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Commcucu-. Nav--, ISIS. trains VIII run as
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great National ggork,


THE U.NTO.NPACTFIC RAILROAD
COllP.HNJ- Rlceirc:
81. = GOVERNMENT GRANT o. the
right of WAY, and all necessary tm5erand other INA
teriaIs found along the line Gifts operations
~. 4 COVER NNIENT GRANT Of I4.-o5
acres Of land to the mile taken in alternate section,
on each side Gifts roed. This .san absolute doul
ton and VIII De q source Of largo revenue in the IN
ture.
III. 4 GOVERNMENT GRANT Of Uni
ted States Tnrty-year Bonds amounting to from
$4,000 to 81 0lo per mile. according TO the dincui
ties 20 De surmouutsd Oh the various sections Co De
huiit. The Government tlbe-a second mortgage as
security. and &c is expected tia. not only the in
tere-t hut tie principal amount may De paid in
services rendered ty the Company iu Transporting,
troops, mails. sc. The interest IS now much n.re
than paid ia th., way. besides securing great saw
Ing in time and money otAe Government,
". a GOVERNMENT GRANT Of the
right to issue its own First Mortgage Bonds. &. aid
in building the road. @. the same amount Us the Z.
S Bombs issued for ,le same purpose. and us mara.
The Government Permits the Trustees for the First
Mortgage Bolihalicr- ta deliver the Bonds Co tic
Company only as tho road is completed. and an.rtt
has been examined ly United States Commissioners
and pronounced 90 De iu All respect. q fr-t-e-as=
Railroad. la.l with % heavy T rail. aud completely
supplied with -cp.t-. stations. -u-1.u-- car.IUi..
locomotives. eIrs. .sc.
Y. A CAPITAL STOCK SUBSCRGP-
TION ir.l the stockholders oiwIi-l ar.- E.lt
lfHoa DsH4 have been paid .u upon the work all
ready done. and Hi. VIII Dc Increased 7- tie wants
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600 MILES
OF The
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Are now finished and in operation. Sixty miles
track have been laid this spring and the work along
the whole line between the Atlantic and Pacific
States is being pushed forward more rapidly than
ever before. More than twenty thousand men are
employed, ami it is not impossible that the entire
track, from Omaha to Sacramento, viii be finished in
1863 instead Of $50. Tho means provided areample,
and all that energy. men and money can do to SO
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Buchanan County bulletin and guardian., 1868-08-07


That he is an enscprisins and public'spiri'-
ell citizen Is kncwl wherever newspaporial
opportunity has ben afforded him to blow
his own eliminating i'll the gow>
ing eulogy upon himself to be found over the
signature Of" Republican" in the Chicago
Jo1i,ci OF July 2sh, the original Of which,
in Mr.. Graves ows unmistakable hnnd'wri-
ting, is now in IN, nssscssion. Even this
disposition to sound his own praises, would
be more eniurableI would he only conhne
himself to the truth; bu, it is a chronic hab
| II of his to claim tie credit for every enter-
pris'ng net performed by every other public
spirited man in lnbuque-e. g., our sdi'
level, our macadAnized streets. our city rail
way. Ii is wcnier he doesn't claim to be
the discoverer Of the Dubuque lead mines.
Aud finally, regarding him personally,
man whose woA 10 norcriously unreliable
who can rarely be surprised into telling the
truth under anyprovocation, whose ,es,imo
ny under oath il court is accounted no evi'
dence by those who know him best, while
his general business character is simply in'
famous, scarcely covers up the standard
which "even the moral code OF Dubuque,
to which the Bul~tin somewhat sneeringly
refers, demands q her representative in the
halls of Congress.
]. l.. McCRgERY.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian., 1868-08-07
For the Bulletin.
THE CONGHEssBONAL CONTEST IN
DUBUQUE COUNTY.

