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St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-02-03

AN ACCOMMODATING EnIToR.-Parson
Brownlow, Of the Tennessee Wing,
tries to make it easy for his subscri.
bers these hard times, and advcrtises
to take East Tennessee bills worth
twenty cents on a dollar, Shanghai
chickens, hoop skirts, bootjacks,
broom-corn, baby.jumpcrs, fishing
tackles, patent medicines, sucking
pigs, frozen cabbage, old clothes, Colts
revolvers, secondhand tooth brushes,
ginger cakes, parchcd corn, circus
tickets, OF any other article found in a
retail store" If they will not settle
up on these accommodating terms, the
parson says he shall file his claims in
the high ~chancery Of heaven and let
them settle with their God in the
world to come.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-02-03

ST.. CHARLES LYCEUM.-This society
has been very prosperous the present
winter, and its exercises most of the
time have been of q high order, cred.
liable and useful. Among the lectures
| given, VIC may name n by Rev. j,
II. Windsor-suhiect, "Words :" one
by DR.. j. w Smith-subjcct, "Rc.
form :" and two by J. Clement, Esq,
subjects, "The Educated Man." and
Sydney Smith ;" and on both occa-
sions he also read extracts from his
poem entitled "The West" All the
above lectures gave good satisfaction
to large audiences and were really
c~reditable to their authors. The eXer
ciscs for next Monday evening are
Debate upon the question, "Is Mob
Law ever justiiable ?" Select Read
ings, by w. b. Fairfield, Esq. and
Reading a Manuscript Newspaper, 10y
some Lady whose name we do no,
r~ecollect.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-02-03

The CENsUs.- Some Of the Southern
Members of Congress oppose the tax.
ing of the next Census, or urge that
it be confined simply to an cnumera.
ton Of the people. The census is not
a gratifying document to the slave.
holder. He reads there that Free
States are thrifty and prosperous. He
reads that his W acres are barren.
His harbors deserted. His churches
of stunted growth. His schools dc,
caying. His colleges feeble. His
factories scanty and poor. His ship,
ping nowhere. His paupers abund,
ant. He reads how the finest tropi-
cal region, coming under his sway,
remains swamps and wilderness,
while under the magic hand of free in.
dustry, rugged Northern "deserts
blossom like the rose"
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-02-03
Capt. Frontier Guard.

How THE PRESS Is AFFLICTED By DEAI
Observation-Disclosures occasionally com
plain of dcad-heading, but no institu-
ton suffers so much from it as the
Press. The press cndures the attic
ton Of dcad-headism from the pulpit,
the bar and the stage F.; from corpora
ton societies and individuals. 1t is
expected to yield it's interests /; it is
required to give strength to weak in
stitutions I; eyes to the blind, clothes
to the naked, and bread to the hungry;
it is expected to owe up intirmities,
hide weaknesses, and wink at impro-
pricties ; it is expected to herald
quacks, bolster up dull authors, and
ilatter the vain it is, in short, to be
all things to all men ; and if it looks
for pay or reward, it is denounced as
mean and sordid. There is no interest
under the whole heavens that is ex-
pectcd to give So much to society
without pay or thanks as the Press.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-02-03
SheriH''S Sale.

NOTICE is hereby given, that by virtue OF
~ an Execution duly issued by the Clerk OF
the District Court of Floyd County. State OF
Iowa, and to me directed, ! have levied on and
shall offer for sale at Public Auction, at the
Shcrriff's Office in st. Charles City, in Floy,
county, Iowa, on the nineteenth day of Feb.
ruarv, A.. ID. 1859. at one o'clock in the after
noon Of said day, the following described prop
crty, to wit
The east half of the northeast quarter of
Section No. nine o. of town nincty-six l9G,)
north of Range seventeen az west of the
fifth o. principal meridian in FLOYD county,
Iowa, levied on as the property of T.. NJ. Van
auken to satisfy said execution in favor OF
John Ferguson & Co. and against said +. NJ.
Nanauken and A.. NanAcrnum for So, G6 and
interest and costs.
Terms of Salc.-Cash in hand.
Dated Jan. IL, \. ID. 1859.
JOHN BLUNT,
ga Sheriff OF Floyd County.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-02-03

kANsAs.-The Secretary of War has
refused the application of Gov. Media.
ry, for a force of United States troops,
to suppress instruction in Kansas.
The Governor is informed that if he
cannot enforce the laws with the civil
posse, he must call upon the militia.
For the latter ~exigency, orders for
arms and ammunition were issued
from the War Department to equip
the Territorial militia.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-02-03

