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Goid Ingots.

j. II. Sawyer. agent for Adams d Co.'S Ex-
press, was kind enough to show us yesterday
one OF the ingo,s of gold recently stamped at
the mint The ingots are of the value OF
s4,5o0 nearly, allowing a deduction for the
cost Of coinage. Attached to the bar was
memorandum specifying its weight, fneness.
the sost OF coinage, and all other matters ne.
cessary TO be known of it as as article of mer.
ehandise. The labe! states, first the gross
value, or the amount in dollars, which can 10
made from the BAY st which value it is paid
out to the owner; secondly, a statement is made
Of the deduction Of Que half per cent, which
will be levied for the expense Of coinage In
case tho bar is returned TO the mint for that
purpose. This is the net amount which can
cons, ,qacnlly 10 yssliaeA in soia at tho mint
The last amouht xonslitn;es the cash value.
below which tho bars should never be sold as
they can always be realized at that rate at
the mint, aud hereafter at the New York assay
office for purposts Of export, for sale to mann-
facturcrs, aud other commercial purposcs.--
They should have a still higher value, varying
according to the circumstances Of demand
Washington UniUn.
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Fools VINO Dos'T USE EToBAcco-.Thc follow
ing anecdote. from Maine paper, is goot
one:
One o. s. Fowler, who has been cnlightcn
ing the citizens Of this place upon their bumps
is a tall specimen of the human genius, and
abounds in self conceit, so much SO that he
sometimes mistakes lmpertnent interrogatories
for wholesome inquiries. and makes them ac
cordngly. Sitting in the Office of the Maine
Hotel one morning, he observed our friend
Barrel quietly smoking cigar.
'Young man." said he. in severe tone
"don't you know that a man who uses tobacco
is a fool?"
Well said b., it may be SO; but there is
one fact that perhaps you are not aware of.and
which wish to impress upon your mind; that
there are great many fools who don't use
it,"
The plIrenologist drew the inference, and
discontinued the conversation.
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DEATH OF VETERAN EDlToR Russell Jarvis
Esq, died suddenly at the Bond street Hotel
on sunday morning, after an illness of only
three days. He was native Of Boston, grad
uate of Dartmouth College. New Hampshire;
was about 63 years old, and had been connec.
ted with journalism for nearly or quite hall
his life We first knew him as Jackson edi.
tor in Boston; afterwards whig editor in this
city; afterwards he veered off again. became a
sort Of Democrat, and wrote for the last eight
or ten years for the Ledger. lPhiiadelpha J
He was man Of decided ability and deter.
mined personal Independence. Mr.. Jarvis lost
his wife and two children. (his whole family
by the burning Of the steamboa. Lexington, in
Long Island Sound, on the night of the 18th
ofJanuary. ls40.-N. Y. Tribune.
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Chief Justice Of Oregon.

We omitted to notice in our last the ap.
poin,ment of Ills Honor Geo. II. Williams of
Keokuk as Chief Justice OF Oregon Territory
Judge Williams is well known to our citizens
for the ability and impartiali,y with which he
performed the duties Of Judge of our district
court; he will also be long remembered for the
signal ability with which he advocated the
election of Pierce and King, when as presiden-
tial electo lie "carried the war INTO Africa,"
and invaded the strong holds Of his adversarics.
The Judges style of speaking Is not by any
means polished or e'egant-but it is nervous
and emphatic, every stroke. like that Of a
s'edge hammer telling home, He reminded
MS Of what we have read of Patrick Henry
There mo wishy washy twaddle, or studied
grnces 9n style with him; he walks into a,ksb.
|iaet any q sbou. Si.s H. 4 snaa NJ raf4sest
and bouHSto win. He has more strength than
grace, more soldity than ornament about him:
and take him altogether is just the'man for
those who are not yet advanced in refinement
to the verge of emasculaton. We predict for
him high degree of popularity in Oregon,
where we wish him much prosperity and hap
piness, at the same time expressing our re.
grets that Iowa should lose him. State Ga.
Zette, @a
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GILMAN FOLSOM.
JAMES d. TEMPLIN,
Attorney at La,o, Solicitor in Chance,y
and Nntayu Public.

