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Demoine courier., 1854-09-07
INDIANS STARVING.

The condition of the Otoe and Mis-.
souri, Indians, is indeed deplorable at the
present time. Government, having neg.
lec,ed to comply with treaty slipula!inns
those tribes are suffering from the gnaw-
ings of hunger, and have commenced
ravaging the gardens and plundering the
whites, sojourning in Nebraska. of ev.
erything they can pu, their hands upon.
The store of Mr.. Cowles, at Nebraska
City. was broken open a few nights
since. and a quantity of bacon stolen
The garden of Major Downs has been
alrnos. destroyed, while a field Of corn,
adjacent to the ole Fort. has been strip.
ped of nearly all the young ears. as well
as a considerable portion of the stalks
taken, which have been eaten as the cat
tie Of the field ca; them. Two or three
nights ago, two cows, belonging to a
German, were stolen and killed by the
Indians, which theft they DO not deny,
but state that hunger forced them to CON
mi, il. A few days ago, a COW belong.
ing 10 Mr.. ~IIargeous, died Of disease,
and scarce had the breath of life left It's
body, ere i. was seized upon by the In
dians and nearly all eaien in its raw
siate.-fremont County Journal.
Demoine courier., 1854-09-07
Burglary.

WAGES barber shop was entered by
raising a back window, on Friday
night Of last week, and a dozen fine ra'
Eors taken theyefsom. What motive
induced this singular robbery no one
can imagine, unless il be for spite.work
as no one man would want so many ra'
zors for his own use, and the selling o.
them would lead to almost certain de.ec
ton. If any one did take them fol
spite or mischief they ought to return
them, as such an act does then. no credi
while it does q poor man a good deal o
harm. Joe Wages along with his bus
mess as usual, notwithstanding his loss
Demoine courier., 1854-09-07
BRING THEM IN!

Being honored with the post Of Sec
retory OF the Agricultural Society. we
request, as a particular favor, that per-
sons who have stock or articles of any
kind to exhibit al the Fair, that they will
furnish lists of then. as early as posi-.
BILE. And don't be bashful friends, n
good many persons regretted tina, they
did no. bring a horse, COW, pig. sleep.
or some production Of the farm, to the
Fair last year, '.fof," said they, "if we
had, we should have dra wn a premium"
Bring in all The fine horses, mules. cat.
tie, sheep, hogs, turkeys, geese. chick
ems, butter, cheese, ann..ss, peaches,
grapes, pIums, pumkias, sqaashes. corn,
cabbage, beets, turnips, potatoes, ling.
ems" quilts, coverle.s, blankets. knitting,
needle work, mechanical productions
of all kinds, that you can muster. and
let US have a variety. The young ladies
will have an excellent chance TO captivaie
the almos. incorrigible young gentlemen
by their exhibition of fine needlework.
The married ladies will show the golden
butter. the rich cheese. and handsome
babies. Bring them in ladies, see
if Wapello can't beat the State.
Demoine courier., 1854-09-07

u The Mormons Of Salt Lake pro-
pose a novel way Of concluding the war
between themselves and the Indians
headed by a chief named Walker. e.
der Smith thus closes a speech before
the Mormon Conference:
81 know men are careless, women
are careless; and if there is re. greater
care taken, women will be carried away
prisoners, and their children will be
murdered, if they wander off careless
and without protection. tell you, in a
country like this, where women are
scarce and hard TO get; we have great
need to take care Of them. Walker
himself has teased me for a white wife;
and if any Of the sisters will marry him,
! believe | can close the war forthwith.
| am certain, that unless men take better
care of their women, Walker may sup
DIV himself on a liberal scale, and with
out closing tho war either. In conclu.
sion, | will say. if any lady wishes TO be
Mrs. Walker. if she will report herself
TO me, l will agree to negotiate the
match.
Demoine courier., 1854-09-07
"WhO Struck Billy Patterson"

