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K E O K U K:
WEDNESDAY MORMNG, NOV, 21.
OFFICIAL
TH»:
PAPER OF TOE
L»r.»
down to our own times.
crrr.
MOIVKH VALLEY W
HII. it iasuel ipm
this offioe evw) Wednesday, ha? an extenvvemid in
creasing circulation throughout th* Ie»Moines Val
11 as n tit* rest of the State and the l!ui
t*4 Siatae, and as a medium of advert i-in^r if not
aarpasaed. Subacription price $1,64 per annum ia
advance.
In all the range of our past history there
i# probably no name which stands forth so
prominently as the embodiment of Na
tionality, as that of Daniel Webster, the
great expounder of the Constitution and the
illustrious defender of the Union. And by
iu« authority we claim to be able to sustain
•very principle which we profess and advo
cate, an I every idea enunciated by the Re
publican party. We hold no opinio
lubject which have not been clearly and do-
publican partv. We hold no opinions on this
•ubject which have not been clearly and do-
appeals to the aijihwir- of Webster, and I
Whigs who believe in the nationality of hie I
•ontiments, to read the following extracts
from his apeeche.*, and then point out a sin
gle principle which we advocate that Web
•torpid not proclaim, if they can.
Iu his celebrated Niblo Garden sooeeh, ia
I8B7., Webster advocated the right of the
free States to refuse to admit new States
with slave-holding Constitutions! into Uw i
Union in these most emphatic terms I
Slavery, as it exists in the States, is he- i
JOnd the reach of Congress. It i» a ctmcern
of the States themselvea they have never
States, the subject annuities un entirely dif
ferent aspect. Our rights and our duties are
then both different. The free States, and ull
the State.-, are thm at liberty to ACCKI-T or
*EJK
Again, in his upeeeh in the Senate in
March, 1848, he aaid
u
If a .State propose# to eotne into the
Union, and to come in as a Slave State, then
there ia an augmentation of the inequality in
e e e s e n a i o n u e e o e a n i n k
jt ALm ulreadv existinp, with which 1 do not
4}U i«rel, anJ wh.eh I will never attempt to al
ter, but will preserve as long u» 1 have a
vote to give, or any voit'e in this poverument,
because it is a imrl of the original compact.
Let it at Hid, liut then there is another con
sideration of \astly more general importance
than even th*t more genera"
Z nrY* :f'
l.ou between the Senate and House of Kep-•
thoj,:»nd people,ofmore. You may h«ve fruui
2Ur*'
Representatives, an.i but two Senntors. Th
ocnuiurs. i ne
S«ntte, augmented bv these new Senators
2Tb Jl!
nUm
StUtr* WllC,r" tl'T
Onee more, in his great speech on the Com
promiae bill, delivered iu the Senate on the
7th of March, 1he savs—
44
u
Sir, whenever there is a aubstamive^ood
Kstioaal aa ftertloaal. in en tin and the sentiments of the Republican'
The Locofuco party under the lead of party on the admission of Slave States into
Dougl%s and Pierce have sought to Natonal- this I nion xo MORK SLAVE STATES,said Uari
is« Slavery, and bring the entire intluence S Webster xo MORK SLAVB BTATKSJ
aad power 4f the general government and of cchoei* the Republican party.
the Democratic party to the support and ex- On Sunday the 13th day of August, 1848,
tension of the peculiar institution. They Mr. Webster made a speech in the Senate of
have denounced the Ordinance of '87 and the United State# in favor of excluding Sla
the Missouri Compromise restricting Slavery i very from the 1
'erritoriks, in which he ar
se unconstitutional and anti-democratic, and i gued the power of Congress..|g to do, as well
they denounce all who do not agree with as the justice and policy of the measure.—
them, as secUonalists and traitors to the He showed at length that it was not in the
Cniou. And many nervous Whigs, alarmed contemplation of the framera of the Coofcti
bj their denunciations and deceived by their tution to admit any new Slave States into
hypocritical cant, seem ready to embrace the this Union that the original understanding I
idea that all opposition results from a see- had been violated by the acquisition of pew
tional spiftt and a want of love to the Union, Territory and the creation of five new Slave
Now, while wo are utterly opposed to the States, and that thereby groat inequality of I
virws of these self-styled Rational politi- representation in tho Oeneral Government I
eians, and are ready to oppose them on all' had been produced in favor of Slavery that
hands and and to the utmost, we claim to the pretence that the exclusion of Slavery i
have as potent reasons to love our country from the new Territories excluded the South
aa the best of them, and will not admit thatj ern people, or infringed upon their Tights,
we are any less patriotic than they. And was fallacious and that the interests of the
further than that, we are willing and ready people of the United States as well as the
to test the nationality of our sentiments by sentiments of the civilized world, demanded
Ae authority of the ablest statesmen of our the exclusion of Slavery and he concluded
country from the days of the Revolution as follows
1
sabmitted it to Congress, and Congress, lias
no rightful power over it. I shall concur,
therefore, in no act, no measure, no menace.
no indication of purpose, which shall inter
fei e, or threaten interfere, with the exclu- 'luu*ble a person a* myself, wilhvprotteh me,
•tveautority the several States over the
When it is proposed to bring new
members into this political partnership), the I that Congress* has no right to exclude Slav
old members h:ive a rigltt to say on what ery from the Territories, but Daniel Webster,!
term* such new parties are to co/yir in, mid
what they are to bring along with them.''1
fecu all the States, free and sluveholding i North, and frith the spirit of a statesman he
and it is, that, if States formed out uf Ter- said—•
CUmt\\Utr thf
S *. ]U{'xlUih]y
e-nstln^
t,rtak
brunches of the government and destroy its I
Uadunct They break up the intended rela-
ap.irtieuhir State more Senator* than you Pr**otU day
^rc8|*nilal'xes'
t'ttn H,l.v'binz
unJ
Ui-,pan" th«
laeut utid whic!)
th.s V II-re w )uld be
t«n, fifteen or even th'irtv
may be said at the SyracuKe i 'onvention. or.
anv other assemblage of insane persons, I!
