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Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-20

KISSING. kiss should not be too
long, and when given let it be admin
istered with warmth and energy. Let
there be soul in it. One should be care
full not to slobber kiss, but give it as
a humming- bird runs his bill into a
honey suckle - deep but delicate. =
There is much virtue in a kiss, when
we'll delivered. We have had the mem
DRY Of one we received in our you tn,
which lasted us forty years, and we be-
lievc it will be one Of the last things we
will think Of when we die.-Rev. sgd
neg Smith.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-20
Anti.Iecomp,On Meeting.


We c,py the following call from the En-
quirer, for the information Of our readers,
many Of whom are Democrats
DEMOCRATIC MASS MEETING.
The citIzens of Muscatine county opposed
to compelling Kansas to accept Consti u
ton which a very large majority Of the peo-
pie of that territory have rejected, and VIII
desire to saw. the National Democratic Par
ty from completely in liz frauds by which
the Lecompton Constitution is sustained,
are invited to attend public meeting 20 be
held at the COURT HOUSE in this city on
WEDNESDA Y EVENING the 24tA inst :,
at o'clock, to pi otest against the accept
ance of that Constitution by Congress
EDWARD IL. THAYER,
GEORGE S. HEBB,
VINCENT CHAMBERS,
County Central Committee.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-20

AN UNCOMFORTABLE Position refer
ring to the late passage at arms between
Senator Fessenden and JEFF. Davis, a cor
respondent of the N. Y. EUening Pest makes
the following hit at third distinguished
individual !:
&c Douglas appeared in debate once or
twice: but the impossibility of maintaining
his present attitude is manifest to every one,
except apparently himself. He is in all
the discussions on subjects connected with
Kansas, like the Irishman's frog, an ambi-
tious animal that couldn't live on land and
died in the watcr.'
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-20

Rev. SYDNEY SMITH. DECIDED SELL -
Lady Cubels had a great passion for the
garden and hot house, and when she got
hold Of celebrity like Rev. DR.. Sydney,
was sure to dlate upon her favorite subject.
Her geraniums, her cactuses, her dahlias,
her carnations, her acacias, her marygolds,
her lhododendrum, pruniclulns, messy bonn
bones and rose pubescens, were discussed
with al the flow of hot-house rhetoric "My
lady," said the Reverend wit, ibid you ever
have the Psoriasis Septenis % This is the
medical name for the itch.] ''Oh, yes a
most be a-u-t-i-f-u-l one; gave it to the
Archbishop of Canterbury, dear man ! and
it came out in the Spring!'
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-20

GTThe East Mount Monthly, little pa
per published in Wooster by S. g. Earle, has
the following:
"There are some people who, when talk.
ing Of serious things, have habit OF elon-
eating their words, perhaps to give an air
Of solemn:ty, in a manner which is quite ri
diculous. Fur instance, one person express
ed adesIre that The might always live on
the LORDS side-er.' Another said that he
had ore foot in the grave-y, ard the other
was ali but-er.'"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-20

Gs- A. The meeting Of the present Con-
gress the Administration party had a ma
iorily OF twelve in the Senate and severn
teen in the House. Now, after being in
session a little over two months, it is
doubtful whe her the Admins ration has
friends enough in ether house 10 carry o
test question. The Democratic party
never came so near committing suicide as
when it ecied James Buchanan Presi-
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-20

CAIlroRNIA's FINANCES johnson.
in his last Annual Message, reports the to-
tai amount Of taxable property in the State
to be $13l, 806, 1858. Ian increase Of SIS, OOO.-
900 during the last year. The total indebt-
ecness Of the State is S., 500, 600; the an
nual revenue 81, $4,000; the annual expen-
diture e699, 600. On the first Of January,
there was in the Treasury $35 LOCO.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-20


Mr.. PRENTICE on kEIrr.-The Louisville
Journal 6 Is off the annexed commentary
on the fight in Congress:
We see good many comments in the pa
pers upon the affair in the House of Rerre-
tsAtatives, in which Mr.. Kei,t fgareI and
was figured with so strikiogy. Mr. Keitt
4 oertainly lad the floor upon the occasion,
and the floor had him, and the two Were
Enthusiastically entitled to each other. There
SCENE, however, to be some little dispute us
- whether Keitt fell by stubling his toe or
: ewas koocked down BY an enemy or pulled
,wn by q friend.
One statement, apparently true, is that
keitt disappeared immediately after rising
.trem the floor Mr.. Grow gained some eclat
IN the affair, and Keitt lost. Grow grew,
and keitt kited.
ktitt grasped Grow BY the throat. lie is
not the frst individual that has had q down
aall from being too grasping.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-20

