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DIR. HALLS BALsAM.

We have certificates Of the strongest and most Pos
tive nature from the following parties who are well
known in the places where they live. tiMssA
One from J. w. Plummer, vinton, Iowa, Of remark
able cures. tH ~ fsefg 20
One from John Runyen, wayeriy, Lowe, Of his own
son. s 9f@ q III sS =
One from sam'l Leaman, Camden, HIlsdale, Co..,
Mich, of a beloved daughter saved.
One from Eli Budd, OF Athens, ILL.,, who was given
up by six doctors.
une fiom DR.. A. G. Doom, Bloomfield, Iowa, Ply
stefan of 20 years practice.
One from Robert @. Shinn, Marion, lows, Of . con-
sumptive daughter cured.
One from NJ. NJ. Van Deusin, 8 ling6eld Ill, a. the
remedy for Lung Diseases.
One from fifteen Physicians COZ trying II TO be bet
ter adapted to pulmonary disc es than any other
known remedy as they have tri them all.
One from J. w. Wentworth, O icago, Illinois, Of q
cough OF years standing. An astonishing cure.
One from McClaughry 4 Campbell Fountain Green,
ILL.,, saying 1t takes like wild fire and curep Ike
charm. tfltatf8s y 3tseBfs{9 Z 1919 9saf Ell
One from R. McCracken, Manchester, Scott Co., ILL.,,
he says-Oldline Doctors stand no chance when pa
tients can get your Balsam. ~
One from Harriet Cummins, Cincinnati, o., cured ofa
severe bronchial difficulty, Raising OF blood, &C.,
and Western Row, Cincinnati, O. sue " ~
wecertify to the genuineness Of the above certiH-
ture quite interesting to all suffering from aA dis
ease Of the lungs and throat. p7ss.-s,4rr.44 -{3
HOLES, SMITH 4 CO... 49,.
1874 Lake st., Chicago, (Removed hon Il 8. water
Street, TO whom all orders mast be addressed. t -
Wholesale and Retail Dealers IN Patent Medicines
)geperaly .FfJA
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BIZ request, in reply to the letter Of " On
the Fence get Nth recie,o Of the lead
ing arguments used in the discussion that
called them forth
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Combines everything required give richness beau
and elegance to the hair. 1t removes dandruF and
ieves headache. To force the growth, to prevent
falling off, and restore hair to bald places. il has been
used with positive II presented to the pub
lie in open, candid manner, stating, as the name
indicates, the leading ingredients viz:
ROSEMARY AND CASTOR OIL
both common and well known articles.
The following persons can be found, and are well
known. We give few extracts from their opinions
about the
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THE OTTUMWA COURIER.

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Each naturalization .......... $3.50. so
One column, per year .......................50 90
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MEDICAL, COMMERCIAL, &C.
~~O~O~~~~~~~OcO~-~o
BLOOD PURIFIER!
o
SCOVILL'S
SaIsapaT1la and Sd|ingia,

- The medicinal properties of Sarsaparilla in con-
junction with Stillinga is well known by all medi-
cal men to be the best compound yet discovered to
- cleanse and purify the blood and eradicate all hu
- mors from the system. A
~ What shall do
We have given the Recipe to mast physicians in
using; and will continue to send it by mail to those
DESTROYS OF knowing the ingredients entering into
ITS composition, that they may prescribe it in their
Z TO Cure all ray Troubles 2
The testimonials we have received in its favor
- from many members ofthe medical faculty would,
y were we to publish them, fill large volume. This
preparation stands at the head of the list Of
dies for curing all diseases arising from impurities
= IN the blood or diseased matter lurking in the
= Use Scovilps
z lists in the country, as to ensure uniformity of
:, composition and purity in all the ingredients
"A Safs;lparilla and StilIingia.
Thousands who have used the Stngia and Sar-
saparilla will testify to its remarkable effect in re-
Y moving all impurities from their blood giving tone
and yigor to the whole human frame. and restoring
anea action to all the functions of the body.
~ Purify your Blood
It's highly recommended by physicians to cure
~ the following diseases having their origin In dis
" ordered state of the blood.
=, And You will be Healthy.
- scrofula in all its forms, letter or Salt Rheum,
= scald Head, Canker, Nursing Sore Mouth. Uicera,
- tions and Endorsements of the Joints, Cancerous
y Anthony's Fire, White Sweings, an all obstinate
Cutaneous Eruptions, yield directly to its purify
ing influence. Pimples on the face Blotches, Pus-
,.'es rheumatism, Dyspepsia, et,. Syphilitic and
- N. rcuIial affections are cured and Chloross or
" Gbstructions in Females, Leucorrhea or Whites,
are relieved by the use of this Medicine.
e ROLLES, SMITH a. Co.,
- 124 Lake Street, Chicago.
- to whom all orders must4ye addressed.
~ Western Agents for SCOYILL Co., Proprietors,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in all Patent Medi-
cines.
March Sd, 1850. 3m
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IT Is R N s.

