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Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-06-26
From the Cincinnati Weekly Times
WHAT FOR?

A nations heart TO its depths is stirred
ringing call through the land Is heard
On every lip is u farewell word
What for
To war to war is the maddened cry!
To war to war (! doth the echo fly!
On every wind that rushes byi
What forg
10 banners wave on the stirring air;
The cannon's boom tolls death on the ear;
Each heart throbs fast with dreadful fear
What for
The beat Of the drum and the war -steed's tramp
Loud echoes, and armies rush " to camp"
TO battle and strife with carnage rank.
What fors
The bridegroom turns from his weeping bride,
"Ah, woe ah, woe doth this hour beude :"
She sobs and walls as he leaves her side.
What fort
Onward she looks and sees him lie,
Bleeding, and trampIed, and torn, To die
A life long wall Is that widowed cry.
What fors
The mother biesses with binding tears,
With choking sobs and untold fears,
Her hope and pride-he goes 10 the wars.
What fory
Goes he to fight, to murder, kill
The brother brothers blood TO spill
An untmely grave her child TO ill
What torg
The father " God speed = to the son doth say,
&C. Thy country's cause, boy, never betray!"
His broad chest heaves--hc marches away.
What forr
''The staff Of my age, he goes, my all
The brave, brave lad must his young head fall
In the dust God help! It's his eountry's CALI"
What forg
He goes, the soldier, his blood to shed;
The requiem FER his CORY bed
Are means, and tears, and wall for the dead
What forr
The beggar's rags are his laurel crown,
The curses Of want his pnans drown
With wee Is his country's head bowed down.
What fors
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-06-26
Charles City, Iowa, June 26, 1862.
THE BRIGHT SIDE,

Learn to look at the bright side. We
have often thought that great deal
of the unhappiness which exists in
the world, originates in our neglect
of present cnjoyments through the fear
OF some evil that mag come. We
have known many, who, to all appear
ances, were abundantly favored by
fortune-whosc situations were even
the subject of envy to short-sightcd
mortals-yet made themselves con-
tinually miserable by foreboding mis-
fortune. Though this threatened cloud
might never come-though its shad-
ow was always cast upon Nights not
yet reached, and their path lay in sun
shine from year to year-still they
turned from all the brightness which
others saw around, aud tortured the
future for subjects of fear and unhap-
pincss. This seems to us a great
mistake. Life, wonderful and glori-
Gus as it is, has enough of real sorrow
and trials. The future, to atone for
these, should be SO much the brighter.
The storms which we SO much fear
arc far easier to be borne than our
anxiety pictures them, and they leave
the sky clearer after them. An old
provcrb says, There's silver lining
to every cloud ;" but many pass
through life without finding it out.
To such the world must seem truly
vale of tears--and nothing else.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-06-26
TPUBIIc-No. 75.1
AN ACT to reduce the expenses of
the survey and sale of the public
lands in the United States.

he IL enacted by the Senate and House Gf Repre-
se,.tatiUes Of the Uhied States Of -1mericd IN Con-
gress assembled, That contracts for the survey oi
the public lands shall not become
binding upon the United States until
approved by the Commissioner OF the
General Land Office, except in such
cases as said Commissioner shall 9th
erwise specially order.
SEC. 2. And be II further enacted, That
the printed manual Of instructions re,
lating to the public surveys, prepar,
ed at the General Land Office, and
bearing date February twenty,second,
eighteen hundred and fifty the
instructions of the Commissioner OF
the General Land Office, and the spe
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-06-26
4oetru.
For the Charles City Intelligence
THE LITTLE SOLDIER BOY.

