The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1849-04-14
Massachusetts Legislature.


WEDNESDAY. April II.
SENATE. Reports Of Commatees-O On The Judiciarv
bills to appoint an assistant clerk in The Reoi.ir II
PIobate's Office IN Mddlesex
, ne several Bills to establish the Blackstone Savings
n nI, we worcester County Bank at Blackstone the
Milford Bank, and others received Their secood and
were ordered TO their third readings
ne bl relative petlions Tor rail roads was debat>
ed at length and finally recommittedM
nousE' Feulons were presented and referred OF
~ hupiuSon, messenger OF The Governor and Coun
Gu 'or an increase Of Sotary aud OF L. II Barnard aud
otheIS Tor the abolition OF capital punishment
>, hePo'tS o. CoHimHeeS-OR the JuhciJrg-By Mr.
he'"SS, d Dli 10 allow women divorced TO assume their
maiden names.
ON Probate and Chdacery-Bills to increase the
salaries OF Judges o Probate Tor The counties of amp,
shIe Franklin, Worcester, Hampden and Suffolk
y" Me Aooh'on Of Cdpitat PuRsbmen BY Mr.
JenK'' bill limiting the death penalty to murder in
he hrSt degree, and defining this as follows; Every
person who shall commit the crime Of murder from a
wllIu and deliberately premeditaed design TO IF ct The
ueaIn OF me person killed. or OF any human beng, in
petpeHdhg or IN attempting 10 PerpelIate either tt
crime OF treason, rape arson any crime punishable
with Imprisonment IN the Stale Prison Tor le shall be
deemed guilty OF mHrder Rhe first degree"
The bull IN relation to the sale OF ermenled aod spr>
luous liquors was discussed at length Mr. Brig
am OF Westboio, offered substitute tor the bill as an
amendm'n t which, with the original bill, was laid upon
the table aud ordered TO be printed
The bull TO annex part OF the town Of Newton to the
town of altman occasioned lengthy discussion. Ii
was hnaly passed to be engrossed
AFTERNOON SESSION. Passed 10 be Enacted. The
bills to authorize Geo. Ii II gers TO build wharf; TO
erect highway East harbor in Truro 10 inc or.
porae the Conway Mutual Fire Insurance Co.; and in
addition to the act Incorporating the Housa,onic Agr,
cultural Society; cedng TO the United States jurisdiction
over certain land in Nantucket aud the sevefa resolves
for the preservation of human lie on the petition OF
Abel 3 Lewis on the peliuon of the Overseers OF The
Poor for the town OF Lynn and io the payment OF Ger,
tain accounts,
The till IN relation to The rights of mill owners in
certain Eases, passed to be enacted by Of l27 10
FRIDAY, April Is.
SENATE. Passed to be enacted Bill, concerning
the Massachusetts Charitable Eye and Ear lnfiirmary;
authorizing the erection Of highway across East Har,
Dor in Truro; to authorize George II Rogers to build
wharf; to incorporate the Conway Mutual Fire Insur,
ance Company; in addition, &c, to incorporate the
HouSatonic Agricultural Society ceding to the United
States jurisdiction lands in Nantucket Re,
solves for the preservation of human life; on the pet,
tons OF the OveIsees of the Poor OF the towns OF Naa
tucket and Lynn, of Samuel l. Hnckey OF Abel 5.
Lewis; and ior the pa yment of certain accounts
The orders Of the day were taken up, and the unde.
bateable matters therein were advanced one stage
Amongst them the bills establish several Banks
which were passed to be engrossed.
HOUSE,. The Committee on the Judiciary was in.
srueed consider the justice and proprety ncrsas>
ing the salary Of the Judge OF Probate or Berkshire
county
greai number Of bills were passed TO be engrossed
ACCOUNTS FROM CALIFORNIA. Mr. James
S. Wethered arrived here on Saturday night,
iTUm California. lie lett San Francisco Nov. 25.
In the United States ship Lexington, which ship
mad passage OF seventy days TO Valparaiso
Ha aft Valn ~ a.
was two days crossing the Isthmus. There were
about two thousand persons on the Isthmus, some
oil whom were in a state of restitution many
talked OF returning to the States, and some had
already started on their return.
Mr.. w. states that government Is much
needed in California, and that the Americans will
be much disappointed to find that the last Con-
gTess did not pass territorial BILL He also saws
that many OF the accounts we have received as
to the prices at which goods were sold, and the
immense yields OF gold from the mines, are ex-
aggerated. The calculation OF the best informed
was, that four millions of gold had been taken
from the mines up to the time of his leaving.
Mr.. Methered, alter having disposed OF his
stock OF goods, formed company OF twelve for
the purpose OF mining, most of whom vamosed
He sold oct his tents and provisions to FIVE, who
remained with him, and after tour OF obserya-
ton for several days, returned to San Francisco
lie believes he reached distance of $50 miles
from San francisco, up the Americana, which is
farther than any American had gone, and saw
the smoke OF what he supposed was large vol
cano, some 40 or so miles distant. He passed
large numbers OF persons at the different places,
some OF whom had been very successful Others
so unsuccessful that they preferred returning to
San Francisco and work for good wages
Bali. Pat, Monday
SUPREME JUDICIAL CoURr AT BosroN
In No. 50, EdsDard Goldman, adm, VS. Wor-
cester County Mutual Fire Insurance Com