Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1849 : Weekly), 1852-04-06

              -Tf firm-Tri liliTiiilii I I 9 I 1:3 1 I I 1 fl I III ptXtP MfWJW WW VOLUME XLII. COLUMBUS, OHIO, TUESDAY, APRIL C, 1852. NUMBER 32. P-UHMHMKD KVKRY TUKBDAY MOHNINO 11 V HOOTT & HAHCOill. OFFICIO JOURNAL PUILDIKOS.IIIUH AND PBARL STKKKTS. COUNTLNU ROOM ON PEARL STREET. TKIU1H Invnrlnbly In ndvanee. Wnek.y per uitiurn In (Joluiiilms $'200 Out il the city; by mail, ain)di) 1 50 Tou'idisnl lourmij upwards 1 ya Tut oiba ol ten and upward, to one address 1 00 Daily, .-uioo '. a 00 Trl-Weekly, do 1 00 Wunkly do., tingle 50 Tbo Journal la hIio published Dally and Trl-Weekly during the ynnrt uauy uersnuura, oy muu, ma; mweeitiy, ajj, Itnfm of Advertising Weekly Pnper. unoiquure, jot iiiea uriftu, out) inieruon " " " OKohadilitlousI " .... 11 " ' 1 month " " a " " " 3 " " " fl " " " 13 " " ' chit'nf oitblc monthly, per tnnu in.. " " ' weekly " " Standing card, onn sous re or less, k column.chsngeaMe quarterly,1 ,.ft0!0 o as 1 50 a as 3 50 6 00 B 00 , 20 00 , an oo g 00 RS 00 m oo 100 00 Other fliund not provldod ror.ehargeablc lu conformity with tlio aIiovr rates. All Inndnri advarttsnmnnt to hnehnrgrdntit Iru limn double thtt ahove rnUii. and memo. red as II solid. Advertisements on the insidenxt-liistvely, to bnohargedsttue f m oi an percent. in aavaiiceon mn nnovcraies, OHIO LEGISLATURE. Monday, ninicli 39, 1SVJ. IN 8ENATR. 94 o'clock, A. M. Mr. Kice, from llio Standing Committee on Cum m on Schools and Hdiool Lands, reported a bill to provide for Hie reorganization, regulation, nnd maintenance, of common bc bonis ; which was laid on the tublo mid ordered tn ho printed. The hill to abolish tho offices of Register and Re-reiver of the State Lund Olliee, and to create the tillire ol Land Cnminissiouur.cnmo hack Irom ihe House; tlio House still refusing lo agree to the Senate amendment, which wns, that the Lund Commissioner should not he tho agent for ih: nalo id' other land. Mr. Hex moved (hat tlio Senate recede froin it amendment. Mr. Cradlehaiigli Raid that tho Senator who hail lakon a deep int nt in iho lull, (Mr. Taylor,) was not present, nnd he wmild move to lay I lie hill ami amendment, mi dm table; which motion wns agreed to. The Hill to provide tor tho public printing came hack t ruin tin House, tho II. .use refusing to ugroe In lilt H'Mi ile amendment. Mr. Fi-ifiiiMin moved tint th Senate recede from itn amendment, and Ppoke in favor ol hi inolion. Mr. Walkiii had reud the repri of Ibe iJouce com-inillee, and had in itio li hi mhnl that the House hill wan mom to he prelerred, und h iped ilie tieimle would recede. Mtirfi. Kim k, I'eppurd and rVrjMitmn fpoke further in favor oi the inolion, while Menri.Juinsion and Wil-aiill oppimed it. Mr. Wil mill moved that the hill and amendment! be tnid on the table ; w Inch was agreed to. Hoiine joint reaolntion, rebiiivo to iiiBtructing nut Senator! and Itepresentativei in Coiif-retm to procure from the United iStntesfJoverninent tho relimjuishinont of ill i n'erent iii the National Itoad to the (Slate ol 0 llio, of that purl of mid roa l within the Stain, wui agreed to. Mr. Cradlehimh introduced a bill tn provide for printing freneral Iuwr in newHpaperH, und to repeal the law of 18.'. I on that subject. Tlio bill authorized the comity coMtnUnioueri, at their discretion, in order the publication of tbe laws in their counties respoctively. On uintinu of Mr. Wilson, the following resolutions, introduced by dim were taken up. Rfiotvctl, b'j tht Gtneral Auttmbly of ike State of Ohio, That our fctenaiors in Congress be instructed, and our Itepreseiitativcs reiptested, to urj-u upon their respective bodies tbe passage, at as eally a day n possible, of an act providing for the coiitruction oi u pood wngon road and a railroad through the territory of the United Htute. I mm the most eligible point on the western boundary of M 10111 i, or Arkansas, to the eastern boundary of California, upon Mich route os shall, upon survey, be found to be ninut convenient and practicable.Rvtolved, That tliefi'ivernor he retp tented to forward n copy of this recotutioii to each ol our Seimton and Hepreneiitatives in Ofnigress. Mr. Cradlebaah moved to amend the resolutions by ankiutf tor the patmiyo of a law for the construction of a good wncoii road. Mr. WiUfiu was not opposed to such a resolution by itself, hut he thought it out of place as olio red. Mr. Cradbdiaii;ii did mit think so. He believed llmt the consiruetion of a wapon paid tm building ol bridgen across the rivers the leveling of obstruction would fanlit'ite the building of a radroad, and slioiild he done lirt, becatife il would lake a number of years In rolistruet a railroad. The amendment was then agreed to yiaa 10, nays 111 a tie. The 1'resident voted in tbe affirmative, and thus decided the tpiestion. The resolutions, ni amended, were then adopted-yens 1H, nays 2. The Senate then took a lecrcs. 24 o'clock, P. M. On motion nf Mr. Wilson, tho committee of the wliolu was discharged from tin) fur! ber coimiderntioii of die Militia bill, and it was recommitted to the commit ti on the Militia. The Hennte then went into committee of the whule, Mr. Cradlebauh in llio Chair, and conanleretl ho hill relating to wills, and to repeal acts now in force 011 the sulect. The bill was considered by section, and numerous amend men ts were made ; alter which the committee rone and reported hick said b ll uud ametidiiieiits ; which Were n greed to. The amendment nf Mr. Wilson made in committee of the whole, (which prohibited any person havino a child or children, or grand children living, from devi sing to any person, corporation, or society more th in onetbird ol said (tent-in's lands, niotievs nr elloctn of every description,) was dicued by Messrs. Wilsiin and CiMbing (or, and iiy Menus, r inck and Terguoon, ngaiust it. Mr. Covey idV.-red a substilnte for the aniendinent, hut before the ipo sliou was taken on agreeing to it, tbe Hoi ate adjourned I10USK OK ItriritKSKNTATlVBS. U o'clock, A. M. BtU read A third time.' To asctrlain the boundaries of comities. i'asMCtl ym it!t, nays :i. BUI intrthlctd.Wy Mr. Wiihrow, tn ri'peol the art to aulliorir.o the coniutiniouers ol Knox ronnty to 1111 railroad bonds 011 certain conditi nis. Report of $titndiHff fommUtft.-Mr. (lest, from tho committee on Agrii ullure, reported hack the bill lor the regulation of ilogs and the protection of ulieep, and recommended it be onuroSM-d. A a reed to. Commit he of Me hote The limine ilien went into oommtttuo o ilio wiioie, Air. iteming in tlio cimir, am) considered. 1st. lh bill lor the incornoinii'm of col lege, uuiversitiit, Scv. 2d. the bill to provide for the erection of two Lunatic A"lnuiB, nnd ri'ported the first back wnh amendtneuts, and nk'd b'uvo to sit again on the second. The Home then took a reces. 2A o'clock, P. M. The question pending being on acreeiug to the nmetidmeuts ol the Committee of the W hole to Senate bill, for the incorporation of Colleges, Universities, A c, the same was agreed to. The vote was thru tnkeu on lis passige, and it was pasied yeas ui, nays 8. Committee of th6 rAos The House then went Into Committee ol the whole on Henale order, Mr. Detuing tn the chair, nnd resumed ilm considetaiten of the bill for the erection of two l.unatiu Aslonis, and niter sjieiiding much time thereon, rose, and asked leave to sit strain. Mr. Means offered a resolution granting the use of this Hall this evening to hovsutha Becrehiry and Lieutenant Nelson, to lecture on ttio prospec ot Hun gary, and the continentals navies. Agreeit to. The House then adjourned. TuciMliiy, march 30, IN SHNATE. 9h o'clock, A. M, Mr. WiUon, from the committee on (he Militia, re ported back (he hill to organize the militia, with i i i ... I.