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The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-12-20
McGREGOR, IOWA, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 90 1865
A wayfaring NJ an.

Wayfaring Man.
A venerable friend Of this city, favors IL
with q sketch OF trip from Detroit to Lake
Superior. 1t is exceedingly we'll written, bu
and here pardon US, respected editor Of six OF
seven different journals-it is too long for the
few columns we have at command Editors
you are aware, are compelled sometimes to
waive their own tastes to obliga necessity
at all events they "must command the situa
tion," whether correspondents are suited or
not.
After stating that the steamer Illinois, Capt
Frazer, left Detroit 1t P. NJ, (without d,tc)
our writer describes, in glowing colors, the
beauties of the Huron and its islands. wildncss
Of the scenery. the meeting other vessels, the
excitement Of the voyage, the Illinois enters
Ste Marie, and he thus peno-graphs:
"River Ste Marie 7 Oh, the rocks and nnu.
merabls islands, with glimpses of blue waters
sparkling between AiIittle, SOLITARY, ,dismantlsd
cabin on shore, and three schooners bearing
down before the breeze. Now we enter a
narrow channel and sweep onward, close to the
rocks that in some places nearly chokc up the
river which again expands with spacious bays
and rocky promntsries on either. hand. Are
there many worshipoers at the shrine Of the
Omnipotent who do homage here ! This is
the Poetry Of Nature and of God how few
seem to read it. "Poetry n'-some one asks
"What is Poetry - What is it7 That, what.
soever it be, which, iimpe esscs the feelings with
images of beauty or of power. No Then tell
me. We quibblers and sophist., what it is. There
is poetry in the sunshine, poetry in the storm,
poetry in the song of birds, in the crashing
thunder, in the little flower of the wilderness,
in the forest tree which has braved the wreck
of centuries, and verify there is poetry here, in
the wild and solitary Ste Mare. The eye Of
genius reads it everywhere"
Well, the writer proceeds to describe in the
same lively and poetic vein, the lake, the riv
ers, the villages, the islands the cabins Of SET
tiers, the huts and tents of Indians and fisher
much length to the voyage. We close with a
neat little epitaph, by our correspondent, on the
person of . compostor in the printing office of
which he once had editorial charge. The COM
positor either believed, or affected to believe,
that his slime would shortly come land he desired
the consolation of epitaphcal rhyme the fol-
owing impromptu was handed Mr.. Spry, the
compositor aforesaid
s'Pause, gentle stranger passing by.
Here lie the bones OF Edward Spry,
Raised from .'devil' to printer, .f
II IL IL ! IL. -, ..,,tar
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1865-01-05
SCHEDULE B,
suRtsCrs TAXED WITHOUT BEING LISTED.

SUBJECTS TAXED WITHOUT BEING LIsTsD
ny Circus riders, exhibitions of animals, &c 500 Tor
each county Side she $50 each county CD stage
and theatrical plaJers &C. except amateur sP5 for
each county a. Every insurance company incorporated
ous of the State three per cent upon its gross recelp
aSsFy s9syyy pVae
foreign banBer or broker &c twenty per cent upon
gross eoeips The same on Railroad Expresses Both
exempt from county taxes Every pao0 eateie or
roulette table $500 ~ Every pubc bowling alley SGo.
[9l Every public bowling alley $780, III Every PUBIC
Very s Ge or pace Where are kept for
[Ill Retail license $1,000. Each retailer. in addton 10
list and pay as provided Schedule A. [l2l Every noa-
resident purchases any slave, pork, bacon or
spiriuous liquors. shall mmediately become liable to pay
tax shall forfeit pa5 $1,000 [3l Nonresidens to
cent the amount of each slave hlon8n nto me
State sold TAI All persons buying selng slaves 10
be considered residents until contrary shown
[6 S. per pack playing carde sold ll6l 0n fses Oh
vehicles uacured out Of the Sa'e two and na PsI
cent 7) On auctoneers dve per cent on gross amount
of sales same be subject to county tax Sales
by tinerant traders residents ten per Cent
(8) On Uarchan;s, chant taorj J3Waers, eroceIs
apotLecaries druggss 30, per cent on amount OF
purchases where soeh purchases are not
(19) every male manutnc Of garments for mses
five Per prCfs. (20) On patent MEDICINES ana
ruins twenty five Cent on amount OF E.les w
Horse and drCVeIs I've per cet am)ont OF safes
cay On and jack belonging to nonresidents $780, or
the highest Price for the season ioF on mare (lol
la 5000 (24) I1LeTant lightning rod men, or
dealers in spuous liquors taxed as pedlArs. I?s) ~
81 s. or:uaeteCrs, &C $50 for eAch c0Ga y (36) eer
sons arriving at taxable alter July lst may pay lax
to sheriff
81 Mortgage deed, marriage contract deod IN trust, 81
each. kvefg broker resident, ten per cent, on al
drawn in specie exchange from any bank, 10 De
tor by the cashier of such bank On eecn share
of bank stock follows Bank Washington Is cents,
Me chante Bank, Is Bank c Wad sboro ia cts
BaLk Of ettevh!e lG3 cents Commercial bana 20 c
Farmers Bank 20 Bans of North Carolina so cents
Bank OF Lexington, Miner and Pa tiers Bank Bank OF
Commerce and Bark of Clarendon as Bank Of Cape
Fear and Bal OF Wmogton 81 Bank of Charlotte
ia cenfs Bank of u Bank of Thomas
vile * cents and Back OF Ro4borough 45 cents
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1865-01-05

