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The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-04-04
~ THAppEus HYArr, who has been

~ THADDEUs HYArT. who has been
placed in Washington Jail. by order Of
the Senate, for refusing to testify in the
John Brown affair, has made preparations
for long stay. declaring his intention to
maintain the position he has assumed
He has sent for his library and his maps,
has made arrangements for furnishing his
rooms comfortably. and written to his
brother to conduct his business as though
he was dead. Mr.. HYATT denies that
the Senate has power to use compulsory
process to obtain testimony, and con-
ceives such an assumption to be destruc-
tive of the rights of the citizen. He dis
tinctly states his willingness to testify in
the matter, if the compulsory process is
removed. and if allowed to do SO at his
own option. 1t it is not that he has any
thing to conceal, but because he thinks
be will be sanctioning usurpation, by
the Senate. of arbitrary and dangerous
power.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-04-04
MARCH "a.

SENArE.-The bill making appropria.
tons to the Insane Asylum, was taken
up, and debated at great length. A mo-
ton to strike out 100000 and insert
$4,000 was carried. Yeas 81. nays 4.
Mr.. Drummond offered an additional
section providing that the Superintend-
ent shall not receive more than 81, 900
per year and that the employment Of a
Secretary, as heretofore, is expressly pro-
hibited Carried. ayes % nays 10.
The bill was then passed, ayes 90
nays II.
Mr. Mcpherson, committee on Rail.
roads, reported back House bill giving
the forfeited land grant to the Cedar Rap
ids Company, with majority recon-
mendation that it be passed. After the
defeat of various amendments the bill
passed, yeas 20, nays l3.
HoUsE.--An act to amend section
1888, chapter IA of the Code, relative to
foreclosure of mortgages and deeds OF
trust, was taken up and rejected.
Mr.. Kellogg introduced an act amend
ing the general banking law--providing
that bank may be located in any town
of $50 inhabitants. The rule was sus-
pended and the bill passed BY ayes 50.
nays %.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-04-04
SHERIFF,S SALE.

RY VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION, il.
- sued out Of and under the seal Of the Dis.
trict Court Of Buchanan County, Iowa. in favor
Charles c. Gilman and against the goods and
chattels lands and tenemeDts of Alex. Smith
! have levied upon the following described
property, viz:
The North half Of the South west quart.r Of
section Eighteen the North west quarter of We
Northwest quarter of Section Twenty nine,
in Township Ninety. Range Ten; and DE
Northeast quarter Of the Southwes quarter of
section Thirteen, township Eighty nine, range
Nine, West of the Fifth p. NJ, Iowa Ako
Lot Two. in Block Twenty three in Stouchton
d McCIurs's 6ecopd Addition TO the village Of
lndapeadenea buchanan County, Iowa.
which property. as above described, viii
of'er for sale, at Public Auction, at the door a
the Sheriff . Office, in the village of indepen.
dence, on Saturday, the 7th day of April.
d. iooy, between the hours Of Nine o'clock A.
Al. and Four o'clock p. NJ. of said day, to the
highest bidder. 10 satisfy said Execution and
costs.
=, BYRON @. HALE, SHrRlry.
sheriff s Office, Independence, Iowa,l
March S, 1860 (5l.4t
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SENATE.-The Pacific Telegraph Bill
was taken up. Mr.. Grimes moved an
amendment, that the Telegraph Company
or its agents will not interfere with the
right to locate railroad hereafter by the
preemption of all the lands on that no ute.
Agreed to. The bill was read third
time and passed yeas %, nays Is.
HousE.-Mr. Blake offered the follow
ing preamble and resolution Whereas,
The chatteling Of mankind, and the hold
ing of persons as property is contrary 10
natural justice and the fundamental prin-
ciples of our political system, and is no.
toriously a reproach to our country
throughout the civilized world, and a Sc :
rious hindrance to the progress of liber-
ty throughout the nations of the earth,
therefore Resolved, That the committee
on Judiciary be and the same are hereby
instructed to inquire into the expediency
of reporting bill giving freedom to ev
cry human being, and whether Congress
has the constitutional power to legislate
on the subject.
A scene of confusion ensued, amidst
which the roll was called, and the pro-
position rejected-6o to LOG.
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FOreign News.

