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St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-10-30
Constitutional Convention.

Some of the questions that will prob
ably come up before the Convention is
an increase of the saleries of officers.
Many and perhaps all of them are too
low.
In this fast age and in these days
Of speculation, men of talent and quail
ification for office, can as a general
thing do better than to devote their
time to the duties Of Offices, that do not
afford as good a remuneration as other
pursuits. Hence we do not always Sc
cure the best talent.
Another question is Estate indebt-
cdness." Would it not be well to make
the amount double what it now is
even that amount would not be one
rous to the State, with its present and
increasing sources of revenue. The
State however should not be permitted
to engage in schemes Of extensive i'm
provements. Notwithstanding our ex.
IRENE and radical Democracy, were it
%. not for the existing restriction, oul
State would be bankrupt, with net
work of reckless schemes of half fin
ishcd Railroads.
Time, occasion and opportunity, do
not so much change mems views as to
expose their real sentiments and by
pocritical cant. The making and revis
ing of Constitutions, is matter very
different from that of law making.
The Constitution is the SUPREME
Law of the land. Laws enacted in vi
olation of it arc void. The progress
of mankind, the lapse of time, and tn
difficulty attending a revision, demon
strates the expediency of leaving tn
Legislature, the only department
through which the people can express
their will, as free to act in accordance
with their wishes and interests, as is
consistent with their Republican prin
ciples. The mode of voting at cleo
tions will also come before the Conven
ton. There are different opinions up
on that question, 1t is desirable thai
the elective franchise should be exer
ciscd with as little fear and restraint
as possible. We know of no other
mode so we'll adapted to that end, as
the present, that of voting by ballot
--IuaquaAsta Eacelsior.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-10-30
A Human Life Saved.
Down1;ac, Mich March ~ 1910

Dowa9fac, Mich, March III, 1886. .
j. A. RHODES. EsQ.-Dear Sir AS took
your medicine to sell on consignmet, no cure
no pay l take pleasure in stating its effects as
reported to me by three brothers who live in
this place, and their testimony is fair speci-
men of all have received:
w. S. Conklin told me" had taken nine
bottles of Christie Ague Balsam, and continu-
ally run dOwn,while using it until my lungs
and liver were congested to that degree that
blood discharged from my mouth and bowels,
so that all thought it impossible for me to live
through another chill. The doctors too did all
they could for me, but thought 1 must die
Nothing did me any good until got Rhodes
Fever and Ague Cure, which at once relieved
me of the distress and nausea at my stomach
and pain in my head and bowels, and produced
a permanent cure in short time
II. NJ. Conlin says: ~ had been taking
medicine of as good a doctor as we have in ON
county, and taken any quantity of quinine and
specifics without any good result, from 25th
August to 18th December. But seeing how
nicely it operated on my brother, l got bottle
of Rhodes Foyer and Ague Cure, which effec-
ted permanent cure by using two-thirds of a
bottle"
S. NJ Conklin was not here Blu. both the
other brothers say his case was the same as H.
Nj. IS. I sold the medicine to both the same
day, and the cure was as speedy from the same
small quantity, and I might so specify. III
Yours with respect ~
tn A. HUNTINGTON.
The above speaks for itself. Good proof as
it is, it is of no better tenor than the vast num-
Der of like certificates have already published
and the still greater amount that's still pour
ing in to me- One thing more. Last year
had occasion to caution the public in these
words 81 notice one firm who have taken
one of my general circulars, substituted the
name of their nostrum for my medicine, and
then with brazen impudence send their pamph-
let with the exclamation, :. Let the proprietor
of amy medicine say as much if he dares, &C."
Now take pleasure in saying that the eau
ton referred to the same Dr. Christie,s Ague
Rllsam that is mentioned in the above certifi-
cate. There are several other industrious peo-
pie who are applying to their poisonous trash
all that publish about my Fever and Ague
Cure, or Antidote to Malaria, except the certifi-
Gates of cures, and the certificate of the cele.
brated chemist, DR.. James Il. Chiffon of New
York, in favor of its perfectly harmless charac-
ter, which is attached to every bottle. These
viii yalwaysss serve to distinguish my medicines
from limitations. : JAMES A. RHODES,
Proprietor, Providence, r. /.
Wholesale Agents, st. Louis, IL. Blakeley !;
Chicago, Barclay Bros. And for sale by Drug
gists generally. Inns
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-10-30
New Patent Fence.
MHE SUBSCRIBER resnectfnllr announce

