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From onr Uwn Correspondent
Eos1oS, April 81, l.Sa;.
EQUALIZATION OF nuUSTfEs,
The legislature and the press are engaged
In discussing bill, now on Its passage, for
the equalization OF the bouut1rs oi the sol
dicrs from Massachusetts,. The purpose OF
thc project Is to give to the volunteers who
enlisted from patriotic motives In 1851 and
1862 On amount equal to that given to those
wl'u enlisted from merccrary motives In the
lnsl two years Of thr war. The method pro-
posed Is the payment to cycry man who cu-
listed i'll the army previous to thu passage OF
the bounty acts, tho eum Of ninc dollars for
every month Of actual service, No provision
is made for tic sailors, and there Is an obyi
ous injustice to these whom wounds or dis
case compelled to leave the service after a
few months,and 10 The widowsai,tl orphans OF
those who died In the field. The chief obiec
tion madc to the hill, However, Is in the i'm.
mense load Of taxation aud debt which the
State incufs, the cost Of the measure being
yariollsly estimated At from five to seventeen
millions. On its first Introduction irlo the
legislature very little wss said about II, bat
HOW That its provisions ncc understood and
lis passage Scc1ns Imminent, very stron:,
opposition has been aroused, and It srenas
quite probable That il ulay yet be defeated.
The iact that the little squad Of Democrats
II the Legislature are strong advocates OF
the project. will 70 far 10 defeat it. 1t was
in the dcbatt OH tAia hill, the other ilav, tha.
The leader Of the Democracy, Mr. SpolE1zl,
on being referred IL Us having svmpathitct;
will. and aided tho rebellion lusing the war,
replied, In the Congressional style. I'll:
gentleman liesl" creating grc,: excitement
in the usunlly placid legislative chamber, and
giving text lUr much newspaper rcmark i !,
to the absence ui I1lat dignity and tlccorup,
which have hitherto characterized all the pro
ceedings Of our $tntc House.
TILE EIGHT uorn QUESTION.
The proposition 10 make eight hours thu.
legal limit Of days labor entered Into ths
last polticsl camraf.n hcrr. nnl x,s mai, !,
the direct Issue Of The clcc,luus In SAND
towns. bill Tor the purpose has lust been
Defeated III the Legislature BY vote of tiltv.
One odd means taken TO show the ahsu.diiv
Of attempting to lcEislate ut nll on such u
subject was lAe Proposition in III au,cntin,cus
to cUspltI laborcTs 10 devote the two hours
thus cntncd TO useful study. The defeated
bill did not apply 70 agricultural taLore1s.
whom custom compcls to work tif>cen or Six.
teen hours in the summer season, but only 10
mechanics, whose day Is now; tcu hours Ion,
! all the 5car round.
co1oRrD rEor1k AND THE THEATRES,
believe l wrote you several weeks ago
that the law Iass:d br the Legislature In H..
nlnteF OF 1850, to prohibit theatres from.
making any distinction IN admission on ac.
count OF color OF race, bad been dlsre..arde,l
| by sone ef our places OF amusement. aud
that they were TO be prosecuted nulcs the
| nct- 1T now proves that the different man
| ayers oi The city hnyc taken council together
and decided 10 violate the law ., matter o.
policy, the penalty imposed hcin, compare.
lively n light fine, which the theatres think
they can afford 10 pay iu the few cases which
arc likely to come up. The negroes of Ros.
Ton. as class, are not apt Ia desire to pur-
eAase the hlch.Irteed seats from which ATOM,
custom excludes tl,cm those WHO would 20
afG prevented BY pride from applying Tor
AMI %hese =, .nes is possibility q
would Wish to enter into the trouble and anx-
lcty of criminal prosecution. THIS casv eva.
| sion of the statute Is not agreeable to thr
LEGISLATURE WIN framed II, aud II Is quite pro-
| 6abie that bill my soon DC introduced in the
Legislature making the penalty OF refusing to
sell tickets 10 or 10 admit any persons on
nceo1nt Of color q forfeiture or the license OF
the offending theatre. This, ofcourse, would
bring thc managers TO terms at DICE.
| SLAVERY IN THE BAY STATE.
J. Massachusetts always has half dozen or
so OF controversies on hand, to interest the
people and fill up the newspapers. Food Tor
! . new one Is furnished bv the publication In
| New York Of IN elaborate work on "Thc
History Of Slavc1y In Massachusetts," treat.
ing mainly Of the period before the Revpiu-
lion, full Of antiquarian lore, and aiming to
SHOW BY citations from documents and news-
papers Of tue last century that the grand
fathers Of the New Eucluud-fs OF to-day were
! Qnilc ns Indifferent TO the crime OF 6laycry "a
! the South Cafolinians Of the present genera
| tion, and that the lawmakers Of the Revolu-
| uonary epoch were as unwilling 10 sec The