NKVKK would consent, and never havr* con-I
sented, that there tthould be one foot of
4 alar® territory beyond what the old Thirteen
States had at the time of the foundation of
the Union. Nev»T, never! The ruuu cannot
show his face to me, and nay he can prove!
tbat vcr departed from that doi'trim*. H'
would wneak away, and slink awnv, or hire'
a mercenary pn-s toerv out, 'Whatnn apo»- I
tate from libertv Daniel Webator has be-!
come. But he knows himself to be a hjpp-1
crite and a falsifier." J-*
Thetie are Daniel Webster's 'sentiments on
Slarery extension, and those are our seuli-
"The question now is, whether it is not
competent to Congress, in the exercise of aj
fair and just discretion, considering that
there have been five slave-holding States ad-!
ded to this Union out of foreign acquisitions,
an UJS yet only one fret- State, to prevent
their further increase. That is the question.
see no injustice in it. As to the power of
Congress, I have nothing to add to what 1
ssid the other day. Congress has full power
over the subject. It may establish any such
government, and anvsuch laws, in the terri-
to™*\ H*
iu ils
*wretion it
an
liberately avowed and defended by Daniel tional restraints.
Webster in his public speeches. And we i have said that I shall consent to no el
ask democrats, who now make hypocritical i tension of the area of Slavery upon this
continent, nor to any increase of slave repre
sentation in the other house of Congress. I
have now stated my reasons for my conduct
and mv vote. We in the North have already
gone. In this respect, far beyond all that any
is subiect, of course, to the rules of justice
propriety but it is under no oonstitu-
Southern man could have expected, or did
expect, at the time of the adoption of the
Constitution. 1 repeat the statement of the!
fact of the creation of five new slave-hold
ing States out of newly acquired territory, s
We have done that which, if those who I
framed the Constitution had foreseen, thev
never would have agreed to slave repr*«enta
tion. We have yielded thus far and we i
have now in the ifouse of Representatives!
twenty persons voting upon this very ques-|
tion, and upon all othar questions, who are
th'Tt* only iu virtue of the representation of
slaves.
I feel that there ia nothing with which
the civilized world, if they take notice of no
w^',u
subject of Slavery as it exists within their made up my mind, for one, that under
respective limitn. All thin appears to me to
nu
be matter of plain and imperative dutv. But I extension of the are-a uf Slavery in the Uni
when we come to apeak of admitting new 'States, or to the further incrcia« of
.t slave representation in the House of Repre
sentatives."
"Ry» I «aid the other day, that 1
circumstances will 1 consent to the further
Douglas and Squatter Sovereignty Looofocos
and modem emasculated nationality proclaim
the great National statesman of our country,!
said Congress ha« full power over the nub-!
ject. The timid panderere to Southern dom-1
ination. denounce opposition to the extenftion i
of «Slavery as tsectionalinm und troanon to the'
Union, but the great defender of thel'niooj
of tlie States proclaimed that "he never
would, under any circumHtaneeH, consent to
extend the area of Slavery.
The Nationals—Locofoco and Whig—make
it their peculiar boant that they 4know no
North,'' Ac. Webster, in his npeech nt
lerni liimortance »f ,,
1 because it af- i argued that there ought to be a
"T^re has fur a long time been no North.!
I think the North star is at last discovered
^'""/Lthe two I think there will be a North."
4
An 0,1 iinotlu!r
8UC^
T«jUitatives. If bring iu any new States, I'olk's ultra pro-slaverv views, he said with
i
,r",h-
8elf-Ht.vled
form of govern- is an epithet not sufficiently reproachful.—
live inure tij naily th'tn i Such persons are dou^h faces, with dough
proportion to th- eu »l- hearts, and dough souls
t0 10611
mend
ll»m
ttre few
pie, becomes an odious oligarchy.
I0°-
if thcv finti
pe
It holds
OWfl?r WILII iUt UDV uieijuate CuliStitUCDW*
i® ^urrou}?^-|aongering upon a
him a# a tru(
to be done, wherever there is a foot of Und sentiments and advocate his principles, and
to be prevented from hecom HIT slave territ" -i-" .u i «nu
iy, I AW USABT »e unit T»K r.!v kro«l a ,p,r,t of Nationality
EXfbtsiov o» 8LAVKRV. 1 ui pledged to !*Q Kenuin"
AMJ I win. KKKFORM
THK8) plk oc£ but I will int d» a tiling uu-
necessurtly that wounds the feelings nf »tb
1
My opiui-in remains unchanged, that it 'JOW?vwr» as a day of hilarity and merry
was no within the original s'0|»e or design
oeoanion, speaking of juat
&ati»nals, who supported some of'
rweh.^«» w-"
National man of tfca North of thi
occur to For mv part 1 think that "dou^h-faees
P,lrt'es» and we espeoillv coin-
to all kinds of "Nationals'/' and
comfort in Websterian .,rinoinl«a.
comfort in ebsterian priuciplea,
let them consult the columns of our paper i
daily for just such sentiments and principles
as abound in ail the great speeches he ever
made. Democrats and National Whigs
are constantly referring to Mr. Webster as
the true exemplur of Nationality we accept'
National man we quote his
a
it from the y. ar 1»37 1 have been pledged ®vw the soul of Daniel Webster himself.
to
it again and again
patriotism actuates us, as
TliASKHOivtsr..—To-morrow is the dav set
ur...
i
ers, or that does discredit to mr own under- ™«"-*mberiug in a sunable way the i
•taudiiig.*' blessings and bounties of I'rovidenee. This
Arid more tlian a vear after that, in appropriate and time-hallowed custom will be
•pfech at Buffalo in May, 1851, he said— Renerally observed by our people, more, we
w*'t'D)5
Of the Onstitution to admit new Ktatiik :mrs of thtnlifnlnaM tL. e__
the ("onstitution to admit new States uut i®f« of thaokfalnaa* to til* Source of all ««, I
tban in the exercise of devout feel
1 ucrotM. I I
[Foi theliat' City
•ianliM.
