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From Me OHIO State Journal.
Passage Of the Bank Bill,


charters OF the Bank Of Gsauga and the
Commercial Bank OF Cincinnati received
its final passage 10 the House Of Repre-
senlaliVes, on Wednesday evening The
20Ih inst. The vote on its passage was
ota strict party character, The hard
money Locolocos all against, and the
Wings together with Mr. Green, lnde
pendent, in ito fsvOr few members
were absent. The bill was discussed
during the whole day, and in order to
secure itS final passage in ample time
10 allow the Senate TO act upon it before
the expiration OF the charters Of The
Banks named in il, The Wings resolved
on an eUeaing session, the whole Loco(O'
co vote being in opposition, in order TO
slave off the question and give them
time 10 concoct impractlcabe amend
ments and Buncombe speeches, The
whole day was consumed in discussion
by the Locofocos, the Wings giving
:hem all The time that there might be no
complaint on tho part of a disposition to
gag them. One amendment alter anoth
or was crowded in, in accordance with
previous arrangement, embracing every
obnoxious prov,s,On Of The humbWgS Of
last session And upon most oil them,
the most miserable anli-6ank slang and
twadds was beIched forth, intended for
home consumption Every speech, and
nj and Inhi
Gated too plainly TO be for a moment mis-
understood, that the minority have re-
solved TO stand by their bank destroying
bill and continue an indiscriminAting war
against every species Of paper currOn-
cy! The State Bank system, a system
Of General Banking and Of Local Banks
have each and all been condemned and
denounced by the organ Of the party
here, so that it may be considered, we
fear, settled point that the ma orty in
the present Legislature will not be per-
mirtsd to do any thing for the people on
the currency question! We may be,
and we hope the result may prove that
we are, mistaken; but at present the
indications are such that we do not feel
authorized TO hold out 20 q suffering peo.
pie the least hope.
To return: tho evening was consum-
ed by such movements as have been al
ready mentioned AT nine o'clock Mr.,
Hawkins re marked that it was very plain
the minority had no other object in view
than TO prevent the final passage of the
bill, and withhold it from the Senate
long enough to afford the ma jority in
that body plea of want Of time. Thus
believing, he felt constrained 10 demand
the previous question! After the neces.
sary preliminary steps, tho vote on the
final passage OF the bill was taken, a,
bout ten o'clock al night. The follow
ing are the ayes and nays. We give
them that the people Of the whole State
may see them and pass judgment accord
iDgly:
YEAs-Messrs. Alexander, Atherton,
Brand, Bryson, Carey, CIaypoCle, Crum
Combs, Downing, Duncan, Fisher, Foote
GlDes, Green, GunckeI, Harsh, Harvey,
Hawkins, Johns, Johnson, Kaler, Killer,
Kellogg, Martin Of Fayslte, Means
Morse, McBsth, Mcfarland, McIlralh
McMIIen, Noble, Phelps, Riley, Shane,
Toland, White Of Itching, VanmstOr and
Spesksr-3S.
\ Nays Msssrs ArchiboId, Bennett
CarIe, Cassidy, Clark, CraighiIl, Dunn
Ewing, Filson, Guiberson, HeIrlch,
Hewitt, Kilgore, Lawrence, Martin Of
CoIumbiana, Medbury, Myers, McMakin
Roudebnsh, Sargent, Smart, Smith
Snyder, Sprague, Waggoner, Wakefield,
Warner, White OF Brown, and Wlloz
go.
Msssrs Manning, Parsons, McCleary,
Parmsly and Sharp werO absent.
As soon as this bill is published and
placed before The people, it will be seen
that many amendments and restrictions,
Of most wholesome character, have
been sngrafed upon it-reslricliOns
tina, do not exist 10 any bank charter in
The State. They we're not only added
because dsomad wise and saIutary, but
10 convince the minority that The major
nv we're willing to meet them half way,
and efrsctually put TO rest the false as
ssrtions Of lhe hard money men, that
- the Whips favor the old system, with
all iIs evils. The Banks this bill pro-
noses 10 rechRrIer are among those
whose solvency has never been called in
question; and would undoubtedly con-
tribute their aid in furnishing to the
Slate a sound and safe cjrrency. The
following amendments among others,
b. were added brfors the final passage of
the bill, but very strange TO tell they
we're accidentally omitted in the SIalOs-
mans report Of The proceedings: