Iowa Democratic Enquirer from Bloomington, Iowa • 2

lowa We He rn It ail iill The Fire of last Friday night. From our Extra of Thursday. CONE THE WAY OF ALL MEN l-Our Bomoeratic Priaclpcta, nd -tea who will i i adftsre to them." sions. It is lo cry out Union, and keep oh agitating the slavery question. Just now, for some cause or other, this word is lound as often in sectional presses as in others 5 the Seward tribe profess as mnch unionism as others; but until fhey stop their demagogue appeals their profusion will" go for nothing.

Thu patriot people will stamp them as hypocritical. There they stand allied on national' questions with the free-soil party. We republish our account of the fire on last Friday night, as it was in but part of eur edition. It has since been ascertained that there was no insurance on the mill, or other property, although the papers had been sent to St. Louis, for the purpose of renewing the policy on the mill.

Some new developments are being made as to the origin of the fire but we forbear comment at this time. The Messrs. frowning will speedily replace their buildings in a more band-some and substantial style. Satcbday MoaNiNO, 5 o'clock We stop the Press to chronicle another and Day Rook, a' New York Fillmore wig paper, insults our Irish fellow-citizens'' in th inoat unpardonable and unfeeling manger. it aysi tlPThi Anglo-Saxotw carry tlieir institutions, manners nd religion into all the oi the globe triumphant, while the rish cn only put a shaping hand on the side of a ditch, and fail to alter the law even of the poor hocsm, in which they have such vast This low inundo i not only ungenerous and anti-American in fee ling, but it is also basely false.

Some of the brightest names in American ore Irish, aud the sons of oppressed Ireland have mt a shaping hand'' upon the laws, the institutions, the history and theglori-oua destiny of tho country disgraced by the allegiance of the editor of the Day Rook. Wo need riot repeat those names they are familiar to 'every school-boy they are. house-hold words! If the Day Cook editor is Ignorant of llii-m, we wo'uW recommend hiut to return to his school book," and "put a shaping hand" tot his mental ami moral man, if lie has any aspirations to learn truth, or acquire Oie courtesy and forbearance which distinguish the enlightened journalist We do not appreciate that national pride, or pride of decent, which vaunteth itself by a di.s-gu4ing display of assumed superiority, and affected contempt fon every people less favored or less fortunate, r. We can only designate it as national prejudice, a prejudice which is fast giving way to a fraternal and democratic sentiment throughout the civilized world. OS'" The 1 following candid, truthful, and powerful article, we take entire from tlte columns of thf Boston Tout IK'oincst from that (to the South) quarter, where has run riot, permeating and jervaJ-ing.

the Federal party, and consolidating a majority inimical to the interests of th I'liion. We' charge our readers to give this timely and convincing; article a careful jxtussI and a thoughtful consideration. If we would add'a- nvthing, it is onlt that the true-hearted Oemoc- racy of the "Old Hay'State" have since the article was 1 in State Convention, rc-ajfirmed thrir umhattu allrjianct to the Xatioual prim oj the parti, atlaiit dovti bytliir Teller A. led retolutiani of the Sat'tonal Democratic Convention and avowed, their determination to sustain the compromises of the constitution, as embodied and enforced by the adjustment measure of the last Congress." Having done this and thus vindicated themselves again! the imputation or suspicion of Sectionalism, we may listen to the voice of the Democracy of thai ancient Commonwealth, with profound respect, pride, nnd profit Their words are words of wisdom and experience: THE DEMOCRACY AND THE UNION. The only truly national pary that has been durinir tho last fifty years has been the democratic From the times of Jefferson, when its northern wing was taunted with being pro-slavery, down to the present time, hen the charge is kept up, it has, as a general thing, gone steadily 011, repudiating geographical lines aud sectional tiviious, ami looking to the whole country in its action.

It is tins party that lias planted itself 011 the State rights principle as the sheet anchor of the Union. Old Samuel Adams, in the Ma.ssmrhusett.s convention that ratified the constitution, defined Statu rights to be, that the State should choose such republican forms of government as tliev pleas and that the nation khould protect them from violence, whether frem faction sit homo or invahion from abroad and this non-intervention basis, carried out, has kept the Union Southern democrats and northern democrats have stood on it; and shoulder to shou'der have labored for the good old cause, now in tiiumph i and now in defeat Jt is true that in some quarters democrats have lately succumbed to What has been done. out of Massachusetts i too welt known to need detail. Let the action 01 rvcw riatnpsmre democrats say how' boldly i. L.t...i tr 1.1...

vtttn Mvc.i niiiivr 11 iu anil uifjse 01 old Iriend aiid fellow-citizen, Jos. Crkew, re turned home on(lastSuday in good health, and ith Mrs. Green on his arm, met the salutations congratulations of his friends with his usual grace and dignity. We noticed quite a commotion among the sorry remnant of batch clorisra in-our midst, and inferred that some im portant stepjvvas to be taken in view of Uie e-mergencies of the case. The following has been handed to us, and we suppose it istho result of all the consultation and ciueussing we observed.

