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Mommy, June 14.
The select committee on Patent Medi-
cines reported adversely to the passage
ofa bill-regulating physicians’ prescrip-
tions. Love to withdraw granted to the
petitioners.
Bill concerning judicial expenses of the
state read a third time. '
Mr. ‘Waldo made a statement of the sev-
eral statutes passed since 1817, under the
operation of which the judicial expenses
of the State have nearly doubled. A por-
tion of the increase results from the per
diam allowance to jurors, instead of the
old fees per case. This, although it in-
creased thejexpenses of the state some-
what, was a salutary change and he ‘did
not complain of it. Other statutes, reliev-
ing tl.e county and town treasuries at the
expense of the state, had a constant ten-
dency to swell the amount ofcosts, and to
make the:authorities less rigid in scrutin-
izing costs and expenditures.
sonic-facts showing the laxity with which
these matters are managed. Under the
present system the temptation to. abuse
was continual. The bill before the House
he considered salutary, and though it
might cause some dissatisfaction,'yet it
would commend itself to the good sense
of the House and of the people generally.
It would not restore the amount ofexpense
to what was the miniuni in 1817, but the
reduction would be considerable, while
the burden upon the county and town
treasuries would not be equally increased.
Mr. Cleveland objected to the provision
making towns accountable for costs in
prosecution where there is a failure to
convict, or the alleged criminal is not
bound over. It would operate as an in-
ducement to bind over men who ought to
be discharged, in order to save the town
from a bill of costs. And the expense of
keeping prisoners before trial would over-
balanee all the bills now paid from the.
state treasury. He objected to some oth-
er features of the bill.
Mr. Perry of Fairfield spoke to a similar
effect. He thought that the committee
had deduced the increase of the expenses
of the state too hastily from insufficient
causes. He supported his views by some
statistics which be procured at the Comp-
troller’s office. He suggested a commis-
sion to examine the course of proceedings
in the several counties, with a view to the
establishment ofa uniform system of costs
in criminal cases.
Mr. Bliss suggested a change of the law
in relation to the pay of iurymen, making
the parties to actions pay the jury expen-
ses therein.
Bill exempting from execution the horse
—harness, carriage and sleigh of a prac-
tising physician, reported against by the
committee on the judiciary, was read a
third time and negatived. -
Bill to repeal the provision of law which
subjects Savings Banks to examination by
the Bank Commissioners, passed.
Resolution to incorporate the New Ha-
ven Sack and Bucket company came up.
Mr. Chapman reiterated his objections to
it, on account of the provision constitu-
ting its members special constables. The
resolution passed.
The report of the committee on Educa-
tion upon the memorial of the corporation
of Yale College was called‘ up, discussed,
and no quorum being present the House
adjourned.
Tui:sn.nr, June 15.
The order of the day was taken up—-
it being the reports from the committee
on Railroads, on the memorial,of the city
of Hartford. ‘
Mr. Cleveland said he was aware the
session was near its close, and time was
grudgingly allowed to speakers, but the
question was one of great importance to
the whole State, as members must have
found out by this time, judging from the
attentions paid to them by the citizens of
Hartford during the session. It was a
question of importance to the the credit
of the State for consistency :and stability
of legisiation. Thelquestion needed care-
ful consideration, for it was no less than
this-—whether this legislature should de-
clare the acts of the last General Assembly
unfair, and revise its proceedings as if
nothing had been done. In this view he
called particular attention to the first point
—the question whether due legal notice
was given to the city of Hartford at the
last session. For the decision of that
question settled the point of the propriety
of revising the last year’s proceedings.
The want ofnotice was the solo ground
on which the present trial was asked for.
On motion of Mr. Kendrick the subject
was postponed till afternoon.
The committee on Incorporations oth-
er than Banks, reported resolutions erect-
ing a new borough in Danbury by the
name of Bethel. Passed.
The committee on Temperance reported
a bill on the sale of intoxicating liquors.
Read_twice and postponed for the purpose
of being printed.
The House ‘adjourned.
flfternoon Scssi'on.—The order of the
day—thc amendment to the constitution
for the extension of suffrage was taken up.
