An act declaring that the machinery employed in manufacturing shall be assessed in the towns where used, and that the value thereof shall be deducted from the shares of the corporation owning the same before assessing the stock for taxation. An act requiring the capital stock of all Insurance Companies to be paid in within one year after being incorporated; prohibiting the taking on one risk more than ten per cent of their capital; declaring them liable to taxation, and authorising in all actions to which they are parties, any evidence to be given under the general issue, upon notice being given of the facts seven days before the trial. An act requiring the resident agents of Insurance Companies of other states, where a tax is imposed on foreign insurance contracts, to make a semi-annual return to the state treasurer of all property insured by him as agent, and to pay a tax of one half per cent on the whole amount so insured. And where any such law taxing insurance contracts by foreign insurers, may be passed in states where no such law now exists, the resident agents of insurance companies belonging to such, shall give a bond to pay such tax within sixty days after the passage of such law. An act prohibiting gambling in licensed taverns, and declaring that where credit shall be given by a tavern keeper from time to time, to any person to be drank in his premises, the same shall be forfeited. Acts were passed incorporating five new insurance companies, sixteen new banks, and increasing the capital of ten old ones; sixteen new manufacturing companies, and increasing the capital of three old ones; two coal companies, three rail road companies, eight academies, one hospital, ten religious societies, one astronomical observatory association, and two for marine purposes. A bill entitled ' an act for the relief of insolvent debtors,' passed the Senate, but was rejected in the House. Another bill, the object of which was to abolish imprisonment for debt, went through the same process and met the same fate. TREASURY REPORT, FOR Dec. 31, 1831. Receipts. Cash in the Treasury Janua $25,275 73,180 Expenditures. Salaries of officers, and incidental charges Pay of Counsellors, Senators and Representatives On rolls of the Committee on 511 196,909 26,005 419,748 17,981 620 9,272 367 26 113 74 262,000 $1,032,083 $65,715 104,314 ELECTIONS. - There were three unsuccessful attempts to elect a governor of this state in 1832. the amount of capital invested is $1,281,050; annual amount of goods manufactured, $1,399,228; pounds of Wool manufactured, 1,574,314. The whole number of yards of Broad Cloth manufactured annually, is 290,000; of Flannel, 229,078; of Satinet, 808,915; of Cassimere and other narrow cloth, 108, 000. In these manufactories about two thousand persons are constantly employ. ed. In addition to the above, however, there are twentyfour manufactories from which no returns have been made, which employ an aggregate capital of $100,000. ry 1, 1831 State tax for 1830 accounts Balance of accounts to Coun- From claim on United States for militia services Lunatic Hospital at Worcester deaf and dumb For money borrowed Interest on ditto ry 2d, 1832. 94,707 39,091 414,950 5,700 8000 22,000 6,745 1,605 3,231 23,514 217,100 6,860 18,551 $1,032,083 AMENDMENT OF CONSTITUTION. An amendment to the constitution was proposed in the legislature of 1832, and carried, ayes 347, nays 90, by which all religious sects were put on an equal footing, and declaring that all religious societies, whether incorporated or not, shall have the right to elect their religious teachers, and to manage all the pecuniary concerns of their societies; and that all persons shall be deemed members of the religious societies to which they belong until they file a written notice of their withdrawal with the clerk of such society. RHODE ISLAND. The following is given as a correct return of the votes at the first election: for Mr Arnold, (Nat. Rep.) 2730; Mr Fenner, (Jackson) 2290; Mr Sprague, (anti-masonic) 608. No choice. CITY OF PROVIDENCE. - The organization of the City Government of Providence took place at the Court House on the second Monday of June, 1832. The oaths of office were administered to the Mayor and Aldermen by the President of the Town Council, and by the mayor to the members of the Common Council. Richard M. Field, late Town Clerk, was unanimously chosen City Clerk. The Mayor delivered his Inaugural Address in the presence of a large audience. He spoke of the newly adopted form, as one not tending to impair the rights of the people, and stated the object in obtaining the Charter to have been, not to obtain more power, but to administer the power already possessed with more prudence, economy, and energy. After the Address, the Mayor and Aldermen retired to the Senate Chamber, and the Common Council was organized, by the appointment of Mr George Baker, President, and Mr Thomas B. Fenner, Clerk. MANUFACTORIES. By a statement in the Providence Journal it appears that there were in Rhode Island in 1832, 110 cotton