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Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-01-24
Gold Pens and Pocket Cutlery.

Cold Pens and Pocket Cutlery.
lust received superior article of gold pens and
holders, pocket and pen knives, bowie knives,
goggles, thermometers, steel beads and clasps, vi
dim strings, hair brushes &C., for sale cheap on Main
street by nov %, '49) A. w. CARPENTER.
NEW ARRIVAL OF JEWELRY: Just received
~ fine and fashionable assortment of Ladies
and Gcntlemens gold breast pins, ear rings, brace
lets, pencils shirt studs, medalions, guard and vest
chains, snaps, lockets, guard keys, hearts, finger
rings, coral beads etc, etc., for sale cheap by
nov. IS, 40. w CARPENTER, Main ST.
Culver WARE, ETC: Just received good as
= sortment OF silver table and tea spoons, sugar
toncs. cream spoons, butter knives, salt spoons,
desert spoons, German silver table and tea spoons,
silver clasps and buckets, thimbes, etc, etc., for
sale by NOV %, '49) w CARPENTER.
mScsse---.~ GOLD WATCHES, ETC, just
S&sIS2 received lot of gold and silver
k sSsSs5s~ss.s lever watches, lepines,
Quarters and musical boxes, ETC., for sale by
nov %, $40 A WCARPENTER
4 NDREWS and stoddard's Latin Grammar and
~ Reader inst received at ABRAHAMs' Durlng-
lingon book store tnoV ~, '49
II IGH and Flat IRON, brass and Japanned candle
IL sticks for sale at the sign Of the Big Saw, Mo-
2, Jefferson st (dec 81 GRlFFITHs Il co
pEvoLvING PISTOLS: fine assortment, self
n cooking Revolvers-aiso, Coips Revolvers;
doz. common Pocket Pistols, for sale BY
dee g. ,4o EBERSOL & co
City Lots Tor Sale.
GENERAL lots IN Burlington, for sale by
y nov, $40 GARRETT s. COOPER
C1HAWLS: handsome styles plain and embroider-
Ned cloth shawls; Terkere, nett wool, blanket and
Brocha do, just received and for sale by
oct 4,'49 u LAuMAN n BRO
<1aRMINA sACRA: just received dozen Carmi-
~ ma sacra; also, 2 doz. Bay State and doz. Ma
sons Sacred Harp at dec 2o) ApnAHAMs
AOn DOZ. Pocket Knives, of every grade and
4SU price, for sale at the sign of the Big Saw.
dec 6,'4s GRtFFlTHS & co
Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-01-24

..u. FOR SALE: rs acres in W Or sec "a tip 20
tS@ range ); IS acres w or sec 80 TIP 10 range 3;
A@ - acres or sec 81 tp 10 range 3; owned
nv ST George Lee, of Alabama. Enquire of
jan ., 1860 FoOIE
Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-01-24

GRoCEkIES.
4 FULL assortment always on hand and for sale
"A at the lowest market price by A. CLARKE
N. B.-Au kinds of merchandise Produce taken
in exchange for Goods by tdec 2O) CLARKE
Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-01-24
Commercial.

BURLINGTON MARKET.--RErAIL PRrCEs.
BURLINGTON, January -, 1850.
GRAIN-per bushel. FLoUR-per Dbl.
to SIC Super fines to 500
Corn tn o6rl Fine ......----...
Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-01-24

I OOK HEKE.-AH persons indebted to us are
Unexpectedly requested to call and pay ur their
notes and accounts, according to agreement, as We
want money. Those who owe us will save Them
selves and US trouble by complying with the above
request. (ian 3, .5O) GARRETT COOPER
Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-01-24

SPICES! .HPICES!!
= BOXES pure ground Pepper; boxes pure do
- Alspice; boxes pure ground Cloves; boxes
pure ground Cassia; 100 lbs. Nutmegs; all warrant
ed fresh, for sale by (dec 90. '49) A. CLARKE
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III OfECC

hereby given TO those interested, that all notes
/ and other demands in my favor, either due. or
falling due before the LIST day of February next,
must be paid promptly, or immediate steps will be
taken for the collection of the same.
Burlington, Dec. 30, 1919 w. LAMSON
Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-01-24

TOBACCO AND SNUFF.
- BOXES Virginia chewing Tobacco; 10 boxes
- common chewing do; boxes fine cut Tobacco;
10 bladders Scotch Snuff, for sale cheap by
dec 90, lS49 ALFRED CLARKE
Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-01-24

