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St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27

A VIRGINIA DAMoND.-Mr. G.. p.
Matthew's, of Virginia, has exhibited
at the Cincinnati Times Office what he
claims as diamond of the first water
and the largest in the world. 1t has
an inch and half Of diameter, and
nearly an inch of thickness. The
Times says: 1T is surprisingly bril-
liant, particularly viewed by gas light.
Mr.. Matthews says he has been offered
for it R24,00O. 1t was found by the
father of its present possessor in the
gold mines in Buckingham county,
Virginia, about seventy years since.
1t has remained in the rough state
ever since, until few weeks ago,
when Mr. NJ, being satisfied by every
test that it was in reality diamond,
took it to New York and had it dressed.
This precious gem weighs LA carats.
The koh-i-nor, if We remember, weighs
but 100 carats. There have been
several diamonds found in the gold
regions of Virginia. Last year one
found in said locality was sold at
Richmond for q, 5O0."
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27
American Interests.

The prospect is, as we had antici-
patcd, thai the present Congress, en-
crossed as is its time by the slavery
question, which the South is etcrnally
forcing into prominence, will do
nothing towards remcdying our pres
cnt defective and suicidal Tariff pol
icy. The friends of Protection and OF
American Production must wait per-
haps for an indefinite period of time,
or at least until the party that is now
in power in the nation shall have been
overthrown, and the true friends OF
the national interest shall have pos
session of the Government, before
they can expect to see their noble and
patriotic policy successfully carried
out.
American manufacture and the pro-
ductive interests of the nation must
be allowed to languish and suffer for
the want of the care of the Govern
ment, and for no reason under the sun
but because the political party which
happens to be in power is controlled
by the cotton-growers of the Slave
States. This single class OF pro-
duccrs do not require tariff protection,
but it is rather for their interest, as
through their narrow prejudice. to
have Free Trade, and therefore free
Trade it is.
If there ever was time more favor
able and opportunc than another Io OF.
the application of protective larih
on importations, that time Is now,
when we are just recovering from
general financial and commercial
rcvulsion that was in no small meas
| ure attributable to the wild policy
CT encouraging over-importatlon Tor
the lack of proper tariff restrictions.
We are recovering from the stunning
blow, but nothing is being done to
prevent the recurrence of like evil.
Every vessel that sails from New
York for Europe takes out thousands
of American specie to pay for the SUI
perfluous goods and fabrics that were
imported year or two ago, to the
detriment of our own manufacturing
interests but not finger is lifted by
the Government to shut down the
hood-gatcs so as to avoid the return of
this evil of ovcr-importation when our
financial affairs shall have recovered
their former buoyancy.
We can readily forcsee what the
condition of things will DC a year or
two hence, when the present "hard
times" that have given temporary
check to imports, shall have disap-
pearcd and been forgotten, if the pres,
ent loose system of imports is allowed
to continue The mercantile cOmmu
nifty will run into the same excuses
that marked their trading for few
years past, and our people will run in
to the same snobbish and cxtravagant
penchant for foreign goods. Europe
will continue to supply our people
with iron, cloth, silks, and other ma
terials, and we will continue to send
out, in return, the precious money that
We so much need as the basis and mo-
tive power of our business enterprise
and commercial stability. And in few
years, as a necessary and inevitable
consequence, we shall experience an
other "crisis," and another general
financial cxplosion.,-Chieogo Journal.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27

