Iowa news. [volume], July 15, 1837, Image 2

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The 4th of July wu celebrated
Declaration cf Indepe.ldence.
h«*d
*e Lower Rapid*, in a manner higMy creditable
to the citizen* rfthat part of lhe Territory. A
Brocefaioa of Uuli« and gssriss"
K"r E*ti». Manh«l of the dey,
igain formed into ]?r^e"p^ri£-j who hadpre-| ?ay
When I look around me and see a band of pi
oaseri assombled upon the banks of the "father of
Sixty-two yean ago the old Continental Con
gress promulgated the famous Declaration of Inde
pendence, and declared to the astonishment of all
£0rope, her separation from the King of Great
Britain forever. It was then that tbe united colo
nies appeared like a tremulous sur, just rising front
Jar*aee* and obscurity, to glimmer upon the world,
•dd no on* could tell how soon she might set in the
dismal night of blood and slaughter. The Conti
nental Congress at that period felt their perilous
situation they tt* on one sids a great and pow
erful nation, with her navy floating in triumph up
W the (Wean—ner array numerous and weil disci D
lined—hsr treasury rich and abundant, and hsr
vJ€*r2tt^ *rro**att*ntl vindictive.
«e American people on their own part, had no
navy, no regular army, no treasury bat their owe
Th?y
had
true
Am.,lean.
only wanting some great event to bring fotdt the
taint spirit
••II.IW U4L SM, ... 2
This i* a prcud d*v ia W,soenM„_,t ,» one
which #flljveot
fut
Trri\'y
ant'
which mre
of which the Preside u of the Day, Mr. i
(r%ct
riotted
fUEGULAll TOASTS. !tioa1
1. The Day tee celebrate—May it ever be •»*.•
xomed by the sc.is of America.
ho 1
v
1 the
U, Tkomcit JejJ'srton—The Champion of the
Jta
3. The Sigixrt cf tht Declaration cf Jndeven.:
0
VOLUNTEER TOASTS
By Col. Eads.—Texat—Tynanny lias fled hsr
By Maj. Oiiphant, of Du Buque.—The fair la'
diet of the Far fair IVciV—Mar^their virtues be
a guide to ti.e esie,-.i wo-ld.
By Sam'l Allen.—The Hero of American In
dependence—May his memory be sveqjpacred to
the son* of the "far west."
By A..W. McGregor.—ThtitUlen of the Black
Hawk Purchase-—Celebrated lor theii intelligence
and hospitality, may they be tewarasd for their
enterprise.
By J. D. Bowen—The fair of ft'ucown—May
they be as n jmsrous as they arc fat
Br George C. Parker, of Illinois.—-The town
of Rarkhuril—May it soon rise to the importance
of a great city, and fulfil the expectations of ita
eaterpriiing proprietors.
©sB^pnsssr,,
'-.iv A. w. M'OBECOS, tn-
^dcaB* a joyfiriaspect upon our
,jre peace aad prosper, ty
i ttie tree and iadependtnt en
marched in,
gf
ine order to a bsautiful grove, where the declara- i
tltne,
W
ileazer
AIJJJI of Utivio:?, had taken theu etais at each w in(li(:als
Ini cif the table, the Mowing Toasts were drana, pc!i0'.^ her
«ndsr the firing of gun* and a band of fine mutic.
Eleazer rarkhum,and Vice President, Mr. SamM ... ..
Ku?e
uy lhe
-nall
i of na0re.
tttntt—May their ir.emory be cheri^ied so lotig as Citiit.vt of W liconsin Territory! the proud and
there is a true son of Amcrica. aUSpicjoji periodias now ariiced, whicn rauft form
4. The fcjeniert of our country in Ou field.
toaster piece of.h-jman wisdom. pendence.
6. July 4th, 1776—Tho day that gare birth to great and momeatous respooaibility rests upon
the American Republic. 'you: you are bomni by that solentn obligation
7. Tht Memory of IFathingUm-—Sacred to pa-
w
H,
feature* of a new government, and lay,
ant
5. Tht Comlitution of the United State*—The i ^t f(0UllJa,10.1
0
jj,e
[0Jf future pw«perity aud ind#*
hich you 0* e
0
triot3. the foundation af future government upon the
8. John Q. Adamx and Andrew Jackton—OJI roefeof Rrpubifcaaism, in order that it may be im
•wortby Ex-Presidnus. p«rithab!e and sternal. Let no debasing prin-i
9. The Pretident of the United Slates.
posterity ani your country, to lay
0,
ta
snirnosities disturb or mar that
mosl
peace and happiness —standing iike her mountains and hills, firm and
13. The Ladie*—The last in our sentiments, unshaken amid the revolutions, which like fartb
but fitet in oar affections.
beautiful plains Liberty in its nature, pority and the pillar of our free institutions. It is true that
grandeur, encircles her virgin brow, and she hasi from tiie nature of taing", you are debarred from
proclaimed in language such as none Vjt patriots par.icipitiiig in the councils of state, but you are
use, and in a voice htard'tn the extrfiaities of tfie the fjjntain of Mrtue and loveliness,—from you
earth, that she is free and independents I springs all that is dear to the human family.
