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The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-02-11

NS- The rebels are in great distress
relative to the probably weakening Of
their army through the expiration Of the
terms of enlistment Of the soldiers. Most
.. their troops were enlisted for twelve
months, which term is now about expir-
ing, and in almost all cases they refuse
longer to serve, desiring at least an op-
portunity to visit their homes. The
Memphis appeal says, relative to this
matter:
I. were foolhardy and unwise to conceal the
fac. thai the profoundest statesmen in the Conted
eracy entertain great opprehensions on the subject
of reenListment.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-02-11
More Expeditions.

re- A very formidable expedition of
mortar boats is being fitted out in New
York, to be under the command of Can
tain PORTER, United States Navy. The
vessels are mostly schooners of light draft,
apparently calculated for operation on
rivers or in shoal waters. The mortars
throw Is inch shell, one of the most
destructive missiles known. The vessels
each, also, mount one or two rifed can
non. The expedition is now nearly
ready to sail. 1t will be accompanied
by supporting military force of 60 1000
men, and will operate, it is stated against
various points. 1t is said that there is
hardly a city on the southern coast which
cannot be reduced by the fleet. despite
all the Notifications now existing.
Gen. Butler has also at last completed
his expedition. His forces, 10000
strong, have sailed from Boston for Ship
Island, which position the Expedition
already holds. 1t is believed that the
expedition is destined TO operate against
New Orleans. With these evidences OF
activity We almost begin to have faith in
the anaconda"
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-02-11

care not that the cold damps of his earth
en- couch may strike a chill to his very
bones, and thus lay the foundation for
disease and death needless ofeverything
save his fatigue, he resigns himself to
sleep. A few, more hardy than their
comrades, scatter themselves to procure
wood and water for coffee. Here and
there around the blackened camp kettles
the fires spring up, their cheerful crack
ling alone disturbing the gloomy soil
tude of the wood. The sleeping soldier
dreams. He is far away Northward,
basking in the sunshine of that fairest
spot on earth, sweet home. He is happy
once more-he is in fairie land. Low,
sweet strains Of music reach his ear
nearer, richer, louder they swell. Is it
an enchantment =? He awakes. The
band is playing our national airs, ever
welcome, ever thrilling, to soldier
heart and never failing to rouse all his
patriotism and give him new inspira
ton. The peaceful moon is looking
smilingly down through the lace work
of vines and limbs, upon the reclining
forms beGeath !; the camp fires are reflect
ed back from FURNISHED bayonets. All
this is not hcme-uo bayonets there
and the vision yah ishes. But the music
is here, and as his eye ttokes in the scene
around him he begins to realize the
romance of war. He is a new benz now
He rises with a shiver from the cod
ground, and is perhaps saved from a
fever. What change has been wrought
in the camp! all is now life and action.
Willing hands supply the waning fires
with fuel, aud the cheering flames leap
heavenward. A warm, nourishing sup
per is soon prepared, and eaten with a
gusto known only to soldiers. Still the
band plays on. Dry leaves and twgs
are collected, blankets are unroled, and
all is ready for wholesome slumber. The
band ceases,-cheer upon cheer from the
grateful hearts Of the soldiers rends the
air, and soon a.. is quiet again.
Ye powers that be, will ye drive your
willing slaves over long, billy roads, day
and night, through storm and frost
half starve them when We list pull them
down with hard work /; and worst of all,
give them no opportunity to accomplish
their end-to whip the enemy will We
do all this, and then take from them what,
of all the various adjuncts Of their WIZ
zand life, they most highly prize, their
bands =? Do we think to economic by
thus aiding in the destruction of what
little esprit du corps your soidiery may
already possess Know We not that a
strong arm without a will is powerless ?
Have ye no music in your souls ?
]. L. LOOMS
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-02-11

