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Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-08-07
DIED,

At the t. S. Hospital in Kcokuk, on tho
2Vth of July, ELLIS IL. RYDER, of Company h
81 Iowa Regiment, formerly Of Floyd, aged
"a years
Mr.. Ryder enlisted last October, and con-
tinued in tho service till last March, and Was
recently removed to Keokuk. He has left for
the consolation Of his afflicted parents AMI
friends IN evidence that he was resigned to the
will OF God in his last hours,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ryder, the parents of the de-
ceased, have three soIs yet in the service, and
it is hoped they will have the prayers and sym
pathics OF all Christian people that they may
be sustained in this ailliction. l. d. Rust.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-08-07

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Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-08-07
MARRIED.

On the 81 instant, by w. III. Johnson,
County Judge, Mr.. PETER LINES and Miss
NANCY JUMP, both of Floyd County.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-08-07
Back Pay, Bounties Sc Pensions.

BISSELL &c SHlRAS,
Attorneys and Counscllors at Law.
DuBJ4iE, IOWA,
Have made arrangements for the prompt
adjustment of all claims for
Back Pay, Bounties and Pensions,
due Soldiers who have been wounded or who
have contracted disease, or the families OF
such as have died OF been killed while in the
discharge of their duty during the present
war. Any person desiring information, by
addressing MS, will receive prompt reply and
will be furnished with AL necessary blanks,
and such information ~ will enable them to-
substantiatc their claim without inconvcni-,
ence, and save them the necessity of calling
upon us personally.
Pay due prisoners of war can be obtained,
only. by the wife, y 10y minor children, II
there is no wife living, 3. by widowed mother
if there bc no wife or minor children
Office, n t. corner 9th and Main street.
23n3 BISSEiL & SIiiRAS
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-08-07
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Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-08-07

Sec rs. And I've il further enacted, That
the pay of the assessors assistant assessors.
collectors, and deputy collectors shall be paid
out Of the accruinS internal duties or taxes
before the same is paid into the treasury, ac
cording to such regulations as the Commits
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ton Of the Secretary Of the Treasury, shall
prescribe and for the purpose of paying the
Commissioner OF Internal Revenue and clerks,
procuring dies, stamps, adhesive stamps paper.
printing forms and regulations, advertising,
and any other expenses of carrying this act
into effect, the sum of five hundred thou
sand dollars be and hereby is appropriated, Or
50 much thereof as may be NECESSARY.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1862-02-26

HORRIBLE AFFAIR.-It becomes our
painful duty TO record the particulars of
the most terrible catastrophe which this
village has ever known. A fire broke out
about l o'clock this (Tuesday,) morning
in the house of Mr.. Frederick Harnowsky,
in the eastern part of the village. At
tho time the fire broke out, the family,
consisting of Mr.. NJ, his wife and four
small children, were asleep in the upper
part of the house. Mr.. II. awoke first
and said to his wife, " We're burning up I"
He Immediately arose and took ono of
the children, little girl three years of
age, in his arms, and carried her down
stairs, into the pantry, and closed the
door. The fire, having originated in the
basement, had burnt the floor of the pan
try so thin that it would not bear their
weight, and they broke through into the
fire beneath and were burnt to death.
Mrs. Harnowsky and the three children
who were left above, escaped to the neigh
bors and Immediately gave the alarm, but
by this time the house was completely
enveloped in flames, and before any assis-
tance conld be rendered was reduced to
ashes. The bodies of the father and
child were recovered about an hour after
the alarm was given; they were burnt in
n most shocking manner.
Mr.. Harnowsky was sober, indus
trious German, and for several years has
been in the employ of Messrs. Oliver q
Co., in this village. He was respected by
all who knew him and his untimely death
will be a great loss to the community in
which he lived.
Allegan Record, 10th.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1862-02-26
SINCERITY


