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,'1 s-i ."i ?4 5 rather quickly I've nothing of th« kind. And as yon wem to be an lion est fellow, let mo tell you one thing, candidly—That voatch is not worth carry* ing home Some customers entered at the mo ment, and advanced to the twniu, but the shopman found time to add— It ifl just as true as you live I" John loft the shop, and moved across the street. He did not believe what the jeweler told him, but as there was another shop some distance be low, it would In' 110 harm to apply the test. He fools jealous of mo," thought John, "and hopes to ]ersuade me out of the business. Of course, it will hurt him some, but trade is free t* He entered the second shop. I'll take him a little differently," was the mental resolution^-" though it can't be that I've been swindled out of my money in that way The jeweller was busily at work when the countryman entered, but he rose on seeing that the latter had busi ness with him. A friend of mine wanted mc to ask you about this watch 1" he said, producing the condemned article, Is it his I don't know whether he has bought it or not he talked of it a week ago or so The story stuck in John's throat a little, but he was not disposed to let it appear that lie was a concerned party If he has a family of children, it might be worth ten cents, as a toy though such a one as those "—point ing to some toys which lay in a case— would be better, and I sell thefm for eight cents. Are you honest about it T" There was a look of blank dismay on the features of the questioner, which might have betrayed the inter est he felt. Certainly I am! Yon don't think this is a real watch, do you I don't know anything about watch es," the crest fallen speculator replied. I never had one in my life 44 Well, he must be a greeny not to know the difference. There's no works inside, of any account, nor any place for works. The case is of the poorest kind of brass—just compare them"— and he took a genuine gold watch from the window and handed it to John. Even his unpracticcd eve saw at a glance that he had been deceived as to the watch. His heart sank at the disclosure, but he felt grateful to the honest men who had prevented his making a fool of himself. Now I will convince yon," iwl the jeweller, if you are not afraid of hav ing this thing spoiled in the looks." John bade him proceed, and he took a vial, filled with a colorless liquid. Some of this he applied to the watch which he had taken from the desk, and after allowing it to remain a short time, wiped it off. You see it leaves no stain he said. 44 441 Now I will make a very slight application to this bogus concern." He did so, and the application was followed by an instant discoloration. He wiped it away with the same movement, but the blot could not be effaced. will gild the place over, if jou wish," he said. John did not wish. He dropped the bauble into his pocket, and started tip on his return. But how changed was everything His golden dreams had all vanislied, the unnatrual lightness and buoyancy of his step had fled. The dead swindle in his pocket weigh ed him down like a millstone. No sooner was he clear of the village than lie drew it forth, placed it upon a flat rock and crushed it with a stone till not a semblance of the original shape was left. Then he drove it into the ground, and stamjed down the dirt above it I There is my twenty-fire dollars he muttered. Thank the good lnck which made mo a poor man, it was no more. Now I'll go buck, and go to work again. I may as well count in the eight or ten dollars I might have earned while I've been fooling abont with this matter." The distance seemed much longer on his return than it had done in the morning, but he reached home before night. He was obliged to continue the deception towards his wife, and she noticed his downcast manner in a mo ment. He explained it by pleading a headache, and retired early. Next morning he arose and sought work. No more dreams of golden hue filled his mind, but he had still strong mus cles to toil and bring him certain re wards. lie hud learned a lesson, one which was to benefit him through life. It took him a long time to re gain what he had lost, in time ami tnoucy. Strutly speaking he could never regain it, for both were gone for ever but the experience he had pas wed through, no doubt, proved of more real service to him than money would have done. And yet, reader, was John Boy den more anxious to make a sudden, splen did fortune than many whom you can call to mind Was he more credulous —more easily persuaded by the wiles id" swindlers than others, who hunt out every 44 chance to make a fortune," and bite at bait so transparent that tlie hook is in full view Honest, maa ly perseverance is the surest road to succes, the world over, and he wlio would succeed in life and carry with hiui the esteem and respect of his fel Jo*r-men, can travel no other roMt. A Noblk Congress—A Washington correspondent of the Cincinnati Gar ztite says It makes one proud of his country to look upon this body, which more than any other gathered since our earliest days represents the trne spirit of American nationality. The memories of many who are ranked among the ablest men of the Republic are clouded by the wrong they suppor ted. The leaders now arc those whose souls are sympathy with the awaken ed life and energy which the shock of battle has kindled. As our columns moved resistless, like the tread of fate so sweeps the tide of national thought over the wreck of old opinions, aud here are the standard bearers, and tfm leaders of this advance, an ad vance as magnificent in the world of mind as is the onward rush pf ijbe charging thousands." .r. $3enj. F. Butler has just closed ne 'jfotiations for a valuable mill property on the Jsmes liver, near Richmond, intending to erect extensive cotton factories. The Co* farm, containing 2,800 acres, through which runs the Dutch Gap Canal, has been offered to Mr. aud he Iimh in contemplation its purchase. New England families and IMill operatives will settle upa*4i. Cjft Jntclligcttctr. Westward the coarse of empire take* Its wajr. A. B. F. HILDRBTH, Kdltor. Churles Oity, Iowa, Feb. 22,1866. Remarkable Escape. We learn that a young lady, recent ly married and living near Jackson ville, Chickasaw