, 1861-04-12

/ ~ Aaoee 1SAa1J XII ot GETTY measures Wlo]
business, are Inclined rather to amuse them
selves BY throwing paper balls and Other mil
/ stles at each otheT-for which sort Of Der
l formances, when the employees had mixed II
little, ths Speaker read the Assembly lee
tu1e tne other Day, and are generally supposed
this an excellent bill for m general eo Rsiisos, !
Lew, prepared With great sare b,
General Phillips, and Witch has pss;
% the Senate for two Successive aessffna
was defeated Ia the Assembly the other day
and reconsideration not obtained Yesterday
because It was vigorously opposed by one q
something else.
!he Dill apportioning the State into Seuatt
and Assembly districts has passed both Houses
In giving its points You somehow confinet
the representation in the Assembly to very
few counties In the State,
Under pressure Of resolution calling foj
| an Immediate report, the Committee on Con
gressiona1 Apportionment presented a plan Of
Friday. The strenuous opposition made ts
gerymandering plans, caused their abandon
mem, and the proposed districts are very fairl5
constituted, as follows: : >
esRs 1xf pso1nsies q Wan
End District~The counties Of Rnc,T Jeffa-aon
Dane and Columbia. N~'>' '~'1s4SoA
1 srd nastraeEThe counties of Green. Lafayette
~ Distrtct-The counties Of Ozankee, Washing
Ton, Uodge, Fond du Lac and Shebovgau.
,net q" W3SsraGEIhe W3n,a counties Of Manttowoc Gala
4hara, Waupaca Outagamie, Brown. Kewaunee,
Ooor, 0conto. and ShaWanay
oasa. o Dss5fTss1The counties Of Bad Az IL Crosse
TtemPeleau, Bu1l1o, Pepfn, Fierce, st. Croix.
DD1nn, Eau Claire, Clark, Marathon. Chippewa,
Dallas, Dallas Polk, Burnett, Douglas, l. Points aud
The 4st District is the same as now. and is
4sually Republican by hard lighting. The 4th
District is against Us if, the Democracy there
are harmonious. The other Districts can a1]
be carried for the Republicans The bill haa
passed the Senate and will doubtless be
ADOPTED by the Assembly.
Bills have passed the Senate for discontinu-
ing the Geological Survey. They were re-.
TERED to select committee in the Assembly,
where their passage is doubtful. The Assem-.
BY has killed the bill appropriating $50, 600 TO
aid In exploring the lower ma91esiaa lime.
stone by vote Of 81 to 81.
The resolution passed some time ago
requesting the Comptroller to refrain, for
additional securities has been rescinded, and
another adopted setting forth that whereas
the banks are now in a condition to respond
to moderate calls made st the discretion Of
the Bank Comptroller, he is hereby requested
to make such calls, and at such times, upon
the banks Of this State, as he in his Judgment
may deem proper, until the whole deficiency
upon the deprecated stocks is made uD, It
Is ssupposed that calls will be made at the rate
Of TWO or three per cent. q month until the
deficiencies are made up. OF the bills thrown
out by your bankers only twenty are rejected
here, and it Is confidently expected that some
Of them will make up their SECURITIES. The
6ll amending the banking law has passed both
houses, but there are some triffng amend
ments about which there was q differ
ence OF opinion between the two Houses, to
harmonize which committee of conference
has been appointed, who have agreed on re-.
port and the bill will doubtless finally pass
today recommen ended by them.
The proposed amendment to the Constitu-
Ion passed by Congress, and transmitted from
Washington, is still in the pocket Of the Com
mittee on Federal Relations That Committee
have reported against National Convention
to amend the Constitution, and in favor Of
sustaining the Constitution as it is. Wiscon-
BID does not think this time Of excitement is d
proper one to meddle with the instrument
framed By the wisest Of our fathers. The As
sembly adopted q resolution expressing Hearty
approval OF the policy Of reinforcing and hold
ing the forts, and declaring that Wisconsin
vii Sustain the enforcement Of the laws, and
the protection Of United States property,
There have been one or two consultations In
the Executive Office between the Governor
who has recently been to Washington, other
State officers, and members OF the Legislature,
with reference to the existing state Of affairs,
and 1t Is probable such measure will bo
adopted as will put the State In position to
aid the Federal G lvernment In case of need,
On Saturday last memorial was presented
from :. ID. Booth, claiming $50, 600 damages II
OF the State for her failure and neglect to pro-
teet his rights and liberties against the en-
forcement Of the Fugitive Slave Law by the
teueral government, when he had been dis
charged BY the State Courts. The Legislature
refused to act on the subject, under the reso-
luton cutting of new business. It is said Mr.
Booth proposes to sue for this claim in the
State Courts.
=, Inc Assembly has passed q bill taking from
the Lacrosse Railroad Company portion Of
the Land Grant, and giving it to the Suear
River Valley Railroad Company for the CON
struct1on Of that part Of the Land Grant Rail
road between here and Portage City.
Ihere has been sharp contest ii the Senate
On a bill granting the Swamp Lands to the
counties in which they lie, The debate was
one OF the most earnest of the session. The
Dill was once defeated by q small majority, bpt
the vote was reconsfdered, and, after long de-
bate, the Senate finally refused to pass the bill
BY vote Of 16 to II. It the lands were thus
distributed it fs generally believed the whole
fund would soon be frittered away and 90 to
enrich few individuals. Half Of the income
now Is used for drainage, and the rest goes in
to the school and normal funds.
we have had copious rains. The frostis out
OF the ground, and the ice nearly gone from
the lakes, while the green grass is springiug
up rapidly. The farmers have not vet been
able to do anything PLUs.