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St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-05-10

How SEA-BIRDs OBTAIN FRESH WA
rER.-The question is often asked,
where sea-birds obtain fresh water to
slake their thirst, but we have never
seen it satisfactorily answered till Q
few days ago. An old skipper, with
whom We were conversing on the sub
ject, says that he had frequently seen
these birds at sea, far from any land
that could furnish water, lowering
around and under a stormcloud, clat-
tcring like ducks on a hot day at the
pond, and drinking in the drops Of
rain as they fell. They will smell a
rain-squall hundred miles or even
further of, and scud for it with al
most inconccivable swiftness. How
long sea-birds can exist without wa
ter is only matter Of conjecture, but
probably their powers of enduring
thirst are Increased by habit and pos
sibly they can go without it for many
days, if not for several weeks.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-05-10
PRICE, TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM.
NUMBER 19.

a fourth, and from the nipples to the
top of the head is the same. From
the top of the chest to the highest
point Of the forehead is a seventh If
the length of the face, from the roots
Of the hair to the chin, be divided into
three equal parts, the first division de-
termines the point where the eye
brows meet, the second, the place Of
the nostrils The naval is the central
point Of the human body, and if a
man should lie on his back, with his
arms extended, the periphery Of the
circle which might be described around
him, with the naval for its center,
would touch the cxtremitics of his
hands and feet. The hight from the
feet to the top of the head is the same
as the distance from the cxtremities
of the other when tho arms are ex-
tended. These are the gene. al meas
urcs of the species.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-05-10
American Hotel.
MIN STREET, GRECO

MAIN STREET, NGREGOR, IOWA.
JOHN y. WRIGHT, PROPRIETOR
The undersigned having leased the we'll
known American Hotel, beg leave to inform
the Travelling public and the rest of mankind,
that lie intends To make it worthy the pat
ronase of travellers, and if attention to the
wants of guests, good fare and low prices are
any inducements, he hopes to have his share
Of business.
| In connection with the Hotel is the largest
Barn in town, which is under the charge Of an
I experienced Ostler, and tcalnsters can depend
upon having their teams well cared for. our
| house being the Stage Office, Railroad Ticket
| Office, American Express and General Freight
Office, presents more advantages than any
other can show in the city, and all We ask OF
our friends, is 10 try MS once, and if not salts.
epii not 10 come again.
! McGre-or, Sept. -, 1859. 80
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-05-10

AN EXTRA PAssENGER.-An amusing
scene took place on the steamer Balti-
more, just as she was leaving Clcve-
land. y rough looking genius came
aboard with powerful bull dog at
his heels. Walking directly to tho
individual said to be the clerk:
Stranger, want to leave my dog
in this here Office till the boat starts !;
Pm afraid somebody will steal him"
"Iou can't do it" said the clerk !;
"takc him OUT
Well, stranger, that's crncl ; but
you're both dispositioned alike, and
he's kinder company for you.'
Take him out" roarcd the clerk.
Well, stranger, | don't think
you're honest, and you want watching.
Here, Bull, sit down here and watch
that fellow sharp )" and the individ-
ua! turned on his heels, saying" put
him out, stranger, if he's troublesome"
The dog lay there when the boat
started, the clerk giving him the bet
ter part of his Office
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-05-10
2omantit skettb.
The Ostrich Plume.
By ANNA BU RR.

