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Daily national Democrat., 1859-01-07
CALIFORNIA SICKNESS,
An Honest Appeal to all with BAD or
Failing Health.


A RE YOU LANGUID, INANIMATE, RESTLESS
"a Appetite poor, Digestion bad, and PAINS IN
THE LIMBS, BODY, BACK and HEAD? Reoder
much of this Is caused from COLD caught unwtnnIr
or IN seven cases out of ten, SLUGGISHNESS of tId
LIVER and BLOOD, and WANT OF NATURAL pPP
SPlRAliON, indiScretion in the use of FOOD Am
DRINK, or from a dryness in the atmosphere-wLioL
Is a very unhealthy part Of this clmate-maDv ofhn
AWFUL, VIOLENT and SUDDEN DEATHS that occmr
here must be attributed to this Now reader boS
made this my study "r many years and do as,n,. a,e
you that my DIR. WEBBER'S JNNIGORATING cGp
DIAL SANGUIFIER will cure these c.ipses-u vHIin
sure animation of the LIVER, BLOOD and BRAtVS
it strengthens the NERVES, and gives 10 tbe sng
lIGHTNESS OF SPIRITS, A MENTAL Ann T0bI
LS FEELING Of strength, that is deliplthI TiF
many respectable persons who have been honss,,s
by and certified to its extraordinary qualities in en-.
ring DYSPEPSIA, or INDIGESTION, Loss or mrs
CULAR OR BODILY STRENGTH and MENTAL w
ERGY; FEVER, AGUE, or CllILL& RHEUMATIC
NEURALGIC or OTHER PAINS; DEPLETION INn,
WEAKNESS of the NATURAL FUNCTIONS nF
BlLITf FROM DISEASE, DISSIPATION, too MUCB
DOCTORlNG, DEBAUCHERY, and other capsss,in n
case of excitement from constant INTEMPER ANGp
and where DELlRlUM TEEMENS has occurred !
have seen change the sufferer in half an bour from
the most horrible state to calmness and pacdty Ii
can, indeed, be conscentiously Recommended 10 an
suffering, and the proprietor REGRETS DEEPLY that
1t Is necessary thus to ADVERTISE it, in order atta
merits may be known.
Constitutional Weakness.
EBlLITY from Disease, Climate Dissipation or
~ Debauchery.-StTength YiYacity and yipor In
the limbs, body and mind is given by it-it sends an
electric thrill of life through the worn-out body weak
limbs and broken-down constitutions gives an appe.
ute, removes Dyspepsia cams irritability, causes
quiet sleep.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-01-07

below Montgomery, opposite Pacific Mail steamsh
Co.'S OH, c, San Francisco.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-15
THE MARKETS.

New YORK, April IL.
Flour 5@10c better-western brands Sc
@$6,6O. Wheat more active, and sales at
go for white Michigan and 81 80 for
white Kentucky. Corn 7s3@s8c. Oats So
@61c. New mess pork ST., 509$17 ,624.
Prime mess beef $l7@S26.
CHICAGO, April IL.
Flour-spring extras $685., so, winter
extra $6@$6,372. Wheat declined 4(15c
on winter and 5@6c on spring. No. red
winter $1.209$l, Pa, No. Q do. 81, 10@$1,-
IL, No. 2 spring 100, standard spring 600
94c. Corn declined 2@23c, with sales at
64@68c. No. oats $50. Rye 9Oc.-
Choice roll butter 18@22c. Fresh eggs SIC.
Mess pork $3.50. Hungarian grass seed
$l,624@$1,75. Timothy $l,7O@l,78.-
Glover SIS. Live cattle $4,25@4,75, rang
ing from 1880 to 1920 lbs. eight.
ST. LOUIS, April II.
Fl ur-city superfne $2,75 per bag
Wheat-very poor &c.,, spring and inferior
fall 81, spring and club $1,05@l,12},
choice white $l35@$1, 40. Corn 7D@75c.
Oats 6o@70c. Barley Goo. Potatoes in
but little demand, with sales of retail lots
mixed at 86c, and 80 sacks of pipkeyes at
GOO per bushel. Mess pork 1859. Lard
l0@1O3c. Dry hides 19c.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-15

