Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1863-05-16
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oEHERAL NhWs.
Henry Ward Beechsr 10 said to have
become somewhat worn down By consssn,
hard work, and the trustees Of his church
have voted to give him four months leave
Of absence from the 6rst Of June next,
the time 10 Be- spent 10 Europe, and bic
society paying the expense.
The Treasury Department he's stopped
printing Postage Currency. Hereafter,
all that 10 taken in BY the Government
will b destroyed, and new sheets Issued
when wanted.
The government, through Gen. Grant,
has donated 70 Mrs. Wittemyer, Agent
for the State Of Iowa, fourteen bales OF
cotton, the proceeds Of which are to b
used 10 procuring Sanitary Stores.
Gen. Baker hos received 500 Garabaldi
rides With sword bayooets. together vi,b
al the accoutremen thereto pertaining
Il is presumed that these are for the use
Of the 7th Cavalry.
It is stated that 2l7 members Of the ID
Iowa Regiment have been commissioned
into other regiments
Work has been CONNIE need on tho .ele.
graph line from Burlington to Ostanwa.
The line will probably b completed By
the last Of June.
10. ruE PooR IxDlAx.-Last night the
steamer Davenport passed down with some
765 Indians. mostly women aud children,
on board. They are principally Siouxs,
and are bound for their new homes 10
Dakota Territory; they are doubtless re.
moved from Minnesota 70 save their lives
The Northerner will be along this eve.
ming with about ~ many mors.-Nusca
tine Courier.
WEsrEEx 1owA.-Thers is no country
in the wide world that now holds out
greater inducements to the emigrant than
Western Iowa. The soil 10 rich aud for.
tile, producing everything that can be
grown in any part OF the known world
Farms can now be purchased cheaper
than ever before. Ito railroad facilities
will soon compare favorsbly with many
portions Of Illinois and ito suprsm ICY
above that State in health, and the gener.
81 goodness Of its soil, and ito adaptation
to growing stock Of all kinds 10 without .
parallel in any country. Come one come
oil to this land Of promise.- County
Gazette.
Senator Chand|er has received authori.
~ from the administration 10 raise regi
me"s Of negroes in Michigan. !. it un.
derstood that each negro, in addition to
signing the muster roll, will DO required
TO sign the Temperance piedge.-C Chicago
Post.
This 10 merely . precautionary meas-
ure-designed TO protect the comm anding
officer from being tapped BY missske for
. whiskey panebeon.
With reference to the vrrious govern.
msnt expenses against the Indians, Brig.
ham Young Gays: ! will, comparatively
speating, take one plug Of tobacco, I
shirt and three cents worth Of paint, and
ssss more lives and hinder more Indian
deprsdations than they can by expending
millions Of dollars vested 10 % army 70
6ght and till the Iodians."
II 10 reported that the War Department,
has been put in possession, through the
agency Of the Mcdowell Commission, And
By other means. Of evidence strongly sus'
tanning sgainst several officers in the
Western armies, the most serious CHARGE,
particularly shat Of having sold their col.
orsd servants and other men who havs
bsen freed By the Predicate Proclaua'
ton, for cotton and money. ~....
A New Hampshire school committee
have been bringing > youthful school
master TO book for teaching the young
idea how to shoot" in style not conssm
plated in biz engagement ~ psdagogus
The committee cay in The report that "had
b been older. he void have learned shsi
kissing the young lady pupils in open
school u an exercise NOT recommended By
oar comoon school regulations. and ons
not litly 70 b appreciated b. shs psopl'
| Of the district"
Col Lawson was rsseatly captured ia
Missoari b baod Of rebsls. They con
eludsd 70 les him 20, aud, - they could
not Ssad y write, b wrote bic swn parole
IL which b proaissd nsves - tahs 81
! srns sgsinst The Uuitsd States.