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The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-01-05
~ Our Democratic friends are

E Our Democratic friends are al
last beginning to wake up to the fact
that the ~sectionalism of the country is
not all confined to the Republican party
and the North. Their eyes have been
opened by the conformation of the COM
mittees Of the Senate, the chairmanship
and entire control Of every committee
of any moment, being i'll the hands OF
Southern Senators. The Cleveland Plain
dealer, Cincinnati Enquirer, Dubuque
Herald, and other Northern Democratic
journals, are excessively indignant, and
characterize the proceedings in no mild
terms. The Plaindealer says that so far
as the organization of the Senate is con-
cerned there is no North, no East, no
West, it is all SOUTH" The Enquirer
says that it regards the composition of
the Senate committees as an unmitigated
political outrage" while the Herald calls
it " downright sectionalism, and a bare
faced outrage" This is no new thing,
but it is pleasant to find that these gem
tlemen have at last awakened to the fact.
They may yet be brought TO acknow-
ledge the truth that the Republican party,
instead of being sectional, is engaged in
a conflict with the only %seotionalism the
country presents.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-01-05
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Whereas, 1t has pleased our Divine Master to
summon our lamented brother, M. H. Butler,
from his family and friends to the inner court OF
His upper temple, where we all must one day fol.
low him. Therefore
Resotced, That while we reverently bow be
fore this expression of the Divine will, " trust
ing where we cannot see" and knowing that He
is infinite in wisdom and mercy as in His Other
attributes, yet we deeply deplore % the sudden
taking off" of our brother, whose many manly
qualities won for him a wide circle of friends in
a place where but a short time since he was a
stranger.
Resolred, That in the true spirit of that uni
versal charity which is so thoroughly inwrought
into the whole framework of our order, and so
constantly inculcated in its letter and spirit, as
well as so uniformly illustrated in its whole ca
reer, we will remember our brother only for his
virtues, remembering that the best have their
faults, and that " to err is human"
Resotred, That we extend to the widow and
daughter of our deceased brother the assurance of
our sincere and profound sympathy with them
In their great bereavement, and though we can
do nothing to restore the lost, we shall ever be
found ready to act a brothers part whenever &C.
casion presents.
ResolUed, That in the death of M. II. Butler.
we have lost a warm hearted and true brother,
our community has lost n valuable citizen, his
profession an able representative. his family a
loved and loving husband and father. MAY all
the loss of others be his gain.
CORNELIUS HEDGEsl o.
g. +. LEAvITT, oom'
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-01-05

pY VIRTUE OF A SPECIAL EXECU-
- ton issued out of and under the seal of
the District Court of Buchanan county, Iowa.
in favor of Churchill, Rogers d Wetmore. and
against the goods and chattels lands and tene-
ments of NJ. d.. Smith, l have levied upon the
following described mortgaged property, viz
Lot Six in Block Five in Closes Addition to
the village of Independence, in Buchanan coun-
ty, Iowa.
Which property, as above described, / will
offer for sale at Public Auction, at the door
of the Sheriff s office, in the village of Inde-
pendence, on THURSDAY, the 9th day of
February, 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. - sss tea~
a B. G. HALE, SHERIFF. g.
Sheriff Office, Independence, Iowa,l
Jan. 5, 1860. (42-4v
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-01-05
Congress-.

EE This body has not yet organized
and of curse nothing has as yet been
done but talk niger, the wordy war be.
ing still almost exclusively confined to
the Administration, ti-Lecompton and
American members. The Republicans
keep quiet, telling their opponents to first
organize the House, and then they will
discuss with them to their hearts con-
tent. A great deal Of effort has been
made by the administration party to
unite the American vote upon some
Democrat, although they seem very
chary themselves of voting for ar Amer
lean. 1t is believed hat no successful
combination can be made.
During the debate one day last week,
Mr.. GROW complained that Mr.. BRANCH,
of South Carolina had used ungentleman-
ly language towards the Republicans
This Mr.. BRANCH considered offensive,
and demanded its retraction. Mr.. Grow
coolly told him he had no retraction to
make, w%hereupon the f~re-eater sent Mr.,
G.a challenge, which he promptly &C
cepted. They were both arrested and
held in bonds to keep the peace. and the
result of the affair has not yet been de.
termined.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-01-05