HOME Influences That woman de-
serves not husbands generous love
who will not greet him with smiles as
he returns from the labors Of the day
who will not try to chain him to his
home by the sweet enchantment of a
cheerful heart. There is not one in q
thousand that is so unfeeling as to with.
stand such an influence and break away,
from such home. = a1sss
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-20

THE KANSAS ELECTION VILLAlNlEs.- Let
tiers from Kansas state that the investiga-
ton of the election frauds by the Kansas
Legislature showed that there were only
thirty t,co roters in the Oxford district,
from, phich eighteen hundred rotes were re-
turned. The Kickapoo vote was certified
by the judges as 43; somebody added five
before the figures, and returned the vote as
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-20

Iowa FAEMER.-After brief suspension,
the publication of this paper has been re-
sumed. 1t now, however, halls from Des-
moines instead of Mt. Pleasant, and will in
future be issued weekly. 1t is published by
N. w: Mills & Co., and edited by w. Duane
Wilson. The number before us is really n
handsome paper. The subscription is 50
per annum.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-20
summary q OF Legislative -Procccd-
81 hnss.
! srsxrr. 4 ~

fkNATE. 4 M
Esb.s 1oM.-A test resoldsfon, DECLARING
that tho Legislature has constitutional au.
thority to legislate with reference to The
school system, was adopted BY % against 7.
Feb. llM. = The bill fixing argument
terms, &c. Of the Supreme Court, was re.
ported from the Judiciary Committee Bur-
lington was inserted in the first blank, and
after an animated discussion as to the rela
tive merits of Muscatine and Davenport, the
latter was finally inserted in the second
blank. sat fi 3ktt
FEB. 18Th ~ Mr.. Foster introduced me-
mortal and joint resolution to Congress for
a grant of $4,000 acres of land for the en-
dowment of an Agricultural College and
Model Farm. Rule suspended and the bill
passed. sar e. t F&
The bill creating the office of County
Treasurer was ordered to be engrossed.
Feb. 13th.-The bill establishing argu-
ment terms of the Supreme Court at Bur-
lington, Davenport and Dubuque was pas
sed by 26 to 4.
FEB. 15h.-A resolution that the General
Assembly adjourn on the 18th day of March
to meet on the LIST Monday of November
next was referred to the Committee on
Ways and Means with instructions to report
tomorrow.
HOUSE.
Feb. 1lth.-Mr. Mahoney introduced a
resolution instructing the Committee on the
Judiciary to report law prescribing the
degrees OF kindred in which it shall not be
lawful to marry, and defining the crime Of
fornication and incest, and the punishment
for the same. Adopted. ,.- -... ......
An act granting bounty for the scalps
of certain animals, was ordered engrossed.
Feb. l2th.-The bill providing for a more
liberal stay of execution on judgments al
law was rejected by "a ayes to sc nays.
Feb. l3M.-An act to prescribe the mode
offoreclosing mortgages and redeeming prop.
erty sold, was passed by vote of 80 to II
This bill provides that all m ortgages shall
be forec!osed in Court of Chancery, and
that the mortgage shall have 1S months
for redemption. 1t also provides that there
shall be redemption on deeds of trust. anG
in case where money has been loaned upo1
an absolute conveyance Of real estate.
Mr.. Clune, from the Committee on Fede
raj Relations, reported a joint resolution
asking Congress for an appropriation tt
erect public buildings in the city of Musca'
tine, and recommended its passage. Tht
resolution was passed.
Feb. 15A:-The Judiciary Committee re.
ported an nct authorizing VIM. L. Toele
and others to build bridge across the Iowa
river, recommending its reference to the
Committee on Incorporation. Concurred
in
On motion of Mr.. jackson, an act to au.
thorize the business of banking in the State
of Iowa, was made the special order fol-
Thursday afternoon and every aftern Don
thereafter until disposed of.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-20