THE SUBSCRIBER respectfully announces
l. to the citizens of Floyd and the adjoining
Counties that he is prepared to sell rights for
the construction of Fence upon new and
cheap plan. This Fence is made of boards
nailed to battens and supported by stakes drove
in the ground cross wise, with q wire around
the top board and attached to the tops of the
stakes on either side Fence made upon this
plan will be a saving of from ten to twenty
cents per rod over fence made of boards nailed
to posts set in the ground. The invention was
patented by j. b. Reyman, March 25th, 1856
Having purchased the right for Floyd, Mitch
ell and Chickasaw Counties, l will sell the
right and give instruction for making the
Fence, to individuals for their own use, for
$500; to clubs of ten in one Township for
less. A specimen of the Fence may he seen at
this place-formerly called Cutters Mill
2m3 Il. w. JONES.
Fremont, Floyd Co., Iowa, August 4, 1856.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-10-30
THAYER'S N'''S'
Cathartic and Bilious

.>IJ FOR THE CURE OF ~iWu~,i
Bllisonsacss, Janndtce, Dyspepsia, Cos
,,r, Hrcaae$s, Lirer Complaints, ~
And wherever a gentle Cathartic and purgativc
.ta aI- Medicine is required s.,I,ft
PRICE % CENTS PER BOX.
.NHFSE PILLS are exceedingly mild in their
l. operation, causing no gripping pains or 9TH
er suffering to the patient, while at the same
time they operate speedily and thoroughly. All
persons suffering from yellow-eyed Jauntlice,
gloomy Dyspepsia, CHASTITY Liver Complaint,
Sicllly Bile, uncomfortable headaches, foul HUI
mors, nervous weakness, a consumptiye Cough,
q disagreeablc Cold, painful Costiveness, bad
Humors in the blood, and other kindred disea-
For sale at the ST. Charles Bookstore, by
sifftF fFg I HlLDREdH &EARV Err.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-10-30
Chicago Daily Tribune.
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by
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St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-10-30

THIS mill is built in a thorough and SUBJ
Il stantial manner, has two run of stone, and
does first rate work. Grinding of Wheat, Corn
&C., done for customers with promptness and
dispatch, and having first rate Miller, full
satisfaction guaranteed. Flour constantly on
hand for sale
JOSEPH KELLEY, Proprietor.
81. Charles, July, 1856
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-10-30

STATE OF Iowa,
District Court, Floyd County.
In vacation, November Term, A. D. 1856.
Norris Hubbard,
VS.. = DIvORCR
Persis A. Hubbard
To Persis A. Hubbard, Defendant:
You are hereby notified that
Norris Hubbard, Plaintiff, filed his petition in
the office of the Clerk of the District Court of
Floyd County, Iowa, on the 18th day of Oct.
1856, asking the said court to decree divorce
dissolving the marriage between him and said
defendant, for the cause of adultery, and that
an original notice in the above entitled cause,
has been returned by the Sheriff of said County,
mot found" and unless you appear and an
swer thereto on or before the morning of the
first day of the November term, 1866, of said
court, appointed to be holden on the 10th day
OF November, A. ID. 1856, at St. Charles, in
SAID County, your default will be entered and
a decree will be rendered thereon as asked for
in said potion. -rlTr So =
j. v. w. MONTAGUE.
Clerk OF the District Court of
Floyd County, Iowa.
september ii, 1900 n6:4wo
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-10-30
PARKER;Ss EXPRESS.

ell BhDs. Etf3I {
4 MESSENGER will leave Dubuque on
"A Monday Of each week for Delhi, Indepen-
dence, Waterloo and Cedar Falls there connect
ing with the stage line passing up the Cedar
Valley 'a'fl 2F's'ff'f1 -
A messenger will also leave on Thursday OF
each week for Iowa City via Cascade Bowen s
Prairie, Anamosa Marion and Cedar Rapids
connecting at Dubuque with the American
and the Northwestern Express Companies
and at Iowa City with the United States Tx,
press companies. 80
Particular attention given to filling orders.
making collections and doing a general EXPRESS
misness }. W: PARKER, Proprietor.
Dubuque, March 81, 1856.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-10-30
Drop0
n Sure Cure for the Iledddcke<