county, set out on foot in company with her father, on Tuesday of last week, to go to her fa ther's house at or near New Hampton, a distance of five or six miles. The father had called for his daughter with a team, but while in her house the lior ses broke away and ^ent home. The storm of that day increased in violence after the father and daughter had star ted, and they lost their way. Night came on, and after wandering about for sometime the young lady sank down in the snow benumbed and ex hansted. When morning dawned the, Idlers, Bores, and Bndsea Nothing is more unpleasant than to noe a merchant, a mechanic, a manu facturer, or a stock-keeper, who finds it necessary to be actively and constant ly employed during business hours, to be annoyed day after day by idlers or triflers, who cannot take a gentle hint, or who will not see that it is impossi ble to work and play at the same time. Many of the idlers that daily visit our workshops and places of business are harmless and unmeaning fellows, and fancy that they arc really entertaining in their conversation. They forget to remember, however, that there is a sea son for all things, and that with indi viduals actively engaged in the pur suit of trade, time is more valuable than money. But these are, the kind of people that meter think. father covered his daughter with snow broke their diminished bread in sor and went home. Taking his team he retnrncd, and wasted the day in fruit less efforts to find her, the storm still raging with terrible fury and the cold most intense. On Thursday the citi zens rallied and went in pursuit. They found the young lady where her father had left her, buried in the snow, and, strange to say, she was alive and had her senses. It was at first supposed that amputation of some of her limbs would be necessary, but our latest in formation is that she will recover with out the loss of more than, perhaps, some of her fingers. It is said that the young lady taught school in Chick asaw village last summer. We have been nnable to learn her name. G. W. Mann, Esq., of Bradford, has bonght out the stock of goods belong ing to Messrs. Frank & Herman in the Stone Block in this villuge and will add his Bradford stock to the same, making one of the heaviest stocks of Goods to be found in Northern Iowa. Frank Wright, whom everybody knows as a first rate fellow, is in the employ of Mr. Mann, and the two gentlemen may now be found at the old stand of Frank & Herman ready to wait upou ail who may favor them with a call. The storm of last week was the se verest known during the present win ter. All over the West the railroads were blocked up from one to three or four days before thej' could be opened and the trains resume their regular trips. Added to the high wind, the weather was intensely cold, the ther mometer ranging from ten to thirty five degrees below zero. At St. Paul it stood at 35°, at Detroit 12°. In this place on Wednesday, the thermome ter stood at St® below zer*. Accident.—On Saturday afternoon Mr. John Taylor, a young man in the emyloy of Mr. John Blunt, was dri ving a load of wood near Kelly's mill in this village when suddenly the load of his legs below the knee. Surgical aid was called and we understand Mr. Taylor is in a fair way to recover, Dr. R. B. Clark has taken upTiis per manent residence in this viliiigc, a?1(* has opened an office in the east rooi" (first floor of his dwelling house, known as the Gothic House, corner of Jackson and Ferguson streets, where he will be happy to receive calls from his friends, professionally or otherwise. Persons intending to put in bids for any of the lots near the Court House, which are advertised for sale by order of the Board of Supervisors, are re minded that their bids should be sent to Mr. Humphrey the present week. The dead body of a comely young woman was found in an alley in Chicago ou Friday morning last. She is supposed to have been strangled aud robbed by some demon in human form. thief has not been detected. Lincoln Memorial Services. Mr. Bancroft's oration on President Lincoln, at Washington, on the 12th inst., absorbed all other business. The oration is admitted by all to be an elo quent and powerful effort. There were some criticisms on the propriety of in viting certain foreign ministers to hear an assault upon their governments, but these parts were most loudly ap plauded by the audience, while the al lusions to Mr. Lincoln's Louisiana let ter, indicating that he would like to see some colored also applauded. from tho civij war Vnit w|,jie ti,ey row, they always ~aoouraged as to persevere," Mr. Bancroft, on Sunday, caused an intimation to be sent through the prop er channel to the English and French Ministeis, that he should probably, in his address next day, make some allu sions to their Governments which would be unpleasant to listen to, thus 44 The money drawer of Mr. Holoomb's office in the Union Hotel in this village was broken open on Saturday last and I should hold them only so long as that robbed of a few dollars in change. Tbe I The Dubuque and Sioux City Rail- road, which was blocked up by the1 snow storm on Wednesday, was open ed on Saturday for travel are now running as usuaL v iu the war against Chili, The 9th Iowa cavalry regiment reached Davenport last week and were mustered out of the U. S. service. I ueitt. JMtt was frequently interrupted by ap- President of the Exchange. Ivespon plausc, especially in those parts which sea were delivered by Mr. Stubbs on he emphasized, and in which, while, behalf of the Iowa Senate, and by Mr. speaking of Great Britain, he said Hale on behalf of the House of Ilepre r.ct a bill of reform move the worn «e"Uti»w by E. O. Stanard, on be out government of a class, and infuse behalf of the Merchants' Union Ex new life into the British Constitution change, of St. Louis by John P. Man by confiding rightful powers Jo the on Gen. Grant. The following is the concluding portion of Mr. Bancroft's address I u his character Lincoln was through and through an American. He is the first native of the region west of the Alleghanies to attain the highest sta tion and how happv it is that the man who was brought forward as the national outgrowth and first fruit of that region should have been of un blemished purity in private life,—a good son, a