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Wade andthe Buggists.

San Domingo Correspondents N. Y, Sum.
The rage of Wade is fearful to
behold. He has turned himself into
. volcano Of profanity. He asserts
that Grant has sent him down here
with pack of damned fools who,
now that their work is done, want
70 sport around the West India
islands and scoop up ill the snakes
and lizards. He swears and sweats,
and sweats and swcars in the hot
sun until one could almost imagine
that his great soul was just ready to
jump out OF his body. The fact sis
Ben. wants to 60 home. His work
is done, and he don't want to Loaf
around any longer. He objects to
being the figurc-head of q gang of
crazy buggists, who are necessarily
talking about scarab~i, umbellifor-
GUS, and lugiminous orders, arach.
nid@, coprorhagi, anthropomorpbe,
the RI Aphasmacrocarpa, lacer-
nonsenSO a. Ben calls it. The
other day one OF tho Druggists camo
on board with n tat spider strung to
u stick.
"What IN tho name of heaven is
that ?" asked Ben, as tho kicking
spider was passing him.
"That, Mr.. Wado," said the happy
buggist, holding up the spider, "is a
beautiful specimen of the tarantula-
ted lycosa tarantul@. It's the finest
specimen l over saw"
Tho Old War Horse gazcd at il
ono moment and then growled out,
!" The hell it ID Take it away !"
Soon after another buggist came
on board with u three-tailed fish, and
told Ben. it was the most COM
plete specimen of the homocersal and
heteroccrsal platessa fcusee that he
had ever found. A moro disgusted
man than Mr.. Wade was whom he
received this information has rarely
been seen. i am told that Bon. has |
said that he expects next to meet q
buggist with . six-toed negro, or a
Carib with double row of ears all
round his head, strung TO pole. |
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Altar oil We don't believe Ret
Clarkson had the rheumatics 90 des-
perately bad il Washington, Judging
from the following which We clip
from his yesterdays Register. ia1
Winnie Ream, the divine little
Western girl who. has made all the
Eastern critics mad by her sin Of
having carved (of the immortal Lin
ooln) . finer piece Of statuary than
Yankee woman ever carved, will
visit Iowa the present summer. So
she Informed the writer Of this few
weeks ago. She will visit at Iowa
City, with the family Of Hon. Ezekiel
Clark, with whom she returned
from Europe in the same ship last
fall She will also probably give
the Capitol q call. We mention
this, because we are told, By re-
markable authority, that angels
visits are few and far between, and
We would have our people ON the
lookout for this one. For Winnie is
oh, 20 prettyl and il said to DO 10
sweet, that we presume it is our duty
to class her visits under that celestial
head. ~
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Capt J. II. Knox, formerly chief Of
q bureau in Washington and lator
editor Of the Indianola journal nee
V;sitor, has turned States evidence
and recently delivered . teching tom
perance lecture at Indiauola, Iowa.
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At Council Bluffs, Mrs. Walenspeil
lives near q creek, on the edge OF
which stands her wood-pile. A few
nights sincc, she heard somebody
stealing hor wood. She approached
cautiously, seized = pair Of brooches
and a coat collar, and in a minute, q
man was yelling, "take me out, take
me out, ] shall drown" Z
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a hEAErHY ksJo5KDsn.-Shertly'
after thoaCossssonaef asmse ~, whes
scotch geatlemen were oeesnninE 20
feel . home n Londony LORD Han
wood gave = dinner parry - wasch
were invited Q lar6e number q
oourtiefs and oflcets both civil and
military. Tho isasewaa endsd ard
with the now g vino the company
prepared for. the enjoyment q j.
corresponding now Of Wit and Joality.
After the bottls heo cirousat0d = lev
times and the spirits q the assembly
had begun to rise Gen. g. On
English trooper of fame, and a'rsckl
less b0NUsU0nt, arose and said
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Sheridan, Malcom, and Pleasant
townships, Poweshiek county, havo
issuod notices for an election, to dc.
eide whsthor they will tax them
selves 70 aid in the construction of
the Ottumwa, lama City h Minne-
sofa Rail Road. An article in tho
Montexuma Republican, from which
We CLEAN, gays that paper never had
. larger circulation or enjoyed a
better patronage than it does now.