1Y KATt MAKUa(OT*.
What are blushes but dispsteliea
Writ bv Fealing- hand
7
11 iitsive* scaled and only sulje«t
To the heart V command
Emblem* of ihe. deep affection
Time nor ehangv can iavf
Ttl-.'graj.ha lb. spirit
Frame? totfhow her lover
Or are tb«jr the marks injprint-i
Hy thcblimi giKl'.- diiit,
Vln'B arrow, bn'kwurd glaacifig
Fr»»in ixini'' oft pii rtiHl hvart
8triki th* hiift lining.
W tu rf, ninio'alf'i frm view
From it- tip thr erim-«»n fluid
Altuist oox'-.1- tliruugh
What art- blushes Artificial
Rose* brought to light
Fir-t, wbi*n Kv.- in h:trm-' transeeBdeitt
Uur»t un AduiaV *ipht.
Tti. n thi Uiiutiful lov angi'i
•'Ugbi lb- Kdun-bowtsr,
l'liuing un her obeek this sigart
A."» bridal dower.
And (bi carmint -tinted lilo"oia
Likr u rovai crown.
Hits through countIw geiwrtttiowi
St ill ku handed down.
ChanptiltiK'), alt ho' i-\\r varying
Likc-th Ht«r. who»c hh«i.n
6itn'jtime«9glowi) with rich (.ffiUgimct,
S«iu ,'t ime fi'iirc' in sven.
?lmi arc blu-ln^ but r«fl«otioM
Of afirv, i^rchau'*
Kindled
vn all' ction'.s altar
Hv a biuglc unco.
And ihiii flam thef jaturr*
r.i.-tr u ll«i» flu-h,
Ftful as u iw»."in^ -liadow—
This we tvrin a biu^ti.
Farniington, Iowa.
Telegraphic 5Tew«.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.—The Union of this i
morning says dispatches bv the Pacific mn
tiriu previous accounts. There i9 nothing in
diplomatic relations between England and!
America that need awaken any solicitude.—
The Ontral American question is still the!
subject of earnest discussion, and very seri
ous differences of opinion exists on some i
points.
IiALTmoRE, Nov. 17.—The China store of
James Dowell, at Alexandria, D. C., burnt
NKW YORK, SatuHlay, Nov. LL' -The steam
ship Arago sailed to-day for Havre. She
took out lOCl passengers and $ti,000 in specie.
U. S. Steamer Relief brings home S. W.
Spencer, late chief mate of ship Sea Witch,
accused of murdering C.'apt. Fresier of same
ship.
n
we had the rare good fortune to stomble up
on our old friend and fellow-townsman L. B.
FMCAK, who is keeping one of the best hotels
in the State at Brighton. We passed a very
pleasant Sunday beneath his hospitable roof,
and commend his house to all travelers who
hive capacity to appreciate real comfort,
good living and courteous treatment.
Floak is a capital fellow and an iuoorapar
able host, and his house its superior to any in
the interior of the State.
(75?* Rev. Edward Beeeber, of Boston, has
obtained dismission from his society, and is
going to Chicago, having accepted a profes
sorship in a new theological institute in that
city. He is one of the Beech or family, and
another of the "Conflict of Ages."
«3TF
annv Fern is announced for a new
hov»k, entitled "Rose Clark." It will appear
Tt
g^"Baron Alex. Van Humboldt oelebrated
la#t. He still continue* to labor with youth-
Attorney General Cnahing has decided
that the general Bankrupt law of 1841 did
not release those who were indebted to Gov
ernment prior to its enactment. In conse
quence, the L-. S. Marshal for the southern
district of New York has levied on the prop
erty of several distinguished merchants of
New York City.
(iy l'age & B-icou sued the city and cous*
ty of St. Louis for damages growing out of
th Injunction case. On the 17th the Court
give damages to the amount of $85,727 85.
The defendants took an appeal, and the bond
was fixed at $100,0JO.
EA-OOVERVOHRKKDKR
1
i rv it ii i iic jHAtrut'ii^u 111 tut* i. nioui i corre pcDiiiiig -tticor.
night. During the fire the wall# fell, wh.-re i-uob an ka*rvy^noai^iMlja ©b'tcr'i
bur) ing a number of persons five bodies li«tiouary in »bi -Uo«g.*t term*. Among tho»e are
hav*' been taken out five others rescued, tnon' of Maine, New ilnmp^hire, Vrrm«iit, i^hoie
one has since died, others supposed to be un- l»»»Hd, C^auaeticut. S*w Jeisey. I'mus) tania. ln
,i.. ,l„ (i.i fkUi I di^na Ohio, K.uiu-kv, Iuinoi.-, Mi-*jun, Michigan,
der the ruins. Lo»* of propertv $1.,,(MH).
ON
•—in his la£e speech at Easton the Ex-iovern
or said:
"Our Union has been too .strong for North
ern fanaticism or Southern nullification for
the filibustering after Cuba, us well as Cana
da and too strong to be injured even when
the weakness und wickedness of u puisilluni-
mo us and faithless Chief Magistrate inav mis
direct its energies and pervert and debase its
uses, and my word for it, it will be too stroog
for tbe assailants of the ballot-box.
latrrratiaf fraas Parts.
The following: is an extract from a letter I
from a Philadelphian, dated Paris, Oct. 29,
aud received per the Asia
You thought that rnonev was tight in Phil- i
adelphia last year well you dicn't know
what tight was they know very well here,
where it in so tight that it will probably burst, i
In the hrnt place, the war it a pretty good i
cause of scarcity nex:, instead of every
steamer bringing out a million, the last
brought out but $100,000, and one as low as
$ o,ooo. i
ing more. England also, and to crown it all,
th e sugar crop liere (beets, you know) isonh
half a« larjje as usual. Meat became so high
thwre and
a»
(^TDuring our last trip up the country, "t^r 1 nabridgcd in a* many ot her public sebo- h.
