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Peace. ’ I
Be it enacted by the Senate ant.
Hausc of .Represcntatz'vves'- 'm G€j71f_7“l
Assembly convened .'
Sec. 1. That the officer before whom
a Justice of the Peace is qualified _shall
transmit a certificate declaring the fact
to the Clerk of the CountyaC9.l1l't f0F.’ll1e
county in which said Justice of the
Peace" resides, which said certificate
shall be sufficient authority for the Clerk
to certify that said Justiceis qualified"
according to law.
See. 2. This Act shall take effect
from and after its passage.
Approved June 28, 1854.
curtrriait Lxrr.
An Act relating to Justices of the Peace.
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened : _ ’
Sac. 1. That whenever any justice of
the peace before whom a suit has been
brought or may be pending, shall die be-
‘fore final judgment is rendered by him
in such suit, it shall be the duty of any
other justice of the peace in the same
town, who would have been legally qual-
ified to act in such casehad such suit
been originally brought before him, upon
application of the plaintiff in such suit.
to take the files and records pertaining
to such case. and proceed thereon with
the same power and authority and in the
same manner as if the said cause had
originally been brought before him; and
he shall, upon such - application of the
plaintiff in said suit, issue a citation to
the adverse party to appear before him at
a time and place In said citation speci.
fied, to answer to said suit, and show
cause why judgment should not be_r-.-n-
dered against him therein. V
See. 2. And said citation shall be by
some proper officer served upon such ad.
verse party at least six days before the
time specified in said citationfor such
hearing.
And if such adverse party shall fail to
appear at the time and place so specified
judgment shall be by said justice render
ed against him by default.
Approved June 28, 1854.
CHAPTER Lxnr.
An Act to secure to the several towns of
this State Justices of the Peace.
Be it enacted by the Senate and
Ilouse of Representatives in General
Assembly convened .-
That whenever the office of any Jus-
tice of the Peace, in any town of this
State, shall become vacant by failure to
elect, or by death, resignation or other-, ,
wise ; or whenever any person,‘ elected
to said office, shall neglect or refuse to
take the oath required by law, for a pe-
riod of more than ninety days after said
election, his said office shall be deemed
vacant and said town shall have the
power to fill said vacancy at any meet-
ing legally warned and held forthat pur-
pose. -
Approved June 7, 1854.
CHAPTER" Lxiv.
An Act in addition to an act entitled
“An Act to secure to the several
towns in this State, Justices of the
Peace, passed at this session of the
Geceral Assembly. .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives in General Assem-
~ bly contxened .-
The act to which this is an addition
shall not take effect, or go into opera-
tion until the 4th day of June, 1855.
Approved July 1, 1854,
CHAPTER Lxv.
An Act ceding to the United States the
Jurisdiction over a Lot of Land there-
in named, and relinquishing the title
and ceding jurisdiction over certain
other lands.
VVnsits.is, The Congress of the United
States, by an Act approved March 3d,
A. D. 1853, authorizing the erection
of one or more beacon lights in the
Connecticut River, below Middletowu,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives in General Assem-
bly convened ,-
SEO. 1. That the Governor of this
State be and he hereby is authorized
and directed to cede to the United States
the jurisdiction of this State over a cer-
tain piece of land to which the United
States have acquired a title. lying and
being in the town of Saybrook on the
westerly side of Connecticut River nor-
therly from the dwelling-house of Capt.
Joseph Post, sometimes called “Devil's
Wharf,” and is bounded and described
as follows, to wit: Nottherly by the
clianrtel bank of said River, Easterly by
tide water, Southerly by the main land,
and Westerly by tide water, by deed of
clession under his hand and the seal of the
State, reserving to this State the right
of serving and executing, within the lim-
its of said lot, all civil and criminal pro-
cess. -' -
Sac.-. 2. The Governor of this State is
hereby further authorized and directed,
by deed under his hand and the seal of
the State, to relinquish to the United
slates. the title ofthis State in and to any
lands in the Connecticut River, belong‘-
ing to this_State, not exceeding one acfc
in the ,whole,that may be selected, by an
auth0‘.‘_iz_ed officer of the United States,
for._the_site or sites of such beacon lights
authorized as aforesaid, and approved bv
the "Governor. Provided always that
the foregoing shall be applicable otily to
stroll lands as shall be selected and ap-
p‘ro'ved' as aforesaid, and a survey there-
of, describing thelocation and boundaries,
with such approval endorsed thereon, he
filed in the office of the Secretary of the
State, and by him recorded. -
Sec. 3. That whenever the United
States shall hereafter have acquired the
title to any lands in the Connecticut
River below Mid_dletown, for the purpose
of erecting" such beacon lights thereon;
either from this State as herein before
provided, or in any other lawful way,
then the Governor of this State i_s hereby
authorized and directed to cede to the
United States the jurisdiction of this
State over such lands, by deed of cession,
under lus hand and the seal of this State,
Will! the same reservation mentioned in
the first section of this act,
Approved, June ]_6, 1854,
CHAPTER LXVI,
mixsiréfipat for the Defense of Liberty in
Be it enacted by the Senate and Home
gfigfgsengatzves zn General Assent-
y me : *
Sec. 1, Every person who shall false.
ly and maliciously. declare, rgpteseh; or
mfltealdl, of atqy jutjfge, c?|nl[nj51g]j'onep-’
ars a, or o ter 0 cero tie nited
States, that any. free person, entitled to
freedom is a slave or owes service or la-
bor to any person or persons, with intent
to ' - - -
lhe[);$:3clli:fie0:eI'C;‘:l"(I lorfassistiinf procuring
_ a o suc r ree. erson
“'01” ""5 Slate. asa slave shall gay a
fine of five thousand dollarzs, and "be im.
g';‘;“i‘)‘£_s%"’l9 Years in the Connecticut
I . '
SEC. 2. In all cases arising under this
act, the truth of any declaration reI,,.e_
sentation, or pretence, that auy’personi
being or fiavlng‘_been in this State is or
or labor to any other person or pt‘rS0l1Si
Sllilll-_l)0l. be deemed proved except by
the testimony of at least two inedible
witnesses testifying to facts (llt‘e£_lly
tending to establish the truth of such
declaration, pretense or l‘epre5clltflLl0lL
St-:c, 3, Every person who shall
wrougfully'fand malicio'usl‘.y'seizc Lfi_‘,.‘1l'0-
cure to be seized any free person entitled
to freedom, with intent to have such free
person held in slavery, shall paya fine
of five thousand (lollajrs and be imprison-
ed five years in the Connecticut State
Prison.
SEO. 4. Upon the trial of any prose-
cution arising unde‘r.this. act, no deposi-
tion shall be adruitted as evidence of the
truth of any sfa‘lem‘eiit‘ius-ucli deposition
contained.
Ssc. 5. If upon the trial of any pros-
ecution arising under this Act any wit.-
ness shall, in behalf of the party accused.
and with intent to aid him iuhis defense;
falsely, arid wilfully, in testifying l‘f?l“"3'
sent or pretend, that any person is or
ever was a slave, or does or 8W!‘ dld
owe service or labor to any Person 01'
persons, such witness shall P3)’ 1‘ film of
five thousand dollars, and be imprisoned
five years in the Conner.-licut State
Prison.
SEC. 6. \Vlieuever complaint or infor-
mation Shall be made against any person
for any offense described in a.ny section
of this Act, and upon such complaint or
information, a warrant shall have been
duly issued for the arrest ofsuch person,
any person who shall hinder or obsfijuct
a sheriff, deputy sheriff or constable’ in
the servlce of such warrant, or shall aid
such accused person in escaping front the
pursuit of such officer, shall be imprison-
ed one ycar in the Couuectic-.ut State
Prison.
