The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-08-27

| PAYMENT FOR PUBLIC lam.
The St Louis Republican says:
1.-THE Secretary Of the 'rreasu,v
circular under date Of July 18th, own y, . 4
tice, that under the act to nres ;ssa 10
the collection, safekeeping, transfss %
disbursement Of the public revenns !, y
money, which parties may desire !. .!
for lands at other places than the l,.I p
fees, will be received at the trea.n au y
the United States in washington y
Mint in Philadelphia--,he Branch ! " Y
in New Orleans-atihe offices Of NJ. al
raj Receivers General, as soon ,s s s
lied and opened-and at such e,he, IS
as, on application here, in any pari i,ssa
case, may be found mutually co oss;,s
to the purchaser and the treasurer 4sa
Money, which parties may des;,,
pay for patents. or which marshsls 10
district attorneys wish to place n !. y
treasury VIII De received at all the GA
ces aforementioned ; and also BY Tho o W
lector of the customs at Detroit Rns, "
Wilmington, N. c., Savannah. Mns s'
Nashville, and the receivers of MAN.
moneys for lands at Jackson, Miss f Iis.
rock, Ark. Jacksonville, Ind, Chico
and Cincinnati"
LOST STATE BONDS. DR.. BARRETT,
Fund Commissioner Of the State, ha, ),
turned from New York city, and we le, :,
from him, that a heavy amount Of m.
State Bonds, sold to Mr. Dela6eld \,
others, is in danger of being lost 10 d,
State. He has been, as we see BY i.
New York papers, under the neces,i,
of instituting legal proceedings for A,,|
recovery; and the same papers contain l
publication, probably from Delafeld hin|
self, reaeeting upon tire acts Of ,heLI
gislature Of the State and the conduit N
the Fund Commissioner; the publicsts
evidently designed to give direction N
and forestall public opinion in the cas-
These facts. in our opinion, require lAr
the public should be put in possession n
the means to form a just opinion On I'M
subject, by publication of all the aocy
mentary evidence belonging to it. Th|
is demanded for the protection of The NJ
terests and honor of our State as weDal
for the information of our citizens, fr.I
whose pockets the amount Of the NJ
Bonds must be taken-ifa final loss n
the Bonds should be the Termination n
the affair.-Sangano Journal.
CoUNTERFE1TERs.-Another gang II
counterfeiters was ferretted out last Tus!
day by our police. The head quartend
the fraternity were in a house on French
men street, in third Municipality. Till
head man among them, H. c. Lenea
and six accomplices, were caught Ii
their possession was found 800 OWh
ten and twenty dollar counterfeit notes
upon the Carrolton Bank. This is he
"biggest haul" we have heard Of forsons
time. Much credit is given to the Maysl
for his activity and ingenuity in tracin!
out and capturing the whole clique offoi
gers, with their counterfeit notes, plssE
and implements of manufacture. OIL
Bulletin.
New Orleans Post Ofce.--We lan
says the Bee, that Denis Prieur, Eq,
Collector of the Port, has received au.
thority from Washington to assume lhs
management Of the Post Office, until the
successor of Mr. Mcqueen shall be srl
pointed.
The Harrisburg Intelligencer says wei
learn that the Post Master at Liverpool
York county, was arrested, on Wednes |
day last, on charge of robbing the mall
PoMpElr.--About thirty streets Of Pom
peii are now restored to light; it is a thirt
part of the town. The walls which form
ed it's ancient enclosure have been recogI
nizeG: magnificent amphitheatre, fel
rum, the temple of Isis, that Of Venus
and a number of other buildings have been
Granddaughter paper.
II fair 6usiness-A country editor il
speaking of steamboat, says, "sbe had
.welve berths in her ladies' cabin
80 life of mel" exclaimed on old lady |
IN reading the above, "what squaMH
here must have been!" Z
A Western orator recently declars
rom the stump that he ",cas born q.
'ery early period ofWe" We should pr|
ume so-when he was quite small.
Fl tall man.--They have man ATM
outh so tall that he lets himself out q
'amp-meetings for steeple. |
Wishing luck.-"l say old Phnzdt |
lismal!" said sailor 10 chap with 'f
'lues, "blow me if l dcesn'. wish yo'
uck!"
"Me luck! ell! what for!''
"Why, 'kase you dosn't look as though
you've had any lately, my hearty
DR. Johnson compared plaintiff and q
endant, in an action at law, to two ma
lucking their heads in bucket and o.
ng each other to remain longest u1ds
water.
There was a boy in Vermont who's
mother could not send him to pick 81.
hips, because his feet were SO large D'
lie trod on them all!