The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-04-25

TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUN.
AcGREGoR. APRIL 25.: g: 1860
Nilwaukee and Missis.ippi Raiiroad
ARRivss At PRAIRIE Do CHEN.
Freight and Accom-. $40 A. n
Night Express Pass .1O:35 A. n
Nail and Day Express Pass. $40 P. n
psrARruRs TRAINS.
Nail and Day Express, 500 A. n
freight and Accom-. $50 A. n
night Express Pass. .......... 400 P. n
AssDrown" Arxument.
1t is known to our Iowa readers that w.
II. HARDING, since he rented the American
Hotel, has amused himself rambling owe,
the country taking notes. He made long
stay in Texas, and about the Rio Grande
last autumn and winter. He has recently
returned from a visit to his aged father, liv.
ing in the vicinity of Harper's Ferry, Va
The wife Of Cook is the cousin of Mr.. Har.
ding, and one Of the prosecuting attorneys
Of the insurgents is also cousin; conse.
quently the attempted instruction at that
point and all the circumstances attending
the trial were intensely interesting to him.
He detailed to US vivid history of the
events as they took place there, and in pur.
suancc Of his usual rule of bringing home
curiosities, he has, on this occasion, brough,
one that will attract large share of public
attention. It is nothing less than one Of
celebrated Pixies manufactured for, and car.
risd to Virginia by JOHN BRowN for the use
of the five or ten thousand negroes whom
the misguided old fanatic supposed would
%Husht0 the standard of Revolt and Rapine
Re PlxE is polished steel blade abou,
rhes, long by 2 wide, at the base SHARP
h edges and pointed; the guard and
IRE also Of polished steel and thu
would probably weigh two and a hal
e. The staff is to feet long and
ebles . heavy fork handle. Itappear,
ongh just drawn from the body of a
=, With the blood besmearing the blad,
6ickling horribly down the staff! TIL,
of this formidable instrument of deatf
culated to awaken reflections of no or
\ character. The idea that this is tn,
0ment" got up in New ENGLAND 70,
Inversion" of the South to anti-slay.
rs is painfully present with one
been taught to love his country,
~ were any Brown apologists
would ask them to come forward
fof . moment on the means pro-
FaAaticism to carry out their ICON.
hostility to slavery" The blood
innocence and helpless age was
20 paint these pixies up to the stand
pf Abolition patriotism; three
them now rust in the armory
the murderous deportation Of
his apologists. Mr.. Harding
bat in every instance where ne.
rMed with them, they were US.
the homes and lives of those
astsrs whom they were instructed
An aunt of the narrator told him
: family was awakened on that night
@ unusual noise, and, on looking out, the
pixies in the hands of her negroes were
cleaning round the house. Alarmed thus
suddenly, she threw open the window and
screamed her slaves told her to be still and
60 to sleep-'terrible times, Nissus, 'mone
de slaves tonight, but we is gwine to die
before dey shall hurt one of de family"
Harding thinks Cook married his wife "a
girl of only 15) to have an excuse for re.
naming about there and planning the re.
volt. All the bullets were moulded at the
house Of this aunt, she being informed BY
Cook and Stevens that grand Kansas buf
falo-hunt was to come of ON the part o
Cook and his companions.
The PIKE can be seen 1t the AMERICAN
and we advise all who want to see . sermon
or an argument against intestine war ant
fraternal murder to call and look at it. T,
prevent any attempt to compromise the par
ty Of which We are member with an ex
hibition Of this kind, we are requested BY
Mr.. II. to say that he has heretofore oppos
ed the Democracy on all leading question:
but that now he will theoretically worl
with any political organization which is tn
most decided in its condemnation of sucl
murderous resorts to elevate race who asl
itnot, and to whom, in most instances, h
thinks elevation would prove a ours
rather than . blessing As there are n
Brown apologists hereabouts to WORSHIP
the crimsoned dagger we refer to, the poli'
ical lesson which we might draw from it i
omitted.
Small Things.
The employee Of Mr.. CoLrAx thinks v
used offensive and contemptuous languag
towards him. Not 1t all: we thought Ii
attribution of his acrimonious attack upo
US to bad health, was more charitable tina
to charge it to want of sense, and hene
our remarks as to his personal appearance
and the cause of it. We do not kno'
whether Mr.. CoLrAx was NJ. c., or only
candidate, at the time he made that speed
but we do know that the soubriquet
Martyr" was applied to him by the DEM
cratic papers Of the State for the use of IL
expression we imputed to him.
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