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The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-07-29
He HADN'T PLAYED, AND WoULDN'r Pa

lie HADN'T PLAYED, AND WoULDN'r PAY.
"A Canadian, who had won the distinc-
ton of being the champion of the cue"
on the Other side, came to this city one day
last week, pompous with successes, and big
with conceit, for he purpose Of "trying his
hand with the western champion, John
Seereter. He accordingly went to Mr..
Seercter's rooms and made known his in
tentions. Mr.. s., as matter of course,
accepted, and the two at once repaired to a
table for the purpose of a friendly contest
On "banking' for the first shot Seereiter
won, took his cae, counted, and continued
TO count until the gam was finished. The
astonished Canadian looked on with mingl.
ed admiration and wonder At the conclu-
sion of the game, the foreign gentleman
was about leaving the room crest. fallen,
and the conceit taken out of him, when
the boy who tends the tables politely in.
formed him that be had small account to
settle for the game just played The fellow
was taken somewhat by surprise, but soon
collected his scattered senses, and with tho
remark that he hadn't played any billiards
and consequently wouldn't pay, left the
room amid uproarious laughter Of those
present He will not, probably, care about
attacking Mr.. S. second time.-Dstroit
Free Press.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-07-29
a Rich Scene.

We yesterday heard Of serio comic in
| cident which occurred not hundred miles
from here, that must have been decidedly
| interesting to the parties concerned, and
| should prove a valuable story for the peru
sal of jealous husbands. The facts given,
are as follows:
One Of our mos: respectable citizens,
who is blessed with the prettiest and best
Of wiyes, and one little responsibility"
had been absent from hone for some days.
His spouse, during his absence, had dis
charged the servant girl AMI employed in
her place the wifi. Of soldier who had just
returned from the war.
The little woman being lonely in her
| husband absence, had induced the soldiers
wife to share her bed with her. On the
| loving husband rrturncd, the woman had >.
before retiring, been engaged in repairing
| her soger mans coat and had carelessly
thrown it upon chair in the sitting room..
| The anxious husblnd'S return about IL;
o'clock, and limited himself with his
night key, found everything quiet, and
| noiselessly struck a light, when the first
| thing that attracted his attention was the
soldier coat upon the ch,r near his wifes
bedroom. Instantly the green eyed mon.
ster Sc zed him, and stealthlly throwing the
light upon the bed, he saw his wife repos-
ing upon the same pillow with masculine
appearing person, the woman who was with
her wearing her hair shnglcd, and being
coarse featured.
He was for a moment transfixed with
| rage, but soon determined to wreck the d.
| rest vengeance upon the supposed guilty
pair. He soon procured deadly weapon,
and. with murder in his eye, advanced to-
ward the sleeping couple. At this juncture.
the soldiers wife awoke, and seeing the
to her er-strange man approaching with saw.
age aspect, jumped from the bed with
scream, made dash for closet where she
was for momen. safe. This Of course
awoke the wife. Her attempts to learn
what the trouble was were fruitess The
enraged husband would not listen. He
rushed to the ciaset and dragged forth the
trembling woman from her hiding place.
Upon bringing her to the light and discov-
ering her Sex, the scene may we'll be ina
ained, but we shall not undertake to des-.
cribe. -Elnira N. ~ Press
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La PAGE.

a Boy UERo-Our readers will remem
Der, says the Plymouth Roch, the incident
at the capture OF the U. S. steamship IIar
riet Lane, in Galveston harbor, of boy
coming on deck, when she was boarded by
the rebels, with revolver in each hand
and, after firing every barrel, finding the
vessel surrendered, threw his pistols over,
board, to keep them out of the hands OF
III rob is. His life was in dan Q from the
act, As a rebel soldier had sword uplfted
to cut him down for throwing away the
pistols, but was stopped by an officer.
All loyal citizens will rel ,ice to know
that boy of such fearless and lofty
spirit has been rewarded and placed in a
position where these qualities will have a
full chance Of development. By letter to
his son, from our townsman Capt Phineas
Leach, who is acting master on board the
receiving ship North Carolina, stationed in
New York harbor, where this young hero
was placed when released, we learn that
upon the act of this boy hero coming to the
notice Of the secretary Of the navy, that
officer issued a warrant of midShpman to
the boy, and gave orders for his admission
to the naval school at Newport.
BY the Kindness Of Capt. Leach's son
We are enabled to give the following infor
nation Of this young hero. His name is
Robert Cummings. lie was born in Scot
land, from which country he came with
his father and mother when he was five
years old. His father died about three
years after coming to this country, and
young Robert was obliged to help support
the family. He had not been at school
cin ho al
on board the Harriet Lane when thirteen
years old, (being now but fourteen leaving
a half pay ticket of five dollars per month
to his mother, wLo lives in Philadelphia.
Capt. Leach enclosed photograph OF
young Cummings, which we saw. He is a
slight built youth, small Of his age, with a
handsome, determined face and good head.
II he lives, and has an opportunity, We
doubt not that Robert Cummings will again
be heard from to his credit.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-07-29

