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ertviso provided for and in tlio first
instance the Governor alone may ap
point all said officers, who nlmll hold
thoir ofHeos until lln* ond of tlie first
•cssioB of tlif T/^islativc Assembly,
and shall lay off tlio necessary di»
tricln for members of the council and
house of representatives, and all other
officers.
Sec. 8. And be it further enact fd,
That no member of the Legislative
Assembly shall hold or be appointed
to any office which shall have Imvmi
created, or tho salary or emoluments
of which shall havo been increased
while he was a member, dnring th»
term for which Imj was elected, and
for one year after the expiration of
soch term but this restriction 6hall
not be applicable to mombers of the
first Legislative Assembly. Knd no
person huMing a commission or ap
pointment under the United Stntea,
cxcrpt postmasters, shall be a member
of the Legislative Assembly, or shall
hold any office under the Government
of said Territory.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted,
That the judicial power of said Terri
tory shall be vested in a supremo
court, district courts, probate courts,
and in justice of tlie peaco. Tho su
preme court shall consist of a chief
justice and two associate juHticea, any
two of whom shall constitute a quo
rum, and who shall hold a term at the
•eat of government of said Territory
annually and they shall hold their of
fices during' the period of four years,
and until their successors shall be ap
pointed and qualified. The said Ter
ritory shall be divided iuto three judi
l) prescribed by law and the said
judges shall, after their appointments,
respectively, reside in the districts
wbich shall be assigned them. The
jnrisdiction of the several courts here
in provided for, both appellate and
original, and that of the probate courts
and of justices of the peace, shall be
limited by law Provided, That justi
ces of tho peace shall not have juris
diction of any matter in controversy
when the title of laud may bo in dis
pute, or where the debt or sum claimed
shall exceed one hundred dollars and
the said supreme and district courts,
respectively, shall possess chancery
as well as common law jurisdiction.
Each district court, or the judge there
of, shall appoint its clerk, who shall
also be the register in chancery, and
shall keep his office at the place where
the court may be held. Writs of er
ror, bills of exceptions, and appeals,
shall be allowed in all cases from the
filial decisions of suid district courts
to the supremo court, tinder.such reg
ulations as may be prescribed by law.
The supreme court, or the justices
thereof, shall appoint its own clerk
and overy clerk shall hold his office at Legislative Assembly annually, unless,
the pleasure of the court for which he on an extraordinary occasiou, the
•hall havo been appointed. Writs of Governor shall think proper to call
error and appeals from the final deci-( the Legislative Assembly together,
•ions of said supremo court shall be
allowed, and may bo taken to the Su
preme Court of tho United States, in
the same manner and under the same
regulations as from the circuit courts
of the United States, where the value
of the property, or tho amount in con
troversy, to be ascertained by the oath
Of affirmation of either party, or other
competent witnesses, shall exceed one
thousand dollars, except that a writ
of error or appeal shall be allowed to
the Supreme Court of tho United
Slates from the decision of the said
supremo court created by this act, or
of any judge thereof, or of tho district
courts created by this act, or of any
judge thereof, upon any writs of ha
beas corpus involving the question of
per.vnul freedom. And each of the
aaid district courts shall have and ex
ercise the same jurisdiction, in all
cases arising under tho Constitution
and laws of the Uuitcd States, as is
vested in the circuit and district
courts of tho United States and the
firot six days of every term of said
courts, or so much thereof as shall be
Vicccssary, shall be appropriated to
tho trial of causes aribing under the
•aid Constitution and lawH and writ*
of error and appeal iu all such cases
•ball be made to the supreme court of
•aid Territory the same as iu other
Cases. The said clerks shall receive,
in all such cases, the same fees which
tho clerks of the district courts of
Washiugton Territory now receive
Cm similar services.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted,
Hi
at there sliul 1 be appoited an attor
ney for said Territory, who shall con
tinue in office four years, and until his
successor shall bo appointed and qual
ified, unless sooner removed by the
president of tho Uuited States, and
jttho shall receive the same fees and
•alary as the attorney of the Uuited
States for the present Territory of
Washington. Thero shall al*o bo a
marshal for tlio Territory appointed,
who shall hold hi* office for four years,
•lid until his successor shall be ap
pointed and qualified, unless sooner
removed by the President of the Uni
ted States, and who shall execute all
proucssesMssuing from the said courts
when exercising their jurisdiction as
Circuit and District Courts of the Uui
ted States. lie shall perform tho du
ties, be subject to the same regulations
and penalties, and bo entitled to the
•Sine fees as the marshal! of the Dis
trict Court of the Uuited States for
the present Territory of Washington,
and shall, in addition, be paid two
hundred dollars annually as a com
pensation for extra services. There
alia 11 also be appointed by tho Presi
dent of the United States, by and with
the aHvicc and consent of the Senate,
surveyor general for said Territory,
who shall locate his office at such
place as the Secretary of the Interior
•hall from time to tiuio direct, and
whose duties, powers, obligations, re
sponsibilities, compensation, and al
lowances for rlcrk hire, offico rent,
fuel, and incidental expenses, shall be
the same as those of tho surveyor
jftjneral of New Mexico, under the di
rection of the Secretary of the Interi
or, and such instructions as he may
from timo to time deem it advisable
Sec. 11. And be it further enact cd,
iat the governor, secretary, chief
slice, and associate justices, attor
ney, and marshal! ahull be appointed
1J the President of the Uiiited States,
itjr and with the advice and conseut
of tlio Senate. The governor and sec
retary to be appointed as u/'oiosaid
shall, before they act as such, respect
ively, take an oath or affirmation be
fore the district judge, or some justice
of the peace iu tho limits of said Ter
ritory, duly
rmihs and
Chief Justice or somo associate jus-'Territory, and assign !lie juilges
tice of the Supreme Court of the Uni- may be appointed for said 'lcrri
ted States, to support the Constitution to the several districts, and als
Chief Justice or some associate jus
tice of the Supreme Court of the Uni
ted States. The Governor shall re
ceive an annual salary of two thou
sand fire hundred dollars tho chief
justice and associate justices shall re­
cial districts, and a district court shall ceive an annual salary of two thousand law, ex
be held in each of said districts by five hundred dollar* tho secrotary I nitcd
one of the justices of the supreme shall receivo an annual salary of two! change the location of the office of
court at sach times and placcs as may thousand dollars. The said salaries i said agencies or superintendents.
shall bo paid quarter yearly from the Sec. 18. And be it Jurther enacted,
dates of the respective appointments 1 That nntil Congress shall otherwise
at the Treasury of tlio United States direct all that part of the Territory of
but no payment shall be made uutil Idaho included within the following
have entered upon
said officers shall
the duties of their respective appoint
ments. The members of the Legisla
tive Assembly shall bo entitled to re
ceive four dollars each per day dur
ing their attendance at the sessions
thereof, and four dollars cach for every
twenty mileB' travel in going to and
returning from said sessions, estima
ted according to the nearest usually
travelled routes and an additional
allowance of four dollars per day shall
be paid to the presiding officer of each
bouse for each day he shall so preside.
