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VOL. I. THE IOWA NEWS, 1» I'uaiJsnCfj «V&F.KZjVj BY GOklCLL, KI^G A: RISSELL, TERMS OF ADVERTISING. For one Square, lit in»ertira, Si 00 Kach *nb«eqHent in«cni«n, SO A liberal deduction will be made to yearly ad vertisers. O^^All advertisements sent to this office for in sertion, without the number of insertions marked thereon, will, at the option of the Editors, be con titi'iad till ordered out, and charged accordingly. ffc5"Letters to the Editors must be rosT-PAtn. S E S E A Attorney CchmIIw at Law, DU DCCIUK, WISCONSIN TERRITORY. ALEXH. W. GRKGOR, Attorney at Law, DAVENPORT, W TERRITORY, WILL attend to the business of his profession in the Supreme and District courts of the Territory. JOHN TURNEY, Attorney and Connselltr at Law) GALENA, ILLINOIS. T. S. WILSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW ANU SOLICITOR IN CIUNCJCBT DU BUQUE, (W. T.) OFFERS his professional services to the citi zens of Du Buque and the adjacent counties of Wisconsin territory. lie will also regularly at tend courts in Jo Daviess county, Illinois. November 16, 1836.—*23- tf P. H. EN S ic, Attorney at Law and Solicitor in Chancery, AFFERS his professional services to the cit izens of Du BUQUE, DES MOINE and IOWA counties. July 27, 1836. 12—tf Cltas. S. Hempstead, ATTORNEY AT LAW, GALENA, ILL, 1KTILL continue to practice in the several courts in IOWA and Du BUQUE countics W. T. Office OH Bench street, adjoining dwelling, in Galena. August 17, 1836. 8tl5 William IV. Coriell, ATTORNI'l Y AT LA IF, DU BUQUE, W. T. Du Buque, June 3,1837. DR. JOEL C. WALKER, LATE OK CIRCLKVILI.E, OHIO, Fort Wa4lMB, l.ce County, W, T. A CARD. RENDERS his services to the citizens of Du Buque and vicinity, in all the branch es of MEDICINE, SURGERY, and MIDWIFERY. He may be found at all times at the Du Btujue Hotel, when not professionally engaged. Du Buque, June 8, 1836. 5—tf Doctor John Stoddard, RETURNS his sincere thanks to the citizens of Du Buque, for the liberal share of pub lic patronage which hr. has received, and takes this opportunity of informing them, that he in tends a permanent residence in DU BUQUE, and hopes, from skill and attention, to merit a continuance of the patronage he has already re ceived. To prevent misunderstandings, and silence false reports, ho herewith presents a list of his charges for medicine and professional services, by which he has heretofore been, and will here after be, governed. Visits in town by day, 1 dollar: by night, 2 dollars: ex officio services, one dollar per hour: obstetrical services and attendance from 10 dol lars to 50, as the case may he. Consultations with other physicians fee tO dollars, adding mileage when in the country, in all cases in the day, 1 dollar, in the night, double. The fees in surgical cases, will be regulated according to the importance of the case. Me dicines, Emetics, and Cathartics simple, 25 cents, compound one dollar Febrifuge pulver ized, simple, 12 1-2 cts., compound 25 cents to one dollar Tonics, pulverized, 25 cents per dose Tincture from 50 to75 cts. per oz. Epis pastic from 50 cts. to one dollar all other me dicines in proportion. Those laboring under Cronic diseases of the Liver, Dyspepsia, Scroffula, Kind's Evil, White Swelling, Rheumatisms, and particu larly Females laboring under Uterine diseases, may possibly derive benefit by consultation and advising with Joe tor JOHN STODDARD. Du Buque, May 11, 1836. ltf 2$, HAS on hand a well selected assortment of FALL AND WINTER GOODS, consisting in part of Ready-made Clothing Calicoes, Fancy Goods, Hard-Ware, Groceries, 'Boots, Shoes, Tin Ware, Ana a general supply of Goods calculated to •aitthe wants of the inhabitants of the mining country. All of which he will sell yery low tor cash or lead. NOT. 3, 1836 30-tf Prortoioiig, Groceries, &c. I1_"1HE subscriber has received by late arrivals, in addition to his former stock of Goods, a large and general agsortme.it of Provisions, Groceries, Liquors, Dry Goods, Hard-ware, Hollow-ware, ttweens-ware Boots, Shoes, Caps, and a variety •f Clothing, suitable for the season, which he will moderate terms at his store in Peru, fcr cam, mineral, or lead. Pew, Noy.aa, 1836. 