The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1848-07-08
Correspondence Of The Cecil Wig.
NO. III Not ES
FROM THE
Valley Of the Connecticut

Our last letter left us IN New Haven,
Illustrating under the delightful shade Of
its majestic elms, in the hot, hot wealth
or, with the thermometer at % in the
shade. We mentioned some Of the more
prominent objects which attract the trav-
ellcr's eye; but the longer we tarry, the
more we find ourselves impressed with
the beauty Of the place, and with the
impossibiity Of doing anything like JUS
tice by it, by any pen and ink sketches,
however true to nature. The soft green
grass, the waving trees, with here and
there a bright sun beam struggling
through their branches and playing co,
uuettishly on the ground beneath, the
songs of thousand wild birds borrow
ing a strange sweetness from the min
gled music of piano and flute, and the hum
of busy toll or idle pleasure that comes up
from the streets, above which these airy
songstcrs build their fragile homes in
perfect security, the fragrant flowers, and
the air of independent comfort which
rpgns throughout, may be imagined but
they cannot be described TO magma
IlOIl lntU VIC lcdNC llIC thSh vi llot iiliS
with flesh and comely beauty.the mca-
gre skeleton we here present your
readers.
Just now the Legislature of Con ,ecti-
cut is in session, and we will pay our
respects, once at least; to this august body.
The Senate Chamber we shall find to be
a neat room of moderate dimensions,
plainly furnished with Accommodations
Tor its speaker and 81 members, and oc-
cupied at present by respectable look
ing body OF men, representing the wis
dom and dignity of the State, and trans
acting quietly and with little show Of
parade, its legislative functions. Its PIE
siding officer is the Lieutenant Governor
ofthe State, the Hon G. j. McCurdy, a
man OF good abilities, young, yet full Of
political experience and honors.
In the ssHot.se" we shall find some 200
members, fair specimen of the yeoman-
ry of Connecticut, plain, honest looking
men, with few pretensonS to statesmen
ship, who have come up from their res
pec,ive towns at the bidding OF their con
stituents to look after their own and
their neighbours Interests, and to vote as
the "leaders' say; and many an anec-
dotc will they lay up to rehearse hereat-
ter around the evening freside, of what
happened when they were "mcmbers Of
the House, Their Speaker, too, is a
Young man; one Of the few among them
who have had political experience, and
he presides with grace and ignity; eX-
pediting business as rapidly as is possible
in such a crowd. The decorations of
the House are few, and its accommodate
tions miserably uncomfortable, the seats
being ranged in a semcircle and cush-
toned with pine boards, with the hard
side turned up, it having been demon
strated that cushions would be greater
expense to the state than the members
pants, the latter being mendcd by the
good wife at home, and not, as in the
Empire State, at the expense Of the COM
monwealth.
No one visits New Haven without
seeing IT'S beautiful cemetry and wander
ing amid its tomh-, the resting place of
the most illustrious men our country has
produced. Within its hallowed walls
in peaceful quiet, slumber Noah Web
strr, the Prince of photographers;
Whitney, the inventor OF the cotton gin;
Roger sherman, the sgner OF the dccla-
ration of Independence; Clap, Dag.
gett, stiles and Dwight, Presidents Of
Yale College-names widely known and
as widely honored. There too lies Hum.
phreys, general of the Revolution, and
afterwards a Minister to Spain, whose
services in introducing Merino sheep
were deemed worthy of being engraved
in brass upon his monument, Pot'i"m rc',
ve1lere aurco htavit," " He truly enriched
his country with a golden fleece" says
his monumental inscription, and thus a
mid the glories of his exploits in arms
and diplomacy, it recognizes as his high