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Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1863-12-25
FROM THE SD IOWA INFANTRY.
EIoHr NILss IN RHAR OF vIcKsBuRo,
MtHs necemher 9Th 16k2 (

We took the boat at Natchez for this place
on the last day Of last month. The weather
was extremely cold, and sleeping two nights
on deck was anything but pleasant. We
passed up the river to Vicksburg without
molestation. The city looks quite different
from what it did last summer. The rebel
Notifications have been abandoned or torn
down and new ones with shorter lines have
been constructed. The work upon them is
Of the best kind and when completed small
force will be able to hold them against all
rebsldom. We made no stay in the city, but
as soon as our teams were loaded passed out
through the Lines by the ruins Of the fort
blown up by Gen. Logan. and by the tree
under which Gems. Grant ard Pembertou ar.
ranged their terms Of capitulaticn for the
surrender Of Vicksburg The limbs Of the
tree have oil been cut of, bullets cut out,
and chips taken out by curiosity hunters
After making = march Of eight miles, which
was not accomplished TIL late 10 the evening,
No came to halt, when it appeared no one
had looked out for proper camping grounds,
50 after waiting an hour order was given to
lay dow, as we were and we would 20 into
camp in the morning. In the morning we
moved milo or two and went into camp in
one Of the most God .forsaken places ever
saw. If there was ever anything of beauty
or romance about here it must have been
buried long before the deluge. Between this
place and Vicksburg scarce house is to be
seen-not board, neither fences or posts,-
nothing in fact, save here and there solitary
tent-pin, marking the spot where some one
has cast his tent. All bear the marks OF
ruin and desolation. We found here the I'd
and Sd Brigades. who had preceded us some
ten days. .
Our Brigade is now under the command Of
Brigadier. General Thomas Kilby Smith. Gle
always signs his name in full) The order
now is for re-enlisting, and recruiting officers
have been appointed. Sometime since pa.
per was circulated to see hsw many would
re.enlist under tho present organization, and,
I believe. eight names were obtained in the
regiment. Some changes have been made in
the manner Of re-enlisting, and I presume
there win be better success. The health Of
the regiment is unusually good.
sr. CHARLES.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1863-12-25

GEN. Michael Corcoran died on tho ED
inst. from the effects of q fall from his horse.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1863-12-25

ID. M. Il w. R. TRAINS to and from the South.
west connect at Farley. $3.50
~ CoSxKcrioSs.-stages leave Earlville on the
Ivsi ., me cars RON the East on
cite, West Union, Decorah and St. Paul and from Man
chester Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for Straw
berry Point and the north.
Stages leave Cedar Falls daily for New Hartford, A
ngton Island Grove Ackley, Harden City, Iowa Falls
Alden, Waller, Webster City, Fort Dodge and Sioux
City also GAINESVILLE Waverly, Syracuse Nashua, Brad
ford ST. Charles and Minnesota
GEORGE YOUNG, Superintendent.
J. A. riSrc. General Freight and Ticket Asnt.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1863-12-25
Better Treatment Of Prison ers-.-Rebs
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Intentions.


NEW York, December 20.
Credible witnesses, just from Richmond,
state that our prisoners there are better fed
than their own people, and much better than
they would be were it not that the desperate
straits Of the citizens Of the Confederacy
must bs kept from our knowledge. Fresh
beef is now "a per pound, and fresh bread
$3.50 per Loaf, such as formerly cost only
five cents. The consequence is that tnous-
ands must starve or 60 into the army and d.
vide thsis rations with thsir families.
It has been determined by tho rebels to
consoript every male between the ages Of Is
and So inclusive, for one last desperate effort
ia favor of the Confederacy. The attempt
will probably I've made upon Washington or
some portion Of the North. In this conscrip-
ton both negroes and whites are to be inclu-
ded, and they are also to be thrown into the
same ranks together unfortunately. With
this immense mongrel army JEFF. Davis
means to precipitate himself upon Washing
ton, Pennsylvania, or 0hie--porhaps all three
commanding in person. He will endeavor
to stimulate the passions of these hordes by
the most cxtravagant stories Of fancied
wrongs suffered at our hands by the South
ern people, and by the most fabulous promis-
es Of plumber to be obtained through the vic
tories which shall be gained in Northern
towns and cities.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1863-12-25

