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Death of Washington.

The following vivid and touching sketch Of the
last moments Of the Father of his Country, is
from a letter in the n. Y. Americana
"Passing through the great hall, orna-
mented with pictures of English hunting
scenes, we assembled the oakcn stair case,
with its carved and antique balustrade,
We stood at the door-we pressed the
handle-thc room and the bed where he
died were before us. Nothing in the lofty
drama Of his existence surpassed the gran
deur Of that final scene. The cold which
he had taken from exposure, in overseeing
some part of hi, grounds, and which re-
sisted the earlier domestic remedies that
were applied, advanced in the course Of
TWO short days into that fright(ul form of
The disease Of the throat, Layyngitis. II
became necessary for him to take to his
bed. His valued friend, Dr. Craik, was
instantly summoned, and assisted by the
best medical skill of the surrounding
country, exhausted all the means Of his
art, but without ail'ordng him relief. He
patiently submitted, though in great dis
iress, to the various remedies proposed,
but it became evident from the deep gloom
settling upon the counienances of the me-
dical gentlemen, that the case was hope
less. Advancing insiniously, the disease
had fastened itself with deadly certainty.
Looking with perfect calmncss on the sob
bling group around him, he said 'Grleve
not my friends--ilis as anticipated from
the frst--I am resigned to the event.
Requesting Mrs. Washington to bring him
two wills from his escritoire, he directed
one to be burnt, and placed the other in
her hands, as his last will and testament,
and then gave some final instructions to
Mr.. Leor, his secretary and relation, as &c
the adjustment of his business affairs. He
soon after became greatly distressed, and
as, in the paroxysms which became more
frequent and violent, Mr.. Lear, who was
extended on the bed by his side, assisted
him to turn, he, with kindness, but with
difficulty, articulated, Il fear give yor
great trouble, neutrality-suspicious. it is ;
duty that we all owe, one TO another
trust that you may receive the same AT
tention, when you shall require it,"
"As the night waned, the fatal synp
toms became more imminent. His breatl
became more labored and suffocating, am
his voice soon after failed him. Perceivn!
his end approaching, he Strengthened him
self TO his full length, and folded his owl
hands in the necessary attitude upon hi
, ches.-placng his finger upon the pulls,
of the left wrist, and thus calmly prepa
red, and watching his own dissolution, h.
! awaited the summons Of his Maker. Tn
! last faint hopes Of his friends had disap
, peared. Mrs. Washington, supplied viii
J grief sat at the foot of the bed, her eye
fixed sieadfaslly upon him; DR.. Craik, il
deep gloom. stood with his face buried il
his hands at the lire--his faithful blacI
5 servant, Christopher. the tears uncon,rol
led trickling down his face, on one side
I, took the last look of his dying master
] while Mr.. Lear, in speecllless grief. vii
4 folded hands, bent over his pillow on III
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-01-20
VOL. III.
From the Forget-Me-Not for 1913.
THE PRESS.
ny JAMES MONTGOMERY, ESQ.

