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Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-04-04
BE COURTEOUS AT HOME.

Why not be polite ? How much does
it cost you TO say, &C. thank you ~ Why
not practice it at home--to your husband.
to your children, your domestics =? If
stranger does YOU some act of courtesy,
how sweet the smiling acknowledgment
If your husband, ah, it is matter Of
coursc--no need of thanks. Should All
acquaintance tread on your dress, your
best, your very best, and by accident
tear it, how profuse you are with your
"Never mind--don't think of it don't
care at all ;" if husband does it, hc
gets frown----if child, it is chastiscd.
All, these are little things" say you.
but they tell nightly upon the heart, let
me assure you, little as they are. A gen.
tleman stops at friends house and finds
it in confusion. He sees nothing for
which to apologize, never thinks of such
matters. Everything is right-cold sup
per, cold room, crying children--perfect
ly comfortable. Goes home where his
wife has been taking care of the sick
ones, and working her life almost out -
" Don't see why things can't be kept in
order---thcre never was such cross chill
dren before No apologies accepted at
home. Why lot be polite at home p
Why not use freely lhat golden coin Of
courtesy? How sweeiy they sound,
those little words, q thank YOU" or
q" Y GU are very kind !" doubly. yes, thrice
sweet from the lips We love, when Ter
smile makes the eye sparkle with the light
OF affection. BE polite to your children.
Do you expect them TO be mindful of
your welfare, to grow glad at your ap-
preach, to bound away to do Your plea
sure before the request is half spoken ?
Then with all your dignity and authority
mingle politcness give it a niche in your
household temple Christian Treasury.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-04-04
5lsttllanrolls IL s /.
CONSTITUTION
OF THE
S I A I f Fl low A
CONTINUED.
A DTTCY A
ARTICLE 4.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.

SECTION /. The supreme executive
power OF this State shall be vested in a
Chief Magistrate, who shall be styled the
Governor of the State of Iowa.
SEC. e. The Governor shall be elected
by the qualified electors at the time and
place of voting for members of the Gen
cral Assembly, and shall hold his Office
two years from the time of his installa-
ton, and until his successor i, elected
and qualified.
SEC. 3. There shall be a Lieutenant
Governor, who shall hold his office two
years, and be elected at the same tine
with the Governor. In voting for Gov
ernor and Lieutenant Governor, the cleo
tors shall designate for whem they vote
as Governor, and for whom as Lieuten-
ant Governor. The return Of every
election for Governor and Lieutenant
Governor, shall be sealed up and trans
mittcd to the seat Of government of the
State, directed to the Speaker of the
House of Representatives, who shall
open and publish them in the presence
OF both Houses Of the General Assembly
? SIC. 4. The persons respectively hav-
ing the highest number of votes for Gov
ernor and Lieutenant Governor, shall be
declared duly elected; but in case two
or more persons shall have an equal and
the highest number of votes for either
Office, the General Assembly shall, by
joint vote, forthwith proceed to elect one
Of said persons Governor, or Lieutenan
Governor as the case may be.
SEC. 5. Contested elections for Cover
nor. or Lieutenant Governor, shall be dc
t'rmined by the General Assembly il
suca manner as may be prescribed b.
law.
SIC. s. No person shall be eligible t
tie Office Of Governor or Lieutenant Gov
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-04-04
PUTNAM AS A SPY.

