The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1839-09-19

AMUSING BLuNpER.-The Philadel
'Phia World published the following
paragraph on Monday. The last two
lines belonged somewhere else:
LAUNCH. The barque "Manhat.
tam" OF $50 tons, was, on Saturday
last, launched by. Messrs. Bergh &
Co., from their ship yard, Scammel
street, N. Y. If the law does not au.
thorlze Imprisonment for life for this
offence, it ought to be amended.
BURNING MlNE.-Mr. Dougherty's
mine on the Broad Mountain is still
on fire, and burns with increased flu
ry. Mr.. d. has advertised for propo-
sails to extinguish the fire; but we ap-
prehend he would scarcely find con
tractor who would wait for his pay
until the job is finished, as from the
length of time it has been burning,
and our own personal examination, it
will probably continue to increase in
fury until the whole jugular vein OF
half a mile in length above the water
level, shall have been consumed. 1t
is now the greatest curiosity in our
region; and will doubtless attract the
visits Of many from our eastern cities
who would rather view volcano in
in this healthy neighborhood, than Wis
it Notwithstanding Dem.
MORE TRouBLE.--The Sackett's
Harbor Journal of Wednesday gives
the following statement Of another
Brockville misunderstanding"
Gas the American steamboat St.
Lawrence was passing down the river
st. Lawrence, on her regular trip, on
Sunday last, she was hailed by Brit
ish armed schooner, near Brockville.
and ordered to hoist her colors; but
Capt. Evans not recognizing their
right to make such a demand, took
upon himself the responsibility of dis
regarding it. Three muskets were
then fired upon her, and a cannon
was got out for the purpose of being
used; but before it could be made
ready, the St. Lawrence was out OF
reach"
MYsTEmoUs.-We learn that the
store of G.. & R. -Ainsworth, in East
Williamstown, (Vt.) was burned to
the ground on Wednesday afternoon
of last week. The cause of the fire is
wrapped in mystery, and furnishes an
interesting subject for the investiga-
ton of chemists. While one of the
Proprietors and the clerk were en-
gagged in writing, a cask, about half
filled with N. England rum, to their
great CONSERVATION, bust with loud
noise, and the liquor, on fire, was
spead over the floor! The whole store
was enveloped in flames in few min
utes, and not even the account books
or other documents were saved. The
Post Office was kept in the same build
ing, and all its contents destroyed.
No fire had been in the building for
days, to the knowledge Of the occu-
pants, and no clue is yet obtained to
the manner in which it was commu-
nicated to the hogshead of rum. The
loss of property is supposed to ex-
coed $50oO-of which $4,000 is in
sured. This furnishes anothersfact to
prove that rum is a dangerous article;
and no man should keep it in his store.
CURIoUs DETEcTIoN.-At the Stock
port petty sessions on Saturday week
two men named Darlington and Hurst
were charged with burglary in the
house Of Mr.. Rostron Lingard, of
Stockport. The principal piece Of ev-
ldence against Hurst, who is soldier
on furlough, consisted Of the mark OF
his teeth IN a pot of butter! He hap
penned to have broken tooth of a
very peculiar form, and having, whilst
plundering the house, INDUCED him
self with a mouthful of butter, he had
left the shape of his teeth SO distinct
ly imprinted upon the remainder as to
leave no doubt about his guilt-Man-
chester GUARDIAN.
A CHALLENGE TO THE FIELD The
editor of the Worcester Hgis (Hon.
William Lincoln,) closes a controver-
sy, which has been somewhat disas-
trous to the Worcester Palladium, by
offering to the editor of that print hon
orable satisfaction in the 6eld-the
weapons to be hoes each parties to
dig one acre Of potatoes-and he
whose work is done best and in the
shortest time, to be declared the vic
tor. Should the challengesto mortal
potatoe-digging be accepted, the edi-
tor Of the Egis will transmit the size
Of his hoe by a friend, who will ar
80 3s. =