4‘:-
you see men strutrgling with it hard climate, banks, to whom had been referred a bill, with those of any State in,the Union : and Hartford and ‘New Haven Rail Road came Judge of probate for the district of To'vla'nd.- Coa‘i‘iiiicac1‘.ar.- Pm-zsomizoiv.-A few weeks
° ‘t ‘N5 we hlghest c°'“l’l“"‘-’“l- “lblch c°"ld from the 3€D‘=‘ll=‘t’ 27 laid on the l'r1bl<3- T C Br.uce—Ellington.- T Blackman—Ne\vto'wr‘i'.- since five hundred bales of brown cotton drilling
A VV Birge—Hebron. GA Davenpo’rt-N0rv_valk-.-
wi:h, in many places, an ungrateful: soil;
their numbers, small at first, increasing rap-
idly; becoming countless and spreadingpver
a vast extent of land‘, had erected a system
which was tried‘ in every political storm,and
struggled with success out of it, and above all
came triumphant over the greatest tempest
—that of the Elo-ropean= revo-lotion--—which
had ev'er’laidi waste‘ htN!lB’n society. To
what was tthe‘e"orrt’rast owing? It was be‘-
cause the Spaniards did not carry out with
them the blessings ofa free constitution_ or
the practices of principles ofcivil or religious
liberty, and because North Amr-rica was
crowned with al_l;these. political, blessings.
And if a;‘, passing cloud has come over
them for a moment-—and it is butflfor a mo-
var-.nt-and if there should seem to be, and I
believe it is only this semblance of any de-
parture on their side and in thcir conduct
from those kind feelings and strict principles
of religion and commercial honor and perfect
national good faith which had always distin-
guised them, Ihave no more doubt than that
I now stand here addressing your lordships.
than that cloud will pass away, and that the
Americans will once more, and in no long
space of time, feel proud,and feel glorious. in
once more resuming their station—a station
worthy of their British decent and of their
British kindred—by feeling and acting as
they have felt, that no stain should be suffer-
ed’ to rest on- any part-oh their national honor.
(lCbeers.)‘
ILEGISLATIVE.
From the Hartford Courant.
-Monday Morning, May 22 ——B?'tt|l{ com-
missioners reported a statement of their ex-
penses, services &c. with accompanying
documents; referred to committee on banks.
Committee on State Prison, on the petition
of N. H. Morgan, with reference to the case
of Lorenzo Barber, reported favorable with
a resolution recommending his discharge;
resolution passed, and report accepted.
Bill for a public act, in addition to an act,
entitled'an act, relative to the deposits of the
surplus fund of the United States, read -a
second time, and referred to the committee
on the Judiciary.
Bill for a public act in addition to "an act
providing for the collection of taxes: read a
second time.
Report of committee on divorce on the
petition of Mary Lamb against Stephen A.
Lamb: taken up and accepted and resolution
adopted. —
P’et'ition of Charles I-V. Robbins and
others of Rocky Hill, for a new town called
up, aodslthe Senate concurred with the House
in-: recommitting the subject to the committee
on new towns and probate districts.
Petition of Charles S. IV:-aver and others
asking ‘to prevent officers from arresting
runaway slaves: referred to the committee.
to whom had been referred the resolution
from Maine, Georgia and Alabama.
Bill for a public act in regard to balloting
ffor town: ofiicers—read a second time.
. Bill for a public act relating to usurious
interest: referred to the committee on the
Tudiciary.
Bill for a public act relative to Stockhold-
ers voting for bank officers by proxy; re-
ferred to the committee on the Judiciary.
Leave given to the committee on new
towns and probate districts, to sit during the
sessions of the House. House adj.
' Afternoon Session..—-—Bill for a public act
to admitt parties and other persons interested,
to testify in civil suits; read a second time
and referred to committee on judiciary.
Resolution (which passed the Hotise of
Representatives in 1842, and by the consti-
tution continued‘ till: this session) to alter the
2d article 6th. section of the constitution, read
a second time, laid on the table, 300 copies
ordered to be printed, and made the order of
the d iy, for~ Thtu-rsday next at l0 o’clk, a. m.
Speaker read over severai matters which
had been accumulating "on the table.” btit
atonte o-fthein were taken up, and the House
adjourned until to morrow morning, at l0
o'clock. ,
V Tuesday Jllorning Mag; 23.-Committee
on contested elections, asked and received
permission to set during the session of the
House.
Committee on divorces. on the petition of
I-Tannah F. Mix, reported f:ivorablj.', with a
nesolutiont dissolving the marriage relation.
