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be Grand Duke Of Baden Louis born August 1 1924 under
guardianship by Of insanity.
hcr Ferdinand husband Of the late Queen regent
III september 10, 1850
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lrroRSrr oesrnAl,s orncs.

MCalnon esq., business Of this ONCE
OnicIal opinions the government
called the President by bead Of department on by the 30
lcitor OIL the Ircasur
the titles Of all land purchased, as The sites 81
The United states
Applications for pardous 10 all cases Of conviction In the courts
Applications in all the Judicial and legal business
Of tho government -, go - !,
the United states in governments concerned
MEETS when referred by the head thereof to tue Attorney General
,he presen. time the following viz
First The direction Of all appeals on land claims IN California
Columbia.
lsrnmon DEPARTMENT
Secretary Of The Department, Of the Interior Hon Jacob Tomp
SIap MO-, Ts, aso Two tnne CLERKS and Ten other regu
lar ers and 70 Il SUPERVISION
ist ne Pubic Lands The chief Of this bureau is called the Com
sInar ~ ae mens a INA @ ~ he nnbrn DOMAIN ani ih
pa Of titles therefT whether from grants
na y er,e nv sas donations ir school
mtary boune or public IMPROVEMENTS and kew tho revision
' n aI pI'1 na,r aaai is own account The
Commissioner IS Hon A. Hendricks Of indiana It's pr
spal Officers are recorder, esi eer ps sn o. ,so &
present head of this bureau s George
Whiting o. virginia Inc commissioner y ehassa Mn ne eSha
n russell NV cnyress GRANTING bounty land or pensons
for the military or naval services IN the sa ana o,ansm
chief clerk al Cole ESQ and permanent corps consisting
al Gaa,s Commissioner Of Indian Affairs Charles f Mix Of
Georgetown with chief clerk and about aosen
b pot ono To this bureau il committed the execution aud
performance all things touching respecting grant
g and iss,np OF utcn for new ana useful
and the collection o. statistics e e 70 @
chief eerkwbo il by law The acting Commissioner Of Patents in
t absence Of The principal and twelve as
Isnnt exnuers OF patents some dozen subordinate permanent
r bcsdes considerable number of temporary employees Hon
osnn oi Il ,e and Samuel r. Shuert esq Chief
clerk .g
Of
mon the organic act Of slo
narmeDt the yon a the aecouns
and nnreys and the clerks the United manage
men, Of the lead and other mines United
Of the pencnty Of the United States IN e lslfc, ~ aa
from the state Delarme tbe au'y OF taking anu e zen
suses Oh tue United sas anu ~ .l an @ Wy a "
The Commissioner OF fuphc bunaitBs inc nl o ,ue
the army ana navy ana OF the lhsuc, o ,e
management OF TINS department N auuoh 70 Wh.n ny ave re
Gently passed tne seuiotas y, ,ho W. m o"
btrucon OF the Three wagon roads eaag 20 ths ia
The department fequi e an auo,ohai puins m s
ne ast few wears for that purpose Al present Pension Office
noyidcd with rooms in what a known as .inder Building while
H., , rcJ.s f The cnrtmeut Including tile Secretary office
o ali er,wed into The Patent Once buna the whole of which
Iii Va ,nour. m nm only y for The use of The Patent once Gr
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-12-16

