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Year: 1863

most inofenfivc the most defenceless. and
the most powerless class among us" on
Saturday" said Gov. Seymour, sent
tie Adjutant General to Washington to
urge its { the Drafts postponment. =.
On Saturday Two days before tho
outbreak What better proof than this
can be given that the Governor antici-
pated the events of Monday? But did
he 90 to the civil and military authorities
to warn them of what was coming p
Did he use his own power as Chief Mag
istrate of the State to avert this diro
calamity by having in readiness a sufl-
cient force to 9uell it on the instant P
He did none OF these things--but he went
to Long Branch only to return to the burt.
ing and maddened city on Tuesday morn
ing when the insurrection was under full
headway, And the speeches aud proc
lamations of the Governor are in temper
Identical though differing OF course in
official lunguag ge-with his organs. Tho
rioters are his " friends y he assures
them in proclamation Of his belief that
apprehension Of injustice" have melted
them to violence. What language is this
for the Chief Magistrate Of a State to
men engaged in such devastations and
such murders as this city has been given
over to for the last three days!


Let loyal people consider these facts.
and make the two points on which tho
insurrectionary journals urged in com.
mon, and evidently with preconcerted
action-that the city shall not put under
martial law, and that the whole authority
of the suppression Of riot shall be putt n
the Governors hands.
Year: 1863

Another wonderful ingredient, OF Spanish origin, I'm.
parting beauty to the complexion and brliancy to The
mind Is yet unknown to the commerce OF the world.
and We withhold its name for the present.
Year: 1863

When you visit McGrcgor, call at French 8
Watch and Jewelry Store. The only place in
Northern Iowa where watches are made from
the rough material. All work and orders sent
from the country are as faithfully attended to
as though the parties were personally present.
Year: 1863

ing, auguring well for future success
in ultimately subduing the rebellion
and couquerinS obedience to law and
order. ae .-


Amid this great war the people OF
the loyal States have been permitted
to pursue their usual avocations in
peace. No better evidence Of materi
al national prosperity can be adduced
than the general a2d active employ
ment Of the people in useful industry,
which is the true" Wealth of Nations
There has been plenty of employmen.
for all and the wheels of commerce
have rolled on with uuexampled speed
and success. New sources of indus
try have beer developed, and old
branches have received marked i'm.
petus, SO that industrial products
have exceeded in quantity those of
any similar period in the history of
our commonwealth. Herein lies the
great strength of our country, for the
productive power Of a nation is the
true measure of its strength.


In conclusion, We can heartily join
the President in the Introductory lines
Of his late MESA ge =" Another year
of health and of sufficiently abundant
harvests has passed. For this, and
especially for the improved condition
of or national affairs, our renewed
and proiGundest gratitude is due"
Year: 1863

honors. Thousands have given of
their blood and treasure, but these
have given nothing, not even their
scanty welcome to the war-worn SOL
dier returned, his eager prayer grant
ted" come home to die" What
should be the just reward of patriot
ism so hollow and worthless =? Me.
thinks | hear from peaceful hamlet
and tented field the united cry" no
home to traitors I" # alb.
Who would not give freely of his
substance to sustain cause like ours,
if indeed he can bring no strong right
arm to defend our countrys rights


Who would not cheer the despond.
ing hearts of the champions of Liberty,
and greet the returning braves with
unfeigned cordiality, and honor them
for their deeds and valor? Who
coCld refrain from alleviating their
woes in the dark hour of adversely
and suffering Those lonely firesidcs,
who would hesitate to carry them Joy
and plenty, and comfort the bowed
and aching heart q? Echo replies,
none but a soul from whose depths all
the sweet waters have long since
ceased to flow" "


But while | have wandered in
thought over the scenes of the year so
near its termination, the fire has
burned low, and warns me that time
is fleeting, and all earthly things
transitory. To my indulgent friends
of the Iatclligenocr | would bid kind
farewell, hoping that my rambling
" communication has not overweari-
ed them, and that if We behold the
dawning of a new year, we may hail
it with gratitude, and look forward to
the end with we'll founded hope of
peace and regeneration to our beloved
nation, and light, joy and consolation
to hearts now stricken with sorrow.


