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Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-04-03
Selettso 1Jistellanp.
Personal.

Gen. Grant has two sisters, Mary, wif= ..
a counsul at Leipsic, and Jennie, who lives
at home.
Jennie Lind has been siniering a. Can,
mes. France.
Edwin N. Stanton, according to the Ma.
Tire ptrgfnian, was born in Stevensburg, Ia
the county Of C,ilpepper.
| Ross Winans, the naval architect, il at
work upon . new theological system. ~ s
"a black woman prenologist' is lec,lr,
ing and g feeling bumps" At Baton Rogue.
The Artemus Ward monument is 10 be
placed in Central Park. - sssAs
Bismatk sleeps like rnasrSot thsoughoas
church service and, what 10 more, he
snores.
Mr. George Peabody is living at Rome
with the sculptor, Story.
Mark Twain sailed for San Francisco on
the l,h. He returns in june.
Doolitte intends qdfhihg Wisconsin
when his Senatorial term expires.
Mr.. James r. Murdoch is lying Ill a. the
house Of friend in Lancaster, Mass.
The Prince OF Wales now wears full set
of wbiskers, beard and all. He looks very
much ike the British lion about the facet
August Belmont, OF New York, is reports
ed 10 haze paid over $io0, 900 for the works
OF art in his private gallery.
Gen. Dix's receptions at Paris are very
elegant, hnspiiable and popular, IN which
qualities they differ from his predecessors.
Brigham Young is widower, Eve OF his
wives having died of pneumania during the
past winter.
Henry Clapp says Horace Grecly isa
selfmade man, and worships his crea>
tor.
Mrs. John Morissy circulates about Troy
in $50, 900 barouche. 80,
D'Israei,'' Monandnock" says in his last
letter, owes his success mainly TO his. thick
skin. f 80
d. Appleton 4 Co., the famous New
York publishers, Are about 70 move intonews
quarters IN Brooklyn. - e sr'l9 -
Gran. has settled the question Of ptobss
bic delay in the impeachment trial. Some
onetold him Johnson vas going to ask time
to send off to Alasks and other ends Of the
earth for witnesses. What's the use Of
that?'' He can prove anything he wants
to by Wells and Randall and McCulloch ~
Mr. Robert Bonners new building, corr
ner Of Spruce and William streets, New
York, is nearly completed and presents
veryfine appearance. It is of plain white
marble, FIVE stories hign-the inside col
umns, etc., OF iron-and entirely fre>proof.
Beecher explains the tameness ofplot and
incident in " Norwood" in its preface, by
saying that when he received Bonnor's
proposition to write him a novel,
Had it been request to carve statue
or build a man-of-wAr. the task would hard
ly have seemed less likely Of accomplish.
ment. A very moderate reader, even, of
fctions, had never studied the mystery of
their construction; Plot or counterplot, the
due proportions Of parts, the machinery of "a
novel. seemed hoplessly oatside Of my stu.
diea.n
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-04-03

The. Milwaukee .Adrcrtiser, established
in 1856, was the srst newspaper in Wiscon
sin.
ST. Nichoals Hotel, New York, yields
net return Of $2Oe 900.
The, lowest temperature recorded in Eng
land during tho ysar 1867, was zero.
An English company with . capital d
$l0,o00, 900, has been cesaaixed % haiM |
railroad across Honduras.
More thana thoQsARd static nary engine
are IN operaaios = ~ r;aY - PhiiadeiplA
Peach trees are nor in bloom throughou
Western Tennenee. g
Paris has ten thousand mauuiactp,ers
ioiag. .4675 ,000, 900 business yearly. y
hong Kong il 70 have season Of ltal
iaA 0pefAsHas era.E ssa.xs asss n5.ss ~
I, HAxlfssd jpuruakstics haya . press Club
E4eygiys sslsel sociahlsa regularly, 4 4.
!, Dr' MAYNARD, ,invsptox Of the Maynar
-Sias, has mala. an important Improve
mont ia tha .needle gIn., .,s,s9
! In Iudia there ara $4,000 native com
municants, . Christian population Of $50,
600, and 200. native clsrgymen -
Rev. Bernard TplIy, Catholic prieak o
New London Conn.,, has been silesesd e.
essoctasiu4 wv nvcay wMu vfs00tS.
Commodore vsnds<blt is reported t
have lost nearly tyo millions IN the Eris
affsir. Tha sympathies pf the 'copmunity
aze With prsv, and scaipst any further mo
nopoly Of railssys by Y sndsshilt,
a.. krupp. The Ersat Prussiap iron, worker
Is building hspmeF. lis tohaSe : hcad
ueighiag lao tons.
The New England country papers hsss
left tho Associated Press. .s
w FSspor', II. II xpscts to witness an unusu
a amount Of building this season.
The damage 70 the Rock Island bridge /,
more serious than Was 6rst supposed Oas
pier has been removed nearly twenty feet
and the whole structure i, threatened
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-04-03