RAISINS AND CURRANTS.
4 a KEGS Smyrna Raisins; casks fresh Cur
IN rants, for sale by (dec2o) ALFRED CLARKE
Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-01-24

LgnANK-EYE BROOM FACTOKY.sgK
BURLINGTON, IOWA.
THE Subscriber has now under his entire con.
troll the above named establishment, and is pre-
pared to fill all orders in town and from distance
for Brooms by the Wholesale and Retail. He war;
rants his work and materials to be of superior
quality, and confidently refers to those who have
used Brooms of his manufacture for proof.
azsThe Factory is for the present at the north
end of Main street (dec 90 '49) d. w. BURTON
Notice
s hereby given TO those interested, that all notes
Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-01-24

Z 1ARMINA SACRA: just received dozen Carmi-
~ ma Sacra; also, 2 doz. Bay state and doz. Ma
sons Sacred Harp at dec 10Y r ApnAHAMs
Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-01-24

T AND WARRANTS, for sale low for cash, or
j viii be located on long or short time, on rea-
sonable terms. E3-etiice, at r. s. Adams Shoe
and Leather Store, Main street, opposite Judge OF
Probate's Office. WARD LAMSON.
Burlington, oct is, 1S49-tf
Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-01-24

right to sell az much, and to whom they
please, and il is no ones business. What !;
tax payer Of Des Moines county, none Of
your business, what amount Of taxes you
shall pay +? are you not groaning yearly at
the amount OF taxes that you hav e to pay !?
are you aware that half or more Of your
county tax, goes to pay for the ravages
caused by the effects Of the liquor traffic !?
Would YOU consent for single moment to
So enormous and unjust tax for any 9TH
er cause? Your committee cannot be-
lieye they would, were the truth laid be.
fore them.
We would therefore recommend to ev-
cry Division in the state to use their ut
most influence to procure the passage oil
such . law as will suppress the traffic
Let avery Division appoint committees TO
circulate petitions, and gather statistics OF
the number Of dram shops in their midst,
and the amount Of crime, and pauperism.
and hoy much 10 the effect Of the rum
selling traffic, in order that the evil may
b ct forth in its true light. a diligent
research made by such committees. and
reported to the Grand Division would ac-
oamulate such mass Of facts BY the next
session Of the Legislature, Is would force
them to take immediate action. We be-
iievs suoh facts would act with tenfold
'i.tsrce, inasmuch - It would show the
anount Of the Evil in our midst.
~ AL Of which 10 submitted In Love,
= Purity and Fidelity. Ut
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1850-01-08

men, the two lacken, to lend a hand TO
the raisin' of a Democratic Speaker, you
say that the respectable individual to be
raised has got jist what he desarved. |
should like to know which of your '9S
resolutions speaks these sentiments. |
thought | had him upon this pint, but the
old boy smiled, and camly replied: Young
man, there are exceptions to all general
rules, and this is one of them it being a
compromise Of the general principles of
our free institutions for the protection of
slavery, which institution could not be
sustained one moment upon the general
laws of majorities-that is, the slave states
being in the minority, can't submit to a
majority without losing their equality,
which would be equivalent to dishonor,
which is forbidden by paramount laws of
chivalry, and if submitted to would dis
solve the Union.
" TOu're q Ear," banged out some fell
low inside of the race-coursc fence, !
didn't know who he shot at, nor didn't
care; for was sartin that the gentleman
who banged them words out 50 right in
the teeth of somebody would stand by the
return shot, and that a fight would come
out of il any how. was so fired up that
called out without thinker where | was,
e" That's dead shot, given front face, and
no reueatng. That fellow constitutes 4
majority in himself, with individual re-
solution equal to your '98 Virginny ones,
all told nominate that ere gentleman
which stands there for Speaker, with full
authority to horganize this here house ac-
cordng to the old kentucky way Of set
ten things in order. Who secons the
mo- Just then man behind me
laid hold of the collar of my coat, and said,
Friend, you must march out here; your
talking disturbs the proceedings Of the
house. Thank you stranger, says |, !
was list thinking of asking some one to
show nc the way down there to the fight
ing place; so 90 ahead, and I'll follow.
But when he got me down stares he
wouldn't let me 90 in there to settle the
matter. SO you see, that for the want OF
my motion being put TO make the majori-
lyman Speaker, the house is not horgan-
ized to this hour, and wont be until they
get up another fight, and see it out at one
round. Your humble servant,
SAM STORMS, Of StormsviIle.
P. S. They say that there are but two
maioritics in all the departments Of Gov
ernmcnt here. One is old Iack, and tother
the maioritv-man above designated.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1850-01-08
English Railroads.