- I meiHIIHCIHS, WHICH Wl iu inurini iu lir- rriIM-ii. Mr. Smith, from the committee on Fees and Salaries, reported buck tho salary bill, according to the instruct' Ions of the Semite. Mr. Cradleba'igh spoke in favor of a higher salary for the Secretary of St.de, when a division of tbo question was called for, and thu iimenilino'its were several ly voted ilium, when the amendments were disagreed to as,relates to the Secretary and Treasurer leaving their salaries as according tn the bill, Treasurer $l,(i00 and Secretary $l,.p00. Tho vote was then taken on striking out $1,800 and inserting tl.tiOil, when the Senato voted to strike out. This was reconsidered, and again stricken out, when Mr. Gideit movid to till tho blank with Tl,7liu; which wns lost yeas 12, nays 13. The question then turned on the instructions, 1 ,600 ; which was agreed to yeas 14, nays 12. The question was then put ou the salary of tho Attorney General, to strike o ,t (1,000 with 3 per cent,, and insert $l,4oo without any per cent, i which was agreed lo. Mr. Johnston moved to reconsider ibe vote on stri king out $l,i0lt fr tho Treasurer's salary, uud insert ing $1,500; -which prevailed. Tin qiieilioii being on striking nut $1000, It carried, and $l'i00 was inserted. Mr. Wilson then moved to reconsider the vote on tbe Secretary's salary, by which it was fixed at $1MH. This brought Mr. Cradlebnugb to bis feet, when lie made a strong appeal ngaiust the reconsideration. Th rswousideration carried, and $UUU was stricken Tha worts la iba brsrists am thorn Introduess) by Mr. Cr us rwoisUuM passsa la is above ions. out, when the blank was filled up with $1400. Tho bill wqs then read the third time. A vote was taken ou the tinal passage of tho bill, when there were yeas 17, nays 7. An it remnres 18 to pai a bill, it was lost, when Mr. Atkinson moved u reconsideration of the vote; which wn carried. Mr. Cox then moved a call of the Senate, when 12 were found abseiit. The doors were then closed and the sergeant sent after the delinquents. Tho sergeant havinp run down one Senator, when it was moved to lay the bill on the table ; which was lost yeas 2 nays 2d. The question then turned nil the final pasnnge of the bill; which was carried yens l!l, naysii. Mr. Middle, memorial of (ieorge W. Holmes, lale Treasurer of Hamilton county, f,.r relief under thu law of Febimiry Kill, 1847, taxing real estate leaned, for a longer period thmi fourteen years. Kef erred to Committee on Judiciary. Mr. Ferguson Irnm the Coinmilieo en Privileges and Elections, made n report of a bill to regulute the election of State and county oflirers ; which was ordered to bo printed. Mr. Tod from the Committee on the Penitentiary, made a report 00 1I10 alleded abuses in tho management nf that iiiHtiiution, which was ordered to he printed. Mr. Ilex from the C nnnitteo on Claims, reported favorably ou the claim of J, H. Itiley, J 1 12,20 for stationery, and that of Gross & Dietrich, tor certain over-paid taxes, the latter nf which was referred to the Jndiriary committee. From tbe claim of Woodbury Co. "the committee asked to he discharged. The bill relating to the directory of the Penitentiary, was reported back with an amend in -nt, pivi-ig tho appointment ot tho directors to thu Governor, Auditor and Secretary of State, together, and referred to the Committee of the Whole. Tho bill for a change of venuo in certain cases, wus rend the third time und punned yean 18, nays '.I. Mr. Hico introduced a bill supplimentai y to the hill relating to the acknowledgment of deeds, &c.; which was road the first time, Mr. Mack gave notice of a bill to repeal nil laws rotating to interest on money. Mr. OradlehaiiLdi presented tho claim of J. II. Ililev & Kendall Thomas for bonks and stationery for 811- pienmuourt. itelerred to UornmitteH on Claims. The Senate took a receKs. 24 o'clock, P. M. On motion of Mr. Wilson, tho bin relative lu wills Wim taken up. Tbe queniion was on agreeing to the amendment of-ferred of Mr. Wiholl on ycMrrdny Mr. Covey filtered n sub.ttitiile for the nmemlmetit. Mr Wilson was not oonoited to tlio siibsiiioto. but he mot h preten d hi own. I lie policy ol limiting 11 man in the dislntmting lit propei ty, as proposed, in certain heirs, was opposed by Messrs. Finck and Ferguson. Mr. Covey's substiiuto wan then areeil to, and the bill wus ordered to be eiigniio.ed, and read ;i ihitdliine to morrow, Mr. Hex, (mm the rommittee on jScliooln, reported back II msebill, No. 81, to negotiate the h:ikj nf nrli.iol lands and the surrender of permanent h nnes thereto, with sundry amendment, which were noi-eed to. nod the bill passed yeas 24, nays I). Air. iiex, irom Hie coimuitleu on Corporations ii'Iut than muuicinal. reported back (he bill to nrovido tor tho consolidation of plank road companies, wiih amend ments. On motion of Mr. Covey, the hill nnd amendments were laid 011 the table, ami ordered in be printed. On motion of Mr. Itiddle, the Senato took up the bill increasing thu powers of in commitisiniiers ol Hamilton eouuiy in tho erection of public biitldiin-s. The tpiestion wns on agreeing to tue substitute of the committee, whirl) makes the law general in ils nature, and extends jls provihons to nil counties in llie Slate, Mr. Finck moved to strike out of the ubntilnte, the words which nl lowed the coinoiisHioiiers lo let out the wotk uu public building", otherwise than by contract. LlMt. Tho substitute was llieii agreed to, and ilia bill was oiderod lo be engrossed for a third reading 011to-morrow. Senate hilt tn enable the trustees of colleges, academies, universities and other institution, tor the purpose of promoting education, to become bodies enrpo rale, with Hoiiho amendment, lie ferred lo thu committee on Colleger. 4)n motion ol Mr. Wiisoi. the Senate re sol veil itself into Committee of tb Whole, Mr. Vatiier in Ilm chair mid considered the hill lo repulato elections lor Senators and Kepresenlntives ju new counties. Several amendments were made, and tbe committee rone und reported said bill back nnd it was releired t.i tie r.oimnitteo 011 Hie Judiciary. The Senate then adjourned. HOUSH OK IIKPIIKSKNTATIVUS. M o'clock, A. M. Bill read a third time. For the regulation of dogs and the protection of sheep. Parsed yeas 54, nay Title amended so as to read, ' an act for tbe protection of sheep." RepartMof ttamlinft committer.' Nr. Hard, from the committee on Fees and Salaries, reported back the bill fixing the compensation of judges of su;iremu nnd common pleas emir's, with nil amendment fixing the payment ol tlieir lalnrios ipiarteily, reckoning Irom the commencement of their terms of service; which' was agreed to, nnd Ibn bill laid ou llio table. TIih House then took n recce. I 24 o'clock, P. il. I The House went into committee ol the Whole, ami considered tho bill fur the erection of two udditioiinl lunatic asylum, and mne local bills, and re pur ted I hem back, the tirst with amendment, and it wa referred to a select committee of live, and the others referred lo standing committees. Mr. Deming ottered n remluthm grunting tho use of the hall this evening to Wm. Halt, to loci 11 ro on the present condition ot Kumpe. Mr. Gest, on leave, fmm tho committee no Au'ricii). tore, reported back the bill nmendms the net for the ppointmeut of coinmisHimiers of Hewers, nod recom mended its passage. Parsed yeas (i.'i, uavtt 0. i he Sneaker moved Messrs, Lvlle. Htiuhcs, It am- '(, Clark and Plumb as the s h ct cnininitlee to whom the lunaiic loll un rebrn d. The bill tnakii'ii aniTopriations in part for IK,12 was ho 11 taken up. Air. WHIirow mnved lo sin;. o otit PIDIl, to piy tlie Inimof itasil Kiddle, tut iiiesNcnger to Court-iieltank in I8,ril. Lost. The bill wns ordered to be eurosicd. Tho motion to print tivo thousand copies of the Auditor's report ou the discount 01 naiiKs was taUen up. llio amendment pendiuir tieina on iiiuitin the whole number in the German language, it wus ugrced A motion to reconsider this vote was lott yens 28, nays 32. Mr. (test ha id the Vote ou Ibis measure wns iiiexpll-able. Tho professed friends and enemies of banks had united in a vote apparently designed to smother lite motion to print this report. His moiives ami lions in this matter, had been impugned nnd misrepre sented. Ho wanted ibis report printed tit shots the practical workings of the banking system in this S'aie. Me was tor what ho tiulievcd to tie lor the puhlic good. and for the good of the banks. If the banks had done rigid, Ihe report would do them no h irm it wrong, they ought to be exposed. He saw no constitutional tbstacle in llie wnv o nnniina ti. Iho Legislature could nnthorie what printing it wishrd. The public interest wns to he consulted, unit that would be u titled by printing this report, He wished to see the state of things developed by this report, corrected. H wished to see a heal'hy banking system cstnniiMted No community could long aland the present svslein of shaving now practised by ihese institutions. He h.ul tieen laboring lor thu puntic good in tins inniier, niiu hid got himsell mm the In General y nttttnod by those who steered for tho riuhl, iirespedive nf parly influences hctwren two lues in the House, und lisagreeable pressure from without. Mr. Honk advocated the printing of tbo report. It would reveal facts that would defend and protect the Democratic pnrty liom the accusations cast iiftou them lor their past course towards the onnks, and from the cries that would he