davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-12-12

CsEC{1ND DISTRICT P0UND-yVas brought
y seeUna District Pound Of Bisnvie and Gal
s7fess
onc bay Horse tail, shod a round, lame il fore
7sr. and ahonf i6ts hands high,
claimed within five days and the expenses
l he sold a pubr auction AZ said Pound on
a4TTRUAY December Is 1850, 1t ~ O'clock A. H.
Gre white Billy Goat ssI s s3@f
firh n claimed within three days and tho expenses
pai i be sola At gabic question said Pound On
TNERSDA AY, December Is. 1860 ai 10 O'Clock Al. u.
New Orleans, December 10. 1861
- s. ALFRED L. DUCRos
Clerk Of Comptroller,
New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-12-12

All powers Of this Corporation shall vested in Boad OF
Directors, consisting Of twelve persons each of whom shall
hold n his right at least twenty i've hundred dollars OF the
capital stock Of said Association.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-02-16
Legislative Incidents.

The following anecdotes are related
by "Linkensalc," who "docs" the
views +" and other fixings" at Dcs
Moines, for the Burlington Hawkeye.
At the time Of going into joint con.
vention for the election of State Print
or, in the Senate
Mr.. Neal, (Democrat,) when his
name was called, arose ostcnsibly to
state the reason why he should vote
no. He said IL shall vote no for the
reason that hold in my hand a pape,
showing that the State printing has
cost more than is necessary" He was
then going off into flaming speech,
when Rusch said he was out of order,
remarking that, the Senate saw that
the Senator held in his hand the paper
alluded to, and that was doubtless
reason enough for his vote" Neal sat
down amid the laughter of Senators
and spectators, with his reason still in
his hand !
BY the by, Mr.. Rusch is a capital
presiding officer thoroughly acquain-
ted with parliamentary law, quick as
lightning in his perceptivcness, and
" sharp as tacks" generally. "On
what rule" said Johnston of Wapello,
the other day, "docs the President
decide me out of order 2" "On the
rule of common sense" replied Rusch.
The same Senator called Republi.
can to order the other day for demol-
ishing the Democratic party" at is
always in Order" replied Rusch, "to
demolish the Democratic party |"
In reference to the Member from
Floyd,"" Linkensale A" explains:
IL hope your readers will not think
that Doctor Bowdoin is an NJ. d. He
is Doctor of Laws-that honorable
degree having been conferred upon
him by the Hon. A. b. Miller of the
State Land Office, and your correspon-
dent, by virtue of powers granted
them by the General Assembled Lob
by in consideration of their human
beauty"
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-02-16
The Printer,

The London Punch thus describes
the printer
How nice this being printer A
public servant, good natured fellow
must always smile, and bow to eve.
ny body-must be killing polite on all
occasions, especially to the ladies'
must always be dear duck of a man
always witty, always dignifed.-
He must never do any thing that will
not accord with the strictest proprie-
ty Of the most precise old maid, and
must always be correct in every thing
that he does he is always expected
to know the latest news, and is styled
Muggins if he is not posted. He
must please every body, and is sup
posed never to need the one thing
needful. He must work for nothing
and board himself; must trust every
body, and is thought great bore il
he presents his bill. He must be a
ladder for all political aspirants to
step into Office. who very soon become
independent, don't owe him any thing,
consider the printer at best sorry
dog, who cannot expect any better
treatment than kicks and cuffs and
finally, summing it up, he is expected
to be man without model and with
out shadow.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-02-16

PoLIrIcAL FLANK MovEMESr.-A let
ter-writer at Washington, speaking of
the change of votes from Sherman to
Pennington, says
The supporters of Mr.. Sherman
marched over in solid column to Mr..
Pennington, changing the ground they
had so long and so CALAMITY main.
tanned for new position-this flank
movement being executed in the face
of the enemy. and while exposed to
his fire, without the loss of man. 1t
challenged the admiration of the foe,
compelling Democratic leaders TO in.
stitnte comparisons between their own
broken ranks and the impregnable
front of the allies. The logical de.
duction from this well-executed ma
nGuver was expressed by hundreds of
Southern lips IT," said they, "these
Black Republicans can now elect PEN
nington, their triumph in the Presiden-
tial contest is foregone conclusion"
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-02-16

