.r
sIa—
{House of Representatives in Gen_era_l ./.7ss-em-
filly convened, That the Commissioner of
the School Fund shall annually, on or be-
fore the first day ofApril, prepare a com-
plete schedule ofall the property and se-
curities belonging to the fund, and the au-
ditor of public accounts shall audit"and
examine the same and compare the items
thereof with the documents and vouchers
in the office of the Commissionci‘.
Sec. 2. The auditors shall ce'rtify to said
schedule if found correct, and also to an
abstract thereof to be prepared by lllfi‘
Commissioner, which abstract slipll be an-
nexed by the Commissioner to his annual
report to the General Assembly.
Approved June 13, 184-5.
N0. 1'2. An Act in additon to and in alterz_it_ion of
"An Act entitled ‘An Act relating to the Militia.’ ’
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Rnprcsentatives in General ./7ssem-
bly convened, That so much of the first
section ofan act entitled “An Actrelating
to the Militia,” as requires all persons ex-
cept oflicersliable by law to the perfor-
mance of military duty, who are or may be
between the ages ofthirty-five and forty
five years, to carry their arms and equip-'
ments on the first Monday in May, annu-
illy, at the hour of warning, to the place
)f the inspection of arms of the company
zvitliin the limits of which they may reside,
{ind in which they may be enrolled, be, and
the same is hereby repealed.
Sec. 2. That every person liable to per-
form military duty, and by law excused
therefrom, who shall voluntanily perform
duty in any company in the militia of this
State, shall be exempted from a poll tax
during the time that he shall perform duty
in said company: Provided, That each
erson claiming the benefit of this act
shall produce a certificate from the coin-
manding ofiicer of the company in which
such duty is performed, on or before the
20th day of October in each year, that he
is equipped and dressed in uniform, and
has performed military duty at all times
‘when required, during the year next pre-
ceding. . .
Sec? 3. That all persons liable by law"
to the performance of military duty, who
shall have faithfully served in any enlisted
company in the militia of this State for
the term of ten years, be exempted from
the fui'ther pcr‘ormance of military duty,
except that of being detached or called
forth to execute the laws of the United
States, or of this Staie, to suppress insur-
rections and repel invasions.
Sec. 4-. That so much ofthe second sec-
tion of the act aforesaid, as requires all
Conirrianding officers of battalion compa-
‘tries to order out their companies on the
first Monday of May, annually, be, and the
same hereby is repealed. .
That all acts and parts of acts inconsis-
tent herewith, be, aud the same hereby re-
pealcd. Approved, June, 10, 1845.
No 13. An Act adding to the fifth sectionofaii Act
ciitiled “An Act in addition to and in alteration of
an Act entitled ‘an Act for forming and con-
ducting the Military fo.“ce.”'
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
_Represeniati'ves in General ./ilssembly con-
vened, That if any person nominated by
the commandant of any regiment in this
State, to fill any vacancy then existing
among the commissioned officers of any
company in said regiment, and approved
by the commanding officer of the brigade
to which such regiment may belong in con-
formity to the fifth section of the above‘
entitled act, shall refuse to accept such
office, and to serve according to law, such
‘person so refusing, shall forfeit and pay
the sum of twenty-five dollars, unless ex-
cused therefrom by the Major General of
the division. And it shall be the duty of
the State’s attorneys in the several coun-
ties in this State, and they are hereby ari-
thorized and empowered,» to prosecute all
pense not exceeding eight hundred 'and
fifty dollars. _
Sec. 5. There shall be annually appoin-
ted by the General Assembly, two audi-
tors of the Quarter Master General’s ‘ac-_
count, whose duty it shall be tooxamine,
audit and adjust the items of his annual
report; also in the month of April annual-
ly to examine and inspect the arsenal buil-
dings, at Hartford, and the military stores
and other property of the state t_herein de-
posited, and make their report of the con-
dition thereof, and also of the correctness
of the Quarter Master Genera1’s Rcport,to
the General Assembly in May, annually,
within the first three days of the session
thereof.
“Approved, June 10, 18-l-5.
No. 15. An Act relating to the Meetiiigs ofJoint
Stock Corporations, and of other liicorporaterl
Companies, and of the Proprietors of Common
No. 18. An Act in addition to an Act cntit1ed“Ai1
Act concerning Lands.” ~
Be it enacted by the Senate rind Ifouse o
Representatives in General ./Yssembly con-
vened, That no person shall hereafter ac-
quire by adverse occupation in any " city
in this State, the right to keep, sustain or
enjoy any window or light adjoining to,
over or upon the premises of another, so;
as to prevent the owner of said premises.
from erecting thereon any house or other
building, in the same manner an if said
window or light had not been so used or
enjoyed. Approved June 10 1845.
