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Kirk vile, Sept, 9
NOTICE

IL hereby given that the undersigned hsve a..o@4;
ated themselves together for the purpose OF e.tah.
fishing Branch Of the state Bank Of Iowa n N.
town OF Ashland, Wapsllns County, q speci6sd 4"
csrtcae as requ red BY law fled with the Recorder
cf Deeds In and for wape1lo county ana that the
books Of subscription TO the capital stock Of ssiS
Branch viii be opened on the 10th day of Reptemb
SOP 81 the Farmers and Merchants Rank In Ashlan&
and remain open according TO Law
Witness our hands this ISsh day 81 Ausust Yasal ~
e,;if 900 tsH,s, - So THOMAS PKG ~:
DAVID n. CLARK,
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IdhTlCI.

RY virtue Of an order Of the District ours ~ w.,s
- 1emo County, Iowa, the undersigned, Hesesees.
WIZ sen AZ public auction ut KirkviIle In said countv
en- Saturday. the 9th day or October next ~:
hours OF o'clock, A. 81, and o'clock, T. M. Of SAD
ewing property, to wit Lot No. Is IN ire Tevn ~
knkviiic Terms ofsaie nne third dcwn one third in
cisit n'"n'hs and one THIRD IN twelve months Sold
as tne property 81 the estate OF Marshau b. Lee a.
cease. ~. JOSHUA MARsiiALEt1 81 a'''FT
3 fa.id f5rGT MN. A. WINsELL, Rsfsrses.
GEO. PIKE
kirkviifc, Sept, 9Th, ISIS --2Q-1vs s8ttt,y
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The weather is very pleasant.
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Tux TRIBrN: J. printe . large lr Pc isl hsss = 4
d. gaas,o f"rii' anu na,ied to suU.crLsts on IL 4
following /. .a -
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But TINS sagncinus and truthful reviewer,
who evidently speaks by authority. undertakes
to justify the action Of the Convention because
J. C. Knapp slipped into the State Convention,
as proxy, without objection. Does this
prove anything save that Knapp acted in the
State Convention without any right and when
the question was not -mooted. and no one
cared? That bubble will not do Mr.. Reviw-
| er-one wrong does not Justify another. As
to that Davis county resoluton-the less the
reviewer saws about it the better ale Judge
] T. assumes, however that the resolution pass
ed by the Democracy Of Var Bnren and Davis
were alike in principles Jndye T. I am sat-
isfied, assumes no such thing. The Van Buren,
resolution was fair and adapted to protect the
Democracy OF that county against organized
town cliques, who control with despots rod.
the disposition Of all the important Offices in
the State. Can so much be said OF the Davis
comfy resolution. The question with the
Davis delegation was whether they should en-
.rcise an optional power conferred on the ma
lority. With the Van Buien delegation wheth-
er they should comply with an express duty
whether they should obey the Instructions Of
their constituents. That question. the dele
gates from Wapello, Davis and Appanoose
assumed to settle for the delegates from Van
Buren,, and actually did appoint other per-
sons 10 act for the Democrats OF Van Buren,.
| Why not as well appoint all the delegates as
to appoint two? Certainly il they could right
~ appoint two. they could appoint fourteen.
Upon this hangs the whole question, wheth-
er Judge T. is rightfullY entitled to that NOM
ination.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-05-28
Playing Robinson Cr.,soe,

