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VOLUME XLVIII-eN UMBER 38.
NORWALK EAZETTE.‘
OFFICE IN GAZETTE BUILDING.
A. H.3YINGTON & CO.
A. H. BYINGTON, J. B. ELLS,
Subscription $2.00 per year in advance.
Advertising Rates.
:One Column, one year,
al parts of a square charged for as a whole.
Yearly advertisements payable 1st of January &July.
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lated at the time of contract.
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goosmnss
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- .TBFGTPFE
6-. nchfiD, ‘
Prof. of Vocal & Piano Music,
ALSO
TEA CHER OF THE
‘ French and Spanish Languages?
Engagements made with parties for'SOIrees.
._.,,.1’ianos Tuned a. Repaired.
Whitney & Beckwith’s Photograph
Gallery, Norwalk Ct. e
TIADAM s. RICARD,
.French Dress Maker,
OULD inform the Ladies of Norwalk,
that she can be found at her residence,
lst door south of Mr. Robert Ells, on River ‘
St. Havm several years experience, and of
adam Demorest of New York,
she has .no hesitation in thus introducing
herself to the Public. Dresses cut and made
to order, plain and machine sewing and Em-
brOiderIng, &c., executed with neatness and
dispatch. 1129
James ll. Barbour, M. 1).,
_ Physician and Surgeon,
Ofice at the-Residence of Sherman P. Fitch, Esq.
, WILTON, CONN. .
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References .-
Samuel Lyrics, M. D.,
Ira Gregory, “ N orwalk, Conn.
J. A. Mc Lean, “
m. a. rownnn BIRCH,
, Physician and Surgeon,
i Residence Levi Clark’s opposite the Congre-
_ gational Church. Office at the Drug Store
,of E. Blackmau, No. 11 Main Street, N or-
walk. 32
0.:- S. - I-OCRWOOD,
Fashionable Draper ; 8i, Tailor,
, ,_ and ‘
GEN TLEMEN’S FURNISHING
. EMPORIUM 1
Main-st, Norwalk, Conn.
_ , s. . a. onms'rlan a 00.,
5 Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
' ,‘Groceries, Flour, Peed, he,
14 and 16 Main-st, Norwalk, Conn.
[61'1“ INSURANCE COMPANY,
Of Hartford,
' Incorporated in 1819, Charter Perpetual.
. $3,128,820
Insure against loss and damage by Fire
on Terms adapted to the hazard,and
y . consistent with the laws of
1 i " compens'atiou.’ '
COWLES, Sole Agent .
For Norwalk and vicinity.
A. JACKSON 6!. BRO.
,_ N o. l Gazette Building.
‘- IOULD respectfully announce to the
public and their old customers, that
they have recently made extensive additions
to their stock of goods. We are now prepar-
, Led tonfferlanyassortment not to be surpassed
. in Il'airfield Count , in quality or price. ‘Wc
would call partic or attention to our stock of
Watches, which is lar er than ever before.—
. We have a fine lot of adies’ Swiss Watches,
in gold cases, at prices varying from $20 to
$75, which we can recommend as bein cor-
rect time keepers. Also, Gentleman’s atch-
es, in silver 1d gold cases, at any price from
$:‘ to $.00. e buy of the best importers in
New York, and altogether for cash, so that
our fuel. ties for selling cheap could not be
> Our stock of Jewelry, Silver and
lateo Wares was never better than at pres-
ent. and comprises all or the latest styles that
aremanufactured. A. JACKSON & BRO.
,flroceries Cheaper than ever
__1' OR C. A S E !
THE subscriber would inform the public
- "generally, that he still continues to sell
the best of Groceries, Provisions, etc., at his
~oldlstand, N o. 4 Skiddy’s Block, as cheap as
the cheapest. He offers great inducements
to cash buyers, as he has as large an assort-
ment of groceries of the best qualities as can
be found at any store in the country. We
would invite the special attention of all to his
stock of
COFFEES, TEAS AND SUGARS,
which are of the very best quality, and will
be sold cheap. The public are invited to call
and-examine and judge for themselves.
A. MOREHOL‘TSE.
IMPORTED con-Lanai;
And Silver-Plated Ware}:
rl‘HE Subscriber, while in England, recent-
, :‘ly, made arrangements with the Shef-
,E‘ified? Manufacturers for the sale of Thomas
Harrison’s celebrated Cutlery, and has now
on—pxhibitiou and sale at his Store opposite
the Post Office, a large, and one of the most
complete assortments of Sheffield Cutlery
ever offered in this Country, including Car-
ving PKmVeS and Forks; Bread Knives '
Butter-Knives; Table Knives‘aud Forksz
Pocket Knives of every description, inclu2
‘ ding many curious styles; Scissors, &c. &c:
Also, 'ust received, an assortment of been-
tilul Si yer-Plated Ware, made bye
new patented process, by the same House
' and is the first lot imported into this coun1
try. Call and examine for yourselves.
JOSEPH SHEPHERD.
Business Change !
:WATERB'URY & DUNCAN,
‘-" ‘ OULD announce to the public that
. . they have purchased the Carriagé Ma-
king Business iormerly conducted by Mr.
. Edson Beers, and connected it with their
Blacksmith Shop, making one complete es-
tablishment. They are now prepared toexe-
cute In the best manner, and with greater
flfigagpb than ever before, anything in the
Carriage Making and Blacksmithing.
Carriages made to order, and Painting
Trimming, Repairing, &c., done by experi:
.enced workmen, with dispatch.
{3‘ Good Carriage timber taken in ex-
change for work.
. ’15 00
. JFi-fteen lines, or-100 words,make asquare. Fraction-
G. 8; G. M. Holmes, I
DEALERS IN
G. N. ELLs.
roceries,
I'lour,
Provision, ac,
Main Street,
Norwalk, Conn
'J. FERRIS,‘
EAL ESTATE AGENT,
AND
LICENSED ConvnYANCEIi.
_ 50 ESTATES
. OR SALE from 1—2 to 100 hundred acres
eacli,.price, from $800 to $100,000, with
ldings- therebn,Stor-es and buildings to let,
nts c‘ollectcd. Office in Tolles 85 Ely’s
ug Storc,South Norwalk. Notice for sur-
v ing, may be left at the Gazette Office.
.QFINTARD of. sons,
'BINET MAKERS, in
BE now prepared to offer to the public
the largest and best assortment of
Good Furniture,
co )rising every article usually kept in a
Fu iture Store, ever oflcred in Norwalk,
b will be sold . .
