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OFTICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY.
Tax I»ES MOIXK* VALLEY WHIU in LIFTED fmu
this ^?Roa v«ry W*lnoad*y, ha* mm extcnsiveand in
crea.iug oirciitatioij throughout tho Yal
l#j, *. *«il a* in ike r©#t of the £tate and tht t'ni
tad Stat**, and u medium oi advert liing ii not
snrpa^wt. Sul*oript-toa pries $1,69 per annum in
advanoc.
£altr*a4 .Vettlaf ait l'harlMt«a
the oitiaens of Charleston, in this county,!
held a meeting the other evening, for the pur-'
pose of concerting measures for securing a
inr^v of a route through that town for the
*eokt*, Mt. Pleasant A Muccatine R. R.
ve™'
general attendance of!
th» 3H'n£o« and a warm interest expressed
in thr object of the meeting.
Resolutions were pa&ed expressing great
•oaidence in the importance of the road and i Setting
the benefits to result to the county from ita
construction, and pledging their earnest co-!
operation in aid of the enterprise.
A resolution was also adopted requesting
an examination of the route through that
place, and pledging themselves to defray the
expense of a recennoisance.
We trust that the officers of the Company
Uttl respond to this request and make an ex
amination of the route in the direction iadi
cated.
This movement is but one of many show
ing the growing intorest of the ^people, and
of the people of our own county especially
in this road. We welcome all such "mani- i
feeutions" as indicative pf truer appre
ciation of the importance of a Road which
we have always deemed one of great impor
tance to the interests of Keokuk and the
eouoty at large.
Kamai-A Cltmpae of Truth.
Below will be found the fact* attending
the origin of the recent outbreak." ia Kan-
We felt tore from the first, that when the
facts came out, the Free State men yould be
exculpated and the fjnilt would re«t upon
the "border ruffian"' government of Kansas:
(from tho Herald of Freedom fcimsjw)—Extra.]
Tuesdav, Nov. 27.-4 A. M. meeting
tl^ citizens convened to-dav on the ground
A series of resolves were passed, a com
miteeof vigilance wa» appointed to investi
gate still further, to search out the offenders
and devise means to bring them to justice.—
Coleman and his party had fled.
The meeting continued in session till a late
beor and adjourned.
Between 0 and 1 o'clock Mon lav evening,
Mr. Jone#, Sheriff of Douglas Co., who re
ceived hit appointment from a bogus Legis
lature, afended by a posse of 14 others vis
ited the hou.se of Jacob Branson, and ar
rested him lor sccurit\ of the peace, on the
oath of a couple of the abettors in the
•bore transaction.
Mr. Jonea did not road, or even make Mr.
acquainted with the character of his war
rant, tut told liiiu he must go with him im
•Mfcimtely, or he would "blow E. to heli in a
minute."
I .dr. Branson lives near the scene of the
iat uiurder. and Mr. Dow made it his home
at Mr. U.'a house. This is probablv the
hei^hfh of his offending.)
he 7o*se, with Mr. Branson, proceeded
towards Lecompton. via Blanton. Arriving
•t the lutter place, they wore stopped by a
of Mr. B.'« friends who had heard* of
the urrost, and followed him, and bv a near
er route headed them n-ar J. B. "Abbott's
house, in Bianton. There were bnt 14 of!
the reiicuer». They threw themselves acrost.
the road, and requeued Branson to leave
the party. He diJ so although ordered to
rem uu with the posv,j, or he would be shot
down.
Jones dispatched an express to the Shaw
»ee Mission for aid. He said the Governor
had given hiin the assurauce that lo,(Hi men
should be at his service, immediately, if
ttoeded, und declared that tbey should (»e on
the ground forthwith.
seeui* that Coleman, on making his es-,
cape, fie.) to (ii.v. Shannon. What cheer he I
The country is all on fire! Means are be
ing employed to call the neople together. A
company are patrolling the streets while we
write, and the soul-stirring drum is beatin^
to arms.
There is no doubt, ere the dav expires, an
organized body, under the sheriff, will again
be upon the country. What action our peo
ple will take in the premises we are not ad
vised. It is probable a iut-f*tiu^ of the
will be convened this morning.
lWWn
an
i
K18DKR HOST roll.. I
Lawrence, Nov. 24, 1^55.—Our twn was
thrown into a high »tate of exeitement on Only purs
Thursdav last, !y the intelligence from near much chagrined at
Hickorv Point, in this Territory, that Chat.
W. Dow, a young man about 22year* of age,
was most barbarously murdered bv a party
of demons who rejoice in the appellation of
"border ruffians." Mr. Dow had been to a
blacksmith biiop where several of those de-
idem drew a rifle on him, and threatened to ..
shoot him on the spot, but finallv set down
his weapon without injuring any one. Dow
o v e e o s i o n o n e u s s i o n u
«X"'h, ...
•bettors, and escaped to Missouri. 1
LATER—THE WAR BEGUN.
t0
{Editorial Correspondence.]
Br*LiNOTON, Mondav
ia. come tu look it *11
pretty much made up my w
rescind my resolution
the few days o'
much like ft**
&
of tbe
P°Pulate
a decent 8ited
Hr^uc
where the murder was committed, und en- grow "some pumpkius" vet.
tyred intu the facts at length. The proof But, badinage aside, (it is not «U badin
corroborates our statement that one of the, ,.
