ON ENTERING A VVOOD.
Here let our busy turmoil cease,
Every sound here echoes peace,
VVliisperiug winds that niurmer here,
Gently dry the f.-tiling tear,
Soothing while they wake the heart,
Bidding earth-born care depart.
Here the spirit walks abroad,
Here the soul communes with God.
Sacred silence of the woo ',
Let no thought on thee intrude.
Save what may the notes prolong,
Ofall Nature’s Sabbath song. Mrs. Pollen.
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LEGISLATIVE-
SATURDAY, June, 7.
Resolution passed, directing the £le_r'~~'
of the House to procure the Journal ofits
roceedings to be printed and distributed.
The Railroad committee, reported on
petition ofTimotliy Dwight and others,"for
:1 Railroad, from Elyrnotitli to Derby, and
thence to New Haven, to be called the
Naugatuck Railroad Company, |
the same. Report accepted and resolution
incorporating said company, passed. _ _
The State Prison committee, on petition
of Amos Pilsbury, reported, that in the
main, it is made up ofextracts from former
reports which had been printed and circu-
‘ lated by the General Assembly. They ask
to be discliarged from its ftirtlier- consid-
eration, and recommend that he have leave
towithd raw his petition. Report accepted.
Report of the School Fund Commiss-
ioner respecting the Farms owned by the
State and the inconic from them, was read
and ordered to be printed.
The committee on Claims, reported a
resolution for the payment "of the claim
of Noyes Darling and others, for services
and expenses as a committee on Taxation
appointed in 1841-3. Adjotiriied.
.l\’l0.\'D.-XY, June 9.
t'neDi-rectors of the State
.___
Reports of
Prison; of the Ban‘: Coiriiriissioners; of
the Comptroller; and of the committee on
Education appointed at the last session,
were severally accepted.
Resolution passed, directing the County
Commissioners of each county to transmit
to the Directors of the State Prison, annu-
ally, a copy of their Report.
Resolution passed respet-.t'i
Rail-road’ company.
Report of the" School Fund Committee
on a resolution re'fcrre'd to them for the
appointment of an Assisstont Commission-
Mr. Bevin,
of the Committee, dissented to the report.
On motion of Mr. Burnham, ass.-tnted to
or, and for raising; the salary.
by the Chairman, it was laid on the table.
A message from his Excell-:-ncy the Gov-
ernor, returning for consideration the res-
olution which had passed this House, on
petition J. J. Howe and others.—~(Tlie
VVashington Bridge co. casn)
The act of the Legislature he regards
On motion of Mr.
Beardslee it was laid on the table, and on
motion of Mr. Waterbury, ‘.’.50copies were
as unconstitutional.
Ordered to be printed.
-" Bill for a public act relating to the place
of assessing corporations, read a third
time and passed.
The llliddlesex county Justice bill was
‘taken up. and passed.
Resolution passed appointing Eliphalet
A. Bulkley, Judge of Middlesex County
Court, and Erastus Strong, Friend Dickin-
son and Benjamin Dowd, ,County Com-
missioners.
R9S0l:tltlOn passed, that an edition of a
thousand copies of the public acts from
1839 to the present time, be printed, and
that hereafter the editions of public acts
be 1200.
passed.
Resolution passed, directing county
meetings to report their nom';natton's to‘
the Legislature on the second week of
each session.
Resolutions reported by the committee
on repairs of State Houses—appropri:iting
$1900 for New Haven and $150 for Hart-
ford, were taken up.
Ivfr. VVadliams moved to erase l900'iand
insert I200, carried. and rcsoluti-orr post-
poned to a third reading. Adjourned.
TUESDAY June 10..
The committee on Roads, and Bridges,
on the petition of the town of‘ East: Hart-
ford Bridge Company, reported‘ that their
petition ought to be granted. Ralph R.
Phelps, John H. Brockway, and Loren P.
Vlfaldo, Esqrs. are appointed commission-
ers, to whose acceptan_ce the wort: is to be
done. The" Bridge is to becompleted by
the 1-stof Augu-st next-.-
A bill relating to the Militia, negatived"
yesterday, was reconsidered, and after
considerable discussion amended atid pass-
ed. [l‘he object was to remedy an evil
which no .v exists, in consequence of mili-
tia officers in some towns refusing to ac-
cept office when chosen, and there being
no one to order out their companies to
perform military duty, they escape it alto-
gethein] Bill passed 77 to ($9.
The order of the day was then called
for.
