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Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-04-10

N. Y, on Sunday night, destroying the
dwelling Of Daniel Comstock Ills wife and
four little children persisted in the iIam$.
CoNeRxss. 6th.-The TRANSACTIONS
Of both houses were not of much inteest.
In the Senate, Mr.. Slidel's motion t re-
consider the vote to disagree with the Jouse
on the Kansas bill was discussed without &C.
ton. The Minnesota bill was also dsassed.
The House, in committee of the Who'll, con-
sidsred the deficiency appropriation I'll.
April 7th.-The House resumed tic con-
sideration of the deficiency bill. Mr. Letch-
er, of Va, defended the bill generally. It
is thought the bill will be defeated. 1t en-
braces an appropriation Of about eight mil-
lions dollars for the army. There is IN in
creasing disposition in Congress to check
further movements of the Utah expedition.
The entire military force contemplated to he
thrown into Utah, is about 5000 men.
AT the municipal election i. Portland,
Me-, on the 9th, Jewett, Republican, was
elected Mayor by 21s majority over Shaphy,
Democrat. The City Council is strongly
Republican.
Another murder was committed in
Washington on the 9Th. Two brothers lam-
ed Devlin killed a man named Barry, Who
had seduced their sister.
Gen. Jeff. Davis physical condition has
become most critical. He has lost the sight
of an eye.
The Republicans of Rhode Island have
elected their entire ticket for Governor and
State officers, and a great majority of both
branches of the General Assembly.
Hon. Jacob Thompson, Secretary Of the
Interior, was violently assaulted at W ashins-
ton, on the Sth, by man named Peter Be-
sancon, formerly of La. Besancon struck
or attempted to strike the Secretary, when
the latter turned and saw him in the act of
drawing pistol. He thereupon seized Be-
sancon, and throwing him upon the Aoor,
dislocated his arm. 1t is believed that b..
sancon, who is we'll known at Washington,
was refused an Office by Secretary Thompson,
which, with pecuniary embarrassments, had
temporarily debilitated his mental faculties.
Besancon had been for several years in the
employ of government at Washington, and
is looked on with respect by all who know
him.
CoNGREss.-Apri sh.--In the Senate,
nothing of Importance was transacted up to
the hour of our report, { o'clock.)
In the House, Mr.. Washburne, of Illinois,
moved to table the deficiency appropriation
bill. Negatived by 43 against 143 The
question was then taken on re-committing
the bill to the Committee on Ways and
Means, with instructions.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-04-10

AMONG THE AFRICANs.-The colored
folks are sharing in the general bless
ing. A correspondent of Boston pa
per, writing from New Bedford Of the
revival in that place, says:
The African churches are thronged
almost every evening in the week, and
unusual religious feeling has been
awakened in the several congregations.
Their meetings are found to be some
what peculiar in the singing, in the
prayers, and in the remarks. Such e.
CARNATIONS as these often resound
through the excited assemblies: "That's
Gods truth Glory! know God will
hear dat prayer cause he said he would!
De blessing is coming, I feel it, oh, I
feel tit feels good! He'll clutches
us, but it couldn't hold usr Prsy,
broders pray, sisters-put in all you
know! OATS de wayr White folks
think colored folks don't know nothin'r.
Lord, drive out the giggling devils !.
Make dem feel hotter and hotterer ~
&c. .
Among the hymns which they sing is
one with the following chorus:
"The devil and me, we don't agree,
| don't like him and he don't Like mar
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-04-10

THE COMING SUMMER 1t is said that the
Earl Of Rose, one of the first astronomers
in Europe, has told gentleman in England
that he anticipates one of the most intensely
hot summers this year that has ever been
known, and advises farmers to build sheds
for their cattle by way of protection against
the extreme heat. This is rather rounda-
bout prediction. The Earl of Rosse may
have said so, but how he should know any
thing about it, puzzles US.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-04-10

