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From the Portland Argus. Jan. ;. }
The Defalcation of the State Treasurer Of
Mama


Maine.
1t is with feelings of mingled surprise aud sor-
row, that we honrd the first rumors Of tho defal-
cations OF tho State Treasurer, and these feel
ings have not diminished. II, facts have gradually
como to light, confirming the first rumors to the
full extent. and more, it Is believed. Mr.. Peck,
or Elder Peek, rs he Inns usually been called, has
been man of high pretrn>i"ns in morality, aud
while the editor OF the temperance Journul, WAS
MS dcnunclatory Of all opposed To him any per-
son that has ever held the position Of eiior in the
State. Tho acts Of others. which did not en-
tirely coincide with his views and interest were
assallrd with severity; opinions differing from
his own, particularly on the Maine Law question,
were denounced With bitterness of vituperation
seldom. If ever, equallea the motives Of men not of
bis own party were impngned with almost frantic
ierocity.
Men, venerable for their years and honored for
n life long deAo,nn to PRINCIPLES which every good
citizen must hold dear and which they had illus
trated in their daily walk in the highest stations
of church and State, did not escape the venom Of
his morcess attacks. But the battle went or
From the pull pit to the edit rial chair and from
the latter to the State Treasury this selEcnnstitu-
ted public censor of the morals and religion of the
community made his way, supported at every
step. and put forward by those whose views and
professions agreed with his own until the catas-
trophe has come. The tree has borne its
fruits. Comment il uncalc1 for. The lesson is ST.
| plan that ho who runs may read. Bold dishnnor
and ruin are emhlazoned in letters large enoueh
! for all to The State deiraudcd friends ruin
cd, family disgraced; it is melancholy picture
n sad one.
When this individual, in the madness of hi,
strength, pnunced on the OF ecls of his unprovoke
assault, particularly during the exciting year of lS
! 80, We met the assalant hand to hand, and deal
hlm blow for blow. lie has now fallen. Far be il
from us to strike PROSTATE foe. We do ask, how
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THE Governor Of Maryland, Mr.. Hicks. is q for
tanafe Executive. lie has. by relying upon his
good common sense and good feeling. so discussed
every topic addressed to the Legislature of his
state, as to win the commentator Of all the len
ding presses and public men in it. He has set tho
good example. also. Of saying very little of Fede-
ra. Politics. and of addressing himself to the i'm
mediate topics coming before the Legislature.
The American, Wing, and even the Democratic
presses speak in the hest terms Of the tone and
tssper Of his massage. and the approval of the
latter i little remarkable, since Governor Hicks
lbslongs to that widely slandsred party known as
Americana We arc glad to see that while speak.
4sg II John srovn and bis forsy, - they deserve
% b spoken Of. the Union and the Consultation
are spoken Of with that respect and devotion
whieh becomes the Chief Magistrats IL eng Of the
pnitsd States.
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TnE Philadelphia Pcnnsy lvanlan Expresses Tho
opinion that three months Of non.utercoursc be-
tween the North and South will do more injury
to the trade of that city and the manufactures 81
that State, than would be made up by tho oncrn-
ton OF a high Protective Tariff for twenty years.
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The Oxygenated Bitters.

n NAIi RE, in her great labratory, has stored
EIT remedy adapted Ia every disease which flesh heir
To But requires the investigation phi
losophc Ia discover and apply this remedy Such
Investigation has succeeded In discovering remedy for that
most affective d-cnsaon, the DYSPEPSIA all It's
and nnmcr"n, and may be safely asserted thnt until
the appearance of the Orygendted Bers of Dyspepsia
cured, experience in medical Now under
the influence these lilers the rule
ton, failure
lead the following, which the subscriber requests pub
lisl toe the l,tiirt of the afflicted
An III iar,tc ami ireterfe Case Of DYSPEPSIA CURED
By YHE OflGE.fd TED BIT7ER&
The following gentleman welknown in the region in
which he lives ought to sallsi! all those Of little faith
WArERrowS, n. Y, July IS, 1s5S.
SETH W. FuwlE Co.. Bosion,-Sirs Nine years since I
ATTACKED b! thai Of nil Diseases Dyspesid which
affected oppression ulncss and blOaing
Of the bowels immediately after eating, accompanied with
rih aas The stomach often occasioning nausea, vomiting
ac!, and headache together with general debility and
tring, altogether rendering life Il burticn.
Alrr tried known remedy without effect,
dcspairin Of eganing lost health induced
MAKE of the oxygenaed Bters the good effects Of
Immediately visible my health and system. Before
using whue bottle entirely cured; and pleasure
Ia inducing all Ike sufferers myself make Of this
markalc remedy. TUEO. CALDWELL.
Prepared by ). W FuWLE Goa Bosros AMI for sale by
William 4. STROLLER Co., and John n. Seay lynthburg: T.
C. iug anpbe e. H.; and by oil Druggists and dealers in
medicine throughout the city and country dec l6lm
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dee q ,lActs
NJ THE undersigned will prepare DEEDS, CoNrsAc1.
~ WILLS &e. upon short noiicr
sept gets WM. D.. BRANCH

