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FIRE AT an early hour Yesterday morning FIRE
vas seen issuing ffon the small frame bu NOS
on 9th, near the corner Of street. occupied bv Nj
Moore as paint shop and Mr.. Schulties as
teiIot snop In very short time IL spread To
We o1olnlag frame shops on 9th and streets
ana al were destroyed. The hremen were on the
Sronnd assPeedily an possible and labored hard
tbereoy saving the valuable property around
wolcn was several times In great danger Pum
pnreys stables, within feet Of the busffi NO nass
took nre, but was sawed by the hremen The
windows and blinds Of the NationaI Hotel ON a.
street were considerably ,blis,erred by the heat
The buildings destroyed were not very valuable
but the loss to the occup ints who are hard work
ing mechanics, doing business upon a limited
scale, Is very heavy. Mr.. Schulties, Tailor lost
an outve understand D. injured yfos Sl5O Mr.
Moore, sPsinter, loss total. Ferguson Wheel.
wright, loss total His case excited much sympa-
thy He began business with nothing but his
tools and SKILL but by persevering industry erected
the shop, and began % succeed IN making bust
ness he saved but little Of his effects. ID. A
MssLerneid, saved his tools. Nailor aud Long
acksmlths, saved most OF their stock and tools
Hornbeck, Shoemaker, lost all. The old build.
ings belonged to Jno. M Young, aud are a total
loss he IRE was supposed to be the work of an,
IhCeholary There are many amusing remihi- .
scenes connected with these old shanties tho
recital OF Which would excite the laughter OF a
Few OF those who enjoyed the practical Jokes of
thlty years ago, which were so freunently oripi.
mated a. tnat corner, Most OF the Jolly crew that
assembled nightly there have departed few on W.
remain 10 witness the destruction Of SHE hood l.
oy the torch OF the incendiary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-10-01
FOR SALE AND RENT.

k'Ok RENT-A neat BRICK HOUSE, $50
cont! inir.eenth street, between and C, Island
en- and cellar, all in the best ORDER beautiful ward
arnor, shade tres and flowers, and pump of ex .
eeIent water To a good tenant rent moderate,
"a ST. $1,000
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-10-01

DRAWERS Tor gentlsmen. youths and bog 5,
q SILK FLANNEL, Lsmbswool, Merino. csntoe
complete stock inst received st 4 LANES ,
IL Gentlemen's Furnishing Store,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-10-01

EOR RENT-PossessIon on the lst of October.
Il The DWELLING HOUSE No. a3s u street
at present occupied by the Rev. DIR. Butler, and
next door to the residence Of the advertiser.
J. NJ. CARLISLE.
N. Bit Will not be let for boarding house.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-10-01

EOR RENT-RO0Als Nos. 2, 3, L. D.
IA, IS, is, IL Is 81 and %. in the new FIVE,
story brown stone building corner 7th street west
and Pa: avenue, known as >. w ashng Build
ing" They are we'll adapted for Offices having
gas, water, dc. For terms apply at our Store No
401 Pa avenue, or TO John H. Semmes & Co No.
o23 9Th street west, corner Louisiana av.
Sc lS-2awlm MURRAY.& SEMMES. .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-10-01
WE WISH EVERY ONE TO KNOW Thar
w DRY GOODS can be bought cheap at
BROWN & WHITES,
No. 14O NORTH SIDRl BRIDGF Srpksr