Wclelt London this morning at nine o.
clock, for a rapid tour through England
and Scotland The Northwestern rail.
way bore us to Rugby, distance of s24
miles, Gu what IS called the sio,o train,)
in Two hours and lorty-Gvc minutes. The
express train which preceded us five min
utes, performed the same distance in less
than two hours. The road lies in one of
the richostdistdcts in England if it be not
inyidious to call any part Of this great
garden more fertile and vcrdant than an
other, By-the-byc, it was rather refresh
ing, a few days since, when we made
trip to Cambridge, to find that England
had some dull, unproductive, and dsa-
greeablc.looking territory, like America
and all other paEts Of the world. The
fats and lens Of Cambridgcshire and the
ueighborhood Of Ely, made us think Of
the marshes Of Holland, and the great
ditchcs on both sides Of the road passed
very well for Dutch canals. But our
journey to-day has been through bound
less fertility and increasing beauty Of land
scapc, the window Of the raiI-car serving
rs a frame to succession of lovely pic
lures, any one of which would be per-
peuaI feast transferred to the walls of our
drawing-room. The tunnelling Of this
road IS ProdigIous How many miles out
Of the 81. between London and Rugby,
we rode in midnight and subterranean
darkness, it-would be frighlful 10 say, and
perhaps, after all, it would only be rods
! and not miles if actual measurement were
substituted for our imagination. But GER
tainly one Of the tunnels seemed at least
FIVE times as long as that never familiar,
though often-passed, tunnel on the Har-
lem railroad, which, until this time, has
represented all that is most shocking in
that suffocating and mole-likc expedient of
locomodon. 4 mile under ground is at
least as long as ten over it, and the min.
utes spent there are like tho.e under a
surgeons knife. The Ecglish railroads
go like cannon-ball to ,noir mark. They
shoot over or under towns, as if i, were a
matter of perfect Indifference whether they
are fifty feet above OF below, or on the Or
binary level of the rest Of the world. Be-
ing detained Tor an hour at the sfction--
( (it would ruin us to be heard in England
calling il a depot, and if we spoke Of riding
in the cars, we should end ourselves un
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1850-01-08
FITZWILLIAM;
Or Honesty the Best Policy.

A farmer called on the late Earl FItz-
william to represent to him that his crop
Of whea. had been seriously injured, in a
field adjoining a certain wood, where his
Iordship's hounds had during the winter
frequently met to hunt He stated that
the Young wheat had been so cut up and
destroyed, that in some parts he could not
hope for any produce. well, my friend" j.,
said his lordship,"I am aware that we have
frequently met in that field, and that we
done considerable injury; and if you can
procure an estimate Of the loss You have
sustained | VIII repay you." The farmer
replied, that anriciPa.ing lis IordshiP's
consideration and Kindness, he had reques-
ted friend to assist him in estimating the
damage, and they thought that asthe crop
seemed quite destroyed, fifty pounds would
not more than repay him. The Earl i'm
mediately gave him the money.
As the harvest, however, approached.
the wheat grew, and in those parts of the
field which were most tIamPled, the corn
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1850-01-08
The RUGBY School.


