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Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-08-25

If the people Of Iowa are desirous to
secure the passage Of thoroughfare q
round the rapids through their midst, i i
highly important thst they should move
early in the matter. AS the Mississippi
makes great bend to the east, between
Keokuk and Dubuque, making the dis
lance nearly double that which railroad
in straight direction would have to per-
form, the Iowa side possesses superior ad-
vantages for the construction Of such a
work. But il we suffer the people on the
other side Of the river to get ahead Of US
in the construction Of a road, it may be Z
long time before We can well be able to
improve our natural superiority Of posi-
ton.
We hope to hear from our brethren Of
the press IN Iowa upon this subject. We
can see no serious AFFECTION 10 the con-
struction Of road such as we have here
alluded to. The constitution very wisely
prohibits the state from becoming a stock
holder in such work; but no reasonable
doubt can exist that it presents ample
and superior inducements tor eastern CAPT
talists. All that is necessary is, that the
proper steps should first b taken BY our
own citizens.
The general incorporation act which
was passed last winter, in pursuance of'he
requirements Of the constitution, is amply
liberal, ard is, il is thought BY those best
entitled 10 judge Of its merits, one under
which capitalists would have no hesitation
in investing their means. That the pub
lie abroad may be able tojudge Of its mer-
its for themselves, we publish it entire
this week. We do this also for the in
formation Of our own citizens it never hav-
ing, as far as we know, yet been publish
ed in any ofthe papers Of the state.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-08-25

eve lament the intatuation Of the peo-
pie of Iowa, and regret the necessity of
recording general wing defeat.-Bloom-
ington Herald.
0, never mind it, Stout. These things
will come easier to you as you get used
to them. After all, as your candidates
were all "indepeIdents,' and as far as
you know, your party had no principles
involved in the contest, this defeat on
your side was only one of men; while the
victory on the part Of the democratic par
ty, was purely one Of principle.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-08-25
Wigs.
Tennessee.

The returns from this State look rath-
er brown. And We think we can saw
with certainty, that Brown is defeated
for Governor; but which of the Browns
we are as yet. unable to say. Although
the returns look rather squally for our
Brown, we still hope tina, the other Brown
has been done up Brown by Brown.
We think that the Democrats will not
lose any Congressman, but rather stand a
chance to gain one or two.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-08-25
RUmoRs FROM MEXICO.

Z - - - = 49, - ASUAsA ~ AA~AAO ~ -
There are 50 many and contradictory
rumors from the seat Of war that we know
not which to credit. The rumor publish
ed in our last number, to the effect that
Gen. Scott had entered the city Of Mexi-
co seems to be generally contradicted.
Mr.. Kendall, writing from Puebla as
late as the 30th ,llt., says
81 have seen gentleman who left the
capital two days since. He says that the
Mexicans were quietly awaiting the ap-
preach Of Gen. Scott, having all their
works and notifications completed. The
story that the city was partially overflow
ed is confirmed, but the report Of the ex-
tent Of the humiliation, and Of the sickness
it had occasioned, have been exaggerated
There was strong belief among many Of
the foreigners that there was a perfect UNI
derstanding between Gen. Scott and Santa,
and that peace would grow out Of it,
The Congress was still at loggerheads
with the President, all business was COM
pletely at a stand, and the only law known
was that Of the military.
Copies Of the Diario del Gosierno up to
the 9th inst. have been received here
1t is the only paper now published at the
capital, and contains little save Govern
ment orders and DEGREES or articles pub
lished under the express san :tion Of Santa
Anna.
There is now every indication that the
army will move upon the capital in the
course Of the coming six days, and it is
more than probable that the hardest fight
yet will be at the city OF Mexico--,his is
the opinion Of the majority. Santa Anna,
however much he may be averse to it. can
hardly avoid battle, although he will still
creep out Of it il possible. No one not in
all the secrets can know anything with
certainty, but there are strong reasons to
believe that the English legation is exert
ing every influence to keep the Americans
on, Of the capital. The English do not
want to see US in the city Of Mexico
they have interests of their own to sub
serve, and are fearful the American bold
npon this shattered Republic will soon be
too strong to be shaken off except to their
great detr!meut.
The obs.inacy of Congress, the deep
hatred of the Mexicans to the Americans,
and the slight hold that Santa Anna has
upon the people. may, and probably will,
prevent his own schemes and those of the
English from being carried out. No Won
der the English are anxious to see this war
brought to close, for it has already pro-
we'd most disastrous to their heavy mercan-
tile interests in the country, and It's con-
tinuance must hasten its utter ruin in more
ways than one.
The Picayune remarks:
Our letters from Vera Cruz differ some
what from Mr.. kendall's in regard to the
probable movements of Gen Scott. They
represent the chances Of peace in more
favorable light than Mr.. K, and think the
resistance to our advance will be almost
nominal.
Mr.. Buchanan's peace propositions,
which were referred by Santa Anna, have
BY the Congress, been referred back TO Santa
.4nna!
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-08-25
New Mail R0ufes.