UNMITIGATED MEANNEss.-lf there is
anything meaner than stealing copper;
from the eyes o. a dead negro, it is th>
sordid meanness manifested by the peopl.
of Gettysburg, Pa, to the brave Union boys
who came there to punish the plunderers
Of this wealthy locality and drive them
bowling towards Richmond. Dictates o1
the most common dccency would seem
to have impelled the citizens Of this locali
ty to welcome their delivercrs, and open
their storehouses to refresh item after their
severe three days fighting. On the contra.
ry, their stingy meanness and mean stin'
giness was manifested in a thousand ways.
Ten and fifteen cents were frequently charg-
ed per quart for milk, from one dollar to
one dollar aud half for loaf of bread,
and crowning act Of infamy--on one oc.
carton at least, trenty cents for u bandage
for acounded soldisr! The New York
Times is our authority for this, and we cau-
not rcpress a regret that Lees army did
not utterly strip these contemplate villains
Of everything plunderable, while they had
opportunity.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-07-29

Big CnARGE.-A long time ago, Elihu
was directed Ly his teacher to overlook
class reading a portion of Scripture in a
common school. The boys were reading
from Job, and "slow coach" had to be
prompted, which Ehhu did as follows:
"God smote job with sore boils."
The boy dragged out deliberately:
"God-sLot-.L6- seith-foAr-hall ~
Eiihu was struck dumb, aud could only
whisper in the boys ear:
at was devil OF charge wasn't it?'
The boy, mi>taking it for IA lesson. blurt--
ed out:
"H--acas-a -a-dsou-of- - charge -
,odsa't--it?'
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-07-29

1MPoRTANT.-The New York Court Of
Appeals has lately decided that man may
open his wifc's letter, but the woman shall
not open the husbands letters. The ground
for this important decision is that man
and his wife are one, and he only is tha,
one
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-07-29

CoTroN FROM UrAH.-The Daily Denve,
Ne,cs is responsible for the statement, tina,
thelargest freight train everseen crossing the
plains, passed Cottonwood a few days ago.
1t numbered five hundred wagons freight
ed with cotton from Utah for the States
We were not aware, heretofore that Utah
was so rich in her agricultural products.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-07-29

.Y- The Philadelphia Quakers have
manifested some lukewarmness in the mat
ter OF enl'sting. In times Of invasion
however, they should rember, despite Bul
wer's aphorism, that the principles of Penn
are not mighter than the vigorous blows
of the sword
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-07-29

az" A fellow in Galesburg put Grape on
the door Of his shop on hearing news of the
capture of Vicksburs. During some re
joicings that were indu'ged in by the citi
zens over the event his Grape suddenly dis
appeared-probnb!y carried away by a
torn ado
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-07-29

.T Some one who is very fond of lba
tons says in the eloquence of lofty sym.
pathy, when we reflect that lemons and
ice are essential to sherry cobblers, and
that lemons cost dollar and half apiece,
and ice cannot be had at any price, in
Charleston, the melancholy deprivation
of the rebels becomes apparent.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-07-29

ew""A friend Of mine,' said LORD
Erskine, "was suffering from continual
wakefulncss, and various methods were
tried to send him to sleep but IN vain.-
At last his physicians resorted to an expe
rment which succeeded perfectly. They
dressed him in watchman's coat, put a
lantern in his hand. placed him in sentry
box and he was asleep in ten minutes"
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-07-29

.w The President has recognized the
United States Of Columbia. The minister
who is to be received, Mr.. Murillo, was
formerly Minister to France from Columbia
He is gentleman Of great ability, noted
in his own country as publicst.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-07-29