!, is rare, outside Of Dubuque county, to
see newspaper article with SO little sense
as the communication from Delaware coun>
ty in your last issue, signed Ben" Be-
cause Mr.. Graves is trying 10 force himself,
By The most unscrupulous and corrupt
means, into Mr.. Allison's place in Congress,
where no. one-tenth Of our citizens wish him
to BE-, Ben" proposes to drop both, be-
cause :" it is disgusting in times like these TO
see men letting personal ambition outweigh
all other considerations" The people Of
Dubuque county agree With your correspon-
dent, that this thing is disgusting but un>
ike him, they propose TO let the censure
fall upon the guilty party; and knowing both
parties, and witnessing their manner Of car
rying on this campaign, they will see that
the one who deserves it is politically
switched off, In fact, they have been do
ing little " switching" during the past
week.
Mr.. Allison has not personally stirred a
finger in this fight. He remained in his seat
in Congress till the last hour Of the last day
OF the ses ion. His friends haze worked
vigorously, but AonoraJly. lie has SO coa>
ducted himself as representative as 10 kep
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian., 1868-08-07

The Nashua Post. about the only
paper in the Dietrict favoring the
nomilation Of Graves, is presenting
its readers with tsbles Of the proba.
Bile vote Of counties in the convention
on first ballot. These tables all give
up Graves but figure in some new
candidate. Now we profess to know
something of the sentiment Of the
District, and We know that VIM. B.
Allison is the frsh and really the on.
ly choice Of threc-fourihs OF the Re-
publican voters in it. There arc q
dozen or two other self announced
candidates scattered over the District
who are now working and pipe laying
for the nomination, but We are as Ger.
tain as We are that the sun shines this
hot weather, that the great majority J
of the voters are decidedly in favor
of keeping their tried and true Repre-
sentative, Allison. 10 Congress unit
the great questions Of Reconstruction,
Finance, and taxation arc fully settled
Iowa must not lose her entire pres
tige in the National Legislature b,
sending there next winter q full del
egation Of new men. The very fac,
that most OF the Districts will return
aew and untried men, makes it sc
much more tue duty of the old Third
to return her present, able aod faith
ful member, and unless the people are
hoodwinked and misrepresented il
their County Conventions, Mr. Allison
will be renominated on the very first
ballot. We want no new man al thi.
time and our voice is decidedly toI
Mr.. Allison. Gregor Ne,rs.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian., 1868-08-07
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sEYMOuRss POPULARITY.

Those who have an idea that Seymour is
immensely popular in New York, aud can
carry that State when no other democrat
woul, have the ghost oi u chance, will do
well to consider the following facts:
"ln 1850 Seymour was defcatedior Gov,
crnor, aud received 3ll,352 votes; Church,
on the same ticket for l.ieu,enau, Governor,
received 3ls,009 votes Church over Sey'
mour, 3,65i.
In 1852 Seymour was elected Governor
and receivd 26i III votes, Church, elected
on the same ticket received 266, l47; Church
over Seymour, ,026.
in 1854 Seymour commanded but f66,'
495 out Of the nearly 100000 democratic
votes in the State, and his popularity, grea
as it was on account orhis vetoing the Maine
liquor law, could not secure his reelection
aud he was defeated by Clark, the fusion
candidate, by a few votes.
"In 1862 Seymour was elected Goycnoi
by vote of 309,6i9 Jones, on the sam'
| ticket for Lieutenant Governor, was elected
by vote Of 309,649; and Skinner, Cana
Commissioner, by 307,3l6. Jones over Sey
mour, SO /; Skinner over Seymour, 667.
In 1864 Seymour was defeated for Cover
nor, and received 36l, ,26i votes Jones, TO
Lieutenant Governor, on the same hckat
received Sol ,s49: Jones over Seymour, 5S5
Fenton's tRepublican) majority this yea
| was 1Q2 +.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian., 1868-08-07

