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Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-02-03


ly burthened by this measure and -,
representatives, believing this. and ~ w.,
believir; that they would correctly res 0
resent Inc views Of the people C Ia,cs
voted Tor the resolution Under lie rula
there was no discussion and it was adont
ed by large majority. The credit If
the government will not need this Ia, y, ~
support its resources for this war Il
necess''g compelled this course, and the
honor 81 The country could not be other
wise sustained: no right-ininded man
would an object; but it is not now the case.
Inc oecref FRY is anxious to obtain
,oahs al smalNnterest; this is undoubted-
~ right, but let the tax to support It be
levied equally
Youys tr,i, s
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-02-03
GATED states senators,

-.
Uniied states Senators.
Much anxiety has been felt IN the pub
i'c mind as TO the result OF the great con-
test for the election Of United States SEN
ators from this State. The desperate eff
forts OF the Wings, aided BY their corrupt
and debaslng appliances, together with the
unfortunate circumstances which in some
sections paralized the energies Of the de-
mocracy, having resulted in placing the
fedesalists in the ascendancy inone branch
Of our General Assembly, and in placing
the balance Of power on joint vote IN the
hands Of two or three politicians Of anon
alcus character, called possums, the spec
tacle which is thus presented to the world
10 sufficiently humiliatiDg to high-mind-
ed people. A State which is democratic
BY . clear majority Of 1900, and which, IN
der all the untoward circumstances Of last
campaign, gave over 800 majority 10 our
democratic Congressman: is virtuallyunder
federal control; though, in order to carry
their measures, and especially that of
electing Wings to the United States Sem
ate, they would have to avail themselves
Of the votes Of men protesting to be dem
ocrats and representing a county largely
democratio.
They cannot elect by open and hon
CRADLE means, without. bargain and
sale. and by Wbie votes. This fact is 60
notorious TINT thew will not ,h;,k IF de-
nvino Il Shall thew then be ner,n;,,oa
bv the aid Of nroe.ssea,v deuocra,;c vo,es
10 nernetu,,e , fr,ud ,no, tho r.,n,. -
'ps "
AVA Avg - 'iie universal ''l'a emphat-
ic response OF all true friends to their
country. Shall the democracy ,amper
with their opponents and barter awav
their .,crea ,r;nc;,,s. bv :. r;,;n.
:,, !, -: O''
sa'" WY" '"' 's'''S's "''a eiec'ing one
wing ana one democrat 10 these high and
responsible posts Of trust3 Shall such a
high precedent be established for corrur,
ama,o.ma,;on hs,ween deroox,or,,a g.,
en- a"' ''u
efa''sm: we neea not answer THIS cues
tion. Our democratic members Of the
General Assembly could not face their
Commitment. with III. ;,f,r.,;. H..
~, "a H.. ,o~;ea., A..
"! nav 'us S@'''eo VIC principles
"h'eh 'hey were eiec'ed TO carry out, and
polluted the fountain head Of democracy.
In reply to the numerous letters of in
,,,rv addressed :, a.uo,,,,, -L-
s,. ''io''s .
any ~ '"e '''''' u 'i''s paper all dePre-
ealing any sueh compromise, we would
now reply, once Tor all, that the honor Of
he democratic party r,A moi be thus tar
nished, hat they may dismiss their fears
on this score We are happy IN being
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-02-03
s. LEFFLER, =.
s. C. HASTINGS
Posr Orr1cE DEPARTMENT,

Contract Office, Dec. %, 1916.
Sri have the honor TO inform you
that the Postmaster General, in compli-
ance with your urgent application, has
directed the extension ofroute No. 455S-,
Galena, Ill, to Tipton, Iowa, from Upton
to Iowa City. The usual orders will be
transmitted to Contractors and Postmasters
without delay.
t am respectfully,
Your obed't servf,
ss S. b. BEACH.
For LIST Assistant P NJ General.
Hon IS. c. HasTlNcs, House Of Reps.
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ROBERT SMYTH.
ANDREW LEECH.
81. SAM LEL WHITMORE
MONDAY, Jan. %, 1917.

