The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-03-03

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- -n..atal Corresponaence.
DIS No1Sxs, Feb. 27th, 1850.
!. c,.scet made terrible fuss this morn.
a, nv letter in which appeared Clerk
- certificate a TO how the s'gentleman
$50 used to rule in foreclosure cases. He
.,,s ttes his cixzard any more. Hes dead
- Il ,he pit, from whom the coveted congress
.;,a,;o, has receded into the dim and
- distance, His hobby here was
S.a ~ ..,of relief relief Cor bankrupt Keokuk,
!. ,ho,rht ofconst.ntly. 70 this end he tackled
-, unconstitutional provision TO the act giving
,..,,.;on in foreclosure cases, which, IN effect,
- bi,own rulings In innumcrabic cases,
- aagncd to elabarrass the republican
-, hen tie Supreme Court, in honestly per-
s,zsipe lis duty should declare his provision un.
.,us;tu.icaal No wonder, therefore, that he
!. nry-most intensely mad, in fact-whcn
i, ~ that thc Mawk-Eye had given general cir
,.t;ou tea document which would land him
III and dry on the shore Of political nseanness
I'd triclery. But I have really felt no unkind-
80 for the Judge. have endeavored to do
him Justice Let him not forget, however, that
i. !. mot simply Ounce subjective, but he is a
duucs objective. Tint Isl say, "a bore of the
sr.t u,axnisuds--a poisoned arrow that not only
n;orees hut insames--a dull knife, that not only
M. ha, ,cars-a eo~ardly little cur, that snaps
occasionally. but saarls increasingly; whom,
which and thai, ii becomes the duty Of all good
citizens to sscep from the face Of the earth. -
lie, Judge Clagget beware how he uses hard
names against those who have treated him not
Only With justice, but with charity, or he may see
otber documents in print, which will exhibit his
record more fully than ever, to an indignant and
sdisgustei public. But in the language Of the
imncr,a! and gifted Mose-lct him rip
The working time Of the Legislature is now at
haaL Something over two hundred bills have
bsa in:roduced into the House, and about one
\ hmisd and twenty in the Senate. OF course
mar Of these have already been stilled by the
committees to which referred, or the vote Of the
hms where originated. A great deal Of good
hs been done in this way-much useless and ex-
pnsiye legislation has been prevented, and if
many bills have not yet gone through both
brabeies of the Legislature and become laws, it
sbscaase of a wise and firm determination on
Tie part of the committees to prevent any inn
perfect and hasty legislation. The ability ola
legislator may be discovered as we'll by the meas
u,es which he condemns as by those which he
siyocates, and few good laws are infinitely bet
ter than good many Ill considered measures of
doubtful necessity. Beside the separate bills
which have been considered, the Codes of Civil
and Criminal Practice have received good deal
oisstsuten. The Judiciary Committees of both
houses have passed upon Mr.. Darwin's Act so far
rs 70 the lin chapter, without materially chang
ing its provisions in any particular. A number
ofyerba alterations are proposed, as was to be
expected l4--.#
Quite aaimportant measure passed the Senate,
but day or two ago, which, a. il seems likely to
60 through the House, may be well enough refer
rcd to now. 1t is bill providing that, though
the fees of jurors may in the first instance be paid
BY the counties as now, they shall be taxed to the
losing parties, as other costs, collected in the
same way and paid back into the treasury. 1t
reduces the fees, also, Of both grand and petit
jurors 80 cents day. In my opinion, it is an
excellent measure, and SO far.as my knowledge
extends IL viii be decidedly popular with the
people, who have no little reasoa in insisting
that after paying for court houses and judges,
and criminal prosecutions they have done their
whole duty, and parties litigant ought in other
respects to pay for their own litigation. ! have
known of many cases not involving ten dollars
each, to the parties, which have cost counties
Eve tines as much. Let such brave gentlemen
iso,thei own bills -
The subject Of county organization is still be
ing discussed in the Hcusc--,hc bill providing
Ihe supervisor System before the committee o
the whole Think it will pass,
good many Senators and Representatives arr
now absent, some attending courts, some at Mt
Peasant, whilst others have gone down to TIL
Peaiientiary. 1t a pity these State Institution
ne not all at the Capitol, where they ought to
be, in order to save mach time and money
! When the absentees return, little Bunconbt
nay be expected, after which We viii doaLtles
hvea railroad fight in the Senate, over Mr.
scirells bill which passed The House SOM
tine ago.
Senator Wilson, Of Jefferson, introduced
Resolution this morning, calling upon the Gov
emor for information as regards the requisitior
tot coppac, before treated Of in these letters
Mr. Coebsugh did not think the resolution ne
eessarr. Mr.. Raiiey made sorry faces about II
Ar Neal added an amendment SO that copies
Of the requisition and other papers in the cas-
might be had. johnson offered an amendmcn
calling on the Governor for information also q
70 the messenger who, it il alleged, was sent !
hot haste TO inform Ccppic Of his impendin
danger! Quite debate was tortured out Of ~
saaple resolution Of inquiry, but il was final
\ passed, with the amendments.
Judge Ciagget made nqetion this morning {
ny the Code on the table, which was lost BY a
almost unanimous vote. LIxxxssAIs.
WiscoEsm orHrERyEIrs.-Among the late
s0snserfeits are the following
! hank Of the Interior, Wausau, Wis--bs, phi
arapled; purple color. 49, 81
Sank Of Oconto, Wis.-ks, altered h0m son
sFskeA Nebraska bank. MS
Earp.er,s R,nL uuAsop Wis-IOs altered