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should not be looked 10 for those stern,
calm judicial qualities Of mind which
Characterize the stronger sex In Its ma
turer yea1s. II is pardonable In the weak
er but nitro charming molety Of our race
TO be saucy without severity and fitful
without power. Their aTToWa fesze and
Rnuse us like those which the little nA-
uves threw into the face Of Gulliver when
be yen'ured 10 cover with his reclining
form the territory Of Lillipus, Tht Sen
ate and the galleries, therefore, enjoy tho
little speeches Of the Senator from the
| Sr1sgue Mills more than those Of any
masculine orator. Fer with ali Sena-
to,tal orators 1t is conceded that their
after essAya arc never 90 interesting a.
,belr maiden speech. And the Senstor
frcm The Sprague Mills has the advan.
,aee over al other members, 81 making
noIe bu, maiden speeches, while all The
rest, By circumstances over which they
have no control, are limited to ona.
The sweet and tender representative
OF Sp,ague's Mills attracts the adm1ra-
ton OF all by his msrvello rs prrcocisy II
most things, but especially In rebnke
TO admonIsh for sin Is The special prerog
a,ive Of some, while to receive hdmoni'
,icns with pstfence Ia equally duty
OF others The youthful Seuator, Of
whose fair head the dew OF morning lin.
gers, having lived but little while l,
the world, has Of course not yet bccom
corrupted by It, and having done but lit
lie, has nAde but few mistakes. H,s
appropriate that the lips OF innocanc
and simplicity should teach wisdom !
those whose longer career Is beset o
either hand with mournful proots 0! thei
faults and errors. The Senator's jort
rebuke. He begins by rehuking h
galleries for laughing at hli
the last time he spoke, What exordiuu
could be more appropriated BE doe
not say 10 hA admiriug hearers, lik
Brusus, "Lepd' me your ears !" for ha'
ine luh herited great wealtb, he does no
need 80 long loan. But he command
The galleries to LOOK down in revesenc
and not in nirsh.. He solemn}y Inform
them he has warned the country ous
! rpr.t re: !.cze 81 vo;c& " lave p'po
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sxHAToR W8AaV1'8 sP1KCH.

The history OF the Roman Catholic
Chu1ch, as narrated by Protestant his
tor,ans, Is adorned by An entertaining
but apocrJphsl story Of the Popess Joan,
who is alleged to have sat In The chair
Of St. Peter, In small clothes, and whose
marvellous learning received the homage,
ard whose tapering toes we're sala ed by
the kisses, OF the faithful .foz mora than
two years and half until ut last the
career Of the Holy Father was sud lenly
changed by the unumely birth OF . child
IN ,he streets Of Rome, while leading a
SOLEMN PROCESSION OF the Bishops ard
clergy from the Vatican to the Laseran.
As The story does not appear In history
until several hundred years after The
alleged event occurred, 1t Is more useful
as fiction for Illustration than valuable
as guide TO faith. The Senate Of tht
United States, aow no less august q body
than tho College Of Cardinals ITSELF
must have been equally surprised AMI
conioundel, on Wednesday last whc1
The fair and youthful Senator from Ii
Commonwealth OF "she Rhode Islam
and Providence plantations" osherw.s
known as Sp1ague'a Mills, with til
appnr.enances, Was delivered Of a speect
This genile Sprague, OF whom, withou
bypezoole, VIC might speak, as en1ows
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ness ef the I've lake ports We have named, In
The last over the previous 5ear, was over 81
per cent, while at Buffalo We realized a de-
uease ct N per cent Ho~ Is this differ
erce to be accounted fort The uexL iNustra-
&ian will enljghten u.s.
The receipts Of grain At 0sxego for the Last
two Sears were Us follows:
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E[1k AC A0hA40AAJ "AN A6N' ~--~' N-"~ -.
wilIed the country needed. he WAS ot'en
missaken-otsen abusive, unuussworthy
In little things, but he never saw the hour
when he could have betrayed hts coun-
t,y. or conspired sgsinst what he deemed
fer tic time 10 be lis wel&are, HIS recre.
ancy to party WAS divergence chsrga-
bic TO his carly training He had been
lifelong Demcc1at Contempt toz the
black race WAS in his blood. The plat
form On which he wss nominated de-
mnnded The abolition Ct slavery, and TO
this he was true. II failed to demand
Reconstruction On the basis OF
tqas. political rights 10 all men, and
On this question, having no party
guide, he struck out, In manner In hAr-
mopy with bis democratic antecedenn,
nd prejudices, and having taken his
position he held Il 10 the end. TIE s:rue.
Gle CT the Republican party with him has
dcne good as well ID harm, 1t crystal.
lied the party into . homogeneous and
effective msior,ty, which achieved with
out his I'D all bis aid cou'd have given
them, and at the same Tins it drew
out the desperate and sullez
element Of Southern rebellion
into a species OF loyalty 70 the Executive
wbict, 10 them, WAS SOFT OF 1anststo1
towsrd Loyalty to the governnent !
vindiea'et the SUPREMACY OF Cong1es
over the President, triumph OF lie
publicsnism which they might not hsv
won sesin.t more adroit or powerfn
antagonist. Altogether, Andrew John
SON is one Of The marked and strong chs1
acte1s in our history, an illustration Q
the possibilities which our system 9
uniye1sal competition for the re"afo
and toncrs Of life opens up TO the nun
best, md Of the dangers which oeses oa
institutions through the very men ~hoo
they exslt into power.
II It shall be teutd that his dea1h
this period WIZ hsstened By the depress
iur sense Of his failure, which The ga,
of cfice seemed to conceal from him Thtl J.
In power, many throughout the lana vi
regret that they did not oppose MIN mo,
promptly st the beginning and iess DIV
xrly es The end. The enure nsuoa VI
uuI;e In the expression OF sympathy wv
The 1eti1:rg trd E:de::: art n:sss W:a7;
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-08-12
KNOXVILLE, IOWA, THURSDAY, AUG IL, 1862

