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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1867-08-30
HOUSE.
CREsCo Iowa.

This house is eligibly. situated to busi-
ness, near the Depot Of the McGregor
Western Railway! BY giving strict atten-
ton to the wants of the travelling public,
they hope to merit the confidence and re-
ceive share ofpablic patronage. an3O
The Cecil Whig., 1867-07-06
Five O'clock i'm the Morning.

The dew lay gittering on the grass,
A mist lay on the brook:
At the earliest beam of the golden sun.
The swallow his nest forsook.
The snowy bloom on the hawthorn tree
Lay thickly, the ground adorning;
The birds were singing in every bush
AT five o clock in the morning.
And Bessie, the milkmaid merrily sang,
For the meadows were fresh and fair;
The breeze of the morning kissed her brow
And played with her nut brown hair;
But oft she turned and looked around,
As if the silence scorning;
Twas time for the mower to whct his scythe,
At five o'clock in the morning.
And over the meadow the mowers came.
And merrly their voices rang
And one among them wended his way
10 where the milkmaid sang;
And, as he fingered by her side,
Despite his comrades warning,
The old, old story was told again,
At five o'cock in the morning.
The Cecil Whig., 1867-07-06
The Strength and Losses Of the
Rebel Armies.

A correspondent oithe New York Tribune
furnishes very interesting letter in relation
to the strength of the Rebel armies in 1862,
1868. 1864 and 1865. There are Very copi.
ous tables, giving the monthly reports.
From this account it appears that the great,
est strength Of Lee in 1862 was IN the month
Of June, when he had 100000 men % fit for
duty" In that month the seven days bat
ties wcrefought with Mcclellan, and nJuly
the number fit for duty was 69, 800, showing
Il loss Of killed and wounded in those battles
of over 81 900. The Rebel army was i'm.
mediatey reinforced for the great moye,
ment Northward, which resulted in the bat.
ties Of Groveton. Chantilly and Antietam
1t was raised to $4,000 men IN August. In
September, aiier that campaign, the return
was 81 900, showing loss of 900 men,
In June, 1863, Lee had again lo0,0 600 men,
and moved northward in his campaign
against Pennsylvania, which eliminated in
the battle Of Gettysburg In July his force
1T for duty was only Al, 1875, showing loss
of nearly $4,000 men killed, wounded and
deserters There is no return ofthe strength
of this army in May, 1864, when Grant cross.
ed the Rapidan. There were 52,G25 fit for
duty in April, and 81, 1863 in June. At all
these times the nominal force was much
greater. For instance 10 November, 1864,
the rolls called for lSl ,826 mpH, but only
Go, 200 were noted as fit for duty. lu Feb
ruary, 1868. the force Il. for duty was So.
o94, but it is believed by this writer that
when Lee retranted from Petersburg, in
April he had no more than 50, 900 men
The highest number of men whom Penn
berton had in 1862 fit for duty was %, 1T2
Tney dwindled to 1921 in August. Bean
regard took command Of that army in Sep
tpinLer, 1882. and held At until the ensuing
mo. lth Of March, when there were 2S, G72 fit
for duly Jones and HarIae had subsequent
{ Command. and sometimes having little more
ANA | 600 men. The Department Of South
(, irginia and North Caraina was at different
lines under command of Gatlin, Holmes.
3;jmth, French, Hill, Whitney, Pickett,
Beauregard, Bragg and others Its great
est strength was under Iong5irset, March,
1853, icing A, lO3 men. Hood com n,cnred
his camnngn against Tennessee in August,
1864, with 1875 men for duty. In Decem
Lsr this whole active strength was !@,O53.
On the 10Th of July, 1862, the total mum
an the Rebel Armies of the Eas! and West
was Az UUJ; in september, il was ilS, 900
In March, 1863, it was 4Si 900. In July,
1863. it was ;!99, 900. In April, lsG4 it was
4i0,OJO. TN August, $50 900. In Novem
Der, Az, 900. Atogethrr, il is estimated
that 600. 900 men were at ditfrreLt times in
the Rebel armies. OF that number l$ is be
leved that fully one half are now dead. and
a large number namtd 80 rs to be unfit for
labor. In four years, it is estimated that
the South lost fully oneihird Of iia adult
male population. 1t WAX : grieyous sin that
caused this loss, and most gripvous has been
the punishment.
The Cecil Whig., 1867-07-06

