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Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-22
A Word OF AIIica.

The soldiers Of the great Republican army,
who have borne the brunt of all the battles
since the organization of the party to which
they belong, will rejoice with us in the belief
that the object for which they have labored is
about to be mplishcd-that the power Of
that false and fallen Democratic party is soon
to be broken forever! The recent elections
have beyond doubt determined the political
character of the next House of Representa-
tives. The control of that body has passed
out of their hands, and with it goes all Dem
ocratic capability for further mischief.
We submit that, with the certainty Of vic
tory before us-a ma ority in the next Con-
gress, and signal triumph in 1S60-the
effort of certain politicians and journals to
merge the Republican party into, but not
Undue with its principles, a smaller, less rad
ical, less earnest, and, we may shy, less patri-
otto party, is confession of political weakness
with which the masses of the party can have
no possible sympathy. Again, we beg these
gentlemen to let all such efforts be intermitted.
-Chicago Press ant Tribune.
The above is fifty spoken. We are
emphatically opposed to the incorporation Of
anything in the Republican creed which is
calculated in the least to compromise the
great vital principle Of the party. The bold
ness and consciousness of right with which
our party has combattcd its powerful foe has
won for it the respect of all men, and enlisted
under its banner a minority of the free and
intelligent people Of the nation. 1t has now
nothing to gain by accommodating itself to
the views of a few stragglers, and would lose
its strength of character and vitality if i. did.
Let us go on, then, with our banner flung
proudly to the breeze, bearing the inscription,
"No more slave territory" Undcr this ban
ncr all the frecmen of the nation can rally,
without sacrificing their other peculiar views.
The slavery question is now the only real
issue between the two great parties of the
country, and it therefore behooves us to
maintain a bold and decided stand npon it.
Let the Republican party of Iowa speak out
on this subject, at the approaching State
Convention, and let her voice be in opposition
to any compromise whatever of our past
principles and policy.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-22
sJThe Kansas election. held on the 26tl

~ The Kansas election, held ON the Goth
ult., to decide whether the people would have
Constitutional Convention to frame State
Constitution, called out a very light vote !;
first, because there was no serious opposition
to the CALL secondly, because the day was
intensely stormy and inclement So far as
we have heard, the vote stands, 1850 for a
Convention to 456 against it, Lecompton
and Kickapoo, of unblessed memory, are the
only towns which gave majority in the
negative.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-22

PoLITIcs IN Texas. By the following
extract from letter from prominent Dem
ocrat of Houston, Texas, to a friend in Mem
phis, it appears that Democracy in that State
is in no better condition than in other portions
Of the Union. There appears, indeed, to be
ne end to the bones Of contention which are
being gnawed by our opponents. The letter
says:
."The Democratic State Convention meets
here on the ID Of May. 1t will be great
gathering. | fear there will be some trouble
Some Of our disunion extremists are anxious
to cngraft the re-opening of the African slave
trade on the platform Of the party; but
have confidence that the good sense of the
majority will override it,
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-22

REGISTRY LAW IN New " RK--The Lcgis-
lature of New York has done a good thing by
passing law for the registration of votes
1t passed by vote of 10 in the Senate and
Is in the House. The Albany Eoening
Journal says Of this law:
Its provisions, because of the peculiar
wording of our Constitution, are by no means
as stringent as those of similar laws in several
of the other States. And, for this reason, it
may not prove as complete safeguard. But
they are believed to be sufficiently stringent
to materially check the alarming frauds which
have so often, for years, rendered nugatory
the labors and the votes of the legal electors
of the State.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-22

MORE TRUTH THAN PoETRY.-An editor
"down Fast mallciously says that, if a man
would have big funeral in New York, he
should either get himself assassinated in a
coffee house or die drunk The funeral Of
Bill Poole was an event in the history Of New
York, and Mike Walsh was followed to the
grave by hundred carriages, and during the
funeral services there was crowd Of five
thousand persons about the house. And if
he wishes to become hero, he should shoot
somebody for too much intimacy with his
wife, after he has encouraged it a year, and
forbid bosom friend his house for advising
him of his suspicious.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-22

