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W The city of Iowa, the new capital Of
the Territory Of the a m name, which has
been laid out only about three months, is
said to have given great earnest Of rapid i'm
provement and advancing to importance. 1t
already contains tits said twenty dwelling
houses, and two good taverns.
, 1839-12-14
ADMINISTRATION TICKET FOR

hDN0iINIS MA ION TOrI
1910.
FOR q
THOMAS REYNOLDS, of Howard.
For LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
NJ. NJ. MARMADUKE, of Saline.
A FOR coNcR:E ~
VA Ma5tf3k, Of Cooper:
JOHN c. EDWARDS, Of Cole.
To till the uancdncy Of the Hon. A. G. Har
rison deceased.
JOHN JAMESON, of Galloway.
for President and Vice President,
ABRAM BYRD, LIST District.
EDWARD DOBYNS, End District,
JAMES HOLEMAN, 3rd District.
WALKER G. MERIWETHER 4th Do.
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FINAL

1HE undersigned administrator Of the estate of
Daniel MeIlroy, late Of Pike county, Missoun,
hereby rive -otios TO all oonuerned, -or iui
any wise interested in said estate, that the undsuisn-
cd sdministratrix, will make final settlement of said
estate. at tho nsxt February term Of the county court
OF said county. JANE McILROY, Admr'x.
Dec. Ia, l34 0.-9-4t.
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dren obey him when they arc out of his
sight.
A hopitdble man is never ashamed Of his
dinner when you conn to dine with him.
A good pife exhibits her love for her hus-
band ty trying to promote his welfare. and
administering to his comfort.
Apoor pife 'dears" and .my loves" her
husband, but wouldn't sewa button to his
coat to keep him from freezing.
Asensible pife looks for her enjoyment
at hOme-a silly one, abroad.
A Mise girl would win a lover by practic-
ing those virtues which secures admiration
when personal charms have faded.
A simple girl endeavors to recommend
herself by the exhibition of frivolous accom-
pllshmen.s, and 4 mawkish sentiment which
is as shallow as her mind.
Agootci" always respects herself, and
therefore always possesses the respect Of
others.
Two Jews were distinguished, one for his
skill in boxing. and the other 70, his fondness
for women. A gentleman being asked to
what tribe they belonged, answered. 81 rath-
think that one is an Amorite, and the other
IS n Hittite."--Bos. States.
, 1839-12-14
DIED,

AT his residence 10 this county on Thurs.
day nisRi last, Mr.. Benoni Whitaker, a res
pec,ablc citizen, Of said county.
, 1839-12-14

" The latest accounts rom Massachusetts,
state that there has been no choice Of Gov
ernor by the people, 8 that the choice
will devoIve upon the legislature, which is
claimed to have a majority opposed to the
Administration.
, 1839-12-14
WING TICKET o
1910.

FOR
Gen. CLARK, Of Howard County,
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
JOSEPH BOGY, of Ste. Genevieve.
EoR oNGRE
DR. MOSS, Of Clay CO.
THORNTON GRIMSLEY, of ST. Louis.
for President and Vice President.
WIZ G. OWENS, Of Jackson.
JOSEPH BROWN, of St. Louis.
STEPHEN CLEAVER, of Rails
PHILIP COLE, of Ste. Genevieve
Delegat S to the National Conuention
-uRIEL WRIGHT, of Marion
WIN. RUSSELL, OF Gallaway~1
WIN. CAMPBELL, of st. Charles
VIZ. HUNTON, of St. Louis
, 1839-12-14
Partnership Notice.

