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Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-12-07
Do You Want a. Pumn

TT you &c, AMI wish en- that VIC will warrant to
give entire sati tassion, give u call. 1t IS on
the principle CT the oid- ashl"ntd suction pump
is adapted to any dep'h, VIII not fse,z-, ana
requires less labor to wof1 it than any other pump
in existence. We offer
Challenge of $500
hat our pump Can raiss water faster and easier
han any other pamp that can be produced. Com.
anI see them, at or factory, on " ainut street
between Second AMI Third ,Mu,eatine, Iowa.
W. A d l.. McGREER.
~ Our Jump took the First Premium at tho
lows State fsir, 1850. HEA nov g. won
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-12-07
GLORIO US N EWS
To the Citizen. of Mslsc;s tine and
surrounding country.
G. OTHI%G FOR EH NAILLION
IN The RnI/i,n0rp (L,fhinr .<f0rp

G. 9TH tG FOR FH NAILLION
.A the Baltimore Cuthing Store
I hUN FRANK respectfully announces to the
IL CIT zens oi MascaCns aal vicinity, tnat he ha
opened New Clothing store in tn, CITY, oa &C.
end street, in the store room former occupied by
Bonn Co., where can be found the largest, che p
est ami BEST assortment Of clothing ever exhi biec
III Muscltue.
We wish TO state ts the public that our clothing
is we'll 1--WE may say ", thout fear Of being coara-
dict ed) frat rate made up, and out Of the very
best kind OF materials and in regard to chcapness
We warrant the public not to be undersoM by any
other estabi:shmenG In the country. All we ask
10 a call, nd elimination of our Goods and prices.
We do not say that wilt sell Goods thirty
forty OF fifty per sent. cheaper tnan any body else
in mu-c atiue, Such expressions are daily made
Of by smi lar establishments in this ace in order
to gull the people. We have no time for such
puhs,--neilher 90 we wish to humbug an enlight
med community.
Our assortment on hand Is large. and we'll select
ed for the Fail ana Winter t,ad,; besides "
will constantly ue in receipt Of Goods during tn
" whole season.
Our stock consists in part Of the following Or
! tic|ss, viz
| Fine Cloth Dress and Frock Costs.
| French Cloth Ire 8 and + oek do.
| Cashmere Frock and sack do. "
| Cloth Sack Coats.
! 0vercoats- Cloth, Beaver, Moscows, Petershams
DeersRins, Lionskins Sealsklns, and diff
ferent OF her kinds too runner .us to mention.
| Fine Pantaloens endless sssortment-sucl
as black Cloth, f. ncy Cashmere, plain black Gas
einle-e, and all otter kinds, together with the
greatest lot of Vests of all kinds and qualities
5 general assortment Of furnishing Goods, such al
| fine hirts, I'm Ter ahiItS, Scaris, ocket uandke-
chiefs, Shirt Collars, and good m any other arti
cles too numerous to N en- ton. e
| ~-Wholesals Dealers particularly request
ed TO call on Us before purcha ing elsewhere, as il
will certainly be TO cir intersst-for we able
to sell 6 dds at Eastern prices besides Countr,
Merchants have C, ance to select from the larges
stock of Clothing IN Muscatine.
| K member, we go the principle Of "larg
sales and small profits" and no mistake. .
Rscol'ect the plsce-No. l36 Second stree
Union Block, nearly opposite Green & Stcus'
| Bank. E. NEWHOFF,
| II. l.. ERANK, "s'A's
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-12-07

