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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
United States Internal
Revenue. Ia rse 90 81
annual I,ayes for 1864.

The attention of tax payers is hereby called
to the provisions of the United States Excise
Law relative 10 the assessment of annual taxes,
BY the sixth section of the act of July |,
1862, it is made the duty of all persons, part
nerships, hrnls, associations, or corporations,
made liable TO any annual duty, license or
tax on OR BEFORE THE FIRST MONDAY OF MAY
IN EACH YEAR, to make list or return to the
Assistant Assessor of the District where locat,
ed of the mount of annual income, the articles
or objects charged with q special tax, and the
business or occupation liable to pay any license
Every person who shall fail to make such
return by the day specified will be liable to be
assessed by the Assessor according to the best
information which he can obtain and in such
case the Assessor is required to add fifty per
centum to the amount, of the items of such list
Every person who shall deliver to an Asses
sor any false or fraudulent list or statement.
with intent to evade the valuation or enumera-
tion required by law, is uhject to Fl ne of five
hundred dollars ; and in such case the list will
he made out by the Assessor or Assistant
Assessor, and from the valuation and enumera-
tion SO made there can be no appeal
Payment of the annual taxes, except those
for licenses. will not be demanded until tho
thrtieth day of June.
The appropriate blanks on which to mako
return, and all necessary information, will I've
furnished by f. b. OLDER, Assistant Assess
or for the 4ll Division, to whom the returns
should I've delivered on or before the first Mon
day of May at his Office. in Independence
JESSE T. JARRETT,
U. s. Assessor Sd District,
DrBrouE, Feb Goth, 1864. r293w
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Editorial Correspondence of the Guardian.
DEs MoISfs, Feb'y, 18th, 1864

LIS -hoiNtSs itp ioNiit iNof.
DEAR GUARDIAN According as we
confess to the variableness Of mems tenn
per, according as we realize that men,
individually and collectively, have and
must have, seasons OF alternate mental
and physical activity and apathy-ac-
cording as we expect them to be some
times grave and sometimes gay-so we
must expect and tolerate, IN Legislative
bodies, as well as in other masses of men,
alternate seasons of do nothing" and
B." Dosomething," and so | look toler.
antly upon. and rest philosophically un-
der, occasional infections Of legislative
trifling, and apparently criminal waste
fulness of precious time. | say oppar
emf criminal waste fulness Of time" for
/ have known what might have superb
cially been considered needless and
lnwarranted discussion over bill OF
slight Importance, bring out and estab
lish some excellent principle of legisa-
tion-some admirable rule OF action -
Sull, of necessity, where there is So
large an aggregation of mind as is here,
there must be some Indifferent material
some who are weight to the car OF
legislation, holding it back rather than
assisting il forward. There is a great
responsibility upon the people in 'he
work of selecting members Of their Gen
eral Assembly. There is scarcely a
possibility Of computing the cost to the
State Of TWO or three individuals III a
Legislative body who perlinaciously in,
sist upon airing their wisdom upon all
notwithstanding up an idea from
some previous speaker, and tuning il
over and over, but adding nothing 10 it.
Such fellows. trading upon borrowed
capital, are nuisances. utlilarianly con
sidered. | don, say That we have any
Of them in this legislature, for that
would not be courteons--bul former LEG.
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minislraton, including that which looks
to the total extinction Of slavery, and al
SO ID favor Of amendments 10 the con.
sltution forever prohibiting sla"ery with
in the. United States. and declaring
A Abraham Lincoln the ii,st cloice of the
people Of Iowa for President.
The delegates were not instructed.
Patriotic speeches we're made by Gov.
Stone, Hon. G. c. Cole, Col William
son, Hon. Jacob Butler. Lieut.. Cover.
nor Eastman, Tracy and Sullivan and
others.
The utmost harmony and Enthusiasm
prevailed, except for about ten minutes
after the Introduction Of the resolution
to abandon the Republican name.
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Meeting OF the Republican State
Convention at DeS MOineS.
Special despatch to the Gazette.
Dies MoINEs, Feb. 90.