Oft hast thou wished thy minstrel friend
To give page to thee;
One word alone to be my theme
That word, Sincerity.
Say, has some hope in life been cross'd,
Some trial been severe,
Some bright illusion won and lost,
Some lover insineere?
Whate'er the cause, thy secret keep,
1 do not seek TO know;
would not wake from memory's sleep
Thy source Of hidden woe.
Would could show how much of crime,
How much of sorrow here,
Were blotted from the page Of time,
Would men but be sincere.
While sailing o'cr lifc's stormy sea,
BY many tempest toss'd,
The man who enters falsehood's maze,
Is surely wrecked and lost.
While he who nobly speaks the truth,
Though it may cost him dear,
Finds, by tho peace within his breast,
Twas well to be sincere.
Oh what world would this become,
How changed our lot would be,
Could we but trust without a doubt
All mems sincerity.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1862-02-26

EFFECTS OF INTENSE CoLp ON MAN.
But there is still degree Of cold be-
yond all that which | have described
IL is when there is a strong wind blowing
from the north, at n temperature of forty
or fifty degrees below zero. The sensa-
ton with which you endure it / can only
characterize rs continued struggle for
life. Then you do not only feel the cold,
but you actually SEQ il. The air is hazv
with floating particles of frozen moisture.
The sky is like vault of solid steel, so
hard and pale does it appear. And the
wind is like blast out of that fabulous
frozen hill of the old Scandinavians.-
The touch of it on the face is like cutting
with an exceedingly dull and Jagged knife.
| endured this weather during two days
in an open sleigh, but, very fortunately,
it was blowing ,on my back, or l should
have been obliged to give up the battle.
Every man | met who was travelling
against the wind, had face either al
ready frozen or just in the act of freezing.
Those purple faces surrounded with rings
of ice did not seem to belong to human
beings. DR.. Kane described to me his
sensation upon being exposed two days to
a violent storm, at temperature of for
ty'seven degrees below zero. Although
the physical effect was not particularly
painful, yet the mental effect was such as
to make him and his men delirious for
some days afterward. The physical ef-
feet of an extremely low temperature
perhaps the lowest which the human frame
is capable of feelug-is a sort of slow,
penetrating, deadly chill, rather than an
accute and painful sensation. But after
tho battle is over, on entering warm
room then painful sensation commences.
| experienced curious counterpart of
this on the African desert. During the
warm hours of MONDAY, with the air like
a blast of furnace, l did not suffer any
feeling Of intense heat; but, after sunset,
when the temperature fell rapidly, then l
began to glow like live coal. II would
seem from that, that the absorption of
either heat or cold into the body, is much
less sensibly felt than the giving of it out
again.-Bayard Taylor.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1862-02-26
For the Grand Haven News.
ARMY CORRESPONDENCE.
CAMP MICHIGAN, Feb'y 5, '62.

AN N~NNfANNN'f -
DEAR NEWS: Wishing to let the peo-
pie in the vicinity of the Grand River
Valley know thai the Third Michigan
Regiment Of Infantry are doing service TO
their country, l will tell you what the
Muskegon Rangers and the Georgetown
Company did on Monday last, while out
on picket service: Capt. Lowing, of the
Georgetown Company, made up party
of about eighty picked men, from the
foregoing named Companies, and made
tho furthest reconnaissance that has ever
been made. We went as far as Deco
guam village, fourteen miles below Alex
audria. We discovered nothing Of unu-
sual interest on the way. Arriving at
Occoquan village we found rebels pletiful-
ly. They seemed to be having a regular
jollifcation, and did not see us until we
had approached within forty rods and fired
upon them, killing four or five, and driv-
inc the rest 10 their houses. There were
none of our party hurt. We returned in
good time TO save ourselves, for there was
large force followed us.
CHARLES F. BRITToN,
Private, of Muskegon Rangers.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1862-02-26
[Allegan Record, 10th.

