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he shall not receive the votes of any persons
whose names are not on said lists. And the
names ofthe electors voting shall be checked in
the same manner prescribed in the Act entitled
‘An Act to provide for the Registration of the RepresentativesinGenetal Assembly convened,
Names ofthe Electors ofthe State :‘ and said
list and checks tlrereon shall be preserved in the
manner specified in said Act. Anti said board
shall be in session during the time of voting» for
the purposes only which are specified in the
proviso to the 14th section of said Act.
See. 7. Said board, while in session under
the provisions ofthis Act, shall examine wit-
nesses and applicants under oath, if they shall
thereto, be required by any elector of said
town: and any person so examined who
shall beguilty of wilful false swearing, upon
conviction thereof, shall sufier the punishment
prescribed "by law for the critne of perjury.
Sec. 8. All ofiences against the provisions of
this Act shall be punished in the manner pro-
vided for the like offences in the Act entitled‘an
Act to provide for the Registration ofthe Names
ofthe Electors ofthis State.’
Sec. 9. All acts and parts of acts relating to
election and the admission ofelectors and incon-
sistent lierewitb, are hereby repealed.
Approved, June 6, 1844.
ROGER S. BALDWIN.
No. 22.
An Act concerning Courts.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives, in General Assetnbly
‘-convened, That whenever aoyjudge ofa county
court shall be legally disqualified to act as judge
‘in any action petiding before said court which
is appealable, either party shall have power in
remove said cause to the next Superior court in
the county, upon giving bond for surely to the
adverse party, to prosecute such removal to
eflec : and the party so removing said cause
shall enter the satiie as is by law provided in
case ofappeals; and such superior Court shall
have power to proceed to final judgmertt in Salt’
cause, in the same manner as if said cause had
been brought there by appeal.
Sec.2. Whenever anyjudgc ofa county court
shall be legally disqualified to act as judge in
any matter pending before him. provided. the
parties or their attorneys shall file El. wriiien
agreement to waive all objections to his acting
in such matter, such judge may thereupon pro-
ceed to hear and try the same. _
sec. 3. If such judge shall not act in such
matter under the provisions of the preceding
section. or if he shall decline to try any maiter
pending before him. by reason of his having
been council therein, or for other Sufliclvttl
reason. the same may be heard and trietl before
a justice of the peace for the county wherein
such court is held, to be named by such judge:
Provided, the parties or their attornies shall file
their written consent that such justice may so
act.
Sec. 4. In all cases mentioned in the two
precetling secliotis of this act. .if any matter
shall not be heard and decided under the pro-
visions thereof, the same shall be heard and de-
cided by one ofthe county cotnmissioners for
s'd county,to be notified by the clerk ofthe court.
Sec. 5. All acts and parts ofacts inconsistent
herewith, are repealed. ROGER S. BALDWIN.
Approved, June 6, 1844.
No. 23.
An Act in adtlition to an Act entitled "An Act
concerning Banks.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives in General Assembly
convened, That in case any person or persons.
on the request ofthe bank commissioners, shall
refuse to comply with any ofthe provisions of
the twelfth section ofthe act to which this is in
addition, the bank commissioners may apply
to either judge of the Superior Court or to the
judge of the County Court in the county in
which such bank is located or has its banking
house, who shall theretipoii cause such person
to come before him, and shall inquire into the
facts set forth in such application, and may
thereupon, for any sufficient reason shown to
said judge, cause stich person to be imprisoned
in the common jail in said county, until he
shall comply with t e provisions of said twelfth
section ofsaid act. . but it shall not be in the
power ofthe bank commissioners, for any such
refusal, to suspend the operation of any bank.
Sec. 2. The bank commissioners shall not
disclose the name of the debtor ofany monied
corporation examined by them nor impart any
information obtained by them in course of such
examination, excepting so far as it may become
necessary in the performance oftheir duties.
Sec. 3. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent
with the provisions ofthis act, shall be and the
same are hereby repealed.
ROGER S. BALDWIN.
Approved, June 6, 1844.
No. 24. -
An Act in additon to an Act entitled “An Act
in addition to and alteration of an Act for the
Settlement of Estates, testate, intestate and
insolvent,” approved May 31. 1838; and
also in addition to an act entitled “An Act
in addition to an act entitled ‘An Act in addi-
tion to an Act against Fraudulent Cou\ey~
tiuces.’ ” approved May 28, 1841.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives in General Assembly convened.
That in all cases of appeal to the Superior
Court, according to the provisions of said acts,
from the doings of commissioners on any insol-
vent estate or estate assigned for the benefit of
creditors, ifthe claim or demand be for debt on
book, the court before which the same shall be
pending shall have power to appoint not more
than three able, judicious and disinterested
men, to audit and adjust the said accounts. who
shall have the saute power. and be sworn and
proceed in the same manner as auditors in the
action of book debt; and their award being re-
turned into court, the appropriate judgment
shall be rendered in pursuance. thereof.
Roerzn S. BALDWIN.
Approved,.Iune 6. 1844.
No. 25.
An Act concerning Banks.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representativesin General Assembly convened,
That so much ofthe fourth section ofan act en-
titled "An Act in addition to and in alteration
of sundry acts relating to Banks“ passed May
session, 18-1-2, as provides that the stock in the
banks of this State shall not be voted on by
proxy, be, and the same is hereby repealed.
ROGER S. B.u.nwm.
Approved June 6, 1844.