This preparation has proved successful in all
kinds of headache, though many others have
been introduced. 1t is composed of vegeta-
bles, and no deleterious plant or medicine is in
troduccd into it, 1t imparts vigor to the sys-
tenn while the cure is progressing, and regulates
the stomach, by which process the cure is effec-
ted. 73
Mr.. Godfrey, now deceased, was resident of
New Hampshire. His recipe has recently been
purchased by the undersigned From numer-
GUS testimonials we select the following from
Dea- A. Wright, awell known and worthy. citi-
zen Of Kcene N. H. -s--s - ,-s5~-TS
Mr.. Godfrey, Sir: 1t is with pleasure that I
can recommend the Drops prepared by you for
the nervous headache, Having for about ten
years past been afflicted with il, and moi having
fonndany thing that gave lpe relief, tried your
Dropsa and they gave me imsnediate relief I
took them about three weeks from the first of
January and have been free from the headache
ever since. ! would cheerfully recommend
them 70 all who may be afflicted with the same,
complaint. A. WRIGHT.
Price 80 cents per bottle, . s,oI -
b'i D.S1IfEg pas. fo.sai.n
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-10-30
W0nlertM piscorerg Isss tie As5M
HUTCHINS'
Heir Dve,

This is liquid Dye which changes red or
gray hair to beautiful brown or black with
out injury to the h,ir or skin. u Tie great SUI
periority of this Dye consists in it's easy mode
OF application. Its superior sxcellenoe tfll be-
apparent to every one upon a single apulica-
ton. Y 1t imparts to the hair the most natural
color of any dye yet discovered, and instead of
injuring, gives it the beauty and elasticity of
youth. & Price 81 90 per hottie.
ii. HUTCHNS.
AnGiyt'eat and Practical Chemist, Springfield Mas.
HlLDREIH a CARVER, Agents, St. Charles,
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-10-30
srs.f. HUTCHINS' <.sa,t
Headache Pills.

These Pills are recommended solely for the
headache, in its various forms, whether bilious,
nervous, periodical or sick headache. For this
one of the most disagreeable that
flesh is heir to-" the public have long desired
a medicine that would be mild and safe in it's
operation, and would relieve the head without
facilitating the body. Who does not know of
the many subterfuges resorted to as n remedy
and yet thousands of heads ache on? But a
medicine is now offered whose cure Of the dis
tressing malady is sure and satisfactory. sa'
Price % cents per box, with full directions.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-10-30
pottrp.
"The World is Bright Before Thee

The world is bright before thee;
Its summer flowers are thine;
Its calm, blue sky is o er thee,
Thy bosom pleasures shine;
And thine the sunbeam given
To natures morning hour,
Pure, warm, as when from heaven
1t burst on Eden's bower.
There is song of sorrow,
The death dirge of the gay,
That tells ere dawn of morrow
These charms may melt away
That suns bright beam be shaded,
That sky be blue no more,
The summer flowers be faded,
And youths warm promise Ger.
Believe it not: though lonely
Thy evening home may be;
Though beauty beauty's bark can only
Float on summer sea,
Though Time thy bloom is stealing,
There's still, beyond his art,
The wild-fower wrath of feeling,
The sunbeam of the heart.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-10-30

Gold is but poor legacy in COM
parison with immortal thought. The
: one is human, worthless; the other,
divine, invaluable.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-10-30

All letters to be addressed to James Gordon
Bennett, proprietor and editor of the New
York Herald, New York city, r..
Remittances must be made in funds current
in this city. t..... ..ra
Advertisements inserted in the Weekly Her
aid at thirty cents per line
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-10-30

TIME Great Remedy for Sores, Bruises, Cuts,
Il Flesh Wounds &C., warranted the best salve
in the world. 1t is a vegetable compound
Prussian discovery possessing great medicinal
virtues over any other medicine yet discovered
for all external complaints. The recipe for
compromising this unrivaled Salve, was brought
to America by Prussian Soldier who Joined
the army of Washington, since which thou
sands upon thousands of boxes have been sold,
and in no case have failed of giving relief.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-10-30

sgn The following work is destined, if we
can form an opinion from the notices of the
Press, to have am unprecedented circulation in
every section of our widespread continent,
and to form a distinct era in the sale of Que
Works. twill no doubtin few years becomr
THE FAMILY BIBLE OF THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE:-- ..f Fras~
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-10-30

Corner of Mill and Kelly Streets, opposite the
Public Square, ST. Charles, FLOYD Co, Iowa.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-10-30
~ .a THAYER'S gr1rfsy
OMEGA PILLS.
CERTAIN CURE FOR N9a.|
(HaWc &. Eoroa. La1foa.aa,affa,,f Lyo..,

