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The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1863-11-06

A SHAREHOLDERS DRIVING His SLAVES TO
THE RECRUITING 0FFIcE.-The Baltimore cor
respondent of the New York EUening Post
writes: H3fE lL
"A STAKEHOLDER in Dorchester cOunt,r,, IL i,
this State, recently said to his slaves that
they had his permission to volunteer in the
army, but requested. them, when they had
made up their minds to 60, to inform him.
and as they had many time driven him to
Cambridge, he would himself drive them in
his carriage thither on this important mis-
sion. sa laais7 at5
Sure enough, they needed his request, and
he drove them to town in his carriage on their
way to Baltimore, after fitting them out quite
literally. Last Friday he came to the city
and went out to Camp Birney to get his GER
tificates for the three hundred dollars substi-
tute money for each slave, and to grant his
obligation to free them when the State laws
would allow him to do SO. They met him as
affectionately and demonstratively as sons,
would meet father. But this is an isolated
case in the dark field of slavery" n'
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SEQ, smaking the total payment of muster-in
$75, and reducing the remainder of the bounty
at the end of three years. service to forty
dollars.
No. 1926 amends the Revised Army Regula-
tions to allow $50 instead of $40 for the APP
prehension and delivery of deserters. This
cudes the renum GRAFTON, for all expenses
incurred in apprehending, securing and de-
livering deserters. VI Uae 9a@ &sss
No. 1876 calls special attention to the act
for enrolling nationall forces, section twenty
of which provides that courts-martial shall
have power to sentence officers who shall alb
sent themselves from their commands without
leave, to be reduced to the ranks, to serve for
three years or during the wars
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IMPORTANT ORDERS FROM THE WAR DRPART-
MENT-sFrom General osders recently issued
from the War Department., we condense the
following;
No. 1923 provides for the enlistment and
muster in Of two cooks Of African descent to
each company, They will be paid and their
accounts kept like other enlisted men. They
will receive for their full compensation ten
dollars per month, three of which may be
taken, in clothing, ava 4aarr,tsfrrsts
No 324 extends the time of enlisting vete-
ran Volunteers to the first'of December, 1868.
The FIRST installment Of bounty is increased to
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LIEELIKR. PHOTOGRAPHS AND ANBROYYPES !!

MIR. GEORGE K COLLIER has established
Nl himself in Georgetown, for a short time, and
is prepared to produce the best pictures in the high
est style of the art His pictures sure to please
for they are PROFESSIONALLY tae copies Of the orig
nal and cannot fail to strike the observer with ad-
miratiUn of their perfection. Also old Ambro-
types copied with neatness and accuracy,
LARGE SIZE PICTURES FOR so CENTS.
I6-11.1
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MARRIED.

On the LIST inst, at the re.ia.nee OF the Brides
Mother, in Frankfort, SUISSE county, by rev. W.
W. Redman, Mr. NATHANIEL RoBNsoN, to MISS
SARAH LOUISA NAPLES. aA-4a
In Philadelphia, on Thursdsy' the 2sth inst, oy
tho Rev. Andrew Longacre, AYEs B. RIGes to
MISS LAURA c. ScoTT, bots y Wilmington, Della
ware g~Ssd4 .f
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NOTICE.

MRS. LYDIA c. JUMP, formerly Miss Lydia
INl c. Chase having retired from the Millinery
Busness in Georgetown, gives notice that her books
al Q now in the hands of Mr. G. A. ROGERS, who
will attend to all such accounts remain unpaid.
All persons indebted said books, requested to
call at the Georgetown Post Office and settle. All
be given to an officer In biifOrd Tor collection.
October 2, 1858. ............
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United States Internal Revenue.