Prairie Glen, III. Dec. 81, 1863.
Year: 1863

mate consequence of their criminality
she bore him q child some four wears
since. ..


Monroe does not try TO hido
his crime, but gives his statement in
a straight forward manner. lie saws
ne had been helping a neighbor butch
er and was returning home with tho
knife, when he met Caroline and on
ascertaining where she was going,
followed on after her until she had
passed ont Of the village, when she
saw be was following and turned back
to meet him. Soon after they were
together he introduced the subject of
her contemplated marriage with a
man in the village, trying to dissuade
her from marrying, as it would de-
prive him of the society of the littlo
boy he loved !" as well as her own.


When they had passed into the
cemetery and were near the middle of
the grounds, he stopped and asked
her "if nothing could change her
mind" and she replied that "nothin.
but death itself could prevent her
marriage He then sprang to her
with the knife, saying, "our doom is
fixed we die together j" aud plunged
the knife into her several times (onc
or two thrusts striking the hearty and
then struck the knife into his own
throat twice and threw himself on his
face that he might bleed more freely,
and in that condition was found. 80


At so'clock on Wednesday morning
he was committed to Jail, and there no
now lies, likely TO recover of his
wound. His wife is with him taking
care Of him, but she never has agreed
with him in his Free-lovcism. : ''aos


He is said to be "A years old, the
girl 23. He is quite an Intelligent
man, and since he has been resident
here has been a peaceable, quiet man.
and remarkably timid, it being con-
trary to his professed principles to in
jurc the life of any living thing.


JuLrUs CoSr.
Year: 1863

iebnsAt, ibNs, bSIs lolu, 1910. ...


Mr.. EDIroR The eth Iowa Infant
ry are at present encamped in orc Of
the richest and most fertile parts of
the Sunny South. Forage is plenty,
and men and beasts do not suffer for
want of food, and that of the best
which the country affords. The BOYS
arc in fine spirits, and occasionally tho
news of a glorious victory reaches
our ears. which swells our hearts
with gratitude and patriotism. The
rebels are gradually being driven
toward their 4" last DITCH" which they
speak of with so much emphasis. a.


Gen. Grant scoopcd them up splen,
didly in Georgia, and Gen. Burnside
beat Longstreets column back in fine
style from East Tennessee. Indeed,
their lines appear to break and give
way before our columns with unac.
l.countable ease. I believe the main
trouble which our army will have,
will arise from the want of more men
TO protect the rear, as they are getting
SO far advanced into the encmy's
country. This lack, hope, will not
long be q hinderance to the army, for
the Government is holding out the
greatest inducements to volunteer
soldiers. If one looks at the case
in the right light, money alone will
not hire him to face the enemy's
bullets. There is another side Of the
picture to look at Our Government
and national liberty are in danger.
The rebel hordes are being hurled
against us with desperate fury. and
we must rally and sternly meet them,
and hurl them back, whether we arc
paid for it or not. tt a duty we
owe our country, and we, onght to be
ready to stand up for Uncle Sam on
any terms. The battle cry is sound
ing on every hand, and large share
of our once loved land is filled with
gore and the mangled bodies Of our
gallant comrades. ra


But the nation is aroused, and with
heavy and deadly blows it is fast
thrusting the rebel crew toward their
last ditch" just now the ranks Of
our noble army are thinned. OF the
young men of our land l would ask, is
it not better to volunteer and get
bounty, than to hold back and be
forced togo and get no bounty at all !
If our people remain firmly united it
will dishearten the rebs SO much that
they will think fighting about played
out, and will not stand as good as
scared hare.


have no doubt but the greatest
battles of the war have already been
fought, although old Lee must yet
nave a sound threshing before he
learns to submit to the Government
of the United States. Furthermore,
believe that the President will grant
it to him, but it will be apt to be
the same kind Of Grant he gave
Pembcrton at Vicksburg. 1t seems
that Gen. U. S. Grant is the very
Grant which the rebels need, and
should he continue to have good sue
cess, believe before one year shall
Year: 1863

