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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-05-24

DLASTER FOR SALE AT THE STAUN-
il TON STEAM MILIS--The Company has large
lot on the road which will be sold freshly ground at
Sl2 per ton cash, on deliyerance. Apply to
3. A. RICHARDSON, Supt
Stauntou Feb. l, 1859.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-05-24

N HHDS. n. D. Sugar; also six bbls N o. Molasses,
= lust received by TAYLOR, H0GE co.
Staunton, April 10, 1882
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-05-24

0S BAGS Java, Laguira and Rio Coffee, just re-
ZO ceiyed by TAYLOR, HOGE d co.
Stsunton, April 10, 1859.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-03-17

DoN'T Use A CHECK REIN.-The n. <.
Farmer, speaking on the subject, says:
Any person whose attention has been
called to the subject, and who still per
sists in the use of light check rein,
ought to have his own head placed in 4
similar position 10 that to which he has
cruelty subjected the horse. If we were
the Grand Sultan" every man who
torments his horse with check-rein
should hold out both arms at right an-
giles with his body, for an hour at time
once in twenty-tour hours, as long as he
continued the use of the check rein.
The practice of drawing in the heads
of team horses, by means of this pernic-
ious strap, is especially cruel. The horse
that is endeavoring to expend his strength
needs the free, natural use of his head
and neck. The cramping position, now
enforced, is alike severe and injurious to
horses in any business, and should be
eased, till nature has free play.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-03-17

Rev. Prof. Hitchcock, of the New
York theological seminary, having been
assailed in some of the Presbyterian pa
pers for too free a treatment of the Old
Testament, publishes an elaborate reply,
in which he avows the opinions, that the
Books of Moses. though inspired. were
made up of oral and written traditions
handed down from the earlier times, and
incorporated into the Mosaic record by
the command of the Lord that the
,cortd, as a creation, was called into be-
ing ages before the Mosaic period that
the term six days are expanded into i'm
mense periods. and do not mean the days
of our reckoning; that the account of the
fall, the apple, and the devil. is rather a
fctioned moral and symbolic representa-
tioi than literal one that the deluge
was not universal, but restricted, and the
term "all' applied TO il does not neces-
sarily include all portions of the globe
The deluge was historically and not geo.
graphically universal. Il was as wide as
the human race, and no more so. Prof.
Hitchcock fortifes his opinions by cita-
tions from the ablest theological writers
who have lived
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-03-17
Do as I Do.

A well known fast" man recently en-
tered bar-room in this city. where be
seldom fails to meet some twenty friends
in the smiling hours" With his usu-
al heartlness, he called up the company.
who, nothing 10th, at once "faced tho
counter"
You must do as do" said the lib
eral one.
"Oh, certainly-of COURSE" Was the
unanimous reply; "what is yours GO
ing to be 90
" | shall take pure brandy" was the
reply.
And then all called for p. B. Af,er
drinking. the wag laid down his ftp ON
the counter. and Immediately retired.
whispering in persuasive tone;
!" Do as do, gentlemen
The party looked at one another with 4
comic stare, until one, who finally felt
the force Of the idea creeping powerfully
through his hair, exclaimed Sold. by
thunder %
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-03-17

A MIRACLE PERHAps.-The Bangor
{ Me. papers relate the story of deal
mute, who has made that city his place
OF residence, but who recently made a
visit to 10 the Aroostook country-the
land of big crops and multiplied babies
where he fell in love with buxom ma
tive, and was refused the consent of her
paternal parent to marry his darter.'
Determined to consummate the deed, he
persuaded the girl to elope, and off they
started in one horse sleigh for parson
In Aroostook, ministers are rare aud the
miles long. consequently the enraged
"parient" pursued and overlook the fu
gitives before they were made one flesh
Then was shown the miraculous power
Of love-the deaf heard aud the dumb
spake, declaring in the most emphatic
language that he would have the girl
father or no father" Wonder. stricken
at the supposed miraculous recovery O
hearing and speech by the young man
the stern father yielded up his daughter
and the banns were no longer forbidden
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-03-17

