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The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1857-11-18
For the Journal.
WEST UNION, IowA,)

WEST UNION, Iowa.
Oct. 81, 1857.
Having paid visit to Clermont few
days ago in company with A. p. WHITE,
Esq, l was as,onished at the many i'm
provements which were going on there.
We stopped at the Clermont House.
kept by that ever obliging host, p. G.
WRIGHT, and found that he had made
large additions to his already commodi-
Gus house, and in fact it may now be
set down as second to none in Northern
Iowa. His table was loaded with
sumptuous dinner, which was got up in
a style not to be excelled anywhere. and
to which we did ample justice. Success
to P. G for he is deserving. The pro-
prietor Of Clermont, J. THOMPSON, Esq,
is one of the most liberal and whole
souled men in the country, and offers
great inducements to persons wishing
to locate there.
The town site is beautiful, being stu
ated on the banks of Turkey river,
and is surrounded by heavy bodies of
timber.
The progress has been steady and ever
onward. Strangers are not brought
there by glowing prospectuses, to find
upon their arrival that they have been
''taken ill.," but they go and see for
themselves-see at glance the beauti'
full location-the business aspect which
characterizes the town-its fine water
power, and the many other advantages
it possesses over most western towns,
and then purchase and improve.
That Clermont will be a point on the
McGregor & St. Peters Railroad is a
matter doubted by but few, and that road
once constructed to Clermont will make
itin importance, ETC., second to no other
town in northern Iowa. Among the
many improvements this season we no.
ticed the following:
A large 3 story brick building sc by
80 for store purposes, which is being
erected by Thompson, Appleman &
Lane. Two brick stores. by Dennis
Wall, one store by Mr.. Lane, one store
by Slough Il Stedman, two brick stores
by VIM. Blackett, Esq, one store by j.
P. Dixon, occupied by s. s. Bryant &
Son, who are doing smashing business,
one drug store by F. Farmer, one brick
store by VIM. Cummings, large brick
eating saloon, by Mr.. Dowd, a brewery
and cabinet shop by Taylor & Snyder,
large brick dwelling by Mr.. Ryan,
large additions by J. Thompson, Esq.
and many other improvements. The
above is only a list of the most conspicu.
GUS ones. There are several daily
stages. affording to the people daily
mail, which is Of no minor importance
to its enterprising inhabitants. The dir
OF he busy mechanic is heard in every
corner. dwellings are springing up as j
by magic in every direction, and soor
tho Iron horse" will be seen running
on its iron track into Clermoat and brin!
it in close connection with the Atlantic
cities. Then, and not until then, will
the sure anticipation of its citizens b,
partially realized.
CITI7EN
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CHARLES S. D. JONES,
Attorney at Law and Notary Public
No. !, Corner Of Main and Sizth Ssren.
Dubuque. Iowa.

REFERENCES:
Hon. Bcrnhart Hsnn, Hon. Theophilus Parsons,
Fairfield, Iowa. Hon. Emory Washburn,
Hon. James NJ. Love, Law Faculty, Cambridge,
Y. s. District Judge, Mass.
Kcokuk, Iowa. Bernard g. Caulfeld,
Col. Robert RoLin: on. Atty, Chicago, III.
MiGdlcto own, Iowa. Hon. Vim. S. Bodlcy,
Hon. Jno. McKeon, U. s. Louisville, Ky.
Dist. Atty, N. Y. City. ,Benoist, Shaw & Co.,
Hon. JOAN A. Dix, New Orleans, La
w. City lion. A. 6. Penn,
Hon. James Campbell, New Orleans, La
late p. NJ. Gen., phila. Hon. Reverdy johnson,
Col. James Page, Phila. Baltimore, Md
Peter Waples, Esq. Phiia Col. Louis V. Bogy,
L. A. Benoist l. Co., st. Louis, Mo
Bankers, st. Louis, Mo. lion. John F. Darby,
Hon. Joel Parker, st. Louis, Mo
&J-Collcctions made and proceeds promptly remit
ted. 55
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~' Sir, are you married?'
No, madame I
DO you mean to get married.
No. madame
But if every man followed your ex.
ample, sir, the world would cease"
'Oh no! madame!'- Boston Poet.
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Erpensivc Legs Madame Rosati, pre-
mier danseuse at the Grand Opera. in
Paris, las refused an offer of one hum
drei thousand francs. (s2o. .oco). for =
season at St. Petersburgh.
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CLERMONT,

