Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-02-24

% colonization to select committee, with
Instructions, when Clagget jumped to his feet
md went off on tangent upon Holy Bible,
Abolitionists, Harper's Ferry, and a great
many things foreign to the subject under
consideration. Bowdoin replied Clagget
rejoined in the same style as before. But
when he told Bowdoin (who, by the way, is
bachelor, to "go home and take care of his
who were running about with their
shirts out and heels out of stockings, dirty
noses," &c.-to Ego and look up his thousand
children about the streets of Desmoines"--
the House could hold in no longer, and gave
free vent to its ''irrepressble" feelings Of fun.
Then came ''old Blackhawk," who put few
tleas in Claggett's right ear. Think of man
of Clagget's pretensions making speech of
this sort: IN Preg-, pris-ls." "Chan-
op-n-ince." That is the style Of one third
of his sentences. Well, Clagget is good
fellow, but he will swear the biggest oaths,
Notwithstanding he sets himself down as
Orthodox" and gives $500 year to
churches. But, if he wasn't dressed down,
used up and annihilated by our mutual friend,
Williamson, of Louisa county, then never
saw man. l cannot begin to give you a
description of the affair. The scene beggars
all description. Suffice it to say that, from
the time Williamson arose in his place until
he took his seat, there was long, loud,
hearty and almost unbroken burst of laughter,
which could not be depressed by the Speakers
gavel or cries of "order." Irecollect of once
hearing laundering cry of "order" rising
above the din of voices, faint admit it was,)
and, looking up, saw Baker actually
stretched over the Speakers desk, with hands
upon his sides, shaking violently with con-
vulsions of laughter. Williamson is now the
acknowledged "Brick" of the House. He
and Caldwell are the only members who can
effectually dry Clagget up. The same morn
ing, the Rev. Mr.. Nash (Baptist) acted as
Chaplain to the House, and took occasion,
among other things, to pray "that the dark
cloud of oppression might be removed from
our national escutcheon." As soon as "amen"
was pronounced, Clagget rose to protest
against such prayers. Suffice it to say that
he made an ass of himself
Yesterday, the Senate passed bill pro-
hibiting officers Of county and municipal
corporations from dealing in county and cor
poration Indebtedness. To-day, the Senate
have had under consideration the county
organization bill. Further discussion was
postponed until Monday. The House have
had under consideration the Apportionment
Bill. Several amendments were proposed and
adopted. The fate of the bill in the House is
exceedingly doubtful. There is great deal
of work in the hands of committees, but little
before the Legislature.
Mr.. Price left for home, yesterday morning,
on leave of absence. Mr.. Gurley, of Scott,
ditto.
On Thursday of this week appeared the
long looked-for prodigy, The Commonwealth.
1t is the reputed organ of the Republican
young men of the State" 1t presents very
neat and credltable appearance. Iregret that
the enterprise has been started. l think it
BODIES no good to the party. consider it an
extremely bad stroke of policy. Two State
organs, both located at the Capital, cannot be
supported as they should be-. 1t creates two
wings-two factions. The Commonwealth
will have its friends--the Register its. The
local forces will be divided. Let the young
men pause, reflect, and determine whether it
is not best to rally and concentrate all the
strength of the party upon our old and present
organ, and by the aid of all our powers and
ability make that what it should be. For one
cannot consent to countenance rival party
and interest.
The last Journal at hand has an article in
relation to Gov. Letcher and Coppock. In
this connection let me say that, from certain
quarters, have heard it intimated that any
attempt, official or otherwise, to arrest Cop
peck, would be resisted with the proper
amount of force. In private conversation
with Gov. Kirkwood, an evening or two since,
took occasion to mention this rumor, to
which he replied "Any attempt to resist any
legal process will be met by all the force which
l, IN my official position, can command l
should dislike to resort to any extreme meas
ures, but should most certainly do so, if
circumstances demand them" Let Coppock
and his friends act accordingly; for I can
assure them with certainty that, if legally
called for, he mast be given up, even at the
point of the bayonet.
The hour is late Items few. ZENI.
How Col. FREMONT WAS DEFEATED Mr.
Megargcc, of Philadelphia, testified before the
Printing Investigating Committee of the SEN
ate that he received between four and five
thousand dollars from Mr.. Wendell, in 1885,
for the purpose of organizing third party in
Pennsylvania preceding the Gubernatorial
and Presidential elections, which the Democ-
racy regarded as imperatively necessary to
secure the State for Mr.; Buchanan. That
money was applied to the object. This fact
establishes that the public money derived from
printing and other jobs, and assessments in
departments, was used to start the Fillmore
movement on practical basis, which was
afterwards rendered formidable by contribu-
tons from New York, through which the
operations were managed, and Mr.
Fremont defeated. Movements are now on |
foot to repeat this game next Fall, but with
less prospect of success.
The STATE BANK OFFICERS. The Iowa
City Republican thus speaks of the recent
.lao4;or &c .,i4ioara of tho Ctato Rsnlr L..