, 1860-03-19
OClk IOWA LETTER.

TIE Senate bns passed the bill far theresn,isp-
ton of the lunds heretofore granted to the Iowa
Central AR Line R. L. Co. This company had
II crant of land along the 4oud parallel ol la'-
4udc across the S.atc to The Missuurlrlscr. The
condition On which it received this grant WIS
that ~ miles Of it's road should be completed by
or before The lst Of January, 1eGo. No s'nsc
mile of it's roud has yet been put in operation,
aud the company is defanct, practically. oeS"
eral months since this old company sold out TO
the pubuque, Marion aud Western Il. Il. COM
,any. which lutter company desire iLe le:,al title
t. remain, as ty the grant Of 1876, in tue tormer
comnauy. Tic interest Of this latter company
ia to bring the trnde and truvc' Of this section
Of the State across :" Dubuque, and thence
across IL Milwaukee, 'h.nce scross Lake Alch'-
yau, by the liue Of "gran1 ferry:h5ats' to tho
East.
During the past season auothcr co'npsny has
been f,ra,cd more local and homemade in It's
character, refer 10 the Cedar lsapils and Mis-
scuri River Il. Il. Co whore headquarters a'c
at Cedar Rapids, mud whose road is to connect
ut Clinton, and thence cast to your city by the
Dixon Bgancl, OF the Galena Il. Il.
ter tue growth Of this lutlcr company As open-
ipg up direct communication with thht CITY,
Although this bill! makes no disposition or the
lands. it is understood IS practical triumph Of
the Cedor Rapids Co., aud TINT :. bill will speed
ily he brought in giving the grant to this latter
.compauy.
Upon this bill in misunderstood legal nrgu-
raeuts Of high character were made. among
she. mention against the lill, Dru'amoNd OF
Ienton. and Wilson Of Dubuque. While in
xa,cr Of the bill, were Wilson of jefferson. aid
Scott Of Story. ] should also mention Df.
Tr.mbull Of Dubuque, who scarcely ever speaks,
hut upou this occasion made fire e!fort aud
.,bowed himself master Of the history Of these
.o-;ous compauies and Tue iasidt policy they
have pursued.
Ano,hpr measure Of still greater Importance
il the bill to abolish tho financial power OF tue
Cnum.y Judge. aud transfer -hc po~c' now ,i'-
On ,t, hin 10 u County board Of Supervisors
har;nr about The same general powers as in
rour State ur Ncw York, has passed tue itouse
and is NO + before the Scnnfc. ;:
Al this moment 4 vote has been had upon u
which ipdicases that the bill still Lacks enc vo!'
of the constitutional nh1oss IF ,t;s iii an,
do not desrair ret, hut !. vii! require every vo'
the friends at RETURN in county government ca,
1.,us&er to pa:s it. lbeliese u VIII set tne acea
OK yo,e tomorrow, when tue bill comes up ~
o. al action, Wilson Of Jefferson, expect VI!
yote, for the bill on its tinn' Iassase' 'nous"
votc.t against it tod ..ur.,e.,,
yrsanc Asrlum hare retaried from ''s''
that IN >tstution. though it las mol ~ W. r. r.
ported tue n1uss H.. ,icers of al corroT
t;,!n ~ nal. seasalce in office. and TINT the 1un
1'ssa hacn ~ selg aua efficiently used III Tic col
atruct;on Of Il Z building: ,,,,,.o
This report y Ill establish what has !nnE oee
oxn.,.tsd hy 1be rational men Of the Housc, !
exree1Tu Tnat y ,bc @ bu tdns is larger than ought
f'ara iec, Init by I,e state III this time. ana
.a.,,rv uhrut twice I. he amount OF money MIX
Inc prop!c generally e-<Pested u "9u1u.
Thc committee ia i.'sest,Eate ,ne ans's1 aa,t1a
the State renitcn'iary H. >'s ,'aoa "o. ,ons We,
though they hare already ece" e> "
S.dsy the Iouse l,as com1le.@ I'D its labors
thu Coas Of Civil Practice, rcpoztc.* ~ the 20
Comrs ssionsrs appointed two yearh' saole asts :,
has Neu nj work on tes report ~ ;f /
weeks, each afternoon, in Committee :
Whole. The amendments adopted y,
Senatc hare been very generally agreed 10;
mention two "reforms" in thls Coae' W.
have leen retained by bots, tic Aous1 ana s,e
by the oath Of the party rnas'ns them: !
second reIates to evidence: No ersoh Is q
nnallied n q witness by reIstr' Of his 'tte1'
in the aui, !; parties to the acton come IN .'' u
testify M other wi.neases-tte'r Interest Go'
Wy 10 their credibilitJ and 1ot 70 @ t.e'e e. co
PEI. pen,. is also misunderstanding Tie gene
asnc5 =. ',41uctcr Of tire witness to be gwen
n;done. ~. ~ affecting his cred'b'l,ty" T..
Tie iiouse hns jus. reported tue Iooe r,. u
from con,nit>< <e sdn,;o o, 1ne ,iast n il y nass.
VIZ. 49,. snG .. -ed. several days ago, tue