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Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-05-25

DoEss'r EsTERTAIN CoLoRsD PEOPLE.
The Washington correspondent OF the
Cincinnati Gazette says:
"Several Of the colored brethren OF
this city, ac,ua,ed, 10 doubt, by the de-
s,re to impress the Hayt'an Minister
with the idea that he was not 20 be slight
ed by that persuasion, called upon hun
lew DAYS ago. On beng admitted into
The presence OF the mulatto, he wanted
to know, dehn tely, what they wanted
Of him. Onreplyingthat they had mere
" called to pay th,i respects, he polite
IL informed them that ''ha had come
here to represent his government, and
not to entertain colord people.' liz
thereupon dismissed them, directing The
servant at the same time, to show then
out the back way"
Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-05-25
II Rare Chance -!

NOR A GOOD BUSINESS MAN TO STEP
L into paying business.
The stock Of drugs, Medicines, Chemicals ano
Perfumery, together with the fixtures comp'e.e'
known as the Union Drug Store. No 5S Braoy =.
one vi tho best locations in this ca y sno W
~. = cool business. W. II be sold or exchanged
far an improv ed farm OF city property: For par
ticulars inquire Of ". ". ...a.st
Davenport April l7-dlm
Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-05-25

svOtlcP.
TIME BOARD OF EQUALIZATION OF THE
l City Assessment Rolls, will meet at the office
of II. Il. hoffman, on Main street, on Monday
Nav 18TH at ten O'Clock a. m, IND hold their ses
sion there ,ter for ten days. from 10 o'clock 4. N
10 o'clock p m, during which time said assess
ment rolls i'll be open Tor inspection and correct
ed under the ordinance for tho regulation OF City
Taxes.
May 7th, 1868.
H. B. HOFFMANNj Board
DAVID HlGGINS,l of
FRANCIS OCHS, J EQUALIZATION.
Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-05-25

IMPORTANT VERprcr.-h very i"-
portant case involvitga large a%op"'
OF money, has just been tried 10 me =
s. C,rcu,, Court for the District OF IOWA.
Samuel +. Miller, Justice Of the supreme
Court, presiding. The suit was orongo,
hy the I nitcd States, on the official
bond Of A. X. Eaton, late Receiver q
nnbl,e moneys at the land office at
D.ace. iowa. w. II. T. Gurley. U. $.
pI.tric, Attorney, assisted by John n.
Rogers, Esq, OF Davenport and +. T.
W lson, E.9 OF Washington City, con,
Quoted the case for the Government. ana
+. Z. Bissell, Esq, Of Dubuque, Tor .he
defendants. Tho principal question 40
the case was, whether the snro,'es Cd
Ea,on's bond as Receiver, could be held
liable for fees received by him for locat-
,ny bounty land warrants, and which
were cha ged by him on his account As
"d,sbuysinq AGENT" under his ins,ruc-
,ions from the General Land once.
These charges were afterwards trans
f,rfed by The Comptroller OF the Urea
snry 10 his account as Receiver, but the
evidence showed that before snch trans
Ter the money had been spent or other
wise disposed Of by the Receiver. Al.
,er elaborate and ahle argument on both
s;des. the Court ruled that notwiths'and-
ING these f4ctr, the surelies on E'tons
hnnd az Receiver are liable for the
money. The Jury returned verd ct for
he Uni ed States FIR s3G,223.43. a.
,h,s principle is involved IN several other
sn,ts pending, not only IN this state nu'
!, llIinoi.. " isconsip, Michigan, Mime
so,a and Nebraska, this decision is one
&c much interest. = DesMoines Register
Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-05-25

xY7UERE DO YOU GET YOUR GREEN
w Groceries? Patterson l. Youmsps keep,
tho best Pic Plant, Asparagus, Lettuce. in tow D
and ,hey sell Egg, Buster, Fresh Lake and River
Fish, Chee,e tiaer, sugar, Po,ntos and Ap,
ples. Call there when you want the best arti-
cles at the chesp pest prices. Brady street, next
To Plummer's Book Sto,e. my 23-dtf
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1863-12-24
WHY MEN DON,T MARRY.