EOR NEW YORK-The packet schooner
Il Statesman, Capt. Mott, has arrived and "a
Will meet with dispatch for the above port ~
63 Water st, saoo
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ENUR BOSTON.-We are now loading the packet
L bIg !saac Carver, and she viii sail on t,sN
TUESDAY,, October 3D. For freight apply -
to HARTLEY g. BROTHER. 3&
Sc u % and 1O1 Water IT,
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The RAVEN cLuB.-triss of he 1ys ~ 0uesw
lnne.-Prof. Donald Mcleod treated On this sub
ject at the last meeting Of the Club and threw
around II the attractions Of cultivated intellect,
Possessed OF no mean power of critical ANALYSIS
which he employed effectively In disc ussing the
prominent traits Of the great eniuses who adorned
an era so memorable in the history Of British lit
erature. The peculiar merits Of DRYDEN, Swift,
Pope, Addison, steele, .Congreve, and Young
were passed In review by the ingenious critic,
ana their respective claims to distinction In the
world OF letters awarded with discrimination
and fidelity. To Addison was given the praise
OF q style at once pure and elegant, and of
genius OF rare vivacity, amenity and bensvolence;
Cato was well analyzed-it was insisted that
be fell far below the great Bard of Avon
The characteristics Of his style, he said, were
vigor and beauty rather than power During his
time French manners and French opinions were
popular at the English Court and gave IL a GER
tain tone by which the genius of Addison was
hampered, while Swift extricated himself from
1t by keen and telling satire of which the pur-
pose was not at first obvious, but which exerted
powerful effect upon the character Of the age.
ADDISON was not great but he was influential.
he excelled as delineator Of customs and insti-
tutlons and he reformed the age rather by gentle
hints than by bold and clamorous admonitions
The age Of Anne was not adventurous but refined
ana cultivated 1t would not compare in indie
Pendence, originality, or execution, with the
Elizabethan era 1t had been questioned whether
Pope was poet, simply because he was a trans
!ator but setting aside his version of Homer, his
lame as poet Of rare genius might be suffered to
rest solely on his other productions, such as his
Essay on Man, his Essay on Criticism, the Rape
OF the Lock, &c.
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DROWNED On Saturday afternoon n small how
named Oharlss Waiter, "a son Of II. Waiter, pilot
o. one OF the steamers, was standing on the gang
W ooard 81 fhe s.eamef Mount Vernon, at her
recked the Mount Vernon, aud the gam way board
slipped nom It's place, prectpitatfng the unfortu-
n.ae child into the river, and as he fell the heavy
bard struck upon his head. He disappea re3
nader the water, and the body was not recovered
,aafil life was EXTINCT The body WINS convened 10
thsbome OF bis distressed parents, in the Seventh
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-10-01

pIAN0s-One ven, moe s,f octave Piano Tor
IA A,sc, one Wy hsRr Sssd; feT 4lTs, AZ
Agent Of Stairway 4 Sons and Raven, Bacon 4
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-07-05
Says the McGregror Press

Says the McGregror Press "Mr.
John Baker, of Strawberry Point, was
bittenby a mosasaurus. lie was weed
ing in the garden, when he felt some
thing sting his finger, and jerking his
hand quickly from among the plants,
the snake hung by his fangs to the
finger, and was drawn ont from among
the weeds ! Mr.. Baker happened to
have half pint Of whisky at hand,
which he Immediately drank, and pro-
curing another half pint very soon
drank that also, and the poison was
arrested 4; no serious consequences
were apprchcnded."
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-07-05
Sherif's Sale.

NOTICE is hereby given, that by virtue of q
~ Special Execution duly issued by the Clerk
of the District Court of Floyd county, State of
Iowa, and to me directed | have levied on and
shall offer for sale, at Public Auction, at my
office in st. Charles City, Floyd county. Iowa,
on the 18th day of July, A. ID. 1860, at one
q clock in the afternoon Of said day, the fol-
lowing described property, to wit Thirty
acres OF the west side southeast quarter of
the southwest quarter Section %, in Town
ship % north. OF Range - west, of the 9TH
Principal meridian; also, east half of north
cast quarter AMI northwest quarter of north
east quarter and the west half of the north
west quarter, and the northeast quarter of
northwest quarter of Section 10, in Township
~ north, Of Range Is west, of 9Th Principal
meridian also the northwest fractional quar-
ter Of Section Is, in Township - north, of
Range II west of 9TH Principal Meridian
also % acres off west side of southeast quar-
ter of southwest quarter of Section %, in
Township % north, of Range 10 west, of
9TH Principal meridian; levied on as the prop
crty of Olrin l.. Taft and Susan A. Taft, to
satisfy said execution in favor of Richard Nj.
Waller, and against sil Orrin l.. Taft and
Susan a. Taft, for sos, 10 and interest and
cost
TERMS or SALE.-Cash in hand.
Dated, June T., y. d. 1860.
JOHN Blunt, Sheriff
2iwi of Floyd County.
by IRA X. LEE, Deputy.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-07-05
The Overland Mail.

