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The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-11-17
DepredatiOns on the Rio Grande.
New ORLEANS, Nov III.

Rio Grande City has been attacked by
a portion Of Cortemas' band and nearly
every house p~ilaged. 1t is reported
that Cortemas has two bands numbering
700 men. te lr. ,a,
The Brownsville people were greatly
distressed. The mails had been inlerrup-
ted and Cortemas threatens to destroy the
town and cut off and murder all rein
torcements sent to its aid.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-11-17

Senator DOUGLAS has been very i'll
with bilious fever, and for a time his re-
covery was deemed doubtful. He is now
better, however, and we are glad to know
will soon be about again.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-11-17
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Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Albany,
Buffalo, Cleveland and Detroit. Scholarship
good through the entire chain of seven Colleges.
CONSOLIDATION Of " bryant a. stratton's
Mercantile College" and BELLS Commercial
College," now conducted ms one Institution,
which is the recipient of an extraordinary and
unprecedented patronage. 9@ErfNE
Larmon Block, corner Clark and Washington
Streets, Chicago.
H. B. BRYANT. D. v. BELL, H.. d. srRArroS.
Principals and Proprietors.
BY this consolidation the collegiate course of
this Institution is greatly enlarged, and with
the improvements which the business expert
ence of the Principals enables them constantly
to introduce for the benefit of their students, it
is made greatly superior in all respects.
First Premiums awarded to this College.
At the late United States Fair at Chicago. for
the best Business Penmanship and for Best
Bookkeeplng. 0Et# ,Lt#4 @stM#.9 z EF
Departments of Bookkeeping and Ac.
counts.
Organized and conducted upon the Counting
Room system, the Halls Of study being fitted
up with appropriate Counters, Desks. etc, as in
REAL BUSINESS, and the student at once intro
duced TO the practical workings and routine of
business as conducted in Banks, Counting
Rooms, Railroad Offices, etc. FtA
COMMERCIAL LAW,
BY special arrangement with the Law School
of the University Of Chicago, the sessions Of
which are held in our College rooms, our Stu
dents are privileged to attend all the lectures
in this department, and to receive instructions
in this important branch of the course, from the
able, accomplished and learned Professors of
that School and it affords us much grati6ca-
ton to be enabled to offer them these ExrRAoR-
BINARY AND SUPERIOR ADVANTAGES. 1ea
"SPENCERIAN. PENMANSHIP.
This famous systematic BEST known to the
world, is our standard.
u Circular and Catalogue of so pages fur
signed, BRYANT, BELL d STRATTOE.
Nov. II, 1889. flyl ~
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-11-17

The New York snuff manufacturers
employ a hundred juveniles whose sole
business consists in collecting old stubs
of cigars which are ground into snuff
and sold to consumers.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-11-17

In the 45th Representative District in
this State, composed of the counties of
Crawford, Carroll, Green and Monona,
j. w. DESIsoN, Republican, has two
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-11-17
News.
Later adyiccs from Washington repre-
sent Senator DoUoLAs as still very i'll.

CHARLES GREGoIRE, an old and highly
respected citizen OF Dubuque, died last
week.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-11-17

Lowe leads WILSON 2,1G4 votes ;
STocKToN leads Mason 2. I47 votes ; and
BALDWIN leads Cole 9, 224 votes. VIII.
SON, the highest Democratic candidate,
falls 1,757 behind BALDWIN, the lowest
Republican candidate.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-11-17

Ex-Congressman ISRAEL 7. HATCH has
been appointed Post Master at Buffalo,
in place Of Mr.. DIck !, removed =
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-11-17

Thornton, who shot Charles, in st.
Louis, in June last, was hung on the nth
instant.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-11-17
BosToN, Nov. ls

The Supreme Court to day decided adj
versely on the writ of habeas corpus for
the liberation of Burnham, the e~x-liquor
agent, and he was recommitted to pri-
son.
Francis Jackson Merriam, of Hous-
ton, who was reported to have been with
Brown in the Harper's Ferry insurrec-
ton and subsequently, to have died Of his
wounds in Philadelphia. is at present in
Canada. @'A}-
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-11-17
A iuryman out West was asked wbeth-

= Jul "f'n out Vest was ash5u wfietiI-
err be had been charged by the presiding
Jud sc. We'll Squire" said he. +" the
little fellow as sits up in the pulpit, and
kinder bosses it over the crowd, gin us a
little talk. but | don't know whether he
charges anything or not"
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-11-17
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
Notice.

THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT will
Il be in his office at the Court House, in In
dependence, (Southcast room), on the LAST
SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH, to transact
any business pertaining to the Office.
BENNETT ROBERTS,
Co. Superintendent.
November 18th, 1859.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-11-17

Messrs. ROUNDS & LANeDoS, No. 1855 Ran.
dolph street, Chicago, Ill, are our only agents
for that city.
W. j. GILBERT, is our agent for Dubuque.
He is authorized to receive advertisements and
subscriptions and receipt for the same.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-11-17

1860 and will show a population within
the limits of the United States Of more
than 80, 600, 900. rs.
Hon. Frank P. Blair, Jr., in order to
illustrate the sincerity Of his free labor
preaching, says the st. Louis Bulletin,
emancipated in the Circuit Court the
other day, five slaves, as follows: Sarah,
wife of Dupree, aged AZ or 38 years, al
so a negro girl Courtenay. daughter OF
Sarah, about Is years old Caroline
daughter of Sarah, about l2 years old
Sallie, daughter of Sarah, about 8 years
of age and Lewis. Williams As years.
PRAIRIE FIRE.-On Thursday last the
burning of the prairie proved quite de-
~structive to property in Cedar Town
ship in this county. Mr.. Fiield had one
horse burned to death, and another SO
badly injured as to render recovery
doubtful Mr.. n. Small lost his stable,
about forty tons of hay and several hogs
Messrs. II. Richardson and John Wood
ley each had nearly a hundred rods OF
fence consumed. There was still more
damage done in that locality, but our in
formant could not give the names of the
losers, or the amount of property destroy
ed Unton Eagle.
The Worcester SPY says that Rev. T.
w. Higginson has returned from a visit
to the family Of old John Brown. He
found them up among the Adirondac
opposiee burlington, Vt Mfrs. Brown
and four of her surviving children, three
daughters and one son. She is a second
wife and has been the mother of twelve
childred.a Brown had eight children by
a previous wife, making twenty in all
Eight of the twenty are now living. Mrs.
Brown accompanied Mr.. Higginson on
his return, and he went with her to Bos-
ton. She will leave for Virginia, having
telegraphed to Coy. Wise for peimission
to visit her husband in prison.
The Washington Cd. CO. Star says
that the Southern newspapers which treat
the Harper's Ferry affair with menace
and buster are nearly altogether journals
that, by advocating the ialter-day doc
trlnes of Sen. Douglas, have become lust
ly discredited at home. They are anx-
ious TO prove to unrefiecting readers that,
Notwithstanding their support of the
Douglas scheme for securing that state
of things in the United States Territories
for which the Republican party contend,
they are the only legitimate newspaper
indicators of Southern rights and inter-
ests. Most,sof them it will be remember
ed. are violent advocates of the revival
of the African slave trade, as inconsist-
as any such position is with advocacy
Of the Presidential aspirations and
squatter-sovereignty theory of their po-
Iitical demi,god.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-11-17
Arrest Of a Supposed Harper's Ferry
RiOSpr.
WASHINGTON, Nov. IL.

WASHINGTON, Nov. IL.
A man calling himself Mcdonald was
arrested here last night by officer Allen,
to whom lie made such admissions as to
lead to the belief that he was one oil
Browns party, and had escaped from the
armory at Harper's Ferry. He said lie
was originally from Boston. Gov. Wise
on being telegraphed to, returned an an
swer to send to Harper's Ferry for per-
M to identity the prisoner, and to in
form the President Of the arrest.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-11-17
MEMPHIS, Nov. 8.