In Edinbnro n short time aco, DIR, Stark
read paper on the influence OF marriage ON
the death. rate of men and women in Scot.
land.
DR.. Stark based his calculations on the
statistics issued by the registrar. general, and
bronoht ont resuits which. to a great mea.
sure. he believed. were now presented for
the first time. He first showed the results
in the ease of men. He found that between
twenty and twenty. five wears of age the
death rate of bachelors was exactly double
that of the married men. As the age in
creases. the difference in the death, rate as
against the bachelors decreased, but at every
stage of life the advantage was in favor of
the married men. From twenty years of
age to the close of life the mean age attained
by married men was fifty nine and half
The Cecil Whig., 1867-07-06
Lead Pencils.

1t is estimated that 500, 900, 900 pencils
are used annually. In the United States
alone, more than 100000 of this number
are used, the most part of which are receiv
el from abroad. The Cumberland mines,
in England have heretofore furnished the
best quality of the mineral, graphite or
plumbago, from which the lead is had but
the supply has been nearly exhausted by
constant working, and few of the genuine
Cumberland pencils are now made. In
Germany. where the pencil trade is most
Aourishing, there are several manufactures,
the largest of which is at Stem, kept by the
.Faber Brothers. 1t is family business
with them, their father and grand Gather
having been engaged it it before them, and
has been carried on until the name Of feber,
rs pencil. maker, is renowned. A MANN
factory has existed for some time at Con
cord, Mass, and another cxtepsiye one has
now been established near Hoboken, New
Jersey. At this establishment nearly all
the work Is done by machinery, which is
constructed by machinists at the factory
while in Germany the pencils are made hy
hand. For the wood Of the pencil Florida
ceder is used, being cut up with small saws.
One set Of the wooden slips are grooved,
and fitted to the other pieces called ''cov.
ers," and then left till the lead is inserted.
The plumbago is not properly prepared un'
til it has gone through d process OF break
9ng, cleaning, mixing pressing and baking.
When it comes out Of the grinding mill il
goes into large tanks, where it is rctinec
and separated from all ingredients, and il i,
then placed in bowl shaped machine
where it is rolled and mixed. 1t is mex
pressed and this is the most interesting 0
the various degrees Of propagation it uuIer
goes. A cylinder with tubes in the hotton
IS used, and through these runs the lead il
hexagon, square, round or any other shap!
wanted, and is received in coils underneath
by a small boy, who lpanages the board OF
viii hit falls with great dexterity. Othel
boy take the lead atterward and put it il
mo lels, which are then sent to the Eenting
room for drying and hardening; for th'
lea when it comes from the press, is soi
an flexible, and wanting in tenacity. 1t i
lie / in the heating room one day, when it il
re moved to kiln, where it is put in cruel
bl IS and burned alter the manner of burn
III BRICK. When this is done, about twent,
ri Is are kept employed in putting the lead
into grooves, and glueing on the covers, an,
this work is performed in very rapid an
q systematic style. The cutting of the stri
j, done by knives run by q machine, an
infer they are turned out are put into anoth
e. machine, where they are smoothed.-
From there they 60 to the carpenter $ shop
where the ends are neatly cut, and they the
pa IS through the polsher's hands. the prin
ter's, and the counters, and are finally pu
III boxes ready for sale.
The Cecil Whig., 1867-07-06

