The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1851-01-27
INDIANAPOLIS CORRESPONDENTS.
INDtANAPoLrs. Jan. 22d, 1851.

Mr.. EDirOR I'm the Senate, on yester-
day. TUESDAY ti'e bill which requires clerks
of Courts TO make out the papers, &c. OF SOL
diers, was laid on he table for the present.
"A Senate bill 10 re- organize the Evansville
Insurance Companies, was passed. A bill to
incorporate the Wabash Railroad Co, was
passed lit was reconsidered on motion oil Mr..
Niblack, Of Daviess aud Martin, and again
passed, by "a TO IL.
la The House, on the same day. bill rela-
tive to the arrest Of fathers Of bastard children
was reported back with several amendments.
concurred in. and engrosscd. The Commit
tee on the State Bank reported against the
expediency OF disposing, at this time, OF the
interest that the State has in the State Banks
which was concurred in. A select committee
reported back bill providing for taking
another vote in Davicss county, relative TO a
county subscription in the Ohio and MississiP-
pi Railroad: which was passed 10 Il third read
ing. A bill was introduced by Mr.. Graft and
read once, relative to the jurisdiction Of the
corporation Of Princeton, in Gibson county.
In the Convention. yesterday, the Com
promise Grand Jury section, providing that
the Legislature to continue, abolish. or mod
ify the Grand Jury, passed, 95 to 90. The
section providing that Supreme Judges shall
be elected by the votes OF the whole State.
passed, SO TO 40. Two sections-one prov-
ding that Circuit Judges shall serve six years.
and the other that the Circuit Court shall be
composed ofonly one Judge. passed-iormer
Sc to So; latter: without the ayes and noes.--
The section providing that prosecuting attor-
MES are to be elected in each Circuit for two
years, and that they shall be elected in such
districts as may be prescribed by law, passed
&c to 63. Anti-suiifage for negroes, anti
imprisonment for debt, and anti-challenge
sections, enerossed the day previously, pass
cd without the ayes and noes. A resolution
offered by MIR. Owen was adopted, providing
for committee of one from each District to
prepare an Address to the people of the State
relative TO The main features ia the new Con.
stituiion, with the changes made from the
old. The debate OF Legal Reform was com.
mcnced.
So we see that the Convention are gradu.
ally adding 10 the proportions of the new
Institutional edifice. by laying one brick on
another in the shape Of new sections. 1t is to
be hoped that it will soon be up "on the
square, p" and ready to be rooted, cleaned o
ulI rubbish (?) and finished by the commit: e,
OH revisions &c. ready to receive the pain
ting OF approval by the architects and bull
ders. When this new structure is presented
to the people, its proportion, materials, Ca
pacity, &c. will be duly criticized, and either
dedicated to the service OF freedom and hap
piness, or condemned to demolition according
to its merits; provided, that the people are
not induced by its advocates TO adopt i, be.
cause Of its great cost, and the loss to the
State ifnot accepted. even if it don't exactly
suit them; against which sad result every
good patriot will ardenlly pray, for what i.
even $4,000, (and in our present condition
il is all immense sum- when compared Will
the evils ola bad fundamental law The
above argument Of economy will no doubt bt
made use OF by the friends OF The new Cons,i
tuition, should that instrument prove unpop
ular with the mass OF the people. But if ia,
instrument 10 not what it should be- such
specious argument should not be listened tt
for moment.
| Mr.. Lockhart's speech in favor ola Stat,
Bank, is published in this mornings Stat,
Journal" 1t will soon reach you. He com
msnced by an eloquent exordium, TO laud tn,
trainers OF the old Constitution, the State, III,
State Bank, &C., and made a good Speech
Here is a specimen: " In the brief period O
thirty-iour years our population has increas
ed from sixty thousand to million. How
rapid the change! How amazing the ad
vancement! Up to 1884 we progressed slow
ly but steadily. In that year the Legislator,
Incorporated the present State Bank From
; that period a brighter day dawned on Indi
J ana. From that time TO the present, on
growth and improvements have been extreme
f ~ rapid.
The Democrats, since the nouinc ton @
Gen. Lane, are anxious TO have him amor,
: them. So rs soon as he arrives at home
, please hurry hun up here TO please his friend.
They will rush HIM into glory in shor
order, no doubt.
; Among. many OF the Whigs, strong feel
ing for General Scott, the hero of Lundy
Lane, and hundred other fields Of gIor,
prevails, and you need not be surprised I
hear OLA demonstration before long, in his ia
vor. VIII, he is invincibIe in the field, an
will prove so in the arena Of politics.
Yours &C.,