Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-02-06

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| applicable to that part Of said canal, and
other works aforesaid lying within the
limits Of the State Of Pennsylvania
And Whereas, the State of PennsyIva-
mia, by an Act of its Legislature, did af-
terward give its assent 10, and confirm
/ the provisions OF said Act of Ohio.
And Whereas, Under the joint Acts Of
the Legislatures Of said States Of Ohio and
Pennsylvania a company was organized,
and constructed canal from the Portage
summit Of the Ohio canal to meet and in
tersect canal IN the State Of Pennsylva-
MIA, near the city Of pittsburgh aforesaid,
making q canal connection from the Ohio
Canal to Philadelphia, in the State of
Pennsylvania
And Whereas, The State Of Ohio, TO
aid in the construction Of said canal, fur
nished $40, 500, in money, being one-third
Of the cost Of the same;
And Whereas, Said Canal COMPANY.
besides paying to the States an annual
dividend Of So, 100, accumulated according
to their report reserve fund Of $50 900,
S98, ,00e Of which, (one-third Of which be-
longed to the State) instead of being paid
over to the State, was loaned to the Cleye-
land Mahoning Railroad Company;
And Whereas, The President and Di-
reetOrs Of said Railroad Company, also
acting as President and Directors Of said
Canal Company, did at the last session of
the Legislature petition for law author
izing the sale of said canal, and that such
portions of it might be closed as the pur-
chasers might think proper, which petition
was rejested by an almost unanimous vote
Of the Senate;
And Whereas, the Auditor Of State in
forms US in his report that the stock of
the State in this canal has been sold since
Nov. Is, 1862 ; therefore gr T..
RssolOsd, That the Committee on the
judiciary be instructed to inquire, and
report, at as early day as possible:
al. Whether Ohio can authorize the
sale and closing of any part of said canal,
without violating the implied faith of the
State Of Pennsylvania.
50 By what authority the Directors
loaned said money to said Railroad Com
pany, and on what security.
"3. Whether that money has been re-
funded, and if SO, how and when.
4. Whether the same persons, or some
Of them, acting as Directors of said Canal
Company in loaniBg it, we're not also Di-
rectors, OF officers of the Raiirosd in bor-
rowing it-and who, if anybody, acted in
both capacities
IS. Who sold said canal stock; by what
authoritgii who did they sell It to, and for
how much.
"6. We're any Of the persons selling it
interested as stockholders, bondholders, or
trustee in the company purchasing it.
a. Whether the purchase money has
been paid, and the stock transferred
"S. Whether the State Of Ohio, having
been a stoekholder at the time water leases
fer mill privileges were granted on said
canal, would not be liable in damages if
said canal is closed.
"9. Whether the President and Direct
ors Of the Canal Company are not also
President and Directors Of the company
that have purchased it.
40. Whether they have raised the tolls
SO high on the canal as TO drive the bust
ness from it for the purpose Of breaking it
down, and giving its power aRd usual
business to railroad Of which they are
officers and directors.
And that siad committees have power
to send for persons, and examine them on
oath, and compel the production Of pa
pers''
Rejoicing AZ Washington over the Re-eIec-
tiOn Of senator Wade.
Correspondence Of the Cincinnsti GsEette.l
WAsHHeToS, January %.
ONO RENEWs HER VOWS AGAINST THE RE-
BELLIoE.
In Ohio you regarded the reelection Of
ablufF Ben Wade, as his friends delight
to call our distinguished Senator, as sim
ply the doing ofthe thing most proper and
citing to be DONE tt was a simple dis.
charge Of plain duty, and was SO talked
about and acted upon, without any special
fuss or excitement
We have an altered rendering Of an old
proverb, that says, A prophet never has
half as much honor in his own country as
he has abroad"
Here, the effect Of Senator Wades re-
election was inspiring, electric. As in
terpreted in the capital, it meant not sim
ply the discharge Of duty, but the proud
declaration that the imperial State of the
West was still loyal to her earlier aud bold
er Inspirations that she still stood by the
brave Senator who had first boldly faced
and repelled the arrogant assumption
that afterWard eliminated in treason and
that, in spite of a momentsry triumph,
achieved by the friends of rebels, through
the abcence Of hundred and forty thou
sand soldiers in the armies Of the Nation,
she still, in her ealmest moments and with
most deliberate resolve, once more indors-
ed the Senator who had stood FIRST among
the foremost in demanding and laboring
for the most vigorous prosecution Of the
war to the end Of utterly crushing opt the
rebellion, and placing the foot Of the Ma
ton on the neck Of the traitors. That was
what Senator Wade's triumphant re-elec-
ton meant here; and that the reason that
it was hailed with more general rejoicing
and congratulation than the reelection Of
any other Senator has been, for years
past.
ssThe hosts of friends of the distinguish
ed Senator bad desired to serenade him, on
the arrival Of the news from Columbus
but on consultation, it was thought in bet
ter taste to omit all public rejoicings in a
time Of such general calamity. Judge
Wade's rooms, however, were thronged
with 0hioans, as we'll as with the most
eminent men from all parts of the Nation,
Fastening to extend their congratulations,
and heartiest good wishes for the future
Sp
For circulating q prohibited political
book, General in the Russian service was
recently punished in the most severe man
ner. he was sentenced to twelve years
mining work in Siberia, with the loss Of
all his rank and position. The garrison
was mustered on parade, and the General,
in full uniform, and wearing all his orders,
was placed upon the pillory, when the e1-
eeudoner cut Of all his lace, ornaments,
and orders, cut his uniform TO pieces,