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Incidents Of Tuesday Evening-The
Negro Jenkins Punished by
the Co1ored Men.


When our paper went TO press on Tuesday
eTcning We referred, in brief article in our
city column, to m excitement prevailing anoug
our colored citizens relative to the rumored re-
cent rendition Of three fugitive slases from the
State Of Missouri into the custody Of their mas
sers- It was arst promulgated Oh Tuesday
evening among the colored residents, accom-
panied By the exciting hint that young colored
nian, named William Turner, d resident of this
city, had been the tool and dccoy Of the captors,
and the cause Of their return 10 ssrsitude-
Instead Of turning to the precedent Of St.
Paul ts. 0nesimus. aud finding the consolation
which it brings to nanny minds, the colorea re-
cipients Of this information in question took
fire instantly and forgot the apostle. Turner
Was Immediately advised Of his danger
BY some Of bis personal friends. He
had been drinking at a saloon on
South Clark street and was in a most pot
valiaat mood, which, fortunately for himself,
h.weEer, did not hold out against the soticita-
lions Of his friends, one OF them coIored man
named Perkins, who finally persuaded him that
the lookup would bo his safest lodging for the
night, and accordingly as we stated in our last
issue Turner, was put in the cells By the City
Marshal for the safe keeping which came none
too soon for him.
The colored men, disappointed in finding Tur-
ncr, seized upon Perkins whose Interference
banked them Of their revenge, and be was
roughly handled, though not as severely rs was
ruu,ored yesterday, for it was among the rumors
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-07-07

TRIUMPH OF THE BIBLE CAUsE.-Aftel
the opponents of the reading of the Ri
bic in the Public Schools of New York
had exhausted every expedient te
shirk the question in the Board of Ed
ucation, they were at length brought
to vote upon it, and the cause of the
Bible triumphed. The bye-law pre-
viously reported making it obligatory
on all teachers, after the first OF
August next, to open the schools by
reading portion of the Holy Scrip.
lures, without note or comment, was
adopted by the very decided vote of
% to l6, only three members of the
Board being absent. The debate was
prolonged and animated, and there
were several attempts made to stave
off action, all Of which proved un-
availing.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-07-07

The HONOR OF OUR FLAG.-A cores.
pondont of the Philadelphia Press at
Valparaiso, speaking of the recent out
RACES upon the American flag and
Consulate there, says:
Neither the Merrimac nor any 9th.
er United States war vessel had ar.
rived to protect the United States
Consul and vindicate the honor of the
American flag. French, Austrian and
English men-of-war are in the harbor
of Valparaiso, but no American war
ship as yet"
1t is constantly tclegraphcd from
Washington that such and such man
of-war has been ordered off to obtain
redress for this and that COURAGE, +"
but the man-of.war, somehow, never
turns up when OF where wanted. The
vindication of our flag, therefore, of
which we are always hearing so
much, is only on paper. In fact the
highest achievement of which the Ad-
would seem to be capa-
BILE, in cases of this character, is the
bombardment of some miserable, I'M
resisting little midtown, like Grey
town. Its genus does not rise much
above that level. England, France,
and Austria even, can protect, and do
protect, their subjects but. for Ameri-
can citizens, alas /! there would seem
to be no protection whatsoever.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-07-07

DR.. Eads, editor of the Fort Madison Plain
dealer, visited our sanctum this morning The
DIR. looks well, and we should Judge from his
appearance that fighting Black Republicans
agrees with him admirably. The Plaindealer
shows the enemy no quarter, under the di.
rcction OF such an able champion of the rights
of white men, and We wish it long life and
prosperity. --keokuk Journal
Dr. Eads is one of those champions
of Democracy which the Locofoco
press of Iowa delights TO honor. And
well it may, for the Doctor distributed
over twenty thousand dollars of the
peoples money amongst half doz-
en- of the leading Locofoco presses of
the State. The Doctor is "a 1T cham
pion Of Democracy, too, for he illus
trates in his private and public life the
principles of Democracy. The doc
trines of the faith of the party lead
ers have been very fully developed
and reduced to practice by Eads. A
public defaulter to the school fund in
the sum of seventy odd thousand dol
lars, is just the man to advocate Loco
focoism and lead the Black Democracy
of Iowa in their desperate struggle
for spoils.-Keokuk Gate City.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-07-07
BETTING ON THE NEXT PREsIDENcY.-