IT Is it is surprising, to mark the dill
ference between the spirit displayed by our soldiers and
the grumbIing and responding too common among cur
citizens at home, although rule the latter have su
.fered little nothing in comparison with the former
1t can do no harm for Us to say that among tie
troops that have been with u.s. and with whom we have
met lately, H6kes division has held prominent place.
Many of the men and officers of this gallant division
from this section, nnd with many ct them we are
personally acquainted II in their ranks there be any
alterng falling we have yet to see the first evidence
of it, They have no idea Of being subugated by the
enemy-they never dream of such thing. They scout
the idea of submission.
While these brave men bear their tolls their dangers
and prTations manuiy it is surely wrong for those
at home who comparatively uuharmed, TO dePress
them by complaaings, forebodings and desPair ga
They have no right to do So Their conduct in doing
SO is epeces of moral treason of which they ought to
be ashamed.
TIE same feeling to which We have alluded az per
vading Hokes Division also characterize cur gallant
soldiers at the Forte. Oae would have thought that
after the tremendous bombardment of Christmas eve,
Christmas day. and the day after, they would have bad
qaite enough Of it, and perhaps they had for comfort
but their surprise was that the affair was over
that the enemy was so soon repused-that in fact
they had cot been called upon to do more in order to
beat him C It will come out after while how much
be did suf.r.
The moral of all this is Let us keep up our own
spirit aud rot depEcss the spirit Of soldiers No
good can come Of dependency. As long as the sPird
of the people remains unbroken, go long s the
eate. When the spirit fails, ali fails.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1865-01-05
puo, y,E TK.Ns-mIssrssIpPt.

The lire of couriers from Prices army in Arkansas
has been re-established.
Ooe of our trains in attempting to croes the Missis-
sippi hes been captured
Gen. Price was at Cane HIM. Washington County
Arkansas, Dec. 3.
General Price has organized the recruits brought out
of Missouri by him into five new brigadea. General
Joe Kelly and General John B. Clark, Jr, have each
a dvision. General JEFF. Thompson commands Kelly
brigade Colonel John T. Coffee has recruited reg-
ment one thousand eight hundred strotg On the 18th
of November, General Price issuing ratIons to
thirt y-three thousand His expedition into Mis-
souri, completely successful bis orders per-
tied it to be. He has The largest corps In the
Confederate army, and every man Missourian. Gen.
Pagan, whom he detached for that purpose, captured
Fayetteville with its garrison OF eight hundred men
Oh the 4th OF November.
In late fight Geus. Marmaduke and Cabell have
been captured the latter was wounded in his arm.
OoIs. La~ther Shanks ard Smith were also captured
Price lost some eight hundred men and few cannon.
He afterwards captured two carmen.
Prices army = i'll go into winter quarters On Red
river
There is large number Of arms in Texas.
Notwithstanding General Kirby Smiths orders,
tousands Of De beef cattle daily into Mexico
by PERSONS pretending to have Government contracts to
furnish the soldiers with beef They have the cattle
the river during the dsy, and at night cross hun
lreds into MEXICO and even Nj xcsns from
Mexico and gather bee and th> for spec
Mat iOG.
General Sand Wae, ct mmardng our Indian
roof8 10 he Trans Mississippi Department, has fully
clothed and armed all bis and is in the vicinity Of
Fort Smith, attacking and destroying Y ankee wagon
trains.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1865-01-05
Conc TO tho Yankees,

