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w Owing to a misunderstanding
among the speakers, as to the arrangement
several of the township meetings in this
county have been without speakers. ,4la, b
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Drugs, Medical Books, Surgical Instru-
s:-i 7isdf ments,eS1e.es s7aR s5lsi
ADMINISTRATORS ,SALE.ie !

ADMINISTRATORS SALEas 4
TlHE personal property belonging; Ito the
L estate OF DR.. John J. Clark, deceased, con-
sisting in part of large quantity Of drugs, a
good5selectioniof new medical BOOKS one case
of surgical Instruments forceps, tinctures.
tincture bottles, pill bags, household and
kitchen furniture, one human skeleton, &C.,
&C., will be sold at the late residence of the
deceased, at jamestown, this county, at public
vendue, OH the snT sA8nd !sa =
.s,ss 10th day ofgOctoJer, 1863, ext
commencing at i 0 o'clock, A. M., and will con
tinue from day to day, if necessary, until all
the property is sold.
JOHN ALEXANDER, -
Sept. 90, ls5s.-3t.pd. Ge5 2'Iss admir-.
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..THE sTAFEnFAIR.

The total receipts are 81 4, ABB OO
By these figures it is easy to approxi-
mate very nearly the daily attendance.
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Utah-Brother Brigham IN Danger. + ).

tOteh--iA OtuSA t'hiShoth IL DoASSr't
The Salt Lake mail reached St. Joseph,
Mo-, on the 10th The Mormons,, who
had at first moved south. were all return
ing to the city, and entering upon their
usual avocations., " 80 -.
Brigham Young, our; informant says,
keeps himself secluded, and lives in con-
stant; danger and fear of the vengeance of
his own people, who, it seems, have at last
opened their, eyes to his outrageous i'm
[postures. This. it will be remembered,
is in confirmation Of former reports, given
by us, and is doubtless true, The proph-
ct has at last been stripped Of his vail,
and the foul Mokanna stands before his
followers, with his hideous features reveal
ed." = - ',''s,'o a. '.',' -
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From the Noble Co. Democra
Spriggs' Nomination.

We are extremely gratifed that we are
able to state that the nomination of Mr..
SPRIGGs meets with the universal, and
hearty concurrence of the entire Democ-'
racy of"this county, and throughout the
District. Even the Republicans, who are
personally acquainted with the nominee,
acknowledge it to be an excellent nomi-
nation, and the only objection they can
wage against him is that he is Demo-
crat. By the by, this is an objection that
looks well to- the fitness of Mr.. SPRIGGs
for the position for which he is candi-i
date, in the eyes of Democrats. True it
is, he is Democrat. He has ever labor
ed incessantlysfor the cause of Democracy,
because he conceived it to be the only
truly honest position he could take No
storm has ever caused him to shrink: and
to-day he can rejoice that he stands clear
from all political factions; having COM
bited manfully severy ism that was calcu-
lated to endanger the union of the States.
The Democracy of the District, so far as
heard from, are strongly convicted Of his
triumphant election. @ b '.se
To give q more extended knowledge of
the manner in which his nomination was
received we extract from the Democratic
press of the District: s5 H9'' i3Wo"
The Guernsey Jeffersonian says: ~ - :
seMr. Spriggs is about the age Of thirty
five years, having an accomplished educa-
tion, and an unblemished character as d
maH and politician. He is lawyer by
profession, and as a speaker is fluent and
agreeable in manner. He has great COM
mand of language and is well posted upon
the present and past political history Of
the day. Mr. Spriggs has all the ele-.
ments for making first class representa-
tive in Congress, and will be a worthy
successor to cur present talented repre-
sentative" -
The Bellaire Era says: ss
"Mr. Spriggs is young man Of much
promise and a fine, easy speaker. He
was called Out after his nomination and
addressed the Convention in very appro-
priateterms, thanking them for the NOM
ination and defining what he conceived
to be the position of the Democratic par
/ ty and its consequent duty. His remarks
were well received. BE will make rat
tling among the Republican dry bones
before the campaign is through" -, -.
-
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/ "A SPLENDID PIsToL The Louisville
Courier says that Captain John Travis,
the champions pistol shot, has had, manu-
'factured by MorgaplJ Jones, the great gan
man Of Utica, New Yorknfa pistol the
like Of which has tneyer eyet sbeen seea.
1T has not yet been tried, obut Travis has
sach confidence in his own nerve, and the
"pistol holding up,n that he is willing to
give half adollar for every shot at a bar
hdy a. maaetoF, provided he
rean have the flour when he hits it. has DC
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MASTER coMMIssI0EER,S SAL E.sd