NO: 1872 ECOND STREE T,
iea .aa. M1scatine,
INVITE the attention Of their friends and the
public to thsif new nna we'll selected assortment
of Books and Stationery. They have Jus. received
nd Will cell 81 prices suited TO the times, tul
supply Of r
Standard and Miscellaneous Works.
Bibles. .ligious Books, and every description of
School Books
Now in u! :, ts4stasr with light spa entertaining
literature. A:2, su3 ericr stock of Blank books,
Stationary and Fancy Articles,
Anong which may he enumera,ed, Plain end
Fancy Cap, Letter and Note Paper, Superior Buff,
Cream Laid aud Opaque Envelopes, lnks ami Ink
Stands Letter ard Invoice Files, Portfolios, Ladies
Esticuics, Csbas "a bean iu srtirle] Chess. Demi
noes, &c, &c. Also, . large supply of
w & l. L Pa 2 e e,
| OF tie mos, fastidiaus well as he plain.
In cooneetIon with the above, they will c, ntinus
| to hsye for sale all the
Popular Papers g. Magazines
of The day fresh from the hnnds of the publishers
and receive subscriptions for the same, pom terms
more than usually advantageous. The New York
and Chicago
DAILY & WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS
constantly co bena. A b.artlfal collection OF
COLURgj fRIE1S end ENGKAVINGs, suitable
for sale cheap.
| Call at no. 1872 Second Street. and ex
| anime fOs yourselves.
Musca,snc Erwa. Msr"b Is ls59-'f
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-12-07
LIST OF LETTERS

d EMAINING IN THE POST OFFICE AT
IL Muscatiae, Iowa, Dc. 1st., 1860.
Persons calling for advertised letters are rsquss
ted to give the date of the list.
On and after Nov. 1st the Post Ofice will he cpen
IN Sundays from to A. 81.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-12-07
Black sahaiihigsg.

ROBE RI WILLIAMS, z. NJ.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-03-22
Veto Message.

Below we copy the message Of Gov.
kirkwood, vctoing the bill passed by
the General Assembly postponing the
next session of the Board Of Educa-
ton till 1868. 1t will be seen that
this action of the Governor confirms
the view taken of this matter by our
correspondent Of last week
ExEcurIvE OrrIcE, March 6, 1860.
GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF REPRE-
sENrArIvEs Il return to your House
in which it originated, without ap-
proval, bill entitled, An act to
amend section two of Chapter one
hundred and tifty.tive of the acts pass
ed at the regular session of the sew
ehth General Assembly, approved
March 23, 1858"
The bill postponcs the next session
of the Board of Education until the
first Monday of December, 1865, and
in SO doing. in my Judgment, conflicts
with the spirit if not with the letter OF
the Constitution.
Under section 4, article 9 of the
Constitution, the General Assembly
certainly "may fix the time aud place
of meeting" of the Board, but as GER
tainly must exercise that power in a
constitutional way. The instrument
must be So construed as, if possible
to give effect to all its parts, and no
sound constructionists will permit al
exercise of power under one part o
the instrument which will render an
! other part inoperutive aad void, if b,
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-03-22
DEBATES IN CONGRESS-.
POST OFFICE CORRUrTION.
Mr. Chandler, Of Michigan, said :

Mr. Chandler, Of Michigan said
Mr.. President, the Senator from
Maine has pointed out few of the
reasons why the Post Office Depart
mcnt is not scll.Sustaining but he
has not pointed them all out, nor any
considerable number of them. In my
estimation, one chief reason Of the
great deficiency of our Post Office re-
ccipts is owing to the system of job
berry that extends all through that De
partmcut. We have this morning cut
of one great leak. We have passed
bill which will save the Post Office
Department some So 200 a year on
one class Of printing alone. The gross
wrong, which that bill corrccts, has
existed for years it was not u wrong
that has grown up unobscrvcd, for it
has been known to the President of
the United States and to The PUstmas-
ter General and yet it has been al
lowed to go on from year to year swal-
lowing up the revenues Of the Depart
ment. 1t is notorious that newspa-
per published in this city was pur-
chased for portion Of the patronage
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hncause the Government loscs so,nc
tbnns,nds of dollars in one brapch of
the nuhlic service hut boc,uso the
turnitude at the head has a corruntinm
moroi ;nilucnrr ln,vn thrormb ,hn Ion9.
line of officials to the lowest ana moSt
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messed ito efrncts !, Do+rni+ Onr
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tuition w,s snhSia;zoa from tho pnst
Of,icn hI,pl, nr;,t;no. fnpd a,d avn,
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St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-03-22
nISU MON.

