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Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-11-02
Oecoruu.

Women do not transgrcss the bounds
of dccorum so often as men but when
they do, they go greater lengths. For
with reason somewhat weaker they
have to contend with passions some
what stronger besides, female by
one transgression, forfeits her place in
society forever if once she falls, it is
as the fall Of Lucifer. 1t is hard, in
deed, that the law of opinion should
he most on that sex which is least able
to bear it but so it is, and if the SEN
tence be harsh, the sufferer should be
reminded that it was passed by her
peers. Therefore, if once a woman
breaks through the barriers of decen-
cy, her case is desperate and If she
goes greater lengths than the men,
and leaves the pale Of propriety fur
tier behind her, ii is because she is aware
that all return is prohibited, and by
none so strongly as by her own sex
We may also add, that as modesty is
the richest ornament Of woman, the
want of it is her greatest detormity
for the better the thing, the worse will
lever be its perversion ; and if an an
gel falls, the transition must be to dc
mon.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-11-02

Harriet Wilkes, alias Houghton,
was found dead few mornings since,
at her house in Thirteen-and-one half
st. Washington. 1t is supposed she
was killed by her former paramour,
Levi l.. FarwclI. Marks on her neck
indicated that she had been strangled
and subsequently pushed in closet
where the body was found. The coro.
ner's jury returned verdict. based on
the evidence Of physician. that they
believed chloroform had been admins.
tered, and that she was subsequently
choked. The murderer robbed her oi
a gold watch set with pearls, diamond
rings from her fingers and other jewel
ry. The deceased was originally frou
Albany.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-11-02

Mrs. Davis, wife Of the rebel chief
is reported i'm such straits as to require
the aims of her friends. So says the
Richmond Times. This may be the
case; but it is more probable that
her friends put forth the report to Gre
ate sympathy for herself and her "much
injured husband" If so, it is a good
dodge. But we do not believe a word
of Mrs. DIS poverty or suffering. If
she wants money, she knows where to
get it I; at the hands of Jef7s bankers
in Europe, where he is known to have
ample means stored away for rainy
day. As it is unlikely that he will ev-
er have occasion to use more money
than that which will be necessary to
fee his counsel, he should allow Mrs.
Davis to draw on his friends in Eu-
rope, and not compel her to subsist on
the uncertain charities Of the world
There is too much of this putting up
the necessities Of these naughty and
insolent rebels, who aided i'm forcing
civil war upon the country. Every
day there is some appeal made to the
northern people in behalf of some
southern community, Charleston, for
example, where it is touchingly said
" delicate ladies are compelled to go to
the washtub, or attend the cook-pot."
Assuredly this is dreadful state Of
affairs In the eyes of some people, North
as well as South, but we do not ina
gine it will kill the delicate ladies to
rub out their handkerchiefs, or make a
delicate mutton stew for their dear,
delicate bodies. Our Northern ladies
can do all this when needed, without
grumbling or crying, and we never
heard of it being injurious to them.
But lazy people don't like it. When
Southern women stop their whining,
become Industrious, and cease their
sneering at the Government, they will
feel better and more independent
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-11-02
The Rebel War Debt.

