Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-11-18
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Live the Republic. All hail, victory.
Ring, o bells OF Liberty and peace.
such an overthrow as Tuesdays sun
went down upon was never before wit
messed iii the history OF defeated parties,
the mowers scythe has swept the
whole feId-ieaving only here ana there
4 solitary stock 10 show the tatnesS Oh
the harvest. In some States the major
i.y is uuprvcedcnted-aor Instance, in
Massachusetts 75,0J0, in Indiana $1,000
The regcneratcd c:ly Of Baitimore-ba
tised by Massachusetts blood-gives l.,
GEO majority for Union and Liberty =
Give her ribbofi OF praisc The vote oI
Baltimore Is like the voice OF freed
man shouting over his freedom! The
figures in New York state are close
victory claimed by both sides, though
we believe that Ioratio Seymour, rum
ming behind his ticket, will be finally
captured as a straggler; and we positive
~ know that The heads are Off the Shoul-
tiers Of Fernando Wood and Jim. BROOKS
--cause enough for other peoples hat
swinging, in New York city never q
Quieter election was held. hot q disturb
ance anywhere visible, SO far rs we have
learned. why? Well, ask Gen. Butler.
The election returns, as fast as received
during The evening, were communicated
to the people at Cooper Institute-Where
assembling at sundown, one Of the most
magnificent audiences ever seen in the
city sat in session till two O'Clock in the
morning, adjourning with Old Hundred
on their lips
"p aiSe Col from whom all blessings flow
Never before was such singing heard IN
Il political meeting. And what lover OF
his country does not feel like joining in
the same doxol0gy. The Christian pa
tri0t cannot fail to see in the unparallel-
cd victory of Tuesday nothing less than
an overriding Divine Hand outstretched
to save the Republican, interposition OF
Providence as signal as our historians de-
light to chronicle Of the American Rev
olution. Think for q moment, Fellow
JOuntTynltu what confusion and dis
may would have filed all loyal breasts
if the verdict Of the Sth of November
ad been the reverse of what we now
celebrate What fears for the country
What anxious hopes for the future !
What agony Of forehoding! But a gra-
cious Divine Being, who remembers
that the foundations of this Republic
were laid amid prayers and tears, has
solemnly demonstrated how faithfully
the promises which He made to the
fathers are to he kept to the children.-
Let Americans renew their gratitude to
Goa and redouble their love to their Ma
tive Land.
Q. rescued country, all hail! Thy
trials speed to their end! Thy Liberty
dawns as the morning.! Peace be
'cithin thy erGAs, and prosperity scithin
My palaces !"-N. Y. L,dependent.
A- Lieutenant Governor Jacobs, OF
Kentucky, has gone to Washington, in
charge of United States officers, as po-
litical prisoner.
GAEAyEEGS.
The result in New York is finally
ascertained. Lincoln's majority is s, 400
and Fenton's 5000.
A severe storm visited LaSalle coun-
ty, Illinois, recently, leveling frame
buildings, sheds and fences to the
ground The damage done in and
around Ottawa was considerable.
- Edward hughes, indicted for acting
as guide to John Morgan seXreditiOn in
Pike county, Ohio, pleaded the Amnes-
t. Proclamation and was discharged.
This shows that there is bad leak in
.t.,tA Il ,lx-
biie pibti.tiilitttOIi III C0iiteiii pitteu Only
the rebels OF the rebel States, but its
terms apply to all persons who have
committed acts OF treason, with specifi-
ed exceptions which do not include this
act of treacheTy.
At gainesville. Ohio, there is a
man Valentine Perkins, tifty-two years
old, whose bones have all become lime
stone. Ossification has been going on
since he was eleven years old, when his
knee was badly injured, and the joint
became ossitied. For thirty years he
has been blind and unable to open his
jaws. and for forty years he has laid on
! his side on bed Food is placed into
his mouth and nature gets it into his
stomach. His appetite is good, and sc
are his memory and his general intelli
gence.