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Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-08-26
Dodge of Iowa.

The Democracy of Iowa did cruel thing
when they forced General Caesar Augustus
Dodge to show himself again as candidate
for their suffrages. InlS55, he was dislodged
from the Senate by clergyman, but his
friends will not let him off till he has been
soundly beaten by farmer. What depths
of malice may be stored up for him IN their
depraved hearts, after the present campaign
shall have terminated, we cannot conjecture.
Perhaps they intend to run him for Judge of
Probate against an editor-in which case, he
would doubtless come in, Dodge fashion,
second best, unless there should be more than
two candidates in the field.
The fact is, Dodge is doing himself injustice.
Politics is not his forte. But war is. The
name portends confusion, stern alarums and
the slaughter on the tented field His sojourn
among the bloody Castilians has invigoratea
anew his stalwart arm. lie sees fortress in
every stump, prize fight in every encounter
with his antagonist, and no end of carnage in
the 269 niggers of the commonwealth of Iowa.
What wonder that he raves like bedlamite
when he faces the enemy? What wonder
that he calls on Samuels-Samuels, the old
campaigner in the African wars; Samues, the
defeated-to hasten to his rescue? What
wonder that Samuels, smelling the battle from
afar, does come to the rescue, ITO war against
the powers Of darkness" as a very late paper
from the State Of Iowa informs us Where
win the 269 be, ere the ides Of October !?
Vanquished, put to fight, scattered to the
four winds of Iowa!
1t is always interesting to observe the base
ness to which slavery condemns the breed of
doughfaces. The Iowa Democracy are fight
ing another battle on the issue of excluding
some sixty or seventy colored children from
the benefit Of common school education, while
the school fund is clear donation from the
general government, and while the school
house tax is assessed upon their parents
equally with the whites. Some two years ago,
Senator's Toombs and Brown, of Georgia and
Mississippi, took great pains to amend the
school law of the District of Columbia, so as
to exclude the property of colored citizens
from taxation for educational purposes. They
contended that the tax and benefit should 20
together that the war of the Revolution was
fought on that issue--that it would be the
hight of injustice to compel the colored man
to pay for specific public object, without
enjoying the privileges common to all. Not
so Dodge and Samuels and the Democracy of
Iowa. They have no niggers. They only
have the privilege of hunting niggers for other
people. They are too nice to allow three or
four scores of negro children to be educated at
the public cost, but not too nice to have their
own children educated with negro money. In
short, they are doughfaces of the nastiesti
stripe Chicago Press and Tribune.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-08-26
For the Journal
Farmers Picnic Festival.

At a meeting Of the Farmers Club of
Muscatine, held on the 18th instant, it was
concluded to have a grand procession, pic
mic and festival, on the first day Of the
County Fair, Sept. 2lst, and that the Farm
ers and Mechanics of Muscatine county and
city he invited to partici pate and assist in
carrying out the project 1t was resolved
tn at the President OF the Club should APP
point three persons from each township and
three from the city as committees of invita-
ton, and said committees are requested to
attend the next meeting of the farmers
Club at J. II. Wallace's Office, at 2 O'Clock,
on Saturday, Sd of September.
l hereby appoint the follow ing named
persons on the several committees:
Neutrality-suspicious. Barnard
d. G. McCloud
George Lucas.
Observation-Disclosures Stone
S. Mcfarland
Jonathan Ady.
Pike-Elias Adams
A. Allen
E. Brown.
Freeman Alger
Z. I. s. Schenck
J. Junkin.
Seventy. STA. B. Wilds
Jacob Bumgardner
II. D. Hendricks.
Cedar-John Hitchcock
V. Tracy
Joseph Crane.
Moseou-John Wilson
John Lawrence
D. Pratt.
Goshen-W. Lundy
H. Robinson
Doctor Waters.
Wlton-E. K. Terry
Charles Geesler
WIN. c. Butterfield.
Fulton-D. H. Orcott
J. Jayne
r. Chambliss.
Orono-Silas Ferry
James Brockway
J. T. Jean
Montpelier-W. Wright
W. Velie
II. Baker.
City Of Muscatine-Joseph Hoops
s. B. Hill
A. F. Adams.
SAMUEL SINNETT. Pres.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-08-26

twThree pieces of the Atlantic Cable
have been laid across the Mississippi at St.
Louis, for the purpose of putting the Office
in that city in communication with the
Eastern lines. The first cable worked well
for about three weeks, the second about
thirteen hours, and the third was lail on
Saturday evening and gave ont on Sunday
night. These cables have all been well
tested, but as yet the cause of the difficulty
has not been discovered.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-08-26

