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Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-03-25
GExERAL LAND OFFICE, !
March 7th, 1857.

1 s1s~ P7h - st3tsssss 1AtCh kuy AoOSs IL
10 Ha Exeeiserey JAxrs W. GRIMES, Goper-
nor Of losoa
SlR: BY an Act passed on the Sd Of March
1887, Congress has confirmed the selections Of
Swamp and overfowed lands granted TO the sew.
ersi States by the Act of Congress approved
September %, 1885, heretofore made and re.
ported" to this Office and, $50 far IS the same
shall remain vacant and unappropriated, and not
interfered with by an actual settlementunder any
existing law Of the United States" it is required
that the same shall be approved and patented as
soon % practicable. The same law continues in
force the Act Of the Cd Of March, 1855, and e1.
tends It's provisions to all entries and locations
Of lands claimed as Swamp lands made since its
passage. Is. fz5ssy s5
By this law all Of the contested cases remain
ing unafjusted are at an end, and We are pre-
cluded from entertaining further objections
against the approval Of any lands heretofore ses
lected and reported under the law; the State
are entitled to al of their selections remaining
vacant and unappropriated and not interfered
with by any actual settlement; also to the pur-
chase money in cases Of cash entry made SINCE
the passage Of the act Of 1850, and an equivalent
inlandsfor the tracts located with Military Boun-
ty Land warrants or scrip. Every effort will be
made t0.promote the speedy adjustment of the
Swamp grant in conformity with this recent leg
islation, and the selections in each State will be
acted upon in the order of their receipt at this
Office. The lists necessary to enable the States
to derive the benefits Of the acts of I'd March,
1865, and Sd March, 1857, will be prepared and
transmitted without delay.
As the act Of 1857 continues in force the prior
Law of I'd March, 1855, the provisions of the lat
ter regarding the issue Of patents to the purcha
sers, &c., will be considered as binding, and the
same will be withheld in cases of prior sale by
the State until the execution of the release there
in mentioned. 1t will be necessary, therefore,
that we should be advised of all sales Of Swamp
lands made by the State since the passage ofsaid
act pfdS55. which report should be made within
ninety, days from the date of the law oflS57, in
order that We may be enabled properly to dis
criminate. The necessary information relative
TO the form of the report, &C., will be found in
the letter from this Office of March 9, 1855, and
it 10 respectfully suggested that you give the
earliest possible attention to the matter. =
With great respect,
Your ob't serv't,
sss THOS. A. HENDRICKS
i $50 az -e'Si4 ~ 1919 - (osn,,, ss;nnsp l4
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-03-25
ARTICLE XII.
SCurnTfTE

,sec 4. All fines, penalties, or forfeitures
due, !or to become due,,or aecruing to the State,
or to any county therein, or to the school fund,
shall inure to the State. county, or school fund,
in the manner prescribed by law. rog g ssoss ID
Sec. s. All bends executed to the State. or
to any oiicerin his official capacity, shall remain
in force and inure to the use Of those concern.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-03-25

Boston Boot and Shoe Store.
NEW STOR T. l-..Neyv GOOds!-on Jessr-
IN son street, under the Barret House. .zk.
The nndersgncd would respectfully call the attention
Of the ctlsens Of Burlington and vicinity to his stock
Of select and fashionable Boots and Shoes Of every
description. y
Having been engaged for several years at the Easti
he manufacture Of the very incest OF the above abrss
he shcreby enabled, by hts knowledge and experience
the business TO select such goods will be sure TO
give the ost perfect satisfaction, both regards style
and durability; all Of which will be sold 1t the very
lowest possible prices.
Please call and erdmine before purchasing esswhers.
Augl9-dkwtf atsa G. II. SWEETSER.
EUNS.-A few more OF those cheap Guns on handa
" Gall and good Gun at reasonable price, s
ian 22-dAw SCOTS, Main Street.
HOUSE BUlLDINls.-The subscriber would
III Announce to tho oitisens of Burlington and vicn.
W that he Is ready to contract for any building, In OF
oct Of the city Also Doors and Blinds made TO order
and I'll Jobsng done In the Carpenter line on short
nstiee. Shop over Broad kisers Grist MIL.
feb A-dkvAme THOMAS LLOYD.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-13

