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Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1863-10-30


HoSoRADLE CONDITIONS Many years ago
in what Is now a ilourishing city in this State
lived stalwart blacksmith, fond Of his pipe
and his joke. He was also fond of his bloom
ing daughter, whose many grsces and
charms had ensnared the affections Of sus-
ceptible young printer. The couple after .
season Of billing and cooling, "engaged {"
themselves, and nothing but the consent of
the young lady's parent prevented their
union. To obtain this an interview was ar.
ranged, and typo prepared little speech to
astonish and convince the old gentleman,
who sat enjoying bis favorite pipe ia perfect
content. Typo dilatcd upon the fact Of their
long friendship, their mutual attachment,
their hopes for the future and like topics,
ard taking the daughter by the hand, said !:
now, sir, ask your permission to trans
plant this lovely flower from its parent bed"
but his "phelnks" ovcrcame him, he for
got the remainder Of his rhetorical flourish,
blnshcd, stammersd, and finally wound up
with" from its parent bed, into my sun."-
The father keenly relshed the discomfit-
ure Of the suitor, and after removing his
pipe and blowing a cloud replied: "Well,
young man, don't know as I've any obiec-
ton, prorided you uiN marry the girl first!
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Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1863-10-30

The quantity in the several land districts,
and the quantity Of railroad lands, are indi.
Gated, nearly, in round numbers, by the fol-
lowing figures Ea #.Eh IS
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1863-10-30
HUMBOLDT COUNTY.

About 5000 acres were selected In this
County, as near Is possible to the forks Of
the Des Moines. Some tracts are near Boone
river, and none are moro than five miles from,
timber, and come are within four miles of
saw-mill. The odd numbered sections, with.
in five miles of the two branches Of the Des
Moines being all Withheld for the present under
tire operation Of the Land Grant to the Keo-
kuk, Ft Des Moines and Minnesota Railroad
Company, selections could only DO made
from even numbered sections within tina,
distance. M
Tho growth Of the best native grasses
along these rivers is such tina. hay cal, be
: pu. up for less than dollar per ton. This
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1863-10-30
A GRAVEYARD JOKE

(coNcLuDED NEXT WEEK.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1863-09-18
Notice to Pensioners.

All invalid pensioners in the State of
Minnesota, who have not been pensioned
by special &C; of Congress, nor for the
loss of an arm, leg, finger, a toe, an
eye, (not eye-sight, or the privation of
some like essential part of pensioner's s
body, and whose pensions commenced be-
fore March, 4, 1868, and who are within a
convenient distance of St. Paul, will find
two of the pension surgeons appointed for
this State, in attendance at the office of
DIR. SAMUEL WILEY, in this city, on Fri
day the 18th, and Saturday the 10Th inst :,
make the biennial examination required
by law.
Pensioners, at distance from St. Paul,
will make arrangements with any two of
the appointed surgeons for such examina-
tions at points mere convenient to such
pensioners localities.
The appointed pension surgeons are as
follows:
Dr. WILLIAM A. PENN1MAN, of Minneapolis.
DR.. E. G. Cross, of Rochester.
Dr. SAMUEL WILEY, of st. Paul.
DR.. l.. w. DENNIsoN, of Faribault.
DR.. F. MuLLEGAN, of Wabashaw.
DR.. JOHN d. FORD, of Winona.
DE WITT G. COOLEY,
Pension Agent.
Sr. PAUL, Sept. Q, 1868.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1863-09-18
A Noble Speech.

The following truly eloquent speech was
made by General CARRNaToN to the One
hundred-and-fourth Regiment Indiana Vo-
lunteers, preparatory to his bidding fare
well to that body of men. 1t would be
well if the same speech were read to every
regiment of soldiers in the service of the
Government, and it would be of incalcu-
liable benefit if all men now doing soldiers
duty would respond il practice to its noble
sentiments The language OF Geleral
CARRINGToN Oh the occasion referred to
was As follows:
soon leave yor. ao 90, :
ani nau VI iew woioo; Iney may seem nome
~, nut they are the result Of experience:-
FIRST, avoid profane speech He who is the
zoo OF oatue, and holds the issue of life, should
De reVereo; II you would have His blessing.
Inc man VINO nonors His name is true soldier
he fears not to die, because he is nrenared for
the issue of death.
Temperance Is the next virtue. The best
stimulus to the soldier is his coffee. Tionors
are temporary, and bring relaxation. and thew
also involve bad habits. Water should be ,,sed
frequently, but in small draughts; too much
water at time involves perspiration and weak.
ems the body. Drink oft often, but alwavs in
moderation.
Be chaste and truthful. Be as good citizens
in the service as out oft.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1863-09-18
Complications in Texas.

