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St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-01-13

In the absence of exciting political
topics, the talk is Of personal matters,
and what will result from Senator Sli,
dcll's ventilation of his grievances
with Senator Douglas, who it is as
serted by outsiders, went down to
New Orleans to put Pierre Soulc on
the track as Slidells successor. Busy.
tongucd IN will have it that Scna'
tor Jones, of Iowa, too, was n Of
Cilley's seconds, and a fighting man,
presses Douglas to the wall, i'll his
recent letter, published in the Star, as
much to strengthen his claim for a
foreign mission, after the expiration
of his Senatorial term, as to drive the
lllinoisian into personal combat
Judge Douglas has some intimate
friends, who declare that he cannot be
forced into a fight, under any circum
stances I; and that he means to live fol
his family, his country, and popular
sovereignty, rather than run the risk
of being pierced with a vulgar bullet
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-01-13
Skcrili''s Sale.

NOTICE is hereby given, that by virtue of
N a Special Execution duly issued by the
Clerk of the District Court of Floyd County
State of Iowa, and to me directed, | have lev
led on and shall offer Tor sale at Public Auc-
ton, at the office of Wiltse & Fairfield in st.
Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa, on the
twelfth day OF February, A. ID. 1859, at =
O'Clock in the afternoon of said day, the fol-
lowing described property, to wit:
The northeast quarter of section No. TWEEN
ty-eight, t2S) in township No. ninety-tour,
t9i) north of range No. eighteen, 1s) west of
the 5th 7. NJ. in Floyd county, Iowa, levied
on as the property of John Garner, Senior, to
satisfy said execution in favor of Benjamin II.
sheldon, and against said John Garner, Senior,
for S2055, Az and interest and costs.
Terms of Salc-Cash in hand.
Dated Jan. Z, a. ID. 1859.
JOHN BLUNT,
Sheriff of Floyd County, Iowa.
Attorneys, Reiniger, Card & Reiniger. ~
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-01-13

letter from Illinois.

Noxr MrAcuAN, H., Dec. 1858.
EprroRs INTELLIGENCE How are
,ho ,;,,os in Iowa? With us the
money market seems to be about as
ticht as ever. Stock Of all kinds is
low and becoming still lower; and
rs n consequence, a snall amount of
cash in hand will purchase an almost
incredible amount Of aly commodity
EXCEPT merchandise. The old scorers
keep good their wonted .ustom and
score down the farmers al! mechanics
and fill their Golfers, nrning the
chances of the money paic to their
own capital, to the great 'acrilice OF
the interests of the producIg classes.
1t has always been a glat mystic
ry to me how you a man&e to sus-
tain in your newly settled cuntry SO
large and interesting a shot as the
st. Charles lntclligcncer. ] is truly
an ably conducted paper Of rgc di-
mansions, requiring al expcnc for its
weekly Typography which m at a
loss to sec how you can sustan, from
the patronage Of so new q ountry,
and the comparatively smalhmount
of advertising such a community
would naturally afford. But seems
You make it Give" l thiK you
must have an extraordinary wd-pay'
ing people among whom You cirHlate,
or, | have been most grossly deceived
both as to the extent and opulccc Of
the population in your portion 4 the
State. AS most of your communities
are cmigrants from New York, New
England and Ohio, it seems quite rob
able that were | myself to maze Q
tour through those parts, | Sh'uIt
meet with persons of my former &C
quaintance in New England and the
bciore-namcd states, as | have been
resident in all of them.
AS have yet space, perhaps a pas
sing thought may not be amiss, tourlI
ing the present aspects of the veal
er. And truly, it cannot be mere lG'
curiosity to take a comparative vIcy
of the Autumnal scenes, changes al
progression of the far distant portiol
of country respectively. The smoE
atmosphere, and blood-rcd rising al
setting sun days are past 4; and dri
Fly rain has been falling for the wee
past, with a thickly clonded canoI
hanging dismal and heavy gloom ov,
the whole face of nature. Indeed Fl
some days together Old King Sol Ia
not dcigncd TO afford us a peep to h
smiling face. In my next will n
omit to sketch you some account
the state and aspect of religious {
fairs of this part Of the country. b,
mail-timc arrives and | must bid yc
adieu. AS ever yours,
a. G.. MEAcHAM.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-01-13

