The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-01-02
WORCESTER:
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 2, 1928.

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THE LEGISLATURE The !" Great and Cen
eral Court of the Commonwealth assemblies
in Boston this day to deliberate on the mpor-
tant concerns pertaining to the public veal
Success attend their exertions If the usual
course of Legislation for a few years past is to
! be followed, it is to be hoped that a goodly
portion of their time LAY be spent in the dis
cusson of such acts of the last Legislature as
they feel disposed to repeal because, then,
4 there will be less done by them for the next
Legislature to undo We hope and trust, how
ever, that the Connecticut River and Canal
questions may be brought to a final decision
/ The people up and down the river require ad-
ditional facilities for transportation to and from
market, and it is right that they should be
accommodated. We see no objection to grant
ing charter for the improvement of the river,
and, if the Canal Corporation can effect their
object by depending on other sources of sup
ply, without drawing water from the river so
as materially to affect the navigation, they
also are entitled to charter Both would
then stand on fair ground, and the project
which affords the most rational prospect of
utility, would probably succeed
The finances of the State will probably un-
dergo a wonderful improvement For several
years a system has been adopted by which
any person having an account against the
State, however Just or however fairly charged
it might be, might think he Jared well if it
was not cut down more than from one quarter
to one third or a half But the present com
mittee of accounts, improving upon their pre-
decessors, go for the whole. At the last SEES
sion we presented bill for publishing certain
notices, ordered by the last Legislature, and
the committee rejected the whole amount
When an individual is disposed to sponge us
out OF our dues, we can avail ourselves of the
law to compel him to do us Justice, but
committee Of accounts may do the same thing
and shelter themselves behind their official
character, and we are left without a remedy
The State may gain a few dollars by such pitt
iui policy, but it is at the expense of its char
acter for justice It is proper that the treasury
should be guarded with care, but, when
committee of accounts will reject fnst claim
and then vote to make up their own pay roll
till one or two days after they have returned
home, and receive the same from the treasury,
it does not look much like doing to others as
they would be done by. Who the committee
Of accounts are, we know not-the effect Of
their injustice we have felt Nor do we know
whether other printers have had the same
luck that we have If they have, we hope
they viii have independence enough to expose
it. and to do as we have done-refuse to pub
fish any further notices ordered by the Legis-
la,ure till justice is rendered them.
/ MASUfAcrUBEs. The Franklin Institute of
the State of Pennsylvania, annually offer pre-
miums to a considerable amount ON articles in
various branches of the mechanic arts They
age mostly confined to Pennsylvania The
last report on premiums has Just been publish
led. from which we select such as were award
ed to persons in this part of the country
For the best specimen of Lithogrdphy,
the premium is awarded to Rembrandt
Peale, of Boston, being his beautiful portrait
!, of Washington, executed by him, and
printed at the press of Messrs Pendle-
tons, of Boston, esteemed the best speci-
: men of American TYPOGRAPHY ever seen
by the committee on fine arts.-A silver
medal.
To the manufacturer of the best specimen
of CaLicoeS or Prints for ladies' dresses,
made in the U. States.
Various articles were presented from
: Rolf
, the Merrimack Company, Massachusetts,
, and Taunton factory, Massachusetts all
/ of which manifested much improvement in
the art of printing. In the specimen from
Warren's the coors were very excellent.
The Merrimack undressed prints were a
superior article, and the colors good but
: the Taunton goods were deemed the best
in considering the colors, fabric, and print
ing. The premium is consequently award
ed to Messrs. Crocker, Richmond, and
,, Otis, Of Taunton, Mass, a silver medal.
OF Stra,c Goods, several lots were offer
, ed Some of the bonnets were of very
> fine texture, viz. two straw hats, by Mary
> Wright Of Providence, and by Mary Lin
coin, Taunton, Mass, all of which we're
beautiful specimens. The committee think
|, the latter deserving of the first place from
the natural and uniform brilliancy of the
straw, its freshness and the evenness OF
the edges; and awarded to Mary Lincoln,
a silver medal.
, Can Buttons received from Messrs.
Richard Robinson & Co. Attleboro', Mass.
> were beautiful specimens of this manufac-
ture, in all points equal and in some supe-
;, rior to the imported. They deserve the
. highest commentator, and are deemed by
the committee worthy of an honorary pre-
MUM. They therefore award to Messrs
Richard Robinson & Co. silver medal.
4 To the New England Glass Company OF
/ Boston, great credit is due for their splen-
' did specimenof Stunned Glass, which, in
Q the opinion of the admirers of the fine