Report 0f’a1C0-fT|I'n:i'.l.l.e€ (Messrs. O. S. Sey-
mour andr-S IQ \Vig'htrnan.) appointed by
the last Legislature to enquire and report
with reference to the attachment laws, and
imprisonment’ fordebt---read: a bill was al-
so submitted with the. report: bill read it sec-
ond time, laid on-the-table, and 300 copies
ordered to be printed
Committee on banks, on.the resolution ap-
pointing; 13): M. Seymour and‘ F-.‘ J. Hunt-
ington, State directors of Phoenix Bank, re-
ported faV0l'flbi:§’,_. with» resolutions appointing
them: and also resolutionsappointing Isaac
N. I?-rior-,State director of New Haven bank,
Wm. K Jamesoft I3:"airfi.eld.County Bank:
Wm. B..D‘yer of?'B2‘ridge-rort'Bank: Orlando
B. Hall of Connecticut Bank: Josiah C.
Jackson of Windham Bank: Ezra L. H.
Chamberlin of Middlesex County . B-ink:
Calvin Day of Hartford Bank : Peter D. I-
rish of Norwich Bank: and John H. Town-
send of Merchant's Bank : resolution passed
and report accepted. -
Committee on claims on the petition of
Richard Merriman, and of Asahel P. B.lll'
ey: reported adversely, reports laid on the
table. ‘
An act in addition to an apt, pmmed an
act providing for the collection Ofi.i’tX"S. read
a third time and referred- to. the committee on
taxation.
Bill for public act concerning common
schools: read a second time andireferred. to
.ll'le committee on education.
Report of the commissioners on the Hous-
atonic Rail road: taken up and ordered to
be transferred to the Senate. Adjourned.
Afternoon.—Committee on judiciar-', on
the petition of Willis M. Ant-hon-y and-others
reported, that said petition was-of suc'ri'-a- na-
ture that it ought to have been. served»-on the
city of New Haven,—-that no such St‘l'VlC('
had been made, and‘they therefore-returned
the petition to the Legislature : report ac-
ceptedhand therbill'rel'-erred; to committee on
incorporations other than banks.
Committee on incorporations other than
' the character oftheir property, and therefore
giving certain power to the Mayor of the
citvof Hartford, reported favorably.
Same committee to whom had been refer-
red :1 bill for a public act, in addition to an
act ac. to secure the citizens of Hartford and
New Haven from damage by fire, by regu-
lating the mode of building, reported favora-
bly: bill passed and report accepted.
Committee on divorces, on the petition of
Joel P. Griswold, agiinst Emeline Griswold
reported adversely; report laid on thetable.
Bill for a public act, for the suppression
of houses of ill fame, read a second time,and
referred to committee on the Judiciary.
Comrniitee on divorces, on the petition of
Emeline Griswold, against Joel P. Griswold
reported favorably with a resolution. L-iicl
on the table, after some other action ‘to end.
this strange eventful history,’ these two cross
bills were taken tip together and read.
On the petition ofthe husband the House
passed the resol-utiu~n, accepted the report,
refused to divorce the parties, and gave the
petitioner leave to \\‘ithdi‘aiw his petition.
On the petition of the wife the House pass-
ed the resolution, divorced the parties and
granted her alimony.
Report of the President and Fellows of
Yale College: read, accepted and transmit-
ted to the Senate.
House resumed the consideration of the
act relating to the Fairfield county bank:
reid a third time—thc bill was considered by
sections.
To the 4th section, Mr. Hubb.ird intro-
duced an amendment providing that the pri-
vate property ofthe stockholders should be
iiolden, upon which amendment an animated
and interesting discussion arose.
He s rid he believed the best interiists ofthe
community demanded this restriction. The
directors of these two banks ask to be divor-
cod, and also for some special powers and
privileges. Every precaution should be to-
keen to guard the public againstthe wild and
extravagant speculation of banks. The his-
tory of banking, from beginning to end, in
this country,showed but one continiir-=(_l system
of legalized swindling. Etch subsequent
step was but an improvement upon the iniqui-
ties of its predecessors. It is particularly so
in the \Vest,-.i portion ofthe country, great
in rescources, laden with plenty, and rich be-
yond parallel. And yet with all these nat-
ural advantages, it is dotted all over withfithe
ruins of these banking institutions. There
has been lost by their failures and rascality,
something like 40,000,000 of dollars. This
immense loss falls upon the bill-holding por-
tion of the community, while the stockhold-
ers reap the advantages derived from these in-
stitutions. Men of capital, directors, &c, is-
suetheir promis--s to pay.‘ This is easily
done,‘ but when demand of payment is made
these promises are dishonored. These"
wolves then steal outoftheir liability, in the
sheeps clothing oftheir co operate exemption.
He would not hive these men liable to
pay in one capacity, and not liable in anoth-
er. He was utterly opposed to divorcing a
man from himself. He would not allow
him to,be a swindler and a knave in one con-
nection, and an honest and solvent man in
another.
