Domes on THE LEGISLATURE.
Saturday, ]VI'ay 20.
Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Jackson.
Committee on Judiciary reported on petition of
Ann Hurlburt, favorable; resolution granting.
prayer of petition. adopted.
Committee on Roads and Bridges, on petitions
ofFairfield county Turnpike company; of the
Branch Turnpike company ; ofDennis Bradley
and others, severally favorable; bills in form,
granting prayer of petitioners, passed.
Committee on State Prison, on petition of Ly-
dia Alling, aconvict, for discharge, reported fa-
vorable; accepted, and resolution granting prayer
of petition; adopted.
' Mr. Hinsdale of Winchester, introduced a bill
for a public act, relative to Joint Stock Corpora-
tions, providing that voluntary associations of
individuals may have corporate powers, the_ capi-
tal stock of such companies to be not less than
fivethousand dollars ; read first time, rule sus-
pended, read second time by title, and referred to
committee on corporations other than banks.
Reinonstrance of town of Wilton against peti-
tion of \Vm. Green and others, referred to com-
mittee on Roadsjand Bridges. Ofthe Faculty
of Washington College, against any alteration
ofthe laws in relation to Theatrical Exhibitions,
read and referred to select committee on that sub-
ject. ’
‘Resolutions appointing Edward Clark. Chief‘
Judge; Chester Lyon first and ‘George Sharpe
second Associate Judges of the County Court,
and Hezekiah Lyon Sheriff} of Windham coitu-
ty ; severally adopted.
Resolutions appointing John Stewart. Chief‘
Judge, Charles Arnold first and Stephen Cone,
second Associate Judges ofthe county Court for
the county of Middlesex ; adopted.
Resolutions presented and adopted, appoint-
ing as Judge of,Probnte for Districts, viz : Of
Saybrook, Obadiah Spencer ; Killiugworilt,
David Wright ; Hadilam, Simon Shailer;
Chatham,' Philip Sage; Middletown, Still-
man K. \Vightman; East Haddam, John C.
Palmer.
Petition of Mrs. L. H. Sigourney and others.
who have associated for the establishment and
support of a school for poor colored children, for
an act of incorporation; referred to committee
on incorporations other than Banks ; of Justus
Bulkley and others ; of Joseph Noyes, jr. ; sev-
erally to committee on School Fund.
Report ofcommittee on State Prison, on peti-
tion ofGeorge \Vright, returned from Senate neg-
atived : committee of conference, Messrs. Chap-
man of Tolland and Peck of Fairficlil.
Bill relating to School Societies and Common
Schools, authorizing Districts to establish two or
more Schools; read first time, rule suspended,
bill read second time by its title, and referred to
committee on School Fund.
Bill relating to settlement of inhabitants, to
prevent obtaining ofsettleinent by being appt:int-
ed to civil office ; read first time.
Bill relating to Civil Actions, authorizing suits
against copartnerships to be brought in the co-
partnership name in certain cases; read once.
A message was received from the Governor
accompanying a communication from the Princi-
pal of the American Asylum, on the subject of
an appropriation for the support of indigent Deaf
and Dumb, which were read and referred to
select committee on that subject .
Bilfrepealing the Charters of the Stamford
Bank at Stamford; New-Haven City Bank and
Quinebaug Bank at Norwich, severally passed
two readings and were referred to committee on
Banks.
Committee on Divorces reported on petitionof
Olcott Fisher and Pollv M. Mead, favorable;
reports accepted and resolutions granting divorce,
adopted. On petition of Lucy Ann Gay, a se-
condreport repeating the denial of the petition,
with leave to withdraw ; accepted.
* Resolution, introduced by Mr Barnard, for
the appointment ofa joint committee to inquire
into thecauses ofthe increase ofJudicial expenses,
&c.; adopted, and one from a county ordered.
posed by Mr. Woodriid and Mr. Curtis of Men-
roe. On the question being taken, the motion
prevailed. .
Committee on Common Schools, reported on
petition of Thomas Clark and others, favorable :
accepted. Bill in form, granting prayer of peti-
V tion, and incorporating a new school district in
Mansfield, read and passed,
Remonstrance of upwards of 100 inhabitants
of Hamdcn against petition of Lyman Atwater
and others, referred to committee on New Towns
and Probate Districts.
Tuesday, May 23.
Prayer by Rev. Dr. Hawes.
Motion to resume the consideration of the
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ber is not entitled to a seat, and that Nath'l H.
Wildinnn was duly elected and is entitled to a
seat in this House. A debate of a desultory
character ensued, which was interrupted by an
announcement by Mr. Sterling, that the Hon.
Mr. Bulkley of the Senate was no more ; and
he would therefore move that the House do ad-
journ.
