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Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-09-19
The Democratic Nominees.


The nomination of A. O. Patterson, ESQ.
for Senator. by the Democratic Convention
last Saturday, was not unexpected. 1t is
worthy of remark, however, in this connec-
ton that Notwithstanding the organ of the
party in this city has seen fit to twit the Re-
publicans for nominating former democrats,
every candidate for Senator brought before
their Convention was formerly a whig and
bitter opponent of the Democratic par
ty. We should have supposed the party
would not have committed this great blum
der after the remarks of Che Enquirer. The
nomination of MIR. Patterson, former
whig, will secure nothing for the ticket be-
yond the party vote, and scarcely that. The
Germans Of the party will not forgive the
summary manner in which their claims in
the Convention were denied.
The nomination Of Mr.. Alger, for Repre-
sentative. was made with considerable una
nimity He is not unknown to the older
residents Of the county. Having been an
aspirant so long for Office in the democratic
party, we suspect the object of the wire
workers in nominating him now is to kill
him off politically. He was defeated for the
same Office in 1854, running behind his par
ty ticket, and Che defeat to which he is fat
ed at the ensuing election will effectually
lay him on the shelf.
--Ss s>-.--
Cy71he following is published by request,
and not because we consider it of very grave
Importance. The American party is too
weak and defense'ess to call forth any op-
position to its proposed measures. 1t will
have no opposition in the canvass-not be-
cause of a unanilnity of sentiment in its ia
vor, but because of the unanimity of opinion
that It's ostensibe principle is dead ard pow
erless. SO far as its platform includes the
living issues, it takes precisely the same
ground as the Democracy, just as the party
took pro-Slaverv ground in the Pre-, identia
canvass last fall. See the resolution en-
dorsing the Dred Scott decision:
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

THE THIEF AT CoSFEssIoS.-We cut the
following, says the Baltimore Clipper, from
one Of our daily papers:
"The Rev. Thomas Foley has returned
| within the past two weeks not less than S24O
to different merchants and storekeepers on
Baltimore street as having been defrauded of
the same-one firm, that of Messrs. HaiQ g.
Bro, receiving social of which was obtain.
ed through the medium of the confessional.
Such cases an this are constantly occurring in
the experience of Mr.. Foley"
The writer has made sad comment on the
people that 60 to confession to Mr. Foley,
when he says that, "Such cases rs this are
constantly occurring in the experience of Mr..
Foley" and makes woful havoc of Mr.. Foley
under the principle that ""the receiver is as
bad as the thief" " Mr.. Foley is in the
constant habit of conniving at theft in his
congregation, and absolving men who accord
ing to our law should be in the penitentiary,
it argues with terrific force, l. The Power of
the Priest; 2. The immortality of the system
which will thus virtually encourage theft
provided only that the thief comes and con.
iesses to priest, who makes merit of restor
ing the stolen money to the individual from
whom it is avowedly stolen.
1t is truly serious question in commu-
nifty of laws and equal rights for an, man or
men to be conniving at theft, but il is most
horrible thing to think of, that men pretend
ing to and claiming the position of the only
ministers OF religion, shall be in the constant
habit of encouraging men in stealing from
their neighbors.
We often have had our doubts about these
moneys said to have been received at confess
sion. Thieves nre not so easily caught even
by Priests at confession but Il thief who is a
Papist, must have dreadful terror of the
power of his Priest, who will confess to such
an net.
Our country has had remarkable exhibi-
tons of higher acts than Mr.. Foley's. Priests
have been wont to go to the cell of the most
desperate murderer, confess him, absove him,
send him to Heaven, while the murderer died
declaring most emphatcally, what everybody
believed to be a lie. If the Priest did receive
II confession Of the truth, he then knew that
his penitent was lying 10 the world, and yet
he pardoned him, knowing that he was mur.
derer and liar. Mr.. Foley's practice has run
with great number of thieves, who are "con.
stantly" stealing, constantly confessing, of
course constantly pardoned by him, constant.
y encouraged. We cant advise others to "go
and do likewise" We hope for the reputa-
ton of the people at the confessional that
Mr. Foey's friend has overrated his powers
and his penitents.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

