The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-02-27

~Iit TAU tclHdtkcu ~ SONS OI MS lfteUu6s
two or three months ago, that il this
woman refused 10 we'd him, he wo''ld
drop dead at hr feet. This prophetic
assertion was literally fulfilled. On SUN
day evening last atnui o o'clock. he made
proposals in due form, and VAS rejected
when he, Immediately fell dead. BY di.
rectionss Of the coroner, the body was
opened by q physician. and the sutlde /,
tdscease &c NJ Black was found u have
been caused by the rupture Of a large
blnolvessel near the heart. Powerful
em,tion may account for this singular
teyent.-L.eigsr. .saa m4sqs--4>o
THE ANTI-sL VERY MEMoRI-
), FL. AIS. slasg. ~ /
: The U. S. House of Representatives.
BY The ai,liof the Previous Quesfion. putt
faperim. on Tuesday last to The discussion I
on the subject, of the Memorials from III
habi,anls Of different States praying Cor
the aholi.ion of slavery in the District Of
Columbia. The result Of the whole pro-
rceeding was the adopt II ola proposilion,
moved by NJ. w L.AaCosr Jon d on as
! an amendment to a. previous motion by
Mr. WAuDS 'fHoM SON. and accepted by :
MI. '!HoM' SON himself as. a modification .
of his motion. which seems to settle the !,
question beyond the reach OF further agi-
tation during the present Congress-, 9
Il has, BY this decision. become a Stand. /
ing Rale aud )rierof tie II ouse Of Rep :.
resentaiiyes that no petition, memorial, Z
resolution. or other paper. prayiag fprsthe
abolition Of sIayrry6in the Dis,rlctdf Co.,
hambia, ,or any. State ar Territory, or the
slave-tra.le between the States or .'fer,tn- 2
RES Of the United States in which il now
exists. shlll be res'eivesi by The 'llouse,Eor
entertained in any way wllateve. s
The vote upon this proposition, BY
yeas and nays. was as follows: Yeas ia
! Nays loS.-Nat. LatelHgsncsryr al ~
,4ss 7siasa#.a sildu9 = ---ta H. eiB
& \. The debt Of the State, Of, sALAB.NA.z ac.,
corling tothe State 'FreAsurer report. is
l5.4O0,OOO. hiscomprised in two cias-
ses ht bonds. called long and short bands,
'Fhe latter are issued at two, foarr, and six
years. amount 10 / 5000. 900, and hear al,
annual interest of . ,OD. 0OO. The other
-class Of bnn-ls amount to slO.4 5000,
fall due II different Deriodsi t,etween the
year 1850 and 1896. and bear a semi
annual interest Of $3.50, 500. Gtog s
i Iowa sC,TY.-Every thing pertaining
to this infint city mustbe Interesting t.,
the citzens Of the Territory. aia'I'he fol
! lowing report cf,he acting commissioner.
tin addition to the one from the same
3 source Published in our last, will give our
readers full view of the whole matter.
stauzE 3a$igssdge 81 Mot gf3 90 jgH4 Essais.
sea aht nanfBay l8ra9as % e9na,4pqz9 81 G.oIl
asial ztao REPORT. &c. q iaanses
E II /. M'adc in conformity ii an act entitled
4 "'4An act supplementary Il II, n ac,l,n 10
cate the sea,voi governmenrfor the PERI.
2 sory!of iowa. aud fur 6,her' apii,rpose,. -
approved January q, A. D. 1890 l ~,
10 Tie House Of Representatives. .lldas =
! gssrs s1of the Territory lof lo,ea:
EN- g =. IL have lie al pleasure ,,u,is of
redeem'ng ms PROMISE ma,le in a former
repors. and Of laying before your body
the annual report of the Acting Commits.
sl0ner at Iowa city, lille established seat
of government Of the rertiioary III iowa. ]
There were sold at the first sale. OF lots
At Iowa city, one hundred and ;,hree,lu,s,
amounting 10 the .um,of9 el7. 292 IS
q VI yihe at"ve number OfHlas. sixi were
,5ss3 forfeited, amounting to- 81 - which
leaves the amount ioirr .whicl, cert fica,es
have actually been given, 1851 rs.
The numbers lots soId a, the ase,.ond
sale, was one hundred and six, includ-
,ng the six lots that had ,bec..n.e for
iettted; and also, three out lots. amount.s
ing ~ all tosthe sum Of il,sS7 4Oo.a
There yet remains in the hands t,f The
a'''hs commissioners y s.and fur i,ich
j, certificates 's.s have not heen given, nm IL
b.Gqbtuhhe dale Of This report, ,wen,v-fiye hts.
sssz amounting in altnthe sum of 1890.
winch suhtract-d. from Tile amount Of
sales. aeayes a balance III 10. 1853 90.
For wMcl, certificates, have. been given
.'sSyl ''S 1aScIS ~ elyNlY.t0uf lois,
~ including tn three out lois. ssa MD
.t''l REcAP11ruLArIoy
The number Of lois which were bid ID 4,
both salas. was two l,1ndred aud s;~
aasa,int'lusling three ont lo,s, a,rJuni;ns IL
9 the sum Of %. re IS, 's = !
The number Of lots andlsmn has which
S'slal.aye cen actually taken ,bv lie pur.
chasers aud cetti6ratess given wen .f,r.. re- the
gisf Same, is fpne hunarssli as,l eip,,,v.one.
amounting in ali to the sum Of 2e.739
eAaf 10. Fs as Gkis5ds s5I5 81 ssy 61lt Gg
az =, ssysssa slye autj q GG1,0
NJ me aeose amount, the acting com.
missioner has received o. los. II, rash
md and. q 1891 -, ii, mites. a,noun,inq
,,., IA ali 4, the above sum 81 267aa n5
In my disbursements, lssm he .h :,
and. have been guided I'M tsoms ina.
,s'sase by the practice adopted In ia d;ffsr.
er'' States and Territories ,ils la ali 81,
ana establishing cities under similar c;,.
cilmstances. snfs35a "a ~ i s't-
IN the month nf =. i:..tS