Vs., ~ date to me directe6
g Charles cooper nom tie Court d 81 Con-
mon Pleas'of Monroe county ana stste Of Chic,
will oferdfor sale at public auctiony at4AS'
front door of the ecoErt,heuse insa souptysep
Friday. the s5M day Of NoyensbsSr I859s
between the hours of 10 O'Clock, A. NJ, and =
O'Clock, p. NJ, the following real estate situate
in said county, TO wit:s s-ss' - ~ sass s-ss
Two acres Of land more or less, situated on
the clear, fork aof Muskinguns in the nortR
west quarter of session 10, township 6, range
n, and adjoining the lands of Solomon FofshSy
and Shadrack King. being lands fornstly eunk
ed by Thomas King. ..o
Sept.t 90 81 S5p Monroe Co., O.
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Master oCommissioner's1 Sale, A


james FINLEY, ef 81 X \ virtue Qf a amendats
vs..Jf,.S,. VS. to me directed from
psser p,ae ~ p,,lon es the oour. OF Common
fleas OF monroe county IN the state OF Ohio,
! wiii OTTER atpuoile sale satths affonaa aess'
Oh the court7house, ~ sal county, on, a5nzsH
ii7ddy, the 5h day OF November, 1888.
between the hours of 10 O'clock, :. NJ. sIdi
4 o'clock, T. NJ, on said day, the folio wiae ast.
scribed tracts of land situate in said oounsy.
to wit: .1iisssai ~ ot9'
The north half of the moth east. .uuarter Of
section 20, ow4slap Is, and range 3, ,eSnSSinA
ing "A acres; "a part being incpsaksi i'm Eeri6,;
ville.) Also the west half, of the north vest
quarter OF section 70, tt6wnshit 81 Ana tsn3xA
I s. Alss 81 acres .oGs the ,sauthe west .oua,ees
of tho north east quarter of said section 23,
about 3 acres havfng been sold off the north
east corner to Kennedy. Also about 81 acres
being partiof the north west d,iaqtef of ff6S
north east quarter of said ssecfioaa 23.,bSxiry
ming for the same at the south w.st cornsr. az
the north west an arter of the norm sast oaal
ter of section a.. thence east, AZ .rod.i i.d =
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i95 hsiso1bs 80 against eaoss9osis 5go fsas
James b SCOTT, sWilham Crssisr !snd Dstsusr
Crosier, his wife, Mary A. WorkmAp{3lstsT
thew A. Scott, Frederick Bjrgi iaRA f1Tiea
eBirgi his wife, Charles Btfg s14 ckkflosta
Birgi his wife, Williams Scot 6A& naiaEES
SCOTT, Samuel Crox & Rarhsl,f a. v11ee
HQWER- The, defendant zin stsSADoA1lie
IL that the plaintiff ,hled her petjtop ip,ihog
court Of coinnion piess in aid f5t cSfce esjzS-,
W aohio, On the sth day 6f Aus1s A. D:siyt(ss
setting forth that she isnSukitisd aonaoesk do
the following real estate sitqsfs sinesia es4ptns
10 VII; Tbs north half IF lhe seRsA esst lSafss
and tanss four, coist aiming 81 aad II i06 iSfe;e
alsosthe west half OF theliorthfsAs& 4a6NsFef
section beratweutys6v ves iaI tSwsshtp banas
/ and range fppr, sontairipg oseyeptyrai7el Ma
Sc 100 acres; also the. south east, 0psrtaE ~.
the south east quSfteRU III section bs i8ite
tesn,d n,dtounsilip ao6s and sassg sgtqoil atjntalki
Al aesess dana that tbss u
court, she will ask fosaa SsFes fer thAnsetgAr
ment Of her reasonable dover in said preniss9H,
r RICHARDSON & SINCLAIR & HEApLEr, 49,
Ii usderqmoo nssd Att,ysf{otl Pstitioasf.J !.
!, August %, is5sci-eSI hforsf' o. bts
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Nathan McElfresh, ct al. directed from the
Court of Common Pleas{of Monroe {o4dt5 m
the State of Ohio, in this CASE, win t6fef for
sale at public auction. at ths front door Of thes
rt-house; in said county, on
Friday, the 5M. day sofe 4oesmber, 1858,
between the hours Of 10 O'Clock, A. M. and 4
o'clock P. NJ, the following real estate in
The south east qdafteTof thp north east
quarter of section Is, township 6, and range
I, containing 40 acres more arSiess.
WIN. OKEA, Mas. Com.
Sept. %. 50 IS Monroe Corp.
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MISTER c0MAISSIOKBRisl lSa Lf5
William Steel, RY virtue Of I
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THE TRIUlMPH.l.OI
,FHH hGK.:: :,s..s. s'

