Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1843-10-28

70 Bishop HssHks has returned % The Unit
cd Sfates.~ - ~ * esife I'D
rs sS<SeAx. As sssssF3ss s. a
10 Wiliam RepAsus, don .. tke late JOSEPH
$. Benhan, Esq. wa stabbed Al Louisville o.
the 10Th inst by ralbslt oldham, and died short
" afserwsrdsp Of The wound. Oldham aed.
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ITEMS.
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: .7pproprio,e.-7he individual Who ran as n,
uaqngrel whig candidate against Or. Duncan. 10
Congress aud was delested, lis appropriated,
named. Haines.; - -. -
q 4 Spirissd old f,ensstma~ ---Galipaani's Mes.
senger Mss Mat apfarmer at Llbefsac. named
MERCER recently died at The age Of oae hwwdYrs
s''6fen ysdrs. He preserved his strength 70 In,
last, When a handred years old, having ! az,
plte Withsthe Mayor Of the village, Ne Knocked
him lows and was with difficulty prevented
from giving Ain asevere beating. n
-Four taoasasd dollars danssea,wer, given ,c
Res sbela Fearing, by aJury in indaau, beeau.,
ttedenck Bishop refused TO marry her, accord
'H'e /" promise. q szs.s w s.is y, w. At
A y Physician, passing .bysa stohema.or,s
-bawled ont TO him, ssgcod morning. Nj. W
Hard at work. see, You finish your grave
stones as far as elm memory of md then 70,
wait, suppose, to see who wants amonMmefif?'
"Why, yes, replied the old man, resting for ;
moment on MS mallet, sunless somebody i s;ck
and You doctoring him, and then keep RICH
ons" a1ass $50 saye8 80 - p
1, Haesiasss Raa.--A boy perched on spill,
driven in the bay at MacEinaw, and laxily en-,
deavorins TO hook up some Of the fnny tribe
WITH tie least possible exertion to. himself, wa.
accosted BY = steamboat passenger on the lame,
Madison, a. 10 What kind of fsh Ne canaht- -
The youthful Lxsak, scrutinizing The stranee
with quizical look, replied--'sThey arS No. n
perch. roach, ball heads, sinners aud =;
swhat do yon use for b.its, a E - -
soh, sometines one thine, .cS ~ - J, ,,.tl
er; but when tcant get thai, ~ Z sfss NY
se!f." 49, ...ss- Tsa :, -.sss = = -
Ffom the snnualreport Ofthe WESLEYAN Con.
ference i appears thai the number Of member.
IN Great BritAi1 il 33i ,02A; IN increase cf 29i
on last yesr- Thssnu1osr Of ministers, prescb.
ers &C., l.ioo;an increase ofl2.
a Grsas Gsa.--The agreat gum intended 10,
the steamer Princeton, and which i now beine
finished BY the scontr,etos, in the STATE Of New
York, weighed. in the rough, q. 695 pounds /,
is OF wrought iron, constructed on the Paixhas
principle, with Capt. Stockton's improved cham
Der, aud will throw 2l4 h. shot This IS per.
haps the most poSderous gun 10 the world, ex-
cept the great gun Of Kremhn, : 4, 3204 FOUNDER,
" the muzzle Of which an ordinary sized man
n..y sit I,;rrrisht. 49, ss-
c,ar.rsot;o,a; no.Oer..s-Fheney in converse.
ton, must be ascribed as est ?: silent. Men
Of genius and wisdom have often bee.. ioun- g.
fcient in its graces. Adam Smith ever reta,l,ese
In company the embarrassed manner Of stu
dent. Neither Button nor Rousseau carried their
eloquence into society. The silence OF the poet
Chaucer was held more desirable than his speech.
The conversation of Goldsmith did not evince
the grace and tenderness that characterize his
compositions. Thomson wss dit6dent and often
uninteresting. Descartes SEEMED formed for
solitude. Cowley was quaint observer; his
reserved. Hogarth and Smith were absent mind
ed, and the studious Thomas Parker said that he
was fit for no communion, save with the dead.
Our own Hamilton, Franklin, and host Of 9TH
crs were deficient in that Auency which often
fascinates promiscaous circles ssAr 7ss
It is rumored that George Bancroft, formerly
Collector of Boston, will receive the appoint
Inent Of Minister to the Court Of France. He
would do honor to the station. Both he and
Edward Everett, (now Minister 10 England, }
graduated at Harvard University about twenty
seven years sinces they were both Unitarian
Preachers after~ard. in Bostons always warm,
intimate personal friends, and now Ministers to
the two most splendid and powerful Courts in
the world! A singular incident
Improved Umbrtita,--We learn from the All.
bsny. Atlas that Mr.. William Richardson, a me-
chanic Of that city, has invented an improve
ment on the common umbrella. The ribs on
which the cloth is extended are so jointed as to
fold up, anda part Of the h@ndlescan be detached
SO that the largest sized umbrella can be packed
in valise.
Nuts for So,aebody.--1n the Albion we find
the following very pleasant paragraph, at least
for Mr.. Glassbroke, if he is living, or his heirs,
if he is food for worms:
GShonid this meet the eye of Mr. William r
Glassbroke, who left England about. eight years
ago, and settled somewhere in the Western Ter
fitories; if he will write to his old family attor-
ney. he will hear of something to his advantage,
his old uncle being dead three years the 4th Of
June iash leaving him, the said WsR. g., f47, 600
Han, .236 acres OF freehold, all freed from ex-
pense, payable TO him on his becoming 10 the age
Of q, which Is May 8, 1872.
Nero wished mat the whole Roman empire
bad but one neck, that be might sever it with
single stroke; and Lord Byron wished that all
the ladies in the world had VI a.
ss-sss q : - But one rosy mouth.
Tt he might kiss them all, from north 10 south.
We think Byron's wish the mon charitable,
lad decidedly more gallant than the former.
sD6i JoHssoS made humcssas speech az
New Haven, on his recent visit there, which
was received with shouts BY both parties. He
observed that he lad been . long time in pablo
ife-- had grown gray in the public service, and
,e thought be needed rest; and, he concluded,
with comics eer " his eye, sssihe people wefS
IF the same dtnion in 1910, wten Mr. Van Bu-
.en Al kseH retired With their consentl's-..
This bronl th loud Shout, when the Colonel
"Welb always thought they would
,e1aEH for That, and ifthey ever should BE, and
.ant ke TO serve them again In any capacity.
sdy, 4 have got rested nov, and shan'ti refuse
hem--but il they don't, I shant quarrel, be-
:asse there Gre ssme bigger men p he country
hsn Richard NJ. Jehasdn.n fslt.
Tom MersAal, Il i aid, Il ., speaking q tie
usnt Aeohoi,s remarked that be WAS tie mod
lseltless end napssssive . a,itIs1nts. fes,ssid
4, Che iRerea1es Ne buFeen. lp1p his ssbi9ets.
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