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Capt. Cannon; Capt Sutton; Capt. Russell.
To Norfolk thence up James River TO Richmond
and Petersburg in the CURTIS PECK, Capt. Da-
Wis or ALICE, Capt. Brough; thence by Petersburg
and Roanoke Railroad to Weldon. N. c.. and thence
by the Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad to Will
mington n c., and from thence TO Charleston, 5.
c., and on with despatch TO New Orleans, being
that which carries the Great U. 5. Mail" Will
run the following
Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1848-11-18
lora Political ppts


Locfer's Soiloquy sos. ny q acious, vol
place., groaned coa'iess loafer, as he
crawied into sugar hogshead 90 The wharf,
after looking carefully around, to see if he was
under the eye Of any observer-.'efe is. all
vet as raj, and this place isn't fl for gem
man, no way you can fix it. Consarn the la
~ w'lios vol don't sweep out,heir 'ogsheads;
shan't pat there now. if haint forgot
to bring IN stone for my piIer, consarn il all;
yelLf can't get on, again, that's fa,-no rant
- her. coz It's rcnnd-vall. | ain, a eoih' TO
pa,ron'ze this varf eny more, if the consarn
old fellefs don't sweep out their 'ogsheads,
when they Is,ts EN- on, for yemman's eetlrin'
places, ven IFS rainin'. O dear, gracious
goody, 'ow We, is, and 90 liquor to keep ou,
the cold! Wouldn't leeIiee gin warm fell
Ter up-jist like small stove with fire 10 it
IN ones io'ards. O, dear me. Amt | a We, and
sutferln' creature. put away ERE in darned
old sugar 'ogshsad, as leaks WIS than pig
sly. These ere feliers as tells about bein'
once brother. W don't they invite me TO take
sumthng, and ave he'd like eemmen, as
is! Consarn the old hypocri,es, they hain't
got no feeI,o's for snfferin' Teller cree,ur, as
hasn't had drop Of Gin since the afternoon,
and now's 90, 10 lie down in this ere nasty
old wilinous 'ogs'ead. O, Lord: vot orfn
times these is specially With the 'ogsheads.-
faint as it used TO vas, ven teller got a
nice dry box. and dozen real slick 'ogsheade,
all in cap together, any where about. O..
q acious! these is hard times enough Trey is,'s
enough to wiring quart of water gu, of fell
Iev's eyes, ven he's alt over We. as watts
thai? Hello! who are yon! o! gel out
Murder! murder! fire! thieves!-and ont scram-
bIed the loafer, aud rushed away, shouting
all manner Of alarm, until he fell into inc
hands of the watch, and was borne TO official
quarters. He swore positively that robber
had assaulted him, just as he was lying down
eomforabIy--and the poor cat whom he DIS
,urbed, never appeared, to deny i!.--Er P1'
Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1848-11-18

Got no Friend.-We were travelling
through Canada says contemporary. IN
the winter of 1889. and after long days
ride, stopped a. The Lion Ina; AND The
contents of the stage, numbering about
nine persons, soon gathered around the
cheerful fire. Among the occupants OF
The !oom,swe observed an Ill looking cur,
who had shown his wit By taking mp his
quarters in so comfortable an apartment.
After few minutes The landlord entered;
and observing the specimen OF the canine
species, remarked
Fine dog that! Is he yours' appeal
ing to one of the passengers.
NO, sir
Beautiful dog Yours sir > addressing
himself, to second.
Mop was HE blunt reply.
sVerv sagacious animal Belongs to
you. suppose, SIR
No. he dosent.' was the answer
'Then he is yours. and you have a
treasure Ohrowing the animal cracker.)
Nnhng Of the kind
Con- with smile he belongs to you
as matter of course p addressing himself
to the last passenger.
Would'n, own him as gift
Then you internal, dirty. mean, con-
,empilble whelp, ge. on, = and with thai.
the hos, gave The poor dog such kick.
as sen, the animal yelling into the street.
amid the foars Of The company.
Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1848-11-18
NUMBER 8.
YANKEE LOCKED OUT.