WINTER BuTTER.-A good way to
make butter in cold weather is to set the
milk where it will freeze, and take the
cream off before it thaws out. Keep the
cream frozen until enough is collected for
n churning, and then let it thaw gradually.
Tho butter will be as good as any made
in the winter 1t is alternately freezing
and thawing which makes the butter bit
ter. Those who have never tried the
freezing process on milk will be surprised
at the quantity of cream obtained.-
BETTY WRINKLE, an Rural NcW Yorker.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1862-02-26
Ice CAvERNs IN THE NORTHERN SEA

Ice CAvERNs IN THE NORTHERN SEAS.
This was one of the finest and warm
est days l ever knew in Spitzenberg; the
thermometer was 55 degrees in the cabin,
and in tho sun it was actually hot. The
summers warmth had perceptible effect
upon the ice, much of which we observed
to be honey y-combed, or rotten" as the
sailors call it; it always seems TO decay
fastest "between wind and water" so
that enormous caverns get excavated in
the sides of the bergs. Nothing can ex-
ceed the beauty of these crystal vaults,
which sometimes appear of n deep ultra
marine blue, and at others of emerald
green color; they. look as if they were
the fitting abodes of mermaids and all
sorts of sea monsters, but practically no
animal ever goes into them. The water
dashing in and out through these icy
caves and tunnels makes sonorous, but
rather monotonous and melancholy sound.
In moderately calm weather many of
these bergs assume the form of gigantic
mushrooms, and all sorts of fantastic
shapes; but directly n breeze of wind
comes they break up into little pieces with
great rapidity.-Arctic Scenes.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1862-02-26

THE OCEAN CEMETERY.-The sea is
the largest of cemeteries, and its slumber-
ers sleep without monument. All 9th
er graveyards show somo distinction be-
tween the rich and poor, but in the ocean
cemetery the king and peasant, the prince
and the clown, are alike undistinguished.
The Same wave rolls over all-the same
requiem by the minstrelsy of the ocean
is sung to their honor. Over their re-
mains the Same storm beats, and the same
sun shines, and there, unmarked, the weak
and powerful, the plumed and the union
ored, will sleep on until awakened by the
same trump, when the sea will give up
its dead. l thought of sailing over the
slumbering but devoted Goodman, who,
after his brief but brilliant career perish
ed in the President-over the laughter
loving Power, who went down in the
same ill-fated shipwo may have passed. In
this cemetery sleeps the accomplished and
pious Fisher; but where he and thou
sands of others Of the noble spirits Of the
earth lie, no one but God knoweth. No
marble rises TO point out where their ash
es are gathered, or where the lover of the
good and wise can go and shed the tear
of sympathy.-Giles.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1862-02-26
HEAD QUARTERS, RICHARDSON'S BRIO !.
ADE-Brigade Order, No. 6. I

The General commanding the Brigade
considers il his duty and takes this op-
portunity to convey to the troops under
his command his good opinion Of their
conduct, as soldiers, in the late affairs in
which the detachments, one the Third
Michigan Volunteers, commanded by
Capt. Lowing, of that Regiment, and The
other of the Twenty-Seventh New York
Volunteers, commanded by Lieutenant
Colonel Burke, of that Regiment, were
engaged with superior forces of the enemy
on the Occoquan River, the daring at
tack of Lieut.. Col. Burke and his party,
on house occupied by the enemy, and
the fearful reconnaissance of Capt Lowing
and his detachment, in front of superior
forces of the enemy, deserve and the Gen
eral commanding the Brigade hopes will!
obtain the just commendation of all those
who take any interest in the patriotism
and discipline of the American soldiers.
The General would again remind the
Third Michigan Volunteers that he has
not forgotten that that Regiment, togeth-
er with the Second Michigan, performed
gallant service last summer, in the most
considerable campaign which has yet Ia
ken place against the enemy, and from
being the first troops actually engaged
against the enemy, not only showed the
highest discipline and skill in the attack
of the 18th of july at Blackburn's Ford,
but also GOODNESS and order in covering
the retreat to Washington, of the 2lst Of
July, which has rendered both of these
Regiments an honor to the community.
The Fifth Michigan Regiment also, al
though having been a shorter time in the
service than the other Regiments of the
Brigade, have rendered effective service
at different times, especially in the affair
of detachment under Capt. Quackcn-
bush, Of that Regiment, in an encounter
near Poick Church, in which he met and
drove back n superior force, and its drill
and discipline have shown that when fur
ther opportunities offer they will not fail
in rendering themselves credit to the
Brigade. j. B. RICHARDSON,
Brigadier General
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1862-02-26

