The Northern star, and constitutionalist. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1834-1837, 1834-11-08
NORTHERN STAR.
WARREN. r. !. SATURDAY. NOV. s. isa
GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
The General Assembly of this State, closed a
, session Of five days on Saturday evening last
W. have copied their proceedings in full, homthe
Providence Daily Journal. Ia the House the
! Wings have a majority of6 and ii would appear
from the Sena,es refusal 10 join in Grand Com
m,,tee, that they were satisfied a Wing Senator
would be elected in place Of Mr.. Knight, whose
term Of service will expire on the 4h Of March
next. After all the growing Of the Herald, they
are beaten, fairly beaten and they might as well
own It first last. The spring election will sound
the death-knsi Of Jacksonism in this State.
FRIDAY MoRNiNG-The petition Of
Daniel nj. Harris, that the Justices OF
the Supreme Judicial Court, or any one
of them, may be authorised to take bail
for his appearance at the next March
term of said Court, to take his trial be-
fore the same Court Oh an Indictment for
Burglary, aud discharge him from his
cosG"sment in prison, until his trial, was
rejected, six members only rising in iu-
vOr.
Tho petition of the third Baptist So
ciety IN Providence for an amendment
uf their charter was continued to the
next session.
An act, to provide Cor building school
houses, in Cumberland, wus passed.
The petition OF Ruth Stanley, to be
authorised TO prefer petition 10 the Su-
preme Judicial iCoult for sdivorce, was
granted.
The petition Of John Waterman and
others, in relation to an Engine Company
in Olneyville was granted.
An act passed, Incorporating Hydral-
ian Company No / in Providence.
An act passed amending the charter of
the Providence Steam Bout Company.
The petitions Of Alfred Williams, Ma
ry Phillips, and Benjamin II. Dawly, for
Liberation from Jail, were scyeraIly grant
ed
The petitions of Peter Grinnell, Roby
f. Burker and Gardner Tilllnghast, for
sale OF real estate, were granted.
The petition Of Richard Shaw was con-
tinued with an order Of notice.
MIR f. II. POTTER introduced bill in
amendment Of the act entitled can act in
relation TO the Supreme Judicial Court"
This bill provides that when quorum
Of the Court are prevented from attend
ing at any regular term thereof, or at
the time Of any adjournment tleroof from
sickness or other unavoidable cause, one
Justice Of said Court shall be authorised
Ito transact any business in the same man
ner as quorum could, if PRESENT. The
bill was read first tmo.
The resolution moved yesterday by
Mr. TirUs, was adopted, and the blank
being filed s1in these words Where
Us the shire town OF the county Of Prov
idence is located in the most easterly part
Of said county and whereas said county
is So large that the business in the Courts
for the same is often necessarily delayed,
to the great expense and Inconvenience
of the parties therefore resolved, that
Messrs. Durlee, Matthewson, E. r. Pot
ter, D. Greene, and Halle, be commit
ttce for the purpose Of inquiring into the
expediency Of dividing the said county
Of Providence into two half shires.
Mr. GREENE, of East Greenwich, pre-
sented instructions from said town, re-
qesting the Representatives to move the
repeal Of an act entitled Gan act to pre-
vent geese from running at large in the
town Of East Greenwich" He also pre-
sented remonstrance against tho in
structions of the town-laid on the table.
Adjournedt TO o'clock.
ArTERNooN.-Fenner Ballo,,, William
JefIers, Julia Wilcox, Charles Ccasnr,
and John p. Bucklin, convicls in prison,
were Internationally discharged. Smith
Hicks, on condition Of his shipping on
foreign or whaling voyage, and Charles
Hake and Barnabas Conner, on condition
OF their forthwith leaving the State and be
liable to be imprisoned again should they
bc found within the State
The petitions of Lewis Fazie, Caro-
line Harvey, Benjamin G. Hood, Reu-
ben Smith, George w. Sholes, Stukely
Phillips, Patrick Hayes, Clark Fuller
and Francis Leach, convicts, were re-
jected.
The petition Of Benjamin T. Spink
confined in prison for debt, was granted
A resolution, appropriating $500 to aid
the Town Of North Providence in repair
ing the bridge at Pawtucket, passed, and
Messrs. Brown and Randall were ap-
pointed committee to superintcnd the
apple alton Of the same.
The bill entitled "an act in amendmen,
Of an act entitled an act relative to the
Supremo Judicial Court" on motion of
MIR 4. X. Potter to dispense with the
rule providing that public acts should be
read on tive different days, was read o
second time and passed
The House then Adjourned to 9 o'clock,
tomorrow morning.
Saturday .Nov lst.-The Commission
ers Of the Burrillville Bank made a re.
port.
This morning in the House Of Repre-
sentatives, on motion Of Mr.. Cranston the
Senate were invited to join the House for