Eps. NoRru- WESTERN FARMER II
see by your paper that it is supposed by
some of your readers that cranberries
cannot be grown on dry land /: but have
proved it to my satisfaction that they can
be, and will give you my experience in
the business. 3
Three years ago last spring. about the
Goth of May, / procured from Indiana,
one hundred and fifty plants, and plant
ed them in my garden, which is high
and dry.
The soil is sandy limestone. pre-
pared the ground by manuring with we'll
rotted vegetable manure. deep spadi.g
and pulverizing. planted the plants
about ten inches apart, kept the weeds
and grass out and the ground mellow.
but taking care not to disturb the roots
In the fall I covered the bed slightly with
fine hay, and so kept them until the
growing season came on the next spring.
That season the plants extended SO as to
cover the ground between the rows pret
ty well-some Of the runners putting out
eighteen incires long, In the fall, / ap-
applied manure and covered the bed as
before. The following season they grew
well and produced one pint Of berries.
In the fall, l covered the bed again and
last spring applied coating of saw dust
Some of the runners have grown the past
season three and half feet long have
gathered from the bed this fall, two
quarts of good berries, and the vines look
as thrifty and fine as any | have ever seen
in their native marshes. From my ex-
perience in the business. / have every
reason TO believe than the cranberry can
be grown on dry land to great profit
JoHN HEFNER, Delhi, Loaca.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-03-17
From the National Era.
The Republican Party.

When Mr.. Seward took occasion in bis
Rochester speech, just before the New
York Election, to represent distinctly
the great conflict between Slavery and
Freedom, politicians in that Stale and in
this district, who had been plotting the
reconstruction of parties, Oh the assump-
tion that no such conflict exists, were
greatly scandalized, denounced the in
considerate radicalism of the distinguish
ed Senator, and predicted nothing but
disaster as the result.
Now, nothing is more certain than that
the Administration owes its defeat in
New York, and the Republican Party
there its integrity and success, first to
the failure of the miserable attempt at
coalition and secondly. 10 that Roches-
ter Speech, which concentrated the Anti
Slavery sentiment in support of the Re-
publican ticket, defined beyond all doubt
the true issue Of the canvass. and render
ed it impossible to construe the result
otherwise than as an evidence of the pre-
ponderance Of the AntiSlavery Element
AT no time since the organization OF
the Republican party has it been free
from purblind ccunselors and halting
conservatives. Every year we have been
accustomed to hear them croaking about
the danger Of being radical. inconsider-
ate. hot-headed. Be quiet is the burden
of their advice. let us show the country
that we are not the agilators-what is
the use Of this "eternal talk about the
niggers can meet the issues as they
arise. They seem to be under the illu
sion that they are still respectable mem
bers of the old Whig Party. which,
merely to suit circumstances, has adopt
ed the title, " Republican" and they are
amazed that the wise counsels of Web
ster and Clay are set at naught. Let a
determined Republican in Congress pro-
claim the real doctrine of the party and
they grow nervous; they are sure we
mill spoil everything-'' how can we
unite the elements OF the opposition. if
such zealots will be forever agitating
The very best way. they think, for the
Republican Party to succeed, is never to
make a single effort to do what it was ex-
pressly organized to do.
That Mr.. Washburn of Maine should
have incurred the displeasure of these
gentlemen is just what might have been
expected; but We cannot understand
why any real Republican should think a
frank utterance of Anti Slavery opinions,
at such a crisis, unreasonable. The
speech Of tina. gentleman, notwithstand-
inO the patriotic outhraat of Mr Tko,a,
son Of New York. about "a union of the
true men Of the country, North, South,
East, West'-a phraseology intended to
imply that the Republican Party. with
its definite aims and purposes, should
give way to a mongrel Opposition with
no principle, and no aim but that of pow
er-were not only we'll considered. but
well timed. Recollect what use has been
made of the vote of the Republicans in
favor OF the Crittenden- Montgomery
amendment Every intelligent person
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-03-17

The late Rev. Ebenezer Jennings, OF
Dalton, Mass, was accused more than
half century since. of preaching feder-
al politics, and though the charge was
probably true, it is believed that he did
not preach politics oftener than did his
democratic neighbor, Rev. Thomas Al
len, OF Pittsheld. a correspondent Of
the Hampshire Gazette says that /" one
of his democratic Pensioners came to
him one day, rather excited, and said
MIR. Jennings, | have been told that you
said yesterday in the pulpit, that every
democrat was horse thief Mr.. Jen-
nlngsreplied, you have been misinform
ed; did not say any such thing. /
will tell you what 1 did say l said that
every horse thief was democrat" The
man was non-plussed.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-03-17
LOST HIS HAT.-One of our prominent