And u chief clerk, one assistant clerk,
one engrossing and one enrolling
clerk, a sergoant-at-arms and door
keeper may be chosen for each house
and the chief clerk shall receive four
dollars per day, and the said other of
ficers three dollars per day during the
session of the Legislative Assembly
but no other officers shall be paid by
the United States: rrorlhd, That
there shall be but ono session of the
fray the expenses of the Legislative
Assembly, the printing of the laws,
an.l otlitr i.iciAlnl i^peNSM. And
oh
that question.
Sec. 13. And be it further enacted.
That a delegate to the House of Rep
resentatives of the United States, to
Hauif right* aud privileges as arc cz
ercisud and enjoyed by tho delegates
from the hrveral other Territories of
the United States to the said House of
Representatives but tho delegate
tirst elected Khali hold hid seat only
timing the term of the Congress to
which ho ahull l»o elected. The first
Sec. 14. And be it further enacted,
That when the lands in the said Terri
tory shall bn surveyed ouder the di
rection of the Government of the
United States, preparatory to bring
ing the same into market, sections
numbered sixteen aud tliirtv-six in
each towiibhip in suid Territory shall
f"'
hi
ft Mpjjfc ijboj .H*,
said Territory, before they act as such,
shall take a liko oath or affirmation
before the said Governor or sec retary,
or some judge or ju«ticc of the peace
of the Territory who may be duly
commissioned and qualified, or before
tho Chief Justice or somo associate
justice of the Supreme Court of the! tana, who, by virtve of the provisions
United States, which said oath or af-j of any law now existing,
firmation ahall be certified and trans
mitted by the person taking the same
to the secretary, to be by him recor
ded as aforesaid and afterwards the
like oath or affirmation shall betaken,
certified, and recorded in such mariner
and form as may be prescribed by
law. And any person who has here
tofore been appointed chief justice or
associate justice of tho Territory of
Idaho, who has not yet taken the oath
of office, as prescribed by the act or
ganizing said Territory, may take
said oath or affirmation be/ore the act, Rliall be faithfully and rigidly ob-
There shall be appropriated annually
the usual sum, to be expended by the
Governor, to defray the contingent
expenses of the Territory, including
the salary of tho clerk of the execu
tive department. And then: shall also
be appropriated annually a sufficient
sum, to be expended by tho secretary ICtmnn.
of the Territory, and npon an estimate JiOIlGO.
to be made by the Secretary of the Tl»e triumphant entry of MaxiiniUi
Treasnry of the United States, to de-
npport itie i onstuntion to me several uimnum, mm mso ap-! patched a spccial messenger^ with a
of the United States, and faithfully to, point the times and plaqe» for holding| letter to President Juarez, inviting
discharge tho duties of their respec-i courts in the several counties or sub- him to come to Mexico, whithei he
tive offices which said oaths, when, divisions io cach of said judicial dis-j was going himself, and there to dis
so taken, shall be certified by the per-j tricts, by proclamation to be issued jcusa with him a plan by which tbe
son by whom the samp shall have been) by him but the Legislative Ahscid-. new empire might be securely cstab
taken 5 and such certificates shall be! bly, at their first or any subsequent lished without more bloodshed, aDd a
received and recorded by the said sec-j session, may organize, alter, or modi-j durable pcace given to the couutry
retary among the executive proceed-1 fy such judicial districts, and assign
ings and the chief justice and asso» the judges, and alter the times and
ciato justices, and all civil officers in places of holding the courts, as to
them shall seem proper and conveu
ient.
Sec. 16. And be it further enacted,
That all officers to be appointed by
the President of the United States, by
may be enacted by Congress, are re
quired to give security for moneys
that may be entrusted with then) for
disbursement, shall give such security
at such time and in such manner as
the Secretary of the Treasury may
prescribe.
Sec. 17. And be it further enacted,
That all treaties, laws, and other en
gagements made by tho Government
of the United States with the Indian
tribes inhabiting the territory em
braced within the provisions of this
served, any thing contained in this
act to the contrary notwithstanding
and that the existing agencies and
superintendents of said Indians be
continued, with the same powers and
duties wliich are now prescribed by
exccpt that the President of the
States may, at his discretion,
boundaries, to wit: Commencing 1
a poiut formed by the intersection of
the thirty-third degree of longitude
west from Washington with the forty
first. degree of north latitude thence
along? said thirty-third degree of lon
gitude to the crest of the liocky moun
tains thence northward along the
said crest of the Koeky mountains to
its intersection with the forty-fourth
degree and thirty minutes of north
latitude thence eastward along said
forty-fourth degree thirty minutes
north latitude to the thirty-fourth de
gree of longitude west from Wash
ington thence northward along said
thirty-fourth degree of longitude to
its intersection with the forty-fifth de
gree north latitnde thence eastward
along said forlj'-fifth degree of north
latitude to its intersection with the
twenty-seventh degree of longitude
west from Washington thence south
along said twenty-seventh degree of
longitude west from Washington to
the forty-first degree north latitude
thence west along said forty-first de
gree of latitude to the place of begin
ning shall be and is hereby incorpo
rated temporarily into and made part
of the Territory of Dakota.
Approved, May 26,1864.
an
jnj0 f|,e Mexican capital took place
-t 10oV,ock A oll
and
manner in which the aforesaid moneys splendor. Every building, public or
shall have been expended and 110 ex- private, was closed and bung with
penditure shall be made by said Legis- Hags and banners, mingled with fes
lative Assembly for objects not spe- toons of flowers. The streets and
cially authorized by the acts of Con- public places were lined with soldiers,
gross making the appropriations, nor French for the most part. Balconies
beyond the sums thus appropriated *i,d windows commanding a view of
for such objects. the line of march brought fabulous
See. 12. And be it further evicted, prices. Churches and church towers
That the Legislative Assembly of the were gaudily decorated, while the
Territory of Montana shall hold its bells of the cathedral and other edifi
first session at such time and place in ces kept up a continual clangor. The
said Territory as the Governor thereof palace and public buildings in the
shall appoint and direct and at said square were sumptuously ornamented,
first session, or as soon thereafter as I and portraits of the Einperor aid Eni
they shall deem expedient, the Gov-j press appeared at many of the win
eruor and Legislative Assembly shall dows. To give a full idea of tho va*
procccd to locate and establish the! rious decorations of the streets would
scat of government for said Territory I occupy much more space than is ne
at such place as they may deem eligi-j cessary. Hut it must be confessed
bio Proriilcd, That the seat of gov- that it was a brilliant and successful
ornmont fixed by the Governor and affair, so far as the mere display of
Legislative Assembly shall not be at
any timo changed except by an act of
the said Assembly duly passed, and
which shall be approved, after due no
tice, at the first general election there
after, by a majority of the legal votes
cast
election shall be held at such time aud direct to the cathedral, where tho bish
places, and be conducted in such man-! ops were prepared to conduct him to
ner, as the Governor shall appoint audi the throne there erected for him. The
direct and at all subsequent elec- crowds gathered altout the square aud
linns ihu time and places, and manner the pulaco at this time were very
ot holding the elections, shall be pre-1 large, but there wus not tho slightest
scribed by law. The person having! manifestation of excitement. The en
the greatest number of legal votes thuHiubm, if it can be so called, was
shall be declared by tho Governor to confined exclusively to the French res
be duly elected, aud a certificate there
of shall be given accordingly. That
the Constitution aud all laws of the
United States, wliich are uot locally
inapplicable, fchall have the same force
and effect within the said Territory of
Montana as elsewhere within the Uni
ted States.