A COOP NorE.-The best thing We have
ever heard from Henry Ward Beecher, is
one that has come from the other side Of
the water. While in England he was solic-
tied to preach on politics or lecture on the
same subject, and his reply to the iunkies
who were b b2zzing about him is worthy Of be
ing engraved: II am net here on a poll ical
mission, and so far from desiring to inhu,
ence public opinion in England concerning
America, care nothing about it,"
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-07-29
'-$g- In an old play, the undertaken

,fg- In an old play, the undertaken re
proves one of his mourners for laughing al
"A funeral, and says to him, "You rascal
y"n! | have been raising your wages
these two ears, upon the condition that
You should appear sorrow,ul and the
higher wages YOU receive, the happier you
look
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-07-29
McGREGOR, IOWA, WEDNESDAY,, JULY 49, 1863.
Poetry


"'Twas a fearful fight" the soldier said:
''Our Colonel was one of the first to fall,
Shot dead on the field ny rife ball
braver heart than his never bled."
group for the painters art were they:
The soldier wi; h SCARED and sunburnt face;
fair-haired girl. full of outh and grsce;
And her aged mether, wrinkled and gray.
These three in porch, where the sunlight came
Through the tangled leaves or the jesamne vine,
Spilling itself like golden wine,
And fecking the doorway with rings of flame
The soldier had stopped TO rest by the way
For the air was sultry with summer heat;
For the road was like ashes under the feet,
And . weary distance before him lay.
"Yes terrible fghr--our ensight was shot
As the order to charge was given the men,
When one from the ranks seized our colors and
lie, too, fell dead the self.same spot.
"a handsome boy was this last His hair
Clustered in curs round his noble brow.
can almost fancy see him now
With the scarlet stain on his face so fair.''
"What was his name, have you never heard!
Where was he from, this youth who fell?
And your regiment, stranger, which was it tell -
sour regiment 1t was the twenty third"
The color fed from the young girls cheek,
Leaving it white as the face Of the dead,
The mother lifted her eyes and said:
"Pity my daughter-in mercy speak -
81 never knew aught of this gallant YOUTH
The soldier answered. ''not even his name,
Or from what part Of our state he came,
As God IS above, speak the truth
''But when We buried dead that night
took from his hreas: this picture-see-
1t j. Ike him as like be:
Hold il this way, toward the light"
One glance and look half sad, half wild.
Passed DER her face which grew more pale,
Then passionate, hopeless, he art broken wall,
And the mother bent low Ger her PROSTATE child
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Dorlh aowa Times.
sa2i ioan y: 4: ASSSIek. IsSsE4; Editor.
TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM.
MCGREGOR, JULY 30. -: :: 1868

.N" The New York Herald is now buy.
ing printing paper for lls@l2 cts per lb.
ard all sellers must by and by come down
to this figure. How are you, paper manu-
facturer's combination?
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-07-29

.y- Henry Ward Beecher in his voyage
to Europe was ea-sick, and writes to the
independent
~ would not barter one square foot o
land for the fec simple Of the whole Allan
tic ocean! had rather be Napoleon or
Helena, than Nelson on his Conqueror -
Blessed he the land, and thrice blessed, and
the reverse on the sea- Amen"
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-07-29

cw"Is that sage cheese Of reflective
;urn?' asked DR.. Spooner of the provision
dealer mo sir; not mite," was the re-
ply.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-07-29

c1Y@ Laziness begins in cobwebs, and
ends in iron chairs.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-07-29

The Company reserve the right to change the above
Rates. when they may tn nix proper to do 80.
Communication Tickets for persons may be procured
from the Captain board at one half the above
rates, when One Dollars worth is purchased.
RH- When bill is offered for Ferria ce the usual
premium specie will be nvariably charged.
SUNDAY FERRY leaves Prairie du CHEN at 9, a. m .,
on the arrival of the train. and 5: 90 p. IN.
No persons except those who have pa~sess from the
proper au hority, will be carried free this Ferry
JOHN LAWLER, General Agent.
ii. SIlERW1N, Captain. 331tf
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-07-29

"Quick SAFES and Small Frcfts."
We have Just received a large stock of the best
quality of ilarn ess Leather which will be manuac
tured AS fast patronage requires. All who are
wanting thing in our line OF business, are earn
.sy iDyit ed to call ar our manufacturing establish
ment aud examine stock for themselves, before pur-
chasing elsewhere. o. KRAMER.
McGregor, April 81, 1853. Slltf
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-07-29
.MiSCeILEy1leOatS.
II, 3. GRAY,

