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SKETCH.
There have been several sketckes of the Amci
can House of Representatives, but none mote tru
iy grapnic i
have utterly stolen away rhere is a sallow face
ttins-a.id by his side a man from the pine grounds
—land of tar and turpentine. What a people we
the '.laosisr-?,' of Indiana, or the 'suckers' of l!ii-
noil. Then I journeyed alon I crossed great
a
a'a/-i
Ui« rays of the rn'/rning played upon its summit.—
bad on the o..h»r «jdP»
..
V1SIt
•r
rods from
•woaeiorth,
and
hill
alravaA n„l„
tain mysterious finack, of which they conceive
VAI. .»»,— -, jknack, but it is within reach as much as the
ly Maohic than the following irom the New \oik knack of driving a horoe and chaise, or hand-.
6 reflBctiong
L.
Knickerbocker Magazine.
which it gives rise, are enough to make ail Ameri
can prouder of his native country:
"Wh.tt a mass of representatives are there here!
What singular samples of our vast country! Here
alts a Teiinesseenn, and there a Missourian, edu-
a kn
.fc
an(
ffotkj
w
grounds, aad hers the flushed ohcek from t.io momv „,in„
of America, in our race for self-government, thepublic to the claims of Texas for a place in
Hie in danger of not joverninjj ourselves. Our '-"'nion. 1
hat hor citizens feel as American!",
lads grow up insubordinate finding out, to our patiiots and freemen, we need only point to the
and their cost, "it is a free country." An
KIIT-
]«h traveler could find no bom in tho United
Slates all being either children or men. Th» IhTT'
i i i I
an(1 wiU never be gotby
yawning over it.
Not only love your children, but show that
you love them, not by mere fondling and kiss
ing them, but by being always open to their
.approaches. Here i.,» man who drive* his
witt ch. p«»«! of the Rocky Mou,,- chlldren 001 of h» shop, hceaunc they pester
tains*as the citizen with Broadway—'who lives where him here ia another who is always too busy
huitiersand trapper* have vexed every hill, and |to give them a good word. Now I would glad
whocaie* no more fora Pawnee than a professed ily learn of theio penny-wise and pound-foolish
beau for a brignt plumed belle. llore is a man i fathers, what work they ever expect to turn
from the prairies—and there another from the!outj vvhich shall equal i n importance the chil
swarops and morasses, whose blood the muaketoes jdren
ho are now taking their mould for life,
f"r
lh#l child which u force( tQ seek
c«mI,anJonsr.r
ln^115
•re! What a country is this of ours! How wide You may observe, that when a working man
in extent—how rich in production—how various in spends lus leisure hours abroad, it is at the fit of the nation, is
beauty! 1 have asked in rny travels, for the West, .expense of his fumily. While he is at the jod upon oar misfortuncsi
in the streets of the Queen of the West—a fairy club or the tavern, his boy or girl is seeking i "As "little do I relish his other propt^al of a
city, which out as yesterday a wiiderncs*. out-of-door connexions. The great school of general convention of broken bank presiiints and
They smiled at my inquiry, and said it was among -juvenile vice is the STitEET. Here the urchin, directors, to
w
vu](Jar 0
.dth?
or
mers and broad prainet, and a*ain as*ed for the ,, ,, r.r.-.ciJp i,. u„ jnJ„„
West. They said it was in M.s^uri. I arrived
:i1
the capita!. Thay coapUirttd that tiuy were k?nne!. Here are scattered the seeds of false-1
said, "if hood, gambling, theft, jnd violence. I Pray
"loo far do.v.i east." "Bjt go," the-.,
you would see uis West, days and days', and hun-1you, as you love your own flesh and blood,
dreds and hundred? of miles up the Misso.iri—far- make your cliildren cling to the hearth-stone,
ther than from us to Nrw En^lu'l, a.ri beyond the Love kome yourself sink your roots deeply a
Hfcky Mo-jntains, and among the Snake Indian.'
:monyyour
rid sun of Lo j.iiana, the of the osange and next race learn a lesson from the plant.
theolire, antl beneath
SKY
douipsiic t'-^asures set an example
°f Maine, il »FpvT«
hare seen the rire-pM'*1Sphering rich treasures lfcAAfs.
from a beautiful
l' the fisherman anchoring The last number of the Opelouaas Gazette has
hi* little fcarq i- '-'-1 t''e tocky island, dropping his !an able article on the admission of To.\as into tHc
hook ai ca.-e^y a* if the ocean were full of pearls Union, aiid in defence of southern interests
•ad no: —Mackerel. and southern institutions. It will be recol-'
I b.y* »ee.i the mill-man sawing W.VKI ih all fleeted that tho State of Mississippi has been
of form-, on the farthest soil of New Ens- I foremost on all occasions in expressing a de
—and I bave beheld the same wood floating eided and manly feeling of friendship for Texas
down the Savaanah, or the hcaatiful Alabama, in tier last legislature did not forget to say that it was
th* stra.iiejt m» an jrphosis: it may be, in a expedient in a national point of view to comply
regularly tickittgoiT the time, or in a pail— with the desire of Tcxa?, to become an integral
pwc'iaici in a jtto.1—an i, for aught I know, iu a por'.io.i of this confederacy witliout delay and
ta*»'.e s aiia, or an u.ifra^rant njtmeg! I have i that the annexation of Texas to this republic is
sever been off the soil of my own country and 'essential to the future safety and repo?e of the
I ha»e tenths sun godo'.vn a bail of fire, with-j southern States. She instructed her Jtepresenta
oota moments notice or twiligot, flinging over rich, tives in Congress to procure the annexation of
sihiTiat ia id3—t» ooming with magnolias and or- i Texas to the iiite.i States as soon as practicable.
