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

some more than forty. My stay in
the school was necessarily short, and
did not have an opportunity to get
as we'll acquainted as | should like to
with the school.
The afternoon was passed in the
school of llcrvcy Wilbur, Esq, who
has charge of the more advanced
scholars in the village. Mr.. Wilbur
is live teacher, one who loves the
work in which he is engaged, and who
has, by the experience of more than
twenty years spent in his calling, be-
come acquainted with the duties and
responsibilities which rest upon a
teacher he has had charge of the
school at Floyd for more than two
years if mistake not, and his pupils
give evidence of thorough training
and correct Instruction. The people
have done well in retaining for so
long a time the services of all able
teacher. 1t would be a benefit to the
cause Of education if other districts
would initiate this example. The
prevalent system Of uiaerancy, is one of
the greatest barriers in the way Of
the Education Of our children. Let
good teacher be retained as long as
possible, even if it is necessary to
pay him more than one of an inferior
kind. 1t is poor policy to employ
teacher of limited qualifications mere
Iy because he is cheap.
The average attendance for the en-
tire winter, at Mr.. Wilbur's school,
has been more than fifty. | was
pleased to meet quite a number Of the
parents and friends of the school who
were present. Parents should consid
cr it their dHty to visit the teacher in
his school room, and thus cheer and
encourage his heart, and let him feel
that he is not laboring alone.
While at Floyd We had the oppor-
tunity Of renewing pleasant acquain-
tanccs with several, especially with
the family Of Mr.. Griffith, with whom
We found pleasant home during the
week of the Institute last fall.
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hosts to the Judgment, and when he
who called the first fratricidc to ac-
count, shall call for your brother,
answer that you slew him for gold !.
" For Gold :" the angels shall echo,
and weep. "For Gold !" shall mock
ing devils catch up the cry, and taunt
earth that, :" in all Hell, there is moth
ing so damnably unriyhicous," as this
system of tinancicring on earth and
in a christian land.
For gold, few men are driving
this villainous trade in Palmyra here
by your iircsidcs by the school where
your children are taught and the
churches where you worship. AS ye
have sown, so are We rcaping. The
seed time of appetite has been follow
ed by the harvest Of death and in
unuttcrable desolation sits one who
feels the jagged shaft to the deepest
soul. Let those who deal rum and
those who sanction its sale, lock arms
and visit that smittcn household and
mock them if they dare, by telling
them that all this would have been
right, had the ticndsh work been ac-
complished by authority, and the
treasury Of the town had its tithe Of
gold. Should the weeping Niobc ask:
Where is my husband--your brother
answer insolcutIy that you were not
his keeper and as the aching heart
looks hopclcssly out Of the pleading
eye, tell her that she ought to be re-
signed when she reflects that a few
living in your midst, killed her hus-
band for gold. Range yourselves
round the hil!ock where he is at rest,
under the silent shrouding of the win.
tcr's drift, and congratulate yourselves
if you can, that no voice will ever &C
up from that grave against you in the
Judgment, and taint your gold. Let
the keepers Of your slaughter houses
pcrpctuatc their triumph by erecting
an cpitaph which shall endure for all
time We, the undersigned, slew Dan
iel Mclaughlin, for gold.
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and the appetite once more made glad
with paIatablc and wholesome food.
Now | wish to call the attention of
my friend, DR.. S, to some natural
facts. First, would say to the read
or that DR.. s. is my family physician,
and as such respect his ability and
Judgment very much-always con-
sidcring him perfectly safe. If he
don't do you any good, lie certainly
will not do you any harm. Let me
give you little history of his man
aScment with the sick Firstly, he
gives very moderate doses and gen
orally writes prescription like this !:
" If You find the medicine too strong
for your stomach take less quantity {:
but if You feel no effect from it you
may increase the dose, consulting
your own feelings" This is the very
argument | want to call the readers
attention to. You have more init
mate connection or acquaintance with
your own stomach than any physi-
clan can have therefore, you will al
ways know best what food is best
adapted to your stomach and consti-
tuition. Salcratus bread has always
agreed with me best, while hop-cmpty-
'ngs bread is quite apt to ferment and
give me sour stomach. Now my
opinion is this : that the body and con-
stitution Of man are formed and framed
by every particle of food that he has
eaten since his infancy, and he has
framed a constitution congcnial to
that food most eaten by him. Can
the nursing child cat meat and pota-
toes without distressing its stomach i!
Can a colt, that has never had any
grain till it is four or five years old,
be fed on grain with as much safety
rs one that has always been accus-
toned to eating it? Every farmer
will readily answer, No!
Can food be changed suddenly and
the stomach feel natural and quiet !?
! answer, no | could call the attcn-
ton Of the reader to innumerablc ar
guments in favor of my position, but
lest weary your patience | will say
no more at this time, excepting that
will promise to see Mr.. Lchmkuhl,
as | understand that he is going to
New York soon, and remind him to
buy a large supply of salcratus, so
that we shall be sure of having warm
biscuits at least once day, believing
always that the stomach will have
enough to do to digest the same, with
out receiving such companion as
the aguc, dyspepsia, aud many other
complaints that might otherwise creep
in. remain sound on the question
until am further convinced to the
contrary. Yours, &c, NJ. G..
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DE B T.

