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Nebraska advertiser., 1863-09-19

We do not die wholly at our death we
have mouldered away long before. Ia
Guilty after faculty, interest after Interest,
attachment after attachment disappear;
we are torn from ourselves while living
year after year sees US no longer the
same, and death only consigns the last
fragments Of what we were so the grave.
Nebraska advertiser., 1863-09-19

ITwas John Armstrong Of Jersey City
who ate a plate Of ice cream at a fair
for the benefit Of sick an dwounded sol
diers, laid down FIVE Numbered doi1ar
treasury note and cOolly declined the
change. The circumstance. was Endorsed
on the back Of the note by lady atten-
dant, and CAME to light in Washington.
Nebraska advertiser., 1863-09-19

BRITIsH SUPERSTITION. The other
day a laboring man from WOrplesdon
called upon a chemist in Guildford, and
grayely informed him that his wife had
been bewitched Two years ago, and that
she had remained in that state ever since,
much to the grief Of her husband and
family, and the aRnOyapce of her neigh
bors. He said that he lad beeninformed
that if he got a quarter Of a POuHd of
mercury and mixed it up with the yolk
of two eggs, and gave dose to his wife
night and morning in water, "over which
the living and dead had been carried, -
she would recover. OF course the chem
ist tried to ridicule him out of his silly
notion, but the foolish man went away as
fully pursuaded as before that his wife
was bewitched. and aVowing his inten.
ton of getting the mercury and the water
before he quilted Gnildford.
Nebraska advertiser., 1863-09-19

When thing does not suit you, think
of some pleasant quality in it. There is
nothing so bad as it might be. When
ever you catch yourself in a fault-6nding
remark, say something approving in the
same breath, and you will soon be cured.
Nebraska advertiser., 1863-09-19

Az EXCELLENT BARGAIE.-It is re-
ported that the Princess Alexandra, when
asked by the Prince Of Wales for her
hand in marriage, proposed 20 grant it
for twenty five shillings. which, said she,
archly, is equal, you know, TO one SOW.
ereign and one crown in England.
Nebraska advertiser., 1863-09-19

Lose RAEeE.-It is said Of the Ferris
gun that it throws she'll nIne miles, or
nearly twice the distance the big gun al
tanned with which Gilmore shelled Char
lesion. Such range as this seems in
credible. but so would a distance Of FIVE
miles have been considered few months
aCo.
Nebraska advertiser., 1863-09-19

SLIGHT OF HAND.-Refusing an offer
of marriage.
Nebraska advertiser., 1863-09-19
OMAHA AND CHICAGO BANK,
OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

The Circulating Notes ofthis Bank are redeemed at
par at the Banking House Of A. BEATTIE Co. in St.
Joseph No. II. b. SACKEff.
n6I-2m President.
Nebraska advertiser., 1863-09-19
NEBRASKA ADVERTISER.
RATES oF ADYERTIsING.

Transient advertisements muStbe paid for In advance
early advertisements, quarterly in advance.
In Transient Advertisements, fractions over one
mare will be charged for BY the line at she rate Of te
snts the rst week and cents each subsequent week
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1863-03-10
Republican State Convention.

The Republicans of Iowa are requested tc
send delegates TO State Convention, to be
held in the City of Des Moines, on WEDNES-
DAY, THE l7rH OF JUNE, 1868, to commence
at ID O'Clock, A. NJ, for the purpose of pla-
cling in nomi nation, to be voted for at the en-,
suing October election, candidates for Govern
or, Lieutenant Governor, and one Judge of the
Supreme Court, and for the tran saction of such
other business as may properly come before the
Convention
The ratio of representation will be the same
at the last Republican State Convention,
viz: One delegate to each organized county
and one delegate additional for each 90 votes
cast at the last Presidential election for Hon
Abraham Lincoln as President of the United
States fractional votes of 80 or more will be
entitled to an additional delegate.
All citizens, without distinction of party.
who ate honestly in favor of sustaining the
Government, in the use of all constitutional
and necessary war measures, for the speedy
and complete suppression of the rebellion and
the punishment of treason !; who are opposed
to the scheme designed to bring anarchy and
bloodshed to our own firesides, by dividing
the free States into hostile and petty Confeder-
acies, and who will still believe in the good old
doctrine of Gen. Jackson" TIE UNION, TT MUST
AND SHALL BE PRESERVED" are cordially invi-
ted to unite ID sending delegates.
County Central Committees are requested to
take such steps rs will insure full attendance
at the Convention, and a thorough and efficient
organization in their respective counties.
JAMES 7. LANE,
Chm State Executive Com.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1863-03-10
Adjournment Of Congress.

