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To Hugh II. Smiley. Martha J. Smiley, Margaret
g. Davies, johnson Davies, Convsrs, HarsiDg 4
4 Co.:
~ before the 18th day Of March, 1861.
~ there will be on die In the once 81 the Clerk
of the District Court 81 Ice C0unfy, Iowa. 1t
Fort Madison, the sworn petition Of Turner, Will
son Co., claiming Of Hugh II. smiley two thou
sand dollars premisssry nate executed By him
10 A. l.. Deming, and now by endose ment The pro-
perty OF Tlaiutidf; and against all the defendants
the fvreciosurc OF mortgage executed By Hugh
II. Smiley and Martha !. Smiley to A. l.. keming,
On real estate In Keoknk, Iowa, 10 secure said
note and two Others, in which property all the de-
PENDANTS sre intcSested.
And unleas you appear and answer ssid petition
on or before the moon of the second day Of the
next term Of said Court, TO commepcs at Port
Madison On he third Monday Of May, A. u. 1861.
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~ prayed for In the petition.
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March II, 1861 -dlm fiaf3's At,ys.
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V0U are hereby Notified that there 10 now on fle
i In the ofRcs VI the Clerk Of tho District Court
of Lee County, Iowa, Mt Ksoknk, q petition Of
Samuel f. VOORHEES, claiming Of you the foreclosure
Of mortgage the following rcal estate situate
In Lee County, Iowa. to wit; Part Of Lols aeven
IN and eight {sJ IN Block ono hundred and tws1ty-
one q III in the city Of Keokuk, bounded fol
lows: commencing ~ point on tho westerly line
Of said lot seven (5) ninety eight 1881 feet frvm
Bank street, thence in northsriy direction forty
two feet, thence in essterly direction nine
ty 1907 fact, thence in ,hery direction forty.
two (42l feet, thence In westerly direction ninety
1907 feet to the place of beginning; and claiming
| also under said mortgage decree or judgment
against you for ak hundred and fifty dollars With
ten per cent. per annum interest thereon from Feb
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And unless you appear and snswer said petition
ON or before of the ID day Of the next term Of
said court, to commence at Keokuk On the 6rst
Monday Of September, A. d. 1861, default will
be entered against ron and judgment or decree
rendered thereon, in sccordance With the prayer
: THOMAS NJ. GREGORY,
March -. ls6l-din sol. for Petitioner.
ORIGINAL Notice.
To Joseph w Holmsn:
N0U are hereby notified that there II now on
i die in the Clerks Cf6ce OF the Distric, Court
OF Lee County, Iowa, 1T Keokuk, D. petition Of
John McMshon claiming Of you the forscOsure Of
mortgage on lots i've and rix In block sixy-seven
il the city Of Keokuk in said county and State, and
that decree be rendered against you In the rum Il
$2s33 33-l00 with 10 psr ornt. per snuum interest
thereon from March Is, 1857, being the amount
due on promissory nstc secured BY said mortgage
ON the prcmscs aforesaid, and for general relief.
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CURTIS, GILMORE 4 CURTIS,
March ~ 1851 Az Soils. for Petitioner.
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i - formerly oeoapted by Dinner, On Sd 1t.
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and despatch.
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Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-04-05

