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St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1861-01-10
dolsst0arO be Course of empire takes its do(an.'


has sent the army away to the utter.
most corners and wildcrnesses of the
nation. The navy has been sent to
the farthcst seas, and lastly it is dis
covered that even the poor Indians are
robbed of their much needed annuitics
Was there ever such an adminstra-
tlon since the world began? These
arc the fruits of proslavery rule. Can
the stream be expected to rise higher
than the fountain? Slavery itself is
founded on fraud and theft, and is
maintained by brute force and dcspot-
ism. Men are first robbed of them
selves, and then of their free will and
the fruits of their toll. How could an
administration whose fundamental
principle is that slavery is not only
right but a divine institution, be other
wise than traitors to the Constitution,
enemies of the Union and perpetra tors
of grand larceny on the public mon
cys and other convertible property
of the government Old Abe is go
ing to have delightful little job in
putting things to rights when he takes
up his abode in the White House.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1861-01-10
iloIitital.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS,

In the Senate, on taking up the pro.
posed amendment of Hon. Andrew
Johnson of Tennessee, that gentle
man spoke at length upon the distract
ed state of the country politically,
and made u most able and eloquent
speech in behalf of the Constitution
and the Union. He argued that a
State could not go out of the Union
on its own voltion, and read extracts
from Madison's writings. to show that
such was the opinion Of the founders
of the government.
Jefferson held that it was not nee
essary to give the government the
power to enforce the laws in the
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1861-01-10
Communications.
For the st. Charles City lntcligeucer
The Old and New Year.
By WINFIELD 5. RIDER.

The old year is breathing its last
sigh, and as if to atone for the many
frowns he has given us, he closes his
career with a sweet pleasing smile.
But for the snow which cnyclops the
earth like a mantle, we could scarce
ly realize that December has flown
that, at the midnight hour, when the
church bells ring out their requiem for
the old, and their invocation to the
new year, 1860 will be no more. Oh,
what short, very short, time it is
since we were ushcring in the the
year, which is now bidding us fare
well Yet, what great changes have
taken place on our earth +! Thrones
have been oveteurncd, the strong and
mighty have been broken or bowed
down freedom has triumphed over
oppression, and down-trodden liberty
has been once more rcinstated, and
and revived.
And thou, too, oh Death, hath stalk
ed among us and borne off our state
liest and faircst flowers How many
have gone on before us to the untried
world Methinks | can now see one
who at the commencement of the new
year of 1860, bid fair to live long, an
ornament to society, who now lies
sleeping beneath the cold prairie turf
Is it possible she is indeed dead |?
that we shall never more see her who
was the light of our social circle, the
admired of all !? Yes, it is indeed SO;
" her sun hath gone down while it
was yet day"-gone down ON this
earth, to rise again in the world where
suns never set She is one of the
number who strike their golden harps
and sing the praise of Him, "Who
captive led captivity, and took the
sting from death !" Yet when Win.
ter shall cease to reign, aud Spring
shall come to take his place, and with
her Ithuricl wand removes the fetters
from the ice-bound streams, and brings
back the birds and flowers again, we
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1861-01-10
BE KIND.

Be kind to thy father-for when thou vert young.
Who loved thee so fondy as he
He caught the first accents that fell from thy tongue
And joined in thine innocent glee.
BE kind to thy father, for now he is old,
His locks lntcrminsled with grey,
His footsteps are feeble, once fearless and bold
Thy father is passing away.
BE kind TO thy mother---for 10 on her brow
May traces Of sorrow be seen,
Oh, well mayest thou cherish and comfort her now,
For loving and kind hath she been
Remember thy mother-for thee will she pray,
As long as God giveth her breath,
With accents of kindness then cheer her lone way,
Fen to the dark valley of death.
BE kind TO thy brother-hs heart will have dearth,
If the smile Of thy love be withdrawn;
The flowers Of feeling will fade at their birth,
II the dew Of affection be gone.
BE kind to thy brother-whercvcr you are,
The love of a brother shall be
An ornament purer and richer by far.
Than pearls from the depths Of the sea-
Be kind to thy sster--not many may know
The depth of true si,terly love;
The wealth of the ocean lies fathoms below
The surface that sparkles above
Thy kindness shall bring 10 thee many sweet hours
Aud blessings thy pathway to crown
Affection shall weave thee garland of flowers,
More precious than wealth renown.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1861-01-10

