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tngr '4 f! slowly, and looking steadily into Mrs. Christian had other words on her lips, but her voice was losing its steadiness under the pressure ofstrong feeling, and she left them unuttered. Tilly's large orbs remained, for lotnc time, dwelling on her face. They Were full of wonder and surprise. Slowly withdrawing them, as a shade of doubt crcpt over her countenance, tfie looked down at her miserable gar ments and almost shoeless feet. From these her eyes wont to the face of Mr. Christian and then back again to the flicc of the lady who had spoken to kor only such words as she had dream ed might come from heaven, whither her mother had gone. Do you mean it, ma'am?" The plaintive voice shook—tears wet the brown lashes, and stood beaded on Iter cheeks. I mean it all, poor child 1 Oh, ma'am shoeagarly replied, •obbing as she spoke, I'll be so food. Tilly will never do anything to ttiake you sorry. She won't indeed 1" 44 ?ian,was Yes, it tvus God who led her hith er. And preparation to receive her Into your love was made through pity ior another. The door of your heart «ras opened just as she came this way ened so wide, that though in rags •nd tilth, and begging, she entered in." And God being my helper and Ifnide," answered Mrs. Christian with tearful emotion, 1 will care for her •o wisely and tenderly that she can not get out." I tbe wondering ryes uplifted to hers, I I'm going to tako you away from Mrs. Brown. Slie shall never send you out begging again never beat you any more never scold you never cull yon wicked names." n was tenderly answered. If you will be tigood, obedient little girl, you shall live here with me." Tin sure she will not,'' said Mrs. Christian, accepting the promise. "And now come with me." 6ho led her from the room. More than half an hoar passed ere lirs. Christian returned to the apart Unent where she had left her husband. ]Ie glanced up from the pa go ho was teading as she came 111, and saw that he was alone. What hare yon done with her She is asleep." Ah t/omc I want you to sec her now. After removing her filthy rags, I gave lier a bath, put on clean night-clothes, fed. ave her some supper, and put her to She fell off into a sweet sleep very soon after her tired head rested on Ihe pillow." Mrs, Christian's voice choked as she finished the last sentence. They as cended to a small chamber adjoining to, and opening from their own. The -a8 burning, low, but Mrs. Chris moving in advance, turned it np •nd throw a blaze of light upon the l)cd where Tilly lay sleeping. Did you ever see anything sweet er?—anythig more beautiful There they stood gazing down upon the unconscious one for a long time in silence. The bath had removed every stain from her skin, and the )ure young face, rosy with the warm y flushing blood, was a very picture of innocence. Ooo white arm had j»ushed aside the covering, partly re pealing the spotless enow of her |reast. The brown hair, which had $een long and matted, was srnothly #ombed from her temples and forehead $nd spread itself in glossy musses #ver the pillow. They gazed still in iilencc till their eyes grew dim. Love was pouring with a strong flood into their hearts. Three years before and in this very room, had they stood and looked down upon a picture just as beautiful but the picture had faded long and long ago, and they held it only in memory. Now, it was as if the lost were found—the dead had come to life again—the blessing, whose weary ab«cucv Lhey hud siirhed over, restored. Poor motherless one 19 was most tenderly spoken. "Motherless no longer," was the quick response of Mrs, Christian, fled by her Father in heaven to our door, we accept the trust confided. She shall be as our own child." And she never did get out. Bhall we draw a sketch of what her life •light have been if this door had not %een opened Nay. Draw it for jjfourself Christian reader aud, thence your duty also. THANKSGIVING PBOCLAMATIO*. 4T,J M'c people of Ivvca lu token of a dependence opon the Supreme Ruler of the Universe, the •lore especially in this, the hour of |*eril to the Nation, in fervent thanks giving to II iiu that no pestilence has prevailed in our midst, that the labors Of the husbandman have been meas urably rewarded and fur the many SIs listings vouchsafed us as individu aud citizens in devout acknowl- •dgement of His sovereignty ami Overruling rrovidcncc and hcarfelt ffratitude that our armies in the field have won such renown in the great Cause of the Union, that our citizens Nt home have been inspired with such devoted loyalty and munificence iu Ifclieving our brave addicts, and that Wc have been permitted to follow in a peaceable manner, our usual pursuits, while war is desolating the land, 1, SAKCEI. J. KiRKwoon, Governor of the State of Iowa, do hereby appoint Thursday, the 21th day of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving, Frayer and Praise, and do hereby en treat the people, abstaining from their •anal pursuits, to assemble together 4TO that day, in their chosen places of Worship, and offer up their earnest prayers to Almighty (iud, humbly acknowledging their short comings and their dependence upon Iiim, Ranking Him for the manifold bless ings conferred upon them by His hand beseeching Him to crown our arms 6«id cause with signal triumph to fpnfer strength upon our gallant fpldiers, to mitigate the sufferings of the sick, wounded and imprisoned, and to succor ami lieal the anguish of the lierelt, aud imploriiig the speedy ex tinction of rebellion, a return of peace |p His own good time, to our distract ed land, and that we may prove our lielves worth}* of the institutions be- £id, ublic, by becoming once more a uui* fraternal and happy people. *.t In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and a used to be affixed the Great Ti Seal of the State of Iowa. Done at Des Moiues, this 1st day of Movember, A. D. 1862. SAMUEL J. KIRK WOOD. the Governor. £UJAH SELLS, Sec'jr of State. Cjrc fntclltgntctr. Westward