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The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-11-07
John Brown.

john Brown.
Can We wonder at the Hate and Terror
which the prospectof Mr.. Lincoln's cleo
ton inspires at the South when such SEN
timents as the following are uttered by the
leading Republican press Of the United
States, the Ne,c York. Tribune Remember
that Mr.. Greeley was chief in securing the
nomination of Lincoln, and that nccessari-
ly he will occupy commaning position
"near the throne in case of LIS success.
We northern people would not feel like
tamely submitting to the rule of Jeff. Davis
Il Co., or any other party having an organ
ization exclusively in the Southern States.
Read these passages and ask yourself
whether Southern men have not cause for
alarm. If the murder of the innocent un
der mistaken zeal for the good of the
slave renders man a martyr and saint,
what makes a man butcher?
"John Brown, dead will live in millions
Of hearts. 1t will be easier to die in a good
cause, even on the gallows, since John
Brown has hallowed that mode of exit from
the troubles and temptations of this motal
existence. Then, as to the 'irrepressble
conflict who does not see that this sacri-
flee must inevitably intensity its progress
and hasten its end? Yes, John Brown,
dead, is verify power-like Sampson in
the falling temple Of Dagon-llke Ziska,
dead, with his skin stretched over drum
head, still routing the foes he bravely fought
while he lived. So let us be reverently
grateful for the privilege ofliving in world
rem dered noble by the daring of heroes, the
suffering OF martyrs-among whom let none
doubt that history will accord an honorable
niche to Old John Brown"
"Whle the responsive heart of the North
has been thus substantially sympathising
with the one whom they admire, and vene.
rate, and love, the great soul itself has
passed away into the eternal heavens. Du-
ring the eighteen centuries which have
passed no such character has appeared
among men. The galleries of the resound-
ing ages echo with no football mghter than
the martyr Of to-day. He has gone. Eff
forts to save him were fruitless Prayers
were unavaling. He stood before murder
ers defiantly asking no mercy
"Bewider,d not, and dauntcd not, the
shifting scenes of lifes drama, at last, bro't
to him neither regrets nor forebodings-
Having flushed the work which God had
given him to do, this apostle of a new dis
pensation, in imitation of the Divine, re-
ceived with fortitude the baptism of blood.
And thus, beholding the heavens opened
and Jesus standing at the right hand of the
throne of God, this last of Christian mar.
tyrs stepped proudly and calmly upon the
scaffold, and thence upward into the EN-.
brace of angels, and into the general assem-.
bly, and church of the first born, whose
names are written in Heaven"
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-11-07

DisuniOn.
The Southern papers are ablaze with
threats of separation. Wall street is in a
panic; banks are closing, north and south;
stocks of all kinds are falling: meetings are
being held throughout the south; Minute
men ale enrolled; cavalry organized; pro-
carnations are being issued; rumors of a
southern alliance with France are rife !;
Wise, Of Virginia, is out with a list of
grievances that makes the blood run cold,
and the aspects generally are anything but
harmonious. The two sections are begin
ing to hate each other moderate, rejecting
men are unable to stay the tide of secession
at the south and moderate men of the Re-
publican party at the north are eclipsed in
Influence by the vanguard of John Brown
worshippers, such as Lovejoy, Wentworth
and Andrew Of Massachusetts,.
This Federatiye Government-this Union
of Independent States looks now to be
doomed. 1t is useless however to write
about it. One half who read, say: ats
all smoke" the other half say (see Milwau
kee Free Democrat "Let it Gomez
Let us wait and hope.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-11-07
Mail Route.

Malt Route.
The people of Lansing arc moving in the
matter of providing mail facilities for them
selves during the approaching winter. Pc
titions are in circulation asking the estab-
lishment of tri.weekly route from Nc
Gregor by way of Council Hill, Ion, Wex-
ford and Columbus to Lansing. We saw
Mr.. Purdy, p. NJ. at Lansing, day or two
since, and he tells us the people of our Sis
ter town are very anxious to form conncc-
ton with US, and he thinks the advantages
to the public and the Department can be
made SO palpable at Washington that nc
difficulty will be experienced in procuring
the proposed change. At this point we art
all alive to every means that will tie ou'
growing city to its friends or its rivals.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-11-07
Furniture.

