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Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-04-26


pany.
THE undersigned has been duly appointed an
i Agent of the Protection Insurance Compa-
ny of Hartford, Conn.,, at Iowa City, Iowa, and
is authorized to insure dwelling houses, stores
and ware houses, mills, manufactures. barns.
stables and the contents Of each, together with
every other similar species of property against
loss or damage by fire. The rates of premium
offered are as low as those Of any other similar
institution, and every man has an opportunity,
for trifiing sum, to protect himself against the
ravages Of this destructive element, which often.
in single hour sweeps away the earnings Of
many years.
There are two situations, in either Of which
the value of Fire Insurance can be adequately
appreciated, viz: While standing upon the ruins
of a PERSONS own property. receiving from the
Insurance Office the full amour: which he has
lost; or standing upon the same spot surrounded,
perhaps, by destitute family, lamentng that
stupidity and folly which failed to provide
against such contingency.
JOS. T. FALES.
limo 9 1Sd7-p1o
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w. PENN. CLARK,

w. PENN. CLARK,
A TTORNEY at Law, and Solicitor in Chancery,
"A Iowa City, Iowa, will attend to all business
trusted to his in the U. s. District Court, and
the Supreme and District Courts of the State of To-
wa; and also act as LAND AGENT. OFFICE, No.
IL, Iowa Avenue, the Store lately occupied by
NJ Murray.
April II. 1SlS.--ly4
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l.. II. FATTERSO

l.. Il. PATTERSON,
A TTORNEY and Counsellor at Law, Iowa Civ.
"A Iowa, will attend to all business entrusted to
him in the line Of his profes sion.
March, 1S4s.
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GEORGE 3. II

GEORGE >. HAMPTON,
A TTORNEY and Counsellor at Law, Iowa CITY.
- Iowa. will practice in the various Courts in
this State.
March, 1913.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-04-26

MORGAN RENO,
A TTORNEY and Counsellor at Law, Iowa CITY.
\ Iowa, will practice in the Counts of this State
and atted promptly to all business entrusted to him
March, 1SiS.
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GILM FOLSOM ,

A TTORNEY at Law, Iowa City, Iowa, will prac-
n tice in Johnson and the adjoining counties, in
the Supreme Court Of Iowa, and in the District
Court of the United States.
March, 1913.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-04-26

8. A. BJSSELL,
A TTORNEY and Counsellor at Law, Upton, Ce
"A dar county, Iowa.
March, 1913,
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Z. BATES, Iowa city. u. =. PALMER, Marion
BATES e. PALMER,

A TTORNEYS and Councillors at Law and Solc-
"A itors in Chancery, will practice in the Supreme
and District Courts of the State of Iowa. All pro.
fessional business entrusted to their care will be
promptly attended to.
March, 1S4S.
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1. a.. O. r.

I. a.. o. r.
KoscIusKo LopGE, No. 6, of Iowa City, meet
at Odd Fellows Hall. every Wednesday Even
ing at half past O'Clock. p. NJ.
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p. II. PATTERSO

DOCTORS MURRAY & M'CORMICK
0FFER their professional services to the citizens
~ Of Iowa City and vicinity, and will attend prompt
ly to all calls. They are always to be found AZ
their office, day and night, unless absent on pro-
fcssional business. OFFICE on Clinton street. 4
few doors north of Cover & Hollis Store.
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Terms Of The Union Magazine.
One copy one year, in advance, $500
One copy two years, 800
Two copies one year, 500
FIVE . :, :" 1000
Eight " 1870
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Address, postpaid,
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!. Williams, Bloomington J. d. TcmrIin, Iowa City
WILLIAMS g. TEMPLIN,
A TToRNEYS and Counsellors at Law.
IA April ~, 1913.
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thar xUcsSrU.

THE undersigned would re-
specially inform the citizens
OF Iowa City and the public
generally, that he will carry
on the above business in all
its various branches. He is
prepared TO make to order,
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MRS. c. M. KIRKL AND,
Author ola GA New Homc,'' sForest Life,'' ect.
AND FILLED WITH
CONTR1BU rlONs FROM SOME OF THE MOST
EMINENT WRITER'S OF TIE COUNTRY.
Second Volume commenced, January /, IS48
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June 2. 1S47-n12.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-09-30
\ LONG TONGUE AND AN EMPTY
HEAD ...

