Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1852-02-05
MASSACHUSETTS, LEGISLATURES.

SENATE.-A communication was received from
D. Wilder, Jr., Auditor, accompanied by tabular
statement in relation to Stale paupers, for the three
years prior to 1851, which, on motion OF Mr. Law
renee. was referred to the joint SPECIAL Committee
that subject.
Reports Of Committees-By Mr. Keyes--Educa-
tion-asking to be discharged from the considera-
ton of the expediency of erecting fire proof build
ing in the rear Of the State House, for the safe keep
ing Of the State Library, and the reference of the
subject to the Committee on the Library. Under
suspension of the rules, the report was accepted.
BY Mr. Sewal-Judiciary- act defining the
crime Of felony. Read once, and ordered to be
printed.
Orders Adopted-On motion Of Mr. Torrey, that
the Committee on the Judiciary consider the expe
diency of further provisions of law for ejectment in
case of orcihle entry and detainers.
The Senate then adjourned.
HoUsE.-Pettions presented and referred--of
Silas II. Goodenow and 406 others Of Fitchbmg,
and OF Joseph White and l07 others of Winchen-
don, in aid OF thai for an extension OF the Agrcul.
tural Branch Railroad.
Also, of john I. Heard and others of Boston,
against the passage of liquor law; Of J. V. c.
Smith and others, for Incorporation as the New
England Land Co.
A communication was received from the Secreta.
ry Of State with alien pauper documents
Ordered, on motion Of Mr. Wiggn of Boston,
that the Committee Railways and Canals take in
to consideration the expediency Of adopting some
law to regulate passenger trains at the several way
stations, in letting out and taking in passengers in
order that their legal rights shall be respected and
secured, and the safety of their lives and limbs prop
erly provided for.
Ordered, on motion Of Mr. Mansur of Fitchburg,
that the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to
inquire into the expediency of transferring the juris-
diction OF all cases had in the Court of Common
Pleas, the Supreme Judicial Court and of increas-
ing the number OF Judges Of said Supreme Judicial
Court, and also Of increasing the jurisdiction Of Jus
tees Of the Peace to $50.
The following gentlemen were appointed on The
part of the House, the second Joint Standing
Committee on Towns: Messrs Brown of Lowell,
BasSelt Of Phillipston, Nichols of Salem, Pellet of
Brookfed, and Wells Of Williamsburg. Adjourned.
~ writer in the London Times, speaking of
Louis Napoeons violation ofhls oath, says:
"Can this endure? l am no atheist, and answer
No! The wrath Of Heaven does not blast, in our
days, Ananias with the lie upon his lips-the Chris
tian world does not defy Nemesis-but ste still ex-
lists, and STILL perhaps, is lame The logic of crime
is relribution. The perjured traitor who now rules
France, rules by terror only. The sanction of that
treason by universal suffrage, is too gross sham to
need exposure, and too bitter mockery even for
derison. He governs for and by the army and the
power that made, can, by one shout, unmake him
He bought with hard cash, its bayonets and its
votes; he must still continue to buy. The dona-
tives of the Lower Empire have commenced already.
The butchers of the bourgeoiSe war allow
ance The officers have got promotion and gratu-
tie-no man knows how much. Nlarshals of France
have been created, and Council of Five is in the
air"