1t is almost idle to speculate upon the
consequences of the French occupation of
Mexico. If recent advices from Texas
and Matamoras are to be credited, the
French party in Mexico contemplate the
seizure of Texas, possibly with the con-
nivance of the rebel government. They
must be well aware that our forces can
easily overrun and reoccupy the State
whenever they choose to dc so, and know
ing the hopelessness of endeavoring to
hold it for themselves, they may be will
ling to pay that price for the friendship of
France. The news says that:
A few weeks since an agent of Miramon
made an unsuccessful prOnunciamento in
Tamaulipas. With few armed men he left
Matamoras, and marched up the river, taking
their arms from all whom he met, and publicly
announcing that he was "authorized to con
quer Texas" &c. A large force was sent
against him by Governor Lopez, and he was
arrested and imprisoned in MatamOras but our
informant believes that when the French force
arrives in Matamoras, which is daily expected,
most serious complications will occur. For
years there has been bitter and growing en-
nifty on the part of the Mexicans of the Rio
Grande States towards the Americans inhahit-
ing the opposite side of the river; and while
there is no doubt the leading rebes of Texas
would much prefer a French protectorate or
almost any other form of government to res
toration to the Union, it is equally certain that
no movement would be so popular in Mexico,
or so tend to unite all parties, as the re-annexa
ton of Texas, by diplomacy or force, to the
Government of Mexico.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1863-09-18
Appointments to the Military
Academy.

General HALLRCK has secured the ap-
pointment Of twenty-four young soldiers,
from our armies now in the field, to cadet
ships at West Point. The cadetships due
to the Virginia Congressional districts are
given to young lads who have distinguish
ed themselves, and arc otherwise qualified,
in the army of the Potomac. The cadet
ships due to Western Tennessee, Arkansas
and Mississippi, are to be conferred on
General GRANTS recommendation. So in
the other departments. And General
HALLECK further takes the ground, that
next year all appointments to West Point
shall be made from young soldiers in the
field, or in the sons of officers who have
rendered important services in this war
not that the appointments are to be taken
from the various Congressman in the
northern and other States, but that the
Congressman in their recommendations
are to be restricted TO these classes ot
nominees,
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1863-09-18
had state In the South.


The Richmond Sentinel of the 2sth bas
following communication, which it says ia
the production of a gentleman whose social.
political and professional standing is emf
nently conservative:
For the Sentinel
Is not the time come, or fast coming, to
consider gravely these questions-which
let those ponder whom it may concern:
1. Is it not an inverting of the pyramid to
put property first life next, liberty last? With
what is life?
=, z. What is the thing we call property? What
Ihe Ioundauons upon which its stability must
depend?
8; Is any mans right to what he calls his
lands, negroes, crops, better than another's
right to his own life, limbs, iberty3
4: Can government rightfully take of some
their life, limbs and liberty, to protect for others
their property, without at least equal RIGHT to
take from these their property, to make effec.
tual the volunteered or constrained efforts of
those? "a
5. Do the bipeds (miscalled) men who are
willing to come out of this war with more ne
cuniary wealth than they had at its Commence.
ment, or even as much, know anything of his
tory? Let its teaching make them tremble.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1863-09-18
The Rebel Cotton Loan.

The London correspondent of the Bel
fast Morning NeOs says in recent letter
eff your heart is naturally compassionate
as I am sure it is-you will feel much
pity for certain class of persons here in
London just now. l allude to those who
have invested their money in the Southern
loan. They do not expect, poor fellows,
to get back shilling Of all they have paid
out. The early Southern victories were so
brilliant, and the Northern leaders gener-
ally proved themselves so miserably in
competent, that the feeling here was that
the South must win and become great
power. In one week the tide of fortune
has turned against the South. In one week
the South has lost sixty thousand men.
What power can struggle against such
odds? LEE driven back across the Poto-
mac in his very hour of victory MoRGAN's
army captured in Ohio; Vicksburg and
Port Hudson surrendered, and the Missis-
sippi made free for all purposes of COM
merce the rear of Charleston possessed by
tie Federals, and Braces fine army in full
retreat-such results in one week find no
parallel in the history of ancient and mod
ern warfare. All seems to indicate that
the poor Southerners must succumb. But,
then, what about the debt? Who will pay
the Southern liabilities? Surely not the
cOnquering North"
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1863-09-18

