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Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-20
For the Journal.
Our Railroad Connections at vii

Ouf Railroad Connect i0nS at VIII.
Mr. EDIr.R.-I attn pleased to notice that my
feeble Efforts have elicted an article from 70 r cor.
respondent "Fairpiay," which fully corroboratss
ali the facts set forth in my um aucatop of the
81 inst. Thu susg ,stiop. - "Fairplay" are patri
osic and Will meet my hearty corporation and l
hope to see the suss stion carried out to the fulcs.
practicable extent upon the resumption Of n vie.-
ton.
In my Former article called attention to the
unnecessary LAY Imposed upon tr ,veIers at Wilton
Let me now aid that tho detc2:ion of freight is
quite as great source Of annoyance as the former.
For illustration, permit me to detail single case
of this kind, tit is MT Isolated, eitaer) A mer-
chant at Newton purchased goods ut Muscatine-
placed them in til, freight h,use-was assured BY
the agent tina; they would b. forwarded the next
day. The gsu:l.mau repaired to Iowa City, wacro
his team was in waiting to transport the goods to
their destinatio.-waited a reasonable time-.he
goods did MT arr.vc-wen. home without them
returned in about IA days-yoods not yet arrived
made inquiries to cause Of deay-was told by the
agent of tn: road that he ouyh. to buy goods at
Davenport, and they would b. delivered at I,wa
City same day Of shipment. These statements can
be substantiatsd, if necessary.
Really, the citizens of Musca.ine are the best
natured folks in the world, they would rise and
rebuke this shameless impudence. In all soberness
these anHoyances too grcvous to b., endured and
have no hesitation in saying that the whole trou-
Bile grows out of the fact that the management Of
the road is in the hands of who are our enemies
and who are inscriptions enough to the patron
age OF the road to build up shinplaser town, and
if posi- BILE ruin Muscatne.
also believe that the large stockholders and
Eastern Directors in the road are not sensible of
these wrongs, and if oncs fairly presented to them
they will be redressed.
Can't our city and county authorities and thu d.
rectors resident here take hold of this matter? I
reterate that We ask nothing but impartial justice,
and this must be accorded to US. QUIDNuNc.
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DUBUQUE, Iowa, Nov. Is, 1857-dl9-w3m
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NORTHWESTERN FARMER
For 1853.
l. Farmers, Gardeners, Frui, Growers aud
Housewives
NEED PREMIUMS.
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Isdsyqted to ali departments Of As7icul-
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HoR1l G. lit, ,,,.n,,n =, ,on,,,,
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all kinds of Fruits. The Editor is a prac-
tical fruit grover of over twenty years
standing in tho West, assisted by a large
number of the Oldest and most experienced
fruit growers in different locsitles- many
of whom were among the first settlers Of
Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa. This de-
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Horticultural Journal for the whele West
embracing IS it does. the most reliable
information from men who have gathered
their knowledge from practica! observation
and exps fence in our midst.
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farmers Of the Northwest. Ii has larger
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Treasurer.

~We are authorised to announce II. LOF-
LAND rs q candidate for reelection TO the Office
Of City Treasurer.
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White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-11-11

New York AND ILLINOIS. the time
of writing. the returns indicate complete
triumph Of the Republicans in the State
of New York, with Congressional dele
cation of % Opposition to 5Administra-
ton Democrats. In Illinois, the doubt
full Counties come in slowly and in scat
tered returns, that indicate several gains
for Douglas in the House. and very close
contest in the Senate. We have nothing
as yet that gives him the State but our
reads will, perhaps, be able to find sufi-
cient in the dispatches to determine the
result. So far. we must confess, they
indicate that Mr.. Douglas Free Soil po-
sition has given him unexpected strength
in the central parts Of the State, and along
the line Of the RAILROADS.&C.. Louis Dem
ocrot, 4th.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-11-11
John Hickman. Of Pennsylvania.

