' their order. at the lowest wholesale
_s- .
D_: U
E “ ._ u...
where diti‘erent: grades of common schools are
»‘-:~-.'al)lislied, when the rateforthe b-lglld_1‘g'l‘a-defi '
shall not excred two dol-tars pet‘ scholar for the :
mine time". All such rate bills may be required
so be paid in ndvaiice, or may be d<~livere'-d‘
to the town or district collector, and may be by
ll',:‘-iii (‘-flli(‘ll'f("-fl in tlic same manner as town tax
.-:'.'e coilcczc-it. :3‘-1 liool societies are liereby
i;'lo't.l'iér'.l with lll(‘- same powerin respect. to rule
bills in scliools establislied by them, as school
districts‘ have" in reference to districts scliools-.
Sac. 14. Any school district which will raise.
by tax on its ,£{l'tlllCl list, or by subscription, 51
$11111 nqual to twenty-five cents for eacli person
betivi-1-"vii the ages of four and sixteen in giigfi
district. shall be emitted in receive an‘ equal
amount from the town or towns, in‘ which such
(listi‘ict lSvl0C:'ll(\t'l, payable out. ol that half of .
tlie-'income of the ‘town deposit fund,’ not now
by _la_w_:1ppropriated to ,tlt_e,pron1otion of eilum-
tion in coi1ii1ion'sclioois;' which sum shall be
axpeniled in the purchase of a school library
211:‘ the -use of the inhabitants of the district, or
ct -apparatusfo1' -the use of the school.
, :SiiC. 15. No person over years ofage shall
.15‘ 0XCll.'(li'3Ll from any common sc'l1ool in the dis-
trict‘ 'to‘which such pm‘sun lie lonas. if the town
or society is divided into di:_-tricts, or if not so
<lb'l¢lI.’t1. from the iu=ai'est common school. ex-
cept lzy force of some general regulation appli-
cable to all persons under the same circuinstan-
cc-.'s,z1111l in no case on account. of the inability
of liimseilf, his parents, guardian, or employer
to pay any rate bill, tax, or assessment what-
ever.
SEC. 16. Any city in this State is hereby
authorized togpass all necessary ordinances,and
by laws, with suitable fines and penalties an-
noxed.and to make all necessa.tv provision and
:1i'i'zii1gei11ent coiicerniug children between the
ages of five and fifteen, who are growing up
in truancy. and without the benefit of the edu-
1-zition provided tiir them by law, and without.
any regular occupation; and such city as shall
aviiilitself of tlioauthoitily of this act, shall
it,l)i7()llll‘- annually by the city, or by the munici-
pal antl1ori'y of said city, three or more per-
sons who alone sb:-ill be aiitliorized to make
the complaints, in every case of \I0lt|lI‘0tI of
said orilanancos and by laws, to the justice ol
the peace. or other judicial officer, who by
said ordinances or by-laws slnill have jurisdict-
ion -in the insitter; which persons thus appoin-
t'e‘il'sl-1-all have authority to carry into execution
tl1'e'j’ndgr_lii1eiits of said justice of the peace. of
otlierjudiciul of'ficer. And such justice of the
peace or other judicial officer shall in all cases
at their di;<ct'c.lion,ii1 place of the fine afore-
_.~aid, be authori'1.edto order children. proved
before them to be growing up in habitual trua11-
cy, and without any useful and regularemploy-
_uient, to be placed, for such periods of time as
they may judge expedient, in such iust.itnt.ion
of instruction, iudi.1stry, or reformation, or oth-
er suitable sit.nat.ion.as may be assigned or pro-
vided ior t.l1epurpose,under the authority here
-in conveyed’-.-
Sac. 17. The sn'pei'intenilent of common
~ schools, in addition to the teacliers’ institutes or
conventions now provided for by law, is here-
by authorized to appoint one or more pcrsoz s
to visit; school societies and districts in different;
sections of the State, for the purpose of ins-
pecting schools, lecturing on the subject. of ed-
ucation, giving and receiving information and
siiggestions on all matters relating to the condi-
tton and improvement of the common schools-;
and the comptroller is hereby authorized to
rlraw an order on the treasurer, to meet th.e
expenses of the persons thus employed, at the
rate of three dollars for each society visited; ‘
and the persons thus employed are hereby
authorized under the advice and instruc-
tion of the superintendent, to examine cau-
didates for the office of teacher, ,and to those
wit.h whose examination and success in the
‘ practical duties of the schsol room, as observed
by them in their‘ visits to the schools. they are
satisfied, to grant a certificate of qLi:-ilifii-.ntino
which shall be good in any common school in
the county in which issued, for two years no-
lCSS mmullecl by the superintendent of common
scliools ; and for e;.cl1 certificate thus granted,
the person granting the same shall recive fifty
cents from the holder thereof.
Size. 18. No teacher shall be deemed a
qualilii-c' teacher, within the meaning of the
school law. or entitli=.d to receive any portion
of his wages out of the public money appropri-
riled by lllt’. b'tate,towi1, or school society, who
shall not at the time of his opening the school
hold a certificate seltiiig forth llls qu.-il.ficat'1ons
and properly signed and who shall not have dis-
cl1arged_the following duties:
‘Firstly’: maintained proper order and disci-
pline, and tniiglit diligently and fiiithfully all
- thebranclies re.-.qi1ired to be tangl1t.in-the school
according to the terms of his engageinent with
the coinmittec, and according to the provisions
of the school law, and the regulations ofthe
school society or school comniittce made in
pursuance tlicreof.