A DRUSKES STATE.-lt happened some
years ago, in one of the northern counties Of
Vermont that the then States attorney,
though man Of great legal ability, was rather
too fond of the "critter," and with a perver-
sity of habit, which we have often seen in
others was pretty sure to drink too deep at the
very time when it was most necessary that
he should be sober. On one occasion, an
important criminal case was called by the
clerk, bu. the attorney, with owl-like gravity,
kept his chair, being, in fact not able to stand
on his feet.
"Mr. Attorney, is the State ready to pro-
ceedg said the judge.
"Yes--hic--no, your honor" stammered
the lawyer, "the State hic-is not in a state
to try this case to-duy-the State, your hon
or, is drunk"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

E- The new Constitution of Mexico de-
clares, in its second article, that all persons
born in the Republic Of the Mexican United
States are born free, and that all saves touch
ing the Mexican territory regain by that act
their liberty, and have right to the pIotec-
tion OF the laws. 1t further prohibits the
government from entering into any treaty
for extradtion o. political of, nders, or for
delivering up any persons held as slaves in
the country from which they flee, for any
crime alleged against them in the country
from which they have escaped. This is to
prevent fugitive slaves from being taken from
the country under any charges of pretended
crimes.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

THE MORMON PRIEsTHooD.-The Mormon
Priesthood is a consolidated system of po-
lice, compound from the old Aaronic, Levitt
ical, Melchesdeck priesthoods, and is known
by the name Of "The Church of the Latter
Day Saints of Jesus Christ" Brigham
Young is the Prophet, Priest and King Of
the Saints. His will is la"; he is the vicege-
rent of God, deriving authority directly from
Him, which is absolute whenever he says,
"thus saith the Lord" Brigham stands up
on the shoulders of his two councillors; they
stand upon the shoulders of the other ten
apostles; they stand upon the shoulders of
the high priests; they stand upon the should.
ers of the bishops; they stand upon the
shoulders of the captains of fifties and sew
enties; they stand upon the shoulders of the
lay-members Of the church; they stand upon
the shoulders Of the labouring masses who
till the SOIL which supports the people,
From hs towering hight, Brigham issues
forth his edicis to the people, and with the
scorpion lash Of his serpent tongue he lashes
every one beneath him into silence. "No
one was ever known TO dissent from his
will" The entire fraternity is bound togeth.
er by oaihs the most solemn to support the
churches, and man, woman aud child is con
side:ed apolice officer, always on duty, and re.
qulred to report to the head whenever any
thing of sufficient; interest occurs to justify it
The OBJECT CT THE CHURcH.-From this
you will not fail to perceive that the church
form is but closely compac. syetem of po-
lice, having head from which il derives all
power, and u body forming nucleus around
which are gathering the ignorant, the super
s!ltl"us, the bigot, the outlaw, and the disaf-
fected of all countries in the world, under the
wings Of the angel of the last dispensation.
However deluded the great masses OF ther
followers may De, the leaders are not delud-
ed, but are knaves from choice, wilfuly
misleading the masses for the purpose of Oh
tanning and welding power, boldly predict
ing the overthrow Of the Republic, when
they will resume the reins of Government
and proclaim Mormonism to the benighted
nations of the world.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

cY- DIR. Hiram Cox, chemical inspector Of
alcoholic liquors in Cincinnati. states, in an
address to his fellow citizens that during two
years he has made 240 inspections Of various
kinds of liquors and has found more than
nine tenths of them limitations. and a great
portion of them poisonous connections. OF
brandy he does not believe there is one gal
lon of pure in hundred gallons, the imita.
tions having corn whiskey for basis. aud va
rious poisonous acids for condiments. OF
wines not gallon in thousand, purporting
to be sherry, port, sweet Malaga, DC, is pure.
but they are made of water sulphuric acid,
alum, Guinea pepper. horse-radish, de-. and
many Of them without any alcoholic spirit
DIR. Cox warrants there are not ten gal Of
port wine in Cincinnati. In his inspections
of whiskey he found only from II to 20 per
cent. of alcoholic spirit. when it should have
As to so, and some of it contains sulphuric
acid enough in quart to eat hole through
a mans stomach.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

