Litchfield enquirer., 1868-11-05
LITCHFIELD

'ii0 'iuie LOT clOSlng the polls approached. however, the Democratic countenance wis lbly heightened and when the vote witsfan- nounced, and the expected 1O0s majority had twlndled to g, Conservative dissatis- faction was the marked feature of the oc- caslon. At an early hour in the eyenine the enthusiastic of both parties assembled the one at tho United States; the other at the headquarters of the Boys in Blue, next door. First came telegrams announcing gains of g iii Winsted, and 30 ill Plymouth. Then came returns by pony express, C' Collins Line,' from old Go- shen; seoenty one, WHIG Then came telt grams of gains of near 200 in Waterbury. and 5 in Seymour; then a perfect shower of gains. By this time we noticed that the Republican headquarters were getting rather uproarious; while man from across the way reported the Jackson Doleful As sociation as getting dolefuller than ever. In came old Warren .foe REpUBL1cAS. q gain of 30 on last spring; then gain of seven in Bethlehem Small gains thankful " received from that misnamed locality): IHeh ColiIils o"r--, 1 ,, - Vice President of the J. D. A. At ls.ss comes the grand news of a gain of near 600 in New Haven and Mot Ne sitote ,ros qiren up by Me Democracy At this point Repub- lican enthusiasm was too much for that little shanty to hold. They got out the drumlners, lighted the torches and took q turn around the park, cheering and marching alternately, altogether the con tentedest crowd we have ever seen. I-Hereabouts, cheering returns be- gin to come in from other parts of the Union. The crowd came back and listened Then the enthusiasm took a musical form, ''.Ral- ly ronnd the Flag and "Old John Brown could sing themselves; but that good old tune "God Save the King or America" as Americans call it, suffered the torments of tue ..amned. Then ! came speeches, more good returns, and Collins brought in more Democratic pris- oners, When we retired at half past one, the situation was this:-Half dozen were still at the Telegraph office; the Democrat
 ic gathering had. dispersed one gentle
 man was explaining to another the mani fest advantages of the Shepaug Valley rail-
 road, just in front of Mir. Phelp's; while
 at the Re Republican headquarters the ire presslble representative from Goshen was
 waving the flag of Our Union in front of a
 prisoner of War whs was addressing a lim- lted audience from a chair, the Vice Pres
 ldent of the J. D. A. lying back on the so-
 Ia and on his parole of honor, suggesting word or sentence whenever the tor
 rent of Democratic eloquence seemed likely to run dry.
 /: Later ln the '' evening"" we understand, apalnfnl incident occurred, which shows
 how completely the "nigger has got out | of his normal "spere ""a lords it over the 1 t''superior" race even in Democrali~r;t.b- field. At about half past four, our first se- l lectman was aroused from his first feverisl
 slumber by a violent drumming, and ob-
 served a young African performing the rer- eiNe, or some other untimely music adapted ! to his instrument, on the side walk ill front
 of the Hotel. Our chief municipal officer
 requested the young nan to stop the en-
 tertainment, and kindly promised to shoot
 him if he did not stop just there. Where
 upon, the irrepressible, qngpammatioal, ir-
 reverent young Chimpanzee yelled back
 "Shute and be d-d, Gront and Colfur is
 eEsctedF'- r-rub -dnb-dpb, r-r-rub-a-dub- dub. Our first Selectman eomprehended the situation anl retired.
 -W We notice that Mir. c. Deming of this
 place keeps up his high reputation as a base kallist Tn the match between Fridge
 port and Yale the latter won, IA to 6. Dem
 ing made clean score; five runs and no
 outs.
 The Jackson Guard paraded on Fri
 day night. The number was not as great
 aa usual and more boys in proportion. Several democratic houses were illuminat-
 ed, Capt. B;ssell was in command,g
 We learn that this gentlemen has felt
 considerably aggrieved by an alusion we
 made, a week or two since, to the fact that
 he was only engaged in garrison duty dur ing the time of his service in the army.
 Although We consider our language entire ly justified by the style of attack commenc-
 cd by the Sentinel on the Boys in Blue, we
 regret that it should have been construed
 into serious change against an officer
 whose conduct while in service, or the suf- foienoy ofwhose reasons for resigning, We never heard questioned. WASHINGTON. A meeting Ii ttfe GoraQrators of the She pang Valley Railroad and others interest ed therein, was held at the house of T. H.