Gy- Senator SEWARD arrived home a
few days since, and was greeted with an
enthusiastic reception. He was met al
the wharf by a number Of friends, and
escorted to the Astor House, where hun
dreds called upon him. One hundred
guns were fired in the Park to his honor,
and the Chamber Of the Common Coun-
Gil was allowed him for a public recep-
ton of his friends. On his way home to
Auburn he was greeted with ringing Of
bells, firing of cannon, and enthusiastic
cheers, at the cities along the line of the
road. He was welcomed to his home by
a speech from MICHAEL S. MYERS, Esq,
a political opponent.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-01-05
SCOVILL'S SARSAPARILLA,
Blood and Liver Syrup.

Messrs. Boles, Smith d Co:
Gentlemen-In using your Stillingia and
Sarsaparilla / did SO more from the persuasion
of friends than from confidence of its merits
in my mind. ! had been long in the hands Of
the ablest physicians, without relief. 9bl.
After many years of painful sufferings, aflic,
ted with scaly eruptions over my whole body
and many running sores under my ears, arms
and in other places, and life seemed but a bur
den, | have recovered, and once more enio,
the blessings which this world affords Al
this is the work of your Sarsaparilla. / an
satisfied there could be no greater blessing con
ferred upon my fellow-citizens than the ad.
mipistration of your Sarsaparilla in sickpes.
and disease.
Please accept assurances of my high consid
Grafton, and believe me your obliged, hunbl.
servant, JOHN B. LAWSON.
Chicago, ILL.,, April 10, 1859.
Sold by all druggists. , qal.r- nix r
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-01-05
Presidents Message.
EH The President having waiteo

EH The President having waited for
some weeks for the organization of Con-
gress, concluded to wait no longer, and
on Tuesday, the 9th ult,, sent his mes
sage to both houses. In the Senate it
was read and referred, but liz the House
was laid on the table. The document is
decidedly tame and spiritless, and gives
but little information that has not been
heretofore communicated to the country
quite as fully through the press. 1t is
quite long. however, occupying some
eight columns Of smalltype, and we CON
sequently can give only a meagre synop-
sis Of it.
The President opens with congratula-
tons upon the varied and numerous
blessings the country has enjoyed, and
expresses the belief that we have been un-
der the special protection of Divine Prov
idence ever since our origin as a nation.
He then passes on to notice the Harper's
Ferry affair, and says it derives its chief
Importance from the apprehension that it
is but the symptom of an incurable dis
ease in the public mind, which may
break out in more dangerous outrages
and terminate at last in IN open war by
the north to abolish slavery in the south.
Whilst for himself he en~tertains no such
apprehension, it yet admonishes of an
approach OF danger to the Union, and he
implores his countrymen, north and
south, TO cultivate the ancient feelings of
mutual forbearance and good will towards
each other, and endeavor to allay the de-
mon spirit Of sectional hatred and strife
now rife in the land.
He cordially congratulates Congress
on the final settlement by the Supreme
Court of the United States, Of the ques-
ton of slavery in the Territories. He
says the right has been established Of ev-
cry citizen to take his property of any
kind, including slaves, into the common
territories belonging equally to all the
States Of the confederacy. and to have it
protected there under the Federal Consti-
tuition. Neither Congress nor a territorial
Legislature. nor any human power, has
any authority to annul or impair this
vested right. He defends this decision
relative 10 the status Of a territory, and
pronounces it fortunate for the posperity
Of the territories, as well as for the tran
guilty Of the States. We think this
ought to settle the question Of the mean
ing Of the bred Scott Decision, and
should put an effectual quietus upon the
Popular Sovereignty dogma, if anything
was needed to do it.
The President then takes up the ques-
ton OF re-opening the African Slave
and devotes thereto an eighth part
of his message. He takes up the history
Of the subject, and demonstrates the pow
er of Congress to abolish the trade. as
well as the impolicy and wrong of at
tempting to reopen it. 1t her seems
Notwithstanding the pooh-poohs of
Northern Democracy. this question
has really assumed such a shape under
pro-slavery aggression, that the Execu-
t We treats it to nearly as lengthy a consider
alton as he does that of any other subject
in the message. 5 ;
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-01-05