said territory aud in the licsion to the empire, then banquet-1
Slates and Territories hereinafter to in«r aud feastiuir becran. aud continued i
Territories hereinafter to ing aud feasting began, aud continued
be erected out of the same. for the rest of the day, save during
Sec. 15. And be it further emeted,\ the hours when the Emperor went out
authorized to administer! That, until otherwise provided by law, for an evening ride fn tho Alameda or
aftiruiatiouN ly the laws'tho Governor of said Territory may I groves at the eud of the city.
Sunday the 12th
A wbu
the Governor and secretary of the says
Territory shall, in the disbursement of Such a brilliant sight has seldom
all moneys intrusted to them, be gov- been seen in Mexico as the appear
erned solely by the instructions of the' auce of the eity on this occasion. The
Secretary of the Treasury of the I ni- streets selected for the imperial tran
ted States, and shall semi-annually ac- sit were decorated in the most profuse
count to tho said Secretary for tho
P™0'"
dazzling 6tyles of beauty and!
tuhte was couccrucd, though it was
not accompanied by the genuine en
thusiasm of a free people.
Tho arrival of the Einperor was
mado known by salvos of artillery
from in front of the Pontalcs, aud as
he rode along in an open carriage,
with the Empress by his aide, the la
dies from tho balcouiea and aznfais
showered down roso leaves aud gold
serve for the term of two years, who and silver leaves upon them in great! a^'principiesTand everTto
shall be a citizen of the I ...ted States profusion. trequently the streets
may be elccted by tho voters qnamied
to elect members of the Legislative
Assembly, who shall be entitled to the the Einperor would bow all around to*
the pcoplo in the streets, on tho balco
nies and on the housetops. There
was, however, no cheering or rims,
though the women in many cases
waved their handkerchiefs aud small
flags, both French and Mcxican. The
were so crowded with people that the
whole cortege had to stop, and then
Einperor rode along tho Callo 8an
Francisco to t'alle i'otrero, and thence
idents and their friends, aud the nu
morons employees of the Government
but it is a tact that, beyond a natural
curiosity, the people proper did not!
seem to care anything at all about the!
advent of the Emperor. On the con-|
trary, many ot tlie Mexicans were!
most anxious to impress upon foreign
ers present iu Alexico tho difference!
between the reception of Gonzalez'
Ortega and that of MaiimiHiau.
In the Imperial Palace the Emperor
received all his frienda and adh i«nta
he and the same are hereby reserved Order of Gaudalupe, among others months' volunteers for the protection
r1' t" O.-n. wl... j.a« tfiven in hi. „f Midori (uerillu or low
schools
lio! an at Vera Cruz., and before Tie landed
itory'on the soil of Mexico at all, he dis-
and with the advice and consent of out, and below is the noble and patri
tho Senate, for the Territory of Mon- otic language of
PRESIDENT JCAREl'S KEPLT.
or which
This was done so privately that no
ono knew anything about it except the
parties immediately concerned for it
was not known what feind of answer
Juarez would be likely to give, and
the Emperor did not feel like inform
ing the public of a rebuff. But tho
result of the proposition has leaked
Reapectcd Sir—You have privately
addressed me a letter dated the 2d
inst., on board the frigate Novara,
and, in my character of a polite and
respectable person, the obligation is
imposed on me of replying to it, al
though hastily, and without anything
like moditation, because you must al
ready «upposo that the delicate and
important cliargo of President of the
Republic absorbs all my time, without
cessation not even at night. French
fillibustcrism is seeking to endanger
and overthrow our nationality, and I,
who by my principles and my oaths
am the ono called to sustain the na
tional integrity, its sovereignty and
its independence, have to labor active
ly, multiplying my efforts to respond
to the sacred trusts which the nation,
in the exercise of its sovereign facul
ties, has imposed upon me. Neverthe
less, I propose, however briefly, to re
ply to the most important poiuta con
tained in your letter.
You tell me that abandoning the
succession of a throne in Europe,
abandoning your family, your friends,
your property and the dearest thing
to a man—your country—you and
your wife, Donna C'arlota, have come
to distant and unkuown lands only in
obedieuce to the spontaneous call of a
nation which fixes in you the happi
ness of its future." I certainly admire
in one sense all your generosity but
on the other my surprise has been tru
|y great iu finding in your letter the
phrase "spontaneous call for I had
seen before, that when the traitors of
my country presented themselves, on
their own authority, at Miramar to of
fer you the crown of Mexico, with a
few acts of nine or ten towns of the
nation you did uot perceive in it any
thing but a ridiculous farce, unworthy
to be seriously considered by an hon
est and decent man. In reply to such
an absurdity, you demanded a free ex
pression of the national will, as the
result of universal auflragc. This
was to demand an impossibility but,
it was the proper duty of an honora
ble man to do so. How great, then,
must bo my wonder to sec you com
ing to the Mexican Territory, without
any of the conditions demanded hav
ing been fulfilled? IIow must I not
wonder at seeing you now accepting
the same farce of the traitors, adopt
ing their language, decorating and
taking into your service bandits like
.Marquez and Ilcrran, and surrounding
your person with this dangerous class
of Mexican society. Frankly speak
ing, I havo been greatly deceived for
1 believed aud hoped that yt»u were
one of those pure organizations which
ambition could not succeed iu corrupt
ing.
You cordially invito me to go to
Mexico, a city whither you yourself
are about to proceed, to the end that
we may there have a conference in
conjunction with other Mexican chiefs
who are now in arms, promising us
all the forces necessary for our escort
in the transit, and pledging as securi
ty and guarantee your public failh,
your word and your honor. It is im
possible for me, sir, to accede to this
call my official occupations will not
admit of it. But, in the exercise
of my public functions, the public
faith, the word and honor of an agent
of Napoleon the perjured, would not
be sufficient of a man whose safety
reposes in the hands of Mexican trail
ors and of the man who at this mo
ment represents the cause of one of
the parties who signed the treaty of
Soledad. We know too well in Ame
rica the worth of that public faith,
that word and houor, just as the
French people know how much the
oaths aud promises of a Napoleon are
worth.
