Litchfield enquirer., 1853-06-02

a committee like thus, with similar powers,
had been appointed before, the difficulty in
this case might have been prevented the
public were deeply interested IN The inves.
legation and lie hoped il might be vigOr-
Ously prosecuted. "a,
MIR Wheeler Of SOuihbury said he was
from a neighboriUg place and his constitu-
enIs were very anxious TO know the facts
rel lifting To the Woodbury. Bank. a
Mr.. Comstock Of Lyme hoped no hasty0
action wOCli be taken. He wished 10 be
understand. as not "ppOsed TO the investiga-
| ton he hoped, indeed, that n the commit
lee on capital punishment Should report a
bill for its abolition they would Ike two
excepiions-,in The case Of Bank swindlers
aud Trout killers by lime. Vel i, seemed,
10 him To be an injustice TO the Commits
siOnerS to pass the resolution without an
explanation !; he suggested whether it
would not be proper To lay the resolution
on the table in order to give the COmmis-l
sioners an opportunity To make an explain
! alton. @
Mr.. Smith Of Sharon said the propriety
Of passing a resolution like this was so plain
shat he was surprised il should encounter
any opposlion. An ancien, statesman once
said that certain laws in his repahlic were
like cobwebs that let the big sinners
through but caught the little ones in our
days, poor man las to suffer the fall pen.
atty IF The law for his crime, but let one Of
your grea, financiers rob the community of
thousands oC dollars, and he is sci down as
smart chap. He was "deaih OH oil such
nonsense as this" the greater the crime the
greater should be the punishment. a
The resolution was passed.
"WEDNESDAY, May IS.
| SENATE concurred with the House in the
reference Of sundry petitions, remons,ran-
ccs, resolutions and reports.
On motion of Mr.. H. Olmsiead, the bill
for dividing the city of New Haven into
Wards was taken up. There had been no
petition for the measure before the commits
lee, neither was there any agent in tebalf
of the city corporation present. Mr.. o.
therefore proposed an amendment that the
&C: should not take effect until accepted by
the votes OF a city meeting. duly warned
and claimed this as q matter Of right, usage
and justice.
Mr.. Harrison replied, and thought such
reference was not necessary.
The debate was continued by Messrs.
Hall, II. Olmstead, Harrison and Butler.
Amendment lost and bill passed. SIS
Resolution passed creating joint COM
| miilee on the erection Of monument 10
Gen. David Wooster. Mr.. Hyatt was
appointed ON the part of the Senate. 5
Mr.. Hyatt moved a reconsideration of
The vole of yesterday to appoint commit
Tee To examine into the affairs Of the
Eastern and Woodbury. Banks.
Mr.. H. Bill stated that the Bank Com.
mssloners intended to make an additional
report on that subject. @4 Hss
/ The debate was continued by Messrs.
IDenGng, Crane, Hall, Londers and H. Bill.
Resolution re-considered and laid on Tie
| table. as- h..
Mr.. Williams from the Committee on
Claims reported lavorabIy on the claim &c
Benz. W. Coe of MIddletown for expenses
incurred in the defense of his seat. The
resolution was laid on the table as not
belonging Ia the Senate.
HousE.-The following petitions were
presented and referred: Of sundry inhab-
l'an,s Of Goshen, Norfolk, Canaan, COrn>
wall and Pennington for bounty on tho
destruction of wild cals for the preserva-
ton of sheep. TO committee on Agriculture
OF Elijah Meeker and 81 voters and 81 not
voters Of Washington, Rev. II. P. Stanton
and III. n. Hawkins ard 81 voters OF Derby
| Mrs. II. L. Dickinson and ITS other
females Of Derby, Truman Piper and l6s
others, Geo. Sharpe and Others Of Pomiret,
all severay praying for prohibitory Iquor
law. 10 committee on The subject.
Res0lntiO u that as the Use Of spirituou
liquors is prolific cause of the disasters on
Railroads., the Committee on Railroads
should report bill for public act against
the use of intoxicating liquors by engineers
| nd .,ti,o ID
laid on the table.
Resolution insiructirQ the Committee on
the General Banking Law to enquire into
the expediency of increasing public secu-
rites under The same, came from the
Senate referred 10 Conmi,iee on General
Banking Law; House concurred.
! Bill for a pGblic act To secure public
safety al Railway crossings, came from the
Senate referred 10 Committee ON Railroad
! accidents; Hnuse concurred. s.
Resolution instruc,ing the Committee on
Agriculture TO inquire into the expedlency
OF reporting bill for public act 10 enable
owners Of land 10 drain the same, came
from Senate passed House concurred.
Resolution that 1000 copies Of Compiroi-
ler's report be printed came from Senate
passed House c0ncurred. sesFg
.~"t. THURSDAY, May 90.
Resolution ordering 100 copies Of. tie
State Prison Directors report printed
passed. .,.. =. ....sa M -,
The order Of the day. the election, Of
Major General, Nas called up BY Mr.. H.
Bill. ... III.
Mr.. H. olmstead enquired who was The
next officer IN rank.
Mr.. II. Bill replied and explained The
situation Of both candidates. y
The explanations were continued by
Messrs. Lsnders, Kellogg, H. Oimsied and
Crahe. J he later nnved To postpone the
whole subject unul Wednesday, next at II
O'Clock, rs he understand that some ar~
engagements on the Subject would be made
beta cen the two Genrais. s4sgs
Messrs. Landers, HalIan Kellogg or-
posed The p"sipenement. Aiessrs. Yef.
mans. j. A. Bill and Harrison favored H.