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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-07-19

HORACE GREELEY AT PKE's PEAK.-From
the testimony Of Captain L. Nucholls IAN old
mining campaigner), published in the Kansas
Pacific City Usrald July 8, it will be seen that
the Captain gives it as his opinion that "tae
statement of Horace Greeley and others (vouch-
ing for the richness of the Pixies Peak gold
mines) was greatly exaggerated, in consequence
Of the impositons practised upon these gentle
men by interested parties;n and that the real
truth is that no more than one man in five hum
dred Of the Pixies Peak miners is making his
bread ard salt. We have no doubt that this is
the true state of the case, and that Greeley and
bis associate sjgners Of that golden colored
proclamation. were egregiously humbugged.
In fact, while upon the niger question Greeley
is perfect Aristotle, Demosthenes, Friar
Bacon, "a Locke on the understandingD q
Nautilus and an Adam Smith, all rolled up in
the same package, be is upon most other sub
jects as credulous as the greenest greenhorn
from the country. Yictiulized over and over
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again by designing sharpers, spectators and
mock reformers and phianthropists he is still
ready to be victimized again and again. He
fances that he is a great farmer, for instance,
and yet he would perhaps starve upon a tract
from which, more skilfully applied the labor OF
lazy niger would extract a good living
Greeley ought to come home before he gets iuto
The clutches of Brigham Young; out az our phi
losopber is travelling iu that direction, we fear
that we shall next learn that ne has been per-
suaded to turn Mormon.
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Esral Jxailrnud Accident.

BOSTON, july IL, 1899.
misplaced switch a, South Mddleboro', on the Old
Colony Railroad casEed ooisn on Saturday afternoon
between two trains. E.eon tire brakeman, killed,
and John Brown conductor, badly injured Several
pssegers received bruises Tho Two engines were bro
ken up gnd several cars damaged
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Another Suicide at Worcester, Mass.

WORCESTER. July IL, 1859.
John Smith, OF Barre. In this county, Of mos
extensive manufacturers and weslthiest citizens comma
ted suicide this morning BY hanging himself the bsss
Of the stairs in his house. No cause Y assigned
for the deed
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-07-19
AFFAIRS In WASHING TON.

DEPARTURE OF the President for Bedford
spIings-The New York Public Stores
Question, &c.
OUR SPECIAL WASHINGTON DESPATCH.
WASHINGTON, July 10, 1869.
Mr. Mstber liz again bere, making efforts have the
New York public stores placed in charge OF private ind
vduas but the President is determined shall not be
done.
large number Of Office seekers and others left this
morning for Bedford Springs to head the President Off
The excessively hot weather clearing Washington Of
all who leave The President left this afternoon,
escorted to the by flock of pertnscous claim and
contract agents, of some of whom he took angry leave
Mr. Wendell still declares he has letters from the Pre-
sldeot, Notwithstanding the denial Of the Constitution
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Nrw ORLEANS, July IS, 1860.
Advoes nom Marshall, Texas Of the Sb inst say shss
the District Attorney had officially notified the Pacsss
Railway Company that he would dsmiss the State sSs
upon the payment of the Brst nstaent OF $50 oOo as
provided in the compromise WITH the new conps1y
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BosroS, July IS, 1852
The steamship Canada, which was in collision with an
ceperg her last passage from Liverpool was To-Day
an into tho drv dock at the Navy Yard for nina
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TIE GENERAL NEWSPAPER DESPATCH.


WASHINGTON, July IS, 1852
General Cullon, under indictment for alleged mslfea
while Clerk of the House of Representatives, Gay
demanded trial in the Criminal Court but this post
poned until the term, owing to the absence of
terel witnesses for the United States.
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Tho Montgomery at Savannah.

1t10ntBoH1eIy NJ SHvHnHdMs
SAVANNAH, July Is, 1859.
The SCREW steamship Montgomery, Of Cromwel's Mas,
from New York. arrived at her wharf yesterday 18th
instant
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Tn. Uo,tl, American Outward Bound.