SEC. 7. No claim, declaration, pre-
tence or representation that any person
is or was an apprentice for a fixed term
of years or owes or did owe service mere-
ly as such apprentice for slich fixed
term, shall be deemed prohibited by this
Act; and no such declaration, pretence
or representation that any person is or
was such an apprentice for such fixed
term, shall be liable to any penalty under
this Act.
Approved, June 30, 1854.
CHAPTER Lxvn.
An Act relating to the sale of Miuor’s
Land
Be it enacted by z/rc Senate and Ifousc
of Representatives in General Assem.-
bly comzcnerl :
1. That wlienever an estate in
fee simple has beenor shall be devised
ton Minor, and such device shall have
placed the same in the hands of Trus-
tees during the minority of srtid Minor,
the Court of Probate in the District in
which such devise was proved, may, on
application of such Trustee order the
sale of such estate or any part thereof,
if a sale would best promote the interests
of said Minor, and may empower said
Trustee or some other meet person, to
make sale of said estate under the order
of said Court; Pmvirlccl always, that
said devise shall not contain a prohibition
of sale by said Trustee.
SEC. 2. Such appllcalloll [for] order
of sale, and sale shall be made and pro-
ceeded with in the manner provided in
the 43d, 46th, and 49th Sections of an
Act entitled “ An Act concerning the
Domestic Relations.”
Approved, June 24th, lS5.f,
CHAPTER Lxvlil.
An Act regarding the properly of minors
residing out of this State.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Ho2¢.9c
qfRep)'ese7zzalz"vcs in General Assem-
bly comzencd .'
Sec. 1. That whenever any executor,
administrator, guardian, or trustee, holds
in his hands the personal estate, money
or funds belonging to any heir, legatec
or ward, under the age of twenty-one
years, and being an inhabitant of anoth-
er of the United States and 1'esiding_
therein, such personal estate, money or
funds, may be delivered over ‘and paid
or transferred to the legal guardian or.
trustee of such minor, appointed under
the authority of the State where such
minor resides and belongs, and having
by the laws. of the State, power and au-
thority to control the property of his
ward.
SEC. 2. VVheuever such guardian is
desirous to receive such property, money,
or funds, he shall file his applicatihn in‘
the probate court where the will IS prov-
ed, ndminist-ration is granted, or the ap-
pointment of the guardian, or trustee is
made, asking said Court to direct the
delivery or payment of the tninor’s prop-
erty, uioney or funds to such guardian
of another state, and deposit in said court
:1 copy of his appointment under the au-
thority of such state, and the certificate
of the court making such appointment,
shall be certified couformably to the acts
of Congress relating to the certification
ofjudicinl proceedings between oueslate
and another; and, also, that such guard-
ian has power by the laws of the slate
where he is appointed to control the es-
tate of his ward; and such court of pro-
bate upoti such application shall have‘
power to direct or refuse such payment.
SEC. 3. The executor, administrator,
guardian or tr'.islcc under such applica-
tion aml the order of the probate court,
shall have full power to pay over the
sums so directed to such foreign goat-d.
ian, and shall take his receipt or
zickuowledgcmctzt of such payment, and
cause the same to be recorded in the pro.
bate court together with his return untlcr
oath, of such payment; and such deliv-
ery paymcut. or t_rausfer of. the miuor’s
property Sllnll discharge said guardian
from all future liability for the property
and funds so dc-li_vered and paid over.
$120. 4. The respective courts of Pro-
bate shall have power to direct. the guar-
dian to pay over all the annual income
of a miuor’s property residing in another
slale 0"“ W11‘! thereof, to be applied to
.”“~“ ‘“”“‘"= or education of such minor
In the Stale, where he or she rcsit_lI:s.
SE?‘-, 5- rlllio‘ act shall not affect any
pl‘0v|slOll made by any ,eS,,,,o,. ,.e,,,,,,,,,
to the custody, investment or pt-ore-,-tioh_
of any property of any m;,,,,,._
Approved, June 28, 1854,
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CHAPTER. LXIX_
An Act for Forming and Conducting the
Military Force.
, CHAPTER I.
Be it _ enacted by the Senule and
Assembly can vemd .-
All able-bodied white male cititizcns
between the ages of eighteen and forty-
flve 3"?‘-"'8, residing in this State, and not
e§e"'Pl9d by the laws of the United
States, shall be subject to military duty
iirfunc of war or iiisurrectioti, Jexcept
ministers and. preachers of the gospel, li-.
cfinsed lfllyslciaus and surgebtis while
"5: supernumerary,
persons who have been or may llereaflef
be legally discharged, in consequence of
their performance of military duty, rh
pursuance of any law of this Siate;_
Geileral, Field, Cor_nu1i_s_sio_ned Officejs
who shall have served as such in the mi:
li_t.ia of this State or in any other of the
.01‘ by legal evidence equivalent thereto. ~-
House of Repres¢entat2"t.'es in General’
Commissioned Officers who shall have
been ful_ly armed and equipped, and per-
formed active service in_i,the’militia for‘
five years, and have been honorably dis-
charged; every person who, having ‘oe,el1
enrolled as a volunteer, and havitig equip-
ped liimself with the prescribed uniform.
slialliliave perforttied military tluty|in ac-
cordance with the provisions of this act,
or of any previous act for the (grill Of
seven yea.-_.~; Judges of the Superior and
C0,,,,,,, C,.,",.fs and of Probate; Clerks of
con,-,5, cities and Towns; Sheriffs,
members of the Senate and House of
Repr,-5et1tztti\'GS, with thrir attending of-
ficers. for the time being; the State Treas-
urer, Sec_retary, Comptroller, and Com-
mis.=ioner of the School Fund, with their
Clerks; Officers and attendants of. the
Anierican Asylum and Deaf and Dumb;
of the State and County Prisons; Offi-
cers and Attendants of the Retreat. for
the Insane and of public Hospitah.
SEC. 2. It shall be the ditty at’ the As-
sessors of the sever-,al_ towns, to cause
the names of all able-bodied white male
citizens, between the ages of eighteen
and forty-five years, residingiu their res-
pective towns, to be enrolled alphabet-
ically iu a book to be kept for that pur-
pos_c at the Town Clerk’s Office. b€l\‘v"39'l
the tenth of October, and the first of De-
ocmher in each year, and annually on or
before the fifth of December to make at
the Adjutant General of the
number of persons whose. liaiucs shall
have been regisLCl'€d. "5 35”‘-"°‘“d; “ml
there shall be allowed the Assessors. Out
of the Tre:t.=.ury of the State. the sum of
three cents for each name so recorded ;—
and if anv assessor shall refuse or lieg-
lect to perform the duty required by this
act, he shall forfeit to the State not less
than fifty, or more than hundred dollars.
Sec. 3. All parents, guardians, tavern-
keepers, or persons wl keep boarders,
or who have men iti their employment_
upon their being required by an assessor
of the town in which they reside, shall
give to such assessor a true account of
their sons or wards, or of the men board-
with them, or in their employment, and
their names if known; and ifuny person
shall neglect to comply with the require-
ments of this section, he shall forfeit the
sum of ten dollars, to be recovered action
of debt, in the name of the Treasurer of
this State.
SEC. -1-. No person shallbc enrolled by
the asst-ssol's as an able-bodied man, who
is known to have any disability which
would inc:-tpacitate him for the perform-
8.l'l(:e of military duty, such as mental
imhecility, great deformity of body or
limb, permanent lameness, loss of air eye
blindness, total or partial deafness, epi-
lepsy, hernia, loss of a thumb or finger,
permanent feehleness of’ body or limb,
and other manifest disability.
SEC. 5 it shall be the duty of said as-
sessors, annually at the time of assessing
taxable property of their several towns,
and in the same lists, to assess upon all
persons, enrolled in the militia as afore-
said, except minors, members of the ac-
t.ive militia, and persons exempted from
u.ilifm'y duty bv the provisions of this
act, :1 tax of fiflyceuts each; distinguish-
ing said tax in their assessment, as a tax
in commutation of military duty; and
said tax shall be collected in the same
manner as,is by law provided for the col-
lectiou of town taxes.