Marengo has a Club Of "Grant Tan
ners."
Six hundred Swedcs arrived in Boone Co.
shof, time ago.
Grasshoppers are making their appear.
ance in Muscaiinc county.
The Oskaloosa Citizen is for sale.
Monticello has suffered by destructive
FIRE. Loss $4,000. So says the Express.
A Jasper county catamount in trying to
ca. school girl, las, week. got shot.
Dubuque is about 10 build another mile
Of street railway.
Watermelon, have appeared at Burlign>
ton.
James II. Berry living near Charlton, was
made insane BY the excessive heat, last week,
and has been sent to the Insane Asylum.
The Burlington Ha,ekeye declares itself in
favor Of woman suffrage.
The German Me,hodisis Of Burlington are
ss-;i.iing 5000 house Of worship.
Tba nan,,,,- o. os Mascalipe are erecting .
fine church edifce.
The Iowa Falls Sentinel SAYS An intans
child OF Mr.. Jacob Price, Of Union town.
ship. died from the effects Of pasegoric ad.
ministered TO quiet il.
me letuSkOla ltetofo vi = eCs
we're drouth in than section Of the State.
A company Of Tanners has been organ
lied ia Knoxville.
The grape crop Of Burlington promises
| WE'LL
Ottumwa Is organizing . Grant and Coll
fax Club.
Married Folks Pic MICS" are now all the
20 u Muscatine.
Cedar Rapids is discussing . project ol
issuing 435,O 900 in bonds TO secure water
works for supplying the city with an abun
dance OF water.
The town Of Lewis. Cass county, was Wis
tied by destructive FIRE on the 18th. -Four
buildings we're burned. Loss not given
Supposed u be the york Of an incendary.
Richard d. Hill, formerly one Of the mos'
wealthy and enterprising citizens Of Dsven.
port has gone into bankruptcy and made an
assignment.
In Boone county, portion Of the grass
hopper 6istrict-the crops il turning ou'
much heavier than was expected.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian., 1868-08-07

Tue WoRrH OF EDlroRs WELL RrcoG
xizEp. --Ia The nake>up of the two political
tickets IN this State, the editorial profession
has been accorded full honor. Among the
Republican nominees for Congressman are !
R.W. Palmer. Of the Register; and Hon.
Chss. Pomeroy, Of the Fort Dodge North
scest; among the nominees of the opposition
are Hon. Jno. p. Irish, OF the State Press
and I. w. Clagett. Of the Keokuk Coastitw
tion. On the electoral ticket the Republicans
have l.. d. Ingersoll. the born editor S.H
Taft, Of the Hnmbolt True Democrat; and
Hon. VIM. Hale, formerly Of the Opinion
and the Democrats have, T. ". Clagstt. o.
Coastitstfioa NJ. ". b. Bennett Of 7h'
Copperhead; NJ. NJ. Beakmoure Of the
Fairfield Dessoe~at and D. NJ Harris, Of
the Hdrrisonian.
In Iowa, at least, the axemen of the press
are appreciated and honored. Aud on the
winning Presidential ticke, is another prince
of the house Of journalism. "Only prin
ter" may have been sweet song once, bu,
that time Is not now, All hA to the craft!
-ReJisfer.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian., 1868-08-07

The Democrats Of Miseissippi claim that
the defeat Of The Consii,u,io ion recently sab,
mi,tcd 10 the people or that State was
Drought about by negro votes, whereupen
they, (she Demoeraisl discovering that the
negroes may sometimes prove Of service 70
them, put ON their best behavior, pat the
snegro on the back and tell them, as does the
Mississippi Ciarioa, that s.shey have acted
nobly for the interest Of both races that
white Democrats should, for all time to
come, remember these intelligent freedmen
-..ho voted With tiein--treof thew rifh all
due respect and kiaaaess-and make them
feel and know las The fact really isl thai
they are members Of parry who const..'
tuies the trre friends Of the colorcd racs.' Al
SO ..ihat Il viii no, be long beforc alifree6mcn
Of intelligence aid honesty will rally under
the Democratic n,s-'hey will receive
warm welcome as lAey come" "Those
~fe the feelings Of all good Democrats"
This is the suga plum tossed 10 The negro
Wien lie cLuoscs 10 safe si,h Democracy !:
but how is il when lie prefers 10 vote with
with those Who knocked shc shachies from
his wrists 7 The Index another Denocrstic
newspaper Of Mississippi, publishes list Of
negroes Who voted with The Republicans, AID
terms them '.ihe common enemies to tie
white people aud to iheir color" and urges
that they be denied employment ia The CON-
muaitY. !,
All this means that in The eyes OF the
pemocrXcy ll.e negro 10 saint II he only
vote the democratic ticket, but de'h u
,e dare xvle otherwise o! Democrcs'
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian., 1868-08-07