MONTREAL July Is, 1859.
Tie steamship North American, for Liverpool, passed
Farther Point quarter past ton O'Clock on Saturday
az enug All dispatches for her were put on board.
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New York, Tuesday, July 10, 1859.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-09-23
az The Washington States tDouglas

& w- The Washington STATES tDouglas
orgaD) quotes the Rooter "bills Of sale" to
show that Judge Gholson, when resident Of
Mississippi, sold two slaves to one Of his
neighbors, fifteen years ago. Do not the
documents show Cif genuine) that this was
..property"" secured to Mrs, Gholson in her
own right? Mr.. Douglas, on the contrary,
has not sold his hundred or two Of slaves, left
him by his late wife, but still holds tsen.
The States, of course, and the Ohio Demo-
cratic papers, condemn the former transaction,
but approve the conduct of Douglas, in hiring
out his slaves, or entrusting them to&the ten
der mercies of overseers, thousand miles
away. Consistent Democracy Gin. Gaz.
Democratic papers in Iowa are copying
these 'sbills of sales with great glee, yet are
supporting one Mr.. Cole for the Supreme
Bench of Iowa, who scarcely as many months
ago sold his slaves as Gholson is said to have
done years ago Davenport Gazette. 20
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-09-23

SENATOR DOUGLAS AT THE SouTH.-The
Southern papers, following the lead Of the
Richmond Enquirer, are denouncing Senator
Douglas magazine paper with extraordinary
vehemence. The Columbia Is. CO. Guardian
has the following comment, which may be
taken as specimen of the views of journals
of the South
"Of course, Mr.. Douglas denies that the
Constitution does guarantee protection to
slave property. The issue is therefore fairly
made up between him and the South, and on
such an issue the Democrats of the South
must part company with him forever. We
recommend all those who might have been
induced to take him as the best we could get,
to peruse this essay, as we believe it will
cause them to repudiate him, even should he
be the nominee of the Charleston Convention"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-09-23

aw-The Democratic party has been run
for many years by Shareholders, to promote
slaveholding interests. 1t has crushed Mar
tin Van Buren,, Silas Wright, Thomas H.
Benton, and scores besides Of the great men
who stood in the waysof itspurposes and It's
preiudices; and it viii crush agood many
more great men, and little men in the party
before its career is checked. The party is q
|saaveholding party. Its representation IN
Congresslis all slaveholding, with the excsps
tion. Of corporaps guard. Will such party
keep slavery out Of the Territories, and grant
! free white men homcsteads ?--Gate City.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-09-23
~rhe Richmond ENQUIRER keeps up

~The Richmond Enquirer keeps up its
sharp assaults upon the author of the
Harper essay on Squatter Sovereignty, and
promises more of the same sort, as follows /:
ssDont be alarmed, Messrs. Ready -to-h halt.
We will show you, before we quit the
subject, that Mr.. Douglas has had no better
luck than Mr.. Bolts, in the effort to demol-
ish the Constitutional rights of the South
This whole web of this essay, which Black
Republican newspaper says, should be styl-
ed, 'How to Keep slaoery out Of the Terrific
yies ,oi,hout regard to Congressional author.
ity,' in warp and woof, and every fbre is as
flimsy and unsubstantial even as the equally
obnoxions anti-slavery crudities Of Mr.. Johr
Minor Botts."
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-09-23

CITIZENS OF Iowa, REMEMBER!-Thatt the
last political act of Gen. Dodge, the Democratic
candidate for Governor, as United States
Senator from the State of Iowa, was to vote
for the infamous Kansas Nebraska bill,
thereby repeating the Missouri Compromise,
and opening to the curse Of human bondage
territory which had been consecrated to free
dom. AS reward for this, he now asks
your vote, to elevate him to the position Of
Chief Magistrate Of this free State. Shall he
have it? ~ AVA "
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-09-23

. DEMOCRATIC "EcoSoMy."--According to
the official documents, the expenses of the
General Government were $sl, 100000 for
last year. Estimating the population of the
country at $3o,ooo,Ooo, Mr., Buchanan's $
Administration has cost over 1896 per head.
Yet Administration demagogues are ranting
about Republican extravaganza in Iowa,
where a tax Of less than three hundred thou
sand dollars is levied upon 700, 900 people to
support State Government!
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-09-23

Dixon HIMSELF AGA1N.-The Warren
Eagle in lucid interval lately makes re-
,norseful appeal in explanation of its pre-
vious onslaught on Republican officials. As
the Democratic press have seized with great
avidity whatever appears in the Eaglerclat-
ing to the Republicans, We hope they will
bestow the same kind of attention upon the
following
Look HERE. An editorial published last
week in the Eagle is susceptible of mis-
construction. We say here, and wish it
distinctly understood, that no Republican
official who retains his office in the State
Capitol was meant. We have ever been
treated with kindness and consideration by
Mess,s. Sells, Cattell, j, W. Jones, Miller,
&c We know these gentlemen to be able,
faithful and honest public servants, irre-
proachable in public aad private life. 10
10 them favor we hold ourself in readiness
to perform, if necessary, pilgrimage to
Mecca on our hands and knees. Natures
God, in the execution of his generous de-
signs, never created better set of men
than now hold their Offices in the State Cap.
itOl
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-09-23

The PRESS AND ITS V1cTIMs.-Few
of those who toss the morning journal
from hand to hand over the eggs ana
toast, who eagerly bite at its latest news
and expect to find in the editorial coll
umns comments on news only born
from the lightning an hour before, have
any conception Of the sleepless care,
the promptitude of hand, the fullness
of information, the rapidity of wit, and
wear of brain required from those who
do them this anonymous and invisible
service.
If the Press be the protector Of civ
ilization, as of course we all know and
preach up day by day, it is often'a
most cold, cruel and ungrateful tyrant
to its ewn minister. Like the Revolu-
ton, the Press devours its children, and
with . greedy ferocity proportioned to
the earnsstness and success with which
it works for the benefit Of the oute1
world. Year by year We tell Of its vic.
tins. As We look back through tn,
dim light of . few years the forms o1
the men who have dropt away from thil
contest gather almost into a crowd
Some of them were persons who nigh
under other forms Of literary activit,
have raised for themselves great repu
tations, and all Of them were gentle
men Of good culture and good natura
abilities. They took the task that Ia,
before them. In the end, even th
strong hand and strong brain succumb
ed. Late hours, the draughts, cold
noise, and closeness of . printing Of
fec, the incessant strain Of though
and toll Of hand, exhausted the physi
cal powers of endurance. .asas cs ael
M1nTH AND T.-Mirth should b
the embroidery Of conversation, n !
the web; and Wit the ornament Of Il
mind, not the furniture. .naea - Il =
M1s4HfrrT. -s eftrtin1gpt IS alws]
the. effect of : sudden impression. II
JEST which siss expected 10 already d.
stroyed. Johnson. .'itsI ts's s'ssae-.
NJ Sweep before your own dot
before sweeping before your neighbor'
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-09-23

VINO KILLED THE HOMESTEAD BILL ?-It
Vas the casting vote of Vice President
Breckenridge that killed the prospects of
the Homestead Bill in the Senate last -ses-
sion. And in view Of that fact, and to show
that their friendship for that measure is
mere pretence, the Davenport Nescs advo-
Gates his claims to the Presidency.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-09-23

I NJ Henry Clay dean Gas the Leavenworth
papers print it) is haranguing the good peo.,
Die Of Kansas on the God-appointed institu-
ton Of slavery and the Democratic party
which he says is '.the great advancer Of
religion and the elgospol Of Christ, and the
only friend the negro race has in the world. ~
When will Mr. Dean hare sufficiently paid for
his chaplaincy Of the Senate in 1856? p Chi
cago Press and Tribune. :. 8, e'
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-09-23

MouNr VERNoN.-The Mt. Vernon Record
says that the work OF putting Mt Vernon in
good condition has been fairly begun
Since the first of July, workmen, under the
superintendence Of competent gentleman,
have been busiIy engaged in repairing out.
houses, tracing and cleaning up the old end
most forgotten paths. The Record also
states that $l5 900 Of the fourth and last
instal,nent for the purchase of Mt. Vernon
has been already paid to Mr.. Washington,
leaving only about $1,000 to be paid to
complete the purchase.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-09-23

e Spors on The SuN.--There are about 20
spots, arranged in three clusters, now to be
seen on the, surface Of. the sun They are of
interest just at this time, inasmuch as there
is some reason to believe in concurrence
between the periods Of their maximum and
minimum abundance and that of the aurora
or magnetic storms. A.. a.,s. -
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-09-23

