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Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1862-04-12
Shrewd Yankee Trio k--Is It u
Crime

This funny story is told in a Washing
ton letter in the Phiadelphia Inquirer of
to-day:
A few days ago the government detec.
tive, found that an Ingenious Yankee was
printing IL large amount OF rebel treasury
notes, of different amounts, mostly, how
ever, OF large Denominations. They ar
ranged desceu: opou the Iank,' when
he was surrounded by all bis con'elerntcs,
papers, &C. He seemed surprised n, the
appearance Of the officers, but quietly went
wilh them. He said he was engaged in
crippling the rebel treasury, and thought
it was very strange he should be molested,
rs he thought that was their weakest point.
How is thisY asked the as,onished officer.
You see, said The Iunk,' these are
worthless tiey are unauthorized by law
so ain not counlerteiling have not
attempted to pass th'm for money, aud re
ally cannot SEE now | am doing wrong
All J said the detective, of course you
we're not going to pass them, but you are
going to furnish them to the enemy The
'Yank then owned up that he was send
ing them down 10 food the South and de
they suddenly found the whole country
flooded with a spurious issue, and their
only circulation rendered worthless. An
investigation showed that he had really
sent several hundred thousand dollars
through the South via Tennessee, and sold
them a, from thirty to fifty cents on the
dollar The case was duly reported to
Secretary Seward, the whole apparatus
seized, and the man allowed to go on his
parole for the present. The Secretary
frankly admitted that this is the toughest
case be has met during the war. and he
forthwith turned it over to the Secretary Of
War, who has not yet concluded what to
do with the Gaze Samples of genuine
and bogus are here, and it is freely admit
ted that the Yak has got up superior
article, which i, is very difficult to detect
The tone Of the rebel press Is exceed.
iuely braggart in regard to its men and
its victories 1t reminds Us. when we hear
of their self lauasd wrowess, Of the show.
man who spoke Of the great capacity Of
the animal he was exhibiting: ladies
and gentlemen" said he. this is the Ben
gal tiger, measuring fourteea feet from
the tip Of his nese to the tip Of his tail,
and fourteen mora from the tip OF his tail
back to the tip OF his nose making in all
twenty eight feet" Now thirk their es.
Inmates about their forces and capacity
ore Just about rs liberal.
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1862-04-12
HOIBROOk & BROTHER.
L A N D A G. e N r s
SU1VEvoRs.

ONAWA, MONONA COUNTY, IOWA,
WILL carefully attend to tn election and loca
w ton "f ltni in the scver Al Z nd Districts in
Western Iowa and Nebraska bu, and sell Land
Warrants, or locate them commission for
residents, they will loan money at Western rates Of
interest, buy and sell real estate. and nav
collections mad" aud mon y promptly forwarded.
The Memphis union appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-08-07
TENNESSEE MONEY.

EDITOR APPEAL: A currency article in
Tuesdays Bulletin is worthy of few thoughts,
if for nothing else than to elicit farther Ie-
marks on subject efecting every mans in
terests. It is simply ridiculous to lay the die
credit of Tennessee money at the door of
cotton buyers the fault lies nearer home. 1
charge it upon cotton sellers and there let it
Tennessee money for their cotton at fair
valuation, as compared with other great marts
of trade. Fer the evil alluded, the people have
remedy, which only needs application.
The moment Tennessee money will pur-
chase cotton in Memphis the same as other
bank paper, it will pass very nearly at par in
st. Louis and Louisville in exchange for the
goods those cities furnish to Memphis mer-
chants. Is any. thinking person fool enough
to believe, that our money will pass current
abroad, SO long as a Memphis broker quotes
it at tw enty-fve per cent discount in our daily
papers. How is it, that one man is permitted
to discredit our money twenty-five per cent,
when all the solid men of Memphis insist
that the paper is good and should pass current
for its face. 1t was very sharp to invest Con-
federate script in sugar and cotton, and it is
still sharper to sell the cotton and sugar for
gold and green backs only, but it is uDgener-
GUS to sell the gold or Treasury notes for Ten
nessee bank notes, and then insist on dealers
taking this currency at par for articles that
cannot be, or are not furnished by, or produced
upon Tennessee soit, and which cannot be re-
placed by Tennessee money, until the paper in
question will buy cotton at home.
The high price that consumers complain of
paying merchants, is directly chsrgeable to
their own action, and the sooner they are ap-
priced of it the better. The cotton and sugar
sold in Memphis will buy the up country
| goods consumed here tfee times oVcr. Now for
an exhibition of State pride and genuine and
enlightened patriotism, that will frown down
by action war upon our own money.
More anon. MERCHANT.
The Memphis union appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-08-07
A Train Of Thirty or Forty wagons Cap
tured by the Rebels.