Mr. Russell, of New Haven, made a
statement of facts in regard to the con-
dition of the colored population in the
State, and of the reasons which led him
to support the amendment here and at
the polls. .
The question was then taken by Yeas
and Nays and resulted Yeas 14-9, Nays
50. So the amedment was approved.
The House resumed the consideration
of the reports from the committee on
, Railroads touching the Bridge at Middle-
town. _
Mr. Woodward said that in time past
Connecticut-' was mainly an agricultural
State. The two main sources of its pros-
perity were agriculture and commerce and
then_navigation was amply sufficient for
the general interest of the State. But
the greater agricultural resorces of other
portions of the Union made-it impossible
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He related .
for the people of this State to compete
with them in agriculture. lt was there-
fore necessary to provide new sources of
profit—-to engage in manufacturing, in
which the ingenuity and enterprise of the
people lit them to excel. While our far-
mers could not compete with those of
other portions of the country, they could
prosper by means of the market provided
by domestic industry. There might be a
difference of opinion as to the extent to
which manufactures should be protected,
but there could be no question of the
proprietv of giving them encouragement
by opening means of transportation.
What had Massachusetts done in this
matter’! In that State there were 24« lines
of railroads—-in Connecticut there were
four. In Massachusetts there were 95
inhabitants to the sqare mile—in this State
65. The fotir railroad lines in this State
were nearly parallel, and rival routes.
The House adjourned, pending the
question. -
\Vi:n.\'r:snAv, June 16.
The speaker appointed Mr. Hill of Nor-
walk a committee to wait on the Senate
and request that the resolution appointing
justices of the peace for Fairfield should
be returned to the House.
Resolution appointing justices of the
peace in the county of Fairfield, came
from the Senate, a portion of it read, and
passed without any opposition.
A resolution was offered ordering that
the debate on the Bridge question should
close at b 1 ‘2 o’clock this afternoon.
that much time had been consumed by the
speakers against the resolutions of the
committee, and how much more was to be
occupied by the member who spoke yes-
terday afternoon didnot yet~ appear. He
did not believe that the House was pre-
pared to cutoff discussion on the other
side. It seemed a hasty proceeding to fix
on the conclusion of the debate at this
point, and he moved that the l'CSOllll.10l‘1
be laid on the table. Carried.
Mr. \Voodward proceeded in his re-
marks. ‘
The idea-of the draw obstructing navi-
gation was unfounded. Troy and Newark
were pointed out as instances. But the
bridge at Troy was a worse structure than.
the one proposed at Middletown, and
furthermore the basin of the Champlain
canal lay below the bridge and of course
business centered there. The same was
the position of things at Newark, where a
canal basin and railroad depot had drawn
business below the bridge.
Mr. Smith of Woodbury, said that in
answer to the inquiries of the member
from Middletown, he would say that he
did not find in his minutes that either Capt.
Roath or Capt. Lefevre testified as to their
passing a draw. The enquiry as to the
testimony of the witnesses introduced by
the respondents he would satisfy by read-
ing from his minutes the testimony of
several of their witnesses. He would read
in order, and make no selection. One
witness testified that with a favorable wind
he could pass the draw with ease. There
might be times and circumstancs in which
it would be more difficult. Another that
it would be some obstruction but not
serious. Others that they might some-
times be compelled to drop through, others
that they could heat through under favor-
able circumstances. Some that the ob-
struction would be comparatively trifling,
others that under some circumstances it
might be more serious.
Mr. Allen, of Westport, stated that as
one of the committee he had paid very
close attention to this evidence offered,
and the conclusion to which he arrived
was that the bridge would be a most seri-
ous obstruction to the navigation of the
Connecticut, and that the interests to be
subserved by ‘the bridge were to the inter-
ests injured by it as 1 to 9. If he was a
corporator of the railroad he should doubt-
less feel deeply interested in the bridge ;
but he was there to legislate for the whole
State of Connecticut. The Middletown
bridge was compared to the bridges at
Boston. But the current of the Connecti-
cut was from four to six miles an hour,
while the waters over which the bridges
were erected at Boston were tide waters
where the tide rose and fell twice in 24-
hours, making'_'a current in each direction
at different times—-a material point in es-.
timating the two cases. There was evi-
dence that if therbridge were erected, and
in consequence of a slight iniscalculation
(easily made with such a current) a vessel
were to strike between the piers, it could
only be saved from capsizing by cutting
away its masts. The evidence in the case
had been conflictiiig, but after making his
way through it his honest opinion was
that the bridge should not be erected, and
he should so vote.
