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The national Republican., 1861-10-05
UpwL IS PILE AND nUMOR CURE.

ASSURE CURE for Bleeding Blind and ItchiJ z
FILES, GcrOfula, Salt Rheum, and Diseases Of the
Skin Cne bottle warranted to cure in all cases IL
not, dealers are particularly requested to refund the
money Only five bottles IN thousand returned
and these W. re cases of Fistula Hundreds OF let
tiers and certificates in the proprietor 5 spos
session, which can be seen upon application. Send
Tor circular.
Prepared by HENRY D. FOWLE, Chemist Il
Prime street. Boston, and for sale by JOHN WI
LEY corner Third street and Pennsylvania avenue
Washington House. sole gent for Washington City
and vicinity. Certificates with each bottle, 7 ice
On. Dtidrn sept 26-2m
The national Republican., 1861-10-05
DENTISTRY.
,UEETIli TEETp,,

r1'EETHi TEETHil
L M. LOOMS, M. d.,
The inventor and patentee Of the Mineral Plat,
teeth, attends personally at his office In this city.
Many persons can wear these teeth who canuo
wear others, and no person can wear others who can
not wear these.
Persons calling at my office can be accommodated
with any style and price of Teeth they may desire
put TO those who are particular and with the purcs
cleanest strongest and most perfect deuture that ar
warranted.
Rooms In this ciiy-No. 83s Pennsylvania avenue
between Ninth and Tenth streets. Also, GOT Arcl
'treet, Philadelphia. arl6-ly
m. LOCKWOOD continues the prac,
" tice OF Dentistry, in the Washington Building
corner Pennsylvania avenue and Seventh street
Having practiced in the South nearly sixeen years
he feels assured that he give satisfaction 10 an!
that may call.
Teeth inserted on vuLcAxrrE, RuBnEn, or Got,
eLATE, Chloroform administered when desired.
aug 1-tf
The national Republican., 1861-10-05

a.aAw sRnrEEg, rror-isbq-s. Bos.,n
The national Republican., 1861-10-05
FOR THE CtRl. or

DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION
Weakness or Debility, Flstulcncy and Nauscs,
Loes Of Appetite, Nervousness, Liver Com
plants, Bilious Fcvers, and all Diseases
Of the Stomach, Liver, and Bowels
AS A PREVENTIVE FOR FEVER AND Ago.
THESE BITTtRs ARE NOT eQUAlltG,
The national Republican., 1861-10-05

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Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1861-12-12

THE BIBLE.--Pity it is that we do
not read our Bible more, that great
book which contains the leading prin.
ciples Of what is undisputably good,
and useful, and true, in all that really
pertains to human happiness; and
what pity it is that the Sunday news
paper. and the trashy weekly. and the
enticing story-book. for childhood and
hoary age, on subjects pertaining to
the world and party preaching, aud in.
tidcl peripatetic lectures, with their
new tangled crudities for human ame
lioration, and their theories for elevat-
ing the masses; pity it is. we say, that
all these things 80 attract attention
The Bible, tho best of all. the wisest in
all its theories, and in all its practices
safe. has become sealed book to the
many, and any other volume on the
center or side table would be opened
sooner than this.-Halrs Journal o,
Health.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1861-12-12
A. b. +. HILDRETH,
General Land Agent.

CHARLES CITY, FLOYD co. ,.........I IOWA,
Will attend to buying, selling and selecting
Snds on Commission, &c. Town Lots bought
and sold, money loaned, and the business of
conyeyancing and payment of Taxes promptly
attended to. Friends at the East, as wellasin
this State, are requested to make application
70 my agency. Satisfactory references given
IL required.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1861-12-12
THEODORE MIX,
ARCHITECT AND BUILDER,

CHARLES CITY, IOWA.
Designs. Plans, Estimates and Specifications
furnished for Public Buildings, Stores, Town
and Country Villas, Cottages, &c. Detail draw
ings or superintcndence given when required,
on reasonable terms.
Mr.. Mix is architect Of the Court House, Ma
sonic Hall and other buildings in st. Charles.
With his experience he is confident of giving
satisfaction to all who employ him. Jobbing
done ut short notice at his workshop.
St. Charles, Sept. !. 1867 Swift
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1861-12-12

A model school-house. rising in sim.
pie, but harmonious proportions from
its well chosen site; with its ample
grounds neatly enclosed .and, ornament
ed with flowers and shrnbbery; with its
beautiful desks and seats; it's immacu
late floors, walls, and windows; its
handsomely mountsd maps and charts
its neatly kept globes and apparatus
it's library and reference books; its bo
qucts upon tho teachers dcsk-sucl
house is itselfa mighty teacher.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1861-12-12
American Hotel.