" Cl-IAPTER. II.
Of the Orga'n.t':‘atian of the Military.
0. 'l‘lie active militia in time of
peace shall be composed of present Gen-
eral and Field officers in commission.
with their respective staff, and their suc-
cessors ; together with all legally organ-
ized com'pnuies,_and such other officers
and corps as may be duly authorized and
organized under orders from the Corn-
mauder-iu-Cliief; and in time of war or
iusurrectiou,, the Commander-in-Chief
may organize from the inactive militia,
such companies as he may deem neces-
sary to defend and maintain the safety of
the State. ' '
Sac. 7. The officers of the militia shall
be a Commauder-in-Chief, a Major-Gen-
eral. Brigadier-Generals, Adjutant-Genet
al, Quartermaster-General, Commissary-
G-eneral, Postmaster-Getieral,| Colonels,
Lieutenant Colonels, Majors, Captains,
Lieutenants, and such other officers, as
shall be hereinafter namcd.
SEC. 8. The Governor shall be Com
tuandvr-in-Chief of the militia of the
State.:except wheu'called into the _scr-
vice of the United States.
SEC. 9. The Major-General shall be
appointed by the General Assembly, and
shall be commissioned by the Common-
der-iu-Chief; but whenever the office
of Major-General shall become vacant
during the recess of the General Assem-
bly; such var.-:.uc.y shall be filled, for the
time being by appointment of-the Coin-
mauder-in-Chief.
Sec. 10. The Adjutant-General, who
shall bavegthe rank of Brigadie r.sh:tll be
appointed and commissioned by the com-
mander-in-Cliief, and with his approba-
tion thc Adjutant-General may appoint
an Assistant with the rank of Captain,
and may remove such assistant at his
pleasure.
Size. ll. The Quartermaster General,
the Commisary-General,- and the Pay-
masler G-oiieral, shall be appointed by
the Senate, upon the nomination, of the
Commander-in-Chief and upon his rec-
onnncndafion may be removed from their
offices, respectively by the Senate. The
Quartermaster General, and the Coin-
missary General, shall each have the
rank oi‘ 'f.ie.-tttreiirillt Colouel,aiid the-. pay-
nmstcr Gt-ncral shrill have the rank of
Major. If eitlicr of said office.- shall be-
come vacant during the recess of the
General Assembly, such vacancy shall
be filled by the Commander-in-Chief, and
the person so appointed shall lioldhis of-
fice until the session of the General as-
sembly next after such appointmeut.—
The Quartermaster General, and the
ComuiissnryGeneral, may appoint, with
the approbation of the Commander in-
chief, one or more assistants, for whose
r-rport to
slblc; and whom they
pleasure.
SEC. 12. The Commander in chief
shall appoint for himself two Aids-de.
camp, who shall have the rank of Lieut-
enant Colonel. The Major General shall
appoint for himself two Aids dc camp,
and a Division Quarter Masser,‘each
with the rank of Major, also a Division
Inspector, with the rank of Lieutenant
Colouel. Each Brigadier General shall
.appoiut for himself one Aid ‘dc camp and
one Brigade Quarter ninster, each with
the rank of captain; also a BrigadeIn-
may remove ‘sit
Ispeclor with the rank of Major. to serve
"l~‘° “*5 Brigade Major. Each colonel
film” “P,P0ih'- for his regiment, an engi-
neer, wuh the rank of captain, an atlju.
rant, Quarter master and Paymaster, each
“Hill the rank of Lieutenant; achaplain
.5‘"'3°°"- A-““3e°"'°' male. B'|3‘g88lll Major
Quartermaster sergeant, drum ‘major,
Fife major and trumpet major, all wnich
appointments shall be published in ofdefg:
SEC. 13. Whenever the office of Brin-
adier General shall become vacant lfy
tlealli, discliarge or otherwise, the ‘Com.
rnander in chief shall issue an order to
such officer -as he may designate, belou-'
ging to the Brigade iit which such va-
cancy exists, directing such officer to as-
.-,---uu. ,
conduct they shall be rcspectivelyrespon-A
_daries of which shall be the same as
time and place as he may 'a"p_point ; and
wheu so assembletlto lead them’ to the
nomination of a Brigadier jGeiie‘ral by’
ballot, and tnake relnrii of salt! meeting. .
to the Adjutant. General. And when
any vucaticy shall occur in‘ “the office of
field officers of any regiment by death.
discharge or any ‘other cause, the coni-
mander in chief shall issue an order 10
such general or field officer, belonging to
the regiment or brigade in which such
vacancy exists, as he may tlesigtiate, di-
recting such officer to assemble the field
and commissioned officers of such regi-
ment, at such time and place as he may
appoint; and when so assembled they
shall proceed to nouiiuale, by ballot, such
officers as the order shall specify;
and if any vacancy shall occur in the
field-officers of said regiment, in conse-
quence of said choice, such presiding of-
ficers shall proceed, iti the same manner
to fill such vacancy, and make relufll Of
the order, with his doings endorsed there-
on to the Adjutant General. In all on-
ses when a meeting of officers is to be
held for the purpose aforesaid, a notice,
specifying l.hc time and place of such
meeting, shall be considered a legal no
lice, if addre.-:sed by mail to the person
to be notified, at least ten days previous
the day of such meeting, by the person
designated to preside at the same.
Sac. 1-1. All company, cotumissionod
and non coiuruissioued officers, shall be
chosen by their respective companies,
the coniuiandiug officer first cntisitig no-
tice to be given to llioseerititlcd to vote,
that he is about to lead them to the chief
of such officers; provided, however, that
if any company, after having been twice
ordered for the choice of conimissioned
officers, shall, at the expiration of three
days froui the second time of their being
so ordered out, be destitute of connois-
sioued officers, either in whole or in part
the cotnmaudtnent. of the regiment to
which such company is attached, may
nominate to the commanding officer of
the brigade to which said rcgitrieut bc-
longs, suitable persons to fill all vacati-
cies then existing among the comuiis-
sioned officers of ,_such Company ; and
if such nominations sl.-al be appro-
ved 1)) said commandment of brig-
ade, the person so nominated and ap-
proved, may -be commissioned by the
Commander in chief. Said command-
meut of regiment shall also, at his tlis-
cl‘LIl0ll, grant warrants to each person
who may be elected sergeant or corporal
by any company under his command ;-—
and if any company shall fail to elect all
the warrant officers necessary for said
company, according to the provisions of
this act, he may issue ti warrant to such
member ofsuch company as he may deem
proper; and said commandment shall
further have power to reduce to the
ranks any non commissioned offit-cr at-
tached to his regiment, whom, on com-
plaint mode and due notice given, he
shall find guilty of misconduct or neglect.
of duty.
Sec, 15. VVhenever the couiuiissioned
officers of any brigade, regiment, or corn-
pauy,shall fail to make choice ofa Briga-
dier Geueral, Colonel, Lieutenant Colo-
uel or Major, or of all such officers, the
Commander-in-chief may fill the vacan-
cy or vacancies in such manner as he
may deem proper, and he may grant
commissions to any and all per;-:ous who
may be duly elected or appointed to of-
fice in any brigade, regiment or compa-
ny: pmvz'dcd,tliat if the General Assem-
bly, to which the returns of elections
shall be made, shall disapprove the same
the commission or commissions so grati-
ted shall become void after such disappro-
val ; and all officers commissioned in pur-
suance of this act shall take rank from
the day of their respective elections or
nominations.
Sec. 16. The commanding officer of
any company, when so ordered, shall call
out his company for the choice of a cap-
lain or subalterns, and may call out his
company for the choice of non com-
missioned officers at any time in the year.
