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Abington. Clerk and Treas., Orrin Sumner. Com., Jared Williams, Samuel P. Sumner, Daniel Smith. Visitors, Charles Osgood, Henry Smith, Orrin Sumner.
PORTLAND. Clerk and Treas., George O. Jarvis. Com., Daniel Russell, E. B. White, Wm. Lewis. Vis- itors, H. Talcott, S. M. Emery.
PRESTON. Clerk, Henry P. Marion. Treas., Henry B. Rude. Com., Irus Witter, David D. Baldwin, Wm. H. Prentice, Visitors, Henry P. Marion, Wm. H. Prentice.
Second. Visitors, Henry B. Benjamin, Albert Da- vis, Thomas S. Phillips.
REDDING. Clerk, Jonathan R. Sanford. Treas., Aaron Burr. Com., Daniel Sanford, 2d, Francis A.
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SCHOOL SOCIETIES.
Sanford, Aaron B. Wilson. Visitors, D. D. Frost, O. H. Smith, Walker Bates.
RIDGEFIELD. Clerk, Henry Smith, 2d Treas., L. H. Bailey. Com., Abijah Ressequie, Keeler Dauchy, John B. Hyatt. Visitor, B. K. Northrop.
Ridgebury. Clerk and Treas., Eli Rockwell. Com., G. N. Benedict, Adoniram Keeler, Benjamin D. Nor- ris. Visitors, Philo Canfield, T. N. Barlow, James E. Hoyt.
ROCKY HILL. Clerk, Roswell R. Robbins. Treas., Merriam Williams. Com., Henry Webb, Benjamin Smith, Walter F. Goodrich. Visitors, James Warner, George O. Chambers, Solomon Griswold, Warren Taylor, Samuel Dimock, Walter S. Wilcox, &c.
ROXBURY. Clerk, A. L. Hodge. Treas., George Hurlbut. Com., A. L. Hodge. Visitors, Abel Nich- ols, A. L. Hodge.
SALEM. Clerk, Thomas Strickland. Treas., Wm. Tew. Com., Aug. S. Holmes, Enoch Treadway, H. P. Whittlesey. Visitors, Enoch Tredway, M. F. New- ton, Thomas Strickland.
SALISBURY. Clerk and Treas., R. N. Fuller. Com., S. C. Scoville, Silas Moore, M. L. Graham.
SAYBROOK. Clerk, Wm. Dennison, 2d. Treas., Clark Nott. Com., Jabez Southworth, Sidney Bush- nell, James Phelps. Visitors, J. A. Bailey. J. A. Clark, R. H. Maine, S. W. Starkey, W. P .. Vinal.
SEYMOUR. Clerk, B. W. Smith. Treas., G. F. De Forest. Com., Sylvester Smith, Sharon Y. Beach, Hiram Upson. Visitor, Joshua Kendall.
SHARON. Clerk, Henry V. King Treas., Baldwin Reed. Com., Charles Sears, John Woodruff, John S. Jewett. Visitors, T. S. Carver, E. O. Cone.
Ellsworth. Clerk, Gibbs W. Skiff. Treas., Horace Dunbar. Com., Samuel E. Everett, 2d, E. P. Everett,
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SCHOOL SOCIETIES.
Orrin Tickner. Visitors, E. W. Chaffee, Horace Dun- bar, Calvin P. Chaffee.
SHERMAN. Clerk and Treas., N. W. Northrop. Com., Wm. Pickett, David Northrop, Abram Wanzer. Visitors, J. B. Stoddard, N W. Northrop, D. D. Hoagg.
SIMSBURY. Clerk, Edward B. Goodwin. Treas., Moses Ensign. Com., Moses E. St. John, Jeremiah A. Tuller, Lucius I. Barber. Visitors, Henry W. En- sign, Samuel T. Richards, George Cornish.
SOMERS. Clerk and Treas., Oliver Chapin. Com., Marvin Mudge, Marcus Woodward, Loren W. Perci- val. Visitor, Daniel Welch.
SOUTHBURY. Clerk and Treas., Henry W. Scott. Com., Charles B. Hicock, Sherman Tuttle, Charles Hicock. Visitor, George P. Pruden:
South Britain. Clerk and Treas., Erastus Mitchell. Com., Samuel Smith, Anson Bray, Mitchel M. Can- field: Visitor, Amos E. Lawrence.
