The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1862-04-23

soon as the receding water will permit, an,
make it freshet proof. :. Capt. Newcom,
Of Co. + Sd Iowa, who resigned his com
mand in consequence Of i'll health, arrived
at McGregor on Friday, on his way home
From him We learn that the casualties o
Co. IF" at the battle of ~Pittsbure are a.
follows :-Filel, VIM. Marsh, T. j. Fen
ton, G. E. Merchant, d. NJ. Brown. Wound
ed, a. j. Henderson, Henry Jones, L. Nc
Comber, J. j. Eagle, Chas. Clark, VIM
Cox, all severely; Jacob Swank, j. s
Downs, Walstein Davis, E. II. Kinyon
slightly, j. e. Murphey, missing The
casualties OF Co. ID" from Winneshiek
county are stated thus KILLED, Hans II.
Stevlson. Wounded. Capt. Z. L.. Weiser
and Sergeant Calvin Brown, Geo. D. Cul.
yer, Edward Knapp, j. s. Dasken, Henry
II. Sheldon, slightly; Corporal Horace L.
Crandall, knut Knudson, Hans Gulbron.
son, Peter B. Halvcrson, severely. Capt
N. confirms our impressions that General
Grant is responsible for the surprise of
our army on Sunday, which night and
Buell. coming on, only prevented from be-
coming a terrible defeat, and that all the
time our forces were engaged, he had no
definite plans Of battle, and therefore was
not orly culpablc but responsible for the
terrible loss Of life we have sustained. !.
d. d. w. Carver, formerly Of the iIuteui
yencer, Charles City, called upon us Oh
Friday Of last week. Capt. Sladdcn fur,
nished the News this week the following
list Of killed, wounded and missing in Co.
"C' 81 Iowa at the battle Of Pittsburg -
hated-B. McLoon; wounded Capt. ID.
Leftinswell slightly; was the first man
knocked down. UIounded seriousl AL
fred Mitchell, Bill Dcnnison, Jas. Gcmmcll,
G. Goodwin, John Stamn', Levy Minisk,
Geo. Wentz, Sers't Sparks, Thco. McI.oon,
-Thein, shot through the leg. Missing,
Neader and Van Dyke. Capt. Lefiingwell,
We understand, was struoA in the pit Of
the stomach by spent shell, which threw
him of his pins, but fortunately did no,
seriously injurc him. Sam. IIaislet,
wcll-known to all Of our citizens, has gone
into the tactical business, as succ, ssor to A.
Brainard. Sam deserves to coin a mint of
money. Atwood has opened an apple
stand on the corner by Rublc's Agricultu-
raj Ware Rooms. His fruit is nice, well
assorted, and clean as roses just bathed in
heavy dcws... We have noticed large
inc-tonvd bell at the Commission House
Of Bass & Elmendorf, destined to wake
the echoes Of Old Mission, Iowa. The
boats Of the Northern Line appear 10 be
doing fine business. The Uapkeye from
ST. Louis, on her way up Saturday after
noon last, lay at our levee quite half an
hour dscharging fSr G. G. Cone, Benton
Brothers & Co., L. Bowen & Son, Bass &
Elmondorf, r. Y. Cory, G. Kolm, and
others. The packets in the Dunleith line
arc bringing down immense quantities Of
wheat for the Milwaukee 4 Prairie du Chen
Railway. The steamer Wilraukee lay six
hours at the Railway ware house on Mon
day p. IN. discharging wheat. G. Doug
lass, came up from Illinois, on the Hack.
rye on Tuesday. What was McGvgor's
loss in his absence, has been his gais--in
weight. The Sucker State came down
from Fort Smelling or Monday noon with
all her flags flying and all three Of her
decks and wheel houses swarming with the
greater portion Of the 4th Minnesota rcgi-
ment Of 1890 men, and the 2d Minnesota
battery of $50 men-all hardy, tough,
sinewy fellows, who would be ugly fellows
to handle in fight. They 60 to St. Louis
and. thence to the seat of war--evcrybody
knows where that is =. Tn: "a, Sd, 9th,
9TH, 9Th, 18th, 18th, 18th, l4,h, 18th, and
10th Iowa regiments, are either at Pittsburg
Landing or prisoners at Corinth. No
troops fought better, and thousands of Iowa
families mourn loved ones, injured or
killed in that cventful engagement. :.
....Capt Geo. Rising is the owner and
master Of the steamer Eureka and seems
to have his hands full of business. S:rves
him right, good fellow as he is. George
is all right" Mcrwin & Shoemaker have
nearly completed a fine hearse on which
they have expended much time and money
These gentlemen, we understand, propose
to undertake the business of undertakers,
and VIC are glad that the business is be
lodged in suck worthy hands i. =. The La
dies Sanitary Society Of this city have been
doing great and good work in relieving
the wants and necessities of the sick and
wounded Iowa soldiers. A few days since
they sent off box with $4,000 worth of
supplies, and on Tuesday of this week,
knowing the Association TO be grealH-n
need Of fluids they forwarded all the money
on hand, little more than $4,000. They
are still anxious to do all they can in this
great humanitarian worL, and we are, au-
thorized by Mrs. Remick. the President,
to state that contributions Of money or
material to be made up, if left ut Mrs
kenedy's, on Main street, will be thankful
~ received. An alarm of fire" oirMon-
day night, produced intense excitement in
town. The fire however, was soon .discoy-
cred to be nothing more than the. burning
of chimney Of Mr.. Durham S brick.build.
ing, on Main street, between Sd and 4th
-. The federal tax bill imposes tax Of
$500 upon every dog. We hope the levy
upon this species Of property will soon be
made in McGregor.
eW Not long ago, We had imperative
business which detained one of us in the