The following routes will go into oper-
alton on the Is. September next
1897. From Iowa City, by the county
seats of lows, Poweshiek, and Jasper
counties, to Fort Des Moines, 80 miles
and back, once week.
1882. From Dodgeville, Desmoines co.
by Columbus City, Hillsboro and Port Al
len 70 Iowa City, IS miles and back, once
a week.
These routes having been contracted for
BY good and responsible men, we think
there is no doubt Ct their going into oper-
alton at the time above specified.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-08-25

A clerk in the Washington City post
office, named Wm T. Jones, has been de-
tected in breaking open letters and pur-
Joining money. He was required to give
bond in the sum Of $4,000.
Member OF Congress Dead We regret
to state that the Hon. Ed,rard Bradleu,
member Of Congress elect from the West
ern Dis,rict;of Michigan, died few days
since at the Cro,on Hotel, New York.
His remains have been taken to his late
residence at Marshall, Michigan, for in
terment.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-08-25
Indiana.

Indiana.
The following is the result Of the re-
cent election for Congressman in the
State:
In the lst District Judge Elisha Enforce
wing beats Owen, dem. by majority of
422.
End District, Thomas J. Henley, DEM,
is reelected.
3rd District, John L. Robinson, dem.
is elected.
4th District, Caleb B. Smith, whig, i.
reelected.
9th District, Judge Wick, dem. is re.
elected.
9th District, D. NJ. Dobson, dem, is e.
lected.
eth District, R. W. Thompson, whig,
is elected.
9Th District, Petit, dem. reelected.
9th Cathcart, dem. re .elected.
10Th Rockhill, dem. is elected be-
You'd doubt
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-08-25
Still Later from Vera Cruz.

The steamboat Fashion, Captain Ivy, ar
rived last night from Vera Cruz. She left
there on the 2dinst., up to which date she
has brough US file Of s.The Sun Of Ana
huac The ne,rs, it any there may be
said to be, is contained in the following
article from that paper Of the "a, and that
settles only one point; which is, that Gen.
Scott had not entered the city OF Mexico
on the 18th ult. But to the article from
the Sun--it is as follows:
From THE lNTERIoR.-The courier ar
rived here on Saturday night last, from
the city Of Mexico, but from the various
reports received by him, we can only in
form our friends that no new movement,
on the part Of Gen. Scott has yet taken
place. We had the pleasure Of an inter.
view with q gentleman yesterday, from
whom we learn that General Scott had,
when our informant saw him, 10000 men
fit for service, and about 5000 others, sick
and in other capacities, in which he could
not well reckon upon them for fighting
purposes. But, we learn, it was his fixed
determination, the moment of Gen. Pierce's
arrival, to march at once upon the capital
and, we may add as a matter Of course
TO TALE IT.
Congress had met and adjourned, with.
out coming 70 any decision with regard te
the propositions from our Government.
Gen. Valencia had arrived at the city Of
Mexico, from San Luis Potosi, with force
variously estimated at from 5000 to TO-.
600 troops. From the best information re.
ceived from the Capital, it would seem
that Santa Anna has at last determined t.
advance from the city, with all the dispos.
able force at his command, for the purpose
Of making final stand outside Of the Cap.
i.al another battle is not, therefore, i'm
probable.
All the letters from the city Of Mexico
agree in one thing; that is: that Gen. Scot,
can take the city without difficulty, when
ever he thinks proper to advance agains
it.
We learn from our correspondent tina
there is now but one paper Ell Gobirn,
published in the city of Mexico, all tn,
others having been recently suppressed
by order Of Santa Anna.
The foreign merchants in the capita
were anxiously expecting the arrival o
Gen. Scott. .5...
Lieut.. Whipple, who was lassoed by
the gnerrillas, as our readers will recol
lect, some time ago, outside the walls o
Vera Cruz, and supposed to have been
murdered. is still alive. Letters had beer
received from him by his friends at Vers
Cruz. giving the particulars OF his capture
SC. After his capture, he was taken te
Quatepec, and subsequently to Tlaslisco
yam, where he was al the last accounts. -
In his letter, he speaks in the hghtes
terms of the hospitality with which he ha,
been treated. Gov. Wilson has, we are
informed, made arrangements to have hin
exchanged. ~.
A split, or quarrel has, it is said, taker
place among the guerrilla band command
ed by the Padre Jarauta, all his principa
officers having left him.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-08-25

