Cannccliciit Legi'isla.ture. -
‘ MAY SESSlON.
- Illnnday/, June 3-G!/t.
Sena[g.— Resolu-tion incorporaing the
Conn 'i‘ernporanc.: lnsuratice Co came from
the Hort.-re amended. Senate concurred
with the House in not striking out the 14th
sectiott. House amendmciitsagreed to. Bill as
amrnrlerl passed.
Resolution t‘cportcrl by the joint select
cmrrmltlee on Births, Mrtrriages, and Deaths
taken from the table, amended on motion of
illr. Welch, advocated by Mr‘. Deming and ,
rasserl. .
Bill for the ‘suppression of gambling as
amended by the House read three times and
passed.
Majority and minority reports ‘respecting
the increase of the stock in the .Danbury
Bank read. Resolution of the minority
recommending ‘an increase of the stock;
passed. ' _
Resolution appointing committee. to as-
certain the best method of supporting the
State Poor and to collect statisticts to be
laid before the next Gerrcral Assembly passed
and Nathiel H. Morgan appointed the com.’
mirtee; *
Resolution r'otuiried'oy the Governor in-
creasing the capital stock of the \Vaterbury
Bank ; passed.
On motion of Mr. f.-}i'ockt.v.iy, Senate
voted to adjourn on Wednesday at 11
o’clock.
IIOMSE.--Bill fora public act prdviding
that persons director] in gambling may be
arrested without a warrant; passed.
The joint sclect com to whom was referred
so much ofihe Govt-rnor’s message as relates
to capital punishment reported that in their
Qpinion no legislation was necessary ; report
accepted.
The comrnittee on incorporations other
than banks rccoirirnrnded the acceptance of
the reports of the several life insurance Co’.-;
reports accepted. L
The same committee reported adverse to
changing the name of the North Fairfield
Episcopal society to Christ Cliurclr, Ezistou ;
report not a('ccp1t‘d, and resolution changing
name passed
Report of the General Hospital Society;
accepted.
House resumed the consideration of the
resolution reported by tninority of the com-
mittee on banks, incorporating the Saugatuc
1,-arzk at V‘v"cstport.
Mr. Ker-lcr of V'\’cstp')t‘t ofll:rcd an amend-
ment rnaking the stocliholdcrs liable for the
(l('l)iS of the b:iult—-lost.
Mr. Catlin of tl:trwinton moved that the
subject he laid on the table in.» tho purpose
if taltirig up the veto hilesstigti of the Gov-
ernor with the rcolutions returned by him -
jassed.
'l‘l‘.e vote on the passage of the sevcral res-
olutions was as follows:
Cent-al Bank at t\liddletown—yeas 99;
nays 7l.
liatters’ Bank at Bethcl——ycas 1C9; nays
(33.
P. qnonnoc Bank at l3ridgepott——yeas 96;
nays 58.
Bank of Noi°tl1 America at S:-'ymour~—yr-as
84 ; trays (37.
Ocean l3ar.k'at Stonington-—ye:is 87; nays
G7.
W'r:-ocibury Bank at ‘»'l'oodbti:'y--yeas 9.3 ;
hays 48
Mystic Rivcr Bank at Gi'otorr———yeas 94;
rays 53.
Increasing capital stock of the Farmers’
Bank-—yeas 76; nays 69.
ltr(‘reaSlit_g capital stock of the ‘Middle-
sex County Bink at rVli«ldlescx—yeas 86 ;
nays 56.
The City Bank, Hartford—-ycas 99 ; nays
57. . ,
Tucsrlagt, July 3131.
Senate.-—Petitir-tiers for l3-orough of Stani-
ford had leave to withdraw.
Resolution laying a State Tax of 1 1-4
cents on the dollar; passed.
Resolution apjointing Charles t‘.-'larvin
and L~-ten P. ‘Waldo auditors of public ac-
counts; p.-is.<ed.
Message four the Governor returning the
billcharteting the City Bank of Hartford
was read; pas.-‘r‘«(l.
Bill for public Act demanding that the
support of State criniinal.-: after contiction
be paid front the State Treasury, read three
times and passed.
Iéesolution approving the able and gen-
tlcmanly manner irt \‘r'lllCl'lll}f3L‘lz‘l‘li had
discharged his duties; tinaniinously passerl
and ordered to be catered on the journal.
- liesoluticrt of thanks to Licut. Gov. Ken-
driclt for the kindness and impartiality with
which be has discharged the duties of his
station ofii-rr~rl by Mr. l_3urrall and passed
unan‘mou:ly.
Senate concurred with the House in their
vote of adjourning sine die, Wtzrlriesday at
nine.
Resolution chartering the \Vcstport
Bank continued to the next Geticral Assem-
bly. ‘
Resolution chartering the t‘r'l:r:liscn l3a.r.k
came from the House t1(’g_.'tllVt‘(l Sr-natc
rcconsitlc-rt-d and concurred with the House.
Restrltztlori irrcirasing the Capital stock
cf the Danbury Bank, canie frotn the l-louse
tregntived. Senate voted to continue the ap-
plicution to the next Assembly.