We have called attention to the
combination of the South to effect the
payment of their debts, and conceive
it to be beyond our power to admonish
in fitting terms our public men against
them. That they will, unless sternly
checked, become formidable, there is
no doubt. The foreigners interested
i'm what are known as Confederate
bonds lately held meeting in Lon
don for the purpose of taking steps to
secure the recognition of those infa-
nous obligations and by the subjoin-
cd article from the Philadelphia North
American, it will be seen that even the
Mobile Register paper now under
the management of John Forsyth, one
of the Alabama leaders of the rebel
lion, who, at its downfall, asked to
come back to his allegiance-docs not
hesitate to insist upon the payment of
what is called The Rebel War Debt I"
of that State. 1t will be recollected
that, some weeks ago, Occasional" )"
of the Phila. Press, was complained of by
some of the friends of the government,
because he intimated that these very
designs were on foot. The prepara-
tions we have referred to are a rather
early realization of his apprehensions.
The sentiment of the North American
will meet the approval of all patriotic
citizens:
"The Mobile Register expresses re,
gret TO see in the proceedings of the
Convention of the State of Mississippi
some symptoms of repudiation of the
war debt of that State and the Reg.
lister proceeds to protest earnestly
against the policy, and to argue in ia
vor Of paying these rebel obligations
The same trouble will arise in all OF
the rebel States, and may as well be
contemplated aud provided against
Virginia has already begun to show
her teeth on the same question. We
have national war debt, which these
people will have enough to do to pay
their share Of without burdening them
selves in addition with these rebel oh
legations. Congress, we presume, vii
provide efIectually against any Stat,
taxing her citizens to pay rebel debts
1t may be said that these people hav,
J a right to tax themselves for this pur
pose if they see proper but they hav,
no right to tax loyal residents of thos,
: States for purposes totally opposed t.
= their consciences The taxation most
~ falls in the end on the poorest class
es, who, in these rebel States, are most
!. ly loyal, and were so throughout th'
war. We see no good reason why th,
negro half of the population of Missis
sppi should be taxed to pay debt in
CURED to keep themselves in bondage
"The United States government has
from the first, emphatically denied tha
these debts were incurred by an,
rightful State authority. For tina
very reason, it overthrow the Stat
governments as soon as peace was es
tablished. The debt rests on the sam
basis as the act Of secession, an
should fare the same fate Moreovel
:, :, we can give no more effectual lesso
ie against future rebellion than to max
lie every dollar of debt incurred in il
re support a dead loss. That would @
90 fectnally cripple any subsequent revol
Again, ii we allow this assumption
rebel debts. the taxation for both tn;
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-11-02
Charles City, Iowa, Nov. 2, 1866,
Great Britain.

England's three troubles, at this mo-
ment, are the Rinderpest (the German
name for it) or cattle disease, which
might have been arrsted few months
ago by the slaughter of one hundred
head of cattle, but which could not be
stopped now by the sacrifice of less
than 10000 if even then; Fenianism,
which has not only thoroughly infested
Ireland but severally tainted the ada
cent Islands and Infanticide, crime
now assuming the most frightful pro-
portions. In fact, the latter horrible
and inhuman offence has become a reg
ular Slaughter of the Innocents rival
ing the atrocious historical massacrcs
of cruel king Herod In one case, a
young woman, Constance Kent, in or.
der to avenge herself upon hated
stepmother takes her infant stepbroth-
er into the cellar and there deliberate
ly throttlcs it so adroitly and quietly
too that no suspicion rested on her un-
til she made voluntary confession
under the terrors of all angry con-
science. Another female fiend named
Charlotte Windsor drives thriving
business as avowed baby-strangler at
$40 per head third, one Esther
Lack, of excellent character, cuts the
throats of her three Legitimate children
simply through fear of their utter des-
titution should they live. These are
but specimens of the different kinds of
infanticide and the different reasons al
legged for it. The cases are numbered
by scores. With common beef at so
cents per pound (; the Irish societies
threatening to overturn the empire by
Nov. and the women killing off
their infants by wholesale, life in the
British Islands must have some high
contrasts Of light and shade.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-11-02
Iowa Manufactures,

