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Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser., 1846-01-03
Death from q rriglat.

The following extraordinary circum-
stance related by Gauignani's Paris Mes.
scnger, well illustrates the. danger Of try
ing tricks upon the sensibiiity Of imagina'
ton: s
Two young men, the Count de Brech.
tenstein and Baron Lieftern, lately lived
together at Perth, in Hungary, on init.
mate terms. The former always boasted
Of his intrepidity, and declared that moth.
ing could frighten him. s'What! not even
supernatural things?" said NJ. de Lieftern
"Even less than others" said his friend
'.since they do not exist" The upshot o.
the affair was, that bet Of one hundred
ducats was made by M. de Lieftern that
should be able to terriiy his friend. Four
months passed over and nothing was heard
Of the wager, when one evening M. de
Lieftern persuaded his frieds valet 10 per
NIT him to hide under his masters bed
He took care to draw the balls from pair
Of pistols that always hung at the head.--
M de Brechtenstein returned home, az
usual, and went to bed. AS soon as he
had fallen asleep M. de Lieftern came
out from under the bed, threw a sheet
around him, and put on mask represent
ing skull. He then drew the quilt tc
awake his friend. who, on seeing the spec
tre, cried, "be of, and leave me quiet!''-
Seeing the figure still remained, he took
down one Of the pistols and fired it at him.
NJ. de Lieftern then rolled on the bed one
the balls he had taken from the PISTOLS
M. de Brechtenstein, who was sitting up
on seeing this, fell back in the bed. His
friends ran forward to assure him that it
was all trick, but M. de Brechtenstein
was dead-h had been struck with apop-
lexy. NJ. de Lieftern Immediately gave
himself into custody. The valet has
been arrested, and both will be tried in the
course Of next month.
Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser., 1846-01-03

We have no further news ofimportance
from Congress. The mail did not come to
hand on Thursday night as it should have
done, consequently our last Washington
papers do uot reach further back than
December 18th. We are therefore OBJ
liged TO disappoint our readers in not in
forming them Of what is going on at the
capitol Of our great and glorious nation.
The most interesting matter up to our last
dates, was the debate on Gen Cass' reso.
lutions. of which there is notice in anothe.
part of this paper. The next news from
Washington will be Of importance, as i,
will probably shadow forth more fully the
movings Of that body. We will faithfully
lay before our readers every thing Of in.
terest that arises.
Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser., 1846-01-03

j taivsoa'sm.-sir e ':l y! Robert walpols viii.
tinguished for his merit. He accs,a; sy.r ols-
paid him visit, and stated that 4.
been sent by the King TO assure h., a'a
protection, and to signify his nIa;....ssaI s q
displeasure that nothing had been 49, :
him; the minister at the same ,ime ,s os.' .,
hlm a lucrative place. "Sir RAJ" =
said the young lord, "before / ,n..
your proposal, allow me to place NV "' ANY,
per before you." The servant Al M ~. -
time placed On the table the remain. '",as ~
veal outlet, upon which he had H.,
There, Sir Robert" added he, tu,S;n. S,.sa' !.
the minister, "do you think man S .hs =
contented with such supper j. o' = - !.
easily bought? Tell the King what ,o,. 4
nave heard and seen--that is The oplv a.. ,DA
swer ! have to make to him. aA-
Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser., 1846-01-03

session, providing for another expression
Of popular opinion on the subject of hold.
ing . convention. This appears to US to be
an advance backwards; and surely there
has been no indication the public feeling
which would warrant such proceeding.
The democratic party have again and again
spoke in favor Of = State government; the
whig Territorial Convention last summer
expressed a similar opinion; and since the
last election all the Territorial newspapers
we have seen, Of both political parties,
urge our speedy admission into the Union.
Where therefore is the necessity of again
proposing the same question to the people,
which they have already decided by ma
jority Of thousands? 1t would he worse
than useless to enact any such law, and
could be productive Of nothing but delay.
We cannot believe that the people desire
to vote again on the subject of Convention.
They have passed upon that question, and
the only remaining one is, the mode BY
which we may best assume the rights and
privileges Of state sovereignty. We see
no reason why any Of our citizens should
desire to remain longer the mere depend
ents Of the General Government.
We repeat therefore, what will tie pres
ent Legislature do on the subject of state
government? eve pause for reply"
*w#
Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser., 1846-01-03