The few should not stand upon a higher
platforin in this respect,-than the many. He
did not take this ground in order that old
grants might be repealed , l)":l. that in ma-
king new grants, they should throw around
banking institutions such restrictions that
these evils should not follow.
In closing, M r. H. said, that as this is a
new question here, and yet untried in Con-
necticut, and of much importance, he would
move, that the question be taken by yetis and
nays. Yeas and nays ordered.
Mr. Palmer said that he was fully aware
that it was an easy matter to talk against
the banks. Much might be said, and
earnestly, about their iuiquitics and losses.
And though there might have been great
reason for it elsewhere, it had never yet
been thought important to introluce such a
restriction here. in the experience of Con-
necticut, on the subject of booking, it has not
been found necessary to the security and
solvency of the institutions, to impose upon
them any such conditions. It may have
been necessary in the banking operations of
the \’Vest; but Hill. was a very d.fferent afiair.
The restrictions proposed by the amend-
ment of the gentleman, had already been
tried and found u.=antin<;. It was fully tested
in the State of Rhode Islanrl, and it proved
of no efict whatever. If the b'lfIl{ be-comes
insolvent, or is danger of it, this 'provision
can do no good. The stoclrholders, who
would early know its condition, might casi-
ly transfer their stocks to a dummy, and
your restriction does no good. It cannot
reach them. But even suppose the stock-
holders should not do this. Our people are
at present satisfied ofthe solvency of these
institutions, and are prepared to trust them
a year and a day longer. And I we should
not find ourselves justified in introducing an
aincndiiient of this kind, in this charter. It
is evidently a proposition to defeat the good
contemplated in the bill before the House:
and therefore he hoped it would not be
traminelcd by shackles of this kind.
Mr. Curtis said he once entertained the.
same opinion expressed by the mover of this
amendment: but experience. had shown the
fallacy of it. The banks of Rhode Island
had been supposed sound beyond fear of
loss: and he felt himself happy on a certain
occasion, in having several bills upon the
Burrellville Bank in that State. But he soon
found his mistake: for when you enquired
for the st_ockholders, they were not there.
Stockholders shbuld inrleed be seciire.—
Many of them are ofa class who need it,—
children and widows, who wish to change
convert their real estate into stock. But, if
this kind of restriction is to be put upon this
bank,.lct us go. through the whole. Let us
repeal our incorporatiion laws and ban.k laws,
hitherto-made, and subject the whole to the
same conditions,
‘Mr-. Butler also opposed the amendinentz.
,Hl.S confidence in the banking iiistiiutions of
this State had not been shaken by the gen”.
altcry against banks. or by any [hjnir we
had heard upon this proposed niriendinebnt,_
He had not been an advocate for increasino
the number of banks. and in some. previou:
sessions of the Legislature, he had not op.
osed this increase. '
The banks of this compare to ad vantage,
have been paid to them, thatthe gentleman
from East Hartford had gone tothe West. I0
point otit the evils of those institutions in
that section. Our own banks richly deserve
this compliment. 'l‘hey are a credit to the
State. They are under the supervision of
commissio'ners; and we have full confidence
in their ability to pay their bill holJers.——
The commissioner of the School fund has
also expressed his full confidence in them.
has been steadily in favor of the separation of
these two ban ks, as C0l'llt'mpli‘l ted in the bill.
I.‘ there is danger to be apprehended of the
kind spoken of, why do we not take the
civil list funds from these institutions atonce
and even revoke their charters.
At every point of view our banks receive
the credit and confidence ofthe community
and ofthis House. No one here believes
them to be “whited sepulchres.” And this
going westward, to seek arguments from the
dishont-sty and _ rascality of the irestt-in
States, is entirely inapplicable to the present
question.
Why should we put more rcstrii-tions
upon this bank than any others. The effect
of this am -ndment will_ be, to make the bill
so obnoxious, as to fail of passing into a law.
He was always opposed to the bank in ques-
tion as a mere bi'anch—:is a mere whiprow.
As he had already remarked, the com-
missioner of the Si‘l]O0l ftind whose practical
acquaintance with these matters was unsur-
passed, and whose accuteness in examining
the affairs of the banks in l836, is the cause
of the present solvency of them, had uni-
formly favored the sep-.iration.
.Ifthis condition is to be put upon this bill
it should be put upon all; and if we do it in
this case, we should pass a general law on
the subject.
In i833, there was a disposition in some
quarters, to put this provision upon all; and
charters were given to the petitioners of
both political parties. But the restriction
failed to be attached to them, and is no
more necessary now than at that time.
