The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1858-03-04

! n seeing shatft became known sl,orttiuee
.inre that one Snow, charged with stealing .
horse in this county, was hsnied up in Mis-
sonri, aud rpon information Of the fact, q re-
qnisition was obtained AM Sheriff Lewis dis
| patched to Missouri for the Fugitive from JUS
tice. The papers turncd ont to be defective,
ia consequence efisone1 Of the hlsnks not be-
ing filled up, and The signature Of The Secre.a-
ry Of State not being afHxed. in conseque! ce
Tor which the Authorities ct Missouri properly
refused TO deliver the prisoner. Whereupon
the Sta.es,n,n boils over with Indignation.
charging that ignoraace was the occasion of it,
and that the Administration Of Gov. Lowe had
cost this county about $l59. In relation to
this matter, in the first place. we learn that the
expenses of the trip are over estimafed BY the
Statesman, aud in the Eext place that it is Q
gross blunder OF somebody, whose private
pocket whoever it be, Ought to meet it,
Without intending 10 excuIpste any officer
whose csrelessness has occasioned this ex.
3ense 10 the county, we will venture to in
quire, why the agents and legal advisers ct
this county, who must have known Of the III.
formality and imperfection OF the papers, per-
mitted the officer to make this resuitless trip
| IT, Missouri, when twn or three stamps and .
few DAYS time would have amply suficed to
get the mistake corrected! Everybody knows
that the common way in getting up legal doc
nments is for the party in interest, or his az
torney to prepare the papers and present them
to the court Or officer for signature or authen-
ticatiop, certainly party who would suffer
his sait togo off without careful scrutiny Of
all The process, on the part Of said party, or
mis- attorney, not the Judge OF Clerk, although
the signature Of the former, and the au,hentic-
ation Of the latter, may be necessary, would
be conside ed unparaonably Indifferent 10 is
own interest The Attorneyof the party in
interest is the respon ible person. The query
in this ease Is whether this is case Of cares
lessaess or ignorance OF The officers, (the Gov
ernor's signature we believe was on the requi-
.iticn.) at Des Mnines, or OF those whose duty
especially was TO look after the interests of
Wspeilo county. They knew or ought to
have known Of the defect before one, cents
expense was incurred. Why did they not
have the papers perfected?
The Statesman, rs usual, has got this boot
on the wrong leg. and his attack Of the Repub-
licans is one Of his characteristic mad dog
cries. made for the purpose Of screening the
parties whose ig~orance was really the cause
of the expense. t"t "
81 aaf legislative. 72He asa aeif
The Bank bills have both passed through
the COMMITTEES Of the whole, and will proba-
bly, be- adopted in the respective Houses IN
which they originated, with little delay
Unless there is serious disagreement between
the two Houses in reference to these impor-
tart measures, we may anticipate their pa ssage
during the c1ming week. '~',' A'sH - =
The Educational bill has been reported to
the Senate, BY the committee of the whole,
with recommendation in favor 81 its pa usage.
There is, we are told, little doubt Of it. pas
sage. The following gentlemen compose the
new board of Trustees, provided for BY the
Senate: Lauren Dewey, Of Henry; E. Wright,
of Cedar; w. Burris, OF Scott; w F. Bray
man of AMuscatin.; E. C. Lyon, NJ. Reno.
H. ID. Downey and w. H. Barris, of Johnson;
lincoln Clarke OF Dubuque; ]. B. Grinnell.
Of Poweshiek, G. W. Drake, Of Mshaska,
aud w. P. Davis, Of Polk. 5fa7sa ai'eI"2 ="
The proposed Investigation into the acts Of
the Commissioners who located the Capitol a,
Des Moines, was considered in the House OF,
Thu SHAY, without final action. The House
refused to change its previous action in refer
eace to the investigation. ~ Pa sng fe Bt4
G The House has refused to take further &C.
tion on the Temperance question. by vote Of
IS to 30 aggH - cd tru stEg gs fas"t BB
The Senate voted down, to-day, the House
bill for, substituting County, Commissioners
Tor County Judge. There is bill before the
Senate appointing two Commissioners to act
with the Judge.-lTri Weekly Citizen.
swsde From the Daily Hawk-Eyc. ,sFsa'H@
Letters From the Capitol. f@+f
.sa9 asH Pig .afrasa DEs MONIES, Feb. %.
q The House passed the Joint Resolutions
from the Senste to continue the commission to