SI-:c. 17. The return of commissioned
officers elected in any company shall be
forthwith made to the Adjutant General,
and a duplicate of the same to the coin-
mander of the regiment to which such
company is attached; and if within ten
days after such election there shall be no
objections or remontranec, commissions
may be grained as aforesaid.
Sec.18. Every remonstraiice against
granting conimis.-;ions to officers
chosen during the recess of the gen-
eral Assembly, shall be referred to the
Major General, if of the grade of a gen-
eral or field officenand if under the grade
of a field officer, to the Brigadier Gener-
al commanding the brigade in which the
election was held. who, after having first
given notice to all persons interested,
shall bear and decide in the matter of
the said choice, and if found illegal, shall
order a new election.
SEC. 19, The resignafioii of the Ma-
jor Generul shall be made to the Geller-
al Assembly; the resignation of general
and field officers shall be made to the
Commander in chief; the resignation of
the commissioned officers of the several
companies shall be made either to the
Major General or to the Brigadier Gen-
eral commanding the brigade to which
the officer belongs; -ihe resignation of all
other officers shall be made to the ollicers
frotu whom they shall have respectively
received their commissions and \V:lrl':lll'.S
and upon the acceptance of ltlicjr resig-
nation, the oflicees making the same shall
be discharged from their respective offi-
ces; providcd, that all the commission-
ed officers of any company shall not be
discharged until one or more successors
shall have been dilly elected and com-
missioned,
SEC. 20. All general officers and their
staff, the Adjutant General, the Quarter
Master General, the Commis.-tiry Geller-
al, and all Field Officers, Adjunuils, and
Quarter Masters, shall do duty on horse-
back; Cbaplains,‘ Payrnasters, and Stir-
geons, Sergeant, Majors, and_Qua.-to,-.
master Sergeants, may, on days of gener-
al revrew appear on horseback; and alloth-
er officers shall do duty on foot,t-xcept the
officers of the cavalry and horse ari.l't ry.
Si-:c_ 2|. The State shall constitute
one military division district, which shall
be comuianded by a Major Geuerail, and
shall be subdivided into two brigades,
each to he commanded by a Brigadier
General, and constituted as follows, viz;
The counties of Hartford, New London
Tollaud, and Windham, shall constitute
the first brigade district-
'l.‘lie counties of New Haven, Lll(.‘lI-
lield, Middle.-sex, and Fairfield shall coit-
:-titufe the second brigade district.
SEC. 22. The State shall be divided
into eight regimental districts, the boun
the
boundaries of the respective comics in
the State, which said boundaries may, at
any time. be altered by the Commander-
itt Chief, at his discretion; and eachregi-
meul. shall be under the command ofone
Colonel, one Lieutenant Colonel, and
one Major, and shall be composed of
such companies as are dilly organized,
under orders from the cotntuunder in chief
or such as shall be organized by him,
"and he may organize such other compa-
nies as he may judge proper and he may
also organize a Band of Music for
.tnt,3,:r'r"il,,)v:rs. ‘
.23.l'I‘lic Commander iuclucf sliall
Oil}; ‘eacli company, wginicnt and br.g-
ftde, to be nuinberetl in such uiannet as
he shall f,'lt'(;‘jl) proper, and best culcul:t-
ted to secure uniformity, each company,
rcgimement, mu] brigade shall be ltixowli
by its number and designation, \\'lIl('.ll
shall be regi=‘tt:rc(l in the Adjutant
General’s office.
Sac. 24. To every company there
shall be one captain, one first, one sec-
oiul one third Lieuleuaut,four sergealits,
and four corporal.-‘, three musicians, and
not exceeding si.7;ty;faur privates.
Sec. 2-5. Non-commissioned officers
shall be chosen from the members of the
company to which they belong, or from
peI'~:0IL~‘ not members of other military
companies, and the musicians not excee-
ding three in number, shall be appointed
by the commandment of each company.
SEC. 27. The Commander in chief is
hereby fttlly authorized and empowered
to dishaiul any military company or band
as the interest of the militia in his opin-
ion, may require; to discharge couiu-.is-
sioncd and non-coinuiissioned Ollicers,
and all other persons who have perfor-
med the duty required by this Act, or
who, from inconipetcncy or either cause
have failed to perform their duty ; to the
_Major General and Brigadier Gctieruls
che power to discharge officers and other
person.-‘, and generally to exercise all the
powers necessary to carry into full effect
the provisions of this Act.
CHAPTER Ill.
Of xlm/..r, Armoritzs, and bgtulpriterzts.
SEC. 27. The Quartermaster General
shall furnish, to the subject to the orders
of the Coniuntntler in chief, necessary
arms and equipments suited to the par-
ticular companies or corps belonging lo
each regiment, required for field or camp
duty, and all camp equipage necessary
for rcgituemal or brigade cucamprncnts,
at the expense of the State; and it shall
be the duty of the Comptroller to draw
his warrant on the Treasurer for the
amount expended by the Quartermaster-
General in the purchase of such neces-
sary arms, equipments, and camp equi-
page. The commanding officer of each
company shall be responsible for the safe-
keeping and return of all arms and equip-
ments committed to his churge,:tud shall
require. froiu time to time; and no
company shall be so furnished until bonds
for the safe-keeping and return of all
arm s and equipments shall be executed
and approved by the Quarferniastt-r Gen-
eral, nor until 0. suitable armory shall be
under the charge and control be selected
for their deposit. Such armory shall be
under the charge and control of the com-
ruautling officer of the company occupy-
ing the same; and such commanding of:
fiU€I' shall cause all arms and equipments
received from time to time, for the use of
his company, to be deposited therein.—
The conimaiidingc-.flicer of each company
shall appoint a suitable person lo take
charge of the armory and of all arms,
equipments, and other property of the
State deposited therein, and to discliarge
all such duties connected therewith as
shall be, frotn time to titnc, prescribed
by the Quartermaster General, and the
Quzirtermasfcr General shall, from time
to time, make such orders and regula.
tious as he may deem proper for the ob-
servance of all officers having charge of
any armory or gun house, in which arms
of the State shall be deposited ; and any
person who shall wilfully injure such ar-
niory or gun house, or. its fixtures, or
any gun, sword, or pistol, orother prop-
erty of the State therein deposited, shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor.
SEC 28. It shall be the duty of the
brigade major of the respective brigades
annually in the month of October or No-
vember to carefully inspect the armories
and gun-houses of the compaliles belong-
ing to their brigades, and also the l'ootns
occupied by regimental bands; and on
or before the first day of December to
make a full report to the Quartermaster
General of the condition of the same, and
of the number of arms and equipments
of the State, deposited in such aruiorics
and gun houses; and such brigade ma-
jors shall be allowed nitie cents per mile
for all necessary travel in the perform-
ance of such duties; and in case eitlu.-r
of the Brigade majors, by reason of rick-
ncss or other cause, shall fail to comply
with the provisions of this section, it shall
be the duty of the Brigedier G»-sneral of
the brigade to which such oflioers is at-
tached, to appoint some other suitable
person to perforui said duty, who shall
be entitled to the same compensation
therefor as is provided for Brigade Mu-
jors.
Sec. 29. VVlienever colors shall be
\Va|1l.lll:_!, in any regime-lit, they shall be
furnished by the Quarterniaster-General,
with the approbation of the Couiuiande.r-
in-Chief, upon application being made
for that purpose by the coniuiziuder of the
regiment. ‘
Sec. 30. Every officer of the line. and
Staff, and every officer, tuus'u:ian and
private ofany con1pany,and every mem-
ber of u regirnental baud, shall furnish
himself with it complete uniform, which
shall be such as the Commandcr-in-Chief
shall prescribe, and subject to such alter-
zuiou as he may order. and no company
.-hall make any alterations in any jfortion
of their uliiform or equipments, except in
conformity with such order; and ull
uniforms, arms, equipments and instru-
ments owned and used by any officer,
musician or private, or by any legally
orgmiized military company or bond,
shall not be liable to attachment or to be
taken on (-xccutiott for any debts ecu-
fracfcd by such officer, musician, privzile,
company or band.
