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Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1851-12-04


Burlington, BIT b Ellington being 30 niles far
Their west than Rock lslaHa aud 20 NILES nearer
TO Fort Des Moines ~ Council Bluffs the traffic
ct the great West is RI niles nearer to one of the
principal Atlantic seaperts by Burlington than
hv Rock lslana, and freight from the centre of
Knox county, would be 6s miles nearer to Phila-
delpaia by the Burlington and Peoria Railroad
than by the Rock Island sud Soa,h,rn Michigan
When the Military Tract Railroad il hmlt con
meeting, with the Rock Island Railroad in Ru-
reaa county, there may be periods whcN the pro-
ducts 1t Knox county will seek Chicago n n
marke'~-Pcora must therefore rely on the per-
lection of this railroad and the connection to be
made with Eastern railroads to prcvcnt diver
sion OF the commerce Of th> fertile and promising
district OF the couatrv. Every Increased mile of
distance therefore t,,niaishes the ability TO over
power compositions. ana every unnecessary in
crease of grade is sAppsng the foundation of her
interests and the success of the undertaking on
the other hand, should no local interest be allow
Cd to change the route from its true direction, if
every natural advantage is made available and il
the road IN reference TO its mechanical Struct-
ure is made as perfect as possible, so FAR from
the occurrence of Il diversion northwara it would
b. not uncommon that the convenience of the az
ricultural community in Henry and Mercer and
even in part of Rock Island counties would give
preference to a southern line Of transportation
and instead of taking Clayton as the best route,
would SEND thetr products 10 inc intersection OF
the Military Tract Railroad with this line, and
thence through Peoria 10 Cairo, saving thereby
from 30 to 40 miles Of the distance. There
many other facts worthy of your consideration
and many important objects to be attended to
in the course OF prosecuting your work these
propose to submit TO you, in few weeks. when
the location of the remainder Of the line shall be
entirely completed. and when shall be in pos
session OF all the data, not only in reference to
the details Of the construction OF your railroad,
but IN reference to the extension and future con-
nection Of this important line with other railroads.
Very respectfully your obedient servant,
RICHARD p. MORGAN
American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-05-15

- HOUSE.-wHoLEsALE RErAn-leI = Mdrke
Srcet, Philddophid-We offer 10 friends aud custo
the largest assortment Of Agricultural Implements
Harden Tools and Seeds offered in this market,
listing in part of the following, viz:
PROUTY MEARS Patent Highest Premium Self
happening PLOUGHS, right and left handed Side Hil
>uhso Of various sizes Of superior materials work
nanshp, warranted to give satisfaction, the money
eturncd. Four Highest Premiums awarded to thes,
LOUGHS at the New York State Fair for 1850. Also.
Teaches and Bar Share pouVhs.
SPANS Improved Barrel Churn, constructed in such
manner that the dasher may be removed from the inside
Il the Churn by simply unscrcwng the handle from the
lasher.
Hay, Straw and Corn Stalk Cutters in great variety
,mong which may lie found Haryey's superior Premium
straw Cutter, Of every size.
Also, Horse Powers, Threshing Machines, Fan Mills
Corn Shelters Cheese Presses Seed Planters Dirt Scrapers
ugar Mills, OK Yokes and Bows, Turnip Drills HorP
Rakes Grain Cradles Expanding and Extra Cutvatnrs
Harrows. Snathc, Scythes Conceived Hoes Spring tenn
pcred Cast Steel Oval and Square tined Manure and Hay
Forks. Pruning shears and Chsel Beach and Bar Shear
eparng Peies and Castings Peruvian, Patagonia and
Prepared Guano together with complete assortment Of
rass, Garden and Field Seed, all Of which will he sold at
he lowest possible prices at leI Market street Phila
mar 2+-n PR0UTY A BARRETT.
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From the National Intelligencer.

