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said, "the hideous spell that has bound me
to silence and sorrow so longs
"rhe mystical word having been spokcn.''
said l., "that brought the diverging lines to-
gether, am free to tell what sought at
midnight, on Rat,lesnake HILL"
"What was 2" they both asked in a
breath.
"A woman's tongue 70 replied: "and
since have found it, never allow any trif-
| ling 'ause to silence it again."
My theory was correct with regard to her
speaking. She had vowed perpetual silence,
and had kept her vow until brought to utter
one word by stratagem which had unsealed
her tongue again. The children were de-
lighted and ran all around the neighborho Cd
/ telling everybody that their mother could
talk, and everybody rushed in to ascertain
what it meant. For time it seemed as
though anarchy and confusion had become
installed on Tim Somcrs' hearthstone, to
make up for the silence that had so long
brooded there but he bore it all good hu-
moredly. left them, Il week afterwards,
the happiest couple you ever saw, and my
midnight excursion to Rattlesnake Hill was
! often alluded to.
"Did you ever really 90 there 20 Mrs.
Somers asked, the morning before came
away.
"No - said |, initiating her emphatic ac
cent of the same monosylIabe in r. ply to my
incantntion. and we had grand laugh
about it: Tim Somers swearing my seership
was the best e, r known, and my magic had
wrought happier effect than that of all tn"
fairies be had ever seen exhibited at the mu-
scum.
'Good. hye," said Burner, as he finished
his story. and he left me well satisfied with
the manner in which he had spent his vaca-
tion.-Boston Saturday Erering Ga-ette.
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II. c. MUTT. F.A. TRITLE. J. s. ANDREW
The Merchants Exchange Bank
H. c.. MUTT & CO.,
Council Bluffs, TO,rn,

MONEYS RECEIVED ON DEPOSIT, PAYABLE ON
wi demand or at specified date, with without in
terest, as per agreement with depositors
Transferable Certificates of Deposits issued when de-
sired.
We draw direct on New York. Boston, Philadelphia,
Detro and Chicago and have also perfected an arrange
by which issue Drafts and Letters Credit
the principal Bankers One Hundred FIfty-Seven
Cities OF Europe.
Collections made in Western Iowa and Eastern Ne
hraska free Of charge and remtted rates Of
Exchange.
We receive orders TO Buy and Sell on Commission
Real Estate in Iowa Nebraska
Invest Money for Capitalists, and Buy Sell Land
Warrants at current rates
REFERENCES:
lie HURAY 4 Co, n City GREEN, THOMAS 4 Co.
bRENEL X Co, Phila. Pa. | CooLBAUGH * BROOKS
VERMONT BANK. Nontr. Burlington Iowa
Vermont. WARREN Co. BANK. His
HARVEY KING Esq. Boston | DAVID r. PRESTON Il CO
J.. q. BERRY Co Adrian, Detroit, Michigan
Michigan. ln20u
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Millinery t. Dress Making.

MRS. DAyY HAVING REMOVED FROM BAN
N1 CROFT to Lower Broadway, nearly opposite Mr..
PARKS Lumber Yard, continues to Clean Press Alter
and Make B0nnsts Of the latest fashion, al the shorte
nof!ee IOct l0-y2n25-u.
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DENTISTRY.
0Mes Hsd Restdenes, No. 1, PaImsr's BIOcI.
Second SfOru,

DR.. F.. l. WOODBu RY, is LOG ATED IN
n04S Council Bluffs, Iowa, where he is pre-
"llYYTpared to perform all operations apper-
tanning to his profession in the most
approved and modern manner Having had rht years
successful practice In Yellow SPRINGS Ohio, and
worcester Mass. will Guarantc satfac ion in all
E l. W has DR.. Denis liquid for producing local
anFsthesa. which. by applying to the tooth and gums,
very much miteaes and in some destoys all pain
during the operation Of extracting teeth Come all
who fear that hdggGrd fend, the t0othache and who
prefer health beauty and sweet breath to misery,
deformIty and lth and have your teeth ceansed and
flled TO save those useful YOU cannot well
do without and that it costs much replsce for if
taken in time and properly filled they can be perma-
nently saved.
REFERENCEs-Dr Sullivan. DR.. P. J Mcmahon, DR.
Grimes and A. V. Larimer. Esq Cn,nciI Bluffs: W s.
Gran, Esq, J. W Coolidge, Glenwood (y2nl6
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A MODEL DISPATCH FROM HARPERs
FERRY

fthkh.
A Correspondent OF 'he Ne" Iofh fren'"y
FoT says the ioIIo"lhs lispa'ch was P!cSeu
up near 'he corner Oh Ann ana Nassau
streets
"AshiNGToH, NoV' Il.
Important from the seat Of rQr Special
d1spatch to the Herald No other Paper
has the NearS Lydia Maria ChId not
to be demanded from The Gore'nOr Of
Massachusetts,. Threatened inrasi0n o.
pirgiH'd By lima cons Remordl Of the
seat Of Gorerlment, SC, &c.
/ am length able to inform you, on the
most iDJisrutable authority, that the report
that GOV. Wise had made reoui,,tion on
Governor Banks for LYDIA Marin Child, is
without foundation. Governor Wise had the
unanimous opinions of the Judges of the
Court of Appeals. that Mrs. Child was guilty
of treason or at least. of misprison of trea-
son. j. making such merciIess fun of the
Governor. hut the gallant Governor. in
spired hv the chivarY which dictated bis
letter to Mrs. Child. refuses to make anv
demand for the female Tartar. lie is pre-
paring replv to her letter, which will fill
forty-nine columns of the Herald and
which will not only put an end to the slavery
apitation but also to all those who have the
S.:oa - .,s;... - ad;,
oIso Lawn Fam the mast nnonest;onohle
ou.bor;tr ,bot ,boro ;s ,rnof bara tbot q
hand of' sevantos, wb;ta women. and Eve
,,orrosoas nnIor ,bo lend of Mrs Rrow,
are an tbe;r wov to CbarIsstown 70 rescne
rantn;- Rroxn. and sack the Old Dominion,
Wban WI This last niece Of information was
o,mm,,n;e.ted ~ tho President and his
Cah;ma, 11p i, uos ~ ;,rmsd;atajy resolved to
', ~ "e .A.arn,,o,t 70 lancaster
Tha nrhi;, M or.b;ras w;II he escorted 70 the
ra;lrar sta,;or ,b;. oran;nu hv tba Marin .
pan3 Saora.ar, rohb VII 'fort,natalv
he abIa "a carrv Of the sub. treasury in bis
oo~ra,0ha,
WA, 10 ,o s to,5 % Go, Coss hs
oo,laa a, on.a co., .hat ..hroLa, sword,, hnt
w. - ,r.s o, fau,h.n,,;,, ba aall,ntj; won,
~ noa
The renort that o,v Incident harncned to
o,r ro,oroh,o rh;.f Nor;otr.,a an tha ra.
ce;r, @ of % ,b;s ;s'n ;nt oiI;oence i ia not true.
stood naar h;n, a, the ,;na and shou,d
h,ro nar.a;raa :,
Ib,, b,>. ;;., ;, ,ooom,,,r tho
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~ Ajolly citizen approaching Baptist
Minister, said to him, hoops are wholly in.
consistent with the doctrines Of his church.
The clergyman inquired the reason, when
the wag stated that they forbid CLOSE cox-
uINInN. - = --------.. =
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c. A railroad man says that he thinks
most of the silken ties of .matrimony are
cross.ties. Probably he had tried to ge.
married and found himself switched OF tie
track, as"4&a5 s5ss4s s.F5 ~ &,ssz5 Sd
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cv A boy was asked one day what made
him so dirty, and his reply was, 81 am made,
30 they tell me, of the du Of the ground,
and reckon its Just working out"
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GEORGE DOIGHTl'S

General Collecting Agency,
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA.
yT,UE UNDERSIGNED HAVING RECENTLY RE.
tired from the mercantile business, begs leave Il
his t" Merchants and Business Men of all
classes General Collecting Agent He proposes Il
residence and extensive acquaintance in the West will
he trusts enable him to give entire satisfaction TO al
who may employ him.
Notes. Accounts and Claims of all kinds, may be for
warIct the UNDERSIGNED by mail. or otherwise. 70,
Presentation. Liquidation or Collection Prompt atteh
tluu i'll be given and the avaIs Immed lately remit
ted when 1t may become necessary 10 place claims
sutt the best professions services will be scout.
fhc legal proceedings urged forward rapidly IL
gle. Doubtful claims will be settled and secu on
the best atanahle and the title to Real Estate
when taken either payment security carefully IN
vestigated.
The undersigned will also Pay Taxes in all parts o
Western Iowa and Nebraska; and will also Sell Pur
chase or Invest Money in Real Estate.
Letters OF Inquiry will be promptly attended to.
GEORGE DOUGHTY.
REFERENCES
COUNCIL BLurFs-Ohicer 4 Pusey, Bankers; Bald
win 4 Dodge, do; Casady Il Test do; H. T.. Nutt i
Co, do.
ST. LOUIS, Mo.-Doan. King & Co; Squire 4 Reed
HinChman.
ST. JOSEPH. Mo. .-Tootles 4 Earlegh, Jos. c. Hull
Prest ST Jo. Ins. Co.; r. l.. McD"nald J. & J. Curd
Nave, McCord Co, J. B. Jennings Co, A Beattit
& Co Iv2nlsl [Bugle please copy
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@ Recovering-the man who vas bruis.
ed BY the beating Of q woman's heart.
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Z. BURROUGHS,
ARCHITECT AND BUILDER