The Opposition members of the Vir-
ginia Legislature recently addressed
a letter to Mr.. Bolts asking his views
on the various questions and events
that agitate the popular mind. He
responded in few days in letter
that has since appeared in a sixteen
page pamphlet. The missive is a
scorcher. 1t has created an immense
sensation in Virginia, thirty-fve thou
sand copies having been printed and
circulated in that and other southern
States. The letter walks into the fire.
caters in way tina! makes the fur
fly. The designs and schemes of the
leaders of the Southern Democracy
are laid bare with an nnsparing hand.
After the delugc of Disunion swash
which has been inflicted upon the
country by southern demagogues, this
epistle from Bolts is perfectly refresh
ing.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-02-16
The. State Capitol.

On the occasion of the introduction
OF bill into the Legislature, for de
fraying the expenses of certain i'm.
provemcnts made in the Capitol build.
ing, Mr.. Jennings, of Dubuque, re.
marked:
The seat of government had been fixed at
Dcs MONIES on the express condition that the
State should be furnished capitol building
necessary for State purposes. He thought the
State officers had exceeded their authority in
making these improvements, and the fact OF
their doing so would probably involve the
State in legal difficulties with the proprietors
OF the building. The location of the build.
ing was libel upon common sense. and he
hoped the State would not purchase it as the
out going governor had recommended
No member disputed the fact of the
agreement on the part of Des Mones:
and we take the above to be a veriti.
cation of what we asserted a few
weeks ago viz, that the Des Moines
folks agreed to furnish capitol build
ing in consideration of the removal of
the seat Of government to that place !;
and We agree with the member in
hoping that the Legislature will hold
them to the bargain and not saddle
any more debt upon the State for that
Capitol.-W U. Reriew.
So say we. Let men fulfil their
contracts, whether with the State or
with individuals. This idea that the
State is goose for every rascal to
pluck is most pernicious one, and
the sooner it is driven from the heads
of spectators and sharpers the better
for all concerned.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-02-16
bred Scottish in Iowa.

John L. Curtis and James b. Little
left Iowa City on Saturday night, 2sth
ult., in two horse carriage, contain
ing two negro girls, one of the age OF
IA, the other 10. They travelled all
night, and early on Sunday morning
called at Mr.. Aliens, four miles south
of Washington, for breakfast, &c.
Here suspicious were aroused, and at
Icwavillc the parties were arrested.
Soon the Sheriff of johnson county
appeared with another warrant, and
took the parties back with him to
Iowa City, where their case was to be
investigated.
1t appears that the black girls had
been slaves in Tennessee, and, as
property there, fell to the wife Of Mr..
Curtis. On their arrival in Iowa some
two years since, they were indentured
to Mr.. Curtis but it being suspected
that they were still held as slaves,
and were liable to be sold, the neigh
bors, on the plea that Curtis, who was
bound to educate, clothe, feed them,
&c, had neglected his duty, procured
warrant from the County Judge for
the purpose of placing the girls under
another guardian. Instead of obey
ing the warrant, Curtis started with
the girls for Missouri, where it was
suspected he intended to sell them, al.
though he says he was going to Mis-
souri, to purchase farm, and was
taking the girls along to see their
mother The girls are said to be very
much attached to Master john" and
have entire confidence in him. What
Master Johns intentions were, and
how the case will terminate, will be
better known after the examination.
Previous to the arrival of the John
son County sheriff at Iowaville, there
was more or less " sympathy for Cur.
tbs. 1t was even said, by those hav.
ing Southern proclivities, that he was
a higb-minded honorable Southern
gentleman who had natural and le
gal right to the persons of his wards, he
being their guardian, &c. 1t had
come to a h-lof pass that a gentle
man could not even look at nigge,
without the risk of an arrest, but ofte,
the Sheriff came from Iowa City il
was talked about that Curtis was a
ID Yankee adventurer who evil
IDENTIFY intended to make good thing
out of the black girls, prorided he was
not molested on his way to Missouri.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-02-16