Hollanders in loun.-The Iowa Senti-
mel says that a colony of Holianders,
amounting TO about 1000, have purchased
two entire townships in Marion county.
They bring their own mechanics and arti-
Fans with them, and have selected the site
for town. About 5000 more are eX-
pecied to join them by next spring. These
are the right kind of emisrants for Iowa
Those acquainted with the early settlement,
by the Hollanders of the south eastern
portion of the state Of New York, where
their descendants are now among the most
respectable and wealthy portion of the
population, will understand why we well
come them with cordially to Iowa.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-08-25

at affords us melancholy amusement to
see the whiife,s OF the loco toco press all
over the country, snarlins at every sem
,ence uttered by wings, however ,ruthTnl
it may be, that has the least squirting
against this war.-Hawkeye.
Aye, aye, old fellow; you say we'll there.
A ''melancholy amusement it must and
will be to you.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-08-25

Richard X. Meade, demo-
crat, has been elected 10 Congress from
The district lately represented by the Hon.
Geo. Droomgoole, deceased.
ILLINOIS. Maj. VIM. A. Richardson,
democrat, is elected in the district lately
represented by the Hon. Stephen A. Doug
lass.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-08-25

"There is better time coming boys
Bloomington Herald.
Should have read "bitter," if your cal
culations are true with regard to wing
majority in the next House, and if this
prediction Of yours refers TO the ultimate
effect such a result will inevitably have
upon the future des.inies Of your party.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-08-25

1.-THE Washington Union denies pos
lively, the ridiculous story published on
the authority of the Rev. Mr.. McCalla.--
1t says, no such intimation as is alledged,
was ever made by the President; nor were
the Rev. Fathers Rey and McElroy ever
employed as 'sspes," or thought OF in
any such capacity. Il says, further, that
General Campbell, Consul a, Havanna,
has been employed in no way whatever,
in connexion with the So, 000,0 900 appro-
priation. That appropriation remains in
the treasury, untoched; and the act by
til treaty Of peace is ratified. Thus are
two silly stories SET at rest.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-08-25

The Scourge Ia .New Orleans. We see
BY thu report Of the Board Of Health Of
Few Orleans, Of the 2nd inst, that the
yellow fever, in its worst form, is raging
in that city. There was ~ death report
ed by this disease, for the week ending
Aug. I'd, and 65 for the Eve days next
succeeding. Ell
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-08-25

fin irresponsible Parfy.-The N. Y.
Tribune says: "The Wing party is not
responsible for anything the Express may
say, nor yet,he Tribune. So of War, or
anything else OH which the Wing party
has no uniformity or peculiarly of opin-
ion, and makes no pretence 70 any,
The "Whig party is not responsible" for
the opinions uttered by its organs! 0, no !!
But if Democratic member of Congress
expresses doubt as to the correctness Of
General Taylor's Judgment OH a single
point, the whole "Loco'oco party" are
responsible for it, of course! But the Tri-
bune makes an amusing admiss;on-that
.fhe Wing party has no uniformity or pc
c,.la7iiy Of opinion" We always thought
~, +sle5
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-08-25

Official Returns. Much against our
will, We are again obliged to go to press
without being able to publish the official
returns of our state election. -Four coun.
ties are yet to send in their abstracts, and
those received are not yet opened.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-08-25
Alabama Election,

The following are all the returns from
Alabama that we have as yet, received
From these returns we think there can be
no doubt Of the election Of Chapman the
Democratic candidate for Governor:
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-08-25

The Archduke Charles of Austria, died
lately at Vienna, leaving a fortune, after
paying his debts, of seven a half millions
of dollars.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-08-25

W. K. w. Cobb has been elected to
Congress in the Huntsville District, and
Geo. S. Houston in the Florence District.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-08-25
kAeaetNckY.

The Louisville Courier, whig, says in
have now received sufficient returns to
enable us to sum up the result Of the re-
cent election in this state for members of
Congress as follows:
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-08-25

TlMr. Gro. w. GALLOWAY, our trav-
cling agent, will call upon our subscribe
ers in the Southern portion Of the State,
in the course Of this and the three weeks
next succeeding. We hope they will hold
themselves in readiness to receive him
and shell over the tin. o.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-07-17
From the Louisville Journal.

