The Iowa patriot. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1839-1839, 1839-08-15

"a IN tl ll " Lie DOuy upon his own
hook; inthe course Of which, instead
fof finding, as he supposed, the decom-
posed remains of fellow creature,
/ the object Of their philanthropic ener-
gies turned out to be nothing more
than the effigy Of a man ssas large as
life, and stuffed with straw The
fcontrivance must have been very in
genious to have deceived even the
lobster men Of Queens county. The
Workers, upon discovering the joke,
set the man of straw adrift again for
the benefit of the amateurs Of Staten
Island Ne,o York Despatch.
a foreign correspondent Of the N.
Y. Star gives the following gloomy
picture Of the political condition Of
the :sFatherland" at the present time:
1.-THE political situation of the coun-
try is what must create anxiety in
the mind of every one who thinks up
on it. Ireland is like volcano rea-
|dy to burst out. Scotland, always
poor, is now more poor than ever for
the manufacturers are parting with
their hands in scores and hundreds, as
they see ruin in the very first appear
ance of declining business. The north
of England is kept from open revolt
only by means Of the overwhelming
power of military awe. In the north
Of England, there is always an inpos-
ing assemblage Of military.-The adj
ditional forces lately sent in, amount
to $4,000 men. Altogether, there
are 10000 soldiers, besides cavalry
and artillery in the north of England.
In Birmingham, in Bath, in Bristol, in
Taunton, and Wales, there is the
same necessity for keeping down riot
by means of the musket and bayonet.
Now from whence have come these
troops1from Ireland! The whole
military force in Ireland now is not
more than 5000 men, or sixth Of
what, during the last thirty years,
have been necessary to keep peace
within that island. 1t is quite true
that the Irish are under the influence
of O'Conneil, who naturally wishes to
maintain peace, seeing that it is agita-
ton which gives him the .'Rint'' to
the tune of 100000 year, while in
surrection would take it away, but
who can say how long the passions of
an excitable people, having been kept
IN agitation, can be confined within
exactly one degree of explosion! If
the Irish have a desire to try a fresh
rebellion, they never had a better
chance than they have now-although
O'Connell cannot wish them to use
that chance-but, as | have already
said, can he or any one be sure that
Ireland will not avail herself Of the
opportunity9 In London let the pa
pers say what they may, the Queen
continues unpopular. She has now
the whole body of the Tories against
her, because she has taken her stand
against them as the sovereign of
party. The most stirring appeals are
made to the passions Of the multitude
the youth and sex of the Queen are
pathetically referred to-her s6rm-
ness is praised-but all has failed"
EFFECTS OF INTEMpERANcE.-The
following is the testimony Of the Cor
oner Of London, in relation to the eff
fects of lntemperance:
81 have seen so much of the evil eff
fects of gin, that l am inclined to be-
come teetotalIer. Gin is the best
friend have; 1t causes me to have an
nually 1000 more inquests than 10th
erwlse should hold. l have reason to
believe that from 10 to $4,000 per-
sons die in this metropolis annually
from the effect Of gin drinking, on
which no inquesls are held. Since |
have been coroner, ] have seen so ma
ny murders and suicides by poison,
drowning, hanging and cutting the
throat, in consequence of drinking ar
dent spirits, that | am confident the
legislature will before long be obliged
to interfere with respect to the sale
OF liquors containing alcohol. The
gin seller will be made as responsible
as the chemist, and think it is right
that publicans should know that even
now they are to certain extent res
ponsible in the eye of the law. If
publican allows man to stand at his
bar, and serves him with several glas-
ses OF gin and sees him drink it until
he gets intoxicated, and if the man
should afterwards die, and surgeon
depose that his death was accelerat-
ed by the gin SO drunk, then is the
publican liable to be punished for hav-
ing aided in bringing about that
DEATH
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