The Detroit Free Press relates Ro-
binson Crusoe story of three young
lads of that city, who ran away from
their anxious mammas, took to the lake
in an old skif, and were hunted after
by the police for some time. It says:
"lt being known that they were
sometimes in the habit of going to Belle
Isle, two miles above the city, to fish,
search was Instituted in that direction.
An old Frenchman on the Island re-
ported that o colony Of some mysteri-
Gus description was settled on the up.
per end ofthe island, but he was una
BILE to say who its members were COM.
posed of. Further Investigations how,
ever, revealed the fact that the new
colony was made up of romantic young
runaway5 whose anxious mammas were
in search Of thom. They were very
snugly domieiled in an old fishing hut
of small dimensions, the cracks of
which they had stopped with grass and
weeds. An old fireplace in one cor
ncr, with a mud chimney, was we'll sup
piled with driftwood from the beach,
and a skillet and tin kettle constituted
their cooking utensils. Three blank
cts and bench completed the outfit.
On the walls were hung the fishing
tackle. v....... ....~'... .s. =,
When first surprised. the runaways
were engaged in the agreeable occupa-
tion of demolishing large pike, which
had been cooked in the skillet, with no
seasoning but salt. They said they
had lots OF fun, and plenty, of fish to
ont, and were Intending to remain, all
summer if they had not been discover
ed. The Oldest, only about twelve
years Of age, said that the idea had
been put into his head byreading Rob-
ison Crasoe, and then he had persua-
ded the others off. Their felicity was
complete with the exception that they
wanted man Friday, to secure which
they had contemplated going over into
Canada and kidnapping a small Kan
uch boy. This was abandoned as, TOO
dangerous, considering the small avail
able force, and it was then planned
that one Of them should return to the
city and coax his sweetheart, little
girl to come and live with them and
cook the gsh. This plan would have
been carried out had they not been
found. They were returned to their
mammas with colds from sleeping on
the floor. "a. ......l.,,.. l-'. ,....
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capcs throughtit, to the relief and safe
ty of the body,j ,justabout as fastas the
sun with its fiery arrows can Shoot it
in. And then how nigger will llsweat
and grinningly weather the crisis of
a heated term, when nine out ofa doz-
en- of the fimsy g"whitc trash, would
lop and keel over from celebralg con-
gestion. Yes, and don't the pigger,
thus tested, exhalc q powerful perfume?
Assafoetida, burnt shoes, and onions!
the otto of roses, musk and essence
of pole-cat arc but the weakest of odors
in comparison. Who ever heard of q
niger ever being knocked out of life
light by q sunstrokc? Nobody. AS for
old Sol planting his biggest knocks up
on a niggcr's wool patch with the cx-
pcctation Of doing damage, he might as
we'll experiment upon cast-iron pot, or
try his best licks at the big bell of the
Vigilance Committee. ~ ~
Ola truth a nigger can stand ,hoat
almost equal to salamander andit's
this that render him so useful biped
in the burning fields of the South,
where a white skin, if put to hard labor
would find little or nothing left of Kim
to take home at supper at the close of
the first day ~. ~
My brethren there are somc who as.
scrt that the niger is by nature, equal
in intellect with the Anglo,saxon; and
that had he the same advantages, he
would raise himself to a high as notch
in the scale of hnmanity. We should
not wonder if they could prove it, just
as easy as | could prove that my little
terrier dog knows more than ! do
lie can smell a rat at any time o night
and passeth my comprehension
San francisco Era. ' . g
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DOW Jr. ON NEGno&s.

| have q fancy that the Creator has
produced the different families of the
human race breeds and mixtures
all overthe world, being as easily dis
tinguishcd from pure native stock as
mules from horses and jack -bottoms.--
Certain portions are made for certain
zones, climates and localities. Trans
plant them in foreign, uncongcnial soil
and they d%indlc and eventually run
out. Who supposcs that a nourishing
crop of Polar bears or Green-landers
could be grown at the equator, and
perpetuatcd sufficiently long enough
for them to turn "into horse of am
other color?" or that an Ethiopian
wouldseyer have his wool straightencd
and skin blcached amid arctic frosts
and SHOWS? / don't. 81.
My friends, climate was not made
for the negro; on the contrary the Mig
ger was made for the climate. No
climate in this known world possesses
such a remarkable popularity as to
cadse a downy fleece to cover caputs
well enough adapted to the propaga-
tion ofhair; to flattcn nose and pro.
duco an under lip capable of seating
outside a tobacco 1uid too bulky and
Iponderous for inside duty. Nor is
there q soil sufficiently productive to
bring out heel from foot that pres.
ses it, Of such pcrplexing length as to
place its proprietor in the darkness of
doubt as to whether nature Intended
him to go ahead or proceed backwards
Whether he should draw shoe over
the heel or over the toe. No, M
brethren, The piggcr was made for the
climate and its attributes, even as the
Arab and the ostrich are adapted to Sthc
drcary tinwatcfod sands Of the desert.
The brush Of nature has painted him
black--thc prevailing color of all ami.
mails that inherit tho torrid zono--in
order that he may withstand the pow.
erful influences Of calofic.
Because, why? Black being a con.
ductor Of heat, the latter gladly cS.
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What an English Girl thinks of Nor.
10 sH1 1865 mOniSm.

