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BURLINGTON, IOWA, NOVEMBER 20, 1949
From the Knoxville Journal.
The first Train ON the Atlantic and Pacific


From the Knoxville Journal.
The first Train ON the Atlantic and Pacific
Railroad.
VISION OF1s6o
A chieftain stands on jutting cliff
OF the Rocky Mountains brow
A chieftain old, whose limbs are stiff
With cicatrized wounds, and 10!
He looks on the measureless plain below,
With qnickening eye and tremor now,
As If demon of power and fear,
In his mission of wrath, were sweeping near.
Look on the plain: The bisons' herd
Are grazing quietly there uastirred,
And the goat above, on his rock at ease,
Is browsing the shrubs and stinted trees;
No breath of wind comes rushing by;
No cloud along the blue of the sky
What sight thus rivets the old chiefs eye?
Look ye again. For the passing year, There,
Strange workmen of cunning and art have been
The delivers and axemen, and moulders Of steel,
And have builded way for the steam cars wheel:
And now on his track the steam spirit sped,
And rode on his laundering car;
Shaking the earth beneath his tread,
And the mountains around and far.
On-ike the glance of an eagles light
The terrible giant of speed and might,
With his eyes of fire and trail Of smoke,
In scorn OF time and Of distance, broke:
Seen bnt a moment, and past, and gone,
Kissing, and roaring, and tearing on d.. -.- ....
On and on-like Demon at play,
The wild train darted away, and away.
AS onward it rolls, in solitude's reign
Awakening new echoes from mountain to plain,
All living things trembled and started to fly,
As if the rush Of an earthquake went by.
The bison, that over the prairie were spread,
Unnumbered as the leaves in the forest, fed,
Tramping and goring each other in flight;
The wild goat sprang from his dizzy height,
To the cleft Of rock, and the grizzly bear,
Growing, SUNK back to her cavern lair, .
From the fountain whereat he shaking his thirst
Shaking his antlers, the wild elk burst;
The prairie wolf howled in the distant ravine,
The grouse whirr'd away from the valleys green;
And thousand things flew on the earth, in the air
With Quivering terror at what they saw there.
And over that train was the banner unfurled
Which is known, like the day star, over the world
With bars Of red, and gimmering white,
And gi,tering stars, and eagle at flight;
The same brave banner on land and on sea,
The same old flag of the mighty and free.
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ss The Choctaw Indians claim the privi-
leee of being allowed to furnish stone for
the National Monument to Washington, in
progre.s of erection at Washington City.
They do SO on the ground that their great
father Washington was always the immu-
table friend Of the tribe. -au
Let them DO it.
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The Devils Frui.-A Po,a,oe supers'ision

The DeviFs Frut-A fototoe SupessuIon'
Potatoes were first introduced at Mos
COW by Mr. Rowland, about sixty years
ago. AT first, the people would neither
plant nor touch them, saying they were
the devils fruit, given, y him on his COM
planning TO God that he had no fruit, when
he was told to search in the earth for some,
which he did, and found potatoes. A
curious Berwickshire legend, which how
ever, is palpably anachronical, attributes
the introduction Of potatoes into Scotland
10 the famous wizard Of the north, Sir
Michael Scott. The wizard and the devil
being in partnership, took lease OF a
farm on the Metoun estates, called White
house. The wizard was to manage the
farm the devil advanced the capital
The first year, Sir Michael was to have
all thai grew above the ground, and his
partner all that grew below; the second
wear, their shares were to be just the op-
posi,e way. His Satanic Majesty, as Is
usual in such cases, was fairly over
reached in his bargain; for the wizard
cunninsly sowed all the land the first
year with wheat, and planted it with po'
iatoes the second; so that the devil go
nothing for his share but wheat stubblf
and pota,oe tops and this scourging rota'
ton Sir Michael continued, until he no
only besgared his partner, but exhausted
the soil. In spite Of :his legend: howeve
we must continue to give credit to >"
Walter Releigh for having been the intro
Queer Of potatoes into this country. In
first that tried them, we are told, Fell int
the very natural mistake Of eating the ar
pies, and disregarding the roo.s.-M'eld
| Eo,ptie .-..s
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Aeen,leman praising the personal charms
Of a very plain woman, and by no means
handsome wag present asked him:
and why don't you lay claim TO such
an accomplished beauty o.,
"What right have | TO herr" said the
other. -.
LIVERY right, by the law of nations, as
the first discouercr.
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For the Burlington Hawk Eye.
