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Senator.
In my last stated lha, Mr. lon"s had
offered resolution to adjourn SHs die
on the OF February This was Of.
(eFed Tor he purpose Of demagogulng;
It's author being an ogracida N primer
pies; and. going on The presumption
that the people are always 10 be euiIrd,
and 10 make the impression that he was
their devoted frend-jn all things, he
offered the resolution The Locos lonnd
their situation. and every Wnlg panit d
for he adoption OF lhs resolution; end
lie it could have been passed through the
Senate, it would have passed The House
with rush. The mujorly determined
to keen the resolution on the liable -
This furnished a great deaI OF amuse-
ment for the Wings, and every day. af
ter the morning busrnese vas through.
the Senator from Carroll would move
to take up tho resolution, which would
always canse 4 TPpdriee he ween the dlI
ferPnt parties On Yesterday, the usU-
al motion was made to take up The reso
luton, and an i'll. naured dispute arose
between The mover and the original
friends Of The resolution. A portion OF
.Locos being absent it was fakanup, and
after some time spent in debate il was
referred 10 the Frnance rommittee--a
strange refereace for resolution TO ad
iourn, and small hole for them to
crawl out at, The ayes and noes are or
The journal where all can see. uhO are
inJGror Of short sessions
The House has been engaged for
three davs on the bill TO divorce Maria
w. McEValn, the Now York lady, who
ca here 10 be divorced from bcr hus.
band. thatShe might have The privilege
Of choosing another. After spending
the time, a. Ihe,moUey Of lhe people, &
wasting three days in considering the
matter; it was, on lasting evening, in
definitely postponed, by a very decisive
e--only two Whlgs voting against
indefinite postponemODt. This was a
very righteous decision. A great deal
o(the time spent By our Legislature is
sPent,fn this kind of legisIAlion; and |
think the decision OF this case will pur
en- end to pripate legsaIjDg for this sses-
sion
! A bill has pe80etj Tho Senate Nuthoriz
ing county commissioners TO .eslabIjah
county roads Of aIIess width shan SIXTY
feet. This 10 a.good law, Ior the reoson
that nobody opensdbo roads the width
tho law requires now.
The Re'renchmrut hill YVES reported
back on Monday; thetcommlttee recon
mend .sgreelngNe the amendments OF
the House ,exceptvbe provision re,rench
ing Ihe State printer. The report was
made by Mr. Disney in behalf Of the
ma orily OF the committee, and it was
ordered to be printed ln advance OF 9th
er printing. Al the time it was made
to the Senate. Mr.. Perkins gave notice
that he would make a minority report.
The State printer keeps the report.
will neither PRINT it nor let Mr. Perkins
have it, that he may make his report.
Sam will avoid the pruning knife some
how or other. Col Chambers offered
resolution this morning calling on the
State printer for The report, but il wac
voted down by strict party vote.
All tho currency bills are in The hands
OF the Loco finance committee, who, it Is
believed, will never report them back
This great measure IN which the peo.
pie feel so much interest, is thus smolh
cred without giving their representatives.
an opportunity 10 examine It's proVi
sions, &c,
The district matter absorbs all other
questions al this time, As soon aS the alb
stracls OF white maIes had been received
from the clerks joint select commitlee
was raised consisting Of five members
on the part Of the Senate, and ten on
the part Of the house, to report bill
apporlioniUg The Senators and Repre-.
sentalives among the counties. The
committee met, and adjourned 10 meet
again, previous to their next meeting -
The Loco part ot the committee. report
ed a bill to the Senate, without knowl
edge of The minority, You have heard
Of KongaroOs and Cameis,and all tn is
kind ol fraud prAcl;ced by he party haV
ing the power IN the Ohio Legislature
in tunes past, but they sink into nenen
Tin, when compared with the fraud at
tempted by this bill, Out Of the thirty
SIX Senators twenty two would by this
bill be LocofJco and he House in pro.
portion. The Wings assaled it from the
start, an Ongry debsle grew out OF il, in
which all the sins oI the pOrty for the
last ten years were summed up 10 them,
and fixed determination shown by the
Whigs to ask nolhing Unfair, end to sub
nit 10 no bill that did not give them an
equal chance with their opPonenIs.-
Their action had tho effect TO make the
friends of the bill ashamed Of it,, and