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St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-04-29

MELANCHOLY AccIDENr-Our vii
layers were startled on Tuesday fore
noon by the rumor that Mr.. John
Wyman of this place was drowned in
the Cedar River, just below the dam of
the new saw mill, about four miles
above town. The people Immediately
FASTENED to the spot, to the number of
about one hundred, and found that the
report was too true. 1t appears that
he and other owners of saw logs, that
were above the mill, were about to
commence running them down, and
Mr.. Wyman had gone out in a skiff
for the purpose of taking the logs
ashore after they went over the dam.
Before the logs began to run, how
ever, he was sporting with his boat,
when, approaching too near the dam,
the water falling over it accidentally
struck the boat, capsizing it and in
stantly precipitating him into the
river. He was forced underneath, and
though two or three individuals, in
GLIDING his brother, attempted to
swim to him and rescue him from his
perllous position, the whirling waters
and strong current prevented their
reaching him, and he was drowned.
A large number of men were engaged
in dragging the river and searching
for his body throughout that and
half Of the succeeding day, when they
at length succeeded in finding it but
a short distance from where he was
last seen. Mr.. Wyman was a young
man of much promise and highly
esteemed by our citizens. His age
was about % years.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-04-29
Floyd County Republican Convention.

Pursuant to call of the Republi.
can County Committee of a Conven.
ton for the nomination of a candidate
for the Office of County Superintend.
ent of Schools Delegates from the
several Townships met at the house
of Henry Sprague on Saturday, April
oath, 1853. J. NJ. Parsons was cho.
sen Chairman, and w. p. Gaylord,
Secretary. A Committee on Creden.
tials was appointed, who reported %
Delegates present, and all Townships
in the County represented except &C.
dar. On motion, the Convention pro-
cecded to ballot informally.
Result Of First Ballot-Silas Smith
had l, Daniel B. Mead l, Abner Root
5, J. w. Smith I, l.. L. Huntley 6, L.
P. Ladou 8.
Result of Second Baltot-Abner Root
8, l.. L. Huntlcy 8, J. w. Smith I, L.
P. Ladou 2, Daniel B. Mead l.
On motion, the Convention proceed
ed to a formal ballot.
On the first ballot l.. L. Huntley re.
ceived majority of votes but there
being an excess Of ballots cast over
the number of Delegates present, the
Convention proceeded to ballot again
with the following result: l.. l.. Hunt
ley Ii, J. w. Smith l, l.. p. Ladou g.
On motion, L. l.. Huntley was unan.
imously nominated by the Convention
On motion, the Convention proceed
cd to nominate four delegates to the
ensuing Republican State Convention,
and also the Congressional District
Convention. The following persons
were chosen such delegates, with the
power of appointing substitutes, to
wit: Silas Card, w. P. Gaylord, Da
vid Ripley, Chester Butterfeld.
On motion, voted that the proceed
ings of this Convention be published
in the st. Charles Republican Intclli
gencer. The Convention then ad
journed.
Dated, Ulster Township, April Gath
1858. J. NJ. PARSONS, Chairman.
w. p. GAYLORD, Sec'y.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-04-29
Town Corporations.

Previous to our April election a pc
tition was presented the County Judge
asking an election upon the question
of Incorporating the village of st,
Charles City. The Judge ordered the
election, and majority Of the votes
cast were against Incorporation
for the reason that many persons liv-
ing out of the village were permitted
to vote upon the question, under the
impression that the whole township
was to be incorporated. There are
many evils and abuses in this, as in
every other village, which can only
be corrected under corporation restric-
tons and regulations, and it is much
to be regretted that the move for the
Incorporation of our village should
fail through the inattcntion of those
presiding at the polls. 1t appears
that the people of West Union are al
so agitating the question of incorpo-
rating their town, and upon this sub.
jcct the Pioneer has the following:
"Why not incorporate =? If there is
any good reason why West Union
should not be Incorporated we should
like to know it. If it is a disadvan.
tagc to incorporate, it is not very
probable that so many towns and com
panies would be as anxious as they
are to avail themselves of that injury,
and hold ON to it so tenaciously when
inflicted. Who ever knew town to
throw up it's charter, abandon its mu-
nicipal laws, and again become dis
organized village, after being incor-
porated? If any one has, let him
give US the reason why it was done.
Several reasons could be given why
West Union should be incorporated,
among the most prominent Of which
is the control we should have over our
school affairs. Section one of the
new school law provides that each in
corporated town, containing not less
than one thousand inhabitants, includ-
ing the territory attached for school
purposes, shall be school district"
"This is an important considera'
tion, and we wish the people of St
Charles would consider upon it.
The Pioneer adds that, "a law was
passed at the last session of the leg
islature for Incorporating towns, which
we presume is AN improvement on the
old law, and we cntrcat our leading
citizens who take an interest in the
welfare of our town, and whose pros
perity is identified with it's growth
and progress, to thoroughly discuss
this matter among themselves, inves
tigate it, and then act as it may APP.
pear best to them"
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-04-29

