PUBLIC ACTS-1833.
An ‘«,;'¢f,__;‘-elafiting to t_beBorougli of Killing worth-
Wherghl, it has been presented to this Assem-
bly, that said ‘borough, at the time for holding
their last anpunl meeting, neglected to choose
anyiotiicers of said borough. and "WU" °°“3e'
qiuence, no person is legally impowered to warn
a meetino of the freemen of said borough, agree-
able to life provisions of their by-laws—Therefore,
_Be».it~eua..-ted by the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives. in General assembly convened, That
‘Austin Olcott, of said Borough of Killingworth,
be, and he is hereby authorized and empowered
to calla meeting of tlic freemen of said borough.
in‘ be liolden for the choice of officers, at the
Academy in said borough, at such time in the
months of May or J une, A.D. 1833. as ht? W533’
direct. A notification signed by him, specifying
the object and time and place of said meeting.
and set upon the public sign-post in said borough.
at leatt five days before the.day appointed '0"
said meeting, shall be sufficient notice. 'I_‘h&l
said Austin Olcott shall preside at said meeting.
until a warden shall be chosen, and sworn. '1 he
freemen of ‘said borough. Wile” °°“Y°"°d ‘*3 3‘
foresaw’. shall have power to appoint all such
officers as they are authorized by law to appoint
at tlieirannual meeting 3 and “'9 0508". 50 _8P'
pointed shall continue in office until the expira-
tion ofthe month of September next, unless oth-
ers shall be sooner chosen and qualified in their
stead. »
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this
act shall take effect from the time of its passage.
, SAMUEL INGRAM,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
EBENEZER STODDARD,
. President of the Senate.
. Approved, May 24th, 1833.
HENRY W. EDWARDS.
An act in addition to an act entitled “an Act to
' -r-orporato a Savings Society in the city of
‘luv. 1 " _
t? ., . e - .
iitiit «mated by the .-.~e.;:.1:i and House of Rep-
S ,am.,_,,, in eneml assembly convened, Thiit
iiieiiiiocsety iforgavings is the city .01. _H,&jff°{f»
be, and hereby is aulhor.zod to hold real i... .:_-
otber than that which may be conveyed to said
wdely (0,. sac“,-ity, or in payment of debts,
not exceeding in cost seven thousand dollars.
Approved, June 4th, 1833.
Ari act requiring a return of the Capital Stock
and money belonging to certain Incorporations.
sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senattlajpnd House
" ‘ ._-g ‘-1 neneral assein _v conven-
'eli)liift!eti)it:iidshiei.s Sr all banks, and tli_0i_.s_<=c-
retaries or clerks of all insurance and turnpike
companies, shall, anntially, on the first day of
October, or within ten days thereafter. make 0!"
on oath, and deliver to the Comptroller of public
accounts a true statement of the whole amount
of capitol stock of their respective institutions,
and how much thereof belonged, on said first
day of October, to resident, and how much to
non-resident stockholders. _
' Sec. 2. And the secretaries, treasurers or
clerks of all banks for savings, shall make and
return to the Comptroller of public accounffly 0
true statement of all the monies belonging to
their respective institutions, in the same time, as
is prescribed in the preceding do foregoing section.
See. 3. And if any such cashier, secretary,
clerk or treasurer shall neglect or refuse to com-
ply with the requirements of this act, he shall fo_r-
feit one hundred dollars to the Treasurer of this
State, recoverable by the Treasurer in an action
of debt. Approved J une 5th, 1833. -
An act in addition to an act entitled “An act re-
listing to incorporated Banks."
i Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re-
presentatives in General Assembly convened,
That the several incorporated banks in this State,
in whice the shares of stock, as prescribed in the
charter, exceed one hundred dollars each, may,
at any regular meeting of the stockholders, di-
vide__the same into shares of one hundred dollars
"each." Approved, J ane 4th, 1833.
Anact relating to the Eagle Batik.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives in General Assembly conven-
ed, That the act entitled "An act in addition to
an act, to incorporate the Eagle Bank," passed
May session, _‘l 826, and the act entitled "An'act
conceriiirrg the Eagle _B:ink,"_ passed May, 1832.
_and all the provisions thereof, be, and ‘the same
is hereby revived and re-enacted, and shall be
and continue in force during the pleasure of the
General Assembly; and the committee last ap-
pointed, under and by virtue of said acts, are also
continued in office, without re-election, until the
rising of the General Assembly in May next.
and the said committee and the agents by them
from time to time appointed, shall have the same
powors, and all acts or things done or commen-
c8d.,ia pursuance of the powers therein given,
shall_have the same efi'ect, and may lie proceed-
ed with in the same manner as though said first
mentioned act had when first passed, been so in.
fended : and said agents shall report annually to
the GoneraliAssembly. on or before the tenth
day of the session, of their proceedings, the
state of the funds, and other concerns of the
said Eagle Bank. '
§ar;,__2. All such estate, whether real, person-
or "fixed, :9-n9w_ is or may hereafter be owned
heldorpossesscd by the Eagle Bank. the com-
mittee or agents thereof. 0'' 3")’ “ll” Pel’-9°" 0'
persons for and in’ behalf _of the Perle Bank.