~ BY the arrival of the steamship
Bohemian at Portland, on the 9th ult.,
we have later news from Europe. The
news is OF but h.de importance. other
than the result of the elections in IA.
Italian States, relative 10 annexation with
Piedmont. In Surmia, Pisa and Leg
horn the vote stood For annexation.
3e,o26 for a separate kingdom, 355.
Florence advices state that thirty COM
munes give lOl, 1856 for anne xation, and
$4,000 for separate kingdom. Bologna
gives 81 1894 for annexation, and for q
separate kingdom. Parma gives l4,oOC
) for annexation and 81 for separate king
! dom. France refuses Victor Emanue
support in the project of anne king Tus
/, cany and Piedmont. The Sandman gov
I, eminent, it is said, consents to cede tt
France Savoy and Nice, notwithstanding
!. the opposition of England and the con
tinental powers This will place all tn,
passes of the Alps into the hands o
France. At Naples arrests are being
made on large scale, causing great ter
ror. Those who sympathize with the
consolidation Of the States are the vic
Tins. 1t is said that the Pope has bulls
OF accommodation already prepared, to
be launched at Victor Emanuel as soon
as the elections in the States are decided.
Spain prosecutes her war with Morocco
with energy and success. Wheat was
firm and higher; Flour and Corn dull.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-04-04

owe ns much as to Charles Aldrich, the Chief
Clerk of the House, and we'll known editor of
the "Hamilton Freeman" He was one of the
first in the State to advocate the Supervisor
system, and he has continued to work for the
success of this measure by every honorable
means IN his power, up the passage of the bill.
His articles, so clearly demonstrating the supe-
riority of this system of county organization
over oil others, have been extensively copied,
and have done much to mould public opinion in
favor of the representative system of county
government. His articles in the State REGISTER,
the Dubuque Times, and his own paper, have at
tracted general attention, and his arguments are
unanswerable by the defenders of the cone
man power"
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G 1t will be well remembered that
Dom. of the Dubuuua Herald. was loud-

Gg 1t will be well remembered that
Dom, of the Dubuque Herald, was loud
mouthed in denunciation of MoRrARrY,
former Republican State Printer. for
charging twice for the composition Of
some public document, ordered both by
the House and Senate. II now appears,
through the examination of committee
of the present legislature, appointed to
examine into the matter of State printing,
that MAHoNY & DoRR, who preceded Mo.
RIARrY as State Printers, charged sir
times for printing the Governors Mess
age, and that their over charge amount
ed to the sum Of Sc, 554. We have Of
ten wondered why it is that DoRR has the
idea of peculation and dishonesty con-
stantly before his mind, and makes il the
main burden of his editorial song. The
reason doubtless is that he fears the result
of his own example.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-04-04