Mr. Sterling said he hail learned that the re-
mains of Mr. Bulkley would be removed from
this city to his late residence this afternoon; as
it was properthat the Senate should lead in the
arrangements ‘usually made by all deliberative
assemblies on similar occasions, and as that body
would meet at 11 o'clock. with a view to-learn
and to unite with the Hon. Senate in such ar-
answer of Directors of New Haven City Bank
to the report of the Investigating com mitkee, pre-
vailed. Motion to reconsider the vote of yester-
day ordering 1000 copies printed. Mr. Sterling
called for the yeas and nays on the qitestion of
reconsideration; ordered. An animated debate
ensued, though as not having any general in-
terest, it is not deemed necessary to give it in de-
tail. It was argued in favor ofthe motion, by
Messrs. Phelps of Simsbury, Curtis of Monroe,
\Voodrufi', I-linman, V. Stiles and \Velles, that
the vote was without a precedent, and that ifthe
remaining thirty banks in the State should come
in with a reply, their defence, ifthepreccdent is
followed, must also be printed ; that iftlie print-
ing of the defence of the City Bank is paid for
from the State Treasury, they may ask, tiliiat
their counsel fees should be paid also; that it
was inconsistentand unrcasonabiethat the House
should print and-give the public with its endorse-
tnent, a contradiction of the Report of its own
Committee ; that the reply comes from an in-
terested party; not legal testimony, yet the
[louse had voted to send it abroad as entitled to
the same credence with the deliberate opinion
formed upon investigation of gentlemen whom
the House had selected to make thisinvestigation
and give the opinion. Against the motion it was
argued by Messrs. Curtis of \Vatertown, Dona-
ghc-, Hooker, Sterling and Dixon, that the Bank
had a right to ask the sane authority and
publicity to their defence which had been given
to the opinion ofthe committee ; that the print-
ing was necessary to give the members a correct
understanding ofthe merits ofthe case; that the
publication of their own defence by the U. S.
Batik has given rise to the remark and argument
against that institution, that it had tatupered with
and subsidized the press; ‘that one at least of the
committee had acted under the bias of strong
feelings of hostility against the City Bank.-
In speaking on this point. Mr. Sterling was twice
called to order by Mr. Phelps of Simsbury, and
decided by the chairto be not in order. Mr.
Sterling in concluding, moved an addition to the
original tnotion, that upon such reconsideration
the House order 250 copies of the reply to bc
u-inted for the use of the members.
The debate was suspeudetl without taking the
question, on a call of Mr. Hinsdale, for the order
ofthe day.
The order of the day, the proposed amend-
mcntol" the Constitution limiting the tenure of
ollicc of the Judges of the Sttprcme and Supe-
rior Court, wastaken up. Mr. Boardman ofN.
Haven spoke about one hour; and Mr. Barnard
of Hartford, about forty minutes, both in opposi-
ilon to the proposed amenilmcnt, when the ques-
iion—-‘\Vill the House adopt the proposed amend-
ment ?’ was put and answered as follows:
I-Iarl/iirrl Co.— Yeas—Hart, Pratt, Palmer,
Downs, Cornwall, Pitkin, Jones, Welles, An-
drews, Case, Bushnell, VVright, J. O. Phelps,
Pettibouc, Olney, Taylor, Stanley, Sheldon,
lt‘rancis, Adams, Birge and Alford. 22. '
Nays-—Terry, Barnard, VVoolford, Dailey,
llolblns. Grant, King, Dixon, Hooker, Cowles,
llolcornb. Thompson. R. R. Phelps. 13.
New Ifrrvcn Co.— Ycizs—French, Ives, Miles,
fiandon, Ford. Redficld,VVilliains, Stiles, Hatch,
L. Sanford, Peck, Cook, Hall Pond, Hinman,
Ctilvcr. 10. '
ZV(I,‘7/-S--lJ()8f(,ll)]Elll, Donaghc, N. C. Sanford,
Sundry papers laid, before the House by the.
Comptroller, under resolution of yesterday, were
taken up and referred to same committee.
Mr. Barnard introduced a bill for a public act,
relating to Jails and Jailors; regulating the com-
pensation of Jailors, and establishing a system
of Discipline for Jails, similar to that now estab-
lished for the regulation of the State Prison :
read once, rule suspended. bill read -a second
time by title and referred to committee on Judi-
cial expenses.
The committee on New Towns and Probate
Districts made a report adverse to petition of Oli-
ver Buckingham anil others, which was accept-
ed, and leave granted to withdraw petition.
Bill constituting town of Lcdyard a Probate
District, read 2d time, and referred to committee
on New Towns and ‘Probate Districts. An ab-
stract showing the actual condition ofthe several
Banks in this state, laid on table, and 2000 copies
orderedto be printed.
llfonday, Jlfuy 22.
Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Turnbull.
The chair announced as couunittee on Judi-
cial expenses, Messrs. Phelpsol‘ Simsbury, Hin-
man, Kingsley, Stu rges, Marty, Puelps of \Vood-
bury, Robinson,and Peck of Stallbrd. '
Committee on Real Estate, reported on pelt‘-
tions of Enos Adams, Joseph \V. Cone, Amazta l
Brainard, favorable; bills in form granting prayer
of petitions, severally passed.
Committee on claims, reported on petition of
Alexander C. Smith, unfavorable ; accepted,
and leave granted to withdraw. .
Betitions of Oliver Burnham, and of James
Hanley, referred to coinmttteepn Real lustatc.
Bill introduced by Mr. Sterling for ‘repeal of
second section of the law for the prevention ofthe
spread ofthe Canada thistle, read first time.
Committee on School Fund, reported favora-
bly or: sundry petitions for allowance of School
money to certain school societies and districts
which had neglected to make rctu rns accortling to
law ; resolution granting prayer 0f[)Clll.l0l]?, read
three several times and passed.
Petitions of Cicsar Beckwiih. and Alvah H.