said committee or agents, which pi'J,'.‘f_"’-" 59
situated in the state of Connecticut, -iiiall'be,
flfld "10 Slme is exempted from all attachmentsdr.
executions, until the rising of the General As.
ilcmbly _in May _naxt. Provided nevertheless,
That lllll out shall not be construed in such a
_, v ‘ ,“"'-act or vary any attachment al.
manner as W “"5" --"""‘ "i"' ' ' . .
mad’, made, or‘sxc(‘....t.. ....eaoy‘levied, previ-
ous to the fifth da of J|_l_|1_t‘, i339, nor rohibit
the lE‘vy‘oFan}'i execution which hereto ore has.
bocn, or hereafter may be granted upon judg-
ment rendered upon any writ or process, eerv_od
before the 5th day of J uric. 1829. and by Vil-
tue of which writ estate shall have been attached
and where the lien created by such attachments,
shall exist at the time of levy.
-Approved, J one 4th. "333-
An actin addition to an act to incorporate the
- Norwich-Bank.’ »
‘no gt-enacted by the Senate and House of Re-
presentatives, in General Assembly convened.
That the Norwich Bank shall, at all times, be
open to subscriptions at the rate of one hundred
dollars for each share, from the school fund 0"
this State; but such shares shall not be trans-
ferable; and the monies so siibscribed, may be
withdrawn on giving six months notice to the
cashier of said bank. Provided, that the Share!
subscribed by the State shall not exceed one;
‘ fifth part of the number held by the other stock-T
holders. Approved. June 4th, 1833.
-Iol-lu——-
An act in alteration of an act entitled “An act
to incorporate the'Windham Bank."
See. I. Bait enacted E3 the Senate and House
of Representatives. in enei-al Assembly con-
vened, That hereafter the annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Windliam Bank, be held on
the second Wednesday of September in each
‘year, instead of first day of January in each
year; andtliat the terms of ofiica cf.-the present.
directors‘ of said bank, and the terms of office'of
the preiidblit and cashier of sit_'id- bank, now in
‘oflicq, oxp"lf'¢‘ upon the election of the new board
of dir'éctor's,"oii the second VVediiesda_‘v of Sep-
(gmhey nex-1.; any thing in the said act to the con-
‘ Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That whoIieV¢|’
the Stockholders ofaiiid Windham Bank, shll
have paid in fifty thousand dollars of the caP'“1
stock of said bank, in manner provided 5!’ '-h_°
act aforesaid. the directors of said bank, at their
discretion. may suspend the farther payment of
said capital stock; and whenever said board 0
directors shall deem proper, they may 0"!" W!’-
ther instalipentsdof said tcapijfigrggqfit 1:; ":3 nl;‘v:‘:
b ivirig t iirty ays no ic . _
pgpgr printed in the county of Windham and
theygupon said further payments shall be made.
in the so me restrictions as_ are provided in and by
me act of which this act is in alteration.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted,,Tliat so much
of the act entitled “an Act to incorporate the
Windham Bank" as may be inconsistent with the
provisions of this act, be and the same is repealed.
Approved, May 24th, 1833.
An act to incorporate the Merchants's Batik.
§l. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives, in general assembly convened.
That the Stockliolders of the Merchant's Bank,
their successors and assigns, shall be and remain
a body corporate and politic, by the name of tlie
Merchant’e Bank, to be located and established
in the city of Norwich, in the county of New
London; and by that name shall be capable in
law to purchase and hold all kinds of property.
real and personal, and the same to use, sell, and
convey at pleasure; to sue and be sued in all
courts whatever; to have and use a cominon.seal.
such as they may devise, and to make and carry
into effect, all such by-laws and regulations as
may be deemed expedient for the proper manage-
ment of the affairs of the Corporation,not repug-
nant to their Charter, the Laws of the State, or
of 'the United States; and generally to do, and
cause to be executed, all such acts and things as
to them may appertain, subject to the provisions
herein contained.
l2. The Capital Stock of the Bank shall cori-
sist of three thousand shares, of one hundred dol-
lars each, with the privilege of increasing itlo
five thousand shares of one hundred dollars each
:-'.'hi€.-ii shall be lransferrable according to such
rules as they may establish by the Directors;
and if the stockholders of said bank shall at any
time determine to increase said stock, the Di-
rectors shall apply to the Governor of the State.
_ who shall appoint five Commissioners, for the
distribution of the Stock so to be added, under
the same regulations as is prescribed for the dis-
tribution of the original Stock.
i 3d. That subscriptions to the Capital Stock
of said Bank, shall be opened on or before the
first Monday in September next, at the city of
Norwich, aforesaid. under the stiperintendancc of
Andrew T. Judson, Alexander Stewart, Elisha
Haley, James L. Ripley, and Joshua L_‘l_lomme-
dieu, esqrs., Commissioners hereby appointed for
that pur oie; and at such other times and pla-
ces as t ey may think proper, and of which they
shall give at least fifteen days notice, in a news-
paper printed in the city of Norwich, aforesaid,
and such other notice as they may think proper.
