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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1859-06-09

from the Returns tor the year 1905.
Number of slaves, 9,a52
of free negroes, 66
Amount of Goods, Wares Merchandise &C., s3l4,4OO
Income of Professions 23li0
Value of lots in Yorkyille, 37466J
Acres of land valued at 80, Csc
" " ST. lae496
/" 40c., 2757d
The State Tax OIL the above, amounts to sl2,956,64t
Poor tax % per cent, 3,239.l6
Tax for Public Buildings at 8 per cent 1,036.53
Tax for Roads and Bridges at Is per cent, l94349t
Total taxes paid by District, Sls,l75.s3
The returns of births, deaths and marriages is,
of course, incomplete. A portion of our popula-
ton do not figure upon the books at all, and con-
sequently make no return.
Births of Whites: Males 80
Females 81 173
Slaves: Males 165
Females 200 365
Total, 538
Marriages: 70
Deaths: White Males SO
GO Females % CT
Black Males 62
" Females 72 1874
The comparison with the last return shows as
the increase of negroes, 238.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1859-06-09

The comparison with the last return shows as
the increase of negroes, 238.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-10-27
SHERIFF,S SALE.

DY VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION IS
ID sued out of and under the seal of the
District Court of Buchanan county, Iowa,
in favor of Jed Lake, and against the goods and
chattels lands and tenements of William S.
Church, have levied upon the following des-
cribed property, viz: .ra
The East half of the Northwest quarter of
Section Twenty, Tow nship Ninety. of Range
Eight; also, the South half of the East half of
the East half of the East half of the Northeast
quarter of the Northeast quarter of Section Two,
in Township Eighty nine, of Range Eight.
West of the Fifth Principal Meridian, in Bu-
chanan county, Iowa. Also one rifle.
Which property above described, viii
offer for sale at Public Auction, ut the door Of
the Sheriff IS office, in the village of Indepen-
dence, on SATURDAY, the 26th day of No
vember, A. d. 1859, between the hours of Nine
o'clock A. NJ. and Four O'Clock p NJ of said
day, to the highest bidder, to satisfy said exc
cution and costs. WILLIAM MARTIN,
Sheriff.
Sheriff IS Office, Independence, Iowa,l
Oct. 25th 1859. { r32-4w
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-10-27
The State Election.

re- The official returns of the State
have not yet been announced, but we
have returns, mainly official, from 70
counties, which, according to the Du-
buque Times, give Kirkwood a majority
of 1896. We think the Times places it
too low, as we notice several errors in
the table, and we feel confident that we
shall have an increased majority Of FIVE
or six hundred over last year, when the
average majority was about 3,lOO. We
shall have majority of al least FIVE in
the Senate. and eight or ten in the
House.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-10-27

A Cold WINTER PRED,crED-MIcRA-
TON OF SoUIRRELs.-The ST. Louis En-
press says about ten days ago tremend-
Gus drove of grey squirrels. numbering
hundreds of thousands, suddenly made
their appearance on the Merrimac, COW
ering the trees and waters like pail
Thousands Of them were afterwad found
dead in the river and on the ground
They crossed the river at that point and
worked their way down the river, until
on Wednesday they reached Cape Cir.
ardeau, crossing the river at that point
in countless myriads. The citizens turn
ed out en- masse and killed them by hun.
dreds. Every tree and bush in that vi
entity swarmed with them until night
when they disappeared, and have moi
been heard Of since. The rout was mark
ed as BY devastating storm. Trees
were girdled and fields destroyed. Old
French settlers predict very severe win
ter, as it was noticed in 1884 and 1852,
that immense droves Of squirrels sudden
ly made their appearance, followed by in
tensely severe weather.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-10-27
To Subscribers.

re- We have not troubled our sub
scrbers much with duns. and hope new
er to have much occasion for doing so.
Quite number are now, however, owing
US. who promised to pay US after har-
vest. But harvest season has gone by a
long time, and yet we hear nothing from
them. This, we think. is hardly treating
us fair. We are probably as much in
want of our pay as any Of their other
creditors, and We think quite as deserv-
ing Of it. We hope, then. they will
think of us, and endeavor to settle our
account as soon as possible. We take
all kinds Of produce at market prices, on
new or old subscriptions. We also want
about fifty cords of wood, on the same
conditions.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-10-27
County superintendent.