Hon. James Harlan closes q recent
speech of his in the United. States
Senate, in the following language
You admonish us, that if a gentle
man who cutcrtains the doctrines
originally maintained by Washing
ton, Jefferson, and the other illustrious
men who lived during the earlier pc
riod Of the Republic (from which, as
was admitted on yesterday by the hon
orable Senator from Virginia, Mr. Ma
son, the Democracy has swcrved, }
should be elected President of the Uni.
ted States, in accordance with the
Constitution and the laws, you will
destroy the Government. When an
alyzed, could a proposition be more
insulting to frccmcn We must sur
render our own reasoning faculties,
and our conscienccs and judgments,
and follow your bchests! We must
change, because you have changed
We must repudiate, because you have
discarded, the opinions of the fathers
When we approach the polls, we must
represent your opinions, and not our
own, by our votes That is, we must
cease to be frccmen, and become youl
political slaves . If your political
opponents will destroy their platform
and dissolve their organization il
the free States will destroy their Con
stitutions and repeal their laws on the
subject of slavery; if majority OF
the freemen Of the country will stulti'
fly their own judgments, and trample
undor foot their conscienccs give up
freedom of speech and of the press,
and cease TO exercise the rights ol
frcemcn at the polls, you will gracious
ly permit the Union to be continued
Well, sir, this mode of preserving the
Union would cost us too much. w,
have the hearts and heads aud hand
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-03-22

or what human intirmity may yield to,
we do not hesitate to affirm that Ed
ward Bates, albeit not a Republican,
may be trusted by the Republican
party as soon and as fully as Trum-
bull, Banks, or any other of its promi.
nent conservative leaders.
His mature wisdom, and perfect
knowledge of the structure of Southern
society, would enable him to give
peace to the country ; but if the threat
cncd evil should come, if militant trea-
son should dare to lift its black bloody
flag in the South, his sword would
leap from its scabbard, and be re-
turned to it only when the rebellion
was crushed ont and it was the
knowledge that he possessed this lion
trait of character, which caused Fill.
more to tender him the Secretaryship
of War. He would labor to s0othe
sectional accrbity, by substituting a
Western policy and the issues which
are in controversy at present and as
subsidiary to this he would try to
make it apparent from the very outset,
that no efforts Of the slavery extern
sionsts would be permitted to con-
vert free soil into slave soil. That
conviction once established in the
Southern mind, aggressions on the
part Of the South would cease. and
the morbid political excitement which
prevails now, would be superseded by
a uillpr aud mora Salutory fanlinrr
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-03-22
poetrp.
SPRING.

The wintry days have past,
The icy storms are Ger;
And gladstone Spring, at last,
Comes smiling at our door.
The birds are back again,
To build anew their nests
And wake with vocal strains,
The sleeping from their rest.
The waters of the ponds
Have lost their icy floor;
The skaters all have -JEc.
And waves break on the shore.
There's quiet in the air,
A calm and tranqil ease;
The winds Llnw soft and fair,
And whisper in the trees.
There's a SoftncSs in the skies
That blends with thoughts within,
As the golden twilight dies
From the first bright day of Spring
Our thoughts are Of the loved
Who joined u, days gone ty,
And gladly welcomed Spring,
And the summer evening sky
Or of our youthful days.
When oft wr went TO rove,
Among the hills at play,
Or i'll the shady grove.
The Spring We love so well
Will soon br with the past.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-03-22

A Coon ONE.-Pat was helping Mr..
Blank to get IL safe i'll his office one
day, and not being acquainted with
the article, enquired what it was for
"To prevent papers and other arti,
cles which are placed in it from being
burnt in case of fire. said Mr.. B.
An sure will nothing ivir burn
that is put in that thing ?"
No"
Well, thin, yer honor, yc'd better
be afthcr getting into that same when
ye die
Mr.. Blank wilted."
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-03-22

