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O a,n S.jJ 'ally o/aVcS- s-efife rARlT. •f^.H ilLUM An,eof !*N reqoegj PergQn, r^uest. RT'1"- 084 A *,i i* r,Jmembered. la/°ife .wee^s fcfifctJE* JAMES G. EDWARDS AND IOWA PATRIOT, .HJBtfSlO® EVERY THURSDAY IN Tire CPPER ST0RY 0F THE A BUILD" ,X0 AT TttE CORNER OF rTmthinston and Water Streets, wMflTONi DES MOINES COUNTY, IOWA. S TERMS ijaWK.EYE & PATRIOT is published week, at THREE DOLLARS per •tf ^pVASCE» yaT'Lcmnliance with the above terms pacli delinquent to an extra charge «en,s' 'or e'"y ""e0 Produce, Fire Wood, fcc., t«. nvERTISEMENTS will be inserted at At rate of one dollar per square, for the first fifty cents for each subsequent insertion. A liberal deduction will be made to all those who advertise by the year. MAltYATTIANA. QUIZZING tion of er CAPT. MARRYATT, OR PE- WLE—SWAPPING.—Capt. Mar rv• rvatuin his new work, "A Diary in imerica," gives the following illustra the American passion for bar ter a« equally felt by young females. After mentioning that he met with two young ladies, both good looking, md perfect strangers to each other, in a net, very stage coach, he wben ird^—o says: 'One had a pretty pin* silk bon fine for traveling the oth an indifferent plush one. The vounglady in the plush, eyed the pink bonnet for some time at last, Plush observed, in a drawling, half-indiffer ent way, 'That's rather a pretty bon aetofyour's miss.' 4Why, yes,"i cal culate it's rather smart,' replied Pink. .(ftcr a pause and closer survey— •Yoa wouldn't have any objection to part with it, miss?1 4Well, no, I don't know but I might I have worn it but three days, I" reckon.' 40h, my! 1 have reckoned that you had carried it longer perhaps it rained on them three days.' 4l've a notion it didn't rain, not one. It's not the only bonnet I have, miss.' 4 Well, now, I should not mind an exchange, and paying you the balance.' 4That's an awful tiling you have on, miss.' 4I rather think'not, but that's as may is. Come, miss, what will you take?' •%, I don't know what will you pef 'I reckon you'll know best when answer my question.' 4Well, tbea, 1 shouldn't take less than five dollars." 4Five dollars and my bon net! 1 reckon two would be nearer the mark but it's of no consequence.' 'None in the least, miss, only I know lie value of my bonnet. We'll say no more about it.' 'Just so, miss.'— A pause and silence for half a minute, when Miss Plush looks out of the win dow and says, as if talking to herself, 4I shouldn't mind giving four dollars, but no more.' She then fell back in her scat, when Miss Pink put her head out of the window, and said, 4I should n't refuse four dollars, after all, if it wis otfered,' and then fell back into her former position. 'Did you think of taking tour dollars, miss?' 'Well, 1 don't care I've plenty of bonnets at homo.' 'Well, replied Plush, tak ing out her purse, and offering her the money. 'What bank is this, miss?'— 'Oli, aii's right there, Safety Fund, I calculate.' The two ladies exchange bonnets, and Pink pockets the bal ance." [A Troy correspondent of the N. Y. Gazette gives the following ex nation of the above story. laiU Captain will doubtless feel bad, when he hears how he was hoaxed by pla- The gal- Yankee girls.] "When the gallant Captain was at the Troy House, loudly boasting that »e was not to be humbugged by the Americans, as his predecessors in the leveling and book making line before him had been, a young lady from Ver "tont, (that part of the State which here designate as being "over the fountain,") who had been a pupil at "'e Seminary here for some time, was Waiting in the south parlor for the de parture of the railroad cars, by which was to set out for her home.— "e Captain's boast was heard and a^ter stl House this, the young having occasion to travel a few es by stage, from her father 3 s, was ^prised to recognize as a 'fellow P&ssenger,' the not-to-be-humbugged am. At the first stopping place, £'le driver was watering his hir«Sefr ?l Captain brandying se f, the young lady took the op- ln^orm another lady, who ,Passenger, and a their^6r 4total name» &c,» witK f811."®111311 passenger, together shf K i as* against humbug, which ma^e at ^ie Troy Peter Simple's return to the car^' P'an was matured, in ac- aaQce with which, the conversa- smfip* .*Mdhr tii&h* tion, exchange and payment of the four dollars, just as put down in the book, took place. At the next village the journey of the ladies terminated, and the hats and money changed back, and the incident almost forgotten, un til the Diary brought this American 'characteristic' before the public, and back to the recollection of those whom the Captain says were 4both ion was inverted by the quantity of liquor which he had taken every thing close to him on the table he considered to be out of his reach, whilst everything at a distance he at tempted to lay hold of. He sat up as erect as he could, balancing himself so as not to appear corned, and fixing his eyes upon me, said, "Sir, I'll trou ble you—for some fried ham." Now the ham was in the dish next to him, and altogether out of my reach I told him so. "Sir," said he again, as a gentleman, I ask you to give me some of that fried ham." "Amused with the curious demand, I rose from my