Special Correspondents Of the Unioa Appeal
HELENA August Reports reached Helena
yesterday that six hundred Texans had sur
rounded one hundred Federals near the head
of the Languelle river. The steamer Hsmil-
ton Belle was Immediately ordered up with
force of infantry on board, while five
or six hundred cavalry were dispatched
by land. The reinforcements arrived only in
time Monday moraing to find that one
hundred of the First Wisconsin Cavalry had
been Literally cut to pieces by regiment of
Texans Rangers under command of one Col.
Parsons. Our wounded, abort forty five or
fifty, were Immediately taken on board the
boat; while all the cavalry that had arrived
started in pursuit of the enemy. Out of one
hundred men onlyseighteen or twenty escaped;
the balance were killed, wounded, or taken
prisoners. The whole train, numbering
twenty-five or thirty wagons, was taken OF
destroyed together with all the horses, arms
and ammunition. Some twelve or fourteen Of
our men we're killed on the spot, and about
the same number of rebels. 9. P. II.
The O. s. boat Hamilton Pike arrived at
the wharf late last evening from the scene Of
battle with As or so wounded on board.
1t is stated that the Wisconsin boys made q
most determined and heroic resistance to the
overwhelming numbers of the enemy. Thn
is evident from the great loss sustained by the
company engaged in the unequal contest
The Memphis union appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-08-07

A NEW IRos-CLAD VESSEL FOR CALIroR-
NIA.-The keel blocks of new iron-clad vessel
for our Pacific coast service were laid in the
yard of Mr.. COlwell, Jersey City, on Monday
last large number Of mechanics were imme-
diately set to work to prepare the way for her
hull, and in few days everything will be in
readiness for laying the keel. She ia to be built
in such manner that when completed she can
be takon apart boxed up and sent to Aspin-
wall in government or other vessel thence
across the Isthmus of Panama, and when her
sections are put together she win be safely
launched in the Pacific.
The Memphis union appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-08-07

From the New Orleans Delt., July 2Oth,J
Should the commercial business man of 1859,
or one of the worlds unfxed denizens, seek
ing for some chosen spot as q homo, or the
tourist who wanders like vital note of in
terrogation over tho whole book of nature,
visit our city at the time above mentioned, he
could not but feel that there was some great
ruling influence, some mighty concentration
of vigorous human intellect, swaying the des-
TIMES of this vast country, infusing its healthy
elements into our fast growing city; some
happy system of government, aiding and ma
turing all its natural resources, and creating
by its far seeing policy, others, which
heretofore had no existence: swamps, filled
with miasmatic exhalations turned into
smiling gardens and suburban vilas-the
muddy heavings of the Mississippi stayed
within firm bounds, making miles of wharfage,
where the commercial fleets of the world might
bear their freighted csrgoes in safety-a gold
and silver currency, which the fluctuations of
bank stocks, percentages, or consols could not
affect-public buildings where huttered the
nations flag, more proud than the blazonry of
kings, for every star in its azure field was the
emblem of Misunderstanding its homilies of
union and strength into the peoples hearts
handed down from their patriotic fathers-in-
creating like their posterity-under the motto
Of "One Flag-One People-One Country"
uSIc - III tuluSs luaHlHlutS rs well dS LnOe6
gifted with moving vitality, power of con-
vsying impressions, an instructive electric
feeling of cause and effect; there is an indi-
viduality in the decaying habitation, the shat
tered windows, the cebwebbed doors, the grass
sprinkled steps, and all the rust of ruin that
surround it, as much as in the careworn look,
the departure from gentlemanly neatness to
the slovenly habit, the dropping head, the
shutting gait, the hollow cheek, the responding
air, and the mental and bodily raggedness of
the owner; in the burned ship, in the beg
| CARED and useless sailor: in the charred and
| blsckened cotton bales as in the ruined planter
and starving negro.
| Such houses may be seen in every street
met with at every corner, though many are
absent treading the paths of ruin and rebel
lion, which their own folly, or that of political
| spectators, have marked out for them, i'm
| printing upoh the homes of others the same
curse they have stamped upon their own.
Trade and prosperity destroyed, currency de-
based and left in the hands Of swindlers pub
lie security sapped to its foundation; patriot
ism and national pride annihilated; cringing
and craving friendship and intervention from
those who have always been enemies 20 their
free institutions, until the whole city seems to
linger under some ban
Some weishty curse that Heaven could not pardon.
The Memphis union appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-08-07
SENT IRON THK NoRTHWEsr.


