Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-03-09
son, would be simply to put every railroad i
tho Ctoko in a Iood 1ocl

son, would be simply to put every railroad il
the State in dead lock.
Mr.. Beal, the gesticulating Representativ
from "the State of Boone" has taken grea
' pains to get "a bill passed doing away with tn
! necessity of publishing notices of sheriff
r sales in newspapers. The secret of Mr.. Beal'
81 labors in this regard may be found in the fac
!. that his own Democratic county has had t.
r patronize the witty Sanders, of the Nes''
because Locofoco paper could not be sus
tanned there. The House, his morning
made his bill read, "Be it enacted by tn
General Assembly of the State of Iowa." BY
majority of three, and refused to reconsider
by the same vote. The bill, of course, is nov
dead as mackerel. Had it received mor'
dignifed paternity, suspect it would hav'
passed.
The bill providing for county government
by Board of Supervisors, passed the House
on Monday evening, by quite handsome
majority, the north going for it to man
almost 1t seems to be understood that il
will 60 through the Senate.
Another glimpse of 6 the John Brown
tirade"-as the classical Duncombe has it
was had in the Senate, yesterday and to-day
On Monday, Mr.. Wilson, of Jefferson, intro.
duced resolution calling on the Governor fol
information touching the demand which had
been made on Gov. Krrkwood by the Execu-
tive Of Virginia for the arrest of Barclay
Coppock. To this simple resolution of inquiry
Neal and johnson tackled an offensive and
irrelevant amendment, implying that Gov.
Kirkwood had been guilty Of dereliction of
duty in the premises. To the resolution, so
amended, Gov. Kirkwood, with the spirit of
old Ben. Wade, returned the following
response, on yesterday H
EXECUTIVE OFFICE, Feb. %, go.
| Gentlemen of the Senate:-I have received
/ the resolution passed by your body, on yes
terday, asking certain information in regard
to demand made upon me, by the Governor
of Virginia, for the arrest and surrender of
one Barclay Coppock, as fugitive from
justice
have examined that resolution with much
care, and have very reluctantly arrived at the
conclusion that ought not to answer it. l
readily admit the propriety of giving to the
shall promptlycommunicate all factswithin my
knowledge, in any way connected Herewith,
| whenever | can do SO consistently with my
self.respect, and with the respect and consid-
Grafton which, in my judgment, are due to the
department of our government which, for the
time being, have the honor to represent. l
cannot, however, do so, in response to res
oluton which assumes that, in this matter,
have done acts which the common judgment
of your body would pronounce to be improper
in any person holding my official position.
This assumption, utterly unfounded in fact
as it is, l cannot either respond to or deny,
without admitting, by implication, that the
suggestion thereof was authorized by the facts
of the case.
l cannot believe it was the well considered
action of your body to embrace such assump-
ton in your resolution, but am satisfied that
your action in this matter took it's present
Objectionable form through oversight and
inadvertence.
For these reasons, l very respectfully
return said resolution, that you may have the
opportunity of giving it further consideration
SAMUEL j. KIRKWOOD.
Whereupon, Senator Duncornbe got on his
legs, shook his "ambrosial locks" and cut
Democratic capers, insisting on printing a
great number of the letters at the public
expense. Other Democratic Senators also
made much noise. Mr.. Hammer, of Clayton,
was particularly boisterous. His seat is next
to the middle aisle, up and down which he
walked with fearful velocity, slipping from his
tumbler every time he reached his desk. Mr..
Watson, of Iowa, "arose to point of order"
and wanted "to know whether it was compe
tent for a windmill to be propelled by water"
The Senate roared, and Hammer aoilted-the
worst chop-fallen man ever saw. The wind
was completely taken out of him. A resolu-
ton, without inuendo, was at last adopted
asking of the Governor information in regard
to the whole matter abont which so much
noise has been made.
The House has been discussing the liquor
question, to-day, two or three bills being
talked about, and their merits advocated by
their respective friends. What will be ''the
fnality'' it would be difficult to say.
The Lyons Aduocate contains an attack on
Mr.. Parker, one of the Representatives from
Clinton county This gentleman is not
speaker, it is true, but he is one of the most
industrious, faithful and always-on-hand
members of the Legislature. He is, too, one
of the most modest men here, and, when the
editor of that paper laughs at G. W. Parker,
he laughs at better and a wiser man than
himself. MARION.
~ We are glad to sec that the Legislature
is disposed to prune the jury system of some
of its abuses. The act reducing the per diem
of jurors to $3.50 (Which has already passed
the Senate, and appears to he favorably
regarded in the House,) also provides that,
though the fees of petit jurors may be paid in
the first instance by the counties, as now,
they shall be taxed, as other costs, to the
losing parties, collected in the same way, and
paid back into the treasury. This is right.
Parties who go to law should not call upon
others to bear the burden of their litigation.
In many instances, wherein were not involved
more than ten dollars, the costs paid by the
county have amounted to five times as much.
So They Go!-The Dutch Government has
abolished and swept away the last vestige of
slavery from its possessions. On the Goth of
September last, the barbarous institution
ceased to exist in the Dutch East Indies, and
the work of emancipation was complete. So
they go!-one nation after another does away
with the whole system of human servitude as
at war with the light and spirit of the age.
And, what is singular, even the despotsms