Buck, referred to committee on claims.
‘ Bill relating to settlement of iiil_iabitants in
"towns, prohibiting the admission of inhabitants
by vote of civil authority anil select men, or by
such persons being appointed to c.vt| office; read
second time. Mr. Boardman of New Haven.
briefly explained theintent of the bill ; postpcn-
ed to third reading.
Bill introduced by Mr. Morgan of Groton. to
repeal an act prohibiting the drawing seines in
Mystic river, read once, rule suspended, bill read
second time.
Bill autlioiizingthc liringingjifpetiittins at any
time duringthe session of the General Assembly.
read second time.
Bill authorizing the bringing of suits against
copartnerships in the copartnershtp name, read
second time. Mr. Phelps of \Voodbury spol~'.e
briefly in supportotf the bill, and at the sugges-
tion ofMr. Sterling, moved its reference to coin-
Town.-:i:nd, Crainpton, Tyler, Carrington, Tib-
bals, Kiiiiberly and Darling. 10.
Absent-—-Gould of Brandford, and Elliott of
Guilford. 2.
Nun London Co.—-Ycas—-Ilyde, E. C. Chap-
man, Lamb, Latham, Morgan, Kingsley,
Clark, Smith, Tiffany, J‘. C. Chapman. Gallup,
.151; Morgan, Vlfilliatns, P. Morgan, and Avery.
I).
Na_i/.e—llcrriclt, \Vheclcr, Taintor, Brewster,
McCall, Baldwin, Kimball, and Noyes. 8.
fif)5C’/7l—l.'illlll of North Stoniugton. 1.
I“!!!-‘I_/lCl(d Co.——Ycas—Cooley. Peck, Pome-
roy, Hawlcy, Lockwood, Hubbcll, Curtis, Pen-
licld, Eilwartls, Patchen, and L. Raymond of
\Vcstpot't. 11.
Ntrys-—Barntirn, \Vildman, Bell, Lyon, S.
Raymond, Judson, Johnson, Butler, Gregory.
Parsoits, Banks, Jones, Boughtou, Scolield, Fer-
ris, \Vhcc-ler, Scelcy anil Sturges. 18.
fif)Sc)2l—-Bflflffllll ofSltertnau. 1..
ltl/I'7I(//((11)! Co.—1;'cas--J.Ketiilall, Burnham,
Lcstcr, Bacon. Sharpe, Arnold, Nichols Stiles,
Smith, and Holmes. 10.
Nat/.s—J. Day, I. Clark, Ballou, L. Day,
Jairies, lfitclt and Marcy. S.
AI;sciit—-Kcinlall, Palmer, and Taft. 3.
Lilc/i_/lclcl Co.— Y:as—l,layes, Hosford, El-
more, Simons, Barber. Ilarrfson. Leavenworth,
Cusigii, Russell, Carter, Phelps, and Judson.
._.
\.'a
Nays—-VVoo(lrufi, Lord, Gootlwin, Sanford,
Jones, Miles, Hart, Abernctliy, Catlin, Ilopson,
VVarner, Marsh, lricllogg, \Vatsou. Case. Shep-
ard, Sterling, Everett, VVhiting, Gillnti, Britis-
made, Vail, Curtis, Hinsdnle and Drake. 25.
A/;scnl—-Hoadlcy. 1.
Jl’Iii/rtlle.sc.7: Co.-— Ycas—Savagc, Lewis. \Vat-
rous, L'l-lonimedicu, Robinson Tibbals, Tyler,
Braiuard, Palmer, Paddock, Pratt, Stevens and
\Villinnis. 13.
;‘{rz_i/s—lln_yden of Saybrook. 1.
Tollaiirl Co.-—Ycas-—Chapinau, VVarren,
\Vi|!iams, Slate, Leonard, Lillibridge and Eld-
riilgc. 7_.
.lV(l_I/S—Al)Cll, Daggctt, Huntington, VVilley,
Rollo, Clark, Jones. Converse, Peck, Moore.
Sessions and King. 12.
A/;sc7it—-Parker of llebron. 1.
Total--Yeas 106—Nays 96-Absent 9.
The Constitution requiring :1 voter>ftwo-thirds
for the adoption of an amcndtnent on its second
licnritig; the resolution was lost.
Retnonstrance of sundry inhabitants of East
Hartforil, and ofFaculty ol'Yale College, against
repeal of the law prohibiting theatrical exhibi-
tions; referred to cotnrnittec on that subject.
W'cd7icsclai/, .May 21.
Prayer by the Rev. Mr.Buslinell.
Hotise resumed the consideration of the qttes-
tion of reconsidering the vote of Monday to print
1000 copies ol'ihe reply of Directorsof City Bank
at New Haven. The debate was further con-
tinued by Messrs. S. Raymond, Bushnell, Cur-
tis ofhlonroe, and Phelps ol'Siiusbury in affirma-
tive ; Mr. Curtis of \Vatertown in the negative.
The question being taken on the amendment
miitee on Judiciary; motion prevailed.
Answer of the Directors of the City Batik at
New Haven by their agents, to the report ofthe
committee appointed to examine that institution,
with sundry accompanying documents, was pre-
sented by Mr. Donaghe. The answer was read.
