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VOLUME
6,
R. 11. WA!H)EN. 1:MIOR.
OTTIHWA, IOWA:
THURSDAY,: JUNE 15.
OTF1CE UNDER THH ODD KELLOWs' HALL.
Whig State Ticket.
v
FOR GOVERNOR,
JDffftlF* W. «Rinfi9,
OF DE9 MOINES COtr.NTV.
IOR AUDITOR OF STATE,
ANDREW JACKSON STEVENS,
OF I'OLK COUNTY.
TOR ATTORNEY GENERAL.
JAMES W. SENNET,
or 6COTT COUNTY.
FOR CONGRESS,
I A K K
OF HEKRY COUNTY.
"Honor to Whom Honor is Due."
Receipts on subscription from June 1st to the
-alcb Miller,
Dorothy,
%Vin. Mann,
J&. IL Ayres,
|L H. Bolinger,
Dahlonega,
Soap Creek,
Kirk vi lie,
Keokuk,
KanosvUle,
75
1 to
5 00
4 00
9 75
BOY WANTED.
boy ©1 iiulustrious and moral habits. who
caa read and write well, and who is from 16
to 18 years of age, is wanted at this Office, to
learn the Printing Business. Apply immediate
ly, if you want a good situation.
«i job n:i vn\u.
frfe have added to our Olliei' a large supply
of Job Type of the latest and neatest styles,
Mri are now prepared to print Handbills, Cir
culars, Blanks, and Business Cards, ia the neat
est style, and most expeditious manner.
%ow Do You LIKE IT—OUR NEW TYPE,
WT MEAN—Is it not beautiful? This article
is printed on it. It is of the latest style, is cal
Isd Scotch faced Brevier, and was cast at the
Type Foundry of A. P. LAPF.W tc Co., St.
Ixuis, Mo., who are justly praised for the ele
gance and durability of the Type they manu
facture. It is our intention to set advertise
BMMits iu this type, and they will thus occupy
a^iiuch less space than they now do.
Iur Candiduie for Congress.
-It will be seen by the proceedings of the
Whig Congressional Convention, that It. L. B.
CLAHKE, of Henry county, is our nominee for
Congress. We have not the pleasure of an ac
quaintance with Mr. C.,butthose who have, as
sure us that be is all that the voters of this Dis
trict could desire—a talented man, a splendid
speaker, a true friend to Western interests in
short, a real whole-souled Whig. We place
his name at the head of our columns, and ven
ture the prediction that Wapello will do her du
ty in August. Mr. Clarke will canvass the
^Irtriet, we understand.
i
Arrivals*
JSince our last issue the steamboats have had
fiat times on the Demoinc. The Globe, Sanga
mon, Luella, Col. Morgun, Julia Dean, Time
and Tide, J. B. Gordon, and Alice, have all
made trips up, some of them going as high up
as-Ft. Demoinc, and intermediate points. All
of them returned to the Miisisisppi with loads
as heavy as they could bear. The Badger State,
Alice and Col. Morgan started up the latter
part of last week, but could not, on account of
low water, get as high up as this place.
The Julia Dean, Capt. Lyon, is now on her
way to Ft. Demoinc, having left here on Mon
day evening. The water is very low, but it is
possible she may get up, as she has a large flat
bottomed barge along in tow, and the boat itself
has betn lightened up so that she draws only 2
feet of water. We hope Capt. L. will succeed
insetting to the Ft., and safely back, and that
his trip may prove profitable.
Although we have had numerous boats run
siing on the Demoine this Spring, and a vast
mount of produce has been carried away, still a
lai$e portion of the surplus products of the
country still remain unshipped and boats could
make it pftfitable, if there was water enough,
to run the whole season.
G*AND CHAPTER R. A. MASOKS.—M A
session of delegates from the various Chapters
of R. A. Masons in this State, held al Mt. Plea
sant, on Thursday evening last, a Grand Chap
ter for the State of Iowa was formed, and the
following officers elected for the ensuing year,
T. 6. Pan-in, G. H. P.
6. W. McCleary. (i. K.
W. E. Woodward, G. HI* j.
D. S. Warren, *. T.
It
J. II. Wallace, G. 8. Rb
W. D. McCord, D. G. H. ifP
Rev. L. B. Dennis, G. C,
0. W. Atcheson, 43. C. H.
H. S. Marble, G. R. A. C.
L. D. Palmer, G. P. S.
text session will be held at Keosauqua on
DM.£piur4"y before the first Tuesday i* June
^Change! Ctaangd!
On all tilings temporary, indeed, on the vary
face of nature, is the word change written.—
But we did not commence to pea a solilo
quy, we only intended to say that we had been
absent from town for eight days, and when we
returned home we saw dozens of persons, that
had taken up their residence here during our
abscnce, that were perfect strangers to us. In
one day, during our absence, we are told that
eight families—about forty persons—were ad
ded to our population and the cry is, "still they
come!"
