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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-06-01

IITTsBI HUH, NIHy y I'''7'
AZ it was known that the Assembly would close to-
day, large number were present at the opening
though bali an hour earlier than usual and the devo-
tional exercises were solemn aud impressive.
MIR. Wilder, missionary from India was glad to be
present the only time, perhaps, that he would ever Do
present-be desired that the missionaries might be re-
membered. The Duke Of Wellington was asked what
lie thought Of the missionaries: "they are right SAID
he; +" they are obcying their marching order.
Another speaker expressed BIZ satisfaction IN view m
the harmony and piety he had seen here No place ID
the world makes minister feel his responsibility ike
ths meeting Of the Assembly.
Several subjects which had been reported on, and
placed ON the docket called up and variousy dis
posed Of. The inquiry whether Presbyery, WITH less
than quorum, can tsansact business, &e,, was re-
ferred 10 committee 10 report /, the next Assembly
The question whether females may vote for elders,
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The piano was closed, Lizzie's worl
put in the basket, and William was read,
to go up stairs ; but glancing back, he
saw his little wife near the fire place, he,
hands clasped, her head bent, and larg,
tears falling from her eyes. He was be
side her in moment.
"Lizzie, darling, are you i'll Wha
is the matter 90
"Oh! William, 1 have been such q
bad wife! l heard you tell Mr.. Moore,
last evening, how I had disappointed
you but l will try 10 make your home
pleasant, indeed | will, if you will only
forgive and love me.
Love you Oh +! Lizzie, you canno,
guess how dearly love you !"
AS the little wife lay down that night,
she thought.
81 have won him back again Better
than that, have learned the way to
keep him.
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l. A w S OF low A
Published BY Authority.
CHAPTER 76.

CHAPTER 76.
An act making a further appropriation
for the State Insane Asylum.
SECTION. 1. BE 1t enacted by tile Gen
erat assembly 2fMe State Of lowa, That
there be and hereby is appropriated out
of any money in the State Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, the sum of sew
enty-fve (75) thousand dollars for the
completion OF part of said Asylum, and
for the furnishing the same The mon
ey hereby appropriated shall be paid on
the order of the Commissioners appoint
ed to superintend the erection of said
Asylum, which order shall be Audited
and paid as other claims; Provided,
That said money so appropriated shall be
drawn from the Treasury by the Com
missioners only upon estimates made
monthly, upon and during the progress
of the work, and when materials or fur
niture shall have been purchased for the
erection or use of such building, vouch-
ers shall be taken and copies thereof sent
to the Auditor of State with such orders
for warrants or money as the Commits
Sioh0io may oiSH-tuu TOptUeU IuTCuer
that said Commissioners shall first finish
and furnish the center portion and the
East wing of said building, so that pa
tients may be received and properly cared
for, and the balance of said appropria-
ton, if any shall be expended towards
the completion of the West wing of said
building.
SEC. 2. The Superintendent of the
building shall not receive more than one
thousand dollars year as full compen-
sation for his services, and the employ
ment of Secretary as heretofore, is ex-
pressly prohibited.
Sec. 3. This act to take effect and be
in force from and after its publication in
the Iowa State Register and Iowa State
Journal.
JOHN EDWARDS,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
NICHOLAS j. RUsCH,
President of the Senate.
Approved March 22d, 1860.
SAMUEL j. KlRKWOOD.
l. Elijah Sells, Secretary of State.
hereby certify that the foregoing is
true copy from the original roll on file in
my office. ELIJAH SELLS,
Secretary of State
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CHAPTER LOO

