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*mrn V *, i gflistrllnnu. CONCERNING THE DRAPT. Kxwitivk Okfhe, Iowa, Iowa ftropcr autlimities iu regard to s draft n this State, and was informed that although the authorities were exceed ingly anxious to have our regiments that have dono such gallant aer •ice, filled to their original number, they would not in view of the prompt ^nd generous response of the people of our .State in filling all original rc- Jraft tiisitiotis made upon them, order a at tfai* time to fill the old regi ments. Much complaint has been made of the alleged inaccuracies of the tables famished me by the Adjutant General of the number of men furnished by eftch county. It is very probable that mistakes have occurred, not in prepar ing the tables but in making out the rolls furnished the office of the Adju tant General. Persons from one coun ty enlisting in another, frequently give toeir residence as of the county in which they enlist, and the Adjutant General can have no means of correct ly such mistakes. As this is a matter in wl»i«l» local feelings and county pride are to some extent enlisted, if you will without ex pense to the State, furnish me a cer tified list of the men from your county, who have entered the regular or volunteer service since the com mencement of tho war, giving the name of each man, and the company and regiment which he joined, I will endeavor to make such use of the in formation thus obtained aa will give your county its proper credit, and should a draft be ordered hereafter, I will, from the information thus obtain ed, make all allowance and corrections that the rnles established by the Gen eral Government for crediting the State, and justice to the coentiee will permit. Vary Respectfully, n SAMUEL J. KIRKWOOD. EKTALIATIOX. 'S&ft. Tavta iasned an order l'eeeiitly tefuaing to parole or exchange any Federal officers taken as prisoners. At the time be had more of our officers than we had of his, and this circum Mance tended to make him arrogant But the run of luck shortly afterward turned. The boot is now on the other Jbot. The battle of Murfreesboro threw into the hands of the rebels fsore prisoners than we took but as Bragg was obliged to leave many of his wounded behind in the hasty and rapid retreat, the difference in the res pective number of prisoners taken is not so great as many suppose. The raid of Forrest's guerillas upon Oxford, and tho shameful and cowardly sur render of that post by Col. Murphy, gave the rebels 1,200 prisoners. A lew hundred also fell into their hands •t the attack on Vicksbnrg. All these Ct the rebels ahead of us in prisoners, the storming of Arkansas Post, aud with its fall the surrender of ten regiments of rebels, places our side considerably ahead. These ten regi ments give U8 4,600 privates, and 400 officers. We have one General, ten Colonels, ten Lieutenant Colouels, ten Majors, ouc hundred Captains, two hundred Lieutenants, and scores of Adjutants, Staff officers, Quartermas ters and Surgeons, making fully 400 is all. If Jeff. Davis persists in throw leg our officers in his hands into duu geons, and penitentiaries, our author ities can place double as many of his officers in close confinement. The number of rebel officers iu Federal bands stands a fair chance of being largely increased by Gen. McCler Saud's expedition. If the rebels make stand at St. Charles, on the White Biver, and I'ine Muffs, on the Arkan sas, two more niec hauls will certainly be made, adding several hundred more rebel officers to the present formida ble batch. Let Jeff. Daris crack along, lie will shortly discover that it is a game two can play at, and that Old Abe holda the biggest cards."— Chi ZVtfcMK. .^r M0DKBJC HEROH*. The splendid defence of his ship 'liade by Commodore Renshaw, at Galveston, and the final act in the tragedy, in which that brave officer fired the magazine, sending himself nod many of his officers anji men to eternity, recall the old heroic days of Blake and Vantromp, and renew in public recollection the ancestral glo ries of our own Navy in far later times. The vessel was aground. To leacue her from the enemy was impos sible to prevent her falling iuto hos tile hands, a necessity and to fire the magazine the last resource. The Com •odors was at once priest, victim and hero. He applied the torch, died a glorious death for his country, and by S deed that has few parallels in histo ry, secured for himself an immortali ty, the honors of which shall be coe val with the nobilty of his act. And Lieutenant Wainwright, too, commanding the crew of the Harriet Lane, what a field of glory that in which he and they reaped, and how beautiful the crop. In all, otic hun dred and twenty brave hearts when the battle began when it ended, on ly seventeen survived. The others bad fallen beneath the shadow of the for the honor of which they poured ost their precious lives What spot On earth, or what page in history is consecrated by glories like these Where, in the records of any nation, sr in the fictions which cluster around the days of Chivalry, have we a paral .til of these modern instances ?—}Jt. Belles, Smith 4* Co.—Gentlemen In OSiujr Scovill's Stillingia and Sarsa psrilla, I did so more from the persua sion of friends than front confidence in its merits in my own mind. 1 had been long in the hands of the ablest physicians without relief. After many years of paiuful sufferings, aftiicted With scaley eruptions over my whole body, and many running sores under my eara, arms and other places, and life seemed but a burden, I have the pleasure to iuform you that 1 have re covered, and ouce more enjoy the blessings which this world affords. All this is the work of your Sarsapa jrilla. 