TIME undersigned have formed a partnership, for
the purpose Of keeping a wholesale Groeery Es.
Enlistment, and for the transaction ola General sRen.
cy, and Commission business. At Clarksyille, Pike Coun.
ty Mo. under tho firm & style Of
6, sELh.
THE undersigned have on hand. sad fss sale On
Rotn terms,
400 Sacks G. Alum Sslt.
100 L. Blown Sslt,
ITO Turin Isl.ee.
Esyimbsr Oh, le3a-l
, 1839-12-14

o. we are informed that on monday next
the military of this county are to parade, to
make the necessary preparation to obey the
call for men to march to the Des-M oines from
tier, to aid in the execution Of the Revenue
laws of the State. Four hundred and eighty
we believe. are reouiredf from this county
~ We leaIn from Louisiana, that the peni-
Tertiary of that state at Baton Rouge was
lately destroyed by fire. The particulars
are not stated.
OF The South Western Rail Road Compa-
ny has elected James Rose Esq. of Charles
ton, South Carolina, to the Office OF Presi.
dent.
, 1839-12-14
Lace Patterns and Patterns

The uical Department is under hes upehneniencso fJ. G.osBoRNE, than whom n peuonh mn
capable of doing it justice. ..-
IA II sIGoURNEYi two ades whk known othc world that to mention hehra@ eine ouuetonw h
any publication bat0 e a suanuteeo fihm morality, virtue md utility, OF heir oamhhty to eonduc
LADYS BOOK, It'll pnsumedn no p@pw Wild DOUBT Ind the proprietor menions With pleasure hatm
English or american Magazine can publish IN copn@Gonw with its Literary Department Two name % ee
Ibed in hew world ofheher -
Fac Sarus-A great l of unoiyb otter expressed tot &c tn Chr1rhyof celebrated nuons
We shall ndeavaa. hras Ee,m oup~nt crafty hhein, BY giving from me to lime euect in
Inm,o the motc ecbmtedF emaew writer, of the day. ~
GENERAL FErUREa- Tale, Essays LegmdLR Romantic Inchenhin Hnoy,E Extracts from
the o ID Poet. review. Poeh,F Female Educatsn, Embembm@t, Fashions, Cpmd and Uncdosd
Lace, Embodny,f ac Suhe. Music &C. &C. -
Moch anSn Sixty Fgns ofFshiOmye yearly, co0rdsn du ncoondLh the PnpitrL being daanmslt con
tuh.-Any embefhne dst be found in AM other agarns mayh locke form heL aJs Book
IscsE.E or SunscRrros-ln 1888 ep published lc5NO oc, Turing thu mnhao of Jamy, Fsbr
and March, $780,, We "cma'edh the Eht 1850. and had henH reprint three nunbepsp md innra'
to 1000 With the next volume, we edvancd olIGOo. and we now pt
, 1839-11-23
THE LIFE BEYOND THE CRAVE.
RI G. X. JAMES.

Amongst all the many fine and beautiful
figures and modes of reasoning that the uni
verse in which we dwell has afforded for the
illustration of the bright hope that is within us
Of a life beyond the tomb, there is none more
beautiful or more exquisite, tia. know of,
than that which is derived from the change
Of the seasons-from the second life that
burts forth in spring in objects apparently
dead; and from the shadowing forth, in the
renovation ofevery thing around us, Of that
after-destiny which Divine Revelation calls
upon our faith to believe shall yet be ours.
The trees that have faded and remained dark
and gray through the long dreary lapse of
winter, clothe themselves again in green in
the spring sunshine, and every leafand eve
ry hue speaks oflife. The birds that were
mute sing again as tunefully as ever the
flowers that we're trampled down and faded
burst forth once more in freshness and in
beauty; the streams break forth from the icy
chains that held them, and the glorious sun
himself comes wandering back from his far
journey, giving ssmmer and warmth and fer
tility and magnificence to every thing around.
All that VIZ see breathes of the same hope,
every thing that we see rekindles into life.
HOW TO ESCAPE HANGING.-In tho
course OF an inquest held before Mr.. Wakely,
at the Bromley Arms Cleveland street Fitzroy
square, on m'ndy evening on the body Of a
man who. after cutting his throat in n
shocking manner, had sat up and caught the
blood in two separate vessels, 4 juror who
felt disposed to think that 4 man who could
take such precaution in cutting his throat
could not at the time be in sane, also expressed
his surprise that the blood had not suffocated
him at the instant after committing the act.
The coroner said that, when persons cut their
threats and severed the windpipe the blood
scarcely ever went down the latter. On the
contrary the ~windpipe being open caused a
person TO breath freely until nearly all the
blood had gone from his body. 1t was a COM
mon practice, where persons were affected
with stopages in the throat, to open the wind
pipe below the seat Of the disease to enable
them to breathe freely. In fact, it had been
known, both in this and other countries. that
men who had been condemned to be hanged
had been cunning enough to open their own
threats below the place where he rope was
The consequence had been that
after hanging upwards Of aa hour, they were
delivered over 10 their irlendI, who By atten-
ton frequently recovered them,
London paper.
, 1839-11-23
From the Clarion.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.

