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AHERIFFS SALE

~ HILItIF > Oh LE
n .s. srATE OF Iowa, Lss Aousrr-ss.
hy the Clerk u the District Court of sald j pty II
"i .hNioit- u sullivan assignee OF VI s,i,s ,
sgainst ID W. Ford. have ieriea mn, .,, & aua
sell 10 the highest bidder at the front ar r ~
ss @ - .ns District Court Of Lee couaty owa at Ke,
49, - .fa eouhty. on the s5ti day Arm A. d
100. "es"een the hours Of o'clock M &nf reisr
- eoimencfng at O'clock p. NJ or sasi sar the feI
o@ihS property to.wit he northeast quarter ~ n
quarter - OF section nine 90 In town.bin s ,
west, ia Lee county, Iowa ~ i""se .
satisfy said writ Of execution ~ - court 20
Printers Zee 81 COL ISRAEL axnvpco~,
as" - o. Sheriff of Lee Co, Iowa
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kUR SALE-Two fine B.r.roo,, =,
: saloon counters for sale. VIII he sold chesn rn.
auFe n nch25-ditl GEORf,g s.fug,.
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BsArs LEAVING TOPAZ.

Jesnnlr Deans. Afford, St. Louis
davenport, Parker, Davenport
WtaecsdA, Iriplett. Quincy.
ARRIVALS YESTERDAY
Jeannie Deans. Afford ST Louis
Chssrer Mitchell. 81. Louis
Wsaconda, Trpleit, QtDcy
DEPARTURES YESTERDAY.
Lncy B~rtrsm, proia-ki, St Louis.
Cheaser, Mitchell, pueu Iue.
The river il . stand. The weather YESTERDAY was
clear bat for the most part Of The day wind was
and the duss quite lively.
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l. five six with comfortable house and stable
good fence, and the richest SOIL near the city
An industrious get il for year or longer en-
the most favorable terms. Apply to
mgh1+-si2w KELLOGG BIRGE
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Female Singers.

The Monde quotes the following choice
morsel from the Pensdniento Espanol:
The Cardinal Archbishop of Toledo has
Just addressed q circular to, his clergy
absolutely forbidding women to sing in
churches. This prohibition indicates the
intention of remedying an abuse contrary
to canon-law, an abuse which prevails in
many churches, and has been introduced
into some quite recently. Would to Heav-
en- that the measure were extended to pro-
fame and sacred music, which enervates the
piety Of the faithful, and which ought to
be promptly suppressed in those pompous
funerals which weary the patience Of the
attendants, cause great waste of money,
and bear the stamp of vanity rather than
of true piety. Theprayers most agreeable
to the Almighty are not the harmonious
airs which form so strange q contrast with
the sight of suffering souls, but the suppli-
cation of the church, which the Saviour
always deigns to hear. We are happy to
know that great number Of distiD guished
and cody persons are beginning to feel
profound repulsion for those sumptuous
ceremonies, and that they intend to have
their own funerals performed with all the
characteristics of true piety.
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FROM MEXICO.

NEW YoRK, Feb. 9.-The steamer Moro
Castle brings Havana dates to the 4th.
Advices from Mexico show that the impe-
rial forces were concentrating about OAK
AGA, and will probably capture the place !;
but in the meantime nearly the whole of
the State of Jalisco is free from the in
vaders and has thrown off the yoke of the
imperialists, so that other works will be
ready for them after the fall Of Oaxaca
Indeed, the whole country will have to be
conquered and reconquered, and Maxinil-
ians prospects are very dubious.
Guerillas are very troublesome. Re-
ports of revolutions in the City OF Mexico,
though denied officially, continue. The
Juarezists attacked Tulluco and captured
the town of Wathee. Artego has 90, 900
insurgents in Morelia. The imperlalist
General Vega was defeated and shot at
Elpuerte in Senaloa. The imperialists
were able to hold the city of Secatlin only
three DAYS.
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in. unsccompanied by the division CON-
| manders. How far the division COM
manders would have been able by their
presence to have overcome the confusion,
and Reorganization into which the troops
were thrown from the causes heretofore
referred to, the commanders are unable
to say, but they refer to it as the opinion
of the highest officers in the service. The
committee also positively disclaim any de-
sire to censure the conduct of the white
troops engaged, although they con-
fidently think that the original selec-
ton of oolored troops was the best
that could have been made, and in
conclusion the committee say that in
their opinion the cause Of the disastrous
result of the assault on the 3Oth of July
is mainly attributable to the fact that the
plans and suggestions of the General who
had devoted bis attention for so long a
time to the subject, who had carried to a
successful completion the project of mining
the enemys works, and who had carefully
selected and drilled his troops for the pur-
pose of obtaining whatever advantage
might be attainable from the explosion of
the mine, should have been so entirely dis
regarded by General who had evinced no
faith in their successful prosecution of the
work, had aided by no countenance or open
approval, and had assumed the entire d.
rection and control only whenit was COM
pleted, and the time had come for resping
any advantage that might be derived from
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FROM CAIRO.

