Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1864-01-15
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Three. fourths OF the 10Th Iowa Infantry
have rc-cnlisted, and will soon return tc
Iowa to have the regiment filled up.
Brigham Young has gust taken new wife
his 6lst.
General Cass is said to be so feeble that he
cannot live much longer. He is in bis Sls'
year. ...-.. ...
This being leap year. the young ladies, il
is expected will avail themselves Of its priv
ileges. We are certain that the young men
viii improve its advantages.
A writer in tho Chicago Post says Chca-
90 is about to have an Immense fax tibering
Inarufactory started in her midst
Gov. Sprague has purchased thirty three
thousand dollar house in Washington for
Mrs Governor Sprague 10 live in.
There were 1880 Federal prisoners in
Richmond OH tho 18th instant. There were
eleven deaths among them on the same day.
Under the act to provide National curren,
cy, six National Banks have been established
in Iowa. @ ~.
In Nebraska the snow drifts are twenty
I've to thirty feet high in some places, gen.
orally they will average about seven feet
Bv order of Gen Grant, the sale of whisky
either by wholesale, or retail, has been pro.
hbited at Nashville.
!. II any persons bearing the names Of S. w.
O,ewek +. d. Otewel l.. p. Crosland or
Thomas Crosland, are in the State of iowa,
they are requested to write TO Mr. j p. viii
son, at 1877 Elm Street, Cincinnati, Ohio.
~ The rebels hold all of North Carolina that
is inhabited. General Butles holds only
kwamps and lagoons. Look out for unex-
psctcd thunder from unexpected quarters be-
fore long.
A Washington paper states that General
Craft has written letter declaring that he
is not a candidate for the Presidency.
The army at Chattanooga is now, for al
most the first time since the first Chckamau-
ga battle, on full rations. Stores are rapidly
accommodating.
Tim Richmond correspondent of the Mo-
bile Aarertise,. wrote, that Jeff. Davis wcpt
when he heard of Bragg's defeat
1t is rumored that Gen. Fitzpatrick the Gel
ebrated cavalry officer, has become insane.
Letters received from officers in General
Banks army say the cotton held by planters
in Texas, which viii soon be brought into
market is over 5000 bales.
Tennessee has furnished 3s,46o men to
the Federal service.
One 9th of the entire population of Pana-
ma has persisted with the small pex within
Six months. ......
Gen. Vandever, of this State, has been
transferred from the Department Of the Cult
to the Department OF Tennessee.
St. Paul, Mimi, claims to be the greatest
fur market in the world.
; Mrs Douglas, it is said, is employed by
Secretary Chase, as clerk in tho Treasury
Department.
The mos. Of the Indiana regiments have
1recnlisted for three years. ..... ..
The total amount Of gold brought 10 New
York from California during the present
year is estimated at Sill ,9o5,47S.
The wosl-growers OF Ohio will meet in
convention on The 9Th Of January, to confer
.on matters connected with the wool interest.
There are now in New Orleans ssven
schools FOR co!ored children, with twenty.
ty scholars.
-yhe last words of Gen. Burord were high,
ly Characteristic Of the man and the soldier:
80 Send for the brigade commanders put
guards on al! these roads AID keep those nlcn
from going to the rear
More than ten thousand men have re.en-
E.isted from the Army of the Potomac.
Efforts are being made in Tennessee to get
permission from the War Department to Ie-
,cruit colored batteries.
Shipments of tobacco from Connecticut 10
New Orleans are among the latest novelties
of trade.
1000 mcn in Arkansas had come in 70
Little Rock to take the oath ofallegiance, g.
600 Of whom joined the federal army.
European matters are in stew, and every
government is quietly preparing for offensive
or defensive operations as eXgencies may re-
qairc.
The Richmond Wig Of the 9th, says: ''In
Danvle five dollars in gold was sold at auc-
ton day or two ago, for one hundred and
forty dollars in Confederate notes.
Professor 7. S. Parvin, of Iowa City, has
been elected Librarian OF the State Historic
al Society.
During the quarter ending Dec 81, 1868,
1O0,96A letters were mailed at the Post Office
in Davenport.
The relations between the japanese and
foreigners continues to be extremely unsatis-
factory.
= A bill has been introduced into the House
Representatives providing for the holding
of elections in all the congressional districts
upon uniform day.
The arriyalsytf cotton at New Orleans, for
the week ending Dec. 18th, amounted to 5,
344 bales. The receipts OF sugar for the
week were s,646 hogsheads.
The Cleveland & Columbus Railroad Com
pany propose to donate ten thousand dollars
FOR the relief of soldiers families.
Twenty seven Indian captives have died at
Camp Mcclellan, Davenport, since the whole
batch went into close quarters.
An investigation now going on as to the
circumstances attending the escape Of John
Morgan from the Columbus Jail, promises to
impl;cate some influential Copperhead politi-
clans in that city.
1 ne L. NJ. oeic'a repoltS uuTins the past
year that 10000 letters containing photo
graphs were miSdirected. This gives one
some idea Of the enormous business annually
transacted by photograph artists.
It is said that in States such as Wisconsin
and Michigan, in which the first draft is not
yet completed, the Government will receive
hardly any Of the drafted men. Communication
money being almost invariably paid.
Itappears from statement made in the
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