Yoo say also that from the confer
ence which we might have (in case of
my acceptance) you do not doubt that
peace will result, and with it the felic
ity of the Mexican nation, and that in
the future the empire, placing me in
a post of distinguished honor, would
count upon my taleuts aud the aid of
my patriotism for the general good.
It is certain, sir, that the history of
our owu times records tlio names of
great traitors, who have betrayed
their oaths, their word and their protn
ises who have been false to their
their^llUrcijdoilU and au Ujat raost
gacrc(J to t,JU 0jau of hom)r tfUe
ju a„ ll(Cge cageg of trea8on th(J
traitor has been guided by the vile
ambiliou of command and the misera
ble desire of satisfying his own pas
sions, and even his owu vices but he
who ia at present charged with the
trust of President of the Republic,
emerging as he has from the obscure
masses of the people, will succumb,
if in the wisdom of Providence he
must succumb, fulfilling his own to
tho last, corresponding to tho hope of
the nation over which he presides, and
satisfying tlio inspirations of his own
conscience.
The want of time compel!* me to
conclude, aud I will add but one ob
servation. It in given to man some
times to attack the rights of others,
to seize their property, to threaten the
lives of those who dare defend their
nationality, to make the highest vir
tues uppcarlike crimes, aud their owu
vices to ahiuc with the lustre of true
virtue. But there is one thing that is
beyond the reach of the false and per
verse, and that is, the tremendous sen
tence of history. It will judge us.
Ot.'tf 5 a -A
after mass, aud presented the uiogt,
conspicuous among them to the Em- War Department, has called out
press. On aeveral he conferred tlie, nine regiments of six sod twelve
8lou*
&c'«
fr.vjjsi t,i. Bbsito Jl'ABCf.
Gen. Rosecrans, by the authority of
|t Js said that more wen died of
fevers in McClellan's peninsular cam.
paign, than Grant has lost in all his
Mtximttifyterriblt ia Virfiqi*. -rj
C|n Intelligence*
Westward the course of empire takes Its way."
A. B. r. HILDRKTH, Mltor.
Charles City, Iowa, Aug. 4,1864
HATIOMAL UHION N0XDVAT1018.
For President,
-"Abraham
LINCOL%:J
Or ILLINOIS.
1 For Vice Presidents
AlfDREW JOHNSON,
or TESKSWU.
t'HMM 8TATK NOBDNATlOira#
For Supreme Judge,
€. COLE, of Polk Conatjr.
For Secretary of StAte,
JME8 WRIGHT, of Dclawsrs OoeaAy.
For Auditor of State,
JOEM A. ELLIOTT, of Mitchell Comtf.
flT Treasurer of Stale,
mi H. HOLMES, of Jones CounJ^
For Register State Land Office,
JOSHUA A. HARVEY, of Fremont countj.
For Attorney Genera],
I8AAC L. ALLEN, of Tama Coualf.
For Presidential Electors at Largt^
C. SEN DARWIN, of Dow Moinf® County.
WM. T. TUOMroOY, of Linn Countjr.
REPUBLICAN
tfeion Congressional Conventidi.
The Republican Union Electors of theThini
Congressional District of Iowa, o»ill mei-t in
I.Mr:.ite Convention at W-»t Union, on
\Vr!iieBIay, the 'J-lth day of Align*!, 1861,
at 10 o'clock A for the pnrporo of nom
inating a candidate to represent said Distiict
in the in xt enxuinR Congress of the United
States. au«l also to nominate one candidate for
Presidential Elector for 8ttid Diftrict.
All Electors of the ueveral counties, com
prising the Difttrict. who are ready to sustain
the National Administration in a KfHMnly and
complete overthrow of the ulavehnldors rebel
lion. and who desire to see the Natioual au
thority re-established, on a Ivwi* of constitu
tional freedom, are cordially inritnl to partici
pate in sending delegiUes to this Convention.
The ratio of Representation will l»e one Del
etrat-e for each County, and one additional del
egate for every hundred votes and traction
over fifty Totes cast ly the electors of the
county, at the last general election for Willi
am M. Stone for Governor, vii:
Allamakee County, 13 delegates.
BurhaiMMI IS
ltremer 8
n 'v'j
I
4
Clayton 28
rhickamw 7
Duliiine
lli-lit war*
Fa\ ett#»
96
16
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7
6
7
17
w
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Iiowartf
Mitchell
"Winnesheik
•jrerderof the
Com Brittle.
a
4k
Republican
Dvbuqoe, July 18,
Congreatiooal
BO
L. MATTHEWS,
Chairman Cong.
1864.
Republican Union County Convention.
A County Convention will be held at the
Conrt llouso in St Charles, Floyd county,
Iowa, on Saturday the 20th day «»f August,
1804, at 1 o'clock P. M., for the purpose of
eh-ctinp delegates to attend the Third Con
gressional District Convention to be held at
West Union on the 21th djiy of August, 1864.
And for tlio purp-^se of ela ting delegates to
attend the 12th Judicial District Convention
to be held at IUk kford on the 8th day of Sep
tember. 1804. Each township will le entiled
to deb pates as follow* St Charles 12. Floyd
10. drove &, Itockford 4. Ulster 3, I'n
iou 10, Acotl 1. Riverton 6. Niks 3, Cudar 4
Iteing one delegate for every ten votes and
fraction over live cast for (kv. Stone.
S STARR,
Chairman (ooaty Comal MM.
Dated July 26th, 1864.
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Union Canons.
Tlie loTlffTnlon voters of St. (Twits town
ship sue requested to meet at the Court House
onKMurdnv the liith day of Auprnst next, at
7 o'clock P. M., to elect 1*2 de!-nut«» to nt
tf*nd a County Convention to ht lioiden 'it St.
Charles on the 20th d:iy of August, for the
|urp»Be of electing delegates to attend the
Union Conurewional Convention, to be held
at West Union, August 24th. 1864 aluo for
tlie election of 12 delegates to attend a Judi
cial Convention, to be held at Itockford on
the 8th day of September next.
U. EASTMAN,
Chairman Twp. OoMa.
Charles City, J«)y 28,1864.
The weather during the past tea
days has been excellent for harvest
ing, and right well have the farmera
improved their time. In all directions
the reaping machines have been seen
constantly in motion. The quantity
of wheat raised in this coanty is im
mense, mod the quality of moot of it i«
good.
General Sherman's army, at Atlan
ta, !s still inactive, but it is stated
that the General considers himself
master of the situation, and that he ia
effecting a combination that will en
hance the valne of his movements.
The Methodist Society are aboot to
erect a new chapel in this village.
Work is commenced, and the founda
tion already laid. The site is on the
north bank of the river^ust the
grist mill.
2'
To-day (Thursday) is the day set
apart by the President, at the request
of Congress, for a National Fast. It
is hoped that the day will be general
ly obaervei. /£y
The walls of Mr. Lehmkuhl's new
stone store are now nearly up, and
will soon bo ready for the roof. He
will have a splendid store when com
pleted.