Mr. Donaghc moved the printing of 2000 copies;
motion lost. Mr. Terry of Hartford moved 1000
copies, which motion was briefly supported by
Mr. Raymond of New
\Voodbury, Mr. \Ville7,
town, Mr. Carriugtori.,:t rd
Canaan, Mr. Phelps of
Mr. "jtirtis of \Vater-
Mr. Donaghe, and up-
t proposed by Mr. Sterling to the original tnotion
ll)!‘ consideration, it was negatived.
The question then recurred on the original
‘motion to rcconsizler, taken by yeas and nays
and dciziilcd: yeas 132, nays 72. Mr. Board-
man of New Haven being interested. did not
vote. The documents were then referred to
joint committee on Banks.
Committee on contested elections reported on
petition of’ Oliver Shepard and others, electors of
the town of Danhury, with resolutions declaring
that David D. Wildman, the now sitting mem-
rangements as they may adopt, he would move
that the House adjourn to meet at 12 o'clock this
day. \Vhereupon the House adjourned.
12 o'clock, M.
The House called to order.
Hon. R. S. Baldwin, from the Senate, com-
municated to the House the decease of the
Hon. Mr. Bulltley, and informed that the Sen-
ate. would meet at 3 o’clock this afternoon, to
make the necessary arrangements, for attending
his funeral. On motion, voted, That when this
House adjourn, it adjottrn meet at 3 o'clock.
The following resolutions,introduced by Mr.
\Voodruff, were unanimously adopted :
Hons}: 01-‘ Rr.1=rtr:si—;tvrA'rr_vr:s.
May Session, 1837.
VVhereas, This House have been informed of
the decease of the Honorable ICHABOI) BULK-
Lr-:Y, a member ofthe Senate ofthis State, who
died this morning at halfpast 10 o'clock :
Resolved, That the members of this House
do attend to the funeral ofthe deceased, and unite
with the Honorable Senate. in such other ar-
rangements as they may adopt for expressing
their respect for his memory on that occasion. _
Resolved, That this body do hold in high esti-
tnation the private and public character of the
deceased, and deeply sympathize with his berea-
ved family and friends, in this melancholy and
afflictive event.
Resolved, That the members ofthis House do
wear the usual badge of mourning, for the de-
ceased, during the remainder of the present ses-
sion.
Resolved, That the resolutions be entered on
the Journal of the House, and a copy of them,
signed by the Speaker and Clerks, be transmit-
ted to the family ofthe deceased. ‘
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.
Afternoon, 3 o'clock.
The House assembled according to adjourn-
meut.
A communication was received from the Son-
ate, informing ofthe arramgemcnts made by the
Senate, for the funeral of Hon. Mr. Bulkley.——
The House adopted such portion as rcqttired a
formal concurrence ; when on motion, adjourn-
ed to quarter before 8 o'clock to morrow morning.
'1 ‘hm-sday, Ilfay 25.
House-met at a quarter before 8 o'clock.
The committee appointed to make arrange-
mcnts for the obsequies of the Hon. Ichabod
Bulkley, reported their doings, with order of pro-
ccssion.
Messrs. Cnrrington and Bushnell were ap-
pointed a comtnittce to wait on the Honorable
Senate, and invite their attendance on the floor
ofthis House. _
Accordingto arrangements of the cotninittcc,
His Excellency the Governor, with his private
Secretary, the Senate with their ofliccrs, the
several State Officers. Judges. &C- flllcrldctl 011
the floor ofthe House, from whence the proces-
sion moved iu the following order:
The Shcriffand his deputies.
Messrs. Spalding, Allen, Biercc. Birgc, Hillycr.
and Pomeroy ofthe Senate
as
PALL BEARERS.
Mourners.
Chaplain.
The Governor and his Secretary.
Presiilcnt and Clerk ofthe Senate.
Meuibcrs of the Senate.
Secretary and Treasurer ofthe State.
Comptroller and Commissioner ofScliool Fund.
Judges of the U. S. and State Courts.
Senators and Representatives in Congress.
Speaker and Clerks.
Members ofthe House ofReprcseotatives.
Members ofthe Bar.
. Citizens.
The procession proceeded to the Centre Church
where the corpse had previously been removcil.
A ppropriate services were here performed by the
Rev. Dr. Hawes. The procession in the same
order then proceeded tothe line ofthe city, front
whence the remains of the deceased were con-
veyed to his late residence in Ashford, the pro-
cession returning to the State House.
The two branches ofthe Legislature assembled
in tltcir respective chambers, and on motion, ad-
journed to 9 o'clock to-tnorrow morning.
. Fri:/ay, lllay 26.
Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Daggett.
The House called ‘to order, and journal ofthe
House read.
The report of the committee on Contested
Elections on the petition of Oliver Shepard and
othcr.s; taken up as unfinished business.
A report was received frotn the tninority of
the same committee on the same petition, which
was read.
An animated debate on the question ; will the
House accept the Report of the majority ofthe
committee 7 . Messrs. Hiuman, ‘Woodruff,
\Velles, and Olney, in the affirmative; Sterling,
Hooker, Butler, and Goodwin, in the negative.
The question being taken by ycas and nays, it
was answered—yeas 116, nays 75.
