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TnnsTY FIRST ANsIyERs ARR or THE COW Ski
HANS. We received BY yesterdays mail tickets '
to the anniversary ball 81 this celebrated brother
hood which viii take place in Mobile on New
years W.. II would give US much pleasure to at
tend for the balls Of the Gowbellians are affairs
which one does not forget soon.
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This Company has comp eted It's arrangements for the pro
and rapid transmission Of MAIL MATTER to
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MONDAY MUHNfNSs, DFGEM Elsh s9, ~ 49,
III N
Ns-We publish to-day letter from Col - bsaa
ford explanatory Of q difficulty that oceurred y
virginia. Having permitted beth sides g oe
heard, and knowing nothing Of the facts, ana oss
lieying that such things should BE- kept ous @ ~
newspapers, as far As possible, we decline g 81
M fagther communication On the subject
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4. .. EsxoN, Eaator and proprietor.
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TOuR0 BUILDINGS.
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NEW MusIc Messrs. P. 2. Werlein 3 Haisey.
Nos 8 and 5 Camp street, have sent US the follow
ing pieces Of music to which we direct the atten-
tiou Of amateurs:
saAnyil Chorus, !. from Troyatoee, by King. Pub
Hshed by the abogo-named frm.
!. Continental schottsh,n by August Waldauf,
published by Baimer & Weber, Of st. Louis, and
dedicated 10 Miss Laura q Terrell Of CoVington,
Louisiana.
\ Near the banks of that lone river, air by La
Haeie with brilliant variations, by Charles Crobe
Pubfished by p. II. Werlein " Halsay.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1861-10-24
The Manufacture of Bomb Shells.

The manufacture of bomb-shells is
very interesting. The shell is first
filled with old-fashioned round leaden
bullets melted sulphour is then pour.
ed in to fill up the interstices and
bind the bullets in one solid mass I;
the shell is then put into a kind of
lathe, and a cylindrical hole of the ex-
act size of the oriiice of the shell is
bored through the bullets and sulphur.
This cavity is filled with powder even
with the intrrior edge Of the orifice, a
6-inch shell of the kind here described
holding about haif a pound. The fuse
fitted into the orifice is q recent
Belgian invention, made of pewter,
and resembles the screw-cap used for
the patent fruit-cans. An examina-
tion of this pewter cap shows, howev.
er, that it is made of two hollow discs
OF metal screwed together, and filled
with meal powder. A number of fine
holes arc drilled in the lower disc,
while the outer disc is entire and
marked with figures in the circle, l, 2,
3, 4. In this state the shell is water
proof. When taken for use, the gun
ner, by means of small steel instru.
ment. scoops out portion Of the outer
soft metal surface, and lays bare the
charge of composition powder below
it. If the shell is desired to explode
in one second after leaving the gun
tho scooping is made on the figure !;
if in two seconds, on the figure 2, and
SO on; the idea being that the shells
of this description shall first strike
the object aimed at and do execution
as ball, and then explode, sending
the bullets forward as if from another
located at the point where
the flight of the shell is arrested.
Large shells Of eight or ten inches are
filled with powder only, and, bursting,
do execution by means of their frag-
ments. These large shells are gene
rally fired by means of fuse of meal
powder, extending through q brass
plug screwed into the mouth of the
shell. In both cases the fuse is fired
by the ignition Of the charge in the
pun
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1861-10-24
Life on Mount Blanc,

A French paper gives an account
of five German Savans who were
spending vacation near the summit
OF Mount Blanc !! They camped
out" in the midst of the glaciers at
an elevation of over 10, 900 feet above
the level Of the sea, and their expert
ences were sufficiently curious. They
did not suffer from cold as might have
been expccted-having been able to
protect themselves against it, but
suffered intensely from the dryness of
the atmosphere. Although they took
but little exercise, they suffered the
most intense thirst, which they sought
in vain to relieve, and fell into q state
of langour resembling the GONZALES
cence succeeding a serious fit of sick.
ness. They lost their appetite entire
ly 4; and while the very sight of food
caused loathing, they desired drink
continually. To protect themselves
against the reflection of the sun upon
the snow, they wore masks over their
faces, but in spite of this precaution
their features became so 6urxt that
they were not recognizable. They
would have been taken for Indians
rather than Europeans.
The animals which they took with
them exhibited the same symptoms of
and inanition. A cat seemed
to suffer the most-being incapable of
the least movement Of the body. A
dog ceased barking after the first few
days, while o lot Of pigeons appeared
to suffer but little inconvenience from
their breezy roost.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1861-10-24
Scrofula, or Kings Evil,

