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Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-07-20

Paddy, attending "Broadbrim" con-
veDtion for the first time. was much astonsh
ed and puzzled withal. at the manner Of wor-
strip. Having been told that the brethren
spake even as they we're moved by the spirit,
he watched the procesaings with increasing
disgust, for their "haythen way Of worship
TIL one young Quaker arose and commenced
solemnly-
Brethren have married.
"Thc devil ye hev?" interrupted Pat.
The Quaker sat down in confusion. but the
Spirit moving Pat no further, the young man
mustered courage and broke ground again:
Brethren. | have married a daughter Of
the lord.
"The devi! ye hev that!' said Pat, "but itil
be long while before Iver yell see your father
in.law."
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-07-20
me how grand you are CROWN

Dear me how grand you are growing
Isaac" said Mrs. Parington, as that young
gentleman insisted upon it lie wouldn't eat
anything but straw berries for his supper. when
friend had kindly sent in box, "how grand
yeu are growing. By me by you will want to
board at the BREWER House and live on MANILA
ice cream. You mustn't be SO glntinous, deal
I don't like 10 see little boy with such
velocity of appetite"
WHEN charles Lamb visited the Litch-
field cathedral his guide .oId HIM that three
men once dined upon the top ot the ste'ple.-
"They must have been very sharp set" said
Lamb.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-07-20
Mr.. Browplow saws we have intimat,

Mfr. Brownlow says we have intimated
an intention to fight him This is all untrue
But we do now say thai we stand perfectly
ready and willing to meet him anywhere. a,
any time and in any way he may DESIRE
Rogersville Times.
We accept the challenge, and agree to fight
but being the challenged party under ahe Jaws
Of regulating duelling, we claim the right Il
select the time. place and weapons. We sc
lect hog pen. Immediately after hard rain
and dung forks as the weapons--and whoeve
iifts the other out. is to be acknowledged th'
victor!-Brownl wnlow's Whig.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-07-20
From the Panama Star June I.
A Land for Printers-The Aus
lrAlian Press.

We have before had the occasion to notice
the neatness with which some OF the papers Of
Australia are printed and the ability with
which they are edited. We have now TO notice
another feature Of them
We have before us the copies of the Mel
bourne Argus Of the l4th and 18th. Each
humber come to us in three sheets double the
size Of the Star. 1t contains seven columns to
the page--twenty eight columns to the sheet
eighty four columns in each number before US!
or these from sixty FIVE to seventy are filed
with new advertisements
"Prodigious." as Dominic Sampson would
say. And then just look. At the prices that
priHtAssshAve In, ,Auss1ata. s.. a
The tsrms u 'ths AsSsv A. s11yllAxs; 9
'Su0scffption- twenty stfllings sterling per
quarter or twenty dollars per annuml
"Advertising-Cssh-F thirty words OF
under. one shilling: for one inch. three shil-
lings, and one shilling for svyy additional
four lines for each insertion
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-07-20
Alliance DetweeM Mexico am d
Spaim!-lmpOrtan if true.

A correspondent of the N. Y. Daily Times
reports that our Government has been advised
from the best sources, of the celebration Of a
treaty between Mexico and Spain. 1t was
signed. SO the story goes. by General Cahedo
and Santa Anna. while the latter was in Ha-
vanl. and has already been ratified by both
powers.
1t is also asserted that an expedition of six
thousand troops mas been organized on the
Cruz, where they will support the Coup de
Etat, which Santa Anna is resolved TO attempt.
The precise nature Of the coming coup is not
defined by the Times correspondent. but it is
evidently only another sublime tread in the
march OF this great felon towards complete
iron handed despotism. There is a large par
ty in Mexico who hate the Dictator. love iibsr-
| " ana prsyAbr arse sexxtfcn! Il was headed
by Arista. who suffers banishment for his mag.
nanimi,y. But the spirit Of the masses, though
checked when first bereft of their chief, still
breaks out, and yet threatens the permaaence
of the Dictator's brutal reign. Santa Anna
cant trust to his own soldiers for sufficient
backing, and SO he borrows six thousand hire.
lings from Spain. The Times story is quite
probable.
In the interim, according to the same au.
thoriy, the Cubans will improve capital
chance, in the absence of the soldiers, for an
insurrection on the island If so, they will
probably win. and clap their scoundrel rulers
into the filthy dungeons lately occupied by the
brave Lopez and his companions.
May the news be true. Cuba once free, and
Santa Annals race Of mad ambition will soon
be run.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-07-20

