Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1828-06-10

Sunderland had l52, and was accordinglyl
chosen. Mr.. Smith, it will be recollected, i
was candidate last year to be successor
to the late lamented Judge Howe, as a
Trustee of Amherst College, but the Co.
vernour was then elected by large vote.
Mr.. S., it is said, has done much for the
institution in giving money, and it isl
thought that by proper attention and poul-
tees he may be induced to do more. The
immediate friends of the College were ur-
gent in his behalf But by their own
showing it was thought by many that his
claims to legislative consideration were
quite weak.
The question of altering or amending
the Usury laws was referred to the winter
session. The. following joint standing
committees, on the part of the House,
were appointed, viz. =
| On Accounts -Messrs. Reyes and Hoyt of the
Senate Rantoul of Beverly, Rice of West Spring
field, and Perkins of Beckett Of the House.
| On Roads and Bridges.-Messrs. Spaulding and
Longley of the Senate-and Winshp, Bridgman ;,
and Hastings of Heath, of the House.
On Raiiicays and Canals.-Messrs. Lincoln and
Hale, of the Senate-and Sedgwick, Beal and Brad
bury of NJ, of the House.
! On Io,ons--Messrs. Varnum and Easterbrook, of
the Senate-and Fiske of W., Wilder of Leominster,
and Hathaway Of F. of the House.
| On Claims.-Messrs. Lathrop of HampdeH, and
Wells, of the Senate-and Child of Boston, Thayer
of Braintree and Hastings of Mendon, of the House.
| On the Militid.-Messrs. Duncan and Nation, of
the Senate-and Winthropof Boston, Hall of S. and
Sproat of Taunton of the House.
On Parishes and other Religious Societies
Messrs Dickinson and French, Of the Senate-and
| Of ford Of &c
Worcester.
Oh, the Fsheries-Messrs Lewis and Wood, of
the Senate-and Hobart of A., Low of B., and Wade
of Maiden.
Burnell, of the Senate-and Shaw of Lanesborough,
Howes Of Salem, and Knowles of Boston, of the
House
On Mercantile Affairs and Insurance -Messrs
Parrott and Parker, of the Senate-and Phillips of
Salem, Austin Of Boston, and Sprague of Duxbury,
of the House.
Oh, Public Lands-Messrs. Welsh, and Sprague
of Plymouth, of the Senate-and Parker of Charles
town, Holman of b. and Bigelow of Weston, Of the
House.
o., Manufactures Gushing and Robbins,
of the Senate-and Strong of p, Stevens of B., and
Brown of Boston, of the House.
On the Library Messrs. Savage, Sprague Of Es-
| sex, and Thorndike of the Senate-and Kimball cf
Boston, Crowninshield of Salem, and Buttrick Of
| Cambridge, of the Hanse -A------
On Thursday, Gen. Jabez Hall was
chosen Major of the 9TH Division
of Militia. The resolve passed authoriz-
ing the Treasurer to borrow a sum not
exceeding 100000 dollars. The bill
from the Senate, directing the mode of
choosing Electors, viz. be general ticket,
passed to third reading, by vote of 236
to 35.
l omitted to mention that the Hon.
Jonathan Phillips, of Boston, was chosen
Counsellor, in the room of Hon. John
Welles, who. declined accepting, by 252
out of 275 votes. The Council is now in
a pretty healthy state, containing a num-
Der of men of sound and aOeU disposed
minds.
On Friday the Electors bill was read
third time, and was then committed for
the purpose of being amended. A COM
mittee was appointed for the purpose of
considering the expediency of altering the
law passed at the last session regulating
the State Prison. A joint committee re-
ported that the Legislature may have a
recess after Wednesday next. Probably,
however, the Session will continue till
Saturday next.
On Saturday last the committee on FL
nance, reported resolve appropriating
$1,000 to complete the new Prison at
Charlestown. A bill was reported to re-
peal the 9th section of an act relating to
the punishment of convicts, &c. This
was ordered to second reading to-day.
The Mill bill, which has been hanging for
several years in one shape and another,
was referred to the winter session. The
bill to provide for State Tax of SIS, 900,
and for the reimbursement of $39, 1922
paid out the Treasury the last year to
the members of the Legislature, was, after
short discussion, referred to the winter
session. This will undoubtedly be OPP
posed with great vehemence. Several
directions were given to the committee on
Finance, proposing certain specific OBJ
Jects of taxation, with order to report at
the next session. Several minor subjects
were acted upon, after which the bill pro-
viding for the choice Of Electors was taken
up as amended by the committee, and
after long, dull, wearisome discussion,
passed to be engrossed. The principal
alteration made by the House in this bill,
which you will recollect was received from
the Senate, was to make it temporary
law, confined to the coming election; and
in this form the bill passed the House by
very large majority. Luther Plumb, the
member from West Stockbridge, was de-
clared not to be entitled to his seattle |
Town-meeting at which he was chosen
not being held till 10Th of May, and not
ten days previous to the last Wednesday