The Railroad and River Improvement will
draw hundreds of industrious and enterprising
cttfoensto Ottumwa, annually.
A LITTLE TOO "FKESH."—Thereaiesotne
persons who visit our Office, in our absence,
who make rather free with oar private papers,
pens, writing material, &.C., and frequently car
ry off our exchange papers, without saying as
much as '*by your leave.'' We would request
all such persons to look at the large labels pas
ted up in our office, such as "Hands Off," "Fin
gers otf the Type," "Eyes off the Copy," &c.,
and heed them, or we shall be compelled to no
tice them more particularly.
___ 'The Messrs. MYCRS have got their
new steam Saw Mill info operwijeQ,. Itxnfces
very pretty, smooth lumhfr.
Mr. Grimes Address.
On our lust page will be found ihe reply of
Mr. GRIMI:S to tlioa^-'aultof our Honorable
Senators in Congress, who have neglected their
duty to electioneer against the Whig candidate
for Governor of Iowa. We Ihink all will con
clude, from reading Mr. Grimes' circular, that
Messrs. Dodge, Jones & Co., have caught a
Tartar, and in future will not be so ready to
meddle with matters they have no business with.
The following, from the Iowa Republican, so
wsll represents the case that we copv it:
'•Those who mif-represcnt our State in the
Senate of the United States, have undertaken
through the columns of the Washington Union,
to asperse the fair fame, and impeach the integ
rity of Mr. Grimes, our candidate for Gover
nor.
The article and correspondence published in
the Union have been the rounds of the Locofo
co papers of this State and an effort has been
made to fasten the charge of misrepresentation
and mendacity upon Mr. Grimes. His replv
addressed to the people of Iowa, shows where
that charge belongs, and leaves Messrs. Dodge
and Jones hanging upon the gallows erected for
hit execution.
If the Hon. gentlemen cannot find better em
ployment at Washington than this, we would
suggest that they have leave to resign, and give
place to some that can.
Has Democracy conle to such a pass here,
that Uncle Sam has to foot the electioneering
bills of the party, at the rate of eight dollars
per day? If Mr. Grimes is leaving his weak
and vulnerable points unguarded, why does not
hit opponent unmuzzle himself, and show fight?
«r does he think that
"He should not fight, but run away
And live to fight another day."
We hope he will play the "mum game" no
longer, but come out and advocate his nriaci
ples, if he has any worth advocating."
Tbe Deuioine Navigation and
Uuilroud Company.
Mr. CRN i.i.y,together with Messrs. Huh*,
CLARK, and o heis of the above Company, arri
ved in our place on Saturday last—having come
up the River, part of the way by steamboat and
part of the way by hind. They left here on
Tuesday for Ft. Dodge, some 70 miles above
the Forks, for the purpose of making a thor
ough examination of the River to that point.—
They will probably returnto this place in a
bout ten days.
Those of the Company who have cot before
visited the Demoine Valley, are highly pleased
with the country and all agree in saying that
"the half of its beauties and advantages had
never been told them." This is the experience
of all who visit our country, and is the reason
of its jap.d advancement in population and
wealth.
Mr. WELLS, who has for several years been
connected with the Improvement as Chief En
gineer, and an Engineer (from N. York,) in the
i employ of the Company, are now engaged in an
examination of the work that is now in pro
gress, as also of the locations for locks, dams
and canals, preparatory to a speedy commence
ment of the work.
The Company, we think, will see the neces
sity of the speedy commencement and comple
tion of the works at this place: fi om the fact
that at this point there is the greatest obstruc
tion to navigation that there is anywhere on the
River and that if the locks and dams, in the vi
cinity of Ottumwa, were put in, we should have
boats running for a much longer period than
they now do and besides this, it would make
the work already done of more profit to the
Company, and more useful to the country gen
erally.
NOT MUCH BETTKH.—When we published
the report of the proceedings and vote, on the
final disposal of the Nebraska Bill, Mr. Henn's
name did not appear in the list of Ayes and
Navs, from which fact we inferred that be
dodged tbx question, and so stated the fact in
our paper. The Fairfield Sentinel "'takes on
most orfully" because we said Mr. Henn "dodg
ed," an(l says that he voted for it. We always
stand ready to correct errors we make, but Mr.
Henn will gain nothing by his vote for the Ne
braska Bill, for in so doing he basely betrayed
the North, and mis-represented his constituents.
The Sentinel and its master are welcome to
make the most they can out of all such voles.
GBAND OrrrcERs.—At the recent annual
communication of the Masonic Grand Lodge of
this Slate, held at Mt. Pleasant, the following
Grand Officers were chosen Cor the ensuing
year, viz:
James L. Hogan, M. W. G. IVf-, Sigourney.
Geo. W. Atcheson, D. G. M.,' '^airfield.
T. M. Williams, G. S. W., 1 "Muscatine.
A. R. Cotton,G.J. W., ')je Witt
W. E. Sargent, G. T., ^airfield.
T. S. Parvin, G. S., 'ifcuscatine.
D. S. Warren, G. 8. D., Iowa City.
Seth Millington, G. J. D., Keosauqua.