Most cold-blooded murders on record had *«e»
thoui5h''
been committed by F. N. t'oleman at* princi much this season. The number of business
received from that quarti we are not ad-! two, I am afraid the Havrk'.yt office would
•teed: suffice it to say that he made his war' get into confusion in a hu TV
to Lecompton, accompanied bv a guard to 1 u .•
keep him from being injured "while pa**in£
KI"ctionn for State offici'r* and »en»-
b-*r« of Congress have been held in all the
nf
cm- Lin?#,
Tl
,U
southern .States wtthtn tbe pant two year*,
Where it the National Whig party
3d.
.ver. had
0 write letters during
my abaence, for it it too
ucing my day* of recreation to
Whenever 1 go away from Keokuk at any
thing like an inconvenient season of the year,
I realize very well how hard it is to get uway,
and how hard it is to get there, and appreci
ate somewhat how much our city suffers for
I have looked over this little village some
what again, and it appears to mc that if the
**ere, and not be too
ce
""I ,°n« of Mt Which .ualu u nurthum market a cheap-
er ftn
eQd
iUued to leave, and got away "a few rods Rock Island but then while that isprogress
K '•t0at\oaWH* frected
towurla
th*|
Looking around he received a charge ot buck I
ehot in his bo#om from a wretch named Col-1
1
man, uud fell dead upon the spot. a fine quiet place for respectable "old fo
*mpt was made to arrest the murder-
e was secreted bv his pro-slaverv'
gll.s,»
do£e
the bod'r round of drudgerv, and it strike! i
forcibly that a little relaxation uninter- ONE WEEK LATER FROM EL HOPE,
rupted with hours of toil wouldn't be amiss AlUi
AT all. However, I feel placable just BOW. I
and have undertaken a letter, bat 1 may get
crooked any day, and when I do, I shall
"shut down." i
®*«r-readj speedy outlet and inlet. If
were
com'ng
e8t
n°»
8houldn'1^®
there would
without knowledge
country or preference as to points, I
to Keokuk, for the trouble of
likelT
th® de"ir*
more than
of
Would thc
balance
exploration. And neither
maj°rit?
of
tht?
people. There i
must be some particular inducement to at
tract men there now until the first of April,
or the great mass of travelers will not be apt
to go. That is the way I reason, and 1 am
constrained to realize with some degree of
force the advantage that a railroad connec
tion with "the rest of mankind" would be to
us. And yet, in this connection 1 find some
thing by comparison very complimentary to
Keokuk. During XJO day since navigation
opened in the spring, to my remembrance,
(judging from appearances at the hotels.)
have there been so few strangers in Keokuk
as there are in Burlington to-day. There
has been no meal this si'iison, (for instance,)
at the St. Charles, where there were not
at least twice as many, and I think 1 should
be safe in saying three times as many, as
there were at thp Barrett House to-night at
tea. If my judgment in this respect is accu
rate, it argues a very strong inducement for
people to go to Keokuk, which leads them
there agiinst all inconveniences. Still, tbe
furnishing of a ready means of ingress and
egress would greatly increase the number of
stranger visitors.
iiutuoa obstacles, it
might still be made to amount to something.
To be sure we are going to build a Railroad
up back of them and give their prospective
wholesale trade to Mt. Pleasant and by the
same means we are going to give the country
speedier avcuue over the Muscatine
of our Railroad line and thc bridge at
ing Burlington has a chance to "spread her-
e
Belf'
andwhen
t'JC
they enn jiwt fence
town in aud finish it up, and it will make
whose enterprise has all burnt out, to
awa-v
the remnanl of
lhere are
enough
of that
1
their lives, and is»eovntintu.-d
people
tow»*
Hence I
th&t''Flint Hills" have a chance to
^rli«gton has improved very
pal, abetted bp Hargus, Rurklev, Moody and houses, compared with that of Keokuk, is Admiral Dundas, with a. portioi
wagoner as accesories before the fact. very limited, but yet they are sufficiently nu- flt'et, was at Bay Kid.
tuerous to reflect great credit upon the en-J The Allied steamers were watching for an
terpriae and thrift of anv town even in the An.er,™ h,'!.™, .appo.«l to be in the Bal
.„r
tic with a cargo of revolvers.
\Vest. And one thing I can freely say for The London Post contradicts the story in
our sister city, tbe house.1! of this class which the Times about Canro bert'b treatv with
have been erected this year are Generally Sweden and Denmark: aihesion to the Allies
very good, some of then/very fine. There is ™m"r.lhat V™**'" disponed to make the
,• first advance towards peace, is considered
one block within range of my window, on unfounded. It is confidently reported how
the corner South-west of the Barrett House, ever, that the Envoy to JSt. Petersburg visited
which is decidedly superior to anything in I ^,e Czar nt Nicholaeff^ with the view of in-
in Iowa deserves a premium for industry, it
18 hlB1 but 110
shouM
n
^,lTC
through Lawrence. The warrant was there ^'ranc^ fraternity and, indeed, I am
made out against Mr. Branson, no doubt DQt acquainted with anv of the corps.
with the view of affecting his credibility be
fore a iurv.
time t0
Republican, at Dubuque, is the eeutlcman
of Chicago, where In, ay stop a few days,,
per aps, an write again, if good humor:
#K °ri^00« a good many
er
i r*9
1
®'ian,t
night'
audit i« aaigmficani fact that there ha» not I return.
b»en a Whig ticket run in a aingle Southern
State during that whole period.