Is constitutional disease, q corruption Of the
blood, by which this fluid becomes yitiated.
weak, and poor. Being in the circulation, Il
pervades the whole body, and may burst out
in disease on any part of it. No organ is free
from its attacks, nor is there one which II may
not destroy. The scrofulous taint is variously
caused by mercurial disease, low living, dis
ordered or unhealthy food. impure air, filth
and filthy habits, the depressing vices, and,
above all, by the venereal infection. What.
ever be its origin, it is hereditary in the con.
stitution, descending " from parents to children
unto the third and fourth generation :" indeed.
it seems to be the rod Of Him who SAYS, ~
will visit the iniquities Of the fathers upon
their children"
Its effects commence by deposition from the
blood OF corrupt or ulcerous matter, which, in
the lungs, liver, and internal organs, is termed
tubercles; in the glands, swelIings; and on
the surface, eruptions or sores. This foul cor
ruption. which genders in the blood, depresscs
the energies Of life, so that scrofulous constitu-
tons not only suffer from scrofulous com.
plants, but they have Ear less power to with
stand the attacks of other diseases; conse-
quently vast numbers perish by disorders
which. although not scrofulous i'm their nature,
are still rendered fatal by this taint in the
system. Most of the consumption which de-
climates the human family has its origin directly
in this scrofulous contamination and many
destructive diseases of the liver, kidneys, brain,
and, indeed, OF all the organs, arise from or
are aggravated by the same cause.
One quarter Of all our people are scrofulous;
their persons are invaded by this lurking in
fiction. and their health is undermined BY it.
To cleanse il from the system we must renovate
the blood by an alternative medicine, and in
vigorate it by healthy food and exercise.
Such medicine we supply in
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1861-10-24
Autumnal Tiuts.

No one can maintain, after this
years experience, that frost has any
special agency in the autumn colora-
ton OF leaves. Scientific men have
long understood the matter. and have
explained the ripening of the leaf as
a simple process Of vegetable growth,
though the coloration of the leaves at
maturity can no more be accounted
for than the red Of the rose, the
blue Of the violet, or the orange
of the lily. The color which the
leaves assume in the fall is due to the
same causes. But the popular idea
that the leaves are changed by the
frost is so firmly established in the
minds of unscientific and unobservant
people, that it is difficult to dispel.
This year the foliage assumed the
most gorgeous coloring without sign
of frost, and. indeed, seemed to be
more brilliant on account Of its nom
appearance. This is perfectly natu-
raj, as the leaves have been able to
gradually and freely assume the col
ors which belong to their ripcness,
unobstructed by sudden cold.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1861-10-24
Az Z RS
Ague Cure,



