Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-12-16

WEEKLY JOURNAL
LOCAL DEPARTMENT..
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e. A display of tho aurora bore0lis wat
visible Wednesday night, but it was not as bril-
liant a. the exhibition in August last.
SCOOP Eea."-Mr. Isaac Shepherd, Of
this city. presented US on Monday With hens egg
measuring rs inshes in circumference and weigh
ing 81 sunsss. It contained two yolks. p. IL 4
MRsr1Ho 70 CoNslDsR THE ScHooL LAw.-
We made mistake last week in announcing this
meeting for Saturday, 10th inst The call, as orig.
inally published, will be found ia our paper again
to-day.
G. Judge Joseph Williams, formerly Of
this place. was beaten on the Democratic ticket for
Chief Justice Of Kansas by Thomas Ewing, Repub-
licaa candidate, (son of Hon. Thomas Ewing, OF
Ohio,) at the late election.
O. Our worthy Representative elect,
Hon Geo. C. shipman, arrived from West Liberty
Tuesday with drove of 7s hogs, which he sold to
one Of the saughtsring houses. Mr.. s., though
somewhat of politician, never resorts to ''hog
driving except in the legitimate way.
G. The enterprise Of our business mea is
again drawing produce from the very doors Of the
rival markets Of Davenport and Rock Islands Yes
terday, Mr.. Butler received four car loads of live
hogs from Illinois, which were shipped at Rock
Island and brought through Davenport on their
way to this city. We understand that other lots
are coming from the same quarter.
DIsrRIcr SCHOOL, No. I've understand
that there are over three hu ndrsd children attend
ing the public school in District No. under the
superintsndency Of Dr. Goodno. This is the largest
1t has been found necessary to provide additional
seats in the school house to accommodate the in :
creased number Of pupils. q 49, ~
~ We learn from the Davenport papers
of the 18th inst that the river is still open at that
place, though is frozen over at Lsclaire, above
the Upper Rapids. 1t closed at Burlington on
Thursday morning of last week-one day before the
ice stopped running at this place.
The Winona (Minn.) Rsuisw states that Lake
Pepin is firmly frszen over, so that teams cross at
all hours. 49,
q, SMELLING BUsH.L OF Com IN A MINurs.-
Msssrs Kimball / Watt have put in operation one
of McQuiston's Patent Corn Shelters in q frame
building erected for the purpose on Water street,
near tho mouth of Pappoose. They commenced
Smelling corn on Tuesday, and upon fair trial
found that sixty bushels of corn could be sheled'
cleaned and sacked with the machine in one hour
It runs by horsepower.
Hoes Receipts by Railroad Tuesday:
"a From Rock Island cars, with 22o hogs
" Washington II" $40
" West Liberty l -" 60 Z"
there will be between 900 and II, 900 hogs ship
ped from Washington this season, to be slaughtered
ct this place. m3
Hoes Receipts by Railroad Wednesday:
From Washington, IA cars, with $40 hogs,
Iowa City, 9 700 ("
TIE LITERARY Institute Third Lecture. |
There was real jam in fremont Hall last eve-
ming to hear Mr.. Carskaddan's lecture. If these |
lectures continue to increase in interest at the
snt ratio the Institute will be sadly puzzled to find
. place large enough to contain the audiences.
Mr.. Carskaddan's subject was Revolutions, -
which he handled with statesman-like ability. Rev.
olutiop, he said was but another word for change.
It is not in tho nature of things that communities
more than individuals should remain stationary, or
that national affairs should forever revolve around
the same centre of gravity. We are taught and
feel that progress is the law of being, and that
6xsdness means stagnation and death. Revolution
or change is irresistible, and when not opposed its
work il silent and almost imperceptible though
none the less radical. The "pomp and circumstance
ally associated are not 30 mush the revolution
itself the stupidity that attempts to put it down.
The lecturer denied the position taken by some that
the human movement was not always and ultimately
upward, and that what We gain in one department
we lose in another. He cited, to show the progress
in religious sentiment the two Massachusetts facts
the hanging Of witches and the preaching of
Theodore Parker. i
The lecturer illustrated his subject mainly by
reference to the great French and American revo-
lutions-the former caused by the expressions of
monarchy and the Church, and the latter by the
denial Of an abstract principle ofliberty the part
of Great Britain to the people of her colonies. The
grievances suffered by our forefathers were insig
niacant compared with the weight of long accumu-
latng wrongs and tyranny inflicted upon the 49,
100000 of French who finally appealed to arms,
slew their rulers and the priests Of corrupt
Church, and in their madness and infatuation
sought to blot out even the existence of Deity The
French, however, had not been educated to self
government, and therefore failed to preserve the
liberty they had secured by blood and carnage. The
fruits of that revolution hardly susceptible of
computation and men differ widely in opinion on
the subject. They generally agree, however. that
it inflicted deserved punishment upon an imbecile
monarchy and corrupt Church. If it did not
build up, it battered down to some purpose. The
American revolution was in marked contrast to the
French, both as to cause and manner of accomplish
msnt. Our fathers were not groaning under
tyranny that made life burden and curse as
general thing we may say, their right of personal
liberty was not infringsd the nviolability of their
homes was not invaded. Even their pockets were
not deeply touched. The American revelation was
really grounded upon an abstract idea-was COM
mencsd in defense of a general principle. And it
was accomplished in true Anglo-Saxon style-not
without hard fighting to be sure, but dscently and
in order It was revolution regularly harnessed
and pulling steadily towards definite and certain
aim and not like the twenty five million of French
men, crazed by tyranny and hunger, confusedly
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