29-tf 1 fk BBLS. Sugerfine FLOUR, just ree'd and *y bT r' B"S"E, WEE*"'" JOB PRINTING. i«r oi the 'Io'.va New»* u*«ii smy. plied with Job Type, the proprietors are prepare to execute on the shortest notice all kinds of illatn, rmS jrattCB JOB PRINTING, SUCH AS Blanks «f all kind*. Bills e» Lading, SBiinen and Viiltlnf Card*. Ball Ticket*, lAkels Ac, O^-Orders from a distance must be accompanied with the cash, or some responsible reference given. DR. WARSAW'S CELEBRATED THE •jVTOTICE IS IIEUEUY:' GIVEN, That forty _L^| dollars on cacli share of the Capital Stock ol the Miners' Bank of Du Buqur, will be required to be paid, to the President and Directors of said Bank at. their office in .the town of Du Buque, on the second Monday in October next—fifty per cent, of said instalment to be paid in 6pecie. order of the Board. C""Lt' Remedy for the cure of Ague and Fever, Chills and Fever, Cake in the side, and many other diseases of the West India Islands, and similar diseases of the United States —Price $1 25 per bottle, for at WM. MYERS'S Stoie. June 17. 3-3m Subscribers have just opened that large and commodious house at the corner of Main and O'Connell Streets. The house has been im proved at considerable expense, and is now ready for the accommodation of Travellers, Boarders, and Families. No trouble nor expense will be spared lo render it a house of comfort and convenience to those who will favor him with a call. His table will be deck ed with the varieties of the season, and his bar with the choicest of liquors. July 1.1—7-ay. T. FANNING fc CO. ALL persons indebted to the concern of John Regan &. Co. are hereby notified to come for ward and settle their accounts by note or other wise, and those having any demands .tgainst us, will present them for settlement. As we are clo sing up business, we hope our friends will attend to this without further notice. July ii'J. JOHN REGAN &, CO. BLASTING POWDER. UST received 10 Kegs Blasting l'owder, by HEMPSTEAD & LORLMIER, June 15, 1837. NOTICE. ALL parsons indebted to the es'ate of Hosca T. Camp, deceased, are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned and those having claims against said estate are hereby notifi ed to present them. F. K. O'FERRALL, Adm'r. SARAH CAMP, A.duj'r. June a-I, 1837. 4-tf Miners' Bank of Dii lluquc. E. LOCK WOOD, President. June 3, 1837. 1-tf NEW SPRING & SUMMER Wassortment E are now receiving a large and handsome of Spring and Summer GOODS, to which we would respectfully invito the attcn tlhn of those who want cheap Goods. O'FERRALL &, GRAHAM. June 3, 1837. 1-tf NOTICE. ALL THOSE indebted to t! firm of John Re gan &, Co., are requested to come forward and settle their accounts. March 8,1837. 44 CORN MEAL. SACKS Com Meal, received per 8. b. Fulton, and for sale low for cash by June 10,1837. SCOTT &. TAYLOR. BOOTS &. SHOES. A LARGE assortment of Coarse and Fine Boots, coarse and fine shoes, ladies' and chil drens' shoes of all description, of a superior quali ty, for sale by E. LOCK WOOD. June 24. 4tf E BOSSED ASSIN ETTS. RECEIVED per s. B. NOTICE M. W. POWERS. ALL SCOTT & TAYLOR. Auugtsst 6, 1837. Smeiter, 5 cages Em bossed Cassinctti, a new and fashionable ar ticle for gentlemens' pantaloono, which will be sold cheap, by O'FERRALL &. GRAHAM. June 3,1837. j.tf PAINTED MUSLINS. ft o{ fashionable Painted Muslin* JL V tor ladies auimnei rireiwe*, ju*t ree'd and for sale by O'FERRALL & GRAHAM. June 3. j.fj NEW GOODS. ELOCKWOOD is now opening in the New Store, opposite his old stand, on Main St. a large and well selected assortment of SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS, just received from New York and Philadelphia, to which he invites the attention of customers. June 10. 2-tf NOTICE, To penont wishing to purchase property in Du Buque. WHERE are now in market, 75 LOTS, imme diatcly in front of the Town, and situated on the bank of the Mississippi River. The sit uation is handsome, and must becomc the prin cipal part of the town. As the owners of the property are anxious for the improvement of the town, Lots can be had on reasonable terms to those who will make improvements. For further information, apply to IS HEREBY GIVEN, that I have amoeiated in business my brother W. L. Lockwood, and the business in future will be con ducted under the firm of J. H. 6c, W.L. Lockwood and all persons having unsettled accounts with me, are requested to settle the same by note or otherwise. J. H. LOCKWOOD. Prairie du Chten, Oct. 4th. 1836. 