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New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1865-06-23
Abstract of the Proceedings
T Of the Board Of Supervisors
of Howard County Iowa.
Mne Session, 1865.

Board met at the Court House Monday
June 5th 1865 o'clock P NJ. and were call
ed to order by the Clerk the Chairman
being absent.
| Roll Called. Present Darrow, VanLeuvcn
Radford, Howe, Seely, Goodrich. Griffin, Pet
tib'ne, and Russell,
| Absent Messrs Brown, Stone, and Fields
Mr.. Howe moved to take from the table
resolution in reference to Bounty to Chas
EJcnnison drafted man from OakDale
township. motion lost.
On motion the Board adjou:ns until 8, 4. N
to morrow
/ Tuesday Junc 9Th 5.
Board met ursrant to adj jou ls6nt.
Roll call and n quorum rmed present.
minutes rea 1 and allIc>td. foun'
| On mott on the credentials of Jane sc
linton wer c received and he was admitted
to seat as member of the Polrd for Vernon
Springs tow nship, in place of G. E. Brown
! iened.
| On motion his name was duly sub stituted
on committees.
The petition of citizens Ct New Oregon
Township and vicinity asking an appropri-
alton of $1,000, to aid in building brid,e
across the Turkey liver on Main Street New
rreson village, was presented by Mr.. Good
rlcG
On motion the pr: yer of the petition was
granted and the clerk instructed to issue
tnat 1..ount in warrants to the town ship
trustees or their order, on condition of their
first filling bond for $4,000, and raising
valid subscription of at least $400,
The resignation of S. w Seely as Cs1nty
Judge of Howard Co. Iowa was then read by
the clerk and accepted bv the Board. On
motion the ;.oard proceeded to appoint his
successor which resulted in the choice of D.
O. Preston, Esqr.
On motion the Board adjourned until one
o'clock P, NJ.
Afternoon Session
Board met pursuant to adjournment. Rol
called and quorum found present.
On molten tbs CLERK was instructed to
credit the Treasurer with some availablel
taxes of 1857 and 1858.
On motion each member of the Board
was made custodian for his township of
copy Of the Adjutant Genl's Report. Petition
of citizens Of Alton to wnship asking that
section 36 tp. 9S Range II be set of from
Alton township, and made part of Howard
township was presented by Mr.. Goodrich.
On motion the prayer of the petitioners was
granted.
L Sheriff Searles presented his resignation
which was read by the Clerk ard accepted.
On motion the Board proceeded to appoint
his successor which resulted in the ckoice for
e. S. Thurber Esqr of Foreston.
On ,nOticn th9 Board adjouned until 8. A.
NJ RI mOrr0yp -:
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2IGHT, BRO. BR UNER.

We copy the annexed extract from
the sprEhtly columns Of the Salisbury
Wutchhan. and rc.echo the sentiment
eNpres$d therein. We have seen the
"cleph;ht" and know that Bro. BRUNER
is corr4 in what he says:
BADUHARACTERs There arc some
men III Ehc Confederacv that would have
Che pedle believe that the execrable
Yankees are the most humane of all the
inhabitI Ints of this earth, or that ever
breathd the free airo( Heaven; that the
portionI Of our country through which
they pIs on their way of robbery and
pundei are comparatively mmolcstcd
and unliSturbcd they never interfere
with ri \ private property or commit the
| least Whence upon citizens Everything
is left as,they frd it, In short, they are
gallant Knights on missions of mercy,
protecting innocence and dispensing Jus
ticc ,hr hghout the land. But few
days ago we received a telegram from
some bpmb.proof about Charlotte, stat
ing tla, Sherman while in Columbia fur.
nshed , guard for the protection of tho
CatholD Convent; and that he was
treating citizens with much lcnicncy.
But tho Convent was burnt, doubtless
by orie, of.Sherman.
We have had quite enough OF this
sort of jlrgon. let the people not be
deceived. Men who attempt thus to Sc.
ducc them into Indifference, are enemies.
They want the people to look upon the
enemy as Il great bcneiactor. But no
intelligent man who has kept posted
upon the barbarous policy Of the enemy
toward our people can be bcprcyailcd upon
to believe the false statement of these
Yankee sympathizers and torres. Every
man should t'm deaf ear to them.
Sherman. is public enemy; that is
enough for us, He is now III our. State
for the purpose of sabinga'ing us. Hc
haa tried hard to purS,lu conciliatory
policy, but his harbaroVs nature. would
not permit him TO exercise such scnti.
Inomts, though they were conceived for
an object as infamous as he is axecrablc
sherman and his minions arc our
country's mortal enemies. Let them
treat those who are base enough to stoop
to them as they please but no one who
has the good of the country's cause Al
heart should expect or desire any thing
at their hands.
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P.R0VISfONS.

