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Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1842-02-25

&C. The weather for the last two days has been
mild and pleasant, indicating the approach Of Spring
The ice is becoming very weak, and if we have no
change for the worse in few days. the ice viii dis
appear and we will again hear the enlivcn;ng puff
Of steamers go aa9sg 8 IseH
Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1842-02-25

BANKRUPT LAw.-The Legislature and peo-
pie OF kentucky are digging PHI forty thou
sand fa,hom deep for that distinguished indi-
vidual. in whose future success as a statesman
they may be presumed TO feel an interest that
knows no bounds. and in sympathy with
which so many thousand heats beat strong
and high throughout the Union. The House
Of Representatives by large majority. have
adopted resolutions Of instruction, in faycr of
the repeal of The Bankrupt Law Of the Extra
Session, and the Senate, having refused by a
vote Of 81 to L, 10 modify the resolutions. SO.
as 10 instruct to amend instead of repeating,
will of course concur. We are astonished at
the infa,uation which dictates this proceeding.
and which at most inopporlune moment, in
terposes to ,rammcl Mr.. Clay's independent
action when he should be left free 10 consult
the bias OF his own judgement and The opir-
ions Of the whole nation.
uT The above is from the Ohio State Journal a
leading Wing paper. How inprudent in the Iegis-
lature of Kentucky to undertake TO instruct Mr..
Clay! What, trammel Mr. Clay Independent ac-,
ton! He refused to obey, so it remains to be seen
whether the Legislature viii bow TO his WILL or main
its honor by an expression ofunquafed disaprrba-
ton Of his high-handed course, request his resig
nation
Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1842-02-25
For the HEAL
OLD JOHNNY Q. MY 10. yons

- suc l1e
OLD JOHNNY Q. MY 10, Jon
IxscRIBES TO JOHN q. ADAMS
od Johnny @. my 10, John,
wonder what younean,
Thou rank old aboIitionist
: Chuck Fun of litter spleen!
You'd better hush your jaw, John;
Take my advice, ! pray;
Don't bother with the ringers,
Your fooliyhness, ] say!
Old Johnny 9. my 10, John.
i Thou poet Of great fame;
You'll meet with an expulsion
That'Il colour thy great name.
You'd better shut your fly trap,
81. And leave petitions be.
oh, quit the Hall at once, John,
Before you raise spree.
Old Johnny Q. my Jo, John,
- You'll feel the wants Of man."
Why don't you leave the Capitol,
And cut old Uncle Sum!
The good folk : will not llearken
To a Bedlamite like you!
Beware the stra;ghten'd jacIef,
limplore you, Johnny Q.
Old Johnny G. my 10, John. /.
You must he raving, nigh,
To force before the Nation,
A bill TO make them sigh:
To seperate the Union
Ofthese United States!
IT'S very cruel act, sir,
'Nough to give man Tire h4tca
Old Johnny @. my %, John,
Now growing old and nuiish;
| beg yos. quit your capers,
And don't behave SO chuIlish.
Ex-Presidcntial dignity. H
Is going mighty fast, sir.
Better mind your P's and Q's,
Lest they fling yen out at last, sir'
Old Johnny q. my 10, John,
a traitor yoa'II become:
And your principles are alter'd,
Since those days when you were ya
Ifyou cannot balance reason,
Much better than Of late,
They'll mark you on The record
si'erfdious to your State!'
Old Johnny @. my 10, John,
Your great father was man,
Whe never would have proven
Faithless 10 Uncle Sam.
The Old Bay State he lov'd, sir.
Where sweet Liberty was nufsd,
And he never did suppose, SIT,
lis caiM rouM hare Il cursH
Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1842-02-25

The VALUATION BILL.-ihls gu
'ualiy killed by amendments " n
clause having been stricken out o." y
As passed, it provides only th ,l.s1]
sold under execution, mag be reds' Il
fifteen months after sale, by tue (,
ten per cent. Interest upon the p'''']
ey.-lowa Capital Reporter.
Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1842-02-25