kind husband, a most af fectionate father, and, as a man, so f'cntle to all. As to integrity, Doug as, his rival, said of him Lincoln is the honestest man I ever knew." The habits of his mind were those of meditation and inward thought, rather than those of action. He ex-1 turned over upon him and broke one [duty which devolved on him had not ,3 Henderson, of Iowa and John P. follen to the lot of another. He never sought to electrify the public by tak ing an advanced position with a ban ner of opinion, but rather studied to move forward compactly, exposing no detachment in front or rear so that the course of his administration might have been explaiued as the calcula ting policy of the shrewd and watch ful noiifician, had there not been seen behind it a fixedness of principle which from the tii.nt determined his purjx«e, and grew more intense with every year, consuming his life by its energy. As the sum of all, the tijnd of Lincoln raised the flag of the American pie. He was the liero of the war, and therefore the result is a new era 01 Je publicanism. The disturbances in the country grew out of anything but republican ism, out of slavery, which is a part of the system of hereditary wrong and the expulsion of this domestic anomaly opens to the renovated nation a career of dignity and glory. Henceforth our country has a moral unity, as the land of free lalor. The party for slavery and the party against slavery are no more, and are merged in the party of Union and freedom. The States which would have left us are not brought back as conquered States, for then we to",Jl"'8ttheir coul'J We bui|d ny# 0f to the people and we cannot be indifferent to a country that produces statesmen like Cobden and Bright. But the best fcrent de.egatious. 1 bower anchor of peace is the working The Western traia did Mi oome Ml I class of England, who suffered most, on account of the storm. Consequent- leaving with them the option of attend- Mr. Stanard, of St. Louis, who said ing or not The orator's contrast of Palmereton with Lincoln—the former, after a few years, hardly to be remembered with Essex and Chatham, but the latter to be remembered through all time by his countrymen, and by all the people of i that she could present advantages the world—was received with mani- that would divert that trade from Chi festations of delight, Sir Frederick1 cago, whero it has hitherto gone. To Bruce being an attentive listener but secure this trade, however, an appro the applause was more extended and priation by Congress was necessary emphatic when Mr. Bancroft exclaim- to improve the navigation of the riv ed The Kcpublio of Mexico mmtj**"• Millions of dollars worth of prop rise again." erty and many lives have been lost Those parts of the aMmn referring I pediments to i.arigr.tion to the Emancipation Proclamation, and i the utterances of President Lincoln in i that connection, in favor of freedom, were received with earnest reenonsee by the vast assembly, as was the clause referring to the unswerving friendship of Russia, and the act of China in closing her ports against the war-ships and privateers of the sedi- tious. Mr. Stoeckl, the Russian Min-1 ister, was pleased with the compliment celled in logical statement more than executive ability. He reasoned clear- tenant Governor Gue and ex-Governor ly. His reflective judgment was good Kirkwood. and his purposes were fixed but, like Committer on BcsoIatioM was the Hamlet of Ins only poet, Ins will ... \tr v IL tardy in action. For tliis reason, .ppo» ed, «o..,.t,ng of A W. F.gln, and not from humility or tendernes of of St. Loois ». if. Kicnards, L». I/, feeling, he sometimes deplored that the Oilman, of Dubuque T. II. Bowen, II. Kn!*i".umtd-. I conic to rightful place under the 'J*® Constitution, as original, necessary,! Ibe t.omuuttee on Resolutions not and inseparable mombers of the State, being ready to report, the Convention monuments to the dead, but no monuments of victory. We re spect the example of the Romans, who never, even in conquered lands, raised emblems of triumph and our Gene rals are not to be classed in the herd of vulgar conqucrors, but arc of the school of Timoleon, and William of Orange, and Washington. They have There are two Spaninh war steam ers in New York harbor, where they arc repairing, preparatory, as is sup-'used the sword only to give peace to ... p,*cd,to engaging mm c.pacily Uwir country, and mton. ho,- to her v«r.« part, of the country wore read. now that a people U-tfina V live ac cording to the laws of reason, and re- O The MiMi«ippi River Improvement Convention. The Convention, called at Dubuqnc on the 14th inst, to take action in re gard to the improvement of the Mis sissippi river, was atteuded by about five hundred delegates. Besides members of the Legislature and other citizen* of Iowa, thcro were delega tions from Missouri, Illinois, Wiscon sin and Minnesota. The delegates were formally received on Wednesday morning by the Du- persons let in, were i buque Produce Exchange. The rccep Indeetl, the orator tion speech was made by M. Kingman, liockfora, Mr. Estes, of Galena, and other gentlemen in behalf of dif- ly, a large delegation from the interi or of the State failed lo arrive. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon the Convention was called to order by M. Kingman, President of the Pubuque Produce Exchange. A committee of ten waa appointed to report a permanent organization. During the absence of the commit tee tho Convention was addressed by that during the past five years St. Louis, on account of the war, has not been a competitor for the trade of the Mississippi river but, now that the war is over, she intends to make an effort for that trade, and felt assured other to his Government, while the Minis ters of England and France, it is said, preserved an appearance of stern grav ity. The allusion to Mr. Lincoln's wish, only three days before his death, Congress making appropriations for that the elective frauchise were confer-1 improvement of the river. The red on the intelligent of the colored ProY'de8 that the Secretary of w«! men, and on those of them who served forthwith cause a careful survey our cause as soldiers, was greeted !to the upper and lower rap with prolonged applause, as was also I P'^8 the Mississippi river, assisted