SIGNS OF THE T1MEs.-It is now almos
certain that at the next Presidential election
the Republican party will have regular
organization and electoral tickets in Ms
souri, and Kentucky, which it had not il
1856. In both of those States, we pred ict
that the shareholders will be surprised q,
the number of votes polled for the R publ
can candidates, in case the leaders Of the
cause there will come out and take tirn
and determined position in the canvass.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-08-26

The ALLISON RANCH MINE.-This most ia
nous gold mine in the world is owned by
six persons, all Irish but one, who is al
American. 1t is a quartz lead in Nevada
county, and worked by machinery, 1t was
discovered by two OF its present owners in
1854, and has since paid at the rate $50, 900
per month clear. 1t has yielded its owners
a million and half of dollars, clear of all
expenses. The proprietors are very ordina-
~, uneducated, and not over pro.use with
their money. This is the richest gold mine
in California, and probably in the world.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-08-26

~ Ericsson's caloric engine is to be
exhibited at the National Fair, and it is
said will demonstrate to the the farmers
of Illinois that it can plow, SOW, reap,
and 60 to market with as much safety as
the most gentle team of horses, and at an
expense of ono cont per hour (for fuel and
oily for each horse power employed"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-08-26

CONGRESSIONAL VACANCIES. - There are
already three vacancies in the Thirty Sixth
Congress, before it has oven assembled. Hon
Thomas L. Harris, (Dem., of the 9th Illinois
District, Hon. Cyrus Spinck, (Rep.,) Of the
14th Ohio District, and Hon. William o.
Goode, of the 4th Virginia District, have all
died since their election. Special elections
will probably be held in each Of these Districts,
this Fall, so that their successors can take
their seats at the opening of the session.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-08-26
ICY Cole. Democratic candidate for the

~ Cole, Democratic candidate for the
Supreme Bench, announces that he will stump
the State, alleging as reason that he has been
abused by the Republican press. So have
Lowe, Stockton and Baldwin, Republican
nominees for the same position; but certainly
they will not take the stump in selfdefense.
The stump is no place for candidate for so
elevated post as that of the Supreme Judge
ship. Cole must be very poor specimen of
a very useful article, if he needs to mouth at
his opponents in this fashion. Probably he
is some relative of "Old King Cole" and
thinks to carry the State by storm of laugh
ter-at himself. Blaze away, Cole !--Ans-
nosa Eureka.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-08-26

THE "DEAR CmLDREN."-Then number of
persons in attendance at Lafayette, Ind, to
witness the balloon ascension of Prof. Wise
which proved So signal failure, exceeded
every thing before witnessed in that city. 1t
is claimed in letter addressed by the Off
GERS of Sabbath Schools present to the Sab
bath Schools of New York, which the Pro-
fessor was to have delivered in that city, that
10000 children were on the ground! The
train from the West, says Lafayette pa
per, came in about noon with thirty flour car
loads, principally of Sabbath School child
rem. The excursionists from the East had
called into requisition every available car
that could be spared from the regular trains
or borrowed from other roads, and the train,
drawn by three first class locomotives and
numbering eighty. seven cars jam full, came
in few minutes after u O'Clock.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-08-26

A SENSIBLE MOVE. "A bill is now before
the New Hampshire Legislature to prohibit
the change Of text books in the public
schools of that State oftener than once in
five years. This should be followed in 9TH
or States. Not seldom poor parents or wild
owed mothers are called upon to buy new
books for children when there is no suffic.
lent reason for the change.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-08-26

Nor SUoH GREAT COUNTRY. whole
area of England is only 5o,922 square miles
not quite equal to the State of Iowa.
and England, Scotland and Ireland COM insd
are only little lai ger than the State of Or
egone and not equal to California by about
one-fuurth
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-08-26

