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Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-02-12
THE IOWA CAPITAL REPORTER Z

the 18th instant. l find upon exani-
nation, thlt many claims reported to THIS
office interfere with each other, and 9TH
ers have moi been reported at all. ! have
determined therefore to withhold the lands /
from sale till am fully advised in refer |,
ence to the rights OF the respective claim
ants. In order that may obtain correct
information, l shall refer the matter to the
fund commissioners Of those counties IN
which such lands have been selected. The
fund commissioners, to whom the enclosed
blank forms are transmitted will immcl'-
ateiy notify the claimants to come forward
on or before the first day Of May next,
and define their claims, and if necessary
they will require them TO do so under
oath. If any Of them desire to relinqu'sh
q portion ofacGe lands returned by them to
the selectir ssgent, you will permit them
TO do 50, II your judgment i will not
injure the sale Of the portion thus rslin-
pushed and the unclaimed school lands
adjacent thersto. In such cases you will
only reporo The portion they wish ulti-
nNeIy 10 purchase. You will be particu
lar ts onfsfS the blank form above allud.
ed to, Of each claimant, with ar
accgri ~ Of the land claimed
-. AZ !ea.ily be distinguish
.J 6aher. When the list i
I'd YOU wiil return it 10 this office
alN the sale will be ordered as soon there
after as practicable, You will report III,
land in the name of the original claimant
but when it is sold it can be purchases
in the name Of an assignee as stated in IN,
former circular You will bear in miut
that the above instructions refer only I,
The claia,s reported TO tie selecting agents
.Messrs. Wh.taker, Browa and Morrison.
am not prepared to make any DISPOSE
ton Of the unclaimed lands at present.
! The supplemental act above referred to
gives to actual settlers upon them. tn
right Of prescription 10 quarter section
4 You will be furnished in due time will
the necessary instructions in regard L
such prescriptions, and will be advise,
of the time and manner OF disposing Q
this latter class of lands. In the mea
time it is made your duty TO protect al
the school lands in your respective coun
ties against waste. See sec. l3, page 2s
Of school laws.
!, In answ er to the many inquiries recen,
| " addressed to this ofics, would say
that while it continues TO be my duty
superintend the selection and sale o: schoe
lands, | shall guard sacredly the inter
ests Of the school fund, and shall not pei
, nit the rights Of claimants or purchaser
, to be impaired or infringed if csn pre-
vent it. shall act with due deliberatiol
, and shall extend such leniency in adjus
ing the rights Of all concered, as justice an
equity may require.
: am very respectfully, your o5't serv'
THOMAS H. BENTON in.
Sup. Pub. Inst.
lionment oAthe interest Of the permaner
, Of the 81 9, made BY the SuperintenIel
of Janua1 sol, as required BY law:
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-02-12

Simple Rsmeiy.-The simple application
for horses feet which are brittle or
hoof bound, learned from an English
sheer: and having tried itwilh good effect,
and never having ssen it fail, l send it to
you to be used as you may deem proper.
NIX equal parts Of tar and soft grease,
having the loot clean and dry; apply it hot.
but not boiling. to all the parts, letting it
run under the shoe as much as possible,
In bad cases the application should be
made every day for week, and then
two or three times week, till the foot be-
comes strong and smooth.
Dreadful accident in ~ Y-Six new
brick buildings in the course Of erection
on 2lst street in, New York city, fell on
the 18th inst, covering in their ruins a
large number Of workmen. The Tribune
says five persons were killed and large
number badly injured. The fall was
caused by the imperfect nature Of the
mortar used.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-02-12

A Clock Worth Sseing..-A clock is in
making for the Great Exhibition, which
will go for 426 days without winding. II
only occupies, in standing, eight superb
cial inches,- and the motive power is only
% pounds..
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-02-12
WAsHINGroN. Ian. %

