Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-01-07
HousE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Iowa CRY, JAs'Y 5th, 1857.

and have been gathering in' s'owiy'
since Fridsy Last.
Since | have seated myself, ! have
heared the remark ave will not have
Quorum" fall from the lips ofsevcral.
On looking about, over, and among the
lesks. IL has been ascertained that the
most of the ink stands, sand-boxes, pa
per-foldcrs, and other little, loose, por-
table fixtures have been spirited away
since the adjournment. | heard enc
Gentleman remark tina, about IA pot Z.
ct knives, and .evcn gold pens snd
holders have been misaPproPr'a,ed
daring the present session, ~h'ch adi.d
10 the above. makes . loss 10 soie-
body ofover a hundrcd dollars.
vpero ha. been considerable rc,k-
-. clrel.ssaess ia not holding some
nc OF the Numerous af'cc"es ~ the
House responsible Tor the good, aud
cLnttels" left within then reach Or IN
their charge. As things arc, NO per
son is responsible, aud here is All end
of the matter.
believe that not more than SIX or
eight Of the members Of the House
| remained in our dity during the hol-
iday recess. Wyatt, Of Harrison, Sui
Ivan, Of Lee, Barker, Of Dubuque, and
Rilscy, Of Fremont were among this
number.
| 1t seems that our city has become
the thcater for the introduction OF
| all kinds Of 'isms' and 'schisms' IN
religion as well as in politics. Forty
different religions and new one ever,
moon, will soon be the order OF thingi
at Iowa City. 1t was announced II
the Saturday papers To the friends 0
..lberal Christianity, that Rev. )
Codding would preach at J.. NJ. 0
Yesterday, in the Universalist Churcl
III thi, city. The name Of the disciple
a, once connected itself in my mind
with that of certain 'reformer @
Church and State who showed himsel
on the rostrums Of this city last sam
, mer enlisted then in the cause {
, Fremont ~ Kansas. | thought
MIGHT be the same individual, and 8
went 10 see. was one az the frs
in the house ] was not long seate
e before ! recognized in burly, har
! featured individual, (who cnterc
= the chapel with certain old cler
in one of our banks) the very sam
man whom | heard haranguc an e'
{ cited hrowd in the State House var
c on a certain Saturday night last sun
e mcr. Ills theme then was "blee'iln
r. Kansas" our "cullcred krrddcyin in d
sout," and darlics in general, >casonc
" with Jessie, MI we'll packed wi,
E. Greelyisms, Beunettlsms. Raymon'
10 isms and Fremontisms.
m WAS credibly informed that on II
"A Sunday following the Saturday abo'
= referred 10. this same Mr. Goblin
preached sermon, 81 some sort, IN II
u Baptist Church of this city. Now f
= your information or that Of some VT
lie NAV read these line, | would state til
the Baptist Church in this city is no.
and was then. in charge Of the prcscl
Chaplain o(the House. Eev.C. B. Smi,
70 Mr.. Smith took Il prominent position {
4 t4rs I'm q; VIII laes la atSrcsaira IT. g
ding, while Kansas shricks were the ,
der of the day. Since all these heal
rending tones have, or are about to d
o. away forever, Mr. Smith and Mr.. Co
ne ding are two separate nd distinct p,
at sonages. The fact. too, that the "a
4 Codding is about to establish N,
system OF religious ethics. (the prom
y" nent feature OF which is the denial
n the existence Of Trinity has go
" far to draw line of separation hetwc
is Mr.. Smith aud Mr.. Codding. +
i doors Of the Baptist Church are clos
=, against Mr.. Codding forever. and to
:" taliate, OF perhaps hang ont some n,
hr blue light to guide our feet in the pa,
% way to heaven, he is bound to be hca
The matter. manner and personal i
pcarapce ~ this new star is anv,hi
but captivating or convincing t,
:; intelligent mind. Ills sermon. or RI,
:, er Laranguc, Of YESTERDAY, WIS All
vi -ougruous mass of IDEAS esplo1ea :,
IS, -,al years since i'll the school-hou.
he Of Connecticut and Massachusetts.
-. | am informed that this Mr. Coddine
or was of the Theodore Parker sell,
Of rc'igio politico agitation but so,
nc cog having given way in his particul
ct faith, he was either left behind, or sh
= ahead Of the Parker party.
H. The larger portion of Mr.. Coddins
r. audience were Members of the Hou
:. and Senate. noticed, however. tn
" several of our soundest men, ofvario
III crceds, were present, like myself a,
e my spiritualist fr;etdD through curio'
at ty. One gentleman in whose learnil
10 in matter Of Theology, I have con
dence, informed me that he had re:
!" years ago every idea advanced hv Il
u aforesaid Codding. When he appea
e ell amongst us before, he bore Wi
10 him q pocket manual, gotten up
himself and by himself sold, or distri
:. utcd to enlighten, aid and make on
:" right good Fremont and Kansas Stun
Is en-.
Nv spiritualist friend returned hon
IN rejoicing that the New Light, the re
,e sunbeams Of Fox. Edmonds, Tallmadc
: and Davis schools had broken in :,
last, upon Iowa City. I have d
: doubt but a committee Of spiritualis
1t will soon meet in council 1t Iowa Gil
r to give name to the newly hedce
It religion. II the gentleman can mall
"a 1t pay (of which | have strong doubt,
:, up till the year 1860, he could then 9
INTO the revision and republication
Is his Republican stump orators Manua
for tvo &c