An English girl named Elizabeth
Cotton, who was induced to Join the
Mormons andiemigrate to Salt Lake,
writes home to Leeds, England, as fol-
lows:
/ am afraid Inever shall see YOU A.
gain; but still l live in hopes. We
started from Salt Lake some time since
to come back again, but the Mormons
met US and we were compelled to 90
back. On arriving at the Salt Lake
| was not a little surprised to see the
men running after the women and ask
ing if they were married, but i have
not got married yet, and | do not in
tend to. Many of the men have eight
or ten wives, and they sleep with one
two nights and another two nights and
so on-and this is Mormonism. But
this is not all for Brigham Young has
sixty women, and they had twelve sons
in one year, and how many daughters
. | do not know. What they preach a.
bout is -----, thieying and cut
ting every bodys throat and if YOU
ask any thing about it you are told it
is none of you ID business. /
know one young woman of. fifteen who
has had four husbands in five months,
and that gives an idea of Mormonism.
Ann Jubb came along with us across
the plains and when she got to Salt
Lake there were so many men summing
after her that she got married, and
she is the second wife, and they call
her Ann Webb, but she is far from be-
ing comfortable, and would be glad to
be back again If Iwas in England,
and any Mormon elder came to the
house where was, / would give him a
pretty warm reception. Mormonism
in England and Mormonism in Salt
Lake are as different as chalk and
cheese. aaw.a aa
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Siic.Sing 10 The E,oi,,t,

Lord Tenterdon had contracted so
Inveterate habit of keeping himself
and everybody else to the precise mat.
terin hand, that once, during cifcuit
dinner, having asked country maeist
rate if he would take vension, and re-.
ceiving what he deemed an evasiye re-.
PIy-"Thank you, my lord, am going
10 take boiled chick his lords hin
sharply replicd-"That, ,sr,is no answer
TO my question !; ] ask you again il you
take venison, and will trouble you To-
say yes or no, without further prevail.
cation. ."t@H'..~ ... 1
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Whole No. E53.

