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Making a total $72.0O0,O0
Assuming thai the s.a,emen, made tt
your commii,ec by the Superintendent
with respect to the disposition of that
portion of the fund for which no receip,s
or vouchers were exhibited, are s,sue, AZ
evinces carelessness on his psrt in :he
discharge OF his duties pertaining TO his
office which your committee feel it their
duty to reprehsnd in the strongest man
ner. How iharofhc cer could so far for
get the obligations resting upon himself
as public ssryanflaRi the responsibilities
attaching 10 his sure,ies. as to permis an
amouht of money alRosl teaching si00.
900 10 pass through his hands without.
retaining anu vouchers or other eviden.
ces showing the disposition made of il.
as bolh'lhe law, aud the plainest requires
meats of duty wouId sueges, seems TO
The minds Of your commi.,ee mos, sur.
prising and extraordinary. and indicates
inaiheir opinion IN unfi,ness on his part
10 manage so large fund, that mus,
ssem apparent 10 all.s s+sa aiw ,sam
Your commi,ise also feel il their duty
10 call the s,leaiion Of The Senate to. and
10 condemn on their part inetne mos, IN
equiyocal ma nner. the assumption oi au-
,hori,y, by shat officer. exercised even
afler coordinate branch oi the legis.
lasure had called his attention to The
fac,. ant in',he absence OF any posi,ivs
enac.meDt Of law, in the loaning ont on
a long credsand with arecklessness ia
respect 10 secnri,y which no private in
dividaal would for moinen. tolerate, q
large portion Of the fund arising from the
per cen,um accruing to the, school funa
from the proceeds of the sales Of ths
public lands. Ii it was. the duty OF Mai
officer 10 sppor,ion the amoun. Of ,hs
fund in January, lS45. when il amoun,ed
10 only $54. 80. a. he SCENE to havs
acknowledged by his &C, in distributing
as he did on The Is. Of March, 'b5. j youl
committee cannot conceive why h,
sh,uld no, have consideredii equally hi
duty to distribute the fund coming il
lis hands. March, '56 when IL amounted
10 S226 se0,50.. 'a.lasss. Fs.s es's
Your committee feel Il their duty ais,
20 call The attention Of The Senate to ID,
angular inequality shown by that Office
in the manner Of disisibuling this. funs
among ,bs different counties. so far q
any dis:ribution. has been made. 10 ih'
disposition Of The fund appor,ionsd q
The o5,b OF March, 1855, Of .$54, 4,3H, IS!
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s. . j. II. .STRlNGFELLOW
Speaker OF the House.
Attest j. M. LYLE Clerk.
THOMAS. JOHNSON.
President of the Council.
& Attest: J. A. HALDMEN, Clerk. ~

THE PIERcE BUCHANAN PARTY =
Senator Hamlin Of Maine, in the course
OF recen, speech in BOSTON. said Of the
Buchanan party: .s
l, has recently inaugura,ed that sys-
tenn Of policy which makes ], only .
negro pariy-more sectional than the
Garrisonian abolition party ever was
A single point embraces all their creed.
No matter what may have been mans
an,ece tents; he may have been stepped
to the very lips in whiggery; he may
have been dyed IN federalism, bus il he
comes up to the standard OF slavery he
is white as driven snow IN democracy !!
The above is true TO the letter, Hen.
~ A. Wise. Roher. Toombs, Alexande,
Stephens, well known wings. and bitter
lrsviiers OF Gen Jackson. are leaders in
the Ruchanan party. aes -
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poetiral.,
FREMONT THE CHOICE OF
a@s THE NATION. Na't ras