On Wednesday tftftrnfng a refreshing
rain cooled aud purified the atmoa
phere, but it caught a large quantity
of grain cut and lying on the ground.
Dr. Smith baa two interesting let
ters in this paper, written while on
hia journey through New York. Read
them.
Adjutant General Baker is bonnd to
put tlie State of Iowa nfop war
footing. His head is level.
Mr. Merckel's new sUue store fs
completed lie will awe* into it
ucxt week.
the banks and •ub-tressnry at
New York, on the Istioet., there were
$31,057,550 in gold.
There is much spprehension of a
rebel invasion of SueUaweeteto low*
How HeFhenon wss Killed.
The Nashville Union learns these
particulars of the death of Maj. Gen*
McPherson from an officer recently ar
rived from the field
Gen. McPhcrson's division held the
life of the line in the fighting "before
Atlanta. The General had ridden
from left to right in superintending
the advance of his skirmish lino, snd
was returning again to the right when
a party of rebel bushwhackers, in
ambush, ran from their covert between
the 16th and 17th corps, and crying
out, There they come giv'em hell,"
and fired. A couple of staff officers
and two orderlies accompanied the
General, all of whom escaped, except
the General, who fell, and expired al
most immediately, the ball having cut
the aorta. The enemy rushed forward
to rifle the body. The officers and or
derlies meeting Colonel Strong and
Captain Buell, both of Gen. McPhcr
son's staff, accompanied by a few or
derlies, related the circumstance. Col.
Strong ordered a charge. This hand
ful of brave and impetuous men, re
gardlcBS of the foenien in frout, dash
ed gallantly ahead and drove off the
thieving enemy, and while Captain
Buell with his revolver kept them at
bay, Col. Strong, assiated by his or
derlies, lifted the nude body, stripped
of every article of clothing save a glove
and sock, to his own horse and bore
it safely from the field. Beneath the
light glove covering of tho left hand
was a diamond ring which the vandals
failed to discover, and which will be
forwarded to the Cpeneral^ friends in
Ohio,
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Rebellion in Ulinote.
The guerillas and bushwhackers
have commenced operations in Illinois.
Express and route ageuts on the To
re liaute and Alton road, ssy that a
man was robbed of $2,000 and literal
ly cut in pieces a few days since, near
Nokomis, and that an armed gang of
more than 200 men were encamped
one mile west of Irving on Monday
night of last week. A number of Mis
souri and Tennessee refugees are en
gaged with these domestic rebels in
perpetrating theae outrages. On Sun
day morning of last week, gang of
these rebel cutthroats robbed a citi
zen of Pana of $100, kidnapped six
negroes in his employ, and ran them
off to St. Louis. The alleged reason
of the concentration of rebels is the
fact that soldiers have been ordered
to Ilillaboro, to prevent the repetition
of outrages that have been perpetra
ted iu that neighborhood upon Union
men. The Copperheads are determin
ed that there shall be no soldiers in
all that region. It is said that that
portion of Illiuois will be placed un
der martial law. It is believed that
large amounts of arms have been sent
iuto Missouri through Quincy in
trunks, by the Illinois Copperheads,
for the uee of Missouri guerillas.
The Btorgis Disaster.
Our readera will be interested io
our Memphis letter. Tho 27th Iowa
boro a conspicuous part in the perils
of Gen. Smiths' expedition. For a
distance of ten or fifteen miles south
of Ripley, our men saw evidences of
the disastrous raid of Sturgis. The
bleaching bones and half-dccuycd
bodies of our men were scattered along
the road and in some esses where
bodies had been buried in shallow
trenches, they had been rooted ljp and
partly devoured by hogs. In other
instances the bodies of our men were
found hung by tlie neck to the limbs
of trees. Three bodies of Federal
soldiers were found hanging on one
tree. The town of Ripley, whose in
habitants, women as well as men, had
fired upon aud brickbatted the retreat
ing troops of Gen. Sturgis, was en
tirely burued to the grouiid b£.i«ii£
Smiths'men. -t «):fT
The Faneral of General MePherson.
The funeral of Major Geu. McPher
sou took place at Clyde, near Sandus
ky, Ohio, on Friday the 29th ult. The
attendance was large and the ceremo
nies very impressive. Hie body was
attended by four of his personal staff.
One company of the 13th U. S. infant
ry, 24th Ohio battery, from Sandus
ky, 128th Ohio volunteer infantry,
from Johnson's lslsnd formed the mili
tary escort, liev. T. II. Ilildreth,
M. E. Church, orator. His address was
listened to with much interest.
Among the mourners were the moth
er, grandmother, two brothere aud
two sisters and other relstives of tho
deceased. The number.fneacait SMi
estimated at 10,000.
Sohooi. Laws or Iowa.—We have
received of Hon. Oran Faville, State
Superintendent of public Instruction,
a new and handsome edition of the
Educational Laws of this State. Tbia
edition of our School Laws ap
pears to have been prepared with much
oare, and comprises uot only all the
School Laws now in force, but is ac
companied by explanatory notes, blank
forms, and the opinions given by the
State Superintendents during the past
two years. A copy of the work will
at once be placed in the haade of each
school officer of the State, which will
enable him readily to understand his
dutiee and faithfully perform th*fl^
The institution for Deaf-mutes at
Iowa City was, one year ago, $1,400
in debt. By economical management,
this debt has been discharged aud the
school stands clear. The new Princi
pal, Mr. Talbot, who has had ten years'
experience in the Ohio Institution at
Columbus, gives good satisfaction.
So eays the Anamosa Eureka,
Tho prico of printing paper" iTss
gone up enormously of late, and ma
ny of our Iowa newspapers have ad
vanced their subscription price to$3
per annuls*
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QarrmpondMm «f Dm Ctwrlw CHy IntotMgwMr.
Qen. A. J. Smith's Expedition.
Memphis, July £5, 1864.
FatkND
HiIdrbth Slace writing you list,'
I ftars been out with "the expedition under
Gen. A. J. Smith in Northern Mississippi.
TheaxpeditioB comprised 6.000 infantry, com
manded as follows i l»t Division, under Qcu.
Joseph Mower 3d Division, under Col. Moore
of the 21st Missouri 1st Brigade of 1st Di
vision, commanded by Col. McMillen of the
95tli Ohio Jd Brigade, commanded by Col.
Wilkins of the 9th Minnesota 3d Brigade,
commanded by Col. Wood of the 12th Iowa
Itli Brigade, commanded by Col. Ward of the
14th Wisconsin 1st Brigade, 3d Division,
commanded by Col. Murray of the 89th Indi
ana 3d Brigade, commanded by Col. Gilbert
of the 27th Iowa Sd brigade, commanded
by Col. Wolf of tho 52 i Indiana also, one
Brigiute of colored troops, commanded by
Col. Bouton of the 59th U. S. Colored In
fantry, with Battery I, #d U. B. Colored light
Artillery. To each of the other Biigadcs was
attached one lUttery of Light Artillery and
Gen. Grieraon, with 5,000 Cavalry, accompa
nied the expedition making our entire force
14,000.