No. 19. r\tl_.fX“CTit] additinii to an Act confiriniig
and estalilisliiiig the doings of Assessors aitl
Boards ofR.i-.lief in certain cases. '
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by //is Senate and
House of Representatives in Gf‘]l'iF(Il Arseni-
bly con-venerl, That in all cases in wliich
the Assessors of any town in this Stati,
have neglected or omitted to sign:or return
Fields.
Sec. 1. Be it cnactedbyllie Senate and,
-House of IZepresen.tatz've.s- in Geiicral flssem-
bly convened, That whenever any joint
stock corporation, or any company iiicor-
porated. by or under the laws of this state,
or any associated proprietors of common
al meetiiig, pu_rsuaiit. to the requirements
of their charter or articles of association
in for thereafter convening and holding
meetings of such corporation or associa-
tion, such meetings may be held at such
time and place as shall be agreed upon
and appointed in and by a writing subscri-
bed by all the members of such corpora-
tions, or association, or by their attorney
or attorneys thereto duly authorized.
Sec. 2. In case the members of such
corporation or association shall not thus
unite in calling such meeting,either Judge
of the Superior Court or the Judge of
the County Court for the County
within which the meetings of such
corporation or association shall have been
ordinariy held, may, upon the application
of the president of such corporation, or of
a majority of the capital stock ofthe same
or any ten of such associated proprietors,
order and direct the time and place, when
and where such meetings shall be held,
and the notice which shall be given of the
same.-
Sec‘. 3. At any meeting of such corpor-
ation or association duly appointed and
held as aforesaid, such corporation or asso-
ciation shall he, and they are hereby au-
thorized and fully empowered to do all
such acts, and to exercise all such powers
as by their charter or articles of associa-
exercised at any annual meeting of such
corporation or association, or until others
shall be duly appointed in their place and
stead.
Sec. 4«. Whenever such corporation or
association shall have failed to hold itsan-
nual meeting as aforesaid, and no provis-
ions shall be contained in its Charter or
articles of association for such contingen-
cy, the ofiicers of such corporation may
and shall continue to exercise the powers
and perform the duties to them respective-
ly belongino‘, until the next annual meeting
0 . . .
of said corporation or associatioii, unless
at some special meeting, duly convened,‘
Olllels Shall be “PP°”"l°d 1“ the” Pl3°e;proprietor of the new line of oiiinibusses,
and stead.-
Sec. 5. Nothing in this act contained
shall at any time revive any corporation
whose powers may have expired, for any
other cause than that herein before named
powers and franchises granted py its char-
ter; nor shall the same affect any suit now
pending. Approved, June l0, 1845.
No. I6 An Act in arlililioii to an Act entitl'ed' “An
Act relating to Highways and Bridges.”
Sec‘. 1’. Be it enacted by (dc Senate and
breaches of this act, by action of debt in
the name of the State Treasurer, or by iii-
formation ; and all penalties and forfeit-l
ures when recovered, shall be paid into
the State Treasury.
Approved June 12, 184-5.
House of Ripres.-entati'ves in Gcrzcrnl Assem-
bly convened, That the legal voters in any
toxin in this state may, at their annual
town meeting, (orlat any special meeting
warned for that purpose,) by a major vote,
include in the town tax, a sum sufliicient
to repair the highways and bridges when
No 14. An Act relating to the duties of the Quar"necessai-y ; and the money so included in
ter Master General and for the pre.=ei'\'nlinn of the -
mdiiiaiicc, arms, and munitions of iVar belonging
to this State.
Sec. 1.. Be it enacted by the Senate and
.H0;(SC of Representats'res in General Assem-
bly convened, That it shall be the duty 0
the Quarter Master General to provide a,
suitable book or books, for record, and
cause an entry to be made, so far as it can
be ascertained, of all the arms and muni-
tions of war that have been received from
the General Government since 1808 and
deposited in the StateArsenal; also a rec-
crd, so far as practicable, of all the prop-
erty of the State that has been furnished
from time to time to the militia under leg-
islative acts; also a record, of all the arms
and munitions of war that may be hereaf-
ter received‘ from the General Government,
or furnished by the state, the number of
arms distributed and the companies who
receive them; also-the arms returned to
the department from time to time, the
moneys expended by the Quarter Master
General, and all the doings and affairs of
the Department which it may be for the
interest of the State to preserve.
