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Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-12

THERE WILL BE NO WAR.-Our readers have
observed the hostile character of Congress
sional debates upon the subject Of recent
outrages in the West Indies by British cruis-
ers that have exercised the right Of examin-
alton and search Of American vessels, and
have some of them foolishly supposed that
Southern fre-eaters meant fight But it is
not so. 1t is all bluster. The shipping and
shipping interest is Of the North. The mer-
chant marine belongs to the Yankees. The
South have no idea of going to war for out
RACES up5n the shipping interest. Besides
Cotton is King, and war with England
would not only greatly damage the foreign
demand for cotton, but leopard the system
of African Slavery and slave government il
the United States. Besides, it would oper-
ate as protective tariff for our rhanufactu-
rers, set all our wheels and spindles agoing,
and demonstrate the said power Of the Free
States and the weakness and rottenness Of
the Slave. There will be 40 Wal.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-12
The New Orleans Difficulty.
New QRLKANs. Nav 3.


The streets are in state Of immense ex-
citement. The vigilance committee arrested
Mr.. r.Lumsden, Of the Picayuns. and kept him
in confinement several hours. He was drunk
and disorderly around the vigilance camp.
The Mayor is still at the vigilance COM
mittee's headquarters. He is afraid Of his
life if he leaves them.
Affairs look rather squally.
We don't expect the election will take
place on Monday.
The Mayor has issued proclamation re-
voking the power of the Recorder to appoint
special police.
The citizens are disgusted with the Mayors
vacillation.
The vigilance committee is still fortifying
it's position.
Lafayette square is still in possession Of
the mob, and cannon loaded with grape
command all the approaches to the square.
The Recorder has appointed 800 special
police, among them some of the worst men
in the city. They refuse to give up their
authority, although it has been revoked by
the Mayor, and they have arrested several
men known to belong to the vigilance COM
mittee. .z
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-12
VOL. IX--NO. As


ca A distinguished lady osts rspfossd
her librarian for putting books written ~
male and female authors upon the same shalf,
"Never do 1t, said she, without putt1f =
prayer book between them. ~ Z
~ "Boy," said pedagcgue tie e|ser
day "what is the meaning OF all that fatkes
In the school I" - y
at is Bill Skies, sir, who Is oil the stfibs
initiating locomotive" sssgA
..Oome up here, William :-H yo1 lssss
turned into locomotive, il is high tiissyou
were switched of ~ -
ca At Virginia prsyer-meetine ths
chorister being absent, the presiding elder
whose name was Jeeter, called upon one
of the deacons and said, after reading .
hymn,
"Brother Moon,
Will you raise tuner
The deacon lifted up his voice, bat, In
stead Of singing at once, he inquired u
"Brother Jeeter,
What's the metre2" b
This being satisfactorily answered, Dsaeop
Moon pitched the tune.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-12

LATER FROM THE New GOLD MINEs.-The
news from the gold mines in the British
possessions and part Of Oregon is highly fa-
vorable, and no doubt exists as to the album
dance Of the ssprecions metal" Considers
bic difficulty has been anticipated in. ascend
ing the river about Fort Langley, on account
of the high water but Capt. Windsor,
who has Just returned from the mines.
states that, though the river is high and the
current very strong, one accustomed to
boating would be enabled to reach the point
of desal kation, which is at the fork of
Thompson's river, and within twelve miles
of the diggings, either in whale boats or
canoes, in about twenty days from Port
Townsend The Hudson Bay Co.'s steamer
Otter refused to carry passengers from Vic
toria to Fort Langley, and those who land
ed ascended the river mostly in canoes.-
Others remained at Port Townsend, and
some at Dellingham Bay. From this latter
point, road is being cut through to inter-
sect the old trail of the Hudson Bay Com
pany at Fort Hope, aud it is expected to be
completed in from three to five weeks
Provisions are scarce, -four at the mines be-
ing worth sixty dollars per bbl Beef and
pork are not to be had for money. The In
dams are peaceable. The Commodore, in
future. will connect with the steamer Otter
at Victoria, that vessel having agreed with
Captain Wright to carry passengers to Fort
Langley for FIVE dollars head. A lump,
weighing 81 ounce, was taken out at Al
thouse creek, in Southern Oregon, on the
Goth ult. The Indians at the mouth ol
Rogue river murdered young white man
nampd Ctpphen Taylor and the whites are
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-12
Life

