Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-10-24


bls. Agrsat many died from sheer neglect,
and when appeals Were made for medicine OF
for the sick, the reply generally
Was that to neglect the Yankees was the best
way to get rid Of them. s7.'" ga
One Of the guards at Madison had purse
and razor strop, which he SYSTEMATICALLY dis:
played IS being made FROM the skin Of a
Yankee /; another, spur from Federal jaw
bone, and an other a card, in which had b cen
inserted Yankee teeth. ,.s aa~eA
~' 81 afa--r-r--->p-<s-
THE RUSH TO TAKE THE OATH. Z
Gen. Butler. recently issued an order re-
curing the entire population of New Or
leans to take the sath l.of allegiance Il to the
United States by certain day, under penal.
ty Of banlshment from the city, and confsca-
ton Of property. A correspondent thus de-
acribes the rush to AXE the OATH - e .
,s The days Of grace began to draw to close :;
but three days were left, audit was! evident
that many int the city heretofore indifferent
began to reflector get badly scared, fer the
Provost Marshall u onerals Office heretofore
comparatively dessIted suddenly grew popu-
lar, and a demand kas finally created for
deputies in sll the different wards in the city
10 thu City Hall tbs crowd most determined
ly wendell its way 1t WAS pleasant for fash
len 10 be waited ON BY the highest function
aries to tbs snts-chambers of Governor
'Shepley' sroon, gsnd C>L French's Office soon
Overlooked, and the Wide doors Of tho Lycs-,
urn, in whlch the ordinance ofsecsssion was
passed were thrown open, and the line hall
with its sccssapanimsnts Of stage, desks and
arm chairs, were devoted, As sort Of poeti-
cal justice, to the noble work Of restoring
men and women to their allegiance to the
Il nien.a t.i3E T2a1s "a .GRri H,1aH 1Ent.pi
The promiscuous crowd was study sure
~, for never before in New Orleans had its
incsngruous social materials 80 thoroughly
come in contact--the rich aad the poor, the
bslIe and the haif.stsrved seamstrcss, tns
working man and the fop, the dowager with
her qussnly daughters, and the SHRINKING
women who hopelsssly toll for living, the
swarthy creole, ths pale New En- ander, and
the paler- faced octoIoen-thsrs they stood,
anxious after their long rejection to out
wardly accept the rule OF the Government
under which they we're born, and all, most
likely, destitute Of the slightest patriotic
sentiment, having no feeling indeed but the
dead acquieseEcs that follows admitted i'm
potent opposition to . power that could not
be escaped. ~ II was evident that many took
the oath under q degree Of excitement that
would be hard to understand by persons
who have not lived IN New Orleans. . 1t was
bitter draught7to swallow that oath, par
ticuIarly hy women, many externally beauti-
full, whS had rendered themselves LEGALLY f;,-
NOUS tor their denunciation Of the National
Government, and BY their openly expressed
contempt for the National soldiers. Ii was
no small sensation to the young girl Of Six
| teen, who had ofttiNss srrogantly swung her
crinoline aside as il the possible touch Of q
National officer WAS contagious. 1t was nc
pleasant position for such young lady. af.
ter ALI her protests and vehement dsclara.
tons Of eternal hate, to stand up on the "
ceum stage, and before thousand people
hold up her smsll jewsled hand and pale
with confusion and indignation swear to sup.
port the Constitution her father, and proba
| bly, her brother and cousin, had been teach
| ing her for years to condemn and despisc
Nor did many gentlemen kindly assume tn.
responsibility many of whom even a few
days, perhaps only a few hours previously
had been exceedingly noisy in their an
nouncements of what they would do rattle,
than be "thus dsgrssrdr' ' 3 - #an ~
But in spi.s OF protests and wry faces tn,
work went on, and many seemed better, and
none worse fer the ordeal. One young Miss
as she passed out IL the hall, observed to he,
friend" Well, really, it amt much, after all
is it, Clotile ~ One tall lady in black "a
widow, presu,ne-of rather the tragic
queen style, descsnding the marble steps
| staring most earnestly on the contents 0
the certificate. She seemed as If she woult
annihilate it with her glance, suspect ,sh,
has lost husband On the battle fields tn,
Potomac. She must possess property in
New Orleans. Her struggle to save he
wealth from confscation, and her hate fol
the Government that had, as she supposed
lrobed her in weeds, made, most likely, tn.
letters ON That " Certificate, burn her eye.
as Are. AS q contrast to this, another wild
ow came, and trippsd away. with the flip
pant remark to her companion: :" Upon my
word, TINS affair has caused me more emo
ton than when ! stood mp to. be married"
SUFFERING III M,ssEsorA.--The. Indiar
massacres IN Minnesota have produced grea
distress among the xsttlers all along tn.
frontier counties. Appeals for contributions
to aid them are being made in the principal
cities, and no sheet Of charity can be NOR,
pressing and worthy. The Governor of Min
neseta states that At least thirty thousand
miserable men, heart broken women anc
abject children are wandering homeless, ma
ked and starving. Certainly our country
affords no parellel of suffering such AZ this
Clothing is greatly needed BY the suffering
for the rigors of winter arc close 1t hand.
e Or the forty Major Generals 10 the service
over thirty are graduates Of West Point .Thii
fact ought to put qnietus upon the oft,re-
peated statement that the Administration
confers stars on political grounds, -
2 A correspondent in Kentucky, describing
the retreat Of the rebels, says: 80, -. -
"And every night they pitch their tents "a -.
A days march nearer h." $50 - hf1 5'''
which''is two tru," as Arteinus Ward would