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Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-05-30
WHAT THE SOUTH THINKS OF 1860.

Every political event, movement and
indication at this time in the North, unite
in confirming the prediction we made as
soon as Mr. Buchanan election was es-
tablished, that the Black Republicans,
far from disbanding, would undertake
preparations for the battle of 1860 with
renewed vigor, aud more determination
and zeal than ever. Though they failed
to elect their President, yet they were
signally triumphant in consolidating such
an extended and serried political organ
ization as never before effected within the
same brief period. They were not beat
en-; thay yielded on inch of vantage
ground they encamped upon the battle
field, and are now defently Haunting their
black banners across our lines in Mary
land, Virginia and Missouri.
They have sworn never to lay down
their arms, these enemies of the South.
They hate her with Carthagenian hatred.
By the Black God they worship they have
sworn to conquer her in 1850. They are
Frightening their weapons every day.
The tramping of their gathering hosts
may be heard on every northern plain
The tocsin of the war sounds shrlly
though every Northern valley. Their
camp fires burn all along the Southern
border and in one place they have al
ready crossed the boundary and establish
ed outposts upon Southern territory.
They have never been known to take a
step backward, and their order of march
is still Southwark;
The National Democratic party has no
longer any rational hope to hold out to
the South. The South gave it victory
in 1856, and she has tasted none of the
fruits of victory yet, but Deadsea ashes.
Another such victory would leave her
naked, to starve upon the desert.
CAiiSN ~ dllld W do YAH IDI MI. Du-
cnanan by liberal tax upon Democratic
office holders. 1t is at all reasonable
that they would again undergo such tax,
with the certainty that the candidate they
were thus aiding to elect would cut their
own heads off ? Is it not more reasonable,
on the contrary, that many of them would
listen favorable to the overtures of the en-
emy to sell their party for their offices :?
Assuredly it is, as the morals of politics
go now a-day.
Meantime, We have this to say: The is
sue is distinctly made between North and
South it is a life-and death contest, and,
with her present resources, the South
cannot conquer the Union. If she is to
be saved, she must work out her own sal
vation her own foresight must be her
providence-her own will her destiny
New Orleans Delta.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-05-30
JUDGE TANEYS NEGRO CONvERT-THE
DRED SCOTT DECISION APPLIED.
From the Boston Journal.

Slamming the last door of the first car
and opening that of the second, the gen
tlemanly conductor of the New York
train made his appearance with his bow
and smile, and Tickets, gentlemen, if
you please"
Seated in the front corner, surrounded
by her personal conveniences, such as a
carpet bag, umbrella, big bundle, few
apples and pieces of cake, was colored
lady, whose face-the hue of an inverted
saucepan, contrasting with her snow
white ivory and eye-balls, gave that pleas
ing African expression which is SO often
the type of humor and good nature.
Ticket, ma'am, says our conductor,
with civility regardless of complexion.
: l hasn't got en- she replied but
Use got money, any way and she began
to tumble in her bag, then in the bum
dies, searching these through in vain.
Come, hurry up, exclaimed her now
slightly impatient friend can't wait
all day
Bress yer soul, yer don't think find
everything in minute, but I'se got
money somewhar-must be in dis yeah
carpet bag, and she felt in her prcket
accordingly for the key.
Well, well. III pass through, and
when | get back, perhaps you will have
it ready
Yes, sartin, said Dinah but as he
passed along she reached out her umbrel-
la, and giving him a poke upon the
shoulder, asked "what you gwoin to
charge on freight ?
Freight what do you want to know
for p
Cause l does Use civil, amt L.
We'll, five cents foot there, don {
bother me any more, but find your mon
ey : and he went his way.
There seemed to be a peculiar drollery
about the lady's eye and mouth, as the
one rolled around in its black sea of flesh,
and the other opened to give vent to an
involuntary yah ha = 1t was notlong
before she found her purse. and withdrew
some coin, which she kept jingling in her
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-05-30

ANOTHER VOLUME OF MAcAuLAY' s
History OF ENGLAND.-The fifth volume
of Macaulay's History of England is said
to be nearly ready for the press, and may
be expected in July. 1t will bring the
narrative down to the death of VIM. Ill, ,
in ICE. Macaulay is in his fifty seventh
year, with Indifferent health He is said
to have arrived at the conclusion already
drawn by the public, that it is wholly
useless to continue the idea of writing a
history of England down to such arecent
date as he originally intended When
two volumes first appeared, nearly nine
years ago, he announced that he proposed
"to write the history of England from
the accession of King James the Second,
down to the time which is within the
memory of men still living" That is,
down to the end of the American war,
in l783-exactly the concluding period
of Lord Mahon's (now Earl of Stan
hope, History. In nine years, Macau
lay hrs written the annals, the close of
James reign, and only the opening nine
years of the reign of William and Mary.
At this slow rate it would take ninety
one additional volumes and ninety one
more years to bring the work down to
1888. Therefore, il is said, he has been
persuaded to close his history at the death
of Queen Anne, in 17l4-the actual
close of the Stuart dynasty, rs reigning
monarchs.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-05-30

