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Press—Progress—0«r City.
A migbty engine of power is the Press. The human
Intellect in all its heaven-eoaring aspirations can never
demand from the creator of thought, a more inestima*
Me gill. By its benign intiuence a world has emerged
froaa benighted heathenism and wicked superstition
to unparalleled wisdom and intelligence. It has been
the precusor to the annihilation of space by steam—the
instrument by, which the lightuing has learned its let"
ten—and the prolific source from which has sprang a
nation of sovereigns.
Monarch* fear the thundering! of the dumb Press
more than the cannonading of a victorious enemy'
Tuev can rest perfectly secure from internal disturb'
auced aud commotions so long as their people remain
jguoraut and uueducated, but smuggle into the midst
of their obedient subjects the printing press, all foam
in£ and panting for war, and it will cauae a shudder
ing tremor so terrific as to shake the very foundation
of their kingdoms, and oftentimes prostrates to the
dust both throne and encumbent
The Press is a mighty thinker, and autocrats detest
thought worse than war or pestilence. It is a moral
impossibility for a thinking people to be governed by
the will of a single individual. Thought leads to the
cherishing of democratic principles as legitimately as
ignorance so
stains tyranny. The Press and the,
Yankee are of like temperament and disposition
neither will speak unless they are free. Restrained,
they mumble forth unmeaning parodies and tortured
Myuchy^es, but the rattling of the chains that bind
them will be heard and felt when the last sound of
their harsh jargon shall hare been lost in the shattered
and diseased brain of the mercUeea'tyrant.
FBCEDOM and LIUUCTY must have been the poten
tial watchwords that held entranced the mind that was
instrumental in ushering into existence the printing
press. And the same genius that breathed into the
virgin ore the breath of life, and caused the cold inan
imate steel to speak in a voice louder than ten thoo
sand thunders, sent forth upon the ocean of time the
jionderoas truth that man was a progressive being.
•M The PKBSS and PaooRBSsare twins. Conceived by
^|thc same immortal mind, nurtured and cherished by
the same intelligent people, they have gone forth
hand in hand, and even in their swaddling clothes,
erected thrones and empires, and demolished them for
mere sport together they have entered a wild un
broken wilderness And created a nation, which for intel
ligence and wisdom was never surpassed by countries
whose age is reckoned by thousands of years together'
they have battled against ignorance and its attendant
barbari m, and demolishing the Pagan's idols, built
churches and school houses upon their ruins.
Go to what part of the habitable gkbe you plea e
and if you find the Press, there will you find progress
written by the unerring finger of nature in the very in
vigorating atmosphere which surrounds you. Yon in.
hale it at every breathe, and aoon you become a part
and parcel uf progress itself.
It is the province of the Press to hew the way—to
light, and then progress comes bounding
along astride the first ray of the sun, and like aa
angel of light illuminates the path of desponding thou*
sand*, and points out to them a higher and nobler a
destiny.
As powerful as is the influence of the press for good
when wielded by skillful and experienced hand son the
aide of right and justice, yet far more powerful for
evil, when its influence is brought to bear against the
inculcation of those cardinal virtues.
ft'e thus perceive how infinitely essential is the pnas
ta a oatiou greatnes*, and yet how dangerous to its
well-being. Make a people great, renowned and glo"
rioas, and then flood their country with a literature
distinguished for its demoralizing and depraved teach*
lugs, and you commit ail offence against the Divine stat
utes, which above all others is unpardonable. Better
have permitted ignorance, superstition and barbarian
11 reign triumphant, than to burl them aaideeajyto
give way to vice, sensuality and hypocrisy.
In no country is the Press less unbridled and unre
strained thanin our^own. Indeed the FBIBDOH or THE
PRESS is our ark
«t safety—our country's Gibraltar—a
rock which of itself forms an impenetrable bulwark,
reaching from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and afford
inga protection so secure that the combined armies of
the whole world can not avail against it
Such thoughts have naturally arisen to oar
while contemplating the enlargement of our little
junial. And while we have noticed the general effect
of the Press upon our oountry at large, we do not forget
at the morality of a city or town is dependent in a
great measure upon the healthy and invigorating in
fluence of its Press. A discerning mind can judge
from the tone of the Press of the character of the peo
ple that sustain it The masqps must have a Press
tat vill diacnas matters congenial to their feeling* and
detdrea. If their tastes are vitiated and corrupt tbeu
Press will In time show it If they poasees a character
for virtue and m««ality, the Press moat ooaftffl In ta
de.Mrtment to a atoilbir congeniality.
Convinced by uniaiKskalile evidence that oar eMseas
are di-tpoaed to defend and snrtaln a reputation of lofty
integrity and high moral seuAimei^M among themselves
it shall be our aim as far as our Caebte power will per
mit to assist them in cherishing and preserving such a
character. Our columns shall over be open to any who
•y feel dispoaed to diseuse mtyacti of importance to
fte public, and especially so whan the grant principles
of right and justice may be more strictly adherred to.