At the Speaker,s request, 1\'Ir.-Riockwcll
took the chair.
The report of the R'a:il'roa‘d Committee
was then taken up‘—it is tocontinue the
etition for a Railroad from Hartford to
‘New York, to" the next session.
On motion" of Mr. Cook, to lay this re-
port on the table, a discussion arose‘ upon-
a point of order. Mr.- Boardman on the one‘
side: and Mr. Perkins on the other, when
the flousetagreed to. Mr. Coo‘.’s»mot:ion 7-4»
to 6'7.
bill from the’ Senate incorporating said
Railroad Company. The bill being read—-
Mr. A-tkins moved‘ that it be laid’ on the
table and the report of the majority of the
committee be takenitp. Agreed to.
Mr. La-ivreticc, said he was grati-“ed that
the committee were to have an opportuni-
ty to state the reasons for their report.~—
was ,0.’ very recent origin. That there
in,favor of
ng the union
of the Hartford and New Haven Railroad
compaiiy, and the flu-rtford and Springfield
Report of the Finance committee, ac-
cepted, and a resolution proposed for a
State tax of one cent on the dollar, was
Mr. Perkins then moved’ to take‘ up-the’
It was evident, he“ remarked that this plan ’
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was no evidence that this road, if construc-
ted could be made in any other niatiner
thaneircuitous. That there were highly
respectable gentlemen of this city, who
testified before the committee, but they
were in possession of no facts as to the
feasibility of the road, or as to its curva-
ture or grade. .
Against this testimony mountains lay
in a cliequred form, and it was to pass up
and down ravines. This was the opinion
ofDr. Percival, who had testified; and in
support of it, two practical engineers tes-
tified in regard to that gentleman's opiii-
ion on subjects ofthis nature, they had not
ktiown a case where Engineers had not
found his opinions confirmed. His opin-
ion was entitlcd to great respect.
On the contrar ', gentlemen on the oth-
any 2: ind or nature as to these specifiefacts.
They believed the road could be laid out
and built, because the Great VVeStel‘H
Road had been made. Two Engineers
had stated the fict, that except two cut-
tings, difficulties would be as great on this
road as on some parts of that. Tliat road
he believed cost over $50,000 a tnile. A
large section of manufacturing country
needed means to trarisport their articles to
market, and the committee tliouglit they
would have ample facilities by the Ollie?
two Railroads, which they had reporetd in
favor of.——the New Britain and Plymouth,
and the Naugatuc and Plymoutli.
’ he comniittee had also some reference
to roads already cliartered——-particularly
the New Haven and Neiv Yer‘; Road. Es-
timates for that had been madc——it had
been siirveyed—and the whole line from
H.t\t‘l.fOl‘d to New York was 113 miles. The
proposed route by Danbury was claimed
to be 108 miles, but it was conceded by
increased.
bury one fourth. _
report had estimated it at ‘.10 miles.
to it above thirteen miles.
lature’s interfering with
There was a good deal of evidence intro
duced which he lrnew to be
si:‘.e"d. lf this railroad vas needed,
evidence of its necessity.
Mr. Dixon said in regard to this appltca
tion he would make a few remarlrs.
ted. He said he
by the public good alone.
their own interests.
in other railroads.
cable and for the public good.
that
Haven and New Yer". road. (‘ti
ing. But it was not laid out.
inodlato the public. Oti that route
caused gr.‘-at hazard to liuman life.
norityconimiltec.
report were lucid and plain, and brouglita
very strong case before ti o llouse.
construction ofa railroad]
posed to continuing this
the next Assembly.
overthrow it;
it was the life of business.
fitted, and so they would be here.
more than ocean monopoly.
was no harm.
led.
York road will never be built.
still.
is never made.
never can have the Sound iftlie road is nev-
- er ma:'e. ' _
In case of war also, the proposed route
would be liigli-ly important, and the only
one. R-ail roads were- ma-i-nl.y supported
by wa-y travel, and not so niuclt by long
travel as was supposed. He trusted there
would be no spirit of monopoly on g.h',..s
subject.
_Mr. Sperrcer, said here were‘ two inq-ui
rice, was the ro-ad wanted- and would it be
built '! It did appear to him that the road
wasvwantzed and that many of the manu.
facturing towns did not enjoy the facilf.
ties, whch they needed. As to its beino
built, the committee had s-trong assu;-an‘:
ces that it would be. There were no in-
superable obstacles to show that it could
not be built. That there was oppos?ng
and: conflicting interests he would not de-
ny.
anticipated roads.
