Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1837-08-26

that a; Mr. Nacoa a1ael2a, ~a VIZ
ssa,.k ,,.as,e athas bate residence asa War
s,.e.n eousise. Noreh Carolina, osthe 18th
s. ,siu,s. shs aambcr os white persons
s,,s,,ss.nf were reTsoaSly estimated at
i h 1000 10 1900 besides several
hrrnirs.a Blacks When it is recoalecsed
asaas most OF these persons must have
cerne from distance. some idea may
he formed Of the reaerasion IN which
he was held by the people OF Warren.
Ii is another evidence OF the goodness
Of Mr.. Macon heart, that by his ex-
press directions. ample provision was
made for the hospitable entertainment
OF { this numerous company, and matters
were so arranged that even the blacks
were no. suffered to go away "hunsry
and a,hirs.-" He gave minute orders
about his insernsens, and took especial
care that his psrt!s! friends should not
hereafter erect the STORED urn to in
dictate his final resting place.
HeIef very handsome estate, which
he devised by Will to numerous rela-
tiyes. An anecdotes told Of him which
strongly illustrates prominent trait OF
his character. viz: Never to be infu-
enced in his actions by what the world
might say of him. 1t is said, that in
his lastillness, he insisted upon know
| ing from the attending Physician, the
amount of his bill, remarking "that
dead men were always charged more
thanlivingones. II Raleigh Register.
Discovery OF NORTH AMERICA
1t is announced abroad that the Royal
Society of Northern Antiquaries, at
Copenhagen, are about publishing by
subscription work which is to throw
new light on the discovery of America;
it will be entitled Earthquakes Anne
ricane,'' or collection of the accounts
extant in Icelandic aud other Scandlna-
Wan manuscripts relative to voyages OF
discovery to North America, made by
the Scandinaviansin the 10th &follow-
ing centuries. 1t is declared that it
will comprise testimony, the most au-
thcntic and irrefragable, that North
America was actually discovered by
the mortimer towards the close OF the
10th century, visited by them repeat
eddy during the 18th and 18th, some
Of them even making settlements as
colonists,) re-discovered towards the
close of the 18th, and again repeatedly
resorted to in the course ofthe 18th. 1t
ssaid, moreover, that what serves in
no9mall degree to enchance the value
of these documentsisthe great apparent
probability, indeed, almost tocertalnty,
that it was knowledge of these facts
that prompted the ever memorable ex-
petition Of Columbus himself! Wegive
this report as it reaches us in Paris
paper, and look eagerly for further in
fo.rmatiqn.-[Nat. Gazette.
A,sHrER.---He who has never known
a sisters kind ministrations, nor felt
his heart warming beneath. the endear-
ing smile and love beaming eye, has
been unfortunate indeed. 1t is not to
be wondered if the fountains of pure
feelings flow if his bosom but slug
gishly, or if the gentler emotions Of his
nature be lost in the sterner attri butes
of manhood.
"That man has grown upamongkind
and affectionate sisters" once heard
a lady of much observation and expe-
rience remark.
"And why do you think so?" said ].
"Bocause Of the rich development
Of all the tenderer and more refined
feeling Of the heart, which are SO ap-
parent in every word"
A sisters influence is felt, even in
manhood's later years; and the heartof
him who has grown cold in its chilling
contact with the world, will warm and
thrill with pure enjoyment, as somein-
cident awakes within him the soft tones
and glad melodies Of his sisters voice.
And he willturn from purposes which
a warped and false philosophy has rea-
soned into expediency, and even weep
for the gentler influences which moved
him in his earlier years.
hTRADE OF LITTLE Rock, ARKAN-
sAs.-The Little Rock Gazette Of July
4th, says; -" At time when the COM
merce ofthe whole Union is deranged
andparalyzed by the breaking up ofthe
banks, it is with peculiar qualification
we state that tho Arkansas river, du-
ring the present spring, has been the
scene of hustle and CONNER
cial prosperity. During the month Of
June alone, wehad at Little Rock more
than one hundred arrivals and depar-
lures Of steamboats,, and some Of them
Of the largest class. .