Mr. Stiles rose to correct \\ hat he suppos'
_tjCl a mistake on the part of some gentlemen
with reference to the banks of Rhode Island-
Mr. Will---y said he did not know how a
question, so simple as the one before the
House could have taken so wide a range.-—
It was incomprehensible. The question is
a plain and simple one. The two Banks
wish to divide i.l-eir capital and keep $75,000
at Fairfield, and $75,000 at Danbury. They
ask for no additional capital. The bank
commissioners and the commissioner of the
school fund, rccommcnd a division. Now
the proposition is that the 875,000 at Dunba-
ry siiould be crippled, while the other mole
ty is left free. Is that right?
The gentleman says these bank are terri-
ble'things—th:it they will bzinkrupt the uni-
verse. If there be this danger, why shoul.l
the State wish and ask to hold stock in them
all, as she now does ? Mr. W. said the amend-
ment proposed was rriaking a distinction
which was unjust and he should oppose it.
Nfr. Averill siid that the proposition was
to put the provision on a new charter—not
on one already in existence. lfthe institu-
tion is so safe. what is the danger of this
amendment? Who asks for this new bank .7
Is it the people? Is there any petitioner
here, except the request of the motht-r‘and
daughter to be dividetl? D.) the people re-
quire an increase. ofbanking capital .7 VVould
any L~gislature for the l'lSl. I5 years have
granted such a privilege. except on the ap-
plication of the people? He thought the
House would be inconsistent with itself, with
public sentiment, if they could grant the
prayer of these petitioners. After some
further remarks by Mr. Butler the previous
qucstion u as moved by Mr. Stiles.
On the. amendment there were yeas 92 -
nays 79. So the amendment was tldoplvtl.
Mr. Perkins moved to amend, by the pro-
vision that the act should not take i-ff}-ct un:
til accepted by the Directors ofthe Fairfi».-ld
County Bank in a rrieeting warned for that
purpose, pending which, the House adj.
l'I'ed/icsday 1lI0i'ning,Ma_7/ 24 -—Bill for a
public act for thv regulation ufcivil actions:
passed to a second reading and referred to
corriinittee on judiciary. .
Bill for an act relating to notaries public:
pissed to a second reading and referred to
same committee.
Bill for a public act relatingto crimes and
punish mcnts : passed to a second reading and
referred to same committee. _
Resolution restoring the cha rtr.-r of the Nor-
walk Mziniifacturiiig Company : referred to
committee on incorporationsotherthan banks
Resolution appointing Leinan Church and.
Henry Dutton commissioners on the Housa
tonic Railroad: referred to the com on banks.
Re.-‘olution appointing Charles A. Con»
verse State Director for Norwich Bank, and
John H. Townsend for Mercliants Bank:
referred to committee on banks.
Resolution relative to State Directors in
banks being stockholders in the same: refer-
red as above.
Reportofcommittes on Govt-rnor’s Mes-
sige relative to resolutions from the States of
Maine, Georgia and Alabama and on the
petition of sundry persons for strikingout the
word ‘white’ from the constitution: reported
adversely with a resolution that petitioners
have leave to withdraw: passed.
Resolution appointing justices ofthe peace
for Middlcsex county came from Senate a
mended: Housc reconsidered and concurred.
Report ofcommittee on agricultral survey
ofthe State, recommending a stirvey: refer-
red to a committee of one from a county on
the part ofthe House.
Resolution appointing Russell C. Abernc-
thy, Oliver \V. Pickett and Frederick Kel-
logg, county commissioners for Litchfielrl
county: passed.
Resolution appointing Elisha S. Abvrnc-
thy--judge of probate for the district of Litch-
field: Jesse Ives, l3:irlthamstcd: Bi-naj--b
flyden. Harwinton: Rufus Fuller, Jr. Kent:
Vvait Garrett, New Hartford : George Tay-
lor, New Millford : Joseph Higos, Norfolk:
Elisha Johnson, Plymouth: Harmon B
Eastman, Roxbury : John G. Mitchell, Sllrl r-
on: Ithiel Hicox, \’Vashington: Holvbrook
Curtis, Wateitoirn: Sainui-l \V. Coe, Wiri-
cbester, Charles B. Phelps, Woodbury——al|
pflSSt‘!l.
Resolution appointing iusticies of the
peace for Litchfield county: passed.
RPSOiUli(.-D apponting commissioners on
‘Report of divorce committee on the peti-
tion ofEmma \V. Yates of Hartford against
Christopher C. Yates, for ii divorce, taken
.up read, and Mr. Curtis made some state-
ments ofthe testimony which was offered to
the commsttee,and sobrnitted somedocuments
on the subjcctto the House —adjournrd.
T/tut-sday Morning, May 25.—House
proceeded to the order of the day, which
was :1 proposed auicndmtnt of the 6th article
2d section of the Constitution. The aiin-tid-
ment is in conforrnity with the present Con-
stitution as it now stands, with the exception
of his freehold requisite, and in the. per-
formance of military duty——al| of which
were fl't'qLlEflll_V, if not generally ev.-id-d.—
'l'o obtain a result directly which has hither-
to been indirectly, this ainendinent was
deemed nr-ces.-tary.
