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From MISREPRESENTATION iis Naples
and Observation-Disclosures Of
Palermo.

A telegraphic despatch was received
in Paris, stating that the King Of Naples
had, by public proclamation, on the 18th
of January, solemnly pledged himself to
grant charter similar to that Of France.
The details are of course unknown; but
the previous intelligence renders it sufli-
ciently clear that this proceeding is the
effect of virtual revolution.
From the mass of intelligence received
from Naples, we take the events of the
revolution in the order of their occur
renee. AT Palermo, from the 18th of
January, the insurgents steadily gained
ground, and after series Of severe en-
gagements, the authority of the govern
ment entirely ceased on the 10Th, when
several committees were appointed, which
the insurgents afterwards obeyed. The
troops held the royal palace, the fort Of
Castlemare, and other ports; but, altho'
reinforced by corps Of 5000 men, sent
from Naples, which arrived on the after
noon of the 18th, they did not feel strong
enough to attempt to regain possession Of
the city.
On the night of the 18th the lombard
ment of the town from the fort Of Castle
mare was commenced without notice.
On the 18th, the shells still continued to
shower down upon the town, when the
foreign consuls united, and waited upon
the military governor, who granted a sus-
pension of hostilities for twenty -four
hours.
On the ensuing days the situation of af-
fairs suffered no alteration. The engage
ments which took place between the
troops penned up in their fortified posts
and the groups Of people armed as Skin.
mishers could have no seriou. result.
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Died,

In this city, on the 9th OF March, ls4s, after
IN illness Of several weeks, Mrs. KETURAH
v, wife Of c. A. ROBBINS, in the thirtieth yea,
Of her age.
''Friend after friend DEPARTS
Who hath not lost a friend?
There is no union here Of hearts,
That hath not here an end''
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4. W. SWEET,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
IOWA CITY, IOWA.

INV 8VVHs
CYRUS WALKER, formerly of Illinois, now
Of Burlington will assist him in all cases in the
Supreme Court of The State of Iowa. .s
lie will also act as Agent in selling. leasing and
purchasing real estate and paying taxes-and in
Deposits and Investments of every kind
Office on the south east corner Of capital square.
Iowa City. JaE. Isl. lSA7. - as ID
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NEW FERRY
fit Council Bluffs on The .MissGa

J1t COH7ICtt Bt!lJS on 'HF .H2SSTU'a'
vSNHE Subscribers having obtained a charter
L from the General Assembly Of The State of
Iowa, to keep Ferry across the Missouri Riv-
er at Council Bluffs, will he prepared ct the o.
pening Of navigation, with good Doafs and able
watermen to attend strictly to the wants ard
wishes cf those Oh their "wending way" TO Or
egon or California, and all others who desire to
cross the Missouri river at the above place.
BR0PHY 4 CLARK.
Council Bluffs, Feb !; lSts.
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ENlit.e,

'sNHE partnership heretofore existing un-
L der The firm Of W. 2. Lyon & Brother, i,
this day, by mutual consent, dissolved; the bu-
siness Of the firm will be settled by W., =. L.
on. W. p. LYON.
III. e. w. LYON.
Iowa CITY. March Goth. 1913,
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TIE MARIA IT'S.
ST. LOUIS.
Mar CHI 18th, lSiS.
NEW ORLEANS.
March llth, 1913.

CORRECTED WEEKLY FROM THE LATEST DATE
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illustrated BOsesuN.

