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Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-01-16
MODE OF PRocEED1Ne m MAKING

MODE OF PRocERD1Na m MAKING
PURCHASES OF THE PUBLIC LANDS
When an individual applies to the Reg.
lister Of q land district to purchase q
tract of land, he is required to file q
written application" On such ap.
plication the Register endorses his Ger.
tifcste, showing the land is vacant and
subject to entry. The certificate the
applicant carries to the Receiver, and
it is the evidence on which the Receiv-
er permits payment to be made, and is
sues his original receipt, the duplicate
of which is handed to the purchaser al
his evidence Of payment and which is
required to be- surrendered when . pat
emit is forwarded from the General Land
Office for delivery. The " original y
receipt is handed to the Register, who
indicates the sale on his township plat,
enters the same on his tract book, and
is transmitted by the Register to the
General Land Office, with the month
" abstract Of sales and certificates Of
purchase.
This is the Formally prescribed by
individual purchasers, and must be pre-
served, not only for their protection in
securing titles, but for the protection
of the interests of the government
The law has established two officers in
the land district-the Register and Re-
ceiver-and prescribed a mode Of pro-
ceeding to serve as q check upon each
other. If . claimant fails to observe
the requirements, he does it at his per-
il. If he deposits money with any per-
son connected with the district Office,
even with a Receiver, without having
fled written application with the Re-
gister, he does it at his own risk, the
government not being responsible for
any loss where the terms on which the
law authorizes entries are departed
from. Harrington Union.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-01-16

or An inventor has recently patent.
ed The art Of making hats from ''ssn'i-
ments truly felt"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-01-16

A Coon Hlr.-During the debate in the
House on the passage Of the democratic"
Treasury note bill, otherwise known o the
''shinplaster" bill Of hard money admins
tration, Nj. Lovejoy, of Ill.,, brother of the
murdered Lovej"y, of Alton, one Of the first
martyrs in the anti-slavery cause, said:
This was deceptive bill, but he would
not characterize it as fraudulent in the le~
gal sense of the term. The bill proposed
what is called loan. but in reality it de-
signs to convert the government into great
''shinplaster" machine to ill the country
with irredeemable paper money, which has
always professedly been lstas.eful to the
Democracy. The generous soul of Democ-
racy has left that carcass and has entered
and now animates the true Jeffersonian De-
mocracy-the Republican party. The sup
posed plates for the Treasury Notes had al
ready been prepared, with the likeness of
the President on one end, and that of the
Secretary of the Treasury on the other, with
the motto, "Thanks to the SUBJ Treasury,
the Government has not failed" -..'
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-01-16

TThe Democracy Of Ksokuk held :
meeting Il week wherein Douglas and
popular sovereignty were endorsed.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-01-16

- 4 short time ago man became %
completely .wrapt in thoaght" that hs was
tied up, Labelled, and ssat OF on the hrst
train Of ideas"
~ God made both tears and laugh
tor, and both for kind purposes for Is
laughter enables mirth and surprise to
breathe freely, 20 tears enable SORROW TO
vent itself patiently. Tears hinder sor-
row from being despair and madness,
and laughter . ono Of the very privile-
g. Of rssson, being confined 70 the
human species.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-01-16

rIoS.- Gov. Geary having been charged by
q Washington correspondent with approving
Of Mr.. Buchanan's Kansas policy, has writ
ten long letter to one of the New York
papers Indignantly denying the charge He
says that when in Kansas he favored, and
now favors the submission of the Lecomp-
ton Constitution to the people, and says en-
pha:ically that the principle Of the sove-
reignty Of the people. "must be upheld
and maintained at all hazards and at every
sacrifce.',
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-01-16

" All educational systems are faulty, aye,
pernicious, that do not embrace physical
health and development with Intellectual
culture. A sound mind in q sound body
should be the aim and object. An amount
of labor that will invigorate without f.
tigueing the system, ought to be as profta-
BILE and celebrating, as it is necessary.
"At the outset we are met with the obiec-
ton, that all attempts at associating labor
with the acquisition of knowledge in semi
naries of learning, have proved failures
Sometimes, however, the labor has been
mere steady drudgery, in close apartments,
and was illustrative of no truth. Sometimes
labor has been permitted to q portion of the
students, who thus elected to exc out their
means, while large class of daily associ-
ates were entirely exempt Thus castles
were created, where, of all the world, there
should exist warm and brotherly sympa-
thy. That manual labor is incompatible
with intellectual growth, is contrary to phi
losOphy and experience. Sedentary employ
ment il much more likely to be so. Vigor
Of body gives yigor to the brain. In the
Polytechnic Schools Of Europe, and at .
own country, the student is often engaged
~ eosexv PaysA0"A o4eAvao0 I'VE A."nJ nouss
daily. But there, culture of mind and body
ore sndissolubly connected, and the exercise
becomes with many, the charm Of their stu
dent life. Surely the labor that creates in
stead Of destroys, and which causes the
and;eroan under its abundance, should be as
saptivating q that, whieh 10 bestowed in re-
ducing butchery to an exact seieace, and
- 6nan1afsnsa ~
the earth, and Wholesale destruction Of the
rsse, - necessary and normal condition.
ssHow untenable these objections are, is
..s. sre est.1iished n nav classical in
Dtitusions. Il IL only when labor becomes
preposterous ides that needs to DO explo-
led. s.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-01-16