BETTING ON THE NEXT Presidency
We understand that several bets
have already been made in New
York upon the issue of the next
Presidential election. One sport
ing gentleman has made the fol-
lowing bets ST. 900 that Senator
Douglas will be the Democratic ca L.
ddate ; $1,000 that Senator Seward
will be the Republican candidate
81, 900 that the Americans and Wings
will nominate a third candidate :
81 900 that if Douglas be nominated
he will be elected and 1000 that if
nominated, he will carry the following
Eastern, Northern, Middle and West.
ern States: New Hampshire, Connec.
ticut, New York. New Jersey, Penn
sylvania, Ohio, Iowa, Indiana and H.
linois. We are also informed that
the same gentleman is willing to bet
$4,000 that if Douglas be nominated
at Charleston he will carry every
southern State, except Maryland.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-07-07

The SCHOOL TAX CONSTITUTIONAL
The Supreme Court now in session Al
Des Moines, has at length reached
and passed upon the case of Louisa
county VS.. N. Davidson" involving
the constitutionality of the School Tax
and decided in favor of the constitu.
tionality of the tax. In some coun.
ties great many persons refused to
pay that tax levied last year. This
was the case in Louisa, Muscatine and
other counties, and to test the ques-
ton, 1T was brought before the Su-
preme Court in the above mentioned
case. This being now decided against
the defendant, all further opposition
to paying the tax is useless.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-07-07

BEEcHEE ON Henry Ward
Beecher has realizing sense" OF
of what good coffee is. He writes
thus =" Breakfast ready. A most
useful and salutary custom is that of
Breakfast. One may work with the
hand without breakfast, but not with
head-the machine must be wound up.
The blue must be taken out of your
spirits and the grey out of your
eyes. A cup of coiliee--rcal coffee
home-browned, home-ground, home
made, that comes to You as a hazel
eye, but changes to q golden bronze
as you temper it with cream, from its
birth, thick, tenderly yellow, perfectly
sweet, neither lumpy nor frothing on
the Java such a cup of coffee is
match for twenty blue devils, and will
exercise them all. Involuntarily one
draws in his breath by the nostrils.
The fragrant SAVIOR fills the senses
with pleasure, for no coffee can be
good in the mouth that does not at
first send sweet Offering of odor to
the nostrils.'
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-07-07
A BELOVED DAUGHTER SAVED BY THE.
USE OF TWO BOTTLES OF DIR.
WIN HALLS BAISAM

Camden, Hillsdalc Co, Mich. March ., 1855
McsSrs, o. Il. Baker & Co. ,-Gents Ny
daughter was confined to her bed all last win
ter with diseased Lungs. Our physician hav-
ing given her up, was induced to try your
valuable remedy. / at once procured bottle
of Dir. Vim. Halls Balsam, and commenced
using it according to directions, and am happy
to state that with the use Of the first bottle,
she was SO much relieved as to be able to dress
herself, and by the use of the second bottle She
was entirely restored to health.
| would most heartily recommend all per
sons who are suffering from diseased lungs, OF
any disease Of the lungs arising from colds to
use it at once. The above remedy does not
fail, in any instance, to do all it is recommend
ed. SAMUEL LEMAN.
Bolles, Smith Co, Projectors, 124 Lake
street, Chicago, to whom all orders should be
addressed.
For sale in St Charles City by Montague &
Co, and by Druggists and dealers generally,
everywhere. 4w
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-07-07

