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The opinions of the New York Herald and
New York Tribune touching the prospects
of Lecompton seem to agree, though of
course the former is guarded and careful in
its acknowledgement Of defeat. We do not
attach great Importance to the outgoings Of
tho nnn ;o.....-i- - Az 49, So .of.A:~- -.
the matter in hand. Correct to-day, they
may be false guides tomorrow. Changes
which they do not suspect may have already
taken place, and half . dozen Of the boasted
100 voters in opposition, at this moment,
can perhaps be otherwise counted. The
Administration is in the field, seriously and
earnestly at work, and though its cause 10
rotten and its instruments base, we fear the
influences which have heretofore proved
themselves 90 potent in every contest be-
tween the people and the Federal power
We shall believe that Lecompton is defeat
ed when the telegraph announces the result
Of the final vote.
The balderdash Of the Herald which as
signs bribery as the cause Of the supposed
detection Of the South Americans to the in
fernal iniquity, will Of course pass for just
what it is worth. It 10 = ednard Of the
shallowest description to cover up Admin
istration doings and Intentions Chicago
Tribune. ~.
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COUNCIL 1LUFHD. IOWA.
TINE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECTFULLY
call the attention Of the tIAysl.G pnhiic and 9th
ers TO the superior Recommendations provided the
above Hoase. NJ large fo0 stary addition y -
now completed and thoroughiy furnished with d.
good new furniture, thus anording hfty-nine Mil
additional rooms for the scoomnodstio0 Of
guests.i Toa Table will always b supSlied with ~
best Inst b obtained in this Market ard ever
thing about the House, will b arranged with vew .
making guests comfortable and II home TAankful ~
past favors generously bestowed, the uDderaeDsl
would assure the public, that BY liberal prices ~
careful attention 70 the wants Of his guests yeye
. continuance Of public patronage. JOHN JONES' ;
Council Blum. June 2O.n -em. Pyunsie4ne
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0NAR 0 NO. q IN
49, s.s'.7"ss OSsS
Me- - Main Street, Cor. Of Pine,
On Aur1c urICcnv1nu
Ole AVUvSs lHSVvvJ KID a
The Oldest House Of the Kind in fhs Wesf
tea5a "a afss u 49,, -, -. I
n HSfABLISHKD IN 1885. I'd
Er,nors>-. c.S D.n,-: 18th. r,.
A".PO's's o"s Deosssssn V0seses, Ctocks,
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CENTRAL DRUG STORE
IN HAGG's BLOCK,
North Side Broadscay, At the Sign Of tie
Blue MORTAR,
Council Blu1s, Ievya.
]. y. HoNN,
WHOLESALE / RETAIL pKA1xa IN

