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WIN. f. LEFFlNWELL,

A TTORNEY aad Counsellor at Law, Blooming.
"A ton, Iowa, will practice in the Supreme and Dis
trict Courts OF this State.
March, 1873.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-05-31

JoHM q, DUNLAP,

GENERAL Commis sion and Forwarding Merchant
" and Dealer in Flour, Bacon, Pork, Lard, Beef,
Wheat, Hemp, Tobacco. &c. &c. CTNo y, Front
Street, ST. LOUIS, MO.
April, ls4S.-4
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-05-31
NOTICE.

n shall be absent from this place for some
"A time, would inform the public that nv SON
laEoDoaE sAsxAy, will attend to my business and
interests here during my absence, ~ my authorized
FREDERICK sANxAY.
Iowa City, April u, isas. ats
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-05-31

GOLDEN THoUeHrs.-I never yet
found pride in noble nature, nor humili-
ty in an unworthy mind. Of all trees, /
observe that God had chosen the vine--a
low plant that creeps upon the helpful
wall; Of all beasts, the soft and patient
lamb; of all fowls, the mild and g,lileless
dove. When God appeared to Moses: it
was not in the lofty cedar, nor the spread
ing palm--but bush-an humble, slen-
der, AFFECT bush. As if he would, BY
these selections, check the conceited arro-
gance Of man. Nothing produceth love
like humility; nothing hate, like pride
Feltham.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-05-31

1.-The New Orleans Crescent calls
compliments from its contemporaries
'smoral cherry cobblers of editorial ife.' p
What a state of society," RI --.,
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p. II. PATTERSON,

A fTORNEY and Counselor at Law, Iowa City,
Iowa, viii practice in the various Courts of
this State.
March, lS4S.
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BATES, Iowa City. u. T. PALMEh, Marion
BATES e. PALMER,

IA 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, lS4S.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-05-31

u A dramatic author prononnces the
final Punishment of the Orleans family to
be the last blow to the ::Legitimate' ORA
ma in France.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-05-31
MORGAN RENO,

A TToRNEY and Counsellor at Law, Iowa City,
"A Iowa, will practice in the Courts of this State,
and atte1d promptly to all business entrusted to him.
March, lSis.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-05-31
L. B. PATTERSON.

A TTORNEY and Counsellor at Law, Iowa City
\ Iowa, will attend to all business entrusted tc
HIM In the line Of his profession.
March, 1913.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-05-31
GEORGE s. HAMPTON,

A TTORNEY and Counsellor at Law, Iowa City,
"A Iowa. will practice in the various Courts in
this State.
March, lS4S.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-05-31
GILMAN FOLSOM,

A TToRNEY at Law, Iowa City, Iowa, will prac'
n tice in John son and the ad Joining counties, II
the Supreme Court Of Iowa, and In the D1stric,
Court Of the United States.
March, lS4S.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-05-31

1--WE are glad to perceive that extern
sive coal fields have been discovered in
the Republic of Chill, for chilly ctsoate
will naturally find them very servicable.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-05-31

DOCTORS MURRAY Il M'CORIlCk
()FFER their professional services to the citizens
Iowa City andSicinity, and will attend prompt
y 10 all calls. They are always to be found at
Aat office, day and night, unless absent on pro-
Iessional business. OFFicE on Clinton street, a
Jew doors north Of Cover & Hollis store.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-05-31

J. Williams, Bloomington J. D. Templin, Iowa City
WILLIAMS & TEMPLIN,
4 TTORNEYS and Councillors at Law.
IA April -, ls4s.
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P. S.-The prosecutions have been
postponed. After the spy system expose
the Attorney General for Ireland openly
despairs of obtaining conviction even by
a packed jury. This is great triumph
for the O'Brien Republican party.
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FraIn the Boston Post.
The New Era.

The New Era.
Nations are waking up,
From their long sleep;
Their guiding star is hope;-
Kings turn and weep.
The reign OF power is o'er!
Day comes at last,
And shouts from every shore
Tell-"Power is past?''
Liberty walks abroad
All armed for fight;
And nations call on God,
To speed the right.
There's shouting on the plains,
And fire and smoke;
And clankins of TIE chains,
AS breaks their yoke.
There's fire in every eye;
And rengeful arms;
And vows to do or die, " IT,
'Midst wars alarms. ...... ......
Oh, Justice thronedabove,
Send victory down.!
Show them fathers love-
Their efforts crown. .....
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-05-31
The Reward.
By JOHN O. WHITTIER.