Hath any wronged thee? BE
bravely resigned slight it and the
work is begun forgive it and It's
finished. He is below himself who is
not above an injury
What do you think of that,
Blanche 2"
a young girl was pacing rapidly up
and down the cosy parlor Of hand
some residence, in a pleasant New
England village. There was an ex-
preston of strong resentment, and
wounded feeling, upon the fair face
which turned toward her interrogation,
while she replied, somewhat petulent-
Iy,
1t is harder to do these things,
than it is To read thcm,-I never can
forgive Maggie Warner for treating
me So shamcfully. Mamma give me
that ostrich plume, just before came
away. Iou know how large and
heavy it was, and it dropped So grace.
fully, too. Oh, | did hate to lend ii
to Maggie, but she wanted it so much
for Mr. Stanton had asked her to take
a horseback ride with him. She prom
iscd solemnly to be very careful Of it
but when she broaght the plume back
this morning, and tossed it into my
lap So indlttercntly, saying. There
! Blanche the Troublesome thing didn
/ tit in my cap, SO cut it, can yor
wonder, dear Aunt, that burst into
tears She soon left me without an,
apology, merely adding, That | wa:
very silly to waste grief over such ;
t.ifie.'"
The swcct-faccd little woman b,
the window closed the book which sh'
held in her hand. al am very sorr,
this has happened. Maggie has com
mitted paltry act, and | know tina
her conscience is not at rest, if sh
does maintain a show Of indifference
Consider that last sentence which
read just now - He is below himsel
who is not above injury Forgiv
youl erring friend, and thus gain nc
bic victory over the indignant spiri
which now controls you. Remcmbc
! Christ's words - If We forgive no
men their trcspasscs, your Hcareni.
Father will not forgive your tres
passes 1t is hard to do this, but yo
will be happier, and better
stronger; for every good deed give
us moral strength"
| Resentment disappeared from tn
!, girls iacc,--tears swan IN her eyes
and the small mouth quivered wit
emotion, she hcsltatcd in her rapi
march, and at length went up to he
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-05-10
LAWS OF low "A.
BE CAREFUL WHOM YOU MARRY :!
An Act in relation to Incest and Mar

An Act in relation to Incest and Mar
riagc.
SECTION |. BE Il enacid byhe General
1s"mJiy If The State Of L,ea, That nc
man shall marry his fathers sister,
mothers sister, fathers widow, wiic's
mother, daughter, wifc's daughter,
sons widow, sister, sons daughter,
daughters daughter, sons sons wild
ow, daughters sons widow, brothers.
daughter or sisters daughter.
SEC. 2. No woman shall marry her
fathers brother, mothers brother,
mothers husband, husbands father,
son, husbands son, daughters hus,
band, brother, sons son, daughters
son, sons daughters husband, daugh'
ter's daughters husband, brothcr's
son, or sisters son.
SEC. 3. All persons being within the
degrees of consanguinity or affinity
in which marriages are prohibited by
the foregoing sections, who shall in
tcrmarry with or carnally know each
other, shall be deemed guilty of in
cest, and shall be punished by impris,
onmcnt in the State Penitcntiary for
a term not exceeding ten years and
not less than one year.
SEC. 4. All acts and parts of acts
inconsistent with this act are hereby
repealed. JONI EDWARDS,
Speaker of the House of Repre-.
sentatives. NICHoEAs J. RrscH,
President of the Senate.
Approved March %. 1860.
SAMUEL J. kIRkWOOD.
hereby certify that the foregoing
is a true copy from the original roll on
file in my Office. ELIJAH SELLS,
l9w4. Secretary of State.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-05-10

REASONING OF 4 NEWFOUNDLAND DOC.
A friend of mine, while shooting
wild fowl with his brother, was at
tended by a sagacious dog Of this
breed. In getting near some reeds
by the side of river, they threw
down their hats and crept to the edge
of the water, where they fired at some
birds. They soon afterwards sent the
dog to bring their hats, one Of which
was smaller than the other. After
several attempts to bring them both
together in his mouth, the dog at last
placed the smaller hat in the larger
one, pressed it down with his foot. and
thus was able to bring them both at
the same time anecdotes Of Dogs.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-05-10
WELLS & CO..
A. B. f. HILDRETH.
General Land Aren't

ST. CHARLES CITY, FLOYD CO., IOWA.
Will attend to buying, selling and selecting
lands on Commission, &c Town Lots bought
and sold, money loaned, and the business of
conveyancing and payment of Taxes promptly
attended to. Friends at the East as well as in
this State, are requested to make application
to my agency. Satisfactory references given
ii required.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-05-10
Proportions of the Human Figure.

