, 1860-03-06
OUR IOWA LETTER.


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ooA@ VIVA LEI
Correspondence Of the Psr.s and TtsLuue.l
:nEs Aoists Feb. ~. '-so:
The Dill ioF tue creation OF u uoafu o' county
Supervisors md defining Their dut'es' nas pass
ed Tue comm'1tee OF the hole 10 tue uouse'
and its passage recommended D5 u largo ma
jortty.
: The provisions Of the bill are the same gener-
al provisions Of Wisconsin and Illinois. think,
beyond doubt, it will pass bott brunches anu
become the law OF tile 1and. The reckless con-
duct Of county Judges in various purts OF the
State has actuully forced this legislation upon
Us. Now the county Judge is the sole financial
agent Of The county. us well as Probate Judge.
lie eau enter into contrac:s binding tie county
in untold thousands Of dollars, issue county
bonds to IN unlimited extent There are sever
I'll instances i'll The State where single counties
lure been swindlcd ont Of tens Of thousands Of
dollars ly u contract made b5 the county Judge,
just at the close 'of his term. tSo also, Lis
authority il guile Unlimited in building bridges,
. and the contracts therefor nre far,ned out among
political or personal fuyori.es, in fur too many
cases. These frequent abuses of the power now
vested in one man for The sake Of economy,
prove that the system apparently most cconom'
ical may in fact be most expensive.
Within the past three days but little has been
done beyond tic above bill III tue House.
In thu Senate, ycstcrday, the bill requiring
the foreclosure Of trust deeds BY process Of law
in the courts, passed, aud presume will re-.
ceiyc the sanction ofthe Governor. 1tsirtualfy
destroys all distinction between mortgage
and trust deed, where giyen to secure money
lonued. 1t is rather important to brokers and
all money loaners to know Of the existence ot
this Law. 1t will make the courts business upon
present trust deeds, as many claim it will oper-
-, ,,,oo a,;s,;nr az 4rc1l os fnturc deeds. Such
~. ,,;,, .a.oa .ha uo,,.a
was Inc oes'gn OF tne oill Us paSseo sue noua''
but it cannot as it passed the Senate
Yesterday afternoon ! great excitement arose
:, tha san,tc rnon the recc;nt of The following
IL 'A' :'-.A'~ ~ ..,:,, .-s
message from the uo'ef"ol' "n'en WI pis-
face By saying that few weeks ago Cor. Letcll-
or of ya.. sent Il reouisition for Coppoc, alleged
=. tI,.,.a,a r,-r,. ,r;+,, u-o,.n
r., as roaas;,;oa 1 W ,s.r.l ott ;n substance md
ihe requlsltion lackeo boan III supStauee auu
form, and the Governor refused to grant the
reoucst of the VIRGINIA Governor. 4 few days
.,...:zu Val r .,;.,l
Since 1eso'u''ou :" 10 one.e" - 'e0'' 'u'uA'
in the scnate, calling on the Governor lof Tue
corresuondepoe relative to the subject. Auoth-
ar noroc-,t ,,orod-,o on,cnd ca,linr m tbc
Governor ior any correspondence ne may nave
lad with Coppoc. This amendment seems to
hare hccn a6onted without observation. md
~ -. ..ss 4.,... =. 4,,o c,no..o,
'oe teso'u'lon WAS .aAea ~ 'Ae oo'.'ao.'
The contemplate lnslnuat1ou contained IN tic
amendment, Tint the Governor has lad corres-
,,.,,,onoo 18th ronn,, -, ,,,aood r-;,,,r.t m
ro"Ae Vs.. ofPo~' ~ @'' w.
the sa1Ject Of us arrest, Is most properly met
by the Governor.
E.ror71ys o,,,ce. Fab. q. 1864.
crxr,x,px or ruv srx.rr.I hare recc;ved
tin roani,,;o, ,,,o."J hr ronr 1,nir ra.tar5.w
uskinG certu;n % information III min in reaafd 10 a de-,
n.and ,,a.is 1,n,n ~ hr tI,o f,a,'r,,ar If III
ginia, for the arrest aud surrender Of one Bar
clay Coppoc, as fugit yefr from justice.e.
49,. nase esa1n'heo , that Resolution WIN masn .e.
conc|usion That / ou,lt nnt to answer it. I
readily :llmi. the proprictv Of giving TO tile
pnb''c i"l Information on tins subject, and shall
e?n. ~ "u s"v naass m aas.a tnn.n,r;,1' Ky
whenever 7 can do so consistently will, mr. sctt.
respect, and with the respect and consideration
a". WHICH,, - ~ NY JuagMea', are 9us 70 LUG depart
being have lie honor t., renresent. - / cnnnot. not
however, do 80 in response to u resolution
which assumes that in this 1nutter have done
usss as,1 In'cn LUZ co1'non Juumen; o' sour poos
holding nv Official position,
This assumption. utterly unfounded in fact as
IT'S, cannot either respond 70 or deny, With
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