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Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-06

. PARsoN BRowNLow ACCEPTS THE In
v1TAT,oN OF Horace GREELEY.-Parson
Brownlow, in a lave letter. thus accepts
the invitation recently extended to him
by Horace Greeley: :Horace Greeley has
announced that when reach New York,
as expect to do in the spring, the ar
rangemeuts are 10 have my arguments and
S atements refuted by Fred Douglass one
of the coored orators. have arranged
to meet his case. l shall take with me a
servant, acting here in the capacity of a
barber, and known as Alf. Anderson.
He is large, fine looking negro, be-
tween the years OF twenty-five and thirty,
reads and writes well, has some experts
ence as public speaker, has s,en'orian
lungs is q strong, forcible speaker, rather
eloquent than Otherwise, and is nativ
of East Tennessee. He will meet colored
orators, advocate and illustrate Southern
slavery and oppose aboli,ionism. In the
meantime, if you can induce him to &c
with you upon an underground railroad
to Canada, or to remain in your glorious
land of freedom, will let him do either
and give no opposition TO stealing him :;
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-06
AldeFmen.


EDITOR JOURNAL: = Please ssnounce N. BLOCK
candidate fer Alderman in the First Ward, at the
next City Election, ana 10 will be supported By
t" 5&'4 Hrs FRIENDS.
Mr. EDITOR - Plesee announce 8. g. HlLLeaa.
didate for the office Of Alderman in the 1st Ward.
and be will DO supported BY t. MANY vorsRs.
(D -.,... ..-r ,-s sz
~Ws are authorised to announce J. p. WAL.
TON as q candidate for Aldermen in the Second
Ward.
Nn- We are authorised to announce JOS. p.
FREEMAN as . candidate for Atisrnan IN ths
Second Ward. ap -etg 3s,. .ss
~ We are su.horissd TO announce HENRY
FUNK as candidate for Aldsemaa in the Eceoad
Ward.
Mr.. EnIroR - DIR. c. NERS2E yin b. supper
ted for Alderman in the Third Ward By
H) MANY v0fsRs
Mr.. EDiro. - Please ssnoues AMDEAO01
a. suitable ssxAidaas II Aldssuaa
for tho Thied Wsrd. = - s. Ef&eS
-.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-06

"AwAY WITH THE WILL OF THE MAJORITY. )"
The Washington Union has served the
Lecomptonites until it has caught the true
border rufian tone. 1t comes ont with a
tolder, franker phrase. This precious Dem
ocratic organ says:
"Away, then, Nth demagogue appeals for
the 'aoiU Of the ma2Jo'ity,' with which the
country is now rife on the subject of Kan
sas."
This is putting the Administration policy
on a consistent and perfectly intelligent ba
ss.- Cincinnati Gazette.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-06

Who IS AFRAID OF A LION ?-Dr.
Livingston, the African traveller, saws
when the breeding impulse is upon these
animals, and man happens to pass to
to windward Of them both lion and lion.
ess will rush at him, but under ordinary
circumstances the lion is cowardly
animal, and never attacks man except
stealthily, unless wounded. A very
curious popularity about him is, that
at the very last he will not make an at
tack where he sees anything to produce
the suspicion Of trap. A horse be-
longing to Capt. Codrington, ran away,
but was stopped by the bride catching
a stump. He remained prisoner two
days, and when he was found the whole
space around was marked by the foot
prints Of lions, which had evidently
been afraid to attack the battered horse,
from the fear that the whole thing was
a snare. 1t Is common belief (says
DR.. L. that the lion when he has once
tasted human flesh prefers it to any
other, but the real case is that man
eater is always an old lion, who has
grown too in6rm to catch game; he re-
sorts to villages for the sake of the
goats, and if a woman or child happens
to 60 out they fall a prey too. This
being his only source Of subsistence, he
Of course continues it until the villag-
ers him-a work of little difficulty
The Doctor also takes the romance out
Of the majestic roar of the lion. tits
really not distiuguishable from the noise
of the ostrich. Altogether, according
to DR.. Livingston, the lion is a great
humbug. 80
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-06

INFORMATION WANrED-Mr. Thomas
Thompson moved from Bloomington to
Iowa, ABOUT seven years ago, with his
family. He had then living with him
three sons anda danghler.-His daughter,
Maria Thompson, is DESTROYS of finding
him. Iowa papers copying this notice
will confer great favor upon her. Any
person knowing anything of the family,
may address Maria Thompson, Peoria,
Ill
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-06

