Year: 1864




them was from Davenport, $500 at 10 per
cent. premium; the other from Iowa City,
~, 900 at st per cent. premium. Both bids
were of course accepted, being above the
minimum.


We are sorry to note the fact that the to-
tai Of Western bids was comparatively
small, and that large portion of those
made evinces an extreme anxiety to oh.
tain the loan, If at all, at much less than
its worth, or disgraceful ignorance Of its
true value. Quite large number Of the
bids were at par las if six per cent. gold
interest loan could be had at par, when a
fve per cent. one is going of rapidly a.
that rate! It is some consolation to know
that the men who have money, and make
such superlatively absurd bids as these,
are not likely to have another opportunity
soon to make so profitable an investment
The real truth is that the money in west.
ern mems pockets, ought to have taken the
whole loan. They might have had it il
they chose. They might have been get
ting about eleven per cent. interest in cur
rency on currency for which most Of them
will get nothing. They might have made
the Treasury i've or six millions richer
and kept that amount out OF the profits o.
the eastern banks and capitalists, and ben.
Gifted themselves at the same time, but they
hadn't sense enough to "see IT." And ye,
they will probably complain that the east.
ern men make money on it! The way to
prevent that Is for western men to step in
and make it themselves. If they haven't
wit enough to do that, what right have
they to grumble.


S9- That sanity parsonage, the Bishop
General Polk, who, educated at the expense
Of the Union, took up arms to destroy the
Union, has. if We are to believe the reports,
met with his reward. We can't say that
We are sorry. We heartily wish all trait
tors like him . similar fate. 1t 10 milder
one than they deserve. Nothing but hemp
suits their case precisely. But there are
SO many Of them in Dixie that we fear the
supply will be insufficient to Go them all
exact justice. Besides, honest people have
a natural dislike to cnacting the hangman.
The more of them sent on their road to join
company with the original traitor, the arch
TEND, the less likely is the supply Of hemp
to be exhausted. If men who ought to
knew better, will persist in their treason,
death from 3 loyal Yankees bullet is q
very slight punishment. The more Of the
chief villains who meet that fate the better
we shall be pleased. They are curse to
the world.


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~ We wonder II the miserable Cop.
perheads don't feel bad over the 'ele-
phant' which the man who "waited and
watched over the border has just cast
upon their hands. The martyr wants to
be candidate for President or Vice Pres
ident. And we don't know WHY he
wouldn't suit their want Of principle as
well as any one. They thought him fit to
be Governor Of Ohio and voted for him.
Why should he not do as well as any for
the next higher Office. Va. not only :ycnts
to be candidate. He means to try to be
one. That is the trouble. The Ohio cleo
ton satisfied the other raecals that such a
card won't win. Val isn't satisfied yet
He 10 willing to try another fall" He
comes back with that intent. What will
his friends and fellows do about it,
Isn't this new edition of "Wha. wsW he
do scsth it," We really are at Last under
obligations to the poor dog. He is very
likely to make the Copperheads "show
their hand" That's all we want.


- If any body in these parts has cork
to sell. we would suggest that now is a good
time to do so. If man wants more than
thirty-eight dollars for mess pork, ard
proportional prices fer other hog products,
we hope he will live long enough to get it.
People who eat any Of It at that price must
have love for it quite beyond our COM
prehension. The bottom will fall out Of
that speculation very speedily, The man
who has any to sell viii, be wise if he does
so quickly. Sell and invest in Io-AVs.-
You will know exactly the state Of
your purse in that case. If YOU hold pcrk,
it will probably turn out TO be a losing
game.


va The robes say they have never wronged
What innocent souls they are. Never
wronged US: Why, when, in all the ages,
was there such . concentration Of all con-
ceiyable wrong and outrage deliberately
attempted as is this perfidious rebellion p
Is 1t wrong to rob men Of their country. +.
Are they not doing that Els it any wrong tc
overtr-u the best Government that ever
existed. That they are striving for. Is it
wrong to wage horrid and brutal war
against their sellcw-coUntrymen: That
they are doing. Is il wrong to seek the
eternal overthrow Of republication, to en-.
deavor to renew the despotism Of barta-
rism in this land Of freemen. That they
are doing. The truth is, that the wrong
they have done and are doing is beyond ut
terance perfdious and infamous. It is the
blackest page on the records of all time. It
IS hendish. They are mere tends who
commit 1t. The hottest hell is paradise
to what they deserve for it.


~ The address Of the Austrian who
calls himself. BY the dispensation Of Louis