Mr. Godfrey thought that this mm]
would cost from three to four millions.-
cr side from this city had no evidence of
the petitioners that it mtist l.e somewhat
Dr. Percival’s opinion was
that it must increase the distance to Dan-
’ The committee in their
Another reason was, this would strike
the Housatonic Railroad, and r:tn parallel
This the coni-
mittee thought would confiict with the
rights of another company; and they had
great doubts ofthe propriety of this Legis-
those riglits.-
incorrect,
from the section ofcountry where he re-
he
wished it God-speed, but we wanted more
He
had considered this subject and the con-
flicting claims, with touch deliberation,
and he believed a charter ought to be grati-
was not operated up-
on by sectional feelings, but he hoped
VVC were met
by the objection that the road war not fea-
sible, and by Dr. Percival‘s opinions on
that point; but there were many eminent,
scientific gentlemen whose opinions differ-
ed from his. If it was not a practicable
road there .- as no danger of its being car-
ried oa. The gentleman engaged in it
would be eagle-eyed enough and look to
lt was said that the
Eine marked out was not a practicable one.
But there was only three miles and a half
where the elevation was sixty feet to the 50,,‘ may the city of 15,-mqcpo,-t owned
mile, while on the \Vestcrn Railroad in; i —
some parts it was eighty-four feet to the 1 '[‘|»,at one c[,m~i.3;-']md been git-cn to
mile. As to its beingcircuitous—he tlio‘t:»1\‘ew I-1,1,-en and New y0,.1,- Com,-,,,,-,3.’ and
the company could manage that matter as‘
He believed it practi-
The gen‘-lemim lm-‘l dllufleil l0 llie N-'3\_V Haven to New York, the stock of wliich
ll’.
was said 995000 had been spent in survey-
He was in
favor of whatever line would best accom-
there
were to be‘ five draw britlges, and these
were'wottse' than ascents or dcsceuts, and
‘Vital. were the condition of the towns
and villages on the proposed route'l—~
They had gone forward and rapidly pro-
gressed, according to the report ofthe ini-
The statements ofthat
The '
ge-ntle‘n‘ian- spoke of the difii-:.ul'.ies of the
transpo-rtationhi-therto and the facilities
whicli these towns would‘ viijoy by the
lie was op-
peti.iou to
It was an attempt to
He was for competition——
The towns on '
the \Vcstern road had been greatly bene-
He
would? not have rail road monopoly any
Competition
might redttce the price a little, btit that
There were no. vested
rights here, and there is no company femi-
Do anygentlemen say if this cluir-
jter is granted the New Haven and New
lfl was a
member ofanother companyl would keep
Here were two lines proposed, one’
has the Sotind and a. rail way, if this road
But here, on this line, we
This catne from ehartereds roads and '
He said the Housatonic railroad company.
were interested in this matter. That its
side by side with that. They had expect-
ed to unite their Road with the Harlem
road—it was wrong to take away their
rights. ‘
John B. Robertson, Samuel C. Johnson,
and V 'illiain Field, were appointed Direc-
tors of the Branch Railroad. _
The following State Directors, for the
Banks named, were appointed, on report:
oftlie Bank Committee:
New Haven Bank, Caleb Britncll.
Fairfield co. Eli B. Bennett. ,
Bridgeport Bank, Daniel Hatch. 3
Middlesex co. Bank, David Harrison. 1
Middletown Bank, Charles \V. Neivtonj
‘Windham Batik, Justin Swift. .
Norwich Bank, Russel H ubliard.
Conneticut Bank, Reuben Tweedy. ,_
Farmers and ll-Ieclianics Bank, Ell¢ryHtlls
Charles Boswell.
Phoenix Bank, Horace Freeman, Philip
Ripley. L
Danbury Bank, Vlfin. Montgomery.-
New Londoii Bank, Peter 1). Irish.
Hartford Bank, James M. Bunce.
Mercliants Ban‘-', Lafayette S. Foster.
Tollaiid County Ban‘-‘, Chauncey Driggs.
Ezra Chappell Vifilliairi Mather, and
Nelson Brewster, were appointed Bank
Cominissioners. L
Bill in relation to common schools, was
read a llllftl time, several amendments
made, and after along running debate, in-
to wliich many things foreign to the bill
was introduced, motions to lay on the ta-
ble and, to continue, being rejected, the
yeas and nays were taken, and the bill
passed 100 to 7-1-.
