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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-06-25
A SENSITIVE DEBTOR DRIVEN TO
SUICIDE.

The Cincinnati Sunday Dispatch, of the
3Oth ult. has the following:-The daily jour.
Eals yesterday told of poor man by the
name of Winter, who committed suicide by
drowning himself, and they added that en-
barrassed circumstances were supposed TO
have been the cause of the rash act. And
this was his obituary, and he went down into
the dark waters, and none, s,ve some half
dozen orphan children, who IRE cast upon
the broad, troubled surface esspelfsh world,
will give passing thought ,Ou the poor
suicide. hj
And what were the ''embs.fassed circum-
stances" which could weigh so heavily upon
one conscious of an immortality beyond the
grave, as to make him rush heed!essly into
the dread unknown, and, if there be truth in
the prcachings of holy men, thus peril his
eternal welfare! Poor soul, It is said that he
owed a hard-hearted creditor paltry sum of
S35. With his scanty salary, and large fam
lily of helpless children, he found himself
unable to pay it. The creditor sued, and
shark-like, hungry for the marrow of his
victim, after obtaining judgment, for the poor
fellow was too honest to gainsay the debt,
he attached the paltry sum left in the hands
of his employees. This was tantamount to
seeing his little ones turned into the street,
FOR the money attached was intended to pay
his rent, and provide other neeessaries for
his motherless children, and so, despair took
possession of his soul, and feeling that the
dear ones for whom he had toled and
struggled could not be worse off, even if he
were no more, he took the fatal leap, and as
the turbid waters closed over his head, there
was registered by an invisible hand dam
ming record of life sacrificed to avarice and
cupidity.
Alillionaires may swindle their creditors
with impunity, and the law will not touch
them. Capitalists and bankers may close their
Golfers, bursting with yellow ore, to the de-
mands of their creditors and starving vic
tins, and still the world will take them by
the hand and deem them marvellous proper
men, and smart withal. But the law--we
had almost said curses upon it--can take the
paltry savings of poor wretch who depends
upon them to purchase food for his family.
II can teach him to be honest, even at the
expense of his temporal and spiritual life;
but thank Heaven, it cannot pursue him be.
yond the grave, and we take vengefu
pleasure in believing that the balance sheet
between the rich prosecutor and his victim
will some time be struck.
We do not know who the relentless cred
itor is that drove poor John Winter to com.
NIT the last desperate act we do not care to
know him; but we do know that we would
not exchange our honest poverty for his con-
science, with the wealth of Cresus thrown
in.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-06-25

sR- Joshua r. Giddings writes that there
has been in the present Congress less intoxi
cation ard predisposition to vice than in any
Congress with which he has been associated.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-06-25

t3g- We hear Of hen-pecked husbands,
but nothing about roosier-pecked wives.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-06-25

WAsnISToS, June l6.-The Senate pas
sed resolutions, unanimously, in relation TO
British oggressions, and then adjourned sine
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-06-25

A PREMIUM FOR HUMAN NosRs,-Pfince
Danlo of Montenegro, paid ducat for each
Turks nose that was brought to him. The
number cut Off is stated as high as 1000.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-06-25

THE ECLIPSE OF THE Sun IN SEPTEMBER.
Sir John Packington has offered to place
vessels at the disposal of men of science for
observing the great eclipse of the sun which
will take place in September next. This
eclipse will be total, and its appearance will
be best seen in South America, particularly
about Lima. 1t is anticipated that an as,ron-
omlca expedition may be organized, and in
this case foreign astronomers would be invl-
ted to Join the expedition.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-06-25

SEVEN DEADLY Sins, AND NO SALVATION.
There are some sins that not all the per-
fume of Arabia can render savory, nor which
penance nor holy water can remove. The
following are seven of them:
l. Refusing to take newspaper,
Q. Taking newspapers and not paying for
them.
8. Not advertising in the paper.
4. Smoking in and prylng into the Sc.
crets of the sanctum.
5. Making the printing office loafng
place.
6, Reading the manuscript in the composi
itor's hands.
7. Sending abusive letters to the editor.
For the first and second offences no abso-
luton can be granted. The fourth Is un=
pardonable. The fifth is death by law. To
the balance, especially the seventh, dispensa-
ton can be obtained by special agreement
Business hours from nine to three daily.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-06-25