The States Of Maine and New Hampshire
have reformed their laws in regard to capital
crimes, so that, altho' they have not abolish.
ed the punishment Of death; yet the practical
operation OF the late enactments, in both these
States, will probably be to save the feelings
of the community from a repetition of the
shocking exhibitions which have occurred in
each, within a few years past. In N. Hamp.
shire it is at the discretion of the jury to
convict capitally, or SO that the punishment
of death will not be executed, and this with
out any evasion of law, or neglect, Of duty.
In Maine, when sentence Of death is passed,
t is not to be executed within one year, nor
then unless the Governor in review Of all cir.
cumstances of the case, shall order it, other
wise The convict is to be subjected to perpet.
ual solitary Imprisonment, with hard labor
and civil death.
, 1839-11-23
Nsu Branch oft.e Wooden Nuim.g Nam

Mem Branch oft:e Wooden NuLm,g Nan
ufactory-A young woman named Catharine
Ann Ray, residing in Grafton, N. H., lately
commenced a suit against a respectable young
physician, DR.. Truman Abel, for seduction
and breach of promise. The young man
stoutly denied the 'ssoft impeachment" but
as suits are ticklish things, and as Miss Cath
%arine's appearance warranted the belief that
some body had seduced her, the friends of
the doc tor persuaded him that the best thing
he could do was to compromise the matte.,
Accordingly he gave his notes for two hun
dred dollars, and they were deposited in the
hands of a mutual friend, to be paid upon the
contingency that the child should be born l,e-
fore the first Of September. On the % of Au-
gus:, Minister Long, the trustee in this nego.
~tiation, received news that a dead child was
born, and though he had retired to bed, he
rose, proceeding to the house of the mother
and insisted upon seeing the Corpse. When
It was produced, ready attired for the grave,
he found by taking hold Of the fingers that
the nails were isinglass,& stripping ofthevest-
ments of the tomb, he carried on his postmor-
tenn examination with more zeal than tender
ness. Instead of arteries, veins, muscles and
v~iscera, he found a pretty compact body Of
dough, aud ended his visit by throwing the
babe, at its mothers head. The young man,
of course received his notes back again, and
the girl Immediately ran away to escape pros
ecution. So we'll had the plot been maturcd
and arranged, that Notwithstanding this dis
covery, notices of the death Of" an infant son
of DR.. Abell' appeard in several newspapers
to which 1t had been sent before the de-
nouncement af the tragedy. We have sell
dom heard of a more daring and ridiculous
attempt at villain than this.
, 1839-11-23
From the Boston Atlas.

We have TO notice another week ofsevere
pressure in the Money market. Matters re-
main as they have been for several weeks
past. There has been a very large amount
Of business paper for sale, and there have been
no regular rates. Prices have ranged very
high for all descriptions, and the lowest rate
at which any has been negotiated, is one and
a half per cent. 6 months.
Our Banks have generally done all they
could to assist the mercantile community, but
their facilities have been cut off by the con-
slant drain Of their specie, which has been
taken mostly on Nov York account.
We learn that some Of the Banks have
been drawn upon for specie by the New
York banks, and checks on their institutions
refused in payment; thereby obliging our
banks to send TO New York and demand the
same specie back. This constant Transport
tation o fspecie forward and back, contributes,
in no small degree, to curtaii bank discounts.
There has been a very great falling off in
prices Of all descriptions ofStocks.
, 1839-11-23
Correspondent ofM. Natioaal M~teHigencer.
Ne,c York, November 9.

