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The northern star and freemen's advocate., 1842-02-10

there is one only, taught by female, in the place
OF the two three that are necessary to do good
when there are about $50 colored children
In the city, that ought to be made to attend school
under good teachers.
We must say little more. 1t cannot be expect
ed that colored children will come up themselves,
and be good and vrtuous, and be useful portion
of society, good citizens, honest men and women,
without being instructed in their early days the
blessed advantages Of such course of life No
one expects from the whites, and why from the
blacks 1t makes no difference what the rank is.
we can discover no real good arising from allow
ing men to remain in state of ignorance. But
greatly to the reverse, it opens the door of intem
perance which leads to all the abominable vices
characteristic in heather land, and must greatly
tend to annoy the more respectable and quiet por-
ton of citizens, which is one of the many reasons
why timely and efficient measures should be
adopted as a prevention to vice and crime. We
shall conclude by saying that the thinking part Of
the colored people of this city, and every where
else, are very sensible of the many wrongs which
they suffer on account of their color But we
hope the day is not at very far distance, when
bleeding humanity shall regain her long lost rights.
Then it will be that Ethiopia shall have stretched
forth her hand unto God We intend to say more
on this subject at proper time, God willings
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s. ]. M. came too late for insertion this week,
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1842-08-10
From the arkansas hteILigeneer.
Usage CUSTOMS.

Among the Osages young man Of eigh
teen will sometimes say to widow twice
his age perhaps, come take hunt with
me. The widow answers hoa, Eyes. y
This means that these two will hunt to-
gethcr like man and wife; both parties put
ting together their horses, camp kettles,
and equipage.
On the hunt, the man nuns, the woman
saddles and unsaddles his horse, unpacks
his Neat, builds his lodge, collects his
wood, cooks his food. and makes his moe.
casns-and in every respect takes the
place and par: of a dutiful and helping
wife, yet they are not married. Some
times they repeat several hunts, and even
live years together, and the woman bears
children, still il is not marriage. Howev-
er well this young man may be suited with
his hunting companion, should he be SO for
tunats as.to'risc 10 the rank of brave or wal
rior, he casts her off without ceremony and
marries, that is buys wife after the<~us-
tom of his nation, and is praised for SO do
ing. for his previous union is not consi-
dcrcd honorable for brave or WARRIOR
No man can marry n warriors daughter
that is not warrior himself. Consequent
Iy mothers often cry and pray, and before
their sons, that they may be men enough
to go to war, and kill and scalp the Paw
nees. and be successful in stealing hhorscs,
that they may rise to the grade of warr-
or, and get honorablv married No Usage
feels honorable, nor is considered honora-
bic, nor treated honorably, until he has
distinguished himself, and is called brave
or warrior. This he may do in one of the
five following ways, viz: Shoot down his
cncmy-knock him on the head after an
other has shot him down-scalp him after
he has been shot down, and knocked on
the head-shoot through two buflalocs with
an arrow at one shot, or steal ten horses.
To do either of the above acts entities him
to the name Of brave, and to the privi-
lcgc Of carrying a tomahawk. All others
are walters and kettle tenders. A brave
or warrior may strike kettle tender, and
he cannot resent it, or return the blow,
until he has acquired the name of a brave,
and then he may do it if it be twenty years
afterwards. All girls among the Osagcs
are sold in marriages. | have never
known an Usage girl to take up with a man
as the term is used among other nations.
However poor the mother, aunt, or guar
dian is, she will demand something for her
daughter or ward in marriage. The girls
being in demand, and the mothers giving
them up only for value received, lead the
mothers to watch the girls in the strictcst
manner. as only those who are "tru1y
maiden' arc sold. Widows of every grade
and age, make their own marriage con-
tracts, and in the loosest possible manner.
But the girls are as chaste as those Of any
other nation. have never known Of
runaway match among them.
PAH-HU -SKAH.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1842-08-10

