The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-03-11

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limitation at three minutes past 10 o'clock
on "Wednesday last, the Senate was i'm.
mediatclv called to order and tho new Sen.
itors sworn in for the extra session. The
appropriations of this Congress are a. fol.
lows: extra session held July 1861, $685..
900, 900; long session ending July 18th.
1852, $4,000. 900 short session ending
March 4th, 1863, $1,000, ooO, Ooo-to,al
1922, 100000.
The House bill to organize tho new ter.
ritory Of Utah has become law.
1t is generally believed that the Indian
ola vas unnecessarily surrendered. and
fears arc entertained that treachery did the
business q
The editorial Office of the Crisis newspa
per, at Columbus, Ohio, was demolished by
$50 soldiers on Thursday nigh: Of last
week. Is it not time government should
begin to take some notice OF these soldier
mobs.
All the emancipation bills failed of pas.
sage ny the late Congress.
The 9Th Iowa cavalry arc to be sent to
Fort Randall for garrison duty.
The rebel steamer Nashville got aground
recently in the Ogechee river, near Savan.
nah and was destroyed by our iron clad>.
There is some prospect Of muss in
@Jtsh growing up between Gov. Harding
and the saints" on account Of the Cover
nor's disposition to enforce the an,i.poly.
gamy act Of Congress. ,...,f
A serious riot occurred in Detroit on the
9th. A negro who had committed gross
outrage upon Il white gill was being taken
to Jail under military escort, when crowd
attempted rescue and were freI upon
and one killed and several wounded. The
crowd then vented their revenge upon col.
ored people residing in the vicinity of the
Jail, and burned seeeral houses after cl an
ing them out. Ten or fifteen lives were
lost among tire col"red population. The
military finally quclled the mob.
Fur hundred desertcrs from Gen. Hook
er's army have been sentenced to hard la
Dor during the residue Of their enlistment
Gen. R,sseau has obtained leave to or
ganiz. a corps Of 10000 mounted men,
equipped like rebel troops under Morgan
and Forrest.
The Brooklyn Eagle states that the off
GERS Of tho goth New York regiment have
rendered their resignation in co,,ss quence
Of their inability to conscienciously carry
out an order which virtually wages war
against urotfendng women and children,
and known Union citizens, Initiating as it
does, that ind Of war are that has cast on
our enemies the stigma of all civilized ma.
tons.
Another disgrac.ful affair to our arms
has Just TRANSFERRED. On the 9Th the rebels
succeeded in drawing the forces under
Col. Colburn, consisting Of the 22d Wis
conSin, SD and 35th Indiana, 18th Mich
isan regiments Of infantry, 9th Penn, and
I'd Michigan cavalry, and one Ohio battery
into trap. Our men fought brav,ly but
were ou'flanked, aud whipped. Marty all
the infantry acre Killed, scounded, or
captured The cavalry and artillery es
capped. The affair occurred at Franklin,
Tenn. Mach censurc is placed upon Col.
Gilbert, who was near, yet failed to rein
force Col. Colburn.
There is a current rumor in Washington
that Admiral Wilkes with four war stsa,u.
rrs had run the Alabama into port on
Caymen Island. Wilkes will have fame
enough for himself and posterity should
he capture her.