Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1866-02-21
Our Columbus Letter.
COLUMBUS, FEB. l6, 1866.

AAhANlAAOAAh Il do QOACh as lightning
but I think George is a shade quicker
So with the mailbags and Maginnis. But
> what l wanted to say was this: l did moi
come to the knowledge of my error until
it was too late to send you a letter last
week. 1 felt very sorry for your readers,
knowing that it would be a great d1sap.
pointment TO them; but it won't occur
again, unless l commit the same error or
some other one.
The work of legislation has been NOV
ing along pretty smoothly for the past
two weeks, and considerable business has
been Opposed of. Occasionally we have
a little "~scene," which ~momentarily ruff
fes the surface of the legislative stream,
COTTON up by the little-endians over on
the Charleston side Of the House. The
little-endians just now are alarmingly
friendly to the brave boys who crushed
the wicked rebellion, and are extremely
anxious to vote that the boys shall have
every thing, most u~nattainable, in order
that they may finally coax them to &C
cept the least desired, and most easy at
tanned position of a vote in their ranks,
on account of their peculiar friendship.
But their hypocrisy was most beautifully
illustrated one day last week, upon a.
buncombe resolution introduced by
French Thornhill, of Coshocton, an cold
stager" and a shreWd one, politically,
chief among sinners but personally, ga
man of infinite jest" and highly esteem
ed among all. His resolution proposed
to request Congress to pass a law giving
to all soldiers who volunteered prior to
1864, I60 acres of land, or its equivalent
in money. All well enough but the sol
diers in the House proposed to test the
sincerity of French and his tribe of little
endians. So Gen. Banning proposed an
amendment, adding, land in addition,
I60 acres of land coniscated from trail
tors in the South" This was a bomb
shell in their camp,-a regular "old camp
kettle" as have heard the 'boys in
blue" call the morter shells filed with
destruction, discontinue and death to
their friends and allies. But they rallied
and iereely attacked the proposition.
1t was unconstitutional, so it was. 1t
was an outrage on humanity, and a rob-
berry of defenceless women, and innocent
children born and to be born there now.
So they fred way until their fury was
spent, when Piatt, Banning and Gaddes
opened their batteries upon the represen
tribe generally, with most crushing effect.
Piatt was saTeastically severe and caused
them to growl at him sery much. Even
old chief Thornhill lost his eeuilibri-
UNI, and called Dom to order for person.
alities used, who denied the soft i'm
parchment" Then Thornhil declared
that when gentlemen assailed the Demo-
cratic party they assailed him. This bold
declaration seemed to appease the young
ambitious little-endians, while it seemed
to please, and at the same time to check
the desire of the soldiers and their friends
to further employ their batteries. The
for their feeling On both sides, was
doubtless that as Thornhill is the imper-
sonatieR of the Democratic party, and
having long since passed that age when
lose the desire to propagate their
the race of little-endians was
nearly run out. So the Unionists pro-
ceeded to the passage of the resolution as
amended, and the ~iittle-endisns to their
corner to "wale." A resolution has been
in both Houses, also, calling up
on Congress to amend the Pension laws
SO as TO pay a soldier twelve dollars per
month instead of eight. Also a joint res
requesting our representatives in
Congress to support Senator Wilson's ar
my bill, which gives to deserving officers
and; soldiers or volunteers, two-thirds of
the positions to be filed in the ~reorgani
of the army. The soldiers of Ohio
may feel sure that they have good senti
nels on duty here. If their interests are
guarded in Washington, there will be
no danger of a surprise,
The bills which have passed both hoasas
in the last two weeks, of a general ma
turs, and become laws, are as follows:
To authorize county commissioners to
appropriate, as county roads, plank roads
and turnpikes which have not been kept
repair for one year: the bill requiring
commissioners to make quarterly
Of yearly allowances to constables,
narshsls and justices for services in Grim
nal cases which may be Rneollectable {;
bill requiring county commissioners to
true lines of merIdisns at u
seats-under the old law it was op-
,ionsl with them; a bill to allow ap-
peals from courts of common pleas, by
either party, for alimopy; a bill requiring
only one bond to be given by a guardian !
several minors inherit from the I
same parentsge a bill that the repeal /
.ng OF amendines statutes shall not effect
pending actions, prosecutions or proceed
civil or criminal, nor causes OF such
action or prosecution, unless otherwise
expressly provided in the repeating or
amending act Q bill authorizing the re-
noval of convicts in the Penitentiary for
trial on other indictments found, to the !
county where found /; a bill repeating all :
laws in regard To kidnapping and illegal
arrests, upon the statutes, and making c
one general law against those crimes,
which places white and black persons
upon an equality before it /; a bill to pro-
vide additional security to counties,
townships and municipal corporations,
where the authorities refuse or neglect
to levy taxes or pay debts under order of {
court upon mandamus, it becomes the du- j
ty of the auditor to make the levy a bill
10 amend the code SO as to protect pur- {
shaseys of property from administrator {
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