CAIRo, Feb. S-The Memphis Bulletin
says a large force of rebels, including
Boyleis command 600 strong, are repor5-
ed on the Arkansas side of the river, near
Mound city, under Robbins, intending to
cross the river into Tennessee. Seventy
five of Quantrell's old band crossed the
river and moved to the front of our lines
several days ago, but have now gone into
the interior. Guerillas in large numbers
are near our lines, and robberies are fire.
quent. Dead pickets are brought in
every morning. The military authorities
have made a requisition on the City Treas
ury Of Memphis for 5000, and will soon
make another for a like amount. This
money has been collected for liquor IL
censes under the three hundred dollar
license ordered, and requisition is for re-
funding the tax of two dollars per bale on
cotton imposed by military order.
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Chateaubriand gives a forcible but
agreeable reason for the fact that Jewish
women are so much handsomer than the
men of their nation: -.
Jewesses have escaped the curse which
alighted upon their fathers, husband and
SONS. Not Jewess was to be seen among
the crowd of priests and rabble who in
suited the Son of God, soourged him,
crowned him with thorns, subjecting him
to infamy and the agony OF the cross.
The women of Judea believed in the
Saviour, and assisted in soothing him un-
der affection. A woman of Bethany
poured on his head precious ointment,
which she kept in vessel of alabaster.
The sinner Amounted his feet with per-
fumed oil, and wiped them with her hair.
Christ, on his part, extended mercy to the
Jewess. He raised from the dead the sou
of the widow Main, and Martha's brother
Lazarus. he cured SimOns mother-in-
law, and the woman who touched the hem
of his garment. To the Samaritan women
he was spring of living waters, and q
compassionate judge of the women in
adultery. ] The daughters of Jerusalem
wept over him; the holy women accom-
panied him to Oalvery, brought him balm
and spices. woman, why weepest
thou?" His first appearance after the
resurrection was to Mary Magdalene. he
said to her "Mary?" At the sound of
his voice Mary Magdslenes eyes were
opened, and che answered Master" The
reflection of the same ray must have
rested upon the brow of the Jewess.
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Devlin's body and striking the water be-

yond.
The prisoner fell forward and died with
out a struggle. One of the balls passed
through his lung; and one had cut his
spine in two. All of the balls struck the
prisoner in the right breast.
1t is generally the custom to have one
OF the weapons used by the firing squad
unloaded, so that none of the men can
certainly know that he has killed the pris-
oner. In this instance, eleven arms were
loaded, two Of which were reserved to be
fired in case Devlin was not killed at the
first fire.
By accident one of the weapons re-.
served had no charge, 80 that each OF the
men fired bullet, all of which went
through the prisoners body. ... !, s
The object of this execution was fully
set forth by Gen. Dix in his approval of
the finding and sentence of the court
martial. 1t was, in BRIEF to punish and
prevent bounty jumping and bounty swim
ding, which have become 80 common in
both branches of the service.
When our reporter left the island the
wife, or rather widow, of the departed
soldier, called at the guard house and ap-
piled for bis body. The request was
granted, and the remains will accordingly
be removed to the widows residence, from
which the funeral will take place.
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:. 49,. sr ss4s.J fTT
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
FRIDAY, Feb. 10.
CLAIMS AND PETITIONS.