Furniture.
SAUNDERS & SLADDEN, of the new Auction
Store, North east corner of Public Square,
are in trouble. We called to see them
on Saturday, and found the store
wedged so full of new goods that there is
scarcely room for their customers. Mr..
Sladden has been abroad lately, and the re-
suit is a supply of all kinds of mercantile
values handled by men or women. We
noticed any quantity of Furniture, from the
cheap plain article to the fancy style. They
also have Jewelry by the quantity; ped
dlers and country merchants can buy it at
their own prices. Money is no object-the
goods are in the way, and must be sold at
auction or private sale.
Saunders & Sladden are also in receipt of
about fifty barrels of choice winter apples
daily. Any man with a cellar and few
shillings in cash can supply his family with
fruit for the winter. Saunders breaches
"for pay" every day and evening, Sundays
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-11-07
Home Nnd other Items.

Rowe has got home from the East
Goods by the ton, cord and car load are fol-
lowing close after him. &. . 1T is now about
as muddy as it was few days after the ark
landed on Ararat. But little teaming into
town, and business dull Mr.. Helms
writing school is doing great deal of good
among the young people of McGregor; if
more would attend it they would be bene-
fitted very materially. :. An agreement by
the principal railroads represented at Gin
cinnati, last week, established the time of
leaving Chicago for the east at A. NJ, and
P. NJ. Trains arrive at Chicago at II A =.
NJ. and 1870 P. NJ. Cattle in large guam
titles still continue to pass east uia the NJ.
& NJ. r. R.. The ginseng fever has brok-
en- out afresh in Minnesota. /. . The potatoc
rot is complained Of in New England. -.
1t is said Peter Cagger, the celebrated Al
bany politician, has bet $4,000 on the
Union Ticket in New York The Herald
says Cagger never loses political bet L.. ..
The organization of so many companies Of
Invincibles, Wide-Awakes, Rangers, &C.,
&C., in the North, will, in all likelihood, lead
to severe fights on election day in some OF
the larger cities. We hope for the best,
but there is reason to fear that rough times
will be reported by telegraph on Wednes-
day The McGregor wharf is kept filled
with merchandise from morning till night;
teams are hauling it away as busily as pos
siblc. A heavy cargo Of Fruit Trees
was carried into the interior day or two
since. :. Robbers are in town and people
will do well to watch their property. The
eyes of our authorities are watching them
closely John Druliner, Esq, of New
Carlisle, Indiana, sent us, last week, THREE
barrels Of Hooser apples, as nicely selected
as hand and eyes could do it. John Dru.
liner is a pretty good man, and he shall
| have the freedom Of our orchard when he
making speech; in the main it is good
one, but it is like Ward Bcecher's sermons,
too much on the sensation order. The
Mitchell Gazette feels so funny about hav-
ing t,oo railroads on the road to it's town
that it insults the advocates of Horse OF
Farmers Railroad. The Gazette may be
glad to have horse-road yet. D.. . The peo-
pie of Howard county are full of the rail-
road grit. j. f. Mitchell and others have
worked like beavers to get their farmers to
60 in for it, and the result is large amount
of subscribed stock.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-11-07

DIsGUsTED.-The New York Times is
wearied of torch-light professions. The
$4,000 Union exhibition there the other
night was too much. The Times calls
"Wide Awake, Minute men and Little Gil
ant parades pretty and highly respectable
child's play" 1t says:
"To say that grown men to array them
selves in uniform, and bearing torches, to &C
about the streets in--that undistignishable
torchlight, supplied by gas and kerosene, and
obscurcd by smoke, is not the wisest con
ceivable plan of promoting partisan cause
may seem to be unfair and splenetic, but i
is certainly q truism."
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-11-07

A BALL.-Andy Teets has completed his
elegant brick hotel five miles from McGreg-
or, and to introduce it to the public he has
made arrangements to have grand Open
ing Ball on the night of the 9th of No
vember. Let us all 60 and give the new
hotel good start. We will know then
who is the next President, politics will be
cut of the ring, and all hands can have a
first rate time unmixed With the wranglings
of political bitterness.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-11-07
SHERLF,F'.S SALEOFREAL ESTATE