i-Aman" the officers of the Revolution
Iary army none, probably, posscssed more
originality than General Putnam, who
was eccentric and fearless, blunt in his
manners, the daring soldier without the
polish of a gentleman. He might well
bc called the Marmion of the North,
though be disliked disguise, probably
from tha fact Of his lisping, which was
very apt to overthrow any trickery which
he might have in view. AT this time a
stronghold called Horseneck, some miles
from New York, was in the hands of the
British. Putnam, with few sturdy pa
triots, was lurking in the vicinity. bent
on driving them from the place. Tirel
OF lurking in ambush, the men began to
be imI atient, and importuned the Gene. :
al with the question, as to when they were
to have bout with the foe One morn
ing be made speech, something to tie
following effect, which convinced them
that something was in the wind Eel
lows, YOU have been idle too long, and so
have OK team and bag of corn Ii come
back, | will let you know the particulars,
if ! should not, let them have it, by
hockey He soon afterwards mounted
his ox-cart, dressed as one of the com
monest order of Yankee farmers. and
was soon at Bucks tavern, which was in
possession of the British troops. No
sooner did the officer espy him than they
began TO question him as TO his wherea-
bouts, and finding him complete sim
plcton as they thought, they began to
quiz him, and threatened to seize the corn
and fodder. How much do You ask
for Your whole concern ," asked they.
.tor mercy's sake, gentleman" replied
plorable look Of entrea,vith the most de-
on ana You shall have my hull to,n, :, y, 6 /,
/ load for nothing, -r.--..., 'N''ii ana
I'll give my word I'll return i6t.ifthtb dew.
and pay You heartily FOR your kindness
and condescension )" "Well," said they,
'we'll take your word /; leave the team
and provender with Us, and we won't re-
quire any bad bail for Your appearance, "
/ Putnam gave up his team, and sauntercd
about for an hour or so, gaining all the
information he wished. lie then return
cd 10 his men and told them of The foe
and the plan of attack. The morning
came and with it sailed out the gallant
band. The British Mere handled with
rough hands, and they surrendered I,
General Putnam, the elod-hopper sarcas
tically remarking " Gentlemen, | have
kept my word. | told you l would cal
and pay you for your kindness and con
, deScension."
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-04-04
| From the Lexington (Mo.) Express. !
THE KANSAS INIQUITY.

Duplicity has been successful so far,
! but, as we said before. the hour set apart
FOR the evolution or the Kansas mystery
is at hand.-Leringtos (Ky.) OJsereer.
, 1t has come, and the world beholds the
South betrayed, and the Missourans dup
ed and swindled. If those persons who,
short time ago, claimed to be the Pro-
Slavery party in Kansas Territory, are TO
be believed, then the Kansas excitement
was most stupendous humbug and
swindle, withouta solitary mitigating fea-
ture.
The history of the Kansas question is
sal, and at this time we shall not enter up
on it only so far as may be necessary TO
expose the moral and political turpilude
of those men whom we once thought were
the genuine friends of the South. Our
attention has been directed to this matter
by the appearance of IN address to the
people OF The U. S, promulgated by the
late Lecompton Convention. The ad-
dress to which we allude is signed by
committee of twenty-on gentlemen APP
pointed by said convention, and purports
to give a history of the Kansas question
up to the present time. This document
we have read with great care, and have
come to the conclusion that, if the state
ments in it are true, the South has been
shamefully betrayed, and Missourians
duped and swindled-duped politically,
and swindled out of their money, their
property, and their time. The address
is before us in pamphlet form, and
throughout its eigntcen solid pages is de-
vo.ed 70 proving that the question Of
..s!ayeLy was not the issue in the KaHs''e
lion 10 tie Free sutc party IN Kansas,
was not and never had been Pro Slay-
ery party, and tie whole winding up with
an appeal to Tie Frccsoicrso of the Terri
tory TO come to the standard OF Democ-
racy as set up by the Convention.
This is indeed strange talk TO come from
those who for two years past have flood
ed Missouri with appeals for aid-mate-
rial aid, men and money--to save Kansas
from the vandal hands of Anti Slavery
ism, to make Kansas "A Slave State. Such
has never been our understanding OF
! these contests in Kansas we thought il
was Slavery and nothing but Slavery
that was at issue To accomplish the
establishment of Slavery in Kansas we
are sure, was all that induced the people
of this county 10 turn out by hundreds,
and almost by thousands, TO sustain ,hcil
pretended friends in Kansas. To tha
end they subscribed hundreds and thou
sands of dollars, and paid it wilhou
grumbling, under The assurance that i
was necessary in order 10 decide the con
test going on in Kansas in favor Of pro
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-04-04
CREMATION-CURIOUs VILLAIN ExCIT.
ING TIME COMING.