ir -Woman,
By the same.—Our brethren of lilinoit—In
gratitude we lender our sincere thanks for the::
friendly visit, and their uniting with as to celebtate
this gloriuas day.
tMled upon to address you, on the prt»n« or In-, ,a «..
aoaaw or the world, 1 feel my inability to portray 1 their fortunes and mechanics and operatives of the f" ^r°cerle^'
tn« blestnig* of Liberty and Independence to the means of gaining bread, an immense accession ha* J'on 'r*ve"ers
nothing but patriotic and
devoted souls to ofifer to their country. Yes. m»
countrymau, the memory of Hancock, Jefiwsoii,
Ad&mt, and ail of that illustrious body whose
OMWS appear upon the Declaration of Indepen
Sh^laT.h-H^V0 5°m8'
c*u*a
a
Yes, they w.„ZwWi3
fsntinelsof our rights, and laid the corner stone
and reared the glorious fabric ef our Naticaal Go
•euuaentt *""»i-rtol imat Thw
na l- 1 *™j nave Tuna to
i^^tiyr,he,,e8m*e»
of lime, and
recoil ef their|joI^^^fTi^'e"••eethe
ument of their fims. «w«Me the soon-
the Deelamionof^«»«c#
the aasembled. arm. -r
th« awaipbtod. arm* nf'lul!befcr*
the iikisiwcH rant with their
HC*.W"
eye nt the yOung and rising generation to their full it.—j ..
extent. This is a day doubly glorious to us~.it i*
the birth-day of our libsiiies, and the
day
upon
which the morning star of Wisconsin arose res
plendent in the We t.
When I look around, and see so many Aroeiican
freemen, who have assembled for lhe patriotic
purpose of commemorating this great day, and to
eacri6ce upon the altar of Liberty, their differen
ces and political opinions, in order that they may
Join in one harmonious band, to pay the just tri
bute of veneration and respect to the immortal he
mes and statesmen of the American Revolution I
say when I see all this, my mind swells within
me, and bursts the chains of embarrassment which
surround it.
»sad before
th,°
It waathe fearful shout of th,i^.f^1^Inat,on,•
«r!» breasted lhe nlchty torrenu^rP rLp*teiott
tftta Md who roJiK^^A#0?
rtuups, dismays
per* oaa»-ibsi{ •tnnnh «.«? .Th,,r
mMu boaN«f her C*ar, Canhaaa „rw..
1, England of h.r We»ittgton,ao^r»^
»rte, yet America can boast of har
aafainxtoii, the hero who ladoahil
-#~M ii* gloiiou* victory. Hi* aoul
wlOipatriotie fire, which iliominMad theha
contineut, and which flash.
,. JP"!'?valley, and from av.
"•Wf Wall hash# been exiled the Father
§41
country. JtMheia should learn the youne
•W to l«p his nwn*—hi* memory should be
nery heart, and his glorious deeds be
»«the annals
of eternity.
we lot* through the vitta of denuted
the^i^l*^1?^?
&
y
Hi
u
[^e ami independent nation* on earth,
quakes, have convulsed the powers of Europe.
1 cannot close without saying one wu:-. ti» the
ladies who have honored u* with their pre--if to
day. To you we look 'or suoport—oi vou scsu
Idleness—Idleness
coun-
gentry, the
From tb* Wisconsin Territorial Gazette.
BURLINGTON.
We are enabled tbia week to give but a
We auiK) 'forth erode sketch of oar town. A mote fall, in*
I the fre/"".^de}eD^Mt' ci'tire.ns on^TTe^Uo^ tereating, and juatnotice of it, and aleo of the To she Editors of the Iowa News.
GtSTLFMEw: It is amusing to listen to the
Wiscnnsia, aaJ we claim those immstable rights county of Des Moines, we hope to be able to
tlod of J#4ependsnc: «u read by »t tati»a oithe United Stales. 'upon the knowledge of other-, and to a so show the cause of our existing commercial
philleo, and an Oration delivered by A. c- Tha: spirit «fm»rpriee Thich pervades our friend are wo now indebted for the materiel— embarrassment, the suspension of specie pay
Grego't Esq., the clow of eouatrv, and which moves ~s*ifcy upon tne nul-I
Ity
Ja^dTsumpiao^dion'r on the' icasico, af«r yearns greater part pf r,W! »dmire and to praise in Burlington. We
lation rather than a sober desire of finding a place States, and of almost every profession and
where a subsistence or a compcienc# might be ob- calling—lawyers, doctors, merchants mechan
ics, and farmers. There are eleven dry goods
u*raaiiedtn o» by the laws and coati-: furnish hereafter. For the present, we depend different opinions and arguments made use of,
wa and woof) 0f
I he flow of emigration has not yet slackened store?, 'well supplied wilh every article in
the contrary from the recent convulsions in tbe that line of* hiiaineaa. and di.nn»d
waters," in a land but yesteiday the rc«ort of sav- i mercantile and manufacturing districts, which L'. li jr"'?1 disposed of upon administration was the largest sum
ever known
ages, to celebrate a day great and glorious in the I have deprived merchants and manufactjrers of'
*««riev.nih^ rJl,i'V!l7,!7..g,lin^*!lih.00d lni
cities which can no longer give them support, and j,__.