So the report was accepted, accompanying re-
port, declaring that David D. Wiltltrian is not
entitled to the seat he now holds as Representa-
tive from Danbury,allirrnative, 117, negative 64;
second resolution allowing pay and mileage,
adopted; third resolution, declaring Nathaniel
H. \Vildman entitled to a seat as representative
from Danbury; adopted.
On motion of Mr. Cowles, House resumed
consideration of report ofcominittee on Divorces
on petition ofEinily F. Warner. Report adept-
ed.
Mr. Cowles offered as an amendment to the
bill in form granting her a divorce. :1 resolution
. . . ' 7
prohibiting the husband Datnel ‘dlarner, from
contracting another marriagetn tlns state within
—— years. and recognizing and punishing such
contract of marriage in the same manner as is
provided by law for punishing the crime of bign-
m .
)l\‘Ir. Curtis of Watertowr. and Mr. \Voodruff,
opposed the ainendinent. Aineudriicnt nega-
tived ; bill in form passed.
Nathaniel ll. \Vildinan, from Dzinbury, ap-
peamd, was qualified and took his seat.
Ezra Chapman; favorable; accepted. Resolu-
tion granting prayer of petition read three several
titncs and passed.
Petition of Hartford Bridge Company, refer-
red to committee to whom was referred the peti-
tion of East Hartford against Bridge company.
Reinonstrance of Samuel Richards and others
of Farmington ; and of Faculty of Wesleyan:
University, against repeal of law prohibiting
Tliezitrical exhibitions; referred to committee
on that subject. '
Report of Directors, Warden, dcc. of State
Prison, referred to comtnittec on State Prison.
Petitions of Canton School Society and of 7th
School District in Cheshire, severally for allow-
Report of committee on Claims. 0!! pclllion 0f-
u_' .-1. . . - .-A._-~ 'g..- '
anee of School money, referred to committee on
School Fund; ofHadlyme'Turnpike Company;
referred to committee on Roads and Bridges.
_ Committee on Real Estate, reported on petition
of James Spfague, favorable, accepted ; bill in
form granting prayer of petition, passed.
Resolutions appointing Denison Morgan and
George Roberts, Directors on the part ofthe state
ofthe Phoenix Bank; Timothy Vllilliams, ofthe
Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Ba-nk ; Calvin Day,
of the Hartford Bank, severally passed.
Bill for the alteration of an act for the regula-
tion of Civil Actions, read first time.
Adjourned to 2 o’clock this afternoon.
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NORWALK, WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, I837.
DANBURY REPRESENTATIVE.
The Legislature of this state have elected N. H.
Wildinanto be Representative of the town of Dan-
bury, vice D. D. Wildman, elected by the people, re-
moved.
The Hartford Patriot and Democrat, remarks on
this subject:
“The debate was not ofa general and public
interest, because the arguments on both siiles.
(the law which gave rise to them being in itself
an error, and a nullity,) were fallacious, and if
published would only lead the public mind into
a still deeper error. The reporter believes it sus-
ceptible of demonstration, and will at a'future
time and in another place, show, that a strict and
unquestionable observance of the law in all its
provisions, not only may by possibility, but by a
strong probability often will produce such a train
of circumstances, as to defeat a positive constitu-
tional requisition: or in other words, that an elec-
tion, strictly legal under this law, may. and
would in a variety of cases, be most clearly un-
constit.utional, and in some cases which can easily
be supposed, would produce very absurd results.”
From this, it would appear, that ifthe matter in
controversy had been decided according to the law
which gave rise to it. the Whig ‘Representative was
clearly entitled to his seat. But inusinucli as this
law——(which, by the way, was enacted by it “ Demo-
cratic" Lcgislature,) was an “ error and ti nttllity,
and most clearly unconstitutional"—mainly so, we
presume, because “an election under it strictly le_
gal,” led to the “very absurd result” of returning
to the House a Whig Rept'escntati_vc, it wits deemed
expedient to confess away the law'f'or the sake of se-
curing nn additional ‘Tory vote. Circumstances al
ter cases—and it makes «'1 vast (llfli’.l’6nC6 whether it
is your bull that has gored my ox, or my bull that has
gored your ox. The people of‘ Danbury wt1li.loitbt-
less. hereuftersave thernselics the time and trouble
ofholding an election for Representatives, and leave
it to an oinnipotent, if not o_7n_nisi.'_icnt Legislature, to
choose for thernsclves.
SUN~BEAMS FROM Cucctiiuizns —-\Ve purpose, as
we get in legitimate form the public acts of the pm‘
sent I.egisl.'ilui'e, to extract therefrom all the Democ-
racy which they contain, and present it it: it tangible
shape to our readers. We npprchcnd, to be sure,
that the task will be somewhat similar to that oflook-
iug for a ucedlr. in a hay stack-—but the difficulty of
the thing shall not deter us. \\’c are Democrats to
the core, and if any thing like Democracy, hcaves in
sight. we are dcterutineil, as faithful caterers for the
public taste, to run it down, and serve it up with ap-
propriate sauce to our patrons. The game, indeed,
may not be of consequence enough to justify the
chase—l-ut we have air unaccountable pztrtinlity for
the doctrine of in_fiizircsiiiial:—and however intri-
cate tlicproblem may be which the Legislature pro-
poses to us—we are resolved to work it out, and to
give our readers a correct aiistccr.
I13’ As the want of time compels us to be very
brief in our editorial comments on the "Legislative
proceetlings—-we refer our readers to the “ Notes in
the State House, No. 2,” from the Hiirtford Courier.