IN strict conformity TO the laws Of gravitaon tee
graph OPERATOR named Bauer has, fed from this city 10
Yankeedo. BE arrived il Grants Inca last Saturday, and
subjected TO a examination by UIysaes
Whether is something In the influence CT Yankee
atmosphere departure from truth, or Thefuer
Baker had found his level philosophers may
determine but the Yankee papers say that the fusacous
Baker stated, under cath, that intelligence Of the fail OF
Savannah aud the e.ntaTe the entire force-l3 coo in
numbeT-commarded By General Rardee. had reached
Richmond a eT hours before ne made hl5 escape.
There was report prevailing stths same time to the
tEit Fort Fisher, commanding the entrance TO WI"
mngtor, had also fallen through combined attack by
Haj0r General Butler ana Rear forces, but
this could not be traced 10 any reliable source.
TIE eprs Of the citizens of Richmond he describes
il very much depressed state and it with difficulty
that authorities could exercise irL0eGce haeV
press acd citizens such the rantlc mani es
tations Of contempt tbs action OF the Rebal Govern
ment.
We will state by way Of explanation, that Baker is g
Yankee by birth and Iost1cs, regrets his depaT-
ture.
We cut the above from the Richmond Wing of the
Doth uIt. We are not at all surprised at Bakers con
duct bnt We are surprised at his being trusted in the
confidential position of operator in the Richmond Of
fee, after his former escapades which proved his dis
honesty and treachery DR.. Morris the President (se
eIectetl of the telegraph company has much to answer
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1865-01-05
Perfectly True.

The Editor Of the Countryman, most excellent and
remarkably plan.sp0ken weekly paper, published by
J. A Turner, at bis plantation o." Turnwold', near
Eatonton Ga, in recent editorial article says -
Whatever might be the c1se in ordinary peace times
there is no difference, now, between constant syse
matte opposition to all the of the 0dminstra
ton, Rithout ever finding anything to commend, az
opposition to the government ITSELF By the success Of
our admins tration we are to stand & fall And he
who wiliug wanorly ard constantly throws obstacles
IN tie way of that success to all nteots and purposes
as much our enemy Is abraham Lincoln himself. And
not only so-he who bends al his energies to denun
citation OF the confederate administration, now, under
pretGnce mat the administration very different thing
from the government, will as certainly take open
anu unequivcca stand, in favor Of Lincoln finally
BAYLOR did, or as the SUI shines i'll the heavens"
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1865-01-05

The Cork Herald reports that within the last week there
four at IeeGstOwn bound cut. to
South American bloCka The Secret, 3G0 tons Capt
erkly had put il through stress of weather pro-
ceeded her voyage Nassau, SUNDAY. The Susan
Brre 100 ions Capt. Grcundow which had put IN
paifs awaits favorable weather TO proceed. The hand
some steamer Emile t63 tons, from glasgow, arrived at
OueenstCun Monday morning TO fill up Goals. When
she coaed and the weather suits she i'll start fer Mas
By the way blockade running ought to be pleasant
to those find Ct its be2lthiu excitement We learn
that The steamers that got here just ae@ the lombard
:ent approached the coast when it at lis hight,
and the people en- board Of .hem heard the guns boom
ing away out Ut possibly beyond that great ocean
stream" the Gulf stream Some of them were chased
and had TO of, and, as they suspected what was
aioot they naturally felt some uneasuess to whe:her
they should ever be able again 10 into their ae
customed haven 1t did not require the crews board
these vessels to be strong Con eerate ynpatbizere to
render hc8 anxious for the fate of Fort Fisher or
glad to find the Confederate Gag still waving its
battencnts.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1865-01-05
From Ele Flofiiian.