^"1S.wh®re
thBh*'|dof w»lU
That vast territory ts yet destined to wield a
tremendous influents the destinies of the na
tion. ith its japidly incteasing population, its
broad and fertile lands, its mighty rivers, and its
inexhaustible mineral and agricultural resources,
it will bear a comparison with any portion of our
country and must go rapidly forward in the race of
improvement. The means of education are be
ginning to be widely diffused, and the men of influ
ence are already laboring to strengthen the lever of
mornl and lutelleetual power, by which they hope
to move the rest of the countiy at their will. A
western rcpiesontatire has said in the halls ofCon
gress in regard to some measure which he was un*
v"
c!fry''rait
throb in eve-
rybrsMt that loves freedom, and the youne Ameri
eaasbf other times will hallow their rWkiXei,
aad fellow their example.
MMmUI,d 10
commemorate
tjf uncMSing (rtUiudt of •van
but fcw
re:**°nable
are yet some Sh "dSm of ,o d.n I °"e
western speculation, the
grC
this article. We bare
least »??«aranceol human beings. delighted with the lovely eoantry that sur- a tors in foreign eoods ana anotner ciasa io fi
10. The Uoxemor of nucontin. harmony vririttshould EXIST ainong yoo^in the e»-j JT THE temporary seat of Government. It there were in it, and more than TUMBLING it /W-^„.Y{EE million* and the last two years of
11. Tht American Flag— May it ewjuowViy
yighliei„ of taws and regulations for your -e*ce about midway between the city of St. Louis
float over American soil. a^d safety herwftcr. aod Galena, and between the two Repids,
Tht tunning taget of the American Her-1 BchoM the U. State* at the present time! (M
1'2.
r-—
olutian—May their remaining day* be blessed with
Its location is beantiful and commanding.
Tbe river shore is some 15 or 18 feet above
high water mark, and the land for half a mile
back gently rises to, perhaps, fifty feet, from
whence tbe prospect is extensive and very
beautiful—it 1s then skirted with a fine grove
of thriving timber, of almost every species,
for a mile and a half, where the prairie ctm
mences. This vicinity has greatly the id
vzntage of most, if not all tbe upper Mississjp-
With- i P'
•out ma* would to "but"mife'bener than
country,
fo/
ihe wild beasts that "roam the forest,—he would be i ufactunng, and just a proper and convenient
a stem without a flower. You stimulate him, you proportion of prairie for grazing and farmiig
cheer him on, and your presence make* this world purposes. The pump ana well water ill tovn
a paradise to man. It is you who must shape the for culinary and other purposes is excelleit
minds ofmilUons yet unborn.—On you depend the jt j8 jear
happiness of nstions.
Ladies and gentlemen, lhave detained you too
lon» already, and permit me now to tender my
warmm thanks for the kind and dignified atten- crease during the last twelve months has be®
lion with which you have bestowed to these my re-1 nearly, if not quite, one hundied per cent,
marks, and allow me to say, that 1 feci a deep and and in the country adjacent, it has been even
permanent interest in your future-happiness and greater. Since the first day of April last, ji
prosperity—an interest which, as a citizen among period of but little moTe than three monthi,
you, I shall ever be proud to maintain.
Emigration to the Wett. In the letter from
Wisconsin which we published a day or two since,
it was mentioned that Government land of the
best quality couid be obtained in that region at the
low price of $1 25 per acre, and it is not long
since it was stated that laud in the city of Detroit,
had fallen from the high estimate which id bocn
placed upon it and could be obtained at reasona- .,.° »v"re
Sle rate, For some year* past the tide of emi-'^
I 1 I A
rw
in having an abundance of timber,
every purpose—fine running water for mm-
pure and
Se9S
ye«. ».
tcrctting occfttioitf I sincercJy regret that circur/j- gratioii has rollcti sirongly and rapi'lly toward th© population of th6 town consists of Ctni
stances beyond my control have debarred me from .vest, but it has been impelled by a spirit of specu-' grant9 from the eastern, middle and western
making that preparation which is due to you and lation rather than a sober desire of fincfi
toyseM—1 therefore hope that you will throw around
my imperfections the inautle'of charity.
0n.' ar0,
and
T«ars, and the West
wiU be able to do as she pleases,1 and in truth who
ever compares on the map or by actual observe*
tion thai vest territory with the rest of the country
end members that the Nerth and the South may
be opposed upon questions of general policy, mm
acknowledge that with unanimity in her councils
the West may yet uke the lead in the great quee
tieni which deejayj#nc ei9..fi}ij intareau aa citi
zens and «Ur sxiiuice as e republic. We ought
not, then, to regret that nun of sound principles and
sterling honesty and tried patriotism, are remov
ing from the Old landiearks and making their homes
IU th« West. They will mould tfee minds of those
around them, improve by their example the moral
condition of tSe people among whom they settle,
disseminate proper View«, and be the means of dif
iaaing a-jpirit of harmony and good will abroad^'
and of checking theee violent outbreaks of feeling
which too often occur in the midst of a ae w. and
mixed population, not yet accustomed to the di
rect and regular action oI the laws.
two
and
been made to the numbrf of those who are looking) boarding nouses, two apothecary shops, two tVtat Bank was chartered, and it is all impor
to the far west for a hone, and a region where they i cabinet shops, two smith shops, one carriage
gH
at body of those who!