Tine census statistics show very clear
ly that more than four-sevenths of the
marriages in Massachusetts are among
the foreign born population. Why is
it? For the most simple reasons the
foreign-born can afford to get married,
and the native cannot; and this must
be 50, so long as our extravagant
modes Of life continue. In social life
there never was people tending to
deeper and more destructive social cor
ruption--and that this is so, is most
evident from the records in all tho
courts, and the columns Of all the news
papcrs-than Americans. Once was
the time when a wife was a "helpmeet !"
now in a thousand cases you can change
"meet' to "cat' and make it read more
truthfuIly.
We boast Of foursystcm Of education;
we have female high schools, female
colleges, female medical colleges, and
female heavens. Onr girls are refined,
learned and wise; they can sing, dance,
play pianos, paint, talk French and
Italian, aud all the soft languages,
write poetry and love like venuses.-
They are ready to be courted at ten
years, and they can be taken from
school aud married at fifteen and di-
vorccd at twenty. They make splen.
id shows Oh bridal tours, can coquette
AMI tlirt at the watering places, and
shine like angels at winter PARTIES
But heaven be kind to the poor wretch
who marrics in fashionable circles
What are they at washing floors? Oh,
We forget; no body has bare floors
now-how vulgarthey would be! What
are they at making bread and boiling
beef! Why, how thoughtless We are;
to be sure they vii! board or have SER
wants.
What ere they at mending old
clothes? But there we are again the
fashion changes SO often that nobody
has old cloths but the rag man and pa.
per-maker now. What are they at
washing babies faces and pinning up
their trowsers And there is our in
tolerable stupidity again having child
rem is left to the lrishl What lady
thinks of having children now? or, if
she is 50 unfortunate, don't she put
them to wet nurses to begin with, and
/ boarding school afterwards? We re-
/ peat we have come to the point where
/ young men hesitate and grow old be-
fore they marry and afterwards keep
clear from bankruptcy and crime
What is the consequence? There are
more persons living single life-ars
there moro living virtuous life?
1t is time for mothers to know that
the extravaganza they encourage is
destructive to their children; that all
the foolish expenditures making to
rush their daughters to matrimony are.
instead Of answering that end, tending
to destroy the. institution Of marriage
altogether,
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1863-12-24

LETTER FROM LOUISIANA.
LAFAYETTE FANlSH, Ia,
D'pt Of Gulf, 18th A. G.

Editors Gazette On the I'd Of Oc-
tobed our Army Corps commenced an
advance movement from Brashear
City towark Franklin. After march
of about four hours we came to Bayou
Teche, Proceeding up the Bayou
some ten miles We came into the
Teche country, From the Teche
to the Atakapas and Opelousas there
are fine prairie countries, and are ex-
tremcly rich. The soil is of a deep,
black mould, and of inexhaustible fer
tility. Over these prairies droves of
wild horses and cattle roam in the
enjoyment ofprimcval liberty. These
countries have been called the sugar
planters paradise, and in point OF
grandeur they are beyond description.
The orange groves were richly laden
ed with rich fruit offering, and our
army scarcely made an impression up
on the fruit that hung in such rich
profusion beneath the cool shade Of
the orange and the lime many q
weary soldier sought ropose and
dreamed of loved ones far away. In
many instances the fine residences
have been abandoned, their spacious
halls echo alone the tread Of the Fed
eral soldier. The destruction ofprop
erty has been great, and it will take s
lifetime to replace the damage done
The destruction of war is q sad subject
to contemplate. Our march was one
long to be remembered. The grant
sights, tho giant old oaks appear at ;
distance as an immense wall of wood
Such is their linear regularity tha
they look as if set out by human
hands. These old monarchs of thu
forest stand like sentinels guarding
the prairie that lies in wilderness o
blushing beauty beyond. AtFrank
lin, Major General Franklin made
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1863-12-24
AMERICA THE LIGHT OF THE
. NATIONS,

