Litchfield enquirer., 1846-05-28

Congress, by adopting such further meas ures as may Sefit the, occasion, anc sns- ' Jain the well earned fame of this Common wealth. ISAAC IOOCEI.
 GENERAL ASSEMBLY, May Session, lo46. Read and referred to Joint Select Com mittee of one from County on the part of . the House
 Petitions.
 Of Merrill Humphrey and others of Nor folk, for repeal or alteration of Military I.aws-referred to Committee on Military Affairs.
 Of O. s. Weller, for discharge of Cyril Cady from States PriSon-referred to Com nittee on States Prison.
 Adjourned to 10 o'clock tomorrow morn ing. .J
 IHmsdyu Morning, .May 21st.
 The Committee on Roads and Bridges asked leave to be discharged from the petition of the Commissioner ofthe Mystic Bridge, and that It oe transferred to the Treasurer; eranted- ;ame Committee asked 10 be discharged from he petition of Derby Bridge and Ferry %; ana hat the petitioners have leave to withdrew ;ranted The parties have settled their oIml- :uiteS.
 Petition of A. c. Davis and others respecting the communication of the punishment of A. P. Potter. came from the Senate referred to joint Select Committee.
 Report of Superintendent of Common Schools yith resolution providing for the printing
 250O copies of the report and the dlstrlbu- on thereof.
 The Select Committee on the Message of the
 ,yernor respectng the Mexican war-are ,essrs Burrall, Catlin. Boardman, Jackson of iiddlelown. Belcher, Minor, Steele of Filing on, and Rigelow of East Hartford. .,
 Petition oi c. Goodrich and others for a rail- .oad on the line of Farmlngt0n Canal; reler- red to Committee on Railroads.
 Renonstrance ofJ N. Ayers and others con- ,erning certain portion of the doVefnof message; paper read.
 Mir. Minor, of Stamford, on introducing thls ,aper to the notice of the House, remarked-- That he knew these petitioners personality They are capable, intelligent, well informed men; h nest and patriotic. They are aston- shed tofnd such insinuation and charges in the Message of His Excellency. They did not be. lieve them true of any ot the people of this state, to any such extent as alledged. On ;heir part, they hurled back for themselves the im- putations of the Message with indignation and defiance He said-These petitioners were not persons to be brbed. or who could in any manner, either open or covert, attempt to brIbe others. They considered it crime of deep dye to trif1e, as has been charged. with the sacred riahts and immunties of a freeman. They would not suffer the imputation to lie against themselves, and the whole body of employers. without rcpellng and denying 1t with spirit and determination.
 Had they heard it from mere partizans, in the purlieus of caucus, they might have regarded it ightly-but coming from the Governor, in ais official capacity, it was most we'ghty mat ,ar, and demanded serious consideration They wished the facts, if any there were, brought L" tight and spread before the community-that the innocent might not be involved with the guilty, and the condemnation might ia4i only where it was deserved,
 MT. M. moved that the paper be referred to a select committee. Mr. Clarke, of Lebanon, did not feel he was pointed at. Some did. He opposed the Com- mittee-he would have men keep cool. Motion for select Committee-lost-Ayes 1O5-Nays 10a. Mir. Chalmers moved its reference to Commit tee on the Judiciary. Mir. Minor asked the mover to accept an amen1ment-that they send for persons and pa ! pers. MT. Scoheld advocated the amendment:-1 Some one called for the ayes and noes. The Speaker decided it out of order. l AulCuuIUeHl 1OSts <AJSS ASA N'SS~ ~~O' Original motion passed. Remonstrance of Mayor, Common Council, &c., of the city of Hartford, against the Rail, road Bridge at Middletown; read and referred to Committee oa Railroads. 1 Resolution passed that B. A. Copp be Judge of County Court of New London County; and Latham Hull, Albert Latham. and Julius Clark, I Commissioners of the said Court for said Coun- l ty Petition of W. S. Hempsted, for the commu- tation of the punishment of A. P. Potter; house Ieconsidered and referred to the select commit \ tee on that subject. Public act to incorporate the Magnetic Tele- \ graph Go. and to punish these who injure the property of said company; read twice and re- | ferred to the committee on interpretations oth- | .tr than banks. Public act regulating the pay of grand ju- TOTS. making the fees same as standing jurors, and the talesmen to have 75 cents per day, &c.; read twice and referred to the judiciary commit x.e Public act to authorize town clerks to take acknowledgment of deeds read twice and re ferred to judiciary committee.
 Public Act respecting summary processes providing for giving notices to lesees &c reao , twice and referred to Committee on Judiciary. t
 Committee on the State Prison reported in JaSOr OI me petltlOO Ol AllTe0 sawyer tO UcdlS- charged from Prison. MT. Clarke explained, the circumstances ofthe case.
 Mr. Dixon of Enfield favored thereport- the prisoner was doubtless not guilty of the, crime for which he was ccnhned-he was pool and not well defended on his tfiai.
 Mir. Foster thought the Court at the time Of trial were better prepared to pass upon his case than we are. The public treasury is open to every man-the witnesses are dead-the cir cumstances look suspicious; Is there nothing else i1 his favor: On such grounds canno agree with the gentlemen in their views.
 MT. Arnold stated the circumstances in whicl his crime was alledged to have been committed
 Mr. Hall, of Winchester related the circum stances of the trial-it was iair--his means c defence ample. Sawyer's character was previ .ously bad. So was the woman's He wa rightly punished forhis geneaal sins--even% % not guilty of rape.
 MT Robinson. of Fairfield, said the Perso was we'll tried--unless the witnesses were no, impeacled before the Committee. he could SC no reasonable ground for his discharge.
 Messrs. Clark of Milf,rd, Phelps of Grant and Ca,lin gave their views upon the petite and report.
 Mir. Seymour of Litch6eid also stated the ba character of the witnesses, by whose testimor this person was convicted.