The men who are searching for excuses
the way in which the war has been carried on,
hold that no such number of troops have been
furnished by the loyal States as the public
generally believe; aid that the present en-
barrassments of the government grew out of
the scantiness of the early enlistments. The
excuse either Is not valid, or the other parts of
the Union have not done as well as the States
of the West Those enumerated above con-
tain, according to the census of 1860, popu-
lation somewhat below six millions, while
the entire population of the loyal States is,
including Delaware, Maryland, Missouri,
Kentucky and the District Of Columbia, and
emitting Colorado and Nebraska, from which
we have no census returns, "a, 340,776 and
out of that population if the Western ratio of
enlistments had been kept up in New York,
New England and Pennsylvania, we ought to
have had fraction more than $4,000 men,
It Is probable, however, that the contribu-
tions of the States last named have not been
equal to those of the West but make large
| deductions for their deficiencies, and we see no
| way of counting down the aggregate armies of
the Republic to q point below 700, 900 men,
At least our Generals must have had that
| number when the call preceding the one now
pending was answered, and they, the War De-
| partment, Congress and all hands cried
enough. What they have done with them we
do not undertake to say. a
In this connection, it is a matter of some
| consequence to inquire how great q draft for
men the country, if foreign intervention
should occur, or if Breckinridge Democrats
still continue to command all our armies, can
bear. We of the West, have, up to this time
sent one in twenty-five of our whole popula-
ton; and it is safe to say that with entire
unity of action among all parties, we can
double that number; and when the question
is so explained that all can see that we must
pour out more men or submit to disunion or
| degradation, the West can send one man to the
| field for every ten persons left at home. This
ia large estimate; but the results have been
attained elsewhere in extraordinary emergen-
cies, and we hereaWay can do what has been
DONE or do the next thing, die a-trying.-
Chicago Tribune.
The Memphis union appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-08-07
A DARING ADVENTURE.


WAsHINGToN, July 31-Information has
reached the Navy Department of the capture
of two rebel vessels up Chipoaks Greek, james
River, near Claremont by an expedition sent
out BY Commodore Wilkes. On the 27th inst j,
Lieut.. Commanding Gibson, of the Yankee,
Acting Master Foster, of the Satellite, and
Acting Master Ely, and Assistant Surgeon
Longshow, of the Yankee, with q long boat
from each vessel, and boat borrowed from
the brig Nameaug, in which howitzer was
mounted, were sent by Commodore Wilkes up
Chiposks Greek, about five miles to the head
of navigation, where they discovered and
took possession of the schooner j. w. Sturgis,
owned by a person of the name of William
Allen, of Claremont, and schooner-rigged
lighter, loaded with wood, master and owner
George Myers, and brought them out of the
creek without molestation, although force of
rebel cavalry were stationed at Cabin Point,
early three-quarters of q mile distant Lieut..
Gibson reports having seen at the place where
the above mentioned schooners were found,
two other schooners and steamer, all scu.led
The Memphis union appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-08-07
solomon. Temple and seees.i onlsm.

