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Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-03-16
know the Lyons Company to be responsible
energetic and resolved, we know the company

know the Lyons Company to be responsible
energetic and resolved, we know the company
whose hands propose to WELD the "river 10
river" railway from Camanche, are as resPon-
siLle as any company on earth. being no less
than the Michigan central railroad company
itself
For these reasons we feel assured that one
or both, or both IN one, of these roads now
standing in the position Of close rivalry. Will
be rushed on. An amicable compromise oil
union would doubtless follow, being demanded
by wise policy as well as by Nature itself, who
has traced the original route wa Bueha Vista
Upton and Covers Ferry, with the hand OF
a sagacioas and close--observing engineer.
As to this Camanche road, it has sought
nothing of us as yet. 1t has been pleased to
reveal to us the prospects which it INDUCES IL
has shown TO US the eminent advantage OF
being probably the most direct communication
betwee this place and Chicago In Illinois.
the road is to xtend south westerly to Rock
Island, thus removing the obstacles which
would otherwise stand IN the way OF southern
trade by reason of the Upper Rapids.
But says one--this company is pack OF
swindlers. Says ano,her-.that company is a
humbug. One company may say the same
things of the other for aught We know, but
what matters it to us? How can either OF them
swindle or humbug us? How can We become
inyslyed, by any thing which has been solGi
~ -, ii our Fecuniafy injury or otherwise
We are offered certain privleges-we promise
certain assistance. The consideration with
held, the promises lose their obligatory nature
We suffer III nought except Disappointment
the company gain Dothing except IN disrepute
Blu, 1t is wasting breath to expose the folly OF
| impugning the motives of men or any set OF
men. who have responsibilities at stake, beside
which our own are but bubbles light as air"
We believe, however men may differ, that
all these roads are acting in good faith one
toward another. and toward US. Theirs are
questions of ezpedency That they have the
means to achieve their broadcast designs, is
next to unquestionable. That they have the
desire to do it, is certainly unquestonable.
| But will it be expedent? We believe that
avoiding all coutlicts-all mutual disparage-
ments-ail jealousies-such a compromise or
union viii be eventually made as +, pace our
young city in daily connection with three diff.
ierent railway points upon the Mississippi
river, and as we said above, within forty miles
on the stream. God speed the day and open
our hearts to accelerate its arrival, by a wise
and judicious encouragement.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-03-16

The ceremonies connected with the inaugu-
ration of President Pierce took place at the
capitol yesterday, March 4th.) At an cary
hour the streets were throngcd with citizens
and strangers, all eager to witness the impos-
ing pageant about to transpire. At 10 O'Clock
the Marshal and his numerous assistants com
menced forming the procession into line in front
of the CITY Hall. AT l0a o'clock the various
sections took up the line Of march on Louisiana
Avenue to Market Square on Pennsylvania Az
enue, and thence on that Avenue to Wizards
Hotel, at which point the President and Presi
dent elect took the position assigned them and
the whole body moved forward TO the Capitol
in the following order:
THE JUDICIARY.
Aids-Marshalin chief--Aids.
The Military, under command of Colonel
Hickey.
President OF the United States, with President
elect, and suite, with citizen marshals on
his left, and the U. s. Marshal for the
District Of Columbia, and his dep
uties on his right.
The Committee of Arrangements Of the Senate
OF the United States.
Foreign Ministers.
The Corps Diplomatique.
Members elect, Members, and ex Members of
| Congress and ex Members of the Cabinet.
Governors anA ex Governors Of States anu Ter
ritories, and Members of the Leg
islatures of the same.
Officers Of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and
Militia.
| Officers and Soldiers of the Revolution the War
of lsl2-15, and all other Wars
The Corporate Authorities Of Washington and
Georgetown.
The Jackson Democratic Association.
Other Political Associations of the District, and
from distance.
All organized Civic Societies.
in the District of Columbia.
Citizens of the District of Columbia and Of
States and Territories.
On arriving a; the Capitol the oath of office
was administered to the President elect, by
/ Chief Justice fancy, after which the lnaugu-
! raj Message which we lay before our readers
in another column. was delivered Our advi-
ces do not inform US whether the Message was
read by the President, as was formerly the
custom. but it was announced some WEEKS
since that he designed doing so. We shall! have
further particulars by mail in very few days.
- Chicago Press.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-03-16
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For the Reporter.
Messrs Editors:-The following letter Uhough
received sometime since) is in regard to the
cost, utility &c of wire fence. There being
much speculation among those designing to
build fence as to the best and cheapest method
presume most of it will be interesting TO
such. The writer is practical and scientific
farmer residing about three miles from Daven-
port.
Tho wire owing to further transportation
would probably cost 1 az cent more per ID.
delivered here. while the oak posts generally
used throughout this section of the State
would cost from cents less than the cedar
The actual cost of the fence here wou d there
fore be about the same as the above.
1t will be seen that in constructing the
fence against hogs, much more wire or a board
at the bottom, or pickets are requisite. Were
they shut up and not allowed to run at large,
this as well as most other fences could be put
| up at a much less cost, and this saving would
| far overbaance the extra cost of feeding the
hogs.
But aside from this. according to the judg
ment and facts gwen through the different pc,
riodicals, of and from practical, experimental
farmers, the increase in the size and weight OF
the hogs would more than pay for the expense
aud trouble of feeding. Aud we have nc
doubt that if the citizens of johnson county
should adopt the law requiring them to be kept
liz enco sures, and force its obligations for one
year they would be fully satisfied as to its
wisdom and prof tableness. w.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-03-16