An INCIDENT AT NIAGARA Falls
The following incident is related in a letter of a
recent date, to the editor of the Boston Transcript
IS \ circumstance occurred here daV be-
fore yesterday, quite extraordinary, and
therefore the lion of conversation. A horse
was seen from an elevation between the
Clifton House and the road leading to the
burning spring, swimming from Navy Is
land on the Canada side, towards the OPP
posite shore. Strange and impossible as
it may seem, being powerful animal it is
supposed, he succeeded in reaching Grass
Island, more than two-thirds the way across
the Niagara river. This was accomplished
by having started high up-so that a dia-
gonal line enabled the bold adventurer 10
plant his hoofs on that little patch Of terra
firma, Goat island-a narrow strip Of grass
that peeps out Of the water but short dis
tancc above Goat Island.
After feeding awhile, and therefore at
tracing a still larger number Of wonder
struck spectators, he seemed to survey the
mighty exhibition Of fury around, and again
plunged into the resistless current-ei,her
intending to return, or touch upon the Am
e:ican sde-[for horses think, aye, and
reason too. but the rushing waters, like
an army Of hungry tigers, whirled the poor
beast hither and thithcr, and onward too,
SO that just rs he reached the first rapid,
nothing but his head could now and then
be seen above the angry pillows. Before
coming TO the brink Of the magnificent ca
taract, toward the middle OF the descent
i, was quite certain that life was extinct.
Over went the carcase, which was soon
discovered by those below at the ferry,
where it was towcd on shore and examined.
1t proved to be very large horse, in ex
celenl flesh, almost milkwhite, but every
bone in the body was crushed or broken
into fragments. At the last advices the
remains were at the whirlpool, running an
endless round the race OF a magic horse,
as though it were intended to impress the
mind with deeper sense Of horror, while
gazing into the awful abyss below.
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a CHORAL HYMN.-A fine charactcris-
tic trait of the Germans was manifested
this morning. Just at sunrise fleet Of
canal boats arrived, loaded with several
hundreds of German emigranis. AS they
got into the city, near the packet boat land
ing, the whole struck up one Of their ma
tional anthems the voices Of hoary age,
vigorous manhood, and tender infancy,
floating with those Of woman in the glori-
Gus harmony. The effect, in the calm
stiffness of dewy morning, the spires and
domes of a silent city just touched with the
golden beams of a July sun, was almost
sublime Buff. Adr.
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S L \ b LIN G

FMVllE subscriber can accommodate
Ill four or five horses in the best man.
ncr, by the week or month, with hay and
grain or without grain.
Terms made known by applying to me
at the Hotel formerly kept byW. A. Stetson,
Pearl-st. JOHN II, SHEPPARD
April 10Th, 1912. As
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HIDES! HIDESIi

NASH and the highcstmarkct price will
~ be paid for Hides and Skins at the
Leather Store, west end of the bridge by
l., i PIERCE.
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1912. DRAY NO. |. 1912

CONVENIENCE AND DESPATCH.
TNUE subscriber will be found in waiting AT the
L head OF MARKET SQUARE, with his Horse
and Dray for the accommodation of the Public gcner-
ally at all hours othe day. unless professionally en-
G@g'd 10 transport Merchandise, Lumber, Produce,
&c &c, to and from the beach or 10 any part of the
town, on the most reasonable terms.
Us snare OF public patronage is requested
JOHN L. SHEPPARD.
Southport, March 30 1912. 4l-tf
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The U. S. frigate Brandywne, has arri-
we'd in Hampton roads, al days from Gi-
bratar
Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser., 1842-10-29