CURE FOR CAScERs.-Our attention
has recently been called to a cure fo
cancers, which is of such Importance
that we wish to make IL known as
widely as possible Some eignr
months ago, Mr.. r. b. Mason, who
keeps a music store on Wisconsin
stect, and is a brother Of the we'll
known Lowell MISUNDERSTANDING
that he had a cancer on his face the
size Of a pea. 1t was cut out by DR..
Woolcott and the wound partially
healed. Subsequently it grew again,
and while he was in Cincinnati on
business it attained the size of a
hickory nut. After remaining there
several weeks under treatment, he has
come back perfectly cured. The
process was this:
a piece of sticking plaster was put
over the cancer, with a circular piece
cut out of the center little larger
than the cancer, SO that the cancer
and small circular rim of healthy
skin next to it was exposed. Then a
plaster made of chloride of zinc, blood
root and wheat flour, was spread on
piece of muslin of the size of this
circular opening, and applied to the
cancer for "a hours. On removing it,
the cancer will be found to be burnt
into, and appear of the color and hard
ness of an old shoe sole, and the circu-
lar rim outside of it will appear white
and par-boiled, as if scaldcd by hot
steam The wound is now dressed,
and the outside rim soon suppurates
and the cancer comes out hard lump,
and the place heals up. The plaster
hills the cancer, so that it sloughs out
like dead flesh, and never grows again.
This remedy was discovered by DR..
Fell, of London, and has been used by
him for six or eight years, with I'M
failing success, and not case has
been shown of the re-appearance of
the cancer, where this remedy has
been applied. 1t has the sanction of
the most eminent physicians and sur
geons in London, but has not till re-
Gently been used in this country, and
many Of the faculty, with their pro-
verbal opposition to innovation, look
upon it with distrust.-Mura ukee Free
Democrat.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27

Mothers don't push your little baby
wagons before you. just remember
tho sickening sensation you expert.
cncc when you attempt to ride back.
wards, especially in a covered car.
rage. And yet, after pushing your
little ones about for an hour or two
YOU wonder why they look so poorly
as you lift them from their warm
nests. You thought ride in the open
air would invigorate and benefit them.
80 it would if yon had not made the
child sick. Draw your little wagons
after you, and if you must look often
INTO the dear wee face, turn around
n even walk backwards yourself.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27

women require more sleep than
men, and farmers less than those on.
gagged III most other occupations. Clcr-
gymen are not only permitted to be
sleepy themselves, but have the nriv;.
lege of putting a whole congregation
to sleep once Il week Lawyers arc
allowed to sleep as much as they
please, for then they are out of mis-
chief But editors, reporters and prin
tiers are not supposed to need any
sleep at all.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27
i3OI2iM.
OBITUARY.

Died suddenly. of disease of the heart. at
Mason City, on the 18th of April, 1858, Simon
Vanpatter, aged 81 years. In usual health in
the morning, he went in the field to assist in
blowing, fell, and expired instantly. Mr.. V.
has been professor of religion for % years,
and during years residence in Iowa, has
well sustained the character of practical
Christain a friend to the poor and needy, and
a helper to the distressed. His loss is deeply
felt by his family, the church and community.
COMMUNICATED.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27
Valuable Farm for Sale.

TTNHE SUBSCRIBERS offer for sale, on favor
l. able terms, an improved Farm Of DO
acres, go of which are under cutivation-6O
are good timber-and the balance as hand
some and fertile prairie as can be found in
Iowa. The farm is situated on the Shell Rock
River y miles above Nora Springs and ls
miles west of st. Charles, directly on the line
of the McGregor and Missouri River Railroad.
1t is well watercd-l beautiful and never fail
ing spring brook running across the premises
and has on it good log house. stables &c
Price, $l2 per acre Time given on portion
of the purchase money.
HILDRETH & CARVER
st. Charles City, Floyd Co., Iowa.
March 10, 1858. %
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27
Administrators Notice.

DURSUANT to an order of the County
Il Court OF Floyd County, notice is hereby
given that the undersigned has been appoint
ed Administrator Of the Estate or John w.
Wyman, late of said County, deceased and
all persons having claims against said Estate
are required to exhibit the same under oath
with vouchers thereof, to the undersigned Mt
st. Charles City, in said County within six
months from the date hereof
CHARLES A. WYMAN Administrator.
Dated, May 9th, A. ID. 1853. 2:23wl
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27
Consumption, Bronchitis and Asthma.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. CORRECTED

FINE success which has attended the special treatment
al affections Of the Throat and Lungs, introduced by
Dr. Robert Hunter of New York whose practical writing
the Respiratory Organs and the rational system at In
hilaton have been recently published, leads many
persons Ia apply for agencies as ii - Inhalation
sisted II some particular nostrum' Such a miSapprc.
hensiOn Is calculated grossly misead the public and
Dr. Hunter feels due himself and the practice Il
Inhalation with which his name and reputation iderI
tilted, TO state again that Inhalation, advocated by
him is SYSTEM OF TREATMENT based On a correct
knowledge Of the condition Of the patient, and
therefore be a subject for Agencics
All persons desiring to consult come under treatment
must apply personally by letter 10 him or his associate,
Dr. II. Melville when the fullest Information regarding
the treatment will be given either patients themselves
10 ply scans consulting their without charge
Those who DESTROYS Of consulting may address eth
or r. HUNTER, NJ ~, or Drs. HUNTER l. MELVILLE,
SIS Broadway, New York
May 1858. 32wl
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27
Caution.