SOUTHINGTON. Clerk and Treas., Lucas Upson. Com., J. M. Hobart, N. H. Byington, A. Hotchkiss. Visitors, Charles E. Munn, Andrew Upson.
SOUTH WINDSOR. Clerk, Henry Holman. Treas., Samuel T. Wolcott. Com., Theodore Elmer, Timo- thy Anderson, Francis Stoughton. Visitors, E. W. Hooker, Erastus Ellsworth, Wm. Thompson, &c.
Wapping. Clerk and Treas., John C. Robertson, Com., Hiram Skinner, Wm. Foster, Herman Hall. Visitors, Nelson Goodrich, Wmn. C. Grant, &c.
STAFFORD. Clerk and Treas., Moses B. Harvey. Com., Edward G. Hyde, Wm. A. Foster, Milton Leonard. Visitors, Wm. N. Clark, H. L. Webster, E. S. Beebee, H. Balton, Salisbury Hyde, &c.
West. Clerk and Treas., Julius R. Whiton. Com., John R. Washburn, Anson Mckinney, Alvah W. Case. Visitors, Elliot Palmer, John R. Washburn.
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SCHOOL SOCIETIES.
STAMFORD. Clerk, Chauncey Ayres. Treas., Ste- phen B. Provost. Com., Theodore Davenport, N. E. Adams. Visitors, All the clergy, and Wm. T. Miner, Wm. H. Holly, B. J. Daskam.
North. Clerk, Abishai Weed. Treas., B. M. Weed. Com., Daniel Delavan, H. Teller, B. M. Weed. Vis- itors, Henry Fuller, E. E. Scofield, H. Scofield.
STERLING. Bethesda. Clerk, L. N. Arnold. Com., L. N. Arnold, Johnson D. Love, Jared Griffith.
STONINGTON. Com., D. S. Hart, Charles Hinckley, Thomas W. Palmer. Visitor, Charles Sabin.
STRATFORD. Clerk, David P. Judson. Treas., Jo- siah Gorham. Com., Stephen Curtis, Oliver Beards- lee, Lewis W. Burritt. Visitors, John A. Paddock, Wm. B. Weed, Jacob Shaw, Waldo Brown, &c.
SUFFIELD. Clerk and Treas., David Hale, 2d. Com., Julius C. Sheldon, Horace Sheldon, 2d, John M. King. Visitors, Dwight Ives, Horace Sheldon, 2d, M. M. Woodby. 1
West. Clerk, O. W. Kellogg. Treas., J. M. Loom- is. Com., Artemas King, Gad Sheldon, E. S. Taylor. Visitors, J. W. Sessions, W. H. Hill.
THOMPSON. Clerk and Treas., Joseph B. Gay. Com., Frederick Hovey, Joseph B. Gay, Newton Tourtellott. Visitors, Andrew Dunning, E. R. War- ren, H. S. Ramsdell, John McGregor, &c.
TOLLAND. Clerk, Joseph Bishop. Treas., J. R. Flynt. Com., O. P. Waldo, Ariel Ladd, Chauncey Griggs. Visitor, Z. A. Storrs.
TORRINGFORD. Clerk and Treas., Stanley Gris- wold. Com., Nelson Roberts, Roswell Birge, Harvey L. Rood. Visitors, Rufus Burr, H. L. Rood, Elijah Woodward.
Wolcottville. Clerk and Treas., Giles A. Gaylord. Com., Clark B. Davis, A. A. Mason, Henry Hopkins. Visitors, Henry A. Barber, S. T. Seelye, J. S. Covell.
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SCHOOL SOCIETIES.
TRUMBULL. Clerk, Ephraim T. Edwards. Treas., B. B. Plumb. Com., B. B. Plumb, D. B. Hinman, D. P. Nichols. Visitor, D. M. Elwood.
UNION. Clerk and Treas., D. L. Newell. Com., Harvey Walker, Aaron A. Wales, Ira Walker. Vis- itor, Samuel I. Curtis.
VERNON. Clerk and Treas., John Chapman, Jr. Com., Francis McLean, Jr., John Chapman, Jr., P. P. Talcott. Visitor, Philander P. Talcott.
