The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-04-07
BURLINGTON, sATURDA7 =, APRIL I, 1850


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additional cells therein, was passed. only II
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the Penitentiary, and appropriating adoat &ss
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iAsss DKs MoIxrs, April Cd, 1850.
We had artsnsing time in the House day besor
yesterday, not long before dinner. Gov. Bake
offered the following resolution:
Resolved, That the thanks Of the House b,
presented to Hon. John Edwards, for the able
impartial and highly satisfactory manner in whicl
he has Discharged the duties Of Speaker Of sh,
House, during the present session of the Genera
| Assembly 5a 8 ia
This resolution was unanimously adopted by 1
rising vote, and then ratified by three Of % hear
~ cheers As ever made the welkin ring. II ncr
or saw the like done for Speaker BEFORE said
gentleman to Judge Hall, after the cheering
my God. man, replied the Judge, putting and
blowing from the effects Of his cheers .sYou new
er saw such Speaker" And that Is So Hon.
est John has not only given general, but univcr-
sal satisfaction, and not man but voted with .
hearty good will for the resolution. Yesterday,
Mr. Kellogg offered the following:
WHEREAS, thc> mcritorious conduct of Hon.
John Edwards, Speaker Of the House, deserves
at our hands testimonial Therefore, be It
Resolved, Th.twe present him the chair which
he now occupies, as mcmento Of our pleasant
associationsr se
This, too. was adopted vociferously and unan.
imoasly. Some wanted to get new chair, for
the one given is rather old, but Gov, Baker in.
sisted that for the purpose, the one used all scs
sion was worth thousand Others.
Three or four appropriation bills passed thro'
the Senate yesterday. The Republicans did not
have constitutional majority, (Rankin being
gone, Hagans sick, AMI Angle crazy) but the
Democrats came up 20 the work like horest men,
and prevented the ''stoppage of governmental
Altogether, about slOl, 400 have been appropna.
ted to the Penitentiary-S6,4O 400 by one bin,
sss. 900 by another, and sa7, 900 by another
An appropriation Of $4,000 to the Blind Asy.
lum went through the House yesterday, but was
not taken up in the Senate. During the discus.
sion Of these appropriation bills, Senator Angle
cut queer capeis, as usual. Thompson, OF Scott,
proposed to Wilson, Of Dubuque, to transfer him
to the Democracy, body and breeches, free of
cost. Wilson said he would not take him with
out warranty, and even then he would expect to
sue for breach in less than month. Thomp-
'on refused to go into any such expensive ar.
II was doubtless known long, long
ago to the allseeing eye of Providence that Sena.
.or Angle, who was to be, would be ,ssat he is,
ind, therefore, lac was named after that creeping
'eptile whose NAV is satisfied with dirt Against
he DEGREES Of Providence it is folly to contend,
md he who expects frmness, consistency, mag |
lanimity or ability from the Senator who ia man,
d SO, will be doomed TO perpetual dsappoint-
ncnt.
The House has been engaged all the time. fer |
wo Jays, passing bills. Something more than a |
core go through daily, bnt faster work than that
will be required if the docket shall be cleared by
tuesday,. The return bill, Of which rs s." will
i've you AL abstract, was amended in several
articulars by the Senate in which the House will
oncur, doubi less, and then wen have oaot.e,.
evenue law which, in all human probability, will
ct to be tolershly understood before we shall get
ill another. Even a bad revenue law well un.
erstood, would be better than good many good
mes to which changes are constantly being made.
eifanty in the provisions Of law is very often Of
If Inore practical Importance than their abstract
lstice-a proposition BY no means original, but
III be entitled to the serious consideration of
Il law makers. f
The Governor has vetoed the bill providing for
n election by the people as to whether the gem
raj banking law Of 1868 should be 50 amended
J to allow banks in villages of no more than two
unlred inhabitants. The veto rests on the
round Of economy and expedicrcy. For one,
limit was sorry that the measure went through
,hcr house, ard am greatly gratifed that we
ave an Executive who will take the responsible
y OF fquashing unnecessary enactments. doubt
neither single bank would have besn organized
dozen years under the proposed measure, un-
~, perhaps, some shysters should take it into
leir patriotic heads to start shaving-shops at
imtown, Frogtown, or some other out-ofthe-
ay places, as was done once upon time in In
lana, to the vivid recollection, doubtless of very
ANY of your readers.
To-day will be busy one. The machine will
OF stop till to morrew morning, and perhaps not
kept for St;ef treating spells, till tomorrow
vening. The dissolving views, therefore, will
E better in my next. LrxxrxsALr
DEs MolxEs, April lat, 1860.
A resolution was introduced in the House
esterday by NJ. Clark, Of Des Moiucs, giying
be use Of the Representative Hall TO Elder kim
all Of Utah, this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Some
bjection Was made to the Hall being used ~ y
Iormon preacher, but the advocates Of "free
perch" gained the day by . very large majority.
was not able TO hear the discourse, but those
hose curiosity led them 70 the capitol unani-
,c,,sly ogree that the Elder may be great man
'r all they know, - shey ser NOT able tod;sr
over it this afternoon.
very seldom put pen to paper on SUNDAY but
epsrt from my usual striencss on this occasion.
sLssEEssAIz.
Wsshingssn CeEreSpenAenee.
WASHINGTON, March 29th, 1850.
Dear Editor. Here, In Washington, and no
n,,l,e pvoci1awt akinor a