A correspondent of the Fayette Jour-
nal, writing from West Union, Oct 81,
thus speaks of the village of Clermont,
its citizens and its improvements. We
have heard SO much of C!ermont and
its Hotel keeper, p. G. WRIGHT ESQ.,,
of the Clermont House, that we must
run out there shortly and see for our
selves what is going on. Wright is
doubtless as near right as host can be
got:
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wM ANDERSON. AvoUsTE BAILY.
anderson S' Baily,
RECTIFIERS.
AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
FOREIGN d DOMESTIC LIQUORS,

ETC,
b. w. Brisbois' Ston. Warehouse at the Landing,
PRAIRIE DU CHEN, WIS.
Mr.. VIM. Anderson having been extensively engaged
in the Rectifying and Wholesale Liquor Business in
st. Louis No. for the last eleven years the
customers Of the New House here that all of their
ticles will DO equally good those obtained from
either st. Louis Cincinnati.
We Keep constantly for Sale.
Our own brand of Copper Di titled Whisky. VIM. An
derson's celebrated Nectar Whisky Baltimore Gin !;
Our own Brand Double Rectified Whisky New York
Brandies. Pale and dirk Bourbon Whisky Monon-
gahela Whisky Pure Spirits and White Whisky.
WINEs-Clxret Port Madeira aud Sherry
BRANpIEs-Rochelle and Bourdcaux.
BIrTERs-uostetter Boxer aud Stomach.
SUND2!ES.
Absynths Curacao VOLTS Schnapps ESSENCE Pep
permint Fine Cut and Cavsndih Tobacco Demijohns,
&C.. kc. 40
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A ~
NJ. o. WALKERS
n. IX1eRfpaA Sknre EimeI

". Western Stage lime!
EOUR HORSE COACHES will leave the
II Ame:ic House, NJ Gregg, daily at ~
o'clock A. M, or mmediately upon arrival Of
the morn ;ng ira in from Milwaukee and Chicago.
and the Steam Ferry from Prairie du Chen
The traveller to Decorah, New Oregon aud
Gsage. or to West lnion, Bradford and st.
Charles, will not be DELAYED if he takes this
line. by any failure to connect at intermediate
points on his way West or North West.
At EcoR.H the line is contin ed to st. Paul
and the valiors towns of Minnesota. and to
those wanting to see the country TIE Land rout
is far = e:crable 10 river assagc.
EATRAs to accommodate all who come. will
be furnished at very shor; notice, on ap, lication
to D. w. FREEM AN,
As't. at M'Gregor.
DIV. Freeman is also the Agent for the Illi-
nois Central r. Road. n37 g."
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VOLUME 2, NO. 6.
Mistellaneous.

J. H. e. w. GRANNIS,
Dealers in Dry Goods Groceries Ready-Made Clothing
hardware Queens Ware Tin Ware Stone Ware Drugs
aud medicines Oils. Pants Putty Glass Narnih. &c.
Main street Strawberry Point Ioea. 1T
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NOBLE, ODELL & DRUMMOND,
attorneys at Lao,
viii practice in the Supreme and District Courts Of the
State.
GEUBKN NOBLE McGrcgor Clayton Co.,
WILLIS DRvMMoND Iowa.
ELDAH ODELL Gutenberg Clayton Co.. Iowa.
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+. TEABou1'
r. TEABouT. }. OLSEN.
TEABOUT G OLSEN.

Dealers in Dry Goods Clothing Hats Caps Boots and
Shoes Hardware Groccriss &C. &c. re- All kinds oi
Produce bought and sold. "a Frankvic Winns-
shick Co. Iowa. 1..r... az s..4- -sr Stf
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AMERICAN HOUSE,
Ro.hester, Minnesota.
Stages leave this House Daily for all parts Of the
Territory. A Livery attached.
G. COLE, Proprietor.
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EGBERT HOTEL,

BY Atwood sackrder. This we'll known House has been
put complete order by the rreAent Proi rieor and
Traveller. may rely upon being well treated at
able charges. Walkers stage Lines change at this
House daily. #..
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M q N O N A.

II. &. MARTIN. II. d.
PLY ICIAN g. S U r G Z N.
Office on Main street, west Of the Monona Hotel.
nonuna, Nav -, 81 n3itf
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DEAN. FRENCH g. EMERY.