J'
about the first of December. The publishers, cation. «.minitte.-. teach r.». and I»arenuf i* aolieted
xm
XT ww toth iuii»»rt*nc« t-f thU purity at id
Mutton iV Hro., Y KHV It IS & ^greater and uniforiaity **f language. effriually auieii bj tht*
better work than Kuth Ilall,M and will pro- aseof sucfa a National Standani ai Webater.
duce more of a sensation. Nov. 21, 18a.r».-
theatres, one would tntnk would block them
out altogether. A few nights since, I saw a
lady whose amplitude was so gr«at that you
would swear she would stick fast in a barn
door, squirm and twist herself through a
passage, alon^ which a child of mx years
would hardlv find elbow room they flatten
down when it eomes to a pinch there's noth-
No. 3. Noarly e*ery State Sujierini'-ndeii of Pub
lic 1 u»tructii.ti HI the Union, or
Iowa
ful \igor Ht his literary pursuitw, anl his art: liir^r and ciiuiutitJitiuri, anti amply fur *'K
friends think he will for several years more #»*bed, and that ha will *i*re ao patai i« ®irc «b
...... v I t're nut inaction.
continue the living leader «f eeiencev'
1
PRESIDENTPIKRC*.
1
Our merchants also have tfot bought
they used to, and they buy at ten and twelve Keokuk. Nov. un, is., .,
months.
nAHKt:T
Tlien the crop. «.»» .11 Europe,
.- 7lf
7~
v
that the .o\eminent had the other dav to
regulate the price. There's hardlv any rnon
ev in France, and the lianks of France and
hngland are playing a killing game against
each other. People here are terribly fright
ened for their solvency. Money ought to be mery aud Fancy article# «v«r brought inTo tbii
running out of the poree of your skias in ^et- ^,e e»p^ially invited to give ua a
America, for all in Kurope seems to have "ovl'
gone rL
liugur
money
SWKU.KD DEKSSES.—Omnibusses and com- »-F»r«»er«fcip
mon carriages are terriblv tryin* on this B«W I under»igi«Hl have thi!- day forvad a so-part
and hifaluttn' style of femintne halloone^,
and the narrow passageways in some of the
fetit's
Forsn Oi*rtTT.—John J. Jon«», iri«d at
Burlington for the murder of Iloratio Mc
Cardie, at West Point, in October, 1K40, was
found guilty of murder in the first degr«tlj nov#
the jury, on Saturday afternoon last.
i|uurlo Dirtlauar)
A 4I IOAI SI AU\HD.
The entiiv w »rk I'nuhridg-d. Il.6 'Vowu
Uuarto, Six lDllar-. I'nt.li.-h.•u bv
a. C. MKHRIAM, r^PKINUFIKLD, MA88.
WebntrrV Dictionury, l"nivci*itjr KUtioa.
Vcb. r'« Am i. tni Di' tiunary.
Webster's Migh f»eh'Hl l»ieti»nary.
i Webster's Primary .S'h*d I'ictioaaiy.
Hubli.-h '1 by
MASON AND liltOfliKK-, NKW YORK.
Forming a complete SWriea, and affording a Na
tioual standard, thu* securing amfoim.tj oi Ortho
graphy and Pronunciation tor ibe million* tbut are
to C"U titut th, vast republic.
Of th.^ptiUing h»k one million of copies are sold
annually.
The 1 mling scriw of Sebrwl brwik" publi.-hod is
thi rountry are ha.*ed upon WehcterN system.
I Jt-if there in n i otn a kuowKdg ctandardin
thif country or Gri»t Kritain.
i Wc joiee ha .t tuda fair to bdoonc tbo »TA
MKi ui. TM.sAHv to be u ed by the &uiu> roaf mi
iiotta of people wh are inhabit the Daitsd ."
Signftl oj iUi Memjfvt of Ljngreu.
l'At-1'a.
No. 1. More than ten t.ines as man are »o!d of
Wcb.terV Uk-tiuuary, as of any other aertei in th.»
country.
No. t. At least FOVR-HITHH of the School Books
pttba.-bu-d iu tni-i cuniry (.wnWet^ter aa their »taa
dard.and of the r^oiaiudtr few acknowledge anj
standard.
M.nuesoia ami a.mda, momt.o
in all. I'reiidout White of VVal^h College, lnd.,
and daio of Nov. 10, say»
I think WeKiter'i worihv o eap^raede e»ery i
oth-r English Ibeiionary. It will, 1 have no doubt,
bi u^ed aiiuu-t uiuverfally thi- oid« of the Allegha
nie«."
No. 4. And similar opinion* from the most emi
nent uour^e- through the country are at hand. Th* I
State rif New York hah piatvd 1M,OU0 copies of W.-b-
•. |h *r»' uunuiiuity of opunot. thftt lr.
Wcbiter'i ii th.' bet UtriMv. .Dictionary iu theEng-
li language."—[Horace Mann.
No. 0. "it n constantly cited and relied on ia our
court- of ju.-ticj, in our -gi-dative bodies and in pub
lie diiicu^iiD«. ae entirely eoncliwire."—[Hon. Joha I
C. Spencer.
No. 7. The Ethnological part Rurpaenet any
thing that ha* been done tor th Kngli-h language by
any earlier laborers in the saaae held.—(tieo. itan
croft.
I should greatly rejoice to ^eo Ir. WtInter'- im
prov, m. nt- ui ortiiography uoi^ernaUy adP(^d. as I
havi-no doubt they wilt be."—[Prof. Kdwiirt^, if
Salem Normal School, "V
•lnref rence to the modification- of ortha-ptcal uV
tat ion-', th.- eritieal judgment and refin.-d ta^te of^
Pr. if. OiMntrieh hav left iu his uliiion* W-list-r'*
Dictionary little ground of objection in regard to the
peculiarities whili proved the onlv drawl-ack from
the v^iue of the original work.— [Prof. KU-MJI, the
El'K'Utlnnitt.