DE- WILLS &e, upon short noiie-
SEPT gets wM d.. BRANCH
Powerless for Evil-Potent for Good
~ wiIES pam or Inflammation is present, and Brand,
M rctls Pills used, the, al seize hu.
which the occa-on Of the pain nnd Inflammation and
them from The body This quality II aonc Selling
hold causing the expulsion Of dfravc huuus possess
eel by other Heee FOR iran.relis Pills operate s..y
whc round and affect he AMI
uiec, b., disease By SAIrKAL AFFINITY sErzk
BELOW
PARTS. and cXpel them from the body Young c,-
pie cainu but middle aged and old people cam In measue
1a medicine which, being used Ia sickness arts
only upon ic Of iaease and Which has power except
hinors whose produces pain
vhos. removal disease. Whatever organ af-
fctcd, these wonderful pills penetrate, and m,n.
rides from; thus preventing settling Of the humors, because
they removed from the body In rheumatism, rc,ers e
riss pains in the side, dyscsia head aches cosvtness
asthma colds. coughs ihroas piles ulcers, b,s, they
give Immediate rclci and taken earl! prevent organic dis
Ma!ac,, pronounced be, on human skill, yielded
their nfucn" and millions Of human lives have been saved
h, tr timely On. important in sickness that
medicine which only cxtingu,t the disease, and no
c, effect behind sold at Dr. Brandrcils Principal Office
No 29l Canal street New York. and by all respectable dealers
la medicine. dec 16dim
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The Public Armory.


We advised our readers yesterday, that the
House Of Delegates had, with considerable unan-
unity, passed bill appropriating 100000 to the
establishment of an Arncry and the manufacture
Of arms. We were gratifed to nee. in all the dis
cussions upon the subject desire TO ignore the
contract system, and manufacture arms under the
immediate supervision Of persons appointed by our
State authorities. This is right; and though, un.
der this arrangement tue arms may cost moro,
they will be better. 1t ha. long been the practice
of the authorities at the lIarper's Ferry armory,
to make, at stated intervals, extensive sales OF
condemned limbs Of various parts Of the arms
manufactured there--which limbs we're deemed
unfit for use. These sales were usually attended
by Northern@na manufacturers, who became purcha-
sers Of the rejected parts. incorporated them into
the arms they manufactured. and afterwards
sold them to the government
At the Armory. these parts, especially the bar
'rels, are submitted to preliminary tests that could
notwcli be applied when the gun is inshed; or if
30 applied, and the arms condcmned, the loss
somewhere must personal---very. heavy.
1t is better, under all the circumstances Of tho
case. to manufacture our own arms.
duo now, WIN respect 10 the location oil the
Armory. We stated, few days since, that it
should be located somewhere 10 the interior and
away fromlths sea board. We gave good reasons
for this opinion, and cited the example Of the
Federal government. In casting about Tor To-
cation, we could think of no better pon, than
Lynchburg, and would now suggest that some
measures be adopted TO secure it. Let our citizens
take hold Of the matter in good earnest and If the
Senate pass the bill, which we do notdoubt, let
Us tender the ground necessary for the buildings.
A sufficient sum Of money for the purchase could
easily be raised. and We should more than get it
back in benefits. Something should be done, and
that quickly.
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EOt ND! FOUND!
T E N THOUSAN DOT,T.AD