EDITED BY ]. w. COMSToCK, .
Author of Botany, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry,
Minerology, Geology, Natural History, Phi! siol-
r5--. ogy, NC, assisted by D. .a
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STATISTICS or THE WAR.

he whole number OF Americans ina
We're killed in the recent war; including tn
inc of the Rio Grande and that of Vera Cruz
is estimated at 1000. and the wounded a
1000. 1t is impossible to say how many o
the latter have died in consequence of tIlei
wounds, but we should suppose not less thar
one fourth; say 1000, making in all 5000
deaths from battle.
This, however, bearsbut small proportion
to the number who have sunk under disease
We state under the authority of several
officers of rank, that on the left flank of the
Castle Of Perole, there are 5000 American
graves, all victims Of disease.
A still larger number persisted at the capi-
tal-the deaths there for considerable time
were one thousand monthly. and we learn
that at no time did they fall below from
to 1000.
The first Mississippi Regiment that went
out to the Rio Grande, buried 35 on the
banks of the river before it, ever went Into
battle, and finally brought back less than one
third o(their nunber They suffered dread
fully at Bucna Vista.
The first and sec"nd Pennsylvania Regi-
men,s recently returned. went out 1900
strong 600 each.) they brought home about
600 of their original number-aboul 22O fell
in battle, nearly 400 died and about 600
were discharged as unfit for dulv-hnw
many of the latter have since died, is of
course unknown.
The third aud fourth Tennessee Rcgi.
ments, a'so recently returned lost 800 by
death; neither ofthcse Regiments have been
in action.
Capt. Naplar of Pennsylvania, took down
a company OF los men; he brought back II.
he entered the battle of Con,reras with 33
men. he brought 10 out of it.
The most frightiul instance of mortality
however that we have heard of, was in that |
gallant corps, the Georgia Battalion. CON-
manded by gallant and accomplished off
Ger, Col. Seymour.
They were considered acclimatcd, and &C.
ually suffered much less whilst in the lower
country than when marched into the intcri-
,r on the high.land The Battalion went
% Mexico 4l9 strong; about 22O actually
lied; a large number were discharged with
broken down and ruined constitutions; and
many Of them no doubt, have since gone to
heir graves; and the battalion was reduced
% Mutytouv men fit for duty On one pa.
'ade, when a certain company was called,
hat had mustered upwards of one hundred
neu, single prirntt answered the call, and
was S sole living representative The Cap
ain, the three LicutcnanlS, four Scrgants.
md the four Cnrporals (evcrv commission
I'd and non 'mmIssioncd oficer) was dcn,I!
We have heard from officers of many
.h4r 81, zt,lyv-r; v rr1r 'tr"t nc t"Kvii
e abom the fair average loses lnr all the
:olun,ccr rcgrmcnIs The regulars did rot
suffer to the same extent.
n. O. Conn., Bulletin.
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From the N. 0. Delta.
THE ROSE.

The beams Of tho morning kissed the rosc
And smiled upon her dewy dreams,
And balmy breezcs famed her check.
AS soft as Loves low whisper seems;
The Rose half opcd her dreaming eyes,
And woke as Night far westward few,
And smiled when forming kissed her check,
Amid her sunbright lcars of dew.
rude breath from its fagilc stem
Did pluck this brightly blooming flower;
1t briefly tremblcd on the Garth
Alas! it witIicrcd ere an hour.
A las, tits thus with womans lovo-
A flower of fur more lovely form,
That lives and blooms when softly woocd,
But dies amid MislorlInc's storm.
CLAUDE.
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INTERESTING FACTS.

