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Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-10-31
BENEDEClTE.

God bless you, oh, my dsaressl i'#i "a
My truest and my nearest!
And bless you with blessing meet aE
For all your manly worth!
God bless you, Oh, my treasured -"
My only pride and pleasure e. f
I bless you with the strength of love
-.. Before send you forth a.
Alas I fear to bless you ..s.. .
tremble to earess you
Because love you with love .
That oversruws my lie
And as the time grows longer
Its tender throbs grow stronger, r -.-.
The maidens faith entwining with
The fsndness ol the wife
Alas alas! my dearest! .-..
The lock Of pain thou wearssti
The kisses reach up to give
You do not stoop to pay! -.
Your tender arms are round me
..s Bat the cruel pain hath bound me
What shall l do with all this lsvs
..g When you are far away
All welli one weak endeayor
Shall nerve my soul forever!
Twill not shake my soldiers heart
With piteous plants and tears;
send you forth my dearest
Ny bravest and my rarest 4.
And give you to the keep Of him
Who blessed our happisst yearsl =
.. Once more strive to bless you:
My ciinging lips caress you
When shah feel your hand again
So kindly DER my hair!
Let the dear arms that fold me
rna. One last sweet moment hold mel
In life or death our love shall be
a. No weaker Tor the wsArt .t.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-10-31

WAITS A DARLING Pit is the dear, little,
bcaming girl who meets one on the doorstep;
wbs filings her fair arms around ones neck
and kisses one with her whole soul of love !;
who seizes ones hat, who relieves one Of
ones coat, and hands the tea and toast so
prettily who places her elfish form at the
piano, and warb;es forth, unsolicited, such de-
licious songs; who casts herself at ones foot
stool. and clasps ones hand, and asks eager,
unheard Of questions with such bright eyes
and flushing face, and on whose light, flossy
curls one places ones hand and breathes
God bless her," az the fairy form departs.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-10-31

OK the second day of the battle Of Corinth,
Mrs. Wilson and her daughter, who reside
in cottage just behind Battery Richardson.
discovered that they were in about AZ hot .
place as could be foand. fled from their dwell.
ing and dropped down into thirty foot well,
the s.orm Of lead and iron whizzing harm.
lessly above them. But in the mids. ot the
battle horse. which fed frantically over the
field, attempted to leap across the mouth Of
the well but struck the windlass and his hind.
quarters fell into the oriAce. The poor wo.
men expected to DO crushed. The horse
struggled furiously with his fore feet, and
the women waited their fate in hsrrsr. At
last, however, the horse by desperate Efforts
sxtricated himself and they were saved.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-10-31

AT Davenport, Iowa, the other day, rat
which was being chased by several persons,
ran up mans leg inside his trousers. II
laid hold Of the flesh with its teeth and held
its grip with such tenacity that tEs mans
trousers had to be cut, and ths rat waa uiti-
mately taken off with 4 piece of flesi, between
his teeth. The wound inAictci il stated to
be sericuR
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-10-31
Bnrcur Harms or E.pru Mise Rremo

BRIGHT HeuRs OF EARrH.-Miss Bremen
says: " There is on earth much sorrow and
much darkness; there is crime and sick ness,
the shrek of despair and the deep. long, 81
lent torture. All! who can name them all,
the snfferings Of humanity, in their manifold.
pale dispensation. But, God be praised |!
there is alsoan influence of goodness and joy !;
there are noble deeds, fulfilled hopes, mo.
ments Of rapture, decades Of blissfnl peace.
bright marriage days, and calm, holy death
beds
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-10-31

f.
81 Ah."-God does not say am their
light. their guide, their strength. their tower,
but only Am. He sets IS it were, his
hand to blank, that his people may write
under what they please that is good for them
As If he should say, they are weak |? am
strength. Are they poor? / am riches
Are they in trouble? am comfort Are
they sick? am health Are they dying /.
am life. Have they nothing? | am all
things. am wisdom and power. am JUS
tice and mercy. am grace and mercy. |
am glory, beauty, holiness. eminency, su-
promacy, perfection, all allsufiicicncy, eterni-
ty, Jehovah Am. Whatsoever is alniable
in itself, or desirable unto them. that am l.
Whatsoever is pure and holy-wha,soever ID
great or pleasanf--whatseeve is good to
make them happy, that Am.-Bishop Ben.
eridge.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-10-31