Messrs. Adams, Beard and Jarvis were
appointed a Committee to ma e out the
Debeiiture. ’
Report of the Railroad Committee was
then taken up.
Mr. Atkins, said he must differ with the
Committee, and he trusted their report
would not be accepted.
They say it is impossible to make the
road. lf this be true there was no reason
in continuing it. Another objection was
that it came in collision with other inter-
ests. Other interests would remain the
same. As to the impracticability, there
was none ifrcliauce was to be placed on
the testimony of lingiiieers. There was
in no instance a grade to exceed b0 -feet
to the mile——aiid the route was in general
feasible.
The petitioners were not from New
Yor. or l3oston—but a large portion of
them were located in the towns on the
route through which it was to pass, and
they eotild judge as well as those from any
quarter of the State. It was his lot to_ be
acquainted with the travel that way, pad
the passage of freight to all parts. ,
The Housatonic Road he thought would
be bencfitted and not injured by it. "
Mr. Norris, advocated the report. He
contended the petitioners had not W-‘Ila
out their case—-that they had not P°l‘}le‘~l
out any line where the road was to rura-
that they had sent out no sltilful Engineer
-—tliat they had given no data on which
they can judge of the facts.—That the ob-
Etct was to carry out the speculations of
Wall street bro crs—and for anutlier rea-
.Ԥ5lEi0,000 of Housatonic Railroad Stock.
that was the better and shorter route.
Mr. Boardman, said the last Lcgislnttirc,
- I
griiirtetl the charter of a road from New
had been taken tip conditionally,and $5000-
paid in. The Survey was also finislzed.
A charter from the State of New York to
connect this road, would have been liarl
but for the operations of the Harlem Rail-
road Compauy, and it would have been
finished in two years. Tl.-is application
had never been lteard of till four months
ago, and now if there were to be two coit-
flicting roads, neither would be built. If
this was granted the Legislature of Con-
nccticut would stand by atid see the liar-
lcm llailroad plucking their own citiizens.
The provisions of the proposed charter
Mr. B. pronounced ynonstrous "lie said
t.hc‘wliolc thing was a V-."':ill st. proji-cl to
raise the price of the Ilarlcm Railroad
stock. Those who started this projcc_t,he
said never i-ntendcd to l)1'.l~C the proposed
road, and it would never be built.
Acljonrricd.
VV 1'.D.\'ESDAY, June If‘
The House noncoucurred with the Spa-
ate in amending a bill relating to C1‘l',1t‘S
and punishments. I
Resolution, reported on petition of‘: F.
Croswell and others, for :1n act of infor-
poration for the order of Odd Fellows lvas
taken up and passed 83 to 50.
On motion of Mr. Perlti-ns the report of
the Railroad coriiinittee oir pétitiou of'l_‘ra-
cy Pee‘: and others was taken tip. ,'
Mr. Per7ius contendedthat all thathad
been said about the _Harlen'i road and Wall
Street Stock Jobbers, had nothing to‘» do
with the case—tliat what had been said
about aeoiznection of some of them ivitli
this petition was not founded in'fact—-tliat
gentlemen oftliis city had no conr:c¢'tion
I with any gentlemen of other States in this
matter—and that if any such thing ha'd’ex-
isted the committee would have drrawi it
out. The. Harlem company had a li-ail
road, which would come near where-this
was‘ to terminate‘, and if they were wise
they would make a connectioit with both
of the proposed roads. 0
It had been said that the road? would
«not be built, but of this there was no evi- ’
deuce. VVho would give any assurance
that the Sound road would not be built.?-,-
‘What was the bill ‘l ]t'was to construct
a _rail- road from-this city, through certain -
towns,‘ to Danbury. The charter was like
others. The petitioners understood their
own interests, and they claim that ghjs
roa-d will greatly fucil-itatte their business.
Mr. Boardman said this question jim-0]-
Ived the interests of-"tl'ie state and Nation.
The rule laid down- by the gentleman (‘mm
original stockholders had lost about allgheliad made about stock jabbing opei,a-A
For about 13 miles this rrbad would rt:n"tions, he believedthough they had been
‘denied.
'- road was ma_de three years before a chat ter
the l consenting.
resolut-ion‘ as amended, passed.
merit of an-Assistant School Fund Com-
missioner,. was then ‘ta’--‘en up, the question
being on amending it by inserting $1250
instead of $1000. Motion to amend neg-
atived, 7+ to 59. " i
“fiér
:3‘
haf been brought to bear here which he
wrs sorry to see. The statements which
The public voice demanded the
ctmstruction of the Sotind road—tliere was
rib stock jobbing operations in that. He
had no interest in that road himself. If
this project was carriedinto effect it would
destroy both roads.