29-tf NOTICE. Persons indebted to the subscriber either by Note or Book Account, will please call and settle the same without delay,as no further de lay can be given. WM. MYERS. Du Buque, Aug, 5, 1837. IOWA IEWS, vigation of the Wisconsin and Fox Rivers, and to connect the head waters of Rock, Fox, Wis consin, and Milwaukee Rivers by navigable channels. Surveys have been made, of which the Ottawa Republican makes the follow re marks: "They report the expense to be mere trifling, and are only waiting for the people of this vi cinity and the people in the vicinity of Fox ri ver to go ahead and improve our end of the chain, fhey report that 80 miles of Fox Riv e is already navigable, viz: that part from the Big Woods (about 40 miles above this place) to a point opposite and only 13 miles from Mil waukee. The particulars of the contemplated improvement from Milwaukee, the last men tioned 13 miles, we have not yet learned.—• Should the Fox be improved by meafys of slack water navigation to the Big Woods, it would open one of the most important thoroughfares in all the Western World, and one especially important to this State. It would open to us the best channel imaginable to procure our buiiding materials, a very important object to us of this prairie land. Pine timber is found in great quantities throughout all the eastern part of Wisconsin. There is about 35 feet fall on Fox River within ten miles of its mouth, and from the Big Woods to this point, there will be about 40 feet more to be overcome. Seven dams and locks will do the work the expense of these dams and locks cannot amount to $50,000 each, if it be improved so as to ad mit the steam boats that navigate the Illinois river. If it be improved for smaller boats, tho navigable feeder of the Illinois and Michigan Canal completes about half the improvement necessary. Those immediately interested in this matter (and their numbers are not few) should exert themselves, and continue to ex ert themselves, until tho work is accomplish ed. A knowledge of these facts are only to be well understood by the members of the Legis lature, and their assistance may be depended upon. They will not suffer an improvement of so important character to remain without aid many years for the sake of the small sum necsseary to carry it forward. The days of wild speculation we believe, have passed bu siness must return to its natural channel, and those works, and those only, receive attention and legislative action that are of service to the community. We believe the time has nearly arrived when no man or set of men can obtain grants from our state government for the pur pose of building up their own towns and fitling their own coffers from the public purse. The following extract from the Milwaukee Advertiser, speaking of the Rock River Canal says,:-— "Commencing at Milwaukee, and pursuing the course of the main trunk westwardly. we ascend the valley ol the Menomonee, alike ce lebrated for its rich land and good water power, to a point seven oreightiniles aboveits mouth, here diverging from the course of its valley, and bearing nearly west, we reach the Fox ri ver at the distance of about 14 miles from Mil waukee. From a point east of this intersec tion of Fox river, a lateral branch of small ex tent will unite the canal with Fox river, be low Prairie Village Rapids, from whence this stream is navigable for steamboats of light draft a distance of about eighty miles, or un til it readies the Big Woods Rapids in Illi nois, which it is understood will be speedily improved by that State. By this connexion the whole valley of Fox river will have an ea sy and direct communication by water to Lake Michigan without performing the circuitous route by way of Ottawa and Illinois Canal. The agricultural value of the country border ing on this'stream and its tributaries is too well known to require from us on this occasion, any comments. Its wealth and population will be immense and the necessity of some convenient, avenue for intercourse and business is impera tive. Tm MECHANIC.