WILL furnish Plans Specifications and Designs
w Private or Publ" buildings, will pprs AalIy attend
the erection OF the Iohbing all kinds prCrrp
!y attended TO- SGnI On Lower Broadway, in rear uf "
II Rhtnsnn's JewelTy Store. All work warranted As
gsWi as attracted for
REFERENCEs.-J p. Williams. Messrs O6icer <
Pussey, ". James, Thomas H. Benton Jr DC
bl~mer and all persons in this that have ever
serkedfo
Nay IS, S59-ly.
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OFFICER & PuSEY,

REAL. ESTATE. BRpk ERS,
And Dealers in Land Warrants and Exchange,
COVNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA.
WILL ATTEND TO SELECTION AND LO-
w CATION of lands III Western Iowa and Nebraska;
the payment vi taxes "u lands If n"a-TeSiehs and he
. collection and remittance of claims.
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Jhe at'eeklp Aonpare'l.
prn,,suEp EVERY SATURDAY BY
.vx.Rn Il CHAs. E. PROVOST.
Wv MAYNARD,.......''.'' Il "of MI ,oN
,s a, M PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE.

BUSINESS Cards of 1--WE lines Tor less one year 80 W
one Square Of 10 lines, less Of Nonpareii 81 lor
he insertion and 80 cents for each subsequent pun
nc.tion for my period under three months 90
double column advertisements, price ana hai'
4.yearIv Advertisements have the privilege OF three
.b,1ges No deduction will be made II the space coii-
,racted for is not occupied. ~
,ve : semeuts not marked on the copy for spe-
,Sos nrmher Of insertions, will be continued THREE
o,rps a. least, unless sooner discontinued ana pay
xsnt srostsd accordingly.
rTTH ABOVE Terms AND RULES WILL De
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j. Il. OLIVER.

E,RCH \ y + Il \ l. . r..
And Dealer in GeDtleman's Furnishing Goods,
Middle HroadSaV, COT NtlL BLUFFS,
IyEEpS on HAND CHOICE SELECTION
n Of CLOTHS. CASlAERES VES1ikGS, IA
ulh he will make up 10 orter, Ia the latest and III
most sppreE e! styles. Together With beautiful m
s,-,rtIupnt Of GENTS FURNISHING GOODS. -A
nl.u J. r. OLIVER.
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QuernSware Nc., Nc., An!
FORWARDING 4 COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Ia. street. 81. Joseph. Mo.
PACIFIC HOUSE,
Lower Broadway, betwe cen Main and Scott Streets
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA,
JOHN NJONES,................P Proprietor
NHlS House situated centrally 10 the business por-
uun of the CtyItS apartments large amt well feh-
hated, and everything about 1t has an AR OF comfort
and convenience v3-n2u
PIONEER BOOK BINDERY.
(N-M. +. KITER, BOOK BINDER AND BLANK
w Beck Manufacturer, COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa rs
prepared TO execute anything his department of Busl
cess promptly in substantial and workman!ike man
ner, and AT low prices. n3i-u
3 T. L . u Z =
Type Foundry IL Paper Warehouse
No. 1877 NORTH MAIN STREET.
A. P. LADEw, PEERS, BRI0HT.
LADEW, PEERS CO..
npEALERS in Presses. Plain and Ornamental Type
IL News Book, Cap. Letter, CoIered aud Manila Pa
pers, Cards and Card Boards Printing Inks 3nl
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r-The New York Tribune say, that one
of the chief terrors Of an editors harrassed
lot is-not, by any means, the libel suits
with which paltry pettfoggers contrivs to
infest him, nor yet the indignant nuisances
who stalk into his Office to talk of eowhides
and rcvolvers when he wants to be quietly
attending to his own business, but - the
good people who most unreasonably insist
on engrossing bis columns with replica
tons to attacks made. upon them by some
body else. ''Take any shape but that"-
come with writs or bludgeons-snd he meets
you with smiling composure, but the man
with q grievance for which said editor is no
responsible, is his despair.
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BALDWIN s. DODGE

JOHN T. BALDWIN,
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$. T.. kENEDY, NJ. d.,

PHI.sETIA.r I.vD sur II O.N,
COUNCIL BLUFFS.
Crce-2i door Bent.,l's Bank. once Hours, unity
p'rIsk, A. M, aftcr 5P. NJ. E' no "
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NJ rOpTIE, W. . fhlhi-tt'i
+ Vt,lTlE J ". TDUfI.E.

