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The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-02-24
SEEDS! SEEDS!!

FIELD, GARDEN AND FLOWER SEEDSi
"E ARE now fully supplied with ono Of
w the largest and most complete stock OF
Garden, Flower and Field Seeds ever offered to
the Western Public. Our stock has been made
up with much care from the best seed gardens
Of America and Europe A large share are
homegrown Seeds, being grown under our own
inspection, and which we can recommend a.
true to name and of the best quality. AH
Among our assortment of Seeds may be
found over
!. l5o VARIETIES OF FLOWER SEEDS.
800 - do do GARDEN SEEDS, ~
HUNGARIAN GRASS SEED, :
CHINESE SUGAR CANE AND IMPHEE
SEED, &C., DO !,
From long acquaintance with the trade. We
feel confident no one can offer better induce.
ments to those desiring seeds 81
Those who design to emigrate to Kansas and
Pixies Peak, would do well to take with them
box Of fresh Garden Seeds. ge s.
We also keep constantly on hand full assert,
ment of
IMPLEMENTS AND MACHINES. Il
Suited to the Field, Garden, Orchard and House.
hold.
:, We are fully prepared to supply the trade o.
the mostliberal terms. Ell
Full Catalogues furnished gratis on appliea-
ton if by mail inclose a stamp. Address
H. ID. EMERY & CO.,
2-4s-3m) 2ol Lake st. Chicago. I'll.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-02-24
Fai:aticisM.

! A writer in the Richmond VA En-
qnirer winds up an article on the beau
ties of the peculiar institution" and
TIE grand fundamentally which negro
slavery may be made in the civilization
Of the Indians, as follows:
III is with the Indian as it has been
with all other nations. No people has
ever become civilized except upon tile da-
sis of iomestic slave1y. 1t is the founda
ton upon which all improvement. has
rested without it all mankind would yet
De sayagcs. 1t is the sole hope Of saliva
lion for the Indian; without it be must
perish with it he can be saved and. if
our Government, instead of wasting mil
lions of dollars in tie vain attempt to
ciyiize Wild and povery stricken savagesl
would purchase q few thousand slaves
ard divide them among the diff
ferent Indian tribes, they would have
taken one sensible and practical step to-
wards the civilization of the red man."
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-02-24
PROVIDENCE, r. l., Feb. Is.

The Republicans held a Convention
here to-day for the purpose of nomina
ting candidates for State officers and
members of Congress. Thos. c. Tur-
ner, now Lieut.. Governor, was nomina-
ted for Governor, the present Executive
declining to be candidate for re- cleo
ton. Mr.. B. Brayton, now in Congress
from the western district, was renomina-
ted Thos. Davis, from Harsago. a
democratic representative, was nonina-
ted in the place of Ben. D. Durfee.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-02-24
gy The weather for the last few day

gg- The weather for the last few days
has been extremely delightful for the
season of the year, having all the warmth
and freshness of Spring. The snow has
all disappeared under the genial influence
of the sun, and the earth, to some extent,
been thawed out. We hear some conf.
dent representations, from old citizens,
of an unusually early Spring. 1t is a
consummation devoutly to be wished.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-02-24
state OF lowa,
BUCHANAN COUNTY,
To William CJyD7,pN

SIR You are hereby notified that thers /.
now on file in the office of the Clerk of the Dia
trict Court of Buchanan county, Iowa, q peti.
ton of Sarah a. Shipton, claiming of YOU a di-
vorce from the bonds of matrimony, on account
of willful desertion without n sufficient cause
for over three years. And that unless YOU ND.
pear and answer said petition on or before the
morning OF the second day Of the next term OF
the District Court in and for Buchanan county
Iowa. a decree will be entered in accordance
with the prayer of said petition.
JAMES JAMESON,
FEB; - 1872; Pltfs. Atty
STATE OF IOWA,
BUCHANAN COUNTY. The defendant in this
case being n nonresident of the State, the
County Judge Of said county has ordered the
above notice to be published in the Buchanan
County Guardian newspaper published in
said county, for four successive weeks
i9-H EDWARD BREWER, CLERK.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-02-24
Contributors Column.

