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Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-10-29

The man who tried to "pry into
mystery" could find no place for the
fulcrum Of bis lever.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-10-29

They who think there is no vacuum
in nature forget coquette's heart and
a beau'S skull.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-10-29
THE FAMILY FAVORITE,

rs the HOUSEHOLD JOURNAL. Publishs
i ed weekly, "a columns at cents, or in
monthly parts. price IL cents, in wrappers,
stitched and cut. Sold by all news agents.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-10-29

The paper containing many fine
points is--a paper Of pins,
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-10-29
CIRCUIT BROTHERS,
MANUFACTURERS OF, AND DEALERS IN
Sash, Doors, Blinds, Window

AMI DOOh ia MED
And all other work usually made in such an
Establishment.
CEDAR FALLS. IOWA.
Will have on hand all kinds of Extra Irons,
and be prepared at all times to Repair Old
J. II. Nanny Reapers and Mowers. We also
Manufacture Horse Rakes, and will do all
kinds of Wood Turning on short notice.
fs5" All Work Warranted, and Sold as cheap
as can be bought at any establishment in the
country. l2yl
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-10-29
MARRIED.

In Floyd, cath inst. Mr.. David Lutz, OF
Winnchago county, to Miss Helen F. Brayn-
ard, of Floyd.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-10-29

The seizure Of the rebel rams by the
British Government is confirmed.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-10-29
DIED.

In this town, Gath inst, of diphtheria, Yves
ley Allen, aged about 81 years.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-10-29
Representative Election 54th District
How the Soldiers Vote.

We have the following returns OF
votes from the soldiers ...
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-04-15
gil Sorts Of @uaa gsaoing.
A Forest at Night.


DARKNESS makes the brain giddy. Men
need light. Whoever plunges into the Op-
pOsite of day, his heart Is chilled. When
the eye sees blackness the mind sees
trouble. In an eclipse, in night, in the
sooty darkness there is anxiety even to
the strongest. Nobody walks alone at
night in the forest without trembling.
Darkness and trees, two formidable depths
"a reality of chimeras-appear in the
indistinct distance. The ineoneeivable
outlines itself few steps from you with
a spectral clearness. You see, floating
in space or in your brain, something
strangely vague and unsizeable as the
dreams of sleeping flowers. There are
fierce phantoms in the horizon. You
breathe in the odors of the great black
void. You are afraid and are tempted to
look behind you. The hollowness of all
things, the silent profles that fade away
as you advance, the obscure dishevel-
ments, angry clumps, livid pools, the
gloom reflected in the funereal-the sep
ulchral-immensity of silence, the posi-
BILE unknown beings, the swaying of mys-
teriOus branches, the frightful twisting
Of the trees, long spires of shivering grass
against all this you have no defense.
There is no bravery which does not tshud-
der and feel the nearness of anguish.
You feel something hideous, as if the
soul were amalgamating shadow. This
of the darkness is inexpress-
ibIy dismal for child.-Fjcfor Hugo.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-04-15

LOUIS NAPoIKoN's MorTo.--" When you
have got nation down, keep it down"
WHAT is the difference between forms and
ceremonies2 You sit upon forms and stand
upon ceremonies.
WHY is a schoolmaster like an engine-driv-
er? One trains the mind, and the other
minds the train.
WHAT kind of essence does a young man
like when he pops the question ?-Acquies-
cence. ------
IT is popular delusion that powder on a
face has the same effect as in the barrel Of a
musket-assists her to go of.
A PUZZLE FOR ABE LlNcoLN-If two many
cooks spoils the soup, what would be the et-
feet of an extra Butler7 We give it up with
a shudder.
TIE DISTRESS IN IsELAND.-We would sug-
gest the broth of boy" as cheap, nutriti-
GUS, and easily attainable article of food. Sail
ors and fishermen may vary this by using the
broth of buoy instead. ..
A LITTLE Swedish girl, while walking with
her father on a starry night absorbed in con-
temptation of the skies, being asked Of what
she was thinking, replied, Il was thinking if
the ,Vrong side of Heaven is so glorious, what
must the right side be-"
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-04-15
Handsomely DOns----How to Purchase Tender
Chickens.

