Worcester daily spy., 1860-04-07

nm of Middlesex Bailey of worcester, Carter Of
! Hampden, Nash of Hampshire Hotehklss OF frank
R;stoi M Kinney of Plymouth, Underwood of the
Cane District and Luce of the Island District
| His Excellency also favored the House with
a veto of the resolve in favor of the town of
Florida, which authorized the payment OF
about Sl0O for support of pauper Both
message and resolve were laid on the table.
The report of the committee on prisons, on the
subject of abuses in the East Cambridge Jail,
was accepted-90 to 81. The House concur
red in the election of Messrs. Upton and Pierce
as directors of the Troy and Greenfield rail
road, aid appropriated $1,000 for the salary of
the state engineer under the same bill The
salary OF the valuation committee was fixed at
So 80 per day. The speaker announced the
following members of that committee, on the
part of the House:
Messrs Atwood of Wellfeet, Bosworth of Otis,
Brown of Concord, Brown OF birmingham, Broad--
head of Boston, Chamberlain of New Bedford, Dam
forth of Lynnfield Fuller of Wrentham, Gates OF
Lowell, Hale of Boston, Hodges of oxford, How
land OF Plymouth johnson of Dana, johnson OF
Upton, Marble of Hingham Mcclellan of Cambridge,
Merritt of Lynn Otis of Worcester, Parsons of Law
renee, Pearsons of Hoyoke, Parsons of Brookline,
Pierce of Shutesbury. Rich of Boston, Sanborn of
Rockport Smith of Hadley, Wood of Nantucket,
Wrghtngton of Fall River.
The rest of the session was devoted to the
customary congratuatory and valedictory eX-
erciseS During brief recess, Mr.. Stone of
Waltham, in behalf of the members of the
House, presented to Mr.. Speaker Goodwin an
elegant gold watch, for which he made CRATE
full and appropriate acknowledgment. Mr..
Stowe, clerk of the House, was the recipient
OF a chaste and valuable silver pitcher, end
Mr.. Wood of Nantucket, of a silver butter
knife, inscribed "previons question" The
sergeant-at-arms and the door keepers were
also remembered. The usual votes of thanks
were passed and acknowledged, and at III
O'Clock the legislature was prorogued.
The Defeat of the Kidnappers.
When the decision of the supreme court in
the case of Mr.. Sanborn was announced on
Wednesday, the enthusiasm of the throng
which crowded the court room burst into ire
pressible applause. Mr.. Sanborn remained in
his seat for moment or two, until Wendell
Phillips came forward, and spoke to him, per-
haps suggesting that his friends out of doors
would like to see him, whereupon Mr.. San
born put on his coat and left the room a large
portion of the audience following him. Out
side the court he was greeted with prolonged
and enthusiastic cheers, and the utmost salts
faction prevailed Returning to Concord, some
eight hundred persons were at the depot to re-
ceive him, whose cheers were heard above the
salutes of the Concord Artillery. Sanborn
was arraigned Thursday morning, before JUS
tice Ball, and bound over for trial on the charge
of assault. His bondsmen are Ralph Waldo
Emerson, Addison G. Fay George L. Pres
colt, Daniel Shattuck, Nathan Brooks, and E.
| w. Bull, all Of Concord. Should any future
attempt at kidnapping be made, any one of
these bondsmen may obtain a writ of habeas
corpus to take him from the United States off
GERS, in order to prevent a forfeiture OF their
| bonds
The citizens of Concord held public meet
ing on the subject, Wednesday evening, which
was addressed by Mr. Sanborn, relating the
particulars of the assault; by Rev. Mr.. Rey
nelds, Henry d. Thoreau, Ralph Waldo En-
erson, L. W. Higginson OF Worcester, and 9th.
ers, encouraging spirit Cd resolute cnthusi-
asm and a determination to defend Mr. San
born from arrest at all hazards. The meeting
| appointed committee of organization and de-
| fence.
The trial of officers Freeman, Coolidge
Carleton, and Tarleton, commenced in the
Concord town hall Friday morning, for assault
with intent to kidnap. John S. Keyes of Con-
cord, and Asa Ripley of Cambridge, appeared
for the cOmplanan s, and Milton Andros, as
sstant U. S. District Attorney, for the respond
ents. The court fixed the bail at $1,000 for
each respondent to appear at the next term of
the Superior Court at Concord. Watson Free
man, Joseph Holbrook, Stetson Buttrick, and
Samuel II. Rhodes, were accepted as sureties.