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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-06

WOULD Nor Go.--One of onr citizens
is the proprietor of clock that has
caused him considerable trouble and
wonder One day the clock stopped /;
the pendulum refused to wag, and the old
familiar tick, tick, tick" no longer
sounded through the mansion. This, in
itself, was nothing unusual for clocks
had been known to Stop without any yis-
iblo cause, ere this. But there was some
thing strange about the stopping of this
clock. 1t no longer kept time, but kept
up queer noise with its machinery. The
clock was taken to a jeweler,s who made
a post morton examination, which devel-
oped the fact that an adventurous mouse
had taken up its abode among the ma
chinery, and which was captured alive
and well. The clock commenced run
ming as soon as relieved of its tenant,
and wags and ticks as usual AAA
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-06
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-10-09
THE ST. LOUIS rAIR
The Ners says

ne 4AfHS says
Thursday from custom has always beer
considered the gala day of the Fair and the
programme for that day always contains su-
perior attractions. The attendance yesterday
was estimated at from 1900 to 10000. In
1850, on the Thursday when the Fair was Wis.
tied by the Prince of Wales, the attendance
was thought to have been 100000 persons
but the average attendance on other days was
only about &c, 1000.
Long before the gates were opened yester-
day, thousands of people from town and
country lined the avenues adjoining the
grounds, all eager for admission. Before
clock the grounds were thronged, and at II
O'Clock over IL 900 had been received at the
gate. The different halls were crowded, and
the awarding committees were seriously dis
commoded IN their operations.
The Amphitheatre was crowded, presents
ing an animating scene throughout the day.
An exciting trot came off for purse of ST.
900, offered by Messrs. Baar, Duncan d Co.,
one of our leading wholesale firms. The race
was against time around the ring to the mile.
Bashaw led off. followed by Sam, kirkwood,
Gladiator, Vermont and Pilot Temple, the
latter winning the race and purse in 3:3l.
The exhibition in the Amphitheater closed
with the performance of pair of genuine
bufaloes. At the conclusion of the ring en-
tries, the presentation of a gold watch by Mr..
W. j. Allen, ex- President Of the Fair Asso.
citation, took place. The recipient being Mr..
Charles Todd who for FIVE years was Presi-
dent of the Agricultural and Mechanical As.
ISOLATION.
The FIRST premium ST $3.50 for roadsters,
five years and under, was awarded to Bash
aw, Jr.," owned by Starr & PIstt of Iowa,
and second to "R. E. Les," owned by G..
w. Wyman, Of Clay Co. Mo. A number Of
other awards were made to roadsters of other
descriptions, which We have not space to
enumerate.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-10-09

~ RIGINAL N0TICE-To p c. Wright, John Bruce,
~ Eaton Bros Co., Emma Williams execu.rix
OF the estate oeo B. Wiams deceased Abbott, Johns
Hugh Cook State Of Iowa for the Of the school
Rund, n. Merrick, Cummns Seaman Co, Aiexan.
der wray Co, Laird Bros. %, ThoaAs 6vsnvfck
and William Lohmer executors Of the sseate Of Louis
Ziudle, de- eased, Geo O. Anderson, Brown, 0oddin
Co. John B. Carson. Ben. johnson, Hawkins Taylor, n
3 Magoun, 3. G Pyle, Homer Curtis L. Carts Geo
n Barber, John MeDougai- }. r. Allen.
You and each Of you hereby notified that tAsrs 4
file In the Once Of The Clsrk-of the District
Court for Lee County, Iowa 1t Ksoauk petition oi
Eliza Ruddick, ciaanng Of you, the said 2. G. Wright
the Of Two rhousaNd Dolsrs, - neasy ass two
promssory and also claiming Of you the bro
closure Of certain mortgage given upon the eat hall
the southwest quarter section twenty Arss town
ship sxtysx (66) north, rAngs lvs 90 wsst IN Lee
County and praying for the sals d ths unaviasd
half Of the said mortgaged preaSs ~ he paynsnt o
said debt undivided IN havfne pgevi0aaly heea
foreclosed upon and sold for tAa payouf Of noo -
cured By the same described property.
Nov unIsu zoe Apveaf thereto I'D aslend before
nooa Of The essnd ~ Il the next t~n Of ths Distrie,
Court Of Lss Coanty Iowa 1t Ksokuk. saA Cour1
begun md held ON the Ant Monday In HshEuafy, 1o01
dshult viii b eat~sd sGpipst you and judgneet ssd
ee<ss rs.A3A t1ss.ss. :: Pssysa for IN pa1lsIs
tito., asd the lsoderty sold ~ H. payIg & -
nm, interest - costs and al = your t1D - ~
= - ~ DsDesrV VII b futsveF CIT Il - -
evoetd u ~H@s RANKIN NuCuAnx.
Revenue stamp Ioc} Atty's for R1on09
oct1-d
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-10-09