HoRRID DEATH.-Voluminous attire
proved the death Of Mrs. Mounsey, OF
Sunderland, Wales. Her husband owns
large iron-works, and, while showing some
friends his factory, Mrs. Mounsey ap-
preached near a powerful machine for
saving iron; the great teeth caught a
flounce, whisked her in, and in second
Mrs. Mounsey was an inanimate, shape
less mass, instead of an elegantly attired
female.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1862-02-26
Resignation of Gel. Stuart.

The Grand Rapids Eagle, Of the 5th
inst, in alluding to the resignation of
Col. Chas. K. Stuart, says that he is
strongly suspected of treason, and, that
he is leading member of the Knights
of the Golden Circle. The Kalamazoo
Telegraph, republican, in speaking of this
attack upon Col. Stuart says: "As an
act of common Justice, we cannot permit
Misrepresentation of the above charoc-
ter pertaining to the resignation of Mr..
Stuart to pass unnoticed. A few words
will, we trust, explain it satisfactorily to
the public.
"When Mr.. Stuart was requested to
make tho application for the acceptance
of this regiment he did so with the ex-
press understanding that he could moi, ,and
would not, take command of it in person
that he was unskilled in military af-
fairs-and that he disapproved the policy
of placing important military commands
in the hands Of civilians. He stated fur
ther, that in the event of the acceptance
and organization of this regiment, il was
his desire that all the positions above the
grade of Captain, should be filed by off
GERS from the regular service.
"Theso were Mr.. Stuart's views at the
time Of making his application for the
authority to raise this regiment, and we
have seen nothing to indicate n change of
them from that time to this. That such
policy has not been fully carried out is
true. We are very correctly informed
that the application for detail of officers
from the regular service, with single ex-
ception, was met with flat refusal by the
President, Secretary of War, and Gen.
Mcclellan. Under the circumstances, we
cannot very well see what other course
was left for Mr.. S. than the one he has
pursued. That all of these appointments
meet with the approval of his fellow cit
izens, and of the men whose time and
money has been expended TO raise and or
ganize the regiment, is wholly another
and entirely different question which we
shall not now discuss. Neither is it our
present purpose to comment on any ute
rior objects Mr.. S. may have had in view
in making up the skeleton of his regi-
ment.
AS for the charge of treason against
Mr.. S. we regard them as simply absurd,
unfounded and ridiculous. What such
suspicion could be based upon, we are at
loss to conjecture.
"We have no personal admiration for
Mr.. Stuarts public and political career.
Wo are not deeply impressed with his
eminent abilities or profound statesman
ship. But there are incidents connected
with the organization of this regiment,
as above explained, which a sense of JUS
tice to the public, Mr.. Stuart, and our
selves, will not permit us to pass in 81
lence. Let us not be misunderstood; we
speak solely and exclusively of Mr.. Stu
arts resignation, and of this alone"
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1862-02-26

MOUNT VEsUvIUs.-The eruption of
Vesuvius, at latest accounts was exhibit
ing renewed activity. So great were the
showers of ashes that the cinders and SCOT
were carried even to Sicily, and the steam
ers plying thither were blackeped by the
shower. Even at Naples the roofs of the
houses were covered with fine layer of
ashes, and during rain storm. the win
dow panes were obscured by the mud
formed by the falling rain and SCOT.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1862-02-26
RATES OF ADVERTISING.