raised against lliem hereafter from the leaiur s el llio tax hill now he tore the House. Mr, She 1 1 aha r iter thought it a very singular defence of Ibe proposition to print this report that it would lie tor the benefit nt the lietnocrntic party. It wns rather a bold step to ask the public to print documents lor the benefit nl any particular party, lie went inn the character of ihe report, and showed thattlm Audi' tor drew false inteieuees from ihe fuels it contained He referred tn the luiility of tho charge, ttint the Whigs opposed iho minting in order to conceal the fads it contained, by showing that they could not do so it they would. Ihe repmt was already printed m many papers of the State, it would appear us the prin ted documents of ibe House, and could be prinled in a third nl a column ol every newspaper in the land The facts were out, and there was no use in spending money in printing it. II the bunk had dmio wroint. all the people hid helped them do il ; they bad sought accommodations from Ihe banks, and had inado their paper iiaynhlo elsewhere. The evil wus in the society anil it wns as impossible to legislate it out us it would bo to legislate intemperance, or any oilier evil. The laws ngainst it were proper, anil stiicter ones ought to be passed, hut tbo Legislature could do that willl only a copy in me tiniids ol eacti mourner. The discussion was further conducted by Messrs Honk, Gest and Heckel ; when the Housu adjourned Wclii4luyf Itlarrh ill, 1454. IN HKNATti. !U o'clock. A M, Mr. A'kiuson, from the committee on New Countie repoited the memorials iu relation lo Noblo county, back to the Senate, and asked to he discharged from the further consideration thereof when Mr. Femusim asked to withdraw them, (Ins object being to have lliem presented iu the House); which was agreed to. Mr. Kilboiirn, from Ihe committee on Public Works, made a report on tbe allotlged uuisanoo at Masailluitt which was ordered to bs) printed. Mr. Covoy, from the Judiciary committee, reported a bit! to provido for the re-1 10110 id' deeds lost by th burning of Manmee lund otlice; which was reud the tirnttime. The same gentleman, from the same committee, re porled back llie bill for detiniug 'he powers ami duties of Courts, with two amendment!; which were agreed to, nnd the bill ordered to be engrossed. Mr. Kiddle, from the mime committee, reported back the bill authorizing Win. 0. Holgate to sell certain r al estate, and r. commended tin iin'efiuite postponement, 1 4hert being a general law providing therefor.. The bill wns poMtpoued. Tho bill defining the powers und duties of county commissioners in the erection of public buildings, was rend the third time and passed. The bill relating to Wills w.is read the third time, when Mr. Finck moved to strike out tho provision adopted yesterdoy, which restricts the descent of property by will to any but heirs nt law, beyond one-third. Ho said he did not wish to renew the discussion on this subject, but he could not permit this hill to pass till ho had made another eltort to prevent the eupraft-ing of a principle in tliii bill that wilt restrict this right of every one to dispose of his property us he prefers.Mr. Cushing spoke in support of the principle iu the amendment. Ho thought that the descent of property was by nature directed to a man's children. He knew that it was subject to leg d regulation; but it was a custom " whereof tho memory of man tuniiolh not to tho contrary." Mr. Smith suggested that sonie other provision might bi made to meet the case, and with that view ho should vote now for the striking out, though he voted y ester day, lor the proviso. Mr. Finck replied to Mr. Cushing. Mr. Wilson said he was but tho better convinced tint the pro vino tdiould bo sustained, and he hoped the motion would not prevail Mr. Ferguson spoke ngainal tlio proviso, us destructive to a great extent of American freedom. Mr. Cradlehauph said he had thought favorably of tho proviso yesterday, but on further n tlection he was disponed to oppose it, and he then argued against the proviso. Mr. Cushing replied to tho severnl speakers, and went itilo a general review of the luwa of deneent, contending that the statutes of Ohio regulating llio descent of property were so closely batted upon tho natural principle of tho descent of property, that if wo were to abolish our laws on the subject wo should scarcely leol the loss of them. He snid that it wns the law ot tho savage, and of tho most ancient usngo, that property should descend to the child ; and the statutory laws on the Mibject. Ho said that tho tower to make a will wan nnt established by law till the time of Henry VIII., before which it descended In llie natural ! heir. Tho power to control his property alter his i death is not natural. Ho said this proviso only proposed that a man should prefer and nrovido lor his own nll'spring, and, if ho has 110 natural sympathies, to inane mm ii i right at any rate. Mr. Kiddie appealed lo the Senate to show them that it wait becoming apparent llmt this proviso was likely to seriously einhurnss Iho passage of the bill. He further remarked that, though there were hard cases aiisiny under wills, they uero still few; and no case of the kind was likely to occur where a jury would not set aside the will. He proponed 1 hut if the proviso was Mill thought neceSiiry, that it he provided for hereafter. Mr. IVppard favored this proposal of Mr. Kiddle, though he was, to some extent, friendly to tho proviso. He wmild vote now to strike out the proviso, iu the hope that something of the kind would hi provided for hereafter. He would suggest a provision that when property wns conveyed out nf the natural descent by will, that the will should always cot, tain the reasons of lh devisor therefor, shown at length. Mi. Finck replied to the opinion of Mr. Cashing that Ibe descent of property was natural, and ho read tn support thereof (nun K'-nt and Jtlaekstnno, Mr. I'eppard stud it was doubtless true that wherever tin re are laws regulating the tenure ol property, the l ights of properly will always depend upon law. It was not our business here us h-pislntors to impure what ore Iho laws of others in this subject; but we are to impure what, ncconling to morality ami right, ought to be the law. Mr. Ferguson spoko a few words in support of tho absolute right of all men to dispose of their rnperty. The proviso was stricken nut. The Senate took a recess. 24 o'clock, P. M, The brl relating to wills was rend the third time uud passed y outs 23, nava 2. llie House inns intwrippniiiting certain cnmnmsinn ers, and making approptiuiious, in pari, for Jtf.r', were rend the first tiuie. The joint resolution to furnish the prosecuting attorney of Athens county whli a copy of the general laws, was referred to the eoinniilteoou the Library. The bill for the consolidation of pluukronds was taken up and referred to Mr. Peppard. Tho bill providing for the organization and inanaL'e, meut of common schools was, on mot on of Mr. Itice, taken up anil reud tbo first time. This bill contains seventy-six sections. Mr. i'eppard reported back the bill to provide for the consolidation of plank road companies, with sundry amendments, which were ngrted to, when the bill was ordered to he engrossed. 1 he Defiance land otlice bill wns taken up. Mr. Itex moved that tho bena'e recede Irom lis amendments, which requires that the com mi (.sinner all not hold any other laud ngency. The Senate refused to recede yeas 8, nays 17. A motion to Insist 011 the amendment mid ask u com mittee id conference Win risked. Mr. Kicli, In mi the inminitteo on Colleges and Schools, reported back the bill to incorporate universities, colleges, and other lit erary institution, with sutiury ameuiimenis, winch were rend, when it was laid on the table. Mr. Middle eave notice of a bill to reeulate iho Su perior Court of Cincinnati. i lie Beiiaio uojourueii. HOL'SR (IK II B P II FiS K N T ATI V KS. US o'clock, A. M. Bill' read a third rtiwc To ex'eml tbo provisions of an art making utauclnmi s fork ot Auglaize utver a public highway He ferred to a select c oiuiuiilf-e. Making appropriations m part lor lH.g. I'assed as lib, nays 7. Bill mtroluccd.y Mr. Means, iu relation to securi ties to he deposited with the A alitor of Slate. Rrporttof Stumin $ committcri. Mr. Uushnell, from to committee on Medical Colleges, Vc, reported back the Senate bill regulating ihe sale of poisons, and re commended its pnstngo. Passed yeas oo, nays ft. Mr. Hard, from Hie committee on rees nnd Salaries, ported back the House bill fixing the compensation 4' Cleiks anil Sergeants nt-Arms. and recommended it e engrossed uud rend a third time. Agreed to; mitl the bill was read tho third time, and lost yeas 35, nnva 2'.'