No. 26.
An Act confirming the Assesment of Taxes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives.in General Assembly convened,
That the several provision of the Act passed in
1833. entitled “An act in addition to an act en~
titled ‘An act; providing for the Collection of
Taxes,’ ” be. and the same are hereby re~en-
acted and extended to all cases to which the
same would be applied if said Act were now
for the first time enacted; and that the provis-
ions oftliis Act shall be applicable to the pro-
ceedings of assessors and board of relief of cities
as well as towns. Provided, that no claim
which is the subject of any suit now pending,
shall be in any irianner affected by the provi-
aione ofthis act. Roam S. BAr.mvi.\'«.
Approved, June 5, 1844.
An Act in addition to and in alteration and
Acts in relation to the city of Hartford.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
That the Court of Common Council of the
city of Hartford shall have power to make by-
laws relative to the regiilationof public hacks
and coaches in said city. in the same manner
and under the same restrictions and limitations
fied therein are authorized to he made.
Rociaa. S. BAt.nwiiv.
Approved June 6. 1844.
No. 28.
An Act relating to the Books and Papers of the
late "Connecticut Land Company.”
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives inGeneral Assembly convened,
That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of
this State to preserve the original books and
papers ofthe late Connecticut Land Company.
in some safe and convenient place in the State
House in Hartford; and when requested he
shall make and attest copies thereof, in the
same manner as other copies of records and pa-
pcrs in his ofiice are authenticated. which shall
in all cases be admitted as legal evidence.
ROGER S. BALDWIN-
Approved June 6, 1844.
No 29.
An Act regulating the Time ofholding Electors‘
Meeting for the choice of Presidentiallfilectors.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives in General Assembly
convened, That in case of a passage of an act
of Congress, providing for a uniform day for the
choice of presidential electors in each of the
United States, the meetings of the electors of
this State for the choice of Presidential electors,
now required by law to be held on the first Moti-
day of November. 1844, shall be held on the
day provided in such law of Congress; and
all existing provisions oflaw now applicable to
said first ‘Monday of November shall be in force
and he understood to apply to said day so desig-
nated in said act of Congress.
Sec. 2 Be it fttrther enacted, That it shall
be the duty ofthe Govornor of this State, imme-
diately upon the fact being made known to him
of the passage and enacting of such law of
Congress, to make public proclamation of the
same. and to declare to the people of this state.
in such proclamation, the day designated and
established by such law of Congress for the
choice of presidential electors; and upon the
issuing of such proclamation, the day by law
established for the choice ofsucli electors shall
be taken and understood to be the day declared
in such proclamation; any law to the contrary
notwithstanding. ROGER S. BALDWIN.
Approved June 5. 1844.
No. 30.
An Act in alteration of an act incorporating the
VVlialing Bank.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives in General Assembly convened.
That any person may hold ofthe capital stock
of the Whaling Bank actually paid in, an
amount not exceeding ten thousand dollars:
and so much ofthe third section of an act incor-
ting the Vvhaling Bank as limits the amount
which any person may hold to five thousand
dollars, be and the same is hereby repealed.
ROGER S. BALDWIN.
Approved June 7, 18-14.
No. 31.
An act in addition to an act concerning petitions
and memorials to the Genral Assembly.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Represcntativesin General Assembly convened,
That no petition for the incorporation of a rail
road or canal company. or for an alteration in
the charter ofany such company shall hereafter
be heard by the General Assembly, unless pub-
lic noticetliereofshall be given by advertsement
setting forth the route as near asmay be of sticli
proposed rail road or canal,or the proposed
alteration of -such charter. in some newspaper
printed in the county where such rail road or
catial. or some part thereof is located or propos
ed to be located, or if there be no newspaper
printed in such county, then, in a newspaper
printed in an adjoining county. at least three
weeks before the first day ofthe se sion in which
such hearing is bad. Provided, that nothing
herein shall be so construed as to dispense with
any other notice required by law.
Root-zit. S. BALDWIN.
Approved June 7, 1844.
No. 32.
An Act to prohibit the retailing of Wines and
Spiritous liquors on public days and at other
times.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives in General Assembly con-
vened, That hereaftcr no person or persons shall
directly or indirectly sell or ofier for sale at re-
tail. any wine or spiritous liquors in the open
fields. commons, highways or turnpikes, or at
any tent. booth, stage stand or other place
erected or located for a temporary purpose on a
public day or days of camp meetings. or on
any temporary occasion whatever, on a penalty
of a fine of seven dollars for csch ofieuce, to be
paid into the town treasury where the offence is
cotrimitted, on conviction thereof by due process
of law.
See. 2. No iailer or innkeepor connected with
anyjail, shall he allowed to keep for sale on his
premises. after the first Monday of January
next. or after the expiration of his present license
any wines or spiritous liquors.or allow the same
to be kept for sale by others. or to be given to
any prisoner. except as medicine, or when pre-
scribed by a physician; and any breach of this
section shall subject such jailor to a fine of sev-
enteen dollars, for the use of the town where
such jail is located. to be recovered before any
court having cognizance ofthe offence.
It shall be the duty of constables and inform-
ing officers to make complaint ofany person or
persons who shall violate this act, and any
justice of the peace is authorized to entertain
such complaint. Rocnn S. BALDWIN.
Approved June 7. 1844.
No. 33.
An act in addition to and alteration of an act
entitled "An act alteringthe liiriits ofthe city
of Bridgeport.
