PUBLIC STATUTE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF CONNECTICUT,
PASSED MAY SESSION, 1835.
An Act, in addition to an act, entitled an “Act
prescribing the number of J urymeu for each
town in the State.”
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives, in Ge-neral Assembly conven-
ed. 'l.‘liat. the !:".'-.v:i ti? ’n‘»'«.:~i.p-.-i.t, in the county of
1‘7ai:'ti.-.',-3_(:'§., .~:.'t;-zl‘. be, a"-.mi ‘ ~ -eby entitled to se-
lect six .l u~_~;:~.'~cii, zustl no ;'-rue, in the manner,
:..u:Z 4 :1‘ '..iJ":,‘ pw'«.‘p<.i;:-r~.s: ;.:rese:.r‘-:-. ‘Lin the act, regula-
I " .- (‘i"ii (E‘.‘llf.'*li§-
: Approved, June 3. 1835.
HENRY \V. EDVVARDS.
An Act to protect the wood on lands of the Pe-
quot tribe oflndians.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and Hbuse
qf Representatives in General Assenibly conven-
ed, That every person who shall take, or draw
any wood from the land of the Pequot tribe of
Indians, in the town of Groton, in New Lon-
don County, or from the land of any Indiansbe-
longing to said tribe, without the permission of
the overseer of said tribe, shall forfeit the sum of
five dollars, for every load of wood so taken, or
drawn from said land, whether the same con-
tain more or less than halfa cord, to be recov-
ered by the overseer, or overseers of said tribe,
by an action of debt brought on this Statute, in
the name ofsuch overseer, or on this Statute, in
the name of such overseer, or overseers, for the
use and benefit of said tribe. And the team.
cart, Waggon, and other implements, that shall
be used in taking or moving said wood, shall be
used in taking or moving said wood, shall be 11-
able to be attached in said action, and held to
respond the judgement therein, in the same man-
ner as if said team, cart, Waggon, and other im-
plements were the property ofthe person, or per-
sons, guilty of a breach of this act.
CHAUNCEY F. CLEVELAND, -
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
EBENEZER STODDARD,
President of the Senate.
Approved, May 14, 1834.
HENRY \V. EDWARDS.
An Act, in addition to and alteration of an act.
entitled “au act concerning Fences and com-
mon fields.”
Sec. 1, Be it enacted by the Senate and House
gf Representatives, in General Assembly conven-
,il, That where any person shall purchase land
in a common field, the committee appointed to
take care of, and manage such field, shall have
power to set out to such purchaser, his propor-
tion of the fence at the expense of the purchaser;
and he shallmaintain the same; and if any pro-
prietor in a common field dies, his heirs or de-
visers, shall maintain the fence, and the com-
mittec shall set off to each of said heirs, or devi-
sers their proportion of said fence; and they shall
be bound to maintain the same.
Sec. 2d. And be it further enacted, That so
much of the seventeenth section of the act, of
which this is an addition, and alteration, and is
inconsistent with the provisions of this act, be,
and the same is hereby repealed.
Approved May 27, 1835.
HENRY VV. EDVVARDS.
An Act in alteration of an Act, entitled “An Act,
regulating the election of Senators and Repre-
sentative for this State, in the Congress of the
United States.”
See. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and Infouse
of Representatives, in General Assembly conven-
ed, That the State be, and hereby is dcvided
into six Districts, for the choice of Reprcsciita-
tives from this State in the Congress of the U.
States, each district to be entitled to one Repre-
sentative, as follows.
District number one, to consist of the County
of Hartford.
District number two, to consist of the Counties
of New Haven and Midi)?
Diatfict neorrabcr three, 13 ,._* Hoist of the County
of New London. ‘‘
District number four, to consist of the County
of F airfield. .
District number five, to consist of the County
of Litclifield.
District number six, to consist of the Coiiuties
of \Vindham and Tolland.
Sec. 2. At the annual meeting of the Electors
of this State, in this State, in Aapril, one thou-
sand eight hundred aiid thirty-seven, biennial-
ly there after, the electors, qualified by law to
vote for Town Representatives, shall be called
upon, by the presiding officer, to bring in their
ballots for one person to be Representative from
this State in the Congress of the United States,
for the district in which the Town where such
meeting is held, is situated ; which person bal-
lotted for, shall belong to, and reside in the dis-
trict in which he shall be balloted for, as afore-
said. And each elector, present at such meet-
ing, and qualified as aforesaid, may thereupon
bring in his ballot or suffrage, for such persons
as he shall choose to be a Representative from
this State in the Congress of the United States,
for the district in which the Town where such
meeting is hold, is situate, with his name fairly
expressed either printed or in writing on a piece
of paper. The person having the highest unin-
ber ofvotes shall be declared duly elected for
such District. And the votes so given in shall
be received, counted, returned couvassed and
declared, in the mauiier now providcd by la_W
for the choice of Representives for this State, in
the United States. _
Sec. 3. \Vhen any vacancy slialfliappeii in
the representation ofthe people 0f_lb1S Slftleaffl
the Congress of the United States, in any district
aforesaid, the Governor of this State for the time
being, shall make out writs of election, under
his hand, directed to either Constable ofthe res-
pective towns in such vacant district, ordering a
choice to fill such vacancy, and cause them to
be conveyed to the Slieriffor Sheriffs in such
district, who shall proceed with the same in all
respects as is prov.idcd in the act of which this
is an alteration, ;and the proceedings in further-
encc and in consequence of such writs of elec-
tion, shall be the same as is provided in said
Act, : ‘and all the provisions of said Act, of
which this is an alteration as relate to the filling
of any vacancy -in the Congress of the United
States, shall be pursued and followed in the
event of any writsofelection as albresaid, in all
respects, except as the same may, in this Act,
be altered or limited.