Eg- A married man, named IRVING
WRIGHT, who was employed in the Drug
Store Of his uncle, DR.. j. S. WRIGHr, OF
Delhi, undertook, a few days since, to
elope with the daughter of his employer,
a young lady of fifteen. They were pur-
sued and the young lady brought back,
but her cousin managed to escape ON the
train bound eastward, leaving a wife and
child in Delhi %unprovided for.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-01-05

The Legislature of the State Of New
York met on Monday last, and the AS
sembly organized by electing Mr.. LIT
TLEJoHN Speaker. The Governors Mes
sage is of considerable length, and refers
almost exclusively to local matters. He
recommends the enlargement of the can
ais, speaks in high terms of the Metro
politan Police Act, and wants the legis-
lature to urge upon Congress the erection
of additional means Of defence for the
harbor of New York. In conclusion, he
declares the devotion of the State to the
Union, condemns the Harper's Ferry af-
fair. and contends for the right of New
York, through her representatives in
Congress, to participate in the govern
ment of the Territories, the common
property of all the States.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-01-05

The captain of the yacht Wanderer,
with four of her crew, have arrived in
New York from Tenerife. In his pro-
test to the American consul at Teneriife,
he swore he sailed from Savannah for
Smyrna with a crew of thirteen men and
two female passengers. That his cargo
consisted of silks in bales, and $27, 600
and that his vessel was practically run
away with by his mate.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-01-05

ance, at the end of the year, of $14,3sl
sos 40.
The deficiency in the Post Office de-
partment for the past year, amounted tc
Sc. 996, O09 27. The estimated deficiency
for the present year, is $5,9s8,424 Oh.
while the estimated deficiency for the
coming year, ending 30th June, 1861
is only 1,348, 473 80.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-01-05
DIR. Hall,s BaIsam,

There is no medicine within u know
ledge that has acquired SO great and wide
spread popularity, in so short a space of
time, as DR.. Halls Balsam for the Lungs.
Its balsamic and healing properties are
magical. 1t IS highly expectorant and
tonic. 1t contains not a grain of opium
or morphine, the narcotic and a%stringent
properties of which have created SO
much prejudice against similar prepara-
tons.
Fol- sale by agents in every town in
the country. See Advertisement.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-01-05

Gerritt Smith has SO far recovered
from his attack Of insanity that he has
returned 10 his home at Peterboro, with
the approval of his physician.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-01-05

Hon. Judge MASON, of Iowa, who
made himself SO popular with the In
ventors of the country while he held the
Office of Commissioner Of Patents, has,
we learn, associated himself with MUM
d Co., at the Scientific american office,
New York.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-01-05
Nvz- MORE UNIoN-SAvING.-Chas

G MORE UNIoN-SAvING.-Chas. J
lNGERsoLL, a good democrat, at the
Union-saving meeting in Philadelphia
went in strongly for the restriction of the
Right of speech, and said that Abolition.
lists should be arrested as travelling vag.
abonds. He stated, as a lawyer, that i,
was right for every man to go to a pub
licly advertised lecture and hiss down
the speaker. This is his method of sa.
wing the Union, and corresponds well
with that Of Mr.. CHARLES O'CoNoR, no.
ticed last week.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-01-05

A very large fire occurred in New
York on the 29th ult., in the vicinity of
Beekman and Gold streets, consuming
some Is large stores. Loss half a mill
lion.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-01-05

Mayor Wood, on Monday last, took
possession or his old quarters at the City
Hall, New York. and commenced by a
dismissal of all the old employees about
the Mayors office, but three.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-01-05
lileo /.

