Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-09-12

since, from visit to the East. In the
time OF his absence. he went to WASHING.
ton, and there declined the honor Of =
Cabinet appointment, which had been made
to him by President FILLMORE. He also
visited New Haven, and was present at
the Semi-Centennial Jubilee Of Yale Col
iege, an occasion which brought together
more ofthe old graduates of The Colleoe
than were ever there before. An immense .
number OF persons, and many ofthe most
gifted men Of the country, were present.
There were one thousand and TWENTY-FIVE
guests actually at the table. Of,his num-
ber were Mr. Bates and Mr. H. B. GAn-
BILE, OF this city. Speeches, Of course.
were not wanting. and among others, Mr.
Bates was called to respond to toast com
pllmentary to the West. The only report
OF his remarks is TO be found in the New
York Tribune, from which we copy:-.lio.
Republican.
MR. BATES RESPONDS FOR THE WEST.
Q. "Westward the Star of Empire takes
its way"
AS Hon. Edward Bates, of Missouri,
was present, there was no mistakino for
whom this was intended. MANY were i'm
patient TO see one who had been offered
and who had refused so high an office as
had been rendered him, and as he rose.
loud cheers greeted him, with shouts to
stand up on the chair. He complied. re-
marking. however, that he had high legal
authority (Mr Lord for refusing 10 do so.
MIR Bates is of medium size, dark hair
and dark complexion-sto stoops slightly
has peculiarly rich voice. and an eve RAJ
dIent with wit and thought. 49, ..
He said he was not unused 10 address,
ing mass meetings, but never had he stood
before such mass meeting of HrAns-of
intellect. He was stranger, and he had
been taken in to the scene which he wit
messed before him. His name was inscrib-
ed on no such volume as the catalogue of
Yale. He came from a part Of the coun-
try where men were look ed upon for what
they were worth, and for what they conld
do to conquer in the battle of life. "Sir,"
said he, "out there, we never ask, who's
mans father" If he is man he is hon
ored. Nothing is hereditary; yet he re-
joiced 10 be here in the midst Of such an
extraordinary race of men as Yale edu-
Gates for life's contests, and whom she has
gathered around her to-day. He called
Connecticut the glorious old little Com
monwealth. The school house ofthe Con-
tInent, she sends her surplus exports of
intelligence, enterprise and virtue abroad
over the world, and they reap rich re-
fF Effas, Hs ss'a that ~! t-ep, ef the Missi:;
runs through the whole country, and the
people living on it would defend the Union
Of the States with hearts and arms. No
war nor policy can divide it. We want
no little rag, flag with yellow spot upon
it. Nature speaks loude>t in her grand
est works ,and the giant West speaks loud
est for the Union. The children of pa
rents from Connecticut and Georgia on the
Mississippi minele together, and before
they know what politics mean, they know
what the fireside Of their fathers fathers
were. Applause.] The North and the
South seem to have forgotten that the West
has an interest in the Union. By-and. bye,
when the North and South threaten to
fight, we will. as is sometimes done with
pugnacious boys, hold them far enough
apart to prevent striking, but face to face,
till they grin each other into good humor.
Laughter and applause. OF course,
these are only one or two of the points Of
speech which was received with the
most unbounded satisfaction and applause.
A MoDEL W1rSEss.-"Were you pre-
sent, and did you see the prisoner at the
bar strike Mr. Jones ?" asked an attorney.
"Yes stree didn't see nothin else
and he struck him purpose too, for l
seed him, l did and I'm gwine to swear
all about it, too, for he tried 10 buy me off
for dollar and seventy-five cents but
Just told him old Josey Ronch didn't
swear TO no lies for dollar and seventy
FIVE cents, by jug full, and if my edifi.
cation want worth two dollars, he might
60 to thunder, and I'd out with the whole
story, and more too, if Jones wanted it.
Uh a dollar and seventy-five cents -
Old Josey Rouch amt bought up for tha,
money"
I'm Unfortunate Family. Within the
last twelve months the family of ex-Sen-
ator Norvel, Of Michigan has been nearly
blotted out.
The first calamity was the sudden dis
appearance of Mrs Miller,an only daueh-
ter, we believe. under circumstances the
most painful. Next the sudden death of
of Mr. Norvel on his return from a pro-
tracted search for his daughter. A few
days since son and the only one, died at
Saratoga. A short, but sad history of a
family which but few month, ago saw
naught in the future but the brightest
promises ofhope.
Ii has been pretty satisfactorily ascer-
tanned :hat Mrs Miller went to Europe in
stead of over the Falls.- Clere. P!. Deal
CANNON BALLS AND LOCOMOTIVES
According to the experiments of DIR Hut.
ton, it appeared that the time of flight OF a
cannon ball having range Of 600 feet
is one quarter of minute. The velocity
was, therefore, $500 feet per minute,
which is equal to FIVE miles per minute,
or 300 miles per hour. 1t follows, there
fore, that railway train moving at 70
miles an hour, not an uncommon speed for
express trains TO attain, would have ve-
loci,y only four times less than cannon
ball. The momentum of such mass
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