Norwalk Gazette, Tuesday, August 10, 1852 · page 2

' justand right.

u.,‘

to the cashier of ' such , Souk, or to the‘ secreta-
ry or cl'erk~ of such company‘. that: he is an resi-
dent of any town other than that in which he
actually resides, and thereby cause said=casl5iier,.
clerk or secretary, to give information to the
assessors of the tuwnother than that in which
such stockholder resides; it shall be the duty of
the assessors, receiving such information, to re‘-
turn the same to the comptroller of public ac-

 *'*:'¢'.'D.All"l'lt.S,l-V and also certifying that no such person

is known-to reside in said town, by mail or oth-
erwise, within thirty days after receiving’ said
information; and the Comptroller shall there-

“ "upon notify the said casliier,‘ secretii1'y or clerk

of the information given him by said assessors ;
and such stockholder shall forfeit to the Trans-

— urer of this state a sum equal to one nor cent.

ofthe value of ‘such stock; and said ' cashier,
secretary, clerk or treasurer, shall thereupon
pay to the treasurer of the state, for the use
of the state. said forfeiture; and each of said

 -- -institutions shall have a lien upon the stock of

such stockholder, for the reimbursement of
said sum so required tube paid.

. Sx«:c.4’. The several secretaries, treasurers
'01‘ clerks of any insurance company, chartered

__ by t'liis State, conducted in whole u!‘ in part up-
.on the plan of mutual insurance, shall, on or

before the twentieth day of October in each

' year, make a return and statement, under oath

to the Comptroller of public accounts, of the

,. total amount of cash capital, either invested or
on deposit, belonging to said companies, being

the proceeds of insurance. on the plan of inu-
tual insurance, on the first; day of October in
each year; and it shall be the duty of such sec-
.retaries. treasurers or clerks, to pay at the

‘ time of making such return to the treasurer of

the state. for the use of the state, a sum equal
to one-fourth of one per cent. upon the amount

.so returned as -aforesaid, in lieu of all other

taxes. and for failure to comply with the provi-
sions of this section, such insurance companies

,shall forfeit thesum of one per cent of the to-
tal amount of said capital to the treasurer of

,the state. for the use of the state, to r be recov-

‘ered in the name of the treasurer by action on
this statute.

 Sec. _5. The board of relief shall in no
case reduce the list or valuation of the items of
property therein contained. or deduct; any in-
debtedness therefrom of any person who shall
have refused to give in his list to the assessors,
duly. sworn to, by the time and in the manner
as prescribed in the thirty-third section of the
act of which this is an addition of and altera-
tion to, and if _auy board of relief shall ‘so re-
duce any such list, they shall forfeit and pay
to the treasurer of the town, for the use of
the town, the sum of fifty dollars. to be recov-
,ered in the name of the treasurer, by action
‘on this statute for every list so .reduced ; Pro-
vided, if any person, by reason of sickness.
absence, or other unavoidable cause, neglect
to make out his list as required by cold thirty-
third section of said act, the board of relief
may make such reductions as they may deem

Sec. 6. It shall not be necessary to include
in the list of any person taxable by virtue ef
the provisions of this act, or.by virtue of the
_provisions of the act entitled “an act for the
assessment and collection of taxes," any prop-
erty situated out of this state, when it can be
gmade out satisfactorily to appear to the asses-
-501‘ or assessors, that the same is fully assess-t
ed and taxed in such state, to the same extent"
as is otherlike property owned by citizens 0

__ ‘such state.

See. 7. The 16th, 18th, 20th, 21st. and 42d
sections, and so much ofthe 40th section, as is
inconsistent herewith, of the act entitled " an
act foi' the assessment and collection oftaxes,”
be and the same are hereby repealed; provi-
ded always, that such repeal shall affect no
claim. cause, action. cause of action or suit
now existing or pending.

' Approved, June 29th, l852.

_ cH.\P'rI~:n Lxvit.
An act in alterat'ion of “an act for the assess-
ment and collection of taxes.”

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representalz'.i;cs in General As.scm.bl_i/ coirvcned -‘

‘ Sec. 1. \Vhenever in the making or perfec-
ting of the tax list of any person, any real es-
tate shall be omitted or abated by reason of any
indebtedness secured by mortgage thereon,
such indebtedness shall be taxable in the town
society or district in which such real estate is
situated and there only.

Sec. 2. The assessors who may omit, or
tlie board of relief who may abate from the
list of any person, any such real estate, or an
equivalent amount, because of such indebted-
ness shall add the same to the list of the per-

‘ son to whom it is due, ifa resident of the town

society or school district, as the case may be.
But if such creditor be not such resident, such
assessors or board of relief shall make a list
against such creditor, embracing such indebt-
edness. and give him notice thereofi in writing
nndertheir hands within ten days thereafter;
and such person may appear before such as-
sessors or board of relief, within ten days af-
ter such nolice is given, and show cause why
such such indebtedness should not be taxed
against him. ’ This law to take effect on and
alter its passage, any law to the contrary not-
withstanding. , ‘ '

Approved, June 28th, 1852.