Secondly, kept the register of the school in
inattcr and form as rcbuired by iaw, in the
books to be i)l'9.pill'(‘.'l by the snperintendeiit of
the common schools, and provided by the dist-
ricf for this purpose, and deposited the same at
the close of the term with the clerk of the dis-
triet, andan abstract thereof with the commit-
tee of the society.
Tliii-dly, notified the school cammittee,vvitl1—
in one week after the opening of the school,
and two weeks of the close of the term, the
school may be legally visited and examined.
Fonrtlily, furntsh any school officer, when
desired. any information which he may have in
his power to give respecting anything connec-
ted with the operations of his school or in any
wise afiecting its interests or chara..ter.
SEC. 19. The snperiiitendeiit of the com-
mon scliools shall appoint, on application signed
by the "school committees ofm; lens; 0iie-h,. if of
the sch-rol societies in any county, :1 comitv
convention of tlelcgiites from the committees
of the several societies, and such convention
with the advice of the State superintendent. or
of a State committee of three persons desigua~
ted by him, may select a list of text books, to
consist of i1ot. less than two,0r more than three
in each study pursued in any common school in
the State, to be used in all the common schools
of the county. From the list: thus selected,
the school committee of each society in such
county,shall prescribe a list of books to be used
in all the common schools ofthe society. which
list shall not be cliangcd within the three vears
next following: the date of the action of the
school commitrec: prorii/czI,tl1at the pulilish-
ers of the blinks will, on application of the
S(:l'l00l'(,'0lTlllllllZe(?. of any society, :Lg|'(>e to fur.
nisli a first supply forlhe schools of the society
on let‘ us which shall be sutistiictory to said
committee, and will also agree to keep at, one
or more ])l‘:'.Cl?S within the county :1 supply of
‘the same. to be had by the school committee, or
price at
which such books are furnished. ’
Sec. ‘.20. School commitiees are hereby an-
tliorized to purchase at the expense of the so-
cicty, out of the income of the town deposit
fund according to each society, a supply of the
books prescribed by them for use in the coin-
innn schools of the society. and furnish the
same to par cuts or district. committees at cost,
including freight and otlierexpcnses ; and they
' are fiirtlier authorized. at their disc'.'et.ion, to
furnish any scholar of any cofingon school in
the society with the books 1'cqu'it'ed bv such
.4-.cl1ola1'inl1is oi her studies, on the liwuitten
1'1-.pt'esenlal‘.ion of the teacher of the school
that [lid persons or gnardiarns of such scholar.
will not, on being notified that said books are
wanted, furnish the same; and the cost of
the books thus supplied shall be added to the
next rate or tax bill ofsnch parent orgnardian.
Sec. 21. “An Act in addition to an Act con-
cm-iiiiig Education,” approved June 22;}. 1850.
.15 hereby 1'opc-alcd..
-L ‘ """""
Compfi-6l'ler9s Report.
,, S';Arz or Coxni-;c-ricu'r, as. -
' Oflice of Ser:'r'etary of State. July. 1851. g
The following extracts from the Report. of
the Comptroller of Public Accounts, exhibited
to the Geneial Assembly at their late session.
comprise such parts of said’ report as are bylaw
required to be published in the several news-
papers of this State by the Secretary of State-
JOHN P. C. MATHER, Secretary of State
The State of Connecticut in General Account of
Receipts and E.rpenditu'res of funds appro-
priated for the Current E=t1I67l59-9 ‘if G00’
crmnent. '
DR.
For Amount of Payments from
the ’l’reasur_v from the 31st of
Mai-cli. 1850. to lst of April.
1851. for the current. expenses
of (z’ovei'nineut, under the fol-
lowing heads‘.
Debenwre 6: Conting-
en!ExpensesofGen-
eral Assembly, $27,873 70
Salaries of Oflicers of
Governmo.nt.
ContingentExpensesof
Government-
Judicial Expenses,
Expenses ot supporting
Paupers,
Expense of superin-
tending C 0 in m o 11
Schools,
Salary of Directors of _
the State Prison,
Advances made to the
Qna1-tei'l\1asterGen-
eral,
Account: of Public
Bu'ild'ings and Insti-
lutious,
13,429 72 '
11.514 6'7
39,460 12
2,2200 00
9
2.307‘ 41
300 00
1,332 95
11.795 so
$110,214 47
For Payments made by Treasu-
rer from] 31313 0f1‘.lill'(:ll, 1850.
to April 1st, 185i, in acldition,to
payments on Coinpt.rol|er‘s or-
ders as per,Auditor's ieport.
11'-1.50-~
Nov. 14. For cash re-
funded the ]Et.na In-
surauceCompany for
over payment State
tax on non-residents,
185].
March 4, For cash re-
.funded the New Ha-
ven County Bank. for
over payment. State
tax on non-residents,
March 4. For casli paid
for balance of Treas-
nrer’s note to School
Fund, dated illsts of
March, 1847,
M.tll'Cll 14, For cash
paid on Treasnrer’s
note to School F1-iiid
of$31‘3,000,daled 23d
of June, 1849,
March 3], For cash
paid interest in full
o11 notes given to the
-‘ficbool Fund,
March 31, For cash
paid Principal on
notes 13. State due
School Fund,
March 31, For State
Taxes unpaid from
sundry Towns, due
Feb-. 20th, 1851,
$40 00
83 03
8,668 23
8,000 00
2.977 33
9.000 00
4 335- 36 '
33.103 95
$143,313 42
185i
March 31, To balance
of Civil List. Funds
in Treasury, carried
to new account, 26,265 92
$109,584 64
Co:\"r‘n.-..