@ Some difference of opinion is en-.
tertained as to the period when the newly
elected County Superintendent enters up
on the duties of his office-some believe.
ing that he can do SO as soon as he quail.
ifies, and some arguing that the old off
Ger holds over until the FIRST of January
next, when the other newly elected coun-
ty officers enter upon their duties. We
think there can be but little doubt that
the Superintendent enters upon his du-
ties as soon as he qualities. as that is the
reading of the law passed by the Board
of Education. which body is entrusted
by the Constitution with the duty Of leg
islating over all matters relating to edu-
cation, excepting. only, what relates to
finances. 1t is true that the Legislature
can repeal any law passed by the Board,
but as the legislature has not sit since
the law was passed, it is very evident
that the provision of the Board is still in
force. We find this to be the most prev
alent opinion, although Mr.. RoszELL
thinks differently. Mr.. ROBERTS has
qualified, however, and submits the
question to the Secretary of the Board of
Education.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-10-27
News.

Eg Brownsville, Texas, was attacked
by Guerrillas on Wednesday, the 28th
ult., who deliberately murdered five men,
named Geo. Morris, VIM. P. Neale, R.
L. Johnson, Clemente Reyls and Viviand
Garcia. They were led on by fellow
named Cortinas, who, on an attempt to
arrest him some time before, for disorder
ly conduct, shot the City Marshall SO
badly that he has not yet recovered. For
this attempt TO arrest the villain, he com
mitted these murders. and threatens to
commit others. He also endeavored to
fire the town, but was unsuccessful. The
Secretary of War had withdrawn all the
troops from Fl. Brown, and the people
were without any protection.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-10-27

Under the head of Good News the
Trenton (Tenn. Standard thus announ-
ces the completion of the Mobile and
Ohio Railroad to the Obion River. So
the iron horse will in few weeks he real
ly snorting at Trenton. Then a city--a
great big one-will spring up around US.
we will wear store clothes, own a spotted
dog, edit daily Standard, and have in
it spicy police report like unto AL Wal
ker of the Nashville Banner; we'll do
the railroad printing, make fortune,
ride in the cars, drive fast horse, get a
pretty wife. raise large and respectable
posterity. put on city airs generally, and
when our form is knocked into pie the
daily papers of our city will be shrouded
in black.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-10-27
SACKvILLE, Oct. 10.

0AOhSALLE, wv. 40.
The Europa. from Liverpool the 9th
inst, arrived at Halifax this forenoon,
and her news reached here by horse ex-
press this evening.
The Kangaroo, from New York, ar
rived at Queenstown on the 9Th inst, and
the Ocean Queen arrived out on the same
day. The Persia arrived at Liverpool on
the 9th.
The Zurich Conference was still con-
tinued and further progress in the set
clement of the Italian question was re-
ported.
The Great Eastern was expected to
leave Portland for Holyhead on the same
day the Europa sailed.
LIVERPOOL, Oct. 8.-Italian political
affairs were unchanged.
Great agitation prevailed in Naples
Numerous arrests were made. ogc
Later advices from India had been re-
ceived which states that the European
troops who were recently discharged
from further service, consented to 60 to
China.
The ship American Congress, which
had gone ashore in the English Channel
was expected to be saved.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-10-27

A destructive FIRE occurred on the
morning of the Goth inst, at Leaven-
worth. Kansas. 1t commenced in Bass
woods Billiard Saloon, corner of Shaw
nee and Main streets, and burned fifteen
buildings, with their contents, valued at
$4,000. The principal sufferers were
Messrs. Russell, Majors and Wendell,
$4,000, and Messrs. Lucas, Moore Il
Co., X. E. Allen, J. M. Jewell, ]. Pop
plegate & Co. The Verandah and Shot
well Houses were consumed.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-10-27
N- AN MISUNDERSTANDING

E AN A ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Du-
buquc Herald, speaking of the bearing
of the recent elections upon the contest
of 1860, makes the following "open
confession -
"Ofthe recent elections held in Maine,
Vermont, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana,
Minnesota and Iowa, not one furnishes a
single ray of hope for the Democratic
party, save Iowa, and in that it is so
meagre as scarcely to make the contrast
visible
The Herald must, Notwithstanding,
have very sanguine temperament, when
it can see anything to comfort it in the
result in this state. 1t gives, as the So
luton of all the present troubles of the
Democracy, the want Of confidence IN the
professions and promises of the party
If the Herald had added principles, also,
it would have stated the whole case very
succintly and candidly.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-10-27
Later from Europe.
Arrival of the anglo Saxon.
FARTHER Po1Nr, Oct. GO

