The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-03-13
News and Items.

secession was not desirable at present
Gen. Twiggs was received with -grea,
honor by the New Orleans people. Tn,
commanding officer at Fort Brown in Texas
refuses to surrender to the State authorities
! and q collision was feared.
! N. G. is for Union. So also is Arkansas
The Arctic Bank (Wis.) is made good by
deposites with the Comptroller.
Robert Brand (dem. is reelected Mayo,
Of Galena. Eight Of the ten aldermen arc
democrats.
The Sloop-ofwar Levant, is believed Ia
be safe. s... .sa.s.. ..... .s..... e..
Norman B. Judd is appointed Minister to
Prussia. Gov. Wright Of Indiana fills the
place now.
Fred. w. Seward is appointed assistant
Sec. of State. ....
Gen. Scott has received 1870 letters, from
Is different States, threatening his life
The old man has an extensive stock Of ap.
prehcnsion.
The members Of tho Indiana Legislature
cannot get their pay out Of the empty trea.
sury. Landlords are the only sufferers
under such circumstances
Boston ship-owncrs are privately offering
their vessels to the south as privatee,s. So
say ha Richmond papers.
A Miss Lane Of Sank Co., Wis, recent.
ly left her aged mother and travelled with a
Mr.. Bass to Juneau Go. They were to.
gcther as man and wife till officers came
from Sank and carried the girl back to her
mother. Bass was not caught.-A case oil
clopement occurred at Oshkosh. A man,
Gilman, hired livery team, got an inno-
cent farmers daughter to share his fortunes,
reached Boscobel, sold the team, secured a
gold watch and chain from the lady and
then left. Tho poor girl wrote to her
parents. Most emphatically there Is a He'll !
The Patent Bill was changed 10 that a
patent will run II years and be unrenew-
able. Gov. Floyd is in Washington ready
for trial. s.r...
! Judge SAN. CRAWFORD Of Mineral Point,
died at his residence on Thursday, Feb.
2sth. He was distinguished member Of
the Wisconsin bar and a bold politician.
Judge KEEP Of Beloit. one of the founders
of that city and also distinguished lawyer,
died on Saturday March Cd. -.....a
The hot.heads of the South say Lincoln's
Message is . declaration Of war. "The
wish is father to the thought" Many
Southern journals approve its kindly tone
and argue peace from it now and fna,
union.
Clergymen are carried on Western Rail.
roads at half fare.
Cozzens Hotel at West Point is burnt
it was 400 feet long, so wide and stories
high.
At Goldsboro, n c., Petersburgh and
Richmond, Va, and at Montgomery, Ala,
the Message set the public excitement in a
blaze. prepare for war; was the clamor.
At Wilmington, Del, and at Raleigh, N. c.,
the message was rather favorably received.
AT Charleston it excited no remark particu.
larly. 8. G. is always calm! Baltimore
likes the message.
Mr.. Seward in late remark on the tariff
proposition to raise the duties on such lux.
uries as cigars, said that he regarded cigars
as among the necessasies u life. Mr.. Sew.
| ard is an industrious smoker and he is also
"up to snuff"
The Madison argus indorscs the Message
as just the document for the occasion.
Gen. Twiggs was superseded by Col
Waite because he wrote to the War Depart.
ment against Wool's boast of putting
himself at the head of 100000 troops +" to
clean out the South" So says the Herald.
Gen. Twigg informed the Department that
under no circumstances would he wage
war upon American citizens" He retires
to private life in New Orleans.
| Ben McCulloch of the Texan Rangers, is
the commander of the Texan forces. The
Alamo was surrendered to his company,
Feb. 10th.
Senator Clay of Alabama is nov. in ST.
Paul seeking health from the dry and brac.
ing atmosphere of Minnesota.
Vanity Fair in explaining that Andy
johnson is not Cave johnson of Tenn. for.
lnerly P. n. General, says there is no Gaze
in Andy.
Belgium and Georgia have agreed upor
line of ocean steamers
1t is believed that Ireland and France viii
form an alliance in case of general Euro
pean war.
| The New York Times says nearly ever,
Republican Congressman is an applicant
for Office.
! Missouri Stocks rose cents on the dol
lar when her Convention refused to show
any favor to secession. Her six per cent?
arc worth g..
! A woman near Eau Claire, Wis, hear,
wolves about the calfpen. She had strych
nine in the house, Gas most prairie famlie
lido, to kill gophers with,) and she places
lot of poisoned meat about the pen. Tn
. next morning t,eslrs wolves lay dead nea
the house.
1t is said that Sumner favors the appoint
mcnt Of Crittenden to the Supreme Bench
II true this is one Of the noblcst conccs
sions yet heard Of.
Mr.. Buchanan left for Wheatland on tn
= 9th. Four military companies escorte
him to the cars.
c Maj. Anderson advises that he doesn't nee
s re-inforcements. His intercourse with cit
zens Of Charleston is easy and amicabie.-