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columbus Correspondence.
COLUMBUS, Feb. %, l844.


Iitlis now a law. This bill, though OBJ
jectIoOsbIe and unequal in many Tea
lures, will have good effect. The two
dollars per diem provision for membere
OF the .Gener raI Assembly is doubtless q
good provision, il will cul of all those
who seek q sect in the Legislature for
the purpose oi .making money, and the
consequence will be, that the 1pglsla.
ture vii be composed OF men more at
tachpd 10 the weRiare OF the S ale. All
ithe difficulties in trsnsecIng the public
BUSINESS s occasioned by members Of
email calabres, who wish to appearof-
ten on the journal, and are not .parncu~
lar 10 what way they get on It, A
,numher Of such members may be found
in both branches Of the present Lpglsla~
ture, who have no greater Gm6Ition
than 10 appear as the maker OF small
motions, such as TO adjourn, 10 lay re
port or paper on the table, &c. And
who might be kept for an age in the
councils OF The State without 1bene6tlIng
the ,commonWealth, or eVeB understand
Ling any thiOg nboutiheIr 5UtIes The
EobiectionGbIe features will soon be a.
mended, end the compensation OF pub
lie services graduated, so as 10 make
the law operate equally.
The Wing Convention Of the 22d was
glorious and enthusiastic gathering
Of tbe sovereign people. 1t would be
useless for me, in an epistoIary CORES
pondence, TO attempt 10 give your rea-
ders any idea OF that great gathering
OF (reemen, called together from all
parts othe State 10 consult upon the
suuatioH Of our common country, and
to I'D opt come measures OF relief for The
people OF ,our commonwealth. At east
three limee the number that was IN al
tendance at the Convention OF the 10 h
of January, were here. Al was har
mony, but one feeling prevailed, end
that was a desire 10 nominete the man
who could unite the Iareest number Of
votes. Among all the good men whose
names were presented TO ths Conven
lian, n one had more ardent friends than
Col Collier Of 'SleubenViie; but there
being nume Tous candidates lherfriends
united upon Mr.. Barlty of Mansfield,
Mr.. BsrIeyis sn excellent man d per-
| haps as 8VaIiabIe ss any maO in the
Stale He,earIy in life settled in DEF
rerson county (now Ha rrlson) where he
cleared with his own hands q small
farm, upon which he resided until the
last ,war, when the went into the service
innhe capacity 'of an Adjn'aUl to Col
John Andrews, Is'S ,ofJeferson county.
On his return home from the North
Western campaign. he crossed the rich
and beautiful Wiley of the Mohcan,
nearthe village Of Mansfield. .and being
struck with its beauty aOd fertility, he
lmme Gialely sold his Iitle farm in jef-
ferson county, and OF the close Of ahe
war removed to RichIaDd aud purchased
tract Of land, one and q half mi les
from Mansfield, where, with his own
hands, (beIng poOr) he cleared second
farm, upon which he raised a hume rous
family. His good sense end the excel
leDce OF his heart would not permit him
TO remain 10 seclusion. aud he was soon
called by his nelghbors and friends
again into public lie. He was etec,ed
a Senator in the Ohio Legislature from
The counties oil RlchIand, Knox and
Licking, where he remained for several
years, when he received The appoint
ment OF Register Of the Virginia Militia
ry Schoo Lands, and 10 which capacity
he acted Tor a number Of years; during
which time on NDcommOn pressure bore
down the country; indeed the people
were almost without money at ell, snc
no class Of people ieh the pressure
more than did the tenants Oh this land ,
and but for the goodness Of heart aud
generosity Of Maj, BARLEY, many poor
family would have been turned out Of the
passes zion OF their little home Bus
when they could no, pay lhsir iaterest,
rather than expose their land as forfeit
ed Tor saIo, he paid the money hmaeli
and waited until the tenant became abIe
10 repay him.
At length, however, the tenants were
compelled TO part with their 6encfdctoT
lor such was he called, as he had been
elected member Of Congress from the
district composed Of the counties o Rch
land, Cra~lord, Seneca, Sandusky, Hu-
ron, Lorain, Medina and Cuyahoga, aud
which district he continued to represent
Tor eight years, when he retired from
public life, and went again to the cut-
walton Of his farm, The speculation tina /
ragged over the country between the
years 1882 aud 1887 that caught many
a good man AMI eventually ruined hin,
had q snare for Mr. BARLEY. Being
kind. he loaned his name, and was after.
wards made the snfsrer for his kind =
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