Litchfield enquirer., 1864-04-14

I AK EXCITING SCENE IN THz HoUsE.-The Springfield Republican has the following "special' on the extraordinary scene in the House on Saturday: The House has not this session presented 80 exciting a scene as on Saturday. MT. Long of Ohio delivered his speech Friday to twenty or thirty members and about as many specta- tors in the gallery, and great feeling both in and out of the House was called out by his reasonable utterances before Saturdays ses- sion. Ohio democrats and others were heard loudly lamenting the utterance of such senti- ments as most injurious to the party. The ill., stant Speaker Colfax's resolution had been read, Sunset Cox jumped to his feet and Mr Colfax offered to give away if he had sniliar resolution to present. Whatever purpose he might have had then, his subsequent speech was Q skilful attempt to shield his party from the effect of MT. Longs words. He claimed that the cardinal principle of democracy was the restoration of the Union, come peace or come war, and that the policy of conciiation of the rebels was means to that end. His ef- fort to confound the right of revolution with the right of secession was thoroughly exposed by Mir. Garfield of Ohio, who charged upon Long that he had endeavored to give aid and comfort to the enemy in what is now the most helpful way. Mr. Harris of Maryland, after endorsing MT. Long and welcoming him as Il brother, made speech which Richmond would have applauded. Members from all sides of the House crowded around him, and the corner of the floor at the right of the speakers desk looked like street gathering around bald headed itnerant lecturer or peddlar. The crazy audacity of the member from Maryland at first provoked laughter, but that was soon swallow ed up in wrath. which was no longerto be con- trolled after his invocation to God to prevent the subjugation of the South. The forms of calling to order, taking down his words at the clerks desk and preventing him from proceed ing with his speech, were gone through with amidst great hubbub, varied by personal alter cations and cries of "order" us this or that member vainly endeavored to thrust in word The democrats voted in solid phalanx against Mr. Harris's expulsion. English of Ct, Sweat of Me-, and Odell of N. Y. among them. Mr. Baily of Pa. cast the sole democratic vote fol f the expulsion.
 The following members of the opposition voted for MT. Schenck's resolution of censure upon MT. Harris Bailey of Pa., Cox of Ohio , English of Ct.. Gansen of N: r, Harrington Indiana, Kernan of N. Y, Middleton of N. J.. Oucll Ol IN. OtoStC VI 4Ns Oss StCOlO OA 4NCn York, aud Winfield of New York. Those who voted against the eensure were as follows :- ,FJ. c. Allen of Illinois, Ancona of Pa., Bliss Of Ohio, Chandler of New York, Denson of Pa., Edson and Morrison of Illinois, E. dridge of Wisconsin. Law of Indiana, Le Blond of Ohio Miller and Randall of Pa., Pendeton of Ohio Pruyn and F. Wood of New York, Ross of Illinois, Strouse of Pennsylvania, c. A. White of Ohio. MT. Sweat of Maine did not vote On this question. It is noticeable that not bor der state member voted against censuring Mir. Harris, while many of them, including Mir Thomas of Maryland, voted both for expulsion and censure.
 The Winthrop House and Masonic Hall, cor | psr of Fremont and Boy lston streets, Boston, were destroyed by fire early Wednesday morn ing. As the fire broke out in the fifth story the 200 lodgers escaped unharmed, but every thing in the building was total loss. The building was owned by the Grand Masonic Lodge of the State, and the Free Masons' Hall in the upper story was the finest Masonic Hall ia this country. It was occupied by no less than Is lodges, each of which had much valuable property in the hall, not D dollars worth ot which was saved. Among the valuables de- stroyed were original portraits of Washington. Gen Warren, Price, the first grand master Qt the State, aRd also of all the grand masters from l7S0 down; @ great number of original masonic documents bearing the signatures of eminent Masons of the previous century among them, charters and papers signed by Washington, Warren. Franklin, Paul Revere aud others the entire records of the Supreme Council of the United States and the valuable library of the Grand Lodge, embracing over which were of great value, and which it will be Eimposai aible to replace A lock of Washingto hair, with the gold urn in which it was depo. sited, were fortunately not in the building, and are therefore safe, The insurance of the Masons is $75, 1000, their loss ncalculable. The loss of J. H. Silshee, proprietor of the Win throp House, is $150,OoO, insurance S25,O0O. THE CONNECTICUT ELECTIoN.-When an i'm pudent fellow asked an 1rishman what time 1t was-knowing that he had not watch but Il potato attached to his chaiu-Paddy struck him in the eye with the potato, said cit has just struck one." It struck one in New Hamp shire several weeks ago in Connecticut yes terday it struck two; and the blows are not pleasant for the reactionaries who are struck. In Rhode Island next week it may strike three. The party which is to be dragged from one end of the Union to the other. from present appear ances, struggling, but beaten everywhere. is already pitiable spectacle, and it's prospects are like tho health of Paddy's pig, "getting no better very fast"
 Ip Connecticut the opposition did what they could; they nominated, instead of T. H. sey- mour, beaten last year. man of similar sen timents, but less notorious; they did not put forward their sentiments 50 impplsiyely as be- fore /; in short, they made s many concessions to public sentiment as they dared and yet they are beaten by over five thousand major ity; 6 defeat nearly three times as bad as that which overwhelmed them last year. In the Senate they have but three out of twenty-one members; and in the House less than a tAird. The legislature BOW electei will probably, therefore, so amend the state constitution as to permit soldiers to vote.
 Last year, when the epposition were beaten by only about 2,500, they charged the Admin istratien with sending home numbers of inva- lid soldiers to vote. We have not seen any such charges made by them this year, when the majority against them is so much heavier.
 We ought not to close our notice of the Connecticut election without reference to the fact that thls is the sixth time Governor Buckingham is re-eleeted ta the chief magis- tracy of the state. This is compliment sell dom paid to oitizcn in this country and argues the possession, by the Governor, of un- common qualities. Indeed, even his political opponents admit that he is a man of sterling
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