versans with the children Of .a,;..I
ampies are'never wanting 10 exer.!.n = e.
pa'n'u' symPa,hies. And AZ N. y
= s'Ieauy upon ". when the c;mi.. ;oa
s"u enuea.msn's which gather atm' .... -.
own hearth stones. keep The ., af,...; our
wafm.'etus not forgetthe suffsr;r.. .ss ss"a.
% ~, ou' may may, ours be 'ha. purer jos wh;.S .S
comes alone from obeying he n;";e n;ea
command Bear ye one sno,her's b,,a"' .'": ,
Respectfully svbmiued 'Ssn''
5 E. HUTCHINSON a.,
Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser., 1846-01-03

One Eyed Soldivs.-Dr. Dorh;, !: l..
observations in the East,n lust nuhl;.h'
ed mentions that in some parts q su. F~"n,
to avoid the conscriptions Of Mehem;t IH' AZ;
The women have been in the habit q, e.,
years back, Of manning their children !, =
as to unfit them for military service. Ths
destroying OF one eve was common one.
ration. But the Pacha has taken an ef.
iec'ual way to put an end to this cruelty
oy forming two regiments Of one-eyed sol.
d!ers. The evil is said 10 be already much
diminished.
Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser., 1846-01-03

For the Gazette.
Mr.. EDIToR:-It has been for long
time subject Of inquiry 10 the animated
why it is that the walls of the new Con-
gregational Church, which for more
than two years have been staring at us
like the ruins Of antiquity, are suffered to
remain in statu quo. 1t is we'll known
that an amount which was thought nearly
sufficient 10 complete the erection Of the
church, was subscribed some years ago,
and that many Of the subscribers have
long since paid their subscriptions aud the
balance, or at least a portion Of them are
doubtless ready when called upon to do
likewise. It is also stated, ! presume cor
rectly, that an agent was sent east during
the last summer to solicit further contri-
buttons, who'succeedcd in obtaining sew
eral hundred dollars in cash.
II is therefore think very Justly a
matter Of inquiry to the public why this
work has been so long suspended? Moth
ing is further from my intention than to
attribute any neglect, or improper motives
to the trustees, all Of whom are known to
be gentlemen of worth and probity and of
great energy in tha management Of their
own affairs, but it seems to me that the
public and particularly those who have
paid their subscriptions, have a right to
demand and expect some explanation Of
the matter.
A SUBSCRIBER, :
Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser., 1846-01-03

A Miss Conklin lately recovered YER.
dict of forty thousand dollars against Ad.
Olson Hill for breach of marriage prom.
ise. The cause was tried in Westchester
county, New York, and is the largest YER
dict of the kind we have any recollection
Of ever seeing recorded.-.fh. Telegraph
Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser., 1846-01-03

Some foreigner makes the following sp;t.
full remarks:-
IAN American spits from his cradle 10
his grave; at the board of his friend. at the
feet Of his mistress; at the drawing room
Of his President, at the altar Of his God; he
sallivates for three score years and ten:
and when the glands Of his palate can se.
crete no longer, he spits forth his spirit.
and is gathered to his fathers to spit no
more.o
Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser., 1846-01-03

It is reported on good authority, that the
Wisconsin Marine and Fire Insurance Co.
has for soul and body one man only, and
that he has refused specie payments; in
tending to swindle all those who deal in
his money. Let no man receive one par
ticle Of this money.
Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser., 1846-01-03

An amendment has been offered to the
constitution Of Missouri, in the convention
now setting, that no man shall be admitted
to any Office Of trust who does not believe
in state Of future rewards and punish.
ments. Shame on him who offered il; b
is 500 years behind the age.
Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser., 1846-01-03

