Du Buque visitor. [volume] (Dubuque, Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1836-1837, 1836-12-14

tween the rival merits of d ifferent sec
tions-neither can we inform our read
ers where it uiY Debut where it will
MT be, isat Dubuque, Belmont, Fond du
Lac and Madison. 1t will be we'll when
this "bone Of contention'' shall have
been disposed. Nothing has yet been
done in regard tothe contested election
of M.Williams and Irwin. The latter
has his seat, and will probably keep it.
For further particulars from Bel
mont we invite attention to the SUBJ
joined extract from a letter to the edi-
tor, dated
BELMONT, Nov. l9. 1886.
Mr.. ED1ToR-I hardly know what
news to write you in regard to the
Legislature. 1t has now been in ses-
sion since the 25th ult.; during which
seven days nearly have been wasted by
adjournments. Only t,O0 bills have as
yet become laws; to wit, one district
ing the Territory judicially, the other
authorising the Legislature to punish
for contempt against its dignity. BY
the first Judge Lrscin is SENT west Of
the Mississippi, aud Judge Frazer To-
Gated at Green Bay and Milwaukee.
This latter gentlemen has just arrived
at the seat Of Government, and is Pc
titioning the members for leave of alb
sence till spring. Whether they will
give him permission to be absent from
his post while six criminals are in con-
fnement, waiting for him to settle his
affairs in Pennsylvania, l cannot say;
the county of Brown has, however, in
my view, had her share of non resi-
dent Judges, and other. government
paupers.
BY the reported proceedings you
perceive that some resolutions have
been offered. A wag of the lobby calls
st the ten thousand Resolution Legisla-
aqre. They are getting to speeches,
of locating the seat of Government
w.sbraugh tur yesterday in the Council
and debated to-day in the committee
of the whole, in that branch of the As
sembly. the FIRST section Of the bill
provided for locating the seat Of Gov
erament at Fond du L,c. A motion
was made by gentlemen from Des
Moines to strike out Fond dlI Lac, and
insert the town of Ma.lison," between
abe third aud fourth Lake: this amend
ment was debated the whole day: and
= substitute of the portage Of Wis
coasin" proposed. NY Impressions
arcthat there is a majority III the lower
house especially, IN favor of some
psint on the Wisconsin, near the por-
1age. The Fond dn Lac is now gwen
APP. Had the amend ncnt proposed the
:" CITY. Of the Four Lakes" instead Of
Madison, l am Of opinion it would
have carried. All parties seemed that
the territory must shortly be divided,
and the seat of Government will short
~ be- located with a view to the geo.
graphica; centre Of Wisconsin proper,
and the whole $4,000 be expended At
such location.
pillage az Pontiac. But few viii
lagos in the western country present
more prosperous and inviting aspects
to the stranger, than the flourish
ing village of Pontiac. We have resi-
ded here the short space of two months
only, during which time several new
stores and dwellings have been COM
nenced, and are now nearly COM
pteted. Our strectsare thronged every
day with passing strangers and coun-
try farmers. Our merchants are doing
= splendid and safe trsdc. Our me
chanics what few we have, are crowd
ed with work. We want moro me-
chanics in Pontiac. Five hundred more
mechanics Of the various trades, would
he none too many to supply the grow
ing wants Of the rich and fertile coun-
~ Of Oakland and the adjacent coun-
try. Nowis the time for business men
to locate themselves here, where in less
than FIVE years from this day will be a
city Of not less than FIVE thousand in
habitants. Our hydraulic privileges
are great, and before long our banking
facilities will be equal to that Of any
village in the Union.-P0 Pontiac Bal
.7zledSst yiolation Of tie .4meri.
can F3ag. The following extract is
from the London paper per West.
minister.
constantineple, Sept. 81.
A circumstance has occurred a,
Smyrna, which has disturbed little
the renewed harmony between France
and America. On the fourteenth the
American brig Bantam, loaded with
Turkish produce for Boston, set sal
got beyond the castle, when she was
tOrcihlY boarded hv 4 French man.nE