GEN. GRANT was in Nashville on Saturday
last.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1863-12-25
ADMINISTRATIVE Notice.

yNHE UNDERSIGNED HAS BEEN DULY APPOINT.
ed Administrative Of the Estate Of Andrew Mul.s.kS
late Of Cedar Falls Black Hawk County Iowa. All per.
sons holding claims against said Estate requested to
Ale the same accordance with law at tho . Of the
County Judge and all 70 the Estate are
hereby called upon to pay the ct once at office No.
Aullarkys Block, as is necessary that all matters
should be closed up without delay.
ELLEN MULLARKY. Adn,inistr0triD.
Cedar Falls Dec. %, 1858. 20.2v
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1863-12-25

y Only $50 600, 900 Of the $500, 1000, 900 o:
the ) 20 loan remain unsubscribed.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1863-12-25

REBEL DEsrERATIoN.-Among the signs Of
the desperation and extremity to which their
great and incapable crime Of rebellion has
driven the leaders Of the infatuated people of
the Southern States, one of the most notice.
able perhaps Of all, is found in the fact that
the newly assembled Congress in Richmond
has been called upon by the jeff. Davis
Government" to amend the conscription law
SO as to do away with the hitherto prevalent
custom Of furnishing substitutes. II this is
done it will take. away from the wealthy and
aristocratic classes privilege which they
would not surrender but under the most des-
perate circumstances.
Hcnceforth every Southern man must 60
into the army, the authorities refunding to
the principal of course in worthless paper
the sum paid the substitute. The Richmond
papers say that many Of the men who have
employed substitutes have left, or are trying
to leave tSe Confederacy, in anticipation Of
some such action in Congress-, though only
few days ago man paid SIC, 900 and another
eli 900 for substitute.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-04-24

Poor Gov. bosnian, Of South Carolina,
is in trouble about the avaricious con-
duct Of the planting chiyalry. Although
these fellows belong TO a master race
they have a sharp eye upon dimes.
These "twenty-negro" fellows are per-
sectly willing that the poor whites
shall fight the battles Of the rebellion,
while subsisting on pOrched corn, pro-
vided they are allowed to raise cotton at
twenty cents a pound. Gov. BoNHAM
complains that the law limiting the pro-
duction Of cotton TO three acres TO a full
hand is practically evaded by the prac-
tice Of putting all the fertilizers Of the
| plantation or this cotton reserve, at the
expense Of the portion devoted to escu-
Tents. lie complains that the spirit OF
speculation has recently made alarming
strides in the State" so as TO keep arti-
cles Of primo necessity from the market.
He complains that the law against the
distillation Of spirits from the cereal
grains, "ihough stringent in its penal
ties, does not accomplish its object
"No one seems willing to become an in
former" and he has yet to hear Of the
first prosecution" Even that portion o.
the Law which allows permits to be ISSUED
for distillation "for medical purposes ,
has opened the door for abuses in thu
way of "underletting and violations o
contract" He complains, also, that thu
act to supply negro labor for coast de.
fences @ cannot be made effectual." II
the most important district, less thar
one-Gfh Of the number called for By
the Confederate General, has been sup
piled.
SO it appears that rebel chivalry is no
only a faithless, %perjured, brutal thing
but also intensely avaricious. 1t ha
long boasted of its liberality, but tn
boast was like most other boasts, a lyin.
one.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-04-24

Gov. VANCE, of North Carolina, in his
address 10 his subjects, calls as loudly
for food as JEFF. DAVIS does. lie says;
The peculiar calamiiies which often
befall a nation struggling for existence,
are about to CONE upon US in the shape
of a scarcity Of provisions and a threat
ened famine. While it is still believed
there ia enough in the country, if fairly
distributed, it is certain there is none TO
spare, and there is danger that insufilc-
lent preparations will be made for the
coming season, and that a considerable
proportion Of the labor of the country
will be devoted TO the production of
crops other than breadstuits.
Now, we hope the good folks of the
" old North State" will go on raising Cot
ton, aud making tar and rosiu, as they
always have done. Don't let them pay
any attention to Gov. VANCE, and when
our troops chase the rebels off, it will be
worth a fortune to them.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-04-24

