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St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-05-14
Chicago.
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WILD CHERRY.

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"hoop'ng Cough, bronchitis, and all diseases
q The Lungs, Throat, and Chest
YNHlS valuable remedy is prepared with great
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and has gained for itself great reputation
No injurious effects will be produced, should
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vomiting but will produce no other unpleas
ant result.
Patients should avoid taking too large dos
es, as in most cases it has better effect by Ia
king dose that will rest well on the stomach.
The precise dose for each individual patient,
or the number of times to be taken during the
day. will depend very much upon the temper
ament of the patient. Asa general thing, the
patient should commence with a small dose,
increasing in amount until nausea or depres-
sion is produced, then continue in slightly dil
minished doses until the desired effect is pro:
duced. r
Consumptive patients will find this an arfo-
dyne expectorant of rare medicinal virtues al
ways giving relief and effecting cure, if with
in the reach of any medicine.
To all who have a cough cold tightness of the chest
difficulty of breathing, &c feel in duty bound to
ommcnd Wells Pectora Syrup Of Wild Cherry, it be
ing the best preparation for those diseases have ever
proved emnently successful in curing severe coughs
and other pulmonary diseases and in my it has
been entirely successful. T. CuRTIs
bloomington Dec. 20, 1852.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-05-14

RAILROAD MEETINGS.. B. Peat, agent Of
the Cedar Valley Railroad, and Moses Conger,
Esq, of Floyd, will address the citizens OF
Floyd County, on the days named, at the fol.
lowing places:
At Floyd, on Wednesday Evening, May l3th
1857, at Grceley's Hall. At Rock Grove, OF
Thursday, May l4th, at Gaylord School House
AT Rockford, on Friday Evening, May 18th
at Knapp's Hotel. At Beelar's Grove, OF
Saturday Evening, May 10TH At Rverton,
on Monday Evening, May 18th. At st.
Charles, on Tuesday Evening, May 10Th, al
the School House. At Cedar Township, on
Wednesday Evening. May 10th, at the School,
House.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-05-14

In New England great interest has
been taken in the trial of the Rev. l..
S. Kalloch, Of Boston, one of the ia
nous "three thousand,"-the offence
alleged was crim-con with married
lady, an old schoolmate Of his. The
jury disagreed, though the evidence
was very strong against him, with
next to nothing to rebut its force, ex-
ccpt the fact that he was Minister !!
Mr.. Kalloch is a very fluent and clo-
quent speaker, and during the last
campaign he took the stump and de-
claimed for Temperance and against the
immoralities which he said, arose from
the peculiar institutions down south.
1t was admitted by him, that on the
night Of the alleged crim-con, that he
bought two heavy portions of schisky
and drank them, and paid S.. In the
minds of the people, who, unprejudiced,
have digestcd the whole matter in the
light of common sense and reason, he
has almost unanimously been convict
ed. They regard the disagreements
Of the jury, (some Of whom were of
his faith,) as reriral of the old plea
Of :" the benefit of the Clergy" An
other of the same class has run away
from Connecticut, and a case of the
same kind has occurred in Massachu-
sets. This with the Dalton divorce
case, which arose from another Grim
con, and the trial of the State Prison
murderers, enables us to beat the rest
of the Union in filth and crime.
We find the above paragraph in the
McGregor Times, paper protesting
SO much purity, few weeks ago, as
to give US to understand that it's COL
umns should not be defiled with even
an allusion to news of that sort. OF,
.sempores! Oh, mores!
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-05-14
The MahOmet Of Utah.

