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Tho lids of ono Of the mercantile acCn-
sil Of New York exhibit 2U4 O5I traders of
all kinds iu the I nIted Ststts What an
army Of store keepers Dividing tho trade
Of our iWssty ice millions equally amoug
these traders. aud there are 10 10 each
meB, women sad cht!drso. % about twsuty.
hvo families What ran sb0w more sfrik
ingly tbs great excess Of Attsntloa bestowed
uFrn tTaitc All tb.-s uIsu cannot ils4 hon.
ssty by tAoIr tusiuVss ssd they 30 not --
Halt Oi them faIi, and sre suagysdst by
Others who 60 too came T0Jud add CON. 10
the same end " the other bar live lt can
only be by oSoTtitaut profits on tbe af,trlss
passinR t0roufh tbe,g hauls, e1ustiiuiiur
system u legai.Eci robbery ~ tbc proIaesfs
aud c0nsgiuets ~ ths commuuitT Fyfrv
article Of food ani driok aad a. pafsI - bur.
dousd With = heavy tax 20 support this vast
array of traders They est up ths sul.iascs
~ The laud sud Ikc Phars5h's lean krur.
they stili e1uuuug lean and fayoaggs
ifab5ut three fourth, a. this class uaaId
devote themselves ~ some productive Isalr
sbs eous,rt vggiJ bo ficbsr b. several mil
lions rveFy year. tho m.aut oi living would
be- sold i'r au hgncst price auI labor ea1i8
nos BE- cheated 0f its Jasi r-ssrGs Lat ths
efaFj sba afy ssgsuy rasying iut1 ifsE,a,
hoping 10 become go, -kiy r,.b b. it uusyr
taiu Eaias retura % the yissigh tbs anvil
aud tbs place and theg sia sttsia true
property sad E,.g tas rsst 1i tbs t5aumu
uiiy chatcs ~ i've ai-3 ift1yh.8y s
auEious 90 suou vbst ths exact fs.u vii bs
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aui os'sa-als saa ai1sfsucs ltsa simpis
operation 10 .hBsebe Let us bavsa rs.
dustou .H tHs srsat army % iss6stefs --
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Z otasr Ices us 20 Lark 90 tls. t'1aga fas
I ths wea'il masi e crested before 90 rau b,
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you will mistake the place
DR. JOHNSTON

hember Cf the Royal College of Surgeons, Lone
ETatuate from one u the most emIhcnt colleges Il
Juitcd St=tes, and The greater part of whose life
been spvut IN ths hrst Hospitals of Londun Paris VI
adelPhis, and uls~w here, has Effected of the nj
sAtontshirE curcs that Nerc ever known many trout
With rugiuE N the head ard ears when asecp q
vuasness. hinE alarmed "a sVlden so0n,s. snd bash
asss, with frequrni blushiug, attended sometimes y
deTAnEenleHt % mind, were euIed Inmediately.
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MARRIAGE,

Married Persons, OF Nvoss MsR ooEtrm pIafnf AR.
rsge, being aware Of physical vezkucs, Fauic sI
ity. d-formitiss SC, sbosld apply immtdistsIy
He Who pls~rs himself ahdsr the care af Dr taay
rslisl9usy ooaGde his bonur GenilemaH aal 90
hdsuty rely upon b.. skril a. Physieiln.
oFFlCE, NO SOETH FREDERTCEliT.
DOORS FROM BALTIMORE STR TYT,
EAST SIDE, Up THE STEPS
Up ID Parteulsa m obsersihS the Name and N,sl
Der, or you will mistake the place
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1858-02-18

tmnedtat"ly cufsd zHd tall yirt fastuFrd,
lhts dTrsat1 dtsvssr - the pspsN musi f-ruentI,
paid by those hu have become thr victims ,f hrr1psi
tndulEruci~- N'uuE rtTs0us apt 90 cc an,tt
from b-ius IL ne drrniis
that may -nsaT No., wh1 that uuder.r. .nds D. .ub
lrct VIII Prrtend 60 tery that the power - s~atior
y lost soouer ~ thor- silnr isto Bproprr hai tbau
BY the Pradeut Bssi5rs being d,pr,sd The a s.uIt
81 healthy ohspriuE the and drs6 -tiy
.rmptonns 90 both body snd fntnd sfi-e The .isu
beeoaes drTsnErd, the Vh) seal and nratal D vrrt
Neaksncd. uSTvou- debility, dyspsp-iz. papttaira o.
the heart, indigestion. wasting II the GaRs. surh
sympfons Of cOatampfton. Vfr
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-19
VOL. IX---NO. ~
For the Journal.
tsf.