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DIR. Dup0ncO's GOidcnPeriOdi-
P l. l. S
FOR FEMALES.

w Are insallible for
renewing Stoppages or
irregulrities of the Men
scs.
The Pills are nothing
new, but have been used
by tina Doctor In his
practice for many years,
both in France and in
America, with unparal-,
leled success in every
ease and he Is urge 4
many thousand la 4
who have iNed them, TO-
make the Pills public,
for the alienation Of
those sufferiDgs from
any irregularities what,
ever, preventive TO la
dies whose health will
not permit ofan increase
of family. 1
Pregnant females, or
those supposingi them
selves so, are cautioned
against using pills while
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SEALS! SEALS! sEALsl

VyHE subscribers are now prepared to ENGRAvE
IL SEALS fall kinds upon the shortest notice, amp
to furnish them with Evans Halls superior Lever
and Percussion Presses, and warrant them equal 70
any In use. J. va. C. A. WHITE,
august ef-'56-y] JeGerson-st., Bun lngton, Iowa
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r. O s e. M A r Y.

Abraham A. Truax, ESQ.,, Rotterdam, N. Y. writes
Am 20 years of age and was bald 30 years; have
I'd two bottles ofyour Rosemary and my hair is now
two inches long"
Rev. Syvanus Cobb Boston, Massive had ra
Their pay for ii than have other preparations for
thing &C.
Mrs. D. Taft, Cambridge, Mass-"Have used your
Rosemary with great success in keeping y hair black,
age was turning ii FAST
Mr. Daniel 3. Common, Boston, Mass.-"Eight
months ago was bald-my hair is long and
healthy know your Rosemary has forcedit to grow,
&c.
Ossian E. Dodge, ESQ.,, Vocalist of Cleveland Ohio
sit gives rapid growth and dark glossy texture,
and does not soil the hat pillow in the least know
of nothingso valuable for the hair"
Francis Adams, ESQ., Boston, Mass.-t'It Is the best
thing for childrens harthe ladies eghted with
it, &c.
Rev. 9: W. Denison, Buffalo, n. Y.'I find it excel
lent for the hair"
Mrs. L. sweeny, Boston, Mass.-''It restored my
hair to bald head and from grey to black COLOR" &C.
Hon. G. Hunt Lowell, Mass.-'sTo remove dandruff
and keep the hair moist and glossy, have never
found anything so good"
ton Mass and his wife, Eva say-"It causes hair to
grow vigorouslygives beauty and splendor-- bet
ter than European articles, &C.
c. II. Stocking, Esq (Trinity College,, Hartford, CT.
-'By using it my hair turned from sandy to brown
color it was naturally dry, but it is moist"
A. +. Wood, Chemist New Haven, Conn.--''I
fair head ofvery dark hair on a man that six weeks
ago was bald. He had used ,nothing but your Rose
mary" &C.
Revere House, Boston, July, 1857. 81 had no more
hair on my head than an infant seven months ago.
1t is thick, healthy, growing rapidly and of fne
dark color. I positively say that J. RUSSELL
SPALDINGS Rosemary, obtained at q fremont street
opposite tie Museum, has produced this change
SARAH J. LORD.
More extracts could be added room admitted If
you are not satisfied, TRY IT.
Inquire for J. Observation-Disclosures Rosemary, and
take other Every bottle genuine has the fac smile
signature of the Proprietor on it.
pTTSSETT nJNH
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Bolles, Smith q Co. 1874 Lake st Chicago.
Agents for the North Western States also dealers Ii
Patent Medicines generally.
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In that col dltion, as the
proprietor assumes no
responsibility Pafter the
labove admonition, al
Though their mildness
would prevent any in
Jury to health ; other
wise these pills are as
commended. Direction
accompanying each box.
Price. u.
N. B.--Ask for DR.. Du-
lponco's Golden Pills.,
See signature on every
box. You then obtain q
pin you may dapend up
ION.
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Ladies by enclos In
one dollar by mail {
either Of the agents be
low, can have the Pill
sent Complementary to
any part Of the country
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Cutlery, Plated ware, Fancy and Mu.
steal Merchan Use, Watchmaker's
Tools and Materials AMI Photogra-
phic Stock generally, which we offer
low to cash or pI ompt time customers.
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-05-06
The Federal Treasury.