HNHE Public is hereby cautioned against
Il purchasing certain promissory note
against US dated May 9, 1857, for $b25, 90,
payable to Daniel Mahony OF order on or before
the first day OF April, 1859, with annual interest
at ten per cent. from and after April, l, 1867,
as the said note was obtained from us by false
representations, without any consideration
whatever, and will not he paid by us after the
same becomes due.
DUNCAN FERGUSON, .
JOHN FERGUSON.
st. Charles City, May II, 1853 2-3lu
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27
EStraY Horses.

CTRAYED from the above farm on or about
~ the first of May, two colts, one dark bay
or brown Mare, two years old, with trife Of
white on one hind foot the other a sorrel
colored stallion. two years old, with star in
the forehead Any information in regard to
these colts may be given to the subscribers.
HILDRETH & CARVER,
May o5, 1857 St. Charles City.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27
ID DOZEN McGuffy's Spelling Books just
LIZ received and for sale by
HILDRETH & CARVER,
at the st. Charles City bookstore
Legal Notice.

STATE OF IOWA, FLOYD COUNTY.
John Ferguson, In District
Court. June Term,
Charles l.. Jones, and A. H. 1855.
o. I Bracket.
To Charles L. Jones and o. F. Bracket.
Srs You hereby notified that there is now on file
in the office OF the Clerk of the District Court Floyd
County state al Iowa petition 81 John Ferguson claim
ing the at hundred and twelve dollars and
MY cents, with interest thereon al the per
cent per annun from the twenty ninth day Of August 4.
j. 1880, MONEY due prOlniss"ry executed by
you the said Charles L. Jones AMI o. r. Bracket bear
ing 6ac the twenty ninth day Of August A. d. 1856 and
that unless you appear and thereto before
the morning Of the second day If the of said
District court To be held the seventh day OF june 1855
at ST Charles city in said county judgment will be
derc, against you by default thereon.
JOHN FERGUSON.
BY PATTERSON Il AuEy, his Attorneys.
return Of - not found having been made in the
above cais" at the request Of the plaintiff l. ordered
that this notice be published in the Charles Iity Re
publican lntelligencer. W. T. GAYLORD Clerk
J. N. PARSONS, nepi'y Clerk.
st. Charles City, Arill7th, 1858. 2swi
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27

ado you think you are fit to die ?"
asked a mother of her neglected child.
/" don't know" said the little girl
taking hold of her dirty dress will
her dirty fingers, and inspecting it
e guess so, if amt too dirty.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27
poetrp.
May.

May.
Merry May has come again,
With birds and trees and flowers,
And every thing looks fresh and green,
Made so by April showers.
Florcsccnt time has come once more,
And flowerets in their bloom;
The violets have opened wide
Their buds of sweet perfume.
The sun is climbing yonder sky,
Whence spreads its glorious rays,
But soon will set in the distant west,
To rise in far-off place.
With grateful hearts DO we enjoy,
The return of another spring;
oh. may we all Thanksgiving raise
To Him who doth it bring.
And when the harvest time shall come,
Nav We all ripened be,
To enter In that long. long home.
With angels in eternity.
Voluntown, Ct, 1858. HEB
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27
American HOulse.

TIME Proprietors would respectfully inform
l. the Public that they have reduced theii
price of Board to 81 so per day.
STEARNS g. STILES.
Milwaukee, May II, 1858. 32m6
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27

I'HE subscribers have for sale a few bushels
l. Of choice Potatoes for the table.
HlLpRETI & CARVER.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27
ArizOnia q Humhng.

