Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1842-03-11

SWlnulinS the pcOll'c uiat YIN % '>J
ilccc they would be 10th to invest Their capital e
Bank stock
TO Inc SECOND principle eon'cnded Tor y INC =.
press wseubscrjbc with our whole heart and Will u
more leisure moment give the subject that atterl
ton which it; Impotence dsmands.
CoSGnEss.-We have nothing late or Important
from Congress. The preamble and resolutions !"
Mr. Adams ease have been laid upon the table by
vote Of LOG to 90. The question was then taken on
the reception Of tho rssolu'ions-sccctcd ny so'e
Of ll5 to 40.
Two bills only have received the final action OF
the two Houses tic one appropriaiing money Tor
the paymen. Of their per diem allowance aud the other
authorizing another issue Of Treasury notes
Mcssrs Gilmcr, Hunter, Rhett, Profit, Cooper
Chapman, Holmes, and Johnson, members 81 me
Committee on Foreign Affairs, Of which Mr. Adams
IS chairman, have been excused from serving on that
committee. il, compliance with their requests. The
course of Mr.. Adams during the present Session was
tho cause assigned for wishing to be excused.
~" Bloomington is somewhat behind the times
| in the way of steam boats this season. We under
stand The river is vet blocked with ice at that place,
while nj RurIi,, oon we have had clear river TOR
several DAVIS besides beats from St Louis. Wecei
little sorry for the folks up that way to think they
| arc situated SO far North"
We copy the above from the Territorial Gazette
of Saturday last 9Th INST, and in doing SO we cannot
refrain from an expression of thanks to the editor
for the same, notwithstanding it bctrays feeling OF
jealousy towards our place, which the relation ID
whicit stands towards Burlington does not warrant.
That feeling detrimental to Bloomington has long
existed in Burlington, we have before had abundant
| evidence for the satisfaction of our own mind, yet
never before has it been plainly manifested Let
us examine the article and what cause, in truth
our neighbors have for boasting our town. First,
it states Bloomington, (saying nothing about Daven-
port, Stephenson, Galena or Dubuque, is somewhat
behind the times in the way Of steamboats, this sea-
son. Well suppose she is, how much! On Thurs
day a boat arrived at Burlington, from below and on
! Saturday we had an arrival from above. Two days
difference which is not much when it is considered
that VIC are near one degree north of Burlington
In the second place, the editor understood that the
river was yet blocked with ice at this place. The
truth is that the ice gave way the proceeding Tues
day. so that the Otter would have been down two
days before bat for matters unconnected with the icc
In conclusion the editor expresses little sympathy
for folks up this way because they happen TO lay
days journey north of Burlington. Perhaps their
sympathy might be as well bestowed upon their more
immediate neighbors. They arc certainly welcome
to all the consolation they draw from the fact of
their more southern location-with ours we have no
| complaints to make. So long as boats running be-
Bloomington on their route, VIC shall be saTIsIru
but should they conclude to carry out the wishes
of Burlington folks, by landing there first, in coming
down tho river, we shall be heard making COM
plants.
Let us look little firther, and see how far the
editor has been governed by desire fairly to repre-
/ sent our condition. He states that the first steam
boat returned back from that place, not because the
ice would prevent her from ascending. but because
she found as much down freight as she could carry.
And now, gentle reader what kind of freight do you
| suppose she found-corn, pork, hemp, BEANS pota-
toes, or any othef product Of TIE country! No!
She freightcd with ice. Very crcditabc that COM
mercial city.
Perhaps the reader may begin to think that we
are giving the squib of the Gazette ,,c too much
importance, but not so, There is feeling or hos
tility existing towards this place in Burlington that
induces men who should have little regard for their
character fer vcracity to tell the most barefaccd false
H.. l.. -, - IL
ing of the river and after the Otter had passed down.
but before the publication of the article in the Gazette
merchants Of Burlington assured the Master of the
Corsair that was useless to attempt to reach this
place, as the Otter had been compelled to cut her
way down. boat cut her way through the solid
ice in the Mississippi!-what an idea. Such mix
lures of the knavc and fool should be bored and tap
ped for the "simples7
| If Burlington is SO much the greater place, VIC
would inquire Of the Gazette why it is that its popu.
aton fequcny leave it and take up their residence
in this place? Not one ever left this place to locate
| in Burlington This will account for the jealousy
that induces the use of Misrepresentation to affect our
| growth.
o. Not long since the Louisville Journal publish
ed what puported to be an "anecdote Of Daniel Web
ster, which reflected seriously upon the character
OF that God-ke gentleman, whcrcupon tie said gen.
tlcman marches himself into the presence Of JUS
tee Of the peace in Washington and as Secretary Of
State ofthe United Stntcs Of America, makes oath
IN the Holy Evangey Of Almighty God, that the
said anccdote is wholly false, and that in nc It is
" from beginning to end, naked, wilfnl and base
falsehood." In such case we submit the question
IN tho vTh;rr , r