On the 5th July, the satire expedition, un
der command of Gen. Smith, broke camp near
LaGrange, Tcnn., snd marched in a south
east direction, meeting with but very little re
sistance. AVe marched each d»y amidst the
heat and dust till the 11th inst., when wc
reached the town of Pontotoc, Miss. Here
the army halted, except a portiou of the 2d
Brigade, 3d Division, sent out to forage grain.
On the 13th orders were given to move, and
at an early hour we were marching in the
direction of Tupelo, on the Mobile and Ohio
railroad. Tlie enemy did not like to have us
reach this road and undertook to captnre our
supply train but the Colored Brignde, assist
ed by a portion of the first Division, brought
the train through safely.
The troops were encamped near Tupelo, in
line of Battle, after a march of 19 miles. All
was quiet during the night, and until 7 o'clock
A. M. on the 14th, when the enemy drove in
our pickets and advanced in force upon our
lines.
Gen Smith was ready for them. lie had
choeen his ground, and held a favorable posi
tion. The attack was first made upon onr
light, and the rebels fought with the spirit of
desperation. They made seven attempts to
take Battery of the 2J Illinois Light Artil
lery, by charging upon it, but were repulsed
each time with great slaughter. The 21st
Missouri, 7th Minnesota, 130th Illinois, and
12th Iowa, held the right the 89th Indiana,
68th Illinois, and 119th Illinois held the cen
tre the Colored Brigade, assisted by a por
tion of the 3d Brigade, and Battery of the
2d Illinois Light Artillery, were on the ex
treme right the 3d Indiana and 2d Iowa Bat
teries of Light Artillery, held the centre
and the Colored Battery the extreme left.
The enemy, being repulsed with great loss
on the right, made an attempt to break our
centre, but were repulsed and driven back.
Then they massed their forces on the Colored
Brigade, with the evident intention of anni
hilating the African race But our smoked
Yankees, with an earnest and manly courage,
opened upon them with such a shower of grape
and canister that they were willing to with
draw until a mora convenient season.
The battle lasted about three hours and re
sulted in completely routing the enemy and
giving the entire victory to us. Our Iom dur
ing the fight will not exceed 200 killed, woun
ded and missing while of the enemy there
were 691 mortally wounded who frll into our
hands, and 483 of the rebel dead that were ou
the field aft«T the enemy withdrew.
It was my fortune to vi*it the battle-field
in the afternoon. I saw the dead bodies of
the notorious Faulkner, Nelson and Hun is
Col. Faulkner was recognize* 1 by those who
had previously seen him, and the other two
hail proper papers in their pockets which de
signated them. They w«re each of them in
command of Brigades during the engagement,
but ranked as Colonels of Regiments. It i*
reported that Forrest was severely wounded
during the fight, but we liavc nothing au
thentic on the subject. The enemy's h»«8 will
not fitll short of 1500 during the thiee hours
engagement. Judging from the large number
of guas that were 1
yiug upon the held, there
must have been very many of the enemy
wounded w^o were removed before the battle
closed.
During the engagement we lost Col. Wil
kin* of the 9th Minnesota, killed. The bal
ance of the daj passed off quietly till about
sunset, whem the enemy made a faint demon
stration and retired. At 10 o'clock
they came up agaiu on the extreme left. Here
they found the tried men of the 27th Iowa
who opened upon them with such deadly vol
leys that they were omce more glad te retire
and leave us alone in our glory." After
this the night wore away quietly, and in the
moming, (July 16th,) no signs of the enemy
appearing, orders came from Gen. Hmith to
march back to LaGrange. After moving
about five miles the enemy made a slight dem
onstration upon our wogon train, but soon re
tired and we moved on till 6 P. when we
went iuto camp about one mile north of Old
town Creek. Here the enemy placed two
guns of the Waterbonse Battery, which they
had taken from Sturgis, and commenced shel
ling ouv camp and supply train. Ool. Gil
bert's Brigade was ordered into action, hut
only the 27th and 14th Iowa regiments ef this
Brigade were in the fight, the other two icgi
uientsof the brigade being held as reserves
1'he enemy's guns were soon silenced. Our
men charged through the creak (nearly waist
deep) and up the hills an i through the bruish.
Here the enemy were stubborn and refused to
move, when the loud sluill voice of Cui. Gil
bert was heard, even by the rebels, ordering
his men to fix bayonet. The command was
instantly obeyed, and our men plunged for
ward with giutteuing steel. The enemy hav
ing learued by experience the virtue of Yan
kee steel, and realizing the truthfulness of its
present coming, took to tlu ir hoc la and ran
pell-mell through the timber, leaving the field
to us and their dead and wounded in our
hands. The loss in the 27th was S killed aud
15 wounded. Company was exceedingly
fortunate, liaving only one man very slightly
hurt. For sevsral days, on aocount of severe
marching, Capt. Slocum, of Company G, was
unable to lead his Company, and the com
mand devolved on Lieut. Rciniger. For cool
ness and bravery ia action Lieut. R. is aot
surpassed.
Here the finishing stroke was given. The
enemy fell back sad remained back, not be
ing willing to try tbeir haud again. Jhej
lost 2,800 men in the three days fighting,
while our entire loss will not exceed 360. The
enemy took no guns from us, but we took two
from them. All praise to Gen. Bmith for his
good management of the expedition. He has
completely outgeneiailed, whipped and scat
tered Forrest aud his entire army.
The Sturgis disgrace is no more a matter of
burlesque and talk for copperheads and croak
ers. Gen. Smith and his army have wiped
out that stain and tedsessed tks character of
western soldiers.
The army arrived at LaGrange on the 21st,
».« on the 2'id o portion waseeutto Memphis
by rail. The balance marched to Colliersville
and there took ths cars for Memphis next day.
We shall probably remain hers only long
euough to fit out another expedition. Bergt
Geo. P. Bmith is commissioned as tirst Lieu
tenant and Quartermaster for the 27th Regi
lo*aIafcn«9,
Carr—poaSsaosof Me CbartasCNjr leMbgtaesr.
Letters from Yew York.
Fianki.iv, DflAwar* Co., N. Y.,
1
July 125,1864.
Piintrfa Hiujrktu :—I have purposed wri
ting you briefly .since I Jeft Floyd coatity, but
thus far have written to no one e*cept my
family. Had not so long a time elapsed sir.ee
I left, 6th lost., ft might be interesting to
note a few incidents by way of comparison.
