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CAPITAL REPORTER.
IOWA.
IOWA CITY
VI
rdm-sjfay, Jaitt/iit y 21, 1
SIC.
Appointments by die Governor,
By and with the advice and consent of the
Legislative Council,
HUGII T. REID, Brig. General of the 1st
Brigade, 1st Division.'
GEORGE PACL, Colonel of the 3rd Reg.
1st Brigade, 2d Division.
M. MURRAY. Lieu'. Colonel 3d Reg. 1st
Brigade, 2d Division.
W. A.
ENRY,
Major of the same Regi­
ment, Brigade and Division,
The .flitters' Bank Case.
The case ol the Miners' Bank of Da*
Iwque vs. the United States came up last
Week in the Supreme Court now sitting
ia this city, on a writ of error from the
District Court of Dubuque mnly. The
ease was argued at length and very ably
by Messrs. Davis and Crawford for the
Bank, the plair.tiff ir error, and L. A.
Thomas, Prosecutor for the third judicial
^strict, assisted by Stephen Hempstead,
Oil the part of*ftife United States. The
opinion of the court has not yet been de
livered but from what we know concern
iflg the merits of the case, and judging,
-all from tl.e arguments of attornies, we
•fitertain no doubt Lut that the decision
•«f Judge Wilscn, declaring the chaiter
"Void, will be sustained.
Our room will not now permit of more
"Ulan a brief notice cf one or two points
argument of Mr. Davis, attorney
§K the bankj which was one of the most
ingenious, as \yell as most radical federal
acquisitions thijit we ever listened to. Mr.
D. denied the
MJVI
er cf ihe Legislature, if
him comctly, to repeal
j?ion, even, where, as in
rce, that right is specifi
y ti e provisiens of the act
ire urderstccd
•Us of incorpo
&e present insi
**Hy reserved ll
Hfclf, and conUnded. in ifl'ett, that when
once created, tl
yond the reach
ey are immortal and Le
ft l.e peoplf that they have
acquired vcstec rights of which they ne
ver can be divi sled by the power which
treated them, Inn ever loudly it may be
rsiderations of the pub'ic
re
let tion, one position «g.
jtbtnanded by
Br ft
I y and we'fi
In tl.is con
aumed by Mr.
J. struck ui as peculiar
#od perfectly nivel—as going beyotid any
principle which the boldest
cf
•,c
mm
the fi-ceral
Waders dare openly avow before the peo
ple. It was this-that consid rations of
tfee public good can never warrant the re
galing of private acts of incorporation,
or as he chose to style iff the violation ».f
contracts. In other wo|ds, a bank may
be guilty of any violation-of its charter, of
the blackest fraud and rthy swindle the
community and oppress Jtlie poor to any
•Stent, and yet, the saciedness of char
acter with which it is invested is such,
that it is beyond the power of the people
totakejaway those privileges and immuni
ties which they themselves have' granted.
This should teach a vliltifible lesson to
the people of Iowa. Every one knows
that when a charter, either f«,r banking or
any other purpose is applied for, its ad
vocacy is based upon a supposed advance
ment of the public welfare. The inter
ests of community are to be immensely
eiihanctd by the creation of the body cor
porate it is to make money plenty, busi
ness brisk antfthe people prosperous and
happy. When such applications are here
after made, let the people reflect upon
the difference of tone assumed by these
bank nabobs when attempting lo perpetu
ate their forfeited corporate existence in
»p:ta of the power which crcated them.
It is worse than folly lo admit the wolf
within the fold, and then talk of safety in
gtlitrds and restrictions. The only way
Aoaave the flock is to hill the wolf when
Hjroay have effected an entrance, and
when it has not. to effectually and forever
bar its ectrance,
Illinois State Hegistcr.
This paper has just waked up to an ar
ticle of ours published last September, re
specting its course upon the bmk ques
tion which IIHS arisen in connection with
the subject of remodelling the constitution
of Illinois. The editor of the register
explains the cause of his suddenly awa
kened sensitiveness to our exposition of
his course. It appears from his attempted
reply to our article, that it has recen'ly
been copied into several of the democrat
ic prints of that and the adjoining states.
We are unable at preseut to take any fur
ther notice of the Register's article. The
case will be attended to next week.
Kew Post Office,
A Post Officc has been established at
Ivanhoe, Linn county, in this Territory,
of which Jos T. FALES h?.s been appoin
ted Post-master. This office was much
needed, and we congratulate the people
of that vicinity upon their wants being
at last supplied. How many additional
subscribers shall w e 1 ave at Ivatihoe and
vicinity? Our papers are free of postage
to that office.