the course of empire takes its way.' A. 9. r. HTIiDRKTH, Edttor. Charles City, Iowa, Nov. 20,1862. The Democratic Party. The student of republican institu tions will find in tho history of the Democratic party an invaluable study. Lessons are there furnished which ought to secure a government, which has learned them from hard experencc as ours has, from the repetition of such disasters as we are now laboring under, for centuries to come. The fact that the heresy of secession had ita origin during a Democratic admin istration and iu the Democratic party, that it was nurtured and grew under the protection of influences which that party tolerated, if it did not encour age, for thirty long years, and that it culminated iu open rebellion and dis organization in the last days of that party's power, must fix, without so much as a question, the verdict which the future will pronounce upon its character and its memory. By these remarks it must not be understood that we deny to the Demo cratic party, in atiy of its stages, the possession of many virtues. Far from it. Its origin was uuquestioria ably pure and full of promise—its early and much of its subsequent career will fill many of the brightest pages of our national record—facts to I which alone can be attributed the nn-| wonted tenure of its power. Even to An enumeration of the distinguish-' ed individuals who, from time to time,' have abandoned its connection, would be full of interest. First in order, we have such men as Silas Wright and Lyman Trumbull, Preston King, Vice President Hamlin, and a host of others of equal influence, who, at a later pe riod, deserted the party on account of One important coincidence will not cscapc the observation of the student of that party namely, that the point at which its visible decline began, is the point at which the organization of the first political anti-slavery party was effected. From that period the fall of the one corresponded to the rise of the other. Nor is this at all to be wondered at, when the cause of the downfall of the former is understood. The Democratic party, in the day of its pride, became the victim of mis placed confidence. It extended its support to slavery, which proved a parasite, twining itself about it as the vine twines round the tree. While growing in its shadow and strengthen- ed in thecailicr and better days, until its ''"cans and 71 Democrats. principles had become so thoroughly JNew Hampshire, Khode Island, Con fixed in their hearts that even cherish-' necticut, Maryland, Virginia, and Ken ed associations and political hopes! t',cky a still more flagrant abandonment of i DWrki, by its support, it continued gradu- ally to infuse the poison of its views into all its parts, until its very life curreuts were iufected. From that hour its doom was sealed. Since the disclosures of the connection of many of its acknowledged leaders with se cret treasonable associations, no truly patriotic man need hope for its resto-j ration to power. Suspicion has' attached to it, which in politics is as damning as conviction. Its record has been spoiled. That the name will be retained and the organization attempted to be car ried on for a period longer, is even probable. That soch should be the case is perhaps even desirable, since under present auspices and managc meut, there will be no liability of mis understanding its purposes and the material of which it will be compos ed, and it may serve as a useful means of distinguishing the true men of the country on the one side, from the traitors, open and secret, aud those who are pastivo and neutral, on the other. Made up of the disaffected aud tho disappointed, it may drag on a v. iiioiiiuuuijei IK*- ,, ^ueutlud UK by tin* Fatlm# of the TTE- PrecariuU8 tenure for a time, until II nally borne down by the accumulating weight of public odium. Whether this period comes sooner or later is probably of very little consequence to the country, since the party as such is heuceforth virtually divested of all power, either for usefullness or mis chief. A knowledge of its gicutralizcs its sting. ed in the death of any mere party. In itself it is nothing. The principles it embodies aro everything. When these depart it is better dead than alive. Parties are the mere waves upon the surface, principles are the enduring depths beneath. Two re markable delusions have prevailed to give the Democratic organization much of its strength in latter times. One was that, as a mere party, it possessed a principle of inherent strength—the other, that it could em boby discordant and antagonistic prin ciples, and yet preserve its unity. Both of these views bid fair to be speedily dispelled. The test of loyal ty dissipates all such ideas. Whoa treason enters, every virtue flies. Tbe Elections. Ten States held their regular elec tions on the 4th inst, to wit: Massachusetts, Be,ow abaudoned it. Next in order we have |ted members in those States whose 7 1. 1. principle. Last of all, when the re belliou broke out and the Union de manded the undived allegiance of all true men, many persons of honest P«rfo.o, l»t of orntoti'iHy strong par ty attachments, who had clung to it until that hour—of whom we might mention Maj. Geucral F. Butler and Daniel S. Dickenson, as distinguished examples, turned their backs upon it forever. Sin cc that time the organi zation has been in the hands of men of tho Vullaudigham, Bright aud Mabony school, who, if not actually traitors, prize the positions it affords, above country. Even Douglas, that strong and chivalrous partisan gladiator, before his death, was virtually driven from its ranks, having lost the support of its controlling minds. Missouri, Illinois, W New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Michigan, a late period it mustered in its ranks! members of the 38th Congress result many honorable aud worthy nameB. folio*®* Nor need we be surprised at this, when we recollect the prestige of its former glory and the many brilliant associations which its name had clut tered about it. iscolisin, Minnesota, Kansas. These States are entitled, iu the ag gregate, to 85 member* of Congress, being an increase of nine members over their present representation. Un der the new census Massachusetts los es one, and New York loses two mem bers while Michigan gains two, Illi nois five, Missouri two and Wiscon sin three members. These States are now represented by 53 Republicans and 23 Democrats. In the next Con gress their representation will stand: Republicans 47, Democrats 37. This is giving the Democrats all tho doubt ful ones. The previous elections of Maine..... Vermont Pennsylvania... Ohio Indiana Iowa California. Oregon........ 