The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-04-23

From the Troy (Ohio) Times.
I Ertract Of a letter from a higl1
! respectable Friend in Baltimore. to
gentleman "a IN this county, dated Marc
$ we are grati6ed to hear thvopin
! ! ION .9! Of the Presidential votes in Ohio
Michigan, Illinois and Indiana. w
) hope we shall give responsive ech
from here. Many of the friends .
, Gen Harrison have hopes that h
will carry nearly every State from
North Carolina to Massachusetts in
elusive, this is probably expecting to,
much, but the people are becomin!
desperate under the intolerable sui
terings that now aflict them, ant
will have change.
If the administration does no
Z change its mad policy, or the people
4 change them-the stability of the
Union will, we fear, be endangered
|and our country ruined. A govern.
ment more hostile to the interest Of
1.-THE people, and more reckless Of con.
sequences, never did, we believe, exist
in any civilized country-Our manu-.
factories are crippled, our trade par.
|allzed, our merchants ruined, the
states threatened with insolvency, and
the General Government itself with.
out one dollar in its treasury, and
unable to meet itscurrent expenses
and all this brought about in time Of
profound peace, and when our vast
country is every where teeming with
an overwhelming abundance of every
description of agricultural produc.
TONS"
FRoM FLORIDA. The st. Augustine
Herald of the goth instant states that
the Indians had again commenced
their murderous operations. On the
18th, trails were discovered on the
Picolata road, between the four and
tive mile posts, and the scouts were
despatched, but without success. The
same paper adds: I. Information has
just been received that a wagon train
from Post No. 2, on its way to Mi
canopy, escorted by some of Lieut..
Hanson's men, (who commands Post
No. p were attacked by Indians, and
two OF the escort, the teamster, and
one or two of the mules killed. The
bodies were much mutilated."
THE SCHOLARSHIPS ABROAD.
The Baltimore Clipper tells good
story, of which the following is the
substance: A board of "School Com
missioners,'' who encountered con-
lsequential little village in Maryland,
being in want Of teacher, advertis-
ed in the newspapers for "a we'll dis.
posed, moral man, who was capable
|of teaching the dead languages, and
did not chew tobacco or drink whis-
key After a fortnight of this adver-
Using had been elaborated, a raw
boned Yankee made his appearance,
with knife and pine stick in one
hand, and a Cape Cod Protection,
alias a cake Of gingerbread, in the
other, and held the following dialogue
with the committee aforesaid:
well, said the Chairman, cycling
the candidate from head to foot, do
you possess the necessary requisites
! for public schools teacher?
4 guess | do answered Slick, whit
ting his stick.
DO you understand Latin?' asked
one of the committee men, Dutch
farmer.
4 guess / do replied Slick again,
rounding the end of the stick with his
knife.
well, let's hear some of your
Latin said the Chairman.
'Quambo hic squashicum, ct pun
kinitum lingum,' said Slick, drawing
his coat sleeve slowly under his nose.
sHumphr exclaimed the Dutchman,
ish dat Latin I? Who's the author?'
sJosephus,' replied Slick, she says
in his life Of Governor Hancock, Sic
transit gloria Monday morning-Han-
cockibus quad erat demonstrandum.'
Oats gootn exclaimed the Dutch
man rubbing his hands, tare nefer vas
better Latins!'
sNow,sir,' said the chairman, & sup
pose you understand Geography?
4 guess do said Slick, sharpening
the end Of his stick.
How far have you been?'
sAs far as the Deestrict of Columby.'
sWhat state is it in?'
"A state Of DESPERATION
What latitude are we I'M?
According to the thermometer,
we're ten degrees below Zero
(which is the most western point
of North American
sCape Cod
Good. Now, sir, let us know how
far you studiedmathematics. What's
the area Of a square acre of land?'
s errho+ Jononl A. AZ -.