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Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-03-15

AMERICAN w, MEN.-A correspond.
emit relates the following incident of
the grand hall given in Paris, on the
25.h Of January, by MIR. Faulkner,
the American minister,
The number Of beautiful women
present was generally declared to be
unprece9entedly large, even for an
American gathering. 81 never saw so
many pretty women together !" was
the remark Of member Of one of the
foreign embassies. Baron Rothschild
was apparently Of the same opinion,
for be went up and down tho rooms ex-
claiming in wheeling tenes, for the old
money king is suffering from . dread
full cold: sob, this is like being in
America! What beautiful women! And
what lovely girls"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-03-15
Proceedings Of the City Council.

SOONCIL " hAMBEH, Marcn Ss
Council convened as per adjournment-Mayo
and members all present, with the exception o
Aid. Brewster. y
Minutes read and adopted.
Aid. FUNK presented petition from numbe,
of citizens OF South Muscatine relative to certain
lots which they request may be filled up. Referred
to Messrs. Funk and Williams.
Aid FUNK, chairman of the committee to whom
was referred the petition of TN. Isett, reported
against the request of the petitioner. Report
received. -..-.-.-
AID FUNK. from the Finance Committee re-
ported in favor allowing the bill of II. OConnor
$3.50 for services in the Ament case. Report
received.
AID. STEIN, to whom was referred the
Wharfmaster's report. reported that he found it
correct with the exception that he had charged
10 per cent for his services when the ordinance
allowed but S. Report received.
AID. FUNK moved that a committee of the whole
be agreed upon to settle on q definite salary for
the Wharfmaster. arried.
The following bills were allowed:
John Mahin, printing, $500
Bill of Richman & Bro, for legal services
amounting TO $746.63, was referred to Messrs.
Funk and Williams
). p. Freeman was allowed $40 as witness fees
on his receiptng the docket.
I'm motion the following committees we're ap
pointed on the reports OF the various officers
Treasurer--Messrs. Williams and Molis.
Street Commissioner Messrs Stein and Hershe.
sexton-Messrs. Williams and Molis.
Mayor-Messrs. Brewster aud Funk
sAld FUNK moved to authorize the Mayor to
procure code of iowa. Carried
Aid FUNK moved TO authorize the Mayor to |
counsel for the city in the case of Kahn vs.
he city. Carried. -..--r
On motion Messrs. Funk and Williams we've
lppoiuted a committee on the salary Of the Re
:order. .s1'. : ~. tsas Q, |
Messrs. Hershe and Brewster were appointed a
Committee on Marshals report.
Adjourned till Friday, March Is. a. =
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-03-15
The UNITED STATES NAyY.-Tht

The UNITED STATES NAvY.-The
Naval Register for 1861, just pub
lished, gives the following list of naval
vessels: 10 lite- of-battle ships, 10
sailing frigates, Fl sailing sloops- Of
wsr, s sailing briggs, | schooner, and
6 store ships-total. 81 sailing vessels,
and 7 first class steam propellers 6
second class do; 2 second class Gold
and worm do, II steam gun-boats, 2
screw tenders, 8 first class side wheel
steamers, / second class do, 3 third
class do, 1 side wheel steam tender,
and 2 steam store ships. Total, AZ
steamers-99 ships in oil. About 90
of them are scrviceable men of-war of
modern stamp.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-03-15

Coal MISINc.-Th;s business is beginning
to be quite extensively followed in certain
part of our city, and the proceeds aeeruing
from it amount to a considerable sum in the
course of a year.
One day last week We visited the mine
of Mr.. VIM. Davis, located in South Musca-
tine. This mine, we are informed, penetrates
the bluff distance of seventy Eve yards
Four men are employed in getting out the
coal, who average some thirty bushels day
eac5. for which they receive five cents per
bushel. From the appearance Of the miners,
as they came out Nth the results of their
toll, we do not entertain very high opinion
of the pleasure of "delving deep in the bow
els of the earth" as means of earning a
livelihood. Having the good of our gar
ments in view, we were reluctantly com.
PEELED to decline polite invitation to crawl
on our hands and knees, through mud and
water from three to five inches deep, dis
tancc Of seventy yards to gain an interior
view.
There are several other mines in the
vicinity of Mr.. Davis, one Of which we are
told extends under tho bluff over four hundred
yards.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-03-15
MISCELLANEOUS.
From Vanity Fair.]
The Other "Abou-Ben-Adhem."