z
T Mr.. EDiroR while perusing the column, Of
your "Daily Journal of the 7th inst nv attt ~ ion
was attracted by the notice of Coroner inuueat
held on the deceased body of an unknown psSson
found noatng In the Mississippi river about four
miles distant above this city. About his nerson
was found nearly IS in money, an ordinary Rnulish
watch and large pocket knife, apparently of Ger
man manufacture, which led to the supposition
that he was German. lie had on a linen shirt, q
brown lnsey frock coat, coored neck CLOTH drawers
and undershirt, with coarse bosts and blue linsev
pantaloons, and appeared to be man of about 28
years Of age, with small moustache on his upper
Up and small goatee on his chin. Verdict-"Ihat
the deceased came to his death by drowning" The
Coroner being absent unable to Re there the Hon.
Mayor ct the city (ex-ofcio) Justice Of the Peace,
held an inquest in accordance with section 20 page
81, code of Iowa; "M hen there is no Coroner, and
IN case of his absence or inability to act any JUS
tIce OF the peace of the county is authorized
to perform he duties Of Coroner in relation to dead
bodies. and in such case he may cause the person
charged to be brought before himself, by his war
rant, and may proceed with him Us justice Of the
pace Section zoo also provides: "The Coroner
shall cause the body Of deceased person which he
is called to view, to be delivered to his friends il
any there be, but il not he shall cause him to be
decenty buried and the expense to be paid from any
property found with the body, Or if there be none,
from the county treasury BY certifying an account
county Judge shall be allowed BY him if deemed
reasonable and paid as other claims on the county
The latter section provides that the body shal be
buried decently, &C., &c. The deceased above men.
toned was fafter the verdict returned taken by the
heels, dragged brutaly across the road on pra,ni
nent part Of the hill, where man was paid small
sum to dig hole, to throw him in and cover him,
up, without even having box made for him, or
enclosing him in anything whatever to shield him
from the rocks and dirt thrown on bin, in which
Predicament he was left. ask is S. 90 not enough
and is the county not able to get box, or coffin for
him 4? Is that burying dead man 'sdecentlyf' Ia
that Christian like2 Is it lawful? Is it human?
What is the caus, of such tras sactions Is it
because ne was supposed to "Mcee," or q "Deutch-
er," or is it because our officers don't know any
betterl There certainly must be something wrong
somewhere tina should be remeded: If ignoranee
is the cau,e, we should look for men of ability to
perform the duties where judgement and huinanity
is required. '.-. HUMANITY.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-19

PRIDE AND VANITY.-lt was a clever
remark of somebody-we do not re-
member who-that she was "too proud
TO he yain." Yet the two are very
commonly confused, so as to almost
lose their identity. No person who has
much real pride can be foolish or tri-
fling. Self respect often prevents men
from doing wrong actions, when moral
ity. religion. or love of appreciation in
aothers,. would be powerless from the
same end. cs.t@ ''.
:, :, This love of appreciation is the foun-
dation Of vanity, and prompts the most
..insincere, thoughtless, and sometimes
cruelty selfish conduct. 1t should be
avoided as fatal to the finest spirit. It
is incompatible with independence, and
makes slaves and towards Of all who
,succumb to its influence. Pride, on
the other hand, if it be not naughty, is
one Of the best of human attributes
re fiaman thoroughly respects himself
be- sure that others wall respect him
also, d 19s sf ~"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-19

RESULT OF THK INDIAN BATTLE IN MINNs-
sorA.-We learn from the last Minnesota
papers that in the battle at Shakopee only
on. Sioux was killed; two badly (suppcsed
mortality wounded. are getting along well,
aud the other ten are not dangerously
wounded. Four Chippewas were left dead
on the field, and one died soon after the bat
tie. Seven wounded Chppewas were brought
to st. Anthony on the evening OF the 30
inst, when their wounds were dressed by
surgeons. The Ne,os says:
1.-THE savages exhibited stoical inditter-
ence during the surg cal operations seldom
witnessed in human being. Zeno would
have relished the spectacle. They seemed
to he Us utterly insensible to physical pain
as they are apparently incapable of moral
growth. Their fright.u, wounds were lac
Grated, examined, probed and bound up,
without extorting groan, or causing
wink"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-19