April 1, 1850, By balance in
’l‘rcasury. 31st -Illarcb, 1850,
as per Comptroller-‘s Report,
By pct}/incnls into ’1'reusury,
from 3155 Jlilurc/1., 1850,10 lst
Jlpril, "1851 :
From li"oi'l'i~.ite(l Bonds.
Avails of Courts,
Miscellaneous sources,
CR.
$21,324 76
$3.555 65
542 80
4.062 21
BY
55
50
room‘ titvtimsns or: BANK STOCK OWNED
THE s'rA't'1-;.
1850
May 10, By Dividend
on 40 shares Far-
mers and Meclia iiics
Bank stock, 4i per _
cent. 195 09
June 26, By Dividend
on 1650 shares Hart-
ford Bank Stock. 8%
percent.
July 12, By Dividend
on 503 shares Mid-
dletown Bank Stock,
4 per cent.
July 27, By Dividend
on 548 shares New
Haven Bank Stock
45$ per cent,
Sept.” 7, By Dividend
on 129’) shat esPbu3-
nix Batik Stock. 5
per cent,
Sept. 17, By Extra
Dividend on 1650
shares Hartford B’k
Stock, 3 per cent,
Nov 8. By Dividend
on 49 shares Far-
iners and Mecliiiiiics
bank stock, 5 per
cent, 0
Dec. 13, By Dividend
on 1650 shares H art-
ford bank stock, 3§
percent,
1851
Jan. 8, By Dividend
on 593 shares Mid-
dlciown bank stock,
4 per cent.
Jan. 17, By Dividend
on 548 shares New
Haven bank stock,
4% per cent,
March 6, By Dividend
on 1220 shares Phoe-
nix bank stock, 4 per
ceun
5.775 00
2.372 00
2,466 00
6,100 00
4.950 00
245 00
5,775 00
2,372 00
2,466 00
4,880 00
37,597 00
FROM '1‘AXI:‘.8.
By Cash received for
a tax of 1; cents on
the $1, on List of
18-'19. 70,787 86
By Cash received from
the town of '1‘orring-
too for tax 011 List of _
1848. 341 11 , -
'-*—-—— 71.128 97
FROM RAILROADS, zmuxs, ac.
By Cash for tax paid
by Railroad Corpo-
rations,
By Cash for forfeitnres
paid by Housntonic
and New York 66
New Haven Rail-
road Companies,
By Cash for tax paid
by Banks. écc. on
stock of nonresi-
dentin, '
25.202 37
2,000 00
&.17o'ss
-—-o-—-—
31 373. 25
-.-«v ---
, ‘$16m5e4o4
1851 .
April 1. By balance of
Civil List‘ Funds in-.,
'l‘reasury fl'.0l'l] old _. _ _
account, , 826,266 22
‘ 1;E*Rhi.kNENT roan. ' ' V
The Permanent‘ Fund of the State on the
1st; day of April, 1851, consists of Bank Stock
not Ira nsfcrable, or subscriptions to the Capital
ofsundry banks which may be withdrawn on
giving six montl1’s notice. viz : _ , _
Hartford Ba nk . 1650 sl1's$100ei1ch $165,000
Phceuix Bank, 1220 “ 100 “ 129.000
N. Haven Bank 974 “ ‘.200 “ 54.800
l\lid-zlletown Bank 593 “ 100 4‘ 50.300
F’m 6: M,e'cl1‘s B‘k 49 “ 100 “ 4,900
3.786 shares $406000
s'rA'r1-: ll\'Dl€B'I‘l-ZDNESS. ,
, The State is indebted to the School Fund as
follows, viz: , i _ ,
Note given for loan, dated 24 June, '47, $25,000
r» -i -i 29Juue,u8, 8500
_ -, ‘ $33000
Interrstl on the above notes is paid in full to
the 31st day ol'1\'Iarch, 1851.
Proposes!" Ame-ndmenit to the Con-
stitnition.
'Ata General Assembly of the State of Con-
necticut", liolilen at l‘1tlll.f0l'(l, in said Slide-._.oi1
the fii'sl\Vedi1esLlay ‘of i\'lay. A. D., 185! :
Resolver./' by the Ila-zisc .Iff'.’[7l‘8StZ“77-f«Ifli0C’-5'1
Tliat the following be prnpost-tl as an amenit-
ment. to the Constitution of this Sliile, which
when 11 proved and adoptel in the iiiaiiubr pro-
vidcd by the Con.it.itutioii, shall to all illlellls
and purposes l)9C0l)'l9- a part flicrcof, viz :
Tlicre sliallbe one stated session of the
General A‘sscinl)ly, to be holdcn each year
alternately at llai't.ford and New Ilavcii, on
tho fir.-t \Vi-.dnesday of Deccmlier. :1 all at. such
other times as the Gen1>.ral Assembly shall
jiiilge necessary. Tliesessioii hold:-.n on the
first. \Vcdnosday of Di--ceiiilii-1', A. D. 1852,
shall be boldi n at Hartford: but may. in Sim‘
cial einmgeiicics, convene the (ieiieral Assem-
bly at either of said places, at any other time.
And in case of contagious (liscases, in either
of said places,or other ('.ll'Clll1lSl2lllC'.OS., the per-
son iidiiiiiiisimiiig theoffice of governor inay,by
proclamation, convene said Asseiiibly at any
other place in this State.
The Governor of this State shall hold his of-
fice for one year from the first. \Vcdnesday of
Deceniber next; succeeding his elcc-t.ioi1, and
until his successor be duly qualified; and the
Governor, Lie-.uteua1.t Governor, members of
the General Assembly, Treaiurer, Secretary
and Comptroller, who may be appointed by tile
electzors in April, A. D., l85i2. may hold their
offices uut.il the first. VVediic.s'.lay in Deceinbei‘,
A. D., 1852, and all the officers appointed by
the General Assciribly or either branch there-
of at their session in May. A. D. 1852. who
by the Constitution are to be appointed annualy
shall hold their oliices until the fourth day
of February, A. D. 1853. .