Whereas, in pursuance of the second section of
the act aforesaid. the county court for the
county ofFairfield at the term ols‘d court held
at Danhory, on the second Tuesday of Au-
gust, 1839, on the application ofthe common
council ofthe city of Bridgeport. liquidated
and ascertained the sum to be paid by the
inhabitants residing in ihepart of said city
set off by the act aforesaid. to which this is
in addition. as their proportion ofthe liabili-
ties of said city; and whereas the selectmen
ofthe town ofliridgeport have omitted to as-
sess the sums to be paid by said inhabitants
to the provisions of the act aforesaid; and
whereas, doubts have arisen in consequence
of said omission whether the provisions of
said Act setting offsaid part can now be car-
ried into full effect,
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House ofRepresentatives in General Assembly
amendment or ‘he Chanel. and of ‘he seveml Phe by-laws ofsaid city which were liquidated by the
the selectmen of the town of Bridgeport, for the I5 _ ' d [1
time being, or a majority of them, withtti thirty days be 0. nuzscttnce, and to pr event an 707720158 1 8
after the laying ofsuch tax, to assess upon the polls _,.m,,e,t the city council of N-auvoo, on Mon-
as by the charter of said city the by-laws speci- ‘
“P0” ‘heir P003 and ramable e5""°~ *1°"°fdi"t‘1 dren. with the authorities, why will you suf-
other mob to drive and pltinder us again. as
convened. That whenever lhe,mayor,aldermen, pence, and-in the character, dignity, and hon-
common council and freemen of the city of Bridge- or of the corporate powers of the chartef. 33
0" Shall la)’ 3 lax according to the P'°Vi5l°"3 °f granted to the city of Springfield, and ‘made Stockbridge (M ass.) Visitor, a loco foco paper.
"d Pl'°Vlded 35 3 P“_” 0f 0"‘ Clmn‘-‘I’ for H3’ after eulogizing his own candidates, Polk, , and
lative purposes: viz ‘to declare wliat s/tall Daiias. speakslims of M,._ Ciay ,
County Court as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of ‘,1
and rateable estate of the inhabitants i-esidingin the , 6 lb ins,_ deciaied the establish.
part set off from said city as aforesaid accordintr ‘to 33' l d h -
. . ° ' ' e - an t e cit
the assessment list ofsaid town last perfected,.before men‘ and Exposuorda 7'iml‘La’n° ’H‘ in ‘bi
stich assessment shall be made, a sum bearing the Marshall at the hen 0 e p0 Ce
same proportion. to the amount of said tax as the evening wok the press, materials and paper
amoutnt o_f('l liabilitiets (V\’hlfkl)|, :llC(é0t'dil‘I]”gi£i.(?lntkl‘lzfl3b(i1;—‘l(:1l: into the Sireci and burnt o_iiem_ h
ion 0 sat cour , l was e tiy o _ . {mm and in i e
of the part so set off to pay) bears to the remiiiiiing And "I lhe name of ":9 H h hyive
portion oftheliabilitiesafnresaid; And so from time name God. We bcseec a men \v 0 {-
to time, when said city of Bridgepoiltfilialil lltilvedlilld [he spirit of honor In them to cgased l‘I(itIl
taxes for the purpose aforesaid, its a e tie tity ersecuiino Us coiieciiveiy or in ivi up V,
of theselectmcn ofsaid town, for the time being, to p F’ ’ . . rights and eqéf,
make assessments as aforesaid, tintil the whole of I-4” "3 ellloy M" “l',g'(‘l)'_]’ ’i_ t lljwicps
the liabilities, with the interest, shall have been pl'0- like the rest of mttnktn ', _ W Y 5 U” P l“_‘
vided for. _ , to destroy rights and privileges, and bring
Sec. Tliatritshliall be the tl1(uty ofsaid Egiectiqgn upon us mobs to plunder and murder ? VVe
oramajorty o t em to ma eput rate i so c . 1 ,t belongs to us__
assessments aforesaid, under their hand, and cause "S_k "0 "mm ‘him “ h“ *5’
a warrant to be issued for the collection thereof, rzg/its 0f_/11I1£’-7‘2C077«5-
The Nashville (Tt=n.) Union ofthe l8t'h
inst. contains the following call, which I5
signed by ajitstice ofthe peace and directed to the
collector for the time being. of the city of Bridge-
enitTfTlal.lCill. We are not aware that there
D _ -
is at present any occasion for volunteers in
port, who shall proceed with and collect the saute,
and pay the amount so collected over to the 'I‘rea.s-
urer of said city, in the saute manner as though said
tax had been laid by said city. .
Sec. 3. Thtitso muchoftho actaforc_snid.to wliicli aid of Texas, and pctlitips the object Of lltt
this is in addition, as is inconsistent with the provts- meeiiiig is merely iiolmc-,1],
Froiri (lie i'\’tzs/willc Union.
TEXAS VOLUNTEERS.
All the young‘ men of Dividson Qounty
who are \\'llllt|‘_7 to (tn-/zc.7: l.llt‘lIlS,t:lVt'S to a
ions of this not, be, and the same is hereby repealed.
Approved, Jttne7, 1844. ROGER S. BAl.l)\VlN.
Brtllaiimi. of '['t,-gciis Vult1.'n.tccrs_j,”are rt-qu--s-
tail to tiict-t at the Hall of th-- l)?tl10Cl‘ttlIt3
No. 34. _
An Act in addition to an act entitled “Ati Act for
the dire observation of the Sabbath or Lortl s-day.