The McGrcgor Times says workmen
are employed in cutting a steamboat
channel from North McGrcgor to up
per Prairie du Chen via slough which
extends almost direct from town to
town. 1t is said that six hundred
yards of cutting will turn the east
channel to the Iowa side, and that
the river will wash out a steamboat
track sufficient for boats in the low
est water.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-01-13

when we first assembled the Editorial Tri-
pod, we made it a rule, never to puff or COM
mend anything to our readers, unless the arti-
Gle noticed, possessed, in our opinion, real
merit and, though frequently importuned,
We have never departed from it. But when
anything is presented to our observation pos
sessing these qualities, we consider it due to
our patrons that w make il known to them.
We therefore call the attention OF our readers
to a new remedy for Fever and Ague, DR..
Christic's Ague Balsam. We know it to be a
good Remedy. Hundreds of our subscribers
have tried it, and in no instance has it failed
to effect n permanent cure. We only speak
what we have seen and know. To those af-
tiicted with this prevalent disease, we com
mend it, for il is well deserving of confidence
Try it ."-PlymouM CO., Adtertiser.
For sale by c. ii. Haskell, st. Charles City,
and by Agents everywhere. Sec Advertise
lucnt.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-01-13
Humorous.

HUMOROUS.
The p~rctticst lining for a bonnet is a smil-
ing face.
A good advertisement for a lawycr-Impu
dencc to the court.
Gratitude is the music of the Tart, when
chords are swept by the brec0a OF kindness
What is it that cares a cold, cures a cold
and paws the doct~r! a draft.
When ra.y bread he said to be inhabited ?
Whcr At has a little Indian in it.
Happiness is like a pig with a greasy tail,
which every one runs after, but no one can
hold.
1t seems to he SO easy to he good naturcd,
that it is a wonder anybody takes the trouble
to be anything else.
A down cast editor has got such a cold in
his head, that the water freezes on his face
when he undertakes TO wash it.
Perfectly Ncutral-The Atlantic telegraph.
As Pat would say, ats a divil a word it has
to say on either side"
Never nod TO a lady-it looks as if you were
sleepy. Touch your beaver graccfully-that 5
gentccl.
Bill Brown says that his Shanghae rooster
is so tall that he has to get down upon his
knees to crow.
If man is not tall at twenty, handsome at
thirty, wise at forty, and rich at fifty, he new
or will be tall, handsome, wise, or rich.
"Thc politicians have thrown me over
board, " said a disappointed otlicc-scckcr, but
l have strength enough left to swim to the
other side.
Men are born with two eyes, hut with one
tongue, in order that they should see twice as
much as they say. The sam is applicable to
women and boys.
WoNDERs.-Therc is a little girl, three years
Old, giving ~Shakspcrim Readings in New
York, and u boy Beccler" in st. Louis,
- l''hN''''S tht 'pHlNi, VIZ - but EtNth'
What ncxtl
To converse with the spirits-lay a five cent
piece on the table at a grog shop and they'll
show themselves quicker than you can say
beans.
For every man who does not work. and CIV.
cry woman who is idle, somebody must suife,
cold or hunger. All loaferS please notice.
Ihe editor of a paper out West calls on Iii.
subscribers for the whcrewithal to meat hi,
- Responsibilities" He was "son-struck -
last week. Twas Il heavy blow-m eleven
FOUNDER!
a safe has been invented, which locks on
the inside, and leaves no kcy-holc or Other
opening. \ clock work within opens it at an
hour regulated by being set before the door i,
shut.
The Common School Trustees of a town in
Indiana say, in a recent report" No con,mo,
schools-all Branches taught
Eachcr, Poker, Otd-Islgs, rutgdrity, and pro
Jdnity.'
One of the funniest things got up in New
York lately was the excursion of an anger as
ISOLATION, in b%urlcsquc of the target excursions
Each man carries an anger instead of Il gun, &
Calathumpian band accompanies them, an(
the exercises consist in walking blindfold t.
the target and boring a hole through it. No
one man in twenty can do it, and the blunder
that are made cause q s.--. i-al IF sport.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-01-13
Fashionable Behavior.

