The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-02-16
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tn LEeIsLATURE.-SEsArE,-- Mon day
Morning.-But little business Of interest
was transacted in the Senate this forenoon.
The bill fixing the time of holding courts in
the 4ih judicial circuit came back from the
House, with amendments, which were a.
greed to, anditi is now a law.
The free bank bill was read in committee
of the whole, and reported back, and refer
red to a special committee.
A motion was made 10 reconsider the vote
'ot Saturday, by which the billto allow the
people Of Noble county to vote on the ques-
ton of the location Of their county seat, was
lost. This gave rise to a debate Of some
length in which the reasons for and against
the measure we're discussed.
By a vote of 10 to 10 the Senate refused
to reconsider the vote Of Saturday, and SO
the removal question is killed for the pres
ent session.
The Senate then took a recess.
HoUsE.-A bill to fxthe time for holding
the Courts in the Sd Judiciary District was
passed.
Mr.. Van Hook from the Standing Com
mittee on Public Works made a report a.
gainst the proposition to sell the same to
the highest bidder. The report is lengthy
and bases it's argument upon two PROPOSE
lions, LIST that they would no, sell for a sum
that wouldtbe equivalent to the income TO
be derived from these works. I'd that if
these works were in the hands OF private
companies, they might form combinations
with railroad companies and put up the
price of freight to the great detriment of the
producers of the State. 1t was stated that
the average net receipts for the last ten
years have been about $3sO,OOO, and they
think it will be at least equal to that sum du-
ring the ensuing ten years.
Upon inquiry-of Gen. Eckley,it was found
that the bill upon which the report purport-
ed to be founded was yet in committee of the
whole.
Mr.. Van Hook was sure that the bill had
been referred to the committee, but as the
record was against him he asked leave to
withdraw the report. Agreedtto.
The committee on Salaries reported that
the Treasurer of Hamilton county received
$40, 600 fees, yearly, and that other county
officers received enormous salaries. They
recommend thatthe maximum Offices should
be $4,000.
A resolution asking an amendmentsof the
TI.;toJ Gtafas COpctttufinp on that tho IA
preme Court Judges shall be elected by the
people, and hold their offices only eight
years, was passed almost unanimously, only
five votes in the negative, Recess.
The FUTURE TR TRANSFORMATIONS OF U. S.
MAILS ON RAILRoADs,-The bill for the fu.
ture regulation of the ra~ilroadbranch of he
mail service of the United States, now be-
fore Congress, proposes to fix the maximum
of the compensation to railroad companies
transporting the greet national mails at $75
per mile per unnum; to those on which
mails for the supply of a single State are
carried at $50 per mile per annum; and to
those which supply merely the country on
the particular railroads on which they are
transported, at $50 per mile per annum.--
That is for a single daily mail. If a twice
a day Cor o%ftener) service is required, the
compensation to be pro rata, as for u single
daily service above mentioned. These
rates are considerable less than those now
paid.
GEO. LIZARD, Esq, the romance writer,
died on The 10th inst, in Philadelphia. He
was only 81 years of age, and was the au-
thor OF a number of novels, which have
been read probably as extensively as those
of any writer in the country. The last OF
his productions, at this time is now in
course Of public alton in the Sunday Mercu-
1y of Philadelphia. He died of consump-
ton, after a protracted illness, and, it is
said, in a state of almost restitution.
WHALERs AT THE SANDWICH ISLANDS,
Between August and December he Sand
witch Islands were visited by a large fleet
of whalers, amounting to over two hundred
and fifty ships laden with $780, 95 barrels
OF whale, and 2o,857 barrels of sperm oil,
and three and one quarter millions Of
pounds Of bone. There were forty Ameri-
can whalers at Honolulu at the last ac-
counts
RAPID GRowTH.-In lS47 there was
scarcely a dozen white inhabitants in the
place now known as st. Pauls, in Minnes-
ota territory. The village now contains
700 houses and 400 inhabitants. The a
mount Of taxable property in 1853 was