James buchanan, may his tribe decrease! J
Awoke ono night from strange dream Of peace,
And saw within the curtains Of his bed
Making his t'other eye to squirt with dread
Old Jackson writing in book OF gold;
Exceeding Rye had made Buchanan bold,
And to the stern Ex.President he said:
"Wha-what writ'st thou?" The spirit shook his
head, aH
Tho while he answered. with tho voice OF old:
..The names of those who ne'er their country soldI
"And is mine one1' asked J. b. "Nary!" cried
Ths General, with frown. Buchanan sighed,
And groaned and turned himself upon his bed,
And took another "nip'' of Rye, then said:
"Woll, ere thou lay the record ON the shelf,
Write me ut heart as one who sold himself;
"Democ" and "rye" so long my spirits were,
That when the "Crisis" camel WASH there!
The General wrote, then vanished; the next night
He came again, in more appalling plight,
And showed those names that all 'true men" detes
And 10 Huchanan's name led oil the rest
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-03-15

SEEING THE ELEPHANT.-The origin
of the phi, ase ''seeing tie elephant is
as follows .=rs b. >;
/ 1t is narrated of a certain farrer
that his hfe's desire was to behold this
largest Of quadrupels until the yearn-
ing became we'll nigh maria. He
finally met one of the largest size trav.
cling in the van of a menagerie. lis
horse was frightened, his wagon smash
cd, his eggs and poultry ruined. But
he rose from the wreck radiant and in
triumph. "a Gg for the damage"
quoth he, ''for 1 have seen the ele-
,ha1t!'' 81,
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-03-15

CoLoaED RAIt.-The savans of En-
rope are puzzling themselves about
several showers Of rain Of reddish hue,
at S,ena. in Tuscany, thres of which
occurred on the Goth of December last.
and others on the 31st of the same
month, and tlen on the LIST Of J anuary.
The fall Of rain wac confined to q lin.
tied portion of the town. and fell every
time in the same locality. Its color
was at no time deeper than weak sine
water. An analysis showed that the
color must be owing to some solution,
as no sediment was deposited by the
Rater. ,'a1o'- 11 "a s@J+2iss -. - a-2 |
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-03-15
eNeThe Iananese

ETThe japanese are abundantly
supplied with the means of subsistence.
By planting new crops before the old
is harvested, they get three and four
courses year from the same fed,
while the siil is constantly fed with
manure to meet this heavy tax upon its
fertility. Their waters abound in fish.
Among the different animals killed for
game are the wild boar, deer, monkey,
jackall, rabbit, squirrel, bear, po.cu-
pine, &c. The birds for food are
geese, ducks, pheasants, partrldges,
and many others. Beef and rat Gesh
are eaten, not as food, but as medi-
cine for the cure Of diseases.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-03-15

The FAMILY AT THE WHITE HoUsE.-The
special Washington correspondent of the
Cincinnati Commercial says that the family
persons: Mr.. and Mrs. Lincoln and two sons;
(Robe1t, the eldest of the children, having
returned to Harvard College;) Mrs. and MISS
Edwards, of Springfield; Mr.. and Mrs. @. II.
Kellogg, of Cincinnati; Mr.. and Mrs. Baker,
Of Springfield; Mrs. Grunsly, of Springfield;
Mr.. Lockwood Todd, Of Sprinsfield; Dr..
Long, of Springfield; Mr.. Nicholay, private
secretary; Col. Ward II. Lamon, formerly
Mr.. Lincoln's law partner; Capt. John Cook;
Capt. Mygatt, of Ohio.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-03-15

"a New BROOM SWEEPS CLEAN" The
President received on Tuesday last from
Cincinnati largo broom, highly ornament.
ed, of ths following dimensions: Brush
across the straws three feet long, three feet
wide, eight inches through, handle FIVE feet
long The broom is tastefully decorated
with stars and stripes and bears the follow
ing inscriptions:
presented to Abraham Lincola, Pros.
ident of the United States, March 4sh, 1861
Liberty and Union forever, one and insep-
erable." The straw is beautifully inter
woven with silver w.re The idea conveyed
TINS is apparent.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-03-15

ss3 Murders are as numerous as
ever in Spain. According to an official
return just published, no fewer than
LAS homicides were commit ed in that
benightod country during tho year
1889 !; sufficient evidence that The Sc
clusion IN which Spaniards live has
had the effect Of preserving the Cas,il-
ian frunt in purity, and that they are
the same naughty, revengefal people
they were FIVE hui dred years ago.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-03-15

