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Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-12-05

Hard Money-The Rtch We. the Peer.
The South, the organ of the ultra. Pro-
Slavery party, has strong article recon-
mending action by Congress- to take means
to establish an exclusive metallic currency.
1t is also said that the Presidents Message
will have strong leaning in favor of the
cessation of all banks Of issue. The state
Of the times is also propitious to such
change The Democratic party, one Of
whose favorite notions has been Hard Mon.
ey, is now in power, without shadow Of an
opposition to any financial policy which
they may choose to adopt. We fancy, how
ever, that the great number of influential
Democrats who have been wont to humbug
the working people with the cry Of a specie
currency, while they were up to their ears
in banking speculations, will be able to
keep up the use Of "shin plastcrs and
worthless rags" We shall see ~. Y.
Iri6uue.
Buchanan's celebrated speech on the In
dependent Treasury Bill, some years since,
which earned him the soubriquet of ''Ten
Cent Jimmy" will, We presume, be re.
affirmed. The leading idea of the speech was
that the reduction of the currency to me-
talic circulation, whereby the price of labor
would average ten cents day, would cover
this country with blessings and benefits.
The theory was received with general alb
horrence at that day, but coming from the
President of the United States, the leader of
the Democratic party, and the dispenser Of
patronage to the amount of hundred mill
lions of dollars per annum, it will meet with
greater favor at the present time. 1t cannot
but be beneficial to officcholdcrs, monied
men, capitalists and creditors, because it
will increase the value and the power OF
their money just in proportion as it reduces
the value of property and the wages of Ia
Dor.
/ Suppose the circulation reduced to one
third the ordinary amount and the value Of
property and the price of wages fall in the
same proportion then, the capitalist, and
every man who has money, can pay for just
three times rs much labor, and buy three
times as much property with his money, as
he could have done before the reduction to a
metallic circulation; while the debtor will
have to sell three times as much property,
or labor at the rate Of three days for one, to
discharge his Indebtedness.
1t is readily cen that the practical effect
Of this scheme will give capital increased
rowar ovar l"hnr-will make the rich man
richer, the poor man poorer, and overwhelm
s., the debtor in hopeless ruin.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-12-05

COST OF Tue UTAH EXPEDITION. tho
Following statement of the New York Cour.
Ter and Enquirer, the Utah Expedition oush,
TO be an effective one:
Not less than four millions of dollars
have been expended in the commissary and
quartermaster's department of this expedi.
ton. The other expenses, thus far incurred
may be moderately estimated at two mill
ions OF dollars; so that the amount of ap-
preparations thus far consumed in the en-
terprise, is not less than six millions of dol
lars"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-12-05
SAM PATCH.

We find in an old paper, the follow
ing account Of the last leap Of the fa-
nous and fool hardy Sam Patch, who
lost his life in jumping over the Gene
see Falls at Rochester, New York. 1t
will be remembered that he had before
leaped off the Genesee Falls, and also
at Niagara.
His last leap was taken November
18th, 1929:
+" Dauntless he stood upon the dizzy height,
And gazed and fearlessly upon his cold, deep
Grave, and dared to die"
This singular and presumptuous be-
ing has indeed, made his "last Jump"
Friday, (13th inst. at the hour APP
pointed, in handbills which had been
previously circulated, headed " SANS
LAST JUMP, " the banks of the river on
either side below the falls, for near half
q mile, were crowded with spectators.
Sam appeared amid the shouts and hur-
rahs of the expectant assemblage. A
stage had been erected twenty-five feet
higher than the brink of the precipice,
making the height about 12O feet, from
which he was to leap. He had before
jumped from the precipice without inju-
ry, and now determined to prove by
experiment, Tin his own language that
"some things can be done as well as
Others" assembled the stage, and was
again greeted by the cheers Of the spec
tators. Sam addressed those immedi-
ately below for a few moments, in a
language that seemed to say he half
anticipated the result Of his rash
ness. After adjusting his dress, he
bowed to the vast assemblage, first up
on the one side Of the unenviable sta
ton, then on the other, and deliberate
ly leaping off, was for moment in mid
air, and then engulphed in the abyss
beneath. We stood near where he
struck, and for moment after he left
the stage, heard not word. Each
heart beat with a dread suspense, and
every eye was strained to behold his ri
sing: but they saw him not, for the wa
ter still engulphed its victim. At length,
when not wake or sign gave further
clue to hope, the half-formed shout of
10y died into breathing murmurs of
"He's dead!n' ''He's gone ~ and in
a moment the vast crowd knew full well
its truth, and turned half aside to con-
ceal the horror that they felt. Thus has
Sam Patch, who had rashly, but till
now uninjured, sported with the law Of
nature, given us an example that vain
and mortal man may not triae with
bounds prescribed by an Omniscient
God. The body has not yet been
found.-Gem.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-12-05

