The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1859-01-26
Correspondence.

with what We had before, makes about three
feet on level in Our forests. 1t has been very
cold For the rast three days the mercury has
ranged from &c" TO 80" below cipher. The
cold threatens to drive single people into mat
rimony or to eating oil las DR.. Kane did in the |
Arctic rcgions) A nuuber of accidents have
happened on our railway lines from the excess
i've cold-the aSles snap, wheels break, &c
Half the State are "down with colds.' One
thing we have to comfort US the monetary |
pulse of the nation has a healthier beat as the |
days roll on. Business prospects for the next
two years now look we'll II nothing happens
to mar the fair prosl ects now presented, in a
year from now speculation will be more rife if
possible than it was before the "panic" The
bullion that has been moulding for the past
year must be disgorged, and when it begins to
pour out it will ovid the steam on all enter
prises Of life. The coming year promises to
be most excellent one in the shoe trade that
branch of business now shows more life than
any other. A we'll drained market has already
SGT thousands of hammers in motion every day
adds to their number.
Politically, the signs of the times are ominous.
As 'straws show which way the wind blows,'
90 tho Republican nominations in this State
| shows the drift Of the political current. They
are proof positive that save in vaporing resolu-
tons, rampant Republicanism covers before
the conservative spirit of the nation for even
here in restridden New England there is con-
scrvative feeling. In the Eastern district they
have nominated Marston. who was Wing of
other days--who voted for Frank. Piercc-de-
nounced Summers speech-rejoiced over his
Gaming and refused to sit with negro at a hotel
table. He is a man Of ability. They nomi-
mated Goodwin for Governor. He too was an
old Wing. who has been bitterly denounced by
the negropholists Of the North, the high priests
of the dominant party. He was Webster
Whig-a "Union saver" of lSJ0-who then
: wrote and spoke of the pestilent doctrines of
! their present supporters, in the severest terms
They have however been compelled to take
him, or ALLEVIATE the support of those old Wings
who declared they would no longer support
those political Judases whose silver (the price
of their betrayal of the Democracy still jngled
in their pockets. He is no orator but good
> citizen and man Of quite good sense. In the
q third district they have nominated for Congress
VIM. Edwards; he too was an old line Wing
who rolled over in lampblack in order to win
not the U. S. senatorship which he coveted
but the honor of being twice defeated for tina
Office by the intensified blackies under the leat
of life-lease Hale. Smarting under this. b,
turned up among the conservatives and now re
T ceives a nomination. The convention in th
district met, but not being full and none of TIL,
't asprants who hunger for the flesh pots a
s. Washington feeling sure of success. after 'sor
n toll adjourned, in order to give each bette
chance to pipelay himself in advance of III
rest 1t now looks probable that Tappa
le (preseut member) or some outsider will b
10 nominated at the next trial. These thing
serve to show tina, people are making som
lie progress towards sanity-are beginning TO re
y alize that white people have some rights wort
l. looking after as well as black ones.
Or The Democratic convention met here the pas
TO week, and as predicted, by reclamation nom
mated Col. Cate (for Govelnor) and the rest {
4, the old ticket. The convention was fully al
IN tended Quite storm was stirred MP he sarp
ID indiscreef pretended friends Of the it'd
8 by an amendment to soft-soap the whole cours
). Of the Administration this was promptly vote
A. down, despite custom house and all other il
~ fiuences, by a vote of al in favor and Ii
against the amendment. Many of the ou.-ant
~ OF Douglas men hal left when the vote Wa
=. taken, knowing their engh-all of the otl
70 ers We're on hand still after all their efIor
mr. the vote does not fairly show their strength, ft
10 at least one half of the Al were Pierce {
n. Douglas men (and many of them so declare
m themselves in remarks before the Convention
j. but being old men, urged the passage of I'll
he amendment, DC, because it would be "respcc
VT ful''-had always been done "with other A,
e. ministrations' and was customary Its opp
he nents denounced the amendment becaus
Ia though "customary," it was not right, and lie
ke an implication might be tortured from it fave
ing Congressional Legislation for the prote
ton of slave property in the territories an
m 'unfavorable' to 'Squatter Sovereignty I'll
m Resolutions passed, denounce all interieren
in by Congress with the subject. Thus you S,
an the result is rather triumph of the radio
&c Douglas men over the Administration and co
he servative Douglas men combined, than OF
Ire issue directly between the Little Giant and Il
is President. Col. Gate is one of "God . noble
IA sons He has always been Douglas to IL
es- core. 1t seems in spite of the 'union' and Z
EN- Leib,' that the Legislators of illinois did n
his choose to disregard the will of her people.
de The mighty Ilinoisan seems the favored son
IL Jove. He always wins.
ed Senator Sumner will probably resign in sc
'rs son for his bosom friend Banks, to take
place. Banks is fox. and Wilson brace
NC them-he very pattern Of horse shed pc
~ tician.' The Mass. Legislature 10 in session
a. its members will probably work industriously
no at doing nothing:
elk Rev. Theodore Parker has commenced
OIL Boston a series of IL Lectures on as many Pre-
do. dents. Among other amusing things he sa
the of Washington that che never wrote a line wi
DIV a Peacocks feathei"-and that sit is rea
the refreshing to know that man like Washingi
mo- occasionally s,core.' This last drought do,
'ek 'ne mousse insane as ne Is about negro
'pu Parker is. in intellect, a giant. He has S;
casm Of adamant, andpowers of critical analys
that beats the world
red Yours. GRANITE
md -~O.~-
rrv Still Aaother.-On the outside Of the Tin
his is an article "blowing up" the Ladies of Elk
Tho der, and here comes another. "Aunt Maggi
ind is evidently friend to the Society, but 6