The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-01-19
rn1ToR1AL CORRESPONDENTS.
Drs NJ DIVES, Jan. 9th, 1s6).

'& prs Mcrsrs, Jan. 9th, 1867. ~
having csnclu ded % tsks tripto the
a C.pi.al ofIour state, we VI the gOodly
town Of Upton a the Sd inst. ID COM
papy with Hon. b. F. Cue, Representa-
tive from Scott, whose valuable services
in the last Legislature caused his con.
ailments to send him hexe for the SO
time. On entering the cars at Wilton,
We found our Lieut.. Governor elect,
4 Hon. N. J. Rusch, Senator Thompson,
and Representatives Gurley and Quinn
of Scott county, all bound for the Capt.
tai. After good dinner at the "Crum-
mey House," at Iowa City, we took to
the old method Of travelling, to.wit: the
Western Stage Compauy's coaches. On
loading in We found our company to
consist of eight. The time was, when
ride in the stage was held to be the best
method of locomotion, but the change
from q comfortable railroad car to crowd.
ed coach was,,not very pleasant; however,
our company being composed of live
Republicans, we had as good time cas-
could be expected under the crcum-
stances" We were put through . in
good time to Marcngo, where we arrived
;. -. q -'~so~L a. NJ, here VIC found
Hon. j. J. Watson, ssnator from Iowa
and Powcshiek counties. We were
agreeably surprised to End that Mr..
Watson had formerly resided near Tip
ton, and preached, We believe, to the
Protestant Methodists. From that point
Mr.. Watson was welcome part Of our
company. Here began "the winter of
our discomfort" for We had before us a
ride of twenty-five miles, without a
change of horses, and as it showed quite
briskly the travelling was dangerous, as
the track was slippery and covered with
snow. The night was cold and our pro
gress was slow. We arrived at Griunel
at half past eight o'clock A. NJ. to
breakfast, having Travelled about forty
miles in eleven hours. Here We found
Senator Angle of Linn, Senator Davis of
Clinton and our own Senator, Hon. j.
NJ. Kent; also, Representatives Witter
and Crawford Of Linn, Representatives
Baker (thc ex-Gov.,) and Parker of
Clinton, and Representative Tompkins
} Of Tama-all bound for the Capital. At
Newton we found warm fire aud good
, dinner, which served to keep up humor
and good feeling of the crowd. After
several escapes, without any remarkable
incident, We all arrived safe at Des
Moines about ten o'clock at night, we'll
pleased with the prospect of a good
nights rest ...
| We found alrsady here, several men,
bers of the Legislature, and candidates
for the various offices as numerous and
c!amorous as the frogs of Egypt. A:
this time nearly all the members have |
arrived, and tie two houses will meet at
two O'Clock this 7. NJ
tAFsssasI gaPs aE st G5Gsnn sates punN
understand that the Commissioners of the
Insane Asylum are here asking another
500, 900, bu: from the feeling manifest
ed on the part of the members of the
Legislature, We think close eSamins
ton will be made into this matter and
only SO much will be appropriated as is
necessary to put part of the building
into a shape to receive patients. A re.
quest will be made to the Legislature to
purchase the present Capitol building
1t this is pressed We think it will cause
steps to be taken to change the Capital.
The fact is, that the people of this city
made their own bargain in this matter
and now they should be made to stick
to it,
As we shall remain here till after the
State Convention, We shall communicate
to the Adrertiser whatever Of interest
may occur here. We have also secured
correspondent who will, during the
session, keep our readers posted in the
progress Of Legislative business.
DEs MONIES, Jan. 9th, 1860.
Both Houses Of the Legislature met at
, clock this p NJ The Senators were
ali present except Patterson of Musca.