The grossest tyranny that ever entered
into the human Imagination, is that Of q
parent compelling a daughter to marry a
man she cannot endure.
Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser., 1846-01-03
LIST OF LETTERS

DEMAINING in the Post 0 flee, Fair
AZ field, Jefferson county, on the 3lst
day of December lS45.
Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser., 1846-01-03

Ths lais Mayor Of Boston has recently
disl.
Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser., 1846-01-03

Long debate-Gm. Cas- cayyies lis Rssolas-
fion touching TIE National defence tri-
Smphestly.
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1846-05-09

p1oyed therein, consumption and v;lue Of diff
terent articles used in manufacturing; statis-
ties OF the whale, mackerel and cod fisheries,
statistics Of sheep and wool ;pumber and value
Of cattle, stock, &c.; statistics Of grain pro-
duced; statistics Of other agricultural and do
nestle products. In this last table, we find
pot 'toes 70 amount to nearly five million BUSH
els; truit, 70 nearly three million pounds; butt
ter, to nearly eight million pounds; cheese,
over seven millionsj milk, nearly three million
gallons; broom-corn andseed to the value Of
S86,lll; and shoe pegs, 10 Me amount qf Il, sos
bushels, raiued at $28,2O6.
When the citizens Of a State have such an
exhibit to snow to strangers, they have some.
thing to be proud Of; and when those who are
elected TO make laws have such minute and ac-
curatc statistical information before them, they
can go on in the discharge of their duties bold
~ and fearlessly-and not cropping in the dark
as with Us magnificent Southrons.
To a citizen Of the Southern States it is ex-
cessiEely Notifying, when in New England, to
be asked how many acres Of land are in culti-
Walton IN cotton, rice, sugar, corn, &C., and to
be compelled to answer-don't know, What
IS the number Of sheep, horses, cows, &c, in
Georgia? for o~xamplc-don't know. What IL
the amount Of the cotton crop--about SO many
bales. And SO Of everything else. What, no
statistics!! No; none except an account Of
tho population. How in tho world do your
members Of the Legislature get along in ar
ranging taxes e%quitably, and doing the many
other things that can't be done right, without
such statistical information as we in New Eng.
land are SO careful to collect? Why, they have
just to do as well as they can.
There is no exaggeration in this. And
from present appearances, we fear such morti
f%calion will have to be endured for long tim'
yet by our Southern people"
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1846-05-09
a short Chapter for the PeopIe.

The last number Of the Southern Cultivator
contains an admirable article on "NeV England
Industry" which we not only copy, but adopt
entire. Some Of our ultra-Southrons are ex-
ceedingly FESTIVE at being reminded of the ex-
%cessive prosperity Of their New England breth-
rem, because they fear that when the causes Of
that prosperity are understood, the people at
the South will repudiate their present political
opinions. One member Of the last Legislative
was candid enough to say that whenever the
New Engluntsystem Of manufactures was sue
cessfully introduced at the South, we might
bid farewell to Democracy! Well, be it so.-
Are we forever to remain poor and dependant,
in order that a few desperate politicians may
live and flourish upon our credulity and mis-
fortunes? Are we to abstain from all efforts at
improvement because a change in policy may
chance to overthrow preconceived notions and
tbeoriCsg Let us learn wisdom, if need be,
from the experience even Of our enemies. We
confess, however, that we have no sympathy
with the contemners Of Northern thrift. We
love to contemplate New England prosperity,
because il is a practical, living, tangible illus
~tration Of the correctness Of the principles
which we are endeavoring 20 inculcato. II the
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Number "a.
y re'urnO dswtbout having mud0 any diseose.

