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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-09-20
CHANGE OF TIME!

To take effect on Monday, june 9th, 1859.
LsROM and after the above date and until fur
4 ther notice, two Passenger Trains will leave
Packet Depot, Ksokuk ~ foliows:
First Train leaves Keoknk daily (Sun-
days nceptsd)At 600 4. n.
Second Train leaves Keokuk daily
tSundsys excepted) - 400 r. r..
First Train leaves Aontrose daily
Sundays excepted) At s:f5 A, n.
Second Train leaves Montrose daily
lSundays excepted1 ~ 600 r. n.
TENPLIN, PLUMMER 4 CO., Lessees.
B. w. DAVIS, Superintendent.
J. 3. TEwKsBgRY, Ticket Agent, Main-st.
D-The above road is now prepared to furnish
Cars for Pic Mics and pleasure parties short no.
ticc and ON tho most favorable termz. For further
iafornation apply at the Once in Packet Depot,
Or to the Snperintsndent.- ~
June &, ,6o-dky
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$50. SEASON ARRANGEMENT. 185.

1859. SEAEON ARkANGkMkNT. 1853.
T. sT. LOUIS: =. ST. PAUL Ia
STILLwATER.
NORTHERN LINE PACKETS.
TIyHE following swift and superior Steamers win
i compose this line for the present season:
CANADA, Capt. WARD.
MINNESOTA BELLE, Capt. HILL
DENMARK, Capt. 0RAr.
HENRY CLAY Capt SrEvEHsoH.
PEMBIEAW Capt. GafvrT7H.
METROPOLITAN, Capt. hsopEs.
WIN. L. EWING, Capt GRxKxx.
NORTHERNER, Capt. ALyoRD.
They will leave Keoknk, for St. Paul, on Tues
day, W ednesday, Friday and Sunday evenings, and
for st- Louir on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and
Sunday mornings.
This Line has been in successful operation for
the psst year, andfor regularity, omfort and per-
feet reliability has not been surpassed by any
ganixation on the Western Rivers, and hope 70
merit continancs Of the liberal patronage which
has been heretofore bestowed upon them.
For freight or passage apply to
BROWN, AUSTIN CO., Agents,
Levee, keokuk.
WARDEN 4sHALER, Gent Ag,s., St. Louis.
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Ayers Cherry Pectoral,

FOR THk RAPID CURE OF
Coughs, Colds, InlneAxa, Hoarseness,
Group, Bronchitis, Incipient COnsump.
tion, and for the relief Of Consumptive
Patients In advanced stages OF the
disease.
SO wide IL the field Of its usefulness and so nu-
merous are the cases Of it, cures, that almost
every section Of country abounds in persons pub
hcly known, who have been restored from alarming
and even desperate diseases OF the lungs by its
use. When once tried, its superiority over every
other medicine Of its kind is too apparent to escape
observation, and where It's virtues are known, the
public no longer hesitate what antdote to employ
Tor the distressing and dangerous affections Of the
pulmonary organs that incident to our climate.
While many inferior remedies thrust upon the
community have failed and been discarded. this
on on he afflicted they can never iorEss. and pro-
duced cures too numerous and too remarkable to
be forgotten.
DR. y. G. AVER Il CO.
LOWELL, MASS.
BARTLETT, KAYE i CO., Ksokuk.
J. II. REED CO., Chicago,
BARNARD I CO., st. Louis,
Wholesale Agents,
And Agents in every town in the United States.
myl6d&wly $500
INV oSG1
rrHE subscribsr being obliged to make change
In the WATcn RnrAlRuo DnrAnfMENT, has ss-
cured thc services Of : competent workmsu--ons
who understands his business thoroughly. Great
care will bs taken with al work entrusted 70 my
ears, and the work warranted v give satia1action
TAs Rspatrtas cf Clocks, Jewehr. &C.. also the
featuring OF goods Of every description, shall
rsceivs my personal attention, and warrnntsd.
p. E.-Work Of aH kinds not giving perfect sat-
tsfdcho~, will be promptly adj listed BY calling on
the subscriber, at No. Rstes House
April e-dAw SAM'L q. BRIDGES.
CLOTHING STORE.
7 AN again In ths Clothing business, and invite
all the old settlers, - we'll - al now ones, 70
give me call q
BURKES CORNER,
Nortb-wsat corner Of Main and Third streets.
hsve every ssy,s Of goods for meas wear, which
will sell cheap Tor cash.
Spring and GUNNER Goods
TO suit every taste. Also, Gsntlenen's Furnishing
Goods, Trunks, Carpet Sacks and valisss.
0rOau and seesQR HARkY FULTON.
DIR EeS GOODS.
lrNOUnLRAND PLAIN SKIRT O80ANDIEs
- and BAR EGES; double width Black BA
kE0Ro, Just received BY
jsnserd 4. =. FO6Thh.
| |yANDLKS--06 bu., Star and Aoad, for sAls b
~ nys KALLOaa : MhdA.
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BARTLETT, KAYE ) CO., Ksckuk.
]. III. REED Co., Chicago,
BARNARD I CO., st. Louis,
EUIRH, EcKSTEIN b CO., Cincinnati,
Wholesale Agents,
myl61kw1y @f
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BANKING HOUSE OF
q n n q G.. A ID Il n n x u q.
n HAVE this day admitted - > partner in tho
u Banking Business, Alexander Barclay, lwho has
bsen my teller for the last six years). The busi-
ness hereafter, win bs conducted under the arm
and style Of
GEO. @. ANDERSON l. 90.
Being one Of the oldest Banking Houses {if not
the ohest) In Iowa, the new 6rm solieits sontin-
uance Of former patronageso 80 hberaily extended TO
the senior partner.
They win make eollcotious and remit, less Ex-
change, on the day Of payment, free Of charge.
Their references are as formerly By senior part
ner wis
RRYRRxxcYs
Park Bank, N. Y.
Winslow, Lauier 4 Co., Bankers TX.
Edward w. Clark Co., PhilAdelphia.
Howard Banking Co., Boston.
Clapp, Fuller 4 browne, Bankers, Boston.
Marine Bank Chicago.
Hoffman 4 Gelpoke, Chicago.
Mechanics Bank, Pittsburgh.
Farmers Deposit Bank, Pittsburgh.
Kramer i RAhm, Bankers, -
Gilmore Brothsrton :" Cincinnati.
A. ID. Hunt Co., LouisviIle.
State Savings Institution, st. Louis.
Ksokak, Jan, / !, '58. GEO. C. ANDERSON
jan5d
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-03-10

