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Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-03-30
THE We HAMPSHIRE ELECTION

The Republican papers and politicians
have been growing Justify over the result
of the recent election in New Hampshire.
Let US refer to the figures, and sec what
they have to crow over. At the late cleo
ton the Republicans vote was ten thous-
and four hundred and fifty four less than
was cast by that party at ths Presidential
election 5 months rrevious-only one hun
dred and eighty.fcur more than were cast
for Mr.. DoUGLAs last fall and two thous,
and three hundred and sixty nine less than
the vote Of Douglas, Breckenridge and
Bell combined. Had a full vote Of those
opposed to the Republican party been
polled at the late election the "irrepressi.
bles" would have been badly beaten
Their success is not . triumph of their
principles, but an evidence of the apathy
of their opponents
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-03-30
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THE missouri SLOPE.

No section of the illimitable "great
west !" offers as great inducements to those
contemplating a removal to the Western
Pralries,' as western Iowa. Land can be
bought here cheaper than it can be in the
new Territories. The soil is as rich as
any on the habi.able Globe-and the pur,
chaser will not be subject to the many
iuconvenicnces and deprivations usually
attendant upon settling a nem Territory.
On this subject the Magnolia Republican
has the following vel -considered remarks :.
There is plenty Of room here, and no
one need be idle, or out of employment
Mechanics and laborers can find plenty of
work, and they are just the kind of men
that are wanted in the West. No man,
who has good health and is Industrious
and willing to work, need be here two
years ere he may nave q good home for him,
self and family and make q good living in
the meantime. Land can be bought
cheaper now than it could three years
ago, because land spectators are about
all left, and actual settlers have now got
possession in their stead. When the rail-
roads are completed,hi farm land w,llcsm
MANU- halusoilS hSaAS5. W SUI u tiSh.
and very productive. All kinds Of grain,
such as corn, wheat, oats, barley, rye. &c,
and all kinds Of vegetables commonly
grown in a northern climate. grow here in
grea: abundance and with comparatively
little labor to cultivate them. Sugar cane
does well in this country, and the farmers
are mostly getting to make their own SUI
gar and molasses; by this means keeping
a great deal Of money here which would
otherwise be taken out Of the county
There is but little tame fruit here yet. but
it's place is supplied with wild fruit, which
grows here in abundance. The farmers
will find no difficulty in selling all the
grain and produce they may have to dis
pose of, at good cash prices for the i'm
msnse tide of emigration that is coatinu-
ally flowing westward, RICH: through our
immediate vicinity, will take off oil the
produce farmers may have to dispose Of.
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-03-30
Communicated

Mr.. EDIToR From . letter which
received last week, written by d. J. N. A
Jewett, B. A. l., whose advertisement ap
pears in your last ,ssue--I Am able to cor
rect an error which has ioatsd through
the newspaper press Of this country dur
ing the past two years. Barristsr Jewet,
writes to me as follows:
at is quite an error that John Martin
(ths poor mechanic Of London) or any
other person 10 now, or ever has besn pu,
in possession of the Jennings property.
Not one iarthiug Of this estate, real, per-
s%oual, or mixed, has ever been decided to
any one. Mr.. John Martin is only one Of
the most persevering and lawful claim
ants DEVONSHIRE.
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-03-30
Iater.stins fro.. &ensaco!n.

W. have received news from Pensacola
up to the yth inst.
IAe Coatode. ate 5 ate troops were rap
idly completing their Arrangements for "A
close be~!.gym,nt Of Fort plckeuS.
Three sand batteries, large and secure
were completed. Ia th. lirst une. bearing
ON the front vi picNeus, Is mounted two
large ~cUium1iGGS on the second, four sen
cons, howitZers. and on the third, also,
four guns, making Ia al! ten guns on the
batteries, each Il in IA different position
Of attack on picaens and independent OF
Forts H4raucas and Mcl.ae and the Navy
Yard.
Lieut.. Siemmer, Of pickens, fenring
his t"rt was not Of sufficient avail, is also
building u sand battery. to bear INA uedi.
ately un the Navy Yard. 1t is ihourh,
oy some that he IS being assisted in uis
preparations ty men from tie Brooklyn.
Our troops are IN good health. and work
with n will, aud in a short time will doubt
less be ready for any emergency.
There are now stationed at the Baran-
cas- about 800 Alabama troops.
The secesslonists are very busy in pre-
pairing for a desperate fight should All at
tempt be made to reinforce Fort pickeus
The Pensacola lad les are not behind in
patriotism, and busy themselves in making
iianne} Tags for cartridges and lint for hos
pital purposes.
the preparations for the attack on Fl.
plckens will he. when they shall have been
completed, OF the most perfect character.
Several officers, late OF the United States
corps of engineers, arrived ut Pensacola
within & brief period, and ara now devot
ing their talents and services in the com
pIetion of the new works designed to ope
rate against TT picsens.
The officers in command of the Confe.
rate State troops are men OF known ability
and tried courage, most of them having
seen service in the t~eld-besides, the
greater part Of them are graduates of the
| nited States Military Academy at West
Poin. or the Southern military school.
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-03-30
Business ON the Missouri slope.