It seems tliat the virtue of resigna tion possessed to some extent, even by Old Batchelors HaLL, 23J. I sigh for thee Joseph, when I think of the hours, We've had linoiir Batchelors Hall, When you wf re as free as the Deacon and And as prdmptlo the exercise'call The pipes and punch-bowl arc there on the stand, In that drawer are the' books' so well worn But never again will Jo take a hand, -i Or lead oil in getting well torxI Here's a health to thee Joseph, raayest thou be, As faith ful a lover as friend, And never in gloom sigh again (o be free, Of a wish to this lonely hall send The Deacon and I will oilen be sad, And we'll think on your fate with a tear. But tho' you deserted when 'candled' dear Jo, There STii.i is an assylum here! 4-4- 1 I ''From Keokuk County. Lancaster, Keokuk Aug. 9.

Mn. EiToin Dear Sir I send you the proceedings of a Rail-road meeting lie Id in liii-caster on the lth and request their publication in behalf affhe citiiewi of Keokuk county. We hop the survey will be made as soon as circumstances will admit Our citueni will use every exertion to procure a largei sum of money to defray the expense of said survey. Keokuk, county affords every natural facility for the speedy coiwtrucUon of a Rail-road, that can be found in any county in the State. If the-toad should be located between the forks of the two Skunk rivers, we wouldhave one grand ridge for several miles, and plerrt-y of stone for abutments, arid tini.bcr for the construction of the track within a few miles of it, until the road should cross the south river for Oskaloosa.

The citizens ih the interior of the Stiito need a thoroughfare like the Iowa Wetrfern Kail-road very much. Thcu.why not let us act unitedly and energetically, and put this road on to a speedy costructiotl?" Your, W. H. "The proceedings will be found in this No. Fillibusterism.

tho last Capitol a We have in sjiecimen of wif and setuse which, if will add to th'rt fame of that sheet, for $culencs and The editor sHzes hold of the fact, that the ireatury of (he yarjiorotion of fluicatitir, has l-ecn drained by the extraordinary calls made upon it, owing to the freshets the year, and parades it triumphantly, in connexion with a remark of ourslhat the friends of he Chicago and Rock Island Rail Road must look to the energy aud capital of Muscatine, to extend their road westward into Iowa! The fact that the city theascky happen to be empty, is con clusive to the' sap-head, that the "energy and capital of Muscatine' like the revenue the City, have been washed into the Mississippi I The condition of the treasury is a mere acci dent a question of the amount of taxes let led and collected, jand the demands upon it. Last year the revenue was over six thousand dollars, this year, owing to the reduction of the per cent, levied, it will not be half of it? What of it money has been offered the city on fair terms any am mint of work ill be- done for city bonds. Yet for the present there is no money in the treajury the small revenue for the year is expended, and the authorities do not wit-li to create debt Let us inform this fungm, that the Esr.Biiy of Muscatine is unshaken and unflagging iu reference to her interests the Iowa Wetem Rail Road. Her capital, while it quadruples that of our gad-fly tho "present Capitol," is largely enlisted In that enterprise, and the of property in the hands of her cili.ens is a guaranty that all nhe puts her name down for she can make good. True, Muscatine has been unfortunate, but she has the energy' arid the means ahoy her rejuvenated mid beautified, like the Plio-nix from its ashes, and asks io fa- vor Ircftn abroad.

The wanna of meij amtj teams. now ct work on her street, would astou- I It the natives ol Iowa City, where thewhole tow turnttjOiit iiicxfacies to see the stiierisor with a eingljij low and a yoke of cattle rain-mg-a tagnt it -pond or mud-puddle. It look well far Iowa City, a public mendicant sull-jisting upon the charity of the State, and filled with churches built by charity from abroad, to cast their misfortunes in the lectb ot their1 neighbors. If Muscatine had made as much fuss over rail roads, filled hr streets, and given her Wei keeper benefits in the way of as often as Iowa Cifyj and then when it enme to subscribing stock tb their darling scheme, afler-o much gasconntling and' had pent six months in hard work, promising that it would NEvr.a HivF. to be r-Mn, to get the sum of SEVENTEEN HUN DRED DOLLARS on the would hold our heads in shamewhen ourj road was mentioned, we should take it fur granted it was in derUibn when people called; a convention in our midst, we could'nt help but think they were poking fun ot us, and if anybody happened to say 'energy and rapi'at," in our hearing, we would roll up our uleeva and ft 'em Pry It'll us-i-haro you raised any more subscriptions to tha stock of the Davenpoit and Iowa City Kail rond? Have you nputilt enough to receive the delegates to the October convention and entertain them free of charg, a other town have ilone or do you need what you make by such operations to keep up the circulating medium Have you got village "treasury" and wbaU the ainonnt' of the surplus revenue?" (Do you prefer dog-funnel and crab-gras to'dust, in your street is it a matter of tasto or expediency" us, have categorical answers to these querries fillmore "Whiggery in th Embrace of the Ab olitionists.

