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Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1856-12-13
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.

The following is q correct list of the
members elect to the convention to amend
the Constitution:
lst district-Lee county. Edward
Johnston, D, and William Patterson, d.
Cd district--Lee and Van Buren, coun-
ties. Squire Ayres, D.
Sd district-Van Buren, county. Tim
othy Day, d.
18th district-Des Moines county, J. c.
Hall, D, and M. w. Robinson, D.
9th district-Davis county. David P.
Palmer, ID.
9th district-Jefferson county. james
H. Wilson, r.
It'll district-Henry county. r. L. B.
Clark, K.
9th ~district-Wapellc county. Geo.
Gillaspy, d.
9th district-Monroe, Lucas and Clark
counties. John Edwards, r.
. 10th district.-Appanoose Wayne and
Decatur counties. Amos Harris, ID.
18th district-Fremont, Mills, &c. ID.
H. Solomon, D.
18th NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., &c
Price, d.
18th dissrict-Louisa county. F.
Springer, r.
14th Observation-Disclosures county. d.
Bunker, r.
10Th district-Keokuk county. Jerry
Hollingsworth, r.
10Th Observation-Disclosures county. A
M. Cassidy, r.
18th district-Marion county. H. ID.
Gibson, ID.
18th district-Warren, Madison, &c.
Lewis Todhunter, r.
18th district-Muscatine county. John
A. Parvin, r.
Goth dislrict-Johnson and Iowa coun-
ties. VIM. Penn Clarke, r.
2lst district-Scott county. George
w. Els, r.
22d district-Cedar county. Rober
Cover, r.
Esd district-Clinton county. A. R
Cotton, ID.
cath district-Linn county. Hose;
w. Gray, R.
25th district-Benton, DC. J. G
Trayer, r.
26th district-Jasper, Powesheik, DC
H. L. Skiff, r.
eth diatrict-Polk, Dallas and Guth.
RE counties. Thomas Seely, r.
28th district-Jackson county, VIM
A. Warren, r.
29th district-Jackson and Jones coun
ty, a. H.. Marvin, r.
3Oth Observation-Disclosures, J. H. Elmer
son, d.
3lst Observation-Disclosures, d d b. j
II. Peters.
32d Observation-Disclosures, Winnesheik
DC, John G. Clark, X.
Republicans 81
Democrats Is
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1856-12-13

| gion to which the letter was sent. In
stances have occurred in which this i'm
portant point has been omitted. In one
minute a letter can be registered, and the
three-cent charge for registration, added
to the postage on the envelope sent to tho
Pacific Mail List, makes the total extra
cost six cents. Of course, when two or
more addresses are enclosed in the same
envelope, and the postage is thereby d.
vided, the charge becomes proportionatc-
" less I; but the utmost cost for registra-
ton is about equivalent to the price of a
Havana cigar.
Before leaving the subject, we will
state that, despite the law requiring the
prepayment of postage. over one hundred
and twenty thousand letters sent last year
to post Offices in the Pacific region were
never received by the persons for whom
they were intended, and consequently be-
came dead letters, causing, thereby,
doubtless, much anxiety Of mind to per-
sons expecting letters from home, and
rendering all the care devoted to writing
the letters, and the thousands Of dollars
paid in preparing postage on the same,
SO much useless expenditure. Averaging
the time necessary to write the above let
ters at thirty minutes each Ia low rate,
we think and the result is that it will
require ten hours labor, daily. Of a pre-
MUM for twenty years to write the let
ters that became dead during the past
year in the Pacific region, and which
cost the Government nearly four thousand
dollars to examine, and, selecting the few
valuable ones from the mass, the rest, lin
accordance with law and the usages of
the Post Office DEPARTMENT. to burn.
Oliver Evans Wood, Esq, is the pro-
%jector and manager of this plan, at whose
request we cheerfully give place to the
above explanation.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1856-12-13
Terrible Causality-Ten Lives Lost.