. Mr. Hughes moved In reconsider the vote. That motion was laid on tbe table. Mr. Honk, from the Judiciary rommittee, reported back the bill regulating the Imnrs of labor, with a slight amendment, and recommended its engrossment. Amendment ugrced to. Mr. Gest optioned tbe engrossment. He was in fa vor of n law regulating Ihe hours of labor of minors, but Ibis bill prohibited females at any ago from con tracting lu labor more then ten hours, and in inai re- ipect the bill was an infringement ol individual rights, mil of tho ri'dits of manufactories. Tho bill, as it now stood, construed every cntttraet to labor lo mean labor fur leu hours a day, and prohibited coutructs lor i longer tt rin ol hours. Ho wished it resiricteti io icrou under 14 years of age, and then he would vote lor it. Mr. Morgan said he wished Ihe provisions ot tho tilil extended, instead of completed. The labouring portion of community should be protected by legislation rom the nowero their em movers, i uero was no law in Ohio establishing any number of hours for a day's work, and this bill ought to be passed, establishing the ten hour principle, iu cases ol difficulty between tho employed and their employers. If passed, tho laborer would have a right in contract to labor as many boors as he pleased, but could not be compelled, on ordinary contracts, to woik twelve, fourteen, or more I lours. Mr. Smith, of Stark, advocated the engn ssmeiit ol ll.e bill. Mr. Plumb moved to amend so as to exempt inose mployed iu mercantile establishments. He suid tho business of stores, especially tn Ihe country, could not be transacted within ten hours. I ho boys employed in such places did not lend a sedentary hie, their em ployment wus a course oi luMruciuui io mem, anu ui y night to be exempled irom me nperauon m una wm. Mr. Stone opposed ihe amendment, and advocated he engrossment of iho bill. It wns saying to the em- p'oyer mat a day s laimr inoiiui incnnm u-n unun wi-vice, and if more than that wns given, extra coinponso- lion cou.d be demanded. Labor was the great source if nrotluctiveness. and wns therelore entitled to ihe benefits of legislation to prevent its being overtnski d, and consequently becoming degenerated, pnysicuuy nnd mentally, as in the lab irine masses of P.nrope. Mr. Plumb ssitl il the bill allowed special commute lor extra labor, it wns a mere suoieriugo. rqieciai cnii-traets would always be inude, and the provisions ot the lull always dodged. , Mr. Damon opposed the bill on account ol tlio mo- qualities it imposed, and ils imperfections. Ho was in favor of ihe general principal aimed at. Mr. Ward, ot Warren, moved iho bill ue reierreu u a select committee of five, to more thoroughly digest and perfect the bill. Ho thought we were going too last, instead nf loo slow, in our legislation in Ibis body, and more caro should bo taken in drafting and maturing bills. Mr. Dale advocated the motion to refer. He referred to the number of hours children were rnpdred to work in the manufactories of Cmciuiiati, and its effects on their health and minds. Mr. Eckert defended the oenoml principles of the bill. It was designed to prevent those who had no souls from working weak women ai d children twelve, fourteen, or more hours a day. Such a law was called for, and be honed it would imss without amendment, He was connected with an engine manufactory in Cincinnati, where they established tha ten hour ays tern nine years ago, and they had found it beneficial to themselves and lo tho label ers. He had trot the bill up in good faith, and with no buncombe views. The 'nposition to it had com. from the source he expected. No laboring man had opposed it. Alter Jsome remarks Irom Mi. Dimon, the House took a recess, Some injustice mav be done to llie views of Mr. Shellabarger, as stated upon tbe printing of extra copies of tho Auditor's report, ns reported on yesterday iu the Journal, frotq the brevity of the report, Mr. S- did not claim or maintain that thero should 1101 110le-joou-lion to pi event such evils us intemperancei but he maintained the very npponile doctrine; but tliut tlu-re were certain evils which were so subtle ns to evade the restriction of law, olid it was so in the emu under discussion. Ho maintained, however, thai that fact did not j'tslify the nbciicn of legislation upon tioa-e subjects, btit that tho laws ought, on that account, to bo mode tlio more stringent. 2J o'clock. P. M. Mr. Croxton olFored n resolution pruiitinp tho use of the Hull ibis evening to J. U. Guugfi, to deliver a tern perauco lecture. The question pending being the motion of Mr. Ward to refer the bill regulating llie hours of labor to a select committee of live, Mr. Mean opposed the motion. Ho was in favor of the bill ju-t ns it was, Mr. Ward, of Warren, was opposed to the bill as it stood, but not to the object aimed at. It was so framed that it would not accomplish the purpose ront"uiilaied. Mr. lieckel sad ho should vote tor the hill, ns it would neither do good nor harm, being so fronted licit it would not accomplish 'Ap object inlended. mr. omiiti, ot Mail;, was ready to vote tor uie inn us it stood, believing it to be right ns it was. Mr. Ged said nil tbo objection he had to the present bill originated in friendship for the objects it aimed at. Mr. Means further advocated tho principles of the bill. The motion to refer to 11 select committee was iln n agreed to, and Messrs. Kckert, Ward ol Warren, Dde, Morgan ai,d Damon, wore appointed. Mr. Cole Irom the commit teo on the Library, reported back tho resolution grunting certain copies ol Ohio Report in iho clerk of Hocking county, with a recommendation that it be adopted. Agreed to. Commit he of the Yhflc The House then went into committee of the whole, Mr. Hughes in the Chair, and j onsulered the lull roirtramziHL' I he lleiievnlont Insti tutions of the State, and leporti.d it back with neveral amendments. Mr. Ward, of Warren, moved it bo referred to a se-ect committee of live. W itlnlrnwn. Tho amendments were then agreed In, and thu hill ordered to bo enro?ed. Mr. O'Neill offered a joint resolution staling that the Auditor's report 011 the discounts of tho Hanks, was prima tacia evidence that tin imnks had violated tlieir charters that the Attorney General be authorized to commence proceedings 011 a writ ol quo wnrruuio. against such hanks, its he could 1 h'uin sulhcieiit evidence to convict of a violation of llie laws and that thu Attorney General be authorized to assist tho Pros ecutirig Attorneys of the several counties inpiVM-cu-ting suits for a breach ol the Unity laws. Mr. O'Neill moved lliey bo laid 011 the table to he printed. Mr. Iteckel moved that 1(100 extra copies tie printed It wns the itrst manly act of the seielon, for the destruction of tho banks. All the other ucts hud been cowardly, but this was open and bold. Mr. O'Neill asked Mr. Ileck'td if there was anything in the resolutions that wns wrong, nnd whether he was going to aland up nnd defend the hunks if wrong. Mr. Iteckel said if he supposed there wns niiythiug wrong iu tho resolutions, ho should not have moved the printing of tin extra number. Luighter. Tlio motion to print an extra number wns Inst. Tho resolutions were then laid on the table to be printed. Yeas 1(8, nays 2.ri. Senate resolutions instructing our Senators, &c in Congress to vote for tho construction of a railroad und wagon road to California weie read. Mr. Gest moved lo strike out "a ratlroi.d," Agreed to. Mr. Ib'tik moved tho resolutions be refer ted lu llie committee on Federal Relations. Carried. Senate amendments to the bill to regulute iho sale of school lands nnd the surrender of permanent lenses thereto, were agreed to yeas (J2, nays 0. Tho House then adjourned. W KDNESDAY MOHNINO, MAKCII 31, l-Vi LEGISLATURE. Tuesday, the Senate, after a long debute, passed the Fienitivu onlnry bill. Wo refer to tho reports for the tails. The bill now gives itieUoveriiorf2.Uuo, l.ieu- tennnt Governor $800, Auditor of State $1,000, Treas- urer ol State $1,500. Secretary of S'aie $1,400, Attor ney General $1,400, and no perquisites, and Hoard of Public Works $l,(i(l0 each. We shall probably see what the House will du with theso figures when they ot hold or tho bill. . In tbo House, much time was spent on tho motion to print extra copies of the Auditor of Sia'e's report oh the discounts of the banks. Probably twice us much time has been spent (here n as would pay for printing the largest number Hint has been proposed, lint then