The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1859-02-11
FROM COLUMBUS.
Correspondence of The J,fersonian Democrat
COLUMBUS, Fobruars 4th 1859

pretty constantly running for the four dnvs
of this woek, now past, though most of the
timo engaged in custom work, for consump-
ton in the diFeront localities from which
they are brought here by tho different hands
now at work in running the mill There
are some pocularities in the system adopt
ed in running this mill. above and beyond
most other establishments for milling pur-
poses. 1t is a sort of joint stock concern
of tho whole people of tho State. and they
made up their minds fow years since to
keep tho thing runrng about two or three
months, once in two years, thinking that by
so doing and occupying for this purpose the
winter season. when good hands arc more
easily obtained having just made some i'm
portant changes in the gearing, it would in
that timo, do all the business necessary
Not only is the system peculiar in the length
of time it is to bo kept running. but in that
tho people having employed Il act of hands
! to do the work, and made up their minds ss
to what they want done, send their grsts
along up, with the expectation that whom
/ ground out, their hands will return home
without stopping to do any more work for
themselves or any body elso. Well, it turns
out that tho people were badly deceived
either in the capacity of the mill, or in tho
hauds they employed to run her. Having
kept hor running about ono hundred days.
year sincs,and there being large amount
OF work unfinished, they have como together
ugain this winter, and arc smashing away,
/ with fair prospect of not finishing short of
| three months this time Now, although
never heard it ntinatcd that tho owners OF
this property grudge tino and expense nee
essary TO do their work, but It SCOT to be
very generally understood, that they prefer
| when it is dono, that tho hands should re-
turn among thom to do their own work,
rather than stay here for that purpose. An
other thing | havo noticed, is that there is
an extra sot of hands employed about here,
sometimes quito numerous, called Lobby
hands" who frequently assume to take
charge Of and droct tho running Of tho
mill don't understand these hands to be
in tho employ of tho State, but many times
have thought thum to not lessen at all, the
tirn' and expense necessary to do tho work
of tho State, aud am very surc whom they
get control OF tho machine, the work is no
better dOne,at all events, Another peculiar
ity is that although this is a pretty extern
svo concern, there arc but two sets of stones
ur grinders. and every grist has to be run
through each of thoso before it is considered
fl for uso Those are called tho Senate and
House, and as probably farther description
OF tho caucus will not be interesting to you
will fOrbosr pursuing it farther, except
simply to say that there is u very essential
difference botwuon this and other establish
monts. in that here, tho amount of pay the
hands receive. depends not ut all upon the
amount of work done, but altogether upon
the time thoy take to do it,
On Tuesday of this week. the House ran
through little batch brought in by Allen OF
/ Asntabuia, to authorize tho Secretary &c
embody in the annual report Of the STATE
Board, reports OF Independent Agriculture
sAouid TO TO collect and preserve useful in
formation, this is very proper measure. -
, Also, on yesterday, the same branch pu
through Harrson's grst, g To punish seduc
J ton" of which wroto you tho other day
About ;hirds of tho hands took hold tt
T put this through. Tho Sunato on Wednes
day put through little grst brought hert
, by ono Darius of your part of tho'Siate
To provide for tho election of an addition.
al Judge in tho Sd Sub. Division of the 9th
Judicial District" all but one or two of the
hands took hold to put this through. lilo"
it will fare in the House, is uncertain. II
put job Of this kind through, and it is thai
kind of work not generally so well likod -
Tho story has beon started that the poopl,
did not send this grist hero, but If not, Dari
US must have boon docoved for no is one o
tho most reliable hands. it is pretty certain
that no would not undertake to have an,
work done tho people DO not want.
t The hands in tho House sg, eed to stoI
} WOlA huHi tp-hay uuHi hoA' ANoo'"S'
presume their employers would care moth
ing about this if thuir pay stopped, but it II
understood this goes on tho samo as thougi
they were constantly at work.
} There is another little boey at work here
called tho Treasury Investigating Commit
too, the report of whose dongs is looked 10
with some iuterost. 1t is rumOrod hcre,th
Breslm, who you recollect was boss ham
> in The pay department tow years slnce,hs
; finally made clear breast of tho Who'll
matter, and SCENE fully TO DO beloved; it wi
Il bo shown that others besides his own famil
aud politca, friends, will be found anon
}, the recipients of his worry lberal disburs'
d men's Il that time. NJ
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l. A GALLANT DIrLoMATIsT.--A WashlDgto
10 correspondent in recent letter to tho Ne
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