Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1865-09-29

Inc troops are WltndraW0 from Mem
1 his and the miliGary post is abolished.
Out ofthe 2otD destitute fed by the
Freedmen's Bureau at Sheridan, Miss,
but 40 ara negroes.
l. Tia freedmen of vicksburg, Miss.
have voluntarily assessed themselves
for the support of schools for their own
teducation. ..s-ss'a a. , e...
Gen. Sully's Indian expedition has
returned tosIeort Rice, after a fruitiess
chase Of the hostile Indians.
The English press are at the present
time principally occupied with the
Fenian movement, and nsarrniscs as TO
the origin, strength and object Of the
organization. --,..v-.
The Provost Marshal General con-
cedes that Iowa furnished 20, S39 men,
for the war. The number claimed by
Adjt. Gen. Baker to have been furnish
ed was rs, s27. a2. sr "a
| The Iowa Regiments yet remaining
in the service, are the Sth and 18th In
| fantry, the LIST, 9Th, 7th, and 9th Caval-
ry and the Sd Battery. The 2d Caval-
ry are on their way home and the 3D.
Battery has been ordered to be muster
ed out. 81 e
The friends of Mitchell and Kelly,
convicted of the robbery of the Treas
urer's Office of Mitchell county, are
making an effort to secure their pardon,
but thus far without success. r .tsf, :
Mrs. Sterling Price and family have
returned to st. Louis. General Price
has gone to Brazil. .,gs . .,, . 9.' ... u
The total number of colored troops
enlisted in the army was 10000 OF
these $4,000 have died or been killed
and 10000 of the remainder have been
ordered mustered out. sssasaa -.aaH bzt Is
The aggregate receipts from internal
revenue from July lst to the 18th inst.
is Se4 ,66l ,450. a.Iahas sa taan..s ,aa- 81 49,
Preliminary surveys will shortly be
made for railroad from Chillicothe,
Mo, to Des Moines Iowa. s7a' 5aa '5ss.f4
The States Right party in New York
have bolted the Democratic nomina-
tons and will probably put new tick
ct into the field. T. p IN
The Canadian authorities have only
restored $50, 900 of the funds stoled from
the st. Adams banks by the rebel Ca
madam raiders. 1t is stated Govern
ment has made a peremptory demand
for the remainder, Sl20,08o. a#90 so 81.
The Alabama State Convention on
Saturday passed the ordinance abolish
ing slavery by avote of 80 to 8. rs ,
The steamer New York has made the
trip from Aspinwall to New York in six
days, eleven hours and twenty minutes,
the quickest time on record. .s.t b
The London Duty Neus says: aNo
time will be lost in giving q check to
Fenianism. The Governments pro-
gramme will soon be announced"
A Kansas paper announces that 1000
families ofGerman descent, from Berks
county. Pa, and from ST. Louis, Mo-,
have though their agent, Captain Bruins
wick, selected extensive tracts of land
in the valley of the Solomon.
Hon. A. w. Hubbard has returned
from his tour to the Indian agencies,
where he has been taking testimony
as one of the committee of Investigation
appointed by Congress. -.
A new issue of fifty-cent fractional
currency will shortly be made to re-
place the last issue, which has been
greatly counterfeited.- ,aaH ass 1 .aE
General Osterhaus has assumed COM
mand of the department OF the Missis-
sippi, of Nicksburg, General Slocum
having left for the north.
/ The Territorial election in Idaho oc-
Cured on Monday, August l4th aud
resulted III favor OF the Democratic par
ty, who will have y majority in the
new Legislature. 2--ag
| The new light house at the mouth of
Racine harbor, for which Congress last
winter, appropriated thirty-five thous-
and dollars, has been commenced, and
when finished will be a most import
ant and valuable, maritime improve
tment. .-EF0H
/ In addition to the people dying at
i the rate of from fifteen hundred TO two
/ thousand per day in Constantinoble of
4 cholera, there was-a fire there the other
day that destroyed noariy three thous-
and houses. Fave aa0
The yarious Freedmen's Aid Socie-
ties, East and West, have been coasol-
/ dated into one, the Office OF which will
(. be in Washington. Bishop Simpson,
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, is
President the new organization, and
Rev. J. r.. Shipherd. lately of the
Northwestern Freedmeu's Aid Society,
of Chicago, is Secretary. ~
Secretary Harlan, of the Int rior De-
partment, is on his way to his home in
Iowa. 's1'~
Mr.. Colfax, Henry J. Raymond, Mr..
Ashley and Green Clay Smith, are
mentioned in connection With the
Speakership ofthe next Congress.
;, The South Carolina Convention has
refused to allow the negro to form part
of the basis of representation.
81 Gen Warren has authorized denial
of the Copperhead roorback that he
supports Benton for Governor. He will
support only the true. Republican nom.
inees. a. ri. e.. ..-
Returns Of the State census of Maesa.
chusetts have been received from all
!, but sixteen towns, and they foot up
1,2l5, 497. The missing towns, it is es.
timated, will make the aggregate popu.
lation nearly I ,272, 900, and the voter:
about 245, 900. The increase OF popula,
ton since 1860 is about Al 900.
Railroad trains willrun through from
Dubuque to Cedar Rapids on the Du
buque & Southwestern Railroad on tlt
LIST of October, connecting with the
Iowa Division Of tas Northwestern
Railroad. ~
The us. District Attorney for low.
. has settled his suit against Holloway 4
; Vockerodt, distiilers, OF Keokuk, for vi
citation of the revenue laws, the Gov
! eminent taking the distilIery property
+ subject to considerable prior mortgag
; ed interest, and the parties being re
j leased from further liability. The Gov
eminent had previously default ane
penalties to the amount of S38, 900.
REPUBLIoAN UNITY.--There Is not
Republican Journal in the State, SO ia
as we know, which advocates the Ben
, tonian 'Posstim Ticket. The copper
/ head organs alone have assumed to b
: the eXponents. and constitutional ex
a Founders of the 'Possurns: and severa
{ have refused to advocate the election Q
: Benton. SOFT goes. The starch is com
: pleteiy taken out of the opposition
Y They have not vigor enough to make 4
{ decent campaign.
SPECIAL orders No. iS6, War Depart
! lnent, dated 18th instant, orders tina
the rendezvous at Clinton, Iowa, b
!, discontinued Immediately. All Gov
I eminent buildings and other Unite
: States Quarters Masters property atgtfa
: post are to be at 9nce turned over !
q the Quartermaster's Department. Tn
: guards and Officers on sDeea1 dirty cor