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Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-09-16

"WHAT A FALL WAS THERE, My COUNTRY
MEN n'-- Before Gen. Dodge took the stump,
his admirers were lauding his oratorica talents
to the skies, and boasting that he would very
soon use up Mr.. Kirkwood Now, however,
they have not only dropped their feathers and
ceased growing, but some of them acknowl-
edge their error The Iowa City Reporter,
as we have already stated, confesses that
Kirkwood had the advantage Of Dodge in the
discussion at that place. The Sigourney
Democrat, in the most earnest and candid
manner after hearing the discussion there,
asserts that Dodgeis the "equap' Of kirkwood.
What! only an equal' He who has been
twelve years U. S. Senator, foreign minis
ter and Plenipotentiary, and prominent
aspirant for the Presdency-is he only an
equa. of "Farmer Kirkwood," concerning
whom the Burlington Var Eagle contempt
uously inquired, "Who the devil is he?"
Here you have response to your interroga-
tory from Democratic source, Mr.. War
Eagle -Kirkwood is the EQUAL Of Gen.
Dodge! We opine that, ere long, these same
Democratic editors will acknowledge Mr..
Kirkwood's superior oratorical talent and
craftsmanship. Democracy is progressing!
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-09-16

ag"VoT A FARMER PIN the discussion at
Iowa City, Gen. Dodge expressed his willing
ness to abandon the true principles involved
in the contest, and turn in on his qualifications
as laboring man, in whatever field of toll his
opponent desired. He will have ample oppor-
tunity for trying his hand at thai after the
election, the particular field being left entirely
at his own option. We think it would be a
good idea for him to yoke up those disfgured
oxen, and hire out on the railroad.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-09-16

EOne of the most noticeable features in
the present campaign is the way the conceit
is being taken out of Democracy by the per-
son whom it affected most to despise, and
sneeringly termed "The Dutchman." The
Hon. N. j. Rusch is fast filling up the list of
his appointments, and meeting with the most
gratifying success whereverhe goes. On the
Sd inst, he made an eloquent address at Bur-
lington, to the Republican County Convention,
which was received with rapturous applause.
In the evening, he spoke at Grimes Hall, to
a large audience, in both English and German.
The Hawkeye thus alludes to Mr.. R.:
He made very favorable impression upon
his hearers as speaker in the English Ian
guage, showing himself capable of discussing
the political questions of the day before an
American audience His hits were well made
his wit and repartee admirable, and it was
generally acknowledged that he could speak
English without an interpreter. In fact, II
was found very difficult to misunderstood
him. His manner is good, address pleasing
voice musical, and there are few speakers in
the State who will make more favorable
impression than Mr. Rusch. Let him trave
over the State wherever he speaks he viii
make friends and gain votes
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-09-16

/. =
CRIMINALS CONVERTED TO CANDIDATES.
We showed, yesterday, how the poll.book
thieves, and the aiders and abettors thereof,
who robbed the people of their right Of suff-
rage, stole the verdict of the ballot-box, and
hid the record evidence of the right of the
man of the peoples choice to seat in Con-
gress, had escaped punishment and had been
nominated for high offices by the Democratic
party. Lysander W. Babbitt, who, under the
mruch.vaunted sub-treasury law, is guilty of a
crime made punishable by imprisonment in
the penitentiary, has been nominated by the
Democratic State Convention for the second
Office in the gift of the people of Iowa, as a
reward, instead of being sent to the peniten.
tiary for his crime. An acknowledged
defaulter, with suit pending for near ten
thousand dollars against him in the United
States District Court, the people Of the State
are called upon by the Democratic leaders to
elect him to preside over the Senate, and also
to preside in the State School Board, to make
school laws for the disposition of the balance
Of the school funds, which that other Locofoce
defaulter, Eads, has left undisposed Of
! Gale Citq. "
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-09-16
The POll.BOOk Thieves Before
5a1 ai-. sd the EeODle. ieg'1lz ..Hg