cAlSt1uk INV OOuSEcSo OjSCOVoEU tic 1CG,
and being officially satisfied that the said
Paulding acted without instructions from
the President or the Secretary of the Navy,
hereby expresses its condemnation OF his
conduct in this regard. The Senate then
adjourned. The House went into Commit
tee of the Whole, on the state of the Union
on the Presidents Annual Message, and af-
ter discussing Walkers arrest BY Com I.
Padding at some length adjourned.
Jan 14th.--In the Senate, OF motion of
Davis q resolution was adopted calling on
the Secretary OF War for the report Of the
Commission on war claims in Oregon and
Washington Territories. Mr.. Houston gave
notice of bis intention to introduce bill 10
provide for the admission Of Kansas a.
. State. A joint resolution directing the
presentation Of Q medal to Com. Paulding,
was made the special order for Wednesday
next. Tue House went into COMMITTEES Of
the. Whole and considered the President's
Annual Message. Mr.. Stephens, OF Ga, af-
firmed that under the neutrality laws, IS
they now stand, owing to their imperfecl
the President cannot At all use
the army and navy. Bot for Paulding's in
tsrposition Walker would now BE- secure In
possession Of the Presidency Of Nicarasua,
and he was the only legisiaate Chief Nag
iatrnta Of that country. HU reponted that
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-01-16

some precincts. In two districts the polls
were kept open, the Free State men making
arrests of fraudulent voters under the re-
cent legislative act. At Calhoun q Judge
ed Culvert was arrested for stufing the
It1e boxes. Another named Redman was
ltfested for receiving fraudulent votes
Culvert was taken to Leavenworth with
cannon belonging to the Kickapoo rangers
and paraded through the streets. Much ex>
element prevailed, and fears were enter
tanned that serious trouble would follow
The political parties are much divided, he
majority being bitterly opposed to the Le-
compton Constitution. Gen. Calhoun, who
is supposed to be in Western Missouri, has
been advised not to return to the Territory
The Territorial Legislature of Kansas met
at Lecompton on the 4th and adjourned to
Lawrence. 1t was said that Gen. Denver
signed bill authorizing such adjournment.
Latsr.-A dispatch from St. Louis of the
18th says the wsstport correspondent of the
Republican gives the official vste Of Shaw
nee and Oxford precincts. The former ssl,
and the latter 73s Democratic majority.-
There was very little voting at Lawrence
and Topeka. A letter from Fort Scott 70
the same paper, staAss that all 10 quiet in
that section. Bourbon County gives 800
Democratic majority.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-01-16

a slIRe'fs ss3x3ssgS 68ls 3s'slI1 sss
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-04-29

by Only two majority. after having been ee-
conded by several doubtful meinbers. leaves the
matter ne p'ceiy balanced as possible ia the
scales Of uncertainty
TIE argument best calculated. perhaps, 10
damage the bill WIS that of Mr.. Howard. who
contended that II this scheme he passed allow
ing Kansas 10 come into the Union with her
present. population of some forty or fifty
thousand, should ehe accept the Lecomp,cu
constitution, but requiring a population of
80 coo for any other constitution. il would he
the death kneil of the democracy in the North
In regerd to the next Congress so sure Was
Mr.. Howard Of this, that he proceeded to give
his estimates of the actual results, and pre-
dicted that the passage Of this compromise
would send to the next Congress one hundred
and twenty five out of the one hundred and forty
four Northern members of the House. This
calculation. however, depends upon the assump-
ton that the people of Kansas will reject this
compromise; for should they accept it, the
whole theory of this terrible Northern reaction
falls to the ground Believing too, that they
will accept this bill if passed, we still hope
that il may be passed. although from the pro-
cecdipgs Of yesterday we should not be sur
prised at any other result.
Required, however, to give an opinion one
way or the other, we shohld cay that, noiwith.
standing the request of Mr.. Stephens for another
night for the purpose Of recruiting, the proba-
bilities are in favor of the passage Of the bill
There are two important facts operating to this
result. First, the fact that if this conference re.
port be not accepted exactly as rendered in
from the committee tho whole question Is adrift
again; and secondly, the fact that the session is
upon the threshold Of the hot season, with moot
Of the practical business Of the season still I'M
touched or unfinished.
In conclusion, one way or the other, VIC hope
to be able TO report to our readers final de.
cision upon The English compromise by to-mor-
row morning. Nothing remains Of this sense-
less Kansas agitation except the most contemp-
tiblc bubbles and the paltriest distractions for
the great question being settled in Kansas, be-
yond all reradventure, it will make no practi.
cal difference whether she is admitted under
this, that, or any other bill
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-04-29