from Lebanon, who left yesterday al noon,
reports the enemy's pickets within thirty
miles of that place. and that the Federal
pickels were in hailipg distance Firing
had taken place between them, but was
subsequently, suspended, as if by mutual
consent.
The report was current at Lebanon
that Price had made an Intellectual at
tempt by three different routes to move
off his baggage, but failed to accomplish
his purpose. He finally assured his men
that the only alternative left was to fight
or surrender.
Major Wright's battalion was twelve
miles west, in possession of Touring
mill.
The messenger passed Gen. Sigel's
body guard near the Gasconade, and also
Gen. Ashboth, who was crossing that
river this side of Lebanon.
A batch of prisoners has been captur-
ed, including Captain Mansfield.
The troops from Sedalia had not arrv-
ed at Lebanon when the messenger de-
parted.
BosroN, February 6,-Great activity
prevails in getting off the Butler expedi-
ton. Several vessels are already loaded,
or loading, with troops ard stores.
The Maine Fourteenth Regiment, First
Maine Battery, Second Vermont Battery,
and Fourth Massachusetts, Battery, of the
New England division, are being en-
barked o-day.
Probably all the vessels will sail the
present week.
Gen. Buffers entire division will con-
sist Of about ten thousand men.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-02-11
SIIERIFF,S SALE.

DY VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION IS-
ID sued out of and und der the seal of the Dis
trict Court of Buchanan County, Iowa, in favor
of CHARLES w. CUMMINGS, and against
the goods and chattels, of the estate Of Charles
O. Hagan, deceased, in hands of John d. Jen-
nings, Administrator de bonis non of the said es-
tate, have levied upon the following describ,
ed property, viz:
Two promissory notes for one hundred and
twenty five dollars each. Said notes bearing
date of February 18th, 1858, and due in six
and nine months after date. with use. Said
notes executed by B. S. Rider, and Robert
Plane, as the property of said estate Said
levy subject to an Attorneys lien to the amount
Of twenty dollars.
Which property, as above described, / will
offer for sale, ut Public Auction, at the door of
the Sheriff's Office, in the village of Indepen-
dence, on Saturday, the 18th day of February
1862, at 2 o'clock. p. NJ. of said day, to the
highest bidder, to satisfy said execution and
costs. MELVIN GILLETT, SHERIFF.
BY j. NJ. WEsrFALL, Deputy.
Sheriff's Office, Independence, Iowa,l
Jan'y. q. 1862. 45-2w
G. f. Leayitt, Atty.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-02-11
VICTORY In TENNESSEE.
FORT HENRY CAPTURED.
Correspondence of Chicago Journal.

Correspondence of Chicago Journal.
CAIRO, Feb. 7.
By the arrival of one of the gunboats
from the expedition up the Tennessee
River, we learn that the rebel Fort Hen
ry surrendered to our troops yesterday
afternoon.
The engagement between the gunboats
and the Fort lasted over an hour, and
the rebels were finally forced to give up.
Our land forces did not come up to the
Fort till an hour or two after the surren.
der. They Immediately took possession
of the Ohio and Memphis Railroad. The
rebels retreated before the arrival of the
land forces.
During the engagement. the gunboat
Essex received shot in her boilers. caus-
ing an explosion, killing two pilots. woun-
ding Capt. Porter severely.
The gunboat Cincinnati. now here, re-
ceived thirty four shots, killing only one
man.
The crew Of the Essex saved them
selves by jumping overheard.
Two rebel Generals, one Colonel, two
Captains, and one hundred privates are
reported to have been taken prisoners.
The Cincinnati fired l26 rounds, and
the St. Louis 10. The Essex was disa-
bled on the tenth round.
The utmost capacity Of the railroads
between Chicago. Cairo and st. Louis is
taxed in conveying troops TO Cairo. Reg
iments are going to Fort Henry, Tenn,
in great numbers.
CAIRO, Feb. 7.
arrived from Fort Henry on the gun
boat St. Louis this morning. We left
the Fort at O'Clock last evening.
Our gun-boats took one 1873 FOUNDER,
one 25 rided, two 42-pounders, ten 32-
Founders, one "a siege gun, two l2-
Founders, one 6pounder caisson in the
Fort.
A rifed shell was fired directly into
the muzzle Of the 1873 FOUNDER. Seven
guns were disabled. Thirty lone shots
struck the Cincinnati, seven struck the
ST. Louis, and fourteen struck the Is
sex.
The Cincinnati, Carondelet and st.
Louis were within 800 yards OF the reb.
ell batteries when the flag was hauled
down.
The St. Louis had no one injured
as good as new. She fired 1876 shots du-
ring the engagement So five-second ri
file finch shells, weighing eighty lbs
10 ten-second, ditto 2 fifteen second,
ditto IL five second and 8 second
8-inch shells.
The Cincinnati fired one hundred and
thirty six shots. The Essex fired fifty
five shells.
The Essex was disabled by a round
shot that entered forward post, passing
through heavy bulwark into her boiler.
She reports 26 killed, wounded, and mis-
sing. Her pilots, Marsh Ford. of Pitts
burg. and Jas. Mcbride, of Cincinnati,
were scalded, and died.
Capt. Porter's clerk, S. b. Britton, was
killed, round shot taxing off his head.
Two were killed on the Cincinnati. The
second Master, Iewett, lost leg, but
will probably recover.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-02-11
Correspondence of the Guardian.
CAMP WORTH, Smithton, NJ