All the prominent men engaged as actors
or ss ,aiders and abettors in the poll-book
robbery, with the exception of two, are now
before the public as candidates for the suf-
RACES Of the people, or as earnest advocates Of
their claims. Dodge, who advised it, and
who subsequently, defended it, and called for
three cheers ut a Locofoco barbecue in Eddy
vile in honor Of the base act Of the Clerk Of
Monroe county, is the Democratic candidate
for Governor. Mason, the attorney, who,
with the stolen poll-book in his pocket, denied
the right of Miller to seat in Congress, of
which that was the original voucher, is a can
didate for the Supreme Bench. j. c. Hall,
who received and carried off the stolen poll
book, and was the partner and attorney of the
man who sncaked into Congress by the theft,
is a candidate for the Legislature in Desmoincs
county. And Bill Thompson himself, who
enjoyed the profits Of the stolen documents,
and drew several thousand dollars as the fruit
Of the combined villainy of his personal and
political friends, is now their chief advocate
and defender in the Burlington Gazette--
Gate City, 's','r q" 'i,'2'H e.' 54a=
The more recent citizens of the State ought,
perhaps, to be informed that the poll-book
robbery above referred to was the abstraction
of the poll book at the Kanesville (now
Council Bluffs precinct, in which Miller
received 493 votes, and Thompson 80. This
election was held in August, 1s4s. During
the progress of taking legal testimony in this
case, Charles Mason, the attorney of Thomp-
son, accidentally exhibited the stolen docu-
ment, by the denial of the existence of which
Thompson was holding his seat in Congress-
A more shameful, unblushing and outrageous
of the sacred right of suffrage than
this affair exhibited cannot be found ON record.
For full particulars, the reader is referred to
document No. AT, House Of Representatives,
Of 3lst Congress. Viii! the people of Iowa
endorse the conduct of Dodge, Mason and Hall
in this matter, by placing them in office?
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-09-16

G8' The sRichmond Enquirer says that MI
Douglas doctrine of the right ola Territorial
Legislature to exclude slaves sis even more
practically and effectively subversive Of the
constitutional rights of shareholders than is
the doctrine maintained by Mr.. Seward and
his adherents of the Black Republican party.
Mr. Seward holds that Congress may rightfully
exclude slave property from the Territories.
Mr.. Douglas contends that this power resides
in the local authorities of each Territory. So
far, then, as the great question ola principle
involved is concerned, there is no material
difference between Mr.. Douglas and Mr..
Seward. Both deny he'inalienable right of
the citizens of each State to enjoy on territory
comwon to all the States, every species of
property which any citizen may lawfully hold
within the limits of any one of the States"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-09-16

KNOWN BY HIS CoMPANY.-Gen. Dodge's
travelling companion from Council Bluffs to
Adel, was Col Babbitt. From this point
eastward, he was under Tomlinson's escort.
From such reform as the people of Iowa would
be likely to secure at the hands of Dodge,
Babbitt, Tomlinson, Eads, &C., they may well
pray to be delivered. st5
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-09-16

"a A New PRESIDENTIAL MOVEMENT. - The
Washington correspondent of the New York
Herald understands that movement is
already on foot in Texas, and several other
South Western States, among the no-party
men, and independent men of all parties, who
are disguised with packed conventions and
wire pulling politicians, to call the people
together in town and county mass meetings,
and nominate General Houston IS an inde-
pendent Jacksonian candidate for the Presi
dencY. ----- ----.- ------.-
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1859-02-19

THE above Company now offer inducements
L unequalled b. any Town Company in the
Territory.
The Companyhaye Just completed the largest
Hotel in southern Kansas. being three stories
high and containing twenty-four large, commo-
dio1s sleeping and sitting rooms. In addition
TO the hotel. the Company have built large
Storehouse. which Will soon be well filed with
all the commodities needed IN n country IKE
ours A large number Of carpenters are now at
work erecting residences, shops, Offices, &c. The
Company offer great inducements to mechanics
and others, wishing to locate. The town, from
its central location, being the geographical cen.
ter OF bourbon county, must always command
an extensive trade and soon become an lmpor-
tant town in southern Kansas, as il is surround
ed by as GOOD FARMING LANDS as were
ever titled BY the husbandman.
CLAIMS.-Good and desirable claims can be
obtained in close proximity to town and timber.
Marmiton is splendidly and must be health
fully located, being on high rolling prairie:-
1t has beautiful streams of water washing its
northern and southern limits. An excellent
STEAM SAW AND GRIST MILL
has lately been erected, and is now in successful
operation.
CLtMATE.-Marmito is situated in latitude
81 50, and longitude, IL > a west from Wash.
ington. The Thermometer does not indicate 9
higher degree of heat than ninety, and never il
| the winter gets below zero. Farmers and Me-
chanics find no inconvenience in doing outdoor
work in the winter season. Cattle, hogs, sheep
ETC., do well on the prairie during the entir'
year. There is always pleasant breeze in tn,
hottest days of summer, which makes the hea
less oppressive than in many of the norther RI
States Lots will be sold at exceedingly Low
| figures to persons DESTROYS of building.
j. Z. JONES, President.
H0RATIO KNOWLS, Vice Prest.
| T. r. ROBERTS, Sec'y. aug. "a.
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1859-02-19
E. c. HOPE, of Whiteford. o

