Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1857-04-01
Thugs and Doiags at the Capital.

which resulted by two or three of a ma.
. iority in favor of Mr.. Parsons subSti'u.t
for Mr.. Cadweli's bill. This substitut,
is much tie same as Mr.. BRACES resolu
ton that passed. the Senate several week.
ago. 1t takes the Public Works out o
the hands of the contractors, and make:
it the duty of the Board Of Public Works
TO enter upon, and put, and keep them
in repairs.
The amendments 10 the constitution
are discussed about enough also, and
several Of them passed the House yes
terday. The one providing for annual
sessions Of the Legislature. passed with
a good deal of unanimitv. The amend
ment proviIing for the organization Of
courts met with more opposition. bui
finally passed having a majority of three
ffths of all the votes of the House.
But whilst the House were discussing
and passing Ibis amendment. the Senate
were also providing an amendment Ia
judiciary system. which. as it passed The
Senate. | think is preferable 10 TIE one
that passed the House.
The third amendment that passed The
House was as follows, The property
and credits Of all banks and bankers shall
be assessed aud taxed IN the same man
ner and to the same extent as the prop
erty and credits of individuals"
The fourth was in r%ela,ian 10 corpora
tons. but the change from the present
provision on that subject is so EtIle. that
it seems scarcely worth while 10 submit
it to the people.
There are one or two others that have
not been passed upon by the House vel
One veiy important one, is the single dis
trict system for Senators and Represen
t%atives.
A bill passed the House Yesterday.
making it a penal offence TO use s,rych-
nine or other p%oisons in the manufacture
of intoxicating drinks showing very de-
cidediy that the members are strongly
opposed to bad whiskey.
The temperance b II. will. 1 trust, be
up in a few days for action. and we will
have an opportunity to see who are op
posed to whi>key in any shape. Some
say they opposed the poisoning of wills
key on account of the Logs that feed on
the slop, more than on account of those
who drink the "red-eye."
The bill passed last winter regulating
the fees of county officers, was yesterday
repealed in the Honse, or, at least So
much Of it as applied to counties having
a less population than fifty thousand.
A bill passed the House to prolec
fences near canals, from the drpreds
lions Of boatmen, making the carrying
awsy of even a rail or stake, puni liable
by a fine pot less than ten nor exceed
twenty five dollars. Sally" very.
The Senate a few days ago. passed a
bill to provide for the collection Of claim
against water ciaft. 1t provides that all
claims against the boat for labor, repairs.
furnishing. DC, shall operate as liens on
the boat.
The Senate also pissed the bill to Sc
cure the safety of passengers on Raj
roads. TO CT cate The office Of Railroad
Commissioner, AMI to specify the liabii
lilies Of Railroad companies. The bill
is quite long, and TO distinguish it fon
a class OF bills known as "omnibus bills,
this might with prrpriery be called a
Railroad BILL" from lis having more
INSIDE" than could well be accommo-
dated in an omnibus. Its provisions are
too numerous AMI too lengthy, to allow
ever a synopsis in this communication
The ''bird bill passed the Senate yes
t5rlay.
The passengers on the train from
Cleveland 70 Columbus on Monday eve
ming last, had quite a narrow escape
from a very serious accident. About
Ell ght p. NJ. when within thirty miles OF
this place, a large tree fell so near the
cars as to break the ''cow.catcher" and
in a moment the locomotive was thrown
clear away from the track, and lad on
its side in III ditch Kissing away at a
great Fate. The mail and express car
bling next, was literally smashed. the
70 ward baggage car was badly broken.
NJ person was seriously Injured. and
only one, l believe, even slightly, the
Mail Agent. The engineer found him
sell some thirty or forty feet from The
track. without even a scratch. To lis
presence of mind may be attributed. |
think. the safety, in a great measure,
with which the passengers escaped. He
saw the tree falling and instantly re-
versed the engine, which, in some mea-
sure, checked The speed of the train,
and thereby prevented it from falling on
the cars. The damage to property was
considerable. More anon.
Yours, Respectfully,
1T"
For the Chronicle.
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