the remark that he but followed the! hy men skilled in navigation, and he manifest preference of Congress in ap-1 ®hall thereupon determine a plan for pointing the head of the armies. Ma- improving the same. It provides for nay eyes were at this point turned up- i issuing $2,000,000 Two hundred million bushels of grain are raised iu the valley of vhe Mississippi 35 per cent, of which is yet in the hands of producers Lines of tow-boats are about being established to run be tween St. Louis and New Orleans, capable of carrying all the grain of the valley. Lines of boats have been opened from New York, Liverpool and Markets, by which means freight c*n carr'e^ cheaper than by any other means Mr. Kingman read a letter from General Vandever, in which he atated that a bill had been introduced in It in bonds of the Uuited States, bearing 6 per cent, in terest, to be applied to making this improvement. The Committee on Permanent Or ganization reported as officers Presi dent, E. O. Stanard, of St. Louis, and a long list of Vice Presidents and Sec retaries. A letter was read from Governor Stone, warmly indorsing the object of the Convention. The people must be relieved from the extortions of railroad monopolies, and he was ready to sanc tion any measure that would facilitate the improvement of Mississippi navi gation. Letters favoring the objects of the Convention were also read from Lien* Manny, of Rockford, III. During the absence of the commit tee, Hon. P. Robb, Chairman of the Committee of the Dubuque Produce Exchange, addressed the Convention. He showed by carefully prepared and elaborate statistics, the wealth and productiveness of the North-western States, and the imperative necessity of cheaper and more adequate means of conveying snrplos products to mar ket This esn only be attaiued by the improvement of the navigation gf the Mississippi. The difference be tween the cost of transporting a bushel of wheat to New York by rail and water is 32 cents in favor of water, making a sav.'ng fl2(800,000 auual ly to the Ststes of the Upper Mississip pi Valley. Compared **»th this annual saviug, the appropriation w improve the river would be merely nominal. Remarks were also made by A. K. Northrop and Nathan Cole, of St. Louis, iu favor of concerted action on the part of the people of the pper Mississippi to secure from Congress an appropriation for the improvement nlaco In the great assembly of the na- The general spirit of the letters was lions. Our meeting closes in hope adjourned till mouday morning at ten o'clock. SaOONP MT. The Convention was called to order at 10 o'clock A. Bf. (Jen. Wiltse, being called, spoke at some length, after which a large uum ber of letters from prcuiinent men in (gyriipatliy Col,VCutiOI1, pnblicunistn ip intrenched in a conti- whatever measures be taken for with the purpose of the and especially demanding 1 improving the Mississippi, whether by excavation, dains^or canals, that the navigation of the river be frtt,—not subject to toll |br boats passing through. Hon. B. B. Richards read the reso lutions agreed upon in Committee, which after dne debate were unani mously adopted. Among those who took part in the debate were Senator Henderson of Marshall county, Iowa, J. P. Manny of 111., Col. Ijeake, Major Floyd, S. Foster, B. B. Richards, and Attorney General Bissell, of Iowa Messrs. Smyth, Conant, Cole and Fa gan of St. Louis. Judge Wilson assured the conven tion that the General Assembly would not have adjourned had it not deemed this subject one of incalculable impor tance. lie was certain that whatever that body could do would be done. Upon motion of C. C. Oilman, Esq., the convention adjourned sine die. Death of the Oldest Man in the World. Our readers will remember the old, very old Frenchman, Joseph Crele, who attracted so much attention in the papers last summer. He is dead The Portage, Wis., Reguter, says: "This aged veteran of 141 years has been called home at last. He died on Saturday, the 21th of January, after a brief illness at the residence of his granddaughter, Mrs. Brisbois, in Caledonia, about four miles from this city. During the past year, Mr. Crele obtained a world-wide notoriety through the newspapers on account of bis extreme longevity. He was born near the city of Detroit in the year 1725, as shown by the records of the Catholic Church of that city, and was probably the oldest man iu the world. His funeral took place at his late residence, on Monday, and a large uumber of friends and neighbors were present, several goiug from this city." Mcshroom Perfume.—Of the swarm of inferior perfumes got ap to com pete with Phalon's 41 Night-Blooming Cereus," scarcely even the memory remains. They sre literally forgotten, while the sales of that ne plus ultra of all fragrance constantly increases Sold every where. The Minnesota Legislature took an excursion to Fairbaolt on Saturday, to witness an examination of the pupils of the Deaf and Dumb Institute at that place. IOWA NEWS. A saw mill is about to be erected at Fort Dodge, to saw gypsum into blocks suitable for building purposes. There is a good prospect for a wool len factory at Clermont. An eastern manufacturer, a relative of Col. Merril is about to undertake the enterprise. At Waverly, on the 4th, a new Con gregational Church was dedicated, just one year after the starting of that society. To liquidate a remaining in debtedness, $452 wen subscribed on the spot. Mrs. Bellenger, at Waverly, threw a lot of old papers into her stove, and got blown up in return, a window (but not the widow) being entirely dc* molinhcd. Probably there was pow der iu one of the papers. In a fight in a saloon at Muscatine last Wednesday, resulting from a charge of robbery made against the assailant, a man known as 44 Jack," the victim of the robbery, had bis jaw broke in three or four places. A Swede named Jarling was frozen to death in Boone county on the 17tb of last month, lie was driving hogs and became bewildered in a snow storm aud perished. When his body was found, five days afterwards, it was guarded by his faithful dog, which disputed the right of the poor man's friends to molest it. Judge Williams started for Wash ington last week to secure a patent for his improved excavator. The Judge's machine is a success, and is destined to work a revolution in gra ding railroads, at least in prairie and level countries. It can be made to shovel more earth in a day than fifty Irishmen can shovel in a week. We learn that Judge Fairfield of Floyd County, lield Judge Williams* Court in ChiekasaW County last week, lie had the goud sense to believe and the moral courage to announce that the Federal Government could not lim it and control the power of a State Court by taxing or requiring a stamp upon its process. We understand that Judge Williams is of the same opinion, but has been waiting for some man whose Ijoyal ty" wop less suspected, to lead off. He has now got the precedent from that source, and we presume will have the nerve to follow it.