The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-03-09

J was Teau a Jnlru tlDle anu pdSSeu. WE nave
70 information to explain how the project
for Ieasingthe canal failed after the passage
of this il.s-Mr. Blythe's bill does not ap-
pear to have been acted on in the Senate,
and we know nothing of Corners bill ex-
cept the description given of it in the title,
1t had passed the House and it is here re-
ported as passing the Senate. There is no
account of its fate afterwards.
A resolution for the printing of 5000
copies of Owens geological survey of the
State, which was adopted. .s--ss
The bill regulating the sale of intoxicat-
ing liquors, and preventing the adulteration
of the same, which was read three times and
passed by the following vote :a47 hnr
AYES = Anthony Brown, Carnahan,
Cobb, Conley, Cravens, 4 Culver, Gooding
Green, Hargrove Hendry, Jones' Line, Me-
Lean, Miller, Murray, O'Brien, s0dell, Rice,
Slack, Steele, Studabaker, Harrington,
Thompson, Turner, Weir, Williams, and
Wilson'S.
NAYs.-Beeson, Bennett, Blair Craven,
Conner, Hill, Kinley, L.omax, Mcclure, March,
Robinson, Shoemaker, Stevens, Wagner
u.
Bobbs, from n select COMMITTEE, ON the
communication of DIR. John Hughes on the
subject of q specific for milk sickness, recon-
mending it highly, and regretting that, in
the present depleted state of the Treasury,
some handsome compensation cannot be
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cifc.
They report some resolutions highly CON-
mandatory of the inventor, and recommend
him to the distinguished consideration of
the world at large.
The bills fixing the salaries ofpublic Off
GERS and making specific appropriations
passed. a.a
A bill amending the 18th section of the
general road law, so as to give County Com
missioners jurisdiction in the laying out and
vacating Of highways in their respective
counties, and to repeal several sections of the
same act, passed.
Gov. Willard vetoed the embezzlement
bill for the reason that * so long as the State
provides for the officers no safe place of de-
post for the bonds and requires of the Off
GERS that bond shall be given for their
payment, it is wrong by law, to make
them guilty of felony if they deposit the
securities and mortgages of the State where
they believe they will be secure.
Senator Cravens ridiculed the veto mess
age, and thought the reasoning, if it could
be called such, embodied in ii, was worse
than nonsense. A bill had been passed in.
structing the public officers to pravige a safe
place of deposit, and with this fact before
his Excellency, what had he to base his OBJ
jections on
In the House, but little of general inter
est was done. A bill to provide for tn
printing of 1000 copies of the laws of tn
special and present sessions in the German
language, was read three times and passed
Ayes &C, nays 4.
A resolution was offered by Senator Ger
don that committee of three be appOinte
to investigate the present system of pens
law in this State, and the reason of its NJ
, most uniform failure to secure the reforms
ton of convicts; and further to investigat
the best means Of conforming the system I
that requirement of the constitution whic
i declares that " the penal code shall be foun(
. ed on the principles of reformation, and NJ
> of vindictiYe justice and that they may r,
= port fully to the General Assembly the r.
: suits of such Investigation at the next regl
, lar session. Messrs Gordon, Smith
y Perry, aud Robinson were appointed.
= There was no quorum in the Senate c
) Saturday, asa large number of Senators d
IS serted their seats and went home. This WI
$ probably the reason of the failure OF the bi
: for leasing the canal.