Litchfield enquirer., 1841-06-10
COssssecsicsst Legislature.
Monday morning, May 3l.


 House tat 10 o'clock. Prayer by Rev. MT. Burgess. Journal read.
 Report of committee on Senatorial Dis tricts read, with accompanying bill, that af. ter the 1st of May, 1942, the number of Sena- tors should be increased to 2i. Bill read second time.
 Report of committee on militia against pe- tition of Hartford Rifle Co, and against the petition of Francis B. Petit and others, and against the petition of 1st Co. 2d Reg, read and accepted, and petitioners had leave to withdraw.
 Report of same committee in favor of pe- tition of 3d Co. 2d Reg, read and accepted, and petition granted.
 MT. R. s. Baldwin moved that the House resume the consideration of the report of the committee on judiciary to whom was refer ed bill relating to paupers. Report accept ed and bill lost. ...
 Report of joint select committee on petition of Lewis Welles for change of name. read and acGepted, and resolution changing the name of said Welles to Lewis Butler, passed.
 Report of same committee in favor fpeti- ton of Franklin P. Allen for change of name, read and accepted, and resolution changing the name of said Allen to Franklin P. Kin . yon, passed.
 House resumed the consideration of reso- lutions relating to the death of President Harrison.
 Mir. Bacon said he did not intend to make any remarks upon the resolutions. He was content to submit them to tue pleasure ot the House.
 Considerable debate ensued. On motion of Mr. Wilson, the question was taken upon the resolutions.
 Tn first resolution was adopted with few dissenting voces The second unanimous ly. On the third Mr. Wilson moved that 1t 6e indefinitely postponed. Notion lost.
 MT. Phelps of Coleblook moved it's recom- mitment. Motion lost.
 On motion of MT. Phelps of Middletown, the ayes aud noes were ordered and taken. Ayes s6-noes 49.
 Mr. E. c. Bacon moved a reconsideration of the vote on the first resolution. Resolution recOnsidered. ....
 On motion of R. s. Baldwin the" 5 and noes were ordered.
 Mr. Wilson moved that the farther consid- eration of the subject be postponed till after" noon. Motion lost.
 Mr. Dowd of Say brook moved the previ- Ous question.
 On calling the name of Mr. Wilson. that gentleman asked to be excused on the ground that he had already voted once on the ques. tion. Not excused.
 Mr. Stephens of Suffield requested to be excused for the same reason. Not excused Ayes 95-noes B.
 The fourth resolution passed without oppo- sition. On the question of the resolutions collectively the ayes and noes were demand ed. Ayes S5-nOes 40. House adjourned. The following are the resolutions as passed: In view of the melancholy dispensation of Divine Pro vidence in the removal by death of the late Pres dent of the United States. and in view of the con: stituiional elevation Of his successor, the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut, desirous of evincnE its sympathy for the afflicted relatives of the deceased, and its confidence in tf'e present Executive,
 pOn we are called to mourn the loss of him whose life had been one of entire devotion his country who home and abroad, en the field Of ha'tIe in tho hall of legslaOn, and in the office Of Chief Magistrate. exhibited ilusriOus example of patriotism aud re- publican virtue.
 9d That we deeply evnpa.hizs with ihe hereaved widow and relatives of our departed President. and commend lhem the abiding gratitude and affection Sd: That the election of John Tyler ,o the Vice Presidency of the United States was clear expres- sion of the confidence O the people in the so1ndness of his moral and political principles. and his hdely to the consiitution and that in his adopting as hs own the Cabinet of President Harrison, and m his just. dig niied. and republican address to th people ot the United States. we find sufficient gu Ianee that the government will he wisely administered and its "true
 
 4th That these resolutions he ente .ed the ionr nals of both Houses and that the ,ecut:ve of this state be requested transmit copies the same sign. ed by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives John Tyler, the Pre- sdent of the United States and to the widow of the deceased.
 .... Afternoon.
 House met at ? o'clock. Oath was admin istered to Mir. Miles Hart of Goshen. xs Resolution appointing Theodore Hinsdale. Samuel c. Selden, and EleaZer Pomeroy, commissioners of the Hartford and Spring field Rail Road Go. Passed.
 Report of committee on nets towns and probate districts in favor of petition of Can ion to be constituted 8 probate district, read and accepted, and petition granted.
 Report Of same committee against the pe- .i,ion of Uriel Futile and others, for division of probate district. of Litchfeld, read and &C., cepted, & petiiio srs had leave to withdraw.
 Report Of joint select committee on public and laid on the table.
 Report of committee on divorces in favor of petition of Perces Bisseli for divorce, read and accepted, and petition granted. Report of same committee against petition of Elizabeth Wakeman for divorce, read, and the remonstrance of Wm. Wakeman, against the petitioner and the petition itself, read.
 Mir. Baldwin of New. Milford said that the petitioner was a poor but respectable wo- man. The last year she applied for divorce, and the committee were unanimous in grant, ing her application. but from some cause, a bill to that effect was lost in the Senate.- Her husband was a notorious villain. No sooner did he get out of jail than he commit ted some crime. which sent him back again.