is time enough left before 1854. We refer tho render to the column nf reports for the progress of events in that body. Nothing of much iinporlnnco transpired in either Hotiso yesterday. The Senate passed iho hill in rela lion to wills, and adhered lu its amendment to th hilt abolishing tho offices of ll- ci iver and Kegtsier of ihe Laud Ollico at Uoliuiico, and creating the now ellice ol Lind Commissioner, nnd asked a conference of the House. Thereis an " Indian behind the bush " in this nutter that iscliaructerisliu of the patriotic motives upon which legislation this season is found nl. We shall probably strip ctV the screen and let the people see the real difficulty in this quarrel. In ttio floiiso the bill regulating the compensation of clerks and assistuntclerks, sergennt-ai-arins. Sec, filial. very decidedly. Tho bill provided for pnyiug these officers four dollars per day, iho same thu is paid members. It takes 4 'J ayes to pass any bill, and this ouo otdy gol ;I5 votes iu its f ivor. Where Ibe other foiirleeii votes are coming from remains to be sent. We think echo will answer " w ln-ieT " a Jong time ho fore they wil! come. W lieu llio resolution to (uu id a railroad to Ualdoiina was under discussion, Mr. Camu moved an additional section ptovtding that thovompmy shall have power to build bridge over the cmah I Tbe hit was u fair one, and brought down the House, EjT Wo usk the careful pern nil of iho commiinica tintt giving a statement of the proceedings before Judge Iluiin, in relation to the railrmd bridge over the canal tienr Newark. The letters if Iho Hoard ol Public Works were very different in their tone from the coup de bridge order of tearing down all railroad bridgws iu Oh to over cnnaU, We know nothing of tho merits of ibis particular case, further lhun is developed in beso pnper s. We shall not permit iho Hoard and iho Statcima lo escape tbo odium uud responsibility they have assumed, by making an issue in one particular mtc. We know of no one who is nndy or willing to defend r.diroad coin pa nic, iu any act by which the navigation of the caiids would bo seriously nhstitictul. These roads can nnd do piss over canals, without in the hand obstructing them. Some of them have been iu operation for ymrt, and nobody has beard n b"P of comp'atnt tdl now. An order, sweeping, indiscriminate and peremptory, is issued, commanding all railroads to Ode down tln ir bridges over all the canals in Ohio, by Iho 1st of Jam inry, and in default thereof, tho gipui luieudenis are ordered to tear them down. Hero is no discrimination uo attempt to separate ihe innocent from tl,u guilty, if there is any guilty but n direct, positive order lor tearing down. This is tho i uo made by the Hoard and indorsed by the Stnttimnn. This is the issue accepted by tho people. It will imt answer to attempt to escupo by singling out one bridge, or two. W hy not commence on these bridges in Ihe first placet Why order down all for ihe olleiu e of one f That is the question lh.it must be met. Hut the end of this matter is not yet. The Hoard ure considering the ail-vico nf the Cincinnati Enquirer, and are trying lit"Air oat" without appearing so to tlo, This won't do. En force your order agn'msi all biidgcs, if you dare ! A Mothkii'i ArriiAt.. Head the petition of" A Moth er," lotho Legislature. II the mult is so hardened thu I ho can do this with uumnis'cuod eye, then be Ins reason to bo ularuied nt hit pioyress in tho broad road to depravity. If true cinq un " n dignified, lofty nnd Christian spirit, in terms nf touching pathos can move the heart, this appeal will not bo without its good ell'ect upon those to whom it I addressed. Again, we say to Ihe tnombers, and to all, read this appeal i con- std-r well its praver. Look around you and sto bow many such cases you have known, and then ask your selves the niiesiion, in view of these solemn, appalling truths, and your own position and responsibility, is thero nothing for you to do iu the premises f Ho ready to auswer this great question to your constituents, and In your God. The prisoners in Lniicaster jail got tired of their board, and concluded to change their Sedentary bnbits for some other line of business. Bo, ti short time since, four of them broke out and escaped . They are Dow lu " parts unknown." LETTER FROM GHEINFR - INDIAN DEPKEDA-1I0N8.We Inve just received llio billowing hold our ll iem' GitEiNKK. It give u pi' her unfavorable account of tin prospect f r peace ttiul quiet with iho Indians on that disbud fn nlier. It will cost no immense sum lo keep up stdlicient mil tary force in Now Mexico to protect the settlements nnd chastise the inn rn ml ing, thievish and hostile snvnges, that ronui over the vast plains and secrete themselves in the mountain fastnesses of thtd newly acquired territory. Hut it must be done. Congress has voted to tnko the teriilor, nnd now wo miiHt protect it, cost what it may. We shall look for fiu Ui er news wiih much interest. Santa Fk, February 2!. 1852. W. T. IIascom Dear iSir; We are beginning to have lively times in ihe southern part of this Territory Tho Gila, Apaehea appear to bo tbo rnuters of Ihe country. Tho February mail from Sail Klitenrio lo Ml I'anso has he"n entirely destroyed, the wagons burnt, tud tho conductor lulled supposed to bo fair in number. It is not known whether ihern were any passengers. A party nf citizens wen. out from the Pass about one hundred mil s, and discovered the Imnes of the men, the iron." of the wagons, nnd a b ig of colVeo nlltlmt was left to In ar witness of the catastrophe. The El Passo mall arrived here last night. Abmi! 20 miles from Dminmm, iu the Jornada, it was attached by thirty luii'inis, and after u fdiarp conflict wi ll the escort, ten in number, tbo Indians were repelh d, and the mail saved. One id the soldiers was killed, and two wounded. Five of tho Indians are icp uted to have been killed. i At Fori Webster, near the copper mines, the Indians drove oil' the government stork. Major Itiehnrdsnti! started in pursuit, with n company til infantry. On i ilie road ihey discovered somo Indian hurst h running . Joosn, ami the Major, two sergeauts und a corporal ; were soon mounted mid far in advance of the men. A large body of Indi ui lay in miibiisli, and succeeded i in getiing in between iho officers and men. Altera hn rd tii.'ht ihe Major escaped leaving behind him the dead bodies of ihe H-rgeuul mill corporal, A train of wagon loaded with government stores, from Fort Fillmore to the copper mines, has also been cut oil", the teamsters a'ono escaping. A rumor is in circulation that the Gila pohl party hoi been cut oil', but I place no confidence in me re-port, us I Inivo just seen nil Aroma Indian who lives in lb Pueb'o near where tbe fight was said to have taken plaee, nnd he knows nothing of it. Our troops ore uu dde to ca'ch these Indians, owing lo the condition of tln ir hors"s, (k in- to the high price ol coin, Col. Sumner has f-d very spaiittgly. uud, in cons tpience, his horses are unfit lor sio h service. The Indians, mounted upon their tntigh little ponies, carrying but little weight, ami knowing ibe cnnuirv, have every nilvatilaL'e over our dragoon horses, that 11 ive to carry about UJ." pound, and the Indians ulwaj n having the start. Co. Sumner lias ordered Major Howe out into ibe heart of the Apache country, nbout ehh'y miles west of Fort Webster, with onion to remain thero a month. Hrt hikes with hirn three conip-inies of horse tied fine company ol fool ; nnd no tinuht ho will whip tly- Indians badly if he run cotck thrm The lCiitaws, the Navajoes, nnd tb Jicnrillis Apuches are very quiet nnd orderly, nnd express tho strongest friendship. Yours truly, JOHN GlEEINHIt. FRENCH FREEDOM OF THE PRESS, The following we clip from our last unival of loieln news ; " The President nf the corps L"gi!ulif will reserve tn himself iho rUdit of selecting iho clerks 1'ioin among ihe corps of short-hand writers attached to tho Alnni-fair. The reports of the sitting can onlv, mcordiog to the constitution, consist nf minutes prepared at the i lose of each sitting, under the direction ol l In,- President of iho Corps Logilatif, and tho journal am lor bidden lo publish niiy other. The Secretaries of the! (Jne-tor's Department are retained, such as lit -y exi-t-' ed in ihe lite Assembly," We would have asseited, ono year ago. most strenuously, that the people of thin country would not consent to any such restriction. Hut Ibe conduct of the Clerk of iln Ohio Senate toward the press, and iheac-tpiie-celire in that conduct by llie Selmto, induce n, belli f, very geiierallv among the