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Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-05-15

A small vein of copper has been found on
Hennepin Island. opposite st. Paul.
Laborers in Chicago are getting only Is
cents per day this season, and hundreds of
men are out of employment.
"a flare up.''-Peter Flare of Mddletown,
Md, has fallen heir to $4,000, by the death
of a relative in Germany.
Susan Denim is the reigning ''star" at
Barnum's Museum, New York. The audi
ences at this place of amusement are made
up of those who do not encourage regular
theatrical establishments, deeming them i'm
moral. Strange as it may seem, Susan pleases
this class of people very well, it is said, and
her engagement is likely to be permanent.
| Louis Pau!sen, the famous chess player, is
now engaged at Chicago in playing ten games
of chess at once, his eyes blindfolded, with
ten of the best players in Chicago.
| Aaron Stewart, a respectable citizen o.
Parke county, Indiana, recently became SC
excited on religious matters that he got the
idea shat he was required to sacrifice his left
hand to save himself from hell. He com.
pletely severed it with an axe, after striking
| five blows.
Within a few days some 1000 troop:
bound for Utah passed through St. Louis fol-
Fort Leavenw
The lands lately ceded by the Yanktor
Indians in Dakota, embrace twelUe million
Of acres. They lie south of the following
line: Commencing at Kampeska Lake
thence TO the mouth of the Wamdushkah
or Snake River, thence to the head of Eas
Medicine River thence down said river tt
the Missouri River.
The old project for the formation Of a new
State from portions of Tennessee, Virgins
and North Carolina, has been revived.
The Washington Republic happily re
marks: The Utah war is not a war upo1
polygamy, but aoar upon the Treasury.
According to Madrid correspondent o
the New York Tribune democratic rev o
luton is at hand in Spain, the success 0
which is to establish a republican Govern
ment.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-05-15

ASTONISHING DlscLnsURE.-The mystery
connected with the barrel of human remains.
lately detected at New York, and traced
back to Chicago, bids fair to be solved. A
,jpurneyman barber has been arrested by
Capt. Bradley, charged with the murder
His name is Jumfertz, and he was employed
in barber shop under the Matteson House
He states that the woman was the vie OF
ore Werner, who abscnnded last year with
another woman that he and Mrs. Werner
lived as man and wife that they had child
which suddenly died; that they moved t.
Milwaukee; that she insisted on his marrying
her. which lie refused; that he left her ant
came back 20 Chicago, ard afterwards Sent
for her. She returned to him, and, as he
states, hung herself on the 9th of March, in
the room they occupied.
In his fear, lie cut up her body, bayrelled
it, and after keeping it ten days, had it taken
to the depot and shipped to New York.
1t is altogether probable that foul muir
der and no suicide is at the bottom Of the
matter, and it is to be hoped will soon he
terreted ont and the scoundrel made to suffer
his Just deserts.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-05-15

IN act relating to the crime Of z'la-
eng 05structons on rail road
traces or renzouinS any raHMere-
from or committing any injuries
to rail r0ads.
SECTION |. BE 1T enacted By the
General .Asscna6y Of the State Of
Lua, If any person Or persons shall
wilfully and maliciously place any OBJ
struction on the track Of a rail road in
this State, or remove any rail there
from, Or in any other way injure such
railroad, Or do any other thing thereto
Or in any other way injure such rail
road, or do any other thing thereto,
whereby the life Of any personis or may
be endangered, he or they shall be pun
ished by confinement IN the State Pen
itentiary for life, or for any term not
less than two years.
2. This act to take effect and be
in force from and after its publication
in the Iowa Citizen and Iowa State
Journal.
STEPHEN B. SHELLEDY,
Speaker Of the House Of Reps.
ORAN FAVILLE,
. President of the Senate.
Approved March 22d, 1858.
RALPH P. LOWE.
Office Of Secretary of State, }
Des Moines, March 22d 1858. :
I hereby certify that the foregoing is
true copy from the original roll on file
in my office. ELIJAH SELLS,
Secretary Of State.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-05-15
lin actto determine the Weight, per-
bushel, Of certain seeds named

