Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-09-03


Great Western line will extend the
westward to the Canada boun-
Detr0i1
ieO6 in conjunction with the Ml6kiyan'
Central railroad, will open to our city
direct communication with
the Atlantic seaboard, and for that
reason its success becomes a matter
Of much interest to our citizens
Chicago Tribune.
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION
The Cleveland Plaindealer publishes
a New York letter, which says:
"A committee Of democrats have
been in this city for some weeks,
arrangements for. issuing the
call of the democratic national con-
vention. Baltimore has been fixed
upon for the great national gathering;
although the members of the com
mittee from the Northwest wished a
more central point-Louisville or
Cincinnati.
"Nathaniel H. Greer, of Iowa, APP
pointed by the chairman of the demo
cratic national committee B. F. Hal
lett, of BostonD to fill the vacancy on
the committee from Iowa, occasioned
by the death of ex-governor Clark,
has now heard from nearly every
member of the national committee
chosen by the delegation of the sew
eral States in the last Baltimore con-
vention, and it can be certainly relied
upon that the convention is to be
held at Baltimore"
The time has not been fixed on by
the committee as yet. Some are for
an early day in May, some for June,
and some for later period.-Balti-
more Argus.
KENTUCKY results of the late
election for State officers are now all
known, and are as follows:
Governor--Lazarus w. Powell,
Democrat.
Lieut.. Governor-John B. Thomp-
son, Wing.
Auditor of Public Accoupts--Thom-
as S. Page. Wing.
State Treasurer-Richard c. Win
Wing.
Register of the Land Ofice-Elisha
A. McCurdy, Wing.
Attorney General-Jas. Harlan,
Wing.
President Board of Internal I'm
David r. Haggard Wing.
Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tion-Robert J. Breckenridge, Wing.
BosToN, Aug. 20.
TERRIBLE CALAMlry.-A letter from
Mosco states, that on the goth of last
as the monks of the Convent
at Waldemar, a town about twent
miles southeast of that city, were
setting out in procession to visit an
image of the Virgin, in a neighboring
village, wooden bridege thrown over
the moat of the Convent, formerly a
fortress, gave way, and out of 200 Of
the Monks, 1873 were drowned.
This immense amount of loss of
life was caused by the water being As
feet deep, and the sides of the moat
being perpendicular.
DIn fact, the call had impressed
itself upon our mind exactly as pub
lished by our facetious friend of the
Gazette, who signs it as
follows: ale Grand Byington, AND
misunderstanding Enc.
Well, it impressed itself upon our
nina as a call of extraordinary i'm
portance, one that demanded from
our citizens prompt and energetic ac-
ton. We omitted the names solely
because we had not space for them,
and did not think them necessary to
secure action in a matter affecting
the vital interests Of Central Iowa.
We are pleased to think our cotem-
porary Of the Enquirer has wisely
ground the weapons Of his warfare,
and become exactly Of our mind in
relation to the importance of that
call.-Davenport Gazette.
SMALL BALANcEs.-One of our ex-
changes makes the following peril
nent remarks on a paragraph from a
Richmond paper, in which the editor
says he expects" all small balances
due to the Office TO be closed prompt
ly:
Expect the ocean to become dry
land; expect the Allegheny to sink
down into the bowels of the earth and
become level plain; expect a man
to sling the "fat OK" over the dome of
the St. Charles by the tail; expect the
devil to turn saint--in short, expect
any thing, but never expect some
subscribers to pay arrearages to a
newspaper if they can avoid it.
HENRY CLAY.-The Lexington OBJ
server and Register published near
Mr.. Clay's residence, assures the
public that Henry Clay's friends still
aspire to place him in the Presiden-
tial Chair. 1t intimates that he will
be a candidate before the whig con-
vention, and talks in sentimental
tone well calculated to reach the ten
der sympathies Of whissery|