-Re0ister. :
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Rev. VIM. Salter completed ON
Wednesday q quarter Of . century
Of continuous labor as pastor Of tho
Congregational Church Of Burning
ton. The event was celebrated by
an elegant reception in the spacious
rooms of the new church building.
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Representatives Orr, Cotton and
Walden are reported to have oppos-
I'd the appointment Of Peter Melen-
dy for Marshal and favored the claim
Of B. Il. Cue, Of the Iowa northeast
that important position.
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Force 81 HabIt..

The metropolitan correspondent
OF . Boston paper relates the follow.
ing anscdote, which very vividly il.
Illustrates the forco of habit n
"a married man whom We shall
take the liberty 70 designate as
Smith, though that is not his pa
tronymio, lives ct : family boarding
house In New York City, most Of
the inmates Of which are inclined to
enjoy the luxury of late sleep Sum
day mornings. Smith, however, has
been attending . series Of revivA;
meetings lately, and has Indicted -
. result . strong desire to sbe good !
One morning he was awake at an,
early hour, and two young men who
slept IN IN adjoining room was soon
unpleasantly reminded Of the fact,
as he persisted, while making his
toilet, in slnging, without regard to
time, and in . horrible voice: There
is . Happy Land, Far, Far Awayln
Didn't those goddess young men NUT.
ter wishes, not loud, perhaps, but
earnest, that he would Immediately
start upon . trip TO- the far-away
country, Or any, other place. After
. while he changed to that favorite
old hymn, "Jesus, my al, to Heaven
has gone" and drolled il Justify nm
ill hs got to "gone,' which gradually
faded away, and Q second afterward
the unwilling listeners heard tElizai
Elisal Where in h-ll is my other
boot?' pf3tf 'iEfsi'tA-tlF7ssls "a
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- = 0OO&AAAAA 4VNs 3ssss
The President sent the following |
70 Congress on last sAtur.
days
WHRIA II 10 provided in tho |
CoAstitutioA, Of the United States
that the listed States shall proteot
every State In this Union, ON appli-
cation Of ~ Legislature, or Of the
ExecutivA when tho Legislature
cannot convened, against dohes.
ticviul6nce ;and,
WHnHAs, It il provided u the
laws Of the United etAtss that n |
all GASES Of insurrection in any
State, or of obstruction to tho laws
thereof II shall be lawful for the
President Of the United States, on
application of the Legislature Of
such State, or the Executive, when
the Legislature cannot BE- convened,
to call forth the militia Of any
State, Or States, or employ such
part of the land and naval forcss
~ shall be Judged necessary for the
purpose Of sappresslng such insur-
reotion, or causing tho laws to BE-
duly executed; and, sSs 5S.sas4j
| WHHRnAs,i / have reosived iufor-
nation that combinations Of armed
men, uhAathorised By law, are nov
disturbing tho peAoe and safety Of
citizens Of the State Of South Car.
olina, and committing acts of VIC.
leuce in said State Of . Charactef
| and to an extent which render the
power Of the State and its officers
unequal TO the task Of protecting
/ life and property and. securing pub.
| lilo order therein; and, iis Sea 3a,s
] WnEasAs, The Legislature o.
| sid State il mot now in session, and
l cannot DO convened in time TO meet
the present emergency, the Execu
tiye of said State has therefore
made application to mo for suct
4 part Of the Military force Of the
United States - may be necessary
and adeqaate to protsct said STATE
and citisens thereof against domes
! tic violence hsreinbefore mentioned
and enforce the due execution Of tn,
laws land,
II WHxRsAs, Tho laws of the Unitet
| States require that, whenever i
Il may b necessary in tbs judgments o
the President to use The military
forcs for the purpose Aforesaid, b.
shall foathwith, by proclamation
command suoh insurgents to dispers
and retire peaceabiy to,.their respec
/. tive abodes within limited time;
Il Now, therefore, /, Ulysses s. Grant
President Of the United States, d
! hereby command the persons com
, posing the unlawful combinatio
! | Aforesaid, 70 disperse and retir
! peaceably to their respective abode
within twenty days from this date.
s In witness whereof have her,
unto set my hand, and caused th
!, seal Of the United States to be q
: l fixed.