So The 37,h Congress, the most
memorable ever held, by virtue of the
responsibilities thrown upon it by exist.
ing events, died by limitation on the 4th
inst. Its closing scenes were marked
by good humor and self-respect, in strik
ing contrast with the slayedriving ex-
hlbltions too often shown when slavery
ruled in the legislative halls of the ma
ton. 1t is Congress that will ever be
remembered with gratitude, as having
been true to the principles Of liberty
upon which the government is founded.
In abolishing slavery in the District 81
Columbia, in driving slavery from The
National Domain, in donating the pub
lie lands to actual settlers, in passing the
Pacific Railroad bill, in the various
measures necessita;ed by the anomalous
condition of the country, it has made a
favorable impress upon the interests of
the country, and earned for itself the
commentator of history.
The principal acts of the late session,
as summed up by contemporary are the
following
L. The Currency and Banking bin. which
provides for the establishing of banking corpor-
ations Ill the various States, based upon the
bonds of the Federal Government. This will
inaugurate in this country new bank system
which, while providing the public with a con
venlent and uniform circulating medium, will
at the same time support the Government.
2. The Finance bill, setting comparatively
narrow limits to the authority to issue add
tional legal tender notes, and taxing the cir
culatlon of private banking institutions for the
purpose of making way for banks under the
new law above referred to.
j The bill amending the Internal Revenue
law. which modifies, and in many cases in
creases, the tax laid by the existing law upon
many articles.
4. The CONSUMPTION law, by which the
President is authorized to draft as many addi-
tonal men into the army as may be necessary
for the maintenance of the Government and
the suppression Of the rebellion.
D. The bill for the release of State prisoners,
which provides that the President may, in the
recess of Congress, suspend the writ of habeGS
corpus during the rebellion.
6. The bill indeinnifying the President and
other officers for making arrests witho ut war
rant.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1863-03-10
Gnica Leagues.

&c The Union men throughout the
country are forming Union leagues, with
a view to unite All loyal men in cordial
support of tie government in the prose
cution of the war. Hon WIN. NJ. MERE
DITH is President of one in Philadelphia,
which has recently opened a splendid
club house In Boston EDWARD EVER.
EFT is President of similar organiza-
lion, comprising many of The most veal,
thy and influential men of the CITY.
They have purchased a building for S55,
600, for Club House. In almost eve
ry town and village in the loyal States,
it is said, these leagues are or will be or
ganized, not secretly, but openly, as those
we have mentioned. There is nothing
political, we understand, about them, and
the obligation taken is simply to stand
unswervingly by the government, the
Constitution, the Union, and The old
Flag. They are intended as a check up.
on Knights Of the Golden Circle, or up.
on members of any other society, that
may have a disposition to play into the
hands of the rebels. They look 10 a
thorough concert of action among the
friends Of the government in support of
the Union and the laws. Having no DO
litical object-proscribing no man who
is loyal-testing no man by religion or
by nationality, but simply by an obliga-
ton Of feally to the government of the
United Sales.--future seems TO us TO be
no just ground Of complaint against these
Leagues. We believe that eyery loyal
man can conscientiousy lend his inAu-
ence TO them, and we further believe
that 1t is tie duty Of every loyal man TO
direct his efforts in concert with other
friends Of the government around him.
to the end that there may be united,
hearty, intelligent co operation every
where with the agents Of the government
in support o(law, and for tie crushing
out of treason. We say again, let the
Union men every where throughout this
county organize Ifnot in this form,
in some other-in some form 10 make
their numbers, their influence their pat
their loyalty, the most effective
Tor the glorious cause of country.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1863-03-10

the animating exercises of the anniverss-
ry of the birth of the great, and good
Washington. Time still rolls on, and
bears with it the perpetuity or overthrow
Of government. Could the Father Of
his Country look up from his long hon.
ored grave, and behold this struggle,
with what haste would he shrink back, in
everlasting despair Patriots have cher
ished his memory, and sustained the
model government for which be led on
the Revolutionary hosts. But alas his
memory is no longer cherished, and the
land for which he fought is now being
stained with the blood OF its inhabitants.
Another year will tell the story. Patri-
OTIS will be rewarded, and traitors will
meet their inevitable doom.
G. H. l..
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1863-03-10