Who, looking backward from his manhood's prime
Sees not the spectre Of his mispent time;
And through the shade
Of funeral cypress, planted thick behind;
Hears no reproachful whisper on the wind
From his loved dead2
Who bears no trace of PASSIONS evil force2
Who shuns thy sting, oh, terrible Remorse9
who would not cast =.
Half of his future from him, but to win
Wakeless oblivion for the wrong and sin
Of the sealed past9
Alas. the evils which we fain would shun,
We do, and leave the wished for good undone;
Our strength to-day
Is but to morrow's weakness, prone to fall;
Poor, blind, improbable servants all
Are we always.
Yet who thus looking backwards DER his years,
Feels not his eyeiids wet with grateful tears,
If he hath been
Permitted, weak and sinful as he was
To cheer and aid in some ennobling cause,
His fellow meL9
| If he hath hidden the outset, or let in
| ray of sunshine to the cell of sin;
If he hath lent
Strength to the weak, and, III az hour Of need,
, Over the suffering, mindless of his creed
Or hue, hath bent:
He has not lived IN vain; and, while he gives
The praise to Him in whomhe moves and lives,
With thankful heart,
He gazes backward, and with hope before,
knowing that from his works he never more
Can hencdorth part.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-05-31
CHARLES A, RORRINS,

CHARLES A. ROBBINS,
WATCH-MAKER, Engraver and Jeweller, Iowa
City, at the sign of the "Big Watch" corner
OF Clinton and College Streets.
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s. A. BISSELL

,. "A. Bliss r l. u,
A TTORNEY and Counsellor at Law, Upton, Ce
IA dar county, Iowa.
March, lS4S. ..,a
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Webster and Calhoun.

That excellent religious and neutral pa
per, the Boston Olive Branch, in speak
ing Of these men, says: Daniel Webster
Of the North, and John c. Calhoun of the
South, men Of giant minds, and second to
none as statesmen in their se> eral schools
of politics, will neither Of them ever lc
President of the United States. fer the
plain reason that neither of them belongs
to the United States.
John C.. Calhuun belongs TO South Car
olina, and is the embodiment of the local,
ultra, and anti-natonal politics of that
State, and is the soul of the anti-national,
notification doctrines, sometimes in ascen-
dancy in his State, growing out Of the rev.
enue laws.
Daniel Webster has been the embodi-
ment Of Northern notification and ultra
ism, contendng that if certain territory
was admitted into the United States, Mas
sachusetts was virtually out of the Union.
The people want man for President,
who will 90 for the Union, however boun-
ded. TIE great men whom we have nam
ed, had they identified themselves with
their country, instead of the narrow, local.
selfish politics of,her sections of the coun-
try, would have been the oracles of their
times. We suppose that these men pre-
terred to glide on the stream Of local pop
ularity, to the uncertainty Of success in d
larger field, should they oppose local pre-
JUDGES. Their course has cost them the
loss of the greatest honors which can be
conferred by a free people on any man,
viz: the Presidency of the United States.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-05-31

Box Nor OF LOUIS PSILIppE.-Just
before the revolution broke out, Louis
missed Guizot. and asked an English SER
want where he was. "Your Majesty, |
think will find him in the antechamber, -
was the reply. "Hum,'' muttered the
king, "I'll find him in nothing after his
conduct in this crisis" N. B.-After
this joke, who will deny that he deserved
to lose his throne.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-05-31

ASTRoNG CoNsT1TUr1oS.-sHi Hiram, nv
boy said tender father to his son, you
must be more careful of yourselftha you
are. You have not the constitution of
some.'
DON'T believe it, dad-don't believe a
word ont. Golly! I've got the const,u-
ton of boss. There amt 10 break up
or down in me. Darn me, if | don't be-
lieve I've got the Constitution Of tie Uni
ted .Nates.'
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-05-31

TIMER MINING IN New JERREY.-
On the north side Of Maurice Creek, New
Jersey, the meadows and cedar swamps,
as far up as the fast land, are filled with
buried cedars, to an unknown depth. In
1914 or 1915, an attempt was made to sink
well curb, near Dennis Creek landing.
but after encountering much difficulty in
cutting through number of logs, the
the workmen were ct last compelled to
give up the attempt, by finding, at the
depth Of twenty feet, compact mass Of
cedar logs. It is constant business,
near Dennis Creek, to mine cedar shin
gles."
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-05-31
Masonic.
each month,
SONS Of Temperance,
q. WINTHROP ADAMS,

DEALER in Dry Goods, Groceries, Queensware,
IL Boots Shoes sc. Sc, under the Free Mason's
Hail. Johnson Street, KEoKUK, IOWA.
Apfil, 1855
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The Dignity Of Labor.