Time was when it was fashionable
to behave with dccorous propricty in
company ; to have regard for the
feelings, the comfort, and ever the
prcjuaices of others. That time, alas,
is passed. Rudeness in company,
gross incivility, an all pcrvading i'm
~pcrtinencc, seem to possess those who
set themselves up as leaders Of the
ton. An cgotism Of the most brain
less, but still the most cXacting kind,
seems to be the standard by which
fashionable men aud women vindicatc
their standing in the fashionable world
The egotism of the pharisec which
prompted him to thank God he was
not as other men are, had a sublimity
of impudcnce in it, whereas our mod
ern fashionable egotists exhibit moth
but narrow s%clishncss and petty aims
and ends.
Let any one watch the pretcndcrs
to fashion in a mixed company and it
will be seen that the character we
have given of them is correct. So
far as behavior is concerned, they are
the most ill-brcd persons one meets
with. They who make no pretcnsions,
but who are content to go into socic-
ty IN their own merits, without obtru-
sivencss, with a proper regard to the
feelings and comforts of others, arc
far before them in the exercise of all
the gentle amenities of life which
mark that heart and head are both in
the right place.
Go to the evening party, the village
lyccum, the church, even, and you
may see the p~cculiarities of fashiona-
BILE ]prctcnders exhibited in a most
conspicuous and odious light. They
so with a fixed feeling of contempt
for all whom they regard as below
them, a spirit of gossip and of scan
dial for all who are in and of their set,
and of profound vcneration and admi-
ration for those who are regarded as
above them. They plant themselves
in seats, and if they arc called upon
to make room for others, they do it in
a surly, morosc and most offensive
manner, as though others had no right
to pass before their nobility. They
Immediately, on being seated, begin
to scan the audience to pick out their
set, and to comment on the appear
ancc, the style of dress, the value of
bonncts, the abundance OF lack of
adornmcnt which distinguish those
they know.
Even in the sacred house of God,
upon the Sabbath, laughter and gig
Cling are carried on to the great all
noyance of those congregated there
for quiet meditation and religious wor-
ship. When let ont from service, and
in the street on the way home, the
disgusting behavior is continued in
loud and boistcrous talk and laughter,
leading one to infer that the holy Sab
bath is regarded by these would-be
~fashionables as a grand Cala-day set
apart for nothing but frolic and fun.
These things are intolcrable, and
should be frowncd down or Kissed
down. No maj who is a gentleman,
will be guilty of them, nor will any
lady so compromise herself. The con-
clusion, therefore, is irresistible, that
those who are guilty are rude and vul-
gar, whatever their prctensions may
be, and they ought to be abatcd as
%nuisanccs.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-01-13

Persons advanced in life, and feeling the
land OF time weighing heavily upon them,
with all its attendant ills. will find in tbe ,,se
of DIR. j. Hostetter's Celebrated Stomach Ri.
tiers, an elixer that will instil new life into
their veins restore, in a measure, the ardor
and energy of more youthful days, build up
their shrnnken forms, and give health and
vigor to their remaining years. Those who
are in the least afflicted with Dyspepsia, Ague,
Languor, Nausea, or any other troublesome
and dangerous disease, arising from a disorder.
cd system should not hesitate to avail them,
selves OF the benefit derived from this great
remedy.
For sale in st. Charles City by C.. II. Has.
keii' and by Druggists and dealers generally,
everywhere.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-01-13

Senator Seward has made an able
speech upon the Pacific Railroad bill.
He declared himself in favor of the
route that would be a continuation of
that Travelled by the great northwest
ern emigration, and would have the
road built as a military, national and
postal highway, by the Government,
the lands along the route to be sur,
rendered to actual settlers free of cost
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-01-13