Though in some in-tanws not agreeing with the
orthography and pronunciation which certain indi
vidual-. cliqu e, and itnall rommunities may at pre*
ent follow, 1 nov •rthelc-- regard it an the Standard
Dictionary forall deep and corr el knowledge ot th
Engl*b language. \Ve u-e it a« -ueh thi- iUiti
tu ion.- ^M. ('"iiant, Principal of Bridgcwatcr State
N or in.11 S'hwl.
'-rfr Ttie attention of the friend* of popular edu
1 I 1 1 I ith Ut,V$ tj
1 traveling public t^h- »b ll(,u,c. curing I
*11 who fivnr hnn witii a rail that Lis horn* aua
N„v, mb.T 21, 1855.—dly
S e w e w e y o e
€L PAHMELE & CAMPBELL,
fTl nalv sireet, ketw. Id A 84,
K F. OKI R, IOWA.
iKAt.ra ii
rni: UOLD AND MI,VI U WATCHKM,
I'tni.oK, orvtrr. Kin HPN tvo VAHLXE iink\
Fine Jewelry, .'iiver h|ioin4. Kniv^, Fork*,
lauiiee, Cupx, Napkin Rinp, aio.,
War anled equal to com
(»old Pen-, Pem-ilf.
'ua n-, Locket),
K«'y». Fine Poeket Cutlery,
Slnsar-. ScifsorB, Itar.ors. Pistol*,
Comb-. Bru-h?, P.irti- Monnaiea,
sin I a irene a 1 an-ortmen! of
ISIH I A n K n E I
CoiniKi-ing Viol'i'S. Awrdi onr-, Flutest,
Tit*. ug o|«tc.
lluujo.-. Tatnliorineii. eta.,
al»o, a up'' ior qunlity V ndin, (iuitar and
Bui** Viol Siring- and Trimmingv.
Particular Htti'ntion i- inviud to our lnrg" and es
taaalw-t.vls »f dd, silver, and fine ci'lll
with wli'eh w.- ran "tni all eyes that ean be suited.
,s«r V\ ar jiri pur to do all kind* of Clock and
tM
t"pairin}r. and jobbing of every
cokn.ctud with our irad
November 20, I8.r5 dAw
Waatei.
A•ituiitioniM
YorXG MAN, from Pennsylvania d'»irev a
Book-Keeper or.^absinan in a ttore
of any kind. Has ljjht year- experieiiee. and un-
X'-epiionable rioomunmiationa. Address W.KIRK,
.•^t. L^uis. Inov20:2dj
KMKI K FE1ALE IKMIIARV.
rfl K Winter Term for will eomni -uce mi
A Monday. No*. jyth. The Advanc -d l»partment
omtinue*- under th-charge of Mi»* Mary Jiaft,
the Primary of Mis- Julia Benedict, aad tbe Depart
ment of Mtuie aud Freneh of Mrs. Williauis.
Tiiitiin fit s an formerly.
Pi unary Department, $ 6 00
Advanced, 6 0(1
Fuel, Ink, Care of RoeaM, Me., 50
LotM/Me on Piano Forte, 10 00
Guitar, 00
French and Latin Languages, 3 00
WM II W ILLIAMS, Printijjai.
rpm N
ranee htui already received oO,000,000 bush- 1 «.p*n everyday, from 6 o'clock, A M. till *Jn«r t*run»cpcy
els of wheat from us, and every day is buv- o'c'00!*. P- M. i'or the accommodation of cuntoine
Any order* left with me, will be promptlv attended
t. IShop on Fourth Street, near the Ha &:alcs.
Nov. 17. dim A. I'll A PM AN.
C*
^EM INE Bear's Oil, V\ hit.- 8tu:k I'oiuads, juat
reoeived and for sale aheap by
DOV17
MG'iRK
cotton, broadatuffa, P°tK
Oi 1. J. iiiiloU, ACv.
l'" 1*tr«nag*»t
surrounding \untrv-
down through to
all a shatn a
ing of them when you
and
{Kendall's Paris Letter ui Pic
couuterfoit.
•Tune.
I ha** soU
IA
A. BEACH. Agent, Iowa City.
w.'Jin.
HF.*1'O^SI»OKT IIOI MI
his 86th birth-day on the 14th of September if *nr"-rit*!*r w^ld**"* t^r"ft*li"oiTS the ^,c,*ii
yrar af
MOORE A HOOPER.
TAIt ftOTIC*:,
IOJPKH have juat rec
A HCHJPKH have ju«t received one of the
fit
nest aid le*i n!le'teii a»nortmenu of Perfu-
on
IT. J. EL1.H»TT.
JN. H.t'AKTBK.
*. J. ('ALTER.
JA«. B. ARTER.
Having purchased the «atir« stock of A. D«ks,
and having tart her more securii the wrvui of Mr
Punlap, lutt' of Ciiifinuati, Ohio, widely and favora
bly known the "Prine«-ot l$.iut Makers," we
thr eit^ei^ ot K- kuk, and the
it iMur intention to keep on hand a eoiuplete as
Hortment ol every d'-m-ript ion and prim.-, and are pre
pared IJJ fiiii-h to unior and «h'ex to iunt the fan
cy. T. J. ELLHiTT A CX).
my eatira
stock and tra/l. t» T.
,„ ^tug.
A1 n
....
u
^*aaUgaK»s and easy Wins, foof- VTIJORE A IKKIPER S Uiyccui
3.
*"1
Keokuk, Nov. Ii
1
Elli­
ott k o., and eluierfully reonnmend them to tay old
cust.inu ro at gent leuien fultv "'in|nti'iit «n capable
n-inw in all lti
rv A. IMiMJi.
th
",ld' 'h,H
Vke Fast
rpHEniWii
•ers Imving purcha^d the interest of
A Win. Hrowucll in the uboVe mill, and having a
good to«*k ot log? on hand ar- prepared t" fill orders
lor lumber on *horl notice, Order.- to tie lift ai the
mill. or at ourofBee, SA, Main ^t., up Mtair*.
novHdtf K. K. 4 H. W. FORD.