INTERESTING Divorce CAsE-DAvENP0RT
as. DAvENPoET.-This case came from Rock
Island county to the Circuit Court Of Peoria
county on change of venue. Tie wi G, whois
said to be woman Of education and refine
meut, sues the husband for divorce, upon the
ground Of willful desertion for two years and
upwards. The parties were married at
Rock Island in 1856, started north on we'd
ding tour, returned within few days dis
satisfied, each with the other, aud have nev-
er since cohabited as man and wife. The
husband being a man of large property, the
question to be 5ettled is, how much of alimo-
ny. il any, the wife shall be entitled to =?
A special venire was issued to the Sheriff
to summon twenty-four good and lawful
men, of no kin to either party, out of which
to select the necessary panel to try the case.
At two o'clock, the hour of meeting of the
court it was announced that the parties, by
their attorneys, had come together with
view to settlement. At five o'clock the
attorneys having argued upon divorce and
the allmony, and having proposed the de.
cree, it was signed by the Judge and the
case ended.
Attorneys for Mrs. Davenport--J. J.
Beardsly, of Rock Island, Joseph Knox, of
Chicago, Julias Manning, of Peoris; for
defendant-N. Il. Purple, Of Peoria, Lind
ley Il PHtnam, of Davenport, Iowa.-Peoria
ID Union, March 27.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-04-05
LATEST FROM EUROPE.
Probable Recognition Of the Southern
Confederacy by England.

New YORK, March %.
The steamship City of Baltimore, from
Liverpool, 18th, and Queenstown, 14th,
arrived at 1880 a. NJ.
PARLIAMENT. - Navy estimates had been
voted.
Gregory had a notice on the books that he
would, at an early cay, call the attention Of
the Government to the expediency of the
prompt recognition Of the Southern Confeder-
acy Of America.
The French Corps Legislatif was engaged
in debating an address. The main topic was
the Italian policy, which several members
strongly denounce, asserting that the English
policy had proved victorious in Italy. One
member warned the Government against its
suicidal policy, and predicted internal dangers
ahead The Minister protested against his
speech, and defended the Emperor's course.
Another conference on the Syrian question
was to be held on the 11th, and an agreement
was soon expected.
An encounter took place, few days since,
between French regiment and 700 Papal
Zouaves A French colonel was killed, and
three men wounded.
Liverpool, l4tb. = Breadstuffs firm but
Quiet. Provisions quiet. F m
.CarNA -Pekin was quiet. The treaty is
working satisfactorily. Therebels have been
defeated by the impsrialists again. v
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-04-05
Extra Session OF the SenAte..-Ad
jOurnKneml Sine Die.
WASHINGTON. March %.

WASHINGTON, March 2S.
SENATE-Mr. Trumbull offered a resolution
declaring that, in the opinion of the Senate,
the true way to preserve the Union is to en-
forco the laws of the Union; that resistance
to their enforcement, whether under the name
Of anti-coercion or any other name, Is dis
union, and that it is the duty Of the President
to use all the means in his power to hold and
protect the public property of the United
States, and to enforce the laws thereof, as
we'll in the States Of South Carolina, Georgia,
Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Louisiana and
Texas, as within the other States of the Union.
Mr.. Trumbull said he offered the resolution
as expressive of the views he entertained.
He desired to have it printed, and would be
glad if he could have vote on it.
Mr.. Bright-All on this side of the Cham
Der will be glad to have vote now.
M. Sumner moved to proceed to the con-
siderstion of Executive business.
The Senate went into Executive session.
On opening the doors, Messrs. Baker and
Bright were appointed committee to wait on
the President and inform him that the Senate
was ready to adjourn.
Several Executive measures were read.
The Senate again wenl into Executive
session. Subsequently, a resolution involving
Sc, 900 or 1000, for the purchase of the
Annals of Congress and Register of Debates,
was discussed and postponed until December.
The President having no further communi-
ton to make, the Senate at o'clock adjourned
sine die.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-04-05

TEXAS. - The names of ten counties in
Texas are given, where the majority of votes
was against secession. Three of tho counties
Collin, Fannin and Lamar-lie together,
and are the northern boundary, on the Red
river. The others form little knot in the
western part of the State; they are Bastrop,
Burnet, Fayette, Gillespie, Medina, Travis
and Williamson. The ten voted 1856 for
secession to 5,2s2 against. Gillespie gave 16
for secession, and 39S against.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-04-05

ANoTHsR PERsEcUTED MAN.-Accordin
to the Herald's Washington correspondence,
Mr.. Judd, Of Illinois, just appointed Minis
ter to Berlin, IS among those sued by the
parties suffering in the Rock Island Byidge
ease. The writer says:
"Mr. Lincoln's friend, Judd, was quite
lucky in getting the appointment at an early
day. He.is deeply interested in the Rock
Island Bridge difficulty, and was sued, with
two Others, for libel, in that they caused
the indictment of certain parties on charge
of conspiring to burn the bridge. The ac-
ton against Judd & CO.., is civil one for
$4,000 damages. One Of the parties was
arrested the other day At Rochester, and the
other will bs niprei immediately: Judd,
however, laughs at the writ, pleading his
diplomatic privilege Of exemption from
arrest in civil process. You can now see
why Judd's name was sent to the Senate di.
reotly after those of the Cabinet Ministers.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-04-05

How SECESSION WoBKs.-The people of the
seeded States, under the Oppressive Govern
ment Of the United States, got their letters
by mail for postage of three cents. The
new Government charges them aoithin the
Oonfederacy five cents. All letters going out
of the Confsderacy, to points within the
Uuited States, are thus made to pay eight
cents-fve to the Confederacy, and three to
the United States The United States charge
no duties on exports, and cotton from the
Southern States has always been exported
free. Now, the Confederate States have i'm.
posed upon it an export duty of one-eighth
cent per pound. The cotton planters have,
heretofore, received free of duty, from the
northern, western and middle States, per
annum, millions Of dollars worth of manu-
factured articles, on most or all of which the
Southern Oonfederacy now require them to
pay duties. Hurrah for secession and free
trade! Tariffsd at both ends and taxed in
the middlel
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-04-05

The WAY CONVENIENT Work 10 DoN1.-
The Washington correspondent of the Nash
vile Patriot has been investigating the
mysteries Of Government contracts, and
gives tho following striking illustration Of
the subject:
"The way the Government gets it's work
done is curious. AS sn ILLUSTRATION you
and your family meet in convention of the
whole, and adopt q resolution authorizing
the construction Of hen coop in your back
yard. Ycu at once appoint me superinten-
dent of the work, putting thousand or two
Of dollars in the bank for me &C check on
get yox to appoint my brother-in-law
chief engineer. appoint two of my broth
ers assistant superintsnden ents, and my brother
in law appoints two .f bis brothers assist
ant engineers-all st your expense, We
buy us eacA fast herse and buggy, and ride
around town, drink hot cock tails, and play
billiards, until the bank deposit gives out,
when we make out printed report of eev-
enty- y-three pages, fafaisking you complets
Typographical survey Of your back yard, and
vast amount Of statistical information with
regard to the number Of hens you are likely
to have for she next forty years. We wind
up the report with the announcement that
the site Of the hen-coop has been selected,
aud call FOR another appropriation to prose-
cute the work, which ne assure you will be
done with 'vigor. Ysu place another theus-
and or two in the baak, and We employ two
hundred hands 1t tarss dollars day to
transport seventy.67s cents worth Of lumber,
(Which costs you uadsr cur management
about ten sines that sssny dsllArs) to the
place Of operation, which requires about
three Menths. In che meantime we drive
around and 20 On vigorously with the liquor
sAd the billiards. We then come up with
another report, and demand for another
appropriation. With this we get the walls
Of iAe structure up, and with enc or two
more appropriations, and great many more
cocktails aad billiards, We get the thing
covered in, end ct the end Of twelve months,
which we very appropriately style eur fiscal
year. we put you ia formal possession of
. ten thousand dollar hen-coop that any
negro carpenter would knock up some
Saturday afternoon for suit Of your old
clothes"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-04-05

A "GHosTEss." "A couple Of watchmen,
near Teresa Alley, a few nights ago, saw q
figure, enveloped all in white, gliding (it
didn't appear to walk at alD from the above
alley. They didn't stop to see where it
went, but took to their heels. The explain
alton is this A lady residing on the above
alley had child taken suddenly i'll in the
night, and she hurried for the doctor in her
night dress, the case being an urgent one.
As she emerged from the alley she drew her
garments about her face, to protect it from
the wind She saw two men running for
their lives about that time, who were the
two watchmen above mentioned - Cleveland
PIqindeGley.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-04-05

TREASON DEFINED IN FLORIDA. - An act
just passed by the Florida Legislature
declares that, in the event of any actual
collision between the troops Of the late fed
eral Union and those in the employ Of the
State Of Florida, it shall be the duty of the
government of the State to make public
proclamation of the fact, and thereafter the
act of holding Office under the federal gov
ernment shall be declared treason, and the
person convicted shall suffer death. This
act was approved by the Governor Of the
State on the 18th Of February.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-04-05

VoTR ON TIE AFRICAN SLAvE-TRAps. -
We learn from the Vicksburg Khi1 that the
clause in tho permanent Constitution of the
Confederate States prohibiting the African
Slave traffic was adopted in the Montgomery
Congress by the vote of four States. South
Carolina opposed the restriction, while
Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi
advocated it.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-04-05
--latest from Pixies Peak.

Fort KEARNEY, March %.
The Western Stage, with mails and pas
sengers, and Buckleys Express, for Omaha,
passed here this afternoon.
Denver, 25th.-The daily yield of gold in
the mines is very rapidly increasing. Mills
are nearly all getting to work, many of them
with the new gold.ssving process. The
population in the Blue River. Slope has
doubled in the last month. That district
will be great theatre of gulch mining
operations this year. The road over Snowy
Range, between South and Middle Passes, is
open for pack animals, but not for wagons.
Emigrants from the States are beginning to
arrive. Weather very fine.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-04-05
Kansas EegisSature.

LEAvENwoRTH, March 29
The lower House of the Kansas Legisla-
ture organized on the 2Sth by the election
OF De Graft (Repub.) Speaker. He is under
stood to favor Parrot and Lare for Senators.
Gov. Robinson's message is mainly deyot.
ed to local affairs. He recommends suitable
acknowledgements by the Legislature for
generous relief given needy citizens of Kan
sas. He recommends that the credit of the
State be used for the relief of her citizens, if
necessary. He says seed has been furnished
in abundance for planting, and hopes gen.
eral call for relief will soon close.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-04-05

A sea-horse was lately caught in the
Rappahannoek river, Va. The creature is
about five inches in length, has the body
and tail of a water dragon, and the we'll
formed neck and head of horse. Fins are
in the place of ears upon the head, also
along the back and underneath the belly.
It is said to be the first of its kind ever caught
in the waters OF Virginia. 1t was kept alive
for three weeks, during which time it showed
fierce disposition, raising itself, when
angered, and making short, snorting noise,
somewhat similar to horse. 1t will be
placed in the Smithsonian Institute for ex-
hibition
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-04-05

LET THE CorToN STATES Goa number
of the citizens of Massachusetts have signed
a petition asking the Legislature to pass a
resolution in favor of allowing the cotton
States to leave the Union, provided that they
declare freedom of navigation in the Missis-
sippi river, and surrender all right to district
of territory, Of six miles square, bordering on
the Mississippi, an1aopposite to the city of
New Orleans, as ftof entry Of the United
States; and further, that hey resign all right
and claim to participation in the territories
now belonging to the United States, and in
consideration of which all forts, custom houses
aud other property of tho United States,
lying within the boundaries Of the above
named States, shall be made over and
surrendered to them" h m Z, d.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-04-05

The SOUTHERN LoAN.-It is not true, as
has been stated, that the fifteen million loan
for the maintenance of the " Confederate !"
Government Of the South has been all taken.
It now appears that it hasn't even been in
market, and will not be until the 18th Of
April-and then only five millions of it.