.f'2 TUNE- Marsailies. @'@ 20, 2
For Fremont the choice Of the natisn- =.
s%s The pride Of the fearless and free!
Wen drink to hrs health and hisstation,t
n Though. Fillmore hes come DER the sea,
His heart beats for freedom remaining zi3
On the soil where fond liberty grew q
Z He's for our pioneers sustaining SRA va
The free Aag--the red, white and blue. N
There are lands where millions are yearning
aa For freedom from tyrant's chains, a1.
Thought Kansas one effort is firnig
s5E 70 keep her from slavery's stain.
For Fremont he stands with devotion, gee
II And swears to the Union he's true; 'a. tsZs
= He crossed o'er mountain to ocean, lr't y
And plants there the red, white and blue.
No sectional bands e'er shall sever -.
-" The bonds our forefathers wrought;
s.The Union, for ever and ever''' s&E
Unsuilied. unstained, and unbought,
Is the watchword from Fremont we borrow.
And he stands by bis promise so true;
9Then who win their leader not follow,
Wien he bears the red, white and blue.
--.s1 rrs = zs.ass SO. F gsf2IF 2
Our voices are joined then, forthe Union;
The stars and tire stripes are above, -.
Huzza all!for Fremont and Dayton! - 49,
Huzza for the man that we love! 80, f5, a,
The old Union ship, when well guided,
Will be found { ia, her timbers are true,
Ard soon willthe storm have subsidized
That threatened the red, white and blue.
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Making in all the sum Of 2 70310 -
l,aned oui at 10 per csns interest on a
credi, Of 6se years. These notes your
committee find to be drawn TO Tho order
Of James ID Eads as Superintendent OF
Public Instruction. and purport on their
face "a. be secured by mortgages on real
esta'esa part Of which the said Snperin-
lendeEt informed yoIr committee had
been placed IN the hands of his agents
ih the pr6per coanlies to be recorded.
E,.r Toe last two notes included in the
above .fisi.-y committee were inform
ed that The. IN oney had not yet been paid
over, for The reason that the necessary
security had no, besn furnished, thus re-
ducing The amount actually loaned out to
S6ls3lO,00. IL also appears from the
statements made TO your committee by
the said Superintendent, tha, the. loans
made TO sundry persons at Fori. Des-
MONIES. embracing much the major part
of the whole amour, ,loaned) were en-
trusted entirely to the charge Of an agen,
employed BY him at said place, himsdlf
one Of The principal borrowers, and that
The Superintendent had little, II any per-
sonal .Rnowledgs OF the character OF SAID
loans. assH asvs rsgsa aaE fav' 3
Your commis!ee furiher find that there
is ye. in ,he hands o: said Supesln'ens
den, in Cash The sum of 73,945,Sl. OF
which amuun, there IS deposited TO his
indiyiddal cre,ii, a, the Office ot Messrs.
Cook. Sargen, and Downev. 81 5.269,
~, and a, The office OF Messrs. Culbsrt.
son & Reno Sl7.256.84. ihe balance OF
SAID sun Sal $4,000 being IN his office.
There is thus accounted for OF ibe
aforesaid sum, OF S226. .600.56. the FOL
lowing amounts, to-wi,: es&
Cash on hand le a rt S73945,sl
Amount loaned S6l,3 1000
Amt PAID over to Co. as per assH ,a
vouchers in this Office. 100000.
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NEw CouNTEarEiTs.-Conserieiis on
the bank oi Westminster, MarysanA.---
have made their appearance in our city.
The signature Of tohn Fisher Cashier.
is engraved. and ,ha. OF .he President.
Isaac Skriver. written. Look out for
,hem.-H Ha,eyeye f. Tsiegraph. i
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rAn acre con.ains 4.040 SQUARE
wards; there are 60 square acrcs n a
square mile
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Tho trade OF 81. Louis has suffered By
The destruction OF business in kansas
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- OTTuMwA, WArELLo Co.. Iowa.
xyTILL practice in Wapello county, and at
w tend to any professional business, agen-
les, objections, entering lands, paying taxes,
&C., entrusted TO him in adjoining counties in
nliihcrn Iowa. .ls.Eai.. EN. y
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Aug. 10, rS55, Appanoosc Co. ST 600 90
Mar 10, 1855, Benton e" - $4,000
May Ii, 1885, Clinton as 10000
Aug. 10, 1895, Davis 80 !" 1000 90
Apr. 8, 1855, Des Moiness: 1000 %
Aug. q :. Dubuque 8: 1000 90
Feb. & Mrs Henry 1927 90
June ag g. = Jackson saas 100000
Mar13, Jasper s' $1,000
8 Jones g 500 90
Mar & Juiy" johnson g 3,7000 90
Feb. s.s Keokuk Sao 1CO0 90
xsas Lee a5iEs.. 81 $500 80
July l3, Z. - Linn = s Z "a 500 90
June :" Louisa 10000
Aug. S. &c Lucas 5000
Aug. %, Mahaska "H 514OOI
July Is, .'.srv Marion ses" "a "a ,O00,D 90
No date Marshall 90 80 eco 90
May IL, % Muscatine g.. 800 90
Mar 10, .s Polk 1000 90
Feb. IS, :; ;s Pattawatanie" 800 90
June I, '' Scott Vs y g 1,N0 00I
June SIS Van Buren "a8 1.50000l
Aug & Oct Wapelo 3: 1900 90
May 10, Washington g 1000 90
YT,ss s,}@ A scsa' z 80 ksa-3ssa - - - - -
Making in all ~ ~ .s So, ,o4i So
for whi> b the proper vouchers ~ s I.
are on file, leaving unaccounted ~.
for q s22 10000
1t is but just however, tho Superintendent Of
Instruction to state that he claims. to have
sent to the Fund Of Commissioners Of -
Cedar County ,he SUI sum Of Of sas n ssoS soS 90 90
LIerson s.aea -6ss 81 g4. ssstes 81 2,00O 90
Monroe g. ,, " 500 90
Warren U 500 90
Waync Z. 500 90
Is'AS GO !. a@ca4o fl7,s0oo 90
But no voucher or other evidence were shown
your committee, that such sums had been paid
over to the Fund commissioners in the counties
ramed. essial#ts ivs@ Eas eafst
Your committee also find that on the 10Th OF
March, 1856, the Superintendent of Instruction
rec eiyed from The same source the further sum
Of S226, ,sO0s6. or this sum, there has been
paid to the Fund commissioners Of gsrsa 81.
les Moines County e 5000 % 90 90
,oSpsnn Mspsllo !. @ haarsa ) Goo ooOS 90
Benton 8" fgs7a ssa 500 90
Making in all the sum Of $l5, 800 90
Distributed Of The above ind, for which the
proper vouchers are filed in the Office OF the
superintendent Of Instruction. 49,
Your committee also find that said officer
has loaned Of the aforesaid fund at ten per cent
interest on credit Of five years to the follow
ing persons the sums set opposite their respee-
tive names, to wit: ~ i NJ 49,, 49,. ~.
June 20, '56 q Jas,aD Csyenaugh, ", gs.s,..
'a" Jas, nj Griffith, 81, i,125 90
July 4 ,5e Jas: Stewart,
"a sss&.iS TIA. Walker,s $3.50 90
| July /, i56. Jas. ID Cavsnsugh IS .stsl
| Justus Iiedge,.e ) $1,000 90
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lberir ei conscience and equal.tv OF
rights among the citizens. we oppose oil
Legislation impairing their security.
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N. WACMTLER,
Boot & shoe q 2 ker,a

.a - oTTUMwA, IOWA. -. =, 4.
a. THE proprietor keeps constaAtly on
h ,nds a good assortment of Leathcrs, and is all
Uays ready to accommodate customers with
God work in his line 0 business. : !.
Noveribcrgth I654.y1
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RELIGION at Home.

"Let them learn first" says Paul, ito show
pisiy at home.' Religion being in the family,
the ho,iest sanctuary on earth is home" The
family altar is more venerable than any altar
10 acathedral. The education Of the soul for
eternity begins by the fireside. The principle
Of love, which is to be carried through the uni-l
verse, is first uniolded in the family. We
lean to love God by loving our brothers and
sisters, and mother. That is we cxercis: the
same feeling, which, in an exalted degree, -
To be directed to God. So that lis true in u
sense more familiar, and yet more comprehen-
sivc than is commonly given to ity "pe thar
loyeth not his brother, whom he hath seen.
how can be love God whom he hath not seen.''
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$i50.755.Si

And leaving S76,044.75. for which no
vouchers were exhibited 70 your con-
mitlee. - OF this amount for which be
hasao vouchers the Superintendent, claim
10 have sent to Fund Commissioners OF
Lee County the sum Of $4,000 90
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But no voucher or other evidence were shown
your committee, that such sums had been paid
over to the Fund commissioners in the counties
Eamed. q faI#t@ iT8@ N@sl &aa4h
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sl5,5oO0O
Making in all the sum Of

June 20, ,56 d Jas,sD Csyenaugh, l us
''sN Jas, nj Griffith, 81, ,125 90,
July .'56 Jas. B Stewart,
! I'd sss&.is T.A. Walksf,'s 81, ,25O 00'
July l. is6. JAS ID Cavsnsugh ( s. .sfsI
Justus iedge,@g 5 81 600 Co
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1856-07-21

