Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-01-04

Pluck from the memory rooted sorrow
am Obliged however confess that the statutes of
tue commonwealth regarding the insane and tho legal
upon cases Of insanity, regulating admissions
S STATE hosptas and eoneernng insane prisoners are
al contradictions needing thorough redrafting, sim
plncation abridgment, and alteration without which
they must remain behind both the humanity and the in
genee OF the age IN revising the General Statutes
poses, and without systematic method brought to-
gether but were not amended. The business Of the
Simply OF arranging the statutes they were bounds and
therefore IN hs instance the revision serves to make
more apparent the neeu of new legislation.
CRIMINAL COSTS AND PROCEDURE
The subject OF criminal costs which has recently a.
tracted especial attention. still challenges our care
ney are stleXcessive owing in part to the fact OF the
ieee9m with which prosecutions of no public utility
may be promoted and in part the character crmi-
mai proceedings The payment of trial justices by
treasury, the bringing the subject home more nearly to
he people by charging the costs OF prosecuting minor
practising greater in the creation of and arti
ncai onenses somewhat abundant legislation
Mill an ienu 10 diminish costs by limiting prosecu-
lions ana reform in our criminal lleadnss and pro-
ing the pcaings reducing the opportunities 10 criminals
Of escape through technical and formal accidents and
takes, expedite judgments and promote justice. 1t
would be interesting and if time would permit me,
would be Instructive to expose of the peculiar
nieeities of the ancient methods of criminal peadng
Campbells Act since substantially Adopted in Penn
syvana and some of the provisions of which
years These illustrations, however, would readily
occur to anintelligent committee exploring
ention with the single sremark that many Of the de.
esl"ns which passing into ecedens, have controlled
mo Judicial mind seem to mark the struggles of h-
manly in the hearts of the judges to escape the
consequences of cruel and sanguiIary penal laws What
society needs is parental and not tyranical government
irm serene, and just executing iud ment without
mercitul and proportionate,
THE DEATH PENALTY.
gerg on the satutebOok Of Massachusetts, Gradually
rcceding in civilized legislation, needless danger
Gh IN,
years ofstdy and reelection confirm the opinion that it
must certainly disappear from the caepory OF penalties
inflicted by the best ordered and refined common
wealths. natural method TO the wild justice of the
ruder forms aud stages of soeety-a hard necessity
sometimes in the code of WRIT the gallows in
con nunlty like ours only horrid spectacle soaring
the imagination and haunting the dreams the senstve
am intrusive "reminiscences Of more baibarous times;
while II suggests to the hardened in crime only another
disease by which nature may day pay its Inevitable
EDrcArIoN AND SCHOOLS
In casting the resources The Industry
and the institutions Of the state struck by the
idea of pernanente, intelligence and power they m
Iner combination suggest Nor is there any circunI.
stance more worthy our admiration than The sturdy aud
triumphant will with which, in spite of all the disrac
uons of extraordinary military necessities the people
and their children stand by their sthous colleges and
advisedthat the teachers Institutes ere never
better attcnded that the interest in schools
Was never more genuine and that this is also of
other states whose people like our ow have been
ready to meet the calls OF war.
Let Us never forget our nurseries of learning, the
strength, the soace, the ins alton Of people. ldch
the possession knowledge the education Of the
mind, happy in the possession OF feds no enemy can
dispute ana treasures no rayaee can desiroy--sGeh
people. in the fear Ot God and the love man. sre i'm
destiny.
THE NORMAL SCHOOLS.
re- ne a. nua appropraii. n or our orr normal schools
The school fund is increased already by than nifty
oneha OF the income (which, $780, il appropriated
10 These schools would relieve their want, and it is
with the concurrence of the secretary Board OF
Edueaiion respectfully recommended to be done
MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE.
desire most respectfully 10 renew recommendation
winch had the honor to make to the legislature
past year, for such modification OF laws touching
power TO mitigate The penalty u celbacy conse
Of the dissolution OF the marriage This penalty is in
Of Il civil adjudication in which the rules Of procetuTe
essentially differ from those a criminal trial. So long
as human instincts and passions CONTINUE, believe that
this infction consequence civil proceedings for
divorce without lcavine hope its ultimate emission
either by the ans tribunal b, which it awarded, or
by some other IS detrimental to The good morals The
community, and diseIetitale 10 our knowledge Of hd
BOARD OF HEALTH
me Boston sanitary Association, the American Stats
n,. ~ au ny ~ assaS .i leulta society
establish Board Of Health and Vital Statistics =
The subject stands referred to the lepis oture
and the general views OF the petitioners with many IL
lu tratons Of tact and roasong 81 arly forth in
with house documents OF 1861 House Doe. liz 1t was
a9lr supported by ne report the Joint committee to
lesisat Of tile commonwealth for its practical and
comprehensive wisdom; and earnes tiy hope its views
may be thoroughly examined, and its objects finally APP
proved by the general court
THE RHODE ISLAND BOUNDARY.