Whilst coDce,lag the fact that this branch Of the
service has done much good ard that it numbers many
honest brave soldiers among its members, jet we are
constrained to aaI hat il Ouebait the evil reports We
have heard about item lately he true, there large,
bere OF Il en- that doing 10 destroy the
attachment Ct the people OF Georgia 20 our cause and
weaken the strength Of the army, than sill else that can
be accomplished by cur ecemiea IN the field. From
what we hacu the people have been ndlscriminateig
rCbbsd by them wherever they have passtd-nnt oulY
that but adi(s have been grossly in5ued aud abus.
have ched such alarming proportions that they have
awakened the indignation OF both the civil ami military
authorities III sister Stale.
We rejoice to see that stringent measures have been
taken to check their Vandai prOpensitee, and at the
same time rid Our army OF lis fCulest disgrace Gov
Brown haa Issued his proclamation ord ring them be
slain wherever found committing Outrages, and Gen
Dick Taylor has promised that, ii plain cases. where
the proof of the robbery is satisfactory and the parties
can be identified he viii order them shot "a soon 20
they can be apprehended and the facts established We
hope every one of the guilty wretches will meet with
his just deserts. 1t is bad enough 10 be despoed by
the common enemy, but when it to this that the
people are robbed and outraged by own soidery,
we think depth Of lnfamy has been reached that has
no parallel and punishment be too severe for
the recreant Rretches.
AS to Gen. Wheeler's personal character, we have
assurance that he is perfect gentleman, and is the last
man on earth that would encourage sanction such
nfc nous proceedings and to generaIship, we have
but words of praise to utter in his behalf. Thus far
he has done nearly all tie fighting against Sherman
grand army, and re feel certain, that be and his
rusty braves not blame for the Of waQ0ness
and high handed Viiany perpetrated by the recreant
set of vagabonds who unfortunately belong to his com.
mand.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1865-01-05

FIREThs alarm Of ire last evening about eight O'CLOCK
was caused By the burning of large wooden building
situated the river IN the Northern portion of town
In the building stored large quantity OF rosnabou
$500 1000 barreg-whch oe ether with the wharf
which tic building stood, entirely consumed. The
building and contents were owned by Messrs. VAHAM
RrNeE Co.. whose loss in Confederate money will reacl
about 500 O0O. The fire doubt the work of ia
oaDdiary. The fremen promptly the spot will
the engines and at work trying TO subdue the
fanes.
Messrs J. h CHADBoURN & Co. suffered some oss by the
burning of timber in the dock next sorth Of where
the fire oEiginated.-Daily Journal, Sd.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1865-01-05

| a CoNNALLYs BRIGADE.--We learn tbat his b igade,
composed OF the BIB Regim. and Li'tlejahns Bat
TALON OF Senior Reserves the Sd Regiment of Junior
R. consisting OF R7ee2s French's and Ellington g
Battal ns together with the Dad r giment South Caro-.
lima Cavalry, and light artillery all under The
command Of Colonel ConaIIy acting Brig adier, were
charged with the srduous duty of guarding the coast
from the Foft to Mason boro' and OF supporting
Fort Fisher Sugar Loaf in case of an attack uDon
either Ibis arduous duty they performed until the ar
rival of General Kirkland they being ercamped and
having their headquarters at point convenient to sup
port any menaccd point. On Saturday We believe HE
Juniors were ordered into Fisher the Senors occu-
pied The lines Sugar Loaf which pceiticLs they held
until the decentralization Ct the enemy. The prompti-
tude of the in obeying all orderatheir patience
the endurance Of fatigue and pvation and their gene
raj qualities soldiers were worthy of oil praise. Al!
though tie enemy threw shells into Sugar Leaf as well
into Fisher, yet did the men, not guard sleep as
sOundy and quietly the second night of the she'll
ing as though resting trarquiIy at home, spch had
been their fatgues for days before.
OF the Juniors ordered TO Fort Fisher, come were
put into the bombproos end scme were ordered to an
other point OF these latter something like one bun
dred and fifty under command of Major Reece were cor
rendered to Ga plain aDd five men, who demanded The
surrender informing the Major that he surrounded
and that resistance useless. 1t. Hamhlin as we
learn, refused to surrender and walked off, and come
twelve men With him. The enemy had no force to stop
them. They had GO force to compel q surrender. It
was transparent CELL which ought not to have de-
ceived Major Reece anybody else, but apparently it
did. No one suspects treacbery, that we know of.
The reserves showed themselves ready and willing TO
do anything that might be required of them, and
if they were not closely engaged with the enemy
not that they shraDk from their duty, but from the
fact that taere really serious encounter with the
enemys land forces aud that the positions they held
we're not attacked.
1t may be well to say here, that it turns out that
there mistake in TIE in ormation regarding an
assault Or assaults said to have been made on Fort
Fisher. The enemy's skirmish lire approached within
lorg inusket range of tie Fort, but attempt was
made at stcFming.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1865-01-05

