Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1860-03-22
COLUMBUS, March II, 1860.


EDITOR CHRONICLE: One more week Of
!egislation.has rolled round, being The last
but one Of this session, and the two houses
have been setting down 10 their work
pretty industriously. 10 the House this has
been q very laborious week and no time
wasted, excepting som fllibustering by the
democratic side to Try and stave off the bill
for the reorganization OF the Public Works.
They succeeded, by exhausting al! their in
genuity in making motions and then de-
handing the ayes and noes on them. in
using up nearly one day of the time. The
bill finally passed the House by a very
decided vote.
A bill was introduced in the House on
Friday, providing for the leasing of the Pub
lie Works for ten yours, to certain parties
named in the bill, for two hundred thousand
dollars-the parties to buy all the boats,
teams. &C., belonging to the State, and
giving bond for the faithful execution OF the
covenants, and for the re-delivery of the
Works at the termination Of their ease In us
good repair as they now are. Should this
bill become a law, II would certainly greatly
rejoice the people of your county, who have
become heartily sick Of being compelled to
! support these Works by contributions every
! year, when nine-tenths of them never saw a
canal-boat.
The appropriation asked for the present
year for the support Of the Public Works is
only the very modest little sum Of Three hun
dred and sirty-eight thousand, eight hundred
dotLGrs! This is a most unheard OF appro.
p~iiation for this purpose, and should it not
be speedily abated, it will certainly be a
casus JeHi for your section Of the State.
In compliance with a resolution of the
House some weeks since, the Auditor o:
State issued circulars to the various county
Auditors in the State to ascertain the
length and value Of the railroad and tele.
graph lines In the State. The State Auditor
has communicated the replies to his circular,
to the House. From It | learn that there
are 2779 miles Of rail road In the State
valued at 9 I7, 099 la phe telegraph lines,
OF which there are less in the nggregat, BY
10 miles than of rail road, ure va lued at
$4o,274. In Belmont county you have 80
miles Of Rail Road, valued at $3.50, lit; aud
1877 miles of telegraph valued al Slab.
The Senate has been occupied much OF
the time for the past week in discussing the
General Appropriation Bill. 1t makes pro.
vision for $4,000 to defray the expenses Of
the late visit of the Tennessee and Ken.
lucky Legislatures. The very heavy defal.
cation referred to 10 my last, Goes not seem
to have materially ACKNOWLEDGMENT the
finances OF the State. or made any changes
In the general appropriations for the fsca!
year.
During the discussion Of the merits of a
bill for the erection Of a new Asylum for the
Deaf and Dumb on Thursday evening. a
very orthodox Democrat member from
Hamilton county, was advocating the pas
sage Of the Bill, when he was M, I BY the
everlasting objection objection that II was
unconstitutiun L. Raising his voice to the
higbestpltch he screamed out 'D-Ms Con.
stitution" This, too, from a Democrat!
Phansy the pheelinks of the aforesaid gen.
tleman when 1t occurred to him that he
had probably said too much in that particular
behalf.
The beautiful Spring weather which we
have been enjoying here for some days past
make the farmer portion of the Legislature
long for their farms again, and anxious to be
at their Spring work. They are working
faithfully to be ready 10 quit phen they get
done; a thing | understand, rather hard odo
sometimes.
CENTRAL OHIO RAIL ROAD,