4 bell rung under the wafer returns tone
rs distinct as is rung in the ar
STOP one car with the finger, and press
the other to the end Of a long stick or piece
of dead wood, and If a watch be held al The
other end of the wood. ticking will be heard,
be the wood or stick ever 81 long. :,
Tie poker on the middle ol a strip o'
flannel two or thrce feet long, and press you
thumbs or hngerS INTO your cars, Wh'l' you
sw;uo the poker again al iron lender, anu
van Will hear q sound like that o! heavy
church bell. ...,
These experiments prove that water, wood
and flannel are good c"ndnclors OF sound '"r
the sound Of The bell, the watch, aud Tue
fender, pass through the wafer ana a'"hs
the deal and flannel To the car.
It must be observed, that body IN l'c
act of sounding is III state "l VIora',"'''
! which il communicates 10 the surrounding
air-lhc undulatlons ot the SOUND cilcc'S INC
ear. and excite in us the sense "i s""''i'
| Souud of all kinds. it Is aSccrlalncd, lra.e's
At the rate Of l5 miles i'll minute; Inc s"''cs'
,vh;sncr travels as fast as the most rcmcn'
l;nus thunder. The knowledge oi THIS iac'
has been applied 10 tho measurement OIL o's
lancCS. A.,
Suppose ship in distress fire gun the
I;uh Of which is seen on shore, or by ano'hc'
vessel twenty seconds before the report l.
heard. il is known to be al dIS'anc: "l u
times ll42 icci, or = little more Than lou
and a half miles. ,r,
.n,;, if see a Vivid flash Of lightning
,nd n two seconds hear tremendous clal
oi thunder. know that the thunder cl"ua
M, more than 76O yards from the pIac
where am, and | should instantly rclir
from an exposed s'lua'I"n.
The pulse of healthy person beats ano'
76 in minute; if, therefore, between a Has
oC Euhrning and the thunder l could tccl
9, 3, d, beats Of my pu;se, ! knn" 'hal III
clouds are 500, 1900, 270o feet from me.
: Sound, like light. after 1t has rGficc'c
from several places may be collected It on
: poiut as a focus, where 1t viii be more auo
+ ble than in anv other psrt. On lh'S primo
e pic whispering galleries are c"hStiuc'en' :,,,,
Speaking lrumpcis arc those ''i'c''uc"
:. asss, the hearing of deaf persons, depend
d the reflection Of sound from tho SIDES OF Il
}. trumpet aud also upon being c""iincd al
) prevented from spreading IN every drecl'
o A speaking trumpet, TO nave Us .' ,u' Laa, o"u
Of mus, be directed in a lInc towards inc near @
or. The report Of gun IS much 'ou,' 1
!, when towards person than one P'accu
S. contrary direction.
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LrLlGInus sIHrELLIGENcE.-lhe Mcthoa'S'
Church South has just closed Camp Meeting
at uiccosuokir, which surpassed any similar
u,.dinr ever before held within the bounds "l
the Leon Circuit. The meeting commenced
on Friday night, Is, September anu closed closed
Wuncs sday morning the 9th inst. mere were
55 additions to the Church. 'and 81 clear c"".
vesions-all whites. We understand 'na'
prlractcd meetings have been commenced III
the vicinity of the Camp Ground, aud it is eS'
pc.tcd that the good work wiz continue 10 g
op-JdIIahassce Toridian.g
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A TOUCHING DITTY.

