FRIDAY, NOV. 17,1871.
Gov. IIOFFMAX, of New York, as
certaining that the President would
appoint Nov. 30tli for Thanksgiv
ing, forthwith issued his proclama
tion for the 23d, anticipating the
President by a week. Whereupon
an exchange sggests that in view of
the result of the election in New
York, the Republicans will applaud
Hoffman's precipitancy. They can
not hold in until the :50th.
Tin: Detroit Free Press conjures
up the following freezing tale:
"There isn't any room for doubt
that the coming winter is to bo aw
fill cold. The prophets all say so
slid the man is insane who disputes
the M'ophets. They have found the
moss growing thick on the trees,
froixs standing on their heads, sun
flowers pointing toward the North
Pole, grape vines running around
poles instead of up them, and there
are thousands of oilier signs to show
that every human being will be
frozen as stilV as chip before Feb
ruary."
CAXDID.—The Ottuinwa JJemo
crat thus comments upon the result
of the recent elections:
"The Democracy have lost every
doubtful State with the exception of
New Jersey, while the Republicans
have gained correspondingly. The
November elections have confirmed
the opinion already expressed in
these columns that the 'New De-1
parture' would prove a failure. In
the opinion of the writer hereof, the
Democratic party has receive the
coup ill' (/race, and we charge the
result up to the '.New Departure.'
The loss of .A'ew York decides that
the Democratic party cannot elect
the next President/ It is of no use
to conceal the fact on the other
hand it is better to know the truth
and prepare to do the best we ean
under the circumstances."
The Chicago Times alluding to
the result of the New York election,
snvs that the thieves killed the
Democratic party. Yes, that is
true of New York, but how is it in
Illinois? What killed the Demo
cratic party in that State? Did not
the Chicago Times have a hand in
the deed?—Dubuque Telegraph.
While Democratic presses are
thus bickering over the causes of
the death of their party, honest men
everywhere are rejoicing over the
fact itself. The truth is, it was de
funct long ago, but its adherents
refused to be convinced of the fact
until it was brought to their con
sciousness through the medium of
their olfactories. Now that the or
gans of the party are willing to ac
knowledge its moribund condition,
let it be buried out of sight and
smell
forever.
The Cholera in New York.
There is little doubt that the
cholera will secure a foothold upon
our shores, and with the opening of
another season commence its march
of death, less or more devastating
as the proper means are employed
or neglected to guard against it.
The telegraph brings the intelli
gence of the arrival at quarantine
New York of the German steamer
Franklin, with forty cases of chol
era on board. The steamer sailed
from Stettin, Oct. 10th, with over
600 steerage passengers. When
ten days out, the disease made its
appearance, and during the voyage
twenty-eight deaths occurred. Fur
ther fatal cases are probable. A
rigid quarantine has been enforced,
and every effort made to confine the
contagion.
THE ease of Lcdwith,the Tamma
ny candidate for Judge of the Su
preme Court at the late election in
New York, is a conspicuous in
stance of treachery and corrupt
demagoguism appropriately reward
ed. For a long time Ledwith had
been a prominent and ostentatious
opponent of Tammany. With this
record he was placed upon the com
mittee of seventy, and was counted
upon as one of the most efficient of
those fighting the corrupt ring. Hut
Ledwith wanted to be Judge of the
Supreme Court, and at the Rocli
ester Convention was offered the
nomination by Tammany, accepted
the bribe, resigned from the citi
zens' committee and fully identified
himself with the rascality he had
denounced before. Mark the result:
at the polls he not only was repu
diated by all honest men, but the
rascals who had bought and paid
for him deserted him in the last ex
tremity, and he was buried under a
majority for the reform candidate
of over 40,000. No more hmnilia
ting posture-can any man present
than that of having sold his honor
for a bribe and then failing to get
the price of the treason.
THE Burlington Hmrkeye has the
following concerning the candida
dates for the minor offices within
the gift of the Legislature: "For
Secretary of the Senate are mention
ed the names of J. A. T. JJiill, of
Van Ruren county J. M. Weart, of
lu-h:iii:ui, nd Mr. Kilboiirn, of the
Adair County Register. For First
and Second Assistants, the names,
respectively, of Col. estal, of the
Storm Lake Pilot, and Capt. Gard
ner, of the Avoca JJelta. For
Seargcant at-Arms, Mr. Revel, of
theL nevillc (Wayne county)
Mr. Ragsdale, of the Corning
(Adams county) (iazette, md Mr.
Raymond, of the Hampton (Frank
Jin "county) Free Press. For Kn
Tossing Clerk, Miss Alice E.
Whit»:«v, of "es .Moines, is :t can
didate, and Mr. and Mrs. K. M.
Wright would like to do the paper
folding. For Chief Clerk of the
House, Charles Aldrii-h, late of the
Waterloo Courier, and Geo. II.
Powers, late of the Clarinda llerald,
and already announced. Miss Mary
K. Spencer will be a candidate for
her former position of Engrossing
Clerk. Mr. I'.aird, the Assistant
l'o uiaster of last year, is under
stood to be a candidate for Post
master litis year.'
Transportation of Immigrants.
We are indebted to Judge Tabor
for a copy of a report made to the
Secretary of the Treasury by J.
