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The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1859-01-26
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"TILL be given for any information which will lead
w TO the detection and conviction of the per on
or persons wbo devoid of all respect for the dead and
alike regardless OF the feelings of the living cut down
an ornamental shade tree in the burying ground at
Mcdregor, on the Sth Of January last and lled the
same upon the graveyard fence, breaking down grea,
portion OF the same and doing other serious damage
GEO. D. GARDNER,
McGregor Jan. II. lS59ll7ti
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1859-01-26
NOTICE

N
II 5 hereby given, that at the regular term Of the
i County Court, of the county OF Clayton State of
Iowa. to be held on the first Monday of February next
petition will be presented TO said Court in the words
following, te-wit:
"To the Honorable kFe County Court Of The County
q Clayton, AT the State Of Iowa !:
The undersigned citizens and legal voters Of said
county, respectfully ask the relocation of the County
seat OF said county, from Gutenberg its presen loca-
ton, TO aarnaylo, in the same county.
Ihey pray that an order may be AIDE by YOUR Hon.
orable Court that at the next April Election to- wit
On the first Monday of April, A. D. 1852 vote shall
be taken for the County Scat or said county between
dutteneerg the existing county seat OF said county,
and Garnavo in the same county,
Dated January 8, 1Sj9t3 1T
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1859-01-26
SHERIFFS SALE
RE.4L EXT4TE.

Sl1Ehlrr - SALH
RE.fL ENT.4TE.
NIOTICE is hereby given, that by virtue of special
execution to me directed, by the Clerk Of the
District Court of Clayton county Iowa, will sell al
Pubic vendue the highest bidder, for cash, the
10th day Of February, d. 1859, between the hours
of 10 o'clock A. NJ. and O'Clock p. NJ, of said day
at the front door Of Egbert's Hotel, in the village o
Monona, in said county, the following described prop
erty, to-wit
Lots Number one, Q), two, (2), three (3), four, a.
five, ,, six ) seven, eight, 50, nine, (9) ten 40
eleven, (ll) and twelve, (l2), in Block number forty
one, lll), in the village OF New Monona, CLAYTON
ty, Iowa. Taken a the property Of William II
Brown to aisfy execution in favor Of Sila. Egbcrt
for the Of Three hundred and Seventy three AMI
SO 100 dollars. (373,33 1909 Also, Twenty-six and
30l00 dollars, (s26, 30lo0) costs of suit with interest
and costs that have and may accrue.
JAMES DAVIS,
Sheriff Of Clayton county, Iowa.
BY N. NJ. FUTILE,
January Is 1859 lava Deputy Sheriff
Printers Fee So.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1859-01-26

Of Flesh, Night Swedts, Splitting Of Blood,
Hooptng Cough, difficulty Of breathing,
Colds. Coughs, i.aLe1lsd, Phttstc, s
... Pdtn IN the Side. and all
ss.- ..a diseases Of the Lungs, ..Tst ss zs'.=
it stands aac-
Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1859-06-23
ST. .OCn WANTED!!

All persons owing me, whose accounts are due, are
hereby notified that need the money, as I cannot
pay my debts ntilny dues paid, and not wish
ing to subject any to costs, yet if this call is
not responded to Immediately, I ana compelled to
adopt means more effectual. H. PIERCE. =
Plymouth dec7, SO Iltf
Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1859-06-23

ICcncluded on fourth page.
Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1859-06-23

HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN-Particular
l attention paid to Obstetric Practice, and
Chronic diseas of Women, and diseases of Child
rem. Office over c. Palmer's store, corner Michi-
gan and Laporte streets, where he can be consulted
at all hours. l-3tf
The Nevada Democrat., 1859-07-13

The Washington correspondent Of tho New
York Courier and Enquirer says Of Mr.. Douglas,
that his position Is more radical than ever as
regards his differences with the Administration.
He rejects. with emphatic condemnation, the
doctrine recently promulgated BY the organ:
that the people of territory are prohibited
from regulating their institutions, Including
slavery. and that they mnst wait for the enJoy~
ment of that cardinal privilege Of freemen un>
Ill after they become State.
The Nevada Democrat., 1859-07-13
WHOLE NO. 3oi.s. =
THE NExr CONGRESS.