The Democrats have been pursuing
Old Ossawatamie into the other world,
and through the medium of a New
York spiritualist have finally cxtorted
from him the following:
In the light of the spirit world ]
discern that though most of those
with whom l associated were bypo-
critics, and / cannot have hope, yet
some are but infatuated, and l wish
to warn all such that If they would
have the slightest chance Of heaven,
they must turn from their abolitionism
and rcpublicanism and become Demo
Gratis at once"
Pretty good for crazy man." His
advice will no doubt be needed !!
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-02-16

Rev. DR.. Chaplin, of New York,
preached discourse on Childhood"
one Sabbath evening, which contained
an earnest protest against the system
of schooling children and premature
~ examining them with book learning.
He said it was atrocious that the
blood and vigor that was intended to
strengthen the hands and body should
be forced into the head, until it be-
came a disproportionatc intellectual
wen on the child.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-02-16
Shelton +. Leakp.

A lctter-writer alludcs to Mr.. Leakc,
member of the House from Virginia,
as follows:
Mr.. Leake obtained the floor for q
personal explanation of his own status
the moving cause thereto being an at
tack on the "poor non-slavcholding
whites of the South" in which connec.
ton MIR. Leake's name was mentioned,
in an article published in New York
paper. Mr. Lcake said that he never
had owned more than a single slave,
though representing large slavehold.
ing constituency and then sent to
the Clerks desk a string of Biblical
quotations, supporting bondage, which
he described as emanating from the
studies Of most pious clergyman.
The Clerk proceeded TO read these,
amidst shouts of unscemly laughter
from the Republican benclies-the
laughter rising into shrieks when he
quoted Paul to the effect, "You shall
srport your slaves AN error imme
diately corrected by changing the
italiciscd word to "cxhort.n The
grand joke of this matter, however,
appeared to eliminate on the "im-
pending crisis side, when an extract
from some part of the New Testament
demanded, in relation to Slavery, how
those who should attempt to stir up
slaves against their masters could
hope to escape the damnation of
he'll - This brought down the Re-
publicans and galleries in perfect con-
vulsions of laughter-thuugh your
correspondent has been unable, up to
this time, to sec the fun.
Mr.. Leake is slender young man.
with squirrel expression of face a
hooked nose, very dropping and dolo-
rous hazel eyes, of a timid and re-
firing cast f; nibbling sort of mouth,
as if always puckered up for whis.
tie high, broad and commanding
forehead straight brown hair, with a
slight curl around the edges and a
peaky, pointed lower-face, which
might be improved by the concealmen,
Of u beard. His voice is almost a
treble, bnt well managed ; and he
speaks with hncncy and clearness
though not with the force-of a
practical dcbater He appears ia
enjoy the respect Of his colleagues as
an amiable and correct representative
of haif.fendal constituency aud may
be set down as one Of those who are
content to dwell in dccencies.o ac-
cording to Pope's ideal Conservative
and highly educated, Mr.. Leake pos
sesses qualities which do not show t.
their fair advantage on the floor hi,
pattern Is not coarse enough iol
the Congressional market.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-02-16

We neglected to notice at the proper
time, the appointment of S. Potter,
Esq, to the Office of Postmaster at
Horton. Mr.. Potter, since his resi-
dence in this county has won many
friends, and we are glad to hear of
his appointment.-Wa rerly Argus.
Very well. We hope Mr.. Potter
will look after the Waverly Postmas-
ter little, and see that he locks the
mail bags. When we were that way,
the other day, the mail pouch from
Waverly, thrown off at Horton, was
found to be unlocked.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-02-16

The Commonwealth is the title of a
new Republican paper to be started at
Des Moincs, under the editorial man.
agcment of Andrew j. Stevens, ESQ.
Such paper as Mr.. Stevens will fur
nisl has for some time been regarded
as desideratum. He is at present the
editor of the School Journal, and it
may be confidently expected that the
Commonwealth will be an organ wor.
thy Of our State capital, and both cred
liable and beneficial to the Republi.
can party. We trust that the Com.
monwealth will receive q patronage
commensurate with it's merits.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-02-16

