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

RAclNG.-The Steamers of the Upper
Mississippi are indulging in the racing
sport to a considerable extent. The
Grey Eagle has made very quick
trip, SO has the Itasca; and more re-
Gently the Key City and Grey Eagle
have had little run against time.
The latter claims the victory but it
should be known that she did not
touch at the leading ports, and
it is therefore unfair to give her the
glory. With due Difference to the
whole Mississippi fleet, we pronounce
it as our opinion that the Key City is
the fastest boat above Galena. While
giving her the credit, it is with re-
luctance we say that no boat that
practices racing should stand as cred
itably with travellers, us one that
pursues the even tenor of its way.
Fast boats are like "fast men" and
fast women-liable to elbow up" and
send the passengers to Kingdom come.
We shall hereafter make it a consci-
entious duty to damn any boat that
gives or accepts II racing challenge.
If it don't suit our River friends we
can't help it. Will the press, in view
of the late terrible tragedy at St.
Louis, join in an effort to discourage
a practice that results, three times out
five, in Wholesale murder? Gregor
Times. ID
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27

FRuIrS OF THE REvIyAL.-Thc New
York Tribune gives the following ac-
count of the admission Of nearly two
hundred new converts into the Plym-
outh Church, Brooklyn:
On Sunday morning there was a
very large congregation at the Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher's Church, the
occasion being special, from the fact
that great number of persons were
to be received into the Church. The
pulpit was tastcfully decorated with
flowers, and in the rear were wreathcd
the words, "For We were as sheep
going astray, but are now returned
unto the Shepherd and Bishop Of your
souls" There were in all lsS persons
received into the Church-l63 by pro,
fcssion and 20 by letter. Fourteen
were baptized by immersion, and AZ
were baptized on the following Sun
day They occupied the five front
circles of seats, and when the articles
Of faith were read to them by Mr.
Beechcr, they arose and bowed their
heads. Some % of these converts
were connected with the Sabbath
School attached to the Church. The
venerable Lyman Beecher, d. d.,
father of the pastor, sat in the pulpit.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27
THE WOMAN WHO LIVES WITHOUT EAl

THE WOMAN WHO LIVES WITHOUT EAT
ING.-This curious case i'll interior
New York is still exciting much at
tcntion. Rev. S. p. Williams, who
has recently visited her, writes to the
New York Christian Advocate the fol
lowing particulars:
"Hcr skin about the face, neck,
chest and hands is delicate and healthy
as the skin of an infant. The pulsa-
tions of her blood about the chest,
neck, head and arms, though exceed
ingly delicate are quite regular. Her
hair does not grow, nor is it worn oil
her head, as one would naturally sup
pose, except a little just upon the
crown. The action and the state of
the lungs are perfectly healthy. They
have been thoroughly examined by
skil!ful physicians with the aid of "a
stethoscope, and are supposed to be
perfect. Her nourishment is wholly
from the atmosphere. The last nu-
trimcnt, indeed, the last swallow of
water she was known to. take, was III
the last of June, 1851. The last time
she was known to be conscious was
last December. When she comes out
of these long spasms she seems to cry
for moment, like an infant in dis
trcss. At such times her husband
thinks she may be conscious. 1t is
most distressing to hear it. She is
not above the ordinary laws of dis
case. She has recently had a thorough
case of mumps, precisely as others
have them. Her nails upon her
fingers, like her hair, do not grow at
all"
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27

A TEXT FOR You've MEN.-A better
subject for young men to discourse
about, and to mediate upon, was never
written than the following, by Swift !:
:" No man ever made an ill figure who
understood his own talents, nor q
good one who mistook them" Young
men do not fail in the pursuits of life
because they lack the ability to sue
ceed, half as often as from a misdi-
rection'of talents. A right use Of mod
crate capacity will accomplish more
than a wrong application Of the most
brilliant qualifications. Study there
fore yourselves. Aim to find out the
actual talents you possess, and then
cndeavor to make the best possible use
of them, and you can hardly come
short of making a good figure in the
world, and what is more, being ono
among those who lived not in vain.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27

SETTING RIVER ON FIRE--It takes a
smart man to accomplish this feat and
a Frenchman has done it. The Phila-
dclphia Ledger says:
The whole surface Of the river
opposite Chestnut street was cover
ed with the densest volumes of
smoke. The trcmen with their usual
alacrity, were out, and there is no
knowing what they might have done
towards extinguishing the Delaware,
by pouring streams from the Schuyl-
kill into it, had it not been that the
experiment of burning the river was
a short lived one, intended to demon
stratc the possibility of the thing, and
not to consume it entirely. \ French
man named Guilbert, was experiment
ing with his chemical fire, to show
how easily a hostile fleet might be
destroyed. He raised q great smoke
considerable fire, and perfect hub
bub but as the fleet was not there il
was not destroyed.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27
Is there an Open Polar Sea?