~ The Kansas City Enterprise, OF the
I'd instant, learns, by mountaineer from the
plains, that the Chayennes are concentrating
at the head waters OF Republican Fork, with
a determination to attack the troops
They made ove.tures to the Siox for assist
ance, but the latter declined. The Chayen-
nes have large supply Of arms and ammu-
milton.
A terrible battle was fought at Pennant's
Peak, between the Snake aud Buckfeet In
dams, in which twenty-seyen of the latter
were killed.
The st. Louis Republican publishes Stan
tom 8 reply to the citizens of Lawrence. He
saws that he can do nothing which denies the
authority of the Territorial laws respectir q
the Judges election. lie hopes the Probate
Judges will appoint one Republican and one
Democrat in favor of slave State.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15
TRUE EDUCATION.

any son shall be educated" says the PROUD
father; "whatever masters can teach, he shal
know"
The father concsives education TO be
certain quantity of ideas impaired to tn,
child. This quantity ispoured into his mind
a part of it is absorbed, and retained til
pressure forces it out again.
This filling of the mind with dates, events
and theories is not education. Education
development-grolcih from oithin-demands
motive power within the individual to be de-
veloped; and according as this is trained to
act OF itself, or TO substitute therefore the re-
suit ef others labor, will be the kind of de-
velopment, and, MS consequence, the amount
Of available knowledge possessed.
The habit of depending on written words
and oral explanations for the general ideas
and the details of knowledge acquired is east
ly learned; and as easily may the mind be
lead to use, itself, the elements acknowledge
for lis own enlargement and strength. For
this, neither large means nor high schools
are indispensable. The style o: education,
the manner of growth, isdetermined in the
common school. Therethe morals and the
manners-the outline of he inward and out
ward of the future indv,ual-are projected.
Nor is the sense of h,aring the principal
medium through which elucation influences
act on the pupil. His ey's studies gestures,
takes lessons and draws differences from the
expression of every musck of the face; these
are educating influences. The teachers ad.
dress and moral bearing, aswell as his men,
tai habtudes, are adopted with as much read.
mess as is the style of a new garment. What
care, then, is necessary in selecting the model
on which the minds and spirits of our chill
dren are formed! The teache- should be
just what we wish the children Il become.
A wel-assorted union of qualities in the
character ofa teacher ofchildrcn ismore in
d;spensible than for any other relation ex-
cept that of parents. With purity of soul
must be blended gentleness and firm ess, ell
evated sentiment and dignity of department;
n love OF children and of his duties must
win their love and confidence; to them he is
pattern. Perfect master of oil he teaches.
he should so teach it that the effort of ac-
quirng shall come from the pupils mind, and
the ideas it awakens spring spontaneousl
from the unsounded depths of the pupils
deepest nature. This is EDUCATION.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

HooPs vs. SUIcIDE.-The Vienna cores
pondent of the London Times says; "During
the last year much has been said and written
against the abuse OF "crinoline," but the
inhabitants of this city have just had n proof
that ii may sometimes be OF real service 10
the wearer. A young English girl, who was
employed as governess in the family of an
employee, was so dissatisfied with her lot that
she resolved to put an end to her life by
Jumping from the ramparts into the dry moal.
An Official who saw the poor girl put her
suicidal design into execution states shat
she looked like balloon in the air" The
height of the walls of the city at the spot
where the attempt at Jeio de Sc was made
may be about IS feet, but the girl was 81 lit
tie hurt by her fall "that she walked away as
If nothing had happened"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

A WAT.-The following scrap, written in
English hieroglyphics, was picked up-ac-
cording to the New York Tribune-on the
floor which the United States Medical Con-
ven,ion had occupied, during its session in
New York -
"Pliny informs us that Rome was five hun.
dred years without physicians Her rulers
forbade the practice Of medicine and banlshed
its professors. IL is stated that the health of
Rome was never better than during that
period"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

R-A son of a farmer living in Hunt
ington county, Pa, visited Philadelphia re-
Gently to "try his fortune" There he fell
in with several youths of a not exemplary
character, with whose aid he soon reduced
himself to state Of "pennilessness." IE or
der to raise some funds from his father, he
wrote letter to that persouage, informing
him that he had drawn a prize of 1886 900 in a
lottery, but in order to get it he must first
pay lawyers fees, etc, to the amount of
S40O. Father sent along the S40O, waited
a few weeks for the $4,000; found that he
was sold; went to Philadelphia, tearing his
hair, to search for his son; but il was no 60.
The promising youth was non est.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

