The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-04-25
Laura Harvey.

Laura Harvey.
The murder Of this young woman is still
the exciting topic in our western exchanges.
Sheriff Lewis, Of Wapello county, (Ottum-
way called at our office one day last week
on his tour of inquiry to learn the where.
abouts Of the murderer. He left descrip.
ton of the two suspected ones in the hands
Of our efficient detective officers. The i'm.
preston prevailed here that both Lawrence
and Macomb, or persons answering to the
description of them were seen at this place
and at Prairie du Chen during last week,
and so well convinced were our officers Of
it, that hard-looking case was arrested on
Thursday last, and taken to Justices of.
flee. He proved to be customer from
Crawford county, Wis, and in no way &C.
quainted with the circumstances on which
his arrest was based; he was discharged
The reward offered for the murderers is
$4,000, and this large sum of money slim
ulated men to active vigilance.
From the Rockford Ne,cs we learn that
there is no doubt of the dead girl being
Miss Laura Harvey, of Rockford. Consta-
bic Upright, now at Ottumwa, writes home
that he has traced the party all the way to
the scene of the murder, and there found
the fence-stake with which she was so bru-
tally killed. 1t is believed, however, that
Lawrence, her husband or paramour, was
also killed at the same time, and search was
being made in the river for his body. Liant
McComb, yet at large, is supposed to be the
villain who is the author of this dreadful
tragedy. If he has been here at all he did
not remain long.
Roe, who escaped from Milwaukee Jail
and was arrested at McGIegor few days
since says-"McGregor is so Internal mar.
row and the bluffs that environ it are SC
high that an escape at this point is as diff.
cult as release from steel-trap."
A Modification.
Mr.. Seward made his celebrated Roches.
ter Speech in October 1858. In that speech
he annouced an opinion which has occa'
stoned much talk and it is only few
months since his admirers have summoned
courage to defend it. The particular para.
graph which excited public attention was
this:
ut is an irrepressble conflict between
opposing and enduring forces, and it means
that the United States must and will, soon.
er or later, become either entirely a slave.
holding nation, or entirely a free labor ma
ton"
In February 1860 the same distinguish.
ed man made his Great Speech in the Unit.
ted States Senate and then his language on
the same point was as follows:
"The whole sovereignty upon domestic
concerns within the Union is divided be-
tween us by unmistakable boundaries;' y
"you have your fifteen distinct parts, we
eighteen parts equally distinct Each must
be maintained in order that the achole may
be Preserved"
Now We submit that it is not treating
his followers well to indoctrinate them into
the ''Irrepressible Conflict" theory, put
them to the disagreeable necessity of de-
tending it, and then to turn square about
and abandon the idea of converting the
whole country into homogeneous labor
shop. This recession has evidently cooled
the ardor of the Radical Republicans and
hence Mr.. S. is not so much the favorite as
he was six months ago. We like his revis-
ed opinion much the best.