The storm of the 6th, wich you say "came
near being a tornado," came upon us s few
miles north of Cedar Falls, and an inside neat
between two others, was preferable to one out
side of a stage coach. The next day the
marks of the storm were most visible at Win
throp, but Independence, Manchester and Du
buque gave evidence that they were not left
out of its course, showing how rapid and ex
tensive was the storra.
Tlie ncccasary time and expense of a trip
east, to the Atlantic, may interest some one,
and I will pfve It. The railroad fare from
Dubuque to New York City was $20,15, and
to tiavel night and day about 48 hours time.
I left Dunleith Thursday at 6.15 P. M.^de
layed two hours at Galena by another train
running off tlie track—arrived at Chicago
Friday 3 40 A. M. (When very hot most
sleeping cars are too close for comfort.) Left
C. at 6-80 by the Michigan Central road arriv
ing at the Junction of Grand Trunk (Canada
route) at near 7 P. M.—at 9 P. M. were at
Port Huron, Mich, and crossed the St. ("lair
rivor to Karnia In Queen Vic's dominions.
Whils on board the boat ths British officials
announce that the Custom nouse officers
are ready to examiue tho hitggage of passen
gers," when all trunks, boxes Ac, must be
opened and contents inspected. I noticed
that few if any satchels were required to be
opened, and that in most cases as trunks were
opened and the assurance given that they con
tained wearing Hppardor the like, ths officer
hardly touched nn article. In fact, with all
my John Bull prejudice, I do not see how rev
enue officials could have done their duty less
offensively.
The cars that wc entered were quite differ
ent in many respects from those we had just
left. Tbe tone and manner of conductors and
R. Tt. officials showed unmistakably that we
were across the line." I had bought a De
troit evening paper, but the car was
So dimly
lighted that I could not read it.
The night gave very little opportunity to
study the scenery, but the dampness aud chil
liness was such as could be felt very sensibly,
more so In fact than I had for years experien
ced. Like 111. aud Mich, it was very flat or
level, and I should judge wet at most seasons.
Daylight Saturday brought us to Buffalo, and
here the ears are crossed over Niagara river
upon a Ferry boat.
At 8 25 A. left B. and could be at New
York at evening—or rather in ths night. I
reached Hancock, Delaware Co. on the N. Y.
& Eric R. at 104P. M. tired and glad to
find a quiet mm tavern, for nearly all N.
Y. country hotels are such —to their shame.
The country east of Buffalo, along the line
of the N. Y. and Erie R. 11. is very fine, cal
culated even to awaken a little justifiable
State pride in a native New Yorker
About routes east, I wish te *ity a few words.
Unless you wish to see Niagara Falls, or your
business calls you there, awid Iht Canada roulei.
The Lake Shore (Mich. Southern) is quicker,
pleasautcr, more reliable and wholly American
a thing we ought to remember at present.
(The Fort Wayne (Pa.) was the cheapest at
Chicago by $4,00—)
About business, crop prospects Ac., I sup
pose my Iowa friends would lie Yankee enough
to inquire, and I will try sad gratify them
with a few brief observations. And first, at
the risk of being believed a braggart away
from you- not I trust at home- I will say that
no where havo I seen any thing like as good
prospects for staple crops as in your own Ce
dar Valley I am not mistaken, and if I live
to return I shall probably carry with me a
livelier bente than ever before, that there are
some few less desirable places io tbe loyal
States than Floyd eoaety. Pardon ths di
gression.
Corn, potatoes and oats are ths best crops
upon wbich to base com jx\risons, as the wheat
in some sections Is nearly all spring sown, as
with you, and iu others fall or winter, as in
Mirh. and Western X. Y. July Clh and 7th
I carefully notk-cd crops in Iowa. The corn
would average about three feet in hlght, pota
toes, one to oue and a half feet, oats one and
a half feet, or more, and all looked remarka
bly strong and vigorous. Iu Michigan 8th
and New York 9th the corn wouid not aver
age over one foot high, potatoes six inches,
oats so short in places as hardly to be measur
ed, and all three crops looking feeble and
sickly without hardly an exception It is at
tributed chiefly to severe and continued
drougth, but I am positive tliat with a similar
season, the same crops come forward some
weeks earlier in your quick strong prairie soil,
than in clay or loam soils. Winter wheat is
light in many places and spring wheat not yet
ri[e here. The hay cnp is excellent quality
but very light. Grain of all kinds must and
will be high for twelre mouths at least.
Business—chiefly butter making. aSd stock
raising among farmers is good, as it is in most
other branches. Ileal estate as well as goods
is high and most people are said to be making
money—A friend has just shown me a check
for $274,00 the returns for $100,00 in gold
that he lately seat to New York to be sold.
W hither are we tending f— Labor is high,
but not as high as with you $2,00 per day
and board is the common price. Haying is
nearly over and 91,50 is now talked as ths
price.
The late 500,000 call makes quite a sensa
tion, as well it may- Tbe people here do not
seem quite so thoroughly, tcriibly iu earnest
to put down the rebellion ami sure that it will
be done as with you, but I may be mistaken.
This—Del—county borders upon north east-
era Pa. It extends within 30 miles of the Hud
son River—is three times as large as Floyd co.
near 90,000 Inhabitants- Is wealthy, very
hilly aud largely settled by New Kugiander*
has churches schools, academies, orchards,
fruits, pretty gills aud occasionally a trout
left in iu cold, soft water streams, as the
writer cau testily.
Rest assured I am going to return, if not
enrolled and drafted, or something else befals
ms !ofore I get there.
litis week 1 leave here to attend Yale Col
lege commencement and visit gome other por
tions of V*w Bngland
Very t|*ly J. |W. 8.
Hajioocb, N. Y., July 26,1864.
I rode to here, N. T. and Erie B. I., today
from Franklin, by stage, with s lady and her
sob—natives
of Charleston, 8. C. Tbe son.
now 16, was at Franklin attending school
wben the rebellion broke out, and subsequent
ly the mother came to Franklin to be with
her son. They are «n route for the South and
are as rauk secessionists as they can well be
and be well bred people. 'Ihe lady innocent
ly iuquircd of me about the re|Hrted killing
of Miss l'ickens by a shell! It was a great
relief when I assured her the report was a ran
grd. I travelled through Michigan with a
gentleman, his wife and three children, na
tives of Charleston, who were rampant
secesh in sentiment —a very intelligent South
erner, but ot oourse with thoir peculiar
tenets.
When I was here two weeks since, tourtsen
ear loads of rebels passed hers westward for
Hatha, sad tfcs 1M iaet. a hocribls
Ion occurred sixty m!!ns ensI of here,
nesrly one hundred rebel and tTnion solJisrt.
The Lookout Mountain prisoner St«
ceftveyed to Umfra sale keeping, whertf
enoimodatlons have beea provided for 13*,|
prisoners.
1 think Copperheads here are qtiUe
morons as with you. TVy are tnore bold sfiidf
shamelessly outspoken than we should rtnW
mend to tie hntUhtf in Iowa.