Sequel 10 " TIE Pas and Present. published some ,ree
sine in The Charles City In,eRi9encer.
few brief days--aas but a few,
And the aspect changes again;
The conflict is raging-thc valiant and true
Are bleeding, all over the plain
The little old woman now rocks in despair
And Freddie s tears fall like rain
The invalid faints meath his burden of care
The little boys with the slanS
AT PTITsGURG LANDING, in old Tennessee,
i" Never made 10 retreat" he fell,
He sleeps al Fort Henry-brave noble and free
Ilcedng nevcrmore shot or shell.
They wrapt him in his blanket,
Then in the cold damp earth
They scooped a grave,--and left him
In the long deep sleep of death
His a soldiers burial
And, with sort Of pride,
lis said, full many a oomrade
Is sleeping at his side"
50 not '' alone in his glory"
The little'soldicr boy sleeps,
Aud not alone his mother
O'er the fallen in battle weeps
Our flag floats gently near him
The flag he loved so well
Though neither stone or tablet
His resting place may tell.
But when the great arch-angel
Shall wake the sumbering dead,
He'll rise in robes immortal,
Howc'er obscure his bed.
June 1852.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-06-26
For the Charles City Intcllisen,
OURS Is A HOLY CAUSE.


True, % a nations heart to its depths is stirred"
And " a ringing call through the land is heard
While trembling lips farewell word,
And the holy cause is this
To war for a rebel horde invades
This sacred soil, where the graves made
OF the honored dead whose hands have laid
The foundation Of home like this
Proud banners on the stirring air,
And the startling boom Of the cannon is there,
Stout hearts bea, faster but not with fear,
For holy cause Is this.
The stirring drGm with the war cry comes.
Laden with grief while our loved ones roam
Far from the happy scenes nf home,
To fight for a cause like this.
Ease rebels have dared our rights to scorn.
From its high standard our banner have torn,
And true hearts to avenge the wrong have sworn,
In this most holy war
The bridegroom hears the martial call,
And mid the revelry of the bridal hall,
BIDS adeu 10 his chosen bride, his all,
And hastens away to the war.
wistfully she gazes on his manly form [.torn
That she fears may be garncrcd by deaths rud
But her heart is filed with true love so warm,
For a holy cause like this.
And though she would fain know his loving care,
Through the pathway hope decked with flowers fair
Yet she bids him not tarry, for his country dear
Calls for true hearts like his.
While the mother blcsses with binding tears
The hope, the prop Of her failing years,
And withholds him not, though foreboding fears
Have sealed each fount of bliss.
He goes forth TO smite the traitor low,
To conquer the insolent, vaunting foe,
Who would our dear bought land o'eriow
With darkness and gloom like this.
For this the gray haired sire doth yield
His boy unto the tented field,
To fight, yea, perchance to bleed
For holy cause Is ours.
But all the tears dim tha, bearning eye
As he hears that trembling last goodbye
81 God grant my darling may not die,
But be crowned with the yictor's flowers -
The gallant sons Of our goodly land
Behold them, what noble band
With hearts undaunted see them stand
The Champions Of Liberty.
All honor crown the noble brow,
Bearing the heat Of battle now,
To those We mourn in death laid low,
crown through all eternity.
Prairie Glen, June ], 1862.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-06-26
THE BEAUTIFUL.

How much there Is that's beautiful
In this fair world Of OURS
The verdure OF the early spring,
The sweetly blooming flowers
The brook that dances in the light,
The birds that carol free,
Are objects beautiful and bright,
That every where we see.
And lfs--how much Is shed AROUND,
To bless and cheer us here,
When energy and strength are found,
It's lesser ills 10 bear
Although cloud may sometimes rise,
A shadow sometimes rest,
Upon our earthly pathway, still
'fis beautiful and blcst.
SofiilA ". LORD
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-06-26
OFFICIAL.
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LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES,
Passed ut the second Session of the Thirty
seventh Congress.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-06-26
1PUBLlC-No. Ill

AN ACT TO authorize the Corporation
of Georgetown, in the District of
Columbia, to lay and collect wa
ter tax, and for other purposes.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-06-26
G6e yntelligentu.
A. II. F.. uILDRETH, Editor.

Westward the course of empire takes its way"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1862-09-16
All Powers against Rebellion.