In this village, on the 29th ult., DR.. NJ. II.
BUTLER, in the Both year of his age.
At a special convocation Of Independence
Lodge of f.. d. A. Masons, held at their room
Friday Dec. 80, 1859, after performing the sad
rites of burial for their deceased brother, M. II.
BUTLER, it was voted that a committee be APP
pointed to draft resolutions expressive of the feel
ings of the Lodge, and that the sam be pub
lished in the newspapers of Independence, and
a copy of the same be sent to the widow of the
deceased.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-01-05

Mean temperature of Month Of December,
I2o So
Yours very respectfully, 4.
ALIEN. CAMPBELL WHEATON.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-01-05

GN- The call of the National Republic
can Convention meets the general appro-
baton of the opponents of the Democra-
cy, and is deemed a favorable augury OF
Republican success. The call will be
found in another column.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-01-05

Messrs. RouSps 4 LANGpoN, No. l55 Ran
d 'lph street, Chicago, ILL.,, are our only agents
for that city.
w. j. GILBERT, is our agent for Dubuque,
H. is authorized to receive advertisements and
subscriptions and receipt for the same.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-01-05

Buy AYERS AGUE CURE for Inter
m%ittents, AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL for a
Cough, and AYERS PILLS for all the pur-
poses of a Family Physic.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-01-05
Original Notice.

STATE OF IOWA: 8 rGGLaA G
To NJ. d. Smith. Sarah E. Smith, Mary J.
Parker. Perry Munson, ID. y, Dunbar and
Plane q Co.:
You are hereby notified that on this 18th day
of December, A. d., 1859, there is on file in tho
office of the Clerk of the District Court in Blu
chanan County, a petition in Chancery of Nor
ton: Jewett a. Buzby, claiming of you to set
aside ms fraudulent certain conveyances of Re-
al Estate, and FOR general relief, and to subject
certain moneys to the payment of debt of said
smith AIS asking an injunction. DC, And
that unless you appear and answer thereto on or
before the Second day of the next term of the
District Court, A.. d., 1860, Judgment will be
rendered against you thereon. loae L9oH it a
SAMUELS, ALLISON CRANE, 1al
Solicitors for Complainants i.
STATE OF Iowa,
Buchanan County, IS, "a .
l hereby order that the above notice be pub
lished for the time prescribed by law in the
buchanan County Guardian, o newspaper pub.
lished in Independence in said county and
State. EDWARD BREWER. Clerk
Dec. 81, 1859. 4O-4t "H. hsH
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-01-05

The Guardian is the Official Paper
of buchanan County, and having
a much Large Circulation than any
other Paper published therein, ia
thc most Valuable TO resident or non.
property holders, and is also
tho best medium for Advertiscrs.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1860-11-24

The MEETING AT BRuLY LAND1NG.-The
meeting held at Bruly Landing in this parish,
on Saturday last, for the purpose of petition
ing Gov. Moore to convene a special session
OF the Legislature, was large, and composed
Of some Of our most prominent citi.
zens. As it was not a pa. ty gathering, all
shades Of political opinion participated. By
referring to the published proceedings, else
where in to-day's paper, it will be seen that
the meeting confined itself simply to the
adoption of 4 resolution in accordance with
she object for which it wal called. The res
olutions offered by individuals were merely
the views and feelings of their authors,
which were not entertained by the meeting
~ part of the proceedings. We m .ntion
this, because the impression has gone abroad
that it was a s%traight.out disunion meeting :
and a. we, and many others who participated,
have not as yet gone thus far in our advocacy
OF Southern rights, " wish to be correctly
understood.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1860-11-24