The steamship Anglo Saxon passed
this point this morning on her way to
Quebec, where she will be due to morrow
morning.
The peace negotiations at the Zurich
Conference are said to be making but lit
tie progress.
The prolongation of the Conference is
anticipated. The difficulties that hinder
adjustment have not been settled, and it
is considered doubtful whether the treaty
will be signed. The three Plenipotentia-
ries held conference on the 9th inst. af-
ter which couriers were dispatched to
Vienna and Turin. The correspondent
Of the London Times says the delay is at
tributed to Austria. and that the Vienna
Cabinet is doing all it can to win France
to its views, while at the same time it is
reported as preparing coalition against
Napoleon in Germany.
GREAT BRIrA1N.-The Great Eastern
left Portland at o'clock on the afternoon
of the 9Th, and anchored at Holyhead at
A on Monday afternoon the 10th. The
distance run in As hours is computed at
something over $50 miles. Average
speed for the whole trip was little over
13 knots, but during the greatest part Of
the trip the engines were not run at over
half speed. The paddles averaged ten
and the screw 38 revolutions per minute
working at pressure of 20 pounds of
steam. The greatest speed attained was
l4k knots or II miles per hour. This
was accomplished without special exer-
tons by the engines, but there was con-
siderable canvass spread.
The correspondent Of the London
Times, who was on board of the Great
Eastern, in letter written before the run
to Holyhead, says that the ship will prob
ably lie up at Southampton during the
winter.
The London Times characteristics Har-
ney's actat San Juan AS gratuitous in
suit to the British Empire, and one which
cannot be passed over. 1t expresses the
belief that no large class Of Americans
will support the policy which has been
inaug urated by Gen. Harvey, but thinks
the mission of Lieut.. Gen. Scott would
result in the peaceful settlement of pres
ent difficulties.
Rumors are afioat of considerable diff
ference in the English Cabinet in relation
to the Chinese question, and there ap-
pears to be a probability of split.
Robt. Stevenson, the eminent engineer,
is reported as dying.
Italian affairs are still in very unset.
tied state.
INDIA.-The Calcutta mail of Sept
10Th has arrived at Alden.
The rebels at Nepaul and on the from.
tier are still troublesome.
Some Of the discharged European
troops have already sailed from Calcutta.
CHINA.-The dates from China by the
overland mail are to Sept. 10.
The Pei-ho River and the Grand Ca
nal are still blockaded by the English
and French war vessels.
The American Minister, Mr.. Ward,
was still negotiating with the Chinese,
and was about 10 proceed to Pekin.
Ching Kang. the celebrated rebel
leader has been killed by his own peo-
pie.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-10-27

than ever before, The outposts
of that city were undoubtedly strength
ened, as charged by the Times, and pro-
minent Republicans. in an illegal manner.
The Keokuk Gate City charges that Dav-
export cast more votes at the last cleo
ton than the census gave her voters, a
pretty good evidence that her outposts,
too, had been strengthened. In our own
county, at the last election. attempts were
made to vote railroad hands, when every
man in the county knew that these per-
sons we're not voters.
These Iacts show the necessity for some
additional provisions 10 guard the ballot
box-to secure fair expression of the
will of the people. We know of no bet
ter or fairer way of preventing these
frauds than by the enactment Of just
and equitable Registry Law. Such laws
have been tried for years in some of the
eastern states, and have been found to
work admirably. They involve but lit
lie additional trouble to the voter, and
do not discriminate against any mans
just rights. Under them, every man en-
titled to vote, wishing to vote, can do
so. This is all that should be accorded,
all that can reasonably be asked. No
party asking more than this is honest
No party that objects to throw guards
sufficient around the ballot box to pre-
serve its purity, is honest. This is all
that is asked for in a registry act. We
see no way in which it can be made tc
act with partially, no way in which it car
be made to discriminate against the JUS
rights of either party. The many in.
stances of fraud under the old law shows
that something else is needed, and as
registry laws have been tried and found
effective, we hope to see the Legislature
of Iowa enact one the coming winter
We believe our own Senator and Repre-.
sentative stand right upon the question,
and will give such measure an active
support.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-10-27
SHERIFF,S SALE.