We see that in "New York, a coaliton has been formed between ithe Seward and Fillmore men, in which the lulier have disgracefully sur rendered lo the black flag of abolition. In their have it aH their own way, tliey avow Uo prmcinle of the rrght to: agitate, give the Compromise measures the go-by, praiic Fillmote for the Cuba liberators, but are silent as to his action relative to tha riots. la fact, it is neither more nor les unreserved surrender of tha Adzninint-ationi t'illmore havinz acreed to it) to the free soil jTceibg of the Seward wing of Naw York whigifel-yi After this, and after the avowal of the Whig candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania Fillmort'i fast friend, John- son, that had he been in Congress he bav voted against the fugitive slave law1 after all this, can (he i people longer hav faith in tha nationsl character of a party so utterly ana sppjiwcn The abandonment of the and Ft. Desmoines Rail Road, rtsf City, and of the Dubuque and yjll na.1 P.if if ined to ruri the later road vk Ft Jl moines lea ye the 'center art for the operations of the low ft ,6 Rail Road company, with their ro Davenport Muscatine t0 provement in the center will rejoic, this last vestage of petty oposhioQ gfeat project of extending tha Clie-, and Rock Island road westward toI the Pacific, througk thetcenter rf I has been withdrawn, or abandonei the center will now unite, it oj, its clamors at the door of grani; oi ianas, ana place UiU ject on a footing that will ensure t. speedy construction' of the road, bj union of local and eastern capital.

Col. Jennison and Mr. Skinner In, returned from their reconnoijanceof route, and report it peculiarly fa'vonii to the construction of a road. Til will commence the survey in i days. We aee with pleasure that 'the pet along the line are alive to the wi and liberal in their subscriptions.

Dot-lose sight of our convention in Octole at Oskaloosa let every county ed swell the numbers of that. Come, lion, by hundreds. It ought to season of Jubilee in view of the abss. donmentof rival projects, and the uim. imity of the center for the one grer.

work I ('en. Ietvla Caw ll is well knoA-n mat uen. Michigan, the 'oW wha is war and in peace, in the halls of egi4 tion and on the battle held, has ertrtxa Uie fearless and true friend of the Uuioa, to hose statesmanship we owe the ids of the adjustment measures, and his famous icliQlson' letter, advoci a si uie aoctrine oi non-niierveuuun i slavery, before, the storm had arises which was quieted only by the odifix of the doctrines of that letter it well known, we say that he is our rim choice for the. Presidency in Ibii-It is with unfeigned pleasure, thertfen .1 i. t- inai we see ine xjemocrscy in many fr.) of the country, placing his name inenlly forward for Ljr ll national convention.

Several able anc influential presses have indicated thtir preflerence for him, We see that it Pennsylvania and in Mar land, le a 'la-- uecu nameu oy me people in two- vention. Let the ball roll on. 23 We see that our brother Morr, of the Ttlegtdph, is urging, with tnighi and main, a most magnificent system of Rail -roads, which are to double and twist, cross-over, swing -partners and chassrao all round the State-and when finMieJ will look. on the map like a "chsreo! sketch" of a spider in chase of a "fras-dad." Morgan's idea is a vast one- how it be otherwise, seeing If lives where, he does and he wanli a State convention to be convoked to "pat her through," without delay I fed much obliged to him for his bind rexfra- hrance of MmcUine, in his fierce at the map of the State but we 'decline, the favor we are well satisfied with the prospects of the Iowa Wstern R2 road, from Muscatine to Oskaloosa have always kept faith with our frieivb, and intend neither to turn to the hand or the left, in pursuit of soap-bub-, bles, and rain-bow schemes, but to pua right 'ahead" the construction of our link in the Great Iron Chain which if bind the Atlantic and Paoific. i Clcab Ewocoh.

Our friend of Davenport Gazette in his remarks relative to the call of the Iowa City Convention, congratulates" himself upon our conversion to A opin ions that the call imnnrl.nl Well Iti. iAin is iWilMlv bright one, and bis wit is as lucid at moon-beam. By the way, Saunders, plain the following paragraph which take from your last The rioh men of St. ret sixty-two men in St, Louis who are worth over $50,000 of theset any molu We are Indebted to bur ea.for eastern papers, hand' ed us ori his return, Tuesday last. learn from him that the Frlnk Co.

routes to Chicago have not improved in speed, comfort or The stag was Elgin and Galena, fey the most reckless carelessness of the Mr. Porter was seriously injured and others sustained much injury. The firm of Tarter Lucas will ocn in receipt of a heavy stock of FU and Winter Goods. i ITr-a Th Laxinirton Ob- server and Register published near Blr-CIsy's residence, assures the public that Henry Clay's friends still aspire to pl bim In the Presidential It W'' mates thalbe will be eandidate befof whig convention, and talks in a sen-timental tone well calculated to reach the tender sympaties of whiggery. portion of the route "survey the Keokuk and Dubuoue rail-rosd near Dubuque has been condemned- Restca too expenfive--nol direct enenigh TdcgrapfieJ for the 1 Enquiftr Xntc! rroni Cuba Two Battles and iwo Patriot I Victories Meetings in Phll'n.

and St. Louis. Jtion 171 XEH Phil. Aug. 2j.

