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Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-04-25
Correspondence Of I'll. Gag cite.
Letter from the Navy.
U. 8. FaIGATs, MINES orA, l
OF Eortreai Monroe Va

! a- U. 8. FaIGATE, MxNEsorA,l
| on Fortress Monroe, Va.
April 12th.-Yesterday at n A. n. tn,
enemy-the Merrimac and five gunboats-
were reported in sight The signal gun wa.
fired by us for the fleet to get under way. W,
all immediately strcauicd our buoys and slip
ped our cables, and in less than five minute.
were steaming into position. The transport.
and merchant vessels began to get out of the
way, and all succeeded but one brig which
being out Of the range Of our guns the enemy
took. Shortly after the long roll was bea,
and we FASTENED to our quarters. Then came
the order to cast loose and provide, i. e. cas-,
loose the guns, trice up and lower down ports
take off muzzle bag, let down hammers and
sponges, take off lock aprons and sight aprons
and put on small arms (cutlasscs, rcvolvers,
pistols,) sand the decks and sprinkle decks
lightly. In three minutes we were ready to
kill and to be killed. There We remained till
about 10 A. NJ, when butter, bread, coffee and
pork were served out at quarters. The enemy
continued inside of the Rip Raps out of range
of everything we had, evidently wishing Is
to come up and attack. We were too old for
that. You remember our getting aground
Once was enough. Had they come down
there was to be no rctreating. We were all
to pitch in. The Monitor and the Stephens
battery remained the whole time between us
and the enemy. l feel confident that had
they come out we would have taken or sunk
them all, the Merrimac anyway as particular
attention was to be paid to her Slaughter
on both sides would have been the word.
really expected to see some go to the bottom
before night, and was agrseably disappointed
| assure you don't wish to be any nearer
the Merrimac, but sooner than she should get
to sea or take any of ours l would prefer
seeing all go to the bottom and take my
chance on plank.
13th.-The desire of the enemy Is probably
TO get to Yorktown. Our feet has some OBJ
lection to that. Some of our chaps arc won
dering whether Or not the Merrimac will come
down. content myself with my books and
wait until she does come This borrowing
trouble don't pay. What think is that
Mcclellan needs us up the York River, and
yet the Merrimac must be looked after. The
Monitor is on her taps continually. The
Merrimac is to be bumped, fired upon and
tossed about generally. The Rip Raps and
the Fort will also touch her up slightly. I'll
bet my pay we will fetch her although some
of ours will 60 to the bottom no doubt.
Our iron boats must be hurried up else the
rebels will be ahead at New Orleans, Mobile,
Charleston, etc. To Yorktown | think we
must go and assS, Mcclellan, for the enemy
is too we'll prepared for him. A few Of our
shell might annoy them. If we 60 up to
Yorktown, you may look out for hard fight
ing. expect they will bore us well.
16th.-Thc Mcrrimac is reported as having
kind of wall of wood and iron. We will
try them even if they arc ten feet thick. She
must sink us before she can pass II.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-04-25

THROUGH Southern sources we have re-
port that Gen. Burnside was repulsed at
Elizabeth City. The account says the Fed
erals 5000 strong, attempted to land there
and were driven back with loss of 500 kill
ed. The rebels state their own loss at $50.
We shouldn't be surprised if it turned out to
be such victory as the rebels won at Pitts
burg.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-04-25
Interesting Letter from the Third Iowa.


The following is from private letter written by serg
J. T. BoGas of Company X Third Iowa. to s. A. Bsuor
Esq., OF this place. 1t not intended fol publication
but is full of interest TO readers procured it
for columns.
PITrsBuRG LANDING, Tenn, April 18th, 1862.
Friend Bishop:-
Is 1t was Sunday morning, the 9th,
and the camp Of the Third Iowa was as quiet
as usual. All at once the sound of cannon
was heard in the distance. Some thought it
was salute being fired while others said the
enemy were marching upon us, conjecturing
that four o'clock A. NJ. was rather early to fire
salutes. We did not have to wait long ere
the sound Of cannon broke forth in another
direction, and the rattle of musketry was also
heard. BY this time we began TO get uneasy.
The order to fall in was given, and every man
that was able jumped for his shooter.
Our Division was formed and we marched in
the direction Of the first firing, with General
Hurlburt, Col. Williams and Adjutant SEES
SONS at our head. We had not gone more
than mile and half when the Gen. ordered
us to halt. BY this time it was getting pretty
hot on our right. Our battery was planted
in the edge Of the timber, while we lay back
in the brush waiting for the devils to come
up. We could see their flag through the
brush, and at first thought it was our own,
but when they opened on us with their artil.
o,,k
shot tore off a large limb of tree directly
over our battery, and the second shot killed
Col. Williams horse, the ball passing thro'
his lons. The conclusion of the ball injured
the Colonies back so that be had to be car
red from the field. BY this time our artll-
lery men had fired two shots, and the third
shot from the rebel gun frightened them so
that every man left the artillery. There we
were without the use Of our battery could
not help shedding tears when saw the cow
ards run. The rebel infantry kept advancing
upon our left wing, when our men opened
fire on them. This was my first shot at Sc
cesh, and took good aim, you bet. We
were ordered back to form another line of
battle, and when this was done we were or
dercd to forward march to the field where we
lay on the ground waiting for the enemy to
get within g,,n-shot. We had not long to
wait. Here they come in battle line through
the field. We waited until they got within
twenty rods Of MS when we gave them full
dose Of Northern pills, which took good ef.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-04-25