.. CHAPTER" Lxvm.
An act in addition to and alteration of an act
for the assessmentaud collection of Taxes-

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
RcprcsenI.ali-vcs,in General Assembly convened:

.'.l‘hat the stock issued by any ecclesiastical
society in this state,to raise funds for the erec-
tion of any church edifice for the worship of
God,oi' any alterations or repairs of the same,
to the actual amount of such erection and re-
pairs and no more,‘be, and the same hereby is
exempted from taxation.
Approved. June 29th, 1852.

 

‘Business Courtesy.-—N othin g more ccr.
tainly marks the gciitleinan than the observ-
finC8_0f allniform couitesy and kindness in
tbebusiness oflife. Such a bearing toward
all. men should be cultivated till it grows to
boa habit. Surely, kind words are abundant,
and cost no more than harsh ones. Many a
man has robbed himself ofsiiccess by an ans-
iore and7haughty manner. Such an address
chills those whom interest attracts, and im-
pairsa confidence that might become almost
fond. There is nothing like a quiet, gentle
and polite. manner in ‘business. Petulance
and passion grows worse by indulgence, and
unfit their possessoi: for pleasant intercourse
with his fellows. But every gentleman has‘
a right .to demand and receive courteous
treatment at the hands of those with wboin
he may deal. _He is worse than a boor, who
purposely and cooly refuses to extend it.

 

A number of Massachusetts liquor dealers
llVing'.'n_eai- the New Hampshire line have
recently moved across, and opened liquor
shops in the Granite State. One individual
has bought a piece of land in that State, and
put upon it a building, so contrived that the
bar stands exactly up to the line in New.
Hampshire, vihile his customers, as they
hold the glass to their mouth, drink in Mas-
sachllsetls ! This is a dodge potential
which the law cannot touch. - .

 

The Mayor of Brooklyn, N. Y. , is deter.’
mined to break up the sale of li nor, on the
Sabbath. The greater. part of the liquor
shops in that cily'bave'been kept open on the
Sabbath, but be now orders them to be closed,
and threatens prosecution to all who violate,

ihefoider. _ -. . , 

9

 

. officer refused.'to,submit the public purse to

NOItWALI{ GAZETJTE.
Tuesday, A.ug'ust_l0.i l85.‘2.
“SUPPO'RT YO_UR OVVN X",

 

Foa PRESIDENT.

WINFIELD SCOTT,

Of New Jersey. _ .

 

Foa Vici-; PRESIDENT,

— WILLIAM A. GRAHAM,

Of North Carolina.

WHIG §7rA'rE CONVENTION,
For I/ie .N'om1‘.naIz'o_n Presidential E leclor.-;_.

A S'rA'ri-2 CONVENTION of the VVliigs of
Connecticut will be held at the city of Hart-
ford, on VVediiesday, the 25th day of August,
1852, at 10 o’clock, A. M., for the purposeaif
nominating six Electors of President and
Vice President of the United States, viz_:
two Electors from the State at large,
and four District Electors, or one from
each Con<.:i'essional District.

The Whigs of the several towns in the
State are requested to assemble in their pri-
mary meetings as soon as practicable. for the
purpose of appointing delegates to the above
called Convention, equal to‘doulile the number
of Representdtives to which they are entitled
in the General Assembly, and to cause the
names of their delegates to.be published imme-
diately thereafter. .

VVHIGS OF CONNEC'I‘lCUT! Tl-ll-Z
CAMPAIGN is Ori-:i\'r:n. AND 'rui~: ELECTION is
AT HAND! ! The Civilian who has ever been
equal to every emei'gency—who. by his wis-
dom, prudence and ability, has fiiitlifully dis-
charged every trust committed to his care—tlie
"Hero who has never losta battle"—who for
forty yea rs has led _i/our common‘ country from
victory to victory, now leads your columns l——
A CHIPPEVVA CHARGE—and a glorious
victory awaits you at the polls in November!

@ Let every town he repi'esented in the
Convention.

CHESTER ADAMS,

HENRY G. LE\VIS,

VVM. E. PARK. ~

DAVID B-. BOOTH, State Central

_FREDE RICK M. PECK, 2 Committee.

HENRY B.GR.AVlCS. I

ABRAHAM BRAINARD, l

L. E. PEASE. ' }
New Haven, July 16th, 1852.

The Tvvo Platforms, N 0. 2.