We rejoice to see call for meeting
Of citizens of K.ershaw district to con
slider and devise means for the supply Of
families left in destitution, and for a
prompt and eqnable distribution of pro-
visions and resources left to us.
There is in the country enough to
prevent any general or continued pres
sure Of famiue--many who have lost
much, or all, in luxurics and superRui.
ties, havo still supplies in necessariqs,
and many have so far escaped any near
evils of the war.
This is the time to try and prove good
citizenship, and to show out the true
colors of all
The examples and experience of those
who had adopted the plan of boarding
and hiding provisions or materials OF
constant use and demand, have not en-.
couraged others TO adopt that poll =
Even as matter of money and apart
from all considerations of virtue and duty
and patriotism, it is better now to defer
or POSTPONE the claims of mammon but
to distr butte and communicate as each
is permitted by means and opportunl.
ties,
The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1865-03-28
GEN. SLfERMANS TORCE.

We clip the following from a CORES.
pondcncc written to the South CayoHn.
IAN, from Columbia The. writer saws,
iii reference to the force of Gen. SlIER.
MAN, that tho data is got from the care,
lessness Of a drunken General which
copy the fellow left behind
+ "No feld;piecos ovcrtwenty Founders.
Aggregate of Geld pieces, ninety six.
Corps Commanders. = l4lh corps,
jeff. Davis; 18th corps, Logan; lfth
corps, Blair: 2oth corps, Williams :;
right wing, Howard: left wing, Slocun.
:, "20th corps-l0, 900 strongs six four
gun batteries in small ficld.pecos.
"l4th corps 5000 strong; six four
gun batteries.
"l5th corps-l3, 600 strong; sixioir-
gun batteries.
"l7th corps-lo,oo0 strong; six four
gun batteries.
."Each regiment averages $50 men;
each brigade 800 men; each division 3,
600 men; each corps $4,000. The
whole army $4,000.
The correspondent further goes on
and gives the following astounding intel.
ligencc:
Aitcr the troops had entered the town
and stacked arms, three rockets were
thrown up tbe first white, tho second
blue, the itkifd rcd. From the firing
of tho last rocket, u F'URLOUGH
OF THIRTY SIX HOURS WAS
GRANTED, BY ORDER OF THE
COMMANDING yGflENERAL TO
IIIBTR0OPS WITHIN THE CRY
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SUPPLIES FOR LEE'.S IRMY.

The Charlotte Bulletin contains an
account of a meeting held at Iron Sta.
ton, Lincoln county, N. c., for the ,pur.
pose of raising supplies for Gen. LEES
army. The following contributions were
made
In corn, 81 bushels, wheat, 10 bushels
flour 1900 pounds, meal l50 pounds and
. bushels, bacon, jO5 pounds, molasscs
33 GALLONS.
Well done for tho people Of Iron Sta.
ton.
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SHERMAES x.IRclI.


A correspondent writing from Ian.
caster G. II, S. c., to tho Charlotte
Bulletin, of The march Of SHERMAN
through that District gives an interest.
ing account of the devastation caused
by the vandals. As usual, stores were
broken open and pillaged, the negroes,
according to the correspondent, doing
as much iI1 that line as the Yankees.
Three citizens were killed by the ene
my in cold blood One of them, Mr..
HIRAM ADAMS, who resided near Lam
caster, was made prisoner, and because
he could not walk fast enough to suit
their purposes they shot him. Mr..
ABEL BELK, a very worthy man, was
found dead in the woods where he was
trying to conceal himself from the foe,
with every evidence Of having been
drowned or throttled Mr. G.. B..
NoRrnRoP, prominent lawyer of that
place, burned his own gin house on the
approach of the enemy. They then set
fire to his dwelling, burning it with all
of its contents; and q few days after
wards Mr. NoRTuRoP was found dead
III his field near by.
No houses within tie village, with
the exception Of thejail were burned.
After the main body left a squad came
in with orders, it is said, to fire the
place; but before they could put their
designs in exocation, u body Of Wheel.
er's cavalry drove thom away. The
printing office of the Lancaster Lcdgcr
was partially dcstroyed--thc press bro
ken and the type and fixtures scattered
and demolished. The correspondent
says, however, that tho damage to the
Office can be mcasurably repaired, and
that the paper will shortly be published.
From the ,Soath CUoiiaiun we make
the following synopsis III regard to the
enemy at Chcraw. S. c. There were
twenty.six storc.houscs. burned, and
three or four destroyed by the explosion
of powder. All Offices and places OF
business were brokon open and robbed
The bank was converted into a hospital
and the Presbyterian Church into n ball
room on Sunday night. The town was
occupied by the 10th lTth and 20tl
corps Of Sherman's army. There were
only four dwellings burned in the town
The usual amount Of plundermg Was
done.
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fight was again obstinatelyrcnewed and
contested; hut the enemy. sweeping
around our right flank, compelled, in the
course ofthe afternoon, an. abandonment
of the second line and a retreat to the
third. The Federals had been worried
and exhausted, had lost heavily in killed
and wounded, and the bod front presen-
ted at the third line, withits aanlts pro-
tccted by swamps, compelled them to
desist from further operations. The battlo
there ceased. No further attempt was
made to press our columns, and our
march to concentrate has since been
,mimpcded.
The losses Of tho enemy, reported by
their prisoners, of whom q few were
taken, are from $500 to $500. Our
own will not exceed five hundred
DAILY Cdroliaiaa,
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'WTN.N M !S.BORO.
TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH IS, 1855.
70 TIE SUBSCRIBERS or TIE
DAILY NEWS n