Is tie great enquiry now with the 10
cofoco Press. or rather what defeated
the locofoco party of Iowa! Some Of
them say i, was the Bank question, some
say the Nebraska question did il, some
lay i. a, The door Of government officials
who they charge with being boilers and
disorganizers; and the Gazette, Dispatch
and Ii. ]. Campbell, Mail Agent, on
one side, and Sample and the Plaindeal
er on the other, have got up a triangular
pitched battle about it. 1t is understood
TO be q 'free fight" and ell who feel like
participating can ''pi,ch in;' with this
express understanding lha, it IS a "fami,
ly quarrel" and that when il comes cleo.
ton times hereafter. they will declare
a truce and work for each other like
slaves no matter how grea, rascale they
prove each other TO be, they ale 10 con-
slider the SPOlLS, as they have here.
~,ofors, the leading principle Of the party
and sacrafce everything for it.
The keosauqua Union ascribes the
defeat TO the people, who j, thinks were
deceived, fooled, bamboozled, and had
the wool pulled over their eyes. This
is paying a high compliment, Mr.. Union,
TO the intelligence Of the voters Of Iowa,
and they will remember it here after.
As for the Wings. they are happy in
contemplating the result, and have Meth.
er time nor disposition to quarrel about
the cause. II il qualification enough for
them 10 know that the PEOPLE have
spoken, that they will have an Anti-Ne.
braska u. S. Senator, one land proba.
bly, iwo) Anti Nebraska Congressman,
an Anti Nebraska Governor, Auditor
and Legislature, an %admendmen! Of GU.
Old Fogy Constitution, a Prohibitory
Liquor Law, aud other useful reforms
that il were impossible for them TO get
unless some other than the ~locofoco par
,y were placed in power. This was
what "s,ruck Billy Patterson The
same thing that wouldn'. run the fellows
saw mill (lhe '.force Of circumcumstan'
ccs,") has killed the ~locoioco party in
Iowa.
Demoine courier., 1854-09-07
Glad to sec it.

Every farmer with whom we converse
seems to be impressed with the impor.
tance OF sustaining our Agricultural So
cie,y. We are pleased TO see this; for,
wherever agriculture is fostered and en-
c~ouraged, education and good morals
seem to 60 hand in hand with it. When
farmers arrive at a state tina, is common
ly called independent, or are in good cir.
cums,ances, then they begin TO %patronize
schools aud colleges, and pay attention
to adjoining the minds Of their children as
well as the homestead.
No country on the habitable globe is
more susceptible Of a high state Of cul.
tivation, nor more certain OF wealth and
fame than the Demoine Valley, if its
citizens will but avail themselves Of the
advantages which the God of nature has
given them. Let us then improve these
great advantages. Emulate each o,he,
in the productions Of the earth. And,
while cuiiivsting the earth. remember
that the mind should be cultivated also;
that IN order 10 make labor profitable
the mind should direc. and control il.
Some Ci our farmers have a poor
o~rinion of shook farming;'' but we .hink
a consistent mixture of knowledge OBJ
tanned from books and experience, to-
gether with willing hands 10 follow GU,
its suggestions, will accomplish much
mole than hard and i'll. directed labor
Try il farmers, and you will be convin-
ced of its truth.
Demoine courier., 1854-09-07

VALUE OF AMERICAN PRoDUcE, CAT.
TIE, &c.-Professor Mafes stated be.
fore a recen, meeting of the Farmers
Club tha! "the value of the live stock OF
lie United States at this :,rue is not less
than 5000 900, 900, and this will be in
creased b. any increase of the grass and
gram crops. More than 100000 600
bushels of wheat are annually grown,
l4.Op0,0 900 bushels Of rye, 50,00O,O GOO
bushels of oats. 5000, 900 bushels OF
barley. 9,O09, 900 bushels of buckwheat.
100000, 900 pounds of butter are made,
los, 900 900 pounds of cheese and Ia.
600, 900 O n OF hay" These estimates
do no include Indian corn, potatoes,
beans, fruits. tobacco and various other
products equalling in value those we have
named. ...a.
Demoine courier., 1854-09-07
Touched in a Tender Place.

The Mamktye seems to have been
touched in a tender place by our article
of week of week before last, and is boi
ling over with vir,uous Indignation to-
ward. tina, poor lille shee, called the
Courier! a.....
Ii comes to the conclusion that because
we published. by request, The proceed
ings Of a meeting that declared Itself in
favor of The repeal OF The Fugitive Slave
Law, that We are in favor Of it too, and
appears TO be in great agony about it
Now it would be Just az reasonable in
us 10 believe the editor of the HaUkeye
was a horse. thief or burglar, because.
perchance, he should notice the coings
of such characters, as for him to charge
US, because we published The proceedings
referred TO-. with being in favor Of the
repeal Of The Fugitive Slave law. We
published The proceedings Of the War.
rem county meeting as an act Of courtesy,
and are willing that all parties should be
heard, however much we may differ
with them in regard to questions or mea.
sures of a national character. or the
measures we favor we can inform the
public. without the aid of public meet.
ings or the braggadoc:o who edits the
Hawkeye.
We hope the llawkeye will not col
lapse a flue this hot weather, MS it GER
.ainly will do. if i, often gets up steam SO
high! Keep cool, your brayings don't
alarm anybody.
Demoine courier., 1854-09-07

