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Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1854-04-15
An "ABsoRpiscn SvBIrc1-Mol

AN "ABsoRBiEG" SsBJEc1.-Molasse.
possesses remarkable power Of bsorp.
tion. Some curious facts in relation te
this peculiar property have been recent
ly laid before the London Medical Soci.
ETY.. In l049 a number of casks O f mo.
lassss was slowed away at the London
docks-weighingin all 1870 ewt. Three
years afterwards they were weighed
again. and there was found to be an in
crease in weight amounting in the wh ole
TO % cwt. Another lot Of 347 casks
was slowed away in July Of ls4e, and
on starting the bungs in 1852, the mo-
lasses spirited up like fountain. The
casks weighed originally IL cwt. each,
and had gained from one to fifty unds,
ihe total gain being Sc cwt. In aao,h-
or instance. 66 lbs, were gained by the
same o:asks. This wonderful pro perty
OF absorbing moisture from the air is
said 10 be the most powerful in the mo :
lasses contained in those casks made OF
Quebec pine.
Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1854-04-15
Rev Hardware store.
.. z. MiIler.

Successor to Brent & Miller,
A4as Is receiving daily large supplies Of Carpen
w tefs'. Coopers,' Blacksmiths' and Farmers
40 utensils, and all other articles in the Hard
ware line, wbi:h he will sell little cheaper than the
cheapest. Next deer to TIE Bank.
Muscatine Nov. IL, 1858.
Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1854-04-15
- MI ID R r
CLIO HING STORE,
M JEW FIRM:
RAUL GUITERMAN & CO.
H'ustGftNt, I0u'h,
1"c'"A"h, oh'o, Lu>Gke d CYaca. III

llu$saline bha,
CBciRnnE, Ohio, Lu,ci, a. (.,,o,,r I'M
REFERRING to the above we inform the mill. !.
~ M,scatine ami vicinity, that we have orened n.
Clothing Store in this city, by our brother Mr. n
Raugh III Muscatine, under the above new -, ,;tE
the important difference, that all cur stock fro.,
our own - iona
v HOl,FShLE MANUFACTURING HeJrsE
1T Cincinnati, and that, although all sorts of =. li,
nave Rie'uy advanced IN price, yet having now no
pioht to pay 10 tue manufacturer we shall sell e III
ing cheaper fhan ever We are now receiving. ., d
plies Of i-i se s'P
/. MEMS AND boys Cio1Hr>G
furnishing goods hats ard caps trunks ard ya,i,s.
SaFpe ana tea'her bags, India rub ard oil el,hnp
boots and hoes az. ,Sc. '''h"s .
The great advantages we now have in nroc, r,, a,
ready made clothing at the lowest rates m f..
icohdent viii induce everybody to examine orr ore
and la'hionabe stock and We promise 10 re 81, h
ior3h!c means, so tlat none shall go away dissatiea
We have engaged the services of an .y, er;aac.d
pr+ctlcal tailor as remsn OF our
MANUFACTURING DEPARTMENT
Ard everything sold in this eSta lishment is
70 BIT neafer and 10 he made Letter than anv 49,,
lore oAeied ior sale in MuScaine. in our lise.
COUNTRY MIRO IANTS
Dealing III ready made cktiitg are ratt, .,,,,r :.
q'eitd 10 eNHinl'e our STICK as We are rrcrnrcd j.,
qualify ~ well as price, To II at wholesale -, a.. t
afSahtaSe To Dryers as can lie met " it In 49,,
the Unlttd States, New Ymk not eyfe,fcd - ~
,r..a...,e RAUH, GUlTERMaN 4 c.
Ai.scatiEe. September iG lSs3
Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1854-04-15
NEW
GROCERY g. PROpISIO " STORE