AVe have accounts from N. O. of the arrival of the Kmjiire City with Havana dates to the 18th. The steamer ixen lias also arrived at Pensacola and brings no later news. She firmed previous ac and give a little ditional information.

1 con- ad- (Jen. Lopez had made a stand af where he had two engagements with the (government Troops, in both of which he had been victorious. The Spanish Iom iu killed and wounded, was fifty officer, and three hundred men. The dead and wounded were taken to Havana, dead were buried with great pomp. The On the 15th I.opcz' fore numbered 1400 men, and ho was daily receiving accession.

On the night of the lrt, over cine hundred left Havana to join the Patriots, and the peipfe were rising in many qnarters. Col. Crittenden is repotted by the arrival a si mong the prisoners shot at Havana. From Wanlilngtoii Washington, Ang. The Gov.

has ordered the Frigate Saranhc, Com. Parker, to sail immediately for Havana to demand aii explanation for "hooting a parfy of Americanes, and firing upon the steamer Falcon. She (the Saranac,) will sail to-day orto-mrurow. Rigid instructions' arc issued to all the officers of the Government, to suppress the oil- break of any nrmed expedition against Cuba, fitting out fiom any part of the L. Imiut'iise Mfctiiie; iu Philadelphia, An immense lanks meeting was bebl in Ph adeiphia Sipiare, to suppress indignation at proceedings of the Spanish authorities at llu vana, in the execution of prisoner and olhbr otfensive measures.

Not less llmti irom lii't'ii to I(K10 pernons were present. Col. 1'. Swift presided, assisted by a large 'number of Vice President and SecV. Hint la Oilcan.

Halt. 2tli Charleston nat-ers cif Saturday have des patches from N. O. under date of the 21st, giv ing account of a fearful riot i.i the latter place with a pally of Cuban liberators, mostly easl tern men exut-peraled by the tone of rertaip article in the Sjmnif piper Les Pntria, in reL latiou lo Cuba. Tney attacked office, broki in the doors and winnows, threw the Press amf cases iuto the street, anfi destroyed every thin belonging to the The Police made no attempt to Interfere with their movements.

The mob after demolishing the office proceeded to tin cigar store on bej corner of Chailesand Francois rdreef, breaking1 the doors and wiudow.s.destroyirg all the stock and furniture, which was At 7 o'clock the rioters proceeded to the office of the Spanish Consul attacked it and destroyed all Ihe furniture and property which was destructible. They also broke down the signs of Hie Spaniard which they carried in tiiumph a Urge meeting in Lafayette sip tare. Another dispatch from New Orleans under date 2ifd says two thousand person had that morning surrounded the city prison in which the Consul bad taken refuge, and threatened to demolish it unless the Consul was given up to them. There ere about 30 police men on the ground. 7'he cigar shops kept by Spaniard, were nearly nil destroyed last night gur.s-nave tieen lued since sua rise, in honor of the murdered lihtrators.

The bjdios of (VI Ciillendi and Capt Victor Ixerr, hich had hern brought here from Havana, attracted crowd of people, and Ihe sight produced deep feeling. The Military had been urdcred out to sup-p-es the riot. Throe, or four Spanish CotTeo house had been destrnjed. Tho excitement agivinst the Spanith Consul was caused chiefly by the re--fual to deliver a number- of letter from the prisoners shot at which bail been written before their ecciilkn. These let- were forwarded to the Consul by tho Cuban Authorities.

A committee wailedjt upon him and demanded the letters, which he refused, but was subsequently forced to surrender them. The Cuban news has created the greatest ex Washington, Aiirr. 23 The Intelligencer' says, dispatches iiave been received from the American Consul, saying that tho prisoner shot were tried before their execution. The Government will require an explanation from it officers Hew Orleans, of their apparent neglect iu allowius the depart tire of tho i'ampcro. lloston, Au2.

25th. (Jul. U. Rose, F. T.

7th Regiment, W. S. Inf'iintry, died yetcrdy, at the Revere louse. He wu nativt! of Alary land. orccter, Auy.

'20. An attempt was made on Saturday iiijjUt to Idow up Ilia JJepot at vx. ct Cam i. bridge. The windows and doors of the building were blown out, end the roof i.

i. rt. t. i raiseu aoine six incucs. aue ouiiuiiig also took lire, but it wn partly subiluid.

Cuban Mrttiiig lis HI. I.oiti. Sr. Lupts, 2(J. A Cuban M-eetiiiif was held in the Gth Ward last night, which was attendt by a large number ol citizen.

1 he meeting was highly enthusiastic throughout. It was addressed hy J. Sidney Smith, Col. Harney, and others. Resolutions were passed denouncing: the course of the Spaniards at Havana, in the strongest terms, and sympathizing with the Patriots.

Another meeting will held at the Court House, on next Saturday evening. Mr. Jchn W. Shehlen was found dead his room at the American Hotel, about 10 o'clock yesterday it is supposed his death was caused by a fit of apoplexy. bodies of all the drowned, by the late flood, liave now been recovered.