Sec. 2. The Quarter Master General
shall be, and he is hereby authorized, to
sell at his discretion, the muskets and ri-
fles that have been returned to the Arsen-
nl from the militia, and which now remain
in a damaged state, and the broken pieces
of ordinance, old carriages, old iron, &c.
now at the Arsenal, together with such
muskets, rifles, and other property, as
may be hereafter returned and unfit for
use, depositing the proceeds of such sales
with the Treasurer of the state. ‘
ncd, That the interest of any married man
the town tax, when collected, shall be ex-
pended by the selectmen of such town, or
bv such other person or persons, and in,
' . . i - .
such rna.n.ner as such towu shall direct, in 3 Inst-. from Vera Cruz, which place she left
f;tlie necessary repair of the roads andl1Slm5l- liavmg 011 l>0«'H'(l HS passenirers,
bridges of said town, and in the construc-
tion ofnew roads and bridges when neces-
sary. ,
Sec. 2. No ornamental, fruit or forest
tree, standing in any public highway, nor
any post or stake there placed for tliepro-
tection of the same, shall be cut down or
removed by any surveyor of highways or
other person, without the consent of the
owner of the land adjoining such highway
except by t-he written order of the select-
men. of t-he town where the same may be
situate, which order such seliectmen are
hereby authorized to give whenever such
tree, post or stake shall unreasonably ob-
struct or hinder the public travel in such
highway.
Sec. 3. Any person who shall wilfully
violate the provisions of the foregoing sec-
tion of this act, shall forfieit and pay to
the owner of such tree, stake or post so
cut down or removed, a penalty ofnot ex-
ceeding ten dollars, and threefold the dain-
ages sustained by such owner from such
cutting down or removal. '
Assented to, June: 13, 1845'.
1'2. An Act to extend andprotect the Rights of Mar-
ried VVomen. '
Be it enacted by f/te Senate and House of
Representatives in General’ ./Issembly ci.nv:-
in the real estate of his wife, belonging to
fields, shall have failed to hold tlieir annu-.
and no provision shall be contained there-'
lion’ they might or could have done ml to undert'il’e the serious rcspoiribility of
I \ 5
_ from the Courier of Wednesday,.that it is
her at the time of their intermarriage, or
See. 3. It shall be the duty of the
Quarter Master, General from time, to
time, to recall or order to be returned to
the State Arsenal, all ordinance, muskets,
;rifles, or other property of the State fur.
’Jislied to the militia, which may be by
them neglected or left to decay and waste.
Sec. 4. The Quarter Master General
is hereby§authorized to repair-thé A-rsenal
which she may have acquired by devise
or inheritance during coverture, shall not
be liable to be taken, by levy of execution
against him during the life of the wife,
or the life or lives of children, the issue of
such marriage.
.P.7'O1)1'(l‘:(/, That this act shall not affect
the remedy upon any contracts which have
been or shall be made prior to theifirst day
an abstract of the assessment lists oftlicir
trespective towns, by them made, and to
{lodge the same in the town Clerk's oflicc
lof said towns by the first day ofI3ecembn_31'
lin any year; aiil in all cases in which said
lAsscssors have heretofore neglected ur
«ommitted to fill out lists of three fold the
‘rate per cent., on amount of the same, as
;by law required; and in all cases in which
lsaid Assessors, or the membctis of the
lI3oard of Relief in said towns have neglec-
ted or omitted to take the oath by law
.prescribed; and in all cases where the
‘Board. of Relief in any town have neglec-
, ed to give ten days notice of their meet-
ting on the first Monday in January in any
lyear, such asssessment list shall not for
lsuch causes be considered or adjudged
ivoid; but all taxes which have been here-
‘tofore or shall be hereafter lairl and im-
lposcd according to such assessment lists
lmay, notwithstanding, be levied and col-
llected. Provided, that no suit or action
now depending shall be in any manner
aflected by the provisions of this Act.
See. ‘2. Be 'i°tfu7°//ier enacted, That all
provisions of this Act shall be applicable
citiesflas well as of towns.
Approved June 10 184-5.
Inklings of War.—Gen. Scott, we learn,
came down from \Vest Point on Tuesday
evening, and stopped at the American, ap-
pearing to be quite at his leisure The
niglit-train brought an officer from \Vasli-
ington, in quest of Gen. Scott, who, after
a b_ricf interview, left post-hasteforWash-
ington.——These facts, as related to us,
strengthen the report that a Mexican force
is on the Nueces, and that Mr. Polk is about
i
ldriving them over the Rio del Norte.
\Ve have private, but most reliable ad
gage the Indians as allies of Mexico in
expectation of a \Var with the Unite
:States.
l
lwho trusted tliein.—T7'z'bnne of Cl‘/iursdriy.
Vi’/laz'n‘ous.—Thirty.six horses, belong-,
ing to Mr. Charles W'hitson, of
to that place, were poisoned on Tuesday;
of
thela corres . ' .
ofcerer of Lindenwald, and his friend tl
i . .