Sec. 4. The presiding officer in the aforesaid
meetings ofthe electors in the respective Towns
in this State, shall make outthe cirtificatcs ofthe
votes for the Representative in Congress, as fol-
lows to wit:
“At a meeting of the electors in the Town of
legally warned and held, on
the first Monday of April, A. D. the fol-
lowing persons received the number of votes an-
nexed to their names respectively, for a repre-
sentative of the people ofthis State, in the Con-
gress of the United States, for District No-
NAMES Nuiribcr of Votes in
words at full length.
Duplicate list of Votes for a Representative in
Congress, certified by A. 15. A
Prcs2'd-mg Q[/iccr.
Sec. 5. The presiding olliccr, in making out
said certified list, shall insert the number ofvotes
in words at ftill length.
Sec. 6. The subscription on each of .‘ZI1t,Zll cei-
tilicutcs to be returned to the Secretary of this
State, shall be as follows, to wit:
‘To the Secretary of this State.
Vows of the Electors of the Town of _
fora representative in Cougrccs, lbr district N0-
takcu and scaled up by
P‘/'esizling Q]/t'r:c'r."
Sec. 7. So much of the Act entitled “An Act.
regulating the election 0fScn:itor.s and li(_>prcscii-
taiivcs for this State, in the (Jougrcss ol the U.
States," or'of.'iny other act as is contrary to, or
inconsistent with this Act, he, and the sflmf: I5
hereby rcpczilcd. _ _
Approved June 5th, 15:33:). V _ h
. l[l<lNl{ Y W’. F.D\VA RD?‘-.~..
RESOLUTION. i
At a General Assembly of the Sta'e of Connecti-2
cut, holden at Har/jbrd, in said State, on the
first llfctlnesclay oflllay, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty
jive,
Resolved, By the House of Representatives,
that the following be proposed as an amendment
of the Constitution of this State, which, when
approved and adopted in the manner provided
by said Constitution, shall, to all intents and
purposes become a part thereof, viz :
A Comptroller of the public accounts shall be
annually chosen by the Electors at their meet-
ing in April, and in the same manner as the
Treasurer and Secretary are chosen, and the
votes for comptroller snall be returned to, and
counted, canvassed, and declared by the Treas-
urer and Secretary.
Resolved, that the foregoing proposed amend-
ment to the Constitution of this State be, and
the same is hereby continued to the next session
ofthe General Assembly to be holdcii at New
Haven on the first \Vednesday of May, 1836,
and that the said proposed amendment be pub-
lislied_witl1 the Laws passed at the pressent ses-
sion. '
STILLMAN K VVIGHTMAN,
XVILLIAM P BURRALL.
An Act in addition to “au Act concerning Lands.”
' Be it enacted by the Senate and House o_/'Rep-
rcsentativcs in General Assembly convened, That
the Commissioner of the School Fund, by vir-
tue of his office, shall be, and he is hereby au-
thorized at any place whatever, to take the ac-
knowledgement of any Deed, Mortgage, or
Leaseof Real Estate situated in this State.
CHAUNCEY F. CLEVELAND.
Speaker ofthe House of_Rcpresentatives.
EBENEZER STODDARD,
President of the Senate.
Approved, June 3d. 1835.
HENRY \V. EDWARDS.
E Clerks.
An Act in alteration ofan act, entitled an act for
constituting and regulating Courts: and for
appointing the times, and places for hold the
same.
Be it enacted by the Senate and I-Iouse ofRep-
rcsentat~z'.t~es in General Assembly convened, That
the towon ofCanterbury be, and the same is
hereby constituted a Probate District; by the
name of the district of Canterbury. Provided,
that all matters and business relative to the of-
fice of Court of Probate begun, or entered in the
Court ofProbatc for the district of Plainfi9ld,shall
be completed and finished in the same manner
as though this act had not been passed.
CHAUNCEY F. CLEVELAND.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
EBENEZER STODDARD,
President of the‘Senate.
Approved, May 27, 1835. V
HENRY XV. EDWARDS.
An Act ceding to the United States the jurisdic-
tion over a certain lot of land therein mention-
ed.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives in General Assembly convened, That
the Governor be, and he is hereby authorized
and directed to cede to the United States, by a
deed of ccssion, under his hand, and the seal of
the State, tliejurisdiction of this State over the
following described lot of land situated in the
city of Middletown, bounded north on Court-
street, east on Main-street, south on land of the
First Ecclesiastical Society in said city,and west
on land of Allyn Southuiayd, being about sixty
two feet on said Main—streat, and eighty feet on
said Court-street; which said lot of land has
been purchased by the United States, for the
site of a Custom House and public store ; reserv-
ing to the State in said deed of ccssion, the
right of serving, and executing within the limits
of said lot, all legal proceeds both civil and crim-
inal. -
CHAUNCEY F. CLEVELAND,
Spealzorvuf the House of Representatives.