THE QUESTION SErTLED.-A Virginia
gentleman, whom we met yesterday, who
has Just returned from Kansas, whittier
he went with view of inquiring into
the practicability of introducing slave la
Dor in the cultivation of that Territory,
informed us that it was the universal con-
viction of all intelligent Southern gentle
men, that the country was not adapted
to slave labor, as there was not fuel
enough In Kansas TO keep the negroes
from freezing; and, in his own language,
if five hundred negroes were introduced
into the Territory, it would take at least
two hundred and fifty of them to procure
wood to keep the others warm. This is
the most sensible and practical idea we
have yet heard on the subject Gin.
Eng.
A gentleman from Pennsylvania, who
has been holding an official position in
Kansas, called at our Office yesterday,
and he states that there is not fuel enough
in Kansas to supply the wants of its pre-
sent population during the next winter.
Unless coal be discovered in the Terri
tory, or contiguous to it, he say. resi-
dence there must be attended with great
suffering. The idea of maintaining ne
groes under such circumstances is pre-
posterous.-Chicayo Times.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-05-30

MUMMY WHEAT-The variety of wheat
called Mummy Wheat" appears to be
creating great excitement in France. AT
one of the late meetings of the Academie
des Science, at Paris, M. Meneville pro-
duced number Of wheat straws, of more
than seven feet in height, and each of
them bearing two splendid ears. This
wheat originated in five grains that were
found in an Egyptian tomb, and were
sown in l849 when after having laid
dormant for thousands of years, they
grew up luxuriantly, and yielded l,4o0
produce. Since then the sowings have
been regularly continued, and not less
than 2,0oo pounds of mummy wheat
have been sown this year in the district
of Moriaix. Last year onehalf Of field
was sown with the Egyptian, the other
half with common French wheat the
foomer gave sixty fold, the latter fifteen
fold produce.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-05-30
THE GREAT UNKNOWN.

In this republican country, when a
great man is not adorned with stars, gar
ters, medals, titles, or any other fictitious
symbols by which it may ascertain his
standing in society; where shoemaker
is general, and nabob a corporal and
where, from aught common observers
may know from outward appearances,
we may kick president and be your most
humble servant to pickpocket, we must
look very sharply upon the company we
keep.
On the morning of certain day, no
matter whcn-the reader may suppose it
any that suits his convenience, Sundays
excepted took my place in the stage
bound for the village of Griswold. On
the back seat reclined female who was
certaS "fat," but less than fair, and
more than forty, and next her sat her
diminutive and dutiful spouse, whose
craven glance and subdued tone clearly
showed that his bigger half would have
worn the breeches had it been possible
for her to get them on.
On the middle row chatted a Young
gentleman with still younger lady, and
next them was modest looking man. of
whom | did not take particular notice.
The places which require good people to
sit with th.ir backs to the horses, were
occupied by the writer of these facts, and
an unembarrassed gentleman who attrac-
ted my particular attention.
His apparel was to my eye genteel,
neat and elegant. He was evidently con
versant with society. and complied with
just SO many of its acquisitions as good
sense demanded ; perfectly at ease, in
"uoing on no one. yet ever ready to en-
g"ge IN conversation and when he an.
sWered a query or made an observation.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-05-30

DowN ON SALERATus-Bread is the
staff of life, it is said-and so it is, but
it is the staff of death, to, in this country.
Bad bread kills about as many people,
as bad rum. So many people eat poison
Gus pearlash for bread, that they die of
it by inches. Dyspepsia, that great mon-
ster disease of our country; that deranges
the liver, brings on costiveness, and thus
finally what kills the human victim, is
half the time " Pearlash.'
Here in the East-out of New Eng
land-we have nearly driven off the pearl
ash saleratus cooks, but not altogether.
Pearlash lives here yet in bread, but in
the cities and towns we have whipped
out the murderers. In the distant West
ern towns, however, beyond the good
hotels of the lakes, and on the rivers.
pearlash, under the name of saleratus, is
king. 1t is pearlash for breakfast, pearl
ash for dinner and pearlash for supper.
1t is not any wonder. then that white
people East turn yellow West and sicken
not of fever and ague, bilious and con-
gestive tevers - but oi pearlash three
times per day T. Express
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-05-30