I EGAL NOTICE.-Tothe unknown heirs
- Ct James hcCamsh deceased You her. b,
notified that there is file in Office the Clerk OF
the District Court Of Lee Com Iowa Keokuk Pc
ttion of Banah Farngm claiming decree Of said Court
sgainst you finding the said Farlum TO be the of
Land Warrant No. l92e2 issued y the Commi OF
Pensions Of the Government Of the United States under
the Act OF March g. 1855 to James Mechanism OF the
Tenness,e Militia, War 1872 authorizing linn locate
60 acres In one body at any Land once In the United
States at either the mnn lower graduated pri-
further finding that said Mechanism dspai this
life October 1883 ntcstst- leaving alive wife and
but child, Marxar Roberts formerly McCamishe
TINT the eaid Margaret intpfmar led with
drew Roberta that the said Mar and Andrew Rob
trts being the OF said Land Warrant assigned
the same petitioner who thereby became the owner
and entitled locate the same petition further
said Mccami-h be cnt ri, barred and forever extn-
| guished, and for general relief
Now, unefs You, the said heirs, Who unknown TO
petitioner, appear an make defer thereto or before
noon OF the cond day of Of said Court
commences the first Monday Of February, 1861 iudg-
nlent will be rendered sesinst you y prayed for
lstampl Atty for Plaintiff
In this case the Court having examined the petition
and the foregoing notice, hereby approve said notice
make this endorsement the ssse and Il 10 fur
Their ordered that said notice he published In the Gate
City newspaper weekly. for s!x successive weeks.
fRAkCIB SPRINGER, Judge.
Sept H. 1ss6-oct4o 60
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-10-09
The Chicago Post says:

The Chicago Post says:
considering the attitude the boys in blue
in the coming elections the most unnaiaisbie
medicine for Andy Is Aid 70 be blue mass. !"
Grx. NJ. N. TsrnsyLL has been noninisil
sus DISCREET Atsxuy IN IN NiatA nissziaa. +
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-10-09

The FINEST SPEECH EVER MADE.-Ths
Westminster Reriep pronounces Abraham
Lincoln's Gettysburg speech the finest that
ever fell from human lips In view of this
fact, and that ii is even more pertinent than
it ever was, we need make no apology tor re-
publishing it, especially as it will but little
occupy space. We give il below:
-Four score and seven years ago our fathers
brought forth upon this continent a new ma
ton, conceived in liberty and dedicated to
the proposition tina. all men are created
equal. Now we are engage in great civil
war, testing whether that nation, or any n b
ton SO conceived or dedicated, can long en-.
uure. We are met on great battlefield OF
that war. We are met to dedicate a portion
of it as the final resting place of those who
here gave their lives that that nation might
live. 1t Is altogether fitting and proper tina,
we should do this.
But in a large sense we cannot consecrate,
we cannot halow this ground. The brave
men, living and dead, who struggled here,
add or detract. The world will note nor Ions
remember what We say here, but it can never
forget what they did here. 1t is for US, thu
living, rather to be dedicated to the un6n
ished work that they have thus far so nobly
carried on. tits rather for US to be here ded
icated to the great task remaining before us
that from these honored dead We take in
creased devotion to the cause for which they
here gave the last full measure Of devotion
that we here highly resolve that the deaG
shall have not died in vain-that the nation
shall, under God, have . new birth Of free
dom, and that the Government of the people
BY the people, and for the people, shall no
perish from the earth"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-10-09