Rich.plenty ofmoney-oh, that
is delightfuln y ." 'Ns.sT,HN
an he's got powerful fine farm,
too na gr r,a,.s ,..r
Just what / want, Uncle Joab, cx
claimed Matte, clapping her hands,
and nowdo tell me who he is "Aa'h
4'lle's seen you, gall was tho reply,
'an' he thinks you mons us han 'somo
an would make u fcllcr good wife.
lie does, does he? But who is he?
do tell me Uncle Joab.' ....s. ...... ..,.
Would yer marry sich fcller?' ask
ed Uncle ,Joab, his countenance cxhib.
ltlng great oarnostness. s3r araq
'Do tell me who he is, that's good b
Uncle Joab, was the answer. zs0lssw
Il ak you agin, would yer marry
sich feller?' . ! "a ,.t .-a.5U'
Il won't answer you until YOU tell
me who he is-what's his namc?' $40
Uncle Joab saw that the crisis had
arrived, and that he must pop the ques- .
tion direct. NIattie's delight at his
proposition assured him Of his accept, .
ance, and already sure of ler as his
second wife, he concluded tomake short
work Of his courtship., ..1' ~ We. ar
wen, you see, he said, modestly,
looking down to the floor, since the
old woman died, I've felt kind O onea-
sy an lonesome, an so its mo that's
a goin' to marry you, gal
And he grinnod. Not SO Mattie.-
She was awe-struck. In one moment,
her chcerfulness was transferred to
disgust, her pleasantly to anger. ...,
You marry me! And you in ear,
nest, Uncle Joab?' she almost shouted.
That's what fetched me to town.
was his sanguinc reply. ....s ..H. .'.tr
For the moment, Mattie almost cho-
kcd with anger. She could not speak
what her indignant feelings prompted.
At last, however, she rose up, and
stepping toward uncle Joab-as ne
thought, to fly into his arms--she gave
him right smart slap in the face,
and said-'Take that, and carry il
home with you. Your wife scarcely
in her grave. and grandfather, ma d
king love to me ! You ought to be
ashamed of yourself-you are a-a Ia. AoG
you need never speak to me again.
and she flew out Of the room. =. ~.
The reader must imagine Uncle Jog.
abs feelings. lie looked after the
girl, rubbed his smarting check, look
ing thoughtfuliy for moment at the
ceiling, and then picked Up his hat
and without saying as much as good
bye to any one, left the house. He
went home without wife, fortunately,
no doubt, for himself and his family:
and to this day, he has never been
heard to say a word about his Second
Courting Spell. ...s .Ial ..a.e
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A) II at OF o MS
-" N..a |... From the Cincinnati Times.
UNCLE J0AB'S SECOND C0URTING
SPELL.
ny INVISIBLE GREEN, ESQ.


Uncle Joab was considered right
smart old man. He lived on one Of
the prettiest farms in the whole State
of Indiana, which farm he had himself
carved out ofthc wild wilderness, when
Indians only we're his ncighbors. And
on that farm Uncle Joab thrived and
became wealthy. Children and grand,
children grew up about him, and he
was happy and contentcd. Uncle Jo-
ab had bot one stumbling block. -
lie never knew the blessing of "eddi-
cation" In youth his feet had never
trod the interior ofa school-housc, and
old age found him unable to read or
write, yet he prospercd, and was also
con9idered as sharp at trade as his
more intelligent neighbors. If"
Unclc Joab's locks were we'll viii.
tened, when death first entered his
happy family circle. The grim mon.
ster came suddenly, TOO, and laid his
skeleton hands on the one that could
least Be spared. He took away the
faithful wife and devoted mother.
There was deep MOURNING in Uncle
Joab's house, and many were the sym
pathetic offers Of the neighbors, Tn
Gle Joab's grief was silent, and hence
supposed to be the more severe. Ev-
.crybody pitied him. .r
Uncle Joab's wife had been dead
just six months, when he arose early
one morning, and commencea laying
out his best suit of clothes. 1t was q
suit that he wore on extraordinary
occasions only, and when his children
saw him getting it out, they knew
that something extra ordinary was up.
They looked on in silence for while,
but ds the father offered no explana-
ton, the eldest daughter at home, who
had assumed the care of the household,
yontured to obtain one. @ a
dad, are you goin' away?' she ask
cd. ~ aa =.
4 are was his short response.
Not to town, | reckon
"a right smart distance fufdcr, was
the answer.
.Why, whar on airth are you gojn,
dad?'
TO the city
mo? What on airth is a takin' yo,
, thar? The coffee, nor the sugar. moi
the salt aih't out
'Well, you see, gall replied Un&It
5Joab, after q pause, I'm sort a lone
some. Taint home no more like /
used to was, oforS nanny died. /
sorta makes me Uneasy to stay abou
che house, SO thought I'd run dow,
to The city, and secin' the folks, rest
spell you sec.'
| That's right smart notion, repli
cd the daughter, who felt and sympa
thizod With her fathers loneliness
! Little did she conceive the truth 0
the matter. The fact was, Uncle Joab
who had married early in life, an,
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tracts, there is nothing to keep heavy
bodies like husbands from flying off fiil-
to space. The wife who would proper
ly discharge her duties must never have
a soul "abovo buttons" Don't trust
too much to good temper when you get
into an argument. Sugar is the sub
stancemost universally diilused through
all natural products! Let married peo-
pie take the hirt from this provision
of nature. t. ,',..,' .,r,I
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MorgantoSn, (ya.) Friday NHay gS, 1865. 81

