The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-12-19
Correspondence.
BRADFoRD, Dec 8, 1860.

BRADFoRD, Dec. 8, 1860.
DEAR TINES: Since my last another Au-
tumn has passed into the embrace of etcr-
! nifty and Winter is again upon US. Jack
Frost is on hand as down on the bills"
and our folks gave him hearty welcome
yesterday with handsome horses, merry
slelgh.bells, rosy checked girls and etcetera.
Already are the boys talking of the holiday
parties, the girls--God bless their souls
are looking more bewitchingly beautiful
than ever, the farmers are marketing their
pork, wheat, corn and produce. the mer-
chants are busy as beavers, and everybody
seems to be happy. In this country sum
mer appears to he the season for labor and
winter the time for sport. The "ball'' sea-
son has already commenced, and the series
is to be brought to climax by grand
shop at the Bronson House on New
Years. 1t seems that the great "panic' jS
not much Of a shower after all The bulls"
and bears Of Wall street have doubtless
feathered their nests, and in the opinion OF
many that was the whole object of the
panic. 1t is little curious that the Bank
failures in the West should be confined to
Illinois. If the securities are, as represent
ed, the same in Wisconsin as in Illinois, 7
cannot see why the money of one State is
any better than that of the other. That
many, if not majority, Of the Banks of
both States are mere wildcat concerns
without any real foundation, there is some
reason to believe, and that innocent bill
holders will finally lose by the operation is
natural consequence. But what of it p
As long as there arc fools to be guled, there
will ever b" plenty Of sharpers to do the
job. And so the world wags. BY the way,
Col, what funny world it is. The big
fish eat the little ones, you know, and great
Suckers are often caught by little bait
Here is no allusion to either of the great r.
linois Suckers, the one sucked in" and the
other into office.
So it seems that Kansas has commenced
bleeding again. That Kansas is one bloody
old Territory. She bed for the politicians
in 1856, Buchanan bled her again in '56,
and now she seems to be bleeding on "gen-
eral principles" What mark she has left
upon the history of the country. OF her.
self, without the graces or charms of many
of her sister Territories and States, she has
become at once the plaything of demaeo-ues,
the grief OF honest men, and the executioner
of many scheming politicians. Seward at
tempted to reach the presidency upon the
tide flowing from her bleeding wounds and
was drowned in the whil l,5ool of Aboli-
| tonism, which he, by his own rawlings had
| created. Buchanan has been sunk SO low
beneath the waves of oblivion that no pow
er can resurrect him, by his imbecile efforts
to forever cripple the already MANNED and
bleeding Kansas. Politicians have all been
sunk to the bottom, the political cauldron
has been completely overturned, one sec
| ton OF the Union is arrayed in deadly hos
| tllity against the other, commercial revul.
sions have rent in twain the strongest bonds
of commerce, and the whole system of
American Policy, Morals, Politics, Finance,
everything, thoroughly dsarranged and
disorganzcd, and the whole dates its be-
ginning at that point N our history when
Kansas, poor, lone Kansas, first learned to
bleed at the bidding of politicians.
The citizens of this county have called a
convention to be held this week to secure
aid for the suffering in Kansas. That many
Of the citizens of that Territory are really
suffering for the want of the necessares of
life, there seems to be no further room for
doubt, and such being the case it is well to
extend to them those favors which are due
from one fellow to another. We do hope,
now that politicians upon both sides have
accomplished all that is possible in the In
ion, that this poor Territory will be left
perfectly free to regulate it own domestic
affairs in its own way" Old Buck may
console himself with the reflection that no
President ever endured with so much calm
ness such great amount of scorn. The
North hate him for his treachery, and the
South despise him as a tool. believe Lin
coin will be a good President. and will
prove the ruin OF the Republican party as
now organized. The Abolitionists will be
turned out in the cold when there will be
wailing and gnashing of teeth, while the
Conservatives will prove "thc power behind
the throne directing the course of the in
coming Administration SO much for
guess.
Railroad matters of which spoke in my
last, arc not progressing rapidly. The fur
ry in the money market operated against it
somewhat, and upon giving the matter a
canvass it is found that many are of the
opinion that the new orgaization have no
business in the field, but are inclined to
stand by the old concern. How the matter
will terminate it is difficult to say. What
the Indian said of his neighbors will apply
to railroad companies in Iowa-"White
man am very uncertain"
The District Court held its session at
New Hampton last week. Judge Williams
dispatched business rapidly and satislacto-
rily as usual. Observer bets hat that this
Judicial District has the saucest lot of law
yers, and the best presiding Judge of any
District in Iowa. Any body that will take
that bet has got hat to lose. The most i'm
portant case was referred to McClintock, of
West Union. Mack's legs were too short
when he ran for Judge, but he gets to be
Referee all around. Speaking Of courts
and lawyers reminds me of little incident
which occurred here short time since. A
contested case was being tried before JUS
tice ---, and two Bradford lawyers
were arguing u point of law. Ater an hours
speech on each side, the Justice very delib-
eratcly took off his specs, pulled out his
pipe and tobacco, filled his pipe, and with
the dignity of a Supreme Judge said:-
Now, boys, you have got into difficulty
about this matter atween yourselves, now
settle it atwiXt yourselves; the court is
going to smoke" And the court did smoke
and that settled the hash.
suppose you have learned by this time
that have nothing of Importance to write
to-day, but propose in my next to prove
myself a more attentive if not retentve
OBSERVER.