SuspENsloNs.-Dr Bellows "Suspense of
Faith" has created as great panic in the
religious world as the suspension of specie
payments occasioned last year in the tinan-
cial world. The rumor that the doctor him.
self is to be suspended is without founda-
tion
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-09-23

NEW JERSEY. - Three candidates are in
the field for Governor Of New Jersey, as fol-
lows. E. V. r. Wright, Democrat Chas.
S. Olden, Republicon Peter l. Clark,
American. Of course the contest really
lies between Wright and Olden.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-09-23

ARREST OF MURDRRER IN RocK IsLANps
County, On Wednesday night of laat
week, man calling himself Henry Lee was
arrested near Port Byron, at the house Of a
farmer, on the charge Of committing hor.
rible murder in Macoupin county, Ill.,, in
July last. He was lodged in the Rock Is
land Jail to await requisition from Macou
pin county. gl5s@a @e7iE.ah q .s7a
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-09-23

50 The army in Utah consists Of three
thousand men. The total cost of its main.
tenance is about five millions of dollars per
annum. But, under the policy Of the General
Government, it is utterly useless. The Nor
mons and the contractors who swarm about
the War Department are the only persons
benefited by the army Of occupation in Utah.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-09-23

A SPIRITUAL CANDIDATE. - The Boston
Spiritual Ags proposes that the Spiritual
lists shall organize as political party, nom.
mate Gov. Tallmadge or Judge Edmonds for
the Presidency, ,ds1 aud make their influence
telt in 1860. 1t says they now number
millions in this country, aud may as well
hold the balance of power between the other
parties. An exchange says, let the spirits
come ON with their politics, and if we are
cutsoted by bodiless shapes, We shall have
the satisfaction Of feeling that they can't
make things much worse than they are.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-09-23

@Some musical publisher or teacher,
once wrote or said, '.that the art Of playing
onlthe violin required the incest perception.
and the most delicate sepsibility Of any art
yof the known world" Some country editor
in commenting On It says, ssThe art Of pub.
lishinga country newspaper and making It
pay, beats the art Of tiddlingshigher than q
Kite. ~ t,.,.,.;s, s,.ts .~< o..e,-- ,.. s...,t I
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-09-23

W-We have conversed with several gen.
.lcmen who have heard those joint discussions,
and they say that, if Gen. Dodge had, at the
given Kirkwood good thrashing,
this ungentlemanly and unfair style of dis
cussion on the part of Kirkwood would have
been stopped.-Daoenport Neps.
We clip the above from an editorial of some
length, in which it is fully admitted that
Dodge has suffered before the people in his
discussions with Kirkwood. As.Dodge had
too much discretion to undertake to win the
good opinion or the votes Of the people by
thrashing Kirkwood, the committee have
finally withdrawn him from the canvass and
during the rest Of the campaign he is to be
kept out of reach of Kirkwood, and to devote
his money to buying beef to make barbecues
for the Democracy. Dodge suffered all the
time, in the argument of political questions,
in the appeals to the heads and hearts of the
people, and he is now going to invest portion
of that $57, 900 received from the Government
in an appeal to their stomach and bowels
Having failed to bring down the people in
public discussion by persuasive arguments,
he now resorts to barbecues, and will try the
virtues of "rotgut" and raw beef.-Gate C,ty.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-09-23

'N Hon. j. B. GR1NNELL.- This gentleman is
on the stump, doing good service for Repub-
licanism. He lately answered g. G. Cole, at
Grinnell village, Poweshiek county, and,
according to the Montezuma .Rspublicon, it
was to the discontinue Of the would be- Judge.
He also met Elwood and Finch, at Toledo,
Tama county, and, in conjunction with Hon..
s. F. Cooper, gave the Democratic spouters
all the discussion they wanted. Poweshiek
county may well beoproud Of her gallant
Grinneu. ,y.5..,c.s ID god. ,sft n. sEselsiasss.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-09-23