CHICAGO, August 2, 1862.
Editors Chicago Tribune: notice among
our city posters one announcing the arrival of
Solomons Temple, to be exhibited in Metro
politan Hall on Monday evening. l have
heard from good authority in st. Louis, from
whence they come, that two of the proprietors
of this exhibition are sympathizers with the
rebels and have expressed such sympathy in
strong terms. As they expect most of their
patronage from Christians, and knowing the
devotion of every Christian in our city TO the
Union, think it duty to warn them, that
they may not be found giving aid or comfort
to any enemy of our country.
Very respectfully,
b. T. JACOBS,
Secretary War Committee Young Mems Chris
fian asnciatinn
The Memphis union appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-08-07
Secretary War Committee Young Mems Chris
tian Association.
The Expedition to the Indian Territory

LEAyENwoRTH, July 81, ls62-Mcre re-
liable adviees from the South state that our
forces found Fort Gibson abandoned by the
rebels.
A reconnaissance showed them to be posted
i've thousand strong, under General Cooper, on
the south bank of the Arkansas, at the mouth
of Grand river. Their force is composed of
500 Arkansians and 1000 Texans, with two
batteries of artillery, the remainder being In
dians, mostly Choctaws and Greeks.
The route from Fort Scott to Fort Gibson is
entirely free from rebels, they having re-
treated across the Arkansas when our troops
advanced
The Memphis union appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-08-07

CENSUS OF NEW JERsEY.-The Secretary of
State has published his report of the popula-
ton and statistics of New Jersey. The num-
Der of free colored persons is 25,3ls; slave
population, II ; Indian population, 2. Total,
6s7,3T3. Total value of farms, $3.50, $50, 1913 /;
of farming implements, S., TAG, SCI; live stock,
Sc, 1874 6s3. Stock produced-Tobaceo, l49,-
4s5 lbs; wool, 34s,25o lbs. Value of real
estate set down at $751;, 161 ,s41. Average
wages of farm hands, with board, sll,8l per
month. Highest wages of domestics, 81, rs per
week. Number of paupers supported during
the year, 5,s25, at q cost of $l2s, 269 80.
Number of convicted criminals, same period,
1874. There are twenty-four denominations
of Christians in the State, owning church
property valued at $7,278.955. r.a.a zaa
The Memphis union appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-08-07

ASSISTANT PosrMAsrER-GENERALJo JOHN A.
KAssoS.-- Washington correspondents state
that Hon. John A. Kasson, First Assistant
Postmaster General, has rendered his resigna-
ton, having been nominated to represent the
Fifth Congressional District of Iowa in Con-
gress. This, it will be recollected, is Mr..
Kssson's adopted State, he having resided there
since 1886, If we mistake not During this
time he has occupied various responsible and
highly honorable positions under the State
government, ranking as a man Of marked
ability and sterling integrity.
The Memphis union appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-08-07

IT Is reported that there are thirty thou
sand Union-loving citizens wandering in
Mexico, who fed from Texas to avoid the
operation of the CONSUMPTION law of the rebel
Confederacy and the reign of terror which
has been inaugurated in that State. The
government has been strongly urged TO send
force 70 Texas.
The Memphis union appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-08-07

THERE is at present on exhibition at Ball.
Black & Co.'S, New York city, the only Union
flag found floating in Northern Alabama on
the march of the Union forces through that
portion of the State. The flag was found
nailed to staff which was placed upon the
house top of the Hon. George w. Lane, in
Huntsville, Ala. It was discovered by the
third division of the army of Ohio under Maj.
Gen. Mitchell on their entry into that city.
Mr. Lane is at present United States District
Judge, and is the only Albanian who accept
ed an Office under President Lincoln.
The Memphis union appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-08-07

SWORD PREsEsTATIoE.-A splendid artil-
lsry sabre has been manufactured by Ball,
lack & Co., which is about being presented
10 Captain McAilster, by residents of Salem,
N. Y, for his bravery exhibited at the taking
of Fort Donelson and at the battle of Shiloh.
The blade bears the following inscription:
by the citizens of Salem. N. Y, for his bravery
at the battles of Fort Donelscn and Shiloh.
a I" Sub hoe signo vlnces-" 81
Theswcrd isa splendid specimen of manu-
facturer being richly mounted and Of the zines,
temper.
The Memphis union appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-08-07
nae Inaaan Country Expedition.