LOST HIS HAT.-One of our prominent
physicians took a seat in the central aisle
of Globe Hall, Sunday Evening. and
placed his hat upon the floor by the side
of his chair. A lady with the usual 70
tundity of hoops. came up moment af-
ter. and as she passed, the DR.. happened
to look in the direction Of his hat. and
to his intense wonderment, that valuable
tile had disappeared. The Dr.'s aston
ishment at this mysterious disappearance,
could only be equaled by the bitterness
of dose of Suiph. Quin.-if must be
fell (unlike the hat) to be Appreciated
He gazed under his chair. looked up and
down the aisle, and with a bewildered
expression examined his vest-pockets,
coat-tails, and scratched his head--no
hat. Happening at this juncture to
glance at the aforesaid hoops in full re-
treat up the aisle. he noticed sort of
protuberance under the hoops, and near
the floor, as if moderate sized dog OF
common stove-pipe hat had gotten un-
der, and was trying to get out. A lum-
inous idea entered the losers heaJ--he
sprang forward, and after a couple oi
failures, amid the titterings of those ad.
jacent, and the serene unconsciousness
OF the owner of the hoops, he succeeded
in unearthing the missing hat.-Da6uqe
Herald.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-03-17

The electric telegraph is bound to re-
main mystery to the million, and the
ludicrous conceptions of its modus OPP
erandi, which some Of the most ignorant
people have formed, are as mirth-proyo-
king as anything out of Rabelais OF
Smollett. The last Illustration of this
that has fallen under our eyes, is the fol-
lowing story from the Pittsburgh Joara-
at: gaa a @ss (.
Not long since. an old lady entered
O'Reilly's Office in this city, and said
she had message to send to Wheeling.
In few minutes her, noie was deposited
in dumb waiter, and ascended in a
mysterious manner through the ceiling.
Is that going straight to Wheeling ?"
inquired the old lady. with her eyes bent
upon the ceiling.
Eyes ma am answered the clerk
8" never was there" continued she,
but it hardly seems possible that their
town lies in that direction. When will
l get an answer, Mr.. Telegraph
81 can scarcely tell, ma'am it may
be two or three hours
The old lady went away and returned
in exactly two hours. Just as she en-
tered the door the dumb waiter came
down through the ceiling.
There is your answer, ma'am," said
the clerk.
The old lady took the neat yellow en-
velope in her hands, with smile Of min
gled qualification and astonishment.
Now that beats ALL" exclaimed she
"Bless my heart. All the way from
Wheeling. and the wafer still wet
That's an awkward looking box-but il
can travel like pizen."
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-03-17
A Miracle Of Honesty.

AT party one evening, several con-
tested the honor of having done the most
extraordinary thing, and reverend gen.
tleman was appointed sole judge Of their
respective pretensions.
One party produced his tailor's bill
with receipt attached to it. A buzz
went through the room. that this could
not be outdone, when the second proved
that he had just arrested his tailor for
money lent him.
1.-The palm is his" was the general
cry, when third put up claim.
Gentlemen," said he, 81 cannot
boast of the feats Of my predecessors,
but have returned two umbrellas that
were left at my house,"
"Pll hear no more cried the aston
ished arbitrator, this is the very ne Plus
ultra Of honesty, unheard of deeds it is
an act of virtue of which l never knew
any one capable. The prize is"
Hold" cried out another, Pve done
still more than that"
I" Impossible T. cried the whole COM
pany "let us hear"
"Pve been taking my paper for TWEEN
ty years, and paid for it every year in
advance -
Twas no use-he took the prize.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-03-17

GoING TO MEET A LOVER. AND FINDING
MN coRpsE.-A young lady, Miss
T.,!from Lockport, N. Y, passed through
this city one day last week on her way
to st. Paul. to meet her betrothed and
fulfill her engagement to be married -
Between Hasting and St. Paul she met
the downward bound stage which had
the corpse of her intended husband
This she did rot learn until she arrived
at st. Paul, where she hired livery and
started back to overtake the stage. She
overhauled the stage at Wabasha, and
took charge of the remains Of her lover,
She passed through this city last Thurs
day night on her way home. She was
brave girl, and bore her crushing sor.
row by having faithful hope in the fu
ture. -
The livery man of st. Paul onlp
charged her $50 for taking her to Wa
bashs. This is shade meaner than the
La Crosse road.--La Crosse Republican
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-03-17

