The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-03-02
From the CapitOl,
DEs MONIES, F,b. 22d. 1861

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From the Capitol.
DEs MONIES, F,b. 22d, 1864,
Dear Times For several DAYS mas
have listened to rumors, that led me
believe that up in that hypc,borean re gi
you iEhaLit, there has been, for the y;
two weeks something like winter. ~
bet !-EDs. Times. Now this is wond,
ful, and will hardly be believed by the PC
pie who down here live in the ligh, n,
wltLinthe warming influence of the Ca,
toll For week past we have been enio
ing lovely weather; true, the week pre,
Gus was somewhat chilly; but there W;
no snow, and to day the streets of De
MONIES are as dry, and almost as dust
AS the streets of the Marrow CITY" a.
in June
L'the has been accomplished by The l..
g's'aturc since my last was written.
great many of the members are here. cy
gently Tor the first time in their lives, men
bers of legislative body; and they a,
apparently on the supposition that bun
combe speeches, are the great propelln
power, that move the wheels of State
These able legislators are externally offer;n
amendments, to every bill and resolution
thus taking up the time Of the session $,
'nto'etable has this bore become, that til
other day in the House, when some half
dozen amendments had been offered I,
bill, Mr.. PAULK, Of Allanakec, arte,
losing all patience arose and said "Tha
he dlsllked very much to reflect on the con
duet Of members Of this House, but he
verify believed, that if the Lords PRAYER
was introduced here to-day. there woulc
be at least dozen members rising from
their seats to offer amendments to it,
Another pleasant pastime of the House
not the Senate, is the Introduction of sun.
dry resolutions, endorsing Father Aura.
ham, and instructing our members or Con.
gross to require the prosecution Of the
war till the last negro is free" This kind
Of work called up Mr.. RICHARDS, of Du,
buquo, the Other day; and, allow Demo
crat who believes Mr. RICHARDS to be as
loyal man as lives in the North, to say,
that the effort there and then put forth, for
clear, sound reasoning, good logic, unan-
swerable argument, and eloqrence, was far
ahead OF anything that has been offered in
the shape Of speech this session. Mr..
r. had no friends on the floor, to cheer and
encourage him, no sympathy 10 inspire
INN, but alone. and unaided, he uttered
truth alter truth, that was unanswerabe
as it was unpalatable to his listeners. Mr..
Richards, by his industry, courteous beha-
v:or and ability, has raised himself to n
position where in influence, barrin the DO
lltlcal, he is second to none in the House.
Next to Mr.. Richards, RUSSELL, of Wash
ington is the best speaker the House af.
fOrdS.
Just noac there is great interest taken
by the public generally and citizens of Des
Nolncs and members particularly, in l,al.
road matters. Railroad men are very anx.
'ous to avoid taxation, and extend their
roads across the State, while the old d :.
Mo'ncs River Improvement Co., and its
friends, are just as anxious to have the
State take back tho lands granted to the
Railroads.; and make these corporations
pay their proportion Of the expenses Of
Ito them uSclesS) legislation. 1t is cenrr.
ally understood that the Ra lroads stand
''''4' S'f"ii,E ioi NUN INC lituSh
while majority in the Senate are evident,
y their friends; so between both, their in.
:erests are not likely to be Injured much.
Soon after the Presidents call for 500,
300 mora men--a scase broke out ir this
,ity, that was likely to carry off a great
many of its most loyal and esteemed citi.
'ens. Tn doctors were called in daily con
) 'ltations, and had it not been for certain
strange 81 mptomS; such as rertiso, pallor,
md trembling Of the extreni:ies, especial,
Y about the knees, they would have had
% trouble in arriving at the conclusion
hat 1t was gsld .fecer, but after disagree
ng For some t!mc-by way Of compromise,
as doctors sometimes do, they called the
'trang. disease "Idaho on the brain" Now
certain physicians in the country had been
'alled to treat The same sickness, and they
we're ignorant enough to call it Pimel0sis,
which means degeneration Of the liver
which turns it to Wilderness. These coun-
ry doctors wrote to his Excelency, Gov.
stone, advising him that their patients
'onld only be cured by warm climate,
md this accounts for the Governors last
proclamation forbidding citizens of Iowa
rom travelling west Of the Missouri river.
mil all persons troubled with pimelosis
re sent south. Since the proclamation
vas issued some of the sick ones have be-
ome convalcsccnt.
A bill has passed the Senate making it
rIme to pass foreign currency in this
'tate, excepting, of course, National Bank
urrency. Mr. IIildreth's bill abolishing
he Board Of Educ. ton has passed the
louise, ana will become law. An act,
ntitled an act, TO amend an act for the dis
of valuable library among the
nembers of both Houses, was called up
ne day this week, put upon its passage,
nd carried unanimously. Since then it
AS been necessary to have "call Of the
louise" every afternoon, as most Of the
nembers take this part of TIE day to carry
ome their books! bill has been pro-
OSed to prevent members Of the next Cen
raj Assembly, and forever thereafter, those
wing in Howard aud other northern coun-
les, from charging mileage to Des Moines
ia Chicago, and those in the western por.
ion of the State Gin st. Louis as few Of
he present members ever expect to return
ere, it is thought the bill may pass. The
'enate has concurred in the House amend
nent to the Supreme Court Judge bill,
ave defeated the proposition to sell the
odd OF the state, amounting to over 1922
100, which Isl wise policy, and refused to
trike out Of Mr.. Saunders Bill the sec.
ion providing more liberal compensation
10 county Superintendents
l.. d. Ingersoll, Esq, Iinkensa.e,) late
rom clerkship at Washington, is here to
'ttcnd the State Republican Convention
lie is somewhat severe on our venerable
father" and when he pays his respects to
Mrs. Lincoln it is more amusing than com.
to that lady! Delegates to the
are pouring in to our city from
III quarter: the hotels are full for the first