There is no word so abused as that
Of labor. The rich and poor, clerk and
mechanic, merchant and farmer, all a.
buse il. One calls labor "dighity,'' an
other looks upon at as disgraceful. As
applied to man who works, the word
has dignifed connection only as being
the name for the employment of one Of
Gods created beings, and in this case
its dignity is comparative according TO
the creature Of whom it IS spoken
Dignity cannot be applied to anything
inanima!e. 1t can only be applied to
sensitive beings, and probably to man
alone. Dignity cannot therefore be
predicted Of labor. 1t applies to the
iaborer and not to him because he is a
|Iaborer, but as it respects his charac-
ter. Nor, on the other hand, can de-
gradation be applied 10 labor. Custom,
however, has taught US to regard eel
tain kinds Of labor as dignifed or hon
orable, and certain other kinds degra-
ding, This is a false sentiment. Man
should and yet WILL, be looked upon
with every mark Of respect, indepen-
dent of his daily occupation. The right
means TO bring about such views gen.
orally, is that Of noble sentiment and
intelligence holding up the man for
his worth independent Of the name OF
the occupation at which, he honestly
Iabors. The mechanical classes are
divided into castes. One class Of trades
men look down upon another, and all
classes are more, or, less imbued with
the same feelings. Such sentiments
should be banished from evey breast.
a'Tis worth that makes the man" y
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A Rocky Mountain Team and Escort

A team passed through our streets
eastwardly, last Saturday, which at
tracled no little attention. II was con-
Quoted by two hardy looking, weather
beaten, middle.aged men. A wagon,
+of a rude, substantial kind, covered
over with boards, was drawn by two
yoke OF sturdy oxen. and one yoke Of
young buflaloes. Three very large
Felks were led by ropes attached
tothe hinder part Of the wagon. With.
in the box Of the wagon were secured
a great variety Of Rocky Mountain
"Varmints," from the bald eagle and
the goat, down to the prairie dog and
the gopher. The proprie.ors would
-openltheir museum and let half a dozen
boys have a peep fora shilling. They
had all come from beyond the Rocky
Mountains, and were journeying to the
East, on tour for speculation. We
didn't enquire, but took them to be orr
ginal yankees, as 2 matter of course.
--Cspeldnd True Dem. i7'Ri a!.
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The Quaker's Daughter.
A STORY OF OLD SALEM.

The annals OF the year 1856 will
ever present blot on the historic pages
ofNew England, and the lifted veil dis
closes fury Of religious intolerance,
and violence of persecution, which
sdarkly stainsthe character Of those who,
in other respects, merit our highest en-
,comiums. @ l4t sY 5ua msls bs
1t was during the popular furyin New
England against the Quakers, that the
occurrences which | am about to relate
took place. Before Il small unpainted
housein Salem, on beautiful summer
evening, sat an old man and a fair girl,
his daughter. Their faces but lily con-
recalled the anxiety Of their hearts, and
la listener might easily have seen that
their forebodings were not unfounded.
.gf"V erily,p said the old man after a
pause in the econversation, during which
he ihaG appeared to be engaged in in
ward prayer; averily the hand Of per-
secution is heavy upon us. Surely it
was the lear Of the tender mercies Of
athe wicked in this place, that caused
smy own wife, Rebecca to 60 down TO
: the grave, ere yet the grasshoppel had
become "a BURDEN asit has to me. And
now, poor William, what will become
iof him? Twice has he suffered the
cruel sentence of an unrighteous law
for visiting you, my daughter. pray
God he9may not have the temerity to
return" s9b8iiiF lsi3N Ws 3fi 81
selosAmen,'' with blanched cheeks and
1 fearful sejacuIated the maiden.-
,Hepaanxious iattitude---heri clasped
2 hands, 'ail told a tale Of deep affection.
TO William HorssIy has her youthful
faith been plighted, while yet she was
in her native England, and the extent
lof his affection may be imagined, when
aitisremembered that twice, as the read
ser has already been informed, he had
, been publicly whipped for veAturing
within the precincts Of that town from
which he had been banished. The
psnaltyfOr ,the third offnce was death,
and yet III spite Of danger, he had dared
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la TRApE.--Learn trade boy. Sc.
lecta coed one: a trade that you will
like---and stick to it. A trade is an es-
tate. DIR. Franklin said so, and 20 you
will findit. We know You will have
to work hard and suffer little, but If
you have good trade you can always
geta good living and lay up money!
provided You are steady and industri-
Gus. Boys miss il itamazingly by living
in idleness because their parents are
well off, Alwaysliearn aitrade. vase
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WoODsFIELb OHIO, SATURDAY JULY 5, 1s4s.

