The Iowa patriot. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1839-1839, 1839-08-22

Foote and family Of Mississippi, Mr.. POM
dexter and family, of the same state, son
of General Hamilton, and Mr.. Lumsden,
one of the proprietors of N. 0. Picayune.
The former of these gentlemen contem-
plate residing permanently in Texas.
BOARDING THE LION IN HIS DEN.--In
the late election In Tennessee, in the
Crse7s precinct of Davidson county, The
1,reciaft ia acAich the Hermitage is situat-
Ell and ,cisre General Jackson resides,
Newton Cannon, the Wing candidate for
Governor, beat James X. Polk, Loco Fo-
co, SIXTY votes; and Bell, Wing, beat
Burton, Loco Foco, 81. This is beating
Loco Focoism in its own house.-lllo.
Iep.
Among the passengers in the British
Queen is Mr.. CUNARD, the enterprising
gentleman who is now building for the
British Government four splendid steam
ships, each larger than the Great Wes-
tern, to run as mail packets to Boston and
Halifax.
The name of the Hon. JOHN DAVIS of
Massachusetts, has been mentioned by Sc
veral of the Eastern Wing papers as can
didate for the Vice Presidency on the
Wing ticket.
It is stated in some Of the eastern pa
that the resignation of Lieut.. Moor, of his
place in the U. S. Navy, and his accep-
lance of the command of the Texian Ma
Wy will be followed by the resignation of
number of the Midshipmen in the U. S.
Navy, with the intention of entering the
service of Texas.
Of all the silk humbugs practiced this
season, the .cutest' is that of the vender
in Connecticut, who makes his eggs of
beeswax, which is melted and poured
through fine sieve into water; the water
is then poured out, and at the bottom is
found multitude of first rate silk worms
eggs made of wax.
The Missouri Republican mentions the
snagging and sinking of the steamboat Ri.
emf, near Grand Tower island, on her
passage from Saint Louis to New Orleans
with full cargos 1t was supposed she
would be raised, and the insurance would
cover the loss.
LOWELL FACTORY G1RLs.--1t is stated
that nine hundred and twenty eight of the
factory girls in Lowell, Mass. have de-
posted in the Savings Bank in that city
over $lO,0G0--an average of something
over one hundred dollars each. The
amount would be much larger, but that
no interest is allowed on deposites ex-
ceeding $500; besides many of the girls
prefer to deposite in institutions nearer
the residence of their parents.
The Chevalier de Gerstner, who was
lately in this city, an Austrian engineer,
is collecting the railroad statistics of the
United States, has ascertained that there
are more than three thousand miles of
railroads now in operation in this country:
On these there are 425 locomotives. The
capital invested in these railroads, amounts
to sixty millions of dollars. Cincinnati
Chronicle.
ATTACK ON ARDENT Sp RIrs.-The
citizens Of Louisville in town meeting
have denounced the law sanctioning the
retail of ardent spirits. as fundamentally
wrong and eminently destructive of pro-
perty, happiness, and virtue. A commit
tee has been appointed to bring the sub
ject before the next legislature of Kentuc-
ky.
CRoToN WATER WoRKs.--There are
upwards of 5000 hands employed on this
work, designed to carry the water of Cro-
ton river into the city of New York. Four
teen miles and twothirds of the aqueduct
are completed. The entire length will
be ~ miles, and the cost, when the whole
is completed, will not fall short of $40
100000. 1t will require about four years
longer in which to complete the work.
LITERATURE LOOKING Up.--Thiers,
one Of the distinguished literary and po-
litieal men of France, is now engaged in
writing the History of the French Revo-
luton. The publisher, NJ. Pauline, is to
pay him for the manuscript, 100000.
Il is also to embrace the Three days re-
yolution, of 1890.
Mad Doss--We learn that two per-
sons have recently been bitten by mad
dogs, in Morgan County, Illinois.
GERMANs.-It is computed that there
are now in the United States $500, 900
native born Germans; $500, 900 decend-
ants of Germans, and their numbers are
increased by arrivals of from two to three
hundred thousand annually.
The returns from all the Election Pre-.
cillcts of the County of 10 Daviess have
now come in, and as was to be expected,
the Wings have carried their whole tick
ct, by triumphant maj orities. Gaisna Ga
THE LATE DELINQUENCY.
By a gentleman just from Dixon, we
learn that letter had been received from
Mr.. Gilbraith, stating that he had ascer-
tanned that Mr.. Hamlin had sent his bag
gage to New Orleans, and that he felt
pretty confident of getting on DIS track
and overhauling him.-Peoria Register.
Mr.. Rives. the U. S. senator from Vir-
ginia, has farm Of six or seven thousand
acres, and the distance lengthwise from
one extremity to the other is about seren
miles. He has field of 3 or 400 acres
OF wheat, another as large of corn, and