Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1860-06-28

PRESIDENT BUCHANAN, has vetoed the Home
stead Bill.
Our Legislative Correspondence.
New HAVEN, June %, 1860.
Mr.. HUMpHREY-My Dear Sir The end of
the eighth Legislative week brings with the ad-
journment sine die, an event most sincerely de-
sired by many of the members. Unjust not how
ever dwell here on this topic, but pass directly
to the record of this, the finale week.
MoSDAY-The two houses met at half past
three. The Senate disposed of many small mat
ters among which were the following, viz, in
cooperating the Woodbury. Agricultural and
Horticultural society giving permission to Ben
nett Warner of Washington to sell land. Ofthe
House, can only say that no business worthy of
notice in your paper, was transacted. except that
of adjourning till Tuesday morning.
TuEsDAY-The Senate, after considerable dis
cusson, rejected the resolution REIN bursting the
Hartford County Bank for bills fraudulently put
in circulation by clerk in the Treasury depart
ment. Resolution appropriating $4,000 to the
Hartford Hospital. providing patients may en-
ploy any class of physicians, was laid on the ta-
BILE for future consideration. Several small mat
tiers received due consideration.
! The House held long session, but the larger
portion Of it was consumed in disposing of sun
dry matters, mostly private, and thus I omit
them, except, that near the close, the resolution
incorporating water company at Winsted was
taken up, pending the consideration of which the
House adjourned till tomorrow morning at 10
o'clock.
WEDSEsDAy-This was laborious day, both
houses holding three sessions, but l can notice
only few of the more important items which
received attention. In the Senate, the members
generally participated in lengthy debate upon
the Telegraph BILL said bill being ingeniously
drawn, apparently quite fair, but in reality giving
almost unlimited power to the great monopoly to
control its posts regardless of individual rights.
1t was finally SO amended as to destroy its OBJ
noxious features The town of New Haven was
permitted to issue bonds to the amount of $780,
600, for the purpose of building Town and
City Hall. Resolution incorporating the New
England Mining Company, passed. This is a
new company which has recently commenced
working the copper mines at Bristol. The sub
ject of reinstating the Montgomery Guards,
a military company at Bridgeport, which was
disbanded by Gov. Minor, drew out from the
Senators, brief, but pungent remarks. Resolution
authorizing the Treasurer to borrow, not exceed
ing $4,000 as may be required, passed. Report
Of committee recommending an appropriation of
$4,000 for the erection of monument to Com
modore McDonough, laid on the table to be
printed. The ashes of this hero rest at Middle
town, and it seems to be the duty of our State
to erect suitable monument there but with
the present condition of the Treasury, doubt
whether the present Legislature will be induced to
make the necessary appropriation. Bill giving
the authorities of towns power to prescribe the
atrical and other exhibitions, passed. The reso-
luton appropriating $4,000 to the Hartford
| Hospital came again under consideration-un
finished when the Senate adjourned.
| In the House, a lengthy and spirited discussion
ensued upon resolution incorporating the Win
sted Water Company, in which many of the
members participated; but l can refer only to
those from your county. Mr.. Hall with much
force and eloquence advocated the measure, and
Messrs. Battell and Seymour with equal force
and eloquence spoke against it, or some of its
provisions. Resolution amended and passed
The Litchfeld County Mining company, to
which l referred last week, was Incorporated
The committee on constitutional amendments,
reported favorably on the continuation to the
next General Assembly of the resolution, strik-
ing out from the Constitution the word white"
which caused sharp discussion but the resou-
ton passed by III to 81. The members from
your county voted as follows, viz: AFFIRMATIVE,
Sawyer, Hart, Thompson, Wilson, Gridley,
Spooner, Miller, Hine, Battell Curtiss, Terry,
Chapman, Tyler, Holley, Limburner, Patterson
Woodward, Hall, Platt and Trowbridge NEG
Ar1vE, Seymour, Stoddard, Doolittle, Perry, Peck,
Brewster, Terrell, Hopkins, Cook, Warner,
Beardsley, Finch, Jennings, Willard and Bloss.
ABsESr-Ames, Reynolds, Douglas, Cofing and
| AAuuou. "A FeSOluCloQ aLleuuIuS the SOuStltu-
ton SO that towns of more than 5000 inhabit-
ants shall have two representatives and those
less than that number but one, was rejected, as
was also the one capital project. About doz-
en- bills which the committee recommended do
not pass" were disposed of, by the affirming of
the Speaker, in less than ten minutes. The sub
ject of reimbursing Hartford County Bank for
bills fraudulently distracted and put in circula-
ton, after an extended discussion, was indefn-
itely postponed.
THURsDAY-Three sessions to-day, the last one
ended at 1O11a P. NJ.
| Standardization appropriating $4,000 to
Hartford Hospital, passed. The vote of censure
passed, by the legislature Of 1s4s, upon Benz.
Noyes. a former Bank Commissioner, was, after
a strong debate, rescinded. Resolution au-
thorizing the removal Of the Bank of North
America from Seymour to Ansonia passed.
Senate went into Executive Session. after which