Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1856-07-01

              V , V. . ' , , : . iijefittlltfati' . i.i,l!'f . , , T-;T VOL. II. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 1, 1856. NO 33 MT. VERNON REPUBLICAN, terms: $2,00 Per Annum, if In Advance. ADVEltTISINCJ' Tho Republican lias the largest circulation In the county and U.tlierofore.tlie boat medium through which business men can advertise. Ad-veftiaemeiits will be inserted at tho following RATES. lsauare. e. $ c.l c.'.t o. $ c.1, &&. t$ c. jl 00 I 25 75 3 25 3 003,5(14,500 00 0 iqr's.iJaTo 3 504 50 J5 00j6 OOOrjS.OOO 4 Bgr'sViToO 4 00 5 00 6 00 7 00 8,00 1000 12 1 square changeablemonthly,$10;weekly,$15 U column changeable quarterly, 15 3. column changeable quarterly, 18 column changeable quarterly, 25 1 column changeable quarterly,.... 40 ETTwelve line in thin type, are counted at a square. lDElitorial notices of advertisements, or calling attention to any enterprise intended to benefit individuals or corporations, will be charged for at the rate of lOccnts per line. O Special notices, before marriages, or taking precedence of regular advertisements, double usual rates. CXotices for meetings, charituble societies, firo companies, Ac, half price. D Advertisements displayed inlarge type to be charged one-hall' more than regular ratts. CTA11 transient advertisements to be paid In advance, and none will be inserted unless for a definite time mentioned LAWS OF OUZO. fNo. 85. AN ACT To restore to the court of Common Pleas the jurisdiction of iniuor.ofl'onees,in certain counties iu this State. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General ilsseit-bly of the Slate of Ohio, That the Court of Common Pleas, ill addition to the jurisdiction it now has shall have original jurisdiction of all crimes, offences and inisdeiiieunors, the cognizance of which is now vested iu the r rotate Oourt. Sec. 2. All prosecutions fur Btiid crimes, offences and misdemeanors, shall ho by indictment in said court, in the county in which the crime, offence or misdemeanor shall have been committed, except where it Is otherwise provided in tlio several acts for the punishment of crimes. Sec. 3. All tines collected under said prosecutions, shall be paid into the treasury of the county where the prosecution is held, and all persons Imprisoned under suij several prosecutions, shall be imprisoned in the jail of the proper county. Sue. 4. All recoulz:iiicua which shall lie taken by Justices of the Peace, and other otlicers authorized to take tho same, and till transcripts in criminal cases, within the jurisdiction of the Common Pleas Court, shall be returned to said court forthwith, after the commitment of a person charged with an offence, or the taking of a recognizance for his appearance before said court. sis. a. mat all prosecutions pending in the Court of Probate of any county, at the time of the taking effect of tills act, shall be continued upon the informations now filed in the Court of Common Pleas of the proper county, and the Probate Jmljro .01 each county Is herenv directed to trans ml' 10 sjiiil Common Pleas Court, all Informations and recognizances now an file iu bis office, uud not disposed ol. Sue I). That no bill of Indictment for any of fence specified in the act entitled "An act for the punishment of crimes," passed March 8, 1831, shall be found a true bill hy nny grand jury, unless the mime of the prnsocutor bo endorsed thereon, except such bill be found upon testimony sworn and sent to the grand jury by order of the court at the request of the prosecuting attorney, cr the foreman of the grand jury, in which cases the fact that the bill wua'fouud upon testimony sworn and sent to the grand jury by order of the court, shall be endorsed 011 tho bill instead of the name of the prosecutor. ' Sec. 7. That in all cases where the prosecutor's name is endorsed on the bill, and the same is found a true bill by the grand jury, and upon trial the defendant Is acquitted, the prosecutor shall bo liable for costs, and the court at the term suuli ac-qull'al shall take place or at any subsequent term, shell render judgment against such prosecutor for such costs unless the court shall bo of opinion that there wero reasonable grounds fur instituting the prosecution. Sec. 8. That chapter four containing from sections twenty-nine, to, and including section fifty-six of au act defining the jurisdiction und regulating the practice of the Piobite Court, pissed March 14, 1853; also an act amendatory of the same, passed April 26, 1651, be and the same are hereby repealed. Sic. 9. The provisions of tills act shall not apply to the counties of Jackson, Vinton, Meigs, Fayette, (locking, Lake, Trumbull, Harrison. Portage, Seneca, Adams, Putnam, flonry, Lucas, Pike, Cuvahorrn, Medina, Mercer, Lawrence, Gallia, Miami, Summit, Dcluware, Wood, Ottawa, Carroll, Guernsey, Monroe, Lorain and Scioln, and the repeal herein of chapter four of an actdrtiuinir the jurisdiction and regulating the practice ot Probate Courts, passed March 11, 1853, shall not apply to the counties named in this section, but the jurisdiction of the Probate Court iu said counties shall remain the same as If this act wete not passed. N. II. VAN VORIIES, Speaker of the flume of Representatives, THOMAS 11. FOIU), President of the Senate. April 9, 1850. N'o. 8G.1 AN ACT Further defining the duties of County Treasurers. Section 1 Be it enacted hy the General Assembly of the Slate of Ohio, That hereafter the treasurer of each county iu this State, which, according to i!k- i last federal census, had a population or less mart one hundred thousand inhabitants shall retain in .hi hands fordisbursement, as hereinafter provided all the taxes by him collected, which shall nave been levied for any purpose whateverr within the township, in which by law the county treasury Is located, whether for township purposes, school purposes, or the purposes of municipal corporations, also all funds of every kind which shall be paid Into the county treasury, and are applicable to any such purpose within the limits of aforesaid township: Provided, That this section shall not apply to taxes levied for State purpose. Sic. 2. The said taxes, thus retained by said county treasurer, shall be disbursed by him as fallows: The taxes collected under the levy made by the township trustees, for all purposes, shall be paid out on the order of the said Trustees, or any two of them. The taxes collected under the levy made by the council of any municipal corporation within said township, shall be paid out on the order of sueh person or persons, a may be appointed by the conncil of said corporation. The taxes collected nnder a levy, made by the township board of education, organized under the "act foi the re organization, supervision and maintenance of common schools," passed Mireh 14, 1853, shall be paid out on the order of such person or persons, as said board of education may prescribe. The (axes collected nnder a levy, made by a board of education, organized nnder the "act for the support and belter regulallog of common ehools in the town of Akron." passed February 8, 1647, and the acts amendatory thereof, or nuder the "act for the better regulation of common schools in towns andcltles, See.," passed Febrsary 21,1849, and the acts amendatory thereof, shall be paid oat on the written order of the president of aid board, countersigned by the secretary of the same. Sec. 3. That snld county treasurer shall settle and urcoont wllh the sevoral boards of township trdsteos and of education, and with the council of municipal corporation herein named, as often as la or may be provided fur the settlement of the treasurers and niunlcipul corporations respectively, Seo. 4. That hereafter thero shall not be elected within the limits of the township, in which by law the office of the county treasurer is located, anv township treasurer, nor any treasurer of a muni cipal corporation, and no person shall be allowed any compensation for the disbursements of the taxes herein required to be disbursed by said county treasurer 1 Provided, That the provisions of this sect.on shall not apply to municipal corporations, In which the taxes of such corporation are collected by Its treasurer. N. II. VAN VORIIES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS'lI. FORD, President of the Senate. April 8, 1856. No. 01. AN ACT Further to amend and supulementnrv to an act en titled an act securing the benefits of the writ of nnoess corpus. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Gtneral Astcmbly of the Slate of Ohio,, That whonever application for a writ of habeas corpus, under the act entitled an act securing the benefits of habeas corpus pass ed February 22. 1811, shall be made to any court or judge of any county in this Slate, this said court or judge upon being satisfied by affidavit 04 otherwise, that any oliicer having iu his custody or under his control, any person or persons alleged to bo unlawfully deprived of liberty, will neglect or refuse to obey said writ, shall cause the said writ to be directed to the sheriff or coroner of any county, provided that it shall not be directed to any sherifT or coroner who is charged with the alleged unlawful detention ; and the said writ shall be framed, directed executed and returned, and proceedings shall be thereupon had, in all respects, as Is provided by the act further to amend the habeas corpus act; pnssed Februury 8, 1817; and the officer having in his custody the person or persens alleged to be unlawfully deprived of liherty is heroby required to dellvor such person or per-sbns to the otlicerliavliir' the writ of habeas corpus. Sec. 2. Be Ufurlhi r enacted, That If any sheriff or co'oner, to whom any writ ol habeas corpus issued under the provisions of this act shall be directed, shall refuse or neglect to obey and execute the sumo according to the command thereof or shall wilfully make a false return thereof, such Bherill or coroner shall forfeit and pay the sum of one thousand dollars, which sum may bo recovered by the party aggrieved, or by any person suing for the use of said party ; bnt, in case of a suit for the use of snid puFty, the court in which the same may be brought, shall make such order for securing to the party the amount recovered as shall seem just and expedient. Sec. 3. Beit further enacted, Tim no person who shall be again imprisoned or restrained of liberty, for the same or substantially the same cause or of-fenco unless by legal order or process of a court of competent jurisdiction, or upon u churge of crimo or otfeiiso under nathor allirmatiou made, or indictment found, after such discharge. And if any person shall, knowingly and contrary to the provisions of this section, re-commit or imprison or restrain of liberty for the sumo or sub stantially the same cause or offense, any person so set at large, or shall knowingly ant or assist therein, such person so offending, shall forfeit to the party aggrieved the sum of five hundred dollars, to bo recovered hy the Baid party or nny person for the use of said parly, us provided in the preceding section, and the person so offending, shall moreover bo liable to the suit of the p-irty aggrieved lor damages. Sue 4 He it further enacted, That when any person shall be set at largo unon any writ of habeas corpus, the court or judge making such order, shall have power to make such further order as may be necessary to secure the due effect of said order or discharge ; nnd the court or jndga before which any writ of habeas corpus shall be returned, shnll for good cause shown, continue the said cause and shall have power to make such other orders, during the proceedings upon such writ, in respect to the custody of the person imprisoned or restrained, and in other respects, as may be round needlal to secitio tho dueeflectof the writ. Sec 5. lie It fnrtlier enacted, That section six of the act entitled "an act securing the benefits of tho writ ol habeas corpus," passed rehruary 22, it'll, and section nine of the act entitled " an act further to amend the act entitled an act securing the benefits of the writ of habeas corpus," passed February 8, 1847, bo and the same are hereby repealed. N. n. VAN VORIIES, Speuker of the House of Representatives THOMAS II. FORI), President of the Senate. April 5, 1850. I No. 100. ANACT Further to amend an act entitled " an art to prevent nuisances," passed February 28, ItMl.and to repeal the act passed March 25, 1851, entitled "an act further to amend an act entitled an act to prevent nuisances," passed February 2. 