way. tortured victims Of fhanEer and
cold, some of them indeed torn by fam.
lshed wolves, while life still struggled
Tor tho victory. over famishmcnt and
frost! The picture is toe, horrible to
contemplate,-but my informant states
that its truth is well attested. gm
"Strange as it may seem, new VIC
tins to the delusions of Mormons con-
tlnue to pass upothc Missouri, on their
way to the Valley. Forty families Of
them passed here on the 18th, from
st. Louis, on board the steamer Oma-
ha."n5 ia seaa 5aa. ata r. mi sf, gm - n
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-05-28
a Hard witness,

The following dialogue, which occur.
rod several years ago between law
yer and a witness, in Justice couu,not
a great many thousand miles from this
place, is worth relating ...s ..a
1t seems that Mr.. J ,nes loancd Mr.
Smith a horse, which died whiIo in his
(Mr. Smith's) possession. Nj, Jones
brought suit To recover the value Of tho
horse, attributiug his death to bad treat.
mont. During the eonrso Of tho trial.
witnoss (Mr. Browp) was called to tho
stand to testify as 10 how Mr.. Smith
treated horses. a#|.H...g .. +,
| Lawyer With bland and copfJ.
cncc invoki>g smilc) -" Well, sir, how
docs Mr.. Smith generally ride o bo.se1"
IpUasss--(Wi,h ve y merry twinkle
in his eye, otherwise impcrturbable)--
"AstradIe, believe, si, ,'u.g1n...' : %.
Lawyer-(Wilh scarcely percent.
bic Hush Of vexatiop upon lis check.
but slil) speaking in his sinoo,hest ,ones)
bat, sir, what gait does be ride r.
! Wifgcs8--"Hc never tides any gate,
sir. His boys tide ell The gates.'
! Lamyer--(His bland smile gone and
bis voice slightly busky)--"But how
does he ride when in company with
Others r.
lpttneSs--"Koe oeps up, if his horse 10
able, it no;, he goes behind" n.. ..,
Beware Of falling in love with pair
of moustaches, till you have found out
whether the wcarcr is the original ., B,
lptietor,
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Beautiful Thought.
A Lesson for every Day.

My fairca child have no song TO give yoh;i
Nolark co0ld pipe TO skies so dull and grey
Yet ere we part, ono lessoD can leave yoa
For every day.
Bc goods sweet maid, and lei who will be clever
DO noble things, not dream them all day long:
And so make life, death, and that vast forever;
One grand sweet song.
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A suit for divocrc is now pending in
Rochester, which originated in dis
pute between Mr.. b. and his wife, as
to whether they should have bcefstakc
broilcd on oysters RricG for breakfast.
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The Useful and the Beautiful,

