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Burlington Weekly Telegraph (Newspaper) - June 14, 1851, Burlington, Iowa Burlington weekly Tel dec rapid. Wesam a e just and Feas 50t�z let All the ends Thod Aix St at be thy country a thy go Dos and tjeuth�?Ts.3 off Liniha in moral in a Alifa Anil de outfit tax i Taratura i Riew comment 3griralture, he Janir 3rts, Anil Ceneria Lieras of Tolje Dai. By Morgan amp my Kenn , Iowa saturday june 14, 1851. Yol. 1�?no. 45. Ail Telegraph Salut Atory. By a it the pleasure tin morning of pre m r readers the first number of the null Telegraph. It goes out under u0j�tances highly flattering to the feelings of cd flashers who have received in Advance to tit a it res the most encouraging and Gratifying. At no period of their career As publisher have he reason to fee better satisfied with their greets or More grateful to the Public than the present moment. We Are enabled to say the Start the daily will be sustained by an a de patronage and we shall labor sedulously to a Ake it worthy of the favor of the having already in late numbers of the tri week so i fall advised our readers of the Genera policy a birth shall Mark our course and leaving the future to be judged of by the past a ltd fully commit our Little Sheet with this Brief i trod a Cioa to the Friendly regards of an indulgent Public rail Road meeting. The meeting on saturday was ail that the friends of the improvement could have desired. An admirable spirit prevails throughout com a Unity both in town and country one which a azure the Early completion of the work. Burlington and Des Moines county will do their i it. Subscriptions Are going Onstead Ilys and but for the i clemency of the weather for week pay there is no doubt but that the books would have been filled Long before now to the Liberal amount at which we fix our present limits. The accounts from Illinois Are encouraging. And every Day adds confirmation to our Best Hopes the proceedings will be found in another the new nip and tuck expo Nants of Public sentiment and secret sorrows driven by Fate from their former and favorite to Sidon of Low water facilities Are exulting in the abm argement of the balance of Mankind and putting themselves considerably out of the Way to satisfy the world abroad that Keokuk pos Seises Peculiar advantages by reason of her a High and dry locality. Practice it is said makes perfect. A Long experience in suiting themselves to circumstances and in rounding up to ail kinds of Thunder and lightning has schooled our nip and tuck contemporaries in All the higher As Well As elementary branches of Gammon Humbug and Ballo onery. Their desperate shifts to always sport a sunday shirt Are rather calculated to take the starch out of a Many a dignity and double him up with Consul a Ion that scarcely pay for the time consumed in the operation. Thankful for Small favors deeming themselves blessed in every dispensation of Fortune arid making the most of their very great variety of Luck the tuckers Are the most practical untiring and easy going philosophers within the Bounds of Christendom and the Burg of their idolatry the Only place on Earth where human events originate without cause and result without effect. To All doomed localities whole Early Promise May have sinful emotions and whose matured fruits May smack of ashness we would commend the she shod philosophy and carnival keeping practices of the laughing Gas suckers of nip and Juck. Pulling Wool 8and, City Council of Keokuk have pledged the resources of that corporation to the extent of $190,000 in the Warsaw and Peoria rail Road and $150,000 in the Keokuk and Dubuque rail Road. It is supposed that this tall talking will result in infusing sufficient Confidence Sonj the tuckers to ensure the commencement at some Remote period of the Bermingham Pink a sad. The bait thrown to Peoria is amusing enough. The s ockers owe them one. A Good laugh i Worth the same in All countries. No persons contribute Moie to the Jolli ties of life than those who undertake Large jobs with Little angers. _ decision in the half Hue de Case. a in or . Bill to Staade is. V the decree making partition vim. Meek it. of the i amp i Breed lauds. Appeal from the District court of Lee county. Question As to an interlocutory order of court. The defendants filed their plea to bar the action of the plaintiff alleging that Wright the plaintiff had since the commencement of the suit by conveyance parted with All his interest in the lands in plaintiff demurred to tins plea of the court sustained the plea. The plaintiffs demurrer being overruled he then asked leave to file a supplemental Bill setting Forth that the Lari is had been re conveyed to him by All his children who were the grantees in the conveyance which he had made As alleged in defendants plea except two of them and praying that these two might be made parties to the suit with him. The court below refused to allow him to file a supplemental Bill As prayed this procedure of the court below refusing to allow Wright to Hie his supplemental Bill was decided by the supreme court to be erroneous As Wright by the re conveyance to him was reinstated in his interest As plaintiff and the other two who had not re conveyed should be made parties to the suit. The Case was accordingly remanded to the court below with directions to allow the Plait it to tile his supplemental Bill. So Lauch As to the decision of the supreme court. In the answers filed in this Case in the court below the defendants deny All equity in the Bill Are Dall fraud charged therein and show that Wright after knowing All that had been done acquire ced in the decree of partition and was present in court w Hen the final decree was made. And could not be persuaded to make opposition although he had every Opportunity to do so. If no other pleas should be filed by defendants it lies upon the complainant to prove the charges Oade in his Bill before he can do anything to disturb the title and it is hoped a speedy termination May be put to this suit. Rising River which had been i sing for Souie Days took a sudden turn on saturday night and commenced rising again. Be Ai,.j heavy Rains must have fallen at the North. The went its political Power. The census returns published in the last number of the weekly Telegraph show that the balance of Power a in the hands of the West and that its representation under the new apportionment. Will be greatly larger than that of any other Section. We May now look Forward with some Hope to the time when we shall claim As our right the adoption of a policy which we have hitherto begged in vain As a favor. Heretofore the contributions levied upon our people have gone to the building up of Eastern interests. For the future we shall be Able not Only to stay this heavy Drain upon Western labor but perhaps to regain a portion of that which has been taken from us. We need a More Liberal land system one which shall induce an Early arid general settlement of our wild lands and which will put farms More readily within the reach of the honest and Labouring poor. We Grant that the present system is quite Liberal and that in a general Way every Man deserving of a farm can find Means to Purchase one a but a still More Liberal policy would attract the attention of Many worthy persons who Are now enjoying in the towns and cities of the East but a precarious livelihood at the Best and turn towards us a population who would soon people our Prairies and surround themselves with All the comforts of life. The West has much at stake in this respect Heron Ward March to Empire would be greatly accelerated by thus opening the door to All Mankind the leading interest at stake however is that of internal improvements. We do not mean an unrestricted system one which would involve the general government in improper expenditures upon works other than those of a National character a but a system which shall be just to All sections of the Union and confined to improvements of general interest. It i9 greatly to he hoped that the spirit of demagogue so which has so Long ruled supreme in Congress will not be permitted again to disappoint the Best Hopes and destroy the Best interests of our people every measure of a National character such for instance As the improvement of the navigation of the Mississippi River ought certainly