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The Iowa patriot. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1839-1839, 1839-06-06
SEAT OF GOVERNMENT

An interesting and graphic description of the
locality and surrounding scenery of the future
seat IF Government Of our Territory, may BIO
found on the fourth page Of this paper From
the signature we infer that it was written by
our old friend, who. while in the Legislature
last winter, often and INVARIABLY pronounced a
certain up stream town Doo5oake He is an
old sog. At eying, and we think the distances
az laid down by him may be relied on for their
accuracy.
We, understand that the Commissioners,
Messrs. Swan, Ralston and Ronalds, have issu-
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who deserve the greatest applause for g..
cxampied industry and perseverance g g.
In October, A.. D. 1892, there VA. 4
twelve Or fifteen individuals who CROSSE %as
river in canoes, at the head of the Ri. i, 8
and landed at the claim Of the Mess,s 3 ss'sae
two miles below Burlington, and nada .1a
curslon few miles around the edge !, !, =
timber in the town prairie; laying cI.;.J. = =
future settlement. But little was do,. y
them until February, 1888; when they ~ :,
over their stock, and commenced buila.
cultiyating the soil; but to their great det,; =
and suffering, they were driven BY the a. ''
ment Soldiers from Rock Island acros. - =, =
er to the Big Island, taking with then !,
implements of husbandry and Their .,. -,
Their cabins and fencing were set on ST.
entirely consumed. Notwithstandin, g. : aaa
and still resolved to hold on to their ns,, ua
they held council and it was pretty NY as.
mously agreed by vote, to strike tbe;, .AS
and build afat boat to enable them J. sA'
over the river as opportunity served. u -. =
the culture and improvement of tbei, ~. sD'
Many Of these worthy individuals, after {.
a small improvement, have sold out Al ,.as
advance, to such as were moro able And
red buying, to going back and taking =, d,
lands and improving them. There vel ,.,. s.
few families of those that first settleal
who have deeds for their lands from Govern
ment; their farms being now under hirb ,,., !.
| of cultivation. Il
Being already too too lengthy defer giving 70.
the extent Of improvement made by so, N :, !,
the settlers in 1888, but will say il VAST.
ten to fifty acres in corn. and as the v,.s
ware enacted in the fall Of 1893, for re,n,,,;s
the manner Of improving and holding clam,
will rcfsr you to them for names and par,i,l.
| liars. Nj NJ. ,ar1 t{St naA
t A CITIZEN OF BURLINGTON
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BURLINGTON.

