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The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-03-17
Washington, March II.

SENATE.-Mr. Roe presented the creden-
tials Of Waller Brooks. Senator elect from
Mississippi, who appeared, was sworn in
and took his seat.
Mr.. Stewards resolution to pay the ex-
pesos of reception Of Kossu!h at the capital,
provided they did not exceed $4,000, taken
up and debated.
Mr., Mason objected to the resolution be-
cause it appropriated the contigent funds,
and said the payment should be provided
for BY . JOINT resolution appropriating the
amount.
MIR. Badger said the House had nothing
to do with the reception, and hat he thought
the present form Of the resolution was most
suitable.
HoUsE.-A motion made by Mr.. Stanly
yesterday 70 close TIE debate on the Home
stead Bill at three o'clock to-day was, on
motion Of Mr.. johnson, laid on the table by
= vote Of i2i yeas t0 30 nays.
Mr.. Ficklin moved The p-ostponemcnt Of
the bill from tomorrow until Tuesday week,
20 thatthe deficiency bin might be taken up,
which was unanimously agreed to.
The House then went into Committee o
he Whole on the Homestead bill.
Marshall said he should fail to represent
the people of California did he not reply il L
he speech Of Mr. Breckenridge On this bill
IS well as to tbs attacks Of M. Douglass
Adjourned.
The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-03-17
mo. 1871

AN ACT to amend the act entitled an
act to amend the act creating the Com
mercial Court of Cincinnati, passed
March ED, 1867
SEC. /. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Ohio, That there
shall be a term of a commercial court of
CINCINNATI, commencing on the first Mon
day of April next, and a term of said
court commencing on the first Mon
day of July next; Provided, that said
July term shall not continue beyond the
nineteenth day of said month and all
process issued out of said court, return
able to the next May term, and all Motif
cations to appear at said term, shall be
considered as if originally made to the
April term herein provided. The first
section of the act, to amend the act Gre
ating the commercial court of Cincinnati,
passed March 22d, 1850, which reads as
follows: That hereafter there shall be a
term Of the commercial court of Cincin-
natl, to on the first Monday of
May in each year, and so much of the act
establishing the said court passed Febru-
airy 4th, 1848, as requires it to hold terms
on the first Monday of April, and the first
Monday of July in each year, be and the
same is repealed is hereby repealed.
JAMES G. JOHNSON,
Speaker of the House Of Representatives.
AARON PARDEE,
President of the Senate, pro tempore.
February l8, 1859.
The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-03-17

sEEArE.--Mr. Borland made a speech in
favor of the Ohio Railroad bill; after which
a personable explanation took place between
Messrs. Stockton and Seward, concerning
the rema ks Of the latter gentleman in allu-
sion to the former presiding at the Congress
sional Banquet on Washington's birth day
as Senator, Commodore, and General, &c.
Mr.. Seward denied any intention to wound
the feelings of Mr.. Stockton, &c. Adjourn
ed.
HoUsE.-The House went into committee
of the whole on the homestead bill.
Mr.. Richardson, of illinois, made aspeech
in favor of the bill, and MesSrs. Douglass
and Breckenridge against it. Adjourned.
The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-03-17

February II.
S~ESAJE.-The most important business
done in the Senate this morning, was the
adoption Of resolutions relative to the agency
Of John ~. Allen in procuring lands from
Congress.
HousEr--The bill fixing the compensation
Of executive officers, Judges, DC, was before
H.. House last evening. The amendment
striking out W, ZOO as the salary of Govern
Or and inserting $1,000, brought out sever
al very able speeches.
Mr.. Haley introduced a temperance bill
differing very materially from anything of
the kind heretofore brought forward, The
authority vested by the constitution in the
Legislatu e, is delegated by this bill to towp-
ship trustees, municipal authorities, and
countF commissioners. Whenever the trus-
tees Of a ma ority Of townships in any county
shall determine upon any ordinance rcgula-
ting the sale Of liquors, it shall be the duty
of the ccpimlssioners To submit such ordi-
nance n ylh!e vote Of the qualified electors d
the coppy fr adoption y rejection. Il
adopted. Vie final concurrence Of the com'
missionefs y required before il can be made
alaw. In tie preliminary action, an incor
porated city is to be estimated as one Gown
ship, The City Copncil l~oatin the mannei
d township trustees.
The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-03-17

ETERNrrY.-A western clergyman, in
one ofhissermons exclaimed to his hearers:
Eternity! why don't you know the mean
ing Of that word? nor / neither, hardly
1t is for ever and ever, and FIVE or six
centuries a top of that. You might place
a row of figures from here to sunset, and
CIPHER them up, and it would not begin
to tell how many ages long eternity is.
Why, my friends, after millions and tril-
lions Of years have rolled into eternity, it
would be . hundred thousand years until
breakfast
The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-03-17
mo. 1871
AN ACT,

