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Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-04-02

"Where is Europe compared to
America! Nowhere They call En-
gland the mistress of the sea. But
what makes the sea? The Mississippi
makes /; and all we have got to do is
to turn the Mississippi into the Nam
moth Cave. and the English navy will
be floundering in the mud.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-04-02

Coon ADvlcE.-If the following
suggestions were faithfully lived up
to, there would be far less trouble in
the world: !" He who thinks better Of
his ncighbors than they deserve can
not be a bad man. for the standard
BY which his judgement is formed is
the goodness Of his own heart. 1t is
the base ones who believe all men
bases or in other words like them
selves. Few however. are all evil,
Nero did good turn to somebody,
for when Rome was rejoicing over
his death, some loving hand covered
his grave with flowers. Public men
are seldom or never fairly IIdged, at
least while living. However pure.
they cannot escape calumny: how
ever incorrect, they are sure to find
euiogists.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-04-02

Bill Wicks. in the story Of George
Bedillion'S kight. says: Lies is like
hornets nest.-when you le, one slip.
there's no knowing how many'll foller
il.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-04-02


poTATo Bues-lIow To HEAD
THEM oFr.-Ed. Ioica Homestead ).
j have a word to say about plant
ing and heading Off the bug which
may benefit the farmers of Iowa.
If you would avoid the potato bug,
which is travelling from this direction
through Iowa eastward, plant your
potatoes as usual, covering only
slighlly-say an inch or two.-Then
add to it a covering Of straw, hay, or
coarse manure, to a depth of four or
FIVE inches. and You will have no
trouble with bugs. / nreier straw for
covering. Last spring planted
with and without straw side by side
On those covered with straw, scarce
ly bug made its appearance, while
those upon which the straw was not
used, were so infested with bugs that
we saved them only BY picking eve
ry few days for some time. In 4 dry
season the straw retains the moisture
in the ground, aud the potatoes make
a better growth than without it, +.
JEWELL, Warm Slough, Nebraska.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-04-02
miscellaneous Sayin's of Josh Bii.
lings.

Earthli glory, IL sum like po,atoze on very
ritch sile,--top plenty--taters skase.
ii aini SO mutch trouble tew git ritch as il
is to tell when we hey got ri,ch
Ii yu want tu git At the circum fre.l ce of
man examine him amung men-but If ~
want tew git at his aktual diameter lneazxe
him at hiz fre-side.
There seems tew be styles ov mind.
lst, them who know it IL 50
3D. them who know il amt so
3d. them who split the difference ard guess
| at it
wsy it iz!
There is but few. men who have karakter
snutf tew lead a life ov idleness.
Tru Love IL spet jist the same in Choci-
taw az it IL in English.
Those who retire from the world on akount
Of its sin and peskyness, must not forgit that
they hev got tew keep kumpany with per
son who wants jist ez mulch wachin as eu>
nybody else.
Buty that don't make woman yaae makes
her very butiful.
Necessity begot Invenshun, invenshun be-
got Convenience, Convenience begot Pleas
ure, Pleasure begot Luxury, Luxury begot
| Rio and Disease, Riot and Disease, between
then, begot Poverty, and Poverty begot Ne
cessity again,--this IL the reyolushun uy
nan, and il about awl he can brag on.
Power either makes a man a tyrant or a
fool.
| There is no such thing as natery,-if
Ecommendashun liz deserved, il IL not tiatterv,
but truth, and il not flattery, bat SANDER.
TAIL.
Twuz kan still morn in Oktober, which
is one NV the fail or ottum munths.
1t wuz the sezen NV the dyin' year, which
awakens fond remissness Of former memer
les NV the rekolekshun Nv bi gone daze.
The rane cum down in kind Nv fine mist,
in a sad lingerin kind uv a way, as if it has
ted to wet the spot in which it lit, but didn't
egzaokly no whair else to goe.
The iernal breezes ov o,tom kept blow.
in away, but not hard enuff to blow emmy
boddy's ha. off. The treas swaid back aud
4th like an old woman with the tee,haick
On sich a luvly morning az this, maiden
fair. with pensive air and golden hair, gazed
out Nv the east kitchen winder Nv house
in butiful and romantic Stait nv Eleonoy.
gayzed long and well--gavzed, and gazed
and better gayzed-she yzed as if thsre
wuz sumthn' on her mind -whtch | suppoze
ther wGz! She was Mise girl, of medium
heft, with a mild temper and iron spoon in
her left hand. She he'd bin bakin pankakes.
Hur eyes flushed and her buzzom hove with
emoshuns NV her tcelins. Suddenly she
spoke and revealed the coz Of her soilisvtooa
as she says: Thar. man, I'll be dad-bob-
bed If that old kow If Sniginses ha;at broke
into n,r sya r3ap ar,, .,
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-04-02