factories, with a capital, embracing ground, buildings, machinery and materials, of $6,866,334; 22 woollen factories, capital $617,435;5 bleacheries, capital $317,000; 2 print works, capital $287,875; 10 founderies; 30 machine shops, capital $1,142,638; 4 tanneries, capital $217,000; 27 jewellers shops, capital $100,200; 2 comb manufactories, capital $72,000. Total capital, $9,522,672. Number of hands employed in the above establishments, 11,273. Besides these, there are a large number of smaller establishments for the manufacture of brass, tin, &c. LACE WORK. - An establishment called the Rhode Island lace school has commenced at Newport. Notwithstanding its recent origin, no less than seven hundred females are actively employed by its proprietors. The style of lace work is said to be the most ingenious of its kind, and of that particular description with which the English dealers in lace have had to supply themselves in France, in consequence of the superior excellence of execution of their Gallic competitors. In the year ending 1st October, 1830 there were imported into Providence, Rhode Island, 61,887 barrels of flour, 396,928 bushels of corn, and 18,857 bushels of rye. In the year ending October 1st, 1831-75,164 barrels of flour, 243,290 bushels of corn, and 11,172 bushels of rye. In the first year, 43,000 bales of cotton, imported at Providence, were consumed in the last year 53,278 bales; and the stock on hand, 30th September, 1831, was 12,730 bales - to wit, 5,430 Louisiana and Alabama, 5,691 upland, 354 sea-island. BANKS. - The following is the aggregate of the returns from the fiftyone Banks in this State, made at the October session, 1831, Capital stock Deposits Protits on hand Due from bauks Bills in circulation Debts due from directors $6,732,296 53 1,290,603 17 179,552 97 112,261 49 1,342,326 50 853,298 69 697,921 13 6,695,505 74 425.692 38 257,792 95 323,035 66 245,775 60 28,025 59 252,163 14 8,453 08 Number of schools continued through the year Average time of the others Whole amount appropriated by the towns for the support of schools 323 17,034 228 147 20 3 months 11,490 Whole number of scholars 88 taught in them, exclusive of the Friends' boarding school, Providence Total estimated expense of private schools Sum total expended for sup 3,403 81,375 port of schools for one year. 102,865 cumstances, at present unavoidable, render a part of the School Fund unproductive; but when the whole amount of its capital can be made to produce six per centum per annum, an annual dividend may be anticipated of from $1,25 to 1,34 for each child enumerated.' The message refers with much mortification to the fact, that thirty adult persons are unable to read, among the 297,711 who inhabit that State!!! THE SCHOOL FUND. The following facts are taken from the report of the Commissioner of the School Fund, inade to the Legislature at its late session, as abridged in the Hartford Review. The whole Capital as ascertained on the 1st of April, 1831, consisted of the following items: 1. Bonds, Contracts and Mortgages 2. Bank Stock 3. Cultivated Lands and Buildings 4. Wild Lands 5. Stock and Farming U tensils 6. Cash on hand of prin cipal Amount of Capital $1,423,716 42 99,950 00 196,595 90 164,144 60 1,320 00 17,230 95 $1,902,957 87 The subjoined table shows the number of children in the State, between four and sixteen years of age, as enumerated in August, 1831, and the amount of dividends made in the year ending March 31st, 1832. Hartford County New Haven " New-London " Fairfield Windham Litchfield Middlesex Tolland Children. Dividends. 14,467 13,020 30 11,919 10.727 10 12,229 11,006 10 13,308 11,977 20 CONNECTICUT. ELECTION -The Legislature convened at N. Haven, on the first Wednesday in May, 1832. The official returns of votes gave for John S. Peters, the National Republican candidate, 11,971; for Calvin Willey, (Anti-masonic) 4,463; scattering 616. Majority for Peters, 6,892. The Senate was organized by the choice of Roger Huntington, of Nor wich, President pro tem; the House of Representatives, by the choice of Martin Wells, of Weathersfield, Speaker. The Governor's Message to the Legislature presented a satisfactory view of the civil and political condition of the State. In relation to the finances, it is said 'The permanent Civil List Fund of the State of Connecticut, amounts to four hundred and thirtyfive thousand one hundred two dollars, sixtyone cents; the interest of which is applied to the cur. rent expenses of the government. 'The revenue to the State from every source, for the year ending on the thirtyfirst day of March, A. D. 1832, amounts to eightytwo thousand six hundred fiftyseven dollars fifteen cents; including cash in the Treasury on the first day of April, A. D. 1831, one thousand eight hundred fortysix dollars, ninetysix cents, and uncollectable notes, two hundred fortythree dollars and sixteen cents. The disbursements from the Treasury during the last political year, amount to seventythree thousand six hundred sixtyfive dollars seventysix cents; - leaving cash in the Treasury on the 1st day of April, A. D. 1832, ten thousand thirtyeight dollars thirtyfive cents, together with said notes.' 