DEMOCRACY SOUTHERN 'INsrITUTIoS.'-
The Charleston Mercury keeps up the fire in
favor Of the decisive organization Of the
Southern Democracy as q Southern sectional
party, discarding all further affiliations with
the helpless Democracy of the North. Thus,
in u late article on the subject, our Charleston
cotemparary says:
The Democratic party exists only in the
South. 1t is no longer national party
Why should we not accept the true state of
things, and act upon them? AS party, it
is Southern party, and nothing else Why
should it not turn its back on the North, and
act only for the South? Why should not the
South have sectional candidate for the Pres
idency, to meet the sectional candidat: of the
North? Shall a sectional organization be
made to plumber and destroy US, and shall
we have no organization for our defense
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-22

EST The Commissioner of the General Land
Office has decided that the claim of five per
cent. made by the State of Iowa on the value
of the lands of the "Sacs and Fox's Half
Breed Reservation" cannot beallowed, on the
ground that the tract was set apart by the
United States prior to the admission of Iowa
as State.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-22

THE PARAGUAY SETTLEMENT.-The Presi-
dent has received letter from Commissioner
Bowlin, which officially confirms the accounts
heretofore published relative to the settlement
of our difficulties with Paraguay. The fol-
lowing are the results:
/. A new and more liberal treaty.
.. 4 Convention to settle the claims of the
American Company.
8. Ten thousand dollars indemnity to the
family of the seaman killed on board the
Water Witch.
4. A letter of regret and apology for the
treatment received by our government agents
5. Full permission to explore the rivers.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-22
r[Y Tho Coupci1 Ruff. P,,oIo af Tho q

Go The Council Bluffs Bugze, Of the 9th
inst, comes to, us without single letter from
Pixies Peak, or single article, either editorial
or selected, in favor of the new gold discov-
erries. This is a fearful and ominous silence,
considering that that paper has heretofore
represented Pixies Peak as a golden paradise,
and Council Bluffs as the gate to it.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-22

WAre you sick, or have you friends
veCtsenent in another column of this
paper and g, to the agent in this place and
obtain the medicines recommended for the
complaint. We allude to DR.. Easterly's
Iodine and Sarsaparilla, DR.. Carter Cough
Basam, DR.. Easterly's Fever and Ague
Killer, DR.. Bakers Specific and DIR. Hoop
er's Female Cordial. These medicines have
been thoroughly tested in tho various forms
OF disease for which they are recommended
and can be confidently recommended as the
most etficacious remedies known. They
are very popular and are selling rapidly in
nearly every city and town in the United
States.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-22

ODD Fellows NATIONAL UoLLDAY-On
the Goth Of the present month, the Independ
ent Order of Odd Fellows will celebrate the
fortieth anniversary of it's establishment on
this continent. AT New York will be a grand
central demonstration, and the day will be
observed with appropriate ceremonies in
hundreds of cities and towns.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-22

GzJA case Of wife poisoning has occurred
in Virginia. This may be taken as settling
the question that the peculiar institution" is
not a certain security against these little
Interruptions of conjugal felicity. Hitherto
when man has been poisoned by his wife,
Or wife by her husband, in Massachusetts,,
or in any Of the free States, we have been told
that it was all owing to the absence of the
patriarchal and scriptural institution.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-22

Too MANY "GREAr MEN."-The Washing
ton Union has made a discovery The decay
of the Democratic party is owing to its excess
of great men. 1t has too much head for its
body, and has grown rickety This probably
explains its desire to get rid of Douglas and
other men of brains. Of these great men,
with political estates and expectations" the
Unaon says:
We have too many of them. They exercise
too much power. They would control the
Democratic party. They have controlled it
until its forces are scattered, its laws disre-
garded, its councils UNDECIDED, and its power
is contemplate. We need and must have
restoration of the Democratic organization.
The interests of the country demand 1.-THE
welfare and safety of the Union demand it.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-22