The proposed new territory of Ari-
zonia, for the organization of which
the President made a special recon-
mcndation in his annual message,
proves upon investigation, to be a
scheme matured by mere adventurcrs,
who wish to speculate in Offices, jobs,
contracts, and Indian wars. The New
Orleans Picayunc dcvotcs consider
able space to unravcling the affair,
and obtains undoubtcd information
from parties well acquainted with the
resources and wants of the district,
calculated to change the current of
opinion in relation to the whole affair.
1t says
"At this moment We have authority
to state that the accounts of immense
tracts of fertile lands, suitable for the
purposes of agriculture, rapid settle
mcnt and swift development of re-
sources and wealth, are all fabulous.
In addition to the obstacles furnished
by nature to the speedy acquisition of
a large population, since the establish
ment of United States military post
at Fort Buchanan, the Apache Indians
have entered that region in hordcs,
robbed and murdered almost without
restraint, and the population has been
so reduced, that at this time it may
be estimated at the following figures
Mouth Of ella River whites 81
Tucson Tubac and Snnota valley whites ........ 200
Town Of McoSiIn ami neishh"rh. white. os5
Town Of Mcssiia and ncigbborhood, MeXjcans 1000
ro,ar...................................4Se 500
OF these, the Mcxcans NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1900
Whites '..,........... 30
These facts are opposed to the
statement of there being fifteen to
twenty thousand in the territory, and
that the population is rapidly incrcas-
ing. 1t must surprise the people at
Washington to find that, aside from
the four companies of Dragons locat-
cd at Fort Buchanan, there are only
$50 white settlers in that entire re-
gion, and that any rapid settlement,
under present circumstances out of
the question; for, if what we now
learn is true, it is the most dangerous
portion Of our entire territory.
We are informed that the true
wealth of this territory consists in its
silver mines, the extent and richness
of which, in the eastern portion, can
hardly be exaggerated but to dcvcl-
op these mines requires time, expert
ence, and capital. The territory is
exceedingly rich, not in large tracts of
arabic lands, but in mineral treasures.
Along the river valleys, which are
narrow, and around the natural
springs, the fertility is great but
these form a small portion of this ter
ritory.
The emigrants who had been invit-
ed to Arizona by the glowing ac-
counts of its wealth, finding no gov
crnment, and the whole region swept
by tribes of hostile Indians, either
passed through, with few exceptions,
to California, or returned to Texas.
The work in the mines is mostly per-
formed by Mexicans, at wages rang
ing from 81 to SIS per month"
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Misttllanp.
Domestic Happiness.
numest=c happiness thou only bliss
Of Paradise. thou hast survived the fall.

There is an Elysium for man. 1t is
not to be found in the dance of pleas
ure nor at the shrine Of fashion +; nor
on the crowded thoroughfarcs of life ;
nor in the eager race for wealth and
fame. Disappointment and restless
anxiety mark the varied pursuits OF
man-thc pleasures of sense are mo-
mcntary-the triumphs Of ambition
arc short-the laurcls of honor wither
and fade-the crown of glory drops
quickly from the conqueror's brow,
and the music that once checrcd him
falls dull and powcrless upon his soul.
Others succeed him in the struggle
for happiness, but they retire weary
and worn. Hope may for season
have created images of beauty ant
gladness but like
9Th Elusive nctcors OF a liiclcss FIRE,
Too soon they kiudIe, and too soon expire.
All sad picture this of human life
And is it true that there arc no light
shades? Is there no oasis in the
desert-no vcrdant spot to which the
eye may look with hope-no Elysium,
where all is music to the ear, verdurc
to the eye, and velvet to the foot
We shall be pointed | know to the
sublime revelations of the spirit-world
and told to listen to those voices
which speak of "a house not made
with hands, eternal in the heavens
But these are objects of faith, aud lie
in the dim and shadowy future. The
heart naturally turns to earth and
anxiously inquiries, whether the kind
Father has provided no refuge for his
carth-born children? Whatever may
be the reply of the cynic or sceptic,
we believe he has. The Family Circle,
where love glows in every heart,
beams in every eye, is sweet pure
emblem of heavcn-and he who has
found trustful, true-heartcd, loving
wife, whom he can truly call his own,
may exclaim with the delighted phi
losopher, Eureka ! eureka !"
The treasures Of the deep are no, so precious
a. the concealed comforts .! q man
locked up in woman's love"
To rest in confding fondness upor
her bosom--to feel that her heart beat.
in unison with his-to share her joy
and sorrows-to listen to her express
sions of tenderness, as to the music OF
an angelic know that he is enthron.
cd in her hearts best affections tits
is happiness next to the bliss Of
heaven.
Erasmus, an ancient writer, asks,
ais there any friendship, among
mortals, comparable to that between
husband and wife? For the love of
you she ceases to value the tenderness
of parents, brothers, sisters to you
alone she looks for happiness and on
you she depends and with you she
wishes to live and die" Are you
rich-you have one to share your
prosperity and double your happiness.
Are you poor-you are not left to bat
tic against the dark waves of trouble
alone she comforts you, sits by your
side speaks of brighter days and
serener skies: waits upon you with
all the assiduity and tenderness of wo-
mans love, and only wishes that she
could appropriate to herself the mis-
fortune which gives you pain. Rogers,
the poet, has done justice to the pure
devotion Of loving wife:
Across the threshold led
And Kissed al a shed q.
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E. 3. G.. WRIGHTS
Cash and Ready Pay Store.
Dtssolution.