n AA, ISU. ~.
CLAIMS AND PETITIONS.
By Mr.: HILL-a claim of Charles Wider.
Witch, which was referred to COMMITTEES On
By the SPEAKER remembrance from
citlzens OF Winona county, against the locs1
ton OF State road In that county. +. Rsferr~d
to the Committee on Roads and Bridges.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
~ Mr. Hill, (frOm Committee on kor;cnll
tqre, n. =; No 154-a substitute for H, r. ),
20. If Dill 1or On act to amend chapter 81
Machines. Referred to Committee of tbss
Whole. VI VIC
By Mr.. RIGBY-H. F. No 1s5 ,,u -. 4
act to continue the Geological Survey oS ~ ~
North Shore of Lake Superior. and other min
eral and coal districts within the limits Of This
State and to appropriate money therefor.
Referred to Committee of the Whole.
By Mr.. HEWSON-H. r. No 1856. hin for
act to provide for the inspection of Petroleum
Oils for Illuminating purposes and branding
the same Referred to committee on Com,
MERGE. r-.a.r..- z.-r
FIRST READING OF SENATE BILLS.
s. F. No. 43-A bill for an act to amend see
81. chap. &c.. Compiled Statutes, relating to
fling transcripts from Justices dockets. Re-
ferred to Committee on judiciary.
- HOUSE BILLS PASSED.
IL. F. No. liza bill for an act to amend
sec. IL, chap. IS, page 3S8, Public Statutes Of
Minnesota was read third time and passed.
Yeas 26, nays none s -. -..
d. T. No. 84-A bill for an act to amend
chap. g.: Compiled Statutes in relation to
tees of Justices Courts. Read a third time
and passed. Yeas 20, nays II.
ID. +. No. 1904 memorial of the Lepiaia.
ture OF the State of Minnesota TO the Pestmas-
yer yer General of the United States. Passed, yeas
-, nays none. -. a'aG.'-. - - -
~. IN COMMITTEE or THE WHOLE.
Mr.. RiGBy in the chair. - '.'-.~
n 81. T. No. 122-A bin for An act for the f,r.-
ther regulation of Fire Insurance. Companies.
dong business in the State, and for the protec.
ton OF policy holders therein, y was taken up,
: After some amendments to the bill the Com
mlttee rose, and through their chairman report
cd 1t back with the amendments, and recon-.
mending its passage. Concurred in.
EeoNT1NuED ON EIGHTH pAes. i
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SENATE.
FRIDAY, Feb. 10, 1866.

BILLS INTRODUCED AND READ THE FIRST TIME.
BY Mr.. SHILLOCK-A bill renting the
taxes levied on soldiers property for purpose
of paying bounties. -. =. -
By Mr.. WILSON-A bill amending the act of
1857 relating to Ferries.
By Mr. SHILLOCK-A bill providing for
taking State census Referred TO Joint Com.
Mr.. PORTER introduced bill incorporating
By Mr.. sWIFT-A bill relating to District
Court of Nieollet county.
-'-''-5 ANTI-sLAyERY AMENDMENT.
A message was received from the Governor,
enclosing the official announcement of Secre.
tary Seward, that the anti-slavery amendment
Mr.. DANIELS introduced the following re-
solution -. - 90 .s sTa g.I. : -.
Resolred, By the Senate, the House of Rep
resentatives concurring, that the Legislature
of the State of Minnesota approve, ratify and
accept the amendment to the Constitution of
the United States, asproposed by Congress on
the LIST day of February -. - - s'llll :
On motion of Mr.. TEACHER, it was refer.
red 70 special committee. consisting of
Messrs. Thacher, Daniels and Baxter.
HOUSE BILLS READ THE FIRST TIME
A bill for an act to ratify the amendment to
the United States Constitution, abolishing
slavery. 80. d n =. - -. .
A bill for an act to authorize the increase of
capital stock of banks Referred to the Com
mittee on Banks = -
A bill for the Improvement of Rum River.
A bill for the instruction of the deaf and
dumb. Referred to the Committee on FL
nance. -G1 si5 '
A bill to amend section 43, chapter 81, OF
the Compiled Statutes, relating TO District
Courts. a faa 81. ~ sS
A bill to amend section 1, of chapter g. on
page 695, Of the Compiled Statutes. Referred
to the judiciary Committee.
A bill to amend section ., chapter 103, page
745 of the Public Statutes, relating to criminal
ofenses. Referred to the Judiciary Committee.
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SEVENTH SESSION.
SENATE