/ The revival Of this ancient rite-burn-
ing the dead--is beginning to awaken
considerable attention, especially in quar-
ters that will ere long be felt. An emil
nent New York physician, somewhat ne
torious for his ecccntricitv. has written
very able and elaborate work on the sub
jet, replete with facts and classical ar
SuiiIent9, i'm 80 favor. This work is net
TO be published until after his death, and
the following are some of lie cur iuus
provisions in his will respecting il His
own mortal remains are first 10 be kept
for five days in a warm room the thorax
is'lhen TO be opened, and the heart es-
tracted this is to be embalmed and IN
closed in thick yellum bag. strongly
impregnatcd with asphallum the re-
mainder Of his body is then TO be pub
llcly burnt on pyre of sassafras or san
dal wood, in one of the public cemeter.
ies,-the ashes carefully gathered and
deposited, with the embalmcd heart, in a
bronze urn. Five copies Of the leading
daily papers, containing an account of
the whole proceedings, are likewise di-
rected to be deposited in the urn, which
is then to be hermetically sealed and TAX
en- to the New York Museum. In tho
midst of the excitement which these pro-
ceedings will occasion, the work in oues-
ton is TO be published, and, for the cir
culation of which, $4,000 are appro-
priated. a like sum is also provided for
distribution among Tie city officials and
leading politicians of all parties, who re.
ceise from s25 TO 500 each, for assist
ing in the ceremony. A further sum of
$4,000 is also set apart for the editorial
fraternity, 10 be divided pro rata accord
ing TO their intluence--our friends Of lie
Tribune and Herald coming in, as usual,
for the lions share. Should anything
transpire to prevent the dae execution of
this part of the will, The bulk of his pro-
perty is to be Mt once transferred to a char
table institution in Philadelphia. In
deed, the whole gist of the will turns VI.
on the due performance Of the ceremony
,'e'''-tiaa. and the eciat given thereby
70 Tie work in question.
( the attorney wme--
who estimates the property OF tho gthtff'tA
man at 100000. \ more ingenious
plan was never devised for giving noto-
ricty to a posthumosss work, and creating
a tremendous excitement, backed up by
a formidable array of pecuniary consid-
erations,-- ggfalo Republic,
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-04-04

of the people of the State of Iowa, sealed
with the Great Seal Of the State of Iowa,
signed by the Governor and counter
signed by the Secretary of State.
Sec. 22. A Secretary of State, Auditor
of State and Treasurer of State, shall be
elected by the qualified electors, who
shall continue in office two years, and un-
til their successors are elected and quail
fed; and perform such duties as may be
required by law.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-04-04

L ,aa:,,4r esnasi1lan Sf.,.
a clergyman who knew the trutnf~.l. hy
of it, concerning an attack made by rob
bers upon a farm house in Canada. sey-
eral wears ago. The farm house was a
solitary one there WAS not another with
in half-mile OF il. On the night of the
attack, there was good deal of money
in the house. the proceeds Of a large
sale OF tick made that day. The mother
and her three young children, and maid
servant, were the sole inmates. They had
retired to rest some time. The wind was
bowling fearfully, and shook the wooden
house at every blast. This kept the poor
woman awake, and she thought she heard
in the pauscs of the tempest, some strange
and unusual noises, seemingly AT th,
back Of the house While eagerly list
ening to catch the sound again, she wa,
startled by the violent barking of dog
apparently in a room in the front of th'
house, Immediately beneath the bed
chamber. This alarmed her still more
as they had no dog of their own. Sh'
Immediately rose, and going 10 tie maid
room, awokc her, and they went dvN'
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-04-04

Pax OF GES. ScorT.-The National
lntelligenees says the question II pay and
allowances to L.icut, General Scott, was
settled daring the aAsing hours Of the
late session Of Gongsess, The arreara-
res due the veteran, it Is understood, will
amount TO about thirty thousand four
hundred dollars. and his annual pay aud
emolumen.s will hereafter be iifeeu thou
sand dollars,
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-04-04
qoftrp.
From the American Mess .nger]
BEREAVEMENT AND CONsOL Alto,