~
The former division fell in with wha. he
coasideredtO Be a soothing party oftho enemy,
but which proved 70 bo the advanced guard ii
a strong body Of the enemy, who held 1 situa-
ton in the chapparel immediately II the rem
q Gen. Taylor's camp, Capt Ihofntonoharo4
ed upon tina guard contrary 10 Tie advice ii his
Mexican guide, and On following tlte enemy
Captain Thornton found his command sur.
rounded BY the'enemy who fred On bin, kill
ing as is supposed, Capt Thornton, tieuienOnts
Kane and Mason, and some twenty ( 81 tie
men, and taking Capt Harden and he remain4
der otthe command prisoners.
Gen, Arista has communicated to Gen Tay.
Ior that he hes assumed the command Of the
Mexican army. "a
We have learned from Captain Smith, Of tho
brig .aPalaetfc0la, three days and a half from
Bfasos 81. lago, that Col. Cross, Quarter-Mas:
Ter General Of General Taylor's Army. had
been found murdered d short distance from the
American lines.
The Governor Of the State has issued his RS
QUESTION for twenty-five hundred volunteers,
and the soldiers arc already in the street, and
making the most active preparations for dopar-
ture. They will leave in the course Of twen2
ty-iour hours.
The Legislature Of the State, with d patriot
&c promptitude worthy Of all praise, have already
passed a bill uPproPrlating 100000 for the ser
vice. The measure passed by accalmation-
N. o. Bulletin.
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4. Wississfppi Creole,

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..bli,hed at So a year, if paid within
Fam The time Of subscribing. II
a;,Sin that time, at SIS a year, due,
!. med fors in all cases, at the expi,,
" month Advertisements inserted
NJ. W !, osr square, payable on the first
a'. !, 1 will Be sued for Immediately, II
yeary advertising as heretofore.
v. 4 4 personal nature, whenever adj
M a charged atthe rate OF IOO Dot-
.D.,s IN lines for each insertion. Po-
|. M or public addresses, for the be,
l'Sividual persons or companies, will
WA v advertisements, and at the same
...n.inr Candidate for Ofice will be Ten
s x Eo,k must be psidsor on delivery.
" Y X letters must be paid, 0fthey will
blended to.
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'P0ETR

HH.N
THE LAST LEAF.
Isav him once before,
GShs passd BY the door,
And again
Tho paysmsnt-stones resound
AShs toaSis per the ground
With Bis cane.
They Say that in his prime,
Es liz Pruning-knife Of Time
Cathim down,
Not a better mar was found
By tbe crier on his round
Through the town.
But now be walks the streets,
And he looks at all he meets
50 %folorn;
And he shakes his feeble head,
Thstit seems as if he said,
"They are gone"
The messy marbles rest
Oer The lips that he has pressed
In their bloom;
And the names he loved to hear
Have been carved for many a year
On the tomb.
Ny grandmamma has said
Poor old lady! she is dead
Long ago
That he had a Roman nose,
And his cheek was like a rose
In the snow.
and now his nose is thin,
And it rests upon his chin
Like a staff;
And q crook is in his back,
And d melancholy crack
In his laugh.
know il is a sin
Frme to sit and grin
At him here;
Butt old thyee-cOrner'd hat,
And the breeches-ahd all that,
Arc SO queer!
And il ! should live to be
Tho last leaf upon the tree
Inthe spring
NJ them smile as | do now
A The old forsaken bough
Where l cling:
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1846-05-09
CoNCREssIONAL,