0NE Of the Dublin boarding house keepers
"come it'' over huckster at the Central
Market the other day. Mike hauled up before
the stand at which be usually purchased his
old hens, and confidently informed Hans that
the chickens which he had been lately buying
of him were altogether too good to be of any
profit to hin-his boardefs consumed them
altogether too fast-and this time On a very
low tone) he wanted some which were a little
tough, 80 that he might serve them few
times, and thereby come little game over
his boarders, which would be little profit
able to himself without arousing the suspic-
ions of his customers.
Very goot, replied Hans, chuckling over
what he thought was very good thing, II
gives you the poorest Pve got"
Accordingly he selected about dozen Of
the toughest old biddies he could find, and
laid them before his customer, with the re-
mark So.
Them ish the worst I've got"
Are these all your poor Ones2' asked
Mike.
"Yaw, every one of them, replied Hans.
HVery well, thin, be jabers, I'll take the
other lot" said Mike, and to the great con-
sternation of Hans, he went to work filing
his basket with tender chickens.
Hans was disposed to demonstrate at first,
but the joke Of the trick soon came to his
mind, and he submitted, but with very poor
grace. vowing that " No mans ever does dat
NIT me agains. ."-Du5lip Times.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-04-15
The 1rishman and His Drink.


WHEN Mr. Dodge the celebrated eclectical
physician, was Iecturing through the State, on
the law of health, and particularly on the evil
of tea and coffee, he happened to meet one
morning. at the breakfast table, sou of Erin.
Conversation turned on the Doctors favorite
subject as follows:
Perhaps you think would be unable to
convince you of the deleteriOus effects of tea
and coffee 2"
II don't know, said Erin, " but I'd ike to
be there when you do it"
"Well," )" said the Doctor, " if I convince you
that they are injurious to your health viii you
abstain from their use ?"
Sure and win, sir"
How often do you use coffee and tea p
asked the Doctor.
Morning and night, sir"
"WeIl," said the Doctor, F" did you ever ex-
perience a slight dizziness of the brain on go
ing to bed?'
do; indeed do"
And sharp pam through the temples, In
and about the eyes in the morning? ?"
Troth, and do, sir"
"WeI, said the Doctor, with an assurance
and confidence in his manner, " that is the
coffee and tea"
"Isit, indeed? Faith, and always thought
it was the whisky I drankl'
The company roared with laughter, and the
Doctor quietly retired. Hewas fairly beat
on
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-04-15
The elut Of Silver in Canada.

IT is some qualification in these days of pa
per currency to know that there is coin still
some where on the continent. # we have no
specie the Canadians are surfeited with it, and
are consequently in Just about as bad fix as
we are. The following paragraph tells the
whole story:
at would do hard-money man good to
go to Canada. The currency consists almost
exclusively of American silver. Silver abounds
everywhere. Everybody is loaded with it,
and everybody tries to get rid Of it, as people
do of doubtful funds. The taxes are paid in
silver and the collectors take it by the bush
Ell. The City Treasurer of Toronto has half
tun of it. The merchants have bags Of it
in their safes. The banks wont receive it.
The Great Western Railway has issued print
ed notices that only FIVE per cent of silver
will be received for fare or freight. Only
think of country where you cannot pay
your fare on the cars in silver coinl At To-
ronto, London and elsewhere, business men
and firms united in general resolution to re-
ceive silver only at discount Of FIVE per cent.
for Canada bank paper. This Of course ap-
plies to American silver, as the Canadian and
English coinage is a legal tender Think
again of region, within one mile of Detroit
in which the dirty rags" issued by the bank
are worth five cents on the dollar more than
the shining coin r'-Detroa Advertiser.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-04-15
A Fair Start in Married Life.

For a young gentleman just turned twen-
ty-One, and happy bridegroom at that, the
Prince of Wales has fallen heir to an exceed
ingly pleasant fortune, immediate as well as
prospective. According to the official report
which has just been laid before Parliament,
the net proceeds of the revenues of his Duchy
of Cornwall, now placed to his credit after
the accumulation Of twenty-one years, amount
to no less sum than s5s4, ,075-or within a
fraction Of three millions of dollars in our
currency. This sum has been invested as
follows: In Consolidated Three per Cent
Annuities, 6282,9 1853 ss. Id, and in Reduc-
ed Three per Cent. Annuities, E289.I06 As.
Id, making together sum of s562 075 lbs.
Of stock in those funds. There was also a
sum OF sl2,OOO Reduced Three per Cent.
Annuities derived from another source, which
the council directed to be transferred to the
Princes trustees.
With clear capital of three million dol
lars, and regular annual income of FIVE hun
pred and fifty thousand dollars besides, the
Prince and his wife may be said to have a
very fair start in the world.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-04-15
The Rebel General Stuart.