12 6 4 6 8 1 It 14 88 T*,u® far. tlicn» Thomas II. Benton, men who have Cong"*8. convene one fought the hard battles of the party year from ncxt 84 we have for the ncxt December), 86 Rcpub- ,,ave,,ot'ct were surrendered in preference.! Tlicy choose about 30 members, in the When they saw the party had begun ®gffreSa^° to abandon its first principles they ,,e,J N"-'""'elections, are the names of newly elec- elections were held this month, as far us received. Republican* in Romans, Democrats in Italics NEW YORK. G. Slebbtns. 8. Moxet F. Oflelt. 4. Btn j'ltnin 6. Feriuiui/o It 'o* 6. Kin th Ward. 7. John W. Chanier. 8. James ]I rooks. 9. A nsoii Her rid 10. Will in Rail ford. 11. Charles 11 Wivjitld. 12. Homer A. Nelson. 13. John B. Steele. 14. Juraslus 'anting. 15. John A. (*ri*ickdt F. purpose After all there is little to be motira- (probably.) 16. Orlando Kellogg. 17. Calvin T. Hulburd. 18. I tain k Jiloetd. 19. Samuel F. Miller. 20. Ambrose W. Clark. 21. Fro vets human. 22. DeWitt Littlejohn. 23. Thomas T. Davis. 24. Theodore M. Pomcri^f# 25. Daniel Morris. 26. Giles W. Hotchkiss. 27. Robert V. Valkenburgh. 28. Freeman Clarke. 29. Augustus Frank. 30. John (ianson. 31. tteubcu K. Feu ton. ILLINOIS. 1. Isaac N. Arnold. 5. John F. Famsworth. 5. Elihu B. Washburne. 4. C. M. Harris. 6. Owen Lovejojk 6. Jesse O. Nortas. 1, John if. Eden. 8. John T. Stuart. 9. Lewis TV. Ross. 10. A. L. Knnpp. 11. J.C.Robi nson, 12. Wm. R. Morrimm. 18. Wm. J. Allen, MICH IC AX. 1. F. 0. Beaman. t. Charles Up80U. 8. J. VV. Longyear. 4. W. Kellogg. $. Baldwin. $. John F. Driggs. WiacoNsflf. 1. Jrnmt S. Brovm. 5. Ithamar C. Sloan. 8. Atnami Cobb. 4. Charles A. lu ft. £. L. Browne. f. Luther Hancheltk MINNESOTA. William Windom. Ignatius Donnelly. KANSAS. A. 0. Wilder. 1. 8. MISSOURI. 1, Knox. 8. llehry T. Blow. Three other Union Emancipationists are certainly elected, giving 6 Union and 4 Tory members. KEW-JKK3ET. Fo»r Democrats and one Republican. DELAWAWL Om Democrat. MAssAcacMtn. Tea Republicans. t- i There can be no doubt that tho Ad ministration will hare a good working majority in the next House of Repre sentatives, while in the Scuato the Republicans will be as strong as now. The Republicans will probably gain four Senators in California, Oregou, Minnesota, and Missouri, and lose two in Indiana and Pennsylvania. Tbe Republican majoity in 3 Za & Mr. Bancroft's Letter. Hon. Geo. Bancroft, tho distinguish ed historian, a life-long adherent to the Democratic party, has written a noble letter, declining the nomination to Congress, which was tendered to him by the People's Union Association iu the eighth District New York. Among other things he says "The Tory party of England, all the old hrrrditary enemies to the per fect development of our free institu tions, have been from the begining ragarly Imping to see our beautiful Hag rent in twain forever, and have been unremitting in their advice to us to let half of the Union go. Shall we adopt them for our counselors? It is one of the saddest things, in this time of general sorrow, that an effort is made to persuade our fellow-citizens of foreign birth to give their votes in the very party of English aristocracy which from generation to generation oppressed them at home. The party at the South which has made this rebellion is not and never was a democratic party it was and is the most embittered hater of democracy it rests on the most liar row and the most selfish of oligar chies, which by the very necesssity of its nature seeks to extinguish the democratic principles, to crush the Union and the power of the people. To sympathize with them is to sym pathize with oligarchy in its proud est and most corrupt form. They laughed among themselves at the very thought of being called democrats. For one, 1 will not vote for any man whose election would be an en couragement to the rebellion to hold out. I, for one, will not consent to send our sons and brothers to the bat tle-field and thcu betray them at the polls,* Iowa Congressional Election. Til IHD JUSTIt ICT. AllnmukeB.*.*., Bremer. ltuchanan................ Ohickasa\f. Clayton Delaware ................ Dubuque................ Frtyottc. Floyd... Howard. ................ Mitchell..».»«.«».»«^*... WinnesluHt Third Ue^inient.... Fifth KtLament i...... Sixth llegimcnt ......... Seventh llegiinc at Ninth lle^inienC. Sixteenth Kepmsnt Twentieth licgiliielit Twenty-First Kegimeut. Twenty-Fourth KegimcSt., Twenty Seventh llcgimNlt. Thirty-Eighth Regiment.., lul»u|iie I'mttciy Silver tJ leys .., Keokuk Hospital Thirty-Second ilegimenf* r*i. ..1105 !»60 .. 477 'JM .. 750 5i,9 411 196 .1511 1131 1102 670 1672 310:1 982 4'JO 450 142 309 1!7 457 103 ..^905 593 .. 136 8 .. CO 1 23 100 1 .. 25 3 .. 463 14 2 .. 481 88 .. 455 86 38 12 14 23 1 •y £6 1 .. 28 1 88 IS .. 