The Iowa patriot. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1839-1839, 1839-06-06
New ORLEANS, Nav. 90.

Tor this city. II occurred about thirty
five miles this side of Natchez. One Of
the wheel houses Of the Baton Rouge was
carried away, four or FIVE of the wheel
beams, and one Of the aanges Of the shaft
were broken. She returned on. Sunday
to get repaired. Picayune.
A gentleman from Franklin, in the ve.
ry worst stage of the silk fever, went into
Banks Arcade yesterday afternoon with
friend. So engaged were they in talk
ing about slips, silk worms, &c. &c. they
entirely forgot the object of their visit ln-
til the bar-keeper asked them s.what they
would take?''G Give us couple of glasses
of n,orus multicaulis," said the enthusias.
tic silk speculator. "We have none,' re-.
turned the bar-keeper, ssbut we have as
good orgeat as any in5the. place. IN. O.
Picayune.
NJ
The Book Or ETIouErrE..-We saw a
gentleman yesterday whom perusal Of
this book would not injure. He was walk
ing through Chartres street with a lady
on either side Of him, who held him by the
arm. We say held, for instead of form.
ing his arms into gentle curve on which
those Of his fair companions might rest,
he held them down as straight by his side
as recruit at drill, or as Diggory in the
play. When gentlemen walk with ladies
they should form each arm into an angle.
We always do it, and we are somebody.
MAD DoG!-For the first time since
our residence in this city we Yesterday
heard the cry Of mad dog! Early in the
morning the shout was raised immediate
ly in front of our Office. On looking out
we saw the first cause of all the distur-
bance running like mad, to say the least
of it, up Camp street, ard twenty boys,
more or less, in full chase pelting him
with brick bats, sticks, and every thing
they could lay their hands OH, and bawl-
, ing ssmad dog - "head him!' s.''kill him!'
Whether the dog was mad or not is more
than we can say, but he had every rea-
son to be out of temper. We doubt
whether any dog, however peaceable his
disposition, and friendly his feelings con-
stitutionally, could stand such peitng
and such indignities as the one received
yesterday without having the equanimity
of his mind dashed into frenzy.--D.
Prince John Van Buren, was at the Ha-
que on the I'd April, taking the shine of
the crown prince Of Russia and several
other roval "swells, Bennett says that
young Johns object in visiting the Hague
is to explore the ancient cabbage garden
cultivated by his ancestors two or three
centuries before their emigration to this
country, and also to collect and compile
the family records in neat volume, a
copy Of which we are promised on his ar
rival here, together with a huge cauliaow.
er from the ancient patrimony.
The Houston Star of the 9th ult says
Eighteen months ago, Galveston did
not contain 20 inhabitants, now it has near
1900 souls. Two years ago this city
was naked prairie-it has now between
8 and 1000 inhabitants. But our pros.
perity is not confined to the coast and our
seaport towns--there was on the road be-
tween here and Washington l8 months
ago but three houses; there is now 81, and
rapid preparations are maklngafor others.
The population between Washington and
Lagrange has increased four fold, and La.
grange, which at that time had never
been thought Of for town, now contains
a population of or 500 inhabitants, and
Rntersville, only miles from Lagrange,
which was laid off only six months ago,
now contains about 300 souls. On the
Colorado river, between, Lagrange and
Bastrop, there was about a dozen houses;
now there is between and 800. Bias.
trop at that time contained about 90 hou-
ses; it has now about 200, and many of
them equal to the best houses in Houston,
The settlements above Bastrop on the
Colorado river, then consisted of about
I eight or ten families. 1t is now one of
the thickest settlements in Texas.
A captain of privateer, who had been
sin an engagement wrote to the owners,
acquain,ing them that he had received but
little damage, having only one Of his hands
wounded in the nose.
CREoLEs.-1t is really laughable to wit.
ness the many blunders strangers in ou1
city make in the use of this term. The
idea appears to prevail at the north that a
Creole must necessarily have negro blood
and the consequence is that when you tel
a stranger that this beautiful girl is a Gre.
ole, or that good-looking man, he must
needs think you are .quizzing. For the
information ofour readers abroad we say
that as we use the term here, Or. John.
son to the contrary Notwithstanding 8
Kentuckian is Creole of Kentucky ane
Yankee Of New Enpla nd. a I.anlande,