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Fatal ARRAY At Nlelfand.

1u9 Aea*7 ~@'''0e70 q : VI <7o*1s83J 9sas 4as1s
yesterday morning IN aar.y took place 1t
Pleas ant Pl9ins, between Quinn T. Harrison
and Greek Grafton. We learn that the dificui-
~ grew out Of m old grudgs between the par
tiss, Which was augmented By some difficulty
about girl Mt Z picnic on tho Fourth. Greek
was cut across tho abdomen from the lower rib
On tls LEFT side, to tbs groin on the right, allow
ing tbs bowels to pro&fude. His brother john,
In attempting 10 prevent the stahbiug, received
*erere wound by ths hand of Harrison aoross
~ arm. Harrison isstsaaly ted. We learn
tnht Efosk hae sfnes dIed. II IL slso FpIaos ID
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G Ell I n \ IsY FOR YOUNG
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G EN- I n \ IeY FOR YOUNG
~ L4n1Es, At LAKE Foktsr.
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lie h.tTr AT q September nc1t, Lake Fo:c Ill., thc
s.At of 1ll'd CntvtS1sy $3.50 '~
stlfc :een.it.ty o !1>rpcsleu vii. e,o..e up,n
Ht sses Di:Eins3 wo eIuc1s1i tae hest E.ai.
e!n inssnscs1 ma hare had e1pencnce In ie!n. Tic
eoskn 81 ausy VI" comprise the vaffeas Is.lchss s1It
nias t!1saa' taa Of accomplished feaale tIuctou
:sSa nuT{xr e 59un& 4at. viii be Into lie
si.!on sstrs o. aqu! may he add se.l 10 Dr nicE;n-
Se Al Atncshs. Nsieonssn EA!y application I. dt.abt
tFtoa Rev- d. Kirk, Of Bostoa.}
Understanding II u II. Misses dickinson Intend opepr-
.hoo " ths fsst class take great pesuse u c,EgTa:u
he me cf ns Or Chtc19o and vicinity On tie ae,usn
sr, sSsh 7a sd0sqnal taaasats Jo tatu.al ashltaes
taa.y add Al The attachments ard Eecx
boston lS5H Enw.rns E,.-
tFrona Rev. pr. Patterson of Ctla:oi
hare beea acquainted with Or. Dlckin4cn aud his fsr!
49, = lula u supy1!or culture aai attain
WI &c Tic fu tst *iiacttou 10 the PIT heF Sea
a1tt to5 Young asies. Il. ". rAt1EA.oS
Cklca6o, July -, 1850. i,e9 ~1n ,tsLa
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Wo publish in anoth r column tho platform
adopted by tho Republicans Of Minnesota at
flair State Convsntion on the auth int. Ne
do not soa how II could b improved in any TO-
spcct. 1t contains neither too mush nor too
little, but places The Republican party precise
II where It ought to stand on the various
iasucs of tho dag, both State and National.
Upon such platform Of principles, and under
the leadership Of the gallant Ramsey, tho Re-
puhlicans Of Minnesota caunot full TO achisvo
glorious triumph.
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Jed. Dov&ss P1atfnFm-MsssIssIp
Politics,

Occasional writea from Washington to Col.
Fornsy's paper:
Jefferson Davis, in bis last speech in Jackson.
Miss, which mar be called 4 sort Of reply to
Senator 4. G. Brown, took very ultrn ground,
declaring that tho laws against the opening Of
the African slavc tr4Ie we're uueonstltutipaaj.
and asserting. that the election Of Republican
eession on the part Of ,he South. Tie rivalry
hetween these two distinguished men has BE-
come quise animated. Aesars. Barksdsle and
Singleton. ut prescut members Of Congress
from Mississippi, take nearly the same ground
n General Unr1s.
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BRYANT d STRATTON,s
~ CHAIN Or
aWerrNt1fifp fnfYoron