CANT WORTH, Smithton, MOI
Jan. %, le62. I
FRIEND Rich 1t has been proposed
to dispense with regimental brass bands
The wishes of the soldiers are entirely
against such a step. The proposition
originated in 4 DIES ire to curtail expenses,
but it may well be questioned whether
such action would not in the end prove
to be false economy. Hand 10 mouth
economists are proverbially short sight
ed, as well as small souled. They com.
prehend none but the immediate AMI
most superficial effects of given cause.
Wrapped up in their one idea, their mo-
nomania beclouds their faculties and
renders Legitimate reasoning an impossi-
bility. In the present case say they,
bands cost a great deal of money they
are not essential in the contest with the
enemy they may afford the soldiers some
amusement. but they are an expensive
xtravagance--too costly, too costly"
Little do they understand the effect Of
band music upon the minds and morals
of the troops; nothing can so invigor-
ate the dropping energies on the fatigu
ing march nothing SO cheering in the
hour of dependency.
Our regiment boasts one of the best
bands in" this department, and often,
when wearied by long, laborious marches
over rough roads, after sleepless nights,
footsore, with every limb and joint ach
ing, joyous, animating strains reyiyifed
our falling spirits, galvanizing every
muscle into renewed life and exertion.
Night approaches. and the regiment
reaches its camping ground. Arms are
stacked, knapsacks are hastily thrown
off, and the tired soldier drops TO the
ground, softer now than the elder down
bed Of noble or prince. lie seems to.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-02-11
Tyy- The RrRNsInE Eynaditiou h

Et- The BURNSIDE Expedition has
thus far succeeded in doing nothing. The
Time has been expended in laborious eff
forts to get the fleet into deep water, which
has finally been accomplished. The de-
lay has given the rebels ample time to
reinforce and fortiiy threatened points of
attack. Some 5000 troops, however.
had been landed, and active work was
soon to commence.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-02-11
WOOD! WOOD!
Taken i'm Exchange for
Goods,
By 7. H. BOWEN,
At the Old Stone Store. on the West side of the
River, Independence, Iowa.
SHERIFF'S SALE.

DY VIRTUE of an Execution issued out Of
ID and under the Seal of the District Court
of Buchanan County, Iowa, in favor of Norton.
Jewett d Buzbee, and against the goods and
chattels, lands and tenements, of George w.
Heath l have levied upon the following de-
scribed property, viz:
The southwest quarter OF the northeast quar-
ter, and the north west quarter Of the southeast
quarter of section three, township eighty seven
range eight west.
Which property, ms above described, I win
offer for sale, at Public Auction, ut the door OF
the Sheriff e Office, in the village Of Indepen-
dence. on Saturday the 22d day Of February. a :.
d. 1862. at Two o'clock, l.. NJ. of said day, to,
the highest bidder, to satisfy said execution
and costs.
MELVIN GILLETT, SHERIFF.
Sherff's Office, Independence, Iowa1
Jan. 90, 1862. 44-4w
THOMAS ABBOTT, Atty for Plaintiff
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-02-11
EFT A rumor is mentioned in late M

EO A fumOf IS mentioned IN late pa
pers, of the superceding of Gen. Nc.
CLELLAN. 1t is said TO have arisen from
these circumstances Gen. McCLELL-
ANS staff had been ordered across the
river into Virginia. When the General
follows, he simply assumes the command
of the army of The Potomac, and turns
over to the Secretary Of War the direc-
ton Of matters in the other military de
parlments. We apprehend that neither
the rumor or the explanation have much
foundation in fact.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-02-11