D"te ~ IuOu, O0ytUH ctNHy-SS:
NOIlGE Is hereby given, that by virtue Of an Ex.
IN ecution issued out of the Office of the Clerk Of
the District Court Of Clayton county. Iowa. to me d.
rected have levied upon and will sell to the highest
Clerk of the District Court at Elkader on the sth d.v
OF December, 1860, at 10 o'clock, M, Of said day.
all tue right, title, and interest Of Henry D. Evans
and siias Egbert, or either Of them, in and to tho
following described property, to-wit: Lots number
SIX (o) seven 90 eight (e) and nine (9), OF block No.
TWO CD, OF the town OF cGregor, Clayton county
Iowa Taken as the property of Henry D. Evans and
silas Eshert or either Of them to satisfy the sum Of
Twenty-Five hundred and sixry-six and a-l0O dollars
with interest thereon at the rate OF 10 rer cent.
which Converse Harding l. Co.. recovered against th:
said Henry D. Evans and Sas Egbert, by firm name
and style of Evans Egbert, in the District Court of
Clayton county, the Sth day of May 1860 and Air
costs that may accrue thereby.
= KAUFMAN, Sheriff, C. C.,L
October 81, 1S60w4
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-11-07
Complimentary!

complimentary!
Some of the opposition journals are so
extremely anxious to concilate the negro
loving portion of their readers as to copy
and insert every low epithet on the country
men of O'Connell, Moore, Burke, Curran,
Wellington, Shields and host of brillants
whose fame is co-extensive with the civil
lied earth. The poor laborer is denounced
as species of "cattle;' his dress is ridiculed
for its poverty; his bluntness is called boor-
ishness. We can stand the abuse of Irish
men with tolerable composurc; we know
their faults and have no wish to disguise or
palliate them, but when political bitterness
mounts SO high as to ridicule poor Irish
woman whose family requires the strictest
economy to keep them from starvation, we
confess to be slightly disguised with the
filthy craven who abuses his educational
advantages after the manner following. The
editor of the Kiibourn City wis Mirror,
"a Republican paper Of the Booth SCHOOL,
in its issue Of Oct %, thus vents his hatred
of woman because of her BIRTH
When we were Just across Portage Bridge
an OLD HAG OF AN IRISH WOMAN
appeared on the track, just before the en-
CINE, with about a bushel of potatoes OF
| her back, carried in her dress by raising the
| lower part Of the skirt over her shoulders
and halfa pail of soft soap in hand. Al
! sight OF her the engine was awlully fright.
ened, suddenly wheeled the other way, and
| strained its rigging in the operation SO thai
| it couldn't 60, either backward or forward
Like the woman bitten by the rattlesnake
who didn't die but the snake did, THIS
FEMALE BOG-TROTTER WASN'T
HURT, BUT THE ENGINE WAS.
The beast who penncd the above is no
aware, perhaps, that Irish blood watcret
every battle field of the American Revolu
ton, that Irish labor has advanced our in
ternal progress, and that Irish talent adorn.
our halls of National and State legislation
presides in our academies, and leads ou
armies. 1t is not the best blood in tn,
world, but we are proud to say there il
| uVHo OttCT. 1Noie oii tlC SCIoIl VI i all
more immortal; none in the field Of battle
drawer; none superior in wit, eloquence o
song. And yet, to encourage prejudic
against whites and cultivate fanatical at
tachment toward blacks the modern styl
of .rabid Republican expression is, "Oh
yes, negro is as good as an Irishman
As we once heard an Irishman say to a
opponent, "If that's all the sinse there is i
your head, God pity you'll"
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-11-07
Bogus Tickets.

Bogus Tickets.
From the tenor of letter received from
South Iowa, we are led to believe that in
many election precints other electors than
the Douglas ones will be printed in what
purports to be the regular ticket. We do not
vote for the President direct but for Elec.
tors, and though twenty names of Douglas
and johnson were at the head of the ticke
the electors Of either of the other parties
# on the ticket, will be entitled to the bal
lot. Will this danger be well guarded
against by vigilants at the polls?
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-11-07

THE RAIL RoAD.-On Wednesday next
the stock holders of the McGregor r. r.,
meet at Clermont to transact business i'm
portant to the interests of Northern Iowa.
We have heard rumors as to the probable
course of action which the representatives
Of the road will take, but await the devel-
opments of the 7th. The Horse Railway
from Dubuque through Export, Elkader,
Clermont, &C., &C., seems to be very popu-
lar in our down.riyer rival town.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-11-07