A d--b.te of some length concerning the
foruittlily ofthe proceedings of the Hoiisn on
iliis subject last yea r, here followed. in which
Dr. Butler, among others took part.
Uo the proposed amendment, the yeris and
nays were ordered; yeas l l l, nays 7|.
Th:-,-. Constitution requiring a two thirds
vote, the amendment was lost.
Resolution favorable to the petition of
Emma VV. Yates, for a divorce from Chris-
topher C. Yates, taken up and passed and
the prayer of the p--tition granted.
Documents relating to the Fairfield Coun-
ty Bank cuntiriueil to the next general As-
sembly.
Afrcrnoon ——Resolution passed appointing
William Field, William H ETlis, and
Hugh P. \Velt-h. coinmissioner on the H irt-
ford St. New Haven Riil Road Co.
Report and resolution of the committee on
capital punishiricnt. upon the petition of
S irah Freeman for commutation, came from
the Senate with the resolution so amendvd
as to fix the period of confinement in Stati-
prison at 7 years, House reconsidered and
concurred.
Coniriiittce on Incorporalions other than
banks, on the petition of the Collinsville
t‘i’l:inufuctiiring co. reported favorably. The
accoiiipariyirig resolution came from the
Senate, so amended as to make the privati-
property of the stockholders liable for thi-
debts accruing after its passage Resolution
as reported by the committee passed; report
accepted &.C.
Committee on State Prison, to whom had
been referred the petitions of 5‘-’lelvin Cope-
l.iiid, Leonard Ketiiieily and others and sun-
dry rvsolutions, concerning the employment
of convicts in the State Prison, and the use
of steam engines, 5:/_'. in the same; reported
that no legislative action is now necessary,
with reference to the matters embrace-d in
the petitions; report accepted. House adj.
Friday 1lIa_i/ ‘.26 —The Speaker announ-
ced the coinmitteis on debtnture and on the
taxation of costs.
Resolution appointing Siinut-l L. Pitkiii
and Caleb Pond, State Auditors, for the year
ensuing : iassed.
Petition of Willis N. Anthony and others,
for the. division of the city of New Haven in-
to iv-irtls: came froin the Senate, continued:
motion to lay on the table: carried.
Coiniiiittee on the petition of the wartlen
ancflburgesses of the boroulig of Norwalk, for
an increase in the number of a fire company,
reported favorably, with a resoliitiou: reso-
lution adopted and report accepted.
Committee. on Judiciary, to whom had
been referred a bill for a public act, concern-
ing gu1ll‘(lli1llS and iriiiiors, reported some
aiiieridiiients, and rt’-corninended that the bi.l
so ainendtd be passed 2 bill as amended, read
a third time, and passed, and report accepted.
Stine COlIlllllllr't' to whom had been refur-
rrd a bill for a public act, concerning crimes
and punishments, reported unfavorably: but
Ollt'I'f.‘~'i a bill as a substitute. The substi-
tut--d l‘-ill extended the right of appeal from
convictions by a justice of the peace, to some
costs, in which no appeal is now allowed.
Mr. Seymour explained the grounf of the
bill, to be,that as the law now stinds, this
denial of the right of appeal, is against the
spirit ofthe constitution, which requires that
the right of trial by jury shall be inviolate.
Mr. Butler said that the reason why the
exceptions had existed in these cases was.
that the justice might give judgement "on
He thought that justices might ex-
ercise this power viiidictively. Indeed it
had sometimes been done. Iftbat were true
and the presumption was that such cases
might occur again, he would take away this
liahiiity—this opportunity to inflict injury
or oppression. Bill posponed incltfinitely,
and report rejected.
Petition of George Randall and others,
view.”
F B‘ Hanks—Mansfield.- J R Sanford-—Reddi.ng.
Ors. VVood-Somers. VV Sherwood—Ridgefield»
R. VVoodworth—-Stafi'ord.H A M itchell—Stamford.
\V Sherwood Jr—Faii'fieldJ Golding—Stratford.
S H Hickock—Danbury.Eli Adams-VVeston,
S Ttveedy-'—Bridgeport. E Wheeler—VVestport.
Th-oinas T. Wliiitelsey, Judge of the
county court for the county of Fairfield.
Ii.t‘.~('IlUll0H appointing Samuel Beartlslee,
Ezra Morgan, Alexander N. Hcliey, coun-
iy commissioners for the. county ofFairfield.
Justice. bill of Fairfield couniy taken up
and passed.
Resolution authorizing the Controller to
draw an order in favor of Sands Adams, re-
ported, rcdiii-ing the sum to $77 92: resolu-
tion as ainendetl passed, and report acceptr-d.