£7»Mexicans at their public meetings
are expressing themselves in favor of an
with Uur itaited States.
State Government.
Our readers are referred to the bill
published in another column for the elec
tion of Delegates to frame a constitution,
&c., for the altet&lions made thereto since
our giving a synopsis of its provisions, as
it passed the Council which'!#i^jf)iink
are decidedly for the better.
The time, (first Monday of April,) ap
proaches npace^ when the people will be
called upon to vote for Delegates. Let
the Democracy, therefore, be found in
readiness and well organized against that
day, that the federalists may pvt steal
a march upon them, and in democratic
districts elect whigs, or what is as bad or
worse, avowed democrats with whig
principles. The formation of a constitution
is the most important step in the history
of a people, and consequently it behooves
the mass of the people, and of the democ
racy in particular, to be careful in the se
lection of candidates. Let wise and judi
cious men be selected—such as will have
an eye single to the future welfare of the
community, and*be vigilant to provide se
cure and adequate guards for the rights
of the many .gainst the encroachments of
the ambitious and designing few, and with
whom self distinction a* a secondary ob
ject. It should be borne in mind that
these who are most active in seeking such
stations are, as a generally rule, lea^t fit
ted to discharge their important duties
and the weighty trust's confided to them.
Cross misrepresentation.
We have hitherto wholly refrained from
noticing tle ridiculous and characteristic
falsehood with which that notoriously
reckless and abandoned sheet, the Stand
ard, has teemed, respecting ur present
deservedly popular Executive A con
trary course would have been highly dis
paraging to Governor Clarke, a* creating
the impression that we regarded his char
acter and standing as such that it needed
vindication from such unmeasurable, gross
and vulgar assaults coming fr«m that
source. And but for one statement, which,
if uncontradicted, mi- ht create a wrong
impression in quarters where the charac
ter of the editor 11 the Standard for truth
e.nd veracity is not as well understood as
in this ci'y, we should not now have allu
ded to the suhj c\
The article referred to, amor* many
other
hoods, slated that, previous to the hist Au
gust election,'Mr. Clarke received a com
ihisMon for himself as U. S. Marshal for
this Territory, which he was forced to re
linquish at the instigation of Gen. Dodge,
from a fear that ihe appointment of the
former to said office would operate to the
prejudice of the latter in the canvass for
Delegate to Congress. Now it is only
necessary to reflect, in relation to this ex
travagant, unsuppoited and barcfaccd as
sertion, that, had any such appointment
as the one above alluded to been made, its
announcement would immediately have
appeared in the eastern papers, partieu
kuly the Washington Union, in which all
appointments arc oliiuially announced as
saon as made.
In relation to the oft related assertion
of the whig press of the Territory, that
Gov. Clarke's appointment was procured
through the influence of our Delegate, w e
would here observe, that, in a Utter re
ceived by a citizen of Iowa, previously to
Mr. Clarke's appointment as Governor,
from Mr. Buchanan, Secretary of State,
it was stated that upon the recommenda
tion of numerous citizens of the Territo
ry, which had then recently been receiv
ed at the State department, the President
had determined upon his appointment.—
We have now done with noticing such
ridiculous assertions £s the above. The
vain attempts of tire insignificant puppet
who conducts the Standard, to depreciate
and detract from the merits of Governor
Clarke, are perfectly harmless. He is lar
above the reach of the shafts of malice
and envy aimed at him from that quarter.
The Legislature
Adjourned on the 19ihiiist., after hold­
ing a session of fifty da) s, and passing
about 120 act*, n»ost of them of a local na
ture. Of the expensed of the present and
last May's session, w^ith thoce of the ex
tra session of 1844, t»ey have let'i an ar
rearage of at least $2,500, which will
probably fall as a debt apon live people of
the Territory.
2J=The Rochester papers chronicle
the elopement of a Mr. Luther II Ho
vey with the wife of Amos J. Wheeler
of Greece. Hovey, who is a lawyer, pre
viously disposed of all his property and
obtained as much from his neighbors as he
could conveniently get possession of. He
has left a wife behind him.
2^"The Ohio House of Representa
tives have passed resolutions, by a unan
imous vote, requesting iheir Senators and
representatives in Congress, to vote a
gainst any increase of the present rates
of postage.
The Oregon Negotiation.—The reports
which are in circulation, that negotiations
on the Oregon question have been resum
ed, are without any foundation in truth.
Up to last Friday, December 26th the
matter was precisely in the state in which
it was at the time that President POLK'S
Message was written. Our authority is
of Ihe highest possible character.—Ohio
StatesOliB.
Congress.