The gentleman had said sin:iIu.r applica-
tions liad been made to the Legislature be-
fore,but it was not so. This goes upornom-r
and across other roads and contemplated
roads—there was no such thing in any
other charter. A survey of the Sound
was grant.e.d. It had been said that the,
citizens of New liaven made no opposi-5
tioti to this road, but he had several re-l
monstrances again.-:.t it, which were prescri-
ted to him yest.crt‘.ay afternoon only, after
he had left the Chair, and these were from,
nearly 500 citizens ofNe\vl-laven.
he left home it was not believe d by
one that the proposition would be criter-
tained fora momt.-nt.
instance had occurred of granting a char-
ter without a regular survc_v—tliat_ there
I had been much lbblsyitig in relation tothis
cliarte-r—and that there was no sufficient
data to enable them to judge in the matter
It was evident from certain provisions in
the charter, that it was not intended to go
into operation. _
Mr. Perlsiiis, rejoined.
Mr. Only, said it was denied thet the
making of this road was a feasible j.lan—
but this denial came from its opponeuts.—-
Tlie Surveys of it had been s('o‘.;ted—l)ut
he would pay more deference to a field
Surveyor’s notes than to Dr. Percival.-—
This road was riecessary—and the peti-
tioners asked for a charter of '.'icorpora-
tion. The country through which i:. was
to go was a manufacturing country. They
ask such a charter as has been given to
others. , '
The previous question wastlicn deman-
ded and sustained by the House, and the
yeas and nays taken on the main question
that of accepting the Report of the Corri-
mittee, [which is against the application,]
which was ncgatived, ayes 69, noes 100.
On motion of Mr. Perltins, the bill_ iii-
corporating the Hartford and New Yorc
Rail Road Co. was taken up.
Several amendrnents made by the Senate
were adopted.
Mr. 0. ll. Beardslee, moved that it now
be laid on the table and ‘300 copies printed.
Agreed to.
It was than made the order of the day
for 9 A. M. to morrow.
Resolution to enable the Housatonic
Rail Road Company to increase their cap-
ital $500,000. Passed.
Mr. Burnliatn, offered a resolution that
the different bills, (each byname) and res-
olutions reported by the School Fund,c-om.
be continued to the next session.
The resolutions reported by School
l?nnrl_ Coniniittce on the subject of inves-
ting in this_.State, funds paid by debm,-S in
the State of New York, and respecting the
sale of unproductive wild lands, were ta-
ken up. .
The first resolution was taken up, and
af or discussion in which Messrs. l:i'til'nl)iU3)
Adams, Beardslec, Perkins, Rot: .we'il,
Kendrick, and L’l}lommetlicu engaged, it
was erased,tlic Chairrnaa of the committee
Tlie two other resolutions
were then passed.
A bill respecting the appointment of an
Assistant School Fund Commissioner was
then taken up
Mr. Burnham moved to continue it to
riextscssioii. Motion ncgatived S] to 71.
Adjourned.
TiiUitsD:.i', June 12.
Resolution passed reqiicsling the Gov-
ernor to return to this House the resoluticii
incorporating the order of Odd l9'ellows.
Resolution relating to Bridgeport and
East Bridgeport rzspectiiig the proportion
of their indebtedness, passed.
Resolution passed, incorporating the
Connecticut Society of Natural History.
Bill for a public act concerning High-
ways and Bridges, read tliisd t7me—p:isset'l.
Bill fora public act relating to Pro-
missory n'otes,read a third time and passed.
The House proceeded to the order of
the day-—tlie consit'c-ration of the rcso-‘lu-
tion incororatina the Hartford and New
York R-ailiioatl (.’(Tirip2tii_\'. i
Mr. Lawrence, proposed that the Com-
pany should not be orgatiized and go into
operation until $2,000,000 was subscribed.
Negatived. $1,000,000 adopted.
Each cf the anieiitlments were Isevcrely
contested, and a wide riiiige: of deoate per-
mittc.l. Messrs. Pcrltiii::., lboardman, Dix-
o‘n, Atkins, Chapman’, \Vcllcs, Ha‘r.*riLto.n,.