372 64 177 3 JM'.r Thirty-Seventh Uegitndttt. Camp Mei'tellan First lowrt I lattery....... Fnt Citvitliy BincU s Engin««rCorp*.... UM:87 8,512 8,513 4,175 Tobacco and Coffee in Iowa. Mr. Beyer, of XL Pleasant, writes fol lows "Okrn Is used ft great deal as coffee. This has tho flavor anil taste of tin* genuine, which neither rye or barley is. (which yon can try yourself): therefore I call it a valuable substi tute It is a hanly annua! plant, requires but little carp, and yields very largely. "The tobacco, of which I raise four different kinds, but send you only two to-day. is what I call, lirst. "('oiincticut Heed laf." This is fine leafed t»lwro. principally used for cigars or smoking. Tho other, called Kentucky, is abroad, thick leaf, mostly used for chewing. I have raised tol»aivo now for five years, with pood success, and I am fully satisfied that low* can produce just asgxsl tolwico as Kentucky or Missouri. Now where tobacco litis risen to such an enormous pricc, Iowa oupht to step in and till the phiee of one of the Secession states in raising tobacco, thus not only saving, but brinpinp money into the State. Toltairco is a sure crop- sure as wheat or any other grain. Plants ought to Uo set out between the 15th of May and the 15th of June requires but little outlay one man could tend five acres. Ami if you take the pay into consideration, there is a great difference letween wheat and tobacco. If spring wheat brings 12 or 15 bushels to the acre, it is called a good crop. Tobacco, well tended, will bring 2.000 or more (Haiiids to the acre. Taking it at only ten cents jier pound would bring $200. How many acres of wheat does it take to make up $200. Next year Iowa ought to put in thous andsof acres. I think there will be no trouble that Iowa would raise so much that we would find no market, or prices would fall down so much that it would not pay. I, individually, like to encourage the raising of tobacco, lie cause I am confident that it will be a great benefit to this State therefore I intend to giveaway a certain portion of my best to bar seeds to m-rsons interested in it. If the public wish to know how it shall be cultivated and treated so it will find market, 1 will take the best mode afterwards." The United States Revenue Law. Hon. I^evi Fuller, of West I'nion, Collector for the 3d liisli ict of Iowa, has appointed the following gentlesMO as Deputy Collectors of said District: Division No. 1. Dubiuiur. I. N. Cooloy. PlvUioD No. 2, Clayton wiuuiy, W ].. Calkiat. Divkinn No. t, All iniiilfi i nmiiij' lulin Iliiiirjr.Jiin Oivi-Kiri No. 4, WiuunnhU k rouuty, 9, Minne* sota, exclusive of the soldiers' vote, is 2,500. R. B. TWtl*. Division No. 6, Kayett*'. H. W. Colo. Division No 6, Delaware county, F. B. DooUUJa PiviMon No. 7, Buchanan county, J. H. CatuptoU. Division No. 8, Bremer comity, J. K. Uurkc. Division Xo, Cbicku-aw county, Ilinun Uailey. Division No. 10, Howard County. T.tsr Xicklux. Divtaiuo No, 11, Kloyii (ounty, Hon E. l». Ihiwiloin. 14 v in ion No. l'J. Mitclii'll County, Hon. Oriui Farillt. Mr. Bowdoin has gone to Mafwachuaettg— proponing to spend the winter there. It is therefore not probable th*t he will accept hk appointment named aliove. The chief object of tho expedition now being fitted out against Texas is believed to be the breaking up of the trade which is uow said to be carried on quite extensively between tho South and Mexico, and thence from the latter country to Europe. In do ing this we shall be likely to tread on the toes of our neutral friend, John Bull but then his toes should not be there, and he will only have himself to blainc should any unlooked for event happen. That the expedition will be a success is ns certain as any future event cau be, as the prepara tions aro such as to admit fo no such thing a* failure. It is given out from Washington that capital punishment will not be visited upou the hostile Indiuns iu Minnesota whohave given themselves up as prisoners. Tbe Miuuesotmus will not stand that. The Winnebago County (III.) Ag ricultural Society are to hold a Sor ghum Convention at Rockford in (lie first week in December, A lady recently went to Washing* ton to visit her husband who was in the army, and while stopping at a hotel there, ahe observed that the blankets upon her had a familiar look. An examination discovered her own name on the margin, and she re cognized thtMii as the ones she had sen» her husband sometime previous, but which he had never received. .. RESIGNED TO IT.—" How is ttifs said an old friend of Col. Black of the regular army, as he met him on Broad way the other day I thought yon declared you would resign if the President issued an anti-slavery proc lamation, and yet you wear your shoulder straps still ?w Oh, repli ed the Colonel, I meant that I would resign myself to it, and I have done so. Over three hundred Indians have been convicted by the military com missioner at Lower Sioux Agency, as participators in the late horrible mas sacres, and condemned to be hung. Whether they live or die, rests with authorities at Washington. The peo ple of Minnesota, to a man, are in fa vor of their immediate execution. There is nothing in the latest fbt eign intelligence to lead to apprchcn sious of trouble between tho United States and foreign powers iu connec tion with American affairs, unless it be from the persistent course of Eng lish merchants and speculators fitting out privateers to prry upon American comiucrce. Gen. Beauregard has ordered all non-combatants to leave Charleston with their moveable property. lie has also ordered all the slaves to be removed. This is done in order to avoid embarrassment and delay in case a sudden necessity should arise for the removal of the entire popula tion. That is a very touching story, now going the rounds of the press, of the handsome Ludwig, a Swede, who fell in Inve with his two pretty cousins at Dontheim, frankly explained his affec tion for both, and all three, becoming Mormons, lately passed through Iowa en route for Salt Luke and polygamy. Major-General Hooker has been as signed to the command of the army corpR heretofore commanded by Gen eral Fitz John Porter, who has been ordered to Washington to stand his trial upon charges preferred against him by General Pope, for misconduct at the battle of Bull Run. Tlic agent of the AHRodated Press is authorized l»y the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury to say that the reports of Cabinet divis ions upon tho measures of tiie Admin istration, which gained some curren dy, arc altogether groundless. A school teacher, drilling