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St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-01-08

PEnI1.s IN THE SSow.-On the 2lst
ult. near Clear Lake, two boys, aged
II and Is years, attempted to drive
some cattle about half mile to a creek
for water when they were overtakcn
by the frightful storm which occurred
that day. Their cattle got into a snow
drift from which they were unable to
cxtricate them and fifteen head perish
cd in the snow. The boys, in their at
tempt to return, became bcwildcrcd.
After wandering for some time they
found small grove Here they broke
path in circle and took turns at
whistling and running to keep from
freezing. In the morning they started
for the nearest house some three miles
distant. At some half mile from the
house the younger boy became 50 fa-
tigued as to be unable to 60 farther
The elder, with indomitable courage,
seized his brother by the collar and
dragged him forward until they were
discovered by the people at the house
who Immediately went to their assis-
lance and found the hand of the elder
boy frozen to his brothers coat. They
were not seriously frozen.
Some men started to come down
from Minnesota with seven yoke of on
en- to procure provisions. When near
the State line rain storm came on
which so crusted the snow that the
oxen were unable to proceed and all
persisted. Part of the men came on
and the rest turned back Warerly
Republican.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-01-08

The New ENGLAND SOCIETY OF. NEW
YoRK.-The New England Society Gel
ebrated the anniversary of the landing
of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, Dec. 22d,
by a sct-down at the Astor House.
The company numbered about $50.
Hon. Thomas H. Benton made the
speech of the evening. Mr.. Benton
gave an interesting account Of his
late visit to New England. At Low
ell he conversed with the young wo-
men who are engaged in the factories
(some laughter and found them at
tractivc and comedy, modest without
being bashful, Of easy confidence with
out assurance, ready in conversation
without forwardness, and of great in
telligence. went to their boarding
houses, and there all my ideas were
reversed for l had before me the
picture of the operatives as they are in
England, living in small, narrow, con-
fined, uncomfortable buildings, stint
ed for food and clothing. On the con-
trary, l found these operatives
think | may say without disparagc-
ment to anybody herc-as comfort
ably and handsomely situated as mem.
bers of Congress are in Washington
city.
In conclusion he said Il shall be
able to bear my testimony-and / will
bear it cheerfully-to the fact that in
all the extended dominions of this
wide Union, there is no place where
the hearts Of the people, speak o.
the great masses, of the overpowering
numbers-where the hearts of the
I people arc more loyal to the union O
these States than in New England
Loud and continued applause.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-01-08
A Compliment to Printers.

The following extract is taken from
letter written by John G. Rives, for
merly of the firm Of Blair & Rives, Of
Washington city
81 have seen manuscript writing o.
most great men of the country during
the last twenty years, and think
may say that no twenty of them could
stand the test Of the scrutiny Of one
half the journeymen printers employ
cd lin my Office. This fact will b.
vouched by every editor in the Union
To the poor jour. many great man
owes his reputation for scholarship ;
and were the humble type stickers to
resolve by concert, to set up the man
uscript in their hands, for even one
week, precisely as written by the au-
thors, there would be more reputa-
tions slaughtered than you could shake
a stick at in twenty-four hours. Our
statesmen would become "small by
degrees and beautifully less" Many
an ass would have the lions hide torn
from his limbs. Men whom the world
call writer's, would wake up mornings
and find themselves-famous as mere
pretcnders, humbugs and cheats"
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-01-08

SENATOR BIcLER's SPEECH. The smoke
Of the recent political contest has
floated away and the din ceased suf
ficently for us to hear calm deliber
ate voice when it is once raised. Sen
ator Bigler, from his position as Sena'
tor from Pennsylvania, his relations to
Mr.. Buchanan, and the time he chose
for his remarks, is entitled to consid
Grafton as an authoritative exponent
of Mr.. Buchanan's view of Democratic
doctrine. On one point he is more ex-
plicit than the Nebraska bill and the
Cincinnati platform. During the cam
vass the opponents Of Mr.. Buchanan
insisted that the language Of their doc
uments was vague and inconclusive
in regard to popular sovcreignty,-that
it did not assert the right of the people
of Kansas to exclude slavery while it
remained Territory, but only when
they came to form q State Constitu-
tion. Senator Bigler, however, afirms
that all the power Of Congress over
that institution is conferred upon the
people of the Territory, and that, if
Congress ever had power to exclude
slavery, the people have it now.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-01-08

The AFFEcrloSs.-Oh, man! fear
not for the affections, and feel no dread
least time should cffacc. There is.
neither to-day nor yesterday in the
powerful echoes of memory there is
only always. He who no longer feels,
never felt. There are two memories
the memory of the senses, and in
which perishable things decay; and
the memory of the soul, for which
time does not exist, and which lives
over at the same instant every mo
ment of its past and present existence
Fear not, We who love. Time has
power over hours, none over the soul.
-LaMaytiue.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-01-08