EBENEZEB STODDARD,
President of the Senate.
Approved May 27. 1835.
HENRY XV. EDVVARDS.
An Act to constitute the town of \Vestport a Pro-
bate District.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives in General Assembly convened, That
the town of \Vestport, in Fairfield county be,
and the same is hereby constituted a Probate
District of \Vestport; always provided, that all
the matters and business relative to the oflicers
ofthe Courts of Probate, that have already been
begun, or entered in either ofthe Courts of Pro-
bate, for the Districts of Fairfield, Norwalk, and
“lesion, shall be completed in the same.
CHAUNCEY F. CLEVELAND
Speaker of the House‘ of Representatives.
EBENEZE R STODDARD
President of the Senate.
Approved June 3, 1835.
HENRY \V. ED\VARDS.
An Act in addition to, and in alteration and
amendment of the charter ofthe several acts
in relation to the city of Hartford.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and Hoizse
of Representatives, in General Assembly conven-
ed, Tliat the owner, orowners. builder, or buil-
ders of any ham or stable, that shall be hereaf-
tcr erected in the city of Hartford, contrary to
the true intent, and meaning of the second sec-
tion ofan Act passed May session, A. D. 1834,
“entitled an Act, in addition to an Act entitled
an Act, to secure the cities of Hartford and New
Haven from damage by fire. by regulating the
mode of building," shall forfeit and pay to the
Treasurer of said city, for the use of said city,
fifty dollars for every such bilding so erected, and
five dollars a uioiitli, for each and every month
any such building so erected shall be coptinucld,
to be recovered b an action ofdcbt be ore tie
City Court of saidli,-ity.
Sec. 2. That the Court of Common Council
of said cit have owcr to make B -Laws, in
relation trill the cdiistruction and regulation of
sinks, and other drains, gutters. and PUbllC_S9W*
ers. Also, for the protection and preservation of
fences, walks, posts, pavements. "998. and Sl11”Ub'
ery, that are or may be in or around the State
House Yard. in said city, and to prevent the
ground in said Yard, from being bl'0liCI1 Up-
Also, relative to the time and in-anner ofchoos-
ing or appointing all ofiiccrs ofthe city. 00¢ T0‘
quircd to be chosen by ballot. Provided such
By-Laws shall be made, approved and publish-
ed in all respects, according to the twentieth sec-
tion of “An Act incorporating the cities of Hart-
ford, Ncw, Haven, New London, Norwich and
Middlétown.”
Aad provided further, That any person or
persons who may be aggrieved by any order,
made or given by virtue of such By-Laws, rel-
ative to drains, gutters, or public sewers, shall
have liberty to appeal to the County Court, for
Hartford Count , at its session ncxt succeeded
such order, ant awrittcn notice left with the
Clerk of the Jourt of Common Council at any
time, before the sesion of said County Court,
shall he surlicicut notice to said Court of Com-
iiiou Council, to appear and be-heard tlicrcin.——
And said County Court may make such order
thereon, as they shall deem just, and reasona-
hl V.
‘See. 3. That said city of Ilartford shall have
power to clioosc, or appoint wciglicrs ofproducc,
and mcrcliriiidize brought. to said city lbr sale, or
(:xportat.iuii iii the same manner that other oili-
ccrs not required lit) be chosen by ballot, are cho-
sen and zi nointct .
ClIli\UNCF.Y F. CLEAVELAND-
Spcakcr ofthe House of Rcprc.sc'iitatives
E B EN E '1 E R S’l‘OD1)ARD,
I’i'csideut ofthe Senate.
Approved, June 2, 1835.
IIENRY VV. .El)\VARDS.
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STATE OF Ct )NNECTlCUT,
.“~'r:c/‘etary'.s' (_}[/icc, June l3t//, .1835.
General Assembly, at their late Session, coin-
prisc such parts of said Report as are required
by law to be published in the several newspa-
pcrs in this State.
ROYAL R. I-IINMAN, Secretary.
The State of Connecticut, in General Account of
Receipts and E.vpendz'tures of Funds appro-
priated for the Current Expenses of the Gov-
ermnent——Dr.
For amount of payments from the Treasury,
from the 31st of March 1834, to the 1st of
April 1835, for the current expenses of Gov-
ernment, under the following heads, viz:
Account of debentures and contingent expenses
ofthe General Assembly, as per account
No. 1. 15,596 82
“ Salaries, “ 2, 9,494 27
"Contiugentexpenses of gov’t, “ 3, 5,419 96
“ Judicial expenses, “ 4, 29,008 41
“ Expenses ofsupporting State “
Paupers, “ 5, 1,800 00
“State Prison, “ 6, 3000 O0
“ Advances made to Qt. M. Gen. “7, 659 84
“Public buildings dcitistitutions, “ 8, 5,398, 00
67,707 31
For Treasui‘er’s Accounts audited—being
payments made by hiiri, viz :—
Abatements of State Tax, List of 1833,
payable 20th Eebruary, 1835, 4,504 97
Collecting fees, and travel, on do. 1,494 15
do. do. do. of 1832, ordered by Ge-
neral Assembly to be credited the
town of Kent, 878
6,307 90
74,014 2].
