The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-05-14


day informed of sale of real estate re-
Gently made in the vicinity of New York,
on terms SO extraordinary as to be wor-
my OF special note. The terms of the
bargain, moreover, afforded one of the
strongest possible illustrations of the want
! of confidence in the present national Ex-
ecutive, and the utter hopelessness and
dependency into which people will sink,
should Mr. Van Buren, be reelected. The
terms of the sale referred to were these:
The purchaser is to pay for the property,
Sixty, THOUSAND DOLLARS, in
the event of GENERAL HARRISON'S
election, and only thirty thousand, should
Mr. Van Buren, be re-elected.-N. Y.
Commercial.
The Cincinnati Gazette in commenting
upon the above says:
"A difference Of fifty per cent. in the
price of land, depending on the next Pre-
sidental election! The only conditional
sale that has yet been made, may be that
here mentioned; but should the ofice.hold.
ers again prevail over the people, such
sales will not be confined to the city or
state of New York. A reduction of fifty
per cent. in the price of land, the value of
products, and the wages of labor, will take
place throughout the Union. And when
that comes to pass-if, in the order of
Providence, this people is to be still furth-
er scourged with bad rulers-let all who
have debts to pay, cast about for the
means. The little farm that cost a thou
sand dollars. and on which five hundred
have been paid, must go, every rood Of
it, to satisfy the remaining claim, and with
it the improvements to pay interest! The
mechanics comfortable home, the price
of one-half of which he paid with the pro-
ceeds of two years labor, and gave a
mortgage for the balance, he will then
have to work four years more 10 secure il
in fee, or suffer foreclosure, and see all
pass out of his hands without the repay
ment of a dollar of his hard earnings.
And the industrious and frugal laboring
man, who may have leased him little
homestead, subject to revaluation every
three or four years, will then find himself
compelled to work six months instead o.
three in payment Of his yearly rent.
These are things to be thought of, ane
talked about among the people. Thei
seli-evident character. renders it wholly
unnecessary for speakers Or writers to de
bate upon them" 49,. ........ ....
The Quincy Wing "says:
m"Ebenezer Moore, Esq. the Whig can
didate for Mayor has minority in eve
ry ,Uard in the City,! The Wings have
carried five of the six Aldermen. The
Administration party have but one repre-
sentative, in the Board. That represen
tative is B. T. Osborn, of the NORTH
Ward, good citizen, and we believe
will make good member of the board
We hope he will have no cause to regre
the two lucky votes majority, that place:
him in the company of a Board of Wings
We opposed him warmly and fairly, ant
now that he is elected we have no hesita
ton in expressing the belief that he will
do honor to the station"
Quincy has hitherto been loco foco
Gen. Leech, Receiver at the Land Office
in that place, and their strongest man
was put up in opposition to Mr.. Moore
A wagon, with gaily decorated horses
was on the run all day, with the govern
or and other officers, drumming up loco
foco votes but with all their exertions
banners, shouts and huzzas, they wer,
defeated. The Suckers may well ''go
on the Loud for old Tippecanoe.
Col. R. Nj. JOHNSON, in his letter da
ted July 4, 1913, to Gen. HARRISON
says: s
1.-Two great objects induced me tc
come-frst, to be at the regaining of oul
own territory and Detroit, and at the tax.
ing of Maiden and secondly, to serue I'm.
der an officer in a0hons a0e haze conf.
dence. We could not have engaged in
the service without such prospect, when
we recollect what disasters have attended
us for the want of good Generals. We
did not want to serve under towards,
drunkards, old grannies, or traitors, bu,
u,sder one a0ho has PROVED himself to be
prudent, ,Dise, and BRACE"
The late Peter Edes.-We learn by
the late eastern papers, that Peter Edes,
the veteran printer, died at Bangor on the
18th ult., at the advanced age of SO.
Mr. Edes, it is believed, was the Oldest
printer in the United States. Till with.
in few years he resided in Baltimore,
and assisted his son, the late Col. Edes,
in his Office, in 1.-The capacity of proof:
reader.
/ Crime, the consequence of rum.-The
superintendent of the Tennessee State
prison reports to the Legislature that GU,
of l54 convicts now in the establishment,
81 attributed their crime directly to the
use of ardent spirits.
The Ladies Of Lexington at a recent
fire in that city, generously supplied the
various Fire Companies with Hot Coffee.
What an improvement on the old practice
Of rolling out Whiskey barrels, and
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