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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-07-31

Qo1, l1o.9o o10LIH !
LIa1asss AosraLx ncLLnrsx ~
9a1s AobbeEiss for June.
sas. Rstssri.s s's Jsasasy. So IFS, rslssssy,
..g;A 49,: s;,ssl
si..s is5s ssis ssfls,is ssllfi ssgsi.... & L..l
eat ter yesf fsads end ysluahies, - heep iAsp
sst u Safes that ~ SsApsssi 81 vAtrn -PAtlf
--rLAs.ss-.csssss - rurrv, ovsrisid with
ssovs-psIs tres, s.d AesPsd with wrought irss
hsss esiy issh thick, = keep tbs SLAVES r,ssS.
saA y ssapasts ~ lanbsg, fastened with . loct
tAas 60 y lsaAsa nth pswisr - sssy ~ 1se
kst--fsf SSH SAFE ne aos reliable, - the III.
lswing bss1laSiss will sAow:
The 80. II II. DsPsash, on johnson street.
~. asd t7s ssoisa.--t Ksskak GAis City, Jssa
,, 1881.
O.. wss ssssisd y 11s}is1s, sad The SAFE. lone &
Aerrisgsl epsaea 81 fSbssd II 1sso.--t Dsbsqul
1ribsns. Juns ).
Tbs 49, u Assss. cos Cssyssssr ~ss sassr-
:: ~ = ssrs'sn; - : tD.sy:s ! !ss,y'a, SAT.
.Jsssstk. '
Tie oGss Of he nssk IslAad Coal Co. vas en.
tersd b rsguss, sad tAe oale Zone u nsrriss, :,
vas ssshsd Of t1es se.--t Missgo Tinss. Jsss
18th. 1857.
4 Safe IN ) jewellery stsss IL Dssses uas spss.
- aad rssssd 1t - yeeetA vaausbb sssisn .--Jesr
aAl Of Cean~es.
Al:.s! -. e !. I:..ss ~, =. ......4, ~
80 the ssis robssd q tsee.-fChisaee Jsssnal
JuAs 11th.
1As csstsn Hesss q Dssrsit vas entered, ~
tAe Baee yeeee1 u saeh aAa valsaAlas TO u.
- - e.sse.v.- sss,ess sse1...--o,
| 49,. - ~ - - -
Dssssuisk was rsbSsA q Alases aaosss II -.
~ Ave poua1 nsaes. The anonnt Il not ste6e1
ut ~ Ps0ans fssa ti1 - 10 11e,ees il ~
~ . stlli larger $40 10 baak bills. II vss q,
q tbs bsiAese - ahlsss plAnssd rebb<riss ',
y: - & g, 10y ea,-tfsss1asd State o
IT, 49, = "a: 1,es ssi1S.. u =. isu
ertAax nestias, ~ seas (bsvI@soa % opens,
q saiss I'M a. .sss1 Srssss. 4 b.ai -
ssataIains 1Sso II bills wAs II oos Of the pissel
Aslee. h.tuas svsTloeked b. he Burglar. lib
Asit fsibsas, Juss 37tA.
LILLlB'ssABEsM tv1R POUND WANTING
NJ. 1AulsyS Dss9 SAsss, = River e., - sa
tsss4 - sefRisys - - q Llliis's 6akss (witl
- H. isit z " ieskl ssasaining : lasss a.ssn
= epsssA, a.d ~ reguss we're fescsd % tAks 81
Busol1as AsauiR -T1e'sjsr, 81 A.ai..s. !
Aess!ey - :sssrsa MI hieAt = burglars. n
IL = scs -ssS .Sssr ~. ~ sl,. s.ss
~ & ssssss thsy sonl1 - obtaia ~ sntsans
~, s ssss' 40 80 ssesaAssls lsft.-lfssy Tisss
0..:r. q sa.:. II. s-a.., l.-.,.. y. I.
oslistis, = lsesrs y sAss vsssAAss astisiss, IN
lses yoa provide yssIssll With psliahls eses.
Allis's fatsut Called cd Wsoaaht lrua Pr
~ pasglas Pssaf eefss ~ Bash Iosks. nov I'll
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-07-31

