Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1846-12-10

them to do, those loco focos present. era
| venhke, agreed to drop Gen. Dodge il The
"possums" would go for two other demo-
Gratis not recognized as belonging TO the
Clique" This bal. came pretty near
catching their game as the locos thought,
But they must have been greatly disap-
| pointed in their secret caucus las. night.
| not 10 find these two "possum" democrats
present. when from the urgent solicila-
lions which had been sincerely rendered.
with such other proffered appliances as
were brought in reauisition, they had no
doubt of their being in their midst. De.
luded loco focos! we we're enjoying the
company of these same gentlemen whose
presence you so lovingly coveted at the
time you were wondering they did no,
come to your secret caucus.
A great many anecdotes might be told
of The straw catching performances Of
some of the candidates for The Senate or
their "leggers" as they are called. | will
relate one which know 10 be aulhe uir.
believe Gen. G. W. JONES Of The Cilley
duel memory, is relative Of General
Dodge's; a, any rate he is very much in
terested in obtaining seat Cor him in the
Senate. Shortly after his arrival from his
Gen. Surveyors office at Du Buque, he
fell in company with an individual who
a few years since was quite distinguished
for his democracy in huscaline. The
General. surprising his political influence
10 be still undiminished, courted his COM
pany. The individual gave the general
encouragement to believe that he could
influence the Muscatlne delegation TO go
for Dodge. The Gen. considered himself
so fortunate that he actually gave The in.
dividual as he himself says. gnnd ia. job
as Surveyor, which business the ndivdu-
al followed. The intimacy appeared to
be increasing between the two They
were frequently seen arm in arm in secret
and familiar converse. and the intimacy
seemed to be fast ripening into positive
friendship and bidding fair Of becoming
quite Damon and Py,hIas concern. A
cosed him after one of these promonades.
and expressed considerable surprise that
| II, .b Il
for his reputation as 10 be on speaking
terms. even, with such a man As he had
selected for companion. The General
was .hunders,ruck. lie was told that the
man was not only read out Of the party
formally, but that here were many other
reasons why the General should not asso.
ciate with him. As to influencing any of
the Legislators, he had nothing of character
or any thing else, by which to influence
them. The General has not been seen in
the company of the indiriduai SINCE
The election of Senators and Supreme
Judges is ye, wrapped in mystery. No
one can tell when il will come off Our
readers may rest assured that although
the wings have been accused of wishing
to throw obstacles in The way, the delay
will not proceed from that quarter. II
there is any refusal TO 60 into joint ballot,
il will not be The Wing House. but we ex
pee, il from the loco ioco Senate. We
: NAV know something definite about this
important subject. perhaps IN season lo'
my Mondays letter. Every government
officer in the Territory has been here
Same Of them have go! tired and have
left.
? There is some liule talk about cnnven
ing The Territorial Legislature here on
e Monday next. They can no doub, easily
: obtain quorum. The Territory is re-
presented in Congress by lis Delegate
r and why shnnld il no. be represented here
by the Legislature. That. or some Other
j body ought to examine the printing bill.
), of the Reporter Office before being paid
The Journals of the Convention as well al
4 the Journals Of the Legislature are no
Y performed according to The requirements
3 of the Law; neither are the Statutes
e When we printed The Journals under thu
: law, know the then Secretary examine.
the work, and where put in blank line
: simply to improve the appearance of TN
e work, and without which | believed th
work would not look so well, he deduct
n ed these, which amounted 10 several dol
e lars in the Bill. If the people have II
II foo, all these back printing bills, il woul'
l. be well for some one to feel interested i,
a seeing tina, the law has been compile,
with. The Journals are loaded, which
y swels The number of pages to about ont
n ;,.h or 9Th more than if il had been solid
5 Look 10 this ye guardians of the people
9 interests. have done my share of tn