1 am satisfied that there could be no greater blessing conferred upon my fellow citizens than the administra tion of your Blood and Liver Sirup in •jrjjtolmrf and disease. fl«Me accept assurances of my Jk Crrr, January 8tb, 186*3. fll A. B. F. Kldreth, Cimmiuioner qf Draft, floyi Ccmnty, Iowa £m _Whcn in Washington City re cently, I had an interview with the high consideration, and believe me your obliged humble servant. Jons B. Lawsok. Cfcfrmro. III., April 10th, 1858. "See Advertisement. CJje Jntclligmctr. 1 Westward tho course of empire takes tU way. A. B. F. HILDRETH, Editor. Charles City, Iowa, Jan. 29,1863. Our beautiful weather still contin ues—no enow—no sleighing. Lecture, by Rev. W. A. Adams next Sunday evening, Feb. 1st. Subject The Hungry Man. Our merchants and business men have "shut down on the shinplaster swindle, and Postage Currency and specie will now take the place of the worthless pasteboard checks. The bog and wheat trsde continues as brisk as ever. Load after load of wheat, pork, Ac., pass constantly by our office on the way to the railroad at Cedar Falls. The farmers must be coining money. A letter was refitted It tfte Tost office in this village a few days since, on which was writteu the following If this does not arrive safe, it must have miscarried, therefore I beg you will write to let me know." Fits John Porter ha* been found guilty of every charge which Gener al Pope preferred against him. He is dismissed from the service and his disgrace ordered to bo rend before sll the troops. The snow crashed in the roof of the market boose at Zanesville, Ohio, on the 23d inst., killing seven persons and injuring many others. Ixoecd 1—The Democratic papers are ostentatioualy parading the fact that all the people who have rendered themselves liable to arbitrary ar rest for treason, are democrats The steamer Mary Crane, loaded to the guards with subsistence stores, amounting to $30,000, was burned on the 19th between Fort Donelson and Clarkaville. Her pilot was shot and the boat hauled into Bhore and fired. The boat and Cargo are a total loss. Our correspondent Witifiold sent us several samples of Confed erate mouey," for which he has our thanks. The bills are of various de nomiuationa $2, $5, $10, $20 and $50. The plates are coarsely engraved on wood, and the money has a mean look when compared with Trersury Notes. Semmes, the commander of the pi rate Alabama, is said to have been in the U. S. Navy, receiving pay, for thir ty years. The rascal says he found the Government so oppressive that he could not live under it* and so he tamed pirate. A party of eight women and children who were taken prisoners several montha since by the Santee Indians, were recently at Ft. Dodgt, They went there from Sioux Ciy. The Junior editor ofthe Cedar Falls Oaztte has been discharged from the service of the United States, on ac count of a permanent disability. He belonged to the 31st Regiment. Silver Lake, a beautiful stream of water in the vicinity of Delhi, broke through an embankment the other day, and emptied itaelf of its contents. Considerable damage was done to property by a genersl submersion. The Delaware County Journal says it will require $300,000 to rtplau ite lake vthtrt it ya$ Mr. F. P. Dean, a merchant of Tip ton, haa shipped one thousaud turkeys and aix thouaand chickens, and sent them eaatward during the paat month in all ten tuns of poultry from one Iowa town 1 The advertiser says ths whole lot is to be sold at Philadelphia, Baltimore or Washington. Scores of Union men sre still held in confinement in southern jails. As a measure of retaliation, we are glad that our government is about to ar rest sll secession sympathisers at the North and hold them as hostages for these imprisoned Southern Unionists. The measure will be applauded by all honorable and loyal men. Bunker Hill.—Thirty thouaand per sons have aacended the winding stairs of Bunker Hill Monument, during the past year. The names of visitors are mostly recorded, and large numbers also state their place of residence They are from all parts of the cosntry, and include many foreigners. The State Administration as Dow conatituted is as follows: Governor, Samutl J. Kirk wood Lieutenant Governor, J. R. Needham Secretary of State, James Wright Treasurer of State, W. H. Holmes Auditor of State, J. W. Cat tell Register of Land Office, J. A. Harvey Attorney Gen neral, C. Nourse. The Changes from the past four years are in Secre tary, Treasurer, and State Land Officc. iaHiHptWS»S|Pr n hss in n--miii""^ii,iiiiir^r^M1|{jjjy|t|f'l'"'^,,ta'falB* From Washington. For two or three days the question the gauge of the Pacific railroad has been discussed in all its aspects in the Cabinet. The law leaves it Vitb the President to decide what gauge shall be adopted. Mr. Seward worked hard for the New York Cen-1 tral gauge. Oaleb B. Smith was long ttgo urging the broad gauge of the Ohio and Mississippi. Erastus Corning and others brought all the ^pressure they could to bear. True to his instincts, the President made a compromise by selecting five feet for the gauge, thus making it unlike all the great leading roads of the country. All the reports that any portion of the Army of the Potomac has crossed the Rappahannoc are without founda tion. The tempestuous weather and the impassable state of the roads, has rendered any advance beyond the Rap pahannock an impossibility. The Houae Committee on Territories has instructed their Chairman, Mr. Ashley, to report a bill for the admis sion of Utah into the Union as a State, with the prohibition of polligamy as one of the conditions upon which tho Territory shall be admitted. There seems to be little doubt that Gen. Butler will be sent to New Or leans in conformity with his wishes. His inability to learn why lie waa removed and his unwillingness to