Fred Meyers, of the Secretary's of
fice, Treasury Department, upon
the proper transportation of immi
grants to and within the United
States. Mr. Meyers was authorized
by instructions from the Depart
ment, in May last, to visit Europe
for the purpose of ascertaining the
character of the emigrants, the ac
commodations furnished by emi
grant ships and the treatment
which the emigrants receive upon
the passage, and to ascertain wheth
er any changes can be made by leg
islation or regulation to facilitate
and encourage the emigration of
such persons as will make good cit
izens of the United States.
In pursuance of these instructions,
Mr. Meyers visited Great Britain
and Germany, and the report sub
mitted is the result of his observa
tions.
lie places the average annual im
migration to this eonntry from Eu
rope at 250,000 souls, and estimates
that it will increase to upwards of
300,000 per annum for the next
twenty years. In regard to the
character of the iiumigrauts, lie
says:
"I have been greatly gratified in
finding that the masses of immi
grants are composed of the best
and most enterprising farmers, me
chanics and laborers. It is true,
the great majority are not rich, nor
do they belong to the professional
classes, but they generally possess
some means (estimated at an ave
rage of §120 per head), and abun
dance of household goods, are in
the prim.1 of life, rugged, honest,
peaceful, industrious and thorough
ly trained in their callings."
He says, that taking all classes of
immigrants, not to exceed four per
cent, are of the dangerous and crim
inal classes, and not exceeding one
per cent, are actual and condemned
criminals, neither was he able to
obtain any evidence that any gov
ernment has pardoned offenders for
other than political crimes oa con
dition of their emigration to the
United States.
Mr. Meyers is of the opinion that
the present system of crowded
steerage transportation should be
greatly modified or abolished. Its
effect upon the comfort, health and
morals of the emigrants is comment
ed upon with severity, and the
remedy suggested is the establish
ment of lines of American steamers
of the latest models, with airy,
roomy and commodious second
cabin accommodations for emi
grants, .villi a government premium
of $10 for each passenger carried.
This would greatly augment emi
gration, and compel competing lines
to provide better accommodation*.
The internal transportation of im
migrants by railroad also receives
the attention of Mr. Meyers. The
railroads not only pack the emi
grants into slow or "extra trains,"
but hold themselves responsible for
no particular time, and the emigrant
with wife and children is compel
led to take his chances, live upon
the hard benches in springless cars
many days at his own expense, often
without fire or water, subject to the
neglect or brutality of employes,
who care nothing for the comfort
or necessities of "foreigners" who
cannot even be understood. Mr.
Meyers pertinently suggests that if
the government makes deductions
for the failure of mail-trains, it
ought to provide a legal reinedv for
the poor emigrant. He also c/.lls
attention to the exorbitant charges
imposed upon the emigrant for
extra baggage. While no notice is
taken of the trunk of the ordinary
passenger weighing less than 150
pounds, the baggage of the emi
grant is weighed and every pound
above 80 charged for at more than
express rates.
Mr. Meyers recommends the es
tablishment of an Immigrant
bureau under the Treasury Depart
ment, and also a police court of
summary jurisdiction for the pro
tection of the emigrant from impo
sition and the speedy redress of his
wr ngs its jurisdiction extending
to swindling in exchange, or by
boarding house keepers, or viola
tions of contract by railroads. He
also recommends the appointment
of government inspectors whose
duty it shall be to board emigrant
ships on their arrival, and question
the immigrants regarding any
grounds of complaint, to examine
the accommodations,quality of food,
means of ventilation and escape,
&c., and make duplicate reports ol
the same to the collector of the
port and Treasury Department.
The report brings to the notice
of the government in succinct form,
some of the wrongs and impositions
inflicted upon the poor emigrant
seeking our shores, and its humane
recommendations should receive
the early attention of the law-mak
ing power.
While Iowa's gifted oratress, Mrs
Fletcher, was out iu Colorado, last
summer, skipping from peak to
peak, of the gold-bearing mountains,
free as the carol of a cagcless bird
and things, some gallant miners
struck a rich eviec and named it
"Mafilda Fletcher lode," engaging,
as we are told, that she should
share in its product so long as it is
worked. Now conies the Miner
of that region and declares that the
Matilda Fletcher lode is proving a
very remarkable one, and is produc
ing ore of more than average qual
itf. The lode is to be worked this
winter to its full capacity. So the
brave Matilda, having added to
beauty learning, and to learning
eloquence, and to eloquence fame,
is likely to have all crowned by un
told riches. Good, enough!—1
Waterloo Reporter.
FOK OKOf!K"FRY. «iLASS WA1IR SUGARS, TEAS. COFFF.ES
Appropriation!.