Sec. 31. The arms and equipments of
the several corps of cuv:ilr_v, artillery,
infantry and riflemeu, shall conform in
all respects to those used by sitiiilnr
corps in the army of the United States,
or shall be furnished from the slate arse-
nal; P‘/'oz=i(lc'(l, that those teottipaliics
who are in possession of other equip-
ments may retain thesame until a change
is effected on their applicazionor by order
of the Commander-in-Chief.
SEC. 32 Every officer, musician, and
private, in the militia, whose duty it is
to serve on horseback, shall provide for
himself a good and suflicicnt horse, at
least fourteen and ti-half hands high ; and
every such horse used on parade by the
mvuer, or by his son, ward, or apprentice,
shall not be liable to taxation.
CHAPTER IV.
0/ the (1-utr‘c.s' of Ofiicers and 1’rit‘alc.s‘.
Sac. Whenever the Couimandur-
in-Chief shall deem it necessary he may
issue his orders, directing the litigate iti-
speclors to meet the Adjutant-General
at .~u:':h time and place as he shall ap.
point, to confer with him and to receive
his directions in regard to their ufiicial
duties, and to afhird him such assistance
and co-operation as the public service
may require; and said officers shttll be
allowed nine cents per iuile for travel to
and from such place of meeting.
S120. 34. The duty of the Qii:irter-
tnusier-General shall be to lake ,,-arc of
all the public property cominiltcd to hiiu
and belonging to his department, to exc-
cult: all orders received froui the Coni-
tuundcr-in-Cliicf relative thereto, to re-
ceivc such arms and equipments as the
‘l
l
-from the government of
state lll’SEl'l3.ll zit l'lf{l'lfl}TLl, and to lllalfllh
ute tlicui to the uiilifin in such manner
as the Commautlt-r-in-Chiefshall (lire‘f.,
l0 perform all other services which may
be re-quired of him by law. mil to make
a report to the General Assembly on the
third day of its se.-zsiou in encli year, COl‘--
tainiuga complete inventory of all the
articles belonging to his -depzirtmt-nf,
specifying the place or places where they
are deposited,and also of the articles
colisnmed or expended since his last pre-
vious report, together with a particular
account of all expeutlifiires of money iti-
cnrrcd in his dt-partirietit of which no
account shall have been previously i"cu-
dered to the General Assembly; and he
shall become bound to the stale 'l‘ren.-u-
rer in a bond of ten rhousuutl dollars,
with security, conditioned for the failin-
ful di.-‘uliargc of the duties of his office.
See. 35. The Q-uirtennastor-General
shall keep a record of all arms and mu-
nitions of war whit.-h have been receive.-d
the United
States since thcycar lS()8, and deposited
in the State Arsenal, so far as he can
ztsccrtuiii the same ; also :1 record, so far
as practicable, of all property of the Slate
that has been furnished from tiuic to time,
to the militia, under legislative acts;
also, of all the arms and munitions of
war that may be hereafter received from
the government of the United Slates, or
furuislied by the state ; of the number of
the arms distributed, and the couipntiim-;
who receive fllctu ; also of the aruis
returned to the department from time l0
time; of the moneys expended by him,
and of all tnattcrs relating to the depart.
merit, of which it may l.e for the interest
of the state to preserve at record; and he
shall also, from time to time, order all
ordnance, tnuskcts, rifles, or other prop-
erty of the state furnished to the tnilitia,
which may be iieglcctecl by them, or left
to decay, to be returned to the state arse-
nal ; and he may sell, cxcltatige, or
cause to be repaired, at his discretion, all
niuskefs or rifles, and all ordnance and
ordnance stores, which have been return-
ed to the arsenal from the militia, and
which remain in at dnuiaged state, togeth-
er with such muskets, rifles, and other
property as shall be returned utifit for
further use, and any broken pieces of
ordnance, old carriages, old iron, and
other property remaining at the arsenal
and unfit for use, depositing the proceeds
of such sales to the Trtasurcr of the
slzite; and there shall be allowed the
sum of four hundred dollars per auuu-u
as compensation for an armorer, whose
duty it shall be to \vait upon the state
arsenal at Hartford, and to take care of
all arms, ordnance and military stores
and equipments that may be deposited
therein.
SEC. 36. There shall be annually ap-
pointed by the General Assembly, two
auditors of the Quartertnaster-Gcneral’s
account whose duty it shall be to exam
ine. audit, and adjust the items of his
annual report; also in the mouth of
April, annually, to examine and inspect
the arsenal buildings at. I-Iarlford, and
the military stores and other property of
the state therein deposited, and to make
a report of the condition thereof, and
also of the correctness of the Quarter-
master-General’s report, to the General
Assembly, in May annually within the
three first days of the session thereof.
Sr:c- 37. It shall be the duty of the
Commissary-General in time of war or
insurrection, to procure supplies for the
subsistence of the troops, and to issue
the same; to execute all Orders received
from the Commander-in-Chief, to perform
all services that may be required of liiui
by law, and report annually to the Gen-
eral Assembly, invariably on the third
day of its session. the state of his depart-
ment, and he shall give b--nd, wiih
surely, to the state Treasurer, in the. sum
of twenty thousand dollars, conditioned
for the faithful dist.-lrajrge of the duties of
his office.
S1-ac. 38. It shall be the duty of the
Payuizistcr General in tituc of war or
insurrection, to pay the troops their
wages, to execute all orders received
from the Cominatider-iii-Cliivf, to pcrforni
such services as may be required of him
by law, and to settle his accounts with
the Comptroller, on or before the thir-
teenth day of April in euclt year, and for
his services as Paytuasler General, and
in lieu of all other compensation or emol-
uments, he shall be entitled to receive
oue and one half per cent. of all moneys
paid by him according to law; and he
shall give bond with surely, to the state
Treasurer, in the sum of twenty thous-
and dollars, cotiditioned for it faithful
discltzirge of the duties: of his office.
Site. 39. Whenever a regiment shall
be ordered out for inspection, the Brigade
inspector shall inspect sticn regiment,
agreeably to the rules adopted for the
army of the United States, and he shall
take an accurate account. from personal
inspection, of the quality oflhearms and
aceoutremeuls of both officers and pri-
varies, and wlicfher they are fit or unfit
for service; and -he shall also examine
the clothing of the men, and see whether
they are in complete uniform, according
to law, and make a report of the satire
to the Adjutant General.
SEC. 40. The cotuiiizitiditig officer of
each company shall tuuke return of flic-
state of his company, with the number
of men enrolled therein, and of all their
arms, equipments, and ainuiuuitiou, to
the commanding officer of the rt-gitrtetit,
within ten days after each parade requir-
ed by law,
SEC. 41. The commanding officer of
each regiment shall make return of the
state of his regiment, with the number
of inert enrolled therein, and all their
arms, equipments, and ammunition, to-
gether with a roster of the field, stall", and
commissioned officers of his regiment, to
the corumanding officers of the brigade,
within twenty days after the second
annual parade.
SEC. 42. The commandant of cool:
brigade shall make duplicate returns of
the stale of his brigade-, together with it
roster of the field, staff‘, and comn‘rissiou-
ed officers of such lirigatlc, one of which
he shall transmit to the cmutnuntler of
the (ll\'lSl0l|,'t'lll(l the other to the Adju-
tant General, ou or before the first day
of December annually. Each brigade,
regiment and company, sl~all be furnish
ed with a suitable book for records, and
the commanding officer of each company
shall cause the names of all persons be.
longing to his company to be entered in
the record book of such company, and
all delinquencies, votes and proceeding.-
of such company; and shall cause copies
of any port of said record to be given
when required, reasonable culllpt-uisaliou
being made tlu.-rcfor; and the Atljtunnt
General of the state shall prescribe flit-
forms of keeping such record.-,
The Adjutant General shall l'(.'L'p :-
record of all the proceedings of his office;
and annually in the mouth of Dcceniber,
furnish to the couiiuander-in-clticf a ros-
tcr of the general. licltl, coinmissiouctl,
and staff officers, and also procure and
furnisli, at the C.\‘pt:|l:c of the state, all
iicccssury blanks, blank books, and forms,
and perform all other duties which shall
be necessary to carry into full effect the
provisions of this act.
