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Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-31

For the journal.
THE FROST KING. VISIT.

No herald came with glittering sheen,
Of theFrost Kings still approach TO toll.
Out he came with slow and st, alt by MIN,
And the stars looked down and marked hin we'll.
And as they gard, their twinklbg light
Seem'd tn recede il the azure space;
as " THEY feared the chilling hight
Anat darkly stole V'.r nature. fxee1
And the king no joyous welcome found,
no passed on bis way mid sill, nee drsar;
For nc cast one chilling glance around
Andthe murmursg winds were mute With learf
On the river, wares went ripping by,
Like happy children when Mt lny:
One glance fr"m the F,ost King. evil I've,
And motionless the waters lay.
With n kiss he greeted the maple tree,
And her leaves indignant biu.hed 60 red
That the king amazed such change to see
One moment gazed, then onward lsd
He stopped to view the autumn h.wersf sss Is 80
With their brilliant tin;s and beautcous pride
But shivering beneath his chill ling power
They sadly dr""ped their heads and died.
At his approach The dancing leaves
Grew still, rs changed ut once to st,nc,
Whate'er on earth that touch receives 1E
In ruin swift hi. power hath shown. s
Oh ! we dread the Frost Kings wits chilli. ~.
Ever he casts q blighting spoil,
A. he steals along, nor pauses till
Not flower is left we've loved so we'll.
Thus friendships, too, that Oft VIC shem
Will e'er around our pathway bloom,
In sunshine bright, they richly glcam,
Yet fade mid scenes of darkenins gloom.
Muscatine, Oct. 10Th. IVA.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-31

loves MAJ. 23SI
Calhoun county tie. *0fcial.
The following counties are yet to be heard
from: Carroll, Dickinson, Franklin, Pa c
and Wright. These counties, at tho April
election, gave Bugbce Rep.) over Fisher
(Dem.) 48 majority.
The Legislature, Mr.. Sells also informs
as, stands as follows:
Senate--Republicans, %.
Democrats, IA.
House-Republicans, Al.
Democrats, 81.
iiving the Republicans a majority of Is on
joint ballot, and of course securing good
Republican in the U. S. Senate in place Of
Gen. George Washington Jones. Well done,
Iowa.!
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-31
fv The Madison wis journal hro

cT The Madison Owls Journal brags
some on fire company which they have
there which must be rather too powerful to
be safe. 1t relates the following exploit of
an engine on late trial {:
cas- an instance of the force Of the stream
we relate the following as the foreman re-
lated it to us. at q distance of 1S5 feet,
the stream being thrown between boys
legs, he was picked up and thrown in.A tho
air handfc' anu twenty feet high, and
held there till a bystandcr threw up a shin
gle for him to slide down the stream on!''
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-31

Down East there resides certain
NJ. D. One very cold night he was
aroused from his slumbers by very
load knocking at his door. After some
hesitation, he went to the window and
asked.
,''Who's there!''
GA Friend" was the answer
"What do you want 70
81 want to stay here all night"
''Stay there them" was the bcncvo-
lent reply.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-31

TsAonRRs, ATTENTION. All Teachers, and
oil who contemplate becoming such, in this
State, who are not members of the Iowa
Teachers Association" will find it to their
interest to forward their address to the un-
dersigned, with answers to the following
questions:
Are you At present engaged in teaching
If so, is yonr 81 uation permanent one
What is the character of your school? Is il
in town orcountrya And, what is the usual
wages paid in your section tor Teachers OF
public schools! j. II SANDERS.
Sec'y Iowa 7. A., Oskaloosa, Iowa.
II Papers throughout the State will
confer favor by copying the above.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-31

By the following from an Indiana PAPER it
will be seen that some Of the lloosiers have
been Gistrusting "Messrs. IIotclkiss & Sey-
,nour's" standing and fidelity as ''attorneys''
in this city:
4 New SwINDlE.-Sonc days since, Mr..
John Dehncr, living near Americus. in this
county, received u letter from Muscatine,
Iowa, signed by a legal firm in that city, en-
closin, their card, covered with respectable
references, informing him that his friend,
Mr.. Williams. Of that State, had recently
died, and by his will had bequea'hell to said
D. lGO acres Of land. The legal firm pro-
posed, after receiving De!sn.r's instruction,
in the matter, and their fec Of g for making
out the papers, to send on the documents.
Dehner answered, proposing to send the
money to Legal acquaintance Of his, living
in the city, and if all right, the fee t" be paid
over. About the same time, James Pierce.
living near Cass post office, on the other side
OF the river, received from the same parties
letter that ON comparison is an exact copy
Of the ono received by Dehncr, with the cx-
cep,ion that it is James Pierce and not Dch-
,,cr " i.u !, ~ inherit the IbU acres or lard
They have set on foot plan to bring to JUS
tee the swindling attorneys. Lafayette
Journal.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-31