1835, Mar. 31—For balance cash,
(Civil List
Fund) in Treasury this day, to new act’, I7,686 05
$91,701 26
The State of Connecticut, in General Account of
Receipts and E.irpenditu1'cs of Funds appro-
pirlatetlfor the Current Ewpenes of the Gov-
e7nment——Cr.
1834, April 1—Balancc in the Treasu-
ry as per Report to the General As
seinbly of 1884, 13,443 09
By payments into the Treasury,
from 31ts March, 1834, to 1st April
‘1835, viz:
From Avails of Courts.
May 7, By cash rec’d ofJ. G. Bolles,
Clerk Sup’r Ct. Hartford county, 1 43
“S, Do. do. of Armin Bolles, do.
do. do. \Vindliam do. 69 60
“ 14, Do. do. ofJohn Fisk, Treas-
urer of do. Middlesex do. 75 83
“ 15, Do. do. of Tho’s B. Osborn,
Clerk of do. F airfield do. 58 52
Sep.29, Do do. ofJohn De Witt, do.
of do. New-London, including
amount by liiui overdrawn, 279 52
485 91
From Forfeited Bonds, Fines, rye.
April 11, By cash rec’d oflsaac Tou-
cey, Statc’s Atto. [dartford co. 53 38
“ 15, Do. do. of Leman Church, do.
Litclificld do. 120 01
May 2, Do. do. ofJoliii Fitch, do.
Tolland do. 65 94
“ 6, Do. do. ofSamue1Ingham, do.
Middlesex do. 452 74
“ 9, Do. do. ofSimeou H. Miner. ,
do. Fairfield do. 652 82
“ 10, Do. do. of Ralph I. Ingersoll,
do. New-Haven do. 127 26
“ 12, Do. do. ofJirali Isham, do. -
N ew-London do. ,»,187 79
-_-'-‘=‘—1,660 44
I-1.2 ""‘:"
" $15,538 44
Front duties on. Licences, Sale at Auction, A-c.
J tine—By cash rec’d ofsuiidry persons
forduties on licenses to Retailers,, 26 96
“ Do. do. do. for sales at Auction. 100 78
“ Do. do. do. contiuiianccs, , s 7,6, 9'1-'-203 95
Incidental Recci} _
June 17, By cash rec’d of Natliau J ,.in.
son, Qt. M. Gen. for damaged arms
sold utider resolve of Gen. Ass’ly 4000 00
1835, March 23, D0. of do. for do.
under do. of do. 332 00
1834, July 8, D0. of Nathaniel Pratt,
for note for land sold him, 80 00
1835, Jan. 8, D0. of L. Bradley,
deputy sheriff, half avails pedlar’s
goods forfeited and sold,
Feb. 3. Do. do. ofElislia Colt, Cash
ier Exchange Bank, for that part
of the bonus to the state payable in 6
‘c
67 46
mos. 1000 00
————5,579 46
By amount of the tax of two-thirds
ofl per cent on Batik and Iiisiir-
aiice Stock, owned by uon-resi-
dents, rec’d from sundry Banks
and Insurance Companies, 3,233 55
By am’t ofa one cent tax on 3,-
930,130 52, on the list of 1833, 39, 301
56 -42,535 11
Dividends on Bank Stock
1834, June 13, By dividend on
1628shares Hartford Bank stock
at 4 per ct. for June, 1834, 6,512 00
July 5, By do. 296 do. New-Haven
do. 3 1-2 per cent for July, 2,072 00
“ By do. 593 do. Middletown do.
3 1-2 per cent for July,
Sept. 3, By do. 1184 do. Phoenix
do. 3 1-2 for September,
Dec. 11, By do. 1628 do. Hartford
do. 3 for December,
1834, Jan. 17, By do. 593 do.
Middletown do. 3 for January 1835, 2,-
“033 15 19, By do. 296 do. New-
2,033 15
4,144 00
4,884 00
Haven do. 3 1-2 for January 1835 2,072
00 March 4, By do. 1184 do. Plioe
nix do. 3 1-2 for March 1835, 4’144 00
27,894 30
$91,701 26
1835, March 31—By balance, as
above, brought down,
Permanent Funds.
The Permanent Funds ofthe State, on the
first ofApril 1835, consists of Bank Stock tran-
ferablc, and not transferable, viz : of
Bank Stoc/c not transferable.
Being subsriptions to the Capital of the follow-
ing Banks, which may be withdrawn on giv-
ing six months notice.
Hartford Bank, 1484 sl1’s, at $100 ea. 148,400
$17,686 05
Phoenix “ 890 100 89,000
New-Haven “ 274 200 54,800
Middletown “ 593 100 59,300-
——-—-351,500
Bank Sim.-7; purchased and transferable.