Twelve lines or less (Minion) make ] square.
Business Cards, not exceeding six lines, $500.
Legal advertising at legal rates, fifty cents per
folio for the first and twenty cents per folio
for each subsequent insertion.
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ment is added to an advertisement tho whole
will be charged, the for the first insertion,
Job Printing,
All kinds Of Book, Card, Post-Bill, Catalogue
or Fancy Printing done on short notice, and at
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order, with neatncss and despatch.
NG- Patronage is respectfully solicited.
Letters relating to business, to receive atten-
ton, must be addressed to the Publishers.
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The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1862-02-26
Fort Pulaski.

The New York Herald thus describes
Fort Pulaski, the principal defense of Sa-
yannah:
Fort Pulaski guards the city on its sea
approaches. 1t is built on Cockspur ISL
and, fourteen miles from Savannah, at the
mouth Of the Savannah River. The site
Of the fortifcation was selected by Major
Babcock, of the United States Engineer
Corps, about twenty-six years ago, but
it was not till lS4l that the work of
erecting the present massive masonry for
titcatlon was commenced in earnest. In
that year (now Quartcrmastor- GencraD
Mansfield took charge of its construction.
The fort was finished few years ago, At
cost of S963,000. The fort is of pen
tagonal form, covering several acres. Its
walls are forty feet high, and present two
falls on the sea approach, with ranges Of
fire radiating at opposite angles. Tho
fort is embrasured OH the front and chan
mel side for one row of guns, under bomb
proof casemates, with an additional tier
Of guns open, or en- JarJette. The sail
ent points and fanking approaches on the
rear of the work have no embrasures for
heavy cannon, but are thoroughly cover
ed by enilading musketry loopholes,
which renders landing or escalading ex-
tremely hazardous TO an enemy. The
full armament of tho fort will consist on
the lower tier, of sixty-five thirty pound
ers (iron pieces, and the upper tier Of fif-
ty-three twenty -four Founders, four eight
een-pounder flanking howitzers, one thir-
teen-inch mortar, twelve eight-inch colum-
biads, and seven ten-inch mortars-in all
one hundred and fifty guns. The colum-
biads are heavy and very destructive
weapons of long range and adapted to use
spherical shot or shell. They are capable
of m elevation of one hundred and eighty
degrees, and vertical fire Of five degrees,
depressed to thirty-six degrees elevation.
The interior of the fort is well supplied
with massive furnace for heating shot, Of
fcers quarters, soldiers' barracks, and an
immense supply of shot, powder and
muskets. A wide ditch surrounds tho
work, which, when dry, can be used by
sharp-shooters, or could, if necessary, at
the approach of an enemy, be easily flood
ed. Beyond the ditch is glacis, or in-
clined bank, which is enfladed by tho
guns from the lower or casemate row of
the fortification. The full war garrison
of the fort is eight hundred men, but one
half that number could hold it successful
ly against very large force. Vessels of
any considerable size in beating up the
channel to Savannah, are obliged to ap-
proach within seventy yards of the fort,
aud at this point many guns of large cal
ibre can be made TO concentrate their fire.
The fortifcation is pronounced by expert
army engineers one of the strongest and
most perfect of its kind on this continent.
1t covers q larger area than Fort Sumter,
but has one tier of gurs less.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1862-02-26

A PAPER ALLOWED TO GO SoUTH.-
The Methodist Protestant, weekly re-
ligious journal, published in Baltimore,
under the auspices of the Conference of
the Methodist Protestant Church, an.
nounces to its readers that the United
States Posioffice Department has consent
ed TO allow the transmission OF that pa
per regularly 10 tho South. 1t is to 90
by the way of Fortress Monroe, under q
flag of truce. The reason assigned by
the government for the permission is that
the journal thus favored is strictly relig-
ious journal. The Postmaster General
doubtless regards tho Confederacy as in
the last throes of dissolution, and is will
ing it should not be deprived of religious
consolation.