Rockville. Clerk, G. W. Fisher. Treas., Seth W. Johnson. Com., Nelson Kingsbury, Alonzo Bailey. Francis Keeney. Visitors, Horace Winslow, &c.
VOLUNTOWN. Clerk and Treas., Samuel T. Dow. Com., John Gallup, Henry C. Call, Stephen S. Keg- win. Visitors, Archibald Douglass, Henry Wylie.
Nazareth. Clerk and Treas., Harvey Campbell. Com., Elisha Potter, James S. Treat, Benjamin W. Palmer. Visitors, John H. Baker, Wm. C. Stanton.
WALLINGFORD. Clerk, Lorenzo Lewis. Treas., George B. Kirtland. Com., George B. Kirtland, Ran- dall Cooke, Israel Harrison. Visitors, Joseph Brews- ter, E. R. Gilbert, Charles Kuyser, &c.
WARREN. Clerk and Treas., George Starr. Com., E. R. Swift, F A. Curtiss, J. W. Bemont. Visitors, F. A. Curtis, D. Hine.
WASHINGTON. Clerk, B. G. Fenn. Treas., W. W. Leavitt. Com., Thomas F. Brinsmade, William Par- ish, Anthony Smith. Visitors, S. S. Baldwin, J. L. Scott.
New Preston. Clerk, David C. Whittlesey. Treas., Daniel Burnham. Com., D. C. Whittlesey, Walter D. Sperry, Miles Camp. Visitors, James L. Scott, Gould C. Whittlesey, Horace Merwin, &c.
WATERBURY. Clerk, Joseph Hurlbut. Treas., An- son Sperry. Com., E. B. Cooke, Willard Spencer, David T. Bishop. Visitors, J. L. Clark, N. M. Mead, W. W. Woodworth, N. M. Perkins, &c.
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SCHOOL SOCIETIES.
WATERTOWN. Clerk, Leman W. Cutler. Treas., Orrin S. Starr. Com., Russell S. Beers, Leman W. Cutler, George P. Woodruff. Visitors, C. Goodrich, H. H. Reid, Joel Hungerford, Charles Nobles, &c.
WESTBROOK. Clerk and Treas., Henry B. Chap- man. Com., Edward Stannard, Eug. Cone, Oramel B. Wright. Visitors, William A. Hyde, Oramel B. Wright.
WESTPORT. Clerk and Treas., Levi T. Downs. Com , Philo W. Jones, Alfred Taylor, Abraham Sher- wood. Visitors, George Blackman, Myron L. Mason.
Green's Farms. Clerk and Treas., Ebenezer Beers. Com., David Cooley, 2d, Bradley Goodsell. Visitor, Charles Bentley.
WETHERSFIELD. Clerk and Treas., Alfred Francis. Com., Francis T. Loveland, George Holmes, John: Loveland. Visitors, Messrs. Warner, Wright, &c.
Newington. Clerk, John S. Kirkham. Treas., Elisha Whaples. Com., Willis P. Davis, Marcus W. Stoddard, Roswell Dix. Visitors, Joab Brace, Evan A. Whittlesey, John D. Seymour, &c.
WILLINGTON. Clerk and Treas., Gideon N. Merrick. Com., Gideon N. Merrick, John J. Moulton, Orlan Glazier. Visitors, David Bancroft, Wm. C. Walker, Sylvester Barrows.
WILTON. Clerk and Treas., Nathan Comstock. Com., George B. Westcott, Giles Gregory, Wakeman Hubbell. Visitors, Wakeman Hubbell, Hiram B. Long.
WINCHESTER. Clerk, James N. Coe. Treas., Lu- man Munsell. Com., Artemas Rowley, Sylvester Platt, Isaac A. Bronson. Visitor, Marcus Munsell.
WINDHAM. Clerk and Treas., C. A. Woodworth. Com., Calvin Hibbard, Charles Larrabee, John A. Perkins.
Scotland. Clerk and Treas., Benjamin Hovey. Com., Samuel B. Sprague, Henry H. Cary, Henry
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Lincoln. Visitors, Zephaniah Palmer, Thomas Tall- man.
