The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-02-23
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COLUMBUS, o., Feb. 90, '65.

ness to the State than to The generaieiOv-
ernment, However, under the pressure
of the high prices, the bill to increase
the salaries of State offices has be-
come u law, and we may congratulate
the people upon the factthat the next
Governor will bo able to bring his
family to the city, a luxury which
Governor Brough. it ia said, cannot
afford. His successor will receive
$4,000 per anpum. and the Supreme
Judges $4,000. Col. Connell intro
duccd q bill to increase the per diem
of members and officers of the Gene
raj Assembly to IS a day. A bill in
the House proposes 10 pay members
$500 for the term. There will likely
bo a compromise upon the old per
diem of 81 day. Members anxious
to return will vote against both, see
ing that the people have found out
that Legislature can be run at So
n day for each member. We sin
cercIy hope for the benefit OF our
successors, that tobacco and boarding,
and other refreshments, will be lower
next winter. ......
In my last letter, written some
weeks ago, it was stated that there
were two important bills before the
Assembly, one the Bounty Bill and
tho other tho Bill for the relief OF
soldiers families. Tho Relief Bill,
having passed the Senate. is now in
tho House being rounded into shape,
or as Mr.. Stevenson would say clicked
into shape" There is q dead. lock
on the Bounty Bill The bill gotten
up in tho House proposes local
levy to pay bounty to volunteers en-
listing undV the present and future
calls The Senate Bill proposes that
tho State shall borrow tho money,
(allowing timo for repayment until
1879 aud shall pay to each volun-
tccr onlisting under tho present and
future calls, and also to tho veterans
now in the field, tho sum of 500 for
ono year, 5000 for two years, and $500
for three years service. Neither OF
tho bills are likely TO pass, as the
conflict between the friends OF the two
measures seems 10 be ire ,rcssible
and uncompromsing. We would re-
spcctfully advise the different town,
ships in Fairfield county not to wait
for bounty law, If they do, Father
Abraham will be rolling through the
country in a short time in his chariot
Of thousand uhcclS, and will find
thcm on the track. A bounty bill,
however, applying to cities, has passed
tho Senate, and will no doubt pass
tho House. 1t authorizes City Coun
ellis to levy tax to pay bounty un.
der tho present and future calls, and
also to refund money subscribed by
individuals for tho purpose of paying
bountics. .,... ,r.t. ....
Tho subject Of nm Agricultural Col
legc is again before tho Legislature,
being wincd and dined. There are
oysters, and wines, and Holsters and
Sich, over at Ambos' and Wagncr's,
and members have an cxcusable weak
ness for this st,lo Of masticating and
digcsting n bill Tho Farmers Col
lego Association of Hamilton county
propose to donate their college build.
ing aud grounds TO the State, if the
State will accept tho Congressional
Land Grant for Agricultural College
purposes, and endow tho institution
Thcro is numerous class ofpcrsons
who want tho institution in this coun
ty, and who arc opposed to accepting
tho donation of Farmers College. In
tho ono case, tho State will have
buildings and grounds ready made
in tho other tho State will be put tc
the expense of purchasing ground,
and erecting buildings,
OF coarse, tho Legislature ratified
the amendment to the Constitution oI
tho Un;tcd States abolishing slavery
Tho Hollow Square of tho Senate
vptcd squarely and solidly against ii
There are just four mem bcrs, Mcssrs
Converse, O'Conner, Lang and Willctl
oftho Democratic persuasion" in the
Senate, and thcy recorded their votes
against it, We suppose that all the
Democratic members ofthc House who
recorded their votes, did the same
Tho Legislatures of Delaware and
New Jersey have refused to ratify the
amcndment. Lc. thom go, chained
face to face with the corpse of slavery
till u better people shall rise up and
push them from their stools
A resolution hos passed the House
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