The river is falling at the rate Of about four in
ches in twenty -four hours. 1t has receded about
seven inches from tbs highest point reached durin
the food. s~E.H t"
ANOTHER PAcKET.-We learn from our exchanges
that Capt. eilas Heaght, of Keokuk, is building
boat to run in the railroad line between Montrose
and Rock Island. The boat is nearly completed at
the Pittsburgh wharf, and may be expected around
here in few days. She is sde-wheeler her hull
measures 1872 feet in length she carries three for
ty inch boilers, rs feet long, and other arrange
nents of machinery in proportion. We doubt
whether Capt. aeaght can make his packet pay in
the present depressed condition of business and
scarcity of travel. -rr <r-
ST. LOUIS LLvEE GONE UsDEk.-St. Louis Levee,
from Market to Morgan streets, was entirely sub
merged on Saturday, varying in depth from few
inches at the foot Of Market to three feet ut Nor
gan.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-19

A SPECIMEN OF OUR GovERAMENT's EooNo
MY.-The delegates from Oregon and Wash
ington Territories, Joe Lane and Gov. Ste-
vens claim the trife of six millions of dol
lars from the Treasury of the United States,
and are making active efforts to get that
amount. This demand is made as indemnity
for Indian war disbursements, and if not
obtained at this session of Congress, it is
probable that the next will grant it. The
government now pays in silver, when it
cannot get off shinplasters. Six millions Of
dollars in silver, at two thousand pounds
per ton, weighs 1856 tuns: To convey this
treasure to Oregon, where it is to be dis
bursed, at the rate of army freight to Utah,
would cost 1929 1870. This sum would pur.
chase 10000 good farms in the west, which
would support population of 200, 700 per-
sons in comfort. Such is specimen of the
economy with which our federal affairs are
managed.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-19

The Press AND THE PoLICE.-The recent
murderous attack of lottery dealer at Gin
cinnati upon the reporter of paper, for
exposing his unlawful business, has called
out the remark from the Cincinnati Gazette
that 'sthe Press does more to protect the
community from crime than any police force
But for fear of public notoriety, every grade
and character would stalk boldly through
our streets, and defantly throw off the cloak
of morality with which they now cover their
nisdeeds.' The Gazette is right. The
Press is daily called upon to put the com
munity on its guard against rascality in one
shape or another, and without it the police
could be only partially effective.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-19

RATES OF POSTAGE TO BE INCREAsED.-The
Senate, on the 10th, passed the P. o. Ap-
priatiation bill, increasing the rates Of post
age to cents under 5000 and 10 cents over
5000 miles, abolishing the franking privilege
of members of Congress after March 4, next,
that the printing of all stamps, warrants,
&c. he from March next given to the lowest
responsible bidder; to pay the Collins line
$l47, 73O for balance withheld by the P 0.
Department, less $4,000 due the U. 5 /,
and repeating the present arrangement of
advertising letters in the largest circulation
and opening the advertising to the lowest
bidder
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-19

How TO Cook RBUBARB OR Pie PLANT
Get the lnsus rhubarb. 1t is larger, more
tender aud better favored than any other,
requires less sugar by one-fourth, and has
NO skin to be taken of. Do not: ot:attempt to
peal it, but cut it in pieces as long as the
thickness of the stalk, and put them with
sugar in an earthen vessel without water
cover it to fetain the flavor, and place it in
An oven and cook till quite tender, without
stirring or breaking the pieces. If too much
cooked it assumes disgusting stringy ap'
pearance, and loses all fruty character. The
rosy color of the stalks will give your disI
an attractive appearance, and the dyspeptic
will find it powerful aid to digestion.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-19