The last two, were also found in the Mississippi, one- three and the other ten miles below the ciiy. Flora. As will, be seen by an advertisement in our columns, flour can be had of. OgUvle St. John, at the usual, prieev a of is in his on in of Soma IlnnorrntiijiiqmTrr, .1 jv H.

LA. fOSSlTTEDITOR, CITY OF SATURDAY, AUGUST 30. 195 1 Enmiircr Office for Sale! A first-rata Ounce for a Printer or Politician i. Ovsinc to the poor health of the present Proprietor of the Enquirer, rendering aim unequal to the unitd duties of Editor tod Publisher, he ha concluded to oiler for gale One-half the Material is. Business of this' paper.

The most satisfactory evidence Will be given, from the books of the concern, as well by reference to cititens, that iu a flairs ere in prosperous condition, end tUat it has bad and still has a business worth 100 percent, upon the notorial end expenditures! per annum. Its subscription Hit is large enough and reliable, as to py- Its job work and advertising custom is second to ho establishment in the State, and is constantly increasing with the rapid progress of the i city. The dike has splendid double; medium Press, and a good Job Press, and is tho- roughly furnished in material of all kinds, to the value of $1200, or thereabouts. A Printer with small means, or any gentleman competent to conduct the editorial department, find a better investment. The under signed wislaes-onljrta sett one-half, andwill dis-J pose of it, so that the purchaser msy be assured of 60 to Ii per cent upon bis investment, the firsf-ear.

The whole establishment will be sold ui ileaired. The terms will be made easy, and the only conditions are that the purchaser shall Lot thorough and consistent Democrat, and that the name of the paper shall remain unchanged. For information, address the undersigned, or J. A. P-mvut, or D.

C. Ci.ocu, Muscatine Iowa. D. La. COSSITT.

EJ-Oar brethren of the Press will plcsse no. tice the affovc. CTOur first page is full of interesting mat- ten frst comes all the news from Cuba rocM up to the 2olb. Next.aMe political articles; then an article about sail roads, a funny election speech, news from Missouri, South' Carolina, the Isthmus Gen Scott's native' letter, a marvellous yarn and a note from the Crystal I'alaee, with items to fill up On the 4th page is a short revolutionary sketch, and other interertinp selections: Cuban Kews. Wrjrive'tpMlay the interesting Cuban News Received by us on Thursday, by Telegraph: 'It Is, indeed, most cheering.

We still hope for the diserithralment of that Unhappy Island: Our readers will be kept informed of all the movements! I HEALTH: The health' of Muscatine, is WANTED LV'MUSCATINEs A Hanking and exchange house: There is no, better location in the west for such buwaess: COUNTY handsome sur plus of revenue remains to the County over all liabiltics for the current year: County orders are in demand at a fair per cent: community is indebted to the exertions of our friend Bennett for a good temporary bridge, just above Second Street on Pa poose; We see a part of the timbers are on the ground for the permanent bridge: i 1 i fcVluwa Avenue has been repaired and is now in as good order as before, the flood, or better: The repairs at Spruce it Third are also completed in good stylei PERKETTS SCHOOL: We see by the Republican that '-Purketts female high school" in St: Louis; opens its fall session ahout.tlie 1st of September: We refer the reader to the advertisement of this most excellent school: i I 1 i TThe officers of the fine upper river packets: Wyoming.1 Hon Accord, Danube, Minneorn, Wisconsin, Dubuque, i Each have our thanks for their kind attention in supplying us with late papers during the' week: HULL'S VICTORY An account of Hull's victory, in the line of cheap and elegant dry goods, fine groceries, will be lound in our advertising columns. Read them: cuy CUU-VCIL. iiie Council mt on Wednesday evening. The new assessment tvas presented, and ordered to be placed in the Mar shal's hands for collection. It gives the total taxeii at $3,190 about half wLat the tax was Iut year.

Ogilvie's new Hotel is valued at $0,000 less than half its cost, and such is the case throughout the city. A resolution was passed to grade Mulberry from 2nd to 5th also to grade Sycmnora in partj also to grade Pine street from the river to 7th, so as to le passable for. teams. MT. ARARAT FOR SALE.

We direct particular attention to the advertisement of Farm fur Sale in Louisa county. This ii a very dcslralde property. -A i i i SiGOUttNEY, KEOKUK COUNTY vWa ao knowledge the receipt of a lint of tuhscrib-ers from olir fricndA. K. Ixiwe, at Hit Lsautl-i'ully locaieil and growing town pf 8ifourney.

We hie to have a large list at that point, and also ut Lancu.ter. Will some of our friends there send a description of their County, its resources, We are often inquired of, and would be happy to publish a skttcli of the 'country. I i jT A writer of obiuiaiies says that this i world of but we don't believe it we've been out for some time, and thota who owe either don't have any, or else they hang on to it. like a church to a i i i 5f Wood is now $3 per cord in town, and hard to get at that. We fear it will be higher this wiater.