Nor PUBLISHED YEr.-Up to the 18th ult
the Kansas Constitution had not been pub.
lished in that Territory! The schedule is
made public, but not the Constitution itself
Well, what right have the people to com
plain? 1t is impossible for them to cast a
vote against it. They have had no hand in
its manufacture, and are powerless to pre-
vent it's adoption. Such is &c Squatter Soye-
reignty,'' as illustrated by its self-constitu-
ted champions
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-12-05

IRE REPUBLICAN, TRIUMPH IN WISCONSIN.
Judge Randall is elected Governor of Wis
Sonsin, over MIR. Cross, Democrat, by not
less tnan 800 majority, according to the off,
CIR Hastings, Republican candidate for
late Treasurer, and Mr.. McGraw, Republi-
On candidate for State Prison Commissi on
are also certainly elected.
.ae Bssstow Democracy have hung IN
4siN tddlet Thsg give il UP at last.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-12-05

FINED FOR CONTEMPT. Judge Burgoyne,
OF the Probate Court at Cincinnati. fined
j. J: Dennis, practicing attorney of the
court, in the SUN of five hundred dollars
for contempt of said Court, in the matter
of procuring writ Of habeos corpus, in a
certain slave case, from another court, while
the matter at issue was pending before tbs
Probate Court on a writ of habeas corpus
previously served and returned.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-12-05

SOUND LAw.-Chief Justice Shaw, of
Massachusetts,, in dislnissing the case of the
slave Betty, recently before him, and sur
rendering her to her master. according to
her own expressed wish, liractt d that en-
entry should be made on the records of the
Court, to show that she came into the State
with the consent of her master, and was
therefore free; she could not be reduced to
slavery again, but could at any time appeal
to the record of the Court in Massachusetts
to assert her freedom. This is doubtless
sound law, although it is not the bred Scott
law; but We would like to see the mau who
would venture into Tennessee with the
view of enforcing, in favor of the slave and
against the wishes of the master, the rights
acquired under this decision.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-12-05

MAIL ROBBERS SENTENCED The brothers,
Daniel and Solomon Louchbaum, arrested
some weeks since for robbing the mail in
Knox county, were arraigned Wednesday
morning in the United States District Court.
They were indicted for embezzlemet, and
were sentenced to ten years Imprisonment in
the penitentiary. The prisoners are young
men, under twenty-five years Of age, and
the sons of widow residing in Galesburg.
B. [. Arqlls.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-12-05

" Senators Davis and Brown recently
addressed large audience in jackson,
Miss, where the Legislature is now in
session. The Jackson Mississippian saws
that on the Walker.Kansas question both
Senators fully endorse the well known
resolutions adopted by the Mississippi
Democracy in their Convention Of June
last" This implies determination on the
part of these Senators, from Walkers
own State 10 vote for his rejection.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-12-05

SouArrER SOVEREIGNTY IL LusTRATEp.-
If Brigham Young wishes to enjoy under
the laws of sovereign Utah, the society of
ninety six wives, what right has Mr.. Bu-
chanan, who has no wife, to dictate to him
with an army to back his ipsi dirit? Brig
ham Young believes that the Mormons have
the right of regulating their own domestic
institutions in their own way. He there
fore has declared war on the United States,
and this is the second fruit of Mr.. Douglas
Squatter Sovereignty, Kansas being the
FIRST Pittsburgh Gazette.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-12-05

