Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1849-02-08
JEFFERSON CITY ITEMS.

JEFFERSON CITY ITEMS.
We are only enabled to give a summary
Of the most important Legislative news.
received by las, Tuesdays mail.
In the Senate. quite an animated discus
sion has taken place, on the bill to simplify
proceedings at law, commonly known as
Wells law. This bill after various efforts
to postpone it, came up on its final passage,
on Friday evening, Feb. 2, and passed by a
vote eff Is ayes to IL noes. Those who
voted in the Affirmative are, Messrs. Aber.
nathy, Burnes, Edwards, Hancock, Jones,
of Franklin, Jones of Newton, Long, Nick
Ell, Norris, Owens, Polk. Price, Priest, Rol.
Inns, Wells, Williams, Voolfolk and Wyatt
is.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Bean, Campbell, Chiles, Ellison
Flournoy, Hndspeth, Jackson. Jones. of
Cooper, Leslie. Lowe and Reed,-ll.
Absen,-Messrs. Bur,is, Gate wood, Stew
art and White.
This Bill will change our whole sys
tenn of practice, and abolishes the dis.
tinctions between courts of law and equity.
II is expected that it will become a law
Passed the Senate, bill authorizing pre-
emptioners on State lands, to enter DO acre
tracts on certain conditions.
Mr.. Norris introduced bill TO prevent
the circulation in the State of Mo. ofsmall
notes Of banks of other States.
Mr.. Rollins introduced the following res
olution:
RESOLVED, That the committee on inter-
nal improvements be instructed to enquire
into the expediency of repeating all laws,
distributing the per cent fund, and the
proceeds of the sales of the 100000 acres
of land, granted to this State. by the act of
Congress, approved Setember 4th, 1871,
amongst the different counties in this state,
and appropriating the same in the follow
ing manner. 10 wit: 100000 to aid in the
survey and erection of railroad from
Hannibal in Marion county, to ST. Joseph,
in Buchanan county. 100000 to the
improvement of the navigation of the
Usage River, and the residue Of said funds
as they shall be paid into the Treasury, to
be appropriated towards the erection Of
Turnpikes or other roads most advanta-
geous, leading from the different landings
on the Mississippi and Missouri rivers to
the mineral and agricultural regions of the
State, adjacent thereto, and that they re.
port by bill or otherwise. Laid on the Ia
BILE until Monday.
! In the House, the Imost impor,an, bust
ness before them, has been the bill to re.
peal certain sections of the act. passed al
the last session, TO sustain the credit of the
State. The bill was on Friday evening
referred TO the committee of Ways and
Means; with instructions to report bill on
the advalorem principle. except on grocery
keepers, keepers Of billiard tables and fer.
ries.
Mr.. Sims introduced in the House bill
changing the name of Van Buren, county
to that of Cas-, which has passed. Sc i,
seems our Legislature has endeavored &c
obliterate all memory of Matiy.
Mr.. Newland, of Rails, fearing tha, the
Legislature might again be called upon te
change the name ofthe county, moved tina
the bill be amended, by inserting McHen
ry instead Of Cass, which failed. Some
eight years since, our Legislature little
thought they would be called upon to per
form an act, so humiliating to themselves
and in their opinion, SO notifying to Mr.
Van Buren,; but 10 US, another evidence Of
the inconsistency of our politicians. w,
would advise these gentlemen to be ware
how they erect lilliputian monuments 10
the memory of the political acts of these
Northern men with Southern principles
lest, in after years, they may be called upor
to tear them down.
The SOUTHERN ADDREss.-The Wash
ington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun