was 2s5, of which JOHN Boyn had 230, William K. Peck 14 and the rest scat tering MT. Boyd's nomination was then made unanimous.
 ; For Treasurer-LUcrus J HESDEE had 297 out of BOP votes on an informal ballot, and was nominated by exclamation.
 For Comptroller-WLL1AM H. BUELL. had 255 out of 274 votes, and was also nominated by exclamation.
 The Convention then proceeded to ballot for delegates at large to the National Convention at Chicago, with the following result :-
 For the lst District, Gideon Welles of Hart ford, was elected by 225 out of sl2 votes, VI hch was then made unanimous Sa I For the 2d District, E. K. Foster of New Ha. ven by 298 to 340
 For the Sd District, Ex-Governor Chauncey F. Cleveland of Hampton, by 2G9.
 For the 4th District, Ex-Governor Holley of Lakeville,&by l34.
 The Covention then resolved itself into four Congressional District Conventions, to nominate two delegates each. The following names were reported and elected
 First Dist7ict-Samuel Q. Porter of Far mington, and Leverett E. Pease of Somers. Second District Stephen w. Kellogg of Wa terbury, and Arthur B. Calef of Middletown.
 Third Dishrict-David Gallup of Plainfeld and H. H. Starkweather of Norwich | FoauM Dish.ic-Edgar s. Tweedy of Dan. bury, and George H. Noble of New Milford.
 The selections were all quickly made, and seem to have given general satisfaction
 The Committee on Resolutions then reported through Mir. Calvin Day, the resolutions which we print elsewhere, as unanimously adopted by the Committee. They were then read by the Secretary, and received with tumultuous ap plause, and were finally adopted by the Conven : tion seriatina, unanimously.
 A resolution was then read, expressing as the opinion of the Convention, that the time ol holding the National Convention should be changed to an earlier date, which was passed ae,n. con.
 Three rousing cheers were then given for the UNION; /; three for the Ticket three tremendous ones for JOHN SHERMAN; three for our Repre- sentatives in Congress, and three for the Chair man of Cemmttee-after which, the Ccnven tion adjourned amid great enthusiasm, and with hopes eate for the complete success of the Ticket
 It is said to have been one of the largest and most intelligent Conventions ever assembled il Connecticut The towns were represented by 356 delegates. and the ball is thus anspiciousl, opened for the Spring campaign. new State Central Committee were ap pointed with O. J. Wolcott, Esq of Norfolk, te represent this County.
 CoNGREssIoNAL,-Friday was an exciting day in the House of Representatives. The Demo crats and South Americans unexpectedly united on Hon. Wm. C. Smith of North Carolina f South American, who received 1l2 votes, 3short of an election MT. Sherman received l06 anG 10 scattering The House then adjourned tc Monday. On Monday the excitement was in 1 ed, and after some little discussion, Mr. Sherman arose and withdrew his name as a candidate. ip manly speech, stating that the time had come when he thought another candidate of the Re publicans than himself, could receive more votes and he cheerfully yielded him the honor if hon or there was, in the nomination. A vote wss then taken, when Mr. Pennington of New Jer sey had ll5 votes, MT, Smith 1l3 and scatter ing 6. A second and third ballot was taken with the same result, when the House adjourn. ed still unorgsnized. Two more votes, those of Messrs. Briggs and Riggs, would have decided the contest.
 IrEsDAY-A single ballot was taken for Speaker. Mr. Pennington, the Republican can. didate, lacking one cote only of an election The Democrats and South Americans divided their votes on Mir. Gilmore and Mr. Nc !Clernard, ard others. A decisive vote will probably be taken on Wednesday, and Mir. Pen } nington elected Speaker;
 GREAT FIRE IN NEW YORK; large fire brok out in the New York Ledger Ofice early 1 "'oAhAAs' It 10 the amount of ,e00-insured for 10000, About 8O,00O papers of this week issue and the whole of the paper for next weeks issue, together with the prnting-presses, were destroyed. The build ing, (48 Ann Street., was also occupied by Messrs. Wynkoop, Hallenbeck & Thomas steam job printers-estimated loss $SO.OOO insured for $Gl ,0O0. The N. Y. Mercurv was also printed in this building-loss S5,Ooo-insured for l,0OO. Several other papers and period calls, including Me'ry's Museum and CHiydre,s,s $ Cabinet, the forms of which were also partially destroyed; but they will be issued as usual this week, or with but little delay. The adjoining buildings were also somewhat damaged. and il appears, would have been much more SO. had ii not been for the steam fre-engines, which kept playing on the fire for twentyfour hours, and which have now become necessary, though not peculiar institution in New York. The cause of the fire is unknown.
 On the same day a large ship was burned at Pier North River
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