"A QUEER PLACE TO FIND MErAL.-Three
French Chemists, after series of interest,"
ing experiments, have come to the conclu.
sion that the ocean holds dissolved two mil.
lions Of tons of silver. They have also as.
certained the fact that silver exists in annre.
ciaoie quantities in wood and blood as well
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-12-05

TERRITORIES WEST OF THE MouNTA1Ns.-It
is said that Senator Gwin is preparing and
will at an early day introduce bills organi-
zng two new territories west of the Rocky.
Mountains and Sierra Madre. His
object, in part, is to protect the overland
mail route to the Pacific. He also wishes
to change the eastern boundary of Califor-
mia. to the crest of the mountains.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-12-05

SWALLOWED NEEDLE.-A singular
and fatal accident happened TO Mr. Henry
Lingo, Of Mercer county, Pa, one dsy last
week. He had been ealing buckwheat
cakes, when he partially swall~ wed nee
die that stuck in his throat. Every effort
was made to ex'ricate il, but without
success, and he died from the effects of il
day or two after.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-12-05

GA singular marriage lately took place
in Wilkes county, North Carolina. A man
named Holloway married his stepmother,
the second wife and the widow of his own
father She had six children, three of them
by his father and three by himself, and hav-
ing nine children of his own, the couple set
up housekeeping, with fifteen children.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-12-05

DEATH OF REVOLUTIONARY VETERANS
The Local Spy, printed at Wallingford, W.T.,
announces the death at South Wallingford,
on the l4th ut., of Jerathiel Doty, soldier
OF the revolution, and the last survivor of
the body-guard and escorte of Lafayette to
his native country. Mr.. Doty was born in
Rhode Island in 1854, and was consequent
ly ninety-three years of age. He enlisted
in the continental army when only fifteen
years old, and served throughout the seven
years struggle. Again, in 1872, he voIun-
teered in his country's service, and took
part in the operations at Plattsburg. The
deceased was buried on Wedne 'day, the 18th,
with public honors. Ebenezer Robinson.
another revolutionary veteran, died at South
Reading, VT, October 81, aged ninety-two
years and eight months.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-12-05

CT The acqu sition of Cuba is now a
part of the avowed policy of the Administra.
ton The Gem of the An lilies is to be Of
fered up as propitiatory sacrifice to the
South to atone for the loss of Kansas Gen.
Cass, on the assumption that the public
sentiment is with him, openly urges the
plan.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-12-05

ca MIR. Stanton's resignation of the Sec
retaryship of Kansas did not surprise the
Administration, as has been alleged. On
the contrary, it had been previously arrang-
ed that he should retire whenever the Con-
stitutional Convention should have finished
its work, and then succeed Gov. Cummings,
the new Governor of Utah, as Superintcnd-
ent of Indian Affairs.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-12-05

It is pleasant to sit with ones wife, .,,
By the light Of brilliant taper,
While ones dear companion for life
Looks over the family paper
And now and then reads song or story. -f.'
marriage or death, or tragedy CORY.
To feel that ones nothing to do
But to sit and phllosophize gravely,
Each murdcrous deed to eschew-
Applauding the editor bravely
For his tact, his talent, his taste and shears,
Now waking in laughter, now moving to tears.
On happy is the man who is biest
with wife that can tastefully read,
Who will give newspaper no rest
Till Its lteuiS have all gone to ser,s-
Who exe.aims now and then, as she picks up tn,
taper,
My dear, won't the printer want pay for his paper
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-12-05

The CHoLEBA CoMING.--The bark Suwa.
which arrived at New York on the Oath
ult., with 2l5 passengers from Hamburg,
lost II OF her passengers by cholera on the
voyage, and the Truska, which arrived from
Bremen, last week, lost eight OF her passen-
gers by the same disease.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-12-05

tWThe National AntelHgencer publishes,
and the Richmond inquirer copies with
approval, a communication written to prove
that property in Human Labor is the only
property that exists" Southern politicians
are getting on rapidly liz social science
They have already demonst-ated-t to their
own satisfattion-tha ''Frea Society is a
failure" and doubtless will have similar
success in showing that Honses, Lands and
Crops are an illusion.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-12-05
session PAPER.