We do not advocate war of determination,
but we do advocate war for victory. Where
externination is necessary to self-preservation
and victory, determination may be UNSUITABLE.
We have no kid glove business on our hands.
We have hard work to do. 1t is not yet done,
but we hope it is fairly commenced. We must
say to the people you must rise up, and do this
work, for no other hands than your own can
do it, 1t is idle to wait and hope that the God
of battles will raise up friends to fight our bat
ties for us. We must fight our own battles,
and when we move forward in solid ranks,
then, and not till then, will those battles be
fought.
1t certainly is no credit to us that our speak
ers everywhere tell us that We do not compre-
bend the crisis, nor the magnitude of our la
Dor. 1t is fatal lethargy that will cause such
remarks to be justly made Would Napoleon
be compelled to resort TO conscription in
France to raise men to quell secession rebel
lion in Normandy, which proposed TO take the
treasures and naval defences of Cherbourg to
themselves? No, France could not so easily be
dismembered Shall it be reported in history
to defend America? That men who had enjoy
ed the best Government of the world were so
insensible to its blessings as not to be willing
to fight to retain those blessings? Perhaps
some indulge the hope that if the South sue
ceeds and the Union is permanently dsmem-
bered, that the North will remain in tact, and
that she will secure to the people all the bles-
sings of a free and peaceful constitutional lib
erty. But this is a fatal delusion. War, and
nothing but war, would be the condition of
this people, and this continent The history
of Europe would commence here forthwith and
nothing but despotism could be found to re-
solve order out Of our chaos. We have but
one thing TO do now, and that is fight for Amer
lean Liberty and Tor Peace until the last arm
ed foe to that Liberty and that Peace expires
There is no middle ground. We cannot pause
and stand still at any half way work We
must fight, or we shall no longer have lives
worth living, or a history worth writing
Boston Post.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1862-09-16
Correspondence of the Press.
BETHEL. Antumnal DAYS

BETHEL, Autumnal Days, 1862.
Dear Press Did you ever 20 to Bethel?
If not, just go where your paper goes daily,
and see how near to Paradise you are when
you get there. We boast of one of the lowell
est towns in the State of Maine. just come
10 our village and stop, if you can get into the
hotel or boarding houses. But there is no
danger of that now, for the summer travel has
nearly all gone, and you can find ample ac-
sommodations at Lovejoy's.
Vegetation looks as green now as in June,
but soon the frosts will clothe the trees in their
most gorgeous autumnal robes, when you
would enjoy visit among the mountains
Then if you want to go fishing to the lakes
above us. you will have excellent sport, for the
guide of that country, J. G. Rich, Esq, tells us
that the lake trout are very abundant this fall.
We should judge so from the generous basket
fill he sent US the other day. Now, you may
remember that we entered your sanctum not
finding you looking so old, for we expected to
zee a man of twenty-five or thirty at the most.
But we ceased to be astonished when we found
that you felt like our very self, always young.
The farmers here are reaping golden har-
rests now. You would be astonished TO see
aow many loads of wheat, rye and oats are
hreshed here each day by steam. Twenty-Five
'x-cart loads were the work of one day last
week. Apples, plums and pears are most
+ bundant, and corn, though late, promises a
God crop. In spite of the war, which has
trained off so many of our population, we
ave strong hands and willing hearts here TO
i'll the soil.
Bethel has sent about one hundred and sixty
len to the war, and has many strong men left
ct. If need be, a most stalwart class of men
ON forty-fiye TO fifty years of age, could be
altered in these towns, who would bear al
iost any amount of toll for the good of their
ountry.
Now, if you will come up here, we will take
ur horse editors are not expected, you know,
keep one of their own and show you the
eautifu landscapes, farm houses and farms all
long the Androscoggin valley.
We are glad to see the Press with its well
lied columns of items of interests to its pa
'ons. X-EDIToR.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1862-09-16
Correspondence of the Press.
Ee Poland Awake.

