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Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-10
GEO. GiLAASRY.

The Gate City thus discourses of Mr..
Gilaspy's qualifications for the Office of Lieut..
Governor. 1t will be seen that the Gate is
nearly as unsparing as Mr.. O'Connor was
when, in few remarks at the Court House,
the other evening, he stated that Mr.. G.
couldn't spell Muscatine properly:
"Mr. Gillaspy is notorious y unfit for any
office connected with educational AFFAIRS
| He does not deny it. lie boasts Of such dis
| qualification. lie makes it part of his polit-
ical stock in trade. The idea of placing him
at the heal of Board of Education-his
serious nomination for that otiice-seemS too
prep0sterous to be credible, did We not
know that the party to which he is attach
ed is totally Indifferent to such paltry con-
siderations as personal fitness for Office
People may, perhaps, suppose that State
| Convention would not deliberately put in
nomination for such an Office, q man total
Iy uncdncatel and every way unfit. But
they don't appreciate how much State Con-
ventons of the Black Democracy are things
Of management and intrigue. And after
the experience they have had with Eads, one
would think that a State Convention, even,
| WOuiN LcSitdte DCitft prosecuting
tor u high office in the educational depart
ment ct government, mere speculatlng ig-
noramuseS and political mountebanks. But
it seems otherwise. They show no inclina-
ton to cease Specializing upon the credulity
# he people and endeavoring to outrage
their confidence. We shall soon see how
entirely successful they will prove in this
new attempt. For ourselves we have little
fear. They enthronel the goddess of reason
as the representative OF the Most High, in
France, once, but We observe no record OF
the act being performed second time
The people of Iowa set up Doc. Ead<, the
representative of underground ignorance
as their intellectual minister and represen-
tative, once, but we don't believe they Car
be cheated into the repetition OF such an
act.'
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-10

How TO DISTINGUISH THEM.-Our readers
are already aware that the editor of the En-
quirer is in the habit of commingling truth
and falschood very adroitly. We have dis
covered in observing his very brief editorial
career, rule by which the readers Of his
paper may, with a good degree of precision,
distinguish between his true and false state
ments. Believing, we presume, that "a lie
well stuck to is as good as a TRUTH" he is
in the habit of reiterating such Of his asser-
tions as are without foundation in fact
Hence his oft repeated statement that Mr.
Parvin left the Democratic party because he
was not nominated for otfice-that he had
declared ne would rather teach black than
white children-tEat the Journal had ac-
knowledged all these statements to be true
&C. We ask the readers of that delectablt
and veracious sheet to decide by their own
observation whether our rule is correct.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-10
NUMBER l.
To the Young Men Of Muscatine County
NUN BER /.


Are you awake to a sense of your duty in
the present political contest going on in our
State? The destiuies of the State and IN
proportion to your influence in the country
the destinies of the nation will in a few wears
be in your hands, vour example will be
looked to by those who take the places yor
now occupy your children. How impor
tant it is then that your record should b'
sai~, that your practice should accord witt
vonr profession. that Your acts should squar
with your belief. Are you Republican il
| sentiment? Are vou opposed to the exten i
| sion of human Slavery into terr' tory made
| free2 1t would be IN insult to your integ
rity and good sense to say that you are anti
Rppnbhcan in sentiment, or in favor of the
| extension Of slavery. Now this much yon
concela. why then listen to the sophiStry OF
men who are opposed to your principles, bot
appeal to YOU for your sutfrages on the
gronnd that you are young men, opposed tt"
Office seekers &C., and that it is not polite
for Young men to NEEDLE in politics. de-
| sire to be frank and plain, and between this
! time and election day, to call your attention
to such facts rs believe to be important in
the present contest Mr.. Patterson, the
Democratic candidate for Senator in this
county, has or will appeal to You for your
votes on personal grounds, as personal
friends, &c. Now it seems to me to be your
duty to see to it before you promise your,
vote, that the man to whom you promise 1t
agrees with your principles. That he un-
dcrstands those principles and that he Will
act and vote for them 1t will net DO to
take a man who simply accords with your
views, and in his conduct ~vies your prlncI~
plies the go-hye, saying they have nothing to
do with the present election. He is not the
man you want-such man is much worse
than an open, honest enemy. Mr.. Patter-
son, up to the time he came to Iowa, was
wing, an anti-slavery wing; has he honest
" changed, is so has a reason for his convic-
ton. Why is he afraid to give that reason
and discuss and maintain it openly like an
honest and fearless man?
Some details in the next. DUTY.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-10
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1851.
The Issues of the Day.

