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Promotions -.- Civil Affairs In
Vlrgtnia--The Frecdlmen,
Esw York. Aug I

The EgaieEs Richmond correspondent
says that Maj. Gen. A. II. Terry, command
ing the Department of Virginia. last night re-
ceived his promotion from the War Depart
ment as Major General in the regular army
of the United States, by hrevet. This is in
deed promotion in every way 6t to be
made.
Maj. Gen. Gibbons, late of the 25th corps,
will be assigned to the command OF Peters
burg, under Gen. Terry, in place of Mai. Gen.
Hartsuf who, under the last order Of the
War Department, is unassigned. and there
fore returns to his rank in the regular army
The civil authorities Of Spottsylsania C. H.
in this State, we're organized and put in ope.
ra,ien On the nth instant.
hy the request of several prominent citi-
zens, Brig, Gen. Harris. commanding the
sub'dis,riet of the Rappahannock. under Maj.
Gen. Chas. Owens, defined the policy of the
Government toward freedmen, saying the ne.
gro must be fully protected in his rights,
those rights being. in all respects, equal to
the whites. Contracts must be made be-
tween the freedmen and their former mas
ters, if the former remained, and ample pro-
tectiqp VII l.e extended by the military au
thorities The address was kindly received
and many of the first citizens speak in appro-
batory terms of the conduct of the military in
the Northeastern District
The Times Washington special says that 1
report has been received from Gen. Sprague
Assistant Commissioner of freedmen's affair.
in Missouri and Arkansas, stating that ths
issues Of rations for August will not exceed
third of those for June, but he fears grea
destifution next winter. All the freedmen
west of Little Rock are supporting them
selves.
A majority Of the refugees receiving aid Il
Western Arkansas were families of soldier,
ID the army, most Of whom will soon be nnue
tered out and return to provide for their fam
lies
The Tribxss's Richmond corrssponden
says that very important case will shortl,
be brought before the Z. s. Court, "a decid,
| whether slaves held to service altar Fresiden
Lincoln's emancipation proolamation hs,
gone into effect, Jan. 1, 1863, shall not b,
entitled TO remunerAtioa for their labor.
Col Brown, Superintendent Of the Freed
mems Bureau, is very busy preparing such
eass, against John Minor Bolts, who reEnse
| to pay the wages Of q negro servant, owned
and held up 70 the time Of Lee's surrender
Notwithstanding that the negro could hav
gone to the Union forces, enlisted or lahore,
in the Quartermaster Department, an,
earned at leAst SIG month. In view of tn
facts, Mr.. Bolts received $4,000 from ou
Government for trespass on his property il
cutting of wood The claim in this instanc,
/ IS a strong one.
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State Register,

The Quincy Times, edited by al nstip
Rrooks, formerly of the Quincy Herald and
one of the NEST hitter, copperheads id that
1aft 6f' the Stste. IS mourning over the polit.
iical condition Of "Old Adams county, a.
he calls it. This is comforting assurance to
Union men that radical change in public
sentiment ia coming over the people of tha,
part of the State. Brooks says:
!" If there is Democratic county in the
State of Illinois, that county is old Adams
1t has given heavier Democratic majority
than any other county in the State, and Is still
able to do %. Yet, not . day passes ,hat we
do not hear Democrats express their dbubt,
ABOUT heint able to carry the county next fall
Almost daily We moot old Democratic farmer,
from ths country-men Who never voted fol
snybody bat Democrat in AL their lives
Who seem TO be impressed, for some rkasou
or other, with the idea that the party viii
be beaten in this county at the election mex
November.
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DIR. Palmer, Of New Orleans.