This question is almost as far from
a satisfactory conclusion as ever. At
u recent meeting of the Royal &C.
ographical Society of London, DR..
Rink read q paper in which he laborcd
to demonstrate that Dr. Kane was en-
tircfy at error in relation to an open
Polar Sea; that there was an error Of
about two degrees in his reckoning,
and that, after all, he approached no
nearer the pole than several other
navigators had before done. Other
members of the Society took the same
view of the case. The distance travel
cd by Morton and the strange sights
he saw from the northern borders Of
an ice belt, on which the tcmpraturc
often fell to 70 degrees below zero,
are all doubted by parties to the dis
cussion in England, and the same
doubt exists to some extent in this
country.
The American Association for the
advancement of Science, however. re-
gard the question as one worthy of
further investigation. At one Of it's
recent sessions, Dr. Hays, surgeon to
DIR. kanc's second Grinncll expedition,
read an interesting and ingenious pa
per, in which he presented evidences
of the existence of an open sea around
the pole, and suggested another cxpc-
dition to test the truth of the problem.
The subject was referred to commit
tee, who made a report in entire har-
mony with DIR. Hays views, and
recommended that Il committee of
fifteen members of the Association be
appointed to cooperate with DIR. Hays
in his efforts to organize another ex-
expedition for Arctic research. The
resolution was unanimously adopted.
Dubuque Times
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27

EXCITEMENT IN BURLINGTON, VI
There has been considerable excite
ment in Burlington, Vt, for a few
days past, OH the subject of the re-
moval of the remains of Gen. Ethan
Allen. The ceremonies of laying the
cornerstone of the monument ordered
by the State, have been deferred, and
the authorities of the town and com
mittee of the monument have made
thorough research, TO the depth of six
or eight feet, in all parts of the family
lot not known to be occupied by the
remains of other members of the fam
ily, where his monument stood, with
out finding the slightest indication OF
human remains. - Worcester Spy.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27

There seems to be a precious lot of
villains conSregated at Usage. This
is evident, both from the disclosures
made respecting the fraudulent land
sales and the conduct of certain other
residents of that place whose names
have not been mentioned in that con-
nection. According to the last num-
Der of the Iowan, man named Barker,
whom the people last spring elected
School Fund Commissioner, to succeed
the notorious land swindler, John G.
Bishop, proves to be remiss in his
duty, and his conduct in Office is re-
gardcd as little less rascally than that
of his illustrious predecessor.--Du-
5aqRe Hsraid. aao}
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27

A frishtful railroad accident occurred on the
New York Central Railroad lately, by the fall
ling of a bridge over the Sanquoit Creek, neal
Whitesboro'. Eight persons We're killed, tour
or five barely escaped with their lives, and
thirty or forty were more or less injured. Two
trains were crossing the bridge at the same
time, running in different directions, when
the bridge broke down, its timbers being rot
ten. The engines of each train passed over
but the cars Were precpitated into the stream
splintering platforms and seats to atoms a,
they struck the abutments, and mangling the
passengers in u terrible manner
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27

We learn that man named Taylor
was arrested at Forest City, Winnie
bago Co., a few days since, on charge
of passing counterfeit money, and was
taken to Waterloo jail Various
counterfeiting implements were found
in his possession, together with about
four hundred dollars counterfeit gold
coin, and one thousand dollars co,ln-
tcrfeit bills on Ncwburyport, Mass.
bank. Taylor has been canvassing
this section Of country as travelling
dentist,
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27

FIsH,NG.-p During the past few days, at
morning and evening, the shores of the river
have been lined with men, women and chill
dren engaged in fishing. Since the recent
high water, the fish of various descriptions
are running up in vast quantities, which are
taken with hooks, nets, spears and even pitch
forks. Several Thousand pounds are caught
10y our villagers in single day.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27

The people of Usage, the scene Of the late
fraudulent land sales, have appointed u vigi-
lance committee OF thirty-tive citizens, whose
duty it shall be-, as expressed in one Of their
resolutions, :. to do all legal acts, which they
may deem necessary to free the town and Vi
cinity from the perpetration of land frauds and
other illegal transactions, and also from liquor
shops" "
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27