We stopped at Rugby over two or three
trains, for couple Of hours or more, TO
see the spot where DIR. Arnold had Ia
bored with suchsuccess, and won for him
self so beautiful a fame. Rugby school
was one of our proper plIgrimages, and
We passed within It's gates in spirit OF
reverence for the great and good man who
has consecratcd the name and place.
The school Itself is nest of low. dark,
buildings. lying round a small square. The
GREAT school-room in which Arnold for so
many wears. is 4 rude, iII-turnished, lit
tered, dark ,and dreary place, fifty feet long
bv thirty in width, with few low dcs rs
and benches in it, arranged in hollow
squares, all unpaintcd. hacked with .he
pen-huile, and apparently given over to
the DESTROYER. or rschoOlbOy-synouymcU5
terms. usually. The only article in the
room that brings civil ZaGon to mind, IS
yellow organ, occupying one end Of the
hall; at tie other, IS painted consplcUoasiy
on the wal. the cNhiJluOncrs chosen from
the Rugby school for many years back,
these being, as we suppose, youths OF the
highest promise and s.cndcgcst resources,
sent to the universities on foundations be-
longing to Rugby. The name of Arnold
occurs twice IN the list, rs If his own
children had earned this privilege! May
they, if It be So, continue worthy of their
sirc,We want his blood in this world more
than almost any that has flowed in Eng
Iish veins during our times. In this
school-house Arnold had taught; the room
would have been deemed unfit for the
poorest public school in America; but
Arnold found it answer his wants. The
contrast which the pupils offered to their
school-ro0m was indeed surprising. There
arc five hundred youths, from eight To
eighteen, and from the better class of
society, collected here. We saw a large
number OF them in the grand playground,
back of the school buildings, which IS
one magniGcontlield Of perhaps fifty acres,
adorned with fine Old trees, and covered
with ycvctv turf. Here we found them
engaged in the real English sports Of
trap-baI and cricket, and q more bcauII-
GuI set Of youths we never laid eyes upon.
The general brightness of their complex
ions and the elegance Of their attire, and
the intelligence and ease Of manners dis
PLAYED by all those we addrcssnd, must
be attributed to their climate, their CON
Lition and parcntagc, and their excellent
school We rciOiccd tonoticc that the
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1850-01-08
sam Storm'S Letter about Organizing the
House.
r, the Elitor Of the Alligator Democrat,
Ctorn,svilIe Kentucky


To the Elitor Of the Alligator Democrat
Stormsyille, Kentucky
SIR: | came on here to get Aunt Polly's
rcnsion. bv way of paying expenses, and
10 see Congress by way of farming some
thing about things in gineraI. l find
however, that ain like TO be tuscafed III
both particulars, for they wont pay out
sill Congress is horganlzed, and Congress
won't do it.
Yet there is something to be larued
here worth a mans money in coming on
provided he can get enough out OF the
pension to get home again. Don t6eheVe
there's nan in our parts VINO Knows
what's meant by hOrgGni1jn% the Ho. tsf
J me- the bov what's seen the thing, and |
will rcI vou all about ii.
Wei, TO begin, | must 90 little back
,t lhq', as lawyer Johnson says and, III
the ir,t place, describe the premises
The pla e they call the House Is no house.
bat blg room inside. But before 60 at
the denomination, | must tell you what
lInI of room it is. 1t is neither square
rpr round, nor long or short, but kind OF
all these mixed up; and when one gets
I'M Won can't tell how you got there, nor
how to get out again. This Is not all my
uwn sentiments, for | heard a member
saw, The Lord only knew how he got
there" But, to be particular, 1t looks Tor all
the world like a mighty bio half bushel cut
square of on one side, with painted bee
hive over head, which has a hole III the
top to let in light. One feels, while set
ting in the gallery, like fly slcken to the
ceiling Of Westinghouse, what don
know whether he is inside or out About
halfway on the square side, there's
mighty grand fxen with red curtains; rlgh
over is spread eagle, what looks as if he
had half notion to fly of with the whole
consarn. believe he'll 10 1t, too l. they
don't make haste to put somebody III 10
keep it down.
This here fxen they call cheer, but 1t
looks to me more like a setten-down pull
pit, with the deacons' seats i'll front. The
whole consarnment of the inside house Is
enclosed with high board fence, like a
racc.course, which, suppose, is meant to
keep the members IN the constabIes out,
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1850-01-08

" Youmust be aboutIour years younger
than myself; but I now remember that |
am not accurately acquainted with the
year of your birth, Send me this inIor-
nation once again. [ always consider It
a matter of importance to know accurate
" the age of those like, especially when
they are female friends. l entertainPecu-
liar opinions upon this subject, and prefer
women of more advanced years to the
more youthful; even external charms, in
my opinion, continue to exist much longer
than is generally allowed to be the case;
and those mental qualities which particu-
Iarly delight US are decidedly heightened
by years.
Inever desired at any period Of my life
to hold near position either to a girl or
woman much younger than myself; least
of all could have married under such cir
cumstances. am convinced that such
marriages are not usually productive OF
happiness; they generally lead the man to
treat his wife as a child: and whenever
there exists much discrepancy in point OF
age, it is impossible that that freedom OF
intercourse should take place which tends
to the mental elevation and happiness OF
both parties, or that that pure stream OF
thought and sentiment should flow be-
tween them which peculiarly constitutes
all that is blisslul in the intercourse be-
twixt the two sexes. Equality OF mind IS
indispensably necessary in the married
state and the man can only expect to find
happiness in this condition when the wife,
as far as the powers of her nature will per-
nit, and yet with the full independence OF
womanhood, yields to his opinions and re-
cognizes his will as her own.-But have
departed from the subject of your nara
tive.
1t was very peculiar, but, in the nno-
cence Of a progressing mind not yet un-
folded to itself, very natural and pralS-
worthy state of heart, which led you
most ardentlv to desire to possess airIend'
to the exclusion of every other wish. In
this we recognize clearly the difference
between love and friendship: both equally
consist of that life of the soul, under the
influence of which two persons meeting
each other, and appearing individually TO
Give ND their existence the one TO the 9TH
er vet receive it back again in brighter
and purer form. A man must possess
some external object to which ne can al
tach himself, upon which ne may work
with all the collected powers OF his eXls-
tence. But although this inclination IS
common to all, yet it is the privilege OF
the sensitive and highly cultivated soul
alone. to feel the desire, the aspiration at
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1850-01-08