SENATE = -
WEDNESDAY, February 8.
Mr. MCKUSICK introduced bill making
the salaries of the Judges of the Supreme Court
81, 500 per annum. Read the first time 'T''
Mr.. WILSON presented memorial for mil
itary posts on the Overland Mail Route from
st. Cloud to Walla Walla i
FIRST READING OF HOUSE BILLS.
bill for an act to extend the limits of the
Red Wing school district.
A memorial for additional mail service on
route Is, 585. ........ 81.
A bill amending the act relating to public
schools in the city Of Red Wing.
bill to appropriate moneys to cover de-
ficiencies, therein named, in the year 1864.
Senate to Joint Rule Number Is, which pro-
vides that all bills appropriating moneys for
the payment of the officers of the government
shall be confined to that purpose exclusively"
and as this also provides for other payments he
was of the opinion it was out of order.
On motion of Mr.. NICOLS it was referred
to the Finance Committee.
ties OF County Auditors.
A bill to authorize the Red Wing Board of
Education to issue bonds.
r. SENATE BILLS PASSED.
A bill to amend Chap. of the Session Laws
of 1866, relating to the st, Croix Boom Cor
poration. Yeas Is, nays none.
HOUSE BILLS PASSED.
bill providing for the election of County
Commissioners in counties where there are no
township organizations. Yeas IA, nays none.
A bill appropriating Swamp Lands for Ed
ucational and Charitable Institutions and for,
the erection ofa State Prison. Yeas 16, nays
none. ..-.. ~ -..:.-.- FL.
RELIEF FOB FAMILIES OF DRAFTED MEN.
Mr.. THATCHER introduced bill to provide
for the support of drafted men.
The bill was read the first time.
Adjourned until 10 A. M. to morrow.
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"A sleeping Car has just been finished
in Worcester for the Michigan Southern
Road, at a cost of 81, 000., 1t is lighted
with gas and heated by furnace; furnish
ed with marble washbowls, &C., and COM
partments for sleeping in a stateroom style,
to accommodate 40 passengers.
"A paroled prisoner recently released
from confinement frem Fort Grace in Tex
as, states that the rebels there are inhu-
manly treating their prisoners, repeating
the horrors Of Andersonville and Salisbury
with multiplied cruelty. The mortality
was very great. sg 9- e
The Richmond Wing states that there
is deficiency of army supplies. owing to
want of transportation and asks the SOL
diers to bear short rations pate ntly.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-06-09

ANEW BANK FOR THE PACIFIC COAST
The Lrentors' Guardian, London, April
sth, 1865, has notice of an institution
called the London and San Francisco
Bank; capital. fl,OoO,OOO, in flO shares
The objects of the institution are thus e1-
pressed at the Registration Court: 1.-The
objects for which the company IS estab-
lished are the carrying on in England and
San Francisco, California, and elsewhere,
as the company shall deem expedient,
banking business of all descriptions, and
all business connected with banking and
with advancing money on security or
otherwise, and discounting, and selling
and purchasing of interest and of exchange.
and undertaking and participating in fnan-
cial operations in San Francisco. Califor-
MIA. and elsewhere" 10000 shares were
taken up at that date, by Bischoffsheim.
Goldschnidt & Co.; Fruling y Goschen;
F. Huth & Co.; J. s. Morgan & Co.; F.
Rodewold; Stern Brothers; International
Financial Society; Bank of Saxe-Meinin-
gen; Jules May, Frankfort; Slgismund
Sulsbach, Frankfort.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-06-09
THAT LITTLE DEBT OF UNCLE
"a MIG

To-day the Government Of the United
States is in debt to the amount of two
thousand three hundred and sixty-seven
millions of dollars. The first year Of the
Rebellion entailed an Indebtedness OF
1924, 0OO, 900; the second year, $780,
O0O, 1000; the third year, $l,657, 200, 600;
and for the last year there has been an
average daily expenditure of $2,o95.ooo.
Government pays S per cent. on $780,
5OO, 1000; 6 per cent. on Sl,ll7,ooo,0O
6-46 per cent. on 1856, 100000; 7-So on
1901, 0OO, 900. There are $5l5, 900, 900 in
ereenbacks and fractional currency, which
bear no interest. The average interest on the
entire debt is 4-35 per cent. The current
interest burden Of this debt, per annum'
is now one hundred and three millions
The revenue of the Government for the
present year will be $325,OOo,OoO. En-
elusive of slave property, the wealth oil
the United States is twenty thousand
millions of dollars of which amount only
three thousand five hundred millions be-
lopsed to the retellious States in 1860
leaving sixteen thousand Eve hundred
millions to the loyal States. The annual
product of the wealth owned by the loyal
States is rising of four thousand three
hundred millions; d per cent. on these
earning, will pay all interest on the ma
tional debt.
The debt of England in 1916, at the
close of the great Napoleonic wars, was
six billions three hundred and eighty
seven millions. At that time the entire
population Of Great Britain was l9,00o,-
900. In 1864 the population of the loyal
States of America was 25,000,0O0. The
value of the property of Great Britain in
1864 was SlO,45O, 100000; Of the loyal
United States, 1885,, 100000. Last
years products Of Great Britain was one
fourth that of our free States, as given
above. With debt one-third Of that of
England in 1916, we have on to-day's
comparison of capacity the advantage over
John Bull of 80 per cent. IN population,
% per cent. in property, and ITO per cent.
in annual products. England levied taxes
amounting or ranging from 9 to 10 per
cent. on earnings for 1925 to 1865; as
seen above, p per cent. on the earnings
of the loyal States pays all our interest.
Remember. we are speaking Of the loyal
States alone, all the time
And mark again: The British Govern
ment made compulsory tax on the peo-
pie, so that 63 per cent. Of their French
war expenditures were derived from taxa
ton. Now see how the people, the masse,
of the people, FL the treasury Of the Uni
ted States BY their voluntary subscriptions,
in the fifth year OF war, in comparison
with which British wars were collectively
a r,ere 6aSGtsHe:
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-06-09

