The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-12-23

Correspondence OF the Lancaster Gazette.]
COLUMBUS, Dec. Is, 1852.
EDITOR OF THE G~AzETTE:-If the people
of Ohio fully comprehendcd the method by
which legislative business is transacted,
they would not be astonished that so much
time Is annually consumed and 50 little real
work effected in that department ofthe pub
lie service. The one bears no proportion to
the other. Such is the rule Of parliament
tary proceeding established by long prescrip-
| ton, that almost unlike every other pursuit,
the time consumed and indeed the mere phys
ical labor undergone, is no measure whateV-
err of the results accomplished. DR.. John
ston tells us about q certain country gentle
man who held all the town meetings OF his
county in perpetual terror by the torrent OF
words which he was ever ready to pour out
upon every subject and upon every occasion.
No business could be done for his declama-
ton. To any one, a stranger, looking
into the Ohio Legislature it would seem as
if a generation Of these intolerabie pests
had sprung up suddenly among us-ingens
petebat tellus-and as il by some miraculous
coincidence they had all turned up at once
in the General Assembly of Ohio, No bu-
siness can be done for their defamation
and yet although they do nothing, they can
not be charged with idleness, for decFana-
ton is hard work-hard alike con him that
gives and him that takes''--and no man ac-
customed to the quiet avocations OF life
could sit in either branch a single day with
out plying from his heart the poor victims
ofsuch horrible and merciless infections.
The Senate spent the greater part OF
Thursday in committee Of the whole on the
bill to amend the tax law. The subject dis
cussed in the committee was a clause exempt
ing fifty dollars from taxation. The old law
YOU will remember exempts two hundred dol
lars. The object of this bill was to repeal
that clause. 1t W as discussed sometime ago
(every thing is done twice)in the Senate$5O
was fixed upon as the proper mount. That
vote was reconsidered and after a long, wea-
risome and wordy debate, "6fty" was strick-
en- out and "seVensy" inserted. The bill
was then referred to the finance committee.
It will probably pass in its present shape
The House discussed an amendment made
by the Senate to the bill for the orgaaiza-
ton Of the Legislature. The amendment
was to cut of the per diem Of members when
absent without an excuse. The motion to
strike out was lost and the provision stands
so. The two branches could not agree as
to whether a majority or plurality should
elect the officers of the respective Houses
ard a committee Of conference was appoint
ed.
A bill limiting the fees Of county Treas
rers in the collection of school funds to one
Nor c,rt passed the Senate yesterday. The
Xii N re,,. late actions of replevin before
Justices Of the Pesce was also passed. Ihi.
bill provides that where 10 properly Is iouht
in an action of replevin, itmay He ciSnse'
into an action of trover without the necossi-
tv Of recommending the suit anew Mr..
Riddle introduced a preamble and resolutions
yesterday, instructing the Ohio delegation in
Congress to support the bill introduced du-
ring the late session, by Mr.. Stanley Of
North Carolina, for the promotion of African
fourth instalment Of the surplus revenue be.
4 longing to the seyeral States TO chat purpose
and to'secure the recognition Of the inde-
pendence of Liberia by the United States
The amount belonging to Ohio is .$33;455'
a. 100. The resolutions were laid upon the
table and ordered to be printed.
The House spent yesterday afternoon in
committee of the whole on the bill to provide
for the safe keeping of the Legislative Jour
nails, but did nothing Of Importance. Bres'
Inns reply to- the sinking fund commission
ers made it's appearance to-day. 1t is short
but pithy, andis regarded as an ample vindi'
cation Of his course in relation to the pay
ment of the interest onsthe public debt a.
gainst the charges of his hostile and disup'
pointed colleagues. The Treasurer suggests
relative to the imputation of, his having held
illicit intercourse with the banks, that a lit
tie Lno,cledge of the ordinary process of trans
acting business would sometimes save people
the trouble of making themselves ridiculous!
Rather personal. EEcorHEEs.
WHAT PLANK RoApsDo.-The Fayette-