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Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-08
IL. H. Loan Carried i'm Mahaska
County,!

" We learn from S. B. Reed, Esq, just from
Oskaloosa, the gratifying intelligence that the
election in Mahaska county, on Saturday last,
on the question of resembling the loans here
toforc voted to aid tie n. & NJ. R. r., resulted
in a majority Of eight hundred against resets
sion. This is much better than expected.
We learn that the Railroad Company is now
ready to commence work on the road, accord
ing to agreement, as soon as county bonds to
the amount of 100000, as contemplated by
the vote, are issued. The prospect of railroad
communication between Muscatine and Oska-
loosa within the next eighteen months is
therefore no longer doubtful.
Since the loan has bsen ratified by such a
decided majority, we are glad that the propo-
sition was again submitted. There can be no
longer question as to the wishes of the peo-
pie in this matter, and opposition to the issue
of the bonds to the Railroad Company should
forever cease.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-08

SECURITY AGAINST BREACH OF TRusT.---
There is now before the Legislature of New
York a bill which authorizes the formation of
companies, which will take it upon themselves
to insure against breach of trust on the part
of persons employed in fiduciary capacities.
The company stands in the place of privat.
sureties under the present system, and the
person who desires its aid has only to pay
premium to entitle him to it. A scheme like
this has many considerations to recommend
it. and is we'll worthy Of a trial
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-08
PIXIES PEAK. Might before last, Messrs.

PIXIES PEAK-Night before last, Messrs.
Mercer and Parker, formerly residents of
this city, and connected with the Keokuk
Stove Foundry, returned to this place, d.
rect from the gold diggings. They went out
there last Fall and prospected all the Win.
ter. They give very favorable account of
the quantity of gold, and say that by hard
work man can take out from one to two
dollars @ per day, but that it costs that
much to live there. They are satisfied that
with 'slong toms" and sluices from five to
ten dollars per day, for each man, can be
made. They say that they exhausted all
their means in prospecting, and as every
thing was very high there they came back to
the States, to make some money, to fit up,
intending to return in about six months to
the diggings, thinking the times here were
very good. We may here remark that the
prospects are not any too fattering, when
men come home to make money, to go and
dig gold. They say the country and climate
is as fine as can be desired, but they expect
there will be considerable suffering, as there
are many persons there who are unprovided
with anything, not even money, and are do
ing nothing. They started from Cherry
Greek, on the 4th OF February, on foot, with
two dogs, a shot gun, rife and some salt,
all the provision they had, and ate nothing
but game until they got near the Missouri,
and met the outgoing crowds of emigrants.
They must have had weary trip, and we
should like to have their experience for
publication. These gentlemen design going
back again shortly .-KeohuE Post, lst.
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For the Journal.
VTOi 1K1C VVuIH1I' -
4 HOrsa.ShOW ut Uuscatine.

Mr. EDToR 1t may be known to you
this year, and the great inconvenience Of the
location has already given rise to much dis
cussion, in different parts of the State, as to
whether it would not be we'll to have District
Fairs, combining several counties in one dis
trict, and so secure better exhibition, and
at the same time be more accessible to the
people of the district than the present location
of the State Fair. have before me two
articles taken from the Davenport Democrat
and the Lyons Adoocate, in which the policy
Of the District Fairs is urged. ..-
| 1t is a question whether the District Fair
system would not materially injure the State
Fair, and whether the general interest would
not be sacrificed to sectional feeling and
it may also be a question whether the agri-
cultural interests of the State would not be
more rapidly and much more cAeaply advanced
by the former than by the latter. But, while
others may be discussing this matter, sug-
gest that we, of Muscatine county, turn our
attention to improving our County Fair. BY
beginning noW, every farmer and every man
ufacturer can do much very much, toward
making an exhibition in some degree worthy
Of the county. Every one can do something,
if it's only talk about it, which, by-the-way
is very important something further
suggest that Horse Show, Immediately fol-
lowing the Fair would add largely to the
attendance, the profits and the fun of the
occasion. think there would be no difficulty
in securing good premium list, that would
bring out fine display of horses and you
know, Mr.. Editor, that where the horses are
is the place to find "the crowd"
I1should like to hear from the stock-men
on the subject. S. r. G.
Muscatine, April 9th, 1859.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-08
The Upton Railroad.

