The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-05-29

Anyshing..
Hcenan has left New Orleans because o
his Union sentiments. Adah Isaacs Men
ken his reputed wife is said to have been
seceder The Iowa State Fair will TAX,
place at Iowa City, on the oath, 25th, 26tf
and 27th Of September. We arc indebted
to somebody for pamphlet copy Of thu
bill Of particulars. =. Secretary Cameron
Of the War Department replies to the ap
plication Of Major Williams that enc
mounted men will be received from any To-
cality north Of Philadelphia" This would
seem to settle the Cavalry question !. TIL.
Northern and Southern papers are equally
severe on those sections which will not toll
crate expressions Of opinion conflicting with
general public sentiment DIR. Charles
Lever, the celebrated Irish novelist and
editor Of the Dublin University Magazine,
died at Spezzia few weeks since. H. was
the most successful deliniator of Irish char.
acter that ever handled pen. Judge
Halliburton, Member If the House Of Go n
mons says the present civil war in the U.
S. has been brought about by can: -. 1t is
now believed that "Dan Rice" in his comic
travels in the South has really been aiding
and abetting the Confetlerates. ..... The
Great Eastern can carry load of $4,000
bushels Of wheat to Liverpool. It would
take the little city Of McGrcgor only four
days time to receive cargo for her. Give
US short notice and Aoat her round. This
renowned ship If on shore would reach
from Lee & Kinnaird's Bank to the Times
Office !. :. Mother TODD, the maternal an
ccstor Of Mrs. Abraham Lincoln, is loud
o. Alabama. she says "Abe
never suited her family and she is not sur
prised at his wickedness ~ Mrs. jeff
Davis is reported to be an anti-slavery
woman up to the HANDLE Mrs. Lincoln
on the contrary is said to be sympathiz-
er with the institutions Of her birth place,
though a strong Union woman in the pre-.
sent fight =. The Lansing Guards are COM
handed by j. J. Gilbert. II. r. Chatter
ton of the Mirror is I'd Lieut.. CHAR will
handle the shooting stick in good style,
dress up column and knock the enemy
into pi; let him loose once and we'll 60
South as an army reporter Some unso-
phisticatcd old hunks who doesn't know q
modern lady from his great grandmother,
is recommending our wives and daughters
to work in the garden as means Of secur-
ing hcalth. We'd like to know if females
are not as healthy as Fashion requires II
the ladies of 1861 do not look ''delicatc"
they arc passed by rs cooks or laundresscs
and are not in the first circles. To be rosy
checked without cosmetics is not the ton
Mister Foey ;. Homer II. Hc,ninway is
the Post Master at Lansing. II lie don't
prove to be an accommodating, honorable,
first rate servant Of the Department there
need be no other choice in Iowa. Home
is poor talker' (maybe) but he is one of
the pleasanlcst companions we ever met and
il the Office is worth anything to HIM we
him. Don Woodward, OF
LaPorte is elected Major Of one Of the
Northern Indiana Regiments. Maj. Wood
ward is a young lawyer Of LaPorte, De-
mocnt of the Breckenridge order and a
gentleman Of fine talents. lie is brother
to Mrs. A. w. White of McGrcgor. !. 4. :.
Captain Elisha Ilibbard, Of the Milwaukee
Zouavcs, brother to our SHE, is called by
judges, one of the best, if not the No. !
military man of the State. He ought to be
promoted to some place now occupied by
old political seeds who cant tell wheel
from pair Of spectaclcs.. 1T is decided
by the Army Board that no ladies' unde,
thirty can be accepted as nurses, and moi
at all if they are beautiful. "Rick" says
he'll join the "Confed" or be hung before
he'll get shot to test the nursing skill of a
honely old woman. If the nurses were
pretty there might be an inducement. J..
j. II. Nanny of Rockford ;shas flying owe,
his Reaper works the finest flag in Illinois
it is 20 by 40, Of bun ting, and is 175 feet
high. 10. McHosc is Manny's Agent a,
McGregor. :. On arrival of the New York
Zouaves at Washington there were found SC
women among them. They females were
sent back on the next train; the Government
does not desire to expose women to the firt
Of the seceders. -. "Stump.tail' is the polite
name now applied to tho wild cat or frc,
bank currency Of Illinois and Wisconsin
1.-THE papers arc adopting the following
style Of advertising: ENGAGED. Miss
Mary Smith Of Monona, to Charles Jones
Of McGregor.' II we could have column
q week Of such Ads. wouldn't our young
readers Of the fen,ale..pcrsuasion look that
column over, some :. :. "A committee of the
New York Ref. Pres. Synod recommended
that the President of the U. S. he request
ed to ploclaim the liberty Of the slaves
this did not. suit the Synod. That com
mittce must have a very exalted idea of the
power Of the President; that functionary
is not quite The embodiment of all Consti-
tutional Law and State Rights. Doe
sticks has 'connubled' The bride is Fanny
Ferns daughter, blonde, tall and full OF
brains. JEFF. Davis says the Presidents
blockade is paper one; somebody replies
that jeff. will find it a stationary article.
THE Chicago Board Of Brokers on Fri.
day last agreed to transact all business on a
specie basis. .. The Princess Alice (Vic's
second) is to be married shortly to the
boy who passed through Baltimore tells o.