Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-06-08
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day, while in field rr. r.s,,.,r., eli. .~ios-s-s
ca The District Court adjourned on
Saturday. without, however, finishing the docket.
| Our next term will be in October Judge Dillon
opens Court in Scott county to-day, where, we
understand, there are upwards of a thousand cases
on the docket-Daity, 4M. @. q. ...s .tas-z -- SD
EMIdRANTs RETURNING FROM Missouri
Two emigrant families crossed the ferry here this
morning on their return to Wisconsin from about
| years residence in Macon county, Mo. They
dislike the country for several reasons, prominent
| among which is the abuse and annoyance to which
all settlers from the Free States are subjected
by their proslayery neighbors. They exhibited to
us specimen of a murderous looking weapon
which, we are told is carried by almost every body
in that delectable country of strife and turmoil 1t
is huge jackknife, nearly three feet in length.
One of the party, Mr.. Simon Holton, states that he
was engaged a few weeks since, in company with q
| young man from Iowa, in splitting rails for a
wealthy stakeholder, in whose presence the young
man accidentally remarked that he intended to vote
| the Republican ticket next fall, when the slave
holder ordered him to leave Immediately. which he
was compell to do. We do not wonder That
many are leaving country in which it lis danger
ous for any one to express his opinion-Daily, I'd.
THE CENSUS MARsHALs.-We are informed
by Mr.. J. II. Turner that we were mistaken in
announcing Nj. Alger as his associate for taking
the census of Muscatine county. MIR. j. c. Deal,
of Fulton, is the man. 14G .J.Il-.. a u q
Mr.. Turner requests us to say that farmers and
others will greatly facilitate his work by making
out statements concerning the number OF acres o
land possessed by them, number of acres improved,
!
ple'nents and personal property, with the number
of bushe ef wheat, corr, oats &c raised the past
season. AL these items should be made cut sepa-.
rately, and left at the house provided the owner
expects to be absent so that the Marshal may not
have to call more than once to get them The
Marshals are required to complete the census by
the 1st of August. Uni So they aided in the
mauner suggested it will be almost impossible for
them to make3their lists complete and accurate, a
consummaton devoutly to be wished by every body.
Mr.. burrows AcQUrrrAL--We have been
advised that an erroneous impression has been
created with regard to the verdict of the jury in
Mr. buttons case by our notice in Saturdays
issue: We would be The last person. after man
on trial for his liberty has beer soemnly acquitted
By the unanimous verdict of twelve impartial men,
acting on their oaths, to pursue him with the
charge of which he has been acquitted, or refuse
him the full benefit of such acquttal. We derived
the information on which we based our notice from
q source which we supposed an authoritative and
good one. 1t appears that our informant was mis-
taken as to the character of the verdict. 1t was
general verdict of mot Guilty." We are informed
that if insanity had been the sole ground of acquit
tai in the minds OF The jury, it would have been
their duty to render special verdict that point
and without investigating the subject of guilt 1t
appears that the jury in Mr. buttons case took in
to consideration the merits of the whole case, and
pronou need their verdict on general grounds, and
he, therefore, goes forth to the world honorably
acquitted of the charge in the Indictment and we
with ali our heart accord him the full benefit of
such an acquittal. s3 10 ''sA.2-E 81 on 81,
The followin g is correct copy Of The verdict
with the names of the jurors: o. 80 '-lsfl 9h1
State Of Iowa, E 0 sit" e 20
John W. e. Dutton, 'i -, 10. ,.o4 -. y
We, the Jury IN this case, do say the defendant
IS Not Guilty in manner and form as he stands
indicted i-'
Geo. D. Stevenson s 3 J. A. Machlan-
S Sanlel p aaresr HRe Rose In5s1sS
d. IS. Zediker4 gai Ha Lyman Saltmarsh
Thomas Bowlsby Hiram Gilbert saisa1
4 William Smith E. J. Clifford 5a ~
Daily, 4A. s.sd ses fssf bra ',..s.f.l giA |
MisrAKEs OF THE "LocAL.'-We were Just |
bout writing a few hints on this subject when our
yes fell upon the following, taken from the Har-
isburgh pal Telegraph. 1t expresses our senti-
nsnts 50 we'll that we copy it in this column and
commend it to all interested: ..3.g .sH II
local REPORTING Every community is burdened
With class of individuals who deem it their
special business to find fault with everything
which they do not originate, and with everybody
rho will not think as they do. No one finds out this
lass 81 beings sooner than the local reporter of
ewspaper. On this point contemporary says.
that is true that those who most 10th to give
eporters items are the first to growi at mistakes
hose who, having items of interest, take special
aims to avoid reporters = and this class is by no
leans small - g. ear the loudest at what thew are
leased to call the stupidity of the papers Report
rs neon to be tor. They have no object in being
therwise. They seek the truth. Like Mr.. Thomas
rad rind, what they want is facts and If per-
ons withhold facts from reporters, causing them
write items the strength Of flying rumors,
icy have no right to complain of errors. The best
sy. gents, when you have an item, is to unbosom
onrself to the reporter at once But if you wort
this. don't Aatter yourself that you can trouble
lem by swearing at them. They have skins like /
'inoceroses and can stand great deal.