The weather in this vicinity has
been extremely cold during the past
week-the the thermometer ranging
in, the coolest hours ct from loo to lee
below zero. It appears from our ex.
changes that the weather at the East
has been equally cold. December
10th, the thermometer stood as fol.
lows at the different places mention.
ed: At Montreal, lso below zero at
Burlington. Vt, Lee; North6eld, VT, lso;
Concord, N. H., 80; Littleton, N. H.,
go; St. Johnsbury, VT, $50; Brad
ford, VT, 20o; Halifax, N. s., 50 above
zero; st. Johns, N. B., loo below zero;
Woodstock, N. B., 800 below zerol
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-01-08

The weather in Minnesota, we learn
from gentleman just in from Dodge
county, has been severe in the extreme.
The snow is about twenty-five inches
deep and heavily crusted which rem
ders travelling very difficult across the
prairies. It is rumored that many per-
sons have become lost on the prairies
in the thick and binding snow storms
that have occurred during the two past
weeks, and then frozen to death. In
dian hunters are employed to go in
search of the lost ones.- Warsrly Re
psblica.. aaf
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-01-08

Coll enton, during his recent visit
to New England, visited the Oliver
School House," in Lawrence, Mass,
and addressed the pupils. He after
wards visited the Atlantic Cotton
Mills, at that place, with Gen. Oliver,
the agent, and infinitely examined ev'
cry stage of the process Of manufac-
turing, asking u great variety Of ques.
tions Of the operatives, with whose
appearance he was both surprised and
pleased. He had never before visited
either q public school or manufacto'
~ in New England.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-01-08

The New CENT is very pretty coin,
and great Improvement on the pres.
ent unwieldly and filthy copper. 1t is
about the size Of quarter eagle, but
much thicker, and nearly the color Of
German silver. The diverse is well
executed figure Of an eagle in fight,
with the date underneath, and the
words United States Of America
above. The converse is q finely exc
cuted wreath, representing all tho
principal staples Of the country-cottol
corn, tobacco, wheat, grapes, &c.
with the words ONE CENT in the centre
The only objection we have to it is. j
has no ringing sound.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-01-08

YOU'VE AND ORD AMERIcA.--The fol-
lowing amusing incident occurred at
one Of the South Boston schools on q
Saturday fornoon just as the school
was being dismissed, pert little miss
with o sparkling eye and an animated
face, approached the teachers desk
and said, at is baby's and fathers
birthday today baby is one year ole
and father is sercntyJfre!" The lady
teacher was too much overpowered II
make any further inquiries into the re
markable statement, and "Yount
America" with her satchel and a full
confidence in the accuracy of her arith
metic, departed with sort of "trium
phal march" homewards.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-01-08
Misttllang.
THE PACIFIC RAILROAD.

The Pacific Railroad was introduced
into the House last winter by Mr.
Kennel, of st. Louis, and by the Com
mittee of the House on Public Lands,
were finally incorporated in a single
bill, which was read twice and may
at any time be called up for a third
reading at the present session. Mr.
Kennels bill proposed to grant to the
Pacific Railway Company the right of
way for the road and one mile in
width of land along the line to aid in
its construction. The consolidated
bill, as now before the House, grants
the same rights and privileges to the
following companies:
l. Hannibal and st. Joseph Rail
road Company of Missouri.
2. Burlington and Missouri River
Railroad.
3. Pacific Railroad Company, o.
Missouri.
4. Philadelphia, Fort Wayne and
Platte River Air Line.
S. Mississippi and Missouri Compa
ny.
6. Iowa Central Air Line.
I. Dubuque and Pacific Railroad.
8. Northern Iowa and Minnesota
Company.
These lines, if the bill becomes Q
law, are empowered to extend their
roads to a point of junction near Fort
Kearney, but not south of that point
Thence q trunk line is to be construct
ed between the parallels Of the thirt,
eighth and forty fourth degrees O
north latitude to the Pacific, witt
branches to Sacramento, Stockton
San Jose, Marysyille, &c. This trun
line is to be owned and controlled b
the above companies. The number {
acres of land embraced in this schem
is variously estimated at from one hU'
dred to too hundred and Jifty million Q
acres.
The Southern route is to be laid on
under the direction of the States o
Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Texa
and California. The Central Railroad
and all it's branches is handed over t
the roads, named in the above list
And the northern route is granted t
the Northern Lakes and Pacific Rail
Company.-State Democrat.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-01-08

LOVES YOUNG DREAM" put it into the
heads Of two children to elope from
Fulton, New York. The Patriot says
"On Monday evening last, o French
girl named Margaret Paisno, living
with o. o. Subway, Of this village,
ran away from his house, enticing his
son, a lad aged about Ii years, to &C
company her. The truants were traced
to Salina, where both were found. The
girlformerly had friends living in that
place, the boy says he was induced to
go by her promising him an album
dance of wealth. The first she spoke
to him about leaving was only an
hour before they started.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-01-08