The Washington correspondent Of the AhS,
who is favorable to the Administrator, has the
following speculations upon the organization of
the next House Of Representatlves.;
"The political cOmpIexioa of the next House
Of Representatives is now the subject of much
speculation by the press aud the people Of the
country, and many contend that We shall have
a Republican organization. The strength OF
the Republican party, in the next House Of Rep
resentatives will reach over one hundred aud
thirteen members, being six members less than
a majority. To argue from this strength Re-
publican organization Of the House, implies Ell
ther union with them OF the South Americans
or six of what are commonly called anti-Le-
compton Democrats. The former dare not in-
suit their constituents by such a course, whilst
the latter would forfeit every claim they have
to be regarded as of the Democratic party by
so revolving coalition. The Organization Of
the next House will be Democratic, unless O
reckless betrayal Of their trusts should effect
union OF six members outside Of the Republican
party with Il for that purpose,H
There have already been elected one hundred
aud thirteen Republican members; they will
probably elect two from Minnesota, and posi-
bly, one from Oregon, which would give them
one hundred and sixteen members three less
sh"u m"JoIhy. III no eNeut can tuey get
more. But they come so near having clear
majority, that they will inevitably con,roI The
organization Of the next House, unless there Is
a complete fusion of all the members opposed
to them. That such fusion can be effected, Is
not probable The opposition members that
have been, aud others that are likely to be
elected in the. South, win never vote for any
one that calls himself Democrat and 1t is
quite unlikely that oil who were elected as
Democrats will vote for an Opposition member
as Speaker. II Is not uncommon for two or
more minority parties, which, when united
would have majority, to fuse for the purpose
of defeating plurality party but the men,
bcrs elected to the next House, that call them
selves Democrats, are in many cases so bitterly
opposed to each others prinoiples,a as to give
little prospect of fusion. Such men as Hick-
man and Swartz, of Pennsylvania, Haskin
and Clark, Of New York, Adrian aud Riggs, Of
Pennsylvani Davis of Indiana, and some 9TH
ers who were elected as anti-Lecompton Demo.
Gratis, are not likely to act very harmonionsly
with the rabid disunionists Of the South. The
friends of the Administration cannot In any
conceivable event, control the organization of
the House, aud it is probable that the Republic
cans will elect their Speaker by plurality vote
as they did in 1855.
The Nevada Democrat., 1859-07-13
Douglas I'm the south.

The Mobile Register, edited by Mr.. Forsyth,
late u. s. Minister to Mexico, is out for Doug
las fer the Presidency. The following is the
conclusion of q long article recently published
Ia that journal: r r.s
ut was because Judge Douglas would not
surrender principles which he had maintained
for years in the Senate, and which hs had de-
Tended on thousand stumps before the people,
and abandon an adjustment squarely made IN
Congress, aud endorsed by the people of the
South, over the heads of the ire-eaters; be-
cause he had the courage to stand by the set
uement, IN defiance Of the power of a then new
and popular Administration, In the first year
of its existence. that he has been denounced
from Dan 10 Bersheba by the southern press.
and is accused of principles and opinions treas
enable TO the South, whiOh he has never enter
tanned. fl ~
lis this 'toting fairP Is this wise in US of
the Southp Are constitutional and true men
so plenty at the North that we can afford to
throw away one of them, who has stood head
aud shoulders above all his conlpeers, In oour-
age, in manlness, 10 faithful consistency
These are important questions for the South to
answer, and upon their wise solution will de-
pend eveuts Of the greatest magnitude.
'For our own part, we oonscientiousy be-
lieve that Judge Douglas stands firmly and
consistently upon the basis Of compromise Of
the Congressional slavery agitation. agreed up
on by the majority Of the Democratic Senate in
1850, resisted by the fire eaters, 1.-THE writer OF
this article among them.) aud afterwards rati-
fed aud endorsed over our heads by southern
people. If, now, the South wishes again to
change its front, Is 1t fair in its public men aud
its presses to deOry aud denounce as o traitor,
a northern Democrat who simply stands by tho
bargain then made and endorsed over and over
in hu ho tfa IN arfh md
men will agree with us. We opposed the bar.
gain al the time with all our might, but we
took It, not because Congress made it, but be-
cause the sovereign State aud people Of Geor,
gia willed it So"
The Nevada Democrat., 1859-07-13
WHAT THE AUsTRANs SHOULD HAVE DoxE.--

