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The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1864-10-22
A STAR OF TIE FIRST MAcNI
TUDE.

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been especially engaged 10 supp'y ~
YORK MERCURT from lime TO time he
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" o EATON,
NED BUNTLINE,
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ARTHER VI GRANGER,
JULIA S IMGRAHAM,
GRACE GARDNER,
EDWARD WILLETT,
FELIX Q G BARLEY,
EARY CHIEF, 4
MISS ME BRADDON,
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ADMIN sTATOR'S NOTICE

Letters of Administration have been
granted in Cue form Of Law, to the sub
scibor upon the Estate ofThomas Over
turf, late of Benezette township Elk
county, deceased, All persons having
any claim against said Estate, are re-
quested to present them duly althenti-
Gated for settlement Any person ow-
ns the Estate, are requested to make
payment forthwith.
ANN OVERTURE
AdmmiStrdtrjr of Hy
Estate Of, TAoms O0ertrf decs,
May 9TH 1864
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THE TWENTY SIX BIRTHDAY.
The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1864-10-22

DETZR MONEY.-A DATEfulI list
PRISES PAYABLE TO ofALL
can be seen at the officers. These and
all other claims against the Government
promptly collected.
AN OFFICER IN THE ARMY WRITES
"At inspection ! noticed that large
proportion of the mems knapsacks con
tanned box ofTroches, being generally
used by them for colds, etc" "Brown' s
Broachio Wroches," should be in every
soldiers knapsack or pocket, to be used
upon the first appearance of a cold Or
cough.
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THE GENIUS OF EJRO2E

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riancy to its columns, and side b. sid. ..'h
mgina productions Of the most pDp.-.- rp-
loancists of the Old World, will be gaoed
the chef T@urres of the most eminent story
writers Of the New.
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4 lST of Retailers Of Foreign and DO
Amestic merchandise, Liquors, &c, in'
Elk county for the year 1864, subject
to the payment Of License,
Name Residence Class To pay
u II g r Wins
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MISS. NJ. Z. BRADDON.

Authoress of "Aurora Floyd" "Lady Aud
ey's secret" John Marchmont's Legacy"
&C., etc, who has suddenly risen like
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T Fl Z Ell K A D V @ C A 7 E
Administrators Notice.

AunllilS JIdIOIo NOGLCC'
Letters of Administration have been
granted in due form Of Law, to the sub
scriber VIM. Mack upon the Estate Of
Elisha Wack, Late Of Salem Md de.
ceased. All llpcrsons having any claim
against said Estate, arc requested to
present them duly authenticated for set.
tlemcnt. Any person owing the Estate,
are requested to make payment forth
with.
WILLIAM MACK,
Admsoi<traior ofMc Este Of Elisha
Ncch. Po..oech
Juno 3irh 1854.
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1864-10-01
~ SIOUX CITY, IOWA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER L. 1864

HANS ENLlsTs FOR A SoLDIER.-'Brick'
of the La Crosse Democrat is an inhuman
joker, and lately Witnessed q scene in Mil.
waukee, that we transfer to our columns
The reader must picture a stout, big'bel-
lied, short haired recruiting officer, with a
blue cap, broad, stiff frontispiece, short
sword, blue uniform, size too small, and
a raw customer from "faderland," with
wooden shoes and loug.tailed grey coat.
The officer was after recruits for German
regiment, and thus went for his suscepti-
bic countryman:
"Lo! dere, Hans! be dat you ~
"Yaw."
"Come NIT me to be a soger man,
"NeinI'
"Yawv' Come! 1t be SO NICE"
"Nein! gets shoots"
be foon all de vile. You enlist init me
you gets nine hundred stollars bouu.ish..'
"So?'
"Yaw. And you gets such nice clothes
ash never vas Shust look at me T.
"So?'
"Yaw. And, in ter morning ven de
trum peets dat is the gurnels compliments
to come an git your schnapps NIT him"
"So?"
"Yaw. And purity soon, binne by, de-
trums poets again, and dat ish de gurneIs
compliments TO come eat some sour krout
un sausage mn him"
$50, mynherr
"Ysw; dat ish So Den rurty soon,
bme by, der trum peets, and dat ish de
gurners compliments 70 ride NIT him in
der carriage to see your vrow or your
Katrina. And den you rides all over de
city NIT him and it no costs you one cent.
And bime by de trum poets and dat ish
de gurnels compliments to come and
schmoke abipe mi. him! And den, bime
by, purity soon, right away, the trum pee,s
like the tuyfel, and dat ish de gurnels
compliments to come and get your nine
hundred tollars hountish.'
"Aaw! SO goot!'
"Yaw. And den der General and der
Bresdent shake hands nit you. and you
eat krout NIT der Presidents vrow aud
shust live like one fighting rooster! And
den in a little vile you say der Bresdent
be one nice man, and you gets anc der
hundred dollars bountish, and der Bresi
dent makes one grand general NIT you,
purity soon, | guess, but ,ink not! You
60 nit meY'
"Yaw!'
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1864-10-01