The Muscatine Journal makes
the following estimate ot the ap
propriations which will be demand
ed of the next Legislature:
For the Capitol. $500,000
For State University, Aew
building 250,000
For Independence Asylum 200,000
Eor Normal Schools 150,000
For Reform School 100,000
For Soldiers' Orphans' Home,
support 100,000
For Alt. Pleasant Asylum 50,000
For Agricultural College new
building 5©,000
For Deaf and Dumb Asyluno,
Council ii!ufl's 60,000
For Blind Asylum, Vinton.... #,000
For Penitentiary, improve
ments 88,000
For Historical Society, buiM-'
5n,r. 25,000
In all $1,540,000
The .Journal, after remarking that
the above aggregate amount ex
ceeds bv §200,000 "the total estima
ted revenue for the next two years,
goes on to say:
"Of course the above amounts
must be cut down in order to do
justice to all concerned. The capi
tol appropriation should be reduced
at least one half, if not altogether
suspended the State University
miist get along with something like
$50,000 the Normal Schools must
wait awhile, ditto the Historical
Society, and the demands for the
various asylums should be closely
scrutinized and cut down to the
lowest point consistent with their
wants. In short, the people expect
the next, General Assembly to exer
cise rigid economy. All expendi
tures for public buildings which can
possibly be deferred should be
postponed at least till the property
of railroad corporations is taxed
the same as that of individuals, so
that the burden may rest eqnitably
upon all."
W e presume that some of the
items in the above list are much
larger than the friends of the insti
tutions concerned will think of ask
ing for. Especially do wo deem
this probable in regard to the Cap
itol and State University. Hut the
aggregate will undoubtedly be lar
ger than it will be practicable or
prudent to grant, and the question
of which institution or class of in
stitutions shall have the preference
is timely and important. It is but
natural that the friends of each ap
propriation should regard their par
ticular interest as of overshadow
ing importance, but it will probably
be conceded by the disinterested
public that liberality toward the
charitable and reformatory insti
tutions of the State, to the extent of
making them useful and effective,
is the first duty of the Legislature.
In the case of the Insane Hospital
in course of erection at this point,
the State has already appropriated
about $285,000 to the work. The
money has been expended in the
most economical and judicious man
ner, but it falls short of fitting the
building for its legitimate uses. Un
til the centre structure is completed,
through which the whole system of
ventilation, heating, food supply,
etc., will be carried on, those por
tions of the building already com
pleted, will be practically unavaila
ble for the treatment and cure of
the insane. Many of these, for lack
room at Mt. Pleasant, are receiving
inadequate attention and in most
cases unskillful treatment in the
alms houses, making the providing
an asylum for them not only a ne
cessity but a sacred duty of the
State. It is not improbable the
same considerations will apply in a
greater or less degree to the other
charitable institutions of the State,
and we doubt not that the Legisla
ture in determining the question of
appropriations will make the prop
discrimination between those
things which, though desirable to
have, we can dispense with for a
year or two and those which are
present necessities, imperative and
not to be honorably evaded.
THE following, which Tre clip
from the Des Moines Register,
might be read with profit by those
pseudo temperance people, who in
presence of the wide spread misery
and demoralization caused by tie
sale of intoxicating liquors, are con
tent to fold their hands and declare
that it is impossible to make head
against it by legal enactment. What
the temperance people of Michigan
and Ohio are doing may be as ef
fectually done in Iowa. Let our
Legislature be importuned this
winter for the passage of a law
similar to that in operation in the
States mentioned when that is
done
let the same rigid and vigorous en
forcement of it follow, and results
will be sure to follow which all will
recognize as beniiicenl and perma
nent:
In Michigan, the temperance
people are setting an example that
might well he followed by those of
other States, who neglect to see that
righteous and needful laws are en
forced. Having sccurid the passage
of a law similar to that of Ohio, by
which liquor-sellers arc made re
sponsible for all damages resulting
from the sale of their vile poison,
they at once organized to secure its
general execution. So vigorous and
determined have been their opera
tions, that the liquor-Kellersarecom
pelled to suspend their business, or
to compr misc and join hands with
the friends
of temperance. In some
places they have agreed to sell no
liquor to minors, or to any w hom
the temperance men should desig
nate, to close their bars on the Sab
bath, and at II o'clock P. M. on
other days, and to prosecute any of
their fraternity who disregard this
agreement. In Chillicotlie, Ohio,
the Liquor Dealers' Association
publish a notice requesting the
wives of intemperate men to leave
the names of their husbands with
their secretary, promising to sell
them no liquor. When they feel
the pressure of the law, even liquor
sellers can be brought to yield it
homage.
The true cause of the inequality
ol'lhe sexes—In early life the boy
masters his opportunities, whilst the
girl commonly misses hers.
State News.
—"Heel Handed Mike," the pugilist, is
having in Dubuque a repetition of his
St. Louis experience. He is in juil for
vagrancy.
—A Council Bluffs clergyman charges
for marrying according to the weight of
the happy pair nt the rate «f four cents
per pound for the groom, nd two cents
for the bride.
—Isabella G. Safely, of Sugar Grove,
Linn county, safely entered upon lier
second century last Saturday.
—Corn is so plentiful and cheap at
Red Oak, in this State, that parties arc
using it for fuel in preference to coal.
The fact, which is Touched for by the
local paper, does not speak well of the
coal of that region.
L. B. Raymond of the Hampton
Free Press is a candidate for Seargeuut at
Arms in the Iowa Senate. Raymond is
a muscular Christian, and will make the
boys "stand round" if neccessary.
—The Storm Lake Pilot has been pre
sented with two carrots, one of which
weighed seven pounds, nine ounces, and
the other was two feet and a half long.—
The l'tlot feels called upon to vouch for
these enormous vegetables on its honor.
