Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-04-11
Editorial SQuibs and Brevit.es.


IS an exact mate of tie Merrimac, and built
IN the same year put exceeds her measure
nent by 200 tons.
THE case Of Adah Tsaacs Menken Hecnan,
'S. John G. Heenan, the "Bcnicia Boy" has
resulted in the granting of divorce to the
The Bruiscr, we believe, denies
ever having married this woman.
II yoa are asked how tho reb.is secured
the arms with which they are fighting, don't
bubble the truth, but answer that they were
fl0yd-ulently obtained.
THERE have been forty five cities and towns
taken from me enemy since the first of JAN
uary. During the same time something over
twenty rebel forts and Notifications have been
captured The rebels have met with success
in New Mexico alone, where they have occu-
pied three or four evacuated military points
and towns.
HARVARD College Library contains about
l50, 900 volumes of books, and about 60 900
The total number Of colored persons in the
District of Columbia is now fourteen thou
sand three hundred and sixteen. OF this
number eleven thousand one hundred and
thirty -one are free.
THERE are four hundred and seventy-two
chaplains in the Federal army. Ofthis num-
Der Iowa has twelve.
SINCE the breaking out Of the rebellion the
Federals have captured from the Rebels four
hundred and eight guns. The Rebels have
from the Federals only about thirty.
The Memphis Aralanchs, of the 18th, says
Gen. Lee has been appointed Commander IN
Chief of the Confederate Army. 1t is no
change of commandcr-only transpositon
of the name-Lcc-G Gen. Qcgend) has always
led the rebels.
The Waterloo Courier comes down pretty
heavily upon number Of patent medicine
men, for not paying their advertising bills.
IT'S provoking
WIN. II. Russell, correspondent Of the Lon
don Times took passage for England on the
9th inst.
THE Grand..Jury of the. District Of Column
bia has found two bills of indictment against
Horace Greeley, for an attack made upon the
Marshal of the District in the columns of the
New York Tribune.
The sword to be presented to General
Fremont, and which, with its accouterments,
cost one thousand dollars, has been completed
by Tiffany & Co. of New York.
The Dubuque Herald in talking about the
coming election says Democrats, remember
that every scratch is stab at your principles"
What thin principles those Democrats must
have if they can DO stabbed by a scratch.
IT is astonishing how far some mems party
principles will carry them. Some Democrats
at the North, because the Republicans have
ranked themselves unanimously upon the
side of the Union, seem disposed to take the
other side.
The Business men Of McGregor have Or
ganized board of trade.
BURNSIDE has the true Yankee grit. 1t is
said that he received orders from the rebels
to evacuate Newborn within six days His
reply was that he would meet them at Colds
boro and Raleigh. The latter town is the
capital of North Carolina.
Lr.-CoL Frank Heron, of the Iowa Ninth,
who was wounded at the battle Of Pea Ridge
arrived home in Dubuque on the Sth inst
II will be several months before he will again
be fit for duty.
TIE Mississippi is now opened, and boats
have commenced their regular trips.
The Cedar Valley Times says that the high
water carried out portion Of the dam at that
place.
The Linn County Register says "The Du-
buque, Marion & Western Railroad has gone
up the spout judging from the fact that no
trains have run over it for about two months.
We know how to sympathize with our Mari.
on friends.
The N. Y. 7ri6une's Tennessee correspon.
dent writes that the rebel army at Corinth
has been greatly overrated-that the whole
force in Southern Mississippi does not exceed
80, 900 men.
A SHIP Island letter of the Gath ult reports
the arrival Of Gen. Butler Mt the Gulf on the
goth. We may expect soon to hear of New
Orleans coming over to the Union.
Hon. Thos. B. Cooper, Member of Congress,
died on the 4th ult
The rebels seem not to have forgotten their
promise to take Washington, and still con-
tinue their efforts to fulfill the rash promise.
The rebels doubtless had very large idea
when they evacuated Manassas, but it is evil
dent that whatever that idea may have been
their plans arc entirely frustrated, and their
leaders are evidently nonplussed as to what to
do next.