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Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-06-27
Negro EIOuuence.

There is vast deal of certain kind
of originality about the negro cosnposi-
ton. Take this example of an illustra-
ton lately used by colored exhorter, at
an evening conference meeting, in the
lower part of the city =" My bredren,
God bless your souls, 'ligion is like de
Schuylkill riber. In spring come de
fresh, an he bring in all de old logs,
slabs an sticks, dat hab been lyin' on de
bank, and carrying dem down in de cur
rent. Bimeby de water go down; den
a log cotch here on dis island, den slab
get cotched on de shore, and de sticks on
de bushes and dere dey lie, wild rim and
dryin' till comes 'nodder fresh. Jist so
dere comes 'yival of 'ligion dis old sin
ner bro't in, dat old back slider bro back;
an all de folks seem comin'-an' mighty
good times. But, bredren, God bless
your souls ! bimeby 'vivals gone den
dis ole sinner is stuck on his old sin den
dat ole backslider is cotched where he
was afore, on JUS such rock; den one
arter 'nodder, dat had got 'ligion, lies
long de shore, and dere dey lie till nod
der 'vival. Beloved bredren, God bless
your souls, get deep in de current !''-
How many u divine has waded through
the logical divisions of discourse,
which had not in its whole compass so
torcible an illustration as this.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-06-27
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For the Quasqueton Guardian
r e T RESPECT.

The summer comes, again the leaf
Hath crowned with beauty bush and tree,
And down the dim old forest aisles
Floats gay, glad music, wild and free.
And at this calm and silent hour,
When dew-drops gem the fragrant sod,
iii pause, and taxing memory's power,
Trace back the path my feet have trod.
Since last the leaf was on the tree,
Both smiles and tears have had their birth,
And oft my wandering feet have strayed,
Mid scenes of grief and scenes of mirth.
How often JOY upon my way,
Hath shed its pure and brilliant light
A moment-then 'twould pass away,
And leave the soul in deeper night
And friends have round my pathway clung,
The best beloved-the longest tried
But, silly dreamer, fortune frowned,
Then one by one they left my side.
Again the leaf is on the tree,
And bud, and bird, and bloom are here,
Then be thou thankful, oh my soul,
For joy or grief, for hope or fear,
Each good that round our pathway clings,
Each stroke of heavens chastsing rod
Is sent In mercy, and would bring
The wandering spirit back to God.
zsqueton, June IL. F.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-06-27
I'll lstflla Moons
From the Lyons City Advocate.
WAPSIPINIooN . CT. rE1rnr Valley
RAILROAD,

Among the many projects of the coun-
try the above is receiving a, much and as
deserved attention as any other railroad
now in course Of construction or before
the public mind. In order to succeed,
a Railroad must have not only feasible
route, but it must also have some natural
and peculiar advantage over rival roads,
and occupy the shortest and most direct
route from point to point that can possi-
bly, be found throughout the whole range
of country proposed to be tapped by it.
By referring to the map it will be seen
at once that the Wapsipinioon possesses
this advantage, not only over It's present
rival, the G. |. d. N. Railroad, but over
all other routes, inasmuch as il is link
in direct line from the terminus of the
Galena road at Fulton City, to st. Paul,
the terminus of the Cedar Valley road
with which it connects at the north line
of this State
To more fully show the advantages
which this road possesses over all others
IN point OF distance, we give the follow
ing figures from measurements of one of
the first engineers of the country, and, i,
therefore, we conclude they are correct !:
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-06-27
An Editor on his Travels.

One of our brother editors has been
travelling some, and relates how the bar
Der made dead head" Of him:
While on board steamer the "fuzz"
grew rather longer than was agreeable,
and we repaired to the barber shop to
have it taken off. The fellow did it up in
first rate style, and We pulled out dime
and profiered it to him, as reward for
his services. He drew himself up with
considerable pomposity-
q understand" said he, dat you is
an editor 90
"Well ! what of it 90 said we.
"We neber charge editors muffin p
"But, my woolly FRIEND" We contin-
ued, /" there are good many editors trav-
cling now a-days, and such liberality on
your part will prove ruinous business. 4"
Oh nebber mind" remarked the
barber, "we makes it all up off de gem
men,"
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-06-27
RESULT OF A FREE STATE TRIUMPH.