CINCINNATI, Dec. y.
The train on the Cleveland az Pitts
burgh Road ran into the Express train on
the Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad eros
sing, west of Alliance, Ohio, at Z o'cl'k
this evening, killing ten, and injuring
several other persons.
The following is a list of the killed as
far as ascertained:-Jacob Reedy, ALI
ance; John Mcintyre, do; DR.. Smith and
lady, do; j. Atterhurst, New Garden,
Ohio; VIM. Richie, do; n. c. Taylor,
Philadelphia; John Brooks, New Jersey.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 9th.
SECOND DIsPATcH.-At the Railroad
collision in Alliance last evening, one OF
the passenger cars was thrown into the
Rotunda of the depot, and another into
the sitting-room of Sourbeck's Hotel, in
which several passengers were sitting.
Both these rooms were torn to pieces, and
the inmates either killed or wounded; but
few persons on the ears were injured.
Among the wounded are Chas. Coates,
engineer; M. A. Roth, Philadelphia; w.
c. Clellan, conductor; DR.. Courmav,
Wheeling; Kavenaugh and lady, Anna
Armour, Columbus, Ind, j. Painter, of
Stark Co., Ohio. Those killed are as
reported last night.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1856-12-13
A MELANCHOLY DEArH.-On Sunda

A MELANCHOLY DEArH.-On Sunday
evening, a man by the name of BARNEY
McCLUsKEY, late Of Pittsburgh, Pa, a
porter in the Bates House at Dunleith,
in company with another person, was in
toxicated in Dubuque, and were stopped
by the police for being noisy. They
were let go again, however, upon Nc
Clusky's companion representing that he
was taking him home. They started
across the river, but before they had gone
far McClusky insisted upon returning to
town to take another drink. His COM
panion refused, remarking that he had
business which must be attended to, and
left him.
McClusky was found lying upon the
ice some time afterward, and taken to the
station house, where he died the same
night. Strange enough, no examination
was made b.. the coroner. So says the
Dubuque Express and Herald.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1856-12-13
NEW POSTAL ARRANGEMENT.-IMPOR-
TANT TO THOSE WRITING TO CALI
FORNIA,

fUHNlA.
Many who write letters to California
are not aware that a simple, but at the
same time most effective system of regis
tration has been sanctioned by the Post
Office Department, which places in the
power of the person by whom a letter is
written to render the safe as well as speedy
delivery of the same a matter of almost
absolute certainty, in all cases where the
person for whom the letter is intended is
anywhere in the Pacific region, and is
willing to take letters out of the Post Of
fee. Circulars, describing the system,
We're recently sent TO many of the princi-
pal Post Offices but So many mistakes
have been made by those disposed to avail
themselves of the advantages of the plan,
that the department has authorized the
issuing of several thousands of slips to
the first class officers, upon which the
system is described so plainly that a child
may understand it.
1t consists merely in sending TO the
New York Post Office a slip of paper.
upon which is copied the address of the
letter you have just deposited in the mail.
The slip of paper should be cut to fit an
envelope loosely, and must be inclosed
without folding, together with a thu &c
cent postage stamp in a prepaid envelope,
and directed to the Pacific Mail Lis,,'
New York Post Office. The address on
the slip of paper nus received at the New
York Post Office, will be entered in Its
appropriate place in the Pacific Mail List,
which list is printed, and being sent by
each mail To each and every Post Office
in California, and the Territories of Ore.
gon and Washington, it will point ou'
10 those persons whose letters are pub
! lished thereia the Post Offices to which
the letters We're sent. A person may
thus at once receive intelligence of a let.
ter that has been sent to Il Post Office
five or six hundred miles away, which
otherwise, in all probability, he never
would have received. He may alst
change his residence in the Pacific regior
as oiien us motives of business or pleasur,
may dictate, and yet run no risk there
from of losing his letters, provided hi
friends at home have thought proper I,
register the same in the Pacific Mail List
Observe, it is only the address of tn,
letter that u be sent on a slipsof pa
per, together with a three cent poslag,
stamp, in Z prepaid envelope, to Tue IA
eific Mail List, New York Post Office.
The letter itself must be deposited in th,
mail ms usual, precisely as if no sucl
system of registration was in operation
No other writing should be on the slil
Of paper than the address OF the letter
and the slip should be enclosed in tn
envelope without folding.
The three cent postage stamp enclose,
in the envelope defrays the expenses Q
{ publication, and must not be pasted, bu
) simply inclosed.
1 When sending the address of a lette
| to the Pacific Mail List, be careful I
name the Posi- Office in ths y tic re
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1856-12-13
re- Franklin Pierce gets his eyes ope

EF~ Franklin Pierce gets his eyes open
to the true character of his Kansas officials
most astonishingly slow. Poor man
what a mist must surround him, when he
but now sees what every one else observed
months ago. 1t appears that he has but
lately learned that that puppet of Slavery.
Judge Lecompte, has violated his oath OF
office, and has acted the Judicial tyrant
over the free state men of Kansas, and has
removed him. Late advices from Wash
ington render this a certainty. He did
not discover the drunken imbecility OF
Shannon until long after it had ceased To
be talked of by every n else. We hope
his vision has taken in some few more of
the drunken brutes that he has heretofore
been unable TO see, and that he will see that
they are sober hereafter when they cross
the Western border of Missouri-at least,
for the little time he stays at Washington.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1856-12-13
DEkMBEn 4,