ILLINOIS CENTRAL RoAD.-It is probable
that the assignment lately made by this
road is intended only to meet a specific case
the advancement Of $300,000 or S400, 900
by three or four stockholders, to pay interest.
There is money enough IN England, coming
from stockholders, to answer the purposes
Of the managers, but the low rate Of OK
change made it impossible for them to get it
to New York in time, and hence the assign
mcnt.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-31
The MAelStrOpn

Bayard Taylor, in his last letter from
the north Of Europe, thus describes this
marvel Of biographies:
On approaching the islands we had
q fair view Of the last oWposts Of the
group-the solid barriers against which
the utmost fury Of the Atlantic dashes
in vain. This side of Vaeroe lay the
large island Of Moskoe, between which
and large solitary rock in the middle
Of the strait dividing them, is the local
ity Of the renowned Maelstrom-now,
alas! almost as mythical as the kraken
or great sea-snake Of the Norwegian
fords. 1t is pity that the geographic
cal illusions Of our boyish days cannot
remain. You learn that the noise Of
Niagara can be heard 12O miles off, and
that 'fsome Indians, in their canoes,
have ventured down it with safety"
Well, one could give up the Indians
without much difficultys but it is rather
dlscouraging to step out Of Falls depot
for the first time and hear no sound ex-
cept "Cab, sir?' "Hotel, sir?" So of
the Maelstrom, denoted on my school
boy map by a great spiral twist, which
suggested to me a tremendous whirl Of
the ocean currents, aided by the infor-
nation that "vessels cannot approach
nearer than seven miles, In Olney,
moreover, there was picture Of luck
less bark, half way down the vortex.
l had been warming my Imagination,
as we came up the coast, with Camp
BELLS sonorous lines
Round the shores where runic Olin
Howls his war-song to the gale
Ronnd the isles where loud Lotoden
Wllrls to death the roaring whale"
and, as We looked over the smooth water
toward Moskoe, felt renewed desire to
make an excursion thither on our return
from the north. But, according to
Captain Ross, and other modern au-
thorities which I consulted, the Maels-
from has lost all it's terrors and attrac-
tions. Under certain conditions Of
wind and tide, an eddy is formed in the
strait, it is true, which may be danger
GUS to small boats, but the place is by
no means so much dreaded as the Sal
ten Fiord, where the tide, rushing in,
is caught in such manner as to form
a bore, as in the Bay Of Fundy, and
frequently proves Obstructive to the fish
ing craft. 1t is the general opinion that
some OF the rocks which formerly made
the Maelstrom so terrible have been
worn away, or that some submarine
convulsion has taken place, which has
changed the action Of the waters; it is
impossible to account for the reputation
it once possessed.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-31
Tho Hog Market.


Considerable interest is beginning to be fcl,
by the farming community as to the pros
pective value Of pork the ensuing season
In this city no trans ctions havo been made
as yet to our knowledge. The market is un
settled. Our principal packers ICELAND &
Co., and S. o 3utler) haze made extensive
arrangements for the season s business anlwill
pay as high prices for pork as any other pur-
chasers in the State Our opinion is that
the price at the opening Of the season (next
month"; will be from So to S3,5 per cwt.
This is lowcompnret roprise. of past seasons.
but it is all that present prospects will jus
tify. The hog crop.f Iowa is no doubt
larger this season than last, and corn being
plenty and cheap, prices cannot be expected
to rule high.
The following from the st Louis Repub-
hcan Of the 26th shows the feeling of the
market in that city:
TnE HnG Crrp We har OF sale of 200
hogs at 81, within dayo two, and Satur-
day $50 were offered at the same price, but
a purchaser could not be obtained This is
t'rrible tumble in prcc, and must disap-
point the expectations Of great many per-
sons. But there is no help for it. There is
little money here. OF AM where, to invest in
this way, and farmers may make up their
minds to take even less than the sum named,
or to keep their hogs over another year
Luckily, the corn cropis so great that it will
not cost so much as usual to keep their stock
through the winter, and they may choose to
keep them another year If the farmers are,
us Il general thing, free from the pecuniary
| troubles which so Cypress our towns and
cities, they will vet find that they, too, are
great sufferers, in the deprecia ion Of every
article which is produced upon their farms,
and they should CONF forward to right things
as speedily as possible.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-31

