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The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1860-06-14
Sheriff - Sale.

BY virtue If special execution issued from
the Office Of the Clerk Of the District Court, Of
Tama county, Iowa, and to me directed, in fa-
vor Of Rufus X. Clark and against Jacob S.
Staley & Sanderson D. Staley, have levied
on, and will fer for sale to the highest bid
der, on the 9Th day Of Nay A. D., 1860, at the
Court House door in Toledo. Iowa, At the hour
Of 10 o'clock q. m, Of said day, the following
property to-wit: the east Of the north east !
and the east J of the south cas-. Of section
west and the west Of the north west and
the west Of the south west Of section No.
80 in tow nship No. SO y. Of range No. II west
Of 9Th p. m. taken As the property decreed to
be sold to satisfy said execution, interest and
costs. Terms Of sale cash. No redemption.
THOMAS MURRAY, Sheriff.
of Tama County, Iowa.
Toledo, Iowa, April 9th, 1860. v2n24w4.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1860-06-14
COOK, SARGENT + DOWNEY,
Bankers and Dalers In Exchange

- = - = =.
Notes and Bills collected and proceeds re-
mitted to any part Of the United States.
Bills of Exchange on all the principal banks
of the United States and Europe, bought and
sold. Sight Bills on London, which can Be
cashed in eny town Of Great Britain, Ireland
or Wales, in sums from 81 and upwards.
Remittances made to direct to France
Switzerland, Denmark, Prussia, the German
States, etc., etc.. on the most favorable terms
1iulyb 1O-n4S
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1860-06-14

II - n * III Ea.
Cook 4 SARGENT, Davenport, Iowa
Cook, SARGENT PARKsR, Rock Island, Ill
Cook, SARGENT Cook, IT. Des Moines
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1860-06-14

THOMAS MURRAY, Sheriff.
of lama County, Iowa.
Printers fee, Sill 90. y2n24w4
Toledo, Tama County, Iowa, April 9th, 1860
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1860-06-28
The County Bake Oven.

Considerable furorc has beenE creatsd
III town for the last few days by the
arrival CT the iron door and frame for
The new vault, which the Judge designs
creating in the rear Of the Court house,
for the better protection of the county
records While the erection Of the
above mentioned institution is generally
condemned by our citizens, on the score
of economy, it is but an act Of justice
that an impartial statement Of the
whole affair should be fairly laid be
fore the people.
The unprotected condition of the
books and papers in the different county
Offices, have for long time been a
fruitful source Of alarm to every one
having dollars worth Of interest in
the county. For the purpose Of ensu
ring further protection the Judge has
concluded to build the afore mentioned
vault, III such manner that every par
tice Of material used in its construction
may be made available in the future
erection Of Court House, except the
labor and line used in constructing the
same, (Which will not cost over $3.50 J
This is certainly notayery great amount
to lose, when we consider the great object
to be accomplished, and when We consid
er farther that under the most favorable
circumstances it must take from two to
three years to complete q Court House,
We are not sure that the course pursued
BY the Judge is but more to be praised
than ccnsured.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1860-06-28

Col. I. NJ. Preston and Judge
Greene will DO candidates before the
Democratic Convention for Congress.
from this District.
- The President has vetoed the Con
ference Homestead Bill.
-. Thad. Hyatt, who has been several
months incarceratsd at Washington, for
refusing to testify before the Senate
Harpcrs Ferry Committee, was ordered
to be discharged by vote Of the Senate
on Friday last
A Douglas Democrat from the
country, who is highly esteemed for his
probity and honesty, was asked the other
day who his man was, when he replied
that his case VS. like that Of the black
boy, who was seen standing at door,
and when asked by stranger whose
COY he was he answered that he did be-
long to Ma.sa P, "but,' says the
boy, che is in that room playing poker
az dono whose l am now" And so says
our friend, "that is my fix; tho Demo.
cratic party is playing poker and dou',
know to whom I belong.
nR. The Special Committee to inves.
ticate the facts in tho John Browns
Harper's Ferry invasion, have closedtheir
labors and presented both majority
and minority report. Both reports
agree that there is no evidence whatever
duplicating any person or persons, al
tho North or elsewhere in the John
Brown raid, and that Brown and the
band accompanying him alone were
knowing to the murderous enterprise
The only notable difference between the
two reports, is, that the majority attri
butcs old Browns infatuaticn to the
general antislayery discussion at III.
North while the minority consider such
Il conclusion unwarranted under the cir
cums'ances. So ends the Iiarpers Ferry
Affair.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1860-06-28