Giving LIFE TO THE DfsERT.-The French
are engaged in n good work in Algeria, which
will make their conquest n benefit to that
country. They are sinking artesian wells in
the desert probably for their own convenience;
but the benefits must be general. h. well
of Temacin gave 100 quarts the minnie;
others more; the Arabs were frantic with JOY
in seeing fertility at once restored 10 their
grounds. Speeches Of the most grateful
acknowledgement were addressed by the
chiefs of tribes to the French officers and
engineers.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

"MIsPLACED BEEEvoLENcE.-David Hunt,
of Mississippi, has given donation Of TWEEN
ty-five thousand dollars to the Colonization
Society. Mr.. Hunt has previously thrown
away money in that direction. Thrown il
away, because the few negroes who are sent
out to Liberia quickly relapse into a state Of
barbarsm. Further, nearly oil the money
donated to the Colonization Society is used
up ia salaries to a set of fellows who live by
the contributions Of benevolently disposed
people, in printing documents which nobody
reads, and other incidental expenses. The
Colonization Society is one of the colossal
humbugs of the age."-N y. Uerc!d.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15
sE- Very poetical, yery pretty. and yer

sY- Very poetical, very pretty, and very
philosophical is the following, which We clip
from clever, essay-like column in the Chi
cago Journal:
"If man die, shall he live again" And
once year have the daisies answered It, and
springs little infant given its fragrant testi-
mony; and every day, has the morning testifi-
ed, and yet the world is murmuring still, if
man die, shall he live agan!"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

WARErSe TO PHVsIclASs.--A sad aff.ir
took place in Barstrop, La, in March. DIR.
Armstrong had negro man sent to him with
some disease like the dropsy. The negro
had been lingeringa long time, and finally
died. The Doctor undertook to dissect him
and made his own negro man assist in the
operation. Ii seems that the Doctor had u
scratch on one Of his hands, and the negro n
letter on one of his. They were poisoned BY
the effects Of the dead negro, and both died
in few days, and in ten minutes Of oach
other.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15
VOL. IX.--N0. 451.
H- A correspondent, of the New York

Hg- A correspondent of the New York
Journal of Commerce, writing from Beirut,
Syria, speaking of the weather in the East,
says:
A winter like the past, as Others assert,
has not been known in Syria and Palestine
| for thirty years. Usually it is so mild as
well as short, accompanied with frequent
dashing showers and occasional storms OF
rain, and then clearing up with an outbursi
of the snn, and cool air. while the process
of nature still goes on in foliage and flowers,
that il is period OF delicious existence on
the plains, though there is more or less OF
discomfort in the elevated mountain villages.
The supply Of rain for the whole year COM
ing in the winter, il must necessarily come
copiously and steadily to reach the wants of
the earth, whose harvests are determined by
the amounts of this only manuring which it
has received since il was first cultivated
Striking TO the lowest depth of the soil, the
roots follow after il with u certain intelligent
instinct, elongating their arms and sending
down their threads to incredible distances,
till they reach the food on which the plants
and trees are to live; or else collected and
preserved in vast subternnean reservoirs
aOouHuWB W tnls lut-SloHe IoIH"'''h' "
comes gushing forth in fountains which show
little variation even in the hottest months OF
summer. The people, therefore, pray for
rain as they pray for bread, only conditioning
that il may not come in summer, when it
Injuries the silk and some other crops.
The present winter. however, they have
been more than satisfied: for "the windows
of heaven" being opened the first week in
December, have hardly been closed since
For full six weeks there was an almost unin-
terrupted storm, the torrents pouring down
by day and by night, or ifceasing for while,
i. seemed only TO recuperate their forces by
little rest, and then come with new power.
The wind, also, was at times fearful, rocking
even the stone houses no rs to alarm the
occupants, while the waves rose, and curled,
aud dashed against the shore with the impe,-
us, the audacity, and determination of the
seIred ranks of an army.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