DAILY NEWS (.
The march of the Yankee army
through THIS section of country having
destroyed al mail communication with
other points, we have been compelled TO
suspend the publication. OF the DAILY
News, and until daily mail facilities are
again established, The DAILY News will
not be published. KS soon, however,
as wc are rnt IL aatty communication
with other points, the News will be re-.
smed.
Nm tho meantime, knowing the anx.
iety of the reading public to learn the
latest intelligence from our armies and
elsewhere, we arc publshmga q tri-wecli.
~ paper for the purpose of affording an
opportunity to those who desire it, to
procure the latest news.
AS TIE DAILY News, THE TRr.
WEEKLY News and TIE FAIRFIELD
COURIER, arc separate and distinct pub.
lcations, we have word to say to those
trends who have subscribed for The
DAILY News. Under oTisting circum-
stances 1t cannot be expected that we
will supply our tri,wcolly issue i'll place
ofthe DAILY News, at dolly terms, viz:
Sl2 for three months hence, we have
beencompellcd, in sei.dcfence, to charge
Sl.o0 per copy for the l-WEEHLY
NEWS, in order, as we have no mail out,
let, to make expenses.
To the subscribers of the DAILY
News, however, VIC offer this arrange
ment. We will supply TIE TRr-NVEEK.
LY News to. them at tts terms, until the
money they have paid for the DAILY
News runs out; or they can purchase
from our carriers, or at 'our Office, our
tfl.wcekly Issue, at $l.00 per copy, and
leave their subscriptions to the DAILY
stand as i is, when. as soon as the
paper is again resumed, they will receive
it for the fill time for which they have
paid-nomclH, three months.
To any desiring to make this arrange.
ment, by calling at Our Office, we will
make the transfer Of their subscription
from the DAILY 70 the TgI- WEEKLY.
This is about as fair an arrangement
as we could posslbly offer, and we think
our patrons will appreciate the effort we
are making to supply them with news,
and sympathizc with us in the difficulty
i'll which an mmcrciless foe has thrown
lis, as well as the great drawback they
have cntailed upon our efforts to success
fully establish paper in Wimsboro
The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1865-03-28
NAPOLEON AND TIE CONFEDE
ITY

We sec it stated that reliable citi.
zen OF Augusta reports that Mayor Mac.
beth, Of Charleston, says the French
Consul assured him he had adviccs from
the Emperor Napoleon to the effect that
he would assert the independence of the
Conledcracy on the 4th of March, and
if necessary, support the declaration with
arrncd Intervention.
Frenth vessels are rcndezvousing at
convenient points on the Atlantic coast
and the Gulf of Mexico.
We learn thai FIX Governor Bonham
has been appointed Brigadier.General,
and placed in command Of all of the
South Carolina Regular Troops Green.
mile (S C) Patriot
-Four "rebelDhotel burners have been
arrestedin New York. l'be Lake Eric
man, Bel, is said to be one.
The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1865-03-28

and with this furlough commenced
scenes as barbarous as have every dis.
graced the annals of modern history,
whether in Spain, or Poland, or among
the wild tribes Of our own continent.
The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1865-03-28
". =. C1RLLSLE. ESQ.

