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Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-08-17
Original Notice.
To GEORGE d. WooD -

To GEORGE B. WOOD: -
You are hereby notified that there is now
on file in the office Of the Clerk of the District
Court of Floyd County, State of Iowa. 4 natl.
ton of II. & s. p Carter, Plaintiffs, claiming
of you thGsum of fifteen thousand seven hun.
dred and sixty-three dollars and ninety-two
cents, with interest at ten per cent. per
annum since June 8. 1866, on account for
balance due them, for money paid by them
for you. et- ~ tI.I,tlf
And that unless You appear thereto and de-
fend, before noon Of the second day of the
next term of said Court, commencing on the
18th day of September, A., ID. 1865, default
will be entered against you and judgment
rendered thereon. You are further notified
that, in said petition, said plaintiffs ask for
a writ Of attachment against your property.
July %, 1865.
r. & s. p. CARTER, Plfrs.
by BURKE & ELLIS, Attorneys, 34w4
U. s. Rev. Stamp, Soc, cancelled
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-08-17

dams, and providing them with imple-
ments of industry and seeds, to ena-
bic them to become self-sustainiDg,
aud reservation on the Colorado riv-
er has been selected, of sufficient size
for their accommodation. Measures
have been taken to subdue the hostile
Indians. A large number of troops
have already been sent. and more are
on the way. The soldiers are under
the command of General John S. Ma
son, who will doubtless sustain his
reputation as an able officer in the
overthrow of those tribes that are de-
termined to be troublesome. General
Mcdowell is entitled to much credit
for the interest he has manifested in
this branch of his department, and
providing, to the best of his ability,
all the troops required. t,..
Under these hattering auspices the
Territory cannot fail to prosper. San
Francisco capitalists are already
furnishing means to work the mines I;
and many of their quartz mills are on
the way and others are being built,
This is but the forerunner of what
will soon he done by business men of
the East, who are preparing to invest
a large amount in that wide field of
speculation.
Mr.. Hand has several mining claims
in Arizona, and fondly hopes that they
viii eventually prove to him for
time F..#
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-08-17
Returned Soldiers.

Among the returned soldiers of the
past week we have the names of the
following Lieut.. Geo. p. Smith, @. NJ
9th Iowa Eugene S. Brown, Is,
Lieutenant Co. G.; Geo. T. Frazee
David ldlcr, Perry F. Hettinger, Lev
j. Schermerhorn, Thomas Price, Geo
w. Perrin, Herschell j. Perrin, VIM
Fl. II. Kellogg. Lyman Kellogg, L. F
Smith, L. d. Raymond, VIM. Refsni.
der, Joseph G. Rich, Sergeant Bennett
VIM. N. Fisher. Mr.. Fisher is home
on a furlough, and his time will expire
in twenty days after the expiration Of
his furlough, all the others are dis,
charged. Their return was the occa.
sion Of many happy greetings ON the
part Of their friends.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-08-17

Hiram Fuller, once editor Of the
New York Mirror, talks of starting q
newspaper in Paris. Hiram is rather.
a poor devil. A Yankee by birth, he
lived long on the charity of Copper
head hotel keeper, in New York, turn
ed rebel, left his wife and his country,
went to Europe as the companion of
an Italian songstress, was Confeder-
ate agent in England and elsewhere
but probably got no pay, which was
all he earned and now, at the age of
sixty or sixty-fve, is in Paris looking
for something to turn up. He has the
ability to make as worthless a news
paper as any in the world. .-.a
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-08-17
Atlantic Cable.

There can he little doubt that the
Great Eastern, after paying out 100
mtles>of cable and fnding the insula-
ton destroyed, put back to England !;
and 50 ends, in notifying failure, Che
second attempt at IN Atlantic teleT
graph. Advices from Hearts Con-
tent, of the 9th inst, announce the
arrival there of the gunboat Sphynx,
one of the Great Eastern's consorts,
which having been left behind in a
storm, July 27th, (before the failure
was kncwn) had steered the proper
course without seeing anything more
of the fleet. 1t is further stated that
tho New, Foundlsnd cable which the
Clara sClarita went out to repair, is
entirely destroyed. --a--.-.--.--.--.-----
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-08-17
Women and Men.