chair, went round to him and hel ped him. "Shall I give you apotatoe said I, the potatoes being at my end of the table, and I not wishing to rise again. No sir, replied he, I can help myself to them. He made a dash at them, but did not reach them, then another and another, till he lost his balance, and lay down upon his plate, this time he gained the potatoes, help ed himself and then commenced eat ing. After a few minutes he again fixed his eyes upon me. Sir, I'll trou ble you—for the pickles. They were actually under his nose, and I pointed them out to him. I believe sir, I ask ed you for the pickles, repeated he, after a time. Well, there they are, replied I, wishing to see what he would do. Sir, are you a gentleman—as a gentleman—I ask you as a gentleman for them 'ere pickles. It was impos sible to resist this appeal, so I rose and helped him. I was now convin ced that his vision was somehow or other inverted, and to prove it, when he asked me for salt, which was with in his reach, I removed it farther off. Thank ye sir, said he, sprawling over the table after it. The circumstance, absurd as it was,, was really a subject for the investigation of Dr. Brewster. The following story, from Capt. Marryat's Diary is "fus rate." An American told me one day, that a company had been working a coal mine in an Eastern State, which pro ved to be of a very bad quality they had sent some to an influencial person as a present, requesting him to give his opinion of it, as that would be im portant to them. After a certain time he forwarded to them a certifi cate couched in such terms as these I do hereby certify that I have tried the coal sent me by the company at and it is my opinion, that when the general conflagration of the world shall take place, any man who will take his position on that coal mine will certainly be the last man who will be burnt. And the following tale, the hero of which is a Cincinnati hack driver, is "pekoolarly fus rate A young lady with whom I was acquainted, was married during the time I was there, and the marriage party went a short tour. On their return, when but a few miles from the city, they ordered the driver of the carriage to put his horses to, that they might proceed he replied that he would take them no further. On en quiring the cause of his refusal, he said that he had not been treated as a gentleman that they had had pri vate meals every day, and had not asked him to the table that they had used him very ill, and that he would drive no more. But the subjoined, is wery pekoo larly fus rate Once more on board of the Michi gan, one of the best vessels on Lake Erie as usual, full of emigrants, most ly Irish. It is impossible not to feel compassion for these poor people, wearied as they are with confinement and suffering, and yet they do com pose occasionally about as laughable a group as can well be conceived. In the first place, they bring out with them, from Ireland, articles which no other people would consider worth the carriage. I saw one Irish woman who had five old tin tea pots there was but one spout among the (HiiUiT' young, both good looking, and both ladies, and evidently total strangers to each other.'" Singular effect of drunkenness. Capt. Marryat gives the following account of a scene which was enacted, by himself and a man who appears to whole Lvii.^? and, I believe, not one bottom really sound and good. And then their customs, more particularly the fitting out of the children, who were not troubled with any extra supply of clothing at any time! I have witnes sed the seat of an old pair of corduroy trowsers transformed into a sort of bonnet for a laughing fair-haired girl. But what amused me more was the very reverse of this arrangement a boy's father had just put a patch up on the hinder part of his son's trou sers, and cloth not being at hand, he had, as an expedient for stopping the gap, inserted a piece of an old straw ,,, «i bonnet in so doing he had not taken have^ been a good deal44worse for liq- the precaution to put the smooth side uor, at the table of a public house in] of the plait inwards, and, in conse Upper Canada: jquence, young Teddv when he first tie sat down opposite to me, at the sat down felt rather uncomfortable, same table. It appeared as if his vis- "What's the matter wid ye, Teddy what makes ye wriggle about in that way? Sit aisy, man sure enough havn't ye a straw-bottomed chair to sit down upon, all the rest of your journey, which is more than your fa ther ever had before you?" DEATH OF SULTAN MAHMOUD. The Sultan of Turkey died on the 31st June—aged 54 years having reigned 31 years. On the 26th, he bade a solemn adieu to all the great functionaries, being conscious of his approaching fate, declaring that he had nothing to reproach himself with, and asking those around whether they could, say the same. He then called to him his heir, Abdul Medjid, his son in-law Halil Pacha, and Khosrew, and told his successor to depend on Khos rew and Halil, taking the first as an example of firmness and courage, the latter as the symbol of prudence and circumspection. In these times of trouble and tumult, finish the work I have begun." Previous to his death he issued an order to set free all persons who had been imprisoned