sW- The Philadelphia Bulletin says thai
an accident has raised to the memory oil
Franklin an appropriate monument. The
grave Of the American Philosopher, all who
have tried to reach it know, is in Philadel.
phia graveyard, which is surrounded by q
wall, the gates through which are kept lock-
ed. The Bulletin thus mentions the location
of the grave, and thus describes the monu-
inert:
tits spretty generally known that DR.. Frank.
lin and his wife rest in tomb close to the
Arch street wall of Christ Church grave.
yard, a very short distance below Fifth street
Just over this spot the wires Of one of the
telegraph lines run, and those who will .ol-
low these wires will come upon the philoso-
piers grave just as certainly as the electric
current followed the kite string held by the
lghtning-tamer himself, IN his first rude ex-
pertinent Byron's lines, in view of the
facts set forth above, seem almost prophetic.
He said
''Tierolc Frahkn's philosophic shade,
Robed in the lightnings which his hand aliayed"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-06-25

SAVED BY HER HooPs. - Take courage,
ladies-hoops are of some good, after ALL
The Lewistown (Pa.) Democrat, saysi
On Friday last, as Miss Aida Smith, was
looking at a canal.boat in motion, she became
dizzy and fell into the water. Her hoops,
however, buoyed her up, and she hoated
down the "raging canal" about forty yards,
when she was rescued.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-06-25

ARE THIN PEoPLE MosT LIABLE TO Apo.
PLExY?-Persons below the middle height,
robust, with large hands ard short thick
necks, says the Scientific American, are gen.
orally recognized as npoplectic subjects but
a foreign medical author asserts that it ia
confined TO no particular conformation of the
body, all persons being alike liable to be
attacked by it. The predisposing causes are
the habtual indulgence of the appetite in
rich and gross food, stimulating drinks coupled
with luxurious and ihdolent habits; sedenta.
ry employment carried an undue length; the
habit Of sleeping especially in rerumbent
posture, after full meal, and lying too long
in bed. Persons, however, who are preds.
posed to this disease, should not fail to prof.
it by the warning Of its approach, such as
giddines, drowsiness, loss of memory, twitch-
ing of the muscles. falterng of the speech,
&c. Their diet should be light and nutri-
cious, all luxurious habits should be aban.
doned, and moderate exercise should be tn.
ken. Above all, they should avoid giving
way to their passions, as it Is well known
that many persons have been struck with
death in the midst of fit of anger.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-06-25
RAILROAD MANNERS.

We have books on the "etiqueite of the
drawing room," the etiquette Of the ball.
rOom," the etiquette of the street." and a
score more of etiquettes. The editor of the
Cincinnatti Gazette has supplied vacancy
which has long existed, in his etiquette Of
the Railroad car" He gives the following
seven rules for the guidance and well.gov-
ernment of travellers:
/. Do not puddle car, where there are
ladies with tobacco juice-it dirtes their
dresses.
2. A young and healthy man should not
occupy more than two seats. Twice as much
room ms an old lady or gentleman requires is
enough for The cloak, band.box, carpet bag,
and books Of a merchants clerk on a collect.
ing tour.
8. Courting should be done at home. The
world does not make n sufficient allowance
for amours in tho cars. When people are
seen to be uncommonly affet .ionate in the
cars, the by-standers are apt to make re-
marks.
a. Ladies who must wear hoops in travel
ing, should not make them over two Yards in
diameter, as that is the greatest width with
which they can be conveniently seated.
S. Men should not talk in the cars more
than doubly as loud as they do in any other
place, lest they should injure their voice.
g. Children who are three or four years
old, and in habit of crying for everything
they see without being punished, should be
kept at home till their parents learn how to
govern them.
7. If the first and last of those rules CAM
not be observed, then the tobacco puddlers
and the parents who never punish should be
put in the same car together, to enjoy each
others company.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-06-25