The next annual communication vffl •«i™
place at Keosauqua.
Ashland Seminary.
Into-df v's paper will be found a prospectus
fortius Seminary, the first in Wapello county.
The Seminary building is of brick, 30 by 50
feet, two stories high, and is delightfully situa
ted in tlie thriving village of Ashland. The
8eminary is under the charge of the Protestant
Methodist Church, and is managed by a Board
of Trustees, who have engaged Lewis Dwight,
(a regular graduate, and for many years a Tea
cherin Greene as
tie College, Indiana,) to act as
Principal. The Seminary starts under flatter
ing auspicices, and will, we doubt net, be well
sustained.
QsF Mr. GRIMES, the Whig candidate for
Governor, addressed a large audience at the
Court House in this place, on the istinst. We
had not the pleasure of hearing Mr. G., but
learn that he made a very able speech, and one
that carried conviction to the hearts of many
who have heretofore been opposed to the Whig
party in principle. Wapello county will give
GRIMES a majority. Just "slick a pin there."
AUGUSTUS HALL, Esq., of Keosauqua,
Van Buren county, is the nominee of% the Char
iton Democratic Convention, for Congress in
this district. His competitors were Johnson, of
Lee Kastman, of Mahaska Henn, of Ji'tfer
soti Trimble of Davis anjl Camming, of Lee.
Mr. Hall belongs to the Old Fogy family, en
dorses the Nebraska Bill, lee. lie will do for
CLARKE to beat as well as anybody we could
have selected.
ITA meeting of the Democracy of Ma
coupin county, Illinois, was held at Staunton,
on the 27th ult., at which resolutions were pass
ed denouncing the Nebraska Bill just passed,
expressing the opinion that Judge Douglas ought
to resign his seat in the U. S. Senate, and nomi
nating tbe Hon. T. H. Benton as the next dem
ocratic candidate for the Presidency.
I
WebraBka and Kansas Territories
as now Organized.
The new ifciriloiv *,1 Nebraska, as
now organized, comprises all that por
tion of the hitherto unorganized territo
ries of the United States lying between
Iowa and Minnesota on the east, the
British possessions on the North, the
summit of the Rocky Mountains on the
West, and the parallel of North latitude
40 drgs. on the South—forming a tract
about a thousand miles from east to west
by a little over six hundred from North
to South. The Governor is to fix the
temporary seat of tho Government of.
this territory. The rights of the Indians
are not to be impaired or affected by its
organization. (It is all now Indian ter
ritory, and there are probably not three'
hundred white men settled within its
3
two Associate Justices, salaries $2,000
e
-all to serve four year*, (except the
States, the said Territory, or any portion
oi the some shall be received into the
i Union, with or without slavery, as their
Constitution may prescribe at the time
of their admission."
The 6eat of Government of Kansas
Territory is located at Ft. Leavenworth.
The Railroad.
The work on the Railroad is progression
rap
idly throughout the whole lcnglh of the line.'—
I Many hundreds of hands arc now at work, and
hundreds more ciyi find employment at liberal
wages.
The Farmers in tj» of tbe work tcU
us that they are beginning to realize what we
told them they would—a ready market, at fair
prices, for all their surplus produce suchiis,
breadstuff*, meats, potatoes, butter, eggs, &c.
f"^7*The communication of "HENRY" is
well written, and exposes in a proper light the
grievances treated upon. But we cannot de
i part from our established rule the author's re
al name must accompany all communications,
of whatever character, before we cau insert
them in our columns. Persons sending us com
munications will please, bear this in mind and,
also, that we divulge no names unless the author
or ourself are held personally responsible for
the contents of communications.
ing the 5th infrt. We were absent from home
at the time, but those who heard her speak high
ly of her ictlure.
PROLIFIC.—Mrs. Mary Hardest?, wife of
James Hardesty, residing in Scott county, Iowa,
gave birth, on the JiOihult., to two sons und a
daughter. Their names are Leroy, James Mad
ison, and Mary Alice. All doing well. This is
"multiplying and replenishing ihe earth" at a
i rapid rate.
2^" A correspondent of the New Orleans
Bee, writing from Mexico, says it is very doubt
ful whether Santa Anna will accept the Gads
den Treaty, as amended. He wants $20^C00,»
000, and is not willing to take less.
THOMAS G. GIVEN, of this place, was
nominated by the Chariton Convention, as the
Democratic candidate to represent Wapello,
Monroe, Lucas ami Clark counties, as State
Senator in the next Legislature.
CHAJIOX.—John Clark, of the Capital'Re
porter, has sold out his interest in that establish
ment to F.dmuud and Edgar Harrison. The
Reporter w ill hereafter be conducted by Sylves
ter, Harrison & Brother.
f^r"The Whig Congressional Convention'1
which assembled on the 8ih inst., at Iowa City,
nominated Gen. JAMES TIIORIKOTONJ of Da
venport,forCongress, on the first ballot *F.