The REPUBLICAN, CAUcUs.-On Saturday
night the Republicans nominated the follow
ing gentlemen for Township officers.
For Supervisor, Geo. d. Gardner. JUS
tees, Arnold and Jordan. Trustees, d. B.
Hoffman, L. Pickle and w. Schmidt. Clerk,
Obey Hulverson. Assessor, Amos Pearsall.
Constables, Oliver Raitt, 3. H. Lampson,
A. Eaton Road Supervisor, Feather
ly, Z. Wolf and A. jackson.
B. 7. Hunt, Esq, of Elkader, addressed
the meeting, after which Capt Newell treat
ed his wv ide- Awakcs" to brief street ex-
hbition of their lamps.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-11-07

We have lived to see Mr.. Douglas des-
troyed by his opponents at least four times,
and if they were entitled to any credence
as soothsayers we may prepare ourselves
to witness another destruction of this emf
nent man on Tuesday Nov. 9th
When men talk such nonsense they do
not take into account the facts that STEPHEN
A. DOUGLAS this day advocates mode of
Territorial settlement of the only question
at issue that represents nine tenths Of the
public opinion of the Union; that however
the election may terminate in the Electoral
College, he is running in every state in the
Union Except S. G. perhaps); he has a
well organized party in each state and will
get larger popular vote than any man in
the field!
This same man, whose last we are now
told to look out for, is Senator for four
years, confessedlythe ablest dcbater in that
body, less than SO years of age, in the pos
session Of health and mature judgment, ant
the acknowledged author and defender of thu
only doctrine which can ever be carried ou
in the Territories of the United States
Talk about the ''last" of such man. be
cause the purchased tools Of corrupt ant
imbecile old magazine Of malice, JAMES b.
cnANAN, have entered into league with the
most uncompromising Abolitionists Of tn,
North to destroy this Government? Sucl
men as DOUGLAS, whether successful
now or defeated, will be wanted soon t.
roll back the waves of hatred which tn
two sections in their desire for his destrut
ton have stirred up in menacing fury to
ward each other. The ''last of Douglas
will be found at the base of Liberty
statue, battling with the courage Of u lior
for the preservation of that glorious Coz
stitution which has been our shi Id in d
, nestle dissension, our preservation in o
conflicts with foreign foe You will ne
er find him in the Halls of the nation, il
4 humanity jesting over the death Of our bra,
soldiers by enquiring the "exact spot G
:. which American veins wept out their pu
pie current! Look there for LINCOLN al
Corwin. Look, alaoays, in the ranks of tho
wholove their country and are pledged to h
!, preservation from traitors at home or en-
: mics abroad, and THERE you will fir
r STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS, the Great II
, bnne Of the People
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-11-07

DECLINE IN STocKs. Within the last
ten days the apprehension Of brewing trou.
BILE between the North and South has at.
fected stocks and other securities to very
great extent Financial reports in New
York papers estimate the loss in Wall
street alone at over Four millions of dollars
A general money panic is looked for in
case Sectionalism succeeds. 1t will be but
few days now before we will know how
to judge of the future.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-11-07
Township Nominations.

The Democracy Of Mendon Township
met on Friday evening last at Mozart Hall,
and nominated full ticket to be voted for
on Tuesday, the 9Th. Judge Baugh was
the Chairman of the meeting, and Mr..
Goodrich Secretary. The ticket Gan be
seen in the regular place in this paper 1t
is unceptionable, we believe, in every par
ticular. The Democracy of this township
and village have always been liberal in the
division of office with their opponents
the Republicans, relying on superior organ
ization, now boast that they will carry the
township by party vote throughout. All
we have to do is to get up early, be vigilant
till night, get in the votes to which we are
entitled, and the boast of our over-sanguine
opponents will be forgotten in the shouts OF
a Democratic Victory. COME NOW
One DAY FOR YOUR COUNTRY AND ITS CHER
lsHED INSTITUTIONS!
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-11-07

O. K.-Danicl S. Dickinson has at length
surrendered to the Union ticket in New
York. Ex-Prcsident Pierce as will be seen
by our "Granite" correspondence on the
outside has also concluded to 60 against
~. BIS wishes and for Douglas.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-11-07

REruRNs.-We will be obliged to &C.
quaintances and friends throughout North
Iowa to report the election returnz to us by
the mail following the election. In Clayton
county send us the names of Justices and
Supervisors elected
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-11-07
YAH for LincOIn,ss