LABOR IN ENGLAND.-Mr. Willard,
Of the Utica, On. " Herald, writes
as follows Of the wages paid agricul-
tural laborers in England-an Eng
lish shilling is equal to about twenty
.hree cents in gold:
Laborers get eleven shillines per
week, and two quarts of cider per
day, and commence work at a. NJ,
and stop at 81 p. NJ. This is the ex-
tremc price for best hands on an
average. Ordinary hands. or those
Of poorer grades, get six shillings per
week, and one quart of cider per lay,
and are paid weekly. No board is in-
cluded, as in America, for laborers.
With the exception of cider or beer,
they find themselves Ia board, and
pay rent for their cottages and gar
dens of one shilling per week. In
travelling through the country ! find
the laborer's cottage much more com
Portable than l had anticipated
These are usually constructed of
stone, well rooted either with tile,
slate or thateh, and look neat, com.
Portable and clcanly.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-04-02
Losses AND INSURANCE.

As near as we can ascertain, the loss sus-
TUNED is as follows:
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-01-16
The Reign of Terror.a

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When outrages are committed in this
State-wlien houses are broken open. col
ored people beaten, and their own horses
and mules. or those Of their employers are
forcibly taken from them by desperate ruff
fians-when helpless and yirtuots women
are outraged, whether by white men, or
black men, or by uackensd men, and when
citizens are robbed on the highway, or shot
at near or in their own houses. the Sentinel,
Gov. Worth's organ, chargessthat fever the
acts come out it will be known that these
outrages were committed solely by $ mean
Southern Loyalists." The government of
this State, " set up under martial law, hav-
ing failed in the first great object Of all gov
ernments the protection of life and prop
erty-and the Sentinel, knowing that public
censure will fall somewhere comes forward
with the brazen lie that the Southern
Loyalists " are the guilty parties. A friend
writes us from an Eastern County do
not give the name, for prudential reasons
that s.sfeH e3f-'
'You can not imagine the distrust and
anxiety among u.s. Only a few days ago
- was shot in his own house and rob-
bed. had four mule team taken from a
colored man in my employment These
things are of constant occurrence. have
been threatened, but do not regard them.
These things may seem strange, but they are
true. Such state of things has not existed
since the French revolution. We sleep with
revolvers and guns at the head of our beds.
None of us who are loyal fcelsafe. But in
tend to stand by the government, and espe-
cially by Congress to the last
The above Is from Southern Lnyalist."
They are the parties who are outraged and
plundered, We will not say by whom We
simply state the fact, that so far from being
the guilty parties themselves, they are the
very persons who are in constant peril of lite
and property. These things will get worse
until Congress interposes and authorizes our
loyal people to establish new government.
That body can not act too promptly Our
loyal people are crying to it for relief We
trust their cry will be heard aud answered.
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-01-16
Ut eates of Advertising.

Ten lines or one inch space to constitute a
& = ~ 80 = --~iras- 49, ~ si - -
squaru.
One square, one Insertion. n...........-..sl W
Each subsequent insertion. ............. 90
Liberal deduction made, by special contract, to
large advertisers.
Court advertisements will be charged % pre-
cent. higher than the regular rates.
SPECIAL NOTICES charged so per cent. higher
than ordinary advertisements.
For advertissments inserted irregularly, p per
cent. higher than usual rates will be charged.
No paper in the South has advertising facilities
superior to the Standard. sLt US f,l-at
Letters must be addressed to
w W. HOLDEN, W. W. HOLDEN q SON,
J. W HOLDEN. - Raleigh, N. G..
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-01-16
Z "Confederate Despotism. >,