TOLLECTI0Ns smade md remittcd at cnrrent
~ rates of exchange; Bills of ExshaEge, Uncnr-
rent Money aud Coin bought aud sold Deposits re-
ceived and Money invested; Draftsfor sale ou any
country in Europe.
age hy hire
Particular attention given o the paymen o
Taxcsi any county in Iowa.
Read Estate bonKht and 4 old Land Warrant,
ocated.
We eferto the following parties with whom we
have done business:-
Park Bank, New York;
ID. Ii. Arnold. Pres't Mercantile Bank,E.Y
Messrs knauth, Naehod kubue. Bankers, N Y
Messrs. Chas .Camhlos & Co, Bankers, Phil.
i Messrs. Clark, Bros. 4 Co, Bankers st. Louis.
Gen. Il. Harding, of Union Bank st. Louis.
+. q. Adams, Banker. Chicago.
WE. coolta ngh CO.. Bankers, Chicago.
Il. Partridge. Esq, Eanker Seneca Falls Ny.
G. W. Norton, Esq. President Southern Bank OF
Kentucky. Russellsille, Ky.
s. A. Fletcher. Banker ,iudianapolis.I i indiana.
Aon. VIM. Monteome ry. Washington, Pa.
T. II. Walker, Eco, Salem, New York.
Messrs. II. Markell 4 Co., Bankers. Dubuque.
Louis A. Mackiot, Banker, Davenport. tmrG2
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1864-10-01
The Slave Sham bles Moved fr0Ma tn
South to the North.

The Buffalo Courier gives the following
conversation as Of daily oeourreneejn that
city - ~ .z ....ss
. Gens-What is the price Of q likely
yonng, pegro to-day?
Bfoker-From $500 ID 5000. according
to the demand. .#...f~
dent--Conld you furnish me with. three
Or four sound negroes at less prreS
Broxer-No, sir! There is demand
for all We have in Massachusetts, where
wo send thoDsrwho can pass examination
and where We get larger prices
Gent How soon could you il an order
for twenty or Thirty negroes TO Gil the
quota Of our towr, ut say, $500 each?
Broker-We cant take the orders
ahead. The price is going up avery day
We expect apnlher load 10 morrow or next /
day, and We vail sell = the market price.
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1864-10-01

White beans and black republicans are
objects Of hatred of the Tenth New York
artillery. They recently passed resolu.
tions, by reclamation, declaring that they
will eternally hate those two things. One
Of the boys Of the regiment, in writing
home to a friend, says--"Stick to your
party always vote the Democratic ticket,
and pull up every cursed white bean you
can get hold Of That roldior man il
sound on politics, hut little two hard on
the beans, probably his ideas concerning
the hitter. were somewha, prcjudiced from
getting his beans too regular, and the re-
membrance Of the double quick exercise
which followed an inordinate consump.
ton Of that favorits army ration.
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1864-10-01
OF THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY, ADOPTED AT CHICAGO
AUGUST 3Oth, 1854.

lst. Rcsolred, That in future as in the
pass, we will adhere with answering tidel.
ity to the Union under the Constitution as
the~only solid foundation of our strength,
security and happiness as people, and as
framework Of Government equally con,
ductive to the welfare and prosperity of all
the States both northern and southern.
End. That this Convention does explic.
lilly declare as the sense of the American
people, that after four years of failure to
restore the Union by experiment of war,
during which, under pretence Of military
necessity, or warspower higher than the
Constitution, the Constitution itself has
been disregarded in every part, and public
liberty aud private rights alike trodden
down, and the material prosperity of the
Eccuntry essentially impaired, justice, hu
Snanity. liberty and the public welfare de.
mand that immediate efforts be made for
a cessation of hostlities, with a view to a
national convention of the States, or other
peaceable means to the end, that at The
earliest practicable nome Mt peace may be
restored ,n the basis of federal Union of
the States.
Sd. That the direct interference of the
military authority Of the United States ia
The recent elections held in Kentucky,
Mary land, Missouri aud Delaware, was Il
shameful violation Of the Constitution, and
q repetition Of such acts in the approach.
ing election will be held as revolutionary.
and resisted with all the means and power
under our control.
4th. That the aim and object of the
Democratic party is to preserve the Fed
eral Union and the rights of States unim.
paired, and they hereby declare that they
fsconsider the administrative usurpation of
extraordinary and dangerous powers, not
granted by the Constitution, and the sub
version Of civil by military law in States
not in insurrection, the arbitrary arrests,
imprisonment, trial and sentence of Amer.
can citizens in States where civil law ex,
iste, in full force, the suppression Of free
dom Of speech and of the press, the denial
Of the right Of asylum, the open aud
ayowed disregard of State rights, the en-
ployment Of unusual test oaths, and inter,
ference with and denial of the right of the
! people to bear arms 10 their defence. is
calculated TO pgeveRkthe restoration OF the
Union and the perpstuaton of the general
government, deriving its Just powers from
| the consent of The governed.
| 5th. That the shameful disreg gard Of the
administration to its duty in respect to
| our fellow citizens. who now and for . long
time have been prisoners Of war, in a
suffering condition, deserves the severest
reprobation, on the score alike Of public
policy and common humanity.
9th. That the sympashy of the demo.
cratic party is heartily and earnestly ex-
tended to the soldiers Of our army, who
| now are And have been in the field under
the flag Of their country, and in the even.
Of its attaining power, they will receive all
the care, protection and regard thS NJ
brave soldiers Of the Republic has6 "a
l nobly earned.
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1864-10-01
What they Really E1pecs. roo,

What they Really Expect. - A good
commentary upon the pretended belief OF
the Lincoln orators that the war approach.
es its end, !. is worthy Of notice that Gov.
Seymour, Of New York, has been officially
informed by the Administration that the
surplus volunteers will BE- credited upon
the nexs draft after that for Seplember.-
In the event Of Lincoln's re election, .he
will no doubt issue call for another half
million Of men. That draft vii be exc
cuted with remorseless severity. - Cs.csn-
nati Enquirer.
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1864-10-01

In 1860 repnblican leaders assured tho
people that the success of their party
would give the country permanent peace,
economy, frmer Union and enlarged
happiness aud prosperity They succeed
ed, and behold the result? Contractors.
Office seekers and under,akers are the only
classes that have been benefited. Is it not
madness to continue such party in power.
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1864-10-01

At a Sunday School meeting in Ohio,
the subject Of the slim attendance Of pu.
pills Mt the school heing under consdera.
ton, n promising young lawyer offered the
following resolution:
Resolved, That n committee Of young
ladies and' gentlemen be appointed to
raise children for the sabbath school.
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1864-10-01
-s' ~'---y s",r~'"-.s-~'- ~~'',---~'
Buying Negroes.