hia class in Watts' Scripture history, desired a youn# urchin to tell who was Jesse, when lie promptly replied, "The Flow crof Dumblane." No," said a little girl, tho wife of (Jen. Fremont, for I wa6 named for her." The Brandon, Vt., Monitor says the young gentlemen and ladies ot that place have rented a room and hold meetings to prepare dried apples for the soldiers—regular old fashioued apple bees, we suppose. General Schenck has been designa ted as the successor of Major-General Wool, and will probably be well enough to leave for his post within a day or two. Pin not your faith on any man's sleeve is a good tnaxim, but Amorctta says she can't help it when the sleeve is rotiud her waist and John's arm is in it! For one week, op to October 15th, eight vessels had arrived from Born bay India, with an aggregate of 31,191 bales of cotton. The Grenada, Miss., Appeal says Gen. Grant appears to be all at sea. Yes, be'a going a whaling expedi tion. A country boy, who had read of sailors "heaving up" anchors, waut ed to know if it was sea-sickuea that made them do it. The Portland Advertiser says the mountains iu that Stale are covered with snow and look a« they do in mid winter. Tbe Gorpcl is of little vain*, ff it cannot to- applied to every question of duty, and uproot every moral error iu (JUurch and State. Cotton iu Kansas, this year, has ri pened perfectly. It was notgrowa by the uid of tilavo labor. Tbe Vanderbilt, tbe fastest war vessel iilloat has gone in pursuit of tbe rebel pirate Alabama. When was beef tea first made in England? When Henry the K'jhth first dissolved the Pope's bull. In The most direct method of deter mining horHC-powcr is to stand behind a hoiae and tickle his legs with a brier. It is not enough that men aud wo men should be of the true metal, tbey should also bo well tempered. Make your son wise, and noble, and grand, aud he will be your grand-sou! It makes a great difference whether glasses are used over or under the nose. New York has sent one hundred and seventy regiments to the war. The ten tots cau endure iMMkt better thao the Copies, ('orr of the Charlcn Oty fnteHtg«mr. Letters From tho Army, COMI'ANT K. 3d IOWA IVFANVSY. I La Orange, Tenn., Nov. 10,1862. FRIEND IIILDRETH :—On the 4th inst. the Army of the West made their first advance towards Holly Springs. All tho troops stationed at Jackson and Bolivar marched for this place. At Grand Junction wc were met by the Corinth army commanded by Hamil ton. There is now in and around La Grange 50,000 men and more arriv ing. Gen. Grant has his headquar ters here. The army is forming as follows The right wing, commanded by MePherson, composed of Latiman's and Logan's divisions the centre and left wing, composed of four divisions, commanded by Major Gen. Hamilton. Ou the 6th, a rccontioisance was made with the 1st brigade, 4th divis ion, composed of the 3d Iowa, 41st, 53d, and 103d Illinois regiments, com manded by Gen. Pugh, with the 7th Illinois cavalry and a section of Mann's battery. Wc marched out eight miles and found 8,000 rebel cav alry drawn up to receive ns. Wc opened upon them with a 12 ponnd howitzer killed 3, wounded 5, and the rest ran. We marched back to camp, and rested tho next day. On the following day we took two days rations and went out for a reconnoi sance in force. Wc marchcd twelve miles and halted for a fight. Stopped over night. Company K actcd as skirmishers through the woods. Stop ped most of the next day. Found the enemy were in force at Cold Water, six miles from our position, aud five from Holly Springs. They had six brass field pieces, and shelled our cav alry. A detachment of rebel cavalry made a mistake and ran into some of the Federal infantry, when they were fired upon and two killed. The rest, to the number of 123, surrendered. That night wo marched back. Grand re sult captured in all 200 prisoners killed or captured 300 horses and al so killed a few rebels. Federal loss 2 killed aud 9 wounded. The rebels are in force at Holly Springs, com manded by Pcmbertou, Ilolmes, Price, Tilghtnan and others. They number about GO,000 and propose fighting. Good They'll get whipped. We have some sport with the new regiments. They cannot stand march ing, aud so the old regiments put them through. They also delight in using certain phrases peculiar to new regiments, which old ones consider obsolete. For instance, hard bread is "hardtack." Bacoa they call "sow belly," &c. McPI terson is not very popular with his command. He is too strict for volunteers. He is a West Pointer a Captain in the regular army about 28 years of age, tall, skim, and some thing of a dandy. The sick aud wounded are doing well, and will soon be returned to du ty. The weather is very cold—some thing like a "cold snap" in Wiscon sin. Adkm. WixncLD. -|«iiiilencc of the (1u»rU*. City IntHli^'iiror From the 27th Keg'tof Iowa Infantry CAMP GILBEBT, XKAH FORT NKU&IM, I Noveuil»er 7th, 1862. FRIEVD IIILDRETH.—Perhaps a word from the 27th Iowa Volunteers would be of interest to the editor andfrieuds generally. Therefore I write you a synopsis of our travels in Minnesota, before leaving it, as wc arc now un der inarching orders and expect tu leave within two hours time for Dixie. On the morniug of the 17th of Octo ber a portion of our Regimcpt, con sisting of Companies A, B, C, E, F, and G, with a battery of' two brass field pieces, aud a baggage traiu of 35 wagons, left this place bound for Mille Sacs, an Indian trading post sit uated on Kutn River, aud about 126 mills Northwest of St. Paul. Wc marched up the Mississippi SO miles and ferried across, then followed up Rum llivcr, passiiig through the village of Anoka, St. Francis and Princeton. Then came what we call ed the tug of war." 50 miles yet be tween us and Mille Sacs, and through Pine Forests, Tamarack Swamps, Rice Lakes, Goosepouds, Ruin Rivet to wade twice, is little more than the bill calls for," said the boys. "But it must be did," aud at forward march the journey through the wil derness commenced. The baggage