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‘ Agcrtlsfor the Guzcllc.
_BI‘l(lgé]70fl. Charles Yoiings
Belirnl. 'l‘iniothy I5. l’Ii(‘l{Ut‘li. Esq.-
3,-U0].-jiplrl. Lucius C. Norllirop.
])aizI;ury. Francis Knapp
Greenfield, Col. Horace Banks.
]t’i'.clg'c/iclll. David Irlurlhtzrt
Slr.iiii_/brd. \Villlam ll. \Vebb
lV,=.s-l,/tori, .loliii \V. Taylor
- ll/'cslon. Bradford \Viuton. Esti-
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The -Happiest Time.
at MARY AZ\'.\'i£ BP.()\\‘.\'!-2.
~ To he resigned. when ills betide.
Patient. when favors are denied,
And pleaserl with favors given-
_.\'losi s‘._‘t't‘ly this is txi.-rloni’s part.
This is that incense of the bent!
\Vliosc fragrance lH‘C£llll(‘..‘5 to l:eaveit.--- Cullon.
'\Vheii ar: ave happiest? \Vlten tltc light of iriortt
\Vi$l£(‘< the young rose from l|S.(:t'ltnSHll rest ;
\Vlicu cliecrful sounds upon tlte fresh winds
liiirttt‘. ’
"l‘ill mun l‘(‘.~‘t.'nl(?Sl)l$ work with ltlitlicr 7.0512.
KVliile the brij_:!ii waterslczrp frotn ftwk In glen-—
Are we the liuppir-st then?
I
_'A’],-)4. ihn;<e roses !—tlrcy will fade away
Artrl lltlllltlt‘l‘ l(’:tt[if'Sl$ \\ ill deform the .‘~‘l\_\"§
And summer lreats hid the spring buds tl(.‘(?=t_\.'.
And the clear spurkliitg fourttaiu tnay be dry :
.Aittl iiothitsg lwarrtiful adorn the scene.
- '1‘oir,-ll wlr-at it hath been!
~.s
‘Vt-’lrr~ri are we ltitppir-st? In the crowrlcd lt-‘Ills
\Vhcre ftrturie smiles, and Ilattcrr rs bend the
knee .7
glow §’I0lI--ll()\V' very soon, such plczistircs palll
How fast must f;rlscltood"s rainbow coloring
llcc :
.§ts_poisurtllnu.-re-is brave the sting ofcarc :
., i’\Ve are l1t)l.lHtp§,lyllI(’.'(3l
' ' .:Arc we the happiest when the evening heath
lwislt.-irc|r_-tl witlt its crown of livirtg-llowei's?
"‘K.\7lien goeth round the latigli of liarurlcss mirth.
I And ‘when allli-ciiou ’from her bright iurr
l": sliowem
filer richest balm on the rlilatwirrg .lie_art?
’* Bliss-l i.-wit -tlicre thou art
A
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‘€Olt'. nol not t‘ltr'1re<: it would l)c-ii.‘-t~}v§tlnr"S§
Altriost like lieaveu's if it might always be;
"T-Lose brows without one shading of=disrress.
And wanting nothing bttlt eter:i.it_v.
nt the-y arc‘tLréngs of earth and pass a‘~.vay—-;
~ '1‘~l.-.s:»_y must—tl-rey must decay L’
3-3
".l‘lio.~n voices grow ircrnulous with yea rs.
"tl‘ltosc surilling brows uiust wear a tinge oh
i gloom ;
. "Those sparkling eyes l)e’§ill(‘ft]'Cll€3l in ~bitte‘r'tears,‘
' And at the ‘last ‘close darkly-in the tomb.
/if liiiitpiuess'tlt-"pciiil on them alone, _
.x_ \ How quickly is it gone!
.
\Vlicrt are we liaprpiest then?! Oh, wlrr'n
resigttcrl _
rp” ,,;.liafsrie.‘r;.r our cup of life i’t't:ty brim‘;
"When we can il.no'v ourselves but weak and;
‘ bl-ind».
Creattrrcs of C8'l'llll*"1l‘ltl t‘~rr-ist alone in Him
‘g/1Vlio givctli, in his tttercy-,joy or p."-till]-‘; _
‘Oh. we are happiest t-he-iii
sl"ron't lirc Kiiic/;crbocl.'cr.
‘ . -Mine Own.
Thou art my own niyrlear beloved,
'l‘hou art irirleerl riiy own ; _ ’
\Vhattltoi-rgli for ever frorii my heart
_ -‘Its earlyfioys have. -flown L’
A birt-l'is singing sweeter far
Than tliosc wltir.-lt made their -‘nest,
Before Life's morning my ‘was pale,
In my unrulI»l~:d breast.!