The st. Louis Democrat is exceedingly
jubilant over what it justly considers the
result of the late Free State triumph-the
rapid appreciation ofreal estate in that city.
Itsays that the emigration both to the city
and State is unexampled,-and the sales
of property are daily made at prices that
have never been approached before
These are legitimate consequences of the
avowal at the polls, that free white labor
is hereafter to be encouraged and protect
ed. The Democrat has proved itself a
true prophet Chicago Tribune.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-06-27

THE PUBLIC LANDs.-Since 1850,
Congress has granted to railroad enter
prises twenty and a half millions acres of
public lands as follows: To Iowa, 5, 456,
600; Illinois, 2,596,06 Michigan, s.
096, 900 to Alabama, Missouri and Flor
ida, each 100000 to Mississippi, Wis
consn, and Louisiana, each 1000, 900 |;
aud to Arkansas, l 1865, ,497. In the year
M9fss M189fss a4sbbG(Ss bbGsvf4q vf4qrty G wplli9R aeaes of al4
eight million for land warrants, six million
of swamp land approved to the States, and
fifteen millions granted to railroads-ma-
king total ofnearly y twice the business Of
any previous year.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-06-27
Teiegraphing through Water.

l Ihave seen several articles in the Ma
honal hatelligencer and other papers, from
Europeans and Americans, claiming late
originality in the success of this expert
ment. AS everything connected with the
subject has peculiar interest at this time,
| send you an extract OF letter written
by Dr.. Franklin to Peter Collinson, OF
London. The doctor says:
Chagrined little that we have hith-
erto been able TO produce nothing in this
way of use to mankind, and the hot
weather coming on, when electrical ex-
pcrments are not so very agreeable, it is
proposed 10 put an end to them for The
season, somewhat humorously, in a party
of pleasure on the banks of the Schuyl
kill. Spirits at the same time are TO b
fired by spark sent from side to side
through the river, without any other con
ductor than the water an experiment
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-06-27

shot dead, name not known. p +. Bell
Seventh Ward, knee terribly fractured
Col. Williams, of the Land office, shot in
the left arm, while standing at his win
dow, in the second story of his house.
Colonel Keans, also of the Land Office,
was shot, but how seriously injured we
did not learn.
An old man lay dead near Hyatt's store,
shot through the head and breast.
Another man shot in the abdomen,
near the market house, dropped apparent
ly fatally wounded, and was carried away
by his friends.
The groans of tlae wounded and the
execration of their friends upon the sol
dicrs, filed the air, with the sight OF
pools of clotted blood upon the sidewalks
and streets, made up scene such we
trust as our city will never again be
called upon to experience.
The Washington Union gives the fol-
lowing additional list of wounded
Somers, saddler, probably mortally.
Samuel Cassidy, shot in the head.
James Wright, of Anne Arundel coun-
ty, Nd, shot in the thigh.
Biddeman, timer, shot in the arm.
James Stafford, plasterer, shot in the
leg and through the body.
Richard Owen, shot in the arm.
John Owen, stonecutter, shot in the
hand.
A marine severely wounded.
Thomas Willis, Anne Arundel county.
shot in the back.
P.F. Bell, Seventh Ward, shot in the
knee.
One of the Baltimore rowdies shot in
the leg.
John Fouche, severely.
Samuel Fenton, in the arm.
Mr.. Lawrenson, (Mercury), shot
through his hat, grazing his head.
1t is rumored that several were killed
and many wounded not mentioned in the
above list-among whom are one or two
women and small boy.
All that were killed or wounded, with
one or two exceptions among the wounded
were peaceable citizens, passing by or
looking quietly on.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-06-27

which we sometime since performed to
the astonishment of the navy.
A turkey is to be killed for our dinner
by the electric shock, and roasted by the
electric jack, by fire kindled by the
electric bottle when the health of all
the famous electricians of England, Hol-
land, France and Germany are to be
drank in electrified bumpers, under a
discharge of guns from the electrical bat
tery.-Nationat htelligencer.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-06-27