MONDAY, Jan, 70, lS4l.
Mr., Sells in the chair.
Mr., Montague moved that the resou-
ton relative to The election of speaker
pro tcmpore be taken from the table.
which was lost - Yeas ~ Nays II,
those voting in the affirmative are
Messss. Bai'y, Green, Hardy, Leeeh,
Lelfing.ell, Matson, McPherin, Mon
tague, Olmstead, Smyth of Linn, Wilt
more and Wtlloughby.
Those in the negative are-Messrs.
Anderson, Bowie, Blair, Clifton, Com
stock, Day, Holland, Lyons, McManus,
Mtrtor, Rathblarn, Reynolds, Smith Of
Mahasl~a, Steele Updegraff, Williams and
Wight.
30 lie motion was lost.
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SENTINEL
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

'loo'r' or REPRESENTATIVES,.
yfKsDAv, Jan %, lS47
Mr.. Sells j, The chair.
Mr.. smytlSof Linn presented The g,
lowing petiti<n:
The peiitiVl ofthe undersigned MAN.
bers ofthe co .nmittee Of Investigation a.
pointed to investigate all at,empts at hr;
berry, respectfully ask this house 10 ex
cuse them from serving any longer on said
committee, asthe utmost contempt and
disrespeet iss generally offered 10 said
committee, ami through the committee 10
this house: and as said committee is wbo,,
ly unable to preserve that order and Seen.
rity which is Necessary to conduct an i'm
partial investigation.
ROBERT SMYTH.
ANDREW LEECH.
s--. SAMUEL WHITMORE
MIR. Day offered the following:
Resolved, That the minority Of the com
m'tee to investigate bribery, who have
petltioned, BE- discharged from said com
ni'ee Tor the reasons assigned in their Pc
tition.
The resolutions was adopted. Mr..
Hardy On leave offered the following:
Resolved, That this house proceed to
elect speaker pro tempore, which was,
On motion: Of MIR, Goodrell, laid on the
table.
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.From Ne Pieauune. 4th inst.


The steamship Fashion, Capt. Ivy, ar
rived al. this port yesterday from Vera
Cruz, having leftthere on the 3Oth ult.
The Fashion brought small mail to
Col. HUT. aud il is understood that The
steamer New Orleans, 10 sail on the 3lst,
would bring The principal mails. She is
looked for everyhour.
Verbally welearn that the Mexicans
were busy terrifying the Pass at Rio Frio,
between Puebla and The city Of Mexico.
Gen. Scott, with the rear of the army,
was TO have LEFT yJalapa on The 29th ulr.,
and would arrive al Puebla on the 4th inst.
where it is presumed he will await The
arrival Of the reiuforcements being forward.
ed to him, before he advances farther.
We have hearda a rumor that Herrera
has been elected President, but cannot
trace it to areliable source, and we think
the result, of the election could scarcely be
known al the capital SO soon.
From the American Eagle we learn
that the diligence which left Vera Cruz
for Jalapa On rhe 22d uit. without passen
gers, but with Ihree, trunks filled with very
fine dry goods,8was stopped Two miles
beyond the National Bridge and robbed,
and then burnt and destroyed. The driver
and postilion wlIo Saecompsnie it were
released aud made their way to Jalapa.-
The diligence which should have come
into Vera CTuz:on the 24th ut., only came
down to whers;the eolher had been des.
lroyed aud al once returned. This, it is
feared, willsputsa1 end 10 the use of dill
gencies on the road The robbery was no
doubt The work7o Mexican bandit. We
now come TO more atrocious act by the
same ruffians. We copy the facts from
the Eagle of the 29th
Honid.-IlisIwith pain mingled with a
desire fer yengeanceslhat we undertake 10
relate another massacre ofEour country.
men in lhe most crlefand brutal manuer.
Ia our paper Of last Saturday, only one
week ago, we ANNOUNCED The fact that
Col. Sewers vfas in this city as bearer Of
dispatches TO Gen. Scult, and today we
are called upon 10 inform the public OIL his
horrid deatb-.not with his enemy in front
10 oppose him, bnl coWardly shot by those
who dared not show themselves. !,
II appears thatsbes left This city on. Sat
urday las, with an escort Of FIVE men and
Lieut.. M'Dorneli Of Capt. Wheat's com-
pauy,. expecting 10 find the. captain at
Santa Fe, oratimost a very short distance
The otherside! They arrived at Santa Fe
and lodged there during The night, finding
that Capt. Wheat had left;tin the morn
ing, anxious 10 push forward (although il
was ascer;ained that w. was some thirty
miles ahead With an addition oftwo more
10 the escort Col. Sewers set out for Jala;-
pa. The nextthat we know Of this lIllle
party is by ths arrival of one o.: the men -
who returned aud reported It's surprise
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Aai- Slavery Meeting.-The procee-
sdings Of the New England Anli-Slayery
Convention, recently held in Boston, at
which Mr., Wendelltit should have been
SWindalL) Philips has, acquired so .much
snotoriety, were distinguished by that mod
,eration and decency, SO eupinen,iy cha
racterisIic of all such assemblages. The
denuuciations heaped upon Mr. Webster
for NOT lec,uring the people of Charleston:
npon their unceremonious treatment OF the
accredited agent Of Massachusetts, Mr.
Samuel Hoar, is most amusing, and we
really should like TO know what they
would have had MIR. Webster TO have said
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H@@@p1MADa S. g glyR ne, aa4ss