Senate went into an executive session
and adjourned until 8 o’clock Wednesday
mortiing. "
House resumed the consideration of the
reports of the coinmittee on banks with a
resolution l‘€‘p0l‘l6_3(l by the minority of the
committee, incorporating the Saugatuc Bank
at Westport; whole subject cotrtinued to
next Assembly.
Resolution reported by the minority of
the committee on Banks, lnct‘eaSing the
capital -stock of the Danhury Bank; not
passed. ,
The com on State prison submitted a re-
port acquitting the late warden cfaoy irirpt'op—
CI’ conduct with resprct to to finances of thoriu-
stition,and rt-commending certain repairs;
reports accepted
The resolution appointing Bank Commis-
sioners came from the Sonate amended by
substituting the names of Clrarles l\lart-in,
D Pardec and Ashbr.-l Woodward; Messrs
' Barnunr and ‘Jackson appointed at cozirmittcc
of confert nco.
Resolution associating Street ll Koelcr of
Wcstport, on the committee to enquire into
the best method of supporting town and
State Paupers; passed.
’ Resolution that the electors of the State on
the firs! Monday in April next be icquir-ed
to vote yea or nay on the proposition ‘- shall
the traffic in iritoxicatttig liquor as a bev-
f:t'zt;_{e be prohibited in this State, under
suitable penalties to restrain the same.”
' "Passed. .
. .
i The House then took up the tax billas
amended i'n'Senate upon report of conference
and agreed to all the propositions, and the
bill as amended was passed. -
Petition of the borough of. Stamford for
liberty to enlarge its limits, with_sundry
petitions in aid thereof; leave to Wtthdrutv
granted. l .
- Resolved, that the thanks of this House
be presented to the Hon. Samuel lnghatn,
for the able, iinparrial, and courteous titan-
ner with which he presided as Speaker du-
ring the present session ,
Mr. Yale of Meriden intpoduced an
amendment ofthe constitution providing that
after the year of 1855 there shall be but one
capitol, and the Legislature of 1853 shall
designate the place where it shall be loca-
ted.
Advocated by Messrs Spencer of Middle-
town. Yale of Meridcn, Godfrey of Fair-
tield and Hall of Portland, and opposed by
Messrs. Trumbull of Hartford and Board-
tnan of New Haven and adopted.
The Speaker then addressed the House as
follows:
Ge7ttIemc7z.:——l present to you my grate-
ful acktiowledgments for the vote which
you have just now passed in approbation of
my conduct as ,pi'csirling officer of the
House during the session which will soon be
closed.
The duties of the chair, always various
and arduous and often delicate, have been
in some respects peculiarly so in the course
of the present session,and if errors have
been at any time coinmittr-d,thcy were unin-
tentional and it is believed unimportant.
While it has been my constant wish and
aim to r-xccuto the trust confided in me with
impartiality, and in such manner as to meet
your approbation, and that of the public, it
is butjustice to say that every member of
this House, in the sphere in which he has
been called to act, has intended in accord-
ance wiih his_own views, to be equally as
failiful to the public interests, and is perhaps
much more entitled to the thanks of his c..n-
stitucnts than l am to yours.
Notwithstanding the relative position of
parties in the House, the tliscussiotrs have
generally bcetr (‘Ot‘.(lllt'll.(.l with cctirtc:-y and
respect, and if excitement to some little ex-
.tent, the result, no doubt, of honest ditl'crcn-
CPS of, opinion and feeling, has sometimes
ptcvailctl, it has passed away with the occa-
sion, and will soon be forgotten.
And now, that our public relations are
about to tlissolve-i_l,l can only express the
hope that the future life of every member
of this body tnry be l,1St:'flll and happy,
and that the blessings of Heaven may rest on
us all.
llesoltttlon appointing Charles i‘.i'arviir
and l,.0l‘f_'l’l P. Waldo auditors of public aud-
connts for the year ensuing ; passed.
The rcsc-lutioii iiicreasing the capital stock
if the Danbnry Bank rrcgatived in this
llousc, c.:.tne front the Senate continued to
nrxt Assembly -; llouse concurred.
H701! rrcsrlrl 3/, fuf_.'/ 27111.
Serials—Rcsolution appriating 81000 to
repairs of the State Arsenal, read and pas-
st-rl_
Resolution providing $100 for the rerouti-
ci~ation of clergynicri for their services as
chapl.us during the, session; passed.
The Liquor Bill was continued to next
session.
t‘.'lr. Peck aludo_d to the resolution of
thanks to the president of the Senate, passed
yesterday. and rcniarlted that as he in as then
in the chair he could not with propriety add
his assent to the sentiment of the resolution.
This he now desired to do most cordially and
entiri ly.
The President of the Senate then arose
and reinarked as follows:
Ll EUT. GOVERNORS ADDRESS.
Se-nalors :
l arii aware that the passage of’the resolu-
tion \\.'l1lf.‘llhttS_jl1sl. been communicated to
me. was an act done in conformity to custom
and thatsuch a testimony as the language
it conveys would not be likely to be with-
held, :-xccpt in case of gross departure from
the rules of pmprltly, ultich usage has ren-
dered plain and precedent made imperative,
on the occtipent cf the Chair l do not
thr-rcfore appropriate to 7n_1,/self the flattering
lurrgitzige you have been pleased to use, but
yield to the occasion and to ~:ustorn.