We observe that our able Democratic
contemporary, the New York World,
gives utterance to come expressions of
alarm at an intimation contained in the
letter addressed by Gen. Halleck 10 the
committee charged with the duty Of in
viting distinguished guests to attend the
meeting Of "Loyal Leaguers held in
New York on Saturday last. The clos
ing portion Of the letter of he General
in-Chief, in which our contemporary
supposes itself TO perceive a menace If
military violence for the suppression OF
free speech at the North, is in the follow
ing words
"We have already made immense pro
gress in this war-a greater progress
than ever was before made under SINH
lar circumstances. Our armies are still
advancing, and if sustained by the voices
of the patriotic millions at bone, they
will ere long crush the rebellion in the
South, and then place their heels upon The
heads Of shocking traitors an the North
We do not share in the alarms of the
"World." We think that this paragraph
calls for no other criticism than such as
may be suggested by Blair's "Rhetoric''
or Kames' "Elements." We understand
Gen. Halleck to be merely using "a figure
of speech" when he speaks of our armies
as destined, under certain circumstances,
to "place their heels upon the heads Of
sneaking traitors in the North" And
when, therefore, the World says that, sac
cording TO this most significant avowal,
martial law and the terrors of military
executions are to prevail in the North
after the close of the war" we think IL
gives to the words Of the General-in-
Chief a meaning and application phich q
critical analysis If the text and CONTEXT shoWs
hey pere not meant 10 convey. Doubtless
the General might have been more happy
in his rhetoric, but it must be remember
ed that military men insensibly acquire
a peremptory style of composition which
is sometimes more minatory than alarm
ing. And then again his language evil
IDENTIFY has a political, and not at all a
military significance, being intended, we
presume, TO specify the political character
aud impending political crushing" OF
that class of persons at the North who,
in a recent order from the War Depart
ment, are designated as "copperheads.'
The persons who presented themselves
to the mind of the General in, Chief while
penning the paragraph obviously appear
ed to him under the figure Of Snakes
as is plain from the terms he employs
when he characterizes them as sneak
ing" and typically places the "heels" o.
our soldiers on their "heads." The met
ePhor, we repeat, is plainly political anc
not military,
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-04-24

Gen. HURLBUT telcgraphs from Mems
phis TO the Government that he has in
formation that the rebels are ~evacuating
Vicksburg. There is now some proba-
bility that this may be correct. The
transfer Of large force Of infa try and a
formidable fleet Of gunboats to he South
Of Vicksburg may render the place unien-
able. With Warrenton as a base Of ope-
r%ations, the rebels cannot defend their
stronghold and at the same time protect
their railroad communication with Jack
son, upon which they are dependent for
supplies. They may, therefore, be COM
PEELED to choose between isolation and
evacuation. TO the Union side the first
named alternative would be preferable,
and if GRANTS movements have been
prompt, the latter may be rendered i'm
practicable. The next arrival from be-
fore Yicksburg will probably bring in
telligence Of great Importance.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-04-24

Letters fom PortRoyal represent Gen.
Hunters army to be in good spirits. A
portion of his force has been sent to re-
inforce Foster at Newbern, A cores
pendent of the Philadelphia Inquirer says
"The operations against Charleston have
been suspended for the present, but not
abandoned. This sentence I wish your
readers would commit 70 memory, as it
furnishes the key to The present move
ments in this department. Why Admit
raj Dupont has not resumed operations
with the iIon-clads, is something / can
not at present state. You may rest as
sured, however,, that il is not because Of
any want Of preparation or desire to at
tack that the iron-clads have left Charles
ton. This Information, although it may
be mystical aud unsatisfactory, is per-
fectly reliable aud semi-oficial."
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-04-24

We have received several able articles
commenting severely upon the gross mis-
Interpretation Of Gen. HALLEcK's letter,
by a cotemporary journal. Our cores
pondents will pardon Us for substituting
the explanation made by that distin-
guished conservative organ, the National
La,eHtgenoer. We have never been partial
70 Gen. HALLEcK, but candor compels as
to defend his letter in this instance from
the willful misrepresentation Of partisan
newspapers. The hltelHgeacsr remarks
as follows
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-04-24
Surgeon 35th III. Vols
Excltement In lhe Cotton market
From ne hae'n (Ga Telegraph, April7.
"coTToN PANIC"