The Louisiana Democracy, in State
Convention, the other day, under the
whip and spur of Senator Slidell, went
rather largely into the Improbable
business of endorsing the Administra-
ton, but the endorsement is repudiated
and dishonored by the Alabama broth.
rem, in terms, too, which prepare us
for breezy time of it the Charleston
Convention. What is sound Democ-
racy at Baton Rouge, it seems, is in
suf1crably unorthodox at Mobile, a
few miles distant and what is all
right at New Orleans, it would seem,
is all wrong on the eastern side of
Lake Pontchartrain.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-07-07

PICTORIAL DIcrIoNARy.-A new and
pictorial edition of Webster's great
American Dictionary has recently
been issued by the cnterprising pub
fishers, G. & c. Merriam of Spring.
field. No expense or labor has been
wanting on their part to keep up the
superiority and high reputation of this
standard work, over every other of
the kind in the language. Many
thousands Of new words have been
added to its vocabulary, and much
new matter in the illustration and dis
elimination of synonyms. Some 1900
Oh more beautiful pictorial illustra-
tons have been introduced into the
work, which will add much to its val
ne. The enterprise of the Messrs.
Merriam is an honor to American art
Typography and the English language
their vigilant activity is most COM
mendable.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-07-07

How many times day can human
being imbibe the viIest kind of ardent
spirits, and yet live 1t was proved,
in q recent case before one of the
New York courts, that the defendant
regularly swallowed, per diem, seven
teen doses Of three cent thunder
and lightning" yet he persisted in
maintaining that he was no drunkard,
and was able to manage his property.
The court, however, by its decision,
established his mendacity as well as
his incapacity. An habitual drunk
ard is insane, to all intents and pur-
poses.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-07-07

JAIL INJUNcrIoS.-The case of | B.
Parker, of Mitchell, VS.. Arad Hitch
cock, County Judge, James ID. Jen.
kins, Jail contractor, and J. NJ. Smith,
County Treasurer, in the District
Court of Mitchell Co., praying that the
Injunction heretofore granted to re-
strain said defendants from proceed
ing further in the erection of a Jail in
this county, be made perpetual, came
up before said court on Thursday,
this week, when his Honor, L. II Will
Jams, decided that, under the laws of
Iowa, the County Judge has not au-
thority to contract for the erection of
County Jail when there is no money
in the treasury therefor, without first
submitting to the people the question
whether such Jail shall be built
ground of the decision, that the con-
tract comes in the class involving ex-
traordinary expenditures. The In
junction was therefore made pcrpetu-
al. Defendants excepted to the de-
clsion, and carried the cause to the
Supreme Court, on appeal-Osage
louaa.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-07-07

Twenty-four things in which peopl
render themselves very impolitc, al
noying, or ridiculous
|. Boisterous laughter
2. Reading while others arc talking
3. Leaving stranger without {
seat.
4. a want ofrevcrcncc for superiors
5. Receiving present without
some manifestation of gratitude.
&. Making yourself the topic of con-
vcrsatiOn.
7. Laughing at the mistakes of
others
s. Joking others in company.
.. Correcting older persons than
yourself, especially parents.
10. 10 commence talking before
others are through.
III. Answering questions when put
to others.
II. Commencing to eat as soon as
you get to the table.
IL. Whispering or talking loudly
in church, at lecture or concert, or
leaving before it is closed.
IA. Cutting or biting the finger
nails IN company, or picking the teeth
or the nose.
Is. Drumming with the feet or fin
gers, or leaning back in chair, or
putting the feet upon furniture.
IT.. Gazing at strangers, or listen
ing to the conversation of others when
not addressed to you or intended for
your hearing.
Is. Reading aloud in company with
out being asked, or talking, whisper
ing. or doing anything that diverts
attention while person is reading
for the edification of the company.
Is. Talking of private affairs loud
ly in cars, ferry boats, stages, or at
public table, or questioning an &C.
quaintance about his business, or his
personal and private affairs anywhere
Id company, especially in loud tone.
10. In not listening to what one is
saying, in company-unless you de-
sire to show contempt for the speak.
er. A we'll bred person will not make
an observation while another of the
company is addressing himself to it.
20. Breaking in upon or interrupt
ing persons when engaged in bust
ness. If they are to be long en-
gagged, or you are known to have
come from a distance, they will offer
you attention at the earliest moment.
81. Peeping from private rooms
into the hall, when persons are pass
ing, coming in or going out or look
ing over the banistels to see who is
coming when the door bell rings.
90. When you are in am Office or
house, or private room Of a friend
never handle things, asking their use
price, &c, nor handle nor read any
written paper it is a great imperti.
Dence, and most intolerable.
%. Never stand talking with
friend in the middle of the sidewalk,
making everybody run around you
and never skulk along on the left
hand side but " take the right" in all
cases. Two persons abreast meeting
one person on narrow sidewalk |
shouldn't sweep him off into the mud
but one should fall back a step and
pass i'll single file.
"A. Mind your own business, and
let your friends have time, without
annoyance, to attend to theirs.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-07-07

