Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1837-07-08
An incident occurred on board the Hnn,ro,,

oSSotico VII uoaId the Huntress
on the 18th, while on her way to Prairie 4
Chien, which was to US source Of n,at;sc,
tion' mingled with feelings Of regret. Afte
oinner' it was proposed to give few toast,
IN celebration of the day--a president was an
pointed, who it was agreed should call unor
d number of passengers for sentiment. Bn
one or two had been given, when cit;zen :
our county was named, whose toast, in sub
stance was, thatlhe special session ofcongres.
might DO something orclieye the country from
Its present embarrassment,---cha Nation
al Bank on the principle of the late U. States
BANK to be the deposit Of the surplus revenue
&C. When the toast had been given, every
one stood mum,---not a glass was raised nm.
III sufficient time had passed to show s;,,.,
a sentiment found no responding .hrob in the
osom of any, when it was stated by Soma
one that such sentiments were inappropriate
and therefore was dropped. We regret to see
any thing occur on that day to stir up party
spirit, but we rejoice to see that however mncb
the feelings Of the one who proposed the toast
might be respected, no one seemed to adj ont sncb
sentiments with regard to the establishment. of
Ia Bank.
1--WE understand that a weekly mai, wi,,
be carried between this place and Cassv,le
via Peru, Durango, &C., to commence on ney,
Monday. This is route of importance to ,
great many Of our citizens residing on tho
route, heretofore neglected. The people Of
this (lowa) district have had much canse If
complaint, with regard to the irregular trans.
portation of the mails---the contractor IN ,he
route running from this place TO Belview.
Fort Madison, &c. having neglected to per-
form his duty, by which the people residing
on the river have been deprived of any mail
facilities whatever. They, however, may at
tach some blame to themselves, for thus beipu
deprived, for we are confident that had the Post
Master General been correctly informed of the
conduct OF the contractor, steps would have
been Immediately taken to secure it's regular
ANOTHER SPECIE CIRcULAR.---The Treasu.
fcr Of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, under
1ate OF 10Th June, hasgiven notice "to all whom
It may concern, that, during the presen. sus-
pension of specie payment by the Banks, and
N view of the influence of this and other ope-
'atlng causes upon the currency of the country,
The Board of Canal Commissioners, unless
otherwise directed by the competent authority,
Will only receive specie ard the notes of spe-
'ie paying Banks in payment of the credits of
he Canal fund.
10 this precautlon they feel themselves con-
as well by the admonitory precedcnts
Of the General Government az by due regard
or the success Of the Canal, the safety of the
public moneys and the laws ofthe S tate, which,
While they prescribed the rec eivabiity Of Ger
ain bank bills in other cases, have purposcly
united Is it would SEEM SO to do in this
TheDemocrat says the circular was issued un-
Ter the order Of the whole board, which it con-
iders wise and providentmeasure
1J1"ln our advertising columns to-day will
e found an advertisement for information of
lARsH RoEERTs, who it appears, absented
msclt in mysterious manner from the set
lement of Council Hil.---Thc cause of Justice
emaEds that any information with regard to
i'm, if living, be givcn, in order that suspi-
ions may be removed from the innocent.
JoHs RUSSELL, Esq, ofBlufIdale, Illinois,
ong and favorably known to the people Of the
Vest, as an excellent literary writer, has is.
ued propos ais for the establishment ola news. .
arer at Grafton, ILL.,, 10 be entitled the BAcE-
voopsMAS. Mr.. r. holds the Office of Post
faster at Dluf1ale, and has been informed
hat the duties of editor and postmaster are
Incompatible, and that one or the other must
e abandoned. We hope he will determine
n continuing tho paper, as ono Of such
haracter will be great acquisition to the Ii
eraturo Of the west.
The corner stone Of the State House to be !
rected at Springfield, the established seat of
government for the State of Illinois, was to be
aid on the 4th inst.
S. M. BARTLETT, Editor Of the Galena ia.
'ette, has been elected Representative in the
State Legislature to fill the vacancy OCCASION
ID by the resignation Of Elijah Charles, ESQ.
The Bank Of Upper Canada has declared
its intention not to suspend specie payments
IS long as there shall be dollar in it's vaults,