Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-11-25
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" EST LIBRRTY. We are reliably informed
that 900 bushels of wheat have been shipped per
N. I'm. R. R. from this Aourishing village since
harvest. West Liberty is in the midst Of the finest
agricultural district in the county @ s
FRon THs GOLD RRaI ,Ns.-R. L. Sumner
and l. F. SAMSON, oitissus Of this county, returned
from the Rocky Mountain gold regions on the 18th
inst. We have not seen them but understand that
they are making preparations to return next spring
satisfied that they can make it "pay" ct mining in
that country. f5. - -
MsRs ABOUT TIE YouNo MAN CoPPIo.-
Mr.. E. G. Martin, citizen Of this vicinity, who il
we'll acquainted with young Coppic, now condemn
ed to death in Virginia was in our Office this morn
ing and fully corroborated the statement Of J.W
Lowrey, of West Liberty. published in our paper
last week. He says he knew Coppic when he was
| engaged in running threshing machine in this
county about two years ago, and more industri-
GUS, honorable and high minded young man could
not be found. At that time he was not regarded as
fanatic on the slavery question He probably be-
came converted to the ultra ideas entertained BY
Old Brown at the time the latter made protracted
visit to springdale Copies home), in Cedar
county during the winter Of 1858. Coppic was
never engaged with Brown in running off slaves
from Missouri. as was stated by correspondent Of
the N. Y. Tri5uas from SALEM, o. He visited
Kansas only once-about year ago-and made
claim there. We are also informed that the good
opinion of young Coppic by Mr.. Martin is shared
by all others acquainted with him in this and Cedar
counties This statement is but just to the unfortu
nate young man since the N. Y. 7Fi6uns's Salem
correspondent represented him as "reckless, dare
devil fellow, possessing much more courage and
fortitude than principle" Young Copies mother
(his father died when he was quite young is now
the wife of Joseph Raley, respectable and esteem
ed citizen of springdale tesat -
| e. The following dignifed epistle
reached us through the Post Office, and we haster
to lay before our readers, verbatim ct ter4ti the
sable writer's triumphant vindication Of the charge
brought against him by US. 1t is perfect "extin
guisher" We "cave," knock UNDER" "dry up,
deeply regretting the loss of that 'ten per cent"
Sir these lines will inform you that am no i'm
poster-I have wrote book and / am selling
, them-and when lectur Of cours takes colec
toni do not tell any person / am starveing
pays my tavern bis-I am worth-I exspect a
much as you, wheare lives-I did not ask Of 20,
anything of you-nor never exspects to ask any
thing of you-untill cannot cary $500. in gold fo
pockit change-but with all your lies you have no
hurt me, HAYES good peaceabe times-unless
get or meet such men as you and Capt Brown o
Harpers ferry inserectionist-that thinks you cal
conquer and rule Every body-but don't exspec
any more Of you-itwould be more honor to you 4
tell the truth-but you cannot tell it = seem-al
that was dun that night-the whites dun to Eacl
: other-I am worth as much you - i know
have more sence-I consider man that woud dis
grace his paper with lies of negros beneath my dig
nifty and you have lost ten pr cent while-you hav
dun me good-for some of you best citizens was a
! the meeting many Of them-or all Of them was you
those that tried to intsrup
the meeting my Collection Books 4 all was $50
| five dollars which paid me-so 30 on Icing you an
F the negros-& see what you mak-lie on
VIM J. Anderson