Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1864-08-19
RDIrORIAL IrkMs.

HOOD, the rebel General IN command ct
Atlanta, it 10 reported has been largely rein.
forced.
TuE printers Of New York City are on .
strike for sixty cents per thousand enc
They have been receiving forty.tivs.
The quota Of Illinois under the new call
is 52.075. Against this there ia an offset of
35,s75, excess over all former calls, leaving
balance Of 1912 to be made up by volun-
teering or draft.
the Gelpcke claim Of &2s5, 600 against
tho city of Dubuque has been entirely liqui.
dated. The city issued 81. 900 in bonds,
which were disposed Of. which. with the
railroad stock owned by the city and trans.
ferred to Mr.. Gelpcke, Cancelled tho debt.
CHAs. Lascelles. Of Dubuque, the accom-
p'ished Pianist. has accepted place in Ma
dam Anna Bishops troupe. now in Canada.
He gave very successful farewell concert in
Dubuque on Monday evening.
The Hamilton Freeman understands that
Captain Curtiss has not yet been furnished
with the quota Of this District for the ap.
preaching draft.
GEN. BURNSIDE has been relieved of his
command Of the 9th corps in the Army Of
the Potomac. This may be taken as attach
ing the blame to him Of tho recent unsuc-
cessful movements against Petersburg.
The deficit Of Cook County, Ill.,, is put At
1920 men, which is very surprising to Chi
cago people, who were of the opinion they
were much nearer out Of the draft. Invcsi
CATION is going on.
GEN. BUrLER is engaged in digging an i'm.
portant canal on James River, tho precise
object Of which 10 not as yet made public
On Saturday the rebel rams attacked his
working party, but were driven back.
the Eleventh Annual Fair of the Scott
County Agricultural Society, commences on
the 10Th Of September, and continues Eve
days. We acknowledge the receipt Of .
complimentary.
THk rebel piIato Tallahassee is committing
great depredations. Accounts Of vessels cap.
tured by her are daily arriving. The Navy
Department 10 after her with . sharp stick
or something else.
Asorr Eve hundred rebel cavalry, under
Col. johnson, recently crossed into Illinois
at Sabine Bar, and captured six steamers
aground At that place. The cargocs were
carried OF, and the boats each obliged to pay
q ransom of several thousand dollars to save
them from destruction.
BY the new price list Of printing types We
SEQ that bourgeois is put down At 81 cents
per pound, and nonpareil at 1925. These
are the sizes used by the GAzErrE. II won,
do even to dream Of new dress nowadays
MELVILLE & Co.'S Australian Circus ha,
chartered propeller for trip up Lake Mich.
igan to Lake Superior, which will furnish q
sensation unparalleled in its nature to the
good people Of those hyperborean regions.
TnE Muscatine Courier is grieved. At The
laying Of the corner stone of . new Bsptis,
church being bull, in that city the copper
head sheet WIS excluded from the relic box
The cops. are how:ing like kicked pup,
about it.
TUE Hamilton Freeman has two sheer
items. One 10 that Mr.. j. D. Sells has lately
received from Ohio 700 head Of sheep. Tn,
other is, that Messrs. W. S. Worthington ani
J. n. Frank, and one or two others, have ar
rived with 1000 head Of sheep, which wer.
purchased in Michigan during the drouth.-
Items such IS these indicate tina. there sr,
rs, Up Hamilton attn -sry "l.7s'" ,.<i.