Keokuk, not excepting the fine block of our ^l'ul recoup,ize certain conditions
worthy Mayor. 1 Wt kaow »ho b«ih it,
but the Burlingtonians ought to pass a vote "When the Prussian cabinet made known
of thanks to the man who has erected so the view of the Czar to the Western Powers,
fine an ornament for their streets^ and em- latter deemed them insufficient. Rut as
.u
1
pioyeu ho much extra cash for the purnose ...
u n o n e s u e s o e o o e s u i s e
of a beautiful aud imposiug appearance, and pected.
I wo'ild heartily thank the man in Ke
kuk whu would follow his example and give
the town a building which would feast as
my eyes aud grutify people's tastes so
much. Let Keokuk and Burlington jog on
together as peaceably as we can, and if we
have any thiug derogatory to say of eaab
other, let it be said as laughingly as we MI
fcay it.
1 found friend Dunh .m hard at work in1
the Hatvkrye sanctum, and it did me good to
grasp his cordial hand. The establishment 1
fieerns to be doing u very fine business, jt
it does work our friend down prettv h.±rd, Ala., y, v:uttering ti
for he is overseer of the "institution,'' eol
lector and general business man, r^ud sole tion put forth by the Hunker Convention at
editor, for all that I can see. If nnv man ft- Moines, for the repeal of the Liquor
get sick a day or
the Gazette
I find that the Mr. Fiiot, who has taken So far as we have been able to learn public
the task upon his hands of buildin^ up the
te^
ihe public way, I bid twelve o'clock good
tru#t
J0U
•*a°iJ
Foreign Mew».
ARRIVAL OP THE AMERICA
1*8* Sv«i«fe With (he Wee
tern Ptwrr*.
PEACE RIMORS.
BOXMAKD.HEMT OF THE IVOBTH
HlDK.
DECLINE
IA
BREADS
TUFFS.
HALIFAX, Deo. 1.
America arrived here this morning.
Her dates from Liverpool are to Saturday,
Nov. 24th, one week later than those received
by the Atlantic.
The A riea will be due at Boston at about
noon on Thursday.
The main feature of the news is a report
that Oen. Canrob»»rt had concluded a treaty
of alliance between Sweden and the Western
powers to take active effect both by land and
sea in the spring. The rumor, however, is
believed to be premature.
Peace rumors are quite abundant, and
amongst others it was ascertained that the
Czar Lad given his assent to Prussia's in
forming tho Western Powers that he is will
ing to treat for peace. All the reports, how
ever, lack confirmation.
In active hostilities nothing hnd ocourred
since last ndvices.
From the Crimea it is reported that the
Allies have determined upon a grand bom
bardment of the RuHsian position of the
north side.
The king of Sardinia was in Paris, and
a cordial reception was being extended to
him.
MARECTS.
a general decline had been noted upon all
the quotations advised per the Atlantic.
The week's buain s» was restricted to the
sale of 3,500 bales, nearly all of which was
taken by the trade.
In bread^tuffd but a limited business was
transacteu, and prices had undergone a
•light decline, say to the extent of 2d on
wheat, and Gd on corn and flour. In provis
ions no change of moment had occurred
market closed steady.
The London money market continued
stringent but for alf this drawback the
closing quotations for consols were HSijCa
8sj, an advance of nearly one per tent, un
on the rates current at tlie departure of tne
last steamer.
ADDITIONAL BY THE AMERICA.
The America arrived at half past one
o'clock this A. M.
The Arael arrived at Havre on the 19th
u!t.
The Hermann at Southampton on the same
day.
At the Crimea both the Russians and Al
lies were under cover, the latter apprehending
an attack from the Russians.
The contemplated bombardment of north
S^bastopol is to permit the allied fleet to win
ter in the harbor.
Munouapolton.onlhe north coast of the sea
of Azof was bombarded by the Allies on the
30th of Oct.
A part of the town had been fired, when
an Austrian merchant hoisted the Austrian
Sag .v,Th«r warehouse, the fmng w»
fi«V
j-®
away the remnant of their lives, and dn
It is rumored that Cieu. Mimgle menancen
the Allied portion at the Straits of Yenikaie.
cla9*
of
Aiiien had ',,OO0 troops and were expecting
large reinforcements.
A large Allied force had embarked from
Supatoria and sailed westward.
ASIA.—Nothing
later from Kara.
«'tiiir Pacha's vanguard had
Oku m.
Al Old Illaa"Aa4
The Liverpool cotton market was dull, antf club—1 shot him. And though 1 claim not
reached
of the
V'"
Pruswa and P.ussia are still in communica-
ongresslsnal.
WAsmNOTON, Dec. 5.— Senate.—Mr. Hale
submitted a resolution asking the President
whether k*1 had received any evidence of
such resistance to the execution of the
laws inKonsas, as to require the interposi
tion of a military force.
^lr. Adams gave notice of a bill to amend
the Naturalisation Laws.
House.—The House resumed voting for
Speeiker. After the 15th unsuccessful ballot,
th« House adjourned.
The following was the last vote: Campbell
8, Richardson 74, Banks 7, Fuller 19, Mar
shstll 0, Pennington 7, Whitney 9, Smith, of
LIQCO* LAW.—From the flaming resolu-
Law, wo expected their orators would say
something in its vindication at their Graud
Rally at Knoxville, on the 19th inst. But,
among all the able speaker* present upon
I that occasion, not one had the temerity to
Open hi* mouth upon the subiect. They find
that, although the law may be defective in
some respects, the people of Iowa will not
consent to its unconditional repeal.