DROP Misunderstanding is more
fallacious than measuring fluids by
dropping since the drops from the lips
of a vial vary, chiefly according to the
different force of the attraction of CO.
hesion in different liquids. Thus, so
drops Of water fill the same measure as
100 drops of laudanum from lip Of
the same size. The graduated glass
measure used by apothecaries is the only
certainty.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-04-10

THE CRLEsTlALs TO BE STARVED OUT.-The
plan of the English expedition in China,
which has left Canton for the Yellow Sea, is
said to be to starve the Celestial Emperor
into reasonable state OF mind. They pro-
nose to blockade the town Of Tien-Sing,
where Pekin gets her supplies Of food, and it
"a calculated that the city must be reduced to
!. state Of famine in short time. the Chinese
Government. never having more than three
month"; supply Of food in the capital at once.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-04-10

SAD AooIDENr.-On Thursday, the 18th
inst, lad some ten or twelve years old,
grandson of WIN. Chambers, living on Or
ange Prairie, was found lying dead near q
haystack. 1t appears that the little fellow
had placed a ladder against the stack and
assembled to the top and got a hay knife, and
in coming down missed his footing, falling
on the knife, which entered his lett side and
passed nearly through him, cutting, it is
his heart in two. He got up, drew
out the knife, and started for the house,
when he fell dead, and was thus found
Peoria Union.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-04-10

Mr.. DOUGLAS AND Mr.. BUCHANAN. The
Washington correspondent Of the New York
Times writes:
There is no doubt that Senator Douglas
has finally left the Democratic party. lie
speaks with great bitterness of the President,
and considers his A administration responsible
for the iniquitous proceedings in Kansas,
resulting in the Lecompton Constitution.
He says the first thing to be done is to break
down an Administration that has shown
itself false to Democratic principle, and
proceedings.
Upon his side, the President is equally
energetic in condemning Senator Douglas
If the Senator should hesitate to 60 out, the
President means to push him out of the party.
TO that end, all his friends remaining in
federal Office in Illinois will be turned out
during the present month.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-04-10

SECOND DISTRICT.


SECOND DISTRICT.
The Republicans of the Second Congressional Dis
trict of the State of Iowa. herehy aotifed that
Convention will be held in Iowa City, on Friday
tho 18th of June. A. D. 1858, for the pa pose 81
: nominating Republican candidate for Congress
POI said district an the transaction OF anca other
business as may be deemed necsssary for tie inter
ea Of the party.
The rati, OF representation Of each county. VIII
Re del sgste for every 100 Rer ubcan Votes, and
an additional for every fra ton over Fifty, the
vote FOR Governor at the last October elecaa beio
the basis. Organizad counties having less than one
hundred Republican voters, Will be EMIT led cac to
one deleg gate.
W. PINK CLARKE,
JOHN A. fARyIN,
HIRAM PKICB, I Dis.rc Ceutral Com.
NJ. MeELY,
:. d. CARPErTEH,
Rel publican papers Throughout. tho distr ct are
requested to copy.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-04-10
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION

Rebellion State Corv. ntion will be teid at
Iowa City, on Its,sday, tie 18th day of June,
1855, FOR the purpose of nominating Secretary,
Auditor, Treasure, If Slate ard Attorney General,
and f the transaction Of such other business as
msy be d..een,d necessary by the Convention.
The ratio Of representation Of each county will
10 enc dele gate for every one hume rcd Republican
votes, and in additional one for every fraction
ov fifty, the vote for Governor at the last State
election hein tie basis. Organised counties with
less the ens hundred Rsputlicsn voters will be
entitled each to one delegate.
2. ]. KIRKwooD, W. II. FARMER,
W. P. CLARK, H. PRIZE,
II. OCosNoR. u. ID. WOonEN,
Committee.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-04-10

No PEAcHEs THIS YEAR.--Mr. Davis, the
we'll known peach grower Of Clermont coun-
ty, Ohio, reports that not more than ono
peach bud In t,oenty thousand has escaped
the frost. Many other prominent horticul-
tufists make similar reports.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-04-10