We have noticed story gong 'he
ronnds of the press. taken from Tue bos-
ION Atlas, stating how New York BOY
come IL over the French waiter, VII"
refused to let him INTO his hotel unless he
was allowed fee.
The origin of The story is this Some
wears a.o a green Vermonier went |"
New Orleans on tour OF spec"'"''''"'
and Dn, up a, one ofAhe hotels ~ 'has Guy
Cne night he was out rather ave- where
he had been, or upon what business docs
no. appear, though II was 'hongh, ns sums
lha, !. portion of his nn,mees haa ionho
marker. vet this is hy no means an asces-
tanned fac,-.hat he was "d' 'a,r, very
late. was however indlsputabte. The no.
,eI was closed for the nigh. and Jahez was
ou,side. After ringing al the oeii foT
some lime. a window was opened above
his head. aud the next moment curry
headed son Of Africa exhibited bis ph'z,
who accos,ed our friend with
Who dare
We'll now. mister. who do ye THINK u
is p said the Yankee. with chuch'e'
rather guess Won had better pick youfse''
nm and oct down stairs in hlie less an
no lime or may be III have TO open "''S
ere door bv walking clean through Il
.Massa glib dollah, en-:
The Yankee stared up al the negr" Tor
moment. with mixture OF indlgna"o"
and a.,ouishmeni. and was about 10 pour
ANON hi, devoted head a torrent oil an
kee thunder, when the 'dea s'ro,'N wv"
tina, i, would he as well TO strike oafsa'"
with The gentleman % color
We'll. rs pretty tall sum to pay 'of~
minutes work, BIZ. spose 'heFe'S II"
wav of getting on. of it Come along !
ain, goin' 10 stand on tribes.
Down came Sambo, bu' WIN ""e W.
gro cunning he refused 10 open the uo'r
unless the dolah' was put under II. no
Yankee hesiialed a moment. but hhahy
sheied OUT aud open went me ooo'
Tho nov, momen, our friend was inside
when he asked the darkee 10 olin9 i''''0
bundle from the side walk.
The negro stepped outside TO GET we
package as he Yankee directed. on. ne
wa. M sooner outside than our friend
.uraed The key on him. In vain the , ne
gro en,reaea, plead, aoti vs'td tt'c fShsee
the patrol were coming a'ong, and tha' rs
should be carried off 10 the ca'aooose LOT
van, Of pass. aud 'massa would hos
him mex! day
The only reply was, | couldn I oee''
. T.. ,a,.,,o- =, FIR less'n DOLLAR
II wonIdn't pay, Now look mere s""
black sarpint. If you're mlnd 10 lot"
over, PIl lie, you in. If YOU don't wan.
to ce, inside say so, and l'I 90 to bed and
yon may 90 10 the calS bush.
The negro was cornered, The pa'Fo,
yere on,, block distant. He sheiled
over the dollar, and was admitted.
The mex, day he made trade WIN me
Yankee. for some of bis nouons, oy
which the Yankee put some $50 IN his
pocket, and lief, for the West.
Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1848-11-18
WHAT BILLY SNUGS THOUGHT OF
POLITICS.

