Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-02-07
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OHIO LEGISLATURE
House OF REPREsENTLTI vs..

Jan. 3o.-'Atter the usual DusnNss this
morning, notices of bills and presentation
of petitions, Mr.. Flowers, on leave, intro
duced a bill prohibiting the State Courts
from exercising jurisdiction under thn ma
turalizaticn laws of the United States, which
wss read the first time. -
Mr.. Nygatt introduced a bill amending
the tax law, which was read the 6rst time.
The committee on Privileges and Else-
tons made a report in the case OF Alex.
p. Miller, the Representative from Butler
county, who had been detained on account
of sickness from his seat in the House. and
recommended that he receive the per diem
from the first day of the session.
The Speaker was authorized TO employ
Jas. G. Moore to act as fireman during
the session, al a salary of 81 Ter day.
| A bill to restore to the Court Of Gem
mon Pleas jurisdiction in minor offences,
gave rise to q discussion which lasted till
the House took a recess.
SENArE.-Aftsr the | morning business,
Dir. Brown introduced the following pre-.
amble and resolution:
WEEkKAs, We have authentic Information
that certain quiet, pesceable persons in the
city of Cincinnati, county OF Hamilton and
State of Ohio, guilty of no offence known
to our laws, were, on Monday last, attack
ed by one Ellis, and large body Of as
sistants, citizens of said county, under the
lead of Archibald X. Gaines, and Maisr
Murphy, of Kentucky:
And whereas, enc OF the party thss as
sailed, finding Ellis and his assistants At lat
to gain victory over weak instherr and
her four infant children, and, in Order to
save those children from life every mo-
ment OF which was to be infinitely worse
than death, with = mothers devotion TO her
offspring. took the life o. her youngest
child, and sought with her own hands to
take the life also Of her three remaining
children:
And whereas, The ctizes of said city,
thus engaged, actuated only by their own
inherent wicksdness and nhumanty, vol
UNFAIRLY engaged their services to chnat down
defer cele.s w eme n aAd uaofeadng Ne&ldren
and thus produced tragedy having no pir-
allel in the annals of eur Statsi therefore,
Resolved, that the committee ON the
judiciary be requested to introduce bib
to prevent the recurrence OF such scenes
in our State, and further to prevent the
wicked, depravsd, and abandoned among Us
from participating therein.
HoUsE.-Jan. 25.-On motion Of Xr.
Pasons the order of the day was suspended
and the report Of standing committee en-
Printing the public documents, was taken
up.
Mr.. Parsons offered an amendment, that
that one fifth of the number ordered Of
- h. tal in,
Messrs. Parsons, Cory, Hendren, Egsy,
A len and Holmes sustained the amendment.
Opposed by Messrs. Franklin and Thomp-
son, OF Meigs.
Mr.. Egly demanded the yeas and nays,
which were taken, and resulted in a vote
OF yeas II, noes9.
Mr.. Hume, of Marion, offered substitute
to the report of the committee by striking
out all that related to the numbers and
confining it to those necessary for the
Governor, say 800 copies.
Nit. Hume advocated the adoption Of his
report with much force. He was for the
action of economy in small things Us well
as great. The cost of publishing the re-
ports would be, according to the estimate
of Mr. Thompson of Meigs, about $1,000,
and the German reports would cost as much
more in addition, making over 5000 He
spoke highly OF Gov. Chsse's Inaugural,
especially that par, of 1T that applied to
an economical administration of the Gov
vernment.
! MIR. Todd thought the remarks of his
young friend from Marion contained great
deal of good sense, and he should vote for
the substitute.
| A vote was taken on the report az a.
mended, and car led.
SENATE.-Theb bill Of Mr.. Breeze TO fx
the rate of interest at seven psr cent. was
debated at some lenStn in the Senate,
yesterday afternoon, and several speeches
of decided ability were made both for and
against the main festures of the bill. Mr..
BraEee opehed the debate in calm, clear
and able speech in defence Of the propes-
| ed reform. Stsnly Matthews made very
effective speech on the same side. He had
been a disciple lof Jeremy Benthsn, and
the free trade school in money matters, but
experience and reflection had convinced
him that he was wrong. All governments,
both human and eiviae, had legislated on
this subject, and he thought property. Mr..
Heatsn read a speech on the same side, in
which he gave particular Jesse to brokera
and money shsvers. Mr.. Griswold aHd Mr..
Marsh opposed the bill in speeches that
were listened to with marked sttentisn.--
| The debate will probably be continued, a.
the bill is yet in committee Of the Whole,
FnIDAY FoRExooH.-Sevsrsl bills were
read the second time and referred. A bill
changing the time of the attachment Of the
lien Of juegments filed from Justices dock.
cts in the Common Pleas upoa real est,t.
was debated, and finally referred n. The
judiciary csnmittse. NJ Matthew. in.rs.
dsced OLE '..-,ng that Clerks aaa 9th.
81 eoH....y oahcers shall demand all cost. in