By EIIzABErH J. COLE.
Oh bury me in the evening


When the bright sun Is set,
When the gentle moon is rising,
And the grass with dew ia wet;
Weep not that / SO early ..
Should moulder In the tomb,
For I shall sleep 80 sweetly


Beneath the yiolets' bloom.
Oh bury me in the evening,


And gaze on the parting RAYS,
OF the bright but passing sunbeam
That meet thy saddened gaze;
Think how like these faded,
And slowly passed away,
Till all had hence departed


Save that last lingering ray.
Oh bury me in the evening,


And let the night birds note
Be the sweet song of parting
That DER my rest shall float;
Oh bury me in the evening,


But look thou for the day,
When we shall rise from sleeping
And gladly soar away.
Prairie Glen, Dec. 19th, 1868.
Year: 1863

A GREAT FIELD OPENINe--A writer
in an Iowa paper predicts that, in
1868, Council Bluffs will have twenty
thousand inhabitants. His prediction
does not strike us over-sanguine.
The Pacific Railroad will be speedily
built, and, when this war is over,
there will be rush to the favorable
points it intersects. The time is not
distant when the country on the route
OF this road, now comparatively a vii.
derness, will be alive and humming
with numerous and busy population.
Men Of enterprise may see splen-
did field opening in this direction, if
they will but look.
Year: 1863

VALEDleToRY OF AN EDIToR.-The
following is the valedictory article of an
editor out west: "The undersigned retires
from the editorial chair with complete
conviction that all is vanity. From the
hour he started bis paper to the present
time he has been solicited to lie upon every
subject, and can't remember ever having
told wholesome truth, without diminish.
ing hts subscription list, or making an
enemy. Unde: these circumstances of trial
and having thorough contempt for him.
self, he retires in order to recruit his NOR
al constitution"
Year: 1863

And time proved the correctness of her
premises, for we don't know any happier
young wife than Mrs. May Number Two ;
aud it is hard to say which she loves best
her husband, or "Bsby Harry
Year: 1863

Gods judgments upon us for our
wickedness.


{. That the terrible calamities
which we are suffering in consequence
of the present CIVIL war raging with
iniuriated madness between brethren
cannot he permanently averted unless
there be unmistakable signs of true
national repentance, since national
Judgments are only reformatory and
avertNhlc when they lead to this car
dinal virtue
Year: 1863

in Marion tp.:


Twas glad to hear of the nominations
made by your Convention. May the
ticket be triumphantly elected May
Hancock show to her sister counties,
that they are willing to throw away
all party contests; that they will come
down upon one united platform, and
transmit this government TO their
children priceless diadem.


The news is glorious The capture
OF Nicksburg and Port Hudson has
cleared the Mississippi, and boats can
now run through to New Orleans un-
molested This has wounded the reb-
els in the heart.


Gen. Lee crossing over into Penn
(sylvania and getting his army whinYed
and demoraizcd, is also hard blow
to their cause. But the best of all is
Morgan going into Ohio, which will
result in the capture Of his entire ar
my.


Our Western army has been nobly
successful The bright side of the
picture will now admit of fair and
unprejudiced investigation. The bet
ter times are, i'll my opinion, begin
ming to dawn, and ere great while
the rays of hope will he invigorated
by the assuring sunbeams of liberty
again returning, with all their welcome
smiles and carcsses, only to be the
sweeter in their enjoyment, after pass
ing through the fiery ordeal.


We had one of the best Govern
ments that was ever established by the
ingenuity of humanity. Our forcfa-
theirs established free Government,
and handed it down, uutarni,hvl, 60
their children. Nearly a century has
gone by What change; this then
feeble nation, has spruLg up into II
mighty one, unequalled la any on the
globe The mighty European powers
looked up to us AS pattern; hoping
for the day when all nations would be-
come like ours-free and independ-
ent, What is wrong now? Is man
not capable any longer of self-govern-
ment? Man is as capable of self gov
eminent now as he ever was; and this
Government must and shall be pre-
served, and handed down to genera
tions yet unborn.