BRIGHAM YoUSe GorsG TO MRxIco.-Ao.
cording to our latest authentic advices from
Utah, the Mormons, in large bodies-men
women and children, and movabes of all
kinds-were heading southwark towards
MeSicoj and il is believed that their next
resting place will be in the province of Sono-
IA or chihuahua. and with the full consens
of the Mexican government. We have al
ways supposed Sonora to be the next most
probable destination of the Saints, from these
facts:-it is the most accessible new country
where they can live and flourish, in the event
Of their removal from Salt Lake-in fact,
considering the terrible deserts and noun
tains by which they are surrounded, their
only way of escape in body lies southwark
into Sonora. Secondly, tho Mormons in
Sonora or chihuahua would afford perfect
barrier of protection to the Mexican settle
ments Of those States against the fierce
Apaches and Camanches. At present those
border Mexican States, for hundreds of miles
from our boundary, ARE completely at the
mercy Of the Indians, and have been almost
depopulated by them from time to time
We hope, too, that our administration, in.
stead ofinterposing any obstacles to this
movement of the Mormons into Mexico, will
rather encourage it, for in the event of their
absorption, with the annexation of another
slice of our sister republic they can be readi.
ly transferred still farther southwark. We
do trust, therefore, that our government will
not only permit, but encourage the exodus
of the Mofmons en- mdsSe into Mexico, even
to the extent Of treaty with the Mexican
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The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-09-02
Spetial Notites.

The Railway Republican says that when Sen
ators of the United States and others of til e
highest standing socially and morally, openly
declare that Woods Hair Restorative" (sold
by all good Druggists,) is oil, and more than
all it pretends to be, we cannot do otherwise
than believe them.
We see that the United States has made an
appropriation of several hundred scalping
knives to one of the Indian tribes, as part of its
annuity. As it is thus providing for removing
the capillary substance" will it not be well to
order several thousand packages of Restorative
to restore the beauty to the denuded poll. and
not leave nakedness where the hair ought to
grow 2"
CAurroN.-Beware of worthless limitations, as
several are already in the market, called by diff
ferent names. Use none unless the words prof
Woods Hair Restorative, Depot, st. Louis, Mo.
and New York; are blown in the bottle. Sold
by oil Druggists and Patent Medicine dealers
Also by all Fancy and Toilet Goods dealers in
the United States and Canadas. [26-5t
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-09-02

The above is the Score of the match betw,e n
the Independence and Dyersville Cricket Clubs,
played on the grounds of the latter, on the Oath
of August, 1858, upon reference to which it will
be seen that the johnny Bulls" carried to many
guns for our Yankee Boys" although the con-
test was very close, and at 5 o'clock P. NJ. odds
were freely offered on the Independence Club,
and they would doubtless have won the game,
but for the obstinaey of Capt Hancock. who
persisted in holding his Bat, notwithstanding all
the inducements known to games of Cricket, were
held out to him to retire from the
field, until the match was won for the D. G. C.
The playing in general was excellent On both
sides. Of the D. c. c., 7. Bailey,J. G. Bailey,
NJ. Hall, S. Marsh, and Capt. Hancock, ere
conspicuous for fine playing Ofthe 1. G. G. all
played SO well that none were conspicuous,
though, G. s. Baker and C. L. White, made
some fine catches, and Lake, Bartle, White, Ros-
zell, Parsons and E. p. Baker, gave good ac-
count of themselves at the Bats. But aside
from the laurels won on the Cricket ground,
the D. c. G. won also the lasting regard and
remembrance Of their guests. No pains or ex-
pense was spared to make their stay as pleas
ant as possible. Judge Dyer outdid himself
and he is acknowledged. by every one who
knows him. to be the very prince of hosts. and
has one Of the largest and finest Hotels in the
West. Any one not present can rest assured
that it was kept ringing with mirth and melo-
dy throughout the whole time not spent on the
Cri cket ground.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-09-02

SHAKE AND BURN, shake and burn
shake and burn This is the life of agony
endured by the sufferer from Fever and
Ague. He wanders like an uncertain
shadow, never knowing what moment he
may be prestrated, and therefore disin-
clined to give any serious attention to
business. He is burden to himself and
a burden to his friends, who are worn out
in administering to his wants. This is
the condition of thousands in town and
country. 1t is to exaggeration to say
that Fever and Ague kills more people
than any twenty other diseases in Ameri-
ca. For sure and speedy cure of this
terrible affection, we take great pleasure
in recommending DIR. HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS, which have al
read achieved wide reputation for rapid
and powerful effects in renovating the
system Frustrated by this disease.
For sale by Druggists and dealers gem
orally, everywhere.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-09-02
Aver Cherry Pectoral.