A'SS WIN
The pressure upon the money market is IN.
abated. To night, It being the night Of the
weeks payday, it is believed that 4,ooo per
sons at least, men and women, will he turned
ont of employ. Almost all who are connected
with the Southern trade are dischargins what
workmen& workwonen they haveIparticular-
.ly the makers Of clothes for a Southern trade
market, the h1tters, the manufacturers Of
machinery, of carriages, Sc. &c. They do
this because it is impossible to sell what arti-
cles they have, or to collect what is due, or
even to raise money to pay their hands.
Failures take place as a m1tter Of course in
sucn times, and the anyieties and pains of the
merchants, rs well as their sacrifices in order
TO meet their engagements, are truly dsplo-
able.
The domestic exchanges are so bad that
you cannot well imagine them worse than
they are. Exchange on Philadelphia to day
is Is per cent. From three to four per cent.
per month is phil here for money.-Some
stocks AVE advanced to day, and others nave
receded. U. s. Bank is II. Vast quanti-
ties Of flour continue to 90 out to Europe.
Ten millions Of our foreign debt, it is cstima.
ted, ~i!l be paid in four.-Country bank notes
continue at a great discount, varying from
one to seven and eight per cent. The banks
most accessible to the brokers here have
made arrangements for the redemption Of
their notes in Ncw-York.
, 1839-11-23

An hcident.-The following passage &C.
ours in the recently published Memoirs Of
Mrs. Hemans:
sit vas about this time that a circumstance
occurred, by which Mrs. Hemans wa great
ly affected and impressed. A stranger m
day called at her house, and begged earnest
ly to see her. She was then just recovering
from one of her frequent illnesses, and was o.
bliged to decline the visits Of all but her i'm.
mediate friends. The applicant was, there
fore, told that she was unable to receive him;
but he persisted in entreating for a few min
utes audience with SUCH urgent importantly,
that at last the point was conceded. The
moment he was admitted, the gentleman flor
such his manner and appearance declared
him to be) explained in words and tones OF
the deepest feeling that the object ofhis cal
ling was to acknowledge a debt of obligation
which he could not rest satisfied without a.
vowing-that to her he owed, in the frs; in
stance, that faith in those hopes which were
now more precious to him than life itself; for
that it was by reading her poem of the Scep-
tic he had been first awakened from the mis-
decisions of infdelity, and induced to
search the Scriptures Having poured forth
his thanks and benedictioss in an uncontrol-
liable gush Of emotion, this strange but inter.
esting visitant took his departure, leaving
her overwhelmed with a mingled sense Of
joyful gratitude and wondering humanity"
, 1839-11-23

The human ear is so extremely sensible
that it can hear a sound that lasts only the
twenty-fourth thousandth part of a second.
Deaf persons may converse together
through rods of wood held between then
teeth, or held to their throat or breast.
In water sound passes 4,7Os feet per sec.
ond, in air from 1880 to l,l40.
In the Arctic regions persons can converse
at more than a mile distant, when the Their.
mometer is below zero.
A drop Of water can be divided in 26,OOo,.
600 distinct parts.
, 1839-11-23

Advices from Buenos Aryes are to the Goth
August. The day preceding they had Sc
we're gale, during which the u. S. ship Fair
field los, two men, the English brig Greclan
two men, ga French man OF war three men
One Of the large s%chooners Of the French
blockading squadron went dow at her anchors
with Ill on bolrd. Persons were arrested
and shot almost daily at Buenos Ayres!
There was no prospect Of amp speedy arrange.
ment Of diff culties with France. Business
and currency there, as we'll asm our own
country, was in a state Of confusion.
, 1839-11-23