The proceedings of this body possesp
unusual interest during the present ses
sion. Texas has been fully admitted as a
State of the Unnion, and her Senators are
probably ere this, in their seats at Wash
ington. But the most important and ab
sorbing 'subject upon the tapis is our re
lations with Great Britain upon "th*. Ore
gon question.
As this number closes the proceedings
of the Legislature, whi li have monopo
lized our room to the almost entire exclu
sion of more interestii matter, we will
harealter be able to keep our readers wore
fully advised concerning such important
public matters.
Mr. Hannegan, (dem.) Senator from
Indiana, I.as introduced a resolution re
flecting upon the President for offering the
19 parallel of latitude to the British
Government, as the dividing line in Ore
gon. He openly declared his distrust of
r"mul oI,ject
on
dcinn expressions like tho^e of Mr'
negan's, as reported by the U. S. Journal,
'Coroe from whatsoever quarter they may.
Abolishment of Csipiial Par.isb
cert.
Wc regret that the amount ofmrdUr
ivhh li we ae required to pullisii, in ordci
to close up the proceedings of the Legis
lature, together wi the list of acts pass
ed, &c.j excludes /rem this week's pa
per the proceedings of the meeting held
on Friday evening last, for the purple of
organizing a society, having ihe tbove
med object in
in view. Hen. Judge
equally gross and palpable fj.e- f"!jr ®,lled over the meet
ing, which wes a vey large one, anc^was
eloquen ly a I Ire-seJ upon thesu'j^et un
"der consideration by Mr.
A
A V I S
of DI-
buque, WALSE.I of BArlington and Hon.
JoSCPU WlLL'AMS.
W« heari!y concur'ro the object of the
society and though we would that
those who take life, wiutever miy be the
incentive, should sutler a severe and heavy
punishment, proportional to the drgree
orm.i^nitude o.'the crime, we are opposed
to perpetuating in our statute books this
relic of barbarii-m, whereby man, by vir
tue of fair, takes tway that which he can
not restore, whic't God done can give,
and he only has the right to take away in
fine, we are opposed to perpetrating, un
der function of law, in coed blood and
without the color of pn excuse, the same
revolting crime of w! ich the cuipri: to be.
thus punished stands comicted. We
therefore join with two of the speakers
above named, in the expression of a hops
that Iowa may be the first state to dis-piay
to the world a banner tee from the staid
of blood.
The pf^ee$r|»wiil Le published^ne*t
week.
IOWA
Cirv, Jan. 19, 18*6.
Messrs. Editors:—I perceive that in
your reports of the legislative proceed
ings, you have, as I suppose, inadvertent
ly milted the )eas and nays in the two
I Houses upon the resolution to take a re
cess of ten days. Inasmuch as 1
:.fn cre
dibly informed that by the unnecessary
pretraction of the present se-sion, a dtb!
of near $3000 is entailed upon the Ter
ritory, it is no more than just that the
public should know upen whom devolves
the responsibility and you will therefore
confer a favor upon the advocates of a
short session, and upon community, by
publishing the yeas and nays upon the re
solution in the Council.
The resolution originated in the House,
fend was it first voted clown
cil but subsequently, by a ch„ngt* in the
views of on* member, (the President,)
it was carried.
Those who voted in favor of the reso
lution, were Messrs. Abbe, Brier
ly .Coop,
il-tstings, Roes, Thompson, and Presi
dent—7.
Those who voted the negative, were
Messrs. Braol' y, Brattuin, Shelby, Ste
phenson, and Summers—5, Mr. Lefller
being absent
On a proposition offered by Messrs.
Summers and Shelby at different times,
that the members and officers should not
receive piy'during the recess, the vote
stood the same as on the adjournment—
those favorable to taking a recess vutin,T
against the propositions, which w ere con
sequently lost.
Mr. Summers offered Ihe following as
a substitute for the resolution to adjourn
for ten days:
*'Th. inasmuch as the appropriation
made by Congress to defray the expenses
of the present session, will not permit of
a session of more than 35 or 40 i)8, and
as business is rapidly accumulating, the
Legislature adjourn nine die on the 8th day
ol January next, instead of on the 20tb
inst., to meet again on the '29th January.
Decided in the negative —the vote being
the same as on the other resolutions.
Veto I!Iesssi:je.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE,
Ioua City, January 17th 1846.
The bill entitled "an act fur the relief of
Samuel C. Ree l" being of such a char
acter as to compel me tu withhold my ap
proval, I herewith return the sime to
the House of Representatives, where it
originated, w i these, my objections:
The claim of Mr. Ree l, amounting to
one hundred and eighty-three dollars and
fifte n cents, is for provisions furnished
the militia called into service by the U.