For the last few days the Republican pa.
pers have teemed with accounts of sudden
conversions to Lincoln. Scarcely man OF
any prominence but who is reported to have
already given~in his adhesion to the great
''rail-splitter," or at least to have said
something to somebody" indicating that
he soould come in a very short time. If our
readers should see it stated that Gov.
Dodge, Ben. NJ. Samucls, c. G. Cole, II.
Clay Dean and j. B. Dorr are out for Lin.
coin they need not be surprised. 1t is
part of the system of tactics to start these
stories late so that no time is allowed for
refutation. Alex. Ii. Stephens is ANNOUNCE
ed as having abandoned the fortunes Of
Douglas and gone over to Breckinrdge.-
False. Of course. but it will "gain some, y
as St. Paul said. Forney is reported "for
Lincoln" Here is an extract from his
Press of the 3Oth
1--WE are not for Lincoln in this fight
We cannot say that we are neither for
Caesar nor Antony, we are for Douglas, and
for him squarely and sincerely"
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-11-07

Keep Cool.
Now that the canvass is nearly over, and
the citizens of this mighty Republic are
about to express their will through that
quiet little box so hateful to tyrants, let US
urge on each one of our readers to appoint
himself a committee on moderation, at the
polls on Tuesday. In three or four days
we will know just what the noise Of the
campaign amounts to; there will be no
more exciting harangues on the stump, or
windy leaders in the papers; our business
interests will take precedence; our social
intimacies will be resumed to the old stand
ard of cordiality; we will all be friends
again, and the world will move along as it
pleases. Let us be careful to avoid the use
of irritating language, use no insolent talk,
see that each man, no matter what his opin-
ion, has a fair opportunity to vote his SEN
timents, work faithfully from early morn to
night to secure the triumph of what you
believe to be right, and then 60 home like
men, awaiting the result with that philoso-
ply which should characterize all men WI o
have confidence in the capacity of the pee
pie for government.
Above all things, Keep Cool ~
HOME AGAIN.-H. S. Granger, John Nor
ris, and John Andrick, arrived at McGregor
by wagon on Saturday last. G. Van Val
kenburgh got home Sunday morning, on
the steamer Milwaukee, making the time by
rail and water only thirty hours from st
Joseph to McGregor! To do this, he went
to Hannibal, Quincy, Mendoza and Freeport
and was lucky in making all the connec.
tons.
Mr. Isaac Hubbard will be home in a few
days by team.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-11-07

The WEST. The Northwestern states
have a population of 100000 or nearly
times as many as the Colonies contained
at the time of the revolution.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-11-07

NEW ADvERTIsEMENTs.-We have severa
large ones on hand but owing to our issuing the
Times two days earlier than usual We cannot
insert them this week.
Please read about the Lost Colts see
Weeks call for Harness Maker at Clermont.
Look at the Bank statement and notice that
its careful management has already earned over
ten per cent on the capital invested.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-11-07
General Election.
The West Union Pioneer has the following

Ou SIcCIiOu
1t not presumed that each judge Of the election
will be posted have copy OF the law before him to
show who Is and who Is not legal voter, for which
reason here publish the oath that must be admin
istered to all that challenged suspected by the
Judges to not be legal 1t is the duty Of the
Judges and the privilege Of any elector to challenge
any person offering to vote who Is suspected OF being
not duly qualified
'.You do soicmn,y swear that you are citizen Of
the Unit ed States that you a resident Oh
Township, in this county, that you twenty one
years Of age, you verify believe, that you have been
resident Of this county sky days, and Of this State
six months next preceding this election, and that you
h,ve not voted at this election"
And If he takes such oath his vote shall be received
In order TO be voter, person must have the other
qualifications besides having been resdent of this
State since the 9th day OF May last, and resident
the county in which he votes since the 7th day of last
September, having into the county before
that day. The moving from Township into auoth-
err in the county, though it be election day
at any time previous does not deprive person from
voting, hut he vote in the township Of which he
Ia q res ideUt on the day of election.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-11-07
DANCING.

DRoF. BROWNS Quairie Band of McGreror 1.
prepared to furnish Music for Balls Hops &C.
with any number of Pieces that may be required -
most approved style OF DANCING For particniars
address l.. S. BRowN p. q. Box IS, Mct;regor lows.
McGregor, Oct. goth, 1860. 2lltf