In the Senate on the 23rd April, Mr.. Bcrrien
made a report in behalf Of the committee Of
conference, as the unanimous result Of the COM
ference Of both houses. The result is the
substance Of the senate's resolutions. This
House refused to pass the Senate's resolutions
and made a material al!eration--lhe Senate re-
fused to recede from their original resolutions.
and a committee Of conference was appointed
by both houses, and the result is the same as
passed originally BY the Senate. We publish.
ed the resolutions, and the phraseology is
slightly altered.
Mr.. Allen said if he understood the mean
ing Of the resolution now proposed by the com@
nit ,ee of conference, the part Of itauthorizing
the giving Of the notice is the same as that pas
sed by the Senate and sent to tho House of
Representatives.
Mr.. Berrion said the gentleman was correct.
The resolution was the same which had passed
the Senate.
The vote being taken resulted as follows:
Keas-Messrs. Archer, Ashley, Atherton,
Bagby, Barrow, Benton, Berrien, Calhoun,
Cameron, T. Clayton, J. M. Clayton, Corwins
Crittenden, Davis, Dix, Evans, Greene, Hay
wood, Houston, Huntingdon, flanagan, John
son, (of Louisionu0 Johnson, (of MaryhndO
Lewis, McDufie, Mangum, Miller, Morehead,
Niles, Pcarce, Pennybacker, Phelps, Rusk,
Sewer, Simmons, spcight, Turnsy, Upham,
Webster, Woodbridge and Yulee.--42,
Nays - Messrs. Allen, Atchison, Breese,
Bright, Cas-, Dickinson, Fairfield, %Jenness, Sem
pie, and Westcott--l0
Since the above vote in The Senate, the same
resolutions have passed the House by the deci.
sive vote of l42 to 46.-Ticksturg WA,g.
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y much just and severe satire in the
y commUnication. If every member
Immunity, male and female, capable
ND, would consider he or she belonged
discrimination Society,"" would read
tuition and apply it as it is intended, it
g''tly improve the morals of the age.
RNrs would cast the mote out of his
before he would venture to "pluck
0utof his brOther's.n We commend
aunicatiOn to the attentive reading Of
sOmmunity in which we live:
From he LOuisianG Journal.
NEW SOCIETY,
The self Examining society.
We many societies established in our
sStend the principles Of Christiani-
improve the morals Of the people at
v 4 subject Of real regret, that while
eaele a zeal is manifested, and SO
W taken to remove the mote out Of
P''ta eyes, there should be no society
Palns taken, 10 induce men first to
saa out Of their own: or in other
'''elety whose end and aim should be
our own hearts and lives, and see
"Se9 are not guilty of some habits
Wy need reform, which are equally as
Which we are SO ready TO discover
s'soEs' This society, it would seem.
sAe The lead Of all others; and it
~ hrst object of our exertions to
" vices and foIlies Of mankind
asal thysslf,', is an admonitior
l1a ne highest authority, and Is al
we Sctibes and Pharisees now ii
Sp'en hundred years ago. Did the
CUR popular Societies, as we'll al
Aali the pains to examine them
INJECT their own faults, that they
~auAs up and expose the faults and
eslS how much more like Chris.
'l'ya act, How much more happJ
w. would be the condition Of every
sao nsighborhood2 And were
Y. discrimination once instituted, il
vslsF place, and made as popular a,
sa's Societies and many other
N. much less running to and fro, d
sanding in the corners of III,
God that they are not lik,
'''0ld We then behold.
INSTITUTION.
society shall be known by III,
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1846-05-09

LAZY PEoPLE,-Thanks to Heaven and our
ancestors, and to all others who had any hand
in making us what we are thanks to them one
and all, that we are not born lazy. Lazihess
has been the parent Of all tho sins that have
been committed since the morning Of the crea.
ton. Eve was in a lazy fit al the time Satan
tempted her; if Adam had kept her busy, she
would have kept out ofmischief, and we should
all have been asinnocenta and as happy as young
lambkins. If the antidoluvians had
ed building arks, when Noah preached 10 them
they might have all been saved; but they were
too lazy to work, and SO they were drowned III
the great uquacious catastrophe. The reason
the Egyptians refused to let the Israelites 70,
was because they were too lazy to make their
own bricks and wished to compel the Hebrews
to do that work for them. The consequences
were all known, they were plagued badly, and
afterwards drowned in the Red Sea. Lazy peo-
pie, in our own days are constantly plagued
themselves, and are the overla ting plague and
eye sore to others. The sight of a creeping,
listless, indolent man or woman, is miseryto
the thrifty and industrious. People Of this
class, are without any friend, they are abb
horred by their own relations and univor.
sally dreaded. They not only hate to work
themselves, but they hate 70 see work done,
and would fuin have tho world, as useless and
inactive Osethcy are. OF this kind are your
Ioungers, who delight IN hanging about work.
shops, printing Offices, and every place where
they could interrupt business. Had we, Is
Homer expressed il:
"Ashundred mouths, . thousand tongues
A throat Of brass and 9damaniino lungss
we could scarcely find time and strength to
exccrato such characters.-Rtded e1pkia g..
sette.
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Sai}or's Wtt-A short time ago d ship owneFs
IN getting away a vessel had accomplished her
voyage on settling withihe crew, II cam to
his mun's turn for settlement. @What name,'
asked the merchant. 'Gain, sIrs wasthe reply,
sWhat?a rsjoined tho merchant. "Caln, cir 4
was The reply Of Jhck, giving bis tsowsais !
hiteh@iih knowing wiak-aIam he nsaa aAS
sLearea1.
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1846-05-09