LlBERTAD:-CAN 3.
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For the Burlington Hawk Eye.
LlBERTAD:-CANTo 3.
Wheel now thy flight fond natures selftaught child,
Ito other climes replete with scenes Of wo,)
Unto some mountain fastness sweep thy way,
And on that crag with frozen glaciers piled,
Which shook in days Of yore to battles bray,
And there mid frosts and snow resume Thy lay;
Recount historic tales, there too indts,
The many ills which staud that hapless day,
When Freedoms bands that bald mountain height,
lnhumH their dead, then campward bent their flight;
Wherein they tany till the Wintry sun, @ 4
From frigid Aries thro' fierce Taurus vecs; zE
Acadia's chimes his waxing spendors own,
Her parent food his icy letters tears,
High swoln with torrents sea ward foamins bears,
Ontario. shield and Erie's icy crest;
Laughs where he weps his arch in geld tears; . m
Cleans from the plain grim Winters snowy vest,
And onward laundering filings his spos Ger Oceans breast
Then gay eyed Spring, prim daughter ofthe hours,
Forth with the circns Sun passd round the earth,
And DER the mountains cast her wreath Of flowers;
And evry me ad resounds with sounding mirth,
As if new ere alton spsang to birth.
Then ssrlv Winter stalk a ix1>nsts away;
Drew off his bowling pack taft 70 the North,
Der Georgian isles he rushd in mad array,
And thro' the Arctic swept the semi.yeahy day.
Now from the camp the hardy Arnold rose,
Head Of his wounds and ardent for the field;
Demands again to front his hostile foes,
And in his country's cause his arms 10 WELD
And from that fatal shore far westward wheels,
His famish'd host; who still are brave and true;
Tho a dire pest the scourge Of Fate had seapd,
The doom Of some; yetthere remand a few,
Who for their counry's good would ev'ry i'll pursue.
Thro' Sorrele's wilds the camp-worn soldiers pass,
Fatigued and broken by the cherries way,
Which stretchd along desert wilderness.
While Plague and Famine on their vitais prey;
No rest BY tight, nor cheerful ease by day,
Be guile their steps across that dreary land,
Where boding Terror stalks in proud array,
Doubling the gloom that ffowns on either hand,
But onward still they dare and gain their destin strand
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Il IS common for girls when they give
their consent 10 say 10 their lovers, "Oo
49, INV father" A bachelor recently got
acquainted with pretty woman, to whom
h he very soon popped the question, , to
which she replied, "Go ask my husband:
He had supposed her to be 'p'nster'
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A Telegraphic despach says that Wal
TER FoRwARp, Of Pittsburgh, has oeeh
appointed Charge de Affairs to Denmark
vice Flennicken, recalled.
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S,,cuLARNAME.-Int the Clerks office
in Boston, intentions Of marriage are now
pos,ed. between Frederick B. Joy and
Mercy 0. Lord! .--..
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what i LIE but ! shadow :

The venerable DR.. Prime, who was q passenger,
preached on Sunday in the church Of Mr.. Ste
yenson, This son-in-law), at Williamsburg, from
the text; in Samuel "As r. lire there is bit a
step betipeen me and death.n After speaking Of
tho uncertainty of life, andt he necessity OF pro-
paration for that eternity which no ono knows
how he may be called TO, he briefly alluded 10
the awful scene In which he had been participant
The Express says:
q He spoke Of the beautiful setting sun which shed
Its rich light upon the water and the shore as the
vessel left her berth OF the dock and sped npon her
wny-the delightful starllt evening upon which they
moved upon the waters Of the noble Hudson, till
meeting with the calamity under which too many
had occasion realize in u its force the truth of the
text
Mr.. Prime is a stout-built, heariy-looking man,
apparently about sixty years oil agehs full, horid
face grey hair and yet strong stentorian voice. gave
power to his words which rendered them, in con-
necion with the theme Of the deepest interest the
audience.
" Had you seen me, said he, on Thursday night,
hanging by lame arm to the rail of a steamboat
tho waters beneath me- and with the other arm drag
gng my beloved wife from the danger that enveloped
her-yielding to her for moment the slight foot
hold that ! myself had-but, her strength becoming
exhausted, to throw her, with desperate effort 10
the upper deck and then crawed up myself 10 where
she was--if you had behed me and others in that
appalling scene, You would, indeed, have thought
that there Ia little between MS and otcrni w
The venerable speaker resumed his discourse,
which was truly powerful and impressive one.