Hartford Bank, 144 sli’s, at $5100 each, 14,400
Phoenix "‘ 29-1 IUU 29,-100
New-I-laven “ 22 200 4,400
48,200
$399,200
Public Debt.
The Public Debt of the State, remaining tin-
paid, this first ofApril, is as follows, viz :
Liqat- Unliqui-
tlatetl. dated.
Registered Debt, consisting of
State Notes, 64 45
Interest Certificates, 29
State Bills, emitted in 1780. 45 87
Iiitcrest on said notes to 1805. 15 52
State Bills cuiittcd before 1780. 1668 0-1
191 67
Unregistered Dr.-bt, consisting of
ln1lny’s Certificates, 446 66
Interest on do. to 1805, 359 56
35907 80 331668 0-1
Balance. duc sundry persons for
interest on nssiuiicd debt stock ti‘arisf’d, 86 58
.'_l)o. do. do. do. and principal on do. 161 80
It is stated that LordJoliii Russell has recent-
ly iiiarricd a bouiiciug widow. llis loi'dship's
ligurc is soiiicwliut diuiiuutivc, and the wags of
The linllowiug cxlrzicts froxu the Report. of the
Ciiiii;iti‘«illtéi' of public .-\i:t:oiiiit.s, cxliiliilcd to the
1' .’
K ' .
Loiidoii call him “the ivit/uu;’s mile.
N ORWALK GAZETTE.
TUESDAY; JULY 21. 1835.
{?’It is an unfortunate affair for Col. John-
son, the Van Buren candidate for the Vice Pre-
sidency, that his various certificate makers and
apologists, in their efforts to relieve his character
from some of the dark spots which so curiously
disfigure it, but add their evidence, involuntari-
ly we admit, to substantiate the facts with which
he stands charged by the \Vhig press. They
triumphantly adduce the social habits of Thom-
as J effcrson in mitigation of Col. J olinson’s de-
praved taste and immoral conduct. ’1‘liis, we
take it, is not helping Col. Johnson, but debas—
ing Mr. Jefferson ; for, it would prove a strange
axiom in morals, that the errors of a great man
become virtues in the character of_ a person of
less pretensions. “late this -doctrine to be ad-
mitted among the rules for regulating our social
intercourse, one man who desired anotlicr’s wife,
might possess himself of her without scruple,
and following the example of the “Greatest and
Best,” who would be his authority, send the be-
reaved husband a challenge as an ofler of satis-
faction. Our great democratic examplers seem
to have entertained singular notions respecting
the sanctity of the matrimonial life, which would
have much better suited the fer-tile kingdom of
the Japanese than the civilized republic of the
United States. Mr. Jefferson, Gen. Jackson
and Col. J olinsou present remarkable instances
ofa high contempt for the public moral sense,
in their private lives; which, it would be far
better policy, in their friends, either explicitly to
conderrin or to carefully avoid mentioning.—
They ought not, at least, undertake to defend
them, since, in so doing, they attempt to justify
conduct which, as private individuals, they
would visit with the severest reprehcnsion in the
persons of their immediate friends, relatives or
neighbors. Hence we do not see how any pre-
tended political merit can rectify this moral ob-
liquity; or how editors, having familiesinwhose
character and purity, they may be supposed to
feel the liveliest interest, can openly defend pub-
lic men, whose influence and example tend to
degrade the character and corrupt the sources of
their nuptial enjoymeuts. We think we would
prefer to give up any candidate or any party,
rather than submit to this ignomiiiious term of
vassalage. It is oflering a daily, hourly, insult
to our families, and to society at large.
Among the number of apologists who appear
in the rostrum to advocate the claims of this par-
ti-colored candidate,we are sorry to see one call-
ing liimselfa clergymau—a Reverend Thomas
Henderson—wlio, notwithstanding the sophistry
of a long, jesuitical letter, is unable wholly to
disguise the revolting facts which he so ingeni-
ously endeavors to palliate and soften. This
clerical pander, turned demagoguc and mounte-
bank on account ofliis ‘patron—eudeavors to slide
over the difiiculty respecting his black concu-
bins in the following disingenuous manner, in
which the “I know not,” may go for what it is
worth. Credat Judace, non. bg'o.
“The great matter of slander and abuse is the
circumstance of two females raised by him, the
children of a colored woman, and said to be his
--wlietlier true or false I know not—-however, be
that as it may, he.is entitled to much credit at
least for the kind and tender iuanncr in which
they have been treated in their raising. They
are the creatures of God, and had no agency in
bringing themselves into the world, and there-
fore admittiug that they are his children, he is
certainly entitled to more credit, in the sight of
heaven, to have raised them as he did, rather
than to have turned them into‘ :1 negro quarter,
or sent them to a cotton farm; and if they are
cliildreu of some other person, he is entitled to
the approbation of his own conscience, in the
sight of God, for not placing two such girls as
they are in some degraded condition, so common
in our country.”
But it is not one black paramour only, in
whose embraces our‘Hcro of the Thames has
reposcd after the fatigucs of his political cam-
paigns, as will be seen by the following article
from the Baltimore Patriot.