Very few appreciate the preeminen,
Importance of the subject to Iowa, and
the Northwest, as myfriend Hon. j. b
! Grinnell does. Our future is wrapped
up in the development of Western
manufactures. We have all the mate.
lials for the production of articles for
which we yet remain wastefully de-
pendent upon the industry of others
Wool and hides---woollen cloth and
leather, furnish but two illustrations
out of great many. am told that
the town of Grinnell will ere long have
a woollcn mill, which certainly might
be expected of the centre and head.
quarters of wool growing Cedar
Rapids already has one, and Des
Moines two, and Lyons is talking of
one. Others have sprung up recently,
but we cannot have too many-proba-
bly, not half enough. 1t is cheering
also to sec that our people are getting
tired of paying the freight OH paper
rags to States eastward and on paper
back again. Cedar Rapids and Des
Moines already have paper mills, and
perhaps other towns of which | have
not learned. Success to the Iowa City
paper mill. Better that Central Iowa
should pay for wrapping and writing
IN johnson county, than at Chicago
Everybody sees now that it is better
to have our agricultural implements
made in this State, than out of it and
50 of other things.
The manufactures of Davenport
show what can be done i'm very few
years in reviving and enriching city
by manufacturing industry. 1t fur
nishes better basis Of prosperity, too,
| hardly need say, than the old ones of
land speculation and lending on bond
and mortgage Each Of our east and
west railroads in Iowa furnishes grand
opportunities for prosperous and pow
crful manufacturing towns. / hope
your citizens will improve theirs, they
will on the Des Moincs and Missouri,
doubtless. -... .. ...
But the destiny of our whole North
west is in this great question of Home
Manufactures. A leading Boston jour
nal pointing out the steady gain of
the West upon the East in population,
political importance, &c.-dwells on
the manufacturing skill, capital and
patronage of New England as the
sheet anchor of her place in the scale
of national Importance. But we are
gaining on New England in manufac-
lures also. Between 1850 and 1860
we advanced 81 per cent upon the ra-
tio of ours to hers. OF course this
was chiefly in the coarser heavier arti-
cles. But the finer will come after in
due time 4 watch factory is already
projected at Elgin, this side of Chica-
go. We have already about three
fourths rs much in manufactures in
proportion to our capital as the East
ern and Middle States. Stated exact.
ly, the ratio is as l5.47 is to 200.
But am entering on large subject
and long letter, instead of penning
"a brief note. l desired simply to com
mend and second your excellent,
shrewd, and most practical sugges-
tions. Industrial independence is be-
fore Iowa and the Northwest, if both
public and private men do their duty,
and | am happy to see that you, jour
nalist, know how TO do yours.
Ever truly your friend
GEoRGE f. MAGoUS.
Letter 10 the Io'oa City Republican.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-11-02
'adttst6arS tbt Course Of empire takes its dotag.
CHARLES CITY, FLOYD COUNTY, IOWA. THURSDAY

aud our own will become so onerous
that the poorest classes will be unable
to bear it. Perhaps this may be the
object of the rebel politicians who are
agitating the subject. Our approach.
ing Congress will of course legislate
severely to prevent this but the adj
rninistration could materially aid the
movement by insisting upon provision
being made by the State Conventions
against the assumption of the debts"
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-11-02
Home.

Oh If there be on earth spot
Where Iife's tempestuous waves are no, i,
Or If there be calm, a JOY, ...
Without safety or alloy
Or If there be a hope that lives
On the pure happiness |, gives,
That envy touches no;--where strife
Ne'er mingles with the cup Of life;
Or il there be a world Of bliss,
N peace, Of love, Of happine-s--
Or II there be- a refuge fair,
4 safe retreat from toll and care,
Where the heart may dwelling find,
4 s,ore Of many boys combined
Where every feriiae, every tone,
Re 1 hlrnonizcs with it, own,
Whsnes its vain wishes ns'er can rove,
Oh, !; Is kosss home OF loyr
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-11-02
4ostrp.
Life.
By HIRAM KEtsRy


Oh what is lifeS with the joys and smiles
That brighten its opening hours
With youths gay dreams and enchanting wiles
As fresh a the morning flowers
Full soon the glow Of the trusting heart
Shall yield To the wasting blight
And hope, like the rainbow's hues, departs
Away from our dazzled sight.
Oh, what IL life when strength aud might
--a OF manhood have toled their way
Up the mount of fame b. it, starry height,
Where beams Of honor lays
The stately barque from the billow crest
l. hurled to the gulf beneath
Aud the falling star with dark unrest
Yields up its roseate wreath.
All, what Is life when our years are passed,
And our heads are white and hoar,
But sunbeam trembling in the blast
On dark and desola,c shore
Or a flower, whose leaflets all are strown
From their native stem away,
without one tint To recall the flown
Or tighten its wintry day.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-11-02

A Missouri man went TO the war,
leaving a wife and two children. He
was given up for dead, and his sup
posed widow became wife and
mother again. The FIRST husband lately
returned safe and sound /; the two hus-
bands and the double wife calmly talk
cd the matter over. and it was left for
the woman to decide whose wife she
would be. She chose her first love, aud
her /" Philip Ray" took his children,
bade his wife good bye and started
for the South.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-11-02
LIVERY STABLE.
IN

The Subscribers would respectfully inform
the citizens of Floyd county and the public
generally, that they have their Livery Stable
we'll stocked. and that person desiring to hire
double or single teams will be accom- modated
with good outfits on reasonable terms
j. G. STEARNS & Co.
Charles City, May %, 1865. 90
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-11-02