Our neighbor of the Enquirer has
been so kind as to ask our opinion on sew
cral questions, which he appears to considc,
rs at issue in the present contest. Westatc
them so that our friends of both parties can
see what the Enguirer really imagines the
| ''politica issues of the day to be-" and thus
appreciate properly its political 81 gacity.-
This is his catechism: "What Kind Of a
bank are you in favor of ?" What shall be
the charccter Of our school system?" "What
do you think Of section 10 and section | in
the Bill of Rights ?"
Now an issue is defined to be some specific
pOiht ormafter affirmed on the one side and
denicd on tie other. So that a political is
sue must be such point, before the people,
on which parties are thus divided. Now we
submit that none of the above questions are
at issue to day before the people of Iowa,
and we respectfully decline the Enqujrer's
polite request, that we should attempt to
manufacture any for them. We suppose
that they know the questions about which
they are interested fully as well as either
the inquirer or we can teach them. The ques
ton of "banks or no banks,' has just been
decided by the people allirmstively, there
fore we need say nothing except that we ap-
prove the decision. The question of the
''character of the banks,'' has not yet come
up and will not till the Legislature meets.
When it does, we will express our opinion.
ssWhat shall be the character OF our school
system? 20 When the Legislature meets and
are discussing the subject, and it is before
the people, we will be happy to enlighten
the Enquirer as to the state of our mind on
that point. AS to SECTIONS 10 and Is, in
the Bill of Rights, we have an indistict rec
election that some such sections were lately
adopted by the people Of Iowa as part Of
their constitution. and we consider the qucs,
tion settled for tae present, and no longer
can iSsue'' If our friend of the Enquirer
is dissatisfied, and seeks to amend them,
when that question comes before the people
we will tell him what we think.
Query-Did the editor of the Enquirer
really think that these question were the
present ''political issues before the people?
If he did not, what must lie thinks Of the
peoples sagaeity? If he did, wha. must
they think Of his?
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-10
ilDecljninc a ChaRtss,ye.


The Demo cratic organ,; in behalf Of its
candidates, at length declines the. challenge
made by Messrs. Parvln; Reeeai ard Lundy,
to meet them publicly and discus 20 the polit2
zeal questions of the day. This is fair
confession of their inability to do go; re+
luctant avowal that they are afraid to mees
eur candidates. Let us look' of the reasons
alledged and then at the facts. The rea.
sons as near as they can be- guessed at from
the confused statement Of the Enquirer, are,
] lst. That the Republicans candidates had
already published a list Of meetings.. I'd.
That it is now too late. Now rs to the first
reason, if the Democratic candidates had
also published their list az, the time Of the
challenge, and il tie Republican candidates
had asked them to abandon these appoint
ments and meet, thert at theirs, then there
would have been some force in the objecs
ton. But the facts ere, that the Democrat
ic candidates had published no lists OF meet
ings; that the Republican! candidates did not
AK them to accept their list, bat requested
them to appoint a time and place for the
discussion. The reason that it is now too
| late, exhibits an amount Of cool and bare'
faced affrontery that would be subiime,'if it
| were not that there is but one step from the
sublime to the ridiculous. The challenge
was issued on the I'd inst. 1t is abnBotice,l and
unons,celed until the 5th. Eleuea days Of
the campaign were yet open for discussion
| and they plead ,oaa.t Of time. =. ,,i.i:"&
| It is little amusing to read the editors
complaint. He says "the Republican Cen!
trail Committee did not even drop a word to
the Democratic Central Committee, or in
| anv manner inform them Of their arrange
| ments.'' Now We would merely inquire if
public challenge is not tolerably good no.
| tice to the parties concerned? ;:r
| ,,:rhe whole case is as follows: TIE Repuhi
1icari Committee appoln ut meetings for their
candidates. They prefefring another ar,
rangement, on the I'd of October invite the
Dem ocratic candidates to a discussion. -
They pocket the challenge for three aaysj
and then decline, alleging aoant Of time, and
that the Republican Committee did not con-
suit them (the Democratic Committee) about
another arrangement belonging entirely to
them, as excuses Z
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-10
Muscatinc stock at the st. Louis
Fair.

