The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-11-27

News and Items.
The rebels Of Accmac and Northampton
counties, Virginia, have laid down thei
arms in accordance with the proclamation
Of Gen. Dix.
1t is proposed to send portion Of tn
prisoners of state to Fort Macinaw.
Gen. Fremont is expected at Washing
ton soon.
The SLAYER augusta has been seized OF
Montank Point, Long Island.
Captain Totten has been appointed q
Major in the regular service. He Shout,
have been made Brigadicr General a
once.
Affairs At Charleston are said to be in de
plcraLle condition. business is PROSTATE
and provisions at starvation. prices. =
The Memphis appeal Of the 14th, sac
knowlcdges the loss at Belmont ~of 625
killed, wounded and missing.
The confederate army of Virginia has
been reorganized. Beauregard commands
the army of the Potomac. Jackson that OF
the Valley, and Holmes the Acquia army
Troops continue passing through Rich.
mond, northwardly.
Gen. Lee has gone to South Carolina, and
Floyd again commands the army opposed
to Rosencrans.
TIL journey from Richmond to Nom.
phis occupies four days, in consequence Of
the burning Of the bridges in East Tenncs.
see.
ParsHn Brownlow has eluded the dutch
es Of the rebels, and is supposed to be or
garizing the Union Mountaineers of East
Tennessee
The Canadian papers are furious over
the arrest Of Mason and Slidell. s...
Another famine is threatened in ireland.
The failure Of the potato crop is said to b.
appalling SAIL to average three fourths to
nine. tcnths Of the entire crop There is
also said to be an alarming deficit in cereals
Of all kinds.
A prize ring fight for the championship
Of the world, and $4,000. is to take place
in this country during the approaching
season, between Heenan and Mace. Mace
i: rcputed to be the champion Of England
Counterfeit 800 bills upon the Shoe
and Leather Bank, New York, have been
put in circulation. They were so skillfully
executed that the bank itself was deceived
by them. We ADVISE our readers to refuse
all bills Of this denomination.
On Sunday last, near Epworth, Iowa,
Miss Maria Stichler, an interesting girl thr-
teen years Of age, by accident commune
Gated fire to her clothing and died the next
day after having suffered intense agonies.
The rebels are again Certifying them
selves about Centerville.
1t is said that the government has now
in the field, in camp, and in process of for
nation. force Of 600, 600 men.
The soldiers and slaves at Port Royal are
to pick cotton for shipment-the former
under orders Of government, and the latter
under the impulse Of wages. The cult
walton of cotton in that vicinity will be
attended to by some enterprsng Yankees
who arc now "smoosing around"
A n:w punishment for Virginis is at
hand. Congress will probably be called on
to change the territorial boundaries Of De-
laware so as to give this little State all the
land between the Chesapeake Bay and De-
lawarc River, and to change the bounda
rics of Maryland so as to give her all the
eastern counties Of Virginia, and to- leave
to the State Of Virginia, As organized by
The convention at Wheeling, the territory
between the Blue Ridge and the Ohio Riv-
er.
Price is said to be advancing northward
again to occupy Springfield.
Claib Jackson's Legislature, with the aid
IF few proxies to make a'quorum has
gone through the farce of voting Missouri
out Of the Union.
500 seamen for gunboats arrived at Cairo
IN the 2lst.
The stockholders of the Great Eastern
steamship have appropriated 800, 900 to
lgain fit her for sea.
The federal steamer James Adgers has
zone to the Mediterranean 20 look after
privatecrs.
Gen. Mckinstry's arrest was in accord.
nee with facts called out by the Congress.
ional Investigating Committee.
The only communication received at
Washington by the department. from Ere.
mont since his removal, was request that
he might be permitted to retain his body
guard This, of course was refused.
1t is now conceded that the rebel priva-
Ger Sumpter is not captured as reported.
Hon. JAS. Guthrie and John j. Crittrn.
len will be the new Kentucky Senators, in
lace Of Br. ckinridge and Powell.
Spain entertains desire to place King
yer Mexico.
Advices from our foreign Ministers con.
'nne Of the most hattcring character.
A large lot Of old vessels are to be tow
d and sunk in the entrance of southern
arbors-thus making the blockade effec-
ual and allowing the removal of the block.
ding fleets to active of, nsive operations.
The New York City Council have ap
ropriatcI $500, 900 for the relief Of fam
les Of volunteers.
A government train Of 80 wagons with
n escort Of 200 men was recently captur
d between Sedalia and Leavenworth,sby a
ody Of 500 or 600 rebels. II