A VERSATILE MAN.--Rev. Fnoch Pond.
Of Bangor Seminary, Me, has written a
sketch of Rev. jonathan Fisher, of BluehiIl,
in that State, which shows him to have been
possessed of the most remarkable versatile
powers.
He was in the first place minister, set
tied all his life over the same people, and
wrote probably fonr thousands sermons
Then he was n farmer, and kept his little
farm in the incest order. He built his own
two story house and finished it, even to the
door latch and hinges, which were all OF
wood He was house. painter. lie paint
ed his hnpse with yelowsh material, which
he dug ont Of Bluehll. The corner boards
and window frames are painted black, with
SCOT which he gathered from hls own chin
ney. lie was Il poet. He wrote J. great
deal of poetry, some OF which was publish
ed. tie was un author, and published sev
eral books, The bes. Of which was his
-" Scripture Animals" !le was an engraver
His " Scripture Animals" " contains the pie
ture Of every animal, bird, fish and insect
spoken Of in the Bible. They were all en-
grayed on blocks Of wood by himself and
he worked one hundred and fifty days ON
the engraving. He was q portrait and land
scape painter. He painted bis own portrait
sitting before class. lie was lah0rious
student, the best Hebrew Scholar of the old
school. lie had prepared Hebrew leNi
con, and was about to publish it when he
was superseded,
The Cecil Whig., 1867-07-06

The TENNESSEE LEGlsiATUnE was in ses.
sion when Fort Doneison fell, leaving the
icderals free to occupy Nashville. Hearing
a great stir in the Governors Office below,
a committee was sent to see what was going
on. They found his Excellency packing up
preparatory to leaving. lie handed the
committee dispatch announcing the fall.
When the committee returned, Mr.. W. was
in the chan, and just on the point Of adioarn
ing. Addressing the House, he said -
And now, gentlemen, God will take care
OF us, and if VIC do not meet again here, we
shall meet in heaven.' a member from
East Tennessee, who had been dosing off
the effects of the fluid TO which he was ad.
dicted, hearing the last words OF the speak
er's remarks reused up and delivered him.
self thus '''Stopl Mr.. Chairman, don t
adjourn us to that place. II you do pc shall
necer gel q QuOrrm!"
The Cecil Whig., 1867-07-06

MorHEr. ."-Dcspisc not thy mother
when she is old. Age may waste Il mother S
beauty, strength, limbs, senses and estate
but her relation as mothcr is rs the sun when
it gdcs forth in its might, for it is always at
the meridian, and knowcth no evening. -
The person may be gray hnaded, but hcl
mothcrly relation is ever in the flourish. 1t
may be autumn, aye, with II woman, but
with the mother, as mother, it is always
spring. Alas how little do we appreciate
mothers tenderness while living! How
needless we are Of all her anxetics ant
kindness! But when she is dead and gone
when the cares and coldness Of the worC
come withering on our hearts, when we eX
pericnce how hard it is to find true eympa
Thy, how few will be friend to us in mis-
fortune, thep it is that we think of the mothe
we have lost.
The Cecil Whig., 1867-07-06

IYFLrENcE or WIVES was not all a
dream which made the wife Of Julius Caesar
so anxious that he should act 60 to the Sen
ate Chamber on the fatal Idcs of March F.;
had he complied with her entreates, he
might have escaped the dagger Of brutus.-
Disaster seemed to follow disaster, in the
career of Napoleon, from the time he ceased
to feel the balance wheel of ,Josephinc's in
ilucncc on his impctuous spirit. General
Washington, when important questions were
submitted to him often has said that he
should like to carry the subject to his bed
chamber before he formed his decision and
those who knew the clear judgment and Gle
waited purpose OF Ms. Washington, thought
all the better of him for wishing to make
her his confidential councillor Indeed the
great majority Of men who have acquired
for themselves good and great name were
not only married men, but happily Walricd
both paired and matched.
The Cecil Whig., 1867-07-06

WASTE NorulNG.- 1T you are a business
man, waste not even the newspapers in
which you advertise; but, after You and
your family have done with them send them
TO your friends and acquaintances. You
will find it TO your interest by so doing
l;ike bread cast upon the watsss, after awhile
the attention thus conferred upon others,
shall return to you iouriold in substantial
business benefits.
Newspapers are, par excellence, the great
advertising mediums Gf the world Other
modes Of advertising doubtless do good
more or less; but the newspaper exceeds all
others combined in efficiency and results.
The Cecil Whig., 1867-07-06