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The Lou,.,ana Appo,ntme na..

The candidate for Governor. Gen. Declouei, IL
well and widely known In northern and western
Louisiana, and somewhat less In the southern part
Of the State. He s resident Of the parish Of ST.
Main and has frequently represented IL In the Stale
Senate. lie Is a Creole, and IL now in the very
meridian Of manhood. Gen. Declonct possesses o
character distinguished by chivalry generosity and
lofty principle He has received fine education, is
perfectly familiar with both French and English, 10
ripe scholar, md terse, eloquent and emphatic
speaker. lie possesses boundless popularity whore
he is best known. Of his election we will not allow
ourselves TO entertain doubt We believe that In
his own district he win beat Taylors vote and that
will be no easy natter
Of Duncan +. Kenner--the personifcation Of all
that Is frank, manly, unreservcd, and withal, saga
cious and far-sighted-it Ii superfuons for US 10
speak. Throughout the State he IL well known, and
everywhere he Is a favoriie. His name will add
strength 10 the ticket In lower Louisiana, and bring
out the myriad Wing votes that are 10 be found III
Lafonrche and Terrebonnc.
The able and efficient Auditor Of Public Accounts,
Louis Bordelon will Of course be reelected. The
State cannot conveniently dispense with his services
He beat half dozen Locofocos before, and II will
go hard but he will now beat single competitor.
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|, 81 an age or a night, but the man IS sure
to be vanquishcd.
sThe South did not annex Texas she
could not do it she had no power the slave
power is not synonymous with the Southern
shareholders; the slave power resides in Ohio,
Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania;
in a corrupt sentiment, in tainted church /;
in a prostituted literature ; in the school
houses of the free States: there lies the
slave power. The South, bankrupt, poverty
stricken, weak, trembling like an aspen leaf
--she annex Texas She talk about annex
ing Cuba Let her stand alone. l should
like 10 see her get up and separate herself
from her Northern crutches, and stand on
her own legs The civilization OF the South !
Let it save itself for an hour from the gull
Of its own barbarism in three millions Of
slaves: then will believe it; but till then
it is you that address--you, the slavehold-
ers and the slave power Of America"
Thus the two wings Of Nulifiers and Abo-
ltionists, moving away from one another on
the circumference Of circle, have kept
backing and backing until they have met on
the other side, Upon the platform Of dis
union they can act in concert In the ele-
ments of national chaos and anarchy they
are able to find the materials Of harmony
with each other; and if the torch should be
applied to the majestic temple Of our Lib
erty and Union, the light Of the confagratiol
would show to each his own smile Of JOY re-
fected in the face Of the other -Baiiimor,
Amer
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PROPOSALS. FoIl sTATIOHERy.
HOUSE on REPRESENTATIVES, Usirsp srArsa
f;lrue1k nppfcx NAV - ie1Y


cLEH9's orYcr, MAY p leiy
Of the 7i section Of the ael Of Congress OF
M M n"sas s entitled Ar sst ssszing ana
been usually included In the general appropriation hills
incidental expenses Of Tie departments and Offices q Cow
ernmen! and for oher purposes which said h section
Sac Il li,d De 6rsher enacted, That Ill stationery.
ofevcry and nature for the Of the two Houses OF
Congress and all stationery andi printing ofsvery
eriinent AMI for The bureans and Offices Ia those depar
menis at Washington Including al stationery. blanks,
wrapping Paper aud Irvine, and mail bags hnaed the
post ofees aud coeciurs Offices throughout thr United
saief shall hereafter be furnished and performed ~ con-
rae BY the lowest bidder follows: Tho Secretary OF
the Senate the Clerk Of the House Of Representatives
head Of sssl department and such dspay -
the Post once establishment and such collectors IN the
custom house establishment, the Postmaster General
and The Secretary Of the Treasury shall respectively de-
sgnate for That purpose, shall respectively advertise
week for nj least iunr weeks In Of the prn
cip papers published in he places where such arclrs
sails for furnishing such articles % the whole Of any par
irular class OF articles or for doing such printing the
whole specified job thereof 10 he done scl place.