Many friends ofW, B. CARLISLE, ESQ,
in this town of his birth aud district of
his boyhood and early associations and
training, will be pleased to learn, on the
best authority, that he is tolcrably well
and improving in health, and as cheerful
and hopeful in opinion and sentiments
as could be desired or expected.
He, perhaps for some time, may be a
floating member of the press but we
hope not an idle member or representa-.
tive ot the great estate of journalism,
which is but besinnmS'to receive its just
appreciation in this war.
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RUNoRs AND sEvsA troy REpoRrs

AT no time since the war opened
have the considerations inducing and en-
joining prudent reserve and- discretion,
as to editorial uttcrancc, been more ulr.
gently emphatic than at present.
The utmost care and attention should
be devoted to sitting ont rumors and TO
prevent The endorsement and publication
Of false reports many reports sub.
stantiallY true may be Of character
and tendency requiring only prompt
communication to the nearest Magis
trate or officer but not publication.
Without intending any dictation or
instruction, wo beg all friends ana
readers, and especially all editors and
caterers for the press, 70 think well of
this matter and in dotlbtSal cases TO give
the benefit Of tile doubt not to notoriety
or sensation but to prudence and pa.
triotic"discrction.
The Richmond Depetcb, Of the 18th
inst, says that "tho enlistment of ne.
groqs III Richmond goes brayely on ss
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taken, are from 3,500 to o,SOU. Our
own will not exceed five hundred
Duly Caroliaiaa
THE BATTLE NEAR AVERASBORO.
This turas out to have been an affair
of much more magnitude and Importance
than was at first supposed. We have
not been able to obtain any entirely re-
liable account of it, but will give such
information as we thrk probably the
nearest to correctness.
We have conversed with several
wounded and other soldiers engaged i'll
the fight, and they all agree that it was
desperate one, Most OF them think
our entire loss was about 1000, while
they say that of the enemy must have
been 1000 or 5000. A gentleman just
from Weldon on Saturday last, informs
us that he saw an ollicial. dispatch from
General Johnston which placed our loss
at $50, and the supposed loss of the enc,
my at 5, 200.
The following is what we think prob
ably approaching true account, thongh
among so many rumors we cannot
vouch for the absolute truth of any:
1t seems that the fight commenced
about noon on Wednesday, the 18th,
and continued briskly until night. Con
siderable skirmishing was carried on all
night, and Thursday morning the battle
commenced furiouly, and ragged the
whole day. Gen. T[ardee, with about
n half corps, WAS entrenchcd between
Black creek and Cape Fear river, at no
great distance iron, the confluence of
thcsc two streams, but at a point higher
up tlnn that at which the enemy crossed
the former stream. Here he was attack.
cd by two corps of Shcrma's veterans,
and our works were charged three sew
eral times, and each charge was rapnl-
sed with immense slaughter. We do
not understand the position of General
Bragg, but We are informed that his
troops were driven back, which made it
nc, nS."''', ~ lIarlco to fail back to pre-:
vent being hamked He had to aban-
don two guns, the horses belonging TO
them being all, or nearly all, killed, so
that he was unable to bring them of.
Progress.
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a FMTMruL NEGRo.-Wc learn
that on Tuesday last some struggling
cavnlrymcn went to the honsc OF Mr..
Hardy Britt, an old and highly respecta,
bic citizen Of this county, and asked for
food, with which, they were supplied,
and th6y then made Off but seeing
negro boy, belonging to Mr. b., plough.
ing a very fine horse in u field near by,
two of the numbers poorly mounted,
Jagged behind then rode mp TO tho boy
and ordered linn to ungear tho horse, as
they had come for him. The boy com.
piled, but managed to get hold ola stout
switcn while ungcaring, and as he threw
pack tho gear he suddenly sprang with
his breast across the horses back, at the
same instant plying his switch, and away
he went, recovering an upright position
rs ho fed. The cavalrymcn gave chase,
but with their sorry nags it was no use.
Reaching the fence horse and negro
lcapcd it and soon were ont of sight of
the pursncr$ The negro did not rctmn
until Friday night. Tic says he thought
INC tWo men were anEccS ana ne lau
no idea of letting either himself or horse
fall into their h;gls if he could help it,
and he stayed away tlrce days in order
to prevent a, capture by too. early re-
turn. He is a shrowd and a faithful
servant. - Raleigh Provess.
WHAT FoRREsF CLAIMS TO HAVE
DoNE. Cairo, March 3, 1865 The
Jackson Miss papers otthc 18th nit,
contain IA address ofthe rebel Gen. For.
rest teshis troops, re-contlng the result
of1iis operations during the past year
Slie says they have fogghttfifty battles,
KILLED and captured 10000 ofthe enemy,
captured 1000 horses and mules, CT
pieces Of artillery, 1f transports; 20.
barges, 300swagons, 5oambuances, los
stand otarnfs, 40 blockhouses, destroyed
36railroad bridges, 1000 miles of rail,
road, 6 locomotives, aud 100 cars
amounting to sl5, 100000 Of proper.
ty.
In accomplishing this he admits they
We're occasionally sustained by other
troops, but says thtir regular Number
ncver,exceedcd 5000. 1000 had,bcc,
killed OF wounded and Z, 900 taken pris.
oncrs. IL " 3F
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-08-16
gailg empire.
shOddy at Long branch.