D'JAMEs CAMPBELL is Philadelphia. He,
is lawyer BY profession, and ranks high az
the bar. In 1851 he was nominated by the
Democratic State Convention for Judge Of the
Supreme Court, but owing to an unworthy ar
ray of sectar.an prejudice against him. he fail
ed of his election 10y small majority. Since
then he was appointed Attorney General ofthe
State, which place he filled with distinguished
ability until call ed by General Pierce to the
head of the Post Office Department. Mr. Camp
bell is said to possess practical business quail
ties and habits, as well as mind admirably a
dapted both to the minute details and the gen
eraI scope of the important branch of the pub
lie service entrusted to him. We shall conf
IDENTIFY look for the reform of many abuses in
his department Chicago Press.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-03-16

D}To relieve the extreme ankle
ty of our Davenport friends-whose
minds have latterly been severely ex-
ercised upon the subjective would
merely state that the corps of engi-
neers upon our western railroad, have
made the terrific passage of the
'.Wyoming Bluffs" in safety-have
found their way into Muscatine and
out of it-and when last seen, were
''in good order and we'll conditioned"
for men who had undergone so much,
few miles west of this place. The
survey will be continued one hun
dred miles westward, and perhaps
farther, during the summer.-Musca,
tine Enquirer.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-03-16

"IowA REpoRTER.'-We had omitted to men
ton that Mr.. John Sylvester has become
CO editor of this paper. Mr. Sylvester is a
graduate, We believe, of the Michigan Univer
siry, ana came to our State under the creden
tails of some Of the most active democrats Of
the Wolverine State.-keokuk Despatch.
Under obligations for the compliment friend
Despatch. but you do us "honor overmuch" in
graduating us at the Michigan University
The nearest approach, we ever made to that
distinction, was having slight acquaintance
with second cousin Of one of the professors
Neither is our name John, although that is
good. wholesome, appreciated cogno.
men. Perhaps you thought us the veritable
individual who figures with Ben JOnson in the
celebrated couplets commencing.
Il, John Sylvester &c!
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-03-16
The Iowa Republican.

