Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1862-09-06
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neignD0rnO00 containing fourteen faml.
lies in distance Of eighty rods, which Is
called Houghtonville. Il has but Al 10.
habitants, IL Of whom are over 10 years
old, 6 Of whom are over IS, and 6 others
over CO. or in their sixtielh year.
It is said that John Ross, Chief of the
Cherokee Nation, accompanies the Kan.
sas regiments, willing prisoner, on their
return from their expedition to the Indian
Nation. He brings the archives Of his
government with him. He will proceed
Immediately to Washington.
"A recen, census of lawyers in Connec
ticut gives 321 rs the number. The Win
sted Herald thinks they ought to enlist in
q cavalry regiment, they are so good at
charging.
Neither Wendell Phillips, Parker Pills.
bury or Horace Greeley have yet been
arrested for treason.
Senator Henry s. Lane, of Indiana, in
a speech at Indianapolis the other day.
displayed much good sound sense, when.
he said it is folly 10 talk about arming ehe
negroes, when there were not arms enough
to put in the hands Of white men who are
ready to use them.
Three men lost their lives, recently at
Elgin Fayette county, caused by carbonic
acid gas in well. One Of the party went
into the well. and fell into the water, a
second who attempted to rescue him met
latter. 4 foarfn' nj did h! h father Of the
rope, but it was soon discovered his life
was in danger, and he was hauled out lust
in time to save him. So says the Pionecr,
West Union.
Senator Browning in his speech at Quin
cy, on the 18th, as reported by the Wing,
expressed his opinion of the editors of the
Chicago Tribune, by stating that "their
oath should not be taken by their neigh
bors.' He denounced the course of the
Tribune as reasonable to the government
In this opinion large number of people
agree with Senator Browning. The Chi
cago Tribune is one of the most infamous
sheets of the Northwest.
D. A. Mahony, of the Dubuque Herald,
has been nominated for Congress- in the
3D. District.
A writer in the Memphis appeal COM
the police of that city and says that some
Of them were lately dragging Union men
from their beds and forcing them into the
Southern army. One whom he knows shot
at young man three times because be
refused to get into the rebel army.
The Buffalo Express is the only Rspub.
lcan paper, as far as we have observed,
hat 10 cor h. ;,b ,,oo, e A..
lisnant preacher oftreason, Wendell Phil
lips 1t cries OUT" lock him up" and
says that "for the public welfare he should
find quiet retreat in the cell Of a prison
house, where his voice could not be heard.
beyond the ear of the turnkey"
They have u committee in Chicago
which has been examining particularly
into the water privileges of that city. The
papers call it the smelling committee"
it seems to have discovered that it is not
much Of privilege to drink water in
that city.
The Chicago Journal says i, would be
glad to see Gen. Harvey at the head of
command to put down Gaerrilas. From
his auleceden,s it thinks he would be like.
ly to handle them withou, gloves.
1t is painful to read of the number Of
officers in the army who are ineliiclent--at
critical times from drunkenness The
soldiers could render the coun ~ no great.
err service than by shooting all drunken
officers at the beg ginning of each engage.
ment, aud let sober men take their places.
The Hon. Richard NJ. Batchford has
been appointed Minister resident to Rome,
in the place Of Ex Governor Randall, who,
like Mr.. Clay, asked to be recalled that he
might enter the army.
The President of the Chicago Street
discharge all able bodied men, and employ
instead women and boys.
Gen. Williams, of Indiana, who was
killed at Baton Rouge, leaves a wife and
two children. He was brave and skilfull
General.
Coils. Corcoran and Wilcox have at
length been released. They are every.
where received with the widest enthusi
asm. They have both been made Briga-
der Generals, and will shortly enter the
war again.
J. B Grinnell, the man who harbored
john Brown and his associates, while
passing through the State en- route for the
field OF the tragic scene at Ha,per's Ferry,
has been nominated by the Republicans of
the tn District for Congress.
The celebrated Congress Spring at Sar-
atoga is in litigation. The value of the
property is alleged in complaint at $780,
900. A Mrs. Shehan, survivor OF the
heirs OF one Of the owners, asserts that
the papers by which she conveyed her
share in the springs property were OBJ.
tanned from her by Misrepresentation and
fraud, The annual yield OF the spring is
from $40, 900 to $4,000.
Mr.. Rowe, the owner Of the celebrated
stallion Ethan Allen. and Horace Il. Jones,
the trainer of the stallion Robert Filling
ham, matched their respective horses on
to trot mile heats, best three in
five, over the Fashion Course, on the 10th
Of September next, for the sum Of ten
thousand dollars. Five thousand were
staked and deposited in the Broadway
Bank, New York.
Father Daley, the Catholic clergyman