MtscArrNE Henry O. Conner, A
10. Patterson. T M Iseef, S M McKib
bon, E I Schenck, John Axe, Pliny Fay
Jacob Butler-l3 votes
CLINTON Cow w Jerome, Derrick
| Adams, G I'll Toll, B I'll Fuller. VIM Fl
Gibbs, N B Baker, Charles Seott---1s
votes. 4set sga9
JACKSON Co.--Ezra Baldwin. r s
Hadley, VIM Davis, s S Germond, Johr
Matthews, w G Swigart, James Decker
Charles RichoJ w Jenkins, o v Shrad
er-14 votes. H.0 u
Ioi LEE Co.--J M Hyatt, Arthur Wal
colt, Hawkins Taylor. D w Kilbourn, d
Redington. j X Hornish, j A Mellow
ell John Tempin, ] I'll Sullivan, ii
Reed-27. Ae.
WEBSTER. Co.-G G Bissell, Thomas
Sargent, G B Richards, VIM N Mersen-
cry, A Taylor, Winton Smith, G A Sher.
man. G B Sherman, G L Noble--3 votes
BUCHANAN Co.--Thomas Sherwood
r. Conable, jr., w B Kipp. Thomas,
l. w Hart ID s Davis, p Wilcox, o
II P Roszell, E j Pratt, G B Parsons
5 votes.
MARSHALL Cow p Hepburn, and
q 5 Hampton, lr.--4 votes.
Mr.. Reed, of Lee Co., moved that a
committee, consisting of two delegates
from each county, be appointed to report
business to this convention. .C
1.-The chair appointed the following as
said committee s.Is. -
B II GFuller and w H Gibbs, of Clin-
ton County.
John Pattee and c I Smead, Bremen
county. at5,s
HI 4 Reed and J M Hyatt, Lee County.
5 j Kirkwood and j B Edmonds,
johnson county.
I M Isett and Butler Muscatine Co.
w G Wilson, ID A Underdown, OF
Hamilton co. 6 - I'd.
B Tallott and L Estus, of Hardin
Co.
E Pratt and Thomas Sherwood, of
Buchanan Co.
A Taylor and Winton Smith, of Web
ster Co.
w. Barrows and J w Churchill, OF
Scott u
G H Toll, of Clinton, moved that any
delegation that had not already arrived,
might be allowed to appoint their two
delegates to act with the Committee at
any time before the committee reported
Motion carried.
A Q Patterson, of Muscatne, moved
that we adjourn till z o'clock this even
ing. Motion lost.
Mr.. Toll, Of Clinton, moved that the
Convention adjourn till to morrow morn
ing al 8 o'clock Motion adopted.
Convention adjourned.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-12-16
A Curious Prayer.

In the State of Ohio, there resided a
family. consisting of an old man by the
name of Beaver, and his three sons, all
ef whom are hard "pets," who had Of
ten laughed to scorn the advice and en-
treaties of a pious, though very eccentric
minister, who resided in the same town.
II happened one Of the boys was bitten
by a rattlesnake, and was expected to die.
when the minister was sent for in great
haste.
On his arrival he found the young man
very penitent. and anxious to be prayed
with The minister calling on the fam
ily. knelt down and prayed in this wise
"Oh Lord. we thank thee for rattle
snakes /; we thank thee because a rattle
snake has bit him. We pray Thee, send
rattlesnake to bite John send one TO
bite Bill and, oh Lord send the big :
gest kind OF rattlesnake to bite the old
man, for nothing but rattlesnakes will ev-
er bring tho Beaver family to repen-
tence.'
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-12-16
MIR. Giddings i'm st. Louis.

One would suppose that fat and Jul.
cy young Englishman, caught by tribe
of eannibals, would be quite as safe
among them, as Joshua Giddings would
be lecturing on abolitionism in the slave
State of Missouri. Yet Mr.. Giddings
has ventured TO lecture on Mans Ina.
lienable Right to Freedom, in the very
capital of Missouri, and closed his ad
dress not only unliarmed, but amidst the
cheers and applauses of his audience =
He denounced the Dred Scott decision
amidst a storm of the noisiest demonsIra-
tons of appreciation and delight Ten
years ago he would have been torn in
pieces. !e
Thus it is, that, one by one, the res
traints which have fettered the free ex.
preston of opinion on this great subject
are giving way. After the Press is al
lowed to discuss the question OF slavery
freely, and public speakers to attack it
with the same liberty that others defend
it, in few of the slave States, we shall
naturally expect chat the compulsory re-
serve and silence, TO which the enemies
of slavery are held, will be greatly re-
laxed in the rest of the South. until at
length the name of abolitionist will be-
come in that part of the Union as respec-
table as that of friend of Slaverv.-
When that day comes, the rights of the
South will be understood to mean, among
other things, the right OF southern cit
izen to agitate as freely for the extinction
of that calamitous institution as others
are allowed to bluster for retaining it
At present, the rights of the South are
taken to signify only the supremacy
of the Shareholders.
Meantime we chronicle this event as
one OF a large class of circumstances
marking an important change in public
opinion. The time has been that the
discussion of this question was perfectly
free in all parts of the Union, and men
bore their testimony everywhere against
slavery with as little impe diment as they
now do against drunkenness. Gradually
the shareholders, instigated by politicians
came to regard the denunciation of slav-
cry as an attack on their rights of prop
erty and as the sensitiveness of capital
lists, when their possessions are drawn in
question, is acute and irritable beyond
almost any other, they establish that
tyranny over the expression of opinion
on this subject which has now lasted for
> quarter OF century, and at one time
reigned almostabsolute even at the North.
The North has now fully emaucipated
herself, and If there is any faith to be
placed in omens, the South is about to
follow her example.-N Y. Zee. Post.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-12-16
poftrp.
For the Guardian.
A SIGHT TO SEE.