Vallandigham is the biggest bore in
America / am glad you are all down
on him. What? man for Go, ernor
that refused to give money and men
to prosecute this war, ANY man that
will vote for him is.a coward, and
would sell his Government for Il dime.
l look upon the Northern traitor % a
man not lit to live under the Ameri-
can flag; he Is not worthy Of the ben
eft of its free institutions, and he had
not ought to live under its folds after
it is again r. stored to peace. They
are ut home il peace, vet they do all
they can against us. | consider one
of that class beneath the dignity anl
notice of an hoIcst minl.


The glorious banner oflibcrty must
he protected and never be pcrmitted
to bc trampled under foot. The bless
ings of our grand sires demands our
unanimous support and protection
The voice of suffering humanity is
crying aloud for redress and protect
ION of our Heaven born institutions


l am glad that you pick off those
copperhead and butternut pins. If |
was one who wear those pins, before
the soldiers return, would dig hole
in the ground were | could hide my
self, for l would be ashamed to think
while they endured the privations of
war, that was permitted to stay at
home and wear secesh emblems.
Year: 1863

Cabinet began to roll back the tide OF
war they found raging.


Look AT THE DATES AGAIN! AND
yet we are unblushingly told that


THIS WICKED ADMINISTRATORS IN.
CITED AND PROVOKED civil WAR;


If the Devil don't roast such liar
he fails to get his own dues.
Year: 1863

Gov Seymour and all his co-labor-
eYs in the work Of embarrassing the
Government and defeating the draft,
are very anxious to have the "consti-
tutionality" Of the act tested "by the
courts" They profess not to want TO
delay the work of filling the d,pleted
armies, but yet advocate a delay OF
weeks, and perhaps months, that some
of their courts may give decision
adverse to the right Of Government
to call upon its citizens for aid, They
are not willing to rest upon the usaal
assumption that n law is constitution


al until it proved unconstitutional, but
declare it illegal without particle OF
proof Upon the same principle they
! might declare and arrest any loyal
maN IN t. transa"tiNr OF ordinary
Year: 1863

the point reserved. He delivered verbal


opinion, and stated that be had come to the
conclusion that the :. JEFF, Davis" was a pirate
under the criminal law of the United States,
but was not such under the commercial law -


The crew were public enemies, and therefore
the capture Of the brig Welsh was not insured
against in this policy. The verdict was entered
for defendant, and the case will be taken to the
Supreme Court in banc for revision. -iy~cr-
Year: 1863

Sincat the discovery of the Pittsburgh mines
much attention has been devoted to the exam
ination of the various quarz leads which have
long been known to exist in our county, the
result of which, has been the taking up and
recording of several claims in different por-
tions of the county. A ledge of gold bearing
quartz has been discovered in what is known
as the "Old Diggings," just across the Sac
ramento river, about four miles from Shasta,
near Churntown. which shows gold generally
distr buted through the entire rock A com
pany has been formed, who have located and
recorded the ledge, and we are informed that
preparations are being made to- thoroughly
prospect this spring, and determine its valae.


Rich quartz has been discovered near the
bend of Clear Creek, about three miles above
Muletown, which promises to pay we'll. Par
ties are now engaged in running tunnel,
and are taking out large quantities of rock
for crushing.


Cheering news has been received from the
Washington Quartz Mining Company, they
having recently found large vein of quartz
which proves to be very rich. This company
are now engaged in crushing this quartz at
their old MILL and as soon as circumstances
will admit, they intend erecting new mill,
with all the modern Improvements for saving
gold.


We are pleased to see that at last our citi-
zens are waking up to the Importance of de-
veloping our mineral resources which have
so long lain dormant. The State Geologist,
who visited this section last summer, is re-
ported to have stated that Shasta county was
one of the richest mineral counties in the
State, but the least worked of any he had
examined. This is undoubtedly the fact in
regard to the mineral wealth of this county,
and all that is needed to make it second to
none in the State. in the yield of the various
precious metals, is entcrpr.sing and expe-
rienced quartz miners to taks hold of the
matter, to bring to light the vast resources
of our mountains, hich will certainly yield
liberal return for the labor and capital in
vested
Year: 1863

EoyINox-A violent storm of wind and
rain has been raging the greater part of the
week in this section of the State. and bids
fair to continue for some time yet. The far
mers and miners were much in need of more
rain, and much benefit will be derived from
the storm
Year: 1863