Hoes IN ORCHARDS. 1t has long been be.
loved that hogs are very useful in orchards,
to eat up the wormy fruit that falls. We
have lately heard Il farmer say, that of two
orchards on his farm, the one in which he
let his hogs run bore him almost double the
amount of good fruit, as compared with the
one from which they we're excluded. But
others doubt this. They say that the cod J..
ding moth (the common apple worm) leaves
the apple before 1t falls, and burrows in the
ground. They insist that the insect does
not propagate its kind in the ample, as it
does in plums and peaches.
Rural american.
The Cecil Whig., 1867-07-06

FACTS CoNCERNIYG HUMAN LlFE.-The
total number of human beings on the earth
is computed at 300O,000, 600, and they speak
3063 known tongues.
The average duration of life is 33l years.
One fourth of those born die before they
are years old, and one half before they
are the age of Il years.
Out Of one hundred persons, only six
reach the age Of 60.
Out of five hundred persons, only one Mt
tains the age of 80.
Sixty persons die every minute.
Tall men live longer than short ones.
Married men are longer lived than the
single.
Rich men live, on On average AZ years
but the poor only live thirty.
There is drunkard to every u,
The Cecil Whig., 1867-07-06

ANTHRACITE CoAI.--It is n singular fact
that PENNSYLVANIA coal, now SO extensively
used ~ fuel was diacovcre! no longer ago
than 1871, and that the man who discovered
it lost u fortune ana lbs yr-eon in endeavor.
ing to make people believe it woui1 bum
In November, 1871, Colonel George ShIlr
maker, being engaged i'll cutting timber OF
Sharp Mountain, threw some black stones
upon his camp ilre. ia the morning ht
found them all aglow. Shortly after, load
.ng six wagons with this coal, he iourncyet
to Philadelphia, where he expected to find
ready martat, hut being unable to show
people how to burn it, he was locked upol
a& IN imposter, and threatened with arrest
He left his coal upon the outskirts Of til,
city. A blacksmith p2g yentnresome cnougl
to try some OF il, aud tolnd it wood burn
Yet in trying to make it buril the Coionc
lost eight years labor and q fortune tailed
became insane on that point, and died in q
lunatic asylum, Philadelphia. in lsio, after
spending twenty one years OF his life an in.
sane man on account of that mineral.
The Cecil Whig., 1867-07-06

To DEsTnoy CoCKRoAcnEs. The follow
ing is said TO be enectual These vermin
are easily destroyed, simply by cutting up
green oucumbers at night and placing them
about whore reaches commit depredaiions.
What is cut from the cucumbers in prepar-
ing them for the table answers the purpose
all the reaches in the house. Remove the
peelings in the morning and renew them at
night. il properly applied, and the remedy
fails, the writer Of this article will pay any
ones subscription for this paper one year.
The Cecil Whig., 1867-07-06

g1aS" Oliver Cromwell was a staunch Puri
tan, and could not brook the least approach
TO Popery. What are thcse?' he o ace
inquired, as he saw dozen silver statntcs
in the inches of chapel. 1.-The twelve
apostles" answered the trembling dean.
Take them down." said Cromwell, and
SGa them ho INTO money SO That aoa ke their t
The Cecil Whig., 1867-07-06
holland s. CO.'S
STEAM planning MILL,