A CORRESPONDENT of the Fayetteville
(N, c. Observer, writing from Freder-
icksburg, says:
"I was at General Stuart's beadquar-
ters to-day and saw him eating some hard
crackers and fat bacon. General Stuart
is a hashy, dashy, fancy, fast man, though
by no means foppish, harum-scarum or
He is very free, sOciable, agree
able and lively, and is a gentleman of
high-toned accomplishments and rare
genius. he is Of more than ordinary
size, some thirty years old, very hand
some, fair complexion, with bright beam
ing eyes, of quick perception and deep
expression. His dress and appearance
correspond we'll with the rest of his char
acter. He has several odd and fantastic
characters with him and on his staff. His
cook is Frenchman from one Of the cafe
houses in Paris, 7entriloquist and com
ioal genius, aud the principal business
man in his Office is a Prussian, man Of
education, distinction and wit.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-04-15
Sis that Mother"

AMONG the many brave, uncomplaining fel-
lows who were brought up from the battle
of Fredericksburg was bright eyed intelli-
gent young man or boy rather of l6 years,
who belonged to a Northern regiment He
appeared more tender and afectionate than
his comrades, and attacted great deal of at
tention from the attendants and visitors.
Manifestly the pet Of some household, he
longed for nothing so much as the arrival of
his mother who was expected; for she knew
he was mortally wounded and failing fast
Ere she arrived, however, he died. But he
thought she come, for while kind lady visi-
tor was wiping the death sweat from his brow,
as his sight was falling he rallied little, like
an expiring taper, in its socket looked up
longingly and joyfuIly, and in the tenderest
pathos whispered, quiet audibly, as that
mother ?" in tones that drew tears from every
eye. Then, drawing her toward him with
all his feeble power, he nestled his head in
her arms, like sleeping infant, and thus died,
with the sweet word mother on his quiv-
ering lips.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-04-15
Fun in Camp.

A RICH story is told of the boys in the
I'd Vermont Regiment. 1t seems that
the men Of the -26th New-Jersey Regi-
ment had repeatedly stolen the fresh
meat from the Vermont boys, in the
night, and appropriated it to their own
use. Some Of the Vermont boys there
upon killed dog, dressed it neatly, and
hung up the quarters in the Quartermas-
ter's Department. The " Jerseys" mis-
taking it for mutton, stole it as usual,
and bore it off in triumph. The Yer
monters were on the watch, and ascer-
tanned that it was served up the next day
upon the table of the Jersey officers.
The joke soon became public, and the
" Jerseys" are greeted, when they visit
the camps of the Vermonters, with
" bOw-wOw-wOw, by way of friendly sal
utatiOn.
The "pOint" of this practical joke, as
we were told it recently at the camp of
the Vermont brigade, where the affair
occurred, is omitted in the above narra-
tive. The dog which the wicked wags
converted into mutton, for the benefit of
their foraging Jersey neighbors, wa,
fine Newfoundlander, belonging to the
New Jersey Colonel. The story in camp
goes that a leg of the sacrificed animal
was served up at his masters own table.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-04-15

THE uncle Of the lady Of the Captain Cen
eral Of Cuba is a model Of a relative. When
his nieee's son was ehristened, he made the
mother q present Of diamonds worth $4,000.
BEAUTIFUL coquettes who set hearts on
FIRE, generally kindle the flames not only
without match, but without the least dream
Of a match.
FoR a voyage across the sea, the winds ill
our shrouds; for the voyage Of eternity, we
6ll our own shrouds.
How THOROUGHLY IRIsH!-A few nights
ago Mr.. Whiteside, while addressing Dublin
audience in lecture on the 'Irsh eazGment,'
impressed on his hearers the immediate ne
cessity for repeal And yet be had R. Peel
beside him.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-04-15
IGW af HIW6PkPER6I

]. Subscribers who do not give express notice
to the contrary, are cousidgred sc wishing 20 con-
tinue their subscriptions to the paper.
2 II subscribers order the discOntinuance Of
their periodicals, the publisher may continue 70
send them until all arrearUges are paid
s. lfsubsCribere neglect or refuse to take their
periodicals from the Office 10 which they were d.
rectcd, they are held responsible till they have set
tied the BIN aud ordered them discontinued.
q II subscribers remove to other places with
out Informing the publisher, and the papers are
sible.
s. ThsI Courts have decided that refusing 20 take
periodicals from the ofiee, or removing and leoT.
Dig them uncalled for. e P71la fdeie evidence Of
Intentional fraud
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-04-15

Tnrsz is a great deal Of vanity in some
peoples humility, great deal Of property in
their wealth, and great deal Of insolence in
their oondescension.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-04-15
And the death-ben tolls. "
A MOSCOW MARKET.