M1sNEsorA.-The bill admitting Minnesota
as State, with two Representatives in the
lower House, passed the Senate on Wednes-
day.
Previous to the calling Of the roll, Messrs.
Bell, Houston, Brown, Johnson, of Tenn,
Crittenden, Stuart and Wilson made brief
remarks on the clause in the Constitution
permitting aliens to vote.
The final vote that the bill pass was yeas
4S, nays 8. Nays-Messrs. Clay, Kennedy
and Yulce. Absent - Bayard, Benjamin,
Davis, Fcssenden, Foote, Henderson, Iver-
son, Pearce, Reid, and Thompson, of Ky.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-04-10

MAINE LAw.-The Legislature Of Maine
has just passed a new law, which is simply
the original "Maine Law of 1853 revived.
After numerous additions, making the law
more and more obnoxioaae 70 certain infu
entail and numerous classes, the prohibitory
legislation since 1858 broke down by its own
wei ht, and the result was the enactment Of
a license law, under which intemperance has
increased to fearful extent. The State has
now advanced again to the point reached in
1853, and re-adopted the original statute,
with one exception, the distillery clause,
with the hope of its vigorous execution.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-04-10

sBH Mahomedans say that one hous
Of justice is worth seventy years OF
prayer. One act is worth q castasy Of
eloquence,
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-04-10

LEcoMPToN IN TIE NORTH w EST. - Had
thatlittle dancing master, Brigadier- General
George Wallace Jones, Senator in Congress
from the State of Iowa, obeyed the instruc-
tons of his constituents, Wisconsin, Michi-
gan, Illinois and Iowa would have displayed
an unbroken front in Congress on the Lee
compton question. AS it is, Iowa is the
only black sheep of the flock, and is the
representative of the Administration in the
North. West-a fit representative. indeed.
Discarded by the people of his State in a
manner sufficiently contemptuous to have
wilted a less impudent man, he is hanging
to the Presidential coat-tails imploring that
his ignoble services may be rewarded. Let
US see what he will get.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-04-10

EMIGRATIoN.-We see by the Dubuque
papers that vigorous measures are being
taken to induce emf grafton to Iowa. The
board Of directors Of the Emigrant Associa-
ton at their last meeting authorized the
Secretary to engage the services of a German
Agent to obtain subscriptions to sufficient
amount to publish an edition of 10000
copies of pamphlet in the German Ian
guage, setting forth the advantages offered
to immigrants in Northern Iowa, for gratu-
itous distribution in the Eastern States and
in Europe.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-04-10

LOLA MoNTEz ON LovE.-Lola Mon.
tez delivered lecture in New York .
few evenings ago on " the comic as
poets Of love-" Her lecture is thus re-
ported.
"There was kind of metaphysical
love that began with the first 81 Oh, and
ended with the first kiss. We must
look among the higher classes for the
best specimens of sentimental, signing
love. In this country cobbler might
place his shanty beside the mansion of
the millionaire IN the Fifth avenue;
and if the millionaire was not careful
the cobbler would make love to his wife ;
and if he did, it was no matter, for 1t
any rate the millionaire was sure to
make love to the cobbler's wife,
[Great laughter. When rich mans
daug hter, somewhere in Lexington
avenue) [great laughter runs away
with her fathers coachman, the whole
country roars with laughter. Great
laughter The woman takes tho bit
in her mouth, and runs away with her
brains. She wondered why some sharp
Yankee had not discovered salt to
keep the sweets Of matrimony from
cloying. The old adage of "never
part again" was silly one her adj
vice was for married people to part as
often aspossiblc, and stay apart as long
as possible. Laughter. 1t is a great
deal easier to win lover than to keep
him. Laughter 1t is strange to see
what pains men and women take to
catch each other, and how little pains
they take to hold on. Laughter. T.
The story Of the establishment Of tho
Order Of the Garter shows what tre-
mendous institution garter is, in the
hands Of love and power. In France,
in bygone days, there was a religious
sect, called the "Lover's League" The
members were bound to clothe them
selves thickly in summer, and thinly i'm
winter. When a member visited the.
house of brother, the visitee immedi-
ately left the house and did not return
until the visitor departed, taking it for
granted that the sisters were the special
objects of visitation - [Laughter.l
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-04-10
For the Journals
The Crowded Mart.