Bentl,nent on
lU
i,. gentleman
de(*c,,ve
AMEN(
y co uc ing he Chicagu Tribune, and luture, without striking the entire law from
with his known talent and energy, 1 presume the statute. Hunker opposition to this law,
he will succeed. like their wild anathemas against Know
1 leave to-morrow for the ver* citv Xothingistxi, is destined to have a glorious
m«T vwj finale.—1 Knoxville Journal.
'a have a happv time of -nA-*
ri(T ii,», .1, —.TT 1 Z I Mr. William Wyman, A machinisi. of
II a®' ®lih0M Chart ton, MassackietU, hu bZTZsnt to
nug out of Pentuylvania mine* thw past tlie madhouse at Cambridge, a Victim of epir-
to
*1"" subject, all are willing that
shouid
b*
remedied by
JMPNT at the next session of the Legis-
JuJge McKftrland other Bpeakers
oeclu,jon are a
I long an they can stand, in favor of the Liq-
U()r
'n against it would have a particle of
weigllt
on
standing argument, so
aw, and nothing that they could have
iung their face, were viaible
Y itual rapping
s,
to
aa
OK Hari«r
Our readers have already leatned that, at
the recen^ session of the District Court at
Burlington, John J. Jonee was convicted of
the murder crl McCardie, committed some
STATE OF IOWA VS. JOHN i. JON IS.
Sentence of the Court.--The prisoner was
yesterday r. n. brought into court for sen
ten*'-. His Honor Judge Lowe, addressed,
him as follows
The prosecution against you for the mur
der of Horatio W. McCardie, has resulted as
you have painful reason to
conviction, after patient hearing and a iuost
able defense by your counsel. If you have
any legal cause to show why judgment should
not be pronounced against you, the court will
hear it.
The prisoner, being permitted by the court
prisi
On returning to that home the dav of the
fatal deed, 1 learned the certainty ef the mad
dening truth, and hastened to the field, mv
rifle still in hand. I know not why I went.
I had no fixed design. He met me with a
to have acted in defence, 1 do apsert that
there was mutual combat. You know the
rest. 1 tied—my family followed. But for
the fifteen year* 1 have li\ed in Locklaud, 1
made no secret of the deed I had done.
Now tim» has done its work. The Govern
ment itself has changed. New laws are pass
ed and old ones repealed—and those who
then surrounded me have mostly passed
away. A different people are iu thc land—a
different code of morals now jrevuils. 1
drank liquor, it is said, and true it is I drank
it. Mot to have done so then would have
been the objection. Men high in station
leaned upon the dramshop for support. To
treat one's fellow to the poisoning cup was
deemed proof positive of genteel training. I
may uot be held responsible alone fur the vi
ces of society—it is enough that 1 have been
their victim. Those days are past, and that
loved one is gone—borne down with trouble
she sank into an early grav»». That lovely
daughter is now a hopeless cripple, wearing
a haggard face. Uf those two boys—who
should have been the prop of mv old are—
To this Honorable Court, the Jury, and to
the Attorneys and Officers thereof^ and to
this community, 1 return my humble than Its
for their impartial hearing.
I have never been a criminal of choice,
but rather the creature of circumstances, be
neath the weight of which far better men
than me have sunk. I may have been too jeal
ous of mine honor, but never have but once
proved faithless to my trust. When my coun
try's rights were invaded I answered them,
and so did mine honor. With Gen. Jackson
in all his Creek campaigns I battled for my
I was there—at Kmukfa and Taladega 1 was
there- and when the shouts of victory drown- i
ed the cries of the dying at Horse Shoe, in 1
the front ranks of my country 1 wan there—
and tbe name of him whom we now call'
John J. Jones was another word for deeds of
daring.
n,e'
['he Judge
sentence:
same, your weight of years,
it pi
red
vou bravely served in the flower of your man
hood and still more for the greater honor of
that common humanity, which in the later
life vou should have observed towards that
inoffensive neighbor of yours, for whose
murder you now stand convicted. It is pain
ful to retlect, in reviewing the evidence for
and against you, tbe mind can rest
had ^et up some kind of a claim to land oc
cupied by Mr. McCardie, upon which he had
raised a crop, and was engaged in gathering
the same for himself and family, lnatead of
testing vour claims in the peaceful aiode pre
scribed £y law, you initiated upon reaping
where you had not sown. And you said to
Mr. McCardie, that if he should take any
more corn from his field, that yoa would shoot
him. McCardie believing himself entitled
to the fruits of his own Tabor, persisted.—
You, brooding over that fatal menace a few
days, walked deliberately into his held with
your gun, and executed your fell purpose by
Mending a bullet to his heart, in the presence
of his son. McCardie went down to the
grave, and you, a guilty felon to part* un
known. Fifteen years have since rolled
away, and a mysterious Providence turns
you up ,and brings yon within the jurisdic-
of the highest grade of homicide. And to
grant you immunity under these circumstan
ces, from the legal consequences of your
crime, would cause McCardie to turn in jhis
grave. The law under which you committed
the deed, visits your crime with the penalty
of death. Bince which the Legislature has
materially changed the law of Murder—
fifteen years ago. The sentenoo of the Judge therefore, giving you the benefit of this doubt,
and the speech of the prisoner were publish
ed by the Hawkeye, but overlooked by us at
the time. They possess sufficient interest to
be copied even at this late day.
to speak if he had any thing to say why sen
tence should not be pronounced, Judge Rorer
his attorney, read the following in his name
May it please the Honorable Court
1 am an old man fast tottering to the
grave. The frosts of Beventy-three winters,
though they have not whitened mv brow, 1 between 2d and
have wrinkled my face, and '"hilled my heart 7d4w
with many sorrows. Mine has been a check
ered life, and now when about to be separat
ed from my fellows, I can give a truthful
version of the past.
