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 sCiY Debut where it will
MT be, rat Dubuque, Belmont, Fond du
Lac and Madison. 1t will be wellwhen
this "bone Of contention, shall have
been disposed. Nothing has yet been
done in regard tothe contested election
of M.Williamsr and Irwin. The latter
has his seat, and will probably keep it.
For further particulars from Bel
mont we invite attention to the sub
joined extract from letter to the edi-
tor, dated
BELMONT, Nov. l9. 1886.
Mr.. EDIToR-I hardly know what
news to write you in regard to the
Legislature. It has now been in ses-
sion since the 25th ult.; during which
seven days nearly have been wasted by
adjournments. Only t,U0 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 Lrsoin 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-
6nement, waiting for him to settle his
afairs in Pennsylvania, l cannot say;
Che county of Brown has, however, in
my view, had her share of non resi-
TENT Judges, and other government
paupers.
a BY the reported proceedings you
Ssperccive that some resolutions have
been offered. A wag of the lobby calls
the ten thousand Resolution Legisla-
Are. They are getting to speeches,
Of locating the seat Of Government
w.sbrought IN 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
ernment at Fond du L1c. A motion
was made by gentlemen from Des
Moines to strike out Fond du Lac, and
insert the town of Ma,lison,' between
ahe third aud fourth Lake: this amend
snest was debated the whole day: and
a substitute Of the sPortage Of Wis
coasin'' proposed. NV Impressions
arethat there is a majority in the lower
house especially, IN favor Of some
psint or the Wisconsin, near the por-i
1age. The Fond dn Lac is now given
up. 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 view to the geo.
graphical; centre Of Wisconsin proper,
and the whole $4,000 be expended At
such location
pillage IN Pontiac.-But few vii
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
snenced, and are now nearly COM
pleted. Our streets are 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. Now is 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. Pontiac Bal.
.7zledget isolation Of tie .4meyi-
can F3ag. The following extract is
from the London paper per West
minister.
consfantinsple, Sept. 81.
a circumstance has occurred at
Smyrna, which has disturbed a little
the renewed harmony between France
and America. On the fourteenth the
american brig Bantam, loaded with
Turkish produce for Boston, set sail
got beyond the castle, when she was