Willimantic. Clerk and Treas., L. H. Clark. Com., H. Bloss, L. Chase, Visitors. S. G. Willard, M. P. Alderman, John Hill, Jr., &c.
WINDSOR. Clerk, Roman W. Loomis. Treas. Henry Sill. Com., Sidney Bower, Anson Loomis, J. Phelps Ellsworth. Visitors, T. A. Leet, H. A. Weed, S. H. Allen.
Poquonock. Clerk, Nathan S. Griswold. Treas., Eli Phelps. Com., Ira Roper, Gilbert Clark, Cyrus Griswold. Visitors, Thomas H. Rouse, O. B. Griggs, Zopher Case.
WOLCOTT. Clerk and Treas., Henry Miner. Com., Henry Miner, George W. Carter, Stiles L. Hotchkiss. Visitor, Collis T. Potter.
WOODBURY. Clerk and Treas., Lewis Judd. Com., Alexander Gordon, Joseph T. Walker, Franklin M. Judson. Visitors, Lucius Curtis, John Churchill, &c.
WOODSTOCK. Clerk and Treas., Wm. D. Carroll. Com., William R. Arnold, Asa T. Child, Zenus Mar- cy. Visitor, John Paine.
West. Clerk and Treas., Wheeler Phillips. Com., Horatio Carpenter, Jethniel Perrin, Oliver H. Perry. Visitors, Geo. Clinton Williams, Gilbert W. Phillips, John F. Williams, Alvan Underwood.
Public Appropriations to Schoolg.
The SCHOOL FUND of the State, arising from the sale of Lands, called the Connecticut Reserve in Ohio, which was allowed to the State as an offset to their claims to lands extending, according to Charter, from Rhode Island to the Pacific ocean-amounted in 1851, to $2,049,432, as follows :
PUBLIC APPROPRIATIONS TO SCHOOLS.
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Principal.
Income.
Bond and Mortgages,
$1,577,092
Cultivated Lands,
27,251
$103,286
Wild Lands,
32,618
ยท Bank Stock, . Miscellaneous,
359,900
32,241
52,621
2,657
Total,
$2,049,482
$138,184
The income is for the year ending April 1, 1852. The appropriations for the same year, were $139,936. To each child returned, $1.40.
The amount of the TOWN DEPOSIT FUND is $763,661.83, one-half the income of which is by law appropriated to schools; the other may be thus ap- propriated or not, as the towns shall vote. (See Reg- ister for 1850.)
In answer to the question to towns and school socie- ties, " What other appropriations are made to schools ?" We have received the following answers :
Ashford. Assessment on scholars.
Berlin. School districts are taxed from 1 to 3 per cent.
Brookfield. Donation Fund, $27.
Cheshire. Tax on the scholars.
Easton. Staples' donation pays for all the poor.
Enfield. Each district raise as they need.
Farmington. Middle district taxes property to support the school.
Goshen. Income town fund, $134. Visitors paid from town treasury.
Hartford. Society tax of 1 cent on List for High
School. Schools in city are supported by tax on property. Society appropriates $50 as compensa- tion to Visitors, above allowance by law.
Middletown. City lays a school tax of 2 cents on List, and a capitation tax. Donation fund, $85.
New Britain. Center district lays a tax of 4 cents on the List.
New Haven taxes property to support schools.
New London appropriates $2,000 to schools. Plymouth. Rate-bills in districts.
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STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.
South Windsor. Town appropriates $195 ; first school society appropriates $240.
Suffield. $18, avails of school lands.
Weston. Staples' donation pays for the poor.
The following Towns and Societies have local funds :
Worthington,
$1,360 New Canaan,
$386
Kensington,
1,500 Newtown,
900
Branford,
700 Norfolk,
1,500
Bristol,
2,369 Oxford,
382
Brooklyn,
1,872 Portland,
241
Burlington,
1,435
Ridgebury,
3,000
Coventry,
338
Rocky Hill,
450
Durham,
3,000
Salisbury,
902
Millington,
185
Saybrook,
352
East Hartford,
800
Ellsworth,
240
East Lyme, 30 shares
Southington,
N. L. Bank Stock
South Windsor,
890
Farmington,
9,477 Sharon,
350
Franklin,
2,400
Stamford,
700
Do., 2d Society, 300
Glastenbury, South,
264
Do., West,
140
Goshen,
Thompson,
730
Greenwich,
2,000
Torrington,
1,500
Guilford,
1,500
Trumbull,
700
Hebron,
700
Waterbury,
600
Lebanon,
1,161 Wilton,
350
Mansfield,
700
Windham,
600
Middletown,
2,270 Scotland,
350
Monroe,
700 Willimantic,
400
New Britain,
4,000 Woodstock,
338
State Normal School;
For the education of teachers ; for which is appro- priated by the State $2,500 a year for four years.
