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Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-06-09
The ouakse General ON The bt66.

It now appears BY the letter Of
Mcclellan. Published in Raymond's
interesting history Of the present
Administration, and not included in
the Quaker Generals autobiography,
that a. early a. August, 1862. before
the first rush Of volunteers to the
standard of the Union had fairly sub
sided. the little "Qusker Was clam
orous IN bic demands on the President
for draft - the " only efficient means
OF obtaining men," How does this
feet reposs on the digestive organs Of
ths psscs partyf 10 that . good rec
ord for . a'"stop the drst candidate,
70 b nominated on no-more-mon.
sy-snd-Do-more-men-platiorm ." We
put Il to any candid Coppsrhsad. II
there are any such, How would you. Il
you wore the shoulder straps, triple
stars, and glistening eagles Of Maj.
General, and drew nine thousand dol
lars per anium for doing so-and
we're withal the 6rst to recommend
the draft how would you like to be
uominatsd for tho Presidency
wouldn't il hurt your feelings more
than to Be whipped by the enemy in
the discharge Of your dutyl But
alas the real Copperheads are begin
ming to throw little Mack overheard
They want something more than 9
mere hypocritc or coward. The,
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-06-09
Treason in the Blood.

These who imagine that the elec.
tion Of President Lincoln, or any event
connected with the history Of the slave
~ question, 10 the cause Of the desire
Of the Southern aristocracy to divide
the Union. instead of being merely
their pretext, will do well to weigh
carefully the following extract from .
letter written by X. II. Lee, few
months after the Constitution was
adopted, and brought to light in a
recently published edition Of the
"Federalist' 1t will be seen that he
treats the Uuion az . mere temporary
sxpediency. When the South should
have been nourished in the bosom of
the Union into sufficient vitality to
commit the crime, it would dart its
fangs into the source of its life, and
the revolutionary dream Of Southern
aristocrats-a "Southcrn Confedera-
cy"-WOuld be realized
The Southern States are too weak at present
to stand by themselves and a general Gov
ernment will certainly be advantageous TO us,
~ il produces no other effect than protection
from hostilities and uniform commercial reg
ulations And when we shall attain our nat
ural degree of population, l fatter myself that
We shall have the power TO do ourselves JUS
tice with dissolSng the bond rhieh biads togdh-
1. 1t Is better TO put up with those little in
conveniehces than to run the hazard of great
Or calsmities. ua aaE..
r. E. Lee, commanding General Of
the rebel armies, 10 the grandson of
the above writer, and 10 endeav-
oring to carry cut the treason which
hs inherited with bis blood. Perhaps,
however. it will b contendsd that the
anti-slavery policy Of Mr.. Lincolns ad.
ministration exasperated his grand
father into the utterance Of secession
doctrines. and that the Crittenden
Compromise would have satisfied him !
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-06-09

would be but little difference If both
were kept on the same food. But ma
ny OF our farmers keep oxen through
the winter on coarse hay, straw and
hnsks, which would not keep horses
alive.
Our own oxen. (half blood Devon, }
never have any food but cheap hay,
husks. &C., through the winter, al.
though they labor most of the time.
When April comes they are kept on
good hay and thus they learn the diff.
ference between cheap and costly liv.
ing. Oxen Of the right breed are
very readily fattencd and their beef is
better than that of cows or young
cattle, and brings more in the mar
ket. When farmers quit raising or
keeping oxen, people must quit eating
beef and tanning ox-hides. s ..-
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-06-09
MisteIIanu.
Compliment to Country Boys.

