The Goodhue volunteer., 1863-01-14

i"SC ASpluWait AteAMeT. JuSC AZ Sue WAS
leaving, states that q civil war has broken
out in Paraguay and is now ragins-and
that our envoy, Mr.. Washbdrn, is cut, off
from the outside world. .1fzas N 80 als !.
p THE>people ofstFrancet, 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 increased. 33 1s*s. 5::<5 ~ 9sa.E =
y 4FoREFATHER's DAY IN IowA.-The Bos-
ton Journal Of the 18th inst, says that I
barfelof New HAMPSHIRE eider, ksg gof
rom the Merrinac River and one
from the Connecticut, with some branches Of
pine and 'hemlock from the Granite hills are
about TO 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. -;-.,.s. :.:o'
The N. Y. Sun Dec. 3 states that James
Gordon Bennett is to retire from the Herald
on the first Of January next. The manage
nent will probably devolve upon James Cor
don Bennett, junior. The managing editor
for several years past has been Frederick
Hudson whom Bennett pays, it is said, $l0,.
COO a 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 0: Egypt to be
sown with cotton. If the requirement is
carried out, as it doubtless will be, the ne xt
years crop will be 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:""
BRrGAD1En GENERAL DANA is one Of the
recently created Major Generals. He fought
on the Peninsula with .McClellan's army
His record at Fair OAKS, Savage Station,
White Oak Swamp and Melvern Hill, is a
brilliant one.-Herald. '''-" - ~
!. 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 m until there is . reduction in the
pricc'e, Of paper,f fs,..ls,a 8 ,oo xed s.,.>., ..
+ 81. The shipscarpenters in the Brooklyn, Ma
! Wy Yard went on a strike resently.;, They
demanded from $2.75 to g$3.O0 per day. -
Very fair wages. Il III sttf43sa.u Yfsst+ b4
A letter from an officer of the blockadins
feet at Savannah says that the rebel steamer
Nashville lies in the great Osebee river,
fenced inlwih torpedoes,s and with onesma,,
aboard ready to blow her, up upon tho ap
proach Of our gunboats.u. She is, effectively
bockaded, and will probably never leave her
anchorage in rebel hands. s>sn lib 44,1
T TuE New York Times intimates that the
postal currency is being very extensively
counterteited,t and thinks tho only way the
ican. be overcome, is orEthe, Gov
ern,nentto suspend entirely its present IS :
sues of the currency. and seek anewasafe
guards in any future issues Of such currency.
IN AposrRoFHE.-!!! Woe unto Cana
dy-because it ANT up to snuff. Because
it won't 60 ahead it shall go backevds.-
Long Yankees shall grin out of the fore room
winders Of the Governors pallis,1 and spit
on the hairth, and the descendants of the
puringtons shall whistle John Brown or
Yankee doodle in your streets !t!:-E.1an
Spike. *..- i'.>*-@< ~ ~s1a'1&a q.
THE Cosr OF TUE WAE.-Should we sue.
coed in suppres<ing the rebellion by the Isl.
of. July, 1863, the war will have cost the
North in round figures 81 800. 600. COO. or
about $50 per head Of our tota, population.
Should it last another year the total cost
may be increased to 500 head. The
debt Of Grea. Britain amounts to about
$l54 per head OF the British people that
|of France to about forty ty-eight dollars per
head" ''@&' 8'*>@Sds <z# ss6#e&
The Charleston Hurcurg says chat South
Carolina harbcrs no thought Of peace. She
will soon By unable 70 harbor anything
She Won't have any harbors.-Preatice.
! II. DE Gsoor, Of Bruges, asserts that,
after eleven years study, he has invented the
means Q: flying in the Sir in any direction
and only needs money 10 demonstrate it BE-
5yond question. The machine IS smaII, he
says, and will enable man 70 move 10 the mr.
/. with the swiftness Of the swallow aod tbs
sigor of the eagle" 8.
sTHs slLasAlaA.-A large squadros = 81
pursuit Of the Alatrms, and she viii 81
lucky il she escapes The determined sies,s
made . czptars her.
The Nashville Baasev s.ys that SundsyI
1as the cniminating day Of III. earssr ID