MAIN STREET, NGREGOR, IOWA.
wN. II. HARDING, PROPRIETOR.
Having again opened this well known Ho-
tel, the proprietor takes this means to inform
the Travelling public and the rest of mank ind
that he intends to make it worthy the pat
ronage of travellers. and il attention to the
wants of guests, good fare and low prices are
any inducements, he hopes to have his share
of business. .....r
In connection with the Hotel is the largest
Barn in town, which is under the charge of an
experienced Ostler, and teamstcrs can depend
upon having their teams well cared for. This
house being the Stage Office. Railroad Ticket
Office, American Express and General Freight
Office, presents more advantages than any
other can show in the city, and all Iask of
my friends, is to try me once, and if not satis-
fed, will not ask them to come again.
McGregor, July 1860.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1861-12-12

Business Cards of Ave lines or less will be inserted in
this column for $5, 90 per annum For each additional
line over FIVE one dollar will be charged.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-10-30
Discovery Of a long Lost husband.

The recent visit of the British Channel
Fleet 10 tie Clyde, it is said TO have ed 10
the following singular discovery
Among the visitors TO one OF the flag
ships was respectable lady of middls age,
who made the circuit of The sights OH board
with the usual feeling of wonder al de-
light. On passing hurtiedy along The main
deck she was much struck at encoun lering
a iouk from man, one of the hands Of the
noble ship, whose face was familiar ID her,
so much so, indeed, that she was on the
point of speaking to him even befors hav-
ing time to think who he might be, bul he
suddenly skunk away as if 10 avoid 'ecog-
nition A few moments reflection colvinc-
ed her that The man she had seen was TO
other than one who, nearly twenty years
before, had been Der sweetheart, though
she aGlerwar had married another. Hap
pening 10 mention the circumstance to a
friend on returning home, it came oat that
the man in question had sailed from Green
ock some fifteen years ago, leaving behind
him a vile and two children, and had no.:
since been heard of, and, in fact, had been
mourned as dead. The supposed widow
had struggled successfully with poverty,
bringing her son and daughter up il hum
BILE responsibility; and being still IN town,
it was resolved TO acquaint her of her hus-
band's whereabouts, and accordingly she
was called upon with this object Al first
she regarded The statement as fiction, but
began TO think il might be true, and accord
ingly she lost no time in Fastening on
board the ship, taking along with Ter, her
son and daughter, and credentials OF her
marriage. She explained her mission TO
some of the officers, who directed her what
course 10 pursue, and, true enough, she dis
covered her long lost husband in one of the
crew of the ship. There was a DISTORTION
at first, on his part, to preserve an inrognito,
but it was of no avail, and he soon admit
ted his relationship; and the affair resulted, /,
we are told, in the commanders ofde ing 81
per month to be paid in futdfe to tle wifs
out Of her husbands earnings iogeth et with
a portion of prize money, which 'ias due
10 him, an arrangement which now contIn-
nes in force. 1t appears thai the an had
been in the navy for the last ten ye ars, but
how he came 70 abandon his fan iiy has
not been explained:
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-10-30
Coffee Beaten in a Mortar.