Poland has once more nobly responded to
he call Of the government for volunteers. She
as shaken herself nightly, and produced her
Ill quota, without resorting to draft. Fifty
+ her youthful and noble sons have en-
sted in the cause of their country. What
he has done-and is still doing, rank her
mong the first towns in the State.
Those who have enlisted, have done so
earthly, cheerlully and manfully, and with
uch answering and determined wills as
heirs, we fear not the result of their efforts.
On Saturday, the 18th, the citizens of West
'oland, fully approaching the zeal and energy
'hich inspires these noble patriots, extended
0 them an invitation TO a supper, prepared by
he citizens for their benefit. They met at the
ouse of Mr.. c. F. Jordan, and after exhibit
lg their skill in military duties, marched over
he Hill, thence TO the hall, where the smiles of
he ladies, mingled with tears,) awaited them.
Iere they were kindly welcomed to a collation.,
repaired by friends who were eager TO bestow
cts of benevolencc which trust will not soon
forgotten by those true and manly hearts.
after partaking Of the repast, the soldiers were
ddressed by the chairman, Hon. c. +. Jordan,
sho was followed by numerous others, all of
HON spoke warmly and cordially to those
.5ho were about to leave their native homes
pr an enelny's land. Fitting responses were
lade by Capt Lamb and Joseph Freeman OF
b he volunteers. Excellent music was furnish
/ by the Mechanic Falls Band
But these men do not leave us without first
.eing the huge front of the monster who is
'eking to iasten his deadly jaws into the very
cart of our government These do not 20
ut without knowing the fate Of many Il true
Dldier who has spilled his blood on the battle
eld. These cannot leave us without knowing
lat dear and anxious ones will await their
sturn in anxiety and suspense. But we trust
lat with their gallant Capt. Lamb, who will
e lin war ii ger, and in peace Lamb" they
ill be certain OF success. They left for Camp
lincoln on Monday. A CITIZEN.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1862-09-16
Maine Soldiers in Hospital at Beaufort.
HEADQUARTERS STH Me. Vols, |
beaufort = @ Sent. 4 1852

DNhuiolts -. -, ANPb' o, AcO-.
To Daily Press The health of the regi-
ment has greatly improved since our arrival
ia this city, and the regiment is in as good
health as it has been since its departure from
Annapolis last October. Below you will find
the list of our sick. Absent Plat home or
in hospital at New York, no notice of their
whereabouts having been received; total sick
and on light duty in camp and hospitals, SO.-
give you only the names of the sick in the
General Hospitals.
Co. Al. K Plummer of Phillips, fever, re-
covering; Otis Morrow, New Sharon, debility,
recovering; ID. b. HUFF Freeman, diarrh9a.
Co. B.--Geo. S. Dudley, Mount Vernon, de-
bility and dysentery; Geo. W. Hilton, Parson-
field, do. do; Everett NJ. Chapman, No. 3,
Range 4, do. do.
Co. G.-Thomas Ford, Ellsworth, dysentery;
Geo. l.. Stewart, Hancock, fever, recovering;
Thomas Brown, Ellsworth, lame.
Co. HID. S. Merrill, -, lame; Warren
Pinkham, Washington, dysentery.
Co. Nichols York, Cornville, n. H.,
dysentery; Lucius Rankens, Hallowell, lame
back.
Co. XIII. Avery, Greenbush. E. OR.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1862-09-16
Notice Of Foreclosure or Mortgage.

