Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-12-24
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ssssblishing Of IN AesdAny - Pclytsesis school
Il ssch county shas contains twenty thosAad
pepalasioa. and 70 ssdew shis department, Il
proposes t~raiss 100000 for he Arst thfee or
lsss ysass, asd d 900 per year thereaite,. II
Sssshsr psoposss shss al thoss Who grsdasss
Iron this school With success, may enter The
eeats Uniyersisy fcr two years free Of sxpesse,
r they win remain - teacher In shsss schools,
- two years thersaltsF.
This proposition bsan some resemblance TO
the Normal school Gysssn Of Nsw York, and
thoogh II sssms Bttls. rsneved from being
sssilabls to ~ masses, il win undoubtedly con.
asce largely 70 the Improvement and facilities
sf our school system. This report also recon.
sends an eniargemsnt Of the school districts
creates the ONCE Of County superintendent and
9 board Of county examiners reorganization Of
Q board Of trustees for the State University !;
providcsior the election Of professors, purchase
Of apparatus, &c.
4 bill, making negroes, Nalattoes and Indians
competent witnesses, was ordered TO third
reading. The opening Of State Roads, and the
increase Of mail facilities has been under dis
eussion, and the evils arising from . want Of
these. was prolific theme Of discussion, as well
Il might The complaint Of irregularities and
sArdiness In the mails, are almost universal, and
much Of which doubtless arises from bad roads,
ba. 70 think much more may be attributed to
inefBciency Of Dept Postmasters; and We are
glad TO see that the subject Is under discussion
In connection with that Of improving the high
ways.
In the House move has been made TO re.
move the Deaf and Dumb Asylum to Fairfield,
and that for the Blind, to Oskaloosa. This with
the removal Of the Penitentiary constitutes most.
ly the rivalry Of towns for their locality, The
repeal Of the bill removing the capital of the
State, was anticipated as being the arst TO come
before the peoples representatives, but thus far,
little has been said ON that subject and nothing
done, and Il 10 now thought that there would be
gracious acquiescence in the will OF the PEG.
pie ~ heretofore expressed.
Tic subject Of most engrossing interest and
r.cl.,.s;v, - v.,u,k rt,xsu 10 thu DO
falca,ion Of Jas. D. Eads, Superintendent of
Public Instruction. The evidence Of this defal.
cation was conclusive, and such steps as were
deemed necessary, were taken by the Executive
to put stop to it, and to save further pecula
tons, which is the cause Of the partizan animos
isy that ID now felt. The efforts made by the
political friends of the defaulter, to cover "
his iniquities, have thus far failed Of their Oh
jec,, and his acts, even by his own showing, arr
too giaring to be covered up by the venal par
tizap press that have been bribed into his de
Tense.
The move to repeal the Liquor Law, has also
been made, but little more than mere ind
cation Of what may be done, has thus far takeI
place. A writer in the Chicago Press facetious
ly remarks, that "as the lobby this session Ii
quite small, and the habits Of the members TEN
perste, there is far less chance for the "knight,
Of the toddy stick, and outside influence Sc
We hope il this law is repealed, we may have an
other and better one, that shall operate a
some wholesome check upon the vicious appe.
ti,es and propensitics Of the people at large.
Other things might be spoken of commcnda-
tory Of the doings of our legislature, but for this
time, this must suffice.