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Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1864-04-07
The Great Ship Canal Convention.

We have received from the commit
tee of Arrangements the following com,
munication inviting us to attend the
Ship Canal Convention to be held in
Dubuque on the first Monday of May A:
Dies MONIES, Iowa, March, l6, 1864.
To Hon. "A. B. +. Hudreth:
DEAR SIR AT a meeting of large
and respectable number of citizens,
and many of the Members of the Leg
islature of the State Of Iowa, held at
the Capitol on Saturday the 5th inst.
it was unanimously resolved to invite
the citizens and business men of Iowa,
Illinois, Missouri, Minnesota and Wis.
consin friendly to Ship Canal, con-
Meeting the Mississippi River from
some point opposite the State OF Iowa
with Lake Michigan, to meet in Con-
vention at Dubuque, in said State, on
the first Wednesday of May next, to
deliberate upon the measure In the
opinion of the Committee of Arrange
ments, the subject resolves itself into
tho following propositions, which they
take the liberty of presenting for the
consideration of the Convention, to
wit:
LIST, To select the nearest, most
practicable and least expensive route
for Ship Canal from some point OPP
posite the State of Iowa to connect
with Lake Michigan for the construc-
ton of which the people in the Upper
Mississippi Valley desire and expect
to receive aid from Congress.
%, The Improvement of the Rapids
of the Mississippi River in connection
with the proposed Ship Canal.
You, sir, are most cordially and
earnestly invited and requested to be
present at said Convention, and par.
ticipate in it's deliberations and pro-
ceedings. The Committee would also
request that you would exert your in
huence to secure full delegation to
said Convention from your county, pro-
vidcd you are a resident of either of
the above named States.
Yours truly,
NV. l. GuCHRIst, McGregor,
J. G. PATTERSON, Charles City,
L. A. THOMAS, Dubuque,
| Com. S. G.. MAGILL, Lyons,
| w. L. II. GuRLEY, Davenport,
| L, Cook, Burlington,
ID. w. KILBouRNE, keokuk.
Below is a circular letter, in refer
ence to the Ship Canal Convention,
from the Chairman of the Committee
of Arrangements:
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1864-04-07
ON TINE.

You will find splendid assortment of
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry and Silver Ware at
Giles & Brothe's, McGregor, Iowa. Being
with manufacturing and importing
in Chicago and New York.
they are able to furnish any goods in their
line at manufacturers prices, at retail and
wholesale. Watches got up to order, and par
ticular attention paid to repairing. All work
and goods warranted. Don't fail to call at
GILES & BROTHER,
Next door to the State Bank,
McGregor, Iowa. 22tf
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1864-04-07
NOTICE..

The State of Iowa:
To Darid Ripley and his wife, Ester Ripley, and
Emerson Johnson Defendants
You are hereby notified that there is now ON
file in the office of the Clerk of the District
Court Of Floyd county, a Petition of Edwin
l.. Godfrey claiming OF the said David Ripley
the sum of four hundred and twenty dollars
with interest thereon at the rate of six per
cent per annum from October IA, 1858, as
money due on a certain Bond or contract in
writing for the sale Of certain lands situate in
said Floyd county-executedb by said Edwin L.
Godfrey to said David Ripley, bearing date De-
tober Id, 1857, and claiming of all said defcn-
dants "a foreclosure of said Bond or contract
for said amount and interest and unless you
appear thereto and defend before noon of the
9Th day of July, A. ID. 1864, that being the
second day of the next term of said District
Court, your default will be entered and judg-
ment and decree rendered thereon as prayed
for in said Petition
STARR & PATTERSON,
Rev. Stamp Att'ys for Plaintiff.
90 cents.
Dated March oath, 1864. l2w4
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1864-04-07
Sherif's Sale.

NOTICE is hereby given, that by virtue
IN Of a special execution duly issued 10y the
Clerk of the District Court of Floyd county +,
State of Iowa, and to me directed, have
levied on and shall offer for sale at public auc-
ton, at my office in ST. Charles City, Floyd
county, Iowa, ON the 23i day of April,
A. ID. 1864, at 2 O'Clock in the afternoon of
said day, the following described property :,
to wit:
The Southwest /, and strip eight rods
wide across the West side of the Southeast
of section 30 also the Southwest / of the
Northwest of the Southeast of section 81,
all in township 81, North of range 10, West,
in Floyd county, Iowa levied on as the pro-
perty of Ahijah &. Williams, deceased, to sat
isfy said execution in favor Of Charles Holmes
and against the property of said Ahijah c.
Williams, deceased, for s910,64, and interest
and costs.
Terms Of sale--cash in hand.
Dated, March 18th, A. ID. 1864.
d. NJ. FERGUSON, Sheriff
l2w2 of Floyd Co., Iowa.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1864-04-07
BARRY, ILL, April llth, 1860,