IOWA CITY, IOWA.
Will attend to all business entrusted to his
care in the United States District Court. and
the Supreme and District Courts of the State OF
Iowa He will also give strict attention as
Laud Agent, to the purchase and sale of real
estate, the payment of axes, renting of proper.
ty. perfecting titles, the sale and location of
land warrants, the collection of debts, &c. DC
He has prepared himself with full and com.
ple,e double Index, accompanied with correct
plats, of all the United States, State and coun-
ty records of johnson county, Iowa, carefully
compared and corrected, by which he is able to
give at a glance, the true title to each town lot
and piece Of land in johnson county, without
the tedious ard uncertain process of .'funbing
inusty records" for days, and at last "buying a
pig in a poke" There are no less than 500 i'm.
p.rfect titles Eow in this county. Owners of
real estate should look well to their titles. Per
sons employing him to do their conveyancing
will be ci arged nothing for the examination OF
title, Oflee opposite the Land Office, on cor
ner of Washington and Clinton streets.
REFER TO-Hon g Folsom, Hon J Carle.
ton. Hon Thomas H Benton, jr, Hon John
Clark Iowa City.
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: BRrTAIN's HAIRY FAMrLY--The Queen, Alex.
apdria Victoria, was born May %, 1919.
Prince Francis Albert Augustus Charles
Emanuel of SAKE Coburg and Gotha, was born
Aug 2G, 1919.
The twain were married at the age Of 81, on
the 10th of Feb, 1910. The issue has been
Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa, born Nov
81, 1s40.'
Albert Edward. born Nov. 9, 1871.
Alice Maud Mary. born April IS, ls43.
Alfred Earnest Albert. born Aug. 6, 1914.
Helena Augusta Victoria. born May 25,
1916.
Louisa Caroline Alberta. born March 1s,
Is4s
Arthur William Patrick Albert, born May /,
1850.
A son not yet named. born April 7. 1853.
Eight children--four sons and four daught.
ers-in thirteen years and all alive and well.
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The aurora B0reaiis aud the Tel,
~ MI cgraph.

A telegraphic operator Of Boston. writes to
the Traveller of that city. NNs*esult of his ex-
pericnee in regard 10 the effect Of the Aurora
Borsalis produced upon he telegraph wires.
The phenomena ofthe Aurora Borealis has been
rather difficult problem ior natural philoso.
piers to solve, and while they have general
ly attributed it to the cause OF electricity IN
some condition their conclusions have mostly
been founded upon hypothesis or Conjecture
The following observations they serve to fur
nish stronger data 10 scientific men
On the Morse and othev magnetic telegrnphs
th6eifect produced by the Aurora is general
| " to increase or diminish the electric current
used IN working the wires; sometimes it en-.
trely neusralisea tksss in effect no hnid
is discoverablo on item. As. however, the
Balm. or chemical telegraph, is much the best
adapted for observing the precise effect pro.
duced by the Aurora, shall contine myself
principally to it.
During thunder storm, the atmospheric
electricity attracted by the wires passes over
them to the chemicyprepased paper.and then
ce to the grornd. eAs it passes from tho wire
to the paper it emits bright spark, and pro-
duces sound like the seapping Of a pistol
Atmospheric electricity never remains for any
| length Of time on the wires; it will, however
sometimes travel many miles before dscharging
itself; have seen discharges Of Electricity from
the instrument which emanated from thunuer
storms forty or fifty miles distant.
The effect produced by the Aurora Borealis
on the wires, and the record on the paper is
entirely different from that of the atmospheric
current Instead of discharging from the wires
with flash and report. and without the aid
of n conductor, as is the case with the latter, II
glides along the wires in one continuous
stream, producing the same result on paper, n;
that produced by the galvanic battery. 1t il
well known that only the positive pole of tn,
battery produces colored mark on tho papel
the negative having the contrary effect o
bleaching it, the same is also true of the lw,
currents IRON the Aurora. The current usual
ly commences lightly. producing light blu,
line jus, perccp,ible on the paper-and grad
ual!y increases in strength making da,k blu
aud then black line--till finally IL become
so strong as to burn through several thickness
es of it, it then gradually disappears, and j
followed by the bleaching current from tn
batteries.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-05-11

MASS NETTING AT CHICAGO The citizens of
Chicago met in mass meeting on the 2lst uIt.
TO advise as to what action was proper to be
taken in reference to the collision which had
taken place on the Railroads near that city,
and by which so many lives were lost. and SO
much misery entailed upon the unfortunate
survivors who were wounded. The result OF
the convention was expressed in series Of
Resolutions in which the culpabillty Of the
Engineers is set forth and determination
evinced to procure such change in the loca-
ton Of the roads as will avoid further cvll,s-
ons.-Dubuque Herald.
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Another Glimpse at Milan.

