The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1853-02-22
IsprArArolns, Feb. II 1859.

ISprANAPoLIs, Feb. II 1853.
All. SANDERS, Esq Dear Sir: You ask
swhr don't our Senator and Representative
xrite?' We'll the truth is that although the
legislature has been busily and incustriousy
ENGAGED during the whole session, the BUSH
ness has been chiefly Of a local niture and
report of it would have been uninteresting to
your readers. Furthermo-e e, if you had been
80 very DESTROYS oil having your readers Posted
il would have been an easy task Tor you 10
publish a summary of our proceedings from
the papers received bv you daily.* But as that
i, matter between you and v,'ur readers;
leave Won to settle it The business Of free
bankins has been the all absorbing topic for
weeks until to-day, the whole OF which was
consumed in the discussion Of n temperance
hill ON its second reading. During the after
n. on The lobby was entirely filled with ladies',
which of course afforded fine opportunity
for the bloods within the bar to distinguish
Themselves Amendment after amendment
was offered and voted down-lt least most of
,hem-when the bill was engrossed by
close vote The bill is, / believe, verbatim
cow of the one introduced last session by
Mr.. Owen Il is regarded as very stringent
| in its provisions and will meet with opposi-
| ton from many Of the friends OF temperance.
! However the vote upon it's engrossme mt is an
evidence If disposition TO pass bill in
some shape.
A bill passed the Senate yesterday amend
ling the tree banking law OF last session. 1t
re1u res bankers tn deposit with the Auditor
-h..pdred- and twelve dollars and lily
lars OF stock therein, &c. &c. This bSI viii
not pass our house. The select bank com
m;ttee of the house have a bill read IN rsnor.
tomorrow, requiring & teen per cent advance
10 be deposited with the Auditor. nd c,nf;,.
ing The stocks to those of the states of Ohio
Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee. New VII
Massachusetts, Virginia, and the Cover.
inert stocKs of the United States mn
wn'ch latter no advance is required. Were
IL not Tor the unreasonable advance re6u;,od
this bill would be acceptable TO bankers I'm,
their only chance is to deposit u. S. Govern.
n.ent xes which at one hundred and s;x,eer
tat the present time) would be some,b;pc
more than five per cent stocks.
The committee on Ways and Means fof
which the representative from sVanderb,r,,.
IS "a nember) reported general assessmen,
OIL to-day. One Gifts provisions subs,;,,,o.
me law OF fity-one, taxing railroads. for ,ha
' famous law passed last winter. of which |
you may have heard something last fall
o. s2erate fort will be made To- defeat H.,
portion OF the bill in the House. Lnt NTH
what success is doubtful. va"
a bill repealing that portion of the cb,..
OF th" Evansville and Illinois Rail R.,
company authorizing that companv 70 h,;II
road from Princeton to lneianap polls. is undo,
way ~ our House 1t is regarded as but an
act OF justice thrt We should surrender thai
P"'ne TO The citizens along the line. Who
are oesirous OF org 'nizlng under the oener,I
Au .oau law, and our ret4inng the rivbf tn
oei'a rival road would tend to iniure the sale
u ,neir bonds. Your representative will in.
rocuce Tomorrow bill amending in sever,I
aspects the charter above referred 70 ,na
hanging the name of the Evansville and :
! ,nois Rail Road Company to tina, of Evans
me ana trawfordsvIie Rail Road Go .
nu u more appropriate name.
j, cur ieIiow-cltzens, Judge Liw and Goo !;
~. ha'hbone, Esq, lett for hume to-day in
omPahy with .ssrs Wise and Ross of Vim :,
,m,, They all seemed to. be "toleralI, :
e ~, having had good time here. =
ne TRENDS OF free banking are much in. :
,,,ser 81 Tue senator from Vanderburlh and :,
vs,..,, 49,, us uhurlng efforts in behalf Of the :.
AMI .,;,,' mas iaoored faithfully, z.alous- :.
,,h N nm. opa eject, My duty, however. $,
&c ~ say' that SO far as he is conce,nnJ pes
';y .nang their harp, upon the wilIon BE, -, NJ
..1' P'f"y generally understood her. ,h, S
-. Soon be Knocked down 10 an accom "at nc
+ fascinating and beau fuI bdier frnm p E u,
ayne' at remuneraiing lrce. o'' d
w no sent me "The Shoe-M,kerr,
Flea excuse my breuity. Pc
Begging our Representatives pardon =,
stea Of that being an easy task, two o. ir,
rec experiments proved it to be an im,os III
We matter. We only get about three Daily ~
urnals week, and they generally come on for
e sane day, and We do not exchange with
Sentinel. We have found il impossible cr'
Keep ourseT posted up in the details of
sla'ion' much less to post our readers
'','oad City" keeps US informed of all the So
'm'"ens do'ngs of the Legislature, and as sal
pay MN good price for his correspop-
nee ana ne does his duty. there is no other :.
'er oetween US and our readers m co,ne wv
n with Legislative news.-(Ep Ion, ~.