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Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-05-09
The Captured Iowa Regiments.
PiTTsBuRG LANDING, Tenn. April
To the Editors of the Chicago Evening journal.

PiTTsBuRG LAYpfHa, Tenn. April %.
TO inc Editors of the Chicago Evening Journal:
All the accounts that have yet reached our
camp state that tho Iowa Regiments (the 9Th.
l2th and l4th,) were captured early in the
day of Sunday, April Gth--the first day of
the great battle. was with the 10Th and
l4th Regiments as late as q quarter past four
o'clock in the afternoon Of that day, out upon
the Held. The misapprehcnson has occurred
think, by placing these Regiments in Gen.
Prcntiss' Division, when they were in that of
Gen. Smith, commanded in his absence by
Gen. Wallace ..... .a.". ! j :.
Long after those regiments were reported
captured, they drove the rebels in repeated
assaults, and occupied their ground, and were
still advancing by repeated charges when I
was last with them. administered to wound
cd rebels lying along their line of battle as
early as | l O'clock in the day, and they did
not yield their ground once, but steadily adj
vanccd, till their final strait, when surround.
ed by the enemy who turned our right and
left flank and closed in their rear, they fought
their way half a mile back but were over
whelmed by swarIning rebel regiments and
surrounded by about a quarter before 6 o.
clock p. m, as we learned by our Col, who,
wounded, they left next morning in their re.
treat. -: -. F, .... s'r e.
am glad to be able thus with positive Ger.
tainty, from personal knowledge and expe.
rience the memory of which life time will
not eilace, to correct misstatment which
would rob those gallant regiments of the glory
OF long day of unsurpassed bravery, and a
retreat Of thrilling heroism.
Very truly yours JAMES G. II. HOBBS.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-05-09
The Wedding-Ring Finger.

This is the fourth finger on the left hand
Why this particular digit should have receiv-
ed such token of honor and trust beyond
all its congeners, both in Pagan and Chris
tian times, has been variously interpreted -
''The most common explanation is," ac-
cordiHg to Sir Thomas Browne, 'spresuming
therein that particular vessel, nerve, vein.
or artery is conferred thereto from the hea-t:''
which direct vascular communication Browne
shows himself to be anatomically incorrect.
Macrolius gives another reason, which NAV.
perhaps, satisfy those anatomists who are
not satisfied with the above. ''Pollex," he
says, or thumb, (whose deriyatiyc polleo,
and from its Greek equivalent aaticheir,
which means, as good as hand,') is too
busy to be set apart for any special employ
ment the next finer to the thumb being but
half protected on that side, besides having
other work to do, is also ineligible; the op-
probrum attaching to the middle finger, call
ed nedieus, puts it entirely out of the ques-
ton; and as the little finger stands exposed,
and is moreover too puny to enter the list in
such a contest, the spousal honors devolve
naturally on pronubns, the wedding finger.n
In The British Apollo, 1778, it is urged that
the fourth finger was chosen from its being
not only less tscd than either Of the rest, but
more capable Of preserving a ring from brus-
es; having this one quality peculiar to itself,
that it cannot be extended but in company
with some other finger, whereas the rest may
be stretched out to their full straightness and
length.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-05-09
Power Of Imagination.

A wealthy lady had tickling in her throat
and thought that bris,le of her tooth brush
had gone down and lodged in her gullet.
Her throat daily grew worse. II was badly
iniamcd and she sent for the family doctor.
lie examined it carefully and assured her
that nothing was the matter--it was mere
nervous delusion; he said. Still her throat
troubled her, and she became SO much alarm.
ed, that she was sure she should die. A
friend suggested that she should call in DR..
Jones, young man just commencing prac.
ticc. She did not at first like the idea. but
finally consented, and DIR. Jones was called.
lie was person of good address and polite
manners. He looked carefully at her throat.
asked her several questions as to the sonsa.
ton at the seat Of the alarming malady. and
finally announced that he thought he could
relieve her. On his second visit he brought
with him delicate pair Of forceps, in the
teeth OF which he had inserted a bristle taxi
en- from an ordinary toothbrush The rest
can be imagined. The lady threw back her
head; the sorceps were introduced into her
mouth; pick "a loud scream and twas
all oyer and the young physician. with a
smiling face, was holding up to the light and
inspecting with lively curiosity the extract-
cd bristlc. The patient was in raptures.-
She Immediately recovered her health and
spirits, and went about everywhere sounding
the praises Of cher SAVIOR" as she persisted
in callirg the dexteIous OPERATOR.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-05-09
Variety Squibs.