IloRRlD AFFAIR.-Probably Murde,
On Saturday evening last, a man by
the name of Demos, living near Grand
view, stabbed one of his neighbors BY
the name Of Jackson, under the follow
ing circumstances.
The two were in the field together fol
the purpose of dividing some wheat
A lille difficulty arose about the disis
ion, when Demos ran at Mr.. Jackson
with a pilchiork. Jackson wrested the
piichfork on, of his hands and then threw
it upon a stack jus, by. Demos ,her
seized another fork. and again ran a
Jackson. The latter wres,ed tins from
him also, when the assailaht struck him
with large pocket knife in the breas
near the heart, and cutting in, it il
thought, to the lungs.
The victim Of the assault was not deat
the following morning, but his attending
physicians concur in the opinion tina
The wound will prove fatal.
Demos vas taken into custody, ant
committed to Jail. 10 await his trial a
the coming session Of the district court
He passed through own on his way 4
the Burlington Jail, in charge Of deput,
sheriff Fisher.
He is said to be a desperate fellow
malicious. reckless and abandoned
WapeNo MteM gencer goth.
Demoine courier., 1854-09-07
The Territorial Homestead Bill.

The National ln,elligencer which OF
course is authority perfectly reliable upon
all such matters, settles the disputed
question as follows:
Fairness being an u%ndoub.ed Wing
characteristic. 1t is but Just that some OF
the Wing presses should be corrected as
to a misinterpre,a,ion of n of the
homestead laws. IL is stated that Presi-
den, PIERCE has approved a bill granting
homesieads to settlers in NeD MericO,
Kansas and Nebraska. This is true
in regard 10 the territory first named,
but is not correct as to the others. New
Mexico being by no means an attractive
agricultural region, but sterile and GU, Of
the reach of commercial facilities, it was
deemed proper by Congress 10 hold out
inducements to settlement, by grants OF
land, as in Oregon, bu, not in quantities
so large.
The first section creates the Office OF
Surveyor General in NeW Merico, and
regulates his salary and duties and the
location Of his office. The second sec.
ton is in the following words. from
which /, will be seen that The Territory
of New Mexico only Is referred to:
Sec 2. find be ii further enacted,
Tha, 10 every white citizen OF the United
States, or every male above the age of
twen,y-one years, who has dec.ared his
intention to become a citizen, and who
was residing in said Territory prior TO
the firstday of January, eighteen hundred
and fifty three, and who may be still
residing there. shall be and hereby is
donated one quarter section, or one
hundred and sixty acres of land. And
TO every white male citizen ofthe United
States, or every white male above the
age Of twenty -one years who has de
clared his intention TO become a citizen,
and who shall have removed or shall re.
move TO and settle in said Territory
between the first day Of January,
eighteen hundred and ff,y-eight. there
shall in like manner be donated one
quarter section, or one hundred and
sixty acres. on condition of actual settle
men, for not less than four years. Pro.
ridsd horecer, Tina, each of said Gona-
lions shall include The actual settlement
and improvement of the donee, and shall
be selected by legal sub divisions within
three months after the survey of the land
where the settlement, was made before
the surrey, and where The settlement!
was made after the survey, tha.. within
three months after the settlement has
been madei and ell persons falling to
designate The bound aries Of ,heirsclaims
within that time shall forfeit all right 10
the same.
Demoine courier., 1854-09-07
Progress Of the KnOW-NothingS.