Gov. CHAsE's MAJ .RIrY.-Accordin~ to
returns received at Columbus-in seventy
counties official the majority for Gov. Chase
will be 2,OSl. In the House of Represent
tatives, the Journal comedies to the Demo
Gratis eight majority. The Senate is also
supposed to be Democratic, though not far
from nss evenly baldpced.- Cincinnad Gazette
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-31

The CHICAGO FIRE.-After o long and
careful investigation, the fire at Chicago, so
fatal to human life, has been proven to
have originated in the second story Of one
Of the buildings, by the npsetting of a spir
it lamp by one of the prostitutes, of which
the lodging rooms in the upper stories of the
buildings appear to have been general
place Of resort.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-31
CITY OF NlUSCATINE:
IOWA ELECTION.

Our table below has been corrected ac-
eording to the figures furnished to us by Hon.
Elijah Sells, Secretary OF State. These re-
turns may be relied upon as correct, as in
nearly every instance they wero sent to Mr..
Sells by the judges of the different counties
along With the sealed copies of the official
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-31

ELECTION IL ILLINOIS An election for
county officers Judge, clerk, treasurer, SUR
yeyor and school oommissioner-takes place
in our neighboring State next Tuesday, Nov.
I'D
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-31


A MURDEYKn ARRssrED.-lliram W. Cole,
the wife prisoner, WHO escaped in Chicago
from the officers who were conducting him
from Wisconsin tnOii.'. wis arrested in St.
Louis on the 10Th, where he was acting as
clerk under the name Of Hayden. We are
INDEXES to MIR. a. ki,nbali. II this city, for
cs,py IF the cleveland I'L,ind uler con-
timing the particulars If his trial for the
murder in that city. s
SLAYER. IN OREGoN Five Of the eight
Democratic papers in Oregon, have come
nut IN favor IT establishing slavery in that
Territory. Among tho advocates of the
policy Is General Lane, the Dsmocratic del
cxate to Cnngrc:s. Tic cnnv. ntion to form
4 coastilution, now in session, has cs'sen d
pr.-slavesA man tos President. Such is de-
m,scrsoy ~ flIe lsscitic, as we'll rs the Atlan-
lantle side -
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-31

gT Persons who re .nhi ct to DiarYAc.. should
rot be without D.. Eaker's Pain Panar,a eia "
Will, on journey, as the chang. If climat /. 81
water, relaxes the liv and the mucous membrane
of the bowels, and tn rhy pr di.pos.. the svster.
to violent attack. Wien trsvcli, URN; the h.
weather Of summer. twn thr,c uo.e. y. viii
ke r up con. ant aa lr,p tone q 'F...
. '"mact, an'ti"w''s. In =. AL, stages, the Pan
Pr awii vari bly, ifec' cur.
Fos sd cs. Mn>cr in, =, F,v 4 stem anil
.ugher !, AID u.sists II raj ).
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-31

The Broken BRoKER.-A New Yorl ..,
respondent Of the Buffalo Republic s.yssSs.
iohn Thompson, the late banker,i, amer.
intending candle mapufactory. I,i to be
nopea some of them will throw lightbn his
late banking Operations. "
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-31

A DRAwING ku.MsTEsrr You can 2 mf-
ally tell how l"npu ar v"u are with lady by
the length, III time he keeps ,on W .itiny
wE!le dlessi. e 10 receive yeu. @6 saa
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-31

~ Owing to thu great ITeva s'cnce Of fevrstte
past summer and fall, Prof WOnd'. H?ir Rtst raj
tive Is in great demand II is faa,su. for r. pk due
e,lnr.'
For sale by druggists generally
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-31

ca '.llow is coal this mo.ningi" hid a
purchaser to an 1risllman who as atSxork
in a coal yard.
SBlacx IS iyor,' said Pat.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-31
DAVENPORT. 18th Msv. ,57.