Notwithstanding the troubled state u
our National afEairs-the loss of confidence
in the business world, attendant upon it,
and the constant cry Of hard tines
Throughout. the length and breath Of the
land, yet business along the Missouri slope,
never appeared in a more prosperous con
ditisn than now. Our merchants look
pleasant, and express an entire confidence
in the future prosperity of THIS section Of
country. How can it be- otherwise? Al
ready e%migrants are pouring in and set
sling on farms, and in tue villages Of the
Missouri slope, evinc.rg an abiding conf
dence in its glorious future. Thousands
are yet to come, and yet there will be
room for more. South Wcstern Lopalan.
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-03-30
For the Sioux City Register

~ 49,
Mr.. EDIToR:-permit me, once more,
to trespass On your indulgence. My letter
shall be short for ! write to the Rev. ga
tleman with reluctance. l gee in your last
issue that my valarous contemporary has
discovered a ccry small hole through
which to make his exit from the arena
where he hoped to gather nothing but
~laurels. 1t is no fault of "Delta's" that
the result did not correspond with his in.
tent!ons. Why is the gentleman, all at
once SO sensitive on this one point7 In
the outse. ! laid down the principle, which
| yet believe to be a correct one-that
motives and acts are too closely connect
cd to be separated in criticisms that are
intended to be fair and honorable. How
are we to arrive at the character Of an act
and know when and how far to hold an
individual responsible therefor, if We are
not to consider in the same view, the
metive for which it was done? The lat
ter, certainly gives character to the other.
But it is worse than useless to waste ar
gument with one who falls back with so
clever a grace upon his dignity, when that,
which be charges upon others is brought
home to himself. l imagine it will he a
long time ere /" Delta will again allow
his zeal for the public welfare to overstep
the bounds Of prepriety and in this
view l am not without hope that this ex-
perience may not be altogether lost upon
him. From the lesson he has here been
able to learn, he may derive a profitable
instruction for his future lie; or, i. that
be q lost hope, it will teach him sut.icien,
prudence and candOr 10 be careful how be
allows his Imagination to mislead his
judgment.
The task which | have undertaken and
performed, was certainly a most uupl9us,
ant, rs we'll ~ a dangerous one, for mo
considering the gentIeman's emincnt qua.
llfications as q writer and his extensive
%coHoq"ia' powers. admit that l entered
upon the performances of the task with nc
small degree Of doubt as 10 my ability to
do it Justice but | will not leave him
room to suppose that | was in any way
terrified by his prowess. or convinced by
his argumcnts. | did not hope to rival
him in composition, for if | am rightly
informed d" Delta is a scholar and writes
Latin with almost as much purity as Eng
fish but | trusted rather to the Justice OF
my cause, and the unerring Judgment OF
the public iu discriminating between right
and wrong. | gratefully acknowledge that
the assurance that | have been sustained
throughout By a g~rat,.ied publjc sentiment
affords ne no small degree Of pleasure
The unanimous verdict of a whole people
seldom needs reversal. IF "Delta' has
not emerged from the conflict unscathed,
he has a consolation in the reflection that
he has maintained his position 10 Tie csr,'
last extremity. Thanking my readers foe
their kind appreciation Of my efforts, and
my Re-. friend for his extreme modasfy in
re!s,ving me from any further lnJoro,
bid them both farewell. JUSTICE.
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-03-30
Dakota Correspouda ace.