to possess sufficient Merit to enable it to stand upon its own basis. We have never been Able to see the necessity for the log rolling system and never expect to see or hear a decent justification of its designs and motives. Starting out in violation of All Candor arid fair dealing it generally ends in corruption and often in downright Rasca Lity. Western members have in times past participated largely in this disreputable practice and to make bad worse have generally come off second Best in ail their bargains. The people who Are losers by these frauds and who have no particular taste tor trickery would doubtless be much gratified if their representatives would Cut Loose from All improper combinations and for the future base their efforts upon the platform of Western integrity and Western rights. They Are now sufficiently Strong to stand alone. Let them stand together regardless of party distinctions and the West will soon rejoice in the Possession of Long deferred Justice. The Power of the West May also be brought to Bear with salutary influence upon the discordant elements which threaten again to distract the deliberations of Congress and to engender continued strife throughout the country. National in All her sentiments devoted to the Union and Friendly towards All sections she occupies a position where by her strength she May command respect and by the exercise of a kindly influence soften the Asperities of contending sections reconcile past differences and finally re unite All portions once More in the Bonds of Good brotherhood. Such we believe to be the High destiny and immediate Init Sion of the great West and it is Iri this Light More than in any other that we May rejoice at the strength of her numbers and the extent of her influence. The Are informed by or. Anderson of the lower Mill who has taken much pains to keep an accurate account of the Progress of the late flood that the Rise at its extreme height exceeds that of �?T41 by five feet seven and a half inches and that the whole Rise above Low water Mark was Nineteen feet. Rail Road meeting. At a Nuwer Oudy attended meeting of the hic tit of the poor a and Oquawka rail a ovo held at the methodist episcopal Church on saturday afternoon the 7th inst., on motion a w. Car enter esq.,the Hon. Charles Mason was unanimously called to the chair and Geo. Kazle appointed Secretary. Die Chau Man then stated the object of the eng in a speech of some length and marked with Hij usual ability urging upon All the duty a a giving their Aid to an Enterprise so peculiarly of Cap de to the advancement of the interests of or City and state. Jails a Grimls esq., chairman of a Fottis Muttee Aoji Ointer at a i Evious meeting to correspond with the incorporation named Ira the charter of the Peoria and Oquawka rail Road c Jai Pany reported Attiat the committee bad writ to f it had is yet received no reply from diem but that he had just heard from the news put per that a meeting of the stockholders had l1 called at Knoxville on the 2th Ull for the Piipo. Of electing a sectors of the company pet fee ting it organization. A Everad members of the committee appointed solicit subscriptions Rem red that the Ines a at trams and consequent High w Ater and bad r and during the proceeding two weeks had pm vented them from amassing the county to by extent. About two thousand dollars Addi subscriptions were Ito Wever announced. Hie meeting then matted upon h. W. Star is who and i re Felt if at considerable length of it us e0<luef�tly indicating the advantages a Rad roads in general and the importance of. F Fop maed from Burlington to Peoria to b finer City Kaiui country around it. A Mtyr. A wards Grimes Tallant Sperry a Bert made a Lew pertinent remarks let meeting tcr7 suggestion of or. Edwards the a be set then paid into the hands of or. 1 pc cent upon Tbs amount of their by ? Kuter we cd the proceedings of Isis meet of dished in the City papers. Bertsy a the meeting then adjourned. Cul Diri u1g/1v Cal. The grand learner grand Turk having after a thorough inspection been allowed to pay quarantine landed at our port yesterday Forenoon. Her officers have Given us the following account of the trip the grand Turk left new Orleans having on Board nearly 300 German deck passengers and about 100 Cabin passengers of whom 70 were returned californians. The firs death that occurred was a German who was hurried an the 24th ult. At Palmetto the25th there were three burials at big Black on the 26th four at the head of Pawpaw Island of whom one was a or. E. Morgan a returned California whose former residence was in Palmyra. He left $01 in Gold to be remitted at his instructions with or. Foster Ray of Hannibal. On the same Day two other germans were buried at Island 95 on the 27th two were buried at Walnut Point and five at scrub grass Bayou on the 28th two at big Prairie on the 29th one at Woodward son the 30th three opposite Island 16 and two at Cairo on the 31st one near the same Point on the 1st three at Ohio City of whom one was a or. L. Ford a returned californian on the second two at Mary s River and finally on the first instant one a or. Allen also a return eur californian at Che Ter ill. Or Allen had $3,000 with Hun which he directed to be placed in the hands of the Public administrator. In All thirty two deaths by cholera occurred trip. None of the officers were taken ill though they were All in constant Contact with the sick and dying. We have the following additional particulars in a note received yesterday from or. E. Benkendorfe quarantine physician a quarantine station june 3. �?~<1 am Happy to state that the be irs entertained relative to the sickness on the grand Turk have been based upon reports exaggerated. That boat it is True has landed nearly three Hundred emigrants at our station but of that number we find Only nine sick and no cholera Case has originated among them on the Island. Those even who were in a doubtful condition at the time of Landing bid fair soon to recover. The i land swarms with emigrants yet the officers and hands Are in the enjoyment of excellent health a St. Louis up. Railroad Accident. Since the Accident on tie Paris and Versailles railway a few years ago when the cars took fire and a great number of passengers who were locked in were burned to death we do not remember and Railroad Accident More terrible than one that occurred on the 30ti Ultimo in England in the Ford Ziarn Tunnel a Short distance from the City of Chester on the Lancashire and Cheshire railway. There had been an unusual amount of travel on the line during the Day on account of the Chester races and three Large teams Lef Chester in the evening in Quick succession with great numbers of passengers tor Many Hester. The first train w As too heavy for the locomotive end consequently came to a a Lead stand in the Middle of the Tunnel which is a mile and a half Long. Before it could be a tarted again it was run into by the second train. And then by the third both coming up at a rapid rate. Eight persons were killed and More than thirty others were badly Hurt by fractures or otherwise. There was us Many As 1,500 person in the three trains. Reparation for . W in. L. Yancy the leading secessionist of Alabama stated at the meeting of Southern rights club of Montgomery last week that he had private advices from South Carolina assuring him that the state would secede next Spring and had a Hundred pieces of old artillery Twenty thousand Small arms and military stores of All descriptions to which accessions were constantly made. New five Dollar notes on the Clinton Bank of Columbus Ohio have made their appearance. Hie following description of it we find in Bradley a Detector for june Vignette horned cattle a. The engraving is somewhat coarser than the genuine. The Dies by which the figures five Are surrounded Are dark coarse arid rough. Detect in the line i upon which the Date is written the line or Date it on a level with the horses Forward foot whilst in the genuine it is about one Inch below. A doctor do you think a thin shoe is bad for consumption a a a not at ail my love in is what it lives the doctor rather had her that time. ? a out of one Hundred girls ninety five pre Bittings from or California Exchange. We yesterday received a very Large mail from California with dates to april 15�h. The new has Heen in