1851. Suction 1. Beit enncled by the General Aseemblu of the Stale of Ohio, That every house or building situate within this Mate, used or occupied as a house of III fame, or for the purposes of prostitution, shall be held nnd deemed a public nuisance ; and any person owning, or having control of, as guardian, lessee, or otherwise, such house or building, and knowingly Innslng or sub letting the same in whole or in part, for the purpose of keep ing therein a house or ill utno.or Knowingly permitting the same to be used or occupied for such purpose, or using oroccitpyliig liin sumo for such purpose, shall, lur every such oflence, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding one hundred dollurs, or Imprisoned fur a term not kos than thirty days, nor more than six mouths, or both, at the discretion of tho court. Sxo. 2. That the use or occupation by the lessee or tenant of any house or building, or any part thereof, for the purposes prohibited in the first section of this act, shall be held by the courts of this State, good cause on the part of the owner, or lessor to avoid the agreement ol lease or renting, and to re-enter at any time andtuke possession of such house or building. Seo. 3. That the act passed March 25, 1851, entitled "an act further to amend an act entitled an act further to prevent nuisances," passed February 28, 1851, be and the same is hereby repealed. N. II. VAN VORIIES, Siieaker of the House of Representatives. LESTER TAYLOR, President of the Senate, pro. tern. April 11, 1856. INo. 101. AN ACT, To protect Agricultural Fairs and Fair Grounds. Section 1. Be it enacted Ay the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That It shall be lawful for any justice of the peace, on the spplicatlon of any of the officers of any state, county, township, or any independent agricultural societies, or Industrial associations to appoint a suitable number of special constables, to assist In keeping the peace during the time when such society shall be holding their fairs and make an entry in his docket of the number and names of all such he shall appoint. Sic. 2, All such constables so appointed shall have all the poTer of constables to suppress riots, diaturbancesand breaches of the peace ; they may, npon view, arrest any person or persons who may be amity of violating any of the laws of the State, may pursue and arrest any perron fleeing from justice In any part of the State 1 to apprehend any and all persons ic the act of committing any offence spilnst the laws thereof, and may, upon reasonable Information, supported by affidavit, pro-en's process for the arrest of any person or persons who msy be charged with breach of the peace, and forthwith bring such person or persons before the competent authority, and enforce all the laws for the preservation of good order. Sec. 3. No person shall be allowed to keep any shop, booth, tent, wagon, or other carriage, vessel or noat, or any stand or table for the sale of an spirituous or other liquors, or tell or epse to tell, cive, barter, er otherwise dispose of, In or tear such shop, tent, waon of other carriage, vessel, boat, stand or table, or in any other way or place, any spircuous or oilier liquors, 01 or whiiiii the distance of two miles from the place where any such agricultural fairs aro held. Avn. .1 Tlit nnu narinli n, n.Nnii. imIia T.II ho gulllyof a breach of this act, and shall be no- iiueu oy uuy one 01 me oiuuera aumorizou to make an arrest or seizure, or by any other person that he she or they are violating the law ; and If, after, sncn notice, aucu person shall continue In such vl olutlon, he, the, or they shall forfeit and pay for every such offence, a fine of not less than five, nor more than hlty dollars, to be paid over to the treasury of such agricultural society where the of fence was committed ; and any judge of tho court, sheriff, coroner, justice of the' peace of the proper county, or any constable of the proper county, or any constable or the proper township, or the constables especially appointed, shall, upon view or Information, without warrant, apprehend any person so offending, and seize such booth, tent or wagon, orother carnage, stand, vobsoI or boat selling spirituous or oilier liquors, and convey tho same to a place of safe keeping, and tnko the person so offending before some officer having competent jurisdiction, together with an inventory of the things so seized, and the officer before whom such alleged of fender shall be brought, shall proceed forthwith to enquire Into the truth of tho accusation, and if true, snail eurorce the penalties of this act. Sec. 5. If the accused shall fail to pay such fines as shall be assessed, together with all the costs of proceedings, including the necessary ex penses of such seizure, the said officer before whom audi offender was tried, shall forthwith Issue a venditioni exponas, commanding any constable of the township in which such Inquiry snail beheld, to make the fine ond costs, necessary expenses, and costs of execution by sale of so much of the property aa shall be necessary therefor, and make return thereof in ten days thereafter. Seo. G. That in the execution of the venditioni exponas the said constable, at least ten days before the sale, shall advertise the property to be sold, In two of the most public places of the township, where tho same is to be sold, at one of wh'eh places, to be designated in the notice, between the hours of 10 o'clock, A. M. and four o'clock P. M tuid sale shall be held, said constable first selling or offering for sale, the articles which tho offender brought on to the ground for truffle, and the overplus of the property so seized us uforesaid, after the satisfaction of said venditioni exponas shall be delivered to the defendant on demand ; but if he shall fuil to demand the samo for ten days after such sale, tho same shrill become forfeited to the said agricultural society, and if the property so seized shall be found Insullicient to satisfy said venditioni exponas and costs of execution, said justice of the peace shall, at any time thereafter, on request of the treasurer of said society, issue a fieri facias, to collect the balance thereof. N. II. VAN VORIIES, Speaker of the House of Representatives, LESTER TAYLOR, President of the Senate, pro. tern. April 11, 1856. No. 117. AN ACT Supplementary to an Act entitled "An Act to Prevent Nuisances," passed February 28, 151. Section 1. Be it enncled by the. General Assembly of the Stale of Ohio, That If any owner or owners, lessee or lessees, or occupier or occupiern, foreman or superintendent of uny distillery in this State, who shall keep any hogs or other animals, shall suffer or permit such distillery or the place or places where such hogs or other animals shall be kept, to remrin unclean natween the tirst day or April and the hrst da of October of any year, to the annoyauce af the citizens of this State or any of them, every person so olfonding shall forfeit and pay for every such offence , a sum not less than five dollars nor more than fifty dollars, together wild costs ot sun. Ana 11 said nuisance He not removed and abated wiihiu five days after the institution of such suit, the continuance of such nuisance shall be deemed a second otfence against the provisions of this act ; and every like neglect of each succeeding period 01 nve days, shall be considered an additional olfeuso against the provisions of this act. Section 2. Tint all offeiisos acalnst the provi sions of this act shall be prosecuted by action be fore a justice ol tho peace ot the township wherein such nuisance may bo situate, in the name and for the use of such township ; all forfeitures and penalties accruing under this act, shall be paid into tho treasury of the proper township for the use of the poor thereof. Section 3. This act Bliall take eZecl from the day of the passage thereof. N. II. VAN VORIIES, Speaker of the House of Representatives, THOMAS H. FOUD, President of the Senate. Aril 10, 1S5G. No. 50. AN ACT Further defiining the duties of Coroners. Section. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem bly of the Slate of Ohio, That whenever an inquest beheld by the coroner or any oliicer in his place, it 1 shall be the duly of the jury to retain, us part of their verdict, a description of the person, over whose body tho inquest is held, which description shall specify the name, age, sex. residence, place of nativity, color of the eys, hair, marks, uud all other particulars, which may assist in the identification ot the person. The jury shsll also make au inventory of all articles ot property found on or about the person, uud describe the same as ml-1 uiitely aa can conveniently be done ; also of all ; monies, specifying the amount and kind and deno-, initiation thereof, Section 2. Immediately after the finding of tho. jury as mentioned in the preceding section, if the' lnends or riativesoi ma ueceuseu ue Known, the coroner shall give to them nolico by letter or otherwise, and if the friends or relativies bo un-knows, then tbe coroner shall advertise in one newspaper iu the proper county, and whether the notice be by letter or advertisement the coroner shall stato the cause of the death, the finding of the jury, and give a substantial dtsenption of the property mentioned iu tho Inventory provided for In section one. Section 3. The inventory and return provided for In the foregoing section shall bo made separately from the verdict of the jury, required to be made in the act definining the duties of sheritfs and coroners, and ahull, together with all articles and moneys, described in said inventory, be returned by the coroner, or other officer, to the Probate Court, Section 4. Incase tho namo of the person, over whose body the Inquest has been held, is unknown the Probute court shall make such order for the preservation of the properly found on the person, other than money, as may be necessary for the future Identification of told person ( if the same is known, it shall make such other order us to it may seem Ms!, me money louua snail do applied, first: to paying the expenses of saving the body of the deceased, of the inquest and burial ; and the remainder, if any, ahull be invested, unde the order of the Probate court In loan, secured dy mortgage on unincumbered real estate, double in value to the amount loaned ; and such moneys shall be retained by said Piobate coart in trust lor the use of the heirs of the deceased, until further dispositions thereof shall be made by law. Section 5. The provisions of this statute shall not Interfere Willi the rights of any administrator or executor appointed and qualified in due course of law, but such moneys and eflecls shall be delivered op to said administrator or executor, whether before or after return thereof to the court ol Probate.Section 6. Whenever the prosecuting attorney of any county shsll be informed that any person has In hit possession money or other property belonging to any person found dead within such county, whether