Litchfield enquirer., 1859-06-23


 tinued to next session.
 TUESDAY, June l4.--In the Senate resolution to -e- fund to banks money taken for taxes, referred to committee claims. The resolution is just, but the state have got the money, and will probably keep it. Resolution giving William Goodwin s100 for his statistics, passed. Of the members wanted to make MT. G. present it would have been quite as proper to have taken it from their own pockets resolution passed 12 toS, giving 5000 to the Hartford Hospital very likely good institution but we do cot see the propriety of aiding it from the public treasury. Resolution passed requiring wheth the charters of the Woodbury North American and Ltchfeld Banks are forfeited. A bill for the ap pointment' of three Insurance Company Commission CTS with powers like Bank Commissioners, after discussion was laid on the table, It ought to pass, as there are few more gentlemen willing to serve the public in search of incorporation delinquencies
 ln the House, a long debate was had on resolu ton to incorporate the Union Fire Insurance Co., of Hartford, which had been rejected in the House and passed in the Senate. The House finally re-consid- cred and concurred by a vote of 108 to 53. At2o'- clock the report of committee on new towns favora ble to petition for the formation of the town of Norris out of the South Farms in the town of Ltch- field was taken up The minority report, signed by Messrs Mcclellan and Pettingil was also presented
 Mir. PettingiIl of Bridgeport suid there were three reports on this subject. He conceded in the minor ity report that the people of South Farms suffered considerable inconvenience in voting but the in- habitants of the north part of the town suffered eQnally their forefathers had suffered the same things for many years, the inhabitants of many other townsin the state unless they were all divid ed and cut up into small towns. The people of South Farms also complain, and he thought justly, of the law taking away the charge of schools from societies and giving it to the towns There were no other reasons fot making the new town, than these, that ne was aware ot. Only twothirds of the voters in South Farms ask for the division one-third re- monstrate against it. The grand list is about equal ly divided between these two interests In the whole town oneeghth only are in favor of the divs- ion. while seven-eighths are opposed to it. If the eighth could show any grievance which they wished redressed, the matter would wear very different aspect He thought there no such grievance. He was opposed both specially and on general prin- ciples to the making of the new town. He was op- posed to making any new towns.
 Mir. Otis, of Salem, read from the majority report in favor of the division, principally on the ground of the great distance travelled by the 200 voters of South Farms.
 MT. Seymour, of Litchfeld, represented the re- monstrants against the division of the town. The petitioners within the limits of the proposed new town number 137, the remonstrants 7O He went on to attack the majority report arguing that no division was needed, and that it was not asked for with sufficient force to merit the consideration of the legislature The chief argument for the division is the distance-our and half miles-but there are many other villages in the state whose inhabitants have greater distance than that to go to vote or to do business. Then Litchfeld has town farm and poor-house, of which they justly proud locat- ed within the limits of the proposed new town of Morris, and the inhabitants of Litchfield were in quandary as to what they could do in the matter fln hN,ry oNr,1l ho hold in common-that had been tried in other parts of the state And to the distance, the school laws, &c., the inhabitants of Milton and Northield had ten fold for asking to be set off, but they asked mo such thing If we make precedent on the sub ject we shall have similar petitions, the same general grounds, coming from all over the state.
 Mr. Chadwick, of Old Lyme, spoke in favor of the division. The inhabitants of South Farms had dis tance of from eight to eighteen miles, in going and returning, to travel from their village to Ltchtield Centre; they also did more business with other towns than with Ltchfeld. On these or similar grounds, 76 new towns had been made in the state. Local affairs should be managed where they arise, and he considered that there was real necessity here for the setting off of the new town.
 MT. Ambler, of Trumbull, spoke in favor of the division. He stated that for two years the town of Litchfeld hud voted money to fight the petitioners, and he didn't think that honorable. He thought the prayer of the petitioners ought to be granted.
 Other speakers followed on the same side.
 MT. Turrill of New Milford spoke against the d- vision. He did not think the petitioners presented sufficient cause for it.
 Mir. Trumbull, of Stonington, said it was very warm in the room, from human some other cause, and he found it difficult to decide which side of the question was the right one. If he went out of the stase house, one gentleman met him and said, l" If you divide Litchfeld we are ruined!' three steps farther and another man meets him and says, . the welfare of mankind depends upon the division of Ltchfeld!' He then went on to speak against the division. He made the most most humorous speech vet made in the House this session.
 :. Other speakers followed, Mir. Smith, of Griswold, speaking in favor of the division, and Mr. Seymour, of Ltchfeld, (again) against it. MT. Broadway, of Lyme, also spoke in favor of the division.
 MT. Pettingill of Bridgeport, spoke again adverse ly to the division.
 The question, on accepting the report. passing the resolution and granting the prayer of the petitioners was put by yeas and nays, and passed, 1O6 to 105, including the speakers vote.
 WEDNESDAY, June l5.-In the Senate, s1OO was voted to the clergymen officiating during the session as chapains. Resolution passed appropriating s60O to the printing of the report of the chemist to the State Agricultural Society-an indirect appropria- tion to the society itself. $l00 was voted to Mrs Maine for services music teacher at the State Re- form School-another instance of the benefits of perseverance in petitioning the legislature.
 In the House resolution passed authorizing the H., P. & F. R. R. Go. to issue bonds. Resolution ap- proprating soOOO annually for two years to Normal School, amended by substituting s40oo for one year. An unsuccessful effort was made to get reconsidera tion of the vote to incorporate the town of Morris
 Report of committee on humane institutions. fa- vorable to annual appropriation of $20oO to the Hartford hospital under the control of the governor
 MT, Clark, of Milfoad stated that a similar appro- priation was made to the hospital at New Haven.
 MT. Brandegee of New London, moved an amend
 ent that when one-fourth of the subscribers ask it physician of any schoop' shall be put upon the board of medical visitors. He said he had been re-