- Merchants.
a 0xM1I3NAM Of experience In M nsssan-
~ IL sad gessFsl bssissss, also Brebasai
nssAkssp and Ascendant, with soal4 n61s, u
Aseirsss u essnsseisg hinsslf with eens estah.
lisAsd hsuse IL IN whoiesals business. an1 make
an active hand. BY addressing l. =. D., tAesueA
the r. o. here IN the next dAys, will nsss Wits
attcn lion. Ljuly3t.9its
LOVES VERA NDAH BUILDING,
TRIUMPHANT SUCCESS "
Sharpley's Terpsichorean
Au(0116k9l
HOUSES CROWDED WITH THE ELITE
AND FASHION OF TIE GATE CITY
rINwO NIGHTS MOkEi Friday Evouinr, July
1 81, and Saturday, August lat. Entire change
Of rrogrAmms. Tickets .esis. Chilassa half
price. uulySf-dst
keok nix /. r.. Des N eines q MI m esosa
RAIL OAD.
a.
CT en- crf.l2ES
IN and altar Tuesday, the Ath ef August, the ears
~ viii leav. the depot In ksekuk daily, {Sss-
Day. sscsp.sdl =. An: aad returning win
BY this srrAngsmsnt . complete connection II
made both ways with the Western Stage Compan !,
enabling travellers TO reach 0ttum N, foft Des
distc places, In middle and western Iowa, without
rc ono. in Kilbournc's Block.
s. DWIGHT RATION,
Ensneer and Saperints ndsnt.
Ksokuk, July 81. 'b7-dtw
Nails.
1nn KEGS 10, ~, o., 81, los, lis and 2os.
LUU and inch Knishing do. and lOd fsnc-
ing do. Received on consignment, aad will be
sold in quantities 10 suit 1t wholesale prices.
KkLLOGG Ht A9E,
July i-d2w fourth-st.
WAnAoW Glass.
TX BOXES assorted sisss, from By 10 u by
10 ~; also - eDnsi gnmsnt, and viii b. seld Ut
very low figures. KELLOGG DIR0R,
| 'y3d2w feurth-st.
| nEMIJOHNs, Willow Covered, from I 70 5
~ gals, on consignment and for sale very low.
! jyaldzw KELLOGG Bfk0k.
CarFants.
! . CASES toriginAi) Zants, On consignneat and
> for sale very low by
,ysla2w KELLOGG 1 B1R0E.
/ q CASES. toriginsl1 on assignment, and will
/ y be sold very low.
1 July Sl-daw KELLOGG 4 BIRuE.
TIE Past, Pressns, ana EnsaFs 81
I keokOk.
| f1nHE Second number Of the Ksokuk News Let.
i tor will b Issued this morning. The New.
Letter will contain . historical sketch Of "Ths
| Past, Present and Future Of Ksoknk," hy siti.
! sen. Also, the latest local news, commercial and
monetary, aud real s.tats matters, pfogxss, in.
sprovcmsnts, DC. For sale at CLAkkk'S,
jys'd JeAassa-ss.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-07-31
PLUMMER + co..,
nRAIRpA IN