A<socizition. on Szituttl Iy the 22.1 inst. at 3
o'clock, P. M. to enroll lllt'lllSt‘lVt'S- 'l‘ltt:y
mid days ofpublic fasting and ’1‘litiiiksgivitig ”
Be it enacted by the Setiute and Ilottsc of Repre-
will tisscinhlc zit tho Roll of t/tr: Drum!
VVn insert this call at tho rtqucst of iii.iny
sentutives in General Assembly cotivciictl, ’l‘liat thc
t'lll'/.t'flS in both the town rind cutintry.
provisions of the sixth section of the uforestiitl Act
he, and the same are hereby cxteiided to the public
meetings ofttll Tctiipertiiice Socictic_s, or tiny iiit:ot-
ing for the promotioti ofthe cause of l(:lli[)t!l'i'lllCt! in
this State. Root-zit S. l5Ai.uwiit.
Approved Jttnc 7, 18-14.
Frorit (he (.51.. Louis Netti l'.'rtr 151/L tiff.
l\l()ll.l\l()N WAR.
We liuvo rtccivttl it slip frotn Warsaw,
An Act to confirm the proccctlitigs ofa incctiiig of
the coininissioiiers of tho Cotitity ol Mitltllu:-'c.\'.
and the Represciitittivcs oftlic towiis ()l.t~"(.l county.‘
VVliet'c:is. at the nicctiiig of the Ctiiiiiiiissttiiiut-s ul
Middlcsex coiitity and thc rcprcsctittitivcs pf tlic lllltitils, t:otil.'titiitig littr prm~_,.,.(lltig_,~ (ii iii‘. ,-ii
toiviis ll]. St1l(l.iCOllllly lipltll til 1'1tIi(.l(ll&3lll,lfllllltl ,7_,.i,_.- uftltttl pltict-, in ;i iii..,.iiiig (in iii“ i-2i|i
county iilorcsnit, on the Lott tay o cccin it-.r, , , y ' «
.. . - - - '3 l -:llil Sl)lllC vtolctttdistrttc-
1843, it was voted that it tax of Ht:\'t!ll iiiitl ti hall I- 0” ll“ "ll ‘Ii ' l l ' '
tinn of tho pt-tss of the Expositor. and the
l.lll't‘:llS lltil(ilt' by the l\/ltiftllfifls to destroy the
press of the \\'nrs:iiv Signal, and to assassin-
ate the editor. Among the resolutions a-
tloptt-tl \\’t‘l‘tt the follow ing:
I{- solved, That thcpublic throat made in
the Council of the cit_v,not onlyto tlt‘Sl.l'O_\' our
Printing Prrss. bttt to take the lift: of its ed
itor. is sufficient in connection with the re-
cent outrage, to cotitrntind the efforts and the
SFl'Vl(‘.(‘S of every good citizen. to ptit an im-
mediate stop to the career of the lllfl'lpl'Opl'1rl
untl his (lt-irioiiiiic coadjutors. \V».- must
not only deft.-nil ourselves from danger, but
we must resolutely carry the war into the
enemy's camp. \Ve do therefore declarv
that we will stistaiii our press and the edi-
tor at all fl«tZl|'(lS. That we will tnlce full
vengeance-t rribie vengciucc, should the
lives ofany of otir citizens be lost in the ef-
fort. That we wttti our fellow citiz».-us in
this State, t\'lissotii'i and Iowa, to extcrtnin-
ate, uttt-rly exit.-rmin -te, the wicked and a-
bottiinablt‘. Mormon leaders, the authors of
ourtroublcs.
mills on the dollar be laid uti all the pollsiind l‘t'll()-
able estate ofsaid county, on the lists of IS-ill, to
be collected and paid into tlic ti'ciistii'y til said
county, oil or before the 1st day olJttly, l8‘1*1(llV(.'.
and ti littlfiiiills of which being for thc ptti'posc_ol
erecting a jail in the town of llziddtitii aforestiid,
in sttcli Illtlllllel‘ that it will answer the pui'posc_
ofa jail and county work house, and two inills of
which being for the ordinary expenses of stud
county) and ititismucli as there are doubts wlictli-
er the proceedings of said meeting and the tax so
laid as aforesaid were in all respects accoi'd_iiig to_
law. in consequence of the assessment lists. of
1843, of the several towns aforesaid not having
then been made, corrected and completed so as
to be the rttle for. the county tax aforesaid to be
levictl and apportioned thereon, according to law,
Therefore
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives in General Assembly convened, tliattlie
proceedings and vote of the mcettng of C()lt)lI'llSs‘lt')n-
ers and representatives aforesaid, so far as the some
were intetided to lay a tax oti the polls and ratcable
estate of said county, on the list of 18-13., shall not
be deemed to be invalid in consequence of said list
notliaving then been made, corrected and complet-
ed as by law required, bttt the same shall be, and
hereby are declared to be as valid to all intents and
purposes as if the list of 1843, in each town in said
county, had been and then was in all respects com-
pleted and perfected as by law required. Provided, ‘ , i ‘
however, that nothing herein contained shall be so R~Solved, '1 hat ti committee of five ne ap-
construed as to validate any other_defcct, ll arty, in poimed f,,rih“.i,h ,0 n0i,{V “ii p,.i-Sans in mi,-
tlie proceedings of the said coiiimissioiiers and rcp- Township Stlsptycttid of bcjnc the tools of Ilia
resentattves. ROGLR S. BAr.nwx.~t. 3 _ _ . . ° _ .