The report Of the Kansas Committee Of Con.
ference was debated In both houses yesterday,
strangely enough with an evidently increasing
intensity Of excitement down 10 the hour Of
adjournment; but without any other conclusion
In either branch than the understanding in
both that this business is TO be finished today.
The Senate, Of course, will rotify the report
Of the joint committee; but in the House the
issue has been reduced to "tbe ninth point of n
hair" From the apparent readiness Of the Oh.
position yesterday for the previous question.
there must have been screw or two loose in
the calculations Of the friends Of the bill Mr.
Stephens had designated the day but whom
brought 10 the test he moved the suspension Of
the question for the privilege of another alccp
on the subject This Was q significant moys
r7eri, erd o. 1irr--rror. vh';h vac carrie.
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strysAno scrs foorccd solely Gu q preexs 10 cOaSr
rug % es otet spc< nlso tie House end this DOCS
uon ~rn q view &c SO on With tho pu oao business AZ
sss Ies0y "a oefeId te proposition from osenons -
erd. evvrF werd aid line
eutntielt' 80
Mr sIhTHxss--i tell the gentsman distinctly n IA Mt
." hhiI tenrb o. = o. repp dated tue doctrin al
vsIced BY Mr. Davis. &c was not wilirg 4, c,mm,s -
rthe oi .fe SCUM 10 that gente custody Hs DE-
p"u 'uas tno ',cefN BovsnmeDt rs sove eigr sad ssd
each srste soverssn He then gave she res,oss wsy
be Rpppcrsed the bill. wy
Mr.. BINGHAM, (opp) Of Ohio did DOT spo r.u,t with -,
ball because x-d conditions but becansa --s.x
CRIME vas sought 70 ne perPesrsted only
eas but sesin tho federal IN an tbe ssr~s
rights OF human nature Tie Dill old submit the -.
suios, but bribe r LAND and money and II Il yes r.
jected KAlsas must suffer the penalty Il YVES stmpl, -
act OF despotHm attempted 70 be imposed by Oooxr,~
under a te Constitution which bears the pS n RI
Washington Better tho constitution perish than ssy
precedent be placed the statute book thst CoasO.
shnl acetate 70 freenea under pains and penalties 81
mission Into the Union under internal coast tsaIea
which they pcver made
Mr.. CISGMAs (sdm II NJ O.. sad this proposittoe -
nN sToeadsbe He prseuEned gentlemen mad unsAe =
tier minds and therefore moved the previous cue 80
Mr. srnnEs suggested that tho vote be taken . 80.
row, al oclock-
br. hAFsa.Il, opp Of KY, hoped suoh asrosueua
would be 1t would DO be ter 70 take the yv,e -
dsy Cries Of "Agreed")
Mr. GARNET, anm Of Va trusted tho demand for ~
previous question would not be seconded he and sevD
rA others wished TO state tho for their vltea
Mr. SlsraKAs moved q call Of the douse, but the -
too disagreed TO- He then moved adjournmonS /,
hrcay thai be shoaid take tho vote 70 day.
Mr.. 6nafk1-rhat was what the gentleman would ~
sgree
The House then adjourned by two sj,rity.
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INV OausNs, April II, 1865.
Cotton nrmcr Sales 10 day 60c0 bales, at III Nc.
1lHc- for middng. Saca OF three days II 500 Stock
IN port $4,000 bales Increased receipts al hB pot
10000 bales. Decreased receipts al all southern porh
81 600 bs Sugar quiet, NC. 20 for iar to fully
fair kolaees 29c. COO Corn, yellow, 3D.; Freights-
cotton ~ Liverpool nine slxteenths Of penny stor
Ing exchange iL,h 1881.
Cotton slow Of saIo but prices unacred The sales
day add up 1000 bales sugar active, but quotations
without change TVfk buoyant ~ SIS %.
MrrNy, April q, 1863
olosIpa higher niiding being quoted al II &C. ana vnh
tennency stIl upward. Reports from xissssippi Iou
Siam and Northern Alabama Of frost and ice acct tho
market
hOnIE, April "a, 1868.
Cottor-salcs day 2o0 bales the market cosine nt
an adv ancng tendency. Receipts 10 day 200 bales
aAyANNAH, April ~, 1855.
rive hundred bales Of cotton were sold today at up-
changed prices.
Tho weather cool and rear Of rro,t arc entertained
SAVANNAH, A~it %, 1868.
oottoo-salcs 70 day go bales at Unchanged prices
CHARLESTON, April ~, 1853
The sales Of cotton 10 day we're 4 700 bales prices
cIosing with an upward tendency
C,iifEsr'y, April q, 1853
Cotton, under tho frost Amounts aiyancsd so 40
10 Gsy, with sales Of 300 tales.
f1utu- f1rA, Aprl Is, 1853
Flour firm at o. so ast1 10 What quict rcd, Of i5x.
Com declined lc yellow, 6oc. 100 lroyisicps have an
advancing tesscncy.
Cv1vvln, April ss, lsss
irk dull ~ els; demand srai. Bacon auA bas uea,.
ka.Asds.- 49, -.Vs~s - IL,
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HE GENERAL NEWSPAPER pEPATCg.
TTURTY.F1F'TH COHGH ESa.
YLkSf SESSION,
Senate,
Was IryG