Mr.. Brigham Young's projects are
by no means fattering. His hotbed
Of infamy and corruption is at least
to be overhauled. The false prophet
who, with reckless daring has braved
all hints at determination, stands an
uncommonly good chance Of finding
his power suddenly vanishing, his fol-
lowers flying in wild CONSERVATION,
and his temples dashed to earth. An
order has recently issued from the
War Department withdrawing Gen.
Harvey from the scene Of the Indian
war in Florida, and directing him e
proceed to Fort Leavenworth, there to
await special instructions. The gov
eminent has determined on a grand
concerted sally on Brigham Young
and his nest of pollution. Gen. Har.
ney is the man for the emergency
He has given convincing proof of his
iron will and indomitable energy and
holiness, and is lion whom Brigham
Young will find it rather dangerous to
beard. The immense and fearful de-
fusion of Mormonism has spread. with
a rapidity well calculated to awaken
most serious apprehensions. Utah is
a foul blot on the face Of our count9
reproach to our soil. There il an
absurd and fallacious idea embraced
by certain persons, that great evils, If
left to themselves and entirely unmo-
Tested, will die out and disappear in
time. All history declares to the cor
trary. We may not perceive far off
from the actual field, the spread of the
damning doctrines of the wild Cover
or Of Utah; but no less surely and
silently are the apostles of this mad
delusion sowing the seed which may
expand into q harvest of blighting
fruit. We sincerely trust that Gen.
Harney's instructions may be of no
very pacific character.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-05-14
Cedar Valley Railroad.

We are permitted to copy the follow.
ing letter addressed to Judge Collins,
Of this place, by several of the Direc-
tors of the Cedar Valley Railroad Com.
pany. It will be seen that the efforts
Of their agent, Mr.. Peat, in behalf Of
the road, and the response of the peo'
pie along the line, prove highly graft
flying to the Directors:
CEDAR RAPIDS, May IL, 1857.
Hon. A. L. Cotiins:
DEAR Sir Having recently re-
turned from visit to your section OF
country, take pleasure in expressing
to you my high estimation of the Up.
per Cedar VAlley-its beauty and fer
tility-and especially Of the enterpri
sing spirit of its inhabitants. found
the conversation turned much upon
Railroads, and the Cedar Valley Rail
road project very generally enjoyed
their confidence. This confidence
think l may fully assure you is not
misplaced. Being myself one of the Di
rectors, know that the company are
pressing forward the undertaking with
the utmost energy. Mr.. Peat, oul
agent, who has been engaged some
months past in procuring stock along
the line Of the Road, appears to have
been very successful, and it was graf
flying to find that he stood SO well be
fore the people there. We have conf
dence in his integrity and discreetness
and believe that the assurances he
has given, or may give, can be fully
relied upon. His arrangements in
relation to the Floyd County vote are
perfectly satisfactory to US, and VIC
are DESTROYS of continuing his servi
ces in the praiseworthy cause in which
he is now engaged.
Hoping to hear o good account Of
your county when the vote is taken,
l am very truly yours,
S. c. BEvER.
We, the undersigned, members OF
the Board of Directors Of the Chicago
Iowa and Nebraska Railroad Compa.
ny, cheerfully endorse the above.
WV. GREENE.
JOHN WEARE.
H. G. ANGLE.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-05-14

Attention is called to the adver.
-tisement of the Madison Carriage Fac
tory, by J. NJ. Griffin. We have look
ed through Mr.. Griffin's Carriage es
tablishment and witnessed the work
of manufacturing carriages there in
all its stages. The very best of ma.
terial is used-the timber being brought
from New England, and the iron and
steel selected with the greatest care
in New York, while the workmanship
and taste displayed are equal to those
'of any carriages seen in New York
City. The prices are extremely mod
crate, and payments made easy. Give
Mr.. Griffin call.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-05-14

Iowa MARBLx.-We have been shown a
specimen Of brown marble taken from quarry
near st. Charles, Floyd county, Iowa, which is
highly polished and presents most beautiful
appearance. 1t is said to exist in great abund.
ance in the vicinity of st. Charles, and is already
being extensively used for building purposes
there: Such quarries must prove mines OF
wealth to that cnterprising town, and shows
that Iowa is rich in something else besides her
soil. The specimen referred to was polished
by an experienced gentleman in Ohio, who
says to use his own language" it is the best
marble to polish have worked, and far supe-
rior to the best Eastern marble. "-Rocktord,
Ill.,, Register.
The st. Charles marble is all that the above
paragraph represents it 10 be, as sample
which may seen in our Office will fully demon
stratc
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-05-14