Uet4 4f4 y
Our readers have not forsottea the seaas-
ton produced in this country in the winter Of
1890 l, BY the able, bitter and inHammatory
secession sermon Of DR.. Palmer, Of New Or
leans. The return, repentance, and confes-
sion of sins of DR.. PALMER. are thus recorded
by correspondent of the New York Post
" Rev. DIR. Palmer, of the First Prasbyte.
rian Church, has returned to the city and oc-
cupied his pulpit DR.. P. is native OF South
Carolina, and before coming here was enc Of
the Professors in DR.. Thornton Theological
Seminary at Columbia, where he attained
eminence a. an instructor and pulpit orator.
and when preaching here before the war, he
alwayshad large and attentive audiences, some
of whom would almost swear by him. In
the beginning of our political troubles Ne was
an ardent secessionist, and probably did more
than any other man in urging forward troops
to the war. He nnwisely joined . military
company, and at his church many of theb beau
siful silken Hags were blessed and the stand
ard bearers exhorted to bear it bravely and
manfuliy aaoat until our independence Was
accomplished. Upon tho capture Of the city
DR. r. left, and went first 70 Beaureeard' :
camp at Corinth, and afferward to Carolina,
where he resumed his old post - instructor.
The war over, he was invited back here by
his old congregation, and returns to us q
changed and penitent man. Last Sunday he
frankly told his people that they hsd al been
wrong. and the tchief Of sinners that they
had been proud and naughty, disobedient.
rebellious that he himself had been hum.
bled before God, and received merited chas.
tisement that they had all been taught Z
good lesson Of obedience to civil authority.
and he hoped it would be finally received BY
thu q the chiidren Of Chriss, asd Mid MP ia
their heart Of hearts. His address was very
touching, and dutifully received by the peo-
pie, with whom he had gres. influence, and
have np doubt that rhsp 20 stsoas as he,
who is thus thoroughly subdued in the faith.
has great and good work before him.
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Cairo and Below.
CnRo, August II.

GIRO, August IL.
One ethoasaadeight hsndSedand eleven bales
of cotton arrived at Cairo yesterday; also
ninety one passed mp for st. Louis.
The army worm is threatening the entire
destruction Of cotton. at Wharton,H Texas.
One field Of two hundred acres was destroyed
in one night.
+ The receipts Of cotton at New Orleans for
the week ending August 6th, were 0.465
bales; stock on hand, SO, ,534
was burned at Red bayou, . tributary Of Red
river, two weeks ago.
The schooner Excelsior, from NewOrieens,
for Matamoras, was lost on Braxos bar total
loss. Crew saved. No details.
During the storn - Ns1ches On the 81a
ultimO, seveEnl cc&l harteo uere sunk One,
eo.Aeiig - 90 bssksls, belongsd 70 III
01V0dG1n1T sss<ssl gaslss - il
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AfuotcstA1es n Ky TN8saDs os
General Brisbin, in his official report Of
the Organization of colorrd troops, states thai
Kentucky has furnished ISIS black men "a
the army. The 10th, lOath, IO9th, 18th,
l24th and ls5th regiments Of colered infantrj;
are all from Kentucky. They have been re-
tanned in service, and the first eight ordered
to Texas. The 4th, 9Th, 18th and 13th.reei,
meRts Of colored artillery, heavy, and the ift
and 9th regiments Of .eolored cavalry, are
from Kentucky, and except the sth artillery,
are now on duty in that State. Gen. Brisbin
says that "a 900 women and children have
been freed under the act Of March Sth, 1865
granting freedom to the wires and children
of coiored soldiers. The whole number q
persons made free in Kentucky, through the
instramentality Of the army, i one hundred
thousand eight hundred and ixty.fss.
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New YoRK, Ang IL.
The Pofs Washington special says that
Mosby has been released from arrest by the
military authorities, and he has gone home.
He said he came to Alexandria to be admit
ted to the bar
A series of letters published throughout the
country, purporting to come from Miss Clara
Barton, the philanthropist, at Andersonyille,
are discovered to be forgeries.
The President was besieged again to- day by
Southerners in large delegations, seeking for
pardon and on other business The Cabinet
meeting prevented their ming admission.
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"The bald record of the manner In which
General Palmer conducted the Kentucky
election on Monday. as related in our col
umns this morning, is its own sufficient COM
ment. We are inclined to think that nothing
approaching IL II lntamy, gwen aprlng tpe
height of the civil war. has ever beeh wit
messed in the United States. General Palmer.
who, we regret to say, Is citizen of Illinois,
sustained during the war, high reputation
fer honor and integrity. BY his action in
Kentucky, he has utterly obliterated his pre-
vious ereditable record, and will go down into
history covered with deeper infamy than even
that which viii forever attach to the name of
Butler, the Beast, of New Orleans. ''-Chica-
go Taxes.
Before the war, whenever the Democrats
were defeated at the polls, they howled
' fraud, fraud !" Since the war, in which
the majority of the democracy were
either in arms or in sympathy with the ene-
mics Of the country, " military interference -
and "tyranny of the bayonet," are the
" Democratic cries whenever defeat over
takes them at the polls. A broken down
and almost extinct party, like bankrupt
speculator, resorts to at manner Of tricks
and psetenses 70 cover up its weakness and
excuse its real condition to its dupes and
adherents.
n6 taci tbs lue DSIuOCf00c p8Yty-t0e
party of treason at the South and perfdious
Copperheadism at the North--is sick and
crippled beyond the hope of restoration. The
South is repudiating the treason of its lead
ers, and this is equal to the reputation of the
Democratic party; and the North, disguised
by the per6dy lf that class of politicians and
their betrayal Of the precious cause Of the
nation in the hour Of severe peril and trial,
has already virtually spewed the dirty thing
partisan Democracy-out Of its mouth, 1nd
will be slow to take it into confidence IN the
future. So N8 4
As regards the infamy'' Of General
Palmer, military commandant in Kentucky,
at Mondays election, it simply consisted Of
bis enforcing stringent orders for the protec-
ton Of the hail6fbox against secessionists
and traitors, uho, by the laws of the State.
are not permitted TO vote. The howlines oi
the Tissss and kindred sheets only prove the
extent 70 which they sympathize with the
traitors in Kentucky, who, because Of their
treason, hsye been disfranchised. The cause
. ofthe NortA4rn Copperheads and the South
ern 9ocee0nists is common one now, as it
has been from the beginning, and the former
~ yu4 N66se that while the latter are de-
prived 1litical influence and power, their
poll1 pes are efFectually dashed; hence
thep hss Of the Tiscs, which accord SC
pstlsg vi those of the disffanchised se-
IA Kentucky Chicago Journal.
u = Fl =
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HORSE FARR l e r /.
DR.. L. P. COE,
Veterinary Surgeon,