. LEAyEswoRTH, July 3l.-Advices from the
Southern expedition state that the Union
troops were falling back to Hudson Crossing
of the Neosho, forty miles south of Fort Scott.
The cause Of this backward movement is not
stated. a detachment of Gen. Browns com
mand from Springfield was at a point north Of
Fort Smith on thes23d inst The rebel Gen.
Pike il said to be near Fort Washita.
The Memphis union appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-08-07
The Guerrillas IN Teaness.e

JAcKsoH, TENN, July 3o.-Captain Dollin's
cavalry attacked eighty rebels yesterday, near
Brownsville, and captured forty prisoners
The rebels were afterwards reinforced and re-
captured twenty-nine men and fourteen
horses. The national loss was four killed and
six wounded. The rebel loss was about the
same.
The Memphis union appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-08-07

THE CANADIAN TRADE.-The Montreal
Gasettss of the 25th ult, says the freights to
Great Britain have advanced, and the tenden-
cy ia still upward, owing to the scarcity of
vessels and the quantity of produce accumula-
ting for shipment ~
The Memphis union appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-08-07

COL JEROME GARIBALDI, cousin of the great
General of that name, called at Gen. Arthur's
Office, New York, from whom he received a
letter to Governor Morgan relative to the or
ganization of his regiment. There is no doubt
that the prestige which surrounds the name of
Garibaldi win tend to ell up the Coloners
regiment in double quick time. A58
The Memphis union appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-08-07

A STRANGE phenomena recently occurred at
Presque Isle, in Maine One morning it sud-
denly grew so dark as to require lamps to be
lighted. There was very little thunder, and
some rain fell, which was black and smelIed
like an old chimney burning. Clothes that
were hung out were covered with fine black
dust II 4sxsl 4@EE st - sF5Eea .tt
The Memphis union appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-08-07

FROM THE PLAINs.-The St. Joseph Jour-
nal says gentleman who had arrived at that
city from Platte country, and who was just in
from the plains reports that the Mormons and
Indians had taken all the trains west of Fort
Laramie, and that Gen. Crags forces were in
imminent danger of being captured-that
Gen. Craig had turned all the trains back 60
ing West. ssls. -
Gen. James Craig, it will be remembered,
was appointed brigadier- general this spring,
and ordered to the plains to guard the road
West. His force cannot be large-probably
not over 1000 men at Laramie. 3, :
The Memphis union appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-08-07
Contributions OF the Northwest.

Mr.. George B. Smith, of Chicago, who is
compiling Western Army Register, soon to
be published, kindly furnishes us with the con-
tributions which each Of the Northwestern
States has made in men to the present war
against rebellion. His Information is derived
from official sources, and may be relied upon
as correct :
The Memphis union appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-08-07
FULL PARTICULARS of THE FIGHT.

Six Hundred Texas Rangers Attack One
Company OF the LIST wisconsin Cavalry.
The Memphis union appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-08-07
REPupL1cAN rNsrITUrIoNs-

Republican institutions are the destiny Of
the human race. At least this is the lesson we
think can be read in the annals of the past, in
the signs Of the present, ard in the prophetic
hopes of the future. Seventy years ago there
were but nine constitutional governments in
the world beside our own r public, viz: two
monarchies, Great Britain and Sweden, and
seven republics, Holland, Switzerland, Ham
burg, and the four free cities of Germany,
Lubbock, Bremen, Frankfort and Dantzie.
Now, of the sixty seven States in Europe, all
but Russia and Turkey have written cons.itu-
tons, which have been wrung by the people
from the rulers And this movement will go
on until the choice of rulers and the making
Of laws viii be universally admitted as the in
herent rights Of the people. Many and severe
struggles are to be met, many martyr must
die for that gloriouscause in which RUSSELL
and SYDNEY mounted TO the scaffold, and
HAMPDEE fell on the battle field bat in the
end this glorious cause shall triumph. The
MONDAY of freedom is coming on-the politi-
cal Sabbath of the race-the resting after the
toil-the enjoyment of success after the strug-
gle-the fruit of the tree of liberty, planted
by the labor, nurtared by the suferings and
faith, and watered by the blood of generations
gone.
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