VPlace a glass of liquor on the table,
put hat over it, and say, II will engage
to drink every drop Of that liquor, and yet
I'll not touch the hat" You then get ua-
der the table, and after giving three knocks
you make noise with your mouth, as if
you were swallowing the liquor. Then get
ting from under the table, you say, "Now,
gentlemen, be pleased to look" Some one,
eager to see you have drank the liquor,
will raise the hat when You Instantly take
the glass aud swallow the contents, saying,
Gentlemen, have fulfilled my PROMISE
You are all witnesses that did not touch
the hat"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-22

TIE SlcKLEs TRIAL.-Th trial is progress
ing slowly, but gaining in interest as it pro-
ceeds. The New York papers are almost
filled with the trial, from day to day. From
present prospects, it will occupy week or
two longer. The defence have a large mum
Der Of witnesses yet to examine, after which,
it is stated, the prosecution will have consid-
cradle srebutting evidence to offer. The
counsel in the case have great deal to dis
pute and wrangle about, protracting the trial
almost Unfortunately.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-22

Gov. WISE ON OLD BUcK.-There has just
been published characteristic letter from
Gov. Wise to Hon. David Hubbard, of Ala
bama, of which the following is an extract:
"The President bids high. TO fillibusters
he offers Cuba and Isthmus and North Mexico
to the West, Pacific Railroad the North,
protection to iron and coarse woolens-and to
the great commercial countries the power of
Capitalization by obvious uses and abuses of
a bankrupt act to supply to State banks.
Yesterday, Biddlc was monster, and to-day
a few Wall street bankers can expand and
contract upon US more like a vice than he did
and what would they not do, if they could
force the poor provinces, when they please,
into bankruptcy? have written this right
on, and you may do what you please with il"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-22

PROMIsES.-When Mr.. Buchanan was run
ming for the Presidency, we were promised
that he would leave the institutions of Kansas
in the hands of her settlers; that he would
build Railroad to the Pacific; that he would
gladden. the home of the laborer, at least in
Pennsylvania, by Protection; and that he
you'd guard the National gold with strict
economy. What has become of all these
promised measures? Kansas is still kept
outside the door, because she refuses slavery;
the first sod has not been turned on the Pacific
Railroad the Pennsylvania laborer finds, by
the defeat of the Tariff, that he has been
duped; and the expenditures of the public
money have been doubled. All the promises
he made to get Office were broken as soon as
he got it. te ar
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-22

swell, Patrick" asked the doctor,
show do you feel to-day?' 'Och, doctor
dear, enjoy very poor health entirely
The rumatics are very distressing indade !;
when ! go to Shape, lay awake all night,
and me toes are swi led up as big as goose
hens eggs, SO wEin stand up fall down
Immediately"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-22

To BE. REsroHED.-It is stated by the
Washington correspondent of the Cincinnati
Gazette that the President has commenced
the restoration of the small army of special
mail agents and others who were dismissed
by the new Postmaster General as useless.
Is this the way the President intends to carry
out his late idea of economy, retrenchment
and REFORM" in the Post Office Department,
to obviate the necessity Of an extra session of
Congress to vote supplies?
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-22

Ma Our readers will remember, Mr..
BRowNELL, at the Muscatine Stove Store, is
selling stoves from three to ice dollars low
er than any housein the city. He warrants
his goods. See advertisement
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-22

MEETING OF CoNGRRss.-lt is now under
stood to be agreed by the Cabinet that Con-
gross shall DC convened on the LIST Of October.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-22


