The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-05-25
WORCESTER:
WEDNESDAY. MAY as. 1881.
THE LEGISL ATTIRE

THE LEGISLATURE.
This august body will convene in Boston
this day. The number ofmembers elected
is supposed to be near foe hundred The
amendment of the Constitution having been
, accepted by the people, a new election will
take place in November, and an organiza-
ton of the government will take place I'M
der the amendment for the year next ensu-
| ing 1t may, therefore, be expected that, as
nothing can be done by the present Legis
lature, preparatory to the winter session,
they will despatch such business as is
OF urgent necessity and can be mpleted
without unreasonable delay, and return to
their constituents. The people having de-
termlned that the spring session is wholly
unnecessary, and having abolished it for the
1uture, will not look quietly on an unneces-
saiy expenditure of their money, by having
TINS session uselessly prolonged. The great
number OF vacancies to he filed, in the Sem
ate, Will, necessarily, somewhat delay the
organization. We, however, hope to re-
ceive the Governors Speech in season for
our next paper.
CoRRECTIoN. In the performance of our
editorial duties, we have always been care
tul to seek the best sources of information.
and to be scrupulously cautious, as to the
authority on which we publish any matter
Q: fact, of Importance to the community.
Yet with all our care, we are liable. occa-
slonally. to be led ipto error, from the fact.
that the best sources of information are not
| always attainable, and that we ale obliged
to rely on such authority as comes within
our reach. In publishing the list of Repre-
sentatves from this County, last week, to
crafty the curiosity of many Of our readers
respecting the political character of the
! representation, we italicised the names of
| those, who were understood TO be of the
jackson party. This we did, in no instance,
without what we thought good authority.
yet 1t appears that we were incorrect in
two instances, one of which will appear by
the following letter. The writer thereof
had he reflected cO0liy, would not have sus-
Pected US of any wish 10 apply an opprobri-
Gus eplthet to ham. We never had any cause,
personal or political, so to do /; and, had he
oeen, what we then supposed him to be, a
political opponent, our personal respect for
nm would have forbidden our conveying
the information of his being such, in terms
winch would necessarily imply reproach.
The other ease in which we were misn-
formed,was that Of Jonathan WnsIow, ESQ.,,
the representative from Charlton. We are
informed by him, that he has been q uni
form and consistent National Republican.
and that he was elected as such.
SIR: | perceive you have in your paper of
the 9Th ms. identified me with certain polit-
real party. No gentleman will apply an oppro.
orlous eplthet to another in the absence of all
evidence, derived from any respectable source
that ne deserves 1t: and as you have given cur
rency TO the lmputaton, you will please take
1t back, and leave the matter where it should
be lett. Al shall over be SO unfortunate as TO
Ind myself linked TO any political party, Bereiv
as such, will take care that the public shall
have seasonable notice of it, AS an act of JUS
tIce you will publish this with or without com.
mont. n Woon
Grafton, May 81, 1881.
CANAL TRADE. We annex an account
taken from the Providence American, of the
business of the Canal up to the close of the
last month. To that time the amount is
about 90 per cent. greater than it was last
year, and the acting commissioner informs
US that the tolls have increased in that ra-
to- The present month, we think, will
shew an equally great excess over the cor
responding month of last year, with every
indication of its continuing through the sea-
son. We think the question now settled
that the stock will become permanently par
stock, at least, at the cost of the canal
while the benefit it confers on the COMM
nifty are incalcuable.
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