A correspondent of the Boston Journal
says that Mr.. John Gregory Smith, the
the Governor elect in Vermont, is man
of more than usual distinction. He is by
profession a lawyer, but latterly has be-
come widely known as the principal man
ager in the Vermont Central Railroad
line, the affairs of which he has conducted
with ability. He has not been active as a
politician, though he has frequently been
honored by the suffrages of his fellow cit
liens for positions of trust and response
bility. He has been twice chosen from
his county to the State Senate, and three
times elected to represent his town in the
Legislature. At the last session of the
General Assembly he was Speaker of the
House. These several positions he has
filed with signal ability.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1863-09-18
MT u
Death Of Nathan Daboll.

NATHAN DABoIL, name well known
to generations of school boys, died at Gro
ton, Conn, few days ago, at the age of
eighty-three years. He was the son of
the author of Dabolls Arithmetic, and
the New London Star says of him that
"few men, perhaps, in Connecticut, were
more generally known and respected than
the deceased. The community in which
he lived had learned to regard him as a
safe and judicious adviser in all matters
of public business. His counsel was
highly priced and his decisions were con-
sidered just. He had frequently occupied
important public positions with honor to
himself and the State. His residence at
Centre GrotOn, was the point toward
which, as if by magnetic attraction, mar
liners were wont to wend their way in pur-
suit of nautical knowledge. For more
than half century be had personally in
structed scholars in navigation, mathemat-
les and astronomy, when his declining
health induced him to relinquish this.
The arithmetic, the work of his father,
was carefully revised by the deceased sew
eral years since, and it is now considered
by many as the best work for practical in
struction and business use."
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1863-09-18
Rosecrans in Chattanooga.

Our dispatches state that .CR11TENpEN,s
division Of RosEcRANs' army took posses
sion Of Chattanooga yesterday, the rebel
force retreating South the day previous.
Chattanooga is city of about five thou
sand inhabitants, in Hamilton County.
Tennessee, just beyond the dividing line
between that State and Georgia. 1t is
situated on the left bank of the Tennessee
river, and is the northern terminus of the
Western and Atlantic Railway, the south
ern terminus of which is Atlanta, Georgia.
1t is also the eastern terminus of the
Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad, and
forms an angular connection with the line
of railroad from Charleston, S. O., to Mem
phis, Tenn. 1t is one hundred and fifty
one miles from Nashville, four hundred
and thirty-two from Savannah, and four
hundred and forty-seven from Charleston.
The city is situated on high bluff over
looking the rushing waters of the Tennes-
see River, which at this point widens out
to greater extent than at many others in
the vicinity. Chattanooga contained pre-
vious to the rebellion four or five churches,
bank, five hotels, two printing offices,
each issuing aweekiy newspaper, and num-
bers of fine residences. The country around
Chattanooga is Cor was) annually frequent
ed as summer resort by the residents of
Southern Georgia and Alabama. The
strategic Importance of Chattanooga can
not be overrated, and we are surprised that
it was given up without severe and long
protracted struggle.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1863-09-18
The Fall Campaign.

A Washington correspondent says the
following may be regarded as the plan for
the fall campaigns: Gen. BANKS will move
against Mobile, and, taking it, drive the
rebel army of the Mississippi east of the
Alabama river, and RosEoRANs and BURN
SIDE, clearing East Tennessee, will ad-
vance upon JOHNSTON in Northwestern
Georgia, where it is anticipated he will
unite all the available rebel troops south
of Virginia, and make last stand against
the combined forces of BANKS, RosEoRANs
and BURNSIDE. While these operations are
going OF General GILMORE will take
Jh.sleston. a,1 her bis arl1y VII De
transferred to the Peninsular and advance
on Richmond, in conjunction with the Ar
my of the Potomac, by that time recruit
ed to over one hundred thousand, and ad-
vancing via the Rappahannock All this
will occupy the fall months, but it is ex-
pected the grand winding up battle will
take place at Richmond before Christmas.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1863-09-18
The War in Mississippi.
FEARFUL STATE OF AFFAIRS IN THE INTERiO