The friends Of Hannibal Hamlin, Maine,
are making great efforts 70 secure sor him
the second place on the Republican ticket
Gen. Hartman, the recently successful
candidate for Governor in New Hampshire,
will be strongly urged by New England DEL
egat.- Sc A. E:.- y. P.rsitf0A.-
The Chicago Times has abandoned the
western Democracy on the grecnback ques'
ton.
The Boston Transcript says: Had An
drew johnson made treason odious,' JEFF
Davis trial would not have been postponed
on account of his own.''
The Lynchburg {Va.) Ne,cs admits tha,
the result Of the New Hampshire election i
rather incompatible with the idea so sedu.
lously inculcaaed by the Democratic press ol
an immense revolution in the popular mind
against the Radical party
David Dudley Field and August Belmont
are said to have raised two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars in Wall street 70 carry the
New Hampshire election for the Democrs,
cy.
Thomas Jefferson was Radical. He be.
lieycd in negro voting, and voted with ne.
groes. Negro votes helped to elect him 10
ofics. II aliye, now, Democrats would
threaten TO hang him to lamp post.
II is said Andy Johnson, at the Anegestion
Of Mrs. Cobb, and in pursuance 81 Mis- prac-
tice in pardoniag rebels, propos1s % issue {
pardon to himself. in advance, ana plead Il
seymoars s. @ speech ss ' rsaas ag.ff ne &srs ID.
dressing Pepdleton IN the language of 81
Paul: would that YOU we're boyh almost
and sltosesher such Is I am, f5ttpt fhesl
The Boston Psi prepared the ronvention
al chan.icleer to crow over New hampshire
Not 70 have the outlay wholly wasted, i,
prints the rampant biped upside down, ex,
planning that "The election has capsized
him, but Connecticut win bring him right
side up
yallandigham, says the Cincinnati Gazette
is most ardent advocate, sub-rcsd, Of the
impeachment of johnson.
The Democratic convention Of Rhode Is.
lind, A. in New York, entirely ignored the
Presidential and financial issues.
1t is noteworthy that Mr.. DisraeK, the new
British Tory Premier, was infexibly neutral
on the American question during the war
While Mr.. Gladstone, the Liberal leader
was declaring that Jefferson Davis had
made nation,r aud that We may antici
pate with certainty the success ofthe South
ern States" D;sraeli was discouraging every
tendency 10 take sides againss the North.
NEw HAMPSHIRE < I !, =
Morn breaketh Ia the East shs pufpls elotdl
Are putting on their gold and violet ~ 49,
10 iockthe nsstef for the sus's bright ssaing.'
A Republican county convention in mi
nois has resolved "thAt We % not desire q
President whose mouth, IKE thss ofthe -
sissippi river, is aiways cpeh!n
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-04-03