Curt_is, Lawrence, Whtlhams, and. illorris,
participated in the (llS(‘.tlSSt0n,»\\'lll(',l] occu-
pied from 9 to 12 o'clock. As pretty much
the szime ground was gone over as yester-
day. Postponed till ‘2. o’cloclt.
Bills for public acts aiinexiiig the town
of Easton to the l0tli Senatorial district;
to the Probate district of Vlfeston; and
lix’ng the number of J-u-rors in the towns,
of Easton and Weston, read three times’
and passed.
The Resplution inc'o-rporating the Hart.
ford andl1\ew York Rail Road Co. was
again taren up.
The pr_evious question on the bill was
then orcjsered, and toe yeas and nays taken
111 to 1.
The Resolution incor orati h S
, p ngt e o-
pjety of Odd Fellows, was returned to the
oiise.
Mr. C_urtis, proposed to erase that part
ofit which enables the_Grand Lodge of
O-dd Fe-llrows to. constitute subordinate
Lorporut'ions,. as it was unconstitutional.
the amendment was adopted, and the
The Resolution relating to the appoint-
~Watertown he dissented to. Influenges
Mr. Rockwell-’s amendment new pro-
jiugly as to which w
\Vl;enl,opposed by Messrs. Ft-ink, Atkins,
any ' and Essex, and negatived.
posed, to make the sum payable from .the
State ‘Treasury, was adopted.
The previous question was demanded,
and.¢he 3,-ens and nays ordered and the
resolutions were passed, ayes 91, noes 79.
Resolution from the Senate concurred
in, extending the time in which $100,000
must be expended by the New Haven and
New York Railroad Company to two years-
Resolutioii passed nem can appropriating
$5,000 towards completing the additions
for the insane poor at the Insane RetI.'%at,_
one half payable in 18-1-5, and the other inl
1816. -‘
llill to amend the Charter of the Cityl
of Hartford passed.
A bill from the Senate to restrict the sale :
of Spiritous Liquor;-r, was taken tip, and‘,
motion tnztde to substitute one bill
anntlier, gentlemen
as the best bill,
finally hit‘. Shepherd moved to postpone
them all inde tiitcly. This was strongly
Hale
The Jutliciiiry Committee 1'Cp0I‘lC(l limi-
He contended no , several bills referred to them be continued
ito the next Senate, and several others in-
ldefinitely postponed. Rep rt accepted.
A bill relating‘ to the place of assessing
}COTPU1‘t']ll(lll5 read a third tiiriearid pass-(..
Resolution passed appointing James
EDoiiaglie.,,Holbrook Curtis, and Pliilo Pratt,
Coniniissioticrs of t.lie Nuugatuvlt Railroad.
Resolution pztssel, appointing: Gideon
V‘-iclles, I-lulbrook Curtis, and izli T. Hoyt
Commissioners of the H.1rtford and No 2
You‘ - Raiiroorl. ‘
Phillip Ripley and Harvey Seymour
were appointed Auditors of the Treas-
urer's Accounts.
passed.
the School Fund.
Message of His Evcellency the Governor,
VVasliington Bridge Company, and to re-
consider their action on the snbj -ct.
Messrs. Kendrick and C. H. Beardslce
vocatcd the passage of the rcsoltitioii, not-
withstanding his objections.
Mr. Rocltwell took the opposi e ground.
The ycas and nays were then called,
and were ye-as 9:')."nays 60. So the House
refused to reconsider.
Famav, June 13.
A resolution was offered to permit the
ter to the contrary iiotwithstatiding.
Passed 80 to 76.
absent on duties of their office was taken
up and passed almost unanimously.
s'pi|'li.Ol.t:3 liquors was then ta'cn up,a
mended, and p.'tSS(‘(l-—yt:as 95, Nays :38.
ed, 91 to 65.
I Resolution passed appointing Selali
.5-troug, l'hilo Hard and Ezra Strong, Di
rectors of the State Prison.
On the Nntuoo applicaiioii for an .--‘isy
him, it was reported that no action was
necessary. Accepted.
Comm on Federal Relations reported on
the subject of the Tariffantl Public Lands,
re-iterating the sentiments of the Legisla-
ture of last year. Read and zicccptetl.
lite same comm. made a repo t on so
|".1'.!('l) of the Gov. f;'»pcccli, as relates to
Tents, act'oti'ipatiied by ccr'.ai:i1'csoliitions
which were ncccp-‘.-:3tl and [_)it.'.~'.~‘t;‘Ll.
