Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-06-22

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fiction. They give one no trouble to
read, excite no painful emotions
you 60 through them with a gentle.
languid, agreeable interest. Mr..
James, romances are perfect in this
way. The ne plus ultra of Incidence
may be enjoyed during their perusal.
RARE GLASS OF PUNCH. Punch gets
thus off the recent movements of the
authorities against kossuth:
Non Discovery OF POWDER AT
PuNcn's OFFcE.-Yesterday a body
of police, consisting OF a single cons
table, acting on his own warrant on
behalf of tM Secretary of State, en-
tered Punch's office, to search for a
quantity ofexplosive matter.
He was informed that the periodi-
cal was not a magazine, and contain
ed nothing calculated to canse an ex-
plosion more dangerous than a burst
of laughter.
On wanting to know if any gun
powder was concealed on the prem
ises, he was offered II cup of tea;
which contained all that was left in
dam state.
Demanding whether there was in
the establishment any composition
for filling rockets, he was answered
in the ne sative, and assured that the
only fireworks dealt in at IS Fleet
street, were ,quibs.
Having with some diff Guilty appre-
hended joke, the police retired.
lUMessrs Chang and Eng were
much gratitied by an introduction to
Mrs. Darlington, one of whom assured
her that he had heard of her in Siam
many years ago, but the other didn't
recollect]about it. On informing her
of their intention to go to Saratoga
or Newport the coming summer, the
old dame wondered at the determine
ton. "How crowded you will ber'
said she: Accommodations are so
scarce; though | dare say, you could
upon Emergency, both sleep in one
bed" The suggestion was a happy
one-all the difficulty was removed
in an instant-and the dual gentle
man smiled thankee with his four
lips, and Mrs Darlington waved a
parting benediction to him with her
green cotton umbrella, as he disap-
peared in the crowd.
A Sick charlottesville New York
Times thus heads long article on
this subject:
"a sick Bachelor! A dying camel
in the DESERT AsaiIor on a hen coop
in the middle of the Atlantic All
the same. The same incident from
different points of view. The same
subject with varied accessories
If there is d preponderance of mis-
cry on any side it is on the side of
the sick bacherlor. The camel, how
ever intelligent it may be, is still
scarcely as sensitive as the human
sufferer, and the sailor, floating on a
hen-coop thousand miles from land
is at least spared the misery of know
ing that there is help within CALL
The sick bachelor is the ne plus ultra
OF human misery"
UThe Lantern suggests the
following remedies for railroad acct
dents:
LIST. Hang two directors at each
terminus, and one every fifty miles of
the road.
I'd. Hang one engine driver every
twenty five miles, and three where -
er the road crosses a river, and runs
along the side of a hill
Sd. Legalize the use of a 'lynch
law" by the passengers, whenever an
accident occurs.
OLD TmEs.-ln the days of the
blue laws OF New England, shoe
maker was condemned to be hanged;
but on the day appointed forhis exc
cution, they discovered that he was
the only shoemaker in the place-so
they concluded to hang a weaver in
his stead, for they had more weavers
than they wanted.
NEWSPAPER CHANGE.-WM. II. HnpE
has retired from the editorship of the
PcnnsWUmniaa, at Philadelphia, and
is to be succeeded by J. c. COOPER,
late of the Valley Spirit, published at
Carlisle, in that State. MIR. HOPE
speaks highly of his successor as
being Democrat of the straisbtest
sect, spirited writer, and a good
business man, in whose hands the
time honored organ of the Demo.
cratic party of the Keystone State
will lose none of its interest of eff
cheney. The PennsWuuaian in old
times has done good service in the
Democratic ranks, and we rejoce to
learn from Mr.. Hopes valedictory
that it is now in prosperous condi-
ton; that its circulation is large and
its ad, ertising patronage more ex-
tensive than at any former period of
it's history.