IN skSSs a.:.,.r
nourls4eo W's0 lowa 7' 'sss .. 81. IS :
and % nclle uss IN ...s No.
ing iamen'aslsk n BY q 81. 49,, : -
from tne up = sss Esss 8 u. q. -, 8
ton q sl's'',s ~ -,
ings g we szs 81 - =, 80
made man'Iss 49, 10 ~.
PARIS s. he ~ - s's 's't m.
VIII as'oaas - 80. -,
people nave I.a :, ~. s
ing disc'osa wv. , s's - : s, .
they come 0ss'' 'o1A1 49,. -
explosion -,
.n~r Tie Ne Territory, Davenport
Gs1ettG ~ & hdard, are trying to make,
political 81 = arks said to have been
.,,,aa l,,, III 4l& 3,onncil while reso-
NJ. 81. q III c,mnel The Miners
II 3 FL q .neci;e navmcnts. They
...-s....s 81 that should the Legis-
-. 1ssss us,l 10 resnmc. Go. the
,.s,.,lss 6 49, sliked ii rising Up en-
s ~ ,.,,a.,eo,re- ~, hat e for
I. 80 XKes.sn and r need be.
80 -SS..,. ~: l ll4na Rank Mr. Greene
....sl Ia xve considered it unnc.
q. - i, uas confined
=, a. rra.vlsS, tian.ia,]: but as the Gazette
!, -ss.4 IT, 1e.,:r.s f,;rlv and honorahly.
q. 49,, a.t,,1TE - 4 credit the fabricated
s,oxv
-
OF a faw e close OF the iatc SESSION
Of the LegislAfi q z Dill OF JOINT resoiu'''"
authorizing ne WOW dollars 70 s'anef
Butler, Tor the Y tne eaqing cccupied ny ''i'''
body, was posse pretea1ted 70 the Governor lor
the exercise OF RSsf3 therein conferred on h''n
by the organic q ch ne returned to the liouse
in which it origi8 with the objection that the
amount appropslf vas tooiarge. Although 'ouf
times this sum " appcar rather large Tor rent OF
building Of thai for year, yet when we take
ranged expressly foahc Legislative Assembly, Is un-
fit for usual purposes and therefore cannot be rented
at all seasons Ike dweiag OF Store and that II Is
needed about one ioufh of the year tor the use o.
the Legislature, we think the allowance made by the
bill will not be considered, by the impartial, any too
large. When this fact was communicated to the
Legislative Assembly, bill was introduced for The
relief Of Mr. Butler, directing the Territorial Agent
to make out deeds 10 Mr. Butler for two lots in Iowa
City, giving up his obligations for the payment Of
balance thereon, which was passed. and also met with
the negative Of the Governor who it is said, on good
authority swore he'd q be id If be would sign
it! thus virtually declaring that nothing should be
paid Mr. b. for that foe which our Territory has on
one or two cccasions.paid 81 200
We think it will puzzle the Governor TO define the
rule he has been governed by in his late approvas
Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1842-02-25

The Natchez Free Trader OF Inc :"
"Premature,spring seems to na ",
tho country in every direction. y. y
weather warm enough for War 49,
since the first Of January. Inc !, Nv |
gardens and fruit trees are 10 iol, :, !
the earth has put on her vernaI ea'r'
Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1842-02-25

or The notes of the State Bank of Illinois are at
discount of from 20 to 80 per cent in Pittsburgh
Cincinnati and Louisville. In St. Louis every effort
is made to sustain its credit but doubt that it can
long be successful.
Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1842-02-25

A Loo CABiN.-A log CABIN s VI
been decided in the New York SsF M
The plaintiff during the late PUT =,
paign had expended $1,000 On = II
rected for the purpose Of furnlsnl J, !,
with a meeting place. Il DID no VI;
APPLE 10 The proprietor, and be W ~,
pull il down, when one Of the ~ wa
missed to raise and pay him Slu0Vt
it open until after the election
but after the election he founa
was "all talk and no cider, ~
gothic money and SO brought an T.,
Court decided that il was Tegu i,
contract between the parties, and
a verdict Of $1,000. Illinois fr'
Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1842-02-25

% The Ohio Statesman Of the 9Th inst. saws
that the Bank of Urbana is announced as a total
w'ecA' never pretending to pay anything for its notes.
us circulation is stated to be something over $500
600, so the loss Of the community must be cr...
we nave occasionally seen one Of its notes during
the winter, 50 our citizens come in for share Of the
loss. The Bank Of Chnicothe. which has hereto.
fore been in good credit has also given up the ghost
Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1842-02-25

: or Nothing Of importance from Washington
The Senate is chiefly engaged in the consideration
Of MT. Clay's resolution proposing amendments 10
the Constitution, and the House with ]. @. Adams
case. No decision has been had on the latter, as
yet.
Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1842-02-25

STATE GovERNMENr.-On our first page will be
found the act to provide for expression Of the opi
ion of the people Of the Territory upon the formation
Of Constitution, preparatory to an application for
admission into the Union upon an equal footing with
the other States. It would be well for our readers
TO preserve the act for future reference at any time
between this and the elections that they may be pre-
pared to act in accordance with its provisions.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1842-05-06
DEATH OF ALEXANDER.