ELK polNr. Mach Il, ca.
EDr.oR REGISTER In tn, last, issue Of
the Register appears q very concise and
~well.written article ovey tie gentle uout d
p}ame of "Hopeful,' in relation to EIk
Point-scttins forth It's advantages. pros
poets, &c. ! have 40 fault to fud with the
article under consideration, only that a
certain mistake lat Ieas, By way of impli.
c~ation) occurs in regard TO the tim Der at
taa. place, showing that the author must
doubtless havc been misiniormed, or that.
fearing least he should be considered a.
drawing an ~over-wrouyht picture, has made
his estimate altogether too moderate, un-
less, indeed, the mistake be "a typograph-
ical error. Hopeful" says. speaking of
the timber at Elk Point, " We have over
TWO thousand acres, and a fair proportion
is ash"
Now, the truth is, the recent govern
meut survey of this part of Dakota shows
that in this body alluded too there are
nearly, if not fully, twenty thousand acres
Of timber.
/, is doubtless the largest body Of tim
ber-on the Missouri Slope-in Dakota
Territory. What say you, settlers of Da
kota Let US hear from You on this sub
Jet, that we may compare notes.
The prairie adjacent to this vast body
Of timber, is high and extremely produc-
tive. 1t is no longer an experiment;
whether crops will yield well-the thing
has been fully and successfully tried, as
any one can attest who saw the fine crops
raised by L. B. Wilson and others during
the past season.
| learn from reliable authority, tina,
there yet remains unclaimed, thousands Of
acres of the choicest Of timber and prai
rie, at and about Elk Point, which. if true
will prove an inestimable prize to many
an industrious pioneer.
In order to sho~ the geographical posi-
ton Of this place and the relation it sus-
tains to the surrounding country, it is on
ly necessary to present the following tab.
leaux: Paquette's Ferry, on the Big
Sioux river, is situated in Sec. IL, I. 80,
r.. As, w. The township and range lines
in Dakota coincide with the same lines in
Iowa, or rather they are simply a con>in-
uation Of the same lines. Fermilllon is
situate Gin part) in Sec. ., I. %, r. 81,
W., at the mouth o! the river bearing the
sam name. Elk Point is situated in Sec.
10, I. 81 n, Il. ~ w, and on the great
thoroughfare from Sioux City to Fort
Randall.
Elk Point being thus almost exactly
equi-distant from the Big Sioux and Yer,
million rivers, as above shown. has a'rea.
dy won the sobrtquet of the " Half Way
Station" 1t is also nearly midway be,
tween the Missouri river on the 5. W. and
the Big Sioux river on the N. Il.
With all these natural advantages-a
vast body Of choice timber, high and pro-
ductive p~rairies, n central position on a
public t~horoughfare, Elk Point can not
fail to successfully compete with her sister
rival towns. MNEMoN.
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-03-30

A writer in the Davenport Democrat d;
Ncws proposes a thorough union Of all
those opposed to Republicanism, in our
coming State election, and names Judge
Johnson, a Douglas Democrat, Of Lee
county. rs = suitable candidate for Cover
nor; Judge McHenry, of Polk county, a
Bell and Everett man for Supreme Judge,
leaving the candidate for Lieut.. Governor
to be named by the recent supporters of
Breckenridge and Lane.
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-03-30
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KENTUCKY.

No State IN the Union has furnished n
larger proportion of the prominent public
men of the present time, than the State OF
Kentucky. President Davis vas born in
Todd county, in 1903. President Lincoln
was born in Hardin county, in 1903. Elk
Vice President Breckenridge, was born in
Fayette county, in 1921. John J. Crit,en'
den, the great COMPROMISED, WAS born in
Woodford county, in 1889. Joseph Holt,
late Secretary Of War, is a native Of Breck
inridge county. Major Anderson was born
in Kentucky in 1905. General Harvey,
Mr.. Preston, Minister to Spain, and Sena'
tor Sebastian, are also kentuckians.
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-03-30
DEMOCRArs ATTEND!!

The Democracy of Sioux City are re-
uuestad to meet in Convention at the
Council Chamber, 90 Douglas street, at ?
o'clock, 2. NJ, on Saturday, the Both day
of March, 1861. for the purpose of nomi,
mating candidates to be supported for the
several City Offices at the coming City
Election. by order of the City Dem. Com.
JOHN p. ALLISON, Chm.
Sioux City, March %, 1861.
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-03-30
APPOINTuENTS FOR DAKOTA
TENElTORY

From a telegraphic dispatch We learn
that the following appointments have been
made for Dakota Territory:
For Governor-Dr. Jayne, Of Illinois.
Sscretary-John Hutchinson, o.
Minnesota.
For Chief Justices. H.'Wilkinson, o.
Pennsylvania.
For Surveyor Genl-S. w. Hoxie, O.
Minnesota.
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-03-30