TRUSTEES. Henry Barnard, (ex officio,) Secretary. Francis Gillette, Farmington, President, and Seth P. Beers, Litchfield, for one year ; Roger Averill, Danbu- ry, and Henry P. Havens, New London, for two years ; Hezekiah S. Ramsdell, Thompson, and Loren P. Waldo, Tolland, for three years ; Rev. E. B. Hunting-
Suffield, Lands, 300
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STATE REFORM SCHOOL.
ton, West Meriden, and William D. Shipman, Mid- dletown, for four years.
OFFICERS AND TEACHERS. Hon. Henry Barnard, Principal and ex officio Superintendent of Common Schools; but the duties of the latter office absorb his whole time, and the care of the Normal School de- volves on John D. Philbrick, (late Principal of the Quincy Grammar School, Boston,) Associate Princi- pal, assisted by Professor D. N. Camp, and Miss J. Bartholomew.
TEACHERS' CONVENTIONS. The Superintendent is directed to hold in each county, in September, October or November, schools or conventions of teachers, for the purpose of instructing in the best modes of gov- erning and teaching common schools; and he may employ suitable assistants.
State Reform School.
Located in Meriden, half a mile N. W. of R. R. Depot.
TRUSTEES, elected in 1851. Gideon Welles, Hart- ford ; Philemon Hoadley, New Haven; Elisha S. Abernethy, Bridgeport; Erastus Lester, Plainfield ; Albert N. Baldwin, New Milford ; Henry D. Smith, Middletown ; John H. Brockway, Ellington ; Philo M. Judson, Norwich.
FUNDS. Raised by subscriptions, $10,090
Appropriated by Legislature, 1851, 10,000
Bonus from Banks, do. do.
1852, 5,000
4,500
$29,500
State Prison.
DIRECTORS. Elisha Johnson, Plymouth ; Francis W. Cowles, Manchester ; Talcott Crosby, Thompson. Warden, Leonard R. Welles; Chaplain, Rev. C. C. Burr ; Physician, Roswell Fox.
Statement for the year ending March 31, 1852 :
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CITIES.
RECEIPTS.
EXPENDITURES.
Carpenter's shop, $1,402 Salaries, $3,092
Chair seating do.,
2,455 Provisions,
4,155
Smith do., 3,135 Fuel, lights, furniture
Rule
do., 1,604 and incidentals, 3,207
Varnishing do.,
1,276 Clothing and Bedding, 448
Cabinet do., 2,255 Hospital, 335
Shoe do., 1,544 Female Department, 94
Interest account, 1,255 Convicts, tranporta-
From Visitors, 564 tion and discharge, 394
Total, $15,490 Total, $11,715
Balance gain to the institution, $3,775 Whole number prisoners, April 1, 1851, 158. Re- ceived during the year, 60. Discharged, pardoned and died, 47. Remaining, April 1, 1852, 171.
Crimes for which the 171 were convicted.
Murder, 11; Manslaughter, 8 : Attempt to Kill, 16 ; Arson, &c., 14; Adultery, 6; Incest, 3 ; Rape, 6 ; Attempt at Rape, 7; Abusing female child, 2 ; Rob- bery, &c., 3 ; Burglary, 46; Theft, 24; Horse Steal- ing, 13; Forgery, 4; Passing counterfeit money, 6 ; Insanity, 1; Breaking Jail, 1.
Cities.
BRIDGEPORT. A. M., 1 M. Oct.