We last week considered the resolutions
which form the preamble to the Loco Foco
platform. We showed that, while the framers
of that platform professed to “place their
trust in the intelligence, the patriotism, and
the discriminating justice of the American
people,” and charging their political oppo-
nents with conceiving “ no iniposture too
monstrous for popular credulity,” they were
themselves, by the mode in which they used
and applied the term “fecle-ralz°sm,”seeking
to divert the minds of the “American peo-
ple” froin the true issue, by the revival ofan
antiquated and ridiculous huinbug. We may
add also that, to subserve their purposes, they
found it necessary grossly to insult one-half
the nation, by the assertion that the Whig
party by its “creed and yiraclice” “ seeks to
palsy t/ac will of the constituent, and conceives
no imposture loo 77l0nSf‘7'0ll.S for I/ie popular are-
clulilg/." How far they are likely to gain
converts-from our ranks by the sweeping
charge that every Whig is both a traitor and
an impostor, the Ides of November will tell.

It is a relief to turn from this jumble of
deception and scurriliiy to the plain, straight’
-forward paragraph which precedes the Whig
platform :

“The Whigs of the United States, in con-
vention assembled, firinly adhering to THE
GREAT CONSERVATIVE PRINCIPLES by which
they are controlled and governed, and now,
as ever, relying upon the intelligence of the
American people, with an abiding confidence
in their capacity for self-government, and
tbeirdevotion to the Constitution and the
Union, do proclaim the following as the po-
litical sentiments and determination, for the
establishment and maintenance of which,
their national organization as a party was
efii-.cted.” ‘

‘Here are norevivals of exploded humbugs
—no impeachment of the honesty of their
‘political opponents—-no appeals to popular
prejudice—no sounding words, signifying
nothing. “ Adhering to their great conserv-
ative principles,” they declare their senti-
ments ; they vituperate no one, but expressing
their own views, leave the issue to the coun-
try. To preserve intact lhe provisions of the
Constitution—to resist every effort, however
speciously disgnisokl, to infringe upon that
honored instrument—-to so legislate as to ac-
complish. the greatest good for the greatest
number, and to legislate directly for that ob-
ject—to maintain peace with all the world,
no matter how or for what other nations may
quarrel among themselves-—.io keep the na-
tional honor unsullicd, either by submission
30 foreign aggression, or, what is equally dis-
graceful, by becoming ourselves aggressors—
to Stem the wild tide of innovation which
“Democrat-_2;" rejoices to see sweeping away
every ancient landmark,and hurrying the-
ship of State onward to unknown and dan-
gerous shores—this is. conservalism— these
are “the conservative principles"to which the
Whig par-ty “firmly adheres." Go back in
the history of that party to its origin at the
inauguiation of Andrew Jackson, and trace
its career onward lot‘ a period of now twenty
four years, and we defy any one to point ma
single instance in which the Whigparty has
swerved from these principles. The Demo-
cratic platform in its first article declares
“that it is inexpedient -and dangerous to ex-
ercise doubtful constitutional powers ;” but
what a contrast does itsibistory for thelast
lweinly-foul‘ years present to that character.-
ized above. “ Inexpedient and dangerous to
exercise doubful constitutional powers l”—
Did you act, inaccordance with that resolu-
tion when Jackson removed an upright -Sec-
retary of._ the 'I‘i'easury, merely because that

_the arbitrary controlof the_President ? Did
you so act when that President clutched the

,;public purse with one hand, and with the
other shook defiance to the nation ‘.1 You

«made and you now make the plea of neces-
sity-_ihe tyrantls plea—but there is not an

. eminent statesman in the land who denies

that there was an exercise of a most “ doubt-
fulconstitutional power." "Did you so act’

' when you ‘clauiored for the annexation of

Texas? a measure whichJefl'-:rson himself,
the god of your idolatry, would have declar-
ed unconstiiutional, as in a similar case, he I
had declared of the purchase. of Louisiana. |
Did you so act, when you consummated that
measure‘, by a joint resolution of the two
houses, when the constitutional power was
lodged in the President and the Senate, the
legal treaty making power? Did you so
act, when your President, Mr_. Polk, of his
own mere notionprdered the American troops
into a peaceful territory, the title to which,
to say the most in your favor, was disputed-
ihus by the command of the Executive
alone, commencing a foreign war .7

And now we quote the whole of the first
Article of your creed, for the purpose of
contrasting it with the corresponding articles
of the Wliigplaiforni. The following was
adopted by’ the Democratic convention,

“ 1. The federal government is one of
limited powers, derived solely from the Con-
stitution, and the grants of power made
therein, ought robe ‘strictly construed by all
the departments and agents of the govern-
ment; and it is inexpedient and dangerous
to exercise doubtful constitutional powers.”

The following were adopted by the Whig
Convention.”

“1. The government of the United States
is of a limited character, and it is confined
to the exercise of powers expressly granted
by the Constitution, and such as may be
l'l-BCE‘-SSEll_V ‘and proper for carrying the grant-
ed powers into full execution, and that all
powers not granted or necessarily. implied,
are expressly reserved to the States respec-
tively and lu the people.