JNXCLrSIvEIY WHOLESALE DEALERS IN DRY
Il GOODS, Gr@eric>. Boots, Shoes, ClVthihE Liquors
QuernSW NC., AMI
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A. COCHRAN,

A. COCHRAN,
GENERAL LAND AGf.\l
uiNCIL BLUFFS. IOWA.
MILL PROMPTLY ATTEND TO TIE L"-
W CATION aud Sale VI Land Warrants l"r h"i-
.esdrui> The pay uf Taxes, and III" purchase ann
s,e OF Real Estate gemeray- WAL also enter laiiis
.or settler, 4n,t give time TO- payments ta2-u.
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correspondent Of the New York Erening
Post says the following dispatch was picked
up near the corner of Ann and Nassau
streets:
The Nevada Democrat., 1859-07-20
I,nnrocRATIc PLATFoRaI.

l. Resolved That re-arm the principles set forth in
the Cincfnna Platform and recognize 1t authori
tatiye exposition Of the DEMOCRATIC creed.
q Resolved That In order to preserve the peace and
harmony Of the Union and prevent the frequent recur
of the Territories should egate omit to egsate upon
the subject Of slavery well as upon other matters OF
domestic policy according to their win, without any
interference direct indirect the part of either Con-
gress or the Executive. -,is...rg rar.F nAn q.
res to form all their domestic institutions in their
way is absolute and complete and that we are unaera
bly, opposed to any interference with snc either by
the Legislative Elective departments OF the General
l. Resolud That the doctrine of intervention by Con,
cress to establish code for the Territories. assumed
by the Administration adherents, is gross departure
from the principles of the true Democracy as laid downin
the Platform made at Cincinnati and we repudiae as
the heresy of faction and condemn it outrage upon
the great charter of American Liberty.
s. Resolre That the Administration Of Jas Buchanan
by It's outrages upon the rights Of the people Of Kansas
its unrelenting prescription of tried and worthy Demo-
Gratis for the oense of adherng to Democratic principles
It's constant violation Of the pledges Mncn erougnt u nto mo
Executive Department and its extravaganza mis-
and corrupion has forfeited the respect and
lost the confidence of the American people, vglrlVg
Resolved That the Chief Executive Of the nation has
broken his pledges to the people Of the State of California
in regard to the aciRc Railroad which pledges
nounced in his timed letter of 1856 Oees precious 70
e election in this State and thatwe condemn the Admin
raon for its refusal to place the Central Overland mail
on the same footing as to compensation, &C., as the
Southern route. -,
T. Resolved That the immediate construction of the Pa
c6c Railroad ought to be encouraged by the
State Governments by all in their power and that
meanwhile the Mail serviceby the Overland routes should
be sustained and increased. fcl tl. y Z
5. Resolred, That State Judiciary system needs
thorough and complete revision, and that the Constu-
ton should be changed TO increase the number OF
Judges the Supreme Court and insure speedy honest
and faithful administration Of Justice. a ,s $50
Resolved That in the opinion Of this Convention Con-
Qress should enact law to protect actual bona e set
tiers upon the public lands in their just rights u =
TO- Resolved That we Convention representing the
true Democracy of California, adhere with unfaering
frmness TO the principles of Democracy as taught by
Thomas Jefferson and which guided the counses Of the
immortal jackson.
H. Resolved That when this Convention adjourn its mem
bers adjourn meet citizens at the polls in the des
September that by abors and voices there
show TO the world that the freeman Of California are
unbought by Federal patronage unawed by Federal
power will stand by the sacred principles Of Denoc
acy in defiance of reacherous Presidents and their Cab
nets.
The Nevada Democrat., 1859-07-20