I think my elf fortunate, however, if with
my limited cxpet‘ii3nce and humble capacity
l have not made. myself obnoxious to your
’ci~nsu:c—an-J if, asyou have been pleascdto
say in resolution, my discharge of the duties
of the Chair has l)"t'l’l such as to meet your
approval, l am highly gratified at the result
and tlrarik you most sincerely for the fl:rlll:‘I'-
irrg manner in which you have expressed that
approval.
The period of our labors is now about
to close, and l trust that our acts have been
such as we cart look back on with satisfac-
tion to ourselves, and as will meet the approv-
al o our rsonstittictits. .
Allow mc,"4"' Senators, in conclusion, to
make my most thankful acknow-lrtlgcrrii-nts
to car/I. am: of you for your uniform kind-
ness, respect, and coiirtcsy during the time
we have bi.-err associated t-‘age-thr.-r, anal to ct]-
tr.-.-ttian the plea.-"trig anticipation of often
again meeting with each one of you in our
_r‘riva!e cttp:rcrty._anrl it'idulgini_r in the inter-
change of those civilitir-s which are congcttinl
to our nature and pr'oinotive ofour highest cu-
joyrnt-rrt.
Resolutions of the committee on Federal
Relations, previously postponctt iridefiriitcly
in the Senate came from the House passed,
and after some discussion, was indefinitely
postponed.
The Senators then (at half—past I0
0’clocl-:) went into the House of Rom-esem-,r.
tivcs, to meet the reprcsc-nta‘.ivcs, tho Govern
nor and the State officers.
House-—Variotts resolutions concerning
Federal Relations touching the conipromisis
measures, &c., cam‘e from rte Senate indefi-
nitely postponed. After some arm-ridnrcnts
were ofli-red and-rt-fei'red,t.he resolutions were
passed.
Resolution for arspsoptdating $15011), Pay.
merit of Clraplains; passrt!_
Bill for act providing for arrest ofgamblers
upon view, without warrant, returned front
the Senate ncgativcd. Bill arncndcd and
again passed.-
Rcsolution for an appropriation of 831000
for repairs to Al'S(-hill building passetl.
Messrs Trumbull and Pl.rtt appoin‘.-
ed at cotnrnitteo to wait on the Cover-
rcatdy to adjourn.
Messrs Woodruff and K-ellogg,of Colcbcs-
tor, appointed a cotnmttteo to‘ wait on the
Senate and inform that body thathe House
is ready to receive the‘ Senate‘ in,conven-
tron.
Senate returned the resolutions on the
nor and inform him tht the two Houses are "
subject of the Compromise‘ measures indefi-
nitely postponed by that body. On motion
of Mr. Trumbull, of Stonington, the House
adhered to the same. ‘
The Senate,-pvrcceeded - by the Hon Mr._
Peck, l’res,ident pm (cm, entered the Hall
of the House and met the House
In C0/rtrmtion-—'Mr. Peck in the chair.
Messrs Hull of the Senate, and itfessrs.
Yeomans and Bal-.lwin,of New Milford, of
the House, appointed a committee to wait
on the Governor and inform him that the
two Houses arein convention and ready to
receive him. i
The committee proceeded to discharge
the duty assigned thcm,and reported that the
Gov. would in a few moments wait on the
Convention in Session.
Shortly after the Governor and suite, the
Lieutenant Governor and suite, and the oth-
er State Officers entered, and were received
by the convention. ‘
Prayer by the Rev Dr Bushnell.
Oath of office administered by the Gov-
ernor to judicial officers appointed during
the session of the General Assembly.
His "Exec.-llency, the Governor, then ad-
dressed the Convention as follows-
THE GOVERNORS REMARKS.
Fellow Cili:/ens:
The hour for closing the session has arri
ved, and l will detain you but for a moment
or two in conclusion.
Several acts of much importance hav,e
passed the Legtsluttiro which it will be grati-
fying to dwell upon hereafter. I rr-for with
pleasure to one which is deserving of partic-
ular noticc——the act for the cstrblishing of a
State Rt-forni School. The increased appro-
priation for the indigent insane, furnishes ad
ditional proof of that humane legislation
which has so often characterized the pro-
ceedings of the Legislature of this State. -
Several acts of a beneficial character have
become laws, which it is unnecessary for me
to refer to on this occasion.
The reviscrl tax law, a bill of great length
and contaming some good provisions, only
came into my hands a few moments since.
lt is very rl.ffer'rnt fmrn the original bill re-
portrd by the committee. I have had no
time to examine, and though 1 have been
constrained to approve it rather than see it
lost by the nrljourniiient, l do not hold my-
self responsible for its details, or any demer-
its or inaccuracies which it may be found to
contain. it is certainly to be lamented that
a bill of so much rnagnitude, which cori-
ccrns all the people of this Statc,sliould only
have been finally considered at so late a day
in the session.
l l.)t-‘llt;‘V(’. l may say, fellow citizens that a
very conside:able degree of good feeling has
prevailed here during the few weeks you
have been togclliur. lf it should occur to
you that facts do not fully warrant the asser-
tion, you will agrec with me thatno l)r‘_lt€t‘
time than the pl'('SF-til can be found to ban-
ish every thought of a disagreeable nature
—that those things only should be treasured
tip which are most worthy of the most
warmest remerirbranco. Without permit-
ting myself to doubt that a feeling pf mutual
respect and regard has had something to do
with your intercourse as legislators, it would
be well if such fer"-lirtgs could be gc-ticrrally
diffused throughout our country, and one
st--ntirnent of union and harmr:-uy bind the
Sl.iI.lt‘S together in indissolublc bands.