he democratic press, with here and
there a Wing paper, are becoming quite
belligerant towards the Know N,,hings.
The Order, nevertheless seems TO be go.
ing ahead with wonderful rapidly. The
Cleveland Plain Dealer says of Grimes,
Of Iowa, the Governor elect, that the
people "were informed that he was a son
of 'Old Crimes tina, immortal good old
man, who had such a funny way Of but.
ionins his Goa. and, that like his father,
he was a sort OF Know Nothing and
SO they all voted for him"
Parson Brownlow, of Tennessee, pro.
nouncCs the order the verv thing for the
age and country, and says they will elect
the mex, President. No admi.er OF the
laws and consiitution-no friend of Prot.
estan,isn, nr Of sound moral or conser-
ya'ive principles, either ir religion or
politics, need hesitate, he says, for one
II omen', to 60 into the order.
In Pennsylvania, The Pennsylvania
declares that James Pollock belongs to
The order.
At Allegheny, Tenn, the other day,
there was an election for Councilman ia
fill a vacancy in the second Ward. ].
K. Large and John ConIey were the on,
ly candidates heard of. When the polls
closed The vote was declared: Large %;
Conlev 23. James Gardiner 81. Nc
one could be found who had voted for
Gardiner OF seen his tickets or even kne "
tina. he was a candidate.
York Co., Penn , is said to be full oil
Know Nothings. In the town of York
there are 500 OF 1000. In "Old Codo.
rus there are two or three hundred, and
in many other villages in the county they
are organizing and p,ospering.
As Instances Of the profound secresy
Gt their movements We notice that in At.
lanla. Geo., at a special election for AL,
derman, in the morning there vas but one
known candidate. bu. in the evening Mr.
T.. J. Hulsey, a quiet, respectable CHI,
zen who ever aspired to office, came ia
100 ahead, To The establishment of eve,
rvbody and himself especially.-N. Y
Erpress.
THE Know NoTHlNas IN ST. LOUIS,
IA correspondent, writing TO a morning
paper. says:
Nov here is a new party. the frs
organization Of which took place bu, sia
weeks before the election, and by the
result of the vote on Monday last, il i.
seen that out of an aggregate poll Of H.,
$50 they pollec more than 1000 vote,
or one third of the whole; and it is bu
fair to infer. If these numbers increase il
much less ratio than they have done tn.
past six weeks. that, at the next Apri
(city) election, they will sweep The who!,
city like a political tornado.
p. S. No one. out of their Lodges
knew tue Cay before the election how In,
Know Nothing men were going to vol,
and their full strength three days befor,
the election, was estimated. by poliii
clans, at about 75O-not over 1000 a
most They struck of every foreigne
and Catholic on the whie and Democrat,
tickets"
Demoine courier., 1854-09-07

MoSDIEu is the name Of a new Pos
Office recently established in this county
abou, eight miles From Cedar Rapids,
on the route leading to Vinton. Benton
Go. VIM. p. Gardiner. Esq is ap-
pointed Post Master Progressive Era.
Mon Dieu lie French for Nv God;
what a name for a Post Office! This
practice Of desecra,ing holy m to
places is more suitable 10 Spanish than
American custom, and we protest against
its adoption in Iowa. Gracious a Dios,
Uera Cruz, Sacramento, S0nctisSimd
Irinidoda i. e. Thanks 10 God. True
Cross, Sacrament, Holy Trinity, are
.frequen, Spanish names of places; but
the practice of comforting these appella.
tons has always savored of profanity TO
English and American ,a,ses.-Bur
ington Gazette.
Demoine courier., 1854-09-07

COMMON ScHooLs.-In an Grafton at
Williams College, Mass, Hon. Edward
Everett once said:
81 would rather occupy the blackes'
nook of the mountain that towers above
US, with the wild wolf and the rattle
snake for my nearest neighbor, with q
uiHage school well KEEP, o, The bottom OF
the hill, than dwell in a paradise OF fer.
,ili,y, if | must bring my children up in
lazy. pampered, self sufficient ignor
acce."
Demoine courier., 1854-09-07
Vhy is Cuba to be Annexed!