;morning of last week, in consequence
"drinking the water in the trourrli at
l D D
-Ecorner of 3d Avenue and 8.')tli street, int
"Or ‘my °°l'l’°l'3ll°n ‘Vlllcll shall l”1"‘3 lnjquaniity of arsenic. Nine of the liorsbs
fact abandoned and ceased to exercise tlleflm‘-e died, and from am,e,,,.,,,,L.cS at least _ ’
’ Bc_ Texas question, and promised large favors}
twelve of the reiiiainder will expire.
and others are in a critical situation.
.5". Y. JON)‘. ofCom.
eluding nearly all the towns, have vote
spirits.
Aldermen.
granted in the State a- few years ago was
than fifty.
Santa .4; Li'br:rute.r/.——’I'he r. mail
lGen. Santa Ana, lady and family, who
to Venezuela.
‘rived at Havana 8th iust., with General
5Bustamente on board, on his way to Mex
ico. All indications of war between Mex-
ico and the United States had cooled down.
The course of affairs, under the admin-
istration of Mr. Pol c seems to be creating
much dissatisfaction among many of his
adherents. Shoals of those who expected
oflicc, and who thought they had good
claim upon the government, for services
rendered, are turned away with the icol ‘-
ness of men who feel that they have reach-
ed the point of thicr ambition, and are wil-
ling to kick down the ladder on WlllClll.l'lCy
rose to honor and power. There are se-
cret woes in store, for Mr. Polk, before he
completes the termof his administration.
Courimt.';
Raz'I7'oad on the Canal Pat7i.—It appdars
seriously contemplated, to construct a ll
road" on the tow-path from New Havenito
Northampton, in connection with the ba-
nal,, at an expense of $850,000. It is sliid
all things may be ready by the sessionlof
the next General Assembly. This subjl.-ct
has been mentioned o“casionally in yep‘;-s
past; and had the Hartford Rail Road ta-
ken that direction as far as Plainville, fies.
sibly it would have been as well. '.[ljis
may be yet a favorite Railroad route viitli
Massachiisetts,. who knows’! If madellitl
can hardly fail to interfere somewhat \ i_Hi
At the last accounts, forty bgd;‘e_gl 11 d
consented to deliver a eulogiom upon Gen.
Jackson, at the request of the Democratic
lAssocjation of Washington.
madr.-‘a further reduction in fare, and the
price is now $2 through to Boston.
is avery pleasant route, occupying ten
to the Assessors and Boards of Relief of
vices, that agents of Mexico have recently
been among the Cherokees, seeking to err-
lhostility or interrupt relations of amity,;
Yorkvillb,.
iwliicli some villain had thrown a largefmo
sides these several horses, cows, and hogs.
belonging to the neighborhood have died,
Twenty-"one towns in Rhode Island, in-
The whole number OfllCel1SCS'
over six hundred—Thc whole number this‘;
year, out of thejcity ofProvidence, is less
steamer Medway arrived at Havana 7th
were banished from Mexico, on their way
The British mail steamer Dee also ar-
George Bancrqft, says the Union, has
. ——¢
The Long Island Railroad Co. have
This
hours and avoiding the necessity of night
ravcl. By an arrangement with the Nor-
wich and TVorcester~ Co. tickets bought
for either road are transferable from one
road to the other, thus giving the traveler
the choice of two routes.
JTTTD A REBUKE.
A CO'.\'Il’LI‘.\'IEN'I‘
The editor of the Cliarlestori
having asserted mat “the holy way to
touch the sensibilities of the Nortlien men
is to touch their poc2..ets,"’ Preiitice says—-
“The sneer is a very COI‘tl.(3l‘t"npll.Dle one.
That editor ought to know that is a very
states that Senator Benton has returned,in
hot haste from his farm in Kentucky, to
- lercury:
, The St. Louis Reporter of May 30th,
\Vashington city, and that itis probable he
may be sent to England to conduct the
negotiation in relation to the Oregon ques-
tion.
Tuscan Braid by .7l[ac/z.z'n.ery.—‘\’Ir. Elisha
Fitzgerald,S.’) Christie st.N.Y.lias patented
a most beautiful machine for making Tus-
can braid, by which a piece containing (22
yards of the finest quality, can be braided,
in'a (lay—-whereas the best of braiders by
hand requires two weeks to complete the
same qiiantity—tlie texture of Mr. Fitzge-
rald’s braid being altogether superior in
compactness, evenness and finish, to the
ivory bust Italian. The importance ofthis
invention may be estimated when it is con-
sidered that the importation of Tusc-.in
braid into this countryzaverages nearly
$3,O00,07J0per aniium.
easy thing to touch the poo’ cts of Nor-
thern mcn. Let a case of distress be pre-
scnted to them, and their pockets-are touc :-
ed at oi'ice,and touched deeply. No soon-
er was the distressing tale of the l’ittsbui‘g
fire circulated at tl|G—NOflll, than the pock-
ets of the citizens of Pliiladclpliia, New-
York and Boston, were touched to the
tune of nearly %7;llO0,O0-0. If there is a
way to the sensibilities of Nortlicn men
througli their pockets, there is also an-ziy
to their pockets through their sensibiliii.-s.
