Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-08-10


From the Buglc Council Bluffs,
Arrival froiti CaItforDia-News
from the Plaius.
The following named PERSONS arri4ed ii Our
city on Sunday last. from Hang,own. Califor
mia: ]. Low. Mo. h, s. Sears, Mo. J. Cla-
comb. Mo. r. @. Marian, Mo, Bills, Mo-.
Hill. w.. Stone. Mich werrcn, Wis. J. Free.
man. Penn. WIN Nyct. Wis. James Chance,
Iowa. Munson. Ind. n. 9. Ridell. Massathu
setts.
Tley report no sickness on the plains. and
no deaths. with the exception Of three persons
killed by lightning; they We're from Illinois.
one aged %, ,one q. and the other age not known.
We could not learn their names. man by
the name Of John Fast. Of St. Louis. formerly
from England. Was shot by person unknown
while standing guard, at Elm Creek.
The report Of the carrying away ofthe Bridge
on the North Fork Of the Platte, by high wa
ter, proves unfounded. II IL in excellent or
der. and they say thst Msssrs. Ward 4 Guer-
lvisr intend 10 keep issia4 q g6Se order ~ any
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train, in the Valley beyond Salt Lake City
The heaviest part they met between the head
Of the Plat, and Green River. The emigrants
say their teams and stock are in better order
than when they crossed the Missouri river
This season 10 unprecedented. for the health
of the emigrants, and the fine order of their
stock. not an animal lost. with the exception
Of some few By ca-elessness. All the hardships.
loss Of life and stock. attendant upon crossing
the once dreaded Plains, have all disappeared,
and that infatuaton seemed throan n aside,
reason and judgment holding supreme sway
over the minds Of the emigrants. The mex.
perience which. h,.fnrmer'y existed as to the guam.
tity of provisions. the kind Of wagons &c
with which they wore down their teams. and
were left destitute upon the plains, has been
cast aside. and it is now regarded as u mere
pleasure trip.
They report some l2 or ID elders, from Salt
Lake, on their way here. They will probably
arrive to day. large number Of Californians
are returning to the states this season. overland.
They think the number will reach 1900.
| Times are easy in California; the miners arc
doing we'll; provisions and clothing are cheap
and cattle on the decline. They left Hangtown
on the 18th Of May, aud their animals are in
better order than q majority Of the stock which
passed through here for the Plains this Spring.
The Maine Liquor Law In Maine.
A correspondent from Bangorto to the Boston
journal, thus speaks. of the Liquor Law in
Maine in relation to politics:
"The Maine Law is now q political football.
It was so in this Convention. Moral questions
in the hands of mere party hacks meet with the
same treatment that befei The Great Author Of
Christianity. Passed from Plate to Herod, to
heal political quarrels, they are at last put into
the hands O! servants, TO be spTt upon and re.
vic8 Thousands 6f the best citizens Of Maine
regard the Maine Law vi it'll great favor. and in
it place their hope. lntemPerance is fearful
evil in Name. aud Is the great curse Of that
State. and il is no. strange that many should
welcome any measure that would seem to check
this flow Of liquid fire and death. But when
broken down political hacks aud unscrupulous
politicians become the agents Of great .eior-
maion; when reeking with wine they harangle
the masses on ,helvirtues Of the Maine Law;
when leaving the stand they return to their
chambers Or their headq -arters, and make the
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! freshfnents" they furnish. it is not wonderful
that men should condemn such measures. and
distrast tie temperate profession Of these un.
scrupulous politicians"
Posr OvrcE DEPARrxkSr.-The Post Office
Department is. of necessity. the most arduous
and unpopular IN the government. From the
Postmaster Genera! down 10 the humble sweep.
es-out Of village Office. every officer who per
forms the duties required Of him. is but mea.
gerly paid for the amount Of work done; and
when we calculate in addition the risk and
responsibility attached to every man in the De-
partmen', we may we'll say that he is not re
Enumerated 1t all. No government machinery
/. perfect. snd therefore all Departments are
more or less liable to objection, because in a
greater or less degree. their necessary regula.
tio.Ys cause incon vcnience. il not absolute inju
ry to the public;- however we'll the Post
Office Department may be regulated. by the
beculiafity Of its functions u is brought into
such immediate contact with verybody and
every business. that j. is especially liable u
objection and Complaint. Besides, in addition
to its own faults. il is constantly compelled to
bear the sins Of others lfby a misdrectioI
II a correspondent, q valuable letter goes .
stray. the delay in its receipt is always charg
ed to the Post Office. If Biddy employs 9
faithiess agent to remit her honest earnings
} to her mother in Ireland, and the money h
not received, the Post Office is charged will
the theft. II q tardy agent is rebuked for neg
lectin making remittances.he replies BY finding
fault with the Post Ofioe, and SO on through
J all its ramificaticns Dem.
GovEaxos MEDlLL.--The Ohio State Derio
crat ssys truly. and says it with knowledge
based upon lohg personal acquaintance with
Colonel Medill, now holding the Office Of Gov
erhor, that he has been tried and never fonnd
wanting. As men Der Of the Slate Legisa
ture. rs speaker Of the popular branch thereof
as member of Congress-. Assistant Postmaster
General, and Commissioner OF Indian Affairs
as president Of the constitutional convention
and as lieutenant governor Of The State. Col
Medill has ever been the same straightforward
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