And, in conclusion, we must my, we have a city of
whi hits inhabitants may well feel proud. Its people ant
maurparwd for their enterprise and progioarive spirit,
which has been fully developed by hailing again* in*
n imerable and weighty obstacles In building op and
adorning our city. The very Herculanean labor re'
quired to lay out our streets, fill up the ravines, and
excavate the high hills, has given its eMaena a repe
tition for indomnitable energy and untiring persever
ance a*A industry which speaks louder for its future
growth and welfare, than, would the labored har
angues of ail Ifcs learned panegyrists of fee land. Sit
uated on the fkmMWag hanks of the Mlssi—lppi
hacked by a country whom jgridtural lemices aie
•eonpd to none in the «sM 'nHUfri frtaln puspert
of railroad* to the HVwoorf^with n acarty onmpleted
continuous line of railrqad to the Atlantis ctfse—we
can we no earthly renam to prevent our c*y from tak-i
hqg the fiatlull* Stat*
Otm Paraa.—With no little jrfde, we
present the JoAaL to 0or readers this
week materially improved, aa all nill per
ceive. Oar arrangements are not as com
plete as we could desire, hat we abnH eon*
iwiiA tn wfiifA imnmy aiftti.
"mm
WNUI*I
There eeeme to be considerable agitation
throughout the whole country upon the
•abject of "Woman's Righto." Our eol
amni have ever boon open to any who do
aired to disease the mntter, nod «i hare
boon pleased to publich ceveral oommaiii
eations apon tho subject.
Woman** right*! What ia tt that woman
demands? Is she dissatisfied with tho tphert
in wbioh she moves? Can sho ask for a
more elevated position ia society? Does
she desire to occupy a higher niche in the
temple of fame? This latter inquiry can
not admit of an affirmative reply, for the
the name of woman is already insoribed on
the very threshold of heaven, and to prog
ress higher she most throw off her mortall-
if'
How holy* how sublime a mission has
woman to perform on earth! How mighty,
yea how terrible the power man has invest
ed her with! In her hands is entrusted the
future welfare of the most enlightened and
intelligent nation upon whieh the sun ever
deigned to sbine. Yes, the women of our
oountry are to forever shape its destinies.
If in the counsels of the nation corrupt
and unprinoipled men have gained access
by treachery, artifice or double dealing, you
may rest assured woman has failed to "act
her part well.'' If in our legislative halls
you hear the grim yell of disunion, depend
upon it woman has failed to do her duty if
you find the general character of our ooun
try base and immoral, and the feelings and
tastes of its people vitiated, then woman
is soaring above her sphere if you find our
penitentiaries and jails crowded with de
praved and vioious knaves if you behold
that direst eurse of despair—intemperance,
stalking like a oloud of fire over the fairest
portion of the civilised world, consuming
and destroying myriads of human beings in
its devasting course, you may rationally
conclude woman is agitating reform
Give a country pure and virtuous woman
and it need never fear for its men. It would
then be as impossible for corruption and
discord to disturb the harmony of it* gov
ernment, as for .parity and virtue to dis
grace their possessor.
Woman you have a noble work to per
form. The moulding the destinies of a
mighty nation is not a visionary phantom,
neither is it an enviable task. Then arouse
you! Wake up! Throw aside the miscon-j
oeived notions that you are degraded and
debased that man is your oppressor and
calumniator. Did not man plaoe implicit
confidence in your integrity, judgment and
wisdom, in the name of heaven why does
he permit you to occupy a station "little be
low the angels?*' You have merited this
appellation by exercising that mild, gantle
and beneficent influence which it has pleased
heaven to deny to man. Man, on the con
trary, is possossed of a stern, commanding
influence which the experience of all ages
has demonstrated) is infinitely weaker than
that yielded by woman.
y Woman, you are already seated upon the
^tighest summit of worldly fame or earthly
grandeur, and we wonder not that yoa
grow dissy gating down fromyour self-built
pyramid on high: We do not ceneure yoa
for striving to throw off the weighty res
ponsibilities imposed apon you, but in this
age of progress, wo cannot conceive why
you should desire to rotrogade, and be
willing to occupy a station on an equality
with the sterner sex. You are, at the same
time laboring to destroy and demolish the
very foundation of our country's happi
ness and prosperity and that too, without
permitting even a foot-bold to remain ap
on which to erect a monument over ite ra
ins. Let a people overturn the |moral in
insitutions of their country without eag
gesting or creating improvements, and the
whole civilised world would condemn the
perpetrators to endless infamy and dis
grace.
Tom Paine—a man who labored with
commendable vigor and earnestness in de
fending oar country's rights in the "times
that tried men's souls," and who done as
much towards the successful prosecution of
the American Revolution as any other per
son, and who recieved a vote of thanks for
each services from the United States Con
gress, was afterwards doomed to infamy
and disgrace by the unanimous voice of
this same American people. What caaeed
this complete revolution in the minds of
the people Tom Paine strove to tear into
shreds the very balwark which protects as
from internal annihilation. He soaght to
destroy the beautiful temple which he, him
self, had labored so scaloasly to construct
and adorn, and that, too, without reeom
mending or sabstiting a feasible plan of
moral or religious government in its stead
Woman, be content. At least do not ag
itate reform at the risk of a nation's bap-
A
Ifeoo
CLOSED UF.—We learnfrbm the Burling
ton Telegraph, that on the 14th, the Sher
iff, by order of the Court, olocod up all the
drinking establiahmente ia that town. A
good idea. We do not oontend that this
will suppress drunkennees entirely—bat
when we have laws they should he rigidly
enforced. This is an excellent example for
other publio ofioers throughout the State1
toiautate.