The last overland mail from Califor-
mia brings news that the regulars and
volunteers under Hays and Stewart
attacked 500 Indians, near Pyramid
Lake. Indians defeated loss, 20
killed several wounded. Two vol
untccrs killed I; wounded Capt.
Slower mortally 3 regulars wounded,
! killed. Battle not decisive anoth-
or soon expected. The battle ground
where Maj. Ormby's party were de-
fcated some weeks ago has been visited
and twenty bodies inferred with mill
tary honors. A company of twenty
five men were to start from Carson
Valley to reopen the Pony Express
route. One thousand five hundred
dollars had been subscribed at Sacra
mento toward fitting ont q company
and subscriptions were being taken
up in san Francisco, for the same pur
pose.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-07-05

Fishing excursions to Clear Lake
are all the rage in this and neighbor-
ing towns. One day last week,
several gentlemen of this village pro-
vidcd themselves with sporting appa-
ratus and the requisite camping para.
phcrnalia, and set out on a trip to
that beautiful sheet Of water, to spend
some days in fishing and hunting
After they had left, their wives began
to feel lonesome, and the more they
reflected upon their forlorn condition
the more they believed themseivc:
sighted and injured women. At last
becoming indignant, they procured a
team and, on Friday, with gallant
Lothario for a coachman, they went
in pursuit of their absconding lords
all but one of the deserted wives, who
had the independence to declare she
would not follow her husband-no, no
she she would go the other way first
We anticipate for these sporting gen
tIcmcn a blissful time when their
wives arrive. How foolish to suppose
that women cannot hunt and arc not
GOOD fMcrs--of men
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-07-05
The Cattle Disease.

We give below a word of warning
from Gen. Wilson, who advises the
greatest care in the purchase of East.
crn stock. Let the press take this
very important matter in hand at once,
and place every farmer on his guard
Gen. Wilson says:
TO be attacked is almost certain
DEATH and as it is proved by eminent
veterinary surgeons to be contagious,
entire herds being affected from asso-
citation with even one diseased animal,
the whole of New England is justly
alarmed at its spread, and deeply in
terestcd in keeping it within the boun.
diaries of its first discovery. But it
has not been done, and it is believed
that it cannot be done, without the
further sacrifice of thousands of ami
mails.
The mere possibility, from whatever
may be the cause, of the introduction
of this fatal plague on the prairics of
the West, is alarming to contemplate,
and it cannot be too earnestly urged
upon our farmers the necessity of be-
ing upon their guard against every
attempt which may be made to intro
duce among them cattle from the East,
for any purpose whatever, unless they
have the most satisfactory evidence that
they are sound in every respect Nine
tcnths Of the cattle of the State arc
roaming over the prairics, open to the
attack Of any disease which may be
communicated from one to another
and the infection when once among
them would soon spread from herd tc
herd until placed beyond the power Of
man to arrest it. With this, hope
timely warning, l call attention to tho
letter referred to which suggested the
remarks above in its introduction.
WV. Duane WILSON, Scc'y.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-07-05

The Democrats of Floyd county
held o "mass convention" in this
town on Saturday, to choose delegates
to the State Convention, an ratify
something done at Baltimore. About a
dozen Democrats were in attendance,
and at the close of the meeting some
one called for three cheers for Doug
las and Fitz Patrick. The cheers were
given sufficiently loud to be heard in
some Of the stores and shops across
The street, when the inmates and per
sons on the sidewalk involuntarily
made the wclkin ring with three
cheers for Lincoln and Hamlin and the
Republican Platform. There was then
loud laugh at the expense of the
Democrats because they did not know
who were their candidates and cheer
ed for the wrong man.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-07-05

Republicans should work. Never
mind what the sham Democrats do
keep at work F! If the labor is not
needed for the present, it will tell on
the future. There are thousands and
tens of thousands of earnest, honest
men, who need the enlightening, re.
viviiyinS influence of Republican
IDEAS. Their opinions are now infu-
enccd and their actions controlled by
prejudice, instilled into their minds
by Democrats, which needs to be re-.
moved.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-07-05

The Steamship Great Eastern ar
rived at New York on the 2Sth ult
On her way up the harbor she was at
tended by a feet of small craft, and
the enthusiasm of the crowds on board
them was unbounded. Throngs at
the Battery and on the various piers
on North River were immense. Many
salutcs were fired in her honor. She
was deckcd with flags from bow to
stern. She moved very rapidly
through the bay, only one of the many
steamers being able to keep up with
hnr
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-07-05
BENJAMIN FitZ Patrick.