Fellow citizens: on a rt-cent occasion you
had the gratification of listening to an clo-
qucnt tribute to the moral worth, tvi.-e fore-
cast and patriotic councils of the liardy men
who first settled this part of the country-—
and to those lll:0, who at a latter day contrib-
uted to secure. that lndcpcndence, the anni-
vcrsary of which we are so soon to celebrate.
Be ours the noble task, wlietlrer here or else-
wlrerc, to preserve unimpaired the integrity
and renown of the time-honored coirirnori-
wealth of Connecticut.
ldesire in conclusion to express to you.
fellow citizens, my best wishes for your wel-
fare arid happiness.
The Shcriffunde the proclamation, and the
Sccrctary by his c-xcellt-ncy’s conimand,de-
clared the General Assembly adjourned with-
out day.
Dizrnovr, July 1st.
‘ An attempt was made y-cstetday.to‘ blow
tip the Michigan Central Railroad. A box
of powder, with a slow match attatclied, was
received by the steamer May [flower and
put in the depot, where it exploded during
the morning. Two men were blown up
and seriously though not fatally injured.--
ft is thought by some that the box was
designed to explode on board the boat.
/1 Slulleriiz,r,r G/zosl.--We read a short
time since a (lrr.-ll article, describing the act-
ing of an lrishmarr, blessed with an irresisti-
ble brogue, in the part of the g/inst in Harn-
let. \Ve,\verc the eye and car witncss of a
scene but little less amusing, when a stutter-
ing actor undertook the same part, Mr. Arl-
ams playing the mr-lancholy Dane. It
w«—ll known that Mr. A ,bi-ing a man of
polished taste, always regartletl l-lamletas
his favorite character‘. and exceptiiig Booth,
he was by conrinou consent, ('0t)sl(llr'l't,’(.l the
best Harnlet on the Stage. With all this lit‘
was pair-fully sensitive of anything .whicli
doxtractcd fit in the digrrity ofthe play wlille.
in his hands. 0:! the evening of which we
spea k, the tlreatrewas crowded almost to suf-
focation by a fashionable as well as critical
audience, all anxious to see the great 'l'r'agc-
dian, be having been abseirt for some
time.
The curtain rose, and all went on very
well, timil the entrance ofthe Ghost, who,
aftcrthe prelirriinary pantomine, continen-
ced :
Gliost—M-m-in mink in-m-rne l”
Harnl;-t—-l will.
Ghost—My l1-h-hour is al-al-til-al-most
co-co-come. ‘
‘Vll-it'll-\Vl'tel'l I to sul—pb—ph-phurous and
tor tor-to-to-tormenting flames,
M-in-mtist render up my my myself.
is
But this titne the \\ holu house was in a‘
roar of laughter, as it took no inconsitlerable
time for his Gliosiship to say so much, and
Adonis, at first aghast with surpris.e, W‘ s_fin-
ally almost r'hol»:ed with indignation. He
could only muster breath enough to respond-
lo the GhDst’s woiful announcement of his
approaching doom as follows:
Hamlt-t.—“ Do so and b d d !
though if I was the devil, l’d tick you for
niurrlering Slrakspeare.” —‘
It is unnecessary to say that this ended
the “entertainment for the evening.”
E A lady, on a cold i_norning,s.eeing all
the windows and blinds ofa wealthy bach-
elors’-room thrown wide open, inquired the
reason of it. “ Oh,” said be, “it is merely
to let in my only sun and air.
' be forgotten.
;
NORWALK GAZETTE.
'rtii_-:sD.'n'. July 8, I851.
Ttad Legisllatture
Has finally adjoutvied, and without doing
anything of arty impot't.ance except negatively.
lt has i'efused:',o pass the ‘General Baiildrig Law
and the Act abolisliing capital puiiis.‘unent, for
which it ileserves the thanks of ‘ct-e.t_\’-‘good cit-
izon. It has elected no U. S. .‘3cuatoi-.therehy
very effectuttlly breaking up the \Vliig party.
It has -postponed the Liquor bill to the next.
session so as to keep up an useless and locofo-
coish agitation. It has chartered Banks
enough to last: for half It dozen Assemblies,
and we have no fault to find on that account-
The House has passed resolutions approving
the Fugitive Slave bill.thereby making itself
simply. ridiculous. On the whole, the General
Assembly of 1851 has been rather it failure;
the House has been respectable in point of
talent. but the Senate was below par. Let tis
hope for better luck next year.
