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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-08-17

The Cleveland (Ohio) Herald, a Black Re-
publican paper, lets off the following:
"The South in two years, will present an
undiyide froat in favor of the repeal of the
laws against Slave piracy. Before the next
Congress expires, the South-some giving
ono reason, some another-will be as perfect
= nn;t on the repeal of the laws making the
Fcreicn Slave Trade piracy, as it now is in
acquiescing in the repeal of the Missouri Com
promise. Aud mark further; the Democratic
party will espouse the cause Of the South"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-08-17

DAMAGES FOR SLANDEE.-Among the cases
of interest, at the late court at Greenvllle,
WAS "Gillie Gunter VS.. W. L. Wicklife
action of slander. This young lady the
Paintiff) was engaged 10 be married, but the
match was broken Off by the defendant telling
the father of her sweetheart that she was not
virtuous. The investigation occupied two
days. After being cut for sometime, the
Jury returned verdict of $1,000 for the
nl,;n,;ff- ,arrcnsville Herald.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-08-17

IT is exceedingly bad husbandry to har.
row up the feelings of your wife.
Much remains unsung," remarked tom
cat, as q hrirkbat cut short his serenade,
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-02-25
THE MARKETS.

CHICAGO, Feb. %.
Breadstufs opened rather excitedly this
morning, and Spring Wheat advanced 2a4c
and Winter do. 2a3c, but at the close tho
market was decidedly weaker, and l 2alc of
the advance was lost Standard Spring 96c
a$1, No. 2 Spring S6a87c, No. red Win
ter 81 26a$1 ~, No. red 81 11a$1 25.-
Flour-Spring extra 81 75a$5 Is. Corn 6
a70c. Oats 55e.
NEW York, Feb. %.
Flour firm and Sc better. Sc O5a$6 IS for
western brands. Wheat dull and less firm.
Sales 49, 900 bus. at S4a86e mixed western.
Rye 83a85c. Mess pork-new $1S 25a$18.
81 IL, old ST. Is.
New ORLEANS, Feb %.
Sales 1,5oo hhds. Sugar at 6 1-4a6 $40
fair to fully fair; 3,4OO hhds. on planta-
tions have been sold at 1-2a7 lac. Mo.
lasses-sales 1000 bbls. at 33e. Flour steady
at So 30. Pork quiet-Mess $40.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 81.
Flour firm but dull. Double extra So so.
Wheat inactive. Inferior Fall 9Oa92c, fair
and good Fall from 81 1Oa$l 16. Choice
red and white 81 %. Corn 7Oa7Sc. Oats
6Oa80c. Rye 8oc. Barley 85aS7c. Potatoes
--prime neshannocks 81 Is. Mess pork $18
ass so. Dry flint hides 16al6 lao.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-02-25
The Upton Railroad.

When the Upton Railroad Company was
organized, about six months ago, it was
thought by many that its completion depended
upon the friendship and assistance of par
ticular Railroad Company, and if that assist
ance had not been promised, it is doubtful
whether or not the Upton Railroad would
have been commenced. The company was
organized, but before the work had been
commenced, the promise of aid which we had
relied upon was withdrawn. What was the
effect? 1t tended to unite us all, and infused
into our citizens determination to drive the
work ahead as fast as possible. We soon
found that spirit of self-rcl,ance raised us up
friends where we had least expected them,
and now we are going ahead in spite of
opposition which was designed to kill us off.
Various reports have been circulated with the
intent to injure us--such as, that the work on
the road had stopped; that we did not pay
our contractors, &C., &C. Now, these stories
are but stories, and those who believe them
are destined to be disappointed. We know
not where the reports originated, but we think
that those interested in road that are months
behind hand in their payments should not
extend their circulation.
The grading Of our road is now half done,
and the work is progressing as rapidly as the
cold weather will admit. The ground is now
frozen from one to two feet deep, and cannot
be worked to advantage. We say to all that
our road is sure thing, and to those who are
in favor of the road, but were fearful it would
be as other Upton Railroads had been, that
now is the time for them to lend helping
hand-assistance is needed to enable us 10
finish the road next fall. Shall it not be
done p Triton Adrerti,er. 1911.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-02-25
MUSCATINE MARKET.