The CANELs ARE CoMNG--A projcc,
is on foot to introduce large number
of camels into Texas, Arazonia and
New Mexico, at private venture.
Lieut. Beale's experiment with these
animals in constructing his wagon
road has proved their superiority over
mules, which are now used mainly
for the transportation of passenger
and merchandise across the sterile
plains toward California. At no dis.
tant day caravans are looked to be
established between the mines Of Tu
bac and San Diego, on the Pacific, and
between other points where vast
stretches of sandy desert have to be
traverscd.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-04-29

HAMILTON CoUNTY.-The Freeman
says "John Lyon and James Ncary,
soldiers in the Army of Occupation y
at Spirit Lake, arrived there Oh Tues
day last, after provisions. They re.
port the "boys" all in good health
and fine spirits. They have secuted
over the whole country, and have dis,
covered indications and evidence
which prove conclusively that Inkpa.
duta's band has been providing about
the neighborhood during the winter.
AS soon as the grass starts, they will
make an effort to hunt out and punish
the savage old ruflian. They found
the remains of an Indian warrior, who
was probably killed at the time of the
outrages last spring. The body had
been enveloped in several blankets
and Buffalo robe, and swung up into
a tree. The flesh was entirely decay.
ed from the bones.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-04-29

FLooD IN THE MISSISSIPPI
from below state that much damage
has been done by high water in the
Mississippi and Arkansa rivers. From
the mouth of the White River to the
Louisiana line but few places will es-
cape being submerged. Whole cotton
plantations are now under water.
The town of Napoleon is completely
inundated to the depth of two to ten
feet. The south side of the Arkansas
is now overlooked, causing immense
destruction of property. The north
side is comparatively safe. The river
is falling now, but back-water from
the Mississippi extends eighty miles
from the mouth. Levees east side
of the Mississippi not yet given away.
The water at Napoleon is ten inches
higher than the food mark in 1874.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-04-29
The AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION

The AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION.
The twelfth annual meeting of the
American Association for the Advance
ment of Science, will be held at Balti-
more, commencing on Wednesday,
April 2sth, at 10 o'clock A. NJ. The
General and Sectional meetings will
be held in the rooms of the Maryland
Institute. Most Of the Railroad and
Steamboat lines in the country will is
sue communication tickets to members
and visitors. Members of the Associ'
alton are particularly desired to for
ward to the Permanent Secretary,
prof. Joseph Lowering, Cambridge,
Mass, so as to be received before the
day appointed for the Association to
to convene, complete titles Of all pa
pers which they expect to present du'
ring the meeting, with an estimate OF
the time required for reading each,
and such abstracts of their contents
as may give general idea of their
nature.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-04-29

Breslin, the late Democratic default
ing Treasurer of Ohio, is now the Rev.
Mr.. Brcslin, and is preaching in Ham.
ilton, Canada. His church and pasto'
rial residence cost $4,000. The Buffa'
10 Express, in mentioning these facts
called Breslin "a brick" to which the
trustees of his church take exceptions
as follows:
1t is submitted to your sense of pro-
pricty whether worthy Christian
minister (who is now in the midst OF
a most successful revival and CONVEX.
sion of souls) should be stigmatizcd
as a brick" The Express, under SC
serious state of facts, should Ger
tainly take back the "brick."
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-04-29
Democratic State Convention.