For the voluntary and generous notice Of the
"Capita' Reporter" which appeared last week
in the Republican, it is incumbent upon us thus
publicly to express our sincere and grateful &C
knowledg ments, at the same time wishing
that journal continued increase of prospect
ty aud speedy redemption from the only err
ror of which it is the victim, Wits political
creed.
We trust that friend Miller, although pledg
ed to the profession Of law. may not in ccnse
quence wholly sforsake the editorial brother
hood. OF the one. already worthy member
he is determined and qualified to excel in the
other
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-03-16
Editorial Correspondence.

WAsHINGr6N Feb 2Sth.
All the Hotels here, of any
note, have been filled up for week past, and
DO larger aggregation at the inauguratbn
than ever before known; the number now 10
the City is unprecedented. II 10 said hat
more than two hundred are here from Caifor.
MIA.
President Fillmore's last levee on friday
evening was attended by an immense crowd
OF visitors, who prosecuted himself anf family
for hours by the ceremony of introduction and
shaking hands. The latter is barbaous and
cruel in the extreme, and every MAJ of sense
who has had an opportunity of seeing the
President labor through one of hi levees, will
approve of its entire abolition. Is absurd to
suppose that Democracy or Reyablcanism re-
quires that the President should be rendered
unfit to discharge his official duties, by hav-
ing his hand crushed and his right arm wea
red, by shaking hands witt a promiscuous
crowd of Thousands. All the courtesy required
by the people could be extended at these pub
lie receptions, without subtctihS the iresiueht
to this cruel operation.
General Pierce without any
apparent effort avoids al parade and show,
walks to church and walks to the capitol. On
his way to the latter on Saturday. had the
pleasure Of seeing him for the first time. He
is siighter in form than expected to find him
and has worn expression. Indeed, from
what have seen, think the dignities and
honors of the Presidential office are dearly
earned by those who bear them.
The Attorney General of the United States
the Hon j. j. Crittenden of Kentucky was
married yesterday evening to Mrs. Ashley
| widow of the late General Ashley of st Louis
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-03-16


These roads like the deltas at the mouths of
tie Ganges and Mississippi. would be crowded
with til. commerce of an Immense business
world, seeking some common chanpel to The
Pacific.
OF the Lyons Iowa Central we have spoken
at length heretofore. To their proposals we have
already responded IS liberslly as could be ex
pec,ed under circumstances. Enough has been
done to test our interest snd good will in their
project. They have sought our undivided
support they are not so unreasonable as TO
expect US to sacrifice other interests, co equal
perhaps with what they purpose to promote,
. by pledging ourselves body and soul to them
OF the Davenport rsad We have little or
nothing to say at present. Whether policy
shall dictate its construction to this place or
not, is yet partially obscure. But one thing
we do know, which is, that citizens of johnson
County stand ready TO lend their material
aid"to it, to the utmost reasonable eSteut Of
their "pile," and that too, whether Mnscatine
sl.all be an intervening an outside point.
And the same men who are interested in
these two projects, who have an honest eNuita-
ton even in the ANTICIPATED prosperity of their
county, we feel at liberty to say will also coun.
tenarce and if necessary assist in the construc-
ton of this Camanche line westward. We
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-03-16

u We invite attention to the letter of our
fellow citizen in another column and the one
as containing suggestions valuable to the ag-
rlcultural and landholding portion Of our com,
munitY.
While residing in Davenport We saw the
merits of this kind Of fence fully and satisfac-
torily tested and predict its speedy introanc.
yes of wire should be kept for sale in this place
as it forms very important item in the bust
ness of hardware dealers, where this improve
lnent in fences has been adopted.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-03-16

Missouri leMlroad company The capital
stock Of the company is 5000, 900.
These are men that know no such word as
fail The completion Of the Great Railroad to
Council Bluffs may be regarded as fixed fact;
and before the iron band reach that point, the
same enterpising men will be found tai ing up
the shovel and the hoe west of the Missouri
river, and preparing the ground to receive the
rails for the Great Western Railway from Chi
cago to Fl. Laramie. We would sooner de-
pend upon ore such firm as Farnham and
Sheffield, and their associates for the ultimate
completion of this Great Railway to the Pacific,
than on dozen Congresses. Free
Trader.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-03-16