IN the l0th "f May last found PATENT STRAW CIT
~ TER which is worth thousands ~ dollars
am no" making the same KIND. They are SIMPLE cty.r
for two Of the cast iron levers ~ " '"'"'
and see them at the ynchhurg Agricultural Works
No. Isl Main Street ~ '~''
jan l3-tS e. A. WuITTruopr
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SANfORD's LIVER INyIGoRATOE,
COMPOSED ENTIRELY From GUNS
NEVER DEBlLlrATEs.
PUPPIES THE BLOOD,
Pl'RlFlE> TIE BLOOD,
PtRlIlE~ TIE BLOOD.
CURES SICK HEADACHE.
q RES DYSPEPSIA,
Ct RES FEMALE COMPLAINTS
CURES BOWEL COMPLAINTS,
CURES NlIRONIC DIARtHEA
CURES tIlpl.It,
CURES lLATt LENCY,
CT RES COS nv ENE>s,
CURES BltLlprS ATTACKS.
see adNCri~ .urnl III another column decl52r,
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a..
>THE call for Perry Dnvis' Pain Killer is increasing
NE very rapidly that fear l shall be Unable Ia
Keep pace with Ny object in writing is To beg On
receipt of This will kindly despatch another shipment
ordered my lctcr of june last.
D. L. CARRAC. Calcutta, f. l.
Mr. Perry Dayissr: have used In family your med.
iene called Pain Killer for many purposes, and have found
useful valuable article therefore yer, cheer
full. re omiueud ii Ia The public regards.
REV. HENRY CLARK
Sometime In December last children taken
with scarlet fever c1nker ras-my Only medicine ba.
Wis Pin Killer aud Castor OIL tn. Pain Killer operating 10
charm calling the eanker, and ihruw ing the thai
III about i've weeks my family entirely recovered.
toHNfl.ll'> q. NANDENBt RG, Saratoga springs
liaN ing used Perry Davis Vegetable Pain Killer
ly lurn the winter past would its general
lrpuses which .ic inventor has think
in, alutbc AMI woul like la bc e, ed Of lis
g.s. +. g. POMEkOY, 81. LOUIS.
dec - I'm
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LEGISLATURE OF VIRGINIA.
THURSDAY, January l.. 1860.
SEN ATE

Tmunsn.Y January H. 1860.
SENATE.
Tho Senate was called To order ut II o'clock.
Lieut. Gov Montague in the Chair.
HILLS RrroRIfp.
BY Mr.. Logan; To incorporate the Ivurhhurr
Locomotive and Machine Company : 10 iucorpn-
rate tho Piedmont Institute in the county OF Bod
ford.
by Mr.. Paxton: To increase tho capital stock
Of the Southsdo Railroad Company; OF construc.
ting branch road to Roanoke river 10 authu-
extension Of tho Richmond and panyllc Rail.
road authorizing thc'subscrirliun IN the part Of
the Board OF Public Works To the Lower Apo
mattox Company; authorizing the Winchester
and Potomac Railroad.
BILLS PASSED.
Senate bill for the rclict ut the securities Of
Samuel ii. Quarles late Sheriff If Bedford couu.
~. Refunds to the securities 81. j75 IS that he.
ing tho amount Of damages paid hy them as sc
cnrtic..) This bill was passed by the following
vote. and was advocated by Mr.. johnson and Mr..
c. Y Thomas, and was opposed by Mr. Neeson
and Mr.. Brnnnon, the two latter Senators saying
that they would regard the vote as u test one IN
the part Of the Senate, and Us instructive To the
Committee on Finance and on all future claims of
the kind which would come before them:
Ayes 81. Noes Ii.
RESOLUTIONS.
BY Mr.. Coghill; OF reporting Il bill giving the
stockholders Of the branches OF tn. State Banks
ut which they receive their dividends tho right to
appoint their directors, which appointment shall
be confirmed by the stockholders in general meet
| ing.
| The Senate's action was then communicated t,
the House by Mr.. Thomas, and the Senate nd
jourucd.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

GOOD BREAD
GOOD BREAD.
GOOD BkEAD
Use sEMPLE'S INFALLlBLE BAKING POWDERS
Use sEMPLk'S IEFALLIRLE BAKING POWDEps
Use Samples 1SfALLlBLE BAkiNG POWDERS
TIE DIST IN tsE
THE BEST IN tsE.
TliE BEsF ~ 81
For sale by all Slorckeepers In I.y ncl,bnry
For sale by al Storck ,rpers in l., nellnr,
For sale by all storckeci,ers In L, nchburrr
dec -flScts
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SOtTHER\ERS
Educate Your Children OH SAnthern Soil

fgNHE SOUTHERN COMMERCIAL COLLEGE of N.s,yiI,.
Tennessee chartered IN lSji affords facilities Tor muart
ing thorough, PRACTICAL business education its students
which are nor surpassed by similar Institution in the wr
oa ihe s"os 9" instruction embraces housekeeping Conrcr.
For particulars address the above institution l ,,u.r
jan l3l lmAcl aw3nl "''
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FINHE VERY DESIRABLE RESIDENCE Mt present occu
pied h. the subscriber ia sale or rent Any ,rsn
wanting place Conveniently heated Ia The business na ~ H.
eli! can have it in This place. Apply la " Wv
H. SlLNERTHORN
jan i'''s Main ST., IL nchllrg
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FOR RENT.