. NATIONAL ERA AND Gov. CHASE. DR..
Bailey, Of the National Era, states that his
journal is not committed to the support of Mr..
Seward for the Presidency He is a friend
of Gov. Chase, whom he knows to be "pure
private life; of incorruptible integrity, fair,
firm, consistent and able, in public life :;
sincere anti-slavery man, genuine patriot,
an elevated statesman, fit for the highest post
of trust or honor in the gift of his country"
At the same time, DR.. Bailey is not pledged
to any particular candidate, but adheres to the
Philadelphia Platform, and favors the nomi
nation of that representative man" who will
be found the strongest when the National
Convention comes to meet.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-22

The dead body of Thomas Bell, machin.
list, was found on the 9th inst near Colun-
bus, o., hanging to gate post, with cash
round each wrist and each ankle. It is
supposed that he was murdered.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-22
The 'EiIlaOaa Railroad.

We have seen various statements, made in
regard to the above-namcd railroad, which
are calculated to mislcad the public. AS will
be remembered by our readers, the contracts
for grading were let, last fall, to two different
parties, who immediately commenced work
and prosecuted dangerously until some time
in January last, when the contractors on the
north end Of the road, for various reasons
outside of their relations to the company,
wished to give up their contract, to which the
company consented, and, of course, work was
suspended on that part of the road. 1t is the
intention of the company to prosecute the
work without letting a contract, by employing
an agent who shall oversee the laborers that
may be put upon the work, commencing on
the LIST of May. That the grading will be
speedily completed there can be no doubt
The work on the contract near town will be
completed in very few weeks The grading
on the whole work is about half done. 1t
has been stated that about one half of the
capital stock has been paid in and expended
This is u mistake. 1t is Stated by the Sccre-
tary and Treasurer of the company that only
about one-third of the reliable subscription
has been paid This shows that the company
is abundantly able to grade the road.
w Z W 1911 all W hllOW tliSSC ltCtS, anu dlSO
that there is not a sufficient amount subscribed
to tie the road. Other subscriptions are
needed, and we do hope that those who have
not as yet subscribed, and who are abundantly
able to do so, will now be willing to bear their
part of the expense which will increase the
value Of their property.
The above, from the Upton Adreriiser OF
last week, is encouraging to all the friends OF
this enterprise, and should stimulate the citi-
zcns of Muscatine to redoubled efforts in
pushing forward the portion Of the road they
have undertaken. 1t requires only united
and perseycring action to secure, in very
short time, this desired railroad connection,
which is of such vital importance to both
Upton and Muscatinc.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-22

SUFFERINGs OF GOLD SEEKERs.--The late
cold weather has told severely upon the
hundreds eft emigrants on their way to Pixies
Peak. Many of them started with indiffer-
ent equipments, and the late storms upon
the prairies must have told heavily upon
them. A corresp ndent of the Chicago
Tribune writing from Fort Kearney on the
Cd inst, says the snow at that time, there,
was eighteen inches deep on level, and drift
ted four feet. His company slept in their
wagons, and before morning they and their
horses nearly persisted from the cold. The
following is the conclusion Of his letter:
'About forty emigrants staid here last
night, many of them suffering much. How
those Jared that had to lay out on the open
prairie, without wood or water, | don't
know, but the suffering must have been
great, and fear, some have frozen to death.
We have yet heard no news from the
mines but what is poor indeed some four
or FIVE have come in and reported that
they could not make twenty-five cents a
day. Cold com ort.
We have had to walk nearly all the way
it was so cold that we could not ride. My
advice is for all halt civilized folks to stay
at home. Home! How much is in that
word!
We paid here yesterday $40 for two bush
els of corn. We have considerable, but
wanted enough. Hay 81 per hundred lbs.
If our horses live through think that we
shall go on as soon as the storm abates."
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-22