Said commissioners shall call the hrst meeting of
the Stockholders for choosing Directors, who
shall continue in oflicc until the first Monday in
September, A. D. IRS4, at which time there shall
be a new election of Directors to continue in of-
fine one year from that time, and the annual
meeting of the stockholders, for the choice of Di-
rectors, shall be forever thereafter holden on the
first Monday of September in each year. There
shall be paid to the Commissioners at the time
of subscribing, the sum of ten dollars on each
‘share, and ten dollars every ninety days tliereaf.
ter, until fifty dollars on each share shall have
been paid, and ten dollars on each share at the
end of every six months thereafter, tiiitil eighty
dollars shall have been paid in the whole on each
share: and the residue of said Capital-Stock shall
be paid in such manner and at such, time, as the
Directors shall determine. And till the pay-
ments of said Capital Stock shall be made in gold
and silver coin, or in such bills of the Banks in
Connecticut, Rliode Island, Massachusetts or
-New York, as are current, and in the judgment
of the said Commissioners equal to gold and sil-
ver coin, or in bills of the Bank of the United
States. If llio subscription shall notexcecd three
thousand shares, the commissioners shall reduce
the number of shares to three thousand, for which
purpose it shall be their duty, to make all necessa-
inquiry and apportion the shares in such manner
as to them may appearp:-oper, having regard to
the interest of the Bank and the accommodation
of the public: but no one person or copartnersliip,
shall have allowed to him, or hold more than
eighty shares in the‘Stock of said Bank ; provi.
ded, however, that if the capital should be in.
creased beyond the _sum of 300,000 dollars.
aa_ia herein at_ithorized._tlie commissioners ap-
pointed to receive subscription to such addition.
al stock,_are not hereby precluded from allowing
to the original or existing stockholders in said
gank s_uc_h part of said _additionaI Stock as said
oommissioiicra shall think proper, so um one
number of shares allowed to or boldeii bv only
one person or copartnership including the Origin.
al and additional shares do not exceed together
one hundred and thirty. In case of failure to pay
the first instalment. the subscription shall be void
And in case of failure to pay the second instal:
merit, the first shall be forfeited to the banl.-._
And in case of failure of paying any wb5eq,,em.
instalment the party failing shall loose the hem;-.
fit of any dividends accrueing during the time
said payment shall have been delaved.
_° 4th- For_the well ordering of the affairs of
“Ed ¢°"P°|’Ml0n, there shall not be less tluiii nine
Directors, chosen annually bythe stocklioltlers at
a gciieral-meeting. The Directors at their first
meeting 309!‘ each election, shall choose one of
their: number for President. Whenever tit: Giiice
of Director or Presidail‘: Shiiii °oet‘:Ct!'!‘.= vacant by
"‘-‘_8'8‘fl8¢i0n or otherwise, the same may be sup’-
”i‘°‘.l_""' h fiéw choice for the remainder of the
year; imd all elections of President and Direct-
0,, man be by,ba|lut._ _ _ .
9 5,h_ _.; «general meeting of the Stockholders
may be ¢,,u‘;.1 wlieriever thed board tof diigzcfiogs
shall think proper. mid I00 ‘W5 "'6 ‘W 5 ,3 , 9
given previous to any gene.“ mcei-‘_"t-is ‘V}°l ‘€37
stated or special, in ii newspape-' P-'”"f’d '“ 53;“
city ofNorwicli, and in such other manner as't e
Directors may order. All stocklioldters shah b0
entitled to vote at a general nice mg. in per-
son or by proxy, and one voteh shall :)‘elillll0WC‘l!I to
each share. No share or s ares s n_ entit c a
Stockholder to vote unless the same shall have
stood in his or her name, on the books of‘ the
company at least two calendar months previous
to the time of voting after the first election.
9 6th. Not less than tlireo Directors shall con-
stitute a board for the transaction of business. of
whom the president shall always be one ; but in
case of his sickness or necessary absence, the
senior Director present shall preside. No Di-
rector shall be entitled to any emolnuient for at-
tending to the duties of his office, excepting the
President, who shall receive such compensation
. as the board of directors may judge reasonable
' for his extra services beyond those of the Duoci,
ors. .
Wtlr. ‘A cashier, -find such _ollier officers and
agents as may be nel':'étsiiry for promoting the
business of. the Corporation, shall be appointed,
and their compensation shall be regulated by the
board, who may determine the suretied t_o be givz
en by any of them for the fiiitliful perforiiiiince
.of'their‘trustr. . _ . “ .
i8th. The boaid “of director! shall have the
disposal and management of the monies’, credits;
and property of the Ba‘nk5, with po”wcr't'd regu.
late the crinneriis thereof in all cases not other-
wise liei"ei‘n' —foi-ovid'ed for.» But the corporation
shall not trade in‘ any thingoxcept bi is of ex-
trtiry nutwillistaiidmg.
clinligP;'Yl_Ggol.ltll)le notes, gold and silver bullion,
or the sale of goods, stock. &v.c., pledged and for-'
l "feitedfor money lent,or in land necessarily taken
for security for debts, previously contracted; nor
shall the corporation take more than at the rate
of six percent. per annum premiuid upon its
f loans; and dividends ofsucli parts of , the profits
as the directors shall judge propel‘ mad! he made
semi-annually. The debts of . the corP°l'**tl0fl»
whether by bill, bond, or note, shall not at any
time exceed fifty per cent, over and above the
capital actually paid in, and the amount of the
monies deposited in the Batik for safe-keeping.