—The candidates for the Wardenship of
the State Penitentiary so far as reported
are Mr. IIeiscy,the present incumbent,
Messrs. Layton and Pitman of Lee coun
ty, S. II Craig of Council Bluffs,
and Geo.
A. Derby of Ottuinwa.
—The Des Moines Register snys that
two thirds of the $150,000 appropriated
for the new State House has been ex
pended. About 150 men are now work
ing on the building. On account of the
delay in getting the stone ready, the
ceremonies of laying the corner
stone have been postponed until
the 23d inst. The Commissioners by a
unanimous vote have decided to dispense
with Masonic ceremonies on the occa
sion.
—J. \V. Eckles. coroner of Jackson
county, is seized with a commendable
desire to magnify his office. He pub
lishes a card in the papers complaining
that the Justices of the county are mo
nopolizing hts appropriate functions,
and
declares tnat hereafter he shall insist up
on his privilege to "set upon" the cold
corpses, and pocket the fees appertain
ing.
—The editor of the Monticello Express
is not highly elated with his profits in
pork-raising. He bought a pig for $3,
kept him a year and fed him $15 worth
of corn, and estimates that he would sell
for $l*i. He is waiting for a rise The
saui'' paper claims for its locality the
champion mean man, an individual worth
fifteen thousand dollars, who. when ap
plied to for aid for Chicago, contributed
one bushel of potatoes, scaut measure.
—On the 6th inst., a gang of laborers
at work cutting a new road through the
hill and hollow known as Hang Hollow,
near Council Bluffs, excavated a sack
containing $12,000 in gold and silver.—
The money was hidden there eighteen
years ago by a man named Muir, who
murdered a comrade Californian in
Council Bluffs. Muir was caught and
hung by a mob. The Californian had
hid the money under a stump in this
hollow, but refused to tell where it was.
Many have hunted for this secreted treas
ure, but all in vain. The laborers shared
the booty equally.
—The Cedar Falls Gazette says that a
young man named Carrick about twenty
five years of age, and to all appearances
a gentleman was arrested by Alarshal
Melendy, some four weeks ago, in Phila
delphia and brought to that, city on the
charge of opening registered letters. The
robberies were committed several months
sine1 while a mail messenger on the Cen
tral R. R. of Iowa. He was taken before
Commissioner Powers on three warrants.
On the tirst his bail was fixed at $5,000
on the two others, $2,500 each, or $10,
000 in all. At the request of his parents
in Philadelphia, who arc wealthy and
highly connected, he was not taken to
lil at first, hut has been carefully guard
ed until this week, when he was taken
by the Marshal to Dubuque for trial.
—The Boone Standard of last week
gives the particulars of the "hazing" at
West Point, of an Iowa boy, and its re
sult. The young fellow, whose name is
Devinc, is from Hardin county, nd was
appointed a few mouths tince by Hon.
J. Orr of the 6th District. He had been
but a short time in the institution when
a young rufBan of an elder class entered
his room and insultingly ordered Devine
to black his boots. lie refused, and a
conspiracy was enteicd into to extort his
pledge to do such menial offices for the
older hoys. By means of a forged order
they enticed him to a secluded spot, and
there hung him by the neck until par
tially unconscious, and only desisted for
fear of fatal results. Young Devinc was
true grit and made no promises. Instead
of prefering charges he wrote to his
father, who acquainted Congressman Orr
with the circumstances. The latter car
ried the matter before the Secretary of
War, tin investigation followed which
resulted in the expulsion of two of the
offenders and the punishment of others.
Political Items.
Concerning the matter of ejecting a
State Binder the Waterloo Reporter says:
It is whispered round about the Re
porter office that J. J. Smart, the present
Binder, the acknowledged lathci of this
institution, and of a large family beside,
will be candidate for re-election. He is
now at Des Moines setting up th ma
chinery (not political) necessary to do
the work to the end of the present term
at least, and we judge if the Legislature
conclude to extend his sentence a couple
of years longer he will bear it with chris
tian fortitude.
In view of all the circumstances, family
included, we are decidedly iu favor of
extending Smart's sentence.
An exchange closes a reference to
the fact that the Fairfield Ledger had
culled on the Burlington llaickeye and
Dubuque Times to name the members of
the Legislature whom they expect to
vote for their respective candidates for
Senator, with the remark: "They have
not yet complied." Which is another
method of saying that their editors are
not simpletons.
The Des Moines Recieie in making
mention of the fact that Chas. Aldrich,
late of the Waterloo Courier retires from
that paper on account of failing health,
and is yet a -candidate for Clerk of the
House, says:
"lie has served twice in that capacity,
efficiently ami acceptably but will his
failing health permit his undergoing the
fatigues of a third term
Charley ia probably only newspapori
ally indisposed, and Legislatively as ro
bust as a coal heaver. i
Tiny have lately rcrttirtd ti |irkt« of Press CNrods nt THE NEW YOKK STOJIE. See the Advertisement.
®E*
The Washington correspondent of the
Dubuque Times has unearthed in the
Congressional Library some documents
which show that Washington was tra
duced in his day by the opposition press
even more vehemently than President
Grant is at this time. The Father of liia
Country was accused of monarchical de
signs and oppressing the people by his
extravagance.