sUPREHE CoURT.-Opinions delivered in the follow
ing cases:
By PEARSON, c. J. In Patrick D. Carr, in equity,
from Greene demurrer sustained bill dismissed 10
Coley a. Balance, in equity from Wayne, directing de
cree accordingly. liz Jones U. Clark equity, IRON
Edgecombe error-order reversed
By BATTLE, j. Ia >Wocd's case (tobeas corPns) Or
der reversed petitioner discharged. Ia e. H Clark
case same. 10 Branch o. Godiin, from Halifax,
Judgment reversed and Judgment here for plaintiff In
Herring o. Kornegay, in equity, from Wayne; decree
for an account In Jenkins %. Faulcon il equity,
from Halifax, demurrer sustained and bill dismissed
By MANLEY, J.. In Lane U. Lane, in equity, from
New Hanover declaring the rights of the parties In
j. Case,s case remandng the petitioner to the cuso
Casey's case the same. IL Coxs case, judgment af.
frmed-petitoner to remain in the custody of the off,
GER
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1865-01-05

" Savannah Refus (supposed to be J. Heny Smith
for few weeks past editor of the Savannah Newa) tng
in recent number of the Charleston Courier delivers
bitter diabe against the President ard all In whom the
President is supposed to havs any 6deDce The whole
thirg n the style Of Joseph and others that
State who have done much to break tie spirit ofhe
people and ALLEVIATE them rcH the Confederate govern
and the COEfed eTat3
We confess that did attach any great imp oau
this efusioD, ard it long, did not read it
through. We told that 1t makes onslaught upon
Gen. Bragg charging him with dscsiVng the people of the
State By elegraphing that lie coming with reinforce.
mepts Of ten thousand whereas Gen. Bragg neoe4'
eIsgraphed anything Of the kind He br ught reinforce
ments-a he could geeven to the po1t of stripping
Wok here and he begged ard imporured for from
Richmond That IL ey did not cone no; his fault.
We mey here mention circumstance which dHy
voucb for far say that Rave 1t from highly
spectacle source. 1t IS tbs THE enemy had reached
Waynesboro', Gas on the Railroad between Milien and
Augusta aud had get possession of the Telegraph oi@.
They Immediately put operator to work teegrapLcg to
Augusta though from General Wheeler. Our operator
at Augusta Immediately suspected that something was
wrong; know each others touch euppose.-
He communicated his suspicious, but answered the cali
of Waynesboro though suspectpg nothing. Some
respondeuce ensued in the Of which dispatch
seut augusta Wheeler g. e., the Yankees Way
Iesb7ro) hald for day and Gen. Bragg would come
with thousand Infantry and two brgaaes Of Haptons
cavalry. The enemy instead Of foong body fool
| ed himself and swerved eff from Augusta.
As have said cannot vosch for this. We give 1t
as au dit bat If it tbe only time that Gen. Bragg
ever aad he coming with thousand infantry snt
th9 enemy th6 only party that deceived. Shall
complain of that d?
We sick and tired of this uEiost grumbling WITHOUT
rhyme We hiak leaders conscientious
~ devoted the discharge of their duty Their lot not,
generally speaking, ervtabe one. Generals Lee,
BeaGregard, Bragg, the President and many others
among the heaviest loosers aud many Of them extes
from their homes. And why ehould th3y be chqued
| against ? II is wrorg-it is worse than wrong.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1865-01-05

Ii is matter of some doubt whether Sherman will
make his first movement against Augusta or Branch
Vile Either point would answer his purpose of sever
ing the railroad connection between the Southern ard
Southwestern States of the Confederacy. At One or
another Of these points he will most assurediy aim an
early blow. Either if successful would be deeply in
furious to the Conederacy. We think it quite likely
that Augusta will be the first point against which Sher
man will direct the weight of his Indeed it
even said day or two since that he had advanced a
certain distance on bis way to Augusta, but this ap-
pears to have been at least premature
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1865-01-05
Look out for sp;ssi
KNOXVILLE, 8. O., De-

= NUN T41-L-r3 O'1 41eN' 4OOf'
take thia method of notifying the people of this
State that there spies among actively engaged.
10 day nau in soldiers garb and On horseback came
from to"a I'd Chester calling at the houses of two cit
in th is vicinity using very insulting language to
the ladies' at each place. and speaking alternately in IA
yor OF both ankles and Conederates. At one of
those places he very deliberately alghted went into the
house, went to the glass; combed, brushed and shaved
went round and took special survey of the premises
mInatey examining the sign boards by and then
LETT, bearing up tn country towards Spartanburg.
De was OF Irish x.racon TALL black har3d and shah
billy dressed ECAt ier costume, and carried
Woud it not be yell for people to exercise the ut
most vigilance Il each family be provided with FIRE arms
and arrest shoe every suspicious character who be
T. W, SMITH,