Resolution appointing Benjaiziin Pou -
roy, Jod_<_.-e ofthe county court for the county
of New London.
Judges of Probate and Justices of the
Peace for New London.count_i, : all passed.
Adjou rnt-d.
From (he I-Iarffoirl Times.
SATURDAY, May 27.-—Resoltttioii enipowerng the
Governor, for the space offivc years, to select such
persons as he may deem proper’ to be educated in
the New England Institution for the eductitioii of
indigent blind persons, at the expense of the State,
reail a second time.
were shipped from New York to London. The
last advices tnenrion their arrival at their place
of destination. Eeholders were struck Willi
wonder at seeing cotton fabrics from the looms
of America exposed for sale in the mails ofthe
greatest manufacturing nation of? the world.
In the Boston Morning Post we find the fol-
lowing article : _
“American Imports -in F;rance.—The
import of American products into France
appears to have excited alarm among the
agricultnrists of that country. The Auxil-
irtrc B ctrm remarks that ihe matter now
engages the attention of the Chamber‘ of
Commerce of l\-lorlaix, and that it threatens-
thc Agriculture of that part of the country
with total ruin.“ The Americans are intro-
ducing into France butter. equal and superi,
or to ours: lard, salted provisions, wax, clo-
ver seed, and in fine all our products,an_d de-
liver them, ’with the duties paid at our
commercial places, at lower prices than we
can ll)l‘l'tlSl'lll1t-‘I11. People engaged in the
Breton commerce are much t-xcift-d by this,
and with reason for all the productions of
l0“'t‘T Britlnnv are suffering by foreign rival-
ship a dimunition in value of one per cent.
For cxorriplo, our alri-aily too abundant agri-
_Resolutiou appointing Erastus Lester, Stowcll
Lincoln and \Vin. C. Stanton, County Coinniis-.
sinners for \Vintlhani county, passed.
Also resolution appointing Justices of the Peace -.
for the couiity of \Vinrlham,
Act reltitiiig to the abolishmcnt of imprisonment
for debt, taken up and made the order of the day
for 'l'ucsdiiy next at ten o’clock.
Resolution appointing coinmissioners on the
Hoiisatoiiic Railroad, came from the Senate ref'ci'- -
red to the cotiimittee on iiicorporiitions other than
banks. I-louse coiicurred, and adjourned.
State Prison coinuiittcc oti the petition of‘ David
Valentine, for dischiirge. reported iinf'avorably.—
The petition was granted. and Mr. Valentine was
ortlcred to be discharged on the 1st day of'Jnne.
Committee on Banks reported ti bill for the asess-
mcnt of taxes—pi'oviding that cashiers shall transmit
11 statement ofthe amount of stock to those towns
where persons holding said stock reside ; read twice.
The Speaker’s table being cleared, and business
pretty sqiiarely disposed of, the House adjourncil
to 10 o’clock Monday inorniiig.
FOREIGN.
Tim U.ii.i~:ooaiA arrived at B slot) on Fri-
day morning. a liiilebeforc 5 o'clock. She had
rather a rough passage.
By licr \\'c have London dates to the evening
ufliie 3d inst, and Liverpool to ilie 4th.
The Qieen of England anrl the’ infant Prio-
cess were "doing remarkably well.”
Her Royal Highnv ss isa reniarliablc fine
lnfilfll. notiso delicately formed as her sister,
the Princess Royal, and in feutu res ii ore
resembling the Prince of Wales. Slit: has
large light blue eyes, and hair which prom-
ises to be flax:-n.
A great Anti Corn Law Conference was
adveitised to be field in London on the 9th
of l'l’l.iy, to which deputies had been sent from
all parts of ‘The Three Kingdoms.’
A Chariist meeting at Hull was recently
dispersed by the authorities, and the orator
on the occasion seized and bound over for
trial on a charge of sedition.
A large number of tenants on the Blen-
heim cstatts in Oxford.<hire had quilted their
li1l'lllS—-‘lllfl rlissatisfziction among the ten
nantry of England, on account of the high
rents, was growing d iily more appirent.
By the returns, nearly f'O'flplt‘l.l‘, of the
General Asselllbly of the Church of Scot-
land, it is fully as'ei‘taint-d that a coiuplete
revolution has been made in the character of
that body, and that the schisiutitics had bet it
entirely Clt:ft'tllt3(l.
Latest accounts from Naples states that
Vesuvius was again be-lcliing forth large
quantities of flame and smoke.
ll. appv.-irs that the governor of the Mar-
quezas Islands, with fourtt-en attt-iitlaiits, had
been on a visit to the native King. Nicol):-
vur, u-lit,~rcthey had been hospitably enter-
tained, and siispectiiig no danger, they left
his residence to return to the French station
without probably, takinr_r proper [‘ll‘t"(‘tlUllOfl
against the. treachery of the natives,
'l‘hcv were ilili1Cl{it‘(l on the uay and the
Governor and fourteen persons were kill d.
