The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-12-19
IOWA CITY CORRESPONDENCE.

.orr..nondent was crowded uu, last week
bv The Presidents Message. Ills letters
like GOOD vine, lose nothing BY age.
Iowa Cry, Dec I, 1870
air SANDERS A week OF the session has
nassed leay ng MS at the end Of The time pui ~
lie show Of proli,able work upon the lournas o.
either Ilousc--thc committees however mny pc
celebrating business tina, we wot not Oh 'Ne''
onera,ion being concealed from the public saze
and scrutiny.
A permanent organization wasiiaa =" "'s
day the Sd, by the election Of DR.. Lowe OF b"f-
lnoton. as President cf the Scnaie, Ind nco'
.romnle Of Desmones co.,. Speaker OF the House
and the other appropriate oifcers,a list O Whisn
YOU have doubtless received. Eoth tue genie
mon selected to preside, are very tair reptescn-
,atives Of the supper crus,' OF their party men
Of talent ard business tact doubtless, though
indeed, the honorable Speaker oil me 'i'ese
made very curious decision the o.hel day, ~
ling motion to adjourn 10 be not "a ofdef. nv
decision was not more NAL apro. than The pro-
ceedinas of ono of the honorable members, who
attempted, anu pSfslsteu !" "'' s''E W FF
the said motion to adjourn.
The Governors Message wasreceived ana feao
ON Tuesday aitcrnoo Il has one merit al 'eas',
il il not very lengthy; ia other respects y =
very ordinary document. The report OF the .Aa-
dior Of State was received aud read on Wednes
dav. Iii. many respects IA important report
The Auditor shows very conclnssssiy iha' Inc
oresen, system OF collecting the taxes IS very I'M
perfect, and he expresses the hope tha' vac
"present session will not pass without some.hha
better being adopted" The inequalities in the
assessment Of property in different counties must.
certainly should, attract general attention ana
apprehension. Tie extraordinary Tact Is pre-
scented. that in the county OF Henry the salue o.
proper,y assessed was in 1919 less, ly the sum
of ci45, 03i, or IA per CT. than Il was IN io'e
In 1913 he tax lis, Of that county showed IN
assessment OF 49,, goo acres of land IN lbi9 there
were bu, l78, 300 acres, and tbs noswithseana' NJ
a list of 9,i45 acres u new lands was sent rom
the Auditors office 10 be added II the Original
list. TIE Auditor very properly attributes such
discrepancies as these 10 gross ignorance, or WI
fui direlction Of duty. "It is time" he saws,
atha, we had law to prevent such glaflng IN
consistencies /" Many of the counties are large
lv in arrears, and tie Auditor complains OF be-
ing .sunable 10 bring prosecution against aei'h-
quen,s from defec, in our SYSTEM lie thinks
that the creation of the Office oil Attorney Gen
eral for the State, would remedy tic defect
TIE report contains other important suggestions
worthy of consideration.
O., proposition 10 supply the members with
60 newspapers such as they should select, quite
a debate occurred, and many OF the members
took occasion t. shew love Of economy by o.
posing the proposiiion.-a picaynne KIND q
economy, oul Of which little capital can be made
I aPpreheni.
A, 9 o'clock "wednesday the two Houses
me, in inventior TO canvass the votes lar Gov
ernor AT the conclusion Of the business com
mitfec was appointed TO vail upon The 'xerneF
elect and escort him TO lie HALL. Tae Governor
elect soon after made his appearance, aceompa-
MED by Gov Briggs, Chief Justice Williams,
Judges Of the Supreme Court, aud officers OF
State. The oath of Office was administered by
Chief Justice Williams. NJ. Hemps,ead's ad-
dress was a nea, and credl:able production; true,
his views are OF the ultra l. ,cofoco stamp, bur
they are put forth boldly, and with an indepen-
dence tina, s'shlrksv no responsibility.
a resolution introduced to-day Saturday BY
Mr.. Wright, Of Van Buren,, TO inquire into the
expcdiency Of abolishng all laws for the colce-
ton of debts, fell like shell among the men,
bers-it was unexpected. Some were disposed
to regard the movement as rather good JOKE
while others received it seriously and with favor.
The re solution was finally referred 10 the COM
m;,tee on Fed Relations with instructions 10 re-
port bill.
The Board OF Public Works have laid in their
report, but having no Opportunity 10 examine H.
and not having heard i, read, l am unable to
speak Of lis merits Il is long expose-com-
prsing about 100 pages of manuscript.
IAe railroad convention which assembled Oh
the 5th was very ntf,nerousy attended. Pre-
linnary steps for the organization Of The Da-
buane and keok uk road were taken. Tie pre-
ceedings are lengthy, and though important
have not the paper now to give you even an out
Inc. Yours &c.
DETTERLINE.
Iowa Cry, Dec. IA, 1850.
Mr.. SANDERS The consideration of the code