Thomas s. MiSNlss, ESQ.,:
DIR Sir-Yours Of May is in hand. We
have deed in our possession conveying to
You some valuable lands situated in this
State, and which you can have by sending
us $500 by mail. The property is unin-
numbered and situated near Burlington,
Iowa. Respectfully years,
BIowN s. HOLLY.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-31
FTtt ot, SiaVe ST. Whole.
Council, IL
"prcsensatiycs, q Is 20

In justice, we believe there should not be
a Pro Slavery or National Democrat return
cd to either branch of the Legislature
Nothing but avillainous Apportionmcnt and
frauds the most bare-faccd and infamous,
which will yet be exposed, could have Sc
cured them the respectable minority they
now claim
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-31
From the Davenport Gazette.


Under the head of "a New Swindle," we
published yesterday an article from the La
fayette Journal, giving the swindling opera
tons in that city Of a young scamp calling
himself I.aac L. Case. This same scoundrcl
figured to some extent in our city last spring,
under the names OF c. C. Carroll and Brown
& Holly; and we are extremely glad that q
finale has been put to his operations, and
that there is q probability of him receiving
the reward of his knavery by heightened
impris nment in the peniten'iary. Informa-
ton having been collected here sufficient to
convict him, warrant was issued for his
arrest but the very day it was taken out
the rascal disappeared, and has since been
careful not TO visit Davenport. lilo is sly
scamp, and it is Ill nonsense, as he so innr-
Gently avows at Muscatine, that he is the
cat's-raw of another party.
As an instance of this Cases cunning, we
append two letter., the first written by him
self to dupe, pretending to be case OF
con.ci once, and the other the reply If the
same i1dividu. ] to the dupe. after the latter
had swallowed the bait which the successful
angler had thrown him:
Rock I.L.xp, May 81, 1857.
DEAR TnoMAs-lf you will write to Messrs.
Brown &, Holly, Davenport, Iowa, you will
find deed to some lands made ont in your
name, which please accept as due y,u from
one wiz" has done you an injury, and wishes
t. 90 All IN his power to make repara,on.
lett IT with them to be recorded, and when
it is done, they viii send it to you.
Yours, i, A. NJ
To TnoM.sS MIySIss
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-31
KANSAS ELECTION.

The Lawrence Republican of the 23d in
slant contains the result of the late election
IN Kansas from nearly all the counties
Those not yet received cast but few votes
Deducting 600 illegal pro-slavery votes in
kicknpoo, Leavcnworth county, (cast by the
soldiery.) the Free State majority would be
over 1920. The pretended Border Ruffian
majorities of | ,57l in johnson and / ,l7S in
McGee have been rejected as spurious and
fraudulent. Formcmbers of the Legislature,
says the Republican, the result as shown BY
the returns in the Sccretary's Office is as
follows:
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-31

TIE New MONTHLY. Sampson
Il Co., ut b ,-ton, have issued the first NUN
Der Of .''fuE ATLANTIC MONTHLY" copy
Of which has be. n sent to rs by mail. 1t
is inten led To be what Putnan,'s in part
wns-a magazine referring the literary.
scientific and p'ltical progress .: tho coun-
try. Among its contributors are The names
Of Prescott, Emerson, Bryant, Longf.llpw,
etc, ETC., etc.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-31
10 WA NEWS.

Thos.z Whitson,s thraslins,
machine mandatory in Davenport was de-
stroscd by fire on Monday night. Loss $780,.
900 or $l2 ,000-mostly insured Rev. Mr..
Tookc, principal of the Ladies' Seminary,
accidentally stepped out of door in the
second story Of his dwelling, on the night
Of the Oath, and was nearly killed by the
fall. His head and shoulders were cut and
bruised, and two or three of his ribs
broken
A Mu ical Convention, under charge of
Prof. bradbury, Of n. y, is now in session
at Dubuque.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-31

heS III olu lduy, prolesSor oI tAe
washer woman's art, had managed to
scrape together sufficient means to build
Il small house and barn in the c. untry.
One afternoon, soon after she was COM
fortably established in her new home,
black cloud was seen in the west, and
before many minutes, tornado swept
through her small property, scattering
the timbcrs Of her little barn in all d.
rec ions. Coming out Of the kitchen
and seeing the devastation the storm
had made, the old lady at first could not
find words to express her indignation,
but at last she exclaimed:
"Well, here's a pretty business No
matter, though, I'll pay you for this
PN rash on Sunday!i"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-31

The lumber business in Chic go is not
good this year Prices rule low. Tie same
may be said ofthe Mississippi lumber trade.
1t is first rate time to build, with those
who have the money to pay for the luxury
of new house.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-31