Very intelligent women, we find by
observation, are seldom beautiful. The
formation of their features, and par.
ticularly their forehead, is more or less
masculine. Miss Lander was rather
pretty and feminine in the face but
Miss Sedgwick, Miss Pardue, Miss
Leslie, and the late Anna Maria and
Jane Porter, the contrary. One Of
the Misses Porter had a forehead as
high as that Of an intellectual man.
We never knew Of any very talented
man who was admired for his personal
beauty. Pope was awful ugly DR..
johnson was no better; Mirabeau
was the ugliest man in all France,
and yet he was the greatest favorite
with the ladies. Women more fire.
quently prize men for their sterling
qualities of the mind, than men do
women. DR.. Johnson chose a woman
who scarcely had an idea above an
oyster. He thought her the loveliest
creature in existence, if we may Judge
by the inscription he left on her tomb.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-08-17

The defalcation in the Phoenix Bank,
New York, proves to be much larger
than was at first supposed. and will,
the cashier thinks, reach $275, 900.
James Fl. Earle. formerly book-keep-
err of the bank, has been arrested as
an accomplish of jenkins, and confes.
sed having received 500. 900 from the
defaulting teller, which he spent in
stock gambling. He was locked il q
cell at one of the police stations, and
during the night committed suicide by
opening an artery in his neck with q
penknife. Stock gambling and fast
women seem to have been the inspir-
ing causes which have led these young
men TO their ruin.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-08-17

PEsrrLENcE.-Europe has two pcsti-
lences to balance our civil war. The
Russian plague, which is declining,
and the cholera, which is making sad
havoc in Turkey and Arabia. No less
than 5000 of the pilgrims at Mecca,
have been swept off. and the streets
are filed with corpscs. Egypt has
been reached By it, and the sanitary
regulations have been adopted in both
France and England to prevent infec-
tion. The French harbors arc shut
against vessels arriving from AIexan.
dria. fv~ .T#r vei Es.. l8f
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-08-17
SheriR's Sale.

NOTICE is hereby given, that by virtue Of
IN a Special Execution, duly issued by the
Clerk OF the District Court of Floyd county,
State of Iowa, and to me directed. have lev
led on and shall offer for sale at public auction.
at the front door Of the Court House In Saint
Charles, Floyd county. Iowa, ON the 2Oth day
OF Sept, A. ID. 1865, at O'Clock i'm the after.
noon OF said day, the following described prop
erty, to wit: EF# q Eg
The west half of the south east quarter of
section thirty, 900 Township ninety six, 100
Range sixteen, west OF the 9Th PRINCIPAL Me.
ridian, levied on as the property Of William
A. Cooley and wife, TO satisfy said execution
in favor of II, q. Norris and against said
William A. Cooley and wife, for s3l7, % and
interest and costs.
Terms of sale cash In hand.
Dated, Aug. Ia, AID 1865.
d. ii. FERGUSON, Sheriff
of Floyd County, Iowa,
D. W. Poindexter, Atty. awe
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-08-17
Mormonism.

Jos eph Smith. of Nauvoo, son OF
the founder of Mormonism, publishes
in the Council Bluffs Nonparca, 2Sth
ult., long letter defending the Nor
mon New Organization against the
charge Of believing in polygamy.
Smith quotes from the " Book of Cow
enants |" of his church, showing that
it teaches and requires that the has.
band shall have but one wife, and he
challenges public discussion of the
subject, to be held in Council Bluffs,
Iowa. I OF the "Ofd Organization
that at Salt Lake, he says that it does
not, and cannot defend the doctrine Of
polygamy, by evidence from tho Book
of Mormon, and Book Of Doctrine and
Covenants. .----.....-.-.-
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-08-17
Is the World a Desert?
] could not keep these words out of
my mind-that simple fragment Of
a poem - N-t =