1 the time for putting in Fall wheat approaches, our farmers should not forget the advantages) of the Wheat Drill," advertised in our. columns. See Advertisement j' A Bloomer Rt.HET the last flood we had, being knee high' and higher; too." CASH in town for Poik and Wheat lo any amount. Come to Muscatine with your produce, farmers of Iowa 23-Vota yourielf a lorm" this i tbe inoUo of a sct'of political loafer to9 lay to work for their daily bread much les a fdrm. 3TSea vdUi of a Plauk Uoad Con.

veaUoa." 1 to steer, and it is as ftmlirht as an arrow. It is to rally on the platform of -non-intervention on the compromise measures as pence measures and to frown upon political abolitionism. It is a ereat fact thstit.haa been pandering to this rftitimcnt, trying to take its votes that has nurs. ed secession, and the partf or the presses, democratic oj- whig, that have done the most of this work, that have done the most to take free-soil votes for national purposes, have done the must to fan discontent and increase the disunion sentiment. Jf in the past democrat have sinned in this regard, they, as a party, are resolved, to sin no more.

The difference between Til Eta leader, who trade in politics and the whig leaders who do it, is precisely this that the former are shorn at once of their influence, and become as so much dead wood. For instance, what is the influence of Hale, Chase, Wi'mot, and others of the same species, in national councils? Just nothinr. What iirthe influence of Seward, with those who are with It is paramount with the whig swayiig them tii-tunphantly. The reason for this in, that the Democrats as a on a broad, national. Amerkan platform, nnd when their leaders step from it to a narrow' one, though they may carry their petty locality, they become powerless on the national stage.

If Americans, lovers of the constitution" and the Union, would seek to save their country from the perils of secession, let them rally a-round the Mandafd of tho party that lias presented ho jplenthd 1 career of service, and under whose auspices the nation has achieved its grwitness. Our motto is peculiarly, emphatically, the country, the wholo country, and nothing slfort of the country. i copy the following just and kind retrial ks, Telative to our recent calum ty, from the Rut Huston 'Telegraph' tT the '2 "The following was received at this office, ort Saturday A. M. and immediately issued to our reader in th? form 'of an extra.

It will be seen that the ill-fitted city of Jliisca- i as urcn visited with a severe loss Altough this last calamity confined its ravages to private property, yet the nature of that de troveJ was such a to affect materially the liufdic welfare. The destruction of Mr. n- rietfs mill (th most extensive perhaps in the I valley of tin; will he a Ha.l Wow to the town and surrounding countryone which must continue to be serinufly fid for months to come. We but echo the puUiu sentiment a-motig us when we say we. regret deeply the frequent and direful rnjamitirs which have befallen our unfortunate neighbors, and sineciely trust that tlieir resources and energies ninv be such as speedily to repair the losses lo which they have been subjected.

Mr. Dennett, the proprietor er the mill, is a gentleman widely and favorably known to the business world for his indomitable perseverance aud hindiics tal ents, and we believe with the dispatch, that if any man can rise superior to lie Irovvns ni i r-tuiie that man is Joseph ftenruttt We bid him "Ood speed" iu the iianiu of his Burling ton acquaintance. Mormon Outrago We published laid, week a short comment npou recent Jvformon outrages, with an alu-sion to an article which we suppossed to be on our 1st page of the same issue. Upon examination we find the article alluded to was omitted, and we ninv pubiuh it below 1 The following rejwrt is given by a company of emigrants who wintered id Salt Lake The number of our company is 10" of them 44 are men. lt women and the rest chil dren included in 10 families'.

Being compelled to winter among mo Mormon, it gav! us an opportunity of becoming acquainted with their manners and customs. Concubinage, nnlygamy and incest are common nmoiigthem. It is not at all tiiieoninvm for a ilian ta take for his wives mother and daughter at the smite time. Polygamy is publicly advocated by the leaders: Hi ifjIiam Young has, over ho ives: Between NX) and UK' persons, immigrants wintered in the Lake vallev most ol them were bound lor California: They all more or less injustice and wrong from the Mor ti. 1:1 .1.

1 1 .1 mons: 1 lie Jilierty ol speech was denied them wa imposed iipr.n them: After thev had it their settlemet t. thev were followea miles fiom their cilv l.v the State Marshal.with nower io aM-ss iiiri. propei ly arm collect tint tax, at Hie same time authoried to seise their learn il the tax was not promptly paid: This tat vva per rem, on every kltm ol properly ll.ey possessed even to the beds valued at the price set upon such property iu Salt Lake valley. The immigrants had to pay from up to as high as and $t0 each: This con sidering the circumstances in which they were placed, they felt severely: The mormons are opposed to the lovern- meni oi ine uiieti Mates speak against it publicly and privately ami predict its overthrow: i Our comment were as follows The Mormons Again. As will be seen by an article on our outside, the Mormons at Salt Lakcval'ev have com menced plundering and oppressing emigrants: We have looked for nothing else: if these more knavish than deluded wretches could hot forego their propensities to steal, rob, murder, and burn, when surrounded by the order sustaining citizens ol Missouri, jfliiiois, and Iowa, it was not to bo expected that they would heroine virtuous, reform their habits, ami turn conscientious, in the long distance from any power that could punish their crimes: They will be lit! le else than the banditli of Ihe t'nlil'ornia and Oregon routes, until signally chustised ly tho Government, and kej awe of its powers i 1 TH TR LLImT CABIN KT 1 The New Vork Herald glv table ed Ihe travels of tha IVesiditnt and his Cabinet, of which the billowing is a nummary i niue.i rr travel.

