5 ‘ d, A son who shall violate the
:)TO‘:'l[S?(')[[]l: of thigysdhction shall be disqualified
from holding any office in said bank for the term
h it . '
°rSFdid‘.y93‘:“NoeC:tIshi;r or Clerk of any bank or
company, of which said cashier or clerk is a
t'n‘em'ber. shall be either maker. acceptor. Or in-
do,-ger, upon any paper which shall. be,her.eafter
‘ -discounted at the bank in which said cashier or
clerk is employed. _
Sec. 10. That if any cashier who has not al-
ready given bond, for the faithful performance of
his trust, shall neglect the same for_ fifteen d3_)'5
after the rising of this Assembly, orif any_cashier
hereafter appointed shall neglect. to give the
bonds required by theocbarter for thirty days af-
ter his appointment, his office shall cease and be-
come vacant’.
Sec. 11. That all meetings of the stockholders
of any bank in this state in which this state is a
stockholder, the Commissioner of the School
Fund is hereby authorized to act and vote upon
the transferable stock which is appropriated for
the use and benefit of the school fund in the
same manner and to the same extent as other
stockholders. And the Treasurer of the state is
hereby authorized to act and vote for and in be-_
halfofthe state upon the transferable stock which
belongs to the General or Civil-list’ Fund of the
state, in the same manner, and to tlte same ex-
tent, as is herein before provided for the Commis-
sioner of the School Fund. And said Commis-
sioner and Treasurer respectively shall have
power. whenever they deem proptgr. 10 Substi-
tute and appoint the State Director in such bank
to vote and and act therein for and in behalf of
the state in the same manner and to the saute ex-
tent as is by law provided for them.
See. 12. There shall be annually appointed
by the Legislature two bank commissioners,
whose duty it shall be to visit and examine at
their discretion the several banks in this state, at
least once in each year, and oftencr if they deem
expedient, to inquire whether they have been
and are managed and conducted according to
law ; and said Commissioners or either of them
shall have power and authority to enter any of
said banks, and examine the books and papers
thereof in the presence of one or tuore of the oili-
cers, and to examine the President, Cashier, Di-
rectors, Clerks, agd other persons under oath
in relation to the affairs ofsaid bank, which oath
either ofsuch Commissioners is empowered to
administer, and for every wilful and false swear-
ing i . _
deemed to be guilty of perjury,‘ and punished
accordingly. And said Com missioners shall
have power to compel the attendance of wit-
nesses and the production of books and papers
by suitable process. and for contempt of their
process, or fora refusal to produce the books and
papers of the bank, or to answer such interroga-
tories as may be put to the otiicers of t_he.bank
by said Commissioners, the said Commissioners
shall have power to suspend the operations of
said bank until the next session of the General
Assembly. And the said Commissioners shall
receive for their services the sum of three dollars
each per diem, and their actual expenses, while
employed on said business, to be apportioned
among said banks according to the amount of
their capital, and ifany bank shall refuse to pay
its proportion, the said Commissioners shall re-
port the same to the Legislature. And in case
said Commissioners to attend to their duties, the
Governor may appoint some person or persons
to supply his or their place or places until the
next session of the General Assembly.
Sec. 13. Ifany bank shall violate any ofthe
provisions of this Statute. such batik shall forfeit
and pay to the Treasurer oftliis state the sum of
one thousand dollars, to be recovered by any
proper action on this statute brotight before any
proper court in the county where the bank is
located.
Sec. 14. \Vhenever in the opinion ofthe Bank
Commissioners the charter of any bank shall be
forfeited,_or the public are in danger of being de-
frauded thereby, the said Cominissioners, or the
Attorney ofthe state for the county in which the
principal banking-hoiise for such bank is situa-
ted, shall prefer a complaint to the Superior
Court for such county as a court of Equity if in
l session, or to ajudge of said Sttpcrior Court in
‘ vacation, stating the ground of such complaint
and praying that such bank may be enjoiiied
from any farther proceedings in their business,
that their charter may be revoked and annulled,
and their property disposed of pursuant to the
provisions of this Act. \Vhereupon said Court
or Judge, shall forthwith issue a citation to said
bank, directed to, atid to be served upon the
President, a majority of the Directors, and the
Cashier thereof, by leaving a true and attested
co y with each, or at their last annual place of
abode if within the state, commanding them to
appear before said Court ifir: term time, or be-
fore said Judge, ifin vacation, on a day and at a
place named in such citation, then audthcre to
show cause (if any) why a writ of injunction
should not issue, enjoining such bank from
further exercising the powers and franchises con-
ferred by its charter. And if upon the examina-
tion of the President, Directors, or Cashier, and
such other testimony as niay,be~§adduced, the
said Court or Judge shall he ofopinion that the
charter of such bank is forfeited, or the public
are in danger of being defrauded thereby, they
are hereby authorized and required to issue an in-
junction to the President. Directors, Cashier and
ether Age-msofstieh bank. enjoining them from
proceeding in transacting the business thereof,
and to appoint not exceeding three disinterested
persons to be receivers of all the evidences of
debt, goods, effects, and property of every de-
scription belonging to such bank, who shall give
such bond to the, Treasurer of this state as such
Court or Judge shalldirect for a faithful discharge
of their trust. And said Superior Court shall
have power to remove any and all of said re-
ceivers and fill any vacancies that may occur.