Mr. Howard followed until adjournment.
flftcrnoon Sessioii.-—Resolution passed
appointing Leonard Bronson. Samuel C.
Johnson, and Philemon Hoadley, commis-
sioners of New Haven county.
Resolution for appointing Bank Coni-
missioners discussed by several members,
and returned to the Governor.
The House then -took up the reports
from the railroad committee on the Bridge
question.
Mr. Chapman and Mr. Cleveland occu-
pied the rest of the afternoon.
THURSDAY, June 17.
The committee on the Judiciary repor-
ted adversely to a bill concerning the set-
tleltlent Of estates, &c. Bill negatived.
'l he House resumed the consideration
of the reports from the committee on rail-
roads touching the bridge at Middletown
in which the House spent the day. ’
Admission of Santa ./77ma.—Gov. Aaron
Vail Brown, of Tennessee, in a public ad.
dress to the Tenriesseans, declared that
Mr. Polk meant no harm by letting Santa
Anna into Vera Cruz; “but fellow citi-
Zens," Said he. (pointing to his head,)
“the error was here.” This was a very
delicate way ofintimating a weakness in
the Presidential “upper story.” »
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T/ic‘ “Dear 1’cople."—-Place no confi-
-dence in those men who eternally prate
boost them on the ladder of fame and help
them to a fat oflice? If men would learn
to distrust the boaster or disclaimer, and
look into facts and reasons themselves,
we should not be tormented with the thou-
sand office seekers which infest all our
large towns and cities.
Mr. Chapman said that it was obvious P
An lrislinian was about marrying a
Southern girl, when the minister inquired
‘Will you take this woman to be your
wedded wife 1'
,‘Yes, plase your honor,’ said Pat, ‘and
the nugcrs also.’ ,
Who cannot see in the character of this
lrislimari, a similar feeling to that manifes-
ted by the lovers of the dear people?
Port/(mil 7'ri'br.72.e.
Arrivzu of the (Jambriai.
on’l'hursr.lay at six o’clock, A. M.
Notwitlistanding the strong expectations
entertained previously to the departure of
the last steamer, that the Corn Murlret
would maintain its upward tendency, the
unusual fineness of the weather promising
a favorable Home harvest had the effect of
materially depressing prices,and, ofcoursc
contracting the extent of average transac-
tions.
The advices, however, brought by the
Caledonia, of light stocks in the American
orts have created considerable activity,
aided by the decided relzixziticin that has
taken place in the pressure of the illoncy
market, have largely tended to re-cstab-
lish a freer desire to speculate.
The reports, though unauthenticated, of
a probable failure of the Potato crops
both in Ireland and Jersey, have also had
their own influence.
The markets have in point of fact fallen
20 shillings per quarter from the highest
point, but though flour had declined to 4-0
shillings per bbl. it is now worth 42 shil-
lings and may be fairly quoted at 43 shil-
lings for best Western. Sour averages
37 to 38 shillings per bbl. American
Wheat 10 shillings 6 pence to 12 shillings
6 pence per 70 lb.
Indian Corn is tolerably steady at 35’.
shillings for Prime or Yellow, and in some
instances, owing to the increased demand
from Ireland. \Vhite has commanded ‘2
shillings per quarter above the currency of
yellow.
Corn Meal ranges between ‘.28 shillings
and 31 shillings, with a tendency to the
higher quotations. The total export of
breadstuffs from the United States to Gt.
Britain and Ireland from 1st September
18l7, to 1«l~th May, 1847, appears to be:
Flour, 1,656,802 bbls; Corn Meal, 43-1«,4-39.
bbls ; 'Wheat, 1,512,274 bush; Oats, 371,
5555 bush ; Barley, 148,9-l«'2 bush.