69th. The bills or notes of the Corporation
signed by the president and countersigued by the
Cashier or Treasurer thereof, promising the pay-
ment of money to any person, or order, or -to
bearer, shall be" obligatory upon the corporation
according to the tenor thereof, and shall be
assignable according to the ‘custom of mer-
chants and the laws relating to the inland
hills of exchange ; and iillnegotiable notes may
be endorsed to the Bank in the same manner and
on the same principles as to individuals, and the
Bank may sue thereon for the recovery of the
money. _
ll l0tli. Be it further enacted, That in addition
to the subscription herciii before authorized. {he
said ‘Bank shall at all times be open for subscrip-
tion, at the rate of one hundred dollars each share
from the fund of this state, the School Fund or
from the funds of any College, Ecclesiastical So-
ciety, School or Corporation for charitable pur-
That the shares an subscribed shall not be trans-
ferable, but may at any time be withdrawn on
six inonts notice to the Directors ; And also, pro-
vided, That the shares so subscribed shall never
exceed twenty per cent of those sudscribed by
'indi'viiluals.
ll lth. Said Bank after the organization there.-
of shall expend such sum or sums not exceeding
thirty thousand dollars in thewhole, as shall be
necessary to effect the object in clearing and
deepening the channel of the river Thames and
improving the navigation thereof; which sum
or sums shall be expended and applied under
the superintondance and direction ofthree coin-
missioners, who shall have no interest, in the
said Batik, or a major part thereof, appointed
for that purpose. And in case said corpora-
tion shall neglect so to expend and apply any
such stim or sums not exceeding thirty iliotisand
dollars in the whole, w.tliin the time or times.
and in the manner limited and directed by said
commissioners, or a major part of them, notice
of the requisition in writing at the time of ma-
king such requisition being given by said coin-
niissioiiers or a major part of them to any three
oftlie directors, or 'to the President, and ane
two of the directors of said Bank, the bankiny
privileges hereby granted to said corporation
shall tliencefortli cease and he at an entl.—And
Albert Smith, Henry B. ‘Norton. and John P-
Huntington, are hereby appointed Commission-
era for the purposes aforesaid. And _ in case of
vacancy in the number of commissioners, the
some may be filled by the County Court for the
County of New-London ; and all and every one
of the commissioners in whatever way appoint-
ed shall be liable to be removed at die pleasure
oftlie General Assembly.
tl‘Zth. In case ofthe failure of said Bank, the
holders of the bills or notes of said Batik or
Corporation of the denomination of one litindred
dollars and under, shall have a lien on all the
estate of said Bank or Corporation, both real
and personal, in possession, remainder and re-
version. on all debts due to said Bank, and tho
sureties for the same, and on all claims in favor
of said Batik of every nature whatsoever, and on
all monies and property of every description in
the custody and psssession of said Bank, at the
failure thereof. and that every conveyance as-
signments or transfer of any of the property and
estate herein before specified, made in expecta-
tion of the insolvency of said Batik or corpora-
tion, or with a view to the same, shall be void.
il3th. lftlie debts of said Corporation shall
exceed fifty per cent over and beyond the total
amount ofilie Capital Stock of said Bank.‘ for
safe keeping, at the of the failure thereof, then
the President, Directors, and Cashier of said
bank or Corporation shall be liable asjoint and
several debtors to pay the notes and bills of said
Bank or Corporation of the denomination of
one hundred dollars and under.
ll 14th. In case the Capital Stock of said Bank
shall be increased to any number of shares ex-
ceeding three thousand said Bank shall expend
ten per cent of such increased Capital in clear-
ing and deepening said river, in the manner and
under the regulatioris aforesaid. Provided fur-
ther. That the President, Directors and compa-
ny of said Bank,sliiill on or before the first Mon-
day of January in each year, cause to be regis-
tered in the book kept for that purpose in the
office of the Town Clerk of the said Town of
N ortvicli, a certificate subscribed and sworn to
by the cashier of said Bink, containing the a-
rrioiint of Capital Stock paid in, deposit
with the said clerk a like statement of the a-
mount of the same. And said Capital Stock
thus paid in and certified, shall not be with-
driiwn in whole or in part at any siihsequeni
period, without the consent of the General Aa-
setnbly, and if the whole or any part of the Cap.
ital Stock thus paid in and certified shall be
withdrawn wtihout such consent, the President,
Casheire, Directors and sf.OCl(IlnlileriI consenting
thereto,’ irna citiising tliesame to‘ be done, shall,
and they hereby are made liable otit of their own
estate, as for any other debt, jointly &. severally
for the full payment of all the debts ofsaid Bank
which cannot be collected out of the goods, or
chattles, or estateofsiiid Bank. And any mem.