I13’ The Hon. lchabod Bulkley, of Asbford. Se-
nator trsirn the 14th District, died at Hartford on the
24th inst., of lung fever. The Legislature passed
appropriate resolutions relative to his funeral obse-
quies, and adjourned over for one day.
III?’ the coinmun'ication of “A Young Mechanic" is
received and is under consideration.
HORRILE Acctm-::\"r.-—We learn that on Friday
last, a voting man by the name of \Villiitm D. Hunt,
of North Castle, Westchester Co., N. Y., aged 23
years, was instantaneously deprived of life, by a fall
front It young horse, which he was cndeavotiug to,
run, against another horse. After twice running
over the ground seleeted,his horse became heated
and itnmunagable, and he was advised by his friends
to desist. He still persisted, and when about half
over the distance be was running, he was thrown
to the tarth, his head came in contact with nstonc,
and his foot being entangled in the stirrup the
horse stamped upon his head, which deprived
him of’ life in a moment, He has left a wife to
mourn his sudden and horrid death,
ffib Gov. Ritner of Pennsylvania has issued
a very sensible proclamation, giving among oth-
er reasons for his declining to call a special ses-
sion of the Legislature of that state, the follow-
tug:
" Because the evils under which the good
people of this Commonwealth labor, have not
been produced by the action of the Government
ofthis state, bttt rnaiuly by the ttnuecessary and
unauthorized interference of the General Gov-
ernment,'wii.h the currency and monicd trans-
actions of the country; and, tltercforc, the con-
stituted authorities of Pennsylvania cannot now,
by any active measures, arrest, or materially
mitigate misfortune, relief upon which, must
come from the same source."
Gov. Clay, of Alabama, has called for the
Legislature of that state to convene on the se-
cond Monday of June.‘
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The Governorl of Virginia convenes the Le-
gislature of that state the 12th of June.
Gov. White declines to convene a special ses-
sion. of the Legislature of Louisiana.
NOTES IN THE STATE HOUSE.
No. II.
The ‘democracy,’ in the House have been
busily engaged the past week in drilling and
training their troops. ' S
They seem spiritless and tame, and the rank
and file ofthe party, the real ‘ bone and sinew,’
appear disposed, when uninfluenced by caucus
dictation, to do right. Scarcely has there been
a question on which the liberal and independent
portion of the House have failed to succeed,
whenever the vote has been taken without the
previousinterfcreuce of the ‘Junta,’ composing
the third House. The fact is, John M. Niles
and Gideon \Velles are continually hanging
about the State House, holding the little ones by
the button hole, and dictating to them the course
to be pursued. In this manner they receive
their lessons in Democracy, which lessons _‘ they
are swiflto obey.” However, there are a few
independent, honest ones, in their ranks who oc-
casionally bolt.
I7’/‘May, Ilfay 19.—-This morning, while the
House was receiving the reports ofthe commit-
tees, &c. Mr. Phelps, of Simsbury, suddenly
called up the proposed amendment to the Con-
stitution, limiting the tenure of Judges. No
day having been assigned for this subject,and the
House being by no means full, this move was
entirely unlocked for. Mr. Boardman express-
ed his surprise that a question ofthis importance
should be thus unexpectedly called up, and sug-
gested the propriety of assinging some day,
when the House might be prepared to take up
the subject. However, he said he was willin-g
the friends ofthe amendment would advocate it.
‘,Sileuce reigned,' until Mr. Phelps rose and
said, ‘he believed the resolution would pass-
that it oughtto go before the people, and it might
as.well be disposed of now as any time—but if
any gentleman wished it post poned he would
make a motion to that effect.’ And this is all
that has been said in the House in support ofthe
atnendment! Mr. Sterling gave the Simsbury
Sheriffa friendly word or two. and moved that
the resolution be made the order of the day for
Tuesday next, which prevailed by a majority of
10 or 12 votes.
Jllonclay, Illay 22.—A case occurred to day
illustrating the manner in which the party are
trained. A communication from the New-Ila-
vcn City Bank was presented, in reply to the
report of the committee appointed to investigate
its affairs. This communication, iftrue, was a
full defence of the institution, and it'seemed but
just forthe Legislature to give the same publici-
ty to the defence of the Bank, as to the report of
the committee, of which 3000 copies had been
printed; therefore, a motion wasmade toprint
1000 ofthe defence; this was opposed by one
or two leaders and advocated by Mr. Raymond
of New-Canaan, who, bythc way, has shown
in many cases, a praiseworthy ittclcpcntletice.
The motion prevailed, as would seem, without
the advice of Niles and \Vcllcs, as the next
day's proceedings showed.