NEW r..
GROCERY g. PROHISIO " STORE
Ai,JenniSon's old stand, on Second street.
HE subscribers have on hand new and com
pletc stock, consisting in part of
Coffee Rio aud Java w = cheese
rca--Y II aud Imp Vinegar
Sugar-N o and Bclchcr's Noils and glass
Salt--bbl sack and dairy Curranls, rasins, &c
Wooden aud willow ware Goldfish and mackerel
Molasscs--N and II Flour and corn meal
Cigars--ragala d prinrpe Lead, powder, shot &c
Understanding i chew Soap and caudles
Candies, nuts, oranges lemons, spices, crackers
'ardinss, hollowwaro, bacon, &c &c, and oil other
articles usually kept IN grocery and provision
stere, which offer FOR sale ct wholesale or
all, at the lowest prices, for cash or ready pay.
MEDIC q SPRINGER.
Muscatine March Is, ls53-t
n. b. W4nted-All kinds of market, ng, such
butter, eggs, fowls cheese, lard, ohio ms, pota-
,oes, &C. for which the highest price will be given.
N. & S.
100 BARRELS Kannwha Salt for sole 10y
HUI MEDIC 81 SPRINGER.
60 SACKS Ground Alum Salt Cor sale by
W NEIDIG 81 SPRINGER.
HkRIED APPLES and PEACHES for sale by
~ NEIDIG s. SYRINGE.
loo LBS, BACON, (hams) for sale ~
lOU MEDIC s. SPRINGER
ER AEON sides and shoulders &c. )--for sale
Il N by MEDIC g. SPRINGER.
IN SACKS--fiuc dairy salt for sale by
~ MEDIC & SPRINGER.
CDGAR HOUSE MOLASSEs andGOl.LEN
- SYRUP. MEDIC g. SPRINGER.
EIGS. raisins and candies
L June 8 MEDIC & SPRINGER.
Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1854-04-15
THE WEEKLY
MUSCATINE JOURNAL
Is PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, BY
Mahin Il Clemens.

ON THE FOLLOWING
TERMS: @"t
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II paid in advance, single subscribers, Al 90
III paid within three months, rs
Ii paid after the expiration of three months -
TO CLUBS.
. copies, one year. ian adrance) - SO IS
10 copies one year :" 10 90
Sc. One month will be given to enable subscribers
To avail themselves of the advance terms-after wifi b.
the above terms will beadhered to strictly possible
Eo Subscriptions for shorter pelc than one ear
will he taken at the same rates.
re- To insure diseoGtinuance at the end OF the
time subscribed for, Ill apearaees must lie paid and
positive directions given to that eject. The paper Of
no responsible subscriber will be discontinued while
rearages ere de unless the settled rby note
or at tie option of the publishers.
TERMS OF ADVERTISING.
One square az lines or less,) one week, - 81 60.
g each additional insertion, So SO
six months, 6 60
one year, 10 co
RB- liberal deduction made to reg ular yearly as
verscrs, who occupy onefourth one-third one-halfs
a whole column Al 4. ~
err Advertisers will frd ffequcntrcrcwal to thsf
advertisements To he of decided advantage. A@>s
rs All business advertisements must have the num-
ber OF Insertions desired marked upon the manuscript
-otherwse they will lie continued Until ordered out
and charged for accordingly.
~. Yearly advertisers will be required to eenfne-
then advertisements trniy to the business agreed 10
3 nd yer lied.
Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1854-04-15
VOL. v.
Written for the Journal.
Lines 90 the Moon.

Luna Goddess of tho night;
Clothed in silver from thy birth.
Pouring forth thy silvery ray
Der the darkened earth.
Within lonely bower
Famed by the evening breeze
Where the night winds gently signing
Through the leafy trees.
Z When the impassioned lover
Is pouring forth his VOWS
Sealed on the lips of Beauty,
Luna, there art thou.
Where the pallid sufferer
Is on the couch reclining
Ger his wasted features
Brightly art thou shining.
On the wayside wanderer
Going-but fondly dreaming
OF his love ideal !;
Thou art brightly beaming;
On the midnight student
Falls thy silvery ray,
He whose brow is fading
To win the immortal Bay"
ttt Lth0
Ger the "sages dream"
Luna thou art with him
Gliding with thy beam.
ALI his home apartment
Where he fingers now;
Pale but sleeping sweetly
Hope shining on his brow.
Oft within my easement,
Thou dost softly steal;
Filling me with rapturs
Thy beauties to reveal
Luna! thou art tickle
Changeful, changing now;
False when most we WOO thee
Az the lovers vow.
Aye, like his VOW to maiden
Breathed In the Silly night
Lost with the rays of morning
AS is the silvery light. ADJ
Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1854-04-15
MARX Block.
Forwarding 4 OmmiSn Merchant