her or Officer of said Bank, whether defendant
3:‘ not. bu motion filled and notice th.-rcof giv-
en iii any proper action for such debt, shall on
oath make discovery of all facts within his
knowledge regarding the alleged ivitlidrawal 01
such Capital in the same tnaiiiier as would be
ayailable in it court of equity, And the notes
ofindividiiala shall not be received in pa.yrnciit-
of any sums which may be due for subscriptioiis
for the Stock of said Bank.
f 15th. Be it jlirllier Enacted, Thar in Case
said Cominissioiit-is shall not find it necessm-y to
expend said thirty tliousandidolls, for the purpose
ofdeepciiiiig and clearing the cliaiiiiel of said
river within the the term of five years next after
tlic rising oftliis Assembly. the balance so tin-
cxpeiidetl to be asccrtaiiicd by said c0ll'lIlil‘s'SiOll-
era. when so ascertained to be by the President
and directors of said bank, paid into the Treas-
ury ofthis State. '
9 lfitli. This actor any part thereof may be
altered. amended or revoked by the General
Assembly. Approved. May 28th, 1833.
Firc.——-Tlie book bindery belonging to
Lcwis—Edwiirtls in Berlin, was entirely
destroyed by fire on Sunday last. The
fire was discovered about iiooii-—siipposed
to" have orgiiiatcd from it lighted sugar,
liziviiig been left on the bed in the cliainher
of the shop. The ineeting.liotisc'being
near cattglit fire several times, lJlIt'WtIS sa-
ved from much injiiry.. Loss about two
thousand dollars. No instirance.——-Hizrt-0
ford Rt0f€.l0a
A letter from Manchester, dated 7th ult.
Blllteolllfltq-heavyiC0ittoii Cloths had ad‘-
vtmced that week 5a7‘l-2per cent in con-
sequence of -the advance on Cotton Wool.
Woolleii gooiisaiso "are higlrin .VEi'igland
and the miitiufitcturer in genelfttli ftllly em.
ployed. , - t ‘ ‘
poses within this state: Provided, nevertheless, ,
phrase meant a building‘ with a superb mar-
ble portion.
The New Hampshire papers‘ make lotid them, was to
This, weshould think was going the en-
tire swine. ' ' ' -
complaints-of the expenses charged to the
State, incurred by the late Presidential vis-
it. The tavern-keeper at Concord charg-
ed four hundred dollars for entertaining
the President and suite (9 persons) from-
Friday afternoon till Monday morning !'
The bill including 100 Bottles Champaigne
wine at $2 per bottle! The committee of
thirteen (members of the Legislature) be-
fore mouiiting to meet the President, call-
ed at the tavern and rtiii up a bill of $20
for luncheon, &.c.; tlieu rode three miles
to Bow, and -ruii the state in debt $20 more
for wine, punch and spirits——and then charg-
ed $5 each for the horses they rode, while;
one of them actually paid 75 cents to the
owner for the use of his horse! Another
member of the Legislature presented a bill
of$80_ for the use of” tlicliorse rode by the
President for two hours through the streets
of Concord ! An attempt was made to al-
low the soldies who were ordered to Con-
cord, 50 conts a day for their servicees,
but it failed—tliese liberal legislators think-
ing it enormous that poor farmers and me-
chanics should think of charging the State
two or three dollars for a week’s interrup-
tion oftlicir business, &.c. In consequence
of some dissatisfaction with the people of
Concord, in relation to the Presidents visit,
the House of Representatives, as it punish-
iiaent, voted to remove the seat of govern-
ment to Portsmouth, but the Senate rejec-
ted the proposition.—Salom Gaz.
lVorIc or no Pa]/.—-Oiie sultry afternoon
some ten years since, in that ‘goodly month’
which comes between May and July, and
in which the congregated wisdom of New
Haiiipsliireis assembled at the Capitol to
ovcrlmwl the laws of the land, it member
who had stowed away it quantum sufl, of
the good things of this world liy the way of
eating his dinner, strcatclied himself out
upon one of the seats, mid was very quiet-
ly enjoying his siesta, when one of the
sovereign people, who had seated himself
in the gallery to overlook his servants, hap-
pened to observe the aforesaid sleeper-—and
without ceremony lie bawled out—“H:illo,
Mr.——you man t|iat’s napping it on the
bench there, the State doii’t pay you two
dollars a day for sleeping I can tell you,
so wake up—-wake up.” By the time the
above speech, which was made in no ordin-
my tone ofvoice, was concluded, the House
was in it roar, the sleeper scared half out
his wits, and the Speaker ordered the gril-
leries clearcd.—N. II. Sp-zctator.
The capital invested in manufuctories
in Lowell, Mass. is 6,150,000. The num-
ber oflarge mills in operation is 19; spin-
dles 84,000; loom.-i 3,000; female opera-
tives3,800; mule do. 1,200. More than
20,000 bales of cotton or 8,000,000 lbs. are
niiiiually um-zed. About 27,000,000 yards
of various descriptions of cotton goods are
manufactured yearly. About l50,000 lbs.
of wool are annually manufactured into
ciissiincrc.— Troy Press.
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEA RANCE.