specifying in such advertisements The amount, quantity
and description OF each kind Of articles be furnished,
printing 70 be done and ali such proposss shall be kept
sealed until the day specified IN such advertisement or
opening The ssme when they shall be opened BY under
the direction Of the officer making such advertisement In
the presence woperos and The person offering
cited portion OF job Of said work. and giving satisfactory
secnry for the performance thereof under forfeiture NOT
receive contract fnr doing the same; and In case The
lowest bidder shall fail 10 enter into such contract and
give sch security within reasonable time, be fixed In
such advertisement, then the contract shall be given TO the
next lowest bidder who shall such contract and
give such security And in Of failure TO supply the
articles 10 perform the work, by the person entering
into such contaei he and his surees shall liable for the
forfeiture specified in such contract iqudued damages,
10 be sued for In the Of the United Sates any court
having jurisdiction bereoEp
Sealed proposals will be received at this oice mill 10
o'clock A. NJ, Monday, The I'd day ~ July next (st
The articles Stationery hereinafter speceL for the OF
the House Of Representatives during the 9la Congress
each article to be approved by The Clerk, viz NV.
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TRANSLATED for the Evening Post from, Newspaper in
the German Langnage.l
The olinion ofMe Hungarian Press on The Inroad
Of the Russians, a feio days prerio,ts 10 The kast
Victory ,chich caused The 4itsirians to esaeuate
Pesth s.
The moment is now coming which was
so warmly hoped by all liberal and faithful
sons Of the fatherland We fly from our
assembling places to the Danube, to meet
the enemy who ridiculously boosted Of sub
DUNG Hungary. With pride we can say
that all the violent threats and seductive
promises of the Austrians, had but a slight
effect on our countrymen; and those who
are faithless to our holy cause, consist Of
ouly few individuals. From Vienna and
Pesth, to Debrezin and Arad, there was
not a feeble old woman, not a child, not
beggar, who had not worked day and night,
openly and secretly, for the veal Of our be-
loved country hence our great and decided
success. Our German brethren on the
shores Of the Danube and Of the Rhine,
have believed Hungary to be lost--the
Hungarians never In our people lies an
invincible power Of will and Of action, and
III you in Germany resolve to fight for free
dom, the power will never fail you, as it has
never failed us. At Hatwan and Asset, at
kopolna and Szolnok, at Saraksar and Ke-
restur, the Austrians have lately become
acquainted with this power, and have been
forced TO bend to it. The Austrian bands,
which were drilled day and night, year after
year, to hunt the people as though they were
wild beasts, fled before our bold and enthu-
siastic troops whenever they encountered
them. The enemy IS yet numerous, and is
endeavoring to strengthen himself from the
neighboring Austrian provinces. Notwith-
standing, he will do us no injury. As for
the Russians, we fear them not, when they
are called in by the Austrians to aid them
in fastening the bloodstained crown to the
head Of worthless boy. In Hungary the
Russians wiii find their grares, in a manner
similar to that in which the Austrians met
with their death on the shores Of the Theis,
Of the Muros, Of the Drais, and Of the Dam
ube. The Austrans are in want Of able
leaders for their retreat Their barbarous
threats to ruin, by bombardment, our quiet
capital, Pesth, if we attack them in Bada,
the fortress commanding Pesth, give US
no alarm. Our sons and brothers have
fallen for their country for freedom, we can
cheerfally sacrifice our palaces Of stone.
l.. r. BREISACH,
A Hungarian by birth.
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DAILY NATIONAL WING.

u-Al letters ordering the paper containing advertise
.,enis must be directed " To G. w. FENToN Publisher
OF the National Whig.n
n1-orders papers mustb accompanied by the mon
ey, or they viii NOT be attended to-
I-All money seu viii be credited the par value In
Washington City.
m-Ai communications for insertion In the paper, all
intelligence of every description, all confidential conmu
nicatons must be addressed " To w q. SSETHEN Editor
Of the National whgp and must be paid, OF they VIII
not be taken out.
n-s- See Prasnecftts on lSf mage,
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AueusTA Co., Va, RAILROAD vorE.--The court Of
Augusta County have submitted TO the people Of that
county the propriety of their subscribing 500, 900
Waynesboro TO Staunton, TO be paid In four years,
In instalments Of FIVE thousand dollars per annum.
The vote win be taken on Saturday nexi, the 26th
inst. We shall blush for that noble old county, II
there Is nofDne universal AVE. Richmond Repnb'
Hcdu,
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from the rest Of the army.--Jeachich him
self, after being some time supposed taken,
returned to Pesth on this side Of the Dan
ube, with only about a thousand soldiers,
and these without arms, and in the most de-
plorable state. Several letters from Pesth
confirm this point. The worst may be sup
posed, as Windischgratz was superseded by
Weldon, and several Generals re-called,
among the rest Nobili, Rosseau, Webra,
and Deyin.