The Republicans Of Floyd County will meet
by Delegates, in Convention, at Floyd, on
saturday, the 18th day of September at one
o'clock Z. NJ, to nominate candidates for
County Officers, to be supported at the Octo,
Der election.
Ratio of Representation same as convention
to send delegates to Senatorial and Represen.
tative conventions
NEWMAN BUTCHER,
CHESTER BuTrERFIELp, County
Il. W. HUMPHREY, Committed
ABNER Roof
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-07-07
Naturalization.

Gen. Cass's official reply to the let
ter of a naturalized Frenchman in
Tennessee, enquiring whether he
would be subject, should he return to
France, to compulsory service in it's
armies, is creating quite stir among
the foreign population, some of whom
seem both disappointed and angry
that any such opinion should be ex-
pressed. Before and during the war
of 1925, Great Britain claimed the
impressment of her native born per-
sons when found on board of foreign
ships, and the United States contend
ed, directly, that the American flag
protected all persons on board Of
American vessels, and, indirectly, that
such persons had right to serve their
adopted country on sea or land in war
against the countries of their birth
The new doctrine seems to be that the
duty of protection ceases when the
party claiming it voluntarily returns
within the jurisdiction of the power
claiming allegiance. The effect is to
restrict the visits which many immi-
grants would otherwise make to their
old homesteads.
Democracy takes rather bold step
in thus estimating the value of the al
legiance which foreign born subject
owes to this country, or to the land
from which he emigratcs. We have
heard so much love expressed for for
eigners, and so much interest in for
eigners by Democratic spouters, that
we certainly expected something diff
fcrcnt from the lame and impotent con-
clusion to which the Secretary of
State arrived, in the case of the petit
ton of the Frenchman from Tennessee.
In order to get over the difficulty
into which the Democratic party is
plunged by the case referred to, we
observe that (thc cue is given proba-
bly, from Washington a distinction is
to be made between allegiance and
the right to claim military service of
adopted citizens upon their return to
their native land. The Philadelphia
Pcnnsylvanian, for example, claims
that this service is not part of those
obligations, ties and duties of fidelity
to the Prince, Government or State un.
der the jurisdiction of which the
adopted citizen was born, but that it
is a special service created and re.
CURED by law, and like other civil OBJ
legations, ends upon discharge of the
service required.
One of the ablest lawyers in Phila-
delphia, in private note to the editor
of Forney's Press, says:
81 always understood the American
political rule to be that all allegiance
to foreign potentatcs and powers
would be totally renowned by adopted
citizens, and that it always was the
boast of oar party that we had made
that naturalization law, and that we
"s,..ia .,uin,aiu II ana SEE II respect |
ed" He adds : | say this, of course,
not in behalf of naturalZcd citizens,
but in behalf of every American, and
especially of those who, if Gen Cass'
doctrine be true, can be recaptured,
and kept from their american wives
and children, because once on time
they had been subjects of King Bonn
ba, or some other miserable despot in
the Old World"
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-07-07

