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Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-05-25
THE IOWA CAPITAL REPORTED
The railroad Calamity.

The New York Herald If Saturday says:
As far as our recollection extends, there has
not been another such disastrous railroad &C
cident since the first locomotive was put in
motion upon the first railroad that was ever
constructed. In the entire history of all the
railroads in the world it is without parallel
The loss Of life from the late conclusion OF the
two trains upon the Chicago road was bad
enough-.he terrible descent down mountain
precipice off part of train, but fortnight ago,
on the Baltimore and Ohio road. was suffic
iently frghtful in its results-but here We
have monstrous massacre, approxmating in
| its magnitude to that reckless and wholesale
slaughter of the burnining Of the Henry
! Clay.
And it appears that this Norwalk catastro-
phe is entirely due to the ignorance of the en-
gineer in charge of the train, and to the direc-
tors of the road, in trusting the express line to
a man who had not become acquainted with
the signals. The drawbrdge man did his
duty, and gave the accustomed signal, but the
engineer, in his over-confdent stupidity, con.
tnued driving OH until it vas beyond all hu-
man power to arrest the momentum of the
train. Surely this thing demands the m ,st
searching and rigorous investigation. Surely
the time hss at Length arrived for the securit1
Of life and ~ Spoi 4ar raifnsxds -
A very sad aud remarkable fedtuse Of tkn
bloody affair is the loss Of some half dozer
young physicians, who had been attending til,
National Medical Convention held ID this city
and which had just closed its business The
evening before in a gay and joyous festival a
the Metropolitan Hall They were returning
homeward full of bright antitipa:ions of a lif
of useful and profitable labor in the practice o
their noble profession. And alas! how many
other homes and hearts are made desolat,
from the atrocous cruelty of assigning control
of the express train to an unqualified and reck
less engineer.
1t is to be hoped that this wholesale sacri
fce-this hecatomb Of men, women and chill
dren-will at least result in some efficient &C
ton, all over the land, for the security of hu
man life upon our railroads, and for such pain,
and penalties against the appointment of in
competent men to the management of the trains
as will for the future afford some guaranty G
safety to the unsuspectng traveller. A trail
of cars full of passengers is a trust rather to,
important, and involves responsibility to-
great to be assigned to the chances of destruc
ton in the hands of ignorant, thick headed
or reckless engineers. Fellow citizens is
not time at length to consider anG do what cal
be done for the public safety?
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-05-25
Our Paper.

We intend very shortly to improve the ty-
biographical! appearance Of the Reporter. and
increase its reading matter, SO as to compare
favorably with any other publication in the
STATE. A superior quality Of paper is daily
expected and we shall procure the requisite
type audGihsr material as speedily. as possible
On the issue of the first number Of our next
volume or as soon thereafter as practicable we
shall present the Reporter in an improved foru
to our readers, and trust that they will bear in
mind the necessary outlay attendant upon our
increasing exertions to crafty their tastes, and
faithfully uphold their interests.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-05-25
The Chicago Convention.

Messrs. lie Grand Byington and W. Penn
Clarke. will represent the interests of our town
to day in the Garden City. They will do us
justice without doubt, but if one of the designs
ward route of the Davenport road, they will
find our Muscatine friends on hand and armed
to the teeth. The question of ,ehere the road
is to run, so long waveripg in the minds OF
many, will soon be definitely settled.
Who wants to bet on Iowa City?
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-05-25
Organization Effected.

