The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-04-08

ances, there must be scarcity Of coffee
among them. In this fort the citizens Of
the town had taken refuge, and nice
French bedsteads, easy chairs, gilt mir
rors, sofas, center tables, and other ap.
pliances Of luxury and wealth, were TO
be met with on every hand. If the
earthquake of 1912 destroyed the old
town of Madrid, the rebellion of 1862
has more than rivalled it in the demol-
ishment of the new. The vandals burn
ed down whole streets of the finest
residences, and laid splendid orchards
fiat to the ground, in order to get range
for their guns. A large building, which
had been constructed for a Seminary,
had been turned by the rebels into hos
ptal The sides of the rooms were adorn
ed with some very artistic designs, rep
resenting the Republican leaders, and
Old Abe is seated on the hobby horse
Slavery, embracing Seward lovingly,
while underneath is written Abraham
Lincoln, the first tyrant and despot who
sought TO overthrow American 1ndepen-
dence, and subjugate Southern free-men.
Numerous other filings and jibes at the
Yankees abound, and any one is apt to
leave this gallery of the fine arts with an
exalted opinion of Southron genius.
The 9Th Regiment was marched over
and quartered in some houses that the
tender mercies had spared Company
E. had the good luck to secure very
nice tidy house, with capacious rooms
and furnished with fire. places. Fires
were soon built, the coffee kettle hung
over the CHEEKY blaze, canteens and hay
ersacks filled with secesh molasses, and
sugar brought forth from their hiding
places. and everything brought into re.
QUESTION for the purpose Of getting up a
glorious square meal. But inside Of the
intrenchments what scene Soldiers
were running hither and thither, gather.
ing up various articles of vertue, picking
up secesh love letters, rumasing among
cup boards for something to eat, slowing
away quantities of letter paper beneath
their overcoats, and baking griddle cakes
upon the stoves. Libraries of law and
medical books. with other miscellaneous
works, were trampled in the mud. Black
stone and Paul du Koch, Baxter's Saints
Rest, and Payne's Age of Reason, Com
stocks Chemistry. Humboldt's Cosmos
all met the same fate.
A stalwart Iowa boy finds a jar ofhon.
ey in an obscure corner, and is bearing
it off in triumph, when a Lieutenant sings
out:
Hold on, there, don't eat that, it is
poisoned"
"Wal, it may be-" says our hero
but I've got an antidote agin pizen
and | hate to see such things in the
way" And off he bears it in grea
glee.
The secesh found time, before they left,
to pitch light field battery into the riv
er. AID Col. Bissell, with his engineers
was busy in getting out the caissons
but had not succeeded in finding any o
the cannon. According to the most re.
liable accounts, the Confederate force
must nave been 10000 strong, under
Gen. McCown, and had they been 81
disposed, could have sustained hare
seige.
MARCH 27th.-Nothng of importanc,
is transpiring here except drills and dai
ly reviews. There is considerable sick
ness among the troops. and the grave
yard is growing rapidly. New Madric
must be an unhealthy location. surroun
ded as il is, by swamps. We are wait
ing the denouement Of affairs at IslanC
No. 10, and the firing from our morta,
fleet is plainly heard. Part of the di
vision has moved down to Point Pleas
ant. and are erecting some heavy works
there. Telegraphic communication is
opened to Srkeston, the nearest railroad
station, and dispatches can be sent direc
to St. Louis. e. j. II.
STRINGr CABBAGEs.-The Post has th,