1t is not in the parting hour.
When those we fondly love
Have brcathed to us their last farewell,
And winged their way above;
Nor yet, when in the darksoine grave
We lay them TO their rest,
The sharpcstpang of sorrow rends
The stricken mourner's breast.
lis when We seek our lonely home,
And meet no more the smile
Which could the darkest cloud dispel,
And every care beguilc;
And when we meet around the board,
Or at the house Of prayer;
lis then the heart most feels It's loss
The loved ones art. not there.
And thus, while days and months steal on,
AS memory brings to view
The vision of departed joys.
Our grief is stirred anew.
Though faith may own Fathers hand,
Yet nature will rebel,
And feel how hard il is to say,
:" He hath done all things we'll"
o, mournful memories Of the past
fe wear our lives away;
le ehaunt Us in our dreams by night,
And through each weary day;
The home which late, like Ed ms Lower,
In blooming beauty smiled,
fe make barren Wilderness
A desert waste and wild,
Tut why thus yield TO fruitless grief?
Are they net happier far,
The saintel ones for whom we mourn,
Than we who linger hereg
Our hearts should glow with grateful love
To HIN, whose watchful eve
Slw dangers gathering round their path,
Aud called them to the sky.
Not long shall we their loss deplore;
For soon the hour will come
When we, with those so fondlyr loved,
Shall slumber in the tomb.
Then let the remnant Of our days
BE to His service given,
Who hid oar idols in the graw,
I,est IRE should fail Of hearca.
A.. p. c.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-04-04


The following important act in relation
to swamp and overf owed lands, passed at
the last session Of Congress, and is now
law:
AN ACT to confirm TO the several States
the swamp and overfowed lands selec-
ted under the act of September 28th,
1859, and the act of March Cd. 1919.
Be il enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
Of America, in Congress assembled,
That the selections Of swamp and over
flowed lands granted to the several States
by The act OF Congress, approved Sep
tember 90, 1850, and the act of March
2t, l840, heretofore made and reported
to the Commissioner of the General Land
Office, SO far rs the same Shall remain
vacant and unappropriated, and not inter
fored with by any actual settlement under
amy existing law of the United States, be,
and the same are hereby confirmed, and
shall be approved and patented to the
said several States, in conformity with
the provisions of The act aforesaid, as
soon as may be practicable after the pas
sage of this law Provided, however,
That nothing in this act contained shall
interfere with the provisions of the act of
Congress, entitled :" An act for the relief
of purchasers and locators of swamp and
overflowed lands" approved March Cd,
1855, which shall be and is hereby con
tlnued in force, and extended to all en-
tries and locations of lands, claimed as
swamp lands, made since its passage.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-04-04

SEC. 13. The qualified electors of each
judicial district shall, at the time of elec-
ton of District Judge, elect District
Attorney, who shall be resident of the
district for which he is elected, and shall
hold his Office for the term of four years,
and until his successor shall have been
elected and qualified.
SEC. IA. 1t shall be the duty of the
General Assembly to provide for the car
rying into effect ef this article, and to
provide for general system of practise
in all the Courts of this State.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-04-04

Four million dollars worth Of oys,4rs
are sod a1Gua,ly n S.a Io;A Ca.-
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-04-04

subse..5e FOR payer anl pay for il.
The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1857-10-15
The Mother of Lord Byron.

Lord Byron was afflicted with club foot.
and wen young he submitted to some very
painful operations to have the deformity re-
moved. but with no success. His mother
was a proud, passionate and wicked woman,
and even the yearnings of natural affection
seemed stifled. There is no good proof that
her son naturally had worse disposition
than other Children but there was in h,m
great power for good or evil, waiting only
to be quickened into life Let us see the in
fuence his mother exerted on his brilliant
and powerful mind.
The readers Of Byron's life must have
shuddered TO hear him speak Of his mother.
Moore, the biographerof Byron, speaks three
times Of this fact and the passages are SO
remarkable that will transcribs them liter.
ally. The first ia brief but significant.
.on the subject Of his deformed foot,
Byron described the feeling Of horror aud
humiliation that came over hun when his
mother, in one Of her fits Of passion, called
him a iame brat f''--.M .Moors's Byron, vol. /
.2l. M
The second passage Is scarcely less signi-
fcsnt
!. But in the case Of Lord Byron, disap
pointment met him at the very threshold Of
life. His mother, TO whom bis affection .
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A Man of Destiny.

