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Tournament at LOngtOwn.

A pleasant breeze added much to
the enjoyment of the day, in dispell-
ing the otherwise too warm encour-
agement Old Sol lent to the occa-
sion by his presence, and long ere
the hour for the opening of the cere-
monies and fitting arrived q large
crowd had gathered together upon
the grounds, and many of the fair
daughters of the county were to be
numbered in the immense throng.
What would the gallant knights of
the tourney do were they not en-
couraged by the presence of woman?
'Twould be a mere sham. No more
would the tourney be filled with
eager contestants were their pres
ence withdrawn.
AT 10 o'clock the Judges, Capt.
R. H. Porter, John Bryant and R.
?. Sorrells Esqs., made their appear
ance upon the stand, land meier did
the ermine fall on worthier shout
ders), accompanied by the Herald,
Col. B. R. Blankenship. The voices
of the Chief Marshal, Mr.. John
Askew, and his Assistant, Captain
James Levers, were heard calling
the knights together, and undertheil
guidance, marched in circle to the
sonl-inspiring notes cf a Quick
march from the splendid band in at
tendance, once around the stand.
then fronted into line, when an ad.
dress was delivered to them by the
Orator of the Day, Freeman Ran.
dolph, Esq, who in a brief manner
urged the knights to greater efforts
by relating the noble impulses that
should actuate every true son O
chivalry. The roll of knights was
then called, and seventeen answered
to their names.
ROLL OF KNIGHTS:
Knight Of Honor, J. H. Maxwell; knight o
Decatur, D. q. Fowler; Knight of the,.Back'
woods, J. R. MITCHELL Knight of the Forest
Mark Carter; Knight Of Ravenswood, William
Trotter; Knight of the Sunny South, W. G
Polk; Knight of the Lost Cause, Bud Dodson
knight of McIver, Henry Deck; Knightc Of ths
Fallen Chief 7. G. Bailey; Knight of the Red
White and Red, James Trotter; knight of the
Oaks, R. G. Patton; knight Of Despair, Sam
johnson; knight Of Senatobia, Bud jackson
Knight of the Southern Cline, Gee johnson
Knight Of the Dismal Swamp, Richard Fit,.
gerald; knight Of Indian Creek, Ben Mitchell
Knight of Cicero, R.A Crawley.
The fitting then began, and the
first three rounds resulted in a tic
between three of the knights--tht
Knight Of the Oaks, the Knight O
the Backwoods and the Knight 0.
Decatur-each taking nine rings, fol
the first three prizes; the knight
Of the Dismal Swamp taking sever
rings and winning the fourth prize
and a tie of six knights, each taking
six rings, for the fifth and sixth
prizes-the knight Of Honor, tn
Knight Of the Forest, the Knigh'
of the Sunny South, the Knight 0
Despair, the Knight Of the Southern
Cline and the Knight Of Cicero
after two tits, resulting in tn
Knight of the Southern Chine win
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The CRoPs.--The weather during
the past fortnight has been very
favorable to our planters, and the
crops have been worked oassls~n.
Corn is looking very fine, and a full
yield may be expected. Cotton,
though backward, presents ahealthy
appearance, and good Stands" will
doubtless be obtained. The wheat
crop is almost entirely harvested,
and much of it forwarded to market.
The yield is a good average.
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The Pamela (Miss.) STAR is now
edited by Messrs. L. j. Walsh, j. A.
Polk and Freeman Randolph, who
makes it a readable, spicy and val
liable provisioning to understand
we'll that a weekly newspaper is
"little worth" unless, "intensely
local. Success TO you, gentlemen Of
The STAR.
We are indebted to the Water
Valley Eagle fcf the above handsome
compliment, and return our thanks
for the kind wish expressed. You
have "hit' our idea exactly, friend
of the Eagle, in thinking that we
would have an intensely local"
paper.
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1869-06-26
Purify Your 9loods
Use HURHEY'S SARSAPARILLA
with IOdide Of Potash

For Affections Of the Bones, Ha,
bitual Costitiveness, Debility,
Diseases of the Kidney,
Dyspepsia, Erysipelas,
Female Irregu-
larities,
Fistula, all Skin Diseases, Liver
Complaint, Indigestion, Piles,
Pulmonary Diseases, Sy-
philis, Scrofula, or
Kings Evil.
JAMES RueDLE b co, proprle,ors,
Louisville KY,
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READ, AND READ ATTENTrvELy.

DR HunLrY-Dcar Sir. | wish to make
known my case 10 the inhabitants Of Louis
vile. ! am a clerk in a large establishment
and the victim Of hereditary s~crofula, from
which ] have suffered beyond description, and
for months and months have been unable TO
follow my employment ! have taken Cod
Liver on, Iodine, Guysotts and Bull Sarsapa.
rilla. Ny brother has been In Louisville, and
hearing Of DR.. Hurley's Sarsaparilla, procured
me half a dozen bottles Of II. / determined to
stop all pbysic, but by the persuasion Of my
family | tried 1t, and after taking four bottles.
the sores began 10 heal, and the large glands 70
disappear. | have suffered for twelve wears.
and am now finishing the last bottle, which
Will leave me In good health. ! think IL
wonderful medicine, and the doctor a credit 10
the city he resides in.
shall be happy to answer any eommrnlca-
tons addressed to me on the subject,
am, sir, yours obliged,
HEsRy TraSp.
Cincinnati, Ohio.
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lftom The Meridian GAstrte.l

From the Meridian Gazette
lirRtEY's AouE ToSic.-The following cor.
%tihcatei nom a reliable citizen Of Meridian,
speaks for itself
MERIDIAN, Mlss., Oct !, 1865.
r. Y. r, CHADWICK
Dear SIR This Is TO certify that | bough,
from you, by your recommendation, one bottle
OF Hnrleys Aguc Tonic, and II cured two
cases Of fever and eguc ofhftccn months stand.
ing. cheerfally recommend Hurley Tonic
to the public generally.
Respectfully yours, &C.,
ioHs D. wRonI.
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POWELL y WALL,
uArmsVII.I.m. MISS

uArmsVrBbm MISE.
Our customers mud the public generally ac advised tia, pc are now
In receipt of
New BOnnets. Hats and Trimmings.
\ enc selection 81
Boots, Shoes slippers, Gaiters BuSkins, Ac, at low Prices.
Cottonades, Domestics, Drillings, Osnaburgs Cheap
New and Beautiful Prints, Fine, Nice aud Elegant Lawns and Musius
AT Low FIGURES,
rendering our sincere thanks for the liberal patronage given ia since
the arrival of our first stock of Spring Goods, we would respectfully
invite all to an examination of these new goods, and pledge ourselves to
sell you goods as low as any house in the trade. Our stock will still en-
brace oil the Plantation Supplies usually kept by us, and will be full anG
complete during the spring and summer season.
mh27-7m POWELL WALL.
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Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-07-08
es.# KNOXVILLE, IOWA, THURSDAY, JULY s. 1869

There are those who complain of
the President, who ridicule his APP
pointments, who declare his Admin
istration failure. But these COM
plants, for the most part, have their
origin in partisan bitterness, or per-
sonal disappointment, and do not at
all represent that great body of citi-
zens who by their votes placed Gen.
Grant at the head Of national affairs.
The President has only to go on as
he has commenCed--to root out dis
honesty and incompetency in every
department Of the public business, to
faithfully collect and apply the rev
cn.cs cfthc Gc.c-.:Hcn 70 complete
the restoration OF the Union and to
cultivate and maintain a spirit of
peace ut home and abroMl-tO retain
and increase the confidence the peo-
pie have reposed in him. ..
The work of retrenchmsnt and re-
form has only commenced. 1t must
be. pushed to its legitimate conclu-
sion. Congress at its next session
must not only continue the policy
inaugurated last winter, bnt must go
still further in the way of reforming
abuses, scattering rings, and guard
ing the interests of the public. In
this way only will the Republican
party fulfil its promises and retain
its hold upon the affections and con-
tidence of the people -HnWkeye.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-07-08
The New PrOhibifOry law in
MaSSaClluSettS.