ac cept an African commaud on the Mis sissippi, in the shape which it waa tendered him, have conspired to this end. Gen. Banks will probably go to Texas aa originally deeignei. The National Debt Butler's plan for the payment of the National Debt recommends it self for its comprehensiveness and simplicity. He elaborated it in a re cent speech in Boston, and we copy and endorse it The Jeneral said: And when once this war is closed by that subjugation, if you please, if nec essary, then the increased production of the great staples of the South, cot ton and tobacco, with which we ought, and can, and shall supply the world —this increased production by the emigration of white men in the South, where labor shall be honorable as it is here, [applause,] will pay the debt. With the millions of hogsheads of the one, and the millions of bales of the others, and with a proper internal tax, which shall be paid by England and France, who have largely caused this mischief, the debt will be paid. [Cries of that's right" and lond cheers.] Without stopping to be di dactic or to discuss principles here, let us examine thia matter for a mo ment. They are willing to pay fifty or sixty cents a pound for cotton. The past has demonstrated that even by the uneconomical use of slave la bor, it can be profitably raised—aye, profitably beyond all conception of agricultural profit here—at teu cents a pound. A simple impost of ten cts. a pound, which will increase it to twenty cents only, will pay the in terest of a war debt double what it is to day, and that cotton can be more profitably raised under free labor than under slave labor, no man who has examined the subject doubts. By the imposition of this tax those men who fitted out the Alabama and sent her forth to prey upon our commerce, will be compelled by the laws of nations to my the mischief they li&yedoue. A 8hinpUster 8torf» A shinplaster story has been local ized here, and applied to a dry goods dealer. This story may have been in print, perhaps, but a repetition will do no harm. As the story goes, a farmer purchased a few cents worth of goods from this trader, and gave him a bill to make change from. The latter returned him eighty-five cents in bis promises to pay, genteelly known as checks but vulgarly known as shinplasters. What's them inquired the oonn tryroan. Oh," said the merchant, "those are a sort of currency we dry goods deal ers have," and went sway to attend to another customer. The countryman went off, not ex actly aatisfied, but soon after returned, and bought nearly a dollars worth of goods. After receiving the neatly tied up package, and being told the fin rice, he deposited a number of pump aeeds on the counter. What are those inquired the astouished merchant. Oh," replied the countryman, cool ly, "them's s sort of currency we farm ers have," and thereupon left the store. The gunboat expedition up White River, in Arkanaas, was highly suc cessful. The boats went up to Des Arc, three hundred miles from the mouth of the river, where fifty pris oners and 1500 stand of arms were captured. No resistance was made by the rebels at cither St. Charles or Duval's Bluffs. At the latter place twocannon with their carriages ammu nition, Ac., were taken, also 200 rifles, and the fortifications were destroyed. The rebels, discouraged by the fate of Arkansas Post, have abandoned all idea of resistance on White river. The ship George Griawold lately went to sea from New York, laden with provisions contributed iu this country for the relief of suffering Eng lish operatives. The owners of the vessel tako the cargo free. It con sists of 13,818 barrels of flour 375 boxes bread 50 barrels pork 161 sacks corn 125 barrels bread 50 barrels beef 402 boxes bacon, some rice, Ac. The International relief Committee still have $25,000 ou hand, with which to start another vessel. Other committees also have funda^iui* tributed for the ssme purpose. The Barracks at Camp Franklin, Dubuque! wcjc lately sold for $1,564 from tho Iowa State RegMar. New Phase of Tory Villainy. the year 1851, when the Govern ment of the State of Iowa was under tho control of George Wallace Jones, Augustus Ceesar Dodge, and other cringing servitors of the Southern Slave-whippers, a bill was enacted by the General Assembly whereof the fol lowing is a copy AN ACT to prohibit the immigration of free negroes into this Mate. Section 1. lit it enacted by the General At temUy of the Slate of Iowa, That from and after tho {HisHafro of this act, no fret? ncjfro or mu latto, whall Ik- porinitte] to sotile in thU State. 2. It shall le the duty of all townxhip and connty oftici rs, to notitiy all free negroes who may immigrate to this State, to leave the same within three days from the time of notice and upon their failure to do bo, it shall le the duty of the constable of the proper township, sheriff of the county, marshal or other )olioe otlieer of the town, to arrest such free negro, ami take him or her before a justice of the peace or County Judge, and it shall be the du ty of such justkv or judge to fine such free ne {?ro the sum of two dollars, for each day he may remain in the State after such notice, and costs of such prosecution and to commit such free negro to the jail of the county or the nearest one thereto, until such tine and costs are paid, or until he will consent to leave the State Provided, It shall l»e ascertained that he or she is unable to pay such fine and costs. 3. That all free negroes now living in this State, who have complied with the laws now in force, shall be permitted to remain here, and enjoy such property ns they may now potsscss, or may hereafter acquire 4. On the trial of any free nogroe under this act. the justice or judre shall determine from, and irrespective of his person, whether the person on trial comes under tho denomina tion of free negro or mulatto. 