Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1868-11-28
COLUMBUS, O., Nov. 25th. 1868.

COLUMBUS, u, NOV. 20tn 1000.
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The Second Session of the 5Sth General As
sembly of Ohio has closed and the members
of that notorious body have begun to scatter
away to their homes The most important
business transacted during its three days ses
sion, was the election of Speaker of the House
10 fill the vacancy occasioned by the resigna-
ton of Speaker Follett. Hon. F. W. Thomhill
received the high honor of that election by
acclamation, and Hon. A. T. Walling was in
like manner elected as Speaker pro tenn.
As the first session was characterized by its
,unheard Of length, its numerous acts of unjust
partisan neanness, and the insolent bearing
of the accidental majority; the second
session was characterized for its breYity,
its paucity of acts, and the subdued
aud humblc bearing of the majority. Only
one bill was passed, viz: An appropriation
Bill, granting $4,000 to the Legislature, and
$4,000 as remunerations for come OF the gay
and festive Committees which met during the
vacation. A few other small items were in
included in the Bill, but the above named
comprise the bulk of the appropriations.
Great reluctance to adjourn was shown by
many of the Democrats and some of them
induiged in very bitter denunciations of their
brethren, and several large cats were permit
ted to jump out of the Democratic bag. A
state of8eaeg exists which threatens to des-
troy thepsace Of this once happy family. One
Of them declared on Tuesday that twenty -four
brave Democrats in the House would never,
nerer NEVER :! submit to be controlled by
party caucus, and no more should the cruel
party lash be laid down on their political
backs. '''
The clergy of Columbus are now on a strike,
utterly refusing to open the daily sessions with
prayer unless allowed their accustomed privi-
lege of drawing books from the State Library
so the session of Tuesday was not marked
at its opening with any devotional exercises,
and as it proved such disastrous, stormy day
to the democracy, their leaders declared in ia
vor of propitiating the clergy. Some provision
was made for rebuilding the Insane Asylum,
and it Is now supposed that the old walls
(which are still standing) can be safely used
without much alteration.
A food of buncombe resolutions is about all
that remains to be noticed, and these, were
mostly gotten up to please constituents The
next meeting of the Legislature commences on
the first Tuesday of January. E.
wThe New York Central Railroad cleo
ton takes place December 9th. The Erie COM
binatiou has purchased $4,000 shares with a
view of securing the election of Jay Gould to
the Presidency. Mr. Vanderbilt evidently be-
came aware of this, and by closing the books
shut out this large amount of stock from the
election. This left him master of the situation,
hut the combination are not disposed to sub
NIT tamely, and there are all sorts Of runors
afoat. 1t is freely rumored that Judge Bar
nard has iselled orders compelling the Central
TO open its books again for the transfer Of
stock There is certainly a prospect for an
other war, and the price of Central is rising on
the strength oft Vanderbilt is determined
TO retain control of the road at whatever risk
CB- Fifteen Rolls of Honor or lists of the
Union dead have been published, five are in
the hands of the printer, and six more will
complete the number. They contain list of
graves of nearly 2OO,O 900 soldiers, with the re-
cord of the place where the remains were
found, and a list Of nesrly 100000 graves,
which are as yet unknown, but which existing
records may identify. Careful records of ,ev-
erything found with each body, and all that
could serve to help to identify have been pre-
served. The wooden headbOards are fast de-
caying, and the Quartermaster General recon-
mends hollow rectangular blocks of galvanized
iron, filed with earth or cement