The New York herald., 1845-10-11
HARTFORD, Oct. S, ls45.

HARrroRp Oct. s. 1916.
The Stabbing Case-ETplosion-Ca Sholc-Lgh,
Guard Dinner-Ploughing Match Frsmen's Muster
Town Eeetions-License Commissioners-.9mendme
TO our Constitution.
For the account which you pubshe from my pen the
3oth u, the Times in this city has called you to account
in the following strain
1--WE notice improper statements in the Neu Haren
Palladium Nsw York Herald, and other papers, with re
gard TO dihculty that occurred in this city days
SINCE, between Mr. William Saunders and jabez Ripley
It said that Saunders STABBED Ripley five or six times
badly The truth is, as understand that dispute
arose between them, when Ripley used taunting Ian.
guage Saunders retoted with severity, and Rip
ley then struck Saunders the head with cane
Saunders then struck at Ripley with a Jack knife and
cut the rim of his hat and slightly scratched his fore
head Saunders was held to bail in the sum of $500
an act OF Justice ought not Ripley also to be
The case has we apprehend heen improperly represent
ed unfavorabe to Saunders"
Now, as you pay me for sending exclusively to you
news from this city, take some pains give it you
correct And in this the article published in the
Herald from the 29th ult is correct: for had il
from Of our principal city officers who was totally
unbiased AS regards the " Palladium. and other
papers" nt know not what thsy are have
only to deal with ours. The fact is the Tmes is little
wIaby because published the facts without their
knowing them But why do they attempt to screen
saunders from this murderous assault when they hunt
ed last spring tiger like person in this city Tor acc
dentaiy cutting another? Why is
The Times OF last evening nearly weeks after the
like the published by you two weeks since with
the exception that Saunders only threatened
with his knife, but also had brick in one hand the Sc
cond time he returned to the office and also that the
knife was a jack knife" instead Of {" dirk knife"
don't recognise any difference in this case.
Between l2 and o'clock this morning an explosion
powdeI-nillike took place in Frederick Curtis screw
factory Mill street, and adjoining Spencer's paper
hanging manuactory The factory ever since i,
has been started. has been night and day conse.
queny the boiler got tired of being drove SO hard in
having &c work twenyfour hours daily, got mad and
rared some go to so feet and plunged Is rods rorth
into the water and on the mllda letting of the pond
hraa lytnnf had
pounds No person was injured. The boiler was in
small building (Which blown to splinters) adjoining
but the engine building and the machinery will require
slooG TO repair by the prompt attention of fremen
contest.
noble working oxen of Hartford county Bulls were
tne yearlng heers very sleek and fate horses
and colts dos pigs do, large number of mich cows
were on the ground but the display of animals of all
kinds very small for Hartford county the most fer
tile. poPnious, and enterprsing one in the State.
The Light Guard, the American CORDS performed es.
cort duties OF the day in their usual inmtale STYLE
The societys dinner at the American hotel was half
hour after the time promised by its proprietor and
was not got up in his usual good stye-there was an
lack OF the vegetables of the season on the ta
Die and OF waters TO wait upon his $50 guests.
The address by j. " stuart, Esq, was of course OK
The ploughipg me'ch was grand gorgeous affair;
ten teams only OF ne twenty odd that had be entered
Clark's, of Hartford snl M. Cowles of Pennington
rhe swaId as turned over oy their poughs looked real
ly beautiful II laid so and true. Twenty yoke OF
cattle ploughng at and the same time attached to
ten ploughs with an excellent band of music pouring
out their rich notes in the OF the field and the lots
staked out surrounded by three is
treat we cannot behold every day. wish that Clark
and Cowles teams the American institute
coughing match this week just to show the assembled
Universe" this week in your city, how Yankees turn
old mother earth. -
The day passed off fnely-eur city was crowded with
five to ten hundred vehicles with country friends
Had tn GNQ am aEp -
treat
The closing up of our fair Saturday was most excel
lenty done-the goods &c. that had been on exhibition
being returned without confusion thanks to MIR Bull
the excellent clerk OF the Fai- and to the Committee
On Saturday afternoon the annual muster fire.
men took place which department is composed of 500
men; engines; 2 hose carriages; ] sack and bucket
do; hook and ladder do. The trial &C. passed off with
great credit to the department In the evening they had
torchlight procession and supper at Gman's saloon
Give Hartford fremen for celerity of movement on
the alarm OF fire. and for efficient executon when a. II
scarcely ever that over five minutes eapse after an
alarm before two engines are on the spot ready
Tor action u IS the celebrity Of movement and an over
sweeping fires that have visited other cities the past
The nce ndarys torch has been applied to some twenty
hve or thirty buildings, and one half have been nearly
communicative fires not having been discovered In
season to prevent the destruction Of the buildings
naedana' our hremen have prevented all these in.
tnat too, notwithstanding nearly all OF them were in
the denseiy populated parts OF city Thanks to
their noble and selsacrIfcng abors to save the prop
ery of citzens and in sincerity 10 say God bless them
for man certainly does not according to the value of
their abors.
The town elections in onehalf the towns in the state
took place the 9th As far heard from the follow
ing Is the result: Democraie- Middetown-gain Mans.
field, South Windsor, Bloomfield Glastonbury Hartland
East iaddam, Haddam Columbia. Salem-gain Hamden
Wallingford Braniord, North Haven, Bethany Oxford
Wolcott, Cheshire-gain, Litchheld Preston, Bozrah
Lebanon Whg.-Canton, New Hartford Portland
gain, Barkhamsted-gain, Plymouth, New London-gain,
southingto3, Coventry, Manchester, wellington He.
bron Bristol Merden gain, East Haven, Orange, Der
by Milford euilford, North Branford Waterbury Nau.
gatuc-gain, Durham, Norwich, Canterbury The Wings
IN this State, although last Fall made extra exertons
and did better than since S4o have gained on even that
election.
AT the late session of Legislature wer was given
TO each town in the State choose on the first Monday
~ uc.Doer annually, three Commissioners, who shall
nave the power TO allow wine and spirituous lquorsn
TO be sold IN their limits TO prohibit and atom s sa e
~ hnes OF $40 to 500, for each and every offence AS
M as heard from, the following is the result of this
NO choice in towns "
Inc vote on the amendment of our Constitution sub.
% ;,t ~ tie people by our last Legislature of doing
away WIN properly qualification Tor voters which has
unanimously. oon'' mas Passco
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN RocHrsrrp The ,,ex,;
fre broke out IN the Hydraulic buidinos nm m n
street. Unfortunately, the alarm spread yerv sow'
y, and II was not until the fire had pot wei noder
way, that the alarm became general
The building was owned BY E. d. Smith and -.
sured for about $1,000, Which will cover the loss
vas occupied by Wilcox Robinson q MiIliman.
woolen factory, who had Just commenced business
Insured for $500
Isaiah Booker, pail factory, 1000 pals and 200 tubs
were desstroyed-machlnery considerably damaged;
Gunane a. Gould, sash factory, in which the fire
IS supposed to have commenced--loss about $SOO-
| no insurance
.. ~ " r. Robinson, turning shsp, damaged by wa
l VIM. Wedde A, snn ~ an :,