The Boston Post says, under the head
of Fund" at has been confidently said that
there wasn't even the ghos: Of whig party
left, but We find paragraph in yesterday q
Atlas headed The Wing Spirit of Alabama" !"
which must mean that the restless shadow of
that unhappy party is yet knocking" round
beneath the g'impses Of the moon. Itis said by
modern spiritologists that the bodiless spirit
retains the characteristics which marked it
when with the flesh; hence, ii this be true. the
manifestations of the newly awakened spirit
mnst bareeeiyed with great caution. IL is
undoubtedly "deceivng spirit" o..
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-07-20
EDWARD CONNELLY.
JAMES D. TEMPLIN,
Attorney at LaD, Solicitor in Chancery
and Nltary Public.

IOWA CITY, low A.
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
Losd Agent, to the purchase and sale of real
estate, the payment of taxes, renting of proper
ty. perfecting titles, the sale and location Of
land warrants, the collection of debts, &c, &c.
He has prepared himself with full and com.
plete 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 glance, the true title to each town lot
and piece of land in johnson county, without
the tedious ard uncertain process of 'funbiing
musty records" for days, and at last "buying a
pig in poke" There are no less than 500 i'm
eerfect titles row in this county. Owners of
sal estate should look well to their titles. Per-
employing him to do their conveyancing
u chhrged nothing for the examination OF
s.e. Office opposite the Land Office. on cor
Ser Of Washington and Clinton streets.
q REFER TO-Hon G Folsom, Hon J P Carle-
ton. Hon Thomas II Benton, jr, Hon John
Clark, Iowa CITY.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-07-20

REORGANIZATION or THE DEPARTxENrs-Yes-
terday being the 3Oth OF June. the law of Con-
gress touching the reorganization Of the Exec.
utive Departments took place. 1t has been 10
construed as to dislodge the occupant Of every
clerical office and only those who have recei-
we'd new commissions, (which were yesterday
dispensed,) are now in employ The Census
Bureau dropped off yesterday upwards Of for
ty clerks. retaining only twelve or thereabouts;
and the Pension Office was reduced from one
hundred and thirteen to seventy five, Of whom
twenty five are temporary. We have not heard
Of the extent Of the changes made In other
Bureaus and Departments. Mat Int.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-07-20

w. D. Wallaeh and VIM. H. Hope.
ESq'rs. have become proprietors Of the Erening
Star, neutral journal of small size. published
in " Washington city. The Star has not hitherto
been conducted with much energy. but its new
proprietors will no doubt infuse ne v life into it,
and if they do. their fortunes are made. There
is, in our Judgment, FIRST rate opening for a
cheap and spirited paper at Washington, and
this opening the new editors of the Star will
doubtless take care to close against all but
themselves. They have projected various i'm
proyements 10 their jonrnai, and these We shall
notice as they occur.-Pennsy lvaniau.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-07-20

| WAR IN South AMERIcA.-While our eyes are
turned anxiously towards Europe, watching
for the war storm to burst forth, our attention
is arrested by the news that two South Ameri.
can States have fretted and Jared until they
find they must try conclusions with the sword
aud the bullet. Peru has determined to bear
no longer with the conduct of her neighbor,
Ro~a thinks Peru has acted badly-so they
prepare for war-and most probably are now
at IL "thck and fast"
1t is not easy to discover, with entire ac-
curacy, the casus belli. but it would appear that
there exists in Peru party strongly dssatis
fed with the present Government. and espe-
cially with the he acts of President Echinique
and that some Of the prescribed leaders of this
party have been sheltered in Bolivia and en-
couraged IN their revolutionary plans Gen
Beluz, President Of Bolivia, hopes, with their
aid and that of the Indians OF Peru. to depose
Echinique, and unite the two Republics. 1t is
also said that the revolutionary patty embrace
in their plan the union of the Southern Re-
publcs under one general government and
name like the United States of North America.
But there have been other propositions to
war. Bcixu, the President Of Bolivia, seems to
be man who rather courts than seeks to avoid
disputes with his neighbors. He has, it is
stated. had disputes with all the Representa-.
lives of other Governments resident al La Paz.
the Capitol, and had peremptorily dismissed
the Peruvian Charge d'Affaires; for which in /,
dignity President Echihique demanded salts.
faction in naughty terms. Belzu showed no will
lingness to comply with the humliating de-
mands, but began preparations to defend him
self from attack by Peru.
In the meantime the naval as well as the
land forces of Peru ldke been put in movement
against Bolivia. At last accounts. Peruvian
squadron was on the way to attack the Bolivian
Port Cobia. Of the political importance of this
war, we are not able to ju ige; and as to which
party is most in fault, We can give no positive
opinion. In South American wars, both par
ties usually get into fault, before the fray is
thoroughly commenced, and their wars seldom
settle any principle Of Government-thongh
they do sometimes Temporarily settle the pre-.
tensions Of rival chiefs.-N. Y Sun.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-07-20