GENEVA, March l4ih 1883
Once more in land of liberty, we breathe
freely again, and desire to be thankful for the
blessing. Having been detained over a fort.
night in Milan, we have been taught under
Austrian military instructions its value,
which can be so we'll learned in no other school.
You at home who never go abroad, can have
no just appreciation of the priceless blessing
which you enjoy, as the common air and sun,
with scarce a consciousness of their value.
We reached this fine hotel last evening, and
propose to remein few days to realize the
pleasure of our escape from the worst tyran-
ny that exists among civilized nations. gave
you few days after our entrance into Milan,a
few hurried lines, which travelling acquain.
tance then leaving under police permission
agreek to struggle through, our first impres.
sion of the horrible state ef things there; but,
Of course, they contain only a very inadequate
account Of the actual scenes we witnessed. No
written account, in fact, could give the reader
just idea of them. Neither, life. liberty, nor
property is safe for moment. Each and all
may be taken in the most unexpected moment
at the will Of any one of the petty despots who
do the will of Austria. Military law prevail
and its only instrument is the sword.
There are constant cases Of spolia1
robbery by police agents and sol
| enter houses at will on the sight1
and rob and maltreat the iarsIl
cry of "imperial orders.'
! aces are rifed w
treasures. whoTc regimenC
Little Palace, and The soldiers amul
yes by shooting aud piercing the on
and statues, especially those represd
innocent absent family. The family jew
socated with all its traditions, were tdN
taken from the Maitre d'hotel, but afterwards
deposited in secure place by the condescen-
sion of the general-in-chief, to whom appeal
was made.
Other large palaces have been similarly
treated. the occupants driven out, and the fur
nture turned into the streets. Many of the
noblest families have been thus thrown upon
the charity of their neighbors. Upwards of
5000 men constantly patrol the streets, which
they frequently clear of people at the point of
the bayonet, under the stilest pretexts. No
one is permitted to walk with his hands in his
pockets lest they may contain arms. More
than two persons are not permitted to meet
anywhere in public, and private dinner parties
are actually forbid den. Every day since we
have been here dead bodies have been found
in the highways; the gallows are en- perma aence ;
musket shots are constantly heard in some
quarter of the city; the property Of all the rich
refugees who have found an asylum in Pied.
mont, Switzerland, &C., is sequestered by
imperial decree, amounting to many millions,
and the poor, down -trodden population is
taxed at the rate of 10000 francs per day to
pay the expenses of thus expressing them
Bad as all this seems on paper, the reader
can form no conception of the effect of it up
on those of us who actually see it in all its re.
reality. The garcon calls for me.
Adieu B.
Newark Daily Advertiser
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A MODEL VALEDIcToEY. most singular
valedictory address on record was delivered
by Sidney Smith to young English mission
airy who was about to proceed to Van Dieman' $
land 1t was as follows.
Farewell my dear friend, farewell! You
90 to a country where it is the custom Of the
aboriginals to have a clergyman ON their
sdeboards every morning for breakfast but let
us hope-let US earnestly hope-that you will
HEoye very indigestable to the savage that eats
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PRoTEcrros or EDIroRs AND REpoRrrEs. A
bill has been introduced into the Senate OF
New York for the protection of this class OF
sufferers. who are often subjected to great
persecution by actions for libel. brought n.
ganst them by gentlemen who find more
truth than poetry" in the newspapers The
bill is to the following effect
"No reporter, editor. or proprietor Of any
newspaper. shall be liable to any action o,
prosecution, civil or criminal, for q fair and
true report in such newspaper Of any judicial
legislative. or other public official proceedings
OF any statement. speech, argument, or debate
In the course OF the same. except upor actua
proof Of malice in making such report, which
shall in no case be implied from the act of tn,
publication.
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BABIEs.-An editor who has been married
abou year. speaking of babies. says
"The delight Of the day the torment of the
night-clcgant in full dress. but horrible in
dishabille--besuiiful on the smile, but mad.
dening on the yell--exquisitely in place. in
the nursery. but nwfully de trop in the parlor
or railroad car-the fountain Of all Joy and
something else--the well spring Of delight
and the recipients Of unlimited spankings-
the glory of 'pa'-the happiness Of ma
,chO couldn't hare EN-"
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Oun CRY ArrrcLE.-Money is tight still
very. Mr.. Mulbcrynose was round among
his financial friends endeavorng to borrow
enough for drink. Money was not to be had
readily on cal. however.
Young Tom Hardup attempted to "bleed
his governor yesterday Of the ridiculous sum
of fifty dollars-bu. the operation was not ef.
fccted.-Lantern.
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WAsHiSGToy. April ~.