A satirical Kentuckian, writing over
the signature eff Legree in the N. Y.
Erpress, urges the New England govern.
ors to reopen the African slave trade, as
supplementary to the domestic branch Of
that traffic in which they are now engaged.
Why not7 As we'll send to Africa as to
Germany for food Cor powder and offerings
upon the Altar OF Liberty" A negro,
and a .tortiori an African negro, Is "just
as good to stop rebel bullet as white
man." ''Legree" enforces his advice
thus: ...- .-..
"As Andrew, Buckingham L Co., have
confessedly enteredinto the domestic slave
trade, they cannot hesitate to agree to
the re opening Of the African slave trade
as it is from here our future supply Of
labor must come. Oar present stock of
negroes is too much civilized and chris.
tanned to be longer hewers of wood and
drawers of WATER merely, and cannot
compare with Guinea negroes as field
hands the latter being far more tractaale
and easily managed, besides having fewer
wants, a clout and corn cake being un.
accustomed luxuries Nor are arguments
based on Christianity or humanity want
ing with which to reconcile your cores.
pondents to this scheme.
By statistical returns there are found TO
be 400, 900 members of evangelical church.
es among the slaves Of the slave States, or
more than are found among the equal
white population Of New England. This
is the result of the teaching of masters
and mis'resses of rhe South. A far better
showing this than all the missionary forts
Of all Christendom, from the preaching of
Apostle Phillip to the eunuch Of Queen
Candance, Queen of Ethiopia, down
through the eighteen hundred years to the
present time. The whole of Africa cannot
show as many Christian converts as are to
be found in this one county Of Fayette
among its negro population Why, the
Rev. DIR. Rober, j. Breckenridge, the TEN,
porary chairman Of the Baltimore Repub.
lican Convention, owns negro man whom
he hires TO the African church at Lexing.
ton for $3.50 per annum, who breaches to
more Christianized Africans every Sunday
than all the preachers from the Cape Of
Good Hope to the Straits of Gibraltar. If
such has been the Jesuit of iermer impor.
tations Of Africans, in the name Of God
does not every consideration OF humanity
call for the re.opening OF trade which
has been such boundless blessing to
to mul,tudes of the sable sous of Africa p
With sharp appreciation Of certain
New England pecuiari'ies, Legree adds:
Call it not slave trade, but call IL
. rather a missionary movenent.' - Boston
Courier.
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1864-10-01

You know the story of the boy who
would not cry though the wolf was gnaw-
ing him beneath his frock Most Of US
have some wolf to gnaw US somewhere !;
but We are generally gnawed beneath our
easAhes, "a. sass, ths1ssofM d4as6t sec, and
it behooves us to bear il that the world
shall not suspect. The man who goes
about proclaiming himself to be miserable,
will be, not only miserable, but contemp-
tiblo as well.-Anthony T-ollope.
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1864-10-01

Some maiden ladies made soldiers shirts
about a foot too short, having no pattern
to go by, aud but little Information. A
wag wrote on their bundle
Like man without a wife,
Like shi p wi.hou, sail,
The oldest thing in life, ...
Is q shirt without a. proper length.
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1864-10-01

You talk Of the prosperity Of your city.
know but one true pros perity. Does the
human soul grow aud prosper here? ? Do
nc, point me TO your thronged streets. l
ask, who throng them? |. is low mind.
ed, selfseeking, gold -worshipping, man.
despising crowd which see rushing thro'
them ? Do l meet in them under the
female form the eaily- decked prostitute or
the idle, wasteiul, aimless woman of fash
ion! DO Imeet the young man, showing
off his pretty person as the perfection Of
natures works, wasting his golden hours
in dissipation and slotb, and Nearing 10 his
coun,enance the gaze OF the proiligate p
Do | meet grasping multitude seeking to
thrive by concea'ment aud fraud? An
anxious multitude driven by fear of want
to doubtful means of gain? An unfeeling
multitude, caring :othing for others, il
ihsg may themselves prosper and enjoy :?
In the neighborhood of your comfortah hle
and splendid dwelling are there abodes of
squalid misery or reckless crime, of bes.
tial intemperance or half famished child.
rem, of profaLeness. dissoluteness, or temp.
tation for though,less youth? And are
these multiplying with your prosperity
and outstripping and neutralizing the
Influences of truth and virtue? Then
your prosperity is a vain show. It's true
use is to make better people. The glory
and happiness Of a city consists not IN
.tke NUMBER but in the character Of its
|spopnlasion OF all the 6ne arts in city,
the granaest is the art Of forming noble
specimens Of humanity. The costlieN
productions Of our mAn1lActnrers arc
chS6p, compared with q wiss and good
human being. 4 city that should pracii.
caIly adop. the principle that man is
worth more than wealth or show, would
place itself at the head of the cities. A
city in which men should be trained worthy
Of the name would become the metropolis
Of the earth. DR.. Channing.
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1864-10-01

