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Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-02-03

The Wise Conspiracy i'm 1856. &
At recent Union meeting in Knoxville,
Tenn, Judge Bailey, formerly Of Georgia,
made speech, in noticing which, the Wing,
Of that city, reparks:
"The Judge made one startling disclosure,
which was new to us all. He said that, during
the Presidential contest, Gov. Wise had
addressed letters to all the Southern Governors
--and that the one to the Governor Of Florida
had been shown HMM which Wise said
that HE HAD AN ARMY IN READINESS
TO PREVENT FREMONT FROM TAKING
HIS SEAT, IF ELECTED, and asking the
cooperation of those to whom he wrote"
Inasmuch as the chief mourners at the
Boo Hoo meeting in this city, some weeks ago,
affected to disbelieve that Gov. Wise ever
contemplated treason as above, we submit this
statement to them, along with that Of Mr..
Carey, an eminent Democratic politician o
Ohio, which We have already published. Is
not the evidence sufficient? And yet we have
never as yet heard one word of condemnation
of Gov. Wise for his reasonable threat, while
the Republicans, who never dreamed of dis
union, are denounced as enemies of the
Constitution and the Union merely because
they have resolved to elect President WHIT
shall re-instate the government upon thu
fundamental principles laid down by thu
Revolutionary Fathers.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-02-03
Fat cattle are prompt at So
THE MARKETS.

.'--,# NEW IORK, L co. II .
Flour steady at s5,15@s5,75 for western
brands. Wheat quiet and unchanged mo
receipts. Rye 100000. Barley 8O982c.
Corn firm at 80@82c. Oats 44(045c.,
Old mess pork $l7.27, new mess 1872. ?
......,. -: .. ...-.. Chicago, Feb. 1.
Wheat market more active and firm at 97c
for No. spring Flour-spring extra $4,-
7O@$4, 80, spring super $3.50. Corn steady
at 42@483c. Oats 36@37s. Rye sl(gS2c.
Barley 52@623c. Green hides 93C163c,
dry flint 1339l4c. Fresh eggs 134@l4c.
Butter dull at 3@14c for prime and Solo
for common. 3 Choice potatoes 4595Oo.
Timothy seed $2s624@$2,So. Glover a.
85@$4,90. Hungarian grass seed SOC.
Mess pork firm at $3.50. ID
Lice Stock.-Cattle in good shipping de-
mand at $3(93,25. Sales were As head av
1860 lbs at So Is; 80 av 1910 Tbs at So, 90.
Hogs in good demand and advanced 5(01Oc;
sales 1l9 hogs av 218 lbs at $500; SO az,
260 Tbs at ST., rs; 100 av 262 lbs at SIS ,S5. I
mn ''a y. ST.. Louis, Jan. 80. 81
Navigation still closed except to Cairo
and the South. Receipts of produce light
and no movement of i'm portance in the mar!
ket. Flour firm at $5,50@$5,6O for SUI
perfne. Wheat - common to prime fall
$,15@SL25.f Corn in improved demand
at 56957c for damp mixed, Coo for yellow
and 609623c for white. Oats 54(960c.-
Barley 723980c. Potatoes-sale Of l46
bbls. pinkeyes at $40 per Dbl. Onions
300 per bu. Dry hides 13c. Hay, $50
973c per 10olts. Mess pork $l7@17, 95.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-02-03
The Trial OF Stevens.


# CnARLEsTowN, Feb. 2.
The town is thronged, to-day, to witness
The proceedings of the trial of Stevens. one of
The Harper's Ferry conspirators. At II
o'clock, the Court opened. Judge John
Kenny, of Rocking CHAM, presided as Judge.
Judge Parker being engaged in holding the
regular Court in Hampshire county. The
Grand Jury, Of which Shirley is foreman. was
sworn. The Judge delivered his charge, and,
in referring to the Harper's Ferry Invasion
said:
at is known to you, and is now a part OF
the history of the country, that. on the night
of the 10th Of October last, band of traitors,
murderers and incendiaries stealthily made a
descent on the soil of Virginia. in the county
of Jefferson, and wantoniy murdered seyersl
of our citizens and people. with the design to
incite our slaves to revolt, and to subyert our
government. Some Of these desperadoes and
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-02-03