-Pataam's Nontkly is said 10 hare be-
come firmly rs-esta ablished. IL is sai,
that Louis Napoleon onss purchased a Lon
don daily TO be devoted to his interests. Tn,
public did not appreciate It and il died. -.
Froude pronounced Fsoodl is at work on
the last installment of his History Of Eng
land, and expects to complete ii in twt
years.--.-An old book, thought to be th,
6rst printed from movable types, was recent
" sold in Holland for ovse t1,50O.--Dr
Holland Is going to Europe 10 remain sever
al years, probably in Germany. "a
american Journal VI Hoytirxlture, psblish'
Cd in Boston BY Tiltcs,k Co., is said 70 b ;
very attractive aud useful Journal --Ths
Billiard World is new magazine devoted
entirely to billiardA The Rebellion Rec
ard has reached part LXxI, watch coutsius
portraits Of Gen. JEFF. q. Davis and Gen
Barlow, and is hlled with Official reports
Parton is writing up the great religious
seets Of America.---D. II. Strothsr, The
"Portc crayon" Of Harpsr's Msgssins, Il
said to be rapidly losing his eyesieht. 49,
Prot. Whitney :. Language and the Stud,
Of Language" is spoken Of most highly by
the Wesfninstv Resjer.---lsongislIow il
eu:aged on q new posm.-Swinburn, thu
post, j. twenty y,fvo years old.-A fourth
volume ofEdrard Eyersst's latest osa.ioas
will soon be issued
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-04-03

liquid thy scorningt ~ :
Z eoft 40 good lnorniAgs ss, -
Whispered on rising, -.
Fond ear surprising.
H N ts@
Sweet thy conscuting, -.
After reionting
To our besccching, -
Patience apt teashing. ~ e.
Laugh at our sighing,
kiss US replying,
Heart for hsnrt willing
True life fulfiiings q
Spite Of first shining,
Thou art worth winning;
Thrice three tines pleasing
For thine arch tonninw.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-04-03
Sslelt.o 1,oeirp.



THE following Lines wero sent by Oliver Wen
deli ii mes, in response to an invitation ~ be
present ar the dinner in cclebration Of the
twenty first snniversary Of the Merchan.ile Ii
brsry Association Of New York, On the 9th u
November. 1s41, when all wines and liquors
were excluded, and ladies we're invited as guests
at the table. At the dinner given ut Delmoni-
co's--eth VI November, 1866 BY ths Oficsss'
Union Of the MerchaDtile Library Association,
these lines were reproduced Is part Of the his
tory ofthat event. @ e w
4 HsALrn to dear Woman .ie bid. u. en.nine
From the cup il cncircles the fast clng ginz vine;
But her cbeek Ger its cry s,al with pleasure will
And mirror it, bloom h tn bright wave below.
A health to sweet wepan the days are no more
When she watched f4aer lord tiif the revel was
Ana .nooth.d the white pino~, and bsssh.a
A. she pressed bar cold lips on his forehead Of
Alas for the loved one too spotless and fair.
The joys Of his banquet TO chasten and share
Her eye lost its light that his goblet might sine
And the roso Of her cheek was desolvcd in his
wine.
Joy smiles In the fountain, health nows ia the
rlls,
Az their ribbons Of silver unwind from the hills;
They breathe NOT the mist Of the bacch an al 8
dream,
But the lilies Of Innocence Goat on their stream
Then health and q welcome to Women once
She brings ~ passport that laughs at our door;
1t IL written ON crimson, its letters are pearis,
1t il countersigned Nature--so room sor the
girls. - fs.-.,
National temperance Adrocate
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-04-03

gs Old !. Ad Interin" .Tkemas .stiIl sw<lls
Aarosad Washingtea, claiming to " Ssess-
tary Of War, and = such attends Cabinet
meetings at the white House. But NJ.
johnson does nct respect him ~ Secretary
otherwise; he gisss NO osisss; Thosnes
makes mona hinsslf. and drass no drafts |;
while everybody else respects Nj. STATIONS !
orders in the office, Thomas and johnson
illustrate the Ensign Stcbbins view II the
Maine Law they believe tha War Oaics Il
theirs. but they don't dare to touch it.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-04-03
BITS OF EUS.