The citizens of New York gave the
Rev. Henry Ward Becchcr magnif
cent welcome at the Academy Of
Music. The admission fee was
two dollars reserved seats three dol
lars, The proceeds were given to the
Sanitary Commission. Mr.. Beecher
closed his address with the following
beautiful peroration:
We have not come SO far along the
path Of victory TO be defeated In these
last hours we shall vanquish rebel
lion, reunite these States, and at the
last prove that self-governing peo-
pie are competent to every emergency
in life. They are competent to make
government; they are competent TO
frame laws, to establish institutions OF
education, and maintain free churches;
competent in prosperity to deal with
nature, with society, with the most
voluminous questions that ever arose
in society; they are competent to deal
without and take care of any nation
that wants to make war, or any vile
Slavery that dares lift up its head
within, against our free Institutions
We want to light that torch which is
to be for tho illumining of nations.-
We have lit it. Some there are that
rejoice as tho traveller rcjoices when
he sees the light in the far~otf cottage
window, and thanks God as he stum'
bles along the road, guiding his foot
steps surely to the light, though the
humble cottager is all unconscious Of
the guided traveller. And yet that
light is the terror of the burglar, who
waits for its extinquishment that he
may commit his crimes unseen. There
are some in our abode of liberty that
offer to put out the light, notwithstan
ding it burns, the cheer of the weary
hours of night and it ever shall burr
until the sun rises that shall not g
down. We are going on; never back
ward. We are not going to the Unior
as it was Iplant tree, and plant
canker worm at it root; and by anc
by the leaves wither and drop, ant
the whole branches are dead, and theI
tho gardner lays bare the roots, anC
there is the cause of allthe mischief
burrowing into the roots and the trunl
of the tree. And novV shall men say
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1863-12-24
TIE REPORT OF THE SECRE-
TARY OF WAR.

The Report of the Secretary Of War
is of considerable length. 1T reviews
our victories and pays high tribute
to the bravery and skill ofour troops,
He says the combined operations Of our
army and navy against Charleston
have not, as yet, accomplished what
was expected Of them.
In Texas a large force is operating
under Banks and will give protection to
the people ofthat State and cut off a
chief avenue of the rebels for foreign
commerce and foreign aid. ..
The armies Of Lee and Meade now
occupy relatively the same positions
as they did at the date of the last annu-
al report.
West Virginia is now clear of the
rebels, and the people Of that State are
now enjoying, in comparative peace,
the blessings of civil government.
The rebel forces in Missouri have been
driven beyond the Arkansas river. No
military operations of any magnitude
have taken place in Virginia or North
Carolina.
The Federal forces are now firmly
planted in every rebel State. The sue
cess of our arms during the past year
has enabled the Department to make a
reduction of over S200,000,O00 in the
estimates for the ensuing year.
The trouble in regard to the exchange
of prisoners is reviewed at length, and
the blame forthe non exchange thrown
entirely upon the rebel authorities. lie
alludcs to the good treatment there
prisoners have received at our hands,
and denounces the rebe! authorities for
the cruel manner in which they have
treated our prisoners in their hands
He thendiscusses the act ofCongress
for enrolling and calling out the nation
al forces, and says that the law has
been enforced in twelve states, yielding
10000 soldiers and $40, 600, 600 forpro.
curing substitutes. The $500 clause
is alluded to, as are also the conflicting
opinions in regard to its business and
injustice. Hesays that large proper
ton of the troops, whose terms expire
next year, will rc-enlist; it being stip.
ulatcd by Government that they shall
have at least one month S furlough be-
fore their present term expires. The
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1863-12-24

BOILING MEAT-In cooking meat let
the water be boiling and kept boiling
fast for the first ten or fifteen minutes,
else the gelatinc or sweet portion of
the meat will gradually soak out.
PREPARED GLUE.-Dissolve common
glue in cider vinegar, as thick as may
be wanted. As it becomes too thick
from time to time, add vinegar,
NINEGAE.-To eight gallons rain
water add three quarts molasses, put
into casll and shake well a few times,
then add two or three spoonsfuls OF
yeast. If in summer, place the cask in
the sun; if in winter, near the Chin
ney, where it may be warm, In ten
or fifteen days add sheet of brown
paper, torn in strips. dipped in molas-
ses. The paper will, in this way form
what is called the mother" or "lifo
of the vinegar"
BOILING PoTAToEs, This is q formu.
la; Let each mess be of equal size.-
Let the water boil before putting tho
potatoes in. When done, pour off the
water and scatter three or four table,
spoonfuls of salt, cover the pot with q
coarse cloth, and return it to the fro
for q short time. Watery potatoes are
made mcaly by this process. How
simple is the process, yet how few un.
derstand it
SODA CRACKERs.-Tako one cupful
of shortening, two tea-spoonfuls Of
cream tartar, and rub them in ten cup
fuls of flour. Afterward add one cup.
fll of sweet milk, one Of water, one
tea a-spoonful Of soda, and little salt.
Knead until the dough is smooth. Roll
this, cutin squares, and bake quick.
PICKLE FOR BEEF.-To eight pounds
of water add two pounds Of brown su-
gar, one quart of moiasscs, four ounces
of saltpeter, and fine salt till it will
float an egg, Beef put up in this way
will keep good without absorbing 80
much salt rs to make it hard and tough
when cooked.
How TO REMOVE MIIDEw FROM LIN.
EY.-First of all take some soap, (any
common sort will do, } and rub it well
into the linen; then scrape some chalk
very fine, and rub that in also; lay tho
linen on the grass; when it dries, wet
it again; twice or thrice doing will
remove the mildew. Another way 10
to mix soft soap with powdered starch,
with half the quantity ofsalt, and the
juice of lemon. Lay this mixture on
with brush, and let the linen lay out
on the grassfor a few frosty highland
the stains will disappear know this
receipt will answer
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1863-12-24
Report Of the Secretary of The
Navy.
INTERESTING SUMMARY OF
PERFORMANCES.
Great Magnitude of Operations.