;
Once all was brigltt and all was fair;
Eaclt merry fouui of.Iurie
Played. like t.seraph‘s lttte for me,
A still. celestial tune.
‘The blossoms and the dewy leaves,
That stooped "to kiss the flowers,
Shed perfume rotmd the dancing feet
Of Boyh'ood's frolic hours.
Now, in the streams and”in the buds
No tones nor odors «I well,
' For ‘Fancy, like a cltangeful nymph,
Has sighed a sad farewell.
But thou to me art music. love,
, . .-And he enamored air
‘ Is'rife with sweetness, when I feel
:1 That thou art present there.
0 -My own! within those charmed words
r i‘ J -\Vhat fond e_ndearment lies ;
Lured by the spell, what lovely scenes
_ .. / Along tliefuture rise!
' ’ \For age will wear more brilliant plumes
Than yottth’s gay season flown.
‘Since thou art now, in very truth,
' ‘My beautiful, mine own!
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‘ Important Decision.
£Iart/brclaml N. Haven g Supreme Court of Er-
Rrzilroacl Company rors, J uly Term,
vs. ‘ 1838.
" Ke1med_1/. ' l Motion fora new trial.
This was an action of assumpsit. brought to
recover from defendant sundry installments laid
by the directors ofsaid Company upon their stock.
holders, and refused to be paid by the defendant.
who was an original subscriber to the capital
stock. ‘ '
The ground of defence insisted on by the dc-
fendant. w‘erc--
- ltawliug the Two Pollies off into the stream ;
, and I don’t know that ‘I cart come within gun
' shot of telling all about it——hut I’ll try—one
' be good for notlhing.
1 0'c_lock in "morning. an etarnal swad of boats of
- all sizes, from Wall street, s/c7"[;’Is', .3/awls, and
5 and had a few friends I had ‘invited with rue:
the ‘Two Pollies‘—-‘to take a look round and
. !rial made.
' who did_ pretty rnttcli all the talking for his oars-
'do it alone, provided I'd fix on the top of the
_ flood and jist before the tide turu’d—-‘and with
' ll. gentlemen, we aitit in Congress now, and cant
said Railroad Company did not amount to a
promise, express or implied, to pay the install-
ments. and therefore the action could not he sits-
tained.'
2. That the charter having given the Com-
pany the right to sell the stockholdcrs’s Sltarcs,
after a certain time had elapsed, for non‘-pay-
‘merit ofinstallmeiits, the right to sue for and re-
cover the iustallrrients did not exist. but the only
Vremedy was to sell the shares. and therefore also
the action would not lie.
_ The case was ably argued by D. Kimberly
and \V. W. Ellsworth. F.-sqrs. for the motion on
the part oftlte defendant. and by R. S. Baldwin
and \Vi|liam Httngerford. Esqrs. against the titti-
tioit on the part ofthe Company.
The Court denied the motion. and unanimous-
ly decided that the Company had the right to
sue for and recover all iiistallrnents laid by said
Company upon their stockholders according to
their charter.
Tiiere was also another case by the same
Company. against Boorman & Hudson. who
were not original subscribers to the capital stock,
butwvei ,1 _~})l.tI'(:l]?iSet'S and assignees ofotie htiii-
dred shares of stock. antl who also refused to
pay the iustallutertis.
The Court in this case was unanimously of
opinion that the plaintiffs were entitled to recover
of the defendants the installments and interest
thereon. and denied the motion for a new trial.
The decisions in these cases are interesting to
the public, as they fully and finally settle the
right ofthe plaii'itilIs to recover ofsuudry stock-
liolders a considerable amount of money, which
will materially aid the Company in carrying
forward their Roatl.—Heralrl.
Hattliizg out of the Two Ponies “ on the 4th.”
The following letter gives a graphic sketch of
the trial of skill display’d on the 4th inst. in
hauling cut the ‘ Two Pcllics’ and testing ebb.
_/loot]. and cross titles. There were numerous
amti.-iitg and characteristicoccurrences in which
the Major figured_curispicuously and in which
he was the 0bsc7'v'¢l o/‘all obseri;e'rs-—but his un-
presuming native modesty has induced him to
brought on another tangle antl snarl--every one
want in to take the lead——so I let ‘em work it
_out their own way, and with knotting pieces or
rope. and l~§[l()llltig— liandkcrchers. and borrowing
and buying small kiles of rope, zhey lllltfllltl on
to the Two Pollics, and as the Hood tide W£1S_]lS|
on the pint of turning, they all set tip :1 rale
ltuzza, and sure eritrfout went the Two Pollies.
as slick asile, and siclt a sltout as went with her
made me go almost threw my shirt collar, for I
never was so glad in my born days, and the best
on’t was they did’nt brake a rope _yarn or tare a
hankercher—in fact some ofthe boats did’ntseem
to pull at all (my to keep tip in their places.