CoCKNEYIsMs.-"W Veal, Vine and Wen
ison, is VERY good Ni.:als, view. But
harfter hall, give me a supper Of am an
'heggs, topp'd hof with piece O happle
pie! / likes it vastly Hexcept ven I'm
has 'ungry has han 'ound, gets along
VERY nicely on mug O harlan hart, with
am, sandwiches. an some eadeheese.-
But ven him sharp set, ginerslly goes
in for beefsteaks an honioos. Halter that,
l likes to toop hotf With dish o. huysters,
and pepper and salt an vinegar"
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1864-10-01

A pretty woman is one of the inssitu-
tipns of the coun.ry-an angel in dry
goods aud glorx, She makes sunshine,
blue sky and happiness wherever she
goes.~ Her path is one of delicious roses,
perfume and beauty. She is sweet poem
written in rare curls and choice calico,
and good principles. Men stand up be-
fore her as so many dMits,ion"points.. to
mel, into cream and then butter. Her
words float around the ear like music,
birds Of paradise, or the chimes Of sab.
bath bells. Without her society would
lose its trnest attractions. the church its
Grmest reliance, and young men the very
best comforters and company Her inhu
ence and generosity restrains the vicious,
strengthens the faint hearted. Wherever
you find the virtuous woman, you also
find tiresiae boqaets. clean cloths, order,
good living, gentle hearts, music, and
light and modern institutions generally
She is the flower of humanity. and her
inspiration is the breath of heaven.
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1864-10-01

NEUrRAR IN REKlGloN. editor of a
paper was recently asked by friend
which he liked best the Soft or Hard
Me,hodis's. He replied, Il am strictly
neutral in religion. When mere youth,
| used to play in boyish way, with pret.
ty, rosy checked, intelligent Methodist
girls; to have little fun with modest, re-
served, welleducated Baptist girls to
hrt with laughing. ar.less, smart Catholic
girls !; to involve M self in a war of words
with comely, blushing, sedate Quaker
lasses to bow to sulIen, pious, accom-.
plished Presbyterian girls; to pu, on airs
in the presence Of handsome, purse proud
talented Episcopal girls
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1864-10-01

A PRETTY LEGEsD.-Among the legend
ary paintings recently discovered in the
ancien, Basilica of St Clement, in Rome,
is one illustrating the poetic legend of the
martyrdoms Of Pope St. Clement on the
coast of Cherson, or the Crimea. After
working as slave with other Christian
victims, in the stone quarries, be was
drowned in the Euxine sea, but his body
was miraculous.y preserved in a splendid
temple built under the water By angelic
hands :! And every year on the anniversa.
ry OF his death, the waves retreated. ieav-
ing passage along dry ground for the
faithful to visit and worship at that mys.
terious shrine. Once according to the
fable it'Aeppened that mother brought
her young child with her on this solemn
occasion, and, returning, left the boy in
the temple, imagining he had followed
with other children brought by parents to
join in the same devotion. TO her agony
che found that the sea had flowed back
submerging, before she Gould retrace her
steps to that martyr sshrine. On the next
anniversary she returned, entered with
other worshipers. and there, to her un
speakahle JOY and astonishnent, lay her
lost son asleep before the tomb, unscathed
and unconscious till he awoke in her arms!
This story is represented in three distinct
scenes,
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1864-10-01
BUSINESS CARDS.
SIOUX CITY SADDLE, BRIOlE
Harness Manufactory.
r. sAa

NHEundersguedr fully Informs sthscitisen
= o. woodbury. and adjoining counties that he
"a continues to mAnufActurs 70 the Il soyc arti-
sles ,and keeps constantly on hand stock
aDd trimmings Of tho best quality
Those In want ofany ything In thcaboys
line I business will nnd it to their advantage %
calland examine my stock before pRrchasins selse.
where. Good hides taken In payment, Na. Shop
on PsArlstreet. M. "e1--'-~1
aovl6-62 JOHNLINTNGER.