FEAR OF AMERICA" Suspicion always
haunts the guilty mind" The shipowners
of Liverpool and Birkenhead are beginning
TO feel the probable consequences of their
sympathies for our rebels. In view of the
suppression of our rebellion they are call
ing upon their Government to fortify the
river Mersey. No doubt they call to mind,
that it was on the Mersey, the pirate 2s0
alias Alabama was built and equipped,
that her crew were shipped in Liverpool,
and that through the connivance of the
Custom House authorities she was per-
mitted to go to sea. To suppose that our
Government will pass her depredations
upon our commerce in silence-depreda-
tons made in the interest of British ship
owners by British subjects-they do not
entertain for moment. They know that
they deserve retribution, and knowing
this, they are clamorous for the means to
ward of the threatened danger. They
propose to have floating batteries from
ten to eighteen miles from Liverpool.
moored in the ship-channels but they
seem to forget that our recently invented
torpedoes, could blow such defenses sky
high.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-06-09
" II must be- noted. however. chat the fi

cit must be noted, however, that the fig
ures representing the percentage Of the an
nual product OF the nations industry required
debt, do not express an actual taxation upon
the annual product, but upon a sum equal to
such product. Much Of this expenditure may
be borne by export duties, if adopted some
considerable share BY the proceeds Of nine
hundred and fifty millions OF acres Of public
lands, the public lands, and very consider
able amount will be raised from miscellaneous
sources, which are not taxes"
It has been well remarked that the
world will soon say for expression Of
thorough financial soundness: "AS good
as United States Bonds"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-06-09

OLD FoorE.-The telegraph not long
since brought to this coast the news that
old Foote was on his way out here to
spend the balance of his days on this
coas:. Perhaps the old Governor is still
looking for that sequestered spot where
there are no taxes" The old chap, judy
ing from the fact of his coming to Washoe,
must be hunting lodge in some vast
Wilderness" and we would recommend
the old Governor to strike trade with
Captain Sam, the new Piute Chief. Sans
enterprise is to civilize the red man. As
old Foote has about outlived his useful
ness" like old Chapman, over in Califor-
MIA, the Indian civilization is just about
the card he could fill. But. we shall see
the old rebel Congressman when he
comes,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-06-09
The ISDIcrNESr.-If hellish malignity

The ISpIcrNESr.-Ifh ellish malignity
can further go than in the assassination Of
the late President, 1t certainly seems real
lied in the scheme Of DR.. Blackburn,
formerly of North Carolina, and said to
be known in Canada as leading and ultra
rebel, to introduce the yellow fever at the
North by shipping from Bermuda TO our
ports bedding and clothes permeated with
the virus OF that terrible scourge.-N. Y.
Tribune.
Commenting on the above, the Chicago
Journal says that if all the conspiracies Of
the SHAREHOLDERS had had their ripening,
those of US who were not burned up with
FIRE would have been eaten up with yellow
fever. The Shareholders will have to an
swer at the judgment for the following
crimes: larson 2-murder; 3-yel-
low fever; 4-massacre; 5-starying
prisoners of war; 6-torturing prisoners
Of war into death, insanity and idiocy {;
selling prisoners of war into slavery !;
s-wantonly shooting down prisoners Of
war; 9-piracy lo-robbery; ll-mak-
ing drinking cups Of our soldiers skulls.
DEMONSTRATION.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-06-09

GoTTscHALK's CoNcERT.-On tomorrow
evening, Professor Gottschalk will give one
Of his splendid instrumental and vocal con-
certs at the Gold Hill Theatre. 1t will
doubtless be the finest musical treat ever
given in this town, and those who fail to be
present will regret it. One Of Chickering's
celebrated Pianos will be used for the occu-
sion. (As the D street critics of the Enter
prise never seen Chickering Piano in the
land of Pike, (where these chaps came FROM
their opinion upon an instrument Of that
character amounts to about as much as a
Piute's.) Professor Gottschalk comes among
us recommended as highly as any artist that
ever visited the Pacific coast. Let Gold Hill
show her appreciation Of true merit to-mor-
row evening by full house.