II. B. GRAY,
Clerk District Court Attorney and Counselor at Law,
and Solicit in Chancery. Mason City, Cerro Gordo
county Iowa VIII attend pr omptly to any business
pertaining to the Practic. of Law in the l1th Judicial
district Iowa. will examine Titles, pay Taxes, sell
Lands &c The best Of References cheerfully givent
October 9th, l86ltf
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KEY CITY HOUSE,
Corner Of Main and Third Streets,
DUBUQUE,.... .......... ..IoWA.
RUSS X JONES. Propretors.
no253tf
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MARTIN HOUSE,
Main Street ,..............E Elkader, Iowa
J. MARTIN, Proprietor.
Tables supplied with the est the country affords
aJ- Convenient to this House. the Proprietor has
Livery Stable we'll stocked with feet horses and good
carriages. noZootI
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CRAWFORD HOUSE,
~. MCRAwFoRD Prep.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-06-17
Richmond and its Inhabitants.

The correspondent of the World, just
returned from Richmond, says that be-
fore leaving he had the freedom OF the ci-
ty, and found it quite gay, with far less
militarp display than in Washington
The scarcity of able-bodied men was not
noticed there as throughout the country.
The streets were filed with fashionable
promenaders, elegantly dressed, but IN
two year old fashions. Few, or no
drunken people were seen, and no drunk
en- soldiers. The rebels were altering a
tug IN the canal, apparently with the
view of arming her. The suburbs of the
city contain large number of comforta-
bic hospitals, where the wounded seem to
be well cared for. Hewas in the Capitol.
which retains its usual dingy appearance;
but Congress had taken a recess. The ordi-
nary blocks of stone around the park are
used for Department buildings. In spite
of the rlvages of war, the city still looks
charming, and little general distress is ap-
parent. The style of living among all
classes Is remarkably fast, and money
flowed with reckless extravaganza. The
Fnench lady Zarvona was there, and
quite number of foreigners, particular
ly Englishmen, were seen in the streets
The rebels still lamented the death of
jackson. They insisted that Lee was the
greatest of living generals, and spoke
highly of their confidence in Johnston
Van Dorn's staff had published card de-
nying that domestic difficulties in DR.. Pc
ters' family had anything to do with the
assassination of their General The feud
between Bragg and Breckenridge is still
progressing, but seemed to excite little
attention. No complaints were made
against the conscription law, and all
spoke as if every man in the country re-
garded himself as a soldier. Virtually,
however, the conscription law is done
with, as it has already into the army
their whole available strength. The hope
of foreign recognition seems abandoned,
but all parties were confident of final sue
cess. They were wonderfully jubilant
over Charlottesville, and no fear for fu-
ture movements on the Rappahannock.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-06-17
Cromwell on Destructive Conserva-
tiSm.

In speech to Parliament in 1866, the
great Protector, defending his administra-
ton, touched upon doctrine which is
popular just now with the friends of Sc
cession and the enemies of the national
life, and exposed its fallacy, almost as if
by anticipation:
If nothing should ever be done, "said
he, but what Is according to law the
throat of the nation may be cut while we
send for some to make a law. Therefore,
certainly it is pitiful beastly notion to
think, though it be for ordinary govern
ment. to live by law and rule; yet, if
government, in extraordinary circumstan-
ces, 90 beyond the law, even for self-pres-
ervation, it is to be clamored at, and blat-
tered at, extraordinary remedies may be
applied. And | must say, do not know
one action of this government, no not
one, but it hath been in order to the
peace and safety of this nation"
Madison, in one of the Federalist pa
pers, gave utterance to following senti-
ment, which is particularly applicable to
the Rights of the People" shriekers of
the present time =
''The vigor of government is essential
to the security of liberty; in the contem
plation of a sound and well informed
Judgment, their interests can never be
separated and dangerous ambition more
1ften krks behind the spscious mask OF zeal
for tie rights Of tie people, than under the for
budding appearances Of zeal for the .hraness
md ebfcieHeyof the gSvsrRment."
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-06-17
But Two Sides.

The bloodthirsty gangs of roNdies, trai-
tors and demagogues, who hold meetings
like the Vallandigham assembly in this
city and the Fernando Wood peace
Convention" in New York, are forcing
upon every man in the nation the issue
of loyalty or rebellion. There can be
but two sides in this fearful conflict. A
man Is either a patriot, upholding the
Government and the flag, at all hazards,
or he is a traitor, and as such worthy of
Punishment or death. The sooner the
line is irrevocably drawn, the better it