Leessed 4 EEcaEo New orf ath.,, nr1
~ Cessla1d and Detroit Seozraa!ps so tb1I ,t.
IL eoe aaa Of Byans st,oaa 3sssn
d9sft = one f2st:1on nadtr lie nstae nd 1,e Of Bly,
13.,,,, natt IL sIhAIIOS. DIZZY '. ne Jelnt Pss
ne Of t5 pages fu1aahsd Sa,alloasly "a
1AEdly BRYANT BELL 4 srrArrox
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Ex-senator Rhcst OF South Carolina
for n Southern ConfcdcEacY.
IFsotn Ills Feusth Of Julr Orattou1

lFsoEa ILLS ep1S1 OF july Uratiou.f
And now where are wc, What is really tho
nafure Of tue general Government under which
We !lref The sectional majority from the Sor1 b
Erows stronger and more reso1ute every day,
They bare the power Of controlling the lesisia.
ton of Congress- TLey failed iu coutrpIli1,s tl,c
executive, also, In the late Presidential ELECTION
but BY few votes. They expect confidently to
succeed nj the ucxt Presidential election. uar-
Ing mastered these Two great departments Of
termination to command tue tlifd-the ;rdjcia.
ry Of l1e United 6susns-and to sweep away
every obstacle to their sectional domination
and the consolidation OF the government, It
has been in rain that tAose in the North Hlo
respect the Constitution aad the rights of the
South hare proclaimed, from time to time. that
the South would resist aud the Union be tIix-
enemies, not the good opinion Of our friends.
The South has not resisted. The Union is not
dissolved; and our agggrcssorR, triumpl,ipg in
onr submission, hold p4uce and power foF our
embarrassment, and their exaltatioa and az
Rrnndizement. Those nrc thus raised to official
dignity who are worthy. in themselves, Of neith-
er lntluence nor consideration. & They are f.
ting representatives Of the meaner passions Of
the people-ayarlce. ambition, fanaticism, jcal-
uasy, hate; while those wha would represent
thu n0bler virtues Of the North are subsidized
or driven from public life. To submit 10 the
cncroachnents Of this vulgar crew Of pluu.ler-
ers nnd luna1!cs, is degradation no o.har free
people than the people Of the South eyer en-.
dured; but to submit to their rule will be the
desperation Of a weak and conquered race-con-
quered without fight.
BY friends, pr0guostses Of Union In the
South are not without encouragement There
nTe premouiiions Of moral a. we'll a. physical
remedy. Did you hear the multerinxs Of tenn
pest coming on tue c.e Of presidential elcc-
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PRATT 4 WORCESTER, Agents.
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CHIC!AGO BANK AND HOUSE
Lock Manufactory.
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anu the puahc usst they have upcred
BRANCH OF THEIR NEW 1oRE HOUSE
cdrtinx lut .ate al kladA uf
BANK, PRISM, SAFE AND HOUSE LOCKS
House Trimmings,
Ilsins ay=:a our,erts Of the k.est Improvements IA
u! IT, u cur ratt Asa <naled "a
aHcar attention i IL Given 70 The Bel Uauctr1 snA
5othsn< Department ~"
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St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-01-13
Missouri

A correspondent writing from st.
Joseph, Mo-, says the farmers along
the bottoms live in wrctched log hou-
ses, and seem to subsist on corn, pork
and fever and ague-the three staple
products of that region! School hou-
ses, churches, barns, bridges and car
riages arc almst unknown among
them. The soil is good, but the in
habitants arc too indolcnt for hard
work, and too poor to own slaves.
They often possess large quantities
of land, though but little of it is I'M
der cultivation. The writer says
One of them told me with the ut
most glce, Of a traveller who once
stopped-with him, and who in con-
versation alluded several times to his
farm in Ohio. 81 allowed said he,
"that the man must have right smart
o land ; but finally l asked him, says
l stranger have you got a big farm? p
Bout thirty acres said he-and he
called that a farm!" The M~issourian
deemed this a rich joke and laughed
heartily over it.
A volume might be filled with the
provincialisms of Missouri. "Tolcra-
BILE is a word forced into more fire.
qucnt service than almost any other
in the language. Every thing is "tol-
cradle" Riding along yesterday over
an execrable road, we met a gentle
man on horseback. My companion
asked, Is the road from here to ST.
Joseph in good order 2" "Tolerable
good sir" was the reply. 1t proved
intolerably bad. Soon a man APP
preached, driving a team with the
orthodox Missouri whip, the stock at
least fifteen feet long, and a full inch
and a quarter in diameter, with a lash
proportionately large. "Bad road
from here to st. 10, l presume" said
my friend. "Tolerable bad, strang-
err" a the prompt answer. Half am
hour later we encountered a little
darkey with big white eyes, mounted
on a pepper-colored mule. "Straight
road ahead, reckon 2" exclaimed my
companion. Displaying two rows of
milk-white teeth the boy replied: "Tol-
cradle straight, massa." Little Ebo-
ny will eve tell a greater falsehood.
But we forgave the lie, in considera-
ton of his fidelity to the custom of
the country.
"Can get to stay with you to-
night, sir? asked a horseman on rid.
ing up to a hotel. "Wa'al, l reckon"
was the landlords reply. At another
house a lady, after telling the story of
a young man from Massachusetts,
who while sick with the ague there
had become insane, remarked alt
was the most pitifulest sight l ever
seed" A traveller at the same house,
who was suffering from a swollen
limb, replied to our inquiries that he
had a " rising" on his knee, caused by
the kick of a horse.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-01-13