ny JAMES MONTGOMERY, ESQ.
The Press what is the Press cried
When thus wonderous voice replied -
In me all human knowledge dwells;
The oracle of oracles;
Past, present, future, reveal,
Or in ohlivion's silence seal:
What preserve can perish never
What forego is lost forever.
speak all languages-by me
The deaf may hear, the blind may see,
The dumb converse, the dead of old
Communion with the living hold.
All lands are one beneath my rule,
All nations learners in my SCHOOL,
Men Of all ages, everywhere,
Become contemporaries there.
What is the Press? IT'S what the tongue
Was to the world when Time was young,
When, by tradition, sire to son
Convey'd whatecr was known or done;
But fact and fiction so were mix'd,
That boundaries never could be fix d.
What is the Press lis that which taught,
BY hieroglyphic forms Of thought,
Lore, from the vulgar proudly hid,
Like treasures in pyramid;
For knowledge then was mystery,
A captive under lock and key,
BY Priests and Princes held in thrull,
Of little use or none at all;
Till the rcdoubted Alphabet
Free their own great dcliverer set,
At whose command, by simplest spells,
They work their mental miracles.
What is the Press? IT'S wha, the pen
Was thrice ten centuries to men,
When sybil leaves lent wings to words,
Or, Gagged in books, they sang like birds;
But slow the pen and irail the page
10 write twelve folios asked an age,
And a pet babe, in sport, might spoil
The fruits Of twenty authors toll.
a power was wanting TO insure
Lille to works worthy TO endure
a power the race TO multiply
OF intellectual polypi
Ii came, all harlships to redress,
And Truth ana Virtue haifd the Press
What am then! am power
Years cannot waste, nor flames dcvour,
Nor waters drown, nor tyrants bind
! am the mirror of mans mind,
Ia whose serene, impassive face,
What cannot die on earth you trace
No phantom shapes that come and fly,
But like the concave of the sky,
In which the stars, by night aud Jay,
Seen OF unseen, hold on their way.
Myself Withdrawn from mortal sight,
am invisible as light
Light which, revealing all beside,
Itself within itself can hilc
The things Of darkness | make bare,
And, nowhere seen, I'm every where,
All that philosophy has sought,
Science discovered, genius wrought;
All that reflective memory stores,
Or rich Imagination pours;
All that the wit OF man concelves;
All tat he wishes, hopes, believes;
All that he loves, or fears, or hates;
All that to earth or heaven relates;
These are the lessons tina, teach
BY speaking ailence-silunt speech.
Ali who like me can bless or curse
What can be better, what can be worse,
Than language framed for Paradise,
Or sold to infamy and vice
Blesi he tho man by whom bless;
Accused he who wrongs the Press;
The reprobate, in prose OF song,
Who yields the power of right for wrong
Wrong to out-last his laurelrd tomb,
And haunt tho earth till crack Of doom
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-01-20

The editor of the Cleveland (ohio) Herald in
notice of patent lard lamp, thus INDUCES in a
retrospect Of the olden time:
In our log cabin boyhood, the htruy
Of lard lamp was sometimes INDUCED,
but usually winter evenings were whiled
away in porting over, for the thousandth
time, the few books and papers of forest
life by The brilliant light of shag barks
gathered for every day use 1t was
only on extraordinary occasions that the
lard lamp g,aced the three-legged centre
table! Then the lamp itself a bit Of
cotton cloth tied over button, and set
into an old saucer or Tin cup. More aris-
iocratc families used sort of hanging
lamp forged by smithy, provided with a
nozzle to lay the wick in, lid on hinges,
wire pick, and few small links of chain
by which to suspend it from some crack
in the log walls These last were well
adapted 10 light the halls Of wild wood
revelry-the glorious huskings, cuttings,
bussing bees, French rours, reels, and
scamper downs, that the old and Young
enjoyed with such unaIloyed zest and
good fellowship in the new country
Alas that with the old fashioned lamps,
old fashioned simplicity and innocent re-
creations should have so generally gone
out Of fashion -
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a N1os,cs; Sort,,,

Every thing is arranged for your we'd
ding with Susan I'ompkins,' said a father
10 his only son, The other day: i hope
you will behave yourself like 4 man,
Thomas
The individual addressed was a young
man, seated in chair, d ,spaiching a
huge piece Of bread covered with moas-
SEES. His only answer was sigh, ac-
companied with a food Of tears. The
parent started, and in an angry voice de-
manded What objections can you have!
Susanis handsome and wealthy, and mar
rled you must be some time or other
our mother and were married, and il is
my command that you prepare for your
nuptials F!
Yes finally sobbed Thomas, that's
a different case, you married mother: but
I'm to be sent out TO marry a strange
gal"
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nished with commitment under the va
grant act for thirty days. Poor man lie
left the magistrates Office the picture of
mental suffering, but his step was firm.
We never in our life had our feelings so
worke IN.
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kn A:nrnliny Possihi,iiy.