If either the pockets or the sensibilities
of the Charleston “cliivalry” liave been
touched by the Pittsburg calamity, we
have not received the int.-res'.ing intcl i-
genced’
The receipts ofthe Hartford and New
‘Haven Railroad (exclusive of mails) for
the month of May, 1845, were $16,870 3'-l«
during the same month in 1844-, $8,-l-56¢
51. Receipts for the first six months
since the completion ofthe cxtention road
to Spriiigfield, ending June 9th, 18-1-5,
lO0,Q9l S0; receipts for the correspon-
ding months in 1844-, t,l,$4«8,0b'0 ($6 ; showiiig
an increase of more than 100 per cent.
It is said that VVasliington Irving has
expressed an earnest desire to be relieved
from his foreign mission and to return to
this homestead on the Hudson. C. P. Van
lNess, ex-Collector ofNcw York, is sugges-
ted as his probable successor.
From the N. Y. Ti'i'uunc.
llill. 1‘C=LK’S SOltP.OWS.
The following extract is from a Loco Foco
- letter in the Herald. It corroborates so exactly
the statements of one ofour \Vashiugton corres-
pondents that we deem it worthy ofattciition:
la political Mcpliistopliiles, \\l)0 claims the
lpolitical soul of Col. Polk. under a terri-
lblc bond, from wliicli the iiriliappy victim
1: , . . , | _
1 \'°I,app§°llf'lldAlllal _ilt‘,QSe=-‘til-llogcnnnot escape; and that the l’i-e-itlcnt of
lassmel our‘ eol’ e l ‘ill m]"i‘\a "tm “f"s.ta;tlie United State is a subject of the most
‘measllle O pmcc’ an‘ “O” ( "0 excl 9; dreadful oligarchy ever known, except,
erhaps, that of the Council of Ten.
lwill prove to have grossly Closely.-etl those: an Inn), not-be known, but SM!) is the.
ifact, that Col. Polk was, before the us-
vsembling of the Daltiinore Coiiveiition, an
I - ‘V: I 10
iaspirant for the V ice I’residcncy. Imm-
'garding it to be settled that Mr. Van Bu-
lis stated, the l’resident that is
{with Mr. V211 Buren in his views on the
'to the clique now centered at Albaiiy. In
“it is now said that, like Faust, there is
‘self and his friends, during l21Sl'.\\‘lHlG1‘, re-A
The great Rztilroad Ct)l1‘~.‘enti01't assem-
gbled at Vifizidsor, Vt. on the lltli inst. and
lwas well attended. Philip Ripley, Esq of
§l'lartford, Conn, President. Resolutions
lwci-.3 adopted recommending the appoint-
lment of a tfominittee to open books for
lstock to the “Cnnncctit-.'.it and I’assuinsic
l,Rivers Railroad Company,” wlienevcr they
liniglit deem it expedient; and that the
limit mines of Vcrniont, with the s ill and
';entcrprisc of its inhzibittmts, are compe-
ltent to supply all the iron l‘.CC;lC(l ivitiiir
iliinits, and that by this home manufac-
lture, a vast ainouiit of money may be
lsavcd among its own population.
i
Dr. C.ild\vell, an American writer on
physical i-ducation, contends that a well
,bal-.mc:d brain contributes long life, whi'e
ia passionate and turbulent one tends much
ltoabridgc it; arid if persons knew how
linany dangers in life they escaped by pos-
lscssing iiiildncss of temper instead of the
lopposile disposition, how eager would be
I . u .
fthe aim ofall men to cultivate it.
l
l
A convention of Delegates in favor of
ltlie con.-triictisn of the New York and
ll-lartford Ilailroatl, via Danbury, ii to be
liicltl at the City Hall, in l'l:1rtfoi'd, on the
2Q5tl'i iiist., at 10 o’cloc- A. ’.ll., to take the
necess-airy stops to encourage the. con-
sstruction of the road.
The Loco papers ascribe the present
prosperous state ofthe business affairs of
the country, to Polk, and his adrninistra-
ition; with as much propriety miglit tlicy
ascribe it to the mini in the mooii. To
the much abused yet gallant ls‘-{liig Con-
ggrcss \\’lllt‘ll passed the present tariff bill,
lis the praise due. If Mr. Polk and his ad-
lfnlt'tlSll't1ll0n have done anytliing since they
came into power but. raise a war 'bi'ceze
about Oregon and Texas, and turned men
out of oflice to put others in, we should
like to know wliat that tliiiig is; we have
;—kept it close wiitcli during the while, but
‘we have discovered nothing.