Cotton.—-The tone of this marliet since
the departure of the last steamer has mate-
rially improved. The apprehension of
son for the growing crop have caused a
decided advance. The improvement is
likewise in a great measure attributable to
the greater ease in the money market.
So that on the whole the condition and
prospects of the Cotton Trade present it
very encouraging aspect.
Death of O’Connc/l.-—O'Connell died at
Genoa, May 15. He has directed his heart
to be deposited at Rome and his body to
be buried in Ireland
Leave Talc2'ng.——'flie parting scene be-
tween the Mississippi regiment aud Gen.
Taylor, we are told, says the Picayune,
was affecting in the extreme. As the lie-
retiirn to their homes, overpowered with
a recollection of the high deeds which had
endeared them to him, and, with their de-
monstrations of respect and affection, he
attempted in vain to address them. \-Vith
tears streaming down his furrowed cheel. s,
all he could snyfwas, “Go on boys——go on
—l can’t speak.”
Lawful Revcnge.—Many years since a
gentleman in Newington, a parish of
VVethersfield,_' Conn.,;l who was a very
religious and conscientious man, married
one of the most ill natured and trouble-
some women he could find in the vicinity.
This occasioned universal surprise where-
ever he was known, and one of his neigh-
bors ventured to ask him the reasons
,which had governed his choice. He re-
plied that having but little trouble in the
world, he was fearful of becoming too
much attached to things of time and sense,
and thought by experiencing some afflic-
tion, lie should become more weaned from
the world, and he married such a woman
as he thought would accomplish his object.
The best part of the story is, that the wife,
hearing the ‘reasons why he married her,
was much offended, and out of revenge
became one of the most pleasant and
dutiful wives in the town; declaring that
she was not going to be a pack horse to
carry her husband to Heaven.
The Hartford Courant publishes ii state-
ment of the quantity of milk given each
day for the space of ten days, by a cow
owned by Daniel Bartlett, from which it
appears that the aggregate quantity for
the whole time was 548 lbs. 10 oz.—ave-
raging 54« lbs. 13 1-5 oz. per day.
Odd Fellows/iz'p.——Judge Purvience of
Baltimore, decided a few days since, in a
case in which a member of a lodge of Odd
Fellows, sued his lodge for the recovery;
of money due on account of three week’s
sickness, that the Court had no jurisdic-
tion in the matter until it had first been
decided by the Grand Lodge.
Receipts of the Housatouic Railroad Compa-
ny for May, 1847. - '
ljor freight. $10,327 95
1 assago and Mail 4,327 46
.l4,fi5(i' 41
11,65)-'1 98
Same month last year,
lficrouse. $9,951. 4;;
l Tempn-mice
flllonthly Coax.-cation of the Fairfield Co. _
about the interests of the dear peoplc-.i_VV. T A. Society will be holden at Nor- in Chiefof the army, and old Nicholas
What care they if you are fed and half, walk, on Wednesday, the last day of the Bravo, Governor oftlie State of Mexico.
ciothcd, if they can make of you -,1 tool to? present month, at 1() o'clock forenoon.,
The steamer Cambria arrived at Boston_
short receipts and of the backward sea-
(’onvcnIi'on.———'I‘lie next
,As_the location is central, especially for
jthe lower Shire of the County, we antici-
pate a full and interesting meeting. lhese
Conventions, for the last two or three
months, have been much neglected by
Dclegates—-in this instance we hope to
see a large attendance. The cause merits
-a greater degree of zeal on the part of i.lie
friends of Temperance than has been
evinced for a while past.
Stamforrl ./](]'L‘0C(ll.".
Stra,w.’;err2'c.v.-—'l‘liere were fi\'0l1lll’l(ll'(’(l
and two bushels of strawberries in the
mar! cts ye,-ierdoy, by actual measurnient.
Thisis in addition to those left at the lio-
tels, stcariiboats, coiifectioncrs, &c. which
will probably swell the amount up to five
hundred and fifty bushels. 'l he price
ranged from five to eight cents per quart.