obtained before or after the passage of this act upon whose estate no letters of administration have been Issued, it shall be the dnly of toch prosecntlng attorney to require by notice In writing, sueh person having inch money or property, to deposit tin tame In the Probate court of the county, and In case such person shall not within fifteen days comply with such requsi-tlon, It shall be the duty of suid prosecuting attorney to bring salt In the common pleas court, in the name of the 8lste of Ohio, for the recovejy of said moneys and effects, and the same shall, when recovered, be at the disposition' of laid Probate court, ae hereinbefore provided- . N. IT. VAN VORIIES, Speaker of the Jlouie of Representatives. WM. LAWRENCE. President of the Senate, pro. tern, April 3, 1850. No. 51. AN ACT Supplementary to an act entitled "an act to provide for the division of townships into electioa precincts, Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the commissioners of any county In this Slate, upon presentation to them, at any regular session of their board, of a petition signed by a majority of three-fourths of the legal voters of each and evory voting precinct of any township therein, which has beeu divided in pursuance of the provisions of the'net, to which this is supplementary, praying that such township be ro-chunged, so us to constitute, as originally, a single voting precinct, or that the lines dividing the same be changed, or altered; upon being satisfied that the prayer of said petition it just and reasonable ; and that due notice thereof has been given for thirty days, by posting the tame up In three public places in each precinct to be ntfected by such change, grunt the prayer of such petition by an order that such township be chunged in accordance therewith. N. II. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives, WM. LAWRENCE, President of the Senate, pro. tern. April 3, 1850. No. 52. AnTcT Supplementary to an act entitled "an act d:fining the jurisdiction and regulating the practice of Probate courts." Siction 1 . Be it enaelcd by the General Assembly of the Slaio of Ohio, That the probate courts In this State, shall, in addition to the jurhdlctlon conferred upon them by the uct entitled "an act defining the jurisdiction uud regulating the practice of probute courts," passed March 14, 1853, also havo concurrent jurisdiction with the court of common pleas, In nil cases where it shall besought and deemed proper and necessary by any municipal corporation oilier than a city of the first or second class, to enter upon, take, and appropriate property fur nviki ng or Improving stroets and alleys as provided in the act entitled "an act to provide for the organization of citiis and incorporated villages," and acts amendatory thereto, and said probate court shall, in all Its proceedings under tho jurisdiction heroby conferred, be governed by provisions of the act entitled "an act to pravide for compensation to the owners of private property appropriated to the use of corporations," passed April 30, 1852, so far us the same may be found applicable thereto. N. II. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM LAVVKEFCE, President of tht Senate, pro tern. April 3, 1S5G. No. 42. AN ACT Supplementary to an act defining the powers and duties of justices of the peace and constables ill criminal cases. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Geveral Astern bly of A" State of Ohio, That whenever any person or persons shall bs arrested for committing any offence, which by the laws of this State is punishable hy fine or imprisonment in the county jail, he or they shall be admitted by the Mayor or Justice before whom he or they shall be brought, to plead guilty to the charge preferred, and the Mayor or Justico before whom such pie shall be pleaded, is hereqy authorized to impose upon the offender or offenders such punishment as Is by law affixed to the offense committed , or iu his discretion to recognize such offender or offenders to appear at the next term of the proper court tc answer concerning the same as Iu other cases, and sueh justice when he pronounces final sentence is authorized to examine the witnesses to ascertain the circumstances under which the offense may have been committed: Provided that the provisions of this act shall not extend to the punishment of crimes or offences mentioned in an act entitled "an net to punish certain crimes therein named," Dsssed March 18, 1839, nor of the crimes or otfon-ses enumerated in the act entitled " an act to provide for the punishment of certain crimes therein named," passed February 27, 1834. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives, THOMAS II. FORD, President of the Senate. Match 29, 1850. No. 44 AN ACT To ascertain the number and other facts respecting Deaf and Dumb, Blind, Insane and Idiotic persons in the State of Ohio. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Stole of Ohio, That the assessors in the several townships of each county of the State, while performing their duties, shall ascertain and enter upon a snhedulo prepared for the purpose, the name, in full, of each Deaf and Dumb, Blind, In sane and Idiotic person in ilia township, together with the ae, sex, color, occupation and placo of birth, of said person, and whether educated or not: also, the names, in full, of the parents of said Deaf and Dumb, HlMid, Insano and Idiotic person, their place of birth, occupation, number of children, number of Deaf and Dumbclii dren, and what affinity of blood, if any, existed between the paronts previous to niarnagn ; and tho said papers be returned in due form to the Auditor of the proper county, at the time of returning the assessment of property, and by said Auditor to the Secretary of State, on or before the first day of July 1856 The Auditor of State shall furnish to the several county Auditors, the necessary blanks