WITH WHOM THE AMERICANS IN PARIS ARE
PoPULAR-A letter from Paris says there is
much gaiety there just now. The Americans
are there in swarms, and are squandering
thousands of old folks hard earned dollars.
NJ foreigner goes into the follies and pleas
ures of Partisan life with such perfect
sslooseness" as the American, and he is. in
consequence, adored by the shop.keepers,
cafe.de walters, restaurant proprietors, hack
men, gamblers, Wallets de place and grisettes.
Commend me to your Yankee in Paris for an
uneonsci onable spendthrift.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-08-26

~It is now evident, from the result of
the late Congressional elections in Kentucky,
Tennessee and North Carolina, that the Dem
ocratic party will be in a minority in the next
House of Representatives. The Southern
Composition" will hold the balance of power,
If the Republicans do not succeed in obtaining
a majority. =
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-08-26

Why He SUPPORTS DEMOCRACY. - Mr..
Eustis, of Louisiana, in stating his reasons for
giving in his adhesion to the Democratic
party, utters the following bit of obvious truth,
to which we invite the especial attention of
the unterrifed Dodgers" in this State:
"Whatever errors the Democratic party
may have committeeman it undoubtedly has
many to answer for whatever inconsistencies
it may have fallen into we must bear in mind
that Southern men haze ruled supreme in its
councils, and have held its destinies in their
hands"
Dodgeocrats of Iowa, behold how gracious
As long as you will allow Southern men
(and Northern doughfaces) to rule supreme"
your "errors' and inconsistencies" -though
you have "many to answer for"-will be for
given and forgotten. Was ever seen such
condescension
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-08-26

60 The notorious Henry Clay Dean re-
hashed his stale slang and vulgar anecdotes to
the Democracy, at Marion Hall, on Saturday
night He devoted himself principally to the
vilest abuse of Senators Harlan and Grimes,
giving an occasional fling Of filth at others.
He climbed the pole" higher than usual and
of course the exhibition he made of himself
was more than ordinarily disgusting. bur
Iington Haaokeye.
TIt is fact that the amount of State
taxes delinquent in this State is 1891 ,o17.99
that, if times had been such that people
could have paid up punctually, this amount
would have discharged the entire debt of the
State, and left balance in the treasury. Is
there another State in the Union that can say
SO much? Sue, is Republican extravaganza
burlington Hdwheys.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-08-26

DuLLNRss OF THE Provision Market.
Henry Milward, provision broker of Chiea.
%, has returned home after an extended
tour in the East. He reports the provision
merchants in Baltimore, Philadelphis, New
York, and other Eastern cities as very
much discouraged with the prospect for tho
future. They will not make contracts tor
either hogs or cattle at any price; and seem
perfectly at sea as regards prices for the next
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-08-26

~ The Republican Representative of
Oregon, David Logan, Esq, says the Chicago
Press, is a son of the Hon. S. 7. Logan, of
Springfield, Illinois. He has been resident
of Oregon for ten years or more, and has, in
that time, as this election shows, made himself
a man of mark
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-08-26

A SLIGHT MIsTAKE.-Would-b Supreme
Judge Cole is either very ignorant gentle
man or very great knave In his speech,
ON last Saturday night, he stated that
Under the present school law, the Repub-
lican party used $lOO, 900 per annum of the
fund which had been set apart for the sacred
purpose of educating the children of this State,
in the payment of officers salaries"
Now, the truth is that not one dollar of the
school fund is used to pay officers. Under
then the officers were paid out of the school
fund.
Again, Mr.. Cole said that the salaries under
the present law amounted to much more than
under the former law Let US see. So far as
the law fixes a salary, it is fixed at one half
the amount paid to the Clerk of the District
Court. The aggregate Of clerks salaries in
the State is $4l $50, one-half of which is
$2O,775. The amount paid to the School
Fund Commissioners for the last year, under
the old law, was $29, 20421, or $S,429.21
more than the amount fixed for the County
Superintendent. Again, from this statement
it appears that, when Mr.. Cole would have his
hearers believe that 100000 is consumed in
paying tn Sc salaries, he makes the slight
mistake of $79,225. If these discrepancies
are owing to his want of knowledge of our
laws and the affairs of our State, what kind
of man do our readers suppose him to be?
Must he not be entirely too ignorant to occupy
position on the Supreme Bench of the State?
But, if such statements arise from knavery
instead of ignorance, then is he not too corrupt
man to be placed on the Supreme Bench
Our Democratic friends may take either horn
of the dilemma-which shall it be, gentlemen?
Is your candidate for Supreme Judge destitute
of information, or is he knave ?-Fairfeld
Ledoer.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-08-26
w A good deal of election business is

