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The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-09-25
Eotal sMattrrs.
County Republican Club

Meets at the Court House in independence
on the second and last Saturday Of every
month, at O'clock p. NJ.
l.. w Cook, President
b. W. OGDEN, Vice President
JED LAKE, Secretary.
T.. Ross, Treasurer
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-09-25
L. II. WALLACE, independence.

MANrFAcruRER, APOLLOS ". HARRISON
3-5lly 10 South Ith ST, Philadelrhia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-01-05

THE kE-lNTERMENT OF COPF!C.-The remains
OF Edwin CoPPic, one of the Harpers Ferry ill.,
snrgents, were disintcrred OH Mcnday, the 2Gth
uIt, from the burying- ground about five miles
from Salem, Ohio, where they had been quietly
buried by his Quaker relatives for d more in
posing burial by his symPathizers in the neigh
borhOod on Friday, the Both ult The body was
placed In the hands "a experienced persons to
prepare II for the occasion. The wooden coffin
from Virginia was replaced by handsome me
taIIlc one, IKE body being robed in white flannel
and taken to the Town Hall, in Salem, where. on
Friday, il was exposed to view for four hours The
Hal, accommodating six hundred. was flied, and
then some four thousand persons, il was estimated
passed through the room to view tie CORPSE sew
eraI ladies, on seeing the blackened face bursting
Into Tears. In the procession TO the burying-
ground, In sight of the town, the relations fol-
lowed FIRST, then the colored people. and then the
citizens generally. a monument Is to be erected
&c the memory Of the deceased
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The WEATHER-ICE, &c.-The weather con-
tlnues very cold. although it sensibly moderated
Yesterday. The Potomac river is bloc ked no with
Ice nearly TO its mouth, and navigation is entirely
suspended Opposite to this place and for miles
below here it is frozen soldly from shore to shore
Inc bright sunshine of yesterday and the dav
before made no impression upon the vast field of
Ice Almost all the Northern rivers are in the same
condition with the Potomac. The North River is
blocked up and for the next six weeks the nav
lgation Will he anything but safe or pleasant The
sad accident that befel the steamship Granada the
other evening has had the effect to make pilots.
shlpoWners, and the underwriters anxious New
erthetss. the noble fleet Of steamers which sailed
rom View OK for Europe on Sunday managed
10 cut their way through the packs" and the
HOES without receiving any damage
Tn Monday the harbOr Of Baltimore was tiuLtly
Closed ana The river presented all unbroken con-
gedled surface as far as the eye could reach So
thlck was the Ice in the harbor that at an early
hour batteau cont lining two persons was pushed
across from the foot Of Falls avenue TO the foot of
treat Hughes street. without breaking tbronyh
The steamer Louisiana, of the Norfolk line. Was
delayed some time. but finally reached her wharf
through the ice; after which considerable. DOR
ton OF the harbOr and the track down the river
was open all day for the passage of vessels-Aiey.
Gazette.
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PROCEEDINGS of To-Day,