be elected,-the most he can hope for
will be to carry Illinois But admitting
that he will carry more, the utmost that
he can do, is to throw the Election into
the House, in which (by single glance
at its political complesion,) every body
must admit, he will not stand ghost Of
a chance. Should the election go to the
House, Lincoln will have Is States
Breckenridge 13 States,---Douglas one
State and Boil State. Three States
are equally divided and Will have no
vote. Seventeen votes are necessary to
elect; SO The election will 90 to the Sen
ate, where by the provisions of the Com
stitution, they elect Vice President
from the t,co highest candidates on the
list, who shall perform the duties Of
President. The most charitable con
struction, therefore, that can be put on
Douglass position, should he accept the
nomination, is that Of cats paw to the
south. The real contest is between Lin.
coin and Breckenridge.
We feel sorry for Douglas. He has
been nippcd in the bud lie has been
playing with bubbles and, like Wolsey
has wandered far beyond his depth. Stills
would not raise his coat tail from the
ground!
"-4nd aerom men carried Stephen to
his Jurta1, and made greet tamentaiioa
orer him. Acts, viii, 2.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1860-06-28
Shall We have "a Court IIouse !?

There can be no doubt in the minds
even Of the most economical that new
Court House is one Of the crying neces-
sites Of the day, With our old shanty
fanked on either side BY buildings Of a
highly combnstiblc and dangerous char.
acter, the records Of the county are new
or safe for an hour. Who can calculate
the loss by fire. Even in the matter Of
road plots Of Probate records, the loss
would exceed more than three fold the
amoun' necessary t. build Court house
at once elegant and ::commodiols.: With
Are proof vaults sufficient to contain the
records fora century. Perhaps no more
appropriate period will ever arrive for
the erection Of Court House than the
present. A building such as we need
can be built at an expense not exceeding
$4,000, while at the present time we
have $1,000 in the treasury, with del
lnqncut tax list amounting to about
$4,000 which can readily be made avail
able. All then that will necessary to
raise by taxation, to complete the build,
ing viii be three mills on the dollar an
no greater than that annually
raised for road purposes. Taking the
above stateme ut to be correct arc we not
right then in saying that the present is
tho time to test the question. Lot all the
facts be laid fairly 8 squarely before tho
people; show them the figure and let them
see that no material increase Of Taxes
viii be necessary for the purpose and,
our word for it the labor viii not he
lost. All that is really necessary to be
done in the matter can be accomplished
BY prompt and decisive action.
Shalt we act /?
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1860-06-28
New Paper ut Toledo.

It has been whispered about for some
time past that the Faithful in Toledo
and adjoining Towns designed starting
a Democratic Campaign Paper in the
event Of Douglas receiving the nominal
ton at Baltimore. That result having
somewhat miraculously transpired wemay
now look for its immediate appearance
We hail the event with a good deal of
satisfaction. 1t will now be among the
possibilities to find the whereabouts OF
the Democracy in old Tama. Hereto
fore the warfare has been conducted
on bush fighting principle. Now
they propose to take the field with their
Banner nailed to the mast. We wish
the enterprise may prove pecuniary
success to the proprietors. We know i,
will prove to be an advantage to
Ropublicanism in the county.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1860-06-28