John Hickman. Just reelected to Con
press from the Chester District. Pa, for
a third term. has certainly no reason to
complain of his constituents. He was
inst chosen as a Democrat, by American
help, in 1854. when his party were gen.
orally defeated. and when this district
gave a large majority against every other
Democrat. In 1856 he was reelected.
by the help Of special American candi-
date, though the district was decidedly
Republican. He heartily and fearlessly
resisted the Lecompton policy Of the
President in all its parts, and was there
fore discarded by the regular Democ-
racy of his District - who nominated
Charles d. Manly. His friends then pre-
sented his name to the Opposition Con-
vention, but a majority Of its members
preferred and nominated his first opponent,
Mr.. John Broomall. When it became
evident that this result was foreordained,
Mr.. Hickman's friends receded from the
Convention and nominated him as an
Anti-Lecompton candidate. As such. he
took the stump; as such. he is third
time elected in former Wing and now
Republican District. Mr.. Hickman
unites ability with energy and independ-
ence, and we believe his constituents will
never have reason to regret this choice.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-11-11

FoRNEY ON THE JONES AFFAIR.-The
Philadelphia Press makes light of Jehu's
ministerial appointment, after this fash
ion -
Let us fancy Mr.. Jehu G. Jones at the
Court of Vienna, conversing Through
the medium of an interpretsr) with the
Prime Minister. What if tha. function
airy asks him what special services to-
wards the United States recommended
him4o the high diplomatic Office of Am
bassador to Austria, what reply can he
stammer out Shall he say, 81 did lit
tie as clergyman, and less as lawyer,
so l turned politician, being what is ia
military termed rather hard up / per-
shaded the honest, supplemented, true
men of Berks County, Pennsylvania, that
would serve them faithfully. They be-
lieved me, and returned me to Congress.
Very speedily. by a miraculous process
often practiced at Washington by Legis-
fative Micawbers, l emerged from humble
into wealthy circumstances. / ingratia-
ted myself with the President, and fire.
quently dined at his table.
To swell my own importance and show
how we'll l had got on, publicly taunt-
ed better man than myself with not hav-
ing had his legs under the Presidential
mahogany voted against the sover-
eighty of the People. which was elected
to support and, finally, returning back
TO seek reelection from my constituents,
was defeated"
The Austrian Count. if he has any
taste for humor. may smile. while he says,
"Ah, Monsieur L Ambassador. I per-
ceive you owe your appointment here to
your disappointment at home You came
from strange country, where, because a
County kicks you. the Government ele-
Yates You to high Office. They say, in
fact, that because your own neighbors.
who know you well. think you unfit to
represent them in Congress, you are inst
fit to represent your nation at a Foreign
Court"
How His Excellency. the Ambassador,
will receive such taunt-which may be
looked as well as spoken-we leave to
the lively imagination of our readers.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-11-11

The SOIL OF KANsAs.-Kansas occu-
pies an area. 500 miles long by 200 wide,
and the average depth of the soil through
out the whole extent is eighteen inches
scopes of country 100 miles square can
be selected where the depth will average
two feet and half, and in many places
the soil is FIVE, six and seven feet deep.
Think of that, eye clod hoppers," who
delve away your lives upon the worn out
and barren hills of the older States.
Here in Kansas we have millions of acres
of good land. unoccupied, which only
needs "tickling to laugh with abundant
crops" while you are laboring 10 kick 8
scanty subsistence from amid the rocks
and stumps. The rich prairies of Kan
sas as they lie smiling in the warm rays
of the sun are inviting you to come. mil
lions of acres are begging to be redeemed
from uncultivsted waste.-Hsrald.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-11-11


A DAMAeIxo DiscLosURR.-HonF n
Stanton, Secretary Of Kansas, under a
Walker, in a late speech at Law Nv.
made the following statement. 'e
He Mr.. Stanton. came to K.Ds,..
81. believing tito be the intention - NJ "a
Buchanan to deal fairly with the n" :. M
Had not this been his opinion. he r wop1;
never have accepted the position Of Su
rotary. nor Walker that of GorsrDo S",
the Territory. Justice demanded A. H. ~
mission.t that he still believed the inloD,:' u'
Of the Administration to have been ro"%
Its present line Of policy was an sS..
thought. Until the month Of Sep,ernka.-'
he and Governor Walker were susts;D.;
throughout by the Administration n
would mention one circumstance vb;nI
was not generally known, a. SHOWING M.
conclusively.
On the 1st Of September, Gen. VIII
field and DIR. Tebbs, of Kansas, who w.r,
then in Washington. signed letter .,s,
pressly stating that the course Of Cow,
nor Walker and Secretary Stanton ~.
acceptable to the people Of Kansas in,,
much as an undoubted majority were i
favor Of free State" This Letter wa
written at the special request Of Mr. Br
chanan. who was anxious to shield him
self from the assaults then being mad.
mon him by the South. Through M
Buchansn's agency the letter was sent "a
the Union Office. and was actually in ,yp.
accompanied by editorial comments en-.
dorsing the character of DR.. Tebbs as
gentleman of unimpeacbable veracity,"
when it was seen in proof BY Soutben
member of the Cabinet, who ordered 4,
suppression. From that day 10 this tbe
course Of the Administration toward
Kansas has been q most unscrupulOus anil
shameful one.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-11-11