Hy the President. Secretary of Slate, i( Secretary of tho Tre.ij.nry, Secretary of th! Interior, Sm-retary of the Navy, Postmaler (letieRil, Attorney Geueial, 2.WK) 4 ,20 2,1 .1,300 d.l.Vl Total for the President and Cabinet, It ill be seen thai the' most dometic senile man in the Cabinet i Corwin.i Crawford had the same habit oi close application. Neither of them liked to leave Washingtim. As there is no man so attentive to hi buk as a speculating cashier, so these men manifested a most suspicious fidelity to the Treasury book. When Craw foid finally travelled 'it wsi info private life.

Corwin did not retire to Ohio till the Grand Jury of Washington was about to be called in sesniun on tha Gardner busineas. The people would feel easier if these ministers were kept always on the move, until the 4th of March, when the Cabinet will be sent on its final travels. Cuban meeting has been held in Keokuk, it appears from Uie Dispatch, at the instance of one General Thomas JetTersoa Sutherland, who, says the Dispatch, is a sort of loafer, occasionaly driven from a community' by the force and scent of rolton eggs 1 The meeting passed some very' sensible resolutions and adjourned with three cheers for Cu. ban Liberty and thrie for Sutherland I I be in heavy calamity which has befallen our devoted city. Bennett's great Flouring Mill, built in 1818-40, at a cost of $33,000, and conceded to be the mot complete structure of tha kind in the Valley of the Jvfississippi, Was last night utterly destroyed by fire, with the surrounding buildings, 150 barrella of flour, from 500 to 600 bushels of wheat, 4000 fiour barrels, and all the fixtures," to ol.

JLc, belonging to that extensive establishment. In addition to the Mill, the ware-house and residence of the' Messrs Browning, and half a dozen stables on the alley were consumed Messrs Browning; we learn, saved all their furniture, and the goods in their ware-house. Nothing but provender was lost in the stables. The ware-houses of Mr C. Weed are partly burned and much injured.

1 By dint ef the unremitting exertions of a few rsons, who had the manliness to do some thing, the large Pork House below, the Iowa House and three adjoining buildings, and the houses from tho alley to Second, on Chestnut street, were saved, though in imminent danger. Everything was moved from these buildings in anticipation of their destruction. Had the wind been high, nothing could have saved the entire block, and perhaps all of Second strctf from Sycamore to Pine. As i was a column of bunting fragment as thrown several hundred feet into the air, from the fire confined in the walls of Ihe Mill, and fell in the streets and on the roofs of houses for several squares. Person's were stationed on the roofs with water, to prevent ignition.

A part of the walls of the Mill are down I lie rest seem to be tottering. Had the walls fallen earlier, the destruction would doubtless have lieen much greater. The heat and flames were confined by the strong walls, to a great extent. The origin ef the fire is a mystery many suppok-e it to have been the work of an incen diary. It was firni discovered in the second story, about half-past 2 o'clock, but had made too great progress lo be checked, or allow anything to be saved.

1 Mr. Heiuictt estimates his loss at 000, only ol which" ho supposes to be covered by insurance the matter was entrusted some months ago lo an a- sent in st. Louis. Other losses ure, at the lowest figures, $5,000. This iniilwas justly the pride of Muscatine and was an honor to this enter prising proprietor.

It gave employment and support to a number of families, and brought much business lo our city. Its loss is a public calamity one which every citizen will feel directly or indirectly. The proprietor, by his cnterprize, liberality and public-spirit, has done more for the prosperity of Muscatine than any other man thin all will concede hence his losses, are a public misfortune in a two-fold seine, We sinoerely hope this far-famed rrrill will bo speedily rebuilt and that our citizens will give every -encouragement that end. If we know nny man, whose energy, pirit and resources, are superior to such misfortune, and who is filled to recover from it, by the force of his own indomitable character, that man is our lellow-citizen, Joseph Bennett. The Northern Itoule.

number of highly respectable pen-emeu of St. Louis are out in a card to the public, cautioning persona against taking the Northern, Route via Chicago and Buffalo, lo the L'ast. They report that they wefe swindled in every imaginable way, 'delayed at two points i torre utut lubU with negroes, and then had to pay for the filthy meals they got, though "meals was printed on their tickets! There are thous-ands who can attest the truth of every-word of this. Every possible advantage is taken of the travveller he is hurried along regardless of his comfort or safety, and is throughout, a victim to the partiality, impertinance and coarseness of low-bred Stewarts, nrgro cabin officers, aud conductors who have no conception a single clement of the "gentleman." We 'wrlulJ rather pay double price and lose a day or to, on the southern, route, surrounded by the comforts, and enjoy ing the generous, openhauded courtesy of agents and officers, to be found every where, than to submit ourself to the vexatious swindling and low tricks of those who manage the "Northern Route." But the Southern route, by way of the Ohio.either to Philadelphia or New York the cheapest we have proved this personally. SS'J Limp returned on 3Ionday last from the East, where he has been laying a large stock of Seasonable goods.