13035072 Com'i'cr.
J1/l “Odd Ft/[OlL‘.S,, '1'r,gi.t/ici'.—A Port-
land paper tells of a bcazitiful copper fas-
flnot/ier Ilsfonsier Uneart/ied.'—Dr. Albert
C. Kock, the discoverer, in 184-0 of the
bones of the great .Mi'ssoui-ium, of Missou-
ri, has recently unearthed, in Washington
county, Ala. very nearlya complete sz. ele-
ton of a most colossal.and terible reptile,
that may be justly termed the king of the
kings of reptiles. ._.Its_lerigth is 104- feet,
the solid proportions of the vertebrae are
from 1-1« to 18 inches in length, and from8
to 12 inches in diameter, "each averaging
'75 pounds in weight. Its gr:-atly elonga-
ted jaws armed with not less than forty
incissor or cutting teeth, four canine teeth
of fangs, and eight moalers or grinders.
’1‘liesetecth all fit into each other when
the jaw is closed, and it is clear that the
nnimalwas of the carniverous nature-—-
The eyes were evidently large, and prom-
inently situated on the forehead, giving
the animal the power oflreepinga constant
and vigorous watch for his prey. The
body had members attached resembling
padtlclers er fins, wliich in proportion to
the size of the animal were small, and
were doubtless intended to propel the body
ters of those large rivers and seats, which
it iiihabiteil or frequented. Each of these‘
paddles or fins areceniposetl of ‘.21 bones, ‘
\\'illL'-ll foim in uiiicn seven freely articulae
tingjoints. The ribs are of a very pccul-'
iar shape, and cxccediiigly nuinerous.—"—
lilicy are three times the thickness at the
siipeii-iii‘ cxtim‘-ii'iit_\'. This is, in siib.-<tance'
the l‘oi:to:’s descriptiozi ofliis prize-,which
he has removed to Mob lc.
Rt'.'ftes.——I cannot call riches hcttr-rtliafi
the baggiige of virtue: the Roman word
is better z'.7ip.ra’i'iiie7z:‘ii ; for as the baggage
is to an army, so is riches to virtue; it
cannot be spai'cd nor left behind, but it
liinderetli the march; yea, and tlze caie'
of it sometimes loseih or disturbcth the
victory. Of great 1'l.ltCSllH-‘:l'(3 is no real‘
use, except it be in the distribiition: the
rest is but couccit.——Baco7z.
I'7'ost—Dr-mg/i.'.— 'l he almost unpre-
ceilented dry weather of the past few
weeks, has so iniicli injured the crops of
wheat in this country that the average
yield cannot exceed /1.-ii:/"a crop. The
corn, gerieially, has been much injured,
and on many farnis entirely li'lllCtl, by the
combined operzition of frost and dry weath-
er.. Tlic oats and grass have suffered
much from lll1‘_£__TCl')Cl'tIl drought. The gar-
dens have not presented so poor an ap-
pearance for iriaiiy years.—- O/no 1,-nper.
Ii.'iRLEI\I RAIL l{o.\D.~—In the Appendix to
the 1'. Y. State it-gistcr is the following synop-
sis ofthe law passc-Ll the last season, relative to
the Harlem Road:
“Act 333 cinpowers the Company to ex-
tend their Rail Road from W-"est C-licster
County through Ptitiizim, Diitcliess, C0-
lumbi'.i and Rcnssclzacr Counties, (no where
nearer than two miles to the Coiinccticut
line) to it point: on the Hudson Opposite
Albany, or connect with any other {all-
Road going to such point; no grade to
CXCBC-Ll 4-0 feet to the mile, nor any iron
laid weigliiiig less than lbs. per yard ;
teiied schooner of aboiit 80 ions, which » —
.3'.’)0O,C00 to be ex ‘nil? o’ , '
.was recently liunelicd there. Her :)fm_ _em,_ 50 _ -IT... d”. lllc" roildm
liiame is the “I. O. of O. F. ’ Site was '3 ’ ' ml L” ml 5 ‘Q m tllolcars ’
built by an C-tlil Fellow, is to be con'im:iii-
!‘(lC(l by Capt. George C. Dad, who is an
l attention.
‘;C-aptain Finch state that the whole traci
iO.*‘Fg"7)..——-Ilille party that mine in withl
and road c.oinplctc.'.l in three years ”
There wercfo.ty-o12e_]%rr2:gn vessels en-
lren would receive the nomination, openeill Odd Ijellow, and her first trip wvill be on , term} at this port y,_.._,m,.(i,,,.! we largest
P"“d‘—‘“C‘-‘ ‘Vllll llle l'L’U0Wll€'ll 9-Ol" llle lllll Of 'l‘]“°a “'llC“ 5llC ‘Vlll °~fl'l'.V _i‘;nuinber ever known to entier here intone
‘ . reiload of Odd I'cllows to the celvbratzon iiijamy-_ ’[‘\-,-0 or an-ee of them were Liver.
dern Cato. .In this COI‘l'CSpOP(l.'l’tC€‘, ll.él30Si.(>l), on the 19th of the same mc-iitli..‘;puol ships with assorted cargoes, and the
coiiicldeilf.!:'iicli an oddzty \‘.'lll no doubt attract mucli amouiit of revenue icccivedvupon the im.
lportations must be very C-f)l'tSl(lCI‘til)lC.