The weather has been mild and spring.
like during the week. Roads, however,
almost impossible on account of mud, and
business consequently dull. 1t has been, in
fact, the dullest week for three months past.
Very little grain has arrived, as it nearly
all comes from distance Of 40 or so miles,
which is too far for teaming over bad roads.
Prices are without materia al change, though
shippers are not as anxious to buy as some
weeks ago, there having been decline of
8 to loo per bushel on wheat in the Chicago
market. Good milling wheat, however, re-
mains firm at 81 in this market.
The river opened on Monday last, and we
may expect navig 'ssks; To- be resumed in a
few days.
Butter and eggs are in good demand-t
former very scarce. g.
We append our usual quotations
Whs~t Ola, on--e1 90
&c New, 55a65c.
Winter Vii 81 90 (nominal)
Buckwheat -four, $3.50 per 100 lbs; re-
tail $500.
Corn, in the ear, 45a50c.
Oats-Old, 50a55c. !; new, 35a40c.
Barley, 40a60c.
Rye, SOC.
Beans, 81 ,O0a$1,25
Potatoes, 55a65c.
Apples-green $l,25as1 so, dried $500
per blu.
Eggs, IL 1-2c.
Butter, l5a20c.
Smoked ham, sugar cured, 1Oa12 1-2o.
Shoulders, Sc
Clear sides, &c
Lard, l0al2-2c.
Hides, green, 5 1-2a6c; dry flint 13al5c.
Lumber, $l0a$30 per 1000 feet.
Hay--trairie, $3,00a$4; timothy, 5000
a$7 per ton.
Lime-S0c per barrel.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-02-25

NATIONAL ECONOMY. = 'sOccasional,' of
the Philadelphia Press, lectures the Democ.
racy upon their extravagant appropriations,
in the following style:
The House of Representatives has had
within month several spasms of economy.
They are like Burns description of the
toolhache, where the sufferer, to ease his
pain, kicks over everything, especially what
is nearest, however valuable Five and ten
dollar appropriations are assaulted with Wig
or and overturned with triumph. Fire light
er<, panphlet-folders, box makers aud such
ike, have their salaries reduced below a
living figure, with relentless spirit of econ
olny that would remind one Of Aristides, or
be suggestive of the chameleon philosophy
of physical subsistence by force OF the i'm
agaation; while, on the contrary, millions
tor army and Lazy contracts, thousands for
myriads OF Post Office agents, who locust
the land anG plague its harmony with the
harshness of their cry for the Presidency Of
the man with the large door plate millions
aud thousands and hundreds for the mail
routes, within hailing distance of each other,
across The Plains-indeed, so near, that,
like the German and French sentinels in the
Continental wars, they could puff SIN Ike at
each other, shake hands and tip glasses; all
heavy appropriations get the 60 by; $50
600, 900 can go for secret service for Cuba
everything Can pass with slight objection,
except only the bcb tail of the kite in the
way of snail appropriations for the officers
hare. 4 c SIS s..8 Il r
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-02-25
A New Banking Basis i'm MINNIE
t eOtO.

An issue Of currency has been made to the
Nicollct County Bank, under the Minnesota
Banking law, upon deposit of Unirers iy
Bonds. These Bonds arc issued by the
Regents Of the University, on q pledge Of
certain lands donated by the general govern
ment. The banking law Of Minnesota requires
the deposit of State Stocks as basis for cur
rcncy, and there can be no question that the
issue to the Nicollet County Bank of the
University Bonds is in direct violation at least
of the spirit of that law. The State Auditor.
however, places different construction Oh it,
and his opinion is sustained by the Attorney
General of the State. 1t is not probable,
Il construction Of the law, that the issues of
lation outside Of the State.
There arc already doubts as to the security
of bank issues based upon Minnesota bonds
for railroad purposes. The State has made
no provision to pay the interest upon those
bonds, nor is it likely that this will he done,
for the people would not submit to the taxa
ton requisite for that purpose. Nor is there
any reason to suppose the railroad companies
will meet the interest as it falls due. The
only way in which it can possibly be paid will
be by an annual issue Of bonds by the State
for that purpose-a step which no Legislature
will dare take. But one result can follow
the constant depreciation Of the bonds Of the
State. These are some of the difficulties
which Minnesota Banks have to contend with
when seeking to give currency to their issues
abroad. The new ruling of the Auditor, by
which a still more questionable basis is
accepted for bank issues will probably give
the coup de grace to any further efforts Of
this character.-C Chicago Press. -
| We understand that some Minnesota money
has made its appearance in this part of Iowa,
but it does not meet with a cordial reception.
Our bankers refuse to touch it, and we advise
everybody to keep hands off till it is placed
ON more secure basis than at present.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-02-25

