The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-06-19
News and Items.

Gazette, was engaged in the tranquil delight
soap-making, when the news came that b
!. Billy had enlisted for the war. Rushing fra
tically in the house she informed the lady thel
of, through her sobs, 80, nam, Bills gone
the war and cant make any more s-s-s-soaE
II. L. Ram has been appointed Postmast
for the town Of Whitewater. The appointil
power did a good thing when they put cor
mission in the hands Of that man. We wi
vouch fer him every time.
Some maxim-uttcrcr says resignation is
rare grace among officials" Don believe tina
Resignation" is a disgrace to officials, and
merely lightcolored term for desertion.
A contemporary says SefRespect is the M
blest government with which We can clothc ou
selves Oh, the wicked man as if modest
did not suggest more substantial raiment.
The Iowa Congregational Association whic
has been in session at Waterloo in this State
WAS we'll attended. The returns indicated tha
there are one hundred and Fifty churches of tina
order in this State. The next meeting, il
June 1862, will be held at Lyons.
On Wednesday morning of last week bod
Of federal troops comprising three or four regi
ments, were dispatched from Fortress Monro
to take certain batteries located at Little Bethe
and Great Bethel, on or near the James River
BY the mismanagement Of Brig. Gen. Pierc,
who was in command Of the expedition, tn,
federal troops discharged several volleys upo,
each other, and afterwards failed to take tn,
cnemys batteries. They retired with a loss O.
fourteen killed and fifty wounded. Great in
dignation il expressed at the inefficiency o.
Gen. Price, through which the day went agains
us. In this action VIC have lost another galan
officer, Lieut.. Greble the loss of the encn,,
is not yet ascertaincd.
Out of ninety-6ve or one hundred paper,
which come to us since the death of Sen Doug.
las, more than sixty commence their editoria
illusions thus. "Stephen A. Douglas is nc
more. He too. has seen the last of earth."-
Remarkable similarity of expression.
The third Michigan regiment left Grand
Rapids on the l3'h inst. for the war.
There is company from Lynn, Mass, com.
posed Of ninety five shoemakers. From this
circumstance. we infer the rebels somewhere
will be peqged out. and when the last thread
Of life has o,cl ,oarad away, naught but lap
stone will tell their fate. Go it, boots.
We observe by our exchanges that the army
worm and the seventeen year locusts have
made their appearance in Illinois and Southern
Iowa. It is feared they will make serious
reduction in the usual product of the wheat crop.
There are now l03 patients in the Iowa hos
pital for the Insane.
The Boston Pest says Cassius NJ. Clays let.
ter to the London Times was ''injudicious, weak,
and illogical-in fact, 'Cash' all over without
any discount.
The Yellow Jack has already made its ap.
pearancs at New Orlean.-this is a month
earlier than usual.
"gosef lain" is said to have written to jeff.
Davis in this style, 81 haven't saw you
since the scnnit adjourned signc dye" Allud.
ing to the crisis he says loconically and CLASH
cally ''As norris SEE in lattin,-its a Bel a
hou ida Bella
Gov. Yates OF Illinois has appointed o. II.
Browning, Of Quincy, to the senatorship made
vade vacant by the death of Judge Douglas.
Mr.. B. is a kentuckan by birth, Republican
BY party utilization, and sound Union man at
heart, yet We should have preferred that man
Of the Douglas stamp should have filled the
term SO sadly made vacant. This suggestion
has frequently been made by Republicans, and
It gives us pleasure to note that the Chicago
Tribune regrets the action of the Governor, on
the ground that the common cause of our coun-
Try would have been advanced had another poll
~ obtained.
Large quantities of arms ana other contra.
band goods have been constantly in transport
rom Maryland into Virginia by way of turn.
pixies and the Chesapeake.
Harper's Ferry was evacuated on the 18th
nst.. by the rebels, the precise point to which
hey will retreat has not yet TRANSFERRED. Loss
% the u s. from the burning of property,
$500 900, and to the b. e. O. r. X. as much
more.
A"S tSSSnV CiSSSOA III iduO uuo ACouit'
I'd in the triumph of the Union ticket in every
congressional district.
The southern journals say the country is in
pressing need Of printing paper, lead, leather,
md salt. Salt will hardly save them even if
Ill the other requisites are at hand.
Fortress Monroe is really invested by the
'ebels on the land side, although communication
by sea and few miles of James River is still
open. No aggressive movement can be made
upon the rebels without double the number Of
troops
Another rebel battery has been discovered on
he Potomac 20 miles below Acquia Greek.
Gov. jackson on Friday was at Brownsville
with body guard Of 100 men. He burned
The r. R bridges on his way, ard thereby has
occasioned great suspension Of business. About
four or five thousand troops are being distribut-
ed at various points in the State to quell trea.
Ionable insurgents, preserve the Railroads from
further injury, and capture the Governor. The
lirst and second regiments from this State were
expected ut Jefferson City, the capital of Mis-
souri,, on Saturday. Ben. McCullock is reported
10 be encamped on the Arkansas border with
force Of 5000 troops.
The schooner Savannah o southern privatcer
has been captured by the brig Perry, and
brought into the port Of New York as q prize
She carried an eighteen pound pivot gun amid
ship and crew Of thirty men.
A fire at Peoria, Illinsis, on the 18th destroy.
ed property TO the amount of $4,000; insured
for $22, 900.
The death of Major Winthrop, at the Great
Bethel affair, is confirmed. The deceased was
the author of the famous 7th Regiment article
in the June number Of the AtlaMtic.
Moxus.-This was the ancient god of
mirth. His hgh-priest Of the present age