Dealer in ry Good Groceries hardware Nals Crock
cry stcneware Stove. and manufacturer Of Sheet Iron
and Tin Ware. (Po Oace building
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-04-25

A BUDGET OF NEWS FROM UTAH-THE Nor
NoNs PREPARING FOR WAR.-We give in another
place oopious extracts from file of the Deserct
N~cs, published at Great Salt Lake city, and the
home organ of Brigham Young, the High Priest
of the CAurch of Latter Day Saints. Although
there Is no especial news by this arrival, yet the
view Ct the Mormon settlement in nnid-wiater
Gill be found curious and interesting. It u,
moreover, important IN the present altitude Of
CHAIRS when the condition Of Utah occupies the
attention of the new administration and is the
subject Of much discussion in the press aud In
private circles Notwithstanding the severe
trials attendant upon immigration, proselytes are
every day turning their steps toward Great Salt
Lake city, and the cancer will soon become 20
far disseminated a. to poison the whole body
polite. The Mofmons Themselves are evidently
decided steps to restrain them. Brigham Young
is cautiously silent, but we find that the militia
has been organized, that schools are opened for
drilling the recruits, and that the preachers and
writers are stirring up the saints TO grid on their
armor and prepare for the fight The Ne,rs con-
tains two elaborate and significant articles the
lret denying the constitutional power Of the fede
raj government to appoint Territorial officers and
threatening rebellion; and the second, assuming
that allowing polyga TO be solely a human in
stitution it concerns no one now except the in
habitants Of Utah. This is undoubtedly Brigham
Young's platform; aud that he will forcibly re-
sist any interference with his peculiar ideas there
can be little doubt II behooves the ad ninistra-
ton to take some steps in tnis matter at once
The country expects prompt and decided action
at the haads ol Mr. Buchanan.
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toxem,,ss or the British Minister

VISIT TO TBE BAcHELoR's BALL AT rIBLo's--HB aP'
PBARASck-boRD hAFikH On CHANGE.
The ne~ BRUSH minister, l"rd nsrer 70 al present IN
town, and purposes 70 remain here Tor sie~ DAYS lie Is
stopping ~ the residence mr. "m oaue' duncan, inc
osnSe'i ~ NO 90 fupa e'eoue' n'' VIC ""'c' y VI"
T. @eorse s'csey Oh 1nusoaf ne Soeepoa aa 'a'N~o"
90 Preseee@ "e sosne nscses0Fs osH, ~ "'ovs ~"
oon' ~oer~ ne asnoeo "e Se'"An' en's'e WV" "e
bellies, and was o. COURSE The c5scrved ct Al
me ysaohelors OF the New York Cub Il Appears g.ye
-..a.. ,,,a,.,o. 80, a, N,aL,,s s,lo,on On mr..
ue" ecSo"' "N"""o. ~. - 800 "
day The company included about eight hundred Of the
-sr, A, Ia esr> New York cream) OF New York society
- g.. -. A. r., A, ..,,sva so-.,o,,, o.,, n. 49,,
" no QUO oe' pV'Pe :" "''' y $3.50 '"V " w W.
uited 10 this sofr hs we have stated, Lord NaAer The
Ir,tsh Minister WAS amonz the guests The decosaisous
,,.A - .,,-.i eoro,s from, The rr,uor,os or N, M,
oonST'eu =" uA'~ W." e'' ''V'' -. 80 v W. "'
chansn, and the SUPPER drawing and roarng rooms were
furnished in The most tasteful style fle orchestra
$500. ee ., 80 H., r..,asD, r,n, uci.,s and ,b c,r
uo'uueo uH " "u' wv 'ee ~ ~ ~ Wv"
pany VS.. UNANIMOUS In praise OF Mr. Nb'o and ms AID
for The ber.ty and taste displayed IN the Arrangements
=, a.. - p..., ,ho sav,o, NJ ,,,aoo chr,ch m
iV' inc oN@ "'V""' vs. " So
pounced the gnCst, and INC oveS :" us h'sS ~ero
unusually brilliant
-, N.O,o, aocornnanias nv NJ Duncan yes,erdav
"f" NaP''I' h''oi' - -, 80 -
AFTERNOON al Soc"cN, p~o I'VE" '" ue hN0"Nse, "e
hour whom merchants lido most cougrcgaie" at thai place
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South than 10 keep them at home. This opera
ton of the fundamental law of dollars and cents
Is gradually widening that vacuum in all the
border slave States, which can only be filed
henceforth by free white labor.
Hence IL is matter of no practical oonse-
ouence whether Kansas shall come into the Union
with proper constitution establishing or prohi-
biting slavery. She may come in as slave
State bat the Laws of labor and climate, the price
Of town lots and the cost Of niggers will very
soon revolutiOnise her into free State. Not 10
with Missouri and all the border slave States.
Their PRODUCTS a'e not Of that sort and their eli
mate is not Of that character, in which black
slave labor can compete with the free white Labor
of the OVERLOOKING hives Of Europe and the North
The pressure Of Northern population. speculation
and the laws Of trade will thus be Sufficient quiet
" to effect the final extinction Of slavery in the
existing border slave States, without involving
the reduction of the cash value Of q siagle Mig
GER or solitary legislative or individual act iof
emancipation. -
But from this removed Of slavery from The
border States it does not follow that the insetu.
tiaa viii be put In peril in tho cotton and sugar
growing States, and for the simple reason that in
the production Of the staples Of the tropics there
can be no composition with the native of the tro-
pics The Gun and the malaria which enervate
and destroy the white man are the sources Of
health and longevity in the black man. The at
moephere which kills the European is absolutely
essential to the heathfM Installation of the tro-
pical blood Of tAe African. Hence, neither abo
idonists nor epeculators, nor Presidents, nor Con-
gresses can shake the supremacy of slave labor
in the production of rice, cotton and sugar.
With these views, we find it difficult to cay which
Is the most absurd, foolish and contemplate, the
hue and cry concerning slavery in Kansas, or the
puerile tbrestenings and bravsdo of the Virginia
nigger-driving politicians touching this colonizs-
ton scheme of Mr.. Thayer. The laws of human
necessity. Of population, Of speculation, and the
enterprising spirit Of the age, are irresistibly
moving on to the solution Of the boundaries of
African slavery and the limits Of free white
labor and neither factous politicians nor schem-
ing fanatics can arrest the inevitable tendency of
these causes to their efecta
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THE DEpARWREON THE EXPERIMENTAL m
The Working Of her Machinery and de ssn-
ing Qualities Of her Hull.
THE WAY CHE BEHAVES AT
aER sPLsHDiD sgscEsa
.o~>>>.o~>>s>~~ov~~<>~Nn
The Final Departure for LOndon.
SO, &c. &c