BATTLES Gas soldiers know, and newspaper
editors do not,) are usually fought, not 40
they ought to be fought, but a. they can be
fought, and while the literary man 10 laying
down the law at his desk ~ to how many
troops should move here AMI what rivers
should be crossed there, and where the cav.
airy should have been brought up. and when
the flank should have been turned, the wretch.
man who has to do the work finds the
matter settled for him by pestilence, want u
shscs,enpty stomach, bad roads, heavy rains,
hot suns, and thousand other stern warriors
who never show on paper.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-10-31

A New CAUSE FOR GRATITUDE TO GoD.--
Rev. DIR. Storrs, in his address at the ami
vcrsary exercises of Mount Holyoke Semi.
nary, that returned prisoner lately remark
ed that while at the South he could easily en-,
dure the taunts of the men, but that he had
never before realized what and how terrible
was the singing hate of woman, so intense
bitter and beyond all belief, and he had come
back with one additional mercy to thank
God-that the Decik was not a CONAN
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-10-31

ENORMOUS CouSrgRYEIrIsG At THE SorTR.
From $40 900, 900 to $50. .000, 900 Of csun-
terfeit Confederate money are in circulation
in the South The Charleston banks have
SIX or seven millions Of dollars Of the stuff
received as good money. Most OF the rebels
are nnaccustorned to handling money, and
then the counterfeit bills are much better
looking than the genuine. .s
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-10-31

A SMART YoUxo SUBSTITUTE. C!sve.
land, Ohio, boy Of seventeen was accepted
as . substitute for . drafted man, and re.
ceved 5000 bonus. He spent his money
and then obtained his discharge on writ Of
babeas corpus, on tho ground that hc was
under the age prescribed by law.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-10-31

THE EXPRESS EUGENIE's BoUDorR.
urious, and yet elegant splsndor, most re-
fined judgment, and poetic Temperament
are revealed in the arrangements of the bou
doir Of the Empress Eusenie. The doors
are made Of ivory inlaid with gold; the
furniture Of rosewood, Of graceful shape, and
in!aid with gold, mirrors, or ivory; the so
fas and chairs are covered with pale red silk !;
the walls hung with dark paper, aud the
ceiling is an exquisite frcsco.
magnificent Syrian carpet voluptuously
deadens the sound Of footsteps. Around
hang the most valuable paintings Of the cid
masters, borrowed from the Louvre gallery
and Versailles, as well ~ two family Dol
traits in oil, oyershadowed by palms, ododen-
dra and camclias. The window. lodges are
constantly adorned with fresh flowers. and
on the writing desk lie splendid portfolios.
books bound in tortOise-shell inlald with
gold. Nothing is wanting which . sense OF
complete luxury can devise; not even the
toning of the light. The red silk curtains
heavily edged with black velvet, throw q
subdued hue over every object, and any one
who enters the room may imagine that he
is inhaling poetry.--.t James Magazine.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-10-31

How RosENcRANs GETS Tue FIGHT OUT OF
his MxN.--W When the rebels made their first
dash on Saturday morning, ard pos sessed the
redoubt on our right, there was for moment
scene Of confusion. Ammunition wagons,
ambuiancea ard artillery were getting to the
rear as rapidly rs possible. This occasi med
the confusion Of several regiments, whose Of
kcers strove in vain to stem the backward
tendency. Here General Roscncrans ap-
pearsd. With drawn sword he alternately
gave curses and orders to the Colonels hs met.
;" Here, sir! Form your line just here, and
support these guns. Right here, sir, behind
this house," But still the slow tide went back
until an open space large enough to form in
was found and then, ,Hocking round the stand
ards, the men clamored for an advance. As
soon as a line was formed, it started forward
in magnificent style. General Roscncrans,
now all smiles advanced the battsry-the in.
fantry followed-reached tho brow of the hill
just in time to save the battery and send the
rebels of the field. General Rosencrans af
terwsrd came up to these men and, address.
ing one Of them, told him he was base cow
ard-shat three old women, If they would on
iy set up a shout, would run all such troops
&c, &c, and then he rode away, saying to a
member of his staff: That's the way to talk
to en-. They'll fight like h--ll next time
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-10-31
GARTER HOUSE.