My repusive mind is dark within itself
And while the Inconsistent air
Rushes round in playing curls
My thoughts wandering other whersj
stand npon the s'Brdge of Sigh"
Where Venice walls oppose the soundlsss mails
gaze Upon the crowded mart
And mediate my self-sought straint
Now Phingari comes, the lovers, friend,
Slow wheeling Ger the silvered clouds zs4r.
And through the twilight's silent reign
The stars are laying of their shrouds;
But there are lamps that beautify my theme
The theme that started in my mind=-
The crowded mart, tho f'd with ships LsviatheaSs
Is still unrippled and unlined.
How many giant oaks were CIV. snd hswn,-
10 build these arks Of wealth ar,ltrads..
That foat upon the cloud-kssed billowr
| Yet prove to men their palisade
Commercial chariots driving Ger the deep,
| Despite the Drmon of the wind,
With their ocean wheels Of strength
| Yet leave no track behind.
But these not the ships Of Tar,.r.
That proudly in far other Lava
Stalked but kept no sk';.I,iful chart
OF their Eary winding ways.
1he harvest Of rivers and revenues Of lands
Were brought from Chaldeas idol dear
But Venice roams the world around
Seeking treasures far and near.
Proud Venice /! thron' d on thy hundred islssi
Thou sendest forth thy feet with the sun,
At morrow dawn their sails unfurl
To work some act yet never done
But what this act I cannot tell,
But wish as they come Ger the boundlsss SEE
They bring me NEWS Ny UNCLE Is DEAD
AND LEFT HIS MONEY FOR NE!
| HAROLD SApl:
| Mus catinc, April 3D. 1858.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-04-10

HEALTH OF MIR. BENTON. "A Washington
correspondent of the New York Tribune
writes as follows, under date of the 4th:
Mr.. Benton is still confined to his bed, but
is laboring earnestly on his Infringement of
the Debates, with full sense of the beset-
ting perils. He says that he has two years
of other work blocked out in his mind. which
he would like to complete, but sees at present
no prospect of it. His disease is pronounced
to be cancer in the bowels, and must prove
fatal
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-04-10
The Lccompton BILL.

The telegraph brings us the report that the
Lecompton bill was returned on Wednesday
to the House by the Senate, and that vote
was to have been taken yesterday in the
House on receding or adhering to the amend
ment.
The House will have to do one Of three
thinss--recede from their position, and pass
the Lecompton bill or insist upon the Crit
tenden substitute, which Will call for a joint
committee of conference from the Senate
and House, which might result in compro-
mise between the Lecompton and anti-Le-
compton Democrats Or adhere to their po-
sition, which will cut off all further hope of
compromise OF salvation for the Lecompton
fraud.
1t is probable that the House will adhere.
At least, all the Republicans will occupy
tina. position. The anti-Lecompton Demo-
Gratis may merely insist.
a dispatch from Washington dated yes
terday (the Sthl says:
The plan now entertained on the admins
tration side is for the Senate to recede from
its disagreement, and then amend Critten-
denis substitute with the view to a passible
accommod alton. This movement, however,
will depend on the further Developments.
CHloAGo.-W spent Tuesday of this week
in the "Garden City" We had not visited
it before in two years. We found the spirit
of progress manifested in its architecture, its
public improvements, and its facilities for
commerce. But yet Chicago is literally par
alyzed by the financial pressure. Her busi-
ness men with whom we conversed complain
of the dull times and scarcity of money.
Houses for rent can be found in almost every
block We observed ten very fine store
rooms in central part 6f the city, all in one
block labeled! "to let'' Such indications of
tt C lepi ession of trade could not be observed
two years ago. In view of these facts, and
the hnasting of the Chicago papers in regard
to the business of that place and the manner
in which it has thstood the universe
financial dficultid Ehe following budget of
shits.' which we find in the Cleveland
Plaindea'cr, are quite appropos:
"Chicago is busting city. 1t was
formerly in Illinois, but now Illinois is in it.
Lake Michigan is situated on Chicago. The
principle productions of Chicago are corner
lots, statistics, wind, the Democratic Press,
and Long John Wentworth. The popula
ton of Chicago is about sixteen millions,
and is rapidly increasing The people are
very unassu,liing and moral-almost too
much so. The real estate dealers are all
honorable men, like Brutus, and wouldn't
tell lie for anything. Chicago is not in
the Temperate Zone, the habits of the peo~
pie not being at all in that way"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-04-10