tt ~ nsHlNGTON, Jan. 20.
Snate- Bill TO reduce and define the
boundary Of the Military Reserve on ST.
Peters river, Minnesota, securing rights of
actual sellers, was referred 10 public land
comnittee-House refused to consider
the pending motion TO refer to committee
OF the whole on the state Of the Union,
the bill as reported by Mr.. johnson of
Tenn, proposing to give to every head Of
aiana'ly, l6O acres Of public land on con-
sidera,ion Of improving and occupying the
same for certain length of time :. Mr..
Brown Of Mississippi. explained the sub.
stitute which he in,enGedto offer, the first
section Of which simply contemplated an
extension Of the pre-emption, and the
second was TO make the pre- .emption per-
petual.
The settlers stall have time, as his ne
cessity requires, to pay for the land at a
minimum Of 81 20 per acre. He did not
propose TO give away the lands absolutely
his object was 10 secure the settler 4
comfortable home against misfortune o,
imprudence.
Mr.. Johnson then withdrew his motion
to refer.
Mr.. Vinton moved 10 lay the bill on the
table, which was decided negatively
Yeas IS; Nays so.
BALrls1oR1, Jan. 81.
The Virginia Reform Convention ha.
before them the new constitution, provid-
ing for the election Of Governor, Lieut.,
Governor and Secretary Of State BY the
people. II gives the Governor the Veto
power.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-02-12
Collision at Sen.
BALTIMORE.

BALTIMORE, Feb. !.
The brig Clamorgan, from Kingston,
arrived this morning, and reports that on
Tuesday, off Luff Point, she came in con-
tact with. and sunk the schooner s. C..
Davis Of N. Y. from Baltimore, loaded
with coal. The captain, mate and crew
were drowned.
The money stolen from Adams & Co.'s
Express, has been recovered.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-02-12
Death Of MIR. Kaufman.

WASHINGTON, Feb. l.
David 8. Kaufman, member Of the H. R.
from Texas, in retiring from the House
on yesterday, was seized with sudden ill
ness. He retired to his room and in few
miEutes expired.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-02-12

Providence, Jan. 80.
Gen. Charles F. James was elected U.
5. Senator for 6 years from the 4lh Of
March next on the 9Th ballot by mai.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-02-12

H55-Dr. VIM. Dewey has been engaged to make a
preliminary survey for Rail Road from Fort Des-
MONIES to Council bluffs, he left this city this
ing for that purpose.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-02-12

TOTHE EDITORIAL FRATERNITY.-Wil our
friends Of the Press notice proposal to sell the
Reporter Ofiice2 BY SO doing they will confer IA
vor, which will be greatly appreciated.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-02-12

Monument to Gen. Iackson. large
and enthusiastic meeting was lately held
in New Orleans to devise means for the
erection Of monument to Gen. jackson.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-02-12

That kind Of essence does young man
like when he paps the question? Acqui.
essence.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-02-12
From The Boston Journall
oxygen and Hydrogen in Water.

Mr. Editor: In Sir Humphrey Davy's
'sSseuisiions respecting the nature Of UNI
IdecompGunded substances, { Chemical
Philosophy, p. PIT, published in 1927
! find this remarkable passage, which.
from such writer, is certainly sufficient
to relieve Mr.. Paine's claim, that either
gas may be produced separately, from
water, from being characterised as mon
strous or absurd, as though only sug-
gestion, it clearly points 10 HE possible
ity OF such a discovery:
u have mentioncd; page So, that in
the electrizltion Of globule of mercury
IN water, oxygen appears 10 be eo.obined
with the mct.l, and yet no by drogen evol-
we'd. 1 have made number Of expert
ments on this subject, and have ascertain
ell that, in the process described, oxide is
without any apparent compensation in tie
production OF inilammable matter; nor
was able 10 detect any combination into
which the hydrogen could have entered;
so that these experiments, as they now
stand, would induce the belief that water
Is the ponderable basis Of both oxygen ard
hydrogen, and that these two forms Of
matter owe their peculiar prophecies eth
err to the agency OF imponderab!e substau-s
ces, or to the peculiar arrangement Of the
particles Of the same matter.
| But such formidable conclusion a.
this must no: be hastily adopted, for in
all other cases oxygen and hydrogen an.
pear as perfectly inconvertible substances.
and IN no other instance can one be pro-
cured from water, without the cores
pondent. quantity of the other, or with.
out some product in which the other NAV
be supposed to enter, &c.'' y +
"There Is, however, no impossibilay in
the sunposition that the same porderabla
matter IN different electrical states. or
in different arrangements. may consti-
tute substances chemically different, there
are parallel eases in the different ,tstee
in which bodies are found, connected with
their different relations Temperature.
Thus steam, ice. and water, are the same
ponderable matter; and certain quantities,
OF ice and steam mixed together, produce
ice-cold water. Even Il it should be
ultimately found that oxygen and hydro-s
gen are the same matter in different states.
Of electricity, or that two or three ele-
msnts in different proportions constitute
all bodies, the great doctrins or chemistry.
the theory al definite proportions, and tho
specific attraction Of bodies must remain
immutable.n
TA very fat man, for the purpose or
! quizzns Dr., of NJ, asked him
to prescribe for his complaint which, he
declared, was sleeping with his mouth
open.
"Sir" said the doctor, ::'ycur disease is
incurable. Your skin is too short. so
| that when yon shut your eyes your mouth
opens"
| ia drunken lawyer, on going into.
church, was observed by The minister.
who addressed him thus: 4 ~,
"Iwill bear witness against you at the.
day of Judgment SO =
The lawyer. shaking bis head With
q ulkener witty, - led: ss.e 4 /
q have spraciised twenty. five years Il
the bar, and have always found the great
III -
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-02-12