S. Marshal in the w inter i 18. 9-40, to
support the civil authorities of the Terri
tory in maintaining jurisdiction over a
certain portion of Van lhut n county.—
The bill herewith returned provides for
the ptyment of the claim out of the Terri
torial Treasury, w ill six percent in'er
e«t thereon, from i 3 December, 1839
the whole when taken together, exceed
ing two hundred and fif y dollars.
However just and equitable may be
the claim, I should regard its payment
out of our local Treasury as a virtu..1 as
i sumption of tike vvh"le debt meriting out
of our difficulties w Hi Missouri, w ith a
the President, and his remarks are such, sum of interest exe ediog one third or the
as, especially ci ining from a democratic
Senator, ere highly censurable. Tho' we
regard our right to the whole of Oregon
as clear and indisputable, and would be
the last to yield an inch to British inso
lence, yet in the situa'ion in which Mr.
Polk found the negotiation, we consider
that he asted w isely in continuing the of
fer of compromise which had been made
by his predecessors. Its having been made,
was the only reason for his renewing it
and in tins matter his message is a full vin
dication of his conduct. Ha promptly
withdrew his proposition on its rejection
by Great Britain, and asserted cur ri-ht
to the entire twit.uy. Wh.it could we
ask rc? We have every confider.ce in
the President to maintain our national
rights and honor, and \v&hi»»rti'y
origin.d amount added thereto. The Ter
ritory cannot, without jut)y subjecting
itsell to tliechirgeof purtialit) in th« dis
tribution c!' itgiavors, select out one pjr
tir ularcl iin mtf.ir relief, an.l reje« s?tni
lar accounts brought forward by o'hers.
Those who furnished arms, clothing, and
other munitions ef war, as well as the
militia who turned out on the occasion in
que.-ti n rt hts upon us im rally, if n le
«a!ly. to tre it tiiem with equ.:l fu\or.—
The recognition of the account of Mr.
Heed os hgitiina'cly chargeable to the
Territory, view ed in this light, n&ume*
an importance that otherwise could not at
tach to it for instead of merely authori
zing the liquid tion of a mmd of s me
two hut died and fifty 11 rs, as provided
for in this bill, its inevitable cffe would
be to entail up n the Treasury a debt nt
twenty tu thirty thousand dollars. Lieut.
Kuggle*, of the U. S. Army, under in
struction? from tha War Department,
which prevented him from embracing a
large number of well founded cl.ims in
his estimate, reports, according to rny re
collection, tha am
Hint
properly payable
out of ihe Territorial Treasury, in conse
quence of the b. u.'idary di-pute, to be
som'thing npwnrls of thirteen thousand
aollars--an -tnctiat which couU scarcely
il to be augmented to twenty thousand,
by the admission cf the rejected items
To this heavy stun.carrying out the prin
cipUs of the bid rcturm-d, interest would
have to be added at the rate of six per
ct-nt per annum for six years, amounting
to seven thousand two hur.died
Although our repeated application
compensation frem ihu gener.l gov*ru
mcrt have thus far been inelf ctual, 1 do
not desp.iir of ultimate success before
C..egress. Ti ef.ctol a bi I authorizing
pa} ment ha\ ing passed tile II .||e of Hep
resenta'.ives upon one or two oc'csioiu,
taken in ci-nncxio i with the course pur
sued y the W.r Department in examin
ing into and ascertaining the amount of
the claims, affords stroi grounds for the
relief, t!ui with ihe increase weight and
influence which our admission in'o the
Union as a State will give us at Wash
ington, seme relief measure ran be carri
ed through. Tie payi,.cnt «r assump
tion ot these exprns^s or any pcriion ot
ihem, by the Territorial Legi-h^ttre, it
must be apparen', would materially les
sen, if, indeed, it did not wholly destroy,
all hope ofthis kind.
Were the ci.«i:ii for which the bill pro
vides payment an isolated one, my desire
to co-operate with the Legislative Assem
bly in a'l its ac's inifght have prevented
me from interposing any objectien to its
payment tut ofthe Territorial Treasury,
not rt lihst^nding the impropriety and im
policy of allowing interest upon such ac
counts but satisfied, as I am, Mint should
the hill once become a law, it will open
the door lo numberless other claims of a
similar character, »nd finally lead to the
assumption of all ll e expanses attending,
the Missouri difficulty,'I feel reluctant
ly tistrained to withhold my assent to
the bill.
1.1
HI
the Coun­
PUBLIC FAIllii
Congressional.
