The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1862-07-02
News and Items.

! News and Items.
The Republican, at Washington, charges
that secessionists are still employed in the
treasury department.
The Pacific Railroad bill passed the
House on the oath, just as it came from the
Senate, by vote of 100 to 81.
Gen. Shields nomination as Major Gen.
eral has been rejected by the Senate.
Sen. Grimes made long speech on the
Oath in favor of the bill accepting the ces-
sion of League Island for the Navy Yard.
The treasury note bill passed the House
amended SO as to admit the issue of $780,.
900, 900 in notes of less value than five
dollars. Total issue is $l5o,oOo,OoO.
The Grand Jury of Fayette county, KY,
have found bills against number of rebels
in that county including John c. Breckin.
ridge.
Gen. Lew. Wallace has arrived at St.
Louis destination not known.
Gems. Bragg and Pillow are said to be at
Vicksburg with 10000 men the remnant
Of Beauresard's army not annihilated, or
gone to Richmond. Pillow proposes, so
rumor says, to die in the last ditch there !;
but on which side of the earthworks the
ditch will be built, he has not yet deter
mined.
Gen Z. S. Grant and staff have arrived
in Memphis.
The federal forces are rebuilding the
railroads in Tennessee and Kentucky which
the rebels have destroyed, and the people
putting the facts in comparison, are fast
getting the art out Of their eyes.
Memphis is flooded with goods, and as
consequence prices are down to ruinous
figure.
The divisions Of Mcdowell, Fremont, and
Banks have been consolidated as the army
of Virginia, and Gen. Pope has been plac-
ed in command OF the whole. The coun.
try will hail this movement as good thing
for the country and bad thing on Stone
wall jackson.
The rebel naval committee declared the
bio wing up of the Merrimac as uncalled for.
In the impeachment case of Judge W.
NJ. Humphreys, the Senate declared him
guilty, and he was therefore removed from
the office of Judge of the District Courts
of western, middle, and east Tennessee,
and disqualified from holding any office of
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Gen. Fremont having been superseded
in command of his department by General
Pope, has resigned.
A strong force of rebel cavalry have cap.
tured the first train on the Memphis &
Charleston road, running to Corinth, kill
ing ten federals and capturing several off
GERS.
The st. Paul & Pacific Railr DAD is now
in running order from ST. Paul to St. An
thony, and is to be rapidly pushed on up
to St. Cloud. They Key City on her last
trip, took up the first passenger cars that
have been put upon thu road. OF course
the ST. Paul people are in ecstacies over the
event.
| Before the end Of the present year it is
estimated we shall have the most formida-
bic navy in the world
! Gov. Spraguc is determined to impose a
thorough military spirit into little Rhody.
He has recently advised the enrolling Of
every man in the commonwealth for a ma.
| tional Guard.
Well founded claims against the govern
ment have arisen to the amount Of over one
hundred million dollars for the seizure or
destruction of individual property.
There arc said to be ninety thousand
hogsheads of sugar in New Orleans Only
twelve hundred were destroyed by the rebel
mobs.