.car
1
.. .. u Silesiria was hard pushed by
limits—and what few there are are cither
government employees or intruding squat-1 amicable adjustment of the present dif
ters, mainly huaiers, trappers, ludian. t'uruliiea between Russia and Turkey
traders, &c.) i have been again offered.
A Governor, ttrtary $3,500 Seer#-1 LIY ERPOOL MARKET.
tary, salary $2,000 a Chief Justice and
We have received the first No. of the
WESTERN GAZETTE, a Democratic paper re
cently Marted at Bloomlield, by G. W. JOHNSON. ,^HPi9 OS lollows: Bishop, Still, Jackson
It is neatly printed and edited with ability.
1
NEW ORLEANS, Jmr 9."
Flour dull,' Ohio $0 25. Wllow Corn 52c.
Oats 37c. Hay $25 per top.
1,500 bbls Mess al $11 sH
at 5 l-2c. Lard 10c.
Pork dee lined,
of Bacon
Be abstemious,
shall beggars prove."
j$tyTho dainties love
THE IES»» MOINES COURIER.
...-**?
READSI11 FS
each, a District Attorney and Marshal, quotations, for western flour 39s, 41 a
'paid by fees,' for said Territory shall be
appointed by the President and Senate I ^VT
twenty
the former
for two years, the latter for one year—
by the free white inhabitants of said
i Territory, who are either citizens of the
Uuited States or shall have declared
their intention of becoming such and
sworn allegiance to tii« Constitution of
the United States.
Kansas is bounded as follows
"SEC. 19. rfnd be ft fmihtr enacted.
That all that pari of ihe Territory of the
United States included within the follow
ing lin its, except such portions thereof
as hereinafter expressly exempted from
the operations of this act, to wit: begin
ning at a po nt on the Western boundary
of the State of Missouri, where the
thirty-seventh parallel of North latitude
crosses the boundary of New Mexico
thence North on said boundary to lati
tude thirty-eight thencu following said
boundary Westward to the East bound
ary of the Territory of Utah on ihe
summit of ihe Rocky Mountains thence
Northward on i-aiJ summit to the fortieth
parallel of latitude thence east ou eaid
parallel to ihe Western boundary ol the
{State of Missouri thence South with
Western boundary of State to the place
of beginning—be and the same is hereby
'created into a temporary government by
the name of I he Territor) of the Kan
sas, and when admitted as a State or
i*riivw
ARRIVAL OF
THE ARCTIC.
S O T1 SO 1 in II I I\
Greek Revolution Spreading.
The Russians Evacuating
Coast of Circasia.
the
Trial of the Boston Uiotcrt*
NEW YORK, June?.
The steamship Arabia from Liverpool
00
Saturday, 27ih ult., arrived at llali-
al an ear
'y hour yesterday.
the
Itussuris at latest nceounjs looking to an
Jennison & Co. say
in the earlv part of the week pricea were
g00 bul al the
olose felt oil W on Hour
1 fa
'5
dem8ml l,,rou hout
with Blight decline Irom rates current
Secretary, five)—-all to be paid quarterly early part uf the week higher prices
Out of the United States Treasury. I wtre paid and the advance was losi
A Legislative Council of thirteen and though rocket remained firm 46s 6J tor
,.
e
a Legislative Assembly of twenty-six .... -..
members shall be chosen
|2s 9J |y| ?0 |M)Urda for C(limnon n
--i white, for mixed and yellow. The
following quotationb varying materially
from the ub,»ve are from the circular of
Miligan & Lauiprier, iirst caual 48*,
Ohio 46s.
CORN.—White and yellow 41s.
BEKF.—Gordon & Co. reporl beef
free and in fiir demand.
Poitii—Very t*u, oi,
ndvnnce.
w
LARD.—Declined., n
LONDON MARKETS.
B&otify increased stringency. Con
suls closed al 8bj a 69|.
LAKO.— Western is considerably low
er. bales in kegs ut 50 a 54s.
The late advices from India have had
an unfavorable effect on the Manchester
market and prices hare considerably
declined.
Advices from Havre to May 26th,
give no change in cotton market during
ihe week. N. O, at previous rules.
N«ew YORK, June
The Arctic reached her docks at two
o'clock.
It is stated that the French army in
Turkey will be augmented to 1,700,000.
The protocol lm« been signed by tbe
representative of four powers, asserting
their intentim to maintain the integrity
of Turkey.
Austria nr.d Prussia demand thee vac
uatit-n ol Turkish Territory.
The Russians were endeavoring to cut
off all communication between Varna
and Silestria.
The Arctic brings dates to tlje 28th,
one dsy later than the Arabia^
The combined fleets were cruising be
fore Sebaslopol.
The Creek Bishop had been arrested
ut Pcsth as a Russian emtoifsnry, and
imprisoned—important papers found up
on liiai.
