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The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1861-02-05
Machine and Lamp Oil
Camphine and Fluid Lamps.


Lubn's Extracts, Wright's Extracts. Jules
Haules Extracts, Hair Brushes, Tooth Brushes.
Fancy Soap, Toilet Powders, DE, DE,
AT VILLAGES Drug Stor.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1861-02-05
CORN Starch, sAG0, T4pIoc4.

Oatmeal Pearl Barley, Chocolate. Extract,
fer Cooking. Rose Water. &c, &C.,
AZ HALLACE'S DRUG Store
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Cheap and Reliable Insurance

A home, and the duty you owe yourself your
family and the community at large, requires
You to Insure, and thereby sustain and encour
age Home Institutions
The Directors aim to do SAFE, rather than
a large business, and to build upan Institution
that will be an honor TO our young and grow
ing State, and u
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1861-02-05
PATENT MEnfEINES

-, Agent Tor all the Popular Patent Medicines
| he Trade supplied nj Manufacturers prices,
y. WALLACE'S Drug Stora
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1861-02-05

Honey Soap, Windsor Soap, CamphorateI
Soap, Bar Soap, Transparent Soap, from thc
manufootorY of A. W. Harrison, Philadelphia.
At WALLACE'S Drug Stor,
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HNhbEYEy DE.NCE
INSURANCE COMPANY.
A HO ME INSTITUTION!
Directors ::

The Directors of this Company take pleasure
in announcing to the public that they are now
fully organized in compliance with the Laws
OF Iowa, and are now prepared to receive APP
plications for Insurance
Farmers and those having isolated Town
Property to insure are cordially invited to give
their patronage and lend their influence i'm cs-
tabllshlng 1t upon sonnd basis
To the farmers We would ask
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1861-02-05

TAKEN Up Bl Y. II. BEACH. OF SUN.
ner Township, Buchanan County. Iowa
a. an Estray, One BAY HORSE. about twelve
Years old has black ,nany and tail. both hind
teet aud on, fore foot white, star III the fore.
head and some white hairs "a his neck An.
praised before II. " Ogden. E.a.. At FtRN
Dollars SIN T.. BkfMIg
Independence Nev II 1850 CO. CLERK
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1861-02-05

Keep away from the fire take the frost out
IN snow or ice water. then wrap them up in
Ointment. Renew the Ointment once in -
hours they will cause no pain after the frost
is out, and will be entirely we'll in few DAYS
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1861-02-05
rnun or lsnIllRs.

For this dangerous disease, the Magnetic
Ointment may be relied on rs an unfaihng rem.
edy, if applied in season. Apply profnsely to
the throat and chest, and heat III
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1861-02-05
SAFE INDEMNITY

to its policy holders, and no efforts will be
spared on their part to render it deserving a
liberal patronage
This Company will pay loss or damage ocea-
stoned by Lightning, whether the building is
burned or not, provided the applicant applies
for such Insurance, and pays the additional
rate fixed for such risk Not more than 50 COO
insured in on risk, or within circle of eight
rods.
OFFICERS
P. @. WILCOX, Pres. HIMAN MoRsE, T. Pres
j Fl. CAMPBELL, Treas. 0. NJ PoNp, ,Sccretary
HENRY G. THOMAS. Gen Agent
Independence, Jan. 8, 1861.
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lSDEPENpENcE STATION, ID. d $. c. r. r
January 2l, 1851

EDITOR GUARDIAN:
Below | give you the amount of
shipments from this station for the month
of January. 1t is proper to say that this
is up to the 18th only, as no shipment has
been made since that time on account of
the Road being blockaded with snow.
Bushels OF Wheat .---.------...--l7,52 5
. Oats SIS
III head dressed Hogs $500. lbs l6jGo0
No. of live Hogs " 100
Pounds of Miscellaneous Freight IL 900
Respectfully, c. NJ. DURHAM.
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Ey Owing to the impossibility OF
shipping grain, our buyers have almost
suspended operations. Lack of informa-
ton as to the state Of the markets, which
At last adviccs had a decidedly declining
tendency. has also tended to prevent bus
mess. There is therefore no change to
make in our last weeks report.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1861-02-05
SfiEEIIF,s SALE.

