Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-12-23

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Co.'S Pork House, Dec. l6th:
~ car hogs from Mashisst6n-79s
Ainswofth - los
g. i s: !: s 81 !: t:
fetal, l,aos.
In addition TO the above, ten carloads, or about
coo hse6 wsss ssssivsd BY NJ. Rutasr, from vsfi
ous points, making il Ill sos bresght in By rail'
road during he AZ. y : s,,s
= For TIN Boo Hoos- We commend the
moral Of the following scrap from On exchange to
the lachryhoss Union-sqssss ofour city:
An old gentleman Of Boston, being urged to sign
celI 81 U1iSa saving meeting. rspliSd: mo,
s~f II ~ Union = = danger. 4 viii light fos
butt viii noe 60 myself nor ask Others - 30 snd
sqhiss about il"
/ That il the feeling Of the Republicans and all
others in the North, except timid men or dema-
gogues Who wish to make political capital out of the
threatsniaes d Southern Are-eatss. All truly
conservative men are ready to give something more
substantial than mere mouth-oferirgs for the
Union.
l.. HHAyY .FALuRs At DAvExPoRy.-W learn
by telegraph that Cook Sargeit, bankers. Of,
Davenport, closed their doors to- ~ (1sth). 1t
reported that they have been col bellsd to make an
assignment in consequence Of q failure Of Bos-
banking house Of Cool r. ut some Of the
Oldest and hssIln s6s stasss b. ring branches
eisds CITY lsnoisss, and Ed renee, N. T.,
IL uSdme viii shaIs IA q ne fate. This
s. he Baakeaf Tlcfsase, N \braska, avid
stitution which ~ have frsqd esty warmed
|Our readers against. They, bed in straight
ensd Circumstances for some time About two
years ago they utterly refused to redeem their
Florence paper, which caused great deal of indig-
nation against them. Very fortunaItely for the
people there is but little Of the trash nd aaoat
- The failure at DavenrA hort, an
nounced yesterday, seems to be worse thanh t first
reported. Three other houies connected whit Cook
L Sargent. and likewise concerned in circnlas g
bastard currency, have also gone down. Whist Ne
Davenport papers say Of these failures will
found in another column The h9rsss that hav&
thus .gone UNDER did nearly all ~ sbMles12 of
Davenport. The blow is ssYa1o
neighboring city.
Cook Sargent had contf
Branch of the State Bank at OaveHp0Ft but "a.
learn on good authority that its solveucy is in g
wise affected by their failure.
Nh, HAYES LscruRE.-We have neykr
been more agreeably entertained by public lscure
than by that delivered BY G. G. Hayes Of thi place
before the Oak Grove Lyceum, last Saturday eve
ming. As speaker, Mr.. Hayes is possessed Of
that easy, confident style of delivery which SO nva
riably engages the undivided attention. of an audi
euce Aud the subject, "a Day in Ancient Athens"
was handled by him in an able manner, The minds
of the listeners seemed to wander with his through
the streets Of that great mart, and gaze together
upon those noble works of painting aud atatuary
which have so long been the wonder and admirstion
Of the civilized world. All who hea1 this address
unite in declaring that its only FAULT was its short
ness.
LICENSE LAw.-The Zeitung has inau.
gurated an effort to secure the passage of law at
the approaching session Of the Legislature licensing
the sale Of intoxicating drinks. Itpublishes form
for a PETITION, to which the editer invites sig
natures, praying for the repeal of the prohibtory
law and the adoption Of license. The editor re
marks that he does not wholly approve of license
law, it dscrminates in favor of capitalists against
poor men, but under the circumstances thinks it is
the best that can be adopted.
We have slways been an advocate Of prohibition.
and would still defend it if we believed it could be