UNr~‘o1t'rUNA'r1«:.—Itis stated in the Lexington
Observer and Louisville Ad vcrliser, received by
this morning’s mail, that Col. Johnson‘s second
wife or colored paramour, Madame Partliena——
(Julia. his first wife, died two years since of
cholera) has clopetl with one of the young Iii-
dians of the Choctaw Academy of Georgetown,
Ky., carrying off with her a check of $1000, and
cash in the amount of $300, which she took out
of her titled liusband’s drawer, of which she had
the keys. The Colonel sent his overseer after
them ; but it was too late—tliey had got off clear.
The Colonel is in great tribulation.—Balttmore
Pat.
The Colonel may easily console himself with
another. Like Cato, of Utica, he may take a
third to cure him of his grief for his second.—-
Tlic customs of Rome and of the “old Roman”
are a sufficient sanction.
The following assertion of the Utica—not the
Utica above referred to-—Observer, a Jackson pa-
per, and the comment of the Lexington Report-
er, give soirie additional particulars respecting
the domestic relations 8l]L‘l,aI‘l'£1ngemenls of our
excellent ainalgamist. That “Col, Johnson nev-
er was married,” may be a strong rccomiiien-
dation to some people—but we trust few such
people live in this “land of steady habits.”
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Col. J olinsou never was married. He is now
what he ever has been-—a bachelor. The sto-
ries that have been so freely circulated about his
domestic relations are sheer fabrications.—Utica
(N. Y.) Observer.
Legally, we admit Colonel Johnson never
was inarrieil ; but he was as legally inarried as
either of the degraded creatures that live with
his daughters, and they are considered and ac-
knowledged by Col. Johnson to be man and wzje;
for he has deeded to each oftlicm a tract of Land
and makes it i'cad—to Daniel Pence and lino-
gcnc Ponce, his zc2_'/'e—to Tlios. Scott and Ade-
line J. Scott, /1z'.s-um:/'c=. N'CllllCI‘ Pence nor Scott
was legally iiiarricd to Col. Jo|inson’s daugliters ;
for the laws of our State will not permit their
being so iu:irricd—but they live with them as
such, and are so treated and spoken of by Col.
Joliiisoti and tlicii neighbors. Col. Jolitisou has
as mucli right to claim the title of -tcirlou-cr, as
l’cucc or Scott would have if either of them
:‘~'ll()Ul(l lose his wife; and perhaps more so, for
wc understand that he not only lost liis_/irsl wife
by the Cliolcru two years ago, but has recently
been deprived of his second one by the base iti-
grzititudc ofan Iuiliaii, who was lat('_’ Iltlf-‘Ill
of the Cliociaw .-\_c:idcuiy.—Lcxiug,.
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Q3?" \Vc hear the oration of our clever young
friend, T. T. Merwin, Esq. delivered on the
Fourth, at Ridgcficld, every where highly spok-
en of. Having heard it read ourself, we feel
qualified to add our mite of approbation to the
popular opinion. The oration was good for rea-
sons which usually do not apply to such produc-
tions—it was good because it was original——orig-
inal in its views, scope, manageniciit and sub-
jects—because it was not merely a rhetorical ef-
fusion, but a sober, logical exposition of facts,
and of facts no less striking than true-—becausc
its expositions were deduced from experience
and possessed the force of practical truths.——
It was thoroughly New-Eiigland in character,
and dwelt with the happiest vein of observation.
upon the enlightened enterprise of the sons of
Connecticut, whose activity and success in life
were attributable to the effects of our excellent
system of common school education. In no iii-
stance have we heard so clear and able a des-
cription of the characters of our revolutionary
fathers, whose noble and niagnaniuiotis deeds
were instigated by that enlightened patriotism
and uncloudcd spirit of philanthropy, which are
now, alas, fast merging in a lustfor ollice and in
minds embittered by the strife of parties, and de-
based by a system of vassalage iuorc odious than
that of our colonial condition.
{l?During the past few days of hot weather,
we have been looking about for soiucI.liing to
drink, which might not be amenable to soiue
physical or moral objection. Spirituous tiiic-
turcs are forbidden by the temperance society.
Ptirc water may induce cholera; leuioiiade acid-
ity in the stomach; tea and coffee allbct the
nerves ; wine is too dear, and eausacrce is a vil-
lainous French nonentity. Let us go, said we,
to W'eed 66 Butler, who have just been setting
up a fountaiu—wlicre one may subdue his fever-
ish anxicty in a cooling glass of sparkling soda
water, and ventilate his stomach with a few cu-
bic inches of fixt air, without danger to his inor-
als or offence to the ofliccrs of the Fairficld
County Temperance Society. Notliiug could
be more gratifying--nothing more agrccablc'---
Tliero stands Mr. \Vecd behind his little marble
pyramid, “cool as a cucumber.” IIc applies his
hand to a little screw---out spouts the gurgling,
sparkling, foaming soda from aslendcr silver
pipe, into the glass tumbler. You take a deep
inspiration---place the cool receptacle to your
lips--—half suffocate yoiirselfin the endeavour to
swallow it at one draught---and then pay for it,
if you are able ; or go on tick.