- them For a small cos.sideratioa, tla.ss. ri,
towing statement, xnich viii crafty every 81
Gus heart
II am sure that many parents will rejoice TO
know on unquestionable authority, that the
Presidential mansion Is house Of prayer. Dai
ly social devotions, attended on Sabbath morn.
ing by all the inmates Of the house. together
with constant recognition of God at table,
while they mark the highest household IN our
land as exempt from the malodction pronoun-
ced against those families that call not upon
the name Of Jehovah, may serve to encourage
Christians and set good example to all"
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-07-20
The star In the East.

The Delegates chosen by the Democracy Of
Maine, to represent them in State Convention.
assembled at Bangor. on Thursday last. The
Democrat states that "nearly every town and
plantation in the State. WIS fully represented ;
aud that more intelligent or more patriotic
body OF men, had never before been seen in
Maine. Hon. AlsERr PiLLsBuRY received the
nomination for Governor. A long series Of ex-
cellent resolutions. frouewl,ich we extract the
following. was reported by the committee and
unanimously adopted by the Convention:
Kesolred. That the principles enlnciated by
the President in his Inaugural address. meet
our distinct and unqualified approval: and we
hail the initiation of the policy. foreign and
domestic. delineated in that document, -
marking the commencement Of new era.
which presaises 70 hesiepalizal " NJ in.
creased prosperity and tranquility Of the
country at home, and the augmentation of its
claims to respect aud consideration abroad.
Resolved, That we retain undiminshed
confidence in the patriotism. integrity and de.
be emphatcally the man for the times. and
fully adequate to the discharge of the delicate
and momentous responsibilities to which he has
been appointed by the voice of the American
people; and that his administration of the gov
ernment will be no less distinguished for its
untiring devotion to the interests Of the coun.
try, than for its sound republican measures
aud its successful efforts to preserve unimpar-
ed, tho peace and integrity of the Union.
| Resoloed, That emuating the noble example
set them by the Democracy of the Union, the
Democracy of Maine will cast old issues and
old dissensions behind them, and standing
upon the Baltimore resolutions as a common
platform of political faith, will henceforth
knowno divisions. sections or wings in the
ory. but only the Democratic party. and
that lone and indvisble."
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-07-20

GTTbe Grand Jury of Cincinnati was re-
Gently urged to find indictments against the
presau111uaccount of its outspoken course in ref.
- 1.-The judges and other officials The
jury u . lengthy report says:
The attention of the jury was especially di.
rectcd to some animadversions of the daily pa
pers in relation 10 recent action of this court
and it has taken the same into careful consde-
ration The result is that while they feel vii
ling to guard the citizen or public servant from
any wanton OF maliciou determination OF char.
acter and. would strongly condem the pub,ica
tion of articles tending to bring into contempt
the conservation Of public peace and morals
they cannot but look upon he acts Of officers
Of the law and public servants generally. as
subjects of Iull and free comment aud discus.
sion. The press is an ever watchful guardian
of the peoples rights and its prerogatives
should not be lightly interfered with.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-07-20
The Second Wife.

