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he was cu,ting away the trees upan the
hill side of the beautiful WyllysTplace,
a deputa;ioE of Indians came TO him and
requested that lie would spare this old
hollow Oak. They declared that it
had '.been the guide of their ancestors
FOR centuries" |, was spared. TO fall
This day, having finally yielded to the
process OF natural decay.
The tree measured 80 feet in cucum
ference a, the bottom; anu i, has broken
| off 80 as 10 leave s feet of stump on one
side aud 6 fee, on The o!her-she stump
measuring 81 feet in circumference a!
lis top.
The Charter Of King Charles IT. for
the Colony Of Connecticut, arrived in
Hartford in 1862, probably in Sepsem.
Der, though the precise time is no, no
known. On,he OH Of October, i. was
publicly read to the iieemen Of Con.
neclicu,, and was declared TO "beioEg 10
them and their successors and the PEG.
pie evinced their gratitude by appointing
a committee to take charge Of it, under
the solemniIies Of an oath. and 10 pre-
serve this palladium of the rights OF the
people. IL contained many liberal pro
visions, as may be seen on examining i,
in the Secretary Of States Office, where
the original copy is still preserved with
care. Ii was the organic law Of Con.
nec,icut, till the present Constitution
took its place in 1918.
In 1886, the General Government Of
New England was dissolved by James
III. and a new government was Instituted,
with Joseph Dudley as Presiden: Of The
Commissioners. Connec.icusrefused To
surrender, and when The third wri, oil
quo Uarrdnfo was sent to her, Gov.
Treat, in January, 1857, called a special
session Of The Assembly, which refused
10 accede 10 the demands Of the new
king. They s,ill held TO .leir charter.
In March, another special session was
convened. but still The Representatives OF
The people refused to "suIuender." In
May they me, again in regular session,
Under The Charter, and re. elected Treat
as Governor. ''@
On the 3Ist Of October, 1857. ST.
Edmund Andross, attended by members
Of lis Council, and a body guard Of SO
soldiers, entered Hartford to take the
Charter by force. fhe General Assem-.
bly, was in session. lie was received
with courtesy, bu, GOODNESS. He en-.
tered the Assembly room and publicly
demanded The charter. Remonslrances
were made, and The session was pro,ract.
ed until evening. The Governor and
his associates appeared to yield. The
Charter was brorgh: in and laid upon
The table. @ h@ a
Sir Edmund thought tina, the last mo-
mens Of The Colony had arrived, when
suddenly the lights were al pu. out, and
total darkness followed! There was no
noise, 60 resistance, bnt all vas quiet
The candles were again lighted, but the
Charter was gone! Sir Edmund An.
!rGss was Disconnected. He declared
the government of Comedies, to be in
his own hands, and chat tie Colony wa,
annexed 10 Massachuset, It's and other New
England Colonies, and proceeded 10 ap.
point officers. Whilst he was doing
this, Capt. jeremiah Wads orlh, a pat.
riot of those times, was consealing the
Charter in he hollow Of WHY'S Oak,
nov known as Charter Oak.
In 1869, King James abdicated. and
on the OH Of May Of tina, year, Gov.
Treat anu his associate officers. resumed
the government Of Connecticut under The
Charter, which had been preserved in
tho Old f7biiuV OAK.
MI. Stuart had Colts Armory Band
come up this noon, and play solemn
dlrges for two hours over The ,runk Of
the fallen Monarch Of the Forest. He
is a generous heated mana worthy
proprietor of the lovely hillside that
nortured for centuries such a noble tree.
A daguerreotype likeness Of the fallen
tree was taken to-day. The city bells
are TO be tolled a, sun down, as a mark
OF respect entertained by our citizens
for the fallen "Monarch."
AN UNC0MMoN OccuRRENcE.-The
Albany Knickerbocker says: IA very
singular affair occurred IN the court Of
general sessions a. The last term. A
woman was brought up aud a~rraigned
before her owr brother, who was on the
bench. On the charge Of keeping a house
Of prostitution. The brother sat mo-
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