"nOAASAAA = AkHAlA VkALBB In
" OILS, Dye-osuffs. Win6sW 0lasa,
Putty, Iseoccs. 8nun Se&sra, Figs,
Aaistnss Lemeos, Splees, peffuaefy,
0A1F 01ls, Ro0odes, Tsiles 8oops,
Paint, Hair ard Tsssh 1r1sAes, -
wines and Drandics for Medicinal purposes.
Ny stock has been selsctea viii grss care ~ ~
pure and fresh.
E.HAyicisns Hsseipeisus AM Family nasios
carefully compounded. 5000
P. 5. Agent for all the popular Patsn 1sdieisss
u the aay. 81 81 fn1t-s
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We thought where swinde pefpstrated that all
parties concerned in it were held equally responsible,
both legally moYal1y-Bu0lR.
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have been repealed or suspended in their
operation BY the new Constitution, but which
are not in conflict therewith. NJ is95 IS.
1876. To authorize the publication Of GER
tain laws in the Iowa Weekly Citizen and
Iowa State Journal. $500 4
l37. An act making appropriations to
meet the ordinary and contingent expenses
of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum.
1873. To providefor taking the State Gen.
sus.
l39. TO repeal section 2 Of an act entitled
ian act for a further appropriation for the
State Insane Asylum
40. To punish the selling Of dragged in
toxicating liquors.
l4l. For the government Of the lows In
sane Hospital, and the care Of the Insane
and Idiots. 1853
142. To legalise the acts Of the County
Judge If Pottawattamie county, in purchas-
ing real estate for Poor House Farm, and
in drawing drafts on the Treasury Of said
county for the purchase money. +,
l43. To amend section 9, chapter 1853 Of
the acts passed at the regular session Of the
Sixth General Assembly.
IA. To legalise an election held in Worth
county, Oct. l3th, 1857.
l45. To amend Gan act in relation to the
assessment Of property" approved january
18th, 1857. 80. -
lag. An act ordering special election
for the purpose Of submitting to the people
certain acts therein named, regulating the
business Of Banking. = 5se. Z 81
l47. To amend an act entitled Can cot to
protect game" m
1AQ. ~ ankho,:,a thn pa,:.t., nf ~. GA.
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i ". AooS - opRAssS~ ~AossnSy fAVss'
1851. Grave yard in Davis COUNTY,
81. Allowing bounty upon the scalps 0
certain animals.
g. To repeal sections l4lO and l4ll o
the Code, prescribing the descent of prop
erty.
"a. To amend the law in relation to di
vorce and alimony. a,
IS. Respecting aliens.
66. To confirm the division Of the right
and liabilities Of the county Of Webste
since its division.
g.. To authorize and regulate the adop
ton of children. -
6S. To provide for levying tax on certail
land to complete and keep in repair q leve
on Muscatine Island. and for the election o
Q Levee Commissioners to superintend tn
same. aq4s g. Y ?
60. To amend section 2 Of an act entitle,
Gan act to change the name Of New Haven
in Buchanan county," .a8ff 81
20. Authorizing School Districts to sub
scribe for the "voice of Iowa. 4.
Il. To provide for the election Of an nd
ditional Justice Of the Peace in jackson
township, Poweshiek county.
u. Regulating and defining the notice /,
be given in allowances of Judicial Sales O
property. @
q. To annex the county Of Butler to tn
Tenth Judicial District, and prescribing tn
time for holding courts therein. ~
"A. To amend an not approved January
10th, 1857, incorporating the city Of Sioai
City. II
IS. To amend an act entitled Dan oct h
FIX the time Of holding courts in the Eleventh
Judicial District.' "a. &
Is. To repeal part Of the twelfth section
Of chapter 156, in relation to Swamp Lands
approved January q, 1855.
II. To repeal chapter % Of the acts o.
the Sixth General Assembly.
I Is. In relation to the Keokak and De-
Aoinss Valley Plank Road Company.
g. 70 designate Sunday and the holiday
- observed in the acceptance and pay
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-02-25