bedside, she felt herself cIasped around
the waist byTno very gentle hands, and
at the same time a voice, not altogether
unknown to her ears, cried out, "Hilo,
my darling sparrow, wha: now? i
thought as much from seeing the track
o: pretty foot round the old place this
morning. Going to get what we have
left, eh! You Sighted me the other
day." continued he in a louder tone, as
she commenced faint struggle, "and
by the bones Of my mother, you shall
now smart for it, ~s.i ,bW
Completely exhausted with fatigue
and terror, the little Quakeress was
dragged along by the men until she was
brought to ,he prison, into which, after
| some delay in examining the prisoner,
she was thrust, receiving as she went,
the gratuitous intelligence that every
thing was prepared for giving her q
public whipping in the morning.
II was not until the key was turned
upon the poor girl in the lonely cell.
that the fulI horror of her situation,
struck her;-Shame and disgrace, she
felt she could bear, when in the way of
of her duty; but TO be publicly whip.
ped--it was too much. Her sensitive
nature shrank from the pain and expo
sure. The old quaker too; what would
become ofhhn? The, ,forsaken girl fell
on her knees, and long and earnestly
did she pray for deliverance for her.
sell, and health for her father. .a.g.ftrl.
And deIiverance was not far off. As
she rose from her knees light tap at
the window arrested her attention.. A
voice that she we'll knew, pronounced
her name. She few to the spot, and
a Joyous kiss through the iron bars,
showed that she well knew who was
there. y y.4aL a,f,,sa .,,,.,..y,,e ,,r
But the happiness vanished when she
thought of their mutual danger. She
gently reproached her lover for expo.
sing himselflo so great a risk, and ear
nestly entreated him TO leave her 10
herfate, and save himself But Will
lam Horsely would listen 10! no. such
counsel. Having heard OF their situa-
ton, he hastened to their assistance,
/ and arriving near the house, was a wit
| ness to the capture of his betrothed.-
He delayed only long enough to pro.
vide himself with some necessary i'm
plements, and appeared, as we have
seen. al. the window Of the prison, de.
termined TO rescue his beloved or per-
| ish in the attempt. Nv .. s..@
Animated by love. he worked with a
zeal to which the presence of the Qua
keress added not little. And in two
thours their united efforts had removed
enough of the bars to enable William
to draw her through the opening. IT
| is needless to say that the hopes of the
blood.thirsty were disappointed; and
that the lovers escaped. 's' s'. +: "
They found the old Quaker so far
recovered that with great exertions
thew were enabled to remove him to a
place of comparative safety, about three
miles distant, whence, short time al
ter, they removed to one of the ex-
treme frontier towns in New Hamp-
shire, where the usual consummation
to such romancesitook place; and one
of their descendants, from whomlast
summer,gI obtained the heads of this
true story, is now living on the banks
Of the Winnipiseogee. saaed i's 7i.i %
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The War-Cry Of the Democrats.

