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Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-03-13
Current Clients.
The Second Iowa Regiment.

Gen. Schuyler Hamilton, who in
dulged his petty malice in attempting
to degrade the I'd Iowa Regiment at
st. Louis, has been removed. A cor
respondent says
The removal of General Schuyler
Hamilton from the command of the
Department of ST. Louis, following so
closely upon the departure of the
Second Iowa Regiment, gives especial
satisfaction to the friends of the latter
Regiment. The order issued by Gen,
Hamilton compelling the Second Iowa
to march to the levee with furled coll
ors and without the music of their
excellent band, was one of the most
disgraceful measures that could have
been imposed upon as gallant set of
soldiers as ever carried a musket.
The facts connected with the robbery
of the Mcdowell College museum,
which formed the basis Of General
Hamilton's complaint. were commit
ted by few men, and it is not even
certain that any OF them were attach
ed to the Second Iowa. 1t is known
that access to the museum through a
hole in the rear partition was practi.
cable, and that such access was not
guarded by any sentinel whatever
The Iowa I'd felt this dirgrace keenly,
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-03-13
Correspondence ct tho Louisville Journal.
A Heroic Girl.
PADucAH, Ky, Feb. IL. ls3,

PADucAH, Ky, Feb IL, 1852.
IN these times Of terror and prril i'm
this district, some Of the most heroic
acts have been performed, but per-
haps the noblest Of all was pcrpr,rat.
ed few days since by young lady
OF Graves county, well known to tho
writer, Miss Anna Bassfort.. Her
father and family are devotedly for
the Union the old man having in
formation that the notorious II. G..
King, expelled from orr Legislature
for treason, and his robber band. In.
tended to visit the house for the pur-
pose of taking horses, guns, &c, hid
his gun and brought his horses to this
place. Whilst here. three of Kings
robbing band visited the house. de-
manded the gun and alarmed Mrs.
Basstord, who ordered n SON som,
fifteen years old to find the gun and
deliver it over. The boy, after con.
siderable search found the gun the
robbers then demanded pistol which
they were informed belonged in the
family, wherenpon the daughter, some
II years old, told them she knew
where the pistol was, but they could not
get it. The robbers insisted with
loud, vulgar oaths, but the Girl was
determined, and, seeing they were
folled in this, they ordered the feeble.
sickly boy to mount up behind one Of
their clan, as they intended to take
him to Camp Beaurcgard in place of
his Lncolnite father. The 6oy and
mother, in tears, protested, bnt to no
effect, and the boy was in the act of
mounting, when the heroic sister
stepped between her brother and the
robbers, and. drawing, cooking, and
presenting the pistol, ordered her
brother to the house, and, with eagle.
piercing eye fastened on the rohbers.
and death-dealing determination in
her countenance, dared them to hinder
or touch her brother, and she wonld
lay the robber dead at her feet. Suf.
lice it to say, three brigands scamper.
ed OF and left the family without fur
.her molestation.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-03-13
Flowers in the School Room.

A writer in "Clark's School Visitor D
makes use Of the following sensible
language: outs
The school-room should not be som.
bre aud repulsive. Let it be cheerful
and attractive even to the smallest
child. Mind is here being developed,
tcmperaments modified, and the heart
cultivated. Let in the smiling sun
beams, and decorate the windows and
inches with productions Of nature and
art.
During a stormy day of this season
we visited Miss A. Bailey's school of
Philadelphia. We were surprised at
the living vcrdure that enlivencd the
room. Without, it was dismal and
stormy; within, the windows were
garlanded with the freshness of spring
Every window easement was filled
with thrifty, Towering plants.
We were attracted by the ingeni.
GUS and novel training Of one plant
A sea-shell was suspended from the
rough gas-pipe in the shell were i'm
bedded the roots of a plant its ten
drills were entwined about the branch
es and stem of the pipe the plan,
seemingly flourishing from nothing
The vine beautifully ornamented the
gas-pipc, and lent picturesque beau
ty to the room. This teacher felt am.
ply compensated for the patient care
required by these plants, in the pleas
ure it afforded her, and the happiness
it gave her pupils. Let the refining
influences of flowers be thrown about
the school room, to mellow its severer
routine, and leave pleasant remem.
brances in absent hours.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-03-13
The Prisoners Of War.