A SAucY Fox.-A singular incident
happened few days since on the
lands of Mr.. w. L. Underwood, near
Clinton, N. C. A negro woman and
two children were riding in cart,
when they heard fox yelping in the
road after them. One of the children
squatted beside the road to scare the
fox. Reynard sprang at the child
and ran him into the cart, much to the
dismay Of all the company. The wo-
man, in attempting to beat the fox out
of the cart, crippled, and finally killed
him. .sr s,..--
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-01-08

1t is possible we may not be able to
issue the Intelligencer next week, for
want of paper. Our former stock is
exhausted, and although we have
been assiduous in our endeavors to
procure a new supply, none has yet
come to hand and possibly may not
for week or more to come. We ear.
nestly hope, however, there may be
no disappointment.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-01-08

It is said that the klamath county
Jail, California, consists Of q live oak
tree, with staple and chain attached.
It is well ventilated, and affords q
good opportunity for the study Of as
tronomy and the barometer, especially
when blankets arc scarce.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-01-08

An ALARMING DIsCLosuRE.-Mr. Crock
er, of Virginia, deprecating, in the late
Southern Commercial Convention, the
practice of sending Southern girls to
Northern schools, made the alarming
statement, that on the evening preced-
ing, che had heard no less than seven
young mcn swear that they would new
er marry a girl who had been educated
North of Mason and Dixon's line.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-01-08

Up TO SNUrF.--A provincial paper
states that gentleman in Dcvonshire
has invented what he calls a snuff
pistol. 1t has two barrels, and being
applied to the nose, and touching "a
spring with the fore-fngcr, both nos
trils are instantly filled, u sufficient
quantity driven up the head to last a
whole day.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-01-08

We were yesterday credibly inform
ed, by gentleman who resides near
the spot, that in September last the
we'll known pecan tree, under which
the remains of General Pakenham
were buried, a few miles below this
city, was broken of, thirty feet above
the ground, by gale of wind, and a
cannon ball, fred from the British
lines during the battle, was found EN-
bedded just where the trunk broke Off
Thus it was that the brave Briton
slept under one Of his own missiles as
his monument IN o. Picaywne.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-01-08

OF all the political repartees, one Of
the happiest was that Of Sheridan, who
on being reproached by Pitt, as form
ing q drag-chain on the wheels of gov
eminent, bounded up with the reply
that for once he could compliment the
Minister on the correctness of his allu
sions, since the drag-chain was never
imposed but when the vehicle was 60
ing down hill
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-01-08

The MAILs.-We have q letter from
Iowa City, complaining that for five
successive days no copies of the Times
had been received there We yester.
day (l2th) received the Iowa City
Reporter Of the 4th and 9Th dates
since then will come along in " q few
days. At the same time we received
the Springfield (Ill3 Register Of the
4th. We receive about one paper in
four of the Register. We have not
seen copy of the Quincy Herald for
a fortnight.-C1icago Times.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-01-08

If the delegation from our district
in the Legislature and constitutional
convention will favor us with reports
of the proceeding of their respective
bodies we shall be most happy to pub.
lish them, and will also be very CRATE
full for the favors. We make the sug.
gestion because their official organ
and pet, the Iowa City Republican,
does not deign to exchange with US.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-01-08

A New SrArE.-The Committee on
Territories, according to the Wash
ingtou correspondent Of the Advert
ser, will soon report q bill which they
have agreed upon, authorizing the
people of Minnesota to form Constitu.
ton and State, which will be the
thirty-second. g
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-01-08

A BEAR SHor.-Henry Danforth, Of
Danville, VT, shot bear recently,
which stood him in " $40 state boun-
ty for the head, IS for the skin, and
ten cents . pound for the meat, to say
nothing of the bears grease.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-01-08

Mr.. Smeadly, of Bridgton, in this
county, informs us that he is making
arrangements to put paper mill in
operation next spring. We hope he'll
do it. He could do this State no bet
ter service. Hundreds of "poor print.
ers' would thank him for it. Mr.. S.
understands the business, having been
formerly connected with the Moline
Mills.--Prcss, Washington, lds0a.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-01-08

IowA.-Twenty-five years ago, Iowa
was wilderness, tenanted only by
the savage. Now she has civilized
population estimated at about six
hundred thousand, and constantly in.
crcasing.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-01-08
MlAl2la{Il3lD,