D8ALgRe IN
SASH, GLASS, PAINTS, OILS,
A RE prepared 70 fyrnish French and Ansrise.
cf..a ai..: s..A Il III sa..e. ,s.. I Lss ,:s
Oil. vassishss, spirih Tnspsatins. Alsehoi :
Paris Chrome 0rssa, dry and In oil and eli M
cheaper quslitiss Of Green al serss Of 0raintng
Coiors Gold Lsef Silver and cePpsr 1ssass
Paint and varnish brushes. Also.
WHITE LEAD AND WHITE ZINC.
We are slse Assnts for the STATE Of Iowa for
"Fostcr's Patent Friction window Superior
which arc nov ceuine into very general ~. ana
are An excellent substitute for Weighs pulIeys,
and . great ssvisg II cxpsnss.
- Agents wanted to sell tAsa through ~
State,
We arc also agents for Keekuk for "WAlss's
Pendolan Csytaln Nxtsrss," H. pinpleDe Al
beat cur,aia kiatare ever inysatsd.
PLUNNRk o.,
jysodAw csna's Rsisaisg. lis Msia.st.
wn. 4. Ausrin, ca. AassHs.
WHOLESALE AND aITxil . Scciiss.
PRODUCE DEALERe
AID
Coomissa0n Merchants.
No. LOG AAin keekuk, Lava.
HAVING bought sd fitted up gsod FIounsae
MILL 10 Laharpe, Ills, where " Uaa aiwsys
bay the lest pf Wheat, We are now msnufasturing
and keep constantly on hand q ovr store, sups-
rior quality of
FLOUR
and Feed, which We viii sell st reasonable pecss.
ALSO,
Quincy. City Mills. Musessl.e, and other hrsnd. u
Flour, II the Lowest Market Price.
ialy3o wA. ". AUSTIN ! CO.
II CORN NEAL, for sals By
jyse wA. II, AUSTIN co.
GUaAkcukED HAMS sad
~ SHOULDERS, Tor sale ~
jyso WA. II. AUSTIN : co.
~ scotch Ale,
Allsepp's Ale,
gsnnias article for sale b.
jy3o WIN. u. AUSTIN co.
nUsrErTEK'S BiTTEKs,
~ !. wolfs seh'sA.s seh.sspRs s:r :.l. y
500 SIS; y. a. SALT 70, s.ls H. Y s
GRocks,
iyso Ea. ii. AIsrrx4 co.
4vl vcruiesili,
Pearl Starch
Corn do
Pearl Barley,
Pearl BAee,
Weressssrshire sesce,
Tomato Csisup,
Darkes's Yeast Powder,
Preston Aerriill Yeest Powder, for sals ~
jsiySsd WM. n. AUSTIN ACO.
JMsl the rhsng WansoA.
DATkNT Double Wall lee Pitchers. Silver
! Plated Aad nritaanss-rsssivsd direct fron ~
mansfaseuress, end fos sale very Low ~
TtLLIN0HAsT, LAN1 AlBUBL,
lulysed sisa Il ~ DssaAAxs.
WAneeo 10ne1tAsooYs
A Nexpsrlssss4 Female NuYss, 70 att~nd the
s'ck. Call upoo CHA0. RHP0.
ysiy 1s-dss 0sAnd Avsaas, % ~ 6luG.
4 lCkAN Ssrass, Press Wstisrs n Ansrieo. -
~ Peter Farley . Popular DioaraDAy. ~ sslest
spsa O0D8N, BR0WNtLL GO.
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New Lumber Yard.
con. sIxrM = Tn9EA.sTs.,
MILL keep constantly o. hand iii kinds Of
w Lumber suitabls for the market Of Ksokuk
and surroendine eonntsy, sueh -
FLOORING, Dressed snd Rough.
SIDING, 4 iseh, do do
HAM LUMBER, . large qssntity.
FENCfN1, DO do
CLEAR LUMBER, thick, thin, vide and narrow
FIRST 4 SECOND COMMON LUMBER, thick
and thin, vide and narrow.
SHEEf1N1, Ac., &c.
SHINGLES, No. and coumoa.
LATH, do Do
ALLEuHANY LUMBER, dry, = lsrse qssnttty.
POPLAR = PINE JOIsTg, 1t every desesipsios
do do sCANTLING, do do
pINErIABRK, frsm . 70 IA inches sqsars Z
large quantity.
All u which 10 will sell on tie nos. r.aso,abis
tsrns for sash. cREEL . SllrPPARD.
Ksokuk, July -, '61.dkv3r
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RoT saae ~ = 1asgaia.
4 NsIeiAle buildiaeist, 10 tsst Treat, " less %
- ths opslea d tAs pGysAaasr. Said letis q
high groslA, ana uiilbs ssld stsApif spDlie1fse
oeou.
xsrmr: Absst sasA ths balsncsin sasypay.
ueats. IseuiYs 81 TIE 1aaeeslaned, n Uay1
baildiIg. csFasF # Ixbhasss 81 "a sts:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-07-31

CmA0. oA0OmkEe
GEN RAJ UPHOLST ERER
DROMPT attsntioo given 10 Ill orders fss Job
Work In my lias.
Window Custains, -Ersnch end ethsr styles
made and putap. Carpets fitted aaA put deva.--
Cushions made TO order. All work NARRATED t.
give sattsfactien, ana Prices reasonable.
he.idcnee md shop On 3th strsst, hsevssn
blondean ard Consent. W.T.
Refsr - Kiihourns . Davis, whore speei.sss Of
ny work may b seen. fjy3pdU
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-07-31

PLUMMER d CO.,
Ne. ne Wnlnoss., bet. Ash 4 StA,
waaLssAIs AID RsgAlL pEALsas IN
BUI LID 4 r s. HARD WARE.
uAyE now In store fall stock Of Building
j 1 Materials, susA % him and Aortiss Lsshs,
Lstches and Knobs, Butts, Screws and Bolts, Sash
Puileys Asd Cords, Sash Pastsnings, Bells, Car
riages, Wardrobe Hooks, Gate Hinges, H., 10.
Also, = large sto,k Of
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-07-31
RERA GsalNO LITERATURE
REFRESHING WEATHER.