The organ of Gov. Worth having given
notice that the grand juries of the State will
indict every person who presumes t, petit
tion Congress for redress of grievances, it
is expectedby the Jeff Davis Radicals that
our people will succumb to this d.spotic
edict, and will cease to sign memorials to
Congress Mistaken again. The memorials
are still being signed by thousands, ind are
being forwarded to Washington. Tie peo-
pie feel that they are now free, notwitlstand-
ing the disposition which exists in our State
authorities to deprive them of their feedom.
But there are some exceptions to this rule.
The order has gone forth that any employee
of the State government, so-called. OF of any
of its corporations now in rebel hands, who
shall sign this memorial shall at once be dis
changed. This is a feeble attempt t. revive
and continue the old Confederate despo..
tism.T This attempt will fail. I "A fw. good
Union men may berthus deferred fam sign
ing the memorial, hut the great BODY of our !
people who are lot dependent for tlrir bread
on these petty tyrants, will continu to sign.
We again tell the Congress that tnason has
got to such pitch inthis State th& persons
who presume to sign petitions to It for re-
dress of grievances, are threatened not only
with prescription from office and employ
ment under the State government but with
Indictment and punishment by The State
Courts The old Davis despotism still ex-
lists here, as far as it is possible tSestablish
and carry it out.
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-01-16

-sls 1881 - ;7-s NEW YORK, Jan. 8. =
The morning papers nll oppose the Inn
parchment movement in Congress. - vi
}. The Tribune saysnothing is to be gained.
by it, 5.iss sal-sSsa6 . ,lsir iys g. 3.
The Herald says that johnson has been
guilty of nothing more than his partizan
predecessors, from Jackson down. I:
The 4ines says that tile charges ate noths
ing more fhan hayesbeen stated over, ands
over IN speeches onthe flpor, and It believes
that the Senate win thpewsthew out. l5ei
3. It is stated that many voted for M. Astr.
leys resolution simply to get itinto the hands
Of the Judiciary COMMITTEES, where it will
probably remain. is5 = ~ y -.
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-01-16

SUFFERING AMONG THE DESTITUTE.
learn that there is much suffering among
the poor of this City. Mcssrs. W: J.W.
Crowder, Of the Methodist Church, Nh.
Hardie, fthe Presbyterian, W. E. Anderson,
of the Episcopal, and Mr.. Pescud, of the
Baptist Church, have been appointed to re-
ceive contributions of wood, clothing and
money fol the poor We trust such'of our
citizens as are able to do SO will contribute
literally to this noble object. = a'F's h---sr
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-01-16

COMMISSIONERS TO WASliNGToN.-UoV-
ernor Worth, in compliance with instructions
from the Legislature, has designated the FOL
lowing gentlemen as commissioners to Wash
ington. on the land tax, &c.
A. S. Merrimon. of Buncombe.
John A. Gilmer, of Guilfordg 81 ASK
james NJ. Leach, of Davidson.
P H. Winston, of Berthe.
Bedford Brown, of Caswell.
These are iudicious selections, and we have
no doubt the interests of the people will be
advanced by their visit to the capital OF this
nation-Raleigh Progress.
The land tax in this State is nearly all col
lected. The Secretary of the Treasury, some
months since, in response to the appeals of
some of our people, endorsed by Judge Sears,
the chief collector agreed to suspend tenn
porarily the collection of the land tax in the
Western Counties. We do not know but
that the law is imperative, and the Secretary
NAV feel it to be his duty to proceed at once
with the collection of the tax. In this event
the appeal will necessarily be to the Con-
gress. If so, it seems to US that the commits
sion above announced has not been so consti-
tuted as to have weight with that body. We
can readily imagine that one or two ofthe gen
tlemen named might have influence with the
Congress, but majority of them would not
have any more than Gov. Worth. 1t is much
to be regretted that the affairs of our suffer
ing people are in the hands of an official like
Gov. Worth, who is deservedly so obnoxious
to the Congress 1t is body which he has
deliberately pronounced in his message un-
constitutional, thus placing it out of his pow
er to approach it with such confidence In and
respect for it as to ensure responses which
will be beneficial to our people. In fine, he
has destroyed his usefulness so far as his re-
lations to the national law-making power are
concerned.
But we think it probable that this land
tax matter is simply an incident to tue COM
mission. The general understanding among
those wel-informed ip Raleigh is, that the
commission is political one, and that its
object is to prevent the passage of Mr.. Ste
vens' bill to reorganize the Southern States.
All the gentlemen named are banned by the
Howard amendment, which will certainly be-
come part OF the Constitution. We pre-
sumo all of them are opposed to that amend
ment. This being the case, even if they we're
not embarrassed by the unpopularity of Gov
Worth with the Congress, they would not
be able on their own account to make much
headway in any thing with the Congress, be-
cause OF their opposition to that mild and
liberal proposition.
We are not authorized to speak for any of
the gentlemen named in the commission, but
we venture the opinion that one of them, the
Hon Bedford Brown, will not accept
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-01-16
RALEIGH, N C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1s 1861