Pys9'ssAaiess pys9sss Remedy fas sssins infants
Traasporisd'for Life-A man vino mar.
The Paper containing many 6nt pSussL
nssy psrsosessudy bookkeeping .. ths
expe1se ofths city lihEaries.
a Luminous 4aery-1s lantern >iawsd
man invariably light~headcd T? ~
How to make rich Jam--Crowd tssusv
fashionsbly dsssssd ladies into one omui~
bus. s.ss..sf.
The. Boston Post has an article on Tie
Democratic Outlook. Probably written from
Sing sing.-The Post, Hartford.
A Calvinsville old lady, on being asked
about the Unisersalisss, observer, Yes,
they expect that everybody win be saved !;
but we look for better things - Transcripts,
Boston.
Copy Of . bill vouched for - authentic by
gentleman who sAw the original among
other curiosities in an English collection.
1t was presented 10 the authorities Of VIM
chester Cathedral ID the eleventh century:
- d
To soldering aAd repairing St. Joseph, 2 S
cleaning and. ornamenting Holy Ghost I 4
Repairing the Virgin Mary before and
behind, and making q new child, 10 2
Screwing nose on The Devil, and put. .M
ting ths length ofeA finger on his
tail and painting it, -
Rats cannot I've in Alaska-becauset their
holes freeze up solid as coon as the rats dig
them. Naturally the rats become discour-
aged. AT St Thomas the earthquakes turn
fhoir hnles urnnu aida xauf fnrf v.fhrao ,iuras
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-04-03
Meat Market |!
PRICES REDUCED ONE.7nIRD.
Clinton & T. ]. Wilson,

HAVING PURCHASED The Meat Market
IL of Luckey 4 Bro, will keep constantly On
hand the best quality Of Beef, Mutton and Pork,
and other meats In their season. Having had
long experience in the business, spd being large
~ engaged IL, buying Cattle and Hogs and feed
ing ~ their farms, will at I'll times furnish the
very bcst,auality " meats. Since taking hold
Of this market they have reduced the price Of
meats one third, and wfll continue 10 furnish
The highest market price paid fsE2 cattle and
hogs. Those having sock for sale will 90 well
to kive thsm cali. ~ ffslg al = usu
ffs4& ~fxl....s sffxu Y.ns. 49, a.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-04-03

PARx or VAN AABrRcs MgyAGzRtg
SAvED.-A portion Of VAN Aanam Burg
tnensgefie hsssb<en winstfiag 1t Cnnees.
ville, iacnaing Eippoo ssib - agssok e..
pzant, ~ grizslys bear, thres,hQrasd balls,
and Bsruuaese COW. The wagons thirty.
nine in gumber, have been repainted, and
the caravan will staft on itsA summer tour
aboat the lst cf May, opsnisg Il Coanen>
Sils. A lArEs annber Of the animals wese
at Frederick Nd, and escaped the fire :,
Barnum's Museum. A telegram has been
received at Connefsyasie, announcing that
The giraffe, reported dead, Is alive and . do
iug well, suffering only fr0m hroksn Jaw.
This organization has expended in Fayette
County during the three years that il has
been winteting there, about ele0, ,00O.- Gin,
ciRRafH Cemnsevcial
bis own knqxledge, stated recently hat
there is or file in the State Department,
sworn evidence that Nj the ALL Of 1864, Gov.
error Seymour, Nsw Esrk, was n coae~
dental and treaasnabls eorrospsndascs With
CleneAt G, Clay, JE. and james P. Hpl.
combe, who were then III Canada a. afents
o. the V1nNdeSrse 6Svsfushest, ~ Me-
Erks Sss aefsuds NJ. 6syuDm fssms ~
sherseOe, sshA gsosads shais. sssh dupliciU
EAnd such treasonshle opposition %. his
country are utterly foreign TO his character
and the allegations of the Jbur,ai are pro.
nOunced csi1nARias aud uutrue. Our etsod
ofthe Jesssa1 has an opportnaity - show
what great many who witnessed Governor
Seymoar's course at the time of the great RI
OF IN New York believe, that he Is not the
patriot the SIN makes him out. ~ @sls
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-04-03
Original 7Diselllanp.