The Republican State Convention me,
here to day.
At two o'clock the permanent organ
ization was effected by the appointment
of John Van Valkenburg President, and
Theodore Guelich, John Weare, Hid
reth and three others as Vice Presidents
and Hon. S. g. Magill. c. +. Horton
and c. Wull Webber as Secretaries.
The convention then proceeded TO the
election of delegates, aud the delegate:
at large are Col j. A. Williamson o
Polk. Hon. J. II. Clark OF Howard, d
d. Chase of Hamilton, and Teranius
Springer OF Louisa. Their allernates are
Col. J. II Rotherock, Hon J r Need
ham, A. j. Beall, and Col Crabbe.
The district delegates are:
Fist Congressional District Hon. G
w. McCrary of Lee, and D. p. Slubbs
alternates, Maj. 0. ii. p. Scott and G.
w. Edwards.
Second Distrlct-D. w. Ellis and J
S. Stacy; aternates G. f. Oberman and
John Weare.
Third District--J. S. Woodward aud
George Kern. Alternates--J. NJ. Bray
ton aud J. Nicklans
Fourth District-G. w. Woodin and
j. NJ Hendrick Alternates Selin
and - Nukell.
Fifth District-Col. Noeland, L. Lin
genielter. Aternates-F. Street and
Charles Hayden.
ESixth District-G, NJ. Woodbury. and
Peter Milindy. Aternates-M. c.
Woodruff and Addison Oliver.
The committee reported substitute
for the resolution TO abandon the name Of
" Republican. The substitute recon
mends the National Republican Conyen-
ton to adopt the name Of Republican
Union party. Col. Williamson. Tracy.
of Burlington, Hon. G. G. Cole and all
the leading war Democrats now in the
Republican party, sustained the substi-
tute. and it was opposed only by one
original aboltionist. The substitute
was adopted.
Resolutions were unanimously adopt
ed endorsing the war policy Of the Ad.
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The Presidential Canvass.

Gg- Tie Union National Convention
have met, and issued call for Nation.
al Convention in The following terms
8 The undersigned, who, by original
Appointment or subsequent designation &c
til vacancies, constitute the Executive
Committee created by the National Con
yenlion held at Chicago on the 10th day
of May. 1850. do hereby call upon all
qualified voters, who desire the uncon
dilional maintenance of the Union. the
supremacy Of the Constitution, and the
complete suppression Of the Rebellion.
with the cause thereof, by vigorous war
and all apt and efficient means, to send
delegates TO IA Convention to assemble al
Baltimore on Tuesday, The 7lh day oil
June, 1864 at 12 o'clock M for the
purpose of presenting candidates for the
Offices q President and Vice Presiden,
Of the United States. Each State hay-
ing representative in Congress will be
entitled to as many delegates as shall be
equal 10 twice The number of electors to
wnich such State is entitled in the Eec
torlal College OF the United States"
The proceedings of our own State con.
vention published in another column
leaves no room for doubt as TO where the
loyal masses Of Iowa stand They have
declared their firm adherence TO the I'm.
ion and their hatred Of the rebellion and
shown conclusiYely by their acts that
Abraham Lincoln is their first choice Tor
the presidency. While the delegates
are not instructed TO vote for Mr.. Lin
coin, they are instructed to see taat a
platform devoted to Liberty and Equal
Rights ]. main tained and upheld and as
fully illustrating and carrying out this
principle, The man who bv his words,
aud official acts in the cause OF liumani.
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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 Jona-
than Morris, and aga inst the goods and chattels
lands and tenements of Nathan G. Turner, the
following described property. viz:
The Northeast quarter of Section No Ten,
in Township No. Eighty seven, North Of Range
No. Ten, West of the fifth princi pal meridian.
besides other lands situated in the County of
Linn, and, also, in the County of Bremen.
Which property, rs above described, viii
offer for sale, Mt Public Auction, at the door of
the Sheriffs Office, in the village of Indepen.
dence, on Saturday, the Cd day OF April.
AID. 1864, at Twoo' clock p. NJ. Of said day. to
the highest bidder, to satisfy said Execution
and costs
JOHN NJ. WESTFALL, SHrn,rr.
Sherif's Office, Independence, Iowa,l
March LIST. 1864 494w
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Rich
Well Timed.

