Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-01-27
Columbus Correspondents of ,hs Chronicle.
Legislative Proceedings-Sale of
Public Works-National Road
The Interest Law, &c.-Grace
Greenwood in Columbus.

COLUMBUS, Jan. 24th, 1873.
The bill for tpe So ale of the Public Works,
which passed the House last winter, still
sleep. in the Senate The subject will
however, come up and undergo inrestisa-
ton, but the outside pressure is too strong
to permit bill to pass without Limitations.
and restrictions enough 10 destroy its efficacy
Interested parties whose bread and cutler
are al stake, are vigilent and untifing ~
their efforts to defeat the measure.
Numerous petitions have been presented
in the House asking, that relief be grsnted
TO the lessees of the National Road, six or
sever hundred of these petitioners are from
Belmont county. What is the pleasure OF
the people along the line of the Road on
this subject, SO lar as Belmont county IS
concerned! Some of the questions to be
considered, take to be these: Does the in
terest of The road require that it be taken
ONT of the hands OF The present lessees. And
if SO should The road be managed by the
State as formerly, or sold out again to other
parties, with such restrictions, and penal
ties as would be most likely to insure the
read to be kept in good repair! Some sug-
pest that the counties through which the
road passes, should take lease from the
State, and keep up the road, each within It's
own bounds, to be managed by the Count.
Commissioners. This proposition if adoP-
led, would however depend upon the CON-
sent of the counties interested.
/ The Interest question was up again on
/ Thursday last. Judge Rankin bad bean
selected by the friends of the bill, to ''pitch
! in" and overthrow the tables. and with a
seourge of small cords, drive The money
| changers ont of the State. He spoke near
! two hours. He was decidedly radical. He
would prohibit the collection of any inter-
est a. all if he could have his own way"
but as matter of con mpromi.e, he "woud
consent to a law authorizing per cent
! charge, collect or receive any more" The
! Judge is q very good speaker, and usually
makes an impression, but on this occasion
| it was quite apparent be was travelling in
an unfrequented road if not actually in the
| brush.
Ue Ulll " as spcNidi ioi
Wednesday next. when 1t will again be
taken up and debated.
Grace Green~ood alias Mrs. L'ppircott,
/ hiss been in ihe city for few days. She
| lec,uI cd on Thursday evening last, in the
Congregational Church, to large audience.
as the Editors would say, "of the talent.
| beauty and fashion of the city. Grace, ap-
pears to be lady of about forty summers.
of m.diu size. III te over m dun: :higI t, not
handsome. but Graceful in her appearance,
manners and address. She approached the
stand with slight degres of trepidation
and apparent embarrassment, which soon
gave way to clear shrill feminine voice,
which penetrated every part of the spacious
room. She has a very percsptibls lisp in
her pronunciatioEs, but not So percepiblc
as TO render her delivery any the. less attac-
tive.
Her subject was: "Tha men of twenty
years hence, the children of to day." Her
lecture wss OF high.toned moral character,
rich in both thought and expression. abound
ing with incident and accompanied no; un-
frequently with the most vivid flights OF
fancy.
The effort was altogether successful
one, and i, would have been difficult TO lis
ten 20 it, and 60 away without being bene-
fitted.
| will give single sentence as near as |
can recol lec:. introduced by the speaker to
show the native simplicity and innocence
of little children. "a little girl once wit
messed her mother crying ana sob5ing over
the death of dear child, when she said.
! Mother don't cry so for little Sissy, you
know you used to get very tired carrying
her around and nursing her so much. Jesus
Christ nurses her now, and when he gets
tired he will End her all around among the
Angels"
She setured Saturday evening to "a crowd
ed house, her subject was. "Joan D'Arc.