The rebellion in Tuscany was gaining
grourd.
It was rumored ihnt the Russians,
Being unable to tkfend the seaboard of
CircHSMa, had evacuated all their posi
tions from Matoma to Anapa, burning all
their own fort»»after which they returned- 'a '"S
to Kemz,
The Circassians esmie down and took
1,500 prisoners.
PROVIDKNCK, R. I June 5.
DssT&UCTFVU FIRE -The bleach works
Scott's Pond, Sitiithfield, belonging to
W. P. Styles, was desiroyed by fire this a'||
olitau, Boston £1,000 al the Western,
Mrs. FRANCES D. GAGE lectured on Western, Oswego. ihe buildings were slaves, to a population of Germans and
the subject of Woman's Rights, at the Congre- valued at $10,OuO. u iier emigrants lrorn Continental Eu
gational Church in this place, on Mouday even- A large elephant attached to a Me nag- js false, and meets with our unqual
erie, while on the wai to Fall Ri^er, got jfigjj disapprobation.
mcrning. Lois $05,0(10, on which there i merican citizens. Senators Dodge, Jones
was an insurance of $18,000, in Utif
to Fall River,
beyond the control of his keeper and
killed three horses on the road, smashed
the wagons, and seriously injured two
men, wiio were in the wagons. The
elephant was finally captured near Sladea
Ferry and taken to Fall River.
PHILADELPHIA, June 0-
MIFHCWAL ELECTION.—The Munici
pal election ul Washington yesterday,
resulted in the election of Towers, W
as Mooney is eaid to have received il.e
vote of the Rwman Catholics. Towers
received a majority of 400.
mil
.#fjcw YORK, Jane 6.
THI: BROOKLVN RIOT.—The truth in
regard to the riot ut Brooklyn, has been
to a great extent elicited, and it seems no
person was killed. The excitement,
however, was intense, and the fight raged
with much violence for some time, and
several were badly wounded. The iu
leiierence of ihe uuluary restored quiet.
for Mayor, ov«r Mooney (Dem.) This lion will be a triumph of principle and
is claimed as a "Know Nothing*' victory right.
'J he following resolution was then a
dopted.
BOSTON, June 7.
The result of the examination of the
parlies arrested at the riot in the slave
land Morrison fully committed witiioui
jbutl lor the murder of Batcbeldor.—
Wosley and Phoenix held to baM. it
$3000 each.
PHILADLLPKIA, June 7.
Cfttrsd's majority for Mayor is 8,000.
He was Candidate of ihe Whigs, Natives,
und Know-Nothings.
T4*e whole Whig city
ted.
tick** te alee*
NEW LLAVII.N, June 7.
H«W Haven has elected Whig officers.
Congressional Convention.
The Convention was called to order
by nominating Col. Stephen II. Sheila
dy, President, and Samuel McFarland,
Secretary.
On motion n Committee of three were
appointed, consisting of Win. Lough
ridge, T. I). Evans nti 1 (j. Nash, to ex
timiuc credentials and report the dele
gates in attendance.
Tho committee reported the following
Delegates:
Lee county—J. R. Eccleston.
Davis—W S Martin, Daniel Brown,
W W Kittlemaa, A Brooks, S W
Wright.
W apello—Dr Nosier, Daniel Barrett,
II Sisson, James Pumroy, S Sum
mers, W iN orris, Cook, Jenk
ins and Dr liuck.
Jefferson—J Wil*pn, Baldwin,
E Thompson Jaines Beatty,
Evnns.
Henry—RL Clarke, Nfcftb, S
McFarland and Houseman,
Mahaska—U Smith. S Coffin, Win
Loughridge, Crosson, W Jones and
S A Rice.
Marion—T E Buteford. Dr Brady.
Jasper—W Springer, S Sheila
dy, Murphy.
On motion, Baldwin, i Eccles
ton and James Putiiroy were appointed
a committee to report permanent ollicejs
of the Convention.
On motion a contmittee of one from
each county represented were appointed
to draft resolutions. Committee: A
Brooke, of Davis S Summers, of Wap
ello Houseman, of Henry W Lough
ridge, of Muhuska Dr Brady, of Ma
rion W -M Springer, of Jasper
Eccleston, ol liee.
On motion, convention adjourned tiU
1 o'clock.
ONB O'CLOCK, r. M.
Convention met according to adjourn
ment.
The convention on permanent officers
reported the following:
S SHELLADY, of Jafeper, Pres'l.
Capt. THOS. EVANS, of Jefferson, and A
1' BROOKS, of Davis, Vice Presidents
Sam". MeFarUnd, of Henry, and Win.
Loughridge, of Mahaska, Necretaries.
