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Year: 1859

WAsHINGToN, Nov. 2.-Nr Conner, the United
States Consul at Mazatlan, is now here He has
obtained from the Constitutional Government of
Mexico several concessions of a commercial charac-
ter, one of which, is permission to run steamer
on the Mexican Pacific coast, under the American
nag lie has partially made arrangements with one
OF the steamship companies to connect with the
line at Acapulco, thereby affording direct steam
communication on that entire coast, twice a month";


The dispatches from Consul Black to the State
Department shows that Ormond Chase was most
atrociously murdered in Mexico by officers belong
ing to the Church party. All that it was in the
Presidents power to do will be or has bee done in
view of that crime If more than this is necessary
to protect the lives and property of American cti-
zens IN that country, Congress must provide further
means. There is no doubt the President will prom
inently present this subject in his annual mes
sage


The friends of the Constitutional Government
think it is highly essential that Senor Lerdo should
immediately return to Vera Cruz in order to exert
his influence toward the cOnsummation of the
pending treaty with the United States


Gen. Herran, Minister from New Granada, is in
this city, and the prospect is that that Repub-
llc will ratify the treaty amended by the United
States Senate. The Congress of that country will
not, however, meet till next February.


The Postmaster General left here to-day on n
brief visit to Charleston, therefore no definite ac-
ton on the bids for carrying the mail between
Portland and New Orleans can be made till his
return.
Year: 1859

Schiller's centennial anniversary occurs on the
10th inst, and, as he naturazed citizen of
France under the republic, the occasion will be
celebrated at Paris in the Circus of the Empress
Meyerbeers aid has been solicited and he promises
cheerfully to compose march for the festival, as
well as music for cantata which has been submit
ted to him
Year: 1859

The paintings and other works of art belonging
to the late Lord Northwick were recently sold by
auction. Although the and heir reserved for
his own use several hundred specimens, the collec-
tions sold yielded the pretty little sum of $3.50 OOO
Year: 1859

There, where a hidden garden lies.


Seen through the Lows of the hawthorn trees,
There delicate odcrs family rise,


And die away or the scented breeze
Far from the noise Of the busy street,
The hopes Of o quiet household meet;
And the cool, green turf is sprinkled Ger
With the daisy, to the cottage door.
The sun shines there with deeper hue


On the dark gray walls and the twink ling pane,
And later fingers the morning dew,


And softer falls the glittering rain.
On the easements where the ivy vine
Aud the climbing rose and the iessamine twine.
That, flushed with the bloom oi the summer air,
Open in fragrance and beauty there.
The chimes float out on the perfumed gale


With mellow cadence and silvery strain ;
And the traveller leans on the garden pale


And the dreams of his youth return again;
For they sleep till the echoes of music bring
The scattered thoughts from their wandering;
His heart is Gained by the soothing spell
Swuyed through the air by the village bell.
Tins in each heart the sunshine falls


On a fertile nook in a shadowed place,
Aud within the depths Of its mossy walls [srace


Bloom the hopes and the prayers that give il
And if blessed by the notes OF single strain
1t will break iuto blossoms Of beauty again,
The dewy tears will tell how deep
Was the power that touched that leaden sleep
Year: 1859

The SMILES contained in the following para.
graph, are as rough and familiar as old Esop
could have desired, but they are pointed and
easily comprehended


lie who is passionate and hasty is generally
honest. 1t is your cool assembling hypocrte OF
whom you should beware. There is 10 deception
in a bulldog. 1t is only the cur that slips up
and bites you when your back is turned"
Year: 1859

EUROPE NEEDS IT ALL--According to New
York paper reports, all the gold now sent from
California is Immediately re-sbipped to Europe
Oh its arrival there. Doesn't this foreshadow a
commercial IeyulsOn on The other side
Year: 1859

