Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-02-28

When sit down to pen YOU measure
OF compliments, ssdone to turn,''
Such as maidens deem always treasure,
For which, at the stake, they would burn,
only comply with a custom
Much older than you or than L.
For you know we count many lustrum
Since Love taught our youth how to sigh.
once might have thought myself harpy
If certain my rhymes you would read,
Though, then, as you know, l was sssappy,"
And Fancy supplied what you need;
But now, by experience seasoned,
have learned to take things as they are,
And am too old, by far, to be reasoned
Into thinking rushlisht star.
Then, swore you were charming as day
In the pleasantest month Of the year
No,c, 1know you're a creature of clay
That nobody holds very dear.
-FOUR eyes We're as lustrous and dark
AS those ofthe Persian Gazelle,
But no longer there beameth a spark
Ofth light that bound ME with its spell.
On your cheeks, what a rare crimson hue,
By some magic, my eyes could discover,
While you blushed at the praise you thought d,
To a maiden so fair, from her lover;
And your lips, did they not seem the nest
Where the humming- bird sought its repose,
When, at evening, it sunk to its rest,
Mistaking your lips for a rose9
Ihave found that these beauties have faded,
Or, more truly, did never exist,
And no,c, though Pve never upbraided,
On the truth, for time insist.
You were, and you still are, as fair
AS women have commonly been
To say more, would now be but TO dare
To commit what most men think sin.
don't know but loved you when young
I am sure do not love you no,r-
And If batteries fell from my tongue,
Time has taught me the truth, you'n allow.
There may have been maideus, whose charms
Were worthy the praise they received,
Yet all who have wooed ne to arms
Heard more than could well be believed.
Most gladly I'll call you my friend,
If friend after this you viii be,
But my follies shall here have an end,
And in future my heart shall be free.
And so you perceive, my dear Miss,
That your favors well may resign--
For long have conceived it bliss
To frown upon fool Tclensine.
Burlington, Feb. II, 1850.
VALENTINE.
Oh! would had lowly cot
Within some summer bower,
Where hate and envy venture not
wita their malignant power
A mountain streamlet murm'ring near
Through wooded banks and gay,
with music all the night to cheer,
And sparkling all the day.
And would have the woodbine climb
About that cottage door,
With ,iolets, eglantine, and tn, ne,
On air their sweets to pour;
And all the rosy race should spring
Luxuriant from the ground,
And ev'ry feathered warbler sing
Its amorous lay around.
My fields should prove the treasury
Whence all my wealth would flow
The sure reward of industry
Their bounty would bestow;
My labor. health and peace secure,
And these, good humor add;-
Surrounded thus with pleasures pure,
Ineyer could be sad.
gou'd haze these IL have them notc,
And yet wish for more
That thou would'st hearken to the VOW
That tells how adore.
Yes-here swear, by all above,
My heart my soul is thine,
And all my aim, to know thy love
Will bless thy Valentine.
Burlington, Feb. Il, 1850.
The Meeting of Merchants on .Nond1
Erening. g.-We were much gra,ified TO 5.
SO large number of merchants present
the meeting at the Merchants Exchang
OH Monday evening. The subject is OF
Of much Importance, and we are glad
see that the merchants are taking il U
with spirit. Aside from the enormo,
amount which The law Of the last sessi.
extorts from the merchants, in the shaI
of licenses, there is an important const
tutional question involved in the matte
which il is proper should be settled
once. Under this law no tax is charge;
b'e upon goods or merchandise, which al
Of growth, produce or manufacture of,h
State; but, upon all other merchandise 0
fered for sale an enormous tax is impose
under color of license to the merchant
pursue his calling. In other words, it
virtually tax upon all merchandise iu
ported into this State for sale.
The constitution OF the United State
provides that Congress shall have the e,
elusive right .o"resnla,e commerce amor
the several rStates," and that "no Sta
shall, without the consent OF Congress
lay any imposts or duties on imports ,
exports, except what may be absolute
necessary for executing its inspectic
laws" asE a @
The act Of the last session. is an a,tem
TO regulate commerce between this Sta
and other States, by imposing an onero,
tax on the produce Of those states olf.re
for sale in Missouri. It is not directly ar
by that name, specific tax on import
but such is its practical effect. Its doil
by indirectian, what the constitution 8.
pressly prohibits the State from doir
directly. II is therefore a manifest vi
lation Of the spirit, if not Of the letter
the Consti;ution.-& Louis intelligence
Collector Of San Froncisco.-The fir