State Legislature

Our liraíts oblige us to condeuse the Legislalive doingp. " The petition oí certain Ottawa Indians for citizenship was recomtnended t Cougress. The bilí to facilítate the study ot' anatomy was taken up. The bilí provides that the bodies of all crimínala wbo ehall die in the state prison, if their friends do not claim the body, or the criaimal liave made nö provisions for bis burial. and also the bodies of those who have been capitally executed, shall bo delivered to a medical society. Anamendment to this introduced the medical practiee, and Mr. Ramsdell spoke at length in favor of the amendment; he thought it wrong to txllow quacks to praclice on the lives and health of individuáis. He deprecaled the disposition to encourage the prejudices of the ignoran!, and pull down learning and science to their Je vel. The people were not able to jndge of the qualijicaiionsof a physician, and tkey ovghl fö he protected agatnsl ignorant and imprudent quacks who tompered with the lives and health of the public; they oughtto go through a rigid examination by competent persone, that íheir abilities and scientific knowledge might be ascertained ; instead of throwmg down all the bars, he would put them up still higher.We think Mr. R. and his friends were in error in vyishing to prescribe by lcgislaüon whom the sick shall employ as a physician. - All auch matters are best left to those iraroediately intetested. Mr. R. thinks the people are "not able to judge of the qualitications of a physician." But who can jndge best, those who are acquainted with all the circumstances, or Mr. R. and his fellow legislalors at Detroit? We go for the largest Jiberty."- Too much legislation, especially on minor matters, is a bad ihing. The bill to protect the rights of roarried women was passed - yeas 29 - najs 22. We shall apprise the ladies of its provisions as soon as we see the act. Mr. Rarasdell oppo8ed it on account of the opportunity it aftbrded for iraud. Mr. McLeod said whalever might be the effect of the law, it would be proper to pas6 it to carry out, with consistency, previous legislation. The legislatura had protected women in tbeir persons; then they had made words intimafing a lack of chastity aclionable in tbemselvee; ivothing was left but to protecttheirproperty, He hoped this might be carried out to complete tbis Ieap year Jegislation. That everlasting topic of disagreement - the payment of the chaplains of l he House, was diseussed. A resohtion was reported paying ing the clergy who had officiated 8,00 a day. Mr. Ramsdell eupported ihb resolution. Mr. Pratt thought ít unconstitulional, and proposed to pay them by subscription. The resolution was lost - yeas 14, nays 36. 7 he act for the enconragement of egriculture has become a law. The supervisors of each countyare authorized, if they please, to raise SlOO annually to add to $100 more to be raised by the Agricultural Society of the County to be expended in premiums; and all persons in the county may be competitors without admission fees. The joint resolution for expnnging the word "white" from the conatitution was lost by a tie vote - yeas 22. nays 22. Sundry bilis were passed, but as we know nolhipg of their import except from the litle, it would be of little use to enumérate them. We shall examine them as they are pnblísíied, nnd apprise our readers ofanythat may be of general or peculiar interest.