The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1841-03-18

HES calculallOn ana was IN the act OF re-
turning his pencil 10 his pocket, he hnrs1
into roar Of laughter. All eyes were
turned upon him, and the narrator de-
manded what he meant by such uncivil
department. 'Nothin' at all, stranger,
said the calculator, only l was thinkin'
what tarnal strong apron that ere wo.
man must had on TO bring seventeen
thousand dollars worth Of change down
stairs; I've cyphered it out on this here
paper, and it will weigh just half a ton if
there amt a single copper among the
whole on't.'-Bv6alo Rep.
Government is good COW and he that
won't milk her is fool. The law re-
qnires that a Collector, after deducting
$4,000 from the emoluments of the Office
shall place the remainder to the credit of
the Government. At the Custom house
in N. York city, the fees are kept sepa-
rate from the enaolumenfs and Mr. Hovt
contends that the Government is entitled
to the enaoluments CATER deducling s50O0)
only, and that fees belong to him! He is
the first collector that has construed the
law thus. The amount of fees collected
since Mr. Hoyt came into office is suppo-
sed to be not far from $4,000! The
Secretary asks Mr.. Hoy. to place the
amount to the credit of the Government.
and leave the question of right to be deci
ded in the courts; but the collector prefers
to retain it in his own hands. ST. Louis
| Gazette.
Mrs. General Hamilton. We have
learned that the aged and venerable wild.
ow of Alexander Hamilton is on the
point of closing her long and blameless
life--a life rendered truly illustrious, al
though unheralded through flames clamor-
Gus trumpet, by the continual exercise of
every virtue that can adorn the character
of woman. Among the busy crowds Of
seekers after wealth, noloriety, and pleas
ure, the very existence of this lady has
been forgotten; but it has been known
where want and suffering implored re-
| lief. and amid the circle in which she
moved, her name was never uttered with
out a feeling of respect and reverence
In the full possession of her faculties,
peaceful, prepared, and happy, she is
now. we understand, awaiting from hour
to hour, the summons that shall call her
to rejoin that companion of her youth
over whose cold form the tears of whole
nation were mingled with her OWN.
z. Commercial.
Foreign Goods.-A recent arrival a!
New York brought over principally man
ufactures, the freight on which amounted
to flsO0. Another vessel from France
brought cargo valued at $500, coca
large proportion consisting of silks. Can
we wonder that, under these circumstar-
ces, our country should become crippled
by foreign debt-debt, too. incurred to a
considerable extent, for luxuries.-Sf.
Louis Neav Era.
VERY TRuE.-A New York contempt.
rary defines journal Of the right kind,
as lone in which the father aud mother OF
an interesting family can put perfect con-
fidence, without first critically examining
it, to see whether it be freighted with the
deadliest moral poison, as it enters the do.
nestle eden. 1t is one from which is
carefully excluded every sentiment which
might by its Improperly. raise upon the
pure, unsullied cheek of modesty and
chastity the slightest tinge of conscious
shame"
York, in Maine, appears to have suf-
fered sadly from intemperance. Of TAO
votes on the poll list, just one fourth part
are drunkards. About 500 are annually
expended for rum-a sufficient sum to
pay all the taxes. York must be the
banner town as regards drunkenness.
MASSACHUSETTS SENAToR.-On the 23d
ult., the Hon. Rufus Choate was elected
United States Senator, from Massachu-
sets, to supply the vacancy occasloned
bv the resignation of Mr. Webster.
Lyman Trumbull, Of St. Clair county,
has been appointed secretary OF State of
Illinois, in place of Stephen A. Douglass,
elected an Associate Judge Of the Supreme
Court.
A blacksmith of Milan has discovered
that, by suspending length of chain to
one OF the corners of the anvil by means
of ring. the noise Of the hammer may
be almost entirely deadened.
| 1t is rumored, tina. every third man in
Upper Canada, has been drafted for mil
itary service.
+ nrIt is rumored that Col. Prince;
the inhuman murderer of the patriots.
has been assassinated. If he has not
been, he will be; thousands on the from
tier are sworn to it.
james G.. Brooks, an accomplished
scholar and poet, died last week in Al
bany.
A bill abolishing imprisonment for deb
| has passed the House of Representatives