fy the time the Two Pollies gt): well in the
River the ebb tide begun" to mztkc'. and I lrnil’d
em and tell'd em ‘to pull up stream’—-—'a'nd here
cum on the beginning ofa lu_.q—and every minit
it was ltt.g'g'er——l)ut they pull'd like good fellows
for a spell, and I don’t know ‘but they would
’a gaiu‘d on the title if it hadu’i got stronger and
strongr-.r——aittl just then the boats began to get
fotrl ofone ariotlier-—aud then cum sicli a cross-
ing of ours and scraping of nos:s—and sich a
jungle of orders-—cvery «body right and every
body wrong—-to hear em talk airy one would sup-
pose. that any one on exit was enuf—if tother
was ony ottt ofthe way. One got so frightened
that he begun to pull for the shore, and forgot. to
tmhitcli. and this made bad wnrk~.,pnotlier said
he would’nt pull at all. and this was worse.
‘Pull all togedarc every way in de world,’ says
one-'—‘a pritty kittle of l"is’t‘ says a long wind
dri’d yankey, ‘you are making on't--wliat in
natur is in you-‘-‘you don't get ahead no /tow nor
no way in the tcorlcl.'
Seeing now that things was getting all in a
snarl. my dander begun to rise—the Two Follies
was going astarn, and every thing wasygoing to
everlastin smaslt—-I yell‘d out to em-‘pull.’
says I, ‘you tarual toads—-pttll for yorir lives.
and your fortuns. and your etainal honor—aiid it
that don’t stir you—‘ pull’ says I, ‘for the de-
p'os7.'ls;’ This quieted the noise for a little spell,
and some on cm did make the water fly coit-
siderable—but the tide was toostrong for em, and
all hands, Two Pollies and all. wasgoing down
pass them over.
At the dinner which followed (and in which
we participated) the Major acquitted hinuself to
admiration. and the tart he di-play’d in qrticliiig
t/re lI‘0ul)lC(l1l.'(ll(?1'S and preserving harmony and
good fellowship was lteyontl all praise.
A full account of this dinner on board the
Two Pollit~:s'. he has we perceive, promised to
give its in his next-—-‘toasts’ and ‘speeches’ aird
all. Brit as the weather is hot and he very busy
with other nintters—we may not have the
pleasure of licttring from him so soon as we
hope-d——but as he ttI:‘v’L'l' made a promise yet that
was not redeenzed our readers may tlepertd on
‘I/te Dimici" ‘in good time. \Ve have spent a
great man_y Imlqzeirrlcrzce clu_r/s in ot.ir life, but
never one when we were made to feel so truly
iitclcpcviclc/"rt.
On board lrrc " Two Politic-s.”
Niglt the Dry Dock, 5th July, 1838. i
To the Er/ir'ors of I/m .E.t'/Jie.ss—tlie same paper
my old friend Mr. Dwight had it spell ago.
I have hcaru tell of rale sport in borzlhzg, but
I new-r did see the beat of that we had yesterday
—-l never did believe afore that any thing could
come up to a /121.3/ring‘_/rolir:—hut I never see
a /ru.s/ring" fr0lt'c—nor zt 'ra2'sz'ng—iior a ])loug'h-
‘Eng m(Zl(,'fL—ii0t‘,- but one qrullirrg, that came any
way nigh tlie'b0almg'_/'r0lic we had yesterday in
l
thing is 'S‘cit'llttg, that what I do tell is all as true
as that there isa Two Pollies—arrd whatl don't
tell, would be enu‘fto make this lettertoo long to
True to ‘the day 'a'n'l to the hour, about ten
cliri/rors, allcame pulling along up our way and
landed nigh ‘the “ Two Polli'e.~i‘——I was on boa rd.
and so all the folks ‘of the boats ‘came on board
see what my notion was, and how I wanted the
5l§.u‘clr boat had 1"ts'ow'ri "steeirsiiian.
rucn—one said. if I ony wanted the Two Pollies
liawlerl otit into the slip ittt'o the river he could
that pretty uiuch all the other steersriieu spoke
tip. and said that l/zcir boats could do that, and
they did not see the riglit ofgiving a preference
——and here cauie a jungle right of}. Now, says
lrave no long speeches at8 dollars aday and do
notliirt besides—so I should like to ‘see. you all
hack in your boats and take a little exercise-
and in the mean time, says I, arter you have
iziveu a little show of your skill. I’ll decide.—
I tbonglit I’d give ’em a little ‘ iiou-committal’-—
jist to make ’ern work slrarp——and with that they
all went at it-'-‘-and this was one of the most
complete sights I ever did see. \Vhen Amos
Kindle was on here a spell ago, and made some
sich a move among those very same folks. it
wasn’t no touch at all to the present.
