, 1860-03-26

| forward ln the House yestcrlay, but rot very
| lev votes. Some members would like to 20
home and attend tic comlug elections with Il
view to being chosen members Of the board of
Supervisors, &c. But the Legislature is not
likely 10 accommodate in this personal matter.
EXEMPTION LAM.
An exemption lar Was passed day or two
since, 10 which none but the most obdurata
CREDITOR vii! object, aal fol; which Wisconsin
will draw upon herseI: no opprobrium. It
| exempts sewing machines from lew upon exc
With the homestead exemption law, or that
which gives tAe mechanic the use Of his tools.
1t Will be special boon TO many an industrious
woman. who nisy, by this means, keep herself
aud iamly from want
REDUCTION OF INTEREST.
4 bill has passed reducing the highest rate
OF interest from II to Upper cent, Hitherto our
there j. NO special agreement, with liberty to
make 1t u By such agreement Fer the last
few years little interest has accrued except at
the highest possible rates, and many hare come
to fcsl. under the pinch Of the fat two ycara,
that the burden ot prevalcut r:tes Of interest is
more than the people eau bear. An amend
n'ent to the bill WIS offered reducing The maxi
mum rate to per cent, hut this was not udnps-
c5- The Governor is openly in favor Of i3w
rate oilnterest, and thinks 1but the facility Of
getting in debt which cur high rates Of interest
havc produced, ought to he curtailel. lie will
sisa anJ bill. therefore, leading in this direction.
with a}acrity-
BARsTow's CLAM.
From year to .ar tx-GurerAor Barstow has
prcacatcd his claim to the Legislature for
appropriation Of several thousand dollars to re-
lihburse him for expenses incurred in endeav-
al H. f*tH- 1.t, 49,
had tAkcn possession OF By means Of q false can.
vass Of votes. As the majority Of the Legi.la-
ture, since bis fraudulent canvass, has been Re-
publican, his ex- xcellency has not found much
fayor for his eiaim. The Republicans do not
feel that tile State ought to pay nun for try
ing vi: all lis might to kec, its highest otIice
by sheer usurpation. If the sham Democra-
q get into po'Srr sgan, Ears:ow will unduubt.
edly get the wishcd-lor appropriation.
=. PRINTING ELL.
The disposal Of the bill Of the State Printer
is still as Troublesome question rs ever. How
to agoi5 giving the l'riuter sum enormously
larher 1hsn any one expected at the lime the
contract was 1aade would eser be demanded
aud yet avoid his getting still more by suit ut
Law against tue State, is point OF great dilfi-
Guilty. A oeiaprom4sc is proposed by sene,
tlon which the Stale officers put upon the con-
tract, aud leaving the Printer to the conrls. If
be is not satisfied. Yesterday the While sub
jcct was referred buck 10 l. new committee.
DEFALCATl0S.
Tic fact has come 10 light recently that our
County Treasury is minus sou,c eeutv thou
sand dollars OF wbat should be in it. Au in.
ves1i sntion recently undertaken shows lint 4
course oi peculation has b.en pursued under
:hree successive Tfeasurers. Similar revela-
tons. you are aware, hare recently been made
At Milwaukee. These discoveries only tend to
teukivcly ctc4tcd by toe great Lsad Graat'
frauds Of txo years ago. II is MT alone tie
want Of money that ia troubling us, but lhs
want Of character, the waut cf honesty aud in
tesrity. ~