] could not keep these words out of
my mind-that simple fragment Of q
a poem - - - -
There is no dearth of Kindness
In this cold world of ours /.
How deeply the truth, CLEANED from
two lines, sank into my heart. Very
often have bitter thoughts closed my
eyes to the real virtues of people, be-
cause l made myself miserable with
my own faults, instead of theirs. It's
very often the case that the one who
feels so deeply wounded is the person
most in error. We will not see our
failings but exaggeratc those of 9TH
ers. Oh, yes | we may CLEAN kind
ness" if we will. Heaven never de-
signed us to walk through this world
with our heads down, never looking
up TO see the glad sunshine of happi-
ness that is every where around. We
were not made to shnt up our hearts
with pail of fancied grief, or ever
keep fresh real trouble. We must
say: "Thy will be DONE" and catch
the bright ray Of pure happiness that
is sure to como glimmering through
the heavy clouds. l don't mean reck-
less levity, but pure heavenly kind.
ness, which is the gift of God. There
are many hard-hearted persons in the
world but side by side with them are
those with sympathising hearts. We
must not make martyrs of ourselves,
out of self.pity. No, let us look up
and see the kindly hands that are held
out to help US if we will but take the
first step to be assisted. 1t is very
trne, that idea Of Hoods in his ever
immortalized poem, the Bridge CT
Sighs":
GO Has for the rarity
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-08-17

Alexander Dumas, the younger, with whom
pulmonary consumption is the only female
religion. has uttered great many outrageous
impertinences concerning women. Heaven
he exclaims " in its merciful providence, gave
no beard to woman because it knew they could
not hold their tongues long enough to be
shaved" "For the sake of women OBJ
served the same individual, ''men dshonor
themselves themselves; and in the midst
Of this universal carnage, the creature who
brings it to pass has only one thought in her
mind, which is to decide whether she shall
dress herself so as to look like an umbrella or
like dinner bell
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-08-17
Agricultural Prospects.

News from the Northwestern States
is more and more for the crops. The
Divine promise that seed time and
harvest shall not fail. will be fulfilled.
In Iowa, Northern Illinois, Minnesota,
Michigan and Wisconsin, the injury
sustained is light, and sufficient
wheat will be harvested not only to
prevent any apprehension Of a search
ty, but to insure bountiful supply.
The weather continues most favorable.
In many localities the rain assisted
the crops by destroying the chinch
bugs. Under the long continued
gloom of the clouds. the fears Of the
farmers became aroused, and the
shadow of dependency brooded over
every mind. Hence the discouraging
reports which came in from along the
pathway of the storm. The damages,
to great extent, were predicated on
a longer continuance of the rain, and
when the sun shone brightly once
more, the fields were found teeming,
in many instances, with more than
average yields.
The Chicago Republican observes
that the number of sick men on
Change is fearful. An epidemic
could hardly claim more victims.
The fatality has been serious. Men
who prospered under the black and
weeping clouds of Wednesday fell i'll,
and tainted away under the bright
sun of Saturday" There can be but
little doubt now of the speedy prose
cution of harvest operations to GER
tain and satisfactory results. One
more week of fair weather will be
sufficient in which to secure the crops.
From the South we have nothing
very favorable in regard to the great
staple crops of that section. The
spirit manifested by the press. how
ever, is everything that could be de.
sired. 1--WE feel confident" says the
New Orleans Times, /" that both cot
tom and sugar will yet be raised in
larger quantities than they were ever
under the servile labor system, though
it may take years for our people to
accommodate themselves to the
change, and organize their efforts SO
as to insure success. Energy and en-
terprise are alone required to make
the plantations now desolate, blossom
as the rose. The siam pillow must
be set to work on our hrosd prairies
and rich bottom lands, end agricultu.
raj machinery of all descriptions must,
wherever practicable, supply the
place of bone and sinew." The appli-
cation Of machinery to the cultivation
of Southern staples is arresting the
attention of the planters, and it is be-
lieved that cane can be cut, gathered
and trimmed by machinery, and cot
ton almost picked in the same way.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-08-17
SheriT's Sale. ,

