The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-02-06

indecent haste in rendering men and IN, n
ey for cocrcive purposes.
The daily overland mail bill passed the
House on the SOth, by vote of 1ol to g.
The cost is limited to $500, 900. Service
to commence July LIST.
Some nervous man in N. II. who thinks
Harrison and Taylor were poisoned and
who has not forgotten the National Hotel
effort to kill Old Buck (what pity it could
have been, if the effort had been success.
ful:D warns Abraham to keep sharp look
out for his eating and drinking.
Mic. Longworth, of Cincinnati, is wortl,
$3,500,0 900 by assessment.
The wheat crop Of six OF the north-wcs.
tern States in 1860 was o. millions of bush
els, viz: I'll. and Wis. each 25, Indiana 16.
Mich. II, Iowa 10, and Minnesota 6.
| The Grand Jury of New York arc cx-
aiming into the reported or proposed emf.
grafton Of colored mcn from Hayt. Red
path and Johh Brown jr., arc at the bottom
of it and it is believed that the company arc
to be landed in the Southern States as the
nucleus of negro instruction.
The Cincinnati Enquirer says the next
politico-social excitement at the North will
be got up "to clean out the Catholic church,
a prominent Republican gentleman after
admitting that this was about played out,
made the negro anti-catholic remark
Pshaw!
Lord Palmerston in recent speech said
that it was the intention of the British
Government to recognize the Southern Con.
fcdcracy so soon as it assumed the shape of
a Government. ..r
VIM. II. Duhdas, late Asst. p. NJ. Gen.,
died lately, aged IS.
Judge Petit Of Kansas was to see Lincoln
lately and is said to be favorite of Abe's.
AS the "Old Brass Piece" (Petit's lIoosicr
name) did what he could to defeat Douglas
and elect Lincoln we see no Improperly in
his asking for pay. ..s.:
The colored people Of Toledo, Buffalo,
Sandusky, Cleveland, Detroit and other lake
cities arc so alarmed OF the quiet arrest of
fugitive at Cleveland the other day that
they arc leaving for Canada by scores.
Poor South Carolina has just levied a tax
of nearly two millions of dollors upon her
lunatic citizens. Scarcely an article Of
wearing apparel, furniture or utcnsil but
is specifically taxed. ..,...4 .
Mr.. Lincoln has been obliged to leave
Springfield to visit his step-mathcr in order
to get some rest from the bores that arc tor
mcntng his life out
Over one hundred thousand names have
gone to Congress requesting settlement of
our difficulties on the principles of peace
and concession. Mr.. Seward on Wednes-
day last added IS, 900 to the number in one
petition from the city of New York. ..
Senator Brooks, Ed of the Quincy
Herald resigned his place, was re-nominat-
ed, went before the people on the compro-
mise question and is reelected by almost
unanimous vote The people arc tired of
irepressiblc politicians.
There are 80 white women in N. Y. city
who have negro husbands. or these, 6 are
Americans, 2 Scotch, 8 English and
| eighteen Irish. In view of this information
we are almost tempted to say Farewell till
| sweet Ireland!'
The Pacific r. r. bill passed the Senate
by 81 to IA.
The bin to organize the Territory Of
Jefferson was considered and the name
changed to Idahoc. What change!
Mr. Lincoln will call on the assembled
wisdom of Hooserdom on the 18th. Abe
will then give us clue to his future course;
that however is sufficiently defined by the
course Of Mr.. Seward.
A delegation of SO representing $4,000
working men of Philadelphia, called on
Seward and Cameron and urged the adop.
ton of some measure that would save our
country and enable honest people to get
their bread by labor. ..
The New Orleans papers ridiculc the idea
that the Mississippi Nil not be free to the
| north. west.
Gen. Twiggs denies his resignation, but
he says that he will never fight his country
men. He will surrender the arsenal at San
Antonio to The State of Texas, but not to a
mob. .r. ~ aa .a
Tennessee sends her Commissioners to
Washington instead Of to Montgomery,
Ala.