5. This act to take effect, and be in force by publication in the Iowa True Democrat, a weekly newspaper published in Mount Pleas ant. Approved February 5th, 1851. The Iowa True Democrat, in which the bill was to be published, and thus become a law, was edited by a certain man named llowe, a raau well known to entertain extreme Anti-Slavery views, and who would of course in no manner aid the enactment or execu tion of such a legislative monstrosity. That the bill was deemed a nullity by defective publication or otherwise, is evident from the fact that it has no place in either the Code of 1851 or the Revised Code of 1860, and has never been enforced, although free negroes have been settling in the State at pleasure ever since its passage. By some means the leading Tories in this City learned that such a bill had been ouce passed, and searched till they found it in the collection of local laws passed in 1851. It was eagerly ex humed by them, and under the affect ed belief that it was still in force, they begau to look around for a victim up on whom to test it. In the township of Delaware, in this County, resides a respected farmer and conscientious Republican named Stepheu Brooks. He has iu his employ a free negro boy aged about twenty years named Arch ie P. Webb. The boy was formerly the slave of a female living near Hol ly Springs, Miss. He was afterward transferred to a brother of his Mis tress, living in the interior of Arkan* sas. When the rebellion broke out, his Master became a General in the Rebel army and left his slaves to work the plantation. Archie took ad vantage of his Master's treason to run away, and enter the Uuion Camp at Helena. lie was received iuto ser vice by the Dubuque Battery, Captain Hayden, and when one of the Company —Melville C. Wright—came home to obtain recruits, Archie asked and ob tained permission to accompany hint, and was subsequently employed in Delaware county by Dr. James Wright our present Secietary of State. He proved a faithful, intelligent, well-be haved laborer, and when the doctor came to Des Moines to enter npon the discharge of his duties as Secretary, he brought Archie along and obtained employment for him on the farm of Mr. Brooks. Last week while the boy was at work, three or four lubberly scoundrels residing in Delaware town ship, who affected to think they were immensely disgraced by having an in dustrious contraband for a townsman, called at Mr. Brooks' farm, and served upon Archie the following document: To Archa Webb: You are hereby notified to leave Delaware township, l'olk county, Iowa, in three days from the service of this not ice or we will com mence ptouwiiup against you to compel your removal. J. L. WSST. ,f January 8th, 18M. This notification was in the handl writing of Jeff. S. Polk, Esq., of the firm of Cassady & Polk of this City. It had been evidently drawn under the idea that more than one Trustee would sign it, but it seems only one functionary of that class could be found who was mean enough to be employed in such despicable busiuess. Archie was made by his friends to un derstand that the proceedings against him were lawless, and although the united efforts of the villains was brought to bear to obtain custody of his body, Archie eingle-hauded, kept the miserable creatures at bay, and they fiually went away. The next day they obtained reinforcements, and numbering ten in all, again attempted to obtain possession of the boy. He was engaged in chopping when they made their appearance, and although he made no threats of violent resist ance, there was not one of the cow ardly scoundrels who dared to lay hands on him, and again they left the premises without hiin. They then came to this City, and endeavored to induce Sheriff I. W. Grffith to take the matter in hand and complete the 40b which the Delaware mob had so ingloriously commenced. Up to this writing that officer seems to be unde cided whether he had better put his foot iu this affair for the benefit of his delectable constituency in Delaware township or not. When he shall con clude to act, he will be in a way to find out the general impression of that particular portion of official ad* miuistration I Subsequent reports say that Sheriff Griffith did arrest the negro, when a habeas corpus was granted by Judge Gray of the District Court, asd the negro was discharged. J. If. Wallace of Muecsttoe enfsyed the Secretaryship of the State Agri cultural Society for some eight years. Believing in an occasional rotation in office, the State Board have given Utc position to Dr. Shaffer of Fairfield. The Chariton Patriot says thai Thomas Ethcridge of Cedar township Lucas county, was thrawri from hisi wagon whilo intoxicated last week, and injured so that be 4iod I* ft- abort time afterward. !Xirr*spoo)ence of the Cbartet City Uftllgfir. ARMY LETTER. HlAtKfV AHTTH* 17th A RUT Co*M, I tTolly Springs, Miss., Jan. 8th, 18M. Dear Hit prkth Since the Army of the Tennessee" commcnccd its retrograde movement, there has been but little important change in the rou tine of a soldier's duty. The Army has again been formed into different Cnrp«t of which I shall be able to give you more particulars in my next. The 17th Army Corps will be commanded by Maj. Gen. McPherson, who will promptly do whatever duty comes in to his hands. If it be a fight, Secesh will find they have the hardest nut they ever tried to crack. He unites great caution with energy quick to plan, prompt to execute, he is one of the best military men in the west. Formerly a regular Army officer, he is a strict disciplinarian, yet always doing all he can for his men. He es tablishes his Headquarters at La Grange, Tcnn., shortly. His Corps is stationed