Lord Kclie was like his prototype Fnl-
staff, witty HIMSELF hut the cause Of wit in
other men. Mr. A. B., the Scottish nd
vocutc, man of considerable hurnor, re-
comppnied Ivy great iurlnaity of manners.
happened 10 he one Of cornwall pRwy,when
his Iordship was ut the head ofthe table. AZ
ter dinner lie was asked to sing, hut absolute
" refused TO comply with the pressing soil
citation of the company. At length lord
Keilie told him that he should not escape
lie must either sing song, tell a story, or
driuk II pint bumper. Mr. b. heing an alb
stemious man, chose rather 10 tell story
than incur u forfeit. 'One day said he, in
n pompous manner, "a thief in the course of
his rounds, saw the door of church invit-
incly open. lie walked in, thinking there he
might lay hold OF something useful. Having
secured the pulpit cloth, he was reirenting,
whcr 10 he found the door shut. After
some consideration, he adopted The only
means of escape left, namely, to let himself
down Ivy the hell rope. The bell of course
rang; tiie people were ninrmed, and tho
rhiefwas tallcnjust rs he reached the ground,
When they were dragging him away, he
looked up, Und ernphaicaiy addressed the
he'll as iiio,c ai35tSs your iorHship: Had il
not been, said he 'Dr your tong tongue, and
your empty heal, should have made my es-
cnDe' ... ....
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-09-30

FREE SOIL AND Gen. TAYLoR.--A cores.
pondent Of the N. Y. Tribune, in letter de-
scribing the proceedings of the Van Buren,
State Convention, recently held at Ulic0,says
that some of the Free Soil' men wrote to
Mark Sibley, (Whg) Of Cunandaigun, asking
his consent 10 he nominated for GOVERNOR
1t is understood that he replied 10y Telegraph
that he was for Free Soil, but TINT the Bufia-
10 Platform WINS not large enough for him
that he was for FREE SoIL and GEN. TAY-
LoR.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-09-30

LEWIS CAss.-Some one has suggested
that the name Of this 30 years office-hodcr
more government plumber than any mum in
the Union.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-09-30
Vol. 70. No. II. Whole No, $50

cd. The exciting scenes Adcln had epnssed
through served in great measure 10 blunt
the edge Of that sorrow, which, under other
circumstances, would have been more poig-
nant Nor was it many yenrs, ere, ms the
wife ofone whom she looked upon lreras pre-
server, she forgot all her past woe in the ten
derness and affection of her husband
We have only 10 add ,rllnt Tie old chiefNVo-
wawuuka was held in grateful remembrance
through life, aud the String of WmnpIn'
was held as an heir loom in the family.
Whether II remains in the possession Of their
descendants we know not. We will nsl orr
friend Humphrey the next time he comes TO
the city.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-11-01

Before an important election, would it
not be well to inquire whether there has
ever been any single act Of the Federal
party, which did any good to the country?
We assert, unhe<itatingly, NOT ONE. From
the reign Of the first ADAMS, down to the
present day, whether in or ont Of power,
the party antagonistical 10 the Democracy,
has never yet even advocated, much less
carried into effect. single beneficial mea-
sure. This declaration is sweeping one,
but we commit it to the examination OF the
intelligent reader. History and the popu-
lar recollection will bear us out in the
truth of this assertion. Is the fact not one
that impresses itself deeply upon the mind
Of the citizen and the voter? Onthe other
hand, nearly every disastrous, every OPP
pressive and tyrannical measure, has or
iginated with the party now clamoring for
TAYLOR. How powerfully this fact refutes
the myriads # misrepresentation Of an
unjust press! How signally it rebukes
The empty predictions and promises Of the
Federal opposition!
The Democratic party has been the
,arty Of right and OF reason, and started
md defended all the great measures which
have advanced the country in the cause Of
utilization, and contributed to the happi.
,ess and prosperity Of the people.
AMI yet Federalism, (now Taylorism)
vhich never did single good act in it:
lie, asks you to put down the party un
Ter whose policy our country has grown
happy and great!-Pennsylvanian.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-11-01
THE REPORTER.
IOWA o1gvs
Observation-Disclosures /, 1913
IOWA or1.vs
I he Free SOilism Of the WING
Party.

