The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-03-20
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on the 18th. ). Secretary Floyd is out in a
long article stating that he will beat his en-
emies before the court. "A telegraph
across Behring's Stats is the last on dit
from the Old World. Mr.. Forsyth, one
of the Southern Commissioners, is one of
the best Union men of the South; he, Alex.
Stephens and IT, V. johnson Joined the
Southern Confedcracy for the purpose Of
controlling it,. by the Southern Consti-
tuition no person is eligible to the Executive
Office unless he is citizen Of one Of the
States Of the 'Confcderacy Mt the adoption
of the Constitution, or natural born citi-
zen thereafter.
The supporters of Mr. Lincoln have had
rough sea for a few weeks past; they have
had to modify their views all the way down
from his Indianapolis coercion" speech to
the ''ignoble" Gas some call IT'D surrender
Of Fort Sumptcr, and the adoption of the
doctrine anything for peace" 1t gratifies
us to announce that in our range Of &C.
quaintancc they came down gracefully; pity
they ever got up to so silly height as to
imagine all the world was in favor of war
for the sake of an abstraction. j. . . The Iowa
State Register is the best condenser Of State
Jews that we arc acquainted with. >. There
arc 5000 Good Tcmplars in Iowa.
A military captain in the interior Of Iowa
was organizing a company, and found them
dull in experimenting the orders. They
were country boys, and the Captain getting
out of patience, bawled out "IIaw, d---n
you! Do you understand that !'... Mr..
Sumner called Lincoln's message "a hand
Of steel in a glove of velvet appearances
now are that the hand is also velvet.
The Clarion, at Grand Haven, says the lit
tic Borneo men, 4 feet high, are coming
there to be cxhibited-thcy can't talk but
are far ahead Of monkeys in appearance.
The Clarion will probably insist upon cx-
tending the right of suffrage to them! >.
An ignorant nan hearing his neighbor read
the Declaration Of Independence on the
Fourth, remarked to bystander Y" lie
reads that ar speech pretty well, but I'll
swear he never writ it,"
The expulsion Of Gen. Twiggs from the
Order Of the Sons of Malta, is noticed by
the uninitiated as very serious punish
ment; "the General is no longer member in
good standing!.. Some girls were laugh
ing, when the priest approached and in
quired, What are you SO amused with"
Nothing" was the reply. "Whcrc is it,"
asked the father "Shut your eyes and
you'll see it, said one of the lassics. -.
We arc invited to Dinner and Ball at Po-
cumtuck Hotel, Deerficld, Massachusetts,,
proprietored by G. O. Phillips, formerly of
Prairie du Chicn. It's too far off, Charley.
-. The Garrison Standard says Lincoln
has bowed to the slave power like all his
predecessors; it abuses the Message and
Mr.. Seward in round style.
It is given out that Blair will require a
good large majority of Republicans to in
dorse Post Office aspirant. Mr.. McLane,
of Baltimore, late Minister to Mexico says
Lincoln's Inaugural has killed secession in
Maryland. Mr.. Wigfall got tight (yery
unusual for him y and called Crittenden a
knaye; Capt. Jackson slapped him in the
mouth-Wiu. challenged him next morn
ing, and Jackson denied any recollection of
| the quarrel! All hands had rc-tight and
the affair of honor was settled. Mr.. Lin
coin is getting mad at office applicants
He says it is not pleasant to have $50 many
Of his friends applying for rooms in one
end of the building while the other end was
Oh fire." .
Booth was pardoncd and released by Mr..
Buchanan a few days before the 4th OF
March. i. Col. Ellsworth, the Zouave, is
appointed Lieutenant in the army instead
of to Military Bureau at Washington. -.
Messina, in Sicily, has 100000 inhabitants
and not newspaper; there are several
theatres. The principal productions Of the
island are oranges. Pittsfeld, Mass, is a
petticoat town; two hundred Balnoral
skirts arc produced there in one day 80. :.
English and Scotch publishers are making
great exertions to turn typc-setting over to
females.
The papers of Louisiana tell of frog in
that State that is fond of eggs; he can't
bite the shell because he has no teeth; but
the egg is swallowed whole, the frog climbs
o tree, falls to the ground, breaks the egg in
his body and then it is ready for digestion.
Anybody can believe it. !. /. !. A German girl
in applying for the post Of waiter at no.
tel, says she can cut 1925 pieces Of bread
and butter from one pound Of bread and
two ounces Of butter!" What noble
ep-mother she would make! :. A gray
haired Old lady, Of Hopkins Mill, Rhode
Island, eloped with young man-they
were followed by the husband, and the lady
returned. Little Rhody has some devil
ment even in her small family.
4 4 boy Of seven, ran away from St. Louis
and was found padding leaky skiR head
ed up the Mississippi he said he was going
to Chicago to see his aunt That boy vii
{ break out again before he dies. Shakes
} pcarc was born April 22d, 1864. ;. One o
the Mississippi fre-eaters who volunteered
to clcan out Uncle Sam at Pcnscola, wa
Ignorant of the briny nature Of sea water
l The first morning on the Gulf he drew
bucket full to wash with, and retired 70
soap and towel, leaving the water amonI
his comrades. On returning he soused hi
face and hands into the water, and his eye
balls nearly came out with pain. Snappin