a manner which will gladden. the hearts of
all good men, and confound the schemes Of
all had men and We shall begin once pore,
at no. distant day,a new career Of psospei-
ty and happiness. The people have wilIed
it, and it shall be done.
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-01-16
The Veto Message.

President johnson returned. on the 7th
inst, the bill to regulate the elective fran
chise in the District of Columbia, passed by
the Senate on the 18th of December last, to
that body with his objections We coddense
as follows: $3.50 -
He sets forth that in December, 1865, the
question of comforting the elective franchise
on persons of color was submitted to the
qualified voters Of the District and rejected
with almost entire unanimity. Congress,
however, now disregards this expression of
opinion and proceeds to regulate purely
local question in manner at variance with
the wishes of those most nearly affected.
The President further argues that the ne
groes of the District are unfit to exercise the
right of suffrage, or to hold Office, owing to
their former condition and present nomadic
habits; and predicts an influx Of celored
persons thither anxious to enjoy privilege
denied them elsewhere. Z,
He also holds that the negroes Of the Dis
trict are sufficiently protected in Their rights,
without regard to race or color; and without
this innovation upon established customs
He thinks that this bill is tie precursor of
Others to be applied to all the lately insur
gent States
The President quotes largely from author
titles upon the Constitution in order to prove
the danger of the legislative Department of
government overstepping its constitutional
limits, and says that its Jealousy Of other de-
partments if not constantly checked leads to
the illegal abridgement of their constitu-
tional privileges, even now of limited char
acter in comparison to those ezerciscd by the
legislative department. s.
He also refers at length to the defenseless
position ofthe Judiciary and says that when
by the expulsion of certain members and the
denial of certain States to representation
two-thiris majority is obtained by q certain
party in Congress, all constitutional checks
ART destroyed, and two Of the departments of
government are placed in the powcrsof the
other. In such contingency. he holds that
the government would become dcspotic.
The President further reviews the outrage
question, and concludes BY saying, that the
'bestowal of this right will
end in its own destruction
y u.
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-01-16