WASHINGTON, April Is, 1873.
TILE KANSAS coSsSaxsos cohNrn4s's RESoRr
The Kansas report being the special oSdor, was taken
up.
Mr.. sruAzr, opp OF Mich, who had the floor from
yesterday, spoke the general question: making many
faccous hits The ground OF Hr Stuarts argu ment was
In favor Of Mr. Crucpdeus amonamcut In preference 70
this miserable compromise proposition He spoke I'll
nearly three O'Clock, when only tSenytxo wore
present
M ProH (adni OF Ohio, replied a. groat length TO
Mr. Stuart clos ~ following tho various Arguments no
duced- lie also examined the provisions OF Lesvoo.
worth constitution and the attempt 70 ADOPT that
mcnt by means OF negro Suffrage 6ho sing that all tho
proceedings wore void ana that there other leeal
Constitution In hhnsa bcs!de the Ice ,np,on cousuou
Mr.. fush spoke TIL after four O'Clock.
Mr.. pooiIrTI4, (opp) OF Wis made ansvcr to Mr.
PrSb asserting that the ssue rasod by Senator Is 70
FREQ negroes voting under the was
false one, whose only object could be raise preu.
ccc N tie minds o tho people or the chociag tat,s
and thus ebarrass the action Of tho free people of Kan
lie Illustrated tho Of Kansas and the conference
prorosni by the sime OF q family fair daughters al OF
whom samuel, their father, has rsay cndoxcd oxcopt
yccsF Kansss whom DO rssa snsil Other riarry John
with dover Of lards equal 10 bor sstcrs or continue
single without cover uDti sho rass the certain se which
lac!es oi7lko 70 rass unmarried.
AZ this stage Of tie proceedings agreement was ef
fcoso 70 acj0uEn and lush tho subject 70 morrow and
Tia Senate accordingly adjourned.
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company. which hey have been buying up for
tong this some time past; and, isdeed, the
new treaty gives them that right. But, as
Vanderbilt owns The steamers on both ocsaus,
White and Stebb ms must get some one to furnish
them steamers. which, If they really have the
contract, they may not find it difficult to do
We hope that whoever has got the contract,
he route will be opened at once. and transit
afforded to the public across the Isthmus The
governments of both countries ought to insist
that this be done Immediately, and not leave
it to be controlled by Wall street spectators
any longer.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-04-29