—If there is any man in so ciety upon whom we look with esteem and ad miration, it is the honest and industrious me chanic, who by his own unaided exertions has established for himself a respectable ntn* tion in society—who commencing in poverty, l7 his skill and assiduity, surmounts every obstacle, overcomes every prejudice, and suc ceeds in establishing for himself a reputation whose value is enhanced for those who come after him. Such a man we prize as the noblest work of which human nature is capable—the highest production she can boast.—And let it ever be borne in mind by the young mechanic just entering on the stage of active life—let it ever lie at the foundation, and le the moving spring to all his efforts, that this situation he must strive to attain. It can be attained by all. Untiring industry, and a virtuous ambition, never fail of their reward. They never yet were exerted in vain and never will be, while honesty and justice are left in the human heart. It was well remarked, by an eloquent writer that the mechanic, who had no inheritance but health, no riches but virtue, is the sole king ataong men, and the only man among kings. NULLIFICATION A—BEGGING.—General Duff Green has been forced to turn mendicant to sustain his nullifyiug "Merchant" at Balti more. He was at Fredericksburg (Md.) on Tuesday, urjging "a personal appeal to the fatest Y. K. O'FERRALL. Du Buque, May 11,1836. ltf tublic for auT' necessary to sustain this his project, which "he believes will he giv en." He was to address the citizens of Caro line (Va.) on the succeeding Monday, and "take up a collection." We infer as much from his "card" in the Richmond Whig, from which we quote which is to the effect further, that his anticipations have not been realized at Baltimore, "the derangement of the currency" having "prevented his southern and western subscribers from making their usual remittan ces." The absence of "derangement," more likely, on the subject of nullification. [Albany Argus. CONSCIENTIOUS.—An English paper men tions that a Magistrate at Cheltenham, on ta king his seat one morning not long since, gravely announced that his dining room chim- DU BUQUE, PPPER MISSISSIPPI LEAD MINES, WISCONSIN TERRITORY, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9,18^v UNITING THE W ISCONSIN \ND POX RIVERS llarlv stvont ONRT v.™ i Thepeople of Wisconsin and especially of Mil- tenced himself to pav half a croiTwhlhT* i®0?00d,as WatlKPP aPA tlL*inr» „,At J'd.' Iloll w ,.! n o sleI's to improve the na- handed over to the clerk. steps to improve iilpypff' H- -iwpujwf* lf 4 1 his reminds us of a circumstance which was related to us as having occurred in the west A iudg*'» one day during the session of us court, after the adjournment for the dinner bad taken place, marched boldly up to a distinguished lawyer, who had treated him somewhat cavalierly, without a 6hort "if i f®V,ou8 ceremony, cuffed his cars and pulled his nose. On the meeting of the court in the alternoon, he announced in the courts of business, that he had committed a breach of the peace—which ought not to go unpunish ed-otherwise the person ofno individual would be f*fe. He therefore fined himself two dol Jars.-*~[Boston Journal. From tho Chicago Democrat. THE HON. GEO. W. JONES. At a iumerous meeting ol the citizens of Ra cine, h«ld on the 19th day of August, 1837, Dr. BujnellB. Cary was appointed Chairman, and Loienzo Jones, Esq. Secretary: W litre upon, it was, on motion, unanimously Resolved, that the Hon. Geo. W. Jones, delegate to Congress from this Territory, by his indefatigable attention to the arduous du ties of liis office, and unremitted devotion to the business and interests of his constituents, is entitled to the warmest gratitude of the ci tizens of Wisconsin. Reiolved, That he bo invited to partake of a public dinner with the citizens of Racine, at such lime and place as may suit his conven ience. fated, That Scth F. Parsons, John M. My ers, Lorenzo Jones, William Saltonstill and Albert G. Knight, be a Committee to carry in to effect the foregoing resolutions. B. B. CARY, Ch'n. LO»EJ»ZO JONES, Sec'y. Hon. GEORGK W. JOXKS. Dear Sir: The undersigned feel great pleas ure in having the honor of presenting to you, in behalf of tho citizens of Racine, the enclos ed resolutions, believing, as we do, that, if Wisconsin has received no appropriations from Congress for the construction of her harbors and roads, it has not been owing to the want of ability and zeal on your part, in presenting and urging tho importance and justice of heT claims. That your health, prosperity and happiness may long continue, i9 the sincere wish of Your humble and obedient servants, SKTH F. PARSONS, JOHN M. Mvtits, LORENZO JONES, WILLIAM SALTONSTILL. ALBERT G. KNIGHT. Racine, W. T., Aug. 20, 1837. RACINE, W. T., Aug. 20. 