Going home on Saturday evening last,
we were suddenly brought to stand a,
the corner OF Green and Perry streets, by
hearing the sound of what appeared to be
human voice engaged in deep and earn-
esl discussion. After looking around for
some time in vain attempt to discover from
whence the voice proceeded, we cautions.
ly approached a large store box, and
peering over the edge. we discovered a
dark oolec, nicely cooled up in The bottom
thereof, and from this object the sounds
tina, had at first at rac,ed our attention
evidently proceeded.
Yes continued the nan i'll the box,
it's lust as said there ain, going to
be ncne-poi'cs is got the po,aler rot.
and there WON'T be no more treatln tor
feller's vote. didn't have to be obl'ga-
led to the town pump for cold water
cocktail, and live on one meal of cold wit
Ties day. in IA. No! no! Then il
was, Billy wha, will you take? Snugs
walk in and get some dinnern Most any
of them politicians on both sides admired
Billy Snugs' patriotism. and would lend
him a quarter without requiring pledge
for future payment.
Tam. so now; Gneral TAYLOR Amino
party man, and the ioky foky's amt got
no funds to keep the party together on
principle. Why. | hav'n, made the mat
ter of single drink this campaign En-
,husiasm is run down at the heel. and
S,erIin's cure-all save can't bring il strait
agin Well let her went. What's the
use of injurin' ones constitution by
weeping over the degenaracy what's past
curing? Hurra for free sile. and John
Van Barren, and The Jefersonian No.
tina. won, pay neither. What's the use
of voting yourselfa farm when they won''
lie, Teller have the nIggars to work ii
The fact is every,hing's goin' wrong
The constitution has had its shoes mck
off and is turned out to die. Wo,in' don'l
pay, and under the circumstances I'm
conscentousty scrnpuious agin exercisin
the privilege. There is nothing left bu,
for Billy Sings to 90 through the cam
paign woeless Having closed his So
lloquy with sigh, Mr.. Snugs reached
over TO one corner of his sleeping apart
ment, carried something 10 his lips which
shortly thereafter emitted long continu-
ed gurging sound, and deep silence soon
reigned in the temporary domicil of the
discons ola,e politican.-Sfate Ga-.
Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1848-11-18
TO THE PUBLIC.

At the request of number Of gentle
men, from different parts Of the State. |
hereby give notice tina. an EDUCATION
AL CONVENTION will be held at the
Capitol, in this place. on THURSDAY
THE l4TH DAY OF DECEMBER
1913, at Q o'clock. p NJ. The subject
for consideration will be the Utility. fs-
Enlistment and perpetuity Of system
of public instruction. The frlend- at
Education throughout the State, are re-
specially invited TO attend.
THOMAS Il. BENTON. Ja.
Supt. of Public instruction.
Iowa CITY, Nov. lsl 1s48.
P. S. Newspapers friendly to HE
cause will copy.
HP NATURES real wants are few, bu
-. ..,v;nc, rs fancy are infinite
Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1848-11-18
POLAR NAylGAToRs narra,e that under

POLAR NAyIGAToRs narra,e that under
the immense masses of snow in the Arctic
regions plants spring up. dissolve the
snow few inches round, and the part
above being again quickly frozen into a
transparent, sheet of ice, admits the SUMS
rays, which warm and cherish the plants
in this natural ho..house, till the return
ing summer renders this protection un-
necessary.
Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1848-11-18

A Trick ON Robbers.-So many trunks have
beeu Gu. from stages 10 Ohio. that trick has
been recently played on the robbers by per-
son having himself strapped up in one CT the
trunks and dashed behind. When a. a short
distance from the village, the robbers unstrap.
ped the trunk, and the sentinel sprung out and
secured one Of them.
Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1848-11-18

Perseverance. -'Persevere, persevere,' said
an old lady friend of ours to her 'heIp,' Sit IS
the only way YOU can accomplish great things.
One day. eight apple dumplings were sen,
down stairs and they all Disappeared: Sally
where are those dumpIings!"
Il managed 10 get through them, ma am
why how on earth did you con,rive to eat
so many dulnpings!'
BY pevsevering, ma'am,' answered Sally.
Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1848-11-18
PHILADELPHIA Police Office. Friend

