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IOWA LANDS.

We were conversing this morning
with an intelligent gentleman, who
has just come from Massachusetts,
and he is Of opinion that the immi-
grafton into the valley of the Missis-
sppi this year, will far exceed that
of any previous year. We have let.
tcrs from that part Of the country con-
firming his views. Scores in almost
every small town in New England
and New York are making arrange
ments for an early start, while in the
large cities the cmigrants arc num-
bered by the hundreds.
Well, let them come. There is in
Iowa several hundred thousand acres
of as good land as the sun shines up
on, which lies in the market chaleng-
ing Il bidder. Just at this time it can
be had at q very reasonable rate.
We would not, however, be under
stood to say that land in the interior
of this state has materially dcprecia-
ted since last year. The fact is that
notwithstanding the hue and cry
about speculation, the unimprovcd
lands of this State have not held at
exhorbitant figures. During the year
1851 good farming lands, favorably
located, could have been purchased
second hand at from three to six dol
lars per acre, and no reasonable man
could complain of that price. Most
of these lands are still held at about
the same figures. The exceptions are
few non-residents, who feel the fl
nancial pressure most sensibly, and
who would be willing to lower their
figures from last years rates. Per-
sons owning lands in this State, and
easy in their finances, would be very
unwise to sell at a price any lower
than they were held one year ago.
The fact is, railroads are gradually
stretching from various points, across
the State, and their tendency is to
raise the price of land rapidly. Good
farms, which may be bought this
year for three or four dollars an acre,
will double in two years at the farthest.
This is the case with all land in all
the counties through which railroads
are laid out, At no period during the
last five years has there been 50
good time for investments in land
in Iowa as at the present time. Per-
sons who are wise and wish to secure
good farms at cheap rates, will come
to Iowa this year. And the earlier
they come the better bargains they
can nakc.--D"buque Times
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MARY IN HEAVEN.

In reading a daily paper, not long
ago, we noticed an allusion to a
concert which was to be given by Mr..
Dcmpster, so celebrated as a singer
of some of the Scotch ballads. The
wish was expressed that the vocalist
would favor his audience with the
song entitled Mary in Heaven" re-
ierrlng, as we suppose, to that written
by Burns, commencing
Thou lingering star with lessening ray,
Thou low st to greet the early morn,
Again thou usherest in the day
My Mary from my soul was torn
After laying aside the paper, we
could scarcely keep from repeating
the words, Mary in Heaven" and
they awakened a peculiar train of
reflection. Burns undoubtedly had
reference to specific person, q dear
friend of his who bore that name,
that had departed. Mary in Heaven
There is a sweetness in these words,
and they are suggestive of thoughts
dear to many a heart How many
who were once called by that name Oh
earth, who are now among the re-
deemed
Were they all collected in any part
of the heavenly y world, what an inter-
esting company they would be how
sweet the songs Of praise which they
pour forth, and how tender and strong
the love they bear to their Redeemer.
The matron, the maid, the child, the
infant, would be there, and among
them Mary, the mother of Jesus.
Probably more Of that name have
gone to Heaven than of any other
name by which man or woman is
called and every month and day,
perhaps we can for ourselves recall
more than a score of them, without
going beyond the circle of those we
dearly loved, and many others can do
the same, we presume.
Mary in Heaven To how many
families these words have a signiii-
canoe which no language can de-
scribe. They once had Mary among
them, loved, loving and pure but
now she is theirs no longer. Aye,
and to how many an individual have
these words still more significant
mcaning-likc that which Burns gave
to them ! Each of them had Mary
once, to whom was given the aficc-
ton, the confidence, the pledge of a
true and earnest heart. But the
spoilcr came the fair form was pros,
tratcd, laid away in the grave, while
the jewel which the casket contained
was treasured up in Heaven. They
each loved their Mary, as they car
love no other, and it is sweet fol
them now to think of MARY in
Heaven"
Well, life with us will soon be
over, and, if true to God, we shall go
to see these loved ones in their ccles-
tial home, and join in their celestial
employmcnts. Let us patiently toll
and wait till the day and hour of ye,
lease, and then go to be forever with
Mary in Heaven
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Gdestbara tbt COURSE Of empire takes its dotap.