The proportions Of the human figure
are strictly mathematical. The whole
figure is six times the length Of the
foot. Whether the form be slender or
plump, this rule holds good. Any de-
Walton from it is departure from the
highest beauty Of proportion. The
Greeks make all their statues accord
ing to this rule. The face, from the
highest point Of the forehead where
the hair begins TO the end Of the mid
die finger, is the same. The chest is
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-05-10

Breathe fresh air if you would live
long. In New England, farmers, who
pass their days out of doors, live TO
an average age of "a years. The
average age of persons who have III.
door occupations, at death, is in Mas.
sachusetts and Rhode Island Shoe,
makers, As tailors, AZ! editors, Al ;
druggists, jewelers. and teachers, from
39 to 40; machinists, 3s {; printers
SO. Fresh air, therefore. almost doub
les mans life, while it more than
doubles his capacity for enjoyment.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-05-10

IN Act to regulate the foreclosure Of
Mortgages.
SEcTIoN |. BE II enacted Jg lie General
Is<cmJiy Of The State Of lara, That in
actions now commenced, or which may
hereafter be commenced in any of the
Courts Of this State, for the forcclo-
sure Of any Mortgage or Mortgages,
the defendants shall not be held to an
swer therein until the expiration Of
nine months after the date Of the ser
vice of the original notice in such ac-
tions on the first defendant served,
any provision in any law or laws en-
acted by the General Assembly at its
present session to the contrary not
wthstanding.
SEC. ,. From and after the first day
Of January, one thousand eight hun,
drcd and Sixty-onc, this act shall cease
to be in force, and the class Of actions
mentioned in this act, shall be gov
erncd by rules of practice concerning
such actions in force at that time
SEC. 3. This act to take effect and
be in force from and after its publica
tion in the Iowa State Register and
Iowa State Journal, newspapers pub
lishcd at Dcs Moincs.
JOHN EDWARDS,
Speaker of the House Of Representa-
| tlveS. NICHOLAS j. RCSCH,
President of the Senate.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-05-10
JAS. JACKSON,
ARCHITECT g. BUILDER

IT, NIIHNLfs 'TI1 INWA
prepared to execute in a neat and tasty
maner, Ground Plans, Elevations, Perspective
Views and all other kinds OF Architectural
Drawings.
Original designs for Dwellings and Public
Buildings furnished at reasonable rates.
Buildingscontractedforo or put up by the day
Lessons given in Architectural llraughting.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-05-10
MONDELL HOUSE,
By L. EOLLMER

By +. N0LLMER,
CORNER oE BLUFF AND MINNESOTA STREETS,
Prairie du Chien, WISCONSIN.
Omnibus and Baggage Wagon will conveypas-
sengcfs and baggage, to and from the Boats
and Cars free Of charge. 81
Price of board 81 90 per day.
Transfers and Others will be provided with
good stabling for horses.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-05-10
NEW ENGLAND HOUSE,
BY j T. MYERS

-Four miles Vest Of Monona Village,
CLAYTON COUNTY, IOWA.
GOOD accommodations for man and beast
Every effort will be made to render traveller.
at home, and make their stay comfortable.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-05-10

If lawyers are climbs Of the law
then the law must be a tree and
Judging from the character Of the
limbs, we take it the tree is a slip
perry elm.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-05-10

An Act providing for the taking effect
of Senate File No. 6, an act to pro.
vide for the appraiscmcnt Of prop,
crty sold under execution on its pub
LEGATION.
SECTION l. BE It enocted JyMs General
Issemb'y Of the State Of Ird, That
Senate File number six, a Bill for an
act to provide for the appraiscmcnt of
property sold under execution, which
passed both branches Of the General
Assembly on Saturday, March GIVEN
ty-nintM 30, 1860, shall take effect
and be in force from and after its pub
lication in the State Register and
State Journal, anything in the Code
Of Iowa to the contrary notwithstand
ing.
SEC. ? This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its publica.
ton in the State Register and State
journal. JoHN EDWARDS,
Speaker Of the House of Rcprescn
tatives. JAMES +. WILSON,
President of the Senate pro tenn.
Approved April 8, 1860.
SAMUEL J. KIRkWOOD.
/, Elijah Sells, Secretary of State
hereby certify that the foregoing is &
true copy from the original roll on file
in my office. ELIJAH SELLS.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-05-10

He who asks no questions at all,
is queer, but he who asks many ques-
tions, is the qnerts..
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-05-10
JOHN FURLONG e son,
WHOLESALE
GrOcerS and Commission Merchants

I27 East Water ST.. Milwaukee, Wis.
From our long standing and facilities for
doing business, We are prepared To sell Gro
ccrics as low US any other House in the West
JOHN FURLONG & son.
Milwaukee, April -, 1859 l6yl
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-05-10
BRONSON HOUSE.
CORNER OF MAIN AND CENTER STREETS,
BEAnroHD Iowa.