confident success, That The whole
army slePto their arms, and?I with boots
Ind spurs oa and The rein of my noble
teed's bridaHaD hand, laid down on a few
oft t5pebh hies zhtending 10 sleep, but soon
trains of fincst melodious music from the
nemy's blals Came floating on the even.
ng breezeaEach note softened by distance
et dislincs.E Twas never before so affected
y musicTaIlseP was at once banished,
nd visions bome and all those dear
ssocialiona tranquil life, filled my
mind TO bsl spelled only by The thunder
fartiIlefy which greeted the first streak
I morning llsfn aud lorelold-io all slrug-
lie which eEahad.
,uring the1ight old, Zach was near one
f the feginlstfs of infantry. aud saw the
len dodSins their heads in every direction
, avoid thskalls, when he said lSland
p 10 lhem.a my men-don't be fraid, they
ill all goS yer you''-while speaking
all came wbizzing close to his head and
9 involuntary dodged-continuing bis
oeech--..baE dodge them if you can, it is
OF a bad ltan.'' :"
After thsa aaItis / was ordered with six
'en mon tdA sscort Maj, Bliss with flag
truce TO SSnta Anna. When we ar
we'd wilhiIHRbout one numbered yards of
regimenl0)Elancer which seemed TO he
le rear guasH, we were hailed. Maj.
liss was fRindfolded ,,and conducted 10
anita Anna: Onssthe departure of the
ajor a plai ;of lancers was ordered
ON the resiment and took post front.
g my plas5ion and within ten steps of
e.--The iietit.in command dismoun,ed
IS men !; IS5ld the same. He was fat.
,od lookingaSfeliow; wore short sack
lJlmned with lace and seemed
lille ponplIs. sAs .he dismounted he
lnded the 1lidlerein 10 his orderly, and
Irutting 10 front of his platoon,
a very haHghty manner. Presently he
llled his dEaerly, who handed, from
Of his saddle. bottle,
pm which took a drink, without say
6 WortlIIE.ne, much 10 my astonish-
ent, and Hhmenced slrutling as before.
just thenMa asoliecled Iihad 10 my holster
small. bolt d cf whiskey, aud that it
ould,noedoaEo beoutdoue by this Mexi-
mo-; sol hllhded my rein TO the right file
my plato5E aud commenced playing
Q epeacock A front of my men, In
" wlminuies halted Short, and ordered
ySibugl aEantlsms the bottle out Of my
allSssI1J1 2 g
], soon as sni Mexican friend saw my
liaiing movement he walked faster-1
creased MY yAPace-he halted and look a
ink; / hailed 9and look3a drink. Thus
. performed for sometime, until / aciu-
" blulfed him of, for he walked 10
Q rear of bis platoon-when | halted
ID sat dowt ON the grass.
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From tile N. O. Pieayune, 3OM ul.
MORE INCIDENTS OF THE BAT
Tile OF BUENA VISTA.