THE AMERICAN TEACT SoClErY. mana
gers Of this Society have triunphcd, and no
anti slavery tracts are 10 be published by it.
Last year the anti tislaverv portion OF the socic-
ty succeeded in procuring the passage of "a res-
olution virtually instructing the publishing
committee to issue tracts upon certain features
and relations of slavery. The committee at
first entered upon the preparation Of such a
work, but abandoned it on being convinced
that the publication would close the entire
South To all their efforts, and divide the Socie-
| ty into two parts. This committee WIS re-
| elected last Wednesday, and thus its action
was approved.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27

The Louisville Courier says there is now a
great stampede of the slaves of that State. Ne
groes in large number: are constantly escaping
from their owners. The presence of numer-
ous Aboitioniststs is regarded as the cause OF
this " Black Republicans, it says, "are as
thick in these parts as wolves on prairie -
and Niger stealing is carried on to an unlmi-
ted extent
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27

GoDEy's LADYs BooK.--lhe June number
of this popular monthly is already upon our
table. The letter press is elegant us usual
the embellishments OF the highest order; and
its reading matter highly interesting and liz
structive. The picture entitled The First
Step" will be appreciated by every youag
mother in the land. not emitting the grand
mothers. The fashion plates we take to be
all right, provided the money purse holds out
in supporting them. Subscriptions received
at this office. Terms S3.0 per annum.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27
\ terrible storm of wind and rain lately {

4 terrible storm of wind and rain lately oc-
CURED in the vicinity of Peoria and Oquawka,
Illinois, A large number of houses were un-
rooted or blown down, railroad trains blown
from the track and upset, and al immense
amount of property destroyed. At Peoria
ling houses were moved bodily twenty or thir-
ty feet. The rain, wind and hail were most
terrific
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27

paragraph is going the rounds Of eastern
papers stating that the gold discovered in Iowa
proves to be- nothing but iron pyrites. II
these astutc editors will come to st. Charles
We will convince them that our 9 digsins y
contain the genuine article and are no hum.
bug.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27

Henry William Herbert, II wcll-known au-
n. Y, recently. He had been laboring
for some days under great depression OF spir-
its, consequent upon domestic difficulties. He
left long letter To the Press OF the United
States and also one to the coroner, giving the
reason for his act Of destruction. Mr.. IL. was
married three months ago to II lady in New
AK, but had recently been separated from her,
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27

The Minnesota Senators have drawn lots
General Shields drew the term expiring in
March, 1859, and Mr.. Rice that ending in
March, 1868.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27

The admission of Minnesota adds
the thirty second star to the confedef-
acy. There are now seventeen Tree
and fifteen slave States, free state
prcponderence, which will propao'y
never be diminished.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27

The House Committee on Territories have
authorized their Chairman to report bill for
the organization of a territory west of Utah to
be called Nevada. They have also authorized
Mr.. lollikoifer to report favorably on a bill to
make uniform the exercise Of the right OF suff
rage in the several territories, confining the
same to citizens Of the United States, native
born and naturalized
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27

Rev. J. II. Windsor tCongregationalist.
from Andover, Mass, preached TO our people
last Sabbath, with much acceptance and II
movement is now on foot to raise Il sl,lscIip-
an engagement lie concluded We shall then
have three religious societies in town, with
regular preaching each Sabbath from Rev Mr.
Rust, Methodist; Rev. Mr.. Parmalee, Baptist
and Rev. Mr. Windsor, Congregationalist ;
all worthy and able preachers
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27

The Register, published at Waterloo, speaks
rather sneeringly of the circumstance that the
road company with the alleged view of build,
ing a railway from that town to the North
line Of Iowa, at which point they propose to
connect with a road To st. Paul Sour grapes
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27
LpAuAN' MAGAZINE Napa

GRAnAMs MAGAZINE. Magazine comes
to us early and promptly each month. In its
best days it was never better than at present
1t gives special attention to the fashions, has
some of the best stories in the world, and is
spiced with keen jokes with "picters to
match" Address Watson & Co., Philadelphia
Price S3 per anntm.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27

The Lake superior Chronicle says: The In
dians and settlers on the North Shore have
manufactured large quantities of maple sugar
the present season, and our market is well
supplied The price ranges from twelve to
fifteen cents per pound.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27

The Fayette County Pioneer says that some
unknown villains, a few nights since, feloni-
ously entered the premises of Mr.. Theodore
Newcomh and carried off thirty bushels of
oats and a kcg of lard
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27