as follows 1st Division, Brig. Gen/Denver, at Grand Junction 3d Division, Brig. Gen. John A. Logan, at Cold Water 4th Division, Brig. Gen. Lauman, at LaGrange. Gen. Grant has gone to LaGrange, with the purpose of soon moving his Headquarters to Jackson. He has or dered that if the Memphis and Charles ton Rail Road be molested by citizens on the road, or Guerillas, there shall be ten families—Secesh of course— selected from the first circles of Mem phis, and sent South, as the road will scarcely be molested by any of the regular force now in the field, and recongnized as an army. Heretofore, the destroyers have been furnished by the citizens of Memphis. Maj. Gen. Hurlbut is the ssaa or dered to carry out the plan, as he com manded the District of Memphis. The right man for the right place. No doubt but the citizens of Memphis will squirm undet this new order, btft they must remember that desperate men require desperate measures. Should any of the recognized rebel army destroy the road, they are m4 to be held responsible. It is understood that a new order of plans will hereafter be used in this Department. All the cotton around has been either confiscated by Gov* ernment or purchased by Cotton buy ers with Counterfeit Confederate money. There is a vast amount of this article floating around here. It is such an excellent Counterfeit, but few will de tect it. Instead of snow, it ts rain and mnd, extremely bad weather for soldiers, and there is considerable sickness in consequence. There are a good many cases of the Small Pox. The men are all being vaccinated. It is hoped that this dread scourge will not rage among us. There is quite a discus sion among the surgeons as to wheth er vaccination will run out after a cer tain number of years. I would like to hear some of our home physicians ou that point, J. W. S. for one, as I was much interested in his papers on the use of Saleratus," published in the Intelligencer some time ago. A few persons think that, to be an Army Surgeon, a man must be a skill fully educated studeut in the science of Mcdicine, and all Regular Army Surgeons are but to be a Volunteer Surgeon, all he need know, is the Lat in labels in his ambulance chest, to draw bis pay (the same as a Major's) with promptness, and to draw largely upon that great swindling concern, the Sanitary Commission. At least this is what a great many of our Sur geons are doing in this Army. I have been thinking of a remark lately made a by friend, that there was not an honest ma* in the world." There has been, as Artemus Ward would say, a "good goak lately, in a Hospital here, upon (tea. frye, yfriffh I will give you. I know not bow tbe tmtk may be I say tbe tale 'twas said to me." A soldier, who was at the point of death, was asked if he wished for a a chaplain. He did, and one soon was at his bed side. After some conver sation, the chaplain opened his Bible to read. He happened to select the chapter, that speaks of Sampson's mighty deed with the jaw bone. As he was reading along, the soldier sud denly cried, Halt 1" The chaplain stopped. Said the soldier, Read that again." The chaplain did so. Now," said tbe soldier, what are you read ing from Why, from the Bible I" said tbe astonished chaplain. Well," said the dying soldier, "just look at the bottom of the chapter, and see if Gen. Pope ku V$ «*sk signed to that story n I 9 There are numerous reports in cir culation, in town, on Change," such as—Now Rosecrans is badly whip ped, then Braxton-grape-shot-Bragg is most terribly fleeced. Then Price is at Mobile and Van Dorn at Grenada, only waiting for good weather to gobble" us up. Sometimes we learn that Burn side is flogged, then we hear that Lee is most beautifully thrashed. Oue day peace is declared, the next thing we bear is, that there is a war of exter mination. Some responsible person sets these rumors afloat, for the same mo tive that made the boy in Wisconsin set tbe hen on 100 eggs. He want ed to see her spread herself." So this person wauts to see the people spread themselves. X^ ^th Iowa is at Jackson Tens, faithfully yours, WlKFISU). |t Is expected that tbe fith Cavalry, now full, will start from Darenport for the Soutjb in few da^i, Sorghum Viwcgar.—Take «8g GEN. BUTLER* On leaving New Orleans Oen. Butler puMtah ©d an address to the jieople of that city, re counting his acts and their valuable 1 exult*. The following extract may be taken as a very pertinent response to thoae white-livered, or traitorous souls who have been so terribly out raged by his severity. The blow he gives, hit* all round, and should especially be thrunt down the throats of those foreign officials, who, under the guise of stimulated neutrality, have been so persistent in their efforts to aid the Southern traitors. Gen. Butler's plain talk, and plain acta, towards such false pre tenders, have suited our tastes exactly. We would be exceedingly glad to see bis example followed by others hi authority.—tmrlmfton Hawkepe. The enemies of my country, unre pen taut and implacable, I have treat ed with merited severity. I hold that rebellion is treason, and that treason persisted in is heath, and any punish ment short of that due a traitor gives so much clear gain to him from the clemency of the Government. Upon this thesis have I administered the au thority of the United States, because of which I am not unconscious of com plaint. 