The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-12-08

| will attend in person to the comfort OF Dav-
export guests. The hotels OF the city are
pretty well filled at this time, while good
many private houses are taking boardsrs
during the session. am piliug in letters
on you, or on the mail here, but there has
been no arrival Of cars for two days. YOU
can publish letters one a day or BY the cord
as you please, or as you may think readers
have the philosophy to bear them.
| Am
| HoUsE OF REPRKsEkTATIvEs,(
Iowa City, Dec. 8, 1856.
RIApKns OF GAzErrE:
| Both houses have been
busy to-day in the regular order Of business
receiving and referring, with the oc'
casonal referring of bill to its proper com
mittee. Otherwise, the business was OF nc
particular interest to general readers, and
for particulars | refer you to published re-
ports in ,o.morrow's papers. In the Sen
ate, there was . Kansas discussion, in which
several members took occasion to explain
their respective positions. The bills pre-
scented in both House and Senate to-day, al
principally Of local nature. relating te
changes of boundaries Of counties and judi
cial districts, &C, the establishment and 10
cation Of roads, &c. In the afternoon, Z
discussion arose upon the calling up OF
resolution, introduced yesterday by mem
Der from Dubuque, calling upon the Govern
or for his correspondence with the President
Of the United States, and with citizens o
low in Kansas, in relation to affairs in lha
Territory. Mr.. Wooden, OF Johnson, sug
Qested that the House request the private
CORE spondence OF the gentleman from Du
buque during the last year. This gentle
man had requested the private correspond
enee of the Governor, which might perhaps
| include the letters of sister or a niece nov
| in Kansas, and he, Mr. Wooden. had pre-
eisely the same right to request the private
correspondence OF the gentleman from Du
bu9ue. Any pubic correspondence OF thu
| Governor, his friends would have no objec
lion 10 being made public; but this resolu
| lion called for al his Kansas correspond
ence.
Mr.. Hardie, Of Dubuque. replied that hi
had no disposition in offering the resolution
| to demand the Governors private CORES
pondence. But he had announced in hi
| messag e that he had Official notice of various
| outrsges in Kansas, and he, the member
| from Dubuque. desired that his official in
formation should be made public.
Mr.. Franklin sustained the member from
| Dubuaue. HI only desired that such cor.
| respondence should be made public as wa.
| Of public interest II was either right oil
not right that this request should be made
public. If right, why we should have 1t BY
formal request of the House. II not right
why be didn't desire it, &c.
Mr.. Cloud said the friends OF the Govern.
or were no, emily willing to have this Kan
sas subject and the Governors correspond
ence brought under public investigation,but
DESTROYS il should be done. To have II prop
erly reported upon, he moved its reference
| 10 the Committee on Federal Relations.
This motion was unanimously adopted. A
very animated Kansas discussion was ex-
pected on this occasion, but Mr.. Clouds
sensible motion knocked in the head oil ex-
peetations. The Democratic members are
exceedingly anxious to obtain some upper
hold of the Republicans, or to get into some
struggle through which they may be report
ed TO their constituents as attending more
to The interests of their party than to those
of the State. Thus far, they have met with
nothing but defeat. The Republicans here
are up to Democratic snuff, however il may
be sought to be administered. The mes
sage of Gov. Grimes is by no means palata-
Bile to Democratic stomaehs, although it is
good and sensible document. Probably
for that reason they do not like it SO well.
They have grumbled in the House on sew
erai occasions, but have achieved nothing.
have but time to-day, from other engage.
ments, to write you bat brief letter. The
members are getting along very costly To-
getber. notwithstanding such little differ
ences as the one have epitomized above.
The Gazette of tie Sd and 4th arrived this
afternoon, and were freely distributed among
the members of both House and Senate whs
have shown proper good taste in taking q
large namber OF Daily Gazettes. When the
cars are making their usual time, we car
certainly give members news ahead OF any
| other source, from our position. am hap
| py TO saw the Gazette is well known among
the Republicans of the Legislature gener
| ally. II certainly should be, as no pape
has been more jealous and influential ad
yocate ofihe Republican cause, in the Stat
| oil Iowa, than the Davenport Gazette. IT.
| age, loo, being one Of The hrsi papers estab
| ished in the State, has made it's name ia
lniliar to many who did not have opportuni
ties of seeing il during the late campaign
hope those members who do not now re
eosnize il as household word in the Re
publican family of Iowa, will be more IA
milisr with it by daily perusal during ,hi
session of the Legislature. ADD.
|
TAME FIsH.-A correspondent OF an Eng
lish paper furnishes the following state
Inents in reply to the query, "can fsh b
tamed!'
Agentleman in Norfolk, a few years sgt
had SO far tanned pike, that he would com
up for dead mouse or bird which the ger
, tleman held up over the water, and seize
{ rOrHciously.
had in my aquarium for some months
diminutiye perch, not much more than a
. iseh in length who soon learned to rise ,
a worm, and take il from my fingers withol
the least hesitation. My little pet, howeve
unluckily insisted on deyourng worms Lar
ger than himself, and at last fe II victim ,
his own vorscty.
SMUGGLING MILK IN THE "ORIGIsA
, PACKAGES 1T is said that Secretary Guti
RE, in his reciprocity tariff with Canadl
made the duty on milk SO high, that tn
farmers on the royal borders, instead {
milking their cows al home, and sendin
their milk in cans into the States, find
0 more economical to drive their cows owe
a III than ~, - A s;da sd e..