1t was an easy matter to carry on
the Federal Treasury while it was full
to overlooking, which was its condition
for many years prior to Mr.. Cobb's
Secretaryship. But it is not an easy
matter to carry it on through a period
Of commercial embarrassment and
prostration, with revenues diminished
below the necessary expenditures. In
this view Southern contemporary does
simple Justice to the character and Of
fetal conduct Of Mr.. Cobb. "Coming,"
it says, ito the head of the Treasury
but few months previous to the great
panic Of 1857, which deranged the
whole monetary affairs aud commerce
Of the United States, and in fact, of the
world, his position has been one of ex-
traordinary difficulty and embarrass-
ment. But like a skillful pilot, he has
guided his bark safely through the
storm and breakers, without damaging
or throwing overheard single particle
of freight. TIE country rejoices to
see him approaching safe harbor
with an accumulating Treasury to meet
all the demands Of the country. If
his subsequent career in the Treasury
shall be as successful as it has been
thus far, he will be able to lay down
the seals of office with as much repu-
tation as the most able of his prede-
cessors." Indiana Sentinel.
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-05-06
Cotton Statistics.

A writer in the Boston Post, under
the signature of "Facts," says:
The quantity of cotton brought in
to England every year might be piled
INTO pyramid which would rival that
OF Cheops. The eight thousand five
hundred and seventy-two millions of
miles of yarn spun in England in a
year might be wound round and round
the earth, as a boy winds a string
round his top; or we might throw the
shuttle over distant Uranus, and then
taugle together the 'red planet Mars"
the Earth, Venus, Mercury and the
Sun in our net of cotton. The whole
OF the British islands might be wrap
ped up in cotton and put up carefully
for inspection of future ages, in not
many years consumption of the raw
material.
The total imports of cotton into the
United Kingdom, the annual average
from all countries, for the period OF
thirty-6ve years, is as follows
From the United States, 369,O95,-
Al pounds from the East Indies. So
597 1862; from the West Indies, -
1859 +; from all other countries, 49,.
774,070 total, 416,9Ss,9sl pounds
From 1851 to 1855, from the United
States, 3,424, 5O2,O72 total value fol
that period, S49l, l69,5l7, at 9.58 cts
per pound. The exports of cotton last
year was to the value of $l3l 1856, sol
That sum will be considerably sur
passed the present year. The crop is
estimated by many as high AS $780,
900; which, at an average of 10 cent.
a oand, OF fifty dollars per bale of five
hundred pounds weight, would make
the United States crop of raw cottor
worth one hundred and ninety million
of dollars. Sea Island cotton, which
commands the highest price, at the pc
Rod referred to, produced 54,6s7 ,9Os
pounds its estimated value, $40l, 100
SIT; its annual average for thirty five
9,l75,4s9 pounds, and s92, 2s3, 1922.
| During eleven months of last veal
Great Britain exported manufactured
cotton goods Of the value of one hun
dred and forty five millions Of dollars
The supply OF cotton from the int
rior has greatly fallen off during tn,
last few weeks.
| 1t is estimated that the stock O,
hand at all the ports on the lst o
March was abont 100000 bales, an,
] about 100000 in the interior of tn
country, at the warehouses and on tn
plantations, or on the way to market
Thus 100000 bales, much Of 1t Of in
ferior quality, have to supply the fur
ther demand for cotton at home an,
abroad. About 33 per cent Of cotto1
exports from the United States hav,
latterly gone to all other countries be
sides Great Britain.
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-05-06