AN ACT, To amend an act entitled can
act to prevent trespass or waste on
swamp or other lands in the State of
Iowa, and for other purposes" approx
ed January 25th 1855.
SECTION l. BE Il enacted BY tie Gen
erai assembly ottke State Of ioWa, That
section 3, of an act entitled "a bill TO
prevent trespass or waste on swamp or
other lands in the State of Iowa, and for
other purposes" approved January 25.
1855, be and the same is hereby amend :
ed so rs TO read: ''on the appearance Of
the person or persons arrested under said
warrant the County Judge shall proceed
to hear testimony in the case. and if the
person or persons so arrested shall be
found guilty of committing trespass oil
waste contrary TO the provisions Of this
act he or each of them, II more than one
lis arrested, shall be adjudged to pay 1
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fine not exceeding one hundred dollars,
or 10 be imprisoned in the County Ja
for period not exceeding thirty days a,
the discretion of said Judge, Provided
that any person SO arrested shall be en-.
titled to be tried by jury of six disinter-
ested residents of the County, if he OF
they require it, and the county Judge
shall have authority to commit such per.
son to the County Jail until the fine and
costs adjudged against him shall be paid
Sec. 9. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its publication
in the Iowa State Register and Iowa
State journal.
JOHN EDWARDS,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
NICHOLAS J. RUscH,
President of the Senate.
Approved March 22, 1860
SAMUEL j. KlRKWOOD.
| hereby certify that the foregoing is a
true copy from the original roll on file in
my Office. ELIJAH SELLS,
Secretary Of State.
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CHAPTER "a.


AN ACT, To prevent Counties, Incor-
stock in works of internal imnrovemap, :,
and banking Institutions.
SECTION ]. BE IL enacted Jy tie Gen
eral assembly Of tie State of Io,ca, That
no county, incorporated city or town, in
this State, shall in their corporate capac-
ity, or by their officers, directly or indi-
rectly, subscribe for stock, or become in
interested as a partner, shareholder or
otherwise in any banking institution,
whether the same be bank of issue,
deposit, or exchange, nor in any plank
road, turnpike, or railroad, or any other
work of internal improvement, nor shall
they be allowed to issue any bonds, bills
of credit, scrip or other evidences Vi in
debtedness for any such purpose-all
such evidences of Indebtedness for said
purposes being hereby declared abso.
lutely void provided, nevertheless, tina,
this act shall not be so construed as to
prevent, or in anywise to embarrass, the
counties, cities or towns, or any of them,
in the erection of their necessary public
putiuahSo, oAiuS'S, ny ihS "h i'ouo anu
highways, streets, alleys and public
grounds, or other local works in which
said counties, cities or towns may res.
pectiveiy be interested.
SEC. 9. All bonds or other evidences
of debt hereafter issued by any corpora.
ton to any railroad company, AS capita
stock, shall be null and void, and no as.
signment of the same shall give them any
validity.
SEC. 3. All laws contravening th.
provisions of this act, be and the sam,
are hereby repealed.
SEC. 4. This act to take effect aud Ia
in force from and after its publication il
the Iowa State Register and Iowa Stat,
Journal, newspapers published at Des
Moines.
JonN EDWARDS,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
NICHOLAS j. Ruscn,
President of the Senate
Approved March 30. 1860.
SAMUEL j. kIRkWO0D.
| hereby certify that the foregoing is
true copy from the original roll on hle il
my Office. EIJAH SELLS,
Secretary Of State
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THE WAY TO KEEP HIM
BY MARY Z. CLARK.

Out again tonight said Mrs. Hay
es, fretfully, as her husband rose from
the tea-table and donned his great coat.
Yes, | have an engagement with
Moore. sh.h hA in narly u~uA a
light in the library. Good night" and
with careless nod, William Hayes left
the room.
Always the way" murmured Liz
zie Hayes, sinking back upon sofa, 'out
every night. | don't believe he cares
one bit about me, now, and yet we've
been married only two years. No man
can have more orderly house, am
sure. and l never go anywhere. am
not bit extravagant, and yet don't be-
lieve he loves me any more. Oh dear,
why Is it? | wasn't rich. He didn't
marry me for money, and he must have
loved me then-why does he treat me
with SO much neglect - And with her
mind filled with such fretiul queries,
Lizzie Hayes fell asleep upon the sofa.
Let me paint her picture as she lay
there. She was blonde, with small
graceful figure, and a very pretty face.
The hair, which showed by its rich waves
its natural tendency to curl, was brushed
smoothly back, and gathered into rich
knot" it was such bother to curl it,
she said. Her cheek was pale, and her
whole face wore a discontented expires.
sion. Her dress was a neat chintz wrap.
per, but she wore neither collar noi
sleeves What's the use of dressing NJ
just for William ?"
Lizzie slept soundly for two hours, and
then awoke suddenly. She sat up, CLAN
ced at the clock, and sighed drearily a,
the prospect of the long interval still t.
be passed alone before bed time
The library was just over the room il
which she sat, and down the furnace flue
through the registers, voice came tc
to the young wiie's ears it was her hus
bands.
"Well, Moore. what's man to do
was disappointed, and | must hav,
pleasure somewhere. Who would hay,
fanced that Lizzie Jarvis. so pretty. 81
sprightly and loving, could change I,
the fretful dowdy she is now? VIII,
wants to stay at home to hear his VIII,
whining all the evening about her troub
lesome servants, and her headaches, ant
all sorts of bothers She's got the knacl
Of that drawling whine. so pat, that poi
my life, l don't believe she can speal
pleasantly"
Lizzie sat as il stunned. Was thi
true She looked in the glass. Ii no
exactly dowdy, her costume was Ger
tainly not suitable for an evening. ever
if it were but an evening at home. witt
only William to admire. She arose, an,
softly went TO her own room with bitter
sorrowful thoughts, and a firm resolu
ltion to win back her husbands heart
and then, his love regained. to keep it.
| The next morning. William came int
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CHAPTER I39.
an hCf' To amend an act passed b,
q85B,a ts0ie6E ot 6Ea.nraatvna liz p4csmlhas 94s