The SEEATE met to-day at one O'Clock. and
after transacting little routine business Of no in
tercst whatever to the public, adjourned until one
o'clock ON Monday next.
IL THE House, after the reading of the Jour
nal
Mr.. Morris, Of Ill. sent the following resolution
to the desk to be read for information:
Rescired, That the Superintendent Of Public
B"ldlngs he directed to replace the desks and
chairs IN this Hail as they Were previous to their
removal; and, to enable him to do so without in
terrnpnS our sitting, he be also requested directly
20 prepare for our temporary occupancy the old
Hall of the House of X representatives.
He desired the consideration of the resolution at
the present time.
Mr.. Montgomery said that it had been con-
tended on this floor that the resolution which he
proposed to offer not long since, to constitute Mr.
CorWln Speaker for twenty four hours with 4
view OF procuring an organization for this length
OF time that they might pass the Post Office de-
hclency bill and thus redeem the plghted faith
Of the Government, was unconstitutional He
desired to show its constitutonalty
The Constitution did not require that the Speaker
OF this House should continue in office during the
period OF two years, but he might be elected for
day, week, or for any specified time; and he re-
ferred to numerous presidents in support of this
view rs did not see how any one could doubt
the power of this House to pass this resolution
viding for a Speaker pro TEN. The House was
similarly situated in the year 1910, when Mr.
Adams was declared Speaker pro tenn He there.
lore oHeretl the resolution he proposed to Offer
sometime since
MIR. Stevens, Of Pa. rose to a question of order
An act of Congress (Which he caused to be read
required that previous to entering upon any bust
ness the oath Of office shall be administered TO the
Speaker, and by him to all the members and the
Clerk. This act cannot be evaded by the Home.
and the proposition now offered by the gentleman
| is what in mathematics and geometry they would
call a redHctio al absurduu-a simple a!,snrditv
| AS regards the case of Mr.. Adams he was aim.
| ply chosen Chairman for the purpose of organ.
| iZing the House, and not selected as Snake
| pro tenn He denied that there was any precedent
| or could be any where the House could proceed
to legislate before the House is organized bv thu
swearing in Of Speaker, the members, and the
Clerk.
Mr.. Reagan, Of Texas, resumed his remarks OF
| yesterday.
| He thought he had made II evident to all tina
| the principles advocated by the Republican part,
Were hostile to the dearest rights of the Sout6
and the success Of such might he fatal to thi
glorious Union. He appealed to the various ele
ments opposed to this party to un tie and aid in TIT
defeat Of this sectional and dangerous orpaniza
ton.
He was willing to vote for any conservative
national man for Speaker aud he thong bit he coult
speak for all OF his party, even those who had ex
l pressed themselves otherwise. .. =
he wasstiu speaking - our report closed. 80
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-01-05

II Who made the first modern banjo, We
nave II rom Il reliable source that Dan Rice the
american hEmorlst, and genius named c. l..
keys, Were The first who made Il modern banjo.
they witnessed the home I'M de pumpkin souasb
or calabash affair of the Southern darkie and
determined To improve on it. This, Of course,
was Years ago. and the banjo they contrved was
rude affair in comparison with the finished
instrument that we have in Use at this day
Coal IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS The Denver
CITY correspondent Of the New York Times gives
an account OF an extensive field If coal which has
been discovered twelve miles from that place
The principal vein is between seven and eight
feet In thickness, and is in situation to be easily
worked AS there is little wood in the district
Where TINS coal is found, il will prove a most
import discovery both for mining and mill pnr-
poses. 'i f"'
II In Hanover, n " 4 widow woman mnr-
uercu her brother, by cutting his throat while he
was afuhk She gave Us d reason that he was de-
pendent upon her, and she was tired of support-
ing him In London, an insane shoemaker cut
on his wife's head. stood it up in a basin and
was found by policeman admiring the CHASTITY
MAIL RoBBER KmLEp.-The mail in Groom
brier county (Va) was attacked last weeL on
SPrlnS Mountain by two men. when the mail how
urt~ pistol and shot one of them dead on the
sPo.. Ne othef took to his heels. In Allegany
county (Va) recently two slaves robbed the mali
stage CT two mail bags. They Were arrested.
IL The London builders strike is not vet al
| an end. Five thousand yet hold out but Their
resources have failed, and they are reduced to
the extreme of poverty and distress For the week
ending Dec. eth eighty deaths have occurred in
tne families Of the London masons, carpenters
orlck-ayers, plasterers and painters.
FLoRA TEMPLE.-A younstsr went into Levi.
1roenons hat store on Fourth street, ST. Louis
anu snatcnlng nice cloth cap from the counter
started on Al lightning speed, remarking as ht
went, Pm Flora Temple" A clerk started in
pursuit, but Flora" was soon out OF sight
| IL Concha, late Governor of Cuba. made ,
Il mill nnfl
ministration. As "~
| III Hon. James Cooper, Ex-U United States Sen
atot from Pennsylvania, has located at Frederick
| UC There Is some talk Of the Pennsvlvan,,
] Legislature passing personal liberty bill.n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-01-05