FOR THE RAPID CURE OF
COUGHS, COLDS, HOARSENESS, BRON-
CHITIS, CONSUMPTION, &C.,
and for the relief of consumptiye patients in ad-
vanced stages of the disease.
We need not speak to the public of its virtues
Thought every town and, almost every hamlet
of the United States, its wonderful cures of pull
monary complaints have made it elready known
Nay, few are the families in any civilized eoun-
try on this continent without some personal ex-
perience of its effects and fewer yet the COM
munities anywhere which have not among them
some living trophy of its victory over the subtle
rnd dangerous diseases of the throat and lungs
While it is the most powerful antidote yet know n
to man for the most formidable and dangerous
diseases OF the pulmonary organs, it is also the
pleasantest and safest remedy that can be en-
ployed for infants and young persons. Parents
should have it in store against the insidious en-
envy that steals upon them unprcpred. ehave
abundant grounds to believe the Cherry Pectoral
saves msre lives by the consumptions it prevents
than those it cures. Keep it by you, and cure
your colds while they are curablc nor neglect
them until no humrn skill can master the mex
orable canker that, fastened on the vitals, eats
your life away. All know the dreadful fatality
of lung disorders, and as they know too the vir-
tues OF this remedy, We need not do more than
to assure them it is still made the best it can be-
We spare no cost, no care, no toll to produce it
the most perfect possible, and thus afford those
who rely on it the best agent which our skill can
furnish for their cure
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-09-02
Poisoned Wheat.


E9- We understand that a great deal
of the Wheat harvested the present sea-
son, in this region, cannot be used on
account Of the number Of poisonous
grains which it contains. These may be
known by their being wholly or partly
of transparent red color. We are in
formed that they make no perceptible
difference in the color of the -four or
the appearance of the bread, but when
eaten produce retching and vomiting in
either man or animal. Too much care
cannot be taken, therefore. in testing all
-four made from new grain. Bake lit
tie Of it. and feed to your swine, and if
it has been made from poisoned grain it
will sicken them. If it does so, it is al
most needless to say that any farther use
of it would be dangerous.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-09-02

Now that the Ocean Telegraph is a success,
and he that doubted the triumph Of science
must cease to doubt, we hope to hear no more
caviling and railing against Patent Medicines,
because they injnre the practice of old and new
school, and manufactured Quack Physicians,
and because they do not have the stamp of the
wise-headed Esculapians yclept the Faculty
Especially should all doubts be removed as to
the success and worth of DIR. BAKERS PAN
ACEA, because it has been tried and not found
wanting in oil Summer Complaints, Diarhea,
Bilious Collie. Cramps. Dyspeptic Symptoms,
loss Of tone in the Stomach, Flatulence, &C.
when all similar preparations have failed. Ii
is truly scientific preparation. and should al
ways be kept in your families. For sale by
Parsons 4 Mellish. (26-5i
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-09-02
State Of Iowa, GO
BUCHANAN COUNTY, 0o'

WHEREAS divers applications have been
w made to the County Court of said coun-
ty, for the building of bridges therein, and for
repairing the Correction Line Public Road run
ming East and West through said county, in
those portions thereof between Independence
and Delaware county
Now, therefore, !, Stephen j. w. Tabor, coun-
ty Judge of sail county, in pursuance of the
Code of Iowa, in such cases made and provided,
do hereby order an election by the Qualified yo-
tiers of said county, to be held on Tuesday, the
18th day Of October, 1853, at the several places
in said county where elections are legally hol-
den, for the purpose Of voting upon the follow
ing questions, to wit:
l. Whether the County Judge of said county
shall be authorized to issue County Warrants for
one third the amount of all necessary bridges
which shall cost, according to a contract appro
we'd by the said judge, five hundred dollars or
upwards, such warrants to be issued when the
bridges are completed and accepted, and made
payable when the tax next to be mentioned is
assessed and collected
2. Whether the said County will authorize
the levying of bridge tax, as soon rs it can be
legally done, to the amount Of one and a half
mills on a dollar on all the taxable property in
said County, for the purpose of paying for the
construction of said bridges.
The form of the vote shall be "For the Bridg-
es" or Against the Bridges" All the votes
cast " For the Bridges" shall be held as adopt
ing the foregoing propositions entire and all the
votes cast Against the Bridges shall be held
as rejecting them entire.
Also to see whether the said county will au-
thorize the County Judgeto expend in repairs on
the aforesaid Correction Line Public Road
sum not to exceed five hundred dollars, accord
ing to the discretion of the County Judge, the
said sum to be raised by tax of one fourth of
a mill on dollar on all taxable property in said
county, and the Warrants issued for said repairs
to be paid in the same manner as specified for
the Warrants proposed to be issued for the con-
struction Of bridges.
The form of the vote on this proposition shall
be "For the Repairs or Against the Repairs p
All the votes cast I" For the Repairs" shall be
considered as adopting the proposition entire,
and all votes " Against the Repairs" as in the
same manner rejecting it.
{~,) Attest my hand and the seal of
}L.S.} said County this 10Th day Of Au-
gust, A. D., 1858.
STEPHEN j. w. TABOR,
County Judge.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-09-02
The statistical table Of mortality show