We presume every body, almost, who at
tended the State Fair at this place last year
saw and admired the span of four year old
mares exhibited by Mr.. J. A. Green, and
which took the first premium. Mr.. Green
was in ST. Louis, last week, at the great
Mississippi Valley Fair. The Republican of
! the I'd contains the following notice of his
appearance on the grounds:
| AT this time the attention Of the throng
in the amphitheatre; was diverted by the
entrance into the ring OF the span of mares
owned by Mr.. Joseph A. Green, of Musca-
! tine, Iowa. They were here at the Fair Of
| 1856, and attracted much attention then by
| their remarkabl bic trotting in double and sin
! gle harness. At the competition between
| matched mares this week, they bore off the
| first premium, trurnphing over superior
pair owned by Mr.. Dorsey, of Kentucky,
| which took the first premium at the Nation
al Fair at Louisville, early in September.-
| rs those mares have given much gratilica-
| ton to the crowd wherever they have appear
ed in the ring, :. brief outline of their pedi-
gree will be satisfactory. They are in blood
| nearly full sisters, each of them running
back through Haso5etonian, Abdallah and
Membrino, to imported Messenger. They
are brown, incining to bay, well matched
10 size, standing about fifteen hands and an
inch, four yeas old, with remarkably fine
forms for work handling themselves with
the greatest squarenessland ease before and
behind, very strong goers, as true and uni
form IS machinery, and able, young as they
are, to accomplish their mile in double har
ness in 2;7.
They are every way manageable, obedient
30 the bit and voice, start ut the word, and
hold to their gait as if bred to the turf for
years. a gentleman Informed US yesterday
that he offered 81 $50 for the pair, which
was declined, Mr.. Green asking 800 for
them. After their driver, Mr.. Adds Wal
ton, bad put them round the ring at speed
sufficient to excite the interest OF the crowd,
they we're brought to stand in front OF
Mr. Fitzyibbon's camera, and soon daguer-
reotyped, for Lesle's Magazine. We can
only say that We hope the engraving of them
in that periodical may be more mertorious
than the wretched one of Silver Heels, pub
ished last year.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-10

KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE, That John
A. Parvin boasted in speech made in the
Constitutional Convention, that he would
like to see the childgen Of the schites and
blacks educated together-eaten although all
the phite children should leaee the school
Enquirer. 81.
"Keep it before the people," that the
above is falsehood concocted by man
who, from ga fancied personal insult" has
sworn to defeat Mr.. Paryin by any means il
his power, let them be foul or fair!
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-10