E rs "A - -# III
ln-"we1l march right down to Washington.'
when sr.edon IN Is 81
Her starry blue
Ger treason's black dominions,
And famed the fires
#JlI In by c00kSG TU3Hl I6I913
OF old, with eagle pinions;
And from tn hills
Like thunder thrills,
Rang out the battle slogan
fast~ The fstiAS1f li6n Sssfrst ~ ~
That led the ven
To war, was gallsnt Logsni
CHonus-Now worse than steel,
Let treason feel t4zfs
The peoples mighty slogan!
Then three times thrss
For liberty,
And gallant Johnny Logan!
Who firmly stood
When waves Of blood
Swept over squares and column
And traced his name,
With sword and flame
In giory's Grim son volumef
On battlefield
Our nations shield,
His voice was freedoms slogan,
And victory
Leap'd wild, for she
Had lent her sword to Logan!
CRoRus-Now worss than steel,
Let treason feel, DC.
Hark! from the graves
Where sleep our braves
With freedom's sunlight shrouded;
Who flushed the plains
From throbbing veins
To keep her face unclouded;
Across our souls,
Like war song, rolls
The old Cops thrilling slogan
Whose cry CONCEALED
On battle field,
The foe of land and Logan. ss
CHoRus-Now worse than steel,
Let treason feel, dc.
Oh, comrades ! who
Have swept the dew
From Southern fields together,
And filed the skies
With vict'ry's cries.
And march'd gainst wind and weather;
Come hand in hand
For native land,
Ring out your battle slogan;
They never yield,
On Hood or field,
Who fight meath gallant Logan
CHoRrs--Now worse than steel,
Let treason feel
The peoples mighty slogan
Then three times three
For victory,
The Union and for Logan
Il M. S.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-10-09

TIE removal Of Union men and the APP
pointment of Coppsrheads and rebels eootinse
rapidly. That MI. Liucoln's appointments
are unpopular With Mr.. johnson en- columns
to-day give plenty Of evidence. Josiah Mil
lard, Assessor of Internal Revenue 1t Alex.
andris, w., tbs 6syt Union mpn in -thg Stsu
arrested ard inprisvnea ~ d. rtAela haS
bees tafned out Of of6es 10 meks foom for 1
pardoned rebel. The removal Of Uniop
postmasters and eppointaent Of Dsnoerats
is becoming one Of the great fsatarss ef N.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-10-09

Case Of 30 via md book eompiets no %
Case Of 90 large vals, in morocco and book... ea
Case Of % large vfals plain cass and book 90
Case Of is boxes {Nos.1 70 ~ aAd book-----.- .
These reneiss BY tAs 49, a. single bon,
asy part q ths country, b. ssu or cypress, nss Q
ehsfge, on receipt Of the price. Addre0
M HUNPHkkTT 6REuFB
+ HONHOplTH THO MEDICINE CO1PAFY,
once and Dspos Ne. "a Broadway, usw-Yofk.
Tor sale by every Medicine Dealer. 20 81 .ssses
Dr.. HUMPHREYS ID consulted dGiiy 1t hfs of14a. 80
Sdlslly or by letter Allows for MI forns Of dise
tannd1y
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-10-09
OMciaI Report efths Rev Orleans Has.
saers.

Soon after the New Orleans massacre .
military commission, with General Mower "a
President, was appointed to take testimony
and thoroughly investigate the facts. After
taking the evidence of all parties, white men,
negroes and rebels, they have made volu-
minous report, which fastens the responsible
ity wholly upon the police and the authori.
ties The testimony of Mayor Monroe is dis.
credited, and he apparently stands convicted
of bearing false witness on several points.
The fact that the massacre was pre-arrAnged,
and that rebel organizations were on hand to
participate in the work Of blood, is mad Q
clear. These bands of ex Confederate sol.
diers wore badges. First, crescent and
star. Second q cross>cannon badge, known
to be that of the Washington artillery; third
white handkerchief tied round the neck;
and fourth. a blue ribbon in the button hole.
The assertion of the rebels that the Conven-
vention fired first upon the police is totally
disproved The Convention was unarmed.
Hays brigade named after Harry Hays,
ex-rebel General and the present sheriff of
New Orleans, was on the ground participate
ing in the slaughter in concert with the po-
lice. The Board declares that sthe work of
the massacre was pursued with q cowardly fe-
rocity unsurpassed in the annals of crime. y
This report will remove all doubts, if any
exist-whieh hardly seems prcbable-as to
the real character of the New Orleans mas-
yecre. Mr. Johnson's elaborate defense and
justification Of it will nes in any manner,
change the popular sentiment, so fully justi-
fed BY the evidence published by the Board.
-Chicddo Tribune
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-11-29