measures than fell to the lot of either
of his distinguished campers. His
physical constitution comportcd with
his mental, rendering him of proud
mien and of peculiar and impressive
manners. This self-assertion, com
blned with species Of Johnsonian
wit, often resulted in humorous re-
marks, of which every newspaper
reader remembers specimens. Further
than this, he was no egOtist. His
strong nature would reveal itself, and
conscious Of none but the purcst OF
motives, and engaged heart and hand
in the pursuit of noble objects, he let
his nature have full play. This free
dom was one of his finest charactcris-
ties. 1t enabled him to rise above
the prcjudices of party and section.
A Democrat, he boldly resisted Demo
cratic administrations and measures,
whenever his own Judgment did not
allow him to conform. A STAKEHOLDER,
he wished for no extension of the sys-
TEN, and fought its propagandists as
the enemies of his country. A South
ern man, his sympathics and labors
embraced nothing short of the whole
Union, while those who were plotting
for secession were, in his view, the
men Of all others to be watched, ex-
posed and discomfited Such a states
man, whatever his political views,
had warm friends in every town and
hamlet in the land And the generous
greeting which welcomed Mr.. Benton
throughout New England a few years
ago, must have been more grateful to
him than any dispensation OF office or
power.
In one important respect Mr.. Benton
never had superior among the great
men Of this country, and it is a trait
which will ever make his example of
peculiar value to young men. We re-
fer to that well ordered life, which
was the result Of temperance and the
pure and healthtul indulgence of the
homcbred affections. No vice threw
its shadow upon his powers, and the
bitterness Of the world cOnld not cling
| to nature kept sweet by the daily de
lights Of the tireside His morning
exercise and the instruction of his
children were never intcrmittcd by the
gravcst cares. Thus he was always
in working trim and thus we have
bchcld the marvel Of fas;-snking in
valid, of years beyond the Psalmist's
limit of life, conscious that but very
few earthly hours remained to him,
yet working upon the annals Of his
country with all the thoroughness and
zeal of vigorous manhood II was an
ending worthy Of Thomas II. Benton.
His great work of abridging the De-
bates in Congress had been brought
down to the period he designed he
had closed the compilation, and dicta-
ted the final remarks. The indomita-
BILE purpose that had thus brought him
to the goal then relaxed, and he was
summoned away to a better world and
to inconCcivably higher activities, for
which his earthly career was but the
humblest stage of preparation. He
leaves an honorable and patriotic
record, pure and illustrious Example
The first is for history, and the second
/ is fJr ourselves.
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Misttllanu.
CHURCHES IN IOWA.

The rapid progress Of the West in
physical and social development has
been without a parallel, even in the
history of our own rapidly growing
country. Tracts of land which but Il
year or two since were without inhab-
itants are now dotted over with the
cabins of the settlers, who with ready
heart and strong arm are laboring to
make the wilderness blossom as the
rose. Villages have sprung up as by
magic, with their representatives OF
the various occupations and profess
sions of men. numbering their hun
dreds of busy, active immortals.
The question is no doubt often anx-
iousl y asked by the pious father who
looks with an inquiring eye to the
West, with the design Of making it
his home, Does the moral and religious
progress Of the West keep pace with
its external improvement aid rapid
growth? and the answer, we fear
must be in the negative. 1t Is well
understood that the large majority
who come to the West, do so with the
one design of making money. With
the mass this idea absorbs all others.
Iowa is the sepulchre of the religion
of many who, in their former homes
made a good profession before ma,
ny witnesses" but who have here
cast aside, or forgotten, the vows they
once assumed, But there are many,
too, who are " faithful among the
faithless found"
In the minds of the majority of the
settlers there is regard for religion
and disposition TO aid pecuniarily
in its support. Proprietors Of towns
regard a church an inducement tol
good settlers TO locate in them, and
accordingly often give literally fol
their erection and support
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-04-29

Happy is the man the landscape Of
whose childhood cannot be effaced by
Nandals, like record upon a slate
where God did some ploughing, and
left the fiirrows of His valleys, or the
mighty bout" of His mountains
but where in fact, He sometimes
wrote with His finger, even as upon
the tables of stone on Sinai, and sculp-
tured home for us when living that
should outlast the Scxton's for us
when dead. Thank God, they cannot
say to the great billow of green that
tosses forest above 1.-THE cot whcro
we were born" "pcacc be STILL" and
those pillows shall obey. They NAV
make an eyelet hole indeed through
the mountain, and fling the iron shut
tie with its thread Of thunder from
base to base, but the sun must still
climb those eastern cliffs ere it is
morning, and they must "glow with
the last steps Of day" before it can
be night.
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Hope.

Never despair The darkest cloud
That ever loomed will pass away;
The longest night will yield to dawn
The dawn will kindle into day.
What if around thy lonely bark
Break fierce and high the waves of sorrow
Stretch every oar there land head.
And thou wilt gain the port tomorrow.
When fortune f:owns, and summer friends,
Like birds that fear q storm. depart;
Some, il thy breast hath tropic warmth,
Will stay and nestle round thy heart
If thou art poor. no joy is won,
No good is gained, by sad repining;
Gems buried in the darkened earth
May yet be gathered for the mining.
There is no lot, however sad,
There is no roof, however low,
But hath some joy to make it glad,
Some latent bliss to soothe its woe
The light of Hope will linger near.
When widest beats the hearts emotion
A talisman when breakers roar,
A star upon the troubled ocean.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-04-29

BUSINESS REvIvALs.-Thc Otis Man.
ufacturing Company, at Ware, Mass,
commenced running their new mill on
the first of April, and expect, in the
course of month or two, to start
their other two mills. Mesers. Ste
phens and Gilbert, of the same place,
expect to start their mills on full time
in April. The Amoskeag, Manchester
and Stark corporations, at Manchester,
n. H., commenced running full ttme
on the 22d ult. The Blodgett paper
mill, employing from 100 to 100 hands.
started ON the first of April, full time.
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Trip Lightly.