The winter markets Of Moscow aud ST..
Petersburg present some Of tie most cadav-
erous specimens Of the startling humor in
which the Russians delight. Hers you find fro
zen oxen, calves, sheep rabbits geese, ducks,
and all manner of animals and birds, once ami
mate with life, now stiff and stark in death.
The oxen stand staring at you with their fix
ed eyes aud CORY carcasses; the calves are
Jumping or hisking in skinless innocence; the
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-04-15

How much woman may valne a-husband
may be gathered from the case Of awife in
.Doncaster Borough, England, whose husband
cut off one Of her ears, and was arraigned in
the criminal court for It, when the fond heart
ed thing tried to make the court believe that
she had fallen against the sharp edge Of a
spout, and had lost her ear in that way. The
tender artifce didn't save the wretch, howev-
er, from imprisonment. On her account it
deserved to succeed, but on his deservedly
failed; and we trust that the bread he had to
eat during his six months in prison was very
hard and very mouldy.-M 2 Argus
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-04-15

SENTIMENTAL CREDITOR" Absence makes
theheart grow fonder"
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-04-15

A LONG PRAYER.-The following story is
told of Rev. Walter jackson, Scotch Pres
byterian preacher ofthe last generation. The
prayers of even godly men at that time were
very long and heavy, comprehending some
times a system of divinity. Jackson was no
torious for length. He was attending funer-
81 at HaIlmyre. The company had assembled
in the barn to get some refreshments, and
having partaken, he was asked to return
thanks. He commences in right good earnest
with the fall of Adam, and was going down
from one great Bible doctrine to another till
patience was exhausted. Significant looks
passed among the mourners; one by one they
left the barn, and the funeral procession start
ed for the Newlands churchyard. When
Walter came to a close, and opened his eyes,
be found himself alone, and on inquiry dis
covered that the procession was fully mile
away. His conceited soul was chafted.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-04-15
Table Talk Of the N. z. Argus.

OUR good natured and hospitable landlady
has lately thrown out some rather dismal al
lusions to the high price Of groceries The
boarders somewhat unwillingly interpret the
meaning of such hints-not one Of them vol
unfairly proposes to raise the price which he
is paying for his entertainment; and the young
men with small stipends, which do not imi-
tate the general imitation, listen with sense
of personal injury to the story Of sad high
prices in grocer's stores. We are told also
that there is a complaint among steady pat
rons Of various bars, where, tough prices have
not been raised, there is reason to suspect
diminution in the size Of the "nipsF " toddies,
snifters, A." Tom and ferries" and so forth,
there constructed and consumed. Cotton has
climbed into the very highest trees, and bids
defiance to all financial weapons Of short range.
Woollen fabrics are so much enhanced that it
must soon be proposed that the eontrabands
supported by the Government shall be cloth
ed in garments woven from their own wool,
Why not2 The contraband no longer pro-
duces cotton-Iet him, then, find substitute
for his own use, at least. We are distant yet,
a long ways, we hope, from the times when
the old Continsntals in their ragged regi-
mentals" had to pay half dollar to smell ofa
beefsteak with onions; but it may be profit
able to remember how low the credit of even
an honest government can go, to say nothing
of one administered by a set ofpublic robbers.
A tavern" bill of 1871 has been published,
from which it appears that traveller then
had to pay items like these:
To nip Of toddy. 10 dollars.
To bowl of punch. 80 dollars.
The traveller staid four days, ard had the
above two drinks, besides a plain glass of
grog," which cost him eight dollars mOre,-a
moderate amount of cheer for those days
Twelve meals cost our sojourner two hundred
and sixty dollars. flashing torbi-nias dollars
"a cleanly traveller. Twenty-oue quarts of
oats, sixty-two dollars. Total for four days
man and beast, fire hundred
and torty-niue dollars A prineely bill in
sound, but it never made the tavern-keeper.
descendants heFhaps, have got the
ragged old bills yet, amongst the lumber in
an old garrett. Such things might be endured
again in a good cause, honestly supported
Never, to accomplish unworthy, fanatical
ends.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-04-15
The Democracy Of the NOrth-wost.
From the Detroit Free Press, the leading Dem,
cratic organ Of Michigan, March 1, 1863

