New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-02

-.,;e,.. Of 81 ccrts; for in neither case
rcssfnl in tearing The postage stamp from the broken
epvelopc without utterly destroying its value.
Now, there was the Mystic Bridge question, about
r,bc result If which am still in mystery. we felt
wonderful interest here in the matter for the Mys-
tic folks and of the Ncw-llaven people were
ON the other side, which was-l don't need to tell
you-the wrong side. ] have noticed that people
opposcd to me, by n curious coincidence, always
choose the wrong side. The New Haven and New
London Railroad Company wanted to cross the Mys-
tic River bv draw-brdgc mile and hall below
the village Of Mystic, which, i am told, Is growing
so rapidly that it will soon be much bigger tnan
New Haven. On the other hand the village folks
wanted the railroad to pass through their streets
They claimed that the commercial interests OF the
place would be injured wonderfully, If their estuary
should be obstructed by drawbridgc You will
perceve the force Of this objection, when you are
informed that three four whale-ships are owned
and fitted out at Mystic. Fancy the feelings OF
crew of whnemcD. just at the conclusion OF u long
voyage, in full sail for home, Obliged to back their
topsails and warp through draw-the weary
absence of four years being thus protracted full fiji
teen minutes by this obstruction. l felt amazing
sympatby for these oily tars, my irlOwctlZens that
is the white ones), and my fellow beings. / am not
ashamed to own that lobbed and buttOnholed some
what We were triumphant IN the House, but were
defeated in the Senate where the vote stood 10 H.
q,
in the Senate to reconsider; but though two OF the
eleven came over to u.s. it was Of no effect, on ac-
count of the fact that two of the nine went over the
other way so that we took nothing by the motion,
which at first wore an aspect OF success. AL last,
after many wndings and dOubtngs, the two Houses
agreed on compromise. The Railroad gave up the
southern route the village folks gave up the northern
route and middle route WAS adopted, by when
the railroad is to cross the river 80 rods below the
village. the inhabitants whereof are so tckcd at the
result that they agree to take $40 600 worth OF
railroad stock. But, for my part, cant perceive
why the feelings of the aforesaid whaiemen won't
be lust as much narrowed up and aggravated AT q
DELAY of a quarter of an hour, quarter Oh a nile
from their homes as at detention of fifteen minutes
a mile and quarter further down stream. How
ever. have a great respect for compromise meas
ures knowing that but for these beneficial props
tbe fabric reared by our ancestors would tumble
into pile Of ruins. There, for instance, was the
Compromise of 1850, which, to be sure, has rather
caved in; though we have the Fugltlve-Slave law
still preserved safely, and Texas has got the
S10000,0 600.
The Legislature had terrible time with the
Bank petitions The Committee reported almost
uniformly in favor of granting new charters and IN
creasng capital stocks We get two new banks Ill
Hartford, and there are to be one III Norwich, one
in Putnam and one in Vountown, of which last the
charcoal manufacturers in that vicinity stood III great
need. 90
Mr.. Brooks of Meriden was the Chairman OF the
Committee on TIE part of the House. He is man
Of broad and liberal views, as you VIII at once per-
ceive. when tell you that il WAS bis statesmanshp
that carried the motion to strike out the word
gilt" from resolution providing for suitable
frames for the portraits OF the successive Governors
oftbe colony and State. | am unable to say whether
it was he who contrived the pine wood frame, paint
ed in imitation of mahogany that adOrns Trumbulls
celebrated " shin piece" over the Speakers chair
at New. Haven. And am inclined to think 1t was
some other, whose laudable spirit OF economy
prompted the emendatiOn of a certain former rule
Of the House requiring every resolve or bill offered
for consideration to be legibly written on not less
than one whole sheet paper so that now, for such
a purpose n member may use not less than nall a
sheet" according to the amended rule; whereby at
least GA cents annually saved to tho Treasury;
This Brooks though apt to overflow with words
| upon every bank Gas his fellow-lnem6ers well
| know) was not one of your running Brooks, let me
| tell Won: and, as Mr.. Durham found out last
week. il not TO be Id with mpuny. The other
! day Mr.. b. made speech upon the question o. re-
! nealino The charter of the Merchants Exchange
| Bank of Bridgeport for alleged Inapractces' anu =
commented with some severity up"l, 'no notoi
" tn the Bank of Bridgeport, Is one of the General
| Bank Commissioners Nr. Durham, being in the
| lobby heard Mr. Brooks remarks. Soon after, the
two met each other in thc Stibule, and MIR. Dun
| ham forthwith assaulted ine nOnOraDc IieiiDcr WIN
| several unsayory epithets Mr. b., however, re-
torted with such spirit that the other was obliged to
try again: but, being once more overwhelmed by
the superior vtuperatve eloquence of his antagonist
he prepared for retreat, by informing Mr.. b. that
his age was bis protection. AT this Mr. Brooks
| rushed like a mountain torrent upon the offender,
who precipitately fled before him. leaving his pur-
suer eencompasscd by troop of meddlesome gentle
men, whose interference under the circumstances
was nexcusable If they had let Mr.. Brooks alone,
it is the general opinion that Durham would have
been exterminated, as if by a Lyon.
In my next, which shall be speedily written, will
inform you touching divers matters of great interest
as, for instance the Western boundary Question,
the New State House Project, the decision of our
Superior Court that the civil tribunals will not at
tempt to define the limits between orthodoxy and
beresy. and other items of VS. hich will make
the hairs of The Commercial Advertiser and The
Boston Courier stand straight on end.