train being heavily loaded, it was iin possible to make a march of more than 10 or 12 miles a day. Here and there a horse in tho mire, a wagon broken or upset, then its Pully off ye cuntu, boyn, rollegr ap ft riinrc. C«NC Mille 8acs A hard road to trabul I believe." Thus four days were spent iu mud and water, when, at last, to tho joy of all, the long looked for goal was reach ed. Tho band struck tip tba favorite tuue of "The girl 1 left behind me." Here cainc Indians from eve^y di rection aud of every color, (save white,) stareing at us as if they had never before seen or eveu dreamed of white folks, if indeed we Could be call ed white, for really we must have look ed .more like half breeds than soldiers from Northern Iowa. Tho payinent being made witb uo difficulty, (as was anticipated,) at 10 o'clock P. M., Oct. 26th, the battalliou commenced the return march to Ft. Snolliug, with about the same routine of "goose ponds," as iu going up. There were a good many interesting scenes and transactions on the way, the most worthy of mentioning being the Falls of Miu-nc-ha ha, a streaip that has its vise iu Lake Manato^a jartnmptiM uttotit? Miiaissippi a ftw miles above this place. The fall of water is 50 feet perpendicularly, and Nature in her goodness having crea ted a recess, or road, iu the rock be hind or under the Falls, enables a man with safety and pleasure to pass en tirely around the ever falling stream, RO that, to the visitor's eye, it looks more like a fixed statue than a rushing cataract. We also visited St. Anthony Falls, which in years gone by must have been remarkably grand, but, owing to the high waters of late she has been torn to pieces, and now has a perpen dicular fall of only 9 or 10 feet and tlie heaps and piles of stones below give an appearance of once being visited by a devouring earthquake. Company O is called the "crack" company of the 27th Regiment. The best officers, best drilled, and the best looking boys, are to be found in Com pany G. Onr Captain (Charley) is well liked by all the boys, and makes a tip-top officsr. £d.'s a brick," aud pleases all. There is cntfRMernWe sickness in the Dctatchmcnt, some with Measles, others with Fevers, and a greater number with bad colds owing to having been too much exposed to wet feet and lying on damp ground, while on the march. Company has the least number of sick of any Com pany nil seem to be getting along well. Guess we shall bo all right when we get down to Dixie. Respectfully youra» S. P. I. Dwrwpaedence «C IfceCtatrlt* City Letter from E. P. Harrington, THE SI R-MARINE F.XL'LORER. Os OARO STKAHER 1IRIOO, 1 Newbern, N. C., (Vt. 30, 1«62. DEAR EDITOR :—Since writing you last, I have received the appointment of Captain of the Dirigo, which leads me to infer that I have met tho expec tations of the Company. I have got up several vessels from the blockade, besides three that had been sunk by the devil-catchers," and have deliv ered them safely in port, to tbe sstis faction of all. Night before last, after all had gone to bed except the watch on deck and myself, while I was sitting by the cabin table writing np the log of the boat, the watch sung out—"There's a man on tho port side who wants to see the Captain." I went forward and met the Harbor Master, who iuformed me that a New York steamer, the Oriole, under charier of the Govern ment, had met with an accident and was in a sinking condition. He ask ed if I could relieve tier, i replied that I could make a trial. I called up my men, had my diving apparatus put on board a small boat, aud proceeded ioiir miles down the Bay to where the distressed steamer lay. On boarding her I found the statement of my informant too true. She had sprung a leak and the water had already come in so as to put out ber fires, and was still gaining on the pumps. It was half past eleven o'clock. There was a misty rain and a dense fog, rendering the night very dark. 1 enveloped myself in my sub-marine armor aud went down to examine the ship's bottom. I found the leak un der the larboard forward quarter, and by half past four o'clock in the morn in 1 had succeeded in stopping it aud the vessel was freed from water. There were about one hundred pas sengers on board the steamer, and it was gratifying to sec their countenan ces brighten up, as anxiety for my success passed off and rejoicing aud thankfulness succeeded. 1 had a te dious job of it. Had I failed, the ateainer must have sunk, aud proba bly mora or kess lives would have beeu lost. Btspcctfully yours, E. P. HARMKVrOM. STATE OF IOWA. AWVTANT UKXUAI'I II No pel son who ha* left ('amp Herroo without leave of al*rti,.v, or on furlouprh. will be allowed to enlist in any new regiment or rcoi-anination, and if any recruiting olliuer Khali euli»t any such |x-r»ott, said otlicvr will ba refused any iniiiision in any coni|tauy of this State. Every mustering officer in the State will l»e untitled of this order and be re quested to refuse muster to all such de*eiler* from C.eup. III All alwenteeMof tite companies known «W (Jaj)t. Nt-ciest a or Capt. l'ai Uer's will report themselves at one* at i'ainp Herron. IV, No transfers from one company organ ised in this State for the IT. S. service will be allowed piior to tiiUKterinx, except on the con sent of the Adjutant General of the State V. The senior officer of every camp this State is directed to HCC that tlic*' order* ate strictly enforced, a ad to ar\st any Soldier who attempts to pas* the I'.nesof the camp without tlie permission of tLo company commander, endorse', oy s^iid fM-nlor offit ei of the camp. By order of the Coinuiaudei-in-rhief N. B. BAKER, Adjutaut-tieueral of low*, STATE OF IOWA. ADJCTANT GKKKKAI/S Orrica, DAV*LNHORT, November ?th, 1862. General Ordrr AV 103. 1. All passes issued by this Department, except those used for returning soltliern of old reKimcutd to luhuiuc. Daven|Mrl ami Keokuk, will be refused by all agents of mil loads, steamboat* aud stage com(KUiiui, after Nov. 15, 18ti2. 