DR.. Forty Of the United States army,
in late work upon the climate Of the
United States and its endemic influences,
speaks of the immense valley Of the Mis-
sissippi and Missouri with its vast fertile
and level surface, its great and navigable
rivers terminating in one main trunk as
holding ont prospects Of opulence and
populousness altogether incalcuiabie.-
The Democratic Review in remarking
upon this opinion says that this immense
plain is destined to become the seat Of a
mighty empire, is result that will inevi-
tably follow, unless some CONFUSION of
nature may cause the ocean-lakes on our
Canadian frontier to overwhelm it with a
catastrophe more formidable than the
Deucallon deluge. The possibility oflhis
event, whatever opinion we may entertain
of It's possibility. is sufficiently obvious
when we consider that the great lakes
have a mean depth OF more than one
thousand feet, and that their surface i.
elevated more than three hundred fee
above the level Of the Mississippi. Should
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-01-20

Gases Of absence Of mind are CO
mo vogue again. Here is a pair 0
latest:
During q recent storm the moon,
posing il to be a fir night, undertoc
.hiae, aaI lid not discover lis error
il saw there wsre no stars out, wa
retired
An editor, intending 10 mend His p
haste to socare an idea before i; went
of his head, whiuleh away the end o.
finger, and did rot perceive his crro
he found he was writing with red iuh
stead of black.--.N. o. PIC.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-01-20

They have man in Providence $50
,heyssay) WHO uaskes wooden legs 50 ves
~ napualihot u tight boot will Diistcr,hs
foot, and raise eorns ON The toas--,l0 Pic se.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-01-20

Bus'ies.-'rhe Sun supposcs that
lies we're first invented for The purpose &c
smuggling inc lace from France into Eng
land. We have it ON the authority Of an
old salt, however, that busties weg1 orssi-
nally bIadlers, and were used BY ssilors'
wives at Portsmouth and Plymouth docks
To convey gin 10 their husbands on board
of vessels. -W i. .4flgs.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-01-20

Origin Ct the Massachusetts, SeRo
The old charter provided for the ell
ton Of governor and "assislanls" anu,
Iy, with the representatives. Mr.. Cha
Ter, in recent lecture, says that, while
were in session together--ihc Cover
prcsidiag.--a quarrel arose about COM
saijng widow for the loss of
Wmds run high, and the "assistal
milhdreN and organized by lhemse'
This constituted The senate, and ii
been keptup ever sicne. The cacl
ola goose saved Rome, and pig
the father Of the Massachusetts sena
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in Important Mrntion.--We have
been much interested in the effects Of a
small instrument having the appearance
of child's whistle, but performing the
important Office of initiating and distend-
ing the lungs, and giving them healthy
action. 1t almost performs miracles, A
friend who has just returned from Phila-
deiphia, and who has used one of those
little tubes for fortnight, measures about
four inches more around the chest than
when he commenced its use his voice is
fuller and stronger, and there is every in
dication Of permanent improvement. -
This important little agent in removing
consumption is formed on very simple
principles /: the patient broalhes entirely
through a tube four or five minutes, nhal-
ing the air through one aperture, and ex-
halirg it through smaller aperture, thus
retaining one quarter of each inspiration,
which tends to expand the lungs.-'Ihs
instrument is the invention of DR.. J. $.
Rose, of Philadelphia, man Of great IA.
Tents, who makes that wide spread dis
ease consumption his sole study, and
who, if his directions arc followed, pro.
misses almost to Danish from the land this
baleful and inveleratc foe TO human life.
He has written treatise on consumption
which all who have weak lungs shoul
prorurp and reo1 49,. Poyfo3 IN pYVsti1
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"A Grauc J0ke.-A Letter from New
Brunswick mentions that some time ago
the body Of child was found in the ca
nal. No coroner being near, Esquire
Rooney was called and held an inquest up.
on the body, having duly summoned u
Jury Of twelve good and lawful men, ac-
cording to the form Of the statute in such
cases made and provided. The body was
liyid and partially dccayed; the jury soon
found verdict Of death from drowning,
and the body was buried. The county
of Somerset paid the expenses Of the in
quest and the burial. A short lime aiIer-
wards, it was discovered that lhis inqaes,
had been held on monkey, which had
been lying on the bank Of the canal for
some time, and had been thrown into the
water few days before ii was discover
ed. The jurors have been tormcntcd
ever since for their grave inquest on a
dead monkey. One Of them declares that
''if it was a monkey, his tail was cut off
mighty ciose."- Trenton GGssHe.
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Remarkable YWin9.-A Mrs. Lyon, Of
Morris county, N. j., was recently deli,
vered of pair Of twins, which are great
natural curiosity. They are daughters ;
each one entirely perfect in its form, ex-
cept that both are connected together.
Not like the Siamese twins, by a single
umbilical ligament, but by a much broader
attachment. From the centre of the breast
to the bottom Of the abdomen they are
united together into one the whole breadth
Of the body; the two faces lying side by
side together in close contact; and the arm
Of each crossing the other on either side,
as if in very alectlonalc embrace. From
the centre of the breast to the bottom Of
the abdomen they are united together into
one the whole breadth of the body The
two faces lying side by side together in
close contact; and the arm Of each cross
ing the other on either side, as if in very
a1pcionate embrace. From the distance
at which they are proiruded from eacI
other by their abdominal breadth, it seem,
most likely that their respective inlestina
organizations are distinct, and their pccto
raj organizations Iihewisc yet externally
there is no visible line Of dcmarcalion, cX
cept below the abdomen, and above the
middle Of the chest.
They survived their birth bnt shor
time, but still arc preserved by .hoir ia
Their.
Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1843-03-25
HON. HENRY \ u1sE