Interest on State loan from Jan. r,
1850, to Jan. l, 1851,
Interest on Penitentiary loan, from
Jan. ] 1850, TO Jan. /, 1851,
Interest on State boundary loan. from
Jan. l, 1850, to Jan. l, 1851,
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-02-12

n5-In consequence Of the press Of legislature
book printing, no paper will be issued from this
Office next week.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-02-12

THE NEW CODE. As will be seen from law
published in another colume, the Gen. Assembly
have ordered TO print 5000 copies Of the Revised
Code, and have made provisions for putting the
same into market at $3.50 per copy so as TO be
within the reach Of every DESTROYS ofinforming
himself in relation 70 its provisions. We have pur
chased seven ton Of the finest and best book paper
which the Cincinnati market affords for this work,
and shall spare no pains in its execution.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-02-12

. sacrifice OF position due TO the convenience OF
those state officers so frequently requiring his SER
vices. on the first ballot in caucus there were four
or more candidates. The two highest, HOLT 4
KEEsEcKER and PALMER i PAuL--tied at H
on the second ballot they tied again at i5;b but on
the third ballot all but two OF the friends OF the Fort
Dcsmoines Star went over to Holt 4 KEEsEoKER,
and they received, FIVE were rightly informed, % to
our II Votes.
This much we have deemed il due to ourselves
to say in relation 10 the causes which brought
about our defeat. We are not, as VIC have before
intmated, disposed to complain in view Of the bare
fact OF defeat. There arc, however, many consid-
erations which would fully justify u.s. were we dis
posed SO to do. few ofthem we will name. We
have yet TO hear Of the first man, IN or out OF the
Gen. Assembly, who has had one word OF complaint
to utter in view OF the manner in which we have
discharged the duties Of Office. In order to give
this satisfaction, VIC had prepared ourselves with
four or five times the amount of materials that we
need for paper alone land Of an entirely different
kind) ali Of which will, in less than nine months
from the time OF their purchase, be left on our
hands, and comparatively valuecss 10 US. Thus
much for the confidence which we reposed in our
party when Il adopted the policy OF creating Inc
ONCE OF State Printer and located il Al the seat o
government. $500
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-02-12
TO PRINTERS.
A RARE CHANCE IN IOWA!

increasing disinclination towards our present
"A business, as well as pecunisry considerations,
incline US to engage other, and certain pur.
suits than those connected with, or dependant upon
politics. We are therefore DESTROYS or disposing
,o
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-02-12

LEGISLATIVE BALL.--ouite the largest crowd
assembled in this city to tip the light fantastic
toe, was convened on the Monday evening preceding
the adjournment. The large Senate Chamber was
perfect s.jam.'' In fact, there was scarcely room
for the g,,ar to fall back suicientyt 10 give
sea room for the dancers. There must hsve been
from six to eight hundred persons present. Our
friend sCHARLIE,'' of the Swan House, Gid up the
schick,n fixings" every thing else in his line has
liable style.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-02-12

$l,7so 81 s.,s,545 7sa 64,5o9 2s,545 7s'
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-02-12

STATEMENT the interest Of the
Public Instruction. the 25 day Of Janu required BY law:
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1851-11-27
The Erie Railroad.