This column is open, to all who may choose
to avail themselves of the privilege, for the pro-
pounding and answering of all questions in
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
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-02-24

Music VS., BRAIss.-A Wisconsin pa
per records the case of man who, by
the falling Of tree upon him, had his
head crushed, and a considerable pol-
ton OF his brain literally knocked out,
so that the surgeons had to cut away
the exudipg portion. and his case was
deemed entirely hopeless. But he unex-
pectedly improved, and has nearly re-
covered. Previous to this accident he
had never been known to whistle or sing.
or display the least musical talent; but
as he was able to speak. after loosing his
brains, he began to sing with correct
ness, and now displays taste for music
amounting 10 passion.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-02-24
Fight in the Indiana Legislature.

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. Is.
A collision occurred in the Senate this
A. M. between Senators Gooding, of
Hancock, and Hebron, of Washington,
in consequence of some personal remarks
made in the Senate some days ago. After
some fighting between the two Senator'S,
brother of Senator Gooding interlered.
and struck Hebron on the head with his
cane, wounding him severely. Other
wise, but little injury was done to either
party. Gooding was armed with re-
volyer, but had no opportunity to use it.
Hebron drew knife after he was struck
with tie cane, but the Senators interior
fering, prevented him from using it.
The greatest excitement prevailed in the
Chamber during the difficulty. l#
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-02-24

BRAN YEAsT.-To quart or two of
bran in kettle. with a teaspoonful of
salt, pour OH hot water till it is thick as
mush, let it stand over night. if in cold
weather, by the stove. In the morning
when it has raised up and seems very
spongy, strain it and take the liquor to
mix your bread, adding water, if neces-
sary ; mix the bread and let it stand to
raise before moulding it into loaves. then
let it raise again in the pans.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-02-24
Buchanan County Agricultural Society.

A MEETING of this Society will take place
"a OF the Court House in Independence. on
SATURDAY, February Goth, at 10 O'Clock. A.
III. A lecture upon Agricultural topics NAV be
expected from Mr.. DAVID GorLp, of Buffalo
Grove. and an opportunity for general discus
sion upon all matters Of interest to the farmer.
VIII be given. The list Of premiums to be Of
tered the present year, will he submitted to the
Society fa revision. L. w. HART. see.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-02-24
According to the late report Of the

According to the late report Of the
Deputy Superintendent of Police OF New
York city, there are 1873 bar-rooms
and liquor shops in that city, and these
are mentioned as the great source of
crime. Second to them are given the
houses of prostitution. During the last
three months 1876 arrests were made,
and of these only 2,978 were natives of
the United States. The remaining TO-
.7a7 were natives Of other countries.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-02-24
Fire.
MADISON, Ind, Feb. 81.

MADISON, Ind, Feb. 81.
The Court House in this city was par
tally destroyed by fire about midnig ht
last night-damage sustained to the
amount of S20,OO0. 3q a.rs
The records and papers were all saved.
This court was the fist in Indiana. The
building was recently erected at cost OF
$40, 1000. Workmen have already COM
menced clearing away the ruins prepar-
atory TO rebuilding it. Goes
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-02-24

Hon. Edward Everett enumerates the
following among other evils intemper
ance has inflicted on he country within
the last ten years, viz
]. 1t has cost, in direct expenses,
S5,o0o,0o0 annually; $4,000, 900.
9. 1t has cost in indirect expenses,
$50, 900, 900 annually; 5000, 100000.
y 8. 1t has burnt and otherwise destroy
ed property to the amount of 100000.
4. 1t has destroyed $4,000 lives annu-
ally; 100000. 10 ea.As
s. 1t has made no less than 10000
widows annually !; 200, 900.
6. 1t has made no less than 100 mani
acs annually 1000.
q, Z. 1t has made at least 100, 900 orph-
ms annually 100000.
6. 1t has instigated $50 murders an
lually 1900. bad a.lf.H sele
8. 1t has caused 1900 suicides.
10. 1t has consigned 10 Jail and prison
l5O, 600. lC-a a 1855 al il ~
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-02-24
G. II. LATxsROP, 10
A TT 0 r n E Y AT Jaw
INSURANCE AGENT.

