OFFICIAL DIRECTORY, 1818-1819.

Governor-ETHAN ALLEN BROWN.

Secretary of State-JEREMIAH MCLENE.

Treasurer of State-HIRAM MIRACH CURRY.

Auditor of State-RALPH OSBORN.

Supreme Judges-PETER HITCHCOCK, CALVIN PEASE, JOHN MCLEAN, JESSUP N. COUCH.

Adjutant General-WILLIAM DOHERTY.

SEVENTEENTH LEGISLATIVE SESSION, 1818-1819.

Met December 7, 1818. Adjourned February 9, 1819.

On Monday, December 7, at 10 A. M., the Senate organized temporarily by electing Robert Lucas, of Pike, Speaker; Richard Collins, Clerk, and John Martin, Doorkeeper, or Sergeant-at-Arms as the office was now designated. On the twelfth, this organization was made permanent. Edward Sherlock, who had been Doorkeeper at all the sessions of the Territorial Assembly, and the sixteen preceding Houses was retired.

Gov. Worthington sent in his last message, devoted largely. to educational themes, roads, highways and lines of inter-transportation, and the projected National Road. He submitted the expediency of organizing a State bank, taking into the scheme the existing banks upon the surrender of their charters.

He advocated the encouragement of domestic manufactures by the use of all proper legislative powers. He also called attention to the evils resulting from the excessive use of intoxicants, and asked that legal restraints be placed upon the manufacture, sale and use of the same.

The returns for Governor were opened in the presence of the two Houses on the eighth, and declared to be as follows: Ethan Allen Brown, 30,194; James Dunlap, 8,075; total, 38,269; Brown's plurality, 22,119.

The Governor elect was not at the capitol, and Speaker Lucas was directed to notify him by letter of his election and request him to come to Columbus and enter upon the duties of his office.

On the fourteenth of December, he appeared before the two Houses, having previously resigned the office of Judge of the Supreme Court, and was inaugurated. In his inaugural address he dwelt upon the inequalities of taxation, and the methods of assessment. He also called attention to the fact that the United States bank had,

without any authority of State law, opened two branches of deposit and discount, and asked the Legislature to take such action as they deemed necessary to require it to pay a proper amount of taxes. He also recommended a complete revision of the judiciary laws.

A legislative committee inquired into the causes which had led the incorporated banks to suspend special payments, but without practical results.

There was a contest instituted by Abraham Kroft, of Wayne county, against Thomas G. Jones, alleging that he was Postmaster at Wooster at the date of his election, and was therefore ineligible. Upon investigation it was found that he had resigned previous to the day of election and was therefore eligible. He was seated.

David Wampler, who was a Senator for Tuscarawas, Guernsey and Coshocton, had removed from the district, and David Robb was voted for and claimed the seat. But as no election had been ordered for the purpose of filling the vacancy, he was not seated. The Governor, however, ordered a special election and Robb was elected and seated.

The Secretary, Treasurer and Auditor of State reported the cost of erecting the penitentiary at $32,784.37.

The Governor and Secretary of State met the Senate and opened the returns for Congressmen. The following were elected: 1st District. Thomas B. Ross. 2nd. John W. Campbell. 3rd. Henry Brush. 4th. Samuel Herrick. 5th. Philemon Beecher. 6th. John Sloan.

Gov. Brown sent a special message on the subject of education.

The House agreed upon the following temporary organization: Speaker, Jos. Richardson, of Columbiana; Clerk, Wm. Doherty; Sergeant-at-Arms, Benj. Pike. This organization was subsequently made permanent.

The message of Gov. Worthington and accompanying documents were received, read and appropriately referred.

Gov. Brown was duly inaugurated in the presence of the two Houses on the fourteenth of December.

On the ninth of December, 1818, the following resolution was adopted: "Resolved. That John Kilbourne, A. M., be admitted to a seat in the House of Representives as a stenographer."

A remonstrance was filed against seating James Hampson, of Muskingum, on the ground that he held a lucrative office. Such, however, was not made to appear and he was seated.

An attempt was made to impeach Orris Parish, President Judge of the Sixth Circuit, and Peter D. Reasoner, a Justice of the Peace in and for Muskingum county, but both failed.

An unsuccessful attempt was also made to impeach Joseph Layton, an Associate Judge of Clark county.

The two Houses in joint assembly elected officers as follows: January 13, 1820. Jeremiah McLene, Secretary of State; James Findlay, Major General of the First Division. January 30, 1820. A United States Senator, the full term of six years, to succeed Jeremiah Morrow. Four ballots were had as follows:

Supreme Judge vice Ethan A. Brown, resigned, to accept the office of Governor -Peter Hitchcock.

Keeper of the State Penitentiary-James Kooken.

Inspectors of the State Penitentiary--Henry Brown, Jeremiah Mc Lene, John M

Edmiston.