1t has been disclosed that William
l.. Yancey died from injuries received
in an encounter with Benjamin Hill Of
Georgia, in secret session of the Rebel
Senate. Secresy was enjoined by the
Rebel Congress on the occurrence,
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-11-02
BREMER HOUSE,
wAyERLY, IOWA.
~ ~ EEENEY pRlpRIE.llR

1,s House Il located the business Isrt oi tlle City
conyenient IN the Railroad Depot.
Omnibus and Baggage Wagon ALWAYS on hand W con
yey Passengers and baggage 10 and Rom 'ne Cars re
Of charge
Stages start from this House for all points North fs,
and West, at q O'Clock A. d, IL
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-11-02
CARTER HOUSE,

JOHN L. WlLo0f, -. PROPRIETOR,
uAix STREET, CEDAR FALLS,
fs Black Hazel County Io,rd.
This house having changed hands, and nn-
Siergone thorough re6tting and remodelins.
u now ready for the accommodation OF the
public. 1t IL situated i'm the business part OF
Cedar Falls. The proprietor pledges himself
that no pains will be spared to make his
guests comfortable. Stages leave this house
daily for the North, South and West. v.5:37
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-11-02
ABE. HILDRETH, EDITOR PROPRIETOR.
Gbe gntelligenter.
All. r. HILDRETH, Editor.

Westward the course Of empire takes It's way !"
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-05-25

possible not TO convict him. He Is sem
fenced to be hung that is the sentence
OF mild code, humanely adjudged, and
requires no duty from me except TO see
that II be executed. have TO sign no
death warrant. If the Executive inter
poses at all, II is 10 pardon; and TO par
don him have received petitions, pray
ers, threats from almost every free State
in the Union. From honest, patriotic
men like yourself, many Of them, am
warned that hanging will make him a
martyr All win it2 Why2 The
obvious answer TO that question shows
me above anything the necessity
for hanging him. You ask -
"Have you nerve enough to send Brown
to the State Prison for life instead of
hanging him ?" Yes If don't think he
ought to be hung, and that would be
inexcusable for mitigating his punish
ment, could do it without flinching
without culver of muscle against Il
universal clamor for his life. But tcas Il
epsr knoVn before that It t0ould be impolitie
for State 10 erecutt her ialCS against the
highest crimes, With0m bringing do,0n upon
HPsty WeVtHyt0HCt ~ " P"O1't Se"t'"t'' O"t-
side Of her limits and hostile to her la,cs2 Is
it so that it is wisely said to her that she
had better spare a murderer a robber,
a traitor, because public sentiment else
where will glorify an insurrectionist
with martyrdom If 50, it is time to
do execution upon him and all like him.
And l therefore say to you, firmly, that
| have precisely the nerve enough to let
him be executed, with the certainty Of
his condemnation. He shall be execut-
ed as the law sentences him, and his
body shall be delivered over to surgeons,
and await the resurrection without a
grave in our soil. | have shown him
all the mercy which humanity can
claim. Yours truly,
HENRY A. WISE.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-05-25
miscellaneous Items.

The Pekin Imperial Gazette, daily
paper 1000 years old, is the only paper
in China,
--SHAKsPEARE REMoDELED,-"A petit
coat pettlcoat; my kingdom for a
petticoat, "-JCF, Darts,
A prophetic allusiou to Davis pre-
dicament is discovered in the 22d verse
of the 18th chapter of jeremiah.
Read IL,
Only S67 100000 now remain to be
taken up of the S3O0,000,OOO capital au-
thorizcd to national banks,
What is the difference between an
cient and modern chivalry ? One wore
coats of mail and the other coats of le-
male.
Charles A Dana has resigned the as.
sistant secretaryship of war, and Major
Eckert has been appointed his success
sor.
The government has recently OBJ
tanned possession of large amount of
private correspondence of JEFF, Davis,
clearly duplicating him In the conSpira-
cy to assassinate Mr.. Lincoln.
Among the Richmond trophies in
the 5th corps is huge Russian blood
hound, which was kept by one of the
Libby Prison jailors to hunt escaped
Union prisoners
The Jersey City aldermen, eighteen
in number, have voted 257 times for a
president, but hayn't got one yet. They
stand nine to nine, and not one of them
will bulge an inch.
The Memphis bulletin denies the
story of the rebel Gen. Forests death.
On the 9th Forrest issued an address to
his troops announcing the surrender of
Dick Taylor, earnestly advising them to
lay aside all feeling of animosity and
revenge and cheerGully submit to the
powers that be; 90 home aud be good
citizens and use their best eXertions to
preserve peace and order.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-05-25

