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The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-01-13
By Telegraph the Dubuque Express d Herald
TNENTY.FIFTH CONGRESS-.
WA SHISGToN Jan.
SECOND SESSION

WASHINGTON Jan. 4.
SENATE.-The Senate occupied mosl
of the day in removing from the old 10
the new Hall. Hon. John G. Criltenden
delivered some eloquent and appropri-
ate remarks upon vacaling a chamber
which had been the scene OF great events,
and spoke of the men who had sat and
spoken there. The Vice President like
wise gave many facts and "reminiscences
of the government previous and since its
location at Washington.
HoUsE.-Various reports were read,
and petitions presented. The House
then went into Committee of the Whole,
on the Indian appropriation bill and
without coming to "a conclusion adjourn
ed.
Jan. 5. SENArE-Mr. Chestnut, offs.
c., appeared and took his seat. Mr..
Seward offered resolution, which was
adopted, instructing the Judiciary com.
mittee to inquire if it is necessary to
amend the laws for the suppression OF
the African Slave Trade. n go. ~
On motion of Mr.. Foote, the Vice
Presidents address on leaving the old
hall was ordered to be entered on the
Journal, and $4,000 copies of his and Mr..
Crittenden's speeches were ordered
printed.
Mr.. Bigler addressed the Senate on the
Pacific R. r. bill, but his remarks were
stopped by message from the House, an
nouncing The death OF Gen. Quitman.
Messrs Davis, Shields, Ward and Hous-
ton spoke feelingly Of the deceased.
lloUsE.-ln the House, Gen. Quit
mans death was announced, and after
several eulogics being passed upon him,
the House adjourned.
Jan. Is. SENATE Mr.. Seward present
ed the constitution adopted by the late
constitutional convention held at Leaveh-
worth, Kansas, which was referred to the
committee on Territories. ~ e aey1
The Pacific Il. r. bill hcaIne up and
Mr.. Harlan delivered forcible speech
in favor Of Congress locating the route,
which he thought should be the Central
one. ,bc.a oua $40 $3.50
Mr.. Ward spoke in favor of the paral-a
iSi VI " deE. MT. 1NcFSOH llldue u strong
sectional speech, and avowed himself a
disunion man under the aggressions of
The north. He believed disunion near at
hand. ~ saI
HoUsE.--- Mr.. Colfax introduced al
bill providing for the government of
Colona. Referred to com. on Terrific 4
rles v 1ra raa .i h
The House went into committee Of the |
whole, in consideration of the bill for the !
coditication OF the Revenue laws. 4
A long discussion ensued, but without
resuit.1a TheI committee rose and House
gsA E. .loda #
Jan. 8lh-Senale not in session. I
The President sent to the House al
message, inclosing reports of the Sec.
# the Treasury andyPostmaster Gener- /
i, relative to certain Mail claims, upon
which considerable discussion ensued.
On, motion of Mr.. Farnsworth, Of
illinois, n resolution WAS adopted calling
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-01-13

4 straight line, called q tangent line, 10 its
orbit, at right angles to the centripetal
force the consequence is, that the body
cannot pursue either Of these courses,
but takes an average or mean direction
between them, that is, curved or cir
larpatl. In the case of the earth's orbit,
these forces do not always act at right
angles to each other. But that makes
no difference, only to slightly modify its
curvilinear path, making it eliptical in.
stead of circular. 1t is The conjunction
of these two forces that pull" the earth
around the sun. The writer of these
queries evidently adopts the theory that
the earth was originally plastic mass
thrown off from the sun, rs efore alu
ded to, but forgets that the masses so
supposed, flew off from the circum ference
of the sun, and therefore flew off at ii chit
angles TO its attraction, and not directly
opposite to 1t, as he supposes, and there
fore giving all the conditions necessary
to curviinear motion. This is difficult
subject to explain without the use of d.
agrams, l have endeayored to treat it
both briefly and clearly. I would adj
wise the querist to study planetary mo.
ton in the elementary books.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-01-13
Important Decision.

Among the recent decisions of our
Supreme Court we notice that i'm the case
of w. Donnelly VS.. Johnson county, the
judgment of the District Court has been
reversed. This decides the point that
in criminal case, where the defendant
is acquitted, the county is not liable TO
pay the witnesses on the part of the de-
fendant. Donnelly was a witness in the
late murder case of the State of Iowa VS..
+. M. Irish and others, and there were
about so witnesses on the part of the de-
PENDANTS. This decision saves som So
900 to the couuty.-lowa Ciy Rep.
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Wanted

NO EXCHANGE, A THOROUGHBRED
i -Four years old DURHAM BULL for
SloO worth of Cattle or Horses, and pay the bal
ance in cash. The Bull, with specimens of his
stock, can be seen at +. DANIELS, three miles
north Of Independence, of whom inquire for
particulars, or of G. DICKINSON.
ALSO, WANTED, l 900 feet of Oak Fencing
and Posts, delivered two miles east of Rich (
Hotel, Buffalo Creek
Independence, Jan. 10, 1859. t43-lt
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Governor Stewards Message

ST.. Louis, JAM 7.
Gov. Stewart submitted message to
the Senate yesterday, reciting the recent
depredations committed Oh citizens of
border counties, by Kansas bsnditti, un-
der Montgomery and Brown. A bill
was Immediately reported, authorizing
the Governor to call out volunteers to
protect persons and property, and to re-
peal invasion approprating $4,000
for that purpose. The bill will probably
pass to-day Qg
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Dec. 81, 1858.