Five or six hundred people from all parts Of
New England gathered at the Central Honsain,
Bratte Square, This morning,to draw priaes in
the New England Joint Stock Art Union Leree.
Association. There purported 10 De 10000 tick
cts with prizes of from 81 n0os 10 SO. When,
the drawing commenced TIA police made deli
scent upon the crowd and scattered them in al
directions. Several arrests were made
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-03-16

an Po1StJO SsUs01o1 Russia may not be in
danger of disturbance; but that this power ap.
prehends the contingency of war is manifest
from the movements of its army. Prussia is
agtated both by an angry domestic controver-
sy respecting the constitution Of its legislature
and by the fear of Il continental struggle The
energies of France, controlled by the will of
capricious despot, and eager for warlke adj
venture, threaten to preeipita,e themselves
upon Europe in hostile invasion. Spain is IN
the midst of retrogressIve revolution, and,
though riding at present on the wave of reac.
ton, may at any moment be thrown back be-
You'd its original position by the rising tide
of popular resistance. Portugal is but puny
Spain. Italy is goaded to the brink of insur.
rection By wrongs and vexations of the most
intoierable tyranny that ever outraged human.
ity. The utmost energies Of Austria are EN-.
ployed in depressing provincial revolt and in
holding together the FESTIVE members of its
heterogeneous empire.
About the unsettled and critical condition Of
Europe there can be no dispute. 1t may be
useless to speculate upon causes, for when
the train is laid spark may produce an ex-
posion. The monarchs themselves betray
their pc ice, and in the energy and immensely
Of their preparations for the suspension Of re-
volt and the exigencies of continental strife.
There is as much of philosophical analogy as
of rhetorical beauty in the smile Of Mazzini--
the surface of European society is but crust.
under which bois the red lava of revolution.
Without the intervention of some great eau Sd
| the existence of which is not now suspected,
bloody scenes of lS4S will be re-enacte(
fore the lapse of many months.
Not to nourish spirit of self
j but rather to inenlcate a lesson
We turn from the contemplate
spec,aele'of human folly and hunIS
the present happiness and bright pro
our own country. Here no despot tran!
upon the liberties of the people-no standf
army consumes their substance-no brutal sen
dery violates the security of person or pro!
perty. No portent of war clouds the horizon
of our future. Under the broad ;egis of an al
most faultless government, the free citizens OF
this republic enjoy the utmost happiness and
illus,ra the utmost dignity Of which human
nature is capable. The unfelt restraint Of
sell imposed law, and the authority Of mag
strale of their own choice, alone limit and re-
press the lcentious excuses in which human
nature Will sometimes indulge. Should not the
patriot guard well the purity and stability o.
institutions which secure to him SO much o
liberty and happiness?
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-03-16

u-In 1850 about $4,000 600 lbs of maple
sugar We're made in, the United States of which
Iowa had the honor Of producing u, 6s4 lbs.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-03-16

0FThe last Congress appropria-
ted Sl50,0v0 for the survey of a rail
road route to the Pacific.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-03-16

a. A large convention Of the Free Democra.
cy of Iowa was held at Washington in WASH
ington county on the 22ud ult at which DR..
George Shedl of Denmark Lee county deliv
cred an elaborate address, and divers and sun
dry characteristic resolutions passed.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-03-16
WASHINGTON Sth

The( hrious committees were appointed.
Mr. 0ayton delivered hisspeech in vndica
ton of himself and in reply to the charge
against the Clayton and Buiwer treaty. Peter
L. Washington was to-day appointed assis.
tant Secretary of the Treasury vice Hodge.
The members Of the Cabinet took charge o
their respective offices this morning at II
O'Clock
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-03-16
5Ss cents per rod.