Conclmletl in our next.
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4
Signs of Pr‘eprti~:tf;'io:2.
We lilivo never l'll.‘l!ll so (.'(:llVlfl('f‘il of U1”
lllil(?l'l‘l1i' cxisteiice of‘ the 1)l'lllCl])l‘.'>' of LZ'.'l1‘L‘ flllfl
foref.ltouglif._. in the .\'c\\' l-Iii}.-lmul (3ll:ll".ll',',ll‘1'. 511-‘
in witiios:~‘iug the "prep:u':itious iuukiug" by
our interior population. for flu: O1)1.‘i‘:lli0ll.*‘- -" of
an Act in addition to an Act. r-uliflcd illl .r\cf-_.
for the siippmssioli of llll.(:!l’ljll.‘-l‘£tll('f.‘_. driiilciiig
llotiscs, &c.-" E‘-‘cry cxpi‘c.~'s imut, \vngouc1',
&c., who now visits this pent up mtfltel. to our
imtlensc inferior.corncslrciglilud with all ln'.lll'
iici‘ and devices of hollow ware, l‘.-om flu-3 ohl
ftisliioiietlqitiiitail keg with its bring on the .-tide,
Lite l.)ig-bellied bottle. the .-i_-_ruilic:iut “ .~'nipt:”
for brczist pocket coiivcliicltcc, with sides illus-
t.t-utctl with pzttriotic dcvicc.-s, up ‘to the" 1'o_\'-.il
l)ciuijohu” with ifs willow (,‘1lC1lSl.‘lll!‘lll. anul
even the quarter lr.tri‘cl lrogr, with its sides bul-
ging with as uiucli :ipp‘.ircnf. ‘.ti1xicl.y:i.-t flu: boy
cut-iug the s\\‘ocl.n)eii.l.s, to "' do his uiiglilie,-.-f."
Tltusc .~:cvc1‘al ut‘l'.iclcs :tl'U:l.ll properly filled by
our ttccommoaluf-ing liquor‘ iuci‘cli-.iiit;-‘, (wlro
seem even more willing to “ wail‘. on their cits-
toiners” flitui ever) tuul solely puclri.-ll in the
:i.f‘orcsuid wagons -.tu«l t'ctiirm-.tl to their aiixioiis
owners. They are then no doubt unbracczl
with loving affcclioti, by each owner in turn,
-.tft«.-r which we presume they are to be "'s:iltud
down" to await future neqliisitioii. Our sym_
pittbios were sfrou gl y dr'.i.v.'n out on S-.il.urd:iy
morning -.i.-; we sat by our window, sober as lla-
Cdlll)Cl‘, ull'1“.S‘lrdUl1t:T‘YllOI)lng‘Iahilt " S0lllL'l2lllllg'
would turn up" from whicli we could iudite fl,
l0CiI.l paratgr-upli,—‘oy the f\p‘pLfll‘il‘.l(.‘-C of our
good, kiti-.1-lit:-.ti'f;ed, llcculllillllllfll-ltl_'__',‘ " Unch-
Burr," who f=t.‘f‘l11'.'(l to be more lliztu t:oiuuioi'.l;.'
burdelied with “ willow warns.” All who know
him are rt\v.u-c th:~.t like oiirsclvcz-t, his holy
ucvcr kept. pace with the growth of the liczirt,
butucvcr did his lack ofsfitturc show l.o _:i_'.\'ll‘-.'l’l
sorry :ttlv:ti1l:tgc. So Culllpl-':i.-(.‘l_y and ;ib.=.oltito-
ly was he covered and llltlllflili-Cfl with willow
ll=I.':'l{S, that we could think of‘ iiotliiiig but the
figure of sonic Intliaui Brisket ]_)',:Il|llUl', seen at
the west with his stock of vil.~.tli'/.ed spliiils,
moving about, while all the ni-.icliiiici'y of loco-
motion rcuniined totally invisible. Well; all
right, boys—m=.tkc hay while the sun .'-:hi:it-s.
1lo1'.—Thc wcutlict‘ for the past wot-lt has
hzirdly been sui'p;~'scd within the kcii of the
ohlcst iiiliatliittitit, Tliursdzty fitltiiig fhc "'lir.-it
licatla.” The Thc1‘uioiiu:fci‘ stood uf 5.18" in our
office during the most of’ the tlaiy, and at illjollf
'.’- o'clock, rcaclied 99”. At other plriccs‘ lu dil'-
tcrclif. parts of the Union, we notice tlic heat to
have raligcd from 96“ to 110", in the s/uzrlr.-.—
Whether Ells’ Ice, Bis.sell's Sod-.1 or Cll.lll1)l)f.'ll'.S
Ci‘cmu—-iiispired the gt-cute:-.t uuiouiit of‘ gt-at-i‘
fndc under this “high prcsstilw” tlispcnsufioli.
Ave cannot tell. One thing is cert-.ii.i_. the drow-
sy Sitntzlio Panzli never invoked blessing.-' upon
the head of “ be who ilivcntcd sleep," with more
lieai-lfcltsiucci‘ify tli-an did we grout our '.'illugt-
dispenser of pure ice, on Tliiiisilrty,
The lv‘:iirfieltl County Bank al: I\'-)i'\valk,
which, since June Isf, has declared :1 rugulzii‘
semi-aunuztl dividend of 5 per ct.-uf., ‘tilifl an ex-
ti-:i dividend of 1(l put‘ cciit., still leztving -.1 sur-
plus above its capital, will open its books on
the 2f‘-lb inst-suit, for an increase of $1*Z;‘U,flUll
capital stock. said iiicrease being uutliorist.-rl by
the Lcgi.-:l;tt.ui‘c of Coiuiccticiit-. ’l.'hi.-s is an Ulfl
legitiuiatc institution, under iuost oxc-cllcnf.
ma.iiagciuer.it.—.Iournal of Comm-.-rec.
j.€v;P‘\Ve profess to it prclal-y good sliarc of
“ homo spirifeducss" and local pride, yet ever
since our specitlation in sliuiiglitics, which pro-
ved so disastrous both to our (‘.\'[)CCl-all-l0l1S and
pockets—we have had such a iuortttl aver.-:ion
to ;myf;hih3- like -" crowing” thal; we have not
on uitiiiy 0Cc:lSl0l1S, published all that wris cul-
culutcd to draw forth such COl1lplllX1Clll.:‘.l'_‘,’ MU‘
tices f'ro:i1 ubr-11:1, of mouiud and other institu-
tious. But as the Journal of Counut-rce has
broken the ice, we will simply add, that the
l“'tl.ll'llL‘l(l Co. Batik luts (lCClzt1'C(l. 60 per cent. in
dividends during the lristfoiu‘ yr.-ars, or equal
tofi/'tccn per ct-nhpcr rmnmn ! And in addi-
tion to this has kept it luuidsomc "' surplus” on
luuul for contingencies. As we s_:ii«.1 before, u‘‘-‘
don"t like to “ crow," antl yet when we l‘l.‘l1lL‘ll‘.-
but‘ that these dividends lutvc all been (.“.ll‘ilC(l
by lcgllllllul-0,01)Cl1 and -.il.~ovcbourd 01)f?i".lllUll.~f,
our cotcluporurics will pardon us ifuc do get 11
little clcvcrfcd over it. This 1lllp‘.'L‘C':(lCl‘.iC'(l
success is no doubt iintiitly atfribuf-.ib1e to the
care, skill, couipctuimy and cfiicicticy, with
which its business ii1tci‘csts an-.1ii:iii:igc(l by the
principal officer, Mr. T. Warner‘, Jr.