WHEREAS the Androscoggin Railroad Compa-
w ny, on the twenty sixth day of September, A.
D. 1853 authorized the issue of certain bonds of said
Company to the amount of one hundred thousand
dollars, and mortgage of the property Of the Com
pany to secure the payment of the same;
,ha1 And whereas ,s the said COMPANY in pursuance
d. 1853. by its mortgage deed of that date, conveyed
to William L: Prebe, John Otis and Samuel Pick
ard all In the State of Maine, trustees for the
holders of said bonds, the Railroad of said Company
then constructed and In Its use situated in the towns
of Leeds and East Livermore then in the County Of
kennebec, but now in the County of Addroscoggin,
and extending from Leeds Junction to Livermore
Falls with all its depots. engine houses and fixtures.
and the lands Of the Company Mt each Of said places
and along the line of said Railroad and all it's priv.
leges and appnrtenances its rolling stock, franchise,
.id all the other property Of said company of every
ton and for the purpose of securing payment of said
bonds, the same being dated October LIST. 1853 and
payable in ten years. with interest semiannualy ON
the first days OF April and October In each of aid
years, according 10 the tenor Of said bonds and cou-
pons annexed therefor. which bonds and coupons
were accordingly issued by said Company. Refer
ence il 10 be bad TO said mortgage deed recorded in
the Registry of Deeds for kennebec County In book
100 page l42. for a more particular description Of
SAID property and the conditions Of said mortgage;
And whereas the said Preble and Otis, having de-
ceased, at legal meeting of said bondhoders holden
On ane e. zn gay o. sePfemper 56 yabez g Wood
were duly chosen trustees in the places Of said Prebe
and Otis respectively, and said woodman and Stubs
And whereas the said Pickard. the survivor of the
original trustees by his deed, dated January l6th
1851 and recorded in the Registry of Deeds for An
droseoggin County, in book 49, pages 3U7 and 30S,
conveyed the aforesaid mortgaged property and
franchise TO the said woodman. Stubbs and the said
fiekard himself TO hold upon the trusts e.
aforesaid
And whereas the condition of said mortgage has
been broken, and Samuel Wheeler, Seth Bass and
others Of said bondholders, to an amount equal to
more than one third OF the amount Of said mort
gage. In different sums. have made application TO Us
in writing to have said mortgage orecosed for con-
dition broken:
Now therefore, hereby give notice that for
breach of the condition Of said mortgage we claim
foreclosure of the same.
SAMUEL PICKARD
JABE c. wOoDMAN. Trustees.
PHILIP M. srUBBs,
September IL, 1852. w3wl3
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1862-09-16
DOMESTIC PORTS