A contemporary says that during the month
of October, the Erie Railroad leading from
Piermont TO Dunkirk, received for passen-
gers and freight the enormous sum OF 1885,
$50 81, of which $l7s,2S 80 were for pas
sengers, and Sl7s, ,26O SO for freight This
Is a, the rate of nearly t,reEce thousand dollars
per day, AT this ratio this road would re-
ceive Si,27s, ,636 per annuIh. Allowing half
for exbense, it would leave clear profit OF
So, ,i39,3I9. But the revenue of the road
has increased regularly every month, the last
one always showing an increase over the
one preceding. Should this augmentation of
receipts go on, its present large income would
no, be fair data upon which 10 fix the fu-
lure revenue of the road. Should no other
improvement be made 10 come in oompeti
ton with this Erie road, its gross receipts
will in all probability, in the course OF lew
years, run up TO five or six millions year.
The immense business doins on this road
evinces ivy o things wirioh we sPsnnsylyanians
shonid- take notice of. II shows that the Cit
les of New York and Boston are doing all
the business of the northwest in conse-
quence of Their Improvements TO the La kes
and it shows, too, that the money invested
in the making of the Catiawissa, Williams
port aud Erie road--an improvement neces-
sary 10 save 10 Philadelphia portion OF the
trade of the Lakes-would pay well, afford
ing the stockholders, at tie most moderate
calcul alton, fifteen per cent
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1851-11-27
Facts.

In the census tables for Pennsylvania in
the year 1850, there are recorded 1889
farms! Here, then, We have the source OF
wealth, and the cause of our vast properly
defined; for it is the production of tie farm
stead hat forms tho basis of al other indus
try. Without az riculture, we can have no
trade-no msnufsctures--no commecs--1o
mechanical labor. Ertead tais bGs,s of Ia
Dor aud you extend all other branches OF in
dustry, by the most facile and agreeable
mode of self.interest, operating spontaneous
ly through individual enterprise. What a
beautiful system of political economy does
not nature provide for man? TIE bosom of
the earth, cultivated by labor, yields him
nourishment. Variety of industry results in
leisure, science, education and literature,
the fine arts, and all that exals his nature,
and subdues bis evil passions. Thus, one
part OF the world is subsisted by another
that it may rise AQher in intellect, ART, sci
ence, and iaventio4 Agriculture lies at the
-bottorn of ull eiril l5ssiou; ~ud the o,,ly wea-
der is, that our census table for 80 does not
show Is many Ausless thousands, as it shows
thousands Of 'farms," which are the real
castles of a free country as the farmer is
the natural noblemzn of the soil. Pennsyl.
vania has yet land enough uncul;ivated 10
produce that result; and the Improvements
now being prosecuted, and hereafter 10 be
made. will show that effect bv the next CEN
sus. In all directions the facilities 10 mar
ket are being constructed; while capital, op-
Grated on by the magic hand of labor, fo'
without labor capital is worthless, is easily
employed in increasing the tools by which
it enhances its value, and expands lis bulk.
Kings may boast of their slaves-5ut it is
the pride of Pennsylvania 10 boast Of her
farmers. s..-Ledger.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1851-11-27
THE TARIFF QUESTION,

WE have often said, is purely matter o
speculaton-a question of dollars and cent
and not of political principal, ror of profit Il
the laborer. Every manufacturer asks 1
high tariff on the article he produces ard {
lo,c tariff on what he consumes. The. iror
men want no duty on coal, (lhoush ever
any duty on coal is farce) and the manu-
facturer of bar-iron and railroad iron wan
no increased duty on pig iron-for they bu,
pig iron. The mammoth -~rail-road compan-
les want no tariff upon railroad iron, and
MIR. Evans of Name, good and true Whig
made application 10 Congress 10 have those
duties refunded 10 the railroad companies
which they had paid on their iron.
The manufacturer Of woolen goods oppo-
ses tariff on ra,c wool, but asks one on tha
goods he has 10 sell. The manufacturer OF
cotton goods asks high duty on his fabrics
and lotc duty or mono at all upon ra,c cot
ION. The following report of a 'turifi7'
speech is fair sample Of the creed of those
pensioners of the government who have no
'fai,h but :he lus. of plunder, and no poliii-
~cal watch word bu, the leech cry, "GIvE.r
al late mass meeting held al Trenton, New
jersey MIR. Hewitt, one Of the speakers, said
1t was expected thai he should say some.
thing on The subject Of tho Tariff. 1t was
with that question that he was more in,i-
ma:ely cernected. He had heretofore acted
with the Wing party, and il was with view
of getting greater protection on iron, that
he had advised his friends 10 vote for Gene.
raj Taylor There was one branch of the
iron business, that of pig metal, which was
sufficiently proieced-and the cotton inter.
est say that they can get along without fur
iher proieciion-he, therefore, hal no seri-
ous objections 10 the present bill, except in
one pariiculir-irou. in bars, was not sulfi-
cienily protected, and ii was in this pariicu-
lar that ho thought the bill was wrong. In
reference 10 the position of the two parties
Aon the subject Of The tariff, he believed that
more cpuld be gained for protection 10 the
iron interest from the Democratic party, than
from the Wings. Indeed, at the time the
bill was passed, the Wings IN Congress
might have got high duty on this article.
but what did they tell me at Washington ;
they said ''THAT THE ISSUE WOULD BE OF
MORE IMPORTANCE TO THEM IN THE NEXT E
LECTION THAN THE TARIFF /! From that mo-
aa,t ! became DemoeratF'
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1851-11-27