Tuesday.---The vote to print 1000 copies of
the defence, was, on motion of Mr. Pettibonc,
rec0nsidered,the ‘ party’ having received instruc-
tions from the third house. It was then moved
to print2-30 copies for the members; this motion
was under debate, when Mr. Hinsdalc called
for the order ofthe day; the amendment ofthe
Constitution, relating to the tenure of office of
the Judges ofthe Superior Court. After waiting
awhile to hear some one advocate the amend-
ment, and no one offering so to do, Mr. Board-
man of New-Haven, rose and addressed the
House in a powerful and eloquent speech of one
hour, in opposition to the amendment. He was
followed by Mr. Barnard, of Hartford, in a strain
of masterly eloquence. also in opposition to the
amendment; he won for himself golden opin-
ions, even from his political opponents. The
vote was finally taken without one word from
the friends of the amendment, though repeated-
ly challenged and called upon to defend it, iftliey
could; and the vote stood 10-1 to 95. As .1 vote
of two thirds was necessary to its passage, it was
lost. So perish all sacrilegions attempts upon
our -Constitution and Judiciary! The ‘ ginuine
ditnmocraey,’ was not 21 little chagrined and dis-
appointed at the result, as some ofthem had
been foolish enough to suppose they should suc-
ceed in breaking down ourjudiciary.
‘ Mr. Speaker’ appears -to be remarkably
jealous of the rights of ‘the Chair.’ To-day,
while Mr. Boardinan was speaking upon the
proposed amendment of the Constitution, he
happened for a moment or two to turn towards
the sides of the House, when he was suddenly
called toorder by, t The gentleman frotn New
Haven will please address liimselfto the Chair.’
Mr. B. replied that he was addressing the Speak-
er, and that ‘he was really sorry if he had done
wrong in inadvertantly turning his eyes from
him for a moment!
\Ve recollect that when speaking liimselfof that
satne amendment last year, he said he had often
been ‘frowned upon by federal Judges,’ and he
doubtless mistrusted that the ‘federal lawyer’
from New-Haven, when he averted his face,
was frowning upon some honest democrat,
whom it was his duty to protect! As for Mr.
W., since he calls himself ‘the Chair,‘ we sup-
pose he feels above the terrors of federal frowns,
It will be seen by our legislaiive report, that
Mr. Sterling was once or twice on the same
day, decided by -‘the Chair,’ to be out Of Order-
Mr. S. stopped, and demanded to know in what
respect he was outof order. ‘The Chair’ turn-
ed red and blue but opened not its tnouth. A
member uttered something which nobody under-
stood, and Mr. Sterling wenton.
[13 The following article is an extract from the in
iroduction of awork in preparation for the press,
entitled “Tales of the _First.Set1lement of Connec-
to meet it then, if necessary; and hoped some of
Poor Mr. \Vightman! .
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ticut. and of the Pequot Wa_r.." Theqauthor pronjig. .
es to furnish us with some interesting extracts from -_
the body of the work, which we shall lay before, out:
readers as soon as received. - I
_ _ For the Norwalk Gazatle. I ' ' _ l_
INDIANS or-' NEW-ENGLAND
-rwo. Hutsnruzn YEARS AGO.
confedei-acies of Indians in New-England, at the
time the English began their‘ settlement'here, were ‘
Massachusetts, andlthe Puwtuckets. ']‘lie Pequot:
cipal seats were along the river Thames and in Gio-
were the Nurrugansets, a nation composed of variotui-'
small tribes, occupying the country wesl of Narra-
gauset Buy, now constituting the principal pair. of.
ilie state of Rhode Island.
over the islands in the Biiy, and over the east part of
Long Island and Block Island. They had once been
able to raise 4000 warriors, and from time immemo- ,
rial had waged wni' with the Pcquots on the west,
and the Pokanokcts on the east. They had no actual
war with the English till 1676, when they mustered
about 2000 fighting men. The Pokitnoitets inhabit-
ed the country east of Nitrragansct Buy, now the
cised some dominion over the Indians of Nantucket
and Martha's Vineyard, and over several of thcnent’ .
est Massachusetts and Nipmuek -trib,es—-the latter
nzune denoting the inland Indians, mostly prithin'the
boundaries of \\'orcester county. There wt-re nind
separate tribes or clans of the Pokiinokcts, eirch go.
verned by its own petty Sacltein, or sank squaw, but
particular chief of the Wainpiinoag tribr-, living
about Mount Hope, atthc head of Nnrragimset Bay.
Tl'e3¢ mat-l8 11 frailty offricndsliip and alliance with
“"3 Etlgllslt at Plymottthisoon after their arrival on
the coiist, and continuedito live in peace with them’,
cts, were the Mitssacliusietts, inhabiting .uie count,-y.
around the Bay-oftlieirown name. B_ut the Indians
of both these nations, who lived where Plymouth A
tlnd Boston now stand, were mostly destroyed by u ‘
tlteatlful pestilence in 1617 or '18: thus leaving the ~
forthe establishing of the first English srttlcinent
without disturbing the nilllVC.B. '1 he ivlnasaclrusctts
were said to have been reduced ‘from 3000 uurlrior.-3‘
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to J00. '1ll?l1.IIgl!¢ll found lllCl|"lJOH_t’B scattered
over the country. The Paivtucket tribes we-retlte'.
next lnoiitns north, situated chiefly in the soutlteir;
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section of New Hnmpslttr9,_til0ng- the Mei'nrnnc ri-
'l‘ho;l'cnacookri were the?
most warlike and powerful of any of the Paw-tucket
tribes. They inlnibiied ulna is’ now concord 5,,’
Y 1 . c ~ 0
MW ”.dm.[tSl'|'!#. and the country for many mites
0b0Vf‘- ttnd below, along the i\'I0|l‘ilt'1tlCl‘lYt'l’. They,
almost alone, resisted the occttstottitl inroads of the
terrible Molinwks, and sometimes even ciiriiud the
war into their territories.