O. A good deal of election business is
to be done in Kansas this fall, to wit: l.
The vote on the constitution the first Tues
day in October. Q. he Territorial election
in November for Delegate and members of
the Territorial Legislature and county OFF,
GERS. 8. If the Constitution is adopted
there is provision by law for State cleo
ton in December. A full State ticket and
Legislature is then to be elected.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-08-26

ST.. LOUIS FAIK.-lhe Agricultural and
Necha ical Fair, for st. Louis, will be held
at Sc. Louis, on the 26th day of septic nber,
and continue until the LIST of October. Tie
premium lists amounts to $50,
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-08-26

AN OLD CASE OF N-INrERvENr1oN.-
In recent speech, Gov. Chase Of Ohio
made passing allusion to a very old in
stance Of non-intervention, which is the
antirype in many particulars of tina: which
the Locot6cos advocate in reference to Sla-
very in the Territories. A lot of scoundrels
caught a man near Jericho, robbed and
beat him, and left him in helpless condition.
Soon, Priest and Levite, of the "non-in-
tervention" school. came along sand passed
by on the other side" So the slave power
has secured the repeal of the Missouri COM
promise line and the promulgation of the
bred Scott dogma, endorsed by tho Presi-
dent as establishing slavery as firmly in the
Territories as in Georgia or Alabama. The
having ro5bsd the people of
the Territories and left them bleeding and
disabled, the Democracy come along and
will have nothing to do with them, but
pass on the other side" shouting mon
inter- vention."
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-08-26

FREE Soil TRIUMPH IN TEXAS. - The
Charleston Is. CO. Anrcury says that the
people of Texas, in the election of Sam Hous-
ton Governor, have "raised to power one Of
the greatest enemies of the South and most
unmitigated demagogues within our borders
"A Southern Free Soiler.'
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-08-26
RcDubiicam County Convention.

I'll. Rsnublieous of Masca.iue County wall as
Gamble in mass. IN ie,rescutat,vr G.uveattop, on
SATURDAY, the 21th day .! Angus, 1859, at IL
49, ~ in rho ruIt Il,u., at Musca,,nc to
non,;nats candidates for the totvwl,g offices :
Cnntv Judge, K,cnrd r and Treasurer, Snerrti,
Comu,y Snnr1in,rnlpt # Common Scaeols, Sur
~swor Coronsr. Drunagc Commits ,ou,r, aud
two Repre- cntatlycs-aud to transact other
nr Two ,u,,,. IA ,hs interests of the
,,.rtv
Tn ,c,or,aoc, with re Recommendation If ths
Esn.,,hc m County C,nv n,on he'll, in J une last, he
manner ef calling tni> corvensioa has been changed
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-08-26

STRENGTHENING THE OUTPosTs." - The
Keokuk Gate City recently saw one Of Mr..
Buchanan's land officers in that city in close
consultation with other Democrats not of the
most respectable character; and that paper
comes to the conclusion that Donnellan has
commenced Strengthening the outposts'' in
that neighborhood. Itsays: "Let the Repub-
licans on the outpests, which we take to be
the counties bordering on Missouri, Illinois
and Nebraska, be on the bright lookout for
colonies of Democratic voters from those Sec
tons. The Locofoco Administration carried
Kansas by voters from Missouri, and it is
determined to play like game in Iowa."
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-08-26

STATE Issues FOR THE STATE CANVASS
This is our motto. Under these the Dodge
banner is raised, and under them We intend to
prove victorious the coming Fall. LIST
National Issues take care of themselves, while
those more Immediately concerning the people
town, county and State-are before the
people. We are opposed to allowing the
Republicans to distract the mind of the people
of Iowa from the true issues before them
which, at this time, are of State character
entirely, having no earthly connection with
National policy, nor aught which materially
concerns us. And, although afraid to stand
by State issues themselves, it is the business
of Democrats to force them to the work either
Of repudiating or sustaining the nefarious acts
of the Republican party since it has had power
in this State.
Again We say, let us stand by State Issues
in this State Canvass dub. North Vest.
Our readers will bear in mind that one Of
the Estate issues" so persistently urged by
the North Vest is State aid to Railroads 1t
can be gratiAed. We will accept that or any
other State issue which may be proposed.
LAY on, McDuff" You will be as anxious
to dismiss Estate aid" before you are done
with it, as you now are to drop the slavery
question.
We do not admit, however, that the slavery
question does not concern us as citizens of
Iowa. The people are determined that no
bogus Democrat, like Ben Samuels or
Augustus Caesar Dodge, who will give "aid
and comfort" to the slavery propaganda of the
South, shall take the place of Hon. James
Harlan in the U. S. Senate. This is one of
the questions at issue, and it will be settled
by the election Of large majority of Repub-
lican members of the General Assembly.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-08-26
Commercial.
MuscAT1NE, Thursday, August