FRIEND GUARDIAN Taking it for
granted that your correspondents will not
be offended at little criticism, will
make a few remarks upon the solutions
in your number of Dec. %.
The beauty of Algebraic notation lies
in the fact that we can, in a single line,
by means of letters and signs, express
what would require several lines to write
on! in words. An equation, as you know,
consists of two members which are
known, or assumed TO be, equal, with the
sign = placed between them and when
we see quantities with the - between
them, which we see at once are unequal,
the beauty and harmony-the precision
of algebraic notation is destroyed.
CAS-" solution to his problem is, l
believe, correct, and maintains the equal
ity of expression throughout. But in
your letter dated Z" Como" see CIV
en- 24- 81 and also that q = -7x7;
and again, 7a=49 plus 3. The last,
40 plus 3 = SO, is correct Could not
your correspondent have bettered the
expression thus: "a - ~ 81; el=7;
and XXI, or r. &C.. True notation
demands that, when there are no pune
tuation marks, the quantities between
which - is placed, shall be respectively
equal to each other.
| do not remember f" Cousin AIS
Sd problem, but the solver assures us
that 52s-- 3 3 p a. "a So. This
is putting the equality sign to new use
The next line also appears to be out o
Joint. The solution of the rookery prob
:, 81
lem starts off with laa-correct
but farther along, We see % -9l, and
-9I! These look bad.
am not limiting at the incompetence
of your correspondents to solve these
questions, but at the careless manner
very common, of expressing the solu
tons. X. y.
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The Last of Junior.

E.s Junior still feebly holds out
against las, in the discussion of two
points raised in the controversy in which
The Two papers have INDUCED for some
time, and in this weeks paper, which
W. have Just received, while giving eyi-
dence that fully proves our positions, he,
rs usual, assumes to have demolished
them. AS our subscribers must be sick
OF this controversy, we only propose to
say few words this week, and then drop
it.
One OF the points still argued by the
Junior, is in reference to his forme. Re-
publlcanism. Now we want it distinct
~ understood that we have never tried
to convict Junior of Republican procliv
tiles because we thought we would there
by confer any particular honor, or credit,
or strength, on the Republican party We
much doubt whether it would have n
particle of bearing that way. We sim
ply did it TO make good our assertion
that Junior had peculiar faculty of IL
belng his principles.
We said that Junior, coming to this
village . Republican, had since done
nothing but libel the principles he pro-
fesscd.' To this he replied:
Lie No. /, Doctor. We came TO
this village a firm believer in the priEc-
Piles of the Kansas Nebraska bill. We
espoused the Intervention policy
when that act came up before Congress,
and have ever since held to and adyoca-
ted that policy we defy, we dare you to
prove the contrary. We brand YOU as
ii Tar, sir we hurl the falsehood back
into your teeth-rid yourself Of it if you
can"
TO prove our assertion, we referred to
his voting with the Republican party in
1856, and argued that in voting for Ere
mont he must have voted against, and
not for, the principles Of The Kansas Ne.
braska bill. To this he replies
There is a way by which the truth
or talsity of the Guardians assertion !
with regard 10 ourpolitical beliefin 1856, |
may be easily settled. Judge Tabor was
better acquainted with our politics at
that time than any other man in this /
community Now if the editor of the
Guardian viii ask the Judge what our
political opinions were in 1856. and pub
lisG the Judges reply, we will agree TO
stand acquitted or committed by that
reply
We asserted chat the Judge stated
that he had formerly con-
sidered Junior Republican. He then
calls upon the Judge to state his opinion
upon this momentous question in writing,
which the Judge has done as follows,
IN note published in the Civaian of
this week
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Eg- We devote large portion of our
space, this week, to the publication OF
the New School Law, passed by the
Board of Education. Our readers will
do well to preserve it, as it will be use
full for future reference. We shall pub
lish the other laws next week.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-01-13

