The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1839-10-03

on StoOu Ill the remOteSt cor
ler OF the room was instantly thrown
open and under the cover ola few shirts.
days exposed to their astonished ewes
the thousands Of dollars which had 50
long been the object of their anxious So
llcltude and search.
Inc trunk was then relocked, the room
closed, and the officers went below to a.
wait the return OF the stranger robber.
he came IN about an hour, was taken pos
session OF by Hays, and with the booty
", was held possession of until morning.
The amount found in the trunk was a.
bout 100000.
II was ascertained afterwards that the
original plan Of the robbers was 70 take
the morning boat for Philadelphia, and
conceal the money there.-Murray pro-
ceeded, but Smith did not reach the wharf
in time. Disappointed in that respect,
he decided upon the course which he pur-
sued, and which eventuated in his discoy-
cry and apprehension. Hays always
SAID that it Murray had beer allowed the
custody Of the booty, he would not have.
been detected. But as he would some
times indulge in drop too much, his ac-
complete dared not trust him. The in
formation given by Smith led to the ap-
prehension of Murray afterwards, and
the bank at last succeeded in restoring to
its vaults nearly the whole of the very
large sum distracted.
The reward of $4,000 offered by the
bank was paid into the Chancery Court,
where the police officers, boarding house
keepers and servant girl had a sharp bat
tie for the spoils. The court awarded
and it was righteous iudgment-the
whole to the servant girl.
The gang was composed in the first
place of four. Murray kept house, and
there they arranged their plans and made
the instruments and keys with which they
accomplished the robbery. They con-
fessed that they were about three months
in the work Of preparation. Phillips was
successful in making his escape, Murray
went to Sing Sing and died there, and
Smith, having served out his time of i'm
prisonment, was restored to his liberty,
but had become too hardened in iniquity
to lead an honest life. He now goes to-
the state prison, at Charleston, for pc
Rod of three years, and if he has not yet
learned that the way of the transgressor
is hard, there is not much reason to think
he ever will.
GREAT Men AND THEIR BIRTH PA
cEs.-Some of the Connecticut edi-
tors in counting up their 'sjewels'' of
that State, have. made the mistake of
including Bryant in their list. We
regretted to disappoint them Of so
good name, but it occurs to US that
equal justice, on the other hand, re-
quires us to give up Pie,pont in ex-
change.
"A greater mistake, however, was
made in the way of omission: that of
the name of Jonathan Edwards, the
invincible antagonist Of Reid and
Stewart, the study Of Robert Hall,
the "metaphysician Of America as
Mcintosh called him. Edwards was
in fact one of the few first intellects
Of his age, and in his peculiar vein no
modern man perhaps has surpassed
him. This is without reference to his
doctrines, Of course. We. speak of
his strict metaphysics. We might al
low our neighbors some other good
names. Gen. Eaton occurs to us at
the moment. fs4&
Speaking of birth-places, the An
Gent Dominion would put in claim
here, we suppose, in case of serious
counting up. Including half the Pre-
sidents Of the Union to begin with,
she could certainly show well. We
see it mentioned just now that the
three Wing candidates for the Presi-
dency, Clay, Harrison, and Scott, are
all sons Of Virginia.
For a County, however, we sus-
pect there is none before Lancaster,
In Pennsylvania. We have seen it
recently stated, by good authority,
that John G.. Calhoun was native Of
Lancaster, which we know no reason
to doubt, though it is as new to us as
we presume it will be to most of. our
readers. What is more remarkable,
he and his compatriot Gen. Hamilton,
would appear to have been born in
one and the same township in that
County--that Of Drumore. This
would be- strong enough, but Fulton
sprang from the same soil. These are
the lions of Lancaster. But even. to
these may be added Mr.. Bell, NJ. G.
the. late; Speaker, to Hon. Mr.. White
side, late u. S. Senator, of Tonnes
see, Gov. Rowan, Of Kentucky, the
distinguished Professor Eberle, the
Rev. Doctor Nc Gala (of PHILADELPHIA
and Hail.. ofsNorthi Carolina, two a
mong our most eloquent divines, and
the latter some years President of the
General Assembly Of the PresbyteTi-
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