remarks, such truth of character in it
SO much of that spirit of drollery,
mixed with mischief which often pre-
walls in the young rogues of the male
sex that one cannot help declaring it to
be, in its own words, capital fun The
epistle is sent by a country boy to what a
cockney would call his friend in town :
Now, Bob, I'll tell you what l want
| want you to come down here for the
holidays. Don't be afraid Ask your
sister to ask your mother, to ask your
father to let you come. It's only ninety
miles. The two 'prentices, George and
Will, are here to be made farmers of );
apaoJhP apao JhProe5hfggr e5h hfggrpA MIX Iii is took home from
farming very much, it's capital fun. Us
four have got a gun and go out shoot
ing, it's famous good gun, and sure to
go off if you don't full cock it. Tiger is
to be our shooting dog, as soon as he has
left off killing the sheep. He's real
savage, and worries cats beautiful. Be-
fore father comes down we mean to bate
our bull with him. There's plenty of
new rivers about, and we're going fish
ing as soon as we've mended our top
joint. We've pony, too, to ride upon,
when we can catch him ; but he's loose
in the paddock, he has neither name or
tail to signify, to lay hold of. Isn't it
fine, Bob l.? You must come. If your
mother won't give you leave to allow
you-run away. Remember, you turn
up Goswell street, to go to Lincolnshire,
and ask for Widdlefen Hall. There's a
pond full of frogs, but we won't pelt them
till you come ; but let it be before Sun
day, as there's our own orchard to rob,
and the fruit is to be gathered on Mon
day. If you like sucking raw eggs, we
know where the hens lay, and mother
don't; and I'm bound there's lots Of
birds nests, and everything that can
make you comfortable. l dare say you
could borrow your fathers volunteer
musket of him, without him knowing it;
but be sure anyhow to bring the ramrod,
as we have mislaid ours by firing it off. -
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-05-30
ASQUETON BUCHANAN COUNTY, IOWA. SATURDAY, MAY 3O 1857

taken no notice, was, then, the Hon. Mr..
B, whose influence would certain
ly have obtained for me the situation
wanted.
No sooner had the farmer gone than in
came my wife, all smiles, to learn the par
ticulars of my arrangements. | believe
| am a good tempered man; but in this
instance my equanimity was overturned.
| had, with the greatest exertion, kept
my wrath for some time, and now the
pent-up madness escaped in all its fury,
and her happy countenance and sweet
voice irritatcd me still more.
,,,,. Ny dear. shall you get the Post Of
Oh the Post Office ?
My love are you crazy y?'
Yes, Mrs. Williams, l am crazy?'
As those circumstances happened in a
village, they were, of course, universally
known the next day, and the story be-
came standing jest. My wife's opin-
ion of my knowledge of human nature
sunk down to zero, and her opinion Of
herself rose in proportion no acquain-
tance was ever brought into the house,
concerning whom was not cross ques-
toned, and compelled to give an explici,
account. And whenever Mrs. Williams
inculcates caution upon any of our nine
childyen, she never fails to tell them, with
all woman's eloquence, the whole story
about that internal book agent.
2. S.-Squire Bluster is postmaster.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-05-30
y Yoettw. .
THE LITTLE BOY THAT DIED.
By JOSHUA d. ROBINSON.

am alone in my chamber now,
And the midni ght hour is near.
And the fagot's crack, and the clocks dull ticl
Are the only sounds hear;
And over my SOUL in its solitude
Sweet feelings of sadness glide;
For my heart and my eyes are full when think
Of the little boy that died.
] went one night to my fathers house
Went home to the dear ones all,
And softly opened the garden gate,
And softly the door of the hall
Ny mother came out to meet her son,
She kissed me and then she sighed,
And her head fell on my neck, and she wept
For her little boy that died.
And when gazed on his innocent face,
AS still and cold he lay,
And thought what lovely child he had been
And how soon he must decay;
"Oh death thou lowest the beautiful !"
In the woe of my spirit l cried,
For sparkled the eyes; and the spirit was fair
Of the little boy that died.
And will go to my fathers house
Go home to the dear ones all,
And sadly I'll open the garden gate,
And sadly the door of the hall
shall meet my mother, but never more
With her darling by her side;
But she'll kiss me and sigh and weep again
For the little boy that died.
shall miss him when the flowers come
In the garden where he played
! shall miss him more by this fireside,
When the flowers have decayed,
shall see his toys and empty csair,
And the horse that he used to ride;
md they will speak with silent speech,
the little boy that died.
shall see his little sister again
With her playmates about the door,
And I'll watch the children in their sports,
As never did before;
And in the group see a child,
That's dimpled and laughing-eyed.
I'll look to see if it NAV not be
The little boy that died.
We shall all 60 home to our Fathers house
To our Fathers house in the skies,
Where the hope of our soul shall have no blight
And our love no broken ties;
We shall roam on the bank of the River O.
Peace,
And bathe in its blissful tide
And one of the joys of our Heaven shall be
The little boy that died.
And, therefore, when I'm sitting alone
And the midnight hour is near,
And the fagot's crack, and the clocks dull ticb
Are the only sounds hear.
o sweeto'er my soul, in its solitude,
Are the feelings of sadness that glide
Though my heart and my eyes are full when
think
OF the little boy that died.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-05-30
A BOYS LETTER.