10y VIRTUE 81 an execution to me direct
ID ed, and issued out Of aud under the seal
OF the District Court Of Buchanan county. Iowa.
in favor Of William Smith, John Smith ana
Henry Neuschuitz, by William and John Smith
rs surviving partners, AMI against the lands
aud tenements Of Matthew y Smith. | have
levied upon the following described property
viz.
Lots seven and Eight In Block Seventeen. in
Stoughton 4 McClure's Addition to tie village
Of Independence, in Buchanan county Iowa
Which property. rs above described. will
offer for sale ut Public Auction, 1T the door ii
the Sheriff : Office in the village Of lndypen
denee. on Saturday, the 23d day ofFcbruary
\. d., 1861. At , o'clock, +, NJ. of said day. 10
the highest bidder, 10 satisfy said execution
and costs
BYRON {. HALE. SnlRtF.
shtrtf's Office. Independence, Iowal
Jan. - ls6l is IN
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Bronchitis and Asthma

are cured by DR. TEAsks Magnetic Ointment,
and even Consumption has in number Of en-
ses, been cured
Read Advertisement in this paper
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1861-02-05
Burns
Frozen Limbs.

are eased Of all pain in very few minutes, aud
heal without scar
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Buchanan County Probate Cour,

4 FTER THE 3lsT DAY OF DECEM.
\ Der, 500, the County Judge will be at
the Court House on the first Monday Of each
month, TO attend to Probate business and all
such legal business as may be brought before
said Court
Owing to a change in the laws by the last
legislature
IL All Fees sriH be required invariably in al.
rance. STEPHEN j. W. TABOR
Go, Judge,
Independence, Nov. p, 1860. 81 .6w
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Notice..

The monthly meeting of all the Sab
bath Schools of Independence will be
held next Sabbath, at 3 O'Clock p. NJ,
at the Court House. Address by j. M.
HoRp, Esq
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Glass & Glassware.

A large assortment con- stantly on hand salt
able for Druggists and Hon, sekeepers,
At WALLACE'S Drug Storr.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1861-02-05
Laden with New Goods,

lust adapted for the season, md when the peo-
lie rush to his Store to examin. the new styles
nd latest fashions ms well a. 10 s4>' the neces-
airy and useful articles for housekeepe, 5, lndls-
'ensabe to all, the astonishing low pn> 'es at
Which he sells his Goods will sonnl IiEa
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1861-04-11
FOREIGN MISCELLANY.

Ga the 30th of January the Haytien Gov
eminent treated the people Of Port au Prince
to Il curious exhibition. \ sroupe of figures
were arranged to represent the five martyrs
of Harper's Ferry---John Brown. Cook, Cop
pic. Green and Copeland, Mrs. John Brown
was presented in mourning costume, her
counteuance wearing the impress ofproluund
grief.
The Paris correspondent Of the London
Post, writing on the 18th ult., says:-"The
dispatches which have reached official quar-
tiers here from the United States anticipaten
civil war. 1t has been suggested Ill high
quarters that England and France should
mediate between the North and South, in
order if possible, to avoid bloodshedD"
Mr.. Faulkner, the American minister, with
Mrs. Faulkner and Miss Lizzy Faulkner,
dined with their Majesries Il few days ago, at
the Tuilleries, and the American crisis natur-
ally came up for discussion. Ii was indeed
discussed at great length. The Emperor
Thought that the inaugural ought to satisfy
ull who were disposed to be satisfied.
| The Project of Loiret, in France. has adj
| dressed circular to the functionaries under
| his order, commanding them not to visit the
Bishop of Orleans in future, whose attitude
is said to be clearly marked with political
| hostility to the Government.
The English civil engineers, comparing
themselves to those of other nations, say their
own are trustworthy, but not as body the
most ccoInplised the French are the most
finished, the Germans the most profound,
and the Americans the most daring.
The number Of French troops in the Papal
States is stated by The Roman correspondent
of the London Times to be between nineteen
and twenty thousand men, nearly three times
as many as were there at the beginning Of
| last summer.
Madame St. Mare, Il Parisian dame offers
her services to those who wish to be married.
Her house, she says, is known all over Europe
for it's honorabilite and she acts with celerlte
and discretion.
The smell of musk can yet he detected in
the mortar with which tie Mosque Of St.
Sophia was constructed by Justin!an in the
year 538.
The London pickpockets have trained dogs
to such accurate operation, that they jump
at gold watch, seize it, snap the chain, and
bolt off where their master is waiting.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1861-04-11
KARRIEO.