WATER STREET, MUSCATINE, IOWA,
MILL pay particular attention to the Storing, For
w warding and Commission Business Having
sold out his interest in the House with which he has
heretofore been connected and being now in the occu
pancy of the large and secure brick Ware and Pork
House, corner of Pine and Water steet, he will devote
his attention exclusively to the above branches of
business Liberal advances will be made ON Produce
stored with him. Forwarding promptly attended to.
ALSO,
GENERAL STEAMBOAT AGENT.
M. Is. having had long experienccin all branches
OF Commercial business faters himself that he can
render entire satisfaction to all who favor him with
their custom.
OFFICE in the building. oct2S-'53
Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1854-04-15

Punch has capital ca ricature entitled
What II has come to-" The British
Lion is represented rampant and roar
ing; Lord Aberdeen, after vainly hold.
Sag on and trying TO pull him back bv
she name, looks around despsiringlr.
saying. II must let him go! la The
distance the tail OF the Russirn Bear i
seen vanishing around the corner.
Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1854-04-15

Brandy punches have tendency to
make the side walk very slippery. They
also make ones head heavier than His
heels, and his purse lighter, than either.
Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1854-04-15

If all the Inhabitants Of Europe were
placed in a row shoulder TO shoulder, they
81 ould reach distance Of four times the
circumference of the earth.
Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1854-04-15

IWch!Hdlt, Ohlo, OffG1d and LdSCHe, IL
NTE beg leave TO Inform the citizel Of Nc
w catinc, Iowa, its vicinity, and the pubh
generally, that we have opened
NEW CLOTHING STORE
In this city, under the above style and firm, il
the new brick block lately erected py Mr. Thurs
ton, on Second street. between Iowa Avenue all,
Pappoose Bridge, north side, opposite John &
GurdOn's store, where we shall BE- happy 10 NEE
customers in want OF articles in our limo. CONSIST
ing in very large and fashionable ole, k Of
Mems and Boys Clothing;
EaIiG-rubbcr and oil cl0ihing:
Trunks and Uaiises; hats and caps;
Carpet and oiled bcg2;
Starts, ,crdppers and suspeuders;
Crcr1ts and handkerchief, and everything
else aPpertdt,ti'ag 10 a clothing store.
GENTLEMAN'S FASHIONABLE OUTFIT
AAthe clothing ne sell al our rartous estaJh.sh
mems is made By our oun wholesale mnnufacfur
ing house, al 2s9 Main street and 245 Pearl street
Cincinn 4, Ohio, where zoe get up superior ar
ticte If tothilg, equal 10 any merchant taiio,
work, a n,qtIim, trimming and workmanship
our - nautSztr9ds conducted by experienced anc
prdc ed corknien, on q rery erierstre scale; a16
as our system Of doing business zoe lessen :,
th east possible number The Interference of tn
U" 'oaS Htuhio OltpOCct UDuuCcF Uftn COISnHtT
zoe can afford to sell cheaper thin any house in hi
city, giving our customers better article Of CLOTH
ing for less money than any erer offered for sah
IN this city before.
COUNTRY MERCHANTS
Dealing in rcady-made clothing are particularly
requested 10 call and examine or stock us we ara
prepared ia quantity and price TO sell at
WHOLESALE
10 as great advantage 10 buyers as can be me
| .rilh in any city in the Union, New York no
excepted; for, in buying from us, Won buy
FROM THE MANUFACTURER,
And, OF course, save the profits to pay thu
intermediate dealers; moreover, our clothing i
got up in superior style. and expressly witt
view 10 til, wants OF fhis western region.
We are determined aud able to take the lea,
! in trade in this city, and respectfully solici
| the patronage of the rcsidcn, and travelling com
muniiy, promising 10 use all fair and honorable
means 10 render ourteves worthy OF il. ID,
calling on Us You may soon find out that al
said above 10
NO HEMBUG!
AS We intend to establish permanently in thi
fourishing city
RAUH, GUITERMAN & CO..
Second street, opposite 7. &. Gordon's
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-05-19
Squatter Sovereignty.