The Bridge Again. 0
“Va do not know that it is possible to induce
those most. interested to trike in hand, earnest-
ly, the project of building it new bridge in the
centre of our village. \Ve are dz'rtcll_z/ iii-
forrned that, at the [resent time. the whole
thing can be done in a proper manner at the
cost of $800. It is not probable that the time
will soon return when matters will be again so
favorably situated for the undertnl.ing as they
are now. The materials, teams and labot°ei°s
now offered by the construction of the rail
mad tl)t'riu_3,ll our midst will never be offered
again. The old bridge is it stmiding. burn-
ing,“blast.ing disgrace to the town. The iicttttrl
annual business of Norwulk is over $2,000,000.
and yet, out of this. there cannot be raised
800 dollars to substitute an clctzaiit and corri-
tnodious structure in place of the nietitrest
tiuismco that ever disgraced ti civilized corri-
urunity. Nobody seems to comprehend the
fact. that such a diabolical looking affair its
our present. bridge is an injury to the pockets
of the contmtinity as well as to its reputation.
But so it is. Tire mean, dingy, miserable ap-
pearance of the central portion of this village
has done and is doing more to keep away stran-
gers in S6iII'Cl1 of it couritry residence. than an
annual tisitation of the Asiatic cholera. \Vi!h
the tiatural advrrnttrgcs and resources of Not‘-
wall.—witli its wealth and inreiligeticc. it is out-
rageous that this tliirg should continue airy
longer’.
The I<‘o‘.xz'th at Washington.
Laying (J the Corner Stone of the new Cop-
it‘ol—.Specch of ill-'. l‘Vcbster. £83.. KS‘-3.-'l‘lW
morning of the seventy-fourtlt :tiinivet's:it'y of
our nation.-rl indepeiidotrco dawnetl upon tho’
inliabit:tr.t_- of the District with uiirttiticrpaterl
coinfort and plettstirrtircss. 'l‘he tlrerinoriieter
wlriclr for several (lays had been ranging from
90 to 10,-lu liad lowered to about 80 —nnrl stiffn-
catirigclouds of dust were oflhctuitlly laid by
tho copious ruins of the 3d. 'l‘lio ceremonies
of the day wore an unusirtl interest, from the
fact. that this occasion had been set apart forthe
la_\ing of the corner stone of the Capitol ex-
toirsioir. Very elulrorrite ttrr'a:ige-znerits were
made for this grand pageant. The military of
l3altiinoi'c.Alcxandrizt. and tlto District were
in attciirhince—--with n largo cortego of tho
Sons of Tettiporaiico of Pliilaclelphiit who had
comeout for the more [)fll'llCtli:tl' ptirposu of
prr-sentitrg and depositing tt block of m.'ti'ble for
the \Vuslrington Monument. A long proces-
sion of the Military, Mttsotis. Odd Fellows.
‘Sous. &c, was formed at the City Hall-
licuded by the Presidon t, the Cabinet and Gen.
Scott-—-wliiclt moved to the east front. of the
capitol. where the cerernonics of laying the
corner’ stono«wei'e pci'"oi'tnetl by the Ptcsitletit
and the cliiofof-the insisoiiic tlclogatiori. after
which it most. eloquent address was deliveved
by the M. \V. Grand Master. This done, Mr
\Vc-bster rose from tho l-nlcony _t't'ec[ed upon
the eastern portion of the capital and made
one of those eloquent. and patriotic addresses
which Daniel \Vebs-tcr alone can -make. He fe-
licitutod his auditors npontho subject. and the oc-
ctisiou w’nicli had assoniblotl them tugetlter. and
none could have left the ground without: lrlglrer
resolves fzir patriotii: effort. and devotion to our
t:ount.ry and to the Union. Otlicrwisc the day
passed of?‘ as an old frisliioncd Fourth of July-
but to those who were the witnesses of the
scenes of the day here, it is at Four-tlr never to
No American could listen to
such addresses. and r'et.urn to his home to saw
the seeds of sectional discord. or for in the plan
of Dlsllttlott in any portion ofthe. land. Much
did we wish that. all South Carolina and all
nortlicrn fanatics could have but been present,
as we are confident the national pride or love
of country would linve opened new fountains
of patr'io,lic effort in overry lii'errs:t.
Yam: Coi.r.i~;oi-: COMMt:'.\'CEl\It-ZN'l‘.——Tll0
Commencement is on 'l‘liut'sda‘y. July 31.
Oil Titesday averting, July 28,tlie Concio ad
Cfc-rum will be preached by the Rev. B. L.
Swan.
The subject proposed by the General As-
sembly is. °‘.lustification by Faith.”
On \Vednesda_v,Ju|y 30. will be held, in the
foretioon, the Alumni Meeting; in the. after-.
noon, the 'l‘l1eolo_gicalcommencement; and in
the evening, the exercise.-3 of the Phi BPta K“ p-
pzt Society. Daniel Lord. Esq.. is the Orator
of the Society, and the Rev. John Pierpont
the Poet.
Candidates for ndmissiotr to College will be
examined on Monday and Ttiesday, July 27
and 28.