great part anticipated in the publications we have made from n. Y. Paju it is. We find however the lol towing additional items still o. Baker who was shot on Webber Creek five Miles from Colona by Andrew r. Scott was still living Day Belore yesterday. It will be recollected that Scott a hot Baker on Friday last and was tried sentenced and Hung on the next Day. On tuesday b Iker was sitting up and Able to Converse. His friends have great reason to Hope for his recovery. Should he be restored the persons who Hung Scott will find themselves in an unenviable situation for although the Man May have been bad yet it is an awful thing to take life when the victim does not deserve Francisco Picayune. Down one of the wharves yesterday we remarked a very Gruff voice proceeding frown a pile driving machine a Little distance out where a party were Busy in laying these wooden foundations and listened to the Verv appropriate air a i would not live . Steam on the Pacific so far As the North of the Pacific Ocean is concerned it is not too Early to predict that the american Steaki Marine has secured an advantage w hich cannot he counteracted by that of the world beside. The very Large number of splendid Ocean steamers protected by our Flag and protected by our Gallant seamen now dying the Waters of each portion of the Pacific have thus far effectually crowded out foreign crafts. We have beside Possession of the coast of All bordering the Pacific the most valuable and Best adapted to employ and nourish Commerce. Lines Are being protected extending from this port to Oregon the Sandwich islands China Japan and austrailia it rests with our general government to decide whether the Marine advantages we have gained on the North Pacific shall be followed up in More Distant latitudes. It is not much of a venture to opine that the great strife of the Marati Ine and commercial world w ill yet he Laid on the Pacific. While the resources of the american and european states bordered by the Atlantic have Heen to a great extent disclosed those of the Pacific have yet to be investigated and elucidated. This is too grand an Opportunity to he lost sight of by the enterprising and indefatigable of the Mara Lime commercial and monetary world and the emulation has been already evinced will continue to increase in magnificence and interest until this Western world shall be cultivated its riches portrayed and its Harvest ripened. We would Hail the coming of every new Steamer that drops its Anchor in our Harbor after completing the circuit of Cape Horn As another agent for the hastening of an Era of importance in the maritime history of or country Ami a Harbinger of Good to the nations of the . The a Steamer Union 1 says we never knew two seasons so Lovely in All excellence and Beauty As our last Winter and our present Spring. Tho one seemed to been tirely devoted to the physical Comfort of Man and the other seems As singularly fitted to the promotion of the highest interests of agriculture. Ami when after a warm april Shower a Man goes out Over the vast Prairies that surround us and of it ens his eyes upon the Garn iture of infinitely varied Flowers with which nature has closed her interminable Fields there is no possibility of appreciating the admiration and wonderment the vision inspires. As far As the Eye can re Ich the re is one uninterrupted i de of Flowers of All colors and sizes so condensed that one cannot step without crushing them and feeling As it he were heading a Jeri velvet cushions. Mining have seen a gentleman from the Oregon bar. On the tit Lurne who stated that the miners at this Point were doing Well five to ten dollars being the average of a mans daily Voik. We Are informed of an extraordinary Case of a miners Success. A gentleman left this City on the 12th of january last and returned yesterday with three thousand dollars. He is from Rich bar on Feather River. Hear the other gentleman from bide he a bar on the Feather River gives a gloomy account of the returning miners from the Snow s above. He represents them As destitute famished Snow Blind and worn out by their exertions and fatigue in making their Way from the Winters regions of the upper Waters of the River. They Are objects of Charity and As such receive shelter and sustenance from those w to Are Able to afford them. The average of a miners daily wages at bid Welis bar the gentleman states is not More than two dollars. Morning june isl. Prospect of the a Eason. In a business Point of View the people of the Mississippi Valley have before them at pre sent the Promise of gloomy times. It is useless to attempt to conceal from ourselves this serious fact. 7 he better plan in this As in All emergencies is to look the evil full in the face submit with what fortitude we May and provide in time and to the Best of our ability against its every effect. The flood Gates of the skies have been opened upon us the deluge has been Universal the disasters wide spread and in Many instances truly distressing. Desolation reigns supreme in what were once thriving towns and villages the Waves Roll in riot Over the foundations of hundreds of homesteads and the Inre Lenting current still pours its torrents Over the Fields of our fairest and most Fertile Vallies. Terrible in eed to the interests and prospects of cur people has been this sudden and unwonted visitation and great beyond calculation the suffering and losses it has entailed. Should the Rains now cease and he weather become favourable there is still a Hope that the cup of our misfortune May not be filled to overflowing. Planting and re it planting provided the present moment May a embraced to advantage will Avert to a great degree the evils apprehended and make up to some extent the losses already incurred. But should the weather continue a propitious for a few Days longer and until the full limit of the planting season shall have passed away troubles in their worst form will have come upon us and instead of that Prosperity which has hitherto blessed the labors of our citizens and which was again looked Forward to w Ith so much co Radence we shall have a season of suffering and hardship never before experienced in any portion of the Mississippi Valley. Our Only Hope is in the immediate change of the weather Lor the better. At he very be9t, we shall have suffered immensely. Ii to the disasters by the flood be added the loss of the Grain crops and with those the pork crop which has become a chief dependence among us our misfortunes w ill have been Complete. In View of what we have already sufi ered it behoves us All to practice a commendable Economy in All things while in View of what May still be i i store for us it is absolutely imperative to be most rigid in our expenditures confining ourselves exclusively to the Mere necessaries of life and making these go As far As is consistent with health and Ordinary Comfort. The losses which Lal directly upon our banners come upon All classes of society indirectly it is True but not the less fatally. Every interest suffers with the leading one agriculture and Economy becomes As much a necessity w Ith business men As it is with the immediate objects of disaster. These suggestions Are thrown out with the Hope that they May so far arrest the Public attention As to induce timely action and Lead to the adoption of s Ich a policy throughout the general operations of society As to break in some degree the Force of the blow with which we Are threatened. If we cannot make As much As formerly we can probably come off nearly As Well by spending less. These dispensations however calamitous in appearance Are doubtless sent for our Good. We have no right to complain of them on the contrary we should rather be grateful for past favors a nor would it become us As Stout hearted men to Repine at our lot. Making our daily bread in the daily sweat of the brow and talking As we have a right to do about building railroads we Ough to feel that there is nothing which May not be accomplished by a determined purpose and a willing hand. Let us therefore save the dunes work Bard and thank god for the health and strength which enables us to Labory and let us by no manner of Means cease talking about the rail Road until the full subscriptions shall have been made and the shovel shall be seen at work throughout the line. Strange and horrid murder. We have an account sent us by a Friend from Daylord a Rancho one of the most brutal murders that Ever disgraced California. The victim was an Indian. The writer states that on Day before yester Lav he happened to be at Hicks ranch on sutters Creek m search of lot Stock and saw the poor victim that had suffered death. He was murdered by a spaniard living in the neighbourhood. The writer accompanied or. Hicks in search of the murderer. They first went to the spot Liere he deed was committed but did not find him. They ascertained the following particulars from some persons who witnessed Trie murder at a distance. They saw a Spanish woman strike the Indian with a club and the latter urn to Ward off the blow. They then saw a Man Rush up to the Indian and Pierce him in the breast eight or nine times with an old Rusty sword which caused him immediately to fall dead to the Earth. two or three months there has been an Encampment of these men above town on the american Fork. They Are adepts at broiling Salmon on coals making Mush and talking the most unearthly jargon the ear Ever listened to our chinese it is thought can hold very passable conversation with a gang of wild geese dying Over but they cannot comprehend the Kanaka. They Are inoffensive in their de Durri quot the portent to their neighbors and were we to Serio ulv judge from the loud jokes and laughs that we hear among them we might consider them the most Light hearted of our City. Loss of a Donkey. A a Frenchman travelling in the snows in the Northern mines on a Small Donkey encountered a grisly in the path. The Bear without the politeness of a Frenchman refused to give the Road the Donkey with the obstinacy of a dutchman refused to meet him and hacked out and kept backing until he tumbled a town into a Ravine where the Frenchman had to abandon him and Maka his Way on foot to the place of his destination. Recife for making Beer. To make the Best Beer in the world take one pint of Corn and boil it until it is a Little Solt add to it one pint of molasses and one gallon of water shake them Well together and set it by the fire and in went. Four hours the Beer w in be excellent. When All the Beer in the Jug is used just add More Uio Lassas and water. The same Corn will answer for six inon hts and the Beer will be fit for use in twelve hours by keeping the Jug w hich contains it warm. In the absence of molasses sugar or Honey will answer in its place. In Thi Way the w Hole ingredients used in making a gallon of Beer will not Cost exceeding four cents arid it is better and More wholesome than miss Clarion. Arrest of Resoluti ousts in letter dated at St. Jago de Cuba May 7th, to the Savannah news in speaking of the recent arrests says papers were taken w hich discovered a plot to commence insurrection while on the grand Parade and the insurgents had taken measures to capture the head quarters of the City and to secure the Landing it of Garibaldi with 3,0mi men. At the same tune Lopez would have effected his Landing in some part of Havana. The judge after a Virner concluded the proceedings a. De to death four and to perpetual punishment not withstand my he held on to her till they were three of the principal officers and to ten years to the wools when i hard labor a sergeant of the Garrison and two and made every Effort he Hung cholera at it. regret to learn the cholera has made its appearance at it. Pleasant and at Rome a Small town on Skunk River. Several cases have occurred almost All of which have terminated fatally. Much alarm which is greatly to be deplored is said to exist among the citizens. A number of persons at it. Pleasant have written an urgent letter to two of our physicians requesting their immediate attendance. The people would do Well to be Calm under their afflictions and dispel All unnecessary forebodings from their minds. The less they think about the cholera Tubeless will they they have of it. Much fifty new subscribers were added to our daily list yesterday. So much for having Confidence in the intelligence of the people and for going ahead upon a Well grounded Faith. Should a Liberal Public continue to Shower their favors upon us at the same rate for a few Days longer we shall inevitably become the Humble servants of every person in the Community. Gay Lothario of the Hawk Eye appears to rejoice in the fact that he has at last got hold of the name of the feminine unmentionables. Suppose the ladies should put pockets in those Pett loons and then put their hands in a Aid pockets As they promenade amid the Flower Beds of our Public Square what would our unsophisticated neighbor say to that the flood at St. passengers on the Excelsior up yesterday we learn that the water is twelve inches deep on the floors of the houses on the levee and rising rapidly. Itt the u. S. Circuit court Fortis District adjourned on Friday last after a session of five Days. No business of moment came before it except the trial of Gardner for robbing the mail whose conviction has already been noticed. The River continues rising though slowly compared with the first flood. It is now within five or six inches of the first Rise. All the smaller streams North and South so far As we can learn Are falling. Addition to the Garret workmen commenced breaking ground yesterday for the new addition to the Barret House. It is contemplated to add some Twenty new rooms to the establishment. Are indebted to the obliging officers of the Excelsior for a late St. Louis Republican. The supreme court adjourned in thursday last after a session of thre weeks. last miners express Dubuque publishes the following from a correspondent sad disaster at Llo Icay s Mill on Sovy a Fork freshet Tore away Mill dam and All floated a it of his dwelling House Hansell and Wile in it at the time. She was drowned privates. The traitor who betrayed them was released. This sentence has been approved by the Captain general of Havana. Paddy on but Musk Athur. The Crathers Bdge All human Natur. They blow on to twin trumpets and fade Wber Ebay a Glaze i and the hugs be Tho Bla it they run Quarter a and dance to drilled on my legs wid the flame. Biro bugs he quot a Sartor of mighty High flavor. They re the me of my hand and they come in big the Yankee they raise Mem Ard highly they Praise pm of a or i Legant attire made in Turtle soap. and was saved. Vulgar. If i had a Donkey As won no to go do you think id Wolton him ? no no. No. I d Xiv Bun some Corn and cry gee we it. Get up Neddy. By fibr. If i bad an a Nimal averse to a peed. Do you think id cheat Rae him no indeed i 4 give him some Nett end cry proceed to on. Edward the hirer mud the within the 24 hours from 6 of Clook on wednesday until 6 of clock on thursday the River opposite this City Rose faster than at any be Iod during this flood. From 6 of clock on wednesday evening till 8 of clock on thursday morning the River Rose 8 1-2 inches and from 8 a. Until 6 p. Yesterday it Roe 9 1-2 inches making a Tot a Rise As taker by or. Coote of the engine in a department of 1 foot 6 inches. The level of the River at 6 r. M., yesterday was. Below the great flood of j844, 10 feet and 1 i Luck. We have great Confidence that the water will not come up to the level of the City dire trix and unless there shall yet be a succession of heavy Rains there is no probability of its a Pix mating to the flood of 1844. Hose who were watching the Rise with great attention report that the Rise was slower and less at a late hour yesterday evening than it had previously a. Louts rep. 7. For Cook stove four years old and Well a broke. Will draw anything from Gien cd to anther Eite. The flood its effects. Casualties on the Des learn from the Okaloosa Herald that a Man by the name of Lendert de Young a native of Holland while engaged in re mining a Bridge last saturday week at Union Mills Mahaska county fell in the water and drowned. On the Friday previous a Young Man was drowned at fort pcs Moines. Damage by the learn that great damage has been done by the recent flood in the three River country. The Bridges Over the North Middle and lower River Are All a swept away. Individuals have sustained great looses. So sudden and rapid was the Rise in Middle River that numbers of cattle hogs and sheep were carried away before their owners could Rescue them. In one hour it Rose four feet. We Are sorry to