2. The State governments should be
bold secure in their reserved rights,_and the
general government sustained on its Consti-
tutional powers, and the Union should be
watched over and revered as the Palladium
of our liberties.”

And now we confidently assert that while
the Democratic party for the last twenty
years, in itsimost important public acts has
been faithless to the doctrines of all three of
these resolutions, the Whig party on the
other hand has steadily complied with and
unwaveringly battled for them, and we
cheerfully leave the decision to the ordeal

of history.

 

A Story about a Vvidow.

Once upon a time,’ there lived upon the
banks of the Ohio, on old soldier, who had
spent the best years of his life in the service
of his country, and, in his declining days,
had retired to that quiet spot, that he might
by his own honest industry, secure a home
and amaintenancc for himself and for the
partner of his bosom. In his _military ca-
reer he had gained victories, for which he
had received the tlmnlcs of the nation—but
only/thanks; now he was old and poor, yet
he murmured not, but manlully toiled on in
the station where Providence had placed
him. ‘

For years, the country had been wofully
misgoverned; a great Dutch magician from
Kinderhook, had, by his incantations, palsied
the industry of the nation, and the land was
full of complaints and suffering. The peo-
ple determined once more to have an’ honest
man for President, and the wise men as-
sembled together,and beihouglit themselves
of the old soldier on the banks of the Ohio,
and they sent out a paper to the people, ask-
ing thciu to choose him for their Chief Mag-‘
isti'ale,so that better timesmight come again.
And the people, with a mighty voice, decla-
red tlie old soldier President. His name
was WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON.

Well, in one short month, after he entered
the Executive mansion, the new President
died, and his widow was left poor and deso-
late. She went back to that quiet home, on
the banks of the Ohio, but the lover of her
youth, the husband of her maturity, the
staff and stay of her declining years was
gone,_and to that house, where charity had
never been found .wanting, where the latch-
string was always out, poverty waslnow zip-_
proaching. Then in the great Council of
the nation, it was proposed that small ap-
proprintion should be made for the benefit
of the widow‘ of the soldier-President.-
And the great men of all parties said Amen
to the proposition. But, in the Council was
one little man; and- he arose in his place
and made a speech; and it was a very long
and very bad speech ; and he told the great
men that it would be a very wicked thing
to give a few dollars .out of the national
treasury to. the aged, widow of the. patriot
President, and, from _Wh=|l. he said, it was
plain that he thought that thepoor-house‘
was a properresortfor her. But the great
menvlaughed him to scorn, and made the
appropriation, in spite of his speech and his
vote; and the people were ‘justly indignant
at him. And the name of thelittle man
vifas‘ FRANKLIN Pinncn. _ A ~

Now this story is true, and the_record ofit
is pi'eserve_d,in the archives of the nation.

 

The W/rig Spirit in ‘New 0rlea.ns.—The
Whigs of. New Orleans determined the oth-
er day to form- a Company, to, be called the
‘Scott Rangers.’ _ Accordingly a meeting
was held and the ball put in uiotion. With-
in twenty four hours, instead of a Company,
a BATTALION of _l00young men had enlisted
and at the expiration,of the third day the
‘Company’ had swelled ‘to a RE_GlMEN'l‘
of over 800l—-all ‘Rangers under Ihebanner
of Scott !»_, Hurrah for;Loui.-iiaua!

;_

Singular ‘Q ‘.flc_cide’nt.-—'l‘be’ revenue‘-cut-
ter Tan"ey was upset off Staten Island,_‘Tues- ‘
day afternoon, and four men ilrowne'd. The
New York Herald says, the cause of this
melancholy disaster, was, ‘what is termed a

1‘ streak” of wind, which travelled from ‘the

shore through the surrounding air in a dark“
and straight line, and actually struck the
doomed vessel. It was observed by some
p,ers,o_ns, on the Battery, and by gentlemen on
the steps of the barge office, to run like it dark
bariowards thesbip, and when the point
reacliedfrier, she almost iiirmediately sunk.
Man who have spent the beltey -"part of their
lives at sea, have met with noth-ing like it.
Captain Hagerty, in the Thomas Hunt, near
by,.experienced only mild winds at the same
moment, and the surrounding shore was
calm. ' ’

 

New York is, doubtless, the worst govern-
ed city in the country. \/Ve think that upon
the whole, property, and even life, are safer
in San Francisco than in New York. A
correspondenlof the Journal of Commerce
evidently thinks so, for he advises the forma-
tion ofvigilance committees on the plan" of
San Francisco, to "take into their own hands
the administration of justice, which the au-
thorities wholly neglect. Men are knocked
down in the streetsand robbed in broad day-
light, and the villians, if arrested, are likely
to be released by the Aldermen before they
are tried. The Journal of Commerce says:

“ Men of character and property, instead
ofatteuding the primary meetings and seeing
that honest and respectable citizens are nom-
inated for important offices, too often leave
thatimportant business to iowdies and grog-
bruiscrs, and the coiiseqiienccs -.irc—-such as
might be expected, and such as we now wit-
ness. A portion of the press, too, is very
much to blame for incalcating so much sym-
pathy for criminals, and so little for the vic-
tims of crime.”