1837. Gentlemen: Your highly esteemed favor of to-day's date, enclosing to me the proceedings of a public meeting of my fellow-citizens of Racine, on the 19th instant, at which resolu tions were adopted approving of my course as the delegate of Wisconsin in Congress, and inviting me to partake of a public dinner, has just been received. Whilst my bosom is filled with emotions of pleasure at the receipt of Mm evidence of their confidence in my fidelity and ability to serve my fellow-citizens, I am, at the same time, placed by it under such a weight of obliga tions as I fear I Khali never be able to requite, either in a public or private capacity, jlcc It is true that, since my selection as their delegate to Congress, my every effort and energy has been devoted to the advancement of our com mon interests at the Federal City, and, altho' the favors we have received thus far have been but few and unimportant, I feel still more sen sibly the gratitude 1 owe them for being wil ling to attribute our want of success to other causes than a lack of ability or anxiety on my part to attain them. My fellow citizens havo on two signal occasions, and in terms not to be misunderstood, expressed their confidence in me, and I could desire no further evidence of the estimation with which their kindness has induced them to view my public course. What further demonstration of their approbation could the most scrupulous desire than that contained in the ballot-box at the last election, when, (whilst charges of the moyt foul char acter wore hanging over my head) they volun tarily and unanimously stepped forward and proclaimed to the world their total disbelief in the infamous slanders endeavored to be fasten ed upon me! The authors of those libels had not then, nor have they since, had the audaci ty to acknowledge themselves the promulga tors of such y \\u attempts zt defamation. They know their own infamy would be proclaimed by such an avowal, and therefore nave studi ously kept themselves in the dark. My journey through the south-eastern sec tion or our Territory to this place has been made with a view of forming a personal ac quaintance with my constituents, their situa-' tion and that of the country in which they live. With all I have been most highly delighted, and haying crossed the country from the Mis sissippi to the Lake in less than three days and six hours, with my family, in my own vehi cle, you may infer we met with good natural roads, the only kind we have. For the agri cultural or grazier, I have no hesitation in as serting that a more rich or valuable country cannot be found. The soil is all rich, and a bounds in fine streams of limpid water, afford ing sufficient power for all purposes. The a bundant crops bear ample evidence of the strength of the soil and the industry and enter prize of our citizens. I am now, you are aware, on my route to the city of Washington, to attend the extra ses sion ot Congress, which is to assemble on the 4th proximo. I have fifteen hundred miles yet to travel, and, without offering this as an apo logy for declining the acceptance of the invi tation to partake of a public dinner, I must beg Iaveto ou assure my friends that the honors they already heaped upon me I conceive to far greater than I deserve, and that the pleas- inga more intimate acquaintance with them itey had caught fire from not having been xego- and their withes Ja .wlol mpt dcaif&U Jlj* i PAID ADVANCE, OR ,, pr l?