Charge of False Prefcnses.
Lewis B. \Villi:uns,:t merchimt ol‘ Soulli Nor-
wuik, Uouu., was yesterday urrcstctl by officers
Undcrhill and Kearney of Second District. Po-
lice Court. cluir_-.:t-tl with liztviug, soiuc months
since, olituiiictl $720 worth of tobacco from
Ridtlcau A: Crawford of No. 129 Front-sf., by
fntudiiloiitly representing tlmt he was doing :1
good business and was wor_fli $25,000 over and
above his liabilities, when, it is alleged, he was
ili.~:ol\-‘exit, and did, soon ziftzzr gcltliig the gootls.
deliver them to other ci'i:(‘.itoi'.<. Ile was coin-
mitted by Justice Sfuurt for tmil.-—ZI':‘.e.’;tzIic.
J5_«‘;~\\’c presume there are a few intcrcsfc-d
1',-icmjs of the Moi-esztitl " South NrJi‘\\':illr Mer-
chant," who will l.Il'. gt':\l.ilit-tl lo lt.‘:ll'll that lit.‘ is
enjoying it “ bouiulless coutiguif-_v of shaulei’
at borne," as our friciul Colliii'.= :issii1'cs us he
is ncclistouictl to ln,ldl‘tllll_'_:‘ l'rL-C.
Chofcrai. in lV01‘“'{!.lk.
.\lorbus' in town, have given rise to at gcucrail
mnong us. Tiierc is no just gi'o:ui-cis for any
such i‘cpoi‘ls'. So sag,‘ our physiciml:-‘. But in
the iucantiuie, as the Cholera. has visited other
places, would if. not be well to obs».-rvc at little
more cleuiiliiiuss aibout- our Sll'L‘l‘l.<.
Goon ;\'i:\v.~‘.-—'l‘lic f_‘oluml;us {Oliio) Slailc
Journal states, that llierc will be more _:,t'ii.-s
cut this serisou, in flint county, than at any
fin-nit.-r period. Tliousriutls of liiislicls of‘ new
wheat have been offered by the 1“ni‘u1'.*rs in the
county, at $1 per buslic-l, but the .\‘lillt-in»: dc-
cliue iinikiug colitrucfs at flint price.
The Santluicl.-. Islruitis.
It is slutcll from Wztsltiiigfoii llltll :1 fro;ilv is
(ion of" the Situalwich I-‘l:1llfl>'. Mi‘. fl:-egg flu.-
U. S. CUlll!lllSSl0llCl'. is busy with flu: n<»goLi:-.-
trons which are c-.ii‘ric-d on very SffCl't'll_\'. 'l'l:t-
they shall come in :lS:l.Sll1ll) oi"l.'orrifor_v.
local
fill r»Dporf.uuity of gt‘:ttil'yiiig the South.
f,‘-ti.\.'t:l:::.~‘.~‘.—’.l‘lit.* S:-mitts was or-czipitul on
.\fond:\y, with the lloitiosfeml Hill. A squab-
ble took place bcfwccii llt-ssr.-‘. Clayton and
Wade, cqliully to the <la';~.'ci'c.";it if both ptirtivs,
with i‘t.-gaml to certain irords l'f'pOl‘l.L‘(l to lutvo
been used by the f'o:‘nie-r. .
llouziium-:.—Scvci'ul cases of‘ cliolt-i‘.‘i hm ing
occurred at the Iizifliilo Poor fftui.-'0, fl iuimba.-r
of l’lt;rsici:tns and oflu-rs visited lhn plaice on
l~‘ritl‘.i_y l:i:-;l. when tlicy found the btiiliug in :t
the initiates pcrisliing from sf-.ii‘vaLion.
. discovery cuiisctl the most intense oxcilenictit
5 tliroughout the City.
I
._;7:i‘..-7‘ Judge Minor ll2l.Sll1lj)Ullllt':t'l -..'0>'liu;‘. 1,’_
I l‘UI'|'lS, of St-.i.iul'ord, Siiitt-s ;\tl;o1‘ncy, -.1ut1 _‘,h,,,,-
S. Treat, of Nc\vtowu,C1crk of the county
‘court.
The occiirrcucc of‘ st.-vt-i‘:il cases of Cliolt-rat ,
rcport of the existence of _-\$l:'ltlC C-l‘r(Ilf'l‘:l.,,
M
The l~‘r‘anklin.
'l‘iu- :lffl'.t'llllll.~' til‘ the l-‘i'ar“.'.liIi which ran
ll.~‘lllll'l‘ on l.on,-.5 l.~l:uul I.‘-'.-och inn heavy fog,
- l--..~l. \-.‘vI~l<. :ll‘=.‘ that she is li-uliing badly and
‘, avail pr--ip.ibl_v b.- :1 total lots. The only hope
f
'-~r l;:31' Z.- llmt if‘ she can hold out until all her
‘ (::u-go i.-z tli:-‘cluii'_-_j,rml_. Z~‘ll-.5 nifty be able to float of!‘
at high iizlc. But this hope rcisfs entirely upon
mild wcallicr. She lies so near the shots that
the cargo can be taken out dirtrctly into carts.
Sonic of tilt.» C‘.ll‘_;,"0 is already damaged by the
\\".\lf'l', but, if the wczitlivr holds good, the most
of’ it will be got out. The baggage of the pai-
st.-li;_,~'~‘.-i‘.< -.ill on shore. The men have all left
the \'t3.s.-1-l.
Caught a VVltaIc.
.-\ crowd large enough to rout the Russian
_\t-my, ofthc l)()llf‘, and sincw or our town,wns
cr).i_tw,-1‘-3;-iiitctl on Snturtluy evening but to wit-
lluss the landing of at huge niotistei‘ of the deep
(.’l'.l.’~‘Sl}(l in the books as a “ Sea Devil,” and a
very devil of it fish he was, and no rnistakc.—-
llo wit.-. of the tadpole contour, having it body
nhout «l l’ct-1; in length, by about the same
lIl'L'flIllll. with thereby a tale” 7 feet long, and
not l-.ii-_«.g-«.-i- than at brooiiisticlt at its base. It
was Cilllglll by Dr. Hill, at Grcgory’s Point,
it-liilc li.-"cling for slmrks, and took seven or
ciglit men to haul him in shore. He weighed
271 pouzul.-. lie is what Isaac Walton would
ll(‘ll0llllll:l.ll.‘ ll. " folemlilc big fish.’_’
, The Laws.
“ Ifllosc iueluncliolly days havé come,
the s:.ultl-,-.-t of the _vczir," when we com-
rm-lice [llll)ll.>lllll::',' the lad-_=_ \Ve shg“
'rlLllllllll.:[C'l' them in allopathic doses, so
as the :i)Ull€‘l' to be flfl of them.
Guam “ S‘l‘ot:x.-”—— Vlnitcver in-ay be the sup.
llll:'c~' concerning the operations of Mr. Schuy-
ler, flit-rt: is it portion of the stock of the N. Y.
81: N. ll. llo-.id which stands above suspicion.-
Wo inc-rm Stock, the Conductor‘. He will be
ruled above pill’, for some time to come, .vvhat-
ever may befall the Coiupany be has so long
and so fititlifully .~:ei‘vcd. Another‘ important
lltcli connected with the matter is, there has
lll.'\‘f'l‘ lJ':L‘l1 tiny illegal issues under this head.