The following official Executive
Order No. 2, in relation to the State
prisoners of War, has just been issued
from the War Department
First, it is ordered that o special
commission Of two persons, one of
military rank and the other in civil
life, be appointed to examine the
cases of the state prisoners remaining
in the military custody Of the U. s..
and to determine whether in view of
the public safety and the existing re-
bellion, they should be discharged or
remain in military custody, or be re-
mitted to the civil tribunal for trial.
Second, that Maj. Gen. J.sA. Dix,
commanding in Baltimore, and the
Hon. Edward Pierpont Of New York,
be and are hereby appointed commits.
sioners for the purposes above men,
toned, and they are authorized to cx.
anime, bear and determine the causes
aforesaid ex parte, and in summary
manner and at such times aud places
as in their discretion they may ap
point and make full report to the
War Department, by order Of the
President. Signed
EDWIN N STANTON, sec'y of War.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-03-13

Mr.. EDITOR l see by your last pa
per, "the question as whom this coun-
ty was named for is again being
agitated. For myself, l have long
considered that the name of Floyd
was immortalized, and far above
the reach of the glory or shame of
the traitor Floyd, before he had
being. Hence, with me, there has
been no association between the name
of our county and the traitor, when
ever he has been mentioned I; suppo-
sing our county one of the twelve in
orr State named after the sigEers of
the Declaration of Independence.
William Floyd. of Long Island,
n. Y, AT an early period of the con-
troversy between the colonies and
mother country, warmly interested
himself in the cause Of the former.
His devotion led to his appointment
as a delegate from New York to the
first Continental Congress He was
reelected and remained until he affix.
ed his signature to the Declaration of
Independence. He was afterwards a
General in the amry-in the New
York State Senate-in Congress
in other Offices of trust and response.
bility, for more than fifty years. "He
suffered severely from the destructive
effects of the war upon his property,
and for nearly seven years his family
were refugees from their habitation." !"
Few made greater sacrifices for our
country, and | am unwilling that the
name of so good a man should be cast
off as reproach, by the infamy of a
degraded wretch. Neither can l think
there is any odium attached to the
name disconnected with the guilty
man: or any more to the name oi
Floyd than to that Of John, and it is
not probable that all the Johns, will
petition for an alteration Of their
names. Indeed, few of us wear names
that have not been tarnished by some.
body but We generally consider that
the infamy rests on the man, and NOT
on the name.
Although cannot think tho name
Of our county was given in honor ol
the traitor Floyd, nor Of Sergeant
Floyd" yet to put this matter foreve,
at rest, and relieve the feeling of all
and avoid the inconvenience of chang
ing the name of our county, propose
to get up petition at once, represent
ing our adherence of the traitor
Floyd, but requesting that the name
Of our county remain in honor of Wi!
liam Floyd. the signer of the Declara
ton of Independence, ,and further. tha
our petition be entered on the Jour
mails Of our Legislature. S.
Floyd, March ssA, 1862.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-03-13
For Fort Taylor, Key West, Florida,

For Fort Taylor, Key West, Florida
one hundred thousand dollars.
For Fort Jefferson. Garden Key,
Florida, one hundred thousand dollars
For additional fort at the Tortugas,
Florida, two hundred thousand dollars
For fort at Ship Island, coast OF
Mississippi, one hundred thousand
dollars.
For contingencies of Notifications,
one hundred thousand dollars.
For bridge trains and equipage, two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
For defence in Oregon and Wash
ington Territory, at or near the month
of the Columbia river, one hundred
thousand dollars, if, in the judgment
of the President, the same, or any
part thereof, should be advisable.
SEC. 8. And be IL further enacted, That
the following sum be and the same is
hereby appropriated, out of any mon
ey in the Treasury not otherwise ap-
propriated, for the fiscal years ending
June thirty, eighteen hundred and six.
ty-two, and June thirty, eighteen hun
dred and sixty-three
For the erection Of temporary works
in Maine, and in the harbor at Ports
mouth, New Hampshire, when, in the
judgment Of the President, the expen-
diture of the same, or any part there
of, shall be advisable, five hundred
and fifty thousand dollars.
For the erection of temporary works
in Narragansett Bay. when, i'm the
Judgment Of the President, the cxpen.
diture of the same, or any part there
of, shall be advisable, two hundred
thousand dollars.
Approved, February 20, 1862.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-03-13