THE VERY LOWEST PRICES.
0 customers and the public generally who
wat anything we keep, will find it to their
int est to give us a call. Spring Mattresses
'of or 4 different kinds, very cheap. Hair
Mt resses, made to order, and old ones made
ov as good as new. -
UNDERTAKING,
W keep on hand a very large assortment of
00 no of every description, furnish shrouds,
sea 3, carriages, and everything necessary
for lie interment of the dead, and at very
We are just completing another
s l ndid Hearse, which will give us two
Hearses equal to any in the State, which we
thall use whenever our services are required,
billwul evfra chaage. '
. E. QUINTARD & SONS.
' Norwalk, March 15th 1862.
NEW FURNISHING STORE,
NEAR UPPER END OF MAIN ST.
East Side of the Bridge. “
,IIAVE at my Store in Norwalk the largest
‘ assortment of
".EOusehold Furniture
in this county, consisting of Bureaus of all
kinds, Lounges, Sofas, 'l‘ete-a-Tetes, Card
Tables, Marble top pier Tables and Center
Tables, Wash Stands,
EXTENSION TABLES,
CHAIRS and ROCKERS of all kinds,
Looking Glasses,
Picture Frames, and everything else in the
Furniture line Cheap for Cash.
Repairing, _
done promptly and by experienced workmen:
Undertaking,
I have on hand a large assortment ’ of
COFFINS, of the best materials, and will
fm'nish shrouds, carriages, hearse, and every-
thing necessary for the burial of the dead,
cheaper than can be obtained elsewhere. I
have as good a Hearse as there is in the
county; and will attend Funerals in neigh-
boring towns, without extra charge.
ELBERT RAYMOND.
Norwalk, Sept. 1st, 1863. .44
s-rovss, HEATERS, RANGES,
OVER FORTY VARIETIES and sizes of
Cooking Stoves and Ranges; over thir-
ty varieties and sizes of Parlor and Office
t,
.fection of operation, or variety,by any Stove
in the State. Manufactures Tin, Sheet, Iron
and Copper Wares, deals in J appaa, Brittan-
ia, Crockery, Wooden, and Silver Plated
Wares, Stove Blocking, Coal Hods, Shovels
and Riddles, Brass Kettles, Sausage Cutters,
Matts, Brooms, Bells, Fire Place Grates, Sad
Irons, Sheet Lead, Lead Pipe, Fruit Jars,
Fluid and Coal Oil Lamps, Stove Castings,
in fact, all that constitutes a well filled Kitch-
en Furnishing Store. Books, describing prin
ciple and management of Slow, free. Lar
gest assortment of Pumps iii-the State. Call
at F. H. NASH’S, -
1v4 South Norwalk,Ct.
Back ray and Pensions.
OSEPH W. WILSON is an agent for
Collecting Back Pay, Bounty and Pen-
sions and is so connected with the Depart-
ment at Washington that he can collect these
more speedily than any other in this vicini‘
ty. tl24
Hammer’s Champagne Ale.
THE attention of the public is solicited to
the superior quality of
H A‘M M E R. ’ S ‘
Fresh Brewed Champagne Ale.
This Ale is brewed fresh at all seasons of the
ear, and its keeping quality, especially of
that brewed during the most excessive hot
weather, is guaranteed for any length of time.
For sale in Barrels and half-Barrels, at
Selleck’s Packet Office, Norwalk.
JEHIEL GRUMMAN,
Agent for the sale of Hammcr’s Champagne
Ale, Wilton, Cobn. 2
hNorwalk Machine Shop.
'THE subscriber would respectfully inform
Manufacturers and others using machi-
nery,in Norwalk and vicinity, that he is pre-
pared to do all things pertaining to a gener-
al machine shop. All orders for the making
or reparing oi'evcry description of machi-
nery, attended to with promptness by expe-
rienced workmen. Having added a steam
Engine, (in addition to water-power) to his
works he flutters himself that he is well . pre.
pared to do all kinds of' work, at very short
notice. ISAAC CHURCH, Jr.
Machine shop, just back ot'tlie Post Office
and Horse Railway Building.
Norwalk, March 1st, 1865. 11
' WILLIAM B. swan,
SADDLER 6r. HARNESS, MAKER,
ADJOINI’NG Danbury and Norwalk R.
R. Depot, Norwalk, Conn, ke‘eps'con-
stantly on hand and will make to order eve-
ry description of '
outfits, .Truul a, Valises, Carpet Bags, &c.
All in want of anythiug'in‘ hisline,will do
Well to give .him a call. Orders for any kind
of work promptly executed. Repairing done
neatly and cheaply. and at short notice.
REMOVAL. ‘
Saddlery and Harness Store.
(Opposite Horse Railroad Depot. in Post
Office Building.) ’
THE Subscriber has removed from his
formcrstand and is now located as
above, where he will be glad to execute all
orders in hisline in the best'and most satis-
factory manner. A new stock of Goods
will be on sale and special attention paid to
Repairing. STEPHEN SWANN. tfl4
OARSE GRAY ROCK SA T a
l rior article at '
8U -
‘ HOLMES}?e
Stoves, not excelled in beauty of design, per- ~
Harness,llcrae Furniture, Trappings ,
or Clothing. Also Saddler’s Hardware and
Norwalk
jlllllllllltl tlllll'llll.
" NORWAIE I CONN,
Chartered Capital . '8500. 000
Paid up Capital $100,000
WM. 0. STREET,President.
GEO. R. COWLEs, Secretary.
EBEN. HILL, Treasurer.
Norwalk, Jan 1st. 1864 1y
Assets over $23,000,900.-
' GEO. R. Vcowjnms,
IS AGENT at Norwalk, and iSsuesPoliCies
for the followmg INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Home, of N. Y., Assets Jan. 1, ’64 $3,286,270
Etna, of Hartford, “ “ 3,128,820
Phoenix, of N.Y., “ “ ‘722,2l9
Home, of N. H., “ “ . 500,000
Norwich, “ “ 390,501-
Lamar, N. Y., “ “ 389,375
North American, Ht’d“ “ 384,010
City of New Haven, " “ 330,419
Merchants Hartford, “ “ 301,443
Western Mass, Pittsfield, “ 236,424
Hampden, Springfield,“ “ 200,000
People’s, Worcester, “ “ 405,593
and other Companies, Stock and Mutual, in
Connecticut, Massachusetts and New ‘York,
with assets of $13,000,000. At So. Norwalk
application may be made to WM. T. CRAW-
. _William C. ,White, '
Graduate of the Leipzig Conservatory,
INSTRUCTOR IN
[MEDSflCC AIMEE @ERMIAW,
LOCKWOOD'S BUILDING,
NORWALK, CONN:
American and Foreign Music constantly
on hand; orders for Music will receive spe-
cial attention.