This l.lnf0l'lUn7=lt‘. event slioivs the unfrit‘iiti-
ly disposition of the natives; but what will it
avail them l The French Government will
instantly send out a sufficient force to crush
all opposition.--Litrcrpool Albion.
The foregoing selections were made anil put
in type for our last week's paper, but were
crowded out by other matter.
Eflecl of (I- Vcrrlict.--'I‘he Jury retired to
theft‘ room, and l‘t-‘ilJl‘!'lC(l after ten minutes.
The Clerk c ill--d their names. Louisia was
require-l to stand ii p and raise her hand. The
for a change of laws, relative to the division
of school money, conic from the Senate, re-
ferred to committee on education: House
reconsidered and concurred.
Committee on education, to whom had
been referred the sulject of the Union schools
reported that no further legislation is neces-
sary: reporied laid on the table.
Resolution declaring that the money re-
ceived from pf‘(llt'fS by County Clerks, be-
longs to the State Treasury, and that in any
case where. paynieiit IS refused by them, le-
gal steps shall be taken for its collection:
puss d.
Resolution appointing Samuel H. Hunt-
ingion, Judge of the County Court of Hart
ford county : passed and House adjourned.
Afternoon.-— Como ittee on State Prison
reported with a resolution appointing Rich-
ard Niles, John Cotton Smith,Jr. and Ed-
win Stearns, Directors of State Prison, for
the year ensuing : resolution passed and re-
port accepted. ‘
Resolution appointing John C. Palmer,
Judge ofthe County Court for‘ the _eount.y of
Ml(ltllt’SeX, for the ensuing year, passed.
Same COflllIIlll.€t' oflerred a resolution ap-
pointing Saiiford 8. Grant, State Director of
the Farmers & Mechanics’ Bank: passed,
and report accepted.
Srlflle cunimitti-e to whom was referred a
resolution.disqualifvin-£2 =1 SE00-ltlmltl-Ur in 8
bank. from being a State Director. in the same
reported iinfavorably, resolution rejectedzand
report accepted.
Resolution appointing Bcnjimin Pinney,
Judge of the county court for the county of
'l‘olland for the ensuing year: passed.
itioncd the Old
Resolution appointing Loren P. Waldo,
interrogatory was put——-'VVhat say you Mr.
Foreman, is L"uisa \Vilson guilty or not
_quilty of the murder‘ of Elisha \Vilson '3'-
‘Not Guilty !’ was the reply. A woman of
finer sensibilities, and ofpolished education,
would, in such it trying moment, very likely
h I\'t.'- stink down upon her seat, and burst in-
to tears. But the expression of these two
welcome words operated differently on Mrs.
Wilson. She received it with a quiet, but
hearty laiigh; not a szoilc. merely but a
laugh in which the whole face participated.
After sitting down, and becoming sober again
—as some thought would possess her mind
she would ag.in and again indulge in that
hearty, entire laugh. It did us much good
to see the perfect happiness that had taken
possession of that countenance, where but
just now was expressed unqualified wretch-
edness —-Eastern Argus.
Texas and S/a.ve='_r/ —On this subject the
New York Tribune, saysthe suggestion that
Texas may soon rid hers--lf of the blight and
curse of Slavery, and take a proud rank a-
mong the notions ofthe earth—-free from for-
eign domination and the dread of foreign ag-
gression—is calculated to awaken a strong
and lively interest throu§_vhout the civilized
world. A!t'nough first made known to us
by the New Orleans papers, we have reason
to believe that the subject has been deliber-
-ately considered by a good portion ofthe peo.
ple of Texas themselves-, and thatthey. have
arrived at-the-rig-ht conclusion.
Six Svnods and? Presbyterics have peti-
V School General Assembly
to take the proper steps to alter the constitu-
tion, so as not to prohibit marriage with a
deceased wife's sister.
.flgfll‘Ull.tl rists, lose by
cultural products will sufier ten per ccntjin
consequence of the farmer being obliged to
sell at a loss, and (‘C-fl.ITlt rcc, uhicli in this-
countrv is all on romniissii n, will suffer a.
loss of two per cent, on eighteen per cent.
which makes a very r ui d Sufi‘, But if u-e,.
fort-ign competition
tvn p- r cent. on our products, we sufler in
our fortunes fifty times more loss than coni--
inercc can gain.” -
Presbr/lcrz'a7iism and C07l._'.,’7'£’g(Zfl.07££ll'l-S711...