Washington, March 26.-The Cabinet
i, ia session to-day OIL appointments to
fill vacancies which it is necessary for the
Seun,e to act upon previous to its adjourn.
ment, which will take place on Wednes.
day. The following nominations are re
ported:
John Hutchinson, Of MINI Secretary,
and S. II. Wilkinson, of Pennsylvania,
Chief Justice Of Dakota s. W. Hoxie OF
MINI. Surveyor General Of Dacota Aaron
Goodrich, of Mimi, Secretary Of Legation
TO Belgium.
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-03-30
IOWA APPOINTMENTS

The telegraph informs US that W. H.
f. Gurley, Of Davenport, has been ap
pointed U. s. District Attorney, and H.
Harris, U. S. Marshal, for the State of
Iowa
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-03-30

During the past month, the oldest per.
son of tho Onondaga tribe Of Indians, a
IN named Hannah, died At the sup
posed age Of over one hundred and tren!y
years! From the family traditions, it is
believed that she was born as early At the
year III, and perhaps at n still earlier
date.
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BE TONS MOTH Il,

How touching the tribute of Hon. Thorn
as II. Benton to his mothers influence:
"My mother asked nererto use tobacco !;
| have never touched it from that time to
the present day. She asked me not to
game, aud | have never gambied, and |
cannot tell who is losing in games thai.
II ba played. She admonisbed me, too,
against hard drinking and whatever ca.
pacity | have for endurance at present
and whatever usefulness ! may attain in
life, | have attributed to having complied
with pious and correct wishes. When !
was seven years Of age, she asked me not
to drink, and that | made n resolution Of
total abstinence. at n time when | was sole
constituent member Of my own body, aud
that ! have adhered to it through all time,
| owe it to nv mother.
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-03-30

Three members of The Cabinet-Messrs.
Cameron, Wells and Blair-haye worked
at the case as printers. These, with Vice
Presidest Hamlin, form an illustrious
quartette Of typos.
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-03-30

Minister Corwin leaves New Orleans
April Grss for Mexico.
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-03-30
New Adyertiscm'ts.
ASSOCIATION

A bcnerokent iH%titHton rsto6histsd by srrcid, En-
dor"ts"t, for ne Rc'jefof the SIX md DISTRESSED
AH7ief Dtth F'rU,at and ThrGnic Utssnses, md
eH&Pec'@1y FOR the Cure af &'ssasSS Of TIE Sexual
Organs.
Nj hDlcAL ADVICE given gratis, by the Acting
~ surgeon, to ali who apply by letter, with y
description. of their condition. (ngr. occnua ton. h,l,.
its OF lie, &c. and in cases -" extreme poverty,
medicines furnished free u; rhurgc.
NBt"h REPORTS ell Sp"rmn.orrhma, AMI
other Diseases Of tn" S"Xnai Organs. ami ON the NEw
hEMEnIEs employed in the Dispensary, sent 20 the
Glii'i"I IN sealed letter onyrioIrs. free Of cha-gc.-
rs" or thrc" >'anis for postage sill he acccusali.
Address, DIX. ). SklLLlN l~IuCGnToN, Acting
surg Oh il"w"r't ASSOCIATION, Ne > south sNinth
street, Philadelphia. Pa. BY "rdcrni The Directors.
EHRA u HEANrW ELL, Prrstient.
GRO FAlR'HiLD, Secretary.
March 30, 1861. ai.1v
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-03-30
LAST CALL.

III persons indebted to thn1gt" firm Of 4. una~
a 4 Bro or \. Haas via please all and .pttl.
sud save costs. All claims not adjusted l., thr sr.t
"i Arrtl ~ will he placed IA tue hand, Of an At
turiry for Collection.
March >, 1861. HAAS
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-03-30

One Of the dcacons of IL certain church,
asked the bishop il he usually kissed the
bride at weddings?
always was the reply.
And how do you manage when the
happy pair are negroes?' was the next
question.
In MI such cases, the duty Of kissing
is appointed to the deacons u replied the
bishop.
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-03-30
FOR RENT.

