GALENA DAILY GAZETTE
OLD SERIES---VOL. XVI, NO. 146
NEW SERIES---VOL. I, NO. 27
Wednesday morning, March 16, 1864

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WHAT CAME OF A VALENTINE
A Pretty Story

"On the evening of the 13th of February, 1850, two young men sat in a comfortably furnished room in a large New York boarding-house. A bright fire glowing in the grate, well-chosen engravings adorned the walls, and a bright light was diffused about the room from an Argand burner.

Let me introduce the occupants of the apartment as Tom Stancy and John Wilbur, young men of twenty-five or thereabouts, who were known in business circles as Stancy & Wilbur, retail dry-goods dealers, No. --- Broadway. They had not been in business long, but were already doing unusually well. They had taken apartments together, one of which is now presented to the reader.

'Has it occurred to you, Wilbur,' asked his partner, removing his cigar, and knocking away the ashes, 'to-morrow is St. Valentine's day?'

'Yes, I thought of it this afternoon, as I was walking up from the store.'

'So did I, and to some purpose too, as I will show you.'

Tom Stancy went to a drawer and drew out a gorgeous valentine, an elaborate combination of hears, doves, etc. 'What do you think I paid for that?' he asked.

'I don't know, I'm sure. It appears to be very elegant.'

'It cost me ten dollars.'

"Whew!' whistled Wilbur. 'Its strikes me you are either very extravagant or very devoted. May I know what fair damsel is to be made glad by the receipt of this elegant missive?'

'That's my secret,' said Tom, laughing. 'I don't mind telling you, however. It's to go to Edith Castleton.'

'I presume you feel particularly interested in that young lady?'

"Not at all. But I told her I would send her a valentine, et la voila!  Shan't you conform to the custom of the day?'

'I had not thought of it,' said John, thoughtfully, 'but I believe I will.'

'And what fair lady will you select as the recipient?'

'You remember the poor seamstress who occupies an attic in the house.'

'Yes, I have me her on the stairs two or three times.'

'She looks as if times were hard with her. I think I'll send her a valentine.'

'And what good do you think it will do her?' asked Stancy, in surprise.

'Wait till you see the kind of valentine I will send.'

Wilbur went to his desk, and taking a sheet of notepaper, drew from his portemonnaie a ten dollar bill, wrapped it in the paper, on which he had previously written, 'From St. Valentine,' and placed the whole in an envelope.

'There,' he said, 'my valentine has cost as much as yours, and I venture to say it will be as welcome.'

'You are right. I wish now I had not bought this costly trifle. How ever as it is purchased, I will send it.'

The next day dawned clear and frosty. It was lively enough for those who sat by comfortable fires and dined at luxurious tables, but for the poor who shared none of these advantages it was indeed a bitter day.

In an attic room, meanly furnished, sat a young girl, pale and thin. She was cowering over a scanty wood fire, the best she could afford, which heated one room very insufficiently. She was sewing steadily, shivering from time to time as the cold blast shook the windows and found its way through the crevices.

Poor child! Life had a very black aspect for her on the winter day. She was alone in the world. There was absolutely no one on whom she could call for assistance, though she needed it sorely enough. The thought came to her more than once in her discomfort. 'Is it worth while living any longer?' But she recoiled from the sin of suicide. She might starve to death, but she would not take the life God had given her.

Plunged in gloomy thought she continued to work. All at once a step was heard ascending the staircase which led to her room. Then there was a knock at the door. She arose in some surprise and opened it, thinking it must be the landlady or one of the servants.

She was right. It was a servant. 'Here's a letter for you that the postboy just brought, Miss Morris.'

'A letter for me!' repeated Helen Morris, in surprise, taking it from the servant's hand. 'Who can have written to me?'

'Maybe it's a valentine Miss,' said the girl laughing. 'You know this is Valentine's day. More by token, I've got two myself this morning.

One's a karakter (caricature?), so mistress calls it. Just look at it.'

Bridget displayed a highly embellished pictorial representation of a female hard at work at the washtub, the cast of beauty being decidedly Hibernian.

Helen Morris laughed absently, but did not open her letter while Bridget remained---a little to the disappointment of that curious damsel.

Helen slowly opened the envelope. A bank note for ten dollars dropped from it to the floor.

She eagerly read the few words on the paper---'From St. Valentine!'

'Heaven be praised!' she said, folding her hands gratefully. 'This sum will enable me to carry out the plan which I had in view.'

Eight years passed away. Eight years with their light and shadows, their joy and sorrow. They brought with them new-made graves---happiness to some and grief to others.