Resaieeene Fever, Chil Fever, DsaS
Agae, Periodical Headache, Or Blioas
e. ss: S.is Zee e,... q
sHs H.i.Fis se Missssssis Cs.ssriss.
We are enabled here to offer the community q
remedy which, while il cures the above complaints
with certainty, is still perfectly harmless in any
quantity. Such remedy 10 invaluable in districts
where these affecting disorders prevail. This
"CURE" expels the miasmatic poison Of FEVER
AND A0UR from the system, and prevents the de-
velopment Of the disease, il taken the first ap-
Proaeh Of in pIemonitory symptoms. iti:not only
Of complaints but also the cheapest. The large
quantity we supply for dollar brings il within the
reach Of every body; and in bilious districts, where
FEygn AND AGUE prevails, every body should
have il and use it freely both for cure and protec-
ton. A great superiority Of this remedy over any
other ever discovered for the speedy aud certain
cure of lntermittents is that it contains Qunne
or mineral consequently it produces no quiuism or
other injurious effects whatever upon the constitu-
ton. Those cured by it are left as healthy as if
they had never had the disease.
Fever and Ague il not alone the consequence OF
the miasmatc poison. A great variety Of disor-
ders arise from its irritation, among which are
Neuralgia, Rheumatissa, Gouf, Headache, Bind
ness, 7ootiache, Earaehs, Catayyh, Asthna, Pal
pitation, Painful 1fecfion of the Spleen, Hysfcr-
ics, Pain IN the Bosceis, Code, Paralysis and de-
rangensent Of the Stomach, all Of which, when
originating in this cause. put the iste,,aihemt
type, or become periodical. This "CURE expels
the poison from the blood, and consequently cures
them all alike. 1t is an invaluable protection to
immigrants and persons travelling or temporarily
residing in the malarious districts. II taken occa-
sionally or daily while exposed TO the infection,
that will be exereted from the system, and cannot
accumulate in sufficient quantity TO rpen into dis
ease. Hence it is even more valuable Cor protec-
ton than cure, and few will ever suffer from Inter
mittents il they avail themselves Of the protection
this remedy affords.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1861-10-24

We Yankees must get over the
false idea that our military command
ers are guilty Of fault or blunder
whenever We encounter rcpulse or de
feat. There is neither truth nor jus
tice in the notion. A passage from 9
recent English letter puts this poin,
in the proper light:
fear there will be much ignorant
impotence at the mistakes which
must inevitably take place in handling
very large bodies of troops. Lore
Clyde, after fifty years experience
with great ability in handling di
vision well in front Of the enemy
made some terrible mistakes when ht
had $4,000 men to command-ant
these were regular troops. Wha1
then must be the difficulties Of Gene
raj Scott and his officers, with sucl
vast bodies Of irregulars to move
The Duke of Wellington, in giving
his testimony on the probability Of
French invasion, said there were no
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1861-10-24

AN INCIDENT WITH A MoRAL-A chap
lain in one of the regiments of the
army of the Potomac narratcs the
case Of a sick soldier, which stri-
kingly illustrates the reasoning of
many men, in camp and out of it.
Some one had mentioned to the soldier
the case Of the Vermonter who was
sentenced to be shot for sleeping on
his post. During the evening follow.
ing, the fever setting in violently, the
the sick man imagined that he was the
man sentenced to be shot. The sur.
geon being called, the following con.
versation ensued
Doctor, am to be shot in the
morning, and wish you to send for the
chaplain. Idesire to make all neces.
sary preparation for my end"
They shall not shoot you-Fll take
care of You. Whoever comes to take
you from here l shall have them arres.
ted and put under guard"
"Will you, dear doctor? Thank
you-thank you well then, you need
not send for the chaplain just yet."
The chaplain in mentioning the in
stance, adds, How like sinners 81
home /"
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1861-10-24

An intcrcresting paper on supposed
relics Of the visit Of Mortimer to this
country, read before the New England
Historic Genealogical Society by Rev.
Abner Morse, A. NJ, has just been pub
lished in pamphlet form. In it the
author, who has made Indian relics
subject of special inquiry. states
that during a visit 10 Cape Cod, seve-
raj years ago, there was pointed out
to him at South Dennis a spot where,
beneath white oak stump of ancient
growth, at depth of four feet, had
been discovered hearth of round
bouldcrs arranged in parallel rows SO
as to form q neat parallelogram or
square of three or four feet, and bed
ded in mortar. No building had ever
stood near the place, which had al
ways been kept for wood lot. The
nature Of the soil and the conforms
tod of the ground we're such as, taken
with The circumstances above mention
ed, to convince the observer that GEN.
turies must have elapsed since the
hearth was constructed. About half
mile east of this locality other
hearths of boulders, had been discov-
cred by the residents, while digging
for peat ; and at a point six miles
north of the elbow of the Cape, still
another had been cxhumed beneath
four feet Of perfectly formed peat.
These relics were called by the dis
coverers Indian hearths, but Mr..
Morse's familiarity with Indian habits
in regard to firc-places convinced him
that they never built the hearths, and
subsequent inquiry among persons
conversant with Indian relics, and the
domestic life Of Indians, confirmed
this conviction. The Indians never
construct paved hcarths. even where
stones are abundant, but scoop hole
in the earth and build their fires in
that. These hearths, therefore, could
not be Indian relics and to account
for for their existence Mr.. Morse ad-
vances an ingenious theory that they
must have been built by the ancient
Northmen alleged by Danish antigua
rians to have discoverek this country
in the tenth century. The Mortimer
settled upon an Island which they
named Vineland. and Mr.. Morse ar.
CUES that this island was near Cape
Cod, upon which they landed and con-
the hearths above mentioned;
but that the island has since disap-
peared through the action of the sea. |
This explanation is supported by an
ingenious theory Of the geological
changes which have occurred on our
coast, which will not fail to interest
all who pay attention to such matters.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1861-10-24