•re now turning then laces towards the West are tpT- »nH flL
animated by lar .l.ff.rent feeling*. They" ave
Wl n® n?w
Ien heavily upon those whose handy work had ,cfcditable to the Territory and an ornament
heretofore been a fruitful source, of support, and
seek Ihose broad and fertile regions where the toil
of the farmer will be rewarded by the generous
ciops of a new, and heretofore unbroken rfoil.
lo an enterprising, and firm hearted man the
Western country offers many and strong induce
menu. 1 here are tuiUions of acres unsold and
untitled the soil ii rich and gives forth its pro
duct*, requiting almost too little cultivation, and
although one must bs content with a life of fimgal
ity, self deninl and hardahip at first, it is certain
that industry will utei with a speedy and abun
dant return.
Subuc
if the badge of
bane
of
nJ?rf
body and mina,
the
of naughtiness, the step-mother
of
discipline, and the chief author of
WMchief one of the seven deadly
*1®."' the cushion won which the devil
yr
•nd a great cause not
HiaJ. ^Meholy, but of many other
tiw^
W
som* kll *fc,
cloud' wm*t*"d
ba^ethitwe
tie blood, and no
lS^wsj tre'rha i
it naturally ac-
not
mUch^m
occupied about
li
""*bes into
sipbs into melancholy.
-ta A writ.
ty.thu
his entrance into a
roam where tW* «ai
a™*
(IA Klnnrl «nr1 wa** great cry,lit-
murdec:
through the door,
C0Q~t
and solemnly
s e e i e a e
fkr.t
mu
Whit
^H23
mCnts
lived here, however, long enough to aee mnch ranfement of the currency: some attributing
!it
i«oa'irt Tenitciv, was but the n j.itiu- ground are pleased with its location—astonished at others to the Specie Circular, others again to JIIIIIC
s
i of the savage, with iicthin: but the smoky wigwam its rapid growth, its enterprise and
trY'
n
um^nUfaJCt0^7, °ne, "addlery-
an
.0rc_u'to
U,,^J
and dittiess has fal-! there were about $74,000,000 in Bank notes,
and about $7,500,000 in gold and silver in cir
culation, and $18,500,000 in the Banks, ma-
to the town. For the convenience of the pub
lic wehave a livery stable-and a printing
newspaper, which we, with great disinterested'
net, commend to the patronage pf the public.
We have also, (and we had almost forgotten it,
though it is a most important matter) a steam
ferry boat, which plies across the river.
which is printed a most excellent:
Thus, it will be seen, from this hasty,
erode and imperfect sketch, what rapid strides
of growth this town is making—-what enter-
—j .u
/m°n?
,he
N°t-^th8tandJ1.np!
tne pressure, it mores along wilh a rapidity -B
and steadiness irresistible as it is unprecented.
From the location of the town, and from iu
many and great advantages, it must neoessari
ly become a large and important town. We
shall recur to this subjectagain.
NOTICE TO HOLDERS OF LAND WAMAMTS ORANT
«D »T TLLX UNITED STATTE FOR MIXITART SRR
•«M RENDERED IN TBE HTVOLTTICNARY WAR
TUASUNV DEPARTMENT,)
Jane IS, 1837.
The holders of land warrants granted by the
United States to the offioers and soldiers of
the revolutionary army, are hereby notified,
that by late decision of the Attorney Gener
al of the United States, Scrip will be issued
eatiefsctietref all snelt wamttts remaTning
oneatisfled in the oAee of the' Comniasioner
of the General Land Office, and for all sueh
as may be hereafter aurrendeted to that office:
whwh Scrip will be received in payment for
lands subject to private entry in the
t^lep.ofOJlio, Indiana,.and Illinois.
LEVI WOODBURY,
Secretary of the Treasury.
TBE CAFTAIN AND THE DAMDV—The portfolio
of an ex-editor, MOW and then sends forth some a
musing "»dd« and ends," among which is this good
one oft Ccptafa of one of our Nintueiktt whiles
an eccentric fellow, aad rather ofan uncouth figure'
who visited one of oar cities after a cruise of three
years, and one evening attended tbe Theatre. As
a matter of course, such a rough dark-complexioned
old character, in a box with several fcshionable
ladies and gentlemen, attracted some considerable
attention, and created much merriment among the
exquisitee. Several times, every opera gliM in
the boMs was thrust at him until he, finally aware
that he eras the attraction of the evening, left the
hrnne, determined to
repay such impudence, in their
own coin, on the feUewing night. Accetdiatfv.
fast in leegft, hestan* for tke Theatre. A*aoon
were in commotion. He waited until the nlav
commenced, when, upon obMrvtm & jooac static
men, with aeane under his arm, and a r'7e.ihi.
eye pointed diieedy at him, he drew loith from hi.
onier gaiment the spyglass, and drnwinxUfram
the eese the entire length, aimed it direct at the
dandy, and continued to look ut him until the haaia I
was in a complete uproar, and the fop with mortu1
ication left the box for the lobbies.