Did you ever see my Rosa dear,
With a step SO light, and voice SO clear,
As she sports in merry glee?
Her eyes are glttering sparks of light II
Two stolen gems of the starry night;
And her dress is robe Of spotless white
The innocent robe of the lily white ..4
Oh this is sightto see.
Saw you the old man as he passed you by,
With a faded cheek and sunlzen eye2
His spirit win soon be free:
He is done with this llfeand its pleasures gay
He is gently passing from earth away =
Hope whispers to him of a brighter day
OF the glorious dawn of brighter day
Oh this is sight to see.
And now the child of the flowing hair
Has stolen to the old mans easy chair
And he takes her on his knee;
He bends to kiss the innocent fair,
And the snowy locks, the silken hair,
And the radiant smile, are mingled there
Are swectly mingled together there
Oh this is n sight to see,
Cedar Rapids, Dee. !. Y. Y
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-12-16
SECOND DAYS PROCEEDINGS.

The Convention met in metropolitan
Hall. pursuant to adjournment, and wa
called TO order by the President. ~
The following Delegates arrived las
night and were admitted to seats in th
! Convention aT
! Dubuque county Delegation. - Jame
Huff, Fred. j Stanton, Chas. Corkerv
}. Al. Richmond. A. IL Mills, John Jen
nings, 2. Quigley, Wm Rebman, B.. p
Powers-26 votes.
Btackhach Co. Deiegation.--H Sher
man, c. Mullen-6 votes. -
The business committee reported th,
following resolutions
Resolved, That this Convention is il
favor of a judicious system of State aid
to such Railroads as are of State import
ance, by loaning the credit of the State
to an amount not exceeding eight mil.
lions of dollars.
Resolvea, That this Convention be.
lieyes that the Tennessee system of State
aid is Judicious and safe one, and ought
to be adopted by our Legislature, with
such notifications as may be necessary
to adapt il to our constitution and that
our Legislature should submit such a
system to the people at as early day as
possible, for their adoption.
Besolved, That this Convention should
rriemorialize the Governor of the State to
call a special session of the Legislature
for the purpose of CARRYING out the prin
ciples embodied in the foregoing resolu-
tons at as early a day as practicable.
Mr. Edmonds, on behalf of the minor
lty OF the Committee, submitted the fol-
loving minority report.
The undersigned, members of the
Committee, are instructed to report as to
the action proper to be taken by this
Convention, being unable to coincide
with the views of the majority of the
Committee as expressed in the reported
Resolutions; respectfully beg leave to
submit minority report, and in SO doing,
desire to state that on arriving at the
conclusions herein expressed, they have
not been unmindful of the grave and
weighty importance of the subject under
consideration in this Convention.
The question whether ii be expedient
for the State to abandon its former poll
cy, and to incur an indebtedness, to aid
IN the construction of Railroads, and if
so to what extent and in favor of what
Companies, is one which so much con-
cerns the people of the entire State and
their future welfare, that it is to be re-
GREETED we cannot have something like
full expression of their sentiments.
But, waving all considerations OF poll
icy, or expediency, the undersigned find
such insuperable objections in the Con-
10 giving or granting the credit
OF the State to aid any association or!
corporation to carry on any work of in
ternal improvement, that in their iudg-
ment all attempts to obtain the same
without changing the Constitution would
be futile. aud that to eallan extra session
of the Legislature, to pass laws for such
without change in our fun
damental law, would be an useless ex-
pense We therefore submit the follow
ing Resolution
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-12-16
FIRST DAY.