It is not generally known that coffee
which has been beaten is better than that
which has been ground. Such bowever,is the
fact; and in his brief article on the subject,
Savarin gives what he considers the rea-
sons TOR the difference As he remarks, a
more decoction OF green coffee is a most ln-
sipid drink. but carbonisation develops the
aroma. and an oil, which is the peculiarly
of the coffee we drink He agrees with
other writer's, that The Turks excel in this.
They employ no mills, bet beat the berry
with wooden pestles in mortars. When
long used, these pesiles become precious:
and bring great prices. He determined by
actual experiment which of The two rneth>
ods was the best. He burned carefully a
pound of good Mocha, aud separated il into
two equal portions. The one was passed
through The mill-the other beaten after the
Turkish fashion in mortar. He made cof-
fee of each Taking equal weights of each,
and pouring on an equal weight of boiling
water, he treated them both precisely alike.
He tasted the coffee himself, and caused
other competent judges 10 do so. The unan-
imous opinion was, that coffee beaten 10 8
mortar was far better than that ground in 9
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-10-30

AN INDIAN MISUNDERSTANDING the Sikh
mobiles who, at the outset of the muliny
siaked their heads on the British side, was
the Rajah OF Kupoonhulla He was not
very great man, but he had influence, and
no Engishman could have risked his status
purse, and person, with more hearty and
unquestioning loyalty. He helped to guard
the Northern Delhi road, then the key of
our position; and when had beer restored
the Governor General casting aside the old
policy OF meagre rewards, raised him by a
single gift OF land 10 the wealth of great
English noble. Ths Rajah married an East
India girl became, under her influence, a
Christian, and esta blished mission on his
own estate. Sweeping away, al a stroke,
the preiudices Of a thousand years, he in
troduced his wife into society, and allowed
her to appear in public and the officials,
for once heartily cordial TO a native, threw
aside preiudrces as rooted as his own and
recommended that :he Raiah should receive
officially, precedence in Dude. The Gov
ernor General consented, and al the apex of
the new social system Of Dude stands na-
tive Christian noble, and the only woman
in India for whom the Guards turn out in
The British Provinces. is the Christian Lady
of KupooFthulla '-Eoadon POPer
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-10-30
The ReadlesS Horse.
BY The OLD 'Us.


During the occupation of Boston by Brit
ish troops, the military regulations enforced
by the British commander were, it is well
known, very severe. The inhabitants were
not permitted TO be aboard after o'clock
in the evening without special permit,
and at that hour all lights were required 10
be exlinguished. The streets were pairol-
led 10 see that the order had beer obeyed,
the sentineIs were posted, and then, as
there were no street lamps, darkness reign.
ed through the town, broken occasionally
when a shell iraversed the air in pafabol-
ic curve, shedding its bateful radiance like
meteor on murky night.
The armed occupants of Boston were by
no means easy IN their quariers-the patti
OTIS were gathering around them, and pro-
visions became extremely scarce. Alter
Lexington, and Concord, and Bunker Hill,
the high spirits Of Tie British army were
broken, and though Butgoyne wrote farces,
and his staff enacted them in Faneul Hall,
there was nothing farcical in their position.
When British officers promenadihg on Bea
con Hill fancied they heard bullets from air
guns whizzing around their ears, and took
10 their heels in panic terror, the common
soldier might well be pardoned for being
in state of constant perturbation. They
were almost as much afraid of invisible en-.
EN- les as The Puritans were OF unseen spirits
of evil. They lived in land of wiichcraft,
and began 10 believe that the old colonial
superstiiions had their foundation u yact.
One night squad of patrol under the
mmand of nen-commissioned Hessian
officer, were marching through Common
Street, on their way to tEeir quarters on
Fox Hill, on the Common. 1t was hazy
star light night, and the dark houses and
trees were fused in a mass of shade. Sud-
denly white object was observed moving
toward them in the street.
ssHalti who goes there I" cried the Hes
sian.
There was no reply.
"Ready-rnen; preseniw cried the officer,
but his parched throat and trembling lips
refused to frame the word 'fire p' for NOV
Ing past him noiselessly and awfuly, be
beheld q headlsss horss, his long tail
streaming in the night air. ~
asDid you see it.n hsi whispered TO his
men ss'et tsssa = !. - =, -. - S
Yes-,hsgz all saw it--and the way the
squad scrambled to camp was a caution
They said moi word of theis Rdsenture;
bui they all felt thai the vision postshded
svil-pefhaps death to tbs bsholders.
4 night or two Afterwards anolher party
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-10-30