];’os.'o.i './‘i'm;:s ‘.20/t insf.
T/ic On: t/1ovrrz;.d 7ni'/i:.s- Com.pleted.—Ells-
lolldcll‘ lllsodo llllllic 5”” Ollllcllolllllmllolli l from 13 miles bcvond the Big Blue to tlic ~ worth the cclcbr’-‘c'l eilesi it’) com le
' . . ' ' — s 1 . - ‘I ..t v. ,‘ . ' 1. ' .
=Co’. Polk prepared a letter, it is assci-fcd,gS,,,,c 1;, “..,q 1-‘fled with .-0,, , .,_d 1-’ _ 1 _ l ‘ ’ . P
I , . ..e, . ._ I €ll)l__:_ldl’ttS to (. HS sccont great match tfwalliing one
n 1,- M .‘ _ . _
"glam! 1/“ (mm'7‘”"0n of 1‘‘T’‘‘’ and‘ m j Oregon. In that distaiice they met at least. 3 thousand miles in one thousand hours on
lofficeoftlicW715/ivflle I.’m'o.ri and asked
;H:irris to insert it. l'l_iis, when he was
‘ml 1° gr‘l!“lIl:"°“_Sd°5 ml SIC Sale ‘”"‘1°”ll acquainted with its contents, I‘lt1-l‘l‘lS re-
n rovi cnce, ie ques ion l£1S’fuSedt0 do
been indefinitely postponed in the Board ofi
In the nicanwliile, other
counsels prevailed, and Mr. Polks opinions
‘underwent a radical clizinge. But it is
- furthermore said, that a copy oftl.is letter,
properly autl'ientic.ateil, is in the possess-
ion of the modern Cato, together with the
other letters front Mr. P0l.i on various
subjects; ~
“The magic which controls the Presi-
dent, then, iftliis be the fact, is the dread
of exposure; and by this wand, held in
terrorum, has Mr. Pol i been moved oflate.
The magician must have his l)oiir.l——tlie
soul, and the political soul, of a President
is his perogative of appointment. Hence
the selection of I3-..kei', Partly and Hoffman
——licnce the removal of Van Ness——and
nelius W. Lawrence.”
Epz'.:;co;ial C'onvem‘ion.——The Episcopal
Convention of the Diocese of Connecticut
c.omm_enced its annual session in I--lartford
on Tuesday morning 17th the Bishop pre-
siding. Mucli of the ordinary business of
‘the Convention was transacted during the
day,thellishop read his address on the fol-
lowing morning. At its conclusion, he
stated that owing to ill health he had du-
ring the year, often contemplated sug-
gesting to the Convention the expediency
of electing an AssistantBishop with whom
he could divide his labors; but returning
strength had recently caused him almos-It
wholly to suspend his request; yet in view
of all the circumstances, he would leave
the whole subject to the wisdom of the
convention, without submitting any definite
proposition.
Gem'us.—A man “down east" lately
pulled up the beans which he had planted,
.' I ‘I _ _ , , __ .
lcomlllm-V “ll” ("W9 Jollmoni “e“l ‘O llllii :)0O waggoiis and the usual proportion of
lcinigraiits and catt'c.
This is the way to fortify our rigght to
Oregon. Actual possession and 0C(:llp.'1n-
icy by the right kind of men will be the
lbcst guarantee for our rights to that re
'giou.—-St. Louie .A'cw 1;‘7't1, 4t/2.
.r7nz."ri'crzn C'o2’/zrge.-——\V«- learn from a
iparagi'a,"li in the official paper that the
Secrctary of the Treasury has ilfrg-¢ied'},;’5
attention to this subject; arid that the sum
of $a‘350,()00 has been di'av.'n from various
deposit Ban‘-‘s ln Mexican dollars, etc. and
sent to the Mint and Branch Mints to be
coined into Lirnesand half Dimes. This
additional siipply of these useful coins
lwill greatly add to the convenience of the
gpnblic, under the operation ofthe new post
ioflice law. More, we are told, will be
lsent, to the full extent aiitliorizetl by law.
l'°“°‘? ‘Vlllll “'lll Tel I-‘la‘_39a llle T9m°‘T‘ll °flAnd also that the next issue will probably
Morris, Moore, and ultimately, of Cor-’ '
be ofqiiarters, when a sufficient number
ofdimcs and half dimes shall be coined.