THIS MEDICINE is A PERFECT ANTI
l. dote to these diseases, and harmless in its
effect, acting at once upon the Liver and Spleen,
countcrtcting all inflammatory symptoms, and
restoring the patient to his natural health and
strength in a short time. The ncutralizing
property of these Pills is far
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-10-30
st. Charles Flour Mill

September II, 1856.
Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-03-06


people of their own property, to Concentrate
it all Gin church forrn,) upon itself, utterly
subject to Rome. We war against a Hierar-
chy that rushes into our Elections, and turns
huge masses of votes in solid masses into our
American ballot boxes to create American
demagogues to obey its will. The Protestant
Reformers. Luther Calvin, the British ard
Scotch Reformers made the very fight Ameri-
cans are now making against Rome. Rome
has been, and is, attempting-thrOugh her
powerful Hierarchy-fo rule Tire civil power
of the United States. For this pnrpOse she
exports here, and imposes upon Us, the Irish
Hierarchy, as the most subservient tool of its
power For this purpose. this Irish Roman
Hierarchy turn all the Irish Catholic masses
one way, into one ballot, the better thus to
Overawe, and to control American Denagogues
and Politicians. For this purpose, We have
"Church Property Bills" to Concentrate ON the
one man power OF Rome, the now immense
Roman Catholic estates of this country. For
this purpose, our Free School system has been
attacked, and portion of onr Free School
money demanded from US at the Ballot Box,
and in the State Legislatures. 1t is upon such
Roman Catholicism that we war,-and not
upon that Gallican Catholicism, which. though
it may worship images, &c, &c, nevertheless,
sastical law, and which respects no Pope that
in;erteres with them, no more than did the
Protestants LIther, Calvin, Wicklitfe, John
Knox, Wesley, and other great enemies of the
aggressive political and temporal power of the
Church of Rome. Even the Lutherans yet
maintain many of the forms of the Rom N
(Mother) Church, such a. lighted tapers in
their churches, incense, crncifxes on the altar,
signs of the cross snd images. The Visitation
of the Blessed Virgin, on the 81 of July, is
observed by them as by the Roman Catholics.
Lgther mself drew mp forinulary of the
mass and communion for the church of Wit.
temUerg The forms Of the Roman Church
have, to some extent, been preserved even by
the MethOdists. Now upon none of these do
Americans make war,-but only against RO-
man authority, Roman aggression, Roman i'm
pudence, and tyranny, and Rome made,
Rome subservient Hierarchy. To be al Anne
rcan and to be a Roman citizen, is to serve
two masters, and therefore, au hypocrisy, an
impossibility.-N. 7. Express.
Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-03-06
what the National American Conven'
ton Did.

On the 23d of February, in the National
American Convention, Mr.. SMALL Of Penn
sylvania, offered the following resolutions
Resolred, That we repudiate all platforms
adopted by the National Council.
Hesolced, That this Convention put forth as
a simple platform OF the American party
The Bible aud the Constitution, and upon them
we rear the following five points of fellowship:
l. American Institutions should be CONTROL.
ed only By American men.
2. American labor should be protected from
foreign competition.
s. American resources should be developed
by every legal means.
4. American compromises made in good
faith should be observed IN spirit, AT least, as q
guarantee Of American integrity and loyalty.
8. American citizens abroad should be pro-
tected in their rights oil conscience, OF religious
worship and honorable burial.
The debate which followed upon these
resolutions consumed the whole day. On
Monday the 25th, they came up again in
order, and Mr.. KiLLISsER, Of Pa, offered
the following resolution as an amendment :
Resoined, That the National Council has no
authority 20 establish platform of principles
for this Convention; and that we viii ROInihale
no person Tor President or Vice President who
Is not ia favor of inierdieting the Introduction
OF slavery north Of SO 80.
Mr.. SMALL accepted this amendment and
il became part Of his resolutions.
The previous question was demanded. but
he Convention refused to order il.
Mr.. HAvKS, of New York, then moved
lay all the resolutions on the table.
his motion was pat aud carried-yeas
Al, nays GO.
This decisive vote indicated Enthusiastically
he sentiment Of the Convention in opposi-
on TO the restoration Of the Missouri Com.
{ rOmise. iklsll
The next step Of the Convention was the
Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-03-06

selection of candidates for President and
Vice President, and FILLMORE and DoNEL-
SON were nominated amidst great enthu-
siasm.
We have not laid before the readers of
the Patriot the. confused reports of the pro-
ceedings published in Eastern papers, pre-
ferring to wait for an authorized official
copy of them, under the signatures of the
officers of the Convention.