The very lost, lar_r_re, selected berries, still
keep up to ten cents. Fortunately for the
poor here, strawberries are not an article
of export, and the price cannot be advan-
ced by foreign demand.—Ci72c2'mza(z' Caz.
- ]r.‘.'r:p/oszlm in a Tclrgn/.p.’i. [ficc 0/ .,.’Il.',-a-
my, Jum: 1.’)!/z.—_A severe storm passi-(l di-
rectly over the city )'CSl(’f(lil_V afternoon.
At about half past two o’clock a most vio-
lent explosion of electricity took place in
the telegrapli office, disabling the relay
magnets of both lines. The wires attach-
ed to the relays and to the battery were
melted off, and the entire line to N. Y. ren-
dered for a time perfectly useless. It was
the most serious disaster the line has sus-
it has been opened.
derstaud the wires were melted from the
battery and the relay niagnets.——..4rgus.
Fire in Grecnirir:/1,.——An old dwelling
house belonging to the widow of Jaboz
Mead, dec’d,at Upper Coscob,(Greenwich)
occupied by Gideon W. Lockwood and
Samuel R. Dcruck, was tlestroyed by fire
on Tliursday afti-rnoun last. A child of
,Mr. Lockwood perished in the flames.
{The unfortunate little one, says the Stam-
lford Advocate, had been left by its mother
in an upper room, while she had cone to
in neighbors, unbekiiown to the other iii-
tmates of the house, and the building burnt
down in her absccuce.
‘is said, that should there be but an ave-
rage crop, one fourth will be sufficient for
the consumption of the country, and the
remainder may be exported.
I-‘iirtlicr News from Mexico.
Corr'cspondence ofthe I’ic.a_vi.iiio.
Poi-:nI.A, May :29, 18-17.
The division of Gen. Twiggs entered
the city to day, all well. There were ru-
mors in the morning that Gen. Bustamen
,te and Leon were advancing to attack Gen.
‘Scott with an immense force, but so far
.we have heard nothing confirming the re-
port
Almost every one thinks that the Amer-
jicans are to have another grand battle, but
=where, no one can divine. '
Vizim Criuz, May 23. 1847.
| After several days of anxiety and sus-
§pcnsc, occasioned by the capture of l.ll('
ldilligence by a band of gucrillas, and the
well known dangerous state of the road,
another train has arrived at last from Ja-
=lapa, bringing us news from the army and
;the events that have occurred on the road
lduring the last six days, the most impor-
l tant of which is the murder ofCol. Sour,& 7
roes of Buena Vista marche:l by him to of his escort of eight dragoons,and Lt. .\lc bled was quite 1'0Spe<'tHlIl0-
!Donald, of the Rifle regiment.
Col. S. arrived here about a week ago
with dispatches from Vvashiugton to Gen.
Scott. He left this city last Saturday for
From all appearances the party must
have been in ambush very near the road
and by a well directed volley brought them
,all to the ground at once, without giving
lthem the slightest opportunity for resis-
tance.
Thus it is again that dispatches, proba-
bly of no little importance, have fallen in-
may be used to good purpose against us.
The bodies of three of the party were
found near the road, partially covered with
sand, and the others hadsbecn dragged in-
to the chaparal.
Strong suspicions were entertained at
Jalap-.1 of an attempt to retake the place.
The force of the rancheros, robbers, Ste.
on the road is estimated at 500 m-.--n, dia-
posed of as follows: 300 men near the
road, and on 100 on each side of it, rang-
ing at a sufficient distance to prevent small
parties from taking the bypaths.
The train which came down was escor-
ted by about sixty men, mostly discharged
soldiers and some of the wounded at Cer-
ro Gordo, in charge of Capt. Vlfhiting.
They saw frequently on the route men on
the highls, and in the distance men on the
look out.
The rainy season has, it is thought, ful-
ly commenced, as we had a sample of it
during the last three days.
Vi-ziui Cuuz, May 31, 1847.
The city is alive with rumors from the
int--rior, not one of which, however, takes
a shape that, in my opinion, justifies any
degree of confidence.