TRuE KNOWLEDGE. - The excellent
John Newton, on being asked his opinion
on some topic, replied:
'When was young, l was sure Of
many things; there are only two things Of
which am sure now one is, that l am a
miserable sinher; and the other is, that
Jesus Christ is an all-sufficient Saviour"
This IS the sum of all saving kno ledge
and he is well taught who gets these les
sons by heart.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-06

4 CnEAr.-For the information Of our
contemporaries who may not be already
aware of the fact, We ss~te that certain
DR.. Alsophcrt, of New York, who processes
TO cure diseases of the eye and ear, is a con-
summate swindler at least so far as he full
6ls his obligations on advertising contracts.
We advise everybody to beware of him, and
in no instance to send the consultation fee
t$5) which he modestly asks in ADVANCE
We have undoubtcd evidence that he is a
base impostor. -se--t- ..
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-06

SENs1BLE.-Rev. DR.. Bellows, in a re-.
cert lecture before the Lowell Institute,
in Boston, strongly urged the necessity
Of early marriages as the only remedy for
that RIGHTEOUSNESS so prevalent among the
youth of our large cities, and soundly be-
rated the fair sex for their exlravagant
taste and expensive habits, which, as he
alleges, deters young men of small means
from entering the matrimonial state and
thus leads to illicit induigences.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-06

WuY Cars WASH THEIR FAcEs.-A
cat caught sparrow, and was about to de-
vourit but the sparrow said. : o gentle
man eats till he has first washed his face. -
The cat, struck with this remark, set the
sp rrrow dow y, and began to wash his face
with his paw. but the sparrow flew away.
This vexed Puss extremely, and he said.
GAS long as live IS i'll eat first and wash
my face afterwards;' which all cats do
even to this day
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-06

AlcFAsLAN6lzlSe.- The legislature of Iowa
Last winter cut of all Judge MeFarland's
isdisEict sAoept . few counties in the north
!, stsst g = kAnsas Legislature, profted BY
IN = ~ end re-distsicting Kansas, and
q - y fRed Lseompte and Cato to the
eed Districts, which are unin-
III Siven Judge Williams the
lls ~ Ing dc inhabited 3or-
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-06
sMThev who read about eyerythi

sBThey who read about everything
are thought to understand everything,
too, but it is not always so. Reading
furnishes the mind only with the mate
rails of knowledge it is thinking what
we read is ours. We are of the rumi-
mating kind, and it is not enough to
cram ourselves with a great load of
collections-we must chew them over
again HGnning. )
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-06
DEsMolNRs. Jan, 80. 1858

EDITOR JOURNAL "A grand banquet was
given at the Desmoines House last night by
Gov. Grimes to the members of the Gener.,
al Assembly and others, the invited guests
numbering two hundred.
The supper was splendid exhibition of
viands, displaying the most rein ed skill in
the culinary department, accompanied by all
the extras that the most fastidous taste
could desire. All seemed to join with hear
ty cheer and good will in paying their de-
vours to the inviting edibles until by COM
mon consent truce was called, when the
Elk. Governor and Sen ator elect, in a short
and appropriate speech, rendered his thanks
to the members of The General Assembly
for the distinguished honor so recently con-
ferred upon him. He trusted that no friend of
his should ever have occasion to regret their
confidence that his object should be to rel-
| resent the State OF his adoption. not as a
partizan, or with reference to the advance
ment of particular locality, but as an en-
tire,y-as q whole. He sat down in the
midst of deafening applause.
Toasts were given and responded to by
Gov. Lowe, Lieut.. Gov. Faville, Judge
Clark, OF Dubuque, DR.. Allen, of Lee, Col.
shelledy, Grinnell, Thorington, Win. Penn
Clarke, Chas. Nourse, T. Walter jackson,
jenkins and others, in most happy and
satisfactory style. The most perfect har-
mony and good feeling prevailed throughput
the entire evening the guests were not on
ly satisfied with their U. S. Senator elect,
but with the entertainment. ta
The bill for raising military company tor
the protection of our N. W. frontier has
passed both Houses and only awaits the APP
prevail of his excellency, Gov. Lowe, to be-
come law.
A bill has passed the Senate authorizing
loan of $500, 900, and appointing the State
Treasurer as the agent to dispose OF the bonds
The bonds will run ten years, bearing in.
terest at per cent, payable semi-annually.
The object of this loan is to enable the State
Treasurer to take in the outstanding war
rants against the State.
The Revising Commissioners will enter
upon the duties Of their commission on Mon
day next.
Your Representative, Mr.. Lundy, Chair
man of the Committee on Agriculture, is al
ways at his post, and will make useful and
efficient working member. Hi committee
is one of the most important in the House.
The agricultural interest is attracting that
attention that its Importance demands, The
necessity of having practical farmer, whose
interest and sympathy beat in unison with
the farming interest generally, is Of the
highest importance. Mr.. Lundy will spare
neither time nor application in the discharge
of the important trust committed to him by
the worthy Speaker Of the House, and l
have no hesitation in saying that his constit-
uents will realize their expectations in him
as Representative.
Mr.. Alger has not been abe to be in the |
House for several weeks, on account OF i'll
health. POLK. !
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-06
lF,r the Journal.l
To Emma.
Thou hast bid me think of tho~