The PLEA OF INsAHITY.--Messrs Editors: A
few months ago the newspapers informed the
pubic that man, in one OF the States, shot
brother to death at the family dinner table, and
that he was sent to an asylum for the insane as
lunatic.
1t may be true that the fratricidal tragedy
was the consequence of an insane impulse But
who are the persons whose function is to de-
eide whether the man is punishable or not !?
Has any investigation been made to satisfy the
laws and the public doubt? Not word Of
authentic explanation has yet been published.
Is the insane murderer at large? Who knows
II not at large by whose authority is he de-
tanned at an asylum? BIZ whose authority mag
he de-released2 Is it not possible that the ex-
pense of boarding him in the asylum, or some
other cause, may induce unwise friends to with
draw him from its walls? Are there no malig-
nant men, who aware of the omnipotence of n
plausible plea of insanity, may practise lessons
to initiate insane conduct as q preliminary to
mortal aim at an unsuspecting felow-creature
"a writer in the Richmond Republican has
shown how the devices of a false humanity blunt
the arrows of justice, in way creditable enough
to the intellectual ingenuity of the age, but not
to the love Of the good order of society; for the
very excess Of badness is often relied upon as
evidence OF q kind of moral insanity, for which
it is contended the party ought not to be held
responsible. ''But," says the Richmond wri-
ter, e all wickedness is kind of moral insani-
ty, for it implies the undue ascendency of pas
sion over reason" Now, this is true. There
is, it is well known, moral insanity which is
free from guilt, and not justly punishable it
is a madness which is the effect Of pre-existing
disease. On the contrary, a moral insanity,
however impulsive it may be, which is the effect
of past crime, or of vicious habits secret or
open, is not entitled to the same impunity or
commseration. This is moral depravity, bru-
tality if searchingly analysed, it will be found
to be the insanity of fend
1t is the solemn duty Of science, medical and
legal, to enlighten the public on this subject
that difference between real insanity and mere
wickedness may be better understood.
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Communicated


To The Editors Of the american Telegraph.
GENTLEMEN: perceive new humJug is
going the rounds Of the papers, under the ex-
hibition of an ocular demonstration of the
earth's revolution OH her axis every twenty -four
hours. The instruments used are wire, sus-
pended from lofty roof or dome, with q weight
attached, and made to yibrate its full scope,
within few inches of the floor. The line,
east and west along which the weight is swung,
has semi-circle under its centre, marked with
radial lines of fifteen degrees measurement; and
it is pretended that, in the course of a certain
tme--say few hours-this weight will mark a
variation of one of those degrees towards the
northwest, and plainly show this diurnal revo-
luton of the earth to the admiring beholder.
While the barn, or other building used makes
a complete somerset in twenty-four hours, it in
reality remains stationary, while it is the earth
only that has made this change. | suppose the
contagion of experimenting in this new discov-
cry viii soon reach this city, and we shall have
n wire and weight attached, say g &c." from
the dome of the Capitol-a most capital spot.
Whenever this problem is thus exhibited for
solution, | hold myself ready, in the presence
of the citizens that will be there congregated to
witness it, to demonstrate the complete fallacy
and humbuggery Of the trial What, gentle
men, have We SO soon forgot that there is such
u law of nature as gravitatiop that the centri-
petal force keeps every thing on the surface of
the earth in its perfect place, or perpendicular
position? Are we to be told this long swing
acts Independently of these two forces, and,
like South Carolina, flies out of the circle of
this universal influence, and sets up for itself Z
Let the ~ire be suspended, with its 56, or ball,
or what not, attached to the lower end, sweep
ing within few inches of the floor, and as soon
as the operator has cried out :. Eureka" will,
with strong and well-stretched cord, with n
BARRIERS block or an ass's head swung to the
lower end, start my apparatus in motion, along
and over the line marked on the floor, and let
it vibrate undisturbed till it ceases by its own
ris meriR, and if, upon inspection, it shall have
been found to deviate the hair's-breadth of a
degree to the east or tcest of the line, then
write me down an ass" One experimenter
in barn, at Newark, informs us of fact in
has discoyery-that his 56, in the course of eight
hours exactly, had marked a deviation to the
northeast of fifteen degrees Now, if this is to
prove the durnal revolution of the earth, she
must, like n drunkard, have reeled to and fro,
and keeled terribly to the northwest from her
everlasting right line. | think it much more
probable that the philosopher himself had devil
ated from his perpendicular, or right line, and
fulfilled literally this graphic description of the
sacred volume. We may as well at once class
this newly imported French manufacture with
the exploded visions of perpetual motion, the
| philosophers stone, or the spiritual knockings
| of more recent Yankee notions.
COMMON SENSE.
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Communicated.
" Are you there, Trucpennyi"

