The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1851-01-18
From Springfield.
corepondenee IF ,ie o,,a,a IRE 7sad.r
.li.nOi, Legislature.

'f1'NS L"t'F"-J-itle was done yesterday ia
either house, beyond the rcJdIug Of tie Go,er.
uors Message. The rules Of a,t session were
temporarily adopted in both houses tie clergy
Of the city were invited by both houses to omen
TIER meetings with praycr--sud in the house
l5,OOp, and IN the senate lO0CD copies were Ur-
dcred to he printed for distribution.
a resolution VIA, also adopted in the horzr,
which appears ia carry about 1t an "iu>iuuntian
Of some sort 1t reguire, the auditor to report
{" the house whether ANY, and if any. what mem
bers oi dhS house are IN arrears a. collector. ur
have any of the peoples money in their han,ls
that should be paid over
! his morning Gov. McMurtry announced the
Standing committees OF tie senate, a. follows,
TH5he RoaaS--Os burn Wynn, Grass, Ialuott,
Denny
Caral and C@,a2 2Lanas-Reddiyk, Plato, Judd,
Sweet, Stewart.
f'au,ce-lIatteson, Sweet, Stewart Plato,
Morrison
FvjI,e Aeco'mts aad EJpead,tvrcs-W Witt,
Stewart lted,lck, lalcutt, MORRISON
-HldaJy AfG'rS--H Hardy, Parker, Morrison,
Odm. W.T., OsLurn.
S.tmes md Soiine Lands--O Olam, Parker, Gil.
lespie, Denny WHIT.
Fotdions-Plat', KnykcnJall, Wallace, Wood,
Wynn.
F'Jiic B"Rlngs,-Stewart, Witt, Cloud, Grid
ley, Sweet
fe"ile"liary-Giilespie, Wood, Parker. Tai
colt, OIam
to,~ttes-porker, Knykendail, Davis, Denny,
Cloud
.heorporofionS-- Richmond, Gillespie, Judd
Wit Sweet
igfe'Htnre-Dayis, Reddick, Wood, Talcott,
Denny,
Lhotions-Wolacc, Wood Parker, 1alco,t Os.
born.
School Lama, and Edacatiou- Cloud. GILES
pie, Wynn, GruIey, Roun,rec
MtT"@ IDpToE oEeas0A--Ruuntrcc, kuykun.
doiL MNtteson, Gr!dIey, Wallace, Osborn, Stewart,
judd
Jt,i'c'drV--Judd, Gillespie Rountree, Plato,
Morrison, Wallace, Grd!ey, Davis, knykendall.
Atcr'ot igattu'-Deuny, Usborn, Grass,
Parker Odam
., .hstr,''cl0,ot-Wynn, Denny, Grass, lIattc.on,
Wood.
1oraship Orgaaisation-Sweet, Judd, Plato.
Grdlcy, Matte~on.
EHroAtcd BAS-knykendall, Parker
Dir. Judd presented the petition Of Hart l..
stewart and 1000 other citizens of fChcugo, pray.
inS the legislature to grant ,hc right Of way To
all railroad companies thet wish to construct rail
road, to Chicago. Nothing was said about deny.
mg charters To all other companies. He also Of
ierred JOINT resolution, instructng our senators,
%co to ask SIX months further suspension Of the
sale public lands in the vicinity of tie Central
Eall Road, which was adopted.
Mr.. Reddck introduced bill for the relief Of
the securities OF Wm, f. Armstrong. and Mr.
Gillespie bill empowering the Governor to EN-.
pIoy county surveyors 10 examine tie swamp
lands lying IN their respective counties belonging
to the national government All Of which bills
were twice read and referred.
Ia the house, several Letitons werc presented
praying the amendment of the township urginzn-
uon law, IN reference to which standing commit
tee has been raised in each house The law, so
Tar as opinions from all parts Of the state indicate,
seems everywhere To be popular with tho Ieop.c,
aud very unpopular with county officers
petition was also presented PRAYING the
change of the southern terminus of the Central
tal roadirom Cairo to Metropolis, Il city some 10
miles above the mouth of the Ohio The adyan-
tage' Of the proposed new terminus, arc that the
ground is high, and there is natural high and
dry ridge thence into the interior of the state.
There appear, 10 be a warm strife between the
southern members on this subject.
After the presentation Of surdrv other petitions
sans c.r0Hopis into pretty warm and interest
mg di,cTsslon of the merit, Of The Cairo Civ and
Great Western Railway Company charters. The
subject came before the house IN the shape of Il
communication from the Governor, transmitting
the ral,t-e to the state made Ly ilolnruul Of the
rshts to tie ccntraIra rail road lis lands, dc gran.
TED TO the Caro- city company by the legislature
OF ilimus, and ordered to be printed.
Mr. Caldwell at once introduced n ill for the
acceptance - the release and the unconditional
repeal If all the laws ot Illinois granting any
charter or rights To the Cairo City, or Great Wrs-
tern r'l road companies. The bill was read
hrst and second time and then Air. Caldwell NOV.
ed suspension of tho rules to read it I. third
time
Mir Singleton moved that the bill lie on tie Ia.
bic and bc printed.
Nr Caldwell was for third reading at once.
The main object OF this legislature was to accept
his release and lgisa,c in reference 10 the cen.
wl rail road; and he was for getting at this be-
lore combinations could be formed here for the dc.
out ct such ob.ccL Projects were on foot to
'wndtc tie state out Of the splendid grant mad =,
her, and give II TO corrupt company, an, he
thought II was peculiarly appropriate on Il ia dav
The SIN JANUARY, these projects shou' 4 be de.
eated. We had whipped the British once on this
Day, and he was for dong it again.
Mr Lander said he was not generally "o man
II sorrows and acquainted v.it, grief but there
were several things about this matter which sure
y troubled HIM. Heb, ,rved the charter 1913
granted tothe taIgo .ity Company, had been lur
'lcu, IN ls49 1t 0as revived aud the names Of
~ cNpp'R'"ts added to It; last winter "a release
u the charter Lad been Obtained from lloiIruuk
~ 'r' Don glass AID nov the question IS raised