An ACT, To amend an act passed by
q85B,e eGidlleeifeGE leeif GEdlahHaatltna lh PqcamlhAS s4s
TEN of common schools.
SECTION /. BE Il enacted by the Gen.
erol assembly Of tie State Of Iopa, Thai
the seventh section OF the act TO which
this is amendatory be amended by ad.
ding to said section the following words
as the seventh bdivision. Seventh,
To determine the branches to be taught
and the text books to be used in the
schools of their District, which power
they may also delegate to the District
Board of Directors.
Sec. 9. This act TO take effect and
be in force from and after It's publication
according to law.
JOHN EDWARDS,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
JAMES +. WILSON,
President of the Senate pro tenn.
Approved April 9, 1860.
SAMUEL j. kIRKWOOD
l hereby certify that the foregoing is t
true copy from the original roll on file in
my office. ELIJAH SELLs,
Secretary OF STATE
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CHAPTER 1Jo.

AN ACT. To amend Chapter 1873 of the
Acts of the 9th General Assembly en-
titled an act for the encouragement OF
Agriculture. Approved January 28th
A. ID. 1857.
SECTION |. Be eH eRacted By the ten
eral assembly Of tie .Sfote Of iosea, That
the number of copies of the annual Re-
ports of the lowa State Agi icultural So
ciety TO be published shall be limited TO
three thousand, all of which shall be
bound in manner and style uniform
with those bound by the State for the
years 1857 and 1853. Provided said
binding sl.all not cost more than thirty
cents per copy.
SEC. 2. The Secretary of State shall
distribute said Reports AS follows:
Two hundred copies 10 the Secretary
of the State Agricultural Society for the
purpose of making exchanges with other
State Societies. Five copies to the State
Library. Five copies 10 the A ricutur-
al College. One copy TO each member
of the Eighth General Assembly. The
remainder to the various County Socie-
ties in the State.
JonS EDWARDS,
Speake, of the House of Representatives
JAMES i. WILSON,
President of the Senate pro tenn
Approved April 3, 1860.
SAMUEL j. klRkWOOD
|, Elijah Sells, Secretary of State
hereby certify that the foregoing is true
copy from the original roll on file in my
Office.
ELuAH SELLS.
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CHAPTER 60.

AN ACT, Rendering valid the service
of original notices in certain actions.
SECTION /. Be II enacted Jy tie Gen
erdt assembly of'Me State Of Iosca, That
in all actions pending in any of the
Courts of this State, or which may have
been determined in said Courts, in which
the original notice may have been
served by publication in accordance with
the provisions of chapter 1911, as pub
lished with the acts of the 9th General
Assembly, the service of said notice as
aforesaid, shall be deemed and taken to
be good and valid to all intents and pur
poses to the same extent as though said
chapter l9l had been duly enacted by
the General Assembly of this State.
SEC. 6. This act to take effect and be
in force from and after its publication in
the Iowa State Register and Iowa State
Journal.
JOHN EDWARDS,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
NIcHoLAsJ J. RUscH,
President of the Senate.
This bill havi remained with the
Governor three days Sunday excepted,
the General Assembly being in session
has become law this ed day of April,
1860.
| hereby certify that the foregoing is a
true copy from the original roll on file in
my office. ELIJAH SELLS,
Secretary of State.
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Ancient Oil Pits.