INSEss1oN.-Judge Clagget and Gov. Baker
are in session at Dcsmoines. They are the
House of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, Clerk,
and all. They do all the talking-the rest OF
the members have nothing to do but listen to
them, and vote occasionally. We do not
believe that motion or resolution has been
before the House since its organization upon
which Clagget did not have something to say.
He pops up onsall occasions, thinking, no
doubt, that his long legislative experience in
Maryland, and his legal wisdom, as shown
while upon the Bench in this State, will give
great weight to everything he says. He is
very anxious, too, to save the people money,
and consumes $50 worth of time every day in
endeavoring to save to the State a less sum
than he spends in one night for whisky and
Wapello Republican. r.,.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-02-03

WILL WHEAT CONTINUE HIGH :? - Every
body is surprised at the high price wheat
bears, aud speedy fall is predicted from
every quarter. The most sanguine did not
dream when wheat first came in, that it
would ever sell for Is cents, but it has
touched dollar, and the market at present
seems to be slowly but steadily advancing,
New York to day holds more -four and
wheat than ever before, yet operators are
firm, and every one seems to expect that
the export will be large before the summer
comes. If it does whea at may sell r. 81
or even $13O. But we must q
the prospect looks dubious to
think that sensible farmers whohold wh10V
might, do much worse than G rid OF it 40
the former prices. There is strong proba-
bility that the coming spring will witness
much fuctuation in the markets and that
more wheat will be offered than is wanted.
Rock ford Nesos, -..s ~. ...... ~,
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-02-03
IOWA NEWS.

-Stutsman's Mills, in Pcttawatomie coun-
ty, WAS the sceqe of murder on the 10th
inst. A Mr.. Bachelor, of Council Bluffs. got
into difficulty with young man CT the
former place, and shot him through the
head, instantly killing him. Bachelor is in
custody at Council Bluffs. --
New PApERs.-R. s. Lawrence, ESQ has
revived the Marion Herald, at Marion, Linn
county. A copy of the FIRST number of the
new series is before US, and looks we'll. 1t is
Democratic in politics, OF the "popular
sovereignty" school. 81, ...s..,.., ,
A new Democratic paper-the Io,0a Val.
ley Democrat - has just been started at
Marengo, Iowa county. 1t is edited and
published by Vanmetre & Sargent. -...-
The Osage IoDan says the County
Judge of Mitchell county has issued Rail.
road bonds to the amount of 81, 900 for
the construction of the railroad in the Cedar
Valley. ...... a.5 Jg ..t. ..
John Pierson, ST., one of the wealthies
uAeA III bcsmolueS Couuty, uIou vi MOuusy
!ast, in his 18th year. He settled near Bur
| linst on in 1887. Ga,a. .... -..rs. .....
ACCIDENTAL DsAru.-Mr. Heman Sey
more, Of Danville township, Desmoine
county, was instantly killed by the Kick o.
horse, which he was lea ding to water, OF
Monday Of last week, Mr.. Seymorre wa
1
sixty two years of ags had lived in thu
county % years, and was universally re
spected as good citizen and neigh Der.
HoRRlD MuRpRR-Mike Walch brutally
murdered Malay Corey, in an Irish shanty
about miles from Keosauqua, on the Keo
kuk, F. Des,noines and Minnesota r. R
extension, last Monday week, the 2Sd ut
Walch attacked Corey with an axe, cutting
his throat and neck severely and almos
severing one of his hands. Whisky wa
the cause. Corey was in o drunken stu
por at the time, and the parties had pre-
viously quarreled while intoxicated. Tn
murderer gave himself up to the authorize
Of keosauQua.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-02-03


The ONE AND TIE OrHER-What is he
difference between an officer who is off duty.
and the place we 60 to for our letters The
one Is Oft his post, and ihe other is the post.
office. ...-..,
What is the difference between deceased
male persons and patched garment The
nrst are dead men, and the other is mended.
What is the difference between q person
who stands below you, and one who APP
precates what you are telling him Z? The
one stands ~nder you, and the other undsr-
stands you. ~. -s'e,> --.'2' -aa ,-..'-to1es
What is the difference between a very in
'teresting story, and the nasal protuberance
OF very Incorporate man2 The one is
read through, and the other is red, too.
Why are those who address you whining
" and SIMULTANEOUSLY. like company Of
deaf mutes The former spe IL cant, and
the latter can't speak.-C Chicago Leader.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-02-03

