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andi" Of out and in door lift,and the work
mg Of Patty legislation IN the O pits
City. or these | propose 10 give you
>huH description, hoping they wil lie sui.
ieitrtly initn sting to hear readi,g by ih'
readers of the Free Press.
The weglher here is remarkably fine,
'nd has leen so since the in coming Of III,
pie.epl year-in fact one would searee be
believe that cold and chilly winter has
laid bis icy gripe upon u', did he not look
uP some almanac aud ini this to De the
2Olh. day Of January, A. D. 1853. The
City presents aII the appearance offspring
excepting the absence Of foliage, upon the
Landscape around, which appears 10 be the
nuIy thing wanting 10 cump!e'e tue appear
ance Of Summer. It is probable We shall
have a mild winter.
Tue first object that strikes The attention
Of the stranger Who visits this city, is the
New State House; il is noble looking
structure, built Of White Granite, 3O4 ieet
hong. 1874 feet vide. cavermg an area o.
55.936 feet, or about | acre. Its height
to the top Of the blocking course G2 feet
To the top Of the RutUndt. l57 feet. The
"ll Penitentiary looking fence. has given
way tn neat and substantial Iron fence.
which am told adds greatly to the ap.
nea'ance "flhe Edrtice; and the grading
Of the yard has dtd snrnewhat To the ~
parent height Of it, which is an advantage
MS it is considered by lhose competent tr
Judge. that one fault to the structure is,
that il is TOO low.
This State House is sqil to he the fin.
est in tie Union; it is certainly a spleudrd
monument erected upon the pockets ol
the people Of Ohio.
The iliiliy thnd Session of General As.
sembly Of Ohio is now under full head
way, in that mysterious jargon called Leg
i>Iatve proceedings; all that has been done
as yet, aside from the necessary prelimi-
nary proceedings. WAS Ia PASS n set of'goud
Lord and good Devil" Resolutions upon the
Kansas Question, (which you have doubt.
less seen ere this, aud LiII making par.
tial appr, pIiatIons for the current year,
and also to defeat hil for the relief oil
Delinquent Tax Payers, introduced irto
the House by Mr.. Dawes (Rrp) Of Nor.
gan county. This iSthe SUN of Legsla,
tive enactments for the first seventeen day s
Of the Democratic Legislature Of Ohio,-
Whether they will be able to fulfil their
promises To the people in regard To sholt
Session, does not appear very clear.
The most remarkable feature in tue
House is, the large proportion of young
, men comprising that body, which gives
it rather mole rf verdpnt appearance
than We generally sea in similar bodies
ct there are n few men in the House.
! whose gay hairs gives disuity tn its ap'
: pearance, and when cOunsels will do much
5 IN facilitating business and preventing thai
| recklesSnts' which the less experienced are
apt to tall into. But fourteen members o.
the last Legislature have leen returned tc
' the House, aud these are equally dividel
7 between Republicans aud Democrats. Tive
u snhers the last House have been sen
10 the Senate, viz: Langdon of Hamilton
aud Caldwell Of Ashlabula. Among the
Republican members returned. | iO,ice
Watson Of Cnyahoga. Protf Monroe oI
8 Lomi", Van Vorhes Of Athens, aud Dr.
Peek If Wood county. the, are gentle
men Of nerve and abiIity,and will do much
in maintaining the dignity Of the minoIi'
" in the llunse in fact the Republicans
with such msn to assist them, will carry
M influence which their adversares eau.
not well avoid.
In the Senate. Messrs. Taylor, CanfeIL
: Caldwell, Slade and others, present noble
iroul, aud will. when opportunity presents
: fight the good fight Of Freedom, in which
it is evident, they will prove more than
equal To their adversaries; in fact, the mi
nolity in the Senate are in the mi 'rity,sl
far rs intellect and Slatespanike sagnci.
IIy are concerned.
l have already tod you that the Kan.
sas resolutions had passed 10th Hous.
es, by strict party vote. | shall now
notice their character mud the manner in
which they were passed. These resolu.
tions in the fist place, endorsed the ad
ministration Of old Buck aud reaflirm the
Cincinnati plattorln-propoSitions which
no sano Republican could vote for, and
which. believe large portion of the
"GIeat Unwashed" would hesitate in sub.
scribing to themselves, il left free from
party drill. In the second place they in.
slruct our Senators, aud request our Rep
resentatives in Congress to vote against
the admission of Mana lbs under the LIE.
compton Constitution, an idea unexcep.
tionaI within itself, but the resolution con.
tanning It, is Ambiguous, aud admits Of
different constructions, aud therefore oh,
jeclionable. 1t will surely be very diff,
cult for the Democracy. to larmonizo
these two or lhree resolutions, as nothing
is more certain, than, that the policy Of
old Buck is in direct opposition to the up,
parent spirit ofIhe last resolution.
These resolutions were introduced into
the Senate by Phelps Of Auglaize. Mr.,
Garfield (Rsp) moved to lay them on the
table, to be printed, and stated that he
wishes to d. Iss them. Mr.. Phelps re-
marked that due courtesy would he ex
tended TO the minority, If wished 10
dissuss the resolutions. Judge Of our sur.
prise, when on Tuesday following the res
olutions were taken up, and Mr.. Phelps
moved the previous question n motion