STATB Paivmo.—We see by the Dabuque
Herald that Mr. Horniah of the Keokuk /to*
patch, has resigned tho oftee of State prin
ter, and that Messrs. Mahoay A Dorr, of
the Heraldt have been appointed by the
Governor.
Wno is Ha?—The papers aaaoanae the
appointment of Pfcul C. Jeffriee, as Peasion
Agent for Iowa. We are unable to deter
mine who this individual ia, or where ho
A Kaw Parsa.—The "Wapello Intelli
gencer," by James Noffemger, hae taken the
plaoe of tbe "Loaiaa Coanty Timee." It ic
a well printed eheet of seven oolomnc, and
dj|ecrves«j»e4 patronage, ins BIS ta
pinese and proeperity. Nature reversed realised, and already the tide of emigration
can never be productive of any great good
and to occupy any other sphere, except the
one whioh you now encumber, and for
wbioh nature has abundantly qualified you,
would be to thwart the benificent desijna of
yoar Creator.
In these days when the grand drama of
ion's exodaa is being enacted before tb
astonished gate of the whole civilised world,
we natarally turn our eyes from tbe depop
ulated provinoeto the clime where theee
modern Israelites are bending their weal ied
steps. A bloodless tragody is being played
in the eld world, having kingdoms for a
stage, oppressed and down-trodden serfs
for actors, and monarchs for unwilling aud
iences. It is, however, bat the rehearsal
of an old play in which Moses and his fol
lowers acted prominent parte. The children
of Israel, under the guidenee of heaven,
crossed the furious waters of the Red Sea.
Tbe children of the old world, attended by
the same unerring guide, crossed the stormy
billows of the Atlantic. The former were
led out of bondage and slavery to a land
"flowing with milk and honey"—th e latter
are driven by tyranny and oppression to a
clime that knows no tyrants an aoknowl
edges no oppressors. Our own "land of the
free and home of the brave" reoieves emi
grants from the old world with open arms
—Invites them to partake of a nations hos
pitality—and under the broad folds of the
"star-spangled banner*' seoures to them a
protection which the haaghty autocrats of
the old world dare not question.
i s
This exodus has caused cities and villagee
to spring ap in the West with a rapidity so
astonishing as to almost stagger belief. A
few years ago the human imagination could
never have'pictured so wild a phantasm,
and to have predicted sueh a growth for the
Weet would have been prima facta evidenoe
.of insanity. And now we too may be called
nsane for venturing a prediction bat have
we not n right to judge the future by the
past And if so tell as, ye anti-progressive
fogies, what is to prevent our State from
numbering a
BILLION
itants in tbe next ten years Behold the
position we now oocuy as a State, and that,
too, under the old Stage Coach system of
FBINX 9T WALKBB. If, then, the rapid in
crease of oar population has been with on
ly stage coach speed, tell as, "in the names
of all the gods at once," how shall we esti
mate tbe rate o? increase with railroad
speed
•v
A railroad is to the inhabitant* of a State
what the circulation of blood is to the hu
man system—it keeps the whole machinery
alive and in working order. When the Chi
cago and Rock Island Railroad shall have
bean completed, a continuous line of road
from the Mississippi rivor to the Atlantic
ocean will be in operation. The emigrants
will then avail themselves of the advantages
arising from a cheap and rapid mode of con
veyance, and instead of locating in the
older Western States whieh are now more
easily aoeeasible, they will Move on toward*
the fertile fields of Iowa. The Almighty
would never permit a people to be cruelly
driven from their native hille without first
providing a plaoe for them. Heaven is
still wrapped in the same mantle of charity
as when from beneath ite ponderous folds
it hung oat the "eload by day and the pil
lar of fire by night" togaidethe children
of Israel to the promised land. And is not
the vast and extensive prairies of Iowa in
deed a promised land? Nature the prince
of hasandmen, has prepared ite fertile
soil for the reception of this modernjehil
dren of Israel. In a word, prairies were
made for the sons and daughters of oppres
sion. It is tho land which, to them, "flows
with milk and honey."
Iowa possesses a elimato mild and salu
brious. Its soil is not sarpaased for fertility
and richness by any on the face of the
earth. With thousands of aeree of fields
that have never been dieturbed by the band
o? the husbandman, ready for tilling with
out the aid of the axe or stump machine.—
The cultivators of the noil are not obliged
to devote fifteen or twenty years of hard
labor in clearing aud patting their land in
a suitable condition for agriealtaral purpo
ses. The hardy pioneer is not compelled
to spend long years of toil and suffering in
the wild, unbroken wilderness ere be can
reap the benefits of bis labor. He has not
to dampen his little farm with sweat-drops,
before he can gather a meagre harvest to
preserve his wife and little ones from star
vation. He need not seclude himself among
wild beasts of the forests, and sorroaaded
by none bat his own kindred, cultivate the
rocks and brushwood, that he may obtain
a subsistence for himself and family. In
our midst the industrious farmer can be
human and civilised, and not only live, bat
he can educate his children, lay aside a
competenoe for a rainy day, and learn, too,
that the world is not so dark and benighted
as a life in the wilderness has already foread
him to believe.
These truths are beginning to be felt and
is pouring into oar midst. Not only do we
receive acceesions from the old world, but
the enterprising East is sending among us a
einew that will make our State to "blossom
like Ike rose." They bring with them a
nerve more powerful than the conjarer'a
magic wand, whieh, wielded by their skilful
hand will build up cities and villages with
lightning speed. Once permit the shrill
whistle of the old "iron horse" be heard as
he bounds along the banks of em Missis
sippi and we shall then receive an impetus
that will rapidly arge aa forward to elatah
the first star in the Western galaxy.