*pres9tomy CrOWIl. U'hloh hA eOn«OSt friends the profound »«»i',SoSCu at the reception of their kind invitation, and assure thein that whilst my heart shall contin ue to beat I cannot cease to remember this act of their generous and kind feeling and that, whilst I have energy and the power to act, their interest and that of our Territory shall be always present to my mind, and no opportuni ty to serve them go unembraced. The kind terms, gentlemen, in which you have convcyed to me the feelings ond wishes of my fellow citizens convince me of the esti mation in which I am held by yourselves indi vidually, for which I can offer you only the effusions of a grateful heart, and assurances that your individual happiness and prosperity will ©vor be sin odrnost solicitude withf Very respectfully, Yoiit.fellow citizen and obliged friend, GEO. W. JONES. To Messrs. S. F. Parsons, John M. Myers, Lorenzo Jones, William Saltonstill and A. G. Knight. liaciiii. W. T. Among the items of foreign intelligence brought some days since by the Oxford, wc find a paragraph siatingtthat Boireau, one of the'nccomplices of Fi eschi, whose sentence of twenty years imprison ment had been commuted to banishment teas to be embarked for the United States. We never read an article of this kind that we are not filled with indignation at finding our country selected as a »ay general, to which European states send their culprits. With what semblance of pro priety do tho French authorities embark a man who has been guilty of plotting (gainst the lifo ol h\*Jellte-mnn, to say nothing of the individual's toilud ruler, trj inflict his presence ujioa the ti nned btate*. Do they suppose that we are the fit ting a?-ociates of nss^sins, that they select our shores as the depositories of such unprincipled vil lains, or do tlioy imagine that, because wo have in the spirit of mercy caused our country to bo the asylum of the unfortunate, however poor and des titutc. It IS also to become tho established recipi ent of nil who may be tainted and polluted with crimes. I htu political offences do not necessari 1} imply moral guilt wo ore ictdy to admit, hut it must not be forgotten that the man who would take humnn life under pretext of its being in the posses sion of a king, would not scrupln ii» deprive any other individual of the same boon, although he might bo clothod with aufiorily by his follow citi zens. Can it be that the French think that the name republican is synonymous with that of king-killer, that they select the United Stales as the Autocrat of Russia does Siberia, for I he prison bounds of offenders against their government! They may af foct vt belie o what they please on this head, but as Americans, fondly attached lo the moral insti tutions of oiir country, we solemnly protest against any such liberty being taken, and appeal lo tho ap proaching Congress to establish such tegulations between this mid otliei nations as will put a stop to a course as insulting as it unjust. It was but tho other day that it was announced that Meunier, another of these cut throat enthusi asts, was destined for New Orleans as his place of sojourn, just as if that city were the fitting resi dence for a mnn who could deliberately and in colli blood lay schemes to circumvene and destroy his fellov- man. If such things be permitted, well may criine-bespotted Europe point tho finger of scorn at a republic where the out-casis of their jails are lo be received without hindrance or hesi tation. It is quite enough thutthoso who fly from justice in the lands of their nativity have an op portunity of seeking our shores, but in the name of common sense let not tho constituted authorities, the sovjreign powers of those countries with open effrontery designate "the home of the free and the land of the land of the brave" as the proper place to which to send their convlots and blood-stained assassins.—llalt. American. THE WAV THE v PUNISH STEAM BOAT MURDER ERS IN ENGLAND.—'The Coroner and Jury who have enquired into the bursting of the steam boiler of tho Union steamer, at Hull, have rendered the verdict of manslaughter against the Engineer. The Coroner and the Foreman of the Jury also waited on the Mayor of Hull, at tho Mansion House when the Coroner, ad dressing the chief magistrate, said, "Sir, we came for the purpose of presenting a requisi tion, emanating from myself, as coroner, and the Jury. The object of this requisition is to reaucst you to call a public meeting of the in habitants, to take into consideration tho strong necessity of petitioning Parliament to protect the public, as far as possible, from a recur* rence of events so awful. It was the opinion of the Jury and my own* that legislative in terference is loudly called for for if it be need ful to license pilots, and regulate stagecoach es, it appears to us to be still more necessary to be assured, by similar means, of the prop er qualifications of the parties having the man agement, and control of so powerful, anil in this instance, so devastating an engine, and I am sure your consent will not for a moment be withheld, on a subject to important." And in the same excellent spirit, the Mayor ex pressed his perfect concurrence in the object of the requisition, and appointed a day for the proposed meeting. EMRORATING INDIANS.