T What would the newspapers at Dav-
export and Muscatine do but for Florence
currency 1t forms the staple of nearly
al their editorials, and is administered to
their readers every day in some shape. We
don't remember to have seen any single SUBJ
jact or hobby so numerically ridden as
Florence shinplasters, particularly by the
Davenport Democrat.
Thus speaks the Iowa City Republican
paper which has all the while been play
Ing the hawk and buzzard - game on the
currency question. 1t has not the indepen-
dence to condemn Florence, as is the duty
Of every paper whose readers are likely to
be swindied by it. In our opinion, the first
duty of newspaper is to discuss questions
Of local policy, and if it is afraid to speak
out on such topics it is undeserving of pub
lie confidence. This sh0 plaster swindle
more intimately concerns the people of Gen.
trial Iowa than any other question that has
Deem for months past discussed by the news
paper press. 1t has not received as much
attention as it should. If our contemporary
Of this city and the papers of Iowa City and
Davenport had condemned Florence when
We did in October last, and persisted in de-
manding that it should be placed on the
same basis as good currency, it would have
saved the people vast amount of money,
vsxation and anxiety. We claim, without
egotism, that We have accomplished much
for this city and for our readers elsewhere
in the STATE by our fearless condemnation
sf the irresponsible shinplaster issues of
Davenport since their rottenness was discov-
sred. The position of the Repu5lican-ridi-
ealing the course of other papers on a
question which it dares not discuss-is con-
temptible.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-20

LIFE OF NO CITIZEN SAFE.--A Cincinnati
.local," the other day, sadly in want Of an
item, announced that three policemen had
killed masskrat on the levoe, whereupon a
German contemporary translates
"IIerr Amos Krat.was yesterday iendishly
murdered by three scoundFelly policemen on
the levee. The life of no citizen is.eafe." !
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-20

~ The St. Louis Republican says navi.
cation was suspended there on Saturday
last, with about go boats in port. The ry-
or was illed with floating ice aud the ground
covered with :.bout. nix inches Of snow.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-20

BUSINESS has been dull during the past
week. In the retail trade there is still great
complaint Of the scarcity of small change,
and the attempt TO drive ont small shinplas-
tiers hae in measure fa;led.-Dav. GaS,
18th.
Not so in Muscatine. Business is brisk
here, and silver change so plenty that the
bankers receive it only as currency.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-20

= Kansas IN rnE SENATE BY eur Congress
sional summary, it will bo seen that the
: Fenate Committee on Territories has sent in
a maj 'rity report in favor of the admission
M Kansas under the Iccomptcn Constitution.
The fight in the halls of Congress over this
Ubiquitous measure will be renewed in few
days. The eyes Of the nation will look with
much interest for the result.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-20

w An anecdote Is told of an English
barber, who observed to his customer that
there was s'cholera in the hair''- s'rhen l
h pc you are somewhat particular about the
orusiie. you use." "Oh,' said the barber,
81 don't mean 'air of the cad, but the hair
of the hatmosphere."
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-20

Sick OF MS BAEGA,N.--Iti is said that Gov.
Denver, Of Kansas, has besought the Presi-
dent to recall him, and reinstate him in his
former position as Commissioner of Indian
Affairs. The Lecompton business is repug-
nant to his feelings, and, like his predeces-
sors, he is anxious to escape the odious re-
sponsibility imposed upon him BY the Ad-
ministrution. b. = -. go.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-20

eDlt is beautiful to behold at a wedding,
The sorrow stricken air OF the parent as he
''gives the bride away" when you know
that for the last ten years lie has been try
ing his best to get her off his hands.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-20

CO How civil:eyes-ed nan looks while
you are paying him " that little bill!" At
least We always think so.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-20

