New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-05-11

manner in which We like the people 0i otheI Oo
monweaibs, have found il convenient 10 ai'uo M
territory. But imagine the absurdIty o, apPI"e
the terms, used by other folks, 10 the minute "
s;ons into which Tor mere TORN and fashions sake
| suppose, they affect 10 separate th'' ~
patch upon the esrths surface" which is kI"n "
the name Of Rhode Islrnd. And there Is Deii"ile
but refrain from mentioning others, ioi m
aware how much the existence OF the Z mon ~.
pered by exciting local jealouses and heait.ourh.
ings and by arraying the people OF the ai1T ri
States against each other; and confess u NV
in one If the smaller States, il would De asiS 'o"
bly, irritating 10 hear citizen of one OF the larger
States ike Connecticut speaking IN the style 81 r.
mark in which regret to have just been indulglhg
/ notice you have two correspondents IN DoStou'
and yet none in Hartford. We don't feel STUCK up
because the President has appointed one ~ u ~
great distinction, but, nevertheless, / shouh 1ho !"
be permitted to inquire in the most respectful ilii
ner in the world, of Messrs. Oliver anu Dyt:
whether Massachusetts, has member IN lhe caol
net from Boston. We are used to such ihiilss
There have been FIVE Postmaster-G Generals VINO were
born in Connecticut! Now don't pretend 10 deny
that sometimes one feels curiosity to know "nat
they can possibly be doing down III Boston; anu II
one has friends there it's relief, especially III uie
winter season, TO know that communication oet"eeh
the main land and the secluded peninsula "here Tue!
sQoum is still kept open. But after all, manhiiu q.
large feel mighty little interest in Boston ana It's d.
fairs. The people Of Eastern Massachusetts never
emiprate. but are born, and live, and die upon the
same spot; except such as by an ingenious expedi-
ent devised 10 prevent the Inconvenience ot sur
plus population, are sent off fishing voyages 10 DC
drowned.
But with Connecticut the case is very different.
Our State has peopled the West. Everywhere In
the great Mississippi Valley dwell emigrans from the
land OF steady habits, whose hearts still yearn Tor
81. -. A.,, how nras N
thousands Of these people among the number OF
your readers And, beside this vast multitude your
city contains another scarcely less numerous com
posed Of persons whose childhood and youth or early
prime was spent in Connecticut. Everything here
that gets OOsened, by any chance, drifts your way
rather than the other. Except of small portion OF
our northeastern corner so near To Boston that lts
trade is drawn thither, New-YOrk is the metropoll-
tan city of Connecticut well as of your own State
and northern New Jersey. OF course our young men
90 there to seek their fortunes, and SO it comes to
pass that many citizens of New-YOrk were born and
raised in longitude East of Greenwich" The
idea SO naturally suggested by reflections like these,
and others have neither time nor space 10 give
words to- have often pressed upon the attention OF
persons qualified by talents and circumstances to
become your correspondent. For myself, nave
shr,nk modestly from assuming position OF such
eminence have no skill with the pen, am rated
a
know / am not one of your sort OF folks. L am
Locooco of the sraghtest sect, and am orthodox 10
INV theology | believe in the devil and all his
works in the Nebraska bill, in the genuine author.
y of the Ksnsas Territorial Legislature and law, and
in the bred Scott decision according to the i've
Judges Moreover, i wear a stOye-plpe hat and
shave clean / chew tobacco, smoke, sometimes
drink brandy and hold strict vegetable diet IN utter
contempt and adversiOn. There's model cOrre-
spondent of The NEw-YORK TRIBUNE for you!
Indeed assure you, am not under the dellrlum
that am the man for the place. But, for hack OF
one better qualified, / have determined to initiate
the correspondence. If | succeed, there will be
plenty to take the job off my hands. Henceorth 1t
Shall not be- my fault if the sons and daughters of
Connecticut, who live abroad, have not the means
of knowing the local gossip that We keep astIr at
home For this tune having taken so much space
for the introduction must be brief with the rest.
Our General Assembly convened yesterday, and We
had good old-fashioned election parade, not being
pestered as We have been OF late years, by its being
put over to the second day on account Of the vex.
atious bother caused by some little horse third
party or other having poed just votes enough TO de-
feat an election by the people. l remember the
Suring Of 1850, when we Democrats supposed we
had il all our own way, il was discovered at New
Haven that the Free Soilers instead Of being only
four or five strong, numbered seventeen IN the
House, beside four in the Senate. The way it
teen votes all day for Free Soil candidate for
Speaker, and finally defeated ours. Our folks were
terribly scared, for up here in Hartford We couldn't
think what it all meant, and Tom Seymour had his
Message all written and was dressed up in his best
clothes waiting to be informed of his election. Our
folks finally got out Of the scrapc somehow but I've
always suspected il Was all expensive business. As
il was We did not elect Mr.. Toucey that year. as
he had expected, nor the next either for that
matter.
But these uncomfortable times are over and there
being but two parties, we have good old fashioned
ways again. For my part, | am glad the Know
Nothings and Black Republicans fuse so nicely, for
| cordially detest your third parties ever since
friend whose name prefer not to mention, ran for
The Common Council, and was defeated by the mix
ING in OF a Maine-law ticket somehow, nOtwith-
standing had clear plurality OF 10.
Ii was fine day, and We had tnc parade and
coed time. In the morning the Governors Foot
Guard drew up in straight line, and The Governors
Horse Guard drew up in the line of beauty in front
of the State House, where they were reviewed by
two officers of very high rank doubtless, who rode
Down the line, their epaulettes bObbing up and
down. and their horses going sideways and back
wards and wbisking their long tails into the faces
Of the admiring crowd. Whenever passing wagon
forced its way through the serried ranks the H.
trepd soldiers would close up to fill the gap as if
nothing had happened. There were other military
companies in the procession, hose company, aud
three or four brass bands, DodwOrth's among the
rest. The procession met the Governor elect at
the South Green, and marched through the mud all
over town for two hours, the bells meantime ringing
o,ful peals Of welcome, while barn burned down
because there was no way TO make an alarm except
by bauooipg. which didn't amount to much amid
the Lurrahs. Gov. Holly rode on horseback, dressed
plainly, except cockade in his hx: The Lieut.
Goyernor. Col Burnham, rode i'll carriage, and so