At a meeting in Dubuque on the l7th,
stock to the amount Of S54 800 was Subscri.
bed to aid in the building of a road to the in
terror Directors were chosen, and a committee
appointed 10 canvass the several towns in
Dubuque County. Our remarks upon the Du
buque and Pacific Railroad were made before
we learned of these proceedings, and we there.
fore stand corrected. We rejoice, that they
have awakened at length, the right kind Of
zeal in this enterprise.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-05-25
The Monthly Jubilee

Is the title ola murkey yellow covered pub
LEGATION looking very much like quack -medi
cine almanac, which came to us the other day
from somewhere, puri orting to be edited by
the "Sons and Daughters of Toll ="
1t goes in for the 'most perfect looseness' Of
liberty the largest kind of suffrage including
all colors, drab, white, black and mixed; is
death on lawyers, standing armies and Fugi
tive Slave Bills, and advocates community
of property personal real and matrimonial.
1t is a rich hodge-podge" of romance
absurdities, fanaticism, sentinentaity and ut
ter nonsense, and ought to be called the
Monthly Orgies of FOOLS"
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-05-25
Im Improvement in Mail Bags.

With pleasure We present the following out
to the value of a late improvement in mail bags,
the invention Of Robbins and Allen, (Mr Chas.
A Robbins of our City,
The bags used at present are unquestionably
utterly unfit for the uses to which they are
put, and the trials to which they are exposed.
Matter has arrived in this city several times
this spring, perfectly soaked into paste, and
the same is doubtless the case in many other
places.
Stage accidents and railroad accidents are
almost daily submerging valuable mails in wa
ter, or exposing them to penetrating storms
and we should Judge an i'm provement highly
desirable, which will provide against all these
contingencies.
will give their attention to this subject, ard
endeavor to awaken the Department at Wash
ngton by their petitions and representations
We feel assured from reliable authority, that
this improvement is not only all that it pur-
ports to be, but the best inreniion of the kind
ever mace.
The following note is from the Postmaster a,
Buffalo N. Y. to the late p. M. General.
SIR: have made a careful examination Of
Robbins aud Aliens Patent Mail Bag and
clasp and take great pleasure in recommending
it, particularly for the facility it affords in ope,
ing and closing mails in large offices. its pro
lection against storms. and entire safety, as il
may be doubly guarded by the use Of doubl,
lock. 1t arsurpasses any thing of the kind
e,tly to recommend to the honorable -Postmas
ter General its immediate adoption, believing
it will very material promote anu advance tn,
interests Of the Post Office Department.
| have the honor o be, most respectfully
your obedient servant,
| JAMES O. PUTNAM p NJ
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-05-25
MAD DOG-We are satisfied from perso

MAD DOG-We are satisfied from person al
observation that one at least is prowling in
the midst Of our City. We fest observed him
last evening. He was bowling to the moon
beneath our window, making glorious moon
light night actually hideous. and otherwise
conducting himself with singularity. Cauti-
onsly approaching the window, We deposited
about two gallons Of cold water upon him,
whereat he "Yamosed the ranch" IN the
"twinkling Of bed post manifesting indu.
bit.b symptoms Of HYDROPHOBIA.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-05-25
Burlington on Railroads.

1t is unnecessary, at this time, and in this
place, to urge anew the benefits to be derived
from such an improvement. These facts are
already sufficiently well understood and appre-
ciated by the public The important fact for
all to know, and which all should realize, is,
that NOW is THE TIME TO ACT, and that FURTHER
POST PoNEMENT MAY BE FATAL. Unless we help
ourselves, and that Immediately. we shall lose
forever the good will and cooperation OF
those who stand ready and willing to back US
Wealthy and influential eastern companies,
who are both anxious and able to extend their
lines as far westward as the Missouri, will not
wait forever on the motion OF any locality
Let us strike at once, and with vigor, for the
great prize before US, and the victory is won,
and the destinles of our city placed beyond the
accidents of time.
1t is possible, by means of county and pri.
vate subscriptions, and the issue of bonds, 10
construct and stok railroad from thu
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-05-25