party in the County. We all know
that human nature is not perfect,
and that men sometimes will atleast
strain point to compass some spe-
cial object. By all means, then, we
beg the Republican voters Of the
County to send up to this Convention
.f,M Delegations which will fairly and
fully represent their wishes.
In Townships where it is deemed
advisable. the Township Chairman
may, or may not, issue special Call
for the Township Convention; and
we do not tunderstandth thatt the County
Chairman's recommendation Of par
ticular day and hour for it has any
binding force; but where no special
Township Call is issued, the County
Call, herewith published, will be ac-
cepted as sufficient warrant for au-
thorized meetings of the Republican
voters in the Townships as therein
named. No one therefore need stay
away for want of due notice as to the
place and hour for these meetings.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-08-12

The Encampment of the G.. A. r.
for the Department of Iowa met at
Davenport on the 4th inst. Gen. +.
w. Rice, of Oskaloosa, was elected
Department Commander. The or
ganization does not seem to be in q
very active condition.
The Hon. William Loughridge,
Representative in Congress from the
Fourth (Ottumwa) District, will be-
gin q series cs political meetings
about the 10th of August, and will
speak at several points in each Coun-
ty of the District.-Micogo Post.
The Grand Lodge of Good Tenn
plars will be held at Marion, Linn
County, on the 3lst inst.
vThe Sioux City Journal tells ofs
catfish weighing 17O pounds, lately
caught in the Missouri river, and
says it was probably the largest ever
taken. How is that?
Charles Hunt, Of Madison County,
spent many dollars and days on
perpetual Motion" machine. II
wouldn't work, of course; and lately
the Constable sold it for 60 cents. Sc
says the OfadisOnian.
The NJ. f. Conference to meet a,
Indianola on the Goth inst. will hold
its sessions in the new Court House
SAYS the Journal.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-08-12
Southern Elections.

The electionin Kentucky, for State
Treasurer and Legislature, took place
on the 2d inst; butnews of the result
was not received here in time for
last weeks paper. Among the
Democratic candidates for the Legis-
lature was Jesse ID. Bright, formerly
of Indiana, who was expelled from
the u. s. Senate for sympathy with
treason. The new Legislature will
choose an U. S. Senator. Latest ad-
vices received here at this writing
Tuesday, indicate the Democratic
majority in the election as between
0,00O and 900; but it is said that
Is or 20 Republicans will be returned
to the Legislature.
On the same day, I'd inst, Alabama
held an election for Members Of Con-
gress. Returns receivedat this writ
ing are very indefinite, but seem to
show at least two Republicans
out of the six elected. The city of
Mobile seems to have gone Rcpubli-
can; and at a demonstration meeting
there last Friday night, in honor of
this victory, q riot arose, not connect
ed with politics, and three negroes
were killed and several whites and
negroes wounded.
The Tennessee election, on the 9Th
inst, was for State officers and Leg
islature. The canvass had been one
of personalities and abuse. Senter,
the reelected Governor, is q pro-
fcssed Republican, and publicly pro-
claimed that nc Islands fairly and
frankly" upon the Chicago Republi-
can Platform, and that he endorses
general suffrage, the Fifteenth
Amendment, and the Common
School system. He ran as Repub-
lican, under professed Republican
principles, and was elected as Re-
publican, over another Republican
candidate. All the rebels, and many
Radicals, voted for him. Yet the
Copperhead papers crow Justify over
his fifty to sixty thousand majority;
and the Legislature elected on his
ticket is expected to select Andy
johnson for the u. S. Senate. The
affair appears almost as much Of a
muddle as the Virginia election. At
Memphis the white and the black
men voted together at the same polls,
for the first time. Trouble was an
ticipated on that account; but none
occurred, and the election there was
unusually quiet.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-08-12
IOWA NEW s.