•age tr ees—a robe of gojrl and again I have stood I The people of Mississippi deserve to be rcmem-
•ND tipped by the pencil of beauty—were floating on an prjual footing with the original States should I TT U U «U
1'ke rainbows in motion, as if broken from She made a southern question eijd every Kcrese.i-i
I PrtlfirtO *ni AArrn mi j. «... f. ...U_ r.
Uwir confinement—now mingling and interlacing tative in Congress from the south who is found to
I have been whc-:e the dog-star rags', scattering than a disposition to favor the schemes of aboli
peeiilence in its train: where the long moss hangs tionists. We are connected with the people of
from the the trees:—Theii pale faces and gad Texas by all the lies which bind the the States to
countenances give admonition that this is a region
of death., 1 have sioccl by the wide prairie,'and (dominion of tyranny and priestcraft, by a series
beheld tne green billows rise and fail, undulations, 1 of deeds and glorious victory* which st*»nd unsur
checqufcred with «un-lite und shadow chasing one passed, there cannot be found a heart that bsats a
after the other, afar over the wide s?:pan3e. And i generous response lor the onward march of free
1 have gone amid the storms of winter, over the 1 do.n
high hilt, upon tho lojrl c.-acking cruat, amid tte
•music of the merry sleigh-bells.
And hsre a:e the Representatives from all these
"Mgions—here in one grand council!—all speaking
one language—all impelled by one law! Oh, my
Ootintry! my Co jntry! if our destiny be always
linked in one—if the same flag, with its glorious
•tars and stripes always the flag of our UNION—
never unfurled or defended but by FREEMEN—•
then Poetry and P.-ophtcy stretching to their ut
most, cannot pre-mnounce that destiny."
YOUR CHILDREN.-—Sit
down among your
little children, and let me say a word to you
•bout family government. Wo good people
,N:V,'LCR IN LHE
t'ali?(1
v
.. once tins
1
rugged, where every thing was accomplished
by mere dint of authmiiv, but the new »-sy i=
ranksof people, who are under noVestraints
°'js!y
IfODi decency, you may sometimes see a fatli- jCW
•'w mother running out into the street after a _Taunco,
Child who is fled from them, with looks of fu
TJ and words of execration and they are often
passengers"wil1 'n
lhal
fj, „_»®?
n ,n
t,K*lr
home to witness
the
Worse than nothing. Scolding rebukes are like
•ngry chastisement is little bolter than oil on
Ihe fire. Not lontrKinp.. 1 I
train
-which
•turdv'mother
seizing the poor infant. ,i._ ...
bt0.ne
tent with the utmnat -b-'V'9 ^er iy
It holds UniVAraulltr
he army
irictest
fourth of July just past, was
aa(1
celet"al!Jd
i a y 1 o i u n i u i n o u o i v
are abandnni"11 increase. Parents waved in every town and hamlet, on every stream
are abandoning the reins and when once this
1
1
•hall have become universal, all sorts of go- to mind the glories of departed heroes and swelled
Ternraent but despotism will be iinpracticabl
Take that forward child in hand al once, or
you
will soon have to be his suppliant, rather '*'®xas—*et
llwn his guide. The old way was perhaps too
acticablc. ®very bosom with grnatfui feelings, the most hallow-
011,1 im ,r
R®PRE8EN,ATLV1'5 let us
no 5 rcdac ue«es.
declari
0i,'y
at_the surrender of i
and
",i!,t,Ul0'1tnn-
u 3 Te
IU m/lra unrntfiiiPfl tn
"Gen. Bustamente has demanded a loan from
the clergy of five millions of do!2ars, which, it
would appear has given little satisfaction to the
1 Kama
•calding potions, they injure the patient And ?,J
A,,,larcP5ied
ky the door of a low •shanty,' frorniwasuo where to be fojnd. Some day he it gone
a small child innocently issued, arid otheis to Vera Cruz.
crossed the track before us just in time to es- "Victoria and Bravo, it i« said, have also turned
cape being crushcd by the locomotive. We I
Sa',u
8F,J,LJF'(-RIMG'
what the presidents and directors of
nrr
advise. And
broken bank
more accessible and winning
i iKcr. lt='V,tt nr ii« mnthpr amendment to the constitution granting (jowers to
lamer or lis Congress which have already been granted to them,
ail( w
evi}# th
,a9l
fail to
i exas
j10.0608 where tne parents her lone slat, and malts a solemn declaration iu
•eetn u» be mere advisory attendance, with a her bebalf, to
carve out a seat in the Union forber.
pMnful sinecure. Let buch hear the words of .V. O. Picayune.
wise congressman of New Jersey and a
•Igner of the declaration
v
"There is not a more MEXICO.
disgusting sight than the impotent rage of a ^ftw Orleans Bee of the 5th instant, says:
parent who has no authority. Amonr the low-
h?ve
show
throughout the country—en-
a"TJn18(1f
"i""?
i,oa 1 ,l 1
B«j
lhe
,elu"r
ot
P-'•
.nd plain—the national airs of our country -ailed with anv' cWrpe of apetiracv fnr its U
i
I ed sensations. Let us hear no more abuse of
i talk of her merits and claims seri
prass the subject on the minds of our
let us declare we will surrender
our own sacred priv.
u,(
a subiect of
^een 'av"re'' a respectable
th).# cilv wi'h
tl,e
P®f
barah
house
of
foilpwil,Sextract
of
a
letter,
tt-
Anna-dat5l
July 22.