az usual, and adroitly pass substitute,
in which the distinctive practical princi.
pie Of the Homestead measure is strick
en- down, substitute narrow and illib.
eral in its terms and entirely destitute
Of the one main principle Of all such
measures, that the actual settler on the
public domain is fairly entitled to the
ownership Of 160 acres Of land. After
several conference committees between
the two Houses, the House Of Reprcsen-
tatives, under protest, accepted the Sen
ate bill with some notifications, know
ing that the Senate would pass no other,
and pretcrring even that kali way meas
ure to none at all. OF the full provi.
ions of the compromise Bin as finally
passed, we arc not as yet aware; but suf,
fee j. to know, that it does not throw
open the vast tracts Of Railroad land,
now held by the Government in alternate
sections, it does not apply to settlers all
ready upon the public domain; it forces
the pre- emptor away beyond the reach
Of Markets, Railroads, Schools, Church
es, and Society; it does no. give The land
but sells it fer forty dollars. it provide.
that only the odd num- ered sections are
open to settlement under it, and it ex.
cludcs from the beneit Of its provisions
unmarried men.
The citizens Of our own State should
bear in mind, that BY the terms Of this
emasculated Compromise bill, Iowa, sui
fering from stagnation, as she has been
and is, receives none Of the migration
to which she has 50 long looked forward
Our people have prayed and hoped for
the passage Of bill, which would be a
Homestead, not merely in aonle,-bu'
one which would gil up our alternate
Railroad sections, and start US once more
on the road to prosperity and wealth.
Itremains to be seen, whether the PEG
pie of Iowa, will acceptany excuse from
the Democratic Party for the injury and
insult, which by this bill has been cas-
upon her.
But as if this were not enough, the
last Telegram informs Us, that "the mod
el Of honesty and integrity President
Buchanan, has affixed his veto to The
Bill Upon this we have no commen
to make. We confidently expect tina
the People will pass in Judgment, upon
faithlesa, fraudulent Democracy, mex
Novcmp Der.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1860-06-28

As the Democracy Of our county point
TO the so-called Homestead Bill, recent.
" passed by the Z. S. Senate, and claim.
that its passage conclusively proves, that
the Democratic Party favors that bene6-
cent measure, We deem it our duty to
note concisely several important differ.
ences between the Homestead Bills as
passed by the Senate and House. We
collate the distinctive features Of the
two bills from tho report Of Mr.. Covode
Of the Conference Committee, and now
forming part Of the Records of Congress.
They are rs follows:
First, as to persons, the House bill
includes all citizens over 81 years old,
aud all foreigners who have declared
their intentions to become citizens the
Senate bill excludes al but citizens and
heads If families, cutting off young men
over 2l--a large and valuable portion Of
our population.
Second, tho House bill includes in its hene-
fits all prc-emptors now on tho public land the
Senate bill xcludcs them but allows them to
buy their land at Sl,25 per acre. the govern
nent price. Under the Senate bill pre-empt-
ors now on the land cannot take TIE quarter
eection they are on, but must abandon or pay
for it.
Third, the House bill applies to all land SUBJ
ject to presumption which covers all Govern
ment land not reserved for special purposes,
whether surveyed or not; also reserved Rail-
road lands in quantities Of so acre homesteads
The Senate bill is confined to lands subject to
private entry, which are only those remain
Ing after public land sale, and the spectators
have had their pick and culled out all the best
and choicest pieces. Land warrant specula-
ters, after . land sale, could acquire title at
once under the Senate BILL but an actual set.
tier would have to wait five years, and then
pay Is cents per acre aud the Land Office fee
Fourth, the House bill gives the land to the
settler at $40 for quarter section; the SEN
ate bill requires $40 for quarter section, be-
ing twice - costly as the graduated lands in
Missouri.
Fifth, the Senate bill compels the President
Is expose the public land to public sale for the
benefit of epeculators two years after sur
vey; the House bill does not, but the House
has passed separate bill, now pending in The
Senate, preventing sales until ten years after tn
surrey.
No intelligent reader can fail to per
cciye the vital and important difference,
IN the two Bills. The House bill does
what its title purports to do, viz ]; to give
to every man homo. The Democratic
Sssasc, sfraid to meet the issue, dodge
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1860-06-28
POLITICAL HREVITIES.

GA short horse is soon curried'
The session Of the Rhode Island Lcgis
lature began and ended last week.
~ The Height Of Impudence. Dong
las length, FIVE feet six.
p@- Frederick Douglas has returned
from his European visit, and announces
that the weekly publication IF his paper
will be resumed.
A Texas paper says that the Rev.
X. ?. Thompson, native missionary,
in that State, is breaking himself OF the
habit Of swearing aud reads the Sept
tdres quite aucntly.
- Mrs. Douglas, wife Of the little
Giant, is an earnest, practical Roman
Catholic.
~ The Louisville Journal understan ds
that the publication Of a paper to advo
cate the doctrines of the Republican
Party will be commenced in that city in
afew weeks.
- Frances p. Blair has resigned his
sea. in the House, given him few days
since, in order to give the people Of St
Louis an opportunity Of passing anew
upon the contest between himself and
Barrett.
- Daniel Clark has been elected Z
S. Senator from New Hampshire by the
Legislature Of that State. Mr.. Clark
opponent was John Wells a Democrat
The people want Homestead law
The Republicans have made every en-
d'avor to crafty their wishes. The Do
mocracy keep the public domains open
for monopolist and land spectators.
The democracy are the friends Of the
working casscs-in word.
- Hon, Daniel Logan is the Repub-
lican Candidate for Congress in Oregon
His competitor is G, K. shiel, slave
candidate. They are both stumpipg the
State. A year ago, Logan came within
80 votes Of being elected over Stout,and
talked Of contesting the seat on the
grounds Of alleged illegal voting and
fraudulent returns; but for some reason
Jailed 10 carry out HE intention.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1860-06-28
EDITOR OF THE TRANSCRIPT.