SfRyicEs OF Carr NYE AND HIS CRrw Acx
NowLEDGID,--The British Government has
sent to MIR. Champion, the British Minister, u
gold medallion likeness of Her Majesty. Queen
Victoria. and agod pocket chronomei,r. for
Capt; Nye, Of the steamer Pacific. and gold.
mounted trumpet. and Gl0 sterling, for the
mate, aud GlO for each Of the six men who
volunteered their services and saved the crew
and passengers of the British barque Jesse
Stevens, wrecked some time since The pres.
ents are to be distributed through the State
Department. a
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FORWARD You've LADIES If young ladies
have fault it is sometimes in being little loo
forward; but then this is fault which ,bcv
always correct in after age, for as soon as a
young lady has reached thirty, sho begins to
make amends for her former forwardness by
going backwards regularly every year.
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letters till IL o'clock TO day--it is near that
hour If anybody in New York chooses TO
come out aera. let then, come; they will not
only see the elephant but, "blame me- ifthey
don't have to ride him, too don't speak from
personal experience. came out here, not
TO dig gold but to find a climate that the learn
ed doctors in New York said was superior to
Italy; they missed it so havel. Friday. ther.
mometer 1871; today. 65--beautiful. D.
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AIR SPRINGS WI here will be the end Of me
chanical inventions and improvementsg Who
will believe that railroad car is already cor
structed and proved, which rests upon air
springs? Mr.. Ellsworth informs US that jus,
before leaving Washington, he sigusd L patent
foe man who propoacl
sS$t aeSsseF = ..Hs..@-.,;,t~ sivtns
Fread and write without'any Inconvenience
"Of what do you make your springs--Iron2'
"No" of woodl' NO What thenr Air.
How:' Take strong metallic cylinder
twelve inches long. set it in perpendicular
force into this thirteen atmospheres, (that is,
by the use of the forcing air pump, make the
air in the cylinder thirteen times ms dense or
as heavy as common air;)-on the top OF
this put oil, and then insert piston which
shalt fill the cylinder, and this makes the
spring." Mr.. Ellsworth rode n car carrying
eight passengers, which is thus constructed
and it answered fully the expectations ami
promises of the patentce.-N II. Farmer.
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PRoPosED LAW AGAINST SPIRITUAL RATINGS IN
THE GENERAL CouRT.-In the Massachusetts
House Of Representatives. an order has been
submitted directing the Committee on Educa.
tion to inquire into the expediency Of provid-
ing legal restraint against the mischief now
perpetrated by the e"Spiritusl Rappings."
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w PENN. CLARK,

A TToRNEY ATLAW, AND SOLIClTOR
IA in Chancery Iowa City Iowa, wiliattena &c
to all business entrusted to ms care ~ .he
S District court, and the Supreme and District
c,urts of the State of Iowa, and also act as
TANDAGENT Office over the estoreoccupied
by George Andrews.
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Landing Of the Vice Preside mt. /.