TOHN l.. WILCOX, formerly Of the American
- Hotel having leased the above house, would return
his thanks to the public for the liberal patronage formerly
bestowed, and would be happy to welcome all his old
friends at the Carter House, Main ST. Cedar Falls Iowa
Stages leave this house daily for the North, South and
West -- ... &C.. -.
Cedar Falls, July &c, 1861.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-10-31

WEALrH does not always improve us. A
man as he gets to be worth more may be-
come worth-less
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-10-31

l.. CHAPMAN,

4 TTORNEY AT LAW AND SOLICITOR IN
N CHANCERf. Office in 0verman's Block, g..
n. Miners Drug Store, Cedar Faiis lava.
Will practice in Black Hawk County and all the ad-
joinng counties in Northern Iowa. Particular attention
given to obtaining Pensions and Bounty Land.
All business attended to with promptness and fidelity.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-10-31
WILLIAM DOE.
Q. 4. s1ArTUCI.
ID. ALLEN.

TTOR NEY AT LAW, VIII practice
"A IN the counties Of Black Hawk. Buchanan, Bremer,
Batter, franklin, Floyd Grundy and Chickasaw and in
Supreme Court Office Hatch Aliens store Over
:nass Block, Cedar Falls, Iowa. Sill
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-10-31
JOHN III. BROWN.

NOTARY PUBLIC, Cedar Falls, Black Hawk
IN County, Iowa. REAL Estate, Insurance AND Col
1sgrIon AesxcY. Real Estate bought and sold. Taxes
paid residents in Northern Counties Of Iowa
Titles nveaagated Collections made and proceeds remit
tsl promptly, on favorable terms.
-. kGFEREECEs. $3.50.
Hen. Thes 3. Wilson, Hon. b. g. Wilson Dubuque Iowa
Aessra Greene, Merritt Co. Bankers, Cedar Rapids, "
.. .Ohsk, Esq. Pres. Branch State Bank. lows City.
Geerxe risher. Esq. Scranton Penn.
4. II. Miller, Esq. Spencer, NY.
Or. Gee Sprague, Secy Ohio Stock Co. Butler Co.
Or. 4. A. Bishop. Peter Melendy. Cedar Falls. Iowa.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-10-31

.. .. kEIyIcEx. \. G. RRINIGIR
q. q. & IL. G. REINIGEaI.

TTORNEYS AT LAW. AND SOLICITORS
* inchancery. Dealers In Real Estate, Exchange &c.
- CHARLES CITY. FLOYD COUNTY, IOWA.
viii attend business and practice In the Courts the
eeunties Of Floyd Chickasaw Bremer Butler, Franklin
0erro Gordo. WORTH Mitchell, Howard, and in the SUI
pres Court Of Iowa. Information aud good references
viii be cheerfully given request. sfs7 80 25-tf
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-10-31

LOOK fate full in the eye; it qua'ls before
the resolute,
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-10-31
AMERICAN HOTEL.

~ 10. SECORD Proprietor, Main Street
NJ Cedar Fails Iowa. The above Hotel has lately been
ssarged And .evIy furnished throughout and pre-
pared to attend to the wants Of all who may favor
With CALL have in connection with the above House
ssee The Office Of the Western Stage Company is at
this Hsusa Staseseavs daily for the East South and
W>st 1:n
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-04-19

Il TERRIBLE EXPLOIT OF A, RIFLED CAN
Non BALL.-The Boston Courier publish
IS letter of correspondent, on hoard
Che United States steamer Massachusetts,,
pf Ship island, October &c, giving an &C.
count Of the affair between that vessel and
rebel steamer, in which the following
Extraordinary exploit of a rifle cannon
pail is chronicled
During the action | think we hit her
Our times, and know she hit us once
Fith 6S-pound rife shell, { that is the
Fay we got the exact size of her rifled
nn). The shell entered on our starboard
narter, just above the iron part of the
ul 1t came through the side angling
I, Gas we were little abaft his beam
hen 1t struck us), and took the deck in
Pc passage-way, between two state-rooms
nd completely cut off eighteen Of the
eck plank, and then struck a beam
hich canted it up little, so that il took
be steam heating pipes under our dining
BILE. cutting off five of them, and tearing
pr dining table all to pieces then went
rough the state-room bulkhead and
ihng of the ship on the opposite side,
pa struck one Of the outside timbers,
pa broke every outside plank abreast of
snortoft, from the spar to the gun deck !;
then fell down on the cabin deck and
pIoded, knocking four state-rooms into
re- breaking all the glass and crockery
Are' SCATTERING the cabin very badly,
eak'ng up the furniture, and setting
Re to the ship; but we had three streams
water upon the fire at very short no.
e' and put it out before it did any dam
e-keeping up our chase as though
thing had happened.
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-04-19