The new Prohibitory Liquor Law
of Massachusetts differs little from its
predecessor, except that cider is left
free, though it cannot be drank where
it is sold Pure liquors for medical
and kindred purposes are TO be sup
piled from Boston by State agency,
with branches at each County-seat.
There will be town agencies, under
proper restrictions, where the people
choose to have them. In short, the
act seems well considered and care
fully guarded, and will sensibly re-
duce the pauperism and crime Of
Massachusetts, if vigorously enforced.
If it fails, that will be the fault Of its
friends. Massachusetts had Pro-
hibitory law for years. In 1867. a
Legislature was chosen which repu-
dated Prohibition and returned to
License. We have now the rebound
prohibition re-enactcd two to one.
-H0nkeye.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-07-08

Mrs. DIR. Mary Walker, the he-fe-
male pest, is still unsuccessful in her
attempts to get some Office at WASH
ingtOn. -.
The expenses of the Bostonians
who got up the Peace Jubilee
amouted to upwards of three hum
dred thousand dollars. The receipts
more than compensated them.
Commissioner DelanO estimates
that the internal revenue receipts for
the fiscal year will be $15S, 100000
a strong movement is on foot in
the Southern States to induce Chinese
immigration, to take the place of
negroes as laborers on plantations.
That Cuban Expedition which at
tempted to leave New York city g
few days ago was completely frustra'
ted by the Z. S. Revenue officers.
Col. Ryan escaped, and at latest word
had not been captured. A dispatch
of the 3d inst. says that the Cuban
prisoners were all released that day,
on bonds to keep the peace and toap-
pear when called for trial.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-07-08
EncOuragtng.

The Public Debt Statement for the
first of July shows a decrease, during
the month of June, of over SIG 900, 900
and an aggregate decrease since the
incoming of the present Administra-
tion of nearly S37 100000. Mr.. Bout
well has his Sinking Fund policy
fairly inaugurated, and has already
laid by in bonds the snug little sum
of nearly $9,OO0,OOO. These are sub
stantial as well as gratifying facts;
facts that the people can see and
appreciate, and for which they will
give the Administration of President
Grant credit. All this has been done
in the first four months, during
which large portion Of the time Of
both the President and tho heads Of
Departments has been necessarily
occupied in changing their subOrdi-
mates, and in meeting the demands
made upon them ny those wishing to
secure or retain Office.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-07-08

COUNTY FINANCES Mr.. Baker, Co.
Treasurer, gives us the following in
teresting statistics in regard to the fl
nances of this County:
Tax Levy for 1867, $9l ,720.73
amount of it collected, up to July
1869, $50, 1922; delinquent, s., 5,d95, 81
Levy for 1868, $50, ,s16.ls; amount
collected on it up to July l, 1869, $77,
446.71; balance due, ST., ,3Go47.
The total cost of assessing the Coun
ty this year was 81 ,5ll.62. The Treas
urer's salary is 81 10000; Deputy hire
average, S20O.00; making out Tax.
Books, S400.O0-maiing the total cost
Of assessing and collecting the revc,
nues of the County, S3,3ll.G2
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-07-08

"NETTIE FENwoOD's" LETTER.
Having spoken as we did last week
of "Nettie FenWOod's" Letter in the
Jasper Republican, about Knoxville
and other places, and not having had
room to copy it then, it seems no
more than fair that we should give
it now in full. Here it is:
PELLA, June IA, 1869.
Dear Republicans y Wooden shoes
and Dutch babies! This is the town
for sleep, dreamy qtietness, and the
Winding-up Of all earthly ambitions.
They have built but one business
house in Pella for seven years, and
that in fast-rushing Iowa! But here
is paradise Of small fruits and roses.
How the cherries twinkled their
bright eyes i'm and out among the
dark green leaves! Such ropes of
currants, and gooseberries as big as
your thumb! 49,
i hear that the Dutch are trying to
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-07-08
IOWA NEWS.

Hon. James +. Wilson will not be
a candidate for the L. S. Senate, says
the Fairfield Ledger.
The Medical Department Of the
Iowa State University was organized
last week, and five, Professorships
filed. The Department will not go
into operation at present.
The Harkeye tells that 25 years
ago barge-load of bacon was sunk
in the river between burlington and
Fort Madison; and a few days ago
one Of the pieces was recovered, and
found to be turned to stone.
A permanent County Sunday
School Association has been organ
lied in Monroe County. j. I. Young
is Secretary.
Rev. r.. A. McAyeal, of Oskaloosa,
formerly Chaplain Of the 33d Iowa,
has been appointed to Missionary
work In Chicago, as we IeaTIi from
the Oskaloosa Herald.
The Friends (Quakers'l. Academy
building, five miles east of Indianola,
is Of brick. 40x60 feet on the ground,
and two stories high, and will be
finished within three months; says
the Journal.
Miss Smell, of Dubuque, made, or
was to make, the 4th Of July GRAFTON
at !. Celebration in Delaware County
last Monday, sayr the Register.
Good idea. s
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-07-08
buy the Americans out, and probably
dig canal to the Des Moines river,