TLEO OF BUENA VISTA.
The Arkansas Inleligencer publishes an
extract from private letter of 40 officer
Of the army. containing some auecdotical
particulars ofthe battle Of Euena Vista we
have not seen before in print. We copy
the extracts. The conclusion will excite
The risbles:
On the 2lsl February the whole army
fell back from Aqua Nueva to Buena
Vista, except The Arkansas Cavalry, under
Col. Yell, which was detained to guard
The provisions in store until the Wagons
couId.re,urn from Buena Vista. In the
evening Gen. Wool learned that Santa
Anna was close 10 Aqua Nueva-to which
place the Ist Dragons and Kentucky
Cavalry were Immediately ordered, with
directions, in conjunction with the Arkan-
sas Cavalry 10 hold The place till the pro-.
visions were removed. On our arrival, al
IL O'Clock al night we found all The stores
packed in wagons, except about three
hundred bushels OF corn. A minute after
the Arkansas Cavalry, who were stationed
half mile in front. fred at the advance
Oh lue -mcAiCdn u|iHS duu JeiI odSh.---
Col. Marshall, ofihe. Kentucky Cavalry,
ordered the wagons to fall back on Buena
Vista, whilewe waited 10 set fire TO tho
buildings containing the corn and TO cover
The retreat of the wagons. Il shall never
forget this retreat. The Mexican lancers
in full force were not five minutes behind
US when our squadron left Aqua Nueva--
the distance to Buena Vista Ten miles.
the road beautiful. You will understand
how we travelled when ! inform you that
our empty wagons made the distance in
thirty aud our loaded ones in forty min
ules. Good race horse lime. =
| About an ho1r before sunseton the 3d..
/ with some Two or.three officers, rode on
the ridge within three or four hundred
yards of the enemy and took a good view
of the elephant, and i tell you candidly
from the appearance.of Santa Annals ar.
my, and his immense superiority pf, mum !
hers, feared the result; but sill we had
old Zach 10 lead us on, and our beloved
wives and country TO fight for, and ! fsl.
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WAR NEWS FOR THE USE OF
SCHOOLS.

The Story of Charley Hunter.-By
Yankee Doodie.-Lille Charley Hunter
has been bad boy and done what he
oughter nos. This was the way he did il.
One day Mister Percy wanted to have
chowder Of Mericano, a la Aluarado, and
was going 10 let the school 90 down and
see him eat il; aud he asked Mister Scott
TO 60 down with his school loo !; but Mis-
ter Scott had Just been ealing soup la
Uloa, aud he did not care pin for .Neri-
cano la Aluarado, so he told Usher Quit
man that he might take some of the boys
and go. That Mister Perry told Master
Hunter, who had just como to school, TO-
go down and watch the Alvarado; and
keep any thing from getting into it till he
could come-for Mister Perry could not go
fast.
But Master Hunter was greedy boy.
and had not been well brought up and did
not care; and a saucy boy, had no res-
pect for his beIters,, and his parents should
have beer whipped for not whipping him
more-forso soon as be got where it was,
he ale up all the Alvarado and more too
He was very hungry aEd had gone a coed
ways; but hadn't orler doue so-for when
they could get nothing 70 eat aud had to
go back feeling worse than any body ever
felt before or ever will feel again. Then
Mister Perry shut Master Charley up ii
he aud the ushers could find out what 10
do with him.; aud one oftthe ushers ,ho's
they ought to pu, piece of rope round
his neck and tie him up TO the yard arm.
But Mister Perry did not.dare do that, for
liule Charley had twenty millions Of friends
who. would have done 80 10 him If he had
done so TO Charley-so all that Mister
Perry could do was to send him away from
school, BAT he gave smart man two shil-
ling and six pence to write u a:reprimand on
Master Hunter. and told all the ushefs 10
read il in their divisions. But you see
Charley does nnl care. o, he lis a bad
boy! and will get somewhere 7ifs he don't
stop; aud so'will you;ifyou do so.
A Yankee down east has invented a
machine that will reap, thrash. winnow
and grind. Another Yankee inventor,
determined not 10 be outdone, has Invent,
ed machine that will spin cotton, scrape
poraloes, rockt the cradle, darn stockings,
pair nails, while shingles. whistle YAM
kee Doodle, and puff itsefin tho newse
I papers, z''i - Il :5sisSs -
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4 THE! BATTLE FIELD.