INSURANCE AGENT,
INDEPENDENCE, IOWA.
WILL practice in the several Courts of this
W Judicial District, and attend TO any
business entrusted to his care with promptness
and despatch.
Insurance Policies in the Phoenix Company
of Hartford, Ct, issued on reasonable terms.
and without delay.
Feb. II, 1859. f2I9
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-02-24
Later from Europe.
ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICA.

HALIFAX, Feb. IS.
The steamship America arrived last
night bringing Liverpool dates to the
Goth ult. 1 s
GREAT BaIrArs.-The approaching
meeting of Parliament is looked forward
to with unusual interest, in hopes that
such explanation will be made as will
modify the existing suspense.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-02-24
Office Of County Superintendent,

buchhnan CO., Iowa, Feb II, IS59. :
NOTICE is hereby given that the County
IN Superintendent will attend ut his office
in Independence, for the examination of Teach
crs, on the last Saturday in each month from
March to September next, inclusive, as provided
by law.
Also at Quasqucton on the Saturday prece-
ding the last Saturday in March next And a.
Fairbank on the first Saturday in April next.
Applicants for examination are requested to
present themselves Mt the time and places above
specified. o. II. p. ROSZELL,
19-4t Co. Superintendent
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-02-24

The citizens Of Story county want the
State Agricultural Farm and College.
They have petitioned the County Judge
for vote to issue $4,000 Of county
bonds as an inducement 10 secure them.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-02-24

that has not been just as imminent in
the past, when no such transfer of power
to the executive was deemed necessary.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-02-24

SEEDs-SEEDs.- would call atten-
ton to the advertisement of II. D. Emery
& Co., in another column. They have
long been known to the public as imple-
ment manufacturers and dealers in seeds,
and have reputation second to none in
the country. Their assortment Is large,
and no one can fail to be suited # they
send to them for either seeds or tools
Call and see them when in the city and
get their catalogue, or send TO them by
mail for it, amii
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-02-24

Ey- The Democracy have issued the
call for their State Convention, which
viii be held at Des Moines, on the first
Of June.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-02-24

Advertise your business. Do not hide your
light under bushel. Whatever your calling
or occupation may be, if it needs support from
the public, advertise it thoroughly and efficient.
~ in some shape or other, that will arrest public
attention. ] freely confess that what success I
have had in life may fairly be attributed more
to the public press than to nearly all other causes
combined. There may possibly be occupations
that do not require advertising, but i can not
well conceive what they are. p. T. BAnSux.
81 have always considered advertising--lit-
orally and ong-to be the great medium Of sue
cess in business, and the prelude to wealth.
And have made it an invariable rule. too, to
advertise in the dullest times, a long experience
having taught me that money thus spent is well
laid out as by keeping my business continual
ly before the public has secured me many sales
that otherwise would have lost "-STEpHEx
GiRARD. <' A
Whatever success may have had in bust
ness owe mainly to continuous advertising.
and deem it good policy to advertise long in
the same papers From close observation, I
am fully convinced that it is impossible to make
much Roadway in any branch of commerce
withoul the facilities which the press alone can
give. JACOB RIDGEwAY.
My motto through life has been-work and,
advertise. In business advertising is the true
fH.ioooPiIei s.one' oit'o tulns W Soiu WnnteS-
er it touches. have advertised much, both in,
the weekly as well as in the daily papers nor
have l found that those of the largest circula-
ton, of either class, benefited me the most
john JACOB AsToR.
Advertise ! advertise advertise! This il
the life of trade, and standing advertisements.
you will find, will prove the most remuneratiye.
at least have found it so during my business
career thus far; for should you withdraw for .
single week from the paper in which Won are
accustomed to advertise, ten to one that would
be the time when some would -be-customer will
look into the paper for your business address,
and not finding it. you will lose several profit
able sales. William GRAY
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-02-24
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
FIRE! .FIREli
Phoenix Insurance Company,
OF HARTFORD, CT.
Cash Capital and Surplus, s340.157.1A.