Thou hast bid me think of thee
AT hour of eventide,
When the shadows gather dim
Where eastern valleys hide;
And the chain of thought is loosed
And reacheth far away,
Where yet ling 'reth DER the loved
The sunlight's parting ray.
Aud so I sit this evening &
And watch the crimson .ae.t,
Where trailod the cum bis mantle
60 As he retired to rest a4 VIZ
And the quiet stars look down
AS dark the night comes on,
Smiling while weave for thee IS asr
These simple words of song. Is Fss-A
Round the holy twilight hour
How many mem 'ries cling, -s A.. 81
2 When eastward the burning west
Its golden arrows fling!
{ And how we love the stories To-.
Meath starlight whispered low
Those only who have heard them
Their sweet beguilings know.
O'er the wild Kentucky hills
The moon looks down tonight,
And the amber colored clouds
Are fading as write; -
So lay my pen aside, z0
And gaze with dreamy eye
Where the stately forest trees
Rise 'gainst the southern sky.
MAuDE FAYE.
Beech Range Lodge, KY, Jan. 10Th, 1855.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-06

IHE FIRE AT iowa CITY.-We learn from
the Iowa City Republican the particu lars of
the fire in that place on the morning of the
Goth instant, by which the large warehouse
of Eaton s. Morse (late J. Thompson 4 Co. }
was totally destroyed with its contents
The fire broke out about two o'clock in the
morning, and when the alaI IN was given the
flames were already bursting through the
roof. The fire was undoubtedly the work
of an incendiary, as there had been no fire
in the stove after seven o'clock and the con-
fagrati,n first broke out at part of the
building remote from the stove. The build
ing belonged to j. II. Langly Il Co., of Rock
Island. There was an insurance on the
building of $4,000, and also the same
amount on the back charges on goods paid
by the firm. The loss is variously estimated
at from $4,000 to 100000. Most of the
losses will fall upon the country merchants
west and north west of Iowa City. Among
the heaviest sufferers were II. G.. Angle &
Co., of Cedar Rapids, who lost about 81, 500
in goods. THESE goods were lately the
stock OF Rowe & Williams, of this place,
and were in transitu for Cedar Rapids. T.
NJ. B. kellogg lost all his household goods,
amounting to $780, Eastman & Westcott
lose about 5000: they had seven or eight
barrels Of camphene and alcohol stored
there, which greatly added to the intensity
of the fire.
"Mr. James Thompson" says the Repub-
lican, "who was sleeping in room in the
upper part of the building, came near losing
his life. When he awoke, the fire had
made such progress as to fill the room with
smoke, almost to suffocation; he gathered up
his watch anG a part of his clothes and
threw himself out of the window He was
so much hurt by the fall, and strangled with
the smoke, that it was some time before he
could speak. The books and papers of the
firm were all saved"
A EnoLE FAMILY POISONED. Iowa
City Republican gives the particulars of
poisoning case at Leon, the county seat of
Decatur, by which arsenic was administered
to a family of 8 or 9 persons. four of whom
died suddenly. A certain DR.. Purdue, who
had borrowed some buckwheat -four of the
family and soon after returned part of it,
was suspected from motives of revenge of
having put the poison in it, and was tried on
the charge but for want of positive proof
was acquitted. Public sentiment was so
strong against him, however, that he left
between two days.
EaG-sTRAoRDINARY.- The editor of the
Oskaloosa Herald says that j. II. Doughar-
ty has laid upon his table an egg whose lon
gitudinal circumference is eight inches, and
it's latitudinal measurement six inches. Not
very large egg, taking into consideration
the size of the hen and capacity of the nest.
Upton DEMOCRAT IF. B. McGill, junior
editor of this paper, has retired after a
"brief but brilliant" career of nine months
Mr.. Curtis continues tbs paper alone.
WAsH1NoroN.-A temperance movement
is On foot at this place, and several persons
have beens recently prosecuted for selling
liquor contrary to the prohbitory law.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-06

