Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1864-03-26
NUMBER 26.

to enlist on the ground that he disliked to
leave his "ould mother an orphan"
The Maine Legislature refused to 70.
move the capital to Portland By three
majority.
The Confederate Congress has passed
an act issuing tobacco rations to the sol>
ders in their armies
Eight hundred and fifty thousand dol.
lars is paid per year, by the Government,
for carrying the Overland mail to Cali.
fornia.
The six Nations" held council at
Onondaga Castle, n Y, last week. and
elected chief, old chief Webster having
recently deceased.
The receipts Of the Bufolo Sanitary
Fair, just closed, amounted to $50, 900 -
! Ths receipts Of the Cleveland Sanitary
Fair for the first week were 100000.
One Of the Boston rioters concerned in
resisting the draft in July last has just
been sentenced to ten years Of hard labor
in the State prison.
Thomas Tileston the eminent NewYork
merchant and millionaire, who died sud.
denly on Monday week, was printer by
trade.
The Abolition Legislatures Of Wiscon-
sin and Rhode Island have adopted reso.
! lutions in favor Of the denomination Of
Lincoln.
Mr.. PnulR R George, navy agent in New
York under President Tyler's administra-
ton, and we'll known as a Demo cratic pol.
! itican, died in Boston on Saturday week.
The census Of Upper and Lower Cana
da, which has just been taken, gives tho
following result: Upper Canada, 1885,.
lG9; Lower Canada, lilo, ,e64-tosal,
2,506,735.
A new wrinkle in the gas business is
an attachment, Of small marine clock to
! street lamps, whereby the gas is turned of
at precisely the moment desired An ar.
ransemen, Of this kind is being tried in
Springfield. Mass,
| Gov. Morton is about to issue a pam
| phlet on the advantages Indiana affords
to emigrants 1t is proposed to print an
edition Of 5000 in English, German and
French fer European circulation.
The Government has paid S3OS, 900 to
the Illinois Central Railroad Company,
since February 2jth, 1862. for the trans.
por;a'ion of troops and property. The
Government seems to be a large customer.
a farmer on the Upper Kennebec, who
had lost sheep by abduction for many
years, offered notorious sheep stealer
So a year to let his focks alone. That
worthy, however, only smiled and said,
"No. squire, think l can do better"
A one thousand dollar sword for Gen.
Grant has beon finished BY the Ames Com.
pany at Chicopee, Mass. Among the
ornamental features about the handle is a
ring Of fourteen diamonds, costing four
hundred dollars. On the sword is en-.
graved a record Of twenty seven battles
and sieges in which the modern ULYSSES
has hcen engaged.
Lieut.. Eddy. Of the Third Rhode Island
Battery, in giving an account of the disas.
ter to our troops in Florida. says: 1t was
our misfortune to have for supports ne.
gro regiment, who by running caused us
to lose one piece. If the truth were all
told, and our negro soldiers found fewer
apo'osists, the records Of this war would
present many facts Of which the above is
only single illustration.
French paper notices new remedy
for MISUNDERSTANDING hot water. A
German vetrinary surgeon Of Madgeburg,
named Hidlebrade, has ascertained that
hot water has the effect oil decomposing
the virus, and If applied in time renders
canterization unnecessary. He says all
that is to he done, after we'll bathing the
part, is to apply solution Of caus,ic pot
ash to the wound with brush, and after.
ward anoint i. with antimony ointment.
New York, March 10. Secretary Chase
has written letter, which is Published
to-day, declining to be candidate for tho
Presidency. Referring to former letter.
he say: In that said that should our
friends in Ohio manifest = preference for
another, should accept their decision
with ready acquiescencs due from ono
who has already been trusted beyond
merit or expectation. The recent action
OF the Union members Of the Ohio Leg
''lasure indicating such prefsrnsns, il b.
comes my duty 10 ask th1t no further con.
sidera.ien Be given my name.