The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1841-05-06
Vol. II.......No. 40.

having none about it to court or conforms
ito. Every man alone is sincere At
the enhance Of, a second person, hyPec.
Irisy begins. We parry aud fend the
porch Of our fellow man by compliments,
4hy gossip, by amnsements, by affairs
We cover up our thoug htfrom him under
ia hundred folds. ] knew a man who,
under 4 certain religious frenzy, cast off
his drapery, and omi,ting all compliment
and commonplace, spoke to the consciencs
fof every person he encountered, and that
with great insight and beauty.1 At,first
he, was resisted, aud all men agreed he
was mad. But persisting, as indeed he
could not help doing, for some time in
his course, he attained to the advantage
of bringing every man of his acquaintance
into true relations with him. No man
would think Of speaking falsely with him,
or, of. putting him off with any chat Of
markets or reading rooms. But every
man was constrained by so much SINGER
lily TO face him, and what love Of nature,
what poetry, what symbol Of truth he
had, lie did certainly show him. But
! TO most of, us. society shows not its face
and eye, but its side and its back. To
stand in true relations with men in false
1age, is worth fiji OF insanity. is it not!
I'VE can seldom 60 erect. Almost every
man we meet requires some civility, re-
quires TO be humored; he has some fame,
some talent, some. whm Of religion or
philanthropy in his head that is not 10 be
questioned, and sospoils all conversation
with him. But friend is a sane man,
who exercises not my ingenuity but me.
/ My friend gives me entertainment, with
;ou, requiring me TO stoop, or to lisp, or to
mask myself. A friend, therefore, is a
sort of paradox in nature. / who alone
am, who see nothing in nature whose
existence can affirm with equal evidence
to my own, behold now the semblance of
my beingin all height, variety and curios-
Si,y, reiterated in foreign form; SO that a
friend may we'll be reckoned the master
piece of nature. -g.a..s,, Id issvs-,i3
| Coop FROM EvIL.-Oul strength grows
out of our weakness. Not until we are
picked and slGng and sorely shot at,awak-
ems the Indignation which arms itself with
secret forces. A great man is always
willing to- be little. Whilst he sits on
the cushions of advantages, he goes to
sleep. When he is pushed, tormented,
defeated, he has a chance to learn some
thing; he has been put on his wits, on his
man hood he has gained facts learns his
ignorance; is cured Of the insanity Of con-
ceit; has got moderation and real skill.
The wise man always throws himself on
the side Of his assailants. 1t is more his
interest than i, is theirs to find his weak
peint.. The wound cicatrizes and falls
off from him, like a dead skin, and when
they would triumph, 10! he has passed Or
invulnerable. Blame is safer than praise
I1hate 10 he defended in newspaper.
AS long as all that is said, is said against
me, iteel az certain assurance of success.
But as sooa as honeyed, words Of praise
ARE spoken of me, ! feel as one that lies
unprotected before his enemies. In gen
eral, every evil 10 which we do not sue.
cumb, is a benefactor. AS the Sanis
WITCH Islander believes that the strength
and yalor OF the enemy he kills, passes
into himself, so we gain the strength of
The temptation we resist.
lisa: iSfl HittH TO- -5!aEa'n &.NHi Iftfta
stEmbezzlement Of Money.--The Chi
cage American of The 10Th inst. has the
following staiement:----y tez ,s,, q.5,.ssa.
".Our community was recently thrown
into excitement by the arrest of Richard
Morris, grocery keeper and pork dealer
in South Water street, under the follow.
ing circumstances. Morris was entrusj-
ed with $4,000 by Alexander Mitchell,
Secretary of the Wisconsin Marine and
Fire insurance Company at Milwaukee.
to deliver to George Smith d CO., bro
kers in this city,. Morris on his arrival in
The city, stated, that OIL Wednesday even
ing of last week, he put his hand on his
pocket, and felt the money when about
two miles from the house of Edward
Murphy, nine miles from Chicago, bus
when he examined again, he found i.
missing. Messrs. Smith & Co., upon
hearing this statement, acquainted Sheriff
Steele with The facts, and he Immediately
proceeded to search for the money. Az
Ter a careful examination of abou. tws
days and a half he found the money, lodg-
led III hollow tree, in the woods, q shor,
distance from Murphy''s house.
| Morris was put upon his examination
before Esquire Howe, on, "Wednesday
last; and held TO bail in the sum Of $500.
Ito appear for trial at the next term of the
Circuit Court. ~
~ fa'} %58fs ----La7d a.il 10 '1s.fs
! The Clergy of Boston.
The Boston ! traveller Of the 9th says:
Yesterday being the annual State Fast,
the sudden. and unexpected death of our
venerable President was alluded 10 in eve
1 ry pulpit, we believe, i'll The city. Soma
Of she cIergymen made the sad event the
burden of their discourses, while nearly
all expressed in strong and eloquent Lam