Bleaching o. coloring cotton goods $2,l66,OOO
Boots and Shoes 14,799,l 40
butter l,ll6,7O9
Callco 4,T79,8l7
Oaholes 5,6l3,796
lars carriages, &c l,S4S'o76
Chalrs anq CABINET ware .l,47o,679
cotton goods Of all Kinds l2,l9S,449
Fishery cod and mackerel l,484,l37
10 whale lO,37l,l67
tram 2,228,2@9
Hay 5,2l4,357
Hollow-ware and castings l,28O,l4l
Leather 5,8S6,657
Machinery 2,O22,648
Paper l,750,273
Potatoes 100000
Rolled and slit iron and nails 2,738,3O0
Stone squared for building purposes 1865 500
Straw bonnets and hats, p%almleaf
hats and braids l~,649,696
ves'els l~'ll2'l4o
WOOD (hre) PARK ana charcoal l,OSS,o26
Woolien goods o. al kinos o'8lI'4fo
otner enumerated goods ana produce o,2O4,lll
Non-enumeraled &c 40 4~,7oS,oS4
Then, in the grand list, are other items, each
amounting to less than a million of dollars,
viz anchors, chain cables, &C., beef, bricks,
tallow and soap, Competing, cheese chemical
preparations "copper" cOrdage, cutlery, engines
and Oollera' hre-arms' irult, glass; glae' he'S
and caps iron pig, iron railing, &c' leWelry
and watches, white lead and paints lumber
and shingles milk' musical Instruments OIL
State journal & flag., 1846-10-23
tf29i
" Ddlce.

THE State Of Alabama. Marion comfy.
County Court SITTING FOR ORPHANS Bu-
sINEss, FIRST MosDAy, IN SEPT. 1916.
fEVIIlS day d. U. Hollus, administrator of
"a the estate Of Bailey Fleming, filed his pet-
ton before said court, o sell the real estate of
said decedent, setting forth that said real estate
cannot be equally, fairly, and benefiay dlvi>
ded among the heirs of said decedcnt without
sale Of said real estate, viz The east half of
the north west quarter of section 8, township
IA, range Is, west; the southwest quarter of
the northeast quarter Of section s. township
IA, range Is. west; also the northwest quar-.
ter of the south-ea quarter of section g. town.
ship II. range Is west all ing and lying in
said county and that the Archy Fleming, Ba-
ley F. Baker. and Lonis Btnne,te, are the heirs
of said decedent, all (which are non residents
Of this State, and Of full age. 1t is thercdpon
ordered by the Court, that publication be made
in the State Journal u Flag, a public paper
printed in the city Of Tuscaloosa for three sue
cessive weeks--that the 10Th day of October
next be set apart 20 have and determine said
pet'on, at which time and place the sad heirs at
at law may show cause if any they have, why
said lands shall not be sold,
Witnes, JNO DOUGLASS, c. c..
Sept lS, 1916. Prs fee 81 0nl 3t,44.