BALTIMORE, Dec. 8.
This report embraces 36 pages, and
begins with the blockade. The extent
of the coast blockaded is thirty-tive
hundred and forty-nine miles, and one
hundred and cighty-nine harbor and
river openings, and much of the coast
presents double shore to be guarded,
In addition more than 100 vessels have
been employed in patroling the rivers.
Tho distance thus patroled on the Mis-
sissippi and its tributaries is 3,655
miles. On the Gulf and Atlantic two
thousand miles of sounds, rivers and
inlcts have also been penetrated and
watched with unceasing vigilance
The blockade is becoming more effect
i've and complete There has been
progress in rcpcllinG the rebels from
the coast. The unprincipled traders
who successfully violated law and pub
lie morality by illicit traffic with tho
rebels in the early part of the war,
have found their operations during the
past year most disastrous.
Admiral Lee commands tho North
Atlantic squadron. The highest en-
comium is passed on the naval officers
as men eff sleepless vigilance and he
roic bravery. 1t is not known that
any vessels olude the vigilance of the
South Atlantic squadron. More than
a year ago operations were commenced
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1863-12-24
COUNTY OFFICERS.

Juiqs Of Fairfield Common Pleas C0urt-P. VAN
TRUMP Residence, Lancaster, Ohio.
Probate Judgo-JEssE LEoHNERi Office in Pub
Building.
Prosecuting Attorney-TALL SLOUGH.
SherfF-JAMES MILLER; Office Mt the Jail.
Clerk of Cburt-JoIN c. RAINEY; Office, Public
Building.
AUDITOR WILLIAM ROBINSON; Office, Public
Building
T+eas,trer-o E. DAVIS; Office Public Building.
Rsoordsr-A. sYFERT; Office, Public Building,
Survsyor-E. L. HANNUM; Office, Public Building
COroner-MITCHELL NORRIS, residence, AmHnd"
Township
Commits nissioners-JoEL SH EFFER, of Madison town.
shin; HENRY ALSPAUGH, of Greenfield township
and JOHN W. CUNNINGHAM, of Hooking TIP.
School Eranliners-WILLIAM WHITNEY, JOHN
WILLIAMS and URIAH G. RUTTER.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1863-12-24
lis rider obey them together.

But there is one call sounded just
after breakfast, before the tent of the
Surgeon, that summons up in camp
phrase, the cripplcs for treatment. It
is nota an ugly strain, and has been rem
dercd for US into words that exhaust
at once the cure and its burden Como
to qninine, come to quinine. Walk up
quick, walk up quick-cometo qmn in ei
Thus much and enough for the sound
Of the amp.-C0rrespOndence Chicago
Jowna! from the Army Of tie CumJer.
IJl,H
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1863-12-24
Bird Music and the Music of the Camp.


