Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1857-07-22

When | FIRST applied for admission in
70 those works, l received an ans We
that it was standing rule, TO admit nj
ST niger" This regretted very much
and after exhausting the little fund o
argument and persuasion : was in pos
session Of, and a still larger amount il
the possession Of friend who was will
me, and assuring them that we were no
engaged in The manufacture of fire
arms, the gentlemanly Clerk, after &
constitution with others in the Office,
kindly consented to conduct US throusf
the entire building. cannot, here,
give descripting of the works, as space
will not permit, but TO give some idea o
the extent, the first room We entered
was tfve hundred and -.tftty feet long an.
about fifty broad, completely filed will
machinery, for making the various part.
of the gun and pistol. The main build
in is, l think, four stories Eigh, and eacl
one SET apart for different part Of the
complicated work.
There are now five hundred and thir
ty hands employed here, who make be-
tween three and four hundred guns pei
day, or about two thousand per week.
He pays as wages to bis hands, The snug
little som OF thirty thousand dollars pen
naonthl
The guns and pistols manufactured
here, all have the revolving cylinders.
and are ''six shooters" l believe.
The machinery tllrOught the entire es-
tablishment is driven by one engine,
which is said to be the most perfect one
in the Estates" Colt has ether exten-
sive manufactures in this country, and
one, think, in England.
He resides, am told, in Hartford
and his residence is mere Ike the pal
ace of some Oriental nabob, than the
home of democratic American.
Whilst in Hartford, l had curiosity
TO 'drop in" and see "real live living
Legislature, and as there was one in ses-
sion there, l had an opportunity to graf
| ify that desire. The Senate, which is
composed of nineteen members, was moi
in ''session" that afternoon, nor, in fact,
had it been, in any afternoon, during
the present session.
The Senate c. amber is rather pleas
ant room, ard well, and conveniently
f unished. An object of curiosity stocd
in one corner of the room, in the shape
of a large crotch of the ''Charter Oak. F"
1t was about four feet high. The Sen
ate ordered it to be transformed into a
chair for the President. The Charter
Oak, and its ten thousand fragments,
are highly venerated By our Pubritanic
C temporaries. In many of their shops,
YOU, willfnd peices cu.into facifulsLap, s
for sale, and considered quite valuable
as relics of that tree, that figured so
largely in the history of our country
But, 1 digress.
l parsed from the SenaIe Chamber,
into the Hall of the House of Represen-
tatives, and found in a room, about
twenty-five by thirty, taOO bundled and
thirty Representatives were expected to
assemble, and do business, and that in
warm weather too. l found the Hall
crowded Ike meeting house on sacra-
ment dav, or e courtroom during a
trial for murder, or, trial the very e
verse of that. l forced my way into the
dense crowd, but finding o place to sit,
and scarcely room enough to stand up,
| worked my way OUT again and went
tip gallery where / could see better
The speaker seemed TO be the only mem
Der in the House that had any place or
means of writing. The seats for the
members, were much like the pews in a
country church, each accommodating about
nine persons. On the backs of some
of the seats, were hung upon hinges,
three boards, each about two feet long
and eight inches wide, Zone near each
end and one in the middle, which be-
ing propped up in some way, served to
lay few books or papers on, but would
not be so cOnveinen. a writing table. as
the crown of ones hat, even if there had
been one for each member, but as each
one had TO accommodate three members,
persume writing was out of the ques-
lion, or, out of the Hall at least.
l discovered some similarity between
that and other bodies of the kind that l
have heard of, viz, on the subject of ap
PrepristioRs. heard it urged there, as
have heard it in other places, that the
State was abundantly able, and ought
to be ashamed to make a small appropri-
alton but should "spend her money free
for all necessary purposes.
Tie members of both branches, with,
perhaps, few exceptions, were good and
intelligent-loOking men, (as is the case
believe, with all Legislatures?)
As specific for all the evils and in
conveniences, the members of the Connec-
ticut Legislature receives one dellar and
fifty cents per day.