"OULD announce to the citi- NN
w ssns Of Keok uk snd cinity shat hr0A
Will rSmsin II this place days from the vsh inss
and on re found at Young America vhsr- be con
be consulted He will treat all dis hch the horss
10 hsut jec. TO- Gao evrs the kingbore, SPAWN, Curb
eplius Wipdss aud this lumIs vithont movirg
hair Will cure the Di9-head Sig jaw PoA VII, kis-
tuia II 0landers in fifteen minutes without leaving
scar win Founders. hoof eound; Also, ~eak OF
bnd .yes when FULL and plump matter II how long
stapdlng.
A2No charge made until the snima 10 cur,d, exccrt
FOR medicine. augs-dos
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soldiers Procession.
New YoRK, Aug. IL.

The unemployed returned soldiers and sail.
ors marched in procession through various
streets to-day, under the auspices Of the
Metropolitan Employment Agency, bearing
banners asking employment. They we're
headed By band Of music, and made fins
appearance.
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IST OF LETTERS REMAINING IN
- the Post Once, Keokuk, the 18th day of
AUGUST, 1885.
2ro obtain any the applicants must
call for s1vsvfsssf isys give the date Of his list and
pay cents for advertising.
aIf not called for within .sstA they will resent
TO the Dad Letter Once
D-ASegoesffor this Of letter to the writer,
II within thirty days less written printed
With the writers RssSeess and Stsfs the
efhAnd end of the envelope, the face side will b
complied With shs ssuA paid postags
able whom the lettsrfs delivered the writsr-5sc -
Lx>ao ofl
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of the citizenswbsthen takenrppeulting unan-
imously in favor of oftheifudoptiun.
The meeting was then addressed BY It. NJ.
A. McCoid, Geo. Achcson, Benz. MlxweH,
w. H. Hampson, Capt. Geo. Heation, Capt
W. 7. Burgess M otherA zg sx.a
On motion, the meeting adjourned.
GEoRGE H. CASE, Sec'y.
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WAxpuHs 0vvIcE, Iowa PryrSIssIARy,l
Foar Apssos. Aug. 8, A. d. 1888.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received
~ IT nv once until noon Of the