—'Hie Indians, to the number of from 1000 to 1500,'will receive their payment at Pawpaw Grove, Kane county, in this State on the 3d prox. Specie will be paid them to the amount of $27,000 and gooas to the amount of $26,000. They will obtain their goods at the lowest New York wholesale prices, which were selected by men well ac quainted with the wants of the Indians. They will proceed from there, crossing the Mississip pi at Quincy, to the country now occupiod by Caldwell, their former chief, which is about 100 miles above Fort Leavenworth. It is the wish of Government to haye them go to the {country around the Osage river, but they pre fer to be with Caldwell. Itis conjectured that two or three hundred will still prefer to remain in this vicinity and live around in squads wher ever they can obtain a livelihood. [Chicago Dem. WMMI TI FASHIONS cons WU»*.—^"Grand pa, where do people get their iuhion* from?" "Why from Bnetoa." "Well, where do the Bos ton folks pt them fit)ml" "From England." "Ah, end wlists4othe Bsglldiget iem?w "From France." *A«s4 where do the Freneh get them from?" ujrip—erfcy, right straight torn Satan ,r.». yf NO. 15. FORT MADISON, V»\ T. co^r ,h° se,lt of puKn„V^,i9 justice for Lee itj, 13 situatad on the west bank of the ca!,ed ruichase, in tho lermory of Wisconsin Thi.i town was laid out late in the lall of 18.15, three o fam(hes gpeiU the 6uccee(i wil, who occupied as many small log cabins It now contains a population of over th^e hundred, one large and commodious hotel, six dry goods store three provision stores, feur grocery stofesjtwo yers, two physicians, twenty-two S.uert a ui joiners, five plasterers, one wagon maker fo , bricklayers, two tailor shops, one blacksmith'riio and one boot and shoe maker. There is a Je^era' scarcity ot mechanics of every description? as al so of laboring men all oi whom wJld com,,,ami good wages and constant employment. The place is rapidly increasing in population, with a« intelli- gent, enterprising, mid industrious a set of neoDlt as can b* found in the west. And, if judenie o the future by the past be a fair criterion, fhefe i« every reason to Relieve that there is not a healthier no'iwJli'h .K ,,Ver: i« «ot well be otherwise, u8 ,here j, iM margh oril,_could undated lands hi the vicinity, and the bluffs oa either side approach,ng very „earto the river. I he country, from tiiis plac, ,u th„ w..,„rn boundary of the Purchase, a dista»ce of about 50 miles, is of the best kind for agricultural purposes and is settling rapidly. pose Fort Madison occupies the site of olrt Fort Madison, which was destroyed by fire, and evacu ated by the American troops, in 1813, when be sieged by a savage foe. Nature sac ins to have de signed this place lor a large and beautiful cily I no bank ol the river here, is about 30 feet above low water mark, and the ground gradually ascend ing to the base of the bluff, (a distance of from one fourth to one half a mile,) which rises to the hight of about 100 feet, affording a fine view of the river for many miles, a id the beautiful scenery which surrounds the town. It is :».)0 miles above St. Louis, and about the same distance below Galena, 25 miles above tha mouth of the river Dcs Moines, ,„jles above Montrose, 'JO miles below Burlington, and opposite Appanoose, in Hancock county, Illinois, between which place and I'oil Madison, a sloaiu ferry boat runs regularly.—[Western Adventurer. THE WAY IS OPEN TO~ALL. Miss Martineau, in hor recent work on this country, says that the only unhappy yoang gentle men in our northern States, are thojo wlmare bom to a fortune. Well, there is more truth than poet ry in this. Let those wlio havo no other fortune than their hands, think of it.