-PILLow damns Buckner and Buckner
damns Pillow, and the only thing in which
they agree is in damning Floyd, while Floyd
in turn damns both, and the world in its
turn damas all three.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-04-25
AMERICAN HOTEL.

( yEO. SITQH0 Proprietor, Main Street
N Cedar Falls, Iowa. The above Hotel has lately heen
enlarged and ,ewy furnished throughout and am pre
pared to attend to the wants OF all who ; favor me
with call have in connection with the above House
large and commodou Stable with good osters In attend
ance The Office of the Western Stage Company 10 at
tins hsuse Stages leave daily for the East South and
West. 1.sf ''H
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-04-25

SUPREME COUaT.- Among the decisions
rendered this April term we finl the follow
ing interesting parties in this county:
1887. Mary E. Read G. X Howe, admir-,
appt, Black Hawk county; affirmed
1903. Arthur O'Neil Thomas Atchison
appt, Black Hawk county; affirmed with G
per cent. damages.
1850. Don Levusal Lcander Reynolds
Black Hawk county. Affirmed.
1888. Thos. b. & B. S. Doxey L. B.
Morton, ct al Black Hawk county Affirmed
1884. ID. NJ Collins William Hammond
Black Hawk county. Affirmed.
1888. John McShane Gregor and An
drew Gray, appt, Black Hawk county; sub
mitted.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-04-25

GEN McCLELLAN's ARMY.--The New York
Eeening Post, speaking Of the siege of York.
town, says: @
Gen. Mcclellan has under his command an
army which is supposed, though it is lmpos.
sibe to attain anything like precise accura.
cy, to amount to 900 men, and the mum.
bel Of pieces Of artillery dragged along with
this powerful army is thought to be no less
than two hundred and forty.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-04-25

WHEN Gen. Mccall surrendered, General
Pope had but two regiments to receive the
seven delivered up to him.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-04-25

HAwKEyE RIFLEMEN.-Last Tuesday a
company of 81 men, recruited in this section
by Capt. w. Getchell, formerly Of the Third
Iowa, went into Dubuque to await further or
ders. Twen.y-one more men are to follow
in few days. This company expected to 60
into the 18th Regiment, but that regiment
having broke camp and left for Tennessee, it
is uncertain where this company will go.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-04-25

FoRT MAcoN.--The rebels claim that Fort
Macon-near Beaufort, n c. which Gencr-
al Burnside is now besiegng, is provisioned
for six months, which will serve for eight OF
ten months if carefully preserved. There
are five North Carolina regiments, numbering
about three thousand effective men. Col.
White, of the Confederate army (Miss.) is in
command. He is West Point graduate,
aged twenty eight years.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-04-25
Yorktown.

We get no news of definite and impor.
tant character from Yorktown, other than
that the work progresses. Our troops arc
engaged in erecting batteries, getting siege
guns into position, digging rifle pits, &C.
The enemy make sorties, and open fire from
their batteries to impede this work, and sew
eral important skirmishes of this nature have
taken place. In one last week we lost 80
killed and 90 wounded. All accounts state
that We are rapidly completing our plans, and
that when the siege begins it will be terrific.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-04-25

AT the State election in October, the voters
of Iowa will select the following officers
Secretary, Auditor, Treasurer, and Register
of State. Attorney General, six members of
Congress, Judges and District Prosecutors,
and Clerk of the District Court.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-09-04
All nerenas on rnrt narlinr.