] NAV not love thee-but within my heart,
When night and darkness set my spirit free,
And l SIT musing, from the world apart,
There il a low deep voice that tells Of thee.
That voice is sweet and mournful as the tone
or far -tolian music heard in sleep,
Or the wild cadence of a spirit lone
Ger the hushed waters Of the midnight deep.
] may not love thee-but thy blessed look
Forever haunts my soul when thou art far
II gances upward from each moonlight brook
And from each bright and holy star
lis imaged in each flower that lifts lis eve
At morn TO greet the sunshine and the dew,
And in each fairy cloud that wanders by,
Floating in beauty o'er the young years blue
! may not love thee-but when Joys depart
And | am bowed beneath life's many woes,
The thought of thee can cheer my dropping heart
As the fresh rain reyives the diving rose.
The thought Of thee. il is a holy light
Soft-gieaming through the clouds ana storms
of strife,
4 sweet star shadow, floating pure and bright
Upon the dark and turbid waves Of life.
! may not love thee-but thy cheek that lives
AND breathes and CLOVIS with sunsets richest
dye,
Thine eve Of love and tenderness that gives
Back TO the sky's own blue a soft reply,
The Parisn whteness Of thine angel-brow,
The tresses clustering o'er thy temples free
Oh these are mirrored in my bosom now
As heaven Itself is mirrored in the sea.
/ may no; love thee-but thy gentle words
Can stir within my soul its fount of tears
Au4 wake the echo of my hearts deep chords
Like some Gear melody Of early years.
l may not love tnee-but thy image seems
a living radiance to my spirit given,
For OF picture thee in all my dreams
OF bliss on earth and blessednes- In heaven.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-07-17

ney or the want of it are the only tests Of
good or i'll living. Learn to respect, nay,
to reverence the Poor. They are an an
Gent order Of Gods people. They have
been with the world and will be with it al,
ways. The Divine word has spoken it. 1t
is not the gloomy thing We are accustomed
to regard it-this poverty. ! fear We add
10 its worst pognancy by our frequent i'll
advised commseration. Pity is sacred
feeling, but there may be a deal OF self
righteousness and cOnceit in bestowing it.
by. poverty do not mean starvation. That
knows but one remedy, and demands inter
ference. 1t is no invasion Of the liberty Of
mans person to pluck him out Of the Wa
ter when he is downing The danger that
| would warn you against is twitching at
him and pinchng him when he is safely
swimming Mawkish philanthropy may
I've thus described. The wealthy benefac-
tor sits high and dry upon the shore, hug
gng himself and his riches, and he has got
to think wealth such blessing that the phi
walton Of it must be, in that degree, curse.
The bracing waters Of poverty are, in his
imagination, nothing but drowning gulfs.-
Reverse the picture: See wealth on its arid
pinnacle; see the hardsl,ips of wealth, so
hard that hardly shall they that have riches
enter into the kingdom Of hcavcn-and joia
in the prayer of him Of old, Give me nei-
ther poverty nor riches" lest iulness lead to
denial, or emptiness to curse
We must not Judge of the world by the
mere conventional standards in which We
have happened to live. Children do this
and youth does it'll age comes to cor
rect tie impression. What a horror chill
dren have Of solecism in dress. Show a
child an old gentleman slightly out of the
fashion, and its pity is excited. How sOTy
it is for the antiquated coat and the old
knobby shoes, If he is not poor he is
mean, and might get better and newer ones
The newer ones would not be better Tn,
old gentleman would give the entire con.
tents of Lynn mandatory for that very
pair of old excrescences, his gouty shoes.
In such meddlng philanthropy We show
our ignorance, our concelt, our scli-lOve
rather than our love of our kind A lady
in her coach may, peradventurc, "a sunbeam
that hath lost its way pass down Chat
ham street With what sacred uplifting
of the nose, with what shuddering per
ception does she look upon the three gill
balls of lombardy, the frequent sign there
of the pawnbroker. They are associated
in her mind, with iniamy and degradation
Ii is as sad to her as the scenes of the In
femo' Blu, she can pass through Wal
street, among its marble and granite, with
out thinking that Banks and Brokers
Boards are but other phases of pawnbro
king after all. They are the acts, both
of a common necessity 'to make vile thing,
precious One poor afflicted man, robbed
Of the spontaneous garden OF Eden, wants
a meal, and another poor afflicted man, al
exile from the same heritage wants mil
hon. Brothers in misfortune, slaves of ,
common destiny! EvERARD.
West. Press
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-07-17

(asts, and hauled up to windwad thild
time, when four or five more Of the Indians
Jumped overheard, and shared the fate Of
those who had preceded them. One Indian
appeared on deck and offered to submit.
Gallop ran alongside, and received this man
in the sloop, when he was bound hands and
feet, and put into the hold. Another soon
followed his example, and he was also re-
ccived on board the sloOp and bound, but,
fearful that if two Of his willy foes were per
mitted to commune together, they would lib
crate themselves, the second prisoner was
thrown into the sea But two Indians now
remained in the pinnace. They had got in
to small apartment below and being arm
ed, they showed disposition to defend them
selves when Gallop removed all the goods
that remained into his own sloop, stripped
the pinnace, took her in tow, and hauled up
for the Islands again But the wind in
creasing, the pimace was cut adrift, and she
disappeared in the direction Of Narraganset'
Bay, where it is probable she was stranded
in the course Of few hours. On board the
pinnace Gallop found the body of MIR. Old
ham,"