MONEY Misunderstanding to the
Treasury estimates, there are in this
country about $3.50, 100000 in gold, of
which little more than fifth is in the
banks-leaving little short of 100000
900 TO be found elsewhere. The treasu-
ry boards very commonly from twenty to
twenty-five mi!lions-leaving, probably,
$4,000, 900 TO be sought among the
people. Allowing so, ,000-a lib
eral estimate-to be in actual use, there
remains $l25,0O0, 900 which is boarded
by the people, in imitation of the Gov
ernment, and to an extent six times cx-
ceeling the Treasury boards.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-06-27

. GETTING TO HEAVEN BY WAY OF New
ORLEANs.-Ihe fnilaoelpnla oolIr>,
dent of the New York Dispatch gives
the following:
We have Methodist preacher here
who is jolly wag. A few days ago, a
young man who had long been attached
to his church, and who was about TO leave
for New Orleans, came to bid his pastor
farewell.
"And so you are going to that degen-
crate place, New Orleans, are You ?"
Yes, sir; but | don't expect to be
influenced by any extraneous pressure OF
any kind" responded the young man,
with considerable earnestness.
Well, l am glad to see you so con-
fident. | hope the Lord will guide you.
But do you know the temptations which
exist there 2"
Not particularly, sir"
Well, do. You'll find wanton wo.
men in the guise of Peris, tempting the
very elect; and rare wines and ardent
drinks and you'll find gay company
and night brawling, and gambling and
dissipation, and running after the lusts
of the old man Adam
"Sill, sir, hope to combat these
successfully"
Il hope you will, my dear Christian
BROTHER was the reply. 81 hope you
will. And let me give you this much
for your consolation in case you should
fall from grace. The tempter is much
worse than the sin, and the greater the
temptation, the more merit .hs5e Il ,iisat! Is il
en- by ,eoy Of Nep Orleans, is sure to have
twice rs high place in eternal glory as
he who reaches paradise through the
quiet portals of Connecticut or Pennsyl
vania."
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-06-27

the most explicit manner, acknowledged
the validity Of the Territorial organization
would in futnre be effectually debarred
from further opposition to it on the
ground of the illcgality which it is inher-
ent with.
Their invitation is very seductive, but
it favors very much of the petty allegory
of "The Spider and the Fly" and the
moral is too instructive to be lost sight
of, especially in politics.-Topeka Tribune
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-06-27

SINGULAR DIsCovERY-Thel lower jaw
bone Of an animal was found last week,
some ten feet under ground, where they
were digging tora a dam on Tamarac Creek
Trempeleau county. The jaw weighs 72
lbs., the distance between the arlculating
joints is two feet; length of jaw about the
same, which runs nearly TO a point in
front. Two teeth only were inserted,
each about eight inches long. Some In
dians bought one OF the teeth for dollar
aud half. We will give more particu-
lars when received Crosse Dem.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-06-27
Election Riot at Washington City.

The Washington Star charges that a
gang of hired ruflians and bullies, g Plug
Uglies," and other unhung worthless from
Baltimore were imported by the Know
Nothings to take violent possession of the
polls, and armed with revolyers, billies,
and slung- to prevent the citizens
from depositing their votes. 1t gives the
names of number of persons who were
injured in the melee which ensued. The
President ordered out the U. S Marines,
the stores were closed, and general
fight occurred near the Northern Liber-
ties market house. The Star gives the
names of those killed and wounded:
Aston, grocery keeper, shot through
the head, dead. Thomas Wills, of Anne
Arundel county, Nd, shot in the back,
fatally, it is thought. A colorel man
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-06-27

DANGEROUS BILL.-We were shown
yesterday very dangerous altered bank
bill, SO tinely executed that it has evil
IDENTIFY, from the thumb marks, passed
without detection through numerous
bankers handsr The bill purported to
be ten on the '' Second Ward Bank of
Milwaukee, but was altered from a one on
that bank. The "ten' in die work is
exquisitely executed, and the words "sten
dollars" in the center of the bill is well
done. Look out for it.-Er. d H.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-06-27

Hay CAPs--The New York Tribune
s4Hs,tlstt .sesea ahapahqteehf nsr.c1.rr0r6 & auu
vexation prevented, if all the farmers
would provide themselves with hay caps
before commencing their haying.-Now
is the time to provide them. and nothing
can be more simple All that is wanted
is as many pieces of cotton sheeting, two
yards square, as you will be likely to
have cocks of hay at any one time. liable
to be caught in shower. The corners
of the cloth should have loops to pin them
to the hay by long wooden pins, made OF
hazle brush or any other smooth sticks,
which are preferable to stones or weights
on the corners.
AS to the usefulness, proiitablcness, and
convenience of hay caps, there is now no
longer any room for dispute--the thing
has been proved by housands--proyed
that no farmer in Ameria can afford TO do
without hay caps; because they viii gem
orally pay for their cost every year, and
some seasons those who have used them
assert that they have paid their cost more
than twice over.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-06-27

