New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-04-15

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Education unanimously agree that IL y expedien';
but i, is neyerto be used residence Tor the tio'
trnor of the State. believe there % some talk Oh
putting the Supreme Judicial Court into quarters
here.
The bill establishing the Superior Court went
through both branches with but httle opposltlcn.
There were only or votes against II IN the Sen-
ate, and in the House the opposition was not strong
enough, OK was too Indifferent 70 call the Yeas and
Nays on ii. So, nobody IN that branch Is respon.
sbe for il. Charles Allen, who u Chief Justice oil
the Suffolk County Court. will undoubtedly De trans
ferTei 10 toe chief place in the new Court PROB
ably Judge Morton and Judge Huntington, oil the
same Court, will slso be- retained IN the new organ
ization, but there is likely to be winnosIng OF
the Common Pleas Judges. Only two or three of
them seem 10 have any friends. Among the new
names mentioned are those Of OTIS L. Lord OF 81
lem, Thomas Russell of Boston (nox judge Of the
Police Court, ID. W. Aly0fd of Greenfield, and
Thomas u. Eliot of New Bedford Member of Con-
gr,ss elect. have heard il suggested thst the
Governor ought to appoint three members of the
Democratic or opposition party, and some even
say he would do we'll 10 select Ezra Wilkinson OF
Dcdham, and George s. Hlard OF Boston.
But there is DO opposition party worth
considering There are three or four insig-
nifcisDt iactions, viz: the Custom House Demoe-
racy the )stoD Courierists and the rump OF Gard
neTlsm WHICH I1st lni -ii' OS"
But they do not at this moment number 10000
voters, all tod. The largest gang relies entirely
upon the General Government for support and tue
Others feed upon their own self concert and poilti-
cal hatreds Ii is impossible Ia conciliate them
without doing greater harm by disappointing the
Republicans If Mr. Lord is appointed. enough
viii have been done for the opposition. lie Is an
admirable lawyer, and has qualities which
would make him an expeditions and effcicnt
Judge. Before | leave this subject, l may
as well mention that the Governor has appointed,
or will appoint, E. lockwood Hoar of Concord,
Judge of the Supreme Court, in place of Judge
Thomas, who resigned some mOItbs ago. Me.
Hoar was Judge OF the Court of Common Pleas sew
eral years and left the bench with high reputation
ss d urist Judge Allen was offered this place
but declined il, as be had done twice before.
The bills in aid of the Museum of Comparative
Zoology of Tufts, Williams and Amherst Colleges,
and Wilbraham Academy were consolidated INTO one
act in the House, with some change IN the mode
OF payment which was signed by the Governor.
The bill provides that half the net avas of sales OF
lands in the Back Bay after satisfying the payment
of $500, GOO If scrip issued IN 1856, shall be d.
yided in the following proportions; % per cent TO
the School Fund; 20 per cent 10 tho Museum; ~
Der cent 10 Tufts College, and q per cent to the
other institutions, until the Museum has received
500, coo; Tufts College $50, 600, and the others
S25, 600; afterward the whole is 10 20 the School
Fund, with the exception OF $lOO,uVO, winch Is re-
served as fund for permanent improvements IN
the lands The Institutions must each procure an
equal sum by private subscription. You Will OBJ
serve that these great bounties thus contingent
upon sales of lands, and sorry b. say that the
State has little bit of controversy with the city
of Boston, which may postpone indefinitely the real
izaton of the benefits which We all hope these edu-
cational institutions will enjoy. In the year 1870
the Back Bay Commissioners, IN adjusting certain
disputes yielded up TO the city strip OF land on
Arlington street, next to the public garden, and
did not take care to provide that the cty should not
build on it. Now, however, the Mayor, in behalf
of the city, threatens, at some time or other to
use il for building purposes. The uncertainty which
rests upon the intention of the city as 10 this in-
portant "Trip of debatable territory, must per
haps for long time prevent sales oil the lands De-
longing 10 the State. To settle the difficulty,
bill has been passed, granting Boston another piece
of land on the Back Bay and also slice OF koxoury,
provided she will agree not to build on the strip ON
Arlington street. The validity Of this act depends
on the vote of the people of Boston, and there is.
of course some uncertainty AS to what they will
do. The friends Of the Colleges, and OF Prot.
Agassizs Museum, WILL of course, do their best ~
procure the assent of the city to the act
In addition to this great legislative act IN favor
of the educational interests Ut the State, many
the same subject One OF these abOlshes the school
district system and places the school property and
the control of schools with the towns. This Is
reform which Horace Mann and Barnas Sears la
bored for many years 10 bring about, and which
the present Secretary Of the Board VI Education,
ex-Goy. Boutwell,, hardly hoped to be able to OBJ
tain this year. But the energetic Committee ON
Education resolved to try it, and they succeeded
in getting their bill through both branches.
\ sEarst tHaa al N Ia
House BY three majority, as you have heard. The
vote was ON Mr.. Griin's BILL which you have
printed. There was very little difference OF oPln-
ion as to the proprety OF the measure, but a Por.
ton of the Republicans were afraid OF It's political
effect on the fortunes of the party, and especially
of Gov Banks in 1860 and so they joined with the
thirty or forty Hunkers in defeating 1t. Probably
the same reasons may prevent Its passage next
year, but il cannot be postponed great While alter
that time. The NOya-Scotla Telegraph Dill was
killed in the Senate. A new bill was introduced
in the House; but, although It's friends hid the
good sense TO strike George Lunts name from the
.t of corporators it again failed in the Senate, after
getting through the House. Verdict, died OF severe
attack of Lunt A bill passed the House to sboi-
ish the nuisances styled military encampments.
The sniers" however. rallied in the Senate and
defeated IL by two votes. bill ~ peal the laws
making drunkenness, 10 single eases, punishable
odeI &C. failed IN the House, but Is not unlikely 10
pass by and by. A series OF useful bills, providing
for the payment OF Sheriff. County Ireasarer,, and
County Commissioners by salaries instead OF ices,
became law.
There was but little political debate during the
session. The Personal Liberty bill was discussed
two or three evenings In quiet way. Dir. Cush.
ING stated d fact which | have not seen mentioned
in the papers, viz, that Judge Mclean assented TO
the opinion Of the Supreme Court IN the Wisconsin
case declaring the Fugitive Slave act constitutional,
and nullifying the writ OF habeas corpus. thu
must dispose of the Judges political schemes, If ne
bs. any IN his mind Mr. Cushing, at an early day