The success Of the Austrians has been no
better since the sending of Weldon. On
the contrary, they have already been de-
back from Pesih 10 Raab (half way be-
tween Pesth and Vienna ,ctich is no,c their
head quarters. In Ofen, a strong fortress
on the opposite side of the Danube from
Pesth, and which commands the latter, they
have left garrison Of 6 900 men, who have
threatened to lombard the city if the Hun
garians enter it, and also blow up the bridge
which connects the two places. This makes
little odds to the Hungarians, who seem to
set little Importance upon possessing Pesth.
Rossuth has said, there can be no half way
work-the conditions Of peace must be die
tated at Debreczin or at Pienna.
Weldon seemed to think the object Of the
Hungarians was the taking Of Pesth, and
therefore prepared against It. But he was
mistaken. Only their left wing appeared
before that place. The rest moved higher
up the Danube. After taking the town Of
Waitzen, where the, Austrians lost one Of
their best generals, they moved toward Co
morn, which has been SO long besieged by
the Imperialists. Their object seems to have
been to cross the river between Pesth and
Comorn, while their enemy lay about the
former, and thus cut of all communication
Nth Tienna. Weldon suspected this, ! sup
pose, and accordingly withdrew to Raab,
which is this side Of Comorn
| Accounts differ much as to the exact POI
sit.on at present Of the two armies. All
agree, however, that the Hungarians have
the advantage, and that if they have not
been able entirely to raise the seige Of Co.
morn, they have at least thrown in supplies
Of provisions, and exchanged for the worn
out troops Of the place, fresh troops from their
ranks.
1t was reported here day or two ago,
that the Hnngarians were within ten miles
of Vienna. Reports Of the same kind are
said to be often circulating in Vienna. It's
not at all impossible that small bodies Of the
Hungarian hussars (the best cavalry in the
world are lowering about the Austrian bor-
der. This is not more than about 90 Eng
lish miles from Vienna.
| The rapid movements, and much Of the
success Of the Hungarians, is owing it is said
to mode Of warfare they have adopted,
believe, from the Turks. Every horseman
has an infantry soldier behind him. When
necessary the latter descend, form, and at
tack the enemy, after which, if advisable,
they remount and retreat, thus harrassing
the enemy like the old Parthians.
Yours, &C., |. G. G.
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NOTICE.

MAS COMMITTED TO THE JAIL OF WASHINGTON
w COUNTY, d. o., on the 10Th Of May, lsle AZ . run
away, negro man. calling himself EDWARD BROOKS
lie Is OF dark color with whlakers under hs chin
about 20 old feet % inches high has scar the
side OF the fore finger Of his left hand had when
niIteh dark cloth frock coat, black bombazine vcs,
striped cassinet pantaoons, and fur cap lie ys he ID
free born in tha city lie Gays he has been absent
from ths city Is or 10 years, anil that be he len here,
he was known by Samuel Redeem, James Ezlin, and
Richard ilirt aud In Ric amend, Va, by Jnmes Evans
Ea and Mr. D. w Carter, clerk 10 the Bank ofvryinls,
and has paEu pportng to be from him, stating that he
Is free and has lost HE papers. se9gA4
The owner or owners any Of the above described
gro man. hereby requested 10 come forward, prove
TIfOS A. HAWKE, for
may lq.hANtf Al. r. WALLACE. Marnha. ID. O.
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DURSUANT TO the provaion contained in tie first section
o. an act Of Congress entitled An act making appro
rraiions for the civil and diplomatic expenses Of Govern
meni for the year ending the hireh Of june eighteen
hundred and liy, and Tor other PURPOSES approved
March Q, 1870 Thereby give notice that the principal and
first Hay July 1870 may be issed under the ninth sec
lion Of the act Of Congress entitled "An act to raise for
limited time additional military force, and for other
feniaion Of The same Treasury Of the United States
be redeemed and paid The said first day ofIny, 1872
aud that all interest ch scrip will on "a 10 ,ay
w. VI MEREDITH
Mar i3-Adlmlf Secretary ofthe Treasury.
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An elderly q uadroon woman met with serious
loss yesterday, NJ Dryndes (what q msnomer y mar.
ket She left her basket, full OF crabs, for few
minutes, when the ssgocious animals, sunffipg their
avo lie element made rush to the side OF the has.
ket tumblei over Into the water and started off as
fast as their innumerable claws would curry them,
towards the Lake.--N Orleans Delta.