Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1837-06-10

reason, that his labors will be crowned wtH
abundant reward. Such men should he on.
Gozette.
We wish our friend SMITH great success in III,
enterprise. Butue have t,co brick estabI,hnen,,
IN successful operation, carried on by the Messr
Langtoort.ys and Loonais.
REMEDY AGAINST ANTs.-Acc;dent has f,r,;,,
ed an excellent recipe for destroying ants. ma,
chant, whose warehouse was infested by tbess A.
structive insects, remarked on sudden thai ,b.,,
had deserted one particular room; and obs.rv.,;o,
having convinced him that the circumslanc. VA.
caused by barrel Of fish oil which had been pacsd
there, he tried the experiment of placing soma of
the oil round the plants III his garden, when he
found itproduced the effect ofdriving the ants from
the place in few hours.-[ French paper.
An AMERICAN DEvIL.--An attempt was
lately made in court of law in the U. States.
to set aside a will, on the plea Of insanity Of
the testator. One of the proofs in favor Of it
was, his having complained to his friends that
the devil was in the habit of visiting him eve
ry night in the shape of pretty mulatto girl
and bottle of Champagne. The Judge, at:
ter due consideration, gave judgment against
the applicants, for, as there was some evil
dence of the mulatto and champagne, he held
it to be natural reasonable complaint, and
therefore proof of the sanity Of the testator.
Awidow, in the Herald of Tuesday, offers her
self to the consideration ssof any single gentlemen
as housekeeper. Has no objection to trarel, and
can bear confinement" II Twiss were 'ssingle
gentlemen" what an opportunity this would DO
for him.
Lord Erskine, in a new edition Of
his Letters to Lord LIVERPOOL"
speaking of the threats of Austria, and
Prussia thus expressed himself; "With
all the force they can collect, there is
our empire which they can never sub
due-the empire of opinion, whose
throne is the liberty fthe press"
An eccentric man of Ion, lately des.
cribing at Cheltenham the merits Of an |.
umbrella he had constructedupona new
principle, remarked to Lord A. that it
was ga perfect hefdeuvve of itskind
No doubt, said the witty Noble,:'it
must be shed-0ver if it is any thing
like umbrella"
GDo you speak French?" asked a
gentleman, when examining the quail
ifications of an Hibernian candidate for
the Office of travelling valet. "Not
exactly, SIR was the reply; "but I've
cousin at home who plays the Ora
man flute beautifully" Pat was deter
mined to show that some one of the
family possessed accomplishments.
EMIGRATION TO THE UNITED SrArEs.--A
London paper states that the tide of emigration
from that country to the United States Of Anne.
RIGA has commenced to flow this season with
perhaps greater impetuosity than at any fornl'
er period. Already at great number Of the
out-ports in England, and in Scotland, andln
Ireland, several vessels have sailed for New
Y ork and the Canadas, crowded with emigrants
comprising farmers and mechanics, possessed
Of small capital, and agricultural laborers with
their families who have proceeded in the e1-
pectation of lettering their condition in the
western world.
A ROYAL PRoPRIEToR OF NEwspArERs..s
Madame Adelaide, sister of that lover Of the.
Press, Louis Philippe, has become .sone Of
us" having purchased share in the ChroniqW
de Paris. We wonder how she would approve
of the registration system of Mr.. Nose Butler.
which, if adopted by that contraction Of AberH
opinions, his Citizen Majesty, might prove
inconvenient to a Royal proprietor. Perhaps
1t is only sort Of a Gazette des Modes, and NOT
political; butwe have not yet seen "the Roy
al property" as poor Simpson would have
called it. In the meantime we welcome our
Royal sisters entrance into our fraternity.
lHE THREE wIvEs.-A late minister Of religion
III Worcestershire, used to relate the following an
ecdote OF ono of his friends, who had been shfss
times married. The unfortunate Spectator N ma
trimony had married his FIRST wife very wcfidy
avarictous woman, who grasped at every 'nns,
and never was satisfied. The second corpu,
ient, easy, quiet soul, always in good hunnor, anu
satisfied with every thing; the last was nioss W.
lent termagaNt, who rendered his life miserable
while she lived. The good old man. upon resie~,
ing his past life, used to observe, "My friends, :
have had variety enough in the coAugal fela'iCn'
and may literally say-I have married the wof'''
the flesh, and the devil.''
UNITED STATES AND PERu.-A general cor
vention Of peace, friendship, commerce, ana -.
vlgation, has bcen concluded by Mr.. Larnsd: ~"
Charge d. Affairs OF the United Statesat Lint ~.
the new Government, and transmitted % ne
parfment OF State at Washington.
Us smoke offensive to you!' said a 'land'o!o, =
he took out his segar, to family that had just nv
we'd into his house. a3 8
.Not At all, sir, said the female part Of the no0''
hold. m M, s@ss .stgs 49,. s'.4S g
q am glad to hear it, said he, sf,r AL the pig
places herc smoke 50 bad, that you will be osc0
before yol have inhabited The premises six week.