Irish Prudence.-"Strange," says a fellow
traveller, as we passed along some beautiful
pasturagge lands westward of the village,
"that a soil seemingly so rich, does not pro.
duce cheese: is it the fault of your land, or is
it owing to the ~laziness Of your people, thai
Ireland, even from her richest soils, produce
noner 81 beg your pardon, sir" said1 !, Sin
my younger days l remember eating cheese
made III this vicinity. To BE- sure, the man.
ufacture Of Kinnegad was not equal to that
of Berkeley Hundred, and was, in sooth, a
tough, thin, leathery sort of thing, very like,
when cut in slices, to so many razor strops,
and | agree with you that it is very strange
hat our confessedly rich pastures cannot
supply good cheese, though l have known
great pains taken by sundry spirited landed
proprietors to produce a good article, and
still the attempt proved abortive, though the
method Of manufacture, the machinery and
the makers we're brought over from the most
approved places in England, as Cheshire,
Gloucestershire, Leicestershire; they made
cheese to be sure, but it proved not either
Cheshire, Gloucester, or Stilton." "Gentle.
men," said a shrewd farminglooking travel
Ter, athis may not be so strange as many SUI
perfcial observers might be apt to suppose.
The failure, instead OF approving a mark Of infe-
riority ir our pasture lands, only serves asia
proof of their abundant and succalent fertili.
ty. The truth is, and on this subject / am
informed by a good practical chemist, that
our Irish soils laid out for dairy husbandry,
supply the cream instead of the curd; or as
my friend in learned phrase said, they enrich
the COW with more of the b~utyracsous than
the caoeons matter. If unable to produce
cheese in sufficient quality or quantity, we
can yet supply our own and foreign markets
with the finest butter in the world. The
bounties Of Providence arc various, and eve.
ry country has its peculiar blessing. France
has her wine-Italy her oil-Westmeath sup
plies me with my daily mate. washing and
iodging:' do not envy the English man his
bread, cheese and ale." This was a sensible
and just the sort of an Irish farmsr |
would like more frequently to meet with.
C. O.'s Tour in ConnaughL
, 1839-11-23

Natural Philosophy.-The earth is thought
by some to be a living animal; the trees and
other vegetation are his hair & fur; mankind
& other leving beings are the vermin upon
it. Earthquakes are caused by the "critter's
"shaking himself and giving a tremendous
|growl at the time. The fellows nostrils are at
the Equator; and when he sneezes, the
people there experience a small hurricane.
, 1839-11-23

The Philadelphia Ledger speaking ofGren'
vile Mellen as the author Of a temperance
ode, calls him a Water Mellon.
An advertisement in q country paper begin.
thus "To be let forerer or longer, If requi.
red.,,
A Mississippi Toast.-"The Banks ofthe
Missis,ippi.-like the Mississippi Banks-al-
ways cdpingin."
, 1839-11-23

There are three of the electorsof Thomas
Jefferson yet living in New York.-John
Woodwork, of New York city, Pierre Van
C~ortlandt, Of Winchester, and James Burt Of
Orange.
, 1839-11-23
SINGULAR RECOVERIES.

Two very singular ecoverlss from disease
have occurred in Dumbartonshire within the
last fifteen years. The one was the case Of
an epiIectic youth whose mind and body
were fast decaying under his severe maladay.
, 1839-11-23

Hoarsencss.-One drachm of the fresh
scraped root of horse radish infused with
four ounces Of water in a close vessel for
eight hours, and made into a syrup, with
double its weight of sugar, is an improv ed
recipe for removing hoarseness. A teaspoon.
full Of this has often proved suddenly effeclu.
, 1839-11-23

when tea first came to this country, a
woman in New-Hampshire, boiled a pound
Of it with pork and parsnips for dinner; but
she was not herself very fond of it!
, 1839-11-23

Eaucatioa.-The great and good man
William Penn, in a letter to his wife on tbs
subject of the education of his children, said
-"Be not sparing Of expense, for ali tina,
is saved in this way is lost"
, 1839-11-23