can stand by thy tomb, gentle ANNA
and mark the wild flowers blossom
Der thy grave. What deep hear,
memories are stirred up within us as
we think of the dying year I! and the
voices of years gone by awake our
souls, and roll before us with all their
deeds" Yes, the old year is passing
from us /; already can we hear its
kncll tolling from the hand of Time
Farewell to the old year, the year of
1860.
Hail ! bright, happy New Year,
who openeth thy portals so favorably
to us. Hail thou harbinger of bright
promises, thou long wished for fore
runner of new triumphs, both in the
sciences, and in the arts. Hail all
hail, 1861! how many hearts have
ycarned for thy coming, knowing that
spring will not linger long behind, and
as its soft winds kiss the earth and
clothe it again in its beautiful gar
ment of grass and flowers, that they
might look for bright morning to
winters long, cold night
The New Year what changes will
take place ere we again welcome a
new year. Pcrchance, our noble Un-
ion will be dismembered perchance
there will be civil war with all its
horrors; perchancc brother will rise up
against brother, and burning villages
and desolated fields be spread over
our country. But we trust not Thank
God there is yet enough Of the old
patriotic spirit left to prevent this.
Perchance, like gold from the furnace,
it will come forth brighter from the
storm which now threatens it, and
that this storm will only strengthen
the chain which binds us in one con-
consolidated body.
Happy New Year we welcome
you with shouts Of joy, looking for
brighter days and SUMMER changes!
Then ring, bells. ring! aud music fling,
From tower and steeple tall,
While the promise grows as the red fire glows
OF a bright new year to all.
Floyd, Iowa, Jan. lst, 1861.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1861-01-10
American Hotel.
MAIN STREET, WGREGOR, IOWA.
wM. II. HARDING, PROPRIETOR

-A-A1-' 'N"1-Hff Z" 'hE'ch, ~ " Il
wM. 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 mankind,
that he intends to make it worthy the pat.
ronage of travellers, and if attention to the
wants of guests, good fare and low prices are
any inducements, he hopes to have his share
of business.
In connection with the Hotel is the largest
Barn in town, which is under the charge of an
experienced Ostler, and teamsters can depend
upon having their teams well cared for. This
house being the Stage Office, Railroad Tick ct
Office, American Express and General Freig Int
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 salts.
fled, will not ask them to come again.
McGregOr, July 1860
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1861-01-10
4otttpp.
THE SNOW STORM.

In the month of December, 1921, Mr.
Blake, with his wife and an infant, was pas
sing over the Green Mountains near the town
of Arlington, VT, in Il sleigh with one horse
The drifting snow rendered it impossible 70,
the horse to proceed. Mr.. Blake set off OF
foot in search Of assistance, and perished il
the storm before he could reach a human
dwelling. The mother, alarmed (as is sup
posed at his long absence, went in quest o
him with the infant in her arms. She wa:
found in the morning dead, a short distance
from the sleigh. The child was wrapped in
her cloak and survived the pcrilS of the cold
and storm.
The cold winds swept the mountains height,
And painless was the dreary Wild
Aud mid the cherries hours Of night,
\ mother wandered with her child
As through the drifting SHOWS she pressed,
The babe Was sleeping on her breast.
And colder still the winds did blow,
And darker hours of night came on,
And deeper grew the drifts Of snow
Her limbs chilled, her strength was gone
"oh God, =" she cried, in accents Wild
:" II must perish, save my child!"
She stripped her mantle from her breast,
And barred her bosom To the Storm
And round the child she wrapped the vest,
And smiled To think her babe was warm.
With one cold kiss, one tear she shed,
And sunk upon 4 snowy bed.
Al dawn a traveller passed by:
She lay beneath u snowy veil,
The frost t. death was in her eye;
Her check cold and hard and pale:
He moved the robe from OF the child
The babe looked up, and sweetly smiled s.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1861-01-10
FOUNTAIN HOUSE.
BREEDER RUrESByrPG m