1 do not feel that 1 have erred in too much harshness, for that harsh ness has ever been exhibited to disloy al enemies of my country, and not to loyal friends. To be sure, I might have regaled you with the amenities of British civilization, and yet been within the supposed rules of civilized warfare. You might have been smok ed to death in caverns, as were the Covenanters of Scotland by the com mand of a General of the Royal House of England or roasted like the inhabitants of Algiers during the French campaign your wives and daughters might have been given over to tho ravisher as were the un fortunate dames of Spain in the Pe ninsular war or you might have been scalped and tomahawked as our mothers were at Wyoming by tbe savage allies of Great Britain in our own revolution your property could have been turned over to the indis criminate "loot" like the palace of the Emperor of China works of art which adorned yonr buildings might have been sent away as were the paintings of tbe Vatican your sous might have been blown from the mouths of cannon like the Sepoys at Delhi and yet all this would have been within the rules of civilized war fare as practiced by the most polish ed and most hypocritical nations of Europe. For such a«^ts the records of the doings of some of the inhabitants of your city towards the friends of the Union, before my coming, were a suf ficient provocative and justification. But I have not so conducted. On the contrary, the worst punishment inflicted, except for criminal acts, pun ishable by every law, has been banish ment with labor to a barren island, where I encamped my own soldiers before marching here." At the late session of the State Teachers' Association, held in Rock ford, III., the Hon. Newton Batcman paid an eloquent tribute to the press, io which he Raid, The Press—the wings that God has given to truth, to travel around aud regenerate the world. There !s a praTit "tn iTse Tstand of Snmmatra, the circumference of whose fully expanded flower is nine feet its nectarum is calculated to hold niue pints the pistils are as large as a cow's horn, and the whole weight of the blossom is computed at fifteen pouods. James Brookman, an old and re spected citizen of Allamakee county, was drowned in tbe Mississippi river a few days since, while attemptiag to cross on the ice. Tho citizens of Chickasaw county are moving to establish a County Li brary. This is a good idea, well wor thy of general imitation by the coun ties. li.filfl. "li 1 'I 11. k *r The Editor of fffe'Vagnofti' Repub lican reports that he has scratched all the hair from the top of his bead try ing to think of some local news to write about The Dubuque City Harbor Is said to be in bad coudition on account of a sand-bar forming ia front of the pres ent landing. Tbe Davenport News says that more than 50 of the best judges of old rye in that city bavebeoosM converts of Temperance. Tbe News of Darenport is putting in a portion of its time in making fun of the Temperance Revival going on in that place. Why is a fool in a high station like a man in a balloon Because every body appears little to him, and bo ap pears little to everybody. Does any body know of a sympa thiser with the rebels anywhere who does not denounce the President's late proclamation "I am surpised, my dear, that I have never seen you blush." The fact is, husband, I was bora to blush un seen.* The difference between a fMr attd husband of a vixen, is that one lives al ways iu cold water aud tbe other in hoUM"*"* 4 AJ bargain fs a^dtffroli trrtiactton in which each party thinks he chcated the other largely. It often happens to genius to spoons the plated article talMS tJbe place of the real metal. The Cumberland river is agaiu blockaded, aud no boats venture up unless oonvoyed by gunboats- I At the late battle near Murfreesboro U%e Federals lost 1,474 kiHed, 6,874 wounded and 2,000 prisoners. The German Republican paper at Dubuque bas suspended on SGQOftPt of I bigbprice of pa^et\ STATE OF IOWA. Adjvtant General's Davenport, 1 fresh one gallou of sorghum sirup, arid sven gallons of rain water—put in a sheet of brown paper—set it in a warui place, in a cask without bung. In six weeks it will be ready for use. Jan 16, 186:!. Nones.—All paroled men, convalescent and furlouglicd soldier* of the Iowa regiments now in the field, should report in person at this office immediately. Vnfcss this is done promptly, measures will be taken to eaforce the obligations they are under to the Govern ment. Adjutant-General of Iowa, if ..ly »ti 1 SCOVILL'3 Blood and Liver Sirup. Statement of Mr. McWilliams, who is an El der in ltev. Horace liushnell's Church, re garding the euro of his daughter. Messrs. A. Scovill & Co.— Dear Sirs I feel it my duty to write you and let you know what your Itlood and Liver Sirup has done for my daughter, and that by publishing it, oth ers who sutfer with the same disease may know of it, and by its use derive great In-netit. My daughter Kliza, has Itecn sorely afflict««! with scrofula, attended with great pain, for more than two years. She had some Ave or six running ulcers on one of her feet, one on her hip and one on her back. She commenced using the Blood and Liver Sirup, and as the medicine acted on the blood the sores com menced to heal. The limbs are getting straight- she is now gaininustrength. I have only used three Ixtttles of the medicine, and she can walk quite well. One of the limbs is but little, if any, shorter than the other. Your l»lo«»d and Liver Sirup h:is done wonders in re storing her to health. With the greatest res pect, I remain, Yours, 1 Kettee. W fntTl further notice I will Wat iny oflfire in Charles City on Tuesdays of caich wet k for the transaction of such business as may properly come before me. WM. H. JOHNSON, Connty Judge of Floyd Counts. January 6,1862. S11 Carriage Haker Wanted. Wanted immediately a good journeyman Wagon-maker to whom good wages will be P*i'l PETER ROSE. Charles City, Nov. 8,1862. B0RH, In Riverton, 23d Inst., a daughter to Wesley Brownell. In this town, 23d inst., a daughter to Chaa. P. Bteveas. MAEBIED, In Charles City, Jan 28th, 1868, by Rev. W. A. Adams, Mr. Tilly Oilbert and Mrs. Polly Oilbert, both of Charles City. At Blue Earth City, Minn., Jan. 1st, 1863, Mr. Benj. F. Jenkins, of Kstherville, Emmctt county, Iowa, to Miss Hannah P. How laud, formerly of this place. 