Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1838-01-20

ling negro in military coat of Blue
and buff, with large mental buttons, Of
the true revolutionary stamp. Sup
ported by two slaves which he bore
lin his hands, his step was feeble and
| slow. Time, which had spared him
as the momento of a former age, had
lbleached 10 snowy whiteness the
woody honors of his head. acoosied
him, and leart fror, his story that he
was now one hundred and ten years
old; that he was seven years servint
Of General Washington; that he was
with him at the battle Of yorktown,
and that the coat he wears was the gift
| of, and had been worn by his reyered
master. The garment itself bore evil
dence to the truth of his account. for
though in good preservation, no one
would think of fixing its origin a a
date subsequent to the surrender of
CORVALLIS.
The old mans name is John Caey,
and he lives near the Navy Yard |
/ and two or three others who had 9Th
eredro made him trifling present.,
for which he seemed very grateful and
warmly invoked the blessing of Hav-
en- upon us. When asked why hedid
notsell his coat, for many people would
pay him high price, he said no, no,
though he was very poor and often suf-
| Tered for bread to eat. no nlofey would
bug that from him. He sad he had
applied for pension, hut nver could
obtain one. If his story betrue land
1t can easily be tested) Congess ought,
by reclamation, to vote hima support
FOR the remnant of his days. from the
public treasure. A favorel servant
fof the Father of his Country who has
lived through the reigns Of III the SOW
ereigns that have filled tie British
throne since the days Of Q,een Anne
ought not to be permitted t. 60 down
to his grave dependant up,n the cold
charity Of the world. For NY part,
could not but look on him With res
Ipect which was heightened nto revcr-
Ience, when heard him speak with so
much affection as he did ofour beloved
Washington. Il National IltelIigencer.
NEWSPAPERS is awcll known
fact that newspaper debts paid with
more reluctance than any other. We
know this to be the CASE, especially
when not paid in advance, slmultana-
Gus effort should be made by the press
in every part of the country to abolish
this odious credit system newspapers,
which has no foundation either in rea-
son or justice. Payment for news
paper should in every instance be
made in advance. This should be cs-
tablished as an invariablerule through
out the length and breadth OF the land.
The payment of one years subscrip-
ton to a newspaper produce no incon-
venience to subscriber, and would
prove Of incalculable benefit to the pub
Usher; 1t would enable him to calculate
with accuracy the receipts and ex-
penscs Of his establishment; it woul,:
furnish him with small capital at the
outset, which in nine cases out of ten,
would prove very acceptable; it would
also encourage him in his attempts to
satisfy tohis readers and it would ena-
BILE him to furnish hispaper at the low.
est possible price. We repeat again
that payment for newspaper ought
in all cases to be made in advance, and
this ought to be established as a rule
by every newspaper publisher in the
Union Kalamazoo Gazette.
The MONEY MARKET is in a .lore healthy
condition than hitherto, though the pressure il
our city. owing to the rigid curtailment of the
Banks, is severe. Bank stocks are remarka
bly, high; though United States has tallcr
within short,im l22 to 10 ID, owing to the
fall OF exchange on Europe. The coming for
word of the new Cotton Crop has had the eff
feet Of reducing the rate Of exchange from h
a lG to barely 10 per cent. premium, which is
about the true par, taking specie as the stand
ard The same influence has nearly equalizet
the exchanges between this city and the south