Barns. Watoct attsatioa to the ndvertiammat of
W. A. Melaoa of 8C Louis. While in that dty, re
cently, we had aa opportuaity of seeing aacof hfe
unrivalled sate, whkh had beea heated la a fmaace
sevea hours, in the preeeace of haadrads of wttaamm.
to test Its quality. The safe waa unhurt. We exam
iaedthe contents, and fon^d that the books, for all
Hartist purposes wnrr uainjnred, the glue fssteaiag
the backs baring only beea melted We have ao
hssftaacy la pemwwaaing them the genuine "flalamsn
ders." They am smsaftrtnwid ta tt. Louis by Mr.
KelsoahtaaseK Beery hatium maa ta this city should
have a safe.
For some time pest a large number of Hormone
hsae heea encaaiped aear Keota*. They are from va
rioua parte of Europe, but principally from Bnglaad.
Thgr aumher about twothnamad.aad have hacather
msamg msssmllnni for erossfatg the Plains |o Salt
Lake. Welcsm from the TeUev Whig, "they ere la
aad itonsatly ckd-^Hev.John Har
"lo
Hs,aa
Ha pave am aa account el the rim end magmas ef
a ia this coaatoy. Alas, a tnlkM charao
•mith aad his priatiaal leaSmu, aad nht
MUSCATINE JOURNAL—JUNE 3, 1858.
I. C. A. L. R. R.—A number of influ
eneial eitiions of the Northern portion
of Iowa, have aeeoeiated themselves'
together, agreeable to the code of
Iowa, under the tide of the Iowa Central
Air Line Railroad Company, for the par
pose of constructing and operating a rail
road from Sabula, on the Missiseippi river
and to run thence wectwardly on or near
the 42nd parallel of latitude to the Missouri
liver, and thenoe west to the South Pass of
the Rocky Mountains to California. The
capital stock to be $10,000,000. It is ia
contemplation to complete the first division)
which extends to Cedar river, in about two
years. Hon. George Greene, of the Su
preme Court, is President of the Company.
Limr
and a aiu of inhab­
COCWTT.—The
Late advieoc from Europe announce that
Mr. Bacon, of the firm of Page A Bacon,
St. Louis, has been successful in selling
bonds of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad
to the amount of $I,70(MXX). This, with
the sam of $3,500,000 previously negotiated
by Professor Mitchell, insures tho rigorous
prosecution of the road.
The vote for and against the subscrip
tion of $100,000
rto
C. H. H. Padendick has been recognised ss Consul
from Mecklenburg for the State* of Illinois, Iowa,Mlch
igna, and Indiana, and the Territory of
•••The Fairfield Ledger gives an ae
count of the diowaing of throe persons
in Skunk river, near thaf placo.
fifty divorce eases have been decided in
the Cirouit Court of St. Louis county, since
the term began, whieh was tbe firat Monday
in April an average of one per day.
The National Division of the Order of
Sons of Temperance is to meat at Chieago,
on Wednesday, the 8th day of Jane. A
special meeting of the Grand Division of
Illinois, will ba lOiiwtd nt thn mm time
and plaoa.
The Governor of fBssovihaa ieened hia
proclamation offering a reward of $100 cash,
for the delivery of Walton Webb and
William Webb, who are charged with the
murder of Allen StiBmen, in Seott county,
or of $300 for the delivery of both of them
to the Sheriff of that county. The murder
was eonnitted on the 5th November, 1652.
Intelligence has been reeeived of n heavy
freshet along the Gees ana da river, in Mis
souri, which eaneed the deetruetion ef mueh
valuable property, tat twenty-foar hoars
the river roee eighteen foal, and floated
away a large number of rafts and a great
quantity of 1
amber from the mills along ite
beaks, Several mills ware entirely washed
away. The fame adjacent to the river
were nneh dsamged, the fencing waahed
away, Ae. The water covered anrt of the
oonntry to tho depth ef foar or ivc feet.
,ow
tiring me prim iy lee eTMimoahm |««|S a*d eeettf tftkftft.
^Dutt
I this CO
County Judge of Linn
ooanty, has issued his proclamation order
inga special election on the second Monday
in June, at which eleetion the voters are to
decide whether Linn oounty shall subscribe
two hundred thousand dollars to the capital
£toek of the Iowa Central Air Line Rail
noad Company.
There is to he a grand Railroad Jubilee at
Tipton, Taesday next, 7th inst., in honor of
the Lyons Iowa Central Railroad Compa
ny. A free dinner will he given in the
Court House square, fa the evening, n
ball will be given at the Court House.
TheJoliet (111.) Signal, of a recent date,
in cpeaking of the Chicago and Rook Island
Railroad says:—'"Thc*% are over one hun
dred miles of this road completed, and we
are informed that the work on the remain
ing portion of the route is progressing rap
idly. The finished portion extending from
Chicago to Peru, will compare favorably
with the best eastern roads. The work has
been done well by the contractors and the
bridges, depot buildings, Ac., are durable
ctructnrec." Between Chicago and Peru
there are two paaeenger trains a day beeides
freight trains, construction trains, Ac-, and
the amount of travel is immense.
the Missiasippi and
Wabash Railroad, ia Keokuk, on Saturday,
28th, resulted nearly unanimously in favor
of
FAACTKMU
CTUM Bcnnaus.—The papers TOTY gen
orally speak of the appearance in the sky
which we noticed last week, and aoate are
as mueh at Iocs to aooount for it as wo
were. It is conceded, however, tha* the
phenomenon was ia some way connected
with the Jurorm BmreaHt, if not that well
known lumen boreal* or northern light itself.
