The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1861-03-28
Colrmbna Corre.non,lencr.

tOLCNBUs, O., March Goth, 1861.
EprVE OF JovSSAL;-Duriug the past week qaitc
number Of bills have passed through both branches Of
the Legislature and atenov laws. can only give you
the titles cgtbc following;
Az vet 70 enable the people Of the townships Of Miami
aud Bath, in Green county, make the yellow Springs
and Fairfield turnpike road free road
An act to amend sections SO and IS Of an act entitled
"au act for opening andrcgnlatng roads and highways"
An act to amend sel supplementary to 0an act tor
the inspection of cctian articles therein enumerated
passed March Q, 1891" passed February IL, 1857
An act 90 provide for the collection Of certain taxes
thcreiu specified
An act defining the jurisdiction ofthe Probate Courts
OF Shelby and Geauga counties in criminal cases
I'm net to enable tho purchasers oflaud in the ScOta
Salt Reserve IN jackson county t1 obtain deeds,
An act regulating the presentation Of claims Ngans;
the state,
The resolutions proyidius ,or convention of tho sew
cral States u amcnd the National Constitution passed the
House and are read, tn be forwarded 10 the Pras
dent Similar resolutions have already been adopted bv
several States and the convention seems fixed TACT
Its efforts, have doubt will be attended with results
about equal 10 those of ho Peace Convention recently
held in Washington CITY. Nevertheless the experiment
is worth ual and. hopeless as the case may seom no
up, will I've satisfied with the final diSm ,mbermeut OF
this Uuon until every reasonable effort 20 bring harno
NY ont vt ht present confusion shall have been exhaus
toll
The House passed. the bill for leasing the Public
Works o Che BocNus company ot $4,000 per year. The
bill IS now Ia the SrHtc where t is certain to die in my
opinion. Senator Whit, has introduced hill for the
sale ut th, Public Works, atl company of gCntcmlu
from Putnam county came down here last week with a
pile ut printed memorial, u which they proposed 10 Civ,
$4,000 prv,ar Cor the pub'ic Works for ton years Ii
they to- b' lcased why uo- give them to the highest
bidders know thJt lHprc than twice thot sum iiNci
in the BayNus h vau.t he had ii they are he leased
The corruption which i, connected with this bill is alto.
ruthgr too apparent The company can afford to uSt
money o. secure lis passage. but dout believe it can hC
made to pass thc Senate IN It's present or any simar
form,
The general appropriation bill isuow hcng considered
by tue Senate and will consume much time.
The bill to provide for the erection of pcnitn
pass that body about the middle of this week, when an
other hill locating the elephant will be necessary
and that bin will consume some time. the lobbying
Tor different localities has been quite active and muci
Interested is thereby created.
a bill relative to Railroad rcights has given rise {,
much discussion IN hc Senate, and is not vet dispose,
off, s designed 10 protect the interests Of roads whcl
ayc, in muisurc, dependent upon other roads. For in
stance, the Cincinnati, Hamilton * DAYTON road charge
five cents more per hun ,rd for freight consigned e
points uu the Dayton ~ Michigan than is charged fo
thai consigned t. points on p,hcr roads, The bill pruba
limited to merely compelling thus situated to carr.
at uniform rates. haycno doub, but il would pass bu
/ as it is, its atr is quite uncertain.
Tine Senatorial clucus last Wednesday night, on tn
26th ballot, nominated Hon. John sherman The con
test virtually narrowed down to sherman and Dcnnjson
nominate. Sherman got the lead on the first haiu, an
kept it 20 the last need not say that the result give
universal .gi,lr ion, as Wuud have been the ha
either Of t.,o other dltcs b1yn successful. VI.
| Shmmu was elected ON Thursday afternoon. and m tn
evening his friends gave an entertainment 10 the mem
hnrs Of JIe General Assembly at AInts' Hall, Wujc
pass.i n quite pleasantly, although Nr. >. had pre-
,jously ,,g fot Washington. INDEX.