Cash CepitaI ana Surplus, S340. 1914.
S. l.. LOOMS, President.
II. KELLOGG, Secretary.
Losses Literally Adjusted and Promptly Paid.
The tariff of rates adopted by this Company
are as low as UNDOUBTED SECURITY aui
PROMPT INDEMNITY to patrons will war
rant
Dwellings and contents insured for /, or 5
years. ct reasonable rates.
The undersigned is duly commissioned
Agent of this Company and is fully empowered
to receive proposals for Insurance and issue
policies without delay
G. F. LATHROP, Independence.
February, 1859. r2.4y
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-02-24
Pixies Peak.

A Ill THOSE bound for the Gold Diepina,.
N that wish
A Barrel Of Good Fresh Crackers,
Can have them by leaving their orders at the
CITY BAKERY
m GEO. w. HARDENBROOK.
independence, Feb. Ia, 1893. (4o-lm
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-02-24

We learn from the Sioux City Register
that the store of Mr.. FRED. CuENowETH,
in that place, was destroyed by fire or
The 9th inst. Loss 80, 400.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-02-24

Out door sports-being chased by ,
mad o.. or collecting bills for printers.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-06-29

A CONTRIBUTOR, signing himself sew. j. F."
writes out for the Cincinnati Commercial, some
amusing "reminiscences of a celebrated collector,
or rather Gunner, "swho lives in New York;,
and is said to DE the terror of all folks whose
accounts Happsn tosbe placed IN his hands for
collection Itappears to. be.enough to ruin the
Commercial standing Of any man to be seen in
his company, inasmuch as people concludes 30
once that Burling, (the fellows name,) safer
the man for hard debt, In the course Of the
description Of the mo4Ws operatdi of Burling,
the following ineidentris related: J: ~ (
---DrssG Co. f4 Broadways-s entme todun afellow-
who lived back in yard, and kept two bull
dogs that he let loose when anybody came to
collect honest debts. | went at him with horse
pistol in each hand and Doctor C.'s bin in my
teeth, and made him pay up. Whatdtd Doctor
g. offer me for getting his sixty dollarss-heo Of
fered me ono dollar won't take it, says l.
I'llipay no more, Esays he. Payne thirty. doll
lars says L., Get outiof my Office, oSlll kick
you out, SaYs-he. Pay me thirty dollars, says
I. Go to hell, says he, and he kicked me out OF
his door and down the steps into broadway. i
goes across to the -4--hotel and hires great
arm chair out of the bar room, and takes it
across the street, and plants it Onsthe cprbstone,
right opposite Qoetor,C Is office door, and lays
the bill l had made out on full sheet of fools
cap across my knees, hanging down SO every
body that went BY could read in lhrge, black,
sanded letters:
| DocToR c. l'--t -
+sl5"g mn To J. BuRLrNG, Dr.
For collecting Of, yRIcuARD Roe,
- - Commission, : -s;- $50 90
And all the crowd kept stopping to read, SO
that there was all the while two or three hun
dred people standing onthe Doctors pavement
and reading first my bill, and then his sign, and
making their jokes. Ehad hired the chnir fol-
the whole afternoon, but he hadn't stood this
more than fifteen minutes before he comes TO the
door, and says, come here, you damned rascal
and i went, in and took thirty dolafs of this
money, and left the bill receipted.
i"But, my friend, don't your irnpudent ways
often get you into scrapes; are you not afraid
some one will some day break your, head 7"
"Break whose head ~ ,thundered he; "didn'
Col. 5, of New Orleans, man that's killed sever
men in ducls, when | went to dun him at tbs
Astor House-d;dn'th he grab me by the slack O
my breeches, and hold me out the fifth story
window, and shake me there above the pave
ment, and say, damn you, shall let you fall
and break your neck on the stones, or take you
in, and kick you down stairs?"
SWELL" said |, an&i0uslS, i"what did you dc
then?"
"lEhat didlI do?, said, PAYNE THAT MONEY!
and didn't he pull mo in and pay me every
cent?"
The intensity of his manner. as he thus re
lated his exploits cannot DO rendered on paper
especially when he exclaimed with CLOSED
teeth, and the fingers ofhis round hand clinched
I-"pay me that money"
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-06-29
TuB present great and pressing want of our
State. like that of the United States, is cuItiva

