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The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-02-13

WALKER.-The news from Nicaragua,
is of a contradictory nature, and it is diff
ficult to obtain reliable information of the
doings or prospects of the renowned fill
busterer. One story is that he is upon
the brink of ruin, and that what there is
left of his army will soon be the prison
ers of a relentless foe. The object of this
story is to discourage reinforcements from
the States, while the other side tell far
different story, hoping of course, for diff
ferent effect. Five hundred men recently
left N. Y, and New Orleans, for the pur-
pose of assisting Walker. ~
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-02-13
THE STATE TICKET.

The Ticket put in nomination at Iowa
City, by the Democratic State Conven-
ton, will be found at our mast head
to-day.
OF our candidate for Superintendent OF
Public Instruction, it is unnecessary to
speak in tones of praise. He is too well
and favorab!y known to need encomiums
from us. His precedents are unexcep-
tionable i'll every respect. A refined gen
tleman and scholar, he possesses tho gen.
crosby of the friend, and the ability of
the legislator. AS the President of the
State Senate, he evinced eminent ability
and unbending integrity. We regard his
nomination as particularly apropos, at this
juncture, and believe him rs well calcula-
ted to discharge the duties of the Office
for which he is named as any person in
the State. OF the balance of the ticket
and its prospects of success, we shall
opcdh NcicaltcT. Hc llCAcI Is worthy
of and we trust will receive the hearty
support of every truly patriotic and con-
sentative voter in Iowa. BY an earnest
vindication of its principles, and deter
mined and united support Of its ticket,
the Democratic Party in the State will
triumph. The tissue of falsehood, so in
geniously woven by our opponents, will
fade at the approach of Truth. five de.
sire success, we must submit the ques-
tons at issue to liberal discussion. We
need not fear the verdict of an intelligent
public, when we appeal to their judgment.
When the people are fanatical, it is the
result of appeals to passions and prejudice,
and it is IN those appeals, we discover the
most potent weapon welded by the enc.
mics of the Democratic Party.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-02-13
A Good Move.

"A 1OOo V4OV6. ...... ...... .....
Arrangements have been made to have
ga course of lectures" in McGregor.-
This is a move in the right direction
This first lecture of the season will be
delivered by j. S. KING jr., NJ. d., on the
evening of Friday, the Goth of the present
month, at American Hall. His subject
is: "THE PHENOMENA OF DEATH" The
theme is interesting, the Doctor is a good
reasoner and fine speaker, and will 'sdis-
sect the subject" and present the details
to you in manner that will not fail to in
struct and please. Let him be welcomed
by full house. 49,
Hon. JEDEDIAH Brown, is expected to
favor the public with lecture upon the
Railroads in the West" in few weeks;
the time and place will be announced in
due season. A lecture from Judge Brown
upon that subject, cannot fail of attracting
a large and attentive audience, and we
hope that sufficient notice will be given,
to enable those residing at distance, to
be present.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-02-13

STAND FROM UNDER.-Those who have
neglected to remove the snow and ice from
the roofs of their tenements, should be
guilty of that neglect no longer. BY the
late storm, our roofs were covered with
an unusually large amount Of sleet and
snow, and the mild weather following, to-
gether with the moisture of the atmos-
phcre, has rendered it of the nature of
solid ice, in density, and has in some
cases proved fatal to "balloon frames, +"
hastily erected dwellings and barns
The barn and stable of Hon. j. Brown,
of McGrcgor, ''caved in" on Monday
last. Three valuable horses were stabbed
there at the time, but strange to say, es-
capped uninjured.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-02-13