EE- The House of Representatives has
passed the Treasury Note bill. 1t pro-
vides for the issuing of one hundred and
fifty millions Of treasury notes, and makes
them legal tender. 1t also provides for
the retiring of the fifty millions now in
circulation, and the issuing ofothers sim.
liar to the plate of the 10000, 900, in
their stead, so as to have all the notes oil
the same description and appearance.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-02-11

The rapid increase of the public fund
ed debt Of France during peace has been
beyond precedent. In 1915 the whole
debt of France only amounted to Co.,
GAG. lO8. In 1851 it had increased TO
f213,825, 492, and in 1853, according
to the last reliable return TO which we
have access, it has further amounted up
10 i376, 956,65l.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-02-11
SHERIFF,S SALE.

pY VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION, is
- sued out of and under the seal of the Dis.
trict Court of Buchanan County, Iowa, in favor
OF J. s.. Jeness and against the goods
and chattels, lands and tenements of S. W.
Harden, have levied upon the following de-
scribed property, to wit:
Lots and in Block l3, in the village Of
Quasqueton, in Buchanan County, Iowa
Which property, as above described, l will
offer for sale, at Public Auction, at the door Of
the Sheriff s Office, in the village Of Indepen-
dence. on Saturday, the 9th day of March.
A. d. 1862, at Two o'clock, P. NJ. of said day..
to the highest bidder, TO satisfy said Exccu-
tion and costs
MELVIN GILLETT, SHERIFF..
Sheriff's Office, Independence, Iowa,1
Feb. 3, 1862. (46-4w
Thomas Abbott, Atty.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-02-11

In 1861, Iowa had wool clip of not
less than 8oo,ooo pounds. The amount
of sorghum syrup manufactured during
the same year was over 100000 gal
Ions. A million dollars have been sa-
we'd to the State in the production of Scr.
ghum and Imphee.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-02-11

w The Mexicans are rallying with
great unanimity to repel the invasion of
their country. A battle was recently
fought at the National Bridge, near Vera
Cruz, against the Spaniards. in which
ths latter were routed with much loss.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-02-11

How TO RAISE THE TAx-There is
law OH the statute book Of assachusetts
imposing fine Of not less than one dol
lar, nor more than five, for every profane
oath uttered The Boston Journal thinks
IA due enforcement of this law would raise
the tax quota of Massachusetts, and leave
a balance to spare
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-02-11

EE A letter printed in the Dubuque
Times says that the tents of the 9th Iowa
are all provided with sheet iron
stove. Col. VANDEvER has certainly pro-
vided most admirably for his men. 1t
is said to be one Of the best clothed and
best armed regiments in the service.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-02-11

PRISONER DEPOT READY.-The San
dusky Register says that the prison bull
dings on Johnson Island, in Lake Erie,
are complete, and are all ready TO receive
their secession occupants.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-02-11

Senator Pomeroy, Of Kansas, has Of
fered, and the Senate has passed, reso
luton, calling on the Secretary of War
for the orders and directions in regard
to the supplies Of LANES command, and
whether the orders have been changed
since Gen. LANE left Washington, and
whether the orders Of Gen. HUNTER are
in accordance with the orders of the War
Department.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-02-11
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
NOTICE.

TNHE accounts of Dr. H. II. HUNT have been
i placed in my hands for collection. All
persons indebted to him will please call at my
Office and settle Immediately by note or other
wise. RANSOM BARTLE.
Independence, Feb. g. 1862. 47-tf
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-02-11

Nearly all the Eastern Railroads, like
the Western, have been blockaded by
snow.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-02-11
Capture Of TT. Henry.

We publish elsewhere the particulars
OF brilliant Union victory in Tennes.
see. TT. Henry, the captured fortress, is
situated on the Tennessee River, near the
line between Kentucky and Tennessee,
and is farther south than Columbus or
Bowling Green. Its possession by our
troops not only cuts off the commulica.
tion between those two places. but gives
us the command Of the Memphis and
Lexington Railroad, and leaves the way
clear. by way of the Tennessee River, to
the northern counties of Alabama. TT.
Donelson, on the Cumberland, is also
probably by this time invested, and if Ia
ken, opens the way directly TO Nashville.
Regiment after regiment is now being sent
up the Tennessee, to co operate, doubt
less, with Gen. BUELL. in the attack upon
the rebel position at Bowling Green, or,
possibly, 10 take Columbus in the rear.
The situation. thus far, promises well.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-02-11