Navigation is rcsumedito st. Paul.
The Lake was foroed open on the 30th,
and the Galena was the first boat up.
Her reward was simply . remission for
1851 of the St. Paul wharf dues,
amounting to $500 the trip. The
Golden State and War Eagle passed
the Lake little in advance Of the Ga
lena, but she passed the first near Red
Wing, and would have been beaten
by the War Eagle but for the loss of a
man overheard and the delay conse-
quent upon an attempt to recover him.
In searching for him, we regret to say
in vain, the Galena shot ahead and
reached the wharf l8 minutes the
soonest. Great rejoicing followed,
and for the next few hours the arri-
walls were numerous. The Falls City
and St. Croix are sunk in Lake Pepin
and badly injured-they are both in
shoal water.-MeGregor Times.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-05-14

Few interior towns arc blcst with
more natural advantages than St.
Charles. Surrounding the town, for
miles, is one of the richest agricultu-
raj districts in the Union, forming q
part of the Cedar Valley country which
Prof. OWEN has taken as his type OF
perfection in fertility. There is a
plentiful supply Of timber for all or
binary 'uses-numerou groves are
scattered upon the surrounding hills
giving the appearance of an enchant
ed garden-probably unsurpassed in
richness by any region of equal extent
on the American continent. Its posi-
ton in reference to other towns and
cities is such as must Of necessity make
it q great railroad center, and several
are already projected, >and one under
contract to this place.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-05-14

At the rate the great West has advanced du-
ring the last ten years, but few more decades
can pass before the whole of this mighty En-.
pire will be brought under the dominion Of
civilization, and of course of occupancy
Where then will the tenements of a surplus
new race be builte They must submit to be.
come tenants at will, or be made eligible BY
law to home of their own by divisions and
subdivisions of large landed estates. Such 6
day could be farther postponed by an act O
Congress limiting the quantity of land pur
chased by each individual, and making actual
occupancy condition of title
If this il not done, our children or theirs will
sec, and perhaps experience to their sorrow, in
this country, castles Of nobility and commons
landlords and tenants-with the wealth con-
centrated in the hands of the few, while the
masses of serfs will lead q life of servile de-
pendenoc-of ignorance, poverty and conse-
quent inferiority.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-05-14

The Cleveland Herald, in noticing the pas.
sage through that city, on their way West, Of
q Mr.. Hasserd, sith his Wtte and fifteen children,
says they were noted as the finest and ncatest
looking specimens of "movers' ever seen.
They were from Elmira, in New York. The
herald adds: ''In appearance the familx re,
rare instance Of health, intelligence and Thrift
Tho oldest child was seventeen years old,
and the youngest was at the breast; and the
mother had look of cheerfulness and bodily
vigor that many Of our city danes of half he,
years might envy"
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-05-14
bred Scott Meeting.

| Aslarge and enthusiastic meeting
was held in the Assembly Rooms al
Albany, as a public demonstration o.
the feeling of the citizens of that par
of the Empire State, excited by the
bred Scott decision. Eloquent speech
es were made by the President of the
meeting, Hon Geo. w. Patterson, and
Hon. Henry B. Stanton. The latter,
after enumerating the points made by
Judge fancy, said:
This decision, sir, has shocked the
intelligence and moral sense of all
that is free in the country. 1t has
aroused the fears of the timid, and
kindled the Indignation of the bold
The Genius Of Liberty leaps to it's feet
to declare that it's authors have won
a high place on the scroll Of afro.
cious Judges" who, in evil times per.
verted the judgement of the just and
Framed iniquity of the law" En-.
balmed in its infamy, their works shall
follow sthem, and their names shall
live forever. Cloud applause.)
After recapitulating the provisions
Of the bill, reported by the Legisla.
tive Commute, every clause of which
was greeted with thunders Of applause,
he closed mastery speech in the fol-
lowing words:
Mr.. President, we are on the thresh-
hold of great conflict for imperisha-
BILE Principles. Trusting in God, let
us repel no human aid from whatever
quarter offered /; yet let US rely main.
ly for success upon the Teutonic ele
ments in our population-the Anglo
Saxon, the Netherlandish, and the High
Germanic races, whose history is made
illustrious by services rendered in
mary climes in defence of Civil and
Religious Freedom. (Applause.) Il
this be "Americanism," make the most
of til daughter and applause.
Looking at the horizon with the eye
of the mere politician, it seems shroud
led in thick darkness. But with the
eye of undoubting faith in the divini
ty of our cause, we pierce the gloom
and already see the morning bushes
Of that coming day-that glorious day,
whose meridian sun, as it surveys our
wide domain. shall see no slave moist
ening the soil which he tills with his
tears--no master crimsoning it with
the blood of his victim. cloud ap-
plause.)
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-05-14

