The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-08-05


= ~ dirseuy . lndisssaly, tAatl havs -
~ cs~asy fsads aalawislly, yoaass base ~
vilfal liar, and - such hsld you up y III
pablo, and this I - willing and ready = stanl
up TO, and don't want 70 hide 6eAiml Judg,
wightmAn either.
You ask if paid the Prosecuting Attorney
from 5000 to $40 for acting ~ County Judss
N my aessncs. ~ asswer b that did not
and hs has mot received any such sun IN twc
years, bat II he he'd, The Law provides fes my
absence, BY mailing him substitute 1t ~ oe
| per day.
You want to know il charged the County my
full salary. answer, did, and know Of nc
reason Why should not do 90. Certainly oil
my predecessors did. and they you know "Are
honorable men, The Judge receives an annual
salary, and the law does mot contemplate that
be shall give his whole time to his o1reial buai-
ness, but provides that be may serve in other
capacities, and attend to other business of his
own.
You want to know il l have employed clerk
in my Office u; 5000 per anIum. answer l
have not except when Mr.. Walbridge was there
short time, clerking for Messenger The only
clerking in my Office is now done by Mr.. Rob.
inson, for Mr.. Messenger, who is BY law, the
CLERK OF the CorSrr CoURr, and should do all
the cerking in the Office by himself or by deputy.
! employed clerks only At the request Of Mr..
Messenger to assist him and not me. You be.
tray your ignorance in the question, and con-
denim your own friend Mr.. Messenger; for if
there is wrong in this case it is his, and not
mine. Iquote the law. See Code Of Iora, page
2S section l4l and l42. 1.-THE clerk of the lis
trict Court is ex- oficio the CLERK Of the COUNTY
CoURr and REGISTER OF PROBATE" .He shall
keep his office at the county seat; shall attend
the sessions of the District and County Court,
himself or by deputy" land keepa record of the
proceedings OF each of those courts in separate
sets OF books, as may belong to his office and
as required by law under the direction of the
Judges Of those courts ssreraliy.' Look and
read your condemnation. Take care, sir, how
you ask imperttnent questions, for out Of your
own mouth will condemn you; and yow may
> .'A's, 'A@ "hsSt Va yVuT OlssOHteHL,
and want no more of "wintry winds" to visit
you SO roughly.
have never employed clerk to do nv work
in the Office, for the clerk could not do any
work which the law requires Of the Judge, un.
less in case OF absence Of both Judge and pros
'cu'or, when he can act as Judge, which has not
yet happened, believe. Poor fellor, you !
Freak your h, ad with your own CLUB
Mr.. Dudley never execute a bond as agent,
md Judge Wightman never marked the blank
und made out by as him filed, for the reason that
e could not file and approve what he knew TO
e no bond, anG he never considered it bond
q any sense. So much for that.
Now, siG: think have met and answered your
oin's fairly in every instance, and will not trou-
ie my friend OF the Hawk Eye with another let.
er of this kind, unless feel it 10 be positive
uty. Iconsider it unnec essary to stoop to no.
ice you further, as l am well con vinced. that
on can beat in your low snd man way of
'riting, and an attempt at answering you only
ends to br ng me into company and associations
hich adecent man should try 10 shun, end to
hich do not aspire.
Respectfully yours, &c.
r. W. NEWMAN