W. ». t" Tuf, THu. HOtilN*. It Ml sfO*.
Huston, Hawkins
Wc shall al-o do aOcueral tVnnmiiwion lu"iws-,
anil solicit i'r »uK eoufcignmcnt* of all kind* of!
merchandise and country prwlurc. We are prepared i
to make liberal advanced. We stial! [my special at- i
U'nion to receiving and forwarding all kiud.-of g««l#
and produce 'li and from the interior, and to fill
ing order* .» any de^'riittioti "f mcreliandise. From
the loug experience of Mr. W. B. II uston in this
branch of buaines-, we shall be able t.. natisfac
tion. lirsToN. AW KINS
We take pleaxare iti remmmending oor successor*
to our old friends, and a*k for them a continuance of
the lib'rality lately extend-d to un. Medert. Hun
ton, Hawkins k ilustoa are prepared to a large
bu.-it»e«-, and from their exp. rieu^ and ability, we
are confident will give entire .«aUeiartion.
STAXNl'S
3
Sc
Huston, I
fu en iri to S.'annu Hamilton,,
WHolfAL.K
l.'Ks. fX.»MMISlON' AND
KORW AltDINU.MKHt HANTS, Main street,
Ix'tween Fourth and Fifth. Keokuh. Iowa.
We have ample meant and Khali keep a fall and
general stork of trueeruse, and ithall be prepared to
!*cll upon the most favorable term*.
6
k
HAMILTON.
OcUiber 5, 186S-dAwlm
At the Gate Cltyr araliare Haam
T^^XTK.VsION' Tables, Breakfast. Uining. lea aad
1^ ard Table*, all of be*t onalit\. and a rv ei
tenf I ve a.tporuneni. A Hlt» T'l A '0.
n-»vl dA w
At Ibr Uate City laraltare R«am
A L\HiF lot of Jenny Liud iledttcad*. tingle and
-TV three-quarters, double and eatra width Alfo,
Cottage, K reneh. Field and Trundle Heiit-a'b. aad
large and small fancy Cnl*. all of the li*»t munufar
turc. dAw C. ,x. AHIWtrr A O.
At tli* City Faraltarr Baaan
CHAIRSofbate
of i v, ry deacri[tion, a vi rv eitcrtflive
at'iek, the bent manufacture aii'i #iijx'ror ftuink.
dAw S UiWHTif O.
At the Uate Uy laraiturr Kaaau
Al)IES and Gentlemen are invited to call at the*
It.*.ms, and examine the quality of our article*.
Prieef will Iref iund sati.-fk torv.
dAw S. AfiFK'TT A
ike Vale t'lty laraltare H»«a»*~"
JAl
ST received, an assortment Marble 1"pt.e»tre
Tables, new and Uautiful pattern*. Also, mini
new Mvle oval wood Tables in Hoeea^od, Mahogany
and Walnut. tdAw S. \BHOTT A *.
At the Uate It)' iaraltttrr Heaat
VSK'l
uf «.ilid Mahoganv Parlor hurtntur. a: 6200.
Ilureau.- from $l(i t'
t.-nis. dAw i
ill a un lieautitm bat
ABBo ri
A
I
At thr Uate City laraltare laaau
A I-\KUK assortment of S-dan. a!! «»yl, aitd pri
-ra. (v-s. Al»o, phol»tcred Arm ("hair-, Vwing
Chairs.etc. tdAw C. rv BIJ »TT A CU.
Ai the bate «'l»f laraltare Haaaa
'JlAT-NOTS, lowel Maudu, Quariettec, Fancy
v v Standi), and a ^eat varo-tv of convenient arti
cle* of furniture, un. ful and oruainenial
dAw C. A liW »TT A XI.
Mississippi Valley nuraeriaa^
Keakak, lawa.
We are now (r |»r«d to
tnrni«b a getxral a»»ort
mciit of ilu- mo«t dc«irabb i
kindf ot FKl'lT TRICKS,
Kicti a.- Ajipic.F aeh.ftfar,
,-!urr.
v
tb.w »l
Plum. Apricot.
Nc.-larine.yuinc«,A'.,
Kin all uitu, Ka^pt-rrie«,
Strawb rri. s, urrtnli.
lio.wcberrief,
kc.,
together
with iHTcral vanetiea of
tira}*^.
Our moek of Dwarf
IVar*, Apple- ami Cher i
rie* ia verv desirable, ee
li to ornament their grounds
a .ii coiaiutiice bearing U*e i
Fancy Shrubbery, Kver-
grt'enn, Kos-t, bahiija. Ac.
Order- w iv at our grounds, thrw fourth* of a
mile w.!t of City limit*, on the Buff Ferry road
'paasinj: near the graw- vard.) or bv mail.
HI HT1KLL A HILTON.
lAw
wr S A
fPiir. »iio u *rr rae^Mctfrtly invit«-il i.
.ill »,t the
JL N KW Wl I i'f ihr Kubu'ribvr. And 6S
mmim
th^ m\ -j»i. mlhiof
PIANOS, MELODEOH8,
(11ITARH. FLI TFA, VIOLINR,
8TEINti.. MIKKT Ml -If. IN'SThl't.TION BOOKS
Jtc.,ever offerel in Iowa.
All inttrum. nt. *old are warranted at Eastern
price
ii.
Room* in Ogden a new Baildinp. Tfo. 5?. Main it.
near »mnd. o. c. I^BKl.L,
iov 12d
W Teacher of (wit.
Instruction In Music.
lock and c. IRBKLI. i, j.r. tore, mv
d-seription V_/. pupil.- at hi* r-ionir f• incirue
tion on tbe
im
PIANO AND HELODEON,
and a bo in
SlBflBf, Cultlvatioa af the Vaice
TRKMS.
B*!**rr«
tm Deyaaltars.