WThe New York Journal Of Commerce
finds consolation for the emptiness of the
treasury in the reflection that the plunderers,
having stolen all, will now be obliged to stop
stealing. 1t says:
1--WE are beginning to witness the benefits,
and the substantial advantages, arising from
an exhausted treasury. There is no money
to steal; consequently, those who live by
their wits, at the seat of power, are driven to
the most extraordinary straits, and seem likely
to seek, through compulsion, mode Of life
more in accordance with the principles Of
public morality, and vastly more beneficial to
themselves and the country" ~
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-02-25

A NEW STATE PRoPosRD.- New York
Herald alleges that so much injustice is done
t., that city, by the New York Legislature,
that the only to cure the difficulties is
to form new state, on the following plan !:
The only way to meet the continual in
justice to which New York is subjected-is
for this island, with Long Island and Staten
Island, to form new State, and cat the
painter from the northern and western part
of the State The new State of the Three
Islands might be called the State Of Man
haitian, from the. original name of the most
important of the three. Thus, Long Island
aud Staten Island, without attempting to
rob us, could share the glory and the bene
fit Of being incorporated with the. Empire
CITY, destined to be the commercial centre
Of the world.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-02-25

AN OCEAN TELEGRAPH PKoJEcr.-A wri-
ter in the Journal Of u namerce addresses
a lengthy communication to Mr.. Secretary
Toucy, in which lie propounds wonderful
scheme for laying telegraph cable between
Europe and America, by sub,nereing pom
derous ancl,ors to the bottom of the Allan.
tic. Attached to these anchors are to be
iron wires, sustaining air tight bunys to the
depth OF from ten to twenty fathons below
the surface, at which depth lie conjectures
the waves to he still, or nearly still. These
bugs are to sustain the telegraphic wire,
enclosed in gutta percha. At longer inter-
walls lie would have still larger anchors, at
tached to baoys Of greater power, on which
he would construct telegraph stations OF ten
feet square in mid ocean. FIJI
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-02-25

TIE SLAVE TRADE. - The legislators Of
Louisiana seem anxious for the people of that
State to engage in the slave trade. They
have bill pending before them to this effect:
''That any citizen, or association of citizens,
of this State, be, and they arc hereby author.
lied to purchase negro slaves from Cuba,
Brazil and Africa, and to bring the said slaves
so purchased into this State, and to hold tie
same in full right and title, for thor proper
use, benefit and behoof; provided, said slaves
so purchased and imported into this State
shall be subject to the same regulations and
tariff of d,isfes as other species of foreign
property or imports"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-02-25
E President Buchanan uses no Tobacco

W President Buchanan uses no tobacco,
General Cass no s:B, urbon," Senator Doug
las uses no pepper, ard the Postmaster Gen.
eral eats Tut two meals a day. N. p. Will
lis cuts his own hair, Caleb Gushing shaves
hilL self md wears no beard, Rufus Choate
and Henry Ward Beecher are dear lovers of
coffee, E. P. Whipple rarely breakfasts be.
fore ten, though he begins business at eight;
Edward Z 'ereit writes his ertemporanecus
addresses; Ralph Waldo Emerson often
dimes at Parker's, but rarely takes wine !;
William Cullen Bryant finds inspiration in
two or three cups OF green tea, and Longfel-
low smokes a ineerSt haum. The sm.llest
sized poet in America is Holmes, :he best
looking one, is Fields (and he is as good MS
he looks, } and the biggest one, Pike, of Ar
kansas. --, r., -.. .....f
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-02-25
State Bank OF Iowa.

We learn that the Board Of Directors Of the
State Bank, at their regular quarterly session.
held at Iowa City, on the 10th inst, organized
another Branch, located at Lyons, under the
name Of the Lyons City Branch Several
applications were nude for new branches.
The B,arl will hold an adjourned session on
the 18th Of March.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-02-25
STEAM PLow.--S. K. Basset, Of Galesb urgh,

STEAM PLow.--S. X. Basset, of Gaesb urgh,
ILL.,, has invented new steam plow, in
which the wheels of The track of friction
steam engine are SO arranged that the track
may be readily guided and turned, and the
engine rendered available for drawing a
gang of plows to turn over the earth in the
usual way. The invention also consists in
a peculiar manner of attaching and apply
Ing the gang of plows to the track also in
the employment of track clearers, arranged
in q novel way, and in SO attaching the
boiler to the track that it is allowed to re.
main in horizontal position when the track
rises and falls in corresponding with the in
CAPABILITIES in the surface of the ground. 1t
was patented this week. Scientific Ameri.
can, 10Th.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-02-25
Card.