March 2Sth, 1861, by Rev. c. c. Biting, NJ ~.
WILLIAM II. CHESHIRE, and Miss ELhhN
K. SCOTT, both Of Alexandria, Va.
On the morning of the 18th INST, At the res
deuce Of Dr.. VIM. A. McFeigh, Fairfax toua.!'
Va, by Elder Thaddnus Herndon Elder Til ON W;
B. SHEPHERD, of Clarke county, to Miss Eliza
V, second daughter of the Ito Thomas hose'
Of Loldoun. The Charestowu papers, je'ef''-
county, will please copy.]
At Bushwood, the residence Of Col Edmund "
Plowden, in ST. Mary'scounty, Maryland, on INV ~,
instant, by the Rev. Father Mcguire, ). W. :"
Washington, the Hon. LANSING STot4, y
Oregon, to Miss SUSIE C., daughter Of ''''
PluYdcu.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1861-04-11

Late dispatches from the South represent
thHi President Davis has made another re-
QUESTION upon the Confederate States for
troops, aud that the new ievies were rapidly
moving toward Pensacola. At Charleston
affairs are coming to a decisive point. Five
thousand men are stationed around Fort Sum.
ter, and companies of volunteers were con-
tluung to arrive from the interior Of the
State. The report Of Il war vessel having
been seen of the harbor is discredited by
the Charleston dispatches.
The second volume Of Buckles History
STERILIZATION in England' is now passing
throug h the press of the Appletons. 1t is
reprinted trUm advance sheets Oi the Eng
lisli editiun. This volume is an analysis
of the several causes to which have disturbed
the course OF civilization III various countries.
Spain, Scotland, France, Germany and the
United States.
Samuel IL. Cochranc, of Baltimore, has
been appointed by the Secretary of State
Commercial Agent for Maryland at st. Do
nlingo. The appointment was made with
out any solicitation on the part OF Mr.. c.,
who has not yet determined upon its ucccp-
| lance.
| The Norfolk boat from Baltimore, on Mon
| day afternoon, carried number Of recruits
for the army Of the Southern Confederacy
enlisted by therecruiting officer there. Sev
eral young striplings, whose mothers evil
| IDENTIFY did not know they were out, were
refused passage.
| The Governor of Kansas withholds the
certificates Of election to Mess.s Lane and
Pomeroy as the United States Senators, on
| the ground that there is some doubt as to the
legality of the election, there being an ex-
cess .! the number Of votes cast.
The press continues to be absorbed in the
policy Of the government-its warllke AZ
maments and their probable intent. The
opinion is increasing that the expedition is,
in the main, for Texas, to keep quiet the Ca
manches.
The frequent disputes which arise between
gas companies and their customers AZ to the
accuracy of the meters, seem to require that
Il different system OF inspection should be es-
| tablished.
DR.. VIM. Y. Heating has been elected by
the trustees of the Jefferson Medical College,
in Philadelphia, to fill the Chair of Obstetrics
and Midwifery. lately made vacant by the
resignation Of Professor Meigs.
The three leading millinery establishments
Of Macon, Georgia, have purchased their
spring stocks Of goods iii New Orleans, in
stead Of going North ~ heretofore they have
done.
Mr.. Jcrcmiuh Bryant, very well known
throughout the country as the founder Of
Bryant's MinSLrols, died in New York on
Monday, Vf congestion OF The brain.
The great Black Republican "Wigwam, -
in which Abe Lincoln was nominated for
President, was to have been sold at auction
OH Saturday last.
No officer Judge, Murshal or Clerk-ol
either Texas United States Judicial District
has resigned; all still claiming 10 be in the
| lawful exercise Of their functions there.
Gov. Corwin, cur new Minister 10 Mexico,
is in New York, and about to sail for Vera.
| Cruz.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1861-04-11

News rRuM Observation-Disclosures
April "A call WAS made by mail from the
War department tonight ON each of the
Confederate States for 5000 volunteers, ex-
ceft Florida, which is called on for 1900.
President Davis directs the movements of
the troops at Pensacola by telegraph. A
battery Of eleven-lnch guns commands all
the approaches To Fort Pckens. The mo-
ment Ill attempts made to relieve the garri-
son Il destructive fire will be opened.
Tine Cabinet here have just concluded u
prG:racte,i session Oh the course to be pur-
sued in the present serious crisis. Jefferson
Davis strongly urges al aggressive policy
toward the United States, and it was at
length decided to instruct the commissioners
aC Washington to present their ultimatum to
President Lincoln, and if it should not be
accepted, to declare war.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1861-04-11