The Knoxville Voter says that Judge
C. C. Cole of the Supreme Bench assured
Gov. Stono last week that lie will resign
his seat in January. He gives as the
reasons for such course the inadequacy
of the salary of the office it not being
sufficient to support his family. It might
he necessary, p"ssitIy, in explana'ion of
the latter statement to suggest that it
takes more to support the family of a
Supreme Judge than that of a Governor
or Secretary of State, but the fact never
theless remains that the salaries of our
Judges present no inducement for men
of eminent legal ability to retain the posi
tion the practice of the profession out
side pes nting a inore lucrative field.—
Judge Cole will return to his legal prac
tice at Des Moines.
To the Sunday-Schools of America.
One of the severe losses by the
Chicago fire was the destruction'of
the famous Illinois Street Mission,
superintended by I). Moody. It
was an undenominational school,
exceedingly fruitful, one of the
model Mission Schools of. the
world.
During the past twelve years no
man has been more active in Mis
sion Work than Mr. Moody. His
whole time has been given to the
cause. He has labored incessantly
not only for his own field, but for
other enterprises of the kind. His
hands and his voice have ever been
at the service of Sabbath-Schools
everywhere. The nation owes it
to him and his destitute parish to
rebuild at once the building that
went down in the great fire.
There will soon be fifty thousand
mechanics and others in that sec
tion of the city needing gospel
privileges. He must havtf a build
ing. Chicago has no money. To
the Sunday-Schools of America we
appeal This is peculiarly a Sun
day-School work. Let us build
without delay a Tabernacle for the
people of the suffering city, and it
will stand a monument of the sym
pathy and love of the Sunday
Schools of America for Chicago in
the hour of litr distress.
All contributions to this end
should be sent to George II. Stuart,
13 Hank street, Philadelphia, Pa.
IIENKY WAKD HKKCIIKK, Hrooklyn.
JOHN IIAJ.I., D.L)., New York.
JOSEPHT. DI/KYEA, D.D., Hrooklyn.
GEO. II. STUART, Philadelphia.
EDWAKU EOUI.KSTON, New. York.
JOHN WANAMAKKK, Philadelphia.
WM. REYNOLDS, Peori:*.
ALEX. G. TYNU, Peoria,
E. 1). JONES,St. Louis.
E. C. WILDER, New York.
II. SCOTT HOWELL, Keokuk.
To Superintendents of Sabbath
Schools of Ioxra
From actual knowledge and ob
servation of the working of Mr.
Moody's Mission, I "believe that no
single School or Church in Chicago
was doing a more extended, or bet
ter work. Into it were gathered,
on the Sabbath and during the
week, large numbers of all classes
of children, and multitudes of the
"common people," such as in the
days of the Savior's sojourn on the
earth "heard Him gladly."
No school was more Catholic in
its character, and in my opinion, to
no better object can we direct our
money. Mr. Moody writes to me
to know it the Sabbath Schools of
Iowa will not raise i,000 to re
build the house. I s: y yes. Then
let each Superintendent raise speed
ily and send forward to Mr. Stuart
all the money he c^n lbr this good
end.
H. SCOTT HOWELL.
The Des Moines corresponpent
of the Dubuque Herald gives the
following account of an extraordi
nary political gathering at Des
Moines last week
During the past week politicians
were somewhat excited over the
gathering here of the Harlan clan.
The Senator himself was present,
accompanied by Frank Hatton, who
had so recently been sacrificed upon
the altar of his friendship. Some
score or mere of the Senator's
friends from various portions of
the State were on hand promptly,
and the caucussing continued for
several days. What was actually
done of course outsiders have no
means of knowing, save from the
few words dropped by those iu at
tendance. It is understood, howev
er, a thorough canvass was made
of all the radical members elect of
the assembly—the Harlan friends,
enemies, and the neutrals—and
steps were taken to secure the neu
trals ami neutralize the enemies,
ami hold on firmly to present friends.
Th is work was parceled out to the
workers, the Senator reserving to
himself a goodly portion of the
same. Thus a systematic canv
will be made prior to the meeting
of the assembly, and a good start
made before the senator leaves for
Washington, which it is understood
will be iu time to take his seat at
the opening of the session in De
cember. Whether he will remain
there during the session remains to
be determined by the course of
events. He will hold himself in
readiness to return at a moment's
notice, if his presence should be
needed.
THE PKESI»YTKI!IA\ Cm UCII IN
IOWA.—Rev. S. M. Osgood furnish
es the Iowa City Press with the fol
lowing interesting statistics of the
Presbyterian church:
"The Presbyterian church in Towa
for the year ending May, 1871, re
ports as follows: Two synods, eight
presbyteries, 20( churches, 220 min
isters, licentiates, candidates
for the ministry, 104:$ members ad
ded by profession and i:?S(J by cer
tificate. Total membership
Children ill Sabbath School, 15,42:!.
Contributed for benevolent objects
of the church $13,4:5.'), for congre
gational autl other purposes $140,
831. Total contributions, $100,203.
Average per member, $10.72
The average of all moneys raised
by the whole Presbyterian body in
the country is much larger than
this, amounting to $19.07 for each
communicant.