AND STILL PEOPLE USE ia Mrs. Pas
call and daughter, of New York, one 50 the
other 25.-were pouring camphene into the
crevices of bed to destroy vermin. A
lighted lamp was near and the camphene ig-
niling the can, burst, scattering the liquid
death all around, setting the clothing of
room. Mrs. PASCAL in her fright got out of
the second story window, and clung with her
hands to the sill until she was rescued by a
gentleman passing by. Miss PASCAL ran
down stairs and fell insensible in the hall
way, whore she was discovered, terribly
burned. The faces of both women were
completely charred, and their tortures were
excruciating until death relieved them.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-09-23

aq SALs OF Hoes IN KENruckY. the
Bourbon County (Ky.) Fair, on the 9th inst !,
among the sales Of stock made on the
ground, were Eve hundred head Of hogs, at
$50 gross, per head, to be delivered, be.
tween Nov. 10th and Dec. Goth, purchaser
giving i've days.. notice. ~,
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-09-23

8 ~ A bald-headed old gentleman in Gin
cinnatl, hearing that burdock leaves carried
in the hat would prevent sun stroke,
gathered a lot which he supposed to be esuch
and wore them during one of the hottest
days. last summer; but what was his sur
prise the next moraing on 6Iding his scalp
drawn into mammoth blister, he having
in mistake taken the leaves OF the horse
|fadish l.,,.ss ) a. s35 L. .bse
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-09-23
n,aDodse.

u The Republican papers all whistle the sam
tune-"Gen. Dodge has bsen twenty years il
ofics."g How long were Clay, Calhoun, Web
ster and John Quincy Adams in Office? Almos
all their lives! and hy?-simply becaus
the people wanted them. It has been tn,
same way with Gen. Dodge the people o
Iowa haze always demanded his services
War Eagle.euoq0 sia4 sa3 gJl s4sges ssesti
The Var Eagle .knows well enough thai
the. above is not true, Nearly all the Offices
held by Gen. Dodge have been bestowed by
Executive or Legislative favor, in reward for
partizan services, and notbecause' ''the people,
desired to honor him. His last Office was
given to him Immediately after "the people,
had dismissed him from the Office Of Senator,
and under such circumstances as to indicate
that the wounds inflicted by their Reputation
were his principal claim for Presidential
.salve." ,,... ,...s... .,y,s ftxyis 6s.s5s.
If we go back to the early history of Gen.
Dodge, we find darker record against him.
The Pella Gazette brings to remembrance a
piece Of history which initiates somewhat
against the boast that all the Offices he has
received have come to him unsought and
unasked. According to the facts thus brought
to light from the legislative journals of the
State, he not only sought seat in the U. S.
Senate, at the first session of the Legislature
after the organization of the State, but resorted
to bribery to effect his purpose, having failed
.
to secure a majority otherwise. The facts are
thus stated by the Gazette; On the 9th day
of December, 1s46, as appears from page "a
of the House Journal, Nelson King arose in
his place, and stated that he had been
approached several times with distinct offers |
Of money and other considerations, if he would
give his vote for A. G. Dodge and J. G. Hall
for the Senate. Two Senators were to be
elected. Mr.. 4. had, by the advice of his
friends, seemed to listen to the, propositions,
in order to secure conclusive testimony against
the corruptionists. A committee of investi-
CATION was appointed, and it appears from
heir report that one s. T. Marshall was
Employed to bribe King. The, disclosures
made by this investigation prevented an
election, that session; but Dodge managed to
work his way through at the next. as.-.
This chapter in the history Of the doughty
ieneral, although entirely in keeping with
he history of the so-called Democratic party
n Iowa, would look very badly introduced
nto that part of his speech in which the
General tells how Office has chased him up,
nd importuned for acceptance at his hands.
t looks very much as if his exalted pretension
0 virtue was flimsy disguise, assumed to
onceal the trickery of very small and reck-
ess demagogue. ....r ........,.. ......... |,