Loafers are hereby notified that the
proprictors and employees Of the In
telligenccr office can, without a single
regret, dispense with their calls on
Sunday. We have borne with them
until forbearence has ceased to be a
virtue, and we now wish it distinctly
understood that when we desire their
presence on that day we will send for
them. Six days in a week our Office
is open to all I; on the seventh it is
the printers quiet retreat.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-02-03

Dorr, Of the Dubuque Express &
Herald, thinks it a great pity that Hill
dreth was elected Member of the Board
Of Education. There are other anti
Bible "Dimmcrcrats" and panderers
to Catholicism who entertain the same
opinion, and no doubt deeply sympa.
thize with Dorr in this sentiment /: but
as a large majority of the people Of
the 10th District hold to a different
opinion, we cannot sec how poor Dorl
will help himself.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-02-03

FROZEN TO DEArH.-The Hamilton
Freeman Of the It'll ult. contains the
following account Of a melancholy
casualty
Jas. Townsend, a resident of Spring,
field, Minnesota, was frozen to death
on the 9th or eth of Dec. He left
home OIL the 25th Of Nov. for Manka-
to, with al OK team. On the 9th of
Dec, while returning, with a man
named Wood, they We're unable to
reach any settlement, and were OBJ
liged to pass the night on the open
prairie. On the following morning
their oxen had strayed, and Townsend
started out to hunt them up. He was
not seen again in life. His remains
were found in "a claim shanty, some
ten miles from the place where his
cattle strayed, by some Norwegian
settlers, and buried near by. His
friends learning the facts had the re-
mains exhumcd and broughtto SPRING
field, where they We're inferred. The
deceased was a highly respectable
citizen. A wife and seven children
mourn an irreparable loss.
The Frontier Guard, at Spirit Lake.
sent a supply Of provisions to the IN
fortunate family a few days since.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-02-03
Sherif's Sale.

NOTICE is hereby given, that by virtue o
~ "A Special Execution duly issued by thu
Clerk Of the District Court of Floyd county
State Of Iowa, and to me directed, | have lev,
led on and shall offer for sale ut Public Auction
at the Office Of WiltSc n Fairfield in st. Charlie.
City, Floyd County, Iowa, on the seventeenth
day Of February \. -. 1859, at . o'clock in thu
aitcrooon of said day, the following described
property, To Wit
The West half of Section No. seven il
Township No. y6 North of Range No. Is
West, except the west J Of northwest J u
north west of said Section 7. And the un.
divided J part of the water power, saw mill
and appurtcnances thercunto belonging. sit.
uatcd N the southeast Of Section No. IL in
Township No. 90, north of Range IL west,
Also all the interest of the defendant, James
Griffith, in lots Nos. 6, 7, s, ., 10, IL, IL. I3,
II, 10, and l6, in Block No. 3, in Range, No.
3 and lots Nos. l, ., 3, 4, and 5 in Block No.
), Range No. I, with the appurtenances there
unto belonging, in the village OF Floyd in
said County, according to the plat of said vii
lagc as recorded in the Recorders office of said
Floyd County, levied on rs the property OF
James Griffith, to satisfy said execution in ia
vor of Andrew Sample, and against said James
Griffith, for 81 ,592, 93 and interests and costs.
TERMS Oh SALE-Cash in hand.
Dated January 10Th, a. d., 1859.
JOHN BLUNT,
Sheriff of Floyd County, Iowa.
REINIGER, CARD 4 REINiGER, Attorneys.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-02-03

