Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-04-16

81 HA,x NOT BEGuS To FiGhr.-Ihe
above l. gus. - n. gallant and brave
Paul Jones'. wh.u the British commander
asked II he had .,rlch ~. dag aud -urren.
dered, are mernor; BILE words. Although his
deck va slippery. ~; s,reatnin, with the
blood OF , gallant crew, hi ship on fire,
has guns Aefe Learly .vIJ Qua dismounted i.
his coiors shot away. his vessel gradually
sinking, Paul }. n~s. with 81 IMMORTAL he.
ro,srn, c-ati .ei 10 nj; h'.'' DO you surren-
der :" shou'e'. the Engiish captain, being
DESTROYS 10 pl.v..t further bloodshed, ana
seeing the e,lors u Tie Ron liomme Rich
ara gone. opposed he Ame, lean hero
wanted 10 suurrhGri H., what was, and
who can Imagine IA. -nrpilse. . receive in
reply 20 his question, the answer, 81 have
not begun 10 fgh, yet" The scene Is thu.
described: There *ss lull ia the coufi c,
Tor ~ instant, ard the boldest held hi,
breath, a. Paul J YES, coysIel with blood
and black Hlih pow er sans. lumpe,. on a
broken carriage. waving his sw ord, eNcian-
ed IN the never TO hr forgotten wcrd,-"No
have rot begun 10 fight yr" Aud the re-
suit was that he battle changed. and IN a
few minutes the British ship struck her col.
ors and surrendered, and Paul Jones. leap
ing from his own shaking ship, stood upon
the deck OF the British vessel, a coa,uerer
and hero. What an admir- able wa'chwofi
for the battle Of life does the above STRING
incident give 10 every man! Reverss mls
overwhelm for tine. despair may ask
hope 10 strike her nag but planting the foot
more hrm'y, bending the BAG. more reaii.
~ 10 tte burdens imposed, siraining the
muscles 10 the utIaost tension, AMI hracing
the dropping heart. isf him who il driven
10 n. wall excia;m, II have not begun 10
hight They are words ~ energy, hope
aud action. They deserve. they viii com
nani success In the dal kes, dav let them
ring cns and forget the ,pas, the year. wasted
and gone by-an give them AZ an inaugur,
Al address o' a new era. When the mis-
fortunes OF life gather too closely around,
let your battle cry 70 forth y, tn. thicke,:
Of the contact, IL have not begun 10 iiyht.r
and yea will find your foes aee,n.. before
the new strength impaired, and yiclti; . the
vantage ground ~ you press torvar.. IN the
battle strife.
boors DIsPArcHEs.-lt will be rsmem
bsred that the resignation OF Gov. Grsry
was announced with . great hourished Of
,runPe's BY the Abolitlonis,s, who ,Npsct
ed 10 find in his letter trump cara, iron
the character Of the Telegraph ..i,oms.
The letter Itself IS now before he New
England public, b.. very few .Ab,li,io.
journal think proper 10 copy it Il; lose MT
answer the invoice, at all. They Fall back
upon an article in the st. Louis Deuocra,
which they a'lege, had Geary's sAnc,ion.
In regard 10 this, Washington e.pon.
Of the Baltimore Sun say:
Gov. Geary, as Il-arn, had Az interview
last evening with Ex- President Pierce. AMI
utterly dieclaimed the author shin of or any
responsibility for tie article T., the 81 LON,
Democrat which introduce, LIS valrd,ctorv
address, and With serious charges sca;ns,
the laie adsninist alton. II appears now
that Ges. Geary dose not charge the Pierce
administration with neglect or refusal To
AFFORD him proper support, and that he
threw up his commission Tor reasons who h
] referred 10 IL my letter yesterday. That
his life was ia darger after the Aerrai az
fair, it not before, there can be no douttn
n. II. Democrat.
The Whca' Crop in Il,nois.-ln South
err llliLois q far North - Montgomery
county the crop 10 said TO look very fiue.
Ia the vicinity OF Alton and MoHticslo
mere rs here promising n cepect for good
yield. Between BloCming'o spd Alton
very few geed le"tirs 3-lAs cen be s..n.-