Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1845-08-02
Iowa aud Wisconsin.

since,lncompany with Dawn DxLrOwr
J. State Gsologist Of Indiana, made a ceolo,
!. zeal examination Of the northern region;
e TN. Territory as well Of the mining d;
I Firlct IN Wisconsin, thus speaks. Of Il
/ causes which have operated, 10 retard Il
Of the report made BY them
=" government. .f5.a ~. 49, .yi7
= viii finish my remarks upon Wasl
ington, with brief account of our nation,
legislation on the subject Of The report !,
Drs Owen and myself IN the survey of IN
mineral m, region Of The Upper Mississippi
max survey was made in pursuance Of.
resolution Of the House Of Representative,
under Che administration az NJ. Van RI,
reni 1889. The report was subseoo,u,ennii
fiy ordered to'be printed, but in the d;sc,,s
sions " referenceitO it, the cost Of enprav
flngs and other illustrations, was represent
cd ty some of the members as being to,
great to DC undertaken BY our government gov
= difflculty had arisen Lctw cen the gov
eminent and their lithogra phists, which
caused the government, to rescind thei,
standing order for lilhoeraphic printiso
while they did not rescind that "a lei,s,
press prlntings. The consequence was
'nat me REPORT was printed without a frao
q lac illustrations, and Was thus about a,
near TO the thing intended, as one side Of !
PAIR of scissors is to the whole instrument
Mutllated as il was, every copy was scra,n,..
bled out Of Washington 81 speedily M, =
was only BY accident that procured one.
a applications have continually been made
SINCE ior IT !, and have been told that comics
have been sold for price as high as len
dollars, although the cost Of the miseerablv
executed book vas not % cents. Subse.
quentiy the desire to be possessed Of The
work has been such, that the illustrations.
consisting OF maps, charts, sections, figures
OF fossils, &c. &C., have been distracted
IRON The land Office, and are not 10 be nrnd
It happened, however. that Dr. Owen had
,keptduplicate copies ofthem, or thew would
pave been forever lost. AL Of this has been
m1orlifying enough 10 the ambition Of DR..
owen and myself, who could not have
neen induced to take upon ourselves the
trouble and expense Of an outfit for a cam.
palgn Tor The small, recompense Of dav
wages ior q few months hard service nm
less We could have felt quite assured that
our works would be permitted to appear
IN q decent dress. Part Ut the time Ia
bored day audnight on the Prairies Of Iowa
and MISUNDERSTANDING the day, at the
proper duties 10 which / was appointed.
ing researches IN the Magnetism, Meteor
oiogy and Antiquities Of the region, until
BY fatigue, exposule and Excitement, i sunk,
down exhausted and suffering with symp-
toms OF Inflammation Of the brain. In the
session Of '43 and IA, the subject Of the
Report was resumed in Congress, and a
new and complete edition was order eed 10
be Published, one thousand copies By the
Senate, and think, six thousand by the
House. Then we supposedall difficulties
were overcome. But not SO. Again the
competition Of the lithographists has created
an obstacle SO. far 1ins urmountable.. i cali
led on Mr.. Stone, the very respectable en-,
graver who has done much Of the govern.
ment work, and who had the contract Tor '
the illustrations Of this Report ordered byo
The Senate. from himel learn that a lith-a
ograplist had offered 10 furnish. the illus
lrations for the copies ordered by the House,
at about half the price charged by Mr..
Stone for -engravings. This lie did un-
intending TO avail himself DC Mr..
labors in the following manner: As
soon as Mr.. Stone should issue a COPY of
his impression, the lithosraphist would
seize it, lay it on, his stone, and by sin.
gle operation Of hts press transfer the whole
upon the tablet, ready for printing, saving
all cost 70 himself except that Of working
his press. The effects Of this would have
been not only 10 use Mr.. Stones labor for
The pecpniary benefit Of the lithographist,
but 70 deprive him Of his Reputation. " max
hight appear that he had charged the Cow
eTnlnent Twice as much as he ought TO have
done. This, Mr.. Stone does not agree to,
and although he has done the engraving.
he waits for the liiIogfaphist 10 issue Ms
work fret? s1Mf. ySt0hea complains also.
that one ufEthe inembets Of Congress has
assailcds linn siljariouslSo in, the newspa-
pers. Whatever may be the difficulty, the
work which should have been issued last
fall, does not yet appear Opposition u
this publication, Mhichis purely "a Western
one, has so appeared from Eastern ,nesp.
b frs, y may not be well in. general. 10
treat this youngster, the West, radely,
rude as he himself may be esteemed. There
IS quite D monopoly Of acsrtaiA class, Of of-
ices at N ashMgteni BY the iphatieants, If
tAe tiarreM belt pf poor worn -o,,t land along
the coast Of the: Atlantic. This will be
tUrfctfed IL tfnS9,,a ana that not Ear distant
when the Capitol Of the United States snail
b. Pla6ed tAearSsrtoptls tomb 90 Harrison,
thasr,it y now spsthatdof Washisgte,A snd
tbs sehq qlts apa men pf sclepesfgf Eincip-
nat, shall receive q small Share Of public
patronage, and BE allowed 10 have scaien-
tilic work, The illdstraaio1sof which would
rostrbut nj &l 900, Published without q
special plea T. the contrery. .troa s.asterr
Lsg,ers' creating 4 delay Of seven 81 a \!
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tAhdef son, the wretch Who fred l;k Char
ltte~ street schsfcha skens;neton; lin, che
Gfimna Coairt, i was shown that he Kim
dle1 Ne Gre with tle pulpit bible Such
case Of sacrilege is perhaps not On re-
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