lin acttO determine the aUeight, per
bushel, Of certain seeds named
therein.
SECTION 1. BE 1t enacted by the
General assembly Of the State Of
Lo,Ua, The weight Of bushel of Hun
garian grass seed shall be forty-fve
pounds ; the weight Of bushel of Mil
let seed shall be forty five pounds the
weight Of a bushel Of Usage Orange
seed shall be thirty-two pounds to the
bushel, and the weight Of a bushel Of
seed Of the Sorghum Saccharatum and
of the Broom Corn shall be thirty
pounds each.
2. This act to be in force and
take effect from and after it's publica-
ton according to law.
STEPHEN B. SHELLEDY,
Speaker Of the House of Reps.
ORAN FAVILLE,
President Of the Senate.
Approved, March 22d, 1858.
RALPH P. LOWE.
Office of Secretary of State. }
Des Moines, March 22d 1858. {
hereby certify that the foregoing
is true copy from the original roll on
file in my office. ELIJAH SELLS,
Secretary Of State.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-05-15
I'm act to amend chapter 22O Of the
session La,v of 1861.

I'm act to amend chapter 220 Of the
session laO Of 1861.
SECTION l. BE 1t enacted by the
General assembly Of the State Of To-
aca, That the first paragraph Of section
first, Of the act to which this is amend
atory, be SO amended as to readas fol-
lows: That when any person intends to
avail himself Of the provisions Of chap
ter 64 Of the Code Of Iowa, it shall be
the duty Of such person within nineteen
days from the time Of the performance
Of the work, or Of the furnishing of the
material, to file in the Office Of the Re-
corder and treasurer Of the county in
which the premises may be, and to re-
cord the same in book to be provided
in each county by the County Judge,
and kept for that purpose, a statement
which shall plainly set forth.
80. Any person furnishing materi-
ais to be used in the construction or re-
pair Of any building by any contractor
or in improving any lot or parcel Of
ground shall have the same lien as the
contractor according to chapter GA Of
the Code Of Iowa. Provided, That be-
fore furnishing said material, he shall shall
notify in writing the owner or proprie-
tor OF the quantity and value Of the ma
terial to be furnished; and if no obiec-
ton in writing be made thereto, the
owner or proprietor shall pay the said
person furnishing the said materials,
the value Of the same according to the
terms and conditions of the contract
made with the contr :a9seti take effect and
be in force from and after its publica-
ton in the Iowa Weekly Citizen and
State Journal.
STEPHEN B. SHELLEDY,
Speaker of the House Of Reps.
OR AN FAVILLE,
President Of the Senate.
Approved, March 18th, 1858.
..s RALPH P. LOWE.
Office of Secretary of State, ,
Des Moines, March 18th, 1853. {
l hereby certify that the foregoing is
a true copy from the original roll on
Tile in my Office.
ELIJAH SELLS,
Secretary Of State. I!
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-05-15

POPULATIONS OF CITIES IN Omo-The
population of the principal cities in this
State are as f,llows: Cincinnati 100000
Cleveland, 10000; Columbus, 5000; Day.
ton, $4,000; Toledo. $4,000; GAINESVILLE, ~
900; S,eubenville, 10000; Chillicothe, TO-
600 Sandusky, $4,000; Springfield, 5000.
No other city has more than 5000.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-05-15

THE END OF THE W RLD.-A disciple of the
prophet Miller has arrived at the conclusion
that the present year is to witness the end of
all things earthly. This result is reached
by mathematical process. The square
root Of the cost of Ezekiel's chariot was
1868. From this, extract ''prophetic val
ue' Of ''scarlet lady Of Babylon," ,2S2,
and we hive 1921. Take from this the cube
ram mentioned by the prophet as pushing
westward," 4,757, and we have for remain
der 1924. Deduct from this ''the number
of beasts" mentioned in the Apocalypse,
666, and We get the result 1858, the year in
which the end of the world is to take place.
-Surdrusc Journal.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-05-15

c. A Washington letter writer says the
Lecomptonites there were prepared for q
great victory in Philadelphia, and had maze
every preparation for its celebration in grand
style. The result was sad damper 10 thtir
anticipations.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-05-15

TIE IRISH SWORD Of GIDEON. j. Ms
Southern Citizen, in its impression Ct he
29th nit, says:
"If the sUnion.' after all, must be saved
at any cost, we have suggestion I" Offer
on that side also, Let Congress create more
and larger,new public departments, and az
prnpria u few scores Of millions more to be
dispensed by federal patronage. Let there
be such O determination Of Llo I'd to ths
head, that the patient will he all head and
lot the Constitution go 70 tic dvvil.'
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-05-15

HORRIBLE Aco1rENT.-An Irishman nam.
ed McGinnis was killed at Rock Island yes.
terday by the cars running over him, sever
ing his head from his body. He was employ
ed on the coal train, and had wife and
two children residing at Coal Valley.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-05-15
Senat will take on this ssfnding."

