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Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-12
Z,uo Valuable Farms for Sale.

- The undersigned offer for sale On ~
usually favorable terms "a.
Es:s LIST. farm Of 40 ac.es, eignty ~, ~
lid west of the Musoatne corpora!ion I'M l,"i'
well improved, with good sprint. VIZ ~.
frame dwelling, stable, &c. Ten acres o. s'ns''
will be sold with this tract. ,s.a..
ID. farm Of 100 acrcs--S0 improveo .uS ~
out-buildings, with good we'll and stock wass's
and an orchard Of the choicest variety OF 49,
This farm is situated six miles from Muscassns =
the Iowa City road. -.
,ond With the present "bard timse." Tor fustner
PARTICULARS enquire at this Office OF Of - -
rned. [spr3oJ WIN. H0FIA1s.
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~ DIR CHRISTIE'S AGU E BALSAM.-Dr.
b. NJ. HutchisoD, = prominent physician of Cleve-
land, Ohio, writes .Junf 9Th, 1857:
Messrs. Il. M. WOOSTER Il Co Il am era tifed
to learn you are still enga ,ed in the distrb ii
of Cbristie's Agus Balsam," and it is with m oh
pleasure that give my test nony to lis supcrla-
tive merits. Having been for one-fourth Of cen
tury engaged in combating the ellis whic b Il sh
is heir to-. and had no small experience in he
character and treatment of Fever and Ague, Chill
Fever, DC 30. and diseases Of like character Pc
culiar to this and the Western States generally !;
and rs . druggist, have also become acqnain tod
with most Of the Patent Medicines Of the day, and
would nc hesitatingly place your "Balsam' among
the first Of it, order, and Of the best for which
it is designed. In fac have never kr own 1t fail
Of fu l6lIing all that 1T claimed to do, among the
large list of customers have furnished with this
invaluable compound.
For sale in Muscatine by J. B. Dougherty, and by
agents in every principal town.
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STRAYED,

E1ROK ttAe. Undersigned, at Wilton, large
i BLACK COW; q small shite spot in heI
forehead; soma white in her back. Any info,-
ma ton conserving said COW will be thankfully
received and suitably rewarded:
JOHN B. HILL.
wilton, Juno 10, ls5s-w3w
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-12

Ssceet Potato Plants for Sale.
THE subscriber has now on hand large quantity
ofsweet potatoe plants for sale, ct bis residence
2 miles from NJ uscatine, on the Iowa City road,
Price per hundred. IS cents, three hundred, $l00,
s. 90 per thousand. JAMES CATH LII.
may22w4w
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ON MANHOOD,

AND lis PREMATURE DECLlNE.
Just Published. Gratis, the Goth 7housund.
~EH- FEW WORDS ON THE RATION
AA1N IAL TREATMENT, withou! medicine,
1|6fSt Of Spsrmatorrhea or Locsl Weakness,
Nocturnal Emissions, Genial and
Nervous Debility, Impotence, and lmgediments to
Marriage generally, BY B. DE LANEY, M. D.
The important fact that the many alarming
complain 5, originating in the imprudense and
solitute of youth, may be easily removed WITH.
OUT MEDICINE, is in this small tract, clearly
demonstrated, and the entirely new and highly
successful treatment, - adopted by the Author,
4uily explained, by means Of which every one is
enabled to cure HIMSELF perfectly and at the
least possible cost thereby avoiding ell the sdver-
tised nostruns Of the day.
Sent to any address, gratis and post free in
sealed envelope; by rem 'ttiDg tTost-paad1 two
postage stamps to Dr.. B. DE LANEf. tx east Sts'
street, New York City. (aprlo
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See advertisement of DR.. Sanford's
LIVER IHvIGoRAToR in another column OF this pa
Iar
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-12

SAVE YOUR ICE.
yT7ATER Too ERS-be pattsrns-unu.
w sually kw-tjust received at the sales rooms
Of that "QuInc1 Cit" Stove.
n72dlw-w31 COAST0CK 4 60.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-12
-ILLUA1IN ALTON
9 COAL OH! COAL OIL!
LAMP FOR THE MILLION!

rTyHE COAL OIL is allowed by oil who use 1t to
j be the Best for burning.
1t is Non Explosive,
And costs far less tbsn any other oil new in exist
snce requi, Is NO putting, one trial 10 suficiert.-
The Lubricatax Oil is equal TO sPc'm, and does
not gum. Apply at the Depot, NO. III Mort
Third street 81. Louis, NO.
apr27-wIy1 ). m. flNLA1.
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WHITE & RICHIE,
WILTON MILL.
THIS MILL is n complete running order, and
i will continue tn do