—Fiiyttr County Union. THE Isvk8TIGATIM Committse.—-AS much iuterest is felt by the public iu relation to the investigation now in progress relative to the alleged mis ~"»»ropriation of swamp land indemni ty'drafts, take occanioii to assure our readers th'^* tne tacts will be examined in a thorough manner. The Committee on tho part of the Senate consists of Messrs. Stiles, Udell, and Richards and on the part of the House of Hale, Baker, Kussel, Martin, and Clark. The Committees are com-, jposed of experienced aud able men, who will search to the bottom of tlie transaction. Tho testimony is reduced to writing, and will be printed. In addition to the legal ability represen ted by many of the committeemen, the following Attornies have been au thorized to take part iu the examina tion Thomas F. Withrow, for the First National Bank General N. B. Baker, for Mr. Orwig F. C. 1). McKay, for the American Kmigrant Company J. A. Harvey, for Mr. Holmes I). 0. Finch, for the State National Bank.— & & S & & &CS, ltefeert E. Lec is iu Georgetown* G* Gov. Browolow is sick at Nashville, Gen. Osss Is seriously ill at his home tn De troit. Three dollar notes ars to be issued to the National Docks. St. Paul's Church la New York Is to be a horse railroad depot. In Alabama thero are over 48,000 persons in a state of destitution. Gen. Sherman has fixed his residence and headquarters at 8t. Louis. Such is the lack ot housSroom Affafal, On., that hundreds of people are living in tents. The voyage between New Orleans and Liv erpool is to be tnndo bjr Bteamcr in 1 8 days. There are 8,000 liquor shops in New Toik, only 800 of which pay a government license. Pardons for three hundred North Carolinians were ordered to be iwsned on Friday week. Hw Western States hare never had hrtlnr sleighing than during the present winter. Immense discoveries of diamonds, gold and sliver, are said to have been matte in Idaho. They are killing the millions of rats which swarm the sewers of Paris, by electricity. Tne Illinois cotton crop in 1865 amounted to 8,000 bales, worth over half a million dol lars. The gambling establishments In New Or leans have beso suppressed by order of Qeo. Sheridan. Senator Sprague of Rhode Inland has given $75,000 to the Methodist Seminary of East Greenwich. Twenty bodies have reosstly bee* stolen from a cemetery ta Ohieago, pvobaMy by saed ical students. Horses in twine parts of Vermont have been ill with a mysterious disease from which few recover. Clay pipes to lbs nassber oi 14.000 a week are manufactured at «M establishment in Concord, N. H. A colored man was draw*, at Worcester, Mass., a few days since, to serve as a juror at a term of the Superior Coast. I J« i J.iV Cooke has given $50,000 in Ian1 aud cash, for a divinity nchool of the Protestaut Episcopal Church iu Philadelphia. The robbers of the Concord, Mass., Bank ^nrere lately arrested at Paulsboro', Pa. Bonds to the amount of $196,431 were recovered. The Trustees of the State Agricultural Col lege of Maine have selected Orono, Penobscot county, as the location of the College. Between March, 186S, and August. 1965, $5,744,000 worth of cotton was seized by the Government in the valley of the Mississippi. The Preedineti's Bureau has recti vol $4,000 worth of clothing, recently, from the citiaenrt of lUrmiughan, K«f, W Southern negroes. IVxidcs ite immense coa). iron tuid oil trade, Pittsburg produced $12,000,000 worth of glass tbe last year. Mm has fifty glass man ufactories. The Micliipin fiuprorue Court has tovrreed nil legal ruling mailt' heretofore in that State, Vy deciding tlmt a husl»uud may detnl proper ty to his wife. The Travellers' fmnmwwe ford received $60,000 during the month of January, and paid out $20,000. The stock sella quickly at $212 per share of $100. Tbe Richmond Examiner has been suppiftR' ed for itis disloyalty, by order of (Jen. Grant and he intimates that every other disloyal pa per in the tenth moat ch*age Mi tensor shut up shop. A woman named Susanna A brain n was ar rested in New Yoik last week by Government (detectives, who found in her mutt the steel jplate from which over $14,000 in twenty-five cent fractional currency had been printed. Miss Maria Baldwin, a graduate of Baldwin University, at Berea, Ohio, has filled the chair of Professor of the Greek an Latin languages in tbe Raker University In Kansas for the part year. She is only twenty-one years old. •, Kezioan Question. stated that our Governmewi has arrived at an understanding with the French Government, and that to all intents and purposes the difficult}' between them is settled. The French are about to leave Mexico, and the United States Government had waived any intention to euforce the Monroe doctrine. There will probably be no recognition of Mexico, hut there is a pledge, expressed or implied, that the United States will take no overt means to depose Maximilian anil put Juarez or any one else in his place, while it is not likely that formal diplomatic re lations will be opened with the Empire. A qiuisi recognition will result from the present uuderstauding that is, Consuls will be appoiuted and employ ed in their proper functions of pro tecting the American trade iu Mexico. It is not likely that the French will leave Mexico before the close of tbe year, and while they are going, their place will be supplied i»y Austrians, Belgians, and sttdl SUMMARY. From Washington. SlexiotM cept the Empire. ac The Hon. Henry S. Lane of Iudiana —not reckoned heretofore a Radical— I delivered recently in the Senate a for cible speech on the pending Constitu-j tional Amendment, denying that the present