They told me he he'd one before
Another heart than mine,
And laid his first and deepest love
Upon an earlier shrine:
They said my spirit oft must grieve,
III my lot would cast
With one who held so sacred still
Remembrance Of the past.
needed not; my bark was launched
With his own life's Swift tide,
And earth holds not a happier heart
1mine-a second BRIDE
know that he has loved and lost
What life may ne'er give back:
The flowers that bioo,ned in freshness once
Have withered on his track.
know that she. the angel called,
Looks out from yon blue heaven,
A watcher DER the earth bound soul
From wkich her own was riven.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-07-20

A puEL AsrlclrArED.-By late advices from
California, we learn that on the day the steam
er left, f30th May. duel was to take pace
between Senator Gwin and j. W. McCorkle.
M. G. weapons-rihes. at 80 yards. The cause
is said to be disparaging language used by
Mr. Gwin against his antagonist Friends
tried without avail to make an amicable az
rangement. Marshall is acting friend Of NC.
and VIM Damcron, naval officer, friend of
Gwin.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-07-20

No ONO RIvER BoATs-There was not n
solitary boat in port to-day for the Ohio river,
with the exception Of the Telegraph No. 2. and
she may not 60 farther than Cairo. Trans
porlation to that quarter is, therefore. entirely
suspended for the prescnt.-St Louis News,
June 81.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-07-20
The whig state convention Of AIabau

The whig state convention Of Alabama
ofa candidate for governor. adopted a resolu.
tion p'edgng the wbig party Of that state to
oppose the acquisition Of additional territory
unless the equal rights Of the south are guaran.
teed in such acquisition by the articles Of the
deed Of cession.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-07-20
The Prince Of all the rea ms
Led them on

ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD This road is
being pushed forward with great deal of en-
ergy on the part of the contractors. There arc
now over 10000 men engaged omit, Over l0O
miles of It's already in operation. viz: FROM
Chicago to Kankakee, and from Lasalls ID
Bloomington. About twa 1911 Nj
."s ."d second .sses "a division: ii ~ Il il
track Layers are about commepeingt their la
bors. On the second the work will commence
at Big Muddy river, for which place IN engine
and cars have just been sent down. On the
First Division it will commence at Lower Cash
river. where an engine is daily expected. A
large amount Of materials for the superstruc-
ture have been landed at both these points,
Within year from this time, the road will be
opened its entire length between Chicago and
Cairo.--St. Louis Int.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-07-20
Opening O9 the Crystu1 Palace
The President Coming.

We are gratified to state, fgoon our private
dispatches from Washington, mat the Pfesi.
dent Of the United States has consented to be
present at the opening of thsSSKystal Palace,
on the l4lh instant, and no Will all proba
bility. be accompanied BY tAe &ncretary Of
State, and one or two other Ky Cabinet.
Wo are also advised that per of the
diplomatic corps are expeute4 Washing
ton, and that q majority, at the Gov
ernors of the various States in Vicinity and
very numerous catalogue of Ncial func-
tionaries, State and federal, and for
egn, VIII also, contribute p RFesence,
to the dignity and ipPos:n Nof the
Inauguration Of our exhibitl world .
industry. This z right; fcx1 {Rpding
sttthe aeisy ne Stss'acsS L., n il aa sne
"isgNinss ahu rf'preheHS'''EEs Es,ss O''necteu
with 'his great enterprise TINS Pf0'n'neh' IN
augurai assembly ind'cates' 70 agrea'' extent
the i"ii success oi tne experiment. Du' 'heio
Is more suos'aht'a'e eViueheea aiofueu uPou ''iis
po'h'' III ''e iaP'u "eeo''u'a''on anu o'a"'.'"'
arrangement oi 'he materials 'i lhe exnio'tioh
wh'ch we are authorised 70 say VIII haruiy
iaii below the ant'e'pations OF the most san
game ir'ehas OF the hazardouS ane RESPONSE
pie undertaking.
me presence OF our chief magistrate VIII
however, oe Tue great feature Oh 'he exhio'''on
PERSONALLY ne IS sun comparatively stranger
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-07-20

The New York and New Haven Rail-
road Company have paid the sum OF 5000 I'd
Mrs. NJ. w. Dimmock Of Mansfield. whose
husband was among the killed by the Norwalk
disaster. This was the amount claimed, aud
it was promptly paid.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-07-20
Five days later. from Havana.