it shadowy land Not so. There no
clouds come to dim the 4ight Of ctcr-
nal day. Sorrow never filings its dark
mantle DER the sinlcss dwcllcrs there.
Shipwrecked mariner, tossed on life's
tempestuous sea weary pilgrim,
trcading the path that leads to death !!
let not carth's fccting pleasures de-
ceivc you-trust alone in Heaven.
By the quiet frcside of home the
true mother, in the midst of her chill
drcn, is sowing, as in vases Of earth,
the seeds of plants that shall some
time give to Heaven the fragrance of
their blossoms, and whose fruit will
be rosary of angelic dceds-the no.
blCst Offering that she can make
through the ever ascending and ever
expanding souls of her children for
her maker. Every word that she ut
ters goes from heart to heart with a
power Of which she Little dreams. Sol
cmn is the thought but not more sol
emn to the Christian mother than the
thought that every word which falls
from her lips, every expression from
her countenance, even in the shelter
ed walk and retirement, may leave an
indcliblc impression upon the young
souls around her, and form the under
lying strata of that education which
peoples heaven with celestial beings.
and gives to the white brow of the
angel, next to the grace of God, its
crown Of glory.
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hosts of freedom take their way. The
descendants of the Pilgrims must have
an opening somewhere. Providence
indicates the path. Providence has
opened the somewhere within the
isothcrmal lines. The southern oil
garchy arc not slow in perceiving the
logical sequences that flow from their
premises. They have invited the ag-
grcssions Of Freedom. 1t is no fault
Of ours now should the waves of our
peculiar Northern institutions surge
over and overwhclm their accnrsed cit
adels of cruelty anGrshame. 1t would
seem that the battle is fair one. The
pledges Of party and the pledges of
government would seem to be suf-
ficient guarantee Of "hands off, and
God defend the right!' Not so, how
ever. Wrong, and lust, and sin, and
periidy, and violence, and robbery are
weak save when environcd by the
merccnarics of power. Squatter
Sovereignty is tabooed. Standing
armies and President tyrant are the
role of the future Government is the
big Border Ruflian of Slavery from
hcnccforth.
Let the Frcemen of the North now
understand distinctly what the issue
before them is, and be prepared to
meet it. South of Kansas lie lands OF
uncxampled fertility and beauty. In
his daily course the sun shines upon
none more blessed or more capable OF
blessing. In these genial climes the
laborer reaps the reward of his toll an
hundred fold, except from the pinching
winters, the tickle seasons, the meagre
harvests and the sterile wastes of
more Southern zones. The Indian
titles to these beautiful lands will,
like the poor Indian himself, soon pass
away. Upon these fat places the evil
eye Of slavery is fixed, and to-day the
minions of a corrupt and unscrupulous
Government are plotting for their all
sorption into the everlasting nav OF
the lccch monster that constantly cries
+" give. give." L. II.
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security Nor is this the worst fea-
ture AS soon as these neglected ones
try to do something for themselves
they arc robbed of the proceeds Of
their labor, which goes to decorate
those who have the greatest natural
advaEtages.'
In conclusion Webber says, "The
pioneers who, by their privations and
hardships, secure the location for
which nature has done the most" &c.
What pathetic appeal, Did the
pioneers at st. Charles endure more
than those at Floyd, or Flood Creek or
Shell Rock Or has nature done more
for St Charles than for Floyd or other
places in the county? We have a soil
here superior to yours. We have ii
better farming country, more improv-
ed and better watered We have as
many and as good water-powcrs as
good quarriCs of stone, and all abun-
dance Of choice timber and, although
we may not have quite as much sand
in our soil, we have excellent grit in
our inhabitants. l an q disciple of
Douglas 50 far as letting the people
decide in this case" and my voice and
vote are still for the geographical
centre.
Heavens can an hone people long debate
Which Of the two to choose 81. Charles or Ripley;
No let us rise at once " all armed with votes,
And, at TIE heal Of our reganing troops,
Attack the foe break through the thin array
OF his thronged lcgions aud charge hcmc upon him
PERHAPS some vote, more lucky than the rest
May reach the box and free young Floyd from
bondage"
WhBFRFoRCE.
Rcck Grore, 1871 Feb, 1858.
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PLING UP THE AGONY" Well, Ann,
have YOU consented yet to become the
wife of Mr.. White 7"
"No, Sally, | didn't quite consent
"Why not? think he loves you.
"Yes, but he didn't pile up the ago
ny high enough. When | give my
hand to a wooer, | would like him to
call upon all the saints to witness his
deep devotion to me. | want him to
knccl at my feet, take one of my hands
between both of his, and with look
that would melt an adamantinc rock
beg me to take pity on his sutlerings
and | want him to end by swearing
to blow his brains out if don't com
passionate his miseries. And II
faint
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-02-25

SAD MIsrAKE-Major Bealc, the chlv,
alrous Vermonter, has just returned
from his European tour, but his fellow.
townsmen are astonishcd and horrlhed
at his altered appearance. When IN
Paris he challenged French Colonel,
and the weapons being swords, at the
first stroke the Majors nose was sew
cred close to his face. Hastily pick
ing it up and replacing the organ, he
tied his handkerchief over it. After
leaving on the bandage for eleven
davs. he removed it, when to his con
sternation he found that he had PLACED
it wrong side up and it was nov
healed. Although it looks ugly, HI
finds it very convenient for taking
snuff,
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-02-25

A lady asked a very silly Scotch
nobleman how it happened that the
Scotch who came to this country,
were, generally speaking, men OF
more abilities than those who remain
ed at home. "Oh !, madam" he re-
piled, "the reason is obvious. At
every outlet are persons stationed to
examine all who pass, that for the
honor of the country no one be per.
mitted to leave it who is not a man OF
understanding" "Thcn,' said she
Il suppose your lordship was SNUG
gled."
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Roetrp.
The Beautiful Winter.