PRESIDENTIAL SPEcULArioS.--A Washing
ton correspondent Of The Baltimore Sun says;
"The democratic party are divided. Cass,
Buchanan, Butler and Douglas are the most
prominent candidates for the next presidency.
The two first will be voted for in convention,
and neither can obtain two-third vote, and
Douglas or Butler will be the compromise nom
inee. If Douglas, then Cobb will be nomi.
mated for the Vice Presidency; bu; if Butler,
then Gov Bigler, of pennsylvania, as Vice
President. Either ticket will be strong one.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1851-11-27
FROM POTrSYILLE.

PorrsvrLLr Nov. oath, 1881.
R. w. WEAVER, ESQ.,:
You will doubtless be
pleased to hear of the success of large
new Rolling Mill al this place, which has
been established by eight practical work men
upon the principles Of mutual associated la
Dor. They propose 10 conduct their business
as other enterprises are maneed which de.
pend upon economy and industry, rather
than upon the idle clamor of specializing ad-
ventures. They attend personally every day
at the workshops rather than at the hall OF
Congress /; and they roll up their sleaves and
bear their part in the toll of the day. Each
one previously served eight years of duty in
another establishment, and they then invest
ed $24 900 in this Rolling Mill. II is now in
Successful operation, and answers much
better purpose than if it had cost twice as
much of the money of those city capitalists
who never saw iron.ore, and give splendid
dinners TO Congressmen for S24, 900 IN the
hands OF two or three scores Of superinten-
dents, supernumeraries, subs, clerks and un-
der-strappers don't go far when The losses
are sporting white kids and swilling cham
payne at Newport. There is order, regulari-
ty and management in this Flshbach Rolling
Mill, and every body in the concern under
stands his business and knows his place.
There is no swarm of droves around it 10
eat out the substance, in the business of cry
ing ruin for every man concerned in il feels
like making living at an honorable bus-
ness. The proprietors are now making bar
iron which is pronounced TO be as good as
any imported, and which they sell al city
prices-ireight added. They can turn ou,
tons OF this iron per day, and in this opera
ton consume 10 tons of coal. The pig iron
needed is obtained from Easton.
The proprie,ors will next turn their atten-
ton TO the manufacture of rail road iron, and
they feel confident of success and profit in
] that department. The concern looks like
going ahead finally, and has SO far met with
every encouragement: desired.
The fact is that practical and prudent men
have made money in the iron business in
the face of the hardest times. well rem
ember when every body at Danville though,
the iron business was ruined, and the furna.
ces blown out. Nobody could be found to
use them until MIR. Perry and several o,hel
practical bust less men took them, and, 10 the
asionishmeut of the natives, coined almighty
dollars by the thousands at the "prostated'
iron misunderstanding their pigs at the fur
mace, ! believe, for SIS perlou. Other fsl
lows, who were beating some irons in thei
furnaces and others in Congress, got up tot
much or too little gas, and some of their i
rons were burnt
On next Monday the public records of thi
county are to be removed from Orwigsbur,
10 this place. Judge Higgins is also 10 opel
our December term of Court on that day
but suppose the removal will put us il
such good spirits that we won't feel like indie
ting anybody, or saying that our neiehbor
are guilty of any thing worse Than good, hu
mor--at least for week TO come.
| Yours traly, L.