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DON'T FORGET
Ice Cream.


OFFERS his professional services 10 he citizens
of Keokuk and vicinity.
His office, the same heretofore occupied by
DIR. Ford up stairs over the store of J. Bruce,
Esq, No. as, Main Street.
Residence al the "Pav!lion'' on Concert be-
tween I'd and Sd Streets.
June IL, 1855. DIFF
Dispatch copy weekly months.
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Cnia &ythes and Cradles.
INCLUDING the Grape Vine Cradles, a large
! Stock for sale by
s. W. - II. TUCKER.
Juno -, 1855. dan
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DISSOLUTION.

THE firm OF Graham & Cave is this day dis
solved by mutsial consent. Mr.. Cave 10 au-
thorized to settle the business of the late firm
and will continue the business a. heretofore.
c. c. GRAHAM
w H. CAVE.
June II. 1856
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HONE IN>UfsAyCE.

HONE IN~UtAyCE.
THE Iowa STArE INSURANCE COMPANY, OF
l. heakuk having tuiIy gained accortin q
10 the Articles OF Incorporation, and having re
celved apple aitons for Us urahce and 'al,eu pre-
MUM notes OH property amounting 10 800 600,
IS now prepared TO issue Poicies. on the saier
class oil risks, for three wears on the MUTUAL
plan. ard for one year and shorter periods for a
cash premium
Officers EiecteG for the ensuing Year.
DIRECTORS
II Perry, John McCune, f Fl Harrison,
Rankln, Smyth, f r Ford,
K Creei, s $ Billings, Nm Turner
e CARRIER, L Wickershafn,
E4EcrrrvE ccMAIrTrE.
sIarrison, Garber Joha McCune,
] " Rankin. G. b Snyth.
c H PERRY, Pres RAsKrs, Ntccp cpres't
w TUsSEn Sec'y. + II HARstsos, Treas'r.
- Office in Concert Hall building 81 story.
July 4h, 1855. dam lyw.
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Linens.

GOLDEN Flax, and Medium Fronting Linens,
" OF Rchardson's make, warranted pure, l0i
Linen SheefIng, Pillow Case Linen. Bleached 4
Broxn Table Dsmssks. Napkins, Toweing
Crash, &c, for sale cheap p. ID. FOSTER.
Anrll g. 1855.
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MINERAL WATER!
MESGRS. MOORE 4 HOOPER

MESbNS. MUONE L HOOPER
A RE manufacturing a very superior article
II OF ERATED MINERAL WATER, the
qualities of which cannot be surpassed by any
natural spring in our Union, and that is highly
conducive to health, and contains no deleterIous
drugs, which is often the case with fountains no,
properly formed and managed, they beg 'savs
to refer to the following gentlemen OF the Medi.
cal Professions:
Prof. J. C. HUGHES. M. d.
j. F. SANFORD, ND.
d. s. McGUGIN. M. d.
" J. r. ALLEN, MD.
E. c. FRANCIS, NJ. D.
June %, 1885.
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THE LOVERS soLILooUY.

THE LOVERS SoLILoCUY.
Go search the Indies wave foi pearls,
To deck your hieh-born maiden;
Or dig Golccnda's diamond sandr,
With priceless treasure laden.
60 gather MyrIh and Frankincense
And sweet Arabian spices,
And cluster round your heares delight"
Loves widest Of devices
I'll give TO her whom adore,
By far an otT'ring richer
NV face, sll dressed in lovers smiles.
In BuELL's fair Skyiight Picture.
Bael's Gallery, So, Mali Street.
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NEW HOPE, or the Rescus.
A TALE Of the Great Kanawha. One Of the
q most spirited and graphic pictures Of West
srn life evsr written. JTCAvE = SON.
July ~. 1855. div
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W. J. JEW ELL. W. M. DoLbf.
JEWELL l. DOLBY,
House and Sign Painters, Gla-
Ziers and Gilders.

