Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1850-01-17


Petition Of Dennis Driscol for Liberation,
on condition Of leav ng the State received
nj referred TO .hs Committee on Con,icis'
Petition.
Petition Of Peter Cock ei. als. Tor the lib
er Hun Of NoelF White; received an re-
fcTrcd 10 tie COMMITTEE 90 ConyicIss Pc
lIlons.
Petition Of Peter Cock G., ais. for the
liberation Of John White received and re-
fauel 10 the CommlIlec on Con,ic g Ie-
Il ION.
Fct ion Stephcn Dixon for liberation;
received and referred to the Co.hlniiiee on
c0n'cis' Petition.
Petition Of &. Richmond. Jr,, et all. ia
re alton to sein n9 soup in Mount Hope
Bay received and referred TO a Select
COMMITTEE, consisting of Mcssrs. Boswollh
Ames and Turner.
Adjourned 10 10 O'Clock to-morr,w NOR
ming.
Friday Morning ,Jar. II.
SsiATr.-Mr. Ballou offered reso!ul on
referring the act TO provide for the educa-
lion Of HE INDECENT blind and the INDECENT
deaf mutes. aud re, olulOn elatlng to the
sane and other reports and papeis thereon
in the > crelary's Office.
Mr. Balou sclaImcd any reference to
The present Commissioner, in offering the
RI solution. ile was anxious TO solicit in
formation as to the disposition Of the fund
devoted to the education Of this cass Of
persons The resolution passed.
The Senate c0ncurrcd IN the vote Of the
House on the petition of John {. RHODES
to ADOPT child. On petition of John c.
Clark ct al for leave for minor to join in a
mortgage deed.
The Senate pre- ceeded to the order of the
day, anil The cl rk concluded the reading
uC til, report Of the Comm ttes on the Reg
isterel State Debt.
Resolution respecting n controversy in
School Dsiiict No. 2, Foster ; referred 10
Committee on Education.
Petition Of Ezra g. Palmer. e, al, re-
specring School District IN llopklnlon re-
ferred TO Committee on Education.
MIR. Branch, from the select committee,
10 whom was referred the correspondence
relative to "A copy OF the record Of the con-
ui.,ioner' of l74i, on the boundary he
bet wnen Naseacl usetls an Rhode Island.
furnished by tho State of New York, -
ported resolution Of thanks TO the Slate
OF New York for the copy furnished, VIII Oh
passed unanimously.
Mr.. la lou called upon the Senator for
Providence for Information Of the present
stat uf he controversy briw cen Rhode Is
land and Massachusetts respecting the bOun-
dnry liue between those flatcs.
Mr. Branch stated al some length tho
lr,s'n, position OF tn natter, ani alter
some rem RS from Mr.. Goodwin, the SUI
jert WIS informally laid upon the table.
Mr.. lia'aid introduced re- uticn that
when The General Assembly adlou,ns On
the l9;h int, it shall adjourn to nee, &C.
corl,ng 10 'aw pending which motion, on
moIlcn Of Mr.. PIircc, the Senate adjouro-
cd to NEE on Monday next al Ten u'c ocS.
Hoe Mr.. llazord of Provi !cnce, inl,c-
Iced he following resolution
Wh'reas, We have le1rneI That it is ia
contemplation TO change the pan aud
course Of instruction Of Br0an University,
and 'h1t a new system has been proposed
by tie President Of the University there
fore,
Resolved, That We iay TO the Rev Ir.
Way!and 10 lnrc. the members of the Cen
crl Assembly in the Reprcseniatl' es'
l.. upon some evening during the Sc sen
o. the Assembly, for the purpose Of listen
inS to his views upon that subject read
and laid upon the table for the purpose OF
fixing some convenient evening to iislen to
IL views of DR.. Wavland.
Petition Of Richard Nusent luI lb ration;
cave 10 withdraw
Petition Of Hope Nirgo for liberation
granted and act passed.
Petition Of Peter Cook ct al. 'or lihera-
ton of John White leave to withdr ".
Petition Of Peter Cooke ct al, for liberia
lion Of Noe +. \ len leave to thdraw.
Petition of SIephcn Dixon for liberation !;
iea' to wi,hdraw.
Message from tho Senate, with the fol-
owing cuncurrences
| pom the petition of John {. RI odes Tor
leave to adopt chi d
L pol + e petition Of John G. Clark ct al
for leave for minor TO Join in a mortgage
deed,
And upon the Rescnlio upon the report
Of the clerk Of the Cuuu Of Magistrates,
with the addition Of NJ ssrs Branch and
Bradford Of the Senate.
Adjourhed to u'clork
Afternoon.
Ilovsr. The House met at 3 o'clock.
MI +. Brown, Of Cumberland, moved
that the House ad olrn to meet on Monday
'Nt, at 3o'cIoch in the afternoon.
Mr. Cranston OF Newport, called for
t. ayes and noes, and moved that they
be IN red upon The Journal.
] he ousc wls ca led and The vote stood
as 70 lows:
AYrS---Mrssrs. q. Aldr;ch, &. B. Aklrch
Am,s, Arnold, Barnes, Bickncll, Bosworth, G.
Brown, +. Brown Dana, ID. :. Harris, Holden,
Hopkins, Laphan, Saunders, Sisson, Spraguc,
Tourtolot, Turncs-l6.
NoES---M,ssrs. Angel, &. II. Browne, Buff
fun, Cranstoa, Ellis, Fcnncr, Fiskc, Gavitt, Cor
ham, Gould, Green, Il. Harris, Hazard, Mathew
don---ld.
The speaker voting in the negative, the
motion TO adjourn was lost.
The ord OF the day, being the report of
the COMMITTEE on alterations and enlarge
mcnt Oft State jlouse IN Providence, " as
called for, and after some discussion upon
the improperly of cons dsring a subject of
50 much importance as the one assigned ior
this afternoon, viii o So many of the mem
bers we're absent, 1t was again moved that
TIA House adjourn TO Tcet at o'clock I,