2. All persons having any State paiwes, or any passes for recruiting otticcin and men, will rcruru them at once to fids office. 9. A new form of ]ki*ses will be hwued from thi* office oil the 15th inst., which will be the only one to lo received by the ugenta named iu paragraph 1, except as therein nam ed A form of said pass wjjl be forwarded to ail LtttrUof thu^UU:. By order U the CoQtuapdcr iu ('hist N. 0. BAKEfc, Adjutant General COMMEIiCIAL. Charles City Retail Market. WKDNMOAY November 19, 18G3. Ploar, extra family, ^ewV, gnptrfine, igo Wheat, sprinn. 0 bushel, 50(» 56 Corn, on the e«b, bushety 16 (.« 18 shelled, f* lUi»ll*l, 22 bushel, .....•»•••»••!.. .1# (a 20 •••.... ,00 ..30(oi Oats. "P bushel Com Meal, ^cwt. Potatoes, i* bmhel,.. Deans, Ininhsl,.... Butter, j* lb. ClieeHe, V Ih ,.......... Pork, Halt ft.,.. Flour, Extra buptalitM, wwt Sii|H'rfine Wheat, bushel.. C»rn Oats, tu,, ulev, Clover Send, Ti mot by, Beans,.,,... I' tat iSntter, ft. «.,«%..... I*'ird 14 Babbitt SalerattiK,. Candles. Tallow, fc.. 41 Star, 44 of Sperm, ft Crackers. lb Stiek and Assorted Si ap. lb Starch, "ft, ft Dried Apples, ft ft Fine Salt, f* bbl Dairy Salt. 1 bbl Prunes, V ft Iowa. Jli 50 (ii 75 10«.i 12 8 (a 12 6 (a, 6 fresh ft* 4 5 Beef. (ii*' Chickens, IK..f. /.5 Turkeys, lb..,,...,,.., 5 Lard, "Jr ...i (rt1 0 Venison .,,,.. Of 0 Wood, ord, .1,26 l.f0 Salt,"p hbl. 5,00 W DUKITFT IT OMIITII I.I (RF Hay, ton Jl,60 (55 3.00 Bacon."j$ lb.,.•«»,••«^.f,,,«• 4,.••*.,5 (rf Veal. lh. .4 0 Mlit ton, |b. 6 Sugar. N. O. $ 1., (jj 15 Maple Sugar. 1h...,,,,,, 12 Maple Syrup. gal. 1.00 Molasses,gal.,.. .........?ft..Sirup 80 Soap. 'iP.bar 8 C" 10 Candles, Tallow Ik, 14(n 15 Tea. 1* «., 1,00 0* 1 60 Coffee, lb ST S* Fish, salt, "J* ft.,. 8 10 Dried Applet*, ft. 8 10 Drte# roaches,^ft If$ 12 Cedar Falls Market, Croak 1'M.I.S, NulM-mlu 17,1862 Eggs, doz (a- 5 Salt, $ hbl 2.£0 Hides, (Jreen, ft ft It (Vi, 4 Salted A('t. 5 Dry Flint 9 (»t. 10 leather, Spanish Sole, ft 24 27 Buffalo Slaughter, 26 27 Oak, 32 (.» ::e French Kipp,. 75 (it 1 0 0 14 French Calf. 1,00 12 Domestic Kipp, Ouk tan 6() 75 Domestic Calf, Oak tan 8.» 100 Upper, dor. $38,00 (i 44 00 Raisins 4.00 Tea, Young Hyunn. $ ft 1.20 1.4o Imperial, f* lb 1,10(« 1.M5 (tun powder, ft (g, 1,40 Oolong lb 70 (a, 80 McGregor Wholesale Prices Current. McGregor, Nov 13# lb62. Wheat, $ bttJii 76 .... 25 2"» 2" 95 7 13 Oats,. Corn I'ot.ltIKH, ... Beans, Tallow. ft Hides, lb Wool, y* lb .^..... Beef, on the hoof, ^ft. Lard, "j** lb....,.,, Kggs. dos. Bilttel, "jtt ft.. Flour, 100KM l'ork #, Sugar. N. O. $ ft 44 C'lba, y, lb White, Coffee, W ft Crushed, ft 41 Powdered, C«»ffee, Hio, "ip ft Java, ft Mocha, $ft...,.„ .J.,,.-*. Rice, |Mh N. O. Mohisses t* K*t Syrup, N. Y. Golden,®, gal Belcher's White, ft. Trout, $ ft. Cut Nails, N. Y. White I,ead,. Oil, Linseed, gal. 41 Whale, gal. 44 Laid, f* gal UQl 50 ... 6 (a). (I 8 .. 12 2.15 90 (a 3.00 9 n 1 1 ..Wv* Carriage Maker Wanted. 'Wanted immediately a good journevman Wagon-maker to whom good wnges will be 1""'J- PKTfc^t MOBS. Charles City, Nor. 8,1802. Wooil Wanted. Aci|.illy('oids FKW of com I sound Wtiod (prin i, Lutli diy and green, want ed immediately, for which ctwh will be puid. Dry wood preferred. TIIK tion OrrifR, CK, i i2 DAVLMMIT, Oct. 14. 18 Gerrral Orifer A"!.. 100. I. In order that the Southern Border Brig ade Khali nut 1* at an uuueixswiary ex|n-uie to the Slate, it in directed that ut inure than ten men shall be detailed for special service front any coin|Niiiy iu any battallion, unless there be an actual invasion, and then the additional ti'iee must be ordered out by the Major of the battalliou aud in every case full report inu*t be made to the !ovei'i«r, with a statement of the fiicts u|u which the addition.i! force was ordered into the tit-lil. mid the oflicer making tlie order Hill be held res|tonsil|c lor the cor reclness of his ftulciucuts and action*. WM. A. ADA Mi. Ckuurlet City, No*. 6,184. 44 NOTICE. Muscatine Branch of the State Bank of Iowa will otfci for a N0TIC& VI F. are happy to inform our old friendx aud custom era, and the public general ly, that we have le-arranged our Stock of CiiOO«ig, in t!ir$tore of the Mnaonlo building, where we nhall he pleaMal to them and request their patronage, as ly. We are 44 2 5« ...ft,00 (tf i.W f.5 (,.» 70 20 C" 25 28 30 30 40 0 00 80 75 ....20 Or 25 7 9 6 as cheap as the cheapest 11 2 30 6 .. 1S(« 1C Public Auc Ht their Banking House in the city Muscatine, on the fifteenth day of Decent I IT next, at two O'CIHk i». u tin' North half of Ihe South-Hast juarter. the North-Kast (juar ler of the Suth-w'est quaUi-r of section thir ty six |.It»i in township numlH-r nim ty-Keven (97i North of range numlter eighteen (18i West the North-West lViictioii.tl ipiaiterof •eetion thirty |30» and the North half of the South-Went fractional quarter of wit ion thirty (mOi in township number ninety-seven |!»7i North of range number seventeen (17» W«tt »"oniilining three hundred and «ixty (360) acre* in Floyd county. 44w4 J. lilCHAKDSON, Cashier. am former Receiving New Good* Daily, and in a few days can show a* good a Stock as we had befoie the great tire Don't forget to eall at the new plate in the Masouic Building, north side of the Public Square. N. II Wo paiticuluiy request those who are indebted to as to come forward and pay iiuniediat'W,Yt JI„ after our loss by the liie we money more tluui Ix lore, and must have it in order to go on with our business. •I W LKHMKl 'HL & 00. dtArk-H City, Iowa, Nov. 1, 1862. 