Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1863-10-31
Men and WON en-.

Very intellectual women, we fluid by OBJ
servaton, are seldom beautiful. The
formation of their features, and particu-
larly their forehead, is more or less mas
culine. Miss Landon was rather pretty
and feminine in the face, but Miss Sedg.
wick, Miss Pardoe, Miss Leslie, and the
celebrated late Miss Anna Maria and Jane
Porter, the contrary. One of the Misses
Porter had a forehead as high as that of
an intellectual man. We never knew a
very talented man who was admired for
his personal beauty. Pope was awful
ugly Dr. Johnson was no better; and
Mirabeau was the ugliest man in all
France. and yet he was the greatest favor
lite with the ladies'. Women more fire.
quently prize men for their stirling quail.
DIR. Johnson chose a woman who lad
scarcely an idea above an oyster. He
thought her the lovelest creature in exist
ence, if We may judge by the inscription
be left On her tomb.
A CURIOUS THEORY OF THE DURATION
OF THE WAR.-The Rev. John Gilbert, of
Clay county, KY, writes to friend in
Frankfort, giving curious theory with
regard to the duration of the present war.
In his letter he says:
During the Revolutionary War corn
blades had seren points to them, that is,
the blade grew in such a manner as to
have seven distinct points or ends cores.
ponding with the sharp point Of the blade.
These seven points indicated the duration
of the Revolutionary War. Now there
are but three seperate and distinct points
to many of the blades, and this indicates,
very clearly to my mind. that the duration
of the present war will be three years-,he
points of the blades representing years"
arrest Of a Supposed Nurderer.-On
Monday the Sheriff of Clayton county
passed through here with man in charge
whom he had arrested upon suspicion of
being the murderer of Alonzo Sherman,
who was killed near McGregor. short
time since, He is said to have arrested
him in Illinois, They went up on the
Northern Light Dubuque Herald.
"Hurrah for old habeas corpus and the
hippopotamus' Such vas the cry IF
tipsy abolitonist as he wendell his devious
way down Main street, last evening. "By
h-ll they make great deal Of fuss about
suspending habeas corpus. Didn't they
suspend old John Brown, add isn't he as
good a man as habeas corpus ?-of course
he is-or any other man. Huzzah for
old habeas corpus !'-Coastitution.
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The Richmond Examiner says Lees
policy is the defensive, and that he awaits
an attack by Meade. His army is said to
occupy the strongest defensive position
ever attained by it since the war com.
menced, and that, inspirited by the recent
rebel successes in the West, it is confident
of defeating Meade when he makes an
attack.
SAKcAsTIc.-" Did you present your &C.
count to the defendant ?" inquired law.
yer of his client.
II did SIR"
"And what did be say?'
He told me to 90 to the devil"
"And what did you do then p
"Why, then l came to YOU
Inc enforcement OF the death penalty
in the Army of the Potomac is rapidly
decreasing the number of desertions.-
Conscripts and substitutes are arriving
in considerable numbers, and also desert.
ers, who are forwarded to their regiments
for trial and punishment.
Hereafter there will be one German
sovereignty the less. The Duke of An.
halt Bernburg is dead, by which event the
dynasty becomes extinct, and the Duchy
rever.s to the elder branch of Anhalt-
Dessau, thus reducing the number of co.
federate German sovereigns to thirty-four.
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There is a great demand for white ser.
wants to do homework in Nashville, not.
withstanding the number of colored per.
sons who are at present in that city and
neighborhood.
The Cincinnati Enquirer says it Is un.
derstood that arrangements have been
made for the exchange of Gen. John Nor
gan for Gen. Neal Dow, who is in the
hands Of the Coniederates.