This thing, originated and invented on
purpose tofacilitate the spread and growth
of Slavery, threatens to make trouble for
it's inventors
4 bill donating lands to settlers in [ tab
was under consideration in the House on
the 4th. As it came from the committee
its benefits were denied to all persons ha-
wing more than one wife. Mr.. Bernhisel
delegate from Utah. moved to strike out
the restriction, because, he said it would
injure a great many of the citizens of [ tab
for the more wives a man had the more
need Of land to support them This at
once, of necessity started the question of
"Squatter Sovereignty" Have not the
inhabitants of Utah right to their own
Institutions 1t is claimed for the inha-
bitants of Nebraska that they may csta-
blish an institution which denies the va
lidity Of marriage and legalizes concubi-
mage, and it is a pity if inhabitants of [ tab
shall be denied the privilege of as many
wives as they want can get? This was
the argument used, and certainly Ben
ton was not far out of the way when
he called this doctrine the doubly distill-
ed essence of nonsence. There is no iui-
putty which may not grow to strength
and power under it. 1t is only necessary
for the scamps who have fed society and
law because Of wholesome restrictions. to
squat on some vacant territory. and lega-
lie blgamy, forgery, o. any other crime
and we are told there is no power which
can say them nay. In the United States
bigamy is punished by imprisonment, but
the United States dare not even question
this offence in one of its Territories. be-
cause Just at this time Slavery requires
that the doctrine of Squatter Sovereignty
should not be questioned.
Where will such enormi;ies end2
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-05-19
Old Parties.

The Chicago Tribune, wing paper, and
one of the very best papers in every res
pect. on our exchange list, has an e:tel-
lent article on the present condition of
the old political parties. Weextract from
it the following:
Now. the signs of the times seem to us
to indicate an utilization of those better
and more progressive elements. without
regard to party as it now exists, forming
a political combination that shall outstrip
the old hunkerlsm and demagogueism of
the present day. and c AIRY successfully
forward. without the fear Of hindrance or
opposition, the most enlarged measures
for the promotion of liberty and the i'm
provement of the soul The affinities Of
these men Of all parties, are at this mo-
ment much stronger for each other than
for the old hunkers Of their own party,
and it is only the force of habit and Of
party drill that has 50 long kept them
where they are.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-05-19
Veto of the Land Grant for the Insane.

We stated few days since that the
President had vetoed the bill donating
ten millions of acres of Public Lands for
the benefit of the INDECENT Insane of the
several States The general Ground of
this veto is that such a use of the Public
Lands is unconstitutional. The message
also clearly shows that no such measure
as the Homestead Bill, nor indeed any re-
alv beneficial use of the Public Lands can
receive his sanction. He manages, how
ever, to except spectators and rich rail
road monopolists from the constitutional
difficulties in the way of disposing Of the
Public Lands by the following mode. of
reasoning:
As property. it is distinguished from
actual money chiefly in this respect that
its profitable management sometimes re-
quires that portions of it be appropriated
to local objects. in the States wherein II
may happen to lie. as would he done by
any prudent proprietor to enhance the
Sale-value Of his private domain. All
such grants of land are in fact. a disposal
of it for value received"
LuSred in as this idea is, without any
necessity or any particular relevancy to
the matter under consideration, it may be
considered really as an invitation TO Con
gress TO so use the lands. as we'll as an
assurance to them that such use only will
receive his scantion.
Congress holds the public lands in
trust for all the States. and has right to
make such disposition of them as shall
seem to it best for all the States. Such
has always been the course of Congress
heretofore. Lands are given away for
school purposes. for public buildings, for
railroads in Oregon they they are given
away to promote settlement-and 1t Is
proposed to give them away in Utah for
the same purpose the swamp lands have
been given to the States for nothing, TO
be used at their own discretion the price
of lands is put up and down and gradua-
ted and changed in every manner by Con
gress. on the general authority to use the
lands as is deemed best for all the States.
The President SAYS he considers a do
nation ofland the same a. donation q
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-05-19

money-and were the proposition to APP
propriate ten millions of money for the
purpose intended by the bill, no one could
fail to see the unconstitutionality' of it !;
yet he fayors the donation Of lands for
works of local improvement. where do
nation of money would be unconstitutional
and unthought of by Congress. What
wonderful consistency and logic!
The CONSTITUTIONS the hands of a weak
and wicked man. will be used for weak
and wicked purposes. We have no wish
to be uncandid or uncharitable, but thus
far, the administration Of President Pierce
has developed no good, and we apprehend
there's little reason to hope for any from
1t hereafter. The measure proposed in
and by this bill was most worthy one.
1t would have benefited all of humanity
and consequently all of the States. 1t
was the most wise. judicious, worthy and
generally beneficial measure to which it
has ever been proposed to appropriate a
portion of the public lands, and it is the
only one winch has been vetoed. And
in vetoing it. the I resident intimates, that
no other disposition Of the public lands
will receive his sanction-except to allow
them to be monopolized by Rail Road
Companies.
We have certainly fallen upon evil
times.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-05-19
Thoughts and Facts from the State
prnSS

