Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-05-15
OcAL DEPARTMENT..
TRT.wEEKLY JOuRNAL.

Saturday, at per Subscriptions received for
four six months at tho same rates In AL casss the
cash must accompany the subscription &s
New STocK OF GOODS AT GRANDyIEw.-
Thornton B. Latta, of Grandview, has re-
turned from Chicago, where he has purchased,
for cash, stock of dry goods and groceries,
which he is determined to sell to the citizens
of Louisa and bordering counties as low as
they can be bought in the city Of Muscatine
His motto is "quick sales and small profits. |"
He trades in produce, such as butter, eggs,
feathers, &C.
IND1ANs.-The Davenport passed down
last night, having on board 750 Indians
They belong to the Sioux tribe. They were
taken on at Fort Smelling, MIMI, destined for
Hanniba,l NO., from whence they will be con-
veyed by rail to their new home in Kansas -
They were under charge of Capt Saunders,
and detachment of forty men from the 10th
MINI. regiment It'll.
E A friend who is "posted" furnishes
the following list of articles which are most
wanted in the army: .,,.
Potatoes (the most useful of all J cabbage,
picked cabbage, sour krout, dried apples,
peaches, cherries, currants, blackberrics, can
ned fruits of all kinds, onions, turnips when
sent early in the winter or the spring raising,
blackberry syrup made so as not to sour, do
mestic wines, grated horse-raddish, pepper
sauce, picked cucumbers, tomatoes, jellies,
&c. But send no cakes or pastries.
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SOMETHING WORTH HAv1NG.-Farmers
should call and examine newly patented
cultivator at the shop of George Perry, next
door to the Post Office. 1t is superior to
anything of the kind ever yet offered to the
farming community, combining all the adj
vantages Of those heretofore invented, with
several important improvements. Among
the improvements are-1, balancing the seal
to correspond with the weight of the driver,
so as to avoid chatting of the horses necks !;
2, vibration of the two inner shovels by an
easy movement of the feet, by which irregu-
lar hills of corn may be plowe3 around 8,
all joints are of iron, ensuring easier motion
and greater durability of the machine. This
machine, with two horses, will do twice the
work of an ordinary pillow, and in better
manner, while the plowman can ride all day
and feel much less wearied than if following
the old style of cultivators. The machine
will more than pay for itself in one season,
In the saving Of an extra hand. a.-'
Messrs Perry Stoddard have purchased
the right of this machine for this county and
will manufacture only limited number for
the present seasons operations. Those want
ing them should call early. See advertise.
ment. r
FAST DAY SERMON BY Rev. j. II. POWER
The Methodist Church was crowded last
Thursday, on the occasion Of the sermon of
Rev.. H. Power, its pastor. 1t had been
announced beforehand, through the JOURNAL,
that on this occasion q sermon would be de-
i7ered, in which the speaker would explain
away the difficulties existing in the minds of
many good men, as to which side the Al
mighty would incline IN this great struggle
for national existence, from the fact that many
Christians in the South were praying for the
success of the rebellion, whilst those in the
North were praying for its speedy overthrow,
and give the reasons why the Lord would
disregard the prayers of the South to the end
ofanswering them. From the speakers well
known ability, high expectations had been
formed regarding the sermon, which were
fully realized. He said "there was set led
rule in the Scriptures by which nations as
we'll as individuals could determine whether
God would hear their prayers. which rule
might be found in the 18Th Psalm" If re-
gard iniquity in my heart God will not hear
my prayer" He proved conclusively that
slavery, as it existed in the Southern States,
was an iniquity, ignoring not only Gods laws,
but outraging humanity. There is set
tied conviction in the minds Of the human
family against slavery This feeling is not
an accidental one, but principle implanted
in the heart by the Almighty himself" He
proved by contrast between the North and
South, that the adoption of this principle. was
beneficial, not only in religious point of
view, but also as regards the intellectual, So.
cial and civil relations. He laid down the
principle, or rather axiom, (for the PROPOSE
ton is self-evident,) that God required de-
velopement in all things, and in nothing more
than in the human mind. But under the
system of slavery, such Development could
not be made. In fact, to teach slave the
first rudiments of an education, by which
his intellect may be improved, was crime
punishable with heavy penalties in the slave
States. Ignorance is essential to the exist
ance Of slavery. u -. -.se'.-l l5
In short the discourse throughout was
characterized by strong reasoning and an ap.
peal to facts within the knowledge of every
hearer. Each position taken by the speaker
was strongly fortified by him as he went
along. He disposed of the SO. called Bible
argument in favor of slavery by challenging
any one to point to single passage author
izing the buying and selling of human beings,
quoting from the Mosaic, law the provision
for the punishment by death of any one for
so doing; also, the injunction that the fugit-
i've slave should not be returned to, his
master. pa" =. ~" = ..'.., , - Z
The sermon was listened to with breathless
interest, and towards the close, when the
speaker, in . strain Of eloqnence which our
pen cannot in the faintest manner portray,