Litchfield enquirer., 1835-06-25

lbonnd over in the sum of $500, to take his ! trial at the Court of Common Pleas the pres ] ent week, and, for want of hail committed. NeU. BedtOrd Mercury. Special Leeislotion-One of the spacious
 pretexts of the dominant party in this State. was opposition to all speciof sgistatiOn, as they called it. meaning thereby that species "f legislation which had for it's object the benefit
 ot individuals only, without reference tO the
 general go"d. How far they bave carried out
 that principle. let their acts attest. A single case will afford some illustration of the sub ject. 'aa
 There was manufacturing corporation
 called the Gardiner's Lake Company. in the
 vicinity of Norwich, who were said to have
 raised the water in ihrir dam sO as tO over
 ii"w the land adjacent to an tinwarranted ex
 tent. by which land proprietor was injured.
 His course of redress was plain--either by d compromise with the company or by an ac- ton at law. The Company was willing to purchase and pay for the land, and the pro prirt"r was willing {" sell it, but the price asked was so extravagansIy beyond it's value that they could not agree upon terms. Offers were made to submit the case t0 arbitration, or to abide judicial decision. which were declined on the part of the proprietor, and system of coercion was adopted, either to compel the company to submit to extoriion- ate demands, or to abide the decision of the Legislature. Hence it was made a matter of party management and special iegisidtion. A petition was made to the Legislature to repeal the charter, which was urged upon party grounds aud carried upon party principles.
 The company was notified of the tendency of the petition, and was offered the alterna- VSc # c.A Ia own price, len times its value, pr of lusing its charter. The company drnied the raising the dam, as claimed by the petitioner. and were then ready, as they had always been. to submit that question, as we'll as the question of damages, to indifferent artitrators, or com missinners, or to a jury, aud to pay every cent which might be assessed as damages; but to buy the land at the petitioners price, they of course could not submit. The Sen. ate passed an act repeating the charter, II to ', but immediately reconsidered and laid the bill upon the table, and the Company was a. gain insHltingly told that they must buy the land or abide the consequences. The prop os,ion was of course again indignantly reject ed, when the bill repeating the charter was a gain taken up in the Senate and passed. .. The Senate admitted that the petitioner had an adequate remedy at law, but as he was poor and the Company was rich, he should not be obliged to resort [" his scsion, or await the uncertain and unsafe deternina ton of jury. r .,.,s . ,a
 Thus the poor man has gratifed hIs yindics tive feelings without any other advantage,a useful and valuable institution Is deprived of its charter, the laws for the redress of private
 grievances are rendered nngatory,t and party
 discipline takes the place of s'equal and rx act juslice."' Who are safe io their persons ~s4. ifl..saeesians after iha |! Huw hase and
 hollow hearted are the men who cry out a.
 gainst principles which they are eyer ready 10
 adopt at the shrine of party! We'll may we
 exclaim, with serious aPprehepsions, ,Gnd
 save the State !-Conn. Herald. v ...ae sa.
 An incident n Real Lijs .-Dnring the prev alence of the yellow fever in the city of N. Y. in 1923, father died leaving wife and three children. a little boy ten or eleven years old, and two girls both younger. The widow and the mother finding herself unable to support her children. in the then stagnated condition Of the business of the city, was obliged to place them in the aims house, intending 10 take them fromit as soon as her scircumstan- ccs would permit. It SO happened, that just at that time there was change in the super
 nfendence of the aims house. and the name of the boy was neglected to be enrolled; and being bound out soon after to gentleman in the country, all trace of him was lost, when the mother subsequently, called for her chil- dren. She therefore took only her daughters, but set on foot many inquiries concerning her son, all of which. however. were frnitless, and she gave him up as one lost to her, although living. In the mean time the hoy had heen taken into Ulster county, where proving ready and serviceable, he soon found his way into a stole. and in a few years to this. village, where mp to last fall, he had resided nearly three years. All this time he did not suppose him. self 10 have a relative ip the world, and when he saw the affection arising in fan,ies-ihe love of mother. and the attachment of sis ters, he felt like turning aside to drop tear oyer his lonely condition. Judge then of his surprise, when last fall n gentleman entered tue store where he was clerk, inquired for him. invited him to one of our public houses, where after inquiring into his history, he un- folded hlmselfas his stepfather, took him with nm to New-Yark, and in a well furnished PariOr, he was presented to his mother, who Knew him at sight. from his resemblance ,to h's deceased father. Thus he was restored to parents and to sisters. By the merrst ac- c'drnt, or perhaps by one of those occurren- ces which seem to have the finger T Provi deDce in them, he was discovered. The lady Of the merchant with whom he hUarded here. being on visit tO New York, mentioned his name at a place where his mother and sister