"ei"hbor9 or latter, and they found it advisable to enter again
conduct, into'ivijoiiations wltrt Sania Anna. Tne govern-
tnuugtl in fact it filis every beholder with hor. mtni,ii»a:? of tbis, ordered Santa Anna to op
w. I am afraid none of us need go many pear before a court maitial to answer the charges
like. What is aSa'i,n
commonly administered as reproof is often
him 0)1
poor infant, who the calamities of the day, and its parties were land district,
u
tsctton.
strokes tliey give. ents often deserve the "Be resolute: act like tlie sons of liberty, o
Imnlicit ., i God, and of our country. Nerre your arrnt,
iion, exDostnlatinn 17 I without ques- with vengeance against the dttpot who woul
of tho familv arrh 'rl ,l.
cons's" ence
en^
accouto/ his late Texas campaign.'
to the call in the iollowing
,na^1,er
y
l,In
railroad from \fTu,-,rt, Pa^,n? by tac of cavalry wm despatched for Mango del Clavo,
in nf nira ork. The with orders to take the here rind bring him a pris
pursued iu furious way imraedi- oner to the capital. On their arrival, however, he
Al,na
WL'EN ,O!
strode forth and cei'/in ih
"'i
1u,e'o"—cannot,
eonssqucnce of which* etrong detachment
THU OLD SONC.—When
an°crJl (.an a'arrn«:
Mr. Jefferson was
Prt-Bident, Federalism reared its head amid
calamities Ol tne uay, anu I« uuuw »»rr«
i wrest the inestimable gexn of your indepe»d-|
from you. Give ear no longer to the
..™ utmost afluction: and «hr.n k..: tc r» ....A n
enforced from the l.^rri i ,d
bc rpu voice of
in fimnilioa
"23"S«ty0"h™t8 ?1"bihdlC!"fj"'"V'
6»ome parents seem to im^nnYi08.1 ltr?ke,s: I!r,atT
ff.
to
n
Democracy and Jefferson liberty«
cited above, says of recomrueuded by tyaiplutnlt."
When Mr. Madison was Pre
oral Republican, a leading imblication'of'tha
ttivA IK® ft... 7 i Yi i Kv»Vmuwm win oe in oe
l?.lho
bi'
eastc,n fciClion
S2:j&
of the Unto,'
hil
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.—Occasionally,While
themselves to be destitute. There is such a, twisting and turning, this old gentlemai hits, hawks were supposed to
be about fledg-
n gome I(JEASJ
JJUT for
w'alch
IG is 1
sure to get a kick from one side or thopther.
The following extract of a letter from to them
Wm. Foster, Esq. is filled with too mucl truth
to suit the taste of the Bank gentry.
"You ask what is to be the remedy for ths state
of things? There are two remedies, tyth of
which may bo practicable. One is, that tl* Con
gress of the United States should exercise ife pow
erto regulate the currency: but they inustjlo this!
(which they will not) without consulting banks, (Jcred
their presidents and directors. The legislatures i
(if New York anl Virginia have alreadr stiown i
ba^CB
wo
,lld
rjou?
©a tftebare toe its of culder climes, and when the be red for their generous friendship in behalf of the WISCONSIN TERRITORY. I Ellsworth Bennett
trtes were pinched by the early frost, I have infant republic. The editor of the Opelousas I "\\re have obtained from the Re°"!s- This Chief (with hisson Ashoma) was also con
nnrfced the same vanishing rays rcflecte.l from the (jnzette expresses himself with as much sincere i .? ,i 11 victed at the same term of the Court for an assault,
l»«s as if a thousand birds of Paradise were warmth in favcr of Texasand southern institutions, i Onice in this place, the lOllOWing with intent to kill, on the body of James Clyman,
w*tng in its branches and when the clouds,! as the pefp!e of our sister State have repeatedly i facts, which will be founil higVily inter- and sentenced, [in case of a reprieve from the
•trearning with red, and purple, and blue—tir.zed done. The admission of Texas into the Union,
tte:r dyes and glittering arches, and anon sprin- dodge tne subject of admitting Texas, should be) The Wisconsin land district CODtaiaS
•lea o.er, and mellowing tne %vnoie heavens—I buried from his seat as a traitor to our best safety oak o/to
then I have fancie that I was indeed in a fairy
ar|d
tend, wr.ere the very forests danced in golden tobes '"to the Union must come before Congress, and
—e«pond ng to the setting eun, as the statue of |'hen the south wi!l.rliscoier who are her friends
abled Memuon gave forth its welcoming notes as
interests. The subject of admitting Texas
ftnd
who are her enemies. The man who refuses
10
admit Texa«, can have no reason for doing so,
0 ,e
another. Rescued as she ha3 been from the
i and our contry's pbwer and wealth, but will
urge HIT claim,
UI
i esting
resort t0 wou
idba
a
coin from the mint of nullification.! their knives!
