Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1843-09-15

~, ExrsAcr.-The Boston Mer-
BsAgIins M selects the following from the
+ln'l!s ., ' Review for April 1889 as one Of the
Foreign . , in the whole range OF English
Inss' .s The subject treated offs the bene-
b P na "TTamerlane had finished building
"N. .,mids of seventy thousand human
i; p 'nd was seen standing at the gate of
tolls az. aa1 differing with steel with his bait
D1nas'u''b his shoulder, and fierce hosts filed
u om ~ victories and carnage, that pale on
ps .. night have faacied that nature was in
oSs' n. M ,broes-for havoc and despair had
a'a session of the earth, and sun Of man
'@ ., med setting in seas Of blood. Yet II
o'a a. sj he On that very gala day Of Tamerlane,
'TT T,lS boy was playing nine-pins in the
NV" ",f Nenze, whose history was more inn
''5 5.., n them than twenty Tamerlanes -
T '1 Tartar Khan with bis shaggy demons Of
!. wilderness. passed away like the whirl-
us .3 ia "a be forgotten forever-and the Ger
SI an s,Iisan has wrought benefit, which is
a measurable expanding itself, and will
s'd ta to expand through all countries and
n ',me.-Wbat are the conquests and expe-
nG an of the whole corporation of captains
.. rn Walter Penniless to Napopeon Bona
'o sr compared with the movable types of
Johannes Faust.
Tue Cock AND THE CooN.-The Jef1ersoni-
( :, has the following pleasant paragraph in re-
,i,n to the party emblems Of the day:
.. These have now by commor consent be-
anna the ensign or Goa. Of arms Of the two
,,ijpg political parties Of the day. The dem
n,a,ic papers announce almost every victory
rjsr The figure Of the growing rooster. We
,od doubtless some share ourself, uninten.
r,13ly, however, of introducing this bird as
| NE emblem of democracy, when we wrote to
C5,omsn to crow Indeed the cock is the
,,onnfIate emblem of democracy. Brave,
|-gaat and sprighuy, he is always on the
y5el. SO soon as the rising sun like a great
. o,o.toco' match Lighters up the world and
,,a.srs the darkness Of night, the cock sautes
+ Nm with his well known cry of loco o-CO.-
| u j. faitliul and constant In his attachments,
and loathes traitors or those who iorsake their
lis,6s. When ST. Peter like why, failed
rsdaem the premises he had made, the cock
,snimanded bin three times. And through
nj The union The democratic cock is,reprlmand-
mo the wings for falling to redeem their prom
~ Of coed times-of TWO dollars day aud
,ast beef The coon or wing ensign. is a
nocturnal animal. He prowIs about ia the
l]ri aa5 breads the light. The blaze of a 10
e.o.2 match starts him of in alarm. He
/ .,9ks fiom hen rooSt to hen roosl like whig
stag ltom bank 10 bank to borrow capital. AL
rick c.owlng he puts off like an evil spirit TO
is m4:sy den."
TIE OLE GAME.-The wings are be-
inning to iad out as generally the case
hat heir glorious triumph in North
|Ca.ona, is not such q wonderful victory
a1er all and lha, there is great deal more
cause for them 10 mourn over the result,
than 10 split their lungs huzzalng for lheil
achievements in tia! State. SANKEY'S de.
a. calls them soreIy, his unprincipIed
conduct as member, made him their dar-
ing and they think tina! in his loss the
NAig use has keen deprived Of one oI
IS mos! active ohamS ons In this we be,
e7e they are right, for '~sea>be a COOL Wing
|nomber, a man must be destitute of every
principle of political honor or honesty, and
nhis respect, Stanley was the embodi-
nen Of the very essence of the universal
Wing party They may we'll lament
0ec lis defeat.
But notwithstanding that The prcsen.
@pect Of affairs indicate that the result is
agorable TO the Democrats in as much as
A is probable that they have elected five
oui Of the nine congressman, the Wings
Keep up their old game of brag and refuse
TO admit that they have been beaten in dis
|tricts, where al first they claimed a victory
|alhcugh The reiuns show the election of
The democratic candidates by large major
es. They act on the principle Of the
naa who said tina, his horse was fifteen
eetinsiead of fifteen hands high, and when
Reminded of his mistake, swore that if he
|a'l it he'd stick to ii, and fog any man
WHO would say to the contrary. So with
he Wings and North Carolina. AT first
hey announced that they had swept the
whole State, bat the correct news shows
|4aithe Democrats have obtained ma
|ply of The members, yet the Wings still
h4p up the shout of victory. They
a.lil and they'll stick to it,
The Wings are truly happy fellows
GNe Them pen, ink and paper, and out Of
lie most gloomy reveraes, they will fig
aia You glorious victory with as
'aca facility as they used to make prince
fortunes out Of nothing, in the palmy
S'ss Of bank speculation. These victories,
ao"eyer, partake very much of the char
%'ef OF heir paper money; when brought
ne lest hey are worthless and only
'g''e TO deceive those who depended 90
:1Sa wGtIe on the other hand, democrat
1TiUmphs appear like The 9 hard," solid