The Douglas organ at Washington
bowls most dislnalIy over the great
Republican triumph in organizing the
House
The day, we fear, is far distant
when the voice of the South will be
again heard in the organization of the
House. We see enough to satisfy us
that, as contrasted with the North, her
strength in that body mas departed
forever.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-02-16

DR.. Halls BALsAM.-Dr. A. G. Doom. of
bloomfield, Iowa, in speaking OF DR.. Halls
Balsam for the Lungs says have been prac-
ticing medicine upward of twenty years, in
Iowa, and the climate is very productive of
coughs colds, and bronchial affections of the
lungs, in connection with bilious arrangement
have sought for a remedy, but have often
failed in my Investigations Now, by pre-
scribing DIR. Halls Balslm, can exclaim.
Eureka! Il have found , unhesitatingly
say, il is the best cough medicine ever intro
duced
For sale by Montague & Co, St. Charles
City, and by agents in every town in the
country.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-02-16
CraWfiShing.

The Northern ear, and indeed the
ear of the whole Union, has been dis
gnsted with the disunion threats and
clamors of the Southern demagogues
and fire-caters, when the truth was
that these very fascals could hardly
be whipped out of the Union--so much
do they love political pap. Already,
now that Republican Speaker is
elected in Congress, are one after
another of these disunionsts crawling
back and protesting to be Union men !;
and in six weeks it is probable they
will all swear that they were never
any thing else. As an instance of the
"crawfishing" propensities of South.
ern politicians, VIC may mention that
Jefferson Davis stated in the Senate
the other day that he would submit to
the election of such man as Senator
Foot, of Vermont, as President of the
United States. Perhaps, however, he
did not reflect that he may hare presented
a Presidential candidate for The Repuui.
cans. Mr.. Foot is one of the hand.
soonest, most agreeable, and most pol.
'shed gentlemen in the Senate. He
resembles Willard Fillmore more than
any man we know. He looks like a
Presidential candidate, but he is the
representative, in all respects, of Mr..
Stewards irrcprcssiblc conflict" and
comes from State in which the Re.
publican doctrines are more intensi.
fled than they are even in Massachu.
sets.
When Jefferson Davis stands forth
to say that he will not break up the
Union if Republican like Mr.. Foote
should be elected, he pays an unselfish
tribute to the well.known feeling of
the Mississippi people in favor of the
Confederacy of these States. Missis.
slppi has way of her own in turning
out and putting men into Office on the
Union basis. She has any number OF
violent and able men who are for dis
solving the Union, but her masses are
as enthusiastically attached to the sa.
cred compact which unites this fami
~ OF Republics as the masses of Penn.
sylvania or of New York, and Jeffer,
son Davis is wise and shrewd OBJ
server of the past in seeing and say.
ing this. While his colleague, Gala
TIN Brown, has gone far ahead of him
in the race in favor of extreme meas
ures, the gallant ex-Secretary of War
the heroic soldier in the battle-ficlds
OF Mexico, and the accomplished schol
ar and statesman, has somewhat
amended his PAGES, and is now keep.
ing step gracefully to the music of
the Union.
80 OF Wade Hampton, of South
Carolina. Even he has dared to raise
his voice against the mad caps in his
vicinity. So, too, of George w. Jones,
of Tennessee, man whose horror of
humbug, whose contempt of cant,
and whose strong horse sense" have
always kept him away from those
noisy Ciccros in Congress who delight
in oratorical conhagrations, and are
never SO happy as when threatening
to pour the lava of their Indignation
upon the free States.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-02-16

The Waverly Argus says that An
drew Ostrander, charged with steal.
ing cattle, with tive others, aud sell.
ing them at Manchester, was arrest
ed by Sheriff Welsh, of Fayette coun-
ty, on Monday last. The prisoner had
been working for Geo. w. Levalley,
Esq, Of that place, for several days
The chances are favorable to his serv.
ing the State for term of years at
FIT. Madison. The parties left for
West Union on Tuesday morning.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-02-16
Presidential Corruption.