gun-boat, restrictive anti-aavy system of .lr. e-
of
thAt'
but the
to the citizens of the several
a s
Ot tlie Union Wno nave tneir at
tention turned thitherwards.
acres.
acres*
Texas for a seat with th? bright
stars which adorn our Union, anil lender the A
morican Republic th» firtt and most powerful that
has ever existed since the world began. Louisiana,
now one of the richest and most productive States
under the sun, was opposed by the north when she
a«ked to be taken under the proud banner of the
stripes and stars. Texas is destined to be a pop
ulous and wealthy State her claims should be
held dear by eve.y lover of freedom. By the aid
she will bring the south, wo may gain an influence
in the national legislature which wo have too long
felt the want of
Wo might say more on this subject, but we have
already said sufficient to awiken the attention of
fR0M above or below. The young
e(j
will
1 the proposal of" the present of a
'njch hey have twice exercised to #ie bene-
[,jie "knuckles down at taw," learns the vice a convention of bankrupts to teach Congress
an insidt at once to oi^ under-
ENLIGHTEN
the putrid obscenity. For one' '•everenc fo, thn obligation of contractsand how
n
Congress with their ad-
,u„ to make nothing but gold and silver a snder for
/^'S'dpe' I \L l^.v^eal of debts! Of all remedie. for exist-,
and the gardeners had resolved U li­
1 *u «.
0
n making another effort to secure
*3n nnn rlnlln-a I htfnrmation of Johns Stevens, and promised to
call on the next Saturday evening and pay for the
The above brief statement cannot
every inquirer at a glance,
«l,_ ,r w advisable to give him this public notico. Should
the great ^nportance of W isconstn,
and its advantyw s. Its resources in
mineral wealth^lnnot yet be estimated ®2J00'
mtIiin
O'lr territory, what a rich and inviting
field is open to our farmers,
labor or money, there IS a want of men
here, twenty and twenty-five
dollars
per mon^h IS paid to ordinary hands
by our farmers.
The em migration of persons who
come solely for the purpose of mining
has been considerable during the pres-
season, and many more are expect
ed. It will be a long time before Wis
consin will have a surplus of agricul
tural products for there can be little
doubt that her mining population will
require for some years, all that her
farmers, can spare them, besides draw
ing many thousand dollars' worth of
supplies from Illinois. And yet it
may be said, without fear of contradic
tion, that there can be more rich soil
found in the same extent of territory,
than can be found in the Wisconsin
The young men slept together,
and on the morning of that day when
they Were to make their final attempt 1
upon the falcon's eyrie, one of the gar-
deners, when he awoke, said to his bed-
fellow, 'O, Will! I had a fine dream
tonight
I
are they now?' said his companion
eer ng
in Charleston, S. C. to beginwith an
ly. 1
thought
I
spu- of revolution, and that they wore whetting
"Tho other remedy which I believe practicable Now Mr.
Van Buren is President, Mr. Gould
hat of Solon—a sponge upon tin account i is ready to inarch to Washington with ten
thousand men, to overturn the Government,
and assassinate the Chief Magistrate of the
country, as suggested by a Federal Journal.
of debtor and creditor—wipe out old scores and
be in again. This is the hard money syseni, and
"o far as I can judge, it is the essential system of
the present administration—it is to dcacii the
government from all banking, and deal i nothing
but tho precioas metals. If Mr. Van Buien is,
made of stuff to go through with this oFration, I eracy, and even before, whenever its will was
wish him well out of it but he will want other co- thwarted. But the safety of our Union de
opor*tors than trie legislatures of New York and pends not upon an individual, but upon the
Thus has Federalism always croaked and
threatened, since the formation of our confed-
Virginia, and other advisors than presidents or' fidelity of the democratic party to the. princi
directo-s of broken banks, o land jobbers upon pies maintained by their father—men who op
loans from deposite banks. posed the assumption of the excise laws—the
"I of. tbis as I thought of the dry-dock
bi]
nat"m wa"e"e'drastic
:,ua,l)
curef'
of its hydrophobia. The war was a purge
but itcffec-ually worked it3cure. I fear that our
present bankruptcy will need, a still more violent
course of alternatives bat the cure will come
when the people are prepared to receive it. They
are certainly not now—they will most probablv not
be so during the leinnant of my term of life. I
hope you will live to witness and enjoy the conva
lescence."
harter the first United States Bank,
an( w
fe.son It cost thenat.ona terr.hle war to be de- Constitution to be construed into a
})0 declared their determination not to
monarchy, or to be warped in practice into all
the pollutions of the English Constition.
[Boston Statesman.
The Governor, upon the application of the Dis
trict Judge, the District Atttornoy, prisoner's
Counsel, three of the Jurors, and many citizens of
Milwaukee County, where the trial was held, has
granted a pardon to Ashcoboma, the Menominee
Chief who was sentenced to be executed on the
first day of September next, for the murder of
i
^orrner
se"tence]
Of the land denominated MIXERAL shook him earnestly by the hand, and
LAND,and which the land offices with-' stopped and conversed with him. All
hold from sale, there are about 19,100 this was seen bv an Edinburgh blood,
THOMAS GALl,AGAN, nhoadvertissd
same. As the said Gallagan has failed to enter his
APPFarance,
:'uire(1,
[Miners' Free Press.