A presentation to the I. s. Agricul
tural Society, made by Hon. Horace
Collamore, of Pembroke, Mass, was
thus noticed during the annual meet.
ing -
Resolved. That the thanks of the United
States Agricultural Society he presented To
Horace Collamorc for the bushcl Of Whit,
man or "Old Colony Improved Premium
Corn" and that il he presented in equal quan
titles to the Experimental Farm of the Essex
County, Massachusetts,, Society to the Iowa
State Agricultural College to the New York
State Agricultural Farm to the PENNSYLVANIA
Farm High School and to the Maryland Az,
riCultural College. Preserving IA sample for the
Cabinet and that reports on il he requested
from the officers Of these institutions.
Mr.. Curtis, of Michigan, endorsed
the corn as being of a superior quail
ty for profitable culture, and intro
duccd into that State as Webster
Corn"
Our esteemed friend, Gen. Wilson,
the worthy Secretary of the Iowa State
Agricultural College, will please send
us a sample Of this corn. If it is the
genuine Webster corn we will
make it all right with him.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-02-03

PERsoNAL.-ltw will afford great pleas,
urc to the numerous friends of Hon.
NJ. l.. Fisher and Lady to learn that
Mrs. Fisher is rapidly recovering her
health at Holden, Mass, whittier she
went some weeks since to see her ma.
tive home, it was feared never to re-
turn. Happily, it is now expected
she will soon r%cjoin her Iowa friends
and long remain with them an orna-
ment to the social circle.-JGmes
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-02-03

"a FATAL Faculty." IN WRITING "A
few men write at an easy %canter, but
it is "a fatal facility" they possess,
and not to be prayed for =; the thoughts
Of still fewer leap into life full grown,
and in ~panoply, for the Minerva fami-
Iy is very limited, and. according to
Homer, never had a mother. Those
real gems of thought that shine like
stars in the night, were not struck
out at a heat, as sparks from a black
smiths anvil are, but were fashioned
and polished with a patient and weary
hand +; perclancc a weary and aching
head and heart.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-02-03
s%Ssicriif's sale.

NOTICE is hereby given, that by virtue of
~ a Especial 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 for sale at Public Auction,
at my office in st. CharlcsC City, Floyd County,
Iowa, on the 18th day of February \. ID. 1853,
at 2O'clOCk in the afternoon of said day, the
following described property, to wit
The north half of the northwest fir. quarter
and the North half of the nortn- cast fir. quar-
ter of Section two. in Township ninety-fiye,
north of Range fifteen west, in Floyd county,
Iowa, levied on as the property of A. III. Buel.
to satisfy said execution in favor of John krin-
or aad against said \. H.. Bucl. for S2SS,3 81
and interest and costs.
Terms OF SALE.-Casl in hand.
Dated, January II, 1859.
JOHN BLUNT.
3wi Sheriff of Floyd county Iowa.
ATTORNEYS, Wiltsc & Fairfield.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-02-03

In q recent number of the New Eng
land Farmer, the question "Can corn
fed to hogs West of Ohio be made to
pay?" is raised, and Mr.. Stearns, Of
Felchvillc, Vt, gives his views as
follows Corn fed to swine can
be made TO pay almost anywhere
by proper management. llowcv-
cr fertile land may be | do not
believe you can farm it long without
manure Therefore, in feeding corn
to hogs, have an eye to the manure.
In fattening swine, the meat is one
object and the manure is equally an
other. When pork is worth six cents
per pound, you get sevcnty-tive cents
per bushcl in pork, for your corn and
with proper management, you get, in
the long run, seventy.fivc cents more
i'll manure.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-02-03
Sherif's Sale.

NOTICE is hereby given, that by virtue O
~ an Execution duly issued by the Clerk o.
the District Court of Floyd county, State o
Iowa, and to me directed, / have levied on
and shall offer for sale ut Public Auction, al
the office OF WiItse s. Fairfield in st. Charlie,
City, Floyd county, Iowa, on the Goth day OF
February. A. ID. 1859, at one O'Clock in til,
afternoon of said day, the following described
property, To wit
Lots No. seven "a and eight Isl in block
five o. Lots one, a. two, 90 three, e.,
four, a. five 81 and seven ca in block six g.
Lots eight, 49, nine, 60 ten 90, and two q
block Lots two (2) and seven a in block
eight 81 Lot eight - in block one % in
Gilbert's addition to st. Charles City, in Floyd
county, Iowa, levied on us the property OF
William Montgomery to satisfy said execution
in favor Of Ferguson & Eastman and against
said William Montgomery for Sl16,4S and ill.,
terest aud $50 costs of suit.
Terms OF SAIE-Cash in hand,
Dated Jan. 18th, A. D.. 1869.
JOHN BLUNT,
Sheriff of Floyd County.
by w. A. AUSTIN, Deputy.
ATTORNEYS, X. G. < Il.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-02-03
SheriU''s Sale,

NOTICE Is hereby given, that by virtue of
~ n Special Execution duly issued hy the
Clerk Of the District Court of Floyd County,
State of iowa, and to me directed, | have lev
led ON and shall offer for sale at Public Auc-
ton, at the Office of Wiltsc & Fairfield in st.
CHARLES City, Floyd County, Iowa, on the.
twelfth day of February, A. ID. 1859, at 2
O'Clock in the afternoon of said day, the fol-.
lowing described property, to wit
h northeast quarter of section No. TWEEN.
weight, C2S) in township No. ninety-four,
t9il north of range No. eighteen, 49, west of
the 9th L. N. in Floyd county, Iowa, levied
ON as the property of John Garner, Senior, to,
satisfy said execution in favor of Benjamin r..
sheldon, and against. said John Garner, Senjpr,
for s2055, AZ and interest and costs.
Terms Of Salc-Cash in hand.
Dated Jan. {, a. ID. 1859.
JOHN BLUNT,
Shosiif of Floyd County, Iowa.
Attorneys, Reiniger, Card & Reiniger. "a
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-02-03

We learn that the publication of the
Journal at Fayctte is to be discon-
tinncd-the press having been pur,
chased by a Citizen of West Union,
who will rcmoye it to that place and
employ it in printing a Democratic
paper. Gharky has bought him a
copy Of McGuffy's Primmer and the
Child's Catechism, and, after becoming
master of these fundamental text
books, proposes TO open an infant
school.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-02-03

Those who are indebted to this Office,
and have promised to pay in wood,
are reminded that now is the time to
bring ii. If they delay, we shall buy
our supply of wood at once, and ex,
pect the money of these delinquents to
pay for it.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-02-03

We happen to know that DIR. AYERS Cher
ry Pectoral and Cathartic Pills are good med
icines, and shall proclaim it because we do
know it. We confidently believe there Is u
vast amount of relief nom suffering for our
afflicted fellow men wrapped up in those skill
full preparations, and we shall freely Use our
little influence to make them known to those
who need thcm.-Ihiadelh ia Sunday 7Imes.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-02-03
St. Charles City, Iowa, Feb. 3, 1859.
journalism.

Perhaps there is no class Of men
called to the performance of duties Sc
arduous, and at the same time SO cal
culated to ~irritate and jade the mind,
as journalists. No class of men have
better opportunities to realize the
truth of that oft repeated adagc,-
" What is one mans meat is another
ones poison" than they. Editors are
especially made to feel this truth
What is pleasing to one class of read
ers is offensive to another. All know,
however, that the press, when in the
hands of competent and correct mind
cd men, is one of the greatest blcs,
sings to society.
The labor of conducting a newspa
per properly is no child's play. 1t is
incessant and wasting 10 both body
and mind, and quite too often does il
waste the purse. When an editor
:~r~o-~. oIn
vate and profit q community, meet q
cold, hcartlcss, and %forbidding rccep
ton, his feelings are cnervatcd, and
his duties become irksome and unat.
tractivc, if indeed his sensitive mind
does not shrink from ard lead him to
abandon his pursuit altogether :; fol
why so on wearing himself out in q
profession requiring so much toll and
sacrifice, and at the same time meet
ing with such little encouragement
from those most interested in sustain
ing a well directed press.
And yet amid all the difficulties of
this situation, the life an editor lives.
the labor he performs, and the feel
ings he carries with him, give an en-,
during though often melancholy pleas.
ure of mind provided always that
he has the proud consciousness of not
having succumbed to the aattcry or
power of vicious men, to secure pccu-
mary advantage.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-02-03

Geo. p. Burnhan, the Massachusetts,
liquor agent, has lately visited Wash
ington, and dame IN has it, that
the object of his visit was to test the
quality of the " old rye whiskey" pur-
chased for the President by Montgome-
ry of Pennsylvania.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-02-03