AN amusing scene recently took place in the
Police Court in Philadelphia. A sailor accused
Of breaking coffee house proprietor's nose in
6ght, offered in palliation-
"Well, your honor, a II I've got to say is, that
Mr.. Baum's nose was broke before. hit him,
and own it. But think, Mr.. Judge, that Mr..
Baum looks the better for the operation. Be-
fore bit him his nose pointed to the left. AS
/ knocked it to the right, leave it to any one
that ever know'd him afore, to say if his looks
amt improved by the change. If Mr.. Baum
says HE nose wasn't broke before plugged
him, then gives up, and says no more. But
II be does-and know he's man of bis word
then | asks this court not to be too hard on
poor sailor. was drunk at the time, your
honor, or wouldn't have struck him."
? He was let off with fine of one cent and ten
days imprisonment Hre
The Nevada Democrat., 1859-07-20
FrighR4al Accidental man carried one hume
drcd feet above the Earth.

drcd feet above tho Eartn.
The Wheeling, (va,) Iutslgigencsr, Of recent
date, relates the following: AeA .+sA "
The most frightful, and at the same time the
most remarkable accident we have ever seen
on record. occurred at the Catholic Church,
yesterday morning. Some twenty persons were
engaged in putting up the new bell which ar
rived from Pittsburg the evening before. There
was q windlass erected on the ground to which
was attached snatch-b block and shive. Ihme-
diately above the open space In the cupola, to
which the bell was to be drawn up, there pro-
truded beam, to which was attached another
snatch-block and pully, and the bell was to have
been conveyed to the top by means OF strong
ropes working through these shives by the pow
er Of the windlass aud OFFENDER on the ground
The bell had been raised in this way almost up
TO the open space in the cupola, and the men
were just ready to pull it in. A man named
Thomas Newton, was below, engaged in guild
ing the folds Of the rope as it wound round the
cylinder. To do this he had firm grasp upon
the rope. When the bell had reached great
height from the ground, one Of the cogs in
Che wheels OF the windlass fixture gave way.
Another revolution Of the wheel ripped off all
the cogs; the bell fell to the ground, and New
ton, who ha6 hold of the lower end OF the rope,
was carried up, with frightful velocity, dis
tauee Of one hundred feet from the ground, and
about four feet above the aperture where the
bell was to have been taken in. For the instant,
every one surprised beyond measure, and be-
fore those engaged in the work could compre-
hend what had happened, Newton, with his
hands all lacerated and bleeding, worked him
self down opposite the aperture, and called for
help to those within. Bishop Whelan, who was
on the platform In the cupo la, reached out at
the risk Of his life almost, and seizing Newton
by the waist, pulled him from bis awful position.
The accident struck everybody with amazement
and all but the eye witnesses were 10th to be-
lieve in the incredulous feat The bell weighed
three thousand seven hundred pounds and as
Il fell without hindrance, some idea may be
formed Of the rapidity with which Newton as
cended. He says he thought of letting go the
rope, but before the thought was clearly defined
be was at the beam, a hundred feet above! He
had not time to let 90 his hold upon the rope.
Some cogs and pieces Of machinery were hurled
distance of two squares from the church, and
Mr. Smith, who was standing near, received
an ugly wound in the face from flying parti-
Gle. Mr.. Newton was taken to the Office of DR..
Hupp. where his wounded hands were dressed
The flesh was all torn from the palms of his
hands, even to the bone, which is supposed to
have been done by the death grasp, and bis slid
ing down the rope during the swift passage into
the air. Altogether, we suppose there is not q
more startling, remarkable accident, or more
miraculous escape on record.
The Nevada Democrat., 1859-07-20
MEDICAL TESTIMONY.
ROMAN EYE BALSAM,

For Weak and Inflamed Eyes.
This Balsam used for many years IN the private
practice of celebrated 0cust with the greatest
In where the 1aa Ina,s ss.s
EYELiDS ARE INFL AIMED,
or the ball of the Eye thcky covered with blood IL acts
almost like magic and all appearances Of In
fammaon after two or three applications. There Is
class Of persons that peculiarly exposed
accidents diseases that weaken and inname the Eyes
and perhaps destroy the sight such as 81. y.. ~
MIXERS, MECHANICS,
and other operatives in metals who from the nature Of
their employments compelled to work in cloud Of
dust and grit Such should mover be without this Basam
Prepared and sold by A. II. & ID. SANDS, Whole
sale Druggists No 100 Fulton-etreet, New York.
For sale by DEWITT, KTTTLE & Co, II. JOHNSON
4 Co.. and REDINGTGN X Co. San Francisco; RICE
4 COFFIN MMysville; T. II. MoDONALD & Co., Sac
ramento and By Druggists generally.