Ohio State journal and Columbus gazette (Columbus, Ohio : 1825). (Columbus, OH), 1835-03-09

              SP PRINTED AND PUBLISHED J OUTS li .lllillCllTil. AND COLUMBUS GAZETTE. Two Dollars Fifty Ccnisin Advance! TCR.V Or, Three Dollars at the end of thereat Whole dumber, 1383. New Scrie No. 38, Vol. IV. COLUMBUS, MONDAY, MAUCH 9, 1835. 'joii.CNAL & OAZKTTI'.. KM i:5';t2S?..RfflS:iif OP TIKI l'UOCKhIlNS OF TlIK L H G 1 SLAT HUH OF O ! II 0 , ItKL'OR'lEll Poll TlIK OlilO STATE JOL'RNMI.. REMARKS OF MIL CUWUING, On the amendments made by (he Setinto to tin- resolutions introduced by Air Bureau, culled tlm "rescinding resolutions." It has been asked, Mr Speaker, by tlm gciitlcnjun from Clermont, (Mr Mcdary) wlinl is iiieiint by the proviso in the nmend-nient lundo by the Semite, coming in us the third rciolution. I om greatly pleased, sir thut the question tins been propounded, und in a brief way, will endeavor to remit to the gentleman a satisfactory response. Upon tliii proviso turns the wholo ipicitiim whether the Legislature, officially, has, the power under our Constitution to instruct our Senators in Congress to do, nr omit to to do, any particular thing, withiu.lha scope of their senatorial function'. Now sir, according to my understanding of the relation in which a Senator in Congress stands to the people of hi St it.-, it ii precisely tho same ill which n Represent!!., tivo stunds to his immedintu constituents. If this proposition be ourrn t, it follows as n corollary, that he cannot he instructed properly, by any agent of tho people, claiming to act officially, unless the people in their primary assemblies have delegated their right of instruction, or unlro such n right is expressly recognized in the Coiis'itutiou to exist with the ugcnt. My belief is that this is the true, sound, and wholesome ill mocru-tio doctrine. Hence it appears to me that this proviso, which is so difficult to be iinih r-stood by gentlemen, snmeiiii most appositely. I will refer gentlemen to tho 8th arii demand 2Sth section of the Couilitu.ion. It is in theso words, and is contained in the declaration of rights. "To guard against the transgreitions of the highpoicen which ue have delegated, we de- CLABS THAT ALL rOWEUB NOT IIK.HKI1V I1ELK' IIUID REMAIN WITH THE I'EOI'liH." If gentlemen can show mu any thing in the Constitution of this State, which even hints at a di legation of the power claimed in the resolutions, which lliosu uniler consideration nre intended to rescind, I ji'ld the question. I am very sale in snyieg this much, for I know, sir, that nothing can be shown in that instruiuont, giving colour to the right claimed. Wc are tcld, sir, that tho right to create and the right to instruct are iiiwp.rnlil Abstract propositions i( this sort mint ho i taken with many grains of allowance. I'Ut : granting the proposition to be true, wills t be contended bv any one, after cool rebec tion, that the Legislature, a majority of; which ore warmed into life by the sunshine of popular favor ill one autumn, and whose political requiem may perhaps be heard in tha gusts nf tho next October; I ask, sir, will it bo insisted that a body of a character so ephemeral ure the crcaturi of Senators in Congress! They nro not. Tho office of Senator is created by the Constitution of the United Stntes. Tho Legislatures of tho several States are merely tho instruments used by tho peoplo in tho choice of this description of their servants; yet it is claimed that theso instruments nre tho legitimate instructors of those, who nro to nil intents und purposes tho offspring nf the pco-nle themselves! Tho power claimed is enormous; and it wns never intonded thnt the Legislature should cxeroise such a power, else wo would Imvo had, at lenst, something of an intimation in tho Constitution, to that cfTcd. I am aware, sir, of this, that the right to instruct by thu Legislature has bce"n ndvocn-ted on the ground that it has been recognized by Senators of other States, and in some Stntes tho right would seem to have become almost prescriptive. It ii very doubtful, though, whether the Constitution nl any one of thoso States, where this custom has obtained, is so clear and explicit as regards th powers to bo exercised legitimately by the Legislature, ns that of Ohio. If it he the fnot, thnt there is no doubt to entertained on this subject, in my poor comprehension, it simply proves, that Senators thus nppoin ted, and thus recognizing the power claimed as unquestionable, have exhibited a lack of nerve, and that true independence, which best befit tho Representatives of a free pen-people. In this State, the results of tho last general election cxposo in bold relief, the fnllncy of the arguments made use of, to defend the resolutions upon which these un der consideration will most probably operate as an extinguisher. Our Senators were in structed, and our Representatives requested, to vote Hgmnst olr Clay's land bill, nml by their votes, to denounco tho Dank of the United States, ana to forth, Mr Ewing, reserved to himself the disorotion to determine whether the instructing resolutions were in nocordnnco with tho will of the people. He licviiiT thut they wore not, ho roluscd to obey them, and threw himself upon the poo. plo to sustain or rul ukn him. He made no mistake in tho exeruiso of his discretion The people hnvo sustained him, and sent hero a Legislature, whioh will roroko nil thnt wns accomplished Inst winter, to trammel his exertions to aid in bringing hack the government to what it was, until tho present administration enruo into power. It will not serve to say, as some gentlemen hnvo said, that the Whig umjnrity in this Legislature is tho result of accident. Thcro hns bcon n nintorinl revulsion in puhlio opinion, snob, as the snnitnry inlluenco of which, will be felt for years to come. Hut granting the proposition true, that our mnjnrity is the result of accident, in whntprcdioamsntdooi it place my worthy compeers on this door, who nro so iniruionl to tho pnssnge of tho resolutions? It is argued that wa have the Tight to instruct our Senators, who hold (heir offices for six years. WcllJ'ir, (lieau-nual accident which may occur, may he likely to ccenHon nn i:,innnl tleclinu of a Senator, consequent upon ait annual resignation, provided the Senator were silly e Hough to Im ! to us rather than to the people. Is it not apparent that occurrences of I his ort may happen, if this doctrine be carried to the extent gcnllcmtu desire to go? And is it not apparent also, that the intention of the rcoi'i.E who, through their aides! ngenlc, framed our National Constitution would lie frustrated! It is unnecessary lospc ulatc upon the reasons which operated upon the frnmers of the Constitution, to fix the term of service of a Senator, at six years. Few men who have without prejudice or passion, and uninfluenced by purljUm, cx-aiuincd this subject, are willing to believe that a Senator of thu United States is intended us nothing moruthiiuan iiutoniaton. Hut still further to carry the doctrine out, wl.cie will my democratic Irienils find themselves: Iftlie power toiippniiit, uiol the rulit to instruct, will not hear severance, your Governor who has, in certain contingencies, the right to uppoint Senators, mii't nercssn-rily, for the timu which iuti rvenes hetu'ei n the Executive uppcintincnt by the Legislature, have also the right to instruct. If the Governor were to die, resign or be removed, the Speaker of the Semite, ncting as Governor, may claim tho right of instruction; and in contingency of tho death, removal, resignation, or impeachment of tho Speaker of the Upper Branch, you, sir, if you appoint, linvo as plenary a right to instruct us the Legislature. Now, sir, with this sort of dc mocracy I tako leave to disclaim all connection; for I far prefer to bo considered n papular nrutocrnt, to being classed as an aristocratic democrat. It is not war h while, to take up lime in enlarging on these views, for I believe thu propositions advanced are unanswerable. Hero Mr Med.iry said his question had not been answered. He wi-hed to know how ii Senator should he able to nscerlaiu what was the will of the people, on a given point ! Mr Speaker, I'u'nnhl say to my friend from Clermont, thut there is no better way to us-certain the will of the people, than by theii action in their primary assemblies. HOUSK OF RF.IMU'SKXTATIVF.S. Monday, March li concluded. The hill IVoin tho Senate to establish a Hoard of Commissioners f r tho purpnso of! improving tho navigation oftho Itmck I'urk uf the Mohiccan anil W'rto Woman's creel., wis then conr lered in committee of th whole, Mr Johnson in tho chair, amended, reported back, and finally recommitted to .Mr Lcyman, to consider and re pert thereon. On motion of Mr Starkweather, the bill Croatia! a Board of Catml t'ouiioii-sionerB, and defining their duiies, was taken up; when, after eotuo discussion, the saino war recommitted to the committee en Canals, with instructions so to smoml sad hill as to reduce tho Hoard of Canal Commission-ers to tliroo menihers. On mn'ion of Mr Spragtio, the cnmniitte-? of the win!) was discharged from the consideration of the, bill from tho finite to uitliorizo llio Commissioners of Knox emu-ty to receive tho bond of Henry 1). Orler, Assessor of said county; and said hill betir taken up, was read the second time, and ordered tu goto a third reading: and the constitutional rule being diEpeiiicd v.ith, said bill was read tho third time, and passed. On motion of M r Sawyer, tho committee of tho whole was alto di.-clisrged from the consideration of tho bill from the Sonate to repenl a part ol tho second riclion of the act lo amend the several acts incorporating the town of Dayton, in Montgomery county. pissed Feb. V-l, l-'.'!); nnd find bill being iiiaeii up, naa puripuneu limcilTlliejy. The bill making an appropriation for Ihe Deif and Dumb Asylum und the Franklin Collego of Ohio, was then considered in committee of tho whole, Air Craig in the chair, reported back without amendment, and ordered to lie on the table. Tho consideration of tho bill for the relief of John Smith, lata Sheriff of Greene county, was then resumed; when, after con- sidoratilo clcDato, tli question was taken on ordering said bill to bo engrossed for a third reading, and decided in Ihe ncgativo yeas yti, nays 41. Tho joint resolution from tho Senate, authorizing the payment of the postage accruing on letters, not of a privato nature, received by members of tho General As sembly during tho present session, was taken up, considered, and agreed to, aftor some discussion. liilli contidered in committee nf Ihe ieioe, (mil ordered lo be read a third time bill for the relief of Arthur Taggart, .Mr Allen in tho chair, referring his claim to certain special Commissioners therein named; bill from tho Senato to incorporate the first Congregational Society in the to.vnship of .Mecca, in tlio county nt Iruinbull, Air Hatch in tho chair; a bill from the Senate tn incorporate tho first Presbyterian Society nf Wadswortli. in tho county of Medina. Mr Baldwin in tho chair; a bill to incorpo rate tho town of Dresden, in the county of MiisKingum, Mr Uciitiey in tho chair; a bill from the Senato to incorporate the Huron, Ohio, Insurnuco Company, Mr Goodo in the chair; a bill to amend tho act for the appointment of guardians, Air Al'Lung in the chair; a bill to incorporate tho Circle villollrldgo Company, Air Ankeny in Iho chair; a bill to provido for tho distribution of tho intoiest of tho Connecticut Western ltesorvo School Fund, Air Jackson in tho chair; a bill from the Senate to incorporate the members of tho AFKondreo station ol the Methodist F.piscopal Church of Fulton township, Hamilton county, Air Taylor in the chair; a bill from Ihe Senate lo incorporate tho Hamilton and Kossvilla Female Acadomy, Air Saylcr in the chair; a bill from tho Senato for the relief ot John Weill, Air LnHdon in tho chair; a hill from tha Senate to incorporate Iho Wardens and Vestrymon of tho parish of St. Juines, of tho Protestant Episcopal Church in Pi- una, Miami county, Mr F.nyeart in the chair; a hill from tho Senate to incorporate tho town of Piqua, in the county of Miami, Mr Wilder in the chair; and a bill from the Senate to nicorpnrato tho Hamilton. Ross villo, Somcrvillo, Ncwcomb and Uaton Turnpike Company, Air Kirtland in the chair. The bill to amond the act for organizing and disciplining the Militia, passed Feb. Hi, lH:il, and an act amendatory thereto, passed Fob. 7, 'i2, was then considered, in committee ol liio whole, Mr Morris in Iho chair, reported bock without amend ment, and, after somo d"b:ito, postponed sin t i I tho first. Monday of December next. I'liis bill, us originally introduced, made provision for the collection, &c. of linen; I'ut was amended, m the couise of thodiscus-ion, so ns to provide that nn oliicer shall M'rvn moro than seven years without heinjr re-elected. SEXVTH. TUIWDAY, Xll'Wl !i. Mr Lyman, from the committee on the J i l i c in rv, to whom were roferrod tho vi nous moniorialc, for the supprpminn nl the snlii of ardent spirits; n'MiiiPl the rrrarll ill of licenses, itc. mndu n n'porl; in which the efforts in the cnue of teinperauco were ir:my recommended, hut ooaiust thecxp". dieney of Ipgislntivn enactments on tho subject; which was noreed to, and the commit- too wore difchvired Iroin tho further coni-deration ofihn -uhpci. .Mr MoMoi han, Irom ilia conimiltro nn i'lniince, reported a bill to ropmltho act, entitled " n (,ci (o amend '.he net, reoiila-tin? si.lcs et auction;" v, hich was read the lirst lime. IIILL3 RF.AI1 A Tlltl-U TIM P. A bill to incorporate the town of Martinsville, in Clinton county; a bill to nulhon.o tho enlo of certain school lands belnnirin" to I'racional townships o. Ii, in the county nf Oo'umbiana; a bill to incorporate the iirst (inrreiritlional Society of Sandusky City, in the county of Huron; a hill to incorporate tho Knox county .Maclinnitnl Society ; n bill supplementary t t he act, pas ed i'ueuiucr -;i, lT.i-i, ciitiueu ".n act, to amend tho act for opening and regulating Hands und Hiflnvsvs.". and renealinit the act to amend tho tamo, passed February A", 1M3I1; a bill to prevent tho obstruction d Vermilion river: a bill to inenrnnrnle tho L'rhnna Juvenile Library; a bill to incorporate the Trustees of tlm first Conrrre (rational Society nf Kirttand, (Jeauga county; a bill to amend tho act dvlinintr tlio duties of Supurvii-ors of road- nnd hioliwnys, pis-en .u iren , 1-5.(1, and the act lor opening and regulating roads anil highways, pa s d .March 11. I-I!: a bill lo nnibnrii- John Knight and his associates to erect a .Inn across ! u-:cnrn was river, ot nr near the IliL'h II hi!;, n"ar the (Jnaddeiihulicii Tract, in Tufcnrawas county, and for other nor. poses; a bill to incorporate the Trustees of uiu nrsi oongregationnl Heeicty of Munson, in Geauga county; a bill to incorporate the io n uf Tiffin, Seneca county; a bill to incorporate the town of Tiitnatn, in the county of Muskingum; a bill providing for a loan to tho Milan Canal Company; a bill to incorporate the first C .nTerrali.nml CI of Vermillion, Huron county; n hill to in-corporate the Oxford and Miami Rail lload Company; and a bill to incorporate the Ohio, Wayne, Itichliind, and Crawford Canal and Hail ftnad Company; wore severally read the third time and prwal. HI'.XYTE HILL RE AO THE TIIIM) TIMC. Thj bill to amend tho act, entitled '-An act, (or tho apppointmout nf (inardinis," passed February (1, lHol, was read the third tunc and pamd, iiviks. Mr Osborn called tm tho hill from the Hoti'P, to autliorizo the several Banks of the Stato to open books for the tran.-fer of stoct in certain ciscs; when after some donate, said bill wes postponed indefinitely. Mr Anthony presented a inomorial from i iina:ii v. v.aun, into Keeper ol the Ohio niteimary, praying compensation fir tho balance of tho tern lor which ho wai elect- ed; which was referred lo the committee in Claims, Tie.! S"nite llien proceeded to the order? "I tlm day; when various bills were considered in committee of the ivhola, a d having parsed the iimmI legislative ncliou, weie ordered to their third rending. HOIJ.SK OF REPKE3RNTAT1VES. liilli read the third time and nnied. A bill to autliorizo Ihe electors of Jefferson county lo duterraine, by hallnt, for or against ino removal ot tlio seat ol justico; a hill making special npprnp-intion of tho threo per cent, fund in Ihe county nf Delaware, inr mo yenr ih.i.i, title amended, in order to correspond with the provisions of the bill, by striking nut tho words "county of Delaware," and inserting "counties ol Delaware nnd t'humpaign" ; n hill providing fur the salo of school seotinn No. Hi, in township 4 aniilla, iu rnngo 7 east, in Allen county; a bill to provido for the distribution of the interest of tbo Cnnnootictit Wcitern Ue. serve School Fund; n bill lo revive tbo 3d section of tho act further to-ommid tin several acts establishing the Aliami University, pnssed Feb. 1ft, 1831; a bill to em power tbo School Directors of School District No. 8, in Freeport township, Harrison county, to sell certain grounds for tbo use ol said District; a bill tn amend tha net pointing out Iho mode nf lcvvine taxes : a bill declaring in what manner thn Dnnnl of Canal Commissioners shall pay thoexpcuits of surveys of Canal routs authorised by the Slate; a bill making a special appropriation of tho threo per cent, fund in the county of Huron, for tho year lS.'IJ; a bill allowing nnd regulating writs of certiorari in certain enses; a bill to prevent tho obstruction of Tiffin river; n bill to incorpo rate tlio iircieviilo lirolgo Company; A bill for tho relief of Arthur Tnggart; and a bill to amend the net for tho appointment of Guardians. Also, the following bills iroin tho Senate, vis: A bill to amend the not tn incorporate oertain Iianks therein named, nnd to extend the charters of exist ing incorporated Hunks; n bill tn incorporate and establish the town of Piqua, in tho county of Miami; n bill to incorporate the first Congregational Suoioty in the township of .Mecca, in the county ol Trumhun; n bill to incorporate the first Presbyterian Society nf Wadswortli, in tho county of uieitnia; a mil to lay oat nnd establish a State road in the counties of Harrison nnd l'liscnrawas; a bill to inoorpornto the mem bers of the M'Kendreo station of the Motho-dist Episcopal Church nf Fulton township, Hamilton county a bill to incorporate the Huron, Ohio, Iniuranco Company ; a bill to iuourp irate thn Wadswortli Academy, in thu ooutity of Medina; n bill to authorise tho Commissioners of Huron county to bor row money ; a bill lurlber to amend the act to lay out and establish aortnin Stato rnnds in the counties of Seneca, Sandusky, Cuy- anogn, ijnrain nml Lawrence, pasted Feb. a, 1833; a bill for the relief of John Wells; a bill tn amend tho act defining the mode of laying out and establishing Stato roads, and changing their di red ion in oortain oases, passed March 14, 1831 ; a bill to in corporato the Hamilton end Roisville Ye male Academy; a bill to incorporate the Hamilton, liossville, Somerville, .Vewcomb, and Katnn Turnpike Company; and u bill to incorpurato tho town of Dresden, in Mii'kinirum county. Hill reported, and read the first lime l)y Mr M'Donuld, from Iho conniii'leo nn finance; a bill luiying it tax for State pur po'es. The bill from tho Seiialo to incorporate tlui Wardens and Vestrymen of the Parish of St. James, of the Protestant Kpisnnpal Church, in Piqua, Miami county, Ohio, was also rend tho third time; when, after some debate, the question was taken on the. pas-sac nf the bill, and decided in the negative yens 21. nnjs 31. The hill to iiicorpnran tl o Nimidiillen ami Sandy Navijation Company, was also Inkeii up in order to hn read the third time; when, on motion, the same was recommitted In Mr Starkweather, to report thereon. Mr Vanhook, from ll.u committee nn Colloircs ami Universities, to which was re- ferrul ihe Am I Report n( the President of thn Miami I'niveisily, mai'.e n report, on the ci.lelili'Ol of said insl II nlioii ; which was ordi led to lie on the table, and be printed.Mr Lcvinun, from the committee to which was ri.eioiiuiitted II u hill to establish a I! oinl of CoinmisMoiiers for tho purpose of improving Ihe navigation nf the Ithiek Kork of II. o Mohiccnn and White Woman's creek, reported the same hack with sundry 'iidments, which were severally agreed to, and with tho bill, ordered to bo in-grossed for a third rending. Mr Campbell, from tho committee to which was recommitted tho bill providing for the sale of school section No. Hi, township 3 south, of range No. Ifi, in Crawford county, reported the same back with sun dry amendments, which were serfrnl'y ngreed to, und with (ho hill, ordered to be cncrns'cd for n third reading. Mr Anderson, from the committee, on Canals, to which was recommitted the bill creatine n Hoard of Canal ComuiiiMoiior', nnd defining their duties, reported the same b ick with sundry nmenduieots, which were amended nnd agreed to, nml with the bill, ordered to be engrossed for u third reading. The hill, ns ordered to he engrossed, pro Tides that tho Hoard shall consist of three members, to bo elected by joint b illot of the ficncral Assembly, and strve for three years, at an nnnn.it salnry of twelvu hundred dollars each. Thn amendments nf the Senate to Ihe following bill", were Inkeii up, considered, nnd severally agreed to, viz : A bill to authorize John Knight mid his associates to erect a dam across tho Tuscarawas river, at or near thu high bank near tho Gnuden-hutlcn (ract in Tuscarawas county, and lor other purposes; a hill (o incorporate the Trustees of the first Congregational Society of Munson, in (ieauga county; a bill to nmend the net defining tho duties of supervisors of roads nnd highways, passed March 7, 1831, and the act for opening and regulating roads and highways, pnse I March I I, Itj.'H; a bill to Iny nut and establish a State road Irom Wincaburg, in Holme" county, to inlerscot the Stale road leading from Carrolllon (o Ihe S'cain furnace in Tuscarnwns county ; a hill to i -.corporate tho town of Tiffin, in tho county of Sennca ; a bill to incorporate the Oxford and Miami Kail Unad Company; n bill to incorporate the Ohio. Wnvue. Richland nnd Crawford U.'nnul and Ua'.l Road Comoniiv: n bill nro- vi.lin i for n lo in to the .Milan Can .1 Cum puny; u lull lo incarp. irate tlm town ot Putnam, in the county nf Miisliiegum; nnd a b'll lo incorporate the first Congregational Church of Vermilion, Huron coutily. A message was received from the Senato' announcing thnt they insisted nn their amendment tn tho bill for the relief of the heirs of Luke Johnson, deceiiset! ; whereupon, nn motion, tbo House receded from their disagreement to said amendment. Tho joint resolution from tbo Semite, authorizing a survey and estimate of the practicability of connecting thn Sanity mid Reaver Canal with the Miami Canal hy n navigable Canal, wns likewise taken up, and referred to the committee' on Canuls. Tho joint resolution from tbo Senate, relative to idiots, lunatics, nnd blind persons, was taken up and agreed tn. Tho joint resolution from tho Senate, authorizing tbo printing of certain copies of tho Auditor's Reports on Hanks, was also taken up, nnd rejected. On motion of Air Darker, the vote of this day, on the passage of tho hill from the Sennto to incorporate tbo Wardens nnd Vestrymen of tho parish nf St. James, of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in Pnplii, Aliami onnnty, Ohio, wns reconsidered ; und said bill being taken up, was recommitted to Air Wilson, to report thereon. liilli introduced on m e, and read the first time Hy Air Boitwick ; a bill tn amend tho act to inoorpornto tho town or turns-ville, in Harrison enmity. By Air Chirk ; a bill tn incorpurato thu Venice Watering Company. Air Hrown offered n joint resolution, directing the printing of 31)0 additional copies of tho report nf tho committee on Finnnce, relntiva to the finnncial concerns of thu Penitentiary which was agreed to. Tbo rosolulion reporled by the committco on the Alililin nnd Military Affairs, nutho. riling tho commutation of muskets for pistols and snhres, for tlio uso of Iho Cavalry in the first Brigade, eleventh Division, was taken up; when, aftor somo debate, in the oourso of which, thn resolution under'veiit sundry nraendmonts, it vrns postponed indefinitely.On motion of Air Harlan, theenmraitteo of the wholo was discharged from tho consideration of the bill making nn appropria tion for tho construction nf tho Cincinnati, Columbus, and Wooiter Turnpike; nml sail hill being taken up, was postpone! until the first .Monday nf December next. Tho joint resolution on the utile, uueot- ing tho distribution of certain comes of Chase's Statutes of Ohio, was taken up, amended, nnd ngreed to. Jji( read Ihe lecoiuihmc, ana ordered lo go to a third reading A hill from tbo Senate to amend the act to incorpurato the Alilford and Chillicnthe Turnpike Company; a bill tnohaugo tho name of tho town of Bcallsvillc. in the county of Monroe; a bill to ohnnge tho uamo of tho town of Newoomh, in the oounty nl rreuio; a bill making a speoiul appropriation nf the three per cunt, fund in the county nf Darke; nnd a bill to extend the limits of tbe corporation of the town of. Cumberland, in tbe county of (Juornscy, On motion of Mr Goode, the comuiitt of the whole was discharged from the con-sideration of the bill tu lay nut and establish n Stale road through (ho counly of Williams to thu Stato linn; and said bill being taken up, was recommitted to lb committee which reported it. The hill to amend tho act tu provide for Mie moro effectual punt.hmeiit of cerium offences in tho counly of Hamilton, was then considered in committee uf the whole, MrOiis in the chair, reported hack without amendment, und finally recoiumilled to the committee svhicb reported i(. Hills considered in committee f,fthe utoc, and ordered tu be read the third time. A hill to incorporate a Company to improve the White Sulphur Spring nl Delaware, Mi Itobiusou in the chair; a bill to incorporate the town of Milton, in Miami county, Mr Vanhook in the chair; n bill to incorporate Ihe Arcole Iron Company, Mr Patterson in the chuir; und a bill to incorporate the rrbana, Troy and Greenevillo TurnpiUe Company, Mr Cochran in the chair. Mr llulhurd offered u joint resolution, authorizing and requiring the Canal Com missioners to cnuse n survey anil e.tnmite to be mnde of tho rout from tho Mailmen river at Fort Defiance, or somo suitable point below that place, to the south shore of Portage Bay; and nlso, by Lower San-diiGky to tho Smith shore of Sandusky Ray ; in order to ascertain the practicability nf locating u Cnmi! on one of those lines: and report to tho next Oeneral Assembly. The resolution was referred lo the comiuillee on Canals. Mr Miller offered a joint resolution, which was ngreed to, for the appointment of Commis'iouers t receive and appropriate luimtioiit for tho construction of a Male road from the Ohio river, nearly opposite the mouth of tiuyandotte, to JackMiu, in Jnck'oii counly. SKXATK. WcnNKMiiAV, .March 4. Petit iun Hv Mr Havenscrit; from sun- iliy eilixuus nl ixnox county, reuinn-traiing againl the erection ol ill.