Done at the city Of Washington
?. this twenty-fonrth day Of March
in the year Of our Lord one thoul
II and eight hundred and seventy
oil one, and the Independence Of ID
III United States tho ninety-fifth.
II (Signed) us. GRANT.
! By the President:
al HAMILTON FIsH,
II Secretary of State.
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The Methodists Of Iowa are TO
have . grand old convention at Iowa
City On the 18th Of June next. II
will be composed Of all the elements
Of tho Church without regard to
flank or "previous ndilpn u seryE
tad. !" The follow hs topics for ~
spssiol ~ annosncsd:
n Il sIIisto7oal ~ stattS ticsi skStch
|of f0NA 3fAthodism.
2. Oar Educational interests, pres
emit condition and future demands,
embracing seminaries, colleges and
FREQ schools.
q. Thy @eqlmds ofths Nest eDrss
more extended 6pis6opa lsupsfti6idn,
u The, ksthedist pslpit of Iowa,
Its present and fstarsss6Reieus and
! s. How IAN our local wants u u
I Methodist pskiodical literature h
best subeArvedf Il ai ss&Aags ssi2s,
g. Thstdlty sof the ChsistiAp siti
rem Of the CommQnwealth Of Iowa
especially In rotation % tho GANGS d
lTcm0cfinUe. n 81 sfsaaH RI
3. Iowa AsahodiSn II spifitsal
lily, how best rEoanotsd1 1ss9 eli d
/ 3. Labor and, capital Their srsle
ton q ChristianitY -, ~, =, 80.
il An AI y.~1ss 49, a'Nt u 2 ~
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Chicago 0enoralo 1rArkoN
Chicak0, Mafch 26

WHEAT irmer;;- No q spxsng !,
sold at 1.26t(@ az. ~ cash, And &5-
al .eol S5iisf 6pfM, md !. sol(4i.4ea
seller last half April, and 1.3o3@l.si
/ FL6Uh -stssdy q 5.7Stas,Do
Isl, sSsibl, and s. q f6r sspers. \
UORN-No 2 - S3&At31 -, -
apa 63a(162j se!lsr, April, ard ~ II
81 seller My, MO 5}t9U5t aallef !,
OAT6Salss & leiasrssalst, = !
Alt 60 for fresh TSdsipts q No :.
RYE-90 for regular recei - q
Nos2. ti .sss4st.ssss
/ BARLEY salesof Npisi S spesaai .
houses at 86@87f.s xgs,r-sss
HlGHWlNkS--Sales at 6o} ssse'
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AID Congress-Flrst sessiou
aIliinny Of proceedings.
Washington, March %. :

The resolution looking 70 tho 90
QUESTION Of Lower CahfoEnia aad;
SonorA was objected to and went
over. ,a IL .d b.... -n..sF 90.
| Mr.. Sumner presented memorial
asking the adoption Of measures co.
secure o court of nations where
oil acquisition of territory may be-
decided without war. .t,aas ,,.isl,.
Mr.. Anthony called up the resolu-
ton TO allow tho consideration of
any bill from the House ia reference
to the South. aedmgn .aislj fisfd
Mr. Thurman insisted that the bill
hrst be cent 70 the committee, and
protested against any more caacases
in the matter. The subject went over
and Mr.. Howe took the floor. in reply
to Summers San Domingo speech.
Mr.. Howe having informed Mr..
Sumner Of the refusal Of tho officers
Of the Acqnis Greek boat TO allow.
Fred. Douglass to enter the dining.
saloon with the other mcmbers 81 /
the San Domingo Commissioners, Nh |
Sumner to-day offered . resoluti0n
instructing the District Of Columbia
Committee to inquire what legislar
ton 10 necessary and on what ground
the officers Of the steamboat objec-
tons were made.
The entire morning hour Of tho
Senate was consumed today il try
ing to amend the rules, 20 Is to Il.
low the Senate to consider the House
Ku Klux bill. The object is to have
the bill discussed in both houses IL
tho same time.