No further Indian tronbles are np.
brchendcd this season, treaties having
pcen made with the most warlike
tribes.
Ex Lieut.. Gov. Cue and Hon. Pc.
ter Mclcndy are 10 Chicago pnrchas,
ing furniture for our State Agricultur.
al College.
the Atlantic Cable Of 1866 has
ceased working, but will soon be re.
paired.
Chas G. Halpin miles O'Rcily)
died at New York, on the 80 tn inst,
from an over dose Of cllloreform.
Tanners Clubs are being organized
very rapidly all over the north wcst.
The gold for the purchase Of Alas
ka has been paid to the Russian Min
lister.
A line Of monthly steamers betw cen
San Francisco and Hong Kond has
just been inauguratcd.
A great exhibition Of woola and
twelve goods opened at Chicago on
the 4.h inst. Woolen States were
represented.
The wife Of senator Trumbull has been very
i'll for several days, in Washington, with scarce
ly any hopes Of her recovery.
Tse .cua.y. saa' va. il !!@s.ia O. has 9.
last beel by tie sa9.en, C,rr, ii I; 70
of E.jt-a. The r.ir.si Is iuily csn.o e.ei e
E.era as D, { n TIE, t-e LsLet.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian., 1868-08-07

about myself as candidate for have sup>
posed ,ha, il Gen. Graut should happen 10
be elected probably saoald he. Applause
"Yes.a "rhatS it..
They say n can't make a speech, and
you viii notice am saving nothing about
the prin>ip'es, cr the platform, OF the candi>
dates ct our opponents. | have right to
speak TIN; Which is ia NV heart about all
those who have come aud stool with me
around ,hcsc Noble Republican principles Of
the past. ["loa have They say he
can't make speech. But he made one
speech when the committee a the Chicago
Convention announced ] Is nomination to
him a, his residence in Washington. TWAS
a speech q, enly eight lines but there W, re
two lines ia il that wcress weighty. aud that
were as valuahls as il they had filed the
tecming volumes that give 10 youthc history
Of Coniucins. They were these words; "lt
elected, shall have no policy to enforce
against the will Of the people," "Good !!
good !"-lmmcnse spplause. That is the
declaration worthy OF the man. 1t is q dec.
| laralion worthy of,hc cause. As he said in
one al his letters to President Johuson,
"The will of the people must be tie law ca
the land" And so say We al! (Trcmen.
dous applause sr! cheers, The VII Of the
people enfcr'' "a, the Law OF the land obeyel,
we shall have PEACE, and with peace . prog
ress and developm ent unknown in the history
,. our country before. With lie magnificent
. AREA. with iu boundless resources, washed
!. tv the waters of the t~c great oceans OF the
| globe, checked in its continuous career BY
The horrors and Losses u Wsr-sith peace it
| will step forward viii, gigantic tread, upward
and onward, until Il Attains . prouder posts
ton among the famil, Of nations than even
il has alv ned to-day. We have, within
our limits, all ,hs, make q nation great.
We bave y people brave, as they have shown
,hems elves 10 he; people selfsacrhcing, de-
vot.d, patriotic. We have boundlSss re-
, sources, mineral, agricultural, commercial,
, and manufacturing. We lie in the great
| Temperate Zone, which is The governing
sone Of the entire world.-sor You see no
proud ~ influential nations outside Of the
Temperate Zone. We have within ourselves
| oil the elements OF Srestnsss. And With su
I administration which shall obey the will Al
the people. and which shall enforce the laws
Of the land, ye srs destined 70 prosperity
Which in i,s Sloriss shall eclipse IN the fa,
tur,. I'll The brilliant rscords Of The pssi,
,Ges, spplauss.
thank you, my ffiencs. With my heart
full of thanks, leave dis stand to 80 back
irto that se6racy which am TO occupy un>
Ill thc Presidential election shall be decided,
knowing snd feeling hat whatever may Be
the result lsswhere-victorious ~ believe
it viii bs-whsn YOU record ysur verdict !
shah again have from you the same rlaudit
Of ''Well done good and faithful servantsr'
that you have given me in the pest. lGrat
applause and cheers.1
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian., 1868-08-07

Equal Tsxsios." eries ,hs Democrat,
,hsosias up hs bet far Seymoas and BlAis.
Doss hs ssop - think vhess equal ,sxssiou
would Iced Aimi The poor mas, Who eAsns
I've Assdsed q one Aoussnd dollars . yess
Is sov exempt fron I'll income IN, while
the rich man Who sasps Avs shousand dol.
lars yeas must pay N income Ax Of Ave
per cent os four thousand dollars q Ne
amount Wee Axstios eQusl shs poor
mss would pay hs psoposs;os Of Nc insoUs
tax. Az il nov is, only sas rich mas pAys
ihe ~x VIII cay hsnsss DemocAa aguss
ous h0v sQsAl ,sasasos j. going 70 bsusa'
the poos man. " shis saoi The facs u
tAs sheb c7 q" equal tAxasiou" issiuply
he most sanspAssns ef Ne tricks Of Demo
Gratis dsmaeogses-
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian., 1868-08-07