fsft 4H ASSESSORS OFFICE,
tef 1e.s.r DISTRICT OF DELAWARE,
Wilm n ton, Oct. 10, 1868
p T0TICE is hereby given thai the Annual Assess
~ tnens of 1868, having been eompleted, the lists
viii rersn 9pen for exa animation for fifteen days
frsm thiseaate at the following places =
For NEw CASTLE COUNTY.
In Dover, at the office # Charles H. B. Day, ESQ
FOR SUSSEX COUNTY.
In Georgetown, at tbs Office of ]. D. Rsdney, Esq,
Assistant Assessor.
The Assessor will sit TO hear appeals frsm the As
sessments made, as follows
In GEORGETOWN, at the Office of ]. D. Red
ney ESQ.,, Assistant Assessor, ou Thursday and
Friday, November 5th and 9th, freai a. M, sntl
In MILFORD, at Shockley's Hotel. on Saturday
November 18th, from a. m, till p. m.
FOR KENT COUNTY.
j In MILFORD, on Saturday, November 18th, fr0n
s a. m. till 2 p. M; and
In DOVER, at the office Of c. II. B. Day, ESQ.
Collector, ON Monday, November 9Th, from IL m,
till 5 D. m and on Tuesday, November 10th, from
8. m. till p. M
FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY.
In MIDDLETowN, on Wednesday, November
18th, from a. M. until p. m. and in
WILMINGTON, on Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday, November 18TH 18th and 18th, at his oifice
in the second story of the Custom House Building.
EXTRACT FROM THE LAW.
Gan appeals to the Assessor, as aforesaid, shall
be made in writing and shall specify the particular
cause, matter or thing respecting which decision
is requested and shall moreover state the ground
LHfra JOHN P. MoLEAR, Assessor.
ES-II.l b.
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's CALEB s.. LAYTON,
(Late one of the Judges of the Superior c0Srt')
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AND
'ai SoTJcITOR IN CHANCERY !:

Georgetown, Delaware.
Will carefully attend to any professional business
that may be confded to his care, in the several
Counties and Courts of this State.
Claims for pensions and bounty land warrants
prosecuted with diligence, and at moderate charges
Attention ,ciU be giren to Investment Of money on
bonds aud mortgages aud 10 the sale and purchase
of lands.
Commissioner for taking dispositions from the
several States will be promptly and faithfully exc
cuted. q.
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TIME subscriber having taken the above named
House. would respectfully solicit share Of she
patronage Of the travelling public The House is
large ana comfortably furnished. Is situated oppo-
site to the Rail Road Depot, and convenient to all
public business in the city. Having had twelve
years experiences in keeping Hotels, Halter myself
that car cater to please even the most fastidious
a.s-s y. SYLVESTER RIANHARD, sa
y "a, ..sis, Ia, n7,ii,s-' s.4d. 8, Rrsrsistec
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-09-02

JOnN SMITH. John Smith-plain John
Smiths not very h~igh-soundihg it does
not suggest ariStocracy; i, is not the name
OF any hero in die away novels; and yet is
good, strong, and honest. Transferred to
other languages it seems to climb the lad
der of responsibility. Thus, in Latin, it is
Johannes Smithus; the Italian smoothrs
it off into Giovanni Smith; the Spaniards
render it Juan Sa.i,hus; the Dutchman
,dopts it As Hans Schmidt; the French
Aatten it out into Jean Smeets; and the Ru-
sian sneezes and barks JonlMH Smittowski.
When John Smith gets into the tea trade
AZ Canton, he becomes Jabon Shimmit; il
he Chambers about Mount Hecla, the Ice
landers say he is Jaime Smithson +; if he
trades among the ~Tuscaroras, he becomes
Ton O. Smittia !; in Poland he is known as
Ivan Schmittiweiski; should he wander
among the Welsh mountains, they talk Of
Jihon Schmidt when he goes to Mexico.
he is looked at AS Jontli F'Shmitti; il, Of
classic turn, he fingers among Greek ruins,
he::turns::to Ion Smikton ; and in Turkey he
is utterly disguised as Voc Sect:
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-09-02
Past, Present and Future.

We Of the present day, who have coerced
steam and lightning to do our bidding,
wonder ut our slow .going forefathers, who
worked their way through life with nothing
but their " arms and legs, and a hor>,
or so to help them. We laugh at them as w
fly along at the rate Of a mile a minute be
hind the throbb'ng engine, and think how
they plodded along in jolt,ng stage coaches.
and stopped for the night. and Travelled all
next day, where We can 60 and return be.
fore dinner time.
We wonder how they managed without
a telegraph; how they waited days and
days for a letter from four miles distance,
and paid its weight in silver for it at last
how they could live without knowing all
about that murder or divorce case in Bos
ton. Philadelphia, or Washington, until
next fortnight; and how they sat still long
enough to knit their WI stockings and
weave their w linen.
We think ourselves arrived at the very
apex Of perfection-a little wicked or sc,
perhaps, but very smart. Oh, how those
who are to come after Us will laugh at US,
as they loll in their air carriages, and send
a telegraph message TO their friends at the
an,ipodes, to let them know they intend to
dine with them. How they will wonder
that people ever sewed by hand, as their
patent sewing machines manufacture the
family wardrobe for a year in half a day
without assistance. And what queer old
cogies they will think US as their cooking
machines prepares the dinner, and their
steam table. settlers gets ready, and their
magnetic waiter stands behind their chairs.
"Poor creatures I" they will say, "they
were obliged to write letters word by word,
and wait hours and days for an answer
And they will sit down to the family tele'
graph-an ornament to any parlor-and
have a pleasant chat with . friend in Japan,
while the "steam baby tender" with the
aid Of three cents worth Of charcoal, rocks
the cradle, trots the baby ON its mechanical
knee, and boxes the boys ears right and
left.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-09-02