1 had a family and a home—a rude home,
it is true, and a plain and humble family—
but they were niv all. The deceased robbed
me of the one and invaded the sanctity of
the other. Two small sons, a lovelv daugh
ter. find wife—a cherished wife.
co„rv nnjl U- -A, «ta.f* in td, 2%.
wilderness I was there. At the faatof acorns
These are of the past. A long life near
ly spent—the scene IH changed, but He above recently refitt. ai
who reads thc human heart, is further than I "'"'l1* "d'htion* tohi iailtry, he i» pr.^j»ared t« iak«
the formal sentence of the law, competent
a valid or sufficient reason in law, to arrewt Wa ,.f th.- weather, and natWaction in all ~tr
the uplifted arm of justice, and therefore it guarrante.-d.
remaiuti for the court to perform the last The Urgent establishment aad only W# lUtfftMJal-
per
crowning act of your trial by proclaiming
the sentence of the law. Your great age,
having outlived your three-score years and
ten, the fact that you long resided near my
native spot in Ohio, and the still more im
portant fact that you have honorably served
your country, as 1 am imformed, in the ca
pacity of a soldier under ien. Jackson, make
the performance of the duty one of great poig
nance and severity on the part or this court.
And he would willingly been spared the
for the honor 01 vo
one fact or circumstance that would seem to Ij cber'h Sugar Hou«e SvrV in k. gn and half
offer the siightent apology or palliation for bbl». Hai.-in* in boxen, half bo\e* and quartern,
your offense. The story of your crime is a! __ II AM ILL A CO.
abort one, and may be briefly told thus: You' -PA' a s e i a a n w
i ale by J. P.8TOTT3.
which fact, taken iu connection with the pe
ouliar construction given this law by the Su
preme Court, make* it more than doubtful
whether this Court has the power, under the
indictment and form of the verdict, to claim
vour life as the forfeit of your crime, and
I shall limit your punishment to hard labor in
the Penitentiary during the remainder of
your life on earth-
Will IBM M. Belknap
ISCompanifft
Ajp-Qt t*r the followiuf uiwlautiai IlMUraaoS
Commercial Ins, ('o.,8aint Louis Mo.
Hartford Fire In nurture Co.
JRtn* I n$. Co.
ft«r Inn. o.
^tn» Lift Ins. Co.
The KttentioD of taerchacta and forward*r« is
called to tbe fact, that the fomtiioreta! Tai. Co., of
know, in your open Mantle J'olie* at thfir Agen
Thr pr •iiiiuin* arr retained hero and loan
cuKluuicr.-. _1 tin Cuiniianj.
ed U. th
Oftc« N«»oond (street, nt-ar Main.
deoHd I ni
»'«r Beat.
have 2:i rouifortatde dwelling •ion
Street, a* I have ou' etnj.tj
decTdiw
I^VJE
SALE—For good* or canh, i will rj buihi
init lotj on Main Street or I he LIMVV. 21 f*t
front l.y 40 feet deep. Al»o 4000 acics of ffo.Hl
farming land in Lee ounty, Iuwa, within 12 or 20
mill's of Uto oity ul Keokuk, at No. 6" Main Ftrwt.
1 S. K. niLUNGR.
TrcMeaAsiit ItMk.
MVfcxod*
I$oyn sajr my aeoond itory is piled so tall of
that tbrr* ia danger of a breakdown. All
}*?ri-oiid wanlinj at their own pru-ea will do
well to call at our xtore and save u* the trouble uf
throwing thoin inu. the *lreet. Dry Wood*, ye*, ev
ery thing Groceries, y.n, the »t tea* fre^h. lioot#
and fttiocs. ye», ».vi»rv thing.
Am 7 (14* s. 4 D. C\ KILLINGS.
PITTNHI HUH COAL.
TVnaMjfation.
my quautiiy, to be delivenl before the clue of
Am.ly at the htoi* arehooi. of
ltrid)?- A Hr ther, So. VI Main St., between -id and
•1th, K.-okiik- H'. S. MMtKl
to:
Hi* flous*- is lar^e, and affords good sfminmoda
ion for the storage ol Merrhandiv aud Produce of
•very kind- dee«lH..MAw
L-
Bl KLt,,
\M \i'TI J'.KJt AMI I'KU.KK
ili i-v-ry -,-rij i.-u
Daguerreotype Goods, Apparatus,
Chemicals, Ac., Ac.
ALL
Goods -.-lit :r"ii) itiy .Ui- warranted to
ojien a* r-1 t, nn-t 1 f, 11
win v
th#* imp is iron a to trim ni« lniiirmt math** Aa furnished At tbe Ifwc^t prif*
the one is gone to join his injured mother as
witnesses against the dead destroyer of their
peace—the other—and my heart sink* with
in me when 1 6av it—lime*—but not to me— I
with an ear d^af to my calamity, he comes
not near me! But I forgive.
All order* by mail or otherwise will revive inupt
attention.
ROOKS
86 Main Street,
Keokuk,
Imra.
deeAdAw
NK1 IK.HT
DAGUERREOTYPES
Frlre Hed»re4.
HK s u i I t
tlld n-.pi• ilii i
hk
ly announce lo tl,.'
inhabitants of Keo
kuk and ririnitr, that
he has redo.ed the
price of Iagtierreot to
SKVKNTV-FIVF i.'LNTS
apiece, ani wi*h^« it t,, b- understood] that he it not
tone tj-r
*n.v
6rm 1U
dfeMA w
BAV1U..