The latest, statistics of the denom
inations enumerated below, show
the following ratio in their benevo
lent con' ributious:
Baptists average 3(5 cents a com
muicant the Methodists 74 Qkatsmr
the Episcopalians, $1.37 theWrres
byterians, $3.17."
TO
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OTTKTHAIVI
Iowa—Its Census.
From the Davenport Democrat.
A few extracts from the advance
sheets of the United States Census
Bureau will interest every Iowa
reader. The aggregate of the Ter
ritory, in 1840, was 43,112 in 1850,
102,214 in 1853, 074,913 in 1870,
1,194,792. It may, therefore, be in
ferred that our population now con
siderably exceeds 1,250,000. In
1840 the number of slaves was re
ported to be 10 free colored 170
of the latter, in 1870, 5,702. The
negroes appear to be very unequal
ly distributed, Uut.Ier county having
none, and thirty counties having
less that ten, and eight of them one
each, while Dubuque has 157 Wap
pello, 233 Van Huren, 211 Des!
Moines, 231 Polk, 303 Henry, 355,
and Lee, 1,503.
At that time, less than thirty
years hence, Iowa will probably
contain about 3,000,000 people, have
from eight to ten thousand miles of
railroads, and if our State and mu
nicipal legislation becomes what it
should be, Davenport will have
100,000 inhabitants.
Thanksgiving Proclam«tl«m
To the People of the State of Iowa:
Another year has passed, with
its recorded trials, victories, re
wards, punishments, and blessings.
As we review them, how manifest
are the reasons for thankfulness
and praise to God for his wonder
ful iroodness to us.
Therefore, and in accordance
with the recommendation of the
President of the United States, I,
Samuel ^Merrill, Governor of the
State of Iowa, do call upon the peo
ple of the State to observe the Thir
tieth day of November, instant, as
a day of Thanksgiving to Almighty
God for the blessings he has con
ferred upon us.
He has bountifully rewarded the
husbandman iu his labors, and has
given us great prosperity as a com
monwealth. While the people of
our sister States have suffered from
devastations of fearful and almost
unprecedented tires, let us return
thanks that our people have been
pared such calamity, and that we
arc enabled, through the bounty of
the (Jreat Giver of all Good, from
our abundance to contribute to the
relief of the suffering and needy
and while we offer our prayers and
praises for the happiness which we
enjoy, let us not forget those whom
sorrow and calamity have rendered
deserving of our sympathy and aid.
IN TKSTIMOXY WIIERKOF, I
have hereunto set my hand
L. 8. and caused the Great Seal
of the State to be affixed,
this 8th day of November,
A. 1). 1871.
SAMI KI. MKURILL, Governor.
By the Governor:
ED WRIGHT, Sec'y of State.
A pamphlet issued from the office
of The Insurance Spectator, New
York, contains the following inter
esting statements concerning in
surance losses by the Chicago tire:
Deducting the losses at Chicago,
the companies have about.
000,000
New Adertisements-
•'Unquestionably the best Kustained work
of the kind in the World/'
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There Are few American fainilleein
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IIARFKR'Hintelligent
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preciated and highly welcome
irueat. There in no
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can lens atlonl to fo« without. M«ny
are accumulated.
not
N
1Mpa-diu
Only 05 Indians were reported in
I860, «nd only 48 in 1870. This
is evidently an error, for the town
ship of Pottawatomies, in Tama
county, still numbers some hun
dreds.
Only 18 of the 100 counties were
organized in 1840 all are reported
in 1870 except Osceola, Lvon and
Croker, which, we believe, have
been organized since. Nineteen
counties report a population of over
20,000 each.
we cau place iii onr libraries.
A«J.\ZINK I*
Jim k
The five most populous counties
are stated to be: Linn, 21,804
Clinton, 35,227 Lee, 35,047 Scott,
38,353 Dubuque, 38,802.
Iowa has had a goodly share of
the foreign immigration that has
rushed to the Northwestern States
within the last twenty years. In
1850 there were only 111,892
foreign born, while in 1870 there
were 987,735.
Considering the whole country
as now having a population of
about 40,000,000 (38,555,983 being
the figures for June 1870), it is
found that one-eight were bom out
side of the United States, ami that
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element is more rapid than of native
birth. This fact is not limited to
any State, but is the same every
where, but perhaps more strikingly
so in the older States. The increase
of population in the new States and
Territories proves a wonderful de
velopment of the country, and es
pecially of the West, but the real
progress will be better illustrated
by the figures when published,
showing the extension of railroads,
the agricultural and stock products,
and the manufacturing interests. It
will then be seen that in the history
of the world there has never been
before such a development by a na
tion in twenty years as by the
United States from 1850 to 1870.
Our material interests have scarce
ly been checked by a four years'
civil war and loss of half a million
of men. 1 is already apparent that
by the year 1900 we shall have a
population of about 100,000,000.
As the increase ratio of railroad
progress and telegraph lines, the
number of miles of those facilities
will, at that date, be nearly a mil
lion, and converging to a National
Capitol on the bank of the Missis
si ppi or Missouri river.
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uwhir*
S-
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FIFTH YEAtt.
A .t.itiw it ml Avitrkan Art.