Mr.. Schurz will follow Mr.. Howe
in the debate on Mr.. Summers San
Domingo resolutions, and give some
new facts. ~ Q taei9
After Senator Howe had conclad-
cd his speech in defense of the Presi-
dents action on San Domingo, Sena.
TOR Schurx endeavored 70 get the |
foor, but Senator Frelinghuysen was
recognized and proceeded at length
TO vindioate tho Presidents conduct,
and very sharply criticised Mr.. Sum.
ner in arraigning the President and |
charging him with being ct the head
Of the Ku Klux Khan In Dominican
waters. The debate on this subject
will probably close aftsr Mr.. Schurs's
speech. ,ss.i.s 4,
Mr.. Frelinghuysen testified to the
services Of Gen. Grant in conquering
the rebellion. @
Mr.. Schurz then commented in
the severest terms on the action of
tho President in threatening the
Hayden government; said tho Presi-
dent had stolen tho war and was
making power, and imagined that . |
similar ono was concentrating tho
whole sovereignty Of the United
States. An exciting debate took
place between him and Mr.. Morton,
tho latter defending tho President.
Mr.. Schurz said the President was
excused by his defenders on the
ground that he had followed tho pre-
cept set by Tyler and Calhoun, when |
Mexico made hostile demonstrations |
in Texas, -said Tyler and Calhoun
begged to be excused from such COM
pany. Without concluding, he gave
way TO o motion 70 60 into executive |
session, Sfter which the Senate ad,
iouvned. ~
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General Cr0mer.
The following rs a sketch of the
Insurgent General Cremer, who COM
mands the mob of Aontmatre:
Il isa dificult matter to state
what are the politics Of General
Cremer. As will be seen in our cable
dispatches he has been summoned to
appear 1t Versailles for trial by court
martial, for participation in the in
surrection. He is one of the military
leaders Of the insurrection. At the
outbreak Of the war with Prussia
he was . capitdine de petat.major
(stsf offoer) Of the imperial army.
After dambetta went tn Tours Gre.
mer and . captain OF engineers,
named Bretolles, had an interview
with him, which resulted In Bretolles'
appointment TO . major genership
and to Cremer's receiving briga-
,dier generate commission. It ap-
pears that this sudden promotion re-
suited from the two young officers
laying before Gambetta . plan Of
campaign which that fiery official at
once adopted, and recognized in the
planners, officers ofthe first military
genius. Cremer was placed in com.
msnd Of brigade Of some 1000
mon, forming part Of Bretolles' d.
vision. The troops lay near Dijon,
and one fine dd9 Cremer, in disobe-
dienee Of the orders Of his superior,
marched them TO Dion. Bretolles
hurried to Tours to complain to Gam
betta, but before he could reach that
place Cremor had telegraphed o re-
port of victory he had gained over
tho Prussians. Il was . trifiing If.
fair, but victories were scarce, and
Gambetta at once promoted him to .
major generalship in tho army Of
Bourbaki. Cremer's division did
good service during the fatal CAM
paign to relieve Balfort, aud fought
hard during the retreat which it
covered. After the preliminary
treaty of peace Cremer went 70 Paris
and has since been there. He is said
to be both ambitious and unscupu-
lOus, and lie altogether dangerous
man 50
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CAUTION,

The Connecticut mind takes to
economy worry naturally. An old
lady in the Nutmeg aAtc has Ia
boocd candles and taken to gas on
this ground: She says gas is hardly
half cent foot, whilo candles are
two cents o foot.
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The brute. James, p. Watkins, in
Greene county, who kicked and beat
his wife when she was in delicate
condition, and csused her death, has
been examined, and discharged. for
want of sufficient evidence to bind
him. The vito was dead and Of
course could not testify-there were
only the great black dwellings over
her body, and tho pounded face to
speak against him. Nobody saw
tho beatings- Watkins denied having
misused his wife, sind the only per-
son who could reflte his statement
was dead.
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H. .lsfSli.
WHAT A HoMlsrEADER HAB Dow
AND WHAT HoMssr1ADRasHAY Do..-
Yesterday we met homesteader at
one Of stores, who said that he
came to this city i've years ago with
less than 425 in his pocket, and was
now worth 81, 900 if he was worth q
cent.