Every boat. with a flag, past the head ofthe
slip. turn'd about—pull'd back, and tlieu off. and
then back agin—oue arter anotlier——and the
folks cheered and huzza’d like all posscst—and
arty one to look at ’etn would say, they could
alone, any one of ‘cm, pull the Two Pollies
through an anger little. Arter this they all came
into the slip alongside the Two Pollies.,,and I
tell'd ’em: ' Now my bo_vs,’ says I, ‘ Your skill
in pullinyourown boats is coinplclc as ever was,
but you have got a job now to do that will put
the hull scrape on you to a pritty tight pull.’
‘ The Two Pollies,’ says I, ‘is going out oftliis
slip at the top ofthe tide, to be sure; but when
she gets in the river, and when the tide lltl'l'.S,
what is to be done then I’ ' Oh, drop anchor,’
wasthe answer. ‘No, no,’ says I. ‘tiiataint
my plan—you must keep her jist. .so—-at any
rate. and ifI say go ahead agin lite licle. you
must do it. [cant come to anchor no how.’
‘You know,’ says 1. ‘that tltree on you a
spell ago—(and I am glad to see you here agiu)
~once ttndertook a matter like this and you
made a fine work 0it’t——til| the tide turn’d, and
then,’ says I, ‘the Two Pollies went astarn and
you all follow’d lier—ltowsever.’says I. ‘ we
wont talk about that now.’ So arter a little
talk. they all thought the best way would be to
bitch on all together—-but coming to try this
Plan. nary one on ’em had rope enufto to let ’em
pull clear of each other. ‘ Well.’ says I. ‘ why
1. That subscribing to the capital stock of
strcam—for my part I got so wamblecrop'd that l
felt as tho’ I was goiu riglitdown into my boots.
‘All's over’ thinks I, and I began to look astarn
to see a soft spot to strike on. when what should I
seejist coining round the pint ofthe Battery but
a great long barge. oars ntrt on each side, like a
great daclrltl long lcg's—-and then cum up along
the docks and shipping a real rouser of a shout,
‘ Squ'z"r'cBz'tl£le —/i-uzzu'—olrl B. U. S.—/tuzza -
lzuz.:a'—atuJ afore I had time to cool down my
dander-—-sure cnuf up cum along side the Two
Pollies my old friend the Sqrrirc—sittin in the
siartt sheets of. his 24 nar'd long boat—one leg
cock‘d up over the gunncll—and the tiller stick-
ing otit under his left arm—he jist wav’d his
hand to his men and they all bat-k'd water along
side. ‘ \Vcll,' says I. ‘ Squire taint no time to
what now, but I am‘ glad tosee you, and iffolks
rlontsay you have cum in the nick oftirne. then,’
says I, " there ain’t no itic/rs nn\v a days-that's
all--now,’ says I, ‘you see what is wanting
and all._you have got to do is to spring to and let
us see if there is any g‘i'il in yoti.’ And with
that lie jist got tip and taking the eentl of a mor-
tal big kiic of rope he had stmv'd a"-.va.y under
hitu—-he threw it on boar'd, and. says he-, ‘ make
that well fast Major on board the Two 1’ollies’—
and then, turning to his oarsruen-, he bow’d and
smil’d and said ‘all together’—aud with tliattltcy
spititig to——the Sqttire all the while s'tee'riri'g and
paying out rope—and taking a sweep away ollin
most boat and then steer‘d round and ‘cut in ‘on
a line ahead—‘ bellow,’ "says I. ‘ Squire’ where
are you goiug—have you got ro‘p'e eu'ufabonr(l?'
‘ Yes,’ says he, ‘ Major, - rope e’n‘u‘f to ‘snake the
Two Pollies out of the tother eend of the Mis-
sissippi ifsrte was there.’ "‘ How you tal'k,’snys
I, ‘flave you rtiade well fast?’ says he‘. ‘ Ac-
cordingto my kalklniionl liave,’say‘s I. ‘ \Vell.’-
says he, ‘you 't'ak‘e_'eare of that efend and I will
tether,’ and with that I see him ‘catch a turn,
round a strong hook and his oarsmen did bend
down to "it for a spell till their backs crack’d like
a new saddle—as ‘soon as the rope cum strait, it
twitclt’d u_n a considerable number ofthe oars ol
the small boats and knock’d otfsome hats-—-but
that was ‘ony a trifle to the ‘work that follow’d—
some of the folks in the small boats did'nt do
the clean thing——o'ii’e chap said for his part he'd
ratliersee the Two Pollics goon the‘ror-.ks than
have the Squire take ‘a band in it, and order’d
his men to bar.-ktheir'oa'rs, but oneon em dash’d a
hat full ofsalt water in his face, whilst his mouth
was open, and lie gagftl as tho’ he'd s\vallow’d
a glass of Jiltlllllfllllln water. Another advts’d
cutting the Sqtiire’s big rope—but an old gen-
tleman in another boat said. ‘every man cut his
own ‘rope if he will, but cttt dc medium rope.