Masonic CUaIosITY.-A few DAYS ago
our friend Mr.. G. Blackburn found in .
sack of Rio coffee a copper me,lal. bear.
ing upon one side the representation Of
the tent of Knight Templar, surmount.
ell 10y the crown aud cross. and surround.
ed with the motto In hoe signo vince,
On the reverse is a wreath. anil the num-
Der 40" has been stamped over the nun.
Der 40" There is a motto on this Ide,
but the medal has been so much worn as
to make it illegible. The date is 1928.
The peculiar significance of this me,lal
will he appreciated by all Masons who
have attained the Degree Of Knight Ten.
Covington { Ry. Jour.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-11-11
THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE.

The sudden death Of the beloved and
gifted wife of the Hon. John Hickman.
on the 12th, of October, has created a
profound sensation at West Chester. A
friend informs US that she partook Of her
dinner as usual, and retired to her cham
Der to rest, when she was attacked with
hemorrhage of the lungs. She rose and
walked to her husbands library. where he
then was, and died shortly afterwards.
Thus at the very moment when the peo-
pie of the Sixth District were preparing
to reward Mr. Hickman for his adherence
to the right, and to vindicate him against
the assaults of his enemies. God called
from his side the noble woman who had
been his stay and his comforter for MANY
years past. Mrs. Hickman was a lady
of great talent and many endearinS qual-
titles. She resembled her glorious hus-
band in many respects, and in nothing
mare than in the frmness Of her friend
ship. the gentleness of her manners, and
the kindness of her heart. We can only
regret that she had not lived TO see him
victorious.-PhH. PressA
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-11-11
One Hundred Sums for CLANCY Jsnes.

Berks County cast about ten Thousand
votes for Dir. Buchanan in 1856, giving
him near seven thousand majority. At
the late election she punished one Of his
miniOnS for fragrant crime against her
proper authority over him. Berks ostra-
cised Jones. and now i is reported that
Buchanan has Austria-cizetl him, and re-
buked Berks The appointment Of a
ninth-rate man to a second-rate mission,
or the extension of an Executive clemen-
cy to a political culprit, might he put
down among the faults that Presidential
nature is liable to, and so be allowed to
pass with no greater censure. But the
fiery haste Of this indecorous act. and the
passionate scorn OF the people which bla-
yes all over it, have q significance which
must be attended to. We never expected
to see the day when Democratic Presi
dent ould undertake to deny the respon-
sibility to his constituents, or mistake the
free support of the people for slavish al
legiance to his official chair, or so utterly
forget that he is servant Of the people
as to deny their jurisdiction over their
servants, and insult them for exercising
it but, most Of all, we never could have
dreamed that such demonstration wonld
be made upon old Berks-of all the
Counties of Pennsylvania, Berks to be
selected for an example
Lecompton is an insanity II can be
nothing less or else. An Administration
in which we all had hope. and in which
even its opponents had confidence. to be
engaged first in forcing It's candidates up
on the people, and then so utterly demen-
ted, affront them for not submitting !
There ought to be an army in resereve to
enforce such movement, if the party in
power would escape that sort Of contempt
which covers the failures OF feeble fool
ishnass mere fraud AMI corruption have
not the resources that can insure success
to such an attempt. The coup a efdt is
your only measure when you would change
a President into an Emperor.
And Jones, Jehu Ct. Jones-the Hon
orable Jeku CLANCY Jones-is jnbilant
over his success /! The powder prepared
for his expected victory at the polls is
brought ont. and in the face Of his foes a
hundred guns are fired, to let Berks Coun
ty know that the President has corrected
the mistake which they male at the elee-
ton. Good for Clancy! Porter Pouts
over his defeat he turns sorrowfully from
the seat of honor to look for consolation
through all the cracks and cranuies Of his
case. lie finds relief in scratching him
self with potsherd. He. bless the man.
finds no fault with any body except the
miscreants who remain in the party only
to disorganize it. But Jones, Jehn Clan
cy Jones, lynches Berks County /! that
is, fguralively, and is ready for the serv
ice Of the most despotic court in Europe.
and fit for it too. or year or two of the
finest study and the largest practice have
been thrown away upon him. As for his
serving the Democracy by which he is
accredited, the thing is not to be imagined.
How has he served old Berks =? and how
has he answered when called to his ac-
count With hundred guns l-PhR.
Press.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-11-11