1t i1proposed at Chicago to organ
izc an artillery battalion to consist Of
six hundred men with one hundred
guns-the guns to have the capacity
Of carrying two-pound ball two-and
a-half miles, and to have steel barrels,
riaed, of superior workmanship. They
are to be light Of metal, and mounted
upon light two-wheeled carriages
each carriage CARRYING its own am
munition box. Instead Of horses,
with the trouble and time of hitching
and unhitching, the men will draw
their own gun carriages, which. con
sidering their extreme lightness, il
less toilsome than carrying q musket
and knapsack. There arc six men te
each gsn, who. in addition, Of course
carry pistols and other small arms
IL is believed that such force woult
be exceedingly effective upon the bat
tlefield. A battalion Of this kind ID
nov organizing at Richmond, Indiana
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1861-10-24

three old general officers in the English
army who could handle O0,OOO men
without throwing them into confusion
And it now turns out that the French
Marshals at Solferino made such a
mess with their $50, 900 men that any
body but the Austriaus would have
routed them. shall not be surprised,
therefore, to hear of some serious mis-
adventure in Gen. Scott's advance in.
to the South, and only trust that the
North, like the Romans after Cann@,
will support their Generals more res
olutely after reverses.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1861-10-24
How Wrought Cannon are Made.

The Navy Department has recently
ordered 500 wrought iron guns, from
the Phenixville, Pa, Iron Works.
The same number have also been con-
tracted for by the War Department.
The process of manufacturing these
guns is different from the old method
Of hammering. The guns are rolled
hollow by the following means
"Bevelled bars of iron are used to
form the required pile or base work
for the gun the bars being bevelled
leave hollow in the center. These
bars are placed side by side on man.
drel. After the foundation for the gun
is secured by bands, numerous bars
of the best iron are placed spirally
around it, running from end to end,
SO a. to produce sufficient thickness,
from which can be rolled cannon OF
the calibre desired.
These bars are put on at white
heat, and when the whole mass cools
it is put into furnace, and at the
same time piece of iron of sufficicn,
size 10 form the breech is heated and
forced into the end of the mass Of iron
The pile is then put into a machine
which forces the end together sufi-
ciently to completely weld the edges
of the bars of iron which had previ.
ously been wrapped around the foun.
dstion Of the gun. After this process
the iron il passed through immense
rollers until the whole is thoroughly
welded, and Of the desired size now
the trunnions are welded, or technic.
ally speaking jumped" on. As soon
as the guns cool they are put into a
lathe, turned to proper shape. and
the hollow or bore Of the gun bored
to the desired size.
The advantage Of wrapping the
bars around the pile, instead Of ham
mering, it is said, gives it the full
benefit Of the the tensile strain of thu
iron, while the other process onl,
gives the strain that can be obtaines
from the cross section of the iron
On the trial Of these guns it wal
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1861-10-24
The Rebel Flag in Cuban Ports.