IConeratulatory.
The American Union residents and trav.
elers in London, Of the receipt of the tax.
ing Of Vicksburgh, forwarded to General
Grant the following patriotic letter:
LONDON, July 81, 1863.
GENERAL:-The undersigned, your fel-
low countrymcn temporarily abroad, have
just received the intelligence of the surren-
der Of V~icksburg to your ever victorious
army, and desire to send across the sea, to
yourself individually, as we'll as to the
heroic men of your command, this testi.
monial Of our warm Acknowledgement and
congratulations.
We desire also, at the same time, to
convey them, through you, to Com. David
d. Porter, commanding the cooperating
feet, and to the gallant officers and seamen
under him. The name of Porter, the son
of an illustrious size, is again, during the
war Of 1912, identified with the glory OF
our country.
The fall Of Vicksburg, whilst it has
cheered the loyal Americans, and the many
sympathizers with US and our cause, has
corresp0ndingly depressed our rebel enc
mics and their aiders and abetters in Eng.
land.
Accept then, General, for yourself our
heartiest congratulations, and be pleased to
convey to the gallant army the thanks of
ourselves and Of thousands here, who hail
the intelligence Of this brilliant achievement
with a joy and gladness, second in degree
only to our own
Let your victorious comrades, General,
know that the eyes Of their grateful coun.
trymen, wherever they may be wandering,
as well as those of the foes of human lib
erty, are upon them.
Let them be assured that patriots every.
where rejoice over their gallant deeds, and
that with hearts Of hope and trust and con.
fidence they will continue to follow them to
other fields and other victories. until every
weapon of rebellion is laid down, and the
flag Of freedom once more floats triumph
ant over all our land.
We have the honor to be, General,
Your Obedient servants.
fSigned by Americans in London.
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10y w hen the recent plorions news fro

r H- When the recent glorious news from
the Southwest was received at Belfast,
Maine, the streets were at once filled with
rejoicing people, and three flags were run
across the square, the Republican flag, the
Douglas flag, and the Bell and Everett flag,
side by side, thus testifying to the union
Of the true men OF those parties in the
great cause Of saving our country. The
spectacle created . most pleasing sensa.
tion.- Exchange.
The Breckenridge Flag don't seem to have
been displayed. Why not? Didn't But.
Ter and Dickinson and Burnside honor this
rejected flag at Charleston, Baltimore and
throughout the canvass of 1860? If the
flag in its dissentious influence was an
honored one, then, why is it dishonorcd
now and if those who bore it then were moi
patriots why are they now honored?
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-09-02