 

“ The ‘Van; Goes Bravcly On.”

Whigs everywhere are coming; up to the
work with an‘ energy and dsterminaiiori that
leave no reasonable doubt of their success at
the approaching election. The heart of the
country is already alive with an enthusiasm
almost equal to that of the ever memorable
Harrison campaigu,and that enthusiasm will
contiuneto spread and deepcn until the last
hope of Lucofocoism has been extinguished.
The voice of discontent which for a time
came up from Georgia and M~.=issachiiseits,
has “grown Small by degrees and beautiful-
ly less,” until there is no more than the faint-
est murmur audible, amid the Whig thunders
which proceed from the lmmense Gatherings
at Niagara, at Wilmington, and Tompkins
Square. The ball is fairly in motion, and it
will roll on with increased and increasing
power until Scott and Graham have been
elected President and Vice President Of the
United States.—Tro_7/ VV/izg.

 

3@ Col. Taylor, of New York, between
fifty and sixty years of age, was drowned
on Friday afternoon, while fishing off New
Rochelle. He, with two other geotlcinen,
wt-tit out in :1 boat. and when in theact of
throwin;_r over the anchor, the boat was up-
setand Col 'l‘aylr/ir was drowned.

33:,-=' The Loco Focus have c:illed"!hcir
convention to nominate Presidential ‘Elec-
tors on the 15 b of September. It is to be
held in Hartford. «

 

8f'?'Fllc London Times, in commenting
upon the recent Democratic nomination for
Presideni oftlie United States, among other
things, says “that the popular electidii”
(meaning the Caucus balloting)“ has sudden-
ly raised a gentleman of New Hairipshirc of
wboui nothing was known in Europe till
yesterday, and who was known only in
America as a respected member ofthe Logis-
lature, to the exalted position ofcandidate of
the Democratic party for the Presidency of
the United states.

 

Important from l/Va.s/1.z'2i_.3'to7i.——The news
from Washington is, that despaichcs have
been received from Mr. Webster containing
assurances that the difficulties with Great
Britian relative to the Fisheries will be
promply and satisfactorily settled. The
British pretrnsions, as generally understood,
are disclaimed,il is said, and extend no further
than to that portion of the fishing grounds
where the British jurisdiction is undisputed.

(lg: Intelligence received at Boston from
South Africa reports that the Kaflirs are now
employing a Guerilla warfare, ‘and burn,
plunder, kill and destroy, wherever they can.
On the part of the English, the war has be-
oome one of extermination, no quarter being
given. '

 

Gold in large quantities and ofa superior
quality, has bean discovered in a region be-
tween Briiish Guiana and Venezuela. The
laboring classes have abandoned their occu-
pation in Dcmerara, and gone gold hunting.
An arrival of 250 Coolies at Demerara had
much releived the planters, who anticipated
trouble in getting hands for cultivation.

' fig;-By a late arrival, we learn that tran-
quility has been restored in Buenos Ayres. —
Some portions ofthe troops were disbanded.
The Congress had asscm bled at St. Nicholas,
40 leagues from Buenos Ayres, and the treaty
with the Brazillian government had been
ratified. At Rio Jam.-iro, a few cases of yel-
low fever had occurred here and there on
shore, but the shipping was free from fever.

‘ ‘Hurrah for Scott and Graham !’ said a
young VVbig the other day,to a half inebri-
at-3d Locofoco. The reply was ‘ H urrab
(file) for King and (liic)—-t/mt ol/rerfeller.’

 

{lg-.-4 Com. Perry has been‘ ordered to pro-
ceed to the fishing ground, in'a war steamer,
to'prctect the rights of our citizens there.

 

New Profiissorsliip at Yale Collcge.——We
understand that a Professorship of Civil En-
gineering has been established in Yal.e Col-

-lege, and Prof. ‘W. A. Norton, appointed to

it. ' Prof.’ Norton has held a slniilaraposition
at West Point, Delaware College and
Brown's U,niveisity. T

Scott is a dead letter in this county;

' ’ C03/ioclon. Democrat.
Like all other “dead letters," ‘he will be
sent straight to Washington. - . ..
Raleigh Register. V
» In P-ress.——‘-One of the London papers says
Jenny Lind -will soon publish a miniature edi-

 

,.

non of G0l(lSl;_l‘lmlLl,l’S ‘.Anin_ii}§§.jd ature !’