Trip lightly over trouble,
Trip lightly over wrong;
We only make grief double
BY dwelling on it long.
Why clasp woes hand so tightly
Why sigh 'er blossoms dead
Why cling to forms unsightly!
Why not to joy instead?
Trip lightly over sorrow.
Though this day may be dark.
The sun may shine to- morrow,
And gladly sing the lark.
Fair hope has not departed.
Though roses may have fled
Then never be down hearted,
But look for joy instead.
Trip lightly over sadness,
Stand not to rail at doom.
We've pearls to string of glainess
On this side of the tomb;
White stars are nightly shining
And heaven is overhead,
Encourage not repining,
But look for joy instead
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-04-29

Affections, months and years gone
by--no longer spoken of but germi-
mating with still life-forccs in every
silent, rejecting hour-losses, disap-
pointments, notifications, sicknesses,
pains alternating with mcrcies, hopes,
newly awakened loves-all these, un-
der the guiding hand of an infinite
Power, have been working on in the
soul, until at last some slight outward
pressure, little more determining
force from the good spirit of God, and
the man comes out firm and decided
in marked spiritual change. Those
who see only the change, and know
nothing of the preceding history, call
it sudden conversion.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-04-29

SrccEss.-Every man must patient
ly abide his time. He must wait.
Not in listlcss idlcness, not in useless
pastime, not in qucrulous detection I;
but in constant, steady, cheerful en-
dcavor; always fulfilling. accomplish
ing his task, that when the occasion
comes, he may be equal to the occa-
sion. The talent of success is nothing
more than doing what you can do we'll,
without thought of fame. lfit come
at all, it will come because it is de-
served, not because it is sought after.
1t is q very indiscrect and trouble
some ambition which cares so much
about fame about what the world
says Of us to be always looking into
the face of others for approval /; to be
always anxious about the effect of
what we do and say to be always
shouting to hear the echo Of our own
voices-L0ngfdiom.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-04-29

They tell of hands that futter like
snow flakes along the strings of some
harp as soulful as Taras. Ye who
have hands brown and broad, and
would make them " beautiful exceed
ingly," only bring the cup of cold wa
ter to the lip than can bequeath you
nothing but blessing only smooth
the rustling pillow of Poverty; and
that peerless hand shall be yours.
When we see Youth so rich in beauty
and the light Of smiles, and think how
they might sprinkle the cold winter
of humanity with flowers, even like the
coming Of Spring, if they would how
that radiant glance, thrown away in
the Assembly Room, would, if softened
with sympathy, make little day in
some dark, sad heart, that should last
January night out, we wonder they
will be 50 prodigal of the fair gifts OF
Heaven. That song you sang last
night in the parlor, is forgotten to-day,
but had you given, aye but single
strain of it in some humble chamber
or other, through whose one dim win
dow, struggled "feebly and cold the
morning light" it would have been
remembered living, thought Of dying,
and murmured softly over IN the
pauses of " the new song" in Heaven!
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-04-29

MAKE 4 BEGlSNlNG.-Remcmber. that
in all things, if you do not begin, you
will never come to an end. The first
weed pulled up in the garden. the first
seed set in the ground, the first shil-
ling put in the savings bank, and the
first mile travelled in journey, are all
important things-they make begin
ming, and thereby hope, a promise
that You are in earnest with what you
have undertaken.
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Nothing elevates us so much as the
presence of spirit similar yet supe-
rior to our own.
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LIFE,

But few men die of age. Al
most all die of disappointment, pas
sonal, mental, or bodily toll, or acci-
dent. The passions kill men some
times, very suddenly. The common
expression, choked with passion, has
little exaggeration in it; for even
though not suddenly fatal, strong pas
sions shorten life. Strong-bodied men
often die young-weak men live long
er than the strong, for the strong use
their strength, and the weak have
none to use The latter take care of
themselves the former do not. AS it
is with the body, so it is with the
mind and temper. The strong are apt
to break or, like the candle to run !;
the weak burn out. The inferior ami
mails, which live, in general, regular
and temperate lives, have generally
their prescribed term of years. The
horse lives twenty-five years the OK
fifteen or twenty the lion about
twenty the dog ten or twelve the
rabbit eight the guinea-pig six or
seven years. These numbers all bear
similar proportion to the time it
takes for the animal to grow to its
full size But man, of all the animals,
is the one that seldom comes up to his
average. He ought to live a hundred
years, according to his physiological
law, for five times twenty are one
hundred butinstead Of that he scarce
ly reaches, on the average, four times
his growing period the cat six times
and the rabbit even eight times the
standard of measurement. The reason
is obvious-man is not only the most
irregular, and the most imtemperate,
but the most laborious and hard-work-
ed of all animals. He is also the most
irritable and there is reason to blieve,
that more than any other animal, man
cherishcs wrath to keep it warm, and
consumes himself with the fire of his
own secret reflections.
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