A CANDID ADMISSION In the United
States Senate, January 23d. Mr.. Da-
Wis, Of Kentucky, said:
"The cotton States, by their slaves,
have amassed fortunes, aud many Of
their planters have princely revenues
from fifty to one hundred thousand
dollars a year. This wealth has be-
got pride and insoence and ambition.
and these points of the Southern char.
acter have been displayed most in.
sultingly in the halls of Congress.
admit it all. But in these Southern
States, and among these planters, arc
some OF the truest gentlemen, in the
highes: sense of the word, that have
ever known, and some of the purcst
patriots. / admit, however, that us q
class, the wealthy cotton growers arc
insolent they are proud they are
dominecring they are ambitious.
They have monopolized the Govern
ment in its honors for 40 or so years,
with few interruptions. When they
saw the sceptre about to depart from
them in the election of Lincoln, soon
er than give up Office, and the spoils
of office, in their mad and wicked am
bition they determined to disrupt the
old Confederation and to erect new
one, where they would have undispu.
ted power"
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-03-13
Mistsllanu.
A RICHMOND EDITORS RAWLINGS.

We copy the following, which was
published in Richmond paper at the
commencement of the war, i'm order to
show how it sounds about these days.
"Oh, my country, what fall was
there"
TO be conquered in open and manly
fight by a nation of gentlemen, and
subjugated to their sway, might not
drive us raving and distracted with
rage and shame bat for Yankees
the most contemptible and detcstable
of all Gods creation-the vile wretch
es whose daily sustenance consists in
the refuse Of all other people-for
they cat nothing that anybody else
will buy-for them to lord it over us
tho English language must be en-
larged, new words must be invented
to express the depths of our feelings
Of modification and shame. No, it
| is not possible that we can be reduced
to state there is no words to des-
cribe. ...
Instead Of this we must bring these
enfranchised slaves back to their true
condition. They have long very prop
erly looked upon themselves as our
social inferiors--as our scrfs-their
mean, niggardly lives-their low, vul-
gar and sordid occupations have
ground this conviction into them. But
of sudden. they have come to imag-
inc that their numerical strength
gives them power-and they have
burst the bonds of servitude, and are
running riot with the brutal passions
of liberated wild beast. Their up
risings have all the characteristics Of
a ferocious servile insurrection. Their
first aim is sdcmolition-the destruction
Of everything which has the appear
ance Of superior virtue, which excites
their envy and hate, and which. by
contrast exposes the shameful dctOrm-
ity of their own lives.
They have suggested to us the in
vasion of their territory and the rob-
berry of their banks and jewelry stores.
We may profit by the suggestion SO
far as the invasion goes--tor that will
enable us to restore them to their nor.
NAL condition of vassalage, and teach
them that cap in hand is the proper
attitude Of the servant before his mas.
ter. A cock for sailor, a goose for a
sofdier-a Yankee for gentleman
images incogruous and unnatural!
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-03-13