1 WISH 10 rent the FINE FAMILY RESIDENCE over my
Soreou-t II has been recently improved aud il ON. OF
the most desirable ianIil! residences The city ~ "
;. NJ. SIMPSON
dee Z0-ls No. l95. lain 81
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WANTED.

EHt SUBSCRIBER wants 10 hir Tor this TEN ABIF RIO
DIED NEGRO MEN Ia work ON his farn,--G,r mhic, he
y pay liberal prices For further hnruatiau address me nj
Dublin Depot-or refer TO \. Il. Eu,ker Iynchburg "
jan l3di0t DAVID q PNT
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Hrrring'> Patent Champion
IRE AND BURGLAR PROOF SAFES
MESSRs. WELSH BROTHERS 4 60,

v,,r,. "F T = "a.
Az appointed Us their Agents IN Virginia the sale Of
ih"ir NlNESapd we shall be please, 10 r,ccy, orders
IA the ir'e o' their Nn, /" hc imported direct 10 Virgin
IA 'ic price the SAME in Virginia as in New York
trft old stock OF Madeira ranges from $Ip vintage of
up !" ~" per gallon, Vintage OF sI5
sherry Wines from II ~ to $l5 per gallon
lisl'on Wines from fl.,n Ia - per gallon
Fort Wines irom 49, tu = per gullo.t
EDMOND, DAVENPORT & Co
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w A n TED.
II" HIKE FOR THIS YEAR, A NEGRO WOMAN with,
-, " wfh.'mhranre liberal hire will be paid a good
JAN 1921 -" i - ~ -
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" iNTED,
FOR SALE OR RENT

GIN iLEMAN wants To rent tenement having five or
sN rooms win me necessary cat houses, aud
business i'"'i"' !" 'h's once. anl4 .l9t
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ht 60 partnership heretofore existing between ED u g.
IAN, Attorneys nj Law, dissolved on III. ,t
oi December last b. terms Of limitation . ~ ~ "
] IN "i practice in the Courts of the counties OF
1870, alPoe" Aihherst and iynchbnr- All business en-
u1S.rl u" has care viii receive PROMPT attention w
80 ,''rr over burroughs Shafrr K Co.'S store
,t i.NN VIM Practice III all the Courts heretofore
"''Vh''h ny nun lEcp. copy. finn 7,Iiu
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NOTICE.,
WEtoN thN OF WILSON & BOOTH was dissolved this
ua u! limitation All persons ing claims against lt
,.h hie requested TO present them for those
tn'', Viii please tall and pay. The will
-' n, a,
'NN'Af l. i7" d. II. BOOTH.
consequence i" Ic above Dissolution have associated
e"ndlc,nga Wv f'
General Commission q Grocery Business,
under the name and style Of WILSON SON and solicit for
rSe" hrf share If the public patronage business
VIII be continued Il. the old stand Of Wilson Boolh
JOS. u. WILSON.
january |, 1880. no y WILSON.
retiring from the Grocery business NY sincere
Ihhhss |" my friends. and The public geiorsy for the pat
'n2' bestowed upon II late ui Wilson .'oti nh'
"sfnk ~ the new concern continuance al the sinr
Jan lod'f i. H. EbUrH,
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-02-02
Republican National Convention.