The United States aeaner Niagara which was de4srol
from the regular service q The navy 10 assist 10 hvg
tbe great submarine telegraph cable that Is 10 oonne -
distant shores Of Europe aud America Ie this pei q
"wednesday last, between three and four O'Clock The -
Of her departure had been 6xed nearly two weeks -
vioas 10 this but WAS osnd necessary TO postpone n
consequence Of the breaking Of her cylinder haA
end afterwards On account Of the unfavorabe wcaGA1
with which we were visited recently, and which extelAsA
oter large portion Of the country II not geoeFazH
supposed that she would start at the time, and o
wrre doubtless somewhat surprised when they heard q
Glowing morning tha& shs had really le Tho pist, ~.
Thomas Arden had been engaged como eight esl
previous as was intended ~ that time that she ss1A
setlout immediately on her trial trip. o. WednssAsv
niorning however, the sky gave indications of olaw
weather and preparations made 10 60 to sea Is ssn
rs the state Of the tide should permit
There WAS 5ome apprehension that tho sweu n a,o
bay after the gale bad not subsidized the passage over -
bar would be attended with dangc< but as the weasr
s continued fair and The had become moro setnsa.
WAS decided 10 weigh anchor and start with q ~
delay possible. About three O'Clock the capsAa -
manned by some hfty men and to the sound Of As =
the ponderous anchors each weighing 200 pounds vs
raised about half hoxf Afterwards and occurred y a
caiheads- Nothing remained 10 be done bat b 90
The huge propeller in motion; but there were sevA
vessels in the way, it considered necessary dSp
three four hundred yards down tho stream - -
70 avoid the risk Of running into any Of them, and ~
about four O'clock therefore, before her head po.A
seward and she WAS fairly under way. A. .
quarter 10 Ave she passing the Narrows, -
New York becoming indislnot In -
Increasing distance Soon Staten Island began -
descend below the horizon, and we were rapidly -
preaching the bar Tho Highlands Of Nevesnk rose spsn
right and sandy Hook hy within tew hundred -
Of ship In the direction, the long low ns a ~
beach marked BY the surf that Increasingly bcsas apo
it, There q heavy swell on the bar but a. tho ~
q, s full 1t decided BY the pilot that 00
would be no danger In crossing. Tho vessels bow ~
accordingly directed towards Gedneys channel vAtaA
she vent through In moi hess than thirty three fce< wA
is shout eleven feet than tho draushs Of ths Nls
In twenty minutes she pass the bar In sasty. -
s,eaIing II the rate Of nine knots Al hour
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ton of the pubic at large. These articles were 30
we'll written, so just and gave 10 accurate an ana
ysas OF the peculiar style Of Mr. Forrest, that the
merit Of the actor, as we'll as that Of the criti-
csns, was more generally ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
houses were more crowded than ever, and Mr..
Forrest gained the greatest ecJot. So fur from
the publication of these articles In an obscure
corner of the Tribune being an attempt to write
down Mr.. Forrest We always believed that the
intention was really to write him up, ard that
that intention was entirely successful
Mr. c. A. Dsna is also at fsuis when he ssyB
that the HERALD attempted to "write up Mrs
AcMshoo. Alas! poor Mrs McMabon; she had
no one to write her up. The HERALD contained
not ooe VOID about her sodng. favorable or uu.
favorable, excepting an Article wherein we To-
pubiists q some OF the numerous onslaughts made
by the ether pagers, the most bitter Of which
ppesIed liz journals which affect tho greatest re-
gard for thedece0cies, proprietles aud reGnements
of life, and the greatest forbeararce towards &C.
tressee In general From the first we believed
