Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1849-02-08
Number 40.

freIghten members off by its appearance
here, they will continue in session to about
the 10th of March. 1t is TO be hoped how.
ever that they may despatch all the bust
ness requiring their attention before that
time. Quite q large number of bills, al.
most exclusively of local nature, were
acted upon on Friday and Saturday.
The committee on elections, made a re-.
port on Friday, in reference to the contest.
ed election from Randolph. A majority of
the committee, to wit: Messrs. Tompkins.
OF Cooper, Sims, of Van Buren,, Bailey
of Galloway. and Poage, of Davies, ie-
port Doctor Oliver, the sitting member, as
duly elected, and entitled to his seat. Mr..
Foster. of Holt, and Mr.. Henderson. of
Pike, conclude their report with q resolu.
ton that Mr.. Garth was elected; and Mr..
Frost, Of Texas, reports failure TO elect
the two gentlemen having received, &C.
cording to his calculation, an equal number
of legal votes. The reports of these com.
mlttees have been ordered to be printed.
As soon as this is done, and members have
had time to examine them, the case will be
taken up and acted upon.
Bills have passed both houses,
10 repeal the law establishing,a probate
court in Usage county.
10 incorporate the Liberty Female
Academy.
10 incorporate the Miami Academy.
To pay Crane. Jurors in Dallas county.
10 authorize special election in Jas.
per county.
10 incorporate the Odd Fellows Hall
and Female Academy in Glasgow.
10 remove the administration on the
estate of Edmund Lewis from Saline 10
Charlton
The Speaker laid before the House, on
yesterday, communication from the Au-
ditor, showing the amount paid out during
the years AZ and '4s, as costs in criminal
cases. The amount in the former wear
was 1854, in the latter, sl3,so2; nearly
one sixth Of these sums going to ST. Loui,
The committee of Ways and Means
have reported back TO the House, the bill
which had been referred to it, repeating
the TN and succeeding sections of the act
to sustain the credit of the state, and ask.
ed 10 be discharged from the further con-
sdera.ion of said BILL Notwithstanding
this action on the part Of the committee.
think tina. act, which has become better
known perhaps than any other on the stat.
ute book, will either be repealed or greatly
modified.
The House got in the humor of dissolv-
ing bands of matrimony on Friday, and in
few minutes, divorced two couple, so far
as their action was Observation-Disclosures
Abrahams of Scotland county, from one
Ben, her husband, and Robert McCrary of
Holt, from his wife.
The resolutions introduced into the Sen
ate, by Mr.. Jackson, in reference to slave
ry in the territories, passed that body
without debate. But six members of the
Senate voted against them, Messrs. Camp
bell, Long, Leslie, Rollins, Bean and Reed.
One of these gentlemen remarked 10 your
correspondent, that he had no idea of do.
ing any thing in his capacity as Senator,
to attach Missouri 10 the tail of South Car
DINA, and he was right.
The appointment of Supreme Court
Judges, does not give unlimited satisfaction,
from all that l can learn. Mcbride always
had strong party of friends among the
Democracy Of the north side; and learn
that they are heaping courses, not loud bu,
Deep" on the head of his excellency, Gov.
ernor King. The friends of Scott are not
backward either, ia expressions of indig.
nation, and have already heard him spo.
ken of as the next candidate of the par,y,
for the Office Of Governor.
The applicants for Office have been 80
numerous. that King has not had mo.
meats rest. CASSIJS
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