THrSGs Thar | HAVE SsEE.-l haya seen
a farmer build house SO large and fine
that the sheriff turned him out OF doors.
haveseeu young man sell good farm,
turu merchant, break and die in an insane
hospital
have seen farmer travel about SO much
that there was nothing at home worth
looking alter.
/ have seen a rich mans son begin where
his father LETT ofT-weathy aud eud where
his father began-penniless.
have seen a worthy farmers son idle
away years of the prime of his life, in dissi-
patton, and end his career in the poor
house.
have seen The disobedience of a son
'bTing dowa the grey hairs of his father 10
the grave"
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-10-30

A CERTAIN highly merciul Judge had con-
fencing him TO be hung that very day. A Pc
ttion was Immediately signed by The bar,
Jury and people, praying that longer Tins
might be granted the poor prisoner. He
replied TO the petition that 'the man had
been found guilty f; that the jail was very
unsafe, and besides, it was so very uncom-
Portable he die not think that any man ought
to be required 10 stay in it longer than was
necessary" And his honor's IDEAS Of hu-
manity were promptly carried out.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-10-30

A good story is tod OF "sel' on the
Aboli,ionists of Galesburg. The town 10
made up OF Abolitionisis, and of course they
are the last men 10 volunteer to meet on The
battle field The men they have traduced for
years. Galesburg has Sc mt Jew if any SOL
diers ts the war, and those who bave gone
ire not OF the class of whom we speak.
Well, the other day, the railroad conductor,
when his train arrived al Galesburg, told the
people tha, the u S. officers were drafting
in Peoria, and would be there next 2ay to
draft them into the service. 1t 10 said that
next day there wasn't man in Galesburg
who was between the ages OF Is and Is
years, unless he wac a cripple or sick
Rock Island Argus, Ill.,
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-10-30

thor's decided impression from inspecting
the numerous specimens, shot at different
seasons, belonging TO Mr.. Gould-which
eminent ornilhologisi says that the 'spiar-
migan is always mouiting," the changes
being from brown in the summer to speck.
cid in the autumn, and white in the winter
The speckled feathers, few and large, over
lap the white and as soon as those are
shed, the bird appears in It's white dress
The similar change amongst Quadrupeds
most probably arises from the same cause !;
and examples, less striking than those
amongst wild animals, can be observed in
cases of the horse and the COW. Prof Rol.
lesion, of Oxford, had given to The author q
portion OF the hair of pony which has
been observed 10 change lis coat from taw-
ny to nearly white in winter. Mr. Erasmus
Wilson, whoadvocates the popular doctrine,
refers 10 the case of lemming in support
of his views; but Mr. Blyth, naturalist,
says he examined lemming killed during
lis autumnal change, and satisfied himself
that "the white hairs were all new, and not
-AN Wv %hohSCN NOiOi- hCAO oiO
reasons why it might be expected that the
summer coat and plumage should be dark
er than those OF the winter.
The su.hor concludes that whether we
consider one side OF the question or the 9th
er-lhe human evidence so questionable,
the physiological so much more reliable
the idea of fallacy is unavoidable, as 10 the
hair being subject 10 sudden change of col.
or from mental impression. The attempt
made TO explain such change by physio
logists are allowed TO be complete failures
and phenomenon on other grounds than
those of fallacy. The author, when on for
eign service, knew an assistant whom he
visited 3 fortnight or three weeks subse.
queutIy. The patients hair. before brown,
had became grey but when be called at
tenton to the fact, the regimentsl surgeon
simply said, "Yohr surprise will cease,
when you know thal-has. since he has
been afflicted with his malady, discontinued
dyeiug his hair" When we consider how
prone The hair of some persons is to turn
gray al an early age, even without accom-.
panying or proceeding bodily ailment, and
how many wonld wish 10 conceal this blem.
ish, and so have recourse 10 chemical
means, il is easy TO imagine that this source
of error may not be unirequeEt. Nor should
II be overlooked that there is disposition
in some TO make statements merely for the
sake of exciting momentary surprise, or OF
acquiring ephemeral notoriety. If wecon-
suit the records of imposition and deusion,
we shall find many Thing attested, and for
time believed, of marvellous kind as
the sudden whitening OF the human hair
Has NOT witchcraft had it's defenders -
Have not tableturning, clairvoyance, and
spirit rapping had believers. Have there
not been even Psychologists who have given
their credence 10 spontaneous combustion
of the human body, and 10 equivocal gener'
alton
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-10-30

