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Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1838-05-19
GALENACnAaBER OF CoMMERcr.
March Is. l23R

A u stated meeting Of the Galena Chamb.. ~
"A commerce, convened for the purpose of a..
king into consideration the condition of the loc,,
currency, after mature deliberations, i, was resol.
we'd, Oh motion of Thomas Melville, that com.
m'ttee OF seve: be appointed TO take the subicc,
mater INTO considerations, and To report to this
meeting scale of discounts, at which rates The
n.ls OF the banks, which are not bank able a, The
ualsna B.ahch OF the Illinois State Bank, will be
eaAcn rom and after the 2Oth current, and Until il
may oe expsdicnt IL take further oider on the SUBJ
Ject. The following persons were appointed az
ne Som ~ :--'Inonas Melville, G. w. Fuller.
-. :; E Morenouse, Il. B. Famswo,th, Ii. J. Morn.
,;r;, =. .s o'ahl, T. s. Hampstead. After re.
ul'"s .of tne purpose demonstration, the commit.
Tee >, submitted the following Report: n =
lhat It 10 expedient to fix the folIow;,. r.,....
o'sco'inls on the notes of the Banks hereafter enu
merated, to take effect from and AFTER m. oG,h
rent, and until it may become expedien, 10 TAX.
further order OIL the subject: $50
Farmers & Mechanics' Bonk Detroit,
State Bank, Michigan, 1On.r.,
Michigan Bank, 7 d;.roun.
Farmers & Mechanics do St. Joseph,
Bank OF River Raisin,
Erie e. Kalamazoo,
Clinton,
Ypsianti,
Calhoun,
st. Clair, l5perc.
Tecumseh, fdiscoun,.
Washtenaw,
Constantine,
Macomb,
WISCONSIN, Green Bay,
L. Erie e. River kaisn Rail Road Co.
All other Banks Of Michigan and of Wiscon.;n
% per cent discount.
And the notes Of all other Banks which are nor
receivable in the Galena branch Of the Illinois
State Bank, ~ per cen, discount.
u, motion, the report was accepted; and il was
vo'ed that the proceedings Of this meeng be sign
Ell by the President and Secretary and published
i'll the Galena aud Du Buqee papers. and that an
abstract Of the rates OF discount bo published in
those papers until otherwise directed.
DANIEL WANN, President.
Thomas MELVILLE, Sec'y. 4l-,f
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NAv1aAr1oN OF IOWA RIVER.

The steam boat PAVILION, William
Phelps master, left Oquawka on Satur-
day last, 9Th inst. at p. M. for the
Forks of Iowa, with heavy freight
for the American Fur company, and q
keel boat in tow laden with corn, Hrour
and pork, for the Sac and Fox Indians
Of that region. She entered the Iowa
about o'clock, it being a bright moon
light night; continued on without in
terruption 10 CArrEEsE, her destined
port, fifty miles from the mouth; ar
rived about laybreak on Sunday morn
ing; discharged her cargo at Catteese,
leaving the keel to discharge to the In
dams as they shall come in; and return
ed to Oquawka at Al P. NJ; making
the trip in 244 hours; distance, going
and returning, $50 miles.
Upwards of SO passengers witnessed
this experiment Of ascending the Iowa
to Catteese for the first time. The
Science last fall accom- lished the most
difficult part Of the voyage, having
reached Wapello, about half way, at a
low stage Of water. The Pavilion is
a large boat; yet she proceeded as Sc
curely upon the stream as she had ever
done upon the Mississippi. The river
indeed discharges more water than the
Illinois, though its current being more
rapid, the navigation, in dry season,
must be somewhat prccarious.
Catteese, it is known, is in the heart
of the celebrated Iowa reserve, which
was purchased by Gov. Dodge, on the
part Of the United States, in the fall OF
1886, and is admitted to be the most
fertile country west ofthe Mississippi.
The latitude is about that of Connect
cut. The emigration to it is unprece-
dened, and will be accelerated If that
were possible, by the fact, which the
voyage ofthe Pavilion has demonstra-
ted, that the main river which runs
through it is navigable for steamboats,.
Peoria Register.
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y MEASURING THE WAvEs.-A New
England paper sys that an attempt was
made some months since in the North.
crn Seas. to measure the height Of the
waves when under thcsinfiuence Of a
heayyswell, succeeding violent storm.
The mean result was forty feet. The
experiment has before been tried with
quite tie same result. 5
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bic, bank or device is in any way used,
shall be deemed a keeper thereof.