w. r. Palmer, an alleged i~nsurgent,
has been arrested OF a requisition from
Gov. Wise.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-11-17

ooS' "to " OtAfS ~
the War of 1919, and fought at the bat
tie Of Plattsburg. as gsIla s-uE
The amount Of salt manufactured al
Syracuse, New York is seven millions oil
bushels yearly.
Miss Sarah Jane johnson is under ar
rest in Detroit for Stealing S. from one
lover TO pay the minister for marrying
her to another.
The corn crop Of the present year has
been estimated at 900 900 of bush
els, which estimated at % cents per bush
ell, will amount to the snug sum Of 1925,
O0O, 1000. A.laA M. 2. g
1t is reported that Wendell Phillips,
on receiving 500 for his recent lecture
at Plymouth Church, upon the Harper's
Ferry invasion, Immediately paid over
the whole sum as a contribution to John
Brown, to procure for him such comforts
as be may need in the few remaining days
of his life.
A gentleman in Cincinnati sent a bas,
ket of choice wine TO a lady friend, bur
by mistake the servant carried it to the
door of a beautiful woman who had
jealous husband. Thereupon greatly en-.
ragged, he proceeded to the lodgings o
the donor and administered a sound flag
citation, after which mutual explanation
ensued.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-11-17

Ossawatomie Brown was a soldier in
the War Of 1919, and fought at the bat
tie of Plattsburg. os gsala t-uE
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-11-17

No party has a majority in the House,
and the South Americans hold The ball
ance of power. Several of the democrats
are anti Lecompton. and may possibly
vote with the Republicans in the organi-
cation. and upon the Kansas question.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-11-17

One of the chiralrous +. L. VS. offers
a large premium for kidnapping and as
sassination. in the following. which is
published in the Richmond Wig. They
seem to be anxious to deal with the old
white-headed patriot as they did with
Broderick-murder him. 1t is a pity
this chivalrous Southerner could not be
induced to hand down his name to pos
terity in connection with his Just and
mercifal proposition .
G1A 0An REWARD. JOSHUA r
ClO.OOO GIDDINGS, having openly
declared himself a traitor, in a lecture in Phil
adelphia, on the 2sth of October, and there be.
ing no process. strange to say, by which he can
be brought to justice, | propose to be one of a
hundred to raise $l0,0uO for, his safe delivery
in Richmond, or $4,000 for the production OF
his head. | Go not regard this proposition, ex.
traordinary as it may at first seem, unjust OF
uamercitut, The law of God and the Constitu
ton OF this country, both condemn him to death
For satisfactory reasons, | withhold my name
from the public, but tits in the hands of the ed
itor Of the Richmond Wing. There will be ne
| difficulty, ! am sure, in raising the $40, 600 up
on a reasonable prospect of getting the sale
Giddings to this city.
Richmond, November LIST, 1859. Ell
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-11-17
News Depot.
WINTER READrNGI
Newspapers & Magazines. r

A S THIS is THE SEASON WHEN ALL
"a have time and opportunity for READING,
the undersigned begs leave to inform the people
of Buchanan county, that he will supply them
with any Of the popular ~ GlAe
Periodicals, Magazines,
PICTORIAL OR FAMILY NEWSPAPERS,
Bank Note Reporters,
Published in this country or Europe, at lie
LOWEST EASTERN RATES.
s.1a0tf .nrsu @. +. HERRICK, =
snla .5ga ga Ii. Independence.
u Inquire at Jewelry Store, Cd door below
the Mountour House. X.
November 18th, 1859. IN
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-11-17

The census will again be taken in
1860 and viii show a population within
the limits of the United States Of more
than 80. 0O0, 900.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-11-17
Vote for Supreme Judges.

fy- The Dubuque Times gives the
vote on Supreme Judges, in this State, as
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-11-17

The amount of salt manufactured at
Syracuse, New York is seven millions of
bushels yearly. .
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-11-17
LATER.

Es- The next House of Representa-
iives-which convenes on the first Mon
day in December-will be politically d.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-11-17