Arresf Of Count Carlisle on q charge of inciting
and assisting the jamaica negroes TO repoit, etc
By the arrival Of the United States mail
steamship, Empire City. from New Orleans and
Havana. We have been placed in possession
Of ales Of papers from the latter place to III.
29th ult--being five days later.
Owing to the lateness Of the hour at which
the e. @. arrived we were unable to procure our
letters in time for publication this morning
The Havana papers, as usual, contain very
little news Of a political nature.
We learn from the Diorio de Ia Marina of the
2eth ult.. that Count Carlisle has been thrown
into prison on charge of having been engag.
ed in illegal correspondence with certain in.
habitants Of the Island Of Jamaica. The allie
sesien !. that the Count. IN counectpn with
osh1kA - &esdeas -.,aNrslA wislsAsns and am
munition which were destined for the use
the Jamaca negroes. who contemplated a revolt
Owing to slight mistake on the part of thu
captain of the We ssel the secret wss exposed
and the munitions Of war were seized by the
Spanish authorities. Through the interven.
tior of Lord Clarendon, further proceedings in
the Counts case were suspended until infor.
nation could be received from England New
York Herald, 4lh.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-07-20

The largest plate Of glass in America,
l6 by 9 feet. was broken on Tuesday as the
workmen were setting in window of Broad
way restaurant, New York. 1t cost 81, ,030.--
Several others of the same size were broken Oh
the voyage.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-07-20

RESIGNATION OF Gov. WooD We learn from
reliable authority that Gov. Wood has accept.
ed the appointment Of Consul to Valparaiso,
and resigned the Governorship; resignation to
take effect cd the Goth Of July. He leaves
Cleveland en- route for his new station on the
llth Of July. Lieut.. Governor Medi will. by
virtue of his office, become Governor. or.--Cincn
natl Commercial.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-07-20

pWhen the late Major Gen. Riley went TO
Mexico, he was only a Colonel; but burned
for chance to distinguish himself. that he
might obtain high honors. He is said to have
used the expression, "Myor General Riley OF
death. He got both; the title. as reward for
quence Of his hardships and exposures.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-07-20

A QUEER CRIPPLE-"Down in front! down
in 'front.'" shouted an excited individual whose
view of the fireworks on the Common was in
tercepted by tall cap. down! down"
'Whisht,' said an Irisbman near, don't be
splittin yer trote in that way. Be gorrA its
likely the mans a cripple and and can't get
d0rn Herald.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-07-20


The CALIFORNIA DULL.-George G. Bales, of
Detroit, now in California; writes home, under
the date OF June LIST. as follows:
DR.. Gwin, the United States Senator, and
Mr. McCorkle, late member Of Congress, have
gone out This morning TO fight adASl with rifles
at forty PAGES. The quarrel Originated in
politics. McCorkle charged Gwin with Ieing
corrupt. and being connected with certain
banking houses here that have received large
favors from the government. Gwin challenged
McCorkle, who accepted. fixing rifles as the
weapons. and the distance at thirty yards
The officers have been in pursuit but they have
gone to some adjoining county. Mrs. Gwin.
Who is here with her daughter, is almost dis
tracted. The fight Is to take place to day
at ten o'clock, aud there is some anxiety on the
subject, although it is hoped that it may be ar
rested. McCorkIe is young unmarried man,
of great GOODNESS and self possession. Bets
are freely made that McCorkle viii kill the
| Doctor.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-07-20

TThe Reading Press of yesterday contain.
ed the following account o! an operation by
which the Reading Railroad Company have
been defrauded OF over u quarter Of a million OF
dollars:
SOMETHING OF A LEAK-Some singular and
rather startling devy lnpents in relation to the
shipments of coal d1the Reading Railroad
have been made through an accidental estimate
Of the amount Of .oal contisfHId in number Of
cars for the use Of the road. The company
by u trick Of the weighmaste: at Schuylkill
Haven, was carrying more coal thar appeared
on the check bills, \khich the loss the com,
pany has sustained, WDestimated a, some $780,.
600, which was gained by the operators, 80 ,ha,
we have not had. for the last three years, an
accurate return of ihe tonnage on this road -
The Investigations have been on foot since
last March. resulting thus far in the discharge
of the persons implicated. We are informed
by reliable source, that discrepancy in the
accounts of one operator alone exceeds $40 900
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-07-20

Hon Robert j. Walker, Truman Smith.
J. B. Forsyth, and other Capitalists. have
united in company working copper mines
on Lake Superior. Their mineral estate con.
ssts Of 6, 100 acres.