Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-02-09

ate, in regard to the policy of the Gov
eminent and the people caring so much
for the rebels of Savannah and else
where, while our own unfortunate
brave soldiers languish and pine in
rebel prisons, are heartily endorsed by
all true loyalists. Eye for an eye, &c,
is the only way to open the eyes OF
those Intervals who now hold power
over portion of the South. .a.a
The reelection of Senator Lane, OF
Kansas, makes him a strong man IN
the councils Of the nation.
| Captain C. H. Palmer, who appear
ed against North & Co., and was abus-
ed by Seymour & Co. for so doing, has
been made the Colonel of his Regi-
ment by Governor Fenton.
The intention of Secretary Fessen-
den to return to the Senate will make
it necessary for the President to find
the right man for the high and respon-
sible position of Secretary of Treasu-
ry. Instinctively almost all eyes
turn toward Senator E. D. Morgan, late
Governor of New York, as the most
fitting man for that post, for he, as
much as any man now in public life Of
the party in power, has the entire con-
fdence and esteem of the capitalists
of the Empire City, Is well as the true
loyalists of the country. He was
among the first who organized the
party which has twice made Mr.. Lin
coin President, and none more than he
has conduced to it's success. If MIR.
Seward should be sent to the Court of
st. James, it would show England
that our Republic is not destitute of
as able and dignifed citizens to repre-
sent her abroad as it ever was from
the first days of our history. The
president naturally leans towards such
men as Senator Morgan to fill respon-
sible positions I; for, like himself, he,
with Wade, Yates, Fenton, Morton,
Fletcher, Wilson, Stanton, Terry, Far
ragut, Grant, Sheridan, Green Clay
Smith, and host Of others now in ex-
allied places, began life in humble but
respectable spheres, and acorked their
way to where they now are. Who
will not love the Republic which has
such fruits always at hand when need
ed for its service.
Gen. Hancock's corps is fast filling up.
1t is understood that officers are now
being appointed from Pennsylvania for
the First Corps, the disability concern
| ing State benefits which previously ex-
listed in reference to troops organized
in the manner of said Corps has been
removed by the act Of the Legislature.
All localities throughout the land ought
to give special attention to the claims
of veterans in regard to local bounties,
as it should be remembered that at
the commencement of the war these
veterans received no special pecunia-
nv inducements to serve their country.
Would not twenty veteran Patriots, II
induced to 60 again to the field, do
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their respective localities more credit
than fifty green, raw recruits Every
sane man well knows they would.
Brevet Maj. Gen Alfred H. Terry, of
Connecticut, will doubtless be made a
full Maj. General, as he has done what
Butler and Weitzel failed to.
The question of building new rail
road from Washington to New York
will most probably be passed over by
this Congress, as the late admirable
arrangements of the Camden and Am
boy, Philadelphia, Wilmington. and
Baltimore, and Baltimore and Ohio
Companies haveremoved the apparent
necessity for such move. Now the
trip is made in ten hours in more COM
Portable cars, without change, than
any in the country, there being doub-
lie track all the distance by next sea-
son the bridge across the Susquehan-
ma will be completed, which will great
ly shorten the time. The simple ques-
ton is now asked, has not the Govern
ment already enough irons in the fire +?
Ought not the cities and harbors on
our lakes and sea cost have more of
the attention of Congress, as to the
need of better defences, than such
questions as building rival railroads
where there is no immediate need for
them, and increasing the pay of clerks
who do duty as general thing only
from nine to four O'clock daily.
G. P. E.