Being nearer the senith than wa recollect
oversaving seen it, pusaled as. The Bur
lington Gasctte s^ys:
A fine display of the ima BomaHi was asm
ed last week, fflamiasHng the aovthera sky with as
arch of fight, end ham cat then diverging raya ahoot
ingapwaida. The Mncrattnc Journal speaks of it as
a "strange phenomenon," aadaays that it wasbeyoad
the philosophy of the good fotkaof that ragtaa to ac
count hr iv.
The Dabuque Herald speaks thaa en the
sami subject.
SiMWiaa PauBM—OK^-Oa Me night of the 35th
i _st., at 10 o'clock a moat singular phenomsaoa la the
^ahape of a 'BT'ITT white cloud stretching over the
city, from a point hi tbe horizon a little south of east
to a point opposite, in tbe buriaon, was aeen by our
self, and we presume, by many other persons.
Its "apparent" width waa about &0 feet, and when
firjt seen seemed stationary. Through all parts of it
the stars were perfectly visible. How long ft had ex
istod la that form baSore we saw H. we caaaot aay
But after our attention waa directed to it, hut a few
minutes slspesd when a change took plaoe—it began
to grow thin ia parts, aad a movement towards tbe
Western horiaoa becaaae visible, When .we leat saw
it, It had become very thin In the centre, and very
bright at the weet end. Whatever it was, it was ear
taialy very singular.
Oca RULBOAO.—Mr. Farnham, the M. A
M. R. R. contractor will be here in n few
days, when the qaestion whether the road
shall run through Muscatine or not will be
definitely eettied. No asearanoes either pro
er eon hare boon given to aay one aa yet.
We think oar ehenoss are ae good if not a
UUk better than any other competitor.
Jonathan Futhy recently
came down Cedar Rivet from the boun
dary line between Iowa and Minnoenta
(about 650 miles) in a canoe, loaded
with trnps and fns« which ho had col
lected. Ha want np at rly in the spring,
on a hunting excursion. He aays the
natural character of the country is about
the same as in thia region at pieannt,
however, it ia a bouadlees wildernaaa,
tenanted only by wild anionls and oc
casional roving bunda of Indians. The
principal aniaaala are buffalo, elk, a fow
deer, and the ordinary small game.—
Be* vei daaae are ram man on every wit
vf
DISTUCT OOVBT.—The Dietriot Court of
this county adjourned en Tuesday last, after
a session of eight days. There were no
criminal eases originating in our oounty.—
Caeec were brought from Johaeon, on
change of venue, where indictments had
been found for selling liquor and keeping
gambliag houees. One only was sustained.
The businese consisted mostly of litigated
eases of debts, and correction of titles to
town lots and some other property. We are
gratified to know that oar jail house is with
out siwfmfi, only occasionally by municip-,
el authority for drunkenness. May it eon
tinae ao! Jadge Lelngwdl, perhaps the
yoangest Judge in the west, presided with
dignity and honor to himself and tbe court,
aad hia decisions, we think, gave general
satisfaction. Ia looking over tbe lict of
attorneys at ths bar, we come to the eon
dasioa, that no county ia the State caa pre
sent a mora honorable or talented bar
of lawyers, than Muscatiae. We notic
Meeers. Whieher, Woodward, Batler, Cload,
O'Connor, Riehman, McAulay, Latta, Pat
terson, Clark, and Thayer of Maeeatiae,
Mr. Templin, of Johnson, Hon. J. P.
Cook, of 8oott, and two or three others
whose namee and whereabouts we did
know.
Fotrnm
ov
JCLT.—What
win.
ia to bo done on
the Foarth Is it not time some movement
was on foot to secure a celebration of our
natal day We hare too few reeogaised
gala-days to allow one of them to pace
without a beooming oelebration. Let us do
something on the Fourth, and bring out
"The spiritetirring drum and the ear-piercing Ife,"
aad although we aMy not have that
"Mortal engine wham rude throat
The immortal Jove's dread clamor*
yet we caa make some noise, we reckon.
Let us have a grand railroad celebration»
end wake ap oar citisene to a realising cense
of what is their duty "in this regard.''—
The greatest era in the history of the civil
ised world was when this country declared ite
independence the great era in the hictory of
this nation was when the cteam whistle de
livered ite first shrill notes to admiring con
tinents and tbe greatest era ia the history
of Iowa was when the firat spade full of dirt
was raised from its mother earth, to aid in
constructing its first railroad? And is it
not abundantly appropriate to
celebrate these
three grand eras on the anniversary of .the
day that gave the greatest of them to the
world? Come, eUiseas, wake up! Let us
have a regular "down eaet" railroad oele
bration. Let as have railroad speeches—
railroad talk—and a railroad dinner
NBW STOBB.—Messrs.Bryant A Chamber
lain, from Illinois, are fitting np a room
oppoeite the Nevada Mill, on Iowa Aveaue,
where they intend opening a large mercan
tile establishment. Their goods are now
on hand, and they will open in a few days.