The tomb Of Moses is unknown; but
the traveller slakes his thirst at tho
well of Jacob. The gorgeous palace
of tho wisest and weaItbiest of mon
archs, with the cedar, and gold and i.
vory, and even the great temple of
Jerusalem, hallowcd BY the visible glo-
ry of the Deity himself, are gone; but
Solomon $ reservoirs are as perfect as
ever. OF the ancient architecture of
the Holy City not one stone is left up
on another; but the pool of Bethesda
commands the pilgrims reverence at
the present day. The columns of Per-.
sepolls are smouldcring into dust but
its ciSterns and aqucducts remain to
challenge our admiration. The golden
house Of Nero is mass of ruins; but
the Aqua Claudia still pours into Rome
its limpid stream. The temple of the
sun at Tadmor has fallen; but it's foun-
tain sparklcs in its rays, as when thou.
sands OF worshippers thronged its lof-
ty colonnades. 1t may be that Lon.
don will share the fate of Babylon, and
nothing be left to mark its site save
mounds OF crumbling brick-work. The
Thames will continue to flow as it does
now. And if any work of art should
rise over the deep ocean of time, We
may well believe that it @ill be neither
palace nor temple, but some vast aque-
duct or reservoir; and if any name
should flash through the mist of anti
DUTY, it Will be that of the man who
sought the happiness of his fellow-men
rather than glory, and linked his mem
t, ory to some great work Of national u,
tility or benevocncc. This true glo-
ry which outliycs all othprs, and shines
with undying lustre from generation to
generation, imparting to works some
thing of its own immortality, and res
cuing them from the ruin which over
takes the ordinary monuments Of his.
torical tradition or mere magniiicence,
-----.------.----.-. .e4-A-.-.-------.---!, RI
TBE last Wonpis the most dangers
Gus ofinfernal machines. Husband and
vito should no more try to get it than
they would struggle for the possession
Of lighted bomb.shcl, Married peo.
pie should study each others weak
points, as skaters look after the weak
parts Of the ice, in order to keep Oh
them. Ladies who marry for love
shouldremcmbcr, that the union of an.
gels with womcn has been forbidden
since The flood. The wife is tho sun
OF tho social system. Unless she at.
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80 oeti1al.
..,a ' From the Virginia Conductor.
The Rescued to The Tempter.

The Rescued to The Tempter.
BY REV. wM. II. FoNERDEN, NJ. D.a1i
Again thy yictim-monster! hence, aa
Nor tempt INC to my own undoing;
Down TO the realms of Tomphet whence
With living Goals my path thou'rt strcwing
Too of have inhaled the fumc
Arising from thy poisoned c!ialiccy
Too often slipped its boiling spumc,
Conminglcd by Abaddons's malice. An
Too long and taniely have worn a'a
Thy burning letters at thy urging:
Too passivcly thy yoke I've borne,
70 deeper scrviludc c'cr Vcrging
But, Tyrunt! thou last pushed thy pow'r
Too lar for even human bearing;
And now from this cvcntlul hour,
Ny soul resolves on noble daring.
Thy cup break, thy fttcrs spurn,
And dash thine iron yoke in pieces; y
And us from bondage thus turn,
Thy reign o'cr INC forever ceases.
Avaunt thou Gorgon headed ficnd!
Nor tempt my guilty passions longer;
On Gods almighty arm I've leaned, ,.. ..
Than thou, or my poor nature stronger
Cldrksburg Va.
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ONE BY ONE.

Onc by one tho sand, arc lowing.
One bv one ,bc mo,ocnts fall -R
SIMMER conipo simmer ob;,o- .s
... Do mn, strive IN ar,sp ,bem nil ar#
Ono bv ono Inv dp,;cs woil ,hec. .....
Let Inv Whole streno,b co 70 each. .
Let no future dreams o,o,e tbee. ssa
70 Learn ,hon first wbot those can tcocb
Ono bv ono fbr;abt oi(,s from ucovcn,
.. -Joys arc sent thcc hero below.
Take tl,.n, rc,dilv whom o;vcn
Ready too. 10 let thcm no. f".
Ono by one, thy grieG shall mcc, thee
o,,.s.:n'c,.,.'... sa1g
80 el.,..,as.a.,.,.,L 49,,
.
Do mi ,oo,, ot Iicc's lon9 sorrow
-,
..as
t,vor, ho,,,,,. doots =, ,io,i,,.