orschedules to carry out the provisions of this act. N. II. VAN VORHE3, Speaker of the House of Representatives, THOMAS il. FORD, President of the Senate. March 29, 1856. rNo.G4. AN ACT To provide for tho establishment of tho Ohio Reform School. Section 1. Be it ennotcd by the General Assembly of the Stale of Ohio, That there shall bo established, ns hereinafter provided, an institution for the discipline, cor rection and reformation of juvinile offenders to bo designated, the Ohio Reform School, to which may be committed for discipline, correction, and instruction such persons not exceeding twenty yeaisof age, aa may be convicted of crimes the punishment whcreol is now confinement in the penitentiary, nnd such other persons as it mny hereafter provided by law thus to commit.Section 2. That there shall be appointed by the Governor by and with the advice of the Senate, three Commissioners whose duly it shall be to make inquiry in regurd to a suitable site for tbe buildings of snid R-jform School to receive propositions in regard to donations of land or money and to make full report upon the subject at the time specified in section three of this act. Section 3. The commissioners shall havo porter to employ a competent architect, to furnish plans and specifications for the necessary buildings; and two of them, accompanied, if necessary, by the architect, shall visit three of the principal institutions of this kind in the United States, made diligent inquiry in regard to the construction, arrangement and cost of buildings, and the employments,, discipline and education of the inmates; and the commissioners shall report to the General Assembly, within ten dayi from the commencement of the next session thereof, the result of these observations and inquiries together with such other useful matter as they may think desirablo and in bo doing uiey snail give iuii anil exact mlormrtion in regard to the cost of buildings for tho Ohio Reform School. Section 4. Before entering upon the duties of their office, the commissioners shall each give bond to the stato of Ohio in the penal sum of five thousand dollars to bo approved by the governor, conditioned for the faithful performances of their duty; and in case of vacnncy arising in said board of commissioners, whether from death, resignation or otherwise, the goAer-nor shall havo power to fill such vacancy by appointmont; and the person so appointed ehall hold his office until the close of the next succeeding session of tho legislature.., Skcti'on 6". Each of said commissioners shall be allowed three dollars per day for his services, while actually employed in the duties of his appointment; and also such traveling and incidental expenses as are authorized by the provisions of this act; and the architect shall be paid only for the time during which he is, employed, together with necessary travelling expenses. Section Q. To meet the expenditures authorized by this act, there shall be paid, on the approval of the governor, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, n sum not escecding one thousand dollars. Section 7, The commissioners sl.all make no contract in anticipation of appropriations made for their use by the General Assembly, and for any contract so by them made in anticination of Kuril nnnrn. priations, they shall be held responsible in uietr private capacities to the persons so contracted with. N. II. VAN VORIIES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS II. FORD, President of the Senate. April 7th, I85G. No. 37 AN ACT. To amend an act entitled "an act to create a per manent Agricultural Fund in the State of unio, and tor other purposes- ' Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That any escheated lands in the State of Ohio, which may not yet be sold, or which may hereafter escheat, and be subject to sale under the act to which this is an amendment, shall, and the samo is hereby authorized to bo sold in the same manner as is authorized in said act for the bt nefit and for the use of the regular organized agricultural society within the county in which the said escheated lands may be situate provided that the amount thus pnid to the said agricultural society, shall not in any one case exceed six hundred dollars. Section 2. That the excess of any es cheated lands sold under tho provisions of this act, over anctbove six hundred dollars, being the proceeds of nny one sale, shall not in any manner be changed from the disposition intended to be made by the act n.foresaid. Section 3. That so much of the act to which this is an amendment, as conflicts with the provisions of this act, be and the same is hereby repealed. N. II. VAN VORIIES, Speaker of the House of Representatives, THOMAS II. FORD, President of the Senate. March 29th, 1856. No. 83. AN ACT Supleiuentary to the act entitled "an act to pro vide for the creation and regulation of Incorporated Companies iu the State of Ohio," passed May 1, 1H51. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That any number of persons, not less than three, may associate themselves together, as provided in the sixty-third, sixty-fourth and sixty-fifth section of the act entitled "an act to provide for the creation and regulation of incorporated companies in the State of Ohio," passed May 1, 1052, for the purposo of constructing and maintaining a canal or canals for hydraulic purposes : with (he necessary culverts, waste ways and fixtures building nnd repairing steamboats, nnd other water craft; building or operating dry docks nnd marine railways; printing and publishing a newspaper or newspapers, or books, or other publications; quarrying stone, marble, or slate mining coal, ores and other minerals, or manufacturing the same in whole or in part, or both and carrying on business usually connected with the main objects of the corporations aforesaid ; and when organized shall be a dody corporate, having all the