Rl)Wl)Yl:4.\I.——-some profiigzitc wrctch who had
in hi:-: ll;llllH'O it much gt‘-;':1ter love of mischief
than luitt-s.-tl of the Pope, climbed to the top of
the Caitliolic Church in this village on Monday
night last, and sawed off‘ their crucifix. Two
young men about town were arrested’ on
sir.-:nicioii,:iiid although held to trial, we do
not learn that any sulistaiitial grounds exist
to cli~.irgv.- the mi.-zcliicf upon them.
_,fiP3'Tll(.‘”Sl7:l.l1f1Ll1'Il” says that on Friday
as It luinbr,-r \'csst:l, heavily loaded, approached
the fll‘:t\\’ of the Bridgeport: Bridge, the keeper
rt-f'it.-4.-t1 to let it pass, whereupon the Captain
put his simick through, and run the draw
dowii.
.»\1..ii:.\tl.\'o F.tc‘rs.—S
foreign 1).)plllf\tlOfl of ti;
as one to eight. Notu
l-y, which must nstouish those WIIU are ......-_
with lho lioiscof their partisanship, four-fifths
ofnll the bogg:i1‘_v, more than two-thirds of all
the p:lllpv"1'l>‘lll,:1ll(l more than three-fifths of all
uinnlci‘.-t. rtipcs, liiii‘gl-;irit:s, arsons, thefts, per-
jurit.-.-, forget-ics, and other great crimes com-
mitted in this country, are committed by this
sinrill per ceufagc of the whole population.»-
.\lorc th-.tn li-.ili' the public cliarities, more than
half‘ the pl'l.'~',0llS, more than half the police,
more than half‘ the cost of labor of the admin-
istration of our iiitcrnztl . l » 2- r -..>‘.'
(.‘l'S.
Ci'n.\.—.-\ new work i - . .-
Edifor of Gle:ison’s I’ictori:il, treating of tho
lii.~:f.oric:il, social and political state of Cuba.—-
.\ work, which the well known ability of the
writer‘ will stump with a character in advance,
and whiclt will be itnpaticutly awaited by the
pzibzic.
The publishers of the Bridgeport Stand-
rtrtl talk of issuing it daily paper.
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_72.'-§‘:"‘ M. M. Ilowes, who some two years ago,
attcinptcd to trike the life of ‘.7. school rnistreso,
in New llilford, for which he was sentenced to
the state prison for 10 years, died in the Prison
A few (lays since.
J. G. 1‘erciv;tl, the poet-_. it is announced has
rec‘-.-ivcd the appointment of State Geologist of
\'\’i.-con.~:in. His sensitive tiniidity will propa-
bly be an effective l):ll'l'lel‘ to his acceptance of
the post.
j'fv._‘..~”1t.is stated that a . ‘.* lioht
the city of New Londoi
down by it vote 3 to l—
Thc iulditioiial capital of the Uunu...,
Bank has been taken up. ~-
j’.1'3“'l‘lic man killed at the Housatonlc
Bridge by jutupiug froiu the train, hurl. week-
was natured \\":iugli, of Wu.tct‘lo\vlt.
J26?" The New II-.i\'cu Water project over
which such oceans of ink has been shed for the
last two years, received itsdcuth blow on Mon-
daty by it vote of 1691 to 1083! '
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fif‘l\l‘l_V' concluded for flu‘ ininictliuto lllill-’.l‘.'l-l
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G0\'ci‘nnicnl; desire the f'ornivr : Ml‘. l
p;,,,.c,,_~s Ad,,,,,,,~_,,,_,,,,i,,,, c,,,,,,, “N j,,,,,.,.__ 1,.“ § illlll even less cholera. It is it fact, that the
an opportunity of making it at sl;t.‘.'t.‘ strife should 3 l””“l‘ ll‘-"‘l"l'.i"v “"-‘ll“]°"‘5l"I’°'1 5P‘3°l“|°l|5 0f "19
he lost, ltnd l*'r:ink l‘i4:rce, that j)‘.’.llllci't‘l‘ to the L"“l'*l~“ l"‘”“": ‘W C‘V'1‘|' lwllcltl. were among the
wislies of the Slave Power, would not lo:-"e such _ lW"1‘l!I‘ Clu:-'.~' of Irish pcstsriut-ry, who had iicwrj
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gr."-.r3'-_\ft-. .\l;n-sh and Miss Sampson, of 1_’etn-
-lllsl M’ llresem’ “ml "Ot “'\'p"'L-ml 10 the coup an broke. went in at clniisc to Rt-ed’s Pond: in
5‘-lll‘-‘L we l”'°“m“° he Wm H milk“ lmnscu 5 .~\biugfoii. .\l:is.~:.. and after taking offtheir out-
or g(1l'll]f.‘nlS, lashed themselves together, and
flit.-it julnpctl info the pond—l-.-uviug u..nofe.
.-:l;ttiug \rhci'c they could be found.
‘-3.. We are glaul ‘to IL‘.ll'|I that the subject ofim dished
it ft-t-L with‘.-, with iron r:i.iIiti_-._'.~', -to is now being
.\ plain of the .-iztin: will be exhibited at til.
i‘: .-t lllil-ct‘ in-xt :‘:tt:irtl:i_v.
‘Z:
i':._',~y< .\ Yong .\iiit-vica m:trriagt- at ‘South .\’o|-walk, io
M’!!! |'.>‘. the jl:li‘l.l\.‘>' being 15 and 17 ! Too lender to pub-
ll-ii.
;\U.\'l'll.\ Brzuroitii, or 1~‘.t.\iit.r 1' turn, lg-the’
title of':uiotiici‘ volume of’ the popular. 8¢rféI,0f
s‘.-.i:‘-tlzi‘.-al iiovclsiiowliciiigi .- "."--
Sll‘iugul' A". ’l‘owll.sotitl, 2217’
one oftlic ui.).‘-rt czlptivatlll
and as. isjustly reiuurkcd T - ‘
itry flriznlto, “ may proudly fake
ztuxoiig the lii;_-lu-sf toned and purest fiction; of’ 7
1-‘or .-::ile by .’IIl:l'rl£’ll.7 Selleck.
it: places, _
l~':u'l'r.< .\.\’l) I-‘.\i:i.\'.u'r:.t—'rixi-: l’norua Foon '
l-nu: .\l.t.\'.—Sucli is the title of it plain, ‘practi-
ml auul ctnnmou seiisc little work just issued
front the pt-s.-.-s of F owlc-rs A: Wells, 308 Broad-
w:i_\'. Wt: 511".‘ not willing to yield our partiall-
oiily unsettled question is Stllll to be \l'lll‘lll-‘l' ‘ "5 ll“. “ l-‘ll’ chicken °" ‘“l"‘“k.: l'“l if “I9 PI'l|K‘l'
-“,0 , plus ll(.‘l't: aulvociitt-d were niore g,.m,,..jjy 01,.
.n-v-_-tl, we believe we should have less fevni
l:l.~‘lC-"al lll!‘fll.,:1l1(1 were doing " at po'iVo.‘l‘ of work”.
on out lll(':\l and potaifot-s. For yet]: by ,5_ so].
lei-.l<. who luis likewise for sale Lo.-itch Rifcliie’n
lulu Ul I'Vear_t/foot Comma-n.
(niziiav xxu Ai:'ruL'i: for August have already»;
uuuit: their appearance. Arthur in good but
the l'ir.<t. is Gody-est. ,
E‘-/C?‘ Long John \\'entworth is accu- .. .
sod of passing for more than be is worth ‘a,
The Detroit. 'I.'iutt-s says that when he
ahtto of most horrible llll.lllll(.":'S,‘.\I1fl iiiaiiy Of, went. to Clilcago, fifteen years ago, He
The‘ was a jour primer.
_ The Toledo Blade
denies this, and rivers that he was noth.
ing but a l:i\\'yel', yet as he was an‘ aru-
hilzous (shop and wanted to come up in
world, he allowed the impression to go
abroad that he was a printer for tho lec-
pectability of the thing.
Norwalk Chronicler