-—ln_tb,e course ofthe j-ast yiar, the various
associations of Coiigri-gitional ministers int
this State formed a General Association and
the Gr-iieral Association appointtd delegates
to the various eccle.-ia~tii-al organizations. at
custom:ir_v with such bodies, and among oth--
r-rs to the Presbyterian assemblies sitting as-
Pliilotli-lpliin. The New School Gcncral
Asst-inhly, we understand, rejected the delr--.
gate sent to them, and the old Shool have the
limiter un:lt-r cnnsitli-ration.
sU1vii_viARY.
‘-2
fall B'llSi‘IIL’.S'S.""'l‘l’lt.’. Eclipse, on her
tlownwartl trip, some few days since, had‘ in.
tow the hull of the Slt‘?lfllt‘l" St. Louis-—the
cargo of the two was estiiiiiited at .\‘("l.‘e7),I7/_fi/1'3
I/l0u.x'(1»)I.(l (lo//ars. On the same day‘ ten.
sieaoit-rs passed down, all, save one, were of‘
the largvst class and fl'l‘lf_7ltlt‘f.l to the guards,
and during the some pt'll()(l 40 "nroadhoms_
From these small items some ideas may be
furined of the cornmr-rco of the Mississippi-
rivt=r—Co7zc02'n'i(t, Lnu., I/rl. 6//'1. inst.
T/ic Locust.—This singular insect will no
doubt very shortly make its appearance in
some districts ofour country. - It does not
appear everywlicre in the same ycar, but its
periodical return is l7 years. It appeared.
in Ni‘-.\ J:-rsry, New York and Virginia,
about the first of June i826, seventeen years
ago. It also :ippeai‘P(l in n-army other districts
in l740, ITGS, i773, lS00, lSi7, 8.: 1834.
Dr.-at/L of Mr. Lori]/(u'd.—‘iVe are sorry
to announce the death ofoor highly respect-
erl fellow citizen, Prior Lnrill:_;rd,'E_eq, at
the age of 80 years. Mr. Lorillntd was 3.
moo’: the most wealthy men ofour country,
his i-states being estimated at four millions of
dollars, oven in the present depression of reaf-'
estate, of which he \\ as a large 0\\'ner_
I Jr/tor. Com.
There has been a rlisgrnccful :-if‘l'e'av be’
tween the students of Dickinson College, at
Carlisle, Pa. and a military company ofthat:
village. Several were wiounde-d on both
sides At the Tt‘('1lil‘Sl ofthe town authori-
ties, thc U S. troops stationed at C. interfe-
red, and made several prisoners.
Treasu°7/ Nola R0f)f)€7'.9 -—The three men
l3?‘Pe(llm't'. Jr-well, and Rt-ins, who were ap-
preherded at VVashin2ton, on information
received from New Orleans that they were
the persons supposed to have stolen the
'l‘rr-asurv notes that were missing, have
been delivered up to the Louisiana authori-
ties.
Lunatic Asylum-—We learn from the
Bnston Courit-r, that J. S. Butler M D. late
Ph_vsici:in ofthe Lunatic Assylum at South
Boston. has bcen unanimously appointed’
to the Retreat for the Insane at Hartford‘,
with a salary oftwo thousand dollars per
annum.
T/ic C/inc/a7.o.v.—‘Ve learn through the
Natchitoches Herald that the Choctaws have
raised $40,000 to build a college for the ed-
ucaiion oftheir youth. They have a press
which last year printed more thanthree mill-
ion pages ofbooks and pamphlets. '
\Ve lr-nrn from the London papers brought
by the Calazlnnia, that Mr. Finn, the city
Treasurer of Dublin, has disappeared with
t-€4,000 or -£5,000 and was supposed to have
sailed for this country in the Great Western.
The Hotel at South Norwalk Conn. has-
'heen recently turned into a Temperance-
flousc. There is now but one who sells-
the critter openly, and another who is strong-
l_v suspected ofselling it privately in this-
place—-Orgrm and J-Vaslzingtonirzn.
The fare on the Hudson river from A‘l-
bany to New York is reduced to fifty ccnts..
Passengers from.Bost*.'m to New York go
through at $4 50, by the Western Railroad!
via Albany.
The Now York American states that the-
National Guards, 700 strong, and‘ two-other
independent companies of that city, will: fie
present at the Bunker Hill Celebration on
the l7th.
The story of a riot at Carlisle, Pa. be-
tween the students of Dickinson College and
the military, turns out to be a mere fabrica-
tion.
‘Father is President Tyler fond ofmusio .7”
——‘VVhy, my son '2' ‘Because I heard you
say he had ‘bought up several organs."
Mrs. Sigourney has received, from the-
Queen of the F-rench,ia diamond bracelet of.’
great value and beauty.
Another attempt to-fill= vacancies in the-
Congressionaifdelegation of Massachusetts is-
to be made on the 5th ofJime.
Norwalk Chronicler