GENTLEMEN: So it seems by your communi-
cation that curiosity is evinced to learn the
meaning of the expression "scheme ahead, 4"
in reference to n close board fence ut an abrupt
termination of lth street, cutting it off from
its water privileges. This is not alone mani
festation of idle curiosity, and it will lead to
more extended discussion instead Of its modif-
cation, still less suppression. Those who sus-
tain the right are neither to be diverted from
their end nor inundated even in their purpose
of extended exposure. Congress made an APP
preparation in connexion with the corporation
for clearing out the canal, repairing the walls
thereof &c. There was an oblong basin into
which the junction of Indiana avenue and other
streets was perfected, or rather terminated at
the water. Of course the ''water privileges
extended to the United States, in common with
the citizens of Washington. As predicted in the
ton papers it was foretold that Entertainments
were anticipated for the very object sought to be
obtained, and one is free to admit the rentor is
doubtless the victim Of the cupidity of the cor
poration, who undertakes to trade off rights not
possessed by itself.-and TO place an obstruc-
ton across a street, or at the foot of street. in
contravention of common law Those who sup
posed that the filling of the junction of the
streets was for the benefit of the people in land
ing wood or sand, as in times past, only gave
the corporation credit for common regard to the
rights of all. Let US see how this thing stood
for the enlightenment of the public mind in gem
eral, and our juries to be selected from among
our citizens. Here is diagram:
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TCommunicated.J
"But mind, not a word of the diadem -
COMMON SENSE,

"But mind, not a word Of the dadem!"
GENTLEMEN: II would seem that the artistic
friend was right as TO the closing Of the circu-
lar road south of the Presidents house. for a
salaried champion has unnecessarily gone into
Il great many details not ut all pertinent to an
argument ms to the peoples rights and facili-
ties of business intercourse in the transit of
merchandise or the rapid transit of fire engines
when the city is built up near the Observatory
But n'importe. The views Of a designer and
his moneyed friend must be sustained and the
President. in his goodness Of heart, is not to
be blamed for yielding to honeyed speeches
while his eye was doubtless gratiied with pic
lures of few floating about in the groves No
one questioned the propriety Of his privacy
within the south enclosure; the caveat was
against the CLOSING Of a public route, open for
half a century and while gates we're to be
erected for carriages and their occupants, a
housekeeper with his little wagon. or a me
chanic with his cart, was to be forced to loss
Of time, which is money, by being obliged to
90 round. We have no more to say. The Com
missioner of Public Buildings has credit both
for honesty and common sense, and the writer
is willing to leave the rights Of the people in
his hands. An iron railing could be placed on
the south wall, and simple paling would pro-
tect the segment of trees on the south side of
the road. That wall will long be remembered
as made sacred by the death Of an honest me-
chanic, admitted with his family to witness the
fireworks some years since. Such are never Of
Kitchen Cabinets, and have no desire to hang
around the greasy precincts Of official favor
They bend not the pregnant hinges of the
knee that thrift may follow fawning" They
lay not out the munifcence Of generous stran-
ger in spreading trees and lawns, and removing
dirt, time and again, to suit the caprice Of fan
cy, which is not at rest even now. lis per-
fectly gratutous to suppose that plain visiters
a-foot would be of the intrusive order and mon
strous to suppose they would climb up wall
to see the President, who has ever bean ~
quently visible through every administxn(l 49,
Right prescribes tho true course a. b thstyeo@kj
and policy, 1t may be, runs In the saxn4 $1n
ton ! Let well enough alone. e lRno
conceded that this lattsr Ppclfw>
pilot who has weatherod ~
wants no nursinas NJ Art
may, as he pVeaoneW 1n1
he win do nothing y etyo1n
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PARKEvILLE HYDRoPATAIC INSTITUTE