A Coop MovE.-A bill, we understand
will be presented fo' the approval of our
State Legislature at its coming session,
declaring all section lines and thirty
feet Oil each side of The same, public high
ways. This subject, we believe, was ag-
its'ed last winter, but was not brought to
an issue. A similar law is now in force
in Michigan and several of the other
States and has been pro EN- to be Of gre at
public benefit, making the roads perman-
ent, and securing to every man road, if
he chooses to have it opened, by his res
idence. We hope this bill will be appro-
yed.-Alb;a Repu5.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-06
News Paragraphs.

A slave girl recently poisoned a Mrs. Por-
ter in Henry county, KY, at the instigat on
of MIR. Porter, who kept the girl as his
mistress. .-...-.
A negro slave near Florence, KY, recent
ly committed a revolving outrage upon lit
tie girl, then beat out her brains and threw
the body into well. ....
Elder Knapp, the revivaliot. is making a
general shaking amongst the sinners of St.
Louis by his fervd eloquence.
The extensive machine shop of the Spring
Foundry, in Richmond, Ind, was destroyed
by fire on Sunday night last.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-06

TERRIBLE TRAeEDY-A log house, about
mile from Genessee, Wis, was barned on
the evening of the 3oth ult., and a German
woman and her two children, named Wer-
husband, was absent at the time. 1t is be
lieved, from circumstances, that the woman
and her children were murd cred, and then
the house fired. Suspicion rests upon two
men, who were seen lettering about in the
neighborhood. Money is presumed to have
been the motive, as Werner was supposed to
have considerable on hand at the time. The
two men have been arrested.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-06

SlseuLAR PHEsoMEsov.-The Rnf1alo.
IN. W Express thus notices the dece.se
OF person. who, according 10 its state.
,nent. must have died twice. HE died,
We understand. from an paralytic
'sa,ock % the Friday before his dsaih,
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-06

LAGER BEER.-Bayard Taylor says
Sweden and the United States will in the
end establish the fact that lager beer is
more efiicacious in preventing intemper-
ancs than any amount of prohibitory
Law Is e g e
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-06

: JUDGE TuruILL.--We are requested BY
this gentleman to state that the intimaticn
which appeared in this paper some time
since, to the effect that lie was ''intereste d.
IL. e., by partnership with Cook & Sar-
gent in their wild cat specu'ations, is with
cut foundation in fact. He advertised to re-
eeive Florence at Upton in payment OF debts
due him, more with the object of getting his
pay at once than bolstering up the 'curren-
ey -
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-06

ASloN AT HoME.-The city Of Lancas
Ter, Pa, has given Demncra ic majorit,
for the last 20 years. 1t gave Buchanan
over 900 m:j. Blu, at the municipal
election held there on the Sd, his friends
were defeated for Mayor. His Ka-sas
p,licy was the issue, distinctly made, and
= he suffered rebake in that stronghold.
Pennsylvania may yet be redeem j.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-06

-
WESTERN COLLEGE ADvocATK.-The Edu-
eational Journal commences its third vol
ume very much improved in every respect.
A considerable portion Of the January No.
is taken up with an interesting history Of
Western College, which fully explains the
past and present Of that Aourishing young
institution. From statement in this doc
ument, We learn that the present resources
of the college are $4l ,7eO, and the liabili-
ties Sc, $50 leaving balance in favor of
the college Of $34,94o. The ADVOCATE con
s.tains : frontispiece, giving real and pros
pectivs view Of the college buildings. The
subscription to this periodical is only fifty
soeuts per annim. 8. S. Dillman, publisher,
Western, LiAp county, Iowa.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-06

Esy Miss Snizzle-Massa wants to know
if he mayn't lend himself to your axe lit
tie WHILE. He had alters rather lend than
bOrrer.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-06

- 'My lad" said lady to boy car
rying mail bag, ''are you a mail boya"
''You don't think II female boy, doz
yoa?o
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-06

~A Jutchman, in describing span of
horses which he lost, said:
"Dey was very mooch alike, specially de
off one. One looked so mooch like both, /
could not tell toder from which; when /
went after de one always caught de oder,
and 1 whipped the one almost to death be-
cause de oder kicked at me-"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-06
The Troubles ut Dubuque.