FIRST FRUIrs OF THE SOUTHERN MOVE
MENTs.-As one of the first material results
of the southern movements movement in
augurated by the election of a sectional black
republican president-we notice with plea
sure that projects for the establishment of
manufactures have been started in various
sections of the earth. The people of the
slave states are beginning to evince a deter
mination to render themselves practically in
dependent. They feel that long enough they
have cherishedthe viper of fanaticism, which
has at length arisen to sting them at a point
where their vital interests are concentrated
and they have resolved that such a system of
non-intercourse shall hereafter obtain as will
assure northern merchants and manufacturers
that they can no longer trample on southern
rights. The trade of the cotton and sugar
regions must be released from the shackles
which have thus far held its vassslage to
northern interests, and, thus emancipated. it
will give a new impetus to southern enter
prise, and a new spirit to southern indus
tly-Er,
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1860-11-24

Tue EFFECTS OF A RuPruRR.-The NJ,
York Herald Of the 18th inst, saws:
The rupture of the commercial rel,t;o..
between the North and the Cotton Sht.
must bring confusion to our own exch,..~
and currency. short-sighted people m,
laugh at the idea of the Southern bank. .s,.
ping payment. and Southern bankers deel;..
ing to negotiate cotton bills or the NodA
but if the currency of these bills is stopa.a
and specie confines to flow South a. il h.
already begun tn flow, the whole credit IN.
tenn of the North will be thrown into en-.
fusion. Every steamer that leaves "a, +,
Southern port. every express that deparh
over a Southwark line of railway. now ~.
ries a greater or less amount Of specie. L.
US take one example of the effect of thi. 10.
cessity. Massachusetts, consumes ANIMAL,
about forty millions of dollars worth Of et.
ton. her banks hold, according to the n.
turns of the Clerk of the House Of Rem,
sentatlves, on the LIST of January ~
S~7,532:647 in specie. She has no export ut
commands gold, unless it be her manufaetuna
e%ottons. How will she procure the ost,a
she requires to feed her mills and pay h
laborers their wage -
The movement that is now going on q Z,
South, in defence of what the Southern -
pie consider to be their indefencible risthL
is preparing a fnencial and commercialpN
lu ion in the North which will swesaa
flood of bankruptcy over it. The Blsekt
publican leaders and journals musta116
their tone of scorn and defiance tow,s1be
South and its rights the Black Repdbxm
masses must recede from their ~tanatiesl NJ
upon Southern interests, or they will hg
disaster and ruin into our midst that vii
produce revolution here. Ii is rot the III.
e%ussion OF the political question of seeeasa,
but it is a practical question of trade, vst
and wages. Are they prepared to meet IL
in the midst OF a haIf-employed commuaag!
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1860-11-24

EXCITEMENT ON GRossE.TETE Quite an
excitement was raised on Grosse-Tete a day
or two since, by the apprehension of two
men who had been detected In tampering
with negroes. One of the individuals got
clear OF summary punishment from some lit
tie extenuating circumstance ia his favor
but the other, said to be an Irishman, was
tied up, soundly hogged, branded on both
cheeks, and ordered to leave-quiek, While
we hope our citizens will be ever on the
alert to detect and bring to Justice any one
found interfering with our slave population
with a view Of creating discomfort, or en-.
deavoring to enveigle any Of them from
their homes, we question the proprlety of
their taking the law into their own hands
and inhicting such punishment upon offenders
q their judgment may dictate. If one set of
men claim such = privilege, another may do
the same thing, and 20 on to the end of the
chapter. Such behavior is spbvensive of all
law and order-the first principles of all free
government.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1860-11-24

THE AMERICANS IN GARlBALp1's Army
We recently announced that among the vol
unteers who went out from England to Join
Garibaldi, was our countryman Gen. Wheat.
In a letter from Gen. Avezzana to a friend in
this city, dated MaiIdaloni, October is, we
find mention of four other Americans as
being attached to his General Avezzana'.)
staff -namely, Charles Carroll Hicks. Of Co.
lumbus, Ohio; Frank Nancy, of Nashville,
Tennessee; Henry N. Spencer, Jr., of Penn
sylvania; and Alfred Benthuysen, of New
Orleans, Louisiana. They all had the good
fortune to be present at the battle of Caserta,
and the General speaks of their conduct in
the highest terms.-New York He uld 18th.