Appmved June 7’ i844_ . rophet, to le.i\-e tiiimedmtt-ly on pain of
instant vengeance. And we do reco-nmentl
the inhabitzints of the atljncvrit Towriship to
do the same. hercbv pledging ourselves to
render all the assistance they may require.
Resolved, That the time, in our opinion,
has arrived, \\ llt-'l'l thcadhcrt-nts of Smith as
it body, should be driven from the surroun-
ding svttlcments. into Nauvoo. That the
Prophet and his tniscreant adherents, should
then he demanded at the it‘ hands. and if 00'
SUl°f(fldt'l'(*d, a war of extermination should
be waged, to the entire destruction, if neces-
sary for our protection, of his adherents.-—
And we do hereby tecominend this resolu-
tion to the consideration oftliesrvertil Town-
ships, to the Mass Convention, to be held at
Carthage; hereby pledging ourselves to aid
to the utmost, the complete consummation of
the object in view, that we may thereby be
utterly relieved of the alarm, anxiety and
trouble, to which we are now subjected.
Resolvel, That wiry citizen nrm himself
to be prepared to sustain the resolutions here-
in contained.
Latest News—7 o'clock P. M.——A gen-
tletnan'directly from Nauvoo, informs us.
that on Tuesday the city Council passed an
ordinance that if any officer or officers,
should attempt to arrestany person engaged
in the (lt'Sl.l‘uCtlrin of the Expositor press, and
to the next session ofthe General Assembly ofthis trike him out of Ntiuvoo for trial. he should
§lZZlte,ft(1)“l_)eli0l(.l(:n 2ltdI‘]1')ilt‘tf0li)(i',(;l1(il‘lC_li?'iIi Wiedttesi be imprisoned. We may therefore expect,
try 0 try ncx , an e pit is ic witi ie aws o , ,, , . ' , - _
this State passed at the present session. lh it the Offi,‘(’r° from Carthage are m cuslo
dy of the Mormons.
House or Rt-:iirtr.sr:rs'TA1‘tvi~:s, June 1st. 1844. _ _
Passed. Yeas 132—Niiys 12. A mass-meetirig was called, toassemble in
Carthage to day.
LUC’S G. PECK, Clerk H. of Rep.
CI'IA’S H. TUTHILL,Ass’t Clerk I-I. ofR. The sirefls oi gvarsaw will be pqiroiied
to night, in pursuance of the order made by
the public meeting yesterday.
A family ofsuspected persons were to day
ordered to leave this place before 10 o'clock
A. M. to-rrzorrow by a party of our cit-
izens; a part of whom were armed. The
excitement in the county «is said to be tre-
menduous, and on the increase.
A meeting was to be held in St. Louis on
the night of the 15th ult, to take into consid-
eration the subject of these difficulties. ‘
An Act in addition to an Act entitled “An Act for
the Assessment of Taxes.”
Be it enacted liy the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives iti General Assembly convet_icd, That the
personal and real estate of arty person of color in
this State shall be exempt from taxation. Provided,
that this act shall not be coiistrtted to affect anyfist
heretofore made any completed, or atid tax which is
now or may heretifter be laid thereon.
ROGER S. BALi)wi:t.
Approved. June 7, 1844.
No. 37.
Proposed Amendment to the Constitution.
Ata General Assembly of the State of Connecticut,
lioldcn at New Haven. on the first VVednesday of
May, in the year of ottr Lord, one thousand eight
hundred and forty four.
Resolved by the Hottse of Representatives, That
the following be proposed as an amendment of the
Constitution of this State, as a substitute for the
second section ofthe sixth article of the Constitution
and ofthe atneudtneut ofsaid second section ; which
proposed amendment. when approved and adopted
in the riianuer prescribed by the Constittttioii, shall
be to all intents and purposesa part thereof, to wit:
Every white male citizen of the United States who
shall have attained the age of twenty one years, who
shall have resided in this state fora term of one year
next preceding, and in the town in which he may
offer hitiiself to be adiiiittetl to the privileges of an
elector at least six months next preceding the time
he may offer himself, and shall sttstain a good moral
character, shall, on his taking such oath as may be
prescribed by law, an elector.
Resolved, That the foregoing proposed amend-
ment to the Constitution of this State, be coutintted
JOE SMITH AND LIBERTY!
A party has of late grown up in Ntiuvoo hostile
to Joe Smith and his apostles, and resolved to im-
mask some of the wickedness and imposturc which
is carried on there. To this end they procured a
printing establishtnent andissued the fitist number of
“The Nauvoo Expositor.” The following ofiicial
bulletin from one ofJoe Smith's Organs will show
how summarily the establishment was broken up.-
\Ve do not i'emembet' anything quite so cool since
Autos Kendall officially approved the breaking open
and burning of the Mails on the pretext of Abolition
Hear Joe’s adjutant!
NAUvoo NEIGHBOR, EXTRA, June 10, ‘44.
Rel7'2'bu.live Juslz'ce.—A knot ofbase men.
to further the wicked and malicious designs
towardst-he church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints and to bolster up the intents of
bla.c/clogs and bogus-rrmkers. and advocate the
characters of murderers, esttblished ti press
in this city last week, and issued ti paper en-
titled the 'Nauvoo Expositor.’ The pros-
pectus showed an intention to destroy the
charter, and the paper was filled with libels
and slanderous articles upon the citizens and
city council from one end to the other.