The Guardian is the Official Paper
Of Buchanan County, and having
q much Larger Circulation than any
Paper published therein, is
the most valuable to resident or nom
resident property holders, and is also
the best medium for Advertisers.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-09-13

can no longer speak, he intends to make mouths
at the rdscally concern
Miss Lydia Barnard of New Hampshire was
102 years old on Tuesday of last week, and ON
that and several subsequent days she laid ap-
parently at the point of death, but has since
rallied. and appears to have taken new lease
of life
Letters from Tuscany speak Of the alarming
illness of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, the great
est living poetess of England.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The grand jury at Troy, N. Y, after exam
lining the charge of criminal negligence on the
part of the officers of the Albany Northern
Railroad in leaving the Schaghtcoke bridge
insecure, and thus causing the late slaughter
there, has refused to indict William White, the
president of the corporation. There were two
votes only lacking to accomplish the result.
The Auburn (Cayuga county, Daily Union
says wheat is being threshed out in that coun-
ty, and the yield is enormous. The poorest
averages twenty five bushels to the acre, while
the greater proportion is from 80 to 30 bushels
per acre. In some parts of Canada the yield
has been from 81 to so bushels of wheat an
acre.
There was very successful muster of fire.
men at Pattsburg, on Thursday, at which
Washington, No. 2, of Rutland, VT, Hume
man engine, took the first prize of $50, throw
ing stream to the height of 1876 feet She
was manned by 66 men.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-09-13
SLAVERY AND srArE.RIGHTs.

There is nowhere in American politics an
other pretense so insincere and unworthy as
the Southern pretense of devotion to the doc
trine of State-Rights. Formerly we thought
it meant something honest and respectable;
and until quite recently, while we doubted
most of the Southern extremists, it was our
opinion that the Charleston Mercury was sin
cere in its professions of zeal for State-Rights
and strict construction of the Constitution.
We have changed that opinion. The Charles
ton Mercury is no more sincere in the matter
than others but, on the contrary, that jour
nal is more persistent than any other we know
in urging the general government to trample
under foot the rights of the States and usurp
all the power necessary to enforce any despot-
ic decree it may see fit to issue. True, the
Mercury would except South Carolina from
the operation of such despotism and insist on
her right to do what she will, claiming even
that she may rightfully forbid any other State
to test within he1 borders any question of per-
sonal liberty.
All this, however, is more natural than sur
prising 1t is not reasonable to suppose that
men, whose chief business in politics is to up
hold and spread the institution of slavery, can
be honest friends of republican freedom. 1t
would be as just to regard barbarism as
friend and promoter of Christian civilization.
Slavery is the enemy of free principles, the
exterminator of democratic ideas, and the I'M
failing consolation of political despotism every
where. Already, in this country, it has made
startling progress in its war against freedom;
and, if be not sternly and effectually restrain
ed, it will at length crush out the Republic
and make it bye-word throughout Christen-
dom. Hypocrites, who cannot be honest, and
who mean nothing but the ruin of our free in
situations in order to make way for the SUI
preme despotsm of the slave power, have the
audacity and inexcusable villainy to call the
Republicans Sectional and "enemies of the
constitution )" and some of them can go so far
as to consider it reasonable for a man to be so
honest as to declare plainly that he finds an
irrepressible conflict between slavery and free
dom.
Earnest men who really mean what they
say, are never without influence ; and there is
a permanency and power in their influence
which finally controls parties and commands
success. But shams and charlatans can have
only short-lived Importance and the advo-
cacy of what one knows to be false and barbar-
Gus makes impossible sincere zeal for any
great truth. The last lingering spark of zeal
for State-Rights disappearedin South Carolina
when Senator Rhett declared the fugitive
slave act unconstitutional, and yet consented
to sanction the atrocity and allow it to be en-
forced. The southern extremists who talk so
noisily of State-Rights deserve no respect
whatever. They are either monomaniacs or
coming as contemplate in politics as they de-
serve to be.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-09-13

A negro woman in the service of Mr.. Jacob
Coles of Danvle, Va, died few days ago. at
the advanced age of110 years. She was regu-
larly baptized into the Episcopal Church while
it was yet the established church of Virginia.
and remained connected with il up to the time
OF her DEATH Her former master old Mr.
Coles, was member of the Continental Con-
gress, and she attended the family to New
York in the capacity of waiting where
she often saw Gen. Washington and other CO.
lebrities of the Revolution. She had in her
possession at the time of her death ring Civ
en- her by the wife of Gen. Green.
The American Institute is making great
preparations for its approaching exhibition 1t
will be seen by reference to an advertisement
in another column that the 3lst annual fair
will open in the city of New York on the 21st
OF Sept. inst. Palace Garden, central loca.
ton in the city, has been secured for the pur-
pose The Board of Agriculture are to hold
the great Agricultural Fair at Hamilton Park,
IN connection with the fall exhibition of the
New York Horticultural Society Fawke's
Steam Plow will be in operation during the
fair: Articles must be entered from the 10Th
to the 10th of Sept. 1t is expected that the
combined exhibition will be one of the finest
ever held in the city of New York.--Brookiya
Duly Times.
Hugh Hurley, very respectable family
man, and foreman of a soap factory in Buffalo,
fell into a vat Of boiling I've, last week, and
was boiled TO death.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-09-13
MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE.
CExTRA SESSION.
MONDAY, Sept. II.