We print below llieispeecgh of Hon. 0'. S.
Seymour, delivered in the Houselof Represen-
tatives o'n the’ ‘.26tli ult., upon a proposed ainlenil-i
ment to the River and Hii'rbor bill appropriating

bors of Bridgeport and Nurwalk. --The speech
comes to us from the hands of Mr. Seymour‘
himself, and is good enough, so far as it- goos-
but we feel compelled to append to it a few
strictures upon the strange course, which that

‘gentlemen, in common with his party, adopt to-.

procure the passage of such appropriatiovn.s.—
The following is the speech : .

Mr. SEYMOUR, of Connecticut. moved to
amend the amendment by adding thereto the
following:

‘Also, for“ the improvement of the harbor of
Bridgeport, Connecticut, $6,000; also, for the
improvement oftlie harbor of Norwalk, Connect-
icut, $6000. '

Mr. S. said: Mr. Cliairman, I am prepared to
vote for a river and harbor bill properly framed.
and my impressions were in favor "of this bill
when it was first presented, but on exaniination
the details seems to me to be open to considera-
ble exception. It is true that the bill is less
monstrous than some of its predecessors, and the
committee are entitled to great credit in having
given us a bill which in, point of extent and
amount may be regarded as moderate and reas-
onable. But it strikes me that the principles
are erroneous upon which the committee have
distributed their appropriations. There are
two methods. entirely distinct the one froui the
other, upon which such a bill may be framed :-
lst. Such works only maybe embraced as are
clearly of general interest to the commerce of
the countr_r-—-woikr: which stand out prominent-
ly as'of common necessity for the Unioii—‘-works
to which Stateaiitliorily is manifestly and wholly
incompetent, and which are by iicccssity tlirown
upon the care and pati'on:ige of tlicGciieral Gov-
ernment. Of this character are the -improvc-
merits of the navigation of the Mississippi and
its great tributaries; a dozen States are inter-
cslcd in this navigation; no one State has the
iiccessary jurisdiction to make improvements.-
No one State can be singled out and called upon
to expend her money in improving a navigation
in which a dozeii other States have an equal iii-
tercst, and lrom wliich iuiprovcmeiil;-i,if made,
the other States will derive an equal bencfil.

Of this cliai'-.icler are also certain improve-
ments of harbors on the great lakes. Harbors
which are sotiglit to he improve-l, not for the
local benefit of the harbor itself, but tufuriiisli :1
:-xafc shelter to the commerce of whatever State
may nccd a retreat from the storm.

Of this character are also certain improve-
meals on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, the
Del-.i\\‘are brc:1l<\\°alcr, for instance, in _which the
cominci-cc, not only of those States, but of the
world, also, is inlereslcd.

The naval defense of the country may also re-
quire attention to some of the lake and ocean
harbors.

One mode, then, of fl'3\mll1_'_’,‘ a river and harbor
bill is, to select only these great objects, and to
cai'ry such a bill the appeal would be to our feel-
ings as A incricau citizens and to no local consid-
eration.-i, to our pride and patriotisin, not to our
sc-lfislmcss. Such a bill would be separated by
an iuimcrisurable distance from more works of
interiiational improvements. and would have to
contend with no constitutional scruples. Such
a bill, sir, the committee have not. in my judge-
ment, given us. W hen we come to read lhc bill

objects are ctribraccd which cannot be regarded
as of common interest and 'tional importance,"
in the sense I have liecn spcfiting of.

’l‘lie other principle and mode of framinga
bill is, to make it an omnibus, and to patronize
some small improvement in every’ State, and in
almost every Congressional district. Such a
bill may crawl thi-oiigli the House like the ani-
mal called a inillcped, I believe, for it will finda
motive power in every part of the body. I do
not say that such is the character of the hill we
have; a few States are whollyomittcd in the
hill; but if,tlic local inleri-stsof one hundred
Coi'igi'ession'.il districts are served,‘ that will be
sutlicient. to secure it passage, especially iflhose
who (liuw blanks this year are promised com-
pensatory pri7.c.s in the next bill. Pielievinu,
then, that this bill is framed upon the principle
ofattempting a (lislribulioii off.ivoi's,l have sub-
mitted my amendment, and in its behalf, I ap-
peal to the sense of _lll.sl.l(.‘.B of the House. The
bill :ippropi-iates ti';'l,:3<)0.0f)O, of \\‘l1l(‘-ll $6,000 is
for removing a rock in New Haven harbor, and
that is all which the bill gives to Connecticut —
The population of the State is, to that of the
Union, as six to 32-1. This bill gives us in the
proportion of six to fifteen hundred. The just
share of the Stale in an appropriation of $1,500,
000, is $28,000, instead of $0,000, and the
amendmciit,it ’adoptcd,will still fail to do us
full justice. ‘

The iiarbors of I-lridgeport and Norwalk were
presented to the consideration of the Committee
on Commerce, accompanied with careful sur-
veys and estiinales, and with favorable reports,
from the 'l‘opogi'apliical Bureau, and the im-
provements are vastly more mitional than most
oftlie objects embraced in the bill. The coin-
mittee liaviiig rejected the applications. my only
remedy is now by this appeal lo the House.

