The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-02-07
Indianapolis Correspondence.
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 4, 1861

1ND1ANAFO1lSy fSO. A. HSbl.
EDIToRs JOURNAL The regular course
of legislative business was greatly inter-
rupted last week, by discussions pertaining
10 what are called Federal Relations."-
Some members made speeches because they
had something to say that was worth hear
ing and rejecting upon; others, because
they deemed it essential to ventilate their
rhetoric, and pay due regard to ''Buncombe."
Some of these speeches were sound and |
! patriotic; others, "not to put too fine a
point upon it." were simply reasonable
The committee of thirteen has made both
its majority and minority report, and the
| Governor has appointed the commission
proposed by the Virginia Resolutions, 80
! that there is hope of no further interruption
! from that quarter. The commissioners APP
pointed by the Governor, are Caleb B.
Smith of. Marion, Godlove 8. Ortiz of Tip
pecanoe Pleasant A. Hackleman of Rush,
Thomas C. Slaughter of Harrison, and E.
W. H. Ellis of Elkhart.
| These men are ell good and true Repub-
Icans, and resident in different quar-
tiers of the State. l do not pretend
that their appointment gives unive rsal sat
isfaction here, and I deem it quite certain
that no selection could be made that would
please everybody. But it is question of
some moment, whether such commission
should not have included men of both pol
itical parties. For my own part l believe
it should. There are yet some sound patri
OTIS in the Democratic ranks, of large expe-
rience instatesmanship, and of nquestion-
ed political integrity ; and while appre-
ciate the grave responsibility which rests
upon the Governor, in making the selec-
ton, and fully accord him the right TO do
what he thought best under all the circum-
| stances, I think it would have looked best
in the eyes of the world, and would be very
sure to meet the appreciation of posterity,
if the Democratic party had been allowed a
D representation in the commission.
D l do not charge myself with the task of
giving you anything like connected mar
rative of the doings of the Legislature, be-
i cause, for one reason, the excellent synop-
d sis of each days proceedings in the local
- department of the Journal, affords you the
4 work ready done, and done well. From
= that source you learn that the bill which
: passed the House for loaning 900 from
d the Sinking Fund, was, after considerable
e discussion, laid upon the table by the Sen
. ate. In consequence of that measure the
. draft OF their own doorkeeper for postage
/ stamps for members, was last week repudi-
l. ated by the Treasurer on account of there
Ie being no funds, and his monthly statement
- to the lst inst. shows the Treasury over
drawn upwards of $4,000.
Ie A bill has also been introduced to amend
1t the Free Banking law, so as to require the
te basis of their circulation to be Indiana
=; State Stocks to the exclusion of all other
State Stocks. This is deemed a wholesome
Y measure, for the safety of the holders of the
r notes, in these troublous times. Also bill
of has been brought up to amend the law rela-
4 tive to Agricultural Societies, allowing
them to hold more land than the law now
III allows, go acres,) and affording them other
T" needful and important privileges. A Select
Committee of the Senate has reported a
IN joint resolution for the amendment of the
Constitution so as to allow cities. towns and
le townships to levy a local tax, over and
above the general levy, for the mainte-
nance of common schools. If this should
become law, it will give to some of the
" other cities of the State, the same or SINH
on lar privileges with those you enjoy under
C. the healthful influence of the old charter.
II The Senate has passed rule to have but
one session a day hereafter, so as to leave
committees time to prepare business The
lg House has attempted the same thing, and
u will have to come to it, as it is otherwise
- impossible for the committees to fulfill their
duties. Considerations of health point to
OIL the same thing, for there is no more unheal-
d. thy spot in the State or out of it, than the
lis Hall of Representatives of Indiana. 1t
- was constructed in proud disregard of all
"A principles of ventilation and being warmed
partly by stoves and partly by furnace rem
rd ders the air, when breathed by two or three
'ss hundred pairs of lungs, about as poisonous
nd as it can well be. The writer hereof gives
+, his unqualified testimony, that the worst
colds he has ever men afflicted with
TX have been caught in that Chamber, by
. " honorable gentlemen" whose usual course
We of life keep them actively employed, and in
the open air. This outrage ought not tc
be longer endured. The State needs and
P must have a new Capitol, whether she re-
ad mains in the Union, or in the Northern "
en- or Middle Contederacy."
49, Attractions and excitements crowd upon
. US this month. We are to have lecture
e from the "Philosopher of the Tribune D
be this week, and a visit from Old Abe, on
his way to Washington, next week.
The Baptist Chuch have resolved to sell
he their old lot, and the ruins of their old
30 building on it, and to commence early in
the spring the erection of a new building,
on their lot on the corner of Pennsylvania
he and New York streets. SCRIBE.
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