The balance OF my fence has posts II feet
apart and only wires, answering every pur'
pose this Whole season, while my neighbors,
with good board fence of boards vel put up,
have been annoyed by cattle. Ny crop has
been safe from horses. cattle and sheep; hogs
dare not run at large: no horses, colts or cat
tie have been injured IN the least by the wire
although they have frequently tried IT.
To fence against hogs there are two plans;
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-03-16

WESTWARD Ho!-While Congress are squabr
bling over the various plans and the routes
proposed for the great enterprise Of the age-a
Railroad from the Mississippi to the Pacific
few enterprising men. neither expecting nor
asking aid from the government, are silently
but energetically and rapidly. accomplishing
the great work. 1t is less thar a year and a
half ago that the Chicago and Rock Island
Railroad was commenced by Messrs. Farnham
and Sheffield, and already, are some IS miles
of the road in running order, and nearly all the
rest of it ready for the rail. Scarcely is the
completion of this road certain when char.
ter is obtained by the same men to bridge the
Mississippi, an enterprise hitherto unattemp-
ted. but which they bind themselves to &C.
compli,h in two years. and SO little fear have
they on this score, that they Immediately com.
mence pushing their road westward to Coun.
Gil Cuffs. The Gazette in speaking of this en-
fo.u>s1m ogs~srn :.~c~.x,oI fhat tho
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-03-16
From the Washington Union.
The Prospect in EurODe.

The thoughtful observer Of the progress Of
events in Europe cannot but be impressed with
the conviction that its social and political con.
dition is fated soon to sustain some disas.
trous shock. The evidences of instability. un.
certainty, and disconten.--of Impotence un-
der oppression and wrong and OF eager anxiety
for rcyolution-meet the eye wheresoever it
may be turned on the surface of European
society. The ocean heaves with the swell of
approaching storm-the bird of peace finds no
place Of rest. Piedmont, Belgium, and Swift
zerland, the last and only abiding places Of
constitutional liberty on the continent, do not
enjoy that repose which should be the legiti.
mate result OF their free Institutions, but have
caught the contagion Of disaffection and dis
content from contact with tottering 1espotisms
around them. Quiet and peaceful themselves,
they are necessarily involved in the broils Of
angry and aggressive nejghbors. The effect of
their domestic institutions is counteracted BY
external violence, and they are compelled to
prepare to meet the probable contingency of
war WHY for L6,sn~>L;t;o, .,xl ,,,ona.o.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-03-16

1PThere are in Washington five
hundred office seekers from California,
and only thirty from Iowa.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-03-16
The shortest route TO India.

Lieut. Maury informs Senator Dodge that
with railroad hence to California and a line
OF steamers to Shangha,we should be brought
nearer TO China than is England, the difference
in our favor being twenty five or thirty days.
Whose heart does not bound with exulta-
ton at lis gorio, ,an,icipations Of our great
and gal lorious kedntry?"
SUICIDE.-We learn from the. Keokuk Des-
patch of the recent suicide at the St. Charles
Hotel in that city, of Edward Snyder, late Of
the firm Of SNYDER and Turner at Galena and
subsequently resident of Dubuque.
Business reverses, it is SAID, drove him to
the commission Of an act, so lamentab!e in it,
self-se overw hemir e to The lovely wife whom
he has thus suddenly "gonc before
| u The City Charter occupies much OF ou]
first page to the unavoidable exclusion of mat
ter more miscellaneous and generally i2aln
ing.
~ The Cabinet as givs
may be relied on as the cor<
the gentlemen senposing1
' FIR: STD ' ;s '''''''1
III. G. Stein was cleo
tine on the 7lh instaIiv
lows o.,
u J.ARein =. ..::.....
j. II. Wallace. ..........
u Much good is said to be g3
Methodist Episcopal Revival, now 8
this city.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-03-16
Deaths ia California.

In Sacramento Jan. &c, Milo Bennett, aged
Sc wears, of consumption, formerly from
Iowa.
Jan, 1I-Rolen Frie!, Iowa. 5.
A Chill-, 25 Lee county, Iowa.
A man by the name of Gates. late from Iowa,
was frozen to death near Dayton. Iamhill
Countv:a few days since. He leaves wife
and children.