How TO Become USHAPPY.-In the first
place, you want to be miserable, be sell
fish. Think all the time of yourself, and OF
your own things. Don't care about any body
else. Have no feeling for any one but your.
self. Never think of enjoying the saIisfac-
ton of seeing Others happy: but rather, il
You see smiling face, be jealous, lest another
should enjoy what you have not. Envy eve.
ry one who is better off in any respect than
yourself, think unkindly towards them, ard
speak slightly of them. Never yield point.
Be jealous ofyour friends, lest they should
not think enough OF you. And if at any
time, they should seem to neglect you, put
the worst construction upon it You can.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-13

The CURREEcY-Hos. JOHN BELL.-Ion,
the Washington correspondent of the Balti-
more Sun and an incorporating Democrat,
says in late letter.
We have already heard the views and in
tentions of several distinguis he'd and able
members of Congress on the subject of the
disorders of the currency and the cure for
the same, and learn that il is their purpose to
bring up the subject at an early day of the
session. What remedy they will propose for
these disorders, which carry ruin periodically
throughout the country, is not stated; but it
is one that will go to the source Of the evil,
and restore the constitutional currency-such
currency rs General Washington and all
the fathers ard founders of the government
contemplated. The State banks of issue are
clearly unconstitutional, and so the present
Justices of the Supreme Cour. of the Uni.
ted States will decide when the question
shall be distinctly made before them.
Senator Bell, of Tennessee, though super
seeded by the election Of successor, will not,
it is said, comply with an invitation from the
Legislature to resign his seat two years be-
fore the expiration of his term. His charac-
ter and public services are so distinguished
that il could neither be expected nor desired
that he should voluntarily retire, nor even
yield to an unreasonable and impertinent re-
quest from the present Legislature Of his
State.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-13

LATER FROM KASsAs.-Kansas letters Of
the goth state that only thirty.three of the
sixty members Of the Constitutional Conven-
t'on wefe present, and nothing of general in.
terest has been done.
Gov. Walker and Secretary Stanton were
at Lawrence on the 2Othi and nothing was
said about leaving the Territory.
The Herald Of Freedom says that the Bank
suspensions at the East have been severely
felt in Kansas. There was a large amount
of salheless Eastern exchange there.
Upwards Of 300 troops were at Lecomp-
ton. A protest had been entered against the
issuing OF certificates to the pro-slavery can
didates for the Legislature in the Leaven-
worth district, on account Of alleged frauds
in the Kiekapoo precinct.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-13

LEcIsLArIvE.-The following resolutions
have been introduced in the Senate:
RESOLVED, That this Legislature will grant
no further State aid to works Of Internal
Improvement, and will not further involve
the State by extending the time to any road
which has not already brought itself within
the provisions of the Internal Improvement
Act.
Resolved further That Tennessee will meet
punctually the interest on all its bonds as il
falls due, and If necessary will resort to tax
ntion in doubtful cases, to sustain the honor
and credit Of the State.
A Bill, by Mr.. Bratcher, to incorporate
the Athens Savings Institution, passed LIST
reading.
re Senate Bill TO tax capital unemployed for
ninety days in gold and silver ten cents on
every hundred dollars over five hundred
dollars, was amended and passed.
House Bill TO abolish mastering, was
called up for third reading. Dir. Cooper
offered a bill in lieu to abolish fines for non
attendance at muster. Passed by vote Of
81 TO 4.
The following bill has been introduced,
passed and referred:
A bill to regulate the compensation Of
members Of the General Assembly, allowing
members $500 per session, Speaker $500,
and clerks 81 per diem.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-13

IMPoRrAsT "RumoRs" FROM UrAH.-Ths
Nebraska correspondent Of the New York
Times announces the arrival in that Territory
Of divers Mormon deserters, who left Salt
Lake City early in October. They bring two
weeks later intelligence, which, if true, is of
high importance. They say that Brigham
Young, at the head Of large force, was pre-.
pairing TO leave Salt Lake City to give batte
to the United States troops They furlhet
allege that the mountain pass, at which tho
Mormons will attempt to check The progress
Of the troops, is one that, in military point
Of view, will give them overwhelming advan-
tage; that in their rebellion, they will receive
material aid from the Indians, and that their
ultimate design is TO throw of all allegiance
to the Union, and establish themselves as an
independent government. II is possible that
the story told by these Mormon deserters
may be exaggerated. We shall, however,
soon learn the truth.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-13