FREDERICKSBURG OVd
$. s. Troy, PROPRIETOR
This house has recently been repaired and
newly furnished The Doc assures the tray
cling public that every effort will be made to
make his house Il home for the traveller.
Stages leave this house for the East and
West daily 3.44tf.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1861-01-10
HILDRETH, EDITOR e. PROPRIETOR.
C9e yntelligenter,
81 Westward the course Of empire takes its way"
A. B. +. iHLDRETII, Editor.
st. Charles City, Iowa, Jan. 10, 1861

Will our friends send papers and
letters, intended for us, to 50. Charles
City, HoW Couaty, lara and mol to
st. Charles, Iowa.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1861-01-10
A. b. L. HILDRETH,

ST. CHARLES CITY, FLOYD CO., ,..... IOWA,
Will attend to buying, selling and selecting
lands on Commission, &c. Town Lots bought
and sold, money loaned, aud the business oi
conveyancing and payment of Taxes promptly
attended to. Friends at the East, as wellas in
this State are requested to make application
to my agency. Satisfactory references given
if required,
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1861-01-10
JAS. JACKSON,
ARCHITECT e. BUILDER

81. CHARLES CITY, Iowa.
prepared to execute in neat and tasty
maner, Ground Plans, Elevations, Perspective
Views and all other kinds of Architectural
Drawings.
Original designs for Dwellings, and publi,
buildings furnished at reasonable rates.
Buildingscontractedforo or put up by the dav
Lessons Sivenin Architectural draupLting
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1861-01-10
WESTERN HOTEL.

f. A. IDNUhO, PROPRIETOR
MAIN STREET, CEDAR FALLS,
Blackharf County, ..... Io,ra.
This House having changed hands, and un-
dcrgoing thorough rcftting and rcmodclng.
is now ready for the accommodation of the pub
lie, II is situated in the business part OF
Cedar Falls, The proprietor pledges himself
that no pains will he spared 10 make his guests
comfortable. Stages for different parts of the
country stop ut this house Iva
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1861-01-10
JOHN FURLONG e son
WHOLESALE
Gr0ccrS and Commission Merchants

is7 East Water St., Milwaukee, Wis.
From our long standing and facilities for
doing business, we are prepared to seal Gro
celies as low as any other House in the West
JOHN FURLONG & son.
Milwaukee, April 20, 1859 : l6yl
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1861-01-10
BRONSON HOUSE,
CORNER OF MAIN AND CENTER STREETS,
BRAprORp Iowa

BRApFORp Iowa.
W. S. MOWER R.................Pr Proprietor
The Proprietor would respectfully inform
the Travelling Public that hc has again taken
charge of the above House, and would be
pleased To wait upon all who may favor him
with their patronage. Stages leave daily for
the East. West and North. Charges reason
able as ut any House west of the Mississippi
ga Good accommodations for teams ly4
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-08-30
Alexander r.. BOteler.

The telegraph informed us the other day
that this Virginia ex- Congressman died of
lockjaw, from bullet wound received at
the battle of Stone Bridge.
Mr.. Boteler was a member of the last
Congress, and sat for the Eighth district of
Virginia, being the only successful candi~
date on the American ticket for Congress-
men from that State. His adherence to the
Union was longer than that of any of the
Virginia delegation. He remained in his
seat for some time after the rest of the Vir-
GINA Congressman had delivered their vale
dictory. His home was at Shepherdstown,
Jefferson county, Virginia, ten miles above
Harper's Ferry, on the right bank OF the
Potomac. Until the present crisis he had
never been considered an ultra man, although
his family is one of the Oldest and most pa
trician in Virginia.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-08-30
THE WEEKLY PIONEER AND DEMOCRAT

Let those who charge corruption on the
Secretary of War, and thus seek to weaken
and destroy the Administration, make their
complaints in the proper quarter, and their
motives will not be subject to unfavorable
imputation. A Congressional Committee
is in permanent session at Washington for
the investigation of just such charges as are
now SO lavishly hurled against Gen. CAM
ERoN. There is the proper place to present
them. If he is a guilty man it can be
quickly demonstrated, and he can, just as
quickly, be deprived of bis portfolio. But
the public ear, always too willingly open to
the breath of SANDER, should not, and will
not, be filled with baseless or careless charges
against Government or it's officers at time
like this, except by those who seek the
Governments destruction.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-08-30

A FORMIDABLE FLOATING BATTERY. 49,
The secessionists of New Orleans, it is said,
are loudly boastful that, before many weeks,
they will sink the United States steamer
Brooklyn. This they propose by means of
formidable floating battery which they
are said to be constructing. They have
taken the old tow-boat Train, and are as
rapidly as possible converting her into a
formidable floating battery. They are build
ing it up with massive beams, seventeen in>
ches in thickness, making solid bow of
twenty feet and fastening them in the most
substantial manner. Over this impenetra-
bic mass will be complete covering of
iron plates, riveted together and fitted in
such way as to render her bomb proof.
The Train is Boston-bullt propeller, of
358 tons borthen. When it is remembered
that large rewards-one of $l5O,OOO-have
been offered for the capture or destruction
of the Brooklyn, it may we'll be apprehend-
ed that no expense will be spared in the
complete outfit of this formidable battery.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-08-30
A Review OF American Politics.

An intelligent gentleman, whose contri.
buttons have added value and interest to our
columns for years back, is now engaged in
the preparation of a series of articles de-
signed to illustrate the political branch of
our National history-a few numbers of
which have been already published. This
gentleman is an earnest and honest student !;
whose lucubrations are always interesting,
if not always convincing. We have small
hope that his speculations will agree with
our own notions Of affairs, past, present, or
future but we have great confidence that
we can gather many new, and some valuable
ideas from the perusal of his articles, and
that our readers can also; and so, for their
sake, as we'll as for our own, we cheerfully
make room for them in our paper.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-08-30
A New Chapter I'm the Blockade.

Captain Fox, the recently appointed AS
sistant Secretary of the Navy, has turned
over a new leaf in the history of the block
ade of the Southern ports. Besides the
hundred vessels chartered in New Y FORK and
Philadelphia, large number of old hulks
(some say twenty eight have been pur.
chased at Baltimore, and will be sunk at
open places along the coast. Twelve of these
hulks, loaded with stones, have already been
taken above the Old Point Comfort, and
will be sunk at places to be designated by
the Commodore. This will prove of great
assistance to the blockading squadron.
But the opinion is entertained that this re.
sort to such an unusual mode of conducting
blockade will greatly complicate our already
delicate relations with England. 1t is said
that as there is no recognition 10 the books
on international law, of blockade enforced
by any other means than by the actual
presence Of q sufficient number of armed
vessels, that the British Admiral, with his
powerful feet, will not stand idly by while
the Southern ports are being closed in such
a summary manner. This declaration, says
the Philadelphia Inquirer, comes from too
high source to be passed over in silence.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-08-30