Samuel H. Cogswell, son of the subscri-
her, started upon a peddling excursion for
Mr. Lewis Thomas, it merchaiit, residing
near New Brunswick N. J. with horse and
wagon and n considerahl quaiitity of goods
in the month of November, 1832, since
which time no information has been receiv-
ed of him by any of his friendr. A podlar
with horse ‘and wagon answering the des-
cription, wns seen in the mountains, in the
town of Beekmnn, about the first of De-
cember, 1832, since which time the horse
supposed to belong to him, has been seen
running at large in the mountains; and the
pcdlar can be traced no further. This
with other suspicious circumstances, which
for special purposes it is necessaey for the
present to withhold from the public, induc-
ed a belief that he lins been robbed and
murdered. If my son is living, and this
should meet his eye, he will immediately
give information to his distressed parents:
also, any information concerning him com-
municated to the Magistrates of the town
of Beekiniin, or George A.’ Slitifcldt, Esq.
District Attorney of Dutchess county, at
Red-Hook, will he thankfully received—
1}... -..i._;...;t lmliig now under judicial inves-
tigation. Priiiters generally will confer it
favor by giving the above an insertion.-
July 15th, I832.
TRUMAN COGSVVELL,
Roxbury, Litchfield co. Coniiecticiit.
RAISING Tire ‘T'IND.—-Tile other day, as
a butcher stood by his cart selling meat, he
saw it man stoop and pick tip something un-
der the cart. What have you got there?
risked the butcher. The follow said it looks
likc money. On examination, it proved to
lien ten dollar bill, The butcher said, I
suppose it is one I dropped when making
Cllilllge. To which the finder replied, I
think I ought to have one half, for had it
not been for me you would never have seen
it again. The butcher knowing it not to be
his hill, thought he could not do less than
comply with the fcllow’s request, he there-
fore took it five dollar bill out of his wallet
and gave him, taking the ten. Soon after,
the butclicr was purchasing some goods in ii
store, and offered the bill to the shopkeeper,
who proiiouiicetl it cotiiiterfeit. The butcher
wus somewhat surprised, and then rcliited
the maiiiier of his obtziiiiiiig the bill. He
was soon convinced, however, that the best
thing he could do would be, to fold up the
hill, place it in the back part of his wallet,
and look out for the future on similar occa-
rions.—-—Boston Transcript.
the uncertainty of language more strikeing-
ly exemplificd,tliiin iii the will of this gen-
tleman. Notwitlistandiug it is ‘drawii up
by oiic of the ‘most distingushed “Phila-=
‘ilillmlfl 13‘VY9r§.” who are‘ supposed to ex-
cel all others in disentangliiig a puzzle-, it
with the greatest care, as we understaiid, June, with 1; View go counteract the _cfi‘3cts
Seems *0 have puzzled tliewliolo fraternity. regret of that House at the prrvtrncted hos-
We had occnsioii, some time since, tono- tilities in Portugal, and at the some time
rice the difficulty which they found in find- t '
log 0|“ Wllflt Ml‘-_Gii'ard meant by building icy which he had pursued with respect to t
it college “in it plain subatnntjal mariner,” t 0
‘mid how they di,s’t§'ovei'ed,‘at last, that this ;
The next difiiculty that beset
decipher the-meaning of the
clause in this hierogylphical will which _
forbids the ‘scholars “wearing uniform."—
This they, however, most segaciousaly solv-
ed by surmising that it could mean nothing
but an injunction to dress them all alike.-
Agaiii : there was much dfficulty in guessing
what could be the meaning of Mr. Girard's
receommendation of plainiiess‘&. economy
in the whole conduct of this benefaction,
until an ' ingenious person, no doubt “a
Philadelphia lawyer,” discovered that the
worthy old gentleman meant no more than
arecommendation to erect a statue at the
c0St~-0f_tBl'l'lll0l.lSall(I dollars, to the memo-
ry ofa man who had left millions to build
and endow a charity which was to last for-
ever. No doubt Mr. Girard was apprehen-
sive of being forgotten tiiiless they erected
a statute for him !
But all tlieseobscuritics are as nothing
to one which the trustees and sixteen com-
mittees have lately encountered, in the real
boiia-fide meaning of the word orp7ian.—
After all “Pliiladelpliia lawyers” htid puz-
zlcd themselves in confounding the applica-
tion of the very common word, as usual,
made the matter considerably worse than
they found it, they at length determined to
apply to one of the “wise men of the east”
for it solution of this inexplicable word.—
The author of Dermod 1\IacMorougli was
considered the only man for an obscurity,
and accordingly this most iiiisterious, hiero-
glypliical word was handed over too liim;
Monsieur Cliainpoloii being, uiifortiiiiiitely,
dead.
The author of Dermod Maclllorough
finding the Pliiladelpliia lawyers could
make iiotliirig of the naughty word, very
judiciously determined to consult the greek
poets on the subject. Some persons think
with Pope, “at little learning is a dangerous
thing"; others with Festus, believe that too
much of it maketh it man mad. Mticli
doubtless may he said on both sides, but
we leave itto the Pliiladclpliia lawyers to
settle the point.
The author of Dermod MucMoroiigli, at
first,likc every man or ordinary common
sense, thought there was not the least diffi-
culty iii answziring the question, for it is
the province of learning and philosophy to
create doubts, as usual, increase with his
authorities, and he concludes ti most myste-
rious respoiise, worthy the oracles of Del-
phos or Dodona, by expressing great uiieer-
tainty on the following points, to wit:
Fz'rstl_i/.—-VVlictliei“a child that hits lost
only its mother, is no orphan.