Mayor, Henry H. Harral. Aldermen, Charles R. Hubbell*, Wyllys Lion*, Philo C. Calhoun, Elisha S. Abernethy. Common Council, W. P. Burrall, J. F. Crosby, W. S. Pomeroy, J. Gregory, P. F. Barnum, G. B. Smith, F. Hitchcock, C. B. Hall, J. F. Wheaton, E. B. Goodsell, S. 1. Patterson, J. R. Calhoun, E. Thomp- son, E. Camp, W. S. Knowlton, W. D. Bishop, R. B. Lang, R. Morgan, C. B. Middlebrook, R. Curtis. Clerk, Stephen Hawley, Treasurer, John S. Smith. Record - ert, Roswell S. Nichols. Attorney, James C. Loom- is. Clerk City Court, Charles F. Sterling. Sheriffs, James H. Preston, Wm. S. Hanford. Collector, Wm. T. Bunnell.
* Judges of City Court.
t The Recorder is Judge of the City Court.
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CITIES.
HARTFORD. A. M. 2 M. April.
Mayor, Ebenezer Flower. Aldermen, Philemon F. Robbins, Barzillai Hudson*, David F. Robinson*, Samuel Woodruff, James B. Shultas, John W. Dan- forth. Common Council, Miles A. Tuttle, Isaac A. Bragaw, Bryan E. Hooker, Orville P. Case; Noah Wheaton, Newton Case, Austin Daniels, Henry C. Deming ; Benoni A. Shepard, James Bolter, James H. Ashmead, Howell R. Hills ; Edmund B. Kellogg, Philo S. Newton, Wm. S. White, Henry C. White ; Perry Smith, Lucius F. Robinson, Lyman Stockbridge, Nel- son Hollister ; Samuel Rockwell, Frederick F. Rice, Abner Waters, James Mulligan. Clerk, Henry Francis. Treasurer, Nathaniel Goodwin. Collector, Henry Hastings. Auditor, Seth H. Terry. Sheriffs, Henry Hastings, W. P. Chamberlin. Messenger, Westell Russell. Recordert and Judge of Police Court, Eli- phalet A. Bulkeley. Attorney, Lucius F. Robinson. Clerk of City Court, Nathaniel Shipman. Clerk of Police Court, Benning Mann.
MIDDLETOWN. A. M., 3 M. Jan.
Mayor, Benjamin Douglass. Aldermen and Judges, Hiram D. Hall, Charles Buckland, Wm. Woodward, Elias Lewis. Common Council, Joseph Lewis, Gera Goodell, Abner Newton, Origin Utley, Wm. J. Gilbert, Brainard Montague, William Cooley, Jr., George Stancliff, Ephraim J. Dunham. Clerk and Treasurer, E. B. Tompkins. Recordert, Horace Clark. Attorney, Charles C. Taylor. Clerk City Court, Charles Whittlesey. Sheriffs, Jason Mildrum, Thomas G. Lucas. Collector, Leverett Dimock. Au- ditors, Chas. W. Newton, David Allen, Jr., Titus Sage.
NEW HAVEN. A. M., M. before 1 Tu. June.
Mayor, Aaron N. Skinner. Aldermen, Henry White*, Matthew G. Elliott*, John Durrie, Russell Chapman. Common Council, Newton Moses, Jere- miah A. Bishop, George Olmsted, Wm. B. Baldwin,
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BOROUGHS.
Nathan F. Hall, John Woodruff, 2d, Sidney A. Thom- as, Wmn. Lewis, Thomas Horsfall, Alexander Storer, James M. Mason, Charles L. English, S. B. Jerome, John B. Carrington, Henry B. Harrison, Henry W. Benedict, Wm. Hull, Geo. Alling, Charles W. Allen, Geo. W. Maltby. Clerk, Alfred H. Terry. Treasurer, Amos Townsend, Jr., Auditor, E. A. Prescott. Col- lector, Gardner Morse. Sheriffs, Scoville Hinman, Joseph Fairchild. Attorney, Henry Dutton. Record- ert, John Beach.
NEW LONDON. A. M. 1 M. June.
Mayor, Andrew C. Lippitt. Aldermen, Charles E. Hewitt, Henry P. Haven, Alexander Merrell. Com- mon Council, Franklin W. Fitch, David Bishop, Enoch V. Stoddard, Rial Chaney, J. N. Harris, H. W. Farnsworth, Wm. Butler, 2d, F. B. Loomis. Clerk, R. N. Belden. Treasurer, Charles Butler. Recordert, U. N. Belden. Attorney, Hiram Willey. Clerk City Court, Isaac Treby. Sheriffs, Elisha Douglass, Thos. W. Robertson. Collector, Alexander Merrill. Au- ditor, H. Willey.