From the New Orleans Era August lG
We have private advices from the lnte-
rior Of Mississippi, that seem to be entirely
trustworthy, and that indicate reign of
terror among the people, through large
stretch of territory, IL consequence oi the
insubordinate conduct of the negroes TIE
merciless conscription Of tho rebel gove'.i-
ment has Withdraw tie entire abio-i.a ed
population, ana the old and young. H.
HELPLESS and dctenciess ot he t......, tat
remain, s.ro exposed to ohe most 'a!o
fears. The find among them :. e-
barbar;ans, who have been kept down by
physical force, but who are now sufficiently
strong to do as they plea=e, without the
fear of consequences; the white popula-
tion, in fact, is at the mercy of the black
Hundreds are flying to Georgia for protec-
ton, taking with them such goods as they
can carry, and such negroes as will go,
abandoning their plantations to ruin and
desolation. The negroes, as a rule, we are
assured, refuse to work, but spend their
time in idleness, or in prowling about for
purposes of robbery and plunder. cit is,"
says our informant, a hell upon earth;
,he most terrible fears prevail, and no one
considers himself safe moment"
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1863-09-18
Gen. Garfield and ValIandig h am i.

Gen. GARFIELD, Of the Army of the
Cumberland, has written scathing letter
to the Union Central Committee of Ohio,
exposing the falsehoods and treason of
VALLAND1GHAM. In the course of the let
ter the General says that if VALLANDIG-
HAM had attempted to ascertain the senti-
ments of its citizens, he would have found
that nine out of every ten were in favor of
immediate submission to the Federal Gov
ernment.
The General concludes his letter thus:
When Mr.. Valandigham states that the lead
ers of this rebellion unanimously express their
willingness to discuss the question of return
to the Union, he either entirely forgets his
conversations with rebels or reckIessly states
falsehOOd.
In full and frank conversation between
himself and Governor Harris, (rebel Governor
of Tennessee) the latter, after hearing Mr.
Vallandigham's statement of his own opinions
and policy, said, in the presence of many wit
nesses: . You totally misunderstood us. We
have resolved to listen to no terms short of the
total separation and absolute independence of
the South, and we will accept 70 boundary
oou0h VI 1h' HhC Va IiC OHlO anu CuC OCOIlsC.
Negotiations on any other basis are utterly
useless"
l hold myself personally responsible to Mr.
Vallandigham or any of his responsible friends
for maintaining by abundant proofs the asser-
ton have made above. l appear to the citi.
zens of Ohio to vindicate the honor of our
State and the loyalty of our people, against the
designs of a party headed by man who not
only stands convicted as the public enemy of
his country, but after having "left his country
for his cOuntry's good" joined himself with
pirates and smugglers to throw contempt upon
the laws of the blockade which his Govern
ment had established for her protection, now
stands on a foreign shore. and with knot of
admiring traitors around him, looks on the
Republic engaged in deadly struggle for its
life and tries to give cheer to our enemies by
declaring our cause hopeless.
l answer his craven words of despair by the
stout facts of July, under which the whole
rebel framework is reeling and tottering to its
fall. l answer the II by the fact that even in
this most rebel portion of rebel Tennessee,
thousands are docking to onr HEADQUARTERS, re-
pentant, declaring that their cause is hopeless,
and begging to come back under the shield of
OF the Union. Let all true men take new heart
and new hope.
Let the Republic but once more display the
maJestys OF its strength, and the work will be
ended. If our drafted force were now in the
field, it would need no prophetic voice to say
with authority, "Yet sixty days, and this rebel
Nineveh shall be overthrown."
l am, &c., J. A. GARFIELD.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1863-09-18
Letter from Jos. Lemay, Collector at
Penn bina.