THE CAPITAL OF WlscoNsIN.-Madison,
.the capitol Of Wisconsin, contained
but 200 inhabitants when the Nation
al Census of 1850 was taken. Now
ithasbetweenten Observation-Disclosures
The municipal Corporation is erecting
q spacious City Hall, four first class
school houses, and other public build
ings. At its last session the Legisla
turc made liberal appropriations fol
the enlargement Of the State House
the,erection Of a State Lunatic Asy.
lum, and the completion Of the State
University buildings, on the magnifi.
cent plan heretofore adopted. Con
gress has also made an appropriation
for the erection of q United States
Court House and Post Office, and made
the latter distributing Office. -Four
separate railroads will be completed to
Madison this year, and extensive
depots and other buildings erected
A number of handsome churches, man.
sions, stores, &C., are now in course of
erection, of beautiful cream-colored
stone from the Madison quarries.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-05-14

SEVEN DEADLY SlNs.-l. Refusing to
take a newspaper.
2. Taking a newspaper and not
paying for it.
8. Not advertising.
1. Getting married without sending
the printers any of the wedding cake.
S. Making the: printing Office loaf
ing place
6. Reading the manuscript on the
compositor's case.
I. Never paying your subscription
until the publisher goes to the expense
and trouble of asking FOR it.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-05-14

SwlxDLINa REDUCED TO ScIEScE.-They
have professors of all sorts in modern times in
our chief cities but it is only lately that we
have learned that there is . scientific mode Of
swindling creditors, and that there are profess
sors to teach the art. The following notice we
cut from the advertising columns of tho Now
York Herald:
f1j' AerchGas embarrassed, in cant Of MEANS
or willing to suspend with means, by iinancier-
ing, can hear of a party who has just carried
parties through to the amount Of $50, 900
without prejudice. Address los, Herald Office.
Reference given.
We can imagine, from the history Of the
financial and commercial circles Of New York,
that there must be abundant business for this
advertiser in that city. The effronteFy of offer
ing to assist embarrassed merchants who are
"Uilling to suspend Nth means BY Jfna'eierins, -
ID amazing. The advertiser offers to give refer.
ences, and wepresume he will refer to some Of
the honorable parties whom he has just " car
ried through to the amount of $50, 600"
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-05-14

Cause OF THE INDIAN WAR.-A cor
respondent at Fort Ridgeley, says the
Chicago Press, states that theoutbreak
Of the Indians at Spirit Lake appears
to have originated in white mans
beating an Indian for killing his dog,
and the subsequent taking away OF
the Indians guns by the settlers. The
1AAians are the Wakh-pe-kuti Sioux,
Inkpah-dutah's band. and probably
some of the Yankton's with whom
Inkpah-dutah is connected.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-05-14
The Bright Side.

