Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1864-01-01
MISCELLANEOUS.

each recruit .. g. Marshall county has no jai
or next TO nome and has to depend on tn
ncighbcring counties for prison privileges
I'VE believe the largest extra bounty vo
ted by any county in the State, is $500, Of
fered by Howard county. . Gen. Vandeve
is at his homo in Dubuque, having holidays
:. Quite number Of Iowa papers have ad
vanced the price of their subscription, on &C
count Of the high price of printing paper
-. Linn county does not offer any extr'
bounty to volunteers, but Rapids township
(ncludiag Cedar Rapids by voluntary sub
scripton, offers 800 to each recruit from
that township. The Iowa City RepuJli
can has changed hands, now being under tn,
control Of n. Ii. Brainard, late Private Sec
rotary TO Gov. Kirkwood. :. The New York
Tribune says Schuyler Colfax, the new
Speaker Of the House, is not practical print
err -. Six National Banks have been estab
lished in Iowa. ...One day recently, abou,
fifty cords of wood were chopped and hauled
to the wsr widows Of Marion. :. The Public
Record has an interesting column OF answers
to correspondents, a Ia N. Y. Ledger. II
any one wants to know something, let him
patronize home institutions and ask Andy
Felt. $4,000 were realized by the great
Boston Sanitary Fair. The State census
shows an increase Of the population in this
State since the census of 1860 Of oyer 81
OoO.. -. An effort is being made for permits
sion from the War Department to enlist col
ored batteries. !. g.. Gen. Gilmore is Smelling
Charleston daily from his FOUNDERS.
The Russian feet has left Washington for
Fortress Monroe, and will winter in the
Roads -. :. Recruiting is in rapid progress in
Southwest Missouri. :. For President in
1864, the New York Herald is urging Grant,
having abandoned Mcclellan. =. Gen. Nc
Clellan's report of his Pcninsular campaign
has been sent to Congress. II is volumin-
Gus document, covering considerably over
1000 pages of foolscap.. In the recent
great prize fight, King drew the first blood,
and Heenan made the first knock down. 49,.
Dickens and Thackery commence new sto-
ries with the New Year ;. On last Satur-
day there were $4,000 hogs in the Chicago
market. ION one day recently, fourteen
tons of wild game, were shipped from Cedar
Rapids. Capt. W. w. Warner, Of the
2lst Iowa, died at Memphis on the 18th ult.
-. Our boys in Texas enjoy themselves dali
ly by bathing in the sea surf. 49,. Lieutenant
Cole gave copperhead, DR.. Harris, a couple
of black eyes, down in Davis county the 9th
or day. On a test vote only forty-one, of
the one hundred and eighty-five members Of
the House Of Representatives voted against
the policy of enlisting colored troops.
Tennessee has never been so free from guer
rilas. since she went into rebellion, as new.
. ;. The total income Of the rebel govern
ment for the last year, according TO the ex-
hibit Of Meminger, the rebel Secretary, was
sT,0G8, 000... b. F. Taylor, who has so in
.erested the readers OF the Chicago journal
IF late, by his graphic war letters from Chat
snooga, has been engaged to lecture in Du-
ou9uc, on the evening Of the 4th of Februa-
~. The New York Tribune roughly csti,
mates that over a million dollars changed
hands on the result Of the great brute fight,
between Heenan and King. go. Wendell
Phillips made speech at Cooper Institute.
New York, on the 23d ut., and pitched into
everybody in general, and Secretary Chase
n particular He is afraid Chase will come
Up for President in ca, and he wants Batter
Or Fremont lie made an ass Of himself. :.
Napoleon has put blockade on Mexican
coal, provided they do not land passengers
Dr. merchandise. - large Convention Of
Radical Unionists was keld in New Orleans
lately. A sign Of the times -. .Iadianapo-
lis, Ind, has succeeded in raising her quota
under the last CALL :. The 18th Illinois Cav
airy, now being raised, is 10 receive the $500
Government bounty. Gen. Gilmore still
keeps pegging away at Charleston. -. Chi.
COCA is not going to get out Of the draft. The
Journal Of Monday last says only one hun
dred and twenty -four recruits were obtained
the week previous, and in order TO escape
the draft two hundred volunteers day
would be Necessary. Capt n. NJ. Hay.
den formerly Of the Dubuque Battery, now
Chief of Artillery in Gen. Steel's Divisisn, is
at his home in Dubuque on furlough.. -.
The house of John Mullen, three miles south
of Wavcrly, was destroyed by fire few
days ago. Loss, about 81, 200. No iHsur-
ance. :. {. The Iowa Grey Beard regiment are
going to Rock Island to guard prisoners.
90. There arc seven schools in New Orleans
for the education Of colorcd children. 80.
The N. Y. Tribune thinks Presidential can
ditlatos put in nomination now are pretty
surely to be killed by the effects Of time, and
advises all who have favoritc to keep hin,
behind the scenes for at least SIX no. - 10
come. A good deal o. i2;erest Is being
manifested throughout the State and the
West on the subject Of leasing the abandon.
ed plantations of the South for cultivation
the coming year., The Sanitary Fair al
Keokuk nettcd 1926. The late storm
knocked the telegraph line between Chicago
and Dubuque sadly out Of keller. The
Times Of the latter place says it will take
four or five days to fully repair ill.,. The
Dubuque 1imes gives our Fair here gooe
notice. Thanks. The Sth Iowa Cavalry
had an engagement near Nashville recently
killing number Of rebs. and capturing
nineteen. No loss reported on our side. -.
Joe. Johnson has succeeded to the command
of Bragg's army. ChiefJustice fancy il
reported to be lying at the point death.
Ont Of 800 horses recently sent to Genera