EE' On motion of Mr.. FARNswoRru
OF Illinois, the House on the 18th, inst
passed unanimously resolution Of thank s
to the veterans who have re enlisted -
No more just and well deserved DOM pill
ment to the bravery of our soldiers has
been done this session, and tie country
will unite with its representatives in ex
pressions of profound gratitude to its de
tenders The Secretary of war has d.
rected that the resolutions be read to
each Of the re-enlisting regiments. Ev-
en- the copperheads were squelched and
dared not manifest any opposition TO the
measure.
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Notice for Regular Dis.
trict Meeting.

NOTICE is hereby given to the Qualified
~ Electors Of District Township of Wash
ington, in the County of Buchanan, and State
of Iowa, that the Regular Meeting of said Dis
trict will be held at the School House on the
East side, on the SECOND MONDAY IN
MARCH, 864, at Z clock. p m, for the
transaction of such business as may legally
come before it. #b-ts
EDWARD BREWER,
Secy of Tw'pof Washington.
Feb. %, 1864 1915
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Gen. Sherman'S Expedition.

EF- The bold move made by Gen.
SHERMAN recently. has taken the rebels
by surprise, and it may fairly be con
sidered one Of the most brilliant triumphs
in military annals An official dispatch
to the rebel war department, states that
Gen. SnEEMAN's advance had arrived at
QuiIman on the Mobile and Ohio rail
road, twenty-five miles south of Meridi-
an. The impression prevailes among
the citizens of Mobile, that their city is
to be attacked, and the Mayor has issued
proclamation exhorting non-combat,
ants 10 leave. 1t is also stated that
SHERMAN had fight with Polk near
Brandon Miss, and routed him com
pletely, taking $4,000 prisoners. The
great land and naval expedition which
has been long preparing at New Orleans
will probably co operate with Gen
SHERMAN in the reduction of the city
and it is safe to presume, that ere this,
matters of great importance have trans
pred in that vicinity. Gen. SHERMAN
he's 80, 900 men in his command, with
the 10Th and 18th veteran corps under
HURLBUr and McPAuRsoN, who compose
the advance. Like HANNIBAL, who de
stroyed the ships that had brought bis
man from Carthage to invade the Ro,
man territories, so that return would
be impossible, Gen. SHERMAN destroy
es all communications as fast as he ad.
vances, and depends wholly upon the
resources of the country through which
he advances, to subsist his troops. The
17th corps takes the lead, and has me-
with some slight resistance at diffe:en
points on The road, especially at the Big
Black River and Clinton Station, nine
miles and half west OF Jackson. Many
had supposed that SHERMAS's force was
not intended 10 co operate in the capture
Of Mobile at all, but after reaching
MERRIAM, would push forward to SsIm a
Alabamo, while FARRAGUrs fleet ascend
ing the river would unite with him in
the reduction Of the place. Our forces
would then be in possession of Alabama
anl Mobile, ,he terminus Of the Alabama
an | Georgia railroad, and secure Mont.
gomery the capital Of the State. But
there is now no doubt but what SHEER.
MANS true point of attack is Mobile
The strength Of its defences is not
definitely known, but from the fact thai
the rebel armies Of LEE, LoNGsrREET and
Johnson, have drawn heavy reinforce
ments from that quarter, its present gar
rispn cannot be very large. SHERMAN s
movements have been made with too
much celebrity for heavy artillery, and if
he captures the place, i! will be by a
sudden assault instead of long seige
Should he fail, he will establish a new
base at some point on the coast, where
he can plan out more deliberate cam
paign, bu, SO far everything indicates
that he is destined TO be successful.
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and like other such magnates, booted
and spurred by the grace of Cod as
Jefferson said, TO ride the. people and
constitute another burden TO the taxed
populace of Great Britain. The Eng.
lish papers are replete with al | the par
ticulars Of the eyent from the earliest
premonitions TO the final consummation,
John Bull admires as if it was the frs,
princel y baby ever born. But the de
tails are the same that happen in cottages
on similar occasions. Nature furnishes
no royal mode for these occurrences
Horace tells us in the oft.quoted "pal.
Ida mors." DC, that pale death with
impartial foot knocks at the palace of the
king and at the cot Of tie poor. This is
when we come to dying, but Jorning is
also process Of like and common uni
versatility, even TO the dangers Of pres
sure on the pineal gland so deprecated
by the physiological Mr. Shandy.
The princess gavs birth to her infan,
after the usual manner of women. and
England is all agony at the prospect of a
continued succession for the present
dynasty. 1t appears the accouchment
was arranged to take place in March
next at the Marlborough House bu,
these calculations were all deranged, and
the princess was taken unaw ares like any
" base born mortal" with no nurse in
attendance, and no baby linen prepared
The child, we are told. weighed " con.
siderably less than nine poupds," and
thus could hardly be styled bouncer
BIT the public is informed that he is the
exact picture OF his pa, :" his features
being unusually well marked"-a cir
cumstance which relieves the princess Of
all suspicion in regard TO the paternity
The youngester, however, is not des;n.
ed TO grow and expand on royal milk
but is to be /" raised" on ordinary pabu.
lum, for the bulletins announce that lie
will be sucked by wet nurse
We plebians on this side the water,
rejoice that the increase of the families OF
oar rulers does rot increase our burdens
and weigh us down with more taxes. -
We canno. help looking forward with
hope and qualification TO that time when
kings, queens, princes, princesses, and
all that tribe Of drones, will be out ofex-
istence. This consummaiion so devot-
y to be wished is set forth by Joel Ba-
low, in his CoLUMpIAp, where he de.
.crlbes men, enlightened by reason and
inspired by freedom. making sacrifice
of their noxious prejudices and baneful
customs
:" Beneath the footstool all destructive things.
The marks of priesthood and the mace of kings
Lie trampled in the dust for here at last
Fraud, folly. error all their emblcms cast.
Each envoy here nnloads his weary hand
OF some old idol from his native land
One filings pagoa on the mingled heap,
One lays a crescent, one n err SIS to sleep
Swords, seeptres. mitres, crowns and globes
and stars,
Codes Of false fame and stimulants to wars
Sink in the settling mass since guile began,
These are the agents of the woes of man
These are the words Of an American
poet who served as chaplain during
the revolutionary war. See his Colum.
bad. Book X. p. $50, 38l. Phil. 1907.
ARIoN.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1864-03-01