THE ALDINE:
An Illustrated Monthly Journal claimed
to be the hnn1*omext Paper in
tlu World.
"(Jive my love to tbe artist workmen of
AtJ'fX/
These picture* are beinir re-produced without
regard to expense hv the very best engravers in
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comparison with the best foreign work, It being
the determination of tbe publishers that 77/A
AUUSF
Insurance Losses.
shall be a successful vindication of
American taste in cotupetton with any e&iMing
publication i:i the world.
LITERARY DEPARTMENT.
Where so much attention is paid to illustration
and net up of the work, too much dependence on
tn/b-rrtmts may very naturally he feared. To
anticipate Bitch mtairivintrn, it is only necessarv to
state, that, the idiiorial management of
Mh/\r
Of the 335 American companies
doing a tire insurance business in
the United States, 24!) experienced
losses more or less severe while ot
the six English companies, but one
escaped loss at Chicago. The
American companies show an ag
gregate loss of #8'2,8'-Jl,l-22, and the
English companies of »,813,000 so
that the total insurance covered by
this great contligratioii may be
summed up in round numbers at
$90,000,000. The aggregate insur
ance capital of American companies
amounts to #74,930,216 while the
total assets of all the companies,
both English and American, amount
to *I4.-,*7!),521.
Fire
left, the impairment being
not far from #25,000,000 on the total
capital. Of the the 254 companies
affected by the disaster, fifty-seven
have suspended, and twenty-eight
ot' the ivinaindcd have already taken
measures toward flie filling up of
their respective deficiencies. Illi
nois has suffered the most severely,
no less than fourteen of her twenty
companies having already stopped.
Connecticut loses seven ot her
eleven companies, lihode Island
live out of nine.
Gen. Gorloff, of the Russian army,
has invented a mitraillcus which
firus 300 to 400 rounds per minute,
the range extending to 4,000 paces.
Neeriles,
Cotton
THE
who are striving to make their profes­
sion worthy of admiration for beauty, as it has al
wavs been for usefulness.nry
Ward /hecher.
NEW FEAT0RF.S FOR 1872.
ART DEPARTMENT.
The enthusiastic support so readily accorded to
their enterprise,
weberever it has been introduced,
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of the soundness ol' tln-ir theory that the Ameri
can public would recojnixe and hearlilv support
any Mnceri' wl'orl in i-U'vati'tlii- mm-and Mmitliird
of illustrated publications. That so many weak
lv, wicked sheets exist and thrive is not evidence
tliat there is no market for anvthinir better in
deed tin- success of /7//V
AL/tiAF
from the start
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tion so vast, and of s
4
ch varied taste, a publisher
can choose his patrons, and his paper is rather in
dicative of his own titan of the taste ofthe country.
As a iruaranlce of the excellence of this depart
ment. the publishers would bc^ to announce du
ring the comimr year, specimens from the follow
ing eminent American artists:
W. T. Kirharda, Wranville Perkins, Janie*Smiley
Win. Hurt, V. O. Darl.'y, 1. E. Piquet,
Wm. Heard, Victor Nehlij.', Frank Heard,
Oeo. Smiley, Wm. II. Wilcox, Panlbixon,
Att^'. Will, Jas. II. Heard, *T. Hows.
lilt
has been intrusted to M« KH'UAKD
K.VI RY SToDDA KI, who lias received *©e.urau
ccs of assistance from a host of the most popular
writers and poels o! the country.
THE VOLUME FOR 1S7*.
will contain nearly 800 paees, and about 950 fine
eiiL'ravitiL's. Commencing with the number for
January,'every third number will contain a beau
tiful tinted picture on plate paper, inserted as a
froniispiece.
The rhristmns number for 1S?2, will be a splen
did volume iu itself, containing tiflv einrravinrs,
(four iu tint and. although retailed at $1, will be
sent without extra charge to ail yearly subscri
bers
A Chromo to Every Subscriber
was a very nopu.ar teateiv ,ns year, ano w be
repeated with the present volume. The publish
ers have purchased and re-produced, at ex
pense, beautiful oil painting bv
"PAN*:the
baz4^
Wilcox fyera, Ho
use,
Blank Books,
Fine Stationery,
Gold Pens, &c.
Also, a very Klegunt line of
Bibles and Prayer Books.
He also desires to call special attention to his
lar e and splendid stock of
CI1HOMOS,
Musical Photographic Albums.
WRITING} CASES,
Stereoscopes and Stereo
scopic Views,
Work and Traveling Baskets,
SPECTACLES, PORTE MONNA1ES,
vVr.« iVc.
ALL PAPER STlNDOf SHADES
in endless variety.
Slarloa for 187B.
THE
ring the
year 1*70.
The Singer Co. t»old 127.833 Machines, heinir
sold
on
struction
j_'ivet
tree
Oil. &c., constantly on hand. Eiool«s'
1 hre.'id in
all
ntintW r^
by the spool or do/en.
OFFICE -At the Kuiitiuj uud Sewing Machine l)rpet.
18 tf
Agents
Music Jewelry
Z3KFA n E NT
H. BRICK HENSHAW,
LK AGENTS FOB THIS
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GRAND MH,
STEINWAY,
Smith's Organ,
Detroit Organs, &c.