About next week he will begin to receive stock notice will be given to his numerous customers in the interier. OrjrMr. Ogilvie returned from below, where he has been laying a supply of Groceries and heavy The firm will receive their stock Dry Goods from the east in a few days. in be the for Connecticut, ermont and Maine are following 1 heir lives were threatened ny th head of the same track 1 Soon the whole tif noitbcrii vthe churojii if they said anglit against the rc-democracy will stand once more on the ohl lion-j Ug mn or practices of 1J10 Moimmis; intervention platform. The most unjust measure were resorted (o, to But while such is 'position of tl.ij rob the immigrants of their money: (hit man crat, how is it with the whig? It is a fact ventured to say "that if a man in ihe States had that cumiot be; that tin are going m-ue as many wives as lirigtinm Voung.

he would he and inure a a ai fy. into st'clioiuilisiii. As the ca'Iei! a icked was immediately ariest-tendrtK-j of tho (ft mocratic paily is nctn in ed. and lined $0 and costsi the hction of the Pelirisi Iviitiij lnmi.rti... Til rim ll't t'tnnjv.

an nr.ttuf aitvl 1.. where the uttoual tlag i now ftreammg to. uie 1 iti siuch a gallant s'yte, so the tendency uf the. whig tlaity i eu iu the ew York liivm mn-iu inr im-taueii uniionai vvtugs i nave tneir national ground, aud gouo over in a regular bargain, in regular coalition, iv i-i-niu iut -il. i una winie inc cteuiocrais uio in (ii.ii.-rs ginung iin'HiseiVts to Hie task of MistUiamg tlie consiitulion and the compromise Measures, the whig are tampering with the politicians and the part-, the Micces ul which would he blank disunion, for it would he sure to ickuU ni a ucpai ate soutliern confederacy i Jlut this may; bo said to be mere assertion of the democrats'.

Take then the represenlnlion -though we think i.ot quite just to Ihe Democrats of distinguished Whig. Hon Hubert Toombs, a Southern whig, thus maps out the two great parties i "it (tlifl northern anti-slavcrv sentiment. acknowledged exjwuient is the fre-oil party, but it is alsq vinilent and dangerous: both in the whig and democratic parties at the north The whig party has succumbed to it controls the organisation of that party iu every iioir-xlave-holding State in tho Union. It is; thoroughly denntionaIi.ed and Kectiona'ied by il. nnd will never make another national comes).

The tilna party of the uuM will eeer the Seitanlt, and II uiIq-u, end Jtrfiiulnni and Huld Vint 0f th iwtth In another nultunai "A are indibted la Hie dejrel of Ihe policy vf irt nun, for the nim, ttf iht l.uveritmi nl Ihit uiiy, i H'e thall li uH Itieht no more, 1 tie tlemoci alio j'ar, ty of the north, though prostrated, Is not vet utterly destroyed by tin same cause, 'j'nw free-soil element vv ay I lie party triuinplmntly iu MiMAcliitu, and lo a very great extent throughout New England. It ha annihilated it in Now York, and control, il in Ohio. Hut Ihr majority of thai party In Ai Jerttg, I'ehhtjlviu nia, Indiitnit, oliiiuorrgi y.i and are tlUl apnUlt af a mity ejiti for ih t.i,i- iwiian ana fnq 1 muti. all Uiis may be trueoato Ihe whig party, it certainly doe, (() ju-tieo the jtt-thern democrat; The frec-soil eUment does nottiway thh New Hamnshire ilemoidats I'ven iu MassachiLsett there aVo lliousands ho. are not ipule aboliliuiiizcd-f-whoareiu political sen- tiineut with the thorough democralic M.dts who have not acknow ledged the trading ration of last winter ho took no part or lot in the proceeding that resulted in the triumph of frce-soilisin, and who will not admit that this element way them triumphantly.

There arc thousand who uphold the national Banner, Und in. un-mi iu yu ii. out ii win noi oe uenaiionalu cdand sectionalized. They long held to the He cessny oi etaiereiorms, ucU as secret hallo mbre general legislation, and the free-so narty came into this State nlatform. iitc.i.

these measures it was wit bHhe express link derstanding that only in these matters the reni uine ivo parties snouia act uioi i icy. voieu ivr, coalitionists. I Mr. Toomb" deseription i just as to hi broth erwhigs. The nectional element has In ed their policy at the north, and has bten the1 weaver's beam with which they have beaten uown ma democrats) and sways the whig still.

In the present state of tha Union when tha south is so near a diwolution, when asperate southern confederacy i so sure to be (ha consequence of free-soil success, it is lamentable that amonr tha whig of the great State of New York and Pennsylvania, tha little fingeT of beward 1 and Johnston should ba larger than the loin of tb national men of their parry. So long is this continues to be tie case, if I use-Jess to hide tbect or to cover it op br profe..