Dear Str:-It is an
old saying and true one, that swhom
the gods would destroy they FIRST make
mad" The truth Of the above adage is
made apparent BY the utter recklcsncss
exhibited By the saloon keepers Of Tolc.
DO. Not satisfied with the liberty cx-
tended BY the Legislature to sell Lager
Beer and native vines, they have pros
trated their priv igc. and disgraced our
town by their shameful panderins to
the debased appetitcs Of an unfortunate
portion Of our citizsns. Liquor Ct the
nearest description is being daily sold
in violation Of law, and as natural con.
sequence, exhibitions Of drunkenness on
the public highway are daily occur
renee The evil has become so promi
ncnt that the. better portion Of commu
nifty have become justly indignant
Some Of the miscreants have been arrcs
ted, but from causes not fully explained
have heretofore escaped the just pun
i.hment Of their crimes. Other Grimm,
al prosecutions we learn are about being
commenced and it is greatly to be hoped
that sufficient caution will be taken to
bring the guilty parties to justice. Up to
the present time, We le!leve, that for the
crime Of selling Intoxicating liquors no
conviction has yet been Obtained
Witnesses have quibled and become mi
raculousiy forgctful. One horse attor-
neys have succeeded in picking flaws in
the papers, and Justices of the Peace
learned in all the subtclties Of the law,
have quashed informatons & warrants,
that to the common understanding ap.
peared full and complete. How long
the public will submit to such trcatmen,
remains to be seen, but unless we gross
y mlsinterpret popular sentiment, some
Of the Deus will be summarily abated az
a common nuisance.
VIGILANCE COMMITTEE.
Toledo, June 2Sth, 1860.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1860-06-28
Baltimore Conventions.

The National United Democracy, re-
cantly assembled at Baltimore, came IN
contact with irrepressib!e, and after
severe labor brought forth twins !! Some
grave doubts have been raised upon the
question Of legitimacy but after much
medical investigation, and Scientific re-
search: we believe it is established that
Breckenridge is the true, and Douglas
the spurious descendant Of the united,
unsectionol Democracy.
We have no desire to goad our distress
ed Democratic fellow citizens. Ever
since tho news Of the result came upon
them, their elongated faces have told too
plainly of thei,lunutterable anguish. The
advent OF the Cholera or the Small Pox
In their midst, could not have created
more futtering, aud CONSERVATION. Far
be it from US, to lay an additional weight
upon their already crushed backs. But
as Journalists, even at the risk Of pok
ing unpleasant facts at our Democratic
brethren, We m ust briefly lay before our
readers the result Of the Democratic
Convention.
After the Douglas Convention had.
without precedent, excluded most Of the
Southern delegates, and admitted the
Bogus ones, the delegates from the
Democratic States withdrew with Caleb
Cushing, the President, at their head
who,mmcdiately resumed the Presidenc,
Of The Regular Democratic Convention,
composed of delegates from twenty
States and mum bering los electoral votes
Breckenridge and Lane were nominated
amidst the greatest enthusiasm. It is
proper to add, that part Of the delegates
from Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and Mas
sachusetts, with B. +. Butler, the father
Of the Cincinnati Platform, at their head,
together with the whole of the Delegates
from California and Oregon, participated
in the proceedings of this Convention.
The Rump Convention composed Of
Republican States, which, with the bogus
delegates represented 1919 electoral
votes, after repeating the old Democratic
two third rule succeeded in nominating
Douglas and Fitzpatrick.
Thus has the National Democratic
Party been rent in twain,-thus has she
appointed her four pail bearers, to carry
her skeleton to the grave. Should Mr..
Douglas accept the conplmen tary nom
ination, be can occupy but one position
before the people, that Of . cats paw 10
the Southern Democracy. Neither him.
self or friends can expect that be will
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1860-06-28
ITEMS OF NEWS.

