New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-14
FROM CONNECTICUT.


You cannot fail 10 remember the oninous case Of
eou,;ou between the Federal and the State snsAorf
lie. last Summer st Bristol, when our ceuneoas
Upitsa State, Mushal wss obliged 10 pay ihou'
,spd Mill, for . single d-n, and then, BY way Of
Roland for their Oliver, arrested those VINO nsd
complained Of him on chsrse Of ob'trucaos tue
,er,,e Of United States civil process. Az the ia'
term Of the District Court this canse came on iof
trial; but there being ten wiul fellows n the jury
psuel, they held out against the Others ana coad
rot be brought to agree upon verdicti - 'H"',
though the case came on, il didn't come Oh, ana
meanu bile NIessrs. Wooster and Gridley remain IN
dapser of the Judgment and the Union itself |" suu
in jeopardy. s,.
The preliminary examination in the Tariasille
posounp case resulted in the acquittal and discharge
Of the accused persons. The doubtful question u
The ease WAS whether the deceased really came to
hs end from thu effects Of poison. That point estso
hsbed the next que stiOn seemed 10 De easy vi sou
,on. But the presiding Justice of the Peace, IN de-
Ever;ng the concentrated opinion OF the Court SAID
that the fact of poisoning was proved concusyey'
but that there had not been sufficient evidence OF the
poisoT ers administering the deadly potion to Justify
The Court in finding probable cause, ana coinuiN
ting the defendants for trial. A more ingenious
splitting the difference l Heyer heard oi-aloe1 my
experence in Justice Courts is greater than II Is IN
the Snrene Court of the United States. don't
believe that if there had been any less numoer tnan
five lawyers and four magistrates, this exPe1ent
could possibly have been devised. So /. seems
foul murder has been perpetrated, and the guilty.
parties are IS yet unknown.
One of those screaming farces called " courts
martial" was performed while sgo at WINDSOR "
a lumber of fsrcifully sttired gentlemen accus'
toned to play at soldiers, the results OF when nave
lately been made public. Nine onicers OF lne Ool'
pectcut State mits had been put under arrest, ac-
cused of divers military crimes and mslteasances, ~
sundry charges and manifold specifications. ohy
one of the nine was found guilty, aud he was sen
fenced TO pay fine OF $50 and % receive I7P
mand. The State pays all the bills, probably " the
tune of hundreds of collars.
On Tuesday evening of lst week the pastors OF
and number Of the influential laymen belonging 70
nearly all the Congregational and Baptist churches
in Hartford assembled, informally, and aiter demo
Grafton. raised a resolution TO the effect, thM 10
view of the present attitude Of the American tract
Society il is nexpedient to hold this year the usual
annual public demonstration IN ITS oehali seccnu
resolve expressed decided disspprobaton oil the
"recent action OF the Committee. Ihe freSs, NO.
tcipg the proceedings of this meeting (whch was
c,pposed of the very foremost men in " the
churches" the pastors and such as L once heard
described bv the figure Of " active pillars thereoi)-
The Press I say headed lis article " heouAe W
the Tract Society;" whereupon correspondent OF
Tn, Times pitches in and rebukes the editor Tor MIS-
choice Of terms, turning up his nose al the meeting
because there were no than forty persons pres
eut at it, However, when sou come 10 know who
these forty are and further Informed that M the
annual pubic meeting which, at their suggestion, Is
this wear TO be omitted, the nice little sum OF $1,000
il $, metmes raised, it really seems to me thai The
1imts corresp6 ndent is captions in taxing exception
TO the caption in question.
While these pOus gentlemen were busy framing
this afectonste admOntion To the great eleeulO-
synaIy corporation upon which, IN tunes past, they
have been accustomed 10 bestOw something more
pleasant, there was q much more numerous gather
ing at the new hotel, the Allyn House The iflends
who composed this meeting engaged in sundry STU
full amnsements that would have stirred up the very
souls of the sachems of the Tract Society to have be-
held ibem There was music, also "promiscuous
dancing In fact the affair was bah of great cir
cuuierence and diameter, and as Brilliant wltha as
those balls composed of candle wlcking which pat
rotc youth IN the rural districts are wont to dip 10
a bucket of turpentne, set on fire, and KICK about
all over the village green Fourth OF July evenings
| was invited to 20, but my inhrm state oil nealth
and the doctor absolute veto settled that question:
Some three hundred other people did 60, however,
ard, have been told, bad good time. Among the
guests were number of persons who are oil the sort
that hold that the wickedness of the world is mainly
attributable IA the fact that in shape the earth Is so
very ike bail. These good people, influenced Gas
am in indtipg this paragraph By motives OF local
patriotism and public spirit conquered their pref
udcts" for once, and graced by their goodly pres
eLce this festive occasion, IN order 10 testify their
hearty goodwill to the new hotel its builder and
Lessee The Allyn House Is indeed an honor to the
City of Hartford 1t is five stories ia hight, built OF
brown stone with front on Asy lum street OF
IA feet and another on Trumbull street of y feet
beside rear wings ncloslng a courtyard. There are
$50 rot IDS ia the house. The dining room Is ~ by
20 feet, aid il rs handsome an apartment as any Ia
New England, devoted to a similar use. One pleas
ant popularity of the house is the remarkable spa
consness of the halls and corridors. The cOst Of the
building and furniture was about $l2j,O0O. IL IS IN
every respect convenient, well appointed and most
comfortable house. The lessee is MIR. Chas. Devens,
late Of the Teuro House, at Newport, OF whom L
have heard very favorable reports. He is better
known to many OF your readers, doubtless, tnsn 70
ne. lie has introduced one novelty into the Allyn
House which / trust will be initiated in Other
places, namely reaiipg room for ladies' Of his as
sisiant Mr. j. W. Burgess, can speak without
bearsay, having so srDed for many weeks and taken
mine ease with great contehtment at certain inn
whereof the said Burgess the chief executive Of
hc-r.
The project Of building a large irst-clsss hotel
worthy Of the Capital City has long been IA ked OF in
Hartford and two or three attempts have been made
to organize joint stock corporation for this pur
pose, al which came to naught for the lack of SUIT
hcient subscription list. The resolution and enter
prize Of private person has accomplished what as
soeated capital failed 10 10. Two years ago, soli-
tary and alone" Mr. I. II. Allyn took the job in
iand and has completed at last this beautiful struc
ture which bears his hOnored name. MAY his dollars
never be ess for having invested many Of them IN
this good work. The builders Of the Allyn House
were Messrs. j. q o. Hills, masons. and Shepard