When Alexander was at Babylon, after
having spen, a whole night in carousing, a
second feast was proposed to him. lie wen,
accordingly, and there were twenty guests
at the table. lie drank the health of every
person in the company, and then pledged
them severally. After this, calling for Her.
cules' cup, which held an incredible quantity
it was filled, when he poured it all down,
drinking to Macedonian of the company.
Proicas by name and afterwards pledged
him in the same extravagant bumper. lie
had no sooner swallowed it, than he fell upon
the floor. Here, them" cried Seneca.
describing the fatal effects of drunkenness.
" this hero, unconquered by all the tolls of
prodigious marches, exposed to the dangers
of sieges and combats, to the most yiolen,
extremes of heat and cold, here he lies, sub
dued by his intemperance, struck to the
earth by the fatal cup of Hercules" In
this condition he was seized with a fever,
which in few days termiuated in death.
" No one" says Plutarch and Aria, "then
suspected tina, Alexander was poisoned the
true poison which brought him to his end
was wine, which has killed many thousands
besides Alexander"
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1842-05-06
A BEAUTIFUL PASSAGE.

Intellect is an enchanter. Long years
after beloved friends are entombed, the
wand of memory waves over the chill vault
Of the sepuchre, and the dead start into life |;
pale, purified, passionless as the serapbs,
their sweet faces beam again upon US. The
fragrance of their spirit-breath strs in our
timcbleached locks; their thrilling kisses are
again on our lips. With their spirits our
spirits again mIngle in a better fraternity Of
feeling than ever bound US before. We in
vest them with that transcendent beauty I!
they arc now lovolicr than the beings of this
world: their bosoms tbrob upon ours with
better sympathy their eyes look deep into
ours, with exceeding love. Strange intel
lectual power What contact of spirits with
spirits What Reunion between the sever
ed! Can il be possible that in this spirit di-
alogue, but one spirit has part answering
in itself, and creating but imaginary bliss
Mono. Intellect has voice that can sum-
mon its love from the spirit world. In the
arms ofmy soul, l may with due submission
to the Great Father of Spirits, clasp the
spirits of my dead. Again upon my heart
can | lay the spirit babe to whom sobbed a
farewell long years ago. Not only in the
arms of my fancy, but really, and indeed, in
intellectual affinity, may l embrace my swee,
departed daughter, whose angel spirit in life
pinned for my happiness, and whose last &C.
cents, as her tongue froze in death, murmur-
ed my name.-MaM.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1842-05-06
who had driven her tribe from their native

who had driven her tribe from their native
forests, she resolved TO Illustrate the design,
and consequently waylay The steps of
Washington, as we have described, but fall
ing in her noble purpose, she had recourse
to the party left in possession of the boat.
Scarcely had she impaired her inform.
alton, and the shadows of night closed
round, when company of British soldiers
were discovered making their way rapidly
toward the banks of the Hudson, within a
short distance of the srot where the Ameri-
can party were waiting the return of their
commander Bold in the cause Of liberty,
and knowing that immediate action could
alone preserve him, they rushed upon and
overpowercd them, stripping them Of their
uniforms and arms, bound them hand and
foot, placed them with their companions, and
sent them to the American camp at West
Point. Having disguised themselves in the
I'abiments of the enemy, they proceeded
to the house of Rugsdale, where at the APP
pointed time, the sign made known by the
Indian girl, they OPPORTUNITY arrived to the
relief of Washington, and the confusion Of
| the traitor.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1842-05-06
THE HUSBANDMAN.

Earth, Of man the bountcous mother,
Feeds him still with corn and wine;
He who best would aid brother,
Shares with him these gifts divine.
Many power within her bosom
NoIseless, hidden, works beneath;
Hence are seed, and leaf, and blossom,
Golden ear and clustered wreath.
These TO swell with strength and beauty,
Is the royal task of man;
Mans king, his throne is Duty,
Since his work on earth began.
Bud and harvest, bloom and vintage,
These, like man, are fruits OF earth;
Stamped in clay, heavenly mintage,
All from dust receive their birth.
Barn and mill, and wine watts treasures,
Earthly goods for earthly lives,
These are Natures ancient pleasures,
These her child from her derives.
What the dream, but vain rebelling,
II from earth we sought TO flee +!
It's our stored and ample dwelling,
IT'S from it the skies we see.
Wind and frost, and hour and season,
Land and water, sun and shade,
Work with these, as bids thy reason,
For they work thy toll to aid.
Sow thy seed, and reap in gladncss!
Man himself is all seed
Hope and hardship, joy and sadness,
Slow the plant TO rpeness lead.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1842-05-06
THE LABORING MAN,