A large number Of the Democratic
papers of Pennsylvania, which have
stood by Forney in all his manifold
heresies, and even took position in ia
vor of Forney's second convention, are
now abandoning the man, and declare
that they cannot and will not follow
him further. Not less than halfa dozen
papcrs have already made their de-
parture from the Forney Hickman
faith, and assert that they will follow
no such set Of men.
Alas, poor Forneyl His case is grow
ing truly desperate, and his former
friends are leaving him, as man en-
tirely unworthy Of their companion
ship. 1t was not enough that Doug
las should stab him IN an unklnd man
ner through the columns Of the States,
but now those old fireside friends Of
his own State-those who have gone
hand in hand with him up to the pre-
sent time, have now deserted his course
and deny him that comfort which his
declining political fortunes now so
strongly demand. This man-once
the pride and boast of the Keystone
Safe, has sunken very low in the esti-
nation Of his best friends, and the
public, and is fast digging his own po-
litical grave. And why has Forney's
light waned Simply because he has
set himself up as leader, and led in
the wrong direction. Considering that
he held the Democracy of his State in
the hollow of his hand, he sought to
mould them after the fashion Of his
own will. He staked his all on sim
gle die, and lost. Let this DO a warn
ing to ell others whose ambition gets
the better Of their Judgment.
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-05-06
Wool Grower and Manufactur
Convention
(From the Clsave,a ID Hearld I

IRON the Cleave,a ID Heard.
A large number Of highly respectable
and prominent Wool Growers of Ohio have
united in call for wool Grow ers Csnven-
ton and Fair, to be held in this city during
the presant season. In this call the Sub
scriber suggest that in holding said Fair
comp tition be open to every Wool Grower
in the Union and that Manufacturers be in
vited to attend. Goedale Il Co, Of this CITY,
we're requested to make the Necessary ar
rangements. and have appointed August 4th
next, es the day for holding the Fair
This firm has already procured very re.
spectacle subscription which will ensure
handsome premiums to successful exhibi-
tors, and which fund will be placed in the
hands OF committee Of wool-grovers to
be distributed among the different STYLES Of
hne, medium and long woods. Is such CON-
mittee see tit. Not more then ten nor less
than five fieeces Of one class will be enteree
for competition. 1t is proposed on the day
OF the Fair to offer for sale to manufacturer
the wool then accumulated, affordine q rare
chance for the purchase Of the best article
grown.
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-05-06

A DETROIT police officer recently discov-
cred that eight servant girls. belonging to
one Of the large hotels Of that city, had
been for some time in the habit of stealing
hams, legs of mutton. glass and crockerv
ware, bed clothing, table linen, provisions.
and no end OF small t,umpery, and convey.
ing them from the house under cover -
their pstticssts. by means Of large hsos At.
tenhed 70 their hoopa In rseeiv,no sho.,
thsy had assunulatsd . large qaanti.v a.
sSsssssesd properly. AID sas q ths sirls
eon5teeed g "a attempt b carry ont . kalf
hsrrel q bsss ID ~ ibevenentioaea naa.
~. buI hiled r. want u eeoond AAll
Sssfsi . 6aiQlel haf "passas u1tsaslsa
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-05-06

The spirit Of the following ar
ticle from the Council Bluffs Bugle is
the same that pervades every Demo
cratic paper in the State. Differences
Of opinion on minor considerations
which involve no principle whatever,
never can distract the democratic par
ty. The Bugle has had its own opin-
ion with regard to the Administration
and Douglas policy, and was Of course
etitled to it and the manner in which
1t speaks can but be satisfactory to
oil
Because Of : difference Of opinion
existing among democrats, in relation
to . single measure Of local policy, linn
tied In its effects TO : single territory
Of the United States, and Involving nc
principle whatever for democrats to
divide upon, we have been represented
- Leing arrayedin opposition the pres
eut NaAienal Administration. This il
alike unjoA to 10 and injurious to the
Democracy, % Gar ~ credence 10 given
70 the idea Of sucA >atagonism. While
expressing our views frankly on oil
measures Of public policy, xe have
never been. nor intend to be regarded
-, in orr editorial capacity, an spuo.
nent Of the Administration Of dem
ocratic President elected by the dem
ocratic party Of the Union.
On the contrary, we most cordially
approve Of oil the great national meas
ures OF Mr.. Buchauan's administration
and We rejoice in being able to saw
that !. I'll the leading measures
whether Of domestic or foreign policy
BY which ithas been distinguished. have
bssa smineutly successfal and benef;c.
ial 70 The country. 70 Tar rs the strait.
snsd condition Of the public fiuances
aad ths factious opposition encounter
Cd IRON sectional jeslousies and polit
zeal intrigue would permit.
Nsssgdnripg : financial crisis SINH
las AethpE which he's sxisted since III
inAnE1fatioa Of President Bnchauar
hal - 6osssnment hsep administsre
wi1A nk16ss ability - With equal su,
- 1ad VIII - oitlls distsses rssuls
~ ~ ~ Dfe1e in1ustsial ssd %,
f21S ~ I>S1 Ssl ~ ' e.,.Sssss 4,
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-05-06