return with our banners, to be surren dered in
to The hands of those only who love them, and
WHO VIII cherish them as memorials of our la
oors and the emblems of our Country's Glory.
RcSo!red: That these resolutions be read TO
each Iowa Regiment at this post and submit
ted to vote of the same, and the comma ndinp
oiiicer OF each regiment BE- requested to report
to the Secretary of this meeting the result
That these resolutions be published, copies sent
to all the Iowa Regiments before Vicksb
and elsewhere. and that the Iowa Papers are
requested to publish the same
On motion of Major Scott, the Resolutions
were unanimously adopted and signed.
Cyrus Bussey, Col. Comd e I'd Cav Div.
Tho. H. Benton, Jr., Col. 29th Iowa Init.
z. w. Nttridge, Col. 3oth Iowa Infantry.
f. M. Drake, 1t Col.
n }, Rusch, Capt and Asst Quartermaster
K. L. Patterson, 1t. Col. 29th Iowa Unfit.
W. r English, Major 4th
Q. H. ?. Scott, Major Sd Iowa.Cav.
NJ. NJ. Hayden, Capt. Dubuque Battery.
John ". Noble, Major Sd Iowa Cavalry.
A b. Parkell, :" 18th
h. +. Winslow, d" "
Q. b. Shoemaker, +"
II. ID. B. Cutler, A. A. G. Cd Brigade
p: ?. ingalls,, Chaplain Sd Iowa Cavalry.
The following line officers being present
were requested to sign:
j q. A. DeHuf, Capt So Iowa Cavalry.
), H. Ward, lst Lieut. % 50.
I. j. Maxwell, Asst, Surgeon Sd Iowa Cav
N. G. Honnold, Cd Lieut..
N. Z. Wright lst 4" Dubuque Battery.
L. II. Brown, " f" A. G. s.
A. ii. Gage, F." A. r. c. NJ.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1863-03-10
Odd Thoughts OH the Prairie.
No. 3. +,

:" Capt Parsons and son, of Conway.
Mass, killed, recently, two full booded
Chester County hogs, bred by James S.
Grinnell, Esq, one Of which was nine
teen months old, aud weighed, dressed
six hundred and fifty FIVE pounds, and
the other twenty months old, weighed,
dressed, sever hundred and sixty eight"
- Greenfield gazette.
The first thought that presents itself
on reading the above statement, is, were
these ANNA mon$trosaieS, or was their
growth result that is common 10 swine
of the pure Chester County breed or
was 1t the result of feel without any re
gard to blood. Knowing, as | do, the
men who iattened them, have no doubt
but that everything that could be done
BY slops, considerably diluted with milk,
well thickened with The addition of a mix.
ture of corn and oats, and perhaps rye,
was done. But after all thai, land which
was perfectly proper, and | have no doubt
profitable tool the history Of that breed,
when pure, or crossed with others, iusti
fies one in saying, that their size is main
~ attributable to their blood. | noticed
during the winter Of 1862. in the paper
above quoted from, some six or eight hogs
killed in that county l the Chester blood,
Of weights corresponding in a good de-
gree with these given, and not one of
any other breed nearly as large. The
.alr inference is, that their size was great
~ influenced by blood, as there are
. llunkers" enough in that, as in every
other county. that would not have al,
owed Knight Of the Green bay" to
rave carried off the palm from their time.
,onored Berksh;res aud Suffolks, # feed
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1863-03-10

could have prevented it. After giving
all the credit to the Chester County
blood that it deserves, and is, i'm nv
opinion, entitled to, the old adage "lhat
millers have good hogs" should never be
forgotten. Fewer hogs better cared FOL F.,
better filed, would in the end be more
economical. Pure water is an essential
requisite for the health of SWINE, when
fed on corn. A hog will "wallow in the
mire," but no other animal will oftener
run to the pure brook to Stake its thirst.
Have we any Of the Chester County hogs
in Buchanan ? Mr.. Barnhart, Sanford
Clark, the miller, and | believe Messrs.
Munson 81 Durham, have boars that pur.
port to be. In my next number l will
give letter from the gentleman who in
troduced them into the county where |
formerly lived, in which he describes
the pure Chester County hogs, and
where lie obtained them.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1863-03-10
How Free People Conduct a Long War.