DocToRs Observation-Disclosures Douglas, in
his recent speech, the main object Of which
appears to have been to re.instate himself in
the affections of the fre-eaters, takes the
ground that the John Brown raid was the
result of the teachings ofthe Republican party.
We quote from his speech:
'He had no hesitation in expressing his
firm and deliberate conviction that the
Harper's Ferry crime was the natural and
logical and inevitable result of the teachings
of the Republican party, as explained and
enforced in their platform, their partizan
presses, their pamphlets and books, and the
speeches of their leaders in and out OF
Congress"
This, Of course, is eminently satisfactory to
the Disunionists; but it does not coincide
with the view Of Mr.. Fillmore, man in no
way connected with the Republican party, but
who in 1856 did more, perhaps, to defeat
Fremont than any other person in the country.
In his letter to the New York Union meeting,
he laid the blame on Mr.. Doug Jas himself, as
the author of the Kansas troubles. Every
intelligent reader is able to decide for himself
which is right
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-02-03
&6Q COS w
Total

PlKE's PEAK.-To all appearances, there is
to be great rush to the Peak, next Spring,
from various quarters. Asawarning against
disappointment and suffering, on the part of
those who contemplate going, the last number
of the Rocky Aountain Nss's, Jar. l. th, says:
every man who reaches here before the
LIST of May should bring supply of provisions
and clothing sufficient to last until the LIST of
June, and also come with the expectation of
doing little or nothing before that time. There
is little use of leaving the Missouri river before
the latter part of April or the first of May,
unless it be those who have friends here, or
who come with a view to speculation, and
with plenty of money. ..s
1--WE hope the press of the Western States
will assist to impress upon the minds Of the
people the folly of an early and insane rush
towards the gold mines, and thereby prevent
a recurrence of the scenes of last Spring"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-02-03

MASON AND DKoN's LINE On tho
18th Of August, 1853, Thcs. and Rich
ard Penn and Lord Baltimore, being
together in London, agreed with Chas.
Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, two math-
ematicians and surveyors, to mark,
run out, settle and fix the boundary line
between Maryland on the ole hand,
and Delaware and Pennsylvania on the
other. Mason and Dixon landed in Phil
adelphia on the 18th of November fol-
lowing, and began their work at once.
They adopted the peninsular lines, and
the radius and tangent point Of the
circular Of their, predecessors. They
next ascertained the northeastern coast
Of Maryland, and proceeded to run the
dividing parallel of latitude. They
pursued this parallel distance of %
miles IL chains and 81 links, from the
place Of the beginning at the N. E.
corner Of Maryland, to the bottom of
valley on Dunkard Greek, where an
Indian war path crossed the route, and
here, on the 10Th of November, 1857
-ninety-two years ago-their Indian
escort told them it was the will of the
Sioux Nation that the surveys should
cease, and they terminated according
ly, leaving SO miles 6 chains and so
links as the exact distance remaining
to be run west to the Southwest angle
OF Pennsylvania, not far from the
Board Tree Tunnel on the Baltimore
ard Ohio Railroad. Dixon died at
Durham, England, 1777 Mason died
in Pennsylvania, 1887. ..-.t '.E'eE
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-02-03
The sober second Thought.

= -. - - WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.
Resolutions were introduced in the Virginia
House of Delegates, today, shat, while we
recognize an imperative necessity for decisive
measures in the present condition of things,
yet we believe that prompt and efficient CO.
operation can be more safely obtained by the
direct action of the constituted authorities of
the Southern States than the agency Of an
assemblage which can have no legitimate
power except to debate and advise; therefore,
the General Assembly of Virginia will not at
this time undertake to invite any conference
Of commissioners appointed by the authorities
of the Southern States"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-02-03
Muscatine, Feb. l. 1850. ... ..
ITO the Editors of the American Agricuturalist. ]
"HmEagaian Millet," in Iowa.

