Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-01
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C1y. We are under obligations to Hon. S
A. Douglas for copy Of his speech delivered in the
Senate the 23d ut, in opposition to the passage
of code Of laws by Congress to protect slavery in
the Territories.
FoI Pixies PEAK.-We noticed quite
number of cmigrant wagons passing through our
streets this forenoon, bound for the new gold re-
gions. One party, Of whom we made inquiry, was
from Rockford, ILL.,, which place they left on Tues
day, the 18th inst. They numbered IL men, the
| same number of yoke of oxen and four wagons, in
which they carried their camping apparatus, &C.
| Daily, 25M uN.
A DISTINGUISHED STRANGER.-Our city
was honorcd on Saturday last by visit from Rich
ard Cobden distinguished member of the British
Parliament, who, our readers have been already
| informed, is on visit to this country. He came
| down the river passenger on the steamer War
Eagle, and while the boat laid at the levee about
an hour taking on freight, he took walk through
some of the principal streets. He is tall and no.
bic looking man, and wore flowing drab cloak of
| peculiar style.
| The MINERS HAND. BooK.-We are in
debted to old friend, N. II. Parker, formerly of
the Davenport Times, for copy of parker &
Huyctts illustrated Miners Hand Book and Guide
to Pixies Peak" just the thing for everybody bound
for Pixies Peak and of no little interest to others
who desire information concerning that present
centre of attraction. The map accompanying the
book draughted, as we observe, by A. M. Baily,
| formerly of this place but now of St. Louis,) and
is gotten up with his accustomed artistic skill. The
| 'lliner's Hand Book can be had at most of the
bookstores and of the publishers at their office, 65
Chestnut street, st. Louis. They sold 10, 900 cop
les the first week after the work was issued.
COURTEOUS, VERY We clip the subjoined
from the Enquirer of last week:
We find the following Introductory to letter
| published in the Journal of Wednesday evening,
which letter purports to have been written for the
Znquirer:
| THE DEMOCRACY OF WILTON - The following
com muncation was evidently not intended LOT the
columns of the Journal. BY what means we came
into possession of it is nobody's Observation-Disclosures
| JOURNAL.
A few DAYS since letter from st. Louis contain
| ing money was sent to the Enquirer which letter
has not come to hand. Perhaps that may not be
any body's business!
The point of the above is so enthusiastically sharp
that it is difficult to see it at first. We implore our
neishbor to spare US the infiction of any more OF
his cutting wittcisms, and to turn his attention
| towards the cultivation of editorial courtesy. The
base insinuaton that we have stolen one of his
money letters may be in accordance with his ideas
of gentlemanly proprety, and if so we pity him !
We suspect our neighbor is either laboring under
mistake or else wilfully deceives the public as to
the contents of his st. Louis letter. Coming from
that quarter it would most likely have contained
dun and that certainly is nobody's business
INoIDENT.-On Saturday last, a distressed
specimen of humanity, suffering from an afflicton
| of palsy which kept his whole nervous system in
such tremor that he could scarcely speak above
whisper, presented himself at the clerks office on
the steamer War Eagle and asked the amount of
fare to Kethsburg. The clerk told him that he did
not wish to receive him as passenger. The poor,
heart-stricken creature turned away, with sorrow
and disappointment depicted in his countenance,
and went ashore. Upon inquiry we learned that
he had made like fruitess attempt to get pass
age on steamer to Kethsburg the previous day.
He had some money, but nobody knew his name
where he came from. Finally, by the influence of
several gentlemen, who assured the clerk that
there would be risk in taking the afflicted man,
he secured passage on the War Eagle. The clerk
objected in the first place because of ordinance
existing in most cities to damages from
steamboat for landing paupers in its limits, saying
he was once compelled to pay 800 for violation of
a Just and hunaane law of this kind! The tendency
of such law is an outrage the better feelings of
human nature
"Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn"
nSse " q ,nsnzt- .!.s Ealla .Hins eaza...uniot.-
ton cheerfully because we have reason to believe
all its statements strictly true. Our old friend,
Beyard is we'll ksown to most Of our citizens, and
they believe Lin to be honest and deserving Of the
rich reward which the results of his inventive ge-
MUS promise, but which others are now seeking to
wrest from him. He has the warmest sympathy of
his friends here, and scores are ready to step for
ward and affirm their faith in his integrity of
character and honesty of purpose, in opposition to
the charge now pending in Court against him at
the instance of Mr.. Whiting. We have no design
of foresaling the action of the courts, but in a
case like the present. where justice so manifestly
on the side of our old friend and neighbor, we
must be excused for thus plainly expressing our
convictions Of it's merits. Mr.. B. has been some
days in our city but leaves for Chicago the three
O'Clock train this afternoon. Below is his commu-
nication Daily, 2SM ul.
For the Journal
Nix. EDIToR.-I wish, through the columns
of your excellent paper to correct some erroneous
Impressions. Owing to the numerous vanous
and slanderous lies sought to be circulated here
among my old friends and fellow citizens by set
OF sharpers who trying to fleece and bleed me
OF the little means have scraped together during
life OF hard work and privation-harder than any
person who will read this article has ever seen. 1
have been met with great many questions BY some
of my old friends, and suspicious have been enter
talneu, L know, on the part of some, to my de-
signs, which have mortified me not a little. 1t is
to answer the many questions with which am met
every day, and to set myself right with those who
know me in Muscatne, and to inform them of the
real character of the blood-hounds who are on my
track, and the nature of the prosecutions with
which they are following me that l ask their
attention to this card 1 will state, briefly, the
facts.
In the winter of 1856, left St. Louis for Wash
ington with model for Heading Circler. at
Wizards Hotel first met Mr. William A. Whiting
of St. Louis. He spoke to me about trading me
some wild lands in Illinois and Missouri for
my inventions which l was then trying to
have patented. He offered me wild lands for
said inventions, "patent or patent" he agreeing
to the risk of their being patented, and to pay
the EXPENSES VI tue SdHle. L dSkcu ulm Wnetner
they were the graduated act' lands, entered at
"bit an acre, or whether they had been enteredat
1928 per acre. He told me they had cost him
triAe less than LIS because he had entered them
with land warrants, and assured me that they were
not any of them graduation act' lands. We struck
bargain, and Mr.. W. A.. Whiting gave me bond
for deeds for 5000 of this land which deeds
he afterwards executed in st. Louis. On my re-
turn to St. Louis, and after the execution of these
deeds, learned from John W. Heidelberg, of st.
Touis that these lands had every acre been enter
ed under the graduation act at 12A cents an acre.
and that the title to the land worthless and nv