The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-02-08

GRAND Raids, mich Jan. %, go.
Dear Col The Times is an ssinstitus
tion," and although times arc hard III this
section; yet the TINES is always welcome;
and therefore your correspondent was sore.
ly disappointed at rot receiving copy 3
short time since, and sorer still when intfs
last number statement was made that in
that missing copy, reference had been msdc'
to some thousands of distinct subjects, Il
may be mistaken in the number) and all BY
the unassisted head-work of one person,
and 1 felt a great deal worse Upon reading
in Milwaukee paper a very fattering
notice of that same number, with the state
ment that it should trarisfer to its columns
large share Of the matter contained IN
that particular issue of the 7imes of date
January 4th, 1860.
"Hard tines is the cry Of the people
now and is about as general as the effect
produced by "IIelper's Book in the mind,
of politicians, or the thoughts Of the st1rTe.
pressible Conflict" in the minds of the peo-
pie at large, but notwithstanding all this,
people live, get married, increase the popu-
lation, build railroads, eat oysters, play bill.
liards, &c, &C., the same as ever, or nearly
so. Speaking Of railroads, reminds us OF
something relating to the McGregor road,
which saw in paper Of the interior of
your State, urging the inhabitants of Nc.
Gregor to use their utmost endeavors to
push thc road out to them, but if owned
property in your thriving city, should hot
use it for the building of that road, as the
day that sees cars running for hundred
miles on your railroad, will witness q de.
crease in the trade Of McGregor to the
amount Of one-fourth of what it would be
otherwise, and perhaps more; talk abou.
the railroad as much as you please, but
don't build it till you are obliged to do so
to keep the produce of the country from
seeking some other market.
How many Brown sympathy meetings.
were held at McG egor on the day of John
Browns execution? You have not noticed
any in the Times sympathised with him
just as much as do with any criminal who
has merted the gallows, and no more, and
consider any one who thinks him martyr
to the cause of freedom" as not possessed
of right understanding of the NATTER
But what shall we do when the Union ia
dissolved, as is now being threatened by
our southern friends, in case of the election
of Republican Speaker in the House?
hope we shall be prepared for the dreadful
event when it happens, and bear with forti-
tude the ''rending of ties" which bind us
now so closely in the bonds Of brotherhood.
Seriously, what is to be the effect of the
feeling Of bitterness and deadly hatred now
being engendered between the North and
South9 l am no abo litionist, but l look
with alarm upon the growing enmity exist
ing between the free and slave States, and
if threats Of disunion can be considered as
coming from a source worthy of being re.
spected, it would seem that civil war is not
far off, and who does not wish to avert the
storm that seems to be almost upon us.
But did not purpose to go into the merits
of this, or any other snbject, and will wind
up by asking about the Jeweler who keeps
"FRENcu goods for sale. was very glad
to hear of his success in the matrimonial
line, and, as one Of his profession usually
Hammers his way through the world, it is
not surprising that he secured the first and
best that came in his way. May he pound
out fortune speedily, and long live to en-
joy the fruits of his industry
Yours, ever, WOLVERINE.