The world, as now constituted, is based
on the mandate of" Eden''-" by the sweat
Of the brow shalt thou earn thy bread !" and
the entire arrangement of society, have ac-
knowledgcd this as the corner stone ofits ex-
stence. From this general necessity to till
the earth; to lay all nature under physical
contribution, have arisen, and ever will con-
tinue these artificial distinctions, which d.
vide society into various classes cause the
division of labor; rich and poor; learned
and unlearned; the statesman and the arti-
ian. But so wiscIy have these several ele-
mcnls been blended, and so happily have
their several operations been adjusted that
no one could exist independent of the other.
Each has specific relation to the whole ;
and, in the vast machinery of mans natural
state, no part can say to the other-I have
no need OF thee, no portion can condemn the
subordinacy of another; but all must work
together under the eye of the same master,
who regardeth with equal care the exalted
and the lowly, the educated and the ignorant
We pity the man, no matter how elevated
his station, who contemns the honest toll OF
industry, and regards the laborer as vessel
of dishonor He knows not what life IS
what man is. That life is but the probation
day for eternity, in which we are all labor.
ers, doing the great work of existence in the
several departments of temporal being and
that man, under whatever cline or condition
is still a moral and intellectual man, with fac.
ultles that ally him to angels, and spirit tina
adumbrates the yelled existence of Jehovah
The king on his throne can be no more the
beggar at his tootstool cannot be less. lie
the work of whose hands is Heaven, and who
made the sun and the stars; the great mas.
er-builder ofthe universe, has halowed la.
Dor by the majesty of his own work, ant
made it honorable by the example of Him
who, though seated at the right hand of G cd
was still the manger-cradle son of Joseph
THE CARPENTER.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1842-05-06

TOPPING TREEs.-The practice of tom
ping trees, when set for ornament, is pecu-
liar to Taunton, and Notwithstanding the re-
peated failures from such practice, the GUS
tom is kept up. Year after year beautiful
elm trees, without head or limb, are planted
about the Green, and before the houses in
the village, to be succeeded by others of
similar fashion. And how long before wis
dom, from sad experience, will open the
eyes of these planters ofheadless trees. time
only can determine.
When men, whether in the character of
physicians, or planters of trees, happen 10
think they can change the laws of nature.
they are very sure to find, when too late,
that they have venturcd on unhoIy ground.
In the growth of a tree nature has formed it
the head is in embryo the future tree,
with all its towering height and widespread
branches, with the earth for its footstool,
Now let the unlucky wight sever the tree,
and if death should not Immediately follow,
you are sure to see an ill-shapen and dwarf
ish tree take the place of one that nature
would have formed in majesty and beauty,
had she been permitted to move on in the
even tenor of her way. The tree thus de-
capitated, endeavors to establish new head
by throwing out a side-shoot, which takes
the lead, and finally towers away with its
head upwards, and its origin in the bark OF
the old stump-and whether it is destined to
live one or twenty years, no one can predict
some high wind lays the head of the tree
at the foot of its foster parent, as another
proof of the folly of violating the laws Of
nature.-Iaunton Wig.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1842-05-06
BOOK STORE.

BOOK STORE.
m II T. subscriber has Just received and offers for
l. sale new supply of Books from New York and
Boston among which are the following
Comb on the Constitution,
Great Teacher, Faver on Election,
Liebig's Chemistry
Greek Testament and Lexicon,
Tacitus and Liv,
Bickers beth on BAPTISM,
Michael Kemp Coleridges Works
Tales of the Covenaners,
Gems of American Female Poets,
Whepey's Compend
Barnes Notes on the Gospels,
Gimpses of the Old World,
Macauley's Mscellanies
Elegant Quarto Bibes-furkey Morocco,
Tweedies Library of Practical Medicine 5 vols
Chas. O'Maley, vol.
Danglison's Medical Dictionary,
Buffers Ancient Atlas,
Pictorial Geography, 1000 engrnvngs,
Poets of America, Krummachers Parallels,
acquire, by James, 2 vols.
Bolmer's French Phrases,
Book of Psalms, Wealth and Worth,
Life of Sir Isaac Newton,
Fl. Moore's Private Devotons,
Coopers Surgical Dictionary,
Anthon's Classical do.
Lemprlere's do. do
Corse de Leon, by James.
Feb. "a, 1912. d. A. gRAMAN.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1842-05-06
NuQR hYRBo

