St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-11-24
" Mud-Sill " Statesmen.

rose to an eminent position, but were
noted for the most gentlemanly man.
ners. Among the earliest of our
statesmen, Roger Sherman, the shoe
maker, and Franklin, the printer, were
among the most prominent of this
class.
Silas Wright was in early life a
farmer, and worked more or less on
his farm after he had been ten years
U. S. Senator, and Governor of the
State of New York, and yet in his
bearing he was one of the most
thorough gentlemen that ever graccd
the United States Senate. The most
finished Peer of England might have
taken lesson from him. There was
an innate grace and dignity in his
manner which still more closely held
the hearts of those friends who had
reason to admire his great abilities
and his sound principles.
Gov. Banks, of Massachusetts, was
q practical machinist at Waltham for
some years of his life Hence, so far
was prejudice carried against him by
the so-callcd aristocracy Of Boston,
that few years ago he was shown
out of the back door of house in Beacon
street which he had visited as me-
chanic, where recently he occupied the
place of honor as the Governor of
Massachusetts. At Washington, as
speaker, &C., they liked him for his
excellent manners.
Among the later and still more
striking men Of this stamp, is the late
Senator Broderick, of California. He
began life as stone cutter. He had
neither sister nor wife to refine or i'm
prove his manners. His early educa-
ton was very deficient, and yet, it is
admitted that as a Senator in his seat
at Washington, his manners and bear.
ing were as gentlcmanly as those OF
the most lordiy negro-baron. But
when Senator Hammond, of South
Carolina, thought proper to snccr at
laborers, as the mud-sills of society,"
Senator Broderick had the noble man.
illness to reply that he had hammered
stone on the Capitol in which he sat
as a Senator. What a glorious and
manly rcbuke to Il Senator in a Rcpub.
lican government!
1t would be well for the young, who
fever to get into a so-called profession
al business, to bear these examples in
mind.
d" Honor and fame from no condition rise;
Act well your part-therc all the honor lies -
The Iowa City Republican says tina,
some william or Williams, in that coun
ty, have recently been amusing them
selves by shooting horses and cattle
John Green of Penn Township, recent
! ly lost several head of cattle 10y thi
: shooting process" Mr. Hartwell, o
O arvro. nin,' Inst twu .aiuubiv hon scs
recently. they having been shot by
some scoundrel. Stealing would be t,
virtue compared to this species of
wrong-doing.
SUICIDE Miss Anna Benton, daugh-
ter of Mr.. Benton Of Wapello, drowned
herself in Lost Creek, near Denmark
Monday morning. She was attend
f ing, with her sister, Mr.. Edison.
, Academy at Denmark. Miss Benton
l was about twenty two years of age
had exhibited unusual depression
of mind recently, and was in bad
health. 1t is supposed that she was
insane.
The Muscatine journal notices that
one hundred and thirteen beef cattle
occupying seven cars, were on board
the train for Chicago. A number Of
hogs were interspcrsed in the cars fol
the purpose of preventing the cattle
from laying down. The entire lot
was shipped from Washington, a point
on the railroad forty miles west OF
Muscatine.
The Ccrro Gordo Press has suspend.
ed. The Harrison County Flag has
fizzled. The Benton County Democrat
has gone up. The Marion Herald has
caved. The Maquoketa Sentinel has
rcclincd. The Burlington Gazette has
collapsed. All Democratic. A singu-
lar malady must be prevalent among
the democratic journals of the State.
John Beattic, farmer living in the
vicinity of Dubuque, died on Tuesday
night from the effects of being
run over by his wagon, loaded with
hay. A farmer in Marshall county,
Iowa, recently, was also killed by be-
ing accidentally run over by his wagon
The decision of the Supreme Court
III the county seat case, Marshall VS..
Marietta, has been made in favor of
the latter. The Marshalites are sad
and the Marcttians glad. Couldn't
divide that question.
The SPEAKERsHIP.-The names of
Judge Edwards of Lucas, DR.. Writers