Now, John, I'll tell you in good faith what have to
say;
iou know it has been the talk with me this many ,
day luuD,.r. .
0nr House is getting too old to live in with comfort
The Doctor says if work So lnever can he stronger
IL Keeps me busy ali the time Just going round and
- rouh'i, down
As fast as clean up the dirt, more comes tumhlng
Yesterday, when the rain came on, ran up move
. hi' bed !hc!d ;
Against that offset in the wall, nearly broke INV
with hlrketS pans, and everything, tried To catch
=, t''t ram, again.
ihe other day, when Dan came, he brought along
She is 50 big was afraid she'd break into the cellar
The roof Is bud, the walls crackd the doors are
very thin five in.
Indeed on the whole, John, the house is not fit to
''ar vi ie you have truly told, and intend TO heed
new mouse We will have for this is too very bad
, ihu"cd islutl.
Where they keep Lumber Dressed, and Lumber in
the rough Itr,r
The ill is in complete order runs so smooth and
Iud warmed by heaters. to run the season through:
HE Port Deposit and Columbia Railroad runs close
by the Mil, lhuiI.
Aforlng facilities Of access, for those that want To-
Ihry have Frames Of oil descriptions, for Windows
Aud Boards ready worked, fee Notwithstanding
some "i IN" Doors are plain some moulded, thici;
Just as they intended, for The inside and the ont
Its al! The Same what th" building is: stone, frame
-, or brick' thick:
M"uiLingS neat of every style; all sizes OF Sash and
"ihds; kinds.
Md 50 many other fancy things can't tell al th,
inrnh@ done ira" and neat the machinery all new
ana S""ui iarr wood.
And ii you saw the Brackets, you'd wonder ii they
me ""lE WIZ u" mad" I" order neat and smooth
feather;
Al the hnider will hveto do is to set it up together
lhc sash VIII b" priin"d and glazed, the Frames
groove in,
And IA about four weeks the house viii he ready to
m'Nc in. Mar %, IsJ2-Cm
The Cecil Whig., 1867-07-06

geFA Quaker lady recently explained to
her new domestic that washing day came ON
every Second day. The girl left in high
dndgeon. She didn't go to the washing
every other day. Not she.
The Cecil Whig., 1867-07-06

Rsas~" Have your cabbages tender heart -?
asked a woman of u costermonger. "They
can'' have anything else, mar'm," was the
reply, " for they've been with me crying
about tn, streets al the morning
The Cecil Whig., 1867-07-06

"A bill, posted on the walls ofan English
country village, announced that Ga lecture
will be delivered in the open air, and col
lection made at the door to deiray expenses, y
The Cecil Whig., 1867-07-06

geAsA young lacy told typo friend that
lie might pr nj n k 81 on her cheek. but he
mustn't p'bGsh it il twas sweeter than 'pi.
The Cecil Whig., 1867-07-06
BOUNTIES AND PENSIONS,

l.L Soldiers who enlisted for three wears, were
"a honnia'iy discharged and received but $IuO
bounty, and the widows, minor children or parents
of all who enlisted tor throc ye,rs and died In the
service, arc entitled, under the IfcW law, more
b"nntg and all soldiers lin lost leg or arm in the
service, "r wrr" perman' nty disabled in either are
entitled to increased pension.
HL- For further particulars apply to
W. p. EWING,
Aug L. lsCG--U Ei,tun Ma
The Cecil Whig., 1867-07-06
C0r0s.
TAMES BLACK GROOME,

~ ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Offers his Professional Services 10 the public Office on,
Nam street, opposite National Bank, Elkton, Md
Jan 1, lSU2-tf
The Cecil Whig., 1867-07-06
DANIEL RRATTON,

w REAL ESTATE AGENT
viii give prompt attention to any business in that
line placed in his hands.
Eesidenc" and Post uiiice-Elkton Nd.
May Is, lSGT-6m
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-01-29
The Waste of War.

