Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1854-10-11

Touching Incident
The following is an extract from letter
written by sailor in the Baltic feet to his
wife in England. The incident is narrated
with that simplicity and purity Of expression
which conveys every idea and image In tho
most effective manner:
every man on board volunteered; 40 the
captain picked . crew. and was scn, ashore
with the marines. There were regular troops
on the bank, who fred on us as we pulled to
land but the broadsides Of the. what with
the shell aud what with the smoke covered our
landing. We dispersed at . few hundred
yards distance from ,hs beach, to keep the
coast clear vile the boats crew made prizes Of
the guns. The enemy had the advantage Of
the wood, aud also knowing the country well,
and a troop Of them showed in advance We
were ordered to FIRE. took steady aim. and
fred on my man at about sixty yards. He
fell like stone.
'.At the same time broadside from the
went IN among the trees, aud the enemy dis
appeared we could scarce tell how. ] felt as
though must 90 up TO him to ace whether he
was dead or alive. He lay. quite still and
was more afraid Of him lying so, than when
he stood facing me n few moments before. 1t
is a strange feeling TO come over you all n,
once that you have killed man He had un.
buttoned his jacket, and was pressing his hand
over the front Of his chest, where the wound
was. He breathed hard. aud the blood pour.
I'd from his wound and also from his mouth
every breath he took. His face white a. death.
aud his eyes lookd so big aud bright as he
turned them and stared at me; shall never
forget It, He was fine young fellow: not
more than five and twenty. ! went down on
my knees beside him. and my breast was
80 full, as though my own heart would burst.
- bad real red Eng ish face, and did not
PnaS ] never can tell, but IL my life
4k06ld ha4 kveo his, believed AbouIdrhave
given il. T'Iaid his head on my knee, aud he
grasped hold Of my hand aud tried to speak /,
but his voice was gone. ! could not tell a
word he said, and every time he tried t. speak :,
the b'ood poured out 80, knew it would soon
he over. ! am not ashamed To say that was
worse than he. Tor he never shed tear, and
couldn't help il. His eyss were closed when
gun was frei from the, to order us
aboard. and that reused him. He pointed to
the b ach, where the boat was just pushing off
with the guns, We lad taken, and where our
marines were waiting to man the second boat
and then, he pointed to the wood where tho
enemy was concealed. Poor fellow! be little
thought how l had shot him down. l was
wondering how could leave him to die and
no one near him, when he had something like
a convulsion for moment, and then his face
rolled over. and without sign. he was gone
trust the almighty has received his soul ]
laid his head gently down on The grass and
lett him. II seemed 20 ST. ange when looked at
him for the last time; somehow thought Of
everything had heard about the Turks an d
the Russi MS, and the rest OF them: but all that
seemed SO far oft aud the dead man near"
DYSPEPSIA BREAD Three quarts OF unbolted
wheat meal; one quart o. warm soft water a
gill VI. fresh yeast.;a gill Of molasses. one tea
spoonful Of -aleratus THIS will make two
loaves. and should remain in the oven at least
two hours. IL will need from eight 10 twelve
hours to rise.
u A judges duty il TO snub the counsel
on both sides, and bother the Jury by furnish
iEg them with third method Of looking u:
case W. got this from a wag who went TO
law to get damages; and he got what he went
alter, enough to last him lie time.
HARD WoRx.--An editor out in Ohio /. re
writing passages from Macaulays History, a.
dopi'ng hem 10 the meridian of Ohio and pub.
fishing them rs original ecitorialsi This Is
abont the hardest work, we should imagine, Ia
which the human brain and fingers could up.
ply themselves.
g1- Connecticut has Is factories, employs
.249 hands. has 81 .0J0. 900 capital invested
and makes annually 10000 clocksr One
fourth Of these find a market in England.
An UNHEALTHY PLAeE.--Worcester Mass,
must be very unhealthy place. The 81 es Of
liquor for medteinot purposes,by the city agen-
cy. during the mouth OF August last, averaged
$25 per day.
gJ' The Lake Superior Journal. says the mi
ming prospects are fourishing. The ship.
ments since August 18th amounted to over 257
tous copper, and 4Os tons iron ore.
MAINE Law MoAALs--As Ef,GRAx BY JoHs
Till her democrats learn to prohibit
Thsr furious family Tuarfels,
Pray what can they hops 70 EXHIBIT
But very cquivocal AorrfNsS
Burlington Sentinel
GREA1 WILL CAss.--A suit is now on trial 10
Piketown, Ohio on petition tn set aside the
will OF Jxmes Davis. on account Of the inesu,-
pesency Of mind Of the testa'or. The value Of
the estate in controversy il $3.50 .O0o
NJ As an evidence Of the hotel business Of
our city, we mention the fact that one hun
dred aud thirty persons sat down to dinner at
The American House. yesterday.--St. Panl
Pioneer.
"The dusty earth with lips apart,
Looked up where rolled an orb Of nsme,
As though prayer came from its heart,
For rain to come, and 10 it came.
The dropping corn with silken plume.
And flowers with tiny pitchers Alled
sesd up their praise Of sweet perfume.
Yor precious drops the clouds distilled"
E-In Boston. lately. we understand. that a
hasty pudding which had been set out TO cool
was taken up to the watch house by watch
man, on charge Of smoking in the street.
ai- The rocks at the water works, Wheeling
are now exposed They have NOT been seen
before for twenty seven years. So says the
oldest inhabaxnt.
y Roast beef. serenity Of mind, q pretty