Our Democratic friends were told,
previous to their mass" convention
on Saturday, that Fitz Patrick refused
to run on the ticket with Douglas but
they declared it was black Rcpub-
lican" lie hence the attempt to cheer
him at the close of their meeting.
Now, who is this Benjamin Fitz Pat
rick, whom the Rump" of the Baltl-
more convention nominated for Vice
President Our Floyd county Dem
ocrats will no doubt be delighted to
learn that he was an original Lccomp-
tonite, who voted for the passage OF
the Lecompton bill, concurred in the
policy of cjccting Douglas from the
committee on territories, sustained the
Democratic Senatorial Caucus action
in relation to the slavery resolutions,
and voted for those resolutions in the
Senate. OF those resolutions here is
specimen
Resolred. That neither Congress nor Terri
torial Legislature, whether by direct lcgiSla-
ton. or legislation of an indirect and unfricnd-
ly character, possess power to annul or impair
the constitutional right of any citizen OF the
United States to take his slave property int!
the common territories, and there hold ana
enjoy the same while the territorial condition
remains.
Mr. Harlan moved the following
amendment {:
Rut the free discussion of the morality and
expectancy of slavery shall never be intcrt"rcd
with by the laws of any State or of the Uni
ted States, and the freedom of speech and Of
the press on this and on other subjects of do
mestiC and national policy should be main
tanned inviolate in all the States
Every Democratic Senator present
voted against this expression Of just,
righteous, and constitutional princi-
pie, as presented by Mr.. Harlan Ev
Ell Mr.. Pugh, Douglass man Friday,
Rice of Minnesota, and Ben Fitz
Patrick, voted against this declara-
ton in favor of the right of free
speech
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-07-05

Happening in at one OF our stores
the other evenig, where were several
Of our German citizens, the converse
tian turned upon politics, and we were
agrceably surprised to find all the
Germans were Republicans. One of
them remarked that the Democratic
party did not carry out Democratic
principles. We Of course asscEtcd,
and pointed to their opposition to such
measures for the benefit of the people
as the Homestead bill, the Agricultu-
raj College bill, &c, when our Ger
man friend exclaimed "Ah, they no
want to educate the farmers, cause
then they be no democrats"
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-07-05

The Prairie du CHEN Brass Band
is composed of six performers. Ger
mans, all of one family, the father and
five sons, and all good Republicans.
Their names arc as follows Fcrdi
nand, leader, William, Charles, Henry
Richard, and Albert Erdenberger
They have all joined the Republican
club, and volunteered to furnish music
during the present campaign. Three
cheers for the Band
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-07-05

The division Of the Democracy into
Douglas and Breckenridge factions, in
such States as Tennessee, Kentucky
Virginia, Louisiana, Maryland and
Georgia, will greatly inspirit the OPP
position there and prompt them to
make vigorous fight for the Bell and
Everett ticket. AS things now stand
we do not sec how they can fail to
carry some of these Statcs-cnough,
certainly, to defeat both Douglas and
Breckenridge, and possibly, in the
event of the election going to the
House, to make Mr.. Bell one of the
before that body.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-07-05
Sheriff s Sale.

NOTICE is hereby given, that by virtue of
~ an Execution duly issued by the Clerk of
the District Court of Floyd county, State of
Iowa, and to me directed, have levied on
and shall offer for sale, at Public Auction, at
my office in St Charles City, Floyd County,
Iowa, on the Dist day of July, 4. d. 1860, at
one clock in the afternoon OF said day, the
following described property, to wit All the
right, title and interest of Loren kimball in
and to the southwest quarter Of the north
east quarter of Section thirty-three, (33) in
Township ninety-six $3.50 north, OF Range six
teen west Of the fifth Principal meridian
levied on as the property of Loren Kimball,
to satisfy said execution in favor of Atkins,
Steele & White and against said Loren Kim
ball for $50, so and interest and cost.
TERMS OF SALE-Cash in hand
Dated, June 10, A. d. 1860.
JOHN BLuNs, Sheriff
"a WI of Floyd county.
Ry IRA X LEE DENNY
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-07-05