5? \Ve were mucli atnusod. the other day.
by it retirttrlt of a rartlier seedy-lookitig indivirl
rial, who wits standing iroar our Ofllct-, and
trying to support. himself by holding on to his
sliadpw. “ To mot'row,”said he, " is Sunday-—
(hic) to church or not to clittrch. (hic) that’s
the question. Get it all they say (hic) ‘ with-
out money and without pi'ice'—-(lrit-) p’l‘ttpS
some oti ’cm do, but it fa/res all the money I
can get to buy 0, seal.”
E-F Hon. Henry Barnard, Sujrettintendent
of Common Schools, will lecture this (Tues-
day) evening. at the Town Hall at 8 o’clock
on thestibject of Union Schools. The Ladies
are pai'tic3larl_v invited to attend.
»
j — Fourth of July.
The “Glorious Fourth” passed off prt-.tt._v
much as usual in this town. \Ve hear of one
sailing pirity on that day. and we ttlso learn
that.-‘two rocliets. ll Ronian cuiidlo. rind it pack
of fire ct-ackers, were set off in the evening.
\-Vo saw a lady in tho Bloomer costume in the
morning. but lie!‘ complexion wtis-so ti';tt'l<-.
appt'oxir_nating indeed to Etltiopian, that we
cannot give our reatlers‘atiy infortnation as it
the name and residence. “To learn that the
festivities of t.lio day in Bi-irlgeport and New
Haven went; off very pleasantly.
It matters little, after all. whether a formal
celebration be held; so long as the Cliineso
mtrnufactttre fire cracketts, will our juvenile
population keep and cause to be kept in re-
membrance the anniversary of our Independ-
once."
For Ilia Gazelle.
Mn. Enrron :——I would call your attention
and especially that portion oftlio conrtnuuity
who are under the necessity of travelling up
Main St. several times it day—to the condition
of tho Siclcwaf/c opposite the i'e.~idetice of ll.
Lamb. Esq.
illlfllltl to it’, but it ttppeztrs to me that the owner
of the pI'0pet'i_V should more the fence back 10
I do not know \\'ll0JO duty it is to
or 1.5 feet." which would leave :1 walk rather
more than two feet wide_ as at present, and
add to the value of the property. The con-
ditiou of it now is such, that in tho winter or
spring, to navigate safely. it per.-ton would
need it ferry boat/lind in the summer he is
almost suffocatediby the clouds of dust contin-
ually raised by the vehicles constantly rassing
I had hoped that ulir-n tko property clrrtriged
owm-rs. sottietlririg would be done, but it seéttis
that it few feet of land is of iitore consequence
than the convenience of the corninunity.
O.‘-'r: IN FAVOR or l.‘.IPROVl~2Mt-Zl\'T5.
SPEECIX I-‘OR Coszvi-:c'rrcUT—l’n-iiig an lii.~t.oi'-
icnl estimate of the St.-ate, delivered before-
the Legi.-latur-e and other invited git:-sis. or.
the l*'estival of the Nortnttl School in New
Britain, June 4. 1851.
'l‘,lre above title explains the character of it
pamphlet now lying on our table. This
speech for Connecticut. we should be truly glad
to son in the hands of every person old enough
to read in the State. l‘lain, without. pretense.
and riiaiuly lri.-torical, it. is yet in the liiglto.-t
degree interesting to every one who hails from
the steady habit Strife. lts pt:-_i'u-ail males-1s a
(‘.nrinecti.-tit, :i_nd catinot.
The follow-
tnan proud of old
fziil to zrwzrken patriotic feelings.
iug extract will give some idea of one of the
topics Heated of by DI‘. Bushnell :
W’o have sortie right, l think, to anoth-
er kind of distinction, which we have nev-
er asserted ; that namely of being the col-
ony most distinctively iridepcndent in our
character and proceedings, in the times of
the colonial history previous to the revolti-
tion. We were able to be so, in part, from
our more retired and sheltered position,:inrl
partly also because of the very psectifizir
terms of our charter. i'\'lassaclrusctts:, Vir-
ginia, New York, Penus_\-lvania. all the
other states, with the e.\;c.eptinn of l.’thodc
lslanil, were obliged by their charters. to
dC(‘(‘[)l a chief executive, or governor‘, ap-
pointed by the (‘l‘t')“'l‘l. 'l‘liest=. royal gover-
nors had a negative upon the laws. Ti.e_v
personated the king, maintaining a kind of
court pomp and Iiiajesty, overavi-in:_: the
people, th'.\'at'tiirg their l(3_1Il.\lilllOl't, wielding;
a lcgalcontrol, in right of the king, over‘
{lie \\ ltole military force, much as at the
present. day in Canada. But the charter
obtaiued for Corinecticut, by the singular‘
adLli'es's of Vv"iltllri'rrp, nllrrvreil us to clitiose
our ov. n gt:-t-er nor and exercise all the func-
tions of civil order. And so we grew up,
as a people, unau ed by. the trappitrgs of
royalty, a race of sinrp;e,self-governing rc-
ptililicuns.