JOHN ID. PARK, ESQ, Chicago We
are all out of Christic's Agne Balsam.
and wish you would send us one half
gross, as we have calls for it daily.
We have used it in our own families,
and have known it to be used in our
vicinity with perfect satisfaction, and
we make no hesitation in recommend
ing it as the best Aguc Preparation in
use. Yours respectfully,
GORTON & BUTTON.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1864-04-07

A Baltimore correspondent of the
Wortd predicts that the rebels will
abandon the defensive and assume
the invasive policy this Spring. An
Invasion will be made in two columns,
one under Lee, to enter Pennsylvania,
and the other to strike for Cincinnati.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1864-04-07
Original Notice.
b james j. OuinJy and George Hines !.

10 James j. QuinsJy and George Hines:
SIRs You are hereby notified that on or
before the Goth day of June, 1864, there will
be on file in the office of the Clerk of the Dis
trict Court in and for Floyd county, Iowa, a
petition of William Nj. Croker claiming of
you the foreclosure of "a mortgage dated Sept
LIST, 1856, executed by said Quimby to said
Croker to secure the payment of the sum of
81 900 with interest at ten per cent $500 of
which, with interest at ten per cent. from
Sept lst, 1856, is now due and unpaid and
that unless you appear thereto and defend on
or before noon of the second day of the next
term Of said Court, said term to commence on
4th day of July, 1864, default will be entered
against you, and judgment and decree will be
rendered against you thereon as prayed for in
said petition.
DAVID WILTSE,
Atty for Plaintiff.
March 16, 1864. Q2w4
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1864-04-07

The rebel Gen. Faulkner has joined
his force with that of Forrest, and the
combined command is located in the
vicinity of Mayfeld. numbering from
eight to twelve thousand. No dem
onstration has as yet been made.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1864-04-07

A man named Phelps, who recently
died in Salem, Mass, from a tumor,
nearly as large as bushel basket,
which grew upon his back, sold his
body. by his own agreement, to Sur
geon in Boston, for $1,000 the money
to be appropriated to the use Of his
widowed mother. and his body to pur-
poses of scientific investigation.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1864-04-07

The rebels are expelling all the
dogs from the confederacy. But they
will soon follow them. They are bound
to 60 TO the dogs.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1864-04-07
FEMALES! FEMALES ! FEMALES.
Use that SAFE, PLEASANT REMEDY known n

Use that SAFE, PLEASANT REMEDY known rs
HfLNBOLDS EXTRACT BJCIfU.
For all Complaints incident to the Sex No
family should be without it. and none will
when once tried by them. 1t is used
By Young AND OLD,
In the decline or change of life, before and
after Marriage during and after confinement,
TO strengthen the Nerves, restore NATURE to
its Proper channel, and invigorate the Broken
down Constitution, from aohateur cause origina-
ting.
USE NO MORE WORTHLESS PILLS;
TAKE
Helmb0id's Extrdct BuchR.
See Advertisement in another column. Cut
out, and send for it. 9m2.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1864-04-07

Blondin. the rope-dancer. is dancing
in Italy now--is going throug Germa-
ny and England aud then will retire,
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1864-04-07

MACHINERY OIL, Kerosene, Vinegar,
wi Wall and Window Paper. for sale by
GILBERT & DEAN.
Charles City, April 81, 1858,
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1864-04-07

In Floyd, on Wednesday evening, March
30th, at the residence of the brides father, Mr.
5. Waterbury to Miss Mary L. Rust.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1864-04-07
Gbe yntelliecntrr.

/" Westward the course of empire takes its way"
A.B.F. HILDRETII, Editor.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1864-04-07
SIS TO $3.50 PER MONTH,

TIME LITTLE GIANT SEWING MACHINE
l. Company want an Agent in each county,
to solicit orders for their new SIS Machine,
with gauge, screw-driver and extra needles
We will pay liberal salary and expenses,
or give large commission. For particulars,
terms, &C., enclose stamp, and address
T. $. PAGE, Toledo, o.,
Gen'l Agent for the United States.
7m3
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1864-04-07
EAST, SOUTH & SOUTHWEST,
Dissolution of Partnership.