Er We publish on the outside Of To-.
day > paper, copiou5 extracts from very
able pamphlet, recently issued by c. J..
STILLr, Esq, under the above title. The
article deserves very careful pcrusa
from every one of our readers. Ii shows
how capricious, how un,easoning, how
foolishly exacting, are the people, in mat
ters Of war. They demand lmpossibili,
ties, get discouraged because they are
not achieved, and from the earnestness
OF enthusiasm pass into the depression OF
hopelessness. Forgetful of victories, they
remember only defeats, aud visit their
disappointment upon Generals, and upon
Rulers, in unlhinkng opposition and de
nuncation. He parallels our own cx.
penence in this war with that of Great
Britain in the Peninsula war. He shows
that England, Notwithstanding her long
experience in wars, went into the PENN
suIa war with the same wild enthusiasm
manifested by US at the fall of Sumter,
that there came the same bitter abuse Of
The government at the first reverses ::
the same impatient and ignorant crii.
clsm of military operations, the same
faclious and disloyal opposition on the
part of a powerful party, the same dis
enlargement and dependency at times
on the part of the truly loyal, the same
prophecies Of the hopelessness of sue
cess; the same complaints of grievous
and burdensome taxation and predictions
of the utter financial ruin Of the country :;
the same violent attack upon the govern
ment for its arbitrary DEGREES, and par
ticularly for the suspension OF the writ
of habeas corpus, and the same difficult
ties arising from the inexperience Of the
army. He shows that England, then
less in population thaa the loyal States,
with Infinitely less resources, sustained
Tor five years an expenditure as great as
that of our own government. He deals,
also, with the question of subjugatop,
with army mortality, and other ques
tons brought before US every day,
and he draws encouragement for the
cause of our Nation from all. - He shows,
too, what it will be well for every Coy
pelhead TO heed, that no man who was
prominent in the great party who oppos
ed the Peninsula war, ever after rose to
Office or power in that country. The
people never forgave them, as the people
will never forgive tie Infamous wretches
composing he party of tie Copperheals
Of the North, who not only oppose the
war, but seek the dissolution and des-
lruction Of our glorious nationality.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1863-03-10
War News.

ES- There is but little to chronicle il
the way of war news, the present week.
The government and people generally,
however, seem 10 have caught a more
cheerful tone, and everything wears a
hopeful aspect,
The rebel steamer Nashville has at
last been destroyed. She ran aground
and was burnt by the Monitor Montauk
VAN DoRN has had reported sue
cess IN Tennessee, attacking four Union
regiments with overwhelming numbers,
defeating them and capturing a large
number Of prisoners.
The rebels below Vicksburg got fright
ened at the report that a Monitor gun
boat had run past the Vicksburg batter
les, and blew up the lndianoIa IN great
haste. The rebel report says, however,
that the fright was causeless, as the boat
was only fiat boat, rugged to make her
appear as Monitor As the report adds.
however, that the Federals obtained pos
session of the Indianola's armament, it
may be that one Of the Monitors has real
ly gone past the batteries.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1863-03-10

Eg- The News brought by tie steam
ship Hiberuian, from Liverpool on tie
19th ult, and teleyraphed from Portland,
announces that meetings, lectures, DC.
in favor Of Presidents LINcoLN's Enamel
patton Proclamation were Of daily oc.
currC nee in various parts Of England"
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1863-03-10
EY- Speaker GRow, Of Tie House Of

EI- Speaker GRow, Of tie House Of
Representatives, received the rare com
pliment Of a unanimous vote Of thanks
for the manner in which he has presid
ed over the lower house OF Congress
In but very few instances has such n
vote been made unanimous, by that
body.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1863-03-10
EE- A neW trlerranh Cnmnnnv il

Es- A new telegraph Company is
about being organized al the East, to
build line from Halifax to Boston, New
York. Philadelphia. Baltimore, and
Washington also with branches from
New York and Philadelphia 10 all the
chief towns in he Western States. This
cannot but eticc, the public Gyoraby.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1863-03-10

WILL SELL TREES & SHRUBBERY.
w delivered at Independence. for the same
prices that they can be had mt the Nursery.
Will Trade for Stock or Real Estate.
The Nursery now contains Four Hundred
Thousand Grated Apple Trees. Fifty Thou
sand of which are now ia bearing-Fifty
Thousand Seeding Apple Trees-Ten Thou
sand Currant Bushes-aIso, Cherry Trees.
Pear Trees, Grape Vines, Lawten Blackberry.
Raspberry, Gooseberry, Strawberry. Pie Plant.
and good assortment of Ornamental Shrub
berry.
Independence, Feb "a. 1863 45.,f
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1863-03-10