In order to secure the abolition influ-
ence (?)-vote, we should have said
the wings allege that tie abolition
lists have stolen their thunder, and that
Free Soilisni is properly wing doctrine.
This position was taken BY Doctor Bowen
in his speech at the abolitionist, in their
State convention, when he urged them to
fall hack into line and support the master
Of 300 slaves. But is this whig assump-
ton founded upon truth? Are the wings
indeed the advocates of Free Soil, in
practice? Now We undertake to say, that
their advocacy Of Free Soil, though per-
haps sincere, as far as many individual
wings at the North are concerned, is a
sheer humbug, as far as their action as a
party is concerned. That the abolition-
lists themselves have no confidence in the
dis position Of the wings to carry out their
views, we think no other evidence need
be adduced, than that Of their separate or
ganization and action. This also accounts
for the fact that SO much larger proportion
of political abolitionists were originally
wings anti-slavery men who
are democrats, having full confidence in
the ability and disposition Of the democrat
lie party to use all fair and constitutional
means for the ultimate abolition of slavery,
consistent with the well-being and safety
Of the country.
The wings, as party Of the whole
Union, have never endorsed the doctrines
Of the Wilmot Proviso. Indeed it was
absolutely hooted out Of their late Nation
al Convention, because the South, which
ruled the action and dictated the choice Of
that convention, declared that it would
shave nothing to 90 With, the ,-,,.i.-..
thing" So'great indeed has been the
subserviency Of the wing party TO the
slave power, that but one Of their Pre>i-
dental candidates has been selected from
the North, for the last four campaigns, in
Guiding the present,o or since their existence
as the swhig party Allsaye this one have
been southern men. And their present
candidate is more radical southern man
than any of his predecessors. And yet
the wings call upon the Free Soil men to
cooperate With them. Most absurd re-
quest! They might as well tell them to
set dog to watch their dinner, as to en-
trust Louisiana Planter with abolition
interests.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-11-01
The WING u. =. >es satOr for 1avva
opposed 20 the w lnOl UprOvisO,

Below we publish what distinguished
wing U. S. Senator said relative to the
Wilmot Proviso. That Senator is Tom
Corwin, and we wish it distinctly borne
in mind, that he is the same Tom Corwin
to whose guardian care" the interests Of
Iowa were consigned, by the wing
convention which met in this city on the
identical day upon which the famous bat
tie of Buena Vista was fought, and which
nominated its hero as whig candidate for
the Presidency. OF course this is good
wing authority, and cannot be gainsayed
by the Zacharites. 1t is taken from the
Cincinnati Chronicle OF Sept. Goth, l847.
Here it is:
"The Atlas Of this morning, in noticing
the proceedings Of the wing meeting at
Carthage, says: Senator Corwin deli
vered an eloquent and powerful address
of two hours, in opposition to the war, and
the extension Of slavery into new terrific
ries." The Atlas does the eloquent SEN
ator injustice inthe latter part Of the above
paragraph. He did not oppose the acqui-
sition Of territory upon the ground alleged.
AS the war was an act ofinjuslice TO Mexico
it was no more than right that we should
refuse to take any part Of her territory.
He therefore went against the acquisition
Of any territory. He deprecated tie ngiio-
fion of slavery; the WILMOT PROVISO
WAS A DANGEROUS QUESTION.
1T OUGHT NOT, said Mr.. Corwin, TO
RECEIVE THE SERIOUS CONSIDE-
RATION OF ANY MAN. AL good
men should unite to preserve the Union as 1t
is. THE WILMOT PROVISO WAS
CALCULATED TO ENDANGER
THE UNION. Such measure did not
meet his appreciation. "
Yet the wings are trying to pull the
wool over the eyes Of the abolitionists Of
Iowa, by representing Gen. Taylor as a
Wilmot Proviso man, when even his nor
thern friends denounce the dangerous
measure Well, If they can stuff Gen.
Taylor's 282 negroes down abolitionists
throats, they must have most capacious
maws; that's all.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-11-01
Modlel Polis1clans.