WASHINGTON, ID. 9. Feb. 2Sth, 1864.
FRIEND REED Pope, when speakin 9
Of the different kinds Of verse, describes
the aleaandriane as one
"That, like wounded snake, drags its
slow length along"
and legislation is too often Of The same
character. Matters which should be &C
complished in a day are sometimes kept
on the anvil for weeks, and that, too,
when every blow produces deformity
rather than improvement. But some
times, also, progress seems easy TO out,
side lockers on, when really there are
obstacles which truly prevent greater
speed On the whole, think Congress
is getting along as fast as is practicable,
notwithstanding it may seem to those al
distance that certain desirable laws
might be matured and passed more
quickly. Petitions for giving the cleo
tive franchise to colored men have been
presented and are attracting favorable
consideration. In the Senate bill to
repeal the fugitive slave law has been Of
ferred, and the prospect is that, that
abominabls enactment will cease 10 dis
grace our national statute book.
The amendments to the Constitution,
TO abolish slavery utterly, which have
been offered in both Houses, and oil
which l have spoken, continue TO be
strenuously pressed and advocated. and,
it is to be hoped, will be triumphantly
carried. An amendment of this sort
has lately been recommended in quar-.
ter where very few would looked for
such a demonstration. The new con
vert 10 the measure is no less than the
Nep York Herald
This journal says
" In various mani festations we per
ceiye that the more astute of the manag-
ing politicians Of the Northern Democra.
cy are beginning TO realize the fact that
the maintenance Of Southern slavery for
political purposes has become an "obso
lete idea : that, from this terrible war,
the institution has received such shock
through all lis yitas that it cannot sur,
yive that the hope of restoring it. with
the restoration OF the Union. as a Dem
ocralic balance Of power, is gone that
the public sentiment Of the loyal States
is drifting irresistaby along with the
current OF events TO universal emsncipa.
ton; and that, before The broken frag
monts of the late democratic. party can
do anything, as a national organization.
they must be relieved OF this incubus Of
Southern slavery.
The immediate and all important OBJ.
ject in view is the next Presidency, and
and il is morally c. tain that, upon a
pro slavery platform, the democracy
against An anti-slayery platform will
hardly obtain the vote of a solitary State
participating in the election. Even in
1856, with The solid vote of the fifteen
slave States, the success Of Buchanan
lurred upon a scanly democratic MAORI.
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TO ADVERTISERS.