people, that we Americans ore laboring under a mi-d ike on this subject. No measure, (with ill" exception of iho coup dc bridge of the Hoard of Pubiic Wotk,) has been more generally ......I 1 1.r t . .1.:. .U1.y con- imnptible tyranny by Fi.o n. Yd the Senate sustains him in his course by m-glectilre or refusing lor months to net on tbo report nf die cotinoittt o to whom the object wai referred. New constitutions, both in Ohio and in France, seem to bo y imi 1 1 nnois with innova tion and l) r.nny. Wo id i dl see how long llio People ill tolerate Mich things. FOUND HIM OUT. Tb" Democracy of Iowa appears to bo in troiihl as well as the same party iu Ohio, nod in tbo nation. One Lk Guano HnNoros-, who flourished, iu tbi-State some years since, has Incited himself in that young Slate, unit it seems enits n pnj er there called thef'fra Capital Reporter" Hvinuton has got into a a quarrel with hfs party, and bo abused the editor nl the "Iotea State Gazrttr," a denim ratio paper nt Bur' lingb'ii, very much nller li e inntinernf the Ohio Sfatct-man, vt hose special pet he was in former days, and to which hepmlmbly looks as hi great model in the line of style und dignity. Wo copy the reply nf the Ga- Ito to Hvinutmx's attacks. They have evideiith found him out up there. The last paragraph in especially rich, and complimentary to tho Ohio Demo crat : " Kuid nature always qualifies the orgaiiiriitinn of n icious animal, whether human or finite, onailruiicil. biped or reptile, with some peculiar weakness which lends lo countercheck and thwart tbe propensities for evil. Were it otherwise hail the bnse heart uolhiiiL- within itself, no folly, passion, or cowardice, to miti- (uto or bfilllii its bad designs, our world would be n theatre oi pure deviltry tniiniplianily n ted out. " We have cause hi admire Is in ureal truth iu moral philosophy when Le Grand Byinpton is our nssadant. A liar without plausibility no pi incipted, but with a hoi. headed recklessness which circumvent his mis chievous purposes a caluuiiii dor, but lilihy, boyish. and disgusting in Ids calumnies n crnzy j ickass kicking at random, with everything bad in design but without capacity to direct his assaults i llr'clivtdy 'ht is lt)iii;!ton. Let those quarrel with him who are low enough in the moral scale to pay heed to his vitupera tion. We lcnte him toliimself. Individually we c in-not be reached by malevolence ; but ur Iho pood lame of our State, we humbly pray U h grunt that wh. n Ohio vomits again, she may not for tho second tune turn inr head inwards lowa.'" M tin gen suitl Ibe oilier day in the Senate, that 1 il the proposition of Sv..l l & Hnscoiu had lo i n accepted, lo divide ilie punting between the Statesman ntol Jo iiaioiin es, we would never nave heard n tlio constitu tion being violated in tins respect. No such prnpnsi tion was ever mnde by the Jminuil yet what nf thai I it will suit Mungeii just ns well as il there bad been. io use ol grumbling, .Mr. Joiirnn . W hen v nit ko ' Hilly ' as well its the I laticockeis tlo you will attach no sort nl importance to Ins sayings or doings." Wo clip the above from the Hancock Journal, niyi'T printed ut the residence of the nfoiesnid ' Hil.i.T " Mu.m:i. We hud been led hi think that ho was dis posed to be lair ami honorable, hut his late course has led us in navosome serious doubt tbereon. However, ho is rather too small potatoes t occupy more than a p.isstiig notice. It is well enough to unders'iiml the nature of ibis kind id stock, nnd one term generally develops n member's traits ami establi-bes bis true position. The ancient fable of llie attempt to mniiliructurc a whistle out of n urine' ttoniinuation might h ive a moral application here, but we forbear. J. 11. Cl-.i-iiKoiUM, Esq., has been selected as the mail agent on the Cleveland and Pittsburgh It til road route, This is an important route, ami no man is better qualified to lake charge of it than friend Cwnmso-ham. The Clftfland Herald snvs ' he may Well pride himself upon the confidence of Ihe Department iu selecting him to methodize and open so many now mail routes, and it must be a matter of satisfaction to him to enter th o city of PnuburL-h as limit where thirty six years since he served his punter's apprenticeship lu the olVn'o of ihe Puubuik Cizritc. tin first newspaper established west of ihe Allegl.atm s " The w hig organ here, seems nt present h be otnUd with ibinocinUe aid just now. Hhttrtman. We don't know that the Stutfuman "sectus nt pres. ent to bo loaded with democrntic aid just now ," but It rrportt nro lo be relied upon, lliere is some prospect of its " going off" by " di mocmiie aid." 'Licking county, ncconling to the Auditor nf State's 1-eptirl, raises more sheep Mian imv other county in ibe Suite. The number st dow n lor lasi year is 125 825. I Unison county is next, having nded 1 12,10 I. II is stated lht the Swiss Governntenl has do-let mined to send a him k of granite from the Alps to form a part of ihe Washington Monument. Wo hope nobody will object. ' Winter yet lingers in Ibe lap of Spring." says an exchange, the old ft l!ow ought to he ashamed ot himself to hang round where he is not wanted, when In is received with such imirkcd eoolnets. Justice, though alow, is suro and merit, Ilka murder, will out in time. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND THE RAILROADS. Mr. Vr-nsoN, .Much 27, 1852. Mil. Editor: The interest which the public have in tbe controversy between the Canal Ibovd and Ihe Kuilrond, induces mo lo give y iir renders (if you boose) a statement of ibe f.n-ts elicited, in the trial just had between the State Officers uud the Central Ohio K lilroud Company. The caeo came up on the 25th inst., on a motion made heforo Judge Hard, by the Attorney for Ihe State Oflirers, tor a dissolution of ihe injunction granted to the Central Company, to protect them in the construction of their bridge across the Ohio Canal nt Luck port, The testimony closed on the 25th, and the pl.-udings last evening. The fuels of the case, ns dm v. n out by the testimony, appear to be u.s follows: In the litml location of the road between Zatiesville and Columbus, tho route ciussing the Oh o CbiiiiI at Lock port was adopt d. The point of crossing was over a biiHii, and near tin- foot of q lock. Consultation was hail wiih Mr. Forrer, then mi aiding Commissioner of the hoard of Public Works, and his views obtained ns to tho kind of bridge that would he advisable under : tho general rules of that Hoard tho sum of which was to keep the bridgo 10 ft ot above tho water line, nnd fully rin much water way uud low-pnlh as required for county bridge?, together with uu enlargement of tho basin at ihe company's expense, equal, at least, to any amount of water that might ho occupied by the company's woik. This was essential iu this particular cum', because tho level was a short one, anil all tho water which the basin could hold was homeiiiiR'S required for the lock be'ow. In pursuance of what hit understood to be Mr. Ferrers views (although Mr. F- did not go upon the ground to apply the dun to the actual location) the Company's engineer decided upon a bridge ol )) teet. span, with one abutui"iit, to rest upon the outride, edge of the tow-pfith, and the other allowing a clear water way of mil less I ban 40 feel hi be built out tide of the bed of the caual, in a shallow tart of the basin. From iho last abutment uu enrifi uubiiiikinent was to extend west , wardly. I The engineer felt himself ini'llorieil to tnbqit this pluii, fioin having, as he supposed, the approbation ol one of tho tneiuheiH id iho Hoard ot rulilli: Works, for il ; but rather than have any doubts upon tbo nib- ject, ihe snneiiou of the whole Hoard wns asked. The ulhdavit nl Mr. Sullivan, the President ol tho In. aid, (although ruled out from the technical objection llmt he was a stockholder) introduced two letters from Col Mninypeuiiy. for tbo consideration of the Cotiit, llie first of whit h rends as follows: "OrrtcK or tmk Board of Public : Works ,1851. S Cotummt, July 7, "Col. J. 11, Si'Llivan, Pres. Yours of the 5th July is before nu. The Hoard, on the 2i'h June, mi nimized me In give ihe permission ot the Ltoard to your railroad compauv to nmstiurt a draw bridge nl 7niesville; alsou'lraw bridge mi the Granville Feider, anil n permanent bridge at Lnckport, mi ihe Ohio Canal, alt us point on the line of your road, " I will lot pivpated nt unv time, when at home, to examine your plans for Ihese bridges, wiih n view lo their uppiovid, and to agree upon such terms (in the hmjiiago of ihe order) 'as will secure tho navigation ngainst