CUSTUM WUKK
On tn. most accon modatipg terms and will keep
constantly on hand the best quality Of FLOUR,
for sale by the SACK or in large quantities. Al
so, FEED and SHIPSTUEF.
As We intend 40 buy none but the BEST o. Al
ITY Of WHEAT, We can assure those that bay Of
% that they will get the lest article Of FLOUR.
April 9-wtf ]. u. SNl en-.
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!. wIEsKEe. n BEACH. NJ. EIoHHoLz.
WIENKER & CO.,

@ A b I n e T
w a RE- R@@M&o
Iotca Avenue, bctwsfn I'd nd 81 Sts,
MUSOATJNE, IOWA.
lManuf factory on 4th st., 6et,ceen Iouo Av-
enuc and Chestnut Sts,
go UPHOLSTERY WORK, Gard, Center,
Din ing snd Brea kfsst Tables, Sofas, Loun-
IIS ees, Ottomans, Dr. essing Frames and COM
mon TABLES, Book cases. Stands, Desks, Bedsteads,
various patterns from $27s to ~ and $500, and
Msttrasses, 3D., 10.
N. B. Particul sttention paid to Undertaking.
Tho proprietors having
GOOD STEAM POWER
And other facilities, are prepared to manufacture
all their goods
Of the very best Quality,
And Cheaper for Cash than any other
House in Muscatine.
Also, fitting out Churches. School Room. Drug
Stores, &C., &c. june2
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do Buffers Pork House 5
do Present new Brick House 30
We feel much encouraged to labor on, and hope
BY the blessing of God to do much good.
]. BENNETT, Sup't.
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VIEW OF BURRIS.-A lrlonQ mas sent Us q
pencil sketch of Burris City, in its present submerg
ed condition as seen from the east. We'are sorry
that our artist has just left town for few days,
else we might favor the readers Of the "Journal"
with the view also. The sketch represents nine
houses and steam saw mill-or rather the tops Of
them-completely surrounded by water. Mud tur-
ties clamberng the roof Of the nearest house,
and two long-necked water birds are perched the
chimney of the second. On another roof is seated
forlorn-looking citizen-"the last of the Mohi-
cans" probably intended for the editor of the d.
funct "Commercial"-who has flag Of distress
waving from pole stuck in the chimney, as he
pat, awaits the arrival of steamer, which is
seea in the distance co ming to take him of. The
"Great Alright Railroad" is supposed to be hid
from view by the food. The picture Is too real to
be laughed at.
FLoRAL.-We are indebted to our atten-
tive friends, Foster 4 Morris, of "Fountain Hill
Nursery" for beautiful boquet of roses and flow
| ers. They are prepared to make boquets to order.
The following horticultural inform alton furnished
to us by Mr.. A. w. Morris will be of interest to
many of our readers
81 ,s. "ss'' -. ~, .nu nO".''"'' nearly
order OWING to the trsou.n, .ns ha.v, s.,,. p:0'
but thew are al, do;no vii tn. Ro.a No..
stru.,;vo - orones n,,m. .h...;.. - -.
,o.es 4 so;d 70 no ds.trov.d = ~. 800 ~.
summers. The time for their appearance will be il
= few days. The time for Roses TO blossom has ius
commenced. Their bushes were not mi ured las
] winters; they are full of buds EXPANDING Tn
4 p,a,,. ,s.r,v ,ono h,. .h.;. 49,. -,
-, =. ~. D. 80. 80 60. NJ.
flowers have come MP y eli In the gardens, and "
hope to be we'll supplied With natures beauties dur
inc the summer and fall months, Raspberries an
other small fruits are growing in gr, ct ABUNDANCE.
THs WEATHER-lt rained aeain durin
all last night and aportien Of the morning..
course everything is saturated, and farmers al
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-11

