Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-11-27
Letter From Boston.
BosToN, Mass, No


Every loyal man is reiCiccd at the
indications that the war is to be Wig
orously prosecuted, and that the rebel
capital will soon be occupied by the
army OF the Potomac New England
has the utmost confidence in Gems.
Burnside and Hooker, and the recent
action of the President is generally in
dorscd as a military necessity. Any
other course, remarks one OF the
soundest editors, would have been on
Mr.. Lincoln's part virtual assent to
a military dictatorship-not allowable
under our form of government with
out mourning terrible risks in the
way of a mischievous precedence,
even if it could be shown that in this
particular case the dictatorship en-
bodied all the martial wisdom of the
age. What can be more indicative
of success than this exhibition OF a
determined resolve on the part of Mr..
Lincoln to secure unity and energy Of
action in carrying out a definite
war policy.
Although there is as yet-and very
properly too--some doubts as to the
destination of the expedition now be-
ing fitted out under the direction of
Gen. Banks, its success is confident
ly predicted. Three fine volunteer
regiments, the Forty-Second, Fiftieth
and Fifty-Second, will leave their
camps here and go to a rendezvous
near New York city on Wednesday
next.
When the rebellion first commenced
a Southerncr said, boastingly: I'VE
have all the Government firearms
Never mind" replied Yankee, we
can make enough more" At the
Springfield armory they are now turn
ing out the unequalled rifled muskets
made there at the rate of eight hun
dred day, and several private estab
lishments are furnishing large sup
plies.
Not only are our, shipowners and
insurers somewhat troubled in spirit
by apprehensions that the dreaded Ala
bama mny again appear off our coast,
but there are those who expect to see
her come steaming up the harbor to
shell the city, batter down the Bunker
Hill monument, and burn the navy
yard. Did they know what prepare
tons have been made at the first blow
they would not fear the approach even
of "a La Gloire," and it is quietly init
mated by old salts that Capt. Semmes
must find it hard work to escape the
vessels sent out to stop his piratical
career.
Now that the rebcllion's king is
about to be dethroncd, and that sup
plies of the desirable staple are com
ing in from Illinois, Missouri and the
East Indies, our manufacturers arc
getting their mills in running order
again. They will have to pay sixty
cents pound, or Whereabouts, for tn,
raw material, but the great advanc,
in the price of manufactured goods
will justify this. Manufacturing
stocks are all largely above par, espec
tally those which are realizing large
dividends from army goods. Among
other stories told about the consequen
ces of the high price of cotton is the
following
Zone Of our Boston hotel keeper.
happened to think that he had seven
ty-ive or eighty cotton stuffed mat
tresses, purchased some time ago be
cause they were cheaper than hair
ones, and that instead of depreciatine
in value from use, they must have in
creased, from the scarcity of the ma
terial of which they were composed
No sooner had the thought occurred tc
him than he inquired the price of cot
ton per pound. Fifty-eight to sixty
cents. And the price of hair for mat
tresses J.? Forty to forty-two. His
mind was made up. The old cotton
mattresses were ripped open, their
treasure drawn forth, and the smar,
hotel-keeper had the satisfaction Of
changing his eighty old cotton mat
tresses for eighty new hair ones, with
out costing penny. Indeed he had
a little something left over, besides
the blessings Of his guests for the un.
looked for improvement of their couch
cs.s
Two Massachusetts, physicians, Dr.
Henry S. Bodwitch, and DR.. c. Ellis
sent by Gov. Andrew to examine the
hospitals in and near Washington,
make report, which concludes as fol-
lows:
The sum total Of our experience
may be stated in a single sentence
considering the vast number ofquacks
that prey upon the unsuspccting but
credulous community considering
also how many in civil life are contin-
ually dosing themselves or wholly ne
g'ect the rules of health, we think that
the soldiers in our Government hospit-
ais are, medically, better treated
than the same number of invalid civ
ilians outside of them" FREMONT.
ESSENTIALS To PRosPERIrY.-Good
newspapers, good stores. and good
housewives are among the essentials
to prosperity in any locality. The
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