The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1850-04-11
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE ERA.
FROM CINCINNATI.

CINCINNATI, April 4, 1850
To tie Editor Of The National Era
The spring elections for county and township
officers took place in this State on the LIST instant
/ The only matter connected with them Of general
interest is the election, on the same day for dele
| gates to the State Convention for amending our
| Constitution, which is to assemble at Columbus
on the first Monday in May. The returns are
! coming in slowly-the telegraph lines which 90
through the most important places in the State
being, AZ usual at such times, out Of working
order Ia this city and county, which send seven
delegates, the entire Democratic ticket is elected
An Independent ticket, made up from both par
ties--tLe leading names, however, being Wings
was supported by the Wings generally, and run
good poll in the city. The successful ticket is
made up of good men more Of the conservative
stamp than was generally anticipated, and apart
from being exclusively Democratic, cannot well
be complained Of.
am pleased to see that Townshend and Clark
(Free-Solers) are returned from Lorain county;
Hitchcock and Anderson {Whiget s7e elected ia
Cuyahoga; a Democrat from Ashtabula Judge
Swan in the Franklin and Delaware district, ian
excellent selection J Hua-yU draasn =" sisf
over Samuel Medsry tDemOcrat in Franklin, by
twenty-five majority. The returns from the inte-
ror, as far as received, do not indicate with any
certainty the political complexion Of the COnyen-
tion though il is possible that the parties will be
nearly balanced as has been the case in our Legis
latures for some years past AS some strong Wing
counties have elected Democrats and Free-Soilers,
-. n l.. IF hot anf
Of men-rather progressive than conservative.
Our present Constitution is not very defective
one the principal changes needed are in the or
ganzation of the Judiciary aud legal reform We
shall doubtless have Constitution presented for
our acceptance in accordance with the spirit of
the age; an Improvement, il possible, upon the
latest precedent-that Of California.
Our Legislature has adjourned Among the
acts passed was one amending the usury law,
passed two years since, to which so much excep-
ton has been taken. The old lar forbid any one
receiving over six per cent, and on payment of the
principal permitted the deduction Of all the inter-
est paid over that rate The amendment allows the
) PVT F-t"" "sr gent wheu eongacied for ip.,
notes but fixes six per cent before, az thelegda
interest when the rate is not specified. This will
be generally acceptable
The joint resolutions asking the General Gov
ernment TO acknowledge theindependence ofLibe
ria were passed. The resolutions asking the
! withdrawal Of our naval squadron from the coast
Of Africa, and the amount to he appropriated in
colonizing the coast failed also the bill appro-
priating money from the State Treasury to the
Colonization Society.
| see that bill is before Congress, making an
appropriation of $4,000, to build a custom-house
In Cincinnati. We need one large enough TO
accommodate the post office also, and | hope the
most adequate provision will be made for both
equal TO the prospective wants of our growing city
have before referred to this subject, and cannot
but hope that something will be done for us by
the present Congress Yours, p.