Gloomy hypochondriacs and sad men
in black, with moistened eyes and
long faces, tell us that this world is q
dreary wilderness. We are request
ed by misanthropes to consider life q
forlorn procession, the road dusty and
toilsome, the travellers weary and soil
ed, and the journey having like ter
minus for all pageant, with droop-
ing finery /; gilded show. of hooking
mirth and hollow joys a battle, fierce
and wasting constant struggle, and
. constant overthrow. Nature has no
beauty for them. There is no melody
in the murmuring of the brook no
freshness and beauty in trees and
flowers no rapture in the song of the
bird. Earth is an arid and sterile des-
ert, and her fair places leprous in their
sight. Their souls are dead to the
magic measures Of the poet, the speak.
ing inspirations Of the sculptor, and
the glowing tracery Of the painter.
Music finds no echo in the empty cham.
bers Of their hearts. They accord nc
welcome to the outstretched hand o.
generous friendship. Wrapped in {
cloud of gloon, distrust, and discon
tent, they sniffle away their existence
Every new instance of mans depravi
ty or the worlds ingratitude is seized
upon by such creatures as fresh en-.
dorsement Of their pet theory, that this
is q sad wicked world" They live
amid throng of mental bugbears and
vampires. The mere chance Of a com.
ct, with a tail of fire, jostling our plan.
ct in its mad career, fills them with
CONSERVATION. Their boots will never
fit, nor their corns stop growing. They
are invariably behind the time on all
occasions. They are sure to be caught
in the rain with no umbrella, and their
pocketbook in the pocket of gar
ment at home. They always happier
to be walking when mad dog or mao
bull is careering through the streets
Their buttons are always bursting
and their collars perversely stant
down when they ought to stand up
They neyershave without cutting thei
chin. A meal in uninterrupted com
fort never occurs to them. Their ricl
relations never die, and their pool
relations are always dying. Theil
side is the shady side.
There is blessed sunny side-al
ways bright, and breezy, and gay
And.there are hearts which are always
warm and sunny, overlooking with
love and confiding fellowship. The
waters arc always sparkling, the flow
ers fragrant, and the birds in high
feather. The eyes of the travellers on
this side are always bright and hope.
full.
Everybody can walk on this side.-
We dare not dispute that the burden
Of suffering and sorrow is often heavy
and hard to bear. Care, distress, ane
want are common to all. We arc al
short-sighted, and founder in perplex
ed doubts and fears. Theclouds Otter
gather thick and gloomy, and almost
completely overcast the sky. But he
is the wisest philosopher and truest
man who, through the gloom, sees the
rainbow Of promise, and can look
through and beyond the low fogs Of
life. This world is very beautiful
We should tread it's many paths Of
beauty cheerily, trustingly, lovingly.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-05-14

MYSTERIOUS. -" Tom, said o printer Of q
country newspaper to his apprentice, "put the
Late Freshet in the galley and lock it up
distribute Gen. Walkers Army and take a
good proof of Judge fancy : don't forget Ia
finish that Shocking murder which you
commenced last night put more appropri.
ate head on the New Cabinet as the an
tique type is not generally liked; set up the
Downfall of the Turkish Empire, before din
ner, and let the Pacific Railroad lay over
till next week justify the Late Marriage in
High Life If it is not too badly 'squabbled; :
after you have cleared up all the 'pi,' you can
60 to dinner
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-05-14

EDs. LNrELLIGEScEn ALLOW me to suggest
that if any good citizens of our village have
combustible rubbish about their premises which
they wish to "get short Of" the most effect
ual way to rid themselves of the nuisance is to
set fire to it, If they are too busy to attend to
II themselves they can set their children about
it. young minds are happy when they can
combine the useful with the amusing, and
when thus employed they will be out of mis-
chief. No matter if other peoples premises are
endangered and the wind drives the smoke and
cinders into their neighbour houses and stables.
If they are apprehensive Of danger, they have
only to set back-fires around their own prem.
ises and, of course, they will only endure the
slight annoyance of smoke and ashes in their
own eyes and noses, all for the convenience of
neiehbon and the amusement of children.
Yours &C., S0nE EYEs.
st. Charles, May Is.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-05-14

MURDER OF A MASTER BY HIS SLAVES
SOUTHERN PuNlsHxENr-Mr. VIM. Har
vey, of Louisiana, was deliberately
murdered by some Of his slaves, at his
residence near Lake Providence OH
the 2lst ult. He was knocked down
and his skull split with an axe. The
perpetrators of the crime have been
arrested, and sOere to Aacs bess burned on
tie follosoing Wedsesday
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-05-14
Delinquent Taxes.

MHE TAX UPON THE FOLLOW
ing list Of lands and Town lots,
levied for the year 1855, stands
L upon the assessment roll delin-
quent for that year. Notice is hereby
given that said lands and town lots
will be sold at public sale, for the
taxes accruing thereon, at the Court
House door, in st. Charles, Floyd
County, Iowa, between the hours of 9
o'clock A. NJ, and o'clock, P. NJ, com.
mencing on Thursday, the 2sth day Of
May, and to continue until all is sold
unless sooner paid. j. JACKSON,
Treasurer Of Floyd County, Iowa
April 81. 1857. -
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-05-14

"A ploughing match was advertised to come
off near Utica, N. r., on Tuesday 2lst. There
was no announcement As to "the weather per-
mitting," and the man with the snow pillow
claimed the prize, As his was the only pillow on
theground The judges decided that his pillow
was not on the ground by at least one foot,
and 20 the match WAS postponed.