Cotton took a terrible fright ia tie Ma
con market on Saturday. The specula-
tors had been footballing IL bact and
forth until they had kicked it up to forty
odd cents per pound; but Sunday morn
ing kilograms came from Augusta sayiug,
"Buy no more over a maximum Of TWEEN
ty cents" This, you win observe, left a
somewhat broad margin between buyers
and holders, and the result was nothing
done, nor was there any effort to accom-
modste the difference. Nobody wanted
to buy. From an objectof too fond and
eager pursuit, cotton suddenly sunk into
universal disfavor. Thus il will be seen
that at the moment the papermakers took
fright at the price of cotton a concatena-
ton Of events has come 70 their relief,
and the old staple will probably subside
quietly again into sober habits and safer
prices. Indeed VIC shall not be surprised
to see il go very low. Planters viii 5e
indisposed to hold it at an annual tax OF
five per cent, and spectators will not
like it much better at ten.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-04-24

A very foolish correspondent Of The
Louisville Journal ~fiatiers himself that
We will get very angry with him and
call him hard names. - lSiV,iie Union.
That is, he battered himself that you
would iiatteT him, ana he knew what was
the only way in which you could doit-
Lou. journal
Your foolish "faf' only QaAere{ him
self just as you and other Coppsrheads
90. But you have become so positively
and superlatiyely fiat" you can't get any
"natter."
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-04-24

The New York World is by far the
most widely circulated Democratic paper
in the North. The other day it made
this Infamous ayowal
We viii never, either with a majority
or against q majority, consent TO peace on
the basis Of disunion until one or two
things are apparent which we cannot
see now. IL we should be so whipped
by the rebsls as to take away all reason
able hope Of destroying their armies, we
should consent 10 peace. perforce. and
eat with the whole North, the bitter
bread of humiliation, Or il By The loss 81
he nert presidential election, Il should be
made certain that Cancellation will not
be practiced toward the South, after it's
armies are subdued, thus p~recluding the
possibility Of its government without a
subversion Of our republican institutions,
zoe should hn be for peace, i0hellsr acting
,Clth a majority or against a majority.
We are wholly opposed to separation,
and viii never voluntarily consent TO il,
except in the last resort as a refuge from
despotisw. IF tie loss Of tAe neat presi-
Dental election Should put as '3et0een he aeril
and the deep sea- zee iOiN Hen entertain he
question what IS to Dc done NEXT.
BRECKINRDeE and his faction revolted
because they lost the presidential cleo
ton in 1850, aad new this conservative
orgal announces that il its faction shall
lose the presidential election in 1864 il
will be ready to see the Union perma-
nently dissolved, and the Louisville Jour
nal announces thatit stands on the North
ern Democratic Conservative platform
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-04-24


One OF the most striking phenomena
Of the present war is the, anxiety which
many of the secrs%sionists, who have been
arrested in this place, manifest 70 be sent
North, TO remain there, if required, du-
ring the war. After all their violent and
passionate declarations Of devotion TO
the South, when a personal choice is Of
fered them, they deliberately choose the
odious and abused North, as their resi-
dence. What a splendid tribute have we
here paid to the justice, generosity, and
power of the Federal Goyernment-paid,
not only by its friends, but by its revi-
lers. In the very heatof embittered war
they fly from their friends to seek pro-
lection and support among a people on
whom they have heaped every epithet of
abuse. Never had Government such a
tribute paid to it before. 1t is a glory
TO the Federal Union, and a whitening
condemnation of that engine of fraud,
falsehood, meanness and oppression, CALI
ed the Southern C~onfederacy.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-04-24
US. Clrenii tonrt


Inquiry has been made whether there
has any order been made by the Federal
Circuit Court now in session here, requi-
ring all attorneys practicing before il, 70
take the oath OF allegiance TO The FEEDER
al Government under which the Circuit
Court itself acts, and Of which il is only
an sgcnt. We are unable TO answer
The U. s.. District Court had an order 10
that effect some weeks ago, which we
Published and IL no similar order has
been adopted by the Circuit Court, it is a
strange omission. If loyalty and fdeli-
ty TO the Government, Constitution, and
laws Of the country be desirable in any
class Of men they are certainly pre- emf
nent'y so in The members Of that learned
and influential profession whose daily
duties call them TO the Interpretation
and exposition of the law. No man is
Ct TO practice in the Federal Court who
will not declare his fidelity to the Fed
cral Government. Lswless lawyers ave
the worst Of all law Breakers.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-04-24