Wool The history of the growth
of wool is very curious. Fifty years
ago not a pound of fine wool was
raised in the United States, Ill Great
Britain, or in any other country except
Spain. In the latter country the tlocks
were owned exclusively 10y the mobili,
ty OF by the crown. In 1894, a small
flock was sent to th" EIeCtur of SaXo-
ny as present from the King OF
Spain. whence the entire product OF
SaXony wool. now Of such immense
value. In 1909, during the second in,
vaSon Of Spain by the French, some
OF the valuable crown tluckS were
sold to raise money. The American
Consul at Lisbon, Mr.. Jarvis, pur,
chased fourteen hundred head, and
sent them TO this country. y portion
of the pnre uumiXed Mcrino blood OF
these hOcks is to be found in Vermont
at this time. Such was the origin OF
the immense tlocl>s of iine-wooled
sheep in the United States.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-03-22

pound of butter. The cows were fec
tn cut stalks and straw, and two
quarts of provender per day. The
provender was made by grinding oats
and corn together in equal quantities
by measure.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-03-22
Iowa FAT CATTLE A late number oI

Iowa FAT CATTLE A late number of
the Chicago journal says:
a drove of fifteen head of some
of the finest cattle that have arrived
i'll this city this season, reached here
on the Dixon Air Line this morning.
They are from Cedar Rapids, and are
noble specimen, of Iowa beeves. We
are Informed that there are Thousand
head now feeding near Cedar Rapids,
and that i'll Marion county there are
900 on one farm, that are being fed
on corn, which can be bought there at
about III cents per bushel."
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-03-22

The following is a funeral sermon
lately preached in Ohio by Buckeye
Clergyman 81 have been begged
importuned and cntreated to preach
this sermon, but don't want to do it
never liked the man never knew
any good of him. He bad horses and
he run them he had cocks and he
fit them | have heard that he was
occasionally good at fires. The hear
ers will please remove the body aul
sing the following hymn:
With rapture we delight to SEQ
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-03-22

A man on passing through gate
way in the dark hit his nose against
the post. " wish that post was III
hi" said he.
Better wish it somewhere else"
ssid a by-stander, "you might run
against it again"
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-03-22

How MucH Milk FOR A PoUND OF BuT-
TER ?-As the result of two expert
ments made this winter, at intervals
of about ten days, we found by actual
measure and weighing, that the cream
Of lOA quarts Of milk produced one
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-03-22

"Dou't do dat !" said colored or.
ator the other day when imploring
his Black Republican friends not to
apply the torch to the Union. "Don't
do dat, Massa Greeley. and Massa
Seward, and Massa Philips, and Mas
sa Conway. Don't you be gwine to
set country atirc dar's nigga in dc
! brght ;"
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-03-22
do(sst6aro tbe Gourse of empire takes its 9o(ap."


"a different and reasonable construc-
ton that result can be avoided.
1t is provided in Section 3 of the
same article as follows: "Aftcr the
first election under the Constitution,
the Board shall be divided as nearly
as practicable into two equal classes,
and the seats of the first class shall
be vacated after the expiration of two
years, and one-half of the Board shall
be chosen every two years there
after"
Under this section. the People must
at the election in this year elect mem
bers of the Board to fill the seats of
the first class vacated under its pro-
visions, and the persons so elected
will hold their Offices for the term of
four years, and yet if the bill under
consideration becomes law, they
will be deprived during their whole
term of service of performing the du-
ties which they are chosen by the
people to perform. | cannot believe
this to be the intent and meaning of
the Constitution.
Section Of the same article pro-
vldes as follows: The educational
interests OF the State. including com
mon schools, and other educational
institutions, shall hc under the man
agcmcnt Of a Board of EluCation,"
&c. The power Of the General As
scmbly over the matters thus entrust-
ed to the Board of Education is the
power to alter, amend, and rcpcal".
what has been done by the Board, and
the extent to which the power can be
exercised by tue General Assembly is
doubtful and uncertain. 1t seems to
me that In the present condition Of
our common school system, it is too
hazardous to this important interest
Of the State so to lcgislate as to rem
der very probable great confusion and
difficulty III its management. either
10y reason Of the want of legislation
on the part of the Board of Education
which clcarly y can lcgislate' on the
subject, or by reason of doubts of the
power of the General Assembly to do
that which necessity may require t.
he done.
SAMUEL j kIEKWOOD
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-03-22

