The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-03-19
Vol. 10, No. 81

D1UAoY IL Vuv anODt tSPPEOV0u 1H0 oAs-
isfactory manner, spawning, under
this protective act, dan 60 on with
greater ease and comfort to the par
ties concered than ever before.
Your readers may remember that At
the beginning Of the, session Oh the
ministers Of the city were engaged to
act a Chaplains. II sohappens that
there is . colored Divine in this place
the peculiar character Of whose cpl
dermis in no wise interferes with a
fist-rate dispensing Of the gospel
At . meeting Of all the ministers to
determine the order Of duty the Rev.
Mr.. Wells colored as aforesaid, rs
FMArked that his officiating might
give offense to some members and he
asked tobe excused from service
It was agreed by the other ministers
that they in turn should take Mr..
Wells place and that he should re-
ceive pay the same a. if he should
perform . gentlemanly and christian
act. But it was developed the other
day that Senator had long been
suffering in spirit over the non-ap-
pearance of Mr.. Wells mot being cog
infant ofthe arrangement), by the
said Senators offering q aresolution in
structing the Chair to inquire into
cause Of the supposed delinquency
This was no doubt done in . whole
some desire to exhibit to the world
an unselfsh friendship for an oppress-
cd and down-trodden race. A mo-
tion was made TO lay the resolution
on the table, whereupon the Demo-
cratic members-philant souls
-proceeesd to manifest there ingen-
uity in keeping the thing before the
Senate in order that the sighted di.
vine might receive . just considera.
ton. This was the first instance in
the history Of this commonwealth
that member of tho Democratic
party sought to favor (O q black
man. I do hope that the parson in
question may waive his scruples und
appear before tho Senate and pray
for the further reformation Of the
Democratic members. While the
gentleman who offered the resolutions
is one OF our ablest and best Repubh-
cans, his manifestation in this partic-
ular indicated to the logical mind
more favor to particular colored in
dividual than to all Of them a. q "per-
suasion."
The Railroad rage at the capitol
city like Cleopotra's boat Cor bust),
beggars oil description. Never since
the projection Of railroad enterprises
in this State has there been go diver.
sifed and prodigious lobby. From
two to five conflicting interests are
represented on each particular sub
ject of railroad Legislation. Not only
is it sought to influence action in f.
taro but that which is past. Heaven
and Garth are not only being moved
to Affect Legislation but strong dele
gstions-6guratively speaking-are
operating on the satanic regions of
the great Undiscovered. The chaste
integrity, virtuous minds, and clear
judgementalone, four legislatorsca can
save them from contamination and
bias. Some parties seck resumption
while others seek to prevent it. Some
seek grants of lands which have al
ready been resumed, while some are
figuring for those which are to be
claimed as the States own. while
all this is going on one company at
least have got into q stupendous
muddle among themselves-the Chi
cago and Rock Island. Then we
have the tariff question, specific and
pro-rdta, 80 that Of the great railroad
war all around there is no end.
! believe the bill for the establish~
ment of courts of justice having ju-
risdiction in all civil cases at law CO.
extensive with that Of the District
Courts, and appellate jurisdiction Of
criminal cases from justices of the
peace, will bepassed. The courts are
called Circuit Courts and will be
double tho number Of the District
Courts, the judges to have salaries Of
$500 year. The County Judges
out Of the way Il ought to have sta
ted that the Circuit .Courts are to
have exclusive original Jurisdiction
ofall probate cases), the system win
be less expensive to the State than as
things now 60, and, in my opinion
very much better. The bill has al.
ready passed the Senate.
I believe tho bill for the new State
House passed the House since I last
wrote. twill be up in the Senate
tomorrow, and will pass, I hope, the
Courier to the contrary notwithstand.
ing. Tho question is here: If Ne
dom. need . new State House We
don'tneed anything, and If now benot
. good time to start it the time never
will come.
LINKENSALE.
DIs Nouns il strurnlinr hard TO