'Tis night-the combat rage is o'er 80 &
Enc bug les esIpie IS be mo more. s.
Butall Us solemn, hnsh,d and5slill
Save when, some faint and mournful tones
Swells on The midnight breeze, a dying
moan. y;
How chang The scene. where morn beheld
A gallant host in bright array; .s y
While martial notes exu,ing swell.d,
To cheer the brave on dangers way; /.
And hope and yalor made the pulse beat
high.
ThriIl'd the warm heart and fixed the Kin
ding eye.
Now The pale beams, by moonlight shed,
A field ofblood disclose,
Where, on their chill and lowly bed,
The martyr'd brave repose.
And the dead calm, the desolate suspense,
With nameless horror chils the shudder-
ing sense.
Thousands are here who sprung to arms,
When the shrll clarion pealed the strain,
By dangers call, or glory's charms,
Meier TO be rous'd again.
E'en now, while shades and stiffness reign,
A viewless band are near-ihe spirits Of
the slain.
Whence came that deep trem endous sound?
Whence broke the fash intensely bright,
Bursting the midnight calm profound?
A cannon peal disturbs the night:
IT'S past, and deeper is the gloom,
And all again is silent as the tomb.
I Gla1cing by fits on shiver'd steel,
~ Aquivering light the moonbeams throw,
Aud through the broken clouds reveal
Fall many sight of death and woe;
Cleaning on-palid forms aroud,
Stretch'd ON The soldiers bier, the cold and
dewy ground.
Midnight. and death DER all the soil,
A fearful deep repose have spread:
Worn with long hours of martial toll,
y The living slumbers with the dead,
/: Nor hear The wounded family sigh,
& Nor dream of those who round them bleed
and die. 49,
Rest, slumberers, rest-the morn shall
wake
And ye 10 arms again shall rise ! 4
Your sleep the clarion call shall break,
3 Andlife and hope shall fire your eyes
Bui, oh what thousands slrew the battle
plain,
Whom day.spring ne'er shall wake, mol
war note rouse again. y
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From, The Charleston Mercuu.

Mr.. Ediior.-Believing that the foT.
lowing extracts of letters received from
Passed Midshipman ]. J. PringIe, will be
interesting. you are at liberty TO publish
them: Steamer Scourge,
ALvARaDo, May l6, 1917.
"As vessels is about sailing for Vera
Cruz, write you few lines, TO relieve
you from any anxiety which may arise
from some misla'ements in the papers. l
went the day before yesterday with a
boa, expedition, under Capt. Mayo. about
6Omiles up The river to attack town
called Tallascoya. The! town surrendered
without resistance. but thistmorning, about
sonrise, as were coming througha narrow
mari of the river, where the trees were
very thick, my boat (rhe, Scorge'sf which
was not iu sight Of the rest of the expedI-
ton. was fired upon, and six out oflwelve
wounded, soma dangerously. 4 received
two balls, one grazing my arm, and the.
other lodging in my neck,-painful, but
not al all dangerous. The ball is still there,
and the doctor thinks it had better not now
be extracted. We'relurned their fire, but
in most disadvantageous position, as it
was impossible for us 10 land, and they.
were protected by trees, SO that we.conldj
not even see them. They; followed us
some distance down The river. firing as
they went, but at last stopped, fortunately
for us, as the river was so narrow that
they might have killed every one of US.
You need not be at all uneasy, as L hope
soon 10 be we'll: and the wound is not;:in
the slightest degree dangerous. i will
write you again as soon as am better"
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~ The friends of Major ABRAHAM
JONES, announce him as a candidate for
the Legislature, to 6l the vacancy occa-
stoned BY. the death of James S. Pope
Esq.
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~ ~ The friends ofJAMES SPANN, Esqr;
respectfully announce him as candidate ior,,
the Office OF Tax Collector, at the ensuing elec-
sfinn anril ID If IL
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q p The following gentlemen are announced
BY their friends as candidates for the Office Of
Tax Collector. at the ensuing election:
Col. JOHN QUATTLEBUM,
GEORGE ]. SHEPPARD,
q EDMUND MORRIS,
q SAMPSON B, MAYS,
Lieut. JAMES B. HARRIS,
!, Maj. 8. C. SCOTT
G LEVI r. WILSON. rs!
3 %, The following gentlemen are announced
by their fIiends as candidates for the Office of
Ordinary, at The ensuing. election.
Col. JOHN HILL,
JULIUS BANKS
Capt. w. l.. COLEMAN. @
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E,The friends of WESLEY BODIE, an.
nounce him as candidate for the Office of
Sheriff, at the ensuing election.
february "a