The Senate was not in session !o-day,
In the House some general business
was transacted, in the eou se of wUich
some items will be found of more than
ordinary interest. Amongst othfcrs, it
will be seen that the consideration of the
bill ol Mr. iiiglass, to protect the rights
of American settlers in the territory of
Oreg n, is postponed for one week. The
origin.d order of the House was, that it
should be taken tip on Tuesday next but
there had been much misapprehension on
this point, many members being under
the impression that the second uesday
of the month had been the day fix=
the discussion. To obviate this difficul
ty, Mr/Donj-lans a^ented to the post
ponement, and the IIou*e ordered it.
At a later period ol the iy, a most in
teresting discussion t.ok place on the
same all-import tnt topic, coming inciden
tally before tne House on a bill introduced
by i r. Haralson, the eh drman of the
Committee on M.Jitary affairs, providing,
ain aig^t other things, "for the organization
of two regiments of rill* mjn. The views
expressed by Mr. dines, on the o:.e
side, th.it to^ivethe notice to the British
government wrii'd produce war and
those expressed on the other, by Mr. Ad
ams, in l.ivor o! giving that iv tice without
del iy (1 unother hour, if possible, will
arrest the attention of cur readers. The
most indifferent observer could not fail
to be struck with the strong manifesta
tions of sympathy which Mr. Adams car
ried with mli )t!i on the floor and in the
gallerie3, and which, at times, all ti e ener
gy of the Speaker was unable to repress.
Ti e suhji'f still before the H-use.—
Wash. Lnion,Jan. 2
23fstic** o i tue Stiver,
We extraction theCSt. Louis Reveille
of .he I(i h, tht foil i wing Utter from (-'apt.
Gray, of the steamers Herald, to a friend
in that ci'y:
'•The I fer.ild came into the Mississippi
ri\tr on Monday, 1st, fUFid some ice, aijd
c-arrie up within on»-mde of w here we are
now l«}ing aground, at tha head of Pow
ers Island, Winnies below Commerce.
We iay all idgbt and starird on Tuesday
morning .me to steamboat Olive Branch,
aground, with one hundred Germans on
bn.-rd, ill a starving an 1 freezing condition,
being without provisions or fuel, the ice
running, and their ya.vl in a sinking con
dition. We took the passengers o-i !»o:rd.
g..vc th? at s un? coal aij woo I to krep
thorn from freezing, and then starte I to try
to get to 8 me sa'e p. int to lay up duiing
the run of the ice, and where the t-sen
yers could grt something to eat. I got ihe
-tit within oi|e length of being over the
h.tr, th.TI stopped and could scl no further
»«i account of t!ie ice. There are now
three boats laying so near each other that
we ive a gangway from one to the oth
er. The Ho raid is ths «pj»»r boat, at prrs
er.t perf cily s Olive Branch next be
low, «nd :he Mi.sauri Mail close by.—
in The Brunette one nils below, in a good
lil-1.
dollars,
winch would swdl the public liabilities
from this onecuU^cto the alarming aggre
gate cf twenty seven th u nd two hun
dred dollars. .-Sympathising, as Id',
w i those who are suffi-rers on ecci.unt
of the aid rt ndvred by them in assisting
the Governor and Mar-h to
jurisdiction, I cannot, consistent with my
sense ol duty, consent to !e instrumental
in i:njiosing up: nt e people of Io',\a such
a m»Ric:'.!rtS3 hiai ot debt.
i! rt 11] i ti
JAMES CLARKE.
Tiie joint resc-lu'ions approving the
new cniistitu!ion of I'exa-, and admitting
her into the Union, as well as Ihe bill for
w.re ilm ,lay .«»«! by_tho ir„vPr5,: All
President of the United States. They
will be transmitted immediately to Texas
by the President, ihrouji Capt.iin Todd
of the late Texas navy, now in this city.
A bill passed b/th houses to-day, unani
mously, to establish a collection district iu
Te as,and or other purposes thus or
ganizing a revenue system for Texas.—
Hath. Union, Dec. 29.
Very Good.—In a letter from Washing
-toa, published in the Biston Daily Times,
vre find the following:
'•Speaking of" Oregon, Judge Douglass,
of Illinois—who, by the way, stands iu the
front rank cf those who would extend the
area cif freedom—-said a capital thing on
this subject a lew days since. The
Hon.
Caleb Smith, a whig member from In
dian.!, was asked, iu the presence ol Jttd^e
Douglass, "What he thought of the pros
pect cf a war wiili Ewglan 'I think.'
said Mr. Smith, "you will heir the old
lion roar about the middle of January.'—
'Then.' replied Judge Dauglass, 'you will
see tiie eagle flap his wings.'