A. Wilson 4 R0ttsYss News 0oOa.
JORNson.sT., osrosirs TEE PosT o1yioB,
NAN Be found . large quantity Of Periodicals aAd
~ Cheap Litsrsturv, fresh lroo tbs presses Of
PUBLISHERS in ell sections Of the cosnirv, fson
whish every psrson whs tsdslses In that eheapsst,
most instructive and lasting 81 satsrtaina sats,
RSad,g. saa sslsss something particularly refresh
lag, Whatever their tastes nay BE-. The Magazines
Novels lsoa car Sssl assAoss. eIone vkieh ~.
"Ths Dead Secret" By within Collias, which Is
creating great ss.sation "Alies. BY Bslvsr, .
ssqssl " Earnest Aaltsavsrs;" "Hslrs e Btss-
Asid Hall, = By J.Y. Smith, IT,; "Ths Kiaa's Tai
isnan, BY Sylvaaus Cobb And naay ethsrs.-
Everything In tAs News, Periodical sndCAsap Pub-
iiestiOn hAs - - ls1nd -
WILSON POTrYR's
jy3s1 New kstablishnsas, Opposite PsssnGIss
PersaHsory sale 81 Dry 0ooAs.
fvAk entire stosk Of the 6seoad Street. Cheap
I Dry 0oods Store will b closed cot considsfably
less than At eSit 70 close the stsss Sale 10 co.
time two Wseks.
Store for Rent the eth u Asgast.
JuIv n
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-07-31

BxroHp xsAca o. rnI Lsw.-Mr. Breslin,
tbs psculating Treasurer Of Ohio, is in caa-
~. He does nos design to return, and i
3 said that there il no law or treaty by
Which hs can be compelled TO return.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-07-31

KsKKLiSo At woRk.-A clergyman observ-
ing poor man by the roadside breaking
stones with pickax, and knssling TO get 1t
his work better, made the remark, "Ah |!
John, wish could break the stoay hsevss
Of my hearers a. easily ~ you are breaking
those stones" The man replied, "Perhaps,
master, yon do not work o., your knsss.5
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-07-31

GA little fellow just past Eve ha been
hearing his mother rs she played and sang
some Of the good tunes that Luther declared
she devil had.
Meanwhile tho twilight decpened, and the
clock vas on the stroke Of bed time, when,
~ Was the wont Of the little candidate for
heavens Kingdom, be knelt beside biz moth
or and began 20 say his prayer,
Snow lay mo down to sleep,
] pray the Lord my soul TO keep;
Ii should die before wsksh-
but the music WAS yet running 10 his head,
and sleep Was laying her gentle finger on his
eysIids, and 90 he wandered back line, and
concluded thus:
s.If ! should die before / wake,
Pop goes the wsassl.''
and the dear little creature w.. sa.. asleep.
Happier and bstter would the world be, Ii
nothing worse than weasels popped" into
many aprayer; II though.s Of thres-psr-
cent. month were not chinksd 10 beside
ssfree salvation;" II ss,he harp Of David,
we're not mingled with the memory OF Ole
Bulbs last concert, and 'scrovns Of gold''
deposited in the mental money-box Tor .
premium. Chicago Jour.
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:. M & M m s4Jys - -: g ~ -:
Psvsd pesssn - ~
4 4
AAsAe. ~ Mais.t.s
.0t.. q sl .d s..s.sass Ass q
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-07-31

Pooh PiKRcK.-In . speech at Topeka,
Kansas, MIR. Perrin, private secretary Of
Gov. Walker, said in the presence Of the
governor, Frank Pierce was taken By the
democratic party for q young Hickory, but
proved . very poor stick Of dogwood."
What will they say Of Buchanan, when he
has been used up in the cause Of the slavery
propagsudists
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M Tue OLD ctry LIMITS.
A DWkLkfNG Hoass Of Rooms. With sul
IA cisst spaAs In ffoat for addisisaal bsibaines.
FOR sals lev-o11S saly Ysquirsd u Aasd- talaaes
easy payments wlsAeut tntsfsss EAid houps 10
strongly baiis, paisss1 and sthsrviss wsli aaisA.
q ground perfectly regular, with Aus view Of
the River. Inquire Of ~ undersigned, Days.
Building, Kxshsags-st., corner q 18Th, = q the
eGes Of ". ". Daxsa, Athsneun Dsildinep.
d3m-is r. A.TAn6tON.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-07-31