A Convention of the Democratic party OF
Iowa will be held at Iowa City, ON THURSDAY
the oath day of June next, for the purpose ri
nominating candidates for the offices of Secre-
tary, Auditor, and Treasurer of State; also,
for the transaction of such business as said
convention may deem proper.
The ratio of representation will be one dele
gate for each one hundred votes, and one ad-
ditional delegate for each fraction over fifty
votes cast in each county for the Democratic
candidate for Governor, in October last.
Counties casting less number of votes will
be entitled to one delegate each. No county
can be represented by proxy.
Geo. W. McCleary, Chas Cookery, DO. Finch,
ID. II. Solomon, G. S. C. Dow, VIM Voght,
W. W. Belknap, John Clark, J. ID. Test,
State Central G5uDixee
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-04-29

The Turkish Admiral and suite have
accepted an invitation to visit the
Red River of the North, which is the
Western boundary of Minnesota, the
principal object being to see the val
ley of the river, and to engage in
hunting the elk and buffalo. 1t is
proposed to make the trip in July.
1t is said that Vice-President Brecken.
ridge, Senators Fitch and Rice, Messrs.
Decker and Cavanaugh, Representa-
tives from Minnesota, and Ex-Governor
Medary, will accompany the expedi.
ton.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-04-29
st. Charles City, Iowa, April 20. 1858.
Particular Notice.

Some of our contemporaries still
continue to direct exchanges for us to
"St. Charles, Iowa" That postoffice
is in Madison County, a long distance
from here, and but very little of our
mail matter sent to that Office ever
reaches us, while such as does come
from there is so old as to be Of but lit
tie use.
Our Postofiice address is ".St. Charles
City, Floyd County, Ioaea," as any one
may understand by reference to the
heading of the lntclligencer, first page.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-04-29
Legal Notice.

STATE OF IOWA, FLOYD COUNTY IS.
William Montgomery, In District Court of
VS.. Floyd County, Iowa,
Charles E. Bigelow. june Term, 1858.
To Charles f. Bigelow
Sir You are hereby notified that there is
now on file in the Office of the Clerk of the Dis
trict Court OF Floyd County, Iowa, petition
of William Montgomery, claiming of you the
sum of Three Hundred Dollars, with interest
at ten per cent per annum from the 10th day of
March, 1867 las money due him on a promissory
note given by you to Albert l.. Collins for the
sum of three hundred dollars, dated March
10th, 1857, payable September list, 1857, with
interest at ten per cent. and also claiming the
foreclosure Of q mortgage executed by you at
the same time to the said Albert l.. Collins,
on part of Lot one, block twenty-five in the
village of St. Charles in Floyd County, Iowa,
to secure the payment Of said note and inter
est, and that unless you appear and answer
thereto on or before the morning of the sec
ond day of the next term of said district court,
said term to commence on the 18th day of June,
1858, default will be entered against you and
judgment will be rendered against you there
on.
WILISE & FAIRFIELD,
28w4 Plffs Atty's.
st. Charles City, April 26th, 1853.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-04-29

The President has announced by
proclamation that the sales of public
lands will take place i'll Iowa during
the months of June and July. The
exact time and places of sale are ar
ranged as follows:
On the LIST day Of June, at Dubuque,
on the 18th at Usage, Sioux City, Char
iton and Council Bluffs on the l4th,
at Fort Des Moines, Fort Dodge and
Council Bluffs on the 2lst, at Fort
Dodge and Sioux City and on the ist
day of July, at Sioux City. The lands
for sale at Fort Dodge are situated as
follows:
Townships sc, 81, SO, 81 and 90, of range 10.
Townships So, 81, SO, 80, 81 and 49, of ran
ges 20, q, %, and %.
Townships Sc, 81, S. and 81, of range "a.
Townships sc, 81, IS, 80, 81, and 90, d
ranges 25, 26, ~ and %.
Townships sc, 81, and SS, Of ranges 20, 80,
81, 80 and 49,
In the Usage Land District there
are four townships open to pre-cmp
ton and some fifty thousand acres yet
unsold.
HoLLowAY's PILIs.-Science had been crop
ing in the dark for centuries after cure fol
dyspepsia, and the liver and bowel complaints
until this peerless remedy was ushered before
the world. Since then no sufferer has sever
taken it in vain. Beware of counterfeits
| Look to the water mark
Sold at the mandatory No SO Maiden Lane
New York, and by all druggists ut 25c., 63c.
and 81 per box.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-04-29
Congress-.