OF 1t is to be hoped that the Legisla-
ture, at its present session, will pass an Act
prohibiting the driving of diseased cattle
through the Territory. Hundreds of our
citizens have been impoverished by the
extensive mortality among their stock
during the last season, caused by the
Spanish or Texas fever. We know of
many men who have been reduced from
a condition of comfort to one of poverty,
from this cause. Noone WHO'S acquainted
with the facts can doubt that the disease
is communicated or spread by herds from
Texas, which are driven through the Terri
tory to Western market The evil is
one which demands prompt and efficient
remedy.-Fort Scott Democrat.
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The Eclectic College of Medicine,

The Eclectic College of Medicine,
CINCINNATI, o.
THE Spring Session of 1859 will commence on
l. Wednesday, the 9th day of February, and
continue IL weeks. A full and thorough course
hours daily, with good opportunities for atten-
ton to practical Anatomy.
The arrangement of the chairs will be as fol-
ows:-
TIES JOHN, NJ. D.,
Professor Of anatomy and PhysiOlogy
J.F. JUDGE, NJ D.,
Professor Of Chemistry and Pharmacy.
AJ.HOWE, Id,
Professor Of Surgery.
c. II. CLEAVELAND, NJ. D.,
Professor OF .Ndterid MeciicG and Therapeutics.
WIN. SHERWOOD, ND,
Professor Of Medical Practice and Pathology.
J. R. BUCHANAN, NJ. D.,
Emeritus Professor Of Cerebral Physiology and
Institutes Of Medicine.
JOHN KING, D.,
Professor of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women
and Children.
The Terms for the Session will be the same as
heretofore DISQUALIFICATION, s. 90; Tuition,
$50 90; Demonstrators Ticket, S. 90. every
Student is required to engage in dissection one
session before graduation.l Graduation, SIS 90.
The Lecture-ROoms are newly finished, neat,
and comfortable, and in central locality, lin
College Hall, Walnut Street) where students
will find it convenient to call on their arrival.
Tickets for the session may be obtained Of the
Street, or of Prof. G.. H. cleveland, Secretary Of
| the Faculty, No. 1S9 Seventh Street, near Elm.
JOHN KING, NJ. D., Dean.
Dec. II. 1853.
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ADRIAN. Mich, Jan. IL, 1876

ADRIAN, Mich, Jan. Is, 1859.
see the papers teeming with fabulous
accounts of the richness of the South
Platte or Pixies Peak gold mines. Now
when l say that this is the greatest hum
hub of the day, speak advisedly. 1
have made two successful trips to Califor-
mia; first crossed the Plains in 1849,
and worked the mines nearly two years,
and returned to my home in Cleveland,
Ohio. l returned again in 1852, and
worked nearly tive years more in the
mines. So think that am qualified to
judge, from thorough prospecting, what
a man can make per day in the mines
Last September, ], in company with sew
eral others, started for the gold mines of
South Platte. There were also two other
California miners-J. D. Sprague and
james Fry-in our company.
We prospected the Platte, Cherry
Creek, Plum Creek, and many other
small streams. We have found as much
as two cents to the pan of dirt; but such
places were few and far between; and at
no place could we make dozen pans of
dirt average one cent per pan. 1t is all
very fine, or wash gold. 1t is estimated
by many that there will be $4,000 emf
grants to the gold diggings next Spring ;
and, judging from what have seen on
my way down and on the frontiers, i
think it will be large, unless the truth is
fairly stated. The border men may have
a great interest in publishing flattering ac-
counts.
Every one who goes to the diggings
with the expectation of making money
by digging gold, is destined to great dis
appointment. There are those on the
borders who are now preparing to fit oui
the dupes of their f1attering accounts, that
will make great amount of money and
they alone will be greatly benefited by
this stupendous humbug. 1 write this
hoping it may save some from the disap-
pointment which they must ultimately
feel if they expect to find a new Ell Dora
do at Pixies Peak.
E. C. HOPE, of Whiteford, o.
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or We take this opportunity to con-
tradict the statement made by some Of the
Journals Of the Territory, that Marshal
Russeilis at Paris with large number Of
Missourfans. We know from personal OBJ
servation that the Marshal's posse is. COM
posed Of bona fide cit1ens of the Terrific
~, acting in defence of their homes. The
force in and about Paris, raised by Major
Russell, Msrshals Mitchell and Babb, are
only in the field to maintain the supre.
macy of the law-when that object is
maintained, they will return to their
claims, receiving the thanks of all good
citizens for the course they have pursued.
Fort Scott Democrat. f4t
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~.+-Machinery for Kansas and Mis,ou,
livered on Levee in st. Louis free Of charrs
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IN THE