Convention met at 2 o'clock, p N
at metropolitan Hall, in Iowa City Judg
MITCHELL, of Scott Co., and Judge FUL
LER, of Clinton County, were chosel
Secretaries.
A motion that committee on creden
tials be appointed by the Chair, was ear
ried Remarks on said motion wer
made by II. O'Connor, of Muscatine
who was in favor of the Convention ad
journing sine die The following are th,
committee on credentials /:
Hugh I. Reed, of Lee county.
Jacob Butler, of Muscatine
Willard Barrows. of Scott County
Legrand Byington, Of Johnson Co.
Charles Scott, of Clinton.
A. 0. Patterson, of Muscatine, while
the committee on credentials were out
submitted the following resolution.
Resolvea, That the committee on Gre
dentials be instructed to report the mum
Der of votes which each county repre-
scnted will be entitled to on the ratio oil
one vote for each 1000 inhabitants and
each fraction over 500, and that each
county with less than 1000 inhabitants,
be entitled to one vote. Resolution adop-
ted.
The following amendment to the above
resolution was offered by d. Redington.
of Lee county:
Resolved, That the vote Of the conyen-
tion be given by counties, and that the
vote be given by one delegate of said
county, and cast by the delegate as in
structed by the majority of the delega-
ton.
a. 0. Pattersonmoved that the amend
ment be laid on the table.
The motion was unanimously carried
The following is the report Of the COM
mittee on credentials /:
Scorr Co.-G. c. r. Mitchell, Ed.
Cook, Jas. Mcintosh, d. N. Richardson,
Geo. II. French, w. Barrows, j. G..
Washburn, L. G. Eads, j. w. Church
i'll, j. M. Cannon-22 votes.
JOHNSON Col. G. Byington, S. j.
Kirkwood, Wm. Crum, Geo. Andrews,
r. Hutchison, III. Murry, j. L. Turner,
G. H. Jerome. J. H. Cover, J. B. Ed,
munds. Ia votes.
BREMER Coo L Smeed, G w Max
field. John Pattee, r Morehouse, M F
Gillett, L F Curtis, H F Beebe. C G Al
len. w H Jay. L Nutting--3 votes.
HAMILTON Gov G Wilson, j w
Payne, w w Boke | Woodward, E Lar
kin, John Cofer. d A Underdown, Geo.
Ship. d J Carlin, ] j Wadsworth-4
HARDIN Co.-'J L Estus, b j Talbot,
Jesse Rodgers, John Dickinson, j II
Dfain, M Hubert, J M Scott, Plat
hotchum, W J Ackley. J M Bovd-.
votes. 81
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The second resolution was then adopt.
ed by similar vote
The third resolution was also adopted
by the same vote.
W. w. Jerome, of Clinton, moved that
committee of 5 be appointed by the
Chair to memorialize the Governor to
call an extra session, and moved the pre-
vious question. Motion adopted. aei
Mr.. Reed moved that the President OF
this convention be added to the Com
mittee. Motion adopted. i'a
Mr.. Churchill, of Scott, moved that
the proceedings of this Convention be
published in all the papers in the State
that will do it.
The committee to melnorialize the Gov
ernor eerH
II. L. Reed. Lee County.
Eb. Cook, Scott County.
VIM. w. Jerome, Clinton County.
Charles Cookery, Dubuque County.
G. T. Smeed, Bremen County
g. G. r. Mitchell, Scott County.
Mr.. Byington moved that the Com
mittee appointed to memorialize the gov
ernor, also furnish an engrossed copy of
the proceedings of this convention. Mo
ton adopted t
Gen. Reed moved that the convention
adjourn sine die,
Mr.. Butler moved that it adjourn till 7
O'clock this evening. Motion lost.
Convention adjourned sine die.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-12-16

