Litchfield enquirer., 1859-06-23

and should not call upon the state for aid He was in favor of the amendment If the res0luuon pass az all He begged to know why, if one-fourth of the subscribers asked to have one homoeOpathlst upon the staff of medical visitors, it should not be allow ed them9 He did not believe in taxing homGpa- thsts unless they were represented there He, him. self employed an allopRthist and believed iu their practice but he also believed in being decent and not taxing those who are not represented. He al. ued u very severe terms to the action of the State Medical Society at Mddletown, characterzing it as unchristian, bigoted and intolerant q
 Mir Clark, of Milford, believed that the prosperi- ty and value of the hospital would be ruined by the passage ofsuch an amendment. The various schools of medicine could not practice together in such in stitution. If the citizens of Hartford wanted ho mGopathic hospital let them build such an one and send their homeopathic patients to it. He believed the amendment would kill the hospital.
 Mr Irumbull of Stonington, followed Mir. Bran degee in argument in favor of the amendment If you pass the amendment the directors of the hospi lal can take or refuse the appropriation as they please If they do not choose to take it shey can let it alone and will then be we'll off as they before.
 MT. Burr, of Middlctown. spoke in favor of the amendment. He asked equal and exact rights for all, and nothing more.
 Dr. Morrison, of Windsor, moved to lay the mat ter on the table lost.
 Dr. Sumner, of Bolton would leave the matter to the good and judgment of the directors of the institution. He thought the islanders of the gentle man from New London upon the State Medical So- cety. used here to prejudice the minds of membe1s were out of place and ungentlemanly.
 Dr. Morrison, of Windsor, thought this was no place to discuss the various schools of medicine He smoke at some length of the variaus ms of medicine It was folly to take any in the practice of physic He gave history of the causes which led to the expulsion of Dr. Curtis. He defended the doctors from the attacks made upon them. declar- ing them to be self-sacrifcing. hard-working and hoIx xynfr, 0n fnro ~ofJn ing the matter to the board of directors
 The amendment was carried, 73 to 5s resolu- ton, as amended, passed
 The bill incorporating the Pacific Railroad Co. was passed, after being amended sto require the pay ment of 10 per cent. at the time of making subscrp tions Agreeably to the recommendation of the committee on new towns, 350 acres of Pennington were set to West Hartford, and few acres and one family of Pennington were set to New Britain
 THURSDAY, June 16.-In Senate, resolution appro- prating $250O for the Retreat for the Insane passed The committee on the judiciary reported adversely to tho repeal of the insolvent law of 1885, and the bill for that purpose was lost by the casting vote of the chair Evils undoubtedly arise from the opera ton of this law, but on the whole we think it has operated we'll. A resolution passed authorizing horse railroad from Hartford to Wethersield. Bill passed allowing five jurymen from the town of Nor rs.
 In the House, the application for change of the county seat of Windham County from Brooklyn te Danielsonville was continued to the next General Assembly. MT. Deming was thanked for vindicat- ing the state in the person of Old Put and in re- fbo al, c<fr to furnishing the commander at Bunker Hill should be recognized. The bill incorporating the Litchfeld Mining Co. was passed.
 FRIDAY, June 18.-In Senate, the Governor return ed the bill for the incorporation of the Pacific Rail- road O., with his objections, and the message was made the order of the day for Tuesday. Resolution for the incorporation of the Union Agricultural So- ciety was passed after some debate. Much of the day was spent bill to extend the limits of the city of Hartford which was carried by vote of 15 to A.
 In the House, long debate occurred on the report for the organization of insane department in the state prison, without coming to yote> A resolu- ton passed appointing Messrs. .Hovey of Norwich Harrison of New Haven, and Bugbee of Killingly a committee to revise the school laws. .
 SATURDAY, June 18.-In Senate, bill was passed prohibiting Judges of Probate from acting as coun- sel before commissioners in insolvent estates. Bill passed requiring that the folio of release of mort gage to be noted on the folio of mortgage. Reso- luton passed, after much debate taxing deposits in savings banks onefourth of per cent instead of one-sixteenth as at present. Mr. Osborn stated du- ring the debate that there was fourteen million dol lars in the savings banks of this state! This is average $1G0, ,000 to a town, ard on 15 cent tax, which is the average in towns is loss to each town of s45O annually equal to the whole expense of such for the poor The bill regulating the sale of intoxicating liquors was continued to the next Gen eral Assembly. Bill passed fning persons s7 in- stead of $20 for getting drunk.