philadelphia Police Office Friend
and salor-Joe BiddIe, jolly seaman
was charged with 'upseting' respecsa.
BILE member of the society Of Friends-;he
gentleman received some injury in person
and by falling into the muddy street.
Joe looked like peaceable and civil fell
low. and the outrage was an unaccounta-
BILE one until the following explanation
was made:-'I was beating up in the
dark, said Joe. under close reefed top
sail-with plenty of ballast, when ] sses
queer square-rigged craft bearing down
on my slarboard quarter-so | halls and
sings out" Ship ahov sheer away
there or you'll. be afou of me - But he
KEEP, on. helm apeaa. and just "a | was
going about for ck,-d-d i! he didn't
run into me. RICH. ahwart uidships. and
carried away my mizzen CHAINS and ever
SO much ralines. Blast your eyes,
says |, what sor, of look out do you
keep ahead; running a straight course
when you see another craft steer into the
winds eys!' lFriend, says he, If |
saw thee hope may be - Stop,
Biddle,' said the Mayor, show can Won
pretend this gentleman used such lam
guage 2 Them's the very words - all
excep. the be DID, Pm not sure
abou, that, ans wered Bddle. well
then. to make him mind helm better and
set watch upon his fore-tnp, | put my
liller-head up and run into him, and blast
nv peppers in the lee scuppers if he didn't
keel over and capsize, as if he had been
struck al! of sudden by broad>ide with
all his canvass flying. That's all know
except that This here stern craft, (poin'ing
TO the walchman) came alongside and took
me in tow And brongh. you safely
into the dock said the Mayor humorous
Iy. Biddle was fined for inioxicalion and
dismissed the benevolent friend having
no disposition to prosecute him for an AS
sault.- PennsyIvanian.
Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1848-11-18
CURIOUS SCENE AT CAPE MAY


| Commerce. writing from this fashionable re-
sort, describes the following lively scene as
| having occurred in the waters which lash
| The shores:
| "Look out Wonder at that surf. Is not that
gloriousl See those swimmers. Will you
| believe that the lady whom you saw but an
| hour ago. shaking galy her luxuriaot curls
| from her face and listening to mawkish SEN
tmen,aIiry in the drawing room. Joe said
then that he saw her sneer of contempt in
her Joyous eve is The same bold swimmer
tina, is dashing away the foam caps of the
waves outside The surf! Come and go down
| with me, and IN introduce you to her--
| .'Wha,! GU, there" did You exclaim! Ger
iainly, out there. introduced Joe to her
| This morning in the same place. He was re-
markin, on lhe fine picking for sharks out
Of 1900 bashers 'hen ia .ae surf: and seeing
one lady and gentleman outside Of all the 9TH
ers, proposed to him to swim out and be
ready 10 aid her in case of accident No soon
er said than done. | had no fear of sharks,
for never heard of one attacking any one on
our shores; nor do | believe the blue shark
will touch man, so long IA he can get fish o
eat. But l always fear for a lady who Is far
from shore, les, her strength should fail her.
1t requires very great degree OF cooihess lo
| swim III heavy sea. Imagine my surprise
90 swimming past the lady and gentleman
| have mentioned. at finding that it was none
other lhan my friend Mr., -, and his daugh-
Ter, Miss -. with whom have swan ma
ny an hour 10 rougher water than that; lady
perhaps onequaIled as swimmer IN this
couory, and while am about II, may as
we'll add, ,ha, you he greatest horsewo'
| man. TOO, my dear--
"Hurrahn' exclaimed clear ringing voice
-sHurrah! Who would have thought Of
meeting you here! I've me, you, ] believe,
al every place imaginable; from Niagara 10
the American Museum; bu, the idea of meet
ing you outside the surf a, Cape May, is M
examped! Father, father, here's W
..Where!" said Mr.. -, putting, aud for
the first tune aware of my presence. I'm
glad TO see you W; I'd give you hand
| If had one 10 spare
| Heres one for both Of Us them" said the
| lady. much more expert swimmer than her
| father; at the same time gracefully reclining
/ on one side and Offering me her left hand, as
she swan with her right. took this oPpor
tuni,y TO introduce Joe, and it was done in the
most approved style Of drawing room intro.
| duc,ons. my dear Miss -, allow me TO
present your kind no'ice"(here foam cup
broke 10 my face. and | paused an instantly
my friend and ally. Mr.. Willis. Of whom
Won have heard me speak, vt gives me
erea, pleasure to meet Mr.. Willis, whom
| have long known by excellent reputation. y
"Miss -, will please suppose me to make
graceful bow" said Joe, most comlcally,
| with his mouth just above the edge of the
water; 'rhe nearest approximation TO one
which can devise under the circumstances is
dve-bu, fear that would be rather ludl'
crous than otherwise.
1--WE laughed heartily a, Joe's apology,
aud swan shoreWard.'
Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1848-11-18