Gov. Bramlstte on Negro Sol
diers.
Colonel Bra,nlette, the governor elect Of
Kentucky, has written the following card to
the Louisville Journal:
l see that tho secession party, through
its organ the Louisville Democrat, is char.
ging that in my Carlisle speech | approved
''negro regiments" The charge is wholly
untrue. In no speech have I failed to state
that I, with the Union Democracy, con.
demned the employment of negro soldiers,
and was pledged to use all constitutional
and peaceful means to get rid Of them.
At Carlisle, as elsewhere, | contrasted
our remedies for this and other evils with
the remedy proposed by the men,
and no more money s~ecessionists. show
ed that We proposed using all peaceful and
constitutional means, through tho ballot
box, to correct them and, that whether We
succeed in that way or not, we would suc-
coed in getting rid Of such regiments, not
only in the federal service but all the ne.
gro and Indian regiments employed by the
rebel authorities against US, by the certain
and complete methods embodied in our Sec
ond resolution by, ''devoting our whole re-
sources, il necessary" to crushing "thc
present causeless rebellion and restoring
the national authority over the revolted
states'--whcreas the no more men and no
more money sccessionists, would, to escape
"Lincoln's negro regiments" fly to the
arms Of the Southern Coniederacy, and
place themselves with negro and Indian
regiments to fight and destroy our govern.
ment; tina. it is not, therefore, dislike to the
use Of negro regiments, but dislike to the
constitution and the Union, and as a means
to distract and divide the Union men, that
causes these no more ro-and.n more
money secessionists to make such an ado
about negro regiments. mentioned that
they are against the government and for
the SOUTH" no matter what means are
used or are not used to sustain the govern
ment; whereas we are for our government
in defiance of the measures Of any party or
any administration; that our opposition to
negro regiments is honest, and we propose
two modes Of getting rid of them, one OF
which is a certain one; but that the no.
niore-men-and-no .morc-money seccssionists
Set up q dishonest clamor and opposition,
intended to divide US and gain strength to
themselves, and force upon US the rebel
government, thus increasing the very evil
complained Of, and indefinitely multiplying
and increasing every other evil upon our
country. These views l have, in al my
speeches, endesvored to present with -
much clearness and force as l IN capable
of. Any charge that l favor or couAta-
nance the srming of negroes is not only
wholly untrue, but wholly g~roundlsss.
THos. E. BRAxI117U.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-09-02

sW- In 100 Parliament passed an act
making marriage void where it could be
shown that the man had been "seduced or
betrayed into matrimony by the use of
scents, false teeth, hair or bolstered hips"
&c, &C.
A man "seduccd :" Don't that take the
rag !" What kind Of men had they in
those days? Wen bet our old hat against
a set Of hoops that any lady We now see on
the promenade is as real as she appears to
be, and that she has not an artificial charm
about her. Women have grown some in
1853 years and the present lot on hand make
no efforts to seduce the innocent young
gents OF the present generation.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-09-02

MALE VIRGINs.-An anecdote is related
Of young preacher at a city church, who
had for his text a verse from the parable
Of the ten virgins, and in the course of his
sermon, explained THAT in olden times
it was customary when the bridegroom aud
the bride were coming for ten virgins to sc
on to meet them, and escort them home
five Of those virgins being males and five
females"
W. have heard "Uncle Sam" Church
use some such term as ''male virgins but
We didn't know until now that any other
Church complimented masculine humanit,
so highly.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-09-02

tD" Our soldiers die from diarrhca more
than from any other disease. Let every
family make up a specific for it and hand
gallons Of it over to the Sanitary Societies
The woods are full Of the fruit and here is
the way to make it:
B~LAcK3ERRY CORDIAL.-Take ripe black
berries, mash them with a wooden
spoon or a potatoc masher; pour the
whole mass into a cloth that will allow the
juice to pass through when squeezed take
two quarts of blackberry juice, one pound
OF loaf sugar, one quarter ounce cloves,
one half ounce cinnamon, one half ounce
nutmeg, one half ounce allspice boil it all
Is minutes, and when cold add a pint oil
brandy.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-09-02
~ Some London "Jenkes" or other
letters to us credulous Yankees

~ Some London "Jenkes" or other,
writing letters to us credulous Yankees,
says this of the Prince of Wales:
1.-THE Prince, it is said, may often be
seen. a Ia pedestrian. in the city, with a
short. little carved wood pipe in his mouth,
looking very saucy and very democratic. -
We are afraid that he has not followed the
advice given him by little Kate Bateman,
when she was little Kate, sure enough, and
very pretty at that. You remember the
irrepressib!e Jenkens told a story about her
and the Prince, when the former was in
England several years ago, by which it ap.
pears that Albert Edward was wildly in
love with her, md on one occasion when
the little artist visited Windsor, (accord,ng
to the story, and they were playing to,
gether on the lawn, he proposed to her
upon which, according to Jenkens. she
said, well. Wales, continue a good boy,
and learn your lessons well, and mind your
ma, and when you grow up, If you love
still, I'll think about it,"
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-09-02

tY- Those who become residents of the
following States can get a complete divorce,
just as easy as the boy knew his father, on
the following terms: For abandonment
and wilful desertion for one year in Ar
kansas, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota,
Oregon and Wisconsin for two years in
Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Pennsylvania
and Tennessee; for three years in Califor-
mia, Connecticut, Georgia, Mississippi, New
Hampshire, Ohio, Texas and Vermont /;
for five years in Louisiana, Michigan, New
Jersey and Rhode Island. The other
States stick to the Decalogue.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-09-02
ABRAuAN'S OPINION.-The following

