Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-03-20

We disregard the rights Of all tenn
perate men and propose to throw
around them all the miseries and the
curse of drunkenness and be annoyed
by drunken men and the expense OF
keeping the paupers made 80 by the
practice. And last, there is nothing
too sacred in Christianity but it must
be assailed in order that whiskey may
be sold. We way well be alarmed
when the institutions of Christianity
must be destroyed in order to defeat
this bill, but let us pay due regard to
all those interests, answer those pray.
ers, give that protection to innocent
helplessness and by, so doing confer a
blessing upon our country and dignity
upon this General Assembly.
Senator Hammer was in favor of a
license law and indicated the right OF
men to express their own opinions.
The bill passed 26 to l3.
Senator Ainsworth moved to amend
the title by striking ont and inserting
after the word "Act," "to confer on
Cuonty Courts powers prohibited by
the Constitution" Lost. Title agreed
| to.
The new Congressional Districts as
described below, had been substan
tally agreed upon by the Committees
of both Houses before the new action
of Congress giving to Iowa a sixth
Representive was asccrtained. Put.
ting in another district deranges the
whole plan, and the committees were
compelled to go to work anew. They
telcgraphed to Senator Grimes to as
certain if it was true, as reported, that
Iowa is entitled to a sixth member
Mr.. Grimes replied Yes"
lst District - Allamakec, Winnie
sheik, Howard, Mitchell, Floyd, Chick
asaw, Fayettc, Clayton, Butler, Grun
dy, Bremen, Blackhawk, Buchan an
Delaware, Dubuque.
Cd District-Jackson, Jones, Linn
Johnson, Cedar, Clinton, Scott, Musca
tine
3D. District - Washington, Louisa
Jefferson, Henry, Des Moincs, Davis,
Lee, Van Buren,
4th District -Appanoose, Wayne
Lucas Monroe, Wapello, Marion, Ma
haska, kcokuk, Iowa, Powesheik. Jas
per. Marshall, Tama, Benton.
The 9th District to embrace all the
remainder of the State. .....
Mr.. Bowdoin has sent us a copy o
"A Bill for an act providing for the
taxing of Salaries and Incomes fol
State purposes :" also, "A Bill fol
an act providing for assistant collcc
tors and for the better collection OF
taxes" The latter bill provides that
the township clerk shall collect The
taxes Of the town. Both bills are
agreed upon by Joint Committees and
will prob ably pass. The objects aim
ed at by these bills will be approx
ed by the people. There are many
families and individuals who cut big
figures by means of their incomes, ant
yet pay no taxes for the support O
Government. One of the above bills
is intended for the benefit Of this
gentry.
A correspondent of the Burlington
Hawkeye says:
The Legislation of the present SEES
sion will be, when completed, of a more
important, tangible character, (especi
ally that which bears upon the sub.
ject of taxation, than that of any of it's
predecessors since our State emerged
from the territorial regime. The new
obligations which "thc state of the
Union" has devolved upon us will
give hue and shape to nearly every
thing which passes from the hands OF
our lawmakers. Greater labors and
responsibilities than have ever before
presented themselves have had to be
faced by the Committee of Ways and
Means, and they have come fairly and
squareiy up to the work Hon. w.
III. Holmes, the able and we'll known
Senator from Jones county, IAN excel
lent legislator, by the way, aud a
model of Legislative ability, business,
prudence, integrity and Industry is
at the head of that Committee in the
Senate, while the House Committee
is called from refreshment to labor y
the writer must be q Free Mason by
Hon. f. G.. Bowdoin, of Floyd county,
member of the last House, and a
gentleman to whom "Linkensale y
paid one of his finest tributes in the
columns of the Hawkeye at the last
regular session He was then Chair
man of the Committee on Schools and
State University, and has now been
advanced to the leading position
among his compeers Of the House--a
place for which his education and
business habits abundantly qualify
him. might say, parenthetically or
in whisper, perhaps--if you will not
tell any body--that both these gentle
men are mentioned by their friends in
connection with higher and more re-
sponsible duties, before they are many
months older. 4
A bill for the permanent location Of
the Deaf and Dumb Institution at
Des Moincs has passed /; also a bill
requiring County Treasurers to answer
all letters in regard to taxes due on
property of non-residcnts.
On the 5th, it was stated that four
teen bills were passed in the House,
among them Stanton's Railroad bill,
the bill to amend the Code in relation
to pleadings and Forcible Entry and
Detaincr, the bill regulating additions
to unincorporated towns. and a bill
requiring Supervisors to put up guide
boards at the forks Of roads.
Scrobutic diseases are the parent stock from
which arises large proportion OF the fatal
maladies that afilict mankind. They are as 1t
were species of potatoe rot in the human
constitution, which undermines and corrupts