One of the leading business men of
our city who has accumulated over a
million OF dollars and is building a
residence costing a quarter of mil
lion paid one of the neatest off-hand
compliments to country boys that
could be bestowed. He was talking
Of business matters generally, and
among other things spoke of clerks
and the scarcity of good, solid young
men occasioned by the war. He said
that there were plenty Of young men
in fino cloth calling for situations, but
they did not suit him. He preferred
. very different kind Of stock that
come from the country in rough
clothes, for something could be made
out Of them. But such young men
had generally gone into the army,
while the more pretending class, that
have more clothes than brains, have
remained behind. He spoke of coun-
try boys that soon made clerks worth
fifteen hundred or two thousand year.
and yet who had volunteered out of .
sense Of duty. but whose Communication
he would gladly have paid to retain
them had he not felt it wrong to inf1u.
ence them against the service of their
country. The best he could DO was
to say to them that if they would
come back to his employ without any
bad habits. he would receive them at
advanced salaries. av
Let not our country boys. therefore,
think that it 10 necessary to initiate
the young bloods of the town in dress
and frivolous habits 10 insure respect
aud good situations. 1t is plain. in
dustrious young persons, Of good
sense. sober habits, and scrupulous
honesty that are in demand with all
solid business men. No matter how
poor, or how mean your clothes, if you
have the personal qualities above in
dicated the true business man will
soon perceive them and give you the
preference Cineianati Gasette.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-06-09

ment Of his case, on oath, and the tes.
timony Of witnesses. and his examina.
tion. shall be recorded. Aud any
matter on the files and records of the
department touching each case, as
may in the opinion Of the board be
necessary to assist them in making
up their opinion, shall. together with
the whole record and finding, be pre-
sented to the President for his appro-
val or disapproval of the finding.
And no officer shall be rejected until
after such public examination of him.
self and the records of the department
in his case, unless he fails to appear
before said board after having been
duly notified.
Soc. 4. Ind be II further enacted
That no officer in the naval service
shall be promoted to higher grade
therein, upon tho active list, until he
has been examined by board Of ma
val surgeons. and pronounced physic-
ally qualified to perform all his duties
at sea. And all officers whose cases
shall have been acted upon by the
aforesaid boards, and who shall not
have been recommended for promotion
by both of them, shall be placed upon
the retired list. ..... sa''
Sec. 5. And be II further enacted,
That all officers not recommended for
promotion under the fourth section of
an act entitled Z" An act to establish
aud equalize the grades of line off,
GERS Of the United States navy" ap.
proved July sixteen, eighteen hundred
and sixty-two. shall have the right to
present themselves for examination,
according to the provisions of this
act, and if found duly qualified, and
such finding be approved by the Pres.
idcnt of the United States, they shaa
be promoted to the same grade and
place as if they had been recommen-
ded by tho board, and shall receive
the corresponding pay according to
the service which they have perform
ed from the date Of their rank to that
Of their promotion. And no further
promotions shall be made upon the
active list until the number in each
grade is reduced to that provided by
law.
Sec. 6. And be ii further enacted,
That any officer in the naval service,
by and with the advice and consent Of
the Senate. may be advanced. not ex-
ceeding thirty numbers, in his own
grade. for distinguished conduct in
battle, or extraordinary heroism.
Sec. I. And be IL further enacted,
That the President of the United
States shall appoint paymasters of the
heet and engineers of the feet in the
same manner and with the same rank
and pay as feet surgeons and the
retired pay Of surgeons. paymasters,
engineers, and other staff officers in
the navy shall be the same as that of
the retired officers Of the line of the
navy with whom they have relative
rank. F.. ..
Sec. 8. And be IL further enacted,
That oil acts or parts of acts which
are Inconsistent with the provisions
Of this act are hereby repealed.
Approved, April 81, 1864.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-06-09
Children.