FKLIMIIKNatlcc
and afler this datf. w will receive the fol
low: lift of Indiana free Bank* on deposit a»
other eurreney
AgrietiHural Bank. Mt. Vernon Bank of theCap
ital. lnoianapolis Bank of Elkhart, Klkhart Bank
of Goshen. Goshen Bank of Indiana..MiehiffanCitv
Hank Montieell(», Montieello Bank of Mount
Vernon, Mount Vernon Bank of Puoli, Bank of
Ho-kville, KtMikvil!e Bank of8alem, halem Bank
of Syraeunt^Syraeug? Bank of Warsaw, Warsaw
BrookviHe Bank. Brookville Cambridge City Bank,
anal Bank, hvan^ville: (lent.'al Hank. Indianapolig
('rescent "'t^" Bank. Evatsx* ille Farmer's Bunk
11 8 B-ink, Liifayette lluosier Bank, I/o^an«p irt Indiana
Bank. Madixon Indian Reserve Bank, KokomA In-
diana Stock ink. Laporte Kentucky 8t«ok Bank,
Columbus L.ij iuiij Bunk, Lim ,: Merchants' and
Mechanics' Bank, New A1 ban v. New York and Vir
ginia State Nt'«-k Bank, KvanVviltc Park County
Bank, Hoekville Prairie City Bank, Terre llaute
Salem Bank, Salein ^Savings' Bank, Connersville
Shawnee Bank, Attica: Soutbern Bank, Terre Haute
Tippecanoe Bank, Winamac Tippecanoe Bank, Lo
gan»port Traders' Bank, Indiana.
Atlanta, Inturior and Laf{r*nge Banks, Georgia,
mar-1 aud Agricultural Bank, Teuu., will be reccivaioa
call. deposit at 2 per cent, discount, until further notice.
novI4dtf.
SMITH & VAH8ICKLEH,
Aactlsaerre, ('asialtalra nerckaait
*•4 LaaS Brakeri.
sTaan aicrwxiey MAIN A«H joa.N»«)N.
VVTTatarP*.v
,ut
pafticular attention to oat doon talcr
Jv of Keal Eittate, Htacks. Adminiatrator*' Sale»,
Percband^e. k.. kr,
FOB SALE,
ONK
piece ol Land, containing 320 arret:
im ii
in .i
11»
AH within #ii tni!f= of tb^ Htvof Kcdliuk
Apply t„ sMllli VAV8ICKLKN.
•',®® KALI.,
I pieee of Land, containing I*" acres, heavilv
timbered, ha mih from the Railroad.
KMIiH k VANSUKLEN.
rOH SALE,
IIO f. et by 7it on Firat Street, bei we^ n Main k John
oon. Alw.. lIou* and !.: crn. of Fir»t and J,hi
son. Apply to SMITH A AX.^U kl,K!W
OK MALE,
feet front mi Main
Apply U) MITH k VAVStCKLKK.
NALK
LOTS OB High Street, and Mot in Beevea'add
tioa. Apply -MI1H 4 V ANSlCKLKN.
IOB NILE,
WS Acrui Land, tvti und euttivatiaaf naar CV
inargo. 1
»rm», oue-ibirl ea»b, balance in one, two
aad three vean. Appiv to
^vilTH k VANSICKLEN.
row MALE,
LOTS, hall block, on Tenth Streei, App'* to
SMI ill A ANHICKLlkN.
t'OB HALE.
VConcert
fOMFORTAIiLF i,e Btory hooae and lot, u
Street, with well. cUiern, "able, kt
Fo*."etwHu fivau ta tuir'v dav*. Aipiv to
sill'lil k VXSHIIVIJDC.
nov!
7
*r Hale.
3I/"W
F,»h
tl^OR
k lll
.SToN.
on 8MMH1 itns'i.
KMITH k VANSICKLKC.
SALE—2 bou«t» and iot» on br^t street.
«»"v* SMITH A VAXSU KLEN.
Ilfc.VT—A »tore room on Main itreet. Po
aewion given on the flrpt of I», tvmber.
novV SMITH
F^(»R
k
VANMCKLEN.
SALE—049 acre of cht.iee Uixt within
four
mi lee of the city. SMITH A VANSlt'KLE.V
KENT—A fann -oiitaining 1(U acreo 80 ttii
derfeiin-, go-sl ho tin, and out building*. Pa»
wwioii given fit it da? of Mnn-h.
"MITII
k
VANSICKIJiN.
"L^UR SALE—A new aii'l -iitxtaiilial Hack,
SMITH A VAN1» KEEN
IMSI RANCE A (aCFICl'.
A IN r-1 KANCh'tj.. Hartford, unaeetku'
IVa ST^K INSI A.VCK 'I burgh. S.
1:1 AKTFuKI* HHK IXM'RANCK COMPASV Hart
f"fd OIJB
-*:TN A LIFE IXSl RANCE C«».. Hartford, Own
C'MMElif 1AL INSI RANCE CJ.. Lout, Mo
Slore», etockn and dwdlugi m»ur«d againnt Fin
sierefiaadtxe imared agatntt the danger* «,! navir
tmii.
l'"lni* iwoed in th« Marine IVparttuea'
the ottiarrcial Insurano-
o
,,t St l^ai,, aal the
wuti.niiT! of the Company an'.mm slai«i with |ofc ,.
of «*tj days an reliable paper. In ••ran** pmeorci
for the#4» deairing it, in aty Ht
LOIIM
COMMBV.
K K K A I
rov9 Im t'ot Man.- and 2d «i».
Ta Ue ritlaeaa af K»«kak.
HAVING(iae
IIit«re»t«l With ur ibe .Me.ssrt SeaAehU
in the Fitting Bumucs#,
mr wouid
of
a*«ar«
the public (hat ail onVrt given t., ihem will he e\
euted in a neat and workman like maute-r. and
'bat th«*y can r»-lv upou tbe work, dose bv tbem,
bing
the \ery be* mat. rial.
i' will be but a M.ort time before the gas will
b- introduced, we wuld re^omaeud to tlx.,, d*.,
r..u,« of lighting up at the time .»! the empleti»M "f
th. work*, that they jiu immediate order* f-r pip
fixture)*, Ac., oth-rwt$e, nianv would be delavetl br
yond that time, as it would imp«Miitib|e to'juppiv
all applieationt upon abort aotiee
.1 U IS IS
HKRRIck k CO.