.4-
,” SWORDS’
, NEAR THE DEPOT,
~South Norwalk, Conan. -
[HE subscriber has opened a Clothing
and Furnishing Goods Store in the store
formerly occupied by J. F. & C. R. Bennett,
at the crossing, close by the depot, and in-
tends to keep on hand and for sale as good
and cheap a stock as can be found in the town.
All kinds of
Ready Made Clothing,
(01' made to order); also Cloths, Cassimeres,
Vestiugs, &c., Hats, Caps, Gloves, Umbrellas,
Trunks, Leather Bags. &c., &c.,—-in fact ev-
erything in the line. The patronage of the
public is most respectfully solicited. .
W. H. SWORDS.
South Norwalk, December 1st, 1864. 49
ROBERTSON BROTHERS,
. PRACTICAL Boeirninnnns,_.
' AND MANUFACTURERS 0F
PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS,
Plain and Ornamental Jobbing,
No. 3 Gazette Building, N orwalk, Conn.
WMACAZINES, MUSIC &c., done up in
the best styles and OLD Booxs rebound.
‘A'IJ'C'I'ION SAT-RS.
New Auction & Commission
8 '1" O R E .
HE undersigned have opened the store
in James’ Block, Norwalk, lst door from
State St., for the purpose of transacuug a
general ‘
AUCTION do COMMISSION BUSINESS,
and are prepared to dispose of all kinds Vof
wares at liberal rates.
N. B. Second hand furniture, carpets, &c.,
specially solicited.
‘ SANFORD & CO.
1119
now. A. B. Non'rnnor.
GUN AND LOCI! SMITH;
And, Roll .Eanger, -
SAACS’S . BUILDING, (next‘to Norwalk
Hall,) N orwalk, Ct. Jobbing of every de-
scription. Particular attention paid to re-
pairing Guns, Pistols, &c., Mortice, Rim,
Cabinet and Trunk Locks. Saws filed and
set. Sewing Machines, Clocks, and-Pumps
repaired. Platform and Counter Scales pm
in order. Skates repaired and made to or-
der, &c., &c. tf44
Notice.
’l‘HE subscriber having taken the old
Horse Shoeing Stand, at the foot
of Mill Hill, is prepared to do Horse Shoe-
ing and all kinds of job Blacksmithing, on
the most reasonable terms. '
He also carries on the Carriage Business
at the old Stand occupied by his father for
the last twenty-three years.
J OHN SHEPHERD.
Norwalk, Aug. 29th, 1864. M35
Hardware, Cutlerly, ac“
AT SOUTH NORWALK.
VI‘HE Subscriber would inform the public
that he has purchased of Mr. Chichester
the old established Hardware Business, at
South Norwalk, and will continue the busi-
ness at the old Stand. He intends keeping
always on hand, a large stock of Hardware,
Cutlery, Agricultural Implements, Mechan-
ics’ Tools, Fire Arms, Builders’ Hardware,
Paints, Oils, Varnish, and all other articles
usually kept in first-class Hardware Stores.
It will be his endeavor to meet the wants
of bin customkrs, and merit the patronage of
the public.
15 WM. S. FITCH.
CARRIAGE MAKING,
Horse Shoeing it Black-smithing.
LYON a AHERN,
OULD announce to the pu lie that
they havo taken the oldstand of Capt
Henry Lamb, Main street, where they are
prepared to execute n the best manner and
greatest dispatch anything in the above'line.
Carriages made to order. and Horse Shoe-
ing, Painting, Trimming, Repairing, &C. done
by experienced workmen with dispatch.
Mr.- WM. E. Barns has been engaged as
Agent and Foreman of the Wood-shop.
AUGUSTUS LYON, WILAHERN.
Norwalk, J an., 23d, 18.65.
N OTIOE.
CLOTHING AND GENTS FUR-
,NISHING EMPORIUM, of A. Kmrpel, will
continue‘the Business in all its branches at
the old Stand No. 3 Main Street, Normilk.
The Public are respectfully invited to call
and exgmme the large and varied asort-
ment 0
Ready Made Clothing,
FRENCH CLOTHS. CASSIMERES AND
VESTINGS, which he will make up to or-
der at short notice and in the latest Fash-
ionable Syle. E. GUSOWSKI.
No. 3 Main Street,
Norwalk, February 15th, 1865. 1y10
Wedding and VisitingCaI-ds,
Engraved or Printed, at the GAZETTE Jon
Omen. Cards, plain and colored, for sale-
w v1: :1.thsz
Baby is ‘Klng.
A rose-curtalned cradle, where nestles within
Soft cambrlc and flannel, lie pounds seventeen,
Is the throne of a tyrant—that pink little thing
Is an antocrat august, for Baby is King.
Good, solemn grandfather dares hardly to speak
Or walk,lest the sleeper should hear his boots creak
Grandma is a martyr, in habits and cap,
Which the monarch unsettles as well as her nap.
Papa, wise and mighty, just home from the ‘ House,
Grows meek on the threshold, and moves like a
mouse, ‘
To stare at the bundle ; then outward he goes
Like an elephant trying to walk on his toes.
The queen of the ball-room throws Zoyally down
. Before him the 1”ones showers in her crown,
.And sings little love songs of how she loves best
The foir baby blossom that reataon her breast.
Good aunties and cousins before him how low,
Though he rumples the ringlets, twists collar and
. bow ; _
He hide the nurse walk with his majesty’a self,
And cries when she‘ stops like a merciless elf.
He dings right and left his saucy fat flat,
And then the next moment expects to he kissed.
He demands people’s watches to batter about,
And meets a refusal with struggle and shout.
. Then failing to cenquer, with passionate cry
He quivers his lips, keeps a tear in his eye;
And so wins the battle this wise little thing,
He knows the world over that Baby is King,
. Harper’s Weekly/l
—-—o«..>uo———
Ilbr the Gazette.
To California.
LETTER III.