MARYLAND ELEcrioN-Ths returns from
Maryland indicate an increased majority for
the Americans over the vote cast for Mr.. Fill
more in November last.
The Congressional delegation will proba-
bly, stand three Democrats to three Ameri-
cans-a Democrat gain of one-as follows
James A. Stewart, DEM; James B. R:caud
AM; ]. NJ. Harris, Am; II. w. Davis, Am.
Jacob NJ. Kunkel, Dem; Thomas F. Bowie
Dam
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-13

Or The editor Of the Athens Post has
been presented with a pair of new boots,
which he says he is going to keep to wear on
extraordinary occasions" and to "kick loco
foco editors with" We wonld inform "liltle
boots" that before he can come the latter
operation over this chap, he will have either
10 provide himself with q stool OF have his
leg heightened. We bid defiance 10 all such
Llliputian editors Cleveland Banner.
Our Shanghai neighbor down the road
may calm his apprehcRsions-his person is
sacred from the touch Of those beets-we
have no notion Of applying them 10 anything
so nasty.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-13

KANsAs.-The following paragraphs from
the Washington correspondence of the New
York Herald, written on tho 29th ult., show
how the President is affected towards Gov
ernor Walker:
am happy to give yon information, upon
which you may entirely rely, in reference to
the exact position Of the administration npon
the Kansas question. The general course
pursued by Gov. Walker is fully endorsed
by Mr.. Buchanan, and will be sustained by
him against all opposition, from whatever
quarter it may come. This policy compre-
hends Gov. Walkers plan of submitting the
State constitution for Kansas to the popular
vote, MS an Indispensable prerequisite to the
acceptance of the said constitution at WASH
ington; for have most excellent reason
for believing, shonld the Constitutional Kan
sas Convention adopt pro-slavery constitu-
ton and send il up to Congress as the basis
upon which to admit Kansas into the Union
as State, without referring 1t to the popu-
lar vote, that the administration will have il
sent back again to be put to the judgemen.
of the Kansas people.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-13

A CHANCE FOR MExIco-Under this head,
the Mexican Extraordinary alludes to the
financial crisis in the northern cities, and the
consequent starving condition of thousands
Of the laboring classes therein. "Mexico
wants labor. She has an abundance of va.
cant untitled land. On her soil no one need
starve ifhe will but work = - Mex
leo needs the one hundred thousand persons
that will be idle in the city of New York this
winter, and with that army OF strong arms
and talent much could be done. MIR. Escan.
don could find in them valuable allies in
building bis rail road.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-13

E- Our friend OF the Selma Reporter
while on the cars recently, was addressed by
another person as "Mr. Hardy" Now "Mr.
IIardy"is the editor Of democratic paper in
ihs Same diggings. and the Reporter man,
considering himself nsulted by the mistake,
says he felt very much disposed to tap the
offender, and nothing but his size prevented
him from giving him lickin: The uufor-
sunate offender Is In oioss place, for IL "Mr.
Hardy" shoald come across him he might be
disposed 10 tap him, too.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-13

Comparisons are Odorous. old
friend Syme has los. none of his wit or &C.
>centricity since no has removed to Raleigh.
He does not believe in the action of South.
ern Conventions as heretofore conducted
He says "they have been gas factories, with
the material exception Of giving us all the
siinks, without any of the lights, expected
from such concernsw Richmond Wing.
Gentlemen who figured in the late Knox
vile affair will please note.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-13

GENERAL .WALKER.-A telegraphic dis
patch, dated Washington, November 5ih,
says:
Ger. Walker, in n letter addressed to tho
Secretary of State, says, $50 far rs any vio-
laiion on his part Of the acts of Congress is
concerned, he denies the charge with scorn
and indignation, and will not so far forget his
duty ms an officer of Nicaragua rs 10 violate
the laws of the United States while using
the hospitality of those within its limits"
AS his military organisation is abandoned,
about $500 men from the Southern stntes
have enrolled themselves as emigrants to
Nicaragua.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-13