The annual meelirigs for the election of the
several officers by thetn to be clioseuat any an-
nual clcctors’ meeting. sliall be holden on the
Tuesday next after the first Monday ofNovem-
bet in each year, and not on the first Monday
of April in cach year, and all the proceedings
respecting retu: us, canvassing oml counting of
votes now requii'ed by the Constitution to be
had in the mo1.th of April’. shall hei'c-after" be
had i'n the nionth of November. And the
Ge-neral Assembly shall have power to enact
laws providing for the election of rcpresci1tii-
lives at some time subsequent to the Tues1.lay
t1PXl’.tl1l.Bl the first Monday of .\'ovember. in
all cases when it shall so happen that the elec-
tors iii any towirshall fail on t.b{:i day to elect
their rt=j“.'.'—:se1ilative or rupre scutiilives to which
such town shall he by law entitled. or when an
election having been iiiadc,t1vacanry occurs
from any cause.
Rcsolr-c11,’l‘liat the foieigoing proposed amend-
ment to the Constitution be continued to the
next. Geiioral Assembly, and be pu|>li.~:he-d with
the laws passed at. the present session.
I-louse of llcpreseiitzativcs, Jane 26ih,1851.
Passed. Ill. I’... i\‘1As0:\‘. Clerk.
.'l'/1»: }Iurl Gale Roz:/as —-By the sub-uia-
rine blasting in the East river, 1'1 large
portion of the “pot rock” has been torn
away by two charges. On Thursday af-
ternoon two more sub-marine charges of
sixty-three poundsench, were equally suc-
cessful. It is the intcniion of Mons. Mail-
lefert to fire two charges per day unt.l
the whole rock is demolished. An iron
tripod wei<_,zhing nearly four tons, will be
placed on Way’s Reef imn1ediately,and op-
erations commenced for sinking a shaft in
that rock 24 fuel deep and 8 inches in diam-
cter, which, when charged with powder,
will be fii‘ed by means of a voltaic bat.-
tery, The steamboat Hero passed the
rock on Thurs(l-ay afternoon about one
minute before the second charge 1- as fired
affording the passengers an excellent oppor-
tunity of witiiessing the operation. A col-
nmn of water was thrown to the hcightof
about thirty feet. The steamboat run no
hazard in being so near the rock .when
the charge was fired, as the force of the
explosion acts down ward.-—Palladiu-m
:33-='An old bachelor friend ofonrs has pas-
ted tbe following epitaph over his desk and
chuckles over it :1 dozen times a day——-
Under this stone do lie,
Back to back my wife and I;
More blest than when in life’s short space
We lay like oihvrs, face to face.
Now free from quarrels, free from fear,
If she should scold lcannot hear;
\Vhen the last trump the air shall fill,
If she gets up, why l’ll lay still.
:11?’ We learn that a barn belonging to
Mr Stephen \Volklcy, of Sou1hington,was
stinck by lightning during the storm on
Monday night last, and loge.-tlicr with about
a hundred dollars’ worth of hay, and a
wagon,wi1s totally destroyed. The barn was
partially insn red.
§J:§=Thc Albany Register states that up-
on analyzation _of the green and red colo-
ring matter in Candy, they are found to be
composed of poisons. The, green is most
poisonous, and enough poison was found in
a, lv',i£ll'ge heart colored in this way, to kill 11
Cll .
The Pour Bog/.-—-Don’t be ashamed, my
lad,-ifyou have a patch on your elbow; it is
no mark ofdisgrace. It speaks well for your
industrious mother. For our part, we would
rather see a dozen patches on yonrjacket, than
hear one piofane or vulgar word escape your
lips. No good" boy will shun you, because
you cannot dress as well as your companions,
and if 11 bad boy sometimes laughs at your
appearance, say nothing my good lad, but
walk on. We know many a rich and good
man who was once as poor as you. There
is our next door neighbor in particular--now
one of our wealthiest men—who told us a
short time since, that when a child he was
glad to receive the cold potatoes from his
ne1ghboi’s table. Be is good, my boy,
and ifyon are poor you will b respected a
great deal more than if you were the son of
a rich man, and were addicted to bad habits-
Olive Bimzc/1.
J1"-
From £715 ”hilaidc'l_‘p/zia Nor‘lh xfmericatr. in
The Fifty Victims. 1
The intense interest which attaches to
every thing connected Wll.h_‘ ,'_tbe capture
and execution at [-lav-ana of the fifty unfor-
‘filtrate Americans, whose blood has ‘been as
i'1libationto'the infernt-il gods, aivakeiiing‘
the fiercest,,if 11ot_tb_e most vindictive__fecl-
ings,of a; whole people, _will be satisfied
with nothing short of a history embracing
the fnllestcircumstances and i_uin1_1test. de-
tails. Perhaps, hoivevér, such a l'.is‘t'or.y
may never be written. \’Vho can tell the
story of their last twenty-four hours-, froth,‘
the momentof their falling into the hzilnds
of Bustillos, the General Commander of
the Navy-, until, surrounded by a‘ square of
troops, they were publicly shot under the
walls of the Qastleof Atares? No tria,l—f_
no investigation--no record of any of'1he
proceedings against them——or none, at least,
save such as may have been tirade by
their execniioncrs-——and no friend or coun-
trymen nigh, during the l1oni's of their
captivity or at the moment of their deatli
—we shall ever be obliged to imagine the
characteristics of a day which was assu-
redly one of hnmiliaiiioii, si‘ifi’criti‘g and
despair. Nor shall we ever, perhaps,
know the 'true history even of their cap-
tar'c, which told in the langi’i‘a’g~e of Span-
i.~h exaggeration and vain-glory, will not
be so much an account ofitheir misfor-
tune as of the heroism of their captors.-
We rnay be st1're that the latter will nev-
er fell’ anything to the éidvaiilage of the
men they have so fonlly dealt with ; and
we 1'1'1n'si sift ‘such accounts ‘as we can gel-—_—
tbcir own mcnilacions and braggadocio bul-
lclins, for exauiblr—— for all the true insight
into this dark and bloody transaction" w hich
we may be hereafter able to obtain.