IN the county; or in case no newspaper be
printed in the county, in some newspaper oil
general circulation therein, end by putting
up an advertisement upon the court house
door, ald in FIVE other public places in the
county, two of which shall be in the town
ship where such lands and tenements le.-
Where such advertisement is made in a news
paper published weekly, it shall be -Uffi Ien.
to insert the same in live consecutive num-
bers thereof; but wherever there shal be
published, both daily and weekly edition
Of the newspaper selected for such advertise
ment, and the circulation of the daily in the
country shall exceed that of The weekly, it
shall be sufficient for the officer to publish
the said advertisement in the daily once a
week. for five consecutive weeks, before the
day OF sale, each insertion to be on the sime
day Ofthe week: provided that the expense of
such publication in daily newspaper shall
not exceed the cost of publishing the same
in weekly newspaper. Al sales made
without such advertisement shall be set aside,
on motion, by the court to which the execu-
ton is returaable.


Sec. 2. That the original section 436 of
the act entitled "an act to establish code
of civil procedure" be and the same is here
by repealed, and this act shall tOke effect
and be in force from and alterits passage.


WILLIAM B. WOODS,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.


MARTIN WELKER,


President of the Senate,


Apil 6 1850
Year: 1859

DEFAuLTERs ON THE RIsE.-Eads. the
great School Fund defaulter, and editor of
the organ OF Lee county Democracy, has
taken fresh courage since Judge Loves de-
cision in favor of Babbitt In his paper of
Friday he claims that he is not only not in
debt to the State, but that there is balance
due him from the State of $26,9Ol ,65. ..r.
. If Eads could only manage to get his case
into the US: District Court, where it could
be submitted to Judge Love, as the Jury in
that court is usually composed of Locofoco
politicians, he might possibly make his claim
against the State good. -


Defauters are on the rise in Iowa and the
food tide may lead him to safe haven 2
IGate City. .hsiag.
Year: 1859

A YOUNG OpERAToR.-The little daughter
of the proprietor of q coal mine in Pennsyl-
vania, was inquisitive as to the nature of
hell; upon which her father represented it
to be be gulf of fire of prodigious extent.
Spa said she, couldn't you get the Devil
to buy lis ccal of you?" st -a 5tA-, 4
Year: 1859

CO The attempt to galvanz, the Americans
of Ohio into action for the present campaign
has proved an utter failure. A call for State
Convention was responded to by only about
half dozen persons, who, in the absence of
anything else to develop their political genius
passed a resolution in favor of supporting
Judge Swan for reelection to the Supreme
Bench, in opposition to Judge Gholson, the
Republican candidate.
Year: 1859

TnE CAMPAIGN OPlN1oN.-Judge Loves
opinion in the Babbitt case is published as
the last campaign document of the canvass,
and too late to be discussed and answered in
one-half OF the State at least. That Judge
should be able, in the course of two years,
during which the case has been before him,
to prepare an opinion which will answer as a
plausible campaign article may be conceded,
especially if it be issued so short time before
the election as to leave no chance to circulate
an answer. The circumstances of the case,
and the opinion of Judge Mason, published
by way of defense and apology for Babbitt,
will 60 much further with the honest masses
in condemnation of Babbitt than all the soAiue.
aoashing campaign opinions that can be put
afoat from this time until the election. -
Gate City.
Year: 1859

We have the authority of the Enquirer o


this city for the statement that our take


are constantly Increasing in the following


long winded paragraph from its article re


ferring to the speeches of Elwood and


Finch ifAj sI2Il'o ~ h'a"1i Of; "5i-Nii


''If ever the corruption and wasteful ex.


travagance of waning administration, rot


ting and fostering in its own putridity and


fast approaching, its dissolution by the
righteous indignation of an outraged people,
was unveiled to a community anxious to


know why taxes were constantly increasing,
and the State every day more and more bur-
dened with debt, it was done on this oc-
casion."


It is well known in this community that
every original idea (and many not, originaD
which appears in the columns Of our wake
full neighbor emanates from the Democratic
County Judges office. We hold him res
ponsible for the above. If it is true that
our taxes are constantly increasing" ," why
don't he tell us how they are increasing?
He is in the position to know all about this
matter, and yet he withholds the truth and
winks at (if he does not perpetrate) the
falsehood couched in the above elegant ex-
tract. Why does he not acknowledge the
fact that under Republican rule the State
taxes in this county since 1857 have. been
REDUCED OVER SEVEN THOUSAND
and that the reduction through
out the State is about ONE HUNDRED
AND FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS!