a meeting of the Board of Managers of the Parke-
1850, Joseph A. Wedcr, NJ. d. unanimously elected
Resident Phyzean in the place Of Dr. Dexter, resigned.
n Having made various improvements this institute Is
and from Dr. Weders welknown skill and practical err
e<pce In Europe, acquired unda- Vncenz pressnitz
the founder Of the Hydropathic system and for several
years past this cay particularly in the city of
Philadelphia where he has had many patents the Man
ayers believe the afflicted win find him able and an
The domestic department being under the charge OF q
stewArd Matron win enable the Doctor to devote to
the patients whatever time may be necessary
Application for admission to be made to
Once No IS South Fourth street, residence No. 10 Lo-
gan square, Philadelphia.
Gt.erd Description Of the nkere Hydropalic Institute.
The main building three stories high, standing back
from the street about hundred feet with semicrcu
lar grass plot in 'front.' and contains thirty to forty
The grounds around the house tsefuy laid with
walks and planted with trees shrubs &c On the left Of
the these grounds cottage containing
rooms used by male patients as bathing house. with
every convenience for packing" bathing, &C., on the
right OF the entrance about two hundred feet distant
stands similar COTTAGE used by the ladies for similar
purposes. #
In the rear Of Institute the distance Of hun
drcd feet three other cottages eighty feet apart
One Of these Is the laundry with hydrant ut the door
the other two arc occupied by the servants.
The hydrant water ntrodoced into these cottages as
carried on by drains under ground.
Consist Of circular stone building standing the brow
of HILL surmounted by large cedar reservoir containing
ave hundred barrels, brought from neveraling spring
Of pure cold water In the side OF the HILL by hydraulic
RAM" sefactiug machine OF cast iron that is kept
ssny going night and day, by the descent of the water
from the spring The surplus water carried from the
reservoir 10 fountain In the waterworks yard surround
ed by weeping willows In the first story Of the water
works + circular room, containing the douche bath
.hich Is stream hilng nom height 2, about thirty
inch and half In diameter. Adjoining the douche room
II dressing room, with marble tables, &C.; the rising
dose (or the OF piles &c Of the most COM
pse contrvances OF the kind being entirely under the
control Of the patient using the same
There many other appliances, which can be better
understood hH a personal examination. a.
American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-05-15

IMPORTERS AND JoBBERs, SIS LIBERTY STREET, New
l York, between Broadway and Nassau.) are
eivng rich and beautiful Of Fancy Silk and
Millinery Goods, TO which would particularly invite the
attention of all Cash Purchasers and will make II OIL
cct for them 10 give CALL determined to sell
assortment for Cash lower than before offered in
this market.
Miners can supply themselves with every article il
heir line, about the cost of Importation Auction
orices. Many of goods manufactured expressly
Tor sale, and cannot be surpassed tor beauty
low prices.
Rich Hat and Cap Ribbons large variety
Silks and Satins for Bonnets
Embroidered Capes, Collars, Cuffs and Chemisetts
Embroidered Edgngs and Inserngs, Swiss and Muslin
Thread, Brussels yalencene, SILK, and Isle Thread
Iaree
Embroidered Revere and Plain Linen Cambria Hkfs.
Gloves and Mits, Kid, Silk, Iise Thread, and Sewing
silk
Scarfs Cravats and Dress IIkfs.
Swiss Jaconet, Book Muslins, and Bishop Lawns
Embroidered, Damask, and Plain Canton Grape Shawls
A fun assortment Of Straw Goods
French and American Artificial Flowers
With a large variety not mentioned above
All wishing TO avoid paying long prices will make
ney by calling and satisfying themselves. mar 2i-tf
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IRISH EMIGRANT SOCIETY.
Office. No. / Redde Street, Ne,c York.

consequence Of the great number of complaints which
have for long time been made by Emgrants, Of frauds
committed upon them in the sending ofsmoney to their
friends in Ireland and to aid and protect the Emgrant
the Irish Emigrant Society established fund.- deposited
In the Bank of Ireland, upon which they draw drafts,
payable at sight, at any OF the branches of the Bank
Persons residing out of the city, by enclosing in letter
the sum they wish forwarded with the plainly written
direction whom and where it is to be paid will have the
RENTED. "t"
There is great advantage in purchasing the Socetys
drathat the Bank has branch in each of the princi
pal towns in Ireland and thus the losses by discount and
otherwise, are avoided. .#
The Society keeps Office at No. % Spruce street. to
which Emgrants apply to obtain situations for which
they fitted. N.
Orders from employers in the country stating the
vices required the wages and the cheapest modes of
veyance and giving respectable reference will meet with
prompt attention.
The Society will be thankful for all crcumstanal and
early information of any fraud imposition outrage
committed Emgrants, and will endeavor speedily
apply a remedy. GREGORY DILLON, President.
HUGH KELLY,
JAMES MATTHEW'S Vice Presidents.
JAMES REYBURN, J
EDWARD G. DoNSELLY, Corresponding Secretary
HERMAN d. DAILY, Recording Secretary.
..r JOSEPH STUART, Treasurer
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Felix Ingoldsby, William Redmond,
William Watson, Francis Mann,
John Manning, James Stuart,
Terence Donnelly, Stuart J. NOLAN,
james dwell, Cornelius H. Shcehan,
Charles NJ Marry, John Nicholson. 81
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Communicated
cHooLs AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES.