11
*he r«*y-
Glas
whieb cannot surjuuif.-d. Don't forget the place,
H6 Main St., between and 4th.
i«"d I. W BTTT-b.
DAGUERREAN GALLERY!
^UK mb«eriler r««
pee u 11 y S'
n.UB"fb to the liihal
tants of K's.kuk at -I
tii-init)', that, iiavn
guerreotv]*!' Ac., A-., equal to th. U-st, and 1
then delivered tbe following I or lower than any firm in the city.
Abo landiesi-i's and drawing copied, and ptctans
rri. 1 a. i °f 'he Pick or dc«-*a#ed tak.'n at »hort notie«.
The ourt cannot accept your statement as ,.tur(„
|)U up
,n
ty
„7
Taru
.tv
of
„trUt
ngvd
Icry 111 K.-okuk. 88 Main St., betw^o ad and 4th.
k. w. HI KLL.
ITALSTOX.
n. rnrvf-n.
DKALKR*Commi.-v
HA VIII. I, A CO.
in iro«*eru- and Produce, and Forward
-ii Men-bant*, Main itreet,
ing and
between 2d and .'id, Keokuk, Iowa.
Would call tbe attention ol'thc eititena of thin eity,
and Country Merchant" to their large and well se
lected stock of (troerriep. They have one of the lar
gest Mock* e\er offered in ihi* place, of all such ar
ticle* as are usually kept in Grocery establi.-hunuU,
and will sell on the tnort rea-toimlde tertn-. Ibey
leel confident froui tlieir hn^ expcricnce and a de
termination Io gut- utri't iK-rsonal aitention to bu»i
neaa, that they will merit a liberalaharc of custom.
nov2Hdw
A Pl'Li:s. "bb 5. appteiTof~e*eeil#nt tjaaliiy^ I,,J" Public
•I\. and a great nuuit"'r of choice flavor, for «ale by
nov*. If A.MILL A ft),
F^uiim
Quincv, BenUinspurt, and
regularly, at j#, Main street.
nov28d
UI,0Q
UV""
Quincv, BenUinspurt. and Birmingham Fluur b,,
'uLUKN SVHl'P—In kegs ami half bbl*. Bel-
KFVEK 8HOOTI11G RFVOLVKHN.
have received by FJ.tpre*s a mnall lot. of
1 W i,1
1 w" k. 1 i.-
1'airkaak** Nralea.
aie the only ttg.-iiU iu Keokuk )r the sale
of theabove celebrated •«-aJe». ilay Scalw,
and all other kind* furiiinhed at short notice, bv
dee Id
I
dee Id
TI7
tion of thai law, whose «*», jou have
outraged. d^chl BALDWIN. KVAN8 k CO,
You have been tried and pronounced guilty JT0K HKNT.—Concn Hail from the lit of Janu-
arv neit.
novandtf
v v Ileal.- ii Se\.-n lit.oting I istolr, a new ar- tbe name, and guaranteeing all their work to k* «ak
tide, said to bo superior to all other revolvers, to tight.
which we invite attention.
decld HALDWIN. EVANS *00.
HAL1)H IN, KV AN'S A CO., Agents.
Sabber Belting and Facklaf
V
A LWA\S on.haud,andfor sale at aomall advaaw i andahoe bu«inei«
on the manufacturers' price* by
decld HALI)WIN\ EVANS *C0.
Lead Pipe.
A LLsises always on hand and .r Kale low b.
BALDWIN. KV ANSA CO.
Twine.
....
Apply tv C. F. CONN.
OA W)ZEN Froxh BaltimoreCoveOriten, rocaived
«)U direct from Baltimore, at as. Maiu itr.-et.
nov2Sd IIA MILL A CO.
FRESH BALTIMORE OYSTERS
WH0LB CANS, $1 60 HAL* CAN.-', 75 cU.
BAKTLKTT A MAN.X)UHT,
AftaU, Nw, MaU-it.
DA Vllt S- mil H. N 1. V AN»ll'ltLlN
SMITH A VANSICKLEN,
iactlsaefri, t'osiBil««t*s !Herol»«n is
•siRftl Brskrra.
WEA.e-ti.iii,iv
will particular attention to sale* by
".'I Heal K*iate, Stork-, Administra
tor'* Sale*. Ac.: will uefjotiaU' Loan*, make Collec
tion*, exehanff Kvat K«iiit. f..r MerrhaiiUiw, make
libera! advan--o* i.n Keui K-lutc'ir Mcrrbandli»e eoo
•if^neti lor |uhlir cah-: will art a* Alionievn tor
pr..|H-rt h'|.l. r- n tin- dis|.»«iiig ol j.rop. rtv, col
ht iu.jf 1 renin, pa_?ni)f tuxet- 4r. will art an finan
cial C'MU1RC111» tor all who in a} nerd our aervic#*.
oftcr on Third street, betw«.*en Main and JohnintB.
nv24
1/OKSAliK
I^OH
J^iiKSALE—Or
1
70
Agent.
T» Ibe Storkbaidrrs »f tbe Keaiiak,
It. Pleasam A: nnsratlae K. K. •.