Having thus given this short account of the prin.
cipal llifllflni, or COI1fC(.l(flill}lt:S of Indians in New
Englant’,I will now return, and_i=pc:tk more pttrllcll-.,
larly of the Pequols and other tribcstlnit lived with‘.
in the bounda_t'ies of’Connccticut. The Pequou; am i
“"1051 “W only tribe, who, from the outset seem to
have been disposed to iit\'eterttfe hostility zigntust till
f0|’9't'.|1“l‘5- Hubbazil, in_ his Nairrative of Iwlltlllg
3. ate of Massachttsetts.
“'5'”. l“lT0.tl.t=C<1-*3 lltciu tltt13——“ Tltcre was a nation ‘
of lndiitns in the southern part of Neivliiiglund,
culled l’rqiiod_s, seated on it fair navigable river.
was commonly l’Pp0I'te(l about the time when New
England Wits fi__rst planted by the Eitglisli) being ip
more fierce, cruel,‘ and warlike people than the rest
of the Indians, come down otit of the more inland
parts of the Continent, and by force. seiz_ed qpon
one ofthe goodlicst places, near the sea, and became
rt terror to all their neiglihors, on whom they had
exercissil several acts of inbninan cruelty; iiisotnuch, i
that being flusltetl with Yictotioit over their fellow In-
dians, they began to thirst afterthc blood ol'—foi'eign—= ‘
crs, English and Dutch, that accideiitly cams
iiinong.-it tbem,iu the way of trade or upon other
accounts." , '
The Nzirrugansets were the 0lll_y'.;-,-,igh|,m-ing In.
diuns who hail hoen :ibln to oppose them with succesg
and against that nation they waged an implncablé
and almost perpetual war. The Nipmuck tribes, on
Well’ DOW‘. WW0 tributary to them: so also were
39109 Of 111059 011 long Island and most of the India '
ans along the Connecticut river. The first as wall
83 the last great Sachem ofthe Pequots, known per.
serially to _the wltitert, was Sassttcns,a warrior of
high renown, who,when the English began their set-
tlernents in Connecticut, had no fewer than twenty-
six Siichems or war-captains.
The Mohegnns, as they rniike it great figure iii the
history of Connecticut, deserve to be noticed its a
distinct tribe, though it is supposed that the_y.were
originally a part of the Pequot niiiion. They occu-
pied the conntry about the head of Thames river, in
the neighborhood of Norwich. Their first chief Sa-J»
Pequot by birth, and of theroyal line, both by big
father and mother. His wife was I: daughter of‘ Ta-
tobam, one ofthe Pequot Sachemsi and he himself’ _
But when the English began their settlamentsir;
Connccticut,he was in a state of rebellion ngaiinsg
him. . ' '
lndiansin Connecticut at the; €‘.!:iV,‘1l8, is too‘ lengthy
for transcription. Their/whole number might have
. - 1 Sit ONlD.E§e
Greenwich, ll/1a_y20lh, 1832', H .
Armtsing Anec.lotc.—An interesting letter,/ii)’
the United States Gazette from Harrisburg, (dim- \'
bably from the pen of its editor, who has tflgrear
dialogue, showing the way some people.‘ timafg
character: ' B ' ‘V 3
A few days since. a member of the Conven-\
iion now in session here, called in a barberlto do
justice to the cxcressences of his chin, -and while
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tbe operation was being performed, converse‘.
tion grew out of the relative position of the par‘. _
ties—for when I went there a day since the i
great flood, by theoperation of shaving, did ,,,,,‘
produce a disposition to talk—-and wboeygr ‘sup-
pressed the rising impulse, though on one side 5
delude of soap threatened suffocation, and on the
other, delay should diminish profits? ‘The con,
versation in the case before me, turned iipbi.‘ {fig
Convention, and its consequences; alluding to.
the latter. the patient said, ' " 1 '
:The influx of strangers keeps you busy.’ ;
_ Yess’ §a1d the barber. ‘ plenty to do to-day.
It is long since we had such a body of talgmgd
IP81‘) in Harrjsburgfl ' '
t rfltfi l§.!$_l legislature was gt; jmpongm party,
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The principal and most powerful'nations, or rather 1 '
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the Pequots, the Narragansets, the Pokn'nokels,'th J .
inhabited that district of country-wliich now ctinstig » -
totes the southeast part of Connecticut. Their prin. .
ton. 1\ext to them, en the east, or rather nortlrcast. -0
They also had dominion ‘
southeast part of Massachusetts; They also excr- ’
allsubject to one great Suché:n_.,who was also the‘ \
for upu-.irds of fifty years. North of the 'I’ok‘itnok- L
C0l|MI'_V Vaourit. us if by an overruling Providence, “ J
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vcr, and some of them in ‘he northeast 1 part of the'.‘ _
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twelve miles to the eastvvziril of the moiitlioftlm J
grgiit and fiiinous river of Counrcticui;»wlro (as \‘
chem personally known to the English was Uncas, c./_ -
had probably been a war-captain under Sa:isacits.—.-. ‘
The act ount of the other rrgurnerous small tribes of
amounted to sixteen or,/fuenty ihqi;g,,.,d, g _ ‘,
love of such things.) finishes with this musing ‘ A
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