Ir is about equally dangerous to take ad
vice from your enemies, as to give it to you,
| friends.
| Two acquaintanccs met on a wet day, til,
one greeted the other with: beautiful rain
this; fetching things out of the ground."-
Hope not, sir-hope not" replied the othe,
disconsolately, "for have two w;ver there >
AN admirable question for debating soci
ETY.: Which can smell rat the quickest
the man who knows the most, or the mar
who has the most nose?
Why is an author the most peculiar of an
imals? Because his tale comes out of his
head.
"MY wife, said critic, ais the mos,
even tempered person in the word-she's
always mad"
MANY complain of neglect who never tried
to attract regard.
A young man will never succeed without
hard rOrk and the harder the work the
more sure the success, either in business, OF
learning, or anything else in life.
The beginning of anger is foolshness, and
itS emu repentance.
A scholar of bad life is like n blind mar
holding torch, by which he gives light tc
others, but cannot see himself
EVERY day of thy life is a leaf of thy his
tory.
He who can suppress moments ange,
may prevent days of sorrow. ... -
WISDOM is better than riches; wisdom
guards thee, but thou hast to guard thy
riches. Riches diminish in the using; bu,
wisdom increases in the use of il.
From report just made by the police o
Cincinnati, il appears there are in that city
1882 places where liquor is sold l6O bii
lard rooms; 1l5 houses of i'll repute; "a
lottery Offices, and Is pawn prokcrs. s
SINCE the war broke out, the American
Tract Society have furnished 224, 700 vol
umcS and l,O57.20O tracts to the soldiers
fighting for the Union. This great work has
exhausted the funds of the Society, and they
make urgent appeals for contributions.
Mr.. George w. Bungay, the poet and re
former, has Joined the editorial staff of the
New York Tribune. s.
Experimental Philosophy--Asking young
lady to marry you.
Natural Phiiosophy- Looking Indifferent,
when she refuses you, and saying you were
only in fun.
AGE should make us gentle; let not the
heart grow black as the head grows white.
They who live single all their lives, when
they have sown their wild oats begin to sow
new nettles; whilst the married, from the
first, plant orchards. 4
VIR7UE without talent Is coat of mail
without sword; it may defend the wearer,
but will not enable him to protect his friend.
THE New York Fire Zouaves are about be-
ing mustered out Of the service.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-05-09
Fashion Edicts,