MELANCHOLY AccIpENr.-While sor,
young men were bathing in Mill CreeI
one day last week, young man by tn,
name OF Jacob Griffin, Recently from
Ohio. ventured too far, and unobscrye.
by bic companions was drowned. Bow,
cannot be too cautious ia senturiug be.
yond their depth, when they canno,
swim. Mr. Griffin was about II years old
and much estsemed.- Moemokeid Seati.
mel.
% According to the recent census
he town of Mount Pleasant contains .
population of 3,245. Two years ago i,
1t numbered only 1900 inhabitants.
CTMilisills township, Clayton couu.
y, has lob acres Of improved aud g..
lS5 OF unimproved land.
VThe town Of Elkader has 4a2 in.
hsbitants,
ACCIDENT At IxDEpENpExcr.-on N.
evening OF july 81, by an explosion ol
eunpowder, two yonng meo John CARR.
son and Henry What, were injured
The latter received no serious hurt. hm,
the face OF the former was very badly
burned, and for time fears were enter.
tanned that his sight was DESTROYED.
We are glad, however, to ammo nca hi.
convalesoencs.-In Independence CtviIian.
ETTbs Independence Civilisn states
that Buchanan County ON tie Sd iust. ;.
'skAip voted axaiust taking stock 10 tie
Dsbsqus andsPaci6c Railroad.
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1856-07-21
SENATOR SUMNER TO BE \ NOR
GAN UNTIL AFTER The ELEC-
TION

II is now become evident that the
game Of the opposition is, to have Sam
her play sick until after the election. The
New York Express, which has symvathiz-
cd with Mr.. Sumner, has received private
letter from Washington putting them Oh
the guard. ltsays:
! know that you Snd your press have
sympathlzed with, and protected Sumner
from the all. eaticns mad". that he was
shainming sickness. or that his f.ends were
lyi:s about thin. The Express has warm
~ defended him, as if Black Republican
Journal-it may be for Old Acquaintance
sake: but he on you guard and cont be
dup~d. There is cheating somewhere.
Senator Sumner himself is briilia ac-
;tr, da hing rhatcrician, a sparkling fancy
man a Chesterfedlan gentleman, and
scholar-bni he is man o. no mettlc and
no s'nt'-no stamina AID of no real use,
IN public or private life. except for party
purposes. There are able men about hun,
who w"uli freely use him ONLY as
"A good enough Morgan for tie e
lection = but that he would die for their
benefit have no idea. Nevertheless. they
have been playing "ponhs inn gina ton with
so SS''S'i s"- iliNlHGN INis ana
g'vlnss. aid they make him really belle, g
h head Is in peril. Indeed. he is lust such
a man as can thus be fris htened 10 death.
through his fancy. You have r. ad Of
Fvenc hexperlments Of mans being hled
10 dea'h-in fancv-when the victim had
not lost a drop Of blood. Summers suscep-
tibili'y Is Just of that character. The u,,-
scrnpuious men that have him in charge for
election purposes are playing this game
even with him. Be on your guard and |
VIII write you further.
Wherenpon the Editors Of the EXPRESS
comment as follows:
This letter, from gentleman. we wei
know, is all we know Of this matter. The
Editors of the Express do largely an, free
ly sympath,e with Mr. Sumner. and lave
So expressed themselves. publicly and p,i-
MISUNDERSTANDING the ferocity of his
rhetoric-but they do not feel il a duty 10
withhold this extract from a l-tterEfoy
there Is too much, in truth. in that descrip.
ton of Mr.. Summers character. which
comnares him to the man who Thought he
was biad to death, on tho =. presentation
OF frier DIS, when he had not lost arop Of
blood.
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1856-07-21
GOV. GRIMES.