PETITION FOR A NEW STATE GOVERN
MENT IN VIRGINIA--If the Washington
Chronicls is to be credited, the following pc
tition is being extensively circulated in Vir-
ginia and receiving many signatures prepar-
atory to being presented 70 Congress on its
Resembling:
To the Senate and House of Representatives. of
the United Suites:
The undersigned, citizens of the State of
Virginia, loyal to the Federal Government,
and cordially endorsing the action of Con
gress in refusing admittance to those claim
ing to represent this State in the national
councils, respectfully petition immediate ac-
tion on the part of your honorable bodies to
give that protection to the Union men and
the Union interests of this State whic:::: ;;t,s
tie and policy alike Demands and which
Congress alone can provide for.
They respectfully state that they are actu-
ated by an earnest desire Osee the Govern
ment reconstructed as early as possible upon
loyal and permanent basis; that they are
influenced by no spirit of revenge or hostili-
ty when they solemnly declare that their
uCoiCot ifStIlo diiu uOciticS drc Ill Gue udQQS
of those against whom they were arrayed in
the late unfortunate strife, and whose feelings
are too violent and vindictive to accord them
those rights prescribed by their own preten-
ded laws
They further represent that the executive.
legislative and judicial branches of the Gov.
ernment, with few honorable exceptions.
are in the hands of those who were false to
the Government in the late struggle for its
life; that the judges:appointed by the Exec
utiye are, without exception, composed of
those who were notorious in their support of
the rebellion. The Executive in appointments
consisting of directors nf public institutions.
railroads, adiutant generals, inspectors Off
GERS of the State militia, &C., has, so far as
we know, selected none save those who have
been consistently disloyal The Legislature
has, in all its actions, manifested its injustice
towards Union men. 10
For these and other. reasons they request
the revocation of the power hitherto exer-
cised by Gov. Peirpont; that "a provisional
governor be appointed to reconstruct the
government upon loyal foundation, and
that Congress grant such other relief as NAV
seem fit They further request that the Hon.
John c. Underwood, the faithful patriot and
distinguished jurist. who has always adher-
ed to the Government with fidelity which
no ffattery could seduce, no bribery, corrupt, !
nor fears intimidate, be selected as said pro-
visional governor,
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-01-16

DrsGpsTED The American colony that !
went out to settle in the Holy Land, expect :
ing to find il = flowing with milk and hon. ;
ey," aredisgusted to find milk costing TIVE {
piastres per ope, and honey hardly to begct
Z at any price.
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-01-16
A "secession" senator.

A friend has called our attention to the
fact that the Hon. NJ E. Manly, recently cleo
ted by tile Legislature of this State Sens-
q tor to the Congress of the United States
over Hon. John Pool, voted in the Conven-
tion of this State in October, 1865, against
the ordinance declaring null and void the
, ordinance of secession of May Goth, 1861
Z We were aware of this fact before, but We
thank our friend for calling our attention
to it. ''' =
The vote may be found on page "a of the
Journals of the Convention, October, 1865.
One hundred and five members, including
Hon. John Pool, voted to declare secession
null and void, and nine members, including
Hon. M. e. Manly, voted in the negative
Z That is, he refused to declare that the State
did not act properly in attempting to secede
in 1861, but he insisted by his vote above
referred to, that secession aoas right.
Mr.. Manly and his friends professed then.
as they do still, that they are the only real
friends the President has in this State. But
how did Mr.. Manly show this friendship2
1t is notorious that the President regarded
it as Indispensable in his work of restora-
tion, that the ordinances of secession passed
by the Southern States should be. declared
null and void He would have said, if ap-
pealed 10 at the time Mr. Manly gave this
vote, as he will say now, that the man who
says those acts of secession are not null and
void, is traitor, and unworthy the conf
dence of any one North or South And yet
Mr.. Pool, who voted like true Union man
ate by Judge Manly, who voted in the Con-
vention for secession. This is the way in
which the President is sustained by the Sc
cessionists in this State
The two Senators elect from this State
(Mr POOLS term will expire on the 4th of
March next,) are NJ. E. Manly and William
A. Graham. The first, as we have shown, is
on record as secessionist, and the latter is
what is called an "unpardoned rebel" If
President Johnson himself thought Mr.. Gra-
ham suitable person to-sit in the federal
Senate he would certainly pardon him. But
thus far he has declined to do so, though he
. has been repeatedly appealed to by Mr..
: Graham and Others. This is a pretty presen-
tation for this State to make to Congress as
0yI State! A secessionist and an un-
pardoned rebel' are offered as Senators, and
because they are not received the Congress is
denounced as mean and despotlc, and the
people are told that the Northern people
want TO degrade the South The State will
never get back to the Union, and it ought
not to get back, as long as such persons are
, put forward as her representatives There
must be q radical change of organization
and of front before the State will be restored.
We are glad of it. The reign of secession
lists and of "unpardoned ereb Isl is over
, They have had their day, and desperate
and bloody one it has been to us all.
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-01-16
Spring Term 1867 of the Superior Courts
of Law will be held as follows: IL zTs ~

+ The Washington correspondent of the New
York Herald says Mr.. Stevens has his bill
ready odeclare martial law in the Southern
States.