Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-12-01
Up Chim,ley--An Incident.

nocence.
Up Chimiley---An Incident.
One day last week we had clipped a
paragraph from the Hawkcye and penned
a brief comment in exposition Of the shame
less inconsistency ofthat sheet. What the
subject was, is not Of any consequence.
The circumstance ofits sending in smoke, y
admonished us that it was work of SUI
pererogation to bestow any notice upon
the vascillations CT sheet which makes
no pretensions to either truth, decency or
consistency.
The incident alluded to happened in
this wise: The writing concluded, we
stepped TO the fire TO sand it with ashes
sand boxes not being much in vogue among
editors In the side 0: our fireplace is an
aperture in the wall into the chimney
fue from the lower story. While thus en-.
gagged, the extract became detached and, to
our amazement, suddenly took flight up
this dark hole and out of sight in atwink-
ling.
Gone, gone! thought we; our labor is
noughi; but no matter; doubtless it was
wisely ordered, TO warn us against having
anything to do with federal editor whom,
when he shall have fulfilled his DESTINY
here, his Satanic majesty will doubtless
reclaim in similar manner, snatching
him up chimney bodily on short notice
For, however expert in ialsehood and pre-
varica,ion-however plausible in hypoc-
risy, shameless in deceit and subtle in
knavery however slippery" in his in
tercourse with men, and exempt from
moral accountability--he cannot cheat old
Nick out Of "the just due and forfeit of his
bond"
Gazing intently at the dark aperature
through which the missile made its exit,
and listening to the roaring and cracking
of the ''fire down below" we ,shnddered
at the thought Of the inevitable doom of,he
old sinner from whom it emanated. Uni
versaists may ridicule tho idea as-1hey
please; but alas, alas there is such q
place. Oh, the Lake, the molten Lake!-
the boiling cauldroE, the three-iined pitch
FORK the jeers Of grinning imps of darkness,
and the wailings Of despair Poor old
Hawk
Monroe City.
Under this head, the Miners Express
publishes letter from correspondent at
Fort Desmoines, the object of which APP
pears to be, in part, at least, defense Of
the Capital locating Commissioners from
the storm Of popular indignation raised
against them. The writer, however,
seems to be unbiased upon the subject,
and 10 give his information with reference
to the site selected for the capital with
much candor and impartiali'y. We there
fore su5join the greater portion Of his let
ter for the information Of our readers:
We will here state, what we have be-
fore omitted, that, as we are informed,
the prices Of the lots at the sale ranged
from $l,O0 up to $3.50, and some say, a
very few as high as $500. The law pro-
vided that only two lots in each block
should be sold. The commissioners, we
are informed, laid off the town in blocks
Of only four lots each-lots Of the usual
size; SO that they could sell one hall the
plot. The Desmoines Valley papers say
that the sales amounted to little short Of
$4,000, and that the payments in hand
were barely sufficient, or not quite sufi-
cient, to deiray expenses.
FoRr DIES Mo,Nss,
Polk County, Nov. lst, 1876.
Mr.. EDlToR:--I have jus. returned to
this place, frosa the famous City OF .Mon-
roe,-the so-called permanent Seat of COG.
ernment II this State. attended the sale
Of lots on the 2Sth and 29th of Oct. Imade
pretensions to no business there whatever
only togratiiy my curiosity, which had
been excited by the terrible warfare that
has been wsged against that redoubtabe
trio Of Commissioners, from one TO the
other extreme Of the Des Moines Valley,
ever since they settled upon the location
1t is true, as has been stated, perhaps in
every newspaper in the State, that it is To-
Gated on an extensive Prairie, some dis
lance from wood and water-with nothing
TO relieve the eye, save a little toe head Of
small trees, perhaps about IA miles to the
N. E.; and far off in the north and eouth
may he seen The timber on Skunk and Des
Moines rivers. But certainly, TO my
mind, it is one of the most beautiful prai-
ries | ever looked upon.
But with one single proriso, l will ven
ture a prediction and that is, if there
should be called session Of the Legisla.
iure this winter, and the law, so far as it
relates to moving the Seat Of Government,
should be repealed, these same five Sec
lions Of land which were donated to the
State for the purpose Of building Capt.