Every child born in the United
States makes the nation 90 much the
more respected abroad and powerful
ut home, 90 much moro wealthy and
intelligent, for on the average each
citizen produces more Of wealth than
he consumes. and in some department
or other adds to the accumulating
stock of human wisdom and expert
snce. Now . nation ia but . great
family, and as VIC may best learn
what is good for nation by what is
good for . family, so may We best test
our views of what il bes: for a family,
by what is good for nation.
Children are weak and need support
when the parents are strong to sup
port them, in order that they may be
strong when parents are weak and
unable to protect them, and thus is
made up that bundle Of strength which
a large family ever generates. Each
wisely brought up and we'll educated
child is the best of all investments Of
parents wealth of money. Of affec.
tion and of effort. Happy still is the
man that hath his quiver full Of them.
They are a. arrows in the hands Of
the mighty. i''3
Children keep . man young. He
who mingles only with those older
than himself soon grows old but he
who accustoms himself to mingle
largely and freely with those younger
than be, as surprisingly retains his
youth. 1t is tho remark Of Bulwer.
certainly one of the closest and best
observers of human nature. that it 10 o
good sign for . young man to love the
society Of men who are older than him.
self. and for an old man to love the
company OF those younger. 1t is thus
that youth acquires the experience oi
age |; and that age acquires the vigor,
freshness and elasticity Of youth.
Children have in themselves fund ol
wealth in overflowing affections which
God has given them, which they i'm
part TO eli who come near and have
much to do with them. II they cal
ont the energy Of man and make
him work in the hours OF business
! they relax and refresh him with thei'
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-06-09
Beautify Your Homes.

Our farmers can increase the value
Of their estates. and bring pleasure
and peace to their homes, by more
special attention to the outward adorn.
mcnt of their dwellings by cultiva-
ting . garden, planting orchards Of
the best selected fruit, and trees for
shade, shelter and ornament. about
their farms and along the adjoining
highway. He who plants tree,
thereby gives hostages to life, but he
who cuts one down necdlessly, is a
vandal, and deserves the execration Of
every honest man for all time. Learn
not to value the bearded elm. the
murmming pines and the hemlocks," +"
the stalwart oak, or the beautiful ma
pie, by cubic measure, but by the
height Of the great argument they
force upon us by their presence, their
beauty. and their power. Plant for
to-day, and for your children plant
"for another age" and thereby do a
good Office to the coming generations
Of men. No man but is better for
living in the presence of great trees.
In one Of those most delightful vol
umes of the Spectator, We find q paper,
written by the pure and noble Joseph
Addison, in which are we'll told the
pleasures and profits Of planting "It
must" he says, "be confessed that
this is none Of those turbulent pleas.
ures which are apt to crafty a man
in the heats Of youth but if il be not
50 tumultuous, it is more lasting.
Nothing can be moro delightful than
to entertain ourselves with prospects
of our own making. and to walk under
those shades which our own industry
has raised. Amusements Of this ma
ture compose the mind, and lay at
rest all those passions which are un-
easy to the soul of man, besides
that they naturssIy engender good
thoughts, and dispose VI to laudable
contemplations."
What charming associations linger
about the homes Of the great men Of
our history. whose tastes led them in
to the countryl The grand old trees
at "Monticcllo," at Ashland" at
Sort HILL" at the Hermitage" at
"Sunnyside," at Cooperstown, at
Marshfield, at Mount Vernon, seem to
take upon themselves somewhat Of
"t the voice of the old hospitality"
which graced their presence in the
days that are passed aud tho visitor
now wanders with emotions of awe
and sadness. in paths by copses and
groves and streams, in those quiet re-
treats Of nature, planted and preserv-
ed by the noble souls which loved
them 90 wisely and so we'll. ..r
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-06-09
Yottrv.
THE AMERICAN FLAG.

Hail Standard of the free and bold;
love thy waving gorgeousness,
Which seems, like changing skies, to fold
Thy stars which, fixed, both guide and bless!
They are the emblems true Of States,
Linked fast In league we'll known to fame
Whose souls thy glory emulates
Whose sons shall never read thy shame,
Till, as Pleiad gone from heaven own blue,
A star be lost from thy holy hue.
Float ever. Flag, as when at first,
Our fathers bore thee through the air,
And pledged their lives, while on them burst
Thy glorious stars in splendor there
Ay. pledged their lives and liberty,
While thou their canopy shouldst stand,
To guard, protect, and honor thee
The emblem of our rising land.
Ay float as when each soldier in his tent,
Dreamed that his flag was the armament.
Thou lofty ensign of the free,--
May every land thy glory know; f
And every freeman cling to thee, - ....
While breezes mid thy folds shall flow.
May hand and heart. and hopes, and zeal,
Be ever by thy form inspired;
And should it shake the common veal,
May every soul by thee be fred
Each patriot heart discern amid thy form,
A beacon star in the battle-sto rm.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-06-09

