The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1861-03-19

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John S. Nicolay, Esq, has been ap-
pointed Private Secretary of the Presi.
dent.
The Crusader U. S. steamer is report
ed to be the vessel which is to go tc
Charleston to take off Maj Anderson anc
his men. This, however, lacks confirm
alton.
Accounts from Charleston say tina
Gov. Pickens and Gen. Beauregard have
decided on erecting notifications at Sta
no, and all the inlets leading to that har
Dor.
The Philadelphia Press says that in
the debate on the Corwin amendment,
Joe Lane voted for the correction of tht
, bad English of Mr.. Corwin /! Good joke
that, for "gosef lain"
The Abingdon correspondent of the
Norristown National Democrat states, as
a rumor, that President Buchanan has
rented the mansion and farm of Mr.
Drake, near the Second street road, &
short distance above Olney, in Philadel
rhia county, where he will take up his
, residence.
The Turkey river was higher during
the late thaw than it has been for sever.
al years, and at Elkader it was fifteen
feet higher than usual. With all, the
rise was unusually sudden, which
brought down the ice in heavy gorge,
and swept away or materially injured
every bridge from Auburn to Elkader
Mills and dams have also suffered great
ly.
PoIsoNED.-We learn that family oil
six or seven persons named LleualIyn,
living near Langworthy, Jones Co., were
poisoned week ago last Saturday. One
rumor is that they had arsenic in the
house, and by some means it was put in
to their food. Another is that some one
had thrown arsenic into their pork bar
rel. The first is probably the correct
one. The persons poisoned are recover
ing.
DISCONTINUED The Nashville Pat
riot says: "The disunionists are blub-
bering dreadfully because the Legislature
declare the stale is unarmed and at the
mercy Of the enemy. They are mistaken.
The state is thrice armed, and fears no
enemy. Having rebuked secession, and
determined to exhaust the remedies with
in the Union for maintaining her rights,
she hath just cause and 'thrice is he
armed who hath his quarrel just She
will get her rights and save the Union."
The Iowa State Hospital for the Insane
was opened by appropriate religious and
miscellaneous exercises, on the 9th inst.
This will be gratifying news to the peo-
pie of the State. who have long felt the
necessity of an institution Of this kind in
which to place the large number of in
sane persons now confined in the jails Of
the several counties. 1t has been several
years in the-course Of erection, and it is
said that it is admirably calculated to
fulfill the object for which it was found
ed. Although it is an expensive struct-
ure, it is no more so than the purpose for
which it is designed requires that it
should be.
Mr.. Levi Walters, of Marshalltown,
met with an accident which came near
terminating his career. While at work
in Woodbury's FIGURING Mill. he went
below for the purpose of adjusting belt,
and while in the act of doing so his
clothes were caught and he drawn up
close to shaft revolving at the rate of
about go revolutions minute. He sue
ceeded after while in making those
employed in the mill near him, when
they Immediately shut of the water.
When found he was nearly or quite in
sensible and his clothes were nearly
stripped off from him. He was badly
bruised, although no bones were broken
POSTAL SYSTEM IN THE G. S. A.-The
Congress of the "one-horse Confedera-
cy" have adopted an act, raising the
rates of letter postage to fire cents fol
any distance under 500 miles, and te,
cents for all distances over 500 miles
also fixing the rates Of postage at tax
cents ON drop. letters. The Postal Com
mittes recommend the discontinuance o
large number of Offices and routes. and
the adoption of the star hid' system
of awarding mail oohtracts--giving The
contracts to the lowest bidder, witbou
regard to the manner or the speed o
conveyance
Honest John Covode, Of Pennsylva
MIA, had narrow escape from death. il
Washington, last Tuesday evening. Hi
two rooms at the Avenue House were oc
cupied by a large gathering of hi
friends, when one of them, dIsting uish
ed member of Congress, from Pennsyl
vania, while examining fine specimen
of arms, of Sharp's invention, dischar
ged the piece by accident The bal
pierced through the door of one room
passing into the adjoining apartment
and cutting its way through the rail Q
5 the bedstead upon which the HONORABLE
member was seated at the moment. with
in about couple of inches of his person
A dozen persons at least, were in tn
same room. and by the greatest goo'
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