To tho Editors of the Boston Daily Advertiser
Ilett Brooklyn ON Monday, July Oh,
bn, not before tho World had pub,
lished that | had. ION Sunday morning
in political sermon, come out for
Chase for the Presidency, and against
Grant; and | have seen the story
every day since racing through the
papers. There is nota word OF
truth in it.
The sermon was not politi nj, and
it made no allusion either to Grant or
to Chase. The application ofsome Ct
its paragraphs, in either direction. was
the work ofthc reporter ofthe World,
not mine.
I have never been a Chase man.
have for years, rs leader in pup
lie affairs, deemed him, like his green
backs, as promising more on the face
than they are worth in gold.
While the New York Independent
was lauding him rs a demigod. aud
the New York 2ribune was using his
| name to obscure the prospects OF
Grant, heartily and openly disa-
greed with both Of them, for l thor
oushly liked Grant, aud thoroughly
listrustcd Chase. lie is n splendid
man to look upon, but a poor man to
lean upon.
Ambition lifts some men toward
things noble and good makes them
large and generous. Other mems am
bition bluls the sharp lines and dis
motions between right and wrong,
and leaves them, in, the eagerncss OF
over selfish desires, to Become n prey
| Of bad men. ! have for years felt
7 that Mr.. Chasc's ambition was con-
suming the better clements Of his ma
ture.
have liked Grant from the FIRST.
Solid, unpretentious, straightforward,
apt to succeed and not spoiled by sue
cess, wise in discerning men, skillfnl
in using them, with the rare gift
| (which Washington had in an eminent
degree) Of wisdom in getting wisdom
from others counsels-f confidently
anticipate that, great rs his military
scucess has been, he will hereafter be
nown even more favorably for tht
wisdom of his civil administration.
The seven fold humiliations and re.
carnations through which Chase wa.
required 10 go for a Democratic nom
ination only to see the smiling Sey
inour looking benirly down upon hi.
lost estate. has no parallel except il
the immortal history of Leeineke Each
There will nov be no third candi
date between Grant and Seymour
1t will be fair fight between rug
ged honesty and plausible craft.
"a lIRNRY WARD BE EEcuRR
BosToN, July 8, 1868.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian., 1868-08-07
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l.El.FING WELL. " SEY NOUN. /.

The Clinton Herald thus combares the
savings OF Leilingwel, candidate for Congress
in our I'd district, aud Seymour, the candid
ate for the Presidency, surpoated by snid
Lctiengwell:
One hundred thousand men win own the
whole Of the bonds.--Le6ingWeu.
We find that $4,000, 900 persons are inter
es,ed in Government bonds, who are no,
capitalists and who are compulsory owners
at present prices under the operations Of our
laws.--Seymo,n'. March llh.
Ths bondholder, does he pay city tax!
Oh no. Does he pay a county tax? oh
no. Does he pay a State tax Oh no. Does
he pay Government tax9 Oh no. But you
workingmen you mechanics, you farusrs
must toll and labor 10 pay him his interest
and his bonds in gold -L.1lngren.
tits mistake to suppose that the interest
ofthe bondholier and the tax payer are and
tsgonistic.-!Seymomr, .Karch llh.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian., 1868-08-07

Tnc undersigned respectfully calls the atten
tien Of the pubic to Pleasant Grove Semin sry
removed 70 Jesur. We have provided rooms
specially Cor this school, spacious and comfort
able. and will earnestly endcaror to richly re,
ward parsn.s AMI guardians who may be dis
posed to send pnpils 10 this school.
Fall Term begins Sept. sth, 1868, andcon-
tiuucs IL weeks. Winter Term csins Dee. eth,
and eoutiuues 70 ~ssts Spring Torn beg ms
March 29th. and con .nues ~ week..
TrIrroS.--Pr:mary, $3.50 Common, $500
Higher, $3.50 per term. Que dollar con tin xsnt
per term. No scholar taken for less thsn tail
term, and no reduction except for contracted
iilncss.
J. d. ALDWEII., Patx.
Chatham P. O., July 81, ls6s.
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