The Iowa patriot. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1839-1839, 1839-06-27
are marching on this point: there is
no doubt of their success.

iamatlon: s'Orders are hereby given to
, the executors Of the mandates of JUS
tlce to arrest and conduct to the pris-
on of La Force the editors and prin-
, tiers Of (here the papers are named,
20 in number) all guilty of having
/ conspired against the internal and ex-
ternal repose of the republic" All
/ the presidents Of the National Conven-
ton were with one or two exceptions
!. journalists. Of the 63 who attained
that honor, 10 were guillotined, g.
committed suicide, 8 were transport
ed, s imprisoned for life, became
mad, and died at Bicetre, 90 were de-
clared outlaws, and there were only
two escaped without castigation Of
some kind. five extend this synop-
tical tableau to the entire press, we
shall find It's proportions pretty exact.
There persisted from 1889 till 1897
at least one-half of the political wri-
ters of Paris.
During the height of the great
plague in London, mountebank re-
allied fortune by announcing that
he gave advice to the poor for no
thing: crowds focked to consult him;
but he took half crown for his rem
edy, on the plea that though his ad-
vice was given gratis, he was obliged
to sell his physic.
1t is a little remarkable, as stated
by Mr.. Baldwin, that among upwards
of a million of inhabitants carried off
by the plague in Upper AID Lower
Egypt during the space Of four years,
not a single Gilman, or dealer in oil
suffered. The same fact was noticed
during the plague in London.
"THE SILK STOCKING GENTRY."-
A good anecdote is told of the can
vass in the Norfolk District. toe
Cured at St. Bryde's in Norfolk coun-
/ ty. Mr.. Hollemann (V. b. descant-
ing on the silk stocking Aristocracy,
Dr.. Mallory (Whig) seized him by the
leg, and lifting his foot up to the pop
ular view, showed that Mr. Hollemann
himself had on silk stockings!-Rich-
nona Wing.
/ DEATH OF Mas GRANT IN PERsIA.-
We have before us a letter from
Mr. William r. Stocking, an assistant
missionary in Persia, to his relative,
William G. Redfeld, Esq. of this city,
dated Ooromiah, January 10, 1889,
announcing the painful news of the
death of Mrs. Grant, wife ofDr Grant
Of that mission. Mrs. G. died on the
18th Of January, Of bilious fever
after an illness of ten days.-N Y.
Com. Ado.
The SEMINOLE wAR.---So the Flor
, ida war is terminated at last. And
how? Not by arms, but by negotia-
ton. The Seninoles have proved
themselves to be equally good fight
ers and runners. They have very
nearly fulfilled the threat of Powell at
the outset, that the war should not be
terminated in less than five years. In
the meantime it has cost the country
many brave men, and some S25,OOO,-
900 Of money. We deeply regret
the former; the latter is about as it
should be; for we hold that the war
on the part of the United States was
unjust and inhuman; while on the 9TH
er hand, the Indians were fighting for
their affairs and their hearths,--or ra-
Their, for their swamps, musketoes and
miasmia. They were goaded to the
contest by series of injuries, which,
in our Judgment, would have wrought
4 up cooler heads than those of savages,
to a determination to perish rather
than submit. Y. Jour. Com.
j FAMlNE.-The most appalling dis
tress exists in the island of Newfound-
Hand. Hundreds Of families are in
state of starvation. The accounts Of
the suferings Of the people are truly
narrowing, being reduced to extreme
wretchedness, without food or cloth
ing, living on one miserable meal
day, and that consisting Of putrid fish.
i A SAD ACCIDENT occurred at the
Theatrelast night in the performing of
1.-THE French Spy. Near the close
j of one Of the acts, during the contest
! between the Arabs and the French,
! one of the actors-MR LowE--who
], played the Corporal, accident!y fell
/ upon bayonet, and was wounded 50
severely, that he almost Immediately
expired. louisville Ne,os Letter, June
i L.. -
i DEATH OF Mr. LEGGRTT.--The m.
i Y. Star Of the 3Oth ult says::--!sasWe
1 learn that Mr. Leggett, late editor Of
i the plain Dealer, is dead. He had