The nesd quarters Of the fighting Fen.
iAns Of ireland are at Cork, where uron the
arrest Of the leading Fenians the lower class
es took to shooting policemen ind other like
innocent amusements.
The Lake Superior copper mines are
becoming nuisance to the stock holders.
Out Of ll3 active companies, only two paid
dividends last year, while the assessments
upon the stockholders Of some companies ran
up 10 half a million dollars.
--Cleseland, Ohio, is regarded a. one oi
the exemplary cities of the land, but it new
ertheless spent in the year 1866, the sum Of
$4,000 for churches and benevolent OBJ
jecss, $4,000 for schools and city govern
msnt, and $l,621oo0 1t the saloons! Com,
msat is unnecessary. 8{5
The curse Of secession falls with terri
bic blight upon some Of the aforetine prcs>
porous cities 81 he South. rsichmond,
before The wass contained . population Of
loo, ,Oo0-now reduced 10 10000 The
whole city wears duli, discouraged aspect.
Business is parsiyzed and everybody seems
to,bs at poversy' door. o. sstribation !
--Twsnty fisedmen recently embarked as
Key westYoa two small schocners, for the
Florida coast, but their pretended employ
ees ran the sehooners to Matanxas, Cuba,
evidently with the intention of selling the
negroes into slavery. Fortunately the U. s.
Consul got wind of the fact, and endeavored
to capture the kidnappers. Two escaped
and three were seized and sent 10 Key West
in irons. The freedmen were sent back to
Key West. Appropriately enough, the
schooners were named Pat Cleburne and
Lost Csnse.
A new poet has suddenly sprung up in
the person of John Edward Howell, who has
issusd two volumes Of poems, containing 10.
gether nearly 800 pages. He seems to be
fond short metres. We subjoin few stan.
= r'44 E gfH q
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-04-03

~ Mr. shckens, on his nexsyisit 10 Esssos.
wAi read "sirs, Gaiar- Jos the FIST lipie ia
Amcrica.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-04-03
Diokens anA nlle CAiengo aaaaer r.in.

The Chicagoeerrssppudent Of The s. Lon
y Democr0t has the following in regard to
Charles Dickens aud the widow Of his broth
ef residing h this city -
=" As mseh has sppeassd u Tia publie
psess in regard to Mrs.. Apgpstns, N. Dick
ems, Of this citys aud the cogduct Of her dis
tinguished brother>inlaw toward hcr, the
following AeB win Be reaA vish iatefeet:
Mr. aDic kessnow lives inso saAll seosiAge
20 aNUsh ClsEk street. Astaads on. leased
ground, aud is worth, perhaps two thousand
dollars. This is all the property Nj. A. n.
Dickens !eh 70 her and her ehildrsn II his
death. Mr. aBd Mrs. LAvsenes kvs ii the
house with Mrs. Dickens. Ms. Lawrence
IS q cousin. of Charles Dickens. They are
also poor When Charles Diekens came to
this country on this present wish, the widow
Dickens wrote him letter tenderinR him
the hospitality Of her house, and At the same
time expressing an anxious desire to see
him. To this Mr.. Dickens wrote cold nd
reply. Other correspondence, 1t II said,
passed between them which may some day
see the light. The statement that she has
received any assistance from him is.unfouud.
ed. Mrs. Dickens is now IN poor health,
aud the future to her is dark and cherries.
Her father died some time since, leavisg q
small estate, bat it q yet unsstslea. Il is
understood that the relations between the
two brothers we're Not intimate or cordial,
and that Charles seldom wrote to bis brother
here. IN fact, when their mother died few
years since IN England. Charles did MOI take
lhstro6blssto inform Augustus, and he ~
mained ignorant Of the fact for several
months &hefH Occurred sAfTs - sse
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1868-02-18
VALLEY ITEMS.