DY VIRTUE of an Execution issued out Of
ID and under the seal of the District Court
Of Buchanan county, Iowa, in favor of j. G..
Hovey, and against the goods and chattels lands
and tenements of Archibald Chase, have
levied upon the following described property,
Wis -.
The North three-fourths of the Southeast
quarter of the Northeast quarter of Section Six,
in Township Ninety, Of Range Ten, West Of
the Fifth Principal Meridian, in buchanan
county, Iowa.
Which property, as above described, will
offer for sale, at Public Auction, at the door Of
the Sheriff s Office, in the village of Indepen-
dence, on Saturday, the Goth day of Novembes,
A. D. 1859, between the hours of Nine o'clock A.
M. and Four O'Clock p. M. of soid day, to the
highest bidder, to satisfy said Execution and
costs. iH't
WILLIAM MARTIN, Sheriff..
BY HENRY EDGcoMB, Deputy
Sheriff Office, Independence, Iown,l =
Oct. 25th, 1859. (32-4t
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-10-27

A Cow Sucking LAMBs.-A COW be-
longing to Mr.. Thomas Hislop. of Yves,
Oxford. calved last spring. Her calf was
taken from her at FIVE weeks old. A fort
night afterwards eve died, leaving
three lambs. AS there was danger of the
lambs also dying, the owner took one Of
them and held it to the cows teats.--
Next morning on going to milk the cows.
all three lambs were found sucking the
cow. Another lamb was placed with the
COW. and she has sucked all four ever
since. They follow her wherever she
goes, and she protects them from dogs
and other animals that attempt to modest
them, showing the same affection for
them as if they we're her own progeny.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-10-27
re- The claims of Hon. EpwAR]

~ The claims Of Hon. EDWARD
BATES, of Missouri, for the Republican
nomination for President, are now being
strongly pressed by number of journals
throughout the country. Mr.. BATES has
long been strongly slavery in senti-
ment, but has never acted with the Re-
publican party. other than giving his
sympathies and support to the enamel
pationists of Missouri. If his friends
can satisfy the country Of his cordial
sympathy with the Republican move
ment. he will prove strong competitor
for the nomination.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-10-27
@ Six persons were browne,

@ Six persons were drowned in
Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota, about 80
miles west of St. Paul, on the 18th inst,
by the upsetting of boat. The names
of, the lost are M. B. Stone, formerly oil
the State of New York, wife and two
children n. BUrrERyIELD and L. Low
ELLING, of st. Paul. formerly Of Vermont.
A seventh person, J. MCKENZIE, OF
Hutchinson, was saved. Mr.. STONE was
engaged in moving his family down to
the Minnetonka Mills, a distance of some
three or four miles from his former home
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-10-27
re- The Dubuque Times says tn,

EE The Dubuque Times says that
the Jasper county manifesto, circulated
in the late canvass. purporting to come
from quite number of Republican farm
ers in Jasper county, and rejecting upon
the Republican State Administration,
was gotten up by Democrat, and but
very few of the thirty-nine names ap-
pended to it were those Of Republicans.
Every year the Democracy play some
such trick. Last year secret circulars
were sent into Green county, by them,
to defeat Judge GRAY. Let the people
remember them in the future.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-10-27

