Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1849-12-26

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D,e. -, IelseThe Palladium for wedne.-
- - IA net arrive ustii lsse evening. u
~ Aslsy ssssissssSas 10 s's ns'l arrange
while one branch Of essefsse and The higher
b,,.ch Of the Iex;slslsrs Of Ohio are still u"or-
sap;1~d. aud .noise and confusion, Te'gn'Dg SUI
reerDS. sheSwis, the ie sislaiure Of Indiana - GO
S1G Oh viii great unsnimify. The large ms!o''
re AZ loeos insuges this On all measures Of I'M
,,o,fsnee o. they settle n,stt-rs Of this charac-
u, n c.oeuyS The iaw for the holding . con-
:. ~s;nu !. amend the constitution OF the State
- nae IN the te ndes keeping OF the caucus par
,v. And however much that party may d's-
ri.;m The desire 10 n,inaie national politics ~
.,..a co.yru,iou every effort that the leaders Of
mat party can make 10 secure aIoco majority )"
s6.e eonve utiou will b. rcsorted to- They are
determined to have ,'demOcsas'c convention
'rev have IRE power 10 district the Slate Just q.
-. -. nroprr. aud III possible advantages will
=. :.eured. We had hoped such would not be
,i,e case; but suci, b. ing the fact, the wings
,nuss set the defensive
- drNu;te action has beef had in the irgisia-
,.rs On III. bill providing for the holding Of the
eouventioa. In the Senate. the console ration
~ that subject has been made the special oroer
~ the dSy leY Thursday next.
m. bitt 10 consolidate tho Richmond ana
thc Wayne cosniy turnpike companies has pas
srd the Senate.
The proposition TO establish a State Orphan
Asylum has been laid on the table for the pres
ri and presume will not come up again dur
ius Sls sxastop. iII
a iaw has been passed at the present session
.,,,o,,.;mv III. executive officers Of tie State 10
horrow 5000 900 10 pay the January and July
;,.,~i,meu nj Of interest on the State debt. The
.-onut .eeesssry for the first inst ment, 81 co.,
0OO. h,, already been borrowed from the bank
.t Der cent. interest and IA per cent. exchange
=. profitable loan for the bank. 1t however
will secure the prompt payment Of the interest.
which 10 essential to the good name Of our State
The Judiciary committee TO which was refer
red . bill to exempt property from sale on exc
cation. 70 the amount OF S6OO-aIso the bill to
exempt homo stead from salc on execution. have
r~vostrd that il 10 inc xpedient to lrgslai- the
subject at present, which, IepO was concurr~d
~ BY the Senate
: IL 10 uSd~ rstood that there is u large amour,
Of money due this State from the general gov.
rr,me ut, on account Of the three per cent. fund
IL has been proposed TO send a special agent &c
" ushipgton TO examine the books Of the prope
.vpsrtsne Mt. to discover the amount thus due The
state aud 10 take tI,c Dec-s-ary steps 10 srcur.
ats PAYNE nj to the Stat. " hat course, howev-
rr. will ls pursued ia regard 10 lii. matter is
still uwec staiD.
The committee on Education have reported
4,s4 Il il sac xpenieBt. at this time. to change in
any 0sauu~r the school law Of last winter. No
change, ! think, will he made in the law at the
1,rese&( SESSION.
The bill for the relief Of Della and Sylvester
10 uklim, Of Wayne co. has passed the Senate.
The Senate has d-cided TINT it is i,..xpedient
TO csusr geological survey of the State to br
shade ut iss present time. owing to the enbar-
PASSED state of the Treasury
A bill has bee intro uccd into the House rel
.t,vs u the Richmond und Tsrrr- iIautc Railroad
Charter. II proposes Ia repeal an art passed at
the last session Of tho legislature wl,iriI required
shat whenever 10000 Of stock shall have been
sml,sc rib-d east Of indianapolis, four Of the di-
y~cturs Of said company shall reside east Of the
r.pitnI and SHAH have Tire -Ltir. control of the
~xp~ nd,turo Of the mou-y subscribed east. Th.
company west, would he 4 iai to b.. released OF
tie responsibility Of constructing .lIc road east
and would glusily divide the line of road contru-
plotted by the charter. at this place. To make
this division, ! think, is ihpoitic. ] have mo-
tced, however. in the proceedings Of II meeting
recently held by our friends at Cambridge, that
they propose getting uPa new charter, AMI Gre
atIng s~afat~ organic t'IOn for tIir proSec utiun
Of th- work. The present. charter il u very gooA
ote-muth better than can be >ecurr,. from the
,,r-sc ut legislature. Ii appears 10 me that the
stock Of - company rXienGIng entirely thro' the
State would he much more profitable tn ~ on.
with iis western terminus at this place. An
j,np,c n-- amount Of freight vii pass the
western road from III" inr xlItusiihir r", beds oi
Putnam, P.rk- and other conn:rs OF III. Goa!
region, and G,vergc at this point on all the other
roads IL will he the n,n trunk for all the tr'v
II collected ut this place fer the west In the
absence Of any repression of the wi., Of our
people shall oppose the d,vi-l"n If the charter.
The grading. &c, Of ri aihiiIouaI miles on the
sosd iipnnr. i,i~iv west OF Ibis place WIS 1T t.
contractors on Thursday LAST, ~ prizes below
she estimates of the engineers. This leaves but
- miles uncontrnetrd for.
There is ~ bull in the House for II charter au-
thorzing the construction Of a Hai'roai fi":n this
place To Cincinnati, on the nrarrst nnI most
practicable route. II will probably pass.
The President Of the Madison Rallroai Com
pnny has invited the n,cmbc rs Of the legislature
~ take trip TO Madison on Christmas, return
ing the same dnv The invitation has bee II
scceptcd--so We shall have holiday. The oh
jsef Of this act Of courtesy will envelope itself
IN u few days. ID. L. IL.
[.No-thc Pal for last week was not mailed
until Thursday; got il out Tate on "Wednesday
We have held back this week in order 10 lay
we hope TO 20 abe ad. proUiIra, we de- not get a
back set. The delay Is attributable TO male
arrangements in this office, but not 10 Uncle
Sans mail.--Jr.
Railroad 10 K:chn,omd Tho initiate
~ steps for the location OF the extension
OF the DAYTON and Western Railroad to
Richmond. are progressing as fast as
possible; and the probability is that it will
be put under contract in a few weeks
This work has been pushed forward with
great spirit, by the enterPrising gentle
men who control its direetion.-l Dayton
Transcript.
Railroad Leiiing.-That portion OF
the Cincinnati. Hamilton and Dayton
Railroad. between Hamilton and Cincin.
Natl wn~ lcf On 'I,hursdav las. IN NeS.rs