- county of Van ll'i- reu filed with lie! pap'jra on the same sjh- j";'- .Mr Kendall, Iro-i tlio coininittee on Claims, to which was referred the memorial nf the lulo .Stale Treasurer, praying re muneration for money paid by him fir clerk hire, from lS'i'i lo lS'i"), mule an unfavorable) report, on tlio ground that the claim should have been preferred at an enr lier period; which was laid on tho table lor the nre-o'nt. Mr .Spongier, from the same committee, to which was referred tho memorial of Wil liam '.V. Gault, late Keeper of tho Ohio I'enitentiory, praying compensation for the remainder of the term for which he had linen elected, likewise made nn unfavorable report, on the ground (hut die iliice of Keeper terminated nn tho removal of the convicts to (he new prison; and that, us the memorialist litis rendered no servico 6inco that period, lie is entitled to no compensation. The report was also laid on the table. Hilhfrom the Ihtuc, read the third time bill to incorpurato llio first Presbyterian Society uf Ko'.ne, in 'Joslioctnn county; n bill (o amend tlio act to erect tho couui'v nf Carroll; a bill to lay out nnd establish, and j recognize certain State roads therein named; a bill to incorp .rate tlio Vermilion Lihraiy Company of Knox county; a bill to lav out and establish a graded Stato rond in thu counties of Perry and .Morgan; a bill to incorporate tho Nnrwalk and Huron Hail Head Company; a bill vacating certain lots in Ihe town of Jacobsburg, Hcluiotit co'in-tv; n bill making a special appropriation of Ihe three per cent, fund in the county of I' ranklin. lor tlio year l.l.: a bill to incor porate the townol New Holland, Pickaway county; und a bill to amend the act to lay out and establish a Statu mad in tho counties of Coshocton and Tuscarawas. . lidl from the Senate, read the third time A b ill tn amond tin! net to incorporate the original surveyed townships, piced March I I. IS)1. Tne bill to amend the act for the support and hotter regulation of Common Schools, was likewise read the third time; when, on motion, the same was recommitted to the committee on Schools and School Lands. Air .Morris, from the committee tn which was recommitted the bill from tho Huuso to incorporate tho town of .Marietta, reported the same back with sundry amend ments, which were severally agreed to, and with tho bill, ordered to be read the third time to-morrow. Air. Whittlesey, from the joint committee nf Conlcrence, to which w ns referred tho disagreement between tho t'o Houses in rotation to'tlio bill to amend the net to regulate tho fees of ollicera in civil and cri minal cases, and also, tho act directing tho mode of trial in criminal cases, reported that said committee had met, but being un able to ngroo, they asked to be discharged from tlm lurlhor consideration of tho sub ject. 1 ho report was agreed to. I ho joint resolutions irom mo iiouse, authorizing tho priming of !(M) copies of the report uf the commit leo on Finance on tiie subiect of tho financial concerns of the Peni tentiary; providing for the distribution of Chase's Statutes of Ohio; appointing Commissioners to improve a certain State road; referring certain documents to the committees nn tho Judiciary nf each House as a standing committee; authorizing a survey uf th erout of a Canal from Fort Defiance tn some point on Portage Bay or Lower Sandusky Bay; and directing the Canal Commissioners to mako certain surveys, Sit. in the counties of Geauga end Portage were taken up, and severally agreed to. Tlio following bills wero taken up, and sevorally postponed indefinitely, viz: A bill granting an apprnpriation to tho Commercial Hospital and Lunatic Asylum of Ohio; and a bill regulating the fees ot witnesses pi tho county of Hamilton. The following bills were also taken up, and postponed until the first Jlondsy of December next, viz: A bill to amend tlio act for tlio appointment of State Printer, nnd denning Ins duties, passed January U, lsSij a bill flirt liar supplementary lo the uct to provido for the internal improvement of tho State of Ohio by nsvigablo Cannls, so at to provide lor the continuation of the Sandy and Hoover Canal; and a bill making an appropriation for the construction of the Galtipolis and Chiliicollie Turnpike. The bill revoking grants of the tolls of tha Canals of this Stale, wns then considered in cnininiltoo of tho whole, Air Honlu.ii in the clnir, amended, reported back, and after some debate, in the course of which sundry unsuccessful attempt were miido to amend and p'-lpot'i; the sump, finally onl.'rod to ho ciigrofcd lor a ibir'1 rending yi-ics '', nays l i. HOUSE OF r.F.PRRSKNT.ViiVF.. Iiil! read the third lime and pnwdA bill crraliiiL' a Hoard of ('anal Commissioners, and defining lln'ir duties, title amended by.slriking nut lb." words "and defining 'heir du'ies; a bill (o change the name o' the town of Uea'ilsville, in tho coun'y of Monroe; a hill lo incorporate tho lown of .Milton, in Miami county; a bill to incorporate tho Arcoln Iron Company; a bill lo extend the limits of the corporoiiou ol Ihe lown of -. jnnberlaml, in iho coun'y nf Giiernse) ; a bill to change the nairni of the tow n of Nowcomh, in ihe county of Preble: a bill malting a s pecial appropriation of the three percent, fund in llio counly of Dark; bill providing for ihe sale of school section No. Hi, township '.i south, of rnngo No. 17, in Crawford county, titlo ntii'-mlud i' as to read, "a bill providing (or llio sale of cert.