The tax payers of this county, who have
been for two years past enjoying the bles-
sing of Democratic rule, are invited to in
vestigate this matter. They will find from
the record that the State tax of Muscatine
county amounted in 1857 to $4,000, in
1868 to about $4,000 and this year to
little over $4,000. If it is true (as we have
It from Democratic authority that our tax
es "are constantly increasing" who is to
blame? We have shown that the State tax
1as been lessened. But the county tax,
lnder an Economical" Democratic admins
ration, as near as we can ascertain, has
,een INCREASED almost TEN THOUS-
AND DOLLARS since 1857! The levy
or county, railroad and school purposes this
rear is over thirty flee thousand dollars,
While for State purposes it is only about eight
Aousand dollars! These are the facts! =
Now who is to blame for the constantly in
reasing" taxation, and which party is charge
BILE with "wasteful extrayagance?
Year: 1859

An individual in this city, says the Buff
talo Republic Of Saturday, held an cxecu-
ton against another, which was placed in
the hands Of the Sheriff, for the purpose
OF collecting the claim; but that officer
finding no property, it was returned unsat-
lshed. y shert time since, the creditor dis
covered a small monument in one Of tba
marble yards in the city, which had been
ordered by the debtor, to be placed over
the grave of little child he had recently
buried. Forthwith this worthy examplar
of Shylock waited upon the Sheriff. and
instructed IN him to levy upon the stone.-
That officer very properly demonstrated
against an act 50 barbarous and unchristian.
but without avail lie was also threatened
with prosecution unless he performed this
unpleasant duty, and the stone was accor
dinghy seized, and in due time sold. There
was no one mean enough to bid upon It
but the creditor, and it was accordingly
knocked down to him. 4 little monument
of little child, with the names of the pa-
rents and their offspring upon it-thc fg-
ure Of dog, the emblem of fidelity, in an
attitude of repose, surmounting twas
bought in by this thing in human form
As we looked upon the stone, and listened
to the little history connected with it. We
could not help thinking that he who had
done so base thing against his fellow be-
ing, deserved no repose, either in this world
or the next
Year: 1859

that however wise or honest or attentive Or
Judlclous they may be in the management of
matters, there is a palpable lack of tact and
business sense in the management of some of
our Roads, if not all of them. Again. the
most competent Directory may be selected
out II the education and business habits of
the principal officers, who immediately con-
trol the Roads, do not fit them for their posi-
tions-ail nature can't prevent failure.
Year: 1859

will show the rate of levy for the several
years, from the organization of the State, up
to the present time. .-


Statement of the rate per centum of
State tax levied in each year since the, or
ganizaton of the State of Iowa .....,
Year: 1859

1t overcomes difficulties-not with rush
and shout, but one by one they melt away
before its incessant pressure, as the icehergs
before the steady radiance of the sun.


1t gives one the strength of happy con-
science. A weather-cock of man who is
whirlingabout with every breeze, cannot have
very true steadiness of mind. Self disaffec-
ton worries him but q cheerful vigor and
energy grows out Of an intelligent, undevi-
ating purpose.


1t gives dignity and honor to character.
Men cannot but admire the mind that march
es steadily through sunshine and shade,
through calm and storm, smiles and faowns;
glad of favor pressing on without it thank
full for aid, but fixed on advancing at all
events; such men establish for themselves a
character which cannot but be seen and
honored.