The following specimen of a boys let
ter. from an English Comic Annual. is
one of the richest things of the kind we
have ever seen. There is, as an exchange
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-05-30

To cure poverty, sit down and growl
about il.
Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1847-1861, 1857-06-03
MARCH,,
Mss ELIZABETH ). BLUE.


Fear not that tho clouds Of March
Shall obscure the radiant arch,
Daughter Of Il stormy Lyr,
have bid my winds retire
TO the Mansions in the Cave,
Where lhex threats Shall idly rava
silly, gr3t, Saic-f..!l ~, /
Through tic rosy bowers of May|
What though mine q ruder task,
Than any sunny grove TO bask,
Every bud Of thine, Oh spring,
Once was folded meath my wing.
Graded there secure from harm,
Its lullaby the rushing storm,
Till my sister April, versed
In soft caprice, the howeret uursei.
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PRESENTATION OF TIE SCEpTRE.
JOuS HENRY IAGIis.

'ME QuEEN-Wc have seen the crown PLACED
mOn ,hv brow, and to mattel. the only geniu,
witch a.lorns il, fresh aid glowing flowers, We add
tie other hectins symbol Vf y"ur bl""ming ma
j.,v. a moment ago, You wrr" our equal, now
o,e pleasure and duty Is 10 obey. Weld your
scg.;re lightly \ hasty touch will cause these
f,ncrs /" fade, ami as they droop and perish. so
.l.,,.u, rrw,l. B!a.k =. tie foundation e this
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Gn-your scsptre be one of lifes purest
nt.:ve,
q our rule be as light and as gladsome as
J iay
Nd 1t last may We meet in that world above,
Or lovely our youthful, our sweet Queen Of
May.
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NUMBER 81.

.ris pleasan, TO wander through the incadows Of
green,
Where :he blue streamlets walk and the young
saplings lean,
Where the warm breath Of summer plays soft DER
the cheek,
And the gales and the howersa sweet lesson speak
But when the green meadows are blighted serc.
And winter. cid winter presides o'cr the year.
When the streanlets are dark aud the saplings
decay,
Say where ye bide, then, Oh hand maid Of May
Though the mp hill of science is weary 10 climb
There are flowers on its summit uniading by tilDs-
That bloom when the blossoms of Moy are laid low.
Unseathed by the tempest. unchilled by the snow,
Then sigh not, my friend, for a Ng holiday.
For life cannot always be a merry sy.pS
Return with the morrow to study am SSSks; !
And music more grave than thS siE
= brooks.
sror m., when th]s .cs1rtrs ant. crown 1.y!la
I'll bow with new ardor at lcarnings bright shrl
And seek for those honors that ne'er shall ,lsh
When fallen in dust are the blossoms of May.
FLORA CALLS SPRING..
MISS METAE MlcIvEE.
Blooming Spring thy voice of Gong
Floats the vernal gale along.
Der the green and fow'ry grass
Light thy graceful footsteps pass
SPRING.
MISS JAMIE MCQUEEN
Spring. lovery Spring. with her mantle Of green.
And sky So beautiful, calm and serene,
Has made her appearance with beautiful flowers,
And hung up her vines in the trees and the
bowers.
Springs lovely winds watt DER the plains,
And natures sweet songsters warble their strains,
All around us glad music land scape displays.
The tokens and the beauties of Springs lovely
days.
She has spread her green aipet all over the earth
Her soft every breezes brings gladness and mirth
She has furnished garland for Eleanor the Queen
OF flowers as pretty Us ever was seen.
Then take from my hands those beautiful buds
Which Spring has sent forth to meet her dear May.
Affection unehanging is the language Of eacb
Then take them Queen Eleanor, humbly bescech
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QUiEN's REPLY AFTER BEING CROWNED

MISS ELEANOR II. GREGG.
lfar friends, beloved companions, dutiiul SUBJ
jeet; you have filled my heart with joy and
gla!.n"ss. am Eora's representative-Queen Of
MAJ rosy reign awaits me-a butterfy's lie,
ts ;'re-but the recolections die not. In after
yeata, when girlhood's visions vanish, we meet
aSaanpon this dewy turf may our spirits be as
ligB' our steps rs bouyant with health and hap
ling as now. Noclouds veil our future. Bright
ss 'ier heavens smile the pathway Of our COM
ing Ia sMay the augury be true! Mutually
" - Ayqnited, let this moment serve to
SiG,:T 1hss long bounl us Right
n1iI but the, voice Of the
'..'i.e- INN PLsi!!0T. Us your alice.
GS 'has placed ME here. see the motive,
no; r lower. Mine shall be majesty that asks
no dlence but lore.
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