As stated last week, the two Houses
of Congress have appointed a commit
tee of conference on the admission of
Kansas, but thus far they have been
unable to agree upon any plan of ad-
justment. Mr.. Green, on behalf of the
Senate Committee, submitted several
proposed notifications of the Senate
bill, none of which proved acceptable
to the House committee.
Propositions from the House COM
mittee were then rejected. Mr..
English responded that at the next
meeting he would submit new bill,
the precise character of which has not
TRANSFERRED, but it is understood to be
on new line, proposing substitute
for the Lccompton Constitution ordi-
nance that the question of admission
under the Lecompton Constitution be
referred to fair vote of the people of
Kansas at an early day, if the MAORI
ty vote for Kansas to come into the
Union under the Presidents proclama-
ton; if against, then the bill provided
for the formation of new constitution
whenever the population there equals
the numbers required for member in
the House of Representatives.
Subsequent to the above proceed
ings, Oh the 2lst inst, in the House,
Mr.. Giddings asked Mr.. Cobb when
the Kansas Committee would report.
Mr.. Cobb replied that they would re-
port "when the conflicting difficulties
existing between Lecompton and anti
Lecompton Democrats become recon.
ciled, in order that they may have
power enough to settle the question:
In the Senate, Mr.. Wilson introduced
a joint resolution that the President
be, and is hereby authorized and re-.
quested to suspend for one year the
sale of public lands advertised to be
sold in the territory of Kansas during
the month Of July, 1858.
The report of the select committee
on. public printing exposes in detail
the way in which the contract system
operates in that particular branch of
the service. The committee say that
the printers to the SD and Saith Con-
gress, each underlet his contract to
other parties, -rescrving to themselves
a large per centage. Their per cent
age amounts at present to near $780,
600. A similar state of facts exists
with regard to the contracts for bind
ing.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-04-29
BORN,
Republican State Convention.

A Republican State Convention will be held
at Iowa City, on Thursday, the 18th day of
June, 1858, for the purpose of nominating
Secretary, Auditor and Treasurer of State, and
for the transaction of such other business as
may be deemed necessary by the Convention.
The ratio of representation of each county
will be one delegate for every one hundred Re-
publican votes, and an additional one for eve
ry fraction over fifty, the vote on Governor at
the last State election being the basis. Organ
lied counties with less than one hundred Re-
publican voters will be entitled each to one
delegate.
s. J. Kirkwood, w. III. Farmer, W. p Clark,
II. Price, H. OConnor, G. ID. Wooden.
Des Moicns, Jan Goth. Committee
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-04-29
VARIETY, THE SPICE OF LIFE

VARIETY, THE SPICE OF LIrE.-A
Wisconsin correspondent of the Roch.
ester Union states that, in going from
Prairie du Chen to La Crosse, a few
days ago, a singular scene was pre-.
scented on the steamboat. At one end
of the long saloon, a clergyman was
preaching to small crowd gathered
around him in the middle, gambling
was in busy progress and at the
other extremely of the saloon, there
was music and dancing.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-04-29
For the St Charles City Intelligence
To Frank" the Prairie Bard.

live on bluff near tho Red Cedar's brink,
In the shade Of towering tree;
IT'S beautiful spot and love 10 think
It the place designed for me.
Ny name, or my age, you never need know,
Or whether I'm simple or wise,
In want of patron, or dandifed bca'l--.
Tell the truth or tiny " white lies"
ion need not once think Of my figure or hue,
Of my red or raven curls
Or whether my eyes are hazel or blue,
An old maid or {" one of the girls"
Or whether I'm one Of the "graces divine"
An angel, gypsy, or what
For il am brilliant, " matchless,"" sublime -
'Trs evident you are not,
Did you deem mo sincere when noticed your lay ,
And copied your gallantry:
Please do not explode, but heed what1 say
| expressed simple irony.
Sing on, If you choose yet remember It's time
To plant " and the like Of all that :"
Change the Key or the tune, emitting the whine
For you sing too decidedly fiat.
RrTn SxPIR
ii. Charles City, April 1858.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-04-29
Legal Notice.