I»a« lliiare*.
'MHK uadernijrtiel are prepared to rtaeire order*
A for fitting up store-, office* nad dwelling borne*,
with pipe and fixture* for gas—promptly executing
fm
W KIUA
the name, aad guaranteeing all tbeir work to be ra*
t'ffht
All pen»«a deairout of amng gu, that bare a«S
been called upon, are reqaeated to ivaee their al
dr.», with u. tiir-ugti the Po«i Ofk*.
Onl ,-r» execulM UI the ia wh»«fc thaw
are received. «C0FIEL1 A BRtXTUHt.
•luly
a K a e
SCil
Til HALF of the aorib^axt quarter of Mdlon
1» in township nr. N„nii..f Hang* 1* Wett, in
AppMooae county. Iowa. w. II watered. Apply to
VREtod-(tores,,
LLOVL i MMPmjS.
•»verPo«t office, Keokuk. t. iv dtf
IAIE»«.»r'UA*Aftji:,
T** llttara,
orth Mmn Ui. »tl. and ml K.-.kuk, Iowa.
I'Klii'AKEO To lNTlu*i»l. UA P1PK
into dwelling*, cburvhee, aad other baiid
ing*. oti rea» nahl. tirms.
our stock of K-M fixtures will be always atk .,uat#
d^mamlf of tb»' tridi1, and our cmiin *-t i u
•u« that We tan furnl-h a in pattern at ?hort
ti'-e. He would particularly eail the atUntioo of
thoi«' wantiujt Steam Pipe oiiinuctioni U-out lr/vuyAl
won whieh ha- alm nt entirely »«|t neded oop
pijh A »tock «f all »iae? constantly on hand.
Onkrg r.H-ened f. I.rass w.,rk. C»-h paid for old
iiraw and p|(er. jOet d*r l,l-Mi.-dft«
The ^Oate City Bat Store VR
now in receipt of a larr -UH k of Hatt.rapa, 25
Furi i-oda, pMrcbaMsd dirmtly of the manufae
4ure* and warranted *u *tyU and qonlitv N*. 74.
Majn Street. g. J-. VOORHlfcs A CO.
f.
Sept. tJ, 1 Sii.i.—d
Carlaailtl«« far the Little talk a.
iL^ EKV tbiu£ that yoo oan think of i. ti kk tLw
4-^ artf of tbe little folk* ean be had of C. Ober
at the
Oo* ae. i SltiN OF THE BIG FIDDLJL
Vlaarlai Arrived.
AHA 'up r.ur pin.- flo-jting jost ar
rive«.l. TUe lot will be id ai a bar
gain for e.i-h. App'yat the tlateCitv F'urnitara
Haotns. I?,R Main «t. f. s. ABBOTT Att).
Far Nalv.
ONfrom
E hundred and eighty acres of land seven ai)«a
the city of Kenkuk.on the plank road. 20
a .« umb.tr. #0 acre* in tn- ed-.w, the rem iinder iu a
high state of cultivation two voun^r. thrifrv, bear
ing .Hrehanla, farm buildings, Ac., situate*!
i,n" a hiah,
bt-aucif.il, rolimp prairie, and commanding a view
1 the surrounding country. Said to be one of the
handsomest farm.-: in Iowa.
Kmjuireol A. WOLCOTT.
v
ONK
'2 No. P6. Mainst., up stair*.
Business Boilding IJOI between 5th and 6th,
and one betwaao6lhand 7th. Main «t., Keokuk'
for rale by A.WOljt OTT.
u"v'2d
BlbuggyFoRSALt
v
rfofir
Ac.
Private lecsonf per qr 24 leasons) $12.
given at residency li.
with use of Piaao. 16.
aovl2d
v ia
Vis«.ft
SHELDON
V
S6 Main »t., 2d loor.
titA .—A well built, handsome fua
for tale cheap. Inquire at the "OatsCIt?
lr urniture Room*," I:t*, Mam street.
..
nwl8d
or"A.T.''DKMIMQ'
A BB TT k CO.
HAT* I HATSI! HATS lit
C. SHELDON in now reviving another larn
stok of Haf«, Cap* aud Furs, «love«, Mit*.
and icnts'Furnmbing (io.Kis,
uf
I*ancy Robes, Ac.
8HhLlK)N
11KLI
(illlS
--ft-,
ceum Ointment, a de
hand«. lips, Ac. at
WR-8. on Main,
naar third Mm*.
th latest winter
»tvl s lor 1855, all of which will be »o!d *t a stnall
advance from Eastern priet-s. Now in the tiintf for
you to oacure one of tbose fine soft French felts hats
much worn in the east and west. Call and hay
yourmdf a nice, fashionable hat.
Don't forget the place. A. C. SIIELIION*
n'
Mam nt., corner Third.
ill, 1,1 ION'S you will find Biie Molehkin Hau.
Cass. Hats, hluck, brown, [xuri, Naakaai
and ev. ry otb«rcdor that a j« rson may want.
has just received another spiendiifetiS
of Ladies' Furs. Ladies call and look at theta.
^HELDON has a large st«-k of ooliars, cravats,
"Attdktrchitfs, tm, fine sbirtfl,
unJvr
nhirti.
drawers, giows. Ac. novl9
A SHELIKJN'S you will find FurGlovee, Fur
Buck Gloves, MitU, Driving gloves,
n*.J„
has e,,t the best etock of Silk A .Votch
«"nghat" tmlwellaa, Canes,Carpet Bags, Uath
«r hat
Um-t,
asutne bin stock
Ac., there ic in tbe west. Call and M-
nov IV
1 have just received
y those large Bay Stale Travel
things for cold weather. Call an
nov 19
MILITARY
another fine lot
ing shawla, jasttk*
and buy one.
A.
C. SHELDON.
Companies can be supplied with mil­
itary hats, caps, or anything they may want ia
tbe way of military good*, if they wi.i Uav« their
order# ai the "New Wk Hat .^tore."
aerl*
A SHKLDON,
Waia stmt, earaar of Third.