ABRAuAN's OPINIoN.-The following is
m extract from the Presidents Inaugural
Happily the human mind is so consti-
tuted that no party can reach the audacity
of denying any right plainly written in the
Constitution. II, by mere force Of num-
bers, a majority should deprive a minority
of any clearly written constitutional right,
it might in a moral point Of view justify re
volution."
In the beginning Of his administration Mr..
Lincoln had some fine ideas Of political
right, but it will not do for him to enunci-
ate them now. Such language as the
above quotation is used nowadays only
by those who arc called "disloyal!
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kY- The Milwaukee Senfin.l in sne

W- The Milwaukee Sentinel, in speak,
ing o fthe f%aithfulness Of photographs taken
by Lydston, of the battle fields of this war,
says:
They are not copies Of the fancy sketches
Of our artist taken on the spot" for SOM
pictorial paper, but genuine photographs
of the veritable forms and faces Of the
CHASTITY slain rs the murderous lead or iron
left them. They are terrible, and We
should suppose would cure any one of a
desire to seek the bubble fame at the can.
mons mouth.
Don't scare people from the draft, Mr..
Sentinel. This war has got to be fought
out, and your attempt to ~exaggerate its
terrors is in bad taste, if not semi treascna.
bic.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-09-02
PERTINENT INoulRY.-A correspondent

PERTINENT INQulRY.-A correspondent
Of the Indianapolis Sentinel asks:
"As editors are presumed to know eve
rything, please answer me . question:
Why is it that a person who leaves the
Democratic party and ceases to act with Il
stills calls himself a Democrat and claims
to be one, but alleges that the party has
deprecated and fallen from its former posi-
ton but that . person who leaves the
Republican party, and becomes a Democrat.
never again calls himself q Republican. and
never accuses the party Of changing it's
principles 2" ys-.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-09-02

f-ss. Provost Fry, in his circular of July
18th says:
"lst. Any drafted person paying $500,
under section ID of the enrolment act, is
thereby exempt from farther liability under
that draft, but not from any subsequent
draft.
ID. Any drafted person furnishing an
acceptable substitute, is exempt from mill.
tary service for the period for which said
substitute is mustered into the service"
From this we conclude it will be better
for drafted persons to procure substitutes
instead Of paying the communication. The
Government wants men not moncy-the
last can be made by machinery-the first
are the result Of natural laws.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-09-02
9orth guwa Times.
TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM.
McGREGOR, SEPT. 2, -:

DIPTHERIA.-Dr. A. De Grand Boulogne,
the French vice consul at Havana and a
physician Of the highest character, announ.
ces ICE. administered in small pieces, to be
an infallible remedy for this terrible child
destroyer. The Doctor, in the columns OF
Galignani's Messenger, gives many cases
which threatened life in a few hours that
gave way almost Immediately to this prac
tice.
will every reader Of this paper remem-
Der this simple remedy!
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-09-02

tW- Captain j. NJ. Cults, Of the 18th
Infantry, the Judge Advocate in the court
martial trial of Mr.. V~allaudigham, is q
brother Of Mrs, Douglas -Erchangs. ,
Per contra, Capt. Todd, of the rebel ar
my, and IN command of a prison at Rich
mond, who has made himself infamous
even among rebels by his brutal treatment
Of Union prisoners, is . brother of Mrs.
Lincoln.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-09-02

~ The nomination Of Gen. futile for
Governor is taking like wild fire. His pop
ularity with the people and with the gal.
liant soldiers in the army is such as 10 in.
sure him . rousipg majority at the polls in
October.
Hurrah for Gen. futile, tho next Cover.
nor of IOwa.--Burlington ArQus.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-09-02

s-''I never did see such a wind and
such n Storm" said man in a coffee.room
And pray, SIR" inquired a would be wit,
"since you saw the wind and the storm,
what might their color be Z" 1.-The wind
Neu and the storm rose was the ready re.
joinder.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-09-02

~ The London papers state that BY
the earthquake at Manila. on the Sd Of
June, the town was destroyed and ten
thousand Of the Inhabitants buried in the
ruins.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-09-02

.y- What cu, ious people those French
men are. About ten kill themselves every
day. Statistics show that three hundred
thousand have thus died in France wi.hin
the present century,