Debt is the old man of the sea-
and the world is full Of Sinbads. 1t
warps the staunchest Of men from his
uprightncss, as the sun does the iron
bridge of Mcna. That he owns nei-
thcr houses nor lands, stocks nor
shares, is not the worst of it, for he
does not own HIMSELF He belongs to
somebody else not his body, indeed,
but his actions, his opinions, his will.
If he looks smilingly, his owners are
after him, for he must have been ma
king money. If he takes a holiday,
they cmbttcr its memory by wonder
ing how some folks meaning him
- can afford it. for they cannot -
meaning them. His good wife turns
his coat, and brushes it, and inks tho
white scams-somc of thcm-and his
owners are all indignat at the new
coat he has purchased. They do not
hunt him--not thcy-they only haunt
him. And then the horrible facctious-
ness with which they dcnominate tho
document they thrust at him, a little
bill,' when it calls for more money
than he has seen in month. Why
always a little bill = Do they think
the pet adjective will make it castor
to pay? Or do they mean to admin
ister covert rebuke, that since it is
so tatte, it ought not to have been 50
i0Ur
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NUMBER IA.

longer be indulgod in. The fresh,
pure air, that which the poorest may
enjoy, she cannot afford but she
stitches away and will change the
roses Of her checks for leaves of en-
broidery, and the bright eyes, for
buds and vines in some collar OF
sleeve.
How she ought to guard tie pre-
cious health of lifc's morning for
with coming years, will come more
cares little lips will lisp mamma"
and the sound of little feet will echo
through the we'll kept home. How
she will need all the hope, the cour-
age, the patience, and strength that
comes from sound health.
In winter she sits in the close stove
room kept at high temperature, and
breads a breath of the cold bracing
air, and walk on the long plaza or
in the street.
| tell her all these sober truths, for
she is very dear friend of mine but
she shakes her golden curls, the smile
dccpcns around her mouth, and I
know she does not believe word
say. RosE CMrroy.
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Ctmperante.
AN ELOQUENT EXTRACT.

from an atlrcss delivered by T " Brown At Palmyra
over the grave of a citizen who died Of deIrum tire
mrus.l
You gentlemen who hold to the con-
trary Go! where night is the black
est, and poor, weary hearts are slow
ly breaking under their weight of woe
tell them that, for all this bitter
dcsolation. your palm is filed with
gold Tell the smitten victims of the
household that out of their mouths, off
their backs, and from their blightcd
fields, you aud your chosen instru-
mcnts have gathered a harvest of
gold Tell the pale, wasting wife
and mother, that yow have pretty
per ccntagc Of all that was noble in
the husband or kind in the father, in
yellow gold Tell the drunkard as
he dreams pcrchancc, that he can yet
beat back the rcd pillows which toss
and consume him, that for his poor
body's death ana souls damnation,
you have gold Stand at the thresh-
old of the poor-houSc, and mockingly
taunt the squaid, the deformcd, and
the idiotic, with the news that, out of
all their ruin, you gathered gold !.
Stand by the prison door, and as the
rcmorscIess hinge shrieks after the
victims it entombs, peer through the
grating and cheer the living dead,
with the news that you sold them to
crime and to iufamy, for gold Hail
shclterlcss orphanage in the street, and
tell them that you sold them to be cru
Gifted, and robbed them of bread, edu-
cation, parents and home, for gold !.
Stand by the new graves of the last
twelve months and whisper to the
fifty thousand slecpers-vlctims Of
your regulated" tratlic-that you
Slew them for gold! Enter the vesti-
bulc of Perdtioa, and with the Bible
in hand read that no drunkard can inherit
eternal life, and as the fitting ghosts
of uncounted thousands charge you
with their deep damnation, comfort
them with the assurances that You did
it for gold. Follow your slaughtered
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SaleratUS.