o. neio.ly could turn l.tless ear?
Or IN his heart feel not the inspiring flow
o. nature, deep and mystic lore a. through
The tracklcss woods he atrays!
o.p ;, The grove j. full
With its eIodious spirit, and the strains
iB.,!!enting the beautiful the grand, the gay.
The tender. and the mournfill; in one thought
0f pure and holy musings. till the heart
Commingling with tile harmony. i. wrapt
In ecstacy: There, fancy gathers up
Her sweetest, brightest visions which are known
Only TO the Poet, crowdng they come
In drapery unearthIy, and invest
with glowing beauty, all around. above,
Beneath In natures loneliness afar.
rom noise and care retired. sweet thoughts Of
those
We love. break from the fountain Of our feelings
AND :. IN resiew their welcome visions pass
nefore US Memory mysterio power
Awakens. and can ope alike the source
~ 10y Or grief. can gid the passing hour
w. NTH glad.ome ray. Or bid the trickling tear
There 10 spell in days
Dissolving hour. that seeme,h TO invoke
The absent and the dead sapd with their much
Loved spirit. we would hold con,inu no ssveet,
10 taste again that JOY their presence once
Supplied. Oh! who would love this world ~
strife.
4 friendship did not gid ihl. passing lii.
With some faint rays Of happine.s? -.
Yewho
Bow down at folly's shrine the suppaut knee,
And love to haunt the scenes Of revciry
Aud nirth; go. take your pleasure there. but give
Me n,ne in solitude 'mid water falls,
And purins rivnlets. and dropping boughs.
And verdant lawns. where no unMsan.ng words
Or batteries vain, or conversation void
Of Thought can cloy.
III love not man the less
But nature more.'
Burlington, Iowa, 1912.
Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser., 1842-10-29
Political.
STILL DISTRESSED.

Two years ago the country was vocal
with cries Of distress from the wings,
who charged all their ills to Van Bnrcn.
ism: promising the people meantime II
they would desert Van Buren, and vote
Tor .sTippecanoe and Tyler too,' good
times, plenty OF cash and all that, would
Immediately bless the nation. Tho peo-
ple believed and vote! accordingly; but
when they perceived not the improved
times promised, but rather an aggrava
tion Of former ills, these wings. so flush
Of promises, became greatly distressed
themselves, declaring tho country only
wanted protective tariff TO render it a
paradise. We heard nothing but protcc-
tion to home indhs.ey, ev ry thing Of
earthly good depended on that. Well,
after strange exhibition Of whig consis-
tency and love Of country, Tariff,
strongly protective Of The most clamorous
interest, was pussed-a Tariff, which,
even the Home Leagucrs declared ample
for their nurpose, whatever that might
be. This done, on which all Of happiness
or prosperity were said to depend, the
PEOPLE had right to expect reprieve
from the distress Of which they had been
so long the victims for the subservance oi
the designs Of political demagogucs. Bat
of this repose it seems they are not TO
partake. They must be distressed again
the Courier L. Enquirer has told why
and whe relore as fol!oWS:-
The present PROSTATE condition Of the country.
tells in language too clearly to be misunderstood
that National Bank is absolutely necessary to the
general welfare"
The Tariff which was the everything,
it seems is perfectly impotent--a bank
is now The thing necessary and for which
the people must be distressed! This
movement in favor OF bank is designed
to keep the people agitated, as reposc is
death to the whig party. a bank, says
this fighting editor, ,s s:absolutely neces-
sary to the general welfare. phrase
Of quite too much scope 10 ccmport with
truth, though perfectly correct as under
stood by its author. The ssgencral vel.
fare" with him means favored few
whom such On institution would supply
with funds at the expense Of the honest
stockholders. To this class a national
bank is indispensab|y ncccssary-it is
necessary also TO the party in which these
men are leaders. but 10 the mass Of the
people-those who regard purity in Iegis
lation-purity i'll the ballot box and ho-
nesty in public and private relations
such al engine is not necessary nor will
i, be tolerated. Let The wings agitate-
be distressed, il they will, for a bank !:
we can venture to pledge them the un
compromising hostility OF the democratic
party to the success Of their scheme OF
national corruption and private fraud. -
Rochester DAILY 4A4r.
Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser., 1842-10-29