91X0, In Rockfocd, Floyd county, Iowa, Jaanary 20th, Adella L. E., daughter of Lewellyn ana l'amelia E. Whitney, aged six years and two months. look* ticyond the bounds of fltos, what we now deplore W-1'!rl.^oin lull, immortal prime, aWAnd bloom to no more." COMMERCIAL. Charles City Retail Maziest. Wsdnbsdat, Janaary 28,1863. Floor,extra family, $ cwt.,..... superfine, imii* Wheat, spring, bushel, Corn, on the cob, $ bushel. K.,. shelled, $ bushel, Rye, bushel, llarley. bushel, Oats, bushel, Corn Meal, cwt.,............. Potatoes, & bushel,.......... Beans, biishtt,........... iZW"* Butter, lb Cheese. lb Pork, salt i Hams, t., Beef, lh.,.. •.^-••.•4.4V. ff$ i k e n s u k e y s Lard, f* W**od, cord, •...«, 1^,* Salt, bll.,. Eggs, f* dozen................ Hay, V, ton,..*4. veai. V Mutton,^ lb,. Sugai, N. O. 1^) h.,.,»,. Maple Sugar, 1.,. IIII11I OfTWIt, $1,00 1.75 Uai o 4,10 6 t.iS,60G3,»0 4 6 .. 1SQ15 Potatoes, •. .......... *. Beans «....... Tallow, 1 Hides, ft....f. tu»i»» Wool, fc....... s 44 G. H. BENNETT, City Jeweller, flKSMSE8 THEthe N. B. BAKER, 20 26 40 (9, 45 20 (& 2 2 20 1,00 St (5» 80 76 1,00 10)* 12 10 l® 7 i*«M 5 4 4 t(v 4 10 Maple Sirup, f», gal.,..^f. 1.00 Sorghum Sirup, gal.,....... .. 60 Sirup, gal., »....iVim, 1,00 SoHp, IKU*, .... ff 12 Caixll'-s. Tallow, Tea, lb Coffee, t* Fish, suit, lb., Ihii'd Apples, Dried reaches. Kerosene, $, 14 (a 15 .1,40 1,M» 40 t# 10 10 12 80 Cedar Falls Market. Cedak Falls, January %it 186S. Florrr, Extra Sui«triiiu», vml. 2,M Kupertine .1,00 (d, 2.25 Wheat, $4 bushel 83 (a HH Corn, ,...16(« 20 Oats,............. •«'...... Barley ..«.«•..... ^. •. Clover sosA, 1 imothy,............ .** »r^.... Beans,. .••«•*•«».«.««,««»»«...»«.,. .t5 Potatoes, .90@ 25 Dressed Hogs,........... ... 1^50 @3.90 Butter, 7 (a, 0 Lard 6 6 salt, $ bbi a,50 Hides, Green, $1 fc (u, ti Salted 6 7 Dry Flint .11 (oj. 14 ^gather, Spanish Hole, $ 24 (ai. 27 Buffalo Slaughter............ .26 ($. 27 Oak 32 (fli 46 French Kipp .75(aj. 1,00 French Calf, 1,00 (a 1,23 Domestic Kipp, Oak tan,... 00 75 Domestic Calf, Oak tan, 85 (aj, 1,00 Upper, ^dos $88,00 0 44,00 Raisins 4,00 Tea, Young Hyson, 1,20(^1,45 Imperial, .....1,10 1,85 Gunpowder, @1,40 Oolong fc 70 80 MeQreffor Wholesale Prioes Cvrreat. MeQregor, Jan, 24,1868. Wheat, $ bask 90 & 98 Oats,.. 4M Corn,. 85 26 ...... /.!7..... Beef, ou the hoof, $ b,.,,.,, Lard, ft 1 ..... ...1...... Eggs, $4 dos Butter, ft...•..• Flour, 100fts.. Pork, ...£,80 4,30 Sugar, N. O. $ ft @12 Cuba, ft ......11(^11* White, Coflfee, ft* 12) Crushed, ft 14 Powdered,^ ft........... 14 Coffee, Rio, 34 44 44 Java, ft a,,...,.*...,.,...* 40 Mocha, 85 Rice, f* 7 N. O. Molasses gal 66 68 Syrup, N. Y. Oolden, $ gal..... 50 Belcher's ¥. gal,.i........ 40 Fish, Dry Cod, $ ft. 44 White, ft ft. 4 44 Trout, ft 4 CutNails 4,50 N. Y. White Lead,...., 7| («i) 8 Oil, Linseed, $ gal.................. ,.|,12 44 Whale, I*, gal.i,,,... 90 a a 8 0 Babbitt's Saleratus,..<p></p>Saleratus,.................. V' 4' w ............... 9 i 9 1 allow, ft. .TjI 114 ir, "^ft. rj| $2 Caudles, Star gperui, ft 1 80 Cwwkere, 6 jsti. W and Assorted Candy, fl b-..«. |6 18 Soap. 6 Starch, $lb. 8 Dried Apples, ft ft.,,. 6| (ff 74 Fine Malt ft bbl. .7.. 8,00 Dairy 4.50 Vruues, $ ft .. to cUUFFV'S HEADERS for sale by A B. F. HHJDRE1U, wises miasms pnaH30 Corner of Clark and Mill Streets, OBABLBB CITT, FLOYD CO IOWA, Undersigned would le^MctfWljf say to good people of The Cedar River Valley, and the resl of mankind," that he will re pair, clean and set in order all good gold and silver I duplex, 1^'ver and (Minder Watones. CI ooIsjhi AND JKWKI.ltY, that may be entrusted to his care. The one price system strictly adhered to. Good Clocks for Sale* KKFF.KKNCE Any person of respectability within ac qeaiutaucc. ltcuicuibcr the name, O. H. BENNETT. Charles City, Floyd Co., Iowa, Jan. 22, 62 CABINET FURNITURE, wAi THE M. MeWTLLIAMS. Cincinnati, Feb. 28, 18.V). dec See advertisement. srrscniBF.lt would respectfully an nounce to the citiwns of St. Charles and vicinity, that he still continues the Cnbinet Making Biistncsa, in all its various branches, at lils Shop on Kel ly Street, one door north of the Printing Office, in St. Charles t'ity, where he will In? happy to bci vc his friends and customers, as tisiml. 1 have on hand, and am prepared to manu facture to order, at short notice, all kinds of Cabinet Furniture, such as TOILET DRESSING AND BREAKFAS1 DRESSING HllKEAUS of every description. WASH HTA.ISTDS, Wardrobes, Secretaries, Bookcases, Ac. Ac. lar Also, Coffins made to order. H. REAMS. 8k. Charles City, Jan. 8,1861. Stf WHOLESALE k RETAIL ^JASH Boot, Shoe, Hat AND CAP Cedar Falls, Iowa. ft At the Banner Store can be found an entire Fresh Stock! Country Merchants, when pur- y, Rasing, may find it for their interest to call. JOS. PI LLA1V. 20. 1862. 