If this is winter, where's the snow
That used to robe the hills,
Where is the strong, the icy arms
That bound the laughing rills
Where are the bleak and chilling winds
That swept the barren plain,
For buds are shooting from the trees,
And fain would bloom again.
The balmy breeze like Junes young breath
Revives me as | stray
Thro woods and plain, o 'er hill and heath,
And hear the streamlets play,
They babble carelcssly along
Amidst the dead young howcrs,'
For they rejoice at winters smile
And all her balmy hours. SARAH.
February, 1858.
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"Fanny, don't you think that Mr..
Bold is handsome MANI"
"Oh, no, | can't endure his looks.
He is homely enough
"Well, he's fortunate, at all events,
for an old aunt has just died and left
him fifty thousand dollars
Indeed Is it true Well, now
since | come to rccollect, there is a
certain noble air about him, and he
has fine eyes-that can't be denied
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-02-25
HILDRETH & CARVER,
General Land Agents.

ST. CHARLES CITY, FLOYD CO., ..... IOWA,
Will attend to buying, selling and selecting
lands on Commission, &c. Town Lots bought
and sold, money loaned, and the business of
conveyancing and payment Of Taxes promptly
attended to. Friends at the East, as well as in
this State, are requested to make application
to our agency. Satisfactory references given
If required
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A uotoriously mean man having
offended u Yankee, was addressed by
the latter in long TRADE which con-
cludcd in the following caustic terms:
" Your little soul would have as much
play in a mustard pod as pickerel in
Lake Erie, and would rattle like a
kernel of corn in Il barn.
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A. S. FELT,
General Real Estate Agent,

Mason City, Cerr0 Gord0 Co., Ioted.
Will select lands in the Usage and TT. Dodge
Districts, locate Land Warrants, buy and sell
Real Estate, pay Taxes for nonresidents, and
10 general Real Estate business. Timber
and Prairie Lands for sale cheap. Any busi-
uess entrusted to my care will receive prompt
attention Refer to
Bartlc, White & Henshaw, Independence,
Greene, Weare & Co, Ft Dodge.
Greene, Weare ani Rice TT. Desmoines,
Greene & Weare, Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
Hon. L. w kingsbury,
Madison House Chicago, H.,
j. s. Lovelaud Earlville, n. Y,
Capt C. c. Brand, Utica, n. Y,
Hon G. V. Denniston, Albany, n. Y.
March, Is, 1857. 2lyl
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"Wcll, Augustus, You have been
apprentice now three months, and
have seen the several departments of
our trade-l wish to give You a choice
of occupation. What part Of the busi-
ness do you like best y
Shuttin' up, sir -
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A Coon BILT-A gentleman whose
house was repairing, went one day to
see how the work progressed, and Oh
serving a quantity of nails about, said
to the carpenter, you'll find them in
the bill"
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PRICE. TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM.
NUMBER 20.

yond the cure of securing, than it is
that these pollutinS vapors from the
Stygian stream of sin will leave their
black and dismal haze around the
soul forever.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-02-25