This enterprise continues steadily under
way, though the last month was an unfavor-
able one to the contractors, on account of so
much rain. Their estimate of work done was
less than half the amount for the previous
month.
We believe all our citizens admit the
importance of this railroad connection, and
are anxious to see it speedily completed.
There is no use in Disgusting the fact, how
ever, that the Company stands in urg mt need
of the necessary means to continue the work
The Directors have thus far expended in the
most economical manner possible the assist
ance furnished. They put the road under
contract before much more than half the
amount necessary to complete it had been
subscribed, relying upon the friends of the
enterprise to meet the necessary expense when
1t should be required. Everything thus far
has progressed encouraginsly, and if the
Directors are furnished with means to con-
tnue the work, they will yet be able to have
the road in running order in time to bring the
next crop to market. This is certainly a
desirable contamination. The matter, there
fore, rests with the friends of tho road. If
they want it completed now, they must come
forward with the material aid" There are
many of eur citizens abundantly able to render
assistance to this work who have as yet done
nothing. Now is the time for them to act
Others, who have already subscribed, should
double their subscriptions. In this way, we
hope to see raised the full amount necessary
to grade, bridge and tie the road When this
part Of the work is once completed, the
Directors anticipate but little trouble in pro-
curing the iron and rolling-stock, without
calling for any further individual subscrip-
tons. Our people are abundantly able to
complete the work they have undertaken, and
it will be lasting shame if they fail to do it.
Subscriptions of goods as well as cash-in
fact, anything that can be made available
will be acceptable, as heretofore Let no one,
therefore, excuse himself by saying the times
are hard and money impossible to get. Every
one interested in this matter should do some
thing, however little that something may be.
The Secretary Of the Company, Mr.. Wilson,
will be found at his office, in this city, during
business hours, ready to receive subscriptions.
Ia this connection, we will refer to the
rumor of discontinuancc Of work on the Tip
ton Railroad. 1t probably originated from
the fact that the contractors on the line above
Upton have quit work, owing to difficulty
between themselves and the citizens of Upton,
who have that portion Of the road under their
charge. The work will be re-let, however,
and completed as soon as ,ssible. The Zine
above Upton is in the hands of company
organized among citizens of that place, distinct
and separate from the company organized at
this place to build the road from Wilton to
Upton.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-08

vThe Washington States, central organ
of the Douglas Democracy, rubs its hands
over the success of "the intervention
policy" in New Mexico, "where, instead of
being sickly exotic, slavery will take root in
congenial SOIL and flourish of its own inhe
rent vigor." 1t says:
"Could the most jealous propagandist Of
slavery desire any other result? And not
only does slavery thus secure firm foothold
in the Territory of New Mexico-almost an
empire in itself--but the position affords the
South every facility of expansion in the very
direction most inviting to it's institutions.
Not only are Arizona and Nevada destined to
fall under the sway of the South, but the
contiguous States of Mexico will be subdued
to the uses of slavery, when, in the fullness
of time, they shall be released from the impo-
tent grasp Of the central government"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-08
CTR Rev. Joseph G. Lovejoy, of Boston

GwRev Joseph G. Lovejoy, of Boston,
notorious, several years ago, as the advocate
Of free trade in liquors, has written a public
letter to his brother Owen, the Republican
member of Congress from Illinois, which is
as wild and ridiculous in it's advocacy of
slavery as anything from the pen of John
Mitchell. He finds slavery authorized by the
Bible, considers it 'the moral condition of
large portions of a depraved race" and looks
upon the shareholders as benefactors of their
country and the human race, while against
the abolitonism of this country there are
visible footprints Of Gods disapprobation.
He considers missions to negroes failure,
and says, ''the best thing that could be done
for Africa, if they could live there, would be
to send them a hundred thousand American
Shareholders, to work them up to some degree
of civilization"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-08
wAre YOU sick. or have Won friend

that are sick? Then read DR.. Easterly'J
advertisement 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 s Cough
Balsam. DR.. EasterIy's Fever and Ague
Killer, DR.. Bakers Specific and Or. loop
er,s Female Cordial. These medicines have
been thoroughly tested in tho various forms
of disease for which they are recommended
snd can be confidently recommended as the
most efticacious 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, 1859-04-08

~ The New York Herald has an &C.
count of the capture of the bark A. Raw
lings at St. Joseph, Fla, by the U. S.steamer
Vixen, on suspicion OF being fitted out for
the slave trade. The crew consisted ofsev-
eral Spaniards, who were placed in IRONS
One of them, a lad nineteen years Of age,
has since made confession, in which he
details the particulars connected with the
fitting cut of the vessel, and givas brief
account of the trip to Havana. He also al
leges that the reason the vessel did not go
on the voyage, was on account of a dispute
that arose between the two captains-two of
whom they had on board-an American
and Spaniard, and before the matter was
settled, the latter, it is alleged, was murder
ed and the vessel taken into st. Joseph.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-08

MORE CENTRAL AMERICAN TROUBLES
Recent arrivals from Central America bring
accounts of some high-handed proceedings in
Nicaragua against the rights of Americans.
The British Minister (Ouseley) is reported to
have secured the ratification of treaty with
Nicaragua which is highly obnoxious to the
United States in its character, and violative
of an honorable understanding; and Monsieur
Belly, who has been granted the canal mon
opoy in Nicaragua, has arrived on the
Isthmus, and entered upon the construction
Of his Transit Canal and it is reported that
Martinez, the President Of Nicaragua, is
greatly alarmed and inccnsed against the
United States, by rumorcd invasions of Amer
lean fillibustcrs. In this connection, intelll-
gence is also brought of the seizure of the
vessels belonging to the American Transit
Company. The immediate pretext for this
measure was a rumor of party Of fillibustcrs
having actually landed at San Juan del Sur !;
rumor with no better foundation than the
landing Of party of sailors from the sloop-
of-war Decatur for days enjoyment on the
beach.
The New York Herald, commenting on
this news, uses the following bellicose Ian
guage:
"Thcre can be but one opinion as to the
necessity Of prompt and decisive action on the
part of our government. Instructions should
be Immediately despatched to our Naval
Commanders to blockade all the Nicaraguan
ports; General Jerez should at once be dis
missed, General Lamar recalled, and suitable
person sent to fill his place, The miserable
governments of the Central American States
should receive lesson effective enough to
save all future troubles in that quarter"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-08

The MoUSr VERNON FUND.-We learn from
the Mount Esrnon Record that the third
instalment in payment for Mount Vernon,
with the interest thereon, was paid on the
23d ult. The association has now paid
1888, 1882 of the sum of 100000 required
to secure the title to Mount Vernon-$l5o,O 900
of which has been paid in little more than
three months. Forty-one thousand six hun
bred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-sx cents.
with interest thereon, is yet to be provided
for, being the fourth instalment, due February
%, 1852. -...rs4-....s z s...s,..F -
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-08

HORRIBLE CASE OF INFANT.oIDE.- Therese
Busner, Swiss girl, hardly sixteen years of
age, has been arrested inst. Louis, for cut
ting the throat of her new born babe with
a butcher knife, and throwing the corpse
into vault. The only reason assigned by
the prisoner for this unnatural act, was the
disgrace of being known as the parent Of an
iiiegitimate child. 81 an
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-08

4 WEATHER PREDICTION. The Whining
ton IN. C.) Journal states that man who
processes to be weather-wise gives it as his
opinion that there will be no rain during
the whole of the month of May. He says
that the same thing occurred during the
year 1859, aud again in l532.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-08
For the journal.

Mr. EDITOR: In your issue Of March
25th find the following problem: "How would
you plant four trees two being more or less than
ten feet apart?" And in your issue of April LIST
there is an answer from Gland Surveyor" which
l think would be we'll for him to reconsider.
Make an equilateral triangle-the angles being
equal, the sides would be equal. Plant tree il
each angle On the surface Of the triangle raise
mound Of earth in the form of pyramid, whose.
slant hight shall be ten feet plant the fourth tree
upon the apex of this mound. Then they are tep
feet apart-no more or less. ROVER
Nuscatinc Island April Cd 1859. 20
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-08

CCBA.--The Havana correspondent of the
New York Neus says that very little is said
about the American purchase Of the Island
among all classes. They seem to look upon
the proposition as being farce and not to be
considered possible, more especially as Con-
gress has refused to grant the S30,oO0,0oO
appropriation. The same writer thinks that
there are but few Of the people Of the Island
in favor of annexation.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-08
Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT,


SIR In view of the failure of the late
Congress to provide for the necessary expenses
of this Department, it has been determined
not to establish new Post Offices, except in
extreme cases, until an appropriation is made
at the ensuing session.
This course is rendered necessary by the
financial position of the Department, for each
new Office, even if situated Immediately on
mail route, causes an additional expenditure
for desks, blanks, mail keys, &C., while the
exercise of the Thanking privilege by the new
postmaster is loss to the revenue, and for
his compensation he draws higher per
centage than is allowed to the postmaster of
larger Office.
These considerations, comparatively unim-
portant under other circumstances, are of
great weight at moment like the present,
when economy is matter of duty and neces-
sity. Respectfully, your ob't serv't,
HORATlO KING,
First Assistant Postmaster General
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-08

SENATOR JONES BscoM1NG REcoSclLED.-It
is announced in a dispatch from Washington
of the LIST that ex-senator Jones will probably
withdraw his declination of the Bogota mis-
sion. He has probably found out that his
chances for the Goyernorship ofIowa are not
as GOOD as he at FIRST imagined. lfss, ge.,,.-r,,
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-08


merce it appears from official statements
that the military forces OF Europe embraced
more than four millions of sotta:..ars Cnder
arms, without counting sailors, gardes, civ
il, national, or militia of all kinds, of which
the number reaches q much larger figure {:
The effective force of France On the 1st
of June, 1858, was GIL, 400 men, I65 bate
ries de campagne; marine, AIT vessels of
war, 800 sailing, LII steamers, $4,000 ma
rines.
The Austrian army consists of 670,577
men, of which $40, 400 were infantry, TO-
800 cavalry, SO, 1872 artillery, IL, JIG engi-
neers, 9, 2l7 pontoneers marine, lO4 YES
sells of war.
The Prussian army consists $4,000, of
which 4lO 900 are of the active force, and
Landwehr OF LIST con-, MARINE SO vessels of
war. 3, 500 mariners.
England has an army of 22S, 900 men, in
Guiding tn Sc dispersed in the colonies ma
rine, 6OO vessels of war, 500 sailing, 25l
steam, 40 vessels Of the line, carrying IT,
272 guns, and 69,5OO sailors.
The Russian army consists of | ,O67. 600
men, including the reserve and 226,090 ir.
regulars marine, 166 vessels, 62 900 ma
rnes and gunners
Spain has peace establishment of Is, 900
troops and for war 100000; marine 4lC
vessels, 5000 mariners.
The Sandman army consists of 5O,66C
men !; marine, 40 vessels, and $500 sailors.
Two sicilies--The army is 100000; OF
which 10000 are Swiss; marine 60 vessels,
II sailing, 25 ateamers, 100 cannoneers, s..
1862 sailors.
Rome maintains an army of 16, 600 infant.
ry and 1915 cavalry. Tuscany has an ar
my of $1,000 men
The German States have federal army
| of $50, 900 men, The German confederation
have an army of 225 900 men, $500 cayal
ny, including the Austrian and Prussian
| contingents
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-08

Tue Iowa CRY REroRrEn comes to us
enlarged and with new heal 1t is good
State and local paper Its only fault being its
politics. (Demccratie.) Edmund Harrison,
publisher; and r. II. Sylvester, editor.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-08

~ The seventy-six members of the last
House of Representatives who voted in favor
of raising the rates of postage were almost
identically the very seventy-slx men who
voted against the Homestead bill, and those
seyenty-sx all were Democrats.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-08
md is we'll worthy Of a trial.

MONEY AND BUSINESS IN New YoRK.-A
review of money and business affairs in New
York for the past week shows that the supply
of capital continues in advance Of the means
of employment, and borrowers on good
security offer their own terms. General
business is not so active as it was, the South
ern and South Western trade having in
measure exhausted itself, and the Western is
not expected to be a very large one this
Spring.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-08

sea. Our readers will remember, Mr..
BRswNELI., at the Muscatine Stove Store, is
selling stoves from three to fce dott1rs low
er than any house in the city. iie'warrants
his goods. See advertiser eut.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-08

WIn the lower branch of the Massachu-
sets Legislature, on the 3Oth ult., Personal
Liberty Bill, which has been before that body
for some three weeks, was defeated by three
majority 1t contained features which some
of the Republican members objected to.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-08
CITY OF MUSCATiNE:
IL EPuBLuCAN STATE CONVENTION

REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION
A &FArE CONVENTION OF THs REPUBLICANS OF
Iowa Is called to assemble by their del gates, at
the city of DIS Moines, at IL O'Clock A. N. on
Wednesday, the 23i of ane, 1>j3 for the uni ma
ton Of officers to b elected tn e leral elect ion
II October Of this year. Candidates are to be Sc
l,cted for the o0ics Of G,varnor, Licuren ant GV-
ernor and thr Judges Of the Supreme Court
The Convention will tax such other action a may,
in its opinion, contribute to the success OF the
principles and organization OF tho Republican
Party Of this State, and Of the Union.
Every organized county viii be entitled 20 one
Delegate in the Convention and T. one additional
delegate for each 100 voters latter the Il st 100
and for any additional fraction of SO votes,
east at the last General Election for Hon ELI III
Sells, ~ Secretary Of state.
The attention of the Republican Central Com
uittsees Of their respective counties Is dircced to
the ,alng Of the County Conventions for the ap-
pontment Of delegates in the ratio alb We stated,
and for efficient organization preparatory % the
canvass.
JOIN A. KAss'N, |
II. n. HoxIR,
NJ. Ru>cH,
On. CooLsY, Rep. State Cn. Com.
q. H.JERoxE,
X. L. B. CLARKs,
THOMAS Sicily,
Des Moines, March 26th, 1857.
DEs MoIxHs, March 24th, 1889.
The following table shows the number VI Deie
gates to which each county is entitled, according
Il the ratio abovs mentioned; and embraces al
the counties organized at this date.
JOHN A. KAsSON,
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.w Three-headed Cerberus is mo

~ Three-headed Cerberus is a more
appropriate crest for Democracy than double
faced Janus. In it's Pennsylvania State Con-
vention it advocated adequate encouragement
and discriminating protection of the industrial
interests of the State" In its Tennessee
State Convention, it asserted that "a tariff for
revenue alone is the true policy of the coun-
try" And the Washington States, which is
the organ of the Southern States Rights
Democracy, says: eff there be any one
measure Of public policy upon which the party
has planted itself more distinctly and obsti-
nately than another, it is the very proposition
of Free Trade" Thus, the Northern head
growls for Protection, the Western head banks
for Revenue Tariff, and the Southern head
brays loudly at both, and bowls or Free
Trade "Great country, this !"--Lou. Jour.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-08

A BANKRUPT CoNcERN-The Post Office
Department has issued the following circular
to the press throughout the country, in order
that the information may be communicated,
without any burden upon the Department, to
the people:
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-08

ca The Hon. Robert J. Walker has had
Mr. Buchanan's letter to him, when Governor
Of Kansas, photographed as a protection
against accidents. 1t is full and emphatic on
the question Of submitting the Constitution
to the people.