reconsidered and the amendment concur
red in by ayes 90, nays 83.
The House then took up the Senate's
resolution asking for committee of con-
fere nee in relation to the p. 0. Appropri-
alton bill.
Finally tne House concurred in the
resolution of the Senate asking for a
Committee of Conference.
A resolution was passed, allowing
$4,000 for mileage and per diem to Bird
B. Chapman, who contested the right of
Mr.. Ferguson to seat as delegate from
Nebraska.
AT IL clock Mr.. Letcher made re-
port from, the Committee of Conference
on the p. o. Appropriation bill to the ef-
feet that while neither house is understood
to waive any constitutional right, it has
recommended the House to pass the bill
precisely as it came from the Senate on
the Goth of February. Hg ISL
The report was agreed TO and bill
passed. j.
Noon arrived before the completion OF
the last roll call, when
The Speaker addressed the House in
an appropriate farewell speech and de-
clared it adjourned sine die. !,
The speech was received with unusual
demonstration of applause. The mem
bers bid each other farewell, and in few
moments the hall was deserted.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-03-10
From Washington.
WASHINGTON, March 4,

All tho general appropriation bills
which passed both houses have received
the signature of the President
The post Office appropriation and post
route bills failed to become laws. The
former appropriates about $50, 100000.
Amid the confusion in the Clerks Of
fee, it cannot yet be definitely settled
whether any private bills which passed
both houses failed to receive the Presi-
dents signature. sIF
The miscellaneous appropriation bill
contains a section which extends the
treasury note law two years and provides
1852. 900 for the coast survey bonds, ap-
preparation for the light house establish
ment, for survey of public lands, for Ia
king the next census, dc.
The ocean mail bill was killed, but
the bill to carry into effect the treaty
with the Dakotah and Tonawanda Indi-
ans has appended to it appropriations for
completing existing contracts for carry
ing mails to California via Panama and
Tehuantepec.
The House failed, AS it has done hero
tofore, to send the President message
asking whether he had any further COM
munication to make and Congress was
ready to adjourn.
The House has removed every trace of
Legislation tending to the abolishing Of
the ranking privilege and the increase
of postage.
The galleries were densely crowded to
witness the closing scene.
Many members leave for their homes
this afternoon.
John Mason, third assistant postmaster
general, died suddenly last evening. He
was at his office yesterday attending to
his business.
The Senate this morning confirmed
Robert Odds, as U. S. District Attorney
for the District of Columbia, vice Key
deceased.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-03-10
For the Guardian.
Tame Grass on Prairie Sod.