Sec. 15. '1‘ receivers so appointed shall
have poweri e corporate name of the bank,
or in their own names as receivers, to commence
and prosecute all suits in law or equity.’~‘antl de-
ifend in all cases where the bank is made a de-
-fendant-; and to iiieceive all evidences of debt,
goods, effects, and -property-of every description
belonging to such bank and to do and execute all
other acts and things in the name of such bank.
or in their own names as receivers, which may
be necessary and proper in the execution of their
‘trust. And shall be clothed with the powers and
rights for the collection of debts due to such
bank or for the recovery of property belonging
thereto, which thecorporation possessed in virtue
of its charter before such injunction issued.
Sec. 16. Said Superior Court or Judge shall
limit a time for the creditors of the bank to pre-
sent their claims to said receivers, and direct
public notice to be given thereof, (and all claims
not presented within said time shall be.bar-red.)
the receivers shall allow all ‘-just claims against
the bank, collect its debts, sell its property. and
convert all its funds into money, and make re-
rt ofclaims on the bank allowed and disallow-
ed, and of their proceedings to the said Court, at
such tiiiie or times, and in such manner as the
Court shall direct or approve, and give such no-
tice us the Court shall prescribe to any creditor
whose claim, or any part thereof is disallowed.‘
The Court shallhave power on hearing the com-
plaint of any person who may be aggrieved by
the proceedings of the .receivers_,.to grant such
relief as the-natnrsofthecase.may~re uire. And;
-f9_gjg~Coun.may.muke.sneh rules an ordersits
n relation to the same, such person shall be '
of the absence or inability of either or both of
to the proceedings of the receivers, as to their
compensation and other expenses, and as to the
distribution of the effects, payment of the debts
and settlement of the concerns ofthe bank as in
their opinion may be just, and in conformity to
the provisions of this Act. And said Superior
Court at any term thereof subsequent to the
issuing of said injunction, may upon ahearing
of all the parties, ifdcemed proper, declare the
charter of such bank to be null and void.
Sec. 17..The avails of the property of the
bank shall be appropriated by said receivers in
the following manner, viz: 1st. To the pay-
ment of the charges and expenses of settling its
concerns—2d. Tothe payment of the bank notes
and bills in equal proportion;-3d. To the pay-
ment ofall deposites by the Treasurer ofthe state,
or by other persons—4. To the payment of all
sums which have been subscribed and paid in
by the state or School Fiind—5. To the pay-
merit of all the other liabilities in equal propor-
tion. Lastly the surplus shall be paid and dis-
tributcd among the stockholders in proportion to
the amount-of their stock.
See. 18. All payments and conveyances
made by any such bank in contciriplation ofin-
Solvency, to or for the use of any, or all its credi-
tors with the fraudulent intent to prevent the dis-
tribuiion and appropriation of its effects. as pre-
scribed in this act, shall be utterly void.
Sec. 19. If-the President, Directors, Cashier,
or Agents of any bank. which shall be enjoined
as aforesaid, or any other person on being re-
quested thereto, shall wilfully neglect or refuse
to deliver to the receivers of such bank, such
evidences of title, debt, goods, effects and
property of any description, belonging to such
ba nk,- as is in their possession, or under their con-
trol cach person so offending upon information
and conviction of such cffences before any court
of competent jurisdiction, shall be sentenced to
pay a fine to and for the use ofthe state not ex-
ceeding ten thousand dollars or to be imprisoned
not exceeding three years, or both, at the discre-
tion ofthe court.
STILLMAN K. WIGHTMAN.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
EBENEZER STODDARD,
President of the Senate.
Approved, June 10, 1837.
HENRY W. EDWARDS.
An Act in addition and alteration of an Act for
regulating Salaries and Fees.
See. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives in General Assembly
convened, That there may be charged by Sher-
ills and other officers, one dollar in the whole,
and no more, for setting a prisoner at the Bar of
the Superior or Coutity Court during the trial of
any one prisoticr of any one Indictment or infor-
mation, and said sum of one dollar may be taxed
in the Bill ofCost.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That there
shall be allowed to the several Gaolers in this
State, the sum of fifty cents for the coniniiiment
including the discharge of each prisoner, and it
shall not be lawful for any Guoler to charge,_or
demand any greater sum titan fifty cents in the
whole, for all Key fees on any one debt, Infor-
mation, Indictineut, or Mitimus for each prisoner.
Sec. 3. That so much of the Act to which
this is an addition and alteration as allows Sher-
ids and other oliicers in Criminal cases one dol-
lar for setting a prisoner at the Bar of a Court
each time, be and the saute is hereby repealed."
STILLMAN K. WIGHTMAN.
Speaker ofthe House of Representatives.
EBENEZER STODDARD,
President of the Senate.
Approved, June 10, 1837.
HENRY W. EDVVARDS.
An act to rcpcitl a. part of an Act therein men-
tioned. .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives in General Assembly convened,‘
That the second section of an Act entitled “an
Act: to prevent. the spreading of the Canada
Thistle,” be and the same is hereby repealed.
Provided this Act shall not afliect any prosecu-
tion now pending on said section.
_ STILLMAN K. WIGHTMAN,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
EBENEZER STODDARD,
President of the Senate.
Approved, June 10, 1837.
HENRY W. EDWARDS.
——.—-
An Act in addition to and in explanation of an
Act, entitled “an Act for the Assessment of
Taxes,” passed May Session, 1836.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives in General Assembly convened,
That when any person shall claim any drawback
upon his or her list, on account of indebtedness
to any person or persons within this State, such
sums so claimed and proved to be due, shall be
taken from his or her list at the rate of three per
cent per annum, any law or usage totbe contra-
ry notwithstanding.
Provided. That so much of said deduction
as is made from the list of the personal property
of any pcrson,shall be made at the rate of six
per cent. per annnm.
S'I‘ILLMAN K. XVIGIITMAN,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
EBENEZER S'l‘ODDARD,
President of the Senate.
Approved, J une 10, 1837.
HENRY \V. EDWARDS?
1
An Act repealing an Act therein mentioned.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives in General Assembly convened,
That the Act entitled “an Act in nilditionto an
Act, entitled an Act for the regulation of School
Societies and for the support of Schools,” pass-
ed Mzty session, 1836, be and the some is hereby
repealed.
Provided, That all proceedings heretofore
commenced under the law aforesaid, may be
completed pursuant thereto.
STILLMAN K. WIGHTMAN,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
EBENEZR STODDARD,
Presideutofilie Senate.
Approved, June 9. 1837.
HENRY W. EDWARDS.
A most (li.sl'rcssing and melancholy catastrophe.
On Saturday afternoon last, as four young men,
members of the Junior class of the Theological
Seminary in this village, were sailing on the
Owttsco ake for‘ pleasure, the boat in turning
round, either capsized or run under, and they
were all drowned. The following are the names
with the residence of each of these young men,
thus ultimately cut off, viz; Hannibal Smith,
Palermo, Oswego county, formerly of Johnson,
Vermont; VVm. P. Tuttle, Newark, New-Jer-
sey; Simeon S. Johnson, Sweden, Monro C0,;
and Wm. VVoodbridge, Constantia, Mass. They
were accompanied by Edwin Witlierell, a lad
about 15 years old, who, after being precipitated
into the water, had the good fortune to obtain
the rudder, it sent, and one our of the boat, which
enabled him to final: until he was picked up
within it few rods of the shore. Although dili-
getit search has been made for the bodies, only
one, that of .Mr. Tuttle, has as yet been found.
He was {found on Manda afternoon in about 70
feet Water. and about he f smile from the place
where tliefboat run under. The search is still:
prosecuted with vigor, and we trust the bodies
will all ‘be discovered. Mr. Smith has lefts
wife to mourn his melancholy fate.——Ca3/uga
Patriot Juticfifi. , .
STATE OF CONNECTICUT, SS-
Oflice of the Secretary of State, g
July 21st, 1837.
The following extracts from the Report of the
Comptroller of Public accounts exhibited to the
General Assembly at their late session, compris-
es such parts of said Report, as are required by
law, to be published in the several newspapers
published in this State, by the Secretary of said
State. ROYAL R. HINMAN, Secretary.
.:.
The State of Connecticut in General Account
of Receipts and Expenditures of Funds appro-
priated for the Current Expenses of the Govern-
ment, DR.
For amount ofpayments from the Treasury from
the 31st of March,1836, to the 1st ofApril, 1837.