NOTICE ia hereby given, that by virtue OF
IN two Special Executions duly issued BY the
Clerk of the District Court of Floyd county,
State of Iowa, and to me directed, have lev
led on and shall offer for sale ut Public Auction.
at the front door Of the Court House in Saint
Charles, Floyd county, Iowa, on the Goth day
of Sept. A. d. 1866, At 2 o'clock in the after
noon of said day, tho following described
property. 20. WIN. XII II Il
Lots thirteen, (l3) fourteen, (l4) fifteen,
Q5l and sixteen ll6) ia Block four, a. Range
Two. lc9 Id tho Village of Floyd. inl said
county, levied on as the property Of Moses
Conger to satisfy said executions. one In favor
of James s. Ball and against said Moses Con-
ger, and the other in favor Of Hart Denton
and against said Moses Conger, one for the
sum of sos, 4S and interest and costs. and the
other for 200, 40 and interest and costs.
Terms OF sals--cash in hand. 4T
Dated, Aug. II, A. ID. 1865.
ID. M. FERGUSON, Sheriff 80
SAW ga Of Floyd county, Iowa.
o.. P. Harwood, Atty.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-08-17

Hon. Oran Faville, State Superin-
tendent of Public instruction, has ap-
pointed a Teachers Institute to be
held ct Floyd, commencing on the 9th
day of October next. Fifty dollars
from the State Treasury are put in
Superintendent Wilbur's hands to de-
fray the expenses of the Institute.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-08-17
At wheatland the whisky saloor

At wheatland the whisky saloons
have been completely squelched, and
in many other places in this State we
hear Of the law being enforced, to the
great discomfort of those who have
been trafficing in liquor contrary to
law. That is as it should be /; when
the plain law is violated, let the trans
gressors abide the penalty. Iowa has
a good temperance law, and it only
needs enforcing to free us from the
curse of drunkenness.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-08-17
Republican County Convention.

A delegate Convention of the Republican
Electors Of Floyd County will be held at the
Court House, in st. Charles, on Saturday,
September ID, 1865, at one o'clock P. M, for
the purpose of choosing seven delegates to
attend the Republican Convention of the Goth
Representative District, and to nominate can
didates for the following county offices, viz:
County Judge, County Treasurer, Sheriff,
School Superintendent. County Surveyor, and
Coroner, and to transact such other business
rs may properly come before the Convention
The ratio of Representation will be one
delegate for every ten votes, and one for each
fraction of five or over, cast for Abraham Lin
colin for President, in 1864, in the several
Townships delegates to the several
Townships as follows, viz: st. Charles. IA
Floyd, 10; Rock Grove, g.; Rockford, 4
Scott, 4; Ulster, 3 |; Union, g; Riverton, 8;
Niles, 8; Cedar, 4.
BY order of the County Central Committee,
r. w. HUMPHREY,
't4 :" Chairman.
st. Charles, August 9th, 1865.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-08-17

A note from Boston lCorbett, who
shot the assassin Booth, states that he
is sick in the hospital at Washington,
and has received no pay from the
Government for five months, and is in
much need Of il. Several citizens
there have contributed to his relief.
He has not received the reward,
or any portion of it, offered by the
Government for the capture of Booth.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-08-17

The total number of Indians who
are on the war-path against the whites
in the far West is estimated at 25, 900.
General Dodge, who commands our
forces in that region, left Fort Leay-
enworth for Forts Kearney and Lara
ME on the Sd instant. The General
has determined to put stop to In
dian hostilities upon the plains. and
is confident, with the forces now nm
der his command, of accomplishing
his purpose. ga:af AZ 4v.l eetF,
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-08-17

BAD BLoop.-The Red Jacket lStontah
Bitters are the best blood purifier in
existence. They cleanse the stomach,
produce appetite, and consequently re-
move dyspepsia, mental depression,
fevers, &c, &c. They are for sale by
all druggists and general dealers.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-08-17

Those who take an interest in our
local elections--and all should do So
will not fail to read the calls, in this
paper, for District Convention to NOM
mate Representative to the General
Assembly, and County Convention
to nominate various County Officers.
We can only hope that capable and
worthy men will be put in nomination.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-08-17

The armies of the United States, du.
ring the last year of the war, were nu-
merically much larger than the popu-
lar estimate of them. At the recent
festivities of Yale College, in honor of
the students and graduates of that in
stitution who had seen active service
during the war, General Parsons, of
St. Louis, who was fresh from an in
terview with Secretary Stanton, sta
ted that 7S2,642 men had then been
discharged and sent home, and that
another 10000 would be sent home
in a few days. He further stated that,
at the time Lee surrendered, there
were in the service within two or
three thousand of a round million Of
men. H.. ~ .ss..ry .s.. Hff.r t-..
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-08-17