44 Mason City Nursery, TIIK Subsciiber would resfKctlullv inform the cili/eus of Floyd county aud the pub ic generally, that he is prejiared to furnish Nursery Tree* at all kinds and of the lest quality, at low Eis ices, from his nursery at Mason City. Iowa, utock imsists of the hardiest variety of Apple Trees, fiom two to four years old Isabella, Alexandria, Spitu-riburg, Wine, Catawba and Concord (lra|KH also a full Yaiicty of Small Fruits, such as iloi tou Seedling UooKcliciries, I^trge red Dutch. & Victoria whitteCttrtantS, Scotch, and Ohio Mimmoth Strawherrries Victoiaaud llyhiid l'io Plant and many other vaiieties of Fruits. These Trees arc all perfectly sound aryl thrifty. Faiinerii and others nill do well to uill and examine la-fore purchasing elsewhere. Orders by mail will be promptly and faith fully attended lo. A. QABNKK \LlhOll ity, Sept. 1852. rcGUrFY'S READERS for aale by I A *. UlLDiOSIH. *asr THE CONTINENTAL MONTHLY. KD1TOUS Hon. Tkoliert J. Walker, Charle* 1. Leland, Hon. Fred. P. Stauton, Kdmund Kirke. The readers of the Continental areawnreof the important i«*ition it n nwnim-d, of the intliirnce which it exerts, and of the brilliant array of political and literary talent of the hiclwst order which mipports it. No publica tion ot the kind ha*, ill this country, «o HUC cessfully combined the energy and freedom of the daily newspajx-r with the higher lit erary tone of the first cl iss monthly and and "it is very certain that no magar.inc has giuen wider range to its contributors, or preserved itself so e mplctelv from the nar row influencee of party or of u tion. Ir» time# lik»' the present, sueh a journal is ei ther a power in the land or it is nothing. That the Continental is not the latter is abun dantly evidenced fy what U has d«nt -by tin retlei lion of its counsels in many iiJqxwtant public events, and in the character and [tow er of those who are its stauuehest support ers. By the accession of Hon. Robert J. Walk er imd Hon. F. P. Stanton to Its editorial corps, the Continental acquires a strength and a politi -id significance which, to thf»sp! who aie aware of the ability and experience of these gentlemen, must elevate it to a po sition far above any previously occupied by anv publication of the kind lu America.- Preserving all the lH'ldncss, vigor anF ability," which a thousrnd journals have at tiibnted to it. it will at oin-e greatly enlarge its circle of action, and discuss fearlessly and frankly, every principle involved in the great questions of the day. The first minds of the iiintry, embracing men most familiar with its diplomacy aud most distinguished for ability, aie to become its contributors and it is no mere flattering promise of a pros pectus" to say, that this magazine for the times" will employ the lirst intellect of Am erica, under auspices which no publicatiou ever enjoyed la-fore in this country. Charles Oodfrey I .eland, the accomplished scholar and author, who has till now l»een the «le editor of the niag.iz.ine, will, lesides his editorial laliors, continue his brilliant con tributions to its pages and Kdmund Kirke. author of "Among the Pines," will contrib ute to each issue, having already begun a woik on Southern Life and Society, which will be found far more widely descriptive, and in all rcspivts superior to the first. While the Continental will express decided opinions (Ml the great questions of the dav.it will not be a mere |»olitical journal much the larger portion of its columns will be enli vened, at* heretofore, by tales, jtoetry. and humor. In a word, the Continental will l»e found, tinder its new staff of editors, occupy ing a iotsition and presenting attractions never before found in a igazinc. TI.HMS TO CLUBS. Two copies for one year .•see Three copies for one year 6,00 Six copies for one year 11,00 Eleven copies for one year 90.00 Twenty copies for one year 80,00* Paid in advance. rottafi, 86 Omts a yir. TIIU $ it n I A to lie paid Ujr siilsi-riler .. 27 80 30 8.\ 4ft 50 40 45 g^.........i.,. Fish, lry Cod. "j-* lb A3 ..... 90 80 Che Sab-' umber. SINOLi: )PIKS. Three Dollars a veil, in ad vane —Pontngt pom by the J'uUifher. JOHN V. TROW, No- 60 Oreene Street, New York, Publisher for the Proprietors. NI:\V WAGON SHOP CHARLES 11 12J 14 14 CITY, Fijovn COOWTY, IOWA. would l»eg leave to inform the citizens of Charles Cit^- and Floy«t 'ounty that he haw opened a Wagon Shop in Wool ley & Snyder's building, up stairs, where he is prepared to execute with Neatuf** ami Despatch all orders he may l»' ..... 4.ro favored with. Me lias taken jjivat pains to 1. ^ood seasoned luni ler, and from his experience in his line of business, he tlatteis himself that he can Manufacture and Repair WAGOXS AM) BU(j(U£S and as (ood tha Ix-st. i All work warranted. Prices according to the times. 4yl PiriUR R08K. Charles City. January 22, lStj'2. fi 8 e* 2.50 4 10 3SrE"W-£tf WHOLESALE BETAlt' CASH Soot, Shoe, Hat AND CAP Cedar Falls, Iowa. At the Banner Store of n can bb fuiuiti an entire Fresh Stock! Country Merchants, when pur- chasing, may find it for their interest to call. JOS. PI LLAM, OmUr Falls, Oct. ni 90, 180*. 49 CABINET FURNITURE. i ri^HL KUllSCHIllKIl would rw|K« tfnlly aft* 1 noumv to the citizens of St. Charles and viciuity, that he still continues the Cabinet Making ltu*ine»s, in all its various la'anclies, at his Shop ou Kel ly Street, one door north of the Printing iMtice in St. Charles City, whero he will IHJ happy tu nerve hi* ftieudu and cufctomcrg, aa usual. I l.avo on hiuid, and am projiaved to manu iiu tme to order, at short notice, all kluda C.ibiiit Kuruiture, siu li as IVI LHP, l!ti:ssi.\( AM) BliKAgFAB^ VAliljK* 9 DHESS1.\ KLItBAUC of every leri ij.t j..n, Bodstoadfl, luv W A S S A N S Wai'ilrolM's, Secretaries, liookcases, Bounty W*RN««T- Ac. Ac. §9" Al«o, Cottiuh uiade to order.: 11. REAM'S. 8t. Charles City, Jan. 8,1801. 2tf LOST, i Laad Wnn u.t N». &1491 «vlS0 acres. Act 1^"", drawn to Andrew Colk-tt and assigned to Me roe C. Flint said liounty Laiei Warrant Has mailed at l».-s Moines, April 21st, 1H02. a.Mrcssed to L. L. Iluntley, Charles City. Floyd County, Iowa, aud haa never Iteen roceiveil. Notice in hereby niven that a eayeut has bc.-n tiled iu the tieneral Lmd Odio- to prevent the Usue of a i'.iU-nt ainl to obtain u re-issue of mud IVmety l^ind L. HUNTLKY. Charles City, Sept. (3d, 1842. 89w6 Notice. Until further notice I will be at my office in CUarle* City ou Tuesdays of each week for tho transaction of such business as may properly couij before me. WI4. ii. jo|!V»oN, ounty Judge of l-'l.-j i .'i aly.