The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-01-23
News and Items.

Inc GAINESVILLE Repu6tlcdn gives VIM
Jervis, Esq, Superintendent of the late Mil
waukec & Miss. r. r., deserved credit FOL
the energy and prudence he has used in thu
management Of tn important work en-
trusted to him.
Rev. Chaunccy Eddy, of Beloit, died sud
denly while officiating in the Congregations
church of that place. Paralysis.
Mr.. Toombs offers resolution in TIN
Senate commencing Crittenden's resolu
tons to the country as basis of compro
mise.
! Gov. Curtn's (Pa. Message recommends
the exhaustion of all Cancellation before
war is rcsorted. The Gov. is " dough
face " as the radicals say. He thinks more
Of his country than he does of an abstrac.
ton.
There ere $4,000 free negroes in Wash
ington.
The story that Louisiana had seized
quantity of powder (private property is
exploded.
Vanity Fair says Newport is all beach
and Brooklyn is all Bescher.
The canard that Mrs. Foster and Mrs
Doubleday, wives Of Fort Sumpter officers,
were driven out Of Charleston is one of the
Tribunc's own Matching.
The State Reporter in putting the Craw-
louisville Locomotive, says ''the first No. is
all souua." Isn't this an equivocal compli-
mcnt?
Some fellow has found scripture for Sc
cession: it is, depart ye cursed"
Miss Julia Ann StulI, of South Bend,
Indiana, aged 10, hung herself in the cellar
with a rope made of towels on Sunday a
week ago. She was highly respected and
no cause can be assigned for the act.
Our Wisconsin cotemporaries in credit
ing the Madison Patriot call it Mad. Put.
We object to this style Of abbreviation.
The Fat. that edits the McGregor Times
never gets mad and it hurts our feelings to
see the two words together. pumps
paper is good enough to warrant full ere
dit.
Toombs is reported to be afraid of Wade
of Ohio, and of Gcn'l. Scott Toombs is
duelists and no coward; neither Wade MOI
Scott are duellists and VIC like them for
that reason. Gen. jackson once challenged
Scott and Scott declined.
Mrs. Cleaner Robinson of Miami county,
Ohio, an elderly lady, recently became in
sane and was carried to the State Asy lum.
The apparent cause of her arrangement
was excitement from attending Methodist
revival meeting.
"Old Buck" says he will ride to the Cap
itol with "Old Abe' on the 4th of March,
"whether he is assassinated or not - Old
Abe would not care for his company if he
was assassinatcd.
A lady writer says the men like to pick
the ladies to pieces. Family Fair says: 1t
is certainly pleasant sometimes to take them
apart.
Baltimore has sent petition of 10000
names asking the passage of the Crittendcn
plan of compromise.
The Legislature of Massachusetts, have
proposition before them to send provisions
to the South Carolina insane asylum of
Charleston--the asylum is co-extensive with
the city limits.
The Pensacola Gazette (Fla.) is opposed
to secession.
The Albany Argus asks: "Ifno compro-
mise is agreed to, how many States will Mr..
Lincoln be President of"
Springfield is now the Mecca of politici-
ans. Mr.. Lincoln has not time "to split"
his own wood from the bores that annoy
him. The Missouri Democrat denies that
the Journal has any business to speak for
the President elect.
The S. G. secession Convention, It'll said,
have the best men in the State. All their
great politicians, many eminent ex-Judges,
scores Of merchant princes and about
dozen Of the leading divines. The Roman
Catholics are not identified with the move
ment.
The Ill. Democratic State Convention
recommends compromise and conciliation-
advises Convention of the States, and pro-
poses that each district shall elect one, Gas
in Congress) and that each state shall send
two delegates.
Mr.. Rice has offered new proposition.
He wants Oregon to include Washington,
Minnesota to include Dacotah, California to
include Utah, &C., &c. The object is to rub
out the Territories and stop the quarrel
about them.
The Collector at Mobile refuses to honor
the U. SGovernment drafts unless so order
ed by the Governor Of Alabama.
Gov Lane is elected U. S. Senator of In
diana in place of Fitch. The vote stood,
Lane SO, Ex-Gov. 10. Wright, (now at
Berlin,) 81. 1t. Gov. Oliver P. Morton
was sworn into Office.
The question of Convention in Arkan-
sas is submitted to the people. So also is
it in Missouri.
A young lady Of Syracuse skated till both
her feet were frozen. On announcing her
situation, friends cut hole in the ice and
pumped her bare feet and ANGLES therein
| till she was thawed out!
''If you want nothing yell find it in that
| jug where the whiskey was"
The Canadian, Bremen and Gutenberg
have arrived during the week. The news
is ominous Of terrible struggle in Europe
as soon as the winter breaks. England,
France, Austria and Russia are all making