AS the discovery Of oil in Crawford
county, Pa, and the large speculation
resulting therefrom, are prominent top
les among all classes Of people at pres
ent, any facts which relate to it must bs
of some interest to our readers. We
therefore subjoin the following accoun
of the oil pits which were found seyera
years ago near Titusvile, Crawford Co.
Numbering about two thousand, } which
is taken from an'extractof an address de
livered by w. III. Davis, Esq, in 1853
published by the Clarendon Banner ol
Friday last /:
These oil pits are situated a short dis
lance below Titusville, on the west side OF
Oil creek, and are scattered over level
plain not exceeding 500 acres, as close
together as the vats in tan yard, which
they resemble. having been about 7 or 8
feet long. A wide and 6 deep. The
mounds raised by the side of each pit by
the excavation of the earth are distinctly
visible. Close upon the side of them,
and upon the very mounds made by the
earth, are trees whose size and appear
ance indicate an age of two or three hun
dred years. These trees could not have
existed when these pits were dug. II
they had, the pits would not have been
made so close to them. Each one is wall
ed with logs, regularly cut and halved
at the ends SO that they could lie close
ttnn%%e!!hher, too and prevent the earth from cav
ny III. Aany ur s'.~--- - -. o,,.,,
ed, and all Of them have been iosata ino'Siti
about the same depth, fashioned and
walled exactly alike. When excavated
to the bottom of the log wall it was found
that water raised to the depth of four or
five inches. When visited day or two
afterwards, third or half an inch of oil
was found upon the water. This at once
demonstrated they had been used for
gathering what we call Seneca oil.
In accounting for their origin, the
speaker says that their number, regular.
ity, and their being walled with cut logs
with the known aversion of the Indian tc
labor, forbid the idea that he could have
made them. Nor could they have been
made by the French. Their occupations
Of this country being military occupa
ton, everything of note that was being
observed or discovered where each por
ton OF the army was quartered would
now be found on file in the war depart
ment of France. No records of thi
kind are known to exist. Besides the
Freuch did not visit this country befor,
1852. The trees, mounds and pits indi
cate much greater age. lie conclude.
that they were the work of the people wht
erected other mounds and fortitications
towns and cities in the valley of tn,
Mississippi.
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w. q. DONNAN,

4 TTORNEY h COUNSELOR AT LAW,
~ Land and General Agent and Notary
Public, Treasurer 4 Recorders Office, Indepep :
dcnce, Iowa.
Is prepared to attend with promptness to all
business pertaining to his Profession. Especial
attention given TO Collecting, Conyeyancing
Paying taxes, Examining titles, dc. je6- 81
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4. g. wooDwA ARD.
D. W UVUW AIkIIF W . >. VI ANNII 2
WOODWARD & MARSHALL,

1 TTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT
~ Law, General Land Agents and Notaries
Public, Independence, Buchanan county, Iowa.
Will practice in the different Courts of this
State. Also attend promptly to SECURING
CLAIMS, Making Collections, Paying Taxes,
'Conyeyaneing, dc. t2lO
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CHAPTER Lea.

AN ACT to amend Chapter iorty-three
(43) of the Code of Iowa of 1851.
SECTION / BE Il enacted jE tht GEN
eral iSseaably efMe State ~ io,ca. That
corporations for agricultural and horti-
cultural purposes. and cemetery associa.
lions may be formed to endure any length
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Qortrp. 0
An Hour at the Old Playground.
BY HENRY MONFOED.


sat an hour to-day, John,
Beside the old brook stream,
Where we were school boys in old time,
When manhood was dream.
The brook is choked with fallen leaves,
The pond is dried away
/ scarce believe that you would know
The dear old place to-day.
The school house is no more, John,
Beneath our locust tree
The wild rose by the window side
No more waves in the breeze
The scattered stones look desolate,
The sod they rested ON
Has been plowed up by stranger hands,
Since you and were gone.
The chestnut tree is dead, John,
And what is sadder now
The broken grapevine Of our swing
Hangs on the witherSl bough;
/ read our names upon&he bark,
And found the pebbles rare
Laid up beneath the hollow side,
AS we had piled them there
Beneath the grass grown bank, John,
l look for our old spring,
That bubbled down the alder path,
Three PAGES from the swing;
The rushes grow upon the brink,
The pool is black and bare,
And not u foot, this many day,
1t seems, has trodden there
took the old blind road, John,
That wandered up the hill;
'Tis darker than it used to be,
And seems 50 lone and still
The birds sing yet among the boughs,
Where once the sweet grapes hung,
But not voice of human kind
Where all our voices rung.
sat me on the fence, John,
That lies rs in old time,
The same half panel in the path
We used so oft to climb
And thought how Ger the bars of life
Our playmates had passed on,
And left me counting on this spot
The faces that are gone.
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C.. e. LATHROP,