The Bay of Panama Opens toward the
south, so that in Sailing out of it, although
our destination was' north, we steamed for
many hears very nearly due south until we
came within about 5° of the Equator. The
Pacific Mail Steamship Constitution, is a
magnificent vessel of about 3000 tons bur-
then, and 366 feet in length. ' If we were not
misinformed she trhnspor'ted Gen. Butler
tllll‘lllllf -_ from t
HE Subscriber having purchased the-
and a large part Of his forces to the Gulf pre-
vious to the capture of New Orleans. The
cabins, state-rooms, table-fare, 'sanitary ar-
rangements, and the entire conduct and
management of the ship Were in decided
_ contrast with the dlet, incivllity, and
'wrctchedness of the Costa Rica.
, “boobies,”
The distance from Panama 'to San Fran-
cisco is nearly 3,500 miles. The trip is made
in two weeks. ' There is something peculiar
in ones sensations, who for the first time
voyages on the broad bosom of the Pacific.
Although some times disturbed by storms,
the usual temper of this majestic ocean is
calm and unrufiled, giving fair titleto its
euphonious name. The Isthmus mountains
towered gra'ndly above the surrounding wa-
ters,.and suggested to‘ our minds the expedi-
tion of the enthusiastic Balboa who ' slowly
toiled with his little hand up the eastern
, side of the range, until, gaining the summit,
he first of Europeanslooked'upon this wide,
peaceful sea. These mountains are the ner-
thern spur of the Andes, connecting them
with the Cordilleras of Central America and
Mexico, which loomed up 'for days on our
right as we slowly climbed the continent.
Our captain had no fancy for hugging the
shore, but fixed our route for much of the
way out sight of land. We saw quite a num-
ber .of oil wells in the shapeof sperm and
right whales, but we took no stock in them.
They spouted very. beautifully. The flying-
fish were very numerous, and the birds—
aud other sea-gulls,—'circled
about us continually, careering over the still
surface in large flocks, thongh land was
scores of miles beyond our distant horizOn.
Late into the evening these-birds kept up
their airy flights, seeming to have no other
home than on the lonely sea. Their web-
feet enabled them to rock gently on the rip-
pling bosom of the ocean. We usually as-
sociate the idea of abundance of life with
the land and barrenues‘s with the sea. But
the great deep is full of the creations of God,
from the huge monsters that leave a wake to
mark their path, to the delicate little beings
that crowd each briny drop.
The poet tellsus
# '* “the spicy breezes
Blow soft o’er Ceylon’s isle,"
and we got a notion of what they are, early
one morning, when out on deck we snuffed
the smell of the shore, whose balmy breath
was Waited across fifty miles of sea. Though
borne so .far it retained as 'rich fragrance as
we noticed when we ' were within stones-
throw of the wharf, at Aspinwall. It was
but a momentarygnst of sweetness, howev-
er, which -an early shower had brought in
greater abundance than usual from the vege-
tation, for shortly it peased away and we
noticed it no more. '
We made two landings in Mexico. The
first was at Acapulco. The; harbor iscom-
plelely laud-locked, shut 'in' like a lake by
the grand wooded mountains that rise bold-
ly from the beach. The town is of consid-
erable commercial importance, and was ta-
ken possession of by the French a year or
two ago but afterward abandoned. The old
fort with its feeble guns cOuld‘ afford butlit-
tle protection. There is no deck for ’such a
stately craft as the Constithtion, ' and w} an-
chored about a mile from the landing. The
Mexicans came alongside with their long
and handsome boats, ' bringing banannas,
cocoa-nuts, pineapples and other fruits, and
carrying ashore for one dollar ahead any
who wished to set foot on the soil of Mom-
milian's Empire. Strictly speaking. howev-
er, Acapulco is Republican ' in sentlment,
and except by foreign compulsion for a few
months, has not yielded to imperial control.
The town is a bad specimen of Mexican
cities. ’ ' Its streets run along the defiles of
the hills apparently with very little definite
plan. The population numbers several thou-
sand. lts houSes’ are mostly low, one-story,
dismal-looking buildings with tiled tools.—
The Cathedral has mud 'or adobe walls, as
have many of the dwellings The interior of
the Cathedral is shabby and dirty, and
though the priests did'not happen to be gam-
bling On the altar when we surveyed the
premises, they have no seruples about dOing
so there or anywhere else. Gambling is the
besetting vice of the inhabitants, as generally
in Mexico, and eats the very life out of so-
ciety. It kills industry, virtue’ and intelli-
gence. The streets are mostly paved 'with
roughly-laid cobble-stone, as there are no
wheeled vehicles in use, the side-walk is
that which Patrick took—‘d-the middle of the
street. We met a horseman coming in from
the interior, whose dusty garments and ja-
ded beast told of along 'a'ud'weary ride.—
His wide sombrero; "picmresque dress, car-
bine and pistols slung to his saddle, and en-
l...
kceptiou of a Spanilh chatter. “Tortuga
rious horse-equipments, filled out our con-‘
Mexicans are changed hardly at all in their
modes of life from their Spanish ances-
tors. Very few improvements have been
made to indicate that they are up with the
advancing times. » . . ‘
Our boat-row back was delightful. The
mellow evening twilight and mild fragrant
air unitedly made the quiet bay, sleeping in
peace with the strong old mountains looking
down, seem a place where one could float
forever and be happy. Oh, that life had
more bays like this and less 0f the heaving
sea. But what are such barber's and Such
twilights of soft, dreamy rest but intrigue
and pictures of the haven where‘de‘s love
shall blessthesbulf""”'""' V"_ : ' ‘
A few more days of streaming'ahd .we tied
up to a rock at Manzanillo, a placeof miser-
able thatched huts, but meantime It is
the seaport of ‘Colimo,-a fiouriShing city be-
yond the mountains, and is the commercial ‘
outlet of a large, rich district ‘of country.—
The cactus plant grows in great abundance»,
on the hill-sides around this village, and to
what seemed to our northern eyesan-enore
'mous height—twenty or thirty feet. Here
we got as near as was pleasant to several .'
huge sharks, that swam at their case around .
the stern of the ship. It is'said that the na-1 .
tives are in no danger from them asthey are
quite dainty in their taste. If the watermen
who unload freight from the steamef‘ (are a.
fair sample of the native race, they tire a'
finely formed people, their lithe-limbs, which
were but sparingly clothed, revealing clear
signs of activity and health.
