The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-02-18
IOWA CORRESPONDENCE.
LIE CLAIRE, Iowa, Feb. 2, 1853

LIE CLAIRE, Iowa, Feb. 2, 1853.
To the Editor of the National Era:
| If the Legislature of this State gets through
one half of the programme before it, this ses
sion, the members will at least earn their pe
diem Prominent among the proposed meas
ures is a law providing for the registration O
voters a general banking law; the substitu
| ton of county for township supervisors; tn,
abrogation of the Office of county Judge, ant
the establishment of board of county commits
| sioners, &c.
Following the example of Congress, the Leg
islature dispenses with the appointment of q
regular chaplain, whose duties are now per
formed by the different clergymen of Der
Moines, (eleven in NUMBER in rotation.
| Joint resolutions against the admission o.
Kansas under the Leconpton Constitution. in
structing our Senators to oppose such admis
sion, and requesting them to resign in the even,
| of their declining to comply with these instruc.
| tons, passed the Senate by vote of % to H.
and the House by Sc to 20. 1t remains to be
seen whether Senator Jones will obey bis
| constituents, or follow the leadngs of the Ad.
ministration. Doubtless he will take the latter
course. 1t would be strange should he do
otherwise, after so long and 80 persistent devo-
ton to the slave oigarchy.
But the time has come when Iowa is to be
rightly and truly represented in the councils of
the nation. Her days of subserviency to Pro-
Slavery Democracy are over, and henceforth
her Senators and Representatives will be of
the true metal.
On the Goth ult., ex- Governor Grimes was
elected United States Senator, in the place of
G. W. Jones. The vote stood, Grimes g., Ben
M. Samues Al. In the Republican caucus,
Hon. j. Thorington received l3 votes. Not.
outstanding Senator Jones's compliance with
all the demands of his party, regardless of prin.
cple yet he failed to get their votes for re cleo
ton.
The election of Governor Grimes is an erent
in the history of our State. With talent and
legal scumen he combines in no ordinary de.
gree unfinching devotion to the principles of
free labor and free soil. None who are &C.
quainted with his course while Governor, or
who heard his noble appeals in favor of Ere.
mont and Dayton, can doubt that his future
course will be as beneficial to the nation as
has been his past to the State.
Your readers are aware that the bridge across
the Mississippi at Rock Island has long been
bone of contention between the steamboat men
and railroad men, the former affirming the
structure to be an obstruction to navigation.
The following extracts from the report of the
bridge-master, for 1857, shows how much it is
an OBSTRUCTION
"F First boat passed the bridge, March 18th.
Whole number of boats in March, 8; hits with
no damage, l. Whole number of boats in April,
1863; hits with no damage, s, ditto with dam.
age,2. Whole number in May, 1877; hits with
no damage, 5, hits with damage, 2. Number
in June, l62; hits with damage, 2, without
damage, !. Number in July, 1874; hits With.
out damage, 1. Number in August, los; hits
without damage, l. Number in September,
III; hits without damage 3, hits with damage,
2. Number in October, 1875; no hits. Mum.
Der in November, So; hits without damage, /.
Number in December, II !; no hits.
Whole number of RATS during the wear.
600; broke, to some extent, 26."
Our remarkable mild weather still continues.
The Mississippi is as free from ice as in June,
as far up as Prairie du CHEN. Yesterday, a
steamboat left here for Galena, there to load
for St. Louis. Err.