hear that. D. Parmelee has sustained a heavy loss his Fine flock of sheep a number of cattle and hogs and a great Quantity of saw dogs and . Des. Jour. Bread great Scarcity of bread stuff is anticipated in this Section of the country in consequence of the injury done to the Mills by the recent flood. From All we can learn it will require some time to repair the injuries done to the dam and . More regret to learn that Grimes and Archie a saw Mills both situated on Elk Creek Clayton county were destroyed by the late Tribune. Not the least of the damages from the flood is that which has befallen the mining nearly All the diggings Are filled with water and the Miner . In our own immediate neighbourhood More property has chaps been destroyed than at any one Point. Mills dams Bridges houses farms with their fences and crops lumber and Brick Yards have been completely used up. Along the Valley of every River and Stream an unprecedented state of High water has resulted from the recent heavy fall of rain. On Turkey River from the Best information we have much damage has been done. The people of Millville had to abandon their houses ind take to the mountains. Some persons in the Vicinity of Sauk Flats Are Rem red lost. We Hope tins May prove but a Rumor. The Valley of the Wabski Puicon has suffered severely from the flood. The flouring Mill connected with which was saw ing lumber and carding Wool and the Fine Bridge at Anamosa Are gone by the Board. Pratt amp co., on Catfish have lost their dam Cooper shop and Stock and hogs to the amount of some thousands. The dam on Little Maquoketa at Simms Mill is express. The Farmers along the Iowa and Cedar Rivers and also above this place on both sides of the Mississippi have lost a great portion of their promising crops of wheat Corn Oats ac., be ides numerous other damages by the general overflow. Whole farms on the Iowa River have been perfectly inundated totally destroying the rops and forcing the inhabitants in some cases to vacate their dwellings. We Are not prepared to say what the exact total loss will be to the citizens of this county but from what we can learn we. Will venture to set it Down at Twenty thousand dollars or More. Muscatine Uland immediately below this place is almost one vast Sheet of water and nearly All the crops of it Are journal. Rail Road learn from the annual report of the Ogdensburg Railroad just published that the total income of the Road for the year ending april 30, was $3s7.567 79 expenses in the same period 124,409 91 net earnings $163,547 88 the capital Stock of the company consists of 27.684 shares costing $2,768,400, and the earnings As Given above exhibit a Nel result of nearly in per cent on the Par value $10�?o of the shares. After paying dividends amounting to $ 1 per share and making sundry expenditures properly chargeable to construction account a balance of $60.657 50 remain on hand in the Treasury. Of this the directors have set apart $30,000 As a contingent or reserved fund to meet such liabilities As All roads Are exposed to from fire and of for accidents and the remainder will be required for new cars Iron,&c., and to make Good the deterioration of the Road. The subscriptions to the Cincinnati Wilmington and Zanesville Railroad reach $874,-100. recent election in. Massachusetts has settled the complexion of the delegation in Congress for two years to come by filling All the vacancies. Massachusetts will be thus represented senators. 1853�?john Davis whig. 1857�?cliailes Sumner abolitionist. Representatives. 1. William Appleton whig. 2. Rottert Rantolfi abolition dem. 3. James h. Duncan whig. 4. Benjamin Thompson whig. 5. Charles Allen abolitionist. 6. George t Davis. Whig. 7. John z. Go Rich whig. 8. Horace Mann abolitionist 9. Orrin Fowler whig. 19. Zeno Scudder whig. Dist. We read yesterday a droll article from a con temporary describing the Brogue in the part of the ghost in Hamlet. We were the Eye and ear witness of a scene but Little less amusing when a stuttering actor undertook the same part or. Adams playing the melancholy Dane. It is Well known that or. A., being a Man of polished taste always regarded Hamlet As his favorite character and excepting Booth he was by common consent considered the Hamlet on stage. With All this he was painfully sensitive of any thing which might detract from the dignity of the play while in his hands. On the evening of which we speak the theatre was crowded almost to suffocation by a fashionable As Well As a critical audience All anxious to see the great tragedian he having been absent for some time. The curtain Rose and All went on very Well until the Entrance of ghost who after the preparatory pantomime commenced. i will. he hour is Al Al Alinosi co co come when when i to sulph pm porous and tor to to menting flames a must Render up my my Myse of. By this time the whole House was in a Roar of laughter As it took no inconsiderate time for his ghost ship to say so much and or. Adams at first aghast with Surprise was finally almost choked with indignation. He could Only Muster breath enough to respond to the ghosts woeful announcement of his approaching doom As follows so and be did though if i was the Devil id kick you out for murdering shakes it is unnecessary to say that this ended the a a entertainment for the . Atm. Emigrants at crowd of emigrants at quarantine at this time is so great that it is not possible to House them All and for this reason it is absolutely necessary for the officers to Send All that Are Well and in a proper condition up to the City or elsewhere. A new Orleans boat is reported to have landed about three Hundred passengers when it is asserted by the officer that she in fact landed about four Hundred and fifty two children being counted of one passenger the list was taken from her Register and not by a count until the next Day. Again these emigrants at least the greater portion of them have to be supported at the excuse of the City and every consideration of Economy urges As Early a discharge of them As is practicable in conformity with the opinions of the quarantine physicians. None fio Wever Are permitted to depart until their persons and baggage Are . Louis rep. 7. The Western Democrat says a the Steamer or. Franklin no. Land no. 2, steamed a race from Galena to St. Paul and Back leaving Galena of Friday last. No. 1 took the bet of $1590. No Accident happened to either boat save the melting Down of the chimneys of no. 2.�?T 5 David Crockett used to say of the late Phillip hone with whom he was in Congress that he was the pet Luest Man tie Ever knew a a cause Why said the colonel a the Allers puts his bottle on the sideboard before it it asks Yon to drink and then turns his Back so a not to see How much you take this adds the colonel a a a w hat i Call real Perl duets a real and , jr., in one of his discourses in which he describes the contrast Between semblance and reality hits off a Ball scene a a a woman a says he a a May not be an Angel though she glides through the mazes of the dance Tike a spirit clothed with a Rainbow and a to dded with stars. The Young Man May behold his admired object on the Morrow in the True tight of reality perchance emptying a Wash tub in the Gutter with frock pinned up behind her Cheeks Pale for the want of paint a her hair mussed and Mossy except what lies in the Bureau and her whole contour wearing the appearance of an Angel rammed through a Brush Lence into a world of wretchedness and counterfeiter old merchant of Patterson n. J., has Heen arrested for having in his Possession a Large amount of counterfeit notes on Vir Ioui Hank. A trick a 1� a trick. Hie Brooklyn Freeman gives a description of a financial operation which came off at stewarts Marble Palace the other Day which May safely be set Down As distancing All Competition. A lady dres Seti in Superb style went into the magnificent depot of finery and enquired for shawls. Aft a examining several of the finest the lady pitched on one that pleased her fancy and enquired the Price the answer was $109. Upon contemplating the Rich pattern again admiring the soft Fine tissue and indulging in Sweet charms that such an object is calculated to inspire the lady determined to Purchase and Drew from her purse of ample size and respectable appearance an m on the chemical Bank. Now the chemical being