For current expenses of Government, under the
following beads, viz:
Account of Debentures and Contingent Expens-
es of the General Assembly, including Extra
Session of December. 1836.
As per account, $26,716 53
Salaries, 9,034 00
Contingent Expenses of ,
Government, 14,430 95
Judicial expenses, 32,219 57
Expenses of supporting
State Paupers." 1,800 00
Salary of State Prison
Directors, 300 00
Advances made to Quar-
terMasterGeneral, 1,492 46
Regist’d debt discharg’d 54 00
"Public Buildings and In-
stitutions, 2.900 00
Publishing private Sta-
tutes 3.-490 52
92,384 60
For “ Treasurer's Account Audited,” viz :
Abatement on State Tax
of "1835, payable 20th
of Feb. 1837, -5
Collecting fees and tra-
vel on do.
5,130 93
1.599 82
For Cash paid for Subscrip-
tion for 7 Shares of the
Farmers and Mechanics
Batik at Hartford.
1837, April 1—For Balance
Cash in the Treasury Ci-
vil List Funds, carried to I
new account,
6,736 75
700 00
5, 150 78
..._— $104,972 13
CR.
into the Treasury from 31st March
1836. to April, 1837.
By Balance in the Treasury. April
1, 1836. as per last report to the
' General Asseinrily,
From avails of Court,
By payments
4 $24,656 93
344 21
By cash received from State Attor- _
ney's for forfeited bonds, ézc. 2,092 32
By cash received for licenses, dcc. 70 28
By cash received from contingent
sources,
By gross amount of a one cent Tax
on List of 1835.
Bv amount of the Tax of 2-3dsof
“one per cent. received of sundry
Banks and Insurance Co's on
Stock owned by iton-residents, 3,489 10
Front Dividends on Bank Stock-
1836. June 10—By Dividend on
1628 Shares of Bank Stock for
June, at 4 per cent.
July 27-By dividend on 593
Shares Middletown Bank stock
for July at 4 per cent.
By dividend on 296 shares New-
Haven Bank stock for July, at
3 per cent,
Sept. 6.-—By dividend on 1184
shares Phoenix Batik stock for
September, at 4 per cent.
Dec. 9-By dividend on 1628
shares Hartford Bank stock for
December, at-1 percent.
1837, Jan. 14—By dividend on
293 shares New-Haven Bank
stock for Jan. at 3 per cent.
March 7—By dividend on 593
shares Middletown Bank stock
Jan. at 3 per cent,
16——By dividend on 1184-
shares Phoaoix Bank stock for
March, at 4 per cent.
March 31—By cash received for the
State Taxof the Town of Gris-
wold, on List of 1834, which re-
mained dtie at the time of the
last report, and since paid.
2,109 42
40,870 30
6,512 00
2,372 00
1,776 00
4,736 00
6,512 00
1,758 00
32,710 so
(G
4,736 00
225 71
...._. $104,972 13
Permanent Funds.
The permanent Funds of the State. on the 1st
ofApril, 1837, consist ofBank Stock Transfera-
ble and not Transferable, or subscriptions to the
Capital of sundry Banks, whish may be willi-
drawn, on giving six months notice, viz:
Bank Stock not Transferable.
Hartford 1484 shares at 8100 148,400
Phcnnix 890 do. “ 100 89,000
N. Haven 274 do. “ 200 54,800
Middlet'n 593 do. " .100 59,300
Fal’l]lel‘S8c Mech. 7 ' “ 100 700
352,200 00
Bank Stock purchased and Transferable.
Hartford 144 shares at $100 14,400
Phoenix 294 do. at 100 29.400
N‘.Havcn 19 do. at 200 3,800
.-—.-.=- 47,600
$399,800
Public Debt.
The public debt of the State, remaining un-
paid. the 1st of April, 1837, is as follows, viz :
Registered Debt consisting of
Liquidated. Unliquidatcd.
State Notes, 32 89
Interest Certificate 27 38
State Bills, etiiitted in 1780 45 87
Interest on s'd notes to 1805 26 27
State Bills emitted bef. 1780
$132 41
Unregistered Debt consisting of
Iulay‘s Certificates 446 66
Interest on do. to 1805 359 56
938 63---1.235 70
1,235 70
Balance due sundry persons
for Interestou “Assumed
Debt," stock transferred
Balance du'e sundry persons
'for interest and principal
on Stock transferred, 161. 89
Such publishers of newspapers as shall pub-
lisli the foregoing Abstract, will please publish it
in full. »
86 58
Some of the papers have made a very bad
mistake in commenting on the conduct of Amos
Kendall towards the court and contractors in the
late trial befotethe District Court. Instead of
"the Mandamus," some of them transpose the
word. and head their articles “ the rlamn’d Amos.”
