Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-07-30

quence of the Misrepresentation 81 : &
5 $; s|:|s 8 =: \ u :; |''l';;;
dndcrthe act Of e :, & 3i63 ~ 4 w I ~ y
sofl5O 900. andmay possibly 81 e1ch The
number Of 26O, 900, a. estimated BY
the Secretary Of the Interior.
From this statement Of the "Rc-
public" il Is evident that the clai-
mants win have to exercise some lit
tie patience. The business is only
completed till the beginning of De-
cember last, seven months ago, and
probably 100000 claimants yet to at
tend to, is slow work, and a prospect
for the last on the list to wait a long
time.
FREE TRADE The best and hap
piest illustration ofabsolute free trade
to be found in any part Of the world;
exists in the United States. Time
was, when one of these States impos-
ed taxes upon the productions Of
others; this was natural "pyotection.
But by the compact of the constitu-
ton, all such duties were forever pro-
hibited. Louisiana and Florida be-
ing afterwards annexed, the system
OF absolute free trade was extended
to them. The annexation Of Texas
widened still farther the circuit Of
freedom; New Mexico and California
still more; until at length more than
half the population Of the American
hemisphere is included under gen.
eral system Of absolute free trade.
Of the thirty-one States and half
dozen Territories embraced in this
system, no one can impose taxes up
on the commerce of any other. Trade
is reciprocally and absolutely free
Were the rest of the world "annexed''
to this Republic, free trade would be
universal, and protection" unknown
and impossible. Has the system in
operation here; i. e., the system Of
free trade, the true American sys-
tcm,. (nut the ftsavc osso vvNAcn Sess2'
orally passes by that nancy been
successful? Is it not approved, ad-
mired and loved by the whole coun-
try? is it not as well adapted to
thirty-one States as to thirteen? And
would it not be as well adapted to
one hundred States as thirty one-to
the whole world as to half Conti-
nent? fnot, why not?-N. Y. Jour-
nal Commerce.
The RICHEST DEVELOPMENT YEr.-
The trial of M. A. Bradley, of the
Phoenix Bank, in this city, is now GO
ing on at New York. He is charged
with swindling Robard Barber, a
broker of st. Louis, out of some $l5,-
OOO,in pretended scheme to buy out
the Oxford Bank Massachusetts, cir
culate its notes largely in the West,
and then "let the Bank go.hown. -
The expose, rs given SO far by the
prosecuting witness, is a very rich
affair, and will not only place Mr..
Bradley high up in the financial cir
cles, but looks very much like maxi
ing him a prominent candidate for
one of the largest public institutions
in the Uniou.--Cin. Inq.
DT The King of Hanover is the
Oldest sovereign of Europe. On the
5th of June he completed his 60th
year. He is the only surviving son
Of George the Third, and was former
ly known as the Duke Of Cumberland.
He, e,instead of Victoria succeeded to
the throne of Hanover. on the death
of his brother, William the Fourth,
in June, 1882, on which day the throne
Of England and Hanover we're sepa-
ted-the prevalence Of the salic law
preyentingsthc accession Of females.
DEArns In Eusoss. Duke de-
Frias, grandee. ofSpain, and {orm-
erly Ambassador at London and Paris,
fdied a short dme since in Madrid.
M. Daniel O'Connor, the last sur
viving s0ppf Gen. Arthur O'Connor,
and grandson Of the celebrated Con.
dorcet, died on the 26th of Mayfsst
his estate in the Loirct. It will be
remembered that Lord Edward Fitz-
J! gcral and Arthur O'Conner were the
fuo leaders in the Irish Rebellion of
| 'OS.
The METHODIST CHURCH CAsE-The
N. Y. Tribune makes the following
statements in relation to this case;
1--WE learn that the book agents Of
the Methodist Episcopal church, act
ing upon the suggestions Of the Court
in the late trial respecting the church
property, have proposed to the COM
missioners Of the Church, South, ian
adjustment OF their preferred claims
by legal arbitration under the au.
thority Of the Court"
UVery gloomy reports were In
circulation with respect to the Irish
census. 1t was stated, on oolnpetent
authority, that the population Of Ire
land, to be shown by the forthcoming
census, will be about the same as in
1891, just thirty years before.