'The State of Connecticut has, in proportion to the number of her population, a larger fund appropriated for the use of Common Schools, than any other State in the Union. The interest of this fund, which has been applied, during the year ending on the first day of March, A. D. 1832, to its appropriate object, amounts to $76,585 50. The number of children between the ages of four and sixteen years, enumerated in this State in August last, is 85,095. Many cir 5,627 5,064 30 85,095 76,595 50 WOOLLEN AND COTTON FACTORIES. From an article in the New England Review, which may be relied on as authentic, it appears that the State contains about fifty Woollen Factories, in which In ninetyfour Cotton Factories, the capital invested is $3,101,229; yards of cloth manufactured, 20,212,953; pounds of Cotton used, 818,090. There are also, twelve new manufactories not yet in operation, most of which are nearly completed. In the manufacture of Cotton goods about 5000 persons are actively employed in the State. 4 with much anxiety the various propositions recently brought before Congress, designed to unsettle our legislation, and to reverse a policy which has contributed so much to the present happy and prosperous condition of our country. Resolved, That if any modification of the tariff be expedient, by reason of the approaching extinguishment of our national debt, that the same should be so arranged as to give effectual protection to every branch of national industry. 'Resolved, That the Senators and Representatives of this State in the Congress of the United States be, and they are hereby, desired to make all suitable and proper exertions to maintain the principle of protection in a form that shall be every way adequate to insure the safety and future prosperity of existing inter ests. NEGRO COLLEGE. - An attempt was made to establish a college for educating colored people at New Haven, but the inhabitants of that city met on the 10th of Sept. 1831, and after passing a preamble, voted the following resolution: Therefore, resolved, by the Mayor, Aldermen, Common Council, and Freemen of the city of New Haven, in city meeting assembled, That we will resist the establishment of the proposed college in this place by every lawful means.' EXPENDITURE for the year ending March 31, 1832. For debentures and contingent expenses of general assembly Salaries ernment Contingent expenses of govJudicial expenses of govern ment Expenses of state paupers State prison (salaries of directors) Advances to the quarter Master General Public buildings and institutions $14,254 9,095 5,221 25,712 2,000 300 818 The following resolutions were passed by the Legislature in May, 1832. Whereas, The right to protect and encourage domestic industry and the mechanic arts, was one of the moving causes of the American revolution, and the practice of that right, one great object in the adoption of the constitution of the United States: and whereas from the first act of the first Congress to the present period, the government of the United States, adopted and sustained as they have been by public opinion, have adhered to the principle of protecting the agricultural, commercial and manufacturing industry of the people from the fatal effects of foreign competition: and whereas a very large proportion of the property of our citizens has been invested in those branches of industry in a confident reliance upon a continuation of that policy 'Resolved, by this assembly, That we regard the policy of a protecting tariff, as the foundation of our prosperity and independence as a nation, and we should deprecate any indication on the part of the general government, that it can in any event be abandoned. 'Resolved, That we have witnessed VERMONT. ELECTIONS. - Official returns of the votes for governor : -Mr Palmer, (anti-masonic) 15,258 Mr Allen, (national republican) 12,999 Mr Meech, (Jackson) 6,158 4,904 Total $62,304 No choice. But the plurality system prevailing as to the council, the antimasonic ticket fully succeeded. Mr Palmer was elected Governor by joint ballot-for him 114, for Mr Allen 36, Mr Meech 42, Mr Crafts 35-majority for RECEIPTS for the year ending Sep- Debts due to old State Bank 3,137 59,391 6,987 $77,072 $12,443 Total Expenditures. TREASURY. - By the Report of the SCHOOL FUND. - The Auditor reports loan, September 30, 1831, was $36,267 To members of the General Assembly Salaries of Judges Court orders for fees of wit- 17,337 nesses, jurors, &c. Superi tendent of the State BANKS. - It appears by the report of STATE PRISON. - The committee He says, he has made a purchase of Prison Total Balance remaining Total 5,000 9,088 $62,879 14,193 $77,072 LEGISLATION. - At the October ses- sion of the Legislature of Vermont in Among the public acts are the follow- An act declaring that the statutes of An act declaring that where a married An act giving powers to probate courts BANK FUND. - An act requiring ev- |