The Goodhue volunteer., 1863-01-14

'aSC ASplnwall steamer, just as Sne was
leaving, states that civil war has broken
out in Paraguay and is now ragins-and
that our envoy, MIR. Washbdrn, is cut, off
from the outside world. ,..
THE people Of France are beginning to
suffer severely from the cotton famine. In
the department of the lower Sien it IS re-
ported one hundred thousand workmen are
now destitute, the number of which will be
rapidly inct eased. .~...
= FoREFATHER's DAY IN IowA.-The Bos
ton Journal of the 18th inst, says that a
barrel of New Hampshire cider, . keg Of
water from the Merri,nac River and one
from the Connecticut, with some branches Of
pine and .hemlock from the Granite hills are
about 10 be forwarded to the ex Governor
n. B. Baker, now adjutant General Of Iowa
for use at the celebration of Forefather's
Day in that State.
The N. Y. Sun Dec. 8 states that J ames
Gordon Bennett is to retire from the Herald
on the first Of January next. The manage
ment will probably devo]ve upon James Cor
don Bennett, junior. The managing editor
for several years past has been Frederick
Fl udson whom Bennett pays, it is said, Sl0,.
coca year as salary. Bennett must be more
than seventy years old. He is an awful old
sinner.
The viceroy Of Egypt has ordered one
quarter Of the cultivated land o: Egypt to be
sown with cotton. II the requirement is
carried out, as it doubtless will be, the next
years crop will be wo-thirds greater than
any that has been raised there heretofore.
AN English farmer tersely expresses the
philosophy Of farming, as follows -" Feed
the land before it is hungry, rest it before it
is weary, and weed it before it is foul.''
BE1GAD1En GENERAL DANA is one Of the
recently created Major Generals. He fought
on the Peninsula with .McClel|an's army
His record at Fair Oaks, Savage Station,
White Oak Swamp and Mclvern HilI is a
brilliant one.-XeraN.
II is stated that the book publishers in
New York are about to make general
agreement not to publish any books for six
months, or until there is reduction in tho
price of paper. .4 .,s
THE ship carpenters in the Brooklyn Na-
wy Yard went on a strike resently.! They
demanded from S2.75 to $3.00 per day
Very fair wages. . .-..l ,#,,.,jh,
A letter from an officer of the blockadng
feet at Savannah says that the rebel steamer
Nashville lies in the great Ogebee river,
fenced in with torpedoes, and with one man
aboard ready to blow her up upon the ap
proach Of our gunboats. She is effectively
b'ockaded and will probably never leave her
anchorage in rebel hands.
Tue New York Times intimates that the
postal currency is being very extensively
counterfeitcd, and thinks tho only way the
difficulty can be overcome, is for the Gov
crn.nent to suspend entirely it's present is
sues of the currency and seek newssafe
guards in any future issues of such currency.
AN AposTRoFHE.-!! Woe unto Cana.
dy-bccause it amt up to snuff Because
it won't 90 ahead it shall go backcvds-
Long Yankees shall grin out Of the fore room
windcrs Of the Governors paIlis, and spit
on the hairth, and the descendants Of the
puringtons shall whistle John Brown or
Yankee doodle in your streets -! .-E,Aan
Sp'ke.
TIE CosT OF TIE WAR.-Shoud we sue
coed in suppresSins the rebellion by the Is.
Of July, 1863, the war will have cost the
North in round figures $1,000. 10000, or
about $50 per head Of our total population.
Should it last another year the total cost
may be increased to 500 had. The
debt Of Great Britain amounts to about
Sl54 per head OF the British People that
fof France to about iorty-eight dollars per
head"
THE Charleston Nurcurg says that South
Carolina harbcrs no thought Of peace. She
will soon bv unable TO harbor anything
She won't have any harbors.-Preutice. -.
II. DE- GRooF, Of Bruges, asserts that,
after eleven years study, he has invented the
means 0! flying in the cir in any direction
and only needs money 10 demonstrate it BE-
yond question. The machine is smslI, he
says, and will enable man TO move 10 the air
T. with the swiftness of the swallow aud the
sigor Of the eagle" s....-----....
sTgE large squadron Il IN
pursuit Of the Aisbsma, and she will be
lucky il she escapes the determined efforts
made 70 capture her. @ zm. II. IS
The Nashville Banner says that Sunday
was the eliminating day Of Che career Of