-.in school sections in the county of Crawford); and a bill lo improve Ihe White Sulphur Spring ut Delaware. !so, l!ie following bills from tho Senato, viz: A bill lo establish o Hoard of Commissioners for the pirpusn of improving the navigation i f tho lllacli Fork ol iho Alohiccan and White ivoimu's creek, tiilo amcndi.d bys rikiin? out the words "White woman a creek." ami insorliug '' Walhon.ling river"J; n bill t.) amend the act incorporating thn .ililtorl huiI Cbillicothe Turnpike Company, pajsed Feb. 1 1, IrWJ-yeas nays Mr Goode, from tho committee on Canals, lo which was recommitted the joint restitution from the .Senate, aiiihorizing a sur veyof tho routs of a Canal from a certuin point or. the Sandy and Heaver Canal to the Miami Canal, reporled the same back with sundry amendments; which wcro sev erally agreed to. Tho resolution as amend ed wa9 Ibcn adopted. Mr Anderson, from tho same committco. to which "as recommi'ted the resolution authorizing a survey ot the rout of a Canal from Fort Defiance to BOine point on Portage Bay tir Sandusky Hay, reported Ihe sauw back with an amendment, which was agreed to. The resolution es amended was then adopted. Air Cuihing, from the joint coininittee of Cuiiferonco lo which was referred the disagreement exi9 ing between the two Hon sea in relation to the bill to aireud the act to regulate tho foes of oiticers in civil and criminal cases, and also, the act directing tha mode of trial in criminal coses, reported Ihot said commit tee had been iinahln to agr6c, and reconiuiendsd Ihat Iho House adhere to their oinendmeul lo tin aforesaid bill; which was agreed to. Tho select committees to which had been recommitted the bill to lay out and establish a State road through the county of Williams, to the State line; the hill to nmend the act for the more effectual pun isdimcnt of crimes in the county of Hamilton; and the bill from tho Senato to incorporate llio Wardens and Vestrymen of the parish of St. James, of iho Protestant Ep'scopil Church in Piipia, Miami county. Ohio; reported tho same back with sundry amendments, which were severally ngieed to, and with stiid bills, ordered tube read the third tints to-marrow. Air turk weather, from the committee to which was recommitted tho bill to amend ihe act to incorporate the Nimishillon and Sandy Naviga'iou Company, reported ihe smm back will) sundry ameu.lnieiUs; which wero severally agreed to. Tha question was then taken on the passage t ihnbill as amended, and carried in tbe bliirmiiivc. .Mr Dille, from the committee to which wore referred sundry petitions, praying tor an investigation into lha character and op erations of the institution of Freemasonry, mado n report, declaring, in suhjt.inco. that they deem it inexpedient to legislate upon the subject, and, ask to be discharged Irom Ihe further consideration thereof; which was acreed to. We shall emleav or to mako room tor lb s report at on early doy. Air Vanhook psesented an account from Jomes 11. Cameron, lor services rendered the Stato in relation to tho appraisement of real estato in the county of Llu.ler; which was referred to the committee on Claims. On motion of Air Patterson, the report of the standing committee on Colleges and Universities, on tho Miami Uiiivorsily, was taken up, and agreed to. Air Taylor oiicred the following joint resolution; which was agreed lo: Jietnleed hij Ihe General Amiably nj the Stale lif Ohio, That tho Cinal Commissioners be authorized and required to cau-c a survey to be made of the practicability of a slack water navigation from tho Ra pids ot the Cuyahoga nvor,. in Hiram, 1 or-i ago county, up said rivtr, to Hurton, in Geauga county; tlionco up tho west branch of said river to some point as near Cliardon as may bo practicable to mako a slock water navigation or Canal; also, nn the east branch uf i aid (Iv;r to tho place where the Stato road leading from Pamcsviile to ".lnrreu, Iruinbull county, cros-cs said stream; and likewise, a survey of tho most eligible rout for connecting the Cuyahoga river from the Rapids, by means of a Canal, to some point where it may intersect tlio Mahoning Canal: and also, tn ascertain, by survey and estimate, tho feasibility, and expense, of connecting by Rail road and Canal, or Rail road only, the said slack-water navigation or Canal with the head navigation on tho Grand river, or with Lake Frio, at or near the mouth of said Grand river, and report the result of such examination, mid an estimate of Ihe expense to construct such Canal and slack-water navigation lathe next General Assembly: Provided, such survey and estimate be practicable, and consistent with tho other public duties of the Canal Commissioners.The lollowing bills wore sevorally tnkon up, and postponed until the first Monday ol December next, viz: A bill to incorporate and ostablish the Hank of tho Scioto Valley; a bill making an appropriation lor a Stato road, laid nut Irom a point nearly op posite tne inoutli ot iiuyanuntlc, in Lawrence county; a bill making nn opprupTia-tton to improve the Slate road leading Irom Athens, in Athens county, to the mouth of Kerr's run, in Meigs county; a bill tn in corporate Ihe Oleniangy ."Navigation Com patiy; a bill making an appropriation lor the improvement of the Stale road from Mansfield, in Richland ronn'y, to Milan, in I luron county; a lull to incorporate the Ohio Packet Host Company; and a bill lo incor porate the Bank ot Mansfield. Mr Bostwick otTerod the following res-ohilion; which was agreed to: Hmdenl lnj t'le ('-l iteral .Usemkly of the Stale if Chin, Tint Ihe Canal Commissioners bo, and lin y nro hereby required, before the Hex' session of tho General Assembly, to make llio necessary surveys, locations nnd c stimatos of tho cos.1 of con struction of a Rail Road, or AlcAdamizcd Turnpike, from Stcubenville to the Ohio Canal, or bath, as cither or bolh may bo found practicable; pursuant lo the joint resolution passed Feb. !.'5, 1831. On motion, the tlnusn receded irom meir amendment to Iho bill from the Senate to uinnd lh act pointing out the mode of levvimr taxes. and to repeal nn act omcnd- alory ll.ero'.o, passed Feb. 28, lb','.4. T he Speaker lain nelnro Hie House a communication from the Governor, on tbe subject of the cb c