From this point, striking across the gulf of
California, we made Cape St. Lucas, and in
the teeth of a fresh evening breeze sailed
‘within sight of the mountainous coast of the
California Peninsula. The islands ofl‘ San-
ta Barbara were the first land we got sightI
of which seemed to tell us that we were
drawing near to ourlong journey’s end. The
next day our approach tothe Pacific Me-
tropolis was indicated by the meeting of in-
ward and outward bound vessels, and soon
we were passing the Clifi House where the
sea-lions clambered upon the rocks and
roared their doleful cries above the lashing
surf. Suddenly the waves were gone and
we were gliding fast into the Golden Gate.
the waters tinged with the mud that miner-
als had loosened far up amongst the menu-
tains. The line where the blue water of the
ocean was met by this muddy bay water was
as distinctly marked as though they had
been different elements.
Through the Golden Gate we steamed,
flushed, with excited anticipation, through
that splendid harbor entrance into whichso
many gallant young fellows with high hopes
went a dozen years ago never to return, seek-
ing for gold and finding only agrave. Is
the day of adventure wholly passed? we
asked ourselves. As we drifted by Alcat'ras,
as the houses and'streetsol the wonde‘i'fiil
city grew nearer, as the woodless brown
hills stretched away on' one side, and the
island-studded Bayou the other, we felt that
for us at least the romance was not all gone,
and California could still fill , out some
dreams of fancy. . R. B. S.
Nevada City, Cal. Aug. 15, 1865.
a.»
Copy of the Minutes of the An-
nual Meeting of the Trustees
of Fitch’s Home for Soldiers,
held at the Home, Sept. 5th, 1865.
Hon. 0. W. Ballard, Preszdent, Joe. B. Hoyt,
Wm. A. Cummings, Stephen Hoyt, Charles
Brown and P. Button, Present. '
Minutes 'of' last meeting read and appro-
ved. Reports of Secretary and TreaSurer.
presented and accepted. After which the
following resolutions were adopted. ’
Resolved, That the Secretary be requested
to forward for publication, in the news-
papers of the 12th District, a copy of
the resolutions passed at the, last meeting
of the Trustees, directinga letter of thanks
to be sent to each of the contributors in Eu-
rope, who aided, Mr. Fitch in his efforts to
furnish a library for the Home, with the
name of the contributors and a copy of the
letter sent.
Resolved That the thanks of the Trustees
and of all the friends of the Institution are
due and are hereby tendered to Mr. Benja-
min Fitch for his efiorts and success, while
in Europe, in obtaining Paintings. Statuary,
and a valuable library for the Home; and
also for his generous contribution of $500.
Since his return to aid in providing for the
present wants of the “ Little ones. ’
Resolved, That the Treasurer be directed
to acknowledge, through the papers of the
12th District, all donations of money for the
Home hitherto received, with the names of
the donors; and also all subscriptions to the
“ Permanent Fund” hitherto made, and that
hereafter a . similar acknowledgement be
made quarterly.
Resolved, That the Executive Committee
be directed to effect an insurance on the li-
brary and also on the new building recently
erected for a dining room, school-room and
chapel, to such an amount as they shall deem
expedient.
Resolved, That we thankfully acknowledge
the kind offer of the benevolent and patriot-
ic ladies of the several towns of- the- District
to aid as in providing for the comfort and
instruction of the Orphans of the Home; and
we hereby appoint as Associate Managers
of the Institution Mrs. Henry B. Starr and
Miss Laura E. Porter, of Stamford - Mrs. T.
B. Butler and Mrs. W. S. Hanford, Norwalk;
Mrs. Wm. A. Cmnmings and Miss Elizabeth
Bell, Darien ; Mrs. D. M. Mead and Miss
Maria Break, Greenwich; Mrs. Edwin Brad-
ley and Mrs. John P. Banta, New Canaan ;
Mrs. LeGrand Keeler and Mrs. George Wes-
cott, Wilton.
Resolved, That the Secretary notify these
ladies, as soon as practicable, of their ap-
pointment and request them to meet at the
Home on Thursday the 14th inst. at. 8 o’clock,
P. M., and examine the wants and condition
of the children, and, by and with the advice
of the Executive Committee, take the gener-
al management of their clothing, instruction,
and (pomestic arragements necessary for their
goo . .
In accordance with the rule of the Board
. regulating the time and mode of the retire-
ment and election of Trustees, the names of
Charles Marvin, E. C. Bissell and P. Button
were drawn by lot to designate the retiring
members, and their places were supplied by
the election of Dr. A. Hill, of Norwalk, E,
G. Betta, of Wilton, and P. Button, of Green-
wich.
The following officers for the ensuing year
were then chosen. Hon. 0. W. Ballard, Presi-
dent; P. Button, Secretary; Jami-55 Hoyt,
Treasurer; William A. Cummings, Charles-
Brown, and J. B. Hoyt, Executive Commit-
tee. -
Resolved, That the Minutes of this meeting
be published in the papers_of the 12th Dis-
trict. Adjourned.
Attest, P. BUTTON, Sec’y.
The following is the resolution passed by
the Trustees, Aug. 3d,1865, directing a letter
to be sent to the European Contributors
with the name of the contributOrs and a
copy of the letter sent.
‘ his efforts to furnish for the Institution the
promoting Christian Knowledge.
,Home forDisabled Soldiers and the Orphan
country, gratefully acknowledge the receipt
.of a choice, well-selected and expensive Li-
.braryvof several thousand volumes, for the
valuable acquisition, so esseqtial to the com-
fort and instruction of the inmates and the
.erous sympathy for its brave and suffering
' ding section, shall pay a fine of one hundred
premises as he may deem proper. Said judge
Resolved, That the Secretary be directed
to prepare and forward aletter expressing
the thanks 01 the Trustees, to each of the
Contributors in Europe, who aided the Foun-
der of the Home, Mr. Benjamin Fitch, in
valuable Library which is now being receiv-
e . ‘
Contributors: W. T. Whittemore, S. B.
Guion, Daniel James, B. F. Babcock, Heu-
ry Nash, George Warren, James Spence, J.
S. Mor an, Cyrus W. Field , Russell Sturges,
C. M. ampsou, James Mc enry.Francis A.
Hamilton, Rathbone, Bros & 00., W W.
Colbet ,Baring Bros, Messrs Longman &
00., Hamilton, Adamsd; 00., Society for
. Letter.
DARIEN, Aug. 3d, 1865.
To
DEAR sz—The Trustees of Fitch’s
Children or such ashave died in the sup-
port and'defense of .the Government of our
use of the inmates of theHome. We find
that your generous contribution materially
aided the Founder of the Institution, Mr.