Mr.. EDITOR Permit me to insert
in your columns an answer to 81. w
)" respecting the use of Salcratus.
My first recollection Of using alkali
in bread is away back when | was a
small lad, probably weighing ITO lbs.
less than | do now. My mother used
to send me for some corn cobs to burn
into cob-ash. This process was gone
through with by putting the cobs in
the corner of an old fashion fire place
and setting them on fire, and burning
them down to ashes, which afforded a
very strong alkali, of the same nature
as pcarlash or Salcratus. This was
used as often as every other day to
make bread, aud this bread was al
ways eaten warm. Seven large, over
grown children have been raised on
this Objectionable food, and now il
they can't have warm biscuits with
this alkali, enough to make them
light and tingcd with yellow, there
would be fuss in the family ant
nothing would settle it until the warn
! biscuits were made and brought on
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A. b. +. HlLDRETH.
General Land Agent,

ST. cHARLEB clrY, FLOYD CO., IOWA,
Will attend to buying, selling and selecting
lands on Commission, &c. Town Lots bought
and sold, money loaned, and the business oi
conveyancing and payment ofTaxes promptly
attended to. Friends at the East, as well as in
this State, are requested to make application
to my agency. Satisfactory references given
If required.
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THE EFFECT UPON THE WEST.

One effect Of the present political
troubles Of the country will be an in
crease Of the tide of immigration west
ward. Merchants, mechanics, day.
laborcrs, professional men, business
operators of all kinds from the North
west, who have been scattered through
out the South, are gradually y working
homcward, finding it Improbable and
unsafe to continue their residence in
any one Of the Cotton States. In an
ticipatiOn Of forciblc Revolution, mill
tary conscription, and oppressive tax
alton, non-slaveholdng natives of tho
South are quietly disposing of their
property, and preparing to migrate to
the agricultural Free States. The
abrupt arrangement of commercial re-
lations between the East and the
South has thrown more or less me-
chanics and tradGsmen out Of employ
ment in Pennsylvania, New York,
and New England, and many of these
will find their way to the Northwest
in quest Of cheap lands and improved
business enterprises. Arcady west
ward-bOnnd trains on all the leading
Railroads in Illinois, Wisconsin, Mis-
souri,, and Iowa, are beginning to
show largely Increased travel, and
Shrcwd hotel men are looking for an
active season after navigation shall
have fairly opened Looking at the
worst aspect of the case, suppose tho
Montgomery Revolutionary Monarchy
should 50 prccipltatc events as to
! make reconciliation or reconstruction,
which shall embrace the cotton States,
impossible ! Supposing that even the
border slave States should attempt to
sundcr the ties which bind them to
the Union If a new Federal Com
pact, peaccably or forcibly, m@S come.
the center of political empire, instead
of being Oh the shores Of the Potomac,
would be transferred as nearly as
possible to the valley of the Upper
Mississippi. The vast areas of fertile
soil between the Northwestern Lakes
and the Pacific would be the moro
hastily populated, and Kansas, Iowa,
and Minnesota, instead of being tho
frontier, would be the Middle States
Of the Republic.
PecunlariIy, the West would be in
position to gain, rather than lose, by
Disunion. But far from being severed
from their loyal devotion to their
National Government by these consid-
crations, the people of the Northwest
are foremost in the present troubles
in their adherence to the Constitution
as our Fathers left it, frowning and
voting down dishonorablc compro-
misses with traitors at every offer I!
\ few DiSunionists adherinS to the
Slave Extension faction of the Demo-
cratic Party, taint the air with their
presence, but like the Tories in tho
American Revolution, they are power
less for evil, and will meet the fate Of
the common encmy.-DaJuque Times.
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4 REMINIsCESCE-" Occasional the
Washington Correspondent of the
Philadelphia Press, taking what he
calls "an aflectionatc farewell" of
Mr.. Buchanan, gives the following
anecdotc
When Mr.. Buchanan was on his
way, more than four years ago, to
take possession of the administration
of the government to which he had
been elected in 1856, the train stop
ped for few moments at the town of
York, in your State, and a curious
crowd collected to greet the future
Chief Magistrate. He threw up the
window of his car put out his vencr-
able head, and in response to the
cheers that welcomed him, asked, in
his quaint way, "I wonder if you will
be as glad to sec me when | come
back through York, in 1861, at the
close Of my official term ?" An old
Democrat in the crowd, in loud
voice, answered him with the ques
ton, "Why, do you intend to do amy
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oo(tsthara tbe COURSE of empire tales its 0ltan.