L, 10 moi often that the real motive oil
the acquisition Of Cuba is openly &C.
knowledged by its advocates. In the
following article, which we find In
the Richmond Penny Post of a late date
the truth is told wi,hou. disguise. While
such prints as the Washington Union
and Richmond Enquirer pretend shat II
is necessary that we shall possess Cuba
in order to pu, an end to the wrongs en-
dured by our commerce in her ports and
! on her coasts, the obscurer journals like
the Penny Pos. frankly ADM, that the
true objec, of annexing Cuba is The az
grandizemen, of the alave in,erest:
FREE AND SLAVE STATEs.--A Wash.
ing;on correspondent of the Philadelphia
Ledger states hat there is no probability
Of either Kansas or Nebraska becoming
a slave State. OF The emigrants who
are going there in large numbers, there
| are ten from free States 10 one from
slave State. The people having to de
eide the matter, there is scarcely a doub,
tia, both these territories will be admitted
as free States into the Union.
"The same correspondent! says tina
there are five other territories which will
in course of time, also come in as free
States. These are Minnesota, Wash
~ing,on, Oregon, New Mexico and Utah
There are now sixteen free and ffteer
slave states. And The FIVE above men
toned, together with Kansas and Ne
braska, and there is a probability Of hav
ing twenty-lhree free States against fit
teen in which slavery exists.
"The prospect of such a %preponder
ance should cause the South seriously ,e
consider this matter, and see how it car
be obviated. Texas may be divided int
three or four slave States. but This woulS
leave us still, in the minority. A slave
State may be formed of the hover par
of California, but the balance OF ppwe'
would sui be against US. In vie o
these facts, wha,course should the Sauit
pursue! The Senate has been always
aud with great justice, considered tn.
conservative branch of The Legislature
With a majority OF ten or fifteen agains
the South in the Senate, what security
would we have agains. aggressions upoI
our constitutional rights or the repeal o
all laws protecting us in the enjoy men
OF our slave property!
With this prospec. before US, the &c
quisision of The Island of Cuba becomes
a subjec, Of The greatest importance. In
~dcpenden. of the commercial advantage
10 be secured by the possession of 8,
rich a prize, there are considerations OF
political character which are of still great
er moment. We are disposed to lhinl
tina, the people of the South have no
attached sufficient importance TO ,hi
preservation of their political equality
A heavy majority agains, US in the Sen
ate would, beyond a doubt, tend to III,
destruction of all The constitutional safe
guards of the peculiar institution II j
moi The pa t OF wisdom to shut our eye
to the future and trust to chance or GOO
fortune. On The contrary, the tru
statesman anticipates the future, an'
guards in advance against results whicI
would prove disastrous unless foresee,
and provided for"
Demoine courier., 1854-09-07
Six at Once.

A German woman in q ons horse
wagon. passed through this city on last
Tuesday, going from her residence a few
miles west Of town on a visit 10 her hus-
baad, who had been taken sick at the
place where he was working. in the
country east of town. She had with
her in The wagon, snugly propped up in
a wine basket, six children, all the pro-
duce of one birth. They were not much
bigger than apple dun pings, but seemed
TO be wide awake and kicking. They
were six months old, all boys, and all as
near of a size as possible, excep. the
runt Of the party, which is described as
being the smalles. mortal Of lis age ever
seen.
We state this case with serious mis-.
givings of its truth, relating it as i, came
to Us at second hand from an eye wit
Mesa lady Of character in this city,
who saw and counted the children, and
had The mothers WORT ,ha. they were all
hers at a single ir,h.-Dayfon GaSens.
Demoine courier., 1854-09-07
YHR B EM@FMR E@URYE& "a

II On las, Friday night Douglas was
to have made his ,indicaliDn speech. a.
Chicago, in defence of the Nebraska
Bin. A, the appointed hour he appear
ed, took the stand and spoke and rant
ed for a couple of hours, amidst groans
and Kisses, and finally concluded he
would leave the stand. The Tribune
in speaking Of it says:
.fIe wen, off with his HIT on his head,
his face distorted with rage, and shaking
his fist at the audience. His disappear
ance from the stand was the signal for a
renewed outburs, of the most terrific
cheers and groans we ever heard. which
continued for some moments. Appre
tensions were entertained tina, the un-
bearable insults which he had given the
citizens nigh; impel them TO infict upon
him some personal violence upon his
way to the Hotel, but we are happy 10
cay that nothing Of The kind was at
tempted.
The effect of The meeting TO night can
indeed hardly be over.estimated. Ii will
secure Illinois for Freedom, and as goes
Illinois this fall, so goes The Union!
We will recur TO this subject at a
more fitting season, a, length We now
lay down our pen with one more sen.
lence, and il is one we write with a heart
full of joy. CHICAGO HAS TRI-
UMPHED AND DOUGLAS is LAID
LOW!
Demoine courier., 1854-09-07

9The following paragraph we clip
from the regular report of the proceed,
ings Of the Connecticut Legislature, on
the Goth ult:
Bill 10 tax geese. cats and bachelors,
taken up. Mr.. Harrison was opposed
to the provision taxing bachelors
There was a tax laid already upon a
goose. and any nan who had lived
twenty five years without. being married,
could be taxed dnder tina. section. The
bill was indefinitely postponed.
Demoine courier., 1854-09-07

The MAcKEREL FIsHERY.-The Bos
ton Post has adyices from the British
Provinces which states that the Ameri'
can fishing schooners in the Gulf of ST,
Lawrence have had a very Improbable
mackercl fishery this year. MackereI
are yet scarce, and only found at long
distances from land, SO that the vessels
have had no occasion whatever TO &c
within the three mile limit.