B- So complete were the arrangements
throughout the State Of Massachusetts for
collecting and transmitting the election re-
turns, and with such facility were they carri-
ed out, that on the morning succeeding the
election, the Boston papers published the
entire vote Of the State with the exception
Of ~ towns.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-13

How TO TAKE LTFE.-Take II BY the
fore-lock, by the shoulders, by the spine, by
every limb and part. Take it just rs though
it was-as 10 is--an earnest, vital, essential
affair. Take it just rs though you personally
was born to the task Of performing merry
part in il; as tho the world had waited for
your coming. Take it as though il was q
grand opportunity 10 do and 10 achieve; TO
carry forward great and good schemes; to help
and cheer suffering, weary, it may be,
heart-sickened brother.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-13

DrREcToRs OF THE BANK OF TENNESSEE
Gov. Harris sent in nominations Of Directors
for the Bank Of Tennessee on the 3d,-uia-
king no change whatever in the old Board.
The nominations were Immediately ratified
and confirmed.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-13

TENNESSEE BoNDs.-The reports Of sales
at the New York Stock Exchange on 29th
ult., put down $4,000 Tennessee SIS, payable
in 1890, at serenity cents in the dollar. This
10 q slight Improvement on the sales of the
week before; but exhibits the credit of this
State much lower than is justified by any
auhstantinl reason.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-13

NOTICE.-SsHoRs g. HoRSsBY will take
the bills of the following Banks at 10 cents
to the dollar for Goods or in payment OF
debts: Bank Of Claiborne, Bank Of IdzeOel,
Bank Of Jefferson, Bank Of Nashville, and
Bank Of Knopille. Notes Of all other Ten
nessee Banks at par. Nov l3, '57,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-13

eW A dispatch informs us that the Ad-
ministration continues the consideration Of
the currency question rs connected with the
Government operations. It is aseertained
from altogether reliable source, that there is
no disposition to suspend the public works
now in process Of construction, nor to inter-
fere with the ctors-but there is dis
position not TO commence new works unless
of such character as to render them abso-
lutely necessary. The Administrations
course on these and other matters will de-
pend more or less on the developments of
the next four or FIVE months, MS indicated by
the receipts of customs. Meantime, infor.
nation will be sought, with view to correct
estimates, and until this is obtained there can
be no definite policy.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-13

EW- An editor over in North Carolina,
thus admonishes persons who enjoy the hon
or Of having his name on the debtor side Of
their books
"If any man wante TO see stars and appre-
ciate one Of the uses to which brickbats may
be perverted, let him approach our vicinity
with an account
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-13
$4,5OO,0OO
Total,

tW- The Providence and Worcester rail-
road is model corporation. 1t has not one
dollar Of floating debt, and has now on depo-
sit drawing interest a sum sufficiently large
to make respectable dividend next January.
What other railroad can make such show
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-13

WooD-WooD.- Subscribers who design
di,charging their Indebtedness with Woop,
are requested to bring it along. They needn't
be backward about tit is some four or five
weeks till Court, md we are not much afraid
of the Grand Jury.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-13

W The editor of the State Rights DEM
ocrat, published at Helena, Arkansas, takes
occasion, during the suspension Of the Banks,
to give the institutions a little humorous
chat;
"Wbeu private person owes debt and
fails to pay it, his property is seized and sold
under execution. If he attempts to evnde
payment, he is called a swindler. When
Banks are in debt and cannot pay, they 'sus-
pend'-that il, republication the time being,
and it is all right and fair. Every private
debtor ought 10 have himself Incorporated
rs a Bank-twoud be so very convenient
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-13

The COUNTY JUDGE LAW REPEALEp.-
The House Of Representatives Yesterday
passed the Senate bill rebealing the law
creating the office of County Judge. The
large vote by which this, to our mind, just
and proper law was repesled, SO to IL, shows
that it met with very little favor among the
people throughout the State. This is On
evidence of how difficult It is for commun-
ties as well as individuals, to give up old
ideas and cast off old habits,-Nashrille Pa
triot. Nou 8.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-13