DECEMBER a..
Mr.. Mccullough presentd a petition
from certain citizens of Id county, of
the alteration of a State Roa{hrough the
town of Primrose in Lee cbnty, which
was referred to the Lee Cdnty Delega-
ton. Mr.. Grinnell one froi the citizens
of Jefferson County, for til abolition OF
Capital Punishment, whicHwas referred
to the Judiciary COMMITTED.
Mr.. Kirkwood offered he following,
which was referred to the 4diciary Com
mittee.
Resolped, That the Codmittee on the
Judiciary be instructed to lquire and re-
port whether, in their option, this State
is not entitled, under acj Of Congress,
passed March Sd, 1845, tdive per zen OF
the government price of al lands in this
State sold by the governnf Mt of the Uni
ted States for military lant warrants other
than those granted for seisice in the wal
of 1919, and if SO, to report by bill or 9TH
erwise suchmeasures as tley consider pro.
per to cur the payment Of he same to
the proper officer of this State.
Which was referred to tie Judiciary
Committee, and, on motiol, Mr.. Kirk
wood was added to the committee.
The following resolution was offered by
MIR. Foster
Resoleed, That the committee on Fed.
eral Relations report a jointfesolution III
structing our Senators and Representa-
tives in Congress to supper the admission
of Kansas into the Union with her Topeka
constitution.
Which was adopted-yeas 22, noes II
Notices of bills.-By Mr.. Thompson
a bill to amend an act in relation to Coun
ty Seats n bill in relation to obtaining
Judgment by notice in proceedings il
District Courts, and a bill regulating th,
the salaries of Judges ofthe Supreme ant
District Courts by Mr. Kirkwood, a bill
to amend the laws relating I Count,
Boards, and to create 4 State Board fo
the equalization Of the assessment of Rea
Estate /; by Mr.. Longbridge. a bill to pro
vide for service in suits against non-resi
dents by Mr.. McCullogh, a bill to pre-
vent the killing of certain game at certain
seasons of the year, a bill more fully to de
fine b duty OF supervisors Of highways
by Mr.. Stewart a bill granting certain
privileges to the Dubuque and Pacific Il
X. company by Mr.. Brown. a bill author
izing an appropriation for the relief of tn
destitute inhabitants Of Kansas by NJ
Mcpherson, "a bill to repeal chapter 81 {
the laws of 1858, and revis, that part ,
the Code which was repealed by III;
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1856-12-13
IIEMBER 81.

l4EMBER ID.
On motion it was resolH that a COM
mittee on Railroads be add to the usual
standing committees.
The committee appoint to inquire in
TO the matter of the act fiber to restrain
the duties Of the Superirident of Pub
lie Instruction, that was Hsed at the last
session, and lost or mislaideported that
they had found said bill Fed up among
other papers in the S{etary's desk,
marked Original Bills, nd asked leave
to introduce said bill. bort adopted,
bill read a first and secot time, and the
rules were suspended, arthe bill read a
second and a third time, Used, and title
agreed to.
Notices of the introdWon of bills
By Saunders, to amend HAP. "a of the
Code. By Neal, to reptile Act for the
suppression of Intemper$re, BY Loud
bridge, to regulate the pSels of Notaries
Public. By Thurston, tfqlalize assess
ments. By Anderson, rdation to ju-
ror's fees. By jenkins, scrate the 18th
Judicial District.
A message was redivel from the
House, announcing thatlheyhad passed
Senate File, No. 1, an ad to sstrain the
Superintendent of PublidInstiction from
receiving the five per cent. fld due the
State.
Mr.. Stewart gave notice thi he would
introduce a bill authorizing he city Of
Dubuque to assist in the CONJUNCTION OF
certain Railroads /; Mr.. Tribe, a bill
regulating the change of vena in crimi-
nal cases /; Mr.. GrinRell, a bib separate
the financial from the e~ducasna duties
of the Superintendent of Pub: hstruc-
ton /; Mr.. Jenkins, a bill to reref an acl
relating to the interest on motiy Mr.
Trimble, a bill defining the hties o.
County Judges in relation to Bads and
highways, and a bill in relatih to the
State Road leading from Bloomington, in
Davis County. via Knoxville all Indian.
ola, to Wintersett, in Madison dunty, and
a bill regulating appeals to tn Supreme
Court on criminal cases.
The letter from the Governq to Presi'
dent Pierce was taken from tn table and
read, when Mr.. Thurston of4d a reso
hutton calling for the whole Eorrespon
dence between His Excelleuk and the
President, and the citizensbf Kansas
which was laid upon the ta4e by a vot'
of IL to l6.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1856-12-13