In the Wisconsin Legislature, recently, there
the Capital from Madison to Milwaukee, and
was only defeated by the casting vote of the
Speaker. A good lesson to the Madisonians.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27

Mr.. s. c. Goddard of the Magnolia House,
has our thanks for Il fine string Of fish taken
from the Cedar River on Monday. We ar.
also indebted to W. II. Coffin for several fish
taken about the same time
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27

We have been shown five dollar
"nuscet" which Shell Rock gentle
man assures us he dug few days
since upon the farm which we adver-
tise for sale, near Shell Rock Falls.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27

The Boonsboro Iowa. News says:
Mr.. Henry Hart presented us wltha
piece of pure copper, obtained a short
distance from Elk Rapids, In tins
county. He says it is abundant, and
exists both in a pure and mixed state.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27

ANIMAL TRACKS OF THE CONNECTICUT
VALLEY.-Among the most deeply in
tcrcsting papers read before the sci
cntiiic convention at Baltimore, was
one by Professor Edward Hitchcock,
late of Amherst College, Mass, upon
the tracks of animals found in the
Connecticut Valley. He described
the valley as classic ground, for these
sandstone tracks, ten times more of
them having been found there than
elsewhere the globe over. As to the
age of the rocks thus marked. he had
recently concluded that a portion of
them, at least, were as modern as the
Lias formation. The cabinet of Am.
herst College contains 5000 individu
al impressions of these tracks. Pro.
tessor Hitchcock said that most of his
time for two years past had been
given to grouping the individuals.
He had made ll9 species and 60 gene
IA OF them. He made 81 bipeds so
quadrupeds--ls having more than
four feet, II without feet, and 3 of I'M
certain footing. Upon this he dwclt
the more, because in the Annual Set
entife Discorery he had been incohcrent.
ly reported as giving up his theory
that they were bird tracks. Among
the quadrupeds he had, but without
evidence that entirely satisfied him,
five were marsupials-thc youngest
of the mammalias. Of the bipeds, II
were of the thick-tocd birds, like the
ostrich, and 9 of the narrow-tocd tribe.
These statements of the most accom-
plished judge of such matters in the
world, and man of great caution,
give us astonishing glimpscs into the
period when such a variety Of extinct
monsters went tramping or writhing
up and down the valleys of New
England.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27

The editor of the Waverly Republi-
can has gone over the dam. After
being nicely soused the neighbors
pulled him out. He laments the loss
of his new hat.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27

The Kansas land sales have been postponed
from July till October, by order of the Presi-
dent. The postponement was asked by the
people of Kansas.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27

FGEsuET.-During the night of Saturday We
had severe thunder shower. great amount
of water fell, and the Cedar River was much
swollen.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27

The people of Richmond, Va, having in
augurated their Washington monument, are
discussing the propriety of removing the re-
mains OF the father Of his country from Mount
Washington which they have elevated
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27
10 Printers,

The subscribers offer for sale their Newspa-
per and job Printing Establishments All the
materials are nearly new and in excellent CON
dtion. We will also sell the intrIiycnccr
Building and lot, including the bouksturc and
stock of goods. lI,IprEru & CARVER.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27
dotestuaro tbe Course of empire tatrs its dllap.


DEED OF HoHRor. The Iowa Citv rrnor.
ter gives an account Of the brutal murder hy
mon, OF man named Boyd Wilkinson. It
appears that personal aniinositv existed he
tween Wilkinson and one Phillips On Mon.
day night Phillips barn was burned and his
pariiSans suspected Wilkinson Of setting il on
fire. ON this naked suspicion they went to
The h"tS" at Wilkinson, tore him from wife
iuld children, bound his hands behind his
back, AMI cast him hcatdiung into the Iowa
river and drowned him. Over thirty residents
"i Iowa City were concerned in this horrible
act. For such damning and cIrcadfnI deed
the brand of inf;.iny will ht. stamped indelihly
upon the town and community which allows
such monsters to live in its mlst. The most
degraded and lnrlmrouS sava-cs would not be
guilty of IA more shocking and revolving act
than that Of this band of Iowa CITY murder
crS. The world will hc shocked at the horri
bie decd, and the community that will tulcr-
ate its perpetrators will become a by word and
curse. DabuqHe MTaM
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27

British cruisers are boarding all the Ameri-
can merchantmen in the Guifof Mexico, and
the Government at Washington seem deter
mined to put stop 10 it,
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-27

The st. Louis papers warn the public against
a new wild cat Nebraska bank called the Te'
hama Bank, as its assets are OOOO! ....