We are without our letter from Des
Moines. aud have received no papers from
thence tie past week. and are therefore
entirely III lie dark relative 10 legislative
proceedings. The snow has tprobably
iltelfeled with the mails.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-02-11

Esr Carl Schulz. late Minister to
Spain, has returned to this country, and
IS now Ia Washington.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-02-11
FARM FOR SALE.
EOR sale, by the subscriber,
A Fine Farm

of 10 acres, situated about miles south Of In
dependence, 100 acres of which are prairie and
10 acres good timber. There are 20 acres I'M
der cultivation, on which are house, a good
well Of water, and young orchard. Inquire
Of b. w. OGDEN. Esq, Sumner Township, or
of J.F. ROM1G.
Feb. 18th, 1862. Aim
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-11-24

GIRLS must think little, and talk less
of matrimony. If they will look upon
marriage as the height of worldly aspira-
ton, as the grand source of earthly hap
piness, we can tell them of better way
to reach that goal than by frequent dis
cussions of the theme. Let them seem,
by assiduously cultivating the graces of
life, by attention to the needs, tastes, and
happiness, of their associates, to forget
their own personality Let them cult
vate cheerfulness, physical health, indus
try, and the Christian graces springing
from conscientious devotion to duty, and
they are sure to become the objects of
that solid admiration which recommends
them for wives.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-11-24

HEREis bit of English eccentricity
in sufficiently bad taste, even for John
Bull Mr.. Queensly, the Cambridge sa-
Uant, great admirer of the Greek poets,
has given orders in his will that after his
death his body shall be dissected and has
skin taken eff and tanned, in such a
manner as to convert it into a parch-
ment, on which the Had of Homer shall
then be coupled, the singular MS. to be
then deposited in the British Museum.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-11-24
aea- The meanest act of the whole v

BGas The mean est act of the whole war
occurred at Chaplin Hills. When the
battle was over, and the night had COW
cred the dead and wounded under the
dark trees, the Bishop General Polk sta
toned himself with small and secret
force, under the shadow of the forest, by
the side of the Dead hyena-like, and,
when benevolent and Christian heart
came to look for his dead or wounded
friend, he would take him prisoner,
march him of, and strip him.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-11-24
Itle RaiGu dunrnar.
W.T. AND SENTIMENT.
% A little nonsense now and then,
rs reltshed by the wisest men,"

The following will do for "war
item," we think, although the keen of it
is an escape from going to war:
well known that Commissioner Kupp
was very precise and exact in his pro-
ceedings; always keeping an eye to the
interests Of the country, while dealing
honorably with all Now, it happened
that among the able-bodied men drafted
from one Of the Heidelbergs, there was
one obese specimen of humanity, but
whom the chances hit as one of the elect
When he received his ticket for soup"
he fastened to Reading, and knowing
where lived the cutest specimen of a
lawyer, he went straight to his Office
Said he:
I'm draftedp
"The deuce you are; it must have
been a strong man that drafted youl"
"Well, I'm drafted, and | want to get
out Can't march. I'll pay well. ."
Every well"
The twain proceeded to the office of
the Commissioner.
Here" said the lawyer, Commits
sioner, have got substitute"
Commissioner looked at the wheeZy
specimen for some time.
He won't do; can't march
But he must do" clustered out the
lawyer, "and you know he will !"
"He can't march; he qoon't do, and 1
can't take him"
This was what our smart friend want
ed
He WON'T do, eh?"
"No, he won't"
Well, then, scratch his name off the
list; he as drafted, and wants to be
eremptedP
The Commissioner looked at the law
yer for about minute, then regarded
the fat draught, and, without speaking a
word, scratched off the name!
We don't vouch for the foregoing.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-11-24

DSS~ A man in Lafayette, few days
since, having a scolding wife, attempted
to cure her of the frailty by tieing the
meal bag over her head. He doubtless
thought it the best way in the world to
make her " mealy mouthed" The result
was general row, trial for assault and
battery, and the last seen of my liege
lord Of the meal bag he was out on a re-
connoissance in force, fanked by two
constables, in pursuit of bail
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-11-24

A doctor and military officer became
enamored Of the same young lady A
friend asked her which of the two suit
ors she intended to favor. She replied
that it was difficult to determine, as they
were both such killing creatures.