Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-02-10
WEEKLY journal.
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TIE IAse1she monthly state
.ment Of the B1H. ~ y4nk will be found in anothe
isolumn. It l. seen that the amount du
from the bond 0fJ. W. Dutton is sss, 5s7, Sc
The stock held by the firm of Dutton i Patterson
which has been surrendered by them, reduces tn
defalcation to about $4,000
THE LsvEE LAw.-We notice by. the pub.
lished proceedings Of the Ho0se that Mr.. Pric
has introduced "a bill to amend law for tax o,
certain lands on Muscatine Island to keep up tn,
levse thereon" The bill was referred to the appro
pirate committee. We are not advised of the ma
,ure of the amendment proposed.
ANOTHER CALIFORNIAN RETURNED. Jos
r. Rescs brother of H. Resce, one of the first set
tiers of this place, arrived on Saturday from Cali
fornia, this being his second trip home since HI
first went to that country. We learn that he design
returning next month and will take up his residence
permanently in Tulare county.
TIE EcLlpsE OF THE MOON, Monday evening
was greater than we had expected. At the tim
of its greatest observation (about o'clock nearl,
three.fourths of its disc was eclipsed. The SIX,
was clear, and fair opportunity was afforded t.
witness the phenomenon, which was no doubt i'm
proved by ALL as the exhibition was positively fo
one night only"
GRAIN DRILLs.-The grain drills manufac
tursd by Thomas Mast at Springfield, o., and fo
sale in this city at the agricultural ware-rooms
Bombsrger, Griswold & Co., on Water street
should be generally introduced or Western farms
IN, ifv Z,
call and see these valuable labor saving machines
and judge for themselves. ~
TERMS OF CouRr IN THE 9TH DIsTRIcT.--
We publish to-day the act of the Legislature re.u
lating the terms of Court 10 this Judicial District
BY this arrangement We get rid of the November
term in this county, which has heretofore been only
nuisance, ~ it was limited to one week. More
time will be allowed for the remaining terms and
more business can thereby DO DONE at less expense
to the county, than under the former arrangement
METKokoLoaY-The meteorological state
meut published to-day, compiled by Hon. I. S.
Parvin, will be found interesting not only to our
readers at home but to those abroad Mr.. P.'s
contributions to this department of science are
worthy of high appreciation.
In justice to him we should state that this table
was handed to US the lst Of January, but on &C.
count of q press of other work We were unable to
get it into type sooner.
H The Democratic County Convention
last Saturday appointed the following delegates to
attend the State Convention at Desmoines on the
ed inst, which is to select delegates to represent
the State in the Charleston Convention: W. E..
NcElroy, " Chambers, E. II. Thayer, r. h.
Mcintyre, G. W. Hunt v. c. Woods, F. Alger,
Eilas Ferry, James Burnss, G. H. Woods, Joseph
W. Pine, c. Neallsy, NJ Block, F. W. Doren, 7.
n. Isett.
No instructions were given the delegates, but
they are all understood to be in favor of Douglas
for the Presidency.
LITERARY INSTITUTE Eighth Lecture.-
Rev. c. H. Remington lectured before full house,
last evening. Subject" Effectiveness, the Meas
ure of Talent" Mr.. R. succeeded in presenting in
clear and strong manner the Importance of abjur-
ing the destinations of stless naction the vain
pursuit of fruitless distractions and earnestly en-
gagiug in the real working business of life, in order
TO merit the need of honest praise. The mere graf
ifcation of passion for the acquisition of knowl-
edge, without the disposition or energy requisite
to render it nutritious and available, is a
species of gluttony as reprehensible as that which
eaters to the morbid appetite of the epicure. The
fact that man is an arsenal full of the weapons OF
warfars-antique armor, spears and broadswords-
without the power skill of using them, does not
make him dangerous to the enemies of good
cause, and must forfeit his claim to honor.
1t is true, observed the lecturer, that the world
has always had great reverence - even supersti
tious reverence-for men who have spent their
lives amid the ruins of past ages who have, per
chance, dsciphered the inscriptions on some
Egyptian sarcophagus, or computed the cost o.
building one of the Pyramids at least to their OWE
satisfaction while yet utterly incapable Of present
ing their Investigations in such form, if at ALL as
to advance the interests of literature increase tbs
welfare of society, shed fresh ray flight on tht
science of government. The spirit of the presen
age, however, is beginning to rspudiate this meas
urement of talent and properly regards the indivd
ual who never addresses his requirements to thu
interests of living, moving humanity, and is un
able to touch the human heart, excite the human
intellect, or nerve the human arm, as failure
Nor are the conjecturss of partial judgment as t.
what man might have been, nor the fond specula
tions a. to what he is destined to accomplish, an
longer to be taken into account if facts have no
transpired to prove his capacity for and effcenc
in achieving great things. This rule of admeasure
ment the lecturer applied to every department o
human effort and aspiration, allowing. however
that success is not in all cases the absolute qualca
ton for recognition of talent even of the highes
order. Some of the wisest and best of men hav
been, and may be, borne down by the force of Gil
eumstancss which no human foresight or energ
could avert or overcome. The state of society
frequently such that few of the noblest and mos
efficient in the labor of ENGRAVING new and bene
fetal idea must be sacrificed ere it can find HON
and be sanctfed in the hearts of the people. Sue
men are not to be written down as failures, thong
they do not themselves witness the accomplishment
of the object to which their energies are devoted
They are the true heroes of battles won, or to b
won, perhaps an hundred years after they hav
been gathered to their fathers.
Mr.. Remington concluded his able exhortatio
with the following pertinent remarks:
owe may safely say that no age of the world ha
made greater demands upon efficient, rlght-minde
man than the present. The work to be done d.
mends the exertion Of the most god-like power
guided BY the stern integrity of y Regulus, thu
would sacrifice life rather than violate phghte
faith, and the manly spirit Of Lycurgus spir
that would make the office of street-sweeper as her
orabls as that of the king. Let men armed wit
such virtues. and guided by such principles, bea
onward the Ark Of our nations covenant, and W
shall dwell in safety and rise to that majesty
character and that greatness of power which GU
progress hitherto has seemed to warrant US t
expect, without any Of those terrible convulsiou
which have marked the progress and settlement
nations in Europe. Let the people require tn;
common honesty and strict virtue shall be couple
with talent in the men whom they honor, and "
shall 60 forth fair as the moon, clear as the SUI
and terrible an army with banners to fulfil on
destiny. IS
But, while zoe may not possess that talent whic
will enable US to lead the Of society, we shoul
remember that we may hold position in the ranl
by no means to be despised "a position that Q
some moral battle field, may gain the victory ft
truth and humanity. "-[Daily, 18th. e..
father DoNELAN's LECTURE. A lare
audience greeted Rev.. P. Donelan, of Rock ISLAM
al h;a l.rfuro laat evenino in Tremont Hall r