The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-12-12
Iatest Mews.

The Arabia arrived on the 7th- not important.
State stocks declining. American produce lower and
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Mr. Nilsson, of Va, is a Unionst, and came near
getting into a collision with some hot heads in a
Washington hotel.
Corcoran & Riggs, the bankers. refuse to take the
U. s. loan, bid off by them. the grounds that s.
c. Of the parties repudiatcs her part Of the obl
CATION to pay The real secret may be found IN the
fact that q. r., or Riggs Co., as the firm Is now
called, can buy U. s. stocks at oothcy agreed to pay
$1O2!
Fort Scott is quiet and Capt. Montgomery is not to
be found.
The Georgia Senate rejected bill calling conven-
ton Of the statesshc proposes to act independently
Of the other states Senator Yulee of Florida writes
home that he will resign his seat at Washington the
moment Florida moves out OF the Union. Georgia,
Florida and Mississippi teem to be as anxious to quit
US ~ s. c. is.
Iinckley's Express brings $4,000 from Denver
James Hill was shot by Harrison, of the Criterion
saloon in Denver. The murderer He'd to Laramie, and
Hill died during the night.
The Bloomington, Ind. Bank is down. So alss is
Elgin. III. a..
ing the Governor to call for 10 900 volunteers The
Presidents message does not excite remark at Charles
ton. .....H. ..- ..
Secretary Floyd, in letter, favors secession but
recommends state convention to talk it Bolts
il speech at Richmond, advocates force to sustain
the Federal laws in the south. lie favors law of
Congress making it treason to refuse assisting a mar
shal in fugitive case and requiring any state that
refuses to give up fugitive, to pay the owner his
value!
Georgia proposes commissioners to divide the prop.
erty Of the north and south. Texas members eff the
Legislature have called themselves together in def
ance Of Houston Houston he will resign if they
meet. The : lone star" was going up throughout the
state. -........ o.. ...... .....
The Electors of Missouri, met and voted for Doug.
las and Johnson. Virginia for Bell. The other states
for the candidates reported in the election ret
Capt West went to Truxillo for the rem aims of Gen.
Walker. lie did not get them.
The Tennessee legislature Is called for Jan. 7th.
The s0uslcrn Senators hold meetings to fix up their
grievances but nothing has boon done towards a
Union among themselves Several southern men agree
that peaceable secession is out Of the question.
John Cochrane, of New York, il doing world of
good by his eloquent appeals to the southern men,
bers Stephens counsels moderation. Douglas. Crit
tenden and Others have rebuked Iverson of Georgia.
for his rashncss of speech. .-s
Lincoln mas made no cabinet decision yet. The
Republican Senators seem to favor the extension of
the Missouri Compromise line to the Pacific HJ- This
just what Douglas proposed in 1862 and it was op-
posed violently by Hale l. Co! ....#
correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial
(Republican) says that the Republican party Is to he
emasculated We sincerely hope they may escape.
The committee OF states is to meet Tuesday. Ito
day, Dec. 1D. s. G. and Florida may not be repre-
scented. Gov. Corwin, the chairman, is disposed to
concila te. The Union feeling Is improving. Gov.
Seward. il is thought, is not disposed to yield to the
south but he will probably be orerpowered by Lin
cola's Administration!
1t is rumored that jeff Davis has a dispatch from
Lincoln, stating that he (L) has proclamation ready
which will give entire satisfaction to the south.