WHAT THE AUsrRANs SHOULD HAVE DONE.
The Paris correspondent Of the London Times
has the following:
The Austrians, having once determined on
peremptorily summoning the PeidmoDtese to
disarm, it was q mistake to give the latter
three days to do what every one knew they
would refuse. Three hours was sufficient. The
Austriaus should have instantly entered Pied
mont, destroyed the means Of communication
between the Piedmontese and their allies,
crushed the PiedmOntese army before single
French battalian had come up, and then fallen
back, as they are now apparently falling back.
They might then have Informed the Govern
ments Of Europe that, having solved for them
selves the great point Of difference with Pied
mont-namely, the disarmament, and repaid
themselves by the contributions they bad levied
for the expense of the operation, they were
ready to resume negotiations In Congress for =
settlement Of the famous four points In litga
tion, | assure you that the Anstrans would
have gained less odium for this terrible. but
for them, necessary rigor. than they have by
| their presen ut conduct. 1t would certainly have
excited feeling different from that now insplr,
ed by their slovenly tactics and their unproit-
able rapacity o5rsspSsdeEss Of ths London
Times.
The Nevada Democrat., 1859-07-13
Terrible Fight win a Rat,iesnal.s.

We have hitherto supposed the day long since
passed for chronicling big snake fight In the
vicinity Of the Central City, but such itappears
Is not the case, from scene which recently
transpired within short drive from the Court
House. Some of the older residents viii re-
member building which formerly stood on
Prospect Hill, about six miles from Peoria, and
which was destroyed some seven or eight years
since. During the past season another house
was erected near The same location, and all
thai has remained as relics Of the old hotel was
partially hlled excavation for cellar and
two well bricked oisterDs which bad been kept
covered up. Last week the proprietor Of the
place, while busy with bis wife in preparing
their summer flower garden, found himself in
want OF q few bricks for the edge Of the walks
Remembering the cisterns he uncovered one of
them. and finding it dry at the bottom, and on
ly about six feet in depth, he jumped in and
commenced thr0ging out some Of the best
brick be could pick from the walls. 1t seems
there was piece of plank with one end par
TALLY imbedded in the earth that somewhat in
commoded him. SO seixlng IL with some exer-
tion he pulled 1t out and threw 1t 10 the top.
What was his horror aud surprise at the next
moment to find that be had unearthed an enor-
nous rattlesnake, aud without weapon in his
hand aN
As the cistern was round and only about Ave
feet IN diameter he could not jump out, and
the snake bristling with anger and rafting de-
lance, was ready for battle. His screams
brought his wife to the scene but she was SO
overcome with fright that she became power
lest TO render any assistance. The snake in
the meantime had commenced the fight, max
ing repeated springs at him, but fortunately he
managed to hit him on the head with his boot,
without receiving bite, the snake all the time
becoming more defiant and enraged. During
the whole scene, which lasted several minutes,
the man did not lose his presence of mind, but
watching his chance made several frantic eff
forts to jump bodily from this seemingly pit Of
destruction. At the last trial he fortunately
grasped brick which gave way with him and
remained in his hand, as he again stood 'front.'
ing his Kissing enemy. After q few more kicks
and watching his opportun ty he fired 1t, max
ing probably one of the best shots on record,
for il struck the snake on the head, and between
the one sent and the wall be became q pretty
well used used up sarpint.
Weak and exhausted, our hero, by the assist
ance Of his wife, was enabled TO climb from the
pit, but when once more upon the earth he
tainted away, and il was some time before he
could be recovered. For several succeeding g
days he was quite unwel owing probably 10
to the poisonous effuvia inhaled, while his des
perate exercises in the encounter rendered him
exceedingly lame The snake was afterwards
taken from the cistern, when II was found TO
measure seven feet 10 length aud contained
thirteen rattlesl The latter have been pre-
served and are placed in Shoaff's Museum for
exhibtion.-I'eOriG (IH) Transcript.
The Nevada Democrat., 1859-07-13
rhs Au.trian carnlrx.