BY Ida L. RElNIGER.
lis cheering, if we're on the waves,
When thundcr-storms roar loudly,
To near some port and safely rest
Uupon the harbur gentle breast,
And beat the storm out proudly.
lis cheering when dark wiptry days
And storms have passed away,
And spring returns with babbling brooks
With sweetest flowers and sunny hooks,
And bright-winged birds all gay.
'Tis cheering at calm evening hour,
When stars are shining brightly,
To hear the happy night-bird sing,
While zephyrs pass with gentle wing
Tanning our brows SO lightly.
But, oh tbs far more cheering still
To have our Paper come,
Greeting us with its true, frank face,
Whose reading gems we love to trace,
At our own peaceful home.
Long may tn hteliigencer live
To cheer our reading hours;
Through every valley of the West
Nav it become Il welcome guest,
As radiant rs her bowers.
ST. Charles City, Iosra, FEB. 1853.
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The West Alahamian understands
that there is Il man in that country
who has moved so often, that, when
ever a covered wagon comes near his
house, his chickens all march up, fall
on their backs, cross their legs, and
are ready to be tied and carried to the
next stopping place.
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Advice, says Coleridge, is like snow,
the softer it falls the longer it dwelIs
upon, and the deeper it sinks into the
mind
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00lit ano 4uu'or.

In New York, a note or draft given
by parties of undoubted credit, is call
ed q" first class paper;' in New Or
leans it is known as " fire proof; and
in Boston as gilt edged paper
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-02-25

Motion is the poetry of life, all writ
ten out in curves, and without it, the
world would be dumb.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-02-25

The year 1858 begins and ends on
Friday. January, April, July, Octo-
Der and December, have five Fridays
each. April and December, end on
Friday, and January and October be-
gin on Friday. There are 5S Fridays
in the year.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-02-25

knowledge is proud that it knows
SO much wisdom is humble that 1t
knows no more.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-02-25

Shame is a feeling that overtakes
people, not because they have done
wrong. but because they have been
found out.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-02-25

Nothing is more sublime than hui
mility for it stands exalted above
every thing around it, and never at
tempts to soar higher.
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Mistellanp.
TRUE PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE. >

Rev. |. 5. kalloch preached q dis
course recently at fremont Temple,
with "Thc True Philosophy of Life"
as his theme. The Temple was
crowded as usual, very large congre-
cations being in attendance both in
the forenoon and afternoon, 50 that
even the spacious Temple did not af-
ford room for all to sit.
Mr.. kalloch announced as his text ::
None of us liveth to himself. Rom. ii. :.
Life, he said, is serious and state
ly thing. Moral forces throb through
it-moral issues spring from it. Its
great Psalm has other anddceper notes
than those of joy or sorrow. Duty
duty to God and to man--is its great
idea and perfect realization.
1t is said to be a serious thing TO
die, and so it is. The thought of the
grave is the skeleton of fcasts. But
death is only the last and natural act
of the tragedy. AS man livcth 50
he dicth, is the natural law. Our life,
then, is the great business which we
have to do-the one serious problem
which is given us to solve. What are
we? What our relations? What
our destiny?
We are inscnsiblc to the value and
responsibility of life. Dull Alpine
seris wonder what travellers come tc
see, and only find fuel and food in tho
Widest sublimitics of nature which
! surround them. So we find that nC
thing but bread for our stomachs an,
raiment for our bodies in worlt
which calls for noble duties and pro
ductive sacrifices. We are stupid t.
the glories among which we live--tc
the dcstinics to which we hasten.
But it is our duty to pause ami(
our occupations and eXcitements, ant
contemplate the solemnity of on
being. There is something grand, as
tonishing and awful in the contempla
ton Life of any kind is wonderful
the principle of existence, which w,
do not call life, is wonderful. A grain
of sand, being reality, is wonder
/ But if so, what shall be said of man
scnticnt, accountable, immortal! How
amazing the capacities of the soul
grouping ornaments, catalogulns
stars, moving along the continent o
things unseen with intrepid step yet
in its widest flights, unable to con
prehcnd its own being. Mysteriou
and wonderful as life is, however, it i
a reality. We live. We have an e,
istence, a soul, a destiny. The III
spent energies of the coming eternit
are within us and Il life of glory
to be gained or lost by us! Thi
gives life its seriousness and grandeur
4 whole eternity is in it. If we wer
bounded by time, and ended in th
grave, then let it waste, fritter and d'
cay. But if it be the beginning Of a
endless continuation-ifi it be the see
time of an everlasting harvest, the
let it be appreciated, cultivated, II
deemed.