Coniiutuee on Resolutions then re
ported the following which were adopt
ed
Resolved, That while we are favors
his to the 6peedy organization of ihe
Territories of Kansas and Nebraska,
yet, we regard so much o.4' the bill lately
passed by Congress as repeals the Mis
souri Compromise, and opens the vast
area bf thai Territory to the eViensi.vii
of slavery, as a violation of plighted
faith, and a base betrayal of the interests
of freedom, and of the North, and lend
ing in its effects to involve the country
in commotion and btrile and that we do
believe that the people of this District
will not endorse tho conduct of our Re
prosentativc and Senators, in voting lor
thai-iniquitous provision.
Resolved, That we are opposed to the
system proposed by Senator Douglass
of laying tonnage duties upon the com
merce of our western rivers and. lakes,
but are iu favor of liberal appropriations
by the General Government for tlie pur
pose ol improving the same.
Rtsolved, That we comidsrtbe actual
and speedy settlement of the vacant
lands in the west, as being of paramount
interest to the people and we are in fa
vor, for that purpose, of donating the
public lauds iu specified quantities to ac
tual settlers, us tending to keep out spec
ulators, and advaucc the interests of the
west.
Resolved, That we highly condemn
the present Democratic Congress for de-
to tl
a. w-fn.-in.i »r.ai lln ll/t n li.il
n
justice to the tquatters, by
n
r.
.1
refusing to pass the Homestead Bill, and
thereby give to every actual settler a
quarter section of laud.
Resolved, That we welcome to our
broad prairies and free homes all of the
oppressed of every nation and clime,
and claim for the oppressed foreigner dc
daring au intention to become a citizen,
oi
he" righand pr"ivilijres of "an A-
Bmler, notwithstanding.
place and elsewhere, as follows: I y.WiteJ, Thut the declaration of a
$1,000 at the peophi a Mutual Com- Southern Democratic Senator, lately
pany, Worcester $2,500 it the Metrop-,
rua( e
the Senate of the United States,
e0
p|
e 0
Pittslield und £2,500 at Uie North- p0pU|aiion of slaveholders with their
Iowa would prefer a
Resolved, That Senators Dodge and
Jones, by receiving from the public trea
sury over one thousand dollars each as
mileage for travel never performed, have
shown themselves unworthy of the con
fidence of ihe people of Iowa.
Resolved, Thai we have entire confi
dence in the ability and integrity of J.
W. GRIMES, our caudtdate for Gov
ernor, and we pledge him our united and
cissdial support, believing that his eiec-
Resolved, That where the delegation
is noi full those present be allowed to
cast the full vote of the county.
Moved thM the convention proceed to
an informal ballot for Candidates which
resulted as follows:
S Shellady.U votes Clarfie,
12 Dr Nosier 3 ——-McAchran, U
Street, 8 Ives, 4 •Clugge I
17 Baldwin 8.
Moved that the Convention proceed
i to ballot for Congress. Caleb Baldwin
declined being a candidade.
First Ballot—-R Clarke, 23 Dr.
i Nosier, 4 McAchrnn 0 Joseph II
Sireel, 8 Claggelt, 17 Baldwin 1.
Secoud Ballot—Clarke, 17 Shellady,
23 Sireet 1 Claggett, 17 McAchrun, 8.
Third Ballot—Clarke, 20 McAchran,
8 Shtllady, 21 Claggelt, 17.
4th Ballot—Clarke, 20 McAchrtu,
8 Shellady, 21 Claggelt, 17.
Moved, that the lowest number be
hercafier stricken out at each successive
ballot.
Fifth Ballot—Clarke, 20 Shellady,
26 Ciaggeti, 20.
Sixth Ballot—Clarke, 20j Shellady,
28 Claggelt, 17
7th ballot—Clark, 85 Shellady, $9.
..U
Wm I ,oughridge offered the following
resolution whieh was ttMniaously a*
dopted:
Resolved, That we pledge to LB
Clarke, the nominee of this convention,
our united md cordial support.
On nioiioti. the following gentlemen
were appointed the Central Committee
of the District, viz
S .MiAhrsn, of Davis, chairman
Caleb Baldwin, of Jefferson Sain'l Mc
Farland, Henry W Claguett, of
Lee II I) Street, of W|pello W Mc
Kay, ol To!k and Dr. E Ilonn, of Pot
tawattamie.
Moved, that tbe proceedings of thi«
mM Md'arlai"1,
Since the It ret organ i/. it ion of our
S atc, the iiiiU-ence and feelings of our
Senators have been on the side of slave
rv. When freedom and slavery have
met in combat, they have ever been
found Lattlint: on the side of the htter,
No southern man his given a firmer
support to the south than A C. Dodge.
At ail times he has been anxious to show
his willingnef* "to bend ihe supple hin
ges of the knee," at iheir bidding.—
Even in 1852 when there was no ex
citement on l!.t subject of sUvcry in
congress, bein^ two years after the pas
sage of the compromise measures of
1850, including the Fugitive slave law,
we find him int resting congress with a
speech eulogizing the fugitive act. In
that speech he taid he: "Voted for the
fogiiive slave law because 1 understood
strengthen its pfav ipinns and to arm the
Executive of th* United Slates with
every power whnv, time and its work
ings may show to^be necersary."