‘A burnt child dreads the fire :’ the church
as a body and individually has suffered till
‘forbearance has ceased to be it virtue :’ the
cries and pleadings of men, women and chil-
Afairs at Nauvoo.—\Vc have informa-
tion a few hours later from the Mormon
country in Illinois. Great excitement was
produced at Warsaw by the news of the de-
struction of the office of the Nauvoo Exposi-
tor. and a handbill was issued inviting an
appeal to arms. At a later hour, writs were
procured at Carthage, the country seat of
Hancock county, and officers despatclied to
Nauvoo to arrest the persons concerned in
the outrage. But this, remarks the St.Louis
Republican, we venture to say, will not be
region.
Joe Stiiitb was arresting every man at Nau-
voo. who was opposed to, or would not justi-
fy his proceedings.
A war of extermination has been declared
at Warsaw, and vicinity. At a large county
meeting on the 15th inst. it was resolved to
arm, and call upon the adjoining counties to
arm. All Mormons have been ordered off.
They have a strong force. at Naiivoo.
4 Tire T(I.b_e7'na,cle.—-The Rev. E. W. An-
ler that servile murderous intended paper to
9,0 on and vilily and sltinder the innocent
raise an-
inhabitants of this city, and
they did in Missouri? Under these press-
ing cries and sopplications of afflicted inno-
do,,e_ The pm, is po,,.e,i,.sS (0,. good iniha, tremenduous Whig mass nieetingwvas held
A rumor prevailed at Warsaw that °
Augustus IV. Bradford, Esq. Whig Elector
Col. Hunter of Va.
at Benriington last VVedut.-sday. nominated
the Hon.
(]rews"P;1S[0r of [he '['abemac]e Churctmn. number of persons in attendence is stated in
nounced on Sabbath morning last, his deter- {he Albany EV¢"1|Ug Jollmalal 10.000. and
mination shortly to resign that charge. In the Duty AdV€fltS€F at 25.000-
An Honorable 0pponent.—The Editor of the
‘Henry Clay is a gallant fellow. He isa
whole-souled—whole,henrted man. A man
who‘ never betrayed a friend_ or fltnched for
foe. He isa \Vhig every inch of him.. He
is just such an opponent as we like. VVe al
About
ways know just where to find him.
him there is no dodging. He is one oftbose
men who will never consent to fight under
false colors-one of those men whotu if we
defeat there is some honor in defeating him,
and if our candidate is defeated, he is defeatetl
by an honorable oppont-nt.
Gen \Vady Thoznspon, late Minister to
Mexico, reccntly~addressed the Whigs oi
Albany on llietopics of the day. Gen. '1‘.
is a South Ctirolininn, a Nitllifier, has held
at most responsible and‘ lucrative office un-
der President Tyler and yet ardcntly sup.
ports Henry Clay for Presidt-nt, because he
thiolts J.-tmi.-s K. Polk unfit for the place,
.tnd Mr. 'l‘y|cr out of the quastion.
Gen. Thompson frnrikly expressed his
scntitnents on all these questions, as he was
invited and expected to do. The L.occ-Fo-
cos nfli-ctctl much astonishment that any
such exprt-ssioti of diva-rs-e opiiiioosltoultl be
i|ll0\VL‘il in 7| VVl‘iig rricctiritj. i\'lticl) good
tn.iv it do them! The lVlilgs were quit»
willing to llt‘8l'l.ll1ll. Polk and Tex"-s were
so ohrioxinus to ftlf-°P(*lflg S'tIltSfll('D that
t_-vt-ti it Free 'l‘r:ttlt.- South Ctrolliilan could
not _~_uppott them. lt is nssitt-d tlat Gen.
Tlioztipsoti flVO\\'t‘(l himself in favor of tie
Artnczcalirm of ' 'c:caslo l/ie Union. This i-
too gross ati tititrutli. Gen. Tlioinpsori it
too well acqutiiiited with that region to hold
any such opitiiou. He is unctllera[r’_t/n7i72os-
ed to Anrtczzrzlimi at any time. and so declar-
tfil himself at the rncc-ting. He puts t~‘l'illl'i-l_\’
out of the question till l‘(‘Sl$li|l’lCE’. by ;\'l»xico
or rontori.~traiice by any other Powt-r, and
m intaiins that we don't want Te.x'=is any how,
ought not to take her, and must not take her
-thtt she would be to us a siurce not of
strengtli anl security In‘. of weultness and
divisions So tliioks VV.tdd_v._'I‘liompson. a
Cnrolini Nullifier, and a wartn fl‘lf’l]'.l 0'
John Tyler; and. and so l.i1lftl(lfl£[, be sup-
ports ll--ni'_v Clay for DFXI. l_)f('Sl(lt‘l'll—- Can
Loco Ft,C0l$ln make anything of this .7
Tr2'bu'ue
Secrclari 0 Hit: 'I'i'casu.r-t.—lt is re:or-
./ . _ ./ lI_
ted from VV.'t.~llll1gl.0U with every probabttitj
of its truth, [lint ti letter was rvcu i_vetl yester-
day by the Pt'esidt-tit, front 2‘:/lr. Bibb, of
lit-rttocky, tlecliiiing the appoiritii ent of Sec
i'«ttr_v of the Tt‘easur_v—-and that thereupon
.V'l r. Tyler iippoiiited Roht. Rwntoul. Jr. of
Boston, to the vacant offl.-t-. Mr. R is the
titan whom the Senate by a very large volt-
rt-jectrd as Collector of the Port of Boston.