I notice the article on Hungarian grass or
millet, on page S55, Nov, 30, and cheer
fully give my experience with first crop.
June 18th, sowed 8 bushels of seed on
acres. Rain June 18th. Seed came up 22d.
Cut and stacked Sept. lst to 10Th, in the
same manner as timothy. Weighed one load,
estimated at half a ton, but Fairbanks scales
indicated 1850 lbs, it being much heavier
han the same bulk of timothy. Estimating
the whole crop by this load, the 6 acres
yielded 80 tons, or ST tons per acre. Nov.
10th, threshed tho hay with machine, re.
serving 5 tons to feed out with the seed on;
Weld l4j bushels of clean good seed, being
70 bu. per acre. Sell very light and sandy,
but rich. am confident q good crop may
be secured every year by seeding between
June 18th and July 10Th, there being plenty
of time for it to mature after the latter date,
on rich well pulverizcd soil for example,
on ground in potatoes the previous year. By
DELAYING to the above date, oil other seeding
is done, which is great consideration. But
the all important one is, the land is then
dry and warm, and the sun hot, which causes
the seed to vegetate ct once. Sow without
DELAY as soon as the ground is prepared. As
far as practicable prepare the ground one
waiting to prepare large field, and thereby
give the weeds start OF the grass. have
in part wintered horses and colts on it the
last two winters, and know no reason why
it is not as good for stock as timothy.
II; '1tca1 j. A, GREEN.
P.S. 1t may be of interest to state that
in the full of 1858, the Hungarian seed was
abundant here at so cents per bushel but
in the spring of 1859, it was raised to 49, so |
per bushel; while IN the fall of 1859, it
comm anded only 623 per bushel. J. A. G..
Musoatine Co., Iowa, Dec. 1859. 20 aa4
REMARKS The gh price last spring was
doubtless owing to the humbug honey blade
grass fever, and the large purchases of the
Hungarian millet. by those engaged in that
,vlndle, which we exposed last May. In the
winter we procured SOC seed for distribu-
ion which cost US So bushel here it cost
ess than 81 where procured at the West
,ut before mid summer it was held at $3(0
81 in this city, and was scld in some places
It IS to Sc per bushel.-Ed.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-02-03
o the Readers of the Journal :

To THE READERS OF THE JOURNAL THE
matter between the Rev. Mr.. Woodhouse
and myself being one of facts and no. of names,
do not see that he has any right to impose
on me the condition which he says is neo-
cessary to continuance of the controversy
about the English laborer. l have fully and
fairly answered Mr.. W. and if he does not
think fit TO reply, that is simply his own
business and not mine. .,..-
No ono would have been more willing to
continue the correspondence with MIR. Wood.
house, had it been agreeable to that gentle
man, than he who has had occasion to sign
himself AN ENGLsHAAN.
Muscatine, Feb. l, 1860.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-02-03

A SOUTHERN UNIoNIsr-Rev. Robert j.
Breckenridge, of Kentucky, widely known as
an able and venerable divine, addresses to his
nephew, the Vice President of the United
States, calm and considerate letter on the
Union. Upon the agitating questions which
seem to endanger the perpetuity Of the Union
he is moderate in tone, or, as some would say,
conservative. But the tone of the whole letter
is patriotic and its denunciation of the here
sizes to which so many Of the Democratic party
are giving in their adhesion most forcible and
pungent. He declares that the dissolution of
the Union would be no remedy for anything
whatever, but of itself the direst Of calamities.
This letter, we presume, was occasioned by
the recent speech of the Vice President, at
Frankfort. ... I'd
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-02-03

PAYING THE PIPER.-There is said to be not
a little connection in Virginia about paying
the cost of Gov. Wise's military presidential
demonstration at Harper's Ferry. What
might have been accomplished without any
guard at all-to-wit: the safe-keeping of John
Brown, who did not want to escape-Gov.
Wise employed seventeen hundred men, rank
and file, to do Besides this, Gen. Taliaferro's
staff numbered sixty -four chivalric Virginians
at a per diem allowance of eight dollars-just
eighteen larger than the staff Of Napoleon
when at the head of his conquering lcgions.
All this was done to advance Gov. Wise's
claims for the Charleston nomination. The
taxpayers of Virginia think it an expensive
mode of electioneering, and that Gov. Wise
ought to pay the major part of the cost
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-02-03

The Troy Arena avouches that the mount.
ain opposite West Point N. Y, known as
Break Neck mountain, is volcano. 1t has
crater somewhat irregular in form, but
quite struight in its direction, and twenty
feet OF more in diameter, out Of which at
certain times there issue masses of matter
with great force. These eruptions are COM
posed of vtreous and mineral substances Of
various kinds, together With fragments of
trees, and not unfrequently mingled with
evidence of animal existence. These masses
amount sometimes in bulk to several tons !;
they cause a deafening roar, and are accom-
panied by fire and smoke. The existence of
this volcano has not been known until lately,
which is probably the reason that it has
attracted no more notice.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-02-03

w-In noticing bill before the Senate,
making the notes Of the various Branches of
the State Bank receivable for taxes, the Iowa
City Reporter remarks: "We move to amend
by inserting the notes of the Muscatine
Branch in particular" This fling is wholly
uncalled for. If the editor Of the Reporter or
any Of his friends happen to have any of these
notes, they need not rest uneasy so nights
about it, but send them right along, and get
their specie.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-02-03
The Agony is Over :..-A Speaker
ed. Elected!