Es MAHoNY is not only great trait.
or, but great liar In a speech lately
delivered before a Democratic club In
New York city, he recounted the partic.
uars Of his arrest, and among mass oil
other trash and lal5ehoods, said
The Marshal chartered a steamboat all the ,,gy
up from burlington 10 Dubuque 10 arrest him. ii
cost the government three or Jour thousand dollars
10 arrest him.
The truth is that the boat he was ia,
ken to Davenport on was the regular
morning packet, and he was taken aboard
just as all other passengers, and his fare,
So or 34, was all the Marshal or the
government paid for his trip to Davcn-
port. Ard yet this is the patron saint
of the Cop erheads Of Iowa VIVA, a
sanity leader F! What glorious follow
ers
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1863-03-10
EE Gen. MILRoY, OF Indiana, writing
o the Indianapolis Journal, under date

ES zen. MlLRoY, oil Indiana, wrltlng
to the Indianapolis Journal, under date
Of Winchester, Va, Feb. 10Th, says:
Let these traitors Of the Indiana Legislature
and the Copperheads, 3utternuts, and X q
C.'s throughout the State, who are giving aid.
comfort, and encouragement TO armed treason
in the South, read in the odium that has fol.
lowed the memory Of the Blue Light Federalists
and Hartford Conventionists of 1912 something
of the cIccration and dciestation that will fol-
low their memory down the stream Of time
! join with my fellow soldiers of the Union
everywhere in warning these traitors at home
that when we have crushed armed treason at
the South, and restored the sovereignty Of our
Government over these misguided States
(which, under God, we surely will do) we
viii, upon our return, while our hands are in,
also eXlcrminate treason at the North, By arms.
if need be, and seal by the blood of traitors.
wherever found, the permanent peace of our
country and the pcrpetuity of free government
30 all future generations.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1863-03-10
ACCLIMATED APPLE TREES.

4 900 or 5000 of Grated Apple Trees thrifty
II and hardy, of good varieties, and well
adapted to this coantry. arc now for sale at my
Nursery, in the forks of the Waps,. mIes
north of Littleton. will sell them at Is cents
apiece. cash, for small lots Credit. il the pur-
chaser wishes il, for large lots, or produce Ia.
ken in exchange.
4 KELLOGG.
Iittleton, Feb II, 1865 4T.lm
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1863-03-10
Estray Notice.

TAKEN up by j. NJ Walker, at his resi-
l. dence, In Farbank Township, in Bu-
chanan County, Iowa, estray mare, suppos.
ed to be four years old, of dark brown color.
black name and tail, black legs, left hind foot
white almost to the fetlock, about fifteen and
one-half hands high. Appraised before Thee.
Dodge, ESQ.,, at $4,000.
EDWARD BREWER, Clerk.
March 10th, 1863 I50-lt
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1863-03-10

HEAD QUARTERS 29rH Iowa 1NFANrRy.l
NEAR HELENA, ARK, Feb. 2lst, 1863. {
MAJOR: / have the honor to report that the
resolutions were submitted TO my Regiment
yesterday and adopted. 2l Lieut. Amos C.
Cooper, Company II, and Al men voting
against them.
| am, very Respectfully,
Thomas II. Benton,
Col 29th Regiment Iowa Infantry.
L. +. Winslow, Major and Sec'y.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1863-03-10

HEAD QUARTERS So Iowa CAvALRy.l
HELENA, Ark. Feb. 10Th, SO.
MAJOR | have the honor and qualification
to report that the resolutions drafted and
adopted by the Iowa Officers, We're adopted by
this Regiment without dissenting vote.
Very Respectfully,
Major O. II. p Scott,
Commanding Regiment.
Major Winslow, 4th Iowa Cavalry.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1863-03-10
Estray Notice.

TAKEN up by Thomas Jewell, at his resi-.
i dence, in Buffalo Township, in Buchan-
an County, Iowa, two estray steers. three years
old last spring, of red roam color, one larger
than the other and little darker in the face,
and a small bunch on one hind foot No other
marks or brands on either. Appraised before
G.. d. Russell, Esq :, at 500, so.
EDWARD BREWER, Clerk.
Independence, March 10, 1863 50-lt