PAPER.-Tnere are $50 paper mills in
the United States, in which are 5000
engines, making 100000 pounds day,
or 270,Oo0,0OU a year; 5000 tons of
straw for wrapping paper and paste boards
tation of rags of 10000 tons. Il is esti-
mated that one and half pounds of rags
are required to make pound of paper,
and the cost of labor is one aud a quarter
cents for each pound Of paper. The con
sumption of paper in this country equals
that of England and France.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-06-27

nesota. This being the state of the case,
we think we are warranted in recommend
ing it to the public, and particularly to
the favorable notice of the citizens of our
city and its vicinity, and asking for their
aid in the construction of this, to us, i'm
portant road.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-06-27

M 81
Thus it will be seen that there is saw
ing of SCI miles in favor of the Wapsi-
pinicon road, which alone would seem to
give II a preponderance in the public fav
or, but there are several additional rea-
sons, which we think add greatly to that
already shown. 1t starts from Anamosa,
which is sc miles from the Mississippi
river, and runs distance of ITO miles
TO the Stale line, where it connects with
the Cedar Valley Road, this being the
full length of the road, while the c., l..
d. N. Road starts from the Mississippi and
must be built to the north line of the
State before uniting with the Cedar Val
ley Road. a distance, by its line of tro
hanared and thirty miles, more than twice
as much road to build as the other has.
Dul' suppose that they are both to be
puiit' then it becomes a question as to
"h'ch oilers the greatest inducement for
investment Or which can secure the
trade and travel of the country and fins
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-06-27
Destructive Tornado i'm Central Illinois
Loss of Life.
PANA, Christian CO., June ID, 81
Eds. Chicago Tribune.

PANA, Christian Co., June ID, ST
Eds. Chicago Tribune:
Our town was visited
yesterday afternoon by the most terrific
and destructive hail-storm ever known in
Christian county. II has destroyed al
most everything in lis course. 1t has
leveled Twenty-Five houses in our village,
and done serious damage to fifty others,
mine among them. Many of the houses
left standing are rendered worthless, be-
ing riven and shattered. Some of the
houses have been taken so clean and pre-
cipitated from their foundations, that you
could hardly tell where they had stood.
Roofs were carried through the air as if
they were straws. A number of new
stores just completed were torn into frag-
ments, and the wreck scattered about
The new Presbyterian church was moved
some distance, and partially destroyed.
The roof of the Illinois Central freight
depot was taken off large number of
cars were hurled by the fury of the wind
from the track Quite number of per-
sons were wounded by timbers and pieces
of buildings thrown through the air by
the tornado, and l have just heard a re-
port that a woman and three children
were killed by a falling building. 9th
ers may not recover from their injuries.
The storm was accompanied with a
deluge of rain and a heavy shower of
hailstones. The air was dark when the
awful tornado broke upon us it was
terrific scene while it lasted. The ele-
ments howled and roared, buildings were
dashed in the path of the storm tim
bers, rails, boards, roofs and every NOV
able article were hurled through the air.
Strong men stood aghast women and
screamed with terror. Many
were hurled headlong to the ground and
ro1iUc ro4resri Uy t1Ic TIe rr1Iuss -l--.,o,.
Some of the more ignorant people sup
posed the comet was about striking the
earth, and was causing all the uproar and
devastation. They were awfully fright
ened, believing as they firmly did, that
the last day had come.
Our pleasant town is in a sad plight
torn and destroyed. Many of
our people are left wholly destitute, es-
Gaping from their dwellings with nothing
but the few clothes upon their bodies
All their household furniture and other
personal property having been swept
away or destroyed by the atmospheric
delug.. These poor people are left in
very suffering condition, and arc proper
objects for public benevoleace.
The value OF property destroyed is
variously estimated at fifty to one hundred
thousand dollars. D. D.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-06-27