NORWICH. A. M., 1 M. June.
Mayor, L. F. S. Foster. Aldermen, James A. Ho- vey*, Franklin Nichols*, A. W. Prentice, G. A. Jones. Common Council, Amos E. Cobb, Isaac Johnson, Henry Allen, David Miner, C. B. Rogers, George W. Geer, Gilbert Osgood, Wareham Williams. Clerk, Levi H. Goddard. Treasurer, Lyman Brewer. Re- cordert, Ebenezer Learned, Jr. Attorney, George Perkins. Clerk City Court, David Young. Sheriffs, Z. R. Robbins, E. W. Eells. Collector, Z. R. Rob- bins. Auditor, Arthur F. Gilman.
Boroughs.
BETHEL. A M., in May.
Warden, N. Seeley. Burgesses, S. Ferry, H. E. Hickok, J. Clapp, D. L. Wildman. Clerk, F. Shep-
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BOROUGHS.
ard. Treasurer, Wm. C. Shepard. Bailiff, William McDowall.
COLCHESTER. A. M., 1 M. March.
Warden, Nathaniel Hayward. Burgesses, James Lamb, Amos Fowler, Enoch Brown, Shubael Smith. Clerk and Treasurer, A. M. Hurlbut. Bailiff, John T. Bulkley. Collector, D. B. Carroll.
DANBURY. A. M., June.
Warden, Samuel W. Jennings. Burgesses, Stephen A. Hurlburt, Nathaniel H. Wildman, Wm. Patch, Henry B. Joy, George M. Norris. Clerk, William P. Comstock. Treasurer, David P. Nichols. Attorney, Nelson L. White. Bailiff, Lewis C. Hoyt. Collector,
Francis Fairchild.
ESSEX. A. M., Last M. May.
Warden, Gideon Parker. Burgesses, Gurdon Smith, Henry L. Champlin, Alvin F. Whitmore, O. G. Wil- son, George Conklin, George Harrington. Clerk and Treasurer, John G. Hayden. Bailiff, George Conklin.
GUILFORD. A. M., 1 M. March.
Warden, Ralph D. Smith. Burgesses, Charles W. Miller, H. N. Johnson, Leveritt C. Stone, Alvah B. Goldsmith, Beverly Monroe, John H. Kelsey. Clerk, Edward R. Landon. Treasurer, Alvan Talcott. Bai- liff, Oliver C. Goldsmith. Collector, Sylvanus Clark.
NEW BRITAIN. A. M., 1 M. May.
Warden, Seth E. Case. Burgesses, F. T. Stanley, Edwin Butler, Wm. J. Bulkley, A. S. Jerome, Norris Bailey, Samuel Stanley. Clerk, Henry Nash. Treas- urer, A. P. Collins. Attorney, Wm. G. Coe. Bailiff, J. R. King. Collector, Charles Dickinson.
NEWTOWN. A. M., 1 M. June.
Warden, David V. B. Baldwin. Burgesses, Theoph- ilus Nichols, Erastus Erwin, John Warner, Henry Beers, S. P. Barnum. Clerk and Treasurer, Nathan W. Keeler. Attorney, David B. Beers. Bailiff, John Warner.
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BOROUGHS.
NORWALK. A. M., Dec.
Warden, Samuel Lines. Burgesses, Asa E. Smith, J. M. Carter, W. B. Swan, Thomas Warner, Jr. Clerk, Charles B. Mott. Treasurer, Charles Thomas. At- torney, O. S. Ferry. Bailiff and Collector, James Reed. Auditor, Charles Sherry.
SOUTHPORT. A. M., Dec.
Warden, Oliver H. Perry. Burgesses, Benjamin N. Hawkins, Austin Perry, Julius Pike, Sellick Sher- man, Augustus Jennings, Moses J. Taylor. Clerk and Treasurer, Simeon Sherwood. Bailiff, Alba D. Wood.
STAMFORD. A. M., 1 M. May.