Resolution passed. :ippointing Junius S.
.\lorgan and Elson Fcsscn-.lc;i, State Di-
. 1 1 -
rectors of the L.~;cli-ange l>nnlr.——Adj.
l’~ETl‘tl‘}A'l‘ FOR THE lN55.~\NE.
The “'.l.‘\\'(’.n~f§‘-'-'fl'l'Sl. Annual Report ofthe
Odiccrs oi toe Retreat for the Insane at
lrlartlord, Conn.-” is before the public, and
a copy has been placed in our liands. l‘t
exliiliits a gratil'_ving view of the success
institution, and of its present condition.
lSince it was opened in l‘o‘.Zl«, 1,-1-3.’ patents
have been admitted, of whom 7}.8
male, and (i8i« fcin:ilcs.- Seven-liundrcd
whole number) have l)C._'ll discl'iar_:;ed, re-
covered, and one liuiidred and have died.
During the last year, 150 patients were
admttte~d—whole number in the Retreat
during the year, lt‘8, of wlioni 103 were
males, and females. The number
admissions, and the average number ofpa-
tients, have been greater than du:'inr_r anv
previous year. The number discliarged
tfuring the year, has been 85—of these‘-1:’)
were recovered, 14- much improved, 6 im.
proved, 0 not improved, and 11 died,
patients adi.nitted the past year, 31. were
brought to the institution within three
mont.lis, 19 within six months, and 1:’)
within twelve montlis, after the first attack
of the disease. This the Physician refers
to as an indication that the public mind is
becoming more convinced of the impor-
tance of committing the insane to the
remedial treatment of appropriate institu-
tions at an early period of the disease.
The Directors refer to the important
fact that since the opening of the Retreat
the number ofinsane patients in this State
has been essentially diminished. If there
are any who still doubt the propriety of
building up this instituio-n, they may refer
tliem to at least four hundred persons re-
stored to their families and society, and
mingling with others in their daily walks.
of usefulness, through its instrumentality
Hartford C'oa-rant.
The Hartford Bank has declared a semi-
cent.
covered in Norwich. The stone is of a
blue color and works easilif. The quarry
is owned by Capt. Wm. W. Colt, of that,
city. __ ’
—
and g‘
- - -;n
disagreeing exceed-3
untilt
Resolution incorporating the New Brit-
ain and Plymouth Railroad Company was
Resolution passed appointing Francis
Parsons, Esq. Assistant Lommissioner of
The House proceeded to consider the
returning the resolution relating to the
dissented to the Governor’s views, and ad-
organization of the Hartford and N. Y. R.
Road cu. whenever one million of dollars
shall be subscribed, anything in their char-
Resolntion allowing the Judges of the
Supreme Court $200 each on account of
their traveling expenses and board, \v ll’:
The Senate bill relat’r'.g to the sale ofl
The Report of the S. Prison Comm. was
ta’ en tip, and after sgme discussion accept-
which has attende.l the op "rations of the‘
w e re‘
and iiincty one (more than one lial ofthc'
of
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From the Hartford Courant.
Majority Report of the Joint Select
Committee on Rail Roads.
The Joint Select.‘ Committee on Rail Roads
to whom was referredpelitions for a Rail
Road from Har/ford by way of Daub,”-y
to New Y or/c, leave /zeard the parties, duly
cons.'dered I/ie mat_te7',-and 1'espectfully re.
port,—-
That sunclrypetitions were presented
to the last Legislature, praying for a char-
ter for a Rail Road from New Haven to
the State line and thence to New York by
any feasible line between Danbury and the
shore, but the charter granted confined
the route to the town of Bridgeport, and
thence by the most expedient line to the
State boiiiidary, that the persons named in
id charter accepted the same and deter-
mined to proceed immediately in the pros-
Seculiori of the wor . Tliatthey have pro-
’-Ecurc-.l subscriptions to the stoc , to a large
',_amount and about five tliousaiid dollars
‘have been paid in thereon and expended.
ITliat they have procured surveys and esti-
.
lniates to be nzadc of the uliole line from
lflarlem River to New Haven by skilful,
f-.iithful, and experienced ei;gineers.-
jTliata line road has been found wi h
lgrades. not exceeding forty feet to the
mile, and with its highest elevation above‘
tide water only eighty six feet and so feas-7
iblc in location soil and water courses‘,
that it can be constructed in a tnanner su-
perior to any railroad in New England, at
an expense not exceeding $32,500.