interruption.' "In vetereiice m the joint bridge nt Newark, or rather llie connecting bridge, 1 am also authorized lo permit a draw bridge to be erected, ' provided said roads cannot make nub connection by n pennment bridge without incurring a large increase ol expense; but if, without such increase id expense, n permanent bridge can be made to answer them, 'o authorize it to lie done.' This will reouiro some information which I now have not; nod Unlet d I would prefer a personal exam illation of Ilie site, nnd this I will be abio to attend to fur n short time. "I apprehend, however, that vnu and the S ahilukv people wil have, through nur aetion. no difficulty. " 1 ery respei:iuil) , "Gio. W MANrrKNsr." It appears by Col. Sullivan's allidavil, (which, a" it w as commented Uimil by the counsel for Ihe State offi cers, even idler being ruled t ut, I may bo permitted to use.) that, shortly aber the reception nf this letter, Co. Mniiyptniiv. being at .uii-.ville, went up to Nwirk, with Mr. Solhvan. expres'dv for the niiroine of m d(ing the necessary cxniiiimitioiis to determine, the hrut'je (tiestioii, so tar as the crossing at Newark and port wep neerned. At Lnckport Mr. S p .jnu d out Ihe line i I the Idilrond and described the plan ot Standing on a pa? ti uhir spot i,n ft .. tb northwardly to a certain object nii landmark, uid that the west foiiodolioii of the bridge (whether abutment r pier the evidence due not show.) miht he placed anywhere we-t ofth.it line. Theatlitl w stated the actual local ion of the pier, us now being built, is 5 or t! feet west of ibat line. It does not appear that any objection was undo to ihe plan of the bridge, us expl,ind to Col. M inypenny by Mr Sull vnn, or that any draft or model ol il was required, or that tbe Company were ever advised ol tbe necessity nf firnishing any draft or nvalel. The parties separated with the "conviction " upon the part of the Ptesiib iitof the It (broad, that tho pl n id' cross-ing nt Lock port wns npprmod bv Col. M inyp.-nny, nnd that convii tion remained until ihe2Ht)i dav of Fob-runry last, at which time tho following letter was re ceived : "OrncK or nit' Hoard of I'lulic Whuks, ) "Columbia, Feb. 27, I8-.2. Col. .bmi 11. Sut.t.ivAs Dear .Sir: The water is now out of the canal at lltldretb s mill, and il will be xpctcil of your Company to fix tne canal anil pot it in ns good order a you I und it a year ago, anil alo to iioike ihe f. nee in a peileet nnd substantial manner. Inreliiion to tbe application heretofore n ado bv votir Company, for nii'hority to cross the cnnal nt . inesville, (Newark, nnd on lh (iranvil.e retder, the Ihrml, on mature consiiler-ttion, can find no legal au thority, nnd would therefore prefer Unit you obtain aidhoriiy by net of tho Legislature. Other mmpnuie w IU Have io no uie same inuig. "Very leq.-ittully, "(Jm. W. ManyI'knm. "I expect to bent Ztnesiile on MoiiibiV nr Tuesday. G.'W. M." Believing ibat even if ihe Board ol Public Works hstl no nolle. rily to grant permission, ibe charier gave iho company inopie license to imiiiii any bridge across l tie canal, Ih it should noi obstruct navigation, the euiil- ner gave o'ders to proco d with the work of luiuine in the loiiiidjlion for llie lindji-nl Lock port, while the water wis mil ot llie ranal. the iTosident was tio'i tied by lb" S ate officer In slop tho work, or force would be us'd in compel It. The agent ot the Honrd wn nsked whit nhjffltMii bis superior could have to the woik going on. The reply wns that " ibe abut- ient, wiih ihe embankment joined tip toil, would obstruct the pa-ngO"i wider Irom tho 'tumble by throwing it oil at r ght angles into the month ot llie lock, would create n bar Ibat would intcrf ro wiifi navigation " " It at bo ibe objection," the President answered, ' wo v il! put in a pier instead nf nu abutment, undo1 1 itice-WMV in its rear. ' Ilm the or ders upneareo tn be p-'pojiipmry mid untpudilh d ; nnd ibe w,.rk was accordingly discontinued until steps roilttl lie niM'il oy lot' company in seeum us pnisccu tion without intei ropt ion. lo guard, however, against the least possible nbj-'clioii. the engiuei-r changed bis plun nt ibe wrk, tn iho plan indicated in Ibe reply of llie Piesi lent to iho S'nie agent; nnd satisfied id Ihe bdellium of tin-State nll'icers to nunoy nnd in'errupt him, applied ior no injunction io ptuiect hill in Un prosecution of his labors. The testimony as lo tbe actual condition of the work and tht plan proposed, niuund to this; I fie east abutment leaves a tow-path o 10 feet wide, and the waterway between ihe low. pah and inor 42 leet. Mr. orrers testimony w as thai in llie Ohio C oin!, under eoiintv nnd piivale bridges, the low-path is bill fi b et, nnd the water way III te I wide; and ibat in the -pare left bv this railroad bndee, with ibe llt ichl of III leet as proposed, lliere Would he ample room (or two beats lo pas wutioui mo least dillictiliy; anil dial il th C panv "hat I be allowed to make wall between the wmg-wall of the lock nnd their pier, and excavnte sluice in the rear ol the pier, us they propose, inslend ol injuring the navigation of the niiiai, it would make n (finite tmptotetnent It Hppe.tr by ifitt testimony that this pier, to which an mitill nbiciliotl das been imitte, ami which Uu Board nlb'tlgtdwas being built in ibe bed ol ill tltl, instead ol being " in the bed id the canal. I in n part of tlie b.isin whetean avenii-e rxcivntioii of 2.1 feet depth nfnilt) had to bo made, to grt dovn to tie level of the biilot the canal. A birL-e portion of the evidence for the sale of llie SUie nll'icers, was made bv some ciiiial-tioid eit'l iin the only one d whom, llmt was known, wns not known luvorablv- I hey, however, united iu h s'ih uu lo lit incrrand daugert of ranal navigation, llntt miklit be up pieht'iiibd Iiiiiii ibe "Pur Mr. II Stinber, the Iliel counsel tor the company, in Ibe mold "I a vt rv logical slid elotpieiit plea, sloppiil In trrst hiltlell in some amusing Inia at such testimony an gravely inltm- tluccd. Ho kept n crowded court house in nluiosl a roar ol laughter lor Some 'JO minutes. In the course id Mr. I'ogh's n marks, nn allusion wus made, npi'iiren ly with Col. Maiiypeunv' ssm ttuii, to Ibe " larpc intnrtt irhich the Cttlonel hod iu the Central Ohio h'ait'roiid." ami which fact should nri'ii laruely for lh Colonel' dioiiileiesleilness, I (undo some in-ill III V as lo the facts of the esse X niul find llml he owns uow,(niitl never has owm d more,) just fa-o hundred a-d J'iy dlitrt of stock iu tin lYnital flood ! Hut, while the directors nod oilier ftit l holders Were struggling In huihl the nnd. lor llie ncetimplisbuieiit of u great public good, th" Colonel, who had so little moiiev to spare for Ihe pHhliemteiptin-t. invested $ HHI0 in lnnd adjoining the W est dies', die ibqint, mil of w hich he expects (ns ho douhlies will) to make more money ' hnu ull ihe directors togelher out of their lubois in Die management ,, ibe mad; nnd there fire' he ha n InrpT inttnti in the tueni of the Lent ml Road than nil thu li-recJort together." The Colonel's investment has ibis nd vantage, also, over the investment ol the director! He nil be imt as much benrfUted bu the road if il imy dividends as it it pay largi dividends I JUSTICE. TO THE HONORABLE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: GKfui.KMKN 1 urn about to BiUltvM you through the medium of the public press, becniiBu I well know your mnliiplii d calls prevent you frum giving due heed hi all ll.e requests that cumber your tubles ; and becoiiBe I am about to deiail to you niuuers of irnibful history, which are known only to myself and to him who is omniscient uud kuoweth all things; uud yet, true as these things ate, respect for the feelings of the living, and for the memory of the dead, prevents mo from subset ibing my own iiame thereto. My heart bleeds when t think how many thousands uud hundreds ol thousand of similar cases of accursed wrong, cutised by an accursed system of vending poison and death, lie buried iu the grave, or in hearts deeper than ihe grave, and which will never be told till that day when God shall judge both quick nnd dead, and lite secrets of all lienrtsshall he revealed. I nin ono of thoso whoso names are already upon your tables, petitioning fur tho passage of a law prohibiting tho manufacture and sale of intoxicating II- quots as a beverage. I have done more than this: I have I a id aside, for a time, a sr-omWs instinctive dread of encountering tho gaze, the ridicule and tho rebuffs of those who appreciate not her moiives, and I have traversed weary distances, und filtered dark abodes of