Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-01-09

such a disposition at trining on this subject.
If there was one subject above another that
demanded the serious consideration of this
House, it was that bill. Petitions from all
parts of the State had poured in, and the
loss to this State every yea was incalculablc.
An incalculable amountof injury was done 10
the farmers and wool-growers in the destruc.
ton Of sheep by dogs. | have known in
my own neighborhood, one night, fifty sheep
destroyed, and this is a matter of every day
occurrence, and the subject should be met,
cad met seriously.
Mr.. Finn thought the Speaker could not
mean him as triding. LThen the gentleman
is mistaken said the Spelker.l Why | am
serious-takc the old dog, and you come
near to the famiIy-he is one of the house.
hold gods! | do wish him put in a box
even If a rough one, and bury him d~ecentlY.
Ills death Is a serious matter, and | do not
want the subject triled with.
Mr.. CoMMISGs did not think the destruc-
ton Of dogs a matter of so many tears, in his
part of the State.
Mr.. RANDALL said lie entirely concurred
with the gentleman from Greene. And said
Mr.. r., we have paid much for a bounty on
wolves-ho would however, propose an
amendment to accommodate the gentleman
from Cincinnati, and proposed so to alter the
bill, as to make an exception in favor OF that
clty-let them there have their dogs.
Mr.. THOMAS said the friends of this bill
were prepared for levity on that subject in
the House. 1t is a bill of practical impor-
lance TO the people of this State. | sup
pose at a low calculation, there is 100000
sheep destroyed annually by dogs-thus we
tax ourselves 100000 yearly for the support
of dogs.
He said there had from three to FIVE cases
yearly happened in this STATE, of the hydro
phobia, and one such case would countesbal-
anco the real value of all the dogS in these
States.
Mr.. BALL thought the petitions came from
Columbus, and from villages, and were not
to be regarded as expressive of the will Of
the ~pcople-that it was the ill-fed dog that
killed sheep. He was against the law.
MIR. MASON thought the people demanded
the law; but did not feel bound to insist on
its passage against the wishes Of his agricnl-
tural friends in the House.
1t was finally moved to recomRit the bill
to the committee on Agriculture, aud the bill
was thus ~re-comInitted.
On the Both, the SENATE took up the Bill
'to preserve the inviolability of human Sc
pulture." After some debate it was re. COM
mitted to the committee which reported it,
with instructions to amend it, so as to leave
itdiscretionary with the Court to imprison the
offender in the penitentiary or county jail.
On the 3lst the Slate Journal says,
Mr.. PERKINs from the committee on the
Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill to
preserve the inviolability of human sepul.
ture, with instructions, reported the same
back, amended agreeably to instructions, stri-
king out the "Penitentiary clause" or rather
referring the penalty to the discretion of the
--.4 II H. ,,,,,,i,n Iai,. -, ,-r,,;nr
to said amendment, the same was disagreed
to-ayes II, noes Is.
Mr.. Goddard moved to amend the bill so as
to strike out all which con templates punish
mant by Imprisonment in thePenitentiary.
Mr.. Cox moved to amend the amendment
by substituting three months instead Of six
months, az the term of impTis' nnent in the
county jail. fr 4 violation of the bill, which
was disagreed to-ayes l6, noes II.
The question then turning upon striking
out the ''penitentiary clause" the same pre-
vailed.
Mr.. Perkins moved to amend he repeal.
ing section, so as to save all cases OF often
ces now pending, as If said law was not Ie-
pealed-agreed to.
Mr.. Welch moved to amend so az to lodge
with the proper court, a discretion 80 punish
! by fine or imprisonment, either or both,
f which was disagreed to-ayes ID noes 20.
The question then being upon the engross-
ment of the bill, the same prevailed.
In the HOUSE, on the same day, Ma. RAN
2 DALI presented . petition in relation to this
subject which he accompanied with the fol-
lowing remaTks:-
? Mr.. SPEAKER: Perhaps ! ought to mako
some remarks here, lest the House might look
upon the petitioners as rather insane upon the
= subject of their petition, as well as the length
= of time they ask the offender to be punished.
4 But, sir, | assure the House that the petition
ers are among the most intelligent and respec-
! table ~cilizens of Ashtabula county; men, sir,
whom / am proud to claim as my c~onstitu'
ents. They are a law loving and law abb
ding people, Their evaporation is not witt
. out cause, as | will state. In the month o
= September last, a physician OF that township
d as l understand, had charge of a patient,
c married lady. There was also a child sicl
;. in that neighborhood, and both of them had
very large and highly respectable circle o
relatives in that section.
1t so happened that both died and were Blu
ried about the sam time. In a day or ivy
{ thereafter, a box was seen at Ashtabula Har
) boz, marked for Cleveland. Suspicion led t
Z the examination Of the contents Of said box
Il and in it was found the bodies Of the person
above referred to. The doctor has been a
q rested, and does not, | understand, deny bl
= that he was accessory to the offence, whic
y offence would disgrace a heather land. Thi
Z with other offences of like kind, which hav
been perpetrated in that section, have exas
u perated to a point almost beyond endurance
They now ask Legislative aid in protectin
the remains of their deceased relations an
d friends from the intrusion of these med
cal grave robbers.
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