buy the Americans out, and probably
dig canal to the Des Moines river,
SO as to make it a new Amsterdam. D
But they need more Americans and
more cash to make city. The Col-
lege has not quite the success of its
former memories, some of its best
teachers having left.
went to Knoxville, and engaged
the Methodist Church to lecture in,
but the notorious Major AthertOn
and certain Pollock, both Copper
heads, raised a rookery about Aboli-
tionists, so l was sent to the Court
House, within an hour Of the time
that was to speak words of wisdom
to the people. had no time to cir
culate the news of the change, so
had a small house. This Pollock has
| been an eye-sOre to the Church for
years, and is the leader Of a gang of
Copperheads who divide the Metho-
dists into quarrels and trouble on
many occasions.
There are some beautiful homes
about Knoxville. The residence Of
Capt. James Mathews and Mr..
| Brobst are models Of taste and ele-
gance. We were much indebted to
Col. Booth, Of the fremont, for many
kind attentions. He is gentleman,
and knows how to keep hotel.
The crops are looking splendidly
here, and if there is nothing to in-
iure the harvests, wheat cannot be
worth more than fifty cents bushel.
What a lucky thing for poor men,
but not for poor farmers.
Prairie City and Monroe are
building up business houses and pri-
uate dwellings,. The people are SO
much more intelligent and alive
than in Knoxville or Pella. Lots
are still cheap in both places. Mon
roe has more churches to the size Of
the place than any other village in
Iowa; and splendid School HOnse,
although they commit the egregious
blunder Of three male teachers, IN
stead of ladies. .aa
n good many farmers are raising
potatoes to feed hogs, instead OfcOrn.
They fatten more readily; and pota-
toes can be sent to the West, and
bring Il good price. We found q
very pleasant community about
Monroe. With many thanks to the
pleasat host Of the Monroe hotel, and
the genial DIR. Schooley and wife, I
am yours, FEN WOOD.
| Now, if it had been q man who
had written all this, the case would
have been different. AS it is how
ever, let us merely say that the re-
mark about the "One business house
in Pella" is erroneous; SO is the one
about "the Dutch trying to buy the
Americans OUT" so are all, or nearly
all, Of those about the Methodists of
Knoxville. Mr.. Pollock is far from
being Copperhead, or even DEM
made, were it worth while to Waste
room on the matter.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-07-08
LATEST NEWS.
FROM LAST NIGHTS DAILIEs.

FROM LAST NIGHTS DAlLIES.
Gold down now to 1.35.
In Chicago market, day before yes
torday,. wheat was higher but quiet,
with sales ranging from $l.l94 to
$l.33; corn moderately active, clos
ing steady, with range from 46 to 7a!
cents; cattle, upper grades active and
firm, sales ranging from 1880 to ST.
IS; hogs dull and weak but not quo
tably lower, sales from $S.25 to 1925.
In st. Louis market, same day,
Spring wheat was dull and lower,
and new light, range Of sales from
$l.l5 to sl.55; corn not doing much,
quoted at GS to 93 cents; cattle in
small business, ut $3.50 to $3.50; hogs
firmer, at 81. 80 to $3.50.
In New York City, on same day,
wheat was quiet, at STAG to $1.56;
corn quiet at So to SS cents; cattle q
little firmer, prices ranging from $13
to $3.50; hogs firmer, two cars Of
live, weighing lS5 pounds, sold at
80. 30.
There are reports that Il Cuban ex-
petition of 500 men left Erie, Pa,
by way of a Canadian port, few
days ago. And Washington dis
patches dated last Monday say that
Cubans there have received news of
battle near Holquin, Cuba, about
the 23d Of last month, in which the
Spanish troops were defeated, with
loss of about 200. The insurgents
loss was about the same, including 20
Americans killed.
c. w. Brown and Maj. o. Smith,
editors and proprietors of the Satur-
day Evening Gazette, were shot by
one Z. S. Erney, policeman, at
Terre Haute, Indiana, last Tuesday
afternoon. F5
A bridge broke down'at Elgin,
Illinois, Monday, and about 100 per-
sons were thrown into the water,
severely injuring several of them.
The National Irish Republican
Convention met at Chicago last Mon
day. 22l delegates present, from 10
States and Territories. The Resolu-
tions support full and equalrights for
all, sympathize with the Cubans,
profess loyalty to our Government as
a first duty, endorse Sumner and
Chandler on the Alabama Claims
question, denounce Free Trade doc
trines and neutrality laws, favor
Irish settlements on homesteads in
stead of in cities, and favor naturali-
zation in one year after arrival in
this country.
Virginia election passed quietly.
Both parties claim the victory; no
definite returns are yet received.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-07-08