0:? The foreign intelligence brought by re-
Tlicin-
demnity bill was still under cliscussioii in the
Chamber of Peers; and it was thought quite
certain that it would pass that body in the same
form, with the amcudmciit of Gen. Vclazc, in
cent arrivals is without much interest.
which it was received from the Deputies.
The Quadruple Alliance—England, France,
Portugal and Spain—would act upon the stipu-
lations of its compact in relation to ollensivc and
defensive operations in favor ofthe existing gov-
ernment ot the latter kingdom.
Don Miguel is said to have left Italy for I101-
land, clandestinely,2 of course. The interests
and views ofthe three great despotic powers of
the North are well understood at this court ; and
but little ingenuity would be required to lightlup
a general European war, upon the ground ofan
intervention by England, France and Portugal
in the affairs of Spain.
{E*§ \Ve have received a uunibcr of tho Nor-
wicli Aurora, probably through mistake. Auro-
ra is a pretty name, but we cannot say that the
“rosy fingered” editor is "as calm as a sum-
mer’s moriiing;” for the very first article we
drop our eyes upon contains the following pini-
geiit and bilious sentences, which are cxpicssive
ofany thing else but serenity and sunshine :
“\Ve have ever repelled this charge as a lie,
fabricated for base purposes, by the political
priesthood of imposturc. And we say that w'hig-
gery like its parent is a lt.(t7‘. \Ve fling the
charge back in its teeth, and assert that \Vliig-
gory itselfis a gross and palpable clicat.”
To this gentle cliarioteer, we would recom-
mend the lines of Tliomson,—bcginniug,
“The ineek-eyed Morn appears.”
There is nothing so unbecoming an editor as
an irasciblc temper. It renders him unfit for
argument and insensiblc to i'casoii.
It is reported that the President has appointed
Roger B. Taney to the Chief Justiccsliip of the
United States Court. Mr.’ Taney is unquestion-
ably a man of talents; but we sincerely doubt
his moral fitness. He would make, as Chief
Justice, the same pliant instrument of the Exec-
utive will, as when Sccrctary of the Treasury.
Such an appointment is to be strongly deprecat-
ed; and the Senate will not confirm it.
Mr. Taney is also a Catholic. A strong ob-
jection with inauy ; and no recommendation
with us, especially at this time, when so much
evil is to be dreaded from a connexion of Catho-
licism and Van Burcnism in politics. If the
President must appoint a party man—a necessi-
select Mr. Livingston; an abler and a better
person in every respect.
()3? A practical instance of descending from
the sublime to the ridiculous has been exhibited
“down east,” in the report that a tiger had
been seen in the woods of. Middlcboro, and
which was afterwards decided to be a hycna, but
when captured, turned out to be apeacoch .’ The
people of Middleboro, from their knowelcdge
ornitlio- and zooloogical, would make excellent
caterers for a mcnagcric. The assertion of
Hamlet that, when the wind is in a particular
quarter, some folks “cau’t tell a hawk from a
liandsziw,” is not so incredible. B, looks more
like a bull’s foot than a broomstick.
{PA new society is about to be organized in
Kentucky, auxilary to that of the Iuimediatc
Abolitionists, ofwliicli the “Hero ofthe Thanies”
is to be President. Il3_s.])lZlIl is so to reduce the
color by successive iutcriiiarriagcs among the
blacks, as to pose slave holders in the selection
ofthcir property, and thus render the negro free‘
by making him white by ti iiotural pi'occss.—
The specimens exhibited in the I*Icro’s grand
Cllll(ll’Cl1 have fired the mcuibers of t.hc society
with the most ardent hopes of success. The
sign of dcuiocrricy, iicuccfortli, will consist in a
black wife and a red pair ofbrccclics.
{[,,i'\*’l\lcssi's. Taylor A’. Gould, New York,
llu,\'L‘.})ltlill.\,‘llCtl the June and July numbers of
xi.‘
ty which is a disgrace to the country—let him-
tlic National Preacher, containing six scrinous,
on “the Nature luiportauce and Means of emi-
ucnt Holiness tlirougliont the Church,” by the
Rev. President Beecher, of Illinois Collcgc.---
From a cursory glance at their contents, we are ,
inclined to believe that these sermons will prove
ofgrcat practical usefulness. They siistaiu the
high character of Mr. Beecher for talent, clo- » I
qucncc and piety.
{fiFThc \Vhigs separate in their choice of
candidates, but it is well observed by the Ricli-
mond \Vhig, that they separate upon principle,
while their opponents, in their drill and uniform,
are united by interest. This independence of I
feeling and regard for principle is adjudged a
crime by the slaves and stipendiaries of party;
for they recognize no such sense of preference
or freedom of choice among their democracy.---
The fiat ofa Regency sauctifics both the ends
and the means, and canonizes candidates and ‘
grants indulgeuccs to voters, in every walk and
pursuit of life; until at length it has become a
standing maxim with the party press, that the
more worthless the candidate, the better his
chances for success—all qualification being vi-5
carious and no longer personal. This artifice
saves no doubt a vast amount of trouble, partic-
ularly to those politicians who, wautirig the fac-,
ulty, cannot think; or who, possessing it, think
its exercise citlicr unnecessary or iiiliibitcd.——
Thinking would lead to invcstigatiou—and iii-
vcstigation tiiiglit awaken acotisciciitioiis notion
of priuciplc— and principle might interfere with
organization, and so cause a deal of unnecessary
trouble, if not endanger the success of the can- 51--
didate ; hence the only requisite qualification is
compliance—inorc than this were aristocratic,
less were treason. The Globe and the whole.
tribe of witcrs, great and small, are laboring day
and night to hunt down and render odious to the
popular mind, all men ofttilcnt, who are not en-
gaged in the support of the Van Buren ticket,
lbr the avowed reason that they are men of tal- ,,
cut; and because talcntis a mark ofaristocracy.