A CURIOUS STATE OF THrSGs IN MoS-
EY.-lt is noteworthy that at the present
time, the bills of country banks in New
York are worth more in the market than
specie and such notes are being boarded
up while silver is paid out. A person
has 81 900 wages to pay on Saturday.
Instead Of paying in bank notes. he buys
$1,000 in silver for 1895 bank money,
and saves SIS, at the same time paving
specie 10 his men. Great dissatisfaction
is expressed at the accumulation of large
quantities of silver coin at all retail es-
adjustments. The banks will not take
it on deposit, and it cannot be sold in
large quantities except at a discount.-
The war with China, which has stopped
the export thither, and, to some extent.
the depreciation of the coin here, has
led to this state OF things. Such state
Of the money market has never occurred
before
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-12-16

Resolued, That in the Judgment Q

n Resotued. That in the judgment o.
this Convention, State credit can only be
given to Companies or corporations to
aid in the construction of Railroads, by
first obtaining the requisite change in
our State Constitution. miolq taH
Signed-7J, G. Traer, Benton Co., ia
cob Butler, Muscattne CO., j. G. Ed
monds, johnson CO., T. NJ Isett, Mus
catine CO., w. P. Hepburn, Marshall CO.,
5. j.. kirkwood, Johnson co. - "
Mr.. Reed, of Lee, moved to amend
the majority report by striking out the
words, /" loaning the credit of the State. I"
Mr.. Byington opposed the amendment
vote taken by counties. The follow
is the vote: a aoN 5aa .a t.ts4s dor
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-12-16

The bed of Og was % feet long. and
I feet broad. The height of Goliah was
/ feet--his coat weighed $50 and his
spear head 10 pounds. The body Of
Oreslus, son of Agamemnon, leader Of
the Grecian expedition against Troy, was
III feet high. The giant Galbara,
brought from Africa to Rome. in the first
century, A. D., was ten feet high, and n
woman 10 feet. Maximus, a native of
Spain, the Roman Emperor, was nine
feet high Maximus, originally from
Thrace, another Roman Emperor 81
feet high. His wiie's bracelets served
him for finger rings His strength was
such that he could draw a loaded WAGON.
break horses jaw with bis fist, crush
the hardest stones with his fingers, and
cleaye trees with his hands. His vorac-
ity was equal 10 his strength, eating 40
pounds of flesh, and drinking lS bottles
wine daily Byrne and O. 'Brien, Irish
giants, were eight feet high. \ Ten
nessean giant lately died, Il feet high,
weighing more than one thousand lbs
The Kentucky giant was feet IL inches
high. The Canadian giant 3 feet high.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-12-16

ANTI SLAVERY REVIVAL IN NORTH
CAROLINA - A correspondents Of the
Hestera, writing from Gniltord, N. c..
says that al recent camp meeting at
Sandy Forge, thirty persons were con
verted and joined the Wesleyan church
-an anti'slavery body-among them
one Of a mob Chat only short time since
drove two Wesleyan preachers from the
South
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-12-16
Curing Hams.

A spondent-Mr. VIM. II. Ben
nett, of Warwick, r. I-sends us the
following description of method prac-
ticed with great success by him for sew
eral years, in curing hams .f'IIl"'
He first takes the cask in which the
hams are salted. and smokes IL for half
an hour over a low fire made with walnut
chips. He then makes pickle Of two
hundred pounds of Turks Island salt,
half pound Of saltpetre, and two quarts
of molasses, in sufficient water TO cover
the meat when placed in the barrel This
pickle is SKINNED while the salt is being
dissolved at a scalding heat When cool
ed down, this brine is poured upon the
hams in the barrel, and they are allowed
to lay in it until they are sailed. They
are then lifted out, hung up to dry, and
are afterwards rubbed over with a COM
position of fine salt, black and red pep
per, and some ground cloves When
this operation is performed, they are
sewed in bags, and hung up with shanks
downward. A dry, cool attic chamber
Is the best place to keep them. Hams
thus preserved have an excellent flavor,
and do not require TO go through the
smoking process. . M
The simple smoking of the cask will
have the effect of communicating a mild
smoky SAVIOR to the meat. Of this we
are confident, because we have seen il
done, and can endorse Mr.. Benefits ex-
perience in regard to this feature of the
process. We believe his practice is
good one. Scientific Americaa.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-12-16

The Convention al Lawrence. Kansas,
on the l0th, called by the Free State
Central Committee to determine what
should be done in respect to State or
ganization, was thinly attended and de-
termined nothing There seems to be
no prospect Of an immediate movement
for State government.