SCHOOLS AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES.
MEssRs EDIToRs Charles b. Calvert esq,
President of the Maryland Agricultural Society,
authorizes me to say that premiums will be
offered for school products exhibited ut the next
annual Fair. of the Society. An officer OF the
State Agricultural Society of Virginia also
stated that he should call attention to the same
subject for their exhibitions. The juvenile spe-
cimens proposed to be exhibited are drawings,
mechanism, minerals and other productions,
both OF nature and art. The proposal is no
less interesting to families than to schools. No
schools or families are more Interested in this
proposal than at the heart of the nation Once
let this kind of light 90 out from this grand
concentrating and radating point, not to Mary
land and Virginia merely, but to the whole
country--indeed to all countries-and by the
rays of intellectual and moral light, both re-
Elected and radiated back, this central point of
our nation would indeed be the great centre Of
light for the whole world-.just as it should be.
Yours III.
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French and German Looking Glass Depot.
No. IS Bdltimore Street,

NO. 10 bnTTUlOTt SITtfi.
DARRATT DEFECT Caryers and elders, manufac-
ID turers Of every variety Of Plain and Ornamental
LookngItIlass and Picture Frames Window Corniccs.
brackets, Bracket Tables, Ceiling Mouldngs, &c, Sc
Also constantly hand, full assortment Of Gilt and
Mahogany Framed Looking Glasses. Old work rc-gilt.
classes inserted in old Frames &c Prices low and work
unsurpassed in beauty Of finish and durability by any
tther establishment The public Is respectfully invited
70 examine our stock befbre purchasing elseMherr
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SCHNIEMINn & co

IMPORTERS, No. IS Market street, Philadelphia: No.
LOO broadway, New York, receiving and offer
for sale, ut Market prices excellent assortment Of the
following goods:
Cloths and Docskins, Of Gevers Schmidt schnabels
Bockschurmann Schroeder and others, consigned 10
them direct from the manufacturers.
French, Swiss, and German silks Fancy and Staple
foods the bestmskes and Styles suitable for the spring
eeaeon. Fl 81 "f E.#MHH
Also sole agency for the United States Of j. NJ Caron
Co.'S Fancy Gilt aud silk Buttons and other fabrjcs,
mar 81
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1t is thus seen that there is provision for the
accommodation Of sundry boats within that
space But let the space within the lines l. 2,
3, be annihilated, and several boats space is
shut out; and then line represents. when made
straight line along the wharves, limited ac-
commodation, truly! But when a fence is ex
tended along the line ., and converted into a
lot, the public are thus to be gouged outright.
The bare statement Of the facts is almost suf6-
cient to make one regret that Congress appro-
PIRATES at oil for our big DRAIN" since lbe
rality is used for purposes of oppression. The
Commissioner of the Public Buildings may have
occasion to have some of his heavy timber, &C..
landed at the foot of 18th street, and he will
not be slow in applying the remedy, while the
corporation will be forced to confne itself to its
municipal rights in renting the wharf lines
IL is hoped the proprietor Of the Assembly
Rooms will procure a copy Of the license Of
street encroachment and publish it for the
qualification of all the property holders in the
neighborhood To look a little more closely
than even a fence crossing street. ii would
puzzle any lawyer to imagine that basin al
ready formed for public use could be altered,
with the aid of government means, ,rihout an
act of Congress, and based upon the petition Of
freeholders adjacent. But our corporation has
hitherto taken more upon itself than will here
after be quietly submitted TO and recurrence
of such practices should induce an exposure at
the Capitol by the proprietor Of the Assembly
Rooms. An ex police officer will lend his aid
to ind'cste list Of attractions of municipal
laws which had better never been passed, than
allowed to he treated with contempt by those
whose duty il is to see them enforced.
Back, fence, and let the boats come up ; and,
Corporation, see that ye exact not dues to which
you have no title, and form not lines that in
wade the rights of the public. ScRrrAroR