in the immediate Vicinity of the Palace just across Broadways anti a thousand dollars being rarely offered even at the Marble Palace the lady was desired to wait a moment to continue the pleasing diversion of examining the Cashmere while a Swift footed and trusty messenger was despatched to the Bank. The answer was satisfactory the Bill we As pronounced Good by the Best possible authority the shawl was wrapped up the six Hundred dollars in change Given and rolled into the respectable looking purse and the lady slowly promenade towards the door. Here she stops and Paul Eland returned to the counter where the Cashmere Are sold she tells the clerk she has changed her mind she prefers not to take the shawl without consultation with her husband there is a possibility that that excellent person might think her a trifle extravagant in making such a Purchase. The six Hundred dollars Are returned we Ith the shawl and the m returned in it resting place in the purse. The lady again stops the Cashmere still remains folded up on the counter a pause ensues then a smile of Good nature plays on the handsome features of Madame she says archly addressing the clerk a a you will think me fickle of Gammon but 1 must take the the thousand Dollar Bdl or the chemical Bank is again produced the change Given the ska vol taken by the lady towards her Carriage and everything is settled in a satisfactory manner. Bit on making up the Cash accounts that evening at the Palace after shutting up the show windows and letting Down the Iron sides there was found a thousand Dollar counterfeit note on tire chemical Bank. Then did the elegant and courtly clerk of the shawls understand something else besides shawls had been sold at his counter on that Day and that he had been victimized by a regular . Express. Moving in new York. Reader did you Ever move if so you can fully appreciate the following poetic a come Sally Eatch hold Here and give its a lift let us pull the carpet and set it adrift uncork the bed and pack up each quilt be careful the crockery done to get spilt let the baby yell murder the boys go to grass but beware Bow you handle that Basket of Glass. Take the stove pipe apart set the stove on the cart let the urea remain till next Load and see that the victuals done to spill in the kettles or babes fall off in the Road. Never mind about dinner to Day wife Only furnish something to eat for you know tis the first Day of May wife and we want to keep every thing neat. In a sorry we be moved All the chairs for we have no where to sit Down and rest you May squat Down on the stairs wife or the floor just which you think Best. Drive slow or Carman now steady we go there hold up a moment i knew it would be so the soap grease has spilt in a barrel of flour the Bottom is out Aud its coining a Shower the vinegar Jug is now springing a leak of i wish they were All in the Middle of next thus u ill Tho Dav in noise pass away and none will be Happy the �?o1st Day of of at the last dates from Hoboken every thing was quiet although a party of some two Hundred rowdies were there intent on mischief. Two persons were arrested charge with being engaged in the original riot. The germans Are getting up a concert for the Relief of the widow of Marlin Bridges who was killed on monday. T3f�?opoor Hanshe i a bit himself Mit a rattle Snake Ami rash sick into a it bed for six weeks in the month of August and All his cry was Vater Vater and a he could ate nothing tilt he complained of being Petter to Asha could stand up on his Elbo and ate a Little Tea. Of Massachusetts has joined new York Ohio Virginia new Jersey and other states in the adoption of a new Bank system. This Law is an entirely new feature in Massachusetts banking. It was not adopted by a Large majority in the legislature Nur without much opposition. The purport of the Law is to allow the Hanking men to Issue Bank notes based upon state or town stocks with a Bona fide capital pan in not ism than one Hundred thousand thousand. From California. Cd a Are poo Deuce of Tbs a Momii . Sacramento City. California,.april 20. Since my last i have again visited the mine and shall attempt to give you Andy our Reader the new a a far As i am capable. The forepart of the Winter you Are aware was very dry and remained so until about the Middle of March. At that time it began to rain and continued until yesterday. It is now rear and Fine and the prospects at present Are flattering. Miners who had thrown up dirt in the forepart of the Winter and had left it discouraged thinking there would be no wafer have returned and Are a going remarkably welf. A few Days since 1 conversed with a gentleman on a Ravine on dry Creek while there i saw them Wash out forty common wooden buckets of dirt and washed therefrom and weighed their Gold. Hiey had $10. They have a Large Quantity of dirt an it i they informed me they had sufficient dirt provided they could Wash it to met be them As much As they wished. A Man s few Days ago found a piece in a Small Ravine a a ear fort John weighing forty ounces and forty eight cents. Another gentleman from Gasconade county Missouri by the name of Shockly picked up a piece weighing about $24. This piece 1 had in my hand and you May rest assured that this is True. It contains some White Quartz and All around it the Gold in cemented. Provisions Are cheap in the mines. Flour and pork the principal articles Are reasonable enough flour 10 cent per la pork 20 Bacon hams 23 cent per la butter 60 to it 75 potatoes 10 to 12 Irish beef 20 to 23 per la Coffee 39 to 33 sugar 16 to 29 cheese 60 to 75 Ymara bread 20 to 23 molasses 30 to 73 cents per quart owing to Quality. Hundreds Are making preparations to Start soon for the states across the Plains. A company was to have started a week ago but have Yeeu detained by the Snow on the mountains which at present would be disagreeable indeed. They will go a soon As the season will permit. You May look for a Good Many arrivals in july from California by Way of Salt Lake. The character of our people is certainly Nevada say to smoke from her once Welt filled House had scarcely ascended above the stately Pines that surround it. Before Carpenter and masons were busily engaged in removing the fallen timbers for the re construction of better ones. The Burnt District is now almost entirely re built. Where Canna a houses once stood now stand houses of much better material. The mines around Nevada appear to be inexhaustible. Shafts Are being sunk As much As one Hundred feet under ground. Nebraska territory a correspondent of the new York Herald writes As follows concerning Nebraska Trento by i have seen much of the Nebraska territory which stretches along the West of the Missouri River from the Kansas which is Here called the Caw River to the forty third degree of North latitude it is Well watered has a healthy and salubrious climate and its soil for Fertility and ease of cultivation is equal to any in the world. In addition to a hese it has considerable advantages for Commerce and great Mineral re sour Twenty five Miles Bel this place in the Bluffs on the Missouri River vein of Semi Bitu Mous Coal shows itself and fitly Niles further Down the River there is a vein of Coal which has been opened and work a to some extent for the Benefit of the United states forces stationed at fort Leavenworth. I have also credible information that a vein of Coal of Good a Quality has been Dis covered on the big Blue River a tributary of the Kansas running from tie North. Upon these facts it May be presumed that there is a sufficiency in that territory. Clay for Brick and Limestone exist every where and Stone for building purposes is abundant. On the North Side of the Nebraska i saw a Quantity of Sandstone in strata such As abounds in the Valley of the Ohio and along the Missouri River there Are exhibitions of hard Clay such As is found along the Ohio River and there used for it Ottery and fire Brick. On the South Side of the Nebraska Distant fort five or fifty Miles from the Missouri at the head of one of the brandies of the Saline River a tributary of Nebraska is a Salt Spring sufficient Lor the manufacture of Salt enough for the preservation of half the sinners of this world provided any kind of Pickle would save them. The Eastern shores of the Missouri River opposite this territory and which Are