Foar AAprscs. Ang. 3, A. d. 1885. ! r
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received
~ 1t my once until noon Of the
First Day Of October NexL,
Yor furnishing supplies the Iowa penissntisry for
:hs ensuing year to b delivered At ths Psu'sn'ary'
I5soo ne NO Beef, in November and Dece.br. 1sss.
SO bs 40. Beef in siriug and summer, leee, -
% osls No / Pork, d xe.. and ~ Runp, from jan
rs Dbl. No. nne rour. Is ibis. r.r ncrth cr
40 bushels No Corn Meal 70 bushels per month.
zoo bushei. No Potatoes in October, November and
Decsmbe 1855 Bids viii be received ioi lots Of 1oo
rs baabsas No. white Beans, through the yssr. -
10 -bIs No. Sorghum Mol..ses, part this Fail snd
Ia sbls No Cider Vinegar, Dbl per month, or
.o1ss No. / Star Candles, through the year. a.
quired
1000 n. good common Chewing Tobacco. through the
Il bbaa. Nc / Coal OIL through the year. or Is re-
zss cords good Oak wood, ., required.
no pairs No mems Droeans, assostsd @sss, % pairs
November ls 1895, 100 pairs January lst 1885, ranging
IA dossa p.rs wool sock. large sires. required.
10 pieces Brown ehseting. A. required.
Ticking, - required
10 Prints FOR comforts, - required
800 yards Kess.y stripss for pants, - required.
500 piannri or Linsey convict sn6<r shirts, ~
required-stripes pr eferred-
rs pair heavy Wool Blankets, as repaired.
12s hs Coarse Wool fer couforts - required.
Is sacks @. A. Salt, November 18th, 1sfs.
10 +. l. Salt, November 18th. lssS.
Pepper. November 18th. l5as.
10 bushels Hominy, November 18th, 1858.
Mustard Seed, November 18th, 1865
u bhl. salaratus. November 18th, iseS.
% bushes Rye required
boxes ~in B&r Soap required
The right reject all bids which may be considered
unreasonable, lie hereby reserved
quired 10 CIV bonds foy the faithful
ps Of their contracts Payments 10 be maze
In cash or State Auditors wasn's the expiration OF
sach lnsrser ther eater returns ee had
from th. State Auditors eee Des Nones Iowa When
practicabi. bidders will send samples With bids.
augll-d k A. LAfroN, warren
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ST.. Lours, Aurnst III,

The Dessocrafs Lawrence fKansAs) special
says that Maj. Hayes, chief clerk Of Indian
affairs in that city, received orders counter
msnding previous instructions to courier,
and ordered agents to send deleRa1iou to
Fort Smith, sixty miles below Fort GibeOn, to
hold the grand Indian council fortAwith, in
stead Of q Fort Gibson. ss~Ass
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ESOR SALE-A fine -blooded Horse. seven
ye.rr old = rood tro,ter and pronounced ty judges
- Il ~. h.aa ir,ld horace In the country The horse
- r.,.~a 4. DIN counfv No and drew The prise
af the tsir In that county when colt He ei ostk
hroSp color almoet = black and large size VIII be
LII anntv 10 nr CURTIS At ,he ofRce Of Drs.
c.Sso.s rs,r,,s on Y,fth street t-tws~h Main and
Ianas.r wsosrt angT-t
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SARATOGA, Aug. II.
At the race to-day for three year oids, the
tive mile dash wss won by the Revenue colt
Baltimore beating Oliata two lengths. Time
--S.434. The second race Of mile heats was
won by the Texas horse Lexicon. Maidstone
won the first heat. Time-1:4e4, 1:4s and
1.51
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SAxpvfcH. In Auo IL

SANDWICH, ILL.,, Aug. IL.
The weather during Wednesday was fair,
commenced raining about 2 clock p n, and
continued till a late hour that night The
weather yesterday was very warm and clear.
To-day has been cool and cloudy--no rain.
II is feared all the small grain. and especi-
ally wheat, is damaged badly by the last rain
on Wednesday. Corn 10 looking fine.
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In = lesding from Nashville are
eoleG business. They are all running
elsl ~ make close connections. The
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Nm z6pertiseIaenfs

NOTICE--Haying sold out our entire stock
- of 0roossf.s TO Asssrs Bo,,erssoa 4 Aibsru ve
vcsl hsssoy tAssk The pubic ~ pest patronage and
reneoDso1 sAe0 70 our oh ensepness being hoocr-
sbis - UPRIGHT srveayDsn
I. K. COCHRAN 4 Sons
n. R-An Who fudsbted TO Cochran Sos
wl plsass oal - ssttie fnD~dAfsy ak ths ~ snaA
No. l1o Anan strsse- i. < COCHRAN SONS.
sug14
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Ion at Newport, this season, i for
: the nios young ~ . ride,
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0old te-sisht Ml1. ~%'ssss
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.4MMOssN Gem e1sfs.