He was :i mcrnbt-t‘ of the Locofoco National
Cunvtntioii that notiiinatt¢l Polk, and t.'0l.r(l
for his nomination. As Mr. Tylt-i‘ has sit
himself tip its a candidate against both
Whigs and Lacofocos, Mr. ltaintoiil. it i.~
reztsonnble to infer, l1ttS either ‘.lt'S4'l'l.t'fl Polk
for Tyler, or is plziyitig the latter false.
' Buff. Pat.
Fears for flIr. (‘us/iiirg. - The Washing-
ton C()l‘l't’Si)()ll(1t'flt of the l‘v'lei’ctii‘y, undo-t
tide of Stind.i_v ‘.23-jl tilt. stys: ‘No tidings
have beet! received from Mr. Cushint; since-
l18lt‘fl. Cttlctllltl, It is ft‘-’ll'é’Ll that he has
nevi-r reziclied his (lt'Slln'r1litiH, lut pt.'l‘lSl‘-(‘Cl
in some of the tremenduotis storms that visit
the Gulf.’
Personal Liabz'lzly.—'l‘lie Legisla'.tii'e of
New I-lttrtpshire permit such books as do
business h‘t}—4lel' the new laws, to issue bills
equal to the whole amoutit of their capital
other banks four fifths.
‘Important Iniquiry ! .’—-A portion of the
citizens of Hanover, N. Ii. recently held a
public meeting and appointed a comrntttvc
to ascertain who Polk and Dallas might be!
The U. S. ship Vince-nn's, Capt. Buchan-
an. arrived at Galveston on the 22d. The
following inorninr_7,after C0ll'llI)Ufllt.'2lllflg with
the authorities, she hoisted the Texan flag
at the fore, and tired a salute of 2l guns.
which was returned frotn the fort.
Half the cents in circulation are the Mas-
sachusetts issue —.'lIarlisrmz'rt.n.
No little. excitement has just been created
in the Stock Board and among the whole
circle interested in the Stock business, by the
discovery of a telegraphic coinriiunication
between this city and New York.
.P/Lif(L(l.- Gazelle. ,
Jllore C/ranges-—‘Pol/t‘ (Si Dalla.s.’—'f'he
Newark Dilly Advertiser states that they
learn from an authentic source, that Fifteen
more members ofthe Van Buren party in
that city, have openly proclaimed their pur-
pose not to vote for the Free Trade candi-
dazes, and will go for Clayg».Fi“ellnghuysen.
At the locofoco ratification mcetingin Al-
bany. Henry O’Reilt-y. Esq. was appointed
on the Committee to draft resolutions, but
be bolted, saying he couldu’t take Polk and
Texas too.
In Lyons. N. Y. Twenty seven locos have
published a call for a meeting against Polk
and Texas.
Ktreyz it Before the PeopZe.—That an ac-
ceptable bill for the reduction ofpostage pass-
ed the Whig Senate of the. United States and
was strangled in the locofoco House of Rep-
resentatives. Never let this fact be forgot-
A il\Ii(iItWALIi{ "G-AZE
Vifodnesday, July 3, 1s44.
FOR PRESIDENT,
HENRY CLAY.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
THEODORE FRELINGHUYSEN.
Blindness to truth, and bigotry to party were per.
haps never more strikingly exemplified than in [[15
course oflocofoco politics at this time. Look for-' in_
stance at the rcadines and afiectation of zeal with
which the modern democracy toss tip their hats in
honor of.lames K. Polk, whose nomination for the
Presidency was as unexpected as the merest tyro of
village fame. They are required to niarchuiider his
banner, and shout liosannas to his name, which is so
novel to them that they can scarcely give you even
its atithography, and cannot tell where he lives. what
he has dotic, what his principles are, or what he is
ever likely to do. They are told that he is a sound
democrat, by those who forget to tell them that he
trampled under foot the right ofpetition with as arbi-
trary aiid rough a trend as the bitterest enemies of
that right could exact. They are kept ignorant of,
or do not consider the fact, that, under his auspices in-
tclligent tiiid virtuous nicn. lovers of their country,
were compelled to witness the sacred and natural
right of petition spurned, and the exercise of it,
though guaraiiticd by the Constitiition, denied to
the trtic and honest (lt.‘l1lOCl'ilC_Y ofthe free States.—-
Tlicir leti,ders call oti theui to go for Co], Polk 353
true and tried democrat who loves the people and.
will ctirry out the great principles ofliberty, and their’
lezitlers will they follow,notwitlistaiidiiig the connec-
tionoftlieir cantlidtitc with the odiotissystcni ofslave-
i'y,is ofthe most objectionable and uufecliiig tiature.
