Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1844-03-02

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l Gen. Lewis Cass, who il about 90 wears Of
age, il said to have stated in temperance lee /
tare, recently delivered at Detroit, that he had
never tasted intoxicating drinks.
Mr.. Dickens who has been 50 profase in his |
denunciations of the Americans for not paying
their debts, is in Jail fer not paying his own
Let him stay there. Such vitnperations as his,
come more appropriately from the depths Of a
jail than from any where else. 55nnt flsroft I
The Cincinnati Gazette Of the 9Th inst SAYS
We noticed yesterday the dividend Of the Allan
tic Mutual Insurance Company Of New York,
and were Informed that the Manufacturers IN
surance Company Of this city, which has lately
adopted the Mutual system, divided among it.
stock holders, last year, 81 l-2 per cent. on its
capital. es.. 49, ..G @.a 4-.
| Talbot Oldham, who killed young Benham, Of
Louisville, in an ARRAY short time ago, is said
to haseoaied recently N Cuba, whitherhe fed to
escape arrest
The ST. Augustene (Florida) News of the 9th
ult. SAYS
Last night was the coolest weather we ever
experienced in Florida; ice was formed to the
thickness Of aquarter Of an inch-in the fore
part Of the night we had light fall Of snow.
The youngest son Of Gov. Mattocks, Of Yer
mont, was found dead in his room on Monday
week with his throat cut from ear to ear. There
was no cause known for this act Of self-destruc-
ton.
A man named Zimmerman, residing in Hun
tngdon, Pa, having an arbitration with his
nsighbor, made an affirmation in relation 10 his
account, and said: "If sshat Ihauc said BE- NOT
tue, Ihope the .aim:ghty sciH send me to hello
The words were scarcely uttered when he fell
over and expired
An ancient quarry Of Alsbaster has been dis
covered in Egypt. From examinations Of HI
eroglyphcal inscription found IN it, it is ascer-
tanned that the quarry was opened and worked
, by order Of Queen Onknuas, consort Of Amasi.,
about 500 years B. C.
!, Earthquake in Nsw Jevscy.-The jars Of the
earth which were felt at Trenton on the 28th ult
were also experienced Al Morristown; the peo-
pie generally felt several distinct shocks between
2 and O'Clock, two Of which Jared some dwell
ling houses 50 much as to wake up the families
A Dedication Disclosed Mr.. Nissan. thrc
teller Of the Merchants Bank of New York, con
sidering himself on his death bed, acknowledged
that he had defrauded the bank to the amount 0
tDenty tsousand dollars, which deficiency is nov
ascerained to be exactly the SUN distracted.
Strong Magnet Prof. Locke, Of Cincinnati
has invented and made magnet for the lecture
table, which lifts eleven hundred pounds. Thi
magnet weighs only II 10 pounds, and is pro
baby the most powerful magnet Of the siz
known. &.M .# ~.
Mr. Spencer's vote in the Senate was d, an,
8. there were 70 against Five Senators were alb
sent Walker, OF Mississippi, who Is sick; Por
ter, OF Louisiana who is dead; Sprague, of Rhod
Island, who has resigned; Niles, of Connec tcu,
who Is in the Lunatic Asylum; and one other ab
sent, whose name we do not know. The seal Q
: secrecy seems to have heen taken of the pro
= ceedings already; for every body Is talking abou
the vote. Five wings voted for Mr.. Spence
: viz: Tallmadge Rives, Phelps, Porter and Whit.
', All the democrats that were present voted Il
him, except the Ohio and Missouri delegations
A, Saratoga, on the 27th ult., the thermomet,
i fell to 80 degrees below zero. II ranged fro
hall it marked 20 below. At Dover, N. H., .
:, : the 2Sth ult., it stood at % below. sal -sH
OREGON Missionaries The Rev. Messrs. Fro
Is and Lee, and Or, Babcock with their wives an
T. Ave children, arrived at the Sandwich Islands,
October last from the Columbia They are 60,
;, nected with the Oregon Methodist mission.
"Rev Mr.. Leslie, or the Oregon Mcthodi
mission, who had two daughters drowned in u
Columbia river last February, by the upsettir
of boat, has lost another daughter, Sarah, age
l6, at ne Sandwich Islands. H..tt
crssayu of the Nary ad intsrim.- "A lett
from Washington says that Commodore Wa
y rington ia to take charge I'D interim ct the Nav
i. Department.. The permanent appointment IS n
= yet settled. sd isd f.74a1I9h nhsl
~ Tnr Sp,elr or DEMocRAcy.- One delega
: walked from Hardin, rs miles-one from GRAY
II ,ord, 10 lone from Delaware, 25--one fro
i. Fairfield, "a. What age OF the world can be
!. this? Let whiggerv give I'M
Ia r. 8. We have Just been introduced to a
:" other delegate who walked all the way fro
a Mad River township, Clark county, 81 niles,
~ He says he had no other business than TO atte'
~ the convention, and TO pay Tor his OHIO State
man. This |. the spitit of Ohio democracy
"a the best In the world, Ohio Ndtesmaa,
y INpELthLG INK,--,The Reading Democrat
~ Press saws that the milk which eNudes ifom
in branch of sumach is the hest indeliele ink III
can be used break OF one Of the stems that ~
ports the leaves and write what may be want
~ with It, In short time il beeeaes eeaati
Jet black, and eau never be washed cut
An epp Psy.fleN,- Wise, on n,esda
pressnted in the hease OF Congress, a petition =
!. dressed to a Senator and 10 himself ifem q
~ sen ef reaasylvania, asking 10 he divorced II,
=. his wife, settling forth various grievances ame
~ which ii THAI he had been deceived, because
=" had found eat since his marriage tha, he Y
~ compelled 10 support ether peoples ehllassa,
'tk II Il said, that there Il a slgnsheafa ser
eh where IL the West. bearing the following tassF
NJ. tiens
Nv WAKES, Het, and Siaeer, ler Sail. Hear
Where IA the SeheelAmastefs II he abroad
the lAhas