The New York herald., 1846-06-29

JcCted Dut, renect1On, tnnt no might be OF
service to Cardoza, he went While with the prisoner
and wished much Cardoza to get his money back The
obtaining Of the money The Dr. leaving the prisoner
informed Justice Osborne and officer Joseph, that
lead to the recovery Of the moneyths Doctor in eom
pany with Cardoza and officer Joseph, returned the
Doctors Office where they found the young man Lyons
who upon being appealed to by tho Doctor and in the
presence Of Cadoza to disclose all he knew about the
money upon which Lyons stated that Simmons told him
soop in Chatham street, where the money subse-
quently found This is correct statement Of the whole
tors leaving tho CITY, and the other statements in the
Herald Of yesterday, they untrue. The Doctor
be at all times found at No. 20 Duane street.
HARTFORD, June ~, 1876.
Mass Meeting Of the Wealth Of Harford-TAeir Doings
Proceedings, Speeches, $c.-Importance Of the non-
Bridging Of Connecticut Riper to New York and New
England.
In answer to call from the Common Council for
city meeting to grant them authority to appropriate any
from time to time, not exceeding in the aggregate
$780, 900, in using all lawful and proper prevent
the damage to business of the 900 people the Con-
necCut river valley above Middletown by the erection
Of the proposed railroad BRIDGE at Mddetown and to
defeat s erection, between 1000 and 1900 of our bus
and property holders, assembled at o'clock
last evening.
review Of the subject but relied upon the report of the
committee appointed the 18th ult to proceed to New
Haven with full power protect the interests Of this
city and the honor Of the State against the project Of
building bridge at Middletown 20 miles below the
head OF sloop navigation He honored tho Governor of
the State in earessy doing hi. duty by vetoing the b
the bill materially nsrered with the rights Of all
upon, by the Mayor, for their report
wM J. HAME.sLxr, Erq., in behalf of the committee,
ts % had
duous. The best Of counsel they obtained to attend
before the railroad committee Petitions signed by 1900
mitted to the house Statistical facts relative to our
great maritime husness submitted to the railroad
the ghs ), the city They beevea sat
the object of the committee had not in thew
had developed our immense commercial business, in
tent not surmsed and had brought out facts which will
be of great advantage hereafter. The committee also
submitted sundry resolutions breathing the right spirit
and the substance OF them will be found reiterated in the
following speeches:
Mr. HAMERsLEy, in remarkng upon the report AMI re-
solutions said the committee considered themselves
appointed oppose any work Of internal Improvement
hut to oppose all artf,al distractions the navigation
of the Connecticut river. Tho committee instructed
without bridge; and If the applicants withdrew their
bridge clause, they also directed to withdraw We
quest that the bridge clause should be deferred until
the next session. in the notice published the papers
Tor for charter the applicants had not given
plaed and certainly did dream them so crazy as
to ask so unreasonable and unjust boon Notwith.
standing we had only seven days for labor, still the
righteousness Of fully proved before the
committee. Our counsel acted IL pleading their own
asked for sixty -four feet draw but the committee ia
not fit to grant IT. but eighty-fve feet draw And
representatives and Senator told the Legislature il
they would lay over the subject until the session.
we would prove an eighty.hve feet draw objection.
able Of o. feet. When the bill came up in the
bridge clause and ably supported tho notion but were
voted down. They next moved to continue the bill
sntil next session. when, with all indecency, the prev
question sprung and several other important
amendments thus cut of. The same motions were
voted down the senate being against the rules Of
that body to entertain call tor the previous question il
not done; but amendment was offered providing
that IT, at any time the bridge should be found be
serious obstruction, the Supreme Court should have
authority to it. This was also voted down. One
prominent Senator, from Mddletown in his speech
said that Hartford people seemed to have had every
something. The Senator from this district put
the question to him to enumerate Of the
consisted in What do you think Why that the Hartford
people owned the steamboats, between Hartford and
New York, (which accommodated the Middletown peo-
liable for all damage done by the bridge by dammng up
the other injuries, but also voted down Yet
the damages for any and all damage COM
The Senator Ofihis district dhaving several amendments
Senator asked him! to present them in lump, as
their fate would be all the same. Why, gentlemen
when tho streets Of Paris blood in lss0-when al
most 0lleu-suiA, OeCenCy enough
was maintained to guillotine individual at time
distinguished Senator the most prominent Senator in
favor ofthc bridge objected to all amendments because
the charter open any amendments by future Le-
gislatures I'VE thank thee Jew. for teaching us that
word On that subject shall speak On that subjective
ecutivc and returned with his objections to the House.
whence II originated. II there is man in any place.
who believes the Chief Magistrate Of Connecticut was
tives he greatly mistakes the character of the In
closing he referred to another feature of the bill One
nosI~
pass any water highway, without leaving it an
before. Yet thirteen thick stone piers, by special
s water rne sn
road however petty and insignificant the whole line
of the road protected and except the Connect
cut river "a river rising in the northern part Of this
country, and running 400 miles to meet the
Of the oceanhe great natural highway Of the great and
from the general rule and navigation is to be crushed
above Middletown In behalf Of the Committee he
said they have performed their duties which were BY
zen' they will feel amply rewarded.
.CHARLEs CHArMsS, Esq. Zone Of the counsel before
began q far back IS October, is4s Mddletown then
hired and appointed committee to superintcnd
the procuring Of charter for an airline road" Dur
ing the winter they had mapcut made Of the contem.
plated line and lots of letter sheets struck OF thereon;
and every Middletown man. in his wrote
gisators were selected, in nominating meetings Of the
right stamp. When the bridging project was first broach
cd to the public did not believe IT. for since the set
Of In the notice Of the application for charter the
bridge sedulousy avoided The appointment Of the
Railroad Committee, constituted, Q curiosity.
Since the morning stars sang together there has been
nothing equal to that lie imputed no bad motives to the
Speaker in their selecton-he might not have known
the wires that pulled II happened that that
committee were all Of sort-they oil actcd marvellous
ly alike. In short, he impressed, from the appear
snce Of that committee that a los and he felt that
opinion and more strongly ~ the trial progressed
But few moments were allowed In .hc preparation Of
the case.
THoa c. PEsKrSs. Esq, ono Of our representatives,
next called upor. He alluded to the conduct Of the
Railroad Committee Of the Legislature in refusing and
the opposing counsel opportunity 10 pre-
any objections to whatever bad features there might
be in the bill before presented to the House. Gen
tlemen here well understand the OF legislation to
be- to refer subject q committee, VINO are expected
act impartial parto hear all the facts testimony,
and arguments and to make out an impartial report fom
the same according 10 the merits Of the sur being
he OF procedure, II 10 therefore. al
ways difficult effect reversal Of committees report,
and II rarely happens He had never before heard or
known Of refusal TO give opportunity for counsel
Of rcm0nstrants features Of q bill