PUBLIC LANDS.
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Isw- eral Assembly on the subject of the Public Lands: At General Assembly of the State of Connecticut,

 holden at New Haven, in said State' on the first

 Wednesday of Mayt lSSSm p.hro1na. belonging to the United States, are the common pro- perty of all the States, and tho proceeds ot them, should be appropriated to their use and beneht, ana other purpose whatever, without the consent o

 ResolUed, That this General Assembly do sOlemnly protest against cession of any ot the Pnblc Lands less than that at which they are offered in market, and also against all preemption laws, and the grants made under h the s. authority Gt F8e ha, laws ,Dd Representatives in Congress, be requested to use

 their best endeayors to have the proceeds of the Pub

 lie Lands divided among the States severally as soon | as 1t can with proprety be dore

 ResolUed That it is expedient that portion of the Public Lands belonging to the United States, should original thirteen States of this Union and that the Senators and Representatives in Congress, from this State, be requested to procure the adoption of such | measure.

 Resolued by tis Assembly, That his ExceIency, the Governor be requested to forward copy of these resolutions to each of Senators and Representa- tves in Congress and also to each Executive of the several States, with request that they may be laid before the Legislatures of their States respectively ExPUNGING RESOLUTION. Certain Resolutions on this subject were reporte8 ] by joint Committee of the General Assembly, citing Mir Bayard's Resolution offered in the Senate

  cord-and concluding with the following, all of wlich were adopted

 | And whereas, the Resolution so introduced by the. Hon. MT. Bayard,, is, in the opinion of this General Assembly, just and proper, and ought to be adopted by the Senate of the United States: Therefore, a in voe or l same, some other one containing similar provi- sions and having similar otject and use all legal and thai they be- and they hereby are so ;nstrncted Resolved, That his Excellcncy, the Governor, be requested to communicate copy of the foregoing Preamble and Resolutions to each of our Senators in 0''''e''' SLAVERY AND TEXAS. The following Resolutions on the suhsct of Slavery and the annexation of Texas to the Union, passed both Houses of the General Assembly: l STATE OF CONNECTICUT ASSEMBLY, MAY SESSION, 1888. | Resolved, That we, the Senate and House of Re- presenatives in General Assembly convened, do, in the name of the people cf this State, semnly protest against the annexation of Texas to this Union: power abolish slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia and the Territories

 Resolccd That it is the duty of Congress to exer- else the same as it can be done consistently l with the best good of the who,e country.

 Resolved. That his Exccllency the Governor he re- quesied to forward copy Of these Resolutions [" each of our Senators and Representatives lp Con ] gress.

 LIBERTY OF SPEECH AND RIGHT OF PEE l TETON.

 The following Resolutions on these subjects, reported by a JOlnt Committee, were passed by both Houses of the General Assembly

 ', Whereas, the House of Represen'uves of tho eemssr ss d % aow"s af ny S D

 " Resolred, That all petitions, memoria Is, and pa pers touching the Abolition of Slavery, the buying, seling or transfer of Slaves in any Slalc Territory, or District of the United States, should he laid on the

 table without reading, or reference, or printing, and

 that no further action whatever should be had .ere- l on.

 | And whereas, the said resolution is virtual de- nial of the right of petition, and also snbvers of l the freedom of debate and whereas, in enforcing l such resolution the said House of Representatives; have infrnged upon the rights of the people of tho State of Come by refusing to hear consider the petitions of large number of the citizens of this, Resolued, That we, the Senate and House of Rep, resen'a.ives of the State of Connecticut, in General | Assembly covened, do in the name of the people of the Sate of Connecticut, soeinnly protest against the said resolution as .isurpaton of power, in viola.

 ton of the spirit of the Constitution of the United States, subversive of the fundamental principles of

 free government, at war with the prerogatves of the 1 people, and dangerous to the UuOn.

 | Resolued, That while we recognize the peculiar rights of other members of this confederacy, consent to any interference with the rights of the I people of this State.

 Rcso'red, That this Assembly, do hereby requcs. the Represenati in Congress, from this State, to their best exeriions to he said resolution | be rescndcd and that his excellency, the Governor. be requested to transmit copy ot the foregoing pre- Representatives in Congress, vih Q request that the. | same may be laid before that body.

 ] MR. WEBSTER AND MR. BENToN.-A good hit.-In the course of the debate in the Sen ate on Friday, on Mir. Wright's report, in compliance with the report of Mir. Webster. to inquire into the powers of inc Secretasy of | the Treasury, under the deposite act of 1886, Mir. Benton having made some insinuations 1 of q connection existing between that Sena-> 1 tor and the Bank, MT. Webster emphatically declared that he knew nothing ofthe Banks. operations, more than what was made pub- ] lie. As to MT. Benton's insinuations, he said that groundless inputations of motive were, the only weapons ihe gentleman ever used. Take away from his speech those groundless | imputations of motive, and he would be in the condition of that hero of antiquity, who, when stripped of ali the weapons which were poisoned, contrary to the rules of honorable, war-had no arms left !-N. Y. Express. Melancholy Erent.-Doctor Garrit H. Van Wagenen, d young physician of respectabili- l ty, died in this city last evening, under the most melancholy and distressing circumstan- ces. Yesterday morning, the deceased in a state of temporary insanity, as is supposed, swallowed a large quantity of opium, and al- so attempted to cut his throat with lancet. Not coming to breakfast at the usual hour, the porter called at the office where he slept to wake him, and not being able to gain ad. mittance, the door was broken open, when, the deceased was discovered in a state of partial insensibility, bleeding profnsely. Ev- cry effort was immediately made to restore him, and the best medical aid procured He was removed to the Troy House, where he fingered until about 5 o'clock last evening. l .-....,...-. Troy Mda.

 A Detduler gone ouer-board.-James w. Stephenson. the loco loco candidate for Gov ernor of Illinois, has been forced to retire