eD- Illinois has So Agricultural So
cietiss.
zey- The debt Of Virginia amounts to
SIS, 100000.
sea- A beautiful young seal was caught
in Plymouth harbar u few days since.
rSn. The Boston Pilot estimates the
number Of Catholics in this county at 8,
100000
clE> The cost Of keeping up our army
and navy amounts to thirty million dol
lars per year.
sm- During the month Of May, csc
German migrants arrived at the por: OF
New York.
pO- By the law Of the State Of Geor
gia, passed in 1858, al the lotteries
closed in that State on the lst inst.
s0- Brigham Young. the Mormon
Pro?hes, is in Philadelphia, where he
attends to remain for several weeks.
~ The largest circulation Of any one
bank IN the u $. is that Of the Citizens
Bank Of New Orleans. viz, $685. 900
by- 10 Detroit, there are but 80 place.
Of worship. whose united capacity $4,000,
while the city contains population Of
$4,000.
tag A new religious sect has sprung
up in the West, called "Soul SIeepers y
who believe tina. the soul slumbcrs with
he body till the resurrection.
rO A directory canvass Of the inhabi
tants fSan Francisco, now nearly finish
ed, indicates that the population Of the
city is full 100000.
s~ The total loss Of British shipping
BY wrecks an casualties during the year
1859, was nearly two million sterling.
r<a- Sweden is about the only country
in the world where tho revenue Of govern
ment regularly exceeds the expense
r@- The cholera is raging with great
violence on the Malabar coast Of S.
o42 people attacked by this awful tcourge
in January, 4,458 died.
"a The horse "Patchen" that has
lately beaten Flora Temple" is held at
the altogether fancy price Of $4,000
s25 900 has been refused.
nn-The great case Of breach Of prom
ise between Miss Carstang and Shaw, at
st. Louis, has been finally settled,
by tthc motion for new trial be
ing overruled. Miss 9. comcs in for
the costs,
eD- Baron Rothschild, head Of the
great European banking house, ha. no
children to leave in possession Of his
vast wealth It's said, though, the fault
Is all owing to his barrenness.
na- DR.. Adam Clarke, who had q
strong aversion to pork, was called upon
to say grace at dinner, where the prin.
cipal dish was roast pig He is report.
ed TO have said 30 Lord If thou cans't
bless under the gospel what thou dds't
curse under the law, bless this pig =
paT The niagara Suspension Bridge,
has lately undergone = very minute and
careful inspection. L IS pronounced oy
those competent to examine it, as per
feet as whenit was completed, and there
is not the least evidence Of weakness in
any part. Those best acquainted with
the bridge express the conviction that .
century Of time will mako no impression
upon the structure in any part,
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1860-06-28
Eairbanks' Scale.


Among the large number Of the highest
premiums awarded TO these Scales during the
last thirty years, by the most eminent sceicn-
tifc associations in the country, and by Ma
ticnal State and County Fairsnrc thirteen By
the Illinois, Wisconsin, and Iowa State Fairs
of 1859, and the National Fair sheld at tie
same time in Chicago, and that, too, after sharp
competition and the most rigid tests. But
what is Of more importance to prastie~l men,
as showing not only the great strength and
accuracy, but durability, Of these Scales, -
the award Of superiority in these respects hy
the vast numbers who have used them for many
years, oil over the world, almost, in al brnneh-
Is Of business and under all circumstances.
The skill and enterprise Of the Messrs.
Fairbanks, and their large experience and
uneaualled facilities, enable them 70 adapt.
their Scales to oil required uses. and at mod.
crate prices; and SO long a. they keep them
up to their present honorable mode Of dealing.
tho public will wisely continue to use. their
Scales, which have been tried and approved,
rather than experiment with othsrs.-- ch'sS$o
PYcs. Triinn.. &C.,,
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1860-06-28

ur Our readers will no doubt plainly OBJ
serve the same editorial ability displayed in
our present issue that ives in our last. A
continuation Of our grateful acknowledgment
are due Messrs Cornell and Jackson for the
aane