The Middlebury People's Press

Ohio.—A recent Locofoco Legislature of this State passed an act commonly known as the "Black Act" designed to facilitate the summary recovery of fugitive slaves escaping into Ohio. The present Legislature has just repealed this act, to punish the Kentuckians for coming over in such numbers to the Whig Barbecue last fall at Dayton. The vote for Repeal in the Senate was 25 to 11—the Nays all Locofocos: the Whigs having always been opposed to the law.

Samuel Medary, the able and ferocious Editor of the Ohio Statesman at Columbus, was reelected State Printer for four years at the same time that Allen was reelected U. S. Senator, and by a similar vote:

For Samuel Medary (Loco)......57
James W. Smith (Whig)......43
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A bill allowing the Banks of the State whose charters expire in 1843 six months wherein to wind up their business, passed the Senate by 27 to 6, and is doubtless a law ere this. A bill providing for the appraisement of property taken on execution—in other words, a Valuation or Stay Law—is also going through; so that, while the Banks must face all their obligations within six months, their debtors are shielded from paying, except in property at a neighborhood appraisement. We can't think this fair or just.—Tribune.