However correct that may be in fact, it is -.very
wrongin practice.-.—-Wheeling Tim_cs.
Mr. Van Buren says 'he.nev.er voted for a
Bank but one andrhe has repentedof that. The
Wheeling ’;1‘.imes..in reply, says the people havet
voted for him bt.it.once,, and they have repented
Q/that:
.
“ Don’t give tip the Ship.”
@s£EEZI”<.I’Eo
NORWALK, WEDNESDAY, JULY 12. 1837.
0:?’ Ill healili, and the pressure of other en-
gagements, compel us to emit a particular no-
tice of many topics of public interest.
INDEPENDENCE.
Wc have rarely known the 4th of July to pass
off so quietly in our village, as it did last week.
Those who were “up for a spree,” expended
theirjoviality beyond the precincts of our obser-
vation. The morning was appropriately usher-
ed in by the ringing of the bells and the firing
of anational salute; and the setting of the sun
was announced in the same manner. In the af-
ternoon, about 400 of the Sabbatli-scliool child-
ren, with their teachers, marched in procession
to the Congregational church, where appropri-
ate addresses were delivered. Siitiilar exercis-
es, we understand,wcrc held in the new church
at the Old VVcll, in the morninw.
Although we are verv far from being of that
class who deem it “unbecoming a moral anil
religious people to rejoice” upon t_his. our na-
tion's lioliday-—still, we would not that the voice
of reason should be stifled by the roar of cannon,
or drowned in libations to Liberty. It is cer-
tainly appropriate to the anniversary of the De-
claration of our Natio_nal Independence, that our
artillery should utter its loudest thunders, that
the music of our martial bands should send forth
its most soul-stirring melodies, and that our star-
spaitgled banner should proudly wave over as-
sembled multitudes of exulting freemen. All
this is well—and may we never wittiess the
time when this glorious anniversary shall meet
no heart-felt and appropriate greeting atnoug otir
countrymen. But amid the pump and circum-
stance of the most splendid celebration, we would
that the mind of every freeman should revert to
the 17Tl7IClj7lC8 on which our Goverumentxvas es-
...|
ing, while the Govern”ment does the harrowing.
Next fall the Governmentwill do the reaping;
and at the next election the people will do. the
threshing. —
FLORIDA. _ '
letter frotii Fort_ King, states that the Semi-
noles after having obtained possession of Micano-
py, had murdered hitn and cut him to pieces.
The cause alleged for this act, was his friendly
disposition towards the whites—liis continued
aversion to the war—aud his good faith in at-
tempting to fulfill the late treaty. Our readers
will doubtless recollect that Charley O‘Mathla
met a similar fate for a similar reason.
An officerin Florida, in a letter to the editors
of the National Intelligencer, suggests that the
flight of the Indians who were about coming
into the camp for the purpose of being removed,
wasa matter ofdelicacy. ' They found that the
stipulated payment of their indemnity at this
season, might be embarrassing to the Govern-
ment. _
l«Ve presume, however, that the Globe will
attribute this unhappy failure of our army to
subjiigate or remove these rascals, and bring
this unfortunate warto a close, (as it does all the
mismanagement and bad ltick of the Govern-
ment.) to the combination of ilie U. S. Bank
with the New-York merchants. And it is pass-
ing strange that every body won’t see through
the same gold-rim med specs that the Globe does.
The N. Y. Courier <32: Enquirer wishes to
know whether the Globe will not assert that the
rain which has been pouring upon city and
country for the last three weeks, was “got up"
(or brought down) bythe merchants and brokers
of New-York, for the purpose of drowning the
crops, and thus, by producing universal distress
throughout the country, influence the coming
elections? He then tells the Globe what the
merchants, with the assistance of the sturdy
yeomanry of the country are preparing to do,
and that is, to “get up” a political carlhqualre
that shall level this cracked and rotten adminis-
tration to its foundation. Then shall the beauti-
ful Francis P. Blair be observed booting over
the surrounding desolation, like an owl among
old ruins.