The Ripon Herald SAYS that village
contains over trelre hundred inhabitants
that last year it numbered between five
hundred and six hundred. that Just four
years ago its entire population was tirefre,
and that it is growing now more rapidly
than ever before, as during the month of
April just past tremy-serea distinct build
ings were commenced.
1t says the contracts for grading and
grubbing the Railroad from Horizon to
Berlin were let to 10y & Mcneil at $40
a mile.
The GAINESVILLE Free Press says F. & J.
Mabie have joined their Circus with the
Menagerie of +. Gaming & Co. and to-
gether will exhibit throughout the State
this Summer.
The Fond du Lac Herald SAYS its edit
or has made trip down Fox River, along
the line of the Northern Improvement
and gives an encouraging account of the
state and progress of the work.
The Sheboygan Journal under the head
of ~ pretty State of things" says one of
its acquaintance has a just demand
against the State of only fifty dollars. but
cannot get his pay, because the State
Treasury is empty. And thereupon it
gives hard talk upon the extravaganza
and recklessness of the Administration
and Legislature in squandering the enOr-
nous heavy taxes raised every year.
The Oshkosh Courier says Mrs. Bean
of that City undertook to poison herself
with laudlum, but it was discovered in
time for stomach pump to prevent the
end designed.
The Stevens Point Pinel'y in denounc-
ing the extravaganza of the State Admin
lstration calls the State officials robbers. y
The Hudson Journal for want of paper
published its last edition on half sheet.
and says the cause of the scarcity OF
printing paper is that 50 many wear out
their rags instead Of selling them to pa
per-makers."
The Potosi Repu5kican says the signs
Of the times point to Houston as the man
for the next President. and thereupon
goes into a eulogy upon him.
The Madison Argus pitches into the
Crystal Palace prize ode with long crit
,ism, and calls it "detestable stuff"
Itpublishes a letter from England from
a young man who has been in its employ,
but who has gone back. who states that
all modes of travel. whether by steamboat
or railway, in that country, are inferior
to the corresponding modes in this coun-
try.
1t gives over a column in trying to
show that the press is never subsidized
by political patronage and thereupon
boasts of its own purity.
The Free Democrat publishes a CORES
pondence between Mayor kilbourn and
Col. Graham. Government Harbor Super
intendent, by which it appears that ar
engagements have been made to have the
City and Government funds applied in
conjunction in completing the Milwaukee
Uarhor.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-05-19

these denominations. They are all ready
to aequiesce as soon as the thing is done.
and President Pierce knows it and that
is what induces him to stand up against
the apparent storm.
So much for the heretofore leaders.
But will the People again acquiesce. We
have during this whole controversy en-
deavored to convince our readers, that
this strife was between the two principles
represented in Liberty and Slavery, for
the absolute possession of the whole
country, and could never cease until the
sway of one or the other is undisputed
Slavery cannot be quiet and live, any more
than can Freedom, and this attempt to re-
peal the Missouri Compromise is just as
natural, inevitable, and unavoidable re-
suit of Pierce's success. as that serpent's
egg should hatch serpent. Win not
this attempt clearly open the eyes of the
people to this fact. VIII they not per-
ICAFC tA4dt CNClg outCGSS Ot liIt StdNe row
er but paves the way for further aggres-
sions and new triumphs. There Is not a
barrier against slavery, in the whole coun-
try, but will be assailed. The ordinance
of l787-the Wilmot proviso of Oregon,
are sure to be next repealed follow
ing upon these will be such debasement
OF law and justice, and such a corruption
of public sentiment throughout all the
states, that practically the whole country
will be under the unquestioned sway Of
the slave power. This will be the ineyi-
table result of acquiescence. The Peo-
pie see the fact. Win they be ready
again to acquiesce at the word of COM
fnand from timid, short-sighted, yenal.
and interested leaders. Mr.. Pierce evil
IDENTIFY calculates that they will. Time
will disclose.