JOE WHITES SPEEcH--Joc White was an in
dependent candidate for Sheriff of Placer AT
Forest Hill he made the following speech:
Gentlemen and Feito,c- Caizens II was never
before the people before for any Office; never, in
nv life before, have | attempted to make pub
lie speech. am from Todd's Valley my name
is Joe White | am independent candidate
for the Office of Sheriff. ! am the most nde-
pendent man you ever saw. If you choose to
vote for me, gentlemen, will thank yc; if you
do not vote for me, will give you my hand,
and we will drink together. ! want the Office
because it is good Office; want the Office
because can make money out of III it is, in
fact, for the almighty dollar, gentlemen, that
want the Office. I'm thief I'm liar; I'm a
highway robber and Black Republican; I'm a
desperate man; will cheat, lie, steal, or do
anything that is mean. ] came here to night to
break up this meeting, and am going to do it.
| am fend and villain low, mean, con-
temptible scoundrel the meanest and most con-
temptiblc of all others. | am a midnight as
sassin, a burglar. hel-hound, demon, a per-
feet devil, and BeeIzebub is my half-brother.
If you think me eligible to Office and believe me
qualified for the Office of Sheriff, you have the
privilege of voting for me.
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-11

GRAPE CRop.-Mr. Banks has the following
paragraph in his address at the opening of the
San Francisco Mechanics Fair:
In France, a first rate crop of grapes is 5000
pounds per acre, and 1000 pounds is regarded
as fair crop. In the growing districts
along the Ohio river, where an inferior grape is
produced, 5000 pounds is considered as very
large CROP and 1000 or 5000 pounds is regard
ed as a good average; but in California, the or
dinary crop is from 10000 to $4,000 pounds per
acre, and Il, 900 pounds is not unusual. While
in the old world and the Atlantic States. the
grape crop frequently fails on account of frosts
and diseases, here it is always sure to yield
abundantly. There, the vine must generally be
supported ny poles here, it stands without ar
tifcial aid There, u large amount of cultiva-
ton is required; here comparatively little
There, suitable land is costly here, it can be
had for almost nothing. There, the rains fire.
quently interfere seriously with the ripening and
gathering; here, during the vintage, we have an
unclouded sky"
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-11
SHASTA COURIER.
Then and Now---An Old Mlner,s Rcn.,.
tions.


hD'ioAS CouRfER The march of improve
men' Is still onwards. The ruins of nm old
tor's-nine cabin, in which myself and partner
usea 10 live, stands in view of our present neat
and coy cottdse, with its miniature garden
pascn, the largest production Of which we can
boas being gigantic pine that throws with its
stately grandeur the poor cabbage heads into
the shade
Yesterday saw an old miner friend and part
ncr who used to work with me on Feather river
de gas been to the T" States and got wife and
tz Ssattle limitations of himself Now if this
amt progressing would like to know what is
When parted with him, more than four years
ago, he wore long, uncombed beard, profu-
sion of hair on his shoulders, a many patched
pair of pants, and an old dirty red wooden shirt.
A short pipe, making at times very close ac-
quaintance with the handle of his face, a sheath
knife and pistol completed his every day Sun
day-go-to-mceting clothes at that period. And
now, thought |, is it possible that the we'll
dressed, well-spoken, contented, good -humored
pleaSant-looking man can be jim? But SO il
was. Jim of the past transmogrifed into Jim Of
the present, showed me how great change fol
the better is taking place amongst the diggers in
the earth after that glttcriag enemy of poverty
gold.
The Mexican wooden bowls gave way to tn,
Vlrginian rockers With the march of expert
once came the long-tom, the sluice-box, ant
other ingenious contrivances for saving the pre-
cious ore. Oae-horse towns rapidly assumed
the Importance of cities. Their merchants com
posed of those who, within my recollection
manfully welded the pick and shovel in thu
mines. have in my eye two gentlemen, VIII,
worked up to their knees in mud with myself
digging tail-race, six years ago Now the
are wealthy merchants, worth $50 the commu
nifty says eighty thousand dollars. If that ain
progressing, what is? Their fine brick store
stand on the very spot where in cotton clot
shanty, played my first and last game of poke
eight years ago.
These are but drops in the bucket of my expe
riencc showing that the people are getting alon
mighty rapid.
Eight years ago, hereabouts, fought Indian.
lived on slap-jacks and bacon and, by way
medicine, drank the vile compound they calle
vhiskey. Then in this county man could trea
oil white man never trod before. Since this
: somebody's has been pokcd every
ere; all the streams, mountains, valleys
e-nons, ridges, flats, Indians and other will
beasts natural to the country have been labelc
and ticketed, and all shook up, with an incor
ceivable number of blanks, in a sort of lotter
bag. Thus all may have chance TO try thci
,, luck. II some of them don't get prize at frs
let them fortify themselves with that good oil
motto-Nl desperandum. 1t gives strength t
the nerves, bones and muscles Such, at cas
is the opinion of NlNo
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-11

