The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-12-25

Inc Soiu d1gglnSs at plymouth, VT,
are yielding well, and can no longer be
regarded as a myth.
The London Times regrets that Mr..
Webster is not likely to be member of
Mr.. Lincoln's Cabinet.
The Governor Of Alabama has advis-
ed the banks OF that State to suspend,
and they have done SO.
The trial of Bissell for an attempt to
burn the Rock Island bridge has result
ed in the discharge Of the defendant.
The Court House at Anamosa took
fire oh Thursday week from cigar
thrown on the floor, which was covered
with saw dust.
a brother lawyer once told John G..
Sake that a beard was unprofessional.
F" Right" said SAKE, "a lawyer cannot
be too barefaced."
The farmers of Scott county are max
ing arrangements. or have it in contem-
plation to make them, to cultivate a large
amount Of sorghum sugar cane next sea
son.
If one State may secede, another may,
and another, and another. Suppose they
should all secede but Rhode Island or
Delaware, who will be responsible for
the national debt?
Mn. VlNDEvER's MAJORITY The Of
fetal canvass Of votes for Member of
Congress in this District, shows a ma
jority for Mr.. Vandever of $500. He
ran So votes ahead of the Lincoln Flee
toral ticket in the District
Gov. Wood, of Illinois, has issued a
Proclamation, suggesting that on Sun
day, the esd day of December, a collec-
ton be taken up in the Churches
throughout Illinois, to aid the people of
Kansas in their distress.
Dickinson, Dix, O'Conor, McKeon,
Brooks, and other prominent New York
Fusionists have held meeting for the
purpose OF saving the Union. They APP
pointed a Committee consisting OF Mil
lard Fillmore, Judge Bronson and r.
Lathers, to proceed to the South and
coax the seceders into better temper
with the Union.
The extradition case in Canada, which
created so much excitement, on account
| OF It's supposed effect to render fugitive
Slaves there unsafe, has resulted in IA
vor Of giving up the prisoner to the Uni
ted States authorities. The prisoner had
killed man in cndeavoring to escape
from bondage in Missouri.
An address, signed by 50 members Of
the Georgia Legislature has been address
ed TO the people of South Carolina, Ala
bama, Mississippi and Florida, urging a
Convention of Southern States. A bill
protecting citizens of Georgia from pro
eesses for federal courts was lost BY 16
majority.
Jones has hunted up scripture author
Iity for the secessionists. 1t is found in
that passage Of Holy Writ which com
mences, Depart, We cursed. = AL
bany Statesman.
McLane Of McHenry has found an.
other text in jeremiah, which reads,
secede and be damned. - Chicago
Jour.
Mrs. Anderson, wife Of Major Ander-
son, in command at Fort Moultrie, has
called upon the President within few
days and demanded that be increase the
force Of that place, or she will take his
neglect to do SO as an intentional and
wicked sacrifice Of her husbands life,
who, she declares, viii never surrender
the place, but rather fall in It's defence.
Stephen Brewer, Esq, Of Cortland,
New York, has been finally excommuni-
Gated from the Presbyterian Church, for
tie crime of listening 10 addresses on
the Sabbath from Wendell Phillips.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, VIM LLOYD Gar
rison, Thos. Starr King, George VIM.
Curtis, and others Of like sentiment Mr..
Brewer was suspended nearly two wears
since, but the sentence had not been
confirmed by both the Presbytery and
Synod until this time.
Ton. CoRwIN's MAxiMs.-The desk of
Mr.. Vandeyer. Representative in Con
gress from this district, is next that OF
the " Wagon Boy of Ohio. The lat
ter, being by good many years the SEN
ior Of the former, said to his Iowa neigh
Dor the other day
!" want to give you the benefit OF
four maxims which have carried me sue
ces5fulIy thus far through life. l-Nev-
er treat anybody, for that costs money.
2-Ncyer decline a treat because that
doesn't cost anything, and might give
offence. 3-Never lend man dollar.
unless you take two silver dollars rs Sc
curly. 4-Never be alarmed about cal
antilles, so long as they don't hurt
you"
The old Boy 4" would he full of his
jokes, probably, if he was on his way to
a funeral.-Dub. Times.
BANKS. The discredited Indiana Free
Banks. For the information Of the pub
liz we give the present rates at which