CALIFORNIA OVERLAND MAIL DESTROY
Ep-THE NAIL PARTY MuIDEREn.-A
letter to the New York journal of Com
mcrce, dated Santa Fc, Nov. 2lst, says
Major Wells, connected with the stage
line, arrived here this morning from on
the Neosho mail-route, having deemed
it unsafe to proceed with the mail, af-
ter hearing of the dc~plorablc disaster
which, he states, occurred to the last
outgoing mail party. 1t seems that
the party which left Albuquerque on
the 18th Nov. for Ncosho had some of
their animals stolen by the Indians
the Comanchcs of the plains-which
the party, however, pursued and re-
covered. The Indians ]thcrcupon
reinforced themselves and attacked
the mail party, which, after several
repulses, they succeeded in ovcrpow-
ering. The entire party was massa-
cred, and all the outfit, including the
mail, was destroyed. Major Wells
learned these facts from some Pueblo
Indians who came into the settlements.
These Indians brought with them, as
evidence of their statements, some OF
the spokes of the s~tage-whcels, and
some of the curtains of the carriages.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-01-13

she turned and gazcd long upon the
landscape all bathed as it was in the
flush of the descending sun. Her
slight figure relieved against the yell
low sky, the unconscious grace of her
attitude, the glowing expression Of
her face as she turned and came up
the garden walk, all threw a deeper
shadow over the watchers brow. So
beautiful, SC dear, and to be lost to him.
With a powerful effort at sclf-con-
troll he stepped TO the open window
and asked her to come in there
Leading her to the window where the
sunset fell, he held out the letter for
her to read. She gave it back to him
with a crimsoncd face.
What answer have you given"
she asked, as though she was not
aware what she said.
He smiled. "Therc is one Of the
proofs" he said. "Abscnce of mind
was one of the Invaluable symptoms
in my youth. Did you think | should
take the liberty to answer such an
offer without your debating it, Hclen?'
81 beg your pardon, she said, blush
ing more deeply still.
"What shall / say, Helen? he
asked. That we shall be happy to see
him, and that my ward will look fa-
vorably upon his suit, or will consider
it, or any other proper phrase ?"
"Ah no don't wish to hear this
subject mentioned again at ALL" she
exclaimed.
Consider, Helen" he said, this is
a most eligible offer ; such an one
that, beautiful as you are, you may
never have again. You expect to
love and marry at some time /; per-
haps if you do not love him now, you
may in time" Her head was dropping
now, and her foot slowly drummed on
the carpet, while he went on. 1t is
beautiful to have a home that is ones
own, and to feel that you are dcarer
to those there than any one else upon
earth, to feel that you have a friend
that nothing but death a take away.
l advise you to consider the matter
maturely, and decide to give the
young man a trial"
81 think l must have wearicd you,
Mr.. Wctherell," she said, raising her
head proudly, though the tears shone
in her eyes. 81 have feared some
times that i might be a trouble to you.
Perhaps ] had better leave Hazelwood
waiting for so slow a process as you
propose"
"Helcn-have l deserved this ?"
he exclaimed. with deep emotion.
Forgive me !" she cried, holding
out her hand. 81 am unreasonable,
but this matter vexes me. Indeed l
cannot think of it again. l could not
bear to leave Hazclwood, and-and
all | love here" she added, tears rush
ing to her eyes as she turned impetu,
ously away.
He drew her back and turned her
face round to the light. Something
in its expression and the tone of her
voice gave him encouragement.
Wi you stay always, then, Hell
en-. Stay as something nearer than
ward or friend, stay as my wife 2" he
asked, softly, drawing the young head
down to his shoulder.
81 cannot give you youth, but
my heart has been yours long,
when | thought it wrong and hope.
less to love a man as old as | am,
dear Helen.
Il have not now to learn. l loved
you long ago." she whispered.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-01-13