1t is related of Daniel Webster, if
we mistake not, that at one time a
young man inquired of him if there
was room for another member in the
legal fraternity, and received for an
answer There is always room up
stairs"
We have often thought of the fore
going remark as applicable to teach
ers. OF the lower grade, we have
enough, full enough; but Of we'll quail
fled, earnest teachers, those who real
ize the Importance of their profession,
and who, realizing its Importance, arc
willing to strive earnestly for prepa-
ration to meet their responsibilities; of
these we have too few. The common
grade is filled to overAowing, but Cup
stairs " there is plenty Of room.
We remarked some time since, that
we intended at some future time, to
call attention to the insufliciency of
the wages paid for teaching; but after
examining statistics bearing upon the
point, and comparing the wages paid,
with the qualifications of large share
Of our teachers, we have become con-
vinced Of two things; first, that the
majority receive all they earn, and in
many instances more than they earn;
and second, that the only true method
of increasing the compensation paid
for teaching, is for teachers themselves
to take the matter in hand and make
their services worth more; in this way
the object may be accomplished.
A well qualified teacher will almost
always find ready employment at re.
munerative wages, for it will be dis
covered at once that it is better ccono-
my to employ such teacher than one
of meager attainments, and having
made this discovery, the people will
not deprive themselves of the services
Of such a teacher for any trivial cause,
nor because another can be obtained
for smaller remuneration.
We regret that such is the case,
but we believe it to be fact that a
large proportion of our teachers care
for nothing beyond the " filthy lucre +"
which they hope to obtain; this is the
acme Of their aspirations; consequent
ly, they use no exertions to prepare
for the work in which they are cngag.
ed. Such persons manifest their in
difference in various ways; in their alb
sence from the Teachers Institute; in
their neglect to take any educational
journal; in their failure to study books
for the use of teachers; and
in other ways which we might specify
had We time and space.
We hope the period will soon arrive,
when such as those mentioned above
will engage in some avocation more in
accordance with their limited aspira-
tions, and leave their places to be fill
ed by those who are willing to make
use of all the means placed within their
reach, in order that they may be pre-
pared to properly discharge their ar
duous duties.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-03-13
Communications.
For the Charles City Intelligence
The Temperance Question.

Mr.. EDroR While sitting here at
home, nursing broken arm and read
ing your paper, my feelings have be-
come stirred on the Temperance Ques.
tion and while your people are NOV
ing on that subject l would like to be
with you but as that cannot be, per.
NIT me to give you thougt or two on
the subject.
/ would suggest that a petition be
sent to the General Assembly, asking
for law providing that in all cases
Of pauperism and crime, arising from
the sale of intoxicating drinks, direct
ly or indirectly, tax shall be levied
on all liquor dealers in the County to
defray the expenses and damages
caused by this traffic. Let there be
three commissioners appointed in each
county whose duty it shall be to look
after this business faithfully, and re-
port for adjudication {; and in case Of
refusal or noncompliance on the part
of the liquor dealer let his property be
seized and the dealer himself put to
work on some of our public works for
a stated period, to cxpiate his crime
and discharge the obligation he owes
to society.
Now, Mr.. Editor, I need not say
that some such law as this is wanted.
All fair-minded persons will admit its
justice. Certainly it is no more than
right that those who bring expense
upon the county by these illegal and
nefarious pursuits, should be made to
defray said expense. 1t is demonstra-
bic that three-fourths of the pauper-
ism and crime of the State are caused
by strong drinks, and wish any one
who doubts it would examine into the
statistics Of our poor houses and pris-
ons, and satisfy himself upon the
question.
l can at this time only present
few broken thoughts, trusting that
you, Mr.. Editor, or some one else
through your columns, will elaborate
the subject to that extent which it so
justly deserves. and crafty well
wisher Of the Temperance Cause aud
A LOVER OF JUSTICE.
Ho,eardrille, March 8, 1862.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-03-13

QuEER.-,A gentleman has recently
changed his residence from Ncwbury
to Ncwbnryport, who in doing SO did
not move out of the house, or change
a thing in it. There is another house
similarly situated. i'm which the divi.
ding line of the towns runs through a
bedroom occupied by a man and his
wife and the bed is situated so that
the man sleeps in the town where he
votes, and his wife sleeps in the city
Ne,obaryport Mass. Herald.
And what is more remarkable this
couple are SD precise III their habits
that they never cross the line
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-03-13

mothers stimulate their ambition to
exchange their station for one which
stands higher in the worlds estimation.
Humble employments are held in con-
tempt, and humble powers are every.
where making high employments con-
temptible. Our children need to be
educated to fill, in Christian humility,
the subordinate offices of life which
they must occupy. and taught to re.
spect humble callings, and to beantify
and glorify them by lives of content
ed and glad industry"
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-03-13
PUBLIC-No. 26.1