Warden, Jonathan M. Hall. Burgesses, John W. Leeds, Sands Seely, Stephen B. Provost, Albert Seely, Augustus Knowlton, James H. Hoyt. Clerk, Jas. H. Minor. Treasurer, Stephen B. Provost. Attorney, William T. Minor.
STONINGTON. A. M., Last M. July.
Warden, E. Chesebrough. Burgesses, John F. Trumbull, Francis Amy, N. G. Smith, George Hub- bard, J. N. Brown, E. D. Stanton. Clerk and Treas- urer, F. Alexander Palmer. Bailiff, E. C. Dennison. Collector, O. D. Chesebrough.
WATERBURY. A. M., 1 Tu. May.
Warden, Edward B. Cooke. Burgesses, Edward S. Clarke, Martin S. Isbell, David B. Hurd, John C. Booth, Julius Hotchkiss, Joseph Hurlbert. Clerk, David T. Bishop. Treasurer, Douglas F. Maltby. Bailiff, David Norton.
WILLIMANTIC. A. M., 2 M. Oct.
Warden, Hardin H. Fitch. Burgesses, Ralph Wil- liams, J. H. Babcock, W. Hayden, J. G. Page, A. Safford, W. Young. Clerk and Treasurer, J. H. Car- penter. Bailiff and Collector, R. W. Hooper.
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Clergy and Ecclesiastical Statistics.
CONGREGATIONAL.
GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF CONNECTICUT.
Embraces delegates from the 13 District Associations, viz.
Hartford North, Hartford Central, Hartford South, New Haven West, New Haven East, New London, Fairfield East, Fairfield West, Windham, Litchfield North, Litchfield South, Middlesex, and Tolland.
Nathaniel Hewitt, D. D., Moderator; Jonathan Brace, Scribe; Chauncey Goodrich, Assistant Scribe.
The Delegates to the last General Association, are print- ed in small capitals.
The Associations embrace only Clergymen. With each Association is connected a Consociation, which embraces pastors and delegates : only Hartford North and Central constitute but one Consociation.
Number of churches 273; of pastors 186; stated supplies 44; vacant 43.
Average ministerial age of pastors, 16.
Communicants reported 39,348; non-residents 2,560; ad- missions 2,275; baptisms, adults 421, infants 800. Returns are incomplete.
Register, Rev. Theophilus Smith, New Canaan.
Next Annual Meeting in Waterbury, 3d Tuesday of June, 1853.
Receivers of Statistics, Messrs. Leete, Patton, Snow, El- liot, Havens, Elwood, Avery, Merwin, Burr, Moore, Learn- ed, Goodrich and A. Smith.
Tax on members of District Assoc. 25 cents.
Committee to certify the regular standing of traveling preachers, Messrs. Hawes, Crane, J. Day, Gillett, McEwen, Hewitt, B. Tyler, Weed, Eldridge, Atwood, Parmelee, Cal- houn and Parsons.
Treasurer, Rev. Austin Putnam, New Haven.
Trustees of copyright of Psalms and Hymns, Messrs. Day, Tyler, Hawes, Fitch and Bacon.
CONNECTICUT MISSIONARY SOCIETY. Trustees, Rev. Messrs. Hawes, Tucker, Gillett, Bond, Spring and E. W. Hooker, and Allyn Kellogg, Seth Terry, Henry White, Thomas C. Perkins, Thomas S. Williams, and Henry Good- win. Treasurer, Edward W. Parsons, Hartford; Auditor, Rev. Horace Hooker, Hartford.
This society, supposed to be the oldest missionary asso-
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ciation in the country, is continued in existence, on account of permanent vested funds, amounting to $30,000; but it forms an essential part of the
HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY; Auxiliary to the A. H. M. S .; the officers of which are the above, together with Rev. Messrs. B. Tyler, Weed, W. Clarke, Dutton and Atwood, and Jonathan Barnes.
Amount appropriated to 34 churches in Connecticut, viz., 12 churches in Hartford Co., 4 in New Haven Co., 6 in New London Co., 4 in Windham Co., 1 in Fairfield Co., 3 in Litchfield Co., and 4 in Tolland Co., $3,500. Granted to Rhode Island, $1,000 ; balance paid to A. H. M. S., loca- ted in New York.
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