Mr.. A. MoELRArH, Deputy Clerk of the
Supreme Court, allows US to copy the fol-
lowing letter from JOSEPH LEMAY, ESQ.,,
U. S. Collector at Pembina. The reported
murder of the miners who were on their
way down the Missouri, seems to be con-
frmed:
PEMBINA, Aug. 80, 1868.
DEAR SIE-I hasten to inform you that Lit
tie Six, with a portion of Little Crows band,
ten in number, has gone to Fort Garry, Red
| River Settlement. They report that Gen. Sib-
ley killed only twenty-six of their number,
old men and women who could not get away.
They intend wintering at Turtle Mountain.
Many Sioux are nowadays seen prowling
along our frontier, probably hunting for Chip
pewa scalps, jim revenge for the nine scalps they
have totally lost at ST. Joseph. They brought
gold dust in large quantities to st. Joseph, said
to be coming from twenty-six poor miners they
killed recently on the Missouri river while on
their return home
Hon. James McFetridge has seen and held in
his hands some of that gold dust They say
that these miners fought like tigers, and admit
of losing forty six of their own men. If all re-
ports are to be credited, this little party of
brave men have done better than Gen. Sibley
did with 5000 men.
Mr.. Gingras has already got bag of that
gold DUST and Mr.. BOttineau has sent, or is
about to. some goods to trade with those Sioux,
and grasp the balance if he can.
saw in the late papers that General Sibley's
expedition had resulted in securing the peace
and quietness or tranquility over all the coun-
try this side of the Missouri. He was not half
way between Devils Lake and Fort Abercrom-
bic before the Sioux had returned to their for
mer place by the hundreds, and many of the
devils even got to st. Joseph.
r. sccat haste, yours, &C.,
JOS LEMAY
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1863-09-18
Go. .v, Fifth Regiment.

List of enlisted men who died in Go. D,
Fifth Regiment Minnesota Volunteers,
since March l2, 1868:
Private Maxine Case, st. Paul.
Private Belthezar Miller, Carver County.
Sergeant Asa E. Kelley, st. Paul.
Musician Christian Fitsch, Carver County.
Private George Brown, Carver County.
Private David Benson, st. Anthony.
Musician Adolph Hosterman. Carver County.
Private George Luther st. Cloud.
Private Henry Wolf, Carver County.
Corporal Matthias Smith, st. Paul.
Private Henry Faly, Blue Earth County.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1863-09-18

The Washington correspondence of the
Cincinnati Gazette has this item:
1t is said the official report of General Me-
Clellan's campaign occupies nearly four thou :
sand pages of foolscap. An extra appropria-
to defray the printing expenses.
That is pretty long report, certainly,
and We guess the number of pages is con-
siderably overstated (; but it is report in
which the whole country has deep in
terest, and it should not be hid away in
the musty pigeon-holes of the Department
on account of any cost of publication. 1t
is the official history of the most eventful
period in the life of our nation. It is
document which every citizen has right
to read. The pretext that an extra ap-
preparation will be required to be passed
by Congress to defray the printing ex-
penses before it can be given to the world,
is pitiful and contemplate. MCCLELLAN
has himself offered to bear the expense of
publication, Cor at least it has been so
stated, and never denied,) and the Secre-
tary of War might, at any rate, give it to
the Army and Nary Gazette, to be cir
culated in newspaper form, that its con-
tents might become known. Of all the
littleness that has been pursued towards
General MCCLELLAN by Secretary STAN
TON, the suppression of his report of the
Maryland and Virginia campaigns appears
to US to be about the meanest.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1863-09-18

1t will be remembered that just before
the Democratic Ohio State Convention,
many Democrats talked of the expediency
of nominating Gen. Mcclellan for Gov
ernor, and that he was repeatedly written
to on the subject, and the day before the
Convention telegraphed. The public are
already informed that the telegram sent
him was simply an inquiry as to whether
he would permit his name to go before the
Convention, and that his reply was point
blank but courteous refusal. We under
stand this is not all there was of the cor
respondence. Before the telegram the
General had replied by mail, giving his po-
litical views at some length, and in very
explicit terms; and in terms that were not
pleasing to the Copperheads; and,'t
were highly provoking to the Vallandigham
squads. This letter has been carefully
kept in the seclusion of the original MS.
It ought to come out. Gen. MoClellan's
name is at the head of several Democratic
newspapers in this State as their favorite
candidate for the Presidency in 1864.
They should by all means publish his letter
defining bis politics. His political record
is not extensive, and it would be unfortu-
nate to omit from it 80 important an item.
Cincinnati Commercial.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1863-09-18
Panic in Wall Street.

Thursday last, the Sd inst, was day
OF terrible panic in Wall street. Stocks
declined from 10 to Is per cent, and
large number of small outside operators
were slaughtered. Gold rose to 1872, and
exchange to 1444. Money was active at
z per cent. The following table exhibits
the prices of securities on that day, and
on Thursday of last week.