\ The D-L AMONG THE BARBERs. tile
Boston Courier asks what has got Into the
BARRIERS. 1t says: 4 aa lr-.5
cat Chicago, few weeks ago, Jealous
barber hanged his mistress, quartered her,
packed her up in a barrel, and consigned her
10 New York. At S.. Louis, three BARRIERS
strangled Gust. mer, and, after robbing,
threw his body into cellar way. In Phil
'adelphia. another jealous har-dresser shot a
;.false one, and then committed suicide. At
Green island, opposite Troy, N. Y, last Sat-
urday night, another barber killed his wife
and then shot himself"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-19

CYT The Lawrence Herald Of Freedom
estimates the present population of Kansas
at 100000, and thinks it will be 10000
before the year closes. The editor does not
consider it necessary to urge reasons for
voting down the Lecompten proposition,
because he has seen but three men in favor
of accepting it in any contingency.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-19

AN INr1DEL CoNvERrED.-The English
correspondent of the lions Herald writes !:
ssThomas Cooper, the noted skeptic, and
author Of the sPurgatory of Suicides has
recently become q convert to Christianity ];
and after having spent thirty years of his
life in lecturing and writing against the
Bible, he is now striving to make reparation
for them is chief hemust have done, by lectu-
ring in defence of the Sacred Scriptures"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-19

INDIAN ELoQUsNoE.- illustrious war
rior, William Bowlegs, has made another
great speech in New Orleans. 1t was as
follows:
Il stand up here big chief, brave warrior.
kill heap you people before. l can do him
again casey give Billy seven good men to
follow on the war track, and he lick all the
United States. scalp big father at Washing
ton! Whcop!
William had probably been communing
with the Great Spirit Qn bottle) when he
made this speech. t.. .u
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-19

Could NOT BEAR PROSPERITY. About a
year since young man named James Dean,
ut that time working as journeyman car
penter in Chicago, received legacy of about
FAC, 900 by the dea of an uncle in Austria
liza. The Ne,o Love,sant announces that he
died last week from the effects of dissipation.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-19
: NIT AND HUMOR.

~" Tommy, how's your folks?' CAL
we'll but Growler, and he's got the bow.
vowel complaint" ....
gr H"Can you return my love, dearest
.Julia9' "Certainly, sir, | don't want it, Pm
sure. e.. ..........
~"Is that clock right over there2 r.
asked visiter. "R!ght over there9 Ger
siaiDly; faint nowhere else"
~ "You don't seem to know how to
take me-" said vulgar fellow to a gente-
man whom he had insulted. "Yes | do,"
said the gentleman, taking him by the nose.
~ Somebody says that mi er gets rich
gets poor by seeming rich. There's deal
Of matter for thought squeezed into that
saEothegn. on
. ~ "Ah; Mr.. Simpkins, we have not
chairs enough for our company" said gay
young wife to her frugal husband. "Plenty
If chairs, ducky, but little too much COM
pany,' replied Mr.. Simpkins.
=T When Kentucky Judge, some years
since, was asked by an attorney, upon some
strange ruling, l. that law, your honor 2"
he replied, elf the court understand herself,
and she think she do. it are:"
.~" Pompey, what am dat dat goes
when de wagon goes, stops when de wagon
stops-it am no use to de wagon, yet de
wagon can't go widout it,"
II CUBS dat up, Sam"
Why, de noise, ob course"
!. Fl" Mr.. -, want shilling's worth
Of hay"
"very well, you can have it. Is it for
your father % ...... --
se.k"No. 'taint. It's for the hoss. Dad don't
eat hay" rr. .....-
..fseT 1t wedding recently, when the Of
floating priest put to the lady the question,
Will you take thiu man to be thy welded
husband Z" she dropped the prettiest cour-
tssy. in the world, and with q modesty that
lent her beauty an additional grace, replied,
IF you please" .-...
g7 PosT aHoLEs.-The st Louis Democrat
tells :he following "good 'un."
Mr.. A., storeman, called upon the house
of B. yesterday in pursuit of he business,
and was informed that on board the Imperial
were 200 Post Holes awaiting storage. A
in the unconsciousness of his heart, suspected
no ssell, and stepped on board, quite elated
with the expectations of getting big lot Of
freight, and was not undeceived until after
having made particular inquiries in regard
TO the nature and dimensions of the posi-
~sSsSSs 4
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-19

MORE LOTTERY AND GIFT ENTERPRISES
BROKEN UP.-Thirteen lottery and gift enter
prises, purporting to be located in Rocking
ham county, New Hampshire, whose circulars
have been distributed throughout the country
for some time past. and whose advertise
ments have appeared in great numbers of
country papers, and which held forth the
most extraordinary inducements to their
victims, have been broken up through the
instrumentality of Mayor Tiemann, of New
York, who dispatched Sergeant Berney, of
the Metropolitan police, to the scene of
action. The officer spent fonr days in
searching them out, but was unable to cap
ture but four Of them, the remainder contri-
wing to eScane.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-19
TUESDAY, JUNE Is, 1858.