With what oracular solcmnity and deep
sense of responsibility fashion mongers pro-
mulgate their high and mighty DEGREES, which
consign to oblivion a check or stripe, or
raise into favor founce or tuck. Imagine
mother anxiously gazing over newspaper
for the list of killed or wounded, among which.
perchancc, might be her son, lighting upon
the following paragraph: "A shadowy hint
reaches us that dresses are to be goyed this
summer, instead of being worn full as usual"
Or thus. "As to the question of flowers i'm
the hair, we hasten to inform our readers that
this important question has not been definitc-
ly settled in the mean time, let them rest
assured that knots of ribbon will be perfectly
safe to venture upon, though no lady, Of
course, who has fair complexion, would
peril her reputation by selecting Yellow
Imagine woman to whom life is earnest.
who has heart and soul, as well as BODY.
pondcring absorby for hours over the un-
solved mystery ofa sleeve plated or gathered,
round, square, or pointed, or searching prcc.
edents with keen, lawyer like gaze for six
ruilles or ten. Heavens! what butterflies
these women must needs be, who think and
talk and live solely for these things, like the
peacocH, retiring into dark corners when thev
cannot strut in the sunshine in gorgcously
spread plumage. One can imagine that a
sensible soulful woman may yet apparel her.
| sell, when there is necessity for getting a
| change of clothing, in a tasteful manner, but
to make it the chiet' object in life, to which
everything else must bend to dream of it,
rising and sitting, going out and coming in.
lying down and rising up, at any time, but
more especially now, when such great issues
are pending and such great Questions are
being solved before our eyes, and the eyes Of
the whole civilized world, the pucrility Of
this is past all belief. There is indeed one
aspect of the subject which may be viewed
with comp!acency, and that is the amount of
employment these chameleon cdicts afford to
the thousands Of operatives, mostly women.
Every turn Of fashions revolving wheel. if II
throw one portion Of them in shadow, sheds
pccuniary sunshine on the other. Of course
dependant woman must earn her support.
whenever, wherever, and howsoever she hon.
cstly can; all honor to her for brayely doing
it, according to her several opportunities and
capacities: but if she could set types in n
printing office, though her fingers might not
be so clean, yet her mind would stand less
chance OF belittlement than when employed
in the various stages Of Recommendation.
AS to the unfitness Of this or that cmploy
ment, not usual for females, it is my opinion
that sclf-rcspecting, digniicd woman need
not alway employ her whole existence in toss.
ing peace-oiierings to Mrs. Grundy,
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-05-09

when sccesh fed, and getting across the
Warwick river in a way that we did not know
of, they all escaped but fourteen, who at once
surrendered. The ditch runs about hun
dred feet from the river or dam, aHd not on
the edge as was supposed Eighteen of the
sixty fell on the march, but the balance kept
OH as steadily as though not bullet was fly
ing. The rifle pit wheii taken was filed up
by another company, and our heroic band
fell back to the woods with the dead and
wounded, a list Of whom We forward by tele-
graph. Such unfinching courage as has been
displayed by the men here and at Lees
Mills is but a token Of what may be expected
when the word is given to loose the dogs OF
war; if VIC are beaten it will not be for the
want Of heroic, brave, and daring men, but
on account of blundcrs or drunkenes of the
officers.
" SECESII IN A l ASSIGN.
This morning about 81 o'clock, Secesl
thought he saw some men marching along
| the edge of the woods in front of Yorktown
and, from the number, supposed they were
for something else besides picket duty. Per
haps the shovels and picks OH the mems
shoulders were thought to be unnecessary 70,
picket duty, and so they opened their bat
terics for five or ten minutes. The shells
flew so lively that it was thought in camp
that an attack was to be made on us at once
but some of our artillery returned the fir,
and Secesh was soon glad to quit Then
shells went over the heads OF the iuen, and
exploded in the woods. The troops kept on
with their tools, and we presume, as there is
no Sundays in time of war, that they will not
remain idle all day.
| NEGROES UNIFORMED AND IN ARMS!
Two miles and quarter below Yorktown
are three rebel forts, on the west side of the
| Warwick rivcr---in front of one of them Lieut.
Wagner, Of Philadelphia, was killed. Gu,
artillery have shelled them out number o
times, and an encampmcnt in the rear has
been so ridded that their barracks have been
deserted. They have in these three forts SIX
guns--two in the left one, three in the ccnte,
and one on the right The dam from the
Warwick river runs in front, preventing them
from coming over or our pickcts from reach.
ing them. The artillery, however, make il
so hot that they cannot stay in the forts
In the center one can be seen, every day,
from two to three hundred negroes, with red
coats, grey pants and slouch hats, strength.
ening the work with sand bags, digging
bitches, etc. Whenever they dare to come
out to fire their artillery, which is simply field
artillery, these negroes ram home the balls
which the white men fire at the hearts of on,
soldiers. Any one who doubts that the reb.
els arc fighting side by side with their slaves
can be convinced at any hour of the day by
going up to the edge of the wood, about
twelve hundred yards in front OF their works
With the aid of an ordinary glass, the matter
can be put beyond room for doubt.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-05-09
The Siege at Yorktown.
Correspondence Of the Philadelphia Inquirer.
| CAMP WINFIELD scorr, NEAR YORKTOWN,
| Saturday, April 20, 1862.