The following points from the speech
of ,. F. Haliett, Esq, q Boston, lows
up in admirable style, the gross inssnsis-
tencies, miserable tergiversations, and
utter recklessness, of principle Of the
Taylor faction. There i 'sanb'' in every,
point: ss
In short, the only rule upon which an
honest wing can support General Taylor,
is the rule Of Contradiction They must
construe their candidate, q ma are told to
interpret bad dreams, By sf3si3s,.,d al
They claim to be wings, and they sup
port Gen. Taylor because he is not an
ultra wing, that is not enough ola wing
to hurt him. So the less whiggery he has,
the better he is for the wings.
They oppose the land indemnity from
Mexico, and 60 for Taylor, because he
was in favor Of taking seven of her pro-
vinces, up to the line Of Sierra Madre!
(See his letter to Gen Gaines.
They denounce the Mexican war as a
"God abhorred war;" and all engaged in
it as partakers in the crime, and they
support Taylor because he has killed and
captured more Mexicans than any other
Of the criminals engaged in that war.
They are friends Of peace, and afraid
of another war if Gen. Cass is elected,
who has been friend Of peace for thirty
odd years, and therefore they go for Tay-
lor because he has been like Goliah, of
Gath, ga man of war from his youth'''
They insist upon having a northern
candidate to humble the south, and are
opposed to a s'nor,hern man with southern
principles" and therefore they take a
southern man with no principles at all.
They firmly believe that the salvation
of the country depends upon the wing
party, and therefore they want President
who is no party man; who will have no
opinion Of his own, but will be wing if
Congress is wing, democratic, if Congress
is democratic; abolitionist if Congress is
abolitionist; Native Americans; and Meth
err one thing nor the other, if the Senate
and House Of Represe ntatives, happens to
be divided.
In short sort of chameleon President.
who is to take the hue and color of the
Congress he happens to light upon.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-11-01
CURTIUS.

"IREAsoN TO THE SouTH."-The whie
press Of the South are just now making a
tremendous hue and cry because the nor
thern papers published the deed convey
ing sundry horses, negroes, and other
seattle" to Gen. Taylor. They call il
!" treason TO the South" and call upon
southern men to sustain their candidate, on
this ground and the fact Of his southern
location and known attachment to the pecu-
liar institution Of the South. The fact is
these fellows see that it interferes will
the game Of double-dealing and deception
that the wings are playing Il spoiis Gen
Tayior's northern fnce -
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-11-01

A correspondent of the London Times,
writing from Clonmel, says:
The people along the whole line of
road from this to Tipperary are in state
of disafection;, and at the fair Of Cahir,
through which / passed this day, very
lew sales were made, and. although there
was an unprecedentediy large number of
horses, black cattle. and stock Of eyery
kind, few purchasers could be found, The
people being unwilling 10 part with their
horsy I'm .clsnAxsy IS j al IA. III ssnta.d
falste Of rhepomtsy and the 5a.aA.sf~ ve..
eral insurrection. The people, have
heard from various persons, are COM
lpletely turning against the priests for the
part they have taken in the late move
ment. The influence Of the priests is
amazingly diminished, not alone in Tip
lperary, but in several Of the ;dioininp
counties. I was this day informed BY .
Roman Catholic who knows the feeling.
Of the people throughout large district
OF the south, from constantly travelling
and mixing among them, that great num-
bers Of them will not mind what the
priests say; and many of the farmers do
hot speak TO them when they meet on the
roads. A number of the Roman Catho-
lies in this part Of the country will not at
present attend mass or 60 to the chapel,
and many Of the respectable farmers and
shop keepers declare that they will not
pay the ensuing Christmas dues-a very
bad prospect for the priests for the win
ter. l state these facts on the authority Of
Roman Catholics, who related ihe,nto me,
and | have every reason to believe that
they are correct. The disease in the po-
tatoes is fast progressing; and it is be-
lieved they will not furnish food for the
people until Christmas. Throughout tie
district Of country from Tipperary to
Clonmel, through which | passed this
day, the stalks are completely blackened,
and more than one half are reported TO be
lost. Yesterday, although it was Sun
| day, the streets Of Tipperary Were crowd
ed, as il it had been fair or market, with
poor wretched looking men, who were
waiting to be hired by tie farmers as rea-
pers for the ensuing week. Many Of
| them had come from the neighboring
counties of Cork and Kerry, and l was
informed that they received as wages,
some Is, some Is Cd, and some Is, and
others nothing but their food for their
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-11-01
"MOre cattle Signs"

This is the caption of an article, going
:ef' and Of Prospects Ct Taylorism in
Iowa. Appropriate, very; but they will
find the people Of Iowa, ike those Of the
rest ofthe Union, are not quite the ':cattle"
the wings are calculating on. We would
Jog the shocking bad memories of these
Taylorite editors little by calling their
attention to the ''siens" presented in the
Overwhelming democratic majorities at the
late election in that State; although we
are aware they are not sufficiently identi-
fed with the animal to be very graft
flying to the refnedtaste Of modern whigge-
ry. Poor coons, your 'sdrove OF cattle, ,
III days OH the road at that, will not be
able to draw you out of the political
'hospitable graves in which old "bloody
hands, with his sunholy, "''unrighteous'
unconstitutional and "umjust war;
friends, has placed you.-Toledo Herald.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-11-01
How well they agree.