From the Richmond Examiner, 18Th Augl
That barricade may yet provo ineflec-
tual, and the fate of Richmond may de-
pend upon the pluck and determination
with which onr batteries, which protect
il, are held under the assault of the NOR
tar fleet. II is given out that the defen-
ces at the bluff are impregnabe, and the
people are lulled into apathy by this as
surance of the scientific strength Of the
land batteries. 1t win be remembered
that similar assurances were given out
in regard TO the works which protected
Beaufort in South Carolina which lined
The mississippi river for miles below New
Orleans; and which secured Norfolk
from the possibility of successful assault.
Yet it will be remembered that Port
Royal was taken without the disabling
of single gun Of the enemy; that New
Orleans fell by mutiny in Fort jackson,
and without a single shot from the army
placed in the vicinity for its defense
and that Norfolk was evacuated" in a
sudden stampede, no enemy pursuing,
the enemy himself being amazed at the
precipitancy of our retreat from posi-
ton they themselves declared TO be im-
pregnable.
With all the experience before us, il
would BIO weak in the extreme TO trust
10 official assurances of tho impregnabil-
ity of defensive works though they be
as strong as Gibraltar. Reasonable pre-
cautions having been taken, and proper
works constructed for defence; after that
all depends upon the men placed within
them to resist assaults. If we put such
men in such works as abandoned New
Orleans without shot, or blew up the
Merrimac, from sight or hearing of the
foe, and skedaddled from Norfolk with
breathless precipitancy, we must not exc
pect the strongest and most impregnable
works to stand against gunboats, mortar
fleets, or even mora harmless assailants.
IL becomes the Government to see that
officers and men are placed in charge
of the works at Drewry's Bluff, of pluck,
persistency and unconquerable determi-
nation.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-09-04
GenernI KIrhr nmIth .

In his lecture last night, Parson Brown
low gave TO the audience picture of the
daings of the rebel General Kirby Smith,
who was guilty of fiendish atrocity to-
ward tho Union men OF Tennessee, and
who drove Mrs. Brownlow and her chill
dren frsm their home. The Parson
plainly intimatod that if he ever met
Smith in the war or after il was over he
would make him fight or run away.
We are told that this rebel General
Smith has a sister residing at Geneva
who is an ayowed secessionist. She is
the widow of the late Col. Webster, and
it is reported that she draws a pension
from the United States Government
Her kind treatment by the people Of the
North is in striking contrast TO that her
brother has given 10 the helpless Union
men of Tennessee and their wives and
children. -Roclester (Nl) Union, Aug.l3
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-09-04

THEATRE.-For the past two or three
weeks, the theatre has been crowded
nightly, and the performance each night
has given general satisfaction. The new
engagements made at the beginning Of
the present season have added much 70
the strength and talent of the company.
Mr.. and Mrs. ALLEN are particularly
clever in their respective roles. Miss
MAYLIEo is a pretty girl, and always
knows her part; but she is too diilident
n she would forget the audience she
would succeed much better, Mr.. En-.
WIGHT, NOT unknown in this city, both
as talented comedian and a clever gem
tleman,-is valuable acquisition to any
company In his delineation of Irish
character, he has few superiors. We
love TO see his good-natured (not good
loolSing) "phiz' upon the stage, and hope
the day is far distant when we win be
deprived Of that special privilege. Miss
CoNsTANTIEE, who has done so much to-
wards adding interest and attraction to
the theatre, cannot be TOO highly praised.
She has been untiring in her efforts to
please and as proof that she has sue
ooeded, the repeated rounds Of applause
that she receives each night is incontes-
tible evidence. She has ever unhesi-
tatingly responded to the encore of the
audience, even though fatigued, and
sometimes almost exhausted. She de-
serves to be ranked among the first in her
profession Her dancing is always
modest and graceful, and when she CO.
quettishly puts out her pretty foot, no
one will deny that Terpseeore is the most
fascinating of all the MUSES..
Tomorrow night we are to have the
"Maid with the Milking Pail" and the
nice little comedy of "Little Treasure
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-09-04
DR.. Kings Dispensary