Life is like a river;
On its swelling tide
Many barks are floating
Floating-side by side.
Life is like a city;
In it's crowded marts,
Day by day are busy
Countless human hearts.
Life is like the ocean,
With its ebb and tide;
Ger its heaving billows
Human ships do ride.
Life is like the dew drop,
Sparkling in the light
OF . summer morning,
Beautiful and bright.
Oft 'tis like the shadow
Seen at close Of day;
eautiful, though gloomy,
Soon to pass away.
"Life is what we make It )"
Whether dark or clear
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-12
J. CARskADDAx. Sec'y.

An ExprRlMRNr TRIED Teo OrrEN.-The
American Tract Society, ssfor the sake OF
peace,' has resolved to do nothing that, BY
any possibility, may offend SHAREHOLDERS
Says . cotemporsry, sThe Tract Society is
not the irst body that has tried that expert
ment. The Wing Party tried it. Shortly
after, tho Wing Party ceased to exist. The
Democratic Party tried it. The Democratic
Party Is tumbling to ruin Methodist Con-
ferences tried it. It split them in two
Presbyterian Assemblies tried it. It rent
them to pieces. Tried by Fillmore's Ad-
ministration, it dug his political grave.
Tried BY General Pierce's Administration,
it ousted them from Office. A number Of
Northern members in 1850 signed 9 pledge
to try it in Congress. Their constituents
never gave them . chance. Various assoei-
ations, religious, literary and political, have
tried it SINCE But which OF them hal
achieved by it either peace or profit 70
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-12

b Administration, having sold out to
ae moneyed.interest Of one section Of
tIuntry, has pursued certain policy at
tbtation of that interest. That policy
b psf the country $s2, 2,ooo,000 in one
shear, and Mr.. Buchanan, now through
hecrstary Of the Treasury, (who by
thy, himself belongs to the favored in
teA is asking Congress for second loan
Of 900, 900, making as the sum total Of
tlbenditures of the Administration since
MI 4th, 1857, the round sum Of $97,-
00. Now, the expenditures of Mr..
Pq administrator during the Mexican
wferaged 100000 year, which
waen thought to be extravagant in the
exb. Mr.. Buchanan's expenditures du-
rim year of profound peace, have
bel III 100000 more than double that
am. Now the people have right to
inqwhat all this is for. 1t would be
ala g if the treasury wese full and abun-
daRble to meet these unprccented drafts
updand if the country were in flourish
ingIpl osperous condition. But it becomes
abssly terrific when we reflect that these
exps are to be met by two loans amount
ing be aggregate to SIS, 900, 900, and that
the bury is hopelessly bankrupt, and the
cou, weakened and Frustrated from the
effeG the late commercial crisis. What is
it I'd On what have these immense sums
bsepended9 Principally on two objects.
FRS maintaining large military force
in TERRITORY Of Kansas, to oyerawe
thatble and restrain them from making
it a State. Second, in centering large
bodif troops in Utah to subdue people
whoe submitted without blow or q
shotl when firm, civil and Judicial
powpuld have brought them to their
sensdthout the expenditure of dollar
over Ordinary expenses OF the territorial
.
goveent. And all this to create new
mark, k,r negroes, and open ew territory for
the citation of cotton with negroes. In
short, this enormous sacrifice of money
and Overwhelming Indebtedness has been
incurto put money into the pockets O.
cottol lowers and negro-breeders, who
have Eht and now own the Administra-
ton. / not time for the country to awak 9
and 4 up a shout of Indignation which
will re even the cotton- stuffed ears of the
Presft and his Cabinet, and cause them
to std their wild career of sxtravagance'
$97, ,obO0 spent in one year to breed ne.
groes1 raise cotton!
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-12
FAREWELL.

We do not know how much we love
Until we come to leave
An.aged tree, a common flower,
Are things Ger which We grieve;
There is q pleasure in the pain
That brings us back the past agains
Ne linger while we turn away,
We cling while We depart
And memories unmarked till then
Come crowding round the heart.
Let what will lure our onward way,
garewell's q bitter wsrd to say.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-12

CY- The Moses Taylor steamer, which ar
rived at New York on the 31st ult., brings
the California mails of May 7, with 81, ,575,-
99l in gold. The regular steamer Of the
5th inst, the Golden Gate, after leaving San
Francisco, broke her center shaft, when
about As miles out, and was obliged to re-
turn. Her mails and passengers were trans
ferred to the Sonora, which left San Fran
cisco on the afternoon of the 7th. The re-
ports of the gold discoveries at Frazer River,
in Washington Territory, were producing
great excitement at San Francisco, and many
persons were preparing to try their fortune
in that quarter. The California Legislature
al }ourned on the 26th ult. Among the acts
passed at the late session was one prohibit
ing the immigration of Chinese into the
State after October /.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-12

~ The Legislature Of New Hampshire
convened on Wednesday, June Q. The
Republican preponderance is so decided in
every department. that little interest is felt
S. Senatorship. John P. Hale will be urged
for another term. His competitors are
Thomas M. Edwards of Keene and Amos
Tuck of Exet8 The former has repeatedly
and prominently served in the Legislature.
The latter was an esteemed and useful Free
Soil Member of the House. The selection
will probably be made withina week.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-12
Little spets.

i have not wealth, or power or skill.
TO broadcast all around;
The worlds wide field l may not till,
Nor SOW its fallOw-ground;
But little spots are here and there,
Which may weed of grief or care:
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-12
From Central America.

hthe 18th Of April, Col. Kinney, with
si1other persons arrived at Greytown and
mhel an attempt 10 overthrow the local
gkehment. The Colonel was some time
d the owner of a house there, which was
sbsequently mortgaged to Wood q Son..
d the Cnlonel's departure, about elght
bnths since, he appointed Mr.. 3: Mooney
Is agent, and the mortgage having iaiien
Ie. It was foreclosed and the property put
! to auction; Wood & Son bought It IN
+ so,ne eleven hundred dollars, and not be-
Il able TO let il. the house was closed up.
IThe Colonels first act on landing was tn
Adout from his old friends how matters
Iooh and after dark he effected an en-
tlarce on the premises and took forc'oie pos
,esson Of the property, setting at defiance
,he authorities Of the town.
I a Monday. Mr.. Cullin, the purser OF the
TInied States sloop Jamestown, exerted
himself with both parties to have the mat
terieft to arbitration, which was agreed 70.
an the 25th, Kinney and his associates
ptpared Nicaraguan flag. and on SUNDAY
rised the Nicaraguan ensign.
The next step was to arrest the mayor Q
ITha Mayor asked the people if they wish
el|h;n 20 resign. to which there was gen
III cry al sno. no" The Mayor then ask
III Kinney by what authority lie dared t.
"a q he had done aud declared his inten
f1n not to resign. loud cheers from tn
l;kzens i Kinney replied that he acted b.
Authority Of Captain Kennedy, of the Uni
tea States frigate Jamestown.
s-.x "a onfc
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-12

W-The New York Courier d Enquirer
speaks warmly for Mr.. Seward for President
in 1860, and the Detroit Tribune responds
for Michigan as follows:
"Michigan would have gladly cast her
vote for Mr.. Seward in 1856, as we think
she might have done in 1852 What may
happen to change the popular feeling be-
tween this and 1860, it is impossible to pre-
dict, but if the vote of Michigan could be
taken next week the republican party would
roll up a majority of 10000 for William H.
Seward"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-12
The rieoa.

The present high water in the Mississippi
is doing immense damage between this city
and St. Louis, as we'll as at the South. The
bottoms on both sides Of the river are inun-
dated from bluF to bluff to the depth of
several feet. The wood-choppers seem to
be the worst sufferers. They have been
driven from their cabins, and worst of all,
much of their wood has been carried away
by the food, after great labor in chopping
and piling it on the bank Some fields are
also under water, and crops totally destroyed
for the present season. The towns Of Alex
andria, Mo, East Burlington, ILL.,, and Bur-
ris, Iowa, are all completely inundated.
Portions of many other towns and cities are
also under water, and at some places the
river has expanded itself over the bottoms
to the width of ten or fifteen miles. Hogs,
cattle, and other domestic animals have
been in some instances lost in the food.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-12
hate to see the darkest side,
l hate to be complaining;
But, hang me, if my temper stands
This raining, raining, raining.

An OLD. D.BAcHELoR.-'Scarcelya any
sight is more pitiable than young man
who has drifted on to past thirty, with
out home or near kindred, with just in
come enough to keep him respectfully
in the position which he supposes him
self bound to maintain, and to supply
him with the various small Injuries
such as thirty guineas per annum in
cigars, etc.-which have become habit
ual to him. Like his fellow mortals, he
is liable enough to the unlucky weak
ness Of falling in love, now and then ;
but he somehow manages to extinguish
the passion before it gets fairly alight
knowing he can no more venture to
ask girl in his own sphere to marry
him, or be engaged to him, than he
can coax the planet Venus out OF her
golden vest into the dirty, gloomy, two
pair-back where his laundress cheats
him, and his landlady abuses him,
whence, perhaps, he occasionally emer-
ges gloriously, all studs and white neck
tie-to assist at some young beauty's
wedding, where he feels in his heart he
might have been the happy bridegroom
Ii from his silence she had not been
driven to 60 desperately and sell herself
to the old fool opposite, and is fast be-
coming, nay, is already become, a FOOLS
clever mate-a mere woman Of the
world. And he-what noble ideal he
has gained Of our sex, from this and
other similar experiences; with what
truth Of emotion will he repeat, as he
gives the toast Of "The bridemaids, .
the hackneyed quotation about pain and
sorrow wringing the brow, and smile
half adoringly, ALPHABETICALLY, at
the /" ministering angels who litter
In the slow process Of inevitable de-
terioration, by forty he learns to think
matrimony decided humbug, and hugs
himself in the conclusion that virtu-
Gus, high minded, and disinterested
woman, if existing at all, exists as q
aaefe 8 lusus natur@ "-not to be met
with by mortal man now-a-days. Re
lieying his feelings with grunt-hall
sigh, half saeer he dresses and goes
to the opera or the ballet'' at al
'eysass or settles himself on the sofa
to = French novel, and ends by irml,
believing ~ women to bewhat we ar.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-12
BY JOHN MAHIN.
Blessea DO rny Name ror.ver.

- sED be Thy name forever,
lou OF lie the guard and giver:
Thou cSanst guard Thy creatures sleeping ;
seal the heart long broke with weeping.
God of stiffness and Of motion,
OF the desert and the ocean,
Of the mountain, rock and river,
Blessed be Thy name forever.
Thou who slumberest not nor sleepest,
Blessd are they thou kindly keepest;
God Of evenings parting ray.
Of midnight's gloom and dawning day.
That rises from the azure sea,
Like breathings Of eternity; q.
God of life that fade shall never,
Blessed be thy name forever.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-12
Rain..Ralm..Rain !

The following was written by DR.. Holmes
years ago, but it has a direct application to
the present almost intolerable "spell of
weather.:
e The weather cock hiss rusted east,
The blue sky is forgotten;
The earth's saturated sponge,
And vegetation's 70 ten.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-12

c~The Maquoketa Ercslsior suggeststhe
name Of Henry O'Connor for Congress- -
THE gallant orc onnor would do honor to any
position in the gift Of the people Of Iowa..
Chicago Tribune:
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-12

Last FROM THE BoKDER. from
Leavsworth to the 31st ult. Intelligence
frombrt Scott, as late as Friday, says no
furth outbreak has occurred. 1t is now
asce,ined that eleven men were killed, in
steasf five, as was at fret reported, in the
affaijf the 10th. The section of battery
of / detachment of Artillery at Fort
Scot under orders for Utah, will be re-
plac) by companies Of the I'd Infantry
Theburth column, under Lieut.. Col. Nor
risoi marched at 10 o'clock this morning.
Thefth and sixth columns are in readiness
to i've, and will be Immediately pushed
forjrd. It is understood that Gen. Har-
nevnd his staff will take the field about
thaOth of June.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-12

A FRIEND OF FoLKY.-O Obadiah Pringle, .
good Democrat, and personal friend Of
Mr.. Buchanan, writes as follows to the In
dianapolis journal:
Tell that fool, s.Foley," if he ever wants
to rite another letter, to make me his dis
tribitin Office, and I'll transcribe his letters,
and correct the spellin, and put the matter
into form for him Sich riten and spellin
is material shame! ! haint never felt SO
bad since my hoss died as did when seed
that letter. It's not only disgrace to that
sspunkin head'' himself, but to the whole
Dimocrat party.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-12

FuNERAL MARQUES TO THE GRAvE.--T The
following extraordinary example Of eceen-
trieity is related by sSwedish ionrnal:-
Z. D.. Rhuders, physician, las set to music
the palpitation and irregular beatings OF the
heart Of a female who Is patient in the hos
pitalat Upsal. This disease, written insmu-
sic notes. with qnavers and seniquavers,
forlns, says the journal q a kind Of waltz,
and isss one Of the greatest curiosities in
pathological anatomy
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-12
Revolution i'm New Orleans.
The City IN Possession Of a Vigilance Com.