SPECIMEN OF REPUBLICAN REFoRM
Ives, the New York Herdlds Washing,
ton correspondent, not long since arrested
as spy by the Secretary Of War, was an
officer in the New York Custom House at
the time of his arrest. According to Re
publican accounts he has been in Wash.
ington three or four months, but still held
his office and drew his pay at the Custom
House! This is one of the reforms" we
were to have under Republican rule. But
what matter, so long as the people foot
the bill Money can be raised by TAXA,
ton. and hasn't Republican Congress
imposed heavy taxes on the country =?
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-04-19

The Committee ou streets and public places re
parted a contract between the Common Council and
Edward kc"gan, for the opening and frucing Of
Washington street, which, ON motion, the Mayor
was authorized To sign on behalf If the city.
Ou motion, III" hiIl uf Edward keegan, for SlS,
for wnrk IN Washington street, was allowed.
The following resolution was adopted
Resolved. That the Committee IN Streets and
Public Places be and are hereby authorized to EN-
ter INTO contract with some responsible party To
repair and keep III order the streets of this City
for month. and that such labor be performed
ul"T the supervision of said Committee.
On m"i"n the pray. petitioners that five
feet Of the hoUl 1t Le thrown int" Cottage stcrt
was denied.
The Copuit;ec Oh Fire and Water reported The
fill"wiug:
Re,ollrd, That III. Fou,D,r,trc an Fire and Wa
ter he and i hereby authorized 10 makrthr urcrs.
tary arrangements. and have the same performed
at the rNpci,sr Of the City, for the retuNa Of ;he
gaS light now the North side of Centre street
To- the south side If >amr street immediately up
pu,itr the Lou,r If Hope Hook and Ladder CO.,
provided, that the consent % parties un Il south
purpose Of Inserting necessary supports for the
lamp.
Adopted.
Alderman CouIcc otFt red the following:
Resolved, that til" City Collector and Marshal,
Treasurer, Assessor and City Clerk, Superindrnd-
eat of Public schools. Funding COMMITS sIuurrs,
Chief Engineer aud lily sexton. are hereby re-
quired To nile with the City Clerk, a fus annual
report Of the TRANSACTIONS of their respective Of
flee, on or before the 18th day Of May, A. ID. 1852
Adopted.
The quarterly report Of the City Treasurer, to
April Isl. was received, read and placed file.
TN motion, the Council adjourned to meet on
Tuesday, 18th Inst, at : O'clock T.. NJ
c. L. CHUBBUCK,
City Clerk.
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-04-19

EVERY Every intelligent man
who goes honestly for the Constitution as
it is and the Union as it was, every one
who is opposed to swindling, corruption
and incompctency, every one who desires
speedy and honorable termination Of onr
present troubles, every one who is in ia
vor of freedom of the press and freedom
Of person, and every one who would make
the burdens of the people as light as pos
>iblr, and save the county from ruin, the
Constitution from violation and the pco-
pie from bankruptcy, will rally to the
support Of the good old Democratic
party.
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-04-19

Council met pursuant to Adjournment.
Mayor Wade presiding.
Prcseut-Alds. BorowSky, Munson, Condee and
Cooper.
Minutes of last meeting read and approved.
On motlnn, the Clerk was directed to attach the
City seal to the contract between the City and Mr..
kegan
The Chief Engineer. F. II Harmon, Esq, made
verbal report upon the condition Of the hose now
in the use Of the Facerville Fire Department.
and urged the immediate purchase Of 800 feet Of
No. dOublerivcted leather hose. for the use Of
the various Fire Companies of the City.
The Committee OH Fire and Water reported the
following:
Resolved, That a sum sufficient is hereby set
apart out of the Fire Department Fund, not either
wiOr appropriated, for the purchase and delivery
If five hundred feet If No. double -rvetcd lcath-
er hose, fur the Paccrvilc Fire department, to be
apportiOncd To the several Fire Companies of this
city, by the Chief Engineer.
Adopted
On motion, the Chief Engineer was authorized to
contract FOR the hose at once.
Aid. Cundee offered the following:
Resolved, That the Chief Engineer cf the Pla-
ccrville Fire Department ~ and il hereby author
lied tn dispose of the condemned hose on hand. at
the hest possible rates, and advertise the same at
his discretion.
Moved and carried, That the City Sexton he in
strurted not to allow any subjects If the County
Hospital to hr buried in the city cemetery without
permiss Of the Mayor.
Moved that the improvement Of Washington
street be referred to thS Committee on Streets and
Public Places. Carried.
Adjourned to Tuesday, 22nd inst. at O'Clock,
P. NJ. G. +. CIICBB' OK,
City Clerk.
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-04-19
COMMON SENSE.