wiouiu us uooui uireo inches tRick, by tcnl
ies wide of hard strong wood: Therefore thof
of the posts should bc throated three inched
and seven inchos deep, to secure the rnir
lout cutting any ol it away, drive it down firm-*
its place, and pin it there through the tops of
lObis it should then bc dressed off level, and^
're with the perpendicular line of tho posts.'
for tlie guide rails below, which should be of
,1 smooth wood, about two and a liaif inches
fck by six wide these should bc dressed on one'
Jo tho dressed sido out, and fastened on both
Jes of tho piling three and a half feet from the
railing, the ends to fit snug at lhe contrc of the
jsts like"3 making fcnco. Care should be takcii
llicy retail, the same distance apart, front
two rdencrs~belong!ng to the castle,
but it was."found inaccessible either
PROPOSALS
plead, or give special bail, it is tho't
thig meet tho°cye of said
that by calling
L-
the
climbed the cliff, and
to suffer an impiisonment of four
years and pay a fine of $300. This last sentetrce
will be carried into effect the pardon of the Gov
ernor being extended only to the sentence under
the first offence.—Miner's Free Press.
ANECDOTE
or
There have been sold since the little deference to the artificial distinc
opening of the land office, in October tions of society. On his way to Leith
1834—551.191 acres and there re-, one morning, he met a man in hodden
mains to be sold 1,695,761 acres. gray—a west country farmer he
I3URNS.—Burns
21 st day of said month.
plun-
the hawk's nest of a
COUple
of
fine yung falcon S. AyG butWhere
placed them
below that tub which stands in our room,
replied the other. Upon looking out
of bed they saw the tub bottom upwards,
contrary to its usual position. One of
them sprang out of bed, lifted the tub,
and the hawks were below it!—[Eng
lish paper.
When General Jackson was President, the
Federalists declared that we were in the midst
paid
i who took the Poet roundly to task for
It may safely be stated that one half a defect of taste. "Why, you fantas
of the land in the Wisconsin land (lis- i tic gomeril," said Burns, it is not the
trict, is within the mineral ranges— great coat, the Sconc bonnet, and the
and that of this quantity, not one acre Sanqueliar boothose, I spoke to, but
in a hundred has been proven, or dug^he man that was in them and the
upon with a view to find lead ore. iman, sir, for true worth, would weigh
In several instances half quarter sec-! you and me, and ten more suoh down,
tions have been purchased, on which any day."
there were no discoveries of lead ore.' i
at the time of sale, but which, by the! information Wanted,
industry and enterprise of the purcha-^HE
Sers 111 searching for lead ore on them,
have become worth from 10,000 to
undersigned isdesirousof obtaining in-
A formation respecting the where-a-boutsof a
okiingan, he is informed
at
tor lts
S operations^ have hard ly com- j'T STBTKM." IOWA NLWS.
menced, and nothing like system ort ATrYTTOT?
science has yet been resorted to for! IN vJ lvvJli»
the purpose of developing its riches.
this office, he will find a bill of
which hB wi,i be
Pol'teiy requested to pav,
1 one llnk to n,ake a
'•'ha",
t0
notlce
k a I keepers of DOGS, that all and everv doz
Aside Irom the mineral resources
pr07e
1
and afford one link to make a chain to prove the
benefits and efficiency of a "well regulated[CRE
RED-
sive"
ALLDu
aI'
owners or
O. Or aim not registered and collared, as provided by
^Riertaace, found at large in the streets of
mechanics,1BbE,queA *Vfter
the fim
Du
da^I».
i
"er^'W1LL
C. MOlllIiSEK,
Aug. 26, 1837. lw Marshal.
and laborers! At this very moment,:
when it is stated in the eastern news
papers, that the towns on the seaboard
and in the interior, contain hundreds of
mar, urlm Cr.l -TJL under the age o" 65, be i i nhabi tains of llio
unemployed men, who can neither find:town
NOTICE.
able bodied men over the age of 21 and
un
of
t0wil of Buqu°5 are he'rabyngolifie(,ithat on art(1
aftei Monday next, the 28th inst, they will be re-
either by themselves or deputies, to labor
L.^jJ^odays each upon the streets and alleys of the
town of Du Buque, and upon the public roads for
one mile from the centre of said town.
Personal notice will be given of the particulai
time and place when and where their services will
be needed. P. C. MORHISER,
Marshal and Street Inspector.
Aug. 26,1837. lw
BRICK! BRICK!! BRICK!!!
rritlE subscriber has just finished burning a kiln
J_ of BRICK, of a superior quality, which he
will sell for cash. Application to bc made to the
subscriber, who may be found at the yard any time
during the day.—No orders received unless a pre
vious understanding with GEO. L. BOWERS
Aug. 27,1837.
LIME FOR SALE.
THE
subscriber respectfully informs the citi
zens of Du Buque and the mining country,
that he has now on hand, and will constantly keep
a sufficient quautity, of good Lime for the use of
the country.
NICHOLAS CARROLL.
Fountain Bluff, Aug. 26, 1837 ly 13
s.
HEMPSTEAD
7~"
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
DO JIOAUE, WISCONSIN TERRITORY.
JUST
received, per steam boat Du Buuue
64 Sack of CORN by
1
HEMPSTEAD &. LORIMIER
Jnue 15,1837.
2
CASES ree'd per B. B. Mo. Fulton, and for
sale at manufacturers' prices, by
June 3. 1-tf FASS1TT & SHERMAN.