The Lobby.
Members Of Congress have been grave
ly charged by respectable and responsible
parties, with peculation and fraud in refer
ence to the Minnesota Land Bill. Mr..
Paine, an aged and respectable member
from North Carolina, says that Mr. Ed
wards of n. Y, rendered him 81 500 as
the price of his vote for the bill, where
upon the member from N. Y, denies the
charge, and innocently AYERS that Mr.. P.
misunderstood him. Others are charged
with like offense, by equally responsible
persons, and the defense is, m;sunder-
standing. The House is apparently of
opinion, that there is a perfectly "good
understanding" between the friends of
the bill, both in the Hall and Lobbies, and
have appointed an Investigating Commit
tee, whose duty it is to examine the facts
Of the case and report the origin of this
misunderstanding" which has been COW
cred up with such variety Of complex,
special pleadings. Nothing can be proved
against the persons implicated, for the
witnesses have virtually refused to testify.
Two years since the first Minnesota Land
Bill was changed after its passage by the
House of Representatives, an Investiga-
ting Committee was appointed and-done
nothing, and We fear such will be the case
in the present instance. The committee
in the former case failed to produce the
evidence fixing the guilt on the parties
concerned, 1t is likely to be so in the
present case. But their admissions that
corrupt means were resorted to, to pro-
cure the passage of certain bills, impli-
Gates some one, and is evidence of guilt
somewhere, though parties may escape
conviction by the evasion of Witnesses
Lobby members have far too much influ-
encc at the Capitol, and we trust that for
the honor of the country, and the integ-
rity of Congress, the entire programme of
the lobby, will be examined and their
schemes for robbery and plumber, exposed
to the public gaze.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-02-13

SELF CULTURE.-Sombody, has said
that "the art of being able to make good
use of moderate abilities, wins esteem,
and often confers more reputation, than
real merit" and its truthfulness is dem
onstrated in every day life. 1t is prob
able that more failures in life are caused
by negleoting the cultivation of what we
have, than the lack of what we have not.
A good use Of our talent improves its val
lie, and in many cases, discovers to us
new sources ofpower and influence. The
gifted Henry, said in the hour of danger,
"the battle is not to the strong alone, but
to the active, the vigilant and the brave -
and so it is with individuals, in the battle
of life. Our destiny depends not upon
the noble endowments which the Creator
has bestowed upon us, but upon the use
we make of them. The man of wealth
and influence, may sink to insigni6cance
by idleness or prodigality, while his PEN
niless neighbor, by frugality and industry,
may rise to affluence. The giant intellect,
by inertness and debauchery, falls in ru-
ms, while the man of moderate ability, by
application and integrity. rises to honor
and position. five would better our con
dition, we must nourish what We already
POSSESS.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-02-13

THE NEws.--Our readers will please
excuse the lack of "late news" this week.
Our Eastern exchanges have failed to
reach us; we are without intelligence from
the State Capitol and are therefore unable
to present any items of Legislative pro-
ceedings, and have no account OF the do
ings of the Constitutional Convention,
save stingy report of its organization.
Our latest Washington dates left Con
gress IN statu geo. Latest from Califor-
nia;--two bull-fghts and a duel. Euro
pean items smell of birthstone the Chi
nese are testing the strength of Admiral
Seymour's "Gunpowder Tea
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-02-13

Judging from the mournful croakings
Of City exchanges, and the accounts of
broken banks, runaway bankrupts, ruined
stock brokers, collapsed spectators and
frightened bill-holders, which reach us
by the Mails, the "times are hard" indeed.
Money is tight, tighter than Milwaukee
brick" and if not soon released from the
nervous grasp Of Speculation, reaction,
fraught with consequences fatal to the ro-
mantle dream of wealth, INDUCED by the
sharpers in the commercial world, must
be the inevitable result. A passion for
speculation in R. r. Bonds, State Stocks,
Town Lots and Government Lands, has
prevailed to an extent, hitherto unknown,
and as a legitimate consequence, the specu
lators have lost or won, as their schemes
succeed or fail, and the stock holders
usually come out "minus" in both cases.
The Indiana, Illinois and Michigan legal
lied institutions" for the manufacture
and issue of beautifully done" bills of
the wild cat species, are "going up" at
the rate of dozen week. If you have
an assortment of these promises to pay"
endorsed by Mr.. Cashier Esq, and are at
a loss to estimate their value, inquire the
price of paper rags. If you desire to
make a safe deposite, exchange your spe-
Gle for these bills, put them in your peck
ct, and you need trouble yourself no far
Their, no one will disturb their resting
place. If you desire to keep what you
hive, be satisfied, with honest gains, and
don't attempt to get rich in a minute, by
a "grand speculation" We have headed
this article Money" but as that is some
thing which Editors regard as the boy did
the eel, hard to hook, and "mighty slip
perry to handle" we'll stop talking of
that which at best is but the subject of
"a hope long deferred" and stranger to
Typos and Editors.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-02-13
A RrrrplIcAS ConREsroNpvNr's VfEw