for political offences. He also made large bequests to the poor. The day before he died he wrote with his own hands, a letter to Emperor Nicholas—after which he had an interview with his children. Tiie adieus of the Sultan to his wives, his children and his servants, were very affecting. Just before he died he burst into tears. He wept his empire menaced in so many ways— his son, left so young, exposed to so many dangers. He called about him all the authorities of his empire, (the creations of his own genius,) Mussul men in faith, the children of Christian Europe by education, and recommend ed to them, in the most touching terms, his young heir. They all swore to fulfil his wishes. The Sultan left seven children by his wives—three sons and four daugh ters. He is succeeded on the throne by his eldest son, a youth of eighteen or nineteen, named Abdul Medjid— who has been elevated to the throne in a troublous time a time which would require all the energy of his father in his best days, to guide suc cessfully the helm of State. His first step has been to sue for peace to the victorious Ibrahim. The young Sul tan has been brought up within the walls of the Seraglio—and it is said is remarkable for neither intelligence nor talents. THE BATTLE NEAR ALEPPO.—A great battle was fought on the 25th June, between the armies of the Sultan un der the command of the Seraskier Hafiz Pacha, and of Egypt under the celebrated Ibrahim. The united forces amounted to nearly 200.000 men, and resulted in the defeat, death, or dis persion of the whole Turkish army. The following account of this engage ment is copied from a French paper it will be found interesting: 44 The Turkish army occupied a strong position at Nizeb. Ibrahim, who had received the Pacha's permis sion to make an attack, wished to as sail this position in front but Soli man Bey, (Colonel Selves,) succeeded in restraining his ardor, and it was agreed that the enemy should be drawn by manoeuvres from his entrench ments. The Egyptians made a feign ed retreat and the Seraskier Hafiz Pacha sent out a strong division of cavalry. The first corps it came up with, composed of Bedouins, dispers ed according to the order they had received and the Seraskier imagining that the Egyptians might be easily routed, advanced with the whole of his forces. Thus he abandoned his strong position, and two formidable redoubts constructed by Prussian officers, from which great advantage was anticipated. In order to draw the Turks still further from their en trenchments, Ibrahim and Soliman continued to retire for hastening '^Y ii "7 AND IOWA PATRIOT. BURLINGTON, I. T., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1839. two to hours, gain a field of battle, •m',: which the superior judgment of Selves had previously selected as one of the most favorable. On reaching this ground the Egyp tian army suddenly faced right about, and availing itself of the nature of the position, formed into compact masses, the infantry in the centre, the cavalry and light artillery on each wing, and made vigorous charges on the Turks, who were astounded by this sudden attack. The ranks of the latter were soon thrown into disorder. The Se raskier however, rode up to the front and by his valor, and the bravery of the corps around him, remedied for a time his false step. His heavy artille ry, unfortunately for him, could not come up and the light guns of the Egyptians, directed by European officers, seconded by well timed charges of cavalry, threw his ranks into disorder. His wings were at the same time,too extended and his troops excited by the ardor of pursuit, had not preserved any regular order of battle they could make scarcely any resistance and at this period, some corps of Arabs, which Ibrahim in his retreat left in ambush on the right and left, fell upon the Turkish rear, and thus completely put the Ottoman troops to the rout. The disorder became so great, that the Turkish soldiers threw away their arms, and fled in the utmost confu n. Part of the troops endeavored to gain the entrenched camp, while others made for the most fordable points of the Euphrates. It appears that a large portion of the fugitives succeeded in escaping, and that the massacre was not so great as might have been expected. But the camp, artillery, baggage, and even the mus kets of the Turkish army, fell into the hands of the Egyptians. The Seras kier, carried away in the general rout, crossed the Euphrates. His horse, wounded by a ball in the shoulder, fell from loss of blood in the middle of the river, and would have been car ried away, with his rider, when a young Albanian, on a small Epirote horse, seized the Seraskier by the mid dle, and contrived to get him safe to the other bank. Three hours after ward Ibrahim was reposing under the tent of the Seraskier." The following is a copy of Ibrahim's letter to his father, announcing this important victory: "The Turks are dispersed they have left behind them every thing, besides 6000 prisoners." The news of this victory appears to have produced a great sensation. The Captain Pacha, commander of the Turkish fleet, soon after sent a mes senger to Alexandria, with proposals to place the whole fleet under Me hemet Airs protection, in order