The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-02-15

friends, now and then, is one Of those chris
tan privileges which civilization and mod
ern philosophy afford. Being rather stoical
or worse, lymphatic and sleepy, seldor'
avail myself Of this powerful promoter oi
common sympathy. But I have SO far dis
PEELED constitutional lethargy, as to attemps
Ia few lines to you. And first, could not
properly pay my devoirs; without telling
you about the weather" that subject al
ways new, and never old, which always has
fresh and lively interest, for the boy and
for his sire, for the bcggar, no less than for
the Prince in his palace Besides, VIC be-
lieve you have ueather at McGregor, and
arc therefore interested in the subject. The
month Of January has been balmy as April
neither too hot nor too cold but just SUCH
as to make those angelic creatures, the ladies;
(bless them! ''long may they wavc;")
swarm on Washington street, at Skating
Park, at the Opera, and public places gen:
orally, like bees around their hives in the
sunshine Of May. But last night, the off,
cials of the weather department met at head
quarters and changed the programme, and
at midnight, the exact coming in Of this
last winter month, there came breeze,
buster and storm. This morning we have
the coolest the department could afford,
with few inches of snow.
The falling of the Pemberton Mills was d
nine day wonder; spreading gloom and
sadness over the community, which made
all feel that a dark shadow had come over
their dreams. 1t was really dreadful
calamity, involving the fortunes and lives
Of men and women enough to settle
whole western county. The scenes there
were too much for the most graphic pen!
Men malign Providence for causing the Ca
lamity, when it is justly chargable to hu-
man neglect. But you have had full ac-
counts by exchanges.
The Legislature of Mass, convened few
days since. Nothing Of any interest has
been done yet PHELPS. President of the
Senate, laconically informed the Chaplairs
elect, (much to the confusion of that Di-
vine,) when he thought to preface his initia-
tory prayer by speech, that "thc men,
bers would do the talking, and he must
stick to his prayers whereupon, the Rev.,
Gent, like good law-and-order citizen,
subsidized; and thus ended the conflict of
ecclesiastical and temporal authority.
Another note is. that the military were
out and escorted His Excellency, Governor
Banks, in his pcrilous passage from the
State House to the old South, after having
delivered his inaugural address Signdi
service What would become of the Old
Dominion and the Bay State, but for those
war-worn veterans who so nobly and hero
ically peril all for their country?
The National Anti-slavery Society; also;
the Mass. Anti-Slavery Society, met in
joint Convention here on the 25th, 26tlr
and 9th ult., at which all the prominent
speakers of the Abolition stripe, from their
Great Arch High Priest, VIM. Lloyd Gar
rison, down to old crazy Abby Folsom; of
all colors, white, black and mahogany, were
present, agitating the eternal "nigger qlies-
ton They held grand levee on the
evening Of the 25th, at the Music Hall, the
largest hall in Mass, where the "brave and
the fair were invited to partake of rich and
delicious refreshments, listen to speeches,
and sympathise with the cause. Your
obedient servant had the honor of an invi d,
ton, both to the levee and to the platform;
the latter of which was declined, having no
Abolition news from that part of Abolition
Zion, in and about the city of McGregor.
The 26th and 9th, both day and even--
ing were occupied by meetings in fremont
Temple, which were addressed by Garrison,
Phillips, Fred. Brown, (brother of JOHN
BEowSD Abby Kelly Foster, and many
Others Of notoriety, who denounced the
Constitution as bond with death and
league with He'll" Advocated disunion,
deified John Brown, denounced Democrats
and Republicans, and erery body, in most
unmeasured terms, recounted their success,
and gloried in their spunk!
1t is due to talent, to say that for clear,
deliberate, independent logic, applied to the
philosophy Of civil law and morals for
cold, unmerciful, scathing satire; for deep,
sharp and cruel irony; all cmbellished by
the sparkle of literary wit and genius, Wen
dell Phillips may safely challenge his proud
est countrymen. Everett, with all his clas-
sic oratory on set occasions, after elabora te
study, in the storm of debate is but a pig
my before him. VIM. Lloyd Garrison, the
father Of Abolitonism, and founder of the
Garrisonian Theology, has manly, gcner-
Gus, and noble beating, with moral percep-
tons the keenest, and conscience of the
most sensitive type. His benevolent micn
commands confidence, and hesitate not TO
say, that he mas the soul of nobeman !,
however the world may differ with him or
the score Of morals and politics.
/ Many other things of interest have con-
tributed to our enjoyment here, such as the
Opera" with the delightful and renowned
Miss PATTI, who has set Boston crazy this
winter. If you were here Col, you would
go into raptures about her rosy cheeks, the
nectar Of her sweet lips, and her rich breath,
fragrant with such melody. It's lucky you
are not here, for then might the angel swear
"The Times" shall be no more; there would
be an end to the poor "Col." ri ....
Mrs. RS health, after month Of patent