that Mrs MoMAhea was veuturicg upon very
hazardous experiment, aud it was only out of
consideration for her feelings that We consented
to pubiish her advertisements, which were at first
declined Getaways believed that she WAS throw
Ing away her money to 10 sort Of purpose. We
found, however, an important couQadiction in
the course of the press Mrs. Mcmahon was cut
mp in the most savage manner by the very jour
nails which kept up clamor against us for years
on account of some sound and justlfable criti-
cism upon Mr. Fry, the former director Of the
Aston Place Opera House. When we found
these same journals assaling, day after day, q
simple minded woman whose only fault was that
she piously imagined herself second Rachel, and
desired hearing from the public, we believed that
we had right to call attention to the inconsis-
tency of the other journals As for writing up
Mrs Mcmahon, we did nothing Of the sort, and
never attempted it, as the files of the HEEALD
will show. We never attempt such imposd-
bIlities a. writing up Mira Mcmahon in thea.
tzicals, OF ensoting the part Of Charles Fourier
In philosophy, by putting on white apron and
turning up as waiter at Brook Farm Phalanx,
near Boeton.
After dinner orators in general, and Mr.. G. A.
Dana in particular, will do well to prepare their
speeches in advsnce-to refrain from drawing
upon their imagination for their facts, aud to alb
stain from strong potations.
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Among The ofcers several who were Ia the cuyoML
Ion TO Japan and Is but Justice say Of Ill hAs ~
courteous company Of geuuemea never stood upn a.
deck q man of.wss. The country may be certain -
they viii renec credit is character ABROAD and -
whstever high opinions may have been formed Il -
navy 90 The o.her side viii be fully realized.
The foroe on the Niagara numbers Eve hundred -
fourteen mea exclusive Of the officers Included h
Ills number The bostswans mate, the gunne~s 49,
the csrpenters, ooe yeoman, master ~ sr0.
ooc ships cock, Ave qusrtx masters, two qAzsR
gunners, one srmoces, four captains Of the svn
castle, six captains OF ths ,op, two captains a -
afles guard, couwsins, o1c ships sievupA,
two officers stewards, surgeons steward. ons -
makers mate two captains Of the hold, two oifoers cs
two ships corpors, 100 scAmen 100 ordinary scsnns.r
and 100 Andsmeo OK The marines, there are -four .r.
ge.nt three corposss, two musicians and any pri~~a
The cngneefs department has thirty aremeu and tvosv-
eight coal heavens
This u the complement OF the Niagara Tor the press
cruse, but her full complement fox purposes nambss
100 II has been reduced, however, this ocoasn
Consequence OF tho service In which the vcssc
gsgeA, ~ u oonsidered large force would eaV - u
The WY, and might serve measure, V re,Ard
co~pashmeoi q the euierpdse
Besides as oscess whose asncs we subjoin the fbnsu-
Ing geo,ieu,eo ~v~e board Prvfessor sAmusi 3. n
Morse Mr. james Murphy, the builder OF the engine -
bei,eS Mr.. Martin, EnsineeS In CHEZ Of the United so
Navy Captain Schwsrz sAd Lieutenant Ko,obDn, tws -
GERS u The Russian navy, VINO have been granted pse
sion BY tho Navy Department 70 the laying II -
cable.
TIE srEBD.
~ may be from the following table. which ~
oorre log Of The progress Of the Niagara fru. -
momen, Of her departure al her return sandy H.,
her speed eleven knots hour sgaina . fow -
beccze. and with all her spars ACROSS ships>-
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Cosvvreu ~ TArsusv Hli---A oopvvnsioa % HSc
gates Eve from each ward, cbceeo By ae deu,ocreso
party of ths city, win M In rsmmany Hall On M'naAy
night ne the purpose q persscsins The orgsnizaooo
Genhrsi Committee and sdopsns rcfsm IN ,,e poae 20
carrying on The primary eecttns agreed upn "s NV
Tamruany society.