The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-05-16
Letter from Columbus.
correspondence Of the Cincinnati Gazette.
CoLUMBus, Nav l3.

est TO close up the legislation Of the scs-
sion.
The main question yet unsettled is the
bill for tho payment of the outstanding
checks and over.draits of the Board oi
Public Works. The House, it will be re-
membered, tackled an amendment to the
Senate bill providing that the bill should
be null and void unless the canals were
leased on the e9th instant Tic Com
mittoe Of Conference on this subject re-
ported this morning that they were una.
lie 10 agree The S;nale then asked
another Conference Committee, to which
the House acceded. AS | write, this
committee is hard az work, but with no
very apparent prospect of agreement.
A message was received in the Senate
this morning. from the Governor, recon-
mending an appropriation ofSSO.oOO from
tho state military fund. in response to
Frank Blair's appeal for aid for the Union
volunteers Of Missouri. The following is
Bair's appeal.
Fellow Citizens in tie Free Sites: ...
Placed on an advanced post Of liberty
in the present struggle for the maintc-
nance OF our Government, wa have in
obedience to the call Of ouI President, or
eaniztd the four regiments of volunteers
from Missouri AS citizens OF Safe
whose first Executive is, as you vel
know, opposed to the Government OF the
Unit States, VIC, as q matter of course
cannot expect support from him or the
Stale Government for furthoring the pur'
poses of our Federal Government. w,
are, therefore, compelled to appeal to the
sympathies Of our fellow citizens in til,
Free States, who have, with unpreccdent
ed unanimity come TO the support ol ou
Government, for the necessary means o
. providing our first equipment. Many o
q our men are desIituts 'of the means t.
purchase the necessary uniforms, blank
cts. ,Sc. Having no claim on our Gen
; eral Government until afterthroe months
} service, we appeal to the sympathy Of OH
Union loving fellow citizens in the fre
4 c'htco w lHo HON''sdly hSolo'oHNV hl
support fully satisfied that "a part Of tho
patriotic libcra'ity 80 frcel y shown t.
o their own volunteers. will not be with
- held from us, Anticipating such sym
o pathy. We will strain every nerve to up
hold the authority Of our Federal Gov
crnment in this remote ndlmporlant po;
. Of the great West, against treason and re
bcIion, in order that the wishes Of I'll
Il patti otiSm and Union loving men Of TIL
>. country may coon be fulfilled, and thi
rebellion be forever crushed, and Il
cause Of right and justice DO triumpha
u over treason and secession.
IS Gov. Guslavus koerner, Of Bel.evill
Il illinois has kindly consented TO act for /
ns receiver and disbursc; aud withoI
consultation, We feel al liberty to ask lsaa
Sherman, Esq and Sigsmund Eaulma
= of the city ol N.York, Il. Rogers. Esq, (
d Philadelphia. and Judge Thomas RussC
r. Of Boston, to act in our behalf in theI
cities. .
.. FRANZ L. BLAZE,
y Colonel First Regiment Missouri Volo'
~ tCelB,
is IIENaY BoERNsTErN,
Colonel Second Regiment Mo. Volu
nc untoers.
T. SIGEL,
Colonel Third Regiment Mo- Volu
10 loers. ...
y NICHOLAS ScmurTNE
,rt Colonel Fourth Regiment Mo. Volu
nm tcers,
" Sr. LOUIS, Mo. May 9th, 1861.
The Governors message was rclcrr
'' TO the Committee ON Federal Relation
rn Senator Cuppy, from that Committc
%. subsequently reported that tho Gcnel
Assembly had no power to donate mon
.. to Missouri or any other State. The !
a. port was agreed 10, and there the matt
rests.
" The bill legalizing eight por cent
tcrcst on individual loans eamo up
.r third reading and passage in tho llol
this morning. 1t was lost by a vote
'er two to one, then rcconsidercd and ref
,re lod. 1t would be useless now to exp
arc SO iudicious an act Of legislation from /
me- House.
20 The doctors troubles were up Ng
this morning. A bill was introduced
G, quirmg the Army Surgeons TO be gr
:, yates Of medical institutions, and 10 be
no dorsed by Irregular" practitioners. Eli
llts moved to strike out the latter cal
the The "IcgulNrs" charged down in SC
nor column on this proposition, when Pla
- got tho floor for the purpose Of making
'"' definition. lIu understood "regul
physician TO be one who regularly
Lis patients under tho sod, whilo an :
oy' regular" one sometimes. "irreguhr
the enough, allowed them to rocoverl 4
asst ended tho matter, and the bill went
md the tablet
I'm Mr.. Gamble offered resolution In
- House, claborately setting forth that
u unlcers could only bo legally called
BY the President to enforce tho Const
ton and laws. and suppress insurrecli,
sent and declaring that they had no right
the assist in creating slave Instructions,
sses do anything that would tend to intorI
-. with the domestic institutions Of our "
" ter States" The House had no tim
TOUT discuss or perfect tho resolution and
4, ncon,inontly tabled it. .- ...l#.e q
A bill was Introduced in tho House
our passed, uudor suspension of tho rules
nrty both branches, removing certain res
!. 10 tions Ss to the color of uniforms as
!, r. established by tho military laws,
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