The steamer Junior, Captain Armstrong
brought up Vice President King and his ac-
companying relatives from the steamer Full
ton, which remains at her anchorage near Dog
rive Bar. They were landed on Government
street wharf, where an immense assemblage Of
citizens had gathered 20 witness the debarka.
tion. Col King came forward, supported by
two officers OF the Fulton, and was conducted
to a carriage provided for the purpose. He
appeared to be extremely feeble and attenua.
ted, though he bore his head erect and his eyes
glanced around seemingly with sad though
pleased interest, to find himself once more on
the soil of his beloved Alabama-the Land Of
Rest.
There was profound sensation in the large
crowd present, as they gazed upon the form of
the venerable statesman, and patriot, thus en-
feebled by the heavy hand Of dsease-thus
stricken by the arrow of sickness, in the midst
of the honors which the nation has SO recently
bestowed upon him-and the sad countenan.
ces, the uncovered brows, and the mute deco.
rum of all testified to the deep solicitude and
sympathy which universally prevailed The
sad spectacle repressed the cordial and en,hu-
siastic cheers which would otherwise have
greeted our illustrious fellow citizen TO
the emporium Of the State which has SO long
cherished him as her favorite son.
During the progress Of the Junior up the Bay
with the national flag displayed at her jack.
staff, the State artillery fired the Vice Presi
dents salute OF seventeen guns.-.--Mo Reg.
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A POLITICIAN, AS Is A PoLlTIcIAN.-Mr Shaw
said that in politics he had been everything
He had been member Of every party he had
had ever heard of. Laughter He was at
this time a member of the Democratic party
of that faction known as "Hvnker"-a mode.
rate one-rather sottly. Before the time of
Andrew Jackson he had been democrat. But
IN he was talked of as a candidate for the
ICY, and Crawford was mentioned too
Aecame Clay man. He remained
neing the whole of that des.
rule, and the one tha,
fast to Mr.. Clay as long
hpf placing him in the
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MORGAN RENO,

TTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT
"A Law, Iowa City, Iowa, will practice in
the courts of this State, and attend promptly
to a business entrusted to him.
MayalS5l
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Town very rapidly; and as Nuw 1Ork has
large number of rum seler5--wlo will follow
it as long as it pays-and in the end, my opin-
ion. lose their souls. However, it will require
a capital Of 50, 900 or $4,000, TO do "a driving
business" and but a few who have that
amount think of emfglatipg anywhere.
! have to close abruptly, or this will be too
late for the mail; the Post Office bas conseated
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L. b. PATTERSON,
A TTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT
N Law, Iowa City, Iowa, will attend to all
business e entrusted to him in the line ofhispro-
fession.
Nav 1851.
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Their giant forms in! !deeps below.
We used to see the snngo down
The watery western skies afar,
And hail with eager, childish joy,
The light Of every new born star.
Along the beach, among the cliffs.
Our days in paslime seem 10 glide,
AS if the hour, were made to mark
The cbb and flow ofocean s tide.
We said "Till all our locks were gray,
Each year in June Veil hither roam,
And pitch or tent,--sfu other spot
Shall be our kinG IA S..naer home"
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upon; is one which a. <ct
slider ourselves pledged by~Ilae)N' -.
to interfere with, that we should feel like a
knave. as well as act like a fool, If we became
an abolitionist, or disseminated abolition doc.
'rines. The worst enemy, even TO the negro.
are the abolitionists They have put off eman
cipation indefinitely Even the National Era,
the abolition organ at Washington begins 10
admit that northern agitation is not the best
thing for the African.--Detroit Free Press.
WHERE Is BARSuMg--We saw at the Exchange
yesterday gentleman whose fair proportions
exceeded anything we have ever seen before
lie stood seven feet some inches in his stock
ings, aud weighed over four hundred pounds.
Our very worthy host the proprietor of the
Exchange stood without difficulty under his
arm; and We for ourselves might have
danced hornpipc between his legs if we had
only known how. But the funniest Of all was.
there was another person with him exactly
like him, except she was u woman-fact.-
lcdo Republican.
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The PRlNcIFLE oE EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS.
The democrats of Hartford, Con, have had
meeting on the subject Of the appointment OF
postmaster in that city, and, after discussion.
repuda,ed the principle Of the ballot for Off.
GERS subject to executive appointment, and
passed resolutions introduced by W. w. Eaton
Esq, concluding with the following;
Resolved. That We entertain the fullest
confidence that the President is able to mako
all his appointments without our volunteering
any new system of action; or resorting TO u
mode Of public procedure which has the aspect
of our au horitativc inst ructionl ! hat when he is
disposed to make his constitutional rights in
relation to the appointment Of officers under
the government of this Union subseryient 10
a local ballot he wilipr,bably advise the peo-
pie of his position, until then, we feel salts.
fed that he will, like the hero Of NeW Orleans.
take The responsibility Of exercising his own
Judgment in the selection Of public officers