EXPORTS CT DOMEsrlC PKopuCE.--Tte ex-
traordiuu:y expert demand for domestic pro-
duce continues 10 attract special attention,
the movements of breadsyuifs and provisions
on foreign account being III some respects
beyond all former precedent. Within the
past three months, as we learn from the
Journal of Commerce, the exports from the
port of New York exhibit some very striking
changes. The exports Of flour from that
port have nearly quadrnpled; the shipments
Of wheat and corn have So Immensely ID
creased that the previous totals can hardly
be compared with them; the total OF cotton
has also increased, while naval stores $40"
II slight diminution, owing, in part, to The
high rates of freight. In pork and beet
there Is comparative decline; but IN cut
meats, butter, cheese, lard, and tsllow the
gain is enormous, and has, for period of
many mouths, attracted the attention of all
classes of shippers. One peculiarly Of this
large business is that prices at home have
hardly been sustained, Notwithstanding this
immense drain upon the supply; showing
that, but for such III outlet, the decline in
home values would have been very disas
trous.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1861-04-11

The ARMY AND N,yY.-Of the eleven hun
dred and ten officers whose names are on the
Army Register, the number of designations,
to this date, since the present difficulties
commenced, is eighty-six. Of eight hundred
and six commissioned officers, thirty-three
have resigned from all causes since the lst Of
January, to which should be added four lieu
tenants who resigned in December, from their
sympathy with secession. Of the seventy
six commissioned officers OF the navy from
the seeded States on the lst Of January, ff
ty remain in tie service. Wash. Rep.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1861-04-11

SENATuN BREChiNRiDuE on THE STATE Of
THE Marion. -The Frankfort Commonwealth
terms the recent speech of Senator Breckin-
ridge, before the kentucky Legislature, n
secession spce,h." i; says:
Ills speech amounted to Just this: If the
North and the seeding States could agree
upon 81 compromise which should be final,
and which would induce the seeding States
10 come back, then he would be reioccd :;
but unless the seeding States would consent
IL come back, he was for hentucky'S going
with them Al the same time he attempted
10 convince the Legislature that such !. com
promise was utterly impossible"
10 This dnctrire the Commonwealth de-
clares the Union Democracy Of Kentucky
will never subscribe:
If the Border Slave States in Conyen-
ton agree upon platform which will secure
to us all our constitutional rights, and the
North accepts ii az Il basis OF settlement, the
Border Slave States will not 20 out OF the
Union, even il! the seeding States should go
to Halifax. The seeding States did not
consult kentucky about going out OF the
Union. They Spurne4 her counsels and re-
iected her advice with scoru. Must Ken
lucky, then, first obtain their promise TO
come back before she decides what she will
do? Never. Let her decide upon her own
destiny with especial reference TO tie desires
and wishes OF her own people,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1861-04-11

The late bran new" 'all fred, Seus;.
ton newspaper paragraph going the round
IS, that "rattlesnakes" are caught and put
into the mail bags, and sent about the coun-
try, so that when the mail are opened, the
snakes may jump OUT sting the postmasters
and clerks, and deal death and destruction"
ell around Amt this "a dainty dish TO
set before an Intelligent people, vino must
and Will read the newspapers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1861-04-11

The murder Of Mr.. Huestren, the Ameri-
can Secretary Of Legation, in Japan, has
created much excitement in that country,
among natives and foreigners. \ conyersa-
ton was held with the famous Tommy on
the subject, who deplored the affair, denounc
ed the wickedness of many of the Japanese,
and said things never would be better until
good schools and colleges were established
and ''people tsuyht to read the bible"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1861-04-11
ICu!HMCNlCATED.