PUBLIC-No. &c.
AN ACT making appropriation to
illuminate the Public Buildings.
BE At enacted BY The Senate and House
af Representatives. ofthe United States OF
Ameriea an Congress assembled, That the
sum of one thousand dollars, or so
much thereof as may be necessary, be
and the same is hereby appropriated,
payable ont Of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
to enable the Commissioner Of Public
Buildings to carry out the order of
Public Buildings on the twenty-second
of February, eighteen hundred and
sixty.two.
Approved, February 20, 1862.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-03-13

A correspondent of the Philadelphia
Press says:
In the teleGraphic accounts of tho
capture of Fort Donelson, published
in the Press Of yesterday morning. it
was stated that Gen. Lauman's brig.
ade, of Gen. Smiths division. was tho
first to enter the upper end of the fort.
This Cen Lauman is n native of York
Co, Pennsylvania but for the last
ten or twelve years has resided in Bur-
lington, Iowa. At the breaking out
of this wicked rebellion, he raised
regiment Of Iowa volunteers, and has
been in service ever since. He par
ticipated in the fight at Belmont. and
was severely wounded on that occa.
sion. His mother, brother aud two
sisters now reside in the town of York.
General Lauman is u man of undoubt-
ed courage and generous impulses,
and we are glad to observe that he is
not among the killed or wounded on
this occasion. Long may he live to
defend our time-houorcd flag aud en-
JOY the blessings which it diSpenscs
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-03-13

and registered, enrolled, or licensed
under the laws Of the United States,
wherever they may be, whenever, in
the judgment of such master or COM
manding officer thereof, reasonable
cause shall exist to believe that such
vessel has on board, in violation of the
provisions of this act, any subjects of
China known as coolies" ;" for the pur-
pose of transportation and upon suf-
ficient proof that such vessel is en-
ploycd in violation of the provisions
of this act, to cause such vessel to be
carried, with her officers and crew, in
to any port or district within the Uni
ted States, and delivered to the mar
shal of such district, to be held and
disposed of according to the provis-
ions of this act.
Sec. I. And be IL further enacted, That
this act shall take effect from and af-
ter six months from the day of its
passage.
Approved, February 10, 1869.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-03-13

AMERICAN EDucATIoN.-ln Timothy
Titcomb's new book, Lessons in
Life" we find the following: "What
We greatly need in this country is the
inculcation Of sobercr views of life.
Boys and girls are bred to discomfort.
Everybody is after high place, and
nearly everybody fails to get one and,
failing, loses heart, temper and con-
tent The multitude dress beyond
their means. and live beyond their ne
cessities. to keep up show Of being
what they are not. Farmers daugh-
ters' do not love to become farmers
wives, and even their fathers and
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-03-13

AN UNFORTUNATE CuLrIvAroR
little garden patch" Of ours, says
wag, has beeu very Improbable this
season, very. The snails ate up the
cucunbers, the chickens ate up lhe
snails, the neiglbors' cats ate up the
chickens, and We are now in search
of something that will eat the cats.
Can our agricultural friends aid us.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-03-13
A. b. L. HILDRETH,
General Land Agent.

CHARLES CITY, FLOYD CO., ,......,. IOWA,
Will attend TO buying, selling and selecting
ands on Commission, SC. Town Lots bought
land sold, money loaned, and the business OF
conveyancing and payment of Taxes promptly
attended to. Friends at the East, as well as in
this State. are red ktod to make application
TO my agency. Satisfactory references given
u required.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-03-13
THEODORE MIX,
ARCHITECT AND BUILDER,
CHARLES CITY. IOWA.

CHARLES CITY, IOWA.
Designs. Plans, Estimates and Specifications
furnished for Public Buildings, Stores. Town
and Country Villas, Cottages, Sc. Detail draw
iugs OF superintendence given when required,
on reasonable terms
Mr.. Mix is architect ofthe Court House, Ma
sonic Hall and other buildings in st. Charles
With his experience he is confident of giving
satisfaction to all who employ him. Jobbinp
done at short notice at his workshop.
st. Charles. Sept. l. 1857 swift