Mr.. and Mrs. Dickens arrived at Louis
vile on the 9th. and took lodgings at the
Gait House. The following stanzas we
find in the Louisville Gazette of the 9TH:
Here's health TO thee and thine, Boz,
welcome, warm and free
We'd pledge it thee in wine, Roz,
But Temperance folks are we.
As warmly b at our hearts to greet
Thy coming TO the west,
As though we made bottle meet
Another meath our vest.
You'll see us ns we are Boz,
Plain men we'd have you know,
Who'll not attempt Ia mar, Boz,
Good feeling with biom!
Well take thy hand, and by thee stand
With bonnet of or on,
That you may kno,r our western land
Right well when you have gone.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1842-05-06
NOTICE TO MERCHANTS.
That buy Crochery u Glass Ware.
TARTAR WAIT ~ ROOT give notice

l. merchants in the adjoining Counties that they
have their spring stock ofCrockery in store and are
now ready 10 supply their orders for assorted Crates
10 nv amount packed in the most workmanlike man
ner al New York and Boston prices, which will he
great saving to all that buy ofus. An or
ders promptly executed Al their store Corner Church
and college, streets Burlington,
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1842-05-06

GROCERIES,
IN HHDS St. Croix and Porto Rico Sugars,
~ Is Boxes Lump do
80 Hhds. Molasses,
SO Barrels do
so Chests Young Hyson Tea,
GO do Hyson Skin do
Is do Hyson do
40 Catties do do
300 Mats Cassa,
2 Barrels Cloves,
/ do Nutmegs,
20 Terces Saeratns,
40 Kegs Pure Ginger,
100 Boxes Bar Soap,
80 do Pipes,
20 Bags Pepper,
25 do Pmento,
40 do Rio Coffee,
Is do Java do by J. & J. II. PECK & 60
30 Dec. iS4l.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1842-05-06
COP1R TNERSHIP.

COP1R TNERSHIP.
HENRY ii. BOSTWICk " 7. +. g. w. L.
business in that line under the name of II. H. Bost-
wick & Co. at the shop occupied by said Bostwlck,
where may be found full and complete assortment
of TIN WARE, manufactured expressly for the retail
Stove Pipe, Stove Trimmings, SC. All kin of Job
work furnished at short notice. Fave roth and
ducior pipe furnished and put up. Copper pumps and
lead pipe furnished and set if required. Those who
patroniZe this branch Of business SHALL at this shop
e quickly and well served, for a reasonable compen-
satOn. Ill, IL. BOSTWlCk a. Co.
Burlington, Apr, 10, 1872.
DORTABLE FURNACES. with elevated Ov-
ems, a convenient and economical article for cook
ing, in warm weather, for sale by
Apr. r. H. ii. BOSTWICK e. Co,
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1842-05-06

DYE STUFFS.
SEA BBLS Campeachy Logwood,
oOS 200 do st. Domingo do
$50 do Fustie,
$50 do Nicaragua,
100 do Cam Wood,
81 do Nader,
40 do Alum,
so do Copperas,
% do Blue Vrio
so Denijohns Oil do. by
30 Dec, ls4l. JIG J. II. PECK & Co.
on HHDS. Trinidad, and 80 hhds Porto Rico
~ Molasses heavy bodied and light coored, just
received and for sale, ata very low price, by
FOLLETT 4 BRADLEY.
Old Dock. Burlington.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1842-05-06

FOLLETT e. BRADLEY
p RESPECTFULLY inform their friends and the
llpubc, that they have received and now offer fol
sale on theinos advantageous terms, an extensive
sortment of Iron, Steel &c consisting in part Of the
following
Ton Sanderson's Cast-steel,
do Eagle German do
do English X do
20 Bund es Brazier's Rods,
80 Tons English Tire Iron, assorted,
10 do Old Sable PSI do
10 do Swedes do
do Toe Cork Steel
3 do Spring do
do Swedes do
10 do Russia horse nail rods,
10 do Bloom, flat and square, of various sizes.
Nov. 30.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1842-05-06

Tobacco.
OK KEGS Fidmonds,
~ II Boxes Ervine's,
II do Bones,
10 Kegs Cardwells,
10 Boxes Rowes.
The above are all choice brands, and are offered
ow by FOLIETT Il BRADLEY.