R d Toledo paper reports speech
made by gentleman of that city, who had
Just been elected TO an important office in
military company. The recipient of honors,
being called out for speech, mounted the
rostrum said: any brave men, them who
voted for me respect; them who didn't, !
disgust"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-13

sB- From the New York Journal of
Commerce, of Nov. 4th:
The following teegraphic despatch is said
to be copied from the Albany Argus Of
yesterday.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2, ls57.-To Hon. d.
E. Sekles:-Thereis not a word of truth in
the removal OF Walker and Stanton.
J. BUCHANAN.
p HENRY Sec'v
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-13

A MURDER CoSSEssED.-The Boston,
Mass. Ledger says, that Edward Walsh, for
merry baggage master at Bridgeport, Conn.,
has confessed that in May last, he started in
company with man named Dennis Drew
to look at some land in Waushara county,
Wisconsin, and that he had murdered Drew
and taken his money.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-13

tY- The receipts Of the Ohio and Miss.
issippi railroad for October were, In rouna
cumbersome hundred and sixty-fve thousand
dollars. or this amour, something over ono
hundred and ten thousand dollars were from
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-13
A FEDERAL CURRENCY.

The New York Express argues against n
specie currency. Il says "a specie currency
is a very beautiful theory,-and the nearer
we can como TO ii the 5etter,-and laboring
people should seldom have paid TO them
aught but gold and silver,-but il is the ex-
elusive currency of dreamers, of barbarians
and savages, and exists only in theorists nod
dies. Experience demonstrates its utter i'm
possibility, as it is in utter conflict with civil
ization, trade, commerce, enterprise, and the
ingenuity of man TO better his condition.
Nevertheless, the time has come to do away
with small Bank notes, and to break down
Banks with no means, no capital. Only a
National Bank system can bring all this
about. There must be provided for bread,
cotton, rice, hay, &c. some better means Of
buying silks, cottons, woolens, iron &C., than
the present Bank system, or the old system
will revive just as ever, and break down just
as ever. Indeed, even National Bank may
break down but what if it does break
down,-as the New York State Banks have
broken down,-inasmuch as, when broken
down, there is just as much confidence in
New York securities and bills, as there was
before the break down took place. What
we want in all times, but especially in times
like these, is Bank bill, which is at par in
Galveston (Texas), New Orleans, Jackson
(Miss), Jefferson (Mo), Springfield QlD, Tns.
caloosa (Alabnma), &c. Such Bank bill is
better than gold, for it is "por;able," "secura.
ble," as well as like gold, universal"
The remedy, We shall be told, for all these
disorganized exchanges, and this irredeema.
BILE currency, is hard money, gold and silver
Now all this is very pretty on paper,-rery,-
perH-but there is not tiftieth part enough
of gold and silver to give you, and me, and
others, what we want of them, and what we
need, to have enough to eat, and to clothe
ourselves with, and 10 provide tenements fol
our existence and comfort. If We were bar
baiians or savages, there would he plenty Of
gold and silver for US all,- but we eat more
cloihe ourselves better, and have better hous
es than savages, and therefore, we need more
gold and silver to buy all these things with
Gold and silver are to civilization what stone
and mortar are to its structures--a founda.
ton, and only q foundation, to build upon
If the foundation is too slight, the super
structure totters, and falls. What we can dc
in this civilization is not to build too big {
house upon too weak foundation. Thai
we do do, however, now, every five or ter
years; and in about every twenty years,-wt
tumble over. A national architect may check
perhaps stop this tumbling over,-but il We
do then tumble over, he can help lift us on
of the mud, and perhaps make us feel secur'
er when in it, as now. One thing is certain
we need Federal currency just as we need
Federal government,-nnd a specie curren.
cy is not the currency of commerce, and never
can be,-for when specie is the only currency
not only commerce, but civilization cease Ia
exist"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-13
The Hoe MARxET.-The Cincinnati Price
Nnvo,sbo. .o,,..

Current, of November 4, says:
There has been little or nothing done this
week. There are buyers Of hogs for present
delivery at IS, but owners seem unwilling TO
accept this rate just now, and are asking
S5,50aS6. There are very few arriving, and
none but those already contracted for. Two
houses have commenced packing on contract
hogs. There can be no doubt now that the
season will be late one, as owners will hold
back TO tho last sooner than accept present
prices.