The jury in the case of Lewis Baker,
on trial for the murder of William Poole,
in New York, and which case was re-
moved by change of venue to Orange
County, State of New York, have again
disagreed. Six were for acquittal and six
for manslaughter in the third degree
The Judge remanded Baker back to pris-
on, but his counsel gave notice they would
apply for a writ of hateos corpus. The
trial lasted a week.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1856-12-13
Congressional.
WASHINGTON, Dec. Ct

~ASEINUTUN, DEC. JIH.
SENATE. MIR. Collamer commenced
speaking in opposition to the positions
in the Presidents Message.
Mr.. Smith. of Tenn, replied TO the
speeches of Messrs. Campbell and Sher.
man, saying that he say in the remarks
of the latter, an effort to unite the ele.
ments of opposition to the Democracy in
the next Presidential election, but he be.
lieved it would fail. He proceeded to
show that the repeal of the Missouri res
friction was not condemned in the late
canvass, as has been asserted.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1856-12-13
from the National Era.l
A NG.
,xsc.,rrp 70 II FREMONT CLUBS.

sBenea.h thy skies, November
Thy skies Of cloud and rain.
Around our blazing camp-ires,
We close our ranks again.
Then sound again the bugles,
Call the battle roll anew;
II months had well-nigh won the field,
What may not four years doF
For. God be praised! New England
Taxes once more her ancient place;
Again the Pilgrims banner
Leads the vanguard OF the race
Then sound again the bugles,
Call the battle-roll anew;
r. months have we'll nigh won the field
What may not four years do!
Along the lordly Hudson
A shout of triumph breaks;
The Empire State is speaking, 4
From the ocean to the lakes.
Then sound again the bugles,
Call the battle roll anew;
II months have well-nigh won the held,
What may not four years doE
The Northern hills are blazing,
The Northern skies are bright;
And the fair young West is turning
Her forehead to the light.
Then sound again the bugles,
Call the battle roll anew
If months have well-nigh won the field
What may not four years do!
Push every outpost nearer,
Press hard the hostile towers!
Another Balaklava,
And the Malakoff is ours.
Then sound again the bugles, :
Call the battle-roll anew
If months have well-nigh won the field
What may not four years do?
But keep the same old banner,
For none can better be
Pass on the same old watchword
Fremont and Victory!
And sound again the buglcs,
Call the battle-roll anew
If months have well -nigh won the tielt
What may not four years dog
18th mo-. 10th. 1856. cu.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1856-12-13

E~ Congress has done nothing as yet
but debate the slavery question, which
has come up upon motion to admit Whit
field to seat in the House as the delegate
from Kansas.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1856-12-13
Legislative P~roledings.

re" The Legislature y convened al
Iowa City on the LIST inp and perma-
nently organized on the q The Senate
elected, by vote Of "a toI Hon. w. W.
HAMILTON, of Dubule, President,
The following list of offers were also
elected:
Secretary--C. G. NouR, of Van Blu
rem.
Assist. Secretary-GEiE. SPENCER,
of Mahaska.
Sergeant-at- ARMS. DANIELS, Of
Cedar.
Engrossing Clerk-A.F. BALLARD.
of Mahaska.
Door Keeper-GEo. lRUrHERs, O
Davis.
Fireman-D. P. GREE1, of Johnson
Messenger-H. G. CuHs, of Marion
Assist. do.-RoBT. YHG and JOIN
M. PECK.
Chaplain-Rev. Mr.. MANG.
The law passed at the ldextra session.
restricting the Superinterlnt from draw.
ing any more of the five cent. School
Fund, not having been blished in the
volume of the laws passeft that session.
Messrs. Anderson, CoolHgh, and Grin.
nell were, on motion, apfnted to inves'
tigate the matter.
The Governor sent in nessage in wri
ting, which was read bNe Clerk, and
on motion, was laid upoihe table, anc
5000 copies in Englisltna 1000 il
German were ordered to printed.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1856-12-13

Es~ The vote in Dubuque on Satur-
day in reference to the Railroad loans, was
as follows The whole vote cast was 1861.
In favor of the loan 1856; against it, only
4, the remaining vote being thrown out.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1856-12-13

What a queer way some people have of
expressing their admiration Byron was
so in raptures with Sir Walter Scott, that
he said he was the only man in England
that " longed to get drunk With.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1856-12-13

The Rochester Democrat gives the fol-
lowing as acertain cure for fieas on dogs
Soak the dog for five minutes in cam.
phene, and then set fire to him The effect
is instantaneous
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1856-12-13
0rlrerapbir Nf@s.
ARRIVAL OF THE ATLANTIC.
New YoRK. Dec. II.