privileges, immunities, and powers conferred upon manufacturing companies by said act, nnd shall be governed in all respects by the provision of said act and the act supplementary and amendatory thereto. Section 2. Any company organized for the purpose aforesaid, shall have power to take, bypnrchase or otherwise, and hold such real and personal estate as mny be deemed necessary for conducting the business of the association, and shall have power to lease, sell, convey or mortgage the same, in such manner, and for such purposes, as may be prescribed by the rules and regulations of the laws of this State. Section 3. The several companies which may be organized under the provisions of this act, for the purpose of mining, quarrying or manufacturing, shall be authorized, when such purpose shall be stated in the certificate of organization, to construct a railroad, with a single or double track, with such side tracks, turn outs, officers and depots as they may deem necessary to carry oat the objects of the incorporation, for any such mine, quarry or manufactory, to any other railroad, be subject to and governed by the act aforesaid, nnd the said supplementary, amendatory and other acts in relation to railroads, so far as applicable thereto. Section 4. This act shall take effect and bo in force from and after it r passigo. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House ot Representatives, THOMAS 11. FORT, President of the Senate. April 8, 1859. County Acdtor'b Oftici ) Mr. ViRNON, July I, 1856,) I hereby certify that the foregoing Laws are a correct copy of the Law furnished this office by the Secretary of State. JOHN LAMB, Auditor Knox County, O. law an"i"ohi)i:h. TO MrMiNTHYMEiV;" A TRUE STATEMENT. Chicago, June II, 1Q56. To lite Editors of the Chicago Tribune: I wish to make, for tho benefit of your readers, a true stntement of the manner in which Free Stato men in Kunsns aro treated by tho mob which has now possession of the Territory, and Missouritma on the Border, as proved by my own case. I emigrnted to Kansasin March last, and settled in Lawrence, where I took no p'irt in the political troubles, by which the Territory has been convulsed. In all respects I endeavored to demean myself as a good citizen and an honest man. On Thursday, the 6th of the present month, I had occasion to go to Kansas City, Mo., with my oxen and wagon, for a loud of freight, consisting of household goods for an emigrant in my employ, who was with me. v On my return with" the load I was oblifcd to pass throuarU Westnort. When about n mile or a mile and a half from that village, I came upon a camp occupied by sixty or seventy Missourians and Alabamians. Here I was met by a souad of these men, aimed with muskets, rilles and side nrtns, who demanded me to stop. "Here's .a dd Abolitionist," wa9 the cry, "let us have him anyhow." I produced a pass which had been given to me by U. S. Marshal Donaldson; but they swore it was a forgery. . They proceeded to break open the boxes in the wagon, and to scatter the goods about in the road. vvnen tins was going on, I was sent into their camp, where I was questioned thus: "What's your name?" "C. II. Barlow." "Where do you live ?" "In Lawrence." "Where nre you from?" "Waterbury, Connecticut." 'What are your politics?" "I am a Free State man., "How much money did that dd Emi grant Aid Society give you to come out nere "None; I came out with my own money.""Who gave you a rifle, Beecher or Silli-man?""Neither; I brought no gun of any kind to the Territory." "What the hell did you come out here for?" "Why, to get a homo and mate money." "And to make Kansas a Free State?" "That's my intention, now I am here." "Why didn't you go to Nebraska? that's a good country, and you d d Yankees may have it; but Kansas, you will havo to fight for, nnd we'll whip hell out of you, but we'll get it, Union or no Union 1" "That's a game that won't win, I'm thinking." After much moro of this sort, interlarded with impious oaths and ruffianly threats, I was asked: "If we'll let you so will you lake a sun and marsh with the Pro-Slavery party?" To this I had but one word in reply.and that was, Never." Immediately there wa a cry for "The ropes, boys! the ropes," These were speedily brought, and a noose was thrown over my head and around ray neck, and I was dragged to tho nearest tiee. 1 exclaimed, "You do not intend to' till me in this manner, do you?" "Yes, G d d n your Abolition heart, and all like you." I begged.if I was to be sacrificed to their fury and causeless hate, Hint I might have time to collect my thoughts and arrango my wordly affairs. I was told that if I had any property to dispose of, or my peace to make with Ood, that I would be allowed just ten minutes for both. 1 gave a man among them, who, I learned, was called Bledsoe, and who seemed to think that I was to be killed without cause. a schedule of my effects, and asked him to send it to my brother-in-law, at the East, whom I named. At the expiration of the little time given me, I was again dragged to the tree, the rope was thrown over a swinirtnii limb, and, in spite of the remonstrances of Bledsre and of ireauwell, who also began to plead my cause, I was jerked from the ground and suspended by the neck; I cannot tell for how long, but probably, for a brief pe riod only, when Tread well, who was called Major, and appeared tohaveconimand, peremptorily ordered me to be let down. I was again questioned: "Will you leave the Territory if we'll spare your life?" To this I demurred, saying that I had offended no law, or infringed no man's right. The leader nrjam interposed, anil told me that unless 1 would promise he could not save my life. He told his men that I was guilty of no crime, except that of be ing a Free Slate man; that I had a right to be, though he would admit that I had Bo right to such opinions in Kansas'. At last, his ruffian followers extorted from me the