Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1837-09-16

MARSHALL Judge Marshall's yearly visit
to FauqIcr, whore the proper implements of his
vOrite sport were not be had, he still practised
Il among his rustic friends with at stones forguots
casual guest ats barbecue in that country, Of one
those entertainments 80 frequent anon, the couM-
try people Of ViYgiania-soon after his arrival at
| the spot saw an old man emerge from thickct
| which bordered on the neghboring brook, carrying
as 'asgc pile OF these fiat stones as he could hold
between his right arm and chin ; he stepped brisk
| ly up to the company, and threw down his load a
inong them, cxclaiming, "Therc Here arc quots
enough for us all.'' Tho strangers surprise may
be imagined, when he found that this plain and
cheerful old man was Chci Justice Of tho United
Statcs.-tLS Southern Literary Messenger.
YouNG CnAr-A gentleman travelling,
found by the way side, a man no supposed 10 be
~ years OF age weeping most bitterly. DESTROYS
10 learn the cause Of such immoderatc grief, he
inquired Of the old gentleman, why it was that he
was crying. lie was informed that his father had
lust been whipping him! your fathern exclailn-
FED the astonlshcd traveller, lis it possible that
your father is alive -Yes SIR said the mourner,,
'he lives in that house, pointing to a small habita-
ton near the road. The traveller was ANXIOUS to
see the father, and accordingly turned into the
house, whore he saw aud convcrsed with him expos
tnlating wit, him on the absuftlity of his conduct,
in whipping as old man MS his son. The old
man apologzcd, saying, that the young rascal had
been throwing rocks at his grandfather who was at
work in the garden Brownsville Banner.
MATRIMosy-Ihc happiness of the husband
ana wife IS mutually derived from each other;
they pnrlasa alike Of joy and sorrow, glory and g
hominy, wealth. and poverty; they arc tho same
TO each other mall tho circumstances Of lifc the
misfortune OF ono is the misfortune of the other !;
nothing but the grave can sever their connection
even tic bonds which uni brother and sister, or
parents and children arc less enduring. The tom
der youth, grown into manhood, he is now perhaps
contending with difficulties in the world and re-
coiyes no longcf tho protection of father and
mother. the Old sinking into the grave around him,
andshis only solacc is tho wife of his bosom She
perhaps, has fled from her paternal roof willing to
sacrifice every thing for his sake, and now clings
f'Mly to hin, for protection and support.
ANEcDoTEi- "A Jack-tar whohad heard Of mu-
steal accomplishments, symphonies, 81, being one
night at q play, wherc there appeared q great di-
voisity of taste among the audience, who wcro
calling to tho orchestra for different tunes, he do
tcrmincd TO put IN his claim for a favorite, and
standing up in tho pit, he set tho house in roar,
by calling out
.siIalo! you messmato with tho big fiddle. give
us Yankee Doodle with the trin,n,ingsn'
EM1GRANTs.--GcncralJ jackson in a late letter
to Goneral!A Trousdalc, Of Tennessee, thus spoke
on tho subject ofomigration:
tslhero are bundles regions on tho Mississippi
and Missouri, and their tributaries, of matches
fertility, and Of great salubrty, which will afford in
new States yet unborn, ample room and verge
enough, for centuries 10 come, to millions Of emf
grants. We want the basis of good breeding
population, and no foundation 10 better than out
own Amglo-Sax0n stock, whether il is ofpure Eng
lisl, or of German, Dutch, French, Scotch and
Irish graftings, evon though this last be mingled
with tho hot Milesian hood ofthoir tabled PhG-