Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1850-01-16

cede, and the Sc nate has again determined to ac-
here to her disagreement. A committee of free
conference will be the result; but how the mat
ter will terminate. as several members OF the
House say they will de feat the bill entirely be-
fore they will consent TO have Office in
/ the convention, while on the other hand men,
bers of the senate insist that they would rather
have no conye ntion held. if SO large portion Of
our citizens to be prevented from holding a
seat in the convention.
Col. Allen Nav of Craw ordsvi!e, has bee
elected Agent of stale in the place of James
Collins. The expenses Of this agency is now
confined to $500 per annum. including salary.
but excluding stationery. postage. &c. This
however, leaves margin enough to gve oyater
suppers in New York, and charge the IN to the
stationery account.
! TIE committee Of ways and means have re-
! ported bill for raising the revenue for 1850 -
! II provides for tax of 25 cents on the 500
| worth of property and IS cents poll tax. for the
general purposes Of revenue. In addition, il
! provides that there shall BE- levied to meet the
expenses of the convention 81 ceuts-oue cent
and seven and half mills for the Insane Ho.pi-
tal-;wo cents and two and half mills for the
Deaf and Dumb Asylum-and one cent for the
I Institute for the Blind the 500 worth Of
property.
! 4 few years since the charter of the
Terre lIaute and Richmond Rail Road
was granted. In 1847 company was
organized at Terre Haute under its pro-
visions. and AT the session Of 1913 they
asked an amendment of the charter-in
granting that amendment. il was provided
that whenever $50 900 shall have been
subscribed east of indianapolis. four of
the Directors Of said Board shall reside
east Of the capital, and the money so sub
scrlbed TO be expended under the direc-
ton of said four directors. IL the pre-
sent session of the legislature. the COM
pany referred to above asked further
amendment,-the privilege to sell their
bonds at greater discount than six per
cent. and to repeal the amendment of '46
requiring four directors to be elected east
of indianapolis on certain conditions. 1t
also provided that said company might
construct lateral branches west Of this
place. but not east. for the purpose Of
reaching coal beds, &c. In the Senate it
was amended so as 10 give the entire line
the liberty to make the lateral branches
the section which repealed the law Of '4e
was also stricken out, and several other
amendments placed on it, which as il
now stands would be acceptable to the
friends of the road east-giving them the
power to locate and construct the road.
An amendment to make Greenfield. Dub
lin and Cambridge points in the road fail
ed. A further effort will be made to make
Cambridge point. The bill is now in
the hands Of select committee for the
purpose of a compromise. Should the
company west fail to get such bill through
as will suit them. they intend TO make an
effort to divide the charter, and stop their
operations at this point. Some persons
who have heretofore manifested great
friendship for the central road east, have
recently become enamored with the idea
of having what they call straight route
from this place to Cincinnati. Several OF
the Directors Of the road west are among
the persons referred to, yet they profess TO
be still the friends of the road east. II
they have any interest to make the road
east. why do they want to make road
direct TO Cincinnati, TO come in direct
competition Of the eastern road!
1t is said that capitalists in Cincinnati
have assured them that if they would get
up road direct from their city to this.
the citizens of the Queen city would fur
nish the iron for the entire road 10 Terre
liaute. The offer was accepted, and the
effort TO get charter through the lecisla-
ture was made, sustained by the centre
and western part of the State: but it failed.
The legislature were not willing to inter-
fere with the rights of the Cincinnati and
St. Louis road in the south, and the CEN
trail road on the north of a direct line
They now talk as a dernier resort, Of SELL
ing out 10 the Madison road. Some things
are said for effect. and | am disposed to
believe just as much of what hear as |
please. hope satisfactory and amicable
arrangements can yet be made, whereby
the road both east and ives. Of this place
may be prosecuted at the same time in
good faith, and to secure SO desirable a
result shall be my constant aim
This letter is already much longer than
| intended TO make il. wish however to
ask of my friend, Rawson Vale, the edi-
tor of the .'True Democrat" the name of
the author of communication in his last
paper, signed: a Friend'' There are
statements in that article which are not
true. and ask the name because | want
to know it.
There is said to be severe case of the
small pox at the Palmer House in this
city. Many of the members have left
there for other boarding houses. but do
not suppose the legislature viii, adjourn
before the 21st. Had it been known pre-
vious to the day on which the time of ad-
journmcnt was fixed. we might have ad-
iourned on the 10th II.
Ugly Editors.
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