The Cincinnati Gazette, speaking Of
the statement put in circulation by St.
Louis paper that Edward Bates had new
err emancipated his slaves, for the best OF
reasons-that they had run away from
him-says In the first place, there is
no such paper in existence as The st.
Louis EOening Post And secondly, il
is we'll authenticated fact that Mr.. Bates
not only voluntarily liberated his slaves,
but, as we are reliably assured, he liber-
ally provided them with an outfit, and
prepared them for the condition of free
dom. One of his former slaves was we'll
educated, and is now one of the ablest
and most useful Of the Christian minis
ters in Liberia. Any statement in con-
lict with these facts is sheer fiction"
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There are 1900 male and l42 female
prisoners in the New York State prison
at Sing Sing.
HOWELL COBB has Internationally
Withdrawn his name from the canvass for
presidential nomination.
The number of Mormons in Utah is
put down at $4,000. OF these, 1926
men have 26, 500 wives.
A Republicans paper, en,itlea the ST
oux City Times, has been started at Sioux
City by Pendleton g. Swiggett.
A woman named Mary Ann Bilansky
was hung on the, Esd inst, at St. Paul.
for poisoning her husband. She exhib.
tied great firmness on the scaffold.
The Democrats Of Wisconsin are run
ming a Republican, Judge Dixon, for
Judge of the Supreme Court The cleo.
| ton came off yesterday.
The new civil and criminal codes pass
ed by the Legislature, are to 90 into op-
Grafton and take effect from and after the
lst day Of September next.
The Brattelboro' PAonir says the run
of sap this year is remarkable. and esti-
mates the maple sugar crop OF Vermont
this season at 1000 to Is, 900 tons.
A fire in another tenement house in
New York city, on the oath ult., destroy
ed the lives Of ten persons. the wife and
four children Of Andrew Wheeler, and
the wife and four children of Mr.. Ben.
nett. Others were badly injured The
building was set on FIRE.
A bill for the abolition of the death
penalty has been introduced into the
New York legislature, and been ordered
to third reading in the House. by
large majority. Ii is thought it will pass
and become law.
The first rail ever laid in Kansas was
put down on the ST. Joseph and Marys-
vile road on the goth ult., with great
ceremony. This is the beginning Of the
first section Of the great Pacific Railroad
west Of the Missouri.
A NAKED OUrRAGE.-On SUNDAY
morning great excitement was caused in
the Baptist Church. Pittstown. Renssel aer
County. by man walking in the mids,
OF the congregation stark naked. He
was led out as soon as possible. and de-
cided to be insane on the subject of
dress.
There was a " strike" recently in the
office of the Cincinnati Commercial, and
three portly gentlemen walked IN and Of |
fered their services at the case. These
were the President Of the Cincinnati and
Dayton Railroad Company. the President
of the Cincinnati and Zanesy lille Railroad
Company, and the Treasurer of the Pas
enger Railroad Company Of Cincinnati. II
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Que Of the humanitarian movements
of our times, although little known as
such. can hardly be overestimated in its
Importance upon the well being Of our
widely scattered communities. The pop
ulation Of the American States is in
many sections so sparse, that skillful
physicians are hardly available to them.
Vast numbers Of our people are obliged
to employ in sickness such medical relief
rs they can hear Of from each other, or
indeed any they can get from any quar-
ter. Hence arises the great consumption
of Patent Medicines among US, greater
by far than in any of the old countries,
where skillful physicians are accessible
to all classes. Unprincipled men have
long availed themselves Of this necessity.
to palm off their worthless noslrums.
until the word has become synonymous
with imposition and cheat. One Of our
leading chemists in the East, DR.. AVER,
is pursuing course which defeats this
iniquity. He brings not only his own,
but the best skill of our times to bear,
for the production of the best remedies
which can be made These are supplied
Z, he world. in a convenient form AMI
at low prices, ana the p.onla will no
more buy poor medicines instead Of good,
at the same cost, than they will bran in
stead OF flour. The inevitable conse-
quence Of this is, that the vile COM
pounds that flood our country are dis
carded for those which honestly accomp-
lish the end in view-which cure. Do
we ever estimate its importance, in be-
lieving that this prospect Of supplanting
the by-word medicines, with those of ac
tual worth and virtue, is fraught with
immense consequence for good, to the
masses Of our people Gazette d Chron-
icle, Peru, la.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-04-04

A cold -blooded murder WAS consum
mated few days since in lower New
York Bay. The oyster sloop. E. A.
Johnson. was found deserted, and an ex.
animation proved that the mate had mur-
dered the rest of the crew. consisting of
the captain and two boys, and thI own
their bodies overheard. He was traced
back to the city and finally to Proyi-
dence. K. l.. where he was captured
His name is VIM. johnson. and the mo-
tive for the act was TO secure some five
or six hundred dollars which the Captain
had on board to purchase his load of oys.
tiers.
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Legislative.
March %