The remark was suggestive 70 US,
for it indicated to our mind what
thousands Of men, now in Eastern
States and cities, struggling for daily
existence, might do for themselves
and families, II they only would
strike ont bravely for this western
land.
The gentleman referred to, said
that during the first year Of his resi-
dence hero he worked very hard and
underwent considerable privation.
After that, however, he always had
plenty to eat, plenty TO wear, : COM
Portable home, and, in fact. all that
was essential to the well-belng of
himself and family. The man
thought the best Of It Ill was that
he had the satisfaction of being his
own master and Of knowing that he
Ia independent and his family pro-
vided for in the event Of his sickness
or death.
This man, with anything like care
full management, cannot we'll help
continuing to improve his circum.
stances from year TO year. His
farm 10 all the time increasing il
value, bis stock 10 multiplying, his
young forest of native trees arc grow
ing while he sleeps, and his wealth
is Increasing aside from what he may
add to his store by his personal labor
and foreth0ught, s s,
How much better this than the
daily struggle, constant apprehen-
sion, and hand-to-mOuth, existence
Of . laborer for others.
That man who has . homo Of his
own, who feels that he owes his bread
to the favor of no capitalist, has the
enjoyment of D sort Of manhood OF
which the pale operatives and me
chanios OF the East have little COM
prehension.
Not all, of course, may do as we'll
- the man We have cited but here,
whore homes are FREQ and laboe NO
discredit, q mans success is only to
be measured by the individuals per-
sistency and oapacity.-S;oxr Cisy
Journal. ~
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To show how the extremes Of the
country oons together on one com
mon object, to.wit: the abuse Of the
present administration, We publish
the following - the last impotent
blast from Wendell Phillips taken
from the National STANDARD.
It sounds very msoh like Wendell
Phillips; the Wade, Davis manifesto,
or Brick Pomeroy versus the Martyr
Lincoln during tho war, yet the lat
ter managed 70 go down TO his grave
with . fair share Of inmortality.-
But here is the article, and, mind
you, that this ono il Wendell Phil
lips and not Brick Pomeroy's:
"a blow sometimes stuns . drunk
ard into sobricty. Probably the in
suit offered and the peril brought TO
the republican party BY the removal
Of Mr.. Sumner may have this effect
on the nation. We may Gee. the loyal
men Of the north rally for the de-
tense of the Union. II not, then
there ia but one thing more for con-
gress TO do in order to sign the death
warrant Of the republican party
Let Congress now adjourn, with
out authorizing martial law at the
south, to curb the Ku Klux and they
have assured the election Of . demo-
crat to the Presidency. The 80 re-
publicens who last week removed
Mr.. Sumner, elected > democratic
President for 1872. The San Do
mingo COLLAR on tho senatorial, necks
shows that they belong to . man
who has entered on the course where
Andrew johnson perished. a
Every man knows that each Soma
tor who voted for Summers removal,
did SO solely because the President
had let him understand that only ON
that condition could he hope to have
any influence ct the departments in
securing Office for his friends. The
President has bought OF his oppo-
nents BY refusing ell winter to listen
in the matter Of appointments to the
recommendations Of any member of
Congress who voted with Sumner.
Betrayed in the house Of our friends
We must rally for another such fight
Is that which crushed Davis and
baked Johnson. TO prevent the
choice Of q democratic President
may be impossible. But our effort
must 60 deeper than that: We must
teach the people that if ever seces-
sion rears its head again, encouraged
by q rebel President, We will give
rebellion no ruler but the sword,
until every now living white man is
in his grave"
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Our Answer.

Often Heare asked the question If
the railroad from hero 70 Bigourney
il % be pushed forward q oncef To
b plain, We can say W don't know,
and oil depends upon the result OF
the final conference between the par
ties who propose TO construct it, If
properly aided BY the people along
the line. # the Company shall feel
certain that the vote for taxes will
Be sustained by tho Court, Dotwith-
standing the adverse decision Of
Judge Williams and If Iowa County
shall. complete her subscription to
the enterprise this week, we shall
probably learn by tho middle Of
April whether the work IL 70 60 for
ward or not. 59 = a9