TRUrsMs. Vicious pursuits MAY
yield a few scattered pleasures, bu,
plety and virtue will make our whole
ike happy.
lie thas cares only for himself, has
but few pleasures, and those of the
lowest order. T
The man who has the greatest ca
paclty for popularity has the least
ability to make genuine friend.
He is the best accountant who can
count up correctly the sum Of bis own
errors. % To '.-'' :. -'-as E'+sH--fzs'a
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-03-15
Now, what is 40. S. A. i?

W In his recent report to the House. Of
Representatives, General Dix has this allu-
sion to his now famous dispatch to Mr..
Jones, "lf any one attempts to haul down
the American fig, shoot him on the spot"
He SAYS:
1t may be proper to add, in reference to
the closing part of the foregoing dispatch,
that, as the flag of the Union since l777,
when it WAS devised and adopted by the
founders of tho republic, had never, until a
recent day, BEEN hauled down, except by
honorable hands in manly conflict, nc hes
itation was felt in attempting to uphold it
at any cost against an act Of treachery, as
the ensign of the public authority and the
emblem Of unnumoc cred victories by land
and sea.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-03-15

MISUNDERSTANDING, the
only bona Jfde Republic in Europe,
with 100000 inhabitants, possesses
800 newspapers AMI periodicals. OF
these, 210 are German, 78 French,
and II Italian. These papers circu.
late not only in large cities, tut also
among the farme s, as in England and
the nited States. Taking the whole
population of Switzerland, there is .
newspaper for every 1865 inhabitants,
while IN France the proportion is one
to 26, 643, .essI .ass~ $50 ,4ee4 es.-s 81. ]
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-03-15

CHoIoE DAINTIRs. New York Com
mereial says the Polytechnic Association is
at it's next meeting to be toasted with sugar,
made by chemical Transformation from old
rags, and with pudding made from the
gelatine of old shoes. Leather being COM
posed at tanin and gelatine, the tsnic acid
is extracted, and the g'latine is then pu'
ri6ed from the discoloring famine of iron,
after which it is fs for culinary purposes.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-03-15

GT One reason why Lincoln has been so
decidedly in favor of coercion is that he has.
received very many letters purporting to
come from wealthy planters in the Confed-
Grated States, declaring that, if he will fight
for the Union, they will raise the standard
of rebellion at home, and the Union will
soon be restored perfect as it ever was This
comes to me from undoubted authority
Wash. Cor. Charleston Mercury.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-03-15
e@TThe Emperor Naroleon has 4

s9The Emperor Napoleon has de-
cited that movable Photographic es-
tablishmcnt shall be attached to eacn
regimen: in the French army, under
the direction of an officer to be per-
fectly versed in all the technical de-
tails Of the art. Greas advantages to
the future historian are expected from
this measure. 4,
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-03-15

HE EtcHEtBERGER HoUsE.-This hotel
formerly known as the Mason House, under
the management of its enterprsing proprie.
tor, John Eichelberger, Esq, is winning
golden opinions from the public at large
Mr.. E has followed this business for many
years, and. it is needless to say,is eminently
qualified to engage in it. The house is one
of the largest in the city, and possesses all the
requirements of frst-class establishment.
7. W. Eohelberger 'chip of the old
block" dictates as clerk, and will always
be found at his post, for the accommodation
of way faring men. We say to our friends
in the country if you want good place to
stop when you visit Muscatine, go 10 this
house.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-03-15

PUBLIC SCHOOL No. 2.-We spent short
time, yesterday afternoon, at this SCHOOL,
which is now under the charge of DR.. D. H.
Goodno, assisted by Misses Brainard and
Mikesell. We were highly entertained with
the exercises Of the day, which consisted
mainly Of declarations and compositions.
The young exhibitors acquitted themselves
in manner that evin' ed thorough discip
line, and which reflects great credit on their
teachers. A paper called the Myrtle
Wr: ath, whose columns gave evidence Of
considerable ability on the part of tie fair
addresses, was read by couple of young
ladies' We understand that an opposition
paper is published by the boys, which we
were compelled to forego the pleasure Of
hearing read for want time.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-03-15

