Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-04-08
rof the Democrat.
Intfinrs From the Capitol.


sual amount Of business has been held back
and more than thirty acts and resolves have
passed to he engrus.ed to-day.
The Legislature has finally parsed bill
giving one term Of the Supreme Court in
York County to Saco, in each year Tor three
years.
The resolve submitting the question OF hi
enniaI sessions wa. defeated on It's final pas
sage in the House, not receiving two
thirds vote.
The Senate passed i. nearly unanimous.
ly.
The Aroostook railroad bill went from the
House infused passage. The Senate non
concurrcd with the House, amended the bill
50 a. to refer the subject To u vote Of the
people and passed IL TO- BE- engrosscd. loo to
5. 81 the QUESTION goes TO the peorlo.
The friend. Of the measure think il will
be sustained by the people.
The city Of Bangor has asked to loan IL.
credit lor half million Of dollars To use in
building the road from that city TO Malta.
wamkeag. An Act to that effect has pass.
cd u DO ensros.rd bat IL may he defeated
on its FINAL passage. The Bangor delesa.
ton !, divided on the subject.
A bin has pissed establishing salary for
members Of the Legislature, and another
for payment Of its subordinate oGcers. all
based on session OF seventy.Gyc days in
length. This. at the pro,on, time Is better,
perhaps. than biennial sessions. Oar SOS
sion. have generally been too long.
An Act TO Incorporate tho American tel.
.graph company with a capital stock Of not
more than ten million. Of dollars has been
passed.. One OF the corror'tors is Cyrus
". Field OF Atlantic cable" notoriely.
The others are mostly New York men.
A municipal c,urt is u be established at
Lewiston. provided the citizens vote To &C.
crpt the bill establishing il.
The res lgtions un slavery were under DIS.
eussion on Thursday Mr. Smart occupied
mos, Of tho time in speaking asains, them,
and having obtained the hoor, SEEMED an.
willih: To yield It to the opposition. Mr..
L,hrokc challenged him TO meet him in the
evening aud occupy alternate hours in dis.
cu,.ing them, which Mr.. Smart reluctantly
accepted They met accordingly, and the
sclf.tyled champion and mouthp'ece Of the
democracy va, completely noorcd. Mr.
Smaris abolition speeches m Congress were
produced and seemed 10 harmonic 80 we'll
with the spirit Of the resolutions. that Mr..
Smart could not argue sgains, the rc'Olu.
tons without presenting a case OF Smart
versus Smart. Mr.. L,hroso made an elo-
quen, and effective speech.
The r,s,vc IN favor Of Silas =. Somes
passed finally on Thursday.
The petitioners Tor an appropriation Of
land for road purposes in Oxford County,
have had leave To withdraw. l. was pre-
sentcd rather late in the session.
Resolve in favor OF the Portland society
Of Natural History has been refused pas
sage.
An ancient document in the shape Of a
Conveyance Of real estate has been exhibited
nv Mr. Wells, senator from York County.
The history oi this deed and the family hold.
ing i, is quite interesting. 4 gentleman in
England named Liicllicli had sOn named
Francis. who early IN life went To sea, and
hi. parent. hearing nothing from him Tor n
long time. and surpo,ing hun To be- dead +,
they called a second son by the sauo name.
Subsequently, the father came To this coun-
try and settled in the town now called
Wells. in York County, in ,hi. State. Here
he found hi. son Francis the Gr.t. alive and
smart, and settled down within mile Of
the place be had chosen Tor his own dwell
ling Thu. va. about \. ID. 1925. Tho
older Francis had son named Edmund to
whom this deed hearing date July 10, 1913,
was gwen by Sir Fernando Georges then gov
crnor Of Maine. The deed bears the sigma.
turo Of Thnma- Gorscs. lieutenant governor.
I, was written on parchment, in bold,
plain hand. and i, bat little defaeed by time
No other deed OF this land has ever been
given, and il ha, descended from laiher to
son unto the seventh generation from III.
mund. ISDEN.