The present great and pressing want of our
State. like that of the United States, is cultiva
ton and improvement, not enlargement or
annexation; and the obvious and only mode ofa
rapid growth of our State or city, is such
change of public policy as shall invite to our
aid and cooperation, our Caucasian cousins,
the intelligent, moral and industrious artisans,
mechanics, miners, manufacturers, farmers and
commercial men of Europe and the Northern
States to share our taxation, develop our re-
sources and make ours white mans country,
with all the energy. education, love Of order, OF
freedom and of progress. Characteristic of the
Anglo Saxon race. .&
The history of the world, aud especially of
the States of this Union, shows most conclu-
sively that public prosperity bears an almost
mathematical proportion to the degree of free
dom enjoyed by all the inhabitants of the State.
Men will always work better for the Dash than
for the LASH The free laborer will produce and
save as much, and consume and waste as little,
as he can. The slave, on the contrary, will
produce and save as little, and consume and
waste as much, as possible. Hence, States and
counties filed with the former class, must ne.
cessarily flourish and increase in population,
arts, manufactures, wealth and education, because
they are animated and melted by all the vigor of
the will while States filled with the latter class
must hibitcomparatvcs tagnation, because it is
the universal law of nature that force and fear end
in ruin and decay. We have an instructive exam
Pile of the one class in the activity, enterprise,
prosperity and intelligence of New England;
and of the other in the pitiable condition of
South Carolina, that by neglccting the enlight-
ened teachings of her noble Marions, and fol-
lowing her Buffers, her Brookses, her Kcitts and
her Qpattlebums in the race ofinulli6cation,
aristocracy and Africanization, is rapidly sink
ing into agricultural stcrility, bloated egotism
and brutal barbarism, until she has most signif-
cantly. adoped cane for her emblem, which
equally and strikingIy typfies, not only her
military resources, but :hat itnbecility and de-
crepitude which, without something to lean
upon, must eventually fall into speedy death
and dissolution.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-06-29

Iris thought that the next Congress will con-
tain more new members than either of its pre-
decessors. Rotation" seems to be extending
itself, even into the Southern States. The
Washington States says:
"Ehere will probably be fewer members here
next winter who have been elected consecutive
ly for two terms than there were here twenty
years ago who had hcen elected cOnSecutvely
for double the number of terms. Mr.. Houston,
of Ala, will probably be the senior of the House
as respects membership.
Col. Orr, the late Speaker, is engaging his
energies in State Politics, in South Carolina
The constitution of the Palmetto State never
has been changed, if we remember correctly,
since her formation as State. There is, We
learn, one or more substantial reasons why it
should be amended, well as she gets along UNI
der its provisions. The inequality in Senatorial
representation is palpablc, and manifestly I'M
just. For instance in some districts fifty votes
will elect member of the Senate, while in
others twenty times that number are required"
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-06-29

FRESH FROM MoRMoNDox-A HIM Dripin5 a
Pair of Elk all the TTay.-The Cleveland
Leader announces the arrival in that city ofMr.
George Raymond, all the way from Salt Lake
City via Cherry Greek Mines and Kansas, hav-
ing como the entire distance driUin9 a span Of
EIk before Il ao0go,t.] The elk in question are
only three years old, an age at which horses are
us that he has actually travelled as far as one
hundred miles in n singl1 day. MIR. r. is on his
way to Vermont with his novel team. The elk
have now upon their heads, horns three feet in
length, which have been only six weeks grow
ing"