Hox. HCxrHREy MARsHALLs DECEPTION At
LoCIsyiLLE.-The Louisville Courier says that
when Humphrey Marshall reached that city,
Robert f. Baird made glorious speech He
took his stand upon the wharf, and as the huge
form OF Humphrey darkened his vision, he lifted
up his voice and spoke as follows:
Mr. Bairds speech How are you, Colonel?p
To this most touching and eloquent reception
Humphrey made the following appropriate and
fitting reply:
Col Marshall's reply" How do you do, Bob?"
These beautiful specimens were taken down
as delivered, by q special Photographic report
er, and they may be implicitly relied upon.
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-11

Discovery OF SPRfSGs.-An official report
bearing the date of June 4th, 1858, has been re-
ceived at the War Department, giving informa-
ton that an exploring party, sent from Captain
Pope's camp, on the Pecos river near the mouth
of Delaware creek, has discovered large num-
Der of springs on the summit of the Llano Esta-
cabo, fifty miles east of the camp, and about
half way between the Pecos and the "Austang
Springs" on the emigrant road There Is
hard, gravely road along the whole distance
Capt. Pope, in his report. says Two hundred
of these springs-some OF them thirty yards IN
circumference--have been found extending in
direction north and south over space Of nine
miles. Everywhere in the ncighborhood of the
water are found groves of willow trc6s thirty
feet high, and from four to SIX inches in diam
ter"
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-11

FREscH BELLE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
Madame de Genlis in her memoir, describes
the training she underwent to fit her for Paris
ian society in the last century:
' | had two teeth pulled out; had whale
bone stays that pinched ase ,erribly; my feet
were imprisoned in tight shoes, with which IL
was impossible for me to walk had three or
four thousand curl papers pat on my head /; and
wore for the first tinrc in my life hoop. In
order to get rid OF my country attitudes, had
an iron collar put on my neck and as squint-
ed a little at times, was obliged to put on Cog
giles soon as | awoke in the morning, and
these | wore four hours. I was, moreover, not
little surprised, when they talked of giving mo
a master TO teach me what ! thought knew
well enough already-to walk. Besides all this.
was forbidden to run 10 leap or to ask ques-
tions"
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-11
The Law Of Newspapers.

l. Subscribers who do not give express notice
20 the contrary are considered as wishing to
continue their subscription.
.. If Subscribers wish their papers discontin-
ued, publishers ulay continue to send them until
all charges are paid.
;. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their
papers from the office or place to which they
are sent, they are held responsible until they
settle .leir bill, and give notice to discontinue
them
4. If subscribers move to other places without
Informing the publisher and the paper is sent to
the former direction, they are held responsible
Notice should always be given of removal.
5. The courts have decided that refusing to
take paper or periodical from the office, or re-
moving and leaving it uncalied for, is prima
facie evidence of Intentional fraud
asy- Postmasters would oblige, by strict
fuifIment of the regulations requiring them to
notify Publishers, once in three months, OF pa
pers not taken from their office by subscribers
aes~ Under the law of Congress papers are
not charged postage in the county in which they
are published.
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-11
F o X w A r d / n G
From Red BIuhs

-rs THE UNDERSIGNED, HAVING
60 purchased the interest of A. ID
Carpenter, Esq, in the Forwarding Business, has
made arrangements by which all goods consigned
to his care, at Red Bluffs, will be faithfully at
tended to. NJ y DlSIlN-
Red Bluffs, Dec. S, 1855. ds-u
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-11

ADVICE TO SINGLE MEs.-If you don't wish to
fall in love, keep away from calico. You can no
more play with girls without losing your heart
than you can play at roulette without losing
your money. AS Dobbs very justly observes,
the heart strings Of woman, like the tendrils of
vine, are always reaching out after more to
cling to. The consequence is that you are gone,
Ike one legged stove a. street auction.
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-11
COUNTY DIRECTORY
OhCers.