l'a'' gentleman we observe, is again
a candidate f',s Congress from his old
district lie is said to have the whole
ne'a . hlnsell-no candidate opposing
!" N. We therefore hope he may be cleo
ted. Besides there is something about
Mr.. Wise which would challenge admit
ration, ssen if he had an opponent. With
all his faults. his is chiyalrous and no.
BILE spiri,--and we hope he will live long
to make ungratetul whiggery ache for its
wanton outrage upon his character. Fai.
ling victim to the private hatred Of Mr..
Clay. who executed his vengeance thro'
his "NVhitc Charles in the Senate, may
he rise like a Phoenix from his own
ashes, and live to ''iecd fat the ancient
grudge'' Of the s'yindictiYc dcn,agogue."
The friend OF the Territories, the Terri
tprias should ma. h, his enemies
Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1843-03-25
Correspondence Of the Gazette.

Nle3srS. Editors -
Having had the plea
sure Of frequent perusal Of your patriotic
and spirited paper, take it for granted
that you are men after my own heart
and ready, at al! times, to bestow honor
where honor is due.
What Hamlet says OF the Players OF
his day apply to the Editors Of ours;
to wit:-That "a man had better have a
bad epitaph when he Is dead, than their
evil report, while living
shall therefore without further cir
cumlocution broach the subject matter, as
the lawyers say, about which | have taken
up my pen. During the present session
OF Congress, have been thrown, in the
course Of business, into familiar inter.
course with very many members OF tina,
body-and can consciencously and safe
ly aver, that no constituency whatever,
within the broad boundaries of our i'm
mense Republic; claims more indefa-
tieable, honorable, faithful and firm re-
preventative. that that Of young, enter
prising, flourishing Iowa.
General Dodye's blandness Of manner
his answering devotion to the interests
Of those he represents, and his firm, tho
courteous bearing, towards those who,
from sectional jealousy, or party preju-
dice become blinded to the eternal lights
of justice and truth, and hence impede.
with all their might and influence, the
passnge Of Bills connected with the vital
prosperity Of such rising juvenile En-
Eplres as yolrs-nevertheiess, always
command respect; and he never fails,
afssr Q patient hearing Of his humorous
exposilions, to be crowned with success.
By the way, the General promises TO be
as expert inlegislatiye ssratige, as, he is
known to be az fit, a Ia l1ilitaire, in the
field. An amusing instance occurred
during the debate upon the Bill making
compensation TO the Iowa Militia, for
their services during the Missouri ,rou.
bles.-It was opposed-and wha. Bill is
not-Ict It be as jus, as the claim Of Arts
tides 10 his subriqnet--though sometimes,
withou, justice, without the slightest pat
.iotic or useful services to the nation to
justify it, tens Of thousands are voted by
Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1843-03-25
HON. JAMES WHlTCoMe, or IN
DIANA