I772.p77'z‘.'i7?tf,0m I,i'ber2'a —A letter from
Gov. Roberts, dated April 17, and publish-
.:ed in the Sun, says that the colonial
schooner John Seys has been captured by
an English inan-of-war—- apparently in ré-
taliation fora seizure of goods on which
the owner refused to pay the colonial
dues at Grand Bassa. We shall doubtless
have further particulars soon.
A sturgeon,'7 ft. 9 in. long, weighing
and Caldwell’s Landing on Friday of last.
week. Mr. Bcdell belaborcd the monster
till life was extinct; but in the struggle
his pantaloons suffered, and he received
:1 gash in the leg. '
.ll.’[07‘7)I07I. 'I.'7'z'als.-—The St. Louis Repub-
lican of Monday, the 2d. inst speaking of
the trials going on at Carthage, Ill. says:
VVe are informed that the jury in the
because he thought they had come up
case of the indictments for the murder of
again, as he thought, right end upwards.
He is brother to the one that in trimming
apple trees, cut offthe limb on which he
‘stood, and therefore caughta tumble.
the New Haven and Springfield road, in lllso had another bmlher who (‘"3 “ hole after the circuit is gone throu h with
be of more service ,0 New Haven. W in the ground to scald his hogs in. “Te ____§£ .
L i are N01 80 Well acquainted with the rest Gen. Vim Zandt, who was knocked
of the-family, but we believe the girls all
died young, before they a had chance to
“""°“:S' end “P“""d5v and 59‘ lllem °“l Jo. Smith, the Mormon Prophet, after an
absence .of about thirty minutes, returned
a verdict of Not Guilty. The indictments
for the murder of Hiram Smith will be
"led at 3. Special term, which will be held »
He
down by a horse that had been frightened
‘by ttfire-cracker, died on Tuesday after-
buildings in a suitable manner, at an ex-
Of July, 184-5. Approved June 10, 1845.
been dug out of the ruins of the lat e
at Quebec.
‘- ,, spread their genius. ~
.\
noon,17th.
the momiiig of the 8th inst. at New Or-
leans. -
A g:.iiei'al order has been issued from
tlie.'War D'epartmcnt, to mount the bat-
teries of the various fortifications for the‘
protection ofthe Atlantic coast.
.’\"o~ifz;//c Beuc n.
./7 ./\”c°.v B.‘-r:nc/i Post Cflice is about to
be established in the Norili-East quzirter of
the city of N. Y. in the Ninth-\Vard in
lluclsoii-street.
The Postinzistcr has also signified his
willingness to establisli a Branch Office in
tlic_Sixteenth Ward as soon as a proper lo-
cat:on can be fixed upon.
T/Ie ..7lfc., "'u'ty Case.-——ln the Criminal
Court this morning, Mr. lloban asked and
obtained leave to \\’lll'i(ll‘I1\'.';l.l1e demurrer
_iii the case of his cliant, and entered a plea
of no..‘1gm'l/y.to the indictments. He in-
former. the Court that he would, to-mor-'
row, state when he would be ready to pro-'
cecd with the lZl‘lt1l.——U. S. Journal ]9t/2..
‘ The Hartford Bank has declared a divi-
,oerid of three dollars and a half per share
lpayable on demand.
The United States Insurance Company
of Boston, have declared a semi-annual
dividend of ten per cent. payable on the
gllth inst. '
l A dividend ofthrce per cent has been
declared by the Norwich and VVoi'cester
Railroad, payable July lst.
Dr. Schmuceer, of the Theological Sem...
2'20 pounds threw himself into '1 boat ' ofG it 1) -
A s. 1 ~ ‘ - v‘. t 13 o
rowed by Ciileb Bedell, between Pee‘ skill ;l;rtlfl¢3l1i’ha\'in(g till:-qariltlcgiiiestl ibtzijiitalllgdniiliirsiialtii
was obliged to resume it again,on account
of the increased frequency of murder.
A new steamboat called the “Traveler”
hasl cpinmenced running between thisN.Y.
Em I\ew Haven. She is commanded by
apt. Joel Stone long and favorably known
on that route,
‘large Pz'clccrcl.—A pickerel, weighing
eight pounds, was caught in the Connec-
ticut river, opposite Chicopee-, on VVednes-
day morning.
The Missouri Republican says the 10-
custs have appeared in great. numbers at
Lexington in that State.
-Niel!’ Sl€amb0afs.—Five new steamboats
are to be added to the lines on the Hudson.
rii_/er the present season. They are the
Nfflgfira, Rip Van Winkle, Oregon, St.
Nicholas, and Hendrick Hudson. They
are all to be of the largest class.
of the enormous creature through the \va-' I
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