Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-02-06

| yesterday us being taken nom .. j..
Sweeney by the l1th and 18th Army
I Corps, was taken from ii. Butte, q mer-
chant of Bellaire, and not from Sweeney.
A joint resolution was adopted for the
invest igation of the case of the Rev.
ALEX. Bell, lunatic from Monroe Coun-
" who committed suicide In the central
Lunatic Asylum. A resolution granting
! the use of their colors to the 4th 0. V. l..
! for the occasion of reunion was con-
Cured in by the Senate. The bill max
ing appropriations for 1868 was consider
ed, and Mr. Keifer moved to amend by
adding section appropriatlng $2O, 00O
for the payment of bounties to veteran
! vol lunteers. A message from the Cover
nor announced the nomination of Moses
q. Mitchell, of Miami County, Direc-
tor of the Penitentiary, instead Of John
fC. Dunlevy; referred to the committee
on the Penitentiary.
HoUsE.-The resolution in relation to
the erection of an additional Lunatic
Asylum was reported back with accom-
panying documents, and they were or
dered to be printed. Bills were intro
duced to amend.the act for the creation
ofincOrporated companies, and to regulate
the practice of dentistry. Thebill maxi
ing partial appropriations for 1868 was
passed (including an appropriation to
pay for the work on the new Deaf and
Dumb Asylum, which excited considera-
BILE discussion.) The Senate resolution
to appoint Reporter for each House
was adopted. Mr.. Jewett Dem. offered
series of resolutions, which on his
motion were laid on the table to be print
ed, declaring the Reconstruction meas
ures of Congress unconstitutional, and
protesting against the policy they rep
resent. A petition was presented from
GAINESVILLE Board of Trade, the Mayor of
the city and the Muskingum County
commissioners, asking authority to buy
certain bridges, and to construct others,
and asking for the purchase by the
State OF the bridge across the Muskingum
river, now used as part OF the National
Road.
SENATE, Jan. 31.-A bill for the pur-
pose OF authorizing the city of Zanes-
Vile to borrow SIS, 600 to complete wat
er works, wrs passed. Bills were intro
duced to regulale the operations of rail-
roads to provide for establishing and
constructing drains; and to repeal all eX-
isting laws on the subject; a bill sup
Elementary to the act for the act for the
support of illegtmate children and a
bill to authorize the building of a bridge
across the Ohio river at Cincinnati. and
one to authorize the building of bridge
across the Tuscarawas river. A COM
mittee cf was appointed on the subject
OF tile Agricultural College. A resolu-
ton was adopted requesting the Auditor
of State to eXplasn an apparent discre-
pancy between II statement i'm his report
and one in the Fund Commissioners
Report in relation TO the amount saved
tothe state by transferring the general
| funds OF the State TO the sinking funds.
Mr.. leouman Qlep. offered a RESOLUTION
directing lhat copy of the protdst of
members of the Senate against the With
dlaWal OF the assent of the State to the
14th amendment.
HoUsE:-A resolution granting Miss
Toul, of Michigan, the use OF tile Hall
to lecture on |nrerance was adop. ell.
Bills authorizing The Commissioners of
Muskingum County TO build certain
bridges ana to authorize the Board OF
Pubic Works to purchase the National
road bridge at Iancsville, were intro
dueed. The preamble and resolutions
Offered by Nj. Jewett declaring the Re-
construction acts of Congress unconsti-
tntional were discussed. Mr. Pund OF
! Tered substitute declaring that the
C0stitution gives Congress power to de-
eide os to the character of the govern
mcnt OF each Stalc, and that the acts oil
Congress i'll relation to this subject are
not subject torevision by the supreme
Court. The consideration of the whole
/ subject was postponed till Monday att,
O'clock.
SENATE Feb. l.-Bills were introduced
for the establishment of Il comm iss: on To
to encourage inmipIatit TO the State
to amend u law in relation TO insurance
to amend an act in relation to the re-
pieving OF property. NIessrs Lawrence
ami Kramer were appointed on the COM
mittce to inquire in relation to the sui
eide OF Rev. a. Bell, an inmate of the
central Lunatic Asylum. Franklin
Gale was elected official reporter for the
Senate. The partial appropriation bill
was passed
HoUsE.-A bill was introduced i'm ac-
cordance with the petition for the better
protection of certain birds and other
game. MessPs Headly and Scott of
Warren were appointed II committee to
inquire in relation to the suicide of the
Rev. ~. Bell ut the Lunatic ASYLUM. A
bill was introduced for the better regu-
lation of roads and highways; also a
bill to provide for the registry of births
and deaths. A bill amending the act in
relation TO the construction of drains
was introduced. A resolution was ad-
dopted IN regard to changing the law so
~ to make il the duty of county agri-
cultural societies to elect their officers Oh
the fist day of their annual fairs. G. w.
Kill was elected official reporter of the
House ..
SENATE, Feb. "A bill to repeal the
law providing for the inspection of min
eral oils was introduced; also bill reg
ulating the pay of prosecuting attorneys;
also bill regulating the examination of
prisoners before justices of the peace.
The resolution of Mr.. Yeoman in rela-
ton To the transmission of the protest of
tie Republican Senators was taken from
the table and made the special order for
Wednesday, and ordered to be printed.
HoUsE.-A bill was introduced to
prohibit the introduction of foreign cat
tie into the. State; also bill to amend
an act requiring compensation for caus-
ing death by wrongful aot, neglect or
default. A resolution in relation to pro-
curing portable fire anihilator for the
Penltentiary was adopted. A Joint res
olution was adopted, providing that the
money appropriated for the new Deaf
and Dumb Asylum should be used in
paying the workmen who have been EN-
ployed on the work heretofore, instead
OF further advancement of the work.
Mr.. Jewett's Reconstruction resolutions
were discussed.
GENERAL GRANTS proposition, adopt
ed unanimously by the Trustees of the
Peabody Fund, that as large portion of
the principal, not exceeding two hun
dred thousand dollars, as can be advan-