The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-01-13
Correspondence oTtLc lancaster 6 lacttc,
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EDiTo. OF THE GAzgTrs:-UpI 10 the DAY
or two last past. the psueiiy of members in
attendance upon the sessions Of the Lsais
latOre has efeeIually excused that body
4 from all attempts at business. Before Christ.
mas proposition wbs made to adjourn over
until after New Years. buIthe economically
! disposed locOfocos who would make no snch
prostitution The peoples time and money
were for once determined to make out y pre-
cedent, the example Of which should FOR III
future time be terror to Legislative va
grants. The movement was therefore
promptly suppressed and ON the fuliowing
day the men who bad suppressed il were
comfortably snoOzing in the ears some fihy
or hundred miles away. OsteRsibly the
/ Legislature has been in session sll the " bile
/ practically ii adjourned on the 22d inst.
I The ruants are now principally all back To
! their old quarters, but the steamboat con-
sprney case now on trial here so much en-
cages the attention Of the lawyers that it is
almost impossible tD preserve n eHorum.-
T. Yesterday, in the Senate, a bill similar TO
the Maine liquor law was laid upon the ta-
Bile. The committee Of the whole consider
ed the bill concerning divorce and almony
but has as yet cUme to no conclusion. Much
time has been consumed in discussing an
amendment submitted to this bill by Mr..
Wilson. which authorizes the granting of d.
lvoTees in cases OF confirmed aud pro,raeted
INSANITY. The question has not yet been
taken on this amendment, but it is thought
that ii cannot prevail. A resolution TO I'D
ijourn sine die on the first Monday in Februa-
ry was offered by your Senator, Mr.. Smith,
and laid on the table without u dissenting
voice.
Yesterday, Mr. Taylor introduced a bill
supplementary 10 an act, providing for the
punishment Of crimes, pussed March 18th,
1885
Mr Rice, bill supplementary to an act,
TO provide for the creation and regulation OF
incorporated companies, in the State Of Ohio,
passed May lst, 1852.
Mr.. Hawkins, bill authorizing Railroad
Companies to 50 construct their bridges as
|, to accommodate other travel, and to charge
! toll thereon.
Mr.. Ferguson, bill supplementary to Or
act, for the maintenance and support of H.
> legitimate children, passed February I'd
1851.
On Monday, the House passed the bill t.
amend the act creating the Office Of County
Surveyor and the bill fixing the times o
holding the courts OF common pleas in thu
4th and 9th districts. A great part Of yes
terday was spent in debating a resolution L
authorize the Board OF Public Works to con
struct cuvert up in Auglaize county. bu
: the House was not able to agree upon it ant
: it was crowded out at last by privilege
: question.
The Martha Washington conspiracy cast
goes on with unabated interest. The prin
cipal witnesses for the prosecution havt
:, been examined and are said To have estab
J lished some circumstances that stand sorel,
in need of explanation. Yesterday was
e great day. Mr.. Stanbery proposed TO prov
the whole complication by the revelations
both oral and written, Of Mr.. Filley Gone c
2 the conspirators since deceased) 10 his Faith
5 er. The ladmissibility of this evidence CAV
rise to long debate, which continued thro
the whole of yesterday between Messrs
Ware and Stanbery for and Messrs. Pendle
ton, Morehead and Swayne against it, Mr.
Stanbery is universally aPplauded for tn
: coolness and ability with which he manage
the case and attracts vast crowds 10 hea
, him.
The city is filling with delegates TO tn
D respective Conventions, Temperance, Loco
q foco and Free Soil, which meet here with
d few days, and the wires are growing ho
with the incessant pulling Of the expectant;
: Manypcnny is thought to be the present IA
e ynrite. EACoTHHEs.