Benjamin Fitch, in‘his-efforts‘ to furnish this
permanent prosperity of the Home.
We are the. mpre. grateful for your contri-
bntionigoytbis; object, because we believe it
has been prompted'chicfiy by your interest
in the welfare of »our country, and your gen.
defenders.
Please accept our thanks for your kind aid
in this work, and the expression of our car-
nest wish that, hereafter, England and
America may ever be one in sympathy for
the suffering and oppressed, one in desire
for the maintenance of justice and the es-
tablishmentof universal freedom, and one in
earnest effort for permanent peace and bar-
momn the two nations.
(Si on. C. W. BALLARD, President.
Wm. A. Cummings, J as. B. Hoyt, Philan-
der Button, Stephen Hoyt, E. C. Bissell,
Charles Marvin, C. J. Starr, Charles Brown.
M. B. Pardee, M. D., Trustees.
Attest. P. BUTTON, Sec’y.
PUBL vCTS.
PASSED M ION, 1865.
CHAPTER xcvn. '
An Act t) regulate the erection of Buildings,
to be used for Public Lectures and amuse-
meats.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives in General Assembly convened .-
SEC. 1. That the court of common council
of each city, and the selectmen of every town
in which there is no incorporated city, in this
State, shall have power to superintend and
direct the construction of all buildings hereaf
ter erected within their respective cities and
towns to be used for public balls, or places
of public resort for lectures, exhibitions or
other amusements, and shall require them to
be so erected as to afford ample facility for
entrance and exit on all occasions, and also
that they be erected with reference to the
health, comfort and safety of the persons
who may visit them. .
SEC. 2. The said court of common council,
and the said selectmen, shall have power to
examine all buildings, in their respective cit-
ies and towns, used for any of the purposes
named in the preceding section, and, if in the
opinion of such Court of‘ common council, or
such selectmen, any such building is so con-
structed as to be unsafe, the court of com~
mon council, or the selectmen, may order
the same to be closed until such alterations
are made as the court, or the selectmen
shall prescribe.
SEC. 3. Every person who shall let, or
shall use any hall for the purposes in this act
specified, after such hall shall have been or-
dered to be closed as provided in the prece-
dollars to the treasurer of the city or town,
for the use of the city or town in which such
hall is situated, to be recovered in an, action
on this statute.
SEC. 4. The several courts of common coun-
cil shall have power to pass such ordinances,
and the several towns may make such regu-
lations as they may respectively deem prop—
er, to carry into effect the power herein
granted, and may alter or repeal the same at
their pleasure respectively.
SEC. 5. Every person who shall be ag-
grieved by the action of the court of common
council, or sclectmen, ordering any such hall
to be closed, may appeal to a judge of the
superior court, who shall enquire into the
facts, by a committee or otherwise, at such
time and place as he shall appoint, of which
he shall give reasonable notice to the parties
in interest, and upon such hearing, said judge
may overrule, or afilrm the order appealed
from, and may pass such further order in the
may, at his discretion, tax costs in favor of
the prevailing party, as in civil cases, and
may issue an execution for the collection of
the same.
Approved, July 19th, 1865.
CHAPTER XCVIII.
An Act supplementary to “An Act in addi-
tion to and in alteration of an act entitled
AnAct concerning Banks, approved July
1101,1863.“ .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives in General Assembly convened :
SEC. 1. Whenever any bank in this State,
in pusuance of a vote passed, or authority in
writing given, by the holders of two-thirds or
more of its stock, has been or shall be con-
verted into a national association for carry-
ing on the business of banking under the pro-
visions of any act of theCongress of the Uni-
ted States, every holder of stock in such bank
who expressly assents to such conversion, or
who does not signify to such bank, in wri-,
ting, his dissent thereto, within thirty days
after notice in writing given him thereof,
shall, by means of such conversion, become
a shareholder in said National Association,
to the amount of the stock by him so held in
such bank, and said notice may be given by
leavmg the same with such stockholder, or
at his usual place of abode, or by depositing
the same properly addressed, to such stock—
holder, aud with the postage paid thereon,
in the post Office nearest the place where the
said bank is located; provided, that no right
already‘vested shall be afi‘ected by this act.
SEC. 2. Any person holding stock in a.
bank so converted into a National Associa-
tion, who has not and shall not become a.
shareholder in said association in the manner
specified in the preceding section, shall be
entitled to receive from said bank the, value
of the stock so held by him therein; which
value shall be ascertained and determined by
an apprizal made in such manner as the
board of directors may prescribe. And in
case the value so fixed shall not be satisfac-
tory to any stockholder, he may appeal to‘
the bank commissioners residing nearest to
said bank, who shall make a. re-apprisal
which shall be final and binding, and if said
re-apprisal shall exceed the value fixed by
the directors, the bank shall pay the expen-
ses of 'said re-apprisal, otherwise the appel-
ant shall pay said expenses; and the value,
so ascertained 0! determined, shall be deem-e
ed to be a debt due to said stockholder from
the said National Association, until paid.
SEC. 3. Where any portion of the capital
stock of any bank of this State belongs to
the estate of a deceased person, or a minor,
or to an idiot, lunatic, or any other person
who is incapable of taking. care of himself
and managing his affairs, or is held by a trus-
tee, the executors or administrators of such
deceased person, the guardian of such minor,
the conservator of such idiot, lunatic and in-
capable person, and the said trustee, respect-
resent the said stock in all matters touching
the conversion of said bank into a National
Association for carrying on the business of
banking, and to subscribe, in their represent-
ative or fiduciary capacity, to the capital
stock of such National Association.
SEC. 4. Any bank of this State that has
been, or may here after be converted into a
National Association, in accordance with the
provisions of this act, or the act to which this
in addition, and at the time of such conver-
sion, held any of the funds of this State,
whether transferable or not, and has refused,
or shall refuse to allow the state, or such so-
ciety to become stockholders in the said N a-
tional Association, shall pay to the state, or
society, their respective shares of so much of
the surplus of said bank as was reserved| or
accumulated while such funds were held by
such bank, the amount of each claim for sur-
plus to be determined according to the pro-
visons of the second section of this act.
SEC. 5. This act shall not affect any suit
now pending, or any case where the rights
of the parties have been determined by mu-
tual agreement.
Approved, July 19th, 1865.
CHAPTER XCIX.
