The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1859-11-16

her sympathics and that her seeing Brown at
all will depend on the will Of the Attorney for
the State. Poor old Mrs. Child's
1t is said that Mr.. Buchanan favors the no
mination of Mr.. Fitzpatrick Or some other
southern statesman.
Mrs. John Brown is now with her husband ut
Charleston Virginia.
Othniel Russell of Killngly, Conn, recent.
ly beat Rev. Mr.. Miner of that place almost to
death for having too much love for Mrs. Rus.
sci. Mr.. Miner confessed their guilt and left
mourning congregation, wife and three
children to the mercy of the world Mrs Rus
sci will follow suit before long.
The steamers City of Baltimore and Hunga.
rian arrived on the 10th. The Hungarian
made the trip from Liverpool in eight days, the
briefest time on record.
"A fight was thought to be close at hand in
Naples. Garabaldi has issued war speech
1t is thought that England and France will
get by the ears before the peace of Europe is
agreed upon. Tremendous storms have pre-
vailed and many wrecks are reported.
Captain Cook was convicted of murder and
insurrecticn on the 9th. Mr.. Voorhees, deliver
ed the closing speech for the prisoner it was
surprisingly elegant but it did not save the
traitor. A motion for q new trial was moved
but it did net prevail. It is rumored that
Brown, Green, Coppee, Copeland and Cook
will all be executed on the same day.
Gen. SCOTS arrival in California was made
the occasion Of grand pageant in honor of
him. The General left San Francisco for Pu.
gets Sound on the Northerner. 1t is believed
that another expedition is organizing against
Sonora.
Horace G. Phillips of Dayton, an old settler
and very wealthy died at that place on the 10th.
Charles Gregoire Of Dubuque died last week
in that city.
The mob that destroyed the "Free South
newspaper at Newport KY, was headed by
Col. I. L. Jones the Opposition candidate for
Treasurer of Kentucky in 1857 and the Oppo.
siton candidate for Congress in the 10Th Dis
trict in 1859. Not much democratic" mob
about this We reckon.
"A French professor of insect.ology-that's
q better word than the technical one-has
recently RECALLED bis taste with dish each
of several curiositics among the creeping
things He says the crockroach has the favor
Of trout and pine apple, the louise, Of truffed
partridge and the chintz or bedbug combines
the excellence of ripe venison and plover
The Indians on Lake Superior gave their
Chief small sums of money to keep for them /;
he got drunk and spent it all. The victims
called council and passed series Of grunts
which imply that the first Indian who gets
drunk must be tied to post and whipped.
Attorney General Black is out in another
pamphlet in reply to Douglas. 1t quotes large
ly from the old speeches of Stephens and at.
tempts to convict him of inconsistency, but the
argument in the case is thereby abandoned.
Mr.. German Of Buffalo recently addressed
meeting, of which Ex-President Fillmore was
the president, the object of which was to con.
slider the practicability Of constructing lake
steamers of 1000 feet length to carry 1000
tons freight and 5000 passengers. A commit
tee was appointed to examine Mr. G's. plan.
Fred Douglass has gone to Europe. He
leaves An address to the faithful behind him.