A friend and fellow-citizen has favored US
with an interesting historical sketch of the first
settlement Of this town by the white inhabi.
tants, which may be found in another column.
The rapid growth Of this city is almost with.
out parallel. This delightful spot was occu-
pied but few years ago as solitary trading
point, and as a burial place for the Indians,
whose remains are frequently dug up, in max
ing excavations on the bank of the river. 1t is
situated on the west bank Of the Mississippi,
about equi- distant from St. Louis and Du
Buque. During the present high stage of wa.
ter Front or Water Street IS about fourteen
feet above the level of the river. This eleva-
ton extends to width Of about 400 or 500 feet,
at which point gentle ascent commences,
which reaches to thetop of the ''bluff," afford
ing delightful locations for private residences.
The buildings on this eminence can be seen on
the Illinois side for distance of fourteen miles.
Burlington suffered very much during the win.
ter before last, in consequence Of on extensive
fire, which destroyed several handsome build
ings, among which was the State House. The
Legislature, during the last winter, held its
session in the New Brick Methodist meeting
house. The improvements that have been
made during the last year are creditable to the
enterprise of our fellpw-citzens; among them
may be mentioned the block Of three story
brick buildings, erected by Messrs. Lamson,
Ladd and Rorer. During the present season
two new wharves have been constructed by the
contributions Of the citizens, and we soon ex-
pect to see the whole length Of Front Street
ha ndsomely graded. There are inexhaustible
quarries Of limestone within the Corporation
limits, atfording excellent facilitiesfor building
materials and matchmaking roads. A steam
ferry boat runs regularly from this place to
Montreal, and we have not seen it return once
this season, without being literally crowded
with passengers, mostly immigrants to Iowa.
Although Burlington has grown up SO rapid
ly, it is very evident that it has grown no fas
ter than the excellent farming settlements BY
which it IS surrounded, would warrant. With
the trade Of an extensive and wonderfully rich
back country, which must inevitably centre in
this place, we cannot well see what should pre.
vent Burlington from becoming city of con.
siderable Importance; and when our citizens
realize the large amount chat will accrue from
the sale of town lots, there will be nothing 10
prevent them making it one Of the most hand.
some towns on the Mississippi river The above
brief and crude sketch was suggested by read.
ing the communication Of .'Citizen Of Bur.
lington," who has promised us continuation
Of his interesting "reminiscences
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to eaipags, riches, dress, talent q ediesal Dig
Mtg III all these,swe confess, they may differ
from many Of theAieadels Of the Administra-
ton party. Can they have no fixed princi-
pies in consequence of this !? Yea, verify; and
the grand principle with which they set out
is still before them. tits to put down nsur-
patton of power, and in this is included sincere
love Of country, patriotic feeling and desire
that all might share equally the blessings Of
our free institutions whatever those interested
may say to the contrary.
There were a certain set Of men SO uneasy
when out of power and destitute of govern
ment patronage, that any means would be
laudable, in their estimation, to secure within
their grasp the reins of government. To &C
complish their object, they began to work on
the sympathies and prejudices Of the people
they accused the Administration of Mr. Adams
with being extraragant, which has since prov
ed to have been economical to "a fault, compar-
cd with the succeeding administrations; for
where but thousands were then expended for
the legitimate purposes of government, mil
lions have been spent some hO,c or other, du-
ring the administrations of Jackson and Van
Buren.--They further acted on the sympathies
of the people, by selecting a man, for their
candidate whose we'll earned popularity as a
! victorious General, made him, as such, almost
the idol of the American people.--They sue
ceeded in securing his election.-They made
him the instrument of destroying the U. S.
1 Bank an institution which they could not
bribe !; and the only crime of which it was
deemed guilty was its immense power as
,nonied institution, although it was never prov
ed to haveunduly exercised thatpower.-Th
came the removal of the Deposites, the story
of which Mr. Duane, then Secretary of the
Treasury, is now telling, and which is far
from being reputable to Gen. Jackson.-Tben
came the state bank system, which made the
Treasury almost bankrupt.-Ihen the golden
humbug.--After which Mr. Van Buren, intro
duced his fayorite subtrcasury scheme. u is
principle opposed to all these freaks Of mad
ambition experimenting and destroying a
healthy currency-giving high salaries and
perquistes to political prescribing
the best qualified men in the land and turning
them out of office for opinions sake--it is Q
principle opposed to such complicated systems
as these and in favor Of simple constitutions
administration of the government about which
all true Wings are and have been contendng
1t is the Wings then, we aver, who are con
tending for sPrinciples not Men," and they
alone and it is on this account that they have
cared less about the man than the principle
and we presume if good honest democrat
possessing the requisite qualifications coule
be found who would effect the reformation they
desire, they would as soon select him as one Of
their own party. This is the principle on
which the Wings act.
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WING Us. VAN BUREN, PRINCIPLES.

WHIG Us. VAN BUREN, PRINCIPLES
Among the snumerous charges brought
against the Wing party, one is that of being
destitute of principle. Many: Administration
editors seem to think that because there is a
diversity Of sentiment in regard to the selec-
ton Of prominent man as Candidate for the
Presidency, by the Wings, that therefore,
they can have no fixed principles. To this
conclusion have many of their leading Jour
mails arrived; and considering the gravity with
which they treat it, we presume they are Sc
rious in believing it to be good argument in
their favor. But is it so? The leaders in the
Administration ranks know that in securing
the success Of their party they will have many
privileges which will be denied them in the
event Of their defeat. Tbey0 now that unless
they concentrate all their energies on one
man as President-and one too who is favora.
BILE to their enjoyment of these privileges,
their hopes will be blasted. They seem to
care not SO much whether the person they Sc
lect has those requisite qualifications which
should be in thes possession of every Chief
Magistrate of this great nation, as they do
about his being favorable to their notions.
They may set their favorite motto of '.Prin-
ciples not men, and it is good onc--to as
sweet music as they choose and declare that it
is for Principles they contend, but after all,
when you come to define Democracy strictly,
they will turn up their noses and say that it
means something else than being govern
ment Of the people. Strip them of these priv
leges-dcprive them of their power-cut down
their salaries-take from them the patronage
Of government-place them as individuals al
the polls and then see how deep is their de-
mocracy. speak not of all-but the ten.
dency Of the action Of many of the most de.
voted leaders i'll the present administration,
plainly indicates that they care infinitely
more for the privileges allowed them by Gov.
eminent, than for the principles Of that Gov.
ernment- unless indeed one Of its principles
be to lavish all its favors on such adherentsa as
themselves. Do the people, we ask, discover
any very extraordinary signs Of true democrat
ic feeling and action in the leaders of the AID
ministraticn, with whom they are acquainted!
They are the proper Judges. they may have
in their minds a few noble exceptions But
generally, viewed as body, and on the whole
90 they come up to the standard Of The peo-
pies ideas Of Democra cya We confess that
our experience leads us to the conclusion, that
many who make the greatest pretensions to
being pure democrats, give no more signs OF
possessing the principle. than the prondest arts.
tocrat we ever saw. ti
J But we started with the intention Of rebuff
ting charge brought against the Wings / II
ls said that they are . mixed uP, mass Of all
classes, and that consequently thsy can have
no fixed principles of action. We acknow-
ledge that they are mixed up mass and q
The Iowa patriot. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1839-1839, 1839-06-06