To provide for the appointment of the
Register of Virginia Military district
school lands.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the Cen
eral Assembly of the State of Ohio, That
from and after the passage of this act, the
manner of appointing the Register of the
Virginia Military district school land, pro-
vided for by the first section of an act en-
titled, can act directing in what manner
certain lands granted by Congress for the
use of schools in the Virginia Military
tract, shall be surveyed and disposed of,
passed Feb. II, 18U9," shall be by the
Governor, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate which Register,
when SO appointed, shall hold his office
for the term of two years, and until his
successor shall be appointed and qualified;
and shall be governed in all respects by
the laws now in force regulating the man
agement and sale of said land, and be Ii
able to all the restrictions, and subject to
all the penalties, now in force upon that
subject.
SEC. 2. Should a vacancy happen in
said Office of Register, by death, resigaa-
ton, or otherwise, during the recess Of the
General Assembly, it shall be the duty of
the Governor to appoint some person to
ill such vacancy, which appointment shall
not extend beyond the adj urnment Of the
next General Assembly thereafter.
JAMES G JOHNSON.
Sppakerof the House of Representatives,
AARON PARDEE,
President of the Senate, pro tempore,
February 22, 1852.
The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-03-17
OHIO LEGISLATURE.
Columbus. March G.

Columbus. March c.
HoUsE.-Nr. Cockerill's bill regulating
he fees of witnesses in civil and criminal
eases, passed the House ibis morning.
This is a measure in which every citizen
Of the State has an interest, and il viii. no
doubt soon be a law. The bill in its present
shape. provides that mileage shall be allow
ed witnesses, in addition to their present
e~ompsnSAiOn. at the rate of FIVE cents per
mil fOEsny distance over three miles, Fheth-
er MP cpt Of the county IN which trial is
had.
Mr., Means has introduced a resolution
calling for the correspondence touching the
validity Of the law authorizing Free Bank
ing,
The House went into committee on the
Tax Bill. Before progressing very far. Mr.,
Casad made a motion that the committee
rise. The motion, at such a time, cop d
have been dictated by no earthly motive,
save that of a settled determination 10 EN-
barrass and impede the progress of legisla-
ton IN every possible way, a motive which
the nature Of the bin only made the more
transparent. Mr.. Means cou Id not forego
the opportunity of charging home the fact
upon Mr.. Casad and his political friends,
which he did n a manner they will not soon
forget. i was a ''ten shike." A bomb
thrown into the midst of Il group of Wing
Mexican 9nerillas, engaged in the pleasant
duty Of listening to the reading OF one of
Tom Corwin's laid and comfort" speeches,
could not have produced much more CON
sternation. Mr., Means said he was very well
aware that It was the most earnest pray sr
Of the gentleman from Logan, (if, indeed.
he ever prayed, J and Of all of his "kith and
KIM" that the public interest should suffer,
in order that the evil might be laid at the
door of a Democratic Legislature. This
was a 'consumation d%eyoutly to be wished
for" by Whiggery.
Every member upon the floor was con
sclous that this was true to the letter.
The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-03-17
Congressional Proceedings.
Washington, March 6.

Washington, March 6.
The Senate was not in session.
HoUsE-Mr. Beale, of Virginia, obtained
leave to give an explanation in regard to a
certain debate yesterday.
, Amessage was received from the Presi-
dent, transmitting from the Treasury De-
partmcnt Il statement of the accounts Of
Prosper NJ. Wetmore.
The Senate bill for selling land granted
to Kentucky by Congress, for the Asylum
for the Deaf and Dumb, was passed.
The House went into Committe of the
Whole on the Homestead bill.
Mr.. Davis of Mass, commenced a speech
in reply to Mr.. Rantoul.
Mr.. Campbell resumed his remarks.
Mr.. Sebastian followed.
The debate was protracted TO a late hour
when the House adjourned.
The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-03-17
February Is.

SEEArE.-After the presentation of pcti-
tons, the bill regulating the fees Of wines
SEES in civil and criminal cases was passed.
The time of the Senate, from ten until twelve
o'clock, was occapied by the reading of two
very long bills, wheni it adjourned.
HousE.-The bill creating Examining
Courts, is now a law, 1t constitutes Pro-
bate Courts as such. In counties where
Criminal Courts are established, they have
concurrent jurisdiction. Statesman.
The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-03-17

SENArE.-Mr. Glark's on-intervention res
o~lutions were taken up, on which Mr.. Seward
is making a set speech.
HousE.-The bill granting public lands
and the right of way to Alabama forthc con-
stFuctions of a railroad, was taken up and
debated, and again laid over.
The House then went into Committee Of
the Whole on the Homesteadbill and anoth-
er debate ensued, in which the claims of
candidates for the Presidency were canvass
ed.
The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-03-17
February O.