A French nobleman, the Due d* Ctoy,
lately brought the coffins containing the
remains ot'some of his ancestors, from a
place in "Belgium, for re-interment in his
family vault. The inexorable cus'om
house functionaries on the frontier char
ged bun two and cne hall francs .'or the
content* erf the coffin as old bones.
harbor, on Power s Island. The bouts
have their pa^sen^rs on shore, where
they are provided with provisi. n«.
"I must ft:r:her state, that Capf. Win.
De.'.u tried, o:i "^1 jt:ti iy, to ,k« off the
snfTerns ol the Oiive Branch, but could
not succeed. He gave them all the wood
he could spare to keep them from freez
ing. Capt. Lit'leton, of the Missouri
.Mail, also gave them wood and provisions
on Tuesday evening. We do not know
when we w ill be at leto leave our pres
ent tinc m'urtable station it depends en
tirely on the weather."
pi
,|,al m.., I,av«
enterfained in that quarter, of bein^ ab e
to drive a he'ter bargain with the U. S.,
under differences ol opinion and views be
tween the American people and the Gen
eral Administration, it will be se^n from
rccent demonstrations, must prove illusive
—and that if a collision ensue between the
two nation*, from the firm assertion of the
American claim, (which we cannot believe
probable) it will find us one people on
this question.—Albany Argus.
The report of the Clerk of the House
of Representatives, on the contingent
fund, shows that there was expended from
the 1st of January to the first of De cem
ber, 1845, the sum .$145,9.7, of which
Blair and Rives received lor printing
$83,000, and fi.r binding #4,134. The
sum ot $2,100 was paid Jor newspapers.
AKE
Surrnioi A
JH» UJCii V Pi •...
CATES.—Ourvoja
gers and copper hunters to the Lake Su
perior country, the past srason, brought
back with them large numbers ot agates
and other rare and beautiful stones. In
the native state they present little that is
attractive to the eye but we have seen
several that have been cut and polish
ed which are really unsurpassed in beau
ty equal :t least to the most variegated
an 1 richly colored agates and cornelians
af the Swiss mountains.—Detroit .Idvcr
User.
itl s of Acts
Pussed at Ihe session of the Legislature
which has ji st closed.
An act to provide for the payment of
ihe claims ol creditors of the Territory.
An act to loclea Territorial road from
CLrksville, in the county of Kishkrkosh,
ia. the county seat of Marion county, to
the Iiaccooti 1'ork of the Desinoines river.
An act relative lo limited partnerships.
An act to divorce Trlury Ann Btdmau
from her husband, Lewis Bidutan.
An act to amend an act to
regulate
gro­
cery license, approied Jan 14, 1810.
An act for the organization of the couu
ties of Jasper and Polk.
An act providing for the relocation cf
the county seat of Jones county.
An act to amend an act entitled an act
to amend an a at entitled an act concerning
grand and petit jurors.
An act to hicate a Territ rial rood from
Aututuua, in Wapello couuty, to the
Chariton river.
An act to provide for the printing, pub
lication and preservation of the Decisions
of the Supreme Courl.
An act to amend act entitled an act rel
iive to the probate of wills, executors,
oiininis rators, guardians, &c., approved
Feb. 15, 1843.
An ac-! lo authorize Isabella Crawford
to convey certain re.d estate.
An act to amend an ai entitled an act
relative to divorce and alimony, and for
other purposes.
An act to authorize the Governor to
employ counsel in casts growing out of
the disputed tHiundary between this Ter
ritory ai.d tbe State cf Missouri.
An act to lay out nil.1 rstublish a Terri
torial road from Iowa City to Fort Des
moids.
An act to vacate a part of thetown of
Franklin, in Lee county.
An act to define a perch of maton
work.
An act to declare a cert.,in county read
in Washington county, a IVriitori .l road.
An act amendatory ol an act entitled an
act to incorporate the Iowa City Univer
sity.
An act supplemental to an act to es
tablish new counties and define their
boundaries. [This act defie.es the boiui
»Lr.»s of Polk, Dallas and Jasper cour
ties.]
An act to locate a Territorial road from
the 1 erri'oriui road in JtHerson town
ship, ia llenry county, via. the head of
Flint t-reek, to intersect the T»rrit ,rial
road leading from Mount Pleasant to Bur
lington.
An act to locate a Territorial r«ad from
t\ apc-ll., in ui6a county, to Augusta,
iu Destiio:nes county.
An act to amend an at entitled an act
concerning water raft found adrift,' lost
good*, and est ray animi.ls.
An act for the organization of the coun
ty of Benton.
An act to authorize the commissioners
of rion couniy to select grand aud
petit jurors.
An act to lay oit and establish a Teiri
tori road from airfield, in Jeffersonco
to Keokuk, in Lee county.