DRAWING TIE LINES The Executive gail.
lofine has been put to work decapitating the
anti Lecompton officials. The Douglas post
masters at Columbus and Chicago have been
removed to give place to the "faithful''-
The Enquirer Of this city, Ia; t week, fondly
expressed the opinion that the test would
not be made. Its hope has proven Elusive.
All the adllerents of Douglas in Congress
have been formally read out of the Demo
cratic party, and now the work of purging
the Pest Office Department of oil who will
not show the knee to Baal' has commenced.
Tie recusant members OF the party in Iowa
will not be overlooked, as we are assured y
the following semi-oficial announcement in
the Dubuque Northeast. Where, then, will
tho Enquirer and its an:i-Lecompton adhe-
rents ID this city be fouud' Says the North
rs~t ....,z.s
The admission of that Territory Kansas)
has at last become an Administration meas
wre and those who do not choose to stand
with 1t upon this, may as well be opposed to
u upon all questions, for it is the ques-
tion above all Others at this moment, most
important to the welfar. and lasting peace
Of the country. Therefore, thos. who do
not nos strengthen the President in this
emergency, by their influence. and their eff
forts. but who would oppese and tliwart him
IN the consunmation Of his patriotic liene
Tor the pacification OF the country, canno,
but be regarded as enemies OF the Admins
tratinn, aud aistractors Of the great Demo-
cratic family, who head he by its uni.
versal suffrage. Tho 9 who are not for him
are against him, aud they who will not
strengthen him will assuredly weaken him
81 Let the lines b. drawn.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-20
That Walled Lake.

nut " NAlcu 1LAASs
siThe Oskaloosa Herald takes the romance
out of the account of Walled Lake in
Grundy county in this State, in the follow
ing fashion:
"A rather interesting paragraph taken
from the correspondence of the Cincinnati
Gazette, has been going the rounds of the
press, concerning wonderful lake surroun-
ded by an artificial wall of stone which is
said to exist somewhere in the northern part
Of this State. We dislike to spoil so pleas
ant story as this, which, while it interests
the reader, and gratifes a taste for the mar.
velous, does no one particular harm. But
lest some curious traveller should 60 far ont
of his way to view this magnificent work of
art, we volunteer to correct this fictitious
tale '.a.' | '----s @ >1'< @5a'
s'We do this upon the information obtained
from our townsman Judge Crookham who
owns land lying upon the borders of this IA
nous lake, and who is we'll acquainted with
the face of the country in that region. The
Judge tells us that he has often walked
around this spond,' has bathed Units waters,
and carefully examined its walls and that
no man who understands philosophy, ge-
ology, or common sense would ever think
of pronouncing them work Of art. In
small portion of the lake, the water is from
ten to fifteen feet deep, and along about If
ty yards of the shore, the wind has blown
the sand from the boulders,' so that very
respectable stairway for geese to descend
to the water and TO give. the stone just
enough of artificial appearance to suggest Q
good story to vivid imagination. And
this is all of that wondrous piece of mech
anism which has so excited the curiosity Of
antiquarians. Surely in this, as in some
other circumstances" ae@sa
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-20
"Distance lends enchantment to the view"

AN ANGRY MAN.-We have seen inn
patient, excitable men shut up in a room
with their only pair Of boots in the
hands Of a dilatory shoemaker; We
have contemplated the countenance Of
an irrascible biped, when picking his
new beaver from mud puddle, after
chasing the same two squares on gus
ty day; we have seen men approached
for the tenth time by dirty faced apple
vendors, whilst adding up a complicated
column Of figures we have seen print
ers nursing their wrath to keep it
warm, and sometimes giving vent to
the same upon "pi-ing'' a handful Of
matter but the large man, with the
great coat, who missed the Petersburg
boat, yesterday morning, displayed in
one vast combination all the angry
emotions of which the human mind is
capable. His "traps" and his wife
were aboard. When he first discovered
the boat putting and blowing around the
bend below town, he fetched long
drawn breath. For the space Of FIVE
minutes he was too full for ssutterancc,"
but after the lapse Of that time he kept
the recording angel busy for about .
half an hour, when he betook himself
o turning somersets, paving the earth
and chawing hitching post, and then
sat quietly and philosophically down'ss
Wait for the next boat --tSReetias
49, y-
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-20

How IT Is TO Be DoNE.-We have hereto
fore expressed the opinion that the Lecomp-
ton iniquity will be endorsed by Congress.
Our latest advices from Washington indi-
cate that determined effort is soon to be
made by the Administration to consummate
il. The Senate is considered safe, investi-
CATION is to be voted down in the House Sc
select committee, and debate is to be cut off
at an early day. The House was at ono
time somewhat doubtful, but the Union
now boasts of a majority for Lecompton in
that body. How the necessary changes of
position have been effected is pretty clearly
indicated by the following paragraph from
the Philadelphia Ledger:
The-matter is now in the precise condi-
ton in which the Executive influence may
be most available and decisive The shaky
and hesitating Democrats are marked, and
may be brought into the ranks. A large Ex-
ecutive patronage is yet undisposed of. Ad-
d tional patronage is to be afforded by the
army bill if it should pass, as it will, in
some shape"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-20

18th says: ''The majority of the Senate
Committee on Territories have completed an
elaborate report. The bill which acco:npa-
MES it is similar to those heretofore present.
ed on such occasions, and admits Kansas in
to the Union under the Lecnmpton Consti-
tuition. The House Kansas Committee met
t~-night. Mr.. Morrill, offered resolution
summoning Walker, Calhoun, Stanton and
Henderson for examination and requiring
them to bring all documents in their posses
sion bearing on the subject. To this it
was objected that the official documents be-
ing obtained from the executive department,
official testimony might not be necessary
This resolution, together with four or five
others, looking to the examination Of all
matters covered by the resolution under
which the coErnitte Was app iuted was ia
bled by vote of 8 agains Z. A resolution
of Mr.. Adrian, instructing the chairman of
the committee to procure from the State de-
partment the census and registry Of votes
taken in Kansas, with an amendment by Mr.
Stevens, in accordance with law, was pass
ed. The COMMITTEES adjourned to Wednes-
day next in order in the meantime to pro-
cure the documents called for" ~
The Kansas Legislature adjourned on
the 18th. Denver failed to approve the
Constitutional Convention bill. The Kick
apoo corresp ,ndent Of the St. Louis Repub.
lican says that on the night of the 9th, a
party headed by Charles Lenharp, burned
the office of Mr.. Boyd, lawyer, and Mr..
Davis, physician, and destroyed all their
property. Boyd, Davis, Kelly, Laughlin.
Lyden. Lynch, and many others fed to
Missouri. Much excitement existed. The
committee Of investigation of election frauds
discharged Jiffendorf. Report says Denver
issued acquisitions upon the governors of
three States, for the person Of Henderson.
Parties Of armed men are moving about in
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-20

A correspondent Of the Burlington Ha0k-
svs, whites tpsthat paper that the cashier Of
The Bank of Florence has posted up notices
10 the yil)agestbat he wonld not redeem a
Larger amourt cfstheir i's,,es at any one
Fine Than SIC. Ifcsays that this bank, with
Western Exchange, Fsntenslle and Nemeha
ValIey have gone mp He claims that the
rest are solvent.
The Harkcye answers this with the fol
lowing sensibls re,n arks: ,..s.sgz.,s...s,
Our Omaha correspondent wastes his val
liable time in trying to write up Nebraska
eats and dogs. The circulating medium OF
Iowa will not DO furnished from Nebraska
we may ventureto assure our correspondent.
Our people are not looking in that direction
for 1t. Bu,as to the local currency OF that
territory, we have no business with it, and
care lille whether they be coon skins. pine
shingles tr paper money. ~ s-ss.. .ra
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-20

On motion of Mr.. Jackson, an act to au-
thorize the business of banking in the State
of Iowa, was made the special order for
Thursday afternoon and every afternoon
thereaf Ter until disposed of.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-20

LECTURE ON THE llIsToRY OF lOwA.--Our
fellow townsman T. $. Parvin, recently de-
livered lecture at Desmoines on the his
tory Of Iowa-a subject on which he is we'll
vcrsed. The Citizen thus speaks of it:
"The lecture of Mr. Parvin, thursday eve.
ming, was we'll attended. The preliminary
remarks were devoted to the duties, respon-
sibilities, and influence Of the true historian
History requires the larmonious blending
of geography, chemistry, geology, ethnology
and other important elements, to give it its
legitimate character ~. .r.
"After appropriate Introductory remarks,
the lecturer described the Mississippi river,
rising in little lake of the North and run
ming Southwark to the Gulf stream of the
sunny South Iowa was first explored By
the French. The adventures of Marquett,
Joliet, and Julien Dubuque were narrated
with much power; and the early settlements
in Eastern Iowa were taken up in consecu-
tive order and presented in the true spirit Of
graphic delineation. ........
"We were pleased with the lecture. There
was much in it Of historical interest. 1t
was pronounced in an easy, flowing manner;
and was listened to with profound atten-
ton"