Puebla is reported to have risen against
the Americans, and after a loss of 800
men our troops are said to have evacu-
ated the city, and subsequently to have
commenced its bombardment. The latter
is an impossibility which throws more dis-
credit upon the report than it would oth-
erwise deserve.
Puebla is a large city, and thirty five
hundred men are not a sufficient force to
keep it against an energetic populace, but
the proximity of the main body of the
urmywould pretty certainly prevent an in-
surrection at this mornciit. .
tained from atmospheric electricity since,
At Troy, too, we un-;
There has been so great :i quantity of,
potatoes planted_ in Holland this year, it!
lJalapa, and was murdered three miles;
beyond the national bridge.
to the hands of the enemy, and perhaps‘
‘us that Santa Anna is still in the Presiden.
tial Chair; that Valencia is Commander
Juan Alvarez, nhom you may_ remem
lber as the Sonora robber, and friend of
;S:iuta Anna, is said to be rapidly approach-
Iing with ten tl'10l1Sfl1‘.(l0f hisllndian retain-
.ers, in arms, and is expected to extirpate
the Yankees utterly.
The yellow fever, (1 vnmilo, as it should
be c-.illed,is now getting really serious
among us. Thirteen cases terminated fa-
tally ycstcrtlay, and to «lay l have heard
of three individuals whom I personally
knew.
Two of these are from New Orleans,
illr. Cohen, of the firm of Simonsfiofd and
Cohen, and a Mr. l\’licli:iel, more recently
from Tampico. Col. Kearney, th'e"‘Gov-
criiment contractor, now lying in a very
dangerous state, and people are thus fall-
iing around me.
Jzknc 1st.~\\'ell,our reports ofHerrera's
§election prove to have been premature to
‘say the least. Santa Anna is at the cap-
-_iLal, in much less discredit than we have
ibceu led to believe, and in the full exer-
gcise of the functions of his office. Upon
,his arrival he'proposed to resign his seat
lbnt contrived matters so as to have his
‘proposition rejected.
l An election will take place on the 13th
*inst. when it is hoped lll-'1lllCl’l“C‘l‘t1 will be
:(-.liosen; but Santa Anna's creatures are
,too niimerous, and his position now too
ffaivorable Ifor the'_control of the required
lintcrests, to permit me to indulge in such
tee could arrive at, after 30 days toilsome inves-
tigation, than that already known beyond a ques-
tion,that liigliway is higliway,and that the claim-
ants in this case have as much right in the mat-
tar as they have to Connecticut Turnpike.——
This game of grading Mullen Hill, has been
a guin—gnme throughout. \Vhen the town
granterl the privilege asked, they allowed the
petitioners the stone in the wall their standing,
worth some 200 or 300 dollars; than the road
is graded, and for the most part fenced in; and
now to complete the glorious piece of hood-
winking, and cap the climax, we have only to see
a block of stores erected on a line with the front
of Squntters Row, and the whole road in the
rear and the land upon which this row stood,
clearly and smoothly iippropriatod to the use
and bclioof of those who in the first place only
asked to make :i great. 1)llf)ffC improvement, by
gradiiig Mullen Hill. This result is by no
iiicuns improbable.
Thus has ciided-—niisei'uhly ended—--a well-
iiicunt effort to make ii stand against the prac-
tice of pluiidoring the liiglivvay, and to meet (1
bold and inost flagrant act oftlic kind, under the
most aggruviitcd circuinstances, and upon one
of the iiiost; iiiipoi-tiint localities in the business
portion of the village. Hereafter individual
cupidity and avarice may be gratified to the fulj
oxtoiit, and our liigliwnys, where they have not
already been, may be reduced to the mcrcst
cow-path. If this kind of plunder has not been
tacitly npprobiitod by the people, they have ac-
knowledged themselves powerless to stay its
‘hope, in any degree confidently.