TIE $1,000 R'BBEEY AT THE INDIANA
STATE FAIR.-We gave at the time an &C
count of the robbery Of an old gentleman
of $1,000 in money at the Indiana State
Fair, held at Indianapolis, about three
weeks since. suspicion fell upon man
named W.Linds!ey, who is well known to
the ponce and who disapp ared from I,di-
annapolis immediately after the money had
been stolen. All trace of him was lost un-
til Wednesday last, when he was arrested in
Sullivan county, Indiana. Lindsey is also
charged with stealing Lorse and buggy
from Il man at Terrehante, some weeks ay,,
and Will, being concerned in the robbery OF
n store in Indiana several m n.hs SINCE
C,n. GnS tie.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-31

Daniel Emerson. charged with swim
ding Xenford Il Brothers and other parties
in New York Of $4,000. was ARRESTED at
st. Louis OH the Goth.
"A. .. P. Nicholson was, on the 9th,
elected U. s. Senator from Tennessee to sue.
ceed John Bell, whose term expires in 1869.
The destruction of the sugar refinery in
Cincinnati on the evening of the Odd was un-
doubtedly the work of an incendiary The
first alarm was caused bya terrific explosion
which blew the roof from the building, and
then the flames burst out in full force
1000 worth Of property was destroyed.
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-01-23

HARD CASA committee of the Ohio legislature are
investigating in which it is charged that convict
has been deprived of his sight by the ignorance or rec
essness of the penentary physician II seems the ply
stefan operated upon one Of his eyes and put out The
convict refused then to allow another operation but the
doctor insisted, and the Is stone blind lie has
been in the penitentay his time because the warden
and directors do not know what to do with him Such
case certainly demands strict investigation.
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-01-23


Mr. b. then argued that there could be constitutional
objection TO the IL government has the right
TO hire warehouse at Port Mahon in the Mediterranean
for the storage Of our naval stores We have right 70
hire company TO carry mails transmit our mes
sage This bill does not propose the appropriation OF mo-
ney for any purpose not contemplated by the constitution
We do net propose to join in constructing the work. but
deemng it in advance work Of great public importance
and interest not only to the government but to the people
OF the United States propose to say to the men who
are engaged In this private enterprise that II they wi
embark their fortunes in this project will hire their SER
vices in advance fixed rate III their enterprise Is sue
cessfu shall reap the benefit Of it; If unsuccessful i
VIII entail no loss upon for are to pay nothing un
they begin perform the work Great Britain holds the
two termni of the line and appropriate ii exclusively
whenever she eases the of her government and
her own citizens. She has appropriated to 1t certain
amount OF aid and il important TO her gentlemen
have supposed il would be perfectly in her power to hold
it forever and she would not be likely to neutaze
of her possessions for the OF t350000, to bt
paid TO private company many Of whom are Ameri
citizens Instead however of pursuing this niggardy
and exclusive policy she has said that she will not take
advantage of her position in this matter but will repay
that testimonial of good feeling which have recently
manifested in the restoration of the ship Resolue by
derng to that which is infinitely valuable and inn
portant Ours graceful act Of generosity but hers
is great sacrifice of national advantages which she excu
svey possesses and which she tenders in a spirit OF
amy which will be prsservative OF that peace that veal
affect to CHERISH but which he afraid take little
pains to maintain. II reject this offer, shall
have such advantageous opportunity again. Let
always be thinking of but let be using the means
VI PeselVns Penoe ing money WHICH mouiu 20 ~ g n
" 's go'srnmen' ~ sA non'no VI wa Wal WI oe d IN
sh Mouu ar exceed evef .nihg i. tns W,
nnvc 70 pay lor ls use OF .n,s he 'of e
twenty N.Y. |y,sa VI 'ne oon.rac.
MI nUH1 EA spoke Ia opposiuoh 10 'ne VII anu
MT. nuSh TePhed: 20
mn. hLLEh sala .nal .ns goSernnsa; aa
.housahu uohafs year 70 eAPenu IA mag neuo
ne though hey nau peter spehu u IN securihe
communication with possessions on the Paeih
ocean was mucn more mPorant Una. we snou ~ -
mug oiosel conhehon WIN e ma. an, I'm, nt;
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-01-23

BY Mr. PORTER, Of Missouri: The petition of Preston
D. Reed and eighty nine other citizens Of Galloway county,
Missouri asking for amendment of the graduation
1854 confirming the titles to all entries heretofore made
under said act ALSO similar petition signed by Ezra
and twenty other citizens of Pike county, Missouri.