[New-York Emigrant,
awv*•»
r**
rOR THK IOWA HTWS.
Tbe Question STATE* la WIkomIb.
by the banks, and the consequent de-
to the the downfall of the Mammothi Bank,
V~""
I
r.... a._..u—.
!]ators
activity— jthe oTertradin| of our Merchants, and specu- i although she gave many
that sur-
sei one of e most beautiful'rounds it. neonlin?. as ii is, with astonishine the Distribution Bill, and the consequent sya- i„ isao Andrew Jackson was re-elected,
in foreign eoods and another class to jgnajiv expired..
iubrious climate, a sot? surpassingly rich, pro- to join with them, in attributing to the policy jg Millions of specie, giving only se
ductive and eaaily cultivated. Of such a
0f
the government
may we not adopt the language of! -Assertions are easily
and say, "Here is a field open ior :what has Government i
kere merit will have certain favor, and blame? "Oh," we are answered, "the Go- dYrtribnted"eqimlly- it "would not give two dol
iodastry Its due reward." But the pen, in vernment has put down the U. S. Bank, and jn" 1834, two years after his
our enthusiasm^ runs wild. To town we issued the Specie Circular." Granted that it experiment commcneed, we find the amount
moat return. has, and I deny that this is thec?use—I deny
Burlington, then, ia situated upon the west that either of those acts have sent out of the Hons of* dollars, and specie in circulation twen
ahore of the Mississippi river, in the county country one dollar that should be kept in it 't jilions, and in Banks thirty-five millions,
of Des Moines, of which it is the seat of jus- 'but on the contrary, have been the means of I ^ug jncreagjDg the-gold and silver of the coun
tice, and Territory of Wisconsin, of which —u i
it jretaining in the country what gold and silver jt
in the short space of six TEARS and that the
cocntry poseetsed more of the precious metals
at the time the Banks
stopped specie payments
than was ever in it at any former penod of our
history. If I succeed in this, I hope I shall
have proved to the sausfacUon of every unpre-
judiced and candid man, that we are not to at-
tribute the present embarrassment to the poll-
J®™1hcc?TTy
Burlington is now
but little more than three years old and con
tains a population of 1200 souls. The i.t-
eighty odd buildings, most of them neat, and
of good materials, and all comfortable, bare
been commenced—thirty-three dwellings tf
the above number, are already finished anl
occupied—forty more rapidly progressing—
and ten warehouses and stores, a church,.a
school-house, and a building (a capitol) for
the accommodation of the Legislature at its
31
\lso
raP•ldly
NANILLALL/in
waj
/-»C Ihn
AW
n /innnintn
gold and silver coin. In 1804, at^the close of
Mr. Jefferson's first term, gold and silver had
increased to £29,500,000, that is, there were
in circulation $17,500,000, and in Bank $12,
000,000 of hard money, at the same time there
were but $13,000,000 of bank notes, making
the total circulating medium of the country in
1804 to be $42,000,000. During the nextfour
years, we find that Bank paper had increased
from 13 to 23,000,000, and gold and silver
from 29,500,000 to $33,000,000, yet the cir
culation of gold and silver had actually de
creased 000.000, thus there were in 1803,
but $14,000,000 of gold and silver in circula
tion, ?nd §24.000,000 in the Banks, and 23,
000,000 of paper money making at the close
of Mr. Jefferson's administration, a total of
$61,000,000 of circulating medium in the coun-
giving an average of nine dollars a head|
'a,r terms-»twelve commission to be in the county at any one period since.or
before,
hotels for the aecommoda-
until the year 18S3, two years after the
Tl. S. Bank received its death blow. In 1816,
before,
until the year
tant t0 know
one
Bho\mak,er'
one
wafChmaker,
one
victu^ler' an(^
a
artS
of unlimited power, she left it. Well, the of-
king a total 0f
a
Ate ... e
Millions, precisely what it was fourteen years
before, notwithstanding the great increase of
population, with this difference, that we lost
during the administration of the Bank, just
three millions of the precious metals, and gain
ed three millions of paper money. Oh! how
beautifully the words of scripture would apply
to her, "Begone thou unprofitable servant."
It will be recollected that at this period (1830)
the U. S. Bank was in the zenith of power,
hurling defiance at the Government, for itwas
the next yearshe received the death-blow from
Presideii* Jackson by his Veto. From this
lime Bank may
MIC
na
that
cy pursued by the General Government, but ,.
that we are-to look for the cause to some oth- i
er source. To prove this, I shall select pen-
ods when gold and silver were most abundant! 5
in the country.
In 1792, during the administration of Gene
ral Washington, the whole amount of specie
att(i
of the whole currency, or of gold and silver of cified day, BE KII-LEO. This may be objected to,
five dollars per head. It may be as well to re- as tending to raise taxes, but I am of opinion that
mark here, that the
sum of .38,000,000 of gold no person who has a good dog, would on unwilling
and silver coin at the close ol Mr. Jefferson's to pay a reasonable tax, in order to have hiin se
1833,
others, beeidee several g. Bank received its death blow. In 1816,
two years after the
he situation of the circulating
medium at that period, as the great Regulator
hatter, I of the currency is now about entering upon her
one gun- duties, that we may the better know how she
Pain" i fiund it, and in what situation after 15 years
l'»iWU^IW OX jjowoi buiioircjr, auu is,* -i
000,000 of gold and silver in circulation, and
be considered powerless,
]|y expired.
all of our present difficulties.
^. ,c Aeorf
of paper
u_..„ -u-
bard kicks before she
circulation of hard
asijymade: but let us ask, i and if all the gold and silver in the ?fa
-ln irculation to be seventy-eight mil-
in
four «eais
roro
twenty-three Trillions to
p^rjotic President's administration shows
a mu ch ereater
from twtn
wa3 distr
Wa?fCeTlalnedV'i
000,000, and the population was 4,500,000, rrQm fcsg fwo /0
thus giving less than four dollars per head of
augmentation of the precious
meta,8. tf,e returns
made to Congress last win-
e8,imate the ld and sUver at
or ejfrht
dcn Ja ckson 8
L.th%e
ft {n ei
seventy-five
^niions, thus in six years of Presi-
administration the wealth of
count Jn
,d
and gilver had
-)ncreased
mi
n
ons t0 S
evmty-five mil-
off a dtU of $
18,565,406
^[atfon
amongtt
jhe people aver
(hH mluiom o/W coilu
fvhich would give
an average circulation per head of two dollars,
and if all the gold and silver coin in the coun
try at the close of Jackson's administration
v,_'|was distributed, it would hate increased each
ibuted, it would hate increased each
fA1Z \man, woman, and child's share, in six years,
wer
(han dfnthHnCr
jivc dollars, thus more
the
anj more
aetual toealth of the nation,
f]ian trebling the amount of thepre-
cious metals in the same time. Whilst the U.
S. Bank, during her fourteen years of regula
ting the currency, actually lost to the country
three millions of hard money, and caused the
people to suffer at least three pressures as se
vere as the present. Wrhat, may we ask, could
the country suffer by putting down such an in
stitution! DU BUQUE.
MESSRS. EDITOKS^-1 vvoulcf^ through the medi
um of your paper, suggest to the Board of Trus
tees for the town of Du Buque, the. propriety of
passing some law to prevent so great a number of
dogs from running at large in lhe town, as several
have been killed suppposcd to be mad—and to pre
vent it, I would suggest that a heavy tax be impo
sed upon all, and the owners be compelled to put
band around the neck, with his name thereon,
thatall that are found without this, aftsr a spc-
cure from the dangei of being seized by hydropho
bia and I am opposed to having the PEOPI.E an
noyed nightly with tViecoivtaiu howling of a !u"l
number, prowling about our town, w.thout any
known owner.
I would further call the attention of the Board to
the necessity of having our principal streets clean
ed out. With a little expense our streets may be
made the most beautiful and pleasant of those of
any town in the west.
July 15. A CITIZEN.
1
fitial returns made to Congress in 1816, say
^20,000,000 of hard money and
gyand total of the circulating medium in the
United States the year the United States Bank
was chartered, of ONE HUNDRED MILLIONS.
Thus far, we have the basis of the circula
ting medium of the country, at the time when
the United States Bank commenced operations.
Let us now see how far she has succeeded—
how much she deserves those attributes with
w'Mch
her friends wish to clothe her: that is,
Ilhe reeulator and preserver of the currency, the
anv Am* maw irnW fii.mil?! if 'controller of Stale Bank issues, the source and
veara it ia duHn*/ k
a/ew
u V
i f°unta'n into whose capacioffy reservoir the
^alth of nations was to flow, to be again dis-
tributed through the veins and arteries to the
farthest extremity of the body politic, and like
the dewa of Heaven shower its blessings alike
on the poor and the rich and lei it be recollect
ed that all this her friends and advocates for a
re-charter assert she has accomplished.
We will now give the friends of the Bank
all they can ask, and take the report made to
Congress in the winter of 1917 and '18, the
most favorable that ever h»s been made for
her. Well, that report afcows, that there was
at that time $62,000,00* of Bank paper^n cir
culation and $10,000d00 in the Banks, mak
inar $72,000,000 of paper currency, and $8,'
P. S. Should the Board neglect to apply any re-.
rnedy, the grievance is eo unsutfarable, you will
again hear from me,—at length. A C.
ANECDOTE OF JO. DAVIESS—Colonel Jo. Da
viess, of Kentucky, was a man of high character,
and highly popular in hia native State. He was a
lawyer of great acutenesc, and powerful el^uencc,
whose character was tinged with the eccentricities
of genius. He was brave and chivalric in his feel
ings, and having joined the American army under
Harrison, he fell althe battle of Ti^pecano ere he
had reached the prime of liie. At the time of his
death he was one of the most popular men in Ken
tucky—and his memory is yet dearly chsriahed in
his native State. Many anecdotes are prcsorved
of this remarkable man—wo lai«ly withe follow
ing: Boston Mer, Journal.
"There was a difficult question to decide before
the court ofKentucky, involving an important tjiies
tion in .regnrd to the title of an estate. Th? cass
embraced a long concatenation of facts and sundry
technical niceties. When the case was called, a
Kentucky hunter, with his musket and biid bag,
loaded with provisions, all equipped complete, en*
tcred the hall and took his seat among the lawyers.