WILL THEY STAND FIRM ?-We see no indi-
cations as yet of any backing down on the
part of the members Of the House who voted
for the Crittenden amendment; on the con
trary, we are assured on all sides that they
will stand firm. and refuse what the Senate
will probably ask fora Committee of Con-
ference. 1t is said that the vote on the mo-
ton to appoint it will be l20--the sans that
'sdid the business" for the fraud on the LIST.
Good Chicago Tribune.
Baltimore Wecker. [volume] (Baltimore [Md.]) 1851-1867, 1858-07-09

faniider Burger unter ben Sdus Oes a,nerif.
0elancten itelte.
3uloaSa Slttert iebt pOr ben Tremoeu in leis
ner el9enen Sauptltaot unD in Der Chat mirpe
eS Dislsn eine aleiaisfeit iein, fid Der 6tapt
gu bendhtisen.
Sas bic Giiifunsen bon @oup. gioauri Bee
trlfit, 10 iOu er III leeter 3eit cine 6libultieruers
ltdttun9 pom Nep'g)cr erbalten b Ben = mie
oaS NewsS Orleans Delta BON Sierra Grua pil1en
nil.
Sn Neips0crf weiB Gieuano Gtpas bapon.
9Gtr 9eben Die Stele pes Delta Der Guriolitat
balber, le lautet
v@s ideint, puB 3wei Sdiffe, bic uYropis
oence" nuo Der Orion, nil beuieltem am 9.
SUM- BON Stem. DOrt abiubreu. sic beltanpen
in 1000 Wtann uuter COMMANDO be8 Sbert
Sadion, ndmlid 800 Saarfldabeu unp 200
Artiuetiitsn, in 5000 WtaSfeten nno 20 &ano.
men nit elmer 9rcBen Mense Munition fir be
n0rolide Nrnnee. Sic paren gu MlatamoraS
ansefOmmen u. peroea iosleid mad pemRriesss
ldauplaee 9ei4idt wesben."
Baltimore Wecker. [volume] (Baltimore [Md.]) 1851-1867, 1858-07-09

frasen, lber bic Yarteien, iber bic Vereine, aber
caS 5npipiOuum gu l%telen, uno eS auf Die StuTe
Der @emelnlamfeit 81 erheben = fur5 etl ul>
abbdneiges Bolfafelt parauS gu ldaffen, MT
pellen aeitnne eine aus ben Spe5ials epnu11lteen
Der uerldieoenen 8erelne gu bilpenoe General
Committee betraut perDen ioae. 2ie ppn Dem
gurapereine ipesiel e~rnannte Committee bat ltd
bereitS init BEN @inlapnnesn befaBt INN cine
Gjeueral.G rnruittee gu Stanoe 81 brinSen, be
rem erlfe Sieuns aui 6rettas ben 9. Suli ana
teraumt If.
Soften mir auf einen lebbafteren 8nlsldlas
pes pentl9en 0er5ens, menn eS iid INN Die yas
tionalebre Der Deutl9 : lmerifaner banoelt !
5offen mir auf cine ulseneiue Gbeilnabme, bic,
obne INTERRUPTED beS gerufes, pettetfert IN Der
Gbre, Dem Deutlden 8albinston unlerem
beldetoenen Steuben ben rprentbaltenen
9orbeerfranS gu lpinpen our4 Elm Dent'aal, oaS
lpie Elm Gllsel nit flauluenocm S9merte Die
ManAlaulen 2puisrille'S beleudtet uno bic
Woromaffe Der unpanfbaren 9fdtswli1eret mie
elm perltumneno' @eldus fir inlller gum
S9weieen brin9tlI - ScrwdrtS! Wfarldtl;
Baltimore Wecker. [volume] (Baltimore [Md.]) 1851-1867, 1858-07-09