OTICt i« hereby given, that in areordaiu*e with
i.^1 th«s conditions ef th.' vuLwcnption for tbe I*t
Divi.nion said road, the fifth instalment *4
pereent. will b.-dne ».d payable Jan.-lth, 1H.W, at I
the banking bouse of ('barles 1'araono, Treasurer, Ka
okuk, to the undersigned, 'i.-n.-ral Ajr-ut.
J. k. JlOKXISH,
General Agent K. Mt. 1*. k M. K. H. Co.
Iec. 6, lSv.j.---td d.tw
[Keokuk Times and Mi. Pleasant Oba«rt«r eopy^
H. R. Reeder,
fsmiisllan and larwardlng Si«r
kaai,
A Nl) dealer in 1'rodui-- and Pro*uions, Unioe
J.*. Block. Main Street, Keokuk, Iowa.
bpeeial attention given to rectaving and f»rward
iug Mer'handiae and to the sale oi all Produce con
mgned to hiui.
ACity
500
v
do not the inonev will he refunded.
i „!t
s
Brad
liavei
ly Street,
euport.
^iota on ValU^Htreet. Trna* eaajr.
Appl to SMITH 4 V A.VSLCKLE.N
lUaarr# of land uu thr C. F.OONS
SMITH 4 VANKICKLEN
L^nU SALE —"iO
A Tract, apply to
A dwelling house and lot on Batik
SMITH k VANSICKLEN
BALE—A
Strc«t, apply to
A Li/i in Lnaisvillc, Ky.,u« exchange for £.«»
l\. kuk City property apply to
FMlfH k VANSICKKX
tiade for Iowa lancL or Ke.kuk
City p.opcrty—A U' use and 1 at Walnut Hills
•ear thec.tv of Cincinnati, spi 1\ to
SMITH A VANSICKLEN.
Pertoas fpilKKK TilOlf AVI D01XAR8 to loan for otw
on Main J. var oareal rt»Ate. appr to
,-MIlH k VANSICKLEW.
8. S. BILLINGS. I roH
00 It et by 7b on Fir*t Street, betwwn Main A Joha
son. Al»i, llouw and Lt. e..rn. of First and Joha
son. Applyto .-.MITM k ANhlCKLRN.
rim KALt
999 Acre* of Land, uixl cultnation, naar Car
Biarfto. Xeriac, one-Uuni caah, balance in one, t#»
and tbr.f ear«. AppK
-vUm k VANSICKLEN.
rKiR SaLL— a e o o i e e a u w i i n o u
milw of the city. SMITH A VANSICKLEN'.^
ton N ii.i:.
AlioUSfi
and 3 lot' on ,-^eond street, applyto
aovM SMITH A VANSICKLEN.
*UF.,
FKET front on K.-ond ntreet, with buildings
rent# for $8t'0. Applv to
nov.A s.M i k VANHICKLEN.
r««
MALE,
fllHKKB lots together on tfth street, ttnu «*y.
1 Apply to
n-v2J SMITH A VANSICKLEN.
^"HsALJi—10 acre# of land under cult n ation,
Jt in lie from the city Applyto
nov24 __ SMMH A VANSH'KLEX.
I/'oK SALE.—30 feet trout -n Maiu «ire.-t. Apply
to DOV?4 .-Mini 4 VAS\Sl KLK\
I^OK KALK. A farm cotiiaming acre., i te
under fenee, 11 tuiles fr«ni the eity on ih** plauk
road. PuMes»ioB given th- l«t of Man-h next. Ap
ply to ROV'J4 vMITIl A VAN-M( KLFN.
T^OK hALK.-—-A bouse and lot ouMaii. :reet.
J1 novM hMl 1H A VAN.-lCKLEN.
FRK.^H invoice Hats and Cap* to trade for
projK-rty. /pplv to
nov24 f'MfII! A VANSICKLEN
1 Af ACKKiS of Land near Prlla. Maba»ka couo
IvU tv, to trade for Cit? property. Applv 4o
no\ 24 .sMfTH A VAN.-ICKLKN.
1 ACKJES of lj*nd in Wa«bingtuic»UDi four
A vJU mile* from tbe ('ounty Seat, ran be bad jt
aeven dolian p.r acrt. Apid\ soon to
co^2i SMITH A VA.VSH KLKV.
lsiLLAK8caa had on short time bv ap
pl\ mg to .-MilH A VAN.-JCKLliN.
Il.iVl't
where thev
keep an aMortmeat ».f
'k aD«i kinds in the art, and thfv sbail
Trial at the rrrital Pal*
are.
\VrK bad the pleasure of witnessing, a few day*
vv since, *n intere««irig test trial of \urto«M
weighing machines to.w on exhibition at th*
Cryftal I'alac1. Tbe trial was confined to the rela
tive meritp of Fairliank*the Seaie» Si-ale« waa
ufaciured by l»urvee A Fomyth, Kwhrxter, X. V.,
and a newl v pau-nled aeale uiauufartured at r
n.-», !. To t.-it the real tn. rit ,f rb. »eal«», ilM
in mitt/-* pla'-*«l ufx.n the pla-f .rm of u »eale hav
ing tbe capacity of six tons, a weight of :.'AV6 lbf ar4
tle'ii removed the w. -^ht to various part* of tlie plat*
fortn. With this weight o», one corner of the mf»
gk-nn.-n Seale, tlie tieaui indicated lbs.. wi«n
placel on the opj»ofiU' rorner, thr 1* am indicated
«i!y 3^.77 lb«.. howing a difference of 13 lb«., and
hen removed to tbe centre of the platform, tbe beaa
•liowed iJrl.S" Hm. A r-^u.-»t wif tbi i. iuai* that ttM
Weight 1m- again placed on tbe coriu-r first tri«%
i wbicti »a* done, and the weight the i~.aui now tnui
i-^t-l !b».. h.'«inK a diff.r.nce of S ibl.