Ole, BANK or device IS IN any way used,
shall be deemed keeper thereof.
Sec. 8. Whenever any lessee Of
any house or building shall be convict
ed Of suffering or permitting any pro-
hibited gaming tabA bank or device to
be set up kept or used therein for the
purpose of gaming or common gaming
house, the lease or agreement for letting
such house or building shall become
void, and the lessee may enter upon the
premises so let, and shall have the same
remedies for the recovery thereof as in
! case of tenant holding over his term.
Sec. 10. No person shall be incapa-
citated or excused from testifying touch
ing any offence committed by another
against any of,he foregoing provisions
relating to gaming, by reason Of his
having bet or played at the prohibited
games or gaming devices, but the tes-
timony which may be given by any
person in such case shall in no case be
used against such witness.
Sec. II. If any justice of the peace
have knowledge, or shall be informed
satisfactorily that there IS any prohib-
tied gaming table or gambling device,
kept or used within his township, it
shall be his duty forthwith to issue his
warrant directed 10 the sheriff or any
constable of the proper township to
seize and bring before said justice such
gambling table or other device.
SEC. lo. The officer, who shall be
charged with the execution of any war
rant specified in the above section, shall
have power if necessary, 10 break open
doors for the purpose Of executing the
same, and for that purpose may sum-
mon to his aid the power of the coun-
ty. S..
Sec. Is. 1t shall be the duty ofcve-
ny Justice Of the pence, before whom
any such gaming table or other device
shall be brought, TO cause the same to
be publicly destroyed.
Sec. Ia. The presiding Judge OF
each district at every court, shall give
this act in special charge TO the grand
jury.
SIC. Is. 1t shall be the duty Of all
sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, justices of the
peace, and constables, in their proper
county, 10 complain and give informa-
ton o: any branches Of this act, and il
any Of the above named officers shall
fail, neglect or refuse to complain and
gre information Of any and every
branch of this act that shall come to
their knowledge, he shall be deemed
guiltyof misdemeanor, and upon con-
viction thereof shall forfeit his Office
and be fined in any sum not exceeding
one hundred dollars, to be recovered
by action Of debt with costs before any
court having jurisdiction thereof for
the use of the county in which such suit
- L..,,,es!,t
Sec. l6. The act Of the legislative
council of Michigan entitled San act to
prevent gaming is hereby repealed.
APPROVED, Jan. 18th, 1888.
HENRY DODGE.
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The intelligence from Washington

The intelligence from Washington
by the last mails is important. The
bill for appointing Board Of Commits
sioners to examine oil claims against
the United States passed the Senate on
Friday. According to its provisions
the Board is-to inquire into all claims
which the accounting officers of the
government are not empowered to adj
just and allow. They are to report to
Congress brief statement Of the facts
of each case, with the facts procured
and their own opinion. Every sutton
to Congress knows how difficult it is
merely to obtain, not justice, but even
hearing for his claim. The appoint
ment Of Board Of Commissioners will
ensure both a hearing and an impartial
opinion, so far as it can be obtained
from any tribunal. 1t is true that that
opinion will afterwards have TO be con.
sidered, and perhaps debated in Con.
gress, but the decision of that body
will be more likely to be just than j,
would tie under the present practice.
Disposing Of the private claims as they
now do when, they dispose Of them al
all, in a furious hurry, they would pro-
baby, in most instances, conform to
the decision of the Board. Whether
the new scheme will save much time
to Congress we have our doubts.
Those who were alarmed at the pro-
liability ola war with Mexico will see
that their fears were unnecessary, for
the present at least. The President OF
the United States has agreed to leave
our claims to the arbitration Of some
friendly power. If the proposal Of
Mexico be made in good faith, the UNI
pire will be Immediately agreed on,
and the questions in dispute submitted
to bis decision.-[N. Y. Eve. Post.
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CARD TABLE COMPASSION. $50 /!
Miss Hectic died this morning Of q
consumption. She was no more than
seventeen fine girl! 81
"Ah! she IS dead? Poor thing!-
Ephat's tyass,7ps!? o, Il, "a 49,. "
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FOR SALE,

4 CLAIM situated = r.! misies below tho falls
~ Of big Aiaquoketa, with dwelling and ne.
cessary out houses, l60 acres uHder fence, 81 OF
which, ere broke, and Is sowed in oats. For fuf-
thsr information apply to the subscriber on the
premises. JACOB PAI
April ~, 1888. 44-tf
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EXAMINING THE COUNTRY