To CLEAN PAINT THAT Is NOT VAR
NIsHED.-Take a flannel and squeezs
nearly dry out of warm water, and dip
in little whiting, apply to the paint and
with little rubbing it will instantly re-
remove grease, smoke, or other SOIL
Wash with warm water and rub dry with
soft cloth. 1t will not injure the most
delicate color, and makes it look as we'll
as new besides, it preserves the paint
much longer than if cleaned with soap.
and water.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-03-17
" SPLENDID JOHNNY CAKE one

SPLENDID JOHNNY CAKE."-Take one
quart Of milk, three eggs, one teaspoon
full Of saleratus, one tea-cupful of flour.
Indian meal enough to make batter as
thick as pancakes. Bake quick in pans.
we'll l-butiered. Eat warm, with butter or
milk. Those who may not have eggs
will find they are very good Without
The milk should be sour or buttermilk.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-03-17

DEATH OF HENRY S. GEYER.-Hon.
HENRY S. GEYER, formerly U. s. Senator
from Missouri, died at bis residence in
St. Louis on Saturday night last. He
was an early settler Of Missouri, was a
member of the Convention which framed
the Constitution, was elected to the sec
ond General Assembly, and was chosen
Speaker of the House. He was former
ly Wing of extreme Pro-Slavery ten
denotes, and in 1851 was elected as the
successor Of Mr.. BENTON in the u. S.
Senate. He was Lawyer by profes-
sion, and an Attorney in the DRED ScorT
case before the Z. S. Supreme Court
He was about sixty years Of age.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-03-17
A little gentlemen aged Is wears. an

A little gentlemen aged Is years, and
little lady aged IA years, who were at
school together at Albany, arrived at
Utah on Sunday morning last, having
eloped from home with the intention OF
being made one flesh. The father OF
the boy arrived in time to prevent this
consummation, aud took the couple home,
where the little girl was shut up in a
dark closet, and the little boy soundly
whipped, aud their ardent love thus
brought to a sudden and unhappy ter
mination.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-03-17

A special committee of the New York
legislature reported on Saturday, per-
sonal liberty bill. multiplying the fugitive
slave law. and providing that no person
in the state shall be considered as prop.
erty, or subject to sale, or deprived OF
liberty. without due process of common
law and trial by jury. The penalties foi
infringing this law. are fine OF 1000 tc
5000 dollars, and twenty years imprison-
ment. II declares that every slave com
ing into the state by consent Of the own
er, shall be free.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-03-17
TRUE.-The Madison correspondent
IF the MilwauEoo Nous tb,,. ,r,,,.c

TRuE.-The Madison correspondent
of the Milwaukee News thus writes:
This afternoon, the Assembly had
adjourned, an old Indian came into the
hall and looked around, nodded to the
members, shook hands with the report
ers and clerks, and wandered up to the
Speakers stand. Taking up the gavel
he looked at it carefully, struck a blow
with it on the Speakers desk and
listened. The echo evidently pleased
him, for he struck two or three more
blows, then commenced regular war
dance, keeping time to his step with the
new war club The members cheered,
and for ten minutes the old fellow kept
up his aboriginal exercise, and only stop
ped when too tired to keep up his youth
ful pastime.' -
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-03-17
Crinoline was put to another novel us

Crinoline was put to another novel use
at Lyndon, VT, few days ago. The
states attorney sent sheriff to search
for keg of liquor known to be in the
hotel at that place. but the man couldn' t
get SO much as smell of the '' critter''
from garret to cellar. The hostess, on
seeing him drive up. had " seized" the
keg, and covering it with her ample
shirts. continued her sewing as compos-
edly as possible. The sheriff said he
" thought the women folks seemed
mighty tickled about something.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-03-17