Pileanwliile, however, enough has trans-
pired to establish the general character of
the circumstances connected with the _,im_-
mediate cap'.ul'e of the fifty victims, t\'l‘1‘icl:"
has been heretofore in doubt. Two docu-
ments liZl\’Cll18(lCll'](~‘ll' fl[)[‘)l“11l'fll"lCC‘-—Olit"‘[l'lB
report of the General Commander, Bustillos
giving his history of the exploit; tbe_ other,
an acconnI,clcarly an official one, of the
same transaction in the Diariio de la flfarina.
It seems impossible for any Cuban editor or
Spanisbsoldicr to write according to the
principles of common sense, or to tell a
plain tale in a plain way; the narrative
being a mere thread on which each strives
to string as much schoolboy rhetoric and
trashy eulogy of Spanish bravery and loyal-
ty, not to speak of silly abuse and deprecia-
lion of Americans, as possible. The two
documents in question come under the cate-
gory, and are so truly Spanish, that they
quite omit to tell the most essential features
of the afiiiir, while circumstantial enough
about minor details. Nevertlicless, in study-
ing with carc, as we have done, the two ac-
counts, which perfectly correspond with each
other, we obtain the evidence of two impor-
tant facts which the narrator's themselves do
not specially nou=,namely,tl1attl1e Americans
surrcnilcred without making any resistance
anrl, what would seem equally extraordinary,
without. uiaking any attempt _ to fly. From
these facts we may adiluce others, having di-
recland affecting bearing on the circumstan-
ccs of the subsequent exrcution.
From the accountof Senor Bustillos, it ap-
pears that be first heard of the four boats at
a placecall-2.11 iVlorillo [:1 little west of Bahia
Honda] at’/' o‘1-lock on the morning of the
15th, the story being that at 10 o’clock the
previous night a party of Amrricans, finding
them on the shore, had embarked in them
“ in order to go to New Orleans by taking,"
says the ‘port, “ the first vessel they could
find.” This cstalilishes the fact that the
poo'r fellows were, as was originally supposed,
fugitives from a lost field of brittle, doubtless
the second and most Sfll')_«_{Ullll‘1l‘y struggle on
be-licving the puny force of Lopez was over-
Wll(.‘.lm€(l and _uiteily routed by the vastly
superior forces of Gen. Erma. They hail
pushed to sea, hoping to be picked up by a
vessel of some civilized nation coming round
Cape San Antonio—pei'haps an American
vrssel—perbaps even the expected innil-ship
Falcon, wliich, arrivin_g; from Cbagres and
passing almost or quite in sight of the rocks
where they sought refuge, reached Havana
three hours after their execution. A day
earlier, and they might have been saved-
At ten o’cIock, the General Commander
found the boats among the rocks at Cayo
Lavisa, which is about twenty-five miles
west of Bahia Honda Three of them were
“on the rocks,” whether aground or drawn
a'.=hot'e does not exactly appear, but most
probably the latter. Bnstillos, having cap-
tured the floating barge himself, maimed his
boats and took the remaining three, one
after the othcr—-very grandly and glorious-
ly, no doubt; but as he does not mention
the firing of using]? gun, or the raising
of a single sword or cull-ass. on either side,
we may infer that it was a quite bloodless
and unheroic achievement, the poor fugitives
quietly submitting; to be taken——wby, will,
we think, presently appear. “ Two only”
as having in-ode their escape; and from the
whole tenor of the account it is obvious that
none of the others made any attempt to es-
cape at all. Fifty men would never seem
to have rendered thciriselves prisoners more
passivi-ly than these men; and when we con-
sider tb:-1t they v. ere Americans, and that
their captors were Spaniards, according to
some oftbe accounts not more than three
hundred and fifty in nuinber——only seven
to one-—not forgetting that they were cer-
tain to be treated with savage rigor [they
never could have supposed they would all
be butchered in cold blood,] we may well
ask how it was they came to yield them-
selves so tauiely-—why they did not rather
prefer to die lighting, or die at all events re-
treating? ~
-Can any person iii the world— any Amer-
ican, at least—believe, that these men would
not have fought or fled ; would not the grea-
test number of them have perished rather
than submit without 11 struggle, had they
possessed the means of ' fighting or flying ?