The statistical table Of mortality shows
reduction in this country of the proper
ton of deaths from pulmonary diseases
Doct. Aver attributes this result to the
effect of his Cherry Pectoral. He also
asserts that the cured from his Cathartic
Pills give reason to believe they will, as
they came into more general use, materi-
ally reduce the mortality from those par
tlcular diseases for whic they are design
ed. From what we know of his prepare
tons. we think he has grounds for his
claims, and if he has, it Is an attainment
Of which an Emperor might be proud
Rarely is it permitted any one man to
know that his skill is bestowing health
and life to the masses Of his fellow men
Such reflection is worth working for,
even though he had the reflection for his
rcward.-Sprinafeld Daily Courier.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-09-02
p SOMETHING WORTH KNOWING.

p SOMETHING WORTH KNOWING
We would call your attention to the advertise
ment Of DR.. Mann's Ague Balsam, which APP
pears in the columns Of our present number
We are pleased to be able to record the satisfac-
ton of our patrons after trial of an article ad-
vertised in our columns. All the quack nos
trums Of the day are giving way before it. and
it seems, truly, to work by magic and in all
cases effects cure. This is indeed a great dis
covery. and will be hailed with pleasure by
thousands who have suffered and tried and
tried and suffered year after year, throughout
the western country, to know that specific is
in the reach of ALL This invaluable remedy is
sold by all good and responsible druggists. (26
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-09-02

PERSONALS
@ We received call, on Monday
afternoon, from Hon. WIN. VANDEvER,
the Republican candidate, in this dis
trict, for Congress. who was then en-
voste for Dubuque. We are happy to
say that he is in excellent health, as well
as in the best of spirits-certainly exhib-
ting no evidences of being used up man,
as the travelling puffer of the Democratic
candidate would have us believe he is
Mr.. VAsDEvER expresses his intention Of
meeting the citizens of this place some
time before the election, and after the
fulfllment of his present appointm snts.
Due notice of the time will be given.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-09-02
Dubuque Wholesale Market.


DUBUQUE. Sept, l..
FLOUR-Superfne 81 so Extra $500.
wHEAT-65@75c. y bu. for ORDINARY and
good see. for strictly prime.
CORE-50e. p bu.
OATS-45@50c. 52 bu.
DRIED BEEF-l5c. p fb.
SUGAR-Brown, &c.; fair, l0c; refined,
IL; crushed and powdered l21ac.
MOLASSES-Sugar house SOC. Golden Syr
up. sO@9Oc. U gal.
POTATOES-40c. ~ bu.
HAY-$6.Oo@$s,OO. p ton.
WOOD-$4,75. p cord.
COAL-R. 1. $3.50 p ton delivered.
HIDES-Green, Sc; dry l21ac.
WHISKY--Bourbon, 50@$2, 90; Common
20@22; Old Rye, 50@75c.
BUTTER irkin and roll 10@12c IN Ii
EGGS-9c. per doz.
LARD--8c. p fb.
CHEESE-9@lOc cts.
CANDLES-Tallow, l21sc; Star 22024.
PORK-Mess sl7,oOP Dbl; prime, $4,000
BEEF-on foot 211s@3.
MUTTON-6l1a @c. per Id.
DRIED PEACHES-121a@l3.
DRIED APPLES-l6c. 79fb.
ORANGES 500 y bx.
LEMONS-$ 90 per bx.
SEEDS-Retail priees-Clover, So, 90 per bu
Timothy, $4,OO do. do; Red top $500 do do
Blue Grass 50, do. do; Orchard So, do do; Mil
let 50, do. do; Poland Oats ST. SO do do Irish
do, 81, do.