Ten of the steamer Dubuque pris-
Oners have been held on charge Ol
murder. Three others ask for a fur.
ther hearing.
The cute city mentions the case OF
Capt. c. Z. Johnson, formerly Of Co.
A, 18th Iowa Inf, who at the battle
of Jackson, Miss, in 1868, received a
very peculiar wound through the
loins, the effect Of which is such that
from that day to this he has been
compelled to recline constantly on
his couch, with his face downward,
his lower limbs being wholly useless.
By special act of Congress he was
commissioned Captain in the regular
army, and retired ON full pay. He
lives in Garden Grove, Decatur
County.
The navigation of the Mississippi
river at Rock Island is now wholly
obstructed, the cause Of which is the
lUlDIOScuJctb VI OuC 1sNJiuo CIV CAi"'
place. AT Campbell's Chain the dam
extends across the entire width OF
the channel. Passengers and freight
have to be transferred at that place
Gote city.
Some chaps at Cedar Falls have
been getting up $500 set of harness,
to be presented to Pres't Grant.
What "fat take" arc they after now,
we wonder?
eThe OskaIoosa Herald has informa-
ton, but not from any railroad en-
ployee, that the Des Moines Valley
Railroad will.bo brought up to Oska-
loosa within 80 days.
The State Press, says all of the can
didates on the Democratic ticket have
accepted the nomination and will
take the stump this Fall. ~
The Register has communication
showing that thesuspicion that Hon
James McQuinn, of Benton County
might have had guilty connection
with the death Of young man
named Hodges, last January, has
been shown by due legal investiga'
ton to be entirely unfoundcd,
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-08-12
InstruCting Delegates.

Delegations from subordinate to
major Conventions are sometimes in
structed to ''go for So-and-So first,
last and all the time" 1t always
seems to us that such instructions
imply a packed Convention and a
packed set of Delegates. For our
selves, except in some rare and hard
ly supposable cases, we would not
serve as a Delegate under such bind
ing instructions. A certain amount
of this instruction beforehand-a
certain general expression Of the
wishes of the body sending the Dele
gates-is all right and proper; but
there's no use in running the thing
into the ground.
For example, here is Lincoln Town
ship, which earnestly desires that Mr..
Doe shall be the nominee for Audit
or; and it selects Delegates favorable
to his nomination. But when they
come up to the County Convention
they find that Mr.. Roe, of Bear Grove
Township, is not only candidate
for the nomination, and a suitable
one, but that he has evidently q large
majority of the Convention in his IA
vor. How, then, would the Lincoln
Delegates look, voting for Doe "first
last and all the timer" Or, to make
the matter palmer, suppose that Mr..
Roe and Mr.. Smith have each so
many and SO warm friends in the
Convention that numerous ballots
result in no choice. The Lincoln
Township Delegates, voting for one
or the other, might settle the ques-
tion-but here they go, under in
structions, voting for Doe "first, last
and all the time.'
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-08-12

How can Delegates know what
may come up in County Convention,
before they get there? How can
they know how to act, until they
know the circumstances? And the full
circumstances never can be known
beforehand. 1t is all well and prop
er, gentlemen of the Township Con-
vention, to express to your Delegates
preference for certain nominees; but
don'ttie snsshcdyy's ,'ctc. Select Del
egates in whose wisdom and honesty
you can trust for a fair judgment in
Convention--and Delegates who will
be present themselves to exercise
that Judgment, instead of leaving it
for some one or two more interested
parties, who will attend, to cast the
full vote. The people themselves
must do their own work if they
would have it well done.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-08-12
Correspondence.
PLEASANT GROVE, MARION Co. !,