nevare,' and with that he li‘ook’d on the Squire’s
rope, and tell’d his men to pull in aid ou’t—nnd
the most ofthe boats followed the same lead-
them that did’nt. it made very little odds—for the
Two Pollics was going tip stream jist for all the
world as tho’ site had the ‘ Great VVestern’
hook'd on to her—and there sat the Squire with
his long met/i'.um. outastarn takingthe hull scrape
along with hirn'—’-3/rucl, s/crfl", clinker, and the
Two Pollies—his men pulling togetherjist like
one—the tide running like ‘a mill race agin us-—
and then he turri’d-—aiid shifting his position--
all let go his rope. and the small boats and the
Two Pollics swung rotrnd, went down stream
full chi’/.zle for a spell, till the Squire fetched
her all up on totber tack his men jist pulling
strong enttflikc a drag chain to keep things as
tho’ in still water, and theti lie pull’d round and
round sometimes agin the tide and sometimes
across tides it made no odds which way——tl‘.e
Two Pollics and the httll raft of small boats
wentjist the way he steer’d his Great Daddy
Long Legs—threw the shipping at anchor. and
the ferry boats under way. and no harm caiue
to any one. In one of ltis movements be cross-
ed the bows of the Two Pollics and says he
Major aint ‘Hell gate’ pretty nigh ltere—sup-
pose says be. we try a pull through that?’—-
‘ ‘Nell,’ says I. ‘Squire l’iri content with what
we have done if you are.’ and. says I ‘ if you
will ony take the Two Pollies back to the slip
nigh the Dry Dock agin where she come from.
my notion is all parties will be content and satis-
fied‘-—-‘I think’ says I, ' we have had ‘glory
enuffor one day‘ and with that the Squire
cock’d liisleg over the gunnell agin and in a little
while the Two Pollies was where she started
from. '
l ‘ Now’ says I ‘gentlemen I haint get but one
favor to ask of the whole scrape on you, and that
is that you all come algoztrd the Two Pollies and
take dinner (villi me, and oti this day the 4th of
his all jine side by side like a band of good
patriots and eat and drink and be merry and
social.’
This invitation was carrierl as UI't8'ttl‘m0l)S as
an adjourn ment in Congress on a hot Saturday
rtiglit, and we had a complete time ori't I tell
you. asyoti will say when you git my next letter
giviugyou a description on’t. So no more at
present. Front your friend.
J. DOVVNING, ]lIrrjo~r.
Downiiigville Jllililia. 2d Briguclra.
]l1'oa'csl_i/.-—A damsel being sent to a music
shop by her master for seine cat gut, asliaitted
to proitotttice the vulgar word. and to show her
geutility. asked the shop keeper for some puss s
bowels. The foregoing reminds us of a young
lady. who went into a grocery and inquired for
‘lollies’ rlclig/its,’ by rriore ordinary people call-
ed ‘kisses.’
A Singular Case for Jlfcdical Jl1cn.=—Oii the
ntorning of the Fourth, while tlte salute was
firing’ on the Battery, two young men were bath-
ing in the rear of Castle Garden. The two
were diving into the water just at the moment
when one of the heavy guns was discliargcd.
It was observsd that they remained under wa-
r.er an unusual length of time; but they at
length came up, and appeared to the bystanders
to behave in a strange manner. They were res-'
ctted and taken from the water, and what is
horrid to relate, both were utterly bereft of rea-
son. They were conducted to their homes.
where one oftltem remained till Friday in a state
ofinsanity, at which time there were signs of
returning reason. ’I‘be other is still a maniac,
and has been sent to the Asylum at. Bellevue.
——.N. Y. Express.
A certain lady had it custom of s ying to a
faovritc little dog, to make him follow her,
‘Come along sir.’ A would-be-witty gentle-
man stepped up to her one day, and accosted
her with ‘Is it rue madam you called?’ Oh no
sir,’ said she, with great, composure, ‘it was
anal/tcrpuppy I spoke to.’
The editor of the Ricbrnond Enquirer says,
“jirr oneI ant. prepared to sink or swint. ‘wit/L
Jllttrlin. Van Bwrelt.” The swiutuiiitg is all
over. The sinking may be done any time be-
fore 1840.— U. S. Gazelle. ‘
De/i»rrilion.-—A young lady at an examination
in gra.ttin1ar,\vas asked wlty the noun Bachelor
was singular: she replied imnrediately, and
with much nrrircle, “ Because it is very singu-
lar they don’t get married.”