PRESIDENTIAL DIsCUsSIoNs.-1t is plain
that the time has not yet come for the
different wings of the opposition to
" compare notes with a view of Sc
lecting q Presidential candidate. But
ingenious men will exercise their tai
ent in this line, and their efforts may
be of some use in aflording glimpscs
Of the state Of public sentiment. The
New York Tribune recently proposed
two plans to the Louisville journal
one of which was, that the Rcpubli.
can should propose a candidate fol
Vice President, leaving the non-Re,
publican wing to nominate a mar foi
President, on condition that he should
be understood as determined in favor
Of employing all proper means to re,
strict slavery to its present limits.
The Louisville Journal can assent to
nothing of the kind, but makes the fol,
lowing counter proposition, and seems
to make it seriously, viz
ave propose that the entire oppo-
sition shall assemble by representa-
ton in a Union Convention ut Wash
ington in the Summer Of 1860 when
we of the non-Republican wing will
engage to present a candidate for the
Presidency whom the whole Oppose,
ton a consistently and heartily
support without the condition in qucs,
ton, chat named above by the Tri-
bune,) if the Republican wing will
engage to name a candidate for the
Vice Presidency whom the whole OPP
position can support with equal zeal
and propricty.
1t has been assumed that the cx,
treme abolition sentiment would bring
into nomination, Senator Seward for
President, and +. p. Stanton, the Kan,
sas Ex-Sccretary and Ex-Acting-Gov,
ernor, for Vice President ; but the
declaration of Mr.. Stanton, that Mr.,
Stewards extraordinary platform can
find no endorsement from the people,
condemns that theory. AS the anti
podes of that nomination, the excita'
BILE Gen. Jefferson Davis has been
named for President, and Gen. Caleb
Cushing, for Vice President.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-01-13

On dit that Judge Douglas will
neither fight Slidcll nor Jones, but that
II of his followers will have a settle,
mcnt with an Administration Demo.
crat next week. Meanwhile the par.
tisans of the Little Giant appear to
think that his game is played OUT
Others, well aware that they are
marked men, hope he will hasten to
Washington, take his place in the Sen.
ate, defy his enemies, and, if nccessa,
ry, sink as the old French monarchy
did in 80, like a proud man o war in
a tempest, with colors nailed to the
mast and firing double-shottcd guns.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-01-13

The Horizon wis Argus gives
the following humorous description of
the town of McGrcgor, Iowa:
at is situated in a gorge Of the
mountain, and extends back about a
mile, we believe, in a winding sort of
a way, with n street, twisting, turn.
ing, wriggling away to get back from
the river, reminding onc of the efforts
a drunken man would make to get at
a pocket in the tail of his shirt, with
a stiff gale blowing. Why, you can't
begin to think how long and narrow
4 corpulcnt man cannot ITaatn around
without going out on the river in a
skiff. The horses are all poor, for if
they were fat, they would rub against
the houses Oh each side Of the street,
The ladies cannot wear hoops no more
than a pig can fly. The tide Of trav.
ell is all II way in the forenoon and
the other way in the afternoon, the
people going back to a turn table, be
fore they can find room to turn round,
\ man once undertook to wear an
overcoat through town, but it was nc
go. BIT us so narr0m! Why they
can't even drink lager beer there from
q glass, as they have not to bend
the elbow. They buy it by the inch
from a lead tube, and but one MAJ
can drink at a time. Price two cents
an inch !! If the herd Of swine we
read of in the scripture, had ran down
into the sea, through the main street
Of McGregor, they would not all have
been to the water by this time. The
people are all good hearted, widc-awake
sort of folks, but the town is so mar.
row! We tried to find some broad.
cloth there, double width, but the
merchants assured us that there was
none in town, as they had not room to
display, or cut that style of goods.
All the folks sleep in INT horse bed
steads, which makes it necessary for
new married people to go out Of town
for two or three weeks as soon as the
nuptial knot is tied. Witness the
case of Fuller, of the Times Very
p1rr0ap. is McGreUOr.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-01-13
Abb. +. HHnRETu 4 D. p. W. CARVER, EDITORS
st. Charles City, Iowa, Jan. Is, 1859.
Geology of Iowa.