How BUCHANAN FELL IN-We are fast
tending to the formation of sectional par
ties. Hitherto the Democrats have boast
ed that this tendency found an eteetual
barrier in their organization. But the
vaunt, if true heretofore. is true no longer
Observe the ground taken by their candf-
dates at the North on Lecompton and on
the tariff; then read the denunciations Of
their Southern Press. He must be blind
who does not percsive the opening chasm
which separates the Northern Democrats
from the Southern. While endeavoring
to bestride il, Mr.. Buchsnsn fell NV.
y. Times. sr5g.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-11-11

Coon ARRANGEMENT FOR FARMERs.-
We observe, by an advertisement in the
Holt County News, that Peter, Frazer &
Co. offer to advance money on pork, to
be delivered in killing season, to Ozias
Bailey, at this place. Farmers can TINS
receive part pay for their hogs, before
they are brought to market; and the ar
rangement will be great accommodation
to many. The News, in calling attention
to the advertisement, says:
Mr.. o. Bailey advertises, in to-day's
paper, to ADVANCE MONEY on hogs,
to be delivered at his pork house, oppo-
site White Cloud, at killing time. The
money is in the hands of Peter, Frazer d
Co., of this place, where those having
hogs for sale, can now have money ad-
vanced on them. That this arrangement
will be Of immense advantage to our far
mers, many of whom are now pressed for
money, there is no doubt Many of them
who are owing. and want to pay. have
now an opportunity to do so. When the
hogs are delivered, the highest market
price will be paid in full. in the remain
ing payment We would advise our far
mers to make haste and secure this OPP
portunity.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-11-11

DEMocRATIc UErrs.-The Democrats
Of Vermont have succeeded in electing
one Senator, Mr.. French, Of Essex Coun-
ty. Of whom the Vermont Phoenix says !:
IF the minority is to be represented
on all the important committees. as is the
custom in parliamentary bodies, Mr..
French will be the busiest man in Mont
pelier the coming session" Tn Maine.
also. a, single Democratic Senator was
chosen at the late election. --.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-11-11
NOTICE.

In order that Hotel Projectors to whom this
paper Is sent without their orders, may not sup
pose that bill for subscription will hereafter be
presented to them, We will state that 200 copies
have been subscribed for, and ordered to lie sent
regularly to the principal Hotels throughout the
Union; and the Only. return asked is, that the
proprietors keep them on file, where they may
be read By all who visit their houses 81
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-11-11

ELECTION RETURNS IN WAsRINGToS.-
The White House inmates were not very
jubilant over the recent State Elections.
A correspondent writes:
The President, | understand, is very
siek-at least he is not to be seen. Scarce
a Democrat was visible at any Of the ho-
tells yesterday, and the Opposition wags
suggested that some Few hotel disease had
suddenly broken out. How the unfortu-
mates contrive to get out and read the bad
news is more than / can account for. The
Union has heretofore been defiant and ag-
gressive. but this morning it is mellow as
a school lad after severe castigstion.-
Truly affection has its uses in this sinful
world Of ours.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-11-11
WHITE CLOUD, KANSAS:
8: November II. 1858
AGENTS.

J.E OyDDEnDsE, tSueeessoito w S. SWIM
msr,l Northwest Corner of Olive and Main
Streets, st. Louis, is our-Agent In that City, for
sSlieiting Subscriptions and Adyertisements, and
making collections for the Chief. e
]. J. R0LET, Esq, Post Master, Oregon, No.
]. T. MILLEk, w est Alexandra. Prebie Co., o.
G. L. DILL, GsrmantoWn, Ohio.
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.-AaW, sWILLIAss. Esq, Sabetha, g
Dan. MCFARLAND, ESQ.,, Carson,
W. WIrHolT, Esq, Mt. Roy,
T. DRcxxoND, Esq. Hiawaths, +"
n. L. SAwTS, Esq, SaWin's Store, "
ToRaEY & LATIN, Seneca, Eemaha Co., Kan.
ReT. c. GRAHAx, Highland, Doniphan Co., X.
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