Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1860-03-08

Newspaper s'stements Of everything that
transpires, snd the man who does mol 90
read lie UNFIT to sit on jury.
The bill passed the House by a vote Of
81 to "a. As 1t had previously passed the
Senate, it is now the law Of the State.
The Penitcntiary Commission, appointed
by the Governor to examine and report on a
favorable site for the location OF a new
Penitentiary have completed their report in
favor Of Sandusky, while it Is understood
that Mr.. Franklin; viii present q minority
report in favor pr Ast nltoS. Butler county
The details of ilheir report have not trans
PRED, as il will not be made public until il
Is printed, which will be by Monday. Once
more Eastern Ohio with all her advantages
Cor manufacturing-her inexhapstible sup.
ply Of building materials andssher heavy tax
duplicate, is overlooked, and this large ex.
penditure of public money is probably to be
made in portion OF the State already large.
ly benefited by Public Works and Public
Institutions. Your part of the Suite mus,
"shell out" largely Of her taxes for The sup.
port Of q rotten system Of Public Works
without deriving one penny of advantage
from it. and when a demand is made that the
Public Works shall be sold, or at least made
sci tsus,sining we are booted at by all the
lock. tenders, toll-collectors, their friends
and neighbors, whose lurge amount of pa.
tronage IL literally stolen from those coun.
ties which. derive no benefit from these
works, and are driven off. and the legalized
syStem Of stealing IS still kept up. In a
section oil the State embracing all the coun.
ties lying East Of the Muskingum River
North Of the canal at ortsmouth, and South
OF Stark county there is not one farthing Of
State money expended, but we are all the
while assisting TO maintain the Public
Works In other portions Of the State These
works will require more than one hundrsc
thousand dollaIs this year 10 keep them up
Dr.. Scott, Representative from Jefferson
county has introduced q bill in the House
providing for the sale Of the Public Work.
Of the State, which would accomplish thu
end desired, and still give those lo%calitiel
through which they, pass dll lie advantage,
of the cansis and slack.wsier Improvement,
for transportation. But no sooner was tn,
bill brought up for discussion thar all III,
canal influence in the State was brought t.
bear on the bill and ls author, to crush then
out. or course the bill viii. not Pass. Mer
who have come ~ here under the mos
solemn pledges 10 use, ,eSefy endeavor /,
bring about . redHais " siythe public ex.
pepditures. If a lock,teider, or liable col
lector hap pen to'be thohg their constituent,
will refuse to lend their vote to help cut Of
at one blow an. expenditure of SIOO, 900 pc
annum' but will still Gry out re,renchmen
and reform, and demand tina. the per diem o
Snpsrvisors should be reduced IN order Il
lesson the enormons burden ofiariion "Greur
is Diana Of the 'Ephesians!"
The report Of the Peniten'iary Commits.
sion by no means settles the location of tina
Institution, as II will be done by a vote o
the Legislature. Eastern OHIO should be q
work IL she expects to obtain this favor
But In ordor to accomplish this she must i,
united on some one place; dna 10, fritte
away her influence BY presenting Two. three
or d dozen places. =