An act annelid an act entitled an act
regulating practice in the District Courts
il the Territory.
An act change the r.atr.e of Ivishke
kosh county, to that of Monroe county.
An act tj amend an act entitled an act
to district ihe Territory of Iowa into elec
toral distiicts, and to apportion the repre
sentation in each.
An art lor t:ie relitf tl.e S'.criffof
Dubuque county.
An .-.ct to loc te and establish a Terri
torial r. ad from Bush's Si ill, in Jefferson
county, to ihe Dcsmtines rivjer, iu Van
It is significant «f ihe very general ap
proval which the position and course of
the Admims'ration on the Oregon qttes- Buren county.
tion, conim,nds in all quarters, without! An act to legalize the surveV of cer
distinction ol party, that resolutions have tain towns in Linn county.
been introduced into the Ohio Huse of At act to locate the ccui.'v scat cf
Ktvirejientatives, by a whip c!e- i Kifchkekosii county.
inanding an adl.t-rei ce to nil our rights in An act t.» anthorize Daud W. Fisher,
Or»g- n, and pledging the legislature to to build a ware house in the town of Ly
sust i i rcpresei.tatives in Congaess, in ons, in Clinton county.
the adoption of such measures as arc nee- An act to le. s^ the Iowa Penitentiary,
essary for l!ie lintcn-mce of the henor An ..ct to provide for the compensation*
and dignity i the country. of the menders of the present Lagisla-
So far as the tone of the press indicates ture, uid ibr.ther purptse?.
the general sentiment, there would seem An act to-cmend an act entitled an act
«o be but one opinion and one feeling on to incorporate the cily of Krosauqua.
the subject of the American title to the!
w hole of Or gon. Whatever doubts may
have exited, or may hive been affected iu
cert in quarters, as lo "the whole or none
of Oregon,*" regarded as an issue ofterri- I
torial right—ali these appear to ha\e been i
comjdetely dispelled by the luminous
vini.icatii-n the American claim, which!
the negotiation between the American and
British diplomatists has drawn out.
These concessions, in some instances re
luctantly made, and exhibiting as they do
th- pervading opinion throughout the st..t
must go far towards, in,!u. ing the pr pv
spirit on the pirl of England in any futur
negotiations on the subj c', arid a season t-
An act concerning liens of' judgments.
Terri
An act relative to relocations of
torial and county roads.
An act to amend an act fur assessing
Territorial tax, and for other purposes, transcribe Ihe records of
approved Jan. 4, 1S39.
An act to divorce Pha?be E. Wiikie
from her husband, Thomas Wiikie.
An act to legalize Territorial and coun
ty roads.
An act divorce Amelia Scahlon from
her husband, 1 hos. Scanlon.
An ad lo divorce Jemima Snyder from
her husband, Nathaniel t'nyder.
An acl to divorce certain persons there
in named.
An act to authorize the Governor to
appoint commissioner!* to take acknowl
edgments of deeds, &c., in foreign states
and territories.
An act to amend an act entitled an act
to amend an act entitled an act to provide
lor assessing and coiiec'ing public reve
nue, approved May 2S, 1845.
.An act to amend an act entitled, an act
to establish a system of common schools.
An acl to authorize the commissioners
of Clayton ceuntjr to change the name ol
Jacksonville.
An act to establish a Territorial road
in the counties of Jones and Delaware.
An act to establish new counties and
define their boundaries. [This act estab
lishes the boundaries of the counties of
Wa\lie, Luca«, Warren, Marshall, S ory,
Boone Madison, Clarke, and Decatur.
All act to lay out and est tbli«dia Terri
torial road from Oskuloosa to Knoxviile.
An act to authorize Edward Whip
pie & Co., to keep a ferry across the Iowa
and Cedar rivers at the junction of said
riv*rs.
An art to divorce Joseph Hartley from
ilis wife, Ann Hartley.
An act to vacate a pait of the Territo
rial road from Wyoming to Moscow.
An act lo divorce Joseph Hewitt from
his wife, Jane Hewitt.
An act to legalize the acts of Henry
C. Smith.
An act to divorce Eli Dow from hU
wife, Lucy Dow.
An act to prevent the firing of prairies.
An act for the organization of the
county of Appanoose.
A n act to establish and confirm an al
leration in Ihe Wyoming road.
An acl to amend an act providing for
the appointment of District Prosecutors
and defining their duties.
An act to repeal all laws now in force
allowing compensation to military officers.
An act to incorporate the Danville
Academy.
An act to amend an act entitled an aet
for the organization of the county of Iowa.
An act to authorize the Assessors of
their respective counties in this Territory
lo take the census.
An act to emend an act entitled an
act
to allow and regulate actions of right.