From our yalley exchanges We clip the
following items
Mr.. Leech has sold his interest in the
Lexington Gazette d Banner to Mr.. w. w.
Scott, who viii act as Business Manager.
- Rev. D. w. Shanks, of Amelia c. H.,
has accepted call to the Falling Spring Pres
byterian Church, Rockbridge county.
- Professor Hewitt recited before the
young ladies of the Wesleyan Female 1nsti-
+ tute, in Staunton, on Friday evening last, a
new and original poem-entitled "De Soto: or
the Conquest of Florida"
Some persons living on the HaFrisonburg
and Warm Springs Turnpike, Rockingham
county, have been-imposed upon by party
Of persons claiming to belong to the .! S.
Navy. These deluded persons allowed them
to have old feathers, the impostors promising
to return them new ones in exchange.
The Rockingham Register says that
James L. Parker, of Harrisonburg, of the
firm of Parker & Nash, has invented an ex>
tension lemon cutter, for use by carriage
makers, which promises to be a most useful
and valuable invention. 1t is designed to cut
the tenon on the spokes of carriages or wagons,
On Wednesday, the 9Th instant, an inter
estins little son Of Henry Gceding, Esq,
residing near Cbnrchville, Augusta coung,
met with an accident which resulted in his
death on the following Friday. Two little
boys were engaged in pitching straw from a
NOW, when the unfortunate little son of Mr..
G., was, by accident struck near the eye with
fork Inflammation followed, which, extend
ing to the brain, resulted in death.
: y painful operation says the Winchester
Ne,cs, was performed one day last week on
Mr.. VIM. C. Hobson, a gallant soldier of the
late Confederate army. An Austrian ball
weighing an ounce, which had been Embedded
between the bones of the leg, since the first
battle of Manassas, was removed. The bal
had entered the front of the leg, Immediately
below the knee, ranging down the bone, and
lodging two inches and half above the ankle
! and had given Mr. II. much pain for som'
years. He finally concluded to suffer no lon
ger but have it extracted. DR.. Love, assisted
by Dr. Godfrey Miller. performed the opera
ton, Mr.. H., refusing to take chloroform tt
render him insensible to the pain. We are
glad to state that he is doing we'll.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1868-02-18
What it Costs [!

We have seen number of statements with
reference to the cost. of reconstruction under
the Radical Congressional plan. The follow
ing statement of some of the expenses which
poor old Virginia has hsd to foot, will fur
nish some idea of what it costs to reconstruct
a State, when thieves are, in power. we
copy from the Richmond Enquirer -
The Convention in fit OF economy yes
tcrday, commenced system of retrenchment,
the announcement Of which will be received
with pleasure by the people Of the State. 1t
was found that number Of committees had
clerks who were of no manner of use to the
committees, Convention, State, "or any other
man" The heads of all committee clerks
were, therefore, Topped off. The case of the
stcnographic. reporter was then taken up. 1t
appeared that this worthy, had drawn from
he treasury of the State the sum of fur
thousand three hundred and mincty,fee dol
lars and sixty cents. Mr.. Platte, Of Peters
burg, moved to dispense with his services
y long discussion ensued and many amend
that this imported stenographer has received
from the State Of Virginia nearly Ninety dol
lars per day for every day he has worked for
the Convention. The Convention decided
by a vote Of 81 to %, to dispense with his
services after the 18th of this month y
motion was also made to dispense with the
services Of the chaplin: This divine receives
$50 per week for his services, which occupy
usually about one minute per day-threc dol
lars and Hirty-ttrce ce?stS per minute, or at
tho rateof $500 perth or 81, 400 per day
Of twelve hours.
We Will take occasion here to say that any,
and all, Of the ministers of the city will pray
for the Convention and take great pleasure
in doing So, There can be no doubt that it
is a promising field for missionary labor.