N0AA A@aNNh Al - MNNNANNfNH
n - DR. KING, formerly Of New York, 10
IE The last four years OF Louisville, Ky.
- and who has devoted his Etientioula
the treatment Of private diseases for 80 years haiic
himself, having attended 90 practice Cor 30 maui
years, aud cured 90 many th0aaauda he 10 enabled q
cure an diseases Of RpriYat0 nature, matter how
bad they may DO from lniudCiOus medical treatment
or FROM neglect Of their own Dr. Kings nepaafuYv'f
No 80 pcaderok street, between Cherry and tneuquuru,
eound story Whore be curc8 AT diseases oi private
nature
Gouorhen curod without nauzeous medicines or in.
erioruuoa with business
Structures of old or recent date, oneciually cured
. few days, by az operation which causes 10 pain,
where atrlotdre oaiaia health cannot be- cui0yedi
forhap1 90 disease causes more mEChlal and und6FI
minchthe constitution % much.
syphilis, win an She diseases OF The skin TYayTins
out 81 neglect OR bad Ueaimonti can be oIectuallj
cured iu few days
Ssriinal WcGiIietPartioula F attention havaa bean
given 10 this dsaaHe, ana an the conaequ rrunf
oui Of 90 brought on To- many cases BY iho destructive
habits oi incQnsideratq youths, and excessive mdul
Fence OF the passions Neglect of which wil undsH
mine she constitution rendering the subject nnnt f0i
| business or society, and eng premature GA age.
ieualea WHO may le lalorng Win any dlnoaliy o
I he Womb may fesi assqrel Immediate relief
Varsoos rel dng ohroad, by NFltAg and stating theu
case giih aiee ongcscdi direct 10 n a. Ripg, 30 y
n1EIicE street. Nashville, Team. viii have iLa naca8
| flgy m1aieinca seat % tbcr address. Ohlcs boa
f0m s'loek y tbs mofniag onth ia tha fFaaihF
alyioaihdksiy
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-09-04
INC Inage ANA bid. Demliohn.

A good joke is told of Judge Lewis, of
New Hampshire. He always kept a
demiiohn of good Jamaica in his Office
for his particular friends. The Judge
had noticed for some time past that on
Monday morning his Jamaica was con
siderably lighter than he had left it on
Saturday night. Another fact had es-
tablished itself in his mind His son
Sam was missing from the paternal pew
in church on Sundays. One Sunday at
ternOon Sam came in and went upstairs
rather heavily, when the judge put the
question pointedly TO him.
"Sam, where have you been p
"To church, sir, was the prompt re-
ply.
"What church, Sam o.
"Second Methodist, sir"
"Iiad good sermon, Sam ~
"Very powerful, sir; itquite staggered
me"
"Ahi see" said the Judge" quite
powerful-quite powerful"
The next Sunday the son came home
rather earlier than usual, and apparently
not so much "under the weather. His
father hailed him with:
DWELL, Sam, been TO the Second Metho-
dist to- day ~
eyes, SIR
Good sermon, my boy@
"bact was, father, that / couldn't get
in; the church was shut up and ticket
on the door"
Sorry, Sam; keep going you may
get good by il yet"
Sam says that on going 10 the office for
his usual spiritual refroshment, ho found
the "John" empty, and bearing the fol-
lowing label;
"There will be no service here to-day
the church is temporarily closed
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-09-04
The queens speech.
10 th. Tonaon rIme.. Ansn.L I

ltANhA AHe iNitlith AlullHf fNaNHt ~
The paragraph in which the Queen
speaks Of the contest in America viii, Of
course, beread with The greatest interest
II states the undated intensity Of the
civil war, and the fact that the mischiefs
Of that war have not been confined TO
America but adds that the Queen, hav-
ing from tie outset determined 10 take no
part In the contest, has seen no reason 10
depart from the neutrality 10 which she
has steadily adhered. This is only the
statement Of a fact notorious 10 every
one, except 90 the editors Of certain
American newspapers but il is also cal
culated 20 inspire confidence that the
same policy will be persevered In, and
that when the Queen next meets her Par
lament she will be able TO repeat % them
the same declaration as TO Der past con-
duct, and TO hold out the same hope rs 10
the future. Tho paradox is undoubtedly
true, that if we wish TO put an end 70 Che
conflict, our best course is 10 abstain from
any efforts in that direction. The very
last accounts from America show that
the ministerial press Is anxious, above all
things, 20 keep before the eyes Of tho
people The probability of foreign inter-
yentiOn. The enrolment Of new re-
cruits is urged, but the war may be
finished before the Intervention takes
place. American pride cannot yet admit
that without the enrolment of new re-
cruits the war cannot DO carried on. We
are happy 70 think that this menace Of
Intervention receives no countenanCe
whatever from the paragraph in the
Queens message.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-09-04
Justices Court.