halC
SENATE.-Mr. Rankin, Judiciary, re,
ported back House Bill giving hotel and
boarding house keepers certain liens,
with negative recommendation. Report
concurred IN.
Also. House Bill requiring commits
sioners and officers of Public Institutions
to take and subscribe an oath and to pun
ish them for violation thereof. Passed
Mr.. Mann, Select Committee. reported
back substitute for the bill for the ad .
justment of costs and expenses incurred
in the collection Of the School Fund,
which was adopted, and the bill passed.
Mr.. Wilson, Of Dubuque, Judiciary,
bill in accordance with the
peti.ion Of Edward Zitschke, in refer
ence to the taking effect or IA, la., Of
1858, entitled an act respecting aliens.
Passed.
Mr.. Brown, Public Lands, reported
back the bill relating to trespass on
swamp lands. with favorable recon. .
mendation. Passed.
Mr.. Davis, Of Polk, called up the bill
for the appraisement of property sold on
execution. Passed, yeas "a, nays IA.
Mr.. Anderson introduced bill to
amend chapter ls5 Of the acts of the
9th General Assembly, and repeating
section l of said chapter. Passed.
HoUsE.-An act TO regulate the inter
est on money and to punish usury was
taken up. The bill provides that all
mortgages. deeds of trust or other liens
on real estate for usury shall be void
that any party having collateral inter
est shall have the right to plead the u.s.
ury-and that the loaning Of money at
usurious rates of interest shall be pun
ished as misdemeanor. The bill was
passed. after much discussion, by yeas
60, nays 22.
Mr.. Bemis's bill, in relation to county
surveyors, was read third time and
passed.
An act appropriating the saline lands
and funds to the State University was
taken up. the rule suspended and the bill
passed by ayes 40, nays 81.
On motion of Mr.. Baker, the act
granting certain lands to the Cedar Rap
ids and Missouri X. r. Company was
put upon its passage. The bill passed
by the following vote yeas SIS. nays "a.
An act for the relief of all persons
heretofore divorced since the 4th Of July,
ls4s. was taken up. The rule was sus.
pended. and the bill put upon its pas
sage. and it was carried by ayes o.
nays 20.
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MARCH &c.

SENATE. The Senatorial apportionment
bill was taken up. Mr.. Neal moved to
change the ratio of representation from
1900 to 1920. Lost. He then NOV
ed to recommit the bill with instructions
to report the apportionment of 1853
Lost, yeas Is, nays 22. The bill was
then passed, yeas %, nays Is.
The Immi grafton Agency bill was TAX.
en- up and passed, yeas 26, nays9.
HousE.-An act providing for the pay
ment of the salaries Of school fund COM
missioners. An amendment was adopt
ell. offered by Mr.. Harris. who explain
ed the provisions of the bill and the ne
cessily for The same. The rule was sus-
pended and the bill passed by ayes 81
nays 81.
An act to regulate costs in certain cases
in the District Court. The bill provides
that any party who RECEIVERS judgment
of less amount .han 500 shall pay the
costs. The bill passed by ayes 53-nays
g.
An act 10 amend section i249 Of the
code. This law provides to alter the
section so that the homestead shall not
be liable for debts contracted prior to its
purchase.
The House refused to amend the bill,
and also to adjourn. and passed the bill by
ayes AS, nays "a.
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MARCH 90.

AAhnSH ~.
SENArE.-The bill to increase and reg
ulate the pay of officers in the Navy. was
taken up-the question being on Mr..
Fessenden's substitute.
Mr.. Mallory opposed it on the ground
that it did not do justice to the Lieuten-
ants, who were the poorest paid officers
in the Senate. The substitute was amend
ed and then rejected-2O against %.
Other amendments were proposed and
rejected. and the original bill finally
passed.
HousE.-The House resumed the con
sideration of the bill reported from COM
mittee OF judiciary, suppressing polyga-
my in the Territories of the U. s.
Mr.. Clark, Of Mo-, said the committee
on Territories are contemplating the pro-
prety of parceling out that Territory to
the other Territories, SO that the people
of others may have the power to suppress
polygamy and other enormities.
Mr.. Branch proposed to strike out all
declaring polygamy criminal, and retain
so much as annuls and declares void all
the laws of Utah sanctioning and per-
hitting polygamy.
Mr.. Barr moved 20 lay the bill on the
table, which was negatived-l9 against
l48.
Mr.. Logan proposed substitute, to
repeal the law establishing the Terrific
rial Government Of Utah.
The House then passed to the consider
alton Of other business without further
action OIL the bill.
On motion Of Mr.. Hickman, a resolu-
ton was adopted. authorizing the Judi
ciary Committee to send for persons and
papers, and examine witnesses under
oath or affirmation, in reference TO the
asking for the impeachment of Judge
Watrous Of Texas.
Mr.. Grow, from Committee OH Terri
tories, reported back the bill for the ad-
mission of Kansas into the Union. He
desired vote taken on it at an early day !.
Mr.. Vallandigham and Mr.. Davis, Of
Ind, made speeches indicating they
should vote for the admission Of Kansas.
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AS these songs were first chaunted in

