Litchfield enquirer., 1843-05-18

OH samuel dolmeS and otheTeb tor tne onnexaton of . part of Lyme, to the town of East Haddam:
 OfJeEemah HumistOn, for aressOratiOn of forfeited Eighls:
 expended in pursuing fugitive from justice.
 Report of the commissioner of the school fund.- read and laid on the table, and 1000 copies ordered to be printed, for the of the House, and sucha number of be dOcunen.s "csCmPSnynC it, as the committee
 Bil for public act relAtng to bounty for killing
 Report of the committee on roads and bridges in Eelation to the petition of the Litch6eld and New Milford turnpike company reported favOrably, and introduced resolution giving the company longer time to complete their road; resolution passed ard report accepted.
 Bill for public act in addition to an "act concer ming crimes and pHnshmenss"
 BM for public act concerning the collection of coils 3t turnpike bridges; read second tune and re- !eTred to the committee on the judiciary.
 Petition Of Ethan Allen against Mary Allen tor divorce; referred to the committee on divorces. The following reports from the joint committee sed; viz-on the petitions of Daniel Bu:rt Charles Briggs, Pardon Jones. John Holms, Francis Crowley and Simeon Goodspeed: reported unfavOTably and S,S% to
 Petitions of John Winchell, Joel Whitney, James Smith. Thomas Johnson, Elijah s. Wand. and John Button, for discharge from siaie prison; referred. to enquire into the usefulness, &c. of the Union Schools, and to report, by bill otherwise pSssed Me rCdaEk 9t excnsed from serving on the 6n capitol pn!ishment, and Mr. Welch, of sIR1nn, placed in his stead.
 sd5 iiis2 o'clock.
 A5Sernoon Session.-Bill for public act concerning common schools taken up and read second time, andreferred to the committee on education.
 Peti,ion of Samuel Mann for discharge from state prison; referred to the committee on state prison
 Resolution presenting the thanks of the House t2 the Hon. Seth Beers, for the able manner n which he has refutsd in hisrepor the islander that the com
 mon schools of Connecticut inferior to those of New York and Massachusetts,
 On motion of Mr. Curtis of Watertown, the resolu- sion was laid onthe table.
 House took up the petition of Willis M. Anthony and others from the city of New Haven for the dlvis- ion of said city into wards. MT. Palmer moved that
 be referred to the % M % o o,or o postpone, in which Messrs Fus,er Wiley, Seymour, Galpn and Palmer took part the motion to postpone was lost, and motion to refer passed
 Petition of West Hill school district New Hartford, asking for money; referred to the committee on school
 Petition of Henry Cowles for remuneration for ser vices and expenses in pursuing crimsnal referred to the committee on ciaitls.
 Adj till ,o-morrow morning at 10 o'clock.
 IHursday Morning. May II.
 Speaker announced committee on engrossed bills, viz. Messrs. White of Cornwall, eldon. and Strong
 On Massachusetts resolutions relative to French spoliations-Messrs Gapin, Kents Stanton, Butler, Iaintor, Trowbridge of Roxbury. Pratt and Osborne
 Petition of Waterbury Turnpike to change the To- cation of toll gate; referred to committee on roads
 ' Oath of membership administered to Leveress w. Leach, of Durham.
 ReDor, of state prison committee on petition of A. H Birchard for restora ton of forfeited rights. with solution restoring said rights, except those of an eiec sor; resolution passed and report accepted
 Bill tor a public act for bOunty for kl!ng crows 10 cents per head - second reading, indefinitely
 Annual report of the directors, warden and chap. Jain of prison resumed and rete rred to commit Zee on state prisOn. .,
 The speaker called MT. Palmer of East Haddam, 9o the chair and retired from the House.
 Resolution instructing committee on judiciary to prepare sundry bills tor pubic acts yiz to reduce ihe numbers of representatives to one from town to change the time of holding the Legislature to the month of Jannary, and to assess all property at per cent. oi its value. Reso ution changing Ihs tune ot holding the Legislature. lust-for taxing all property alike amended by instrucung the eofnmttee on tax a,ion to some purpose. and laid upon the table
 Report of commttee on dvorces on petition 0f Ava Burrest Betsy M Burret With resolution granting
 Mir. Curtis chairman of committee the facts proved before the committed, ,said he thought the Leg islatnre shuuld move with great caution and pru- dence in the matters of divorce tor himself, he would not grant divorce for light tor riviai cause but when by a violent and ungnverned temper, made infinitely worse by confirmed habit of intemperance as was pruved in this case making her children Sretched and the life Of her husband Ivng death, with no hope of amendment or reformation on her part, he believed the best interests o the community required a separation. .
 Mr, Galpin said that as the committee on the lud- ciaTy had been instructed to enquire whether any new legisatoR upon the subject ot divorces IS requ site. and asthe report o that committee may nave bearing upon this case, he desired that the acton O she house should be postponed for the present. lie thought the action oi the Legsatore had been ither So much too loose upon the subject the granting of shose petitions Ur divorce with such facility, was ot demOrazing tendency, and 1t was a matter ot n0to- Sisty, that parties had removed into this State tor the express purpose of obtaining divorce from this body h,h tba s,i1 tnhgai in thplP StnfR therefore moved to lay the resolution on the table,
 Mir Curtis said he had often heard here and else where. that the Legislature had doEe much harm Tn granting so many dvorces It was an easy matter to say that, but what the fact ? He firmly heived that the purity of morals had been preserved by such A course and he Gefed any gentleman to put their finger upon a single case where nJnry had been done by granting divorce. In was practice as old as the government itself established by the puritan la thers, who thought deeply and felt as great re- gard tor the public morais and he would adu' read lhe Divine law attentiyely as hsis descendants They had found necessity tor such acton, and sucha necessity still unhappily exists Tn our day. The best good of community as well as the parties require that when all the ends contemplated by the marriage covenant, are grossly perverted as to cause evil and only evil in this unmtgated form, that the covenant should be dissolved. He would remark men and board of civil authority in the town where the petitioner belonged had signed memorial which was before the committee praying that the prayer oi petition be granted.
 Mr. Stiles and other gentlemen further opposed the motion to lay on the table.
 Motion to lay the table. lost resolution passed, report accepted and petition granted.
 Resolution introduced hy Mir. Curtis requiring Joel P. Griswod to furnish his wife Emeline with $40 to enable her to defend againSt hs petition tor divorce from her passed.
 Afternoon Session--Report of committee on State Prison on petition for release of Joseph Burgess from state pEison with resolution discharang said Burgess and restoring him to his rights and privileges resOlu ton passed. and petition granted.
 Report of same committee on petition ct Thomas Johns0n for discharge from prison, recommended