New ORLEANS. June ga. MA revo-
luton broke ont here last night A Vigi-
Ian ce Committe in large numbers took pos
session of the Arsenal, in Jackson Square,
andNhe Prisons this morning.
The Executive Committee calls for all law
and order people to join them, and announce
their determination to carry their measures
out.
At Z o'clock A. M. nothing further had
transpired. Loaded cannons are posted about
the Arsenal and two hundred armed men
are on guard. e..
June 3.-P. M-The Mayor and Council
have gone to head quarters of the Vigilance
Committee and read ther act.
Two companies of militia are engaged in
making cartridges. ..a.sa.
The Vigilance Committee have established
signals. Three guns fred from the Arsenal,
invite their supporters to repair to the Ar
senal to resist an attack.
Later-S P. M. The Vigilance Commit
mittee is still triumphant. There has been
no fighting as yet. Cotton bales have been
torn up and used for barricading the streets.
The city force is an ,unarmed rabble, with no
organization or leader. The Mayor has is
sned orders to tal Q arms wherever they may
be found. Acting on this order, the rabble
broke open and seized weapons in Kittridge's
store.
tits expected that the Vigilance Commit
tee will seize the City Hall tomorrow.
Bands Of armed rufians are paradiDg
the streets.
The stores were compelled to close this
afternoon. 'ssesst
The Vigilance Committee is supported by
most respectable citizens, and the municipal
authorities must succomb. A terrible fight
is expected tonight. The gathering around
the head quarters Of the Vigilance Commit
tee is immense.
Later.--The excitement is increasing
The Mayor has issued an order to arrest
John Maginnis, and if taken, declare they
will hang him. Mac takes it cool.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-12

The Democratic papers, since the passage
of the English juggle, all pretend to have
always been in favor of " submission" We
advise them to continue in the cultivation
Of that virtue-for during the next few
months the pro slavery Democracy will be
obliged to !" submit . to worse political fog
gings than have ever been meted out to any
culprit party within the memory Of man.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-12

The letter of F P. Blair, replying to
the attempts Of ". Carey Jones to impeach
his veracity, has so completely demolished
that gentleman, that be is snivelling about
sslibels on his deceased father-in-law.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-12

A modern tourist calls the Niagara
river 6 the pride of rivers" The pride
seeftAinly has = tremendous fall.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-12

How TO BE RIcH.-The way to get
credit is to be punctual. The way to
preserve it is not to use it much. Set
tie often have short accounts.
Trust no mans appearances-they
are deceptive-perh assumed for the
purpose Of obtaining credit. Beware
Of gaudy exterior. Rogues usually dress
well. The rich are plain men. Trust
him, if any, who carries but little on
his back. Never trust him who fies
into passion on being dunned make
him pay quickly if there be any virtue
in the law.
Be we'll satisfied before You give
credit that those to whom you give it
are safe men to be trusted.
Sell your goods at small advance,
and never misrepresent them, for those
whom you once deceive will be wary of
you the second time.
Deal uprightly with all men, and
they will repose confidence in you, and
soon become your permanent custom
crS.
Beware of him who is an Office seck-s
er. Men do not usually want an Office
when they have anything to do. A.
mans affairs are rather low when hs
seeks Office for support.
Trust no stranger. Your goods are
better than doubtful charges. What is
character worth if you make it cheap
by crediting all alike? y
Agree beforehand with every man
about to do job, and if large pat Il
in writing. IF any decline this, quit
or be cheated. Though you want = job
ever so much, make all sure at the oa:,
set, and in case at all doubtful make
sure Of q guarantee. Be not afraid. Z
ask it !; the best test Of responsibility 4
for, if offence be taken, you have esca-
ped loss. Sentinel Of. Freedom.