Init BEEF. Some oil the Wings have
the unblushlng brass ,odeny that that par
ty. or its leaders, ever promised the people
Of the country 1.-Two dollars day s ruas
beef in the event OF Cen Harrison's e
lection. We have before us. taken from
the Boston Courier, (Whis. an account q
the Great Bunker Hill Wing mecling.''
held in September. 1910, in which ac-
count we find the following motto upon
the banner carried by the Boston Lc.esa
ton:
MuHy's Policy Fifty cents a day
And French soup!
Our po1icy-Twn dollarsa a day
And roast beef!
Reverse:
March 4, 1871.
The end Of the administration Of broken
promises
Now. what have these gentlemen TO
say about broken promises ?''-Ball. Rep.
CoSclsELY STATED The Pennsylvani-
an we'll remarks that the system Of doc
TRIES sci forth by the Wings, when ta-
ken in connexlon, amounts to this. -
:'rhat law and order should prevail, when
the law is made by wings, and order en-
forced BY them. Dat not otlierwise-,hat
the majority should govern when the ma
jori,y is on the whig side, but not other
wise-that a certificate Of an election,
from the regular authority, should en,i-
tie q person 10 an office, when that per
son ,s whig, but not otherwise. This
is no new notion. The aristocracy oi
every nation have always acted upon it ia
. greater or less EXTENT
Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser., 1842-10-29

ELECTORAL VorEs.-By the new Ap-
portionmenl the number Of electors OF,
President and Vice President, chosen by
all the States, Will be o75, OF which l5S
are necessary for q choice. We give the
following comparative table Of the mum
Der Of electoral votes to which each State
is entitled, both by the new aud old ra
Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser., 1842-10-29
TIE WOODS.
sr M,ss.s. n. ROBINSON.

Ths mountain forest. and the pathless woods.
Where solemn ..iin..s wraps tha isteY Ying earth
And where in lucid symbols speaks the God
OF nature to the enrap.urtd hsars;
Nature
Il maptled in her loveliness; and her
Sublime, eternal music floats upon
The gentle breeze that wakes her bela 70
j liage.
N comes ID sweetest songs ofsumner birds
The falling leafv the murmuring Of ths far
Oh wsye-or in the wilder deeper to'ie
OF cataract - from the mouatains brow
i sends its silv.ry spray the glorious depth
Adown-lhc loM cascade-the rushing winds
!! Hold with witching spell the ]! heart astuasd
Io holy lhosghS IN lhe lone wlderasss.
Who % Der soft aud gentle bam-hsr soDys
Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser., 1842-10-29
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EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS
SILT.
Price per- bushel Of Salt imported iats ne
United States during the gears 1892
and 1883, respectively.