ABBBSTBD.—Two brothers, named Pilch
er, one of whom is very sick with consump
tion, were arreeted at the OgUvie House, on
8andey morning, by officers from Barling
ton, on a charge of peering counterfeit
money in that plaoe.
if
AI
Does ACAIK.—A dog, suppoeed to
be mad, was observed going up 8eeond
street yesterday morning, and it ii uiA
that he bit several other doge. Be waa
killed before he proceeded very far. Sever
al ethers have been shot.
g^T Adam Reuling, on the comer ef
Second and Cbaenat streets, in his large
three-etory brick building, hae hie rooms
finished off in extra fine style, and is now
prspared to accommodate ladiee aad gen
tlemen, having eeparate ealoone, with ice
cream, soda, Ae^ and the choiooet coulee
tienarice.
Mass TsKraaAKCB Maxruia.—A macs meet
ing of the friends of temperance will be
held at the Methodist Chareh, on Tueeday
evening next. Let there be a large attead-
gy John Sample hae re-opened hie eon
feetionary just oppoeite ear oftoe. Ha has
one of the
neatest and
beat
fqge of Rockland (Maine)
troyed by Are on tho Ud
flO.OOO.
....The v
waa nearly
ult. Loos,
•. E*
Iowa, was
Gould, race
ing MOO.
....Judge rurnbull has resigned his
ofice of Jaa of tbe Supreme Court of
Illinois, owia tn the moagreness of the
salary—$1»P-
BN|
if
yon
We need not go out of town to find
railroad speakers—and railroad eaters, (we
asean/Mf-eatcrs)—and as for noise, we can
nuke as much as any people of our sise.—
Let seme of our oitisens take hold of this
aaatter and see what oan
be
done.
The
time
is short.
MATOB'S COCBT.—A rustic son of Bacchus
was brought before the Mayor, on Mon
for violatloa of the ordinance pro
hibiting drunkenneee in the streets. Here
he acted very irreverent. Approaching his
honor, he aihcdjw ith the utmost tongfroid,
"Are you the Marei" (Mayor.) "Yes,''
was the dignified reply. "Well, then," con.
tinned the rustic, "I'm the hom!" After
seme diflkulty in ascertaining the name of
the culprit, (Hiek or Hicks,) whieh he sta
dioasly endeavored to conceal, his honor
concluded "the Aver" had better be pat in
the "stable" for the night. Accordingly
policeman Ward, notwithstanding consider
able resistance, conducted him to the "•ta
ble" were he was securely confined. In the
morning it was discovered that "the boss,*'
in his endeavors to escape, had so battered
the door that it oould not be unlocked, but
wae taken entirely down, and he was re
leased, it is hoped, a better if not n wiser
maa.
Keq., of Davenport,
on the steamer Belle
My, of his wellet, contain-
Thos. M'Ileal a few days since, while
in state ofgiania a potu attempted to
assnsainate Archbiahop Puree 11 of Cin
cinnati i
•. .The lixican Government has past
aontence of'exile Europe upon Geo.
Arieta andieveral others auapectod of
being frien^pr to the United States.
•••A flaring end saw mill at Port
Byron, on tbe Upper Mississppi, was
burned do* on the Ifth. The Mill
contained S00 bushels of wheat, all of
which wasfestioyed.
..••The Shipment of mules for the
Ohio riurn getting to be a regular bus
iness at i. Leuis. It is stated that
during ttf vetk, upwards of five hun
dred head were shipped around.
Amooglba recent appointments we
notice thorn of the uotoriom Sam. Meda
ry, of Ohi£ to Chili, Robt Dale Owen,
of Ind.. 14 the Two Sicilies, and Win.
Bisaulijpf Hi., to Buvnos Ayres.
... *Tafslif lit shocks of an earthquake
were diftftetly felt at Zanesrille, Ohio,
on the tm nit. Similar ebocks were
also feltjr Wheeling, Va a hunt, the
eame tin
... .CI rles Phelps, of New York, hae'
given to nox College, Illinois $13,000
worth of mdi» ite vicinity, wherewith
to endots lie f^elp's Professorship.
"••Bi tntfy,a young man, near Mar
shall, 1 -1-111™'* pealing bark from a
bush, w4m+"taken, by a hunter, for
a deer,
shot through tbe head, kilt­
ing him netantly.
.. •.E.&enaior Merriweather, of Ken
tucky, ha beea appointed Govenor of
New M*Jco, in the place of Gov. Lane,
whose rdlnt warlike demonatration has
brought |im into disrepute with tbe
Adminittation.
...»T|S common council of Tampico
having mfueed to acknowledge Santa
Anna apresident, the whole body were
made p||ioners to Gen. W.lf, the mil
itary gofrnor of this place, and cent to
Mexico..
.. "ij Washington letter states that
the no*t Post Office envelopes will pro
bably iie distributed as early as July.
They will be cold at $3 20 per hundret
—three dollar* for the etampsand 81
cents for the envelopes.
...•The Rev. Absalom Walliscrofta
worthy and exemplary minister of he
Methojist Clturch, died recently in Glo
ria frofi taking araeaic. which wasfiv
en to lim in miitake for magnesia.
