New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-02-03
FROM BOSTON.
FROM Our Own Correspondent.

From Our Own Correspondent.
BosTON, Feb. |, 1853.
The bill TO increase the salaries of the Judges
of the Supreme Court, has passed the Senate, but
by msiorty so small that there is no certainty OF
its success in the House. The oil fixes the salary
of the Chief Justice at $500, and Of the five
Associate Justices at $1,000 each. Mr.. Butler
has introduced into the Senate bill which mskes
important changes in the system of triai by Jury.
1t provides that no juror shall be required to serve
more than twelve days during any session of the
Court except 10 finish a trial. II also provides
that in all cases, except capital cases where twenty
perempt0Ty challenges are allowed) each party
shall have the right To challenge peremptorily three
Jurors II also repeats the laws which exempt the
fremcn and military from duty in the jury box.
The bill was discussed on Monday by Mr.. Butler
and Mr.. Branning but no vote was taken. A
proposition has gone 10 one Of the Committees to
allow nine or ten jurors in civil cases 10 give YER
diet: and another 10 allow wives t. testify IN suits
10 which their husbands are parties. There is no
disposition to repeal the law which passed in l>5i
or lSJ7 allowing parties in civil suits to testify,
from which infer that the statute Is working well.
Last year an attempt was made 10 repeal H. but i
met with no favor.
We have an excellent law here under which
MANY free town libraries have been within the last
six or eight years established on firm and secure
footincs. believe the Trainer of the law, and IFS
chief advocate, was the Rev. Mr.. Wight, who rep
resented the town of East Sudbury, now Wayland,
several years The Rev. DR.. Wsyland of Proyi-
dence gave a sum of money for library purposes 10
the town, and Mr.. Wight conceived the idea Of III
creasing the library and It's benefits by statute.
The law allows the citizens Of each town and city
to appropriate sum- not exceeding - cents for
each of lis rateable polls for the establishment and
maintenance of library. OF course, many towns
are too sngy TO appropriate this sum or any other;
other towns have not yet had their attention
strongly directed 10 the system. But many excel
lent Libraries art now successful operation. The
town If Concord has one of more than :, 900 stand
ard works the basis of which Was private library,
which was given 10 the town on condition that the
largest sum authorized by law should be- raised. 4
law has Just passed the House which allows towns
Ia increase the Appropriation TO 30 cents on each
rsteable poll.
The annual report of the Auditor shows that the
expenditures Of the State have been reduced from
ST 4O5, 400 in I-57 10 : ,O6O,6I7 III l-5c. THIS IL
a saving of nearly one-third. In not single de-
partment of the public service has there been an
ineresse Of expense while in nearly all there have
been important reductions The public debt has
been reduced aud every dollar OF il Is provided Tor
The expense of the Legislature Was reduced just
One-half, or from S2le, 900 To SlO9,OOO. vi
course, we oesln 10 ieei cohsiueIapy iene.ou, GU
are looking about 10 if cannot probably lay
up OF our treasure by investing IN educational
projects. The Governor recommends an increase OF
the School Fund TO %, COO 600. Wesleyan Acsd-
envy at Wilbraham, which has lOst It's principal
buildings twice by fire, asks for So, 600, and
Tufts College Universally, at Medford, asks that
aid should be extended toward itself, as in years
past il was extended 10 Harvard, Williams and
Amherst Colleges. Then come Professor Aga.sz
and his friends, asking that the State may do some
] thing handsome toward providing building for