Some ycnr.-I ago a young fox was kept at the
Talbot Inn, Slirewsbury, and employed in a
wheel to turn the jack; but after it while rey-
iiard gave his kersprrs the slip, and regained
his native fields. This very fox was afterwards
pursued by the hounrln, but running into the
town, he sprung’ over a half door which opened
into the kitchen, jupmcd into his, wheel. resti-
rnetl his former occupation, and saved his life.
This, though very arnuzing, is absolutely true.
Irish Equi/_t/.—A couple from the Green Is!-
and—Pai.=zinti Nancy—-lrrid_settlt-d on the Mis-
sissippi, a."(l in course of time, (to use the lan-
guage of the region, had, ‘acquired six children
rind nine ncgrocs).’ P.-it had made up his mind
to better his fortune. and to go unirrcumbercd
higher up the river; and he therefore explained
his plans to Nancy, finishing with, ‘and~so, my,
durlin, I'll lave you; but, I’ll do my best by you:
a half circle till he got away ah_ea‘d ‘o’f'tli'e fure- xl’ll love you tlte six dear, nate pretty children
and I’ll take the nine nasty, dirty negrocs.’-—
Jlliss. Jllartincau.
DuclliTng'.--Aiiswézr lo a C/irz/le7z_ge.—'I‘heec-
centric H. H. Breckenridge, one of the Judges
of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, when
3 young man was challenged to fight a duel by
an English oflicer, whom he answered as fol-
lows:
I have two objections to this duel matter ;--
one is lest I should hurt you; and the other is
lest you should lturt me-. I do not see any good
it would do me to pfit it brill through your body.
I could make no use of you when dead, for any
culinary purpose, as I would 8. mbbitor aturkey.
I am no cannibal to feast on the flesh of men.
Why then sh )0l. down :1 ltunmit creature of
which I could make no use’! A buflitlo would
make better meet. For though your flesh
might be (lelicate and tender, yet it wants the
firmness and consistency, which takes and re-
miris salt. At any rate it would not be fit: for a
long sea voyage. . _
" Yoti might. make a good barb-scuo, it is true,
being of the nature of t). Raccoon or Opossum;
but people are not in the habit of barbecuing
any thing that is human now. And as to your
hide, it is not worth taking off, being little bet-
ter than a two year-old colt. So inuclt for you.
As to myself, I do not like to stand in the way of
any thing that; is harmful. I am under the im-
pression that. you might hit me. This br-ingthe
ctise,I think it most advisable to stay at a dis-
tance. If you wish to try your pistols, take
some object, tl tree, or ti barn door, about my di-
mensions. If vou hit that, send me word, and
I shall acknowledge that, if I had been in the
same place, you might also have hit me.”
LAIVS OF CONNEC'l‘1CU'l‘,
Passed, May Session, 1838.
An Act in addition to the act entitled “an act
concerning the corporation of Yale College.”
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House
ofRepresentatives in General Assembly conven-
ed, That whenever theteshall be present at any
future meetings of the corporation of Yale Col-
lege, it majority of the Fellows thereof, such ina-
joriiy shall constitute a quorum. for the transac-
-lion of business. provided there be present a ma-
jority of those who are. by election. successors
ofthe original trttsieestkercof; and prttVltl€(l due
notice of such meeting shall have been given to
all the members of said corporation.
Sec..." Be it further enact.-d. That the pro-
ceedings of all l’Il€€‘lll'lgS of the President and
Fellows of said corporation. dtily notified as
aforesaid, at which a n‘i;r_jority shall have been
present, as provided in the lirst section ofthis act,
tie, and the same are hereby confirmed and made
valid in the same rnauner, and to the same ex-
iettt as -they would have been. had a quorum
heenpresent as required by the act_Io which this
is an addition.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted. That this tact
shall not be in force unless the assent of said
corporation shall be given thereto. and the 6V‘
C‘
r_1,otg‘oiu a string one ahead oftotlier?’ but this
July at rale Independence and no party day, let
L
deuce thereof transmitted to the .S€Cr¢18T}'0
of those ollicers: tlicrcfore,
State, on or before the first day of September,
1838, to be by him recorded.
WM. \V. BOARDMAN.
Speakcrol the Ilonseof Representatives.
CIIARIJSS HA\VLEY.
Prr-sident ofthe Senate.
Approved, May 31. 1838.
\VM.- \rV. ELLSVVORTH.
--fl
An Act in addition to an act entitled “an act
concerning Fctiiirtris and Memorials to this
General Assembly."
A See. 1. Be it r-rincted by the Senate and
House of.Repr.-tsentatives. in General Assembly
converted. that no petition for the incorporation of
any bank or iurnpi.:e company, shall be heard
by the General Assembly, unless public notice
thereof shall be given by advertisement. setting
forth the proposed capital and location of such
batik. ‘and the place where the road cfsuch coni-
pan_v is intended to be laid, in some newspaper
printed in the county where such bank or such
road. or sortie part thereof is intended to be lo-
cated. or if there be no ncwspaperpritited in
such county, then in a newspaper in an tltljrriuinp
Cmtnty. at least two weeks before the first day of
the session in which such hearing is bad.