On the first Of January next the mode of
reckoning in Canada is to be changed from
pounds, shilllngs and pence to dollars and
cents.
1t is said that Mormonismi is on the decline
in New York city: its principal place OF
meeting has just closed.
\ peach farm in Maryland was lately sold
for ;jj34, 49, 80.
Flora emple made mile heat in 2:27 at
Elmira Fair.
General IIavelock, who has recently dis
tingush ID himself so greatly in India, is a
native Of Sunderland, England, and son of
y III. uayelock, formerly d well-known ship
owner and coal filter. The General, after
passing through a long apprenticeship to
acms in the great conflicts of North Western
india, especially in the campaigns of Si1
h"rles Napier, holds at present the post OF
Adjutant- General of the Bengal Presidency
a rank likely soon to be changed for the
uIgn1sV tie SERVICE can afOru.
They as; from $4,000 to $4,000 for cor
ner loVs at Lcavenworth, X. 7.
The surplus gold in the United States
Treasury is rapidly melting away. A short
time ago there was twenty-five millions or
hand. Last week there was but seventeen
millions, and the reduction is going out at
the rate Of a quarter of million per week
We doubt whether there will be dollar OF
surplus gold in the SubTreasury on the LIST
Of March next. importations are falling
of, and duties also, while the expenses of
government are as large as ever.
Over 900 acres of land in the United
| L,, NJ nl ,;tb
cane.
The population of California is 507, ,067,
Of whom 332 $3.50 are Americans.
LIEUT.. IlERNDoN officers of the Navy
have resolved that ga monument be erecte
at the Naval Academy, in Annapolis, COM
memorative of the circums tances of his death,
not only as due to his memory, but to incite
emulation of his noble conGucto
Who WOULD THINK?-The New York
Herald, speaking of the costly dresses of the
ladies of that city says, s'who would think
that the husbands Of these ladies who wear
thousand dollar dresses, and wipe their dear
little noses with hundred dollar pocket hand
kerchiefs, were shining about Wall street,
borrowing money at 8 per cent. month, or
pulling long face and telling their creditors
that they haven't a cent in the world?"
To carry Collins steamer from New
York to Liverpool, requires eight hundred
tons of coal enough to keep an ordinary
family forty years.
IMPoRTRTANT TO SETTLERS IN THE WEsT.-
By a recent decision of the Commissioner OF
the. Land Office, the even-numbered altern
ate sections of land in Iowa, along the line
of the Dubuque and Pacific Railroad, are
open to actual settlers only at the Govern
ment price Of ST. % per acre. Payment cal
be made at any time before the final convey
ance of the SCI tions to the Railroad Com
pany, either in money Or land warrants.
HEAVY FAILURE The telegraph report
that the banking house Of Il. W. Clark 6
Brother, at st. Louis, failed on Saturda..
last. This house had branches in New
York, Boston and Philadelphia, which, W
understand, have also gone down. The firr
was one of the heaviest in the country
counting it's capital by millions.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-10

HUeu J. CAMPBELL, Eso.-The Enquirer
thinks proper to attack this gentleman per-
sonally and accuse him of writing our edi-
torials. We wish it to be understood that
we and we alone are directly and personally
responsible for all that appears in our edi
torial columns. Mr.. Campbell does not ap-
pear as writer in our columns, has no con-
Germ in our paper, and all mention of him
therefore by the Enquirer is entirely gratu-
itous and foreign to the subject-matter OF
our discussions with that paper. We would
never think Of accusing any one but the
editor Of writing the editorials Of the En-,
ouirer.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-10
IOWA NEWS.

AT the Johnson county Fair on the 30th
ult., pumpkin weighing LAT pounds and a
watermelon weighing Is pounds, were ex
hibited.
Tile editor of the Independence Civiliaa,
has been presented with beet that weighed
% pounds.
HuSGaR1AN GRBss-A New IrEM.-This
product is likely to prove more valuable than
was anticipated. We learned a day or tive
ago that mll up the valley is buying the
seed of this crop at S. per bushel and man
utacturng from it all oil which is said to be
equal to the oil expressed from flax seed.
If the seed can be employed in this way, 1t
will prove an immense addition to our farm
crop, for the gentleman from whom we de-
| rived the information, and who had sold his
seed for the purpose of expressing the oil
raised thirty bushels Of it to the acre.-Eeo
kuk Gate City.
DAVENPORT BoNDs.-The City of Daven-
port has been paying out its bonds to its
street contractors until they have become s
drug in the money market. One unfortunate
individual, we hear of, offered three hundred
dollars worth of them for one hundred ant
fifty, and could not even get that price. A
hard case traly. It is said the work on tht
streets over there must be stopped soon un.
less money gets easier.-Ro;k Island Ads'
Upton GUARDs.-This fine Company hae
their regular drill yesterday. They made &
fine appearance, and if they don't get th'
prize at the State Fair, we should like to SET
the Company that will.-7ipton Ado. !.
| The corporate limits Of Dubuque IN
clude about eleven square miles, ever 100
acres.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-10
THE NEWS.