included in the state of Iowa and Missouri Lack All of the Mineral resources which exist Here and All of the eligible town Sites and localities for inane factories Are on this six be of the River. Therefore the agricultural resources of the opposite Side which Are great can never be fully developed while the Nebraska territory remains an Indian country. Wednesday scorning june 11. Imit action or the health we a my errand that the health committee have determine to report As a nuisance every place within the limits which May need cleaning. Should owners or occur pets of property neglect or refuse to Cienna their premises they will be liable to prosecution. The City authorities will enforce these regulations. The weather during the present week has been favourable to out door pursuits and our builders Are tur Mug it to Good account. Improvement in All a arts of the City Are going on with unexampled rapidity and from the numerous indications before us it is evident that the present Sumn to is destined to Mark a new Era in the Onward Progress of Burlington. Due great draw Back p the want of Brick. We have not half enough Hrick makers among us a besides which the season thus far has been most unfavourable for the business. Frame buildings a we would respectfully Call the attention of the City Council to the expediency of to rating an ordinance Pau Viding against the further erection of Frame he dding within certain limits. We have enough already i whether any a targe was sustained by the Ault we have not Learned. We expect to Hove to chronicle More damage yet to the nails in this the Ria air m Rife to. Of continue thu extract from Iowa exchanges giving a croons of the Kite flood and the desolation which b is marked it a we or. The Maquoketa in my a Jay week was 13 feet Trifoso Ordinary High water Mark and a nearly one Nule wide at Bridgeport. A the Mitsn were covered of several Leet by the i amp Hing water. We heat of great Dotric Tiu a of fences along its course and fear we Mayys to hear of loss of life. Or. M Ohi son was driven Iron his House and farm a a he Rrue i a a of the Andrew Ami �4 or. T. W. A a Boson was i to we Tiv to a wot of Fence no a round ing cultivated land of owe Huo need acres swept away while of Cimela Ami Lam by were comp edited to take to the Bluff fee a a to. Andrew Furie and tamil were forced let pm their Home thing the no Gail of Teoff. We have not Hea t trons lower a town the Maquoketa but fear that i lie damage done to farts is exam greater than that heard from. Pie damage to Mills in tins county has been Immens. The Canton flouring Milt a hear is a Arriey entirely away. Messes. Gammel a Bailous a Mill a brei. Icett High and dry by the River a rotting a new Chapel on one Swie. Harnau a saw Mill at a Weh a to Giget by the Waters tear my away the dam on on Side. Tubby a Mill has suffered Sota injury. Van do Tali Law Mill is a crept entirely away. The Bridge at or. Youngs flouring Mill was destroyed but to spread general ruin in Case of fire. As the City continues to grow the dangers by fir become Moie imminent and with a View to the safety of the buildings already erected and to provide against a calamity which might involve the whole Community in ruin we think the Public interest requires the action Here we Are satisfied that such at least is the Public wish. Suffering on Sand have painful accounts from Sand Ridge settlement eight or ten Miles North of this City. The entire neighbourhood with the exception of some ten acres is under water. About forty persons Are congregated on the few acres of dry land and Many of them Are said to be suffering for want of provisions. The destruction of property has been very great a houses barns cribs fences ac., swept away or greatly injured and a Large amount of Stock drowned. In an attempt to drive fifty head of cattle to the Bluff half of them perished in the flood. late floods by which so Many Mills in the Interior have been destroyed has created an unusual demand upon this City for flour and an Advance in prices has been the consequence. Or. Walker has already shipped 1290 barrels to Keokuk and 290 to fort Madison and has demands for further shipments some of which Are destined for the Des Moines River. We quote present prices of flour at $1 to $4.23 per barrel and wheat 60 to 70 cents Bushel. Are under obligations to or. B. Browning for a Bountiful Supply of strawberries Hovey a and Keener a seedlings. They Are remarkably Well grown and of excellent flavor. Or. B. Inform us that he has a third of an acre in cultivation Ami that it is his intention by next season to cultivate two acres of this delicious Berry which will enable him to Supply the whole City and at a moderate Price. Or. B. Is one of the most successful cultivators among us and for his Enterprise is deserving of the patronage which flows in upon him. His sales recently of strawberries have been As follows previous to saturday 84 quarts on saturday 91 quarts yesterday 170 quarts�?86 Gallons 1 quart at 50 cents per gallon�?$13 and some cents the produce of a third of an acre skirt following announcement was made throughout the Street of our City last evening by a youngster employed for the occasion who Mccoin Pamey the same with the usual variations of voice ringing of a Bellac. Of yes of yes of yes run her every body cause Why Why cause there is great excitement to be sold this night a Trecien does assortment and splendid variety of All kinds of female apparel consisting entirely of skirts of All sorts kinds colors texture single and double Plain stitched and wadded so if you want first rate carpet rags or Cannon wadding for the Nuil Fiers or Cuba filibusters just Roll up to the auction cause Why ? Why cause Turkey has took America and the women is obliged to turn Turkey esses Aud dress themselves in the Oriental a loons Lluy has Western popular and useful St. Louis monthly for May devoted to improvements Commerce Western interests and general literature is just received. It is filled As usual with instructive and entertaining matter. Each number seems to be an improvement upon its predecessor. We should be glad to see it introduced among our business ecu. E3" by passengers on late boats As Well As per private advices we learn that the cholera has made its appearance in St. Louis though yet its ravages Are confined to narrow limits. This fact should admonish us to provide against inviting it among us. We Hope prompt and efficient Steps will be taken by the health committee and that our citizens will with becoming Energy in the premises. . R. Walker late Secretary of the Treasury has succeeded in negotiating a loan to Aid in the construction of the Mil Waukee and fond do Lac rail Road. If Eastern capitalists Are Content to invest their surplus Means in an Enterprise such As the above which passes through a country almost As uninviting As any portion of the West we presume there will be no difficulty in effecting a loan for the Burlington and Peoria Road which taps one of the richest Vallies in the world and passes through the Garden spot of the West. S3" the land reformers some place a Ong the lakes no difference where have nominated senator Walker of Wisconsin for the presidency. Said senator in our Humble estimation it one of the smallest politicians of the age in which he lives a one idea Man who pins himself to faction and who would consider the dissolution of the Union a Small matter provided it should result in giving every Vagabond 169 acres of land. have been suspended at the upper Mill in consequence of the water being upon the ground floor. Plow . Harvey Ray jr., has got Bis new plow factory in full blast. The plows manufactured at his establishment Are said to possess Peculiar advantages. Let the stovers try them. To we Ara authorized to say that the Green omnibus which left the nip and tuck Trade in disgust is driving a und office business on our Plank Road. The rive is at a stand again. It is with three inches of the former Rise. prospects for the Farmers have brightened within a few Days past and there is now some Hope that Good crops May yet be near neighbor appear to be a sever sufferer by the flood. Our Friend col. Patterson of the a a Spectator a is said to enter his office through the roof. His press is Cabirt by under water. The mails the Hawkeye very justly praises the efforts of