February Q.
SENkTR-On yesterday afternoon, after a
long debate on the propriety, expediency,
and necessity of rccommitting the Tax bill to
q select committee, for the purpose of ma
king it accord with the ideas of those who
differed with the Finance Committee, the
bill was recommitted.
Bills were introduced by Mr.. Paldee, and
read the first time, to secure more efectuallv
the privilege of the writ Of Habeas Corpus,
and to define and punish kidnapping.
Mr.. Convey introduced a bill to amend the
Probate Court Bill which was passed on The
25th ult.
Mr.. Wilson also introduced Il bill to make
a temporary appropriation for the State bull,
dings, and for the expense of providing rooms
for the meeting of the Legislature.
HousE.-The Judiciary Committee has
been industriously engaged in maturing re.
ports, quite a numbei of which were acted
upon by the House this morning.
Several bills reported back ty. the com
Imiltee, Fere Passed.
The Committee on Fees and Salaries have
recommended that the salaries of Secretary
Of State, and Judges Of Common Pleas, b.
increased seyerally to 81, 800.
The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-03-17
ns+Dialogue between young Hopeful an

EE-Dialogue between young Hopeful and
his grand father, in which the youngster
gives the old gentleman good advice:
Hopeful-Have a weed grandpa?
Grandpa-A what, sir?
Hopeful-A weed, a cigar, you know.
Grandpa-Certainly not, sir, I never smo-
ked in my life.
Hopeful-Ah, then | wouldn't advise you
to begin.
The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-03-17
SECOND DISPATCH.
Later from the Rio Grande--Re-
pulse Of Carvaial.
New ORLEANS, Marc.

New ORLEANS, March 7.
The steamer Fanny has arrived from the
Brazos, bringing very contradictory state
ments of Carvajal's movements.
The American Consul had received infor-
nation which was probably correct, that
Carvajal had attacked Camargo, but had
been repulsed and obliged to retreat, with
the loss Of his artillery and ammunition. Car
vaial had about 500 men with him.
The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-03-17
4 mo. al
AN ACT limiting the power of certain
MunicipuI no.aorotinn

TN HOL THIuHS VIB P0|UF u SDTVaIIF
Municipal Corporations.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Ohio, That
wherever, by the charter of any incorpo-
rated town or city in this State contain
ing more than twenty thousand inhabit-
ants, authority is conferred upon the
town or city council thereof, to alter the
number or boundaries of the wards or
election districts therein, no such power
shall be exercised prior to the passage of
a general law, providing for the organiza-
ton and government Of such townIor city.
JAMES @ JOHNSON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
AARON PARDEE,
President, pro tenn, of the Senate,
March I, 1859.
The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-03-17
mo. 1871
AN ACT,

To repeal an act passed March 10Th, 1850,
supplementary to the act entitled an act
for the protection of Sheep, passed
March 10, 1850.
SECTION 1. Be 1t enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the
act passed March 10th, 1850, supplement
tary to the act entitled an act for the pro-
lection of Sheep, passed March, 1850, be
and the same is hereby repealed.
JAMES G. JOHNSON,
Sneaker of the House of Representatives.
AARON PARDEE,
President of the Senate, pro tempore.
February 81, 1882.
The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-03-17
mo. 15.l

AN ACT Defining The Powers and Pres
cribing the Duties of the Board of Pub
lie Works.
SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the
term of Office of the members Of the
board of Public Works, elected on the
second Tuesday Of October last. shall
commence on the sixteenth day Of Febru-
airy, one thousand eight hundred and fifty
two; and said members shall hold their
The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-03-17

GT"Poor old General Debility" said
Mrs, Darlington, cit is surprisingly he lives and
what sympathy he e~xcites; the papers are full
Of remedies for him :
The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-03-17

&#H FA4 s".. ~ udi1 w.
iiousE.-Last evening the Auditor of State
transmitted the written opinion of the At
torney General upon the law authorizing
Free Banking which was ordered to be
printed. We understand that be takes
ground against the validity Of the law in
question. The opinion will soon be pub
lished.
The House bas taken steps toward merg-
ing the Senate and House Tax Bills into one
bill.
The bill to establish the Board of Sinking
Fund Commissioners passed this morning,
with the title amended. House also passed
the bill allowing Judges to arrange docket
BUSINESS ~ vacation as well as during term.
The House was in committee for some
time, this morning on the Temperance Bill.
The remonstrances against the Maine law
this morning, considerably exceed the mum
Der of petitions for it.
The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-03-17

February, March IL.
sEsATE-After the presentation Of pet.
lions. slBe Senate look up the nominations d
the Governor Cor the Office of Commission
efs % revise the practice and pleadings d
tile Courts.
Hon. VIM. Kcnnoao Of Belmont. Hon. VIM
&. Groesbess Of Hamilton and Dan iei.
The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-03-17

CoNJueAL AFFEcrIoS.-A woman went
into an apothecary's shop the other day.
with two prescriptions, one for her hus-
band and the other for her Gov. She in
quired what was the price Of them, and
the apothecary replied it was so much for
the man and SO much for the beast. The
woman finding that she had not enough
money, reflected for . moment. and said,
sGive me, at all events. the medicine for
thecow; / can send for my husbands 70
morrow,
The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-03-17
Cheap Railroad Iron.