SPRiTUALIsM OUTDoNE, The Baptist
press are discussing with much warmth
the novel views Of Mrs. MASON, the Bap-
fist missionary in Burmah, wife Of Or.
MASON, the linguist and translator. This
lady processes 10 have discovered what
she calls a "God- language" This she
discerRs not only in works Of nature,
but in works of man as well, such as
carpets and figured cloths. Mrs Mason
thus reciteS her discovery
Last September | was in Philadelphia,
U. S. A. 1t was midnight, and ] sat
alone in an upper chamber. Something
seemed TO speak there was no voice,
but IL came like q fash "LoOk down up-
on the loor." / looked, and there was
the fourth chapter of Revelation as plain
as light woven in the carpet at my feet.
IL was an English or Dutch ingram carr
pet of a rich design, and that design aud
the colOrs ali spoke out this chapter, /
was so much oyerpowered by it / called
up uy son TO see n, and neither OF us
dared afterwards to step on the car
pet, | began 10 look into letters, study
ing the origin of forms. The result has
been this LIST, | am convinced that the
alphabet was knoWn'to Adam and Eve;
and that the alphabet is s%tereotyped in.
the heavens, aud from this all nations
have learned TO count and reckon time.
IL proves, 2d,that the solar system is our
W Bible, and represents God and the
history Of mans redemption. IL proves
that God took upon himself the form ola
world, and covered 10 with sacred let
,ers, making every rock, mountain, and
river, and country a word or chapter.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-04-24

Prof MORSE, one Of the prominent
members Of the Democratic Society for
the diffusion Of Political knowledge" in
New York, asserts that A. II. STEPHENS
was right in saying slavery is the chief
cornerstone Of the COME deracy," and
asserts, moreover, that il is the true doe
trine! Some men make themselves infa-
nous for very little. +.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-04-24

A gentleman who recently escaped
from East Tennessee, says shat the rob
els are 30 enraged at the loyal citizens,
they frequently shoot them down while
cutting wood, or blowing. The approach
OF rebel cavalry, is the signal for a gem
eral flight to the woods. The Union men
hide by hundreds in caves, thickets and
ravines.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-04-24

We call on all unmarried officers and
soldiers in Nashville to hold fast to their
integrity, and not pc rmit themselves TO
be decoyed into matrimony by any she
rebel, however fascinating aud beautiful,
who wants TO escape being sent South.
Boys! when you walk the streets, keep
your eyes ON the ground; when you go
to Church, fix your eyes on yOur prayer
books; when you hear a rebellious siren
singing.
az love but thce-ycs, only thoe;'
clap your fingers in your ears. You
have a fearful trial to pass through be-
tween now and the first of May.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-04-24

Col. RoRERr Johnson is in this eitv
employed in snlisting refugees, and other
U~niOnisis, in his cavalry brigade. There
are hundreds here who should join him
without delay, Let the brigade be form.
ed at as early a day as possible. There
will soon be need for it. And it will
have a glorious work TO DO.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-04-24

a German soldier at The battle Of Fair
Oaks, being found in great apparent
agony, WAS asked if he was wounded re-
piled, oAh, yes, meinheer, l Won very bad
woun ia der banteen y holding up his
kanteen, which had been riddled.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-04-24

The Knoxville Register calls Cen Rosa
GRAMS the quondam soap boiler" The
Register has found out that be can ia1.8.
he reIeis and certainly IL ought not TO
grumble at that for a dirtier set Of dogs
never befGnled the air.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-04-24

The Rome On. " Sentinel, a warms sup.
porter OF Governor SEYMOUR, declares
that ''he success OF the Union armies
ia The pending war would be the worst
Of all misfortuues." The miserable bigot
fears a Union victory might strengthen
the Republicans
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-04-24

The Louisville journal enliyoned its
sleepy pages the other day with a two
column leader on geology, trilobites and
other fossils. The editors Of the Journal
are fossils themselves who frequently ny
Toe bites,