1t Is the di>tia -.i>ling feature and
boast 81 the Caucasian race nf mankind,
that they, and they a,onr, are competent
10 make or wit, history. But if We are
10 believe the speeches If our most dis
tingu>hcl historians, We will have I,
come to the conclusion Of B"liugbrokr
when he said :" l. tor history. IRE kh0u
Mdt 10 he Hr" If the speech OF Hon
George Bancroft. delivered in New York
on the 92h Of February last, is true, then
the history Of the United States which he
has been 80 long in compiling and writing
Is cheat, a Sw;ndle, aud lie The learn
ed, upright, aud venerable Chief Justice
Of the United States, in the bred Scott
decision, quotes colonial statutes and con.
temporaneouS colonial history to show the
status Of the negro at and before the for.
NATION Of the Constitution Of the United
States. These statutes and this history,
this great American historian, with match.
less lmpudence, pronounccs to he untrue.
If Mr.. Bancroft is fair sample of all his.
torianS. how long will it be before some
. future Bancroft will be writing a history
70 prove that George Washington, Napo.
polean Bonapartc and Gen. Scott were
mere fictitious heroes, who only lived in
the added brain of some visionary dream.
er? How long will it be before it can be
historically proved that the American
revolution was achieved by negroes, and
that the government was made for ne.
groes R0d Their descendants only?
In looking at the sudden change of pc.
Fltion-the ground and lofty tumbling-
Che summersaults, made by distinguished
politicians and historians, have been for
Icibly impressed with the truth of remark
Anade by relative of Chief Justice Tanev,
who said " Poor humanity, it is poor
thing at best" JUSlUS.
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-04-19
TUE MOUNTAIN DEMOCRAT.
California.

The future Of California should claim
the earnest attention of all who are desi-
rOus Of the permanent progress and pros
perity Of the people who may inhabit the
State after the present population has dis
appeared from off the stage of action. A
careful review Of our past history shows
too plainly to admit of doubt, that we
have been rapidly travelling the downward
road which, if followed, must sooner or
later necessarily lead to the ruin and
abandonment of the State.
With an unsettled, migratory popula-
ton, too little vigilance has been exercised
by the people relative to the manner in
which the government of the State has
been cOnducted-toO little anxiety has
been felt about the permanent welfare and
happiness Of the people. The government
and people have acted as if this State new
er was intended to be permanently settled,
but was to be 4 common stamping ground
for the restless way -farer for all time to
come. Instead of demanding from the
general government our rights as an in.
dependent sovereign StAte, ofjurisdictiOn
over the entire territory within the limits
of the State, so as to admit OF and settle a
permanent, industrious population, we
have 80 far been governed by the chapter
of accidents, until it is Row doubtful
whether, under the present disturbed con.
dition Of the country and the certain pros
pect Of crushing taxation, n permanent
population could be induced TO make this
State their home, when Mexico is holding
out such strong inducements to all who
country their home. As the placer mines
become exhausted, the cultivation Of the
soil should increase. Grain, vegetables,
wine, fruit tobacco rice, cotton, sugar,
pnd ."s 2.-s4,S ~''-~ u y ~ :. .-..N,
in this State, but most Of these produc-
lions Of the soil will require cheap labor
producethcm successfully. Tea, which
can he raised III the greater portion Of the
State. from the peculiar manipulation re-
purrd in its preparation fpr market, Will
not only require cheap hut abundance Of
labor and singular a. it may appear, just
at the time when the cultivation Of this
important and valuable plant should he
commenced, our w0uld-he wise law-Iua-
hers seem bent on drivin. from the State
the only labor competent To produce TIA
successfully, or that can be obtained in
sufficient quantity t" make its cultivation
n matter of Importance. Without the Ia.
Dor and know ledge of the Chinese, the
cultivation Of tea in this State must he a
failure. Cotton, tobacco, rice. and sugar
will each require cheap labor for Their
successful production. II We baui>h the
Chinese from the state, the cultivation of
tea, rice, cotton, sugar, tobacco, and indi-
60 must not be attempted; for it will be
found impossible to hire white men AT
wages that will justify the experiment,
aud as to free negroes hiring for ANY such
purpose is not only an ah>uriity, but An
utter iinpns>lH!ily. \ few more years
OF such legislation must and viii drpnpu-
late the State.