The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-06-11

liars; and tor printing the journals of the
Council, eigh, hundred and twenty-six
dollars and seveniy-ive cents. ,e..5 ax
Approved January II. 1910.
1 AN Acr to provide for the settlement Of
the claim tha; Des Mones county has
upon Lee, Van Buren,, Henry. SIangh.
1 ter (now Washington,) Louisa and
Muscatlue counties.
See. |. Be 1T enacted by the Council
and House oinep,esenialives Of the Fer
ritory Of Iowa. That the several boards
lof the counties above named shall, upon
application from the board of county com.
nisSioners of Des Moines county. audit
I and pay to the said board or their legally
authorized agent, what shall be their lie.
gal and equitable proportion according to
the law passed at Belmont session Of
| Wisconsin !egis latlve assemblyof eighteen
hundred and thirty six.
e Sec. 2.tlt is here made the tlnty OF
the board OF county commissioners OF
lDes MONIES county, to present 10 the dI.
iferent counties herein named fair ex-
9hiblt of the deb! due by the county OF
TDes Moines in acaordance with Tie a.
I5ove named law. And it is hereby made
1.-THE duty of the several boards above
named, to transmit to the board of coun-
ty commissioners of Des Moines. The as
sessment value of the property in accor-
dance with said law above reclted; and
after the reception thereof by the board
Iof Des Noines. they shall! make out far
exhibit of the dividend due from eaci,
county and send it to the several boards
therein named and if they consider the
same just they are hereby required to
audit and pay the same as is directed i'll
ilhe first section of this act; but should
they consider The same unjust, illegal, OF
mot equitable, they shall send the sans
back, showing wherein the same is an.
lust, illegal, or not equitable. They
lshall each appoint an auditor, who shal
meet t,sncil time and place as, they, may
.agree upon; who shall choose a third one
from some other county, and they shall
proceed TO settle the same, whose decision
ishall be final.
/ Approved Januafy II, 1910.
From thc.st Louis Bulletin.
I SPEECH OF COLONEL JOHN
O'FALLON.
Col. John O'FaIlon was then called
flor, and, mounted on Fort sieigs, he thus
addressed the people: af @
NY fellow citizens u feel deeply sen
|sible Of the honour you confer upon me,
by calling me. to address this vast cor
course OF intelligent lreemen. My pur
suits in life have led me into retirement;
am wholly unused to speaking in pub.
|lic. This fact, although we'll known tc
many of you, HAD reason to believe,
i would not excuse me on the present occa
.Ision. Aware that, my known aequain.
Itance with the eventful scenes which we
have this day assembled to commemorate
lis the only reason for this call. / shall,
consequently in responding to it, state
something Of what | know in relation tc
them.
twas on the first day Of FEBRUARY. 1873
4 that the army Of General Harrison pitched
their tents upon, and adjacent to-, the
4 ground where Fort Meigs was erected,
and commenced the construction of a
Istockade, which was afterwards surroun.
ded by ditch and entertainments. embra.
icing several acres of ground: The snow
was deepupon the ground, and the wealth.
iIerextremely cold; and, .althoughthe troops
! were raw and greatly unaccustomed to
such severe exposure, their ardor never
Iabated. Under many deprivations they
|performed their several duties with zeal
land alacrity-that zeal and alacri,y, which
spring from,,he soldiers deep confidence
lin the tried skill and courage Of his COM
mander, aud his warm attachment to his
lperson. Early in April, 1919 the garris-
s|o,i of Fort Meigs numbered about 1000
defective men-two brigades of militia
Having been discharged in consequence
Iof the termination Of their period Of ser
Twice. This fac, being early ascertained
dby the BH,ish general commanding At
i Maiden, an expedition against Fort Meigs
Twas Immediately projected. His army