said laws are penal or otherwise, for
the security Of the coin, regulating
and guarding the process Of striking
and coming, for preventing debase-
ment or countcrfeiting, or for any 9TH
er purpose.
Sec. s. and be it further enacted,
That the director of the mint shala
prescribe suitable regulations to i'm
sure due conformity to the required
weights and proportions Of alloy in
the said coins and shall order trials
thereof to be made from time TO timo
by the assaycr Of the mint, whereof
report shall be made in writing to tho
director.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted,
That tho said coins shall be legal
tender in any payment, the one-cent
coin to the amount of ten cents, and
the two-eent coin to the amount Of
twenty cents and il ahall be lawful
to pay out said coins in exchange for
the lawful currency of the United
States, (except cents or half cents Is
sued under former acts Of Congress,
in suitable sums, by the treasurer Of
the mint, and by such other deposita<
ries as the Secretary Of the Treasury
may designate, under general regula~
tions proposed by the director Of the
mint and approved by the Secretary
of the Treasury and the expenses in
cident to such exchange, distribution,
and transmission may be paid out Of
the profits of said coinage and the
nett profits of said coinage, ascertain
ed in like manner as is prescribed in
the second section Of the act to which
this is a supplement, shall be trans
ferred to the Treasury of the United
States.
Sec. S. And be it further enacted,
That If any person or persons shall
make, issue. or pass, or cause to be
made, issued, or passed, any coin, card.
token, or device whatsoever, in metal
or its compounds, intended to pass or
be passed as money for a one-cent
piece or two-cent piece, such person
or persons shall be deemed guilty Of
a misdemeanor, md SHALL Oh convic-
tion thereof, be punished by fine not
exceeding one thousand dollars, and
by imprisonment for term not ex.
ceeding FIVE years. 5
Approved, April %, 1864.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-06-09
Charles City, Iowa, June 8, 1864



We have Just received new visit
or to our sanctum-tbo I'd number
Of the American Artisan" . weekly
journal published at No. 2l2 Broad
way. New York, by Brown, Combs &
Co., and devoted to the interests of ar.
tisans, manufacturers, inventors, pat
entees, ct I'd genss omne Il is quite
. handsome-looking sheet of eight pa
ges, excellent in its Typography, and
srtistically illustrated with original en-
cravings and descriptions of new ma
chinery, etc., both American aud for.
eign. If the publishers fulfill all the
promises set forth In their "Prospcc-
tus," the subscribers of the American
Artisan will find at the end of the
year that the small investment Of 81
has yielded them prodigiously profit.
able return in the shape Of volume of
4l6 pages. containing an immense
quantity of "facts and figures relat.
ing to On almost endless variety of
subjects connected with tho arts and
sciences I; among these We may men,
tion Histories Of famous Inventions
and discoveries-Essays on Scientific
Subjects-Iuteresting Letters from
workiug-msn in all parts Of the World
-Iliustrated Details of Curious and
Ingcnius Mechanical Movements
and the Useful Lessons for Young Ar
Official List of Claims "
of oil Patents issued weekly from the
United States Patent Ofice-Rcports
Of Law Cases relating to Patents !;
the whole forming an Encyclopedias of
General Information on . variety of
topics connected with the Industrial
Arts. the Progress Of Invention, etc.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-06-09

want a straight out traitor. So have
said the Coppcrheads Of Missouri. and
those Of the other States will follow.
Poor little Mack I Cspturer of more
(basswood) guns than any other Gen.
eral in the armyi Victor over Gen.
Pope and the Hutchinson singers !!
Terror Of the Virginia Piccaninnies |
/" But yesterday he might have stood against
the world. 8.
Now none so poor as do him reverence
not even the Copperheads.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-06-09
Oh Teams and Horse Teams