Government of North Caroli na is Republican declaring the prop osition W admit Uebe| States at pres ent to be monstrous avowing his opinion that emancipated slaves were at least as fit to vote as the rebels proposing that a period should be fixed when both might enjoy the elective franchise asserting it to be the duty of Congress and not of the President to settle a plan for reconstruction, and insisting that no reconstruction was prudently possible till amendments to the Constitution had been (erfoctcd, black meu admitted to civil rights, anu the Fredmen's Bureau bill in operation. Q«n. Grant has agreed to send out a military expedition in the spring to establish military posts, and open a the House, on the 10th, notice was given of intention to introduce a bill providing for Federal taxation of Services in commemoration of Pres ident Lincoln were held at the Nation al Capitol on the 12th, before both Houhcs In tbe Senate, ot the 13th, Mr. Fes senden, from the Reconstruction Com mittee, reported constitutional amendment, aa follows Congress shall have power to make aM laws ne cessary and proper to secure to tbe citizens of each State the privileges and immunities of citizens of the sev eral States, aud to all persons of tbe several States equal protection in the, rights of life, liberty, and property."' A resolution was adopted, instructing In the House, on the 13th, a resolu tion was offered, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, reaf- to secure an alliance with all the re publics on this continent, aud for the purpose of resisting the encroachments of foreign powers. The Freedmen's Bureau bill, as passed by Congress, was presented to the President on the 13th. The bill to enlarge the powers of the Freedmen's Bureau which passed both Houses of Congress, is in subst incc as follows Sf.c. I. Original act to continue in force President to establish 12 or less districts, with an Assistant-Commis siofler for each, to be appointed, or, in his discretion, detailed from the army. Sue. 2. The Commissioner to assign sub-districts, with one agent to each. Assistant Commissioners may have military jurisdiction to extend over all employees of the Bureau. t?Ke. 3. Secretary of War may di rect such issues of provisions, clothing, fuel, &c for refugees und freedmen, us be deems needful. Sec. 4. President may reserve for freedmen and refugees 8.000,000 acres of unoccupied land in Florida, Missis sippi, and Arkansas, which the Com missioner of the Bureau shall allot in 40-acre parcels rent thereof to be based on a valuation of the land, and occupants may purchaue at assessed value. Sec. 5. Titles to Sea Islands, &c., under Sherman's order, confirmed for three years. Sec. (5. Commissioner shall pur chase lauds required for support of de pendent freedmen and refugees, and asvlmns and schools Congress to pro vide appropriations for the same, and the lands not to be sold at less than cost. Sec. 7. Where rights of labor, of contract, of inheritance, of property, the equal benefit of laws, security of person, «Scc., art? denied to freeduicn, the President shall extend military ju risdiction and jurisprudence fuc their protection. ederal securities, and authorizing .4//ntler I !ma hhe- u-e infriniym'-nl* :unl tlm.«rl/# State taxation of tlie same. e.r of Congress, the President and Cabinet, tbe Supreme Court, the Diplo matic Corps, aud other dignitaries. The address was prouounced by Ceo. Bancroft, who spoke for nbout two hours and a half. All the (Joveminen tal departments were closed during the day, and Congress tranaacted no busi ness not conuected with the solemu ceremonial. mlan*/r»f fnrit, jilalno. Sec 8. Whoever subjects Miy freed man to Slavery or involuntary servi tude except as punishment for crime, or discriminates lctwecn white and black iu penalties, shall le punished by line of $1,000 and one year's im prisonment. Officers of the Bureau to have jurisdiction of all such com plaints, so long as and wherever such i"^hcl' discrimination on account of color con tinues, and wherever State a:.d United States Courts arc not in full aud peace ful operation. A inquiry aa to what legislation is need- jdy, after having suffered fin- several yenr»with ed to protect passengers on Western steam boats from the dangers incident to tubular boilera. The constitutional amendment fixing the basis of repre sentation was discussed, and Mr. Sum ner offered an amendment exempting disfranchised classes from all taxation. firming the Monroe doctrine, and re- remedy, as it will cost them nothing, and questing the President to take steps may piove n blessing six clerks, agents of sub-districts two i bavins fear* of being huuibuirj cd will inilitarv i... i«dH tion in nwr all "Vi!**'7 In tbe United States Senate, on the 14th, a petition was presented from the Representatives elect txom Tennes see, asking that the present State Gov ernment be recognized as the true and proper Government of the State. A bill was introduced making an appro- ^r'. V priation for tlie survey of the Upper^ ^""•Ufi,iVi.t.*. Mississippi aud Minnesota rivers, with yj .i..«l« a view of improving the navigation of Hav, "f1 ton.......... th osc streams. The constitutional Hides, f*. •••.«. amendment relative to the basis of rep Means was instructed to inquire into the expediency of graduated or ad ra lortm tuxes on cigars and oilier manu factured tobacco. The House Commit tee on tin Judiciary will report with out amendment the Senate bill guaran teeing civil rights to all classes and will report adversely upon most of the proposed constitutional amendments, and upon the bill punishing counter feiting with death. Mr. IIogan( of Missouri, has introduced a bill in the House for the incorporation of a oom pany to construct a canal around the Rock Island Rapids. The State Department has received proofs of a conspiracy in Canada aud Europe against Uuited States iiuauccs. The plan of the couspirators is to cre ate a panic in European markets iu re gard to United States securities, and by forcing home our bonds held abroad to bring on a financial crisis here and prostrate the financial interests of the country. The principal conspirator in Canada is one Veruon, who is in cor respondence with the fcothscliuue, Hope & Co. of Amsterdam, fiur! tta* ino London Times. The commission for the trial of Raphael Senuncs, tlie notorious rebel pirate, has not yet been organized, and no tunc has yet been lixed for the com mencement of the trial. The delay is said to be occasioned by some diver sity of opinion in official quarters as to the charges and specifications on i whieh he is to be tried. The warfare will probably receive additions, and it is in regard to the extent and nature of these additions that there appears as yet to be some uncertainty and I hesitation. It is not improbable that he will be tried on the charge ol pira cv, but this point is not decided upon. There are some nice questions invol ved which require that the case should be treated with deliberation. A printing ofico 4• pl*9* for loafers. 