TJNHE Copartnership heretofore existing he.
tween the subscribers under the style and
firm of Wright and McNabb, is this day dis
solved 10y mutual consent.
T.. r. C. WRIGHT.
II. W. McNABB.
st. Charles City April 10, 1853. %
The undersigned will continue the mercan-
tile business. rs usual. at the old stand for
mcrly occupied hy Wright & McNabh.
T. b. c. WRIGHT.
April Is, 1853.
4 IL who are indebted to the undersigned,
IA either by note or book account are respect
fully requested to call in,mediateiv and pay the
same WRIGHT s. McNABB
April -, 1853. %
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GEO. DYER e CO..
1876 East Water STREET, Muankec, HIS,
Manufacturers. Wholesale aud Retail Dealers in
Saddlery, Saddlcry Hardware,
CARRIAGE AND TRUNK TRIMMINGS,
TRUNKS, NALISES,
Grra Days, Cliars, WHIPS, Fly-Nes, Bells,
Biaahets, horse- BRUSHES, Curry Cdntbs,
C;trds, Sc, Sc, Sc.
g ADDLES-Morc than 100 varieties of Side
~ Spanish, Pad, Columbian, American and
Fngl'sh saddles. Also Brides, MartingalcS.
Girths StiTup feathers, Surcinglcs, Crup-
pcrs. Haltcrs. &c.
HARNESS-Tcam. Wagon. Buggy. GIG, Car
riagc, and Coach Harness.
C0LLARS-oi all kinds and every quality.
SADDLERY HARDWARE Embracing a
great variety Of Bits StirrupS, Buckles.
Hames, Trees, Tcrrcts Hooks, Pad Screws.
Cockeycs- Chains, Eosettcs, Ornaments.
lacks, Wcbbs, &c. Eussct and Patent
Leather.
CARRIAGE TRIMMINGS Embracing n va
riety of Bands, Clips, Props Shaft Tips. Nal
leah!e Irons, Enamclcd Cloth. Trimming
Cloths. Damasks, laccs. Fringcs. Silks.
Tufts, Buttons. Carpets, Oil Cloths. &c.
IN >N ihihhiN'N LOCKS, ElNctS, Him.
yes, Nails, Innings, &c.
MISUNDERSTANDING and Travelling Trunks
Naliscs. Carpet, Leather and Enamclc,l
Cloth Travelling Bags, Ladies' Trunks and
Hat Boxes
WlllPS-Iwig, Sulkcy, Trntting. Gig. Wag-
ON, and Coach Whips, covered Wood and
Raw Hide Team Whips, Raw Hides. Hick-
DRY Stalks, Buck and Horse Hide Thongs. Ok
and Stage Llshcs
LEATHER AND SKINS-Russct Birdie and
SHIFTING Leather, Patent Skirting. Patent
Split Skirting, Flap, Blind, and Dash Lcath-
"a, oil Top Leather. Enamcicd Top Leather,
colored Enameled Leather, Hog and Cha
mois Skins.
"a The attention of purchasers is called ia
the above, AS the goods are made and selected
with great care, and for sale at prices which
will compete with any in the West, at 1876
Fast Water Street
ly35 GEO. DYER & 90
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IEOvISIOl1Ss
g MOKED HAMS, Smoked Sides, Picked
- Pork, Potatoes. Wheat. Flour &c. con-
stantly on hand and for sale by
T.. b. e. WRIGHT.
st. Charles City, May l, 1858.