The McGregor Western Railway
earned, the third week in July, So
225,02, which is considerably above
the average for June. This road has
all the business it is capable of doing,
and promises to become one of the
most important in Iowa. 1t has the
right, under its charter, to extend
across the State to the Missouri river,
and has land grant of ten sections
$4,000 acres) per mile to aid in its
construction. td5
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-08-17

A Grand Military Ball will be had
at the Union House, in Charles City,
on Thursday, August Gath, in honor
of the returned soldiers. 1t will be a
big thing. aud everybody and his
wife will be there.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-08-17
&C. O. D."-The Green Bay Advocate thus

&C. O. D."-The Green Bay Advocate thus
explains, in answer to a correspondent, the
meaning of these cabalistic letters:
They are not the advertisement of patent
medicine. nor of anybody bitters. They are
simply the result of an idle habit they have
down East Of requiring us Western people to
pay for such little goods as we compliment
them by ordering. The letters simply mean
" Chell Out Damnquick." 1t is notifying
that so large concern as the American Ex-
press Company should spell so badly and use
such profanity but, as we are not responsible
for public education or morals, we can do no
more than allude to it. ht& H
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-08-17

A lawyer somewhat Disguised at seeing q
couple of Irishman looking at six sided
building which he occupied, lifted the window,
put his head out and addressed them thus
sc What do you stand there for, like pail
of blockhcads, gazing at my Office? Do you
take it for church i..G a
/" Faix, ., answered one of them, 81 was
thinkin SO till the divil poked his head out
the window"
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-08-17

Samuel Caswell, of Barnstead, N.
H., is one hundred and six years OF
age, and has never drank intoxicating
liquors nor used tobacco in his life.
He has never worn spectacles, and his
eyesight has been perfectly good till
within year. He has moved grass
every summer since he was twelve
years old till the present. and has new
er had a physician but three times. and
those lately. His wife is living in
good health, at the age of ninety,six.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-08-17

1t is said that Federal troops have
actually crossed the Rio Grande at
Brownsville. thus invading Mexican
territory ; and it was reported that in
this contingency. Macmillan had re-
solved to leave Mexico. and return to
France with his valuables. The
French troops would not risk an en-
gagement with the Federal forces
while the Jnarist armies were in, their
rear. The story needs confirmation.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-08-17

We are panied to learn that Win
field s. Rider. for several years cor
respondent Of this paper, met with a
serious accident some days ago. He
was on q steamboat ten miles below
Vicksburg, when the boiler burst and
Mr.. Rider was thrown out upon the
land, and seriously injured internally
He set out for home, and arriving al
Waverly was unable TO travel further
His brother from Floyd went down on
Tuesday. with an easy carriage, bed
ding, &c, to bring him home. His
recovery is doubtful. y
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-08-17

The coquettish Mrs. l. has just returned
from pleasure trip to Washington. She only
took with her forty-two dresses, twenty shawls,
nineteen bonnets and two hundred pairs OF
gloves. " Surely" said friend who hap
pened to DO present when she was unpacking,
- you did not take all that with you." 81
merely took what was indispensable, my dear
left behind me all that was cumbersome -
"Ah, yes, / understand, Jane-your hus-
band"
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-08-17

An anti-negro suffrage State Con-
vention has been called to meet at
Des Moines, Iowa, on the 23d of Au-
gust. The movement is set on foot
by returned soldiers and sore headed
republicans.-Chicago Times.
That last sentence is q bare.faced
lie. The movement was set on foot
by copperheads and traitors, and the
Times knows il. n.... ..-.... .-.r.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-08-17

WoMEN's RIGHTs.-Wc were shown
a field of corn of 80 acres near Posts.
vile, the other day, which was plant.
ed and has been tended entirely by q
young lady II or lS years old. 1t is
one of the cleanest aud most advanc.
ed fields of corn in Allamakee County
This young lady knows her rights
and knowing dare maintain" This
Iowa girl beats the Missouri girl we
spoke of last week all to pieces.-Mc,
Grfcor Ne,rs.