A correspondent Of the New York Times
writing from Long Branch relates the follow
ing | was greatly amused at dinner, BY an
exhibition of the peculiarities of a Shoddy
family. That the hotel register showed the
name Of Shoddy in connection with this group,
| do not assert scorn registers. That the
head Of that family was entitled, bv divine
right, to the name of Cecias T. Shoddy, do
assert He was well enough shoveled his
food into his mouth with his knife. it ia true,
but so does many an honest man. Mrs
Shoddy was resplendent with diamonds, and
her stubby red fingers gittered with many
colored jewels; aud she fat and not fair, and
past forty But with neither of these was /
"wrapt up" 1t was with that boy" Be.
tween the parents he sat, directly opposite
me at the table, and if concealed with my
napkin the visible struggle that went on with.
in me, / trust no one observed it. He was a
feeble urehin with watery white eyes and a
freckeled face, who ate his food with the vo-
racty of a starved spaniel, and blinked con
tinually like toad in the rainy storm. He
gobbled he gnRwed and he was clawed His
fingers were alternately in everything within
his reach, including bis hair, his coffee and
his plate He scorned knives md forks or
when he did use them it was with energy of
despair he would seize bit of frieassed
chicken in both hands, and as he removed the
edible portion with his teeth, he tossed the re-
jected parts over his shoulder upon the floor.
he got butter on his coat sleeve and he
wiped it off on his pantaoons he spilled
everything within his reach he thrust his
hand behind him to grab the waters by the
coat and give orders; and when anything
was broupht him he woud scratch his head
thoughtfully and stare at it while collecting
his energies for the attack. He had an eye
for everything on the table; and the dessert
completely nonplussed him. "Mar, what 8
that p he cried, as a gsily colored blanc
Dsange greeted his astonished vision. "ThatA
puddiu," Mar made answer, and "gue a lot"
the young hopeful responded Only when
appealed to, however, did Mrs Shoddy OBJ
serve her child so also, Mr.. Shoody. The
parental inconsistencies of that child was
some almost sublime He might have stood
on his head, / think, and they would not
have wavered.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-08-16
A slight Mistake.

Some men make fortunes by dint of ener-
getic perseverance, and economy, some become
wealthy by inheritance, while others marry
rich. The latter is decidedly preferable to
some, when the lady is amiabIe, pretty and
intellectual So thought the young man
whose success, or want of success, in this line
we chronicle.
During the course Of the war, a citizen of
Delaware saw and admired a damsel who
had left the South, alienated from her father 8
roof on account of her "Union senti.
ments," as she stated. said father being a
wealthy resident Of Staunton. He sympa-
thized with her in her exile for opinions
sake, and, With the attraction of money ahead,
courted and married her
The war having ceased, few days since
he arrived in Staunton and repaired to the
parental domicil, to make himself known as
the son.in.law, and to get share OF his
fathers wealth (his right in hand
Reader, we leave you TO imagine his cha
grin, when he was informed that instead OF
being the son-in-lsw, his wife was of negro
extraction, aud had only been the former
servant OF the gentleman, and that his expe-
riment in the marrying line had resulted in
practical miscegenation instead of fortune
He left these parts suddenly, sadder, but
doubtless a wiser man.-Staunton Pindi.
Gator
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-08-16
There's logic for You,

Because the Statesman is opposed to taxing
the people of Ohio in order that General Cox,
II he should be elected, may have an oppor-
tunity Of experimenting with his visionary
colonization scheme, the Dayton Journal
declares that "tbe logic Of the thing is that
the Statesman wants slavery restored for the
benefit Of the Democratic party"
The New York Tribune, the Chicago Re-
publican, the Cincinnati Gazette, the Cincin-
natl Commercial, and nearly the entire
Abolition press of the State, oppose General
Cox's colonization scheme. What is the
"logic Of the thing" in their case2 Do they,
too, want slavery restored for the benefit of
the Democratic partyH'-Statesmaa