The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-03-17
Correspondence oflhe Lancaster Gozct,e !
-. - CoLuMnrs. Mnrch 0 l8.2.

I OF ordinary business that makes the Lrgis-
latnTe 50 prosy and tirrsOme a place, we have
for the last twO or thee DAYS enioyed the
luxury Of happy aud weI-liuled variety.
Saturday last, ihe Honorable gentlemen
assembled here 10 represent the wisdom and
sobr.ety, no less than the seniimrnis and
the Interests VI the People Of the State,
were stirred up TO healthy excitement OF
the blood by a very creditdble and cousist-
ent transaction which, il iheir fame is not
already well established, is sufficient ri least
TO place their character above the suspicion
Of being tame. Dir. Barnum, the LocolocO
member Of the House from Cleveland, is
little the worse for the affair, but what is
the comfort and safety Of single member of
the Housc-and especially Of this House
to the Just and well deserved fame Of the
whole body of LOcOfocos Tor being the most
notorious asses aud the grandcst rufiians
that have ever miracuiously congregated at
the Capital. At about lpast ten o'clock
of Saturday morning, in the midst Of the
morning business, while the ordinary course
Of events was regularly trau-piring, Mr..
) NJ. II. -Medary, the Clerk of the House, cody
took up a bludgeOn and Knocked Mr. Baruuin
down just in front OF the Clork'- desk The
liltl ''muss" that ensued was allowed duly
: TO abGtc and at noon resolution was adopt
ed ordering the clerk under arrest and aD-
pointing a committee to investigate the
: contempt. On Monday night, after 10,
borious examination the committee reported
. whitewashinT eXtenUatioD OF Mr Mcd8ry .
offence. The Miami..Tribe which has eleven
adhercuts in the House and Of whom the
clerk was u particular pet moved heaven and
p earth 10 screen him, but it would not do
& l.. .ss L. 4
. "a vote OF 81 to Il and new Clerk (Nr.Shci
: field Of Henry county, was elected. sub
. was the citing CONCLUSION ofthat rule Of leg
islalve dignity that tolerated without re
: buke the renowned war o. the sand boxes
h Such is the fallen dignity Of the Ohio Leg
. slature! ..-.... ......... .....
j. The Senate has agreed to the amendments
/. of the House 10 the School Bill except tha
d striking out the Dictionary ause." This
y the Senate refused to concur 10 and it will
i probably be- u matter of great difficulty II
n bring the two Houses together on that sub
# ject. Both Houses have compromised OF
J.. the bill for the publication OF the laws il
: newspapers, by inserting sixty cents pc
n thousand ems the price OF composition.
II The "Crow Bar Bill' has passed the HOUSE
% and been read twice in the Senate. 1t vii
n T.
has introduced series of resolutions 10 eX
punge from the journals the resolutions Il
n dopted in the winter of 1913, approving O
II aud endorsing the course OF Hon. Thoma
- Corwin in relation to the war with Mexico
e The resolutions were taken up yesterda!
Is and briefly discussed, but the Senate ad
l. iourned without taking the question. Bu
u, little interest is taken in their success an
IL,
VI The Temperance bill was discussed in th
u Senate last night, and after variety odds
ut graceful suhtcrluges the subject was avoid
ID ed and at hall past ten O'Clock the Senat
Il adjourned. ENcOTHNEs.
a. lMaRlsoNMENT. OF a ,CIrIzRN OF GEoEGI
, IN BREMEN. - The Sayaunai RepublicaI
y states that Mr.. Conrad Schmidt: of that city
o' went to Bremen some months ago Oh Wis
/ it t. his relations in Hanover, with a rrgula
v, passport from the State Department q
,5 Washington, On the 24lh Of January las
while yet in Drcmen, he was arrested b
=, the Bremen police on the reqnsition of
ct Hanovcran magistrate for military servic
m due Hanover in 1871, and thrown into pri,
he on. Our energetic consul in Bremen .Ralp
! King, Esq. Immediately applied to Senate
- Obus, the director of the Bremen police, f
IL his release, on the plain ground that he wa
guilty of no wrong, and that he was cit
zen of the United States, entitled to I'll
a. protection of his government. Senator o
,s. bus, after hearing the case, decided that
must remain in prison. blr. King the
ie made written demand for his immediate d!
he charge. The answer to this demand was
ne reference to the Hanoveran Governmeu
or- to which Mr.. Schmidt was to be dciivere
III. King then addressed a letter to Il
~ chief Burgermeister OF Bremen requiriI
IN his discharge, alleging that he had nothiI
az 10 20 with Hanover, and that the Cover
,re neut ol Bremen would be held responsib
bv the United states This communicate,
had no effect; whcreupon the consul regcrr
o! the whole matter to Mr.. Barnard, ourdni
he lister in Berlin.
his Mr.. Barnard sent strong and convir
a. inI statement to Bremen, in which he mai
taincd that Schmidt was in Bremen as T,
'o eigner; that no third power could questi
ard ii and that Bremen was bound to prote
him against the demand Of Hanover. FL
titled with the document, Mr.. King aga
fbel demanded the enlargement of Schmidt, g
.,siing the Senate until 4 O'Clock, p. NJ,
u the following day, to make up their decisc
all This brought Schmidt out of prison, at!
ely being detained there FIVE days. His frien
,ct- had previously offered to bail him out, b
y. this was refused unless they would bi
- themselves for his appearance to answer
LIN fore the Hanoverian authorities.
lies What renders this arrest more provokl
ody is that Schmidt had witnesses to prove til
mo he owed no services To Hanover; that
left that Kingdom in 1899, and had ne'
been in the Hanoverun army. While
e is was in prison another United Estates citIz
in was pursued in Hanover with the Brem
IT q police after him. He escaped, however, a
aao had appeared with impunty in Bremen.
New YoRk ASSAY OrFIcE.-It is saidt
principal operation of the new law passed
Congress, to establish an assay office in N
'sn York, will be to substitute barsOr ingots
lied the value OF 800, $500 or $1,000 for lar
ties, portions of the coin held by the banks a
nia. by the sub-trcasury. According {" rect
reports published in the papers of that ci
on the Sd inst, portion ot the banks n
an hold $4,000 coo in coin 70 these u
ers, be added SIG, 100000 more lor those I
the have not reported, and $4,000, 600 in
his sub treasury, making an aggregate Of sey
~ ty-fve millions of dollars. The aggrcg
inc goId coinage of the United States since
the establishment of the mint has been ab
Ient So45 O0O, 200, more,than one-third Of VII
must have gone abroad, o.be recoine,
q gain in England, France and other CO
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