An Act relating to Commutation of Fares on’
Railroads.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
aentalives in General Assembly convened .-
SEC. 1. No railroad company chartered by
this state, which has had in force for more
than four years a system of commutation of
fares, shall be permitted to abolish,alter or
modify the same, except in regard to regula-
ting the price charged for such commutation.
SEC. 2. The rate or price charged for such
commutation shall in no case be raised to an
extent that shall alter the ratio as it existed
ou the first day of J uly, 1865, between such
commutation and the rates now charged
for way fare on such railroad.
SEC. 3. The general railroad commission-
ers shall enforce obedience on the part of all
railroad companies, to all regulations which
may be imposed upon them under the pro-
visions of this act; and all the powers which
the judges of the superior court and said
commissioners can respectively exercise un-
der the thirteenth section of the act of 1853,
entitled “An Act to prevent injuries and the
destruction of life upon railroads and by rail-
road trains,” in the cases specified in said
thirteenth section, the said judges and said
commissioners shall respectively have and
exercise, in case of the refusal of any such
com pany to obey such regulations, for the
purpose of compelling such company to de-
sist from said refusal, andto faithfully obey
said regulations.
SEC. 4. All acts and parts of acts inconsist-
ent with this act, or any of its provisions, be,
and hereby are repealed.
SEC. 5. This act shall take effect from and after its
passage.
Approved, July 14th, 1865.
CHAPTER C.
An Act relating to Railroads.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofRepre-
sentatives in. General Assembly Converted :
SEC. 1. All railroad trains which by law
are obliged to come toafull stop before cross-
ing a drawbridge, shall, whenever the gener-
al railroad commisioners shall so order, be
brought to said full stop at the regular station
nearest to such drawbridge for a length of
time sufficient to accommodate passengers
who may desire to enter orleave said trains
at said station; provided that said station
be in full view of said draw, and not more
than one hundred and twenty rods from
said draw.
SEC. 2. Said Commissioners may, from
time to time, make orders prescribing the
length of time for which the ticket office at
any railroad station shall be kept open for
the sale of tickets, prevlous to the departure
of each passenger train from said station ;
and upon receiving the written complaint ofy
any person alleging that any such ticket of-
fice is not kept open as aforesaiddong enough
to reasonably accommodate the public; it
shall be the duty of said commissioners to
inquire into said complaint without unneces-
sary delay, and if they find said complaint
true, to make a proper order for the correc-
tion of the evil specified in said complaint.—
It shall not be lawful for any railroad com-
pany. while neglecting to obey any such or-
der, to demand or receive more than the reg.
ular ticket price for the fare of any passen-
ger, upon any of its trains, who may omit to
procure a ticket before entering such train.
SEC. 3. For the purpose of preventing
annoyance to the public thiough the obstruc-
tion of highway crossings, at or near railroad
stations, by cars standing upon said cross-
ings, or moving to and fro across the same,
said commissioners may, from time to time
make {orders regulating the manner in
which railroad companies shall manage their
trains, engines and cars, at such places ; and
upon receiving the written complaint of any
person alleging that any railroad company is
in the habit of annoying the public in the
manner aforesaid, at any such place specified
in said complaint said commissioners shall,
without unnecessary delay, inquire into said
complaint, and if they find said complaint
true, they shall make a proper order for the
evil specified in said complaint.
SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of said com-
missioners. from time to time, to make such
orders as they may deem necessary for the
purpose of compelling railroad companies
to furnish comfortable seats to all passengers
upon their trains.
SEC. 5. All orders which may be made
by said commissioners under this act shall
be made and served in the manner provided
in the eleventh section of the act of 1853 en-
titled, “ An Act to prevent injuries and the
destruction of life upon railroads and by rail-
road trains,” for the making and service of
the directions mentioned in said section; and
the companies against whom said orders
shall be made shall faithfully obey the same;
and said commissioners and the judges of
the superior court respectively shall have
and exercise the same powers, to punish and
prevent disobedience of said orders, that
they respectively have, under the thirteenth
section of said Act, to punish and prevent the
acts ofinlsconduct specified in said thirteenth
section.
Approved, J nly 19th, 1865.
CHAPTER CI.
An Act relating to the proposed amendment
to the Constitution of this State.
4 Whereas, At a General Assembly of the
State of Connecticut, holden at New Haven
in said Shite, 0n the twenty-second day of
June, A. I). 1864, the house of Representa-
tives did passa resolution, therein and there—
by proposing a certain amendment to the
Constitution of this State,which said amend~
ment was, by order of said house, continued
to the present session of the General Assem-
bly and published in the manner prescribed
by the eleventh article of said Constitution ;
and whereas, at this present session of said
Assembly, two-thirds of each house thereof
have approved of said amendment in the
manner prescribed and specified in said a-
mendment in the manner prescribed in said
article, which said amendment is in the
Words following, to wit:
“ Every male citizen of the United States
who shall have attained the age oftwenty-ouc
years, who shall have resided in this State
for a term of one year next proceeding, and
in the town in which he may offer himself
to be admitted to the privileges of an elector,
at least six months next preceeding the time
at which he may so offer himself, and shall
be able to read any article of the constitu-
'tion, or any section of the statutes of this
State, and shall sustain a good moral charac-
ter, shall, on taking such oath as may be pre-
scribed by law, become an elector.”
Now Therefore, to provide for the consider-
ation of said amendment by the inhabitants
of this State. in town meetings to be warned
and held for that purpose, pursuant to the
requirements of said eleventh article of the
Constitution of this State,
Be it enacted by the Senate and house of Rep-
resentatives in General Assembly convened .-
SECJ. That the constables of the several
towns in this Shall warn the electors in their
respective towus to meet on the first Mon-
day of October, A. D. 1865, at nine o’clock in
the morning of said day, for the purpose of
signifying the manner hereinafter provided,
l ively, shall have power and authority to rep-
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proposed amendment, which '
be held at'the usual places of holllillefitgl: 908,133:
meetings in said towns respectively.