Mr. EDITOR Permit us through the journal to
tender our sincerest regards to the friends
ton visit on the 10th inst, we'll as those who lin
consequence of the unpleasantness of the evening
were not PRESENT. have since sent in their donations.
Such cheerful reunion of pastor and people con-
stitrtes one OF the sunny spots in itncrant fe
andwill long be cherished among its pleasant rem.
ins,ences. May the richest soiritual blessings
rest upon all who have ninstered to us in temporal
things! d. WoRrHNGTpy,
q. L. WORTHISGToN.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-02-25

PREFERS TO WAlr-Ox 4 CoSrIsaExcY.-
That staunch old Democratic sheet, the
Dubuque Herald, says, if the next State
Convention Of the Democracy is to endorse
the Administration, 1T bud better be deferred
until shout July 4th, 1900,
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-02-25

We INVITE the attention of the sick and
afflicted, to the advertisement in our columns
OF ID. Easterly's lodineand! Sarsaparilla, ard
Gridley's Salt Rheum and letter Ointment,
Or. Carter's Cough Balsam, DIR. Bakers
Specific, DR.. Hooper's Female Cordial, and DR..
Easterly's Fever and Ague Killer. These
medicines are prepared by thorough edu-
Gated Physician, Chemist, and Pharmaceu-
fist, so that all can rely upon them as being
safe and effsctual in curing the diseases for
which they are recommended. They are
standard remedies, and can be found in
nearly every Drug and Apothecary store in
the United States.
~ Our readers will remember, Mr..
BR,wNEIL, at the Muscatine Stove Store, il
selling stoves from three to foe dollars low.
er than any house in the city. He warrants
his goods. See advertisement.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-02-25


Mn. GREELEY DIsoLAlMs BEING PoET.-
MIR. Bonner, ofthe New York Ledger, is about
to issue a volume of American poetry by
various writers. Horace Greeley hearing
that he was to be inundated with the rest,
writes to MIR. Bonner as follows:
Mr.. Bonner, be good enough-you must
to exclude me from your new Poetic Pan
thcon. l have no business therein right
and no desire to be installed there. lam nc
poet never was lin expression) and never
shall be True, have wrote some verses in
my callow days, as presume most persons
who can make ineligible pen marks have
done-but l never was poet, even in the
mists of deluding fancy. All my verses, |
trust, would not till one OF your pages they
were mainly written under the spur of some
local or personal Indictment, which long
ago passed away. Though in structure
metrical, they were in essence prosaic-
they were read by few and those few
have kindly forgotten them. Within the
last ten years, have been accused of all
possible and some impossible offenses against
good taste, good morals and common veal,
Il have been branded aristrocrat, comnu-
mist, intidel, hypocrite, demagogue, disunion-
ist, traitor, corruptionist, &C., &c.-but
cannot remember that any one has flung in
my face my youthful transgressions in the
way of rhyme. Do not, then, accord to
the malice of my enimies this forgotten
means of annoyance. Let the dead rest!
and let me enjoy the reputation, which l
covet and deserve, of knowing poetry from
prose, which the ruthless resurrection of my
verses would subvert, since the undiscerning
maj )rity would blindly infer that l consid-
cred them poetry. Let me up.
Thine, HORACE GREELEY.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-02-25

LAW ON NEWSPAPER PosrAeE. The
Washington Star thus defines portion Of
ths Postal laws concerning scribbling on
newspapers. The law is more strict than
most people think. e
ssAny mark or sign made by PEN or pen
Gil, conveying Information, or any memo
ran um made upon printed matter, either
inside or on the envelope, subjects the
whole package to letter postage. A prin, ed
handbill, or circular, business card, book
sellers stamp, or other printed memoran-
dunn, made after the newspaper, magazine,
or book, or placed on an envelope, enclos-
ing . circular, also subjects the whole to
letter postage"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-02-25

EXTRA SESSION OF CoNeRRss.- Wash
ington correspondent of the N. Y. Herald,
writing On the l4th, says:
Should an extra session take place, it will
lie called for June; and special elections in
Florida, Arkansas, Missouri, South Carroll
ma and Virginia, which elect in May, would
have to be held. The Presidents proclaim
alton would have to 20 out to California and
Oregon by the 9th of March, or those States
will be unrepresented.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-02-25

Quo The Democrats of O.lio have call
ed their State Convention for the 26th Of
May, AID the Republicans for the 8lh Of
June.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-02-25

PRESENT 70 Mr. GIDDINGs.-The service
Of plate purchased by the Republican Mem.
bers of Congress, has been presented to Mr..
Giddings. At his request there was no
ceremony or speech-making on the OCCASION
He was simply notified that there were
several articles of the value of $500, at one
Of the jewellers, awaiting his order.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-02-25
MAR IL led.