We learn from Major Yost. editor of the
Santa Fee Gazette. that q killing affair occur
red at Los vagos, on the night Of the srd
April. It seems thats government contract
had been given out that morning to parties
in town. and as night there was fsndango.
attended Of course BY al parties. At the
dance, difficulty Was about to rise with
some Aexicans, when young man by the
nsme 81 CAntwell, drew . pistol and fred,
mr,nne one Of his personal friends, . Mr..
Wlngeta n. W. had girtsd about his per.
.S ~ l,rss amount u gold and oliver, and
.. -. osu struck him dirsstly below two
.y collet pieces. one sntcrine HE hsasA
ss,s.weu vas su6seine nroatl1 Irou
SS's "a, c y sAs ~ o. IL.
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-05-06

economy been so skilfully put In prsc-
tice, as proved by the operation OF our
financial policy, under the present Ad-
minisirstion, in meeting the wants and
relieving the distress felt more or less
by all classes, at those periods when
the pressure had been most severe and
the prospect most gloomy. The fact
Is universally conceded, aud has been
repeatedly remarked upon by leading
commercial journals.
Never, during a period Of general
contention and strive among the Eu-
ropean powers, momcntarily threaten
ing general conflagaration, have the
foreign relations of this country rested
on safer or firmer basis, ensuring to
our people the blessings Of peace and
exemption from the most disastrous
consequences Of war. At time when
the rapacity of European powers is
usually excited by mutual lealousies OF
dominion, more profound respect is
entertained by them towards the
American Government, and greater
do &C to cultivate our friendship, than
was ever manifested before the acces-
sion of Mr.. Buchanan to the Presi-
dcncy.
While such arc the apparent results
of Democratic rule, in our general do
mestic aud foreign policy, there Is also
much significance in the fact that,
4c III. buchanan assumed the helm
OF Govcrnment, those domestic troubles
growing ont Of the rebellous turbn-
lencc OF political factions in Kansas,
and which once threatened to involve
the country in civil war, have been so
judiciously managed AS to promise a
final and amicable adjustment OF the
whole difficulty before the expiration
OF his term.
The opposition press having pres'st-
ed in mlsreprcsentlng our views ana
position, We have written an article,
which will be found in to-day's Bugle,
upon the subject of the National Dem
ocratic Convention at Char.esiown IN
June, 1860, in order that hereafter 1t
may be distinctly understood that we
regard the Democratic par OF tins
nation as a unit in principle, IN ann
and actlon-one and invisible now, as
it ever has been from the days OF
Thomas Jefferson.
In that article we have alluded to
the contingency of Mr.. Buchanan being
renominated for the Presidency in
1860, which appears to be anticipated
by some of orr contemporaries, but
which event we believed to be preclu
ded by his own fixed determination
But whoever may be the choice OF THAT
Convention whether our present able
Chief Magistrate, or any other man,
from whatever section of the country
whenever the Standard of National
Democracy is reared, with the flag Of
the Constitution and the Union III furl-
ed, TO that standard will we rally with
the united Democracy of Iowa and
the Northwest, OF the North and the
South, upon a common platform and
trusting to the intelligence and patriot
ism OF the American people, and to
that overriding power which has
guided the destinies of our country
thus far, we shall enter upon the con
test with the full faith that our united
efforts will again be crowned with
victory.