troui ttic fir»t trial. Tbia variation 1- attributable
to part, to the arrangem- nt of the platform upon tfa||
bearing* whieh forbid-, the of it- givinj
ei-rr^ct w.'igbt or agr-eoig with it.«elf. The *t
th.-ii applu-d to a Fairbank Ki-aie, atxl »h- ti Ita
I »'Mght wa- planed nu one c.mer the platform, the
beam indicated the true weight. S.iJVb Ib«., n th*
•eeond andthiri n»m*r* the result iu tbe kaiue: ua
til*- fourth corn-r a uligbt variation wa» perceptiKif.
ti" CTtremelv delicate was the operation 0/ Fai$»
bunk cal-. «ix U»n«.) that a quart,
s
p«und w. igbt |'la.-et on any |art of the platform^.
rai*-d the lieaoi.
i l*uryee A Fwrayth Scale, of tO,OOU Ihe.eapaciW
Wac n *t tested, and like the Yergenues fvaie, it
I failod to giv.- corr»*t weight, or to agre. with iUeJjj}
i! ahoW'tj a variation ten pound« when the wei sM
wni removed froia one comer to another. *1* 4
I airbauk cuiall platform S-aies wa» then uFhed
with I Standard w. igbtn, and although it had
been in constant ui-e fo ^ix luuntlm. it rihihitad iu^
erring aceura.y. The Healed weight* were then pla*
vl oC Knnilar wale muinufacturel by iJuryet'P
For*yth. but the result wa.« far froui »ati»faet'^rv,-~
one corucr wa* ha.f a pound t"o light, the -entn
half a pound too hcaiv. and anothtr ccratr twe
pounda too heavy.—[Penn»vlv«rnaii
|lALiWIN, KVAN."i A CO.
nov 25dw Aironta. Keokuk.
n«l KAKCEAUETtrV.
/T A INSl HA Nt'K ft 1.. II art lord, Connecticut.
JTA Si AK KAN'f K •/•.i.. igdennburgh V
11AKTFOKD F1HK INhl'KANCK COMPANY iiart
forl fonn.
.F.IN'A LIF'F l.VSl RANrEttl, Hartford, Cone,
oMMKKflAl, INSl HA.M'K Louis Mo.
More*. «tock.- and dwelling-* insured agninet Fire
merchandize insured against the dangers of naviga
tion
»P«D Policies ISSUED in the Marine IVpartment of
the F'OIUBENRIAL Insurance Co.. of St. Louis, AND tb«
euatooieri of the Company accommodated with loaau
of aixty dayi on reliable pajn-r insurance pruearfld
for those desiring it, in anv St. Loui* '..mpany
JUL 1 hj5.—1 F. HEKRICK A co.
Uai Fixture*,
|1HK undcrtigned are prepared tu reeetVa ortUrs
A. for fitting up §tore«, offices and dwi-liiug houvea,
~itb pipe and fixtures for ga*—promptly ejCMating
djk
W M. W. MELK.NAl*.
no\t» Irn Cor. Main an.l 2d *U.
Tathe C'itlaeaa mt Kcaknk.
AVINti interested with uc the Messrs. S. ,Bel4i
he iiu F'ltting Hin-ine*», we would a»tura
thal 1111
mg Aslt
in!r
II AMILL A 00.
"rdm given to them will be ».
ne*t
t®at
a'"l workman like uanm-r, and
°*n
rel' ul"n
If 1":".:.I i being of the very beat material.
Birinmgbaia Flour
*be work done by them, aa
b» *hort time before the eas will
,,
wt. Wl)Uld
re,,uimend to th.^d!.!
rous of lighting Up at the tune of tbe eoiapUtion of
the noras, mat mey give immediate orUers for pipe,
fixture*, Ac., otherwUe, many would tie detavad w
yond tbut time, an it would be impoisible to'tuppl/
all applications upon fhort notice.
I'lviMjmj v*rwtllla
All persona desirous of using gas, that hava cot
been called upon, are requested to leava tJMr ad
dreni! with iu, through tbe P«t Office.
Ord -ni executed ia the succession in whloh th«y
are received. HOOFIELD BKOTMOt.
July II.—d
f'o.Partaertklp Notice.
fl^HE undersigned have this day forisad
of T. J. Elliott, A Co.
a eo-|wrt-
ncrship for the purnuae of carrying on
Keokuk, under the sty
1#
and
X. J. ELLIOTT.
JNO. II.CARTER
T. J. CARTER.
JAK. B. CARTE|k
Having purchased the entire itoek of K A. J)tike
anil having furthermore necnred tb- Mrvieeti of Mr'
Dtinlap. late of Cincinnati. Ohio, widely and favora
bly known a- th" "Prince of Boot Makers," we aulia
it the patronage of the citiicns of Keokuk, and t'
•urrouuding vuntry.
It is our intention to keep on hand a complet
•ortment of every d«cription and price, and ar
pared t« finiah tu order boot# and »hoed to nuit t'
ev- T. J. ELLIOTT
I hava aold my entire stock and trade te
ott A Co., and cheerfully recommend the
cu»Ume« a* geallemen fully competent
of carrying on the boot and ahoe Uuir
braueh».
now
1
pve-
T.J. Eiii
n to my old
and capable
aa in all ita
A. 1UJUC.