From the Detroit Free Press, the leading Demo
cratic organ Of Michigan, March 1, 1863
HAVE the Democracy of the North West
changed their position on the war2 This
question is frequently asked, and we answer,
they have not changed. We are, to use the
strong and pertinent language of the Illinois
resolutions, unalterably opposed to any sever
auce of the Union, and never can consent that
the great Northwest shall be severed from
the Southern States comprising the Mississip-
pi Valley. That river shall never water the
soil of two nations, but, from its source to its
confluence with the Gull, shall belong to one
great and united people. This declaration, in
various forms and under various circumstan-
ces, has been reiterated and confirmed by the
Democracy of the entire Northwest It is
their platform, their creed.
Inlaying down this as position from which
they could not deviate, they fully compre-
hended its import and meaning, and consider
ed the consequences in all their bearings; and
we are gratifed in being able to state that in
this resolution the Democracy of the North
west stand shoulder to shoulder with the
Democracy of New York and Pennsylvania.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-01-21
MIDNIGHT DISPATCHES.
Arrival Of Steamer Hibernian.
Destitution Among the Cotton
Operatives in England.
From the Army Of the Potomac.
60 Recommend an Armis-
tice Between the North and the
South.
MIDNIGHT DISPATCHES.
Arrival of Steamer Hibernian.
From the Army of the Potomac.
Gold, Forty.seven Cents,

LOUISVILLE, Jan. 20.-The steamer Hi
bernian has arrived at New York. Con-
soils ninety-three and one-eighth. Cotton
irregular and fat, and decline of one
eighth. Breadstuffs steady. Corn firm
Provisions fat
Lonis Napoleon said he desired and
hoped that the American war would be
ended before spring.
Three hundred thousand cotton opera.
tives in France are said to be in state
of absolute restitution Paris bourse
heavy; Rentes seventy francs sixty cen
tums
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20--Carl Shurz
commands Gen. Sigel's old corps. Gen.
Sigel commands the reserve.
Appearances indicate forward move
ment of the army of the Potomac.
Deserters from Charleston say that
rebel troops refusing to fight for the Con-
federates on account of not being paid,
and their families furnishing, were forced
back into duty.
The steamer Arabia from Halifax
brings current reports that Napoleon in
tends to recommend an armistice be-
tween the North and the South. 1t is
also asserted that England would not in
terfere.
NEW YORK, Jan, 2O.--Gold, forty
seven cents.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-01-21

THEATRE. Put out the light, and
,en putout the light"--and all the lights
-,.sg been put out, the theatre closed
st evening for a few nights, until the
'oresaid blaming ministers" can be
i-kindled, which will be in a short time,
c hope. The attendance last night was
1t very large. The mud was so deep,
ad the streets were so dark, that but
nv few had the hardihood 20 venture
1t. Notice will be given of the open
* of the theatre.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-01-21
Jan.2O-2t.

SOMETHING UsEFUL AND CosyENIENr--
he "Sergeants Roll Book, for Company,
1etail and Squad" is decidedly one OF
10 most complete arrangements Of the
ind that we have seen, It is substan-
ally bound, of good paper properly
uled, with appropriate printed headings
he Sergeant Of every company in the
ervice should have copy, They can
e had at ALLEN & Co.'s, No. 26 North
berry Street This firm also keep a
God assortment of letter paper, enyeI-
pes, late papers, light literature, and in
act everything usually kept by News
gent or Bookseller. Don't forget the
lace, No. &c Cherry Street, between
Jnion and Church.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-01-21

Any one wanting good Blankets, Ker-
seys, Cassimcrs, Ginghams, Brown Cot
ions, Flanuels, or most anything else in
The Dry Goods line cannot do better than
all on FRANK RnEY, at No. SO, Public
square, where they arc sure 10 find a
splendid assortment At reasonable prices.
FRANK is an enterprising, and worthy
young man and merits liberal share Of
public patronage.