AN ACT making appropriations for the con-
strucIon, p eservation, and repal Il certain
fortficasops, and other works Of defence for
the wear ding the thirtieth of June, eighteen
hundred and sixty five, and for other pur-
poees.
Be il enacted Jy the Senate and House Of Rep
reSenatire Of the United States Of tmertcd, IN Con
qreSS assembled
That the following sums be, and they are here
by apuropriated cut of any money in the treas
ury not otherwise appropriated, for the con-
structfcn. preservation, aud repairs Of certain
fertilization and other works OF defence for the
| yerr ending the thlrtieth OF june e'ghteu nun
For Fort Montgomery. at GU let OF Lake
| CT amplain, New York, fifty thousand dol
| lars.
For Knox at narrows of Penobscot river
Maine, one hundred thousar dollars.
For Fort at entrauc of Kennebec river, Fort
Popham, Maine, one hundred tt ousani dol
lars
For fort on Hog Island ledge, (Fort Georges }
Portland barber. Maine, one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars,
For Fort SCANNED, Portland harbor, Maine,
one hundred thoueand dollars.
For New Fort Constitution, Portsmouth har-
boz, New Hampshire, one hundrrd thousand dol
lars.
For Fort MeClary, Portsmouth harbor, New
hampshire, fifty th ousand dollars.
For Fort Winthrop, Governors Boston har-
Dor, Massachusetts, fifty thousand dollars
II VI Il Olb W olISAi DSS'S'A 'A"A '"S'ANJ
sand dollars
For qea-wall of Great Brewster's island, forty
thousand dollars. So
For repair of sea-walls on Deer and Lowell
isl ands, ten thousand dollars.
For permanent forts at New Bedford harbor
Massachust one hundred thousand dol
lars.
For For Schuyler, East river, New York, twen-
ty five thousand dollars.
For fort at Willet's Point opposite Fort
Schuyler, New York, Ole hundred and MY
thousand dollars, ,,,.,,
For repairs of Fort Columbus, Castle Will
Jams, South Battery, Fort Wood and Fort Glo-
son, New York harbor, one hundred thousand
For new battery New York, seventy five
thousand dollars.
For Fort Richmond, Staten island, New York,
twenty thousand dollars,
For fort on site of Fort Tompkns, Sta ten is
land, New 4 rk, one hundeed and fifty thou
sand dollars.
For casemated battery Staten island, New
York, sevnty FIVE thousand dollars
For repis and completion of sea wall at Buff
alo. thirty-seven tho sand five hundred dollars
Fer fort at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, one
hundred twentv-five thousand dollars
For Fort Mifflin near PHILADELPHIA, PennsyL-
Yanis twenty thousand dollars,
For permanent work for Delaware break|ater
harbor, one hundred thousand dollars.
For Fort Carroll, Baltimore harbor, Marylan,
one thousand dollars.
For Fort Monroe, Hampton roads, VIRGINIA,
fifty thousand dollars.
For Fort wool, Hsmpion roads, Virginia, two
hundred thousan COLLAR
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-05-25
Local and State Items.

The MEETING LAST EvgNNG,-But
few persons were present last evening
at the meeting called at the County
Court Room to take measures with ref
erence to securing the location Of the
Vermont Agricultural College in Rut-
land, The meeting was called to order
by S, NJ. Dorr, Esq, on whose motion
VIM, A, Burnett, ESQ, was called to the
chair Chas. NJ, Gay was appointed Sec
rotary.
Mr. Dorr explained the object of the
meeting and urged the great Importance
to the town of securing the location
here of the College. Remarks were also
made by Messrs W, G. Veazey Daniel
Kimban, @, c. Dewey, Luther Daniels
and W. A. Burnett, further charging
upon the obviously great advantage to
the business and social interests of the
town which would result from the loca-
ton here of this institution.
The following resolution was intro
duced by Mr.. Dorr and adopted
Resolved, That the following named
gentlemen be appointed School District
Committees in their several Districts to
circulate subscriptions among the peo-
pie to see what sum can be raised in
the town for establishing the Vermont
Agricultural College, and that said
committees be requested to finish their
labors and return their subscription
lists to S. NJ. Dorr, one of the corpora
tors of said College, before the LIST day
of July next.