Stow CoAoMEs.--T Davenport papers,
which pretend to take telegraph dispat ches,
presented to their readers this (Tuesday)
morning, under the telegraphic head, news
which we gave to our readers yesterday af
lernoon. We have been in advance of them
just in this ratio for solne time past
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-19
t For the Journal.
The Old Mill.
By KITTY CARROLL.

Tears glisten in my eyes, Kate,
can scarce reprsss their flow
For mem'ry points me back, Kate,
; To the joyous "long ago."
know you well remember, Kate,
That sunny green hillside.
Where we have sat in childhood, Kate,
sS And watched the streamlets glide,
The nurmur. Of it's waters, Kate
4 A. when we met At sunset, Kate;
Beside the dear old null.
The mill is going to decay,
There's scarcely now a trace
OF old familiar way-marks, Kate,
Around the dear old place;
The Gre, k in babbling music still
Goes dancing ON its course;
Still wanders on Is merrily-
Through meadows, vale and gorss,
But still it seems not just the same,
A. in the "Long ago.
That in its borders grow.
The cabin on the hill, dear Kate,
Beneath the old oak tree;
Has vanished, like our day dreams, Kate,
y OF what We hoped to be.
The rafters where we used to swing,
In days Of childish mirth;
Havo crumbled down and now they lay,
Embedded in the earth.
The robin in the wild wood, Kate,
Sings just as sweetly still; '.
A. when We played in childhood, Kate,
Beside the dear old mill.
The log remains where we have sat,
2 In converse sweet, alone,
And talked and planned, what We would do,
q When we were women grown.
( Twas bright, delusive, golden dreams,
Of joys that were to come;
W. thought not then Of grief or woe,
OF darkness or of gloom.
3 Ah, well. those sunny days, dear Kate,
Tho heart will cherish still, ..
When you and were children, Kate,
d, Beside the dear old mill.
Wilton, June 18th, 1858
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-19

A COMPROMISE PARrY.-The Louisville
Journal says: ''One half of the Democratic
party advocate the English bill on the
ground that it submits the Lecompton Con-
stitution to the people, and the other half
on the ground that it DOESN'T"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-19

MORE DEFAULrERs The disbursing officer
in the Quarter Masters Department in CAL
ifornia has proved defaulter to the Gov
ernment to the amount of twenty-three thou
sand dollars. The public hardly gets
through talking about one great swindle or
theft on the part of Government officials
until another is exposed. In this instance
the thleving official is retained in Office. So
it goes
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-19

The NEW PARTY A BAsTARp.-Ihe reports
from Washington of a bran new and magni-
fcent great national party, composed of all
the opposition to the administration, excited
for few days considerable curiosity, not to
say interest, among politicians and people.
The idea is so generally recognized as
proper and necessary one, but the difficulties
are at present so palpabie and serious, that
we were on the qui vive to know if the thing
was really so, and how it was to be done.
Never cold bath therefore gave greater shock
to con6ding mortal. than the appearance of
the proposed platform did to the fond ex-
pectations that the antecedent telegrams had
excited. ssThe Peoples Party of the Union"
is sad case Of premature birth, and still
born at that. More than this, it seems to be
fatherless and motherless-no one knows
where it came from, and certainly no one
will see where it goeth The platform is a
string of platitudes, and achieves remark
able success in avoiding any allusion to the
political questions now before the country
1t is the Fillmore American platform Of
1856, wofully diluted, and SO weak that it
will not stand up long enough to be knocked
down. We accept it as evidence that the
last days Of the platform business are come
and that the sssands of life" are fast running
out of the trick of tickling people with fine
| words that are broken as soon as uttered
| Sprinqfeld Republican. ,e g.r.