TBT NEW GoLD FnIDs OF FEAzER's RIVER
According TO our latest advlccs from the Pa
cifc coast O great gold fever had broken out
in Washington Territory and vancouver's
Island" A letter writer from the infected dis
trict, to California paper. says:--
VIC have had grca; times since la. wrote you We
are crazy with the gold fever Everybody tia,
can get away . Oh 70 Lraztrs river after gold. Mus
and n inc, chips and shops, roads and raucaos all
contribute to swell the number Of the st7rdy miners
Stories o. fabulous wealth are aaosi and there n no
They 10 on Tbomrson's river, which Is tributary OF
lrazers river, lying In lng.sh territory above tho boh
parallel Gold has been found by the boundary Conmis
all along the Line run BY thsn there seems TO DO
but little doubt that very soon we shall be profnoing
large quantities. Ct gold AIDING another n tic already pu
merous attrarti,ns Of tho sorrd Icr settlers
Other account say that the miners are mex.
ing from a haitian ounce to three ounces day.
We agree with the California editor. that If
these reports be true, We shall coon know Il by
the iDports Of the dust We have had such
reports before Of grcat discoveries In OREGON.
and doubtless FOR The same purpose of attracting
emigrants. a. the same mountain chain. how
ever, which runs through California, runs. also,
through Oregon, Washington and the British
territories on be Pacific, il is probable that gold
does exist, more or less, on the tributaries of
Frazer's river. We hope the reports TO this
eject may DC verified; because of the new i'm
pulse that would follow to our Pacific trade and
passenger traffic; bat we arc rather inclined to
suspect that by tho next steamer we hall learn
that these Frazer river digging, have been OK.
haustcd.
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Tue NlcARAGuh TEANsIr Rour7,-WHo Has
THE CoNTmc1'-There ia good deal of mysti-
iication a. TO who bos got the contract for the
Transit route from the Nlcaraguan government,
whether II be Joe White and stcbbins, Wander.
bilt or Morgan. They all claim TO have IT,
White insists that it IL in his brooches pocket
and ID confident That 1t will got the approval of
the Senate, so that lac can go to work on the
Isthmus in July. There arc only two years left
TO fulfil the original contract of the Canal
Company, which preceded tho Accessory Transit
Company; bat good dcol may he done In
that time with judicious iinanciering. There
seems TO lie little doubt that White and Stebbins
have the best right to the contract, a. they
,a.g q. L. .'a'l.. y -. III ..aa,
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AsTRoypncAL.--A letter addressed TO NJ. lie
o. noe sstcrosd mo 63). II appeared the 4th os
April No star Of tho 1ih magnitude. Elliptic elements
OF lie comet O-IsJs) discovered Al Harvard Coioes
Observatory bsve been compietod from the Cambridge
ohscrvnns by Mr. Asarh Hail. student 10 astronomy
tho Otsetys'oFy. Theec eseorss ipd9io rtfDi m
.-....A A--..t. - ..L-~ .slN
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SHORT TME-According to the list published in
yesterdays HrRaLp, IL appears thst there are
five hundred biils uoactcd upon before Congress,
and about thousand bills and petitions before
the standing committees. Now, as tho two
houses have agreed to adjourn the present see.
sion on the seventh of June, and as tho annual
appropriation bills, Involving many extra items,
have stlI TO be considered aud disposed Of, Il lie
very evident that an immense batch of unfinished
business will 60 over to the next session. This
batch, We conjecture, will include the folio wing
subjects
/. The subject Of general Bankrupt law.
9. The revision of the tariff.
8. The admission Of Oregon q, aState.
l. Various new Territorial bills.
s. The Pacific Railroad.
6. The Ocean Steam Mail bill
7. All the patent monopoly projects, per-
hsps, and various other schemes
Ia fact, from the amount of valuable time
wasted upon the Kansas equabble, it is quite
possible that, to secure the passage OF
the regular appropriations, 1t will be
found necessary to lengthen the session
week, or sey cral week., beyond the seventh of
June. This probability is strengthened from
the straitened condition Of the treasury, and
the urgent requirements Of Mr.. Cobb for more
treasury notes We understand that he has no
idea Of Q loan when promises TO pay wiz an-
ever just a. we'll But IS q new issue will re-
quire new bill, and as a new bill will reopen
the discussion of the whole subject, We appre-
bend that, If Mr. Cobb must have the new issue
right away, the session must be extended be-
yond the present limitation.
A remarkable feature OF the catalogue OF
bills We published yesterday, Is the large pro-
portion Of private relief bills We had sup
posed that The Court of Claims was established
for The purpose of relieving Congress Of the
drudgery Of these private cases; but the claims
OF John Smith, Thomas Jones and Nancy
Brown, good, bad and Indifferent, still appear
to constitute the principal business Of Congress,
after the niger question. From the number Of
cases, too, reported upon adversely 10y the
standing committees, 1t Is evident that
there has been no diminution of these private
experiments for plundering the treasury. These
adverse reports, however, indicate that the
lobby has its drawbacks, in an honest reprcsen-
tative Of the people here and there, notwith-
standing the iactious and sectional dcmoraliza-
ton Of all parties Of the present Congress
OF the general results Of the session We think
VIC shall have occasion TO congratulate the
country should they involve nothing better than
the bills actually necessary 10 keep the govern
mcnt on it, legs. We only hope We may get
nothing worse.