Men and W omen make their own beauty
or their own u@liness. Sir Edward Bull
wer Lytton speaks in one of his novels of a
man ''who was uglier than he had any bu-
siness TO be-" and if he could but read it.
every human being carries his life in his
face. and is good looking or the reserve as
that life has been good or evil. On our
features the fine chisels of thought and
emotion are eternally at work. Beauty Is
not the monopoly of blooming young men
and OF while and pink maids. There is a
slow-growiug beauty which only comes
TO perfection in old age. Grace belongs 10
no period of life, and goodness improves
the longer il exists, | have seen sweeter
smiles on lip of seventy than upon a lip
of seventeen.
There is the beauty of youth, and there
also the beauty OF holiness-a beauty much
more seldom met; and more frequently
found in the armchair by the fire, with
grand children around IFS knee, than in the
ballroom or promenade. Husband and
wife, who have fought the world side by
side, who have made common stock of iov
and sorrow, and aged together, are not un-
frequently found curiously alike in person
al appearance and in pitch and tone of
of voice-just as twin pebbles on the
beach,, exposed to the same tidal infuen-
ces, are each others alter ego. He has gain
ed feminine something which brings his
manhood into full relief. She has gained
masculine something which acts as foil
to her womanhood.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-11-29
Valuable suggestions.

In times ofhoh prices a few hints in re-
gard 10 preserving food and of economy in
bread may not be uninteresing 10 oourreaders.
You can keep butter sweet long time,
even in hot room, where it is half melted,
by keeping it covered with brine made by
mere putting into boiling water all the salt
il will take in. Then let il cool aud pour
it over The butter. Meat may be preserved
in the same way To be sure it will be-
come rather salt, but when you wish to use
it, take it out of the brine the night before.
and lay it across two spoons or sticks, to
lift it somewhat from the bottom ofthe dish
in which you wish 10 soak it and cover ii
with fresh water. The salt will then settle
down out of the meat, and il will freshcn
nicely. You throw meat or fish into the
bottom of vessel and cover it with water
and it will freshen very little: for the salt
does not fall out, but only 10 the lower side.
Few persons seem to understand this.
If you will buy rye flour and make bread
yourself, putting in very little molasses
and good sweet yeast. it will be better for
you Than wheaton bread. and cost less
You can hire il baked. 1t is good, too, and
keeps fresh much longer than wheaton
bread. 1t is all nonsense TO think that on
ly wheaien bread is agreeable to The taste.
Many prefer well made rye at the same
pricen ~
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-11-29
FsOU Prepare CoMee.

Ii is uol generally known that coffee that
has been beaten is better than that which
has been ground. Such, however. is the
faci. and ia ihis brief article on The subject,
Savaria gives what he considers The reason
for the difference. As he remarks a mere
decolon of green coffee is most insipid
drink. but carbonization develops The aro-
ma and an oil which is the peculiarly OF
The coffee we drink. He agrees with other
writer's that The Turks excel in this. They
employ no mills. but beat the berry with
wooden pesilcs in mOrtars. When long
used. these pesiles are considered very
iifecious aud bring grea' prices. He edeter-
mined bv actual experiment which of two
methods was the best He burned careful
fully = pound of good Mocha, end sepeTa-
ted il into two equal portions. The one
passed through the mill. The other was
beaten after the Turkish fashion in n NOR
TOR. He made coffee of each. Taking
equal weights Of boiling wafer, he treated
them both alike. He tasted The coffee
alimself. and caused other competent judg-
cs 10 do 50. The unanimous opinion. was.
thai coffee beaten in mortar was far bet
ter than that ground in mill.-Annuol o.
Scientific Discorfru
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-11-29
Presentation OF Treasury
Notes Issued by Howell Cobb.

An interesting reminiscence of the re-
bellion came up in the Treasury Depart
ment recently. \ treasury note for $500,
bearing date December 1860, running one
year, with interest at II per cent, was for
the third time presented for redemption.
The payment of the note, although the sig
natures oil the then Register and Treasurer
are admitted to be genuine, has hitherto
been refused; because there is no record OF
the name of the payee on the Treasurer's
books, and the number of the note does not
correspond with its letter as recorded The
history of the batch of these notes issued al
that time, of which this is one, is as fol-
lows:
Early in the year 1850, Howell Cobb,
then Secretary of the Treasury. redeemed
large amount of the Government indebt-
edness, still having years to run at a heavy
premium, varying from Is to 20 per cent
thus taking the money necessary for other
purposes out of the Treasury. After Mr..
Lincoln's election, and when the secession
egg was well hatched, Cobb did his best to
cripple the Government finances. He took
a large number of these notes, signed in
blank. to New York, and had them hawked
about the streets, borrowing money at an
exorbitant rate of interest, from 8 to I2
per cent, and asserting his belief that the
Government would be insolvent within a
year. These notes were issued to any one
who would loan the money, and the blanks
for the name of the payee and rate of inter-
est filed up on the spot. The notes fell
due within year, and were mostly re-
deemed, few or none others being outstand-
ing now; but the irregularity, not to say
fraudulent issue, ofthis one has prevented
its payment hitherto. The signatures
being genuine, however, and the present
holders innocent parties, it is probable that
the Government will have to redeem it.
AT the time this money was borrowed at
l2 per cent. the street rate of interest in
New York was three and four per cent.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-11-29
How 10 Keep Out the Moths.

