Litchfield enquirer., 1867-04-04
LITCHFIELD.

 evening last, the speaker made very. fun ny mistake. One of our straitest Demo- crats found it necessary to leave the room, and accidentally made little noise in do- ing so "There goes black Rapublioan' shouted MT, D. ''The wicked flee when no man pursneth." "You may be certain that was man eho rotsd t1r negro s.frage. " This gentleman's eloquence was not of the kind we admire exceedingly; he whispered us an 'twere any sucking dove' rather too frequently and unnecessarily, and dwelt on the dolngs of Hon A. H. Dawson to an ex- tent that struck us as in not very good taste.
 Senator Pattersons speech on Friday evening was fine effort. Not only is the gentleman finished scholar and original thinker but an eloquent speaker.
 The speech of Mr. Graves on Saturday evening gave great satisfaction, we under stand, to his political friends; and we sin cerely hope his position in the Legislature will be what we have ri ght to expect from man of his talents and forensic abilities.
 On Monday, election excitement seem ed to run nearly as usual; the only violent demonstration being among few foreign CTS, who got up row, without distinction of party, which seemed to afford them con siderable satisfaction, and to excite some general interest.
 On Monday night, there ware about the usual number of watchers who waited for the returns. Ol our sids, va were in- clined at first to believe Hawloy elected, but as the returns began to coms in from Midllesex and H srtford Counties, wa were obliged to give up H swley and three of the Congressm an. At the Democratic head quarters, there was, naturally enough, con- siderably more enthusiasm, little damp ened by the defeat of Logan in the 16th District. The most affectionate inseres st was manifested in the success of P. T. Barnum and the mermaid" and "woolly horse," were casually alluded to.
 On Tuesday, we understand, funeral procession was seen marching about town, headed by distinguished citizen of Tor rington, carrying the remains of some deceas- ed animile." The mourners are said to have been singularly appropriate lot to follow such "corpse.
 Services at the Episcopal Church are being kept up with great regularity; and now that the election is over, there need be no further distraction from the congenial observances of the Lenten season.
 - The adjourned meeting of the Litch. field Hotel Company will be held at the of fee of the First National Bank in this place on Saturday next, at 2 P. M.
 - Among the voters out in spite of the inclement weather of Monday, was Capt. Salmon Buel who is in his hun lredth yea, and Mir. MoseE Wheeler onlya few years his junior. They are both staunch support CTS of Hawley.
 The delay in communicating election news by telegraphis something inexplica, ble. Not a word could we hear from the western part of this county or from Fair field, till near midnight, a few scattering returns came by way of Hartford Were the matter properly arranged the returns could be sent and results telegraphed back without all the confusion which now pre- vails in matters biographical after every election. As it is, every telegraphic opera tor takes up all the time he possibly can, and interferes as much as possible with ev- cry other operator The returns of one town are telegraphed five or six times, and of other towns not at all, and more time is spent in giving hap p-hazard tumble of dis connected reports than would be sufficient, with little system, to give us full and clear returns.