—'Thore is a free road open to them. Almost every great name that has adorned the world has been won by per sonal effort unaided by tho forfeitous power of weatlli, or imishiooin foice of birth. Youn" men of our country, go up this road. Go up it, by your own exertions, ior you will never ascend by any other. Rely upon nothing else, for all else mav fail you. To our contemplation, thore is no spectacle more worthy of admiration than a virtuous younc man, advancing himself in the esteem of the good and tho worthy by his own exertions. His i,„|u3 tiy is unceasing—his deportment modest and unas suming. His principles are fixed—his integrity unflinching. He practices the cardinal virtues for tho love ol them—and others love him for their practice. He should meet kindness on every hand. Mankind are interested in his success for lie may becomc the depository of tho power which our fathers exerciso. He may sit in tho high places giving laws to tho country ami wisdom to the nge. We would not destroy tho huy-day of youth* There is a natural buoyancy in youth that should be indulged. But it should be4cherished only in useful, innocent, lefined amusements. Amid the intelligent society of virtuous female", young men should seek relaxation from the cares of the count ing house and the toils of tho workshop. Hero will their affections bo purified, their manners re fined. If the matron of tho mansion approve if, let the young join in the inerry dance to win invig orating rtdief to their pnysical powers. i Young men, shun as you would the plague, tho3o who deride the society of virtuous females. There is a mor:il pestilence in tho very atmosphere they breath. If thoy loved virtue, they would love vir tuous society. It is a sure proof that they know themselves too well to enter where virtue anil re finement itloiiu diffuse their refulgent light. Sijnk society above yourself, but enter not that which is beneath you, cithor in intelligence, reiiaeuic n:, or virtue. More young men are ritinod in our ciiios, by bad associations than from all other causes combined. When the novice enters a eotcire, he soon catch es the prevailing spirit. If drinking and caroming prevail he drinks and carouses. He will not ba laughed at because he cannot sivallow as much wino as his fellows, and if they partake of tho Strong drink thai maketh mad,' he shows bis strength of head by swallowing thesame potations. If others gamble, he gambles. As they descend U» the lowest vices in a spirit of bravado, he sinks down with them—even to the veiy depths of pol lution—until he hangs upon society, s pest and a nuisance instead of an honor ami an ornament, a» he might have been, had he wot met ruin in tho bewildering, contaminating, blighting influence1* of nnrnirious associations. When we behold a young man capable of resist ing all such temptations, we watch his steps in profound admiration. We look upon him as a bright promise to human liberty. Morality shill hail him as her champion. Religion will exult i.» his defence. He shall sit in the high places of the Republic—and lus name shall endure, 'i" When monumental marble llath crumbled with its scroll. To MAKFC HOME HAFPV.—Nature is industri ous in adorning her dominions: and man,to whom this beauty is addressed, should feel and obey fho lesson. Let him too, be industrious in adorning his dominions—in making of his wife and The following is sa»4 jl^a^irtaWsiiw fcp Diarrhoea. It should ed. Parch, half a pint df feotly brown—boil it down done—tat it slowly, a*d it will mt his home—the dwelling children—not only convenient an 1 comfortable, but pleasant. Let him as farascir-^ cuinstances will permit, be industrious in sarrjviid ii»g it with pleasing objects— in decorating it with ii| and without with things that tend to make it agreeable and attractive.—Let industry make home the abode of nearness and order—a placa which brings satisfaction to every inmate, and which in absence ihawji back the haaabjuhs fjivl" association of comfort and content. Let this ba dons, and this sacred spot will become more suiely the scene of cheerfulness, kindness and psser—* Ye parents, who would have your children hap py, bo industrious to bring them tip in th* midst of a cheerful, a pleasant and Happy Ivrne Waste not your lime in acemmjlating wealth fb^-v' them hut plant their minds and soul* in the wa#-' proposed, with the seeds of virtue att'd 'pibtpeTityl.' $ 'j