Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1843-06-09

ton. Not an : hsnoa do W. "a, bni
catalogue Of hui e.; snd ]. really
appears that the hecoming one
vas, charnaI house, wIISiS kedncss and
crime may gloat aud sevel IN unchecked
holiday. Will any Of the philosophers
on nature and natures weaknesses. explain
to us the rapid change few years has ef-
fected in the morals Of nation! BY what
demons dark spell has blight breathed
upon 1.-The lilies Of the soul! What curse
is upon US! May we no, look for awful
retribn'ion, if this be our purity aud reli-
gion st Louis Organ.
RkFIxEMENr.-The is lady up town
so modest. that when she reads a certain
verse in The Old Testament. she says.
;. And Moses in the .lalc COW rushes -
and she will no. believe that Pharoall's
daughter ever said bull rushes.-Ib.
ESCAPE OF ONE OF THE CANADIAN PAT
RIOTS FROM New Sourn WALEs.-Mr.
Louis Bourbon. (son-in-aw Of Major Pap
ineau. SO well known in Canada.) who
was one of The number Of the Canadian
patriots of 1889. sent into exile in New
South Wales. made his escape from that
place, and arrived in New York on the
24lh ult.. by the brig Russian. from Rio
Janeiro, but declines to state the manner
of his escape. as il would implcatc other
persons. lie Immediately proceeded 10
the frontier, where he expects to meet his
family.
lie has been engaged as clerk for the
COVE rnAlent in New South Wales, and
was closely confined for two yeafs.-lb
The RULING PASSION sTroNo IN DEATH.
Nv hen Lawrence was lying stretched
on the deck Of The Chesapeake. MORALLY
wounded. and the immortal spiri. was a
bou, quitting its fraiI tenement. hi, las.
dying Injunction was" Don's give up the
ship" When cambridge lay struggling
in death, on the bed Of sickness, his mem
Dry reverted To the stirring scenes in
which he had many years before borne al
active part lie imagined himself in COM
msnd Of a gallant vessel. surrounded by
his officers. ON The eve OF an engagement,
and summohing all his energies for a Fl
nal effort, he exclaimrd. Call all hands
I" beard ,he enemy!"-When Porter in
foreign land was sinking into the grave
his body worn out with the exposures and
hardrhips 10 which he had been subject
ed. for period Of many years in the SER
vice Of his couuny-in his last moments
be directed tina, hi. body should be buried
at The foot "f the flagstaff that even after
death the gloriou. stars and stripes of A.
merica might wave over him.
Bicknc!vs Philadelphia Reporter, Of The
10Th. says -" Money continues abundant
in Philadelphia Good paper il readily
negotiated al S and 8 per cent. per snnu,n
while we occasionally hear Of transac.
ton. under extraordinary circumstances.
a. even lower rates. Business is evident
~ improving gradually, but The large
noun. Of capital which is still compara-
lively idle, and the low rates Of money
which have prevailed for 80 long n time.
show. in the most concIusi.e manner. iha, |
trade is limited. as compared Nth The life |
and activity which formerly characterized
our commercial tloroughfares. Sill The
gradual improvement is a matter for con-
graduation. especially as il may be regar-
ded as sound aud wholesome"
The WESTON "A FIRE was discovered !
day before yesterday in the hold Of Mis-
fine boat, about 4 miles above ST. Charles,
and had then made such progress rs TO de.
~ all efforts 10 ex,inguish il. She was
run ashore by this means the furniture
and books we're saved. She was freight.
Ell principally with wheat. hemp and 10
bacco. She is insured, we learn, CIR
$4,000 in Pittsburgh. bat her loss Jus. y.
this time must seriously Inconvenience her
worthy commander Capt. l.i.,le,on Luck.
lily no lives were lost. though there was
large number of passengers on board. ST.
Louis Organ.
MEcHAN1cs.-The Boston Post, re-
marks that the lac pecuniary revolution
which has swept over The country, and
desolated the land, has left valuable les
tinonial of mechanics as class. On the
bankrupt list. the names of bu, few are 10
oe found. and the assets Of such as have
been forced to apply for the benefi, Of the
law, are more titan fifty per cent greater.
than the assets Of those who affected 10
despise the name Of mechanic. The truth
OF the matter Is, the farmer and mechanic,
are The handspring Of society, that keeps
all the other parts in motion. and lhous
anu Told better than many Of their despisers.
The WHEAT CRop-'rhe Milwaukee
wv. I ). Courier. Of Nay "a. says: ..Du.
ring recent trip Of six or eight days in
the country. we took some mains IN as.,.