to ard against the troubles likely to follow the Sultan's death. A know ledge of this defection—and of an in surrection prepared at Constantinople, as well as Albania, is said to have de cided Khosrew, (the Grand Vizier,) and Halil, to make overtures to Me hemet Ali, of surrendering up to him the empire,and their young sovereign, and inviting him to Constantinople, to reorganize the Government. An En glish newspaper, the London Chroni cle, thus comments on these reports: "Serious, however, as this event must appear,it loses much of its gravi ty from the impossibility of any such result being accomplished as that con templated by the defectionists. Eng land, France, and Austria, are not rendered the less resolute by these intrigues, to maintain the indepen dence of the Ottoman empire. Nor can either Mehemet or the Divan act in despite of them. It is not, in deed probable that Mehemet would wish to risk the enmity of all the world, for scarcely less would be the consequence of his entering Constan tinople. It may be thought, that if the intrigues and gold of Mehemet have prepared the defection of the fleet, with troubles in Constantinople and in Albania, Russian counsels may have prompted the Divan to fling it self headlong into the arms of Me hemet, in order to afford a pretext for Russian interference. This we do not think. Russia is not prepared for so bold a cast of the die and, if she were so, never were the* other Eu ropean powers better prepared or more resolved to prevent Russia car rying off the prize." It was thought not unlikely that as the Viceroy of Egypt was now mas ter of the Turkish fleet, he would pro bably embark for Constantinople, where he might make himself master of the capital without the least diffi culty. The Turkish fleet, when sail ing from the Dardanelles, consisted of 32 vessels, of which 13 were ships of the line, including thi ee th|ee-deck- ers. EYE 44 A letter in the Paris Messager, states that Mehemet Ali had accept ed the overtures of the Captain Pacha, and taken the new Sultan under his protection. It alleges also that an envoy from the young Sultan had ar rived in Egypt, bringing a firman be stowing on the Pacha the hereditary possession of Egypt and Syria, and also the post of Generalissimo of the Turkish armies, with an invitation to visit Constantinople, and there treat of the high interests of Turkey and Egypt. Great consternation prevailed at Paris when the important news from the East was received. The Cabinet held frequent meetings, and the great est anxiety prevailed to know what course Russia would adopt. THE CHARTIST WHISTLE.— An in genious little plaything, under this name, has been sold freely in this town during the last few weeks. It is made of tin, and in the interior is formed a small reservoir for flour or ink,or some other dust or fluid. The blow pipe communicates with the reservoir, and of course the inexperienced operator is sure to receive the contents in his eyes the moment he attempts to blow the whistle. The whistle itself is a practical joke, and a very good one. The ingenious mechanic, however, who invented it, no doubt intended it. to convey an important moral lesson, viz: that the leaders of the Chartists are throwing dust in the eyes of their followers, in order to secure some ad vantage to themselves. We under stand one of the whistles was exhibi ted to the bench of magistrates, the other day. The name was stated, but the modus operandi was not. One of the worthy justices, eager to hear the terrific sound, immediately put it to his lips, and as quickly received a part of an ounce of flour in his eyes. It is unnecessary to say that the incident was too much for the gravity of the Court, and it was some time before it could be sufficiently restored to allow of a dignified procedure with judicial business.—London paper. SINGULAR PETITION. We are in debted to a44 traveller, alias a ballad singer," for the following anecdote: In the reign of George III, a man of some eccentricity, of the name of :orge King, was sentenced to be executed in London, in consequence of being convicted of forgery. After sentence was pronounced, his friends interposed in his behalf, and got up several petitions to Government for a commutation of his sentence. Their efforts, however, were fruitless. The unhappy delinquent at last bethought himself of trying the effect of a peti tion to the King, drawn up by him self, and without the knowledge of lis friends. The following was penned, after a few moment's premeditation: 'George King to King George sends his hum ble petition, And hopes that King GeoTge will pity poor George King's condition If King George will grant to George King a long day, George King for King George will ever more pray." The petition was sent exactly as we have it. It had the desired effect. In ten hours after it was despatched from Newgate, a reprieve was receiv ed by the unfortunate man. His sen tence was commuted to transporta tion for life'.- 44 -Eglin Courier. FORCING A BALANCE.