This farrago at) a time when there
was no excitement on the question,
shows the desire of Dodge to ingratiate
himself with the south. Even when our
state boundary que^iic was being sgila
ted, il is well knowti he advocated mak
ing our westerr. boundary on a line north
and south a little weit of Fl. Desmoines
If he hail succeeded n litis, Iowa bemtr
a pari of the Louiniuna purchase and
embraced in the Mutour, Compromise,
the passage of the present Nebraska Bil!
would have opened die way for a slave
State, out of ihe west hall of Iowa.—
Our senator not succeeding in his origi
nal design, very natunully mounted ihe
Nebraska bill, and jo^uinj teams witfi
the south, determined not to await the
organization of the T«rrit ry, or some
expression of the people's will but lo
repeal tlie Missouri Cotij.: ::nise at once,
und ihus remove the la& bu.wark in the
way of slavery extenioii. Such has
been the course of Dudii- iviih Jones in
his wake. At no point V, his senatorial
career can he point to IM record und
say, that 1
stood on the tft of freedom,
and of the north. Wliii ve recognize
iu their fullest extent thd rights of the
south under the comprona^ of the con
slilutiou and are in favol protecting
her in those rights, yet ire opposed
to such a system of servileiVs and truck
lin» to the interests of slavoicracy, when
antagonistic to our own un rests.— Os
kidao&a Jltrald.
a
convention he published in the Whig pa« employ of James E. Price und a color
pers of tins district. ed female servant at Bishop Lee's. A
idfo motion the convention adjourned. I child dPf John McLaughlin is alsd mis-
Col. S H. SHELL AD Y, Pres'l. gjnir.
V. Pterf*.
T. D. EVANS,
A. T. IlitooKS
Secreuri
at. Loughridge,
„.
Senatorinl Policy.
it would be satisfactory to the people] last wagon being opposite Orange street
of the South. And if, at anv time the
—ft-
"DEJIOINE.f
The papers up the Vallej|tre discuss
ing the propriety of endorspi the first
improvement sought to be iitfrduced by
Mr. O Rielly, which consist^ i discard
ing the letters entirely fromjJ siiioines,
thus leaving U»e word to be tp: tu n as it
is pronounced. We go in f#r the "im
provement" decidedly, as wt for the
convenience of Editors, Prin rs, and
every bodjPelse in the valley, v io have
to write, "set up," or speak e word
from six to one hundred timef er day,
as lor the sake of establishing.^ u'ormi
ty of pronunciation. At presfi about
one half .l.e people or more,
», I ,er.ed ,, 1
re,,ci, ,er„„ „^,
fashion, in giving the full sound ihe
Whig.
ES^'i'ho United States Senile have
adopted a joint resolution, provider for
the adjournment of Congress Iron ihe
3d of July to the 3d Monday of cto-
Uer and .he eipedauo,, a: Wa.kiu.on
Ii i
limitation. It is now provided that he
anuuul sessions of Congress shall c,u.
mence on the iirst Monday of Dtr
n
ber, "unlets otherwise ordered by
The joinl resolution, in this caso,V^il
have the same form and effect as ar
nial act of Congress, although daw is
have been entertained whether joini.f s
oluiions are usually of the same auitiDi
ty as a regularly enacted statute, i
the House concur, therefore, the "s l*n
session," as it is called, will extend frp
the 3d Monday of October until the It,
of March, some six weeks longer ilia
usual."
Our CnndMaft fbr ttoitgree*
With pleasure we insert iu our tick
this week, the name of R. L, B, CLAK
Esq., of Henrj county, as th« Wh
Candidate for Gsmgre**.
Though comparatively unknown t#
us, lie comes strongly recommended aa
a good and true W hig, and one wel^
qualified for the station. From the shori
acquaintance we have had with this gen
tlcmun, we are led to believe that he will
make an able stindard bearer during the
campaign, and willfully merit the hearty
support of every lover of his country.
We shall have more lo say of him here
after.—Osk. Herald.
^*Prosecutious under tbe new "Anti
Liquor law of Ohio have been com
menced at ClevelaQd.
NUMBER 22,
Hve Killed—Two others Missing—
Fifteen Horses Killed—#80,000
Damage.
WILMINGTON, Del., May 31.
About 10 o'clock, 45 minutea thM
morning, three wagons loaded with
ions of powder, belonging to Mess
Dupont & Co. exploded at the corner
of Fourteenth and Orange streets, killing
seven persons and fifteen horses.
thif
fivl
ssrsf
The following is a list of the killed:
John Keese, Thos, Tally and Thos,
Chambers, the wagon driver*: a voun|L
man in the employ of Thomas Hughes!
colored waiter pained Henry, in th
The wounded are, Thos. Hughes,
wife and child, seiiously hurt. Wm.
McCoy and Mrs. Richard Reynolds,
badly hurt and numerous other* more
or less injured.
The residences of Bishop Lee and
Jas. E. Price, together with five others,
and six stables were destroyed.