We understand that not less than two
hundred laborers have been discharged from
employment in Brooklyn within the past
week; many Of them have families dependant
upon them TOR support. Their employers are
compelled, most reluctantly, to discharge
them; for such is the state Of business, arising
from the mad measures Of our rulers. that
master mechanics can find no good jobs to
undertake, and cannot get money to pay their
workmen, even if they have work to do. 1t is
a sad state Of things for the laboring poor of
this populous city.-Emp. Siate.
West L1dies.-AGvices are to the Goth Sep
TENDER from Barbldoes. Incendiaries had
been at wor in the Island, and several plan
~tations had been fred.-The Governor Of
fered E2O0 reward for their discovery. There
is a project on foot to establish at Barbados
a Great West India, Bank, with a capital Of
S2,O0O,O00, divided into 10000 shares, and
with branches in British Guiana, Trinidad,
st. Vincent Antigua, and other islands, and
agents in Great Britain, the United States,
British America and elsewhere.
, 1839-11-23

The postmln who is the medium CT com.
munIcation betwesn the coasts of the Pacific
Ocean and the provinces on the East Of the
Andes, swims Cor two days down The river
Chamlya, and through a part Of the Amazon,
carrying the bag OF letters wrapped about his
head like a turban. There is scarcely an in.
stance OF the letters having been lost or even
wetted.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-01-03

tho States Of Georgia and Muiuc: reported
thatit was agreed that the committee on tho
part Of the Senate, wonld recoii,men nd tho
acceptance Of tho substitute adopted by tho
House, aud recommended that the House
adhere 10 its substitute.
A message was received from the Sem
ate. granting leave 10 the House, 10 strike
out the Preamble and Resolutions, of Tho
Senate, and insert the amendment prupos.
ed by the House,
The House then concurred in the Re-
port of the Senate, thus amended, and
ordered j, to he returned.
The following reports were laid on tho
table:
From the committee on Roads. Bridges
and Ferries on the memorial from Ham
burg, for authority 10 construct Bridge or
Boa: to be impelled by steam or horse
power;
or citizens Of Edge6eld, for an amend.
ment Of the Road Law.
From the committee on Agriculture, on
the several petitions nf VIM. B. Willard:
and of Ci,izens Of Marion ior aid to tho
' From rom s. The JSsisasrx t0um;,,e. a., -.
several pe,i,ions Ossian Gregory " and md
Susan BreighrtaupI; aud of William J.
| Wilson.
The Senate returned with its concur
renee, the Report of the special committee
on 50 much Of the Governors Message.
No l. as relates TO the resumption of
specie payments, aud restoration of tho
trade aud credit Of the country.
The following Reports. were considered
and agreed tn:
From the committee of Ways and
Means. on the petition Of sundry citizens
of Barnwell, for the Branch Of the Bank Of
the State, at Aiken:
From the medical committee. on the
accounts Of Drs f. J. Minis, and Thos ].
Finn.
MIR. Echard reported that the following
Acts were ready for ratification;
(See list Of Acts ratified in the journal
Of the Senate.)
The Speaker and Members Of the
House then attended in the Senate Cham
her, where the above mentioned Acts
were duly ratified.
After an exchange Of verbal messages
respecting Adjournment. the House adjour-
ned sine die.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-01-03

three readings in. the Senate, and two 10
The House, were read the third time, pas
sed. and returned to the Senate; See Acts.
The following Bills, which had been
twice read in each House, received tho
third reading, were passed, their titles
changed 10 Ac's. and returned to the Sen-
ate; See Acts.
A Bill to Incorporate the Metropolitan
Rail Road company: was,rer3 The third
time. passed, lis title sha, .an Act,
and returned to the Senal necf"
A bill to make approprIatfes2 9ne the
year commencing in October, Ao5. was
read third time. amended, passed, its ii.
tie changed to an Act, aud ordered to the
Senate.
The following Acts were returned by
the Senate and referred 10 the Engrossius
committee. See Acts:]
On mDlion OF MIR. Powell,
Adjourned.