We feel an unusual interest II. the re.
suit Of the approaching contest IN Inli-
ana, rot only on account Of our solcitudc
for the triumph OF democratic principles.
but also for the success OF our respected
friend, Mr.. WulrcoMB, the democratic
nominee for Governor. An intimate ac-
qua'ntancc Of some years duration has
taught us 10 admire not less tho virtues
OF h:s heart than tho rare abilities OF his
mind. Mr.. w. is enpha,icaliy a self made
man-and ls history furnishes Lrish.
illustration OF the genius of our ins.itu-
tons which throw their protecting cg;s
equally over all classes, and offer induce.
ments to the Improvement OF talents by
making free the way TO responsibility and
fame. Possessing mind of high capaci-
~, Mr. Whi'comb has brought 10 its Gull
ture an industry that never tires-anl its
atfa'nments are 10 be measured only by the
progress oftimc. Asa Law yeranda scholar
ne Is perhaps unsurpassed in the State
mild IN bis temper, bat determined in his
pus:..ose-6rm in his principles, and indie
ta,igable in his labors, and withul pos
sessing an amiability 0! hear. and an af-
liability Of manner that must irresisteb!y
gain for him the good opinion Of all who
know him. We say, with sincerity Of
feeling which words canno, esr. .ass
Heave', and The psop7e prosper I'm
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IcrrOr sheds
On gazing nations, from his fiery train
OF length enormous.

"ZoDisCAL LlsHT: triangular beam OF light.
rounded a little at the ver,ex, which is seen at
certain seasons of the year. before the rising and
after the setting the sun. !; resembles the faint
light Of the milky way. snd has il. base always
turned 70 the sun, aud its axis inclined to the ko
.on The length Of this pyramdai light, re- Ron.
Ing from the sun it's base. is sometimes " -
q. Others l5s . and the vertical angle soms,ims.
rs >, and sometimes 100. II IS Eener,il .,..
posed TO arise from atmosphere '.urronn.' =,
sun, and appears to have been 1; rst .sr us the
De.cares aud by Chi'dery in lG, ~. oss $. ,,: ny
attract general till as o,t;e u. &c oia
,l IN Cass,nl. W .ho ave It il. pressn. name
- we suppose the sun Nave an atmo.phere a,
- .asson to believe from the luminous
air.. appears to surround his disc in total
:. must be very much Aattened at it poles,
Ia swc.ied out nj the equator. by Che centrifugal
iorse OF his equatorial parts Wien the sun, then,
- selow the horizon portion of this luminous at.
mospherc will appear like pyramid oflisht above
the horizon. The obliqnity Of the zod,acai light
will evidently vary with the o.l,qui,y of the SUI )
equator to the horizons and in the months Of Feb.
ruary and March, about tbs time OF tie vcrna!
equinox, II will form very great angle with the
horizon, and ought therefore, 10 be most dis
tInclly at that season of the year. But when the
sun IS III the summer solstce, he Is III She part o.
the elliptic which is parallel to the equator and,
therefore, his eq ,ator. AMI consequently the soL
acal light, il more ,bqle to the horizon. Pap
lace. however, has made some objections to this
theory in his Aecani?nc Celeste; and Reglier OF
opinion that it Is owing merely to the retraction OF
the solar liss; By The ear.ht atmospheric
Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1843-03-25

Barrow, Rayard, Benton, Berrien, CLAY
ION. Conrad, Gratis, Cri,terjcn. Dayton,
Graham, Henderson, huntington, Kerr,
Linn, Mangum, Mcfrick, Miller, More
head, Phelps, Porter, Simmons, Smith Ct
Indiana, spragne, Turpan, White, and
Wooibridne--2