A sc.rrilous communication appear
ed in the Gazette of Saturday morning
un Ter the cowarlly diguisc Of a false
signature, Arundel" written We are
informed by one 4. &. Fulton, aticmp-
ting to deny the plain charge, prefer
red against that oily demagogue- the
Governor Of this State, in which I'll.
writer's main purpose is to attack an
other rather than defend or.cXcuac the
Governor.
by mistake Of the printer the sum
of$15OO, wasmaae to read $4,000;
which all must have perceived to have
been Typographical error, bcca,iae
We stated the cost Of the building TO
have been about 5000.
As to the charge, against Governor
Grimes, the article of "Arundel' al
mts every material allegation. If ihe
superintendent hal loaned To the State
all the Governor asked for,thcre woul!
have then been due the School Fund
alone from the State, more than 500
600. The key to ;his whole borrow
ing business was, tina, the approaching
elections required AL the ayailahlc funds
which the Black Republicans can raise
for elcctioneerins
For more than tx months Governor
Grimes has carried oa IA war arlins t
DIR. Eads, because the Dr.. guarded the
School Fund with Vigilance too nm
firing to suit the purposes Of t.r Cox
crnor.
A committee Of investigat. on was
appointed to examine the ne counts Of
DR.. Eads, and false reports were circu-
lated by the Governor against DR..
Eads, to influence the action of the
committee; but when on investigation,
it transpired that DIR. Eads was acct
rate, just and upright in the discharge
Of his official duties, the proccedin Is
were dropped, as an unfortunate urchin
would drop from his hands Tot iron.
arundel himself voted to keep the
matter from the Senate journals, that
the disgraceful proceedings might not
react upon the Governor.
1t is confessed that tn 500, 900 debt
is not due until January 1897, and
that the Governor took possession OF
the $4,000 last week. Now NJ.
Truth-telling "Arunde' is not the
State this day in debt &ll9,7oo, and
will be until January 1881,
In the mean time what is to become
Of the $4,000 in the pocket of the
Governor 7 Eli /! WHY it will loan
for 25 per cent until that time at an
interest Of $1,000, which snug little
fund will swell the Black Republican
corruption fund, and do powerful work
for Fremont and Dayton. Harra for
the immaculate peculatins Governor !.
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1856-07-21

Hon. Oscar r Moore. the Irssent ..rs-
publican" member Of Congress from tho
Kots dtsirict IN ohio, has jeelared him.
self against Fr mont, and vii Jake the
stump for Fillmore.
"Not dollar If any OF tho money
subscribed in the east hse ever Reached
these parts, saws tier from resi-
dent 10 Kansas, whom the New York
Post indorses as mighty respectable.
That influential jourDcl the New Or
T can, Delta h - come out for Buchanan.
The Pennsylvania h. o. state connit-
tee have iu1orscd Fillmore and Doucl-
son.
Hon. John Bacon, Of SEingwells,
Michigan, a very inlIenual wing, has
become president OLA Buchanan club.
The Press aud I.epuhhcan, sn influential
wing paper, in Seneca county, n u, has
come out for Bucnanan.
A letter to the Boston Pest from E.iz-
abe,h, al. Co., Pa, says
"We shall give the two BIS 25 100 ma.
| jority at least MUD that
A letter from Washington comfy,
OHIO, to the Boston Post, says
"'fhe work goes bravely GU Our
prospects are good III Ohio, and through
out the entire north west. The faaat C.
isms headed BY Fillmore ana Fremnn,
must be rchukcd, aud scattered. ~ ihs
four Winds"
-MARrIS VAN BuREs, ex Presidcn
Of the L. s., is cut in i strong lerie
endorsing the Cincinnati Nominations
and earnestly advocating the election .
Buchanan and Breckenridge.
Judge \ Lean, il is mid, repudiato
Fremont, and is III !.yJr oi Fillmore 10
the Presidency.
Mrs Elizabeth Green died at Natcbe
aged one hundred and eight yaars.
Mr.. Amos A. Lawrence has decline
to serve as "a Fremont Il ctor at Lar -
in,imatin:, if we understand his letter
that be may 90 for Mir, FILLMORE.
1t is said that Col. Benton, when h
: heard the news OF Fremont, no minato
for the Presidency, remarked in bvi,
ferrous manner -"W by. Fremont is
slmpleton, SIR and fool, sir, TO Pc,
nit the abs ltloulsis to use his nam'
, sir. They think he has money, sir: an
that be Will bleed, sir; and, by c.
sir. they have set him up to cheat ~
swind,e him, sir. they are pack .
political knaves, ST."
An attempt to get IN fremoI
, Mass Meeting at Dodgeville, Wis ii
, other dav, resulted in getting out all tt
Republicans in the township just tire
Who looked in each others faces, s'si
, ed and won't home with feathers drool
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1856-07-21