As good deiiiocrtits lli0_)’i'll‘el11\‘0l{t3(.l to go for Cut ,
popular rights and interests, though, in aid of slave
labor, he l‘(.‘.~'ls‘lS protection to lioirie indtistry—tlie in-
dttstry offrce luboi'ci's—uiid advocates uricqtttil trade
with cotiiitrics that seek to pour the products of half
sttirvcd toil oti our shores, but refuse to open their
purtsto the grainuiid other products which the free
hands Of‘ 0111' 0“'|1C0lillll‘_)-' cart sptit'e—a denial ofpro-
tection and an atlvociicy of free trade which are meant
to favor slave labor, bttt which stint the profits and
disliearteri the eiiterprisc of the iuccliatiic and the
fai'iiiei', whose free hands should have the largest
recompense that equal and reciprocal trade can afford
to give. Again. the lctidcrs of the ptirty call upon
their subjects, h_v.tlicit' fidelity to trtifidenioci-;,i,ie
principles, to exist their votes for Col. Polk 35
a tliurougli bred deiiiocriit, who is eai'tiest for the
-‘iintiicditite uniiextitioii of 'l‘e_\:as,” though the cop.
eted meastirc, in all the stages ofits stealthy and cor-
rtipt pl'0gl'(’SS, has been sought to be accomplished
for the advtiticctiieiit and sccttrity ofti systeiii as up-
posite to trite deiiiocrzicy its iiiitlnight darkness is to
iiicriditiii son. They plt.-aid with them as good dent-
ocrats, to swell the tide of tlciiiocracy, and bear to
the highest station of honor and tt'ttst, for the main.
ttiiiiaiice of "true lil)et‘t_y, the very titan, who, by the
intrigue and intolerance of sliivelioldcrs and the
rrmkcst advocates of slavery, has rottsted from the
majority oftlicirowti partyliis rival, and has thrown
liiiu overboard for the coiitrolling reasons that he did
not go so for as the fai'tliet'cst in bclialfol'a. measure
which, instead of proiiiotitig the dcuiocrutic princi-
plc, ziinis to build up soiitlicrn aristocrticy and to
trainplc titider foot the iiitiss of liittnari rights and
interestsregardless alike ofohligtitioii and humanity.
Such is the itillttciicc of_jyii'ty subserviency, that
with the tiaiiic of dciiiocrticy sounding in their cars,
men will support both men and iiicasttres which are
titwar with the the very spirit and genius of detno-
cratic institutions.
Pitt-zsiiii-;\"i' 'l‘i'i.i:it & A.\‘t\'l.XATlON.-—Tl)0
iiiurritig-*ol'l’rcsideitt Tyler and Miss Julia.
eldest daughter tiftlic late I-Ion. David Gardner
of Long Island. took place on Wednesday inor-
ning last, in the Church ofthe Ascension, Fifth
Avenue, city of N. Y. The ceremony \\ as
performed by Right‘ Rev. Bishop Onderdonk,
and was strictly private——the bridal party con-
sisting ofthe President and his bride elect. with
her brother and sister, John Tyler Jr.and lady
and five or six friends. The lady is said to be
about twenty fivc——is a belle, an heiress, and of
great personal beauty.
The conclusion ofthe nuptial ceremony was
announced by a full National salute from each
ofthe U. S. vessels in port and from the several
forts. Upon leaving the church the bridal par~
ty proceeded to the Gardner family residenceon
Long Island. _
Dvisc A\vAv.—The affected Polk and Dallas en-
thusiasm, exhibited about a week ago, wanes and
dies away already. Even the Texas fever, relied
upon to help it in the South, is going off, leaving
the people calm and sensible. VVe shall see from
this time till November next, the real enthusiasm of
a whole nation rising for ‘Harry Clay and Freling-
huysen.’
The Banner says that Coons are equally palatable
whether roasted, stewed or fried. True'neighbor ;
and as that’s your taste, we'll give you a Coon festi-
val along by aiid bye.
THOBIAS W. Dorm.—This notorious gentleman,
has met his reward at last. On \Vednesday the 25th
tilt. he was sentenced to hard labor in the State
prison for life. In delivering this sentence, chief
jttstice Durfee exliibsted considrable emotion. Tbo
duty he was called upon to perform he said, was ex-
tremely painful on account of the intimate acquain-
tance and friendship which he had in times past an-
joyed with the prisoner.
Mr. Dorr made a brief and somewhat bold ad-
dress in reply, the subtance of which was that as lac
ten throughout this Presidential campaign.
The people seek relief from this enormous
postage tax, and they will have it.
W/rig Mass Jlleeling in Baltimore.-—A
it Thursday evening in Monument Square.
Baltimore, at which Hon. J. P. Kennedy
presided. The meeting was addressed b
frotn the llld District; Col. Thomas G.
Pratt, Whig candidate for Governor, and
Vermont.—'l‘he \Vhig State Convention
Wm. Slade for Governor,
Horace Eaton for Lieut. Governor.
and
The
mentable as his situation might appear to some he
would be very sorry to exchange it for that of the
Chief J nstice. VVhen Mr. Dorr had finished his ad-
dress, it was very generally observed here, that he
had lessened his chances for an early pardon by the
tone and spirit of his remarks.
THE WAY TO Tenor-rm: A Locoroco Surroun-
I-:R.—-The Zenia Torchlight suggests an excellent
plan for silencing every slanderer who repeats the
‘bargain and sale’ charge against Henry Clay. This
is the plan:
‘Tell him that when the changes had been
ftilly made before the American people, and
all the evidence adduced in support ofit, Mr.
C‘-lay was notiiinated to the Senate, for See.
retary of State. and confirmed by an over-
whelming vote; and that among the Sena.
tors who voted for his confirmation were
i
Thomas Reritori and Martin Van Burettl
Polk, as it cliiirnpiou of detriocracy, who will uphold"
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