District Jadgc-William P. Daingerheld, o.
Shasta.
County Judge-Joel 7. Landrum
Associate Justiccs-J. B. Stewart, and Will
liam Knowlton.
COUNTY, Treasurer-James Hayburn.
County Clerk-H. l. Vanhorn.
Saerif-H Clay Stockton. Under Sheriff
John Dent
younty Assessor-w. II. Angel.
County Surreyor-E. Linn.
Public ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Swasey.
District Atorney-James D. Mix.
School Commissioner-G. X. Godfrey.
County Physician-Dr. James E. Pelham
Board of Superrisors-lst District, Samuel
Payne ID District, William B. Stoddarti 80
District D. c. Johnson.
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-11

THE jew BILL PAssED.-On the 18th July, in
the House of Lords, the bill permitting the
House of Commons to admit Jews into Parla-
ment was passed, as also were the reasons of the
House of Lords for objecting to the House of
Commons bill on the subject
On the 21st of July, in the House Of Commons,
the bill from the Lords to admit Jews into Par
lament was finally passed by vote of l29 to
sr
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-11
Times of Holding Courts.

NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
SuAsrA-Third Mondays in January, May and
September.
SrsKIYou-First Mondays in March, July and
November.
TRIylrY-Second Mondays in April, August
end December.
shasta County Courts.
Held on the lst Mondays of January, May and
September.
AT said terms, the business pertaining TO the
Court of Sessions shall first be disposed of, and
after that the business of the County Court and
Probate Court in such order as the Judge may
determine.
BOARD OF SUPERvIsoRs-Meet lst Mondays In
May, August, November and February
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-11

The PRIDE OF RICHES FooLIsH.-He that is
proud of riches is fool for if he be exalted
above his neighbors because he hath more gold,
how much inferior is he to gold mine How
much must he give place 10 chain Of pearls or
kno, Of diamonds
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-11

Dag If John Smith should, while crossing
Browns vacant lot, happen to fall and tear bis
pantaoons, who Is responsible for the ground
rent thus created-could Brown compel Smith
to settle the rent with potato patch?
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-11
Affections.

With silence only as their benediction,
Gods angels come,
Where, in the shadow of great aflction,
The soul sits dumb.
God calls our loved ones, but we lose not wholly
What He hath given;
They live on earth, in thought and deed, as truly
As in His Heaven
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-11
Township officers.

SHASTA TowSsHIP.-Justices OF the Peace-h'
A. Curtiss, E. X. Shed. Constables-hooerto U.
Dewitt, Thomas J. Flynn.
CLEAR CREEK TOWNSHIP -Justices-William
Knowlton, James NJ. Eby.
FREycu GuLcu TOWNSHIP. Justices. Il.
Stewart
SIERRA TowYsHIp-Justices- d. Baker
PIrr RIVER TowxsHIP-Justices-J. NJ. Hunt.
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-11

sD- Words fifty spoken like apples Of
gold 10 pictures Of silver
The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-10-26
4 ONE or THE BANK FAILURES.

The failure of the Western Bank of Glasgow has spread
unparalleled ruin throughout that city Thirteen hun
dred families held Investments in the concern which in
many constituted the sole dependence of aged
fessiona men, widows and orphan daughters The total
paid-up capital equal to $1,000, ,000 When the
soppage occurred, it that the whole of
that property swept away and that those who had
nothing else would be reduced to destitution. 1t
hoped however, that this would be the worst In lit
tie further time it transpred that there would be def
cheney of 000 In addition to the loss Of the whole
capital call of $125 per share was accordingly
forced oil who had anything left This was finally
paid in June last lull then intervened, and it
supposed that If there should happen to be any further
call, it would be light. Complete astonishment was
therefore felt the 7th instant when it announced
that the deficiency instead of being $1,000, 900, had
proved to be 81 000 and that upon each share fresh
payment of $500 would be required within twenty -four
days.
large proportion of the stockholders having been al
ready ruined the number of those able respond is linn
ited and it calculated that out Of the thirteen hundred
not than hundred and fifty will ultimately have
any property left Many Of the sufferers have died.
have become insane children have been thrown the
charity of friends and strangers, and there is scarcely
family in the district which is not to extent aic
ed One eminent retired merchant who had invested the
whole of large fortune in the concern has died Of
broken heart. Yet the directors, majority Of them
the London correspondent Of the New York Comme
cia have adopted bold and unscrupuous tone the
last They relied upon their parliamentary influence
pecially among the tories, and the government have
screened them throughout Among their chief apoogsts
they have numbered Sir Archibald Alison the author Of
the History Of Europe.