For three little towns, on the Connecti-
cut, to declare independence of the l'Il()ll:€l'
country, we can easily see would b.n-o been
the part of tiiadness—probably they had
not so much as a tlrotiglit of it-—anrl yet
they find a sorrretltirig, a wish, an izistinct,
call it what you \\ ill, u hich could write l’.-
self properly-out, in tbeirconstitutioii, nnl_v
in the words, “Supreme Power.” And I
see not how these words, formally asset'-
ting the sovereignty of their General Court
escaped chastisemen: ; unless it was that
they found aslwlter for the crime, in llt'.‘ll
reniotene.-s, and the obscurity of their posi-
tion. In this view, tl.ere. is as‘ a kind of sub-
limity in the sturdy growth of their shel-
tered and silentst-ate. 'I'he_v bad no theo-
ries of tleinocracy to assert. They put on
no braveairs for liberty. But they loved
their conscience and their religion, and in
just the saute d.cgrce., loved not to be med
dled with. In this habit their‘ clrilrlreu
grew tip. Their very intelligence became
an eye of jealousy, and they acknowledge
the right of the king, much as when vie
acknrrwiedgxe the lightn'ing——liy lif:ing a
rod to carry it off.’ But when the king
came down upon them, in some act of au-
thority of royal interference that touclied
the security of their principles or their pt}-
siliou, then it was as if the Great Being,
who had “ordained whatsoever comes to
pass,” had ordained that some things should
not come to pass.
On as many as four se-veral occasions,
during the colonial history, they set them-
selves in open conflict with-the king’s au-
thority, anil triumphed by their determina-
tion. First in tne case of the iegicide
Judges, secreted at New Haven ; when
Davenport took for his text—“ Make lb."
shadow asnight in the midst of noon,
hide the outcasts, lzewray not him that
waudereth.” The kin;_:’s officers were ac-
tive inthe search; but, for some _r8i1-‘iffn.
the hour) was as the night, and their vic-
tims could not be found. Mrtssttcliusetts
exprrsttilated with the refractory people of
New 1],”.-en, representing ltow much they
would endanger all tl.c colonies. ff llt€_\'
did not lrastento address l'.llS Majesty in
some proper excu.~ie_ to wbizslt they replied
ihat they were ignorantgof the form
Again,hy rallying a force at New Loti-
don, when SiQ‘Edinund And'oss landed
there, to pro-alaim the new parent of the
Duke of York, and takepossession of the
town—silencing him in the act, and corn-
pelling him to return toflbis ships.
A third time, when this same officer
came on to Hartford, to vacate the charter
-—a passaga of history cornmemorated by
the noble oak, whose gnarled trunk and
limbs still remain, to represent the criitbbed
w
independerice of tlre,men,.w.h0 Would not
yieldtbeit-rights to the royal mandate.
‘May the old oak ‘live’ forever !
And yet a fourth time, by assértiing and‘
vindicating, vi bat‘ is the essential rittributq
of political independence, viz. the control
and St)\'t‘.t'el.t_'t'tl_\_' oftlreir own military force.’
Governor Flctclier came on to flartford'r
from New York, to dernandtlre control of
the triilitia in the king’s name; and when
he insisted on rearlin-_: the proclamation, lie--
was drurntned into silence by conrtrraud of
‘VEt(iS\'l'()l'lll, the chit-f «flit-er. \\"len the
druintnot‘ \slacke-tl, the word was, “ Drutn
say ;” and to the Governor‘, “ Stop, Sir,
or l will make the sun shine throjugh you
in an instant.” He withdrew-—the point.
was carried,and the controlof the military
was retained. After that, wltvn Pl”: 3'5-
tha height of his power, wanted troops
from Connecticut, be sent the request of
a levy to the Legislature, not a miltary
order.
This is putting things in their true light. and
is but it specimen of the general tone ofthe ml-
drcss. Tim following will poi-lrttps convey in-
formation new to some of our readers :
Hut l tnust not omit to speak of our
vencrable Governor, the patriotic 'l'rutn-
bull, under whom we acted our part in
this eventful struggle. He was one of those
patient true-tnitrtled men, that hold an even
band ofautlrority in stormy times, and suf-_
fer nothing to fall out of place either by ex-
cess or defect of service-—to uliotn \V;.sh.
ington could say, “l cannot soflicienrty
express my thanks, not only for your con.
stant and ready cornpliaiice Wllluevery re.
quest of mine, but for your prudent forecast,
in o_rderin<_r matters, so that your force lfas
been collected and put in motion as soon 3,-,
it has been dcrnandcrl. And yet there like
to have been a fatal breach between them,
at the beginniirg of the war. The British
ships in the sound were tlircatening to land
on our coast, and 'l‘ruirrbull requested that
a part: of the troops be was raising I-¥l|l,1),’lit
remain to guard our own soil. No rerpipsg
apparently, could be more reascrrable,
Wasliington refused and ordered them all
to Boston. TYIHI-l'l)ufl wrote him a most
pungent letter adding, however, like a true
patriot, who sees the necessity of subor-
dination to all power
will comply ; for it is plain that such jeal-
ousies indulged, howoverjust, will destroy
the case. Noble answer ! worthy to he re-
coi‘dctl,as a relzulte to faction. vtbilo the
republic lasts ! \Vnsltingtori itnnrediately
exp'ainod ;. tie l!llSUl.ltl€l’.Sl.::ltLlll‘.g was heat-
ed, and frnrrr that time ."orth he leaned up-
on Triirrrlrtill its one of his chief supports ;
confident always of this, that he could cal-
culate on iiiarcliirig the whole state bodily
just w here be pleased.