ID. T.. BRoNsoS, S,................P Proprietor
The Proprietor would respectfully inform
the Travelling Public that he has again taken
charge of the above House, and would be
pleased to wait upon all who may favor him
with their patronage. Stages leave daily for
the East, West and North. Charges reason
able as at any House west of the Mississippi
IA Good accommodations for teams lv4
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-05-10
d0(sstpara tbe Course Of empire takes its 00tan.


the same by the officer having control
Of the writ, and files his notice in wri-
ting, of election, with the clerk Of the
Court issuing the writ, the officer shall
proceed to sell subject to redemption,
and shall execute to the purchasers a
certificate of purchase.
SEC. Is. When real estate is sold
after appraisemcnt according to this
act, the officer on the payment Of the
purchase money shall execute to the
purchaser or purchasers, decd or
deeds, which shall convey all the in
tcrcst on which the judgment opera
ted as u lien, or which the debtor ac-
quircd after the Judgment and before
the sale, and the said deed when exc
cutcd according to law shall be pre-
sumptivc evidence Of the regularity
Of the Judgment and sale.
SIC. II. The appraisers provided
for in this act shall be allowed fifty
cents III each case for their services.
Provided that in all cases where the
time necessarily re luircd exceeds five
hours they shall be allowed an addi-
tlonal compensation of ten cents per
hour.
SEC. ID. All acts or parts Of acts
inconsistent with the provisions Of
this act are hereby repealed.
JOIN EDWARDS,
Speaker Of the House Of Rcprcsen-
tativcs. NICHOLAS J. Risen,
President of the Senate.
Approved April 3, 1860.
SAMUEL. j. kIRkWOOD.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-05-10

The matrimonial code-thc husband
rciGns, but it is the wife that governs.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-05-10

Business Cards of live lines or less WI" DC 'h7e''eu
thiscoiumn for s., 90 per annum For each addi'oha
ii ne over Gve, one dollar will be charged
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-05-10
St. Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa

AGENTS FoR THE INTElIH ENfEE:
nS-S VI. pErTsNGIII 4 Co.. Newspaper A"NeItisl!s
Agents No. 1l9 Nassau Street. New YORK ana lo S''
Street Doston.
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-06-20
Tribute of Respect.

At meeting of jackson Typographical
Union, No. 81, held at the Mississippian Office
on the morning of Thursday, June a. 1860
the following preamble and resolutions were
adopted:
WHEREAS We have heard with astonish-
ment and regret Of the sudden and unexpect-
ed death of WILLIAM NJ. CLARK, which oc-
Cured this morning at O'Clock therefore,
Resolved, That in his death we have lost
an honorable and industrious craftsman-one
whose general department since he has been
among us commanded our respect and esteem
and whose loss we now deeply deplore.
RESOLVED, That in his death we are admon-
ished that the Almighty ''works in myster-
ious way his wonders to perform that we
NAV at any moment be called from the pass
ing scenes of time to the eternal realities Of
another world.
Resolved, That though not a member of
this Union, he had signified his intention OF
becoming such, and that, therefore, we defray
all expenses attending his funeral, AMI that
we follow his remains in procession to the
grave.
Resolved, That to his mother and other re-
Iatives in distant State, we tender our sin
cerest coincidence, and trust that this affecting
dispensation Of Providence may be sanctitied
to their good.
ResolUed, That the Secretary transmit a
copy of these resolutions to the mother ofouI
deceased friend and craftsman; that the same
be published in our city papers, and that the
Advertiser, Journal and Chronicle, at Lock
port, n. Y, be requested to copy.
j. b. CADWALLADER, Pres't.
J. L. Power, Sec'y.
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-06-20
d. L. YTLEE,
Col. JosEfH B. BROWNE, Key West, Florida.
A GREAT BLESSING TO THE AZ
FLICTED.