>"We hthedtes, easing ofdHed, JOF Tie Cure Of
Disease in all forms.
PROFESSOR HENRY S. TAYLOR, NJ D.
II 7sils Iou How to attend upon the sick and
how to cook for them how to
prepare Drinks, poultices. &C.,
and how IL guard against In
fiction from Contagious Dis
cases
II Tells lOu OF the various diseases of Child
rem, and gives the best and
simplest mode of treatment
during Ieething, Commissions,
Vaccination Whooping cough,
Measles, &c.
II Tells lOU The symptoms of Group, Chole-
I'll lntantum, Collie DiarrhGa,
Worms. Scaled Head, Ring
worm, Chicken-pox Sc. and
gives you the best remedies
for tncir cure.
II IsHs lou The symptoms Of Fever and
Ague, and Bilious, Yellow,
Iyphus, Scarlet and other Re.
vcrs, and gives you the best
and simplest remedies for their
cure
II IoLS You The symptoms of Influenza, Con-
sumption, Dyspepsia, Asthma,
Dropsy, Gout, rheumatism,
Lumbago, Erysipclas &c, and
gives you the best remedies
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IL Tells lVH The symptoms of Cholera Nor
bus, Malignant Cholera, SMALL
pOX, Dyscntery, Cralnp, Dis
eases of the Bladder, Kidneys
and Liver. and tho best reine-
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II IalS loU The symptoms Of Plcurisy
Mumps, Neuralgia, Apoplexy,
Paralysis, the various Diseases
Of the Throat, Teeth, Ear and
Eye, and the best remedies for
their cure.
II T,Hs You The symptoms of Epilepsy, Jaun-
dice, Piles, Rupture, Diseases
of the Heart, Hemorrhage,
Ncneral Diseases, and Hydro
phobia, and gives the best
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IL Tells Ion The best and simplest treatment
for Wounds, Broken Bones and
DisloCatiOns, Sprlins, Lockjaw,
Fever Sores, White Swellings,
Ulcers, Whitiows, Boils, Sour
Wy, Burns and Scrofula.
IL 7dLS You OF the various diseases peculiar
to Women and gives the best
and simplest remedies for their
cure, together with many val
liable hints for the prescrya-
ton Of health.
The work IL written in plain language, free
from medical terms, 50 as to he easily under
stood, while its simple recipes may soon save
you many times the cost Of the book. il is
printed in clear and open type; is illustrated
with appropriate cngravngs, and will be for
wardcd to your address, neatly bound and post.
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$1,000 A YEAR can be made 10y enterpris-
ing men everywhere, in selling the above work,
as our inducements to all such are very liberal.
For single copies of the Book, or for terms
to agents, with other information, apply to or
address JOHN F.. POTTER, Publisher,
No. Gl1 SAMSON Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-07-05

The Pony ExrREss. - The report
brought by the overland mail from
California in regard to the Pony Ex-
press being discontinued is untrue.
We are now running scmi-wcckly from
each end of the route, and will arrive
regularly hereafter, as the Indian diff:
hculties have been suppressed by the
regular troops. Signed,
w. RrssEM, President.
Washington, June &c, 1860.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-07-05

Cheney Il Brackets Hall was filled
with people, on Friday evening, to
hear the lecture on temperance by
Col. Detwiler. Col. D. is an earnest
and eloquent speaker, and is enthusl-
astic in his efforts to promote the
cause of temperance. During his
lecture he was repeatedly and vocll-
crously cheered by the audience, and
at its conclusion all applauded his ef-
fort and appeared highly gratified,
The friends of temperance reform
were greatly strengthened and en-.
couragcd, and we doubt not much
good will result from Col. DIS labors
here and elsewhere.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-07-05
Mcssrs. Blish & Brother. agents for

f1fTSf1 III VtFFNF NIFtN1 'V'
the Toledo Nurseries, Ohio, are now
canvassing this county and taking Or
ders for varions kinds of fruit and or,
namental trees, shrubs, &c. Thus far
they have met with large success
We are glad to find our citizens SO
generally engaging in the fruit grow
ing business. The trees are to be de-
livcred here about the last of October,
and are to be planted this fall See
advertisement.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-07-05

The Chicago Times douglas organ
calls the leading Germans "pretcn-
tious ranters and cXtravagant or rcck.
less reformcrs, who fled the oppressed
States of Europe, not daring to meet
and combat the oppressors, and came
here to indulge their oratorial propen-
sites entirely out Of harms way"
Such gross and unmanly insults will
hardly gain to the Times or the Doug.
las cause, many friends among our
liberty-loving adopted citizens, who
oppressed and prosecuted by the le,
gal tyrants of Europe, have sought
our more favored land for the enjoy,
ment of life, liberty and the pursuit
of happiness" The Germans will 60,
almost in a body, for Lincoln and
Hamlin.