or. Holcomb of the Stag company by which a despite of the flood we have enjoyed the advantages of regular Eastern a ails. _ Date port the Davenport Banner a published at Davenport comes to it in an entire naw dress and looking decidedly flue and fashionable. Iowa will soon to Able to boast the beat looking papers in the West in fact she May already claim that distinction. Parodi the celebrated opera Singer in coming to 9t. Louis. The fashionable of the Mound City Are Felici Tating themselves extensively upon the or select. County. The damage to terms throughout Tho Donn tort in the destruction of fences and crops is very la get the Maui coming 4owo a such torrents As i sweep the soil Troin the surface together with the crops just put in. Jacks is county Democrat. At this place the River has extended its boundaries far beyond its accustomed claim Uff ceremoniously taken pos it Mon of the greater portion of front Street from brads up yet to have Learned of comparatively Little Daman that our citizens have sustained to what other Jim a h Ive suffered. If the water higher than at present Ami recedes As mildly As it Rose our citizens will have reason to congratulate themselves on their Good Fortune. On to it essay evening the water began to Sulo Side hot at his time Friday morning it is a is High As d has yet by Fen and we fear the heavy rain of thursday night will i up Ihu water up a greater length of time than would otherwise have been the care. Our neighbouring Rity Rock Istal seems to fare much worse than a do from it in timid As we learn that it is completely surrounded with water and that considerable damage Wal it Banner. The flood at represent that the flood in Skunk River has wrought serious damage to the Village of Augusta the of the Mills on the South Bank of the River has been partly washed away and the other one together with the dam somewhat injured. Moat of the town was overflowed and a current set m North of the Large Stone Bouse originally erected fur a carding Mill washing out the foundations on the North end and leaving the building entirely worthies. All hotels have been crowded to overflowing for several weeks past. Thrilling events of the flood we copy the following from the Jackaya county Democrat perilous or. Sanders and family living on the North Fork of the Maquoketa Weie Dueil from i heir Home about Daylight or the Murning of the Secomdi freshet on that Stream. He obtained a Canoe with which he landed ail the members of the family except two sous Small boys. After taking them Irum the House in undertaking to save some property the sane was upset and All thrown into the Rushing torrent. The tether finally succeeded it getting his boys and it my of m o the Canoe and after Drifting some distance brought up against a Large Black Walnut tree some three feet in diameter. By sep Partog himself against the tree he succeeded in getting his sons among the branches a he seated the last boy safely m the tree the Canoe Slid Irum his reach again leaving him at the mercy of the swelling flood. He again teacher tie tree but Here his Caso seemed almost he Pele a. The tree was larger than he could grasp with both arms and yet to must either climb it or again irus to h my Ell neatly exhausted to the merciless Stream every moment increasing in height and Power. In his tired condition it seemed Impo a bite to reach the Shore while the Prospect of climbing the tree seemed equally improbable what however will not a desperate Man do i he attempted and actually obtained a hold of the lower branches by climbing though in doing so he badly lacerated his breast and army and Drew inns eff up into the tree with his sons. Her the three remained from about Sunrise until mid Day it being necessary to Send to Canton a distance of eight or nine Miles to get a Canoe to take them off. This being done they were rescued Irum their perilous condition. Hair breadth escape a Joseph Palmer Esq judge of probate of this. Jackson county was Riding on saturday last with a lady a mrs bad Tholos new towards the West Side of the county just before reaching the lady a Home they Cam to a Small Stream usually no larger than a Man can step across then however prom Lac a torrent some four to six Roku wide it boiled and foamed Uke a Mountain Cataract. The judge was Illy disposed to attempt a passage hut the lady professing and believing that at a certain Point she designated the Stream could be easily passed he tried to Force his horse to a Young one but could not. The lady then insisted on crossing. Riding close to the Brink she urged her horse to enter the water. Tic horse stood moment seeming to examine the opposite Shore and then w Ith one plunge dashed into the raging Stream which instead of being Only a few Tehes deep As she supposed was not less i Aan ten Teet As was ascertained afterwards an she must have been instantly drowned a f it not been for the Noble animal she Rode. The he rss after a few plunge Rose to the surface and made for the opposite Shore Ami would have born Bis rider safely out by it from fright or some unexplained cause a Short time after they Rose to the surface she Tost her hold and fell Over the right Side of the horse into a he Stream. Now was the Point of her greatest danger Ami to terrific was it for a few moments that it seems almost incredible that she eee aped with her life. When she Leli from her Raddle her foot stuck fast in the Stirrup and her weight in the water turned the Borse completely Over on its Back the lady being Muier Neath m which position they struggled a Short time and then sunk Hoth horse and under. Or. Palmer was about plunging into the water when they rate once More to the surface the lady a foot fast in the Stirrup and her neck and Bead entangled in the reins in this situation the struggle of the Borse and the current threw them near the Shore when the horse obtained footing and of cd Tient to or. voice stopped until the lady with great presence of mind notwithstanding she was suffering severely from the effect of the rein bring drawn of tight about her neck extricated her foot from the Stirrup and her neck from the reins. At this time she was stamping m water up to her arum. After resting a few moments grasping the horse she was drawn out by the spirited animal. Or. P. Was stir on one Side and the lady on the other and after attempting to Eross the Stream to various places he was Oil third to allow her to proceed alone to the nearest House three quarters of a mile Distant White he took Refuge on the opposite Side of the Stream. After hearing this account related by or. P. Himself whose statement would be doubted by no one in the county we Are forced the edit that fancy an. Fiction Are tor our done by reality. Truth is indeed stranger than Feivou. S to quot the Uncle tory rounded to at thie place on her a downward trip wednesday evening Ith in to. She met with an Accident though slight in its a ure which Wight have noved tenon indeed it appears they were making a Bend i in the River when the boat took a a Beer on the Pilot and mad for the Wood a he net being Able the control her with the wheel stopped the engine Ami allowed her to Drift i and Breed Side Shore Ami that its ail that saved bet we have been tobit where a protecting Branch a truck her cab a a flow directly til of the boilers ranging upward and astern tears g up some 6 or 8 feet of the Fluor but do re no other damage so far As a have been Able to Leer county times. Burlington in motion a the Citi Xene of or Ungto Lav or Able to the construction of the Bor Imgrun and Peoria Railroad held a Meefon. Or the 26th Ultimo which re a Ftp a m lha Resolution to construct that Rood immediate r the number of stockholders present a Good array in the column of the Biz Teaten papers better than that the first instalment of flee i cent will be called for and Mui by the 7th it june. We like Tow manifestation of enter urn by ear sister town a Hope that the lesser which she has thus taught Stu net a test pc other bunt a kill a a trim Eide Entz master Tomer Curry a boy of pm quot it a reside n u4a� Island. Has eloped win miss Exxa girl aged thirteen. To servant Girt who a aged Tho affair As con tent being bet team a a ten sixteen years old. The la veil of live Oak with her �11 Betma Gus to her Moth a or

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