Union, sce must support the Administ' alton.
Not blindly, not as slaves, but with free
dom, fraukness, and independence-censur-
ing it when wrong, and defending it when
right. This is the issue which every man
must meet, and whoever falters or plays
falsely is traitor. We speak plain lan-
guage, for the hour demands plainness of
speech. While our brave and gallant men
are dying abroad, there must be no con-
spiracy at home. We must sustain those
good and gallant men by united and over.
whelming public sentiment. We must show
them that the applause of millions follows
the success of their arms, that the sympa-
thy of millions attends them in disaster,
that the tears of millions fall upon their
honorable graves. While they crush treason
in the field, ws must crush treason at the
ballot boz.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-08-30
" II. F.S

According to the Philadelphia Press,
the party who figured in the New York
Tribune in Washington correspondence,
over these letters, denouncing Gen. Scott,
is Req. Theophilus Fisk, who has been
turned out of the Post Office for ro5bing
the dead letters.
The Tribune is unfortunate in its "spec-
ials." First there was Minister Harvey,
denounced as traitor; next Fitz Henry
Warren, who achieved unenviable fame
when in the Post Office Department a few
years ago; then Theophilus Fiske, caught
stealing trinkets from dead letters; and
last, though not least, its recent "special''
at Montgomery, Alabama, Geo. n. San.
ders, who proves defaulter to the Govern.
ment in the sum of $21 900.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-08-30
The declarations of Messrs. THURsToN
and THOMAS are equally explicit and to the
point. Declining the nomination, they say:

AT the bankers meeting in New York,
called to consult with MIR. Chase in refer
ence to the $l5O,OOO,OOO loan, the follow
ing resi- Zion, presented by W. A. Booth
of the .ssherican Exchange Bank, was
unanimously passed:
Resolved, That this meeting, in assuming
the grave responsibility of furnishing means to
sustain the government in this important crl-
sis, beg leave respectfully to express to the
President of the United States its conldent eX.
pectation that the government will, without
respect to party or personal considerations, SO
conduct its affairs, in every department of ad.
ministraton, as to insure vigor. integrity, econ
omy, and efficiency, to the triumphant terml'
nation of the war.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-08-30

THE Winchester, Kentucky, National
Union, of Friday last, in an article rejoic.
ing over the late Union triumph in that
State, indicates what the Legislature, which
meets next month, will do. The following
are the three main points
l. Gov. Magoffin will be impeached.
2. The State Guard will be abolished.
3. A resolution will pass both branches, re-
questing Breckenridge and Powell to resign.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-08-30

They are forming rife companies in
Canada, and the Toronto Leader calls for
10000 more British regulars before winter
sets 10.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-08-30

The TABLE OF DIsTANCEs.-We find the
following very conveniently arranged table
of distances in the last number of FRANK
LEsLIEs illustrated newspaper:
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-12-12
TERMS OF ADvEnTIsIrc.
What Mr.. Calhoun Thought of sup.
pressing Rebellion.

In 1874, during the famous Dort rebell;on
in Rhode Island, Mr.. Calhoun, then 4 mem.
Der OF President Tyler's Cabinet, took very
decided ground against any attempt, on the
part OF any portion of our people, to redress
real and fancied wrongs, or to change the in
stitutions of the country, by force. Here il
an extract from what he then wrote on the
subject:
=. The very complication of our system Of
Uovyernment--so many distinct, SOVEREIGN
and independent States, each with its AN.
arate Government, and all united uuder
oDe-ls calculated to give force TO discua.
SION and agitation never before known. and
70 cause diffusion Of political intelligencs
heretofore unknown in the history ~ tbe
world, IT the Federal Government shall do
us duty under the guarantees of the Con-
stitution by promptly suppressing physical
force as an element of change, and keepiuc
wide open the door for the full and free ac.
tion OF all moral elements in its favor. No
people ever had so fair a start. All that /,
lacking Is, that we shall understand. In All
its great beautiful proportions, the noblo
political structure reared by the wisdom and
PATRIOTISM OF our ancestors, and to have the
vireue and the sense to preserve and protect
This was perfectly sound doctrine then.
and it is equally sound now. 1t is alvays
the duty ofthe National Government prompt
ly to suppress physical force as an elemen,
of change"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-12-12

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