There was a grin on the faces of the bar, court, ju
ry and spectators. lie, all unconscious, took out
his provisions and began to eat with the greatest
composure. The lawyer on the sido of the plain
tiff rose and made a long argument. And who an
swers for the defendent 1 inquired the court. I do,
replied the hunter, and rising, broke forth into a
torrent of eloquence that astonished the court and
jury. Away went the plaintiff, law and evidence,
and so complete was the discomfiture, that the op-
1
$99,000,000 in the Banks, making a total of
7,000,000 of hard money, and showing an
increase of the precious metals in the short
space of two years of $11,000,000
Who does not recollect tbe wreck of fortune
that followed after! Panic and Pressure fol
lowed each other so close in 1819 and '20
Banks upon Banks breaking, that for two or
three years the West had hardly specie enough
to pay its taxee. In this stale, with some fluc
tuations, panics, and pressures, the country re
mained until 1830, the year after President
Jackson assumed the reins of Government in
a report of that year, we find the circulating
medium to stand thus:—Banlc notes in circu
lation, seventy-seven millions of dollars, gold
and silver in circulation, eight millions, and
in Banks fifteen millions, making but tweniv.
three millions of dollars in specie in the country
Mark, that after fourteen years of nnlimitod
power of the U. S. Bank, we find the curren
cy of the country to be seventy-seven millions
of paper money, and only twenty-thrco millions
of hard
medium
the .ountry .n
1830,
ie&feklSil
po*!Wl c°unMl
nr, ,ctit.w th me,
?!atl®
n
Thus far so good, every thing appeared to |s o,l,iSi0d his musket, and with great sangfroid
on well the U. 8. Bank was the ne-plus- i depnued. Such a man was Coi. Daviess.'*
ultra of the day, the very magnum-bevum of
perfection) but alee! "how the mighty has fal.
Jen,"
the very next report whicK we have,'
only one year after, makes the apecie in circula
tion only Four Millions Five Hundred Thous
and Dollars, and in Banks Fifteen Millions
Five Hundred Thousand, making a total in all
the country of only Twenty Millions of hard
money, showing an actual loss to the country of
Seventeen Millions of gold and silver coin, in the
short space of tvoehe months' administration of
the Bank.
'"08t 'ePb
l^SlSLV?1^
1
?e
1
d«f««dant
without ret.-
from their seats, when th* *Anrt ndimimed and
their seats, when the court adjourned and
invitrei rr-e stranger to their lodgings. "'No,
I
HOME.—What magic forms a halo
around this world The toil-worn
mariner,the dust-covered traveller, the
long separated friend, the time-wea
ried pedestrian hails it as the sweet
have of his rest. How joyous have
been our sensation when from a dis
tance we have beheld the ancient* home
of our chi
ldhoodand from amid the
trees which surround the cottage of
our youth, seen once more curling the
smoke which warms the domestic fire
side. There may be no country on
earth, unless we except Switzerland,
whose inhabitants cherish the loved
thoughts of home like those of New
Hampshire there is a charm hangs
round our rugged and cloudcap'd hills,
& verdant rivuletwatered vales, which
time cannot break, absence nor age
destroy.—[Dover (N. H.) Gazette
"I say Pat, what are you writing
there in such a large hand?"
honey,
money, and only twenty-thrco millions honey, an'is'nt it to my poor mother. b!er. 1
of7hc,,'oim?vii^8300One
On?H,la^i!5
vho.
Hundi^
4'Arran
's vcrv .lcaf, that I'm writing a coffin
v
v
A BROTHER'S LOVE—There is nmefki
transcendantly virtuous in the affections of a hi I?
hearted brother towards hugeinle and amiabl.
,u)
ter. He can feel unbounded admiration fot M,.
beauty—he can appreciate and applaud the kind
ness which she bestows uoon himself. He can prea
her bright lips and fair forehead and still she ii
unpolluted—he can watch the blush steal over her
features when he tella har of her innocent follies,»»•
he can clasp her to his bosom in consolation whea
the tears gush from her loaded heart.—With wo
man there is a feeling of pride mingling with regard
which #he lias for he. brother. Site looks upon him
as one fitted to brave the tempest of the world as
one to whose arm of protection she can fly foriliel
er when she is striken by sorrow, wronged or op
pressed an one whose honor is connected withlisr
own, anl who durst not see hsr insulted with im
punity. He is to her as the oak is totheviae
-and
though she may fear all others of mankind, As is
secure and confined in the love and countenance of
her brother.
Nothing affords man such satisfaction, and noth
ing entwinpan sister sffcctiunuU-iy among his sym
pathies end interests as profound reliance onhervit
tue, and strong conviction of her diffidence and de
licacy. As these two latter are far the most deli-
fema\so
are they the strongest
out principle and as innate, ond shrink perception
of virtue is a true characteristic of a pure hearted
creaturc, so is the most infallible union between
hearts that bend in responses to each other. Them
is more tendernes in the disposition of woman
than
men but the affection of a brother i* full of the
purst and mb?t generous" impulses it cannot be
quenched by aught but indelicacy and unworthinesr,
and it will outlive a thousand selfish and sor&tt
attachment?. A deep rooted regard for gentlecree
tures born of the same parents as ourselves, is cer
tainly one of-the noblest feelings of our nature, and
were every other feelings ofhnman nature dead
save this, there would still a bright hope remain
that the fountain of virtue and principle was n«t
yet sealed.