STATE OF IOWA, FLOYD COUNTY.
John Ferguson, In District
Court, June Term,
Charles l.. Jones, and A. II. 1855.
o FBrackett.
To Charles l.. Jones and o. +. Bracket.
SirS You hereby notified that there l. file
in the office of the Clerk OF the District Court Floyd
County State Of Iowa petition of John Ferguson claim
ing Of you the oi one hundred and twelve dollars and
fifty cents, with interest thereon the of ten per
cent per annum from the twenty ninth day Of August
d. 1885, money due a promissory note BY
you the said Charles L. Jones and o. F. Bracket bear
ing date the twenty ninth day Of August A. H. 1856
that unless you appear and thereto before
the morning Of the second day OF the Of said
District court to be held the seventh day Of June 1855
st Charles City in said county, judgment viii be
dered against you by default thereon.
JOHN FERGUS son.
BY PATTERSON ArIES, his Attorneys.
return Of " not found - having been made in the
above cause, at the request of the plaintiff ordered
that this notice be published in the st. Charles City Re
publican Intcligcncer. ". l. GAYLORD, Clerk.
J. NJ. PARSONS, nepty Clerk.
St Charles City, April 18th 1855. .sw4
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-04-29
A New View of Democracy.

The Washington Union has made a
discovery in mental science. Its dis
covery is expressed in the formula that
Democracy depends upon the spirit
ual qualities, and very little upon the
Intellectual" According to the I'm
ions new philosophy, predominance
Of the intellectual or reasoning pow
ers is fatal to a mans democracy.
Applying its new doctrine to Govern
or Walker, and Senator Douglas, it
demonstrates in it's own way that they
are not Democrats that they arc con-
stitutionally incapacitated to be Dem
ocrats, and that they have been Dem
ocrats only by the accidents of associ-
alton and interest. The Union con-
cedes to them high order of intellec-
tual power. "The physique" it says
Sin each case, indicates the man it
is head ct preterea nMI"-hcad and
nothing else. If the Unions PROPOSE
ton, that massive brain is incom-
patible with Democratic feeling, be
true, then the converse Of the propo-
sition must be true, that the smaller
the volume Of brain the greater will
be the intensity of a mans Democra-
cy. We vii! admit that if Dcmocra-
cy depended wholly upon intellectual
power, the Union would be found lam
entably deficient. We may also con-
cede that for such Democracy as the
Union teaches, the weaker the percep-
tive faculties and the reasoning pow
ers of its readers, the more likely will
they be to accept it's shallow sophis-
tries and sonorous declarations as
conclusive arguments. Hitherto, we
have supposed that small or weak
brain and sensitive organization
were favorable conditions to fanati-
cism and the reception of new-fangled
notions and that the rise and prog
ress of the Republican party during
the last Presidential campaign, was
largely owing to the skill of the lead
ers in playing on the emotional quail
ties of the heart but the Union up
sets this theory, by its discovery that
a modicum of brain, with large ca
pacity for feeling, is the essential con-
dition in the character of true Dem
ocrat.
Until however, we can disabuse
our minds of the impression that such
men as Jefferson, Madison and Cal
houn were Democrats, we must dis
sent from the Unions new doctrine,
that great intellectual power is incom-
patible with earnest, genuine and con-
sistent Democracy. If the union is
right, then the maxim that peoples
liberties depend upon their intelligence
is fallacious and in proportion as we
become an intellectual and thinking
people, we will cease to be capable of
sustaining Democratic government.
when ignorance is bliss tits folly to
be wise," is motto which we recon-
mend the Union to place at the head
of its editorial column and we have
no doubt that Gen. Calhoun and the
majority of the Kansas investigating
committee will cordially endorse its
appropriateness.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-04-29

The Council Bluffs Buglc of late
date, says that the country there is
alive with grasshoppers of all sizes
from an eighth to three fourths of an
inch in length. They are now as
abundant as they were at any time
last year, although one tenth of the
eggs laid last year are not yet Matched.