An ait to amend an act entitled an ast:
to prevent and publish the obstruction aft
roads and highways.
An ac*. for the relief of Mrs. Fraiiiitii
E. Anderson.
An act to re-establish a part of a Ter
ritorial road in Dubuque county, vacated,
by an act approved Feb 16, 1842.
An act to repeal an act to authorize the
commissioners of Dubuque county, to levy
a tax on real and personal estate, approved
May 26, 1845.
An act to change the naineof G.
W lute, ol Dubuqn« county.
An act concerning the rights of mar*
ried women.
An act to amend an act entitled an aet
to organize the county of Marion, apntft
ved Jan. 10, 1*45.
An act requiring certain officers therein
n med to make their annual reports toth*
Executive.
A n act to incorporate the city of Da
buque.
An act to appoint commissioners to
locate the couniy seat of Keokuk county.
An act to authorize Eliphalet Price,
Judge ot Probate o. Clayton county, or
his successor, to transcribe the records of
said court.
An act to establish a Territorial road ia
Washington and Keokuk counties.
An act to establish a Territorial read
from the muulh of Pine ri\er, in Alusea
tine county, to intersect the Iowa City
road at Overman's ftrry.
An act. to provide for an expression of
the opinion of the citizens of Dubuque
county, fur and against tuwnslap organi
zation.
An act to estab'ish a Territorial road
from Franklin, in Lee to., to Mt. Pleat
ant in Henry county.
An act lo lo.ate a Territorial road frott
Fairview, iu Jones co to Dewitt's hail
ing, on Cedar river.
An act to authorize Susanna Chanty,
of Lee county, to convey certain real es
tate.
An act to relocate a part of the Terri
torial road leading from West Point, in
Lee co., to Salem, in llenry county.
An act to divorce Andrew M. Fickie
from I.is wife, Snsan Fickie.
An act to relocate a pait of a TerriMfc1
rial road in the county i.f Lee.
An act defining the term of offiae of
const, bics.
An act to "declare a certain road in ~DTT
huque couniy, a Territorial road and to
locate a Territorial road from Floyd'a
mill, in said county, to the neutral ground*
An act to .imend an act entitled an ait
to incorporate the tow n of B'oomington.
An net to divorce W in. 11. Evans from
his wife, Uachael Evans.
An act lo establish a Territorial road
from Sigourney, in Keokuk co., to Wash
iiig'on, in Washington county.
An act to authorize, the clerk of the
District Court of Lee a unty, to transcribe
the records of said court.
An act to au'hct ize the commissioners
of Jackson county establish the survey
of a n ad jn said o unty.
An ait to change the name of the town
of Charleston, iu Ja. k«on county.
An act to rel.icate a Territorial road
from Fairfield, in Jefferson co., to Ageuey
Cily, in Wapello county.
An set to iitithorize the clerk of tll0
district court of Jackson couniy, to trad*
scribe the rccords ef said court.
An act lo incorporate the Maquokcta
Academy.
An net to provide for the eleetion of
additional justices of tbe peace in the
town if Keokuk.
An act to authorize ihe clerk of the
district court of Van Buren county to
aid court.
An act for the relief of Thus. J. Pearcc,
collector of taxes in Jackson county for
ihe ye 1843.
An act supplemental to an act to pre
serve good order in all worshiping assem
blies and congregations in Lhis Territory,
approved Jan. 4, 1S39.
An act to relocate a Territorial road v
from Keokuk, in Lee couniy, to FarmingjtJ
ton, in Van Buren county.
An act to lo -a'ea Territorial road from
Autumwn, in Wapello county, to Blouin
lield. in Dav is county.
An act to declare a road from Mount
Pleasant Jcllerson, in Henry county, a
Territorial road.
An act lo levy an additional tax for
Territorial purposes.
An act. to legalize the assessment of
taxes in Iowa county.
An act fixing the terms of the district
courts.
An act to legalize the acts of Samuel
Shnfiletcn, as Notary Public.
An act to vacate a part of tho town of
Rockingham.
An act to establish a Territorial road
from Fort Madison to Mt. Pleasant.
An act to amend an act entitled an act
defining crimes and punishments.
An act io amend an act entitled an aet
allowing and regulating writs of attach
ment.
An act to repeal an act to postpone the
election of members of the House ol Rep
resentatives from August until April.
An act relative to District Prosecutors.
An act to provide for ihe election of
delegates to a convention to form a con
stitution for the State of Iowa.
An act for the relief of Muscatine
tounty.
A proverb saith, "Labor while tliQ day
lasts, for the night eoineth when no man
ean work." There were no printers
when that was written.