~FOR SHERIFF.-At the request of
many friends announce myself candidate Tor reelec-
ton Sheriff of Lee county ut the ensuing election
To prevent que tions being asked declare now that
I am in favor of supporting President Johnson; am
asainst Negro sur in favor Of udicions
auor License Law and subscribe to the revolutions
passed at the Asodi-rs' and Loyal Ctnens Convsnton
II Charleston Lee county, Iowa, the znia dAy oil July,
1885 OF which Capt Baiinger vas Chairman
anglo lsHAsL ANpEAcoS.
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Prompt Returna Guarantee d.

RsS+r to Messrs. @. aORIN h CO.. Keokuk and Mer-
chants and BANKERS OF 81. Louis suzl2-d6m
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NOTICE FOR SUPPLIES.

ar0nce on Third st., between Main and Jshssss'
snS1d1y
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vol. II.


We publish below communication from a
Fairfield soNisr Of anil coPpefhssd proclivi-
ties and sympathies, giving an account of re.
cent political movements in that town, fol.
lowed by the prvceedings ofthe only soldiers'
meeting worth mentioning held in the place
on that day: -
The weekly union record., 1865-09-02

AN UNHAPPY CAREER OF VICE-Among
the arrivals from the East two years ago, was
a family Consisting of husband wife and u
child three or four years old. They settled in
ihls city, and being in needy circumstances,
the husband sought employment and the wife
took in washing. While following Ibis toll
some and honest vocation. the madame seemed
as happy and gay as lark; but the gsudy
appearance and the apparently easy liz. that
the frail sis'erhood were enjoying, had alirac
iious tor her uns iphi'ilcared and ignorant
mind, and in iaial moment she decided TO
desert her home and family, to lead life of
shame or crime, or, as it probably looked to
her, of ease, fne clothes and pleasure a few
mouths experience. with its incidental suffer
ingS, op, ned her ewes 10 the terrible degrade
tlOn 0t her position, aud on Monday last she
attempted 10 terminate her career by taking a
quantity of laudauum, bul the fact being dis
covered by her companion, physicians were
procured who. by he aid of "a stomach pump.
rescued The unfortunate woman from a suicide :
grave. She has now recovered. but expresses
her determination 10 die. and also that her lit
tie boy shall die with her. We would recon-
mend this case to the charitable believing
that the Magdslen is truly peuiient and has
seen the error of her ways; that she could be
restored TO respectable lite and lead it happily
and uSeiuily TO herself, family and lrieuds. =
Reese Riuer Reue He
The weekly union record., 1865-09-02

HoAXING SuLDIsR -" Roland" the B0s-
ton correspon leut of the Sacramento Uuion.
relates The inilowing
1t was a very common thing during the war
for soldiers to advertise for feminine CORE
spondents, aud TO get them, too. Sometimes
the girls did The advertising and the soldiers
responded | heard Of laughable case of
such correspondence recently. A young man,
"A member of the Second New Hampshire
Regimen, advertised Tor some beautiful and
amiabe young lady to solace hls loneliness by
kind letters. Some stuy-at home friends OF his
saw The advertisement aud OWNED the aBihor.
Forthwith they concocied tend epi-ile. had
II copied by lady and signed - Rosalia Tenn
petun." and sent to the front. In due time
the reply came. grateful and ardent Letter
sacceeded letter. RoSalia received from
Frederick y his real name and history, and
tihnliy begged him TO send his photograph.
that. by gazI'g on bis counterfeit pr sentiment,
she might alleviate little her burning desire
to see the original lie sent il dressed in Lis
best soldier clnihes. aud asked for hers in re-
turn. Rosaiia readily Induced young
Miss Of seventeen to do duty, and the laiier's
picture was forwarded 10 camp +" FiedeI lcll 4"
now urged more approximately than ever his
fair correspondent To di>clu>e her name and
condition IN life Thinking thai the joke must
end some time " Rosalia " divulged her iden
lity, aud told - Frederick that If he would
-end on Sl0 she tthey) would drink to The
heath OF bis prospective bride, The lovely
=" Rosalia." The prrespondent stopped here.