GT They have begun bridge across the
Mississippi at st. Paul, and are actively at
work upon it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-07-31

PORTRAIT or Mr. GaKELEY.-Mr. Meade,
the celebrated daguerreotypist Of N. Y, has
sent us photograph Of Horace Greeley,
which is one Of series Of portraits Of we'll.
known men which he designs to publish
The price of each will be ST..
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-07-31

CO The city Of Quincy has issued SO 900
Of bonds to the Quincy and Palmyra Rail-
road.
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SAcAcIous. One Of the prognosticaton
Of the great "psnic", thas didn't come and
never gave any signs Of coming, aow that
money is abundant 10 Wall Streets ut 10 per
cent. and tending downwards, to save bis
reputation says that he only predicted .
crash in case the receipts from California
were less than they have proved TO be, and
the expectation to Europe was greater. 1t
is astonishing what m amount OF mystihed
wisdom some of these economic owls as
sumo. n the country had only been short
Of funds, il would have been ''hard up;"
but now that funds are abundant, money is
" casyr' Pro- di-gious Plain as pike
staff, isn'tit?
LAND Rxroxx.-This movement has been
re- inaugursted in New York, it is said, with
view to political action. Buture very
much doubt if it acquires PARTON M impor-
lance, even with the most strenuous effert.
The times and the tone Of the public mind
are not SO suspicious for such movement
as they were few years ago, and yet, with
the aid Of great talent and systematic and
long continued effort, it came to nothing
then, and Land Reform, Land Limitation,
and all that, are words that have hardly been
pronounced during the last Eve or six years.
CO "Potiphar" Curtis 10 at present the
active, working editor of Putnam, and one
Of the members Of the publishing firm. The
magazine is said to have largely increased
its circulation since the new arrangement Of
pictures and popular takings. Very likely
but as heightened, American magazine, il
has certainly lost caste, though still an ex.
cellent periodical. The thing that American
literati are ambitious Of, seems hardly pos
sible to "pay,' just yet, though doubtless
il will by and by
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me MiNNAeofA hSFfIANs.-I he Pro- 81 Law.
cry Democracy who have endeayored 10
grasp the control Of the Convention and
bring in the new State under i,s auspices, in
despite OF lne viii OF ,ne people, s,ill hold
their daily sessions apart from the regular
and legally organized Convention, bu, they
have not yet had the hardihood TO iepor, up
on the credentials OF their members and
susar them in, 80 that it remains 1t most,
% far, : mere informal gathering Of mer
elaining to lsve been elected 10 the Consti
tutiopsl Convention.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-12-05

B@ Prof. Moore, of Fl. Desmoines, who
it will be remembered left this State some
eighteen months ago, for an Ornithological
tour in South America, was in our city yes
tcrday, en- route for Demoine City. He has
secured many new and valuable specimens,
and some we believe heretofore unknown to
Historians. We learn from Mr.. Moore that
he left that country on the Sd of July last,
enduring many hardships-at one time,
while descending river in an open canoe,
in company with seven Indians, he was ia
ken captive by tribe of Cannibals-he sue
ceeded in making his escape, however, thro'
their curiosity they sparing his life to learn
how he used his gun. 1t may be said that
the Prof. is again at home, and though some
what impaired in health, we hope he is not
so i'll but that little rest and kind attention
will ensure speedy recovery and enable
him to lay before the public history of his
travels, &c.-Burlington Gaz., 26th allt.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-12-05

SUICIDE OF Col. J. B. BAcxEssros.-
From the Oregon papers we learn that
Col. Backenstos, formerly of Illinois,
committed suicide by drowning himself in
the Willamette river, on the 26ih Sep.
TENDER. e was formerly Sheriff of
Hancock county, Illinois, and as such
officer Was prominent in the Mormon
troubles in the State in l845 In the fall
of that year, at the head Of POSSE, he
gave an order to fire upon body resisting
his authority A Captain Morrell was
killed. Col J.. was indicted for his
murder, and tried in Peoria county, and
acquitted. He went 10 Mexico, served
through that war, and in l849 went 10
Oregon.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-12-05
IOWA NEWS.

