Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-01-24

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| Gen. Blerce--Bill for the relief
y Of surcties-Public works, sale
or Iease--Bel1afre Union Meet
penses meet-gpeaker, pro tenn.
CoIuMBUs, Jsn, q, 1861.
Dan CnaoMcLs:, !, siacs my last letter
nothing Of striking importance has transpir-
ed, in the way Of lcsisiatu 70. The Democ-
| racy still oohtnse, 2 kopsyeyf q mshiiest q
most asschiaAisg sssssnca sssnt, rhss'
the negro question is on ~ ftapis. A day
or two ago Mr. Convsnse, Of Franklin,
!. startled the dreamy ssmensss Of the House
proceedings by asserting fsarlsssly,r that
there was colorcd girl in the Blind Asylum,
being educatedi or course the peace and
harmony Of our body polite was fearfully
\ disturbed by the announcement, which wss
only allayed by the information from the
lSuperintendent that there was not then, and
never had been, any pupil having any "visi-
bic admixture' of African blood, in the In
lstitution. The people Of Ohio can now
breath easy again. On another OCCASION q
j gentleman from one of the Reserve counties
,Ioffered resolution In relation to the State
Bank Of, Ohio, whereppon member from
j Hamilton county, believing thst nothing but
'1msgger emansted from the Reserve, and
probably Misunderstanding tho word Bank
kAsose and moved to strike he word "6loop
tfrom the resolution You AeA ''phahsy bis
pheelinks' when. the audile mnle around
|. the hall informed him that he was sold
4 A Democratic member introduced Reso-
luton on Thursday. calling on the Governor
1 for copies of his correspondence with Gov.
Magofin in the Lago cas, and with the
Governor Of Virginia IN the Brown and
Merriam cases The Democracy were rob-
bed Of considerable glory in the matter by
tthe Republicans voting. the resolution
Through, with great uAnlnig.L z CT co
II Quite an animated debate sprung up on
Friday morning, on the fsosption Of q mem
oral from Gen. L v. Bisrce, Of Akron,
lwho asked the pivilege Of drafting rsgi-
. ment Of soldiers from among the convicts
! in the Penitentiary, in case any troops were
tneeded to defend the Government from the
hostile machinatioss Of tpitors. Democracy
took the matter in high lseon, % course;
: considerable aa ispalt tsSh& diSkity IN d
the House-+aDd more Of such stuff. They
4 were not permitted to 80 very far, however,
n before they caught Tartar in the per
son of Mr.. Brone, Of Miami, who poured
r the hot shot into them, raking them fore
aft. 1t was decidedly THE. speech of tht
n session, and it is to be sincerely hoped Tthai
h the Democracy will, from this time forward
be always met by such. speaches, when they
d commence their foul assaults upon Repub
> licans. The memorial was received, ant
a tabled, by nearly party vote. OF g7ss-
IL A bill passed the House on Thursda,
r making very important change in the law
3 relating to sureties, 1t provides that ifth
ID holder Of the note neglects to bring sui
vi against the maker of the note before 81,
months after maturity, then the surety o
,st cndut.r iisrsasassA fe ispsssyyh;p-=
U is not psbbsba that the biz MI y1 th
" Senate. ..,ssIi - - "a
e The question of sale or lease of tn
Z Public Works i beisa asitated earlier i
4 the sesion, tksa it - let winter. Nh
Woods, of Licking, hs6 6inssodsssda bin g
= the lease, and Mr.. Hitchcock, of Geauga
. another, .proyidins 1br the sAle of Che Publ
" Works. The discussion of this questio