Brutality ofthe Irish Landlords The
" London Dispatch" gives hear,-rend'ng
picture of the work of depopulalion now
going on in the South of Ireland. and es-
pecially in The county of Limerick and
county of Clare, under the supervision OF
unfeel:ng landlords. 1t was stated in
copv Of The Limerick and Glare Examin-
er, received by former arrival, that one
thousand houses have been demolished,
and,he poor inmates thrown upon the world
to survive or perish, as chance might d.
rect, in The union of kilrush, within The
space of few weeks. A later number
of The same paper states that three hun
dred have since been added to the melan-
choly list. The very week before the
America sailed, twenty three in kllrush-
comprising more than one hundred human
beings, many of them helpless infants and
aged persons-were expelled from their
houses, which were levelled with the
earth by i" wrecking party. under the
direction OF The landlord and sheriff. y
/" In the name of God of mercy ~ says
the Dispatch. twill no one put stop to
these deeds :" The same paper has the
following -" Over one hundred beings
have been cast out on the worlds bleak
common, from the estate Of VIM. Finger
raid. at Liscannor. The houses are tum-
bled. and the unfortunate people are squat
TED by the road side in hu,s. They were
under tenants to a midde-man. named
Sheahan, who was elected for non-pay-
ment Of rent
Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1848-11-18
Correspondence Of the Baltimore Patriot.
BosToN. Ger. 90. lS4S.

FATHER MATTHEW. statements
of Father Matthew, received by the las,
steamer, and corobora,ed by his dis,in.
gushed patron, Col. J. H. Sherburne.
bearer of dispatches to the American Gov
eminent. it appears that he is deferred
from visiting this country. a. present,
chiefly by heavy pecuniary embarrass-
menls--lhe result Of sacrifices in the tenn
perance cause, and especially of the drafts
upon his philanthropy from the late FAM
inc
Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1848-11-18

1t now remains for US TO perform the
last solemn duty which soemnily devolves
upon us-,o pronounce that sentence, by
which the law marks the enorni.y of your
gnil. and aims at the prevention of SINH
lar crimes, by the example and infection
OF a terrible punishment. Oh! that you
would reflect upon that crime, anc dwell
upon i! with sincere repentance and re-
morse. Oh! that you would regret 1t as
II is regretted by every rational being
that YOU would feel and know that i, is
really and substantially as repuguant TO the
interests of humanity and the precepts and
spirit Of The law, the violation Of which ~
now attended by ,he forfeiture Of your
lite The few words YOU have addressed
TO the court, however. forbid me procee'i-
ing any iL''her with this subject 1t now
only remains for the court 10 pronounce
the sentence OF the law. Here his lord
ship assumed the black cap. aud amid a
silence a, once soemn and painful, pro-
ceeded as follows: That sentence is, that
you, William Smith O'Brien. be taken
from hence to the place whence YOU came
and thence be drawn on hurdle to
the place of execution, and be there hang
ed by the neck until you be dead; that af'
forwards YOUR head shall be severed from
your body, and your body be divided mo
four quarters, TO be disposed of as her Ma
jes'y shall please. and may God have
mercy on yonr soul! The most profound
sensation followed The conclusion of this
sentence, and continued TO manifest itself
for several minutes aflerwards)