Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-09-09
THE NEWS.


He was 4 very prominent man in the State,
having represented her interests in Congress,
as well as in the Legislature, executive and
other branches of the State government. At
the time of his death, he was Judge of the
Common Pleas Court.
Armand L.. Richardson, of the firm of
at st. Louis, on Friday, Cd inst, by taking
laudanum. The reasons given are that the
firm, not making as many sales as they had
anticipated, were recently in a very tight place,
and, to relieve them, Richardson raised money
on forged acceptanccs to the amount of
$50, 600, hoping to pay them before the forgery
was discovered; but, being detected, he
destroyed himself rather than meet the
emergency. 1t is said w. H. Barksdale &
Co. suffer to the amount Of $4,000.
FRoMrnE PAclFIc.--The steamship Havana,
of the Louisiana and Tehuantepec Line,
arrived at New Orleans, on the 5th, with
adviccs from San Francisco to the Goth .ult.
News anticipated by the overland mail.
Horace Greeley had addressed a large Pacific
Railroad meeting at San Francisco.
FoRrIGN.-The steamship North Briton has
arrived, with Liverpool dates to the oath ult.
Nothing of Importance had transpired of the
proceedings of the Conference in session at
Zurich. Breadstuffs dull.
The New Orleans papers state that the
independents, or Houston Democrats, have
a majority of twenty-five on joint ballot in
the new Legislature recently elected in Texas.
Tho municipal election in ~Leavenwor,h
OK. ~ on the 9Th resulted in the choice Of
Denman (Dem.) for Mayor by a small ma
jority. The Republicans gained largely over
last election-probably have elected q ma
jorlty Of council and city officers:
THAT INDIcTMENr.-The Grand Jurors Of
Mills county found the following indictment
against Gen. Dodge, as we learn from the
Glenwood Democrat, where we find it pub
lished. A correspondent thinks it was a
horrible outrage upon the Spanish Minister !:
STATE OF Iowa. Pulling off coat, with
VS.. intent to scare kirkwood.
a. c. DODGE, Indictment.
The Grand Jurors of the State of Iowa, at
the August term Of the District Court of Mills
county, being duly impanneled, sworn and
charged to inquire and due presentment make
of all offenses committed within said county
of Mills and State aforesaid, in the name and
by the authority of the State Of Iowa, upon
their oaths aforesaid, do find and present:
That on the 18th day of August, A. D. 1859,
at the county of Mills aforesaid, AUGUSTUS G..
DODGE, then and there being, did, wilfully,
maliciously, and ~feloniou>ly, say to S. j..
HARDWOOD, then and there being, a human
being, oxide the new Constitution of Iowa.
the following malicious and f%elonious words,
to-wit: 'If you (meaning the said Kirkwood)
say that, while in the United States Senate, |
(mcaning the said Dodge was ever influenced
by dishonorablc motives, you (meaning the
said Kirkwood) lie, and l will force the lie
down your throat" And thereupon, the said
A.. G. Dodge, being much excited, and kindling
unto wrath, did, in a threatening and fearful
manner, pull off his coat, and smack his fists,
with the malicious and felonious intention,
then and there, to trighten, scare, terrify and
annihilate him, the said kirkwood, then and
there being, and then and there did brighten,
scare and terrify him, the said Kirkwood,
insomuch that the said Kirkwood, then and
there being, a human being, suddenly col
lapsed and eyaporated into thin air, contrary
to the statute in such cases made and provided,
and against the peace and dignity of the State
of Iowa.
But little wonder will be felt at the sad
state of Gen. Dodge's nervous s~ystem-his
hoarse and unnatural voice-when his immi-
nent peril at Glcnwood, and "hair-breadth
'scape'' from conviction as a felon, under the
laws of the State of which he desires to be
Governor, is borne in mind. Yet the people
Of the State hold in reserve q still more terri
bic fate for him, from which the hope of escape
may not be entertained-political death by
their dreaded gmilotims, the ballot-box.
~ Hon. Isaac E.. Morse, long a Demo-
cratic member of Congress from Louisiana,
has written a letter, published in the Wash
ington States, in which he says the next
Presidential contest will be between Governor
Seward and Judge Douglas, and that his
support will be given to the latter. Well, we
expect nothing better Of him. His method of
stating the case, however, is worthy Of par
ticular notice. These are his exact words:
"Whatevcr issues may be made up in the
North, East or West, and whatever notices
may be inscribed On their banners, we, of the
South, will have to choose betUeen Seward,
Aboiitionist, with Congressional jurisdiction,
or Siaye~yan Douglas, non-intervention by
Congress, with the people to decide"
<SS
TIE CODE FIsrIcUFF The Var Eagle,
unwillingly forced to give credence to the
fast, that Dodge, worsted in debate, flies into
a towering passion and raves like a inadman
in his speeches, pro eeds to apologize for the
great Caesar, by saying that he is "a man o!
too much spirit to stand by and hear him
self misrepresentation spirited to brook
an INSULT and concludes that the "Democ.
,,oy u,or!l r,t o,p,p1o;p If tho Ganaro)
should apply his open hand to the long ears
of the Republican war horse'-it would
ser We linn right, even if tit did him no good"
That1l debut Dodge, if he should under
take that game u game inaugurated at
Washington, by such Democratic leaders as
Brooks and Klett-will meet with a Grow
instead of q Sumner. Dodge can neither do
one thing nor The other-he cannot vanquish
Kirk in argument, nor yet floor him by
an appeal to his God-given "weapons."-
If the Var Eagle thinks he can, he is reck-
oning without his host-that's all. But
the above counsel to the Brigadier General
is sig nificant-it shows he tactics relied
upon by the Democratic party of Iowa, to
carry this election. To the attainment OF
de perate ends desperate means must be re-
sorted to. Crack down, Messo Democrats,
if you think there is no reckoning ahead
Council Bluffs Nonpariel.
Pork IN New York With regard to the
reduction of tho stock of Pork in New
York during the past month, the Cincinnati
Gazette of the 81 says
The stock of Pork at New York, as re-
ported to-day, shows a heavy consumption
during the month of August, say 20 900 bbls.
against 5000 b5is. the corresponding month
last year. The stocks on the 1st of Sep:em
Der for three years compare as follows =
1859 70,335
1858 1924
1857 23,640
There will, even with a continued lively
consumption for the next two months, be
pork enough in the country, on the LIST of