EXAMINING THE COUNTRY.
Under this head we gave last week
the opinions Of an old Virginia friend
upon the soil climate, &c. Of this part
of Illinois. We made no remarks
thereon, because we are DESTROYS that
the observations of practical men up
on our country shall go forth. in our pa
per just as they strike them, without
either commentator or disparagement
from us. One Of our correspondents,
a practical farmer, too, has taken up
the pen however, and sent US the fol.
lowing reply to the opinions referred
to: Peoria Register.
Mr.. Davis-I happened to fall in
company with your Virginia friend
whose bill Of expenses, &c. forms the
subject of an article in your last paper.
l was not surprised to find him dis
heartened and disposed to to view
things in an unfavorablc light, for he
had travelled on foot from Rock Isl
and during storm, or rather during
the intervals between succession Of
Iong stoit''5. UnueI SUCH cIrcums.uu-
ces any country will look bad; and
travelling on foot over wide praires
know, by experience. is far from be-
ing pleasant, even in good weather.
But word as to his objections TO
the country. "lt is too destute Of TIM
ber." Now in my view of the SUBJ
jcct its scarcity of timber is no objec-
ton. We cannot have good prairie
ready for cultivation and good timber
on the same piece of ground. Or in
other words, the inconvenience arising
from the scarcity Of timber are more
Than compensated by the land wanted
for cultivation being destitute Of tim
Der.
Again: "Thc winters arc too long
for the profitable raising Of stock 50
necessary to the prosperity Of the far
mer" This objection l do not think
we'll founded, for although our winters
are somewhat cold, yet they arc much
more regular than they are farther
south, and this is fact of no small i'm
portance. Our practical farmers dread
a wild, changeable winter, as being
much harder upon stock than cold
one.
Again: ssSheds for cattle cannot be
built by the settler Of humble means:''
but / can assure your friend, that we
can upon pinch do without them.
have wintered small stock for two
successive winters, ,Oith0ut any shell
ter, upon high and open prairie, and
they were in as good order OH the first
Of April as on the first Of October pre-.
vious. If cattle are half starved, they
need warm stable; but feed them
well, and cold will not hurt them. -
l regret that your friend did not visit
the country al more propitious season
Of the year. Had he done SO, have
no doubt he would have become set
tier; for he seemed just the kind ofman
as is wanted in q new country. BY
bye, we gettoo many immigrants from
away down cast, who are afraid Of bis
ter their hands-too many who wear
gloves, from fear Of soiling their fin
gers. As the days Of speculation are
over, it is to be hope,lathat class Of i'm.
migrants will cease to come; forif they
do come, they will have to learn tic
application Of the honcly western pro-
verb sRoot pig, or die. = II.
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Public Safe.

WILL sell at public sale, on Saturday in the
II first week in June next, (court week) the follow
ing properly in the town Of Du Bnqse, viz:
-Four town lots OH Bluff Street-on two of said
lots two good l story log houses, and timber
on the remaining two sufficient to build dwelling
houses. Said property is situated south Of the
dwelling house Of Z. Quigley, Esq. Persons desi-
rous of purchasing good property Oh moderate
terms would do well to embrace this opportunity.
March 81 Al WIN. WATTS.
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JOHN NORM !; Il A'rAe"n-rr.

WIN 7!IONIN. J 40 .I-"IlF
Before Joseph T. Fales, a Justice of the Peace,
within and for the county Du Buque.
NOTICEi is hereby given, that suit in attach
IN ment has been commenced entitled as above
against the goods and chattsls rights and credits of
the said defendant, an absent debtor, and tina, The
said suit stands continued until the Goth day of
June next, al the Office of said Justice, in the Town
Of Du Bubue, w. Il.
JOS IT. FALEs, J. p.
Z March 3lth 1888 4,-Sm
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b. l.. TURNl1ULL.