When in Des Moincs, a few weeks
since, we were shown by Hon. Eli
jah Sells, Secretary of State, a copy
of Prof. Halls Geological Report.
This was an advance copy, which the
Professor had brought out with him
n few days previously from Albany,
where the work has been printed. 1t
was understood that the report would
be ready for delivery sometime during
the present month. The report COM
prises a large quarto volume about
the size of a large Family Bible, and
is executed in the highest style of the
art Of printing and engraving. The
photographic plates are quite numer-
Gus and beautifully illustrate a large
number of the geological specimens
found in the State. 1t is said that
the Professor discovered in Iowa over
two hundred specimens of pctrifac-
tions and other fossils for which there
was no name, they being unlike those
found in any other part of the world.
There can be no doubt that this geo.
logical report will materially rebound
to the credit and benefit of Iowa ; and
we think the State has not manifested
proper foresight or sagacity in the
printing of the reports. If we under
stand it rightly, the State has merely
contracted for a certain number of
copies, without making any provision
for future editions which may be re-
quired as the State becomes older and
more p%opulous. The work should
have been stcrcotyped and the plates
owned by the State. The plates for
the photographic or other engravings
should also be owned by the State
and be preserved for future use. No
doubt the State has been compelled
to pay the entire cost of these cngrav'
ings, but as it only stipulated for q
certain number of printed copies OF
the work, the plates are retained by
the printers, Or perhaps by Professor
Hall, as private property, which may
be used without cost in the printing
of other publications in which the
State of Iowa has 10 interest.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-01-13
The Transfers and the Saints.

One of the peace conditions insisted
upon by the Mormons, was that the
U. S. troops should be quartercd as
far as possible from their centres OF
population. They made it a special
point when compromising with
the Government Commissioners, and
threatened to abandon the country en-
m0sse, if the army was stationed in
Salt Lake City. This request was ac-
coded to, and the soldiers pitched
their cncampmcnt forty miles south
of the capitol. But the Sain'' are
now asking for the prescnco OF a pat
talon of troops to do Police duty, ana
preserve order in Salt Lake CITY. 1t
seems that they are very much an
noycd by ohe presence OF two or three
bundled discharged teamstcrs, in their
midst, whose term of service has cX-
PRED. They arc a tough set Of Gus
toners. and neither feel nor manifest
the slightest reverence or respect for
the prophets, priests, or bishops of
the Latter Day Saints. They express
their hctcrodox opinions, regardless
of consequences they invade the
s%anctityr of the harems and make love
to the Saints wives, and if ordered
away, frequently obey by knocking
the male Saints down. they nearly
all travel on their muscle, and strike
from the shoulder, and it is said to be
amazing to see the fear they have III
spired in the breasts of the valiant
Danitcs-thc destroying angels, who
but a few months ago, profcssed to
think no moro Of wiping out the army
of Utah, transfers and all, than of
eating their dinners. But now they
are very solicitous that a portion OF
the army shall be quartercd in the
Holy City, to protect them against
the wagon boys" and their harcms
from the nocturnal visitations of these
unruly Gcntilcs. We presume that
the discharged Transfers are q hard
set, and that the request of the Saints
should be granted. But will not Tn.
Gle Sans bold soldier boys be more
dangerous than the Jchus? The cure,
we fear, will be worse than the dis
ease. Ladies hearts have always
been susceptible to epaulets. Brig
ham and the Elders may be supplant-
ed in the larcms.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-01-13

FAT GOVERNMENT CoNTRAcr.-T The
Leavcnworth Ledger states that
Messrs. Russell, Majors q Waddlc,
contractors for furnishing army sup
plies upon the frontier, have cleared
in profits, exclusive of their stock on
hard, over a miltion and a half of dl-
lars. The data upon which the state
mcnt was based, were furnished by
the book-kcepcr of the firm. They
had disbursed nearly Four Million and
a Half of dollars, and transported
twenty-fow million pounds of freight.
They had started LAG trains, embrac'
ing 4,796 wagons. 4G.720 oxen, 3s,9sC
chains, $4,000 yokcs, 1900 mules
1880 men with trains.
Profits such as those above enumcra
ted ought to satisfy any ordinary ambi
ton, ever allowing that Secretary
Floyd, and divers Members Of Con
gross, are yet to receive their tithes
of the plumber.