Dealers iu all kindn of
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-A N Ii-
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We have also on hand a full lin#
Elgin Watches.
Swiss Watches,
Solid Silver and
Plated Ware,
FINE TABLE AND POCKET
CUTLERY, «sC.
Also a verv elegant assortment of
JEWEL.HY,
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Chains. &c.
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PEOPLE THE JLXCES,
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In the smaller trial*, at Fairs, tbe Jnriges are often incompetent. Prejn^icep, «elfit«h interests
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e
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tl.e
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XMTBO
SRI*,:rreat
entitled
Nvri ut:'s Sciiooi.." Thechromo is
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Term* Tor1872i
On,• Ciifnj, on? with Oil ''of/to,..$
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aireiii, will apply,
wi'li reference*
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JAMES SUTTON CO..
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PHOENIX OF HARTEORD,
OI.D AXO Kt'.E.I tKl.r.
Assets, $1,781,189.84.
15 tf R. BAE.TLX, Ag't.
RHEUMATISM.
rNSTANTh.
iril.Il'.l'' I'r.'iin "Win. am! run- In S
1i 5 d.\\ "ill' lull tin1 imii-t boil
rldituu I'lis.is fiilk'itud nr ti'iMitvcl.
JOHN
M.
VWOE.
whom
Rluctrnimtlilft mid HoniKOpnllik' Vi'terhmry, Buf
»lo Grovo Buchanan comity, Iowa. 88-tf
Mt.^-r
elands triumphantly the Chcnjv,/, by the verdict ci'tbe ^eoj.le, t.h it tfcown b) tbe number »uld du­
over 44,fW
timr and ainplr ii-strnnioi h\
to all
CITY MUSIC STORE
keelerImbaksb,
DEALEliS TX
Pianos, Organs. Violins, Accordions, Flutes, Concertinas,
Flagoletts, Strings, Sheet Music, &c., Sic.
1»
the
lor
ESTEY COTTAGE, Erattlp *t WHITNEY HOLMES. Qniiicy, IU.
TEKPLE AMD JUBILEE, New Mm, Ct.
And such are onr
Arranjremonts with Manufacturer? E»tt ti e can fnrnith any Inrtromfttt inliil.
O-O
The Checkering Pianos,
Acknowledged to day the lxvt
L'iano IIIM.T.-, II RIMIML
New Goods Arriving Daily
AT
RIDBELL'SSTORE.
Wc are now filling up with a
?ewinj:
Machine,
more than any
person* contemplating pnrcbacin ahewiry Maehiii«* should ^ive tbe "Sin«rer
lnnv
other Company. All
a
trial.
operator- .1 di-^ir. d.
who
iV.-ire ibe Kirne. im n-alter wh«-m they
Machines
Machines Kepaired *nd
In­
purehi.se
Maihinea. Mfl-
Copfs* Omlt's*** Cord
cliinc Silk i'«i
1
V
•x. and 2oz.
and 'Well Scloctod Btook.
Dry Goods,
CLOTHING,
HATS, CAPS,
BOOTS, SHOES
WE SOLIC IT «M, Ol lt OI.D t:r«TOM'"It* ALi OTHERS
TO CALL MD UXAMIXE: OI'IS GOODS,
And prove tlie correctness of our ftstement.
We will Sell the Same Class of Goods
LOWER THAN ANY OTHER STORE
IN INDBPENDENCP.
Ztemembor tlio Placo, Ricictoll's Store
42-tf RIDDELL CO.
HflUriaft boaakt M*. Www** tetMwt ta tk« ton ofBidd«tl 4 Mwardg, we ««M MMmI
it iitav conocrn. that all Accounte mid Notes ol tin-tirm
dto TORTA^S GROCERY. OPPOSITE POST OFFTCE
spools.
S. M. OSGOOD,
Sole Ag't for Buchanan Co., Iowa.
Following First-Class Piaiitia:
CHICKERiNG SON'S, Boston. BRADBURY, New York.
J.W.V0SE, REED SO S, Chicago.
AND THE FOLLOWING ORGANS:
Ik
UUIIOM
OmuM'iiior!- in tlx-
Universal Exposition, Paris, 1867.
TilK DECORATION OK I'llE
CROSS OF THE LEGION CF HONOR
Awl first OM !I.DM, for Srperio: iry w .i,s rm\nre.
THE EbTEY COTTAGE ORGAN.
Over 150 Mednls. First Premiums and Diplomas at Fairs ami ExliiMtioi.p, throughout tfc*
I'liited Slates, taken hv this World Uenowned OrL-tii!. fnrDuribility,
Purity of1 TOIIB and Beauty of Finish.
SE.VIt FOR OM TESTI.1IO.Vf.JL Clltt i L.llt.
Liberal discount to Teachers, Churches, Collegis, dc., for mn
(foods in our line.
5l-tf KEELER& BAKER
rei-mr.mond oTer»H
of
AND GROCERIES,
VUch we will
Sell at Prices which Defy Competition.
Our expenses are mere nothing in comparison with others doing tk»
same amount of business.
oi Buldcll i
Kiddle Co. for collection ami settlement. We res|»' Hnllv solicit all to call and nettle their ip
omits as soon ns convenient 3T1.I33JLJ3BT |T
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