IHE EBsTER STATUE LA WENDELL PHIL
LIPS -hldlcule and sarcasm are sometimes more
potent than argument The celebrated London
funch, IN 1850, put an end TO the abomi nable
funeral extortions, by showing a picture of the
Eiourners, half drunk in gin shop, after the in
terntent OF the dead. In the FIRST number of VAN
lty Fair, our New York Punch the abused heroi-
zing Of old JoGu Brown is admirably hit of by a
sketch embodying Wendell Phillips idea of the
Iate Ossawattomle. Powers brenze statue of
webster, which stands before the Massachusetts
State House is decapitated. The massive head
OF me s'atrsman-in just proportions with the
ptoad shoulders, whence il has comedies at the
base or the statue, and in its proper place is SUBJ
Iltuted The long-drawn. narrow head of old John
Brown. Instead If the MS, of the Constitution,
or some eloquent Grafton OH the Union in the
Ilght hand We See revolver; while the left hand
hoIdS bundle of pixies in lieu of the strong
bound iasces. Beneath is the following legend:
The Webster statue, after design by Mr. Wen
DELL thllllrs The appropriateness of that pecu-
Iar small. narrow caput Of John Brown to broad
shoulders OF Webster. is only coualled by the
love TO man DISPLAYED in the cooked revolver and
lne mu!derous plkes.-N. Y. Journal Of Com
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-01-05

WAsHINGToN January 3,-lneligence was re-
celved here to-day from Mexico, brought by the
Tennessee's mail The Liberals are progressing
in Oajaca, Celima and Morala Gen MARQUEE
had been confined in the palace at the city of
Mexico, and d iculty was apprehended on Mira
mons return TO the capital. The British bond
holders are indignant at the contamination of the
new treaty: DegolladO, Gomez Ferries and others
had arrived at Vera Cruz from Tampico and are
loud in their demands for material aid from The
United States
The Associated Press dispatch says:
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.-TLe delegate from Utah
Will, after the organization Of the House. present
the application of that Territory for admission
into the Union under their constitution which
was adopted several years ago. He represents
thal tan has population Of one hundred thou
sand souls, and says that if the MormOns be al
lowed to elect their own officers, they would be
almost as well satisfied with territorial a. with
state organization; and, probably. be willing to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-01-05

STRANGE News "A foreign correspondent saws:
A piece Of news So extraordinary has reached the
high political circles of Pesth. that it is not with
ont hesitation | venture to communicate il: and
ye' these circles have excellent means of Obtain
ing the earliest information. The news is that
the Emperor of Austria contemplates abdicating
the crown in favor of his son-a child born on the
2ist OF August, 1S5S-and appointing as Regent
his brother, the Archduke Maximilian formerly
Governor of I.omba rdo-vcnitia. The reason as
signed for the projected abdication is that the
Emperor sees with dismay that Austria is going
10 wreck and ruin, and shrinks from the risk Of
figuring personally in history as sthe last of the
Hansburgs." On the other hand being an obsti
nate and wrong headed Young man. he will not
consent to make the important concessions to the
different parts of the Empire. and especially to
Hungary, by which alone the dangers now i'm
pending over Austria could, perhaps, for a time
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-01-05

ID The animal sale of pews in Plymouth
Church, Brooklyn, (Henry Ward Bccc her s. took
place on Tuesday evening There were from
200 to 2,COO persons present, about one-third
being ladies. The Pews, numbering about 600,
were sold to the highest bidder, and they were all
disposed Of at very high premiums, one bringing
as high as Si6O premium, ard a number SlCO and
over The amount realized from the sale was
S29, l29 50, the premiums alone amounting to
sl6,5ll 81 The amount received from the sale
last year was within few dollars of 1000, thus
showing an increase over las. year Of nearly
IS 600
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-01-05

DThe owner of a mill at Black Rock which
was carried away, by frcshet from the canal
due to the burrowing of muskrat in the bank
has recently recovered damages from the State to
the amount of $1,000.
III The small boys celebrated New Years
Sunday in New York by blowing tin horns
about the streets, the men BY skating in the Gen.
trail Park
IL A boy, named j A Smith. absconded re-
Gently from Middlet0wn, Ohio, with 81 800, en-
trusted to his care by the United States Express
Company.
IL suffering family. in Cincinnati, named
Saunders, and consisting Of twelve persons were
relieved on Monday, by bevy Of lorettes.
IL Mr.. Bovee eX-State Senator from wiscon-
sin, is in Buffalo lecturing against capital punish
ment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-01-05