AS these songs were first chaun,ed in
times of war, in commemoration of some
desirable event, or during the rites Of
worship of a people little advanced in
civilization, that music would be chosen
which was best adapted to operate on
multitude Of people with uncultivated
tastes. Accordingly. tinaJrels, ta6ours,
or tambourines, appear to have been the
earliest invented musical instruments,
which the singers held in their hands,
and beat from time to time with their
knuckles or fingers. These instruments
are among the first mentioned in the BIZ
BILE, as we may see in Genesis XXI. 81,
where Laban speaks of sending away
Jacob, with milth, with songs, with
tabret, and with harp"
1t would, however, be useless for us to
attempt to describe the instruments first
in use, or their changes in construction,
from that time to the present. We have
no documents or writings which could
afford US any assistance in such an at
tempt, and Notwithstanding the interest
ing and curious details in which such a
sketch would abound, we are compelled
to forbear an entrance upon it. AS we
have already remarked, this plan. fully
carried out, would present faithful and
true picture Of the progress of civiliza-
ton and refinement. But though men Of
letters and deep research might approx
mate towards such history, it would be
but an approximation. Till the inven-
ton of letters, and the art of writing, all
knowledge concerning this and every
other art is vague and uncertain. The
only relics left us are the pictures drawn
on stone in the temples and edi6ces of
that golden cradle Of the world
Egypt. Champolliou, Rossellini, Will
kinson, and above all, the Swans who &C.
companied Napoleon in his Egyptian ex-
petition, have copied the figures of mu-
steal instruments which were drawn orig
inally upon stone, for the ancient inhabi-
tants Of that country delineated their
manners, customs, pleasures, arts, sci
ences, and amusements, with so much
particularly and minuteness, that we can
read in them even the methods of cook
ing in their kitchens, and see representa-
tons Of the dolls which amused little
children thousands of years ago-aye,
thousands of years before Christ. On
the frescoes of the ruins Of Thebes, a
city whose remains existed and were old
in the time of Homer, are pictured many
musical instruments familiar TO us at this
day-the tabor, the Tyre, with and with
out the plectrum, the single and double
flageolet, the harp in an astonishing d.
versity of forms, the sistrum, the trum-
pet, the guitar, the drum, the cymbals,
and others. All these, therefore, had
been invented in Egypt, before the time
when, according to Genesis, Joseph was
sold thither, and from thence, as from a
golden mine, the Jews drew their know
ledge of music, as they did various Gus
toms and observances, and also most of
what they knew of the arts. But as the
topic is longer than we at first intended
it should be, we will resume its consid-
grafton next week. <s
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-04-04
Judge LOVE, OF the United States Dis

Judge LOVE, Of the United States Dis
trlct Court, has decided that County
Bonds issued to Railroad Companies, or
subscriptions to their stock, made before
the Supreme Court of Iowa decided that
counties have no right to issue bonds or
make subscriptions, are valid. because the
Court had previously held them to be le-
gal, and parties taking them acted upon
the presumption that those decisions
were law. The question will probably
be carried to the Supreme Court of the
United States.
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then put upon its passage. and rejected
by the following vote, yeas I6-nays "a.
Mr.. Wilson. Of Jefferson. called up
the bill fixing the compensation of Coun-
ty Judges by fees. Several amendments
were offered and rejected, when the bill
passed, yeas 33-nays z.
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For Sale,
A GOOD WATER-POWER,

CITUATED IN BUCHANAN COUNTY,
~ Iowa, three miles from the Independence
Depot of the Dubuque d Pacific Railroad
This Water Power is sufficient to run Flour,
ing Mill, with good Saw Mill now in opera
ton. Thore is on the property good Dwell
ing House, with other buildings.
For further infornotion inquire of DIR. BRY-
ANT, or SAMUEL SHERWOOD. both Of Indepen-
dence, or of JAMES A. DYER,
January 18th, 1860. (6m) Proprietor,
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GE HENRY CLAY DEAN, We SEQ IL
stated, has sued the editor Of the Mt.
Pleasant News for libel. What could a
man say of the Reverend gentleman that
a jury would pronounce libellous, unless
1t would be to call him clean. gentleman.
ly, able, refined. or something of that
character?