ITEMs.-The boy j. Grant, who was
one of the persons wounded by the
anvil accident at Prairie City last Sat
urday, is not dead, though slight hopes
are entertained of his recovery The
work has commenced on the new
$40. 600 Dutch Reform Church in Pella.
THE Commencement Exercises at
the Central University in Pella last
week passed off pleasantly, closing
with a grand reunion festival. Miss
Cynthia Jewett and Miss Luella kea-
blcs, of Pella, graduated and received
diplomas. These items from yester-
days Bt0ue.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-07-08
Notes on various Matters.

The Reg;ster edi;orially calls for a
revision, plitication and new cod
ifcation Of the laws OF iowa. We
would echo the call most heartily.
If any man knows all that is and is
not law in Iowa, he certainly can't
know anything else. No man can
keep track of the confusion; and ev-
cry Legislature makes the matter
worse. If we are not mistaken, there
are now three prominent Legal gen
tIemcn in the State employed in such
a revision. 1t is to he hoped their
labors may result profitably.
Democratic journals make cOnsid-
erablc ado about a letter from Ed
ward Spangler to the New York
World, in which he asserts his own
and Mrs. Surratt's entire innocence
of any completely in the assassination
Of Pres't Lincoln, but says that At
zerodt, Payne and Harold have in his
hearing acknowledged themselves
the guilty parties. 1t will be re-
mcmbered that Spangler was par
doned out fror1 the Dry Tortugas
last March, by A. j.
The Chicago Tribauae comes out
now strongly in praise Of President
Grants Administration, arguing that
the errors Of which it complained so
bitterly a while ago appear now to
have been but trivial in comparison
with the immense good results al
ready accomplished and undertaken.
That's about the case, too.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-07-08

From the same paper we learn
that the fine new Congregational
church at Prairie City, 81 by 81 feet
on the ground, and costing $4,000,
was dedicated On the Goth ult., and
will soon have bell.
"A violent tornado last week passed
over nearly the same track as the
hurricane about Camanche years
ago. 1t swept away hogs, cattle,
fences, houses and trees. The small
village of Malone, on the n. w. r..
n., WAS nearly ieveled to the ground.
One woman was killed, and several
wounded.
Mr.. Richard Davis, an Englishman
by birth, about 90 years of age, q lit
tie over five feet high. light built,
with blue eyes and gray hair, disap-
peared from his residence in Mt.
Pleasant, Henry County, Iowa, on
the 2lst of May, and has not been
heard OF since. His sister, Mrs
Thomas Evans, Mt. Pleasant, will
be very thankful forany information
us to his whereabouts.
The Davenport Gazette remarks
"The recent decision of the Iowa Su.
preme Court has not ended the ques
tion of Bank taxation. The case oI
Clifford VS.. City of Davenport, with
that of Davenport VS.. same, is to bC
taken up to the Supreme Court of the
United States. The papers were pre-
pared Yesterday. Months will elapst
before a final decision is reached.o
One hundred and fifty-siX pounds
and ten ounces Of butter are reported
to have been made from the milk o
one COW in Scott County from the 5ti
Of March to the 23d of June last.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-07-08

The population Of our County is
now 23,440. The yield Of wheat in
the County last year, as shown by
Census, was 5ss,574 b"shels. This
will net to the produ ers anaverage
Of SO pounds Of -four to the bushel--
making a total Of l9,422, ,942 pounds
Of -four the Farmers get from last
years wheat crop.
Now, the army ration Of -four, as
provided during the late Rebellion,
is as large an amount as we could
reasonably expect the average OF
persons in this County now to eat
because we have SO much meat,
vegetables, &C., to 60 with it. And
besides,.the babies, counted in with
the population, will eat but little