FOREIGN EM1aRAT1oN.--The falling off in
the number of emigrants this season is very
marked. The total arrivals of emigrants at
New York for the present year up to May
5th were l9,487 against IS ,497 for the same
period last year. Atthis rate the emigration
for the present year will be less than &c, 900
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-05-15
Republican Congressional Convcn-
ton.

SECOND DISTRICT
The Republicans of the Second Congressional Dis
trict Of the State of Iowa, hereby not'fed that
Convention will be held in I"wa City, on Fiid'y
the 18Th of June. A. d. 1888, for the ps pose 81
nominating Republican candidate for Congress
for said district an the transaction # such other
business as may be deemed Necessary fer the inter
ssl Of the party. -,
The ratia OF representation Of each county, Will
be one del ate for every 100 RsI ubcan ties, AID
an additional one for every fra ton over City, the
vote for Governor at the last October elected being
the basis. Organz ID counties having ess taan o. c
hundred Republican voters, will be crtite each t.
one delegate.
W. PHHN CLARKE,
JouN A. PARvIN, |
HIRAM PRICE, District Central Com.
NJ. MeBLY.
s. d. CARPENrEa,
Republican papers thrvugheus the distr ct ar'
requested TO copy.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-05-15

PIcEoNs. Pigeon Roost in Decatur
county extends over a distance of twenty
eight miles; it is about fourteen miles wide
AS before stated, the birds have not nestled
at this Roost for thirty years until this
Spring. Over this vast extent of country
eyery tree has from ten to fifteen nests, and
every nest at least one bird. The young are
now hardly able to fly, and the shooting is
mere slaughter. The old birds leave carly
in the morning in search Of food, and return
in the evening" Hnceanes (Ind) Gazette.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-05-15

A GRAcE.-A corpulent gentleman with
capacions stomach, rose at public dinner
TO return thanks, which h. did by laying Liee
hands quite attractiyely upon his stomach.
anu o. g. h,nnt;Nts ,ho"x Thee for these blesss
to enjoy them" anu 'or c"pacity
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-05-15

MINNESOTA will be u State in the Union
and Messrs. Rice and Shields will take theil
$ .ats in the Senate, as soon as the Presidcn
signs the bill which passed the House o,
Tuesday.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-05-15
CITY OF PIUSCAYINE
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION.

REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION.
Rep.bl;can State Convention will be held at
Iowa CITY, on thursday, tie 18th day of June
1858, FOR the purpose Of nominating Secretary,
Auditor, Treasure of State ard Attorney General
and for the transaction of such other business as
nav DO eemsd necessary by the Convention.
Tae ra-io Of rapressntstn of each county Will
be one del, gate for every one hun drcd Republican
votes, and en- additional ono for every fraction
o.. n fifty the vote for Governor at the last State
election bein i, the basis. Organized counties with
less thu one hundred Republican voters will be
eatitled each to one delegate.
e. J. KIRkwoop, W. H. FAREEE,
". p. CLARK, II. PRICE,
H. OCoNsoR, q. D. WOODEN,
Commit
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-05-15

The examination of witnesses in the
Bright and Fitch bogus Senator case, at In
dianapolis, closed last week. The testimony
was sufficient to show the pretended election
to have been contrary to the Constitution, as
we'll as the established usage in Indiana. 1t
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-05-15

CO Bill English got up bad substitute
for Ii good bill. We hope that his constitu-
ents, will, at their next session get up a
good substitute for a bad Charlottesville
Journal.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-05-15

PHlLADELpHrA.- MIR. Ilenry's majority for
Mayor Of Philadelphia. is 4,7O3. The whole
Anti-Lecompton city ticket is elected.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-05-15

CO The st. Louis, Mo-, Gazette says
that the Utah 'sPeace Commissioners" Gov
Powell and Maj. Mccullough, are travelling
across tie plains in great splendor. They
have an escort of fifteen men, and eight
splendid light carriages, each drawn by four
superior mules. They expected to travel at
the rate of 60 miles per day, and will get
their teams replenished at Fort Laramie.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-05-15

