Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-10-19

Tn EaSxA ox MuScA1n1 IsEASD'@Ai
our citi.eus recolleet the promises made By th
present County Judge. last year. In regard 10 tn
speedy completion Of the Levee around Arscasin
Island BY which 20 900 acres of the richest soil 4
the county were to DO protected from ,nundasion
All know the progress that a>s been made in thi
important work since tn, said County Judge wa
continued in Office ON that single issue. Below VI
give the condition Of the Levee Fund, furnished
by Judge Tbayer to the Rerie,o. The Judge crust
lily refused to furnish copy at the same time To-
the Journal, though requested to do SO BY one o
our subscribers, who told him that many reader'
OF the Journal who are not readers of the Rsviss
would like to see it. We are therefore compelled
to copy from the RsuisO, though We doubt not I
number Of mistakes are made from the origina
copy, rs we have already corrected some that W
knew of:
Levee tax in 1858. Bloomington tp. Sits,
sevensy ySs6 e; s.lS,lsm'9tsl .,,,s $685. IL
20, Seventy.Six sp. 1885,, 92-total 1898
do tax in 1860, Bloomington tp. $697 80,
Seventy six tp. $22s 22-total s2s.52
- dsinaasaes. 800. . ss,s Z,
=
Am t borrowed by Swamp Land Fund 100000
Total receipts ~ Ma .u Ssol7, n
Amt paid contractors to Oct. !, 1860 26l7, AZ
do paid for repairs, DC. 4OO, "a
Total amount paid out >' ssol7, n
Total estimates for contract to Oct l. 80 $4270
do amt paid contractors, as above 26l7, AZ
Amt due contractors without interest) $ls5s,4s
10 Ho~ r<nA % and
delipquencies, a. above 1895, Q5
out interest) - - - >,-',t sss, go
Total amt work done by contractors &427O,02
do do repairs | 400, "a
Total $4671, 16
The levy in 1858 and 1859 was cents on an acre.
and so cents ON each lot. In 1860 the levy 10
cents on each acre. and so cents on each lot.
EDw. H. THAYER, County Judge.
II will be seen that when the delinquent taxes
for 1s5s-'59 and that now due for 1860 are col
lected the Levee Fund will have nothing left after
its liabilities are paid. Not very aattering pros
pect for the completion of the Levee as far as We
can see. We don't know, however, that anybody
is to blame, except for those promises.
O, DEAR THE Reuiew addresses itself ~
follows to the intelligent people of Muscatine
county:
"Rsnember that one vote withheld may lose the
State one vote may give the electoral vote to
Lincoln, and thus defeat our glorious cause, and
rend the union of these States. Any one Democrat
in Muscatine county may hald the destinies of his
country in his hands Treason stalks abroad
through the land, incendary fires already light up
the peaceful homes of our brothers. The laws of
our country are set at defiance! The Constitution
spurned and spit upon as league with hell The
foreign hell-hounds Of anarchy and rapine have
been purchased by the gold Of traitors and let loose
to work the ruin Of our country BY subverting its
institutions! Democrats OF Muscatine county,
shall they succeeds"
If that isn't "pilng on the agony" then We don't
know what to call it We are curious to know who
but Democrats have threatened to ''rend the union
of these States" The Republicans are pledged to
its maintenance by their platform.
AL the stuff in the above about "treason,"
defiance to the laws" the "gold of traitors" &C.,
is an insult to the intelligence of the people Of this
county, and base SANDER on Republicans, whose
motives are as disinterested, a. pure and -
patriotic as members of any other party.
OAK GRevs LITERARY INSTITUTE. - The
first lecture of the course before this society was
delivered last Saturday evening" by Geo. H. Stiles.
on the subject of Geology" We are not sufi-
GENTLY acquainted with the science to give q
lengthy review of the lecture our time and space
would permit but if we may judge from the manner
in which it was received the lecturer did ample
justice to his subject.
The next lecture before the Institute will bs
delivered next Saturday evening, by W. c. 1ddngs.
Subjec: not announced. +.