The MoTHER.-Despise not thy mother
when she is old Age may ware aid waste
a mothers beauty, strength, limbs, senses,
and estate, but her relation as mother is rs
the sun when it goes forth in his might, for
i: is always in the meridian, and knoweth no
evening. The person mny be gray-headed,
but her motherly relatica is ever in its Hour
ish. II may be autumn, yea, winter, with a
woman, but with .ne mother, as mother, il is
always spring.
Alas, how little do we appreciate moth
er's tender,ess while living. How Needless
are we n all her anxie.ies and kindness
But, shen she is dead and goue-when the
cares and GOODNESS of the world come wither.
irg to our heart-when we experience how
lard il is to find true sympathy--how few
love us for ourselves--how few will befriend
US In misfortunes Then it is we think of
the mother we have lost.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

EB- Bishop hughes organ is down on
Chief Justice Taney, foi his opinion in the
Dred Scott case, and charges that ho is not
good catholic, or he would not have run
contrary to the decree of that church, made
some four hundred years ago, that no son of
Africa shsl be held in bondage This is a frank
admission that every true catholic mus; be
freesoiler; yet the South opens its arms to
receive every catholic whom Europe may
discharge upon our shores
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15
E- A worthy family in Montromel

Y A worthy family in Montgomery.
Ala, have been disturbed for some time past
by uneal,hly noises during the night watches
which eiuded their search. At length the
head Of the house made diligent search for
the ghost, and upon an examination Of his
cellar, unearthed him in the person Of runa-
way slave who found repose there from all
his sorrows. He would have been safe from
arrest II he had not snored louder than was
prudent for concealed ghost
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

Our CoLD WNTER.-On the 9th of last
January, when we were suffering from the
intense cold, Bayard Taylor was passing
through Kengis, on his road to Muonivara,
in Lapand, and sixty-eight degrees north
latitude, with the thermometer twenty five
degrees above zero. The next day, howey-
er, it was down to forty-four degrees below
and he rode seventeen hours exposed to such
a temperature.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

tE- Fanny Fern thinks it provoking for a
woman who has been working all day mend
ing her husbands old coat, TO find love
letter from another woman in the pocket
of it.
Fanny has said some good things, and n
great many foolish ones The above is be-
tween the two. No woman who treats her
husband as a good wife should-who, by her
gentleuess and good behavior wins his love,
need ever fear finding Iove-etter from any
other woman, in his pocket. Home is as the
wife makes it, Many husband is driven by
termagant wife to seek for pleasure away
from home-faling there to be soothed by
affection, he must seek for it elsewhere.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15
THE POST.
ATHENS, FRIDAY, MAY is, 1851.

The Law OF EvIDENcs.-The New York
Exoress savs; "a bill has passed both Hous-
a, Of the Legislature and has become law,
which provides that parties to lega! proceed
iny, in Courts of this State, may hereafter
be examined as witnesses in their own be-
half on giving ten days notice to the oppo-
site side of their intention TO be so examen-
ed. This radical change in the common
laws of evidence has long been advocated by
legal reIormers.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

AGREAT BoND.-T'he "LaGrange Report
err" speaking of the suit commenced against
the editor of the Georgia Ctizen," for dun.
ming delinquent subscriber rather emphat.
ically, says:
"rhe doctor expects to have a rich time
Of it, and we hope he will enjoy it we'll; and
if he wants names attached to his "bOnd,"
we have no doubt every editor in the State
will "stand" for him."
Just think of that; all the editors in the
State on one bond! What IN array Of wealth,
and concentration of moneycd power there
would be! How much is the bond!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

H In commenting upon the general or
dcrs, removing General Harvey from Florida,
the Peninsular saws:
One years active operations has enabled
our army to drive the Seminole from his last
hiding place. Their crops have been destroy
ed, and one or two months more active ope
ratiOns, would settle-this war for all Time
With General Harney in the field, our
farmers feel measurably secure, and many
have planted crops. Wenow fear that Billy
will reap our harvest. He is not so ignorant
but that he will claim this as another victory.
He said, when last in Tampa, that he had
whipped General Taylor and General Scott,
and will now claim to have whipped General
Harney.