Late Havana papers are much ex
cited by the the bogus proclamations
Of the Captain-General, publish.j !
some time ago in the Charleston Mc-
curry, and which has caused a good
deal of unfriendly criticism of the
Spanish authorities by the northern
press. 1t appears that the repor1
grew out Of the fact that the United
States consul at Mantanzas desired
the Governor of Mantanzas to eithe,
compel the sloop Noank, coming from
Charleston under the Confederate flag
to recognize his authority, or clear
from the port Of Mantanzas forthwith,
whereupon the Governor wrote to the
Captain-General for instructions. A
Havana paper says: ...
The Captain-General replied in a
long, explanatory letter, tha. the sloop
having sailed from Charleston, a por,
in one Of the seeded States, it was
clear that it could not have come un.
der the flag Of the Union, or be cleared
by the federal authorities, since at
that port they have no existence; that
the flag Of the Southern Confcderacy,
though not recognized, has still been
tolerated by the Spanish Government
a tolerance based upon the bellgcrent
conditions Of the North and South,
which is a vital consequence Of the
neutral position of Spain which, in
fine, conciliates our political relations
with tho Washington Government, as
well as those commercial ones which
we have not renounced and ought not
to renounce. To grant the request of
the Consul would be equivalent to the
exclusion from our ports of Southern
ships which did not sail under their
enemy's flag. The Federal Govern
ment can prevent the exit of Southern
ships by means Of a blockade, but
that fact does not give it the right to
shut our (the Cuban) ports.
1t is very natural that the Noank
should not recognize the authority Of
q Federal Consul since it is not clear
cd by officials drawing authority from
Washington and does not sail under
the Federal flag. In such case the
Noank could not be expected to sub.
NIT to consular authority nor could
that submission be of any value, since
the consul himself would be compelled
to meet the following alternative he
would either have to clear the sloop
under the Southern flag, or deny any
clearance to it at all. The first case
is not supposable, and the second
would amount to his capturing the
sloop as a prize inside Spanish port
and by the help Of the Spanish author
itics. .Er
Wherefore decided the Captain
General the sloop Noank must be
cleared with the same flag under
which she entered, as would be the
case if she came from nation having
no consular relations with us, and the
request Of the consul, in the form for
warded to US, cannot be granted
In order that this decision of the
Captain-Gcneral, might be made ap-
plicable to every like case Subsequent
ly occurring. he Incorporated it into
a circular which he forwarded, without
the slightest pomp Of proclamation
to the officers in charge Of the several
Cuban ports"
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1861-10-24

Rev. B. j. Wallace. d. D., Of Phila-
delphia, . graduate Of West Point, has
recently been invited to become Colo
mel Of Regiment to be raised. con-
sisting Of pious and moral men. He
declines. giving the following reasons
The Bible, throughout. forbids min
listers to take up the sword, while it
urges Christian people to fight on nu-
merous occasions. The tribe Of Levi
never fought, though the Jews were
among the most warlike OF nations.
Aaron never fought, nor Samuel, nor
Elijah, nor Isaiah. Saul was severely
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1861-10-24

The Second Wisconsin Regiment
has been in Gen. Smiths Brigade,
near Chain Bridge, and have been out
picketing or scouting nearly all the
the time. A correspondent Of the.
Milwaukee Sentinel says:
One night General Smith sent out
half regiment and troop of caval-
ry. When the regiment with the
cavalry came in Gen. Smith asked
them, "How far ont did you go Z"
Oh, away out" "Did you 60 out
beyond the pickets' posts 2" Yes.
We went away out" "Ycs, away ont n
and the General nodded his head sig-
nificantly. Away out Yes l send
you and the cavalry GU ton piquet du-
ty, or on scout, and after you havo
gone just as far as you dare to, any
how, yop may look away of ahead,
and you will find the Second Wiscon-
sin of there stealing corn"
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1861-10-24
NUMBER 43.

punished for Offering sacrifice, and
Hophoi and Phineas, when they carr
lied the ark unnecessarily to battle;
perished. David was not allowed to
build the temple, because he was .
man OF blood. Yet military leaders,
both under the old and new dispense
tion, were highly honored. Church
history confirms my view. It has
been deemed unseemly in every age
for ministers to take military COM
mand. The exceptions are so rare a.
to confirm the rule. If I were q lay
man, ] think that nothing but physi-
cal inability could hold me back.