CALICOES & GINGHAMS:
A
LARGE assortment of Calicoes and Gingh
ams, some new and handsome patterns, for
'•ale by O'FERRA.L^i fc GRAHAM,
Juno 3. J-tf
for carrying the Mails of ihe am, arrive at Prairie du Chien next dav.vT"c
United States from the 1st of January, 1838, 2920v. From Galena, 111. to Bellview (vr
(except as hereinafter stated, (to the 30th June, |sin, 30 miles and back once a week.'18*' ^',c®a
1842, on the following post routes in Wisconsin,
will be received at the department until the 10th
day of October next, inclusive, to be decided by
I Oil routes where the exisling contracts have been
1 n i extended to the 30th June, loJo, unless it be of a
higher degree than that now in operation) will be
made to commence on the lstst of July next.—
(These cases are specially noted under their respec-
tive numbers.
WISCONSIN.
Leave Chicago every Monday, Wednesday and
by 9 m. I
ta, Otterburn and Willow Springs to Mineral
Point, 143 miles and back once a week.
Leave Jiacine every Wednesday at 7 a m, ar
rive at Mineral Point on Saturday by 4 in.
Leave Mineral Point every Wednesday at 7 a
m, arrive at Racine every Sunday by 4 m.
Seivice to commence on the 1st of July 1838.
2902.
A.
From iiacine by Aurora and Pleasant
Prairie to Pike, 15 miles and back once a week.
Leave Racine every Thursday at 1pm, arrive
at Pike same day by 7 pm.
Leave Pike every Thurday at6 a to, arrive at
Racine same day by 12 noon.
2303. From Milwaukee by Chebowagan and
Manitoowoc to Green Bay, 130 mile and back,
three times a week.
Leave Milwankee every Tuesday, Thursday,
and Saturday at 1 m, arrive at Green Bay every
Friday, Sunday and Tuesday, by 8 in.
Leave Green Bay everv Saturday, Monday and
Wednesday at 5 a m, arrive at Milwaukee every
Tuesday, Thursday ami
Proposals for stage si
2904. Frora'Milwa
Jefferson to Madison,
week.
Leave Milwaukee e'
Leave Fort Winnebago every Monday, Wed
nesday, nnd Friday at 5 a m, arrive at Mineral
Point next days by 7 in.
Leave Mineral Point every Mondaj-, Wednes
day, and Saturday al 5 a m, arrive at Fort Winne
bago next days by 7 m.
2911. From City of the Four Lakes to Mound
ville, 24 miles and back once a week.
Leave City nf the Four Lakes every Monday at
7 am, arrive at Moundville same day by 3 m.
Leave Moundville every Tuesday at (i a m, ar
rive at City of Four lakes same day by 2 m.
Service to commence on llie 1st July, 1H38.
2912. From Dsdgeville by Helena to Arena, 23
milnsand back once a wesk.
Leave Dodge vi He every Wednesd ay at 11 a in,
arrive al Arena same day by 7 m.
Leave Arena every Thursday at 5 a m, arrive
at Dodgeville same day by 12 noon.
Service to commence on the 1st July. 1838.
2913. From Mineral Point by Belmont, Elk
Grove and Vinegar llill to Galena, 111., 39 miles
and back three times a week in slates.
Leave Mineral Point every Monday, Wednes
day and Friday.ai 6 am, arrive at Galcua same
day by 5 ni.
Leave Galena every Sunday, Tuesday and Fri
day at 6 a m, arrive at Mineral Point same days
by 6 m.
2814. From Mineral Point by Wingville and
Parish's to English Piairie, 80 miles and back
once a week.
Leave. Mineral Point every Wednesday at 6 a
m, airivc at English Prairie same day by 5 in.
Leave English Prairie every Thursday at Gam,
arrive sjt Minc.ial Point same day by 5 m.
Service to commence on the 1st July, 1838.
2915. From Mineral Point to Cassville, 50 miles
and back tnicc a week.
Leave Mineral Point every Monday and Friday
at 7 a m, arrivo at Cassville next days by 4 m.
Leave Cassville every Wednesday and Satur
day at 7 a m, arrive at Mineral Point next days
by 4 m.
Service to commence on the 1st July, 1638.
2916. From Elk Grove by Platteville and La
fayette to Prairie du Chien, 50 milea and back
twice a week in stages.
Leave Elk Grove every Sunday and Friday at 2
m, arrive at Prairie du Chien next days
at 6 m.
Leave Prairie du Chien every Sunday and Wed
nesday at 6 a in, arrive at Elk Grove next days by
11am.
2917. From Elk Grove by Blast Furnace and
Sinsinaway to Du Buque, 20 miles and back once
a week.
Laave Elk Grove every Wednesdyy at at 12 m,
arrive at Du Buquo same day by 7 m.
Leave Du Buque every Thursday at 7 am, ar
rive at Elk Grove samo day by 2 m.
Service to commence on the 1st July, 1838.
2818. From Prairie du Chien to Fort Snelling,
210 miles and back once in two weeks.
Leave Prairie du Chien every other Tuesday at
6 am, arrive at Fort Snelling next Monday,by 6pm
Leave Fort Snelling every other Tuesday at 6
am,
arrive at Prairie du Chien next Mouday by 6 in.
2819. From Prairie du Chien by Cassville, Van
Buren, Gibraltar, and Sinsinawa Mound to Galena,
Illinois, 70 miles and back twice a week in stages.