THIS PAPER HAS NEARLY DOU-
BILE THE CIRCULATION IN BIZ -
CsFaNAN COUNTY. OF ANY OTHER
PAPER. ANDtS EFiEUEFORE WUCIA
THE YEDSE VALUABLE mEDEG vi
FOR ADVERTISERS TO VA AXE
KNOWN THEIR BUSINESS TO THE
PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTY.
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List of Letters

DEMAlNING IN THE POST OFFICE
III a, Independence, February o. 1864
LADIES' LIST.
Brown, Miss Rachel Pierce, Mr., Lucinda
Baker, Mrs Abhic Reitcman, Miss Katie
Hubbard, Miss Sarah, 9 Stale. Mics Sophrna
Hackett, Mrs Ruth Sutliff, Miss Ada A
Leak, Mrs Elizabeth Stevens, Mrs Lucius
Old, Mrs Rub High Vanneta, Mrs Gabr!la
GEN TLEMAN'S LIST.
Agnew, Isaac b Norris. S G
Bently, Austin, Obcnchain, Mr. John 3
Cntiln, N, Ow, James b
Chafey Anwis Owlahel, Maurice N
Cobb r ID, 2 Park. Henry
Durham Jartus Smith, A @
Heirs, Redfield Scott, " s
Kint. Vim Sawyer, Sila.
Kelley, Lewis Simmer, Geo
Lewis Perl"y skinner, Mr Allen
Myr"s, Franklin Williams, Oscar
MeHenry, Wm Larry, Joseph
Martin, James
Persons calling for these letters will please
say" Advertised"
One cent each will be charged for advertis-
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JAMES M. WEART.

4 TTORNEY AT LAW. Independents.
"A Buchanan County, Iowa. Office with
Hon. l., w. Hart. fv746-H
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FOR ALE.

4 HOUSE AND LOT on the West side Of
~ tho river. Inquire OF
r. s. TEFFT.
Oct. 9th, 1883. 1914
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These are the words Of an American
poet who served as chaplain during
the revolutionary war. See his Colum-
bad. Book X, p. $50, 38l. Phil. 1907.
ARIoN.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1864-09-22

Mr.. Fernando Wood, at the Mcclellan
meeting in New York, on Saturday eve-
ming, thus illuminated the position Of
Gen. Mcclellan
"Why did l oppose his nomination p
Because by his public record / knew
he was for the War, which / was against
Yet the ConventIon-the tribunal to de-
termine the matter-the body to which
Democrats of all shades have submitted
the questien-decided that, without re-
gard to his peculiar views or antecedents,
he should be the standard-bearer of the
party at the coming great campaign.-
That body did not, by resolutions, attempt
to indorse his sentiments. On the con-
trary, it declared principles which, it is
thought, were opposed to those he enter
tanned. Yet, while declaring those sentf-
ments, it also selected him as its candi-
date. adhere to the principles, and on
those principles shall support Mcclellan.
Because thus conquered as to any support
OF the man, L do not feel constrained to
give up the views | entertain as to doc
trine. The Convention itself took this
very ground
It's nominee and Its platform were ap-
parently inconsistent with each other
and yet, for paramount reasons connected
with success, it deemed such contradic-
tory position reconcilablc with good poll
cy Therefore, having none other to vote
for but the man thus selected, and having
been party to the effort to select some
other person, am precluded from oppo-
stion to him. Besides, # elected, um
sati<fed he arW entertain the ric,cs and
erecute tie principles cf this great party
he 'cW represent. ,chhom regard to tho,s
he may himseV possess. He will then
be our agent, the creature of our voice,
and in such cannot, if he would, aad
would not, if he could do otherwise than
execute the public voice of the country,
which, with the Constitution and laws, will
be the commanding general over him.
clothed with supreme power My friends
| have said thus much on the assuption
that Mcclellan is opposed to peace. There
are those who deny that he is opposed to
peace. Many intelligent and honest
peace men do not concur in the opinion
that Mcclellan will continue the WAT if O.
lected, &c, &c.
If anybody wants a president who is Il
consenting party to such a confessed
swind!e as is here exposed, then McClel-
Ian is his man.