NEVADA TRRRIroRY.-The Committee On
Territories have reported bill for the Or
ganization Of new Territory west OF Utah
sunder the name Of Nevada.
Tho same committee of the House reported
. bill to make the right Of suffrage uniform
and excluding non naturalized foreigners
from voting in all the Territories of the
Tnited States.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-05-15

A SOUTHERN OPINIoN.-The Richmond
South describes the beauties of the English
Kansas bill as follows. "I6 achieves Com
gressional recognition of the Lecompton
Constitution. 1t affirms The principles for
which the South has contended throughout
the struggle. 1t admits Kansas into the
Union as slave State, and thus copsoidates
the victory of 1854. In practice as we'll as
principle, it is now established that no fede-
raj prohibition will avail to restrict the ex-
pansion of pro-slavery power.''
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-05-15
From the St. Louis Exchange Reporter, 9Th.
st. Louis and Chi cage as Grain Mar
kets.

~
st. Louis and Chicago as Grain Mar.
kets.
We give place to the following letter from
valued correspondent at Muscatine:
MUsoAT1NE, Iowa, April IS, 1853. Strong
efforts are being made by the railroads and
Chicago merchants to turn the shipments of
-four and wheat from points between the
Rapids towards the Lakes. The former rates
from Chicago 10 this point were 55c per bbl
for flour, l6 LIE. per bushels for wheat !;
reduced now to 45c for -four, and l2c for
wheat. Freights for -four, via river, are zoe,
and &c for wheat, and in some instances
fraction less. The Chicago papers have
opened a new plan for quotations, stating
how much an article sells for delivered Oh
board, or with some other ambiguous con-
dition. They should come out plainly and
state what an article is worth on the track,
so as to save an innocent party from being
charged with fees for elevatng, insurance,
inspection, &c. Some shippers are not post
ed in these matters, but little experience
will learn them a dear lesson. | should not
make these remarks but for the reason that
| have noticed uncalled for circulars floating
through this section, setting forth in curl
ous manner tile advantages of Chicago aud
the disadvantages of St. Louis as grain mar
kets, regarding transportation, commission
and prices. Yours, sc. W.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-05-15

TIE HANNIBAL AND ST. JOSEPH RAILROAD.
"A tire-eating paper in Georgia has this
funny account of the above railroad through
northern Missouri:
an abolition Railro ad ALL our readers,
perhaps, are not aware that an Abolition
Railroad Company eli Thayer being prom
ineut man among them) are constructing a
road entirely across the northern potion of
Missouri, and that it is to all intents and
purposes tree soil agency driving the eman.
cipation wedge through that part of the
State. Its depots are free soil COLONIES; its
laborers an army Of foreign and native abo-.
lition colonists it excavates southern senti-
ments as it does the rock and earth of its
track, and its extending rail is but length
ening Chain to connect northern Missouri,
in both commercial interest and political
sentiment, with Massachusetts and New
York. At the election for directors of this
company, held last year, the emancipation
question was made the test, and the entire
free soil ticket for directors was elected by
a party vote. Yet the State literally aids
this road, and helps to drive home the aboli-
ton wedge.-CoIuns6us (Ga) Enquirer.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-05-15

A GREE: GosL1NG.-The local editor of
the Davenport Gazette finds it difficult,
owing probably to the dull times up there, to
fill up his column, and hence resorts to such
desperate expedients as the following:
An old hen was seen ascending the bluff
on Rock Island street, yesterday, followed
by just twenty little chirping biddies nearly
large enough to come to market as ''spring
chickens" Behind these followed another
motherly hen with fifteen wee chicks and
two green gosllngs. we uiay ventesU w.
remark from these fowl statistics that the
spring crop of young chickens is good.
Very interesting and highly important
paragraph, that! Davenport is great place
the ''Bridge City"--producing not only
onions in abundance, but spring chickens
and '.green goslings." Query-was the said
editor included among the last mentioned
interesting bipedsa
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-05-15
Patrick Quigley has been re-appointed
Receiver Of the Land Office at Dubuque.