3
Mug
r-fffcfe-j
The tone of many pood Cnion men here !e
more desponding than with us. The late call
looks large, and It is large, but if the men
are needed to finish op ths war, is hotlai jp
have them promptly.
I have received the Charles City IntJHgtnetr
of tbe 7th and 14th, and was very glad to get
them. I have taken no small satisfaction Id
exhibiting these papers as a production of our
county published, as I tell people, one hun'
dred miles west of the Mississippi river. It is
an excellent commentary upon the place and
people. Yours truly, J. W. 8.
LOOK HERB-il
If yon want a Set of tiood Harness,
GO TO
,,J. RUCK'S
NEW
Saddle and Harness
THfc
Subscriber would respectfully infcrr
the citizens of Floyd and adjoining coun
ties that he has opened a new
Harness and Saddler
SHOP
In tke Intelligencer'' Building on Mill stree
In Charles City,
where he will lie happy to serve all who ma
be in want of work or goods in his lino.
He will keep constantly on hand for sale
or manufacture to order from Stock of the bes
quality, all kinds of
Double and Single Harness
SADDLER
BrMfcd, Trunks, Valises, CatrjtJMlbKl
BRUSHES, WHIPS, AC.
Repairing dons in the best manner.
A share of public patronage is solicited. Jp
Prices low as tbe lowest. •'.
J. KUCK. v
Charles City, July 26,1864. SOyl
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March Slh, 1*A4. which pr«vilos that all tVnla tana*
iiihIit
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or unler any or municipal authority. Sub»crt[
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their dale, anl uoul th- ir redemption IIYh. IKK CUT^
INTKRkT WILL Bfc I'AID IN CUtN, flooda of nif
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Ami "lays of lUrcb and (toptember in each year. fe-
Sobierihers will receive eiUn-r K-gt«ter*l or Caaeff
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arc paynble to bearer, aaS ar*atM« coavewaut far
mT. ul utea.
Subscribers to thta taaa will h«v« lb* ^Htoa of ha
their Uorxli draw Interest from March Int. by pa
the accrui.-d ititurf.it in coin—(or in I'mted aUlH i
or tbr nnUMuf National Iki:iki, adding fifty per cent
premium,) or receive then drawing ioteraat fron
dale of nub.4cri|*tua and deposit. As theae Dooda i
Bimapt (tasi Vaaletpal *r State Tnal
their vahM to terreaaod frona ooe to three per cent
annual, aceerdtag to the rat*of tas levies la rai
part* of Ihe eoeatry.
At the present rate ef preaiiam ea f«M Itey pa:
Over Eight Per Cent, hterest i
ia currency, and arr of equal rtmrralsare as a
notit or temporary iuveMmetH.
It la believed tha* no re-urNlea eShr ae great tad
mcnti to tender* aa tbe various rlwirrlpitnaa of
Itonils. In all 'th«r fnrnM of
Ini1et,iitn«i
the
ability of private part** or atock eocapaaiee or
roiumuiiitii'C Only is fur puycivlit, while Tow
tlcbts of the I'tiiinJ Statna tlie whole property oi
iN'Ujitry is hoiden to secure the payment ef both pi
1*1 and interest iu coin.
These Bonds may be »uborrihed for In ttiras fron:
up to any maguitude, on the umo terms, and are
made equally available to the KmAllctt lender an.#'
largest capita list. Thuy ran ho converted wMu Bton i
any inotu«at, aMk Uw holder will hare the bent-Alo
interest.
It may be useful to state ta this connection tbat
total Kuaded Debt »f the t'uitod States oti which ml)
n payable iu gold, on tlie 3d day of March, 1584, },
t"t»6,M6,OUO The interest U Uii* debt for the co S
U-cu! yfjr WIN bo f4&,P'r7,l'JS. while the castotm
urn- in gold for the current fl*cal year, ending Jan*
lMM, lias beea so far at the rale of ever tlOOjm
per annum ?.
It »ill be aeea that avea the preesat pakl rev*nu&
the (iovernmeut are largely cxrnanof the waata
Treasury for the fay meat uf gold interest, while
I
cent uicreaae of tbe tariff will duu bllftts raia* the
I
receipte from cusloQia ou the same aawuutoll
Uoim, lotlM) .000.000 per annum.
luxlrurtioiiK to the National acting as
•i«etit were not issued from the I'nited tatea Treasor)
til March 3A, bet
id
tb« ami three weeks April
Kub.«rriitHms aveiaged more than TEN
WUCK
SubsrripUoas wtll he Maei ved by Ihe
Flrat National Bank ef BiimpSlft,
1
Flret National lank ef Keehali, Uwa.
Hire* National Baak mt Mt. Pleasant, low
AND BY ALL NATIONAL BAN
which are depositaries of Public money, and all
ajM'irTABljL BANKS AMD BANKERS
threat be ill tlw country, (acting as agents ot tbe !tath
Depositary Uauks,) will furnish farther tnformalioi
application and
AKroHn
evkkt
FAcnmr to
scmcribers
V. S. 10-40 LOAM. I
I am prepared to receive subscriptions
the 10-40 Loan authorised fey act of CoagrJ
of March 3d, 1861. 1
TIkmu Bonds are redeemable at the
of th* Government after ten years—are pa
ble forty years from date with intetett alt I
per cent, per annum— principal and Intel
payable in gold.
Tbe Houds are of the deoonunatioos of I
$100. $.300 and $1000. Interest on the
and Si 00 (xtyable annually—on those of
deoomix atious the iuierutt is payable se
annually.
I have almady sold ttfHsards #f 4100,001
these Bond*. I receive in payment for tk
Trciutury Notes, National Bank Notes
htate^Bank of Iowa Notes.
J. K. GRAVES, Cashier.
,*|jjabutiu« Brauch State Bank of Iowi
FABH FOB SALX.
The undersigned offur* for sale an improt
Farm of ninety acrcs, situated in Ulster k
ship, Floyd county, aWjoiuing the hoaisat
of John Chapmaa. On the Farm thvre i|
good, new, log hoase, and tea acres are
in crops and enciused with a good rail
Includcd iu tbe ninvty acres art- ten iu rusl
good
k'fovo
timber. The remaining citf©
ucres coiopruc tUo very beat uuality of pi aIT
land. The whole will be sold at 4 tym
(trice, and tiaie granted tor a portion of
purchuuc tnonty. PKTKli iU 81
Information respecting the Farm can bej
tained by inquiring at the office of G.
R.j. Hciniger. 38tf
Charles City, July 7. 1864.
80 Aorei Land for Bala*
Q(\ ACHES OF DESIRABLE LAND,
OU uated about 1$ miles from Floyd
lage, ia offered for sale cheap for ca*h."
i s e W a s 4 o N i o S e 1
ship 96, north, of Range 16 west of the
principal meridian, MM U near to heavy tl
ber. Inquire of
A B. HILDftETtf
Olmrt— Hf« Aa0«
jot