"A St. Louis dispatch Of the Sd says :
''The firm of Choteau, Harrison & Vale
iron merchants, suspended yesterday. By
their suspension. over eight hundred persons
have been thrown out of employment
They were the owners ofthe Iron Mountain" "
Tho furniture manufactory of John NJ.
Irwin, at Pittsburgh, was destroyed by fire
on tho Cd. Loss $1,000, partly insured.
Gen. Denver, Commissioner Of Indian
Affairs, arrived at St. Louis from Nebraska
on the ID. He reports having made a full
aud satisfactory treaty with the Pawnee In
dians at able Greek. on the 18th ult. The
Lexington (Nto) Erpress announces the ar
rival Of Capt i:asseli from Salt Lake, who
states that the Mormors have fortified Fort
Bridger, with the declared intention of de-
Tending it against tho passage OF the United
States troops. Russql' reports the depreda-
tions 10y the Cheyenncs as undated, and
daily growing Of anore aggravated charac-
ter.
The most noticeable feature Of financial
intelligence in the dispatches of the lst Is
that two millions in U. S. StocEs were pre-
septed for redemption OH the 3Oth. This
will draw from the Treasury $2,32O,O0O, as
the Government pays sixteen per cent pre-
MUM for its stocks. The most OF the above
sum unqueStonsbly goes into the New York
City Banks, and will make money sensibly
easier there. The Bank of Beileville, ILL.,,
has failed. Also, the Farmers and Artisans
Bank of Long Island. Lawrence, Stone 4
Co., dry goods dealers OF Boston, failed on
the lst.
AT New York, on the lst, somebody got
up heartless hoax announcing the safety
of Capt. Herr don and sixteen of the passen-
gers and crew of the Central America
Considerable excitement was caused thereby.
The propeller Louisville was burned
about Il o'clock on the night of the 30th,
in sight Of Chicago. Out OF forty or fifty
persons on board, only one life was lost.
Tie estimated loss of property is $40, 600.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-10

METEOR. Letters from Bagdad announce
an extraordinary fall of rain on the l4th OF
June at that place which, from its bloody
hue, gave the surrounding country the ap-
pearance of a battlefield. The meteor seen
at Malta on the l4th of June was likewise
observed on the same day throughout Tyria
and Palestine; and letters from Trebizond
Samsoun, Sinope, Constantinople and Smyr'
ma report heavy tall ofrain and tempestuT
ous weather on that day, to theIgreas alarm
Of the inhabitants, who had for some weeks
been anxously looking out for the GOMEZ
crash.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-10

..GY The comet discovered at Cambridge
Observatory, August 25th, was quite bril-
liant at Boston on the 2Sth ult. The Trav-
eler of that city says: 1t was easily seen
without a telescope, but through one it's
train appeared three or four degrees long
1t was about ten degrees below or west of
Arcturus, but it is rapidly coming into a
inc with the sun.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-10

ii A. RELIC or BARBARIsM.-Blinds on the
bfiile of a horse. Why not teach your cows
to have a blind bride put on them when
/, you milk thema You could soon teach one
so that you could not milk her without, and
\ it is Just as easy to teach colt to be gentle
without binder, and when once broke,
are less given to frights and sheerings frem
tte road.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-10

OBSTRUCTIVE ExpLos1oN. Yesterday af-
ternoon about 5 o'clock terrific explosion
occurred in the Knickerbocker Plaster
Works, located at Nos 500 and $40 West
streets, by which the factory and two dwell
fings houses adjoining, were totally demol-
ished. One person was instantly killed and
about ten Or twelve persons seriously if rao
fatally injured. The Plaster Factory was
three stories in height, Al feet front, and 81
feet deep. The boiler was located in tht
cellar, and exploded during the temporar,
absence Of the engineer. There were at ;th'
time at work, in the establishment about ;
dozen persons, nearly all Of whom wer'
more or less injured. So violent was th'
explosion, that it completely demolished tn
factory, together with the adjoining build
ing, Nos. 5lI and 512 West street.-N. Y
| Tribune.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-10

wThe Missouri River, the steamboat
men say, was never known to be in such bad
condition as this season; snags, logs, sand
hills, bars, and ravines are scattered all
along up, so much so that the largest amount
of sparring, dragging and shifting is called
into requisition to get along at even ''smal
gallcp.'
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-10

yThe editor of the Enquirer says that
a gentleman, whom he mistakenly imagnes
TO be writing for this paper, Sis in fair way
to go down to posterity.'' That gentleman
may congratulate himself on his good for
tune. He will never see the Judge again,
for he is not likely to travel that ray.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-10

Nike WALsH.-This gentlemen is, it j.
said. about to establish new Pro Slavery
paper, at Chicago, in opposition to the Times
which is the organ of Mr.. Douglass. Is
there to be a warfare, between the Great
Hnbterranean and the Little Giants