Artists have adopted different en-.
blems of charity. l wondor none of
them ever thought of a piece of India
rubber, which gtres more than any
other substance,
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-03-22

A young lady was recently asked
how she could possibly afford, ir these
hard times, to take music lessons
"Oh," said she, o. contine myself to
the lowest notes"
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-03-22
NUMBER II.

and will to preserve it in cheaper
manner, let the crisis come when il
may.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-03-22
BRONSON HOUSE.
CORNER OF MAIN AND CENTER STREETS,
BR AFFORD Iowa

BRADFoRD Iowa.
D. T.. BRoNsoS, ,..................P Proprietor.
The Proprietor would respectfully inform
the Travelling Public that he has again taken
charge of the above House. and would hc
pleased to wait upon all who may favor him
with their patronage. Stages leave daily for
the East West and North. Charges reason
able at any House west of the Mississippi.
81" Good accommodations for teams, Iva
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-03-22
JOHN FURLONG Il SON,
WHOLESALE
GrOcerS and Commission Merchants,

I!7 East Water ST.. Milwaukee, Wis.
From our long standing and facilities for
doing business, we are prepared to sell Gro
ceries as low as any other House in the West.
JOHN FuRLONG 4 son.
Milwaukee, April 20, 1859. l6yl
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-03-22

PROGRESS OF AFFAIRS IN THE Pixies
PEAK GoLD REGIoN-Civilization, with
all its legitimate concomitants, is pro-
crossing in the Pixies Peak gold re-
gion. Balls and parties prevail at
Denver city, while the ladies, always
foremost in religion aud charity, have
called meeting for the purpose oi
establishing church. and have had a
meeting and organized under the name
OF the Ladies' Union Aid Society. "
1t is expected that during the ensuing
year an Episcopal, Il Catholic, two
Methodist and Presbyterian church
will be erected. There is already Il
large Sunday school in Denver city.
Rev. Mr.. kchlcr and family, of lIar.
pcrs Ferry, arrived out in January
Mr. k IS to be the rector Of the Epis.
copal church. His son resides at Den,
yer, and is the present sheriff.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-03-22
SAMUEL J. kIRKwoOD.

RECEIPT FOR MAKING EVERY DAY HAP.
rY.-Whcn you rise in the morning,
form resolution to make the day Il
happy one 10 fellow creatures. 1t is
casll y done lcft-otf garment to the
man vino needs it kind word to the
sorrowiul an encouraging expires.
sion to the striving. TriiIcs in them.
selves as light as air, will do it, at
least for twcnty-four hours and il
you are young, depend upon it it will
tell when you are old and if yon are
old, rest assured it will send you gent.
ly and happily down the stream of
hnman tide to eternity. By the most
simple arithcmctical sum, look at the
result. You send one pcrson--omly
onc--happily through the day: that
IN three hundred and siXty-livc in the
course OF year; and supposing yuu
live forty years only after you com
mcnCe this course, You have made II >
600 human beings happy at least for
timc-and this is surprising no rcla-
ton or friend partakes of the feeling
and extends the good. Now, worthy
reader, is not this simple? 1t is too
short for sermon, too homcly for
ethics, and too easily accomplished for
you to say, Il would if | could"
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-03-22

Business Cards OF fve lines less will be inserted in
thiscoumn for IS 90 per annum. For each additional
line, over nve, dollar will be charged.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-03-22

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