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n. M,cracken,

WHOLESALE AID RETAIL Grocer and
w Iron Dealer, Receiving, Forwarding and
Commission Merchant, Leyee. South Cherokes
street, LeavenWorth CITY. K. T. Nov. p: Sc.
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Nisceiiapeous.
From lie NeIraskG city Neus.


Letter from Hon. Jas. Craig, Of Missouri.
We are permitted to make use of the
following letter, received by our fellow
citizen, Hon. NJ. S. Reeves, from Mr..
Craig, Representative to Congress from
Missouri.
HOUSE OF REPREsENTATIvEs,l
WASHINGTON, Dec. 81, '58. {
DEAR SIR:-I am in receipt of your
letter Of the 18th inst, and have only time
tonight to say that am waiting for your
people to speak out on the subject of an
.nexatioD, and as soon as I receive their
orders, will introduce bill and press it;
the delegate from Kansas is cooperating
with me, and believe we can pass the
bill before Congress adjourns.
An esteemed correspondent, at your
place, informs me that the enemies of the
proposition hold up large Territorial
debt before the eyes of your people-this
is not true. Gov. Denver informs me
that the debt now owed by Kansas is very
small-probably less than owed by Ne
braska. The taxes now levied, and being
collected, will pay them out of debt.
have no personal or political interest in
the question; never expect to be a can
dldate again; nor do l expect to reside
Ia Kansas. do believe, however, to add
South Platte to Kansas, and curtail her
western boundary, that it will make an
empire without a rival on the western
continent Among all our rich States,
Kansas would then be the richest in nat
uTal resources. South Platte is rich, fer
tile and healthy; and without desiring to
do North Platte any injustice, must say
that that frontier is far from being equal
to the South. Your frontier of the Ter
ritory is cut off from the Northern from
tier by an almost impossible barrier ;
your interest is not the same, and you
will always be clogged while you remain
part of the same Territory. Nebraska
North of Platte, is large enough for sew
eral States and with the South Platte
taken of, would be pretty much alike
all rather poor Territory, but no diversity
OF interest-with annexation you come
into the Union at once, with land dowery
sufficient to build your school houses, col
leges and necessary railroads-in word,
South Platte, if annexed, will be richer in
wealth and population in five years, than
she will in fifteen years if she remains a
part of Nebraska.
As have said before, it is none of my
business, and will act or not act in the
premises as believe majority of YOU
people desire.
Respectfully, your obt servt,
JAMES CRAIG.
n. s. REEVES, Esq.
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Dentistry.

nR. l.. KELLOGG, Demonsfrdtor Of Operative
- Dentistry of 10 years constant and success
full practice, having settled permanently in Law
renee, may be found at his office over Duncans'
store, where he will keep constantly on hand a
large supply of Gold Plate and Foil, and the
most approved styles Of Teeth. from which pat
rons can select to suit their own taste. III All
operations warranted. 42f
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Land Agency and Land Office.

EDWARD H00GLAND, ATTORNEY AND
Il Counsellor at Law and United States Com
missioner, Tecumseh, X. T.
Presumption business and contested claims at
tended to. Money to loan to pre-emptors; Land
Warrants located, Claims and Town Shares and
Lots in all parts of the Territory, bought and
sold. Investments made for capitalists, and 2t
per cent. satisfactorily guaranteed.
REFERBNcEL:-His Exc'y John W. Gcary, Lee
compton. K. T.. Hon. John Mexican, U. s. Dis
trict Attorney, N. Y City; Hon. w. A. NJ.
Vaughan, and Thomas N. Stinson, Esq, Tecum-
sch. K. T. an2tf