1t gives success. In any enterprise which
is not downright madness, such man must
succeed. He has the chief element of tri-
umph over every difficulty, and if he is not
an idiet, he viii do something in the world
He will not reach his ends at leap, but he
will reach them. He moves not rapidly but
surely. When you want to find him by and
by, you will know where to look. You will
look at the topmost rounds of the ladder Of
success, and you will find him about there
somewhere. ss r
Year: 1859


all this turmoil could still hear the MUIR
muring of the strange mems voices, and
had an idea that somehow they were con-
nected with it. When, however, would
have demonstrated with them, as thought,
they retired as mysteriousiy as they came,
and ] could hear their oars, as they pulled
softly away from the vessel. Then, all was
for time blank and silent, and Twas con-
scious of nothing but that vague foreshadow-
ing Of danger, which grew more and more
oppressive, and at length perfectly agonizng
At last ! suddenly became aware in my dream
that number Of strange men were on board
and, as I thought, numbering my sleeping
comrades! With an exclamation of horror
[ awOke, spang to my feet, and was instant.
ly felled to the deck by a violent blow upon
the head.


''When recovered my senses, the first
sight saw was almost sufficient to drive
them away forever. The vessel was in pos
session of the Mexicans Two fishermen in
a small skitf, who were caught in the norther
pulling past us on their way back to shore
hailed us, and receiving no answer, came or
board during the night, and going ashore
gave information of our plight, A party in
stantly set out to recapture US in our helpless
condition-most Of them being the very pris
oners we had released that morning and
how they had succeeded was but too appar.
ent. Bill Wainwright and were lying
bound and wounded abaft the mainmast. -
Right before US lay poor Ham, his throat cu
from ear to ear, SO that his head was nearly
severed from bis shoulders And little Har
Year: 1859

u" Fred. Keefe, says the Union, convic-
ted of assault upon his wife and sentenced
to imprisonment in the county Jail for two
hundred and sixty days, by the Police Court
of Sacramento, in June last, has been par
doned by the Governor at the solicitation of
his wife and large number of respectable
citizens-Keefe having suffered Imprisonment
forty days. The conditions annexed to the
pardon are that he leave the county of Sacra-
mento Immediately, and do not return with
in one year, and should he do so, or be con
yicted within that time of any criminal of
fense it is declared that the act shall work a
forfeiture of the privileges granted him.
Year: 1859

~ Very bright and beautiful has been
the weather, for the last few days The
green grass has been springing up on the
plains, and the blue sky has been musical
with birds Every living thing has seemed
happy, and yet there have been grumblers,
for trade and commerce flourish best after
the bountiful rains have drenched and soak.
ed the earth. Fair weather at this season is
not what the moneymakers want, however
joyful it may be to the thoughtless few who
have nothing to do but to bask in the rays
of the genial sunshine, and to breathe the
freshness of the invigorating atmosphere.
The toiling many, however, send up their
prayers for rain
Year: 1859

RAFFLEs-Raflles are all the rage here
now. If a fellow is lucky and some people
are, fine gold watch only costs him a dol
lar, whereas if not lucky, he only loses dol
lar, which he might otherwise spend for bad
whiskey and get gloriously drunk, bring up
in the station house, pay five dollars fine and
costs, and feel awful sheepish for fortnight
afterwards
Year: 1859

HooP PoLEs.-The sentinel says new
branch of industry has lately been started in
Santa Cruz-thc preparation of hazel hoop
poles for hopping purposes. Mr.. James Les
lie has several men employed at this bust
ness, and hopes to establish it permanently
As the raw material is plenty in that county
and good market close at hand there is
every reason to suppose that the specu-
lation will be successful
Year: 1859

The New jury LAw.-Lord Campbell's bill
for altering the law of juries in civil cases has
been printed in England. 1t is intended by this
measure that in the trial of civil causes Jury
shall be furnished with fitting accommodation
and necessary refreshment when they retire to
consider their verdict, and that they shall not
be kept in deliberation for more than six hours
AT the end of that period verdict found by 8
of the number shall be taken by the Court; and
ifnine have not agreed. then the jury shall be
discharged. A trial which ends in that way
will be called "abOrtve," and may be tried
again.
Year: 1859

The mos. remarkable among the many
remarkable advertisements which daily
fall under our notice, in hundreds Of ex-
changes from every section Of the country
is the one below -


