Burlington tri-weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1852-1855, 1855-01-23
CoIrespon e,cc of the Musc;ttne Journal.
The III al ne Law Passed. pitaI to be Removed


The Senate yesterday pass,d joint reso-
luton appropria.ing fifty dollar, from the
State Treasury to every free black an this
state WHO will cons nj to 90 TO LibeIia.--
The resoTut on W Ii doubtless pass the lious i.
In the House this morning, the bill for the
supp, essioH Of intemperanco was called up.
Dr.. Wiiter said that he hoped every fri nd
uf the measure would concur ut oEce in the
am ndm II s Of thu Sena e. Th Sc amend
ments, hr coAtnu d, are Mt what the fri nds
Of The bill DIS re, lut as the session IS now
so airy at close, it will be ilnpo 8 be to
ret the b II through If they are rejected.
TIL, + Ii, III r.fore, with MI its objec ionab @
features. was much better than 10 law at all
on the subject.
An amin ted discrss'on took place on the
amendment slbm ting the bill t. the p aopl,
some Of it's former friends opposing 1t, be-
ieyins it unconsitu Jonah and that Ii would
ther fore iiya.idate the bill. The amend
ment was fin lily adopted and the bill passed
by a vote of 81 70 IL.
SO we'll have stringent prohibitory law
at last! We hope it will stand tn test of
legality. Our hope Is based upon the fac
th4 prec scly tn, same question has be de-
cided leg 4 in thu Supreme Courts Of me or
TWO other Safes, whif- in one or two 9th rs
it h IS been decid, d adversely. So there is
a chance of favorable decision in this
Stale.
On motion the bill to re- locate the seat of
government was taken up from its GUAR
order this morning and passed by vote of
81 to u. Ih&re can be 70 question but hat
the passage of this bill by the present Legis-
ature is premature anu not in accordaucs
with the will of a majority of the mem ers
of tn Gen raj Assembly, and they won
not ev n entertain the most reason b a.
men iments TO he bili--nothing but tn. i'm
meiiate and unconditional removal Of the
capital wonld sal fl hem. Time only will
de, ermine the sdem of Their actions.
The following is tie vote of the s nate on
the ciau e submitting the temperance bill to
the eopie a. tn next April election. | will
just remark, thar the clause, it is thought, IS
an nnderha d stab of the enemies of the bill
to kill II, because if it becomes law BY
such proc So it cannot and the test Of ie-
galty in the Supreme Court.
Ayes -Birge, Bowninl, Clark, Cleayer,
Cooibaugh, Coop, Htanilion, Hogan, Love,
Ltcas, McCuiloch, Ne.aham, Park, Ramsay,
Saunders, Shields, Test, Thurston, Udeil,
Wsrkman-2O.
: Nays.-And rson. Fulton. kills. Jordan,
MoCrarv, Mathews, McAchran, Preston,
Schramm, w.ikerson, NJ. President--ll
l have no doubt the Leg stature will adj
lourn next Tuesday. Qaite a number of
members have alre ady Obtained leave Of alb
sence and gone home.
A case Of small pox is reported undr
treatment in this city. l bel the victim
is one Of the females connected with wy
mans tn atr cal compan., which recently
visited your city.
Both branches Of thu General Ass mbly
hold evening sessions now, and . dispos ton
is evirced to GET through thu bu,,nss rs
soon as possible. By reso 'utlop, no new bus
iuess can b. int oduced after Tomorrow.
A. bill y olisaipg the Office of County
School Fund Commissioned, Sas rejected ia
the House this afternoon.