Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-01-14

Friend BUT: Our usually quiet town
was thrown Into quite an excitement Oh
last Friday, by u report that the Terrific.
rial Legislature had adjourned from Otna-
ha to Florence. AT first it was moi ac-
credited, as il was something so entirely
foreign 10 all our autIciIalions, but the
repor, was soon confirmed by The arrival
OF u messenger sent to make some ar
Engagements for the accommodation Of that
outraged body. As soon as it vas known
that Omaha DULLES had driven the Ltgis.
la,ure on. Of the Capitol, and compelled
them 10 seek shelter in our midst, the
citizens went TO work aud soon fitted I'D
rooms where they could discharge their
legitimate functions without fear Of mo.
lestatlon. Two rooms erected for stores,
and adjoining each Other, were found to
be exactly the thing. Accommodations in
other Respects have been amply provided,
and every thing is arranged to the sa,is-
faction Uf all the members.
On Sa urday morning at 10 o'clock,
both houses met pursuant to ad lournnent.
The Council organized by e%'.cIing Gen.
l.. l.. Bowen, President PRO lem 4; Geo.
Van Zant, Sergeant.at-Arn ; and VIII.
liam Hawkins, Door Keeper. A r%esolu.
hon was then passed declaring the Chair
vacant, on account of the SUPPLEMENTARY
acts Of the Hon g. l.. Miller, former
President, aud that an election for a per.
inanent President be held. On the frs,
ballot Gen. l.. L. Bowen was elected. A
better choice could not have been made.
During the whole day the Council
worked faithfully. Several very impor-
tan: bills were passed, among which was
{. B., No. l26; a bill for an ACT to create
a new election district in Douglas county.
THIS we regard as a very important, as
II viii give TO Florence a representative
hereafter-a right which has long been
denied 10 US by envious, jealous Omaha.
The House organized by e%lecung Mr..
J%etiries LIST Clerk, and Mr.. Pomroy 2nd
Clerk the res, of the officers being pres.
ent except ~door-keeper. TOT fill this office
Mr.. Franklin was elected. The House
also worked bravery. No time vas
squandered in useless, senseless prattle,
but all members put their shoulders to the
wheel with 4 determination to benefit the
Territory. l was much pleased with the
gen'lemanly department. Of the Speaker
while in the Chair, and the promIt and
efficient manner in which he discharges
his duties. Mr.. Decker unquestionabIy
u axes a good officer, as all adm, whu
have seen him in the Chair. No opposi-
lion is expected III thu House 10 the bill
to create a n w election district in Doug.
las county.
In joint session of the Council and
House a committee of live-two from the
Council and three from the HOUSEWIVES
appointed 10 prepare an address 10 their
constituents, setting forth the reasons for
the adjournment, and the indIsnities and
outrages to which they had been subjected
at Omaha. The address is a clear, coln.
prehensive and able document, and can.
not fail To di>abuse The minds Of the peo.
pie from the faisehoods hat have, and
may yet originate from the .NeJrdskian
and other sources of like kidn y in Unra,
1 ha. Enclosed ! send you a copy.
Omaha and her buiiies are gaining q
notorlety Ly no means enviable. VIVA
; a delightful paragraph is made from the
D facts in the case: On the 9Th, The Speak.
er of the House dragged from hi, slanl
I by bully Hanscomb and Murphy. and OF
: The Slh compelled to adjourn 10 Florence
: in order that they might pursue their la,
i bors unmOlesled, and secure from furIhel
: outrages." And yet, whitening and dis
graceful as is that paragraph, it is never
theless true in e"ery word. The adjourn
ment was forced upon the Legislature by
D Omaha ruhianisIn, and the humanity AM
i supplementary acts of a factious minor,
iiy, who were ~countenanced. aud are row
: upheld, by an imbecile, accidental, ser
vile. sectional Executive. Hanscomh ant
Murphy, the DULLES selected by Omahi
to do her base. dirty work, have sounde,
the death-kneh of the woulJ-be perpetua
: Capitol Of the Territory, aud have defeat