HOOK SELLER AND ss<s.sSk BINDER,
No. I3l, MAls-sr. ST LoJ.s, Mo.
"AS Oh hand an extensive asso. t,I,enl of Law,
Ill Medical, Theological, Classical, M,scella-
neous, and all kinds of school Books. Merchants
and School Teachers, will be supplied ON the most
reasonable terms.
Blank Books, ~
Consisting of Legers, Journals, Day Books, Letter
Rocks, Invoice Books, Cash Books, Bill Books, ".
der Books, Note Books, Bank Books, Record Books,
Docket BOOKS, steam Boat Books, and all kinds
ot Blank BOOKS made to order in the neatest man.
ner. Aiso-ink and Quili:,, and all kinds Of sta
tioaery.
Consisting of Demi- Medium, Royal, super-Roy-
u, imperial, Extra Imperial, and Mammoth Pint
ing Paper. Also, Cap, Letter, Folio for,, Tea
Paper, Bonnet Boards, and oUt -.ams Wrapping
Paper, Wall paper ofvarious patterns, with suta-
BILE bordering.
Having accepted the Agency of the Clinton Pa
per Mill he will engage to supply printers Of news,
papers with constant supply Vi paper Of any size
at the shsrtcst notice.
The Missouri Form Book aud Practical
Guide,
Containing summary view Of the Statute up to
the close OF the session of 1886, relative to the du-
tiss of Justices ofihe Peace, and other Public Of
icers. Also, collection Of Practical Forms Of
nveyancing, with directions and explanatory
notes, together with set of Interest and Tax ta-
bes, snort system of Book Keeping, &c. &c.
Jusl published and for sale.
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sa
TExAs.-We have received letter
from we'll informed gentleman in
Texas, who assures us that the joint
resolution Of the two Houses Of Con.
gress to withdraw the proposition for
annexation to the States, will pass, al
recommended by President Houston
in his address to that body. The feel.
ing against annexation at this late hour
is very general throughout the Repub-
lie, and it is thought by all we have
heard from, or conversed with, that the
President but echoes public opinions
in stating that the delay ut Washington
proves satisfactorily that when the in.
FAINT Republic was found strong enough
to support itself, the annexation would
be granted, though then the aid Of the
United States would not be needed ;
and IN case our statesmen saw the, n I'M
able to struggle against their foes, they
would quietly let them sink.
b General Rusk having Withdrawn,
M. B. Lamer will doubtless be elected
President without opposition.
IN. 0. True Amer.
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BOok-ltilldcry.

D. l.. TUGNBULL has n BONA iindery con.
nectsd with his Store, well supplied with Tools
and Binding Mater jalf, and is enabled to bind,
either parts, whole Editions Of books as rea.
sosable terms AZ any in The Western County. he
also has Ruling Machine attached to his Binds.
ry, and can Rule and Bind Blank books to any CIV.
en- pattern, lat the shortest notice.
All orders thankfully received, and promptly st'
tended to. Y3f s t&
0krOld Books Rebound. go
2 Feb, =. 1898. 30. B81s3
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The following letter from the Secre-
tary Of the Treasury disproves the
charge that the Government wishes to
III row any obstacle in the way to en-
barrass the banks, and prevent re-
sumption Of specie payments.
WASHINGTON, March Is, 1888.
Dear Sir-In reply to yours OF the
18th inst, | hasten to remark, that the
Treasury Department has long been
anxious, as yourselfand many others, for
the resumption ofspecie payments by
the banks.-All has been and will be
done by It which comes within it's IL
mited powers to promote at the earliest
day possible SO desirable an event.
do not hesitate to say fully and
frankly, that the impression IS altogeth-
err erroneous, that specie is to be pur-
chased and boarded by the government.
Only few thousand dollars of it have
yet been raised on Treasury notes, and
none is intendedto be hereafter, except
to the extent needed to supply the cur
rent demands on the government.
Whatever may be thus obtained or re-
ccived for public dues ofany kind will
be forthwith paid out again to defray.
the appropriations, and the settled po-.
Icy Of the department has been and,
will be 10 keep nothing idle in the Trea-
sury while the power exists to issue
Treasury notes to meet contingencies,
and deficiencies as they may hereafter
occur. @
Respectfully yours. @
[Signed] EVIWOODBURY.
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vs.. In ATTACHMENT

