Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser., 1845-06-28
BURLINGTON, IOWA SATURDAY, JUNE %, 1916.

via Cascade and Marion, to Iowa CITY:
From Fairfield, via the "Colony'' an,
iowaville, to the county seat Of Davis coun
ty;
From Iowa City, to the county seat Q
Poweshiek county;
From Marion, to the county seat Of Ben
ton county;
From Dubuque, via the county seat 9
delaware county, to the county seat o
Buchanan county;
From Jacksonville, Clayton county, vi,
the county seat Of Fayette county, to For
Atkinson;
From Iowa City, to the county seat 0
Mahaska county;
From Oscaloosa, county seat of Mahask;
county, via Lake Prairie, to Red Rock;
From Marion, in Linn county, through
the settlements of McGonigle, Lockhart
Osborn and Davis, Quasqueton, Buchanan
county, Iowa;
From Galena, Illinois, via Belview
Spring Brook, and Brush Creek, to An
drew, in Jackson county;
From Eddyville, in Wapello county, t.
Clark's Point, in Kishkekosh county;
From Oscaloosa, via the s.Six-mile Prai
rie,' TO the Mills, near where the Red Ce.
dar Creek empties into the Des MONIES;
From Washington Court House, via Ke.
okuk Court House, to Mahaska Cour
House;
From Brighton, via Richland, to Ma.
haska Court House;
From Keosauqua, via Davis Court House
to the centre of Appanoose county;
From Fairfield, via "Agency City," OF
tumwa, and Eddyville, through the Six-lnile
prairie in Mahaska county, to the presen
United States Indian agency on the De.
Moines river;
From Fair field to Mahaska Court House
From Bloomington, via Moscow, Tip.
ton, and Franklin to Marion, Linn county
From Bellview, via Spring Brook, ane
Coxe's Mill, to Springfield;
From Nauvoo, Illinois, to Montrose
Iowa;
From Burlington, via Captain Henry
Settles, John Salliday's, and Iowa river
to Toolsboro;
From Galena, Illinois, via Bellview
Iowa, to Andrew, Jackson county;
From Galena, Illinois, via Bellview tc
Makokety post office, Thorn's and Ander-
sons Mills, on the Wapsipinican, and Tip
ton, to Iowa City;
From Dubuque, via Garry Owen, (Irish
settlement,) Lodges Ford, on the Mako.
kety river, and Thorn's Mills, on the Wap.
sipinican, to Bloomington.
With considerable opposition, and not.
withstanding the movements looking te
an Organization Of a State Government,
prevailed on Congress to make the usual
appropriation for our legislative expenses
though the amount is smaller than has
ever been heretofore given us for this pur-
pose.
Our judicial expenses are beginning to
attract the attention of members of Con-
gress, and have drawn down upon us the
charge of the grossest extravaganza. A
resolution was introduced by Mr.. Mckay,
Chairman of the Committee of Ways and
Means, during the last Congress, which
had for its object total repeal of our Ju-
dietary System, and return to that which
we lived under when we constituted a
part of Michigan Territory, and which our
early settlers will remember to have been
the county court system organized by ou1
own legislature, and paid by ourselves.
That it may be seen that / have not mis-.
stated the scope and object of this resolu.
ton | make the following extract from the
proceedings of Congress:
''In the House of Representatives, Jan.
uary 10th, 1874, Mr.. Mckay submitted the
following resolutions:
"Resolred, That the Committee on Ter.
ritories be instructed to inquire and repor,
to this House what have been the expenses
annually paid out of the Treasury of the
United States for the courts of the United
States within the several Territories, in.
cluding the salaries to the Judges, and al
other expenses growing out of the organ.
ization and the holding of such courts fol
each of the three Territories for the las
four years; also, into the expediency of re.
stricting the jurisdiction of the fedora
courts within the Territories within the
limits prescribed for the same courts with
in the States, and for the reduction of til,
number of circuits and districts, and tn.
number of judges and marshals, and al
other officers of those courts, to conform t.
the business SO limited; and further, fol
the establishment of Territorial courts will
Territorial jurisdiction, to be organized ant
paid as the Legislative councils of the re.
spective Territories may prescribe and di
rect; and that they report by bill or other
wise"
This resolution was adopted by til,
House, and the subject matter came up be
fore the committee on Territories. Th,
Delegates from the other Territories ant
myself felt it our duty to oppose the move
and we accordingly appeared before tn
committee and resisted by all the argument
we could adduce the introduction of bill
calculated to carry into effect the object Q
the mover of the resolution. Our efforts
as is known, were attended with success
but we succeeded by bare maiority-th
vote in the committee being FIVE to four
But for the argument urged by us, that tw
of the Territories had already taken pre-
paratory steps towards changing their forr
Of government, and the prospect, from til
size and population Of the other, that
would soon follow, candor compels me to ex
press the belief that the proposition woul
have been favorably received not only b