43 CWsr Fall*, Oct T*r THE CONFESSIONS AND EXPERIENCE OF AN I N V A I Published for the benefit and as a warning and A CAUTION TO YOUNG MEN who suffer from Spermatorrhoea, Nervous De bility, Premature decay, etc., supplying at the same time the meant of reif aire. Ity one who has curcd himself after lieing put to great ex pense and injury through medical huinbug and quackery. Hy enclosing a poet-paid addressed envelope, single copies mav Ik had of the author. NATHANIEL MAYFAIK. K«q., 40m3 lied ford, Kings Co., N. T. Mason City Nursery. THE Kulwcrilicr would respectfully inform the citizens of Floyd county and the pub lie generally, that he is prewired to furnish Xureery Tree® of all kinds and of the licst quality, at low (•rices, from his nursery at Mason City, Iowa, lis stock consists of the hardiest variety of Apple Trees, fiom two to four years old IsaU-lla, Alexandria, Spitaenburg, Wine, Catawba and I'oncxtrd Ura|cs also a full Variety of Small Fruits, such as liorton Seedling Qooselcrrieii, l^arge red Dutch, & Victoria white Currants, Scotch, and Ohio Mammoth Strawberrries Victoria and Hybrid l'ie Plant and many other varieties of Fruits. These Trees are all perfectly sound and thrifty. Farmers and others will do well to call and examine before purchasing elsewhere. Orders by mall will he promptly and Calth fully attended to. A. GARNER. Mason City, Sept. 1863. I* 6 CASH FAII FOB AT PULLAN'S, C«Uip Fall*, Itvt, NOTICE. WE are happy to iuform our old friends and customers, aud the public general ly, that we have re-arranged our Stock of Goods, in the Store of the .... 40 .. 1,80 8 .... 15 4«@ 50 2 6($6 12 12 3,50 Hall building, where we shall he pleased to see them and request their patronage, as former ly. We are Beceiving Sew Goods Daily, and in a few days can show as good a Stock as we had before the great fire. Don't forget to call at the new place in the Masonic Building, north side of the Public Square, N. B. We particularly request those who are indebted to us to come forward and pay immediately, as after our loss by the fire we need money more than before, and must have it in order to go on with our business. J. W. LEHMK I'lLL k CO. Charles City, Iowa, Nov. 1,1862. 44 CONNERS' United States Type Foundry, 38,80 and 32 Centre Street, Corner of Duane and Reade, New York. TO PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS. rpHK L'NDKKJilUMICD !.•* u m^rm tbo trui« 11 tit tin) uri- t» IH'W Mirlm of Scotch cut K* r.- from IVurl lo 1'iut—jurintsstug, if |«*v.ible, thoir onion.11 Si'ow li ui fm-tx-—wlm-h have giv»u «uch univer im! *«u*fuotK« (aml »r' now beinC Imperfectly liuilatwl) EtaM, Wi'gt, Nol tll ull'l S)lilll THE FANCY TYPE DEPARTMENT 'XUib|l4 uu uu»urpas*»bli- of of home origin, uml s«l«*t«l froni Knulsnl, France, fttxl Uerma ny, Anil U»«»r u'W Atu«rici»n Hcri|H*, llound HuihI, an«l Italian SrriiH*, Bordering, 4c ac are nut lots c. Uwl IU it#* «r auy uMw fuuutry. Particular mtuDUou called 10 tht) Gvriuan )c|*ruu«nt—wherein u shown aa splendid GERMAN FACES AND STYLES Mean lo Keuu in Ucrinan («mfit'ralomr tli United Slalds. Ail tyi*- cast at our •'.ilubhnlament Lt nowr idmiu factur«1 from tli«' u» ul knowu t'onner=' I'ut^iialled I lard T) |e MeUl. which Ium secured the printing of the eiicifjivui number of twenty two lo tyenly c^'lit mill ioux of fh«?t*. fcvi-ry truck* n«CMS*ry fur l*"rfbct Printing Offlos furtiiidicd as above. Order* from the country will tui Slied nrotaMly, cbeaply, and to entire tuni-fnt-1 ion 4 mmm CONXfcK SONS. TO PROMOTE GOOD ItEAI.TH, I'SS TUB Dandelion and Wild Cbtr B1TTEKB. TTTE Undersigned would respectfi!. tender his thanks to the peoplil Northern Iowa for their liberal putr" •ge during the brief jeriod the al, named medicine has l»een leirethe p. He. 'pie high price of glass and ot material used, together with the dir government tax, has compelled nn advance the price of my medicine. necessity I regret no h-ss than the irii ligent public who assure me of tb"in-. tdence in tbe healing virtue of my I ters by the continuance of their putr Sge since the advam-e in price. I am now happy to assurn my eust Cm and the public that tbe advano the price of my medicine does not go $o my pocket, but is deposited in thtfj. •rament treasury to do its part tfw. subduhig the rel»ellion. 4'Ah otinc prevention is worth a pound of cure, sn old saying, but none the worse age then if yea would save many tor's bills, Keep these Bitter* in Yo Family If yon have symptoms of Pyspei take them freely. In ordinary easel table s|XHnful is a dose, but a much 1| ger quantity can bn taken with a it' The dose should lie regulated to ag,| with your nervous system. Hardly ij two cases are alike In this respect, cases of great prostration, or that feel described as a sense of goneness, IT NEEDS ONLY A TRIAL To luffed a Perfect Restoration Its exhilarating properties are not cessive. like the vile compounds *1 which the country is flooded, under names of Cordial Ciins, Schiedam Schi* Jloback's Bitters, etc., containing tnedicinal virtues of any valu\ and wl»^ tire intended merely as an eva»ioM of {trictive Maine Laws hut instead of arge a proportion of alcohol, These Bitters derire their StinJ lous from the Powerful Na ture of tho Roots and Herbs of which tliey sre Composed. And as they are, by allaying nnnatil cravings of the stomach, directly proil tive of TEMPERANCE, the proprietor believes that In tnak] them widely known tbe public welfar sulwerved. In that class of diseases where tv jisa Ventral Deprettim of the Nervmu Byiit. Lou of ihaatlar Energy, Weaknett, LaHtude, Want ef ApptUb, pajfkintneMi, iChilly Situation*, Aching of th* Boem Preceding Fever Ir AI If WITHOUT A PAHALLEI i AM also manufacturing a article ot supj Writing Fluid, which is '^nfranird A'ut to be Affected hy Fro. If yon want Ink for your cbildrei carry to school that will not freeze, Buy Huntington's Winter In| I am wholesale agent for Van Dus&* WORM CONFECTIONS, i the best remedy now offered to the lie for worms in children. It is al*j|' excellent remedy for Eowel and Teet Complaints. 1f I also offer to the trade at manufife rer's prices the following articles w jL are warranted genuine w Van Deusen's Magical Blueing, v Dutcher's Dead Shot for Bed l!ugtj| Alden's Condition Powders for Hcf If you want u Powder su]erior others use these, and if not satisfied w money shall Ik- refunded. All of which are for sale who and retail by ', H. E. Newell, McGregor, "M Allen A Hosford, DubuqSe. J. H. lteed & o, Chicago. J. H. 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