1' Kossuth's friends in London have resol.
we'd to prosecute the London Times for charg
ing him with being implicated in the affair of
the Rocket factory. Kossuth declares that
while residing in England he was not engaged
in any conspiracy against Austria nor in pro-
curing arms to renew hostiities in Hungary las
he depends upon Hungary itself for organiza-
ton. men, arms, &c, when the time shall
arrive. The whole fuss made by the Times
seems to have been afash in the pan, and
nobody hurt.
u AS most persons would like to know low
much "whte man is wor,h," we give the
value as made by the Legislature Of Illinois,
who decreed during the last session that rail
way companies should pay $4,000 for every
passenger lost in train through the careless
ness of the company or their agents. Now,
five tho, sand dollars is good round sum, but
still we hardly believe it would hardly COM,
pensate person for the loss of relative,
but as the Legislature of State have decided
otherwise, We give 1t up.
1.-THE Cincinnati Commercial says that VIM
Lloyd Garrison, ID speech before an anti sla
very meeting lately held in that city boosted
that he stood outside the Union. and thanked
God that he ucas not recognized as a Christian.
q The best defence of lying that remem
Der ever to have read, is the remark of Charles
Lamb. related to Leigh Hunt, that "Truth was
precious, and not to be wasted on every body
PouGHKErrsiE BAGGAGE.-Two shirts and a
pis'areen.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-05-25

HON. THO MAS Il. BENTON Jr will pro-
badly be absent from town for the next few
months, as will be seen by his advertisement,
10 that effect.
THE AUCTION SALES of George Andrews
are fully attended nightly and daily. There
the place for good bargains, we are assured
THE TAX SALES began and ended on
Monday at the Court House, for johnson
County.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-05-25
Foreign News

AS well as all others is not racy or interest
ing. Gold is still undated in Australia, the
Gardiner trial still 'drags its slow length along
like gorged anaconda. the Dauphn iskickina
through hardly supposed to be alive. and va.
rious steamboats, are running ON the Mississ
ippi-they say.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-05-25
Agreeable.

The walk down the river from the foot of
Jefferson street, in warm day, when the gen
tie oriental zephyrs come laden with the fra
GRANGE Of defunct swine and other unutterable
smells that permeate the vicinity of Lard Oil
Mandatory.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-05-25

III l. Sharp from Pottawattamie. and re
Gently a candidate in the It'll judicial District
for Judge was in town on Thursday. No douh
on business pertaining to the election. as u
made a stra ght shoot for the Governors oftic,
after reaching the City-Niners Express.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-05-25

APPANOOSE ON RAILROADS.&C. a
meeting in centreville, on the 4,h, $3.50 900
were pledged by Appanoose. Davis and Van
Buren, counties to the railroad from Keokuk and
Burlington to the Missouri. and strong re, o.u-
tons adopted in favor of the st. Louis and Fl.
Des Moines road
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-05-25

WoN'r CoyLoLIDArE We are authorised to
say there is not the remotest probability that
the two "Air- Line" roads, leading west, will
be consolidated with the view of constructing
but enc road. Both roads will therefore be
built, and from the we'll known energy and
say-will be built speedily Chic. Press.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-05-25

We are enabled this week to present the full
returns of the late election for Commissioner
and Register. and for Judge Of the 9Th judicial
District.
Abstract of the votes cast for Commissioner an d
Register of the Des Moines River Improve.
ment:
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-05-25

TIE CAPITOL ExrENsIoN.--The work on the
Capitol extension at Washington has been re-
sumed by the three hundred hands whose
daily wages had been stopped. The work is
recommended by virtue of a legal opinion of
Attorney General Cushing.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-05-25

Is highly compimented in his district for
the dignity and affability Of his department
and conduct as presiding Judge.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-05-25

u DR.. Gideon B. Smith has invented very
ingenious continuance for detecting spurious
coin of the gold dollar stamp. 1t is a small
box with silt in the lid, will admit the gen
uine coin only. If a spurious coin passes
through the slit, it will not sink, because it is
resisted by wait inside, superior to the lever.
age by which the true coin ovcrpoises the
weight. And if the spurious coin is made SO
large that its weight equals the true coin, it
will not pass through the aperture. The arti-
cles might be made to sell at low price, and
thus come into general use.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-05-25
Within the County