Secondly/.——W'hetlicr the loss of the fa-'
ther is sufficient to constitute an orplinn.
T/iirI.'l_i/.—‘\Vlietliei' the loss of both pa-
rents is ]_'cqi‘iii"::Ci.
Four-tIil_i/.——V‘Vlietlier the loss of either
parent is necessary.
He quotes the Dictionary of Johnson;
the Greek Lexicon ; the Epistle of James;
the Orations of ZEscliiiics; and the Hip-
polytus of Euripides, andfinally concludes
that the death of either parent is sufficient
to give it child claim to Mr. Girtird’s bciie-
faction.
Now, we appeal to all men of common
sense, and common intelligence, if this is
not the most laborious trifling that can lie
conceived. Mr. Girard was it plnin,shrewtl,
clear-headed man ; who probably cared lit-
tle for Greek lexicons or Greek poets; he
wrote and spoke to the common iicceptation
of ordinary people, and he would ask, what
do such people iirirlerstand by the word or-
phan’! Nine hundred and ninety-iiiiiein ii
thousand will answer, it child without pn-
rents—fatlierless as well as niotherless.
This is the English langii:ige,nnd the Eng-_
lish meaning as now used and understood,
and where is the use of resorting to the
Greek poets and omtors, who wrote in ii
language the iiicetics of which few, we
may say none, of the most profound scho-
lars have ever pretended tliorouglily to un-
derstand, to solve it pretended difficulty,
which would probably never have occurred
to persons of ordinary common sense.-
N. Y. Cour. Q‘ Eng.
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FOREIGN.
From the N. Y. Observer.
-By an arrival at this port, London pa-
pers linve been received to the 7th of June.
In the British House of Commons, the
discussion of the Slave question was resu-
med on the 3d of June. Mr. O’Conuell
opened the debate with it spirited speech in
favor ofimmediate emancipation, Lord San-
derson moved as an amendment to the plan
of ministers, that :1 sum of £20,000,000 be
given, and it further sum of l0,000,000_be
loaned to the \Vest India proprietors, but no
vote. was taken on this amendment. The
first resolution of Mr. Stanley, which de-
clares it expedient to adopt measures for
the immediate and effectual abolition of
slavery in the colonies, was adopted with-
out :i. r.ii*.'isi0n.
In the British House of Lords, on the 3d
0fJiii:e, ministers were left in a minority of
twenty. The Duke of Vfclliiigtcn had
brought forward it motion for an ad-
dress’ to the King, calling on his Majesty to
enforce «'1 strict neiitrnlity in relation to Por-
tugnl, and clinrging the ministers with pur-
suing a course most injtirioiis to the country.
After.a long debate, the motion was carri-
ed, Contents 88, Non-Coritents 68 Major-
ity agniiist the ministers 20. This result
produced a strong sensation, and ministers
teiitlered their resignations, which were re-
fused by the King, who returned the Lords
the following lacinic reply : _
My Lords : I have already taken all such
measures as appeared to me to be necessary
Jllr. Gi'rard’s Will.——Surely never was for maintaining that neutrality which I had ‘
triumph in successive‘ conflicis upon‘ the
plains of New-Orleans." ' i ‘ ’ ‘ '
determined on in the contest now carrying
on in Portugal. \VM. Ri-:x.
In the House of Commons, on the‘ 6th of
of the proceedings. in, the House of Lords,
Col. Davis moved, “That it humble address
be presented to his Majesty, expressing the
361',:agninst'it,‘98—majority in favorrof the‘
motion 263. ’
There have been some popular‘distiirban- ,
ces iii the German States, but they have
been as usual suppressed by the troops.’
ITALY.—A letter from Chamberry,.da-.~
ted the 20th May, says : ‘.‘An order of .the-.—
day has been posted up at all the military‘,
stations announcing the existence of rt plot = _
for a general insurrection tliitoughout Pied-
mont, and arepublican conspiracy at Avig- A
non, Lyons and Grenoble. It'is also l"ll- '
mored that the Polish refugees WlI0'IlaV8
emigrated into Switzerland, were to sup-
port the commotion, nnd that Cliamberry
was to be the centre of II revolutionary go-
vernment, which was‘ to act simtiltaneously
on the Sardiiiian States, France, and the
French parts of Switzerland, All letters,
journals, and books are intercepted on their p.
entrance into Sardinia.
The Piedmont Gazette announces that
the differences which had arisen between‘
the government of Sardinia and the Regen-‘
cy of Tunies, have been brought to it con-‘
clusion by the energetic denioiistrations of
the ships sent by the King of Sardinia.
TURKEY.—A telegrapliic dispatch from
Toulon has announced that, the 9th of May,-
the Viceroy of Egypt sent orders to lbraliim _
Paclia to retireimmetliately, with all his
army heliind the Taurus. ‘
A letter of the l5tli of May, from Scmliu‘;
sure; that the revolt against the authority"
of the Sultan in Albania, and Bosniii lias‘
become general. The Ottoman troops have‘
been driven from all the places they 0ccii'~
pied in Bosnia, and all the Turkish func-
tionaries have been deprived of their em- ~
ployments. The Serviiins, from Vidiii to
Nissa, tiiiaiiiinously refuse to pay the taxes.