The "Jitzen," Mt Des Moines will be
published Tri- Weekly, during the session
of the Legislature. at 81. Those who desire
to receive the paper from the beginning OF
the session, should send in their names and
collars forthwith, addressed to the UNDER
signed. Proceedings will be reported with
care, so as to be ineligible to all classes of
readers and show the progress of legisla-
,.tion from day to day.
Members of the Legislature are author.
lied to receive subscriptions. Those who
would avoid the risk and trouble of sending
by mail, can hind their subscriptions to
their respective members.
The Weekly Citizen is published at 50
per annuin. 1t will contain the summary
of the tri-waekly.
AS the cushing session If the Legislature
will be one of peculiar interest, those who
are interested in State Affairs should not
fail to get paper from the Capital.
Address j. TFESDALE.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-12-05
Gov. Walker and Kansas.

WASHINGTON, Nov. %, 1857.
Governor Walker had his second inter-
view with President Buchanan to-day, but
each remained fixed in his own opinion, and
now there is but little OF no hope Of COM
promise. The Governor, in reply to the
suggestion in my dispatch, says he could not
influence single man in Kansas to vote for
the constitutions; 50 great is the popular
prejudice there to the whole proceeding,
that he might az well preach to a crowd OF
luEatics. His idea is that Congress should
promptly pass bill similar in all respects
to the Minnesota Territorial bill, providing
for a State government in Kansas This
would avoid the Whole difficulty, by doing
away with any action whatever on the pro-
ceedings of the late Convention. The Min
nesota bill provides that the C"n.:Ss::;;..u
Shsi!. oe submitted to the people, Letters
received to-day show the Overwhelming
popular opposition in the Territory to the
constitutions
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-12-05
rRYlN0 TO PLEASE EvEnYBoDY.
HINTS TO EDITORS.


One render cries, your strain 5 TOO grave,
Too much morality you have,
Too much about religion; &
Give me some witch and wizard tales,
OF slip-shod ghosts with fins and'scalcs,
=, And feathers like d pigeon.
I love to read, another cries,
Those Inonstrous fashionable lirs-
In other words, those novels,
Composed oil kings, and priests, and lords,
VI bord wars, and gothic hordcs
That used to live in novels.
No, no, cries one, we've had enough
Of such confoundcd love-sick stuff
To craze the fair creation
Give us some recent forei gn news,
Of Russians, Turks, the Poles or Jews,
Or any other nation.
The man Of dull scholastic lore
Would like to see little more
Of ir't-rate scraps of Latin;
The grocer fain would learn the price
Ut tea and sugar, fruit and rice;
The draper, silk and satin.
Another cries, want more fun,
A witty anecdote or pun,
A rebus or a riddle;
Some wish for parliamentary news,
And some, perhaps. of wiser views,
Would rather hear fiddle.
The critic, too, Of classic skill,
Must dip in gall his gander quill,
And scrawl against the paper;
OF all the literary fools
Bred in our colleges and schools,
He cuts the greatest caper.
Another cries, want to sec
A jumbled up variety,
Variety in all things
A miscellaneous hodge-podge print,
Composed II only give the hinD ..
VI muitifarious small things.
| want some marriage news, says Miss,
1t constitutes my highest bliss
To hear of weddings plenty;
For in time Of general rain,
None suffers from drought, tits plain,
At least not one in twenty.
want to hear of death, says one,
vi people totally undone
BY losses, fire or fever;
Another answers in this wise,
I'D rather have the fall and rise
Of raccoon skins and beaver. .--.
Some signify secret wish
For now and then fayorite dish
Of politics to suit them;
But here We rest Mt perfect ease,
For should they swear the moon was cheese,
We never should confute them.
Or grave or humorous, wild or tame,
Lofty or l.w, tits ali the same,
Foo naughty Or 100 humble:
81, brother editors, pursue
The pat h that seems The best to YOU,
And let the grumblcrs grumble.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-12-05

~ Col. Benton, in letter to Chief JUS
tee Robertson of Kentucky, says the bred
Scott Decision is s'dreadfully wrong in itself,
and entirely extra Judicial, and of no more
weight than the opinion of any half dozen
equally respectable citizens coming to the
same conclusion, lin much part upon in
sistsnt, incompatible and contradictory rea-
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-12-05