MODEL SPEEcH.-Hooper, in his Montgomery
Mall, says:-Some men cover a whole newspa Der
TO say very little. Others knock the black out,
IN few brief sentences, rs the Senator from Mad
ison, Col Fleming. did yesterday, on the bill to
prevent adulteration of liquors 1t is speech after
our own heart aud here it is:
Mr. President-Thisi is the most important meas
nrc that has been before this body at this session
Splrltuous liquors, sir. is beverage in which we
that there persons so lost to every sense of b
Inanlty as to put strychnine and other poisonous
substances in this popular beverage. Sir. in my
opinion, the villain who perpetrates SO great an
outrage ought to suffer death
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-01-05

VIRGINIA LEGIsLAIURE.-This body is again in
session, after a brief recess. Governor Letcher
Informed the House on Monday that he had no
message to communicate at present He how
ever, sent a brief communication, urging an ap-
preparation for the relief OF Edward McCabe, who
was wounded at Harpers Ferry. A resolution
was adopted 10 inquire as to the expediencv of
regulating certain charges on the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-01-05

IL A special committee on 80 sanded cotton -
IN the Florida Legislature, have reported it to be
their belief that fraud in packing cotton in that
country is OF very rare occurrence. They attribute
the fault mostly to careless handling and think
that commission merchants ought to lie required
to keep and sell different crops separate SO as to
encourage greater care on the part of the planters
In packing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-01-05

H. Late Tuesday afternoon a young woman
house in which she resided, In Trout street pine
aiIey) Philadelphia, and pouring the contents of
ph1al OF laudanum into cup, she swallowed II
Efforts were made to induce her TO take an anti
oote; out she was bent upon self-destruction and
refused all offers OF aid. She died during the
night. The deceased was but twenty -one wears
Of age; She was quite pretty and Of possessing
manners She had led an abandoned life and
WIS well known among her companions as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-01-05

u The Petersburg (Va) Intelligencer saws
city on Saturday, and advancing with lightning
speed, a negro man whose name no one has v,.t
found out, was struck by the .'cow-catchern and
thrown distance Of 100 yards. The train was
stopped. and on examination, it was fonnd thst
the negro was only stunned, but otherwise not At
all injured. This looks incredible but the source
from which We derived the information is beyond
reprOach, and IL is therefore riyen as a fact
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-01-05

COULDN'T HOLD His ToNGUk.-The Trenton
Gazette says:
Peter K Wymer carpenter of this city, went
10 Virginia some time ago to put up saw mill.
on the property belonging to MIR. Lenox of South
trenton. Some of those with whom he assncia-
ted thinking his speech entirely too free had him
arrested and locked up in Jail; from which he
was only released by giving bail for 81 900 to an
pear and answer at the next term of Court
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-01-05

DEATH "F GIN LANAR.-The Hon. Mirabeau
Is. Lamar. late United States minister to Central
America, died suddenly of apoplexy at edmond
Texas, on the 18th ult The deceased PLAYED a
prominent part in the struggle of the Texan col
oniSt' against the oppression of the Mexican gov
eminent He was the second President OF the Re-
public Of Texas
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Spirit of the Morning Press.

The Constitution thinks that notwithstanding
the swagger and bluster of individual politicians
and presses of the Republican party it is evident
that the masses who compose the rank and file Of
that sectional organization are alarmed at the
agitation which now Pervades the entire country,
and which they are con- Pelled to attribute to the
words and deeds Of their own leaders
Tue Infelligsnesr is devoted to Congressional
proceedings and miscellany.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-01-05

GREAT TURKEY MANuFACroRY-B & s
Beatty, OF Aurora, Cayuga Co New York, we
MINK must be the greatest providers Of turkey
meat Of any single establishment i'm this comfy
VI one now before us, they say sit is one of 600
OF our turkeys, and pretty fair sample We fit
Tened the most Of them on our own premises -
we Judge the sample will weigh nearly twenty
pounds, but allow only fifteen pounds as the ave-
rage weight and it will show that these gentle
men have turned out of their great manufactory
thirty thousand pounds of turkey meat as their
crop of the present winter OF this, ali we have
got to say is this These two brothers are enterpri
zlng business men, who have made large estab-
llshments for conducting their business upon COM
nonsense principles and that business is to con-
vert grain into saleabe product at profit This
they have done for several years and what they
have done others may do. The country is wide
ana The market large. Will some Of the Ameri-
Can farmers think whether il is not more profita-
BILE to make poultry than pigs!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-01-05