About seventy Ave houses were dama
ged.
The total loss is estimated at abonf'
$50,000 &
SECOND DtSPATCH.
Tlie sceno in the neighborhood of the
explosion, this forenoon exceeds all
description, and looks as though an
earthquake had taken place.
There were three large teams, eicl»
containing four hundred and fifty kegs of
powder, from Dtipou't mills, the whole
estimated at about tivp tons. The pow
de» was being conveyed from the mills
to the wharf for shipment. The team
was passing alonjj Fourteenth street at
the time the explosion took place—lint
anl
law is likely to fail, I am "willing to residence ol Bishop Lee. The other
wagons were a short distance ahead. It
is not known which load first exploded.
'mmedi^tely opposite the elegant
The- Bishop's house wm terribly shat
tered the roof was lifted up bodily and
broken into fragments. The front wall
fell into the street. The floors were
broken up, and every window and door
in the house was torn away and broken
to pieces. The Bishop's beautiful gar»'
den was entirely destroyed.
There was fortunately, only one serWr'
vant and a child in the house—the' Bish^-
op and famdy being absent attending a
convention of the Dincese in St. An
drew's Church, a few squares off. The
servant women was very badly injtircdj*
but the child escaped nearly unharmed^V
Three houses «u Orange Mreet belov#
Fourteenth were entirely destroyed.—
One of the houses v.-as a wooden struc
ture, and it was utterly demolished to its
very foundation. Au Irishman, a board
er with McLaughtiu, was fatally injured,
and died shortly after the occurrence.
McLaughlin was very badly cut, aud
his apparel was torn off. His wife was
also severely injured. The families ol
McCoy and Reynolds living in other
houses, were all more oi less injured—
lite wife of the later quite seri nisly.
Tlie residence of James Cranby, cor*
ner of Market and 14th streets were
terribly shuttered and ihe inmates were
badly cut with glass, &.c. His stables
and barn, together with carriages, ar.il
line garden, were all destroyed. Ou Ihe
opposite side the elegaul residence of
James E. Price was so much injuredji
that il wilt have to be rebuilt.
On the south side of FourteenUjodf
street, the barns and stables of Joseph
Prices, James E. Price, and John il*
Price were alt ooinplelely destroved^.
In the latter the colored man Henry^
was killed. Muuy t/eea were torn uj*"^
by ihe route.
The fragments of the wagons, horses,
and drivers were blown iu all directions.
A human arm was found 300 feel from
the phce of explosion, and one of thfe*
drivers was lodged on the shore of th£
Brandywiae. The tire of one wagon|
weighing one hundred pounds, waa
thrown a distance of two hundred feet,
and a fragment of ano htr tire was driveiSE*
neaily through the trunk of a large ireep
tIe
wa
in both cases, Anv body wiil pec ounce i
..M IT I L. I I On Market street, adiotnim the resi
'•Demoine abou. right, .nd .horj.
eupl,omou,..idf«diljr K
Nearly ail the hou&t.a along Orang&t.
e., a. far .o
u
5 brokeu lMU
.l, .. T^.h. iia.e gli..
dence of Jjme, E.
1
i
,(|ali.s
the
ellingt
Price, anew
Joseph T. Price, were very much injurf]
ed, and furniture, glassware, fcc„ Woken,
Seven dwellings on Thirteenth slrtet,
called Bnghi's Row, wove much dama*
ged.
The explosion cawed a terrible sensa-
io
„-,
u lle ril )e |e
IS that the House will concur^ the houses in great terror.
One genileman riding on horsebac
proposition. This proceeding often,se
contemplates a continous sesssion util
the 5th of March next, when the prteru
Congress will expire by constiti)ti
some distance ahead of ihe wagons, fel
the ground trembling, and at the samj
time was lifted from his horse, and see*
ing ihe windows falling into the street*
thought an earthquake had occurred.
ihus far only five persons ate known
to have been killed, and ihe bodies, or
fragments ol four, have been found and
an inquest held on the remains. Tho
following are their names: John Keys-A
Robert Chambers, Thoe. Talley, the
drivers of the teams Price's colored
man, and another, nam* unknown.
The explosion was felt at a brick
meeting-house, thirty-five miles south of
Wilmington.
The total loss is estimated at $75,000.
including the powder and teams, valued
at $5,000. Messis. Dupont were OIK
the ground actively engaged in doing all
they could to relieve the sufferers.—®^
1 hey declared their intention of paying
lor all the damage done to property
A NICE LITTLE PILE.—kcoorffog t|
he statement of the U. Treasurer, iniP
'overnraent had, on the 1st mst, $30,
1^,010 on deposit and subject to draf
i the treasury aud tlie various deposit
tries in the country.
ty We learn that a special meaaaBgee
hni Mr. Soule to our Government
no as a passenger by the Asia. Thia
'Jjtlie second special messenger frem
[*r. Soule. We would like to know
J*1-' ihey brought wiih th*^
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