r. r. NEws. We understand that the
interview between Mr.. Farnam and Judge
Young, last week, resulted in satisfactory
understanding with regard to the form of
issuing the county bonds, and that the ar
rangements of the Company will probably
be completed in about fortnight, so as to
enable them to resume work, and push it
forward speedily. We shall be glad to
chronicle his fact Washington Press, 18Th.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-05-15


take an affectionae leave Of all, receiving many
tender Message for her parents from those who held
them in love and venerat on-and the boat swung
out and began to float dowa with the current now
fairly entered upon the most dangerous portion of
long and Yerilous journey.
The father of Blanche, Colonel Philip Bertrand,
was tive of Virginia. and descendant of one
Of the Huguenot Retu gees, who fed from their ma
| tive land after the revoc ,ton of the edct of
| Nantz in 1875. lie had been an officer of some
note during the Revolutioa-a warm political and
per soual friend Of the author Of thu Declaration of
| Indpendence-anC gentleman who had always
stood biyn IN the esteem Of has associates AMI CO.
temporaTes.
Though at one time a man of wealth, Colone!
9efrand had lost -uch, and suffered much, through
Brit sh nvasion-ani whom, shortly after the closs
eff the war, he had m,t with few more serious re-
verses, hs had been fam to accept grant Of land
near the falls Of the 0hio-nos Louisville rendered
him by Virginia, which then hsld jurisdiction over
the entire territory now constituting the State of
Kentucky.
The grant I'D And bu s HugnS, us,n king
bis then Far West, and as his vi. now nome IN
accompanying him on his FIRST tour, b, had assenteJ
70 ner desire, on condition that III ,chs should b
lett among her friends. till such time as a 49,
could bs prepared when might in s,me degree he
derly reared. @AN 'eN-
anche woul gladly have gone with her narents
put on this point her father had been inexgrable-
declaring that she would have to remain at tn,
East until be should see proper to s,nd for her
ana as he was man of positive character. and
rigii disc1pinarian, the matter had been settled
without argument ''''t''
when Colonel Bertrand removed to the West En-.
gene f"irfax, as we have seen, accom- panied him
and coming Of age shortly after, he had accented
the liberia offer Of his noble he acfa:tor, to renal,
with him in tn; capacity Of private secretary a,d |
confident al agent. On taking possession of biz
grant, the Colonel had almost mmedia ely erected
a for I'd oGe cd such ind ,ce2aeu.r +. sattlers as
to specify c,lle;t around him quite little co,-n
nity-of which, as m,tter Of course, he became
the lead AID chef-and .n supply tie wants Of his
own family and others, and increase bis gains in z
Legitimate way; be had opened a storo and srsu II
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1858-06-25

ANOTHER VIOLENT WH1RLwIND. Hal
dane Station, on the illinois Central Kali
road, in Ogle County. was struck by q
whirlwind on Thursday last similar to
that which destroyed Ellison. The Sta
ton house was completely torn in pieces
and a ware house owned by Mr.. Huntley
and occupied by Messrs. Norton d Pres.
ton was also torn asunder, and the grain
stored in it sent broadcast oyerthe epralrle.
Il first tore off the roof of frame house
and carried up through the opening a
Mrs. Eberhart who lived in the house,
and deposited her on the ground about a
hundred yards distant. She was consid-
erabIy injured, but will recovcr.-Micaco
Journal. F0-
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1858-06-25
SrEEDMAN.--A Washington correspon

SrEEDMAN.--A Washington correspon.
dent Of the Tribune says:
A sudden collapse seems to have come
over the firm of Steedman, Banks & Nc
Lean, who had the public printing Of the
present Congress. They are said to
have been largely interested in most ol
the schemes for depicting the Treasury,
which have been pending before Congress
this session, but for some cause or other
they have abandoned the field and Steed-
man and Mclean have returned 70 Ohio,
after selling out their interest in the pub
lie printing to the cmnivorous Wendell.
TO whose capacious NAV nothing comes
amiss in the way Of spoils. Steedman, it
is said, intends to lun for Congress.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1858-06-25

rxnc PIunurr Dvuru UHuvuurtutruuuls
The Supreme Court Of this State yes
terday declared the act Of the last Legis'
lature, creating Board to distribute
State patronage which has heretofore
been in the hands Of the Governor, to BE-
Unconstitutional. Judge BARrLEY, who
belongs to the "6erce Democratic" alone
disseuted. There can be no reasonable
question that this decision is a correct
one; and the people generally will be
highly satisfied that SO mean q partisan
scheme has been defeated. The case was
ably argued on both sides, ard has excl
ted not a little interest. Ofcourse the
new appointees, the immaculate Mr.. VAN
Hook included. have full leave to GO
about their legitimate business. = Gin.
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