business men of Milwaukee and Chi
cago, that McGrcgor, a place COM
parativcly unknown six years ago, is
the largest business town in Iowa.
That is the number of tuns of mcr-
chandisc and produce shipped to and
from that point is greater than at any
other place between st. Louis and st.
Paul. This proves the great produc-
tlvencss and wealth of the country
lying west and northwest of Nc
Gregor.
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The Romance of Law.

One of the most remarkable cases
remarkable as to the amount in
volvcd, the difficulties attending its
prosecution, the perseverance and he
roism displayed by the party most
largely conccrncd-was decided by
the Supreme Court of the United
States, recently We, of course al
ludc to the celebrated suit Of Mrs. Ny
ra Gaines, rclict Of the late Gen.
Gaines, for the recovery of property
belonging to the estate of her father,
Daniel Clark. The case turned upon
the Legitimacy Of the plaintiff, and the
extraordinary qualities exhibited by
her throughout the trying ordeal
through which she has passed in pros
ccuting it to a successful and triumph
ant conclusion, demonstrated long ago
that she was nervcd rather by a sense
of honor and undying devotion to the
memory of her mother, than by de-
sire to gain possession of the princely
wealth to which the decision entities
her. The history of the case is too
familiar to our readers to render it
necessary to recount the facts on
which it rested. 1t is enough to say
that in the elements of romance and
of womanly heroism, the iurispru-
dence of no country presents parallel
to it. Thousands upon thousands who
have never seen Mrs. Gaines, will re-
joice on account Of her triumph. to
achieve which she has devoted all her
energies for, we believe, nearly a
quarter of century. But the flavor
Of romance in which this case is en-
balmed docs not cease with the decis-
ion which has Just been rendered.
The estate is situated within the State
of LOuisiana-most, perhaps all Of it,
in New Orleans. Louisiana claims to
have withdrawn from the Union. Ii
she should succeed in maintaining
that claim, it is not very probable
that the order Of the Supreme Court
to place Mrs. Gaines in possession OF
her property, will be obeyed. And
/ here the question of secession comes
up in new shape. viii the Govern
ment enforce the DEGREES of the Uni
ted States Courts in the seeding
States? If SO, will State sovereignty
intervene to prevent Mrs. Gaines from
the enjoyment of her we'll won rights
VIII Mrs. Gaines, as a last resort, be
gin de moro in the courts Of the New
Confederacy ? Are we not correct ii
styling this case the Romance Of Law
-Chimgo Tribune
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poetrnn.
For llN e. IHafIf- IItN T"I-.II-
I THINK OF THEE.
DY MISS T. J. COLE.

think of thee at blushing morn.
When zephyrs ON the breeze are borne.
To fan the bcaming brow;
And waited on the wrblcr's song,
Fond memories, dear and happy throng
Sweep . CT my hcart-stlings now,
Awakening feelings in my heart,
My pride had long since bid depart,
And nc'er return AZ lin;
But still the past returns once more,
Its radiance o cr my path TO pour,
And all my tears l. strain.
think Of thee when noon day heat
Has bid the gcm-likc dew depart
From bending plants and flowers;
When busy cares around me press,
| pause, thy name Of names to bless,
And those bright happy hours.
Brighter than all the wealth of earth;
LaviShcd around our prjnccly hearth,
Was thy glad smile to me:
And now while with unfaltering hand,
Thou tolcst in distant land,
Sweet may thy musings be.
think Of thee at dcwy eve,
Yes, then my weary heart doth grievc
And chidc thy long delay.
Oh, haste thee fond hearts will rejoice
To hear the tones of thy rich voice
Why will thou longer stay'
My heart goes back to those glad days,
On which were shed such cheering rays
OF JOY, and hope. and love
| seem Ia live ilpln a. or apain
Those scenes So dear in mcmory's train
With thee agtin rove.
And yet too well know tbs vain,
Thus to recall each hour of pain.
When hope hll well nigh fled
Oblivion comes not to my heart
To bid thy memory hence depart,
And raise my dyooping head.
think Of thee wl.,u darkness rcigns,
And stiffness rests on all the plains,
I"cluing with life before
pray for thee when prayers ascend,
That God mHy all thy ways defend,
And guard thee cvvrmOrc.
hTiiJuck, H., NtrrE l. 1891
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lt(istrllanu.
THE YOUNG WIFE.

Oh beautiful indeed thou art
As some pure spirit blessed,
With thy gold trcsScs cleaning soft,
Like sunbeams, U or thy breast
And thy rose tinted cheek, now bright
As the first flush of day.
MRS. wELBY.
She is a beautiful young woman.
The rose on her check vies with the
climbing vine blossoms over her win
dow the fair face with the fragrant
lilies of her terraced garden, and the
briliance Of her eyes with the glis-
teuing dew drops of the morning
her golden curls remind me of sun
beams, and her eyes again, are like
the riolcts in the garden bed ; and
her warblinG voice as sweet as the
robin-rcd-brcast in the old elm. Her
quick step is like fairy football
through her well arranged house
her nimblc fingers, performing Won
dcrs in the culinary art, to which the
light white bread, the fine steak, the
nice roast, the we'll seasoned ycgcta-
blcs, with pastry to match, to say
nothing Of the pickles and preserves,
all testify. She is ever busy as bee,
and as Industrious as the ant that
lays up winter store in the long sum
mer days. Her spare hours are filled
up with the never ending stitch. stitch,
stitch of the household /; her husband
praises the perfect little workman
that keeps the domestic machinery
moving like clock work.
What fault can the young wife have:
| will tell you-the fault Of too many
Of our country women her foot scarce
ever presses the terraced walks OF her
beautiful garden save to show the
flowers to friend the walks are
soft with the thick June grass, ike
a carpet the cedars are growing 50
beautifully the vines are climbing
over the arbor, and the shrubbery
surely is inviting 10 the eye but time
is So precious! She has turned new
leaf in life, and the loved out door
lifc,-that Of her girl-Aood-can no
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u@itllt DlUtt Law 1HIUHolltuliUiitti.
Mr.. EDIroR Permit me to read to
the patrons of your paper, Division Ill.
in Section II. Of Article ". of the Fed
cral Constitution, supplying what
words are not cxrcsscd but clearly i'm
piled. Supplied words arc included
in brackets
No person held to service or la
Dor in one State under the laws there
of, escaping into another State shall,
in consequence Of any law or regula-
ton therein be discharged from such
service or labor by the authorities of
such State into which he shall have
escaped but shall be delivered up by
the authorities of said State on claim,
made to said authorities, of the par
ty to whom such service or labor may
be due
This reading shows that the author
itics of the State, into ,rhich The fugitire
makes his escape, arc to deliver him up.
Now substitute United States within
the brackets next to the last. This is
Juggling in an agent foreign to the
thread Of ideas in the subject, and
which is not covered by the sense.
Four agents orparties onl y are brought
to view: l. The person escaping !;
,. The State from which he escapes :;
3. The State to which he escapes, and
1. The person to whom his service is
due. The United States cannot be
lugged into it without entirely des-
troying the sense. Hence it is obvi-
Gus that the State to which he escapes
for refuge is required by this proviS-
ion to deliver him up. and net a for
cign power, and one not contemplated
in the clause. From this it is irrcsis-
tibly conclusive that the law Of the
United States for the rendition of fu-
gitivcs founded upon this clause has
no foundation for its constitutionality
Read this over and ponder it we'll.
Yours, as ever,
PETER PERDY.