The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-12-16
Correspondence of,he Lancaster Gazette.
CoLuMBus, December 10, 1852.

councils were sufficiently RULED to afford IN
finite sport to the aPpreciative humor OF the
lockers on. One was u resolution 10 expel
Medary from the ,ClerkshiP OF the House,
and the other was a proposition to author
ize the committee on the Penitentiary to in
ivestigate the affairs Of that institution
A herd of blood suckers, who have been
loaing about the streets Of the Capital since
the convocation of the General Assembly,
have pressed themselves upon Medary with
so much Importantly that that gentleman
was either compelled to suffer certain things
to be brought to light, which at this ~particui
lar crisis it was desirable should be conceal
ed, or else he was compelled to stop the hun
CRY mouths of the cheap creatures whose
presence has continually haunted his daily
walks and midnight dreams, like the horse
leeche's daughter, crying give, give,and who
would not down at his bidding. According
ly, a few dvys ago the Clerk asked the
House for authority to appoint an additional
force in his department, and in discussing
the necessity for the new appointments, it
transpired that a great part of the work be-
longing to last session had not yet been ex-
ecuted, nor even touched, notwithstanding
the extraordinary quantity of assistance"
history records the Clerk 10 have been ac-
commodated with at that time. The whole
journal of last winter has yet to be recorded,
and the question now occurring is a simple
one of Arithmetic, 'if fourteen Clerks can
not keep the business up during one session,
how many will it take to do the work of two
sessions in one! Such is the problem now
being cyphered out by the House of Repre-
sentatives. A resolution to expel Medary
was offered, and to-day indefinitely post
poned. Another branch Of the "Allen war;"
wherein the Medary men are again triumph-
ant. The basis of the resolution was placed
upon the memorial of Mr.. Keys, the printer,
who complains that the Clerk will not give
him copy. The clerk says he has no assist
ants to prepare copy and THIS attempts to CO.
cree the House into his support.
Something scumy has been done in the
Penitentiary. A resolution to investigate
offered offered by Mr.. Stowe, a Locofoco
from Trumbull, was bounced upon by the
leaders with the utmost ferocity, but the in
temperate behavior Of Dummock's friends in
duced honest people to believe that some
thing was wrong, and the Wings in con-
junction with many of the Locofocos, put
the resolution through. Look out for some
developments as soon as they report.
The Senate has spent the last two days in
committee OF the whole in matters of very
slight Importance. The committee yester-
day agreed to amend the tax law by striking
out the Five Hundrei dollar exemption
clause and inserting fifty dollars in lieu
thereof.
A bill to provide for the organization of
the General Assembly was discussed in the
House this afternoon. 1t is so constructed,
as to prevent if possible, the scenes enacted
some years ago, and surely every man will
be disposed to wish it the most abundant
success. ENcoTHNEs.
Columns, o., Dec, 10, 1852.
EoiroR OF THE GAZETTE Since the close
of the delectuble family disturbance in rela-
ton to the clerkship ofthe House of Repre-
scntatives, ia that body on Friday last, the
business OF Legislation has become some
what insipid. Nothing of great interest
has been done intIe Senate Stree my last OF
the 10th inst. That body held but a short
session on Saturday, and spent that princi-
paliy ia committee Ur the whole, on MIR.
Cradlebaugh's bill to regulate the issue OF
writs of replevin before Justices of the
Peace. A bill was introduced by Mr. ilib-
bon to authorize Railroads to change their
names, which was read the second time to-
day.
Mr.. Rich offered a series Of resolutions
bewai.ling tn scarcity ofspecie ia this State,
and charging the Banks with II variety ot
very naughty duings, by way of COLLISION
aad complicity-t, rob the people and in
str ucting the finance committee t. inquire
whether it would not be a very happy oe-
currence in democratic progress, il the
H. N L.. roc,rirtal {ror1 tho iSsun ,T hills /
ofa less denomination than FIVE dollars. A
resolution was passed (of course) to author
ize the Sergeant-at-arms TO employ an u.s.
sistant il he thought necessary. The as
sistant was forth with appointed; but what
his duties are | cannot iud out. That makes
five, exclusive of four or five lazy loungers
who claim to be messengers, but who ure
never seen except at night as they loaf a.
bout the ante-rooms great shoats, that are
disgracing themselves by a pursuit that might
confer genuine comfort and solid happiness
upon some one OF the poor little barefooted
orphans that may be found on any street in
the Capital City, and who would discarge
their duties with industry enough to make
them useful to their employers-which is in
~initely more than is now the case.
A bill to provide for the better Organiza-
ZION Vi tue Oldlt Treasury Nv vi 'hS ~
lection, safe keeping and disbursement ofthe
public monies, was introduced on Saturday
by Mr.. Atkinson. Its object is to compel
the State Treasurer to cease all connection
with Banking Institutions, and only pay out
gold and silver in the current expenditures
of the government. 1t is a very small expe-
dent Of a very small man, to vent his wrath
upon the Banks. 1t was read the second
time to-day.
The bill to provide for the organization of
the State Legislature passed the House on
Saturday. A bill by Mr.. Fisher to regu-
late descent AMI the division Of personal
estates was read the first time. The bill for
the organization of the Legislature is now
in the hands of the Senate committee on
the judiciary, and will probably be reported
back tomorrow.
The combat d~eepens upon the gradual ap-
proach OF the 9Th of January, and stormy
times are come upon the Icoofoco councils.
Medill is now ahead oil all the other csndi-
dates for Governor except the Miami chief,
and the Miami Grief towers above them all
"a grant among pigmies.
Mr.. L. G. Dial, of Clark, is announced for
Secretary of State. There is a good deal of
feeling among the Locofocos here in favor
orr. A Harrison as a candidate for Attorney
Npnnsl M. IIn.-H = f. Al-l.--.'