The successful attempt at reopen
ing the African slave trade, recently
made by the Wandercr," continues
to be the subject of general comment.
1t remains to be seen whether any
serious effort will be made to vindi-
cate the law, by bringing the pirates
to punishment.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-01-13

Vice President reckinridgc's chance
introduction to Father Doyle, which
led to an invitation to the latter to
oiliciatc one morning at the opening
of the Senate, has, by a Geographic
blunder, given rise to a deal of re.
mark. Father Doyle was in "full
priests robes" but the gallery was
by no means full of priests in their
robes" for there was not q clerical
occupant of any denomination.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-01-13
The Kansas Gold Mines.

Hon. II. J. Graham, delegate elect
to Congress from the new Territory OF
Laramie, went to the Pixies Peak
gold mines i'll September last, and left
Cherry Creek, the 10th of November.
lie took with him two experienced
California miners, and, in company
with them, was engaged in prospect
ing most of the time that he remand.
He states that the gold district is very
extensive, and is not confined to the
beds of w~atcr-courscs. The entire
earth is auriferous. A painful of earth
taken from the gold bearing stratum,
which is to be found almost anywhere
at a depth varying from five inches
to twenty feet, will always turn out
more or less of the dust. 1t would
seem that immense quantities of gold
had been triturated by some unknown
process, and literally sprinkled over
the plains and valleys. AS yet none
but the rudcst modes of separating
the gold from the earth and sand have
been applied. With s~luices, long-toms
and other adjuncts of the art, it is Mr..
Graham's opinion of his California
miners, that mining will prove very
profitable. 1t is also his opinion
that further search will lead to the
discovery Of far more valuable mining
districts in the mountains, the source,
evidently, from which the immense
aurifcrous drift proceeded.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-01-13

Hon. Geo. p Marsh, of Vermont, the
greatest linguist in the United States,
saws there are not more than fifteen
thousand words used in all Of Shak.
speare's writings. Evidently, then,
Mr.. Buchanan is a greater writer than
Shakespeare.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-01-13

The President has signed a procla-
nation ordering a public sale of $780,
600 acres of land in Wisconsin, du-
ring April and May, including the al.
ternatc sections which belong to the
government along the Railroad lines.
Such of the lands as may not be sold,
will be subject to private entry.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-01-13

Mrs. Elizabeth Sinclair has sued
before the Supreme Court, in New
York, to o the custody of her
husband, John S. Sinclair, taken from
her by his father, four days after mar.
riagc, and shut at home. The impris-
oned husband is nineteen years old,
but the wife confesses to years OF
greater discretion.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-01-13

A little girl in this town, who had
heard of the Lyceum,w was very anxious
to attend and see what it was. This
she was permitted to do last Monday
evening at the time of DR.. Smiths
lecture. On going home she exclaimed,
/" Mother, what a funny meeting that
was DR.. Smith preached, but he
didn't pray, nor sing, nor have any
text
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-01-13

Business at Clayton is very brisk
the present winter. Immense quaint.
ties of wheat, corn, pork, and all kinds
of produce comes in there every day,
and merchants, with plenty of money
and room to store, are anxious to buy,
even at the high prices which grain
and produce are bringing.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-01-13

The st. Charles Lyceum, on Mon.
day evening, voted unanimously to in
vito Jesse Clement, Esq, editor of the
Dubuque Times, to deliver a lecture
before them at his earliest conven
fence.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-01-13

There is some conversation about
that vacant Massachusetts Senatorial
chair, and some inquiries whether it
draws a per diem, and particularly
whether it is entitled to mileage. Per,
haps Gen Cushing, who is now in
Washington, may offer a resolution
for information on these points, when
he takes his seat in the Massachusetts
Legislature.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-01-13

But the warm rays of the sun, the
genial atmosphere and bright moon.
lit evenings Of the present week have
caused a change of mind and feeling,
and our friends are settling down in
the belief that few lands afford more
comforts and pleasures than Northern
Iowa.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-01-13
Subscribe ut G {!