ZlGTS dnO OI1U6TB.
Shop on The corner of Second d JoAnsox
Streets, opposits the ST. Chnrlss.
MOULD respectfully announce to the citi-
w zens of Keokuk, that they have formed =
copartnership, May 5il,. 1862 tor the purpose
Of carrying on the above business in all ito
branches. They are ready at oil times to un-
drrtake work in their line, which they pledge
themselves shall be executed with punctuality
and in style equal to the best, and on as rea-
SOL able terms as any others in the city.
N. b. Particular attention paid to PAPxa
HANc,rG, which they will do with nee ness and
dispatch also old sash regiazed.
May 27, 1855. i3m'
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Blacks lnithing.
WILLIAM GRAHAM, on fhird, between
w Johnson ard Exchange Streets, at the
Brick shop, would inform the public that he is
prepared TO do all kinds of BLAcKsMIrHIHG in 4
neat, durable, and cheap manner.
HORSE SHOEING.
Bring on your lame horses and have them
shod right. From his long and constant prac-
tice la this branch of the business he fatters
himself that he cannot be excelled by any one in
the country. He particularly soiicits patronage
in this line.
He also offers his services as Farrier in all its
branches.
MAY %, 1855. d&wIy
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LUMRER,

LUMBER,
AT THE PINE MILL.
THE subscribers have constantly on band a
L supply of
Dressed Flooring.
Also, FENCING BeARps and FENCING PicKErs,
Siding, and general assortment OF dimension
stuff
Mill and Lumber Yard at the foot of Second
street, Keokuk, Iowa.
HIATT l. hARBINE.
April Z, 1885. dlm&wly
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Justice OF the Peace.
THE UNDERSIGNED would inform his
i friends In the country, that his Office is on
Man, bel ween ID and Sd streets, Keokuk, Iowa,
over the Harness store. He will attend to the
collecting Of all accounts entrusted to his care,
with promptnesS. Accounts sent by mail, post
paid, will receive attention, and the money re-
turned as ordered.
EDWARD COLE.
March 2, l855-d&wtt
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B00ts and shoes
OF all styles, and In any 0uarhiy.
DELI. & MATLEoe have Just n
received large AMI splendid
iety ot Boots and Shoes, at tie
t.. st siyles an1 seec el with particular re.er-
t. tins market. Their stock comprises ev-
s-y thing de 81 able FOR Laiies, Misses, Gentle
ueu, Bows ant Chidren, which they Will sell as
low FOR cash, as any dealer in the city.
Ihey are also prepared to
MAsUFACTJRE
al kinds Of Ladies and Custom Work. IN any
,esvea style. rasy employ none but the very
5esf waremen, aid pleufy II them, aad are pre-
pared 10 tiil all orders with perfect satsiacti9a
sni with entire pu"ciaaltv.
RhPifRISG
dape with neafnesS and dispatch
We nsits all persons - give US call al the
sign OF the MA MMDTH SIi De. opposite A. l..
Deaiag 4 Co.'S Banking House, Main Street.
ODELL & MATLESS.
Keskak, June s. d&wy
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Sack Salt.

EVE thousand bags c. 4 Salt, heavy and full
bleached and in f0e order, now landing from
steamer Adriaiic. asd for sale bv
CLEGH0RN Il HARRISON.
June = 1883 c6t&w
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Patent Roofing
Pateat Sad Irons

Patent Sud Irons
90 BOXES Of patent self-heating Sad Irons,
which wIli be sold in lots TO suit purchasers.
By f " BUEL L. BRO.
August Q, 1885. 2wd atw
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Looking Glasses.

00Q BOXES Looking Glasses, assorted sizes,
cVo jnst receivec, direct fl ON the manufac.
turers, and Tor sale bv The box or dozen Also
an assortment OF Gilt Moulding for pic, ue
frames CAREY g. XII L3OURNE.
June Is, 1855 d
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1855-10-03
More Know Nothing Consistency.

Why is it that the Know Nothing tick
cts do not contain the name of DANIEL
O'CoNNoR for Recorder? They state that
they have no opposition to him, and that
they will vote for him. Why then leave
the Recorder blank in their tickets? Is it
because nearly half century ago he came
from a foreign country? They have them
selves nominated foreigner for another
Office and cannot set up this plea. A
more inoffensive, less Objectionable and
more meritorious man than the old man
O'CoNNoR, does not tread on the soil Of
Monroe 1t would be very gratifying to
know with what show of consistency they
can put foreigner on their ticket at all,
if they reject Mr.. O'CoNNoR. More OF
the mannuvering of the CLIQUE.
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Precisely i'm Point.

The following paragraph which we find
in an exchange is peculiarly applicable to
the Fusion party of Ohio at the present
time. 1t hits the nail precisely on the
head, and contains as much truth as could
be crowded into one short paragraph:
A writer in the Boston Advertiser says,
and says very we'll: "Persons who deem
the subject of slavery, achich does not er'st
in Massachusetts at all, as the only subject
upon which the parties here should be
formed; who consider that if men are
sound on this it is unnecessary to enquire
into their opinions on other subjects, are
as far from correct views as the head of q
family who, i'll her zeal for the conversion
of the heather, should actually neglect
her own household duties. Those parties
formed upon one idea are very narrow,
very uncertain, and very short-lived."
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&G. DGes 90 3 3

LESS THAN FOR THE YEAR 1854;
and when we get more school houses built
with the fund levied this year, and our In
Urinary and Inirmary farm paid for, Gas 1T
will very nearly be, with this years levy,)
our taxes will be
STILL FARTHER REDUCED
for the year 1856. And yet our oppo-
nents have not the honesty nor the man.
illness to lay these facts before the people.
Just look at such men as the Jonu7eals
correspondent "Tax-payer." Does he
tell you, in his communications in that
paper, that your taxes for 1855 are with
in forty dollars of seuen thousand dollars
less than they were in 1854? Nearly one
fifth of the amount of this years taxes:
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Religion sa..d Politics.

For some reason or other, which the
writer of the article with the above cap
ton and signed "-inti- Church and State -
has not seen proper to give us, no answer
has been received from him to the TRADE
of billingSgate contained in the article on
the same subject in the last No'aroe Jour
nal And not being willing that that ar
ticle should go to the world without, at
least, passing notice, we have concluded
to present portion of it to the readers
of the Spirit.
The writer of the Journal article, whom,
for the sake of brevity, we shall style the
"Preacher," (as one of that profession is
undoubtedly its author,) says that he does
'snot wish to meddle with politics further
than they meddle with religion" Now
for the very reason that religion has med
died with politics we admitted the article
on Religion and Politics" in the columns
of the .Spirit-for the very reason that such
men as the preacher" have forgotten their
s'high-calling" and joined in crusade
against another denomination, as we'll as
against all parties who will not bow the
knee to such hypocrites and bigots as the
"Preacher;" for the very reason that every
man entertaining different views from the
ANONYMOUS and scurrilous libeller, must be
denounced by him as having "the hypocri-
sy of Judas and the effrontery of Satan"
as he denonces the Hon J. W. TAYLOR,
as pure man, as accomplished a scholar,
and as high-minded gentleman as treads
the broad State of Ohio; for the very rea-
son that such men as this "Preacher,"
who t" has stolen the livery of Heaven to
serve the Devil in" who without doubt is
better fitted to guard the entrance to Soma
Know Nothing den than to tread the por
tails Of a church; for the very reason that
such men as this Preacher" have leagued
in midnight darkness with some of the
vilest of the earth, and are now hail fel
lows, well met" with them, in laboring to
build up new political party, with prln-
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Let Democrats in the Order
Remember that they are in league with
their enemies and at war with their friends.
That in every other part of this State and
the United States, the Democrats have left
the order almost to man.
That by remaining they make them
selves tools in the hands of WHIG
CLIQUE, in the town of Woodsfeld.
That the members of this CLIQUE
laugh in their sleeves to think they have
succeeded in leading astray many Demo
Gratis in old Monroe, whilst in other parts
of the State all Democrats are hostile to
the order.
That old Banner Monroe has always
been found battling for the right, unswerv-
ed by falsehood and uncorrupted by prom.
ises.
Remember these things and abandon
this snare of Whiggcry. Thousands have
done it in other parts of the State, anC
why should the Democrats of Monroe bt
the last to be undeceived?
Come out then, and let a voice ascen(
from old Monroe proclaiming that we have
not vet gone back to the Dark Ages 0
religious persecution. Come out and le
us give verdict in favor of the eterna
principles of truth justice.
TURN OUT! TURN OUTM EVERY
DEMOCRAT, TURN OUTI!
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poses, is the same that has been levied for
several years past, and of course will not
be increased.
The levy for 1856 is thought to be
something larger than is absolutely neces-
sary, and will leave surplus in the treas
ury. This surplus of course will be taken
into account in making the levy next year,
and will reduce the levy below the esti-
mate. If it is found that the levy of 1855
produces surplus, the levy of 1856 will
be twice the amount of the surplus less
than in 1855. Our estimates were made
without regard to this surplus, in order
that we might oyerrate rather than under
rate the levy of 1856.
1t is very evident that this reduction
will occur whether our affairs are controlled
by Wings or Democrats, and cannot be
the result of any change of officers. While
we were paying county debt of $4,000
or 81 900, building and furnishing Jail
at a cost of $4,000, purchasing an Infr-
mary farm at cost of $4,000, building
an Infrmary at cost of $1,000, while all
this was being done, of course our taxes
could not be reduced Our public build
ings are now all erected and nearly paid
for, our expenditures cannot be so great,
and our taxes must be reduced. When
few hundred dollars is expended in repair
ing our courthouse, our public buildings
will compare favorably with any county of
equal wealth in the State. .sssFss3.
| But this is not all the reduction that
will follow. In another year we will hare
ali, or nearly all, our school houses built
which in some localities has been a heavier
tax than both State and County levies;
townships will be relieved Of their poor,
which in some townships required more
than the entire county levy. From these
it will be see that the taxes of 1856 must
be much less than the present year. and
that our taxes must continue gradually to
diminish, as both State and County taxes
are now doing, until they shall become
quite trifing. This as said before can
not be the result of any change of officers,
but will be the inevitable result of letting
the present system continue in operation.
ONE OF US.
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More Political Knavery-The Clique at
their old Tricks.

A little more than three weeks ago the
CLIQUE, here, set their ingenuity at work
to devise ways and means of getting one,
at least of their candidates into Office
They hit upon plan which they thought
would work 1t was trick only to be
played by men of desperate fortunes, by
men who view politics as nothing more
than scramble for Office, without regard
to the means.
The first step acos to get one Of their can
didates for tie Legisloture-N. -1rm-
strong-to mithdraw Mr.. Armstrong
was, at the time, in one of the eastern
cities-Baltimore, perhaps. A letter was
written and signed by portion of the
CLIQUE, here, and carried to him by a
merchant of this place, who was going
east; the object Of which letter was to get
Mr.. Armstrong off the track. For some
reason unknown TO US, he refused to obey
the CLIQUE, and thus spoiled the whole
scheme.
The object of this trick was, first to gel
q certain outside Influence 5or favorite
candidate for a;sotter o6ice; and secondly
to run a Democrat IN the place Of Mr..
ARMSTRONG, cho as a Whig; as they see
that the portion of the order who were
formerly Democrats, are finding out that
the whole movement is only Wing scheme
and are leaving it by the score.
This CLIQUE goes to work as deliber-
ately to remove one of the men nominated
by the order, and substitute another in his
place, as if no member disputed their title
to the absolute control Of the party. Tc
get oil outside influence for candidate
who is peculiarly situated with respect te
portion of the CLIQUE, they do not hest
tate to attempt to remove one of the nomi
nees of the order, and substitute another
man in his stead, without the knowiedg!
of half dozen members of the order
outside of the CLIQUE. They find som'
excuse for this in their alarm at the scces
sion of so great number Of the Demo
cratic members; and this is, no doubt, th
excuse with which they would have stop
ped the mouth Of complaint, if any hat
been made by the party.
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correctly, and that which Taxpayer" 4"
represents as ours The figures which he
gives are found, also, in another part of
the Reports; but each Report only gives
the amount for the current year. 1t is
possible that "Tax-payer" found these
statements, and knowing nothing Of the
tabular statements, mistook them for ours.
If he did not err in this, the strong prob
ability is, that he designedly misrepresent-
ed US. However, as he backs entirely out
from his charge, we let the matter rest.
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For the spirit OF DemOcl
Scoffing Know Nothings.

Mr. EDITOR 81 noticed in the last
number of the Monroe Journal, produc-
ton from some reckless individual over
the signature of eOne of the Sons of SAM
The principal object of that writer, it
seems is to add his little mite to the inf
deity of the country; for. acting upon
the views which he frequently expressed =
few years ago, and which he is still known
privately to entertain, he treats with leyi-
ty the Holy Scriptures, by attempting to
clothe in Scripture language filthy, low,
political production. But that is only in
keeping with the Know Nothing party.
Very often the leaders attempt to give
that party an air of respeetability by
nominating Preachers for important of
fees. At other times they are ready to
present US an Infdel or Deist. And
now we have in the person of this Son of
Sam,' one who is ready to make q mock
cry of the Scriptures by attempting to
manufacture political article in their
style-a vulgar article-oyeraowing with
vile abuse of our foreign populations and
in which the writer labors to excite neigh
Dor against neighbor, and friend against
friend Truly has he stole the livery of
heaven to serve the devil in Such is
the pure morality of this Son of Sam, ,
as hindled anew by the Know Nothing
councils in Monroe county! Irepeat, his
loathsome levity is in keeping with the
Know Nothing party. Democrats are
withdrawing from the corrupt order
OBSERVER.
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Know Nothing Promises.


One of the most successful means that
the Whig leaders of the Know Nothing
party devised to seduce Democrats into
their order, was by making promises
They promised offices to those who could
not be got at a cheaper rate, and thus OBJ
tanned the names of number of professed
Democrats. Wherever it was practicable
they made these men officers of their
councils, and otherwise made them as con-
spicuous as possible. This was done to
decoy other Democrats; as they well knew
that to get Wings would only require to
be informed of the true nature of the Or
der, namely, that it is Whig scheme for
Office.
There is another, and, perhaps, larger
class of those once Democrats, who were
imposed upon by different kind of prom
ises-promises of clecting a new set Of
men to oificc--men who were not Office
seekers. For the fulflmcnt of this nronl-
ise look at their ticket, from that prince
of wire-workers, Salmon P. Chase, to the
tail end vT our county ticket, and see how
many of their candidates are political as
pirants, who have been defeated in the par
ty to which they formerly belonged; al
most one half We will venture to say
there never was ticket, State and Coun-
ty, presented to the people of Monroe, Oh
which was so great a number of unsuc-
cessful aspirants for Office, as this same
ticket. And yet this is presented by a
party in ful6lment of their promise to put
into Office men who are not Office seekers.
Was it not asserted up to the time of
| the Know Nothing nominations, that ey-
cry man on the county ticket should be a
Democrat? 1t was ringing in the ears OF
every Democrat that they had any hopes
of ensnaring into their power. Yes, ev-
| ely ou IL SliOuIu OC q OClAoSl
Now look at it: One full half Of them
Wings All the candidates for Legisla-
tive Offices, Wings; one Senator and two
Representatives. This then, is the full
ilment of that promise. Three Wings
to the Legislature to aid in electing U.
S. Senator.
But who are those once Democrats on
their county ticket? Are they new men
as was promised? One halt, at least
have been defeated heretofore in the Dem
ocrat party. With all this staring them
in the face, those OF the order who were
Democrats, are asked to shut their eyes
and say they were not cheated by false
promises; that they were not seduced into
the order and then sold; that they are
not made instruments in the hands Of 4;
| Whig CLIQUE. They are asked to shu
their eyes, open their mouths, and let 6
Wing CLIQUE cram these things down theil
throats.
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Monroe County Taxes.

We present, below, to the people of
this county, comparative tables of the tax
levics for the years 1854 and 1855. And
we are gratifed to be able to state that
the lew for the present year is very con-
siderably reduced.
In our tables, heretofore published, of
the taxes paid for the year 1854, we gave
the net amount paid. This we did to
show the actual amount collected by the
Treasurer of the county. But as the taxes
for this year are not yet collected, and as
VIC cannot say how much delinquent tax
there will be, we give the total amount
levied for the year 1854, as we'll as for
the year 1855. This is the only way we
can make an accurate and just comparison
for the two years. And whatever discrep-
ancy may appear in the present table for
1854 and the one heretofore published,
occurs simply from the fact that in the
table, as first published. we gave the net
amount collected, aud in this the gross
amount levied; we do this so that the two
years may stand before the public in pre-
cisely the same situation After the taxes
for 1855 are collected and we know how
much will remain unpaid of the total levy,
we will be able to make O comparison of
the net amount collected as well for 1855
as for 1854. And here let it be said,
once for all, that these tables are taken
from the Auditors books, and we will
pledge what little property we possess
that they are correct No man who has
any reputation for truth or honesty dare
dispute them The delinquent taxes for
both years are omitted, as forming no part
of the levy for the current year. We
mean by this that the delinquent or un-
paid taxes for 1853 are left out of the ta-
BILE of taxes for 1854, and the delinquent
taxes of S54 are left out of the table for
1S55-by so doing we show the precise
amount levied for the current years. But
to the tables And first we present the
amount levied