TIE RULING PASSION STRONG IN DFATH.-
Among the last motions made by John Tyler
in the Peace Conference was one ''that one
half of the patronage Of the Federal Gov
eminent sh ould be dispensed to citizens Of
the slave-holding States. When this was
voted down, Tyler thought the Union Was
not worth saving
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-03-15

w The Philadelphia Press says that in
the debate on the Oorwin amendment. Jn
Lane voted for a correction Of the bad Eng.
lish OF Mr.. Corwin! Cool joke tor 'gosei
lain" This is like the Sc OF the editor OF
the Muscatine Reriew, who can't write three
consecutive sentences dramatically to save
his life. yet makes his strongest objection to
Lincoln's Inaugural, that its language amt
good !-Dav. Gaz.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-03-15
LOCAL NEWS: oa5

FooD.roR THE SEcEssIoNIsrs.-1hefi firm Of
Bowers l. Mauck, of this city, are engaged
in putting up seven.hundred barrels Of pota-
toes, which they design to ship for New
Orleans as soon as possible. They will no
doubt realize handsome profit from this
investment.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-03-15

A HOME TRlDUrE.-The N. o. True Delta,
speaking of Judah T. Benj.min's threat to
prosecute the papers which alleged that lie
was thief, says:
1--WE will venture Il hor. e-chestnut against
chestnut horse the case never comes t"
trial. Benjamiu's escapades are well known
in Montgomery, and instead of setting him
back any they no doubt have contributed
M ch to his advancement. Nous vevr0ns."
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-03-15

SINGULAR CAsE.-A le, ter from Wisconsin
to the Cleveland Piaindealsr says that seven
teen men were poisoned in one of the piner.
les of that State few days since. An in
vestigation of the matter revealed the fact
that o lizard had been boiled in the tes ket'
tie used BY them.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-03-15

p@The Superintendent Of the U. s. Mint,
at Phladol hia, has written to the Secretary
of the Treasury letter in which he sug-
gests that the coinage Of the branch mint at
New Orleans, which has been seized by the
Secessionists, should be discredited, and the
same declar, d not to he legal tender in
payment of debts.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-03-15

H We learn that, on Saturday, tho
Cedar river had risen A feet within the
previous twenty four hours. Our informant
was prevented from returning to his home,
on tho other side, by the impossibility Of
ferrying it. The sudden rise is supposed to
have been occasioned by the brcaking.up Of
a gorge some distance above.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-03-15

THE CATHOLIC Press ON SECEssloN.-The
Pittsburgh Catholic copies an article from the
Preeman's Journal, commenting severely on
the course of the Able Perche Of the New
Orleans Propagoteur Catholique, in becom-
ing an advocate of secession, and says:
"If Catholic editors choose to deserve
share Of the disgrace which will one day over
whelm those who have been guilty of aiding
and abetting secession, they have, of course,
right to do SO; but they have no right tc
make the Church, or Catholic theology, re.
spons,ble for their erroneous views.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-03-15

SoaaHuM MoLAssEs. From Mr.. Aristarchus
Cone, assessor of Cedar township, in this
county, we Learn that the amount Of molas-
ses manufactured from sorghum in that
township, last year, was 2, $50 gallons. This
is an important fact, and demons tratcs that
cur home. made sorghum molasses is super
seding, to q large extent, the use of Southern
molasses. We arc glad of it, and see no
good reason, if a process Of manufacture BY
which it can be made equally as good as
imported m olasses is generally understood,
why it should not altogether supplant the
moro expensive article which We have to
ook to our Southern brethren fer.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-03-15

SOUTHERN NEcEssARIEs OF LIgE. - The
Southern Congress have decided to admit
the necessaries of lite duty free. These are
declared to bs "breadstuffs, tea, coffee, meats
and jsuelru"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-03-15

s@The Richmond WAig says that South
Carolina is pursuing a suicidal course. We
don't know Of any State that could pursue
such a course with greater advantage to
mankind. Journal.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-03-15
o.; HICKMAN, DC. RIcHMA
RICHMAN & BROTHER,

n Solicitors in ehancrry, Muscatine. Iowa. Will
practice in the several CT the State and in the
District Court Of tho United States District of Iowa.
Theyswill act agents in buying and selling lands
and in paying taxes. VEIL. : .-r.
Particular attention paid to the examination Of
titles. 70 conveyancing, notarial business, &C
= - March /, 1855. dewitt.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-03-15

FORTUNE TELLING IN PENNSYLVANIA. "A
Bill to punish forlune-teling has PASSED the
House of Representatives of the Penns, Iva
MIA Legislature, and will probably become
law. Fortune telling has become regular
and profitable business in some towns o. that
State, especially in Philadelphia, where there
is probably as much superstition as among
any known people.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-03-15
=. BIA,I,
SPRING & RIArR

COMMISSION AND FORWARDING MERCHANTS,
~ and General Steamboat Agents. Water street. Nus.
catine, Iowa. Cash advances made consigrments
Refer to Green Stone. Weed. Bridgman 4 Kent and
Chas. VIM. X. Stone, Muscatine Jones Culbsson,
Chicago; N p. L. 3. shryock, st. Louis.
sSIsSs ciy s ss pleas. COPY .sata., -
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HENRY W. pERKTNS-

A TTOENEY AT LAW AND NOTARY PUBLIC,
n will give prompt attention conveyancing, exam.
lining titles and rayng taxes in Mu catiue and Lousa
counties Office second st rect Durfees Jsvelry
Stors, Muscatins, Iowa. March 9Th, 1sel.daWtf
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-03-15

Coon FOR THE Sons OF MALTA-The Sons
of Malta, Of New Orleans, have given evil
dence that, although they may like the trea-
son by which their section profits, they
despise the traitor. Witness the following
communication, which has been received by
the Minne-ha.ha Lodge of Philadelphia:
CHARITY LODGE, l. O. S. NJ.
New ORLEANS, Feb. %, 1861.
Grand Kastfr Ninne-ha ha Lodge, l. 0.
s. n, Philadelphia: beg leave TO notify
your Lodge that, at a meeting held last eve
ming, at tn, Grand Commandery, in this
city, Gen. Twiggs, Of the U. S. A., was
expelled from the Order. unanimously His
name is now inscribed with 20. 5. A."
Notify all the brethren in your circle to
shun him.
Now, what is 80. s. Az?
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-03-15

A BARBARous OuTsAGE.-The Baltimore
American of recent date says: Another
of those acts of barbarism that occasionally
disgrace the South and shock every sense OF
humanity, was perpstrated in Harris county,
Georgia last week. A negro man owned by
Abel Nelsou, SEN, was suspected Of having
committed q gross personal outrage upon
the wife Of Isaac N. Middlebrook, aud was
arrested and lodged in jail. A night or two
afterwards mob broke into the Jail, seized
the negro, conveyed him TO the outskirts Of
the town, there chsined him to tree, and
despite his earnest protestations ofinnoceace
burnt him to death. Can rejecting S1uth
ern men justly complain of the bitter hos
tility Of the North t, their institutions,
when acts so revolving t. humanity and civ
ilizltiun are its not untrequent incidents
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-03-15

ng The Charleston Courier of recent
date has lengthy leader on "Dscontent,''
and from the evident feeling and earnestness
with which it discusses the subject we infer
that our candid contemporary is being COM
PEELED to encounter great many of what it
emphatically terms its especial abhorrence"
-sour faces.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-03-15
MISTY & slime.

A TTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW AND
n Solicitors in Chancery Muscatine. Iowa. Will act
agents in buying and selling lands and paying taxes
Particular attention pail the examination Of titles
eonveyancing, notarial business, &c. Commissioned
for the State Of Pennsylvania. Office Masonic Hall.
April II, go, dawtf. ... s. -.-
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". q. W0onwApp

uAs RESUMED THE PRACTICE UF LAW IN
Msscatine. and wifi give his entire attention 70
business entrusted to him. Notaria buginess also at
tended to. Once over lsett Brswstpr's Bank.
Muscatine, Aug q, '6O-w1y.
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RITTER & CAMpREII.

II trict Courts Of Muscatine, Scott, Washington and
Louisa countries and in the Supreme aud edsr Courts
o. CO over the drug store of W. W. de Heus. my9.