Remember when you cast your votes for
the Railroad Tax, on the 10th of June, that
every dollar thus raised is guaranteed to be
expended IN the county of johnson.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-05-25
Pennsyt yanian

WABASH AND MISSISSIPPI RAILRoAp.-The
City Council last night passed resolution
submitting to the people the question whether
the city shall subscribe one hundred thousand
dollars stock in the Mississippi and Wabash
Railroad-the election to take place ON THE 2SrH
INST.
Having received this intelligence too late
for comment, we will only add that in our
judgement the subscription should. by all
means, be voted-as, no doubt, it will be. The
tax to pay interest will be very small, and, in
proportion to the immense benefits to result
nothing. We are at turning point in our
fortunes. and this vote may decide them,
There can be no risk in the subscription, as OF
course it will not be made, except upon the
guaranteed certainty that the road will be
built from Lafayette TO Hamilton City oppo.
site us on the Mississippi.
Remember to vote ''For Subscription" ON
THE 2SrH INsr.-keokuk Dispatch.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-05-25

RorATIoN.-All the clerks in the Surveyor
Generals office, Dubuque, We're removed on
the 18th inst, with the exception of Messrs.
Marine Reed, and karrick. The following
persons were appointed TO the places of these
removed, John d. Jennings. Geo. Samuels. s,
G. Fenn:more, Thomas Harde, A d, Ander-
son, j. j. Z. Norman. and j. Evans of Daven.
port.-Aluscatine Enquirer.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-05-25

The PIONEER Iowa RAILROAD 1T is reported
that about 1000 hands are already engaged on
the road from Fulton City to Iowa City.-keo-
kuk Despatch.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-05-25
President PIERcE.-A Washington CORES.

President PIERcE-A Washington CORES.
pondent of the New York Commercial says:
"The President, it is said, does not mean to
confer Office on any of his relations. The
stories of his declining health are unfounded
He looks quite well, and is active and elastic
While in church (he attends the New School
Presbyterian twice ON the Sabbath, his coun
tenance is fixed. pale and thoughtful, as if with
the associations of the place were intertwined
the image of his lost son. In his Office, deal.
ing with all sorts of men, all his powers are
called into activity, and he looks like differ.
ent sort Of man, though the weight Of that
huge grief" still presses on his heart. Never
was man SO beleaguered by officer seekers
But he can smile refusal with an exemp airy
uzt ane and Interchangeable decision. He has
Mr. Fillmore's Irish porter at the gate Of the
palace, and his English ante chamber usher,
relieved by the proximity OF his own orderly
sergeant, model Of military and cirl man,
possessing good share Of the courtesy of his
chief"
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-05-25

ton on our part, can it be doubted thatsW
could command eastern aid for the extension of
the road all the way to the Missouri? 1t is
also possible that, with such beginning, and
prudent management, a donation of lands might
yet be obtained in aid of the work We have
then, before us every motive to immediate and
energetic action-and the shame, and disgrace
and loss will be our own if we fail, at this
time,to avail ourselves ofthe advantages which
We possess.
This is our last talk on railroads until we
can see an earnest of what the people of Bnr-
lington intend TO do. 1t also behooyes some
OF the counties west to be on the qi uipe if they
expect to be sin the bill" There is no time
now for swapping horses-we must sink or
swim as we shall choose it may happen. Yer
bum sat sapienti.- Burlington Telegraph.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-05-25
College.

METALLIC POWERS Friend Miller's IRONY
in the last weeks Republican, convinces us that
he is also ore of those metallic powers" which
Trowbridges ink will not corrode The expla-
nation however makes the matter all clear
as the Meredosia Slue" at midnight. 1t ,cas
"pens," was it? All yes
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-05-25

ST LorIs.-The city and county Of St. Louis
have subscribed S2.410090 to Railroad sin
Guiding $500. 900 to the Norti: Missouri
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-05-25

IL Henry L. Doge, brother OF A. C. Dodge
our worthy Senator, is without doubt the Indi
an Agent to New Mexico.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-05-25
lO,9s7 4769 l3l 1880 57l9 1856

Abstract of the election for Judge of the sixth
Judicial District, held on the first Monday
il, April 1853:
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-05-25
The Blind Asylum.