MONDAY, Oepl- Il.
SENATE
A committee was appointed to report plan
of procedure in regard to considering the work
of the revision committee. The order (adopt-
ed on Thursday to appoint special joint
committee to consider and report upon Ike ex-
pediency of repeating that portion of the legis-
lation OF 1859, which provides for the abolition
of the school districts throughout the Com
monwealth, was reconsidered. Adjourned.
HOUSE.
In concurrence with the Senate joint spec
ial committe was appointed upon the matter OF
the State Reform School, consisting OF DAVIS OF
Bristol, Fabens of Essex, and Parker OF Wor-
cester, of the Senate, and Messrs. Kimball of
Boston, Chandler Of Worcester, Upton OF
Salem Brimmer of Boston, Brown OF Franz
ingham, Clifford of Provincetown, and Whit
ney of Royalston Of the House.
An invitation was received from the New
En- gland Historic Genealogical Society to at
tend lecture to be delivered by Lorenzo
Sabine, on Tuesday afternoon at 81 o'clock
accepted.
The resolve to pay the expenses of the sale
of the house of the Sergeant-at-Arms passed TO
be engrossed.
The invitation of the MayCt of Boston to
the House of Representatives, t' take part IN
the celebration of the 18th, was accepted, and
the Speaker was requested r inform the May
or OF the fact.
Mr. Merrill OF Boston, on leave, introduced
series of resolves, thanking the Ancient and
Honorable Artillery Company for their escort
of the Legislature to Camp Massachusetts on
Friday last, and approprating sloO towards
the expenses of the OCCASION Referred.
Mr. Wentworth OF Lowell, from the COM
mttee to submit plan of consideration OF the
doings of the revision committee, submitted
verbal report, providing for the appointment OF
committee of supervision of the revised stat
utes on the third reading, and another commit
tee on engrossment alsoa committee to pro-
cure the attendance of the commissioners. The
House adjourned until tomorrow, to give time
to write the report.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-09-13

IMPORTANT ARRksr.-Deputy Sheriff Dodd
of Gardner, arrested on Saturday last, young
man named George Stacy for stealing horses
at or near Bennington, VT. He was taken in
bed at his fathers house soon after his return.
An accomplice had been previously arrested in
Greenfield. Stacy is now in Jail in this
city awaiting requisition from Governor
Hall for his delivery for trial. He was the
same person who was triad and acquitted
on the charge of killing the Kneeland
sisters, two aged women who were found
brutally murdered in their own house on
the night of the 8th of March, 1856. Many
circumstances pointed to him as the guilty per-
son, but the evidence was not conclusive, and
the jury found verdict of acquittal
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-09-13

WHAT FRENCH SOLDIER HAS TO CARRY
A Paris letter thus enumerates what French
soldier has to carry packed inside and strapped
outside On the outside-1. The tente abri
and tent-pole. g. A blanket 3. A water
proof cape with hood. 4. A water bucket,
used also as camp kettle. 5. A round loaf
of black bread 6. A tin pan. 7. A quart
measure. inside. A pair of CATERS. 2,
Two shirts. 8. A pair of Shoes 4. An order
book 5. A small canvas bag, containing an
awl, five stout needles, skein of scarlet
thread, skein of yellow thread, skein of
black thread, a thimble, shoe, clothes, and
musket brushes a small box containing the
tools necessary to take musket to pieces and
put it together again, grease box, a wax do.
8. Two pocket handkerchiefs. 7. Fifty pounds
of ball cartridge. And, 8. Anything else he
can find room for