Sec. 2. Nothing herein shall be so construed as
to dispense with any other notice require--d by law.
VVM. \V. BOARDMAN.
Speaker ofthe House of Representatives.
CHARLES H.‘-\\VLl£Y.
President ofthe Senate.
Approved, June 1. 1838.
\VM. \V. ELLSVVORTI-‘I.
An Act to make valid the doings of a Town
Meeting therein named.
Whereas.tlie annual ineeting of the town of
Hampton. held on the first Monday of October,
1837. was not legally warned in consequence of
an omission by the Selectmen to set up a notifi-
cation of said meetingon one of the sign posts
in said town: and whereas, notifications of said
meeting were set upnri three of the sign posts in
said town according to law; and at said meeting.
Assessors and a Board of Relief were chosen.
who have performed the duties by’ law required
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives. in General Assembly convened,
That the doings ofsaid town meetings. and the
doings ofsaid assessors and board of relief shall
not in consequence of the omission to set tip the
notification aforesaid be considered or atljtitlgcd
void. but suclt doings. ifitt all other respects con-
formable to law, arr hereby declared to be valid.
\VM. VV. BOARDMAN.
Speaker of the House. of Representatives.
CHARLES HAXVLEY,
President of the Senate.
Approved l‘vIa_y 16, 1838.
\VM. ‘V. ELLS\VORTI-I.
An Act concerning the Private Acts published
by authority of the General Assembly.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Housevof Re-
presentatives in General Assembly corrvened._
That the private acts of the state, pUl.)ll.~.llBtl in
1837. entitled “' Resolves and Private Laws of
the State of Coniiecticui. from the year 1789 to
the year 1336,” published by authority of resolu-
tions nfllte General Assembly. passed, May
and 1836. under the supervision ofzi special coni-
mittee. be, and hereby are authorized to be re-
ceived in evidence in all courts ofjustice, in all
cases when exemplified and certified copies of
the satire could he received in evidence.
VVM. \V. BOARDMAN.
Speaker of the House of Rt,-presentatives-.
CHARLES H.-\ \VLEY.
President of the Senate.
Approved Way 16, 1838. 0
\VM. \V. ELLS\VORTII.
An Act to prevent thedrawing ofSeines in Mys-
tic River.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofRe-
preseniatives. in General Assembly cortvened,
That no person or persons shall draw any seine
or seines in Mystic river, in thecounty of New-
Lomlon. mirth of a line running due east frotn
the light house in the town of Groton. from and
after the 15th dtiy of April to the 1st day of
November, in eaclt year. under the penalty of
forfeiting the stirii of ted dollars. and the seine
drawn or used as aforesaid—one-half of said
forfeiture.to ltitn who shall sue for and prosecute
his suit to effect. and the. other half of said for-
feiture to the treasury of the town where said
offence shall be committed: Provided, how-
ever, that it shall be lawful for any person or
persons to draw any seine or seiites for the pur-
pose of taking bony fish, so called. in said Mys-
tic river. in arty part thereof. south or southerly
of Mystic bridge, in the niontbs of April and
May, in ear.-lt and every year.
\VM. VV. BOARDMAN.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
CHARLES IlA\VLEY.
President ofthe Senate.
Approved, May 31. 1838.
WM. VV. ELLSVVORTH.
An Act to repeal an act therein mentioned.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives, in General Assembly cor. vened.
That the act entitled “ art act concerning leather.
and for regulating the several arrilices concerned
in working and making tip the satire.” be. and
the same is hereby repealed.
VVM. W. BOARDMAN.
Speaker of the I-louse of Representatives.
CHARLES HAWLEY.
Approved May 28. 1838.
\VM. \V. ELLS\VORTII.
An Act’ in addition to an act, “ regulating weights
- and measures.” .
Be it enacted by t.lte Senate and House 0
Representatives, in General Asst mbly convened,
That the standard measure for fruits, vegeta-
bles, sltell lish, and ‘all other articles sold by
heaped measure. shall be the satire as prescrib-
ed for the measure of charcoal, by at} at‘:
passed in 1827, and that the fifth section 0.
the act to which this is aln lalldllwna 09: 3"‘-l
- me is hereb re en er .
me ill wlwi. iv. BOARDMAN,
(‘the House of Representatives.
CHARLES HAWLEY.
President of the Senate.
Approved Mav 31. .1838-
WM. VV. ELLWSORTH.
Speaker o
An Act to repeal an act therein mentioned.