During the last week the beautiful steamer
Pennsylvania stopped about an hour at one of
our wharycs She had on board large mum.
Der OF ladies' and gentlemen, WIN were making
Ia pleasure excursion to the Falls of st. Antho-
ny, most If the passengers came on shore an
promenadcd our streets, and were it not that
they had partners, we arc not certain but the
young men of our town might have thought
that this was the load Of Yankee girls, promised
them SO long ago. Their eyes sparkled, any
how, when the ladies came on shore.
Since the above was in type the Pennsylva.
MIA has arrived from her excursion. We learn
by the passengers that they had a very pleas.
ant trip, and that they remained at the Falls two
days; they saw no ice but the weather was
quite cool We dare say that the inhabitants
at the meath of our big creek would like lit
tie such weather about these days.
The Iowa patriot. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1839-1839, 1839-06-06

For the information of Merchants and 9TH
ers at distance who might think We had no
more merchants or artizans than our advertise
ments indicate, and for fear such might crowd
in here with the expectation of making their
fortunes, on account of the absence of compe-
tition, we would say that we have few more
in our goodly city, who will probably adver.
tise in good time. ais
The Iowa patriot. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1839-1839, 1839-06-06

We were disappointe in not obtaining paper Of
large sizst. It.was our intention u hsveprint-
ed the Patriot ona double medium sheet, and
we hereby promise, 1--we meet with suitable
encouragement, to enlarge in the course of "a
few weeks ; by which time we hope that Ad
vertiscments will crowd thick and fast upon
us, and thus compel us to do it.
The Iowa patriot. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1839-1839, 1839-06-06

QJ We hope that all the citizens Of Burling-
ton will subscribe for the Patriot with this
hope we have given orders TO have one left at
every house. If any should decline, they will
please return the first number, otherwise it will
be left at their houses every week.
The Iowa patriot. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1839-1839, 1839-06-06

So much time has elapsed between the issu-
ing our prospectus and the commencement OF
the regular publication Of the Patriot that we
are not certain that those who then subscribed
consider themselves now bound otake the pa.
per. By returning it as above directed, we
shall understand that they wish their names
stricken from the list. We shall cndeavor to
publish list Of agents next week, to whom
payments can be made.
The Iowa patriot. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1839-1839, 1839-06-06

FLoRIDA.-After the sacrifice of many OF the
most promising men in our army and the ex-
penditure of between ten and fifteen millions
OF money, the government recently made an
attempt at pacifcation, and notwithstanding
the terms are said to have been quite humilia.
ting to our country, the attempt proved abor'
The Iowa patriot. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1839-1839, 1839-06-06

From the assurance manifested by some wri-
tiers in regard to the certainty of Mr. Van Blu
ren'a reelection to the Presidency, one might
almost be persuaded, without examination, to
settle down under the belief that all opposition
to his future elevation would be worse than
useless. On what this assurance is predicated
we cannot conceive. 1t surely cannot be the
late Administration victory in the city Of New
York; for this would be too much like the
drowning man catching at straw. The man
ner in which that result was brought about is
any thing but flattcring to their party. While
there is such an utter restitution Of every thing
to call for congratulation their part, we can.
not account for their conduct unless it be that
they anticipate the bright side Of that axiom
which declares it always to be the darkest time
| just before day! All the circumstances indi
cate that it will with them be nothing but an.
ticirtion. s
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| 4 { { = T. : : IL
The recent New York city election termi
mated in favor Of the Administration by small
majority. This result is said to have been eff
fected through the most detestable means
and we believe it. The immense patronage
Iattachedto the government Of that city, affords
n1strong temptation to men Of corrupt minds
|toSuse means, however dishonest and anti-re.
publican, to secure i'll While the great city
|has in this manner been given over, news of a
cheering character salutes as from the interior
ofthe State, endorsing the action ofthe people
lin December last. when a majority Of whig
were elected. All the towns and
cities we have heard from in the interior inclu-
ding that most important place. Albany, have
elected Wing candidates. Sol after all, Ad-
|ministratien folks have nothing to boast Of. as
|far Us New York, is oolcerned. M
The Iowa patriot. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1839-1839, 1839-06-06