transmit to the general final of the
supreme court the United states in the suit between
thi7 commonwealtl and the state Of Rhode Island ter
thereby adjusted The basis of the conventional line
Ano irW tnotg will hereafter arise to disturb their
mutual peace, and that both the states will be found
beBeicent and impartial governments by those cizes
each has acquired nom the other.
CONCORD AND SUDBURY MEADOWS
Charles storrow and j. Herbert She'd appointed COM
mssioners under The l54h chapter Of OF 1861 to
conduct certain survey and expenentson the Concord
river, and to report thereon HE commission seems 10
have been execute with great labor and care Its re
port is in fun detail illustrated annie man and
plansand will, Think be found complete ant, salts
factory repository Of the scientific truth sought through
The conduct investigation required the constant
services Of persons employed 10 observe exper
mcnts and otherwise to ell the commissioners. Those
employed werr all, or generally persons of humble
tain themselves unless pad brief intervals BY some
inadverence no approximation made to meet these
expenses and il only after the commissioners had
incurred them to considerable extent that the points
arose. shall these accounts be laid until another
session Of the general cour to the great injury of
employed and the work OF The commissioner suspended
to the great injury and disappointment OF all the parties
interested in the meadow and dam controversy want
With the consent of the council decided not to per-
init such a disaster and assumed the responsibility of
meeting these necessary current expenses of the
"Enierselcy Fund and the warrants Drawn Tor that
me accounts were irsf examined BY committee Of
the council and proved reasonable in their Judgment as
Pursuant to the provisions Of the act, tho com
awarded damages in of three several
parties claiming them, to the amount ol S437S 81.
AGRICULTURE
The agricultural interests of the commonwealth have
been highly prusperod daring the past Their pro
ducts are estimated as exceeding tlrtytwO illiOiS of
dollars The propili0us and the crops with
few exceptions, 81 ere abundant aud profitable
The exhibitions of The agricultural societies. as
whole were complete and than ever be-
fore while the interest manifested in them by the large
attendance OF people, was never exceed Under the
Of the commonwealth the smaller and
ieeber societies gradually placing Themselves upon
that If the PRESENT fostering is continued they WILL
within reasonable length Of Time, attain degree Of
sire gth ana prosperity which Will make them sell sustain
ing ard clrellant. Notwithstanding The poverty Of her
soil in contrast with that OF her sister states the
agricultural interest OF massachusetts one OF the most
ppTtant and thep great ana rapid development of erre-
sources through the rrownc intelligence Of her husband
~ as SHOWN III recent years DN increase Of Tm crops,
the Improvement IN the breeds of domestic animals the
firm the wisdom Of tn legislation which has encouraged
the formation Of societies for agricultural Improvements
by the bounty of the state
MANY hdcluOns nave peen made 10 the state cabinet
during the and the interest manifested in it by tile
shows clearly the practical yalGc of the collection de-
vclopng a fuller appreciation and knowledge Of the
natural history Of the commonwealth
The state board Of agriculture, sensible Of the import,
ance OF having the clements Of agriculture taught IN
George u. Emerson and Charlie H. Finn, TO prepare n
text book or manunl Of agriculture, comprising pre-
senng in an elementary way tie principles =, prGe-
tice OF this art Including the conn Usition Of lis and
the preparation Of lands The ecal
crops, the principles Of rotation Of crops, the
and encu les OF growing plants the choice and
went Of arm stock, and tie general economy - he
OF the DDard ana their Recommendation oft
adapted for the use Of schools in the commonwealth
trust it will serve 10 help increase intelligent inter
est In farming ard develop TIE productveness OF this fun
damental pursuit OF Industry.
An undue proportion Of the soil Of commonwealth
Is unused for any profitable purpose This n part owing
so following the local traditions instead of studying the
now wasted might be used the growth Of God and
timber Welding crop once IN twenty or thirty years