A RErrpL1cAS CoRREsroNoySr VIEW
or HIS own LEADERS ~ WASHINGTON
1.-THE fact il notorious to every observer at
Washington, that nearly all the wholesale
schemes of plumber which have been car
ried through Congress for years past; all
the corrupt lobbying all the projects of
spolia,ion, and all the vile and venal COM
b;uations. have been planned and carried
on under the control and with the means
ofNorthern managers. While they shout
ed the inudest for freedom, and stigma
tized slavery as stigma to civilization,
they took care to pillage the treasury, by
way Of refreshing this sentimental devo-
ton. The self.appointed leaders who
were most exercised a few months ago over
She decentralization that would attend the
possible extension of slavery, who mourn
I'd over it's alleged horrors, who beat their
breasts in agony at its mention, and who
led what professcd to be great moral
crusade, arc exactly the men who have
swarmed the lobbics since Congress open
ed, scheming for the success Of new plum
dor, and continuing the most audacious
combinations with the very shareholders
whom they affect so much to abhor.-
Developments like these, which are every
dav forced before orr eyes, serve to dis
gust intelligent and honest minds at the
cant Of these sordid hypocrites. who are
trading upon principles the integrity Of
which upright men proudly maintain.
On the floor of the House and on the
hi,or Of tire Scnate--for both are notori-
ously contaminated, the latter only in a
limited degree-the profligate traders
most known inside and outside Of the hall,
are not only northern members, but they
are members who have cndeavored to fig
ure conspicuously in all the recent politi-
cal movements. Their names are banded
about, with vulgar familiarity, by the very
menials attending upon Congress, and
their audacious knavery gives qualif-
cation for far more than has yet been
charged.
They devote themselves exclusively to
tho business Of extorting compensation
for legislative favor, and some of them
have paid enormously for seats as means
If prosecuting this disgraceful traffic
Nor is this corruption confined to few
isolated instances. There are members
in the House whose votes or silence, OF
. absence, was purchased, at the last sess.
ion, for the public printing, the railroad
grant, and other special objects of legisla.
ton. These spoils were distributed
among certain Republicans holding seats
and others who were supposed to be influ.
entail outside. And although portion
Of the plumber was appropriated in con.
sideration of the aid and comfort given by
Southern Americans. it is not believed
any Of them personally shared in its dis.
tribution.- Wash. Cor. Phil. North Ane.
rtcon.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-02-13

TERRIBLE ACCIDENT ON THE New York
AND ERIE RA1LRoAD.-The Elmira Gazstte
says on Friday evening, terrific railroad
accident occurred at Addison, to the emil
grant train, by which two persons-Ger-
man emigrants-were instantly killed, and
between thirty and forty seriously and
some of them MORALLY wounded. The
accident occurred in consequence Of the
breakage at rail, which precipitated three
Of the cars down steap embankment,
smashing the cars to atoms. The attor-
neys Of the road were Immediately on the
ground and settled the damages with the
payment of mere trif1es.
Another accident occurred on Saturday
night, to a cattle train. by which the "ca-
booce," in which were some forty drovers,
was thrown from the track, and complete
y wrecked. Fortunately, however, no
one was injured. -RocA. Union.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-02-13

re- A fire occurred in Belcher's sugar
refinery, 1T. Louis, last Sunday evening.
1t was, however, subdued before much
damage was done. Loss $4,000.
Owe learn from the Pioneer that
Mr.. Sol. Kuh, the celebrated optician."
and vender of Clothes, has been drought
up standing" at West Union, on the charge
ofpeddling,without a license, and fined the
sum of 500. He didn't relish the call
for the "dudas" and took an appeal.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-02-13
A License Law.