The BoGorA MISSION. -Brigadier General
George Wallace Jones, ex. Senator in Congress
from the State of Iowa, was offered the Bogota
Mission, but rashly declined it. The wonder
OF W estern men, who know the Brigadier's
love of Office, has been greatly excited by the
rash and unexpected act. We can explain
what appears inexplicable. When it was
decided in Washington that Brigadier General
Augustus Caesar Dodge, Minister Plenipoten-
tiary to the Court of Madrid, should have
leave to retire, Brigadier General George
Wallace Jones bestirred himself to seize the
succession. His friends in Iowa went to
work and got up pronunciamento, signed
by hundreds of the faithful, demanding the
place for him. 1t was presented to Mr..
Buchanan, who cooked his eye at the precious
document, and cut discussion off by declaring
that that mission was not for any of the Jones
tribe. Jones was in huff, and, to appease
him, the Bogota Mission was dropped into his
dish; but the ex-senator, like spoiled child,
continued to pout, and finally declined the
tender with many manifestations of tragic
rage. He betook himself 70 Iowa for sur
vey of the Gubernator;al field; but that,
owing to the ''Black Republicans" thereabout,
was not eminently satisfactory; and now he
is asking for the mission that he Indignantly
refused. His dish is right side up again.
Let US see what he will get. Chicago Press
and Tribune.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-15

WThe esprit of Western Enterprise" is
a new Iowa paper which we have not had the
pleasure Of seeing. tits published at Osceola,
the county seat of Clark county, by Messrs.
jenkins, Hackley, Shelley and Rowell-quite
a formidable array of partners edited
by F. A. G. Foreman, formerly of Ottumwa
-Iosoa City Reporter.
So our old friend, Foreman, again turns up,
after long disappearance, as an editor. He
conducted the Bloomington HERALD at this
place for few months in 1913. If his per-
severance was only commensurate with his
talents, industry, and other commendable
traits of mind and heart, there are few men
able to excel him as successful newspaper
conductor.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-15

INTERESTING TO PIXIES PEAKERs.-The poor
dupes who are rushing with such infatuated
zeal to the reputed gold regions would do we'll
to read letter from a young man named
Jackson, written from Denver City to his
father in Cambridge, Illinois, which is pub
lished in the Rock Island argus. From it
we learn that the following arniable intentions
are entertained towards newcomers by the
old settlers of the Peak. Jackson, who seems
to be one of the "unlucky ones," says:
"In Arrapahoe county there are from eight
to twelve hundred poor devils like myself,
hunting gold, but not finding any. At pres
ent we are preparing to skin the spring emil
grafton, which is to be done by disposing Of
townsites and bad whisky.
Arather dsagreeable prospect-to be burnt
within and flayed without!
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-15
MA Billy P. was making a tourney O

n@-Billy P. was making a journey over
the hilly roads in the western county, and
amused himself on the way by frequent
resorts to the comforts of a mysterious black
bottle which he had with him. Suddenly
the coach came in contact with large
stone, which, without doing any other dam
age, deprived Billy of his equilibrium, and
thunder are yer doin'?" said Billy; Chow
came you to Tip the stage over 20 The dri
yer informed him that the stage had not
been overturned at all; and the passengers
assured Billy that Jehu was right. Billy
the vehicle again and remount-
ed slowly to his former seat outside. "Did
not upset, d'you say" "Not at all, replied
the driver. swell, if I'd known that"
said Billy" 81 wouldn't ha' got off,
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-15

N1cK-NAMEs.-It frequently happens that
certain States and cities: instead of being
referred to by their proper names, are indi-
Gated by some other. This nick-na it
will be found, expresses in word the tea
ture most strongly distinguishing it from its
fellows, and is descriptive either of peculi.
arity in the country or its inhabitants,
Thus we have:
Virginia, ''The Old Dominion.'
Massachusetts, the ebay State.''
New York, the Empire State"
Maine, the "Pine-tree State"
New Hampshire the "Granite State"
Vermont, SCREEN Mountain State"
Connecticut, "Wooden Nutmeg State"
or The Land of Steady Habits"
Rhode Island, the "Seven-by- Nine State -
Pennsylvania, "Keystone State"
South Carolina, "Palmetto State"
Ohio, "Buck- Eye State"
Michigan, "Wolverine State"
Missouri, "Puke State"
Indiana, "Hoosier State"
Illinois, ''Sucker State"
Iowa, the sHawk-Eye State"
Wisconsin, Badger State"
Of the cities:
No" 4OEkS liz McITOpOllS VI "A AMERICA, -
Commercial Emporium" Empire City,"
and Gotham"
Boston, the "Modern Athens,'' and the
'sLiterary Emporium"
Philadelphia, Getty of Brotherly Love-"
''City OF Peun," and the "Quaker City,"
Baltimore, Monumental City"
Cincinnati, "Porkopolis," "Queen City,"
Tie "Queen City of the West"
Washington, the "City of Magnificent
Distances"
New Orleans, the "Crescent City.'
Chicago, "Garden CITY,"
Detroit, "City OF Straits"
Cleveland, the ''Forest City,"
Hartford, the "Charter- Oak City,"
New Haven, the ''City of Elms.'
Richmond, Ind, the Quaker City of the
West,"
Indianapolis, the ''Railroad City"
St. Louis, the "Mound City,"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-15