'j'Wh Go1n STORE ROOMS on PEARL : T
Possession OF enc of them will he given inme.
For particulars enquire of
March 2, 1891. HAAS
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-03-30

Oil has been discovered in different
parts of Kansas, and preparations are said
to be making. with a view to extensive
operations in that line.
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-03-30

w" refer to ~" following parties with VIII.
have done business
Park Bank. \. Y.
n.H. Arnold. Esq, Prcs't Mercantile 'spuk. "
MrSSrs. hnauth Nach"i & Kunue, J. ar kerr.
d" tlia+. tamh'os 4 Co., Banker. p, iIad.Irhio
" W. II. Rar'isdai" 4 Co., D'nf 4, Il. Louis. Mo.
M"ssLs. Clark Bros. { Co.. Baukef. St. Louis, Mo.
Geo. j.. Harding. Esq, Prr.idcyt. Of Onion Uunk.
St. Lonis. Nu. ""'
60. Adams. Esq, Banker, T4icago.Ill
,"l.'tiS'' Esd, Seneca Falls, MY
q. " Norton. E~I.. Pres ulcat Southern Eank. OF
hen'n"ky. hnSsnllyi'Ie. Ky.
10. lash. Esq. Sale 4. n. C.
y. Dunont. ESQ. In iiruapolis. Indiana.
lion VIA h"ntc"1 iery. N."., Washington, Pa.
T. II. Walker, r. -. "a e m. y. Y.
M"ssrs. Falsely & Willincham. Halifax Hva
Mark"'i, nErr"w 4 Co, Bankers. Dubuque. 10.
- Nacllot s Cnrfin. .. D,vnpnnr, IT,
Sioux City. sept. 9Th, 1860.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-30
VIRGINIA.

The time for bargaining and chaflerng, aud
the loose good nature which says, "We'll make
" it right tomorrow" ia gone by with this coun-
try. 1t is now moment when to every man,
TO every State, voice as Of the bold
prophet should speak-Choose ye this day
whom ye will serve The question of Freedom
or Slavery for America is to be settled now,
and the pOstpOnement Of the decisive day only
prolongs a torturing and disastrous suspense 1t
is of Importance that the parties in this struggle
should be distinctly defined; we must not have
an uncommitted or pretended neutral body how
ering on the outskirts of the battle ready to de.
clare for the victorious side, or for that which
offers the larger bride. Hence it is that the
present position Of Virginia, as the leader of the
Border States, is foolishly embarrassing to both
parties.
Virginia vaunts herself as a Uuion-lo7ing
State. Her people say they are ready to pre-
serve the Union at all hazards. Therefore they
assemble in Convention to do it; and what do
they propose Their proposition is perfectly
simple. They offer certain amendments to the
Constitution, saying: Accept these and we will
stay in the Union. Well, what are they
Merely few sections which change the charac-
ter OF the Constitution from democratic to on
aristOcratic Instrumentation an instrument
recognizing the Equality Of Human Rights to
one which makes caste the Interchangeable iouDda-
ton principle of the Republication an instru-
meat proclaimipg freedom as the natural right of
oil men. to enc forbidding freedom to millions
ms is tho final condition on the acceptance or
rejection Of which depends the loyalty or treason
OF Virginia, and such other of the Border States
as choose to follow uer action.
The shortest time Sufficient for the formal de.
cision Of the question presented by these pro. |
posed Amendments viii be year, and this year
may be heightened by a twslyemsnth more.
During this interval the Great Question of the |
day is to remain open, the present unsatisfac.
DRY condition of things must continue, and the |
conflicts sure at the end to come, more VIC. |
emily than ever.
Why shall not Virginia act at oncel She !
Knows now as she will ever know what course
he will take if her ultimatum is rejected. She |
Knows if she knows anything, that the Free |
states will never accept her propagation as long I
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-30

as the citizens of these States have the power
10 throw vote against it. She cannot
be 80 dull ga to believe that tho free
men of the North will surrender the ground
they have gained by the steady aud persistent
efforts OF so many years; that they will go back
ward in the face Of the worlds opinion, making
themselves the protectors of that system against
which their ancestors have striyen BY teachings
by exhortation by Legislative enactment by
mutual. sacred agreements with the Shareholders
Themselves. The mere suggestion of such an offer
as this from Virginia is on insult to the people
of these United States, and the most betogged
Pro-Slavery advocate cannot honestly say there
is even remote possibility of its acceptance.
This Border State, then, may to-day stand
where she will surely stand some months hence
when her brazen proposition shall have been re-
iected. If she intends to consult her own IN
terests and remain in the Union, let her say 30
at once and throw such influence as che pos
sesses frankly and fully on the side OF loyalty
and honor. If che has really determined to
secede in case her ultInatum is rejected, then
let her 90 at once, for her dictatiOn will never
be allowed were she ten times Virginia