Correspondence Of the Philadelphia Inquirer.
CAMP WINFIELD Scorr, NEAR YORKTOWN,
Saturday, April g. 1862.
The dull and heavy atmosphere that hangs
around the Grand Armec seems to have a ten
dcncy to make all hands feel out Of Sorts
Yesterday and this morning the very damp
seems to cling to one as though it was part
and parcel Of his very existence. Many of
the soldiers are busy with their thoughts
within them, while lying around loose, smok-
ing their bricr-rOOts. In fact the weather
down here is miserable. The residents are a
race of scrawny, poorly developed humanity
and If it were not that we are fighting for the
honor Of the dear old flag, the whole pcnin-
suia might go to thunder for what VIC care.
TIE SHARP. SHOOTERS.
Picket firing has been kept up all day, the
enemy losing some eight or ten men. The
Union loss was Sergeant of the sharp shoot
crs. He had just put ball through the body
Of rebel, and while engaged in reloading his
rifle, a ball crashed through his brain. The
shot that struck him was either splendid
shot or a chance ball. The enemy have some
excellent marksmen.
About five o'clock last evening the enemy s
sharp-shooters were entirely routed by few
shells being thrown into their midst, scatter
ing them in all directions, while our pickcts
picked them off as they tried to get to cover.
NEGROES IN TIE REBEL ARMY.
The enemy have large number of armed
negroes with them, who arc plainly visible
keeping guard as other soldiers. This cxas-
pcrates our own troops very much. They do
not like the idea of shooting at negroes
These negroes are very cruel to our wounded.
It is reliable fact that all or nearly all our
wounded at Lees Mills were bayoncted, while
stuck in the mud Of the bog, in their feeble
attempts to escape these savages
This morning, towards daylight, there was
some considerable firing at the right of the
line, the report of the guns being followed by
the noise of the bursting she'll TO-.
FOURTEEN PRISONERS TAKEN CHARGE by A
.-. MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENT.
A charge was made on riile-pit this morn
ing, by Company II, of the Massachusetts 1st.
1t was carried with the loss Of three men, the
rebels running in all directions. Fourteen
prisoners were taken, belonging to the 10Th
Virginia, and are as rough and dirty look
ing set as we have ever seen. The rihc-pit
was about three miles from Yorktown, and
was in advance of their works. They caused
a good bit of annoyance to our pickcts from it
heretofore.
The prisoners have been brought in to
headquarters. .-s... ..
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-05-09

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WEALTH OF GREAT MES OF ANTIQUITY.
Crnsus had an estate equal TO FL 700, 900
sterling, besides scarcely les amount in
money, slaves and furniture. The philoso-
pher Scnccp had a property valued at f3,-
1000, and Lentulus. the friend of Cicero,
was said to be worth f3, 100000, which
Caligula, his successor. succeeded in squan-
dering in less than q year. Caesar, before he
had been promoted to any high office, owred
nearly f3,000,0OO. Aplcius spent in various
dissipations f5O0, 900, and finding on look
ing into his affairs that he had only $500, 900,
he poisoned himself, not regarding the sum
sufficient for his maintenance Cleopatra
gave to Anthony diamond worth fS0O,OOO
Caligula spent Oh one dinner 100000. The
ordinary expense for dinner Of Lnculius
was 100000. Messala bought a house Of
Anthony for f400,0OO. The fishes in the
fish pond Of Luculus were sold for f35, 900.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-05-09
CAMP WINFIELD ScoTr,
Near Yorktown, Sunday April ~, 1862.

