Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1849-04-06


pers, in immense numbers at the expense Of the
State; allowing members the franking privilege at
the expense of the State, and such expenditures
should be stopped forthwith.
The Legislature is drawing its session to close.
To-day week is fixed upon for adjournment, and
doubtless the Legislature will adjourn at that time.
do not think more industrious, or more inte-
gent and able legislature ever before assembled at
this seat OF government They have done an i'm
mense deal OF york. l think it will be found that
the laws of tn, State have been well revised and
well cigested, and an excellent code framed
There has been, since my last, no laws of special
Importance passed, except one amending the char
ter of the Southport and Beloit Road Company
This allows five Commissioners to constitute a
quorum, and doubt not the amendment will be
found beneficial so far the progress of the work
is concerned. S.
MADISON, March 49, lS49.
The session will probably close on Monday next
and the business of the session the hurry ano
hustle appearance of coming to close Several
important bills have recently been passed The
bill from the compers relative to Justices, wa,
passed yesterday. tits pretty nearly copy of thu
old Justices law. An attempt was made in the
Senate to confne their iursdtion to towns and wa.
lost by the casting vote of the President. 1t would
not have passed the House, but there is a manifest
progress i'll this matter as well as Others and the
time is not far distant when the principle will pre-
vail.
A bill providing for the sale of the School anC
University lands is its passage. It will proba
bly, allow prescriptions on the lands where the
| claim and settlement was made previous to the ap
praisal; will demand ten per cent of the purchas,
money down, the balance TO remain in the hands
of the purchaser at per Ct; the monies paid in t.
be loaned to citizens of the same county, in sum
not less than 800, nor more than $500, at pc
cent interest. Perhaps the most important bill o
the session was one which to-day passed the Sen
ate. 1t came from the Revisors. and was substan
TALLY the married womans rights bill, embodied il
the old Constitution. and defeated once in the As
sembly this session. 1t passed the house with al
amendment, submitting it to a vote of the peop,
next fall This the Senate struck out, and thinl
the house will reccde, in which case the long con
tested married woman's rights bill will become ;
law.
As said in my last, resolutions ccnsuring il
f strong but deserved language, the course of J. |
Walker in the United States Senate, and askin
him to resign. passed the House, and were sent t.
the Senate Tuesday evening was set apart spc
cially for their consideration, and the session wa
protractcd until near midnight | will say in b-c
that the House resolutions were modified to dcstro
entirely their force and efftct-were resolved il
mere milk and water expressions, and then pa sc,
as next to nothing. This was all done through tn
movements and votes of Cass men. The vote OF
the most important propositions was close, and thos
who stood by the House resolutions until the las
were Boyd, Chase, Goodell, Sho!es, Merrill, Nor
ton. Boyd and Goodell, Cass men; Chase am
Sho!es, Free soil; Norton and Merrill, wing. Bot
kin. whig, went generally with the pro-savery;tcs
and it may be significant of his opinion of the new
administration, when it is known he is an applcan
for Office at the hands of this administration.
The House refused to assent to the Senat
amendments by an almost unanimous vote an,
passed resolutions of their own. The Senate ma,
probably pass the House resolutions; but this
only onjecture. S.