brought out it was with great difficulty
that the marines protected them from the
fury of the populace. Browns two sons
are dead, and the old man is badly, but
not fatally. wounded, He acknowledges
that his object was to liberate the slaves,
and contended that everything he had
done was right, He says he had never
more than twenty men, at any time,
belonging to the organization, but that
he had good reason TO expect reinforce
ments from Maryland, Kentucky. North
and South Carolina, and the Canadas.
He had provided arms sufficient for 1900
men. including goo revolvers. 1000
spears. and 200 Sharpe's rifles. He had
also abundance of ammunition. The
arms were brought from Connecticut
and other points east.
The names Of all the party at the Fer.
ry, Sunday night. except three white
men whom he sent away, are given as
follows. with their titles under the pro.
visional government:
Gen. John Brown, commander-in- chief
wounded, but will recover; Capt Olive,
Brown. dead; Capt. Watson Brown
dead; Capt. John Knige. of Ohio, rails
ed in Virginia, dead Capt. Aaron G
Stephens. of Connecticut, wounded bad
ly, has three balls in his body, and can
not recover; Lieut.. Edwin Coppie, o
Iowa, unhurt; Lieut.. ALDER Hazlett, o
Penn, dead Lieut.. jeremiah Anderson
of Indiana. dead Lieut.. VIM. Leeman
of Indiana, dead Capt. John E. Cook
of Conn, escaped; privates-Stewar
Taylor, of Canada, dead Chas. p Tidd
of Maine, dead VIM. Thompson, of N
Y, dead Dolph Thompson. of N. Y.
dead. These, with the three whites sen
off, make in all seventeen whites. Ofne
groes the list comprises-Danger6eld
newly of Ohio. raised in Virginia, dead
Emperor. of New York, raised in S. G..
not wounded, but prisoner. The latte
was elected member of the Provisiona
Government some time since. Lewis
Leary of Ohio, raised in Va, dead
Copeland. of Ohio, raised in Va. no
wounded, prisoner at Charlestown.
Capt. Brown, since the brutal murder
of his son by the pro-slavery party o
Kansas, seems to have become a mono
maniac, bent upon revenge upon slave
holders. In the prosecution of that re
venge be instigated this crazy and un
justifiable attempt at instruction, result
ing SO disastrously to those who were
foolish enough to follow him.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-10-27
At a meeting of the Buffalo Medic

At meeting of the Buffalo Medical
Association. Dr.. Stochk reported the
case of girl IL years of age, who pass
ed from the bowels 10 pins and needles
in the course of four days, and who con
fessed that she had been in the habit OF
swallowing them for about three months,
in order to get sick SO that she might
not be obliged to leave home and work
out. One pin stuck in the throat. and
gave some trouble, and the girl suffered
occasional colicky pains, and had much
swelling and tenderness of the abdomen
but there were no marked constitutional
symptoms.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-10-27
Registry Act.

re- There is one measure of legisla.
ton which we think every man in this
state, who cares anything for the purity
of the elective franchise, should urge up
on our Legislators. That measure is a
Registry Act-requiring the registration
and publication, for proper time pre-
vious TO each election, of the names oil
every legal voter.
1t is undeniable that the franchise, es.
pecially in our cities, is grossly abused
that hundreds of men, urged on by
INSCRIPTIONS partizans, in the excite
ment of day of election, rendered OBJ
livious to the wrong by drink, or other
cause, do present themselves at the polls
and vote, when they have no right to do
so. And the hurry and crush which in
most Of these instances attend the voting,
renders challenging distasteful and in
many Instances impossible. A careful
and proper examination Of the voter is
precluded by the suggestions and inter-
ference of partizans. and the haste re-
quired of the officers of election. There
is no obligation upon the election board
to test the legality Of votes. unless the
voters are challenged by other persons,
and this is duty which many men re-
gard as distasteful, and parties are prone
to neglect. Because of this, illegal vot-
ing has gone on increasing, until unscru-
pulous partizans resort to it now bold
ly, and sometimes openly, in order to
override the will of the majority. The
success Of such operations in Kansas
prompted similar acts in Minnesota.
where again they were successful. BAR
RErT's friends defeated BLAIR in St. Lou
is by the same appliances. SIcKLEs in
New York, and FLORENCE, in Philadel-
phia, were undoubtedly elected through
similar means, and their seats will be
contested. Many Of our readers will rec.
ollect that Mr.. MANN secured his posi-
tior as District Attorney of Philadelphia,
some three or four years since, only by
proving fraud and illegal voting upon
the part Of the friends of his Democ ratio
opponent, Mr.. Cassidy. The Cleveland
Herald says that in the late contest il
Ohio, as many as five hundred railroad
hands from the northern portion of the
State were carried into Cincinnati in tn,
hope of carrying doubtful legislative dis
tricts, and thus re-electing PUeH to thu
United States Senate. Nor need we &c
away from home to see the operations o
this same system of illegal voting. Las
year, notwithstanding for months previ-
GUS to election the Dubuque papers al
most daily noticed the departure of la
borers from that city, to Minnesota and
Missouri, where they were employed up
on railroads then in the course Of con-
sttuction--and notwithstanding the part
of that city called Dublin was almost en-
tifely depopulated-the lowest estimate
being that 500 laborers had left the city
Notwithstanding this, Dubuque cast
more votes and gave larger Democratic