1 hiH^i^i^rtiri'BWiifB^llllftfltfiWwtt^ Itn iTm^tfai«iiaiiatMyaii^WliaiM8iail^^ mm Yfetnt w her '$1,500 •e wntif e 111 -ell .Ilir imjfri'veit JO S.-WIIIL' M:» w tiitnl" iller anil ti||iAr fee.l W,«t rai.te.i il\e y.• At»»»e "ulary or laric IKII'I Tlx- u lilne*-'(lid in T'niteil Star- fir ie-s limn $40 wtvrh are fiilt'l fwvnwi //"wv W*«v+-r -t "'ffiin. fntvr rf «(U»r, Sinfrr tf Mil H'trkrlfrr. Ad-tWs*, or call »b sIihw K Clark, 2y 1 TTTECONKIVS10.NS AVI' EXPTKlKNCK AN TWA l.TT. I'mIiIHu-I f'r the «». ?., lit ui.| n- OT* To Vol'NU MKN atil utlirr-., wlm I'rom N r\ "iw Ivl'ilily. Premature Oecay uf Mai)h««t. iup|lytug nl the same time Tnn Mm** Ski* Crnr.. Ry ine whi hiu* etirtM linn-ell after ci«ii*uler*hle qtinrkrry. Ry enrloKilin a |«*.tpai.l ikiKln-ved envelope, tangle les, free ul ctiiiruc, may be lwi «f the author NATHANIKI. MAYTAIR. Kh*., By) Rronklyn. Klnr1 V. W. V. .AREN1S W*S»I FERSSCCANMV tirtkle*. jii-t out. AiMrcSa O. T, CARET, H'nMme Biiliteliwd. Main*. tJ 1 $901 Card to Invalids. A Clergy man. *h 11. re-Mint: South mimfcumry,'h i I a »afe aiel -inij'l. remedy fW the 'ure if Nervous Weakness. Karlv liee.-iv, lh-ea-«— of the I'rinary ami Seminal organ-. ami the whole trim i fit* onlers bronchi on hy baneful an I virion- habit*. Ureal number!! h.ive been already eurel bj IIIi- noble remedy. l*rotii|leil bj n leire to lienefll the affliete1 ami unfof tnnale. I will M*»1 the reeet|K for |»re|«rni: ami iiMng till* meilK'iiir. in a *eal«U envelope, to tuiy one wIh «t*d( it, Frr' nf Cknrijr. Ple—C lactate a prwt paid envelope. a.blr»- ie«l to youf* ueit. AimnRi, jtiSKPU T. INM \N. ^tatiox I', Him* ii -i«r line* Nl'W Terk Olf To Consumptive*. TTje advertWt, mijf hem rerfomf to health in a few week* ly very simple retno a neveif lung atfec'ion. hii.1 that drend disease CitKi)tnjti m. is Hiisioti* nuke to known t® his fellow sufferers the mean* of euro. To nil who desire It. he will sen'l eopr of the prescription ttse} (free of .lmrp»i, with the diiection* for preparing and tisinjj the i same, which they will find a sure cure lor tN»n suinptioii. Asthma, ilronehitir.. Vughs, Coldi^ I ami all throat and Lung affivtions. The only object of the advertiser in sending the I'res seription is to !enefit the afflicted, and sprea4 information which he conceives t-o be invalua i blr, und he hotus every nutfeict will try his ws(wiahiug the prescription./"*, bf re- torn mail Errors of Youth. A gentleman w ho suffered for years fronij Nervous IVbility, Premature I»ecay, and all tiic effects of youthful indiscretion, will, foil the sake of suffering humanity, send free to all who need it, the recipe and directions for making the sini|»le remedy by which he was, cured. Safferera wishing to profit by the adkl vertiaer'a experience. c*n do bv addreaainCi JOHN KiIES. Ijt Ko. 13 Chamliers St., Sew Tarit. 8trange, but Tim Every young lady ami gentleman in tha United States can hear something very ranch to their advantage by return mail (free of' charge.) by addre*siug the undersigned, u,,t. this ennl. Ali wiM address their oltedient servant, THUS. CHAPMAN, 11 Broadway, New Town Lots for Sale. SKA LED Propolis will he received by th» undersigned until Saturday. Fehauary 2H, IS'iO. for l«ts 1 to 12 iuHuftivc. and 1" to 2# inclusive, in Block opposite the Court House, in St. Charles. Floyd •unty, Iowa, and known as the County B'" k. A plat for ret ere nee can IK- seen at the I tanking Office of Mitchell, Fairfield & Co.. aud any im|uiry by tuail or otheiwise will Ik- anww.-red by the un dersixti.-d. Tbe ritfht is reatrved lH|8Ct aay bids deemed too low. Terms of suie Cash in hand.* It. W 1866. Charles City. Jan. 29, III&I KE WITH THE INIKI'KN1BHC£ lu»uranee ontpany. Charles City Retail Market. WaaxatDAf, F«k U, lNifl Floar.extrafatuily, y.cwt., aupei^fine Wheat, spring, 1* I 'iwlii'l....... C»tn, on the f4 bii»lMl shelled, bushel........ irn Meal, f* cwt.,.. P«tatoes. bushel,.. Beans. iKwhei. ... BulU-r, t* fri ,...... 'h«w. •.... Live lio^s, V Pork, salt t.,. ... ti.-»h tb........ Hauis. lli., Beef, Chickens. 1.,. Turkeys. fc.,...« Java, I* ti Xea, (ittniiowder, 1 material, 1)1,wk, Voiiug Hjton,4* 44 Japan, Sugar, CiMUMoa, ft.. Fair 44 »3 00 1 75 50 I 20" 25 ...i... se x4"M f1 "i"•••••**•• i HI UtlOU« f* V reeentation was considered. su^ar, X. t* lb In the House, a bill was introduced {Soi^inun sirup, establishing a National Bureau of Edu-: Uolden sirup, f^gaL... eation. The Comniiltee of Ways and Candles. Tallow,*^ fc.,.. Tea. f* C'off. tsh. salt, Dried Apples, V •*, Dried lW-hea.V »., ..Jj Kerosene, gal.,... Soill .v t* Wheat, boaM. Com, I Hides, Green, iry. CoBue. Wo, fc 7«tl« wlf St*••• .Sjin" -2-' .1 ,«K.I 00 .i.ai» i 1,60(» .40 4* •, 10(rt It 18 I i i n e $ 0 Coffee, 20^22 Ortwhed, .22B. Pondered and (traniiiatsi,/ 29 llllla***"'". Su^ai house, V«al l,4t Sorghum, 100 Rice, ^.......... .. Soap, bar 10^1# 2 0 8 Tobacco, nne cut smoking 2X^50 Fine cut chewlog t0 1 50 Plof Salt, hbl 4,00 1*1 tl rub, f«si. Hfc... Ma« kertd,... White Pnttei. Fresh roll Cheese, Hamburg, ft....... V dot Poik, Sait.f^ cwt Beans, bush Fruit, Dried apples, ftk,., I .am, ^li ..i....i..i.i1i,.i.»«' l'i itatiK's, bwh.... ...... Nails, th iriv".'"' 3 12015 12 2nr^2"» 20(^ %tj 20 •?S .lft**418.00 ... 