Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-01-17
Notes from the Capital.
DEs MONIES, Jan. 8. 1862.

to collect material Of enough Importance t.
attempt to sum up n correspondence. bu
knowing the publics morbid appetite to learr
something of startling and thrilling nature
be IL true nr false, jot down a few note.
for your readers. On Friday morning las
left the lively city Of Cedar Fall for thu
Capital, in company with W. Fl. Curtiss
member from Black Hawk county, and A
J. Graves, Esq. We had pleasant trip, ar
irving at this place on Monday noon, SAT;
and sound. We are now quartercd at the
Dcs Moincs House, kept by Spotferd & Son,
"a good place to stop. This is head quar-.
tiers for the members Of the Legislature now
arriving. 1t is also the quarters of the can.
didates for the different offices that are al
the disposal of the Legislature. 1t is hard
to tell now which party has the majority
the members or the office seekers. 1t will
be decided on Monday next. Boys, knee
high to 2 duck, up to six footcrs and grey
headed at that, are handing their cards
around. | have been asked number of
times, "MSmkery" Yes "Pleasc remem-
Der me-" handing as card with name and
what office he is seeking a friend of ,nine
had some twenty or thirty cards handed him
in one day. He had beer battenholed un
til he became Disguised and lad left for oth,s'
quarters. Gov. krkwoed has been waited
upon and requested to cali eet the {Ioiae
Guards to protect the members. The ques-
ton | have heard asked IL number of times
to- lay "who do you think stands the best
chance for the Clerk of the House ?" Char
ley Aldrich has the inside track Ad. San
ders of Davenport appears to be ahead for
Clerk in The Senate, the other offices will be
allcd by somebody without doubt
R1TRENcH."
| Retrenchment! Rctrcschment is all the
talk. We mast retrea h. Well this is all
right, hut where should it co,nlnencey We
say right among the members. Let us not
hear that the members have voted themselves
a gold pen, a pocket knife, portfolio, or
twenty-five or thirty dollars in papers If
they are honest in this matter. we shall not
hear of these expenditures that cal, DC DIS.
pensed with.
Gov. Kirkwoel il here busy preparing his
message to the Legislature. 1t is now being
printed.
TREASON.
There is some excitement in regard TO the
arrest Of a Mr. Hill from Harrison county for
treason. The facts are these. few months
ago his wife had rom. 70 yir,inia on a visit
Hill wen, after her whle there h. wrote q
letter to some prominent sccesh friend uf h>
desiring TO assist The South in III rebellion,
and advocating an attack on our Frontiers
By some means he letter found ITS WAY t.
the dead letter office at Washington IN the
meantime Ii Nj +, TUNED TO this Stat ;Ic
was arrested tao or thr weeks since Tag
bail. He arrived with his friends from tnr
Missouri slope to attend his trial on Fri3u,
| last, and i,y some informality he was lirrrn
ted Today h. was rc-arrested by Mar>ha
Hoyic by ordr Of President Lincoln. He
is now ON his way to Fort Lafayettp. In INV
estimation his look III convict him.
FROZEN.
On Friday last man on horseback cross.
| ing the prairie from Clemon'> Grove to NJ
vada had one of his legs frozen IN to his
bodv also both hands. so that a,np,ta,ton
will have 10 b,. resorted to.
WOODEN FACTORY.
We found Mr.. Jor,inn, fom~rl, q + ST.
! of Cedar Falls, here H. has Il arg, waol, u
manufacturing establishments, and is ,"rng
an extensive business. He is manufacturing
blankets. ca. i'm, res and SatinettS. Wm.,ti
we had more such factories in Our Stat
TELEGRAPH.
| The wires are now up ,hrou IN this place,
connecting the Atlantic with the Pacific. The
office at this place IS under the charge of Il
Mr. Marsh gentleman in every rrsprct.
FORT RANDALL.
| Cant Pattce. Of Fort Randall. ha, b.r n ST..
| norS.ded or i'm otb.r words y Major las