SUGAR.-The sugar market at New Yorl
is much depressed, and one of the dealers, VIII,
is satisfied that no money is to be made ou
of it this Year, has taken to poetry in til,
Journal Of Commerce. The stock at New
York pro, es to be unexpectedly large. I
is found to be 3O,OSl hllds. az / Ats boxe
against 1864 hhds. and 500l boxes at thi
time last year.
Sugar, sugar, is my theme -
Brokers boards with samples tenn
Losing sellers On he ground
Anxious buyers all around.
Snowy white to golden hues,
Pity that such sugar lose.
Watch the crystals, how they glitter,
Greedy grocers, how they litter
Bargains her,, and bargains there,
Bargains ali and everywhere
Learn a lesson, o !! importer
Learn to make your prices shorter;
You have had erroneous notions
Of our traders and their mo; ions:
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-22

a. We have heard of great many trials
of reapers and mowers, but we never before
heard of anything like the trial of Sickles
that is now going Charlottesville Journal.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-22

SUSPICION OF CORRUPTION IN INDIANA
The Evansville (Ind.) Journal says that the
Democratic Auditor of that State has for ten
years supported his family upon salary of
$3.50 to $500 per annum, and laid up $40, 900.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-22

~ A Nebraska paper says that slavery is
already established in the Pixies Peak region
that the Mexcans are there with poems,
and that Southerners are on their way there
with slaves from every Southern State.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-22

A SOUTHERN OPINIoN.-The Mobile Zri-
6une says the Democratic party in it's action
upon Kansas affairs, resembles "the double
headed NewbGry snake" recently made the
subject of poem by Whittier, in the IT.
lantic Monthly:
"For he carried head where the tail should be,
And the two If course, could never agree,
But wriggled about with main and might,
Now to the left and now to the right;
Pulling and twisting, this way and that,
Neither knew what the other WAS att
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-22


COUNTING CHICKENS BEFORE THEY AR
MATCHED. The Albany Ereaing Journal is
disposed to think that the Administration has
relied too confidently on being able to organize
the next House of Representatives according
to its own politics. That paper says:
A few weeks ago, the Cabinet at Washing
ton held solemn conclave oyer the subject Of
organizing the next House. After long and
careful calculation, they reached the conclu-
sion that the Administration men could do it,
The calculation was based upon gaining one
Democratic member in Maine, one Democratic
member in New Hampshire, electing three in
Connecticut, and the help of the anti
Lecompton Democrats, such as Messrs.
Hickman and Schwartz, of Pennsylvania;
Adrian, of New Jersey, and Reynolds and
Clark, of this State. With these and tie
undivided Southern vote the Administration
could organize the House!
But there is many slip 'twixt the cup and
the lip. One screw of the arrangement proved
to be loose in Maine, for they failed to elect a
member there. When the New Hampshire
election came off, a similar misfortune
occurred, for they failed to elect any there.
Now, they fail to elect any in Connecticut.
Whether their confidence in anti Lecompton
support will prove to be equally baseless
remains to be seen. If it does, their prospects
of organizing the House look dubious.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-22

CoLuMBus CITY ENTERpRlsE.-We have
received two or three numbers of journal
with the above name, published in Louisa
county, by Mr.. Edwards, late of tn, Fort
Madison Independent. 1t is neat and
sprightly sheet, and, we need not say,
thoroughly Republican.
We observe that Mr.. E. has sense enough
to make the contents of his paper as carried
as possible, laboring to condense as much
intelligence and to bring together as many
items of passing interest as he can within the
compass Of his columns. 1t is a fault with
many country journals that they are too much
inclined to lumber up their columns with
lengthy articles, for which the amount of
space at their command and their particular
province in the world Of journalism render
them unsuited, as common practice, it seems
to us. Success attend our neighbor. -Keo.
huk Cute City.
The fact limited at by the Gate, in its just
notice of the Enterprise, is one which con-
ductors of small-sized newspapers should
always bear in mind There is some propriety
in the huge blanket sheets of the cities elabo-
rating a small idea, but it is suicidal for a
small country paper to initiate them in that
respect. This is eminently utilitarian age.
The people want facts-not long-winded
editorials, without point or purpose.