Curious PUNISHMENT FOR CONJUGAL
INFIpELITY.-A few days ago, the nhab-
itants Of BarnardcastIc, Durham, were
amused by the towncricr proclaimng the
rolowing:-"Mr. John Kay is going to
burn Mrs. Kav's clothes upon the De-
mesnes Hill. and he invites Mr.. Hopper
to the fire which is now kindIing.' The
cricr commenced at Mr.. IIoPper's door,
and it being the dinner hour, he was fol-
lowcdby large concoursc ofpcoPic They
proceeded TO the Dcmcsncs, a field near
the town upon a hill: very large fire OF
wood and straw WAS made by Mr.. Kay
lwho is an imukccpcr in the the town.,
upon which ne laid all the valuable wear
inc anonci ml articles of his wife, which
consisted of satin and silk dresses, inclu-
dino nearly the whole of her bridal gar
mcnis, muslin dresses, sha.s, vjctormes,
bouncts, wells. caps arudcial~, para olS. =
pair Olbeautiul stays, stocking brooches,
rings. fine silk cloak, quantity oi red
linen, a pincushion, with the INSCRIPTION
''wcIoomc ilIe stranger upon 1t, and 4
Great many more clothes OF all descrp-
lions. These clothes were considered
to be worth at least $50, Its supposed
thai Mr.. Rays reason for doing this was
conjugal inlidclily on the part Of his wife.
In the evening Of the same day a large
crowd parudcd the town with an ctllgy,
which was burnt in front of Mr. Hoppcr's
house in Galigatc-strcct,
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1850-01-08
POETRY.
.SIX THOUSAND YEARS AGO.

BY GEORGE CUMMINGS MOORE.
Away, away in the dim, dark past,
Six thousand years ago,
Before the great Creator placed
His image here below,
When DER the earth hi, spirit went
It's countless years TO ill,
Ere yet the light of truth was sent
To reveate his will
Away, away will the spirit fly,
That dim, dark past to know,
And wonder as it track, It's way,
Six thousand years ago.
Oh what a world for man to see,
That world so far away,
Back far rs mortal thought can flee
Beyond the realms of day;
Ave, in the darkness dimly seen,
What forms the soul would paint,
isall that woundrous world did TEEN
With beings vague and faint;
Faint, for the soul grows shadowy there,
Where that tide Of life did flow,
Whose breeze swept on the strange, blank ar
Six thousand years ago,
Wonder and dread but stretch thy flight
Atar the thought of space
The soul shall pierce that realm Of night,
Where shadows rise apace,
Where figures, like the mighty deep,
Go rolling on in waves,
And monster shapes so darkly creep
Round earth's chaotic caves,
Where life seems like the home Of death,
The caycmcd home Of wo-
So drcary felt life's stagnant breath,
Six thousand years ago.
Six thousand years ago! how long
Iife's sparkling fountains play,
While earth grows old, as time runs on
fits still, wbroken way:
six thousand years how short the span,
When on beyond our ken,
Stretches the far Oft, faIth-bright land,
UutraYcllcd yet by men;
While backward in the dark unknown,
Where spirit bendeth low
To listen to the cold, drear tone,
OF wears and years ago.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1850-01-08

TAKE A NEwsPAPER-Winter has come,
winter has come with its long evenings
and cheerful fresldes. The bowling blasts,
drifting snow and other concomltants In
the region of the ice king, will soon shut
up the attractions Of the outer world, and
revive the endearments of the domestic
hearth. The family circle that has been