1,00 1 5 i 2 0 lfx'i 18 ... I5i.4l.00 12 White lead 4 50 (feuds,Timothy, bush. Clover, 15,00 44 44 44 II ltod top, 2,00 Blue graso, 2 08 Hungarian, t,00(a.5,0t SKDflWICK Vt)lJ WANT your Clockt. Watehfi,o* Jswelnr r«|MtUed. now is yuur tiiu«. fcElXiWlCK Wllil'S. NEW Drug & Grocery HTOltK. Jr*Tby fipcneil in the Store fortnsdy oecApf e«i H. W. McNabb, opposite QilbS«VS Htoae Block, A LARGE bTOCK 0? DRUGS, MEDICINES, Paints, Oils, Varnish, Sl'ICES, Patent Medicinal, PERFt'MERV, Toilet 9oaps, ttrushel, Goiftbt, Fancy Articles, &c. PUBE WINES AND LIQtmKB For Medicinal I'urpnae*. A Full Assortment of I SCHOOL BOOKS, Stationery, Albums, BLA K HOOKS, Slates, Ac. Abo, a Choice Lot of Cigaraw* ovtt Consist i»f iartsr a*N*rta»ent of Sugar, Tea, Coffee, I ail articles which are generally kept fo jfr GROCERY STOUK. The above Goods will lie sold at tbe lowest rates, a« they have lieen purchased since the heavy decline in the market 'lliose wishing |o pmvh ls,. W(.„ |o laii, will plea^^l'm*ss our Stock before pun haaing eiitewbere. Wl will not bo undersold. Orders promptly attended to. iff Physician's prescription* carefnTTv ennb pounded S. (I & Z 7.. RKYA'NT.f- lU:v KPWAUii A WILSON, Williamsburg, KiugttCu^ Y- HnmitT. 4w5 The Mason Jfc HamTtn Cabinet Orrin? forty different style*, adapted to sacred and secular music, for to ft'iOO e.ach fifty-ome 1ivU ur StJirr MatiU, or other first pre mill nwj ed tlie in. Illustrated Catalogue* free." Addrcw, MASON it HAMLIN. *bm. 44yl IIA S« N IIIK THL1»S, New York. Don't be Foolish."—You can make aix dollars from fifty cents. Call and examine aa invention urgently needed by everybody. f»r a sample sent flee by tuail foi ."0 n ut* that retails e isily for $i. by Chatham Square, New York Kn| opp«sif. the Union Hotel, and tiua to tlu ir former business of e„rolS Charles City, Floyd Co., lewa. »yl Posh Along! Keep tteviog! NEW AKKAXGEMENT IN HONOR or SAINT CRISPIN! ADAH* & HARWOOD EhXPBCTFUI.LThim! inform the cttiaena Wt Klovd county, the public generally, that tln'y are i»ti 11 doing business at tins old atand iu Charles City, Floyd Cwaty, Iowa, that, in Saddle and Harness Hannfiuitert, tfwy will hereafter carry on t^ft *8^ MANUFACTURE OF to* Boots and Hlxoef iu ull its vinietics, and also do retiring at short notice. They hI*o take occasion to say that la Ik* ijaality of stoek. ami neatness and thorough ness of manufacture, they cannot Ite surpass ed, and they are especially determined not to le undersold, in any of these branches of I inew- or manufacture. I They will keep censtantiy on band for ult, or aianufiu'tiire at short notice, all kiada a# douide and single harnesB, iJ! J!- Bridles, TrmMco, ValftMiyi Whipa, Brashea, Carry Oonba, Ite. Carriages Trimmed to Order* REPAIRING of all kinds neatly and promptly executed* They hope, by close attention to business L. Wolcott 17f and by (^ood work and fair dealing, to naefll and reorive a share of public iMtrona^e. J. M. AIAMH.f 8. ,. WHITS has juat received A new supply of Ciocka.ahtoa good aasorti uient of Jewelry. Charles City. (Xt. L8 18fl& Charles City. H. UAbWOOD. City, May 2o, IWI 19yl STATEMENT Of Um condition of the Avident InturaoM finwfawy, of L'oluuibu-i, ou the first January. A. D., 1866, made to the Audit«*raf the state i»f Iowa, pursuant to the Statute* ef said State: Tlf nanw nf thl Company is Ol 'i.ni|iiiv ,pf (UiudIkm. 2 Hi. aUMHinl iif itst a|aal Slaekki 3. 1H- aiiKHiut at H« I *|iHal NMt l«"l "t'»« 4. Tli. ,V--i L- "I the nimmiiv are 1. iti-lt i4i :j5 40 Ij*iiiI, 1 2*5.21 .«»•«* u *,/ 134/ iii IUiil ,.in«1 in IIh. basl» Of Altffitjt ur lalh-r i-r-m 2. It .il K-tat'- iiiiim uialN-rwl. t. lUih.l- ,.u.l Sl.« k^ wnttl t»y ltn» nui|wiiy. hnw sfearwd. aiiit r.u.-ii(iutU»«*i-sit.('»*N,»chvd •k 4. D'ht.- th,' Ciinijwny *«fured ti7 m'rl4:np'. (-it- Mlaniuk.) i. l-t- »Uiur«kbi au'uitxl, (sot! It [.W flints' a. Ik-lit-fie ItvmuiiMt.......... T. Aii«4lnT »rM klr MM IS S.ed 5,5# at %. TV- mwwwtof IJeM4K«s4iw or u«t iiu- t« itaakfi Mk«r eri-*iit«r« ...\. S u 7 ie JJIF-M IUIJU^UNI AMI IIH* 7 inlj'irtiil Usui not lae... 16 Vr -29 i.o« v 1-r--t- HlMlljIl-tl-l 1/im* iu Mi«t«-u**, wsrtins a* lartlu |iriur. IS. Aa i4lm cbut MCHal.i* 1ft 20* "25 £, -,'^9 Cuiqiuf., Total LiitMlHlM tl. tlie srnu- aanomit tQiDr«ttil »iiy *M' rink 12. tl«' unit ulk-wnd bjr t»K- riiW- ili«? t'iint«ay to 40 16 St Iw la-nri-t in any un« cSjr, tiiwii villace I ut Waverly Harkel. lil) frmn tin' Br. i.HT i)o«nty 1 Wimu, FA. IT. IH66 U. th.- (trvaii-i-l hiii allowed I* iii.-arxl in any iuw lilo'k.... 14. tti- A«-t id lnoiri'iratioti ,g SM oiu|iau]r 1m« Ixieu Bieit. h0 a 85 1 'x.H-20 25't 30 3jc 8(k JO 3ft. 40 4H «i 5."i I 11 st»,jift a. •..., "M.I Itatc of Ohio. i County of Franklin K Smith, I'resident, and Geo. B. Wright Secretary, of the Accident Insaraace 1'nmptg uy. of Columhuit, Ohio, beiiiK severany aodl duly sworn, depose iuti say, and t»M for hlia s«lf says, that the loreKoing is a true, fell tot eorrevl atateninit of the atlaitsol th« aaid Qt# pavration, and that they art) tlie sUire HmI oftieero thereof and that no part of th« CU^ tal or earnings of wad Company has been d|^ I* mi led in any State or 'IVnitoir ss aecurllv for lossea therein. ii. E. .SMITH, il .fin Freskkai, ti- GEO. B. WRIGHT^ Y 8«cretarfc fiulVSt iffwiT stWrt to before me by tft above naniel B. K Smith, President, and Geew Wright, Si'entary, this lttb day of JanB rng,A.hk,im. O. I CHILTBN, p. 8. Com. of Northern Dbt. of At'DiToit'a Omci, Iowa, Dm M-usr^ The Accident IuuMM CoMCfta ny, located at Colttmhus, in the tttalft ofowa has tiled iu this office a sworn statement of lli condition on tbe lint day «f JsniMqt, ,HW, la accordance with the proviaioiM of aa Act ef the General Assembly of tbe 8tat« nf lovt, entitled "an Act in relation to Ittnranc* Com panies," approved January 28th, 18W, Act aiucnilatory thereto, approved Febmary 9th, 1^6H i and wliureas.suid SUitcuicat thOva that said Iusuraaoe Coinpany u pueeewd w the requisite amount of capital, lavetM^at required by said Acta, Therefore, in pursuance of law, I, John A. Elliott, Auditor of State, do horehy CHffo that said Insurance Company is autboctedw transact tlie butiuess of Insurance In this State by Agents, properly appointed and MH tLorized to acknowleltj v servloe of process for and on behalf of salt! Company required said Acta, until the 31st day of Jaaaary, A. 1S67. Iu testimony whereof, I hit# bW g) an to subscribed my name and affixad tlie seal of my u&oc the day and date K. ELUOTT, Auditor of Stated 5 oeat internal revenue stamp, cancsJleti S\yniN a FLETCHElt have just receivad a new invoice of Crockery, KeioM-ue, T.ainis, Charles City, Nov. 8, I860. sm'Wm: