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The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-09-25

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The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-09-25

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~ BUILDING LOTS In THE CITY or
~ Davenport favorablS located, viii l.. .oid BY
the undersigned on a credit II from s,ne 90 dive years
70 any per.o" who viii build TIN. season.
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Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-06-13
DEATH OF SENATOR BUTLER.

Andrew P. Butler, United States Sen
ator from South Carolina, died on Monday
evening. This event had been for some
time expected-his disease being an in
durable dropsy. Mr.. Butler was appoint
ed to the Senate in 1847, by Gov. John
son, to fill the vacancy caused by the
death Of Hon. George McDuffie, and has
remained there ever since-having Mr..
Calhoun for his colleague until 1851.
For several years past Mr.. B. has been
prominent as one of the extreme Southern
party, aud was looked up to as model OF
the boasted chivalry of the Palmetto State.
During the last session of Congress, his
name was brought prominently before the
people in the assault upon Senator Sum-
ner-that assault having been commi tied
Butler, and solely on the ground of the
language used by Mr.. Sumner in reply to
pro-slavery speech made by the South
Carolina Senator. But time has made inn
pressive changes. Mr.. Sumner, after a
protracted confinement at the very gates
of the grave, is once more restored to
health, while the rash and impulsive ueph-
ew and the venerable uncle sleep peaceful
ly beneath the soil of the State whose
wounded honor demanded such bloody
atonement.-N Y. Tribune
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-06-13

OLD FoRr ARMsTRoNG.-We have just
visited the last remains of old Fort Arm
strong, situated on the lower cliffs Of
Rook Island, IN se middle OF the River,
between the uppertparts OF the twin cit
ies-Rock Island and Davenport. All
that remains of this old Fort, whose his
tory is part of the history of the West,
are two log and stone blockhouses, much
decayed, and partially fallen down. The
Officers House, mere skeleton Of rot
ten wood, at the lower part of the Is
land, cannot survive much longer. The
stone magazine and a portion of the stone
wall are still visible, but the barracks
and block house were burned down
some time ago, and considerable of the
stone comprising the wall, &C., removed
The flag staff, or portion of it, now lies
on the ground. 1t was tall and stout
pole in its day, and the flag that waved
at its top was in full view Of the homes
of Black Hawk and Keokuk. The COM
mandant's dwelling outside Of the walls
is still in very good preservation, and oc-
cupied by the Government Agent. Near
the Fort are the graves of many soldiers,
who died of the cholera in 1888. AL
the works of this Fort, although rough
were strong and massive. Beneath the
Fort is cave in the rocks, in which it i:
said Blackhawk consulted the Manitou Of
good spirit.-Dav. Gazette.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-06-13
ONE OF THE "NEw SCHOOL. !"

DR.. Ross, the great Slavery defender
in the last New School General Assem-
bly,, is thus biographised by the Rev. OsA
TURNER, of Iowa, who writes commu-
nication to the Chicago Congregational
Herald in these words:
"I will state an incident in the life OF
DR.. Ross, the great Slavery defender in
the last New School General Assembly.
1t was related to me by the late Dr.. Mel
son.
The Doctors mother was his father's
slave. But instead of selling his child
rem, as many shareholders do, he liberated
the mother and her children, and gave
them his property. There were two
brothers. The eldest, as he came up to
manhood, attended party one evening.
A young buck asked him what gave him
position in the society of gentlemen.-
He pulled out purse of gold, and hold
ing it up, said, this gave me admit
tance." No." replied the questioner,
"gold cannot give you right to the So
ciety of gentlemen. Your blood is not
pure" This was a deadly blow. He
could no longer live under the reproaches
of mortified pride. He went out, took q
pistol, and shot himself. Frederick, the
nounger son, made his way into Tennes.
see, there became hopefully pious, and il
now the great DR.. Ross"
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-06-13
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LONG, YET FEAR TO LOVE.

I long, yet fear to love! for 1 have seen
So much Of falsehood, and so much of guile /;
And have known such dark and deadly sin,
Lurk in the silence of a beaming smile,
And in my own heart . chambers there hath been
So much Of sorrow ranking all the while,
That when my soul sits brooding like dove,
think Of this-and long, yet fer to love.
Ilong, yet fear to love! I could not bear
To fling my rich affection upon one
Whose inmost spirit was not wholly fair,
In love less pure and lavish than my own
And oh my heart would break in its despair
To6nd the visions it had dreamed, o'erthrown;
30. when my heart and pulses wildly move,
l think Of this-and long, yet fear to love
long, yet fear to love my soul hath bled
From its too perfect Truth in vows unkept,
And / had deemed that oil my love was dead
Yet now know that it hath only slept
But oh if evermore about my head
There sweeps the tempest that before hath
swept.
Heart, mind and brain would wrecked and shat
tered prove;
And knowing this-I long. yet fear to love
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-06-13

BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENT.-Shortly be-
fore the departure of the lamented Heber
for India, he preached sermon which
contained this beautiful illustration -
" Life bears us on like the stream of a
mighty river. Our boat glides down the
narrow channel, through the playful muir
muring of the little brook and the wind
ings of its grassy borders. The trees
shed their blossoms over our young heads,
the flowers on the brink seem to offer
themselves to our young hands; we are
happy in hope, and we grasp eagerly at
the beauty around us but the stream
hurries on and still our hands are empty
Our course in youth and manhood is
along a wider and deeper flood, among
objects more striking and magnificent
We are animated at the moving picture
and enjoyment and industry passing us !;
we are excited at some short-lived disap-
pointment. The stream bears us on, and
our joys and griefs are alike left behind.
We may be shipwrecked, we cannot be
delayed whether rough or smooth, the
river hastens to its home, till the roar of
the ocean is on our ears, and the tossing
of the waves beneath our feet, and the
land lessons from our eyes, and the floods
are lifted up around us, and we take our
leave of earth and its inhabitants, until
of our farther voyage there is no witness
save the Infinite and Eternal p
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-06-13

DoG-SELLING ExrRAoRDINARY.-T
ladies, friends Of near relative of my
own, from whom | received an account
of the circumstance, were walking in Re-
gent Street, and were accosted by man
who requested them to buy beautiful
little dog, covered with long white hair,
which he carried in his arms. Such
things were not uncommon in that part
of London, and the ladies passed on with
out needing him. He followed, and re-
peated his entreaties, stating, that as it
was the last one he had to sell, they
should have it at reasonable price
They looked at the animal it was really
an exquisite little creature, and they were
at last persuaded. The man took it home
for them, received his money, and left
the dog in the arms of one of the ladies.
A short time elapsed, and the dog, which
had been very quiet, in spite of rest
less, bright eye, began to show symp-
toms of uneasiness, and as he ran about
the room, exhibited some movements
which rather alarmed the fair purchas-
ers. AT last, to their great dismay, the
new dog ran s4ueaking up one of the
window curtains, SO that when the gen.
tleman returned home few minutes af-
ter, he found the ladies in CONSERVATION,
and right glad to have his assistance
He vigorously seized the animal, took
out his pocket-knife, cut off his covering,
and displayed large rat to their aston
ished eyes, and of course to its own de-
struction.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-06-13

WANTS TO GET DATED BAcK-On a
beautiful Sunday afternoon last fall, a
young couple from an adjoining town
came to our village, stopped at one of the
hotels, and sent out for a clergyman and
were married. The young man paid the
fee, took marriage certificate, and they
left the hotel happy couple. A few
days since the young man called upon
the clergyman with his certificate, "and
wished to get it dated back" "How
far back do You wish # dated 2" incurred
the clergyman. why, as near as we
can calculate, about compile Of months" 4"
replied the young man. This the cler-
gyman declined doing, but the young
man wished he would, "as he'd rather
give five dollars than not to have it dated
back" The clergyman regretted the
necessity of dating back the certificate,
and was very sorry he could not comply
with his wishes. So the young man left
with his marriage certificate, the latter
being, as near as they could calculate,
about couple of months too short
Havana { ". Y Journal.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-06-13
rREEpoM-rHE LAW OF OHIO.

A case has just been decided in the
Supreme Court of Ohio, which, under
the circumstances, will prove one of great
Importance, and furnish precedent to
be followed by all the Free States of the
Union. The decision of the Court of
Ohio is based upon the principles of lib
erty, and is, therefore, in spirit, if not
in letter, directly opposite to the slavish
opinions of the slaveocratic Judges of
the Supreme Court of the United States.
The facts were briefly these !: AndA"-
son, OF Kentucky, owned negro named
Poindexter, who was trusty and valua-
BILE, and whom his master agreed to sell
to himself in consideration of a thousand
dollars in payments with personal securi-
ty. Poindexter made the first payment,
and then took it into his wooly head on
one occasion when his master sent him
over into Ohio, to remain there. There
upon Anderson sued him and his securi-
ties in Ohio on the notes.
The Court decided 1. That neither
Ohio nor Kentucky can demand an abro
cation Of the constitution and municipal
laws of the other, as matter of comfy ;
and if person, claimed as a slave in
Kentucky, comes into Ohio by the di-
rection or consent of the owner, even for
a temporary business purpose, the con-
stitution and laws of Ohio operate on the
condition of such person, and effect his
immediate emancipation
9. When person, held in slavery by
the municipal law of the State in which
he lives, becomes free by virtue of the
laws of another country or State, into
which he goes by the consent of his own
er, it is not in the power of the latter ev-
er to reduce him again to his former con-
dition of servitude, under any law which
the court can recognize as valid.
8. By laws of Kentucky, person who
is held and treated as slave, has no ca
pacity to make any contract whatever
and promissory notes given to his master
by himself and sureties for him, in the
purchase of his freedom, are illegal and
void, as to both principal and sureties.
Such is the law of the land, and we
rejoice to know that the Supreme Court
OF Iowa Will assert 1t with equal tirmness
and ability as that already exhibited by
the Supreme Court of Ohio.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-06-13

Why is it that the rainbow and cloud
come over us with beauty that leave
us to muse on their faded loveliness p
Why is it that the stars, which hold their
festival around their midnight throne,
are set above the grasp of limited facul-
ties. forever mocking us with unapproach-
able glory? And why is it that bright
forms of human beauty are presented to
our view and taken from us, leaving the
thousand streams Of affection to flow back
in Alpine torrents upon our hearts We
are born for a higher destiny than that of
earth. There is realm where the rain
bow never fades, where the stars will be
set out before us like islands that slumber
on the ocean, and where the beautiful that
now passes before us like the meteor, will
stay in our presence forever-Prentice.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-06-13
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HINTS TO FARMERS.

Toads are the best protection Of cab
bage against lice.
Plants when dropping are revived by
a few grains of camphor.
Sulphur is valuable in preserving
grapes, &C., from insects.
Lard never spoils in warm weather, If
it is cooked enough in trying out.
In feeding corn, sixty pounds ground
goes as far as one hundred pounds in the
kernel.
Corn meal should never be ground very
fine, it Injuries the richness OF IT.
Iurnlps OF small sine have double the
nutritious matter that large ones have.
Rats and other vermin are kept away
from grain by sprinkling of garlic when
packing the sheayes.
Money expended in drying land by
draining or otherwise, will be returned
with ample interest.
To cure scratches on horses, wash their
legs with warm soap suds, and then with
beef brine. Two applications will cure
the worst case.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-06-13

DEATH FROM TAKING PoIsoN USED IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF BRANDY.-At
about Ii o'clock, Thursday morning, a
clerk in the employ of VIM. Wright, a
liquor manufacturer, at Brampton, left
the store for the purpose of manufactur-
ing quantity Of brandy from raw spir-
its. He took with him a preparation
used for this purpose-by some called
essence of wine, and by others essence
of brandy. The preparation was placed
on the table in the warehouse and the
deceased, (Mr. Morris, after preparing
portion of the liquor, returned to the
store and took glass of ale with some
friends from Toronto.
He had scarcely returned to his former
occupation more than FIVE minutes, before
the porter ran into the store in great
alarm, exclaiming, Mr.. Morris has been
tasting the essence Of brandy, and it has
killed him." On those present running
to the spot. it was found that the report
was too true. The sufferer had mad
vertenhy tasted few drops of the drug,
which is nearly allied to prussic acid, and
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-06-13
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SURPRISING A BEER SHOP.

An enterprising Dutchman who keeps
lager beer house in Philadelphia, gave
the following account. at the police Office,
of an assault on his premises. Speaking
of the person commencing the row, he
said He coomed in and axed me to sell
him some peer told him he had more
as would do him goethe called me
Dutch liar, and pegin to proke two tum-
pliers, ven me and Hans opeigier, and my
wife and my torter Petsy. and all de toder
men about my place begin to put him
out; and presently he COON back NIT
twenty more shest like him, and say,
Il will fix dis peer concern and preak
him up, SO dat shentlemans may git
drunk like shentiemans-on gin and
prandy, and not on dis tam Tuch pizen.
Den dey kick Hans Speigler pehind his
pack, and kissed my torter Petsy before
her face, and preak all der glass pottles
except der pig stone pitcher, and split
my wife and me and fodder parcels Of
peer all over der cellar. Hans rum d
out der toor and called for der watch
house, and my wife cried "Murter, f"
like der tyfel; but pefore der watch
house come, der tam rowdies proke us all
up to bieces-me and my wife and my
torter Petsy, and Hans Speigler, and ter
tumblers, and plates and dishes, all
smoshed up togedder.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-06-13

BE ALWAYS BUsY.-The more man
accomplishes, the more he may. You
always find those men who are the most
forward to do good, or to improve the
times and manners, always busy. Who
starts our railroads, or steamboats,, our
machine shops, and our manufactures i?
Men of industry and enterprise. AS long
as they live, they work, doing something
to benefit themselves and others. It is
just SO with man who is benevolent i;
the more he gives, the more he feels like
giving. We go for activity, in body, in
mind, in everything. Letthe gold grow
not dim, nor the thought become stale.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-06-13

EDO you know the prisoner, Mr..
Jones ?"
"Yes-to the bone"
"What is his character %
"Never knew he had any,"
"Does he live near you 2"
$50 near that he has only spent fifty
cents for frewood in eight years"
"Did he ever come into collision with
you in any matter %
"Only once, and that was when he
was drunk, and mistook me for lamp
post"
"From what you know of him, would
you Del1crC hirH, ...d~r--,rir en
" That depends upon circumstances.
If he was so much intoxicated that he
did not know what he was doing, l would
If he wasn't, / wouldn't"
"You can step aside. Mr.. Jones
Crier, call the next witness"
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-06-13

A CREpULoUs WIrNEss.--Corwin was
once trying case in which he was op'
posed to William Writ, when Writ tried
a somewhat novel mode of discrediting
the evidence of Mr.. Corwin's chief wit
ness, on whose accuracy and discrimi'
nation everything turned, by showing
that he was person of astonishing cred
ulity.
Wirt-Have you read Robinson Cru.
soc =?
Witness-Yes.
Wirt-Do you believe it all :?
Witness-Well, yes, squire, l dom
know but that l do.
The same answer was returned as te
Gulliver's travels, and several Other
works Of fiction, Corwin all the while
fdgeting and getting hot. Presently Mr.
Writ considering the man entirely fiat.
tened out, resigned him with a bland
smile.
Mr.. Corwin said he had only one ques.
ton, and put it.
Corwin--Have you read Wirt's Life
of Patrick Henry?
Witness-Yes.
Corwin-Do you believe it all
Witness-Why, no. squire, l can't &C
that.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-06-13
LAMENT OF THE INEBRIATE.

I'm standing by the bar, Billy.
Where we stood side by side.
One cold. dark evening. long ago.
Ere Liquor Laws" were tried.
And mournfully my thoughts now dwell
On good old days of yore,
When we could get as tight as mice,"
Then sleep on Browns bar floor.
The place is little changed. Billy,
The night is dark as then.
The little bar is standing yet,
Our friends are here again;
But miss the sound of the toddy stick,
A sound to me most dear,
And landlord says. most solemnly.
I'VE sell no liquor here"
'Tis but step down yonder street.
And the little store stands there.
The store where we got coRNED, Billy,
see the sign from here
But vain twould he to 60 there now
To drive away dull care
For since they've passed this plaguy law
They sell no liquor there
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-06-13
FROM KANSAS.
ST. LOUIS, May 80.

The Lecompton correspondent Of the
Democrat says that the apportionmentwill
disfranchise half of Kansas.
Only twenty out Of forty counties are
represented.
In some counties, where no census was
taken, representations are allowed from
the old election books.
Other counties have written to Stanton,
asking for election precincts.
He anrwer~d that hn na,,la do nothing,
there being no law to supply the omis-
sion.
A card has been published, signed by
62 prominent persons, urging the State
Legislature to re-assemble on the 9th of
June, to complete the State organization.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-06-13

Rose SL1Ps.-Rose slips may be STAR
ted with great certainty BY putting the
ends in water exposed to the sun, till they
show tendency to throw out rootlets.
This is conveniently done by inserting
them in phials of water hung against the
windows when the roots begin to appear,
set them out in mixture of sand with q
little leaf mould. in pots or boxes under
glass.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-06-13

The following certificate was duly
granted to the parties therein named and
signed by an embryo Justice of the Peace
in Peoria county, Illinois
ITO all the world, greeting, know ye
John Smith and Peggy Myers, is hereby
certified to go together and do as other
folks does, anywhere they please, and
when my commission comes / am to
marry 'em good and date 'em back to
kiver accidents"
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-06-13
BEAUTIFUL SrSrrMESr-As the vim

BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENT.-As the vine,
which had long twined its foliage around
the oak, and been lifted by it into sun
shine, will, when the hardy plant has
been rifted by the thunderbolt, cling
around it with its caressing tendrils, and
bind up its scattering boughs; SO it is
beautifully ordered by Providence, that
sconaen, who is the mere dependant and
ornament to man in his happier hours,
should be his stay and solace, when smit-
ten with sudden calamity, winding her.
self in the rugged recesses of his nature,
tenderly supporting the dropping head.
and binding up the broken heart.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-06-13

CRACKER PIEs.-Take six large crack
ers, break in small pieces, pour warm
water over them, let them soak few
minutes, then bring them to scalding
heat; add one teaspoonful of Tartaric
acid, one ofessence of lemon, and sweet
EN- to your taste. Bake like green apple
pies, for which it is a very good substi
tute at this season of the year, when fruit
is so difficult to be obtained.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-06-13

The following is given as infallible cure
of that troublesome disease in cattle, the
horn-ail:
Take piece ofalum as large as wal
nut, pulverize it, and put it into about a
wine glass full of sharp vinegar; turn up
the head and pour it into one ear. In
two or three days pour the same quantity
in the other ear. A third application is
seldom necessary.