The truth will be, perhaps, forever conceal-
ed by the blood-bollered heroes, their execu-
tionei.'s;‘but the circumstances cleary show
that these poor fugitives were——as the first
rumor bad it—-unarmed, and thattliey viere
also, as a second story reported, wounded
Be it remembered that they were fugitives
from a battle—-a desperate b.-.ttle—-in which
they were overcome by numbers and dis-
persed—-not perhaps until their ammunition
was all expended ; and fugitives, moreove",
usually throw away the arms that impede
their flight. \'Ve may, or rather we must,
believe that many of them carriedwith them
wounds, severe wounds. And wounded,
accordingly, and without arms—wit.hont,
food and water, too, [who would think of
\
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the 14th, when we have so much reason for,
oftbe “pirates” are referred to by Bustillosv
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and distress‘ _?],.tl1és‘§ fifty Ainericans, reach-‘
ing the coast at téno’ clock at rriight, and
finding four boats there, pushed right out
to sea, as well as ‘they _conl1l;—not__expect-
jng toreacb _the_ far-distant Ne\v'Urleans,‘
‘but, to‘mi-.fk'e tlféir way to the keys’-arid rocks
which fringe the entire coast of the island
from Bahia Honda westivérd 'to'Cape "Sin
Antonio——there h1:ping,to be picked up by
the first passing vessel. 1 The purpose" W-RS
effected-, but it doubtless required‘ the labor
of the whole night, and they were capable
of no fur.tber exertion. Tblzs General Com-
mandéi“B,uslillos, wlmse n'aniewitl live in
future history as the jack,-al of the lion, or
—not to disgrace the king of beasts-——the
tiger Concho, must claim the honor of hav-
insiavkedtuifi0Y.P°°'Unsfinéditrvundeda
exhausted. starving. utterly, helpl‘e.-ss men‘,
who could not fight, and could not fly ; and
gthereforé sat down‘ tranquilly ‘to be takeii,
as soon as they saw a Spanish force Vap-
proaching. lt was precisely fifty such men
—mén, wounded, worii, fainislied, dying,
whom Captain General Concl1a—:nay his"
name be infamon_s—put to death like dogs,
for the honor and glory of Spain.
lt has been what we may now call the
misfortune of the Goveriitneat of the United
States to act towards all other governients,
and ‘especially the weak and minor ones,
with a gentle courtesy and foi'bei'1ra'lic'e' very
seldom practiced by other powerful states;
ahd the result has been that it has had to
bear-—and always has been too willing to
pal dp with—“—sligl1t§and grievances frorii
such weak and minor governrnenls as t‘te\'t~_‘.I‘,
peiliaps, wobld have been (ifiiired to other
states. Vs’e have particularly arr-an in treat-
ing as a goveriiiiiént the Caplaiii 'Generalcy
of C-nha~‘—ivliich is no gmferiitneiit at all,
but a colonial satrapate-, which ought never,
in any instance, to be allo\\'éd to e:-Iercisc,
as it docs, the power of life or death over
the citizens of a foreign state. Our courte-
sy is rewarded by the co'ld-blooded inassacic
offifty of our citizens. Does any one be-
lieve that General Coiiélia, or any other is-
landg'ovei'nor. would ever have dared to
shoot fifty Englishmen, or fifty I"i‘enclnn‘en,
under‘ similar circumstance ?
Mk. B't‘1.\'c.ro'x: _
As a money pressu'l'e' is coiiiiiig upon us in the
country (the city has already expcrienicd iI,)it
behooves us to reflect a little, and see if by a more
judicious nninagemeiil of our Banks, much of the
evil and distress consequent. upon these l'e\'ul.-‘i'0tts,
might not be avoided. I am entirely satisfied they
might, and-as the greatest of all the evils in the ad:
ministration of Banks, the not keeping a siifiiclciit
supply of specie on hand to render tlicit issues a
mixed and elastic currency, is shown tip in an arti-
clc published in the New York Journal of Coin-
nierce, 2-1tIiJnly_I beg you will copy the same for
the benefit of your readers. Ilcreiiflcr I will re-
view the report of oitr bank comniissioncrs in 1849,
and also the adiniiiistiation of our banks, and I in.
lead piir.~;1iiiig the subject till I shall show the coin-
munity that the New l7.i1j_;l:ii1cfsystei11 of banking,
notwitlistanding the ailvantagcs that have flowed
from the Suffolk bank systciii of “ par redemption”
is niore—u1ucb n1ot'c-=-=-:1 curse than blessinrr.
A NECKAR.
The Metropolitan Bank and Pan-
Rédclnption-‘
“ This institution, destined to do so much
good in the Empire City and State, and the
whole region of country either tributary
to or intimate in intercourse with the great
Commercial Emporium now of our country
and but :1 few years hence of the world-—-
bas made a beginning. Its capital is paid
in,and every day will add maturity to its
operations and iiiflucuccs; and though an-
wise and foolish legislation docs somewhat
interfere with and delay the carrying out of
its entire plan of operation, by enacting and
cndeavoiing to establish and fasten upon the
coin mnnit-y a depreciated 0'11-’I")'¢?‘7l.(.‘_?/, sliil no
legislation. Ii.ozrc1:cr a.1'l;ztrr1.sg/, can for any
length of llmtf prevent the consummatmn of
that all ‘desirable result, the cstaiii/is/i.iizc71t
of (1. iuzifa-rm (.u'r1'c7ur_7/ of sprcie ralue ! !