"A pew is for sale in The meeting house
of the first parish Of Amherst. The man
that owns the pews owns the right of a
space just as long as the pew is, from the
bottom of the meeting house TO the top of
tie roof, and he can go as much higher as
he can get. If man will buy my pew
and sit in it on Sundays, and repent and
be a good man, he will go to heaven if
God lets him go Let man start from
the right place, let him 60. right, keep
right do right, and be will 60 to heaven
at last, and my pew is as good place to
start from as any pew in the meeting
house"
Year: 1859

When the morning light drives away the


night,


With the sun so bright and full.
And it draws lis line near the hour OF nine,
III away to the Sabbath School
For lis there we all agree,
All with happy hearts and free,
And love 10 early be,


Al the Sabbath School
III away away ! I'll away away
I'll away to Sabbath School !
On the frosty dawn of winters morn,
When he earth is wrapp'd in snow,
Or the summer breeze plays around the


trees,


To the Sabbath School go;


When Ibe holy day has come,
And the Ssbbalh-breakers roam,
delight to leave my home,


For the Sabbath School
I'll away away &c.
In the class Inject with heiriends greet,
At the Tine of morning prayer
And our hearts we raise in a hymn Of praise
For us AWAY pleasant there :
In The Book Of holy truth,


Full Of counsel and reproof,


We behold tie guide of youth,


Al the Sabbath School
I'll away away &c.
May the dews of grace I'll the hallow'd


place,


And the sunshine never fail,
While each blooming rose which in mem'


ory grows,
Shall sweet perfume exhae:


When we mingle here no more,
But have met on Jordan's shore,
We will talk Of moments Ger,


At the Sabbath School
I'll away away : &c.
Year: 1859

Friendship does not consist in words,
in great dinners, or unmesniDg smiles.
Show me the man who will break his last
loaf with me, and | will call that man a
friend.


In the anatomy Of the hand we fnd
that the muscle By which We shut ii is
much stronger than the one by which We
omen il. and this holds true as 10 giving
and receiving.


Put off repentance till tomorrow, and
you will have day more TO repent of and
day less 10 repent in'
Year: 1859

Characterization what some crusty
old bachelor says of the ladies', What
shall be done with him 7


Dip rhe Atlantic dry with teaspoon,
twist your heel into the Toe OF your boot
make posl-maslers perform their pTomi.
ses. and subscribers pay the printer send
up fishing hooks win balloons. and h'h
for stars get astride of a gossamsr, and
chase comet when the rain 10 coming
down like the cataract Of Niagsrs re-
member where you left your umbrella
choke a mosquito with brckbai; in
short, prove all things hitherto considered
impossible, TO be possible, but never at
tempt TO coax a woman TO say she viii,
when she has made up her mind 10 say
she won't"
Year: 1859

Sierra Hospital, and then contract with some
suitable person for the of the INDECENT SICK.
Let the contract be so drawn that the Board OF
Supervisors can abrogate it at any moment on
proof that the contractor has neglected or mis-
treated the patients. The Physician would OF
course observe whether such neglect or abuse
occurred, and let it be his duty to report the
same to the Board We are satisfied that saw
ing of several thousand dollars per year might
thus be made to the county.
Year: 1859

A MAGNIFICENT SALoON.-We venture the as
sertion that no mountain town in the State can
boast ola Saloon SO elegantly fitted up, and so
admirable in all of its arrangements, as can our
own little lat presently snowbegirt town. For
this we are indebted to the enterprise and ad-
mirable taste of the Messrs. Getleson Bros, the
proprietors. The building is exceedingly COM
modious, elegantly papered and carpetted and
admirably lighted. Indeed no expense has
been spared to make it the most delightful and
cosy place in town to spend an hour in. 1t is
occupied by Thorn. Gimour, whose peculiar
fitness for this sort of business is familiar to the
community Billiard Saloon, and contains
two excellent Billiard tables The back part
of the room is filled up with card tables-the
front, in part, occupied by elegant bar. The
only fear is that it is too cosy and attractive
in which event the wives of Shasta may here
after be heard saying, "may Gilmour's Saloon
go hang" Alas that all good things are
liable to be abused by weak and erring man.
The Saloon opens tonight.