..••The Congregational Churdi at
Lockpirt, Y., was struck by fcht
ning, puiing service, on Sundai the
22nd, (aud of the members of thfehoir
in the!singing gallery one wa/kiH*4
and fi^fe or iix other* seriously
••kckeinan, Stewart, an
son, #er« Hung at Sacramen
20th cf AprX. Stewart was a{
Philacplphis, 20 years old, a
man «iis born in Pennsylvaai
••jRev. Dr. Tomlinion# distin*
guishm clergyman of the Me»i»w Enis'
copal Church, committed suJde at
A acow loi
wn up a few
of Chicago,
by a spark fi
shops In ths
city.
gy L. Kellogg is just about opening a
lumber yard, having reoeived a large let of
Wieeenein river lumber. Those of our
pa trans in need of anything in that line,
will do well to call on him.
gy E. H. Thayer, who ecmee emoag as
highly reeooBHMuded, (has "stack out hia
shingle" as an attorney. Bee card.
Exraass.—Crane A Evans, on Water
street, are agents for Livingston, Fargo A|
Co.'e Exprces. See advertisemeat.
gy A quarterly BMcting will oo
in the United Brethren Church to-morrow,
at one o'eloek*
gy Don't forget the Agricultural
ing to-meoow, nt two o'clock, nt theC
House.
Anwun vo Aumarnneai. Qrasnov
LAST W*BX.—Tbe
father's age is
son's 15.
49}
•••Thero sua 3«000 aaen employad
making cigara ia Ifaw Tnrk.
tive of
Acker.
ville, phia, on the 14th JL Dr.
Num
ber of men, 350 caie, 8,263 abeopi
2.3(H) animals, 350 jUgons
riases 4.
4 »A lour year of bull was tak«
n on tbe Michi^), a few daya agi
ad for the wor!(* fair. He belonJ
o some gentittmA living nt St. Pa»
was captured if the Indian count*
it of thai place
rith powder, «is
ys since, in the hi
The powder was igf
the chimney o|a
on the scow had #f-
The haai
lent warningfo jump into the rire'
dsave their^ives by swimming to
shorn.
•.•.Amodef for the cast iron st|tue
Henry Cln
arion ia
tod, it wil bo fifteen feet in height
eonsistcpf 138 aeparate pieces. It
aahiona/ after Nagle's well-known
ait oflhe groat atatesmao.
f...Qsi/« a revival has taken |lace
Uthe Ch^stniik Church at Barlioftoa.
8 ice the tfgnnisation of the churcW kut
a sw wetns since, they have had tbout
si ranty fvo accessions to their toium
rs. TMy sro now makiag an$Bfort
buiWanew church edifice an* pave
aJ aady/gft soma throe thousanodol
Ifs suMribod.
largo bones, suppoi
ious#ersons to have belong
nt, to n mastodon, or to
th, #era brought to St. Loitl
atly I Those rolics were recet
ibinon at a museum in New
y feigh
all
is now in course of prr-
bilndelphia. When com-1
NO. 1,
rttlbi
•••Dr. fetif Af Stouftibofjli, one
of the coroners of Queens Oounty, L.I.,
died at his residence, East Norwich, on
the f3d ult. It appears th#t the trotting
stallion Osceola, of whirfe the Doctor
was the owner, was taker with the glan
ders and ultimately bad u be killed.—
In his attention, tb§ a timal the Doc
tor in some way becntoe liaeased. which
progressed so rapidly th*f in a few days
it terminated fatally.
... .About a hundred and ninety p«r*
sons were lost in tho wrecking of tfe«
ship William and Mary, (noticed laat
week.) About eighty of the passengors
were Germans, and were going out in
company, with the intention of setiling
on a large tract of laad which had been
bought in Illinois. f|L| remainder waa
composed of Irish, Htfnsh and Scofcfr
—tho Irish forming ifec largest propyl*
....The Norfolk Argus «tatee tlut
a curious phenomena attended the recen
hail storm in that city. Quantities of
catfish, some wets
or ing four feet in
length, fell in difeiant sections of the
city, and soma of the fields were life
rally strewed ivltl them. Hundreds were
picked up in morning. This (says
the Argur) is to piscatorial fabrication,
but a fact which attested by hun
dreds of citiseas.
....The factories of LoWell cMauml
between eighty thouranj erfd iinety
thousand bales of cotton a jeatf, about
one-sixth of the whole consumpton of
the United States. They also.ccntftrfio
upwards ofjl**mi"ion pounds of woof
ia a M*..Wre are fifty.one rrflls in:
"the city', MMpying a capital of tHrteea
million dslitk The populationof the
city is thi«f-seven thousand, ilmost
entirely noWKng directly or indtectly,.
through tbsJRsfcurgements of th« capi
tal invedtodftn the mills.
...The nighborhood of the y
•tail
Palace, Nev York city, or whai there
is of it, prients a curious appearance
on the Sa#eth. A prodigiousfcrowd
of soma foto fifteen thousand persons
throng ab* It. We regret to sdd that
there if #ry appearance that it will
be renderf a scene of wide-spread dis
sipatioa* Dram-shops are starling up
every wh# in the neighborhood, and
draokani# will constitute a prominent
branch osne world's industry.
Paul (Minnesota)Pioneer,
mys tbejygration to that couatry this
sea so
a iVeater than ever before. A
corresp#ent of the St. Louis Intelli
gencer, n speaking of Minnesota life
aad scfery. remarks that "within a
range o twenty miles of St. Paul, he
has coated not less than from fifty to
sevent Are lakes. These lakes abound
in fishtad are filled with water as clear
as crjftal. Some idea of the rapid
grnwt of population in the territory
may fbrmed, when it is known that
St, P«l, which, five years since, was
but aHnslI trading post, has now over
foar Hiusand inhabitants."
..•It is now eight yeara since Sir.
JohePranklin sailed on his Arctic ef
pedrion. lie left England on the 19th
jurcd. of toiy 1841, with two ships, the Erebus
homp- I and Terror. He had provisions for only
twoyears. Five years ngo the last trucks
of hs cod)peay were discovered It is
harly possible that he can be living, yet
Ne­
was, (or many years, Present of Au- ejw-j-»"»»i. "nn ranann's vej*
gasta]College, Kentucky. 2 mwceeded in working their w*
.. Mr. as. Hutton, anpld and re- tNugh tho ifce-drift into the open se
specible citisen of Altc^
l*as
deadia a by-path leading/om the city turn. TM adventurers who ore no'
10 Mlddleton, on Saturda^2d. iia wns
••••The Independent Mo.) itfesscit
1
seenionly a short time ffore, in good bj aaler. Then they will proceed ix
health.
n
La£ ffmnhlin has not given him up. .•
an&xpeditions are now out in search
of£m. The theory of those who ye',1" 1tt'*"pe
beAve him living is. that beyond
cemiq
line'the region of ice does not
—that Sir John Franklin's ves~T ,'i
11
found frond, aad havo not been able
•••'eli o^inm will go as far as poi. f,
•1«d**s- drawn by dogs, and so con-«i
10 be
g^er, of the 30th ult gi|# the following soaUr J,
suKment of the mov|ent *ka ^MuttlM Market
pl.« .0 Oregon and WOIDW
W
u. pf l^#l nett.
am.
togetbcc about e
.• Henry B. Schoolcraft, Es|« wri
ng lo tho Washington Union, d^fribes
lAion of country now embnAd in
a^ington Territory, which m»W?rob
bly|domand, at soma not far iistant
ay^ a separate government, lies
the west base of the Rockf Koun
opposite the mouth of ths fellow
It is fertile and well timbered,
n^ 15^)00 square milns
•It is now said that Got. &nao's
'Isciinre of the Mesilla Valley con
ent apon certain outragsofS pro
ingc on tho part of tho netloritias
hihuahua, ia aetaing upon An' l«*
•ing American eitisens unf* pscu
iisriy oppreesive circumaUaetw
thought that the Administratis
ssstaia (he act and that an a^M*1
miliUry force will be put in reflfcitio*
to maintain thoalleged claim of^$
tad Bmtas.
:i»re*-«
iscopal*'
!SSt
71a It-
o'di
ct
i
'eadily i0t0
JUD. 3, 1853. -*W"
141- Butchers'are pa v^
14*. eaij ,nR 5
0
Cows A*rtDAiv*s—Scarce and ia demand-"diV
cows ran*vd from $20 to $30—calves frodi.
$3,50 to $31
sa«ar-"%
PBOVimni^Pofk, Mess $15,50 per cift:
Hams smak 9 to 10 cts cts per lb Baco'tf,
aides and ulders, 7a8, do Flour $3,50a
4-Ms
SBBD^O er $5,50a6,00 Timothy $14. un---.
50a2,00|' seed 75a80 cts. per bush. «%feA
i»|Eoas—Butter
10 dos.
8so
PORT OP MuS
ANNIVALS ABO DBFABTUBI
Bea Campbell,
11
VewB^Pad.
»JC il^i.
ia good demand and hiehll'tjRt
Hoes—BAbers are paying $5, per cv
GBAIH—neat,
50 to 70 cts, per bush
Corn 18 to ctej Oats 20 to 23 cts. m,
10 per Hi-
Coffee 10 ets Sugar 4 l-8a*
MoUssea, S H, 35a36, N. O."
5
ots per lb.
$l'90.
Pewk
Peaches
i!Mr** 10 xi
2, $L
00,101 ^.oo per box.
$800*15 per 1000 feet^
I»sr»CT Atwl*.—It hae o^
thai cross the ocean worn
Bay of Hond* the Caymaa Wee» aaar
Jamaica, a
ot ,our
fifty milec,
ehwt and eompo( 'i."
afirmed that vecJT have laat their
latitude in hasy wc? kava at
acred mitire
ly by the aoeee of 2
The object of their W
tioa of birds, ia forlWRj
egga on a apot peeatiaily^^
or
AMBBS
Per the weak eadiag aec thia
t«tgiy,Miy
OJ
B. H. Las,
Veto.
(heekMave,
tieidsa Kra.
nscWor,
Oread Prairie.
ft. Look
Iowa City
~*.Paul
Baadmr.MaTq
Bonae,
AIM,
St. Paul
8t Lake, Galeae
Wat,
at.rtai
QehmJ 8t Loata
Maadajr, May
Llflajs^taaeatlaa
do do
Qalaaa^St Loaia
SL LoaS, Galeae
Galeaa.St Louie
do to
!t Lsnlsihiha^ae
STTLWIROELEBA
dO
Oateaa.Bt- Low
St. Uaris, €Wma
da
Me1'
Wateciay, JmA,
Mth,
BeOty,
•sa Wert,
Uni*
O. W. flperhawl Barfsr
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