Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-01-30

the Journal aud Statesman sharply criti-
cized-The CAPITAL Cib Fict-Our Dis
t,lct to be relieued ofa Judge-Relisf for
the Families of Kolilnteers-The Sen
atorial Question, 6c. ....
Correspondence Of the Belmont Chronicle.
COLUMBUS, Jan. 27, 1862.
The Legislature is fairly under way, with
a very manifest disposition to carry out q
most pungent system Of retrenchment ;
from the State officers down to Township
A SCISSORS. In effecting this very desirable
purpose many poor fellow in the Legisla-
ture will have to submit to thorough air
ing from the press, first at the Capital, ncxt
at home. For the system cannot be made
effectnal and thorough without reaching,
slightly, tho local press. Happy is the
member of Standing Committee on Re-
trenchluent whose local papers are conduct
ed by gentlemen Of liberal views, and true
patriotism. For such editors will hardly
complain of any needed reform, which may
be carried out to lessen taxation. 1t has
long been q custom for each branch of the
Legislature to elect reporter, who was paid
four dollars per day for reporting the pro-
ceedings for the press, and also to pay the
O. s. Journal and Statesman from five to
seven dollars, each, per day for publishing
the same. This provision has to bo made,
If made at all, near the opening of the
session, consequently the desire for rotrcnch
meut was brought to bear, practically, upon
this subject first The House elected re-
porter, however, but refused to pay fol
printing in the city papers The Senate
refused to elect reporter or pay for publish
ing either. Whereupon the Journal and
Statesman come down on the Legislature
dealing out some heavy licks, and quoting
| from sundry local papers, whose bread anC
butter was also threstened, some very
naughty and spitefhl criticisms. The Jour
nal and Statesman are no doubt fighting fol
what they conceive to be uiei4 rights, b,
both discovery aud occupancy For many
look upon tho claim Of pay for Publishing
the proceedings rs sof modern origin, anC
conferred rather in payment for party ser
vices than for any public benefit The fol
lowing is a few specimens OF the Statesman
Sunday morning quotations, which Meom
mcnds as i'sensibls End to the point ;
'sThe Legislature is guilty Of the meannes
| 10 III the Journal and Statesman TO bor
their readers with its dull proceedings ~
0ratuifvl The members wish TO strut il
Jackdaw feathers at the eDctnsire expens
OF the Columbus papers If their proceed
;ngs are not worth paying far they arc no
worthy Of being published, 1.-The Legis
lature seems to be engaged in some petit,
larceny retrenchmest," &C., &c,
We'll, the journal and Statesman, throw
ine themselves upon their dignity and re
served rights, refuse 70 publish anything
but distorted synopsis OF the proceedings
Why the Journal should pursue this course
il not so very easy 70 conjecture. tn
S,ssssman, IN this psstieular. hes At lrss
the virture Of consistency. II has not bce
charged with being over friendly to an
/ policy calculated to sustain the credit 0
The State or nation, since the rebeIlion brok
out But enough Of this: Those who wisl
to get the proceedings IN full Of the Legs
listSre can do. 90 BY subscribing for tn
Capital City Fact, and by the way, there |