A dispatch from Washington, Wednesday,
brought the gratifying intelligence that a
Speaker was elected by the House. Ex-Gov.
Pennington, Of New Jersey, staunch Repub.
lican, was the successful man. Winter Davis,
Of Md, came over to his support on Tuesday,
but he lacked one vote of election, which vote
was given, last evening, by Mr.. Briggs, of N.
Y, who decided the contest. Pennington's
vote was lit. AcClernand, Dem, received
So votes, and the balance were scattering.
Whole number of votes, $50. ....
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-02-03

Too HIGHLY CoLoRED.-The story going
the rounds, about fighting and bad blood
between the white and black population Of
Canada West, is huge canard. 1t was
merely small quarrel among few schools
boys of both colors-a thing that happens
among all school-boys--and excited no feeling
whatever among the people.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-02-03

DISTRESS AMONG THE Pooh AT ST.. LOUIS.
The St. Louis papers say that the severity
of the weather and the stagnation of bust
ness, and the very limited demend for labor,
have caused a good deal Of distress among
the poor OF the city. The suffering INDECENT
are far more numerous a. this time in St.
Louis than would be supposed. Some gen.
tlemen have undertaken to solicit aid from
tim cifiznns
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-02-03
Destructive Fire.

-, ~ 4 BURLINGTON, Iowa, Jan. 81.
n A destructive FIRE occurred here this mora
ing, destroying the entire stock of Ross l.
Whipple, hardware merchants, and the
grocery establishment of E. G. eastward
Ross & Whipple's loss is $l2, 900 insured
for $4,000. Total loss estimated at 500, 900.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-02-03

S1LvER.-From all accounts, the late dis
covery of silver in California promises to be
of much more importance than was at first
supposed. If rumor be true, that the silver
quartz yields $4,000 per ton, it is, perhaps,
the richest mining district IN the world. The
mine, it is said, is thirty miles in length, and
of such uniform wealth that one knows not
where to begin operations. The discovery
and production of gold in California and
Australia has supplied the country with an
amount of that metal somewhat out of pro-
portion to the less valuable medium-silver.
1t is hoped by political economists that now
the proper relative value and supply will be
restored. ...-.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-02-03

Coon FOR THE HooslERs AT Republican
Convention recently held in Indiana the fol-
lowing resolution was adopted: That, in
1850, we will elect Republican President,
and see that he is inaugurated." q.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-02-03

DoUaLAs NOT THE MAN.-The Journal Of
Commerce cautiously intimates that something
is going on to trip up Douglas At Charleston,
and that it is idle for his friends to count upon
the entire North for him. 1t says: "New
England has statesmen Of her own amply
qualified to fill the Presidential chair; so has
New York, more than one of them, for whom
her delegation, notwithstanding the assertion
so often made that it is pledged to Douglas,
may choose to cast their votes. So, too, of
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-02-03
Reported for the Journal
From Washington.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.
The Democrats in caucus made no nomi.
nation for Speaker, but appointed a committee
to take action with view of concentrating the
votes opposed to Mr.. Pennington on one of
their number, probably Mr.. McClernand.
Mr.. Briggs, it is understood, will cast vote,
tomorrow, for whoever may be supported by
the Democratic party, in reciprocation of the
generous support of their candidate, Mr..
Smith. In the event Of no election, he will
then vote for Mr.. Pennington.
Thaddeus Hyatt, President Of the National
Kansas Committee, has written to Senator
Mason letter in answer to the subpoena to
appear before the Harper's Ferry Investigating
Committee on the LIST Of February, in which
he informs the Committee that, while he will
SO far regard the summons as to appear before
them, he will not answer any of their inter-
rogations, because he questions the exercise
by legislative body of powers purely judicial,
that are neither incident to the Government
nor conferred by any express provision of the
Constitution. In this position, Mr.. Hyatt is
sustained by the best legal advice of Massa-
chusetts and New York. sr., ,..-
James Redpath, of Maiden, Massachusetts,,
author Of the Life of John Brown, has also
been subponied to appear and testify, but he,
in very spicy and what might be called a
very saucy letter, refuses to comply with the
summons.