The immense amounts of arms and
ammunition used during the war by
the Union armies are shown by a re-
port just made from the Ordnance
Bureau, at Washington. By this re-
port it appears that from January LIST,
1861, to June Both, 1866, there were
provided for the military service T.
1872 cannon; 11,787 artillery carriages !;
1888. 295 artillery projectiles, shot and
shell; $3.50, 500 pounds of grape and
canister shot; 2,862,177 pounds of
fixed artillery ammunition; 3,477, 755
small arms, muskets, rifles, carbines,
and pistols; 544. ATS swords, sabres,
and lances; 2,146, IT'S complete sets of
infantry accoutrements; 1851 COM
plete sets of cavalry accoutrements !;
539. 544 complete sets of horse equip
ments; 28.l64 sets of two-horse artil-
lery harness; 732,526 horse blankets !;
1922, 176, 574 cartridges for small arms !;
1920, 555 ,435 percussion caps for small
arms; 10.281, 305 common primers; A.
226,377 fuses for shell; 26,440,054
pounds of gunpowder; $685., 152
pounds Of nitre; and, 90,416, 295
pounds of lead in pigs and bullets, be-
sides immense quantities of parts for
repairing and making good the COM
plete articles which were damaged,
lost, or destroyed in the service.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-01-29
Beautiful Extract.

Go out beneath the arched heaven
in nights profonndest gloom and say,
if you can: There is no GoD." Pro
nounce the dreadful blasphemy, and
each star above you will reprove you
for your darkness of intellect every
voice that floats upon the night will
bewilder your utter heiplessness and
despair. Is there no COP? Who,
then, unrolled the blue scroll. and
threw upon its bright frontispiece the
legible gleamings of Immortality?
Who fashioned the green earth with
perpetually rolling waters, and its
lovely expanse of island and main
Who gave the eagle stately eyrie.
when the tempests swell and beat
strongest, and to the dove an abode
amid the forest that ever echoes to the
MINISTRIES of her moan? Who made
light pleasant to thee and darkness a
covering, and a herald of the first
flashes of morning? Who gave to
thee that matchless symmetry of ST.
news and limbs? The irrepressi-
BILE and daring of ambition, passion
and love? And yet the thunders of
heaven and the waters of earth are
chained. They remain, but tho bow
ofreconciliation hangs out above and
beneath them.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-01-29

THE Denver Nesos gives an account
of one of the most remarkable pur-
suits, resulting in the eventual cap
ture of the runways, which is recorded
in criminal annals. On the 7th of
November, 1865, two men, DIR. Ham
ilton and Eugene Hamilton, with
numerous aliases. robbed Rockwell
& Co. S bank, at Elkhorn, Wisconsin,
Of about $3.50, 600 in money and bonds.
Last summer they turned up in Colo
RADIO, and were in and about Denver
for some two months. By some acct
dent, Mr.. Van Trees, detective Of
Denver, got track of them, and they,
becoming aware of it, left. Mr.. Van
Trees aud Mr.. Cozzens then began
the chase, which lasted five months,
when the criminals were overtaken
and arrested at Ell Paso, Mexico. In
Texas they we're rescued by mob,
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-01-29

GEORGE SULLIVAN, former prom
inent citizen of Washington, but
later of New York, and for some time
past living in France, died at Pail. in
that country, on the 18th of Decem-
Der, in his eighty-third year. He was
a son OF Gov. james Sullivan, of the
Revolutionary army He was gradu-
ate of Harvard University, and mar
ried the eldest daughter of Governor
Thomas l.. Winthrop, of Boston. a
lady OF great personal beauty, inherit
ed from her mother, the lovely Eliza
beth Temple, daughter of Sir John
Temple, and grand daughter of Gov.
Bowdoin. Mr.. Sullivan leaves one
son, distinguished member of the
bar of New York-George r. J..
Bowdoin, Esq: who assumed the
name he now bears in accordance
with the will of his illustrious ances-
tor, Gov. Bowdoin, on attaining his
majority. Mr., Bowdoin is a graduate
of West Point, and married a grand
daughter of Alexander Hamilton.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-01-29

but recaptured. On their way up. at
Los Pinos, New Mexico, a woman
who was with them, and claimed to
be the wife of one OF the prisoners,
attempted to poison Mr.. Van Trees,
but failed. The Hamiltons were
safely confined in Denver for a few
days, when they were taken East,
where their captors will receive rich
reward for their successful pursuit
and capture.