The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1839-10-17

u ana east, within the last six or eich
d weeks, will not fall short of twelve
: hundred thousand dollars. The hipF
+ rate OF eastern exchange has made i
an OBJECT to buy specie. remit II and
: draw against it. The bank has been
E compelled to do this, and a number ot
7 the brokers also. The effect Of I'll this
is to strip US Of the metallic currency
a thing SO much priced by some Of
our humbug politicians, yetwe see no
; present remedy tor it. 1t is all the
result of the glorious reformation of
the currency, brought about by the
: present administration.-lNo. RcD.
Charles Butler, brother to the late
Attorney General of the U. States.
and President of the Great Van B,,-
rem Loco Foco Land Company, re-
Gently arrived at Chicago. 1t is IN
derstood that this Company are deep
| ly interested in speculations in that
city.
WIG AND ToRY.-In letter writ
ten by Thos. Jefferson to a friend, he
says, that the proper distinction of
PARTIES ina Republican government
IS INTO WHlGS and TORIES.
MIR. Jefferson then goes on and de-
fines the terms Wing and tory as fol-
lows-''THE TORIES" he SAYS, ..aye
IN .1aror Of strengthening tile General
Executive Goue,Ameat, but the Wines
are tor strengthening the Representa-
tive Branch, us the bulwark against
Consolidation, which must ultimately
generate monarchy"
According to observations taken by
Professor Locke, Davenport is loca-
ted 40 25> North Latitude, precisely
on a parallel with Cleveland. Ohio and
according to Geometrical measure
ment the Mississippi at this point is
just half a mile wide at the present
low stage of the water, but when the
river Is high it will exceed half IA mile
by about ten perches. ..
Sketches of Rock Island. Stephen
son, Davenport, and the surrounding
bluffs, together with their altitude a.
bove the surface Of the river. The
dip of the Magnetic needle, together
with different other important exper
'ments, will probably be engralted in
to the report submitted to congress
during the next session.-Io,ra Sun.
The Micro CREw.-Manv doubts
seem to be entertained concerning
the disposal of the negroes taken in
the schooner LAmistead. The uues-
ton is discussed whether the United
States have jurisdiction in the case,
and if not, whether they ought to be
given up if the Spanish authorities
should demand them. When these
preliminary points are settled. the
most difficult question will still remain
what shall be done with them? Are
they pirates? are they mutinccrs? are
they recaptured Africans, or West In
dia slaves. .aes 5-
The FLORIDA WAR.-As a speci- |
men of the manner in which the Flor |
ida war has been carried on, it has
been mentioned that small steam
boat was chartered for $500 per day
until her wages amounted to SIXTY
NINE THOUSAND DOLLARS!
We have lately conversed with an
officer of the Navy who has been in
Florida for several years. He not on
y. confirms the statement. but adds
that this steam boat was nothing more
than a scoW, with a small steam en-
CINE put into her, and that the whole
cost of the boat was not over $4,000.
This is Il specimen. Now whether
the ownerof the boat actually recciv- I
ed the whole amount of this $685.
900, or whether some Loco Foco 90 |
vernment officer pocketed the balance
it is evident the government has been |
plundered of more than sixty thousand .
dollars by somebody. .
1t is no doubt the money thus Pill |
fered from the treasury by the min
ions of power, which 1850 lavishly u.s.
ed in paying the expenses of election
eering. @ .- r.ss.
There are a great many cases like
this for the inquiries of a COMPRESSION
al committee of investigation, and we
yet hope to have a majority who will
undertake this heavy labor, though
the party in power are striving des-
perately to prevent it.-Kennebec Jour-
nal. yakt ~ sss n
MoRUs MULr1cAuLls.-It has been
supposed that this variety OF, the null
berry tree was recently introduced
irAo the country. It was said to have
been brought from Manila, the capi-
tai of the philippine Islands, by NJ.
Perrottet, a Frerchman, in 1921, and
from thence it was brought to this
country some time since. Rnt the