The bonds have been procurred for 2:-'
hout three fourths of the road way in
Connecticut at re:-.s<,i'iable prices—tliat the
inhabitants dwelling on the line in this
and of New Y0rl.',State areanxious for its
construction, and that they aiitcipate not
serious inipcdiment in tl.c way ofits coin-
pletion ; also that the time within which
the sum of.£r3l00,000 must be expended
expires in one year, and that the bonds for
the land expire at the seine time and
that whatever shall delay will probably‘
defeat the project; that said road is 7'7
miles in length from New York to New
Haven, and is the connecting link by the
shortest practicable raiiroad route between
the East and the South, and between Hart-
ford and New \orl.'—and completes the
great Atlantic chain ofrailroad communi-
cation in the United States, in the most
direct and desirable rnam:er—and while it
accommodates a large population, it in-
jures no other pnblit-. work or interest.
The committee furtlier find and report,
that the petitioners have not pointed out
any de"nite line on which they proposeto
build a read. Tl.at they have not procu-
red'any continuous survey of any line of
road. That they have not cmployed any
practical, scientific or experienced engi-
neer to explore the country through any
of the numerous and widely scattered
towns, which by their petition they pro-
pose to traverse with their road.
That they have not shown by their tes-
tim0n_v, any features or practicable route
through the towns lying in a direct line
ifrom ilartford to Dndbury; nor have they
exhibited any data from which the grades,
curvatures, time of running, or expense of
the proposed road can be ascertuiiicd.—-
that on the contrary the respondents have
proved, by practical and competent Engin-
eers and from the survey and topo_;rr:iphi-
cal examinations tiitlzflt." under the authority
ofthe State; that no direct road can be
made from llartforcl to Danbur_v, and that
any feasible or practicable route fora rail
road between Hartford and New York, by
Diznbttry, willbc very circuitous, and at
least tiverity miles longer than the mute
connecting fla.tford and New York, by
New llziveti nail the shore road, and that
circuitous roazl by Danbtiry cannot be
be made without grades frbiri sixty to
SC\'CIH_v feet per mile, while the shore road
lins all its f_ti':irlcs forty feet per mile or
less, and that in the opinion of the Com-
mittee, the interior route by l"C‘.lS0n of its
greater length, its numerous curves, and
its high grades, cannot he um.-cllcd as
spccdily as the shore road by at least two
hours, and that the probable-cost of so in.
ferior a route will exceed that oftlic shore
road.
The Coniiiaittec also find that public
convenience d. cs not require two lines of
rail roa'd between llartford and New York,
and tli:'tt,- in the. opinion of (he C,,m,,.,,,,e.e
if two rival projects for a railroad between
Ii:-\.-rtlord arid l\'-cw Haven are presented at
the same time to the public, there is great
danger that neither will succeed, and
.tl'icrby a great public improvenietit will he
,dcfeatctl; and also that the proposed road
£\\'lll be ati injury to the existing lines of
.communication, without conferrintr any
ladequate corresponding benefit upoh aiiy
lportion of the public; and that in view of
,all these Cli‘ClIl1'1Slt1.tlL‘eS, the granting the
ipriiyer of the petitioners at this time will,
,in it.s eflect and consequences, violate the
l
i
Ofl reasonable claims ofa large portion of the
icitizens of the State who have acted in
lgood faith under former grants oftlie Leg-
,islature, in which they have confided. The
,Committee are aso of opinion that most
{of the population that would be within any
convenient distance ofthc proposed road,
are either already as well accommodated
as they would be by a new road, or they
can be ftirnislied with all needed facilities
by branch roads connecting them with
some existing or contemplated road at a
small expense and without: any injury to
others, and especially the inhabitants of
,New Britain, Bristol, Plymouth, \Vater--
bury, Naugatuck, and Danbury, are thus
situated, and can be so accommodated.
The Committee also find that the only
feasible route suggested for the proposed’
road, will occupy several miles of thg
Housatonic road, which is now in use, and:
- will also cover the line of the road over
which the Housatouic road by charter
have now the right to construct a branch
annual dividend of three and a half per mad through Daub."-y to the proposed ex_
tension of the Harlaem road, and that all
A valuable granite ‘quarry has been dis- this will be greatly to the detriment of the
Housatonic company. _
The Committee have, thei-efoi-e,' come
to the (.30-n€ll]'St0t],- and _wo,uld recommend,
that said petition. be c_ontiu.ue.d4to.. the next.
Norwalk Chronicler