A WoMAN's IDEA OF A STRONG MIED-
ED WoMAN.-Mrs. M. p. Legare, editress
of the New Orleans Southern Mirror,
says;
" Woman is BY appointment supreme
in the social and domestic circle il is
much more important that she have the
liner faculties OF her nature in high
state of cultivation than tie stronger and
more masculine qualities of tie mind
She had better be philanthropist than a
philosopher. One Florence Nightingale
is worth more to mankind than all the
Lucretia Motts and Fanny L. Townsends
that ever cursed the Worthwhile, in the
domestic circle, one good, intelligent,
amiable wife or sister, who, with such
mental training as serve to develop its
to woo its refined pleasures and human
izing influences, shines brighter than a
whole Woman's Rights Convention in
solemn conclave, resolving the hablli-
ments and usurping the realm OF the 9TH
er sex. Woman's element is love, her
weakness is her strength. battle against
innovation, female suffrage, lady physic-
ians and Bloomer dresses"
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-06-27

Two HUNDRED FEMALES were present
at puglistic encounter at New Orleans,
last week and many of them, it is said,
were betting freely on the result of the
fight.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-06-27

VERMONT SrAPLEs.-Vermont produces
four staples, namely, men, women, maple
sugar, and horses. SAKE says
The first are strong, the last are feet
The second aud third are exceedingly sweet,
Aad all are uneommonly hard to beat.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-06-27
Why We do not Vote.

why VIC uO AOt SOtcs
1t is assumed by these would-be guar
dians of Kansas politics, that our own oft
repeated protestations of superiority in
numbers, and of desire to settle the
whole question amicably at the ballot box,
as well as proper regard for the reputa-
ton of our friends in the States require
us to pursue different course, but we do
not SO regard it. Our duty to ourselves
and to our country is plain. We repeat
with full knowledge of the past, that
we are overwhelmingly in the majority
evidenced by the recent election in
ance in the Territory, besides Lecompton,
where the pro-slavery men have ever
claimed majority-witnessed also by
the recent heavy immigration, which is
universally acknowledged to have been
Free State men ten to one. We protest,
also, that we are yet, as heretofore ready
and anxious to submit the question, un-
der proper safeguards, to the arbitrament
OF the ballot box, authorized by FEDE-
RAJ LAW. We must have higher au
thority for SO proceeding than the ambig-
uous enactment of mock Legislature,
imposed upon us by mob violence, at a
time when the hands of the Free State
party were comparatively weak-and the
law itself, under which we are required
to act, abounding in regulations of the
grossest injustice and specious duplicity,
and from which there is no appeal. No
guarantee is given for the submission of
the Constitution to the People, after it is
framed, and name oiU be by the Territorial
authorities. Indeed, it would avail no.
thing ii it should be submitted, as the
law provides that none can vote in either
case whose names are not contained in
the census returns as actual residents on
the 18th day of April, and it is a notorious
fact that not one in ten of the known
Free State settlers is contained in those
lists-and it is an equally notorious fact
that thousands of actual residents of the
State Of Missouri are named in those lists,
election.
Put this and that together, and then
calculate the chances for fair unbiased
vote. Add to them the fact, also, that
the whole bogus machinery, from Gov
ernor down TO Constable, is in the hands
of set of men who have been appointed
TO their respective positions for the pur-
pose of making this slave State, and who
have heretofore manifested no compunc-
tons about the means employed for that
purpose, and some idea can be formed of
the degrees of fairness with which the
canvass will be conducted.
Indeed, in many portions of the Ter
ritory where there is a manifest prepon-
derence of Free State settlers no enumer-
/ aeon thuteotF H0S oOt|S Wte"ePteu, anu
consequently, by the provisions of the
census act, no poll can be held.
The slave party in Kansas are as anx-
ious as any of their apologists in tn,
North, that we shall go TO the polls with
them. Bat they have good and yalid
reason therefor. They well know that i.
the event, ii fbeaten, as we certainly should
be, under the systematic fraud which il
10 control the election, the Free Stat,
party, having understandingly, and il
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-06-27

NICE Fruit CAKE.--OAelb, sugar, one
half ofbutter, 4eggs, l teacup sweet milk.
81 cups flour, teaspoon soda. spices as
you fancy and as much fruit as you
choose