I'm Vermont, they have what are called
"Cow Boy" Democrats, who are defined to
be ''professed Democrats, who 90 where
plumber leads the way, and who care nothing
for principle, if they can grab an offica."-
Exchange.
This genus homo is not indigenous to Yer
mont. The same species is found in Iowa,
and comprises about all the party styling
itself "the Democracy" They are not as
numerous and troublesome as formerly, how
ever, and the honest Republican yeomanry of
the State intend, on the 18th day of October
next, to wipe out the remaining vestige of
them.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-15

WHAT IS AN ORpnANg-This question was
lately brought before the Supreme Court of
Pennsylvania, and has been decided 1t
appears that the Directors of Girard College,
at Philadelphia, an institution founded, as is
known, for the education Of orphan boys,
have, within the last year, reversed the usual
practice of the institution, and excluded all
applicants for admission who were what has
technically been termed "half- Orphans g.,
who had lost but one of their parents. This
rule at once very largely extended the field
whence the subjects of its charity might be
drawn, while, under the will of Mr.. Girard, a
decided preference was to be given to childre n
born within the limits Of the old city proper.
Indeed, it is highly improbable that it was
his idea that its benefits should ever transcend
these bounds. To test the legality of this
action of the Board of Directors, an injunction
was sued out by Mrs. Soohan, (who had
applied for admission for her son, a half
orphan born in the old city proper, to restrain
the Board from receiving full-orphans born
out of the city, until her son was admitted
The court sitting in Nisi Prius decided in
favor Of Mrs. Soohan, and the Supreme Court
has now sustained and confirmed the decree
on an appeal taken to it. The decision Of
Judge Reed goes into an elaborate argument
to set forth the mind of Mr.. Girard in relation
to the city limitation, quoting from other
testamentary documents of that gentleman, in
which it is expressly stated to extend only
"from Vine to Cedar (South) streets, north
and south, and from river to river, east and
west" From this he enters very fully into
authorities to sustain his opinion that an
orphan is child who has lost its father by
death. The legal usages of the State of Penn
sylvania were cited, and quotations were given
from the Bible and from the works of Shakes
peare to sustain this view. The Judge also
gave the definition of the word "orphan,"
according to standard photographers, and,
after tracing the etymology of the word, he
concluded by sustaining the decree of the
Court in Nisi Prius.
The effect of this decision restores the rule
of the College to what it was before the recent
action of the Board of Directors. Boys who
have lost their fathers only will be eligible for
admission, and the preference will be given to
those born within the limits of the old city of
Philadelphia, to-wit: between South and Vine
streets, and the Delaware and the Schuylkill
rivers. As there are always sufficient
number Of applicants among the orphans and
halforphans who were born within these
limits, it is not probable that any person from
outside the bounds named will ever be legally
admitted.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-15
Truly, the pleasure is as great
(lf hntror nh nafnI xo ohnnt H.,


GOLD. individually believe them
selves pretty wide awake, and sharp enough
not to be easily deceived; all experience
proves that the easiest thing in the world is
to humbug humanity. A very small show
of gold, and a few glowing newspaper para
graphs, have set thousands in motion toward
the mountainous desert regions of Pixies
Peak and Fraser River, not few of whom,
badly furnished for the outward journey,
must find gold when they get there, in con-
siderable quantities, or perish Within few
months from this time, in all reasonable
probability, the road from the diggings will
be strewed with the bones of men, who,
having made no provisions against disappoint-
ment, have died of starvation. And yet they
rush on with as much confidence of success
as if their hopes were founded upon the most
conclusive evidences. Gin. Press.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-15


FREE NEGROES IN ARKANsAs.-The Arkan-
sas Legislature has passed bill to expel free
negroes from the State. They have until
January, 1860, to dispose of their property,
and make other arrangements for leaving. II
they do not 60 then, it is the duty of the
sheriffs to seize them and hire them out to
the highest bidder for one year, giving them
the net proceeds of their labor to enable them
to leave the State. The bill provides that
such free negroes as desire to remain may
choose masters-the County Court having
them appraised, and the master or the mis-
tress they have chosen paying half their value
into the common school fund of the county.
Thus, we have the injustice Of Democracy"
illustrated--that Democracy which denies
that "all men were born free and equal" and
declares that "niggers have no rights which
= white man is bound to respect" As the
New York Tribune remarks, "the State of
Arkansas was Graded, nursed and reared in
what, in the swindling cant of our political
confidence men, is termed Democracy. 1t
has never had any other than Democratic
Governor, Legislature, or Senator in Congress,
and but once, by chance, for few days, a
Wing Member Of the House. No Harrison
tornado, no enthusiasm for Old lack, was
ever able to shake the Democratic constancy
of Arkansas. She has ever been the mos
uniformly, reliably Democratic State in thu
Union" Verify, she is now exempliyinl
her faith by her works!
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-15