1t WAS at Orange Court House, and not al
Culpeper Court House, where the newly sP
pointed Mail Agents were waited uprn'
and advised to surrender their apponl,
ments, if they wished to save their bacon, aud
by the way, it was not q deputatlon Of The
citizens Of the village, but simply le"
young bloods, who were upon that occa:Io"'
quite full of "phight" H.
Orange, April 9. 1861.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1861-04-11

Twelve daily papers in different parts of
the country, have, since the present troubles
began, suecumbed to the pressure of the
times, and stopped. A number of weekly
papers have also stopped.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1861-04-11

The Washington States and Union Gays
that numerous assertions from the marines
at the Navy Yard in Washington, have lately
taken place,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1861-04-11

The Norfolk Day Book states that the
troops at Fortress Monroe are not allowed
to pass beyond the picket guard, aud the
strictest military discipline prevails. GA
the lst inst, there WAS received at the fort
trtm Baltimore twelve boxes Of grape shot,
together with great many IRON castings,
used i'll mounting guns.
On the lst instant, William NJ. Churn, of
Accomac, Va, Was accidentally drowned III
Drummond's mill-pond, while returning
In a skif' from small island and when
within twenty yards Of the shore. No rescue
could reach him, although his wife Was stand
ing Oh the bank at the time.
The railroad at Aqua Greek was 50 much
under water on Tuesday, that unusual i'll
convenience was experienced in landing
passengers from the nlail-boat, aud many re-
turned TO Washington. refusing TO risk land
luZ at all.
ParkerSburg is like an oasis i'll the desert.
The oil excitement has sprung up consid
cradle trade and the wharf aud Railroad
depot present az active appearance which Is
quite refreshing in these hard times.
Al the municipal election in StGunton,
Va, on the Sd insrant, \. X Trout was eiec
ted Mayor.
Mr. Randolph, the secession delegate from
Richmond to the Virginia convention, is u
grandson OF Thomas Jefferson.
james Wheny, of Va, has been appointed
Receiver Of The Land Office in Dacotah Ter
ritUrv.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1861-04-11
Wa bava aIraady announced that Col.

We have already auhounoe0 tua1 Ool.
Fauntleroy has brought the late campaign
against the Navaioe Indians to a successful
close. lie was engaged ali winter in chas-
ing them through the Businesses of the
Rocky Mountains His men marched day
after day, carrying rations and clothing,
over deep SHOWS, through regions believed
10 be inaccessible at that season, the Their
mometer often ten or fifteen degrees below
zero. The Spvages never offered battle, but
numbers OF them lost their lives when found
in tho villages or small Struggling parties,
and their spirit is believed to be completely
broken. They were finally glad to ask peace
on any terms. On the 18th Of February,
accordingly. treaty was made with their
prominent chiefs, thirty-two in number, who
bound themselves not to raise any further
Disturbances and to contine themselves to a
certain section Of the country. The United
States troops are also 10 protect the Navaloes
from Mexican incursions, from which they
have hitherto suffered greatly.
DeBow's Review for March, speaking of
''tLe true origin and nature of all govern
ment," says: "-tU gorernmcM deqinS wth
uSmpation. ard IS Continued by force. Ma
ture puts the ruling elements uppermost,
and the masses below and subject to those
elements Less than this is not government.
| The right TO govern resides with very small
minority; the duty to obey IL Inherent
| in the great mass OF mankind" The italics
are in the original article. Do Bows Re
view, is, like the Charleston Mercury, IAN
accredited organ But we cannot believe
that this new view Of government is to be
adopted or endorsed this side Of the Atlantic
| by any considerable number of the Amerl-
can people.
The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle and Sentinel
says that it expects TO see two parties ar
rayed in the Southern Coniederacy, strug,
Cling for the Presidency next fall, and The
division will probably be upon the point OF
admission Of other States That seems to
Us now the most probable point upon which
parties will organize-one tavorlug the ad-
| mission Of other STATES which may choose ~
| accept our CONSTITUTIONS, the other cllnglng
to the delusion Of Il pure siaveocracy. The
| present Provisional President and wee
| President. we believe, both favor the idea OF
ultimate reorganization upon our basis, and
on this ground an opposition party will be
perhaps arrayed against them"
The New York Herald in It's issue Of Tues
day, refers to several recent elections, aud
expresses the opinion that they are indicative
oi :. revolution in public sentiment in the
North, which ~ working silently but etfectv
ely. 1t sayS.--"lt may take some years tt
effect it's object, but il is, nevertheless, st
radical that we should not be ulprlSed II Il
eliminated eventually i'll driving all the Ill
ira abolitionistS, vino have brought the pre-
sent calamity upon az, out OF the country
altogether, to seek shelter and make mlschie
somewhere else"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1861-04-11

4 large number of Office seekers from the
North, is said, have been compelled to leave
Washington, owing to tho pressure O.; the
times, AMI the persistent demands of hotel
and boarding house keepers, leaving trunks,
VaAses, and carpet-bags behind in pawn"