sin, entreating for names to thai humble pulilion which prays for your nd in accomplishing a work which would cnuse more joy on earth, and in Heaven also, th in any other event, save one, that this glorious sun of ours ever shone upon. Iu these walks, I have found the sick and destitute wives nnd widows of those whu are daily sinking, or have already sunk into the drunk ard's grave. I have seen ihe tear of joy lenp from haggard eyes because their owners had Iho poor privilege of subsciibing tlieir names Io such a petition ; and I have depart' d, hearing with ine blessings of those ready to petih, and followed by the prnyersof inse w ho have audience in Heaven, if not uu earth. Oh ! could you. ye honorable legislators of this great and glorious State could you behold, wi'h unbecloud-ed visiui, how many from the hovels of misery; how many fro in the mansion of the lich; how many from pallets of straw and couches of down aro Bending up petitions io Heaven's high throne, for blessings upon your deliberations, ami invoking for you the guidance of infinite wi.dom; and could you know with what trembling anxiely these praying mothers, sisters, and daughters watch your movements, and Wait with ex cited hopes Iho tidings of your doings in this btltalt, you would not you could not turn nu indifferent ear to our supplications. I know it i said by some that women have no right to petition, or, at least ought not to he heard on so grave a question ns this. hey say that we are not til to judge of the consequences nnd relative bearings of s ich a law ; that wo a. re swsyed by feeling and syru. pathy, and hence that our views should have little weight in the decision of legislators, when interests of such magnitude are nt stake. Il muy be so; but hear my tale and judge if r be true. In early life I married a man who moved in the first circles ol no menu city. He was a descendant of Pu ritan stock, and his venerable father's silvery locks yet command wide respect amidst those who linger on Piljtriin ground. Ho was a worthy sou of a worthy sire a iiinii ainougst men. In ihe commercial world he stood fair among tho fairest. Abundance blessed our hourd. If we had not wealth in hoarded profu sion, we bad enough for all our wants, and even the rich might have envied us our happiness. But when 1 irrami d uf no danger, llie 'oo, wnh serpentine dissem bling, Wound his coils around my loved and cher- bed one, and b'iglited my every earthly hope. Oh, never! never shall I forget Ihe agony of Ibat hour. when fust ibe full conviction fUhed upon my mind Ibat the fatln r of my children my own loved uud liernhed husband wasa drunkard! Oh, )v who rev-I in ilm wealth wrung from widows' tears, and hoard up gold coined front orphans' groans, were I a demon ilamned, and wished to heap upon your devoled heuda the cent of lioipierich title tin1, I could tint wish vnu ml ooiii onus, to oim 1.1117 cup, which then you forced to my unwilling lips, and compelled ine to drink, even to tho ileopuiost dregs. Hut ceu then I knew not the power of my deadly foe. Hope, Ilia aogel of mercy, sprung up from Ibe depths uf despair, and w'uh llie frnn'it: energy of ihe tire-sniTouuiled victim ol tho prairie Humes, I strove to release him from tho grasp of the fell destroyer, I strove! oh God, thou k no west how hard I strove, lo ooiiceal from myself ami others tho truth. Willi my husband the struggle was equally severe, if tint as or ient. Hh saw lint at first his danger, but for my soke mid fits rhitdren's sake, hn resolved thai be would he free. Like tfamp'on ho rose iii all the conscious strength ol manhood's prime ; but like him, who did- wiih an eie'tny, he- too, s"on fmuid nnt lie was i-l lorn of his strength, nnd yielded in abject submission to his deadliest loe. He was in the aiiacondii s foltls, mid as A' ell might the lamb escape front tbo paw ot the lion, us ho funn his eternal tormentor. 1 hrice, he fore Got! nnd muti. he took the solemn jjeilge llmt he would no more yield to lrn lompter, and ihiice he fi II but to taste iu all its renewed horrors, a drunkard's 11. Oh yes, tunny, many limes, when no ey but God's and my own witnessed his struggle, and when knew not of my vigils, I have seen him prostrate and weeping us though bis once manly heart would break, us ho reviewed ho past, and looked forward tn the future. 'Twas then ho realized his hopeless, irretrievably bondage ! And he was not a gutter drunk- Ho seldom ret-bnl in tho street; he was never a public, degraded sot Hut he was in a Demon's power, and ftmm-iikt, ho would in I he ten thousand ways which t-Imi I forever rem h in nameless, barrow up my very soul, mid rrmb r life a hidden. Property vanish 1; hie i id grew cold; the proud despised us, and tougii'S of i mi lice w- re dipped h gall. AH this he aw Willi blurnd vision, and sometimes keenly felt mil lie nan itinugbt li nu ujmn ibose whom he loved b arer tlisn lite, ihty and niglit 1 toiled ; night, and lav I watched and piim d ; m a weeks and months nnd years I struggle, and by the free use ol hands not asli.imid to wink, but hereltiiore all unused In tod, I, unaided by mortal arm, fid, clothed, and sheltered my little ones, and by main force held up my degraded hushahd also. And while thus 1 gave up to sacred duly my choicest years of life, he whu would have been, but for accursed drink, my protector and supporter, was driving deeper and deeper the barbed arrows into my lite springs, lill al last, maniac-like, bis crin 1 blows, ol winch intone knew or In aril, drove ine and ihn-e w hom God hud given me, to seek shelter and protect noi where rum could not invade my sanctuary. Need 1 tell i.ii the anguish nf that lalal hour! Need I It II yell how it hn light me to the very gates of leatli, whence after m nv days 1 burely escaped f Need I b II ou how be who was thus Inrsnken, like E-.au, in vain sought pacfnr repenienre and found it not though be aonghl it carelully with tears f No 1 need not tell you tin. Nay il is a tale that cannot be lold let II sleep- Hut I will telt you, that for llie last time, he renewed us wi'lin living struggle the terrible a.tla t Willi hi enemy. In vain he looked on Ibis le nnd mi that for help. Help there was none, but on evety corner stood the tempter iii bright array. All around him were men men iu the image of iheir (t al men wh- in the law culled good nmnil men. li censed by law in send his tmii I to hell, and his body tu the weim-! Ah. tiNi sure wns ibeirwoik, I t as he bad bvtd so he died. In an in-tant, and when be looked mil br it. death clan 1 his victim, and he was no more! No s mpnlhising hand smnnlht d bis dying pillow! No diiimhier's kiss as.nugrd his last death throes! no son was there lo hear bis Inst Commands ! His heily fills a droiikaid's grave. His murderers may meet bis soul in a world In come And now tell me, ye honorable men. ve whom God has commissioned wnh power In avert from others llie ileum whu h awaited my mice loved lin hand le me, have I no voice iu this matter of life and death f I have not (..Id you a Idhe ol that wfiirh till now has re-maim d all untotd nnd I am but one nf tens of thousand ol those w ln.se grit Is are untold on enrih, hut are a ly (toured into tbe ears of the Almighty, ol wrongs nnd nutraxes nf cruel and barbarous munbi of suicides and homicides, you have a full stirled dav b tiny ; hut of the deeper, darker sulleringa 1 Almost within s umd of your legislative balls. Within " ""I '-'pi'-M lemiiies, you nave little tbe week last past, a poor lost Victim, hopeless of lb,. relit I tor wlnt ti we piy, madly rushed into the l ies-em e of his God, dedai inn "hishtsl winds, that he did so ratln-r ilnn bu.g.-r bear Hie turmeninr'a sting on em Hi. You can hear ibe explosion ol Ibedealh-deal-ing wenp. li. led ihe gmaiia ol ihe w tdow and orphan vo l ismi'tl Inar. tiu cHiii.nl bring the dead to hie! "ii ruh re to me, nor lo ihe i.Ms nf thousands win on like ine ruin iih pnvttl of our husbands nr loved ones again! hid you ran, ves. vno can tuitl thi. demon hom bis high placet! You can put the brand of Cain upon the man who engages in Ibis ac ciiis.u irauic. i' ti i-hh win away mis temptation Irom those wlut would il they cotitd avoid lis snares! toil ,"nii save Ibe lives ot Iru nl thousand ol nr-frimia hti.haiul. bintle is, nial so is aim! Us for ibis we moil humbly piny, vuu V'" immi to us n deaf tar, and spurn us from your domaf We trust not wo hope ooi we heliote not; and in Ibis tmth wa will wait Men l in ine our prayers shall go up Him who is a Fa her to ihe fatherless, that Ho will guide yon in ho I His own wav to accomplish this areit work 1 A MOTHBR