He expresses an intention to fortify the
,town, at least with ii large ditch and em-
lbankinent,'and to place a force in the city
‘capable of keeping offthe Aniericans. For
‘these purposes he demands .‘§%-l-00,000, and
has impressed all the horses and males
that can be reachd. '
A letter from a well informed German
merchant of the Capifal, to his brother in
this city, says that Santa Anna has within
his control a force of near ten thousand
men, beside those on their way under Al-
varez, and that he will soon have an army
around him capable of annoying if not so-
riously opposing Gen. Scott
It is very probable that the pepole ofthe
Capital are about as ignorant as ourselves
lon these subjects, and altliough I treat
their opinions with respect, I do not adopt
them.
Santa Anna evidently gives an impor-
tance to Alv:irez’s movement, to which it
is not entilled,aml it is doubtful whether he
will get ii reinforcement from this source
0f3000 men. Valencia and Pravo are said
to have resigned their respective com-
mands. flie government is to be estab-
lished at Lllorelia.
No disturbance wliatcver has taken
place at l’uehla—on the contrary the peo-
ple both of the city and country seem to
be much pleased with their conquerors,
and trade is quite brisk.
Communication with the sea coast seem
only to be required to bring all right again.
Generals Scott and Worth were both in
Puebla when the courier passed through
that city.
i\i5iiiii7.?iifi§"’oX2'fi7i‘iiJ
tvertnesday, June 23, 18 I7.
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progress.
Tm-2 Ll-ZGIRLATURI-1 is still in session, and
likely to continue so till about the riiiddle ofthis
week. The great question of the session-—-the
1l«[i'(I¢/lclowri _I}riclg'c, was not disposed of until
Saturday evciiiug.‘
altered. The majority for repeal in the House
was 31, but the Senate defeated the repeal
movement by a majority of 1. The vote stood
10 to 11. A correspondent of the New Haven
Journal says the thanks of the projectors and
supporters ofthe road are due to the IIo'n. Lun-
vution oflhe bridge section of their charter.
The attmition of the llouse during the fore-
nooii and part oflhe afternoon of Friday, was
devoted to the qiicstioii on the passage of ii bill
granting a charter for a Bank at Derby.
On Saturday the Railroad Committee repor-
tod H bill granting ii cliurter for the establish-
iiiout of :1 Railroad from New London to Not"
wicli, on the west bank of the Thames, thence
to \Villiin:iiitic, and from that. point to the M05;
sucliiisotts line, in the direction of Springfield.
After ii coiisiderablo struggle to continue the
the case to the next st-.s.-ion, a vote was arrived
at, and the bill granting the cliurter was passed.
leuhon Booth of Daiibiiry, John B. Robert-
son of Now Haven, aml \Vi|li:im Feld of \Vind-
haiii, were appointed Coiiirnissioriers on the
llzirt ford mid New Ilnveii R. R. including the
lrnncli.
Our re port of proceedings does not come down
to the adjournment. on Saturday, owing to the
evening papers going to press before that
time. '
Tin‘. \ViL'i'oiv Rom).---I-laving occasion to
pass over t.lio \Vilton road the other day. we
were agreeably surprised to find it undergoing
endeavored to keep our i'eiidei's advised of the
progi'css of iiuitt,oi's in the town ineeting line,
; we now proceed to inform them ofthe result. of
llust Vt7otlnes(lay’s meet.ing—-tlie last we pro-
lsumo of the series. The number that assein‘
The feeling that
pervaded it, however seemed woiiderfully chan-
Tged from what had been exhibited at the previ-
,ous one. The indignation that was first felt at
lthe bold and reckless moans tbat._liad been re-
sorted to, to get; rid of the buildings along
a Squa~ttei"s Row, and the impudent. and bravado
T manner ofappropriatiiig the public highway in
gthe rear oftliat row to private use, seemed to
lliave tapered down to a very insignificantaffuiv,
nindspont itself in thin air. The censure too,
that had been so unsparingly cast upon the Fa-
gtliers of the Town for not obeying the votes of
itwo previous meetings and abating the nuisance
l complained of, had given place to it feeling of
3 the utmost indifference, if not of comforting sat-
isfaction and justification, that matters remained
‘just as they were, without the removal of a sin-
gle stone. The simplicity and gentleness of
-the assembled citizens, even went so far as to