Both 1il'l(l‘_"Cp0I'l and N01‘\\'flll( are important
and growing places, with a rapidly int.-i'e-asing
trade, (foreign and domestic.) Iiirportziiit rail-
roads terminale at both their harbors, one of

the last year.

In reply to my complaint, that by this bill
Connecticut fails to receive her fair proportion,
l was told by my friend, the honorable cliairinan
of the committee. that Bridgeport may receive
something under a general appropriation. inclu-
ded in the bill for contingencies upon the Atlan-
tic coast. But the intcrest of Bridgeport in that
fund is too small and too contingent to be of any
account. '

Iftlie amendment which I have proposed be
adopted, one serious objection to the bi‘l|_will be
removed. It will, indeed,still be an omnibus
bill, and will einbi'ace many improvcinents
which strike me as being rather local than na-
tional. But the billby this amendment, and a
few others of like cliaracler, will be rendered
more just and equal than it now is. But if this
amendment shall be rejected, one method of
rendering the bill national isstill open——-that is,
to strike out all the appropriations that are
merely local. and tl.ic.rcb_v essentially reduce the
total amount of the appropriations. In this way,
perhaps, _tlie bill can be rendered acceptable by
confining‘ it to those important objects which
cannotbe effected by State authority, and which
must either be wholly neglected and abandoned,
or be prosecuted by the General Goverrimer.t.—
For such appropriations I desire to cast my vote.
It is of no importance whether the money is to

Lakes or on the Gnlfof Mexico. My interest in
such appropriations is not local‘ nor sectional,
out is American. It belongs to me as a citizen
of the‘Uiiitcd States, and not as a citizen of any
particular State. But iftliebillreinains immod-
ified. and I am compelled to vote upon it as it.
now stands, although it contains several appro-
priations ‘which I would gladly vote for, yet, as :1
whole, my vote must be against it. It the bar-
bors of Connecticut are excluiied.a:id other har-
bors, of no greater claims or merits, are provided
for, I shall be wanting to my duty as an bumble
representative of my constituents if I should fail
to protest and vote against the measure.’

_ [Here the hammer fell.]

' The question was then taken on the amend-
ment to the amendment, and it was rejected.

Now Mr. Seymourknowsifull well, that his
party are deadly in their opposition to allsuch
i_mprovem_ents, as he contemplates in the toi'e-
going speech. For years have the Whigs in
Congress been endeavoring to procure the pas-
sage of an enliglitened national River and
Harbor bill, and for years have they been de-
feated in their efforts bytlie unscrupulous op-
position of Loco Foco politicians. Mr. Sey-
Il]0ll|',‘WB doubt not, is attbis very time. doing
all he can _to ‘secure the election of Franklin
Pierce, than whom a more bitter opponent to
such amendments as the one proposed by Mr.
S‘., exists not in the country. ' Does our Rep-
resentative in Congress imagine that the people-
of -this vicinity-are-i gnoraut of these facts, or

Improvement of omaiu H:,Irlio'I'.-_
lded, bj'.'havi'i',i‘g ‘
fspeech. whicli-the maker of it knew while he

$6000. each for the improvement of the har--

scction by section, we shall find,l think, that '

which, at Norwalk, has been completed within‘

be expended on the Atlantic or Pacific, on the -

 

lictlfem 3!! Stupid as to be dell!-'

.do'es ihiagi’ ,
ltliiiawnto them nan sop. n -

was uttering it,-svould falLus idly as a passing
breeze ‘upon the‘“pi'econceive'd determination of
his own "puliticiill'lfiiiends, who, over and over
again, have voted down‘ evei-y-thing-of-therliind.

, and in their recent national co_~,vention have

avowed, as a pai'ty‘pi°inciple. hostility to such
improvements as those contemplated by tbs‘
amendment. ? However this may be, we can
assure Mr. Seymour that the people upon the
shore are well acquainted with the fact that
the only hope they can haveof obtaining such
appropriations asjuslice requ_ires, lies in the

a Whig asceiidency‘in' Congress, and theyaro
deterinined that so far as their vote: will go,
these results shall be accomplished. '

Fatal Rail:-oad‘Accident.j

The seven o’_clock train from New Haven to
New York, on Tliui's_day morning last, when a
few miles this side ofNew Haven’. came in con.
tact with it large ox. The cow-catclier attach-
ed to the engine threw it aside, but in such I.
‘position that it instantly rolled back upon the
track mid struck the baggage cai : thereby
throwing it, togethei; with a passenger car-from
the track. Mr. ‘Epliriam Dennis, baggage
master, on hearing the signal whistle, stepped
out upon the platform to man the brake. As
he did so, the platform ofthe cars came in col.
lision, crushing him in a shocking manner and
instantly causing his death. He wasabrotlier
of S. E Dennis. Conductor, was formerly from
New Bedford, Wass., and about 27 years ofage.
A German je\veliy pedlar, named Mayer. had
his shoulder badly bruised, and was othei'w?|e
injured. Ma_\-‘er and the remains of Mr. Don-
nis were immediately taken back In New‘ Ha-
ven. Fortunately the passengers, with the ex-
ception of Mayor, escaped uninjured. The
baggage and one passenger car were badly bro-
ken, and the wreck upon the track caused some
delay of the regular trains.