We understand that the Mormons have
bought up many Of the Half Breed claims. and
that gentleman, well acquainted with the
subject, is attempting to secure for them all
the genuine claims, to this beautiful tract OF
country If this can be done, the Mormons
can partition it among themselves and a great
amount Of litigation may thus be avoided. We
understand that many Of the Mormons are now
making farms on this tract, and that Rigdon
has bought the beautiful residence Of DR.. Gal.
land, opposite Montrose.
The Iowa patriot. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1839-1839, 1839-06-06

ArxE.-The conditions of the negotiation
between our Government and Great Britain in
order to obtain q cessation OF hostilties, have
been almost unanimously condemned by the
citizens Of Maine. The papers say that the
provincial authorities have obtained all they
contended for and that Gov. Fairfield by so
willingly STOPPING from the high stand he at
first assumed and recalling the troops, has
brought disgrace upon Maine. ~2
The Iowa patriot. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1839-1839, 1839-06-06

sj Ia corner in our paper will BE open for the
announcement Of Candidates ior. the next Az
gust election. Al ii.
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ed proposals. 70 secure she speedy commence
ment al the public buildings, md th a they are
to be completed il two years from lstHof March
next. We are not aware Of any serious objec-
tons tn the. action Of the Commissioner and
do not well see how they could have pursued
any other course. They will most probably be
SUSTAINED by the next Legislature and an impor-
tant question. which might otherwise create
great local excitement, will thus be amicably
and very iaudably settled.
T We send the first number Of the Patriot
to number Of gentlemen whose names we
have not yet seen on our subscription paper
If they do rot like to become subscribers, they
will please put it up in wrapper after ter writing
their own rames upon it and send it to the
Patriot. Darlington, Iowa Territory" il it is
not thus sent back, we shall consider them
subscribers and it will continued to be sent &c
cordingly.
The Iowa patriot. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1839-1839, 1839-06-06

One good example to states and territories
was taught by the Iowa Legislature during the
last winter. A large number Of Petitions for
Divorce were presented to the Legislature;
these were committed to the Committee on the
Judiciary, who invariably reported against
granting such petitions. We remember on one
occasion that Mr. Grimes, from that committee
reported that the principal thing urged in the
jpetition was that the parties had moi slept to-
gether for some years, and inasmuch as there
was no Legislative enactment to compel mar
and wife to sleep together, the committee ask
ed to be discharged from the further considera
ton Of the subject. They were accordingly
discharged.
The Iowa patriot. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1839-1839, 1839-06-06

CoNNEcrIcUT.--The recent election in Con.
necticut resulted in a completes change in the
political character of members of Congress-
The present Administration iileumbents will
have to make room for the six Wing members,
who have lately been elected. In this state
there has also been a large majority Of Wings
elected to the Legislature, which will secure
the election Of u Wing Senator.
The Iowa patriot. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1839-1839, 1839-06-06

The river is now quito high, and in first rate
navigable order. During the present season q
large number of new and splendid boats have
been added to the Upper Mississippi trade.
Some idea may be had Of the increase Of bust.
ness, when it is stated that frequently three or
four of these boats arrive at our wharvcs in
one day-while, two years ago, it was rare
thing to see more than one ina week. The
other day six steamboats,, from above and be.
low, were all lying at the Burlington landing
at the same time.
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The Iowa patriot. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1839-1839, 1839-06-06

HORRIBLE TRANsAcTIoN.-Alv Carpen-
aer was put on trial, at Gallatin, Miss, on
sthe 10Th ult., charged with the murder Of
Judge Keller. a verdict Of man slaugh-
ter was returned against him, and as the
officer Of the court was about to take him
back to Jail sudden uproar took place,
the lights were all put out, Carpenter was
stabbed in three or four places, one Of his
hands cut of, and he fell a corpse in the
hall of the court. 1T is supposed that the
persons who were engaged il this high
handed and horrible transaction were rel
niiYes Of Mr. Keller.
The Iowa patriot. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1839-1839, 1839-06-06

A captain of privateer, who had been
sin an engagement wrote to the owners,
acquain,ing them that he had received but
little damage, having only one Of his hands
wounded in the nose.