Mr.. EDITOR BY your permission
would like to say few words on the
subject of seeding on unbroken prairie
Three years ago came on to the land on
which | now live, and on looking around
me for pasture, l found nothing bu
coarse grass and weeds, and having had
some experience in wild, prairie coun.
try, and knowing that wild grass would
get hard and tough by about the first o.
September, l came to the conclusion that
something must be done, or else we must
feed about eight months of the year. But
on ENDURING, | was told that tame grass
would not do anything on our land :
l resolved, however, to try it, if seed
could be obtained. But here was diff
Guilty. No seed could be had short OF
Dubuque. But it must be had, so | or
dered half bushel of Timothy, and a
peck of Red Top, to begin with. | sowed
about six quarts to the acre, just as the
frost was going out in March, and hav-
ing fenced the ground, turned on my cat
tie while it was soft. and kept the grass
fed down close. By the end of the first
year, the wild grass was all run out,
while the ground was we'll covered with
a good tame sod. A part of my ground
is dry and part wet. About one year
ago, the Goth of last September, l sowed
some Timothy chat on about half an
acre, which had been used as yard
while it was soft, and last July we NOW
ed from it about a ten of the very best
hay. aaL
L have now about ten acres in my pas
ture field, that has not been either plow-
ed or. narrowed. Part of it has been
sowed three years, and part only two,
and having just walked over it, | find
that it looks as well as any Of its age that
| ever saw in the Eastern States. | also
have some sowed on land Just turned
over. One piece was broken about the
last Of June, and seeded the last of Au-
gust, the same year, and looks very we'll,
although it has not had fair trial, as las,
year was very wet. sowed still another
piece that was well rotted and mixed, but
[ think it is more inclined to sand in
punches. 1t is my opinion, that the best
way to seed is not to pillow at all, but SOW
on the unbroken prairie sod, and pasture
a few years, and then change to meade W
and from meadow back to pasture, espe-
cially if the ground is wet. am salts
fed that we can have good tame~feed
here as well as any where else, and also
have feed from six weeks to two months
longer than we how haye from the native
grass, besides having better milk and
butter.
Now, if you think that this is worth
the space it would occupy in your paper,
you may publish it. if not, burn it up
Yet | would like to hear from others.
Yours for Improvement.
Middleield, March 1st, 1859.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-03-10

W Our old correspondent " Y. Y"
of Cedar Rapids, has taken himself up
to Wayerly, and is now giving friend
SMEED his invaluable services. We no
tice his ear marks already in the
Repu6lican-certainly not to its damage.
1t has always been good paper, but
with friend SMEED and Dick together,
We apprehend that it will hereafter prove
unexceptionable.
The Republican complains that our
statement, made some time since, that
cattle died from eating bagasse, or the
--e----" s,so 0umese- sugar Cane, has
produced an injurious impression. We
made 1t upon the authority of several
farmers, but corrected it week or two
afterwards, on becoming convinced that
they Inexperienced the cause. There
is no doubt, as the Republican says, that
the cattle were poisoned h,- -,
-. ...I ---:.dow which SO largely Affect
ynap
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-03-10
re- AS the assessments are now b

GE As the assessments are now he.
ing make. it may not be inappropriate to
remind our county readers that accord
ing to, the revenue law of the State, any
person who may feel aggrieved OF any
thing IN the assessment of his property,
may appear before the Board of Equali-
cation, either in person or by agent. at
the County seat Cat the Office of the
County Judged on the first Monday of
April in each year, and have the same
corrected in such manner as to said board
shall seem just and equitable. di ~
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-03-10
E The office of the Favette Co In

E- The office Of the Fayette Co. Jour.
nal, formerly located at the town Of Fayette
in our neighboring county, has been
purchased BY Messrs. HALE & Cook, and
removed to West Union, and the propri-
etors have commenced the publication of
a new paper called the 4" Fayette County
Public Revtew" Mr.. Cook is an able
editor, and will doubtless make the Re
p'ew a useial paper to the people of Fay
cite.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-03-10

~ Immediately after the adjourn
ment of Congress, the. Senate was con-
vened in extra session by the President,
for the purpose Of transacting executive
business. Powell, DEM, of kentucky,
appeared in the place of Thompson /;
Anthony, of Rhode Island. Rep, in
place of Allen, Dem. Bingham, Rep,
of Michigan, in the place of Stuart, Dem /;
Nicholson, DEM, of Tennessee. in place
of Bell, American Crimes Rep, of
Iowa, in place of Jones, Democrat.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-03-10
ST. LOUIS, March Q.