For years past, the community_ seems to
have lost sight of the gri.-at and all important
fact, that all bank notes or paper issucs
are promises to pay in gold 11ml Sif‘L'¢’.’)', not in
other promises; and, mncl1 good as the
Suffolk Bank system has imparted to all
New England, in establishing a uniform
currency, it has, at the same time, by indis-
creet and indeed bad inanageinent, infllcted
unnecessary and severe distress upon the
business comman.ty,wherever the operations
of trade, injui]icions;t:1rifl§_, or other causes,
may have created a stringent money market
by saying, in practice, if not in words, to all
the interior Banks of New England, “ifyou
will kéepa good redeeming balance in de-
positwith us, you need keep no specie (or
next to none) in your own vaults, at home,
where you promised to pny;—we will furn-
ish the specie to redeem with.” The tenden-
cy of this system. as it has been carriell
out in Boston, has been, to cause the inte-
rior banks to keep in -the aggregate only
one dollar of specie on hand against fifu-cu
of promises,——tl1ns forcing the Suffolk Bank
or the Boston Banks to furnish in the cvrnt
of any specie demand for export, all the spe-
cie for all tl1c issues of New England, while
that Bank and the Boston Banks have nev-
er kept more than a prudent amount of
Gold and Silver to meet their own issues
and (lrpnsits. The consequence always has
been, and always will br~.,whiletl1e system is
thus unwisely (to speak in the mildest pos-
sible terms) carried out, that any considera-
ble dcrnand for specie for export, Causes 8
much ,qi-miter and more severe curtailinent in
Bostonand New England, than in New
York and other States, where a larger and
more prudent amount of specie, In propor-
tion to ll1t’.il'lSSUPS, is kept. The inleri0I'
Banks of New England, whose paper the
Suffolk Bank redcem.s,having”no sprcle I0
send to the Snflblk Bank, for the purpose
of meeting the curtailments which specie ex-
ports call for, the New England cu~H'€DC.Y
possessed no elasticity; it was not and IS not
amizerl currency, but almost an exclusiv_e
paper currency, and thus the system, as If.
has been carried out, (which if rightly car-
ried out, would at all times have been a bles-
sing,) has inflicted upon business mer_i,sud-
(Zen, sure,aizd (lislicsszngcurlazlmeats; iin po-
sing, in its operations, the greatest mental
(llSl.l‘(‘SS, and in several instances , with-
in the knowledge of tnany, consigning
worthy and estimable men. to insanity. '
We say, then, to the managers ofthe Me-
tropolitan bank, take heed from the errors of
the Suffolk Bank, and never, by your poll-
cy, encourage the interior banks, whose notes
you redeem, in banishing specie from their
vaults, unless you increase in your own,
an amount equal to w_h.at those Banks ought
themselves to keep in the-ir vaultS- . Thus
thinks ‘WI-lO-KNO WS-".
such tbiizgs at ino1nenti-of'co11fus,i'on' ‘ A
_,r__-5-~_ -.:-..-'- ..‘.-_y-_.--_,.,—-.-u-~rv,~_::— .1?-._-.-3%:-',-‘.<_:r ~ -_-,3.f.?_-"'f:.“.,-H-;2‘..“-‘V-.~ ‘ -. ‘ -“Rf”
3
, 1v:01i.W.iI.;i{GAz111itiE.
'TuESDA é§' 2, 1851‘. J;
7B.l.tB'A MA'l‘TERS- .
g The news fro1nf:Cuba relative to the landing of
General Lopez upon the islz1nd,'and his sub.-zeqnent
11101-fie 1i1_c11_ts,,are still SO,C0ll‘ll;ttd_lC,E9fy,ll1Z1I_?{§ d_o_i1,o:t
know in What. s lmpc to detail 1lfen1._‘ One thing id
C8,“-'l'l|| light "on the 10th of iAIlgllSI,’ the; siteanier
Pampero landed with troops at Babia Honda, about
tony miles from Havana, consisting of about
men under the conunaud _of Lopez. There iiitfsli
have been one orniore. engagements between hinf
and the forces dispatched to meet him, by the Span-I
ish Government under Gen. Enna. Tbé ‘hr. ort§
com.-er niug those l;t.1‘1l_lCS,tn‘C -co11traclicto,ry_,— Sill-'W0
conclude that LOpt.‘Zl1i1S been defeated. ‘ It isf -not
‘ku‘o'W11‘to‘bc the case but appearances strongly’ in-i;
‘dicate it. _ , , , _
On the 16th. a party ofa’)? men, -19 ofwliom were.
Amcrican'§, and supposed, merely, to-forin a part
Oftlte pxpeilitioii of Loprz, weroca ptnred by tbd
Spuiiisli war steamer l]aba1icro,amoi1g the "Keys."
'l‘licy were in 4 boats, unarmed, and Slef3l'lHg:lll the:
direction of New Orleans ; tl.ey \\ ere shot on the.
some daylwitliout cxaniiuation or trial, ai1 extctidcd
account ufwbicb we publish in another column,
Tile cold blobdcd butclicry of these Ai11ci'ic1i11I,
without the scnibluncc ofa trial, in the public street,
will prove a most un'fortn1‘.ate blow to the cause of
Spaiiisb doininition on that unfortunate island, as
it has produced the most intense excitement and re-
sentmcnt tlironglibiit our f3lll|llll’y.: Iinnxcnse niass
meetings have been held in all the {larger cities and
large nunibi-r.< are said to be forining for the purpo.‘
po;-‘cs ofrctaliiitioii aiiil-i'cvi3'iige. -- _
Our Govcrnzneut has ordered the \Var Steamer‘
Saraiiic to proceed fortlxwitli to Ilavana Vwitb an
agibiit to enquire into the cause of this summary ex‘-.
sneiuiuuamkos
l"rida_)' last and proceeded direct to (Tuba. The
Adniiiiistratioii has a dilliciilt and serious task to do"
jiisiicc to our own‘ citizens auil at the same time to’
avoid coiiseqiiciiccs wbicli would c:.isil_v involve 119'
ccuiion of Aiiie'r'ica1i citizens.
in a war with Spain and her allies. “/1: are coufil’
dcnt lioivcver that our govcriiiiiciit will probe. the.
niatlér to the bottoin, and wln.-tbcr tlrese uien i.\"c.i‘ii
guilty ofinvasiou or not, will show to otlicriiatitiiiii
that itiis no’ trifling uiatlcr to take the life (if at!’