President of the Senate. .
Thatlthe act entitled ‘f’a'n act regulatingtolls
tipon Ftirripike P.~0'a‘d»'s." approved June 10, 1837.,
be and the same is hereby repealed.
Approved. Ivlay 31, 1333,
‘CVILLIABI VV. ELLS\VORTH.
S"l‘.-l'l‘E OF CONNEC’l’IU'l‘, 89.
OFFICE on THE Sr.cm-:'r.trt7 on STATE,
' _ _ June 19th 1838. _
_ The following extracts from the Report ofthe
(_}outptroller of Public Accounts. exhibited totbe
General A$€t)‘.l)l_V, at their late session, compris-
cs such parts of said report. as are required by
law, to be published in tlt-e several newspapers
in llte State. by the Secretary ofsaid State.
ROYAL R. IJIINMAN, Secretary of State.
T/re State of Coiznccticul in General Ac-
count of Receipts and E:rpendi'lu7es ry‘ Funds
rIpprop'ri'ale(l jbr the current eapeizscs ofthe Go-
itcrnmenl. ,
For sturount of payments from the Treastiry from
the 31st of March. 1837. to 1st ofApril,1838.
For current expertses of Government under the
following heads. viz:
of the General Assembly.
As per account, $21.728 '72
Salaries 9,234 00
Contingent expenses of
Government, 11,250 29
34,115 22
Judicial ex peuses.
Expense of supporting
State Paupers. 1,700 00
Salary to State Prison
Directors, 300 CO
Advances made to Qr.
Master General. 1,720 00
5|
" to commit-
tee for repairing Re-
presentatives Hall at
Hartford, 2 3:30 56
Public Buildings and
.It'tSl.llUll()nS, 1.433 00
Expense publishing the
Private Statutes.
Public debt discharged,
2,342 37
22 43
86,171 59
Jllurch 31—For Treasurer's Accounts Audited,
being payrnents made by him.
Abatement on State
5,112 42
Tax. list of 1836.
Collecting fees and tra-
vel on do.,
1.577 19
6.689 61,
From State Tax re-
maiuitigdue frorti sun-
dry towiis. on the 31st
March. 1838.
For cash paid to School
Fund as interest for
loan of 320,000 for six
moiitlis,
For cash refunded to
Exchange Bank. for
over payment of tax
on stock owned by
non-residents.
1,507 35
600 00
14 00
$594,982 55
614 00
CR.
By balance in the Trea-
sury. April 1. 1837. as
per Comptroller's re-
port to the General
Assembly,
By payments into the
Treasury from 31st of _
March. 1837. to 1st of
April, 1838. viz:
From avails of Cotirts,
From forfeited Bonds,
«Sic.
From duties on licens-
es. &c. .
From incidetal sources,
From tax ofotie cent on
dollar. on list of 1836.
From tax of § of 1 per
cent. on stock owned
by non-residents, re-
ceived from sundry
banks and insurance
companies,
Front dividends on batik
Stock.
By balance 31st March,
1838, carried to new
account,
6,150 '78
2:38 85
1,300 91
58 68
1.115 49
42.406 06
2.656 70
21,488 62
894.982 55
Permanent Funds. ,
The permanent funds of this State on the 1st
of April, 1838. consist of bank stock transferable
and not transferable, or subscription to the capi-
tal of sundry banks, which may be withdrawn
on giving six months notice. viz:
Bank Stock not Transferable.
Ilartforrl 1484 shares at $100 148.400
Plrtcuix 890 “ at 200 89.000
New Haven 274 - “ at 200 54.800
Middletown 593 " at 100 59.300
Farmers 6:. M ecbanics 7 at 100 700
352.209
Bank Stock purchased’ and transferable.
[Iartford 144 shares at $100 14.400
Plrcenix 294 “ at 100 29.400
New Haven 19 “' at 200 3.800
47.600
$399.800
Public Debt.
The public debt ofthe the State remaining un-
paid the 1st ol'April. 1838. is as follows. viz:
Regislerccl Debt consisting of .
Liqttidstted. UIlllqlll(I8led'v
Stale Notes. ‘
Interest Certificates. 27 38
State Bills emitted in 1780. 45 87
Interest on said‘ notes to 1.805. 26 27'
State bills entitled before 1780.
$132 41
Unregislerezl Debt consisting of
1.235 70
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re-
presenytatives, in General Assembly convenetli
Imlay’s Certificates, 414 62
Interest on do. to 1805. 359 56
$606 59 1,235 70
Balance due sundry per-
sons for inierest on “As-
sumed Debt.’ Stock trans-
ferred, 85 53
Balance due sundry per-
sons for interest and prin-
cipalon strvckttansferred, 161 89
i
Amount of Debentures and contingent expenses’
Norwalk Chronicler