Agent of the State Penitentiary--Griffith Thomas.

February 6, 1820. Major General Eighth Division--Nathaniel Beasley.

President Judges-Ezra Osborn, Eighth Circuit; Geo. P. Torrence, Ninth.

Associate Judges. Perry--George Trout.

Muskingum--Robert Mitchell, David Findlay.

Coshocton-Peter Casey, Moredecia Chalfant.

Shelby--Samuel Marshall, William W. Coocil, Robert Huston.

Meigs--James C. Phelps, Horatio Strong, Fuller Elliott.

Greene--John Clark.

Harrison-Alex. Henderson.

Trumbull-Reuben S. Clark.

Wayne--John Nimmon, David McConnaughy, Thomas Townsend.
Morgan--Wm. B. Young, William Reynolds, Shebesiah Clark.
Preble--Peter Vanausdal.

Highland-John Boyd.

Cuyahoga-Thomas Cord.

Geauga-Robert B. Parkman.

Gallia-Joseph Fletcher.

Jackson-David Mitchell.

Champaign-John Runyon.

Non-resident tax collectors-1st District. James McBride. 2nd. Michael H. Johnson. 3rd. Samuel P. Hildreth. 4th. James Perry. 5th. Alexander Patterson. 6th. Homer Hine.

By the act of December 22, 1818, the second fractional township in the fifteenth range was detached from Gallia and attached to Lawrence.

Morgan county previously erected, was organized by the act of December 28, 18.8. County seat, McConnelsville.

Shelby county was erected from Miami by the act of January 7, 1819. County seat is Sidney.

Meigs county was erected from Gallia and Athens by the act of January 21, 1819. The county seat is Pomeroy.

Under the act of January 25, 1819, the line between Clark and Greene counties was re-surveyed and made more definite and certain.

Under the act of February 5, 1819, the boundary line between Adams and Brown was more clearly established.

An act was passed by the Legislature, under which a tax was assessed against all banks or individuals doing a banking business in the State without due authority conferred by the Legislature, of $50,000 for each and every branch of discount and deposit thereof.

This was aimed directly at the United States bank which had branches at Chillicothe and Cincinnati. A resolution was adopted to submit the question of calling a Constitutional Convention to a vote of the people.

Among the institutions of learning incorporated were the Medical College of Cincinnati and the Cincinnati College.

OFFICIAL DIRECTORY, 1819-1820.

Governor-ETHAN A. BROWN.

Secretary of State-JEREMIAH MCLENE.

Treasurer of State-SAMUEL SULLIVAN.

Auditor of State-RALPH OSBORN.

Supreme Judges-JACOB BURNET CHARLES R. SHERMAN, JESSUP N. COUCH,

PETER HITCHCOCK.

Adjutant General-WILLIAM DOHERTY.

EIGHTEENTH LEGISLATIVE SESSION, 1819-1820.

Met December 6, 1819. Adjourned February 26, 1820.

When the Senate met at 10 A. M., Monday, December 6, 1819, it temporarily organized by electing Allen Trimble, of Highland, Speaker; Richard Collins, Clerk, and John Martin, Sergeant-at-Arms. On the fifteenth, this organization was made permanent.

There was a contest from the Washington-Athens District. Levi Barber held the certificate of election, but Sardina Stone contested its validity, and the latter was seated.

Gov. Brown's message dealt largely with the existing financial conditions, and he charged the financial depression prevalent, both to the United States bank and to the reckless and injudicious use of credit by the incorporated banks of the State, then twenty-two in number.

He recommended the whole subject to the careful consideration of the Legisla- . ture.

As was probably anticipated the United States bank resisted the collection of the $100,000 annual tax assessed against it by the act of the previous year. The bank, by its attorneys, Creighton & Bond, went into the United States Court and enjoined the State authorities. Gov. Brown, in his State papers, stood by the enactment, and there was intense excitement, both in the Legislature and the courts, over the subject, pending the final determination of the rights of the State in the premises.

The Missouri Compromise and the question of slavery came into the Legislature, and gave rise to long and acrimonious debate over resolutions offered to instruct the Ohio delegation in Congress to go on record against the further extension of the institution of slavery William Henry Harrison, afterward elected President, advocated a conservative middle course, but one on the side of restricting slavery. A more radical view was however embodied in a joint resolution.

The question of calling a State Convention for the purpose of revising the Constitution, met with an overwhelming defeat, the votes in favor being but 6,987, and those against aggregating 29,315.

The enumeration of free white male citizens twenty-one years of age and more showed the number to be 98.780

State Treasurer Curry unexpectedly resigned February 15, 1820.

On the first of February, the House impeached Wm. Smith and Geo. Brown, Associate Judges of Columbiana county, charged with deciding an election contest contrary to the evidence. They were unanimously acquitted by the Senate. The witness fees were $826 69.