JUDGE NOTWITHSTANDING Z. II. Will
Jams Of the 10th District is doing up
things in fine style, and in every res
pect shows himself determined to be
a model judge. He opens court at 8
o'clock in the morning, continues in
session till noon, ~adjourns for one
hour, commences again at one o'clock,
and holds court until 6, adjourns for
supper, begins again at I and contin-
c business often till 10 or ii o'clock
p. NJ. His rulings on various points
Of law, and his charges to the jury
are admirable for their good sense
and legal acumen.-Da. Times.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-02-03
Dr.. Christie's Aguc Balsam cures every

Dr.. Christie's Aguc Balsam cures every
time. Read.
EEESAXDoTTE, III, Sept. 10, 1853.
GENTLEMEN Finding the Aguc Balsam to
be the medicine required in this section for
the eradication of Chills and Fever, and ii
having proved an infalliablc remedy in every
case that has come under our observation, and
having only three bottles left, you may ship us
as soon us possible another supply.
Respectfully, Buck & ENGLISH.
DIR. II. c. Daniels, Napcrville, H., Sept. 4,
1850, says 90 Your Ague Balsam gives the
best satisfaction Of any Ague medicine that
has ever been In the country. 1t cures in ev-
cry case, So far as | have heard from. l could
send you many certificates, but it proves its
own good virtues In the cure of Ague.
For sale by C. II. Haskell, st. Charles City,
and by Agents everywhere. See Advertise
ment.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-02-03

Mr.. Philip Frye, of Salem, Mass,
returned nome a few days since, after
q mysterious absence of Hirfy-two
years, having left when he was six,
teen years old. He has been "out
vest to seek his fortune. His father
having been blessed with t,rcnty child,
rem, Philip doubtless thought he could
be spared perhaps without being
missed.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-02-03

Rev. Mr.. Kicker, of this place, cut
a large cash in his leg with an axe,
Oh Tuesday, which will disable him
from attending to his ministerial du,
ties for some time to come.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-02-03

The Chicago Press says that a
young lady, now a sewing girl in that
city, has received a letter from an un-
Gle in New York, stating that herself
and two unclcs in New York had fall
len equal heirs to the comfortable sum
Of G27 600, 600, or about $4,000, 900,
by the recent death of an uncle at
Calcutta, India, where he had accumu-
lated this immense fortune in mercan-
tile pursuits. A very doubtful story.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-02-03

HENRY WAED BEEcHER on ToIM De
rRAylry.-In a lengthy reply to an az
ticlc which appeared lately in the New
York Examiner, calling Henry Ward
Bcccher to account for certain allu-
sions made by him in a recent lecture,
to the term Total Depravity,' which,
by that journal, were not considered
strictly orthodox, Mr.. Il. takes bold,
but certainly well-sustainod ground,
against the truth Of this term, in its
popular sense, holding it to be a man
made intcrlopcr, nowhere found in the
Scriptures that it is a miscellaneous
p~hrase--a monstrous and unrcdccma-
bic lie " and so, because the word
total signifies a degree beyond which
there can be no more, if then men
were totalIy dcpraved, their wicked,
ness must be IS great as it could pos,
sibly be, which we all knew was not
the fact, as none were 50 wicked that
they could not be more wicked. Mr..
b. concludes his two-column article on
the subject by saying We heartily
hate the phrase Total %Dcpravity, and
never feel inclined to use it, except
when reading the ethics of the New
York Observer, or Tie religious edito-
rails Of the Puritan Recorder"
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-02-03

An expensive quarrel is pending be-
tween the Michigan Central and the
Great Western Railroads. The Detroit
& Milwaukee Road, which is controlled
by the latter, proposes running a line
of boats from Grand Haven to Milwau-
kec. The distance from Detroit to
Milwaukee by this route will be less
than from Detroit to Chicago by the
Michigan Central, and nearly 100 miles
less than the two points, via Chicago.
Notwithstanding this difference, the
Michigan Central Road demands that
rates to Milwaukee shall be the same
by both routes, and unless this is
agreed to they will run a line of boats
from Buffalo TO Detroit, in opposition
to the Great Western. The latter will
not agree to such rates, and say they
will not only run from Grand Haven
to Milwaukee, but also to Chicago,
and their rates will necessarily be
lower than by the long route.