. For the Gazette. -‘
Mr. E-litor——In a late number of your valua-
ble and interesting paper w‘l_iicli fell into my
hands, I observed that the great meeting project-
ed by that great master spirit of (patent)',:democ-
racy, Dr. Simons, had been duly liolden at the
Washington Hotel in Bridgeport, and the an-
authorized, and therefore wanton reappointment
of Mr. Hurd as his deputy/by SlieriffBcardslcy,
was taken into wise and mature consideration ;
and appropriate measures adopted to hurl him
tablished, and reflect that itis only by an ad-
bcrencc to these same Republican principlesé
that it can be sustained and perpetuated. And
while he participates in the glorious spirit which i
the occasion inspires, and unites in “three times I
three” to the memory of the Patriots of the Re-‘
volution, and feel that he is an ardent and devot-t
ed worshipcr at the shrine of libcrty—lct him
remember, that he is individually responsible for.
thejiolitical influence wliich he exerts, that he
the \Vhigs of the .Revolntion, and by the hope
of transmitting to his own children uutarnished
and inviolate, the libcriies which the Patriots of
‘76 purchased with their blood—to exertit, to his
latest political act--in the defence and preserva-
tion oftlie constitution of our common coutitry,
in the spirit and understanding of its immortal
framers. \Vliile such, or similar reflections per-
vade ‘the minds of a majority of those whose
shouts of exuitation give vigor to the breeze
which waves over them the banner of freedom,
we have no fears for the honor and per-petuity of
otir Republic. ‘
I
RAW-HEAD AND BLOODY BONES.
Some of the ivitle-aW§/ailie-fire-and-fury-go-
ahead-deatli-and-dcsti;[ctionl-1“Democrats,” of
Philadelphia, got togctherla few days since, and
not exactly understanding how the government
meant to extricate itself from its present very
unpleasant quandary, and probably anticipating
the enactment of some new laws or Treasury
Orders, more galling—if possible—than those al-
ready existing, resolved to raise a corps of 10,000
men, armed and equipped for immediate action,
to be christened the United States Philtzclclphia
1l’Iinute--men, and to be under the immediate
direction and command of Martin Van Buren,
to enforce his sovereign will and pleasure upon
“the dear people.” This ofier Mr. Van Btircn
accepted, and with the utmost self-com placency,
considered. it a most gratifying expression of the
confidence of “the party” in the wisdom and
good iuteiitions of the Government. So much
for modern Democracy. By the way—-why did
not these 10,000 volunteer minute-men inter-
fere at the late election, and save the Govern-
ment and Mr. Ingersoll the mortification of a
W'atcrloo defeat? However, they probably care
not how the elections may go. They are pledg-
cd to sustaintlie will of the Executives They
have nothing to do with the will of the people-
expressed tlirough the harmless ballot bo.i'.—
Cl'/rcir confidence lies in the bayonet. So though)
the Tories of the Revolution. ..
Freemen! what say you ? Descendants of
the Patriots of "76 l—Sons of Liberty !—-are you
ready for the crisis?
________________
THE CROPS.
‘ Notwithstanding thelamentations and prophe-
cies of the crorz7.7crs—-accounts from all sections of
our country, give us the cheering assurance of
an abundant harvest. In some quarters the
wheat and rye protitiscs to yield larger and bet-
ter crops than have been reaped _for the last ten
years; and there is .no part of the country in
which a full average crop may not be confident-
ly anticipated. 4 ' '
The people have this year gone to ploughing
and sowing, and thousands of acres in almost
every county which last year were unimproved,
have been put under cultivation. The Wheel-
ing Times in commenting on this subject, re-
is boundby his veucration for the memory on
_ few moments.
(Mr. Hurd) from a station to which, not having
Cain's mark—no not Cain's, but Dr. Simon's
mark in his forehead, he was by no means ‘en-
titled. Oftbese measures sir, it is not my pur-
pose to speak-—the public are amply apprizcil of
them and their results through your widely cir-
culatcd paper. But of the reasons which are
assigned by the leartied and revered Dr. in his
{eloquent speech on that occasion, as disqualify-
ling Mr. Hurd for the office of Deputy Slicrifl}
and of‘liis sincerity in tlieirintroduction, I would
crave the attention of your readers but a very
His appeals I understand (for I
had not the honor of being a member of his
crowded audience) were e.rtrcmcl_i/ pathetic, and
addressed to the feelings of humanity of those
who were present. Occasionally, of course, a
burst of patriotism would find vent from his
you wish for names to refresh your memory‘,§i'~f.t*'
only say the word sir, and they shall be"l*'orth-I '
coming immediately.
Blackman. of this town, Notary Public’.
composing that brilliant majority, who controlled,
A LOVER OF CONSISTE
Huntington, July 8th. 1837.
0:7-The Governor has appointed Samu-cl G.
NCY.
From the Nortltem Courier.
LEGISLATIVE GLIMPSES.
Although but three weeks have elapsed since
the Legislature adjourned. yet the individuals
its procesdings, have already become a reproach
and- by-word among all classes of people, and to
be as worthless as the Legislature of 1837, will
ere long be a comparison, below which no one
can degrade another. Wiiliout friends or even
apologists from any party, they are deemed by
all parties the ne plus ultra of mental weakness
and imbecility. With the sycopliancy and cow-
ardice of puppies, there was strangely united in
them the ferocity of wolves, and these opposite
qualities, fortunately for the state, neutralized
each other, so that the brilliants became as clay
in the liauds of the potter. Hence they are
scorned and abused by the Locos, because they
had not the courage to break down every thing.
useful and solid in the state, while the wliigs re-
gard them with pity and contempt for their ignor-
ance and stupidity. The latter because men
were sent here to legislate, who had neither the
talent nor intelligence to do it safely——thc former, -
because they were too stupitl to _/bllow. Party
tactics were tothem as mysterious as the science
of astrology ; therefore they often failed to com-
prehend the orders from head quarters. To this
cause we arcindcbted for wliatcver of good ihov
suffered to be done, and for whatever of evil they
omitted to do. To form anacciirate idea of tho
manner in which they did business. one must
know soinething oftheir leaders both in and out
of the House.
lri-tliearca, midway between the House and
Senate, where both bodies could be \V2]l(.‘ll8tl, J.
M. Niles, or some ofliis Basliaws dailytook part
and it was disgusting to notice the court wliicli
such men as'R:ilph I. Ingersoll paid tothis politi-
cal dagon, antl how like slaves his uudcrstrap-
pcrs from either House repaired to hint liir orders.
Look itito the House, and you will observe
that the drill sergeants, and stool-pigeons are dis-
tributed so as to take the eye as well as car of
the dull herd whom they were appointed to
manage. On the Speaker's right were station-
ed Phelps of Woodbury, Rayntoiid of New Ca-
naan, Hininan ofwaterbury, and J. C. Palmer
of East Haddam ; on his left \Voodrufl' of
Litcltfield, ‘and \Velles of Glastenbury. As
stool-pigeons, you miglitsee Phelps of Sims-
bury. Chapman of To_llaiiil, Stiles of Potnfret, _
and Clark of Lisbon, who were selected to fill
iliat honorable post, because the counties of Hart-
ford, New London, \Vindhani anil Tolland,
sent no talking Tory to the House and it‘ be-
came necessary therefore, to act bcfoicthe bright ‘
ones from those counties, in pantoinine. Of
the entire party in - the House, the first five
named gentlemen were the only ones, except
the Speaker, who could put two cousecutive_
sentences together. The rest, as a countryman
who had scrutinized their movements for a few
days, observed, " coiilil’nt talk any-how, no-
how," although ever and anon. they tried to try‘
tofltalk, as the negro tried to try to repent of itis. _
hissins, but never succeeded.
I willjust glance at two or three ofthe most
noted characters in the majority, and will begin,
with
Charles B. Phelps, of Vvoodbury. Phelps
was number one. Th_is accident alone, entitles?
him to notice. He was constituted by nature
and by Niles, the leader in the House, for he
was a man of in ire inches than any other in it, ,
measuring about 5 feet 7, frnrn tip to heel. and, ‘
about 7_feet5 iii girth, while his brazen-faced"
impudetice, partizait intrcpidity, and reckless-
ness of consequences, pointed him out as the
Danton "of the party. In what other respect‘
than bulk he resembled the hero ofthe ‘° bnc.l.i—.
basket," I leave for those to decide ‘i\'l10-lillt)\\"
him best. As a speaker he is glib, and stllllt‘- ‘
times emphatic, and he is master of the sizing
aiiil ribalilry so necessary for one in the station
be occupied under: Niles. Argument and com-
mon seiise, he abjurcd as he would an angel of
noble and overflowing heart. but the most con-
spicuous charactcristic of his brilliant speech was
a'deep and unfcigncrl love for “ the clear people,"
and especially tbepoor people. For them be ex-
pressed the profoundest sympathy. Their rights
and interests he said, were in great jeopardy !
Mr. Hurd was a most cruel, hanl-heartctl and
unfccling ofiicer—lie had no regard for the suffer-
ings of the poor, but discharged his official duties
with it relentless liaud. True, he was an active
and experienced ofiicer, was a good one for the
plaintiff, but was a terrible one for the defend-
ant. \Vc must said the humane’ Doctor have a
change. Vtfe must have a man of more tender
feeling, one less disposed to oppress and grind
the face ofthe poor! Oh, that I could pour into
his iron bound heart, that title of benevolence,
charity and sympathy toward the poor and un-
fortunate, which swell and expand my breast !
Such Mr. Editor, I am credibly informed were
the reasons, anil such the strain of the noble
Doctor.- But stop Doctor Simone! Stop! I
have a question to propound to thee. Hadsl
thou forgotten, or didst thou suppose the com.-
munity had ‘forgotten the appalling exhibition of
thy mercies, and thy benevolent regard for the
dear, poor people, when thou employedst this
same cruel Mr. Hurd to serve an attachment on
one of my neighbors? And when Mr. Hurd
after diligent search, finding no property but it
cow, (which the law allowed him) levied it on
his body and returned it to court telling you that
he could find no other property but this cow,
which was the family's chief dependence, and
that he was informed by all his neighbors, that
he was a very honest and industrious man ; ltast
thou forgotten that upon this exhibition of facts
in the case, thou didst get out execution and pre-
sent it to Mr. Hurd, instructing him to go and
take the cow, although almost the only support of
his family, and sell her at the post ; telling him
that thou wouldst hear him out in it ? And
when Mr. Hurd declined, and utterly refused,
and you found that though he was a very cruel
and unfeeling ofiicer to the poor, yet he was not
cruel enough to obey your merciful and kind:
hcartecl instructions; hast thou forgotten that
then, thou didst send for another ofiicer who was
‘more obedient to your-will; who _went indeed
as you mercifully directed a_nd took my poor
neighbor's ,last_cow audsold her attltepublicpost,
to pay for a few of Doctor Simona’ ‘pills '! Oh,
consistency, thou art a jewel! Hast thou for
gotten all this. most benevolent, patriotic, demo-
cratic Dbctor? If their hast, be‘-assured that the
marks that the people clothe ploughing and sow-
light. His chief talent lay in talking at a sub-_
ject, witlioiit comprehending it——'m talking a"
great deal without sayingany thing, and reasons
for whatever he proposeil. were’ with him fewer
than righteous ntcu in Sodom and Gomorrah ;
but when invective and billiugagate were to he
hurled, or a whig to be proscribed for opiuion'o
sake, then " Richard was liiuiself again.” To
do him justice, he managed his I1)rCGSVl'll1)C0l1~
siderable eclat. for if they could'nt .-ieeiihrough
him or his remarks, there was no difficulty in
seeing which way he headed ; but on the act to
suspend the operations ofthe small hill law, lie-
was vanquished. non-plused, though he foughi
it valiantly, as Falstalfdid “ nine men in buck-
ram," and it was amusing to see the huge levia-
than sneaking out of the House to the “ Sinnit‘oli"” ‘
to know how to retrieve his loss. '
A depraved and heartless nature was not his
only characteristic. Up torthe 3d of May he .
was postmaster qWiv'n df‘\Voodbury?. On
that day he took hi seat in the House, and’
swore to preserve the Constitution ofthe State,
which expressly forbids any officer under the
Grencral Government from holding a seat in the.
Assembly. , 0l'l"ll)e 24th o . 0 resignation
of his ofiice as postmas” " 5” - the De-
partrnent at \Vashingtr
sent, for he is still act ~
had no right tlierefore,tu i contitiucd
through the session to vio ’ iustrumeizt he
had sworn to preserve. Such was the leader of
the House.
THE CLOSING SOB-.\'E. ,_
“ A sickly,’ stagnant water, which tziiuls this
iilmonplicre, i- itliout fertilizing the soil‘" _ 7‘ ,
The last Legislature cannotbe better describ-
ed in its appearance and effects, by the
quotation atthehead of this ‘tfi‘1icl' The ma-
jority, without a single leader of at-knowcdged
talents—or intelligence, and without integrity,
blundered ilirougli the session, carrying their
favorite measures, so far as they succeeded in
carrying them at all, by the brute force of num-
bers, and by shrinking from a maul de-
fence of their" doctrines in open debate, with
a most degrading pusillaniiiiity. They sus-
tained the speaker in all his unjust and un-.'
precedented decisions. in the House, and de-
fended, out of doors, his unparalleled meannes,s/'
in refusing to place upon committees ofinquiry,
the movers of the resolution by which the com-
mittees were passed—-but they did it with a dog-
ed siillenness, which showed that their tongues
belied their hearts,
The majority came to the work of forcing
through their party measures, and to their ru_tlt- '
less proscription of honest men, with sad counte-
nances, seeming to be driven on by despair ; and
they went through the duties of“ the hangman's
office” with a gloomy foreboding that it was.-
their last opportunity. Many of them would
gladly have devoted themselves to legislating for
the good of the whole State, and not for the
party; but as their hearts relented. and their‘
consci,e_nces whispered of dirt y and of the necessi-
ty of doing something to relieve thedistress of the
community, the fiery glances of the “ Danton’s'.'
and “Robespieri:e's" around them. met their
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comuiutiity havenot, and wilfuot speedily_._ If
eyes. and rs.=_n.ev/ed their courage. If they need.
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