RESIGNATION OF GEN. DODGE. The Espa-
ma of Madrid, as we learn by the last for
eign arrival, says that General Dodge, the
American Minister to Spain, has resigned,
but entirely on account of the health of his
family, and private considerations. We pre-
sumo he will return to Iowa.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-12-05

TIE DEAD.-We learned yesterday that
fifteen of the twenty-one wounded passen-
gers OF the Inflated Cataract have died.
We have not yet been able to ascertain the
names of the deceased. The greater part of
them were dock hands or firemen.--H
Louis Republican, 25th.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-12-05

90" A clergyman who had become some
what mixed up in land spcculations, recent
ly announced to his congregation that his
text would be found in st. Paul's epistle to
the Corinthians, section four, range three,
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-12-05

A SIMON PURE DEMOCRAT correspond
ent of the Dubuque North Vest, writing
over the signature of &c Democrat" de-
tends the doctrines Of the Washington Union,
and declares it is his conviction that slavery
is national and freedom only sectional
The writer is probably Gen. Jones, who
takes this early oppor unity to declare his
fealty to his Southern masters.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-12-05

AN AWFUL SIGHT. - By the late foreign
arrival we have the following item:
"Accounts from Cronstadt state that Eng
lish divers had been sent down by the Rus
sian government to examine the line of bat
tie ship the Lefort, which recently sunk in
the Baltic. An immense mass of human
bodies were found below. The effect pro-
duced on one of the divers by the sad sight
was such that no report could be obtained
from him, and he refused to descend Sec
ond time"
The vessel it will be remembered went
down with 1000 souls on board, every one
of whom persisted.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-12-05

JAcKsoN's CURRENCY Policy. - Col. Ben
ton, in his long letter on the currency, re
peats the FIVE distinct measures proposed by
Gen. jackson, in relation to the currency.
as follows
"First-To revive the gold currency, by
correcting the erroneous standard OF 1871.
"Second- create demand for hard
money by making it exclusive currency OF
the Federal Treasury.
Third-To make sure OF this hard mon
ey by keeping it in its own treasures"
These three i" reforms - have been accom-
plished, and Col. Benton urges the remand
err:
sFourth- suppress all paper currency
under $40 by a stamp duty.
ssFifth-To wind up all defaulting banks
by bankrupt law against delinquents."
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-12-05

CO Burns question, "What can lass;.
do with old man :" has beer answered in
the case of Miss Elmira W. Wingfield. If
Bedford county, Virginia, who sued VIM
Stein, for q breach Of promise. and reoov.,'
ed $27, 200. The lady is about "a year, -
age, and the gentleman so. Certainly. .,,n
made good use Of this very ',,d naa.S
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-12-05

@ As snow is of itself cold, yet warns
and refreshes the earth, SO Affections,
though in themselves grievous, yet warm
the heart of the christian: and make it
fruitful
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-12-05

HThe author of the following poem on
a "Squirl" remarks that if the last line
is little too long, it is not his fault:
"1he squirt am nice bird,
And has bushy tail,
He sometimes sits upon lin,
And sometim,s on a rae,
And gethers nuts in the summer, so that his wi ter
stock won't fall"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-12-05

80 The Constitution regulates the policy
of the country, and the Democratic party ex-
pound, administer, and enforce the conslitu-
ton Times
Oh, yes! The Democratic party sex
round' the constitution in Kansas by bogus
election returns, and nocking the people
with popular sovereignty. In Minnesota
they administer" it by marching painted
Indians to the polls, and stealing Forts Smell
ling and Ripley. In Wisconsin they zen
force' it by usurping the Office of Governor,
and holding it until diSpossessed by the
highe>t political tribunal in the State.
President Buchanan expounds the const-
triton by declaring that it carries slavery
Into the territories. The Washington Union,
his organ, expounds it by claiming that it
carries slavery into the States and Stephen
a. Douglas expounds it by affirming that the
Missouri Compromise was 6 a sacred thing
akin to the constitution"
The Democratic party is indeed, great
expounder = Chicago Journal.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-12-05

Tact outstrips talent, because tact is
ever on the alert to say and do small thing, !;
while talent, with more dignity, waits for
the opportunity.