~ MA AAAAAo 4OO4y1Jv
Before w. w B,p,sn. q .yus;ice 81 TIE Raee rias-
IL and for ne County Of Du B,qHe.
NOTICE is hereby given, That . sult ~ at
lv tachmsnt has been commenced, entitled a.
above, against the goods and chatteis, rights ana
credits OF the said defendant, an abseii debtor,
aud that the said suit stands continued until the
,wen.y-eghth day of April next, at the Office o.
said Justice in the town of Belsiew, Wiscons'n
Territory. NJ. w y DAO" =. -, =.
January %, 1898. 34-6t .-.--s4
n iiHDS. BACON, just reed and lsr .a .H ~
n August 3. SCOIi q iA ~ -
nn KEGS fresh BUTTER, recs'ss13 q. e on
III signnent per $. q. Cygne,, an "a, ' 90 s''s
by sSO - ~.
March 81, 1898. ------.s
CORN MEAL.
1e - e. LOCKWOOD.
March l7.h, 1888 se-'f
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MEXICO AND THE UNITED STATES.
A message has been transmitted by
the President of the United States 10
the House Of Representatives commu-
nicating copies Of a correspondence be-
tween thetwo governments, from which
it appears that an offer by the Mexican
government to refer the difference be-
tween it and the United States TO a
third power has been accepted. The
acceptance was signifed to the Mcxi-
can Minister in note of Mr.. Forsyth,
Secretary Of State, Of which the sub
joined is al extract:
"Your proposition, which you state
is based on the first article of the law
Of the Mexican Congress Of the Goth
Maya copy ofwhich was communities
ted with your note to this Department
the esd Of December last, which is
in these words: Here follows, in Span
ish, a copy Of the law alluded to, is
consequently accepted, and ] will be
ready to enter with you into the nego-
tialion ola convention, upon the basis
Of that article, for the purpose Of ar
ranging the particulars of the arbitra-
ton, whenever you shall present your
self clothed with competent powers. -
sS-1- IN. ". Eve. Post.--.
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SNAP JUDGMENT.-AM Mr.. Dawson
came from Canada to Lewistown in N.
Y. to be married. When he appeared
before the Justice to have the ceremo-
ny performed, the Justice committed
him to Jail on the charge Of being one
of the parties in the attack upon the
steamer Ca.oline.-[Mo Rep.
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The Wings affect great rejoicing at
the Federal victory in Connecticut
we say affect, for whatever is acquaint-
ed with the history of Connecticut for
forty years prior TO the election Of Jack
son, knows it to have been one of the
rankest Federal states in the whole
Union. 1t is we'll known to all. that
Connecticut has been the great nucleus
ofreligious fanaticisin, the father Of the
blue laws, and Federal dictation. There
was time when Democrat, or Demo-
cratic newspaper was treated with as
much contempt as the Wings treat the
purest and most patriotic men Of the
nation. Probably DR.. Samuel Morse,
a profound scholar, and statesmen, es-
tablished about the first Democratic
paper in that state, before the year
eighteen hundred, and after the Reyo-
names in former history SYNONYMOUS,
could not brook to see a Democratic
press among them, they threatened to
destroy the Office and finally were in
strumental in causing this philosophical
and eloquent political writer 10 emigrate
to Savanna in Georgia, where it was
more congenial TO Democrat: be-
nevolence, and yet it is for this state,
the Wings or more property Lucifers
shout victory!-yictory! Butnotwith-
standing this pure Republican left his
native home and country, his deeds liv-
ed after him, the numbers Of his paper
were preserved like refined gold from
the dross, they were handed from friend
to friend, they "sct ball in notion
that finally revolutionised the state
Hence can be asccrtained how great
the victory. From a small handful Of
prosecuted but firm Democrats, we he
hold them gradually increase until they
accomplish an overthrow Of Federal
doctrines. II Massillon Republican.
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that the wilderness around him !. con-

that the wilderness around him is con.
verted into fertile fields, and town
spring up in the region where he once
hnnted the panther and the deer, old
age, with its decripitude has arrived
But he has his reward. If no other
he has the proud satisfaction that be
has rendered, by his labors, an impor.
tant service to his country. He ha.
added to its'wealth, its power, and pros.
perity.-[B ackwoodsman.
,"Tom, word with you," said a fcl
low to an acquaince who was making
wide strides down the street.
'sBc quick then, Pm in hurry"
"What did you give your sick horse
t'other day?"
"a pint Of turpentinc."
Jack hurries home and administers
the same dose to a favorite charger,
who, strange to say, drops off defunc,
bin half an hour. His opinion of his
friend Toms veterinary ability is
somewhat staggered. He meets him
the next day. swell, TOMB s:Well
John, what is it," Il gave my horse
a pint Of turpentine, and it killed him
as dead as julius Caesar" $50 it did
mine!"
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Sec. l6. The act Of the legislative
council Of Michigan entitled San act to
prevent gaming" is hereby repealed.
APPROVED, Jan. 18th, 1888.
HENRY DODGE.