IN the I'D of February, 1859, by Rev. P. C.
HITLER. Mr.. A. $. JACKSON and Miss MARr E.
GsrFF1S, both of Muscatine City, Iowa.
At the Irving House on Wednesday morning,
SD inst, by Judge Thayer, Mr. JOHN n. REY and
hiss SARAH BAMFoRD-all of Muscatine county.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-02-25
IOWA NEWS.

Mr. VERNON FuSD.- Mrs. Van Antwerp
repol Is In the Keokuk Journal of the 10Th,
that up to that date the contributors col
lee ed in this State for tho Mt. Vernon fund
amount to 1880 26.
TIE REronrED COLD Disc VERY IN LINN
COUNTY, learn from the Marion Regis
ter that excitement is again getting up to
fever heat in regard to the rep rted discov
cries If gold on Dry Greek, four or five
miles worth west of Marion. Recently forty
or fifty persons met at the diggings, and or
ganiz d themselves into company, adopt
ing stringent bylaws, electing officers, &C.,
with the intention Of prosecuting athprough
search into the bowels of mother earth in
that locality. They are sanguine If making
great discoveries. The digsings are said to
be on the land owned by Mr.. E. l.. Mcin-
losh, of Beverly, OHIO. "a
| Tho Davenpost Democrat estimates that
within six weeks not less than FIVE handre
departure; will take place from Scott coua-
ty for Pixies Peak. They've 6 It the "yel-
low fever badly up there.
| AN EASTERN OUTLET FOR KEoKuK.-"ho
Keokuk Cute City says that Mayor Sample,
during Ills absence East, procured the
necessary iron to lay the track of the road
on the other side of the river to Car: hage, as
we'll as passenger and freight cars for the
same. -.-. .t.I
The Iowa City Republican gives list
Of fyis-sere citizens of that placa and vcin.
isy who are preparing to depart for Pixies
Peak. -~ ~ 80 3D.
The LIQUOR Law VALlD.-Judge Spring
or made decision recently at Keokuk, sus-
tanning the Constitutiopality aud validity
of the present Liquor Law on all points.
I The Dubuque Herald states that the
White Lead Works, in that city, under its
new proprietors, Messrs Anderson, Wood
and Finley, is in active operation.
New LAND OrF1oE.-Efforts are making
by the citizens of North Western Iowa to
procure tho establishment of new Lane
Office in what is known as the Spirit LAX,
District, now embraced in the Fort Dodg,
and Sioux City Districts. The matter is be-
fore the Interior Department. ..-...
CIRCULATION OF THE STATE BANK By thu
consolidated statement of the State Bank
of Iowa, on 7th inst, a. officially pub
lished, we learn that the total circulate o
the various branches is $l06, 724, on a cap
ital of $2l5,550. The capital OF the Musca,
tine Branch is $4,000, being the highest Of
any. ,saHe,>f - rs
NEW RAILROAD PRoJEcr.-The citizens o
Burlington, alarmed at the prospect of hav
ing considerable portion of their trade di
verted from them by the completion of til,
Keokuk, Mt. Pleasant and Muscatine Rail
road to Mt. Pleasant, are talking of con
structing railroad to inter, ect it at For
Madison. The Gasette says:
burlington must not lie idle-competit
tors are at work all around, and though W,
have already done much, there is yet :
great amount of work to be performed II
order to secure ourselves from fire in thu
rear, which we sh,ll undoubtedly receive
five permit the construction of the road
via Mt. Pleasant to Muscatiue and from O..
kaloosa to Muscatine, without some coun.
tor movement on our part, so as to present
a fair front to the enemy, Let us try the
Southern route
\
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-02-25
DIED.

In this city, on the morning Of Feb 2sd, 1856, DR..
SiNoS ScHocK-aged So years, formerly Of Mechan-
icsburg, Cumberland county, Pa,
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-02-25

So The Little Rock Democrat, speaking
Of "rhe Citizen" the paper edited by the
notorious John Mitchell, says sit is edit ed
with ability, and is devoted to two or three
objects-the dissolution of the union Of
Ireland and England dissolution of the
American Union, and the re-opening of the
slave-trade," and then adds, quite unneces.
sarily, that Mr.. Mi,che!i's tendencies are
naturally Democratic"