MACHINE PoErRY.-The Shylock who
with head erect, with houest people min giles,
should cease to shave his fellow-man, and
60 to shaving shingles. The lawyer would
be better off, his conscience tar less plant,
who owned little farm in fee, and made
that farm a client. We have some doctors in
our midst whose talents they should use, by
practising the healing art-heeling boots
and shoes. The minister whose sage advice,
a useful moral teaches, should mind and
swatch as well as pray" and practice what
he breaches. Tue world should have its
docket called, and sluggards all defsulted,
and those should he the supper ten" whom
labor has exalted,
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-15
The distance from Independence to Pike
Peak is given as $40 miles.

The CAMPAIGN OPENED.-The spicy editor
of the Pacific City Herald is responsible for
the following:
The Thought hoists the name of A. G.
Dodge, of Desmoines county, for Governor,
and NJ. L. Fisher, Of Clayton county, for
Lieutenant Governor. The Fremont Herald
thinks Dodge very good name, but don't
like Fisher thinks that the Missouri slope
ought to be represented on the ticket, and
suggests the names of Uncle Rabbit or S. NJ.
Dews for the junior partner of the great
Democratic firm. "Dews" is good. We like
the suggestion. 1t is truly Pickwickian.
dodge and Dews" The more we think of
it, the better we like it. 1t certainly beats
Dickens "Dodson & Fogg." As it is mat
ter Of no consequence who our Opponents set
up for us to knock down, this fall, let it be
"Dodson & Fogg," or rather dodge and
Dews,' by all meaEs-just for the fun of the
thing.
True, however much the Democracy may
enieavor to dodge their dues, it will avail
them no.hing-inevitable defeat and discom-
future await them.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-15

ANOTHER LEAK IN THE TREAsURY.-On the
eve Of the adjournment of Congress, (says
the Louisville Journal,) Senator johnson,
Arkansas, succeeded in fastening upon the
Indian Appropriation Bill an amendment
$4,000 for the purpose of
returning some children to their friends in
Arkansas, who had been captured by Indians
and subsequently rescued, and ere now in
Utah. Immediately after the passage of the
appropriation, a brother-in-law of Senator
johnson, and anoth,r person, particular
friend Of Mr.. Denver, then Superintendent Of
Indian Affairs, were appointed to return the
children and draw the $4,000. How fat this
job is may be judged by the fact that the
Indian Agent in Utah had previously offered
to return the children at a cost to the govern.
ment Of six hundred dollars!
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-15

"SAM" BEING DEAD YET SPEAKETH.--
The State Council of the American party of
Maryland, at its session on the 9th inst,
adopted resolution in favor Of the union Of
all the Opposition elements in "a great
national party" 'repudiating Northern and
Southern sectionality," and Recommending
the election of delegates to the National Con-
vention to nominate candidates for 1862
This Is the voice of the ghost of dead party
attempting to dictate to those living. Old
grannies may heed it.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-15
THE NE Tvs.

The California overland mail, with dates
to the 18th ult., arrived at St. Louis on the
9th. News uninteresting. Business was
brisk in California, and miners were doing
we'll.
Complete and reported returns from
the various counties of Wisconsin elect
Paine, Republican candidate for Supreme
Court Judge, by about 10000 majority,
which will probably be increased by tue
official canvass.
Tho train going south on the Quincy b
Chicago Railroad, which left Galesburg at
3 o'clock on the morning of the 18th, ran
through culvert near Bushnell, demolish-
ing the engine entirely, and one passenger
car partially: The engineer and fireman,
named respectively Joseph Vanetta and
Charles Clark, were instantly killed. A
brakeman named George Patch had both
legs broken. The passengers escaped with
out injury.
Hon. E. v. Wilton, Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court of Wisconsin, died at
his residence in the city of GAINESVILLE, on
the 18th.
Nothing of special interest has trans
pired in the Sickles case at Washington,
though ridieulously lengthy accounts are
given in dispatches and by the New York
papers of each days proceedings. The de-
fence opened on Saturday, Mr.. Graham &C.
cupying the entire session of the day by his
speech. He commended that the prosecution
should not presume but must proue malice
in the act. He held also that the frenzied
condition of the outraged husband was some
justification for the deed. The examination
Of witnesses for the defence was progressing
at last accounts (the 12th)
"A telegraphic dispatch from Bangor,
Me-. reports terrible tragedy, man hay
ing murdered four persons. The dispatch
says: "Marshal Potter was arrested at St.
Stephen by officer B. F. Lee. He is charged
with causing the death of his mother, two
brothers and a nephew, on Thursday last.
at Lee, and robbing them of $3.50. He left
Immediately after the affair, changed his
clothes at Carroll, and succeeded in reach
ing New Brunswick before he was arrested.
His clothes were bloody, and the money
earned by his two brothers during the win
ter was found in his possession
FoRE1eN.-The steamship City of Balti-
more arrived at New York on the 18th, with
Liverpool dates to the 3Oth March. Her
advices warrant the belief that the existing
difficulties will be settled in the Congress
about to assemble, and that no appeal will
be made to physical force thong Oh the ten
or of the dispatches does not indicate any
great confidence On the part of European
capitalists in the long continuance of peace.
Austria continues her work of preparation
for war-a fact which will quicken the de-
fences of France.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-15

vEx-U. s. Senator Jones, the Dough-
face, went to Iowa, after the adjournment of
Congress, to see what were the prospects of
his being nominated for Governor by the
Democratic State Convention, and finding the
matter exceedingly dubious, he concluded
that "a bird in the hand is worth two in the
bush," and accordingly telegraphed to Mr.
Buchanan, at Washington, that he would,
after all, accept the mission to Bogota. Being
one of that patriotic class of politicians who
couldn't live without an Office, he prefers to
accept the smallest favor rather than run the
chance Of not getting any Chicago Journal
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-15
~Are Won sick. or have vor frien

EAre you sick, or have YOU friends
that are sicka Then read Dr.. fasterlys
advertisement in another column of this
paper and 60 to the agent in this place and
obtain the medicines recommended for the
complaint. We allude to DR.. Easterly's
Iodine and Sarsaparilla, DR.. Cartel Cough
Balsam, DR.. Easterly's Fever pd Ague
Killer, DR.. Bakers Specific and n. Hoop
er's Female Cordial. These medicines have
been thoroughly tested in tho varibus forms
of disease for which they are recommended
and can be confidently recommended a. the
most efficacious remedies known They
are very popular and are selling rlpidly in .
nearly every city and town in tiA United
States.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-15
MUSCATINE MARKET.

The unsettled condition of the weather
has been unfavorable not only to farming.
operations in the country, but to business
in the city. Scarcely any produce has
arrived during the week. Prices continue
without material change. Butter and eggs
are in better demand - the former very
scarce.
We append our usual quotations:
Wheat-Old, $l,OOa$l,lO
I" New, 65a90c.
/" Winter, $l,15 (nominaD
Flour $5,OOa$7,OO.
Corn, in the ear, 45a50c.
Oats-Old, 5Oa60c. new, 4Oa50c.
Barley, 40a60c.
Rye, SOC.
Beans, 75ca$1 90
Potatoes, 65a75c.
Apples-green $1,5oa$2, 90, dried $500
per blu.
Eggs, 7c.
Butter, l5a25c.
Smoked ham, sugar cured, 1Oa12 Lee.
Shoulders, &c
Clear sides, &c
Lard, l0al2-2c.
Hides, green, &c; dry flint 15al6c.
Lumber, $lOa$3O per 1000 feet.
Sugar-64a7ac, crushed l23c, clarified
93alOc, refined, white, ll4c.
Molasses-plantation 42a44, S. H. Al,
Belcher's IS, kegs Sc.
Coffee-123a13c.
Nails-ass. 1926.
Rice 53a6e.
As matter Of interest to farmers Just at
this time, we give the retail prices of grass
seeds, as furnished by @. & W. R. Stone,
who have large and choice assortment Of
field and garden seeds:
Hungarian grass seed, 81 ,25@$1,75.
Timothy, $l,75@$2.
Glover, $7,50@$8.
Kentucky Blue Grass, $3.50.
Kentucky Red Top, $3.50.
English Blue Grass, $3.50.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-15

The ALBANY MYsrERY.-The human re-
mains found in soap box at Albany, N. Y.
some days since, have been examined by the
physicians end pronounced those of an old
woman who had evidently been dead sever
al years, and had been doubtless packed and
shipped fer Indiapa as medical subject.
II any reliance can be placed on the science
and experience of medical men, the remains
cannot, of course, be those of the missing
Mrs. Brannan, as she was only about 26
years Ut age.