A License Law.
The question Of rum or no rum. has
been mooted in our Legislature, and the
result is "liccnsc law" The 'prohibi-
tory law" is and ever has been dead let
ter, and it had become question of vital
importance, what shall be done to stop the
rayages of intemperance Liquor is sold
in quantities to suit the purchaser, in
nearly every town in the State, in bold
defiance of the law, and all or nearly all
attempts to punish its transgressors have
utterly failed. The people demand its re-
peal and ask for the enactment of one
stringent enough to keep "rot gut" in
check, plain enough in its language, to
allow at least third rate lawyers and Judges
to understand its provisions, and not SO
contradictory and unreasonable as to de-
feat its aim and object. If mon WILL
sell Liquor, make them pay for the privi-
lege. 500 or $1,000 safely deposited in
the treasury of the county. as the price
OF license" is better than to have the
liquor sold without leave, and at the risk
Of creating "bill Of COST for the county
whenever the law-breaker is prosecuted.
If men will insist upon the glorious
privilege of getting drunk, abusing their
families, and making fools or brutes of
themselves, remedy should DO provided
whereby the innocent sufferer by their
misdeeds, can be remunerated. There is
but ono way by which intemperance can
be removed, and that is to remove the
liquor from our soil, forbid its importation
and manufacture. Remove the cause, and
you will destroy the effect. But this can.
not be done, at present at least, perhaps
never. The "license system" is the only
mode of Legislation that has proved bcne-
fetal to the temperance cause, and it may
be doubted whether as whole, it has de-
rived any benefit from that source. While
liquor is to be had it will be used to some
extent, and that use will be limited ore
tended as popular feeling may dictate
Obedience to the law of 'fashion" may
lead us to indulge the taste, and an appe-
tite be thus formed which no earthly pow
er can satiatc. A correct and efficient
popular sentiment ia worth dozen stat
utes for any evil, and it is especially true
Of intemperance.
A Bill has passed the House, and we
presume the Senate also, providing for
the regulation of the sale of intoxicating
drinks in this State. 1t etfectually re-
peals the old law, now in being. and pro-
yides for the granting of license to per-
sons, who pay certain sum into the trea-
sury of the county, file bond, with good
and sufficient sureties, and are recon-
mended to the County Judge as persons
of respectable character. 1t is very strin-
gent in some of its provisions, and we be-
lieve it far preferable to no law at all,
or the next door to nothing, our present
Statute. What amendments it received
in the Senate we know not, but presume
it will become law, without any mate
rial change. We shall speak more in
detail, after a closer examination of its
merits.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-02-13

EE- The Salem (Ill.) Advocate men
tons a case of catalepsy which is exciting
much interest in that town. A young
woman, 25 or 81 years of age-a stranger
called at the house of citizen, where
she soon fell asleep. She has remained in
this state several days. She lies apparent
ly in a deep lethargic slumber, perfectly
motionless and silent. with very faint
pulse and dry skin, and to all appearance
destitute of all sensation, either of pain
or pleasure. Thus far, all efforts to ava
ken her have proved unayailing.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-02-13

SwEET.-The press are advocating the
propriety of cultivating the Sugar Cane
in this Northern climate. A bountiful
crop was raised in Minnesota last year.
Good syrup was made from the stalks,
not hundred days from the seed. 1t is
grown quite extensively in Wisconsin and
Illinois. Farmers Of Northern Iowa,
what say you, shall We raise our own SUI
gar, molasses and syrup? Let us hear
from you On this ''saccharine" question.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-02-13

AN AssEMBLYMAN IN TIGHT PLACE
The Albany Argus says that when the
accident occurred on the Central Railroad
Monday evening, Mr.. Baker, Assembly
man from Montgomery county, made a
hsp for life, and succeeded in burying
himself, ostrich fashion. He struck head
foremost intosa snowdrif:, and such was
tie force with,which he went, that moth
ing was to be seen of him but small por-
ton of his legs and his feet, the violent
kickings of which attracted the attention
of those who had left the train for the pur-
pose of atfording relief. and they succeed
ed in rescuing him. But for their timely
succor, Mr.. b. would have been smoth-
cred 10 death.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-02-13
Icy New York City was the scene q