HoRsE THIEVES CArGnr.-Wc learn
from +. \. Haskell, Esq, of Bradford,
that two horse thieves were caught
at the Buckhorn Tavern near Monona,
in Clayton County, on Thursday, June
30th. They were arrested in bed,
while asleep, by officers from Ringgold
and Hamilton counties, who have
tracked them over considerable por-
ton of the State. The thieves had
nine horses with them, and by their
deprcdations have for several months
spread CONSERVATION among the set.
tiers wherever they have been. They
undoubtedly belong to a regularly or
gained gang Of land pirates who for
years have infested the River counties,
and are in the constant habit Of making
predatory incursions into the interior.
On reaching the Buckhorn Tavern they
felt great security and were taking
things quite leisurely. One of them
slept so soundly that the bracelets
were applied before he awoke. Both
had their knives and revolvcrs under
their pillows, but not having the lib
erty of their hands they did not find
it convenient to use them. The Off
GERS have conducted the thieves and
their booty to Webster City, where
some Of the horses belong, and where
some unsettled accounts for the same
need to be adjusted. A large part
Of the horses, however, were stolen
from Ringgold and other counties in the
southern part of the State. The thieves
protested to be horse dealers from
St. Paul, Minnesota. Great credit is
lue these officers for their persever-
ance, and their success entities them
70 the gratitude of the people every
where.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-07-07

A dispatch from Washington to the
New York Herald, states that MI. Cass
is about to address to all our Minis
tiers in Europe, a letter upon the Amer.
lean doctrine of goods contraband of
war. 1t is said that the view taken
by England, which enlarges the goods
contrabrand of war, will not be acqui-
esccd in by our Government. On the
contrary, We will take ground that all
regular articles of commerce, with
the exception Of powder, lead, mus
kets, &C., and saltpetre, are not con-
traband of war, and that it would be
serious Infringement of our CONNER
cial rights to enforce less liberal
doctrine.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-07-07
The District Court.

The District Court, of Floyd county,
July term, commenced its session in
this town on the 4th inst, Judge E
Fl. Williams presiding. There were
nearly three hundred cases upon the
docket, but SO rapidly does Judge
Williams dispatch the business, the
present indications are that the docket
will be cleared, if we except certain
cases, put over by mutual consent
where the parties are not ready fol
trial. The Judge presides with digni
ty and makes his decisions with great
promptness. Two petit jurics are i'm
panelled, so that while one panel is
out making up a verdict the other is
sitting upon different case. The
Grand Jury consists of the following
persons L. G. Phelps, Alanson Lam
bert, E. w. Jones, G. b. White, Ben
jamin Borland, Jas. G. Winchcll, Isaac
Tceple, A. B. F. Hildreth, Milo Gilbert
Charles T. Acklcy, John Parish, II. NJ
Brown, Josiah Knight, r. NJ. Waller
George Raymond. A. u. Il. Hildrcth
Foreman.
But little business has come before
the Grand Jury at the present term
ard it was the remark of the District
Attorney that Floyd County people
must be very moral and peaccable
class of citizens to give their Crane
jury so little work.
Besides the twelre lawyers of St
Charles, we notice among those in at
tendance from other parts Of the coun
ty and from abroad, Moses Conger Of
Floyd, w. P. Gaylord of Rock Grove
Mcssrs. Johnson and Frost of Union
Trumbull and Bannon of Butler County
o. P. Harwood of Mitchell County
j. 7. Clark of Allamakec county, L.
l.. Ainsworth Of Fayette county, j. O.
Crosby of Clayton county, Milo Nc.
Glathcry, of West Union, District At.
torney, and Samuel A. Rice, of Oska
loosa. Attorney General.
1t is expected the court will adjourn
tomorrow evening, although there
may be some business to attend to Oh
Saturday.