A good old lady gave the best receipt to
her niece, whom she found one day exam
ming her wardrobe. 1t had been copied
from an old fashioned book, and was this;
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon
earth, where moth and rust doth cor
rupt, and where thieves break through and
steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures
in heaven, where neither moth nor rust
doth corrupt, and where thieves do not
break through nor steal" The application
of this ancient receipt is very simple:-
Look over the wardrobe, and bring out all
that can be spared-blanket and shawls,
coats and cloaks-and send them to the
poor IN time; let the widows or the desti-
tute have them before the moths have be-
gun their inroads. "He that hath two coats
let him impart to him that hath none -
This will do more to keep out moths than
all the cedar closets, or snuff and camphor,
in the world; and will be likely, if done in
Christian, generous spirit, to secure the
blessing Of Him that maketh rich, and
doubly sweeten what is left.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-11-29

Soon after the death of Prince Albert
the sable Emperor Theodorus of Abysin-
ia, hearing of The melancholy event, and
moved probably by sympathy for the un-
fortunate widow, sent 10 Quenn Victoria a
formal proposal of marriage. The Offer
was treated with silent contempt. His sa-
BILE Majesty, after waiting some time, came
TO the conclusion that he was Intentionally
insulted. and, out of revenge, seized the
principal Englishmen then within his do
minions. BY the latest accounts there is
reason TO fear that all the prisoners, as
well as an envoy sent out to their succor,
have been put to death. Queen Victoria
has at length been induced to despatch to
her savage suitor an autograph letter in
the hope of securing the release ofthe sub
jects, if they are not already released by
death.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-11-29
Knox correspondence.

4
EDIToIs REPUBucAN:-The editor of oul
seven-by-nine Copperhead sheet says that
he ''has had the.b .blues ever since the elec-
ton" Is it any wonder that he and every
one who is seeking to save the sinking
craft of new-fangled, apostate, degenerated
Democracy should have the blues, since the
people, from Maine TO the Potomac, have
spoken in tones of thunder, and have put
the seal of their unqualified condemnation
upon the apostacy of their parry, and their
alliance with treason. We say it is no
wonder that they have the blues, but we
do wonder that anyone who has any dis
elimination, Judgment or sense, should be
disappointed in the result of the lale elee-
lion. 1t is true they prolessed 10 be san
guine, but we supposed that their profess
sions of a beliefth they would be success
ful were merely for effect, and we candid
ly confess that we were not prepared for
as many crest-fallen, woe-begOne, lorlOn
countenanccs we have seen.
AS party, they rushed upon their own
ruin aud achieved their own defeat, and as
badly disappointed as they may be, they
have no one but themselves TO thank for IT,
''Whom the godswould destroy they first
make mad,' has been verified in the histo
~ of tl,eir once great and triumphant, but
now defeated parry. While their motto
has been @We viii rule or ruin,' like AHA
man they have pcrished on the scaffold
they erected for those whose superior vii-
tues and integrity incurred their hatred and
malice. But in our joy we will be gener-
Gus, and mark the place of its interment
with Hic Jacct. So mote it be-
SnrfrtrOu
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-11-29
AFTER.

After the shower the tranquil sun, -
After the snow the emerald leaves;
Silver stars when the day is done; 3
After the harvest. golden sheaves.
After the clouds, the violet sky;
After lhe.tempcst, the lull of waves;
Quiet woods when the winds go by;
After the battle, peaceful graves.
Afierthe knelI, the wedding bells; lI9pi
After the buds the radiant rose;
Jovial greetings, from sad farewells;
After our weeping, sweet repose.r .j
After the burden, the blissful need;
Afierdhe flight. The downy nest;
After the furrow, the waking seed;
After The shadowy river--Iest,