The Massachusetts Plowman has
been makinga comparative estimate
of the value of horses and oxen. We
give the following extracts: ".t
1t 10 generally agreed that horses
travel faster than oxen. and that on
farm destitute Of rocks, consisting Of
plains, q pair Of horses will do more
on the plow and harrow than yoke
Of oxen. Horses will wear longer
than oxen that is. farm horses will
last to work till twenty years old.
but oxen should not be kept half SO
long, though some work till they are
fourteen. But after admitting so
much We may be allowed to say q
word or two il favor Of the practice
of keeping oxen. ~
And first, as to the cost Of tho ami
mails. Oxen of equal weight with tho
horses are bought for one half price.
Oxen are worth something after they
are worn out for work, horses are not
Oxen are not half 30 liable to dis.
ease as horses. An insurer will ask
four fold more for insuriug tho health
of horses than of oxen.
The gearing for horses costs more
BY half than that Of oxen. A wooden
yoke lasts longer than leather har.
ness, and is put on and off in half the
time.
One chain answers for two oxen,
bot two horses must have four. Ok.
en- are more patient than horses. and
will carry . more even yoke. They
start load better than horses, par,
ticularly in q snow path where the
runners stick to the snow.
Oxen can be entrusted with hired
men at less risk than horses. They
are soon taught to draw the plow
and are driven by the plowman with
out any reins.
| In regard to cost Of keeping, there
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fPuBLrc--No. 5O.1

4 i
AN ACT to amend an act entitled
"An act to establish and equalize
the grade of line officers Of the Uni
ted States navy" approved July
18th, 1869.
BE It enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of tie Umited States Of
Anxrica IN Congress assembled, That no
limo officer Of the navy. upon the active
list, below the grade Of commodore,
nor any other naval officer, shall be
promoted to . higher grade, until his
mental. moral. and professional fitness
to perform ell his duties at sea shall
bs established To tho satisfaction OF
. board Of examining officers to be
appointed BY the President of the Uni
ted States. And such board shall have
power to take testimony, the witness
es when present to be sworn by the
president of the board. and to exam
inc ell matters on the files and records
Of the department in relation to any
officer whose case shall be considered
Sec. Q. And be 1t further enacted,
That such examining board shall con-
sist of not less than three officers,
senior in rank to the officer to be ex-
amined.
Sec. 3. And be 1t further enacted,
That any officer to be acted upon by
said board shall have the right to be
present, if be desires it; and his state
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fPuBLIc-No. 53

PUBLIc-No. 90. ..
AN ACT in amendment of an act en-
titled "An act relating to foreign
coins and the coinage Of cents ut
the mint Of the United Statcs," ap-
proved February twenty-one, eigh.
teen hundred and fifty-seven.
BE 1t enacted BY the Senate and House
Of Representatives. Of The United States Of
America TN Congress assembled, That,
from and after the passage Of this act,
the standard weight of the cent coin
ed at the mint of the United States
shall be forty-eight grains, or one-tenth
of one ounce troy and said cent shall
b. composed Of ninety-6ve per cent
um of copper and five per centum Of
tin and zinc, in snch proportions as
shall be determined by the director of
the mint; and there shall be from
time to time struck and coined at the
mint q two-cent piece, Of the same
composition, the standard weight Of
which shall be ninety-six grains, or
one-fifth Of one ounce troy. with no
greater deviation than four grains to
each piece of said cent and two-cent
coins and the shape, notices. and
devices of said coins shall be fixed by
the director Of the mint, with the ap.
proval of the Secretary of the Treasu.
ry; and the laws now in force rela.
ting to the coinage of cents and pro.
viding for the purchase Of material
and prescribing the appropriate duties
Of the officers of the mint and the
Secretary Of the Treasury shall] be
and the same are hereby extended to
the coinage herein provided for.
Sec. q. Aad be IL further enacted,
That all laws now in force relating to
the coins of the United States and the
striking aud coming the same shall.
so far as applicable, be extended to
the coinage herein authorized. whether