Leave Prairie du Chien every
Tuesday & Thurs
day at 6 a m, arrive at Galena next days by 5 m,
Leave Galena every Tuesday and Saturday at 6
ws I Leave Galena every Friday at 6 a
Bellview same day by 6 m.
2901. From Chicago, 111., by Half Day, Abing
ton, Pike, Wis., .Racine and Oak Creek to Mil
waukee, 86 miles and back three times a week in
lour horse post coaches. ™»aoury to ^assvuie,
0l'lce
a
ri^f
al
t'ay by 12 noon.
ili be considered.
Prairie Village and
and back* once a
stlay af2 m, ar­
rive at Mitdison every Saturday by 6 m.
Leave Madison every .Sunday at 6 a in, arrive
at Milwaukee every Tuesday by 12 noon.
Service to commence on the 1st July 1838.
2904. From Milwaukee by Springfield and Troy
to the outlet of Kushkenong, t0 miles and back
once a week.
Leave Milwaukee every Thursday at 6 a m,
ar
rive a|.Lake Kushkenong Outlet next day by 5 m.
Leave Lake Kushkcnon Ontlct every Tuesday
at 6 a in, arive at Milwaukee next day by 5 ro.
Service to commence on the 1st Juiy, 1838.
2.906. Fro.n Milwaukee to Fond du Lac, 70
miles and back once a week.
Leave Milwaukee eveiv Wednesday at 6 am,
arrive at Fond du Lac next day by 5p in.
Leave Fond d:i LacjSvery Friday at 5 a m, ar
rive at Milwaukee newday by 5 pm.
Service to commence «n the 1st July, 1838.
2307. From Green iiay by Menoniinie, Grand
Kilkalin, and Huttc dea MortstoFort Winnebago.
106 miles and back three times a week in stages.
Leave Green Bay every Friday, Sunday and
Tuesday at 1 m, arrive al Fort Winnebago eve
ry Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday by (i m.
Leave Fort Winnebago every Monday, Wed
nesday and Friday at 6 a m, arrive at Green Bay
every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday by 11 a m.
2'J03. From Green Bay by Menominee, Grand
Kilkalin, City of Winnebago, Pipe Village and
Fond du Lac to Fort Winnebago, 120 miles and
back once a week.
Leave Green Bay every Wednesday at a ni,
arrive at Fort Winnebago every Sunday by 5 m.
Leave Fort Winnebago ovcry Wednesday at 6
a m, arrive al Green Bay every Saturday by 5 m.
Service to commence on the 1st July, 1838.
2D08 From Fond du Lac by City of the Four
Lakes and Lake Kaskenong Outlet to Janesville,
110 miles and back once a week.
Leave Fond du Lac every Friday at 6 a m, ar
rive at Janesville every Mouday by 12 noon.
Leave Janesville every Monday a 1 m, arrive
at Fond du Lac every Thursday by*5pin.
Service to commence on the 1st July 1838.
2910. From Fort Winnebago by Madison,
Moundvilie and Dodgeville to Mineral Point, J85
miles and back, tbree times a week in stages.
mve
Leave Bellview every Saturday at 6 a m,
anW.
at Galena sam day by 6 pm. «"ne
Service to commence on the 1st Julv lRTfl
28 21. From Galena,
111. by Whhe Oak Snrinn
V is. and Gratiot's Grove to Wiota, 32 mMM.5
back once a week. ••M4
ieave Galena every Tuesday at 6 a «_•
at Wiota same day by 6 m. *",n
.Leave Wiota every Monday at 6 am,arrive..
Galena next day by 6 m.
Service to commence 1st July, 1838,
2922. From Du Buque by Peru, Dunwgo We*.
I plan's, and Salisbury to Cassville, 3(j
mj}
36 mj|e
week.
Friday at 4 a m, arrive at Mtlwaukea next days'] -^cave Du Bjque, every Thursday it i m.ir.
by 12 noon. nve at Cassville same day by 7 m.
Leave Milwaukee every Tuesday, Thursday, {••. Leave Cas3ville every Wednesday at 5 m,v
and Saturday at I m, arrive at Chicago next day
Buque same day by 7 m.
29From Du
B^que
Proposals for a daily mail on this route will al- i}??1*' "a-ikhurst and Pleasant Valley to Davenport
so be considered. 9a miles and back once a week.
290:2. From Racine, by Mount Pleasant, Ro-| -keave Du Buque eveiy Thursday at Ram, »r.
Chester, Foxville, Janesville, New Mexico, Wio-
rlv®
at
by Bellview, Higgim.
Wa^venport every Saturday by 6
Leave Davenport every Sunday at 1 u.
rive at Du Buque every Wednesday by 4 n.
Service to commence on the 1st July, 1838.
2924. From Davenport by Rockingham, Clark'i
Ferry, Waubesipinecon, Iowa, mouth of Pine, to
Burlington, 80 miles and back twice a week iiuta
ges.
Leave Davenport e'very Tuestfcv and Friday at
5 a in, arrive at Davenport next days by ».
X,eave Burlington every Sunday and Thursday
naa-m,i?
Ve at
PaveilP°rt next days by 6 pa.
8.0. Iromi Burlington by Gibson's Ferry, Fon
Madison nnd Fort Des Moines, to
St. Franci.viUe,
4o miles and back twice a week in stages.
Leave Burlington every Wednesday and Satur
day at 4 a m, arrive at St. Fracisvilie same davi
by 10 m.