JOINS BROWN Pltu,) Ia "a guit bof1ro u. M
Vs. S0uihgata. "a Iuffirr of Pence
IElsr, peft J Con Davidson County rrun.
The plainuh lohu Browne, Ia this cotton having
obtained uu Attachment against the defendant, a.
Frso, and issued ip Constable John ID, Cover, aud ne
turned by him levied on sundry articles of chsites
belonging 10 the defendant and ON motion of phiu
TO- 30 appearing 20 the saiisactl0u OF said Justco
that the defendant Is "a uOnrr- dcut of tho state 0f
Tennessee It ia ordered that publication Do made for
four aucccssyu weeks Ia ucWfpHper published in the
city OF Nashville called tho "unon,n warning tho
defendant 20 appear beiore aad Justice on tho nth
day Of september, 1862 and plead, an wer Or demur
20 said attachment, Otherwise the ease win De sot
down fgr trial eX PartO on that day.
q. M. SOUTuGATE y T.
August 7th, isG2stw. prs, Toe. $500
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-09-04

SAVE YoUR MoNEY.--Dming these war
times it is the duty of all to save as
much as possible; rs per cent of your ex-
penses can be saved by exchanging your
Greenbacks for Tennessee money as in
majority of cases S. in the best Ten
nessee Bank bills will 90 quite as far as
So in any other money. This exchange
can be made on the best terms at the In
surance Office of w. j. MARI on College
street Opposite Sewanee House
Aug.27-tf
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-09-04

The Louisville Journal very correctly
SAYS:
Jackson in an address TO his troops
last Wednesday, told them the Conlede-
racy was ruined il the rebel amy should
be whipped
Jackson is unquestionably right. II
the rebel army in Virginia is whipped,
the Confederacy is ruined because It has
little or no military strength in reserve
and could not call forth what il has in
season TO do any good or evil, aud be-
cause, furthermore, il has no root in the
convictions Of the Southern mind and no
affinity with the better impulses OF the
Southern heart. The Confoderacy or
Conspiracy rests on military strength
alone, and, when its military strength Is
broken, the bloody fabric must sink into
ruins. jackson, therefore, is right. II
the rebel army ia Virginia is whipped the
Confederaey is ruined.
And why not keep pouring in army
after army into Virginia, and force tho
last traitor 70 leave her soil.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-09-04
No. 3s, Cherry Street, Nashville, Tenn.

TINS AGENCY possesses peculiar hciltios for tho
successful prosecution and soitlemout OF ID.
mands against the General Government Of EVERY
DESCRIPTION, &C. conductors having had several
years. experience IN the management Of claims bs.
fore Congress, The Court Of Claims and thu Froop.
tive Departments Of Washington, aud being thor.
oughly acquainted and nmuiar With iho laws and
regulations governing their adjustment.
Particular attention will be glyon % GASES ari,nr
out OF the present war including the acoounta Of
states, Contractors, and Disturbing OHlosrs Of he
War and Navy Departments, and for - COlieca-
ing, Drilling, ana organizing V0I-
unSeerH,H the reimbursement OF which 10 author.
izsd by an act Of Congress; CLAIMS ron INDRM
NIFTY ron PRIVATE PROPERTY TAKEN ron
PUBLIC USES on ron DAMAGES TO sucM
PROPERTY, ior Hcraea leat in the service, and lor
Military faY' Pensions, ana AfOunty
land
We give special attention 10 procuring pens
sionns M0untiens ETC., nccfuiuE 20 soiaisra
who have been wounded, contracted a. ease, Or ,hs
families Of such a. have died. OF been Killed While An
the d7charge Of their ips ofdvtv raeh iurns ne
present. war
Special care viii also 30 given 10 slaima With
have bean h5rstofors Rejected On Suspended
by The Departments or In0ncionsly Managed
AA""Aff HttrAtAAA NV tffNA W AAN NRANatlea OF
QuhrtormsstsT'l Rocopts given ION Propsrty taken
io5 The noe Of tho Army, 70 arranging Acoouuts with
andeollsctug Claims aEaina tho QunrieymaFtsr'a De
plrimeut
Al Claims placed Ia ouf hands receive our Prompt
personal Attention, thereby securing many
which, Ia tho hands Of an Attorney at any d,ibnt
point, frequently prove unsuccosinl
Aside from bis decided ADVANTAGE, our dally inies
course With al fte Departments enables u8 iu mos
cases 70 obtain decisions much moro speedily fhas
where al communication and other necessary doiaA
must bo conducted through the malls.
To this end, we solicit you to forward 20 be- any or
all cases ofsuch character you may from ime 10 time
hayc presented, and, as q Que custom, we viii nr.
nish you with all The necessary blanks, and whsu
required, instructions
80 charge made In any case unless successful.
Address CHARLES II. GREEN.-s
No, Sd Cherry Street
MnaI.a