Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-03-27

s. J. KIKKwoap, W. n. FARMER,
il ovOssos. q. D. WOODEN.
Committee.
7 he II our 10 Come...Whers IL the
Man!
Let every good citizen attend this conven.
ton to-day, at one O'Clock, at the Court
House. Go there unpledgcd. Select as our
nominee for the County Superintendency the
best man in our ranks !; q man whom our
opponents cannot possibly excel-a finished
and polished scholar-sn energetic, active
man, higl,-mindsd, liberal and snterprising-
a good public speaker-and staunch firm
principled Republican. Let us present the
most talented and efficient man in Cur
ranks.
Remember that the Superintend,n mt is to
be the teacher Of our teachers. Hence
he should be the man who knows the most
and can tell it the best.
Put in man who falls below, or t. the
level of those whom he is to teach-dull,
commonplace and ipactive-and our schools
will remain precisely in statu quo station
airy and lifeless; and $500 will be thrown
into worse place than the bottomless gull,
into worthless Office holders pockets. Elect
talented, energetic, educated man, and our
schools will rise in value and our children
receive the benefit Of their parents hard
earned taxes. Who is the most finished
scholar, the most upright citizen, the most
active, warm hearted man, the most talented
speaker, the most staunch and reliable Re-
publican among our ranksa
Answer this question to yourselves and
you will have the man for the Office.
LesemPton through tho Senate!
The bill for the admission Of Kansas into
the Union under the Lecompton Constitu-
ton passed the Senate yesterday afternoon
BY eight majority. Mr.. Douglas, though in
feeble health, made his last speech against it
on Monday night. He occupied about three
hours and is said to have made an able Of
fort. Mr.. Green spoke yesterday on the bill
and offered some amendments, which were
adopted.
1t will be seen that the majority in the
Senate for the iniquity is about the same as
had been calculated upon. There is, accor-
ding to recent accounts of the drilling of for
ces in the Hou'e, strong probability that it
will receive its quietus there. We hope, at
least, that the great fraud and outrage upon
free government will not be finally consum-
mated.
The Vote on Lecompron In the Sen .
ate.
It seems that the bill for the admission of
Minnesota, which was fastened to the Kansas
bill, was withdrawn before the vote was ia
ken or the latter in the Senate, on Tuesday
last. The following were the ayes aud noes
on Lecompton
AYrs-Allen, Benjamin, B:ggs, Bayard,
Bigler, Bright, Brown, Clay, Evans, Fi,zpat.
rick, Fitch, Green, Gwinn, Hammond, Hen
derson, Houston, Hunter, Iverson, Jones,
johnson, OF Tenn, johnson. of Ark. Ken
needy, Mallory, Mason, Pearce, Polk, sebas-
tian, slidell, Thompson, of Ky, Thompson,
Of N. j., Toombs, Wright, Yulee-Sa.
NArs-Bcll, Broderick, Chandler, Clark,
Colamer, Crittenden, Dixon, Doolttle, Doug.
las, Durkee, Fes senden, Foote, Foster, Hale,
Hamlin, Harlan, King, Pugh, Seward, Sim
mons, Stuart, Sumner, Trunbull, Wade,
Wilson.
ABsENrEE'.-Bates,C Cameron, Davis, Reed.
Mr.. Cameron paired off with Mr.. Davis.
Poor Fellow THE editor of tile Enqui-
rsr, like garrulous old woman, is deter
mined to have the last word in every con.
troversy. Though confcssedly beaten, he
thinks he must sey something, regardless OF
what that something shall be- and so in his
last issue we find the anomaly Of an ar
rangement of words almost grammatical
without an idea in them! lie seems to be
laboring under the deluson that he is slack
the giant killer, !" and that he has killed the
editor of the Journal. Poor fellow! we
are glad that the asylum at Mt. Pleasant
will soon be ready for his reception. For
the benefit of the rising generation we will
state that the expressions, I" 1t would have
fsH." and "It certainly done credit" are not
altogether in accor dance with tho rules laid
down by Murray or Kirkham. They are no,
provincialisms, eithcr-but must be regard
cd as 7h,yerisms. --.
FLokESos MoNEr.--The Davenport Ga
zetts says Cook and Sargent are selling ex-
change on the East, at two per cent, and on
Chicago at a.half per cent. for Florence
It seems that the persistent demands Of the
press and the people, that they should lace
Florence upon the same basis As other cur
reney, has at last had an effect. We advise
those who have any of it on hand to send it
homo ut once and never take any moro of
such trash. 1t has caused much trouble and
loss to the mercantile aud laboring classes
in this region, and should never again be
countenauccd. We hope soon to hear that
the cat 3" has been decently buried.
VIII the Gazette tell US what is to be done
with Burrows & Prettyman's shinpla. tiers
We understand that they become pleRtier as
Florence disappears. If that is the case,
the evil is not yet ended. .
AxvTnER HEAD OH. W. Gray, Post
Master ut Cleveland, and Editor Of the
Ptaindealer, has been removed by the Pres
ident, and Il. Harrington appointed.
Gray tried to carry water on each shout.
DIR, but it appears the Douglas bucket has
been upset. 81 .-.