The Erie Railroad Company have lately
purchased, to aid in a double track, six
thousand tons of railroad iron at fortT-five
dollars per ton, payable in stock, at its par
value. This amounts to two hundred and
seventy thousand dollars.
Here is the secret of so much foreign iron
being purchased for railroads in this country
to the great chagrin of the tariff protection
ists-the iron exchanged for the stock Of the
roads, a kind o~ftrafic which our home man
u~facturers don't engage in.--Cia. Eng.
The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-03-17

/ certify the above to be a correct copy
as published by the Secretary of State in
the Ohio State Journal.
r. K. PRICE, Auditor II. @.
Daily American telegraph., 1852-06-19
AFFAIR. I'm Georgetown.

GEoRaETowN, June 1912 m.
On last Sunday man was found dead on tne
farm Of Mr.. Mosher, in Montgomery county,
MARYLAND. From the purified condition in which
the body was when found, it is supposed that he
had been dead some eight or ten days. coro-
ner's inquest was held over the body, and post
mortem examination made by Dr. Harding.
From all the facts before them, the jury were of
the opinion that his death was caused by intern
perance. 1t is thought he was an Irishman, by
the name of Moran.
The supply of beef cattle and other stock was
good. Beef cattle were selling at $350@$4. l24
per 100 lbs. gross lambs, $l.872 @$2.25 per
head old sheep, $2@$3; pork, 1926.
The Rev. Thomas Sewall will preach in the
Georgetown market-house tomorrow afternoon,
at o'clock. ELECTRO.
Daily American telegraph., 1852-06-19
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and attractive stock of READT-MADE CLOTHING,
which will be found to embrace the largest latest and best
assortment offered In Washington and for eheapness
STYLE and elegance equal it. Therefore to
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BOYS CLOTHING Of all kinds and in the greatest
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1OUSEKEEPERS will find a good assortment of all kinds
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Daily American telegraph., 1852-06-19

Ddy- Asparagus is just now in its perfeeuon
; and the following recipe to prepare ~ ior .n'
table, with baked eggs, is seasonaple ou
twenty heads Of asparagus into small pieces boi
them fifteen minutes, put them ili'o 0'." pai
with half an ounce of butter, SET 'heii On 'ne hr'
. for three minutes, season with httle pepper
oolt ord suoar. when done, put them in the dish
~ wish n serve them in, break six eggs care
s,l,v over sprinkle salt and pepper over, and put
the dish in the oven till the eggs are set.
nrss- IT'S better to have loved and lost, than
never to have loved at all.
Dsg~ The population of France is 35,7Sl, 1921
persons.
B6y- In view of the newman system OF nomi-
mating, conventions may be called systems of
Misrepresentation
Neg Much sickness from cholera and ship
fever is still reported on the Mississippi river,
among emigrants from New Orleans.
Bas~ George Gibson, late constable of Youngs-
instant, in consequence of some family difficulties
He was addicted to drinking
Bss~ A daily paper is about to be established
in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, by a company
of practical printers tbs to be called the Morn
ing Chronicles daily independent newspaper.
Bsss~ 1t is said there is young lady in Alex
andria, Kentucky, yet in her teens, who weighs
near 800 pounds, and possesses strength and
activity equal to her weight. ....
BsE" 1t is said that the aggregate cost of the
new buildings, finished and to be finished, in
Broadway, during the present year, will exceed
two millions of dollars.
Bsa5~ Several meetings have been held in Mans.
field, Mass, to take into consideration the pro-
priety of forming company to move to Oregon
Territory, to take up with the government Offer
of land to actual settlers.
Bas- While the American historian, Mr. Geo
Bancroft, was addressing the ratification meeting
| in New York, he was perpetually sauted will
cries of - Go it, old fogy!" Shut sup specta-
cles ~ and similar refnements of speech from the
Tammany boys.
Ia The culture of wheat as general thing,
was introduced into Alabama only ten years ago.
and no crop, not even corn, has proved uniformly
more certain and satisfactory. So certain, in
deed, has the crop been considered, that the cul-
ture has rapidly extended during the last four OF
five wears
Daily American telegraph., 1852-06-19
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