II any Of our good people suppose Daven-
mort is suffering from having to depend up
an a local currency this winter, we hope
thew will peruse the following extract from
: latter which we received from an old mer-
chant of Dubuque few days ago. He
s.vs-ss We are highly favored in Dubuque
With bogus money. They have issued Har-
nor money, improvement Company money,
and then We have Dubuque and Pacific Rail
road. and Western Railroad money and
City Of Dubuque money. Besides this,
nearly all the business houses have thir own
sh;npIasters in circulation. The consequence
II. the merchants have to lose more to con-
vert the local currency into eastern curren-
~ than they can possibly make on merchan-
die. We make IS per cent. on goods, and
sell Harbor money at 80 to 80 per cent. dis
eount. So far this winter, we have been at
work for nothing and paying our own e1-
psnses. You at once discover the great re-
fief Harbor money has been to the merchants
Of Dubuque. How long we can stand 1T to
nav the enormous expenses here and 40 this
ruinous business, remains to De seem" We
hona we have taken no undue liberty in ma
HING this extract from letter not intended
for publication. In this city, no such con-
dition of things exists, nor the slightest ap-
preach to that portrayed by our friend as
marking Dubuque.-Udc. Gd1.
We like to see man and particularly
Newspaper editor exhibit a pride in the rep
utation of the locality wherehe resides, and
also 10 see him endeavoring by all honora-
bic means to advance its prosperity and
preserve its fair name. We will pardon him
for concealing the truth or even occasionally
telling &C white lie " with such common
dable object in view. But the above is cut
ting the thing decidedly too fat. We firmly
believe that the editor of the Gazette hno,cs
he does not tell &c the whole truth and moth
ing but the truth" in the last sentence Of
the above quotation. Ve k',o,c it and every
citizen of Davenport knows it. Florence
and Burrows Il Prettyman's scrip have
brought the business men of Davenport to
/. pretty much the same condition as that rep
resented by the Dubuque merchant, and yet
he declares that &c not the slightest APP
proach - to such state Of affairs exists IN
davenport. Fer the sake of the reputation
for truthfulness which the Gazette has here
tofore borne, we hope it will at once retract
this statement and never be guilty Of such
another.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-06
psossYrse Iss7nucr1oSs.--Toady Jones,

DrsosxYrse Instructions. Jones,
who Is now mis- representing Iowa in the
National Senate, has, as will be seen by our
Congressional summary in another column,
o. dsclsred his Intention to act independent OF
fhc resolution. Of instruction rasscd few
..ays ago by the Legislature Of this state
) jLis is as we predicted "fhc asa knowesh
Lis masters orib," and 1t would he strange
~ Indeed IL such a Aunky as jones would not
eee that his hopes Of official pabuum hang
horesfter on Executive favor instead OF the
escd will Of the people Of Iowa, and that he
shculd act accordingly.
4 --~
AsorHsR LETTER FROM AN FIX OFFICIAL OF
KAxsAs.-Mr. Stanton, late Secretary OF
Kansas Territory, has issued an address to
the people of the United States in Sindlca'
ton of lis conduct willie Occupying that p"-
d,ion, and that of Acting Governor. lie
sets forth at length the condition OF AFFAIRS
In the Territory at the time, and iustihes his
course in assembling the Legislature, Tor
Which act he was removed, on the score Oh
imperative necessity.
r;lo G,v. Walkers letter, this address o
Atsstou's convicts the President Of ialsehood
sad duplicity, and while it fully jus''ties its
writer in the course he pursued in Kansas, II
c.selusivsly, condemns President buchanan
a. a dishonest man and Weak iustrumeu,
IA the haxds Of Southern knares.
Here then we have the bold and uncon-
tssdieted testimony OF three leading Demo
cratic politicians Of TIE country that the
President has broken his pledges, violated
hi. honor a. a man, and rendered himself
obnoxious to great portion Of his owi
,ar,v. Ia which he owes his election.