~
aai y l ny =. A. DuRrvAGE. y sgfgu.
Once more unfurl that standard, e,Gfi
es That has cheered our hearts of old; si.n.
The glorious flag Of victory .53p ia
Again--again unfold! "a ,SNt.{ Sax AZ
" Our steadfast hills reverberate, Eesfl3 a
.ssi The rolling of the drum; ,aae9ti 9H
And springing to the balile-call, ,a1i, al
,r'e The sons of triumph come. ,as.o ..,s,
With .Cass and Butler at our head,
.sw 4s1 And every omen, lucky {. sgs,e..
With Michigan we'll form our va 'ri
z so q And charge with old Kentucky. qr
The North has heard the summons. 2a ~
!. And rouses ia its might, : : ~ (.
SIS Where falls upon its giant hills, s,o
z The earliest ray of light; 1H
y And all along the northern lakes,
I, :, Tho arms Of freemen shine.
- While faI amid the mighty West, pa &.
'ts Extends the banner line. is ~ ~
~ ~ Chorus. - ''' Z
The fair and gallant South responds
The warm land of the SUM- ,,..t, "a X.
Her ancient glores fire her heart -
~ For laureIs TO be won; ld ri ai.'ss - i's
Along the Mississippi flood, ' 'f>" ''
2 " Where dark Missouri pours-- ~
Where frowhs the Allegheny ridge, '
The soul and strength are ours.
2es Chorus. 'lle e99t a9r6 a.dH
Oh! vainly would the foeman
~, Assume cur flag and brand.
His borrowed plumage shall be shorn 4
With unrelenting hand:
The mocking bird will cease to pour
Its simulated cry,
When the fierce eagle spreads his wing A
In triumph on the sky. t'ai.'it4
Chorus. ri pafiSid et@ A#4
Then rally round our leader, ~
" Our flag flung to the breeze IA H.
Twas he who swore the ttars and stripes
!, Unstained should rule the seas:
.lfevery sea behold that flag
Defy the ocean blast,
Remember it was Lewis Cass
That nailed i. to the mas! 'D2 "'N "
Chorus. 10
q " l., w ees a.l .lsGeiaa
Low knee1 the foreign foemen, .3sn5si.
asI. And sorely rue the day, sdf.oG,
That Butler led in fire and steel, sfs,
81 The storm Of Monterey; .,.,T t,t.,
And surely as he crushed the foe, ,..,....
Upon that day of fame
Their base allies here shall own
The terror Of his name.
Chorus.
q Then spread once more the standard, 20
tauTO the battle and the breeze-- - g.r5i.
is Strike! for your country's honor, 4,
i !. And the freedom of the seas. 9 sg.i
Strike for the glorious des!inies
b That wait our race of fame, s.r,..i5
And write the death-doom Of the foe,
In words of wthering shame.
With Cass and Butler at our head,
.5s And every omen lucky
With Michigan well lead the van,
And charge with old Kentucky.
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TERMS OF ADVERTISING.

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25 cents for each subsequent insertion. One col
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I>THMuS RAIL ROAD

By late treaty between tie United States and the
Republic Of Ne~ Grenada, cur government, in cousd
GRAFTON OF free and uninterrupted right Of way over the
llhmus Of Panama. BY any roads thea existing or here
after TO be made guarantee the neutrality Of me Ishmus,
and the sovereignty OF The Republic Of New Grenada
over It. Siuee the conclusion Of this tresls company
in New Yolk has obtained foz1 the government Of New
Grenada the exclusive rghl Tor he term Of Hinety>nne
years OF constructing railroad across the Ishmus with
important privileges attached thereto Considering.
however the difficulties ofihe route and he uncertainty
Of the income the company do not think that The work
can be constructed at present by individual enterprise
without some public aid. They have therefore petition,
ed Congress to empower tie Secretary Of the NAVY 10
enter into contract with hen Tor the term Of twenty
years, for the transportation on said road of naval and
army supplies, troops munitions Of war the mails Of he
United States and It's public agents. at sum not ex
eeeding thar paid for the transportation Of the mail alone
from New York Liverpool on condition that the road
shall be commenced within one year and comoleted
within three years.
The United States mail to Oregon and California Is
now transported across The Ithmus between Chagres
and Panama but the route probably worse now than
1t was IN the early days Of the Spanish dominion. when
the gold OF Peru was transported across to freight the
argosers OF Spain With its almost countless wealth. No
waee carriage has attempted to cross it. The
present mode Of doing it is, by canoes up the Chagres
Tver' set up against the current by poles, TO Crucea
Thence across 10 Panama there IS small road difficult
at all times for women and children and during the raj
ny season almost impossible at all
1.-THE rail road Is constructed, it will, in connection
with the steam packets At the ermini, furnish the
government with transportation California or OREGON
IN thirty days, for which SIX months is now reocired
either by sea, around Cape Horn OF by LAND across the
Rocky Mountains. Tae growing importance of our
possessions on the shores the Pacific will recommend
this project to the serious attention Of Congress and
probably some effective action will be taken in reference
10 it.