Dropping into tha Blind Asylum the other
morning, We regreI that We had not time to
observe closely the rse Of discipline and ms
truction whicl, pursued, under the man
agement of \ his accomplished lady.
We found Sd pupils engaged in their
morning voca ling. arithmetic and va
nous other apparently contente q
with their std some Of them doubt
less yearning fl It one glimpse of sun
light and the be world. We know not
Of what their tlf Ire made but the day
will come when, asealed vision, they will
gaze upon Doref realization of their
brightest fanci&s
we shall av IS of an early hour OF
leisure to rem and learn from Mr.
Bacon. Bile and obliging, more
details g bis new institution
II is Ger refuge for these ex'
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-05-25

urThe Camanchie Railroad meeting for the
election of Directors and the transaction of
other business comes off on Friday next Iowa
City will be represented there by letter if no,
in person.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-05-25

The officers OF The company are, at present,
Col Samuel R. Curtis of St. Louis, President
Ed. E. Kilbourne of this city, Secretary; H. W
Sample Treasurer; aid Board Of Directors
Keokuk Dispatch.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-05-25
The Hydraulic Canal Around
the Lower Rapids.

We take pleasure in announcing that the
Mississippi Hydraulic Company has consented
that the books shall be opened for subscrip-
tions Of stock in st. Louis. preliminary to ac-
tive steps in the prosecution of the work.
1t has been a matter of inquiry that decided
steps have not been taken before, and consid
cradle anxiety has been expressed by those
who were anxious to become stockholders. A
canal around the Mississippi rapids, termIna,
ting ct Keokuk, and accumulating the greatest
and mos: central water power in the world, is
certainly an enterprise Of no doubtful profit
and The stock will Gou btless be Immediately
seized upon. The comrany was organized
nearly four years since, and has already com
pleted the surveys procured the right of way
published sta PIT of the work, and pro
vided the necs prelimlnaries for system
attic operatj LIQUID be determined
to "set the
journed I'd 1day at st. Louis
where the b q opened for the sub
scription OF St compliance with the re
quest Of caPitafs that city.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-05-25

Ono RIVERA company has been formed
with perpetual charter. under the railroad
law of Indiana for the purpose Of constructing
a road and docks 20 pass the largest boat and
cargo. without breaking bulk, around the
falls of the Ohio, in the very short time Of from
thirty to thirty five minutes. The project is
pronounced practicable by eminent engineers
and preferable, in some points of view, to a
canal. The cost is estimated at 100000
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-05-25

CoERCIvE IEMPERANcE.-O the sub
ject of temperance coercion laws.
Gov. Seymour, Of Connecticut says:
at is much to be regretted that it
should be thought advisable in any
quarter, to resort to statutes of doubt
ful import in aid of a great moral re-
form. In vain may we look for any
lasting good from laws, however they
may be enforced for a time, which
are not clearly based upon correct
principles. An act for the suppress
sion OF the entire trade in spirituous
liquors, better known by the name of
the State where it originated, and
which is commended as model for
legislation here, has lost none of its
Objectionable features during the dis
.cussion it has elected.
"On the contrary, it is seen more.
plainly than ever. that it strikes at
the foundation ofrights, which, if once
overthrow, will leave the door open
for any arbitrary exercise of power
which majority, however obtained,
may inflict. An original inherent
conviction of the injustice of the pro-
posed law has been strengthened and
confirmed in my own mind by suisse
quent reflection, to which the recent
decisions of the courts have lent the
weight ofhigh legal authority"