promise they required, giving me just twelve hours to make the promise good. I was then sent with a guard to Kansas City, to see that I did not escape. My ox en and wagon were taken possession of, and 1 with less than five dollars in my pockets, was forced to take the next boat and) leave the country. hi conclusion, I declare that I have been and am a law-abiding and peaceful man; that my mission to Kansas City was one perfectly lawful and proper, and that, to far as 1 know, I am driven out of the Territory only because of my political opin ionsmy desire to make Kansas a Free State. My case is not a solitarf or e. Every man of my opinions, who falls into tbe same hanris it liable to the same abuse; and this, in Kansas,' is called "Law and Order." . (Signed.) V 0. ELBaii-ow. TSE OHIO C0NGREOATI0SAL C0HT-.' FERENCE. This bod , composed of ministers and delegates of Congregational Churches within our, State, hold its annual meetiug recently in the city of Dayton. Members were in attendance from the extremes of the field over which the Conference extends; from Marietta r.ud Cincinnati on the ona side, to Cleveland and Astabula County on the other.. We learn that tho meeting was full of interest. The Conference is cer-tainly. not guilty of .the sin of silence ob the subject of Slavery. It apoke out with boldness nnd energy in the following resolutions : 1st., fellowship vriTn blaveholdbrs. "Whereas, in the opinion of this Conference, the doctrine of silence in relation to Slavery or any other existing evil, whenever It is adopted by Benevolent Societies or Ecclesiastical Bodies, or by their ministers or missionaries, is not noly a mistaken policy, but an unsoriptural practice' which involves unfaithfulness to the head! of the church ; and whereas silence on the subject of Slavery in our own land implies' unfaithfulness to a special duty devolved! upon the American churches ; and whereas this wit Red policy is avowed by some of our valued Benevolent Societies and practised by others ; and whereas the reception of those who hold men as property into the churches of Christ is a proclamation to the world and to the offenders themselves, thiit the practice of holding slaves is' not a sin ; and whereas a denouncement of the policy of any political party, who may favor tli3 receplion of slaveholders into tho territories of the United States, will be an inconsistency in christians so long as they1 receive slaveholders into their churches, or sustain those who do this ; therefore, Rseolved, That we reaffirm the principle already adopted by this Conference at its session in Mt. Vernon, A. D. 1863, which; is ns follows : , "That as fellowship with slaveholders, sanctions, in the estimation of many, thai practice of slavery, the existence of tha' relation should be taken as prima facie evidence of unworthinessfor christian fellowship ; and if there be exceptions, those exceptions should be made manifest by inJ dividuals who may be implicated." , And, further, that we deem it thi'duty of our churches to urge the adoption of this principle upon all Benevolent Boards' and Ecclesiastical Bodies, with which they are in anywise associated.or through whom they contribute funds for the advancement of the Gospel in the world. , 2D. ASSAULT ON CHARLES SUMNER. Whereas the assault recently committed! by a Slaveholder upon a United States Senator, while in his place fn the Senate chamber, can bo looked upon in no other light than that of the act of an assassin, who approaches an unarmed man without notice and without means of defence, while tha assailant is accompanied with accomplices armed to repel assistance ; and whereas the late attack upon the Hon. Chas. Sumner was made in violation of the rules which are called the laws of honor, (which even' partially civilized men profess to respect,) which require that notice to defend and equal weapons of defence ahall be granted; nnd whereas this dastardly and assassin-like outrages has been acquiesced ii, or openly applauded, by a large portion of the Slave Stales ; therefore, Resolved, That the demoralizing and brutalizing influence of Slavery, not only on' the slaves but upon the slaveholders, of which Jefferson and other Statesmen in the better days of our Republic admonished us, has been fully and alarmingly verified; and by this outrage, and its endorsement t( the South, the principles of hoitor, the doctrines of Republicanism, and the obligations of religion, are shown to be utterly abrogated in that portion of our valued Union, while they are encroached .upon and endangered in the Free States ; therefore as men loving humanity, our country and our God, wo will exert ourselves tin' rcmittingly, in all proper ways, to cast the demon of Slavery out 0 the church, and out of our beloved land. '. 3d. AOORESSIONS Of SLAVIRF IX KANSAS. Resolved, That holding as we do, the essential sinfulness and blighting influence of American Slavery, we deprecate its extension over free territory, and its existence in any portion of our country as a national curse ; that we see in its aggressions it Kansas and its usurpations of the Federal Power, legitimate fruits of this institution ; that nevertheless, we regard the see its of civil strife, and the bloody assaults upon tbe Representatives of Freedom cheering indications, that the Lord God of Sabaothv intc whose ear the cry of the oppressed has entered is, hastening to overthrow Slavery ; that we earnestly hope end eon-fidently expect that the spreading revulsion in the public mind, will lead to speedy political revolution through the ballot box, whereby the Federal Government will be divorced from its ruinons alliance with this system of oppression snd outrage ; and that we call upon our christian brethren throughout tbe land, to unite us in importunate prayer for the deliverance of oar country from impending perils,. by tbe x tinclion of Slavery throughout our border