Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1837-12-23


by Mr.. Kennedy. Tho joint resolution was or
dcrcd to second reading tomorrow.
II The President laid before the Senate several
reports, among which was report from the Fund
| Commissioners, and reports from the Auditor ol
Public Accounts and Treasurer Of State, in answei
4 to resolution Of tho Senate III relation to theIf
salaries and pcrquistcs.
I A resolution was adopted, on motion Of Mr..
Clark. directing an inquiry into the expejieucy
Of disqualifying stockholders Of Insurance Com
panics or Savings Institutions, from holding the
Office Of Director on the part Of the State of the
State Bank Of Indiana.
| A communication rcceiv cd from the Judges
Of the Supreme Court, in answer to a resolution
Of the Senate, giving the inf,rnlton thar, on ac-
count Of the protractcd sickness and death Of one
Of the Judges, and the consequent increase Of
| the amount Of duties required Of the other two,
they had not been able to complete the revision,
nor would they be able to complete it in q man.
ncr whch would do Isiicc either to the public or
| themselves, in timc to report 1t to the present
General Assembly, bat would be ready to report
a complete revision to the succeeding Lcglsla-
turc.
o., yesterday, Thursday Mr.. Thompson OF
l.. from the Ju1iciry G. ,mmit:cc, reported tiil
establishing unif,rm mode OF d,ing county bl-
sincss by Comfy Commissioners, which passed
to <ccoul reading. The gcn,cm III also,
from the sumo C'.D1;tcc, reported bill rc2oli-
ing the statue which requires fences corcrt to be
OK Imincd separate all apart from their husband
WHEN conveying property, which passed t. a Sc
c,nI cld,ng. Tho same geni.cmln, from the
,mc committee. reported agains, the cxpcicn-
cy of substituting solitary confinement Tor lie tor
capital punishment.
The bill, granting ch,ngc Of vcnuc TO Joshua
Citing, Of NJ ,nroc county, charged with the MIR
der of his wife, from Bloomington 10 Tcrre RI tute,
WAS reported back to the Senate for il Select
C. Immiticc without amendment. Mr.. ID ian NOV
CT to rc-comnit the Bill 10 Il Select Committee
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some county adj, ccnt to Monroe, on the ground
that there Il goat Din5c. oil Witnesses
some Of them oil and feeble, who coId nota
tend Court romoic as Tcrrc Iiantc. Inc
change of vcnIc was advocated with earnest
ness by Mcssrs. Dining, Thompson Of l.. Finch,
ID bison, an Kennedy, win, preferred Vig' CO m
", because the prs c,itioncd in favor OF that
county. AMI because 1t was alicdged that INC
pref Iii:c against the prisoner cxtcnIed TO the
nciul,,oring counics: an also. by Mcssrs Co'cs-
ick, Clark, In, mpson OF P. AMI others, wlo favor
cd the rc-commitmcEt 10 change the vcnnc
10 s,nc county conii1 to NJ ,nroc, so as to en-
as,lo the witnesses to attend Mr.. Mitchell OPP
posed the change altogether, AMI expressed his
fears that u chinyc, especially 10 50 remote
county rs Vig1 would amount 10 defeat of the
cn.is Of Justice. IL contcnici that there were
cuouyl, ,!isin,crcs,ca men in Monroe comfy
u,.n win, woald NJ, be inn Icnccl 10y fling re-
ports--to d, Isiicc to thu accused M. Bar"
of ST. Joseph, concurrcd generally in the rcnlrks
Of NJ. Mitchell an opposed the change to V'S', |
but WIS willing TO grlIt change 10 an ADJ ,ccnt
county. NJ. B:adv novel to amend the ,nstruc-
tons to the Select Committee, Sd as to fix upon
Pltn,m county, which was agreed to, ami the |
bill WIS rc-commitcI
In the II use Of Representatives., mrny rcsol"-
tions ave been niroi iced, directing inq''ires,bv
the JuJci,ry Com nt,cc, into the rr"1r'ctv Of
III king some 81, inycs in the present laws. Most
OF these, however. arc ON subjects OF Mino' i'm,
portancc. Ola "Wednesday, tho House resolved
itself int G ,In nittco q. the Wi,lc on the Gov
cra,r's Mcss,gc--Mr. C:umc in tho Chair. The
different su, jcc.s rccommcn led by Ills Eycccncy
T., the consider ,iipn of the Legislature wore re-
tcrrcI ~ their nppro,ri,tc Committees, without
Tint part as to whether the
d INK h - forfeited its Charter. On II resolution
on th,t 81, ,ct. oI.rci bv NJ. B;vcc, rcorr:ny
the ~ liter to the Committee on the Judicriry,
some dcb1tc to,k place IN reg ri II tho CInntfce
10 which il s!,o,d bo referred. NJ. Wines OF "
III we'd to oh ,ngc tho reference to the Committee
Oh tho State = ms Mcssrs. Judah ant: Bryce
supp ,r,cd the Gsst proposed rcicrencc--M"ssrs
DIwliny AMI Jones tho latter The resolution
WIS so mpIilcd by the move: Sd as 10 rcfcr the
mere LEGAL question Of forfeiture not-1nd re-
IcrrcJ bv consent to the former Committee
Tho reminder Of the Message ON that SUBJECT,
was rcIu.rcd to tho Committee on the State
B INK.
On Tucs law, resolution WIS introduced by
NJ Williams Of Wayne, progressing to direct "ihc {
creates; expedition for the next two years on those
works thu, in the opinion of said Board, will .
,-oicc the earliest an best return to the State {
III, tho investment; The principal part Of the day
vas spent in tho discussion o. the policy OF ,
cl ,ssiti :,ton'' Il pton to lay nd resolution c
~ the ipc. Those who mlint aimed the affirm e
tive Of tho motion, an of course were opposed "
c!assiii cation. Mcssrs. B:vcc, Jones, Nor
is N. Proii,i, SInpp, Thompson Of F. VAndcvcc:,
nd NJ. Speaker; those VIII, spoke in the mega d
i've were, Mcssr~. Blair, Ferguson, Htwkns,
llff-(Mr. Huff, however. opposed the LAYING
he resolution the table, because II merely pro-
nscd an inquiry and Owen; the resolution was W
nd on the table by mni 'rity of two. !,
A ,in; resolution introduced by Mr.. Hut- :.
ard, on Thursday. against the annexa'ion Of h
'cx,s TO the United States. Mr.. Judnh moved :,
, refer the s1,nc n committee Of the whole
ousc an / M Ike il the order Of the dlv for Sat
rIav Some discussion took place on this mo-
on, and the motion carried There seems u
be feeling on this subject, and !, Is prof.
pc VIC INV have some warm debating on it, p'
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