Towards the last they brought the great commercial crisis of '57, when houses that seemed built upon a rock tottered all at once to their fall. Do not many remember that time all too well, when merchants, with anxious faces, ran from one to another to solicit help, and met only averted faces and distrustful looks?

And how was it in that time of universal famine with our friends---Stancy and Wilbur?

Up to 1857 they had been doing an excellent business. They had gradually enlarged the sphere of their operations, and were rapidly growing rich, when this crash came.

They immediately took in sail. Both were prudent, and both felt that this was the time when this quality was urgently needed."

CONCLUDED TOMORROW

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RESIGNED

"We learn that Rev. H. R. WILBUR has resigned the pastorate of the Bench Street Baptist Church."

READING FOR SOLDIERS

"Rev. B. C. WARD (we suggest he change the orthography of his name to Warred) who made an address in this city last Sunday in behalf of the intellectual and moral wants of the soldiers, collected about forty dollars to furnish camps and hospitals with reading matter."

NOTICE

Mr. Editor:---It may be a matter of interest to those who expect letters from new York, by the through mail, which left that city on the 8th of March, for Galena, Ill., to know that the mail was entirely destroyed by fire, occasioned by a collision on the Cleveland and Toledo railroad on the 9th inst." W. W. HUNTINGTON, P.M.

DISAPPEARED

"About tend days ago a man named McGuire, who resided in the town of Kendall, Wis., disappeared suddenly, and although vigilant search has been made, he has not since been heard from. When last seen he was leaving a saloon in Calamine, after dark, and the supposition is that he fell into the river. The river was dragged for some distance, but without finding his body. He leaves a wife and nine children."

---"The Montreal Transcript says that Geo. Armstrong, a private of the 30th British regiment, took advantage of his leave of absence to cross to the American side, enlist there, receive the bounty, and then return to his regiment, boasting of his rascality.--He has been tried by court martial, and sentenced to be drummed out of the service, and afterward imprisoned for two years."

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BY TELEGRAPH
Morning Report

GENERAL ORDER NO. 98
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FROM MEMPHIS
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TWENTY-SEVEN FEDERAL IRON-CLADS AT THE MOUTH OF THE RED RIVER
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GUNBOAT FIGHT WITH REBEL BATTERIES NEAR PLYMOUTH
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INVESTIGATION BY THE COURT OF INQUIRY
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McCOOK AND NEGLEY EXHONERATED
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--Washington, March 14.
Special to the Times:
The following order has just been published:
Adjutant General's Office
Washington, March 12,

GENERAL ORDER NO. 98

"The President of the United States orders as follows:

1st. Maj. Gen. Halleck is, at his own request, relieved from duty as General-in-Chief of the Army, and Lt. Gen. U.S. Grant assigned to the command of the armies of the United States. The Headquarters of the army will be in Washington and also with Lieut. Gen. Grant in the field.

2d. Maj. Gen. Halleck is assigned to duty in Washington as chief of staff of the army, under the direction of the Secretary of War and the Lieut. Gen. commanding. His orders will be obeyed and respected accordingly.

3d. Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman is assigned to the command of the Military Division of the Mississippi.

4th. Maj. Gen. J.B. McPherson is assigned to the command of the Army of the Tennessee.

5th. In relieving Gen. Halleck from the duty as General-in-chief, the President desires to express his appreciation and thanks for the able manner in which the responsible duties of that position have been performed."

By order of the Secretary of War.

(signed) E.D. Townsend.

--Memphis, March 12
"A cotton shed and a quantity of cotton was burned this morning,--Loss
$20,000"

"There are 27 ironclads at the mouth of the Red River."

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NIGHT REPORT---
A CALL FOR 200,000 MORE MEN.
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BOUNTIES TO BE PAID UNTIL APRIL 1ST
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THE DRAFT TO BE MADE AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE AFTER APRIL 15TH
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Washington, March 15
Executive Mansion

GENERAL ORDER #100

"In order to supply the forces required to be drafted for the navy- and to provide an adequate reserve force for all contingencies in addition to the 500,000 called for on Feb. 1st, 1864; the call is hereby made, and a draft for 200,00 men for the military service in the army, navy and marine corps of the U.S. The proportional quotas for the different wards, towns, townships, precincts, election districts or counties will be made known through the Provost Marshal General's Bureau. The 15th day of April 1864, is designated as the time up to which the number required from each ward of a city, town, &c., may be raised by volunteering and enlistments. A draft will be made in each ward of a city, town, &c., which shall not have filled the quota assigned to it within the time designated for the number required to fill said quotas. The draft will be commenced after April 15th as soon as practicable. The Government bounties, as now paid, will continue until April 1st, 1864, at which time the additional bounties cease, on and after that date."

Abraham Lincoln