The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1862-02-26

II. seems to be good.naturcd sort Of
philosopher who can take the world as
COMES, yet will always persist in his effort
to make it come to him in right and &C
ceptablc manner. The sad sequel of ma
nay brave and generous soul mcllows tn
boisterous nature Of our rejoicings Owe,
the Fert Donelson affair The manglec
remains Of JonN j. SrILIMAN, son Of Esq
Stillnan, Of Center township, Allamakes
county,-a private soldier Of Co. B, 18th
Iowa regiment, came here by the IL o'clock
express train on Saturday night. The de-
ceased fell, We believe in the gallant charge
upon the rife pits Of the rebels. He was
"GooD FELLOW" in the best sense Of that
word, and his loss will cause universal re.
grit wherever he has been known. Tic
2sd, in accordance with the proclamation
Of President. was duly obserbcd. At noon
the bell Of the Congregational Church rang
for nearly three quarters of an hour, and
Rev. Mr.. Sloan read the principal portion
Of Washington's Farewell Address to the
American people to a good audience, in-
Guiding fine detachment Of U. S. Rcgu-
lars from Capt. Lewis recruiting Office
Several patriotic pieces were sung by the
choir. and at the close the whole Concre.
CATION joined in the thrilling song, my
country, It's Of thec,' etc. Flags were up
on the Liberty Pole. and over the stores of
Scott & Brother, Hoffman, Benton & Co.'S,
Hammerslaugh Brothers, and Commission
Warehouse Of Robert Grant We trust
the 22d inst, will hereafter be canonized
as an American holiday. We need more
joyous stepping. stones to nations virtue
and prosperity, and the addition of this to
our list Of public days will measurably
fill mp the vacuity. {. Tho Dubuque and
Sioux City Railroad being Llo :kcd up with
snow, the Company have abandoned all
efforts to kept clear, and tri.wcekly
stage line carries mails between Dubuque
and Cedar Falls, Capt. Powers of the
9th Iowa, arrived in town Sunday morning
direct from Arkansas, where his company,
and regiment now are. Capt. p was sick
and unfit for duty. When his regiment
received orders to march after Price, under
the gallant Seigel, tho excitement and en-
thusiasm which the prospect Of fight
gave him, put him at once at the head of
his gallant boys, despite his illness with
TYPHOID fever. He kept up for some time,
until his excellent constitution would not
longer bear the combined attack of the &c.
yer and the march, and was reluctantly
forced to accept furlough and return home
for better health. The severe labor of the
advance, in his Frustrated condition caused
the fever to settle in his left leg. He looks
thin, and pale, but pluck to the last, as
everybody who knows him, will readily
believe. lie gave US bad account of Mis-.
souri, weather and roads. A man must be
well legged as well as well armed, in order
to be in fighting trim. Mo- air we judge to be
one.fourth fog, onc-h half miasma, one-fourth
vaporous gasses, and the balance oxygen.
1t is wonder that anybody can enjoy
any health in such climate, with
the exposures which are incident to militia
ry life. Wetrust Capt. P. will find his
health speedily restored he is one Of the
men OF action that cannot well be spared
from camp....We see by the Lansing
Mirror that Mr.. Fleming Of that place, has
purchased the fine steamer Maquoletn
City, and will run her during the ensuing
season as daily freight and passenger pack.
ct between Lansing, and Prairie du Chen,
and McGregor Mr.. F. is represented to
be good river man. and the craft which
has just came into his possession, we all
know to be very spunky boat. She will
make almost any time desired. . The in.
tcrnal arrangements of the American House
have been much improved of late. Har-
ding, is genius at at rennovating and i'm
proving, and we don't believe, such is his
propensity in this direction, that he could
be persuaded to live in house after he be-
came convinced he could no longer make
improvements in it. : 1t is said that after
boring nine hundred and eighty feet, water
has been found in the Mount Pleasant
Qowa) Insane Asylum. 1t seems to US
that the Commissioners Of this Asylum
should very properly have been designated
as the first inmates on the hypothesis that
none but insane men would have located
public institution Of this nature so far from
water. Capt. Sladden, with health re-
gained, left town on Monday morning to
rejoin Co. c, Sd Iowa regiment. We Rave
heard Of several interesting souvenirs
which were dispatched to the boys in his
care. "A man in Mt Pleasant Iowa, hay-
ing been arrested for selling liquor to the
soldiers, was sentenced by Lieut.. Colonel
Drummond to stand twelve hours on the
head of one of his whisky barrels. The
sentence was executed. 1t would howev.
er have been very severe, had the culprit
been forc:d to drink from his own barrel
-. .kurz & Miller have issued cards for o
Social Party at Empire Hall, on Tuesday
evening March 4th. The friends of these
worthy gentlemen who indulge in salta,ory
exercise will find Messrs. X. & n. prcpar-
cd to entertain their guests in uncxception:-
able style. r. listed runs an express
sleigh once week between Waukon and
and McGregor, leaving Wauko2 Thursday
and returning Friday. Fare for single trip,
1925; or for the round trip, $500. Mr..
I will also attend to all Jobs or crrands en-.