| Uniicd States during the years 1922
and 1888, respectively.
1929. 1893.
Whence imported Gents. Cenls.
Sweden &; Norway;
Swedish w. Indies, 1919 7l5
Danish W. Indies, 80 lG Z 3.5
Dutch W Indies, l8 Z l-G
Hanse Towns, 9 Ia
England. Is lG 18
Scotland, II Ii
Ireland, 10 SO 16 is
Gibraltar, l2
British W. Indies
(Turk's Island Sc, II % 1919
British Am col. and
Newfoundland, 90 l-3 10 l-e
O,hcr British Co.'s, Is
France on the Atlantic,
France on the Medi-
tcrranean, 6 1-2 l-2
French W. Indies, 81
Spain on the Atlantic 7i5 4o3
Spain on the Mcditer-
ranean, Sc 2-3
Cuba, 90
Other Spanish West
Indies, Is l-2
Portugal, 10 6 1-2
Fayal & other Azores, 10 Is
Cape dc Vcrdcs, 6 rs 71-c
Italy, 9o-4 4 SO
Sicily. g 5-3
Trieste anil other Au.
strian porte
Turkey, Lcvan,, SC. @@
ffayt. l6 IA
Texas, is SO
Mexico.
Columbia. 51.3
Agentine Republic. 7l.4
S. smcricn, generally, II l-.S
'TnE DUTY on SALr.-A correspondent
of the New York Journal or Commerce,
makes the following interesting state.
ments AS to tho effect of the oppressive
duties on salt, proposed in the tarif bii.
Every merchant who has exported
provisions from this country, can bear
witness that the mode Of curing. and tho
bad quality OF the pickle used, have been
almost invariably complained OF abroad;
and that in every part Of Europe. aud
even South Amcricr, beef and pork put
up in Hamburger will command higher
prices than tho same articles cured in tho
United States, chiefly from the supnriori-
~ oil tho curing, and independently ut
the quality OF tho meat. Now, it is IL
very suspicious circumstance, tha, ,ho
only salt used in Hanburgh for caring,
provisions, is that Of st. Ubns, Ca,liz, AMI
other PAGES OF the sou,l, o, Europe, pro.
duced by evaporation ON the sea coast.
IN all advertisement Of the Navy Cora
aiS>ioncrs. for a supply Of beci and pork
Tor the Navy, dated Washing on, o.5,h
juno, lS42, is the following:
The beet aud pork must be saltel w,'.
a, least one bt,shc OF coarse Turks Is
ianl, Islc ot Nay. or 81. U5cs sal1, AMI
with five ounces o! pure puiyeriscd sn,
petre to each barrel, exclusive Of pick
e, to bs. made Of fresh water, " strong
us salt can make it
Let US pray that tho Agriculturalis.
may be kindly permitted to use that dies.
crip,ion Of salt hich he may find by ex.
perence will best answer his purpose;
and that should he tind il necessary to
use the foreign article. it may not bo bur-
ihcucd with U duty Of goo per cent. on VI
cost
Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser., 1842-10-29

Taking things . they 90, Ind receiv-
ing things as they como, nay be set dow q
a. ! very right philosophy. =
Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser., 1842-10-29

A giant recently died in Belgium whose
height was 8 feet-age 3e years.
Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser., 1842-10-29
From tie Detroit Free f'ress.
THE DISTRIBUTION POLICY CN.
EElLED.

The n. y. Tribune, a leading whig pa.
per, has nuwittingly confessed the truo
policy which governed the wings in pass
ing the Distribution bill. 1t says:
1--WE believe it essential that the Dis.
tribu,ion shalt be secured NOW, sincc the
rery neat Congress lciX fcsi The inlur of'
an cnormonsly increased proportion ef
Representatives Of the S4aatier interest,
clamorous for the spoilations IF the Gilt
STATES altogether, by measures Of Grudua.
lion, loose Pre- .emMion or direct Cessio..
Of these lands. We believe the adoption
Of either OF these measures would at
once be robbery Of the old States aud
a decentralization Of The New, by al!uring
their citizens from the pursuits oil indus
try to roam in search OF choice tracts OF
lands, on which to pouncc at q nominal
price. But, beyond all this, we know
that there can be no efficient and steady
protection to home industry without tho
Land Distribution; for one year Of pros
porous industry will lead to heavy puf-
ch.scs Of public lands; then comes au ex.
cessiye reyenuc. next a reduction Of tbs
tariff in the midst OF good prices, next
excessive importa,ions, followed by de-
ransement, bankruptcy and Distress
Here we see that the prominent object
Of the distribution bill, was to stop tho
sale oi rubIc lands and prevent their oc-
cupasion by ..Sluatters,' and consequen,-
ly relard the peopling aud settlement Of
the. new States. Every body knew tl,i,
would be tho effect OF the bill, though
the wings dared not avuw it tetore. Let
it be remembered that our whig Senator'S
aud Representatives voted for this meas
ure.
Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser., 1842-10-29

The CoNplrloN.-The condition to
which Whiggery would reduce tho work
ing men is this: In Manchester, tho
principal manufacturing town in Eng.
land there were recently 1000 families
,citAout a bed among them, and 1866 per.
sons were employed at 'TIvENrY,Sly
CENTS A WEEK. They have got 4
national bank aud prohibitory tariff Cor
the protection Of capital in England.