n 1OOSlllNO LII
When Seth got home from muckrelng,
He sought his Sarah Ann;
And found that she, the hcartlcss thing,
EIad found another man.
And lhon most awful tight lie got,
And then he went away,
And bound himself TO 60 and cut
Live oak IN Floridl.
lie pincd upon the live oak lands,
lie murmurcd in the gladcs,
His uxc grow heavy in his hands,
All in the wild wood shades,
Mosquitoes bit him every where,
No comfort did he get,
And how terribly he'd swear
Whenever he got bit.
At last dcspairing Of release
And wishing himself dead.
He went into the woods piece
And chopped off his own head.
n
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shores are lined with incrustations of salt
and when we landed at Uzdom, in the spac,
OF an hour. our footprints were coated witt
crystalization.
"Ihe opposite shores of the peninsula anc
the west coast present evident marks of dis
ruption.
There ale unqucslionably birds and in.
sects upon the shores, and ducks are some
times upon the sea for we have often seen
them-but cannot detect any living thing
within II, although the salt streams flowing
INTO 1t contain salt fish. feel shure the re.
suit of this survey will fully sustain the scrip
turaI accout of the cities of the plain"
! lie thus speaks of Jordan: 1.-The Jordon,
although rapid and impetuous, is graceful in
IT'S wlndlngs and frngcd with luxurancc,
while It's waters are sweet, clear, cool, and
refreshing"
After the survey Of the sea. the party pro-
/ cecded to determine the height ortIe noun.
talns on rs shore, and to run a level thence
via Jerusalem to the Mediterranean. They
found the summit of the west bank of the
DEAD Sea mere ilan I.OOU lcct above lis
surface and very nearly on level with
the Mediterranean.
alt is curious fact" says Lieut. Maury,
"tllat the distance from the top to the bot
tom of the Dead Sea should measure the
height Of its bank, the elevation of the Mcdi-
tcrranlan, and the difference ofevcl between
the bottom ofthc two seas, and rhalAhe depth
OF the Dead Sea should be also an exact
multiple ofthe height of Jerusalem above it.
Another not less singular fact, in the opin-
ION of Lieut.. Lynch, ''is that the bottom OF
OF the Dead Sea, forms two submerged plains
an elevated and depressed one. The first
its southern part, of slimy mud covered by
shallow bay, the last, its northern and lar
gcst portion, of mud and incrustatons and
rectangular crystals of saIt-at a great depth
with narrow ravine running through it, cor
responding with the bed of The river Jordan
at one extremity, and the Wady .'cl Jcib,' or
wady within wadv at the other" I!
"fhe sllmy ooze,' says Lieut.. Maurv,
''upnn that plan at the bottom Of the Dead
s:ca will not fail to remind the sacred hstoli.
an OF The slime pits in the vale, where were
joined in battle -four kings with fire.
We have given this condensed view OF
Of Lieut.. Naury's instructive article with its
extracts from Lieut.. LynchS letters, bclev-
ng that the interest of the subject will ex.
;usc us in the eyes of our readers for alb
'tracling so much space from politics. 1t.
l.ynct's report will be cagcry awaited by
he public.
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Boston Post.

