The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-04-06
OHIO LEGlsLATURE.
Lstter from osr ewn correspondent.

Letter from CIR cwn Correspondent.
CoLunBus. April 1, 1859.
Eds. Denocrat: -
The legislature, at dats. putting through
otherwise disposing Of the unfinished business before
them With evident Of adjourning finally on
the 4th large number of bills have been passed
ring the week, the nature of which will seen by
Of titles will appear the session is
closed. Few of them Of any general interest and
Of them of sufficient importance to justify the
pense Of the extra session. The annual appropriation
bills (which, without session, could just
well have been passed for two years. contemplated
hy the constitntion will be found to be the only Leg
station at all demanded bs the interests OF tn. tate
There has yet been report from. the joint eamt
tee the Treasury Reports and this. moment, with
but two working days of the SESSION remaining there
lie indication rumor Of any such report. But
olutions yesterday introduced into the Senate by
the chairman of the committee insructing the Attor
General to compromise with Breslin and to prose
cate Bliss, and the other persons (namng about een
of them and several banks) which implicated by
the report of the committed These resolutions
referred to the committee Finance. When you pub
sh these las of course you w) your readers will con-
trast their proposed treatment Of the great Democrat
dulter with that proposed to be eted out to those
who. If implicated at ALL pgmes by the side of the
hnancier whom they propose to treat ngeriy
The defeat in the Senate of the House bill to restore
the canal contracts declared unconstitutional by the
Supreme Court as have before said has occasoned
great muss in the ranks Of the Democracy. The war
continues with unsbted ferocty, bstveen the leading
organs of the democracy those Senators who
for the indefinite postponement of the bill The former
seem rather disposed to make the question test of
Democracy the election. The proposed remedy
of allowing damages to the contractors, does by no
means seem TO quiet The sgitsted waters Doubtless
the contractors themselves would feel embarrassed by
delicate inquiry to ko0 usue they had expected
to make out of the fraudulent contracts with the State
1t is surmised that they willing take
tilc less than they had designed pocket, rather
| than be questioned too sharply that subject
No attempt has yet been broached, to revive the
' Three Governor" power that crowned last winters
legislature; and which in its results, unsatis-
factory to the authors and enactors of it. cas-
ure has been conceived and proposed to compel
concerned to yield to it, notwithstanding the unconet
tutionaty of it Bills are pending to repeal all form
er laws relating to the Peniteuisry and the New
State House, and thus leave constitutional law in
relation to the of the former or the
petion of the latter. Thus it to be supposed
will drive the State Ocers into the adoption the
constitutional of last session think neei
be alarmed about the of this high
ure. Ef s.z
The general approp ration bill passed the Sen
ate yesterday and is before the House. contains
small appropriation. Qess than $40 900. beeve) fo
work on the State House. particularly specifying wha
is to be done, and prohibiting anything except what
absolutely to the State from great
by damage and decay. This affords the part,
chance for small items Of future spols in cas-
of Democratic triumph at the next election.
The Black Law, of which have before spoken
passed the House Tuesday last. by strict part,
vote, 50 10 Sc. The following the and secon,
sections of the bill. 4f~r- 81 -=a-
See /. Be it enacted by the General Assembly, of tn
SLATE Of Ohio, That the judges any election held un
der the authority of of the of this state shal
election and claiming to be white male citizen of fh
United States whenever it appears to such judges tina
the person of ofrng to vote has distinct and yisbl
e admixture of African blood.
P Sec 2. Any person ~ho is reputed to be in Who'll
or in part ef African descent. who shall vote
election, shall conviction thereof be imprisoned
the county jail of the proper county not more tina
three months. nor less than one month,
p You see the vote of any person :" clsimipg to
rohie" shall be rejected If it appears to the judge
that he " has distinct visible admixture of
can blood And any person reputed to have any sue
blood who shall vote, shall be imprisoned from
= two months. There seems to be penalty attache
to appeal to the Supreme Court sganst the const
tutionay of law in the face of former decision
that body 1t has been generally supposed that bills
this character easily put through the Senat
o than the House; but 1 have means of judging
the action of the upper House upon it. My mpressio
q is that it will become law.
III Senator scheigh, of Fairfield. and the majority
the Senate few days since judys of themselv,
by introducing and adopting resolutions Offer
4 sve and insulting terms calling upon the Governe
tor his for withholding from the Legislature
quarterly report of the condition of the Treasury mac
pursuant to law in April, 1858; and ntmatpg in broa
terms that said report had been suppressed
ugy defaleation relative to certain bonds deposts
for the circulation of the sandusky County Bank tt
Governor in reply, cooly referred them their ow
u journals for his message Communicating the report
the 18th Of April last and to the report ITSELF pubisl
ed in the Appendix of said journal, year. The
doubabie Senator discovered his blunder, before tt
came and asked leave to reconsider and will
draw his resolutions; but the Senate refused leave
left him to the modification of exposure of his il
norance and i'll bred Senator Schleigh (cat
,. Sy,J about the matter. and 1t is surnise
:. will be hereafter, about insulting the Governt
~ in that way 8 -f AaE -st-
one of the honorable Representatives from Butt
County, tchris,y) on Saturday night last. got into
very disreputabe serape which occasioned bis beil
locked up in city calaboose night, from xh
he rescued on bail Sunday morning. and stand
s bound for examination before our Mayor, sturd
m next, a charge of Assault with intent to kill r
was rowdy scrape Of very dsgraceful character,
y the winding up of q weeks drunken carousal. r
OF Member in the scrspe snapped pistol twice at
te police officer, and got his scalp partly laid bal
before he taken to prison. Christy, when he
here, last year the finest looking in the LIE
ID isiature and of the youngest and abest, and
u several occasions, showed himself high minded ma
- above the low of his party Hui these inc
catioas of decency led to such elimination the part
" his political friends that he has been driven the
ii extreme, ard to day has pursued course, the
gitimate result eff which is stated above
There reason but the delinquency of the mai
IL why you should not have received my letter Of Ia
rs week, in time for your paper. ... -
= Yeurs truly, BEN.
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