At Mason City, by j. S. Church, County
Judge Of Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, on the
derson. ESQ.,, to Miss Martha Ann, eldest
daughter of Elisha Randall, Esq, all of Mason
City, Iowa.
At Mason City, January 4th, 1857. by Elisha
Randall, Esq, the Hon. J. S. Church to Miss
Sabra L. vanpatter. all Of Mason City, Cerro
Gordo County, Iowa
In Nedericksburgh, on New Years eve by
Rev. John Smith. Miss Sallie Brown, leader Of
the Temperance Band, to Adam Bender.
Dear Sallie was sober maid,
OF temperance faith strong defender;
But wicked, snarling maidens said,
Better than pledge" she liked A. Bender,
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-01-08

Mn. ErHERIDGE, Of Kentucky, is cud
in his way. He says the Fugitive Slave
Law is humbug. Why" says he,
"if q niger runs away, one Of two
things is certain-eithcr he is q mean
niger, or has mean master. If the
niger is mean, he isn't worth catching
ii the master is mean, the niger
ought to run away
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-01-08

Rev. Mr.. Brayton, Baptist clergy.
man ofthis town, had . donation party
on Thursday evening, at which some
two hundred and fifty persons were
present. The cash donations amount
ed to between eighty and ninety dol
lars, and the total amount Of receipts
was estimated at about tl35.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-01-08

The Leavenworth City correspon-
dent of the Cincinnati Gazette, in an
nouncing that Col. Titus and his men
had left for Nicaragua, says that with
them depart the last hopes Of the pro
slavery men in Kansas.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-01-08

The mails are very irregular, COM
ing and going just when they please
If Uncle Sam would allow his enter.
prising niece, Miss Young America to
have charge of the mail carrying we
are sure the mails Gnales, } would be
carried with more regularity and tho
interests of the public would be better
subscrved. - Warerly Republican,
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-01-08

Two German girls, with hurdy.
gurdy and tamborine, have, it is said,
Melted two thousand pounds sterling,
in the short space of ten months, in
Australia.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-01-08

VESSELS FROZEN IN AT CHIcAGo.-Two
hundred and forty-fivc vessels are now
frozen in at Chicago, and will not,
probably, be again liberated this
winter. They are mostly owned there
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-01-08

The ST. Paul Times says that fire.
wood is selling in that city at 50 U
cord. Hay is selling at $l6 q $ls y
ton. In Winona wood is selling at IS
u cord.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-01-08

A LEAP YEAR FEAr.-A Southern ex-
change says that three girls in Texas,
last month, went out a visiting, and
returned in a week, each with an
Indian husband.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-01-08

Flour has been selling in our streets
the present week at 1926 Y cwt. II
came from the vicinity Of West I'm
ion, where we are told wheat is sold
for so cents y bushcl. Here our far
mers charge 1926 Y bushel, and -four
has been selling at $500 y cwt.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-01-08

Col. Nathan Boone, the youngest and
last surviving of the children Of the
famous Daniel Boone of Kentucky,
died in Missouri, few days since, at
the age of seventy-six years.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-01-08

Political ARREsrs.-The Paris cor
respondent of the London Morning Ad-
vertiscr asserts that arrests continue
to be daily made. There are now
from three to four hundred political
prisoners in Paris prisons.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-01-08

The SLAVE PANIc.-A Tennessee pa
per says Senator Bell will lose SIC, 900
by the slave panic. Four of his ne
grocs were hung in his absence by
the local courts, and five more by the
mob, without judge or jury.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-01-08

We were shown some buckwheat
flour by Mr.. Kelly the other day, just
made at his mill, which was so white
and handsome as hardly to be distin-
guished from wheat flour of the best
superfine brands.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-01-08

A LouD CALL.-Rev. DR.. Chaplin has
been invited to take charge of con-
gregation at Chicago, at salary of
SIC, 900 Q year.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-01-08

AID FOR GEN. WAIKER.-Colonel IT.
tus, with one hundred men, arrived at
ST. Louis from Kansas on Wednesday,
en- route for Nicaragua.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-01-08

II ID mot painful not to meet the kindness
and affection you feel you have deserved. and
have right to expect from others; but it is
useless to complain Of It. You cannot extort
friendship.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-01-08

The Iowa Legislature adjourned
from the 23d of December till the
present week consequently we are
without any Legislative reports.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-01-08

THE MorHER. Heaven has imprinted on a
mothers face something that claims kindred
with the skies. The waking watchful eye
which keeps its tireless vigils over her slum-
boring child; the tender look, the angelic
smile, arc objects which neither the pencil nor
chisel can reach, and which poetry fails to por-
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-01-08

MARRIAcE.-Hymen is the occulist
that opens the eyes Of Love who is
represented blind. He does an extern
sivc business.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-01-08

Drs. Franklin and Lille of Dubuque
have opened a Medical and Surgical
Clinique, for the especial benefit Of the
poor of that city.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-01-08

The report that the Committee. on
Territories have decided against Or
ganizing territorial government in
Arizona is contradicted. No def
mite action upon the subject has yet
been taken by them.