ADVICE EXTRAORDINARY.—The Philadelphia
Gazette—a whig paper of the first quality, and
therefore loud in its zeal for the supremacy of
the laws"—advises all those who wish to purchase
lands to go to the land offices-and tender bank
notes—"if refused, let him take poncttion of the
land!" One set proposes to organize a combination
to withhold payment of th pubic dues and anothsr
set proposes to take the public property by foree!
IMPO R.TANT.AUXILIARY.—Almost at the moment
of leaving town, we are informed that a purchase
has just been made of ten acres of land one and a
half miics below Peoria, for the purpose of com
mencing a horticultural establishment on a largfc
scale. The purchaser is Mr. Asa Rowe, proprie
tor of the Monroe garden and nurseries, near Ro
chester, X. Y. That establishment is one of the
nio3t extensive in our country,—the catalogue cov
ering 46 closely printed pages,—the entire variety
of which will be trnnfplanted here. Mr. R. left
heie on VVer'iiPsdayf for Now York, to make ar
rr^cremftt." for his immediate removal.
It is nsedless to nay that wc hail this design with
the
highpst satisfaction. It will prove of incalcn
•able benefit to lhe north-west, and lead at once to
the introduction of orchards upon every farm in our
Military
T/act and all the neighboring countiei.
It is also a matter of gratification to us that the wa
ry proprietor, after exarrfining minutely a number of
point*
in
them
orir state, selected this in preference to
nil,
from its superior agricultural and com­
mercial advantages.—[Peoria Register.
Coax MR A i. RUSK. Among the many del'ici"
cie= in the form of braad, which render the enjoy,
ment of breakfast adaptable, we know ol none more
dsservin'e of mticj tlian the one prepared according
to the follo'ving receipt:
Take six r.tipsftill of cornmeal, 4 of water flour,
2 cupsfiill of molfcS e-, and 2 tablespoonfull of«u
aralttmix together and knead it into
dough then make two cakes and bake them at
yo:i would pone, for three fourths of an hour, and
you'will hava one of the most delirious description
ofbr ad t'lat ever gracad tha t&bls. Farmer and
Gardner.
Koscicsso .-—1The Cossacks, iu their course of
plundar, came upon the rustic habitation of Koscius
ko. The horde brandished their spears over the
veteran's bend, and persisted in plundering hi»cof
tago, when lie endavored to convince them of the
injustice and barbarity of their unmilitary conduct.
Finding his lemonstrances ineffectual, he bared his
bosom, showed his wounds, and exclaimed, "Sol
dier?, rrsprct the asyl im of a soldier, or dishonor.
your profession "Who art thou," demands®
the Cassnck leader, "who speak our tongue, and
darc3 thus address us?" "I am Kosciusko'."
The leader and his followers fell at his feet, ^nd
craved forgiveness. Platoff, on hearing this, order
ed a guard of honor lo be stationed at the humUs
residence oi the Polish patriot.
GAMBLING —It is but a line that t&_
paratcs innocence from sin. Whoever
fearlessly approaches the line, will soon
have crossed it. To keep at a distance,
therefore, is the part of wiedom. No
man cver«jnade up his mind to consign.
to perdition his soul at once. No
ever entered the unknown avenues
which conduct to such an cud, with,#
firm and undaunted step. The brink
of ruin is approached with caution,and
by imperceptible degrees? and the.
wretch who now stands fearlessly scof
fing there, but yesterday had shrunk
buck from the tottering cliff w$i.
trembling. :3
Do you wish for illustration
he ju-
thank
you, gentiemen and unless you will take a cold
I
must be gone." So saying, he
to
The
profligate's unwritten history will fuir^
nish it. How inoffensive itaeomaMiM^*^..
ment—how sudden and awful its catas-^
trophe! Let us review his life. He
commences with play but it isonljr
for amusemeut. Next he hazards^
trifle to give interest, and is surpriseflT
when he find himsef a gainer by tiie
hazard. He then ventures, not with
out misgiving, on a deeper stake.
Th*V
stake he loses. The loss and the guilt"
oppress him. He drinks to revive h»
spirits. His spirits revived, he stake!
revive his fortune. Again he is U8*"
successful, and again
his spirits
flag, art"
again the inebriating cup
Ei
~re he is aware of it he has become!
drunkard—he has become a bankrupt
Resource fails him. His fortune
gone. God has withdrawn his
spirt'
from him. The demon of despair
possession his bosom. Reason i(f
erts him—he becomes a maniac.
The finished gambler has no be*™*
The club with which he herds
meet, though the place of rendezvous
were in the chamber of the dying* they
would meet, though it were an
aP,rl"
ment in the charnel house. Not even
the death of kindred can affect the SP**
b!cr. He would play upon his brother^
lie would play upon his fathers
sepulchres
kDr. Nott.