~ New York City was the scene of
another .'horrible murder" a few days
since. Mr.. Burdell, Dentist, was found
in his office. dead ; his body mutilated by
a score of wounds, the walls sprinkled
with blood, the floor besmeared with gore
and no trace of the miscreant who did the
deed. When will murders, become the
ercept;on, and not the "rule" at the Me-
tropolis ?
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-02-13

THE DANGER OF WEARING HooPs.-
On Tuesday OF last week. one of the
evenings on which the wind blew 80 furi-
ously, . young lady in Peekskill. near
this city. was struck by gust Of wind.
while passing along one of the streets
which skirt the rayine which divides that
village. and her dress, of course, accord
ing y the latest fashion, the force Of the
tempest against the dry goods was 50 great
as to blow her completely off her feet and
down an embankment. She struck the
ground with such severity as to iDjure her
very seriously. What rendered the acct
dent much more alarming was the fact
that it occurred in the night, when she
was returning. alone from church, and it
was some two hours after the unfortunate
occurrence before her friends learned Of
the seriocomical contre nmps.--N T. Day
BOnk.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-02-13

EE-}Ion. Jesse D. Bright and DR..
Graham Fitch are the u. S. Senators
elected by the Legislature of Indiana.
Gov. Wright will probably be i'll the
Cabinet as Secretary OF the Interior.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-02-13

EHr Greeley's libel suits against. the
Democratic press. and his attempt to
"crush out Democratic Posimasters, are
calculated to earn him more kicks than
coppers. -
The Cooperstown Freeman's Journal
says:
Horace Greeley, who termed the Lieut..
Governor of this State little villain, y
has commenced libel suits against several
editors. Horace is growing arrogant
as he grows rich, and foolish as he grows
old
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-02-13

DON'T WAIr-But "pitch ill.," now is
the time to make "a ten strike;;' if you
don't believe it, you can just 60 To-
BARrLETr's and "try it on
See Advertisement.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-02-13

Fuller of the N. Y. Mirror, gets off the
following atrocity:
Why are fashionable ladies in hoops
like the Earth we inhabit 90
Because they have ''protuberance
around the equator" and are sometimes
listened *. the potts.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-02-13

RELATIONSHIPS. NJ. M. Wakeman
will preach in the American Hall next
Sabbath at 10! O'Clock A. NJ. and 2 O'Clock
P. NJ; subject: "The Bible, Divine
Book and mans need Of Revelation.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-02-13

ETThe bill authorising the election
Of a County Assessor, has passed the
Legislature.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-02-13

EsFExchangcs and Correspondents
will be attended 10 next week.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-02-13

EE CORES OF THE TIMES, with or
without wrappers, can be had at this Office
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-01-07

Times of this city publishes a long list of let
ters from other young ladies' Of different places
about the country, with whom he had
opened correspondence, the result of which,
had he gone on without detection, may be
easily stated from the examples we already
have before US. Thousands of dollars have
been thus obtained from those whose inno-
Cence Of the ways Of the world led them to
place reliance on the protestations of a villain.
When at last warrant was issued for his ar
rest, (by the California lady) he hastily left
the city, and embarked in the steamship City
Of Washington for Liverpool, whence it is
said, he intends to proceed to Australia. It is
to be hoped that the lanlentablG fate Of the
young ladies who have suffered by this man,
will warn people against placing any trust in
advertisements, which in nine
cases out Of ten dre insincere, if not positively
and dishonorable.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-01-07

PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF CINCINNATI.-Therea are
thirty one public schools in Cincinnati, class
flied as follows:-TEo high-schools; two in
termediate; nineteen district, sub-distrct, and
asylum schools. and eight night-schools. In
these two hundred and twenty-five teachears
are employed-one hundred and seventy-one
females, fty-one males. Average daily at
ten lanc. 8,8O3. Average daily absence 1856.
In the city according to the census of October,
1855, the number of white youths Of school
age, 4O,996. The receipts for the year ending
June 1856, amounted to S228,l64 20 Total
expenditures, $181,777 Al. Current ex-
penses, 1924, ,713 70.