A National Republican Convention will meet
a: Chicago on Wednesday the 18th day of June
next, at IL o'clock nooa, for the nomination of
candidates TO be supported for President and
Vice President at tie next election.
The Republican Electors of the several States.
the members of the Peoples party of Pennsyl
vania, and of the Opposition Party of New
Jersey, and all the others who are willing to
cooperate with them in support of the candi-
,ates who shall there be nominated, and who
are opposed to the policy of the present Admin
istration /; to Federal corruption and usurpation;
To the extension Of Slavery into the Territories;
10 the new and dangerous political doctrine
that the Constitution. of its own force, carries
Slavery into all the Territories of the United
States to the re-opening of the African slave
trade to any inequality of rights among citi
Gems and who are in favor of the immediate
admission of Kansas into the Union under the
constitution recently adopted by its people ; of
restoring the Federal Administration to a sys-
TEN of rigid economy, and to the principles of
Washington and Jefferson I; of maintaining in
violate the rights of the States and defending
the soil of every State and Territory from law
less invasion and of preserving the integrity of
this Union. and the supremacy of the Constitu-
lion and laws passed in pursuance thereof,
against the conspiracy of the leaders Of sec
tional party to resist the majority principle as
established in this government at the expense Of
its existence are invited to send from each State
two delegates from every Congressional District.
aud four delegates at large. to the Convention.
EDWIN D. MORGAN, Chairman.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-02-02
Sherih'S Sale.

DY VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION TO
ID me directed, and issued out of and un-
der the seal of the District Court of Buchan-
an county, Iowa, in favor of Willard D. Wes-
ton, and against the goods and chattels lands
and tenements of G. P. Martin and D. S. Davis,
have levied upon the following described real
property, to wit
Lots Five and Twelve in Block One Hun drcd
and Twenty six, in the village Of Quasqueton
also, piece or parcel Of Land commencing at
the Northwest corner of Lot Six, in Block
Eight, in the village of Quasqueton, running
thence East one hundred feet, thence South if
teen feet, thence West one Hundred feet. thence
North to the place Of beginning, all in Buchan.
an county, Iowa-as the property of G.. p Mar
tin.
Which property, as above described, will
offer for sale ut Public Auction, ct the door
of the Sheriff S Office, in the village of Inde-
pendence, on SATURDAY, the Sd day of
March, A. d. 1860, 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
execution and costs. #ase
B. G. HALE, SHERIFF.
Sheriff's Office, Independence, Iowa.
JAN 80, 1860. (46-4w
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-02-02
SheriH,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 Willard d. Weston, and against the
goods and chattels lands and tenements of
Thomas B. Moore and ID. s. Davis, have lev
led upon the following described property, viz
Five acres to be taken from the Southwest
corner of the Northeast quarter of Southeast
quarter of Section Twenty-eight, in Township
Eighty EIGHT, North of Range Eight, West
Also, the East half of the Southwest quarter of
Section Twenty three, in Township Eighty
eight Range Seven, West, all in Buchanan
county, 1owa-taken as the property of Thomas
b. Moore.
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 Sd day of March,
A. D., 1860, between the hours Of Nine O'Clock
A. M. and Four O'Clock P. M. Of said day, to
the highest bidder, to satisfy said execution
and costs. BYRON G. HALE, SHERIFF.
Sheriff s Office, Independence, Iowa,}
January 30th, 1860. r46-4w
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Pixies Peak News.

EE DR.. WARNE has allowed US the
privilege of looking over couple OF
copies of the Rocky Mountain News re-
Gently sent him. We notice in one OF
them correspondence from Mountain
City, under date of January LIST, in which
the writer states that the greatest depth
of snow on the mountains, at that time,
was only three inches. and on the South
side there was none at all. Not two
inches of snow had fallen during the
month of December. He gives the av-
erage of the thermometer the second
week proceeding the date of the letter at
8 degrees above zero the week immedi-
ately preceding. at IA degrees above,
taken daily at 7 O'Clock, A. M. He says
there has been nothing in the climate to
obstruct mining in any way thus far. and
says the miners have been at work all
winter. mostly with great success. This
letter was written by Mr.. WILrsE. a
relative of DR.. WARNE's and brother to
H. A. WILrsE. of Dubuque and the in
formation is undoubtedly reliable.
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chair, TO trust the power OF this House
in the hands of those who have proclaim
ed that in a certain event they would
dissolve the Union Of these States. He
regarded it as the highest duty to SUBJ
merge personal feelings, and sacrifice
private interests, for the good of the
country. He had always stood upon
the position that whenever any of his
political friends could command larger
number Of votes than himself, he would
retire. He believed that the time had
arrived-that greater concentration
could be made upon another gentleman,
and he therefore respectfully withdrew
his name.
Three ballots were taken on the first,
PENNINGTON, of New Jersey, Republi-
can, had lis; SMITH, of North Carolina.
American, had l13; scattering, 6. Ne
cessary to a choice, l1s. On the last
ballot. III were necessary to choice
PENNINGTON received lis, SMITH, ll3,
scattering s.