The Tiffany House, at Mt. Pleasant
was destroyed by fire on Friday last; also
the whole block, fronting on the public
square, destroying the Post Office and severa
business houses. The aggregate loss is es
timated at $4,000. Mr.. Tiffany had an in
surance of $40, 900 on his hotel.
MuRDER.-Charles W. Getchell, recently
resident Of Iowa City, was murdered il
Hamilton county, in this State, few day.
since, by one George Smith The &C Free.
man" gives the particulars Of the murder
the trial, the commitment, &c. An alterca.
ton took place between them. Getchell
knocked Smith down. A few moments after
wards, finding gun at the door, Smith seiz
cd it and deliberately shot Getchell, whose
back was turned. He expired in few mo.
ments. There is much excitement against
Smith.
The Touring mi and saw mill of Abra
ham Want, at White Pigeon, in the north.
ern part of Keokuk county, were destroy
ed by fire on the night of the goth ult.-
Loss $4,000.
Mr.. A. G. Ball has assumed the sole
proprietorship of the Cedar Falls Banner.
misunderstanding to the Eureka's
statistics, there have been expended in i'm.
provements in the town Of Anamosa, du-
ring the past pear over one hundred thou.
sand dollars. The Fisher House at that
place is said to be one of the finest hotels in
the State s
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-12-05

s~The vanity of riches is seldom
illustrated so strikingly as in the case
Of the great English millionaire, Nor
rison, who died worth $40, 900, O00.-
1t seems to be one of the conditions of
the accumulation Of enormous wealth
in a single generation that the possessor
shall first disqualify himself from en-
joying it, and in some cases, even from
approaching the fact that he holds it..
MIR. Morrison accumulated this most
fabulous amount himself, and IN the
regular course of his business, without
any extr. ordinary turn of fortune !;
yet the following extract from letter
in the Boston Post shows how little
benefit he permitted himself to receive
from all his wealth. What satire it
is upon the exclusive devotion of all
the faculties to the mere accumulation
Of property:
"Mr. Morrison retired from active
business several years since, without
Withdrawing his capital from the mer-
camille house, and though managing
his vast funds himself up to the time
Of his death with all the sagaclty Of
earlier days, he has for the last three
years been possessed with the idea that
he should come to want. More than
two years ago he commenced doing day
labor upon farm held by one Of his
tenants, for which he received twelve
shillings a week, and this he continued
up to the time of his illness. For the
last eighteen months he has been a reg
ular applicant for relief at the parish,
assembling twice week with the town
paupers at the door Of the Union and
receiving with each of them his two
shillings and quartern loaf. His
friends have INDUCED him in these fam
cies on the ground that it was the best
choice Of two evils. The truth is,
money was his god, and the idea be-
came at last too great for him and broke
him down. And yet he is said to have
made most judicious will, and his
investments up to the last are charac-
terised by great good sense. The pro-
bate duty on his will exceeds 91OO, 900.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-12-05

Do SOMETHING. We are decidedly
Of the opinion that the most miserable
situation a man can be placed in is
when he has nothing to do. The idle
man is sponge upon the world and a
curse to his fellow creatures. Every
man that remains idle, or gets his liv-
ing without work, is adding to the mis-
cry Of the worlds really injuring the
morals and happiness Of the human
family, and should be held responsible
for it. None can be happy without en-
ployment mental and physical. The
idler becomes fit subject for the pen
itentiary or gallows.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-12-05

ANOTHER ACCESSION TO TIE " ABOLITION.
fsrs."-The Enqpirer Of this city, (Which,
by-the,way, seems at'last to have an editor,
who exhibits some little ingenuity if no
originality in paraphrasing local items from
the Journal,) follows in the wake of the
Chicago Times in repudiating the Lecomp-
ton Convention, even in the face Of the fol-
lowing hard hit in the Washington Cni,x OF
all Democrats Of the kind. The Union
shows them very clearly that they are ia
king abolition grounds by seeking to abol-
iah slavery where the Constitution Of the Q.
States has established it, according to the
bred Scott decision and the Presidents let
ter.
SIT is barely possible that an ultra Abo-
l,ionist here and there may take exception
70 the provision which protects the slave
property now in the Territory. But the
Justice and propriety of this is as clear as
noon day Let it be remembered that slave
~ was established in Kansas by the Const-
tuition, and the question is on the abolition
Of itv