—The follow ing paragraph is from a late Paris paper: The Paymaster of a regiment, quar tered in the south of France, having deposited a sum of 10,000 francs in the hands of a banker, suddenly learn ed, a few days since, that he had de clared himself a bankrupt. The Pay master immediately went to his debt or's house, and demanded his money. The unfortunate banker replied that he had delivered in his balance sheet, and consequently it was too late. The officer, upon this, drew out a pair of pistols, and said, 44 The 10,000 francs you owe me belong to the regiment if they are not forthcoming, I am dis graced and ruined therefore, you must either give me the money, or I will blow out your brains, and then shoot myself." This mode of settling accounts defeated all the calculations of the banker, who took out his pocket book and gave him the sum demanded. A nameless French author says: The modest deportment of those who are truly wise, contrasted with the assuming air of the ignorant, may be compared to the different appearance of wheat while its ear is empty, it holds up its head proudly, but, as soon as it is filled with grain, bends modest ly down, and withdraws from obser vationJ* VOL. I No. 15. sa SUMMARY. Of 193 deaths in this city last week. 37 were by Cholera Infantum, 13 by Diarrhoea, 8 by Dysentery, and 1 bv Cholera Morbus. Under five yeara of age, 120 or almost two-thirds of the whole number—N. Y. Journal of Commerce. Sir John Colborne has been reqafi^ led from Canada. His successor, tHe Larl of Clarendon is expected to ar rive in a frigate at Quebec within a fortnight or three weeks. A Cheshire auctioneer, while en gaged the other day in his avocation, exaited the merits of a carpet "Gen tlemen and ladies, some folks sell car pets for Brussels which are not Brus sels, but I can positively assure you that this elegant article was made by Mr. Brussels himself. Typographical errors are some times very amusing.—We once read in an English paper, an account of a fashionable party, at which one of the most distinguished persons present was the 44 Duke of PORK." A city pa per report the Court of Common FLEAS," and a Southern paper con tains an account of an "atrodous BOBBERY!" Accompanying a marriage notice sent for publication to the Watertown Jeffersonian was a five dollar, bill for the editor. This is a leetle the great est compliment any publisher has yet received. The Secretary of War has been ex amining the public works at Oswego, Lake Ontario, with a view to the con struction of additional forts under the Congress appropriation. 44 Never go clamming at high water," was the reply of an old fisherman to his son, who had written him, request ing the loan of twenty thousand dol lai's, to enter into the flour specula tion at ten dollars a barrel. 1 he boarding-house of Mrs. Broome, in Hartford, was set fire on Sunday last, by the sun,.and several articles of clothing, a chair, &c. consumed. The fire was communicated to a partition in the attic, by a pane of glass in the fan light, which formed a convex lens, and brought such a focus to bear on some clothing hanging on the parti tion, as to set them on fire. By a time ly discovery the building was saved. At the anniversary celebration of the Wesleyan University, last week, the Rev. Dr. Olin, of Virginia, now traveling in Europe, was elected Pre sident, to supply the vacancy occa sioned by the death of the late Dr. Fisk. One of the Connecticut papers remarks, Dr. Olin is a very superior man, and we doubt not but the insti tution will increase in popularity and strength under his care." A bright and beautiful bird is Hope it comes to us mid the darkness and the storm, and sings the sweetest song when our spirits are saddest and when the lone soul is weary, and longs to pass away, it warbles its sunniest notes, and tightens again the slender fibres of our hearts that grief has been tearing away. When Paddy O'Rafferty was put into a sedan chair which had no bot tom, he said,44 If it were not for the name of the thing,he might as well b'e walking." The same might be said of the ladies' net work gloves. The St. Andrews Standard says— "Our bay and coves have been lite rally swarming with mackerel during the past week. Large quantities have been caught in the wiers at Bocabec, and along the shores." The fishermen on our coast complain that the macke rel are all gone away. It appears from the above that they are on a A GOOD SENTIMENT. visit to the British Provinces. TALL WINDOWS.—A waggish neigh bor of ours, speaking of windows which he saw in Boston, the other day, said the squares of glass were TROUBLESOME FELLOWS.—The Trinity Ireland. so big that it took four men to look oat of them!—he saw three men try and the could'nt do it! [N. H. Tele graph. •—In King James's speech to the Parliament of England, in the year 1609, occuis! the following remarkable passage: "A king ceases to be a king, and de generates into a tyrant, as soon as he leaves off to govern by law. In which case the kings' conscience may speak to him, as the poor woman to Philip of Macedon, Either govern by law or cease to be a king.'" Fel lows of the Colleges in Great Britain and Ireland, are exceedingly anxious to get married and supposing that Queen Victoria may have a fellow feeling with them, are pestering her to repeal the statute of celibacy, which prevents them from marrying^ A petition of this character was lately presented her majesty from the junior Fellows of College, DublSL