Iowa. August 4, 1869.
ED. VOTER, Dear .Sir::-Please to al
low me to say something about the
first settlers Of this Grove, who they
were, and our mode Of improving tho
country.
In January of 1916, VIM. Glenn and
his brother settled in this grove, WILL
lam at what is now Pleasantville, and
Samuel at what is now known as the
old Bristow farm. Then one d. Hal
sey settled on the farm now owned by
Cruzen Bane. Then, in February,
Mr.. G.. p. Logan settled west of Pleas
antvilie; and he is now the oldest set
tier in this grove. In the Spring fol-
lowing, Messrs. l.. Reynolds and I.
Tibbet came; and improvements began.
Cabins We're to raise, rails to make,
and land to break. Our country was
sparsely settled; and it required nearly
all of us to raise cabin. We thought
it not task to go from two to four
miles to raise cabins for one another;
and our mothers would walk that dis
tance and cook for the men, or assist
their neighbor lady to cook, and then
walk home again at night.
Thus we labored on. And now we
number 1854 inhabitants, with two
nice little villages in this grove neigh
borhood. Looking back to the days of
those early settlements, and then look
ing round at the large farms, fine cot
tagc houses, and orchards and barns,
and all done in the short space of %
years, one may ask, How was it all
accomplished? Industry and perse-
verance have wrought all these great
improvements.
But another thought strikes me so
forcibly that l can't refrain from men
tioning it:-Have our morals improved
in proportion with the country? I fear
they have been neglected. Then, we
met in worship in candor and quiet
ude, and the aged persons were re-
spected. Let any of the young be en-
gagged in any jovialty or mirth, and
old Isaac Metcalf, or old Uncle Will
lam Jordan, or your humble servants
father, approach, and then oil was
over at once. And how now?-Let
them alone or they will insult you to
your face, and they will point and
grin at you with sneer; and a lady is
| in danger of being run over rs she
"...sa "a. ~; v99 c..o oSa-@y 80 A'
Sitting in my house, could tell as
well when meeting was out as If I
were on the ground-and 1 half
mile Off These are the latter-day
times. We arc not improving much
in these respects. Friends, let us all
uso every means we can to improve
our young peoples minds and morals.
J. v. GLENN
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-08-12
County Convention.

The Official Call for the Republi-
can County Convention, to be held
on the ith of next month, appears at
the head of this column. The Town
ships are recommended to hold their
Conventions on the 2Sth inst. 1t
will be observed that these Town
ship Conventions are to elect one
person from each Township to serve
on the County Corresponding Com
mittee during the present year.
This, if our memory is not at fault,
is a somewhat new feature in this
County; and we incline to think 1t a
good one. AS we understand it, the
members of this Committee are eX-
pected to take especial charge of po-
litical matters in their respective
Townships-so that things may not
be left to go at loose ends generally
for want Of some one especially DIES.
ignated to see to them-and to confer
and advise with the Executive Com
mittee when necessary. Don't for
get, friends, at your Township
Conventions on the 28th inst, to
select your best and most active and
earnest men for these positions; and
the names of those SO chosen should
be certified, with the credentials OF
the Delegates, to the County Con,
ventiOn.
And as the Chairman very cor.
rectIy observes, it is indeed desirable
that full Delegations should be ap-
pointed from each Township-not
only appointed, but sent. AT these
Township Conventions the work is
done. We have this year more Off
GERS to nominate-and we hope to
elect-than ever before; hence we
may reasonably expect more anxi'
ETY., more effort, and perhaps more
contention among candidates and
their friends. The way, the only
way, to stop all undue "wire-work-
ing" and "cliques" and all that sort
Of thing, is for the people to turn out
and attend these Township Conven-
tions, and choose Delegates who will
represent them fairly.
And by all means elect Delegates
who will come. One man, empow-
cred to cast the full vote ola Town
ship, is more easily ''wire-worked," +"
as the phrase is, than the whole four
or FIVE men would be. But if you
stay away from the Township Con.
vention, and let some person "pack''
it for special purposes, what right
can you then have to growl at the
doings of the Delegates thus chosen:
Now, we are not talking for OF
against any "interest' whatever,
except that of the whole party-are
not insipuating, either, that any un-
fair work is premeditated, or any
thing of the kind-but we do urge
that our next Convention will be too
important to be left to the selection
of anything less than the whole
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-08-12
GENERAL NEWS.

Further dispatches show that the
great explosion in the mines near
Dresden, SaXony, last week, was far
more destructive than first reported.
A dispatch of the Ath inst. says that
32l dead had been found.
An influential movement has been
started at Buffalo, New York, to
break down the coal monopolies
which have become so oppressive in
that region.
Brig Catherine, from st. Domingo,
arrived at Boston last week, with
nearly all her crew down with Vel
low fever.
1t is stated that twelve millions
of dollars in gold coin are now locked
up in the u. S. Assistant Treasury
at San Francisco.
The Comercial Tourists, who lately
went from Chicago to San Francisco
brought back with them two Chinese
go e-~1--.t~, oS-- of..9 sr-i --l sE-.
Chow Chow, who were received at
the Chicago Board of Trade with all
the consideration due to distinguished
commercial visitors.
The neW$10 counterfeit grecnbacks
have made considerable sensation in
the commercial world, judging from
the telegraphic dispatches. Look
out for them.
The giving way of a trestlc bridge
near Danbury, Connecticut, under a
train of cars, one day last week,
caused the loss Of three or four lives.
But railroad smash-up nowadaysis is
not considered of much importance
unless a score or moro Of human
beings are mangled and roasted.
Some of the leading citizens of
Brooklyn, New York, have taken
steps toward forming an Association
to work against the various "rings''
and all other corruptions in the
management of municipal govern
ment. Good! We wish oil New
York City would help on the move
ment.
1t is reported that Senator Cole has
gone to st. Domingo on a special and
secret mission from this Government.
Dubious.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 8.
The Workingmen's Convention
held at Virginia City passed resolu-
tions denouncing tho importation Of
Chinese, and declaring their employ
ment in the mines and In other fields
Of labor must be discountenanccd or
bring on an irrepressible conflict and
blood-shed.
"a National Tobacco Association
was organized at Cincinnati last
Thursday.
At special meeting of the North
western Wool Growers Association,
held at Cincinnati last Thursday,
Resolutions approving the present
wool and woolens tariff and opposing
any radical changes in it, were unan-
imOusly adopted.
FLORENCE, Italy, Aug. 5.
During the celebration Of the great
festival in the Cathedral, the drapery
caught fire; the church was crowded,
and the congregation was seized with
a panic, rushing for the doors in con-
fusion. Sixteen persons were
trampled to death and large num-
Der badly bruised. The fire was
speedily extinguished before any
considerable damage was done TO
the Cathedral.
The Report Of the Board Of Vista
ton to West Point recommends that
more attention should be paid, at
that Institution, to physical geogra-
ply, hygiene and other studies in
English, and less to French and
other foreign languages. LIS not this
sign Of the practical spirit OF the
times?
The Empress Of France proposes TO
make three-m0nths' tour through
Turkey and Egypt.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-08-12
Marion County Bank,

KNOXVILLE, IOWA. Paid up Capital
IN 5o,00O. Gold, Silver, Government and
other socurities bought and sold. Interest
allowed on time deposits. Special attention
given to Collections. Open from A. M. to
P. M. except Sundays.
STO TOcKHOLDERS:
J NJ. Cnthcart Lsrkin WriRht,s
s. X. Bellamy, Robert Crozier,
J. B. Neifert, Jas. j Gamble,
Osbin Marsh, J. l.. Mccormack,
JE Neal, o, z. Wright,
IT, 3. Woodruff & Bro.
JAS d G ANBLE. Cash,r LARKIS WRiGHT, Prest
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-08-12
Timber for Sale!

HAVE FOR SALE 40 Acres Of Good
Timb err, to wit: s. e. of N. q. Sec. 81
Tp. "a Range IS, lying half mile south OF the
Marysville Saw Mill.
TERMS, SIS per acre; one half down, and
balance in one year. TT. ANDERSON.
Knoxville, Iowa, May 4th, 'es. a47 tt.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-08-12
Gibson House.

Ty7HE UNDERSIGNED, having leased the
Neal House property, would respect
fully announce that he has entirely rofitted
and rofurnished it, rs a First-class Hotel,
where he will spare no care or expense for
the accommodation of the Public. The very
best Of statliDg furnished.
Ms- Near northwest corner Public Square,
Knoxville. j. T. ROLLER.
july, 1889, 3 If