St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1861-04-11

piIHt HS ItcI, HIS HlUStaCnC cut OIL, MS
luxuriant whiskcrs removed. his Gle.
gantly cut suit exchanged for the style
and fit peculiar to Sing Sing. His
case was carried up to the General
Term on an exception taken to the rul-
ing on an immatcrial point below, the
Judgment was reversed, new trial
ordered, Mr.. Mullgan let out on bail,
and yesterday he celebrated his re-
lease by an informal meeting at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel, and a general
treating all around. Qutc doubtful
if he is tried again, and while he is
loose large number Of innocent but
unfortunate men arc lying in Eldridge
street Jail unable to get bail, and have.
been 50 for many months. And such
are some of the beauties of New York
justice.
Robert j. Walker, of Kansas mem
ory, is in the city and stops at the As
tor House. AS he has little to do, and
is quite fond Of talk, he cdifcs the
loungcr daily with his opinions on the
affairs of the nation. Tuesday was a
disagrceablc day. 1t showed and
blew all day long. The hotel was full,
and Mr.. Walker was in his glory, and
in answer to one question and another
he was kept on the talk all the morn
ing. AS his opinion on matters and
things generally may at this time be
interesting, | have preserved a few
things said on the morning referred
to. The present condition of things
he refers to James Buchanan" for
whom he entcrtains mingled hate
and contempt that he does not care
to conceal. lie could and ought, he
said, to have reinforced Fort Sumptcr
and thrown troops into the other forts
He considers Buchanan the worst of
all public Americans since the begin
ning-onc who has nearly destroyed
the nation, and who is politically and
personally so had as to be excluded
from infinite mercy in the eternal
world-onc on whose word no man
can rely who in one short year falsfied
all his Observation-Disclosures what Mr.
w. could have shown over the sigma
turc Of the President himself-lost the
Democratic party two millions Of
charged fifty millons-and
sunk himself SO low as to find no man
to be his defcndcr-ncither Thompson
nor Floyd Mr.. Walker counscls
peace, wants Sumpter abandoned, all
the Southern forts given up, Crittcn-
den put on the bench of the Su-
prCmc Court, as 4 peace Offering to the
border States, who have just claims
on the consideration of Union men,
and in view of waiting and forbcar-
ing spirit he hopes the Union may be
preserved. lie says we have no
statcsmcn--only politicians. No one
in the Senate has touched the seat of
the trouble, and Buchanan, Douglas,
Wilson need not spend their time in
attempting to show how we got into
our trouble. The great question is
how to get ont and save the Union.
The only sensible, practical and rca,
sonablc plan to solve the difficulty
is that presented by Charles Francis
| Adams.
In the Fulton street prayer meeting
quite an interesting meeting was held.
Monday is usually quite high day
4 large number Of ministers are usual.
ly present. Some minister usually
presides, and meeting Of great spir.
it is generally expected. On last
Monday an unusually tall man with a
Western face made several attempts
to get the foor and at last succeeded
He said he came from Indiana thai
he was SO near Kentucky the peo
pie were one they had common in
tcrcst ; had intcrmarricd ; and blow
struck at one was blow at the other
lie spoke of the terror that the people
on both sides of the Ohio had of civi
war. So agitated and alarmed an,
oppressed were they that they al
turned to God, and with common con
sent allowed that God alone could help
The result has been that a great revi
val has taken place +; five hundred pei
sons have been converted. Nearly al
the merchants and men Of position
have turned to the Lord. Al bust
ness on the Sabbath is suspended
His town, Evansville, was noted a
the one at which all the Sunday boat
, loaded, and the day was not at a
kept. But no merchant will now sen
on board any merchandise on tn
Lords day, and the boats lay over ii
Monday This man said he was
convert of about three months stant
y ing. He had all the Western icrvC
that rises at times to true cloquenc,
He spoke fifteen minutes, and held IL
house in breathlcss silence, broke
only by sobs, while almost every fac
was covered with tears. 1t was
S thrilling scene, and one long to be II
@ membcrcd.
II No weather for the whole year h;
3 been as bad rs the last week. 1t hi
r been intensely cold. Snow has fall,