The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-03-01
Last Codicil 0 { the Eoard OF I,nblic WorlIs.

insight into all the doings of the late locOfOCo
board of public works touching the allow
ance of claims of party iavorites, The fol-
lowing recent case will illustrate:
Under a law passed by the last legislature.
the board Of public works leased the ma tional
road to the highest bidder who would keep
it in repair. The lessees are Mr.. John Coop
err prominent democrat Of Cincinnati, and
others The rent. over and above repairs. is
some six thousand dollars. Latterly the les
sees have been boring the board of public
works to reduce the rent, because, as they
alleged, they bid under the impression that
the mail coaches running over the road, paid
toll which are exempt. Probably this is all
pretence, for an old mail contractor on this
road bid within seventyfive dollars Of the
sum contracted for by Cooper & Co, The
constitution prohibits any extra allowance
or compensation being made to any public
contractor, except by two-thirds vote of
the legislature, and the law prohibits the
board from making any deduction on account
of the unfavorable terms of the contract.
In this case, it is understood that Attorney
General McCook, when consulted, gave his
opinion that the board had no power to make
the deduction. Attorney General Kimball
was also consulted by some of the board, and
concurred in Col. McCook's opinion. Mr..
Blickensderler opposed any change in the
contrac strenuously. and proposed thai it be
annulled in toto. This was refused. He
succeeded in pos poning action until the last
day before Mr. Steedman went out of office :;
but few minutes before his time expired
by the votes of Messrs. Seedman and Girls
woll, the change was made. 1t will proba-
bly, amount to some 81 900 per year. The
. lease has some ten years to run, making the
nice little sum of 220,000 bonus to Messrs.
Cooper & Co., if left to stand as changed by
the action Of tho bo"rd. =,
porhaps the end is not yet. Mr. hume
of Marion, has offered resolution IN t''e
house. calling for ul~ facts, and the le9'Slai-
ture should proceed al once 1" ounul this H.
local order of the board Columbus cu''co
nondent Of Cleveland Herald
Nrv YonK, Feb. 28.-Star of the West ha
arrived. She left San Juan on the eyentn:
Of the l9th and Key West 23I. Brings @60o'
coo treasure.
A decree was promulgated at the cl'y
Grenada claiming and anneXlng the Whole
the Musquito territory as an lnteStai PG!uo
of Nicaragua. Shortly afterwards diplC
n,atic corps headed by Col. Kinney, arrive
from San Juan and had an audience VIII
Gen, Walker On the following day klnne
was placed under arrest and subsequent
banished from the territory OF Nlcaragu
and sent, under the charge of Mayor Maru
to the Atlantic sea board,
A correspondent of the Tribune TELEGRAPH
from Washington The statement is who
" unfounded that the British government e
er made any distinct or even qualified apo
ogv for violating our neutrality laws,
THE Herald's correspondent telegraphs tro
Washington Il am enabled to assert "a 70
the president has determined to dismiss " "
Champion Immediately. The letter OF ,G a
missal being already written and IL VIII
handed to Mr.. Champion, probably with
the next "a hours. Neither the president
cabinet suppose there will be war in con
nuence. nor does any well informed man h
contemplate such a result as probable. =,
course Mr.. Champions dismissal will aft
no cause for war learn this evening I