The SOUTHERN DEMOCRACY AND Mr.
DoUGLAs.-The Washington correspon-
dent Of the New York Commercial,
writes -
The extraordinary demands of the
Southern senators upon the Northern
democracy. and upon Congress, as pre-
sented by Mr.. Brown, in the recent de-
bate, were probably intended merely to
expel Mr.. Douglas from the ranks of the
party. The president so understands it,
and SO does Senator Bigler. The presi-
dent spoke of the matter yesterday with
great exultation, congratulating himself
upon the final expulsion of Douglas from
the Democratic ranks. The feeling is,
on their part, that they have got rid of a
troublesome competitor for the Charles
ton nomination. BY the way, Mr. Doug
las has, within few days, solemnly de-
clared that he will not consent to be a
candidate of the democratic party for the
presideny at the coming election. He is
confident, as his friends say, that the op.
position must triumph at the next elec.
ton
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-03-17
SHARP REroRr.-Mr. B. +. Butler.

SHARP REToRT.-Mr. B. L. Butler, q
lawyer, of Boston, is somewhat noted fol
his severity in examining witnesses. A
correspondent of the Century relates:
He was lately engaged in legal case,
in which Prof. Horsford, of Cambridge,
was one of the witnesses. When Butler
came to cross examine him, he began in
the usual style of unceremonious ieroci-
ty. The Judge mildly interposed, aud
said perhaps brother Butler didn't know
who the witness was it was Prof Hors.
ford-Professor of Harvard College.
" Oh, yes J" mumbled Butler, as he les
urely stroked his chin. Prof, Horsford
Harvard Professor Prof. OF Harvard
College! Yes, acs-hang one Of 'em t'other
dag Z"
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-03-17
LEAvENwoRrH. K. T.. March )

A commission house in this city yes.
terday received from Clear Greek Dig
gings. near Longs Peak. a nugget OF
gold worth $50. The person who con-
signed it as specimen. writing under
date of February 9th. expresses himself
entirely satisfied in his success thus ia,
and in the prospects for the future
Clear Creek is tributary of the South
Platte.
This city is thronged with people
bound for the mines.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-03-17
A most distressing affair occurred

A most distressing affair occurred at
Lebanon, KY, on the 2lst ult. John
Thomas. a lawyer, was about to be mar
ried to Susan Shuek, daughter of law
yer. and the bride was arranging her
bridal dress In her chamber, when her
veil took fire, and she was Immediately
enveloped in flames. Her mother and
sister were badly burnt. The bride was
SO terribly burnt that she died the same
night. but not till after the ceremony had
been performed at her urgent request.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-03-17

The st. Louis Gazette relates the fol
lowing bit of romance :
Among the many passengers arriving
every day, by the way of Hannibal and
st. Joseph Railroad, to seek their fortune
in the gold mines, young man came a
few days ago, who manifested great i'm
patience, restlessness and melancholy
He took lodgings in a quiet house up
town. and said he was going to Cherry
Creek with the next Salt Lake Mail-stage
which starts this morning. The evening
before last, young lady came by the
cars, and stopped at hotel in one of the
greatest thoroughiares. She inquired
for Mr.. H., but the landlord could
give her no information respecting him.
Yesterday morning she took her place
at front window, to observe the passers
by, and had not been there long before
she struck the window forcibly and cried
out in so loud and distressed tone, as
to startle everybody in the room. She
ran to the door. calling "John. dear
John = and there met the restless, mel
ancholy young man, around whose neck
she threw her arms, and whose astonished
face she kissed most fervently, to the no
small astonishment of the lookers-on.
1t seemed that she was rather q CO.
quette, and had rejected John after Civ
ing him reason to hope for acceptance
that John. in fl of desperation, set off
for the gold mines, and she, in distrac-
ton. had left her home and pursued. to
bring him back. She found him here as
stated. aud this morning they returned
together in the cars.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-03-17

AGES OF PRESIDENTIAL AsPIRANTs.-
A correspondent of the Southern Moni,
itor says the following figures will be the
ages of the persons named. in the year
1860: CrittendeE will be II; Mclean,
rs; Riyes, II; Bell, 72; Commodore
Stewart, So; Seward, 10; Choate, 90
Cushing. 6S; Hunter. 60; Hammond,
10; Breckenridge. 50; Bigler. 6s: Dix,
81 Dickinson, 10; Cass, 81; A. "
Brown. TO; Wise. so; Slidell, II
Douglas, 81.