Near Yorktown, Sunday April q, 1862. I
WHERE LoNGsTRETns DIVISION HAS BEEN SINCE
LEAVING CENTERylLLE.
The prisoners taken Yesterday were from
the Twelfth Virginia Regiment, Longstreth's
Division, and left Centcrvile on the Saturday
before our troops arrived there from thence
they marched to Warrenton, from there to
Orange Court House, where they cncamped
two weeks, and then started for Yorktown,
which place they reached on the 10th. They
are now cncamped in the woods near the main
body of the army. They are ignorant of any
division except their own, and had been told
we had but ten thousand troops in front of
Yorktown.
They were surprised to sec the camps on
the way to head quarters, and said they ''did
not think We had so many" They appear
sullen, and say we will surely be whipped
We have seen some pretty hard specimens Of
Southern chivalry in our reportorial expert
ence, but they were the dirticst, poor, mean,
ragged looking wrctches of all that have ever
passed before us nroute to comfortable quar-
ters. Nearly all sportcd moustaches, few
pieces of jewelry or trinkets that looked as
though some Of the family had seen better
days. Not one Of them had any idea as to
what's the NATTER They went to war to
help to whip the thieving Yankees" They
expect to be released at once. One, SER
geant, said he understood then we owed them
a large number, they having released more
than we had One of the men replied that
nary man would be exchanged until Col. Cor
coran came home, and that there were 25 900
now in jail ahead of them to be exchanged
first, which Sccesh set down as a " Yankee
lie"
They were given good fresh bread ard meat
for dinner, and the way they went into it one
would suppose that it had been some time
since they had eat with silver spoon. They
have had nothing but hard bread and fresh
meat, with occasionally salt meat they wear
homespun grey cloth, known as negro goods,
with black stripe down the leg. and the
coats arc trimmed with blue chintz some of
their shoes were soleless, and some Of their
toes protruding from the open rents. And
those are the F. 4. VS.. These arc the men
who prate Of nudsills and greasy mechanics,
who have been taken out Of their own ditch
es by q handful Of Massachusetts, Yankees.
HEROIsM OF MASSACHUSETTS TROoPs-THE RE-
CONCORDANCE OF FRIDAY MO MING.
The reconnaissance of Friday. in which the
prisoners were taken, was a brilliant affair
Sixty Massachusetts boys marched in front
of rebel rific-pit, six hundred yards across
an open field, receiving the enemy's fire. but
not.returning until they reached the ditcf
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-05-09

A BRAVE WOMAN AND DEyoTED W1YE-.
Among the women who lave figured during
the present war, and whose name willappear
hereafter on the pages Of history, Is Mrs,
Browncll, wife of Orderly Sergeant n. ID.
Browncll of the Rhode Island Volunteers.
and cousin to the ayenger Of the lalncnted
Ellsworth. Mrs. Brownell accompanied her
husband to Ncwbern, and was in the midst
Of the battle at that place. On account Of.
the suddcness Of the engagement, the regi..
ment had not brought out their .colors. In.
this emergency Capt. Grant drew forth ).
small American flag from his bosom and gave
it to Mrs. Brownell who held it up and cheer
ed the men as they rallied aroundit. Fifteen
minutes afterward, hearing that her husband
was wounded, she hastened to his side and
assisted in carrying him of the field to the
hospital, where she nursed him, with all the
other wounded men brought in. On one oc-
casion she was insultcd by Rebel officer.
when she drew. revolver and shot him.
wonnding him badly. The fsllsw succeeded
however, in getting away. Mrs. Brownell Il
only 20 Years of age, and very charming
lady. Her husband, though badly wounded.
is doing well and viii soon be enabled T. re- ,
sumo his duty. III