The St. Joseph correspondent of the
Republican, under date of the 27th, says
a special messenger from Platte City
brings information that Day and son,
confined on charge of running off ne
groes, were forcibly taken from Jail last
night by mob of 300 men, and hung.
The reason assigned is, the court would
acquit the prisoners on the ground that
it was not the proper district 10 try them
in.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-03-10
9natrlt0.

On the % inst, by Rev Samuel Smith at
the residence of the brides father, MR.. DAVID
McWILLIAMS to MARGARET ANN, second
daughter of Rev. G.. l. Cummins.
In this village, March Cd, by Judge Tabor,
Mt the residence of the brides father, EDWARD
p. BAKER TO Miss LEORA A. PARKER,
both of this place.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-03-10
ALBANY, March 3

Mrs. Hastings is sentenced to be exe-
cuted on the 22d Of April it is under
stood no further attempt will be made
to continue the matter before court, but
her friends will ask Governor Morgan for
Communication of the punishment -.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-03-10
CHICAGO. March 9.

The municipal election yesterday pass
ed off quietly, and resulted in the sue
cess of the entire Republican ticket, by
an average majority of one thonsand.-
The Council will stand IA Republicans
and 6. Democrats. The vote polled was
about $1,000.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-03-10
Et- The Vinton Edole has beenf a

@- The Vinton Eayle has been en-.
larged to an eight-column sheet, and is
now one Of the largest and handsomest
papers in the State. Such paper
will do much for the interests Of Vinlon
abroad, as it will gain for her more con
sideration than dozen small one horse
papers could create.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-03-10

AZ The President has withheld his
signature from the bill appropriating
: eco for deepening the St. Clairfial
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-03-10

The San Joaquin Republican estimates
that the number of persons killed by &C
cident in the mines of California amount
ed to four hundred, or more than one a
day, during the year. and the number of
those injured 10 some FIVE or six hun.
dred.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-03-10

Mean temperature of Month of February
% ; 81 l7',
Yours very respectfully,
ALEX. CAMPBELL WHEATON
independence. March /, 1853.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-03-10
Among diseases. DYSPEPSIA and Dia

Among diseases. Dyspepsia and Diar.
hGea rank as most diffic cult to cure. We
are pleased to have it in our power to
point out remedy which has proved eff
fectual in many cases, and which we can
safely recommend as certain and infal-
lible cure. 1t has been the means of
rescuing thousands from an untimely
grave, and given the glow of health to
many a lean and cadayerous form. The
medicine we have reference to is Hos
letters Celebrated Stomach Bitters. -"
gated through iha ss..lair.aes are promul-
increasing in the favor of the public, and,
from the many cures they have effected,
have doubtless the ascendency over any
other preparation before the public. ~
For sale by Druggists and dealers gen.
orally, everywhere.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-03-10

TETER, OR SALT RHEUM, cURED.-We
can refer the public to several ofthe most
obstinate cases of this disease that have
b cen cured by using your Syrup of Sar-
sopar'Ia and .Stillingia In all chronic
cases this medicine has almost a specific
action, 1t is the only Remedy that will
effect speedy cure wien the system is
IN depraved state. It acts on all the
secretions of the system, and at the same
time carries of the disease, not only
through the blood. but also through the
secrelions of the skin and kidneys. Sold
by all popular druggists in the western
country. M az
Sc Advertisement in another column
OF our paper. a., !,
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-03-10

-Messrs. ROUNDS d LANGDoN, No. 1855 Ran
dolph street. Chicago, ILL.,, are our only agents
for that city Do nSi-f0
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-03-10

Thc Guardian is the Official Paper
OF Buchanan County, and having
much Larger Circulation than any
other Paper published therein, is
the most vaiua bic to residcnf or non.
resident property holders. and is also
the best medium for Advertisers.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-03-10
By Telegraph tothe Dubuque Express & Herald
THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
SECOND SESSION

MARCH, LIST. SENATE-On assembling,
went into executive session until l2
O'clock. after which
Mr.. Shields presented the credentials
Of Mr.. Douglas, reelected for 6 years.
The p. 0 Appropriation bill was then
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-03-10