Efforts will be made this winter to
the conduct of the Prcsi
dent in his management Of partizan
affairs, as it is believed that most OF
the corrupt and disgraceful compacts
entered into for the purpose of ex-
tracing money from the Treasury for
the benefit of the party, have been d.
rected and prosecuted by him per-
sonally and not by the heads of the
respective Departments. 1t is pro-
posed to raise Committee on the
President as the only responsible par
ty, whose duty it shall be to look into
all charges of corruption and extrava-
gance from whatever Department
they may come. The Illinois appoint
ments and some purchases of real es-
tate by the Government connected
with them, the sale of the Union es-
Establishment by Wendell to Bowman
for the benefit of Mr.. Buchanan, to be
paid for out of the public printing, the
contracts for furnishing coal and other
supplies to the Navy, mules and sup
plies to wagon road expeditions, and
to the Army, and the matter of furnish.
ing Indians with guns and ammuni-
ton as presents with which to fight
and harrass the troops and border citi-
zens, as well as the management of
the Post Office Department in accord.
ance with the Sub Treasury Act, and
without appropriations, will form the
groundwork for Investigations, in the
course of which much useful informa-
ton may be elected. One advantage
which will arise from raising the Com
mittcc directly upon the conduct of
the President, is that such course
will admit of the various members of
the Cabinet being summoned before
the Committee as witnesses. Congress
has no power over the Heads of the
Departments, the President being res
ponsible for all their acts.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-02-16

A handsome young fellow in New
York, in great want of money, has
married rich old woman of seventy.
He was miserable for the want of
money, and she for the want of a hus-
band. MISERY makes strange bed.
fellows"
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-02-16
ST. CHARLES LODGE. Nh 40
Post O6lce-St. Charles CITY.
OFFICE gsnuIUs

Office open in the morning at 8 O. clock, and
closes in the evening at u O'Clock. Ohice
open on Sunday from 9 o'clock till 10 A. II.
POSTAGE.
Postage due this office must hereafter be paid
quarterly in advance, or double the amount
will be charged, as the law requires.
MAILS.
Mails Arrire from the East,
Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, lOo'crk pm,
Mails Arrire from The North,
Tuesdays, Thursday, Saturdays, 40 clock D. m,
Maas Depart for the East,
Sundays, Wednesdays, Fridays, 8 o'clocka. n.
Mails Depart for the NorA,
Wednesdays, Fridays 30 clock .. m.
Mail for and from the West
Departs on Saturdays and arrives on Fridsys.
ID. ID. w. CARVER, p. n.
JOSIAH KNIGHT. Assistant.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-02-16

Gen. Cass has just presented to the
city Of Detroit. one site for public
park and another for fountain and a
watering place, provided the Common
Council will devote the land which he
gives exclusively to the purposes de-
signated.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-02-16
ST. CHARLES LYCEUs1.

The st. Charles Lyceum will hold its next
regular meeting at Cheney & Brackctt's Hall.
on Monday evening, at 81 O'Clock.
EXERCISES FOR THE EVENING Select read
ing by James jackson.
Reading of the Mustachc Press" BY z.
b. G. Wright
Discussion =" Resolved that the Indians
have suffered more at the hands Of white men
than the blacks Affirmatiye-B. +. Cheney,
J. w. Card Negatve-J. G. Patterson san.
ford Harwood.
Ladies and Gentlemen are cordially invited
to attend.
T. A. TEELING Sec'y.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-02-16

The trial of Stevens and Hazlet, two
of the Brown conspiritors, is in pro-
gress at Charleston, Va. Gov. Letch-
er shows his good sense in not keep.
ing up the military parade inaugural
ed by Wise.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-02-16

The most astonishing Western hun
ter was Lord Gore, who remained
three years upon the plains and upon
the table lands between the Sierra Ma.
DIRE and Sierra Nevada. His retinue
consisted Of thirty men. sixty horses,
large baggage and provision trains
tuns of ammunition, and ten thousand
dollars worth Of improved fire arms.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-02-16

The election of Forney as Clerk of
the U. S. House Of Representatives, is
felt by the Administration to be one
of the kecnest rebukes it has yet re-
ceived. The sting will rankle in Blu.
chanan's breast for many a day.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-02-16

A Democratic paper, in noticing a
recent demonstration of that party,
says 1.-THE air was rent with the shouts
of three thousand people" After
which we suppose the band played
Root hog or die"