PORT ROYAL scar Sd inst bark Alamo Cd
frey. New York; sch Julia A Hallock. sinclair, do.
Sid 9Th sch Seguin, Atkins, New York.
PHlLADELPHIA-Arl lth. brig Sarah Bernice,
Colligan Machias.
brig Demarara. Montgomery, Matanzasi schs Olive
Elizabeth. Hamilton, Portland: ii Fuller, Hamilton,
do; Pequonnock. Barnes, Boston.
Lewes. Del, 10th-The following vessels are at the
Breakwater: Schs Cameo, with horses and stores.
for Philadelphia; Mitchell, Mary Ella Trojan, Eva
Amy Wooster, 5 ii Sharp, and Others
NEW YORk-Ar 18th, sehs Arabine Casper. from
Elizabethport for Portland; Zulma, Armstrong. Ma
Also ar 18TH brig Sea Foam. Coombs, Kennebunk
for Baltimore; sch Geo kilborn, Booth Mansanilla;
Majestic. Wentworth. Ellsworth.
Ar 18th, ship Galcna, Leayitt New Orleans; brigs
Elizabeth. Trinble. Minatitlan; Lydia Slower Getch-
ell, Elizabethport for Boston; schs Francis Hatch
Cid 18th, bark S A Blaisdell Eaton Belfast; SIAM
pede, Lewis. Marseilles; sch Oregon, O'Brien, East
Cid 18TH ships Montgomery. Hamilton, Lisbon ;
barks Ward ribbetts. do; NJ Rich, Carlton,
and Geo w Hall, Davis. New Orleans; sch Sea RAN
Ar 18th, ships Iigress, Stevens Havre; Harra-
socket. Waite, London; J II Ryerson. Latham, Liv-
erpool: Henry, from Rotterdam.
NoRwIcH--,r llth. sch Hodgman, Prince.
PRovIDENCE-Sld 18th, schs r Ross Smith /;
Cora, Kelley; Ida, Knapp and Perseverance, Arey,
New York.
Sid 18Th, schs A Heath for Philadelphia; Cyclone
BRIsToIe-sld 18th, sch Albion, Hobrook, Ban
gor, Tor New York;
BOSTON-Ar 18TH schs VIM Hill, Crabtree Pctou;
Louisa Dyer, Jameson, Rondout; Juliet. Crosby !;
Hartford; Hiram, Wells, Calais; Doris, Moon, Els
worth; Ratan Davis do Mariel, kaer w aldoboro
Peucinian. Turner, Bangor; Franklin Albce, Wis
casset; Coquette, Southland, Yarmouth; Merrill
johnson, Portland.
Ar l4th, brig Lyra, Low, Pictou schs Joseph Fish.
Bckmore, do: Waterloo. Doyle. Calais; Alabama,
Gardner, do; Mary Jane. Murphy, do; Lucy, Wilbur
Pembroke Dresden, Goliath, Machias; Elizibath,
Gray Bangor; Anaconda Hurd, do; Gold Hunter,
Kent, Wallace, do; Ailaghan, Stahl, Damariscotta;
Mariel Tarbox, saco.
Via quarantine, brig Marine, Cook Cienfuegos.
Cid 18th. schs Huntress, kiby .Dennysyille; Novel
Clark, PASSPORT; Adele, Snow, for Havana; Susan
Phinney, New York.
FALL RIvER-Ar 10th. sch Ocean, Pierce Balt-
more, tand sid 18th for New York;
NEW BEDFORD-Ar 18th, sch l. Snow jr, Cieave-
land. EdgaTtown.
Sid 18th. sch Ann S Salter, Fish, New York.
NANrUCkEr-Ar 18th, sch Undine. Baker, Phila-
dephia.
NEWBURYPoRT-Ar 18th, sch Melrose, Kent,
Bangor.
GLOUCESTER-Ar 11th, sch Delta, Staples, Bos-
ton; 18th. Byzanfium. Small, Wiscasset for New
York; ORION, Knight Bath for Boston: Ada Fran
ces, Coombs Boothbay for Baltimore; Wright Ba-
ker, Gardiner for Falmouth; soop vigiiant. Baker
do for do.
BANGOR-Ar 18th, schs Pierce Iowa. and Phebe
Ann, Boston; Henrietta I'm Salem; Nile. Crockett,
Portland.
Cid 18TH ship Odessa, Nickels, Buenos Byres; bark
Z Hartman Hartman, do; brig Chas Heath,
land NpV York
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1862-09-16

SMALL LIEs.-H. w. Beecher. in a recent
sermon on faithfulness in small things, said:
Il do not know ofany buyer that pays such
prices as the devil pays when he buys men.
Here is man who sells himself for about one
eighth of a pound of chickory in a pound of
coffee. He prepares his commodity with lie,
and retais it with another lie. Every time a
man commits known dishonesty he sells his
soul and thousands are selling themselves by
little driblets. And l think that man who
sells himself thus cheats himself-no, he cheats
the devil; the devil pays too much for him. l
am informed that before the communication sys-
TEN was abandoned by the ferry company men
property and standing in society would bold
ly declare that they had Communication ticket
when they had none, for the sake of
going throug without payingl They lied for
one cent! pity the devil. do not know what
he does with such men. 1t is awful to be chief
magistrate Of parcel OF men like these. l
canuot understand how these exguous terice-
squeezed men can be managed"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1862-09-16
Official Vote for Cumberland County
nf1icarx. 4

We publish below the official returns from
all the towns in Cumberland County, for Coun-
ty officers. 1t will be seen that the entire Re-
publican tichet is elected by handsome plural
tiles The plurality for Mr.. Butler, County
Attorney is 2S3; for Mr.. Higgins, County
Commissioner, 242 for Mr.. Mead, Treasurer,
1852; for Mr.. Hancock, Register of Deeds, 10;
Mr. Pencil for Sheriff has plurality of 1913.
But allowing Mr.. Bracket all the votes thrown
for S. NJ, S. H., and Samuel Bracket, and
also allowing him 260 in Brdgton which has
returned none for him, Mr.. Pencils plurality
would be reduced to 125.
,iss'r Troos