.Dre!2 1se Weuere..8 aus europa a..
Tetn Jt a d ri t pon Der Gelez
9rop9ens61otte.
New<Yort, s. Suli. Der Nompfsr
afrsc1 fam pen liverpool an init Nadri6teu biz
gum 26. SUM.
Der 9arnpfer 0aOrtbern Sight fam brauBen
am 25. SUM- an.
Die africa fab ni6t8 ron Der Telearapben,
6lctte. sic pallirte Die 2dnse, unter per bic
Flotte letn lplte a6er PAS Wetter mar trib.
Ole Spr9al9e iun en9lilAen Yarlament MAJ
ren nnbeoeutenp. Die inpilhe 8ta rurpe aum
~5tpetten Wtale 9eleien uno bic Maioritat tur Die
6eStcrun8 IN oleler an9ele9enbsit pu9S immel
mebr.
Srn Snoien unb Gbina fanlen neuere g2ads
rtdten, aber BON teiner Widtiafeit.
Otdrfte. 2iperpcOl, 26. Stunt. Baum,
tpoue tbatis uno i'm Stei9eu ; Mandefer>N ead-
rtdten 9lnltts, 8roOltOffe 1lau !; pas @etter
mar Der Grnte 9initi9 Mebl flau Brppilic-
men flau.
eonlOl8 954. Bullion in Der Sunt Bate nm
fl14,00O 5u9enommeu.
Wettere8 aus Snbten. Sir Golin
Campbell bate ben @lnse8 i6erldritteu. We,
gen Der furhtbaren StBe maren bic Iruppen in
Sudnrm franz. Die @arniion beltano MI,
nod aus 1000 Wann Snfanterie.
@en. Swenburs beDrpbte bic Bcmbab, Gcute,
Ole Jtebellen eilten gu beren St6eruna berbei.
llnter Der eirr9ebcrenen Snfanterie i'm BeuDlhab
mar elne eonipiration entoedt porpen. Die
Jtaoels flbrer lDuroel eeb6not.
Ote en9llIde Snterpentipn in Der Gaoliari,
aIta're etreste I'M iapli4en Stalien srcbe '5n.
'oi9nation. ---
rs albin9ton, s. Suit. Dem Sen.
Waro y. Snraett ron Nen=Ncrf lit bic Grs
aennunS 5um Surpepor @eneral BON &anlae
uno 9tebrasca an9eboten morDen, an Stelle oee
gen. CALHOUN (Sc9u8,G .alboun), beIen Amts.
5ett am 3. Suli ablief.
Waibin8ton, s. Suit. Die 0fesirunl
bat Depelden bon Sen. Solution erbalteu, oa:
ttrt pom IL. Stunt. Die ntab. Nrnee befane
ltd pobl nno mar I'M Sesriffe, mad Der Sal3'
%Ieeltaot ST rtarldtreu.
" W : Oorf 8. Suli. Der Ddmpfer
G%eiclon init Dem z. 3e9inent bon bier fubr
beute Mpr9en 6 l1br 8 Wfeilen ut1ter @albs
tn9ton auf ben @runo. Sin DGmpier marp
tbnl 5ur Silfe seianOt.