A GREAT BLESSING TO THE AZ
FLICTED.
The number and formidable character of
diseases Of the Liver have long challenged the
attention of medical men. Some of these
diseases. classed under the general term of
Consumption, have been supposed incurabe,
and the unhappy patient allowed to die, with
out medical sci nee to offer him hope of re-
covery. Happily this can no longer be the case.
Aremedy has been found which will cure all
complaints, of whatever character, arising
arrangement Of the Liver. The Pills dis
covered by DIR. M'IAne, prepared solely by
Fleming Bros, Pittsburgh, Pa, act directly on
the Liver and b. CORRECTING its operation and
purifying it from disease, cuts off and extirpates
the complaints which have their origin in the
diseases OF this organ. Remedies hitherto
proposed for liver Complaints, have tailed to
operate upon the seat of the disease; but DIR.
M'Lane's Pills make themselves telt upon the
action Of the Liver, and by cleansing the foun-
tain, dry up the impure streams OF disease
which thence derive their existence.
az Purchasers will be careful to ask for
DIR. M'LANE'S Celebrated Vermifuge manu-
factured by FLEMING BROS, of Pittsburgh
Pa. All. other Vermifuges in comparison are
worthless DIR. M'Lane's genuine Verrnifuge,
also his celebrated Liver Pills, can now be
had at all respectable drug stores. None gen
uine without the signature of
FLEMING BROS
Us. STEER. Agent, jackson, Miss.
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-06-20

CorroS PRESS FIRE-Ttoo thousand Bales
Destroyed.-At about a quarter past two
O'Clock yesterday afternoon Gre broke out in
ward No. of the Orleans Cotton Press, at the
corner of Roffignac and Front streets. The
fire spread with the most terrific rapidity,
and though the firemen were early on hand, it
was impossible to prevent the destruction
which followed
The cotton shed, worth 5000; the new
hydraulic machinery for COMPRISING cotton,
lately finished at Leeds foundry, and belong
Ing TO B. R. Shepherd) worth $4,000; and
about goo bales of cotton, worth 10000,
were swallowed up in the gale Of lire, and
lucky wasit that the efforts Of the firemeu
preye1ted the destruction from extending Ear
Their. The cotton belonged to RotcLford
Brown & Co. though, as we heard, about
half of it had the day before been sold to some
Liverpool buyers. As to insurance, we have
not the particulars.
The workmen of the yard were absent al
dinner when the fire broke out; nobody being
left but the engineer The fire may have
been accidental, but some believe that it wa
of ineendiary origin. The afternoon was aw
fully hot aud the fremeu had an awful hot
time Of it, combating fire and sunshine to-
gether.-A o. Crescent, 14th-
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-06-20

MAHuMIssIoN OF SLAVES PREVENTED
A lawsuit involving large amount and pre-
senting curious question is pending in Casey
XVI Circuit Court 1t seems that Owen
Sutherland, living on Green Run, in Casey
cou:Ity. some four or five miles above Liber
ty. who is man now about eighty years Of
age-by his own energy, industry, and econ
omv, assisted by his industrious and frugal
housewife, acquired very large estate, a part
of which Is some fits five or fifty-seyen slaves.
A month or two ago it became noised about in
the county that he was about to set his slaves
free by deed Of manumission. Some of his
grand children, and his s5n-in-law, McWhor-
ter. becoming satisfied that such was his pur-
nose. and that he would soon execute it, in
stituted legal proceedings, charging that be
was IN hisdotsSe and rather imbecile, and es-
uecialIy, that his negroes had an undue infiu-
ence over him, and that on this account he
was incompetent to control his property, and
prayed an inquiry into the matter. with
REV Of having a committee appointed for him,
to take care of his property. He executed
deed freeing all his slaves, and was preparing
10 remove them from the State, when the
plaintiffs rad an attachment issued against
them. and they were detained. The cause
came up for trial week before last, at the Ca
sew Circuit Court, but was continued until
next November term.