3
Leave St. Francisville every Wednesday and
Saturday at 4 m, arrive at Burlington samedara
by 16 in.
2926. From Burlington toRichlandton, 12mil«i
and back, ouce a week.
Leave Burlington every Monday at 7 a
U
rive at Richlandton same day by 11 a m.
Leave Richlandton every monday at 12 m.
ar.
rive at Burlington same day oy 4 pm.
2827. From Commerce, 111. to Fort DesMouits,
2 miles and back, once a week.
Leave Commerce every Thursday by at 2
arrive at Fort IJes Moines same day by 4 m.
Leave Fort Des Moines every Thursday at 11
a m, arrive at Commerce same day by 1pm.
2028. From Fort Des Moines by Kcokuck, to
Warsaw, 111., 16 miles and back once a
week.
Leave Fort Des Moines every Thursday at31-2
m, arrive at Waisawsamc day by 8 in.
Leave Warsaw every Thursday at 10 1-2 am,
arrive at Fort Des Moines same day by3p m.
NOTES.
1. Each route must bc bid for separately. The
route, the sum, the mode of service, and the resi
dence of the bidder, should be distinctly stated in
each bid.
2. No proposal will be considered unless it lw
accompanied by a guaianty signed by one or more
responsible persons, in the following form, viz:
"The undersigned guaranty
that if his bid for carrying the
mail ftom to be accepted by
the Postmaster General, shall enter into an obliga
tion prior to the first day of March next, with good
and sufficient sureties, to perform the suietie9, to
perform the sorvice proposed.
"Dated 1837."
This should bc accompanied by a certificate of
a Postmaster, or other equivalent testimony, that
the guarantors are are men of property, and able
to make good their guaranty.
This guaranty being reduircd by law, no exemp
tion can be allowed in favor (oulrteta/
rail-road companies, or any other company or par
sons whatsoever.
The distances, as stated in this advertisement
are believed to be substantially correct: but th«
bidder will inform himself o i that point, as no
in
creased pay will bc allowed Jfor any difference
when the places are named correctly.
4. The schedules are are arranged so as to allow
seven minutes to each post office for opening and
closing mails generally, and one hour to the dis
tributing offices but the Postmaster General may
extend the time on allowing like extension to the
contractors.
5. The Postmaster General may alter the sched
ule, and alter the route, he allowing a pro rata in
crease of compensation for any additional
stock or
carriers is rendered necessary.
He may discontinue or curtail the service when
ever he shall consider it expedient to do so, he al
lowing one month's extra pay on the amount dii»
pensed with.
7. lie may impose fines for'failures to take or de
liver a mail, or any part of a mail for suffering
the mail to be injured, wet, lost, or destroyed arirt
may exact a forfeiture of the pay of the trip, when
ever the trip is lost, or the mail arrives so
far be
hind schedule timo as to lose connexion with a
depending mail.
8. He may annul the contract for repeated fail
ures to perform any of the stipulations, for refusing
to discharge a carrier when required, tor violating
the Post Office law, for disobeying the instructions
of the department, or assigning a contract without
the previous consent of the Postmaster General.
8. If the contractor shall run a stage or other
vehicle more rapidly or more frequently than h®
required by the contract to carry the mail, lie shall
give the .same increased celerity and frequency to
the mail, and without increase of compenation.
10. Contractors oil stage and coach routes shall w
the conveyance of passengers, give a preferencet#
those who are brought in the connecting mail lme«,
over those travelling on any other: so thatconnect*
ing mail stage routes shall form continous travel
ling lines.
11. On routes where the mail is transported i*
stages, and the present contractor shall be superse
ded by an underbidder, who may not have the tug*
property requisite for the performace of the contract,
he shall purchase from the present contractor b*"
of the stage horses anrl property as may be suita
ble for the service, at 'a fair valuation,
mJ~*
payment in reasonable instalments. Should tney
not agree as to tho suitableness of th* property,
the terms or the security, each may choose a per
son who may appoint a third, and their decision
shall be final, or the Postmaster General will name
the umpire. This will be made the condition ot
any bid under that of a present contractor an®
•linitlrl an ititr)B*K:.L1.u .Aimnlt' hll bid
should an underbidder fail to comply, his bid
be offered to the contractor: but should he deenn
it, the proposals of the underbidder will be accep
ed unconditionally.
12. The Postmaster General i* prohibited ,oy
law from making contracts for the transpo«*
of the mail with any person who shall ha*®
tered into any combination ,or proposed to
into any combination, to prevent the ma*i s
any bid for a mail contract by any other per
persons or wha shall have made any
a6re?'
to bid for a contract.
13. On poast coach and stage
J*
or shall have given or performed, or promi
give or perform, any consideration 1° do, o
to do, anything whatever to indoce any
oUl
rou,ef^,|If
kind of transportation is sometimes difflcuMjP^
posals will be received for carrying the."**1
horseback, in wagons or carts, fora •Pecl®
ber of months, weeks or days in each will be
dispensation of post coach or stage *erV
nr0OTf
«i«
tolerated unless it be stipulated for in tW pwi'u"—
and embraced in the contract. TVnart
14. The proposals should be sent
ment sealed, "Mail proposals in the
P»
and addressed to the First Assirt*nt
Geneiol. 6. E. Hoi*!.. ggNDAU*
POST Office DM*TiiMT,^L»«.*I *wr''