SEC. 2. The town clerk and selectmen in
the several towns are hereby authorized if
they deem it expedient, to designate the
person who shall preside at such meeting of
the electors ; but in case no presiding officer
is deSIguated by. suid board, the electors shall
choose the preSIding officer, in which choice
the town clerk, or in his absence, the oldest
selectman present shall preside. The polls
shall remain open until 5o’clock in the af-
telnoon ofsaidday, and no longer; and in
owns dwided into wards or voting districts
$311112]:ng gig-ydbereceived at the places and
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the prowsion of exgisting1 lznwasccordance mm
SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the town
clerks of the several towns, immediate] af-
ter the organization of said meeting toy re-
sent to said meeting said proposed amgnd-
meat to said constitution, according to the
requirements of‘ [the] eleventh article there-
of, aud the electors present at said meeting
shalfbe called upon by the presiding oflcer
of said meeting to bring in to him their re-
spective votes, by ballot, regarding said
amendment. Those in favor of approving
or adopting said amendment, shall give in
a _ballot With the word “Yes” written or
printed thereon, and those who disapprove
of said amendment shall give in aballot with
tlie.word_ “N 0” written or printed thereon
which said ballots shall be examined sorted
and counted by the presiding officer hssisted
fig [311): ltovtvn cllfrcllr :imd sclectmen, ’and the
o eac so are '
saisd prtzsidjng officer. (1 in open meting by
EC. . he presiding oflicers in '
eral town meetings, shall under thesiI-lfiansdz-
respectively, make duplicate certificates o’f
the number of votes so given in and ascer-
tained as aforesaid, in favor of approving and
adopting said amendment, in words at full
length, one of which certificates shall
be deposxtcd in the office of the town
clerk, in the town in which such meeting
shall be held, and the other shall be by such
preSIding officer, transmitted by mail to the
secretary of state at Hartford, or shall be de-
livercd,sealed up, to the secretary of state
iWithin E’Wh day: 1glitter the holding said meet-
ng; w ic cer i cates s '
following, “2 wit: hall be in the form
At a meeting of the Electors of the town
of ——legally warned and held on the
first Monday of October, A. D. 1865 for the
purpose of receiving the votes of the; electors
of said town upon the adoption of a proposed
amendment to the Constitution of this State
there were given in favor of adopting said
proposed _amendment——votes and against
the‘adoption of the same—voles.
Certified by A. B., Presiding Ofilcer.
- And the superscription on each of said cer-
tificates to be returned to the secretary of
this state, shall be as follows. to wit:
To the Secretary of State: Votes of the
Electors of the town of upon the
proposed amendment to the Cbnstituton ;
taken and scaled up by
A. ., Presiding Officer.
Every presiding officer at an m '
the electors in any town in thin Stictzm 5'13:
shall neglectto return as herein preshribed
the votes given at said meeting, shall for-
feit and pay the sum of twenty dollars to the
treasurer of this State, and if he shall wilful-
ly refuse, or wilfully neglect to make such
return, or shall wilfully make a false return
of said votes, he shall upon conviction there-
of before the superior court held in the coun-
ty where said presiding ofiicer resides, forfeit
and pay to the State treasurer a sum not ex-
ceeding five hundred dollars, and be impris-
oned in the common jail not exceeding sixty
dags.
EC. 5. The Secrets of sta
before the fourth Mend: in Stpzhldinb’cgnz
D. 1865, transmit blank o‘rms for the reiurn
of votes to be given pursuant to this Act, to
thc town clerks of the several towns in
this State for the use of said towns. ‘
SEC. 6. The votes so returned to the sec-
retary of state. shall be counted by the secre-
tary, treasury and comptroller, on or before
the first day of November, A. D., 1865, who
on or before the 10th day of November A.
D. 1860 shall transmit a certificate, udder
their hands, of the number of votessoreturn-
ed in favor of approving and adopting said
amendment, and also of the number of votes
so returned disapproving of the same to
the person administering the government of '
tlns_State, who, within five da s after the
receipt of said certificate, sha 1 issue his
proclamation reciting such certificate; and
if it shall appear therefrom that a majority of
said yotes .is in favor of approving and a-
dopting said amendment, he shall so declare
m such proclamation, and that a majority [of]
the electors present at such meetings afore-
said, have approved said amendment, and
that the same is valid, to all intents and pur-
poses, as a part of the constitution of this
State; and if it shall appear from said certifi-
cate that a majority of said votes are not in
favor of approving and adopting said amend-
ment, but are opposed to the same, he shall
so declare in said proclamation, and that a
majority of the electors at such meetiu s
have not approved said amendment, and said
proclamation shall‘he published in all the
newspapers printed in this State, and recor-
ded in the public records thereof.
SEC. 7. This got shall take effect from and
after the date of its approval.
Approved, J nly 20th, 1865.
CHAPTER CII.
' An Act relating to Horse Railroads.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Bepre
senlalwes in General Assembly convened :
. SEC. 1. Whenever the petition for the
incorporation of a horse railroad company
shall be preferred to the general assembly,
public notice of the pendence of such peti-
tion shall be given in the same manner as is
by law required to be given of a petition for
the incorporation of a railroad company; and
such notice shall designate the street or streets
highway or highways, and other intended
route ot'such horse railroad, with such cer-
taiuty as to give reasonable notice to all per-
sons whose rights may be affected by grant-
ing of said petition.
SEC. 2. The directors of every horse rail-
road corporation shall annually make report
uuder oath to the general assembly at its sta-
ted sessions, which report shall state the
amount of their capital stock, and their an-
nual receipts and expenditures, and their
books shall at all times be open to the inspec-
tion of any committee of the general assem—
bly for that purpose.
SEC. :3. No horse iailroad company which
may hereafter be chartered by the general
aeseuibly shall have power to lay down its
rails upon any street, road or highway, ex-
cept in such manner and under such restric-
tions as may be imposed by the common
council or selectmen of the city or town in
which such rails are laid; but any such com-
pany that may be aggrieved by the action of
the common council or selectmen as afore-
said, shall at all times have a right of appeal
to the super-ii r court.
Approved. July 14, 1865.
CHAPTER CHI.
An Act concerning Promissory Notes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives m General Assembly convened .-
That any negotiable note payable on de-
mum], and remaining unpaid for four months
from its date, shall be considered as overdue
and dishonored after that time;provided that
this act shall not apply to any notes hereto-
fore executed, and now outstanding,or which
may be executed prior to the first day of Oc-
tober, 1865
Approved, July 20th, 1865.
CHAPTER crv.
An Act in addition to" an Act concerning Railroads.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Home of Rep"
sentalives in General Assembly convened :
SEC. .thneyer' a general railroad com-
misswner of this State shall be in any way
employpd by any railroad corporationin this
State, either directly or indirectly, the office
come vacant. _
SEC. 2. This act shall take efiect from and
after its passage.
Approved, July 20th, 1865.
Cl? AFTER CV.
An Act in addition to and in alteration of
of such commissioner shall thereupon he- .. .
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