n correspondent OF the Richmond Wh0
communicates the following concerning one
of the rescued from the Central America
:" Mr.. John d. Dement,, of Oregon City,
Q. T., one of the saved from the Central
America, whose name has undergone Loz.
en- telegraphic transportations, has expert.
enced a most eventfui life for one so Young.
Residing in the neighborhood Of Washing
ton city, where he was born, he volunteered
IN the Ritie Regiment, composed principally
OF the best blood of that region, rs shown
by the service rendered during the Mexican
war. lie fought in every battle from Vera
Cruz TO the gates of the city and never re
ceived scratch. During the occupation of
that capitol, he occupied prominent posi-
ton in the police department, and escaped
many well laid plois against his life, on the
part OF The Greascr population. lie was
the first man To volunteer on the call of
General Scott for a certain number who
should blow up the castle of Chepultepec at
the certain sacrifice of their lives.
For his gallantry he was promoted to a
Lieutenancy in the regular army, lst Artil.
lery--a double honor. His first order was
to the post Of Sleiacoom on Pagot's Sound,
waste bowling wilderness, where his ad.
ventures with the Indians grizzlys, and 9TH
er varmints, would form most interesting
book. On one occasion he took a small
sailing boat, of the size of an oyster pung,
and with only four men, rescued from
most savage tribe Of Indians, occupying an
island, several persons, including lady and
child, who had been wrecked and barbari.
onsly treated. Persons familiar with the
adventure pronounce it one of the most he
roic and daring, requiring an amount of di.
plomacy rarely found-one which Napoleon
might have delighted to honor with the
grand cross III the presence Of the grand
army.
Finding the soldiers life in time of peace
too monotonous, or obeying All irresistible
impulse to active life, he resigned his posi-.
tion, while stationed at the pleasant post of
Charleston, took to himself wife and re-
turned to Oregon to Join his brother in bus
iness, who, il may be said by the way, had
crossed the Rocky Mountains with the first
train that ever went to Oregon for the pur-
pose of settlement.
Now comes the remarkable feature of his
travels on the sea. Last year in coming in
for goods he was in the steamer Illinois,
which was SO near being lost, and arrived
in Norfolk under such painful circumstances.
This year he meets the ill,faled Central
America and he ge,s into Norfolk again.
Pity il is that we are not in possession of
lis account Of the catastrophe. While his
case may not have differed essentially from
Others, we are sure he knows as much as
any who made statements, and that as in all
the rest of his works, his nodesty would be
equal to his merit"
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that everybody can see 10 whose ty they
belong, and the church can excomlnunicate
them, or quit swearing altogether.
A man who is telling the truth, and is not
in passion about it. has no temptation to
swear. Unless he has formed habit of
using profane language, he will never think
of it. A plain and straight forward state
ment will satisfy him, however important
the matter, or how great his interest in it,
But as the Christian has no right even to tell
lie, or to get into "a passion, he has no
more business to swear, even in the Lillipu
t,an and cowardly way, than an angel has.
And if any of our readers have fallen into
the habit, we ask them TO sit down and
think how their pretty profani les would
sound in heaven, and what the angels would
think Of them, il uttered in their presence.
We ought not TO indulge in any habit that
we know would be out Of place in our ft,.
ture home, for this life is given to us time
OF preparation for the life to come.
G. C. Herald.
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olfoge among all classes Of luorhiaa 5flsn.,

first naturally and with order turned, either
rePelled them rudely, or capriciously tritled
with them. In speaking Of his early days
TO friend at Genos, short time bef)re his
departure for Greece, he traced b,s first
feelings of pain and Humiliation to the cold
ness with which his mother had received his
caresses in infancy, and the frequent taunts
on his personal deformity, With which she
wounded him."
This passage, found on the 146tl, page, is
only excelled in dreadfulness by the follow
ing on the lssth page:
lie had spoken of bis mother TO Lord
Sligo, and with feeling that seemed little
short of aversion. Sometime or other,
said Byron, will tell YOU why thus feel
towards her. A few days after. when they
were bathing together in the Gulf of Lepan.
to, he referred to his promise, and pointing
to his naked leg exclaimed, Look here ! il
is to her false delicacy at my birth owe
that deformity; and yet as long as can re.
member, she has never ceased to taunt and
reproach me with it. Even few DAYS be.
fore we parted for the last time, on my
leaving England, she, in one of her fits ot
passion, uttered an imprecation on me, pray.
ing that might prove as Informed in mind
as / am in body |! His look and manner in
relating the frightful circumstance, can only
be conceived by those who have seen him in
a similar state Of excitement"
What an imprecation from the lips Of q
woman, and that woman mother =
Praying that might prove as ill,shaper
in mind as am in bodyp