Horrible Confession.

The confession made by the elder of the two
Skupinskis, now under sentence of death for
the murder ofthe pedlnr boy Lehman, that he
had set fire to thirty houses, and committed
eighty murders, and which confession the mur-
derer afterwards denied, turns out to be true.
Both brothers aclmowledged it to be so. Mat-
thias the elder, also confesses murdering Leh-
man, but exculpates his brother. He was hung
Friday loreiioon last, acknowledging that his
sentence was just, and apparently resigned to
his fate. - -

Attempted Murder.

VVe learn, that on Friday week. at North-
ville, a village of New Milfortl, a man by the
name of Major Howes, belonging to Bcthlem.
attempted to kill a school teacher. by the name
of Miss Marilla Buck. She had dismissed him
and he was irritated at the change in her feel-
ings. He attacked her in her school room and
stabbed her in the tliroat. five times. ‘with’ u
jack-knife. fler wounds are_gconsidercd.dan-
gerous. _He afterwards attempted to 0ll'_0\'Il)
himself, but was resuscitated, and c_arried up
to Litchfield jail.

Fearful Announcement.

“ The Gazette, like Gun. Scott, may pre-
pare itself for a fire in the rear-.”—Democrat.

\Ve are alarmed. We shall be obliged to
“swear the peace" against our neighbor. We
believe he means something. We remeiuber,
that one bright moonlight night, in our boyish
days, just as we were emerging from a water
melon patch, with the spoils. under our arms,
we were astonished by a “fire in our, rear,”
and from that time forth we have eschewed
petty larcen_v. But the Democrat man is load-
ing his blunderbuss, and threatens us with an
infliction of the same kind. Well, we fire re-
signed. and will only give our friend a timely
wai'uing—-b.eware that your gun don't burst, or
that you meet not the fate of the sportsman.
who, upon firing at a duck and being himself
laid prostrate by the recoil of his weapon, ox-
claimed, as he arose and glanced at the bird
pursuing its course unliurt, “ by ‘thunder! old
(luck, if you had had 2113/ end of thegun, you'd
have been deadeiiough l” I .

 

_Austen, _ .
The Dagueri'eotypist, has replenished his stock
of cases, plates aml other materials, and with
his skill as an artist, acquired by many years’
experience, sky-liglit window, polishing mn-
cbines, and other facilities not usually possessed
by the craft. is prepared‘to take Likenesses in
a style a little superior to anything lieretofore
known in this neigliborhooil. Mr. A.spares'no
pains or expense in availing himself of all the
improvements which from time to time are
made in the art, and the visitors that daily
throng his rooms bear witness that his efforts
are appreciated.

Yale College. ' P’ .
-The class which graduated last week‘ Wll
about ninety. _The degree of LL. D. was
conferred upon the Hon. Henry Bai'naid._o£
Hartford, and on Cliief.l ustice Church, ofLitcl1-
field. Tliat_ofA. M. on 4'2 in course. ‘The
new degree ofBacheloi' of Philosophy wantin-

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Ladies’ Wrea-till‘, for August‘-I-ah good
No. of one of the best moiithlies, for the price.
in the cou'nti'y-. - '1‘h"e character of the reading

- matter is decidedly ‘superior to m’a'ny"o,f_ the

more expensive magaziiaes.: Furnished by E.
E. Knapp at $1 per annum. . ‘ _
If The Democrat complains of the _c_ouI'_so
pursued by us, in regai_'d to the ' discussiniilof
the platforms. We quote a portion of his re-
ply to oiii"ofi'er, verbatim, as it appeared in his
‘issue of Jiiiy 24:11.] ‘ j’ ' jf , ._ _ 1
‘.‘Fire away old hossl When we see your
_/i~rs£ article in print we can iurlge better wheth-
er it-is wort/Ly-of--a. place in our columns.’-’ -" '

could p_ui's_ue any other course,after.this', than
the one we have pursued,'i.._e.,‘ to discuss" the
platforms in our own. columns, and'let,.'_tho

,Deinocrat make the best of it in'hetl1er lieut-

Htac ks us in fronlor. rear. W e shall imrsne.-the
even tenor of our way, and -trouble our'readei‘e
as, little as possible \vith~‘tbe*Democrat’ 
tor.‘ ' " ‘:"“'

‘election of Gen. Scott. and the restoriitlonef ,

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