GENERAL GRANT As AN ADxTNIsrRAToH.-The
best regulations issued by any Of our military
governors or generals since the commence
ment Of the war are those published by
General Grant in his General Order No. 7.
Whilst they effectually protect the soldier
against the thieves and swindlers who usually
swell up the train OF an army, they as efficiently
guard against any i'll treatment by the soldier
or camp follower Of the inhabitants of the con-
quered region which our army now holds Be
sides his incomparably superior merits rs q
military commander, there Is this distinctive
feature in all General Grants administrative
acts: he has never issued an order which has
not been dictated by the welfare of the Amy
and the interest Of the people. who have been
brought under his jurisdiction. From the CON-
mencement Of his career down to the present
time there has not been the first breath Of an
insinuation that his military regulations have
been framed with any view to his own advsn-
tage or to that Of his friends. Where can an
other candidate for the Presidency be found
with better sntecedents'
Year: 1863

The First Sunday On the Ice.
TIE SPORT STILL RKCIrrNo-rwKSrY-YIvK rHOU-


SAND ON rHE IcE-THE SURFACE SOFT, BUT rHH


BODY or ICE srILL FIRM-vLsIr OF DISTINGUISHED


SKATERS. ETC.


Notwithstspding tho rain aud warm atmosphere the
Ice on tho Park remained nrm during the whole day.
Skating allowed up to ak O'Clock the evening and
about twenty five thousand persons enjoyed themselves
on tho ice until that hour, whom tho pond cleared
according to the usual custom Sunday evenings Tho
men we're hen set to work preparing the ice for days
skating.


The skating surface somewhat sortened yesterday
by the rain that fell during the morning. and the sharp
edges OF the skses cut Into rather deeply the oosened
particles melting almost as soon removed. But be-
meath this the firm and strohg with very
little sign OF giving way for few days unless the weah
or should get warmer. II safe skating will DO allowed
to-day and the pond will be illuminated to night.


Mr. Weaver tho President Of the wesver Skating Club
OF Philadelphia and several other members Of that body
visit to the city, and present yesterday
the Park They exhibited during tho afternoon many
specimens Of thcir style OF fancy skating and II the
weather should prove favorable they will again the
Park this afternoon.
Year: 1863

In making good butter there are several
nice operations to be gone through with which
require an eye to cleanlines, forethought and
some little experience.


1. On milking clean, fast, though regu-
larly twice day, depends the success OF the
daryman. Bad milkers should not be toll
Grated in herd; better pay dourle price for
good ones.


2. Straining is quite simple, but it should
be borne in mind that two pans about half
full each will produce a greater amount OF
cream than the same milk if in but one pan;
the reason of this is the greater surface.


8. ScAlding is quite an important feature
in the way of making butter in cool wealth
er: the cream rises much quicker, milk keeps
sweet much longer, the butter is OF better
color, and churns in one-half the time.


4. Skimming should always be done be-
fire the milk becomes loppered; otherwise
much of the cream goes into whey and is
lost.


8. Churning, whether by hand or other
wise, should occupy forty or fifty minutes.


6. Washing in cold soft water is one of
its preserving qualities, and should be con-
tinued until it shows no color of the milk
by the use of the ladle; very hard water is
highly charged with lime, and must in a
measure mpart to it alkaline properties.


7. Sailing is necessarily done with the
best kind of ground salt; the quantity varies
according to the state it is taken from the
churn, if soft, more; if hard, less; always
taking the taste for the surest guide.
8. First working, after about twenty -four
hours, is for the purpose Of givingit greater
compactness.


0. Second working takes place at the time
of packing, and when the butter has dissol-
we'd the salt, that the brine may be worked
out.


10. Packing is done with the hands or
with butter MALL and when butter is put
into wooden vessels, they should be soaked
two or three days in strong brine before
using. After each packing cover tho butter
with wet cloth and put layer Of salt upon
it; In this way the salt can be removed at
any time, by simply taking hold of the ed
gcs of the cloth.


Butter made in this way will keep any
length of time required Genesse Farmer.