The New BEDFORD Mercury, fierce Tay-
lor wing paper, says:
"General Taylor is pledged not TO veto
any constitutional act Of Congress, there
fore he will not veto the Wilnot Proviso."
Per-contra, Mr.. Speaker Winthrop, in
a recent speech at Boston, held this Ian
guage:
"Gen. Taylor has not given positive
pledge with regard to the Wilmot Prosiso;
md for one, l do not hesitate 10 say that |
rejoice that he has done SO. lrejoice that
General Taylor, if he comes into the Pre-
sidency, wiK be unpledged upon any issue
rL0ferer,''
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-11-01

"THE PEopL.'s CANDIDATE.''-Th
wings call Old Rough and tumble the
ssPeople's Candidate - Well, man who
has received so much Of the people 5
money, ought TO be their candidate from
now till doomsday. He shouldn't be any
body elses. Give us seven thousand dol
lars year and thirty rations per day, and
we will be the peoples (not whig) can
di1ate till the cows come home, and "nev.
er surrender either.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-11-01

WHEN RoGuEs FALL OUT, &c.-At a
meeting of the wings and natives in Phil
adelphia, where the worthless assembled
to quarrel about the division Of the spoils,
Mitchell, the native, and chairman, held
forth as reported, thus:
"He secuted the idea of General Tay-
lor being the uhig candidate, and intimat-
ed that they (the whigs) were drivenintc
his support by the bold stand taken by
.Vuiiue Americansl He said that the ma
tives, and they alone, were the producing
cause Of the nomination of General Taylor
: that they had determined upon having a
candidate free from party shackles, wit h
anindependent organization, believing that
such candidate was most to be trusted.
They however, had ulterrior objects in
view in the nomination of General Tay-
lor." eH
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-11-01
The Territories Of Wisconsin and
Iowa.

The question whether the formation Of a
State annihilates Territory, is, we see,
likely to be brought up in shape assu-
ming considerable practical importance.
The negative Of the above proposition has
been assumed BY the people north Of the
present State Of Wisconsin, at present,
from the failure Of the territesial bills,
utterly destitute Of civil govern
ment. The former Secretary Of Wiscon-
sin Territory, Mr.. Catlin, who, if this
position be correct, is ex oficio its pres
emf Governor, has gone to assume the du-
ties of his Official station. It is also sta
ted that Mr.. Tweedy, the former Dele
gate in Congress, has resigned, and Mr..
sibley been appointed by convention of
the people Of Minnesota, formerly part Of
Wisconsin Territory.
We understand that an opinion some
what favorable to the ground above named
has been expressed by Mr.. Buchanan.
II SO and the right to organize under the
old officers is sustained in Wisconsin, the
same state Of things exists on this side Of
the river. Gov. Clarke's commission ha-
wing been only for three years, must be
about out; while that Of our predecessor
in the chair editorial Of the Reporter, Sc
cretary Williams, being for four years, he
will be acting Governor, in virtue Of his
Office as Secretary. All this, we say, if
which "if" we do not pretend to de-
eide upon.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-11-01

SAvINe up.-An unbreeched urchin,
not quite three years old, said to his sis
ter, while munching piece Of ginger
bread, ISIS, take half OBJ dis cake to keep
till afternoon when get Cross
According to this plan, how many sssec-
tons Of gingerbread would the Univer-
sal Wing party have 10 "save up, !" to salts
fy the Clay men after old Zach's defeat
when they 'get cross and accuse The
Zacharites of disbanding the wing party9
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-11-01

ROBINSON, THE CARIcATURIsT.--This
noted wag has written letter to the New
York Tribune, announcing his inability to
swallow Taylor's nomination, and intimat-
ing his intention to vote for Cass. He
closes his "pronunciamento' with the fol-
lowing side winder to his old associates:
81 have been wing over quarter Of
a century, and as there is now no wing
party, shall embrace locofocoism for the
next four years, knowing that cannot be
treated worse than have been BY the
wings, whose platform is the rewarding
Of their enemies at the expense of their
friends.
81 am, dear sir, with great respect, your
obedient servant,
"H. R. ROBINSON, 81 Park-row."