saw tuo sans appdIitlOn. Hio biiiO Iio
headless horse was galIoping furiously thro'
the street, but though he seemed heavy
animal, full fifteen hands high, his hoofs
made no noise upon the ground aud struck
no fire from the fints. The spectre was
seen by some of the inhabitants, too, and
now nothing was talked OF but the headless
horse.
And now the apparition Appeared nightly
and always at the same hour. II was for n
ally reported to General Gage.
"The foul feud has got into The heads OF
our fellows!" b g exclaimed angrily. Every
one seems to have lost their senses. There
is spell in this rebel air. don't know
who invented this story. butt determined
to sift II TO the bottom"
That very evening, wrapped in his cloak
the General took pos, not far from where
The Park Street Church now stands. He
had not been waiting long, when a white
object came gliding rapidly towards him :
He advanced into the street, TO get a nearer
vieW. and to his as,onishmeni behed a
headless white horse gliding slowly past
him. strange emotion took possess on
Of him; he thought of the pale horse in Rev.
elations, and he wondered no longer that
his soldiers had been frightened. Recover
ing his presence of mind, he cooked and
fired his pistol at the retteating object =
Though he covered ii well, The animal IAN
ished unframed. The discharge Of The
pistol crealed an alarm, which, howe er,
was soon quieted; and the general never
assigned the real reason for his firing.
In due time the British evacuated Bos' on,
and the American army under Gen. Wash
ington entered and took possession.
One night group of soldiers and citizens
were assembled in the bar room OF the
Green Dragon, discussing the plans of the
campaign.
''Say what you will" said one, the
British troops have got pluck-that you
can'tdenyn
"Pshaww said 'bne-eyed man WI a
quizzical expression of counienance, rho
had mlhero taken no part in the discourse,
81 wouldn't give much for their pluck |
know its easy 10 skeer 'em without tr'ing
very hard either. During the blockade,
me and Bill Sage played 'em trick that
made some talk if not more. I've got an
old white horse that I keep in stable on
the Neck-snd Bhl lives up on CopP's hill.
Well, we used 10 take the hoss 10 Bill 3 III
the day time-never fed him there mind
Bout nine O'Clock We used 10 put his lead
in a black bag, tie felt on his hoofs.-he
didn't have no shoes-and start him ollt.-
OF course the criiler nosed his way strf 'ght
home 10 his fodder. Fang me if the sogers
didn't think no was headless hors "a
right down ghost! skeersd 'em enymo ST 10
death. Bimeby they got TO FIRM hoss pis'
tolls at him, and was feared they'd hit him
so took him off the track. expect Gen
| Washington thinks it was his batteries on
Dorchester Heights that druv the redcoals
out of town, but if The truth was knovd, i
would turn out that they was druv off ty al
old whire boss with his head in a olact
bag"
Whether history ia wrong or right upor
this point, the "oldest Inhabitants" assured
me that such was the true history Of the
Headess Horse o. the days of the bloc tade
| --Fidp OF our Union.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-10-30
Ghoiee postrn.
HOIST THE SgaRs AND STRIPES

Hoist the S:ars and Stripes!
March as ye unfold!
A proIder banner ne er could 'Hoat,
Were il made oil gold.
Hoist the Stars and Stripes !
Let II take the wind
Slumbering in their musly folds
Colors grow bedimm'd.
Hoist the Stars and Stripes!
Does there live the man,
Who born beneath the silver shtd5,
Would not lead It's van!
Hoist the Stars and Stripes
Make the iyraul kneel!
Kneeling make him own the shame,
His burning soul mus. feel.
Hoist. the Stars and S:ripesl
Powers rom above
Sanction it, meet. emblem of
Lie, Liberty and Love.