The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-04-02

The sympathy and coincidence OF
friends do, in some measure, assuage
grief, and l am sure the hearts of all
Senators on this floor, as manifested
in their faces, feel deeply for our af
flicted friend, and sincerely Join with
him in this his great sorrow.
Senator Patterson: As we have all
been taught in the hour of grief to
look to One for consolation, l would
move that the Rev Mr. Paxton close
the Senate with prayer after the
adoption OF the resolution now before
the Senate. Adopted by unanimous
consent After the adoption of the
resolutions, My Paxton offered a brief.
simple and affecting prayer
After which the Senate was deelar.
ed adiournedtill Q o'clock on Monday
morning.
HOUSE.
Saturday, March 20.
Tho House met at 8 o'clock and
was called to order by the Speaker
Prayer by the Rev Mr. Paxton O.
De Witt.
| Journal of yesterday read and ap
proved.
Mr. Caldwell rose and said he hac
a painful duty to perform-that O
announcing to the House that tn,
residence This colleague, the Hor
Dudley, was burned last night, ane
that three Of his sons persisted in tn
flames. He offered the following
resolutions which were unani
mously adopted by rising vote:
Whereas, The General Assembly o
the State of Iowa, in Twelfth Session
Assembly, has heard with sincere re
regret that terrible and crushing
calamity has suddenly fallen upoI
Hon Charles Dudley, member o
the House of Representatives, from
Wapello county, in the destruction o
his house by fire, and the irreparabl,
loss of three OF his children, whc
porished in the flames; therefore
Resolved, That we desire to ex
press to our friend and associate, Hol
Charles Dudley, and his family, oul
heartfelt sympathy and condolenc'
in this terrible and sudden grief which
has fallen with crushing weight upor
their hearts.
Resolved, That these resolution
be spread upon the Journal of thu
House Of Representatives, and acopJ
of the same be furnished by the clerl
to Hon Chas. Dudley.
| Resolved, That the Speaker ap-
point committee of three member
Of this House to accompany Mr. bud
ley to his home.
Resolved, That this House adjourn
until Monday morning.
The Speaker announced Messr.
Caldwell, Grantham and Hayden, a:
the committee to accompany Mr. bud
ley to his home.
The House then adjourned unit
MONDAY morning ats o'clock.
pes Moines, 80.
In the Senate II following bill
were passed
A bill for an act to repeal Chapter
1853 of the laws of the 9th Genera
assembly, and Chapter rs of the lawl
of the 9th General Assembly, anG
enacting a law prescribing the duties
of Township trustees in certain ca
SEES, and fixing the per diem Of Su-
pervisors; for an act to repeal Chap
ter 100 of the laws of the 9th Gener
al Assembly, and to enact as substi
tute a law having for it's object the
better protection of fruit trees; for
an act relative to towns incorporated
under Chapter AZ Of the Code of 1852
for an act to amend Section 2, Chap.
ter ~, of the acts Of the 18th General
Assembly. The bill provides for the
attachment Of Jackson county to the
Northern District, for the purpose Of
attending the Supreme Court at Du.
buque; for an set making appropria.
tions for two OF Lawson's wood fur
naces put in the Adjutrnt Generals
office BY Fuller, Warren and Co.; an
act to amend Section 1913 of the re-
vision of 1850, and. to provide sub.
stitute therefor, in relation to the re-
turning and collecting of non resi-
dent road tax; for an act giving the
consent of the legislature of Iowa for
the purchase Of certain lands by the
United States in cedeing to the Uni
ted States jurisdiction over the same
an act relative to the qualifications
of Notary Public; an act to amend
section 721 Of the revision of 1860 in
relution to the assessments of credits
for taxation an act to amend Chap
ter 1863 of the acts Of the 9th General
Assembly, in relation to the duties Of
railroads; an act to amend Chapter
| So of the laws of the. 10th General
Assembly, in relation to the report Of
the State University of the General
Assembly; an act in relation to bal
ances due from County Treasurers
| whose terms OF offico have expired.
In the House, the following bills
were passed, viz
A bill for an act providing for the
further prosecution Of the Geological
Survey of the State; a bill for an act
accepting the proposition Of the Trus
toes of Whites Manual Labor school
| to open that institution as temper
airy Reform School; a bill for an act
| to amend Chapter 80 Of the Acts of
the II General Assembly, and to pro
vide for the Iowa Soldiers Orphans
Homes; a bill for an act relating to
real estate sold for taxes, and unre-
deemed, &C.; a bill for an act fixing
the times of holding terms of
the District Court in the fourth
Judicial District, and attaching Ger
tain counties in said District to 9TH
ers for judicial purposes; bill for
an act fixing the times of holding
District Court in Greene county a
bill for an act providing for the sub
mission of the word white" amend
ment to the Constitution of the State
to vote of the people at the next
general election.-Register.
Among the Witnesses summoned
for the the President are Gen. Sher-
man, w. Armstrong, of Cleveland,
II AhIo If 81. 1IOni0 and j.. ID.