Anicrican citizen wi'di'c'11t-fii'sl. l1'a"viii'g‘ §i’.‘5iv’ti‘ hid
guilt.
_ 'l‘1u-. New Bridge. _
“"1: learn ll1.11 the committee appointed to super-‘
intend the erection oftbc new bridge have contrac!_
oil for its constriicItioi1','and that it will be fortliwitl)'
coinniencvd \Vbat a pity—wlii1t a Slltlltlfl-ifllltllrllt
is 16 he built upon its present narrow and danger‘-’
ons limits. Ali we have to hope for now 1511111
;'iri1_v’e1*s’ ofllie saini:i' for :1 wlidlcsome fire, and when
it does come the eiigincer ni,-cdn’t stop for u‘¢,‘tlto'
our o\v11‘litllc'bililgi:t b'f worldly goods go with it‘.
\Ve would \\lllll,l,!_1l_Y' lose that for the’ gocd which
the village would gain by liciiig thus put in possess;-'
sion of what has been (]ll11l'l(‘l'el'l n-«rm the liigliway:
Disgraccful. ,
Our peac able ciiizciis; were greatly outraged and
cndangercd on Sunday last by a,dr1inkeu and riot’-
ous sot ofburnan clligiuswlio make their head qi1:uf—'
mi-5 in the b;;ilI,ill)g azljoiiiiug our oflice. Swcariiig
cursing, figlitiitg. yelling, and throwing stones were
among the exercises wliic-’l1wc'i'c‘ kl-pt i1p during the
dziy with an energy an l“(lC\'()ll0l1 known only t‘o‘lliB
‘devotees ofBacl‘:us. Tliis'i.-: too bad, and wc'cun-’
not believe the wortliy proprietors of the property
are aware of the cliaracicr tlic cst:1bli-.<bmcutsustains
or the pttrposcs to wliich it is prostitnlcil, o'r tli't:'}'
would not for the more pittance? of‘ an uncertain
rent, siifii.-1' such an abouiiuablié niii.-"once to exist iii
the heart of-tbc town to outrage decent people’. tn’
the coiir.-cofsix wreck.-1 past. we presiiine twenty
pei'soi1sliavc czillcd our attention to this’ one spot,‘
to say nothing of what o11i'olfiictoi'iesl1ave si.ifl’orédl
b_v.1n11nfortnnate proximity, andour repl_\"i.l1as been
“ gentlemen, we are not 'l‘nwu Sc:i\'c11gcr.itis the
duty ufoihers to supprcss iiuisauces,” but if those.
whose dul_v it will not speak out. we will, and
the particuliir siibjoct of this paragrapli is not the
only one of which we shall speak. "
Dram med. _
Brad'ey B. M e‘ellei',ti‘yo1iog'n'iai1'fi'om \Veslorr,”
alio1it 1*’? yc'a‘i‘.-3 ofagc, was drowned. while oys-
tering" neiir Gi'(=gnr_y’s Poitit, in our lmt‘b0t' 011'
Saturday ttf[£".l’n00’l‘.'ltlSt. He was ilrcompany
with several others at the time, and "what is‘
sti'a‘nge,t'l1cy saw hii1i‘sti‘iiggliiigii1 the water.
but supposed him frolickiug,and heard him call’
to them, but even then they sojflposéd it more
pi-eieiice, ;iiiifi1:1i‘il'no‘att'eiitioi1 to him until too:
late. His body was recovered soon after and’
taken to \Veston. '
Sad Accident.
Vv'e ‘earn that Mr. John Thorns of Fivé
Mile River came near losing his life, while an-
gage-din feiling timber, on Thursday last. Both
of his legs are said to be broken and otl‘ierwi‘se
scvci-'1-ly bruised. He is yet in a critical situa-
tion,’ though strong hopes are entertained for
his recovery. He is a ship builder and one of
the most active and ent.erprisiug mechanics of
_ the place.
Railroad Excursion to the ‘Vinita
Mount:-tins."
The several Rail-road Companies between-
New York and St. Jolinsbnry, in Vermont,
have united in arrangements for an Excursion
overtlieir R.oiii,ls, charging only halfthe ordinary:
liire for the trip. _ . '
Tlieir obj act in doing so, i.~i.to bring this route‘
to the \Vhite l\'IounIain.-1 into notice; the line-
having but recently been pei-fcct:r~.d b_. the coin-
plelion of t.|ie Vermont Valley Rail-road, from
BrattTeboro' to Bellows’ Falls; thus securing;
an unbroken Rail-road communication from
New York, through the Valley of the Connec-
ticut River, to St. Jolmsbury, in Vermont.-
Tliis Excursion will take place on the 1st and
2d days of September next? by Express Trains»
leaving New York at 8 o'clock, -A. M. and 3
o’clock P. M. of each day, and_will no doubt be
availed of by tliousaiiils, who l1ave never passed’
through one ofthe most beautiful and roman-
tic countries in the world———tbe Eden ot Au*,ei--
ica. --
—:——-——~‘
E? Four more cargos o." Rail Road Iran
was 1. ,,;]ed out” on our docks 011- Friday and
Saturday of last week, for the Da nbury road.
§ Hon. \V. S. Derrick, acting Seci'ei.mi'y
of State, will please accept our thanks~- for
highly prized documents——vvhieh. he has ' been
so kind as to forward us.
SF’ The International Magazine for Sep-
tember is at at_band—-teeming with valuable
and _inroi-estiiig matter-.___Stringe_3' lS£,M_'I‘o\1'n-
send.
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