The firm of Barnum & Melondy is this day
dissolved by mutual consent,-A. ID. Bamum
having purchased the right, title and interest
of p. Melendy in above firm. A. ID. Barnum
will continue the Agricultural Implement and
SEED business at the old stand. All accounts
due said firm will be paid to A. ID. Barnum.
and all debts due from said firm will he paid
hy him. All persons having accounts with
above firm are requested to call and settle as
soon as convenient.
BARNUa & MELESDY,
Cedar Falls, March 18th, 1864.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1864-04-07
Haincs' HI. Header,
Van Drunt's Seed sOyycr.
StaliOrd's Two Horse Corn
CultivatOr
Schutlicr's Wagons,
Tanning Mills.

Garden City Clipper Flows, Hay Tools, and
in fact all kinds of Farm Implements.
Your attention to my stock is respectfully
solicited. A. ID. BARNUM
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1864-04-07
MisttlIanp.
HISTORY OF THE REBELLION
THE LATEST

From the Northern Independent
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1864-04-07

I would call your attention to my stock of
Farm Implements, Seeds, &C., &c.
keep on hand at all times the celebrated
Cast-Cast Steel PlOvys,
made by Collins & Co. Conn.
Buckeye Reaper * Mower.
c. Aultman & Co.'S Canton, Ohio.
Buckeye III. Mower.
c. Autman & Co.'S, Clnton, Ohio.
Sweepstakes Threslser,
G. Au!tman & Co.'S Canton, Ohio.
II. Manny's Reaper and
Mower
Sslr ID.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1864-04-07
MARRIED,

See advertisement.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1864-04-07

lne noWltzerS were drawn out, aud
their condition carefully attended TO,
and under the management of sergeant
Jones, they proved of great service.
The Indians have a dread Of "big
guns and no skill in conducting q
siege, and as the shells burst and can
lister ratified among them, they fell
back to more sheltered positions, and
fired from behind trees and bushes
aud from holes in the ground. Their
shots told on the garrison, a number
OF the soldiers who were serving the
guns being wounded, and but for the
occurrence of q violent thunder storm
just at this time, they might have been
overpowered. The storm was SO Sc
we're that the Indians were compelled
to fly for shelter, and many of them
had their guns and powder wet, so as
to be unable to fire again that night.
The garrison, meantime, improved the
opportunity to make their position
stronger and more defensible. The
women and children were laid fat on
the floor behind stone walls hasty
rations were distributed, and boxes.
barrels aud fire-wood, were piled M
as barricade. and earth thrown M
on them. The Indians renewed the
attack toward night, but with less fu-
ry than before, and after dark repair
ed to a fat near by, and slaughtered
some oxen they had taken, spent the
night in gormandizing and in drunk.
en- carousaI. dancing around the
scalps they had taken. and Boosting
Of their exploits during the day. Fol-
four days longer they continued theil
siege Of the garrison. the little bant
Of heroes there defending themselves
bravely, and slaughtering large mum
! bers Of their foes, terrifying and re
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-07-16
New York market..Ju,v *.

CQTTON-Scarcely so firm. Sales at 81 03al 81
FL0UR-State and western unsettled, and fro
81 GOAL rs lower. Sales at 90 50all 90 for extra Stat
Si9 loalo rs for extra round hoop Ohio, and $40 g.
IL % 90 =, i9r trade brands market closing heavy.
WHlSkf-Decidedly lower Sales at 81 65aI I
for western closing at inside prices. with rumore
sales at still lower prices.
WHEAT=.Dul, unsettled and l5a2Oc lower. Sal,
At " IS for Chicago spring. 81 35a2 45 for No. Mi
waukee; ~ a. for winter red western, and % 5Oa2
for amber Michigan.
CORN-Dull and 2a5c lower. Sales at o. 57al {
for new mixed western,
!. OATS-Dull and decidedly lower. Sales at ssaO7
for western. l1
CQFFEE--Dull at 55a6O for Rio.
SUGAR-Dull; Cuba muscavado 2la2llc
,MOLASSES--Dull, and prices nominally up
PETROLEUM-Dull and heavy, at 55c for crud,
7SaSoc for refined in bond aud Csc for refined free
WoOL-Dull and quotations are more or less nom
PORk-Excited, irregular, and 81 OOas 90 lowe
for new mess-other kinds are entirely nominal
Mess, new, opened at $40 co. and closed at S35a36
new prime S35 and prime mess $35
BEEF-Dull, and nOminaly lower. Sales at SIG
IL 90 for country NESS 90 00alO 90 for country prime
$20 00a rs 90 for repacked NESS 8 OOa3O 90 for extr
mess: Prime mess beef quiet and unchanged.
BEEF HAMS-Dull and nominal
CUT MEATS-Nominaly unchanged at l5I.ale
for SHOULDERS, and 18al9c for hams.
hARD@-Dull and lower at 1Sal9c.
BUTTER-Nominally lower at 33a40c for Ohio
and 37a43c for state "
CHEESE-Dul at I8a23c
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-07-16