For the same reason, it may soon become a
mark of aristocracy for a man to submit to ',*t'ue
rites of matrimony or to espouse a white lady for _
a wife. VVC find that, in addition to the party
press, clergyuicn are lending their names, ta- i
leiits and the influence oftheir characters, to tli_c,}
support of Col. Jolinson’s new views and prac-
tices in this matter; and we would not fcc_lIsur-
prised to hear that Mr. Van Buren liiiiiséilli will
be required to adopt a chere antic, of the stand-
ing color, before he can count with certainty up-
on the support ofthe whole democracy.
Iudccd,
ifiulcrcst require it, why should they not uiiito
in an arrangement of this kind, as well as of any_
other ?
The \Vliigs to be sure, are a little odd; they
not only want a man of talents and political
integrity; but a man of irrcproacliablc moral
habits and who has a white wife. But we doubt
that we could get Col. Jolinson’s clcrgyuicn to
interfere conscientiously in his behalf. Besides,
it is liiutcd that he is suspected of fc-dcralisui—
and this is worse than all the practical iniquity,
political, religious or social, on the face of the
earth. And then again, we have no pecuniary
interest in supporting such a man. Ten chair-
ccs to ouc._sliould he be elected, that he would
turnout all who at present fill oflicc, and put in
his bankrupt friends and foreigners. The honor
and welfare ofthe country might derive lust
and advantage from the election ofsucli a mat
but what benefit would that be to the part.y ?
{):,?~' The “old Roman” is smoking his pipe .1
the Rip Raps. Van Buren is ill of the pip 1)
New York, and proposes to recruit his appctit
at Saratoga. Mi‘. Livingston is taking :1 sic-st‘
after the fzitigucs of diplomacy and a great din
net at the City Hotel. The Secretaries are
playing at backgammon, and Amos Kendall is
catching flcas in the Post Oflicc. Col. Johnson
is "breaking in” another mulatto lady for a “par-
lor servant ;” and t\Ir. Taney is buying “indul-
gcnces,” to be used in cases of conscience, on
the Bench ofthe Supreme Court. And so the
world wags.
flfgb That blessed condition of tliccurrr2.'.r'rj: er-
ardeutly desired by the Van Buren part} 21:
State, in their opposition to 1]’].()l10[J0ll‘?~i
small bills, is fertilizing the commercial
iiancial domain ofthe democratic commo.. we
of Maine. There every inau issues its-4
bank bills, signed with his own prope" V -
and a glorious state of confusion, t1I]( f
rogucry, and equality it presents. IfL' . ».
are trash, what are these ? The yellow r_.
turned to yellow rags, and the mint is
red to. the shop of the engraver. Th «_ ;
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bcttcr than agrarianism.
3:9’ The Hartford Times, in the c~-=-..-~x
v_ery weak article on “Small Bills,” say: "'l
is reason to believe that no efforts will ‘'.;-~ g
to. evade this salutary law and defeaa ‘:.-= 4
lion.” VVhat an argument this is :*i.. ax
this “salutary law!” The people for? '
cfit it is pretended to have been p:..--. -
spare no cfforts to “defeat its operati '
quite clear that the law was made for ‘H 3
of the office-liol‘dcrs and not of the pi . :'“i.
5):? Gen. Jackson is frauking w.‘.v.
iiauie, thousands of Extra-Globes, fr r ‘
the initiated and the conversion of tli.-J‘ 3‘
the black and white ticket of his ::.::c«.
Gen. Jackson has got bravely over ‘.=;l:.~ ‘
delicacy respecting the interference ti
influence with the freedom of the elc..Ȥ<
-’,,l:§“" The whole-hog editors are sti .:i ,-
led with the word “\Vliiggery,” i-.
much like “piggcry,” an cndearet ‘in-
calling up old associations and re.'-.- -?
memory with the savory ellluvia of the
slops, and barbecues.
{£15 The project ofcuttiug a canal ac
Isthmus of Darien is again rcvivcd.
Baron dc Tliierry is reported to be tli
taker. He should unite in his person tl;
eial skill ofBai'oii Von Ilofiinan, lat’
York, and the cntcrprisc of Gregor M.
still l21lCl‘,Ci1ClqUC of Poyais. Thcsc '.
rare projectors.
(Eb The Bridgeport Farmer is its
uierry with some rcuiarks of ours resi
Prcsideiicy. If the Fai'iiiei' is plca-I”
satisfied; for next to the merit of be
yourself, is that of being the cause of
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