Neither let us f‘or_-_;et, in this connection
what appears to be SttfflclCnll_}' authentica-
ted. that our 'l'rvirnl.:ull is no other than the
wovid renowned I3rntl':er .lt’lI)5tll'ldl!, accepted
as the sorrbr'iqt:-ct of the United States of
r‘trne'rica. Our Connecticut Jcnatl-an u as
to Vt’-.rstriii;;tori nliat tl e sci-iptrtre Jonathan
was to David. a '.r'oe friend, a counsellor‘
and shy of confidetice —lrVaslriii,r_-_toti's
brother‘. \Vhcn he warited honest counsel
and wise. he wottltl say, “ let us consult
brother .loriatlian,” and then allcrwarrls,
partly ;"iorn l.al.-it and partly in playfuliicss
of plii'tt~‘C. be i-.-nulrl .-my tlzo same when re-
fcrrin-'_; the matter to the C-rttgt‘es.S:———l(.-l us
consult f>'rotl:ei‘ .lon:rtl-.:in. Allel so °'-t fell
out ri~_r_lttly, that as Vvasbi gton was called
tl e l‘-‘.-ithei‘ of his Cnun'.!'_\', so be named
the fine. lay, the natior,afler his lrl‘t;ll8.‘
.lorrathatr—:t good, solid. scripture name,
which is iur HHS -.nl d-.r:tgl.ters of line ~
C-.illllll1_' time tnay Sj)e.tl{ it,.'tii_y\-t here between
the two rrr-citzrs, let l.'rem l'C‘-llf3llll)t"‘l' lintifsf,
old Connecticut and the faithful and true
brotl;er she gave to )Vt3:~ilil}t_5_fl()t1l
\Vo tliinlt tlro tttl-ll‘(‘SS one of the happiest\
efforts (‘lit-3|‘ tirade by Dr. Bushnell, and cum-
nrond it to gr-.nei‘.:l pei'u.-tal.
ifi? Mrs. S'.VlSl)t'lm gives the following
unique clraiactor to C}.-0t‘gc , L'pp*1r.l’s'
writing. Lippard must feel highly -cotnpli-
montcrl ;
“ We know no name for your style, anl
havcnot learned that any crit c invented any
other than the "-Lippard S=._\le,” whiclrmttst
mean a style that rt-quires the writer to be
born»: with St Vitsus’ datico, to be inocula-
ted for tho Delirium 'l'remc.nS, take the
niglrtmare in the I):~tlUl'.tl way, get badly
iiiglitctietl at a collection of sriakcs, an-‘J Write
truth-r the combined inflrrences of these
manifold causes of inspir'v.tion.
'T/zeforti.-.1»: of lil/'.t':fti:rgInn.—'l‘liit British
account of the Bittl-2 of l{ini_v’s Mouritain,
Cuttlttlns a lcttcr f.-o:n Col. Ferguson, who
was killed there at the head of the British
f.)rccs, in which the Colonel rclatesido his
l)t‘Othcr, Sir Jaime.-' Fuguson, of Scotland,
the following curious incident, showing one
of the rcmailcable escapes of VVa=.hington
ina time of imminent danger. The occur-
rence h;1pj)r:no3.l \Vl1.l€‘, Ferguson lay Wllll
part of his rifle.-men on the skirt of It wood
in frontof Gen. Knyphau;-err's divi.-'ion.——
We quote from the National lntelligcncer :'
" We had not lain long (says Fr rguson in
this letter) when a_ rob:-l officer, rcmzrrltrtble
by ,-1 bud.-fl!‘ dress, passed by our army, with-
in :1 liundrcd yards of my right flank, not--
pf-rcgjvjng us, _He was followed ly an-
other, dresscd in dark green and blue,
mounted onto good bay horse, with remark-
able bigh cocked fiat. l ordered three good
shots to steal near to them and fire at them ;
but the idea disgus.cd rrie. l recalled the
order. The hussar, in returning, made a
circuit, but the other passed within one hun-
dred yards of its; upon which I advanced
from the woodstowards aim. Upon my calling
he .-_-toppcd,but:1fter looking at me proceeded.
I again drew his attr-ntion, and tirade a sign
for him to stop, levelling my price at him;
but he slowly continued his way. As’ l -
was within tliatdistancc at which, in the
quickest firing, l could have lodged half a
dozen balls in or about him brforc he was
out of my reach. 1 had only to determine;
but it was not pleasant to fire at an unofl°end-
ing individual who was acrjuiting himself
very coolly of his duty. So 1 let him alone
The day after, l had bcen telling this stor
to some wounded officers, who lay in the
sarneyroorn with me, when one.of the sur-
geons came in and told us that they had
been informing him that General Wa.-lring-
too was all the morning with the ll,tIlZll troops
and only attended by a French officcr in a
hussar dress, he nirriself dressed and mount-
ed inevery points as above descrirlcd. T I
am not sorry that I did not know at the time
who it was."
and effect, that lze .
‘s
Norwalk Chronicler