No power can boast Of such body Of caval-
~ as Austria. Ii is enormous in number. The
horses are excellent we'll bred, handy, active,
aud courageous. The men are bold riders,
good swordsmen, aud better still, are the right
weight aud are recruited in great part from
two of the greatest equestrian nations 10 the
world, the Poles and Hungarians. In her SER
vice the monstrosity so often witnessed in
France, of a giant of 200 pounds weight, laden
with arms aud accoutrements astride of q beast
not much bigger than himself, is never witness
ed. In short the Austrian uhlaa or hnssar is
the model light cavalry man OF the world.
Small. light, wiry, active, indefatguable, ri
der from his cradle, his bridle are his heels,
aud bis hand, eye and heaFs on his sabre, inde-
fatigable in the march, swift in the charge, ev-
erywhere by turns and nowhere long. 1t may
be almost said that the Hungarian hnssar, now
the Turkish spahi, is a thing Of the past, is the
only light cavalry, in fact the only cavalry, in
existence. His cuts are as fatal and sure as
other mems thrust. His horse is part Of him.
self; riding or 6gbting bis pastime. In former
days he was the glory and boast Of the Austrian
army. Those gay swarms Of hardy little men
which it shot from its sides on its march were
its surest aids in victory, its best safeguards in
defeat. All this however, goes down before
the Enfield rife and the Armstrong gun. Let
the horse be ever so swift. the sabre ever so
sharp or the rider ever 80 bold, the conleal
ball is too much for him. A charge of cavalry
upon properly armed infantry bids fair to be
henceforward impossible. Two hundred yards
has been fixed by the best authority as the
proper charging distance, aud in bygone days
1t was only at two hundred yards that the fire
of square began to tell. and saddles to be
emptied. But nowadays the iron rain patters
on the borsemen before they get within half a
mile of the foe. II they quicken their pace TO
close, the maddest charge will not bring dra-
goon-horse on the bayonet in less than three
minutes, and when he arrives, he is blown aud
disabled. "When he arrivesv-if he arrives.
We should say for even in traversing 500
yards at the top of his speed, he receives half a
dozen volleys from practiced sharp shooters
To send cavalry on such service will, we may
safely predict. heuceforth be considered mad.
ness The foot soldier has swifter messenger
in his cartouche- box than the fleetest hussar
snd Austria looses her most efficient weapon
NJ Y. EVonu,g Post
The Nevada Democrat., 1859-07-13

A SINGULAR CAsE--ELEvEN DAYS IN A SWAMI
WITHOUT FoOD--A short time since Mr.. VIM.
A. Hall, well-known cotton broker OF Mobile,
suddenly and mysterionsly disappeared. Ele-
ven days after he reappeared at house where
the inmates happened to know him, in sad
plight, his clothes soiled and torn, his face and
hands sore and swollen from exposure and the
bite of mosquitoes, and with scarcely strength
to move. lie was taken in and properly cared
for, and when he became rational could give
but this account of himself He had been sick,
and went into town on the Sd inst. to transact
some business That night be slept in bis Office
and got up the next morning feeling badly, but
went about his business The last that he re-
membered was that be was suddenly attacked
with dizziness and blindness. Then 1t seemed
as il something was pursuing him to iDJure
him, and be ran down the street. From that
time he remembered nothing till he seemed tc
wake up, as from q sleep, one morning, and
found himself lying In swamp, without know
ing where he was. He managed to hnd hi
way out, and was succored as above stated
He had no idea Of the length of time he had
been thus unconcIous. He asked the day o
the month and was thus first apprised OF II
The advertisement bis friends had put In th
papers was shown him, which be read witt
deep emotion and fearful eyes. 1t 10 suppose'
| that be was wandering about swmp near Mo
bile during the whole eleven days without foo
or shelter, and exposed to rain storms whic
occurred during that period.
The Nevada Democrat., 1859-07-13
A STRANGE ADvERusEMENr.-we find in th

A STRANGE ADvERusEMENT.-We find in the
Zanesyille Courier an advertisement Of Solo
mon Sturges, one of the wealthy men In Ohio,
in which he sets forth bis reasons for onerlng
for sale bic vast landed property, de adVer-
tses the subject thus:
~ have eight or ten fine improved farms In
Indiana. and one OF $40 acres near Gslena, IN
Illinois that wish to sell. believe no man
has a right TO own more land than is necessary
for bis use, aud that Of bis family. God has, no
doubt. wisely ordained hat ta'ad sharks should
he earsed and am exceedingly anxious 10
sell sIi my lands. and get rid of the curse.
will therefore seli OF low prices, and on easy
terms Of payment. any Of my real estate and
have ggeat deal more than want, ought
70 haze OF desire
The Nevada Democrat., 1859-07-13

ALEXANDER DUMAS has opened gun aud
pistol shop at La Porte, Sierra county. n
The Nevada Democrat., 1859-07-13