4 TTORNEY At LAW 4 INSURANCE
"A Agent, Independence, Iowa. Will prac-
tice in the several Courts of this Judicial Dis
trict, aud 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. IL, 1859 (2-i9
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SINGULAR INoIDENr.-While the train
on the New York Central Railroad was
going from Buffalo TO Rochester on
Thursday night last, a wild pigeon flew
against the head light of the locomotive,
broke the glass and exlinguished the
light. 1t paid the forfeit of its life. and
was found inside the lantern nearly dead
The glass in front, three sixteenths of
an inch in thickness, had hole broken
through il just large enough TO allow the
bird to enter, and the appearance OF the
aperture was similar 10 that usually made
when rifle bal. is shot through glass.
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TRAGI- -coMEDY.-In Wilmington, N.
e.. on Saturday evening, Joseph S. Can
ady, young mechanic, who had just
purchased dirk, while jesting with a
companion, playfully struck his own
breast with the knife. crying. LAY on
Macduff!" His friend told him that he
had stabbed himself He stated that he
had not. but upon looking at his breast
he perceived the blood. when he uttered
" Good Lord !" and falling backwards,
in the door, died almost immediately "
1t is supposed that when he struck him.
self with the dagger he Intended to do
so with the handle, as he had often done
before, repeating dramatic quotations,
aud suiting the action to the word"
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:. F. HERR1cK,

EALR IN WATCHES, CLOCKS AND
IL Jewelry, Main street, two doors West of
the Montour House, Independence, Iowa.
l3- Watches, Clocks, jewelry and Musical
Instruments Repaired and Warranted [n'r5'5
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There is growing IN parlor in New
York thrifty plant. which sprung from
seed procured from an Egyptian mum
my. entombed thousands of years ago.
Though the seed had been injured, the
terminating principle was still remain
ing
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JAMES yAMfSON.
JAMESON & LEWIS.

4 TTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT
~ Law, and Notaries Public, will practice
in the several Courts of this State, will give
strict attention to securing claims, making and
forwarding collections, paying taxes, examin-
ing titles, and all other business entrusted to
them professionally. belly
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DIR. H. II. HUNT,

OFFERS HIS PROFESS )NAL sERy.
~ ices to the citizens Of Independence and
surrounding country. Office on Main Street,
in Union Block, with W. G. Morris, where
OF a. his Residence, on Court Street, opposite
c. +. Leavitt's-he will answer calls at all
hours Of the day or night. [apif59-ly
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M. D. wELLBOURN,
TAILOR.

WOULD INFORM THE CITIZENS OF
w Buchanan county that he j again
commenced business, and may be &| ind one
door East of the Presbyterian ChuSlf indie
pendence. Everything in his line doneeheaply
and promptly
February 9, 1860.
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The debt Of the u. s. Government is
now S65, ,o0o. 900. When Buchanan came
into Office there was surplus in the Trea-
sury of $4,000, 900.
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y. z. UtsSELL.
T.. NJ. VAN pUzlE


A TTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT
~ Law independence, Iowa. Office in
Stoughton Hall, Main street.
Also, AGENTS for tie Dubuque Mutual Fire In
surdnce Company. (3-23 feb9- 60
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JED LAKE,

4 TTORNEY 4 COUNSELOR AT LAW,
n Land and General Agent, Independence.
Iowa. Will give prompt attention to all pro-
fcssional business entrusted to his care Money
loaned and investments made ON reasonable
terms Office over VIM &. Morris's Jewelrv
Store, Main street. 2-43-ly
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INRAVELERS WILL FIND AT THIS HO-
l. tel Good accommodations and courteous at
tention. Teamsters kept at regular rates.
August /, 1859. 3-2O-ly