TRIAL OF SrKvENs.-Andrew Hunter Esq, In
a letter to George Sennott, Esq, Of Boston, in
forms him that Stevens one of the two renal nj NO
HarpersFerry insurgents, viii be tried at Charles
town. Va. sometime during the winter, probably
In January. Tbs time, however, has not been
fixed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-01-05

~ On the 10th Of February next, the Demo-
cratic party Of Virginia are to hold a State Con-
ventiOn in Richmond. On the I'D of the same
month, the Opposition party Of Virginia are TO
bold State Convention in Richmond
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-01-05

HOMEsPUN IN THE VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
The Speaker pro TEN Of the House of Delegates
Mr. Christian, cf Augusta-appeared in the Chair
ON Tuesday mcrning, clothed in full suit of Viz
ginia cloth, made in his own town, Staunton
On Monday last, member Of the House was mar
Ticd. and appeared at the altar in a fall suit of
homeSnun
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-01-05

BOYS HEAD BLOWN ORA little boy re-
siding IN MON county, Ky, had his head blown
OF one day last week. He boar ed hole in log
and put powder in it, rammiHg the powder down
with stick. He then laid coal of fire on tie
hole, and before he could get away it exploded
the stick striking him on the head, kuocki ny the
upper portion off and killing him instantly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-01-05
u No mail to-day north of Baltimore.

IL The New York superior Court has fixed
the amount Of Mrs. Catharire Forests alimony
at 3,OOO year-s 600 less than the award of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-01-05

IL Mount Baker, Washington Territory. is
reported by the passengers OF the Eliza Anderson
to be in Il state Of active eruption, putting out
large volumts of smoke, which upon breaking
roll down the snow covered sides of the mountain
forming pleasing effect Of light and shade
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-01-05

DA tenement house YVES destroyed by fire, in
New York, on Tuesday morning, burning to
death six persons-a man and woman and fou!
children. The fire originated from the explosion
of camPhene lamp in grocery store in the
building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-01-05

DIVORCE Laws IN MAssACHUsErrs- St,te
OF Mass chusetts has amended its laws relative to
the marriage contract, by providing that divorce
may be obtained on the ground of extreme cruelty.
destrion for five consecutive years, and CON
frmed habits of intoxication, contracted after
maTriape
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-01-05

HIGH WATER IN EGYPT According to accounts
from Cairo, the Nile this season has risen TO such
height that the Inhabitants have been enabled
to inundate the fields several times at regular
Intervals Thee consequence is that wheat, barley,
and other grain, will this year be most abundant
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-01-05

DR. WIsTAR's BALsAM OF WILD CHERRY
this season of the year. well as at all seasons il
u mP9IIan. 70 have on hand a remedy for coughs,
and colds. We speak for the benefit of our readers
when we recommend to them the above-named
remedy, which has been advertised in our pansr
Tor some time. We have had occasion 10 use il in
our family FOR coughs and other throat affections
and In all snch cases il has cured the complaint
We now deem IL an indispensable article for we
always prefer TO have a reliable remedy on hand
L 10 tnese complaints to which all are liable
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-01-05

"ALL KINDS OF GOOD THINGS IN
AS the Confectionery Line 20 be had at FtjS.
SELLS; lee Cream and Water Io.s at 81 5, per
gallon, Large and small Pound and Fruit takes,
very oAeep. j. RUSSELL.
eeN%n' corner 18th and streets.
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" The severe frost Of the last three DAYS has
quite disastrous to the rails on the different
leading railroads Under in insnence man, -
them snapped In two a. though they were but pipe
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PERSONAL.

NoTICE-AE persons are cautioned against ne
gotetlng tor a note drawn IN favor of =
Beyan Il Co. for S7OI.I7, dated November IS 1859:
SAID note having been lost IL the gentleman who
presented " ~ the Bank of the METROPOLIS will re
turn II 10 the drawer, he will corfer a favor
r. BRIGE HALL,
j. Nos. 373 and 81 7th street.
ONE CENT REWARD.-Rau away from IN.
~ Euhso'Oer, on ths 81 instant, CHRISTIAN
MIEnS aged Is years, an Indenturei apprentices
10 ths shoeIaakIng business AL persons are hereby
l9t warned anKt barhorlng said boy under ma "
oil Tie aw. Whpever r. turns him 10 me viii re-
celve the above reward ard no thanks.
JAREZ JAY.
ia ST No. 46s1s nth ST., bet. r and G sis.