Nebraska bill" YetJulge Tabor ex
pressly declares, that not only we, but
others of his acquaintance did the very /
thing which the Guardian says no one
could do
Does the Judge say that Junior sup
ported the principles of that bill +? If he
does, we must confess to an utter inability
TO appreciate his meaning. lie says dis
tinctly, we think, that he supported Re-
publican principles. He says that Ju
Nor acted with the Republican party,
and voted the Republican ticket FIRE.
MONT and his party stood upon platform
that endorsed the doctrine of Congress
ional Sovereignty--a doctrine diametr,-
cally opposed to that which Junior states
he had always supported. And yet he
voted for FREMONT, and with the Repub-
lican party, showing conclusively that in
this, us in other cases, as we stated, he
profes$ed one ching, but supported its op-
posite. .ayrf .l
Junior is worried about that fraudulent
tax list charge, and tries to escape the
onus of it by saying that "when the
money was paid over we Chez was in no
way connected with the Civilian Office, -
and he publishes, this week, statement
from Mr.. j. S. CORNWALL, to prove his as
scrtion. The statements as follows:
/ hereby certify that G. w. Barnhart
had disposed of his interest in the Civil
ian Office prior TO my collection of the
bill for printing the tax list Of l85G, and
inat he was in no manner interested in
the Civilian Office al iilat time.
aa j. S. CORNWALL.
I We know very well that all Mr.. CoRN-
WALL has testified to is the truth. But he
does not say that Mr.. BARNHARr received
no share of the proceeds of that tax list,
or was in no sense responsible for the
charge. The latter did not sell out his
share OF the Ctu'lidn Office until after the
publication Of the tax list was completed
The bill was made out, and the warrant
receipted for, in the name of ALLEN,
BARNHARr d CORNWALL, and Junior re-
cived his share-one- fourth, or Sl12 80
for the publication. This Junior has
himself asserted. lie undoubtedly was
consulted in reference 10 the charge, and,
we fully believe, dictated it--and all such
bubbles as he uses, in asserting that he
did not present the bill, or was not con-
nected with the Office at the time the
money was drawn, cannot relieve him
from the responsibility of the charge. He
cannot get away from the facts, and when
he Or his present political associates, en-
dearor to create capital out of the refusal
of Republican officer to violate an ex-
listing contract, we shall continue to point
to the fact that Democratic Judge not
only overruled the desire Of the Treas
urer TO allow competition for the publ
cation of tax list, but audited and al
lowed fraudulent charge made by his
partzan sheet for the said list
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-01-13

-Four weeks ago next Tuesday, the
schooner Susan sailed out of Mobile Bay
with one United States officer on board
as an invited guest, and one harmless
shot in her rear from Revenue Gutter,
which ran aground in its eagerness to
facilitate emigration. Nothing authentic
has been heard from her till Saturday,
when the New Year was celebrated by a
procession in Mobile in honor of the en-
igrants inglorious return. The British
war steamer Basilisk brought them home
poor shipwrecked mariners. The SUI
san ran upon coral reef near Belize,
and the Governor of Honduras sent the
pestilent fellows homo by the nearest
route.-N. Y. Tribune, Sd.
Y A San Francisco letter says" Frazer
River is almost unheard Of Every
steamer brings down as many as can pet
away, and nearly all the adyenturers
thitherward have got back, looking con-
siderably the worse for wear 1t is only
necessary to appear in a +" shocking hal, !"
and dilapidated and we'll ventilated gar
ment, to be hailed with a a" Hello how S
Frazer p Every shabby, woe begone
looking chap is supposed to be " one Of
them
% i.4 SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Jan. 5.
ID Douglas elected Senator, at o'clock
Vote stood: Douglas 81, Lincoln 49,
An immense crowd was present The
announcement the election was received
by tremendous cheering. and followed
by wild hurrahs. The Democrats fred
100 guns. There is great excitement in
the city. Both Houses adjourned imme
diately after the election.
The Davenport Gazette OF the 9TH,
comes out strongly against the Pixies
Peak gold excitement, and thinks that
many of the letters purporling to come
from the repuled gold mines, are manu-
featured out Of the whole cloth, by own
ers of paper town sites and wild lands in
Kansas and neig hboring regions.
The expenditure for sending an army
lmong the Saints, &C., as far AS made bv
he Quarter masters department, amounts
0 So, 1872 900.
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on the Secretary of the Interior for in
formation as to whether the Rock Island
Military Reservation has been transferred
from the War to the Interior Depart
ment, and thrown open for -emption
at S ,25 per acre.
AS this was the anniversary of the
Battle Of New Orleans, the House, after
refusing several motions, finally adjourn
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Mathematics, History Geography, Grammar,
Chemistry, or any of the ordinary or higher
branches of study. Articles upon Chemistry as
applied to Agriculture, and Essays upon any
and all practical subjects, are also invited.l
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CoNo, Dec. 25th, 1858.