NEW Y0RK, Dec. III.
The steamship Atlantic arrived at her
wharf about IL o'clock. She brings Liv-
erpool dates of the 26th November.
Steamship Asia arrived at Liverpool at
6 p. NJ, on the 22d. Her advices from
New York had no %perceptible effect upon
the Liverpool market, which continued,
down the sailing of the Atlantic, ex-
tremely quiet. The London market was
slightly easier,
The bullion in the Bank of England
continued to increase.
Mr.. Jas. Wilson had addressed to Cy-
rus w. Field, of New York, an official
notice that the British Government en-
cages to furnish ships to take additional
soundings for the Atlantic telegraph, and
to verify those already made, TO furnish
ships to assist in laying the cable, and
undertakes to guarantee four per cent on
the capital of E34O, 900, equal to fla,
600, sterling, until the company's earn.
ings reach 6 per cent, after which the
guarantee will be ten thousand per an.
mum, for 25 years, or such large sums as
government messages may amount to, il
charged at the ordinary rates of tariff,
if the United States Government made
a similar arrangement-the messages Of
the two governments to be sent in order
of priority of receipt.
Affairs in Spain were quiet and un
changed.
Accounts from Constantinople Of the
14th, says that 600 wooden houses had
been destroyed by fire at Bern.
The Journal de Constantinople states
that a Russian Company in the Black Sea
has purchased forty steam vessels.
The news is confirmed hat the Yen
kale affair has been fully explained bet
ween the English and Russian represen
tatives at Constantinople, and hat ne
English ships were ordered into the Blacl
Sea in consequence.
According to the intelligence from Gil
latz, on the 4th, the European Commits.
sion on the Danube was officially consti
tuted on that day, under the provisional
presidency of Mr.. Butler.
The Prussian commissioner, in con
formity with last accounts from Spain
states that Malaga was perfectly quiet,
but that vigorous measures of punish
ment had been resorted to notwithstand-
ing the previous accounts that the affair
had no political object but was merely
got up for smuggling purposes.
The papers say that the number oil
troops wounded was eight, and that the
insurgents had from Is to 90 wounded
and 3 killed. The insurgents shouted
Viva la Republique.
Accounts from Athens to the 14th,
announce that the elections had turned
in favor of the ministry, and that the al
lied troops would leave Greece soon after
the return of King Ohio.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1856-12-13
BALTIMORE, Dec. 9th

Savannah papers of Saturday say tina
the Southern Convention, from appear.
ances, would be very large. The speciaI
committee of the South Carolina Legis.
lature, on the Governors recommends
ton to re-open the slave trade, have re-
ported, asking leave to sit during the re.
cess, and report at the next session.
A fire in Norfolk, on Monday lasI
destroyed the Catholic church and sew.
eral of the adjoining buildings.
The Americans carried the city O
Mobile, at the municipal! election.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1856-12-13

CREAM PIE.--Coyer your pan with
good paste, spread over it a layer of but
ter; then sugar enough to cover the bot
tom then pour in rich sweet cream
which a little hour has beaa
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1856-12-13
CHARLESTON, Dec. l2.

The steamer Tennessee had arrived at
Key West from San Juan OH the 4th inst.
The passengers state that the accounts
from Nicaragua were, that Gen. Walker
had been driven from every place where
he had obtained a footing, with the excep-
ton of the Transit Route. The last ac-
counts reported that some 100 of his force,
after fighting nine days at Granada, were
surrounded by the Costa RIGA, Guatemala
and Salvador forces.
Gen. Walker was ON board a steamer in
the Lake, without communication with
his army, and his men We're suffering for
the want of provisions and clothing, and
We're dying off by disease.
A naval fight had occurred near San
Juan del Sur, lasting two hours, between a
Costa Rican brig and the Nicaragua wal
steamer Granada.
New YoRK, Dec. Is.
The steamer George Law arrived this
evening from Aspinwall, bringing Califor-
MIA dates to the 29th November.
Scarcely any news to add TO that re-
ceiyed by the Tennessee at New Orleans.