POPULAR SovEREIGNTY.-The New York On
tury. paper started by McElratb, Of New York,
the former partner of Horace Greedy, holds the
following language in regard to popular soye-
reignty; ,.
popular sovereignty in the Territories, as
defined by Senator Douglas though not openly
opposed will be secret cause Of agitation in
the approaching canvas for the Presidency
Many will rank themselves in opposition, under
various pretexts, but 20 candidate or party
will dare 10 controVert the principle. Markedly
stated, it is a recognition of the right of the
people to establish th ,ir own lews, and where
sucb IDEAS are once embodied Ia Law, as in the
organic act of Kansas and Nebraska, retroces
soU is impossible.
The Nevada Democrat., 1859-07-13

THE SARDfNIAN STATEsMAN.-Count Cnvour,
the celebrated Sandman statesman, says the
Florence correspondent Of the Newark AdUer-
tisey, IL Ouly Italian of the half bl0od-a mix
ture of the Teuton and Celt. lie acquired his
profession under British tu ton, aud reminds
one of the late Sir Robert Peel, who had all
the qualities that the men OF the South lack, in
compensation, perhaps for the want Of all in
which they excel Bland, smoth, s.lfpossessed
and cautious, he is eminent among his country
men for that moderation which is the disguise
of art. A wealthy bachelor of fifty, he is hear
tily welded TO affairs, and no bride was ever
more caressed; albeit the enthusiasm never
masters him. The writer adds
Count Cavour Is now virtually absolute
master of the Constitutional monarchy which
be helped to found, and is determined to aug
ment. His alliances all sure, and Austria pro-
yoked at last to cross the Rubicon, the Parlia-
ment is constrained into an act of selEabnega-
tion--invests the King with all the powers OF
the State and is then pr0rogued indefinitely.
Yielding to his ardent young masters prevail
ing passion for the field, be counsels the trans
fer Of these extraordinary powers to the Prince
Carignan. royal cousin, by construction, and
thus next Of kin, in the House Of Savoy, as
nominal Regent. This heavy nodded individ-
uai of the middle-age will sign the decrecs with
out disturbing the text. The Minister of War
(Gen. LamarmOra) accompanies the King and
his porttoliO falls to Count tCavour-author and
master of the Italian movement-at once Pres
ident of the Council, Minister Of Foreign AZ
fairs, Finance Minister. War Minister, and Min
lister Of Marine and his matchless method II
quite equal to the many sided charge. Yet NJ
man of business has more leisure. Nobody ev
er saw Count Cavour in burry-Or out Of hu
NOR. His interviews with Louis Napoleon
would be study for a Richelieu or Tally
rand"
The Nevada Democrat., 1859-07-13
Circle leTrnvclIng-IInbitso OF Bewildered PeO-
pie.

Circle ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF beWiidereu Feo-
pie.
correspondent thus writes to a scientific
paper :-"In q late number of your paper you
state, ia answer to some correspondent, that
you have no confidence in the report that when
a man is lost he will travel in "A circle In
this you are certainly mistaken; il is IA fact
well known TO all frontiersmen. that when per-
sons are bewldered, they frequently travel in
perfect circle, sometimes keeping the same
track until they make dozen equal rounds;
at other times making the circle larger or
smaller each time 1t is not by any means al
ways the case, when person is lost; but it is
so frequent that il is within the experience of
every one who has been much in the woods.
In calm and cloudy weather, and in country
Of much sameness Of appearance, the best
woodsmen get so bewldered as to take the
circles Persons not accustomed to the woods
will sometimes do so when the sun is shinin &
aud steady breeze blowing On the level or
| gulf praries of this country, on calm. foggy
morning, no man can travel without a road.
II is an incident of every day occurrence in the
| spring and fall seasons, that men are thus be-
calmed on the prairie as effectually as are ships
at sea; nor will a compass mend the matter,
for il cannot be carried steadily enough to keep
it's meridian, and the course it points cannot DE
kept for 6fty yards; If q man attempts it, he
will make circle and come back to the place
he started from. lne circle VIII De large or
small generally, in proportion to the density Of
the fog-sometimes only hundred yards in
diameter; at other times a mile, but seldom
more. The circles thus made are perfect. This
kind Of wandering seems TO arise from an at
tempt to go a straight course when there is
nothing TO guide the senses, or when the usual
guides of sun, wind or the general contour Of
the country are disregarded. 1t rarely befalls
children, who do not attempt to go on course,
but only run from one visible point to another
equally perceptible."