The Greeks of the districts of Verevin niid
Grcnevu are also in open rebellion against
the Grand Scignor’s government.
GERMAN Y.—'l‘lic goveriimeiits of Ger-
many seem to be thrown again into another
fit of that alarm which the tyrannical dc-
crces of the Diet last year were iiitciiilcd to
remove or quiet. Prussia has prohibited
her youth from freqiieiitinguny universities
but her own. without it special license, and
has recalled those students who liavc already
commenced their stiidies at such foreign es-
tablishments. Even it special libeiice can-
not be given to imbibe knowledge at three
of these German institutioris—Erlungeii,
Heirlelburg, and \’Vurtzburg—wliicli are ac-
tually placed under the bait of the Prussian
Gnveriiinent.
The motive assigned for this extraordina-
ry measure is the last tiimiilt at Fraiikfort,
which is described as the work of the stu-
dents from the neighboring iinivcrsities.
' ‘his being the case, ilie nutiirul reinelfy for
such an evil, or the best mode of prevent-
ing its recurrence, would have been to have-
watchcd the mncliinations of those college
conspirzitorii, and not to have occupied the
free and imperial city of Frankfort with
Austrian and Prussian troops.
The King of Bavaria, who was formerly‘
it great professor of liberal doctrines, liiis
likewise taken the illilfm, as well as his
more despotic brother of Prussia.
These are but partial disturbances, they
do not agitate the mass of tlie Germain peo-
ple, and can easily be suppressed by the
troops of the Confederation; but the feel-
ing of dissntisfactioii and the desire of
change in which tlicyoriginnte, are spread-
ing fast over the most eiilightcned ports or
Geriniiny,aiid must in time ncquirc strength
suflicicnt to impose respect on the armed
hordes of iirhitriiry sovereigns. ,
P. S. London papers to Jtiiie 1'4th are
received just as our paper is going to-press.
The only important items are the fol=.lin.tv-
iiig :—-
Tlie Marquis of Pzilincttn hail l‘€lllI'l1‘(-His
with fresh hopes. Aii advance of his troops
was coiifideutly expected.
The British ministry are carrying their
plan of Abolition of Slavery through the
House of Commons without material alter-
ations. The sum fixed upon as compensa-
tion to the planters, however, has been in-
creased from £l5,000,000 to £20,050,000.
Death of Gen. Coficc.—The \Vasliiiig-‘
Coffee, on the 7th inst iii the 62d year of his
age, at his residence near Florence, Ala.
The \’Vashiiigton Globe says: “Altlioii‘gli of
robust, Herculean person, he had not amor-
tial look. His mariners were ge-ntle——-the ex-
pression of his countenance quiet and tho’t-
f'ul—aiid his whole nir and aspect, wore the
appearance of serious, religious feeling.—
And this tone of mind, roused to enthusiasm
cliziriictcrized his soldiership. One of the
bravest men ‘that ever led.a column to the
charge, and inspiring all with his own en-'
ergy, tlic nnimatiiig motive in his own ho-:
som, was devotion to his country: He fbiight
thc first battle, that of Tullushatcliee, under
the orders of Gen. Jackson, but riot in his
presence. This was the prelude to tho glori-
ous succession of victories, which termina-
ted before New Orleans. Gen. Coffee sig-
nnlized himself by his valor and command"-‘ —
iiig powers in the hard fought battles of Tail-
lcdega, Eiiiticlifznv, Enoticliopco, and To} '
hopeka. At Einziehfaiv he was shot tlirougli
the body, and although suffering u rider this
dreadful woiiiid, when the Indians attacked '
the retiring army at E-ntichopco Creek;
Coffee rose from the litter on which he was
horiie, mounted his horse, and greatly aid-'4
ed the Commander-iii~Chief in restoring '
order and retrieving the day; -
On the summons of General Jackson
without the orders of Government, General
Coffee raised the 2000 volunteers; thatueué
abled the commander-in-chief to storm Pen-',
sacola,——drive out the British-—t'o' rescue‘
be whole southern frontier; and finally to
“He died; (Says a correspondent)‘ the‘
death of the righteous and manifested tho
I
of which lie died;-wasan afectidri‘ of the
lungs, coiitracted during his visit to thid
city last winter." ’ '
rue faith of the‘ Christian.” The "disease
Extraordinary) Birth.-'—'In Moiinttlialliclt
honking his Mnjrisly for. the juilicicioiis p‘ol- ti few days siiice,a.niondicant,eall‘o'd "Mdry' « v
he Fairy" in height 30 inches, '§_lG_ aged. ..
ho affairs of that country.” Upon taking 50 years, gave birth to a inalo child,—-T _
he ‘l“95il°“s ‘he Vote was for the motion perary Free Press. ’ _ .
to Oporto, and had inspired Don Pedro-'
toii papers announce the death of Ge.n.Joliit - -
and threw it into panic and confusion, Geiis ‘
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