MILITIA CoMMUTATIoN.-The period in
which persons enrolled as militia in this
State are authorized topay the four dollars
Communication fee, is drawing to close, and
not one-fifth of those interested have Sc
cured the exemption. There are about
six thousand five hundred men enrolled
among the militia in this county, and only
about eight hundred have yet paid commu-
tation. After the fifteenth Of August a
penalty Of 81 SO will be added to the COM
mutation. Every able-bodied male citizen
between eighteen and forty-five years of
age, is liable to be called upon to do duty
in the militia service, and will be subject to
the penalty, if the commutation is not paid
by the period named.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-07-16

OFFICE CoMMIssIONEHs OF Pnrs,

OFFICE COMMISSIONING OF PRINTING,l
COLUMBUS, OHIO. june "A. 1854.
CEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RE-
y CEIVED at the Office Of the Secretary Of State
Of he State of Ohio, until
Thursday, the 18th day of August, 1854,
at IL o'clock NJ, for executing the Stats Printing.
Binding etc., for the period Of two years from and
after the first Monday of November. next ensuing,
act 70 provide for the execution and supervision
Of the State Printing and Binding" passed March
r. 1852 s and the act supplementary thereto. passed
Full printed SPECIFICATIONS can be had on sp.
pication to the Secretary Of State.
Each proposal %ust be accompanied by bond.
two good and sufficient sureties, satisfactory to the
Commissioners of Printing. in the penal sum Of ten
thousand dollars. conditioned for the faithful per-
formance to law Of such class or clashes of
the State printing as may be adjudged BY him, and
for the payment as qudated damages BY such bidder
e Sds ns S a any Excess IS q cost over tho hid
70 pay for such work by Of the failure Of such
bidder to complete his contract said bond 10 be- null
oy soS sS y % hin
tdtned by the Con,missioners OF Prihtin0. M
A like bond in the penal sum Of fve thousand
aoilars, must accompany each proposal for folding.
Copies Of bonds lin blank will be furnished "a
bidders on application TO the Secretary Of State.
executed and The bills thoreo made nS on suS 3.
tied and paid in conformity with the provisions Of
the act TO provide for the execution and supervis-
ion Of the State printing and binding passed March
"a. iSeo-to which act reference is hereby made for
such further information as may be desired
Proposals to be sealed, and indorsed on the outside
Of the envelope, Proposals for Public Printing" or
Proposals for Binding" as the case may be- and ad-
dressed TO the Secretary of State
W. W. ARMSTRONG,
JAMES s'ff'tsty Il. a0DMAS.' n sSsi''' commi..,r.
tI Auditor Of State. Of Printing
.... JOSEPH II. RILEY,
Comptroller Of the Treasury. u
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-07-16
THE CITY.

In MARKEr THE extortion Of hucksters
and other dealers In our local market has
really become subject Of alarm to the
people of this city, and 1t is matter Of Sc
rious consideration whether the whole COM
munity had not better take to boarding as
an economical measure. A careful exami-
nation Of market quotations in other cities
viii show that Columbus prices current are
not regulated by those of any other mar
ket, and bear no comparison with them.-
The combination to put up prices Is con-
fined to. local dealers, and is only regulated
by the amount af "brass' in their faces. If
gold goes up fraction in New York. pro-
visions in Columbus 20 up dime; If gold
falls ten or twenty cents, provisions in Co
lumbus, find an excuse to 60 up another
dime. When -four sells in New York at
$1,000 per barrel, it is held here for $ll.50;
and berries that 60 from GAINESVILLE to Gin
cinnati and are sold at ten cents per quart,
are sold on ,Fonrth street at twenty
cents. A huckster who buys butter In
the country for fifteen cents per
pound, brings 1t to Fourth street. and
at meeting of all the dealers in that
article it is resolved to sell butter at thirty
five cents, and this extortion must be paid.
Dealers who buy their stocks with the COM
mon shinplasters demand a price which
will afford them fair profit by the coin
standard: that is, thehuckster who buys a
roll of butter with greenbacks will demand
from the purchaser more than the equiva-
lent of gold in shinplasters. Their scale of
prices slide but one way, and that is up
ward, and there is no retiring ebb.
If the people wait until these cxtortion-
lists become ashamed of themselves and are
forced by modesty to correct their exorb-
liant rates, they will be compelled to wait
until long after the ''pee-pee's" in market
have feathers, and the veal which is ex-
hibited on the stalls becomes old enough to
be fit to eat. There appears to be an uni
versal epidemic of greediness, an irrepres-
sible desire to get rich in a week, by ex-
torting the last shinplaster from the
necessities Of the public, by those
who in times gone by were glad to realize a
trifling profit from their sales. Yet there
are no class of people who can whine so
piteously or growl SO ferociously about the
way everything is going up in price as
your hucksters. While realizing profit of
four or five hundred per cent. on the article
he is selling, the huckster will double him
self up as If he had an attack ofthe cholera
morbus, and with the countenance Of a
dying patient, he will inform you that the
transaction he is Just engaged in is dead
loss to him.
Ifone wants to be thoroughly dlsgusted
with the human family let him walk through
market and watch the eager countenances
behind the stalls. 1t is not impossible that
the same things that are said of market
dealers may be said of other dealers, with
the same truth, but 1t is rarely that themo-
tives and thoughts OF extortionists can be
read in such plain type as may be seen "in
market" aa.a s . ,.,.I
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-07-16
Cincinnati Market.