Morning breaks strangely and mu-
sically in camp. Not a familiar sound
in it all no bells, no lowing heards, no
cocks shrill clarion, no rafting pave
ments, no opening doors. Turn out
before the camps are astir, AMI just as
thcwhole family of canvas, Sibley, cone,
vail, and that bit OF kenuel, the dog
tent begin to show gray in the dawn.
The colors at head quarters drop Lcav-
lily and damp, All around you, as far
as the eye can reach, it seems badly
harvested field that has grown a mon
strous crop of men, now lying heads
and points every where. BY the cal
ender it is Sunday, put the pattern too
narrow to lap over into Alabama i'll
this year OF grace and gunpowder, 'G3,
And now the music begins floating
lightly over the tops ofthc woods and
the top ofthe morning, comes strange
melody; the cat bird whincs through
the song of the sparrow and rcbin, and
the bell of the bobolink rings out over
the scream of the iay.7 And the little
brown master Of this brisk sllirmish OF
discord and melody sits on the uttel-
most green billow Of summer-the lit
tie epicure for hoefateak and fat spi-
ders. | had forgotten until the minute
that was in the home of the Moclling
bird, that winged polyglot Of the South,
These birds sing out, the night and
the moonlight, and have monotonous
note for that hour, They seem to be
posted like scntries, and soldiers as
they ride, hear them passing the little
signal along from grove and thicket to
grove and thicket again, and are thus
challenged by each unseen picket, un-
til the day break and the song break
come grandy in together,
BY and by, from field, wood and
hill come the sweet notes Of the reveille;
bugle echoes bugle, the flies warblc up
through the roaring surf Of the drums
and the dear old swell of Il full band
rolls over the top of the trees from an
unseen army. In singular contrast to
all this, an analogous gamut of groans
neighs srangled in the making, and
halihuman shouts, runs round the
whole landscape. 1t is the hideous
rebel battle shout, lin the original pack.
age the morning welcome of the i'm
mense Gordon of mules to the rustic 0,
morning forage. Flags flutter out ant
blue threads of smoke curl up along
the camps the ciink of the butt.endt
of the bayonets, beating the little rag
Of Rio, give you the merry music o
the soldiers coffee mill, little tin pail'
and complexities go tinkling about
You are bugled to breakfast, bugled t.
guard-mounting, bugled to dinner, bu
glod to battle, bugled to-bed, the while
bass drums give three vicious growl'
at your heels as you go. These calls
arc pleasant little devices for transla
ting curt English orders, into music
Brigades move to them and cavalry
charge; they sound clear and shrill OF
the field Of battle, and the horse anc
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1863-12-24

ment of substitutes, or in the payment
of three hundred dollars"
Ola man whose wife is insane.
OPINION.
"The children OF an insane mother,
who may at any time recover her rea-
son, cannot, in the sense of the law, or
with any propricty Of language be
termed 'motherless children. The
father of such, though he may be de-
pendent on his labor for their support
cannot, therefore, claim exemption
from the draft. The case is a hard one
and would probably have been provi.
ded for, had it been forseen. 1t is,
however, the law as it is, and not as it
may be supposed it ought to be, that is
to be enforced.
A father having four sons, two of
whom have died in the military SER
vice; also of aged and infrm parents
clocting which of two sons may be eX-
empt.
OPINION.
"In the case of a father having four
sons, two of whom have died in the
military service, it seems clear that the
remaining two are not exempt from
draft. Before such exemption can be
allowed it must be shown that the
father HAD, not HAS HAD. two sons in
the military service. So the law is
written. Congress might we'll have
accepted the loss of two sons in the
field as equivalent to their continuance
in the service, and therefore securing
the same privileges to their family,
but this has not been done, To hold
otherwise would not be Interpretation,
bat legislation.
FIn the case of aged and infrm pa
rents having two sons subject to mill
tary duty, the father, or if he be dead,
the mother may elect which of them
shall be exempt, The right of ofexcmpt-
ion does not restupon the parents de-
pendnece on the labor Of their sons for
their support. The law does not con-
template any such dependence"
Circular No. GS.-The following in
depreciation of the second and third
clauses of section second, is published
for the information and guidance Of
officers Of this bureau, viz:
Second-"The only son liable tc
military duty Of a widow depenent up.
on biu la hon fnr cnnnopt
The term only son commonly means
that thereis but one, hence the expires.
sion only son liable to militay duty,
means one son liable to military duty
where other sons, if any, are not thus
liable. Thus, to make good claim fol
exemption under this clause, it must
be established-frst, that the person
drafted is the only son liable to mill.
tary duty of q widow; and second, that
the widow is dependant for support
upon this particular son.
The widow may have any number
of sons not liable to military duty, as
minors, over age, or otherwise; but il
she have one son who is liable, and she
is actually dependant upon that son
he is exempt.
Third-"The only son ofaged or in
firm parents dependant upon his labor
for support"
This clause carries TIE same mean.
ing of the word only, making it synon'
ymous with one. The same construct
ion will be placed upon this as upon
the second clause Of this section.
TO obtain exemption under this
clause, it will, therefore, be necessary
to establish tirst-that the aged or in
firm parents have but one son liable t(
military duty; and second, that they
are dependant upon this particular sol
for support.