A New -PRoJEcT.-Two days before the
last adjournment of Congress, a bill was
laId before The Senate for the draining of
the cvcrg gIadcs, an extensive swamp at the
southern extremity of Florida. The drain.
ing is proposed by canals, which will furnish
IA passage to ships from the Atlantic to the
Cult, and thus prevent the numerous wrecks
in the passage around Cape Sable The
expense will ha about five hundred thous-
and dollars. The swamp contains about
million of acres, covered with water from
one to eight feet in depth, beneath which
Is soil of decayed vegetation about four
feet thick resting upon bed of lime rock.
The land thus redeemed will be valuable
for sugar, olives, lines and oranges. The
plantations the three last, cultivated bv
numerous population Of whites, would pre-
sent barrr bsiWGfn 4z III He aHfdy 6laff 4Fthns:
senator NYcs!cott proposes that the Fcde-
raj Government drain this swamp, or cede
it to Florida to be drained by that State.
A canal that will save navigation around
the long Peninsula of Florida, among the
rocks and reefs Of the Bahamas, may be
very desir bile, especially when we are told
that million of dollars is annually lost upon
Florida reef But is this swamp, at The
Southern extremity Of Florida. The best To-
caIily for such canal. And if the water IN
this swamp vary onc to e;g lit feet only IN
depth. and the soil beneath it, resting on
lime rock, be only four feet deep, is a canal
of sufficient depth for ships practicable, with
out very extensive and expensive cxcaVa-
tons OF this lime rock!
The greatest depth throus waller and
earth being twelve and the least five tcet
we do not see our way clearly for sh;ps.--
Extensive excavations of this lime rock
would cxtngulsh more than halfmIiiIon o
dollars. Perhaps the union OF the Suwance
and St. Mary, through or above The Santf
Fe, or Of the Suwancc and ST. John, NIGH
h.. much more practicable than a cana
through the Everglades; and If 50, 1t wouIt
he \ much shorter route from Savannah ant
anv more Northern Atlantic port, TO lh'
Gulf, Il such canal be practicable, am
would save million annually to commence
and commerce could afford to pay an an
nual sum in tolls for passage, which wou'
soon reimburse the cost of tn, canal, an
afford some rcvcnnc for light houses am
other commercial projections elsewhere
Isl, unconstitutional Mcssrs. Abs!ractlonst'
Ii would not be so, if the money went eS
cllsivclv into the pockets of your own local
Tics. for sectional and local interests hav
magic power in overcoming distractions
Philadelphia Ledger.
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WHAT MAN DID THROUGH PERsEvEn-
ANcG.-Son,e years ago an individual -wan
hhnnraii,Tnieh,t dt ttjrtttru1s MS LcaV
nv lbs family behind hun nc badc farewell
to Trenton one finc morning. and with lIt-
tie less than light heart anil good conSlI,
tuition, IN the way of capital. he commenced
his Journey. In 4 few weeks he found
himself IN the city of ST. Louis, without
solitary acquaintance in the place and but a
solitary shilling in his pocket. This he pre-,
served to pay for an obscure dying, and
went supparlcss to bcl. The next m1:hlng
he went 10 look for work, and soon got a
contract TO dig well, On this Job he
cleared several dollars, and we next ind
hum building mill dam for So nc person IN
ST. Louis, which he accomplished win ills
own labor To the decided advantage Of his
hitherto lean purse.
Bv his turning his hands To whatever they
could find to do, without regard to the hum
b!eness of his occupation, our advcnturel
returned after an absence nt year, VIII
seven hundred dollars III clear cash, anu '''
unpajd debts to haraSS his fear. In shor
fine me again sought his new home and ar
rived At 81. Louis in the heat of c"ppc
mine mania which had sprung up from ih'
discoveries about Lake Superior. WIthon
friends. without education. without cXperl
eucc in the matter, he put out for the mi
npp region To see what could be done D.
such a person as himself. In an open boa
he minuteIy explored the rockb"nnn coa'
of,he mighty lake for several hundred mIc:
onl after an absence ol some years. return
= ed oua,n TO Trenton with several thousa
/ d,IInrs in hard cash and with deeds IN HI
{ n,rkc,,bat showed him To b& the owner
: some Of the west.
With the knowledge he had thus acquire
! ly patient assiduily our whIcom well-dI-
urr went to FIemmington in this Stale, an
Succeeded in inslilIng new life into the owl
i ,r, Of the we'll known copper mine ol Iii
place, and in few months sold out his II
c ,crcs, in that concern at an advance "l ov'
e ten thousand dollars. a few days S'ncc
II returned to Missouri. where he has store
a lead and copper mines, &c, all III the IL
II tide Of successful operation. All these r
st suits have bccu achieved by individual S
naciv, aided by unyicldng perseverance
II. Mcaness and parsimony have had no sha
x in III. success we have recorded, for our II
sc 70 is As open handed as prince. lils &C
&C erosiy is unlimited, and as more than I"
II. perssn who owe all they possess to his trIch
is mInitccncc, can testify.
cd We have written this little history
W the advantage of all such as arc disposed
"a 81, own in despair and rail al fate for su
disupoinlmcn,s in life as are more proP'
Ms DIS Iy t. be ascrbcd to ind"lc"cS: C., c..uo
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off wasn't for hope the heart would break
as the old lady said when she buried her sew
rnb husband, and looked anxiously among 'hs
funeral crowd for another
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PllEl'l{l !

POETRY.
,ri, sweet to sec the toad, the frog,
The lily and the polwog'
But swce,er, far it is for me-
To lay my head on Sally's Knee
The number of boats on the "a'c's Vi Wv
Mississippi valley is 4G7, having an as'Fs'''
tonnage Of ,5G6 tons.
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We shall moi subject ourselves to the charge
of being "bchnd the agr," says the National
In,cllis sencer, by plainly avowing the opinion
that the invention ofihe magnetic telegraph mas
done more harm than good in the world we
are not at all sure, nevertheless, that II Is not
so.