hWEiaING Houses to rent ON se,o,s .x-,
= SIS, ~ 'he west end # the city
Zen 'a,a.iie "uhNny Lots III stard.ysnt,. aJJai,
nea i :. ~, ~ " baroA. rcsi1.ncc, for ss,x 90 :,
iso LOT n u sluf besf Of Game, .,rre,-an,
1is's" 'su .'tf sic~ for sale ser, cLra,,
Severed valuable Lots for bu.,,,. ,.,s..a.,.-,u.
,nsS' va Haftis'i aud MAN streets. north Of stx,h
Tor sale y.tyiS " >'"
~. 'ainah.- building Lots on Second and Third
!" ~. ,r ,a.,, eitdN 2: i've years given On mos,
pr niiHes, t0r sals NAaau -
tpfov IN uts 49, anu "'-
20 feet front. by ~ feet deep on Main o,,s,.
! the LeSlaigr House tyr ssIr
.'Fnef - ~ Main and Front streets for ale cheap
west = L"t ., Loo, %, opposite l. Coll. rc.,-
F, d'ilce Tor sale cheap, or long time
vs. = lots ho,s 80, LeClaire's TN addition
h"ase WITH : r~inis. AMI stpd stable.
Its hnf . IN Mitch. Il Z aiJition and Dwelling
nous y BY u On lot 8 for safe eheap
| " y sec b. tp ~ east 70 acres for sale
na't~io' " Ha,glies. !, hins4n \ Buffers addition.
~ an .',, 49,. SO v sec : tpso, Sc fore"
| export
| ~ 'rf's ~ sne'7 tp7s, r8e; all under culiivs
! hli from city, Tor safe n .ap
! W ). - 7. 10 n. 3 E, 100 acres miles n r.
| DaHv.sstt, t,,r sale.
sEs efs.sis syscfNr sso1, arr
y % , u rs II 10 " Louisa County .
joining timtfr. for bale
n OF W sS1lr II II . W one nile from tn,
! eiiy ~ Mus sea he. foT sale
~ acres land IS under cultivation fenced q s,oy-
| h"uNe R"ou water 100 ffutt trees premises bet
The W J. of " 5 - "a I, } r. mics FROM Dsye,-
! port for sHic
" ac.es with dwelling house and stable aud other
Improvements. adjoining the city VI Davenport fvs
| fac. - -
W 'iofNw ssinTao3E, so acres for ssl..
Forty acres No Prairie land. near wAlco.t, To-
sale very low-pflce t5u6.
ih'f's acres OF Il and ia West Davenport, fog sal
cheap, Ia Lots oil FROM four TO eight acres, fine view
| river and Twin Cities.
AS" several other valuable tgaea Of Real Estate
'he shy and eountry !.s sale by
ALLEN 4 DOOLAN,
49, W 40. Orr's Building.
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1856-07-21

Gems arc too wise to stake the
permanency Of this great Republic, IL
the balance with Niger Worshippers'
and that next November they will kick
the beals SO high which contains these
light weight wooley heads, that Ike
the par, Of the rocket which comes
lown-they will hook decidedly wood
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1856-07-21

Composing every Captain in tie entire
Lne of the 81. Louis and keokuk Packets
are All staanch BUCHANAN men.
Then comes the list of Captains in the
Alton and st. Louis Packet Line.
Capt j. Boom. formerly of the Alto
ma for BUCHANAN.
The politics of the other Capt. in this
is not II own.
Then comes tie Davenport, Rock Is
an and kc"huk Packet Line
Capt l. Dole, Of Steamer ] N'Ker.
6. W l. Cl,rk 9 Ben C4mpbe
: :! X k,acn and Ben r Harris, all
for BUCHANAN.
Next comes the Davenport, Rock Island
and MuSratinc Packet Line.
C,pt. \ lair. of Steamer Dan Converse,
for BUCHANAN.
Capt III Bersie, formerly Of Steamer Col
den Gate, for BUCHANAN.
If fact there are but two Packet Captains
on the River between ST Louis and D Dubuque
that are not BUCHANAN men, and the
two exceptions are for FILLMORE, and not
enc for Fremont.
Tbs exposure Of the base f.lsehoods of
the shameless anil venal presses OF the or
position lays bare bat i small po:t.on of
their bascness.
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1856-07-21

A FACr WHICH NO FRFaoHrFR Dare
DisPUrE. That General James Watson
Webb, in the Philadelphia conveat.on
declared that il its nominee was not
elected, it would be the dutv Of the re-
publicaps TO TAKE Up ARns AND RESI- TIE
Government OF THE COUNTRY. This enti-
ment was loudly cheered in the corven-
ton, and has not been rebukei by sin
gle republican newspaper.