T,J1O, NATIONS atwixt whose shores three
i Thousand mlesof ocean roll now converss
with speed of thought in words { ef fre; tho
the 49,, =, 80. ..,s.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-04-10

4
My friend said he knew :.ope fence two or
TOO. We rode agai.o near tumbling on the
three times, oonange was Surprising. The
ground..ed as if they had been blessed; ev-
tgenlng appeared to have been blessed, even
the horse and wagon. felt srong-I could
almost fly. The Lord has blest me ever
since. My faith in him grows stronger eve
ny day. l would face all the people that God
ever put on the earth, and tell them am
bound for Heaven. My heart says, see the
scorner; | say, will GO and pray for him.
Everything is pleasing. love those used
to hate. Men that used to seek to injure,
love now-I pray for them. l don't hate
a soul that God ever put breath in. As |
look around, you all look good to me. |
love the Christian little better than the
sinner, but | love you too. | would not
swap this religion for all New York city
would rather have religion, and live on
bread and water till God calls me. They
talk about noise here. What will it be when
we get to Heaven? have tested the worlds
pleasures; but religion is the only thing that
will make a man happy here, and the only
thing that will make him happy hereafter
There are great many here that know me-
and it is, no doubt, mystery to them that
God should accept such a creature. Now is
the time to step to the altar; don't say tc
God, let me accomplish this or that, and
then l will seek you. When you receive the
religion of Jesus Christ you are the richest
person on the earth. Come at once.-N. y
Tribune.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-04-10

ANSWERING LETTERS. There are
few things so much neglected in the So
called polite world as answering letters.
This arises from an indifference in some
people and a dislike Of writing in 9TH
ers. The latter feeling is so much in
dulged in, or rather, 1t is allowed to in
Auence the possessor to such an extent
that a letter requiring an answer, is
left for days and weeks, a constant and
ever-recurring source Of annoyance and
reproach, on account Of the unpleasant
remindings it gives from time to time
of the neglect it meets with. This re-
pugnance to writing might be overcome
by observing the following rule: It is
simply to answer letter at the first
opportunity that offers if looked upon
as a disagrecable task, the sooner it is
got rid Of the better: practice, if reso-
lutely pursued, would break down the
barrier, and the difficulty would vanish.
The same plan applies to Indifference.
1t might soon be replaced by tone of
writing. There is fascination attend
ing the use Of the pen that repays any
trouble attached to it, for we find the
oftener we put our thoughts on paper,
the more easy we are enabled to express
them ; and at length 'thought follows
on thought, in such quick succession,
that the trouble is not what to say but
how to keep within the necessary linn
itS
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-04-10
IOWA NEW 3.

The Legislature passed an act. at its late
session, authorizing County Judges to take
stock in County Agriculture al Societies, when
petitioned to that effect by one half the legal
voters of their respective counties. We
have not seen the law, but understand that
such are its provisions.
Iowa CRY. The Republican claims a
Republican triumph at the charter election
on Monday. Eight Of the nine Councilmen,
with the Marshal and Recorder elect are Re-
pS Sthlican, while the Mayor, Treasurer and
Assessor are Democrats. II. W. Lathrop,
st u2ch Republican, formerly editor Ct the
Republican, was elected School Superin-
tendent of johnson county.
KEoKuK. II. w. Sample was elected
Mayor Of Keokuk, on the 9Th. The vote
polled was 1730-about 200 more than at
any previous election in that city.
SCOTT CoUNrY.-Last Saturday, says the
Davenport Gazette the Republicans of Dav-
export elected their.whols city ticket: On
Monday an election was held for three Town.
ship Trustees, two Justices of the Peace, one
Clerk, two Constables and one Assessor in
that township. The Republicans elected
their whole ticket by large majority, in
spite of the most vigorous efforts of their
opponents to achieve triumph for them>
selves
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THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RELIGIOUS MEN
AND CnRlsrIANs.-At the prayer meeting at
Bur,on's Theatre, in New York, on Saturday
week, Henry Ward Beecher described the
difference between Religious men and Chris
tiaps:
He drew distinction between desire and
choice. The ragged vagabond desires to be
rich, but he desires laziness more; and we
choose that which we most desire. If a man
desires to be a Christian, and the desire is 80
strong that he is willing to relinquish every
thing for this-ambition, business, pleasure,
or whatever the sacrifice requires-hlere was
no reason why he should not become a
Christian that instant.
Men who simply desire Christianity are
only religions men; they are not Christians.
lie believed there were thousands OF people
in the churches who are only religious and
not Christians. They live in fear-they are
almost literally Gods bondsmen; but he who
is a Christian is drawn to it by something
in Christ which lie can love and worship.
He often found it necessary, when people
from other churches came to him, to try and
turn them out of religion into Christianity
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The FARMERS CREED.-One Of our
exchanges gives the following first rate
advice under the heading Of "The
Farmers creed:"
We believe in small farms and thor
ough cultivation. The soil loves to eat
as we'll as it's owners, and, therefore, to
be nurtured. We believe in large crops,
which leave the land better than they
found it-making both the farm and
farmer rich at once. We believe in
going to the bottom Of things, and,
therefore, in deep blowing, and enough
Of tall the better, if with subsoil
pillow. We believe that the best fertil-
ity Of any soil is the spirit of industry,
enterprise and intelligence; without
this, lime and gypsum, bone and green
manure, mari or plaster, will be Of little
use. We believe in clean kitchen, a
neat wife in it, spinning piano, a
clean cupboard, dairy and conscience.
We firmly dlsbelieve in farmers that
will not improve in farms that grow
poorer every year in starved cattle /; in
farmers boys turning clerks and mer,
chants in farmers daughters unwilling
to work, and in all farmers who are
ashamed Of their vocation.
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A TERRIBLE Civil WAR.-Two HUNDRE

A TERRIBLE Civil WAR.-Two HUNDRED
AND TWENTY. EIGHT PRISONERS MAssAcRED-
Men, WOMEN AND CHILDREN MURDERED.--A
private letter received in Salem gives the
following terrible story Of the awful atroci-
ties committed in the Banda Oriental Coun-
try. The letter is dated NJ ontevideo, Feb. g.:
We are still in a state of civil war in this
unfortunate Province. This time there has
been much bloodshed l. some 700 lives having
already been sacrificed to the cause of liberty.
Gen. Dias was defeated about a week
since, and over 800 prisoners surrendered to
the Government troops. The President sent
orders to shoot % officers and cut the throats
of nearly 200 soldiers.
Among the officers were Gen. Dias, Gen.
Frare and his son, Colonel, with other
officers of not much lower grade.
When it was known that the order had
been sent out for this wholesale slaughter,
the English and French Ministers, and both
Admirals, the spanish Minister, American
Commodore and Consul all went to see the
President to supplicate mercy for these poor
fellows, but in vain.
The consequence will, fear, be dreadful,
and we begin to see it already. The cavalry
escaped at the surrender of Dias, and have
been making dreadful work. They have
already visited several villages, and cut the
throat Of every blanco they encountered
men, women and children, and destroyed their
property to as great an extent as possible.
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WIT AND HUMOlR.

QY' May is considered an unfortunate
marrying month. A down east editor says
a girl was asked not long since to unite her.
self in the silken tie to brisk lad, who
named May in his proposals. The lady ten
derby intimated that May was an unlucky
month for marrying.
"Well, make it June them" honestly re-
piled the swain, anxious to accommodate. -
The damsel paused moment, hesltated,
cast down her eyes, and said, with blush,
"Wouldn't April do as we'll 20
~ Not long since very unsophisticated
country" lady came to "town." A gen.
tlernan was to escort her mile or two
downtown ward, and not wishing to walk,
he remarked, "Hold on, Mary, let's take
bus" But Mary, blushng to the eyebrows,
drew back, and with wounded modesty re-
piled, cob, George! not right here in the
street ~
tW 1t is asserted that man marrying
nowadays, marries great deal more than
he bargained for. He not only WEEDS him
self to woman, but laboratory OF prepared
chalk, quintle Of whalebone; eight coffee
bags four baskets of novels; one poodle
dog and system of aoeak nerves, that will
keep four servants and three doctors around
your house most Of the time.
eY A irginia paper records the mar
riage of Miss Jane Lemon. and Mr.. Ebene-
Ter Sweet; whereupon our DEVIL moralizes
as follows:
How hapry in extremes dc meet
In Jane and Ebtnezcr;
! She's longer sour, but SWEET,
And he's LEMON squeezeri
rA- There are people who have learned
as the poet exhorts them" to labor and t.
wait but, unfortunately, they wait a
great dea, more than they labor.
A grander line of LIES rhyme and rhythm
would be, g. to labor WHILE they wait"
wAn Irsbman caught hornet in his
hand but dropped it, and exclaimed, ''Be
jabers, what kind Of teeth do yer birds have
in Americky?''
MODEL ToAsr.-"lIere's to the man who
swears, steals and lies-swears off from drink
ny, steals away from bad company and lie:
in an honest bed.o
| A Fowl APPOINTMENT.-Mr.C Chicken ha:
been sent as consul for the United States Il
Acapulco. He ought to have been sent tt
Shanghae.
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HIN,rr TO MApDIEn Me,

HINTS TO MARRIED MEN.-Pepper-
grass says that if he stays out late at
night, and wishes to avoid curtain
lecture or scolding from Mrs. P, he
generally waits out till the eve sma'
hours avont the twal," when the anger
Of his betterAalf subsidies into fears for
his personal safety. He goes out " on
business,' with promise to be at home
at nine. Half past nine, Mrs. P. un-
easy; ten, aggravated; half past ten,
positively enraged, and rehearses to
herself an address for Peppergrass's
especial ediGcation, filled with cutting
reproaches eleven, vague uneasiness,
accompanied by an indefinite fear that
g something must have happened - at
half past eleven, nervous apprehension,
tears take the place Of whitening g lam
ces ; twelve o'clock, uncomfortable sus-
pense. If she only knew the worst !;
one O'Clock, completely worked up, has
the " conniption,' and is about going
off the handle, when Peppergrass ar
rives, throws herself into his arms,
overjoyed to sec him, as she was so
afraid some accident must have hap
cened to him.-.7ugusta Dispatch.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-04-10

BOYS AND G1RLs.-Spesking Of the
plan of separating the sexes in school,
Mr.. Stowe, the celebrated Glasgow
teacher says seFhs separation Aas
been found injurious. It is impossibla
to raise the girls as high, intellectually,
without the boys as with them-anG it
is impossible to raise boys morally -
high without girls. The girls morally
elevate the boys, and the boys intellect
ually elevate the girls. But more than
this-girls themselves are morally q,
evated by the presence of boys, and
the boys are Intellectually elevated by
the presence Of girls, Boys brought
up with girls are made more positively
Intellectually by the softening influence
OF the female character
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-04-10

PRAYER.--Prayer is a constant
source Of inauguration to. self discipline
not the thoughtless prayer which il =
thing Of custom ; but that which is sim
cere, intense, watchful. Let q man
ask himself whether he really would
have the thing be prays for; let him
think, while be is praying for spirit
Of forgiveness, whether, even at that
moment, he is disposed to give up tho
luxury of anger. If not, what horri-
BILE mockery it is! To think that q
man can find nothing better to do, ip
the presence Of his Creator, than toll
ing of so many words alone with hia
God, and repeating his task like =
child longing to get rid of it, and in,
different to its meaning.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-04-10

Mr.. DOUGLAS AND SLAVERY.
Douglas, in his great closing speech against
the Lecompton Constitution, took occasion
to lay the groundwork of future radical
position on the general slavery question, in
sympathy alike with that Of the republican
party, and the policy and practice of all
parties and the government itself down to
the time when John C. Calhoun obtained
his fatal ascendancy in the democratic
councils:
81 recognize" said Mr.. D., 'sthe right
Of the slaveholding states to regulate their
own domestic institutions but do not ad-
nit cannot admit-tha the right of prop
erty in slaves is higher than any State con-
stitution, or that the State cannot abolish
it. But such is the doctrine of the Wash
ington Union such is the doctrine of the
Lecompton Constitution. That doctrine, if
accepted, is fatal blow to the principles of
our government. felt it to be such when
first saw it, and hence refused to vote for
the editor of the Union" Mr.. Douglas then
read from the Cincinnati platform various
propositions upon slavery, to each of which
he gave his assent, saying that he stood upon
them last year, and stood upon them still.
They related chiefly, as did his differences
from them, to the proposition that each
State must decide for itself upon the status
or condition of its negro population, with
out interference from Congress. The right
of each State to regulate its own institutions
he dwelt upon with much earnestness, as the
cardinal principle of our government. The
proposition that property in slaves was above
all law, was a monstrous proposition.
against which he protested, in his own name