ion of William Skinner, an Assoc into Judge lor Guernsey county; which, with the accompanying docum-jnls, was rclerrcd lo ihe committees of Ihe Ju diciary of bo h Houses as a joint commit tee. iliVsrcad Hie second lime, and ordered in so ' nl readmit. A bill Irom 'ha Senate tu nincnd the act to provide for thn partition of real i slate, passed Feb. 17, 1831: a bill to incorporate the Erie Salt Company; a bill from the S'imte to lay ou' and establish a graded Sia'e road in the counties ot Harrison nnd Tuscarawas: a bill to smonil iho act to incorpurato the town of Porta-niouili, in Ihe county uf Scioto, passed Dec. 1831; a bill to amend the act to incor porate tlio town ol West Liberty, in the counly nf Lotran; a bill to incorpurato tho Woodsliold Society ot tho Jlethonist kus- copal Church in the county of .Monroe; a bill to amend the act to incorporate llio town of llurriavp'.e, in Harrison counly; a hill from the Senato to ame-id the act for ihe internal improvement of the State of Ohiohy navigable Canals, in extending the t.iaml t onal nnrtti ot Dayton; a Din lo incorporate the Peru Lyceum, in the county of Delaware; a bill making an oppropria- tion for th i Deal and Dumb Asylum, ana the Franklin College of Ohio; a bill front the Senate tochango the name of Andrew Kershner Harnett to that of John Oliver Harnett; n bill Irom tin1 Senate to incorpo rate the South Toll bridge Company of Alliens; a bill from Ilia Senate to amend thn act to incorporate tho lown of Warren, in the county of Trumbull; and a bill lo in corporate the Venice Watering Company. Ou motion ol Mr Anderson, Ihe bill Irom the Senate to establish a special Court in the coun'y of Hamilton; was taken up, and postponed indefinitely. Jltlli coiiiiilt rrd in committee of the whole.. and ordered to be read a third time A bill to incorporate tho r airfield Alutual Insurance Association, .Mr Brown in the chair;, a hill to incorporate the first Baptist Church end Society in Cherry Valley, in Ihe county ot Ashtabula, Mr Ott in the chair; a hill to incorporate tha Jamestown Steam Alill lompany, Mr Sawyer in the chair; a bill from tho Senate-lo incorporate the Trus- es ol the hrst Congregational Society in i he town of Solon, in the county of Cuyahoga, Mr Lcyman in the chair; a bill lo incorporate Ihe hrst Presbyterian Church and Congregation oi Jefferson, in Ihe coun ty of ironklm, .Mr Spraguo in Ihe chair; a bill to incorporate thu town of Woodrfield. in Iho county of Monroe, Air Darker in the chair; a bill from the Senate to authorize John A. Lllicott, Administrator de bonis non of John Klhcott, with the will annexed, la'-c ot the State of Maryland, deceased, to sell und convey certain lands in the Stato of Ohio, Mr Peaso in the chair; a bill li om llio senate to amond the act regulating the mode ot loking the enumeration of the while male inhabitants abovo the age of iwen yono years, Air Will in the chair; a bill from the Senate to incorporate the Columbus Journeymen Carpenters' and House Joiners' Benevolent Society, Air Craig In the clirdr; a bill from the Senate to provido for loaning the Sinking and iurplus Canal Fund, M" Bond in the chair; a bill from tha Senate to incorporate the West Toll bridge Compiny of Alliens, Air Taylor in the ctiair; and a bill from tho senate to amend the act regulating descents, and the distribution of personal estates, Air Seward in the chair. Mr Goodo offered the following joint rci-o'uiien; which was agreed to: Heiolvcd hi Ihe Ucneral Assembly of the Stale nf Ohio, That when Iho lands lying in the Slain of Ohio, 'granted hy Congress lo Hie Stntc of Indiana lo nid said S nte in the eon slructinn ol the Wabash nnd Frie Canal, und ceded hy Ihe State of Indiana tu the Stale of Ohm, shall be brought lulu market, and a public sale thereof shall be ordered hy Ihe Governor, tiiat the ptihlio sale of said lauds lying in the Biicyiu, District, shall be held at Perrj ibnrg, in Wood comity, by tbe Regis ternnd Receiver nf llio State Land office at Ti()in;and the public sale of said lunds lyinsr in the Wnpaukouelta Land District, shall ho held at Defiance, in Williams county, by the Register und Receiver ul the Stale Laud Office at Piqua. The joint resolution from the Senate, directing tha survey ot a rout for a Canal between the waters ol the Scioto and Sandusky rivors, was taken up, considered, and sgrocd lo. SENATE. Thursday, .VorcA 5. Pel! ion Hy Mr Lvman; Iron, sundry citizens of Ravenna, Portage county, pray ing .or mo incorporation oi a oaw mill Com pany relerred lo Air Lyman. On motion ol Mr Lyman, the committed on Iho Judiciary was discharged from Ihe luriner consiuera'ion oi mat part of the Go vernor s Message which relates lo the no- I icy of defining thu righ's ot tbe Indians witnin una siato. A'.r Walke, from Ihe committee an Schools, and School Lands, lo which was recommitted Ihe bill to amend Ihe act for ho support and better rceula'.ion of com. mon schools, reported tho same back with. out auieudmont; and tha question being laKon nn uruuriug sum mil to oa engrossed tor a third reading, it was carried in the allirmnliv e. Air Atkinson, from the committee nn New Cuunlijs, to which was reterred the bill from the House nut borizinir Ihe electors ol Jeff rs-i i county to determine, by billot. for or against the removal of the seat of justice, made a report, recommending the indclinitu pos.poncinenl of said bill; wnicti was noreeu lo. niLL REPORTED. ry Air Lyman; a bill to incorporate the ilitvenn Steam mill Company. On motion, said bill was tlisn postponed until the first Monday of December next.