/ Answer TO MANQUER's Legacy ques-
tion.-First share, S2lo52 63,so second,
sf57ss Al, third, 1861 49, p5 !; fourth,
slo,5oe sl5n5'
Answer to the Watch Question--5 m !.
27,, sec. past O'Clock ii 'l s
Answer to D. f. G's question in
Acoustics-69.2 chains.
Sd Problem A field inclosed by a
fence of | 4 rails to the rod, the number
of acres in the field is equal to the num-
Der of rails in the fence. Required the
number of acres le'a -
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-01-13
Original Notice.
STATE or 1owA, BucnASAS Corxrr IS

STATE or Iowa, BucHASAS CorxTY, SIS.
JED = zANE' In District Court q said CO.
WIZ. s. CuuRcH.S a7 'iI"'l ~ =
1o NJ. ). CHURCH-~SIR YOU are hereby
notified that there is now on file in The ofiic. Of
the Clerk OF the District Court of buchanan
county, Iowa, petition of Jed Lake. claiminp
Of You the sum of Fourteen Hundred and Siyfv
and $4,000 Dollars, and interest on the same
from September 9Th, 1856, at the fute of ten Der
cent. per annum, on q contract made and de.
livered by you to said Lake, dated Sept. Sth,
1856, and conditioned that YOU are to pay all
the Indebtedness then outstanding and al That
may accrue on account OF u certuin steam saw
mill therein descrbcd-a copy of which con-
tract is on file with said petition-and that un-
less you appear and answer thereto on or before
the morning of the second day Of the next term
of the District Court, to be holden at Indepen-
denee, in and for said county, Judgment will be
rendered against you for the full amount of
plaintiff S claim with interest and costs of suit
And you are hereby notified that Your property
is attached to secure said claim
JED LAKE, Per Sc.
Independ ence, Nov. l6, 1858.
STATE OF IOWA,
Buchanan County.{ hereby order that the
within notice be published for the time pres.
crbed by law, in the Buchanan county Guar
dian, published in Independence, in said coun-
ty and State +. BREWER, Clerk
Dee. 6, 1858 43-4t]
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SEC. 1S. On the 18th
day of January. the
unpaid taxes of what
ever description for the
preceding year shall be-
come delinquent. and
shall draw interest at
the rate of twenty-iye
per centum per anhun; 4
and taxes upon real
property are hereby
made a perpetual lien
tlereilpon against all
persons except the Uni
It'd States and this
State, and taxes due
from any person upon
PERSONAL property, shall.
be II lien upon am yfeali
propei't $ owned by such !
person, or to which he
MAY acquire a title
The Treasurer shall in
no ease scll real prop
erty for delinquent Ia Z, 3
when personal proper |;
" not. exempt from tax
,tion, belonging to
he individual can be
ound in the county,
iDlcss the owner shall
d writing desigpats
! Ia, piece of reafIrop
pr -ftrs, having
Old rather than the
80, trHl r,,t1ar
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-01-13

The Guardian is the official Paper
ca Buchanan County. and having
'auch Larger Circulation than amy
other Paper published therciMy is
the most valuable to residcn or n0n-
resident property holders, and IL aisO
the hes. Medium for Advertisers.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-01-13
For the Guardian.

FRIEND RcH AS there seems to b.
not little misunderstanding about tn,
New Revenue Law, and as you dipped
into the matter last week to very little
purpose, as it seems to me, | propose tc
place side by side the law of the Code
and the law Of last session, that all may
see, If Mey can, wherein the radical
change" lies, and prepare, if they mast,
for the day Of distress and SALE
The following are The following are
the Revenue Laws the Revenue Laws
Of the 18th General ,of the Code:
Assembly: .NA
SEC. 49, No demand SEC. 492. No demand
for taxes shall be neces of taxes shall be neces
sary, but it is the duty sary, but it is the duty
OF every person sublectlof every person subject
to taxation to attend at To taxation to attend at
the Office OF the Treas the office Of the Treas
urer luniess otherwise urer at some time dur
proyided) at some time ing the four months
during the time men and after the fifteenth
toned in previous day of September, and
section of this act, and pay his taxes and if
pay his or her taxes, ANY one neglects to pay
and If any one neglects it before the first day of
to pay it before the fif- January following the
teenth day of January levy Of the tax, the
following the levy OF the treasurer is directed to
tax, the Treasureris dl- make the same by dis
rectcd to make the same tress and sale of his per-
by distress and sale ofso property. except
his az her personal prop such as is EXEMPT from
erty, excepting such as taxation, and the tax
is exempt from taxation, list alone will be a suf-
and the tax list alone ficcnt warrant for such
shall be a sufficient war distress.
rant for such distress.
Now. excepting the change of dates,
and little foolish tautology, wherein do
the Session Laws differ from the Code {?
Yet, as understand it, this 45th section
contains all the :. hoofs and horns that
have caused the excitement. I skip
sections 46 and A., because they are
still farther repetitions Of the Code.