WHEAT-Saes were confined to 100 brls family
at ~ So l5o do extra at 50 co. 1sO do at 90 49, and
zoo do extra fancy at $40 90. Superfne was offered
at NJ 90 and good extra at 80 25, rather freely.
prime red. 200 bushels choice Kentucky white scld
At " 10 in store, which was the only sale that we
C0RN--A dull market; o. o5 for ear. and 81 lss
OATS-Sales of 15OO bush at slc at the canal, and
400 do at upper road at 7Sc.
MHISKY=Sales Of 400 brls at o. 70.
GROCERIES-We quote raw Sugars. Nav Or
leans Sugar, at 25927c; Cuba 23d25c hard refined.
55a'S3c; Coffee 53G55c: New Orleans Molasses Sl Is
81 III 3,,g sugar house and Sirups sOsgSI IS.
,BUTTER-Small lots of extra choice in prime
shipping order have brought 34c.
EGGS-Ihe market is unchanged and we continue
to quote at 179lSc.
,POTATOES-The market has undergone no
change. They are now selling at SIS OO95 SO.
.o HAf-A dull market and prices unchanged, at
S2O OO per ton on arrival in bales.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-07-16

The Observation-Disclosures CHANGE
IN THE BUsINEss.-An order was received
yesterday by Colonel Potter, Provost Mar
shal of the State, from Provost Marshal
General Fry, directing him to suspend all
further proceedings in regard to the draft
under the recent calls, and ordering the dis
charge Of all those drafted in the "fourth
supplementary draft" Persons thus draft
ed are to report to the District Provost
Marshal, by whom they will be discharged.
No explanation Of this new arrangement
is given, but it is presumed that it is pre-
liminary to and for the purpose of clearing
the way for another and extensive peremp-
tory conscription.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-07-16

WIZARD OF THE EAsT.-Prof. Donaldson
the celebrated Necromancer and Veutrilo-
quist gives two Entertainments at the
Atheneum on Monday and Tuesday even
ings next, July Is and 10. The marvellous
performances of Prof Donaldson would re-
quire volume to narrate. Those who wish
to SEQ what man is capable Of doing by
art and practice, should not fail to improve
this opportunity to see the greatest Magi-
clan and ventriloquist OF the age. Our ex-
changes speak In high praise of his recent
exploits in other cities. One hundred and
fifty beautiful presents will be given away
free Of charge. 4 ao s
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-07-16
The Raiders only 5000 Strong
Their Object Plumber.

WASHINGTON, July 15.-The military
authorities here, at noon to-day, had no in
formation other than that our forces are
still in pursuit of the rebels on the upper
Potomac.
The National Intelligencer understands
that Major or Captain Spencer, of the
insurgent forces lately demonstrating
against Washington, embraced the oppor-
tunity, before they decamped, of address
ing to one of our citizens, who is relative
of Spencer's, letter, in which he states
that the Confederates crossed the Potomac
with eight thousand men, for the purpose
of obtaining horses, cattle and other sup
plies; and that having accomplished their
purpose, they were on the march back to
Virginia. Only small portion of these
forces appeared in front of Washington,
while their comrades were collecting booty
for transportation across the Potomac.
A Chambersburgd dispatch states that I'm
boden Is believed to have been wounded in
the fight with Hunter, as he has not been
seen or heard of in the recent raid. a a'