MARCH, Cd. SENATE. Mr.. SIideIl pre-
sented the credentials of Mr.. Benjamin
who had just been reelected to the SEN
ate from La. .,I,...t.
The bill to garry into effect the treaty
between the U. S. and Canada was pass
ed. ~" 'mrIt -
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-09-29

to apprase this kounty, when st. Jo., with
little less territory but twice the numbur
NV town lots, wus appraised fur S550?-
We arc taxed hevier than emmy uther koun-
ty in the Stait, viii is it that we keap our
kounty rcckords in buildin which is IL
abel tn be destroyed bi fire at emmy moment?
VIII dus it talk cvry last cen. to pa the
kouhty offisurs? Why kant we sit APP
propriashions fur BRIGGS? 2 We wunce had
a good Poar farm, where is il now? An
ser these kwcstions, Unklc Timothy, and
then u'll kno viii woant voat fur Newt?"
With a look nv kontempt l turnl mi
back on him and walked hoam. rcsolven
that ef he got Milindy he'd kno it. / set
down an looked arownd the rune. Sud-
denly Tim. who will kast his first voat this
fall, scd: dad, did u kne | wus poick"
"No," scs /. ''let's sea yoar poitry."-
Then lie brot me his slait with this on it:
LINES TU A vALERABEL KLERK.
And at eten taxes he wus indcrGatcrgabcl-"
"Extrlyagence, vice aal k,rruption
viii not be upheld hi the FREE
had hoaped Tim woud voat fur IL, but
it seems | wus miStakin.
Yoars. in dispair, lf
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-09-29

against itself could not stsnd-tfat there
was an ''irrepressible conflict" between
slavery and frecdom-Mr. Douglas charges
Mr.. Lincoln with its paternity. He says
that Seward should have given Lincoln
credit for it. Now Lincoln says the credit
does not belong to- him or to Steward
In 1886 the Richmond Inquirer, then
edited by Roger a. Pryor. expressed the
identical idea. That venerable Democratic
sheet, the acknowledged organ of the
Democracy Of Virginia, was 60 be credited
with the frs. direct expression of the opin-
ion that the Union must become all free or
all slave, that there was an irrepressible
conflict, &C., &c. In Illinois Douglas
plumed himself that he had squelchcd out
the reasonable and fatal heresy, and he
intimated that ifhe could but have spent
little time in New York, he would have
squelched out the heresy there; but 40 one
had heard that Douglas proposed to squelch
out the terrible and deadly treason in Vir-
ginia. Instead of that Roger A. Pryor.
who first uttered it. was removed from
Richmond to Washington, that he might
edit the central organ of Douglas.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-09-29

made, admit that your candidate is guilty
of acts the relation Of which amounts to
a prostitution Of the press? Verify, if
this is not pouring cold water down his
back we know not what to term it. But,
pour on. no one will cry about IT, He
treated the Democratic candidate for the
Legislature last year in the same way
He told VIM. Shirley and others that he
thought as little of the gentlemen as they
did, and was opposed to the nomination
of any of tile clique, but as they were nom
inatcd he would vote for them-and would
vote for the desH if nominated by Dom
ocratic conventions. i7af .eluii-tI.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-09-29

people who have l1at control of the Gov
ernment and its legislation on this subject
mp to this time, with the single attempt to
fasten on an unwilling people cJnstitu-
ton which they had no voice in making.
but which, fortunately for free government,
they were defeated and overwhelmed.-
But if they have been so short-sigbted here
tofore as to defeat their own objects, am
disposed to distrust them in future and pre-
fer to let matters renal in as they arc, rather
than to disturb the peace of the country,
or run the risk of making them cease by an
attempt to make them better. There is no
degree of Unconstitutional protection l would
not always give to the right of property
where it lawfully and constitutionally ex-
lists, but beyond that, | recognize no claim
of the institution of slavery upon the Fed
eral Government farther than has already
been extended to it by the law for the re-
covery of fugitives slaves, it being local
institution, looking only to the ler loci for
protection; for, if the Constitution protects
it in the Territories where it does not exist,
as it is not less binding in its operations
in the States than in the Territories.
The decisions of the Supreme Court
regard as the supreme law of the land; the
political opinions Of its Judges, whether ex
pressed on the bench or in the street,
treat as DO those of other political parti-
sans.
With these views am against any de-
mand for congressional cole for the pro-
lection of slavery in the Territories and all
further legislation of every description on
this subject by the national legislature
These are my opinions. No necessity has
seemed to exist for giving them publicity;
shall always be prepared to furnish them,
without the least desire for concealment.
| am, with much respect, truly yolrS.
JOHN NJ. BOTTS.