Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1838-05-05

-. :" ''e u'etiicl VI w lScOnld, tnefe existed
dimcuity IN paying the fees, &c. of,hose con
cerned In the administration ofjustice; but tn
Judge having acquainted those interested o
ms intention TO visit the seat Of Government o
the Colony Of Michicania, and tha. he would
undertake the collection Of such fees from TIT
Marshall. and pay them over at the following
court. 1he arrangement was made, and III,
Judge receip,ed to said Marshall to the amour
Of some hundreds Of dollars: but, oh! the ras
cality of the world! some villains broke oper
f'he Judges trunk and stole the money! ane
SO the claimants remain still unpaid.
Honest reader, you and me would doubles.
have considered i,san imperative obligation
that after having solicited the honor of beino
the bearer fsuch funds, to have felt bound by
every principle of common honesty to have
acknowledged our liability for the amount, and
IT we could not pay it from poverty, vet we
should not considerit the less obligatory wher
we coud;---no such acknowledgement was ev.
er made, and this stain must. and ever vii
continue TO stick fast TO the character Of the
Judge, which no effort will ever be able to re.
move.
For several years the life of this illustrious
person, was considerably checquered, arising
from his political evolutions; cashiered from
his Judgestip for his apostacy at 4 time when
his usual foresight failed him, in his estimate
OF the strength of parties, we find him in his
professional career, very jealous as an advo.
cate for those whose interest it was TO turn
black white, and white black; and to do hiu,
justice, his forensic powers are admirably cal.
culated 10 produce this kind of me,amorphasis,
in which talent he shines uneclipsed and unri-
vailed. f9 k3tU ggBo
Residing at Elesieum Bay, aud conversary
with different tribes Of Indians, and their hall
breeds, who Inhabited that region; he was
employed on various occasions in their behalf,
some Of which it will be we'll enough TO 70.
capitulate. Esa ga ID,
AT the time that, certain band of Indians
invaded the district of Wisconia, numbering
its inhabitants, and carrying destruction in
their path, another tribe, whose cowardice and
treachery arc proverbial, gaveto the invading
band every assistance in men and munitions,
though they, as nation, protested themselves
to be friendly, and at the termination Of the
twas ascertained TO certainty,
that such was the fact, and that several valu-
able citizens were murdered by tho bands Of
this proiessedly friendly nation. .o,s.s
These men wero given up by the nation, on
a demand made by what was supposed tho
competent authorities; the Judge wriggled
himself into the affair as counsel for the hell
l.ouodo, mud succeeded in wrestling them from
the hand ofjustice, by legal tcchncalities and
bubbles, from an informally IN the
procedure.
lie Judge was also employed to locate Sc
veral half breed reservations, and in those To-
cations, all sense Of individual right, and in
terest of the community, were disregarded,
and the mostvaaable points, good timber, and
settlers claims, were swallowed up, by this
worthy and upright Judge! in his location of
these Indian reservations! Government how
ever, on a representation Of the matter, has an-
puIled, those locations, but that does not lessen
The odium of the evils, which the Judge in
lendedao innict onthe community.
A number ofstrong facts can be produced in
which the Judge designedly deceived the ig.
,orant half breeds in their locations, advising
hem 10 make improvements OH what he gave
hem to understand was theirs in right Of re-
'ervation, and yet in conjunction viii. his mo-
aied friends, he entered them al the land sales;
he Indian reservations having been, by acct
tent, located on some ncighboriDg sand hills.
This course was pursued towards the igno-
ant, but 10 the advised halfbreeds Of the &C.
rus informed, the case was different, as stated
,efore, the best points Of the country were
eized, in right Of primo gentle. 81,
We now arrive at very important period
f the Judges history, in which lie figures as
i star Of the first magnitude. Being intimate
Y acquainted with the Wisconia District,
rom his judicial peregrinations, lie was enabled
0 give that species of information TO land spe-
uIators, as 10 entitle him to part Of proceeds
rising from such speculation, and with other
ands, an entry was made between tho third
nd fourti, Heaven Of Mahomet's paradise, in
,rlaced with beautiful lakes, and peoplcd by
indian Hourics, in birch canoes, pike and gud-
con, musk rats, sun fish, sand gnats, and mus
uiioes. 4 1863 fsa4g1
The limit ofthose specuIa.ions, was con6n.
a to the credit and resources, of the Bank Of
.lesienm Bay. which, extensive as it's, gives
II amazing impetus to the business Of tina: i'm
ortant region, in its exports Of white fish and
cltries, and whose notes arc beautifully en-
raved with appropriate yignettes, Illustrative
the character and pursuits OF the people IN
nat favored quarter Of the globe.
About this period, by concurrence Of for
mate circumstances, the District oflWisco-
in was erected into Territory, and contrary
, the usual precedent, the peoplehad The pow
+ Of locating their seat Of Government---giv-
,g the Governor however the power Of conven-
ig the first Legislature, at any point he tho't
lost conyenient.s nf
In order to apportion the representation, il
vas necessary to take a census; and the Gov
NOR, to remove all suspicion Of personal in
crest in the first convocation, declared his in
ention and pledged himself to be governed by
he census, and to call the Legislature togeth'
=, at the centre of population. 9a%
Asmigbt have been expected, opinion was
Ell afoat, and conjecture was busy az TO where
UGH centre would fall.--some with the view OF
rofit entered into the calculation Of town. bull
Dg, and by carrying enquiries into the several
|istricts, ascertained to a certainly wnere' J.
would be, a matter very easily accomplished
Relying on The strength Of the pledge, a
V,,,,,,,n' wss non, nnenced and several splendid