MuscAT1NE, Thursday, August rs.
The weather during the week has been cool
and pleasant, with an indication of rain to-day.
Business has been tolerably brisk.
Grain.-The receipts of wheat will average
something near two thousand bushels per day
during the week. Prices are more firm than
at the time of our last weekly report. We
quote new Spring at $4,000, and Winter At
75c. There is plenty of cash in the market
to buy all tho wheat that may be offered at
these prices.
There has been considerable shipment Of
both wheat and -four to St. Louis and Chicago.
but principally to the former market. New
-four is selling at 1926 per bbl., wholesale, or
$2@$2.25 per cwt., retail, in this market.
We append our usual quotations
Wheat-New Spring, $4,000.
&c Winter, 75c
Flour, $40$45O.
Corn, in the ear, 4o@50c.
Oats-25c.
Barley, 35@40a.
Rye, 4O@45e.
Beans, 75ca$l 90
Potatoes, 25@30c.
Hay-timothy, $e@$7; prairie, $500
81 per ton.
Apples-green 75c to 81 rs, dried $2,75
per bu.
Eggs, &c.
Butter, 122@l5c.
Smoked ham, sugar cured, lIal23e.
Shoulders. SAGE
Clear sides, lO@l2c
Lard, IL 1-2c.
Hides, green, Gle; dry flint 14a15c.
Lumber, $lOa$30 per 1000 feet.
Sugar-6ia7ac, crushed 1l3e, clarified
9}al0c, refined, white, l03c.
Molasses-plantation 42a44, s. H. Al,
Belcher's 81, kegs $6,o0@$6,50.
Cofee-12a13c.
Nails-ass. 1926.
Rice 53a6e.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-08-26

OLD "REPuBLlCAN EyTRAvAGANcE," ONCE
MoEE!-J. NJ Elwood, the mighty Democratic
orator who made the rascally Republicans
tremble in their boots, during the last State
campaign, has again mounted the stump. He
is announced to speak at Oskaoosa, and the
Times, of that place, exhorts the people to
come out and hear "Republican Extravaganza
exposed" Elwood will 'expose" himself, no
doubt, in the manner a monkey does-the
higher he climbs, &c. He has probably
Matched up another batch Of lies in keeping
with his bold charge that the bill presented
by Mr.. !lippie, of Dcsmoines, to the last
General Assembly, amounting to $l21.4o for
"drugs, &c." was for brandy. Mr.. Hippie
has published duplicate of his bill presented
at that time, showing that every article pur-
chased was absolutely necessary for State
House purposes. Nearly the entire amount
was for oil and burning full.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-08-26
The Conventions, EO-M0rfOW. .

Our Republican friends in the country are
earnestly requested, one and all, to come up
to the Convention, tomorrow. Although II
Delegate Convention, yet every Republican
can have vote in the proceedings and the
selection of candidates. We hope to see the
LARGEST Convention ever held in the county.
Hon. n. J. Ruscu, our candidate for Lieut.
Governor, will be present, and will deliver
public address some time during the day.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-08-26

THE CASyAss.-We have cheering news
from cur gallant standard bearer for Governor,
ar. Kirkwood lie was at last accounts can
vassing the extreme south western part OF the
State, in company with Gen. Dodge, and is
everywhere winning popular favor. The
ock-knecd, spawned "old war horse" on
the other hand, finds "Jordan a hard road to
travel" and meets with but little sympathy
in his feeble and Intellectual attempts to bolster
up the cause of sham Democracy in Iowa.
70 the minds Of the hard-isted, common
sense ycomanry Of the "Missouri slope the
prestige of a high sounding name and courtly
honors cannot compensate for the lack OF the
stern and enduring qualities of craftsmanship.
Dodge is ''goncr!"