+ you wish to secure a copy Of hat elegant Engraving
tiThe Village Blacksmith - and the Art Journal, with
the other premiums. be sure and subscribe 50, before thu
IL Of Jan. 1859. Specimen copies of the above, and full
particulars given, by applying To ROBT q. RF1Nl6ER
Agent. See advertisement elsewhere beaded--New Tea
lures, Nc.
s.. Charlie City. Dec. l, ls5s.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-01-13
The " Weekly Express.n
THE LADIES HOME MAGAZINE
for 1859.
VOLUMES XIII AND XIV.
EDITED By 7. 5 RrHUR AND MISS VIRGINIA =.
TOWNSEND.


\ announcing the volumes OF the Home Magazine for
l. le"5, tie publisher, cannot but refer to the signif.
cant fact that while ucarly every other literary priali-
cal III Tue country inSt ground during 1855, under the
depressing ihllnencc uf the times, the Home Magazine in
creased III circulation beyond any previous year A fact
Ike this needs no onmIneni-it speaks for itself ; and NC
only reinnrk on Ircscuting II, that IL has encouraged us
IN the wCrk 81 lfclarn ga Magazine for the uoNis os I'll.
rfopiE, that ,laH come to both parents and children ~
a true ana welcome friend, more than anything tha, haS
oceurfGi s'",r The INITIAL number went forth.
Our magazine VII continue under the same editorial
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A Mother irlartmeat, A Health Department,
a Boys and |iris ltrlsrry, Tie Toilet and Work Table,
Hints Tor honsekecPrs, and An Editorial department.
Reliable Co."red + ,hion Plates, and fine Steel Eherav.
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Patterns, Will cpitHuc to be given. Ia a word, the
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III stylc 81 einbeilsIuent and beauty Of typography, Il
country.
The admirers of MI TOWNSEND will be pleased 70 learn
mat she MiI sonneire, in the january number, q new
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81 -Four copies for OF year, S..
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entitled 10 an addiuoal copy Of the Magazine. speci-
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St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-01-13

Matthew b. Wright, formerly of De
Witt, Iowa, died at Rome, N. Y, a
few days since. He was an engineer
and well known to many Of our ram
road men.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-01-13
Superbly Beautiful!
JUST OFT,
THE COSMOPOLITAN ART JOURNAL
FOR DECEMBER.

nvFB seventy pagcs-choiee MISUNDERSTANDING MUS
trated-spiendid Steel Engravings. Price 90 cents
Specimen copy sent, on receipt Of Is cents IN stamps Or
coin. Address
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St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-01-13

Judge Douglas was reelected to
tha1I States Senate, by the Hi
|hois Legislature, on the 9th inst. The
vote stood Douglas 81, Lincoln As.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-01-13

A man fell through an air hole in
the ice opposite McGregor, some days
since, and was drowned.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-01-13

4" Oh, had the wings Of a swallow I'd hy,
Where the roses arr hluSsUmtng all the year long
Where the landscape is Away a feast tn the eye,
And the bills of the warblcrs are ever in song
Oh, then l would fly from the cold and the SNOW,
And hr Ia the land Of the orange and vine,
And carol the winter away IN the glow
- Ifrrt rniTS o or inc cyrryrrCn DowCrS OF rut. tur..
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-01-13
Have You seen Them Z

yINHAT superb Engraving, "THE Village BKACtsNIfH y
and the beautiful Art Journal, which are furnished
10 subscribers Of the Coz mOpoiitan Art Association, can
NOW he seen AT Rciniger's Office for Il shor, time only.
sc advertisement elsewhere hoaded-New Features,
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-01-13
NI

At Mason City, on the sih inst. by Hon. J.
S. Church, Mr.. Charles G. Doolittlc of Mason
City and Miss Melissa III. Coon, Of Albion,
Wisconsin
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-01-13

We had a cold snap" of weather
last Friday and Saturday, the mcrcu-
ry of the thermometer sinking as low
as l6o below O. 1t was such weather
as to make some of our friends cx-
claim with the poet /: