Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-03-04
VOL. X---NO. IS.

dius OF one inch, and il Solomon were to re-.
visit this earth and sec this great seal Tie
would recall his declaration that there is
nothing new under The sun. may Justly
apply to this GREAT sal the remark made
by an OK Mayor Of certain sign on S, cond
street, that no m,n would violate the
second commandment were he to bow down
to and serve it; or it is not in the likeness
OF anything that is in heaven above, or shat
is in the earth beneath, or that is in the
waters under the earth.''
| Would it not be well to have this seal fur.
ther amended by substituting for the sickle
the reaper, aud adding the Missouri river.
for our fri,nls ''on the sl,p." feel .hem-
selves justly slight. d siace that great river
has been ''opened;" and there, too, the lsso-
rotive is wanting to keep u, with these
fast times. The motto migh, also be tm-
proved by adding ;hat older one "multum
IN iarvo," whicl, is here literally true.
The old Territorial sea so neat and cIase
Desmoine-(pity it had not been the o,her.)
and to preserve some of rhs o.d Cou ,ty SCI, q.
from similar fate, would sug3.st to our
c. unity judges the propriety OF deposiring
them in the C ,llectioA Of the S:ats Hstori-.
Cal Society at iowa City, and the State
University. r. s. p
MJsc TINE, Feb. 25th, 1859.
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HE "PoOR MANS" BILL KILLED.-The
Homestead Bill, which recently passed the
noase of Representatives, at Washington,
was virtually killed in the Senate, on the 18th
inst, by the refusal to take it up in its proper
and appointed order, giving other matters the
precedence. The Southern Democrats were,
OF course, expected to oppose this great Free
Labor measure, by which it is magnanimously
proposed to i've every poor man of family,
who is citizen of the United States, to live
on and cultivate, 160 acres of the public lands,
which are now given over for the benefit of
spectators; but it was hoped that all the
Northern Democrats, as well as the Rcpub-
hcans, would favor it. 1t appears, however,
that the Northern Doughfaces, in their
devotion to their Southern masters, can forego
no occasion to oppose the interests of Free
Labor Allen, of Rhode Island, Bigler, of
Pennsylvania, Fitch, of Indiana, Gwin, of
California, and Lane, of Oregon, Democratic
Senators, voted with the Shareholders to kill
this important BILL
Senator Jones, of this State, was not in his
seat when the vote was taken. AS the vote
was tie, if he had been present, and had
acted in accordance with the wishes of his
constituents, the bill would not have been lost
But, true to the behests Of his Southern
masters, he secured the defeat Of the measure
by lodging the responsibility of voting. Right
glad arc the people of Iowa that his term of
office is about closed, and that ex-Gov Grimes
"a man who will truly and ably represent
them-is to take his place.
OREGoN--The Oregon State officers are
Governor, John Whitaker; Secretary of State,
Lucian Heath; Treasurer, John d. Boone;
State Printer, Ashabel Bush. These are all
Democratic "Hards" The Constitution under
which they will take Office was adopted Lv
tho Oregonians in 1867. The question Of
Slavery at the same tune was voted upon. with
the following results:
Against Slavery, 6.so1
In favor Of Slavery. 7 9aQ
Majority against Slavery, 1910
An expression of the sentiments of the
people on the question of allowing free negroes
in the State was also taken, and, as far as it
could be asceltainsd, the following was the
result
Against allowing free negroes in the
State, A1o
In favor of allowing free negroes in the
State, e51
Majority against free negroes, 1898
Six of the sixteen counties in the State
made no returns on this question.
The State Legislature has fixed upon Port
land as the future capital of the new State.
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GY The evidence taken before the Printing
Investigating Committee shows a settled
system by which officers of this Democratic
Government constantly collect from ten to
twenty per cent. on the contracts for work,
paper, and other materials given out at Wash
ngton. The witnesses testify that they found
they could not get these contracts except by
submitting to these exactions. In some cases
admitted that they added twenty per cent. to
their bids to cover the cost of these corrupt
foes.
wThe expenditures Of the Government
during the four years of Tylers Administra-
ton were only $S1, PIG, ,G23. Thus, in less
than ten years, our expenses have nearly
quadrupled. The average under Tyler was
little over $20;O0o,oOO under Polk, $780,
73e, 900; under Fillmore, $4s 600, 900; undcr
Pierce, $52, ,775 900; and, under Buchanan,
$Gs,5O0, ,O0o-all exclusive of payments upon
account Of the public debt
How TIE GOLD MINES Pay Sam'l Curtis,
son of Col. Curtis, member of Congress from
this State, is at present in the Nebraska gold
mines, and writes Gas we learn from tho
Kcokuk Gate City) that, 'on some claims,
men make from S. to $40 day, while
others are engaged at merely nominal wages"
Striking an average between '$5 to $40
day. and nothing, and the aggregate wages
could not be very flattering
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