prepare them to vote for, or sanction almost
any thing which the iiiarauders upon the public
property saw fit to bring forward. In the ex-
ercise of this happy-go—easy-disposition, they
passed all the votes which the gentlemen allu-
ded to, cared to submit. They first voted to
rescind the vote of the previous meeting requir-
ing the selectmeu and higlivvny surveyor to abate
the nuisance complained of. The second reso-
lution, though offered with :1 due show ofgi'av-
ity, was very well calculated for the vein that:
ran tlireugh the meeting, and after slight;
amendation, was passed with a town meeting
rush. It sober-ly proposed that a committee be
appointed, modestly naming those who were to
compose it-—to proceed on the Jack-o’lantern
e.i-i-and of hunting up the title of the interested
individuals to Mullen Hill road! the same road
which these gentlemen a year ago asked the
town to pa-rniit them to grade ! and which rozid
—exccpt so much as has been from time to
time plundered---has been occupied and used
by the public, for the last lialfceutury, and stands
upon 1'eco,rd as a public road. The joke was
not so bald but that it was passed by many in
good faitli. The idea never seemed to occur to
the meeting that; not a single word had been
offered to show or substantiate this pretended
title---but the committee---clever sou]s---wore
to go in search of it, and to make their investi-
gations known to an adjourned meeting, one
month hence! If these proceedings were not
iiiteuded as" ‘the merest hoax, we should like
OUR L.-\s'r Towiv Mt2PITlNt:.——AS we have,
ii complete and thorough change for the better.
. From ii little beyond the old Slitting-Mill place.
ito a point. nearly opposite Mount. Misery, an im-
provement has been effected that can hardly be
appreciated, without travelling over it. The
work appears to have been taken hold of by a
faniiliar and competent hand, and in the portion
completed we have an assurancothat the ap-
propriation for its repair will not be spent with-
It is
feared, however, that $300 will be scarcely suf-
ficient to complete the line. Should it be found
insufficient, we think our business men will
add to their own int crests by ii contribution
which will secure the carrying through of the
out leaving a satisfactory trace behind.
present design, and making the overhauling
what it should be, a complete one. Nothing
will add to their business more than good roads
and coinfortablc facilities for reaching their
place of business.
The select men have employed Mr. Russell
\Vhite of Danbury to do the work. A better
selection could not have been made.
LARGE STRAWB]-ZRRIES.---OI] Saturday last
we were presented with a basket of Strawber-
ries from the garden of Mr. Francis W. Jessup
of \Vcstpoi't, which for size and excellence sur-
pass any thing we have ever seen. They were
the Hovcy Seedlings, and the largest measured
plump 4% inches in circumference. We think
this cannot be beat. By invitation we examined
Mr. J.’s beds. \Ve found them rather low,
moist and rich, and the plants yielding in great-.
er abundauce, and finer fruit than any we have
before had the pleasure of noticing. Mr. J es-
sup appea rs to be singularly successful in over.
coniing’thJe common objection to the Hovey
plants---their unproductivenes--—or speedily
"running out." The method, adopted by him
is to lay out new beds every fall from the run-
ners of the most vigorous and productive plants
designating them during the bearing season by
simply running ssicks down by the side of them ,,
This precaution it will be well for iimeteurs in
this line of gardening to observe, as it not only-
cominends itself to the common sense of every
one, but in practice has been found to answer
the end of securing production. This object
secured, the Ilovey Sti'awbei'ry has no equal.
\Vo have also received a basket of very fine
ones from Capt. Merritt, raised upon his preme-
ises, measuring over three inches.
A third parcel it very fine fruit of this kind
has been received from Samuel Richaeds, Esq.
These gentlemen all have our thanks for their-
kindness.
An actfor the incorporation of a Bank in
Derby and anotheruin Canaan, passed the Sentry:
Another report,'by way of Orizaba, tells
to know what earthly conclusion this commit-
of this State on WGd.fl9Sdtly -last.
The 17th scct.ion stands un- '1
ucl Sa-njizrrl oftlie Xlth district, for the prcsoi'- '
Norwalk Chronicler