Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1843-01-14

AMUSING The letter Of .s.Ba!aam'
ASS" the Aawkeye's Iowa City CORES
pendent, in which tho medical as wei
as poli,ica! quack from Van Buren, count,
is represented as having in debate il
the llcuse Q! Representatives, dri;c>
Mr.. RoeERs. from the fed, hors du con,
baN Now our citizene happen to know
something OF y. member from Van Du
rem, as lie spcn, winter here som
.nrec years ago in the capacity Of mes
!, scnger, or doorkccper, or Gremen, o
deputy firemen, or some such post in tn
Legislature, and cannot but be highly anu
seJ at any attemp, to make them bcliey
that he isl in the slightest degree qualifi
ed Cor tho station which he now fills
They look upon him as the mere eAigy Q
what a legislator ought to be, and regar,
his election as satire upon the repre-
sentative principle. And this is tn
member whom we are graycly assure,
not only measured swords in debate will
Mr.. Rogers, by far the ablcst and mos
eloquent man in the House, but actually
annihlatcd him! a sense OF shame
should prevent the Hawkeye from giving
further publicity to the rancorous eiiu
sons, Of correspondent, who
.shines in exposing kaavcs aad painting fools
But 10 wlate'er he hates aud ,idlcues.'
Mail Facilities III Io,ca.-It is some.
what singular that the mai! from Iowa
City TO this p!ace-distance, so miles
should be- nearly as long in reaching
here as the mail from Washington, the
distance from which to this place is up
wards Of 900 miles, bat such is never.
theless the case, the dates Of Iowa City
and Washington papers are never more
than or s days, and often but 8 or 4
days, apart. This matter should be at
tended TO by the Legislature, and a memo
rial setting forth the necessity ofincreas-
| ed mail facilities from the seat Of Gov.
ernment to the pr:ncip pie towns in the
| Territory should be forwarded during
the present session.
The Mormon Temple at Nnuyno, the
mos. spacious building in Illinois, has been
completed. 1. cost nearly S20u.noo.
q. S. Gaselie.
Who hoaxed you Mr.. Chandler? The
| Temple is not half finished, and the prob
ability is that it never Will be. unless
Ice Smith uses soEse supernatural means
10 aid in its competition.
Emigration TO Florida has already
commenced. 1t is supposed that, peace
having been restored, the emigration 10
this Territory will equal that Of Iowa or
Wisconsin.
WlscoNsIS.-Ihe people in almost
every town in Wisconsin arc holding
meetings lor'hc purpose OF giving pub
lie expression as to the character and
official misconduct Of Gov. Du.y. All
parties seem TO unite lii conlemning his
acts aud in asking his removal. The
following extruct from the report OF the
;;oint committee Of the Legislature APP.
poinlell to investigate matters in con-
nexion with he refusal OF the Governor
u co onar,,a w,,,,, hem and 20 report
generally thereon, shows up L'nt one OF
the thousand hish-handed and y!l..an GUS
acts of Do.y since his appointment 10 the
Governorship Of that Territory.
.'Suits are now pending in favor Of the
Territory against James ID. Doty, Governor Of
said Territory, as a public deiaul,es, which,
on account ut the term OF the Court 10 which
the suits have been removed at the instance
Of the defendant, pcins limited TO one week,
can never be brought 10 all issue; and thus II
His Exccllency can succeed in preventing ali
he may riot with impaai.y on the
property Of the Territory, and bud defiance to
all her courts and jndicia,;, proceedings.
sslt will be recDI!ected also, that ne terra
Of Office Of the Commissioners Of Public Bu:id-
ings ex pires with the close Of the presenl ses-
sion OF the Legislative Asse mbly, aud canno.
he supplied, except by joint ballot OF both
Houses Ut this Assembly.
lnasmuch as this officer is tho agent OF the
territory in conducting these sul,s, and the
OF ~ person who has any aulhotliy IN law 70
procure the attendance OF witnesses, and
generally superlE,end their management,
hence o failure to elect such officers by the
Legislature, would be 10 place the manage
ment OF those suits,i which large amount
OF the money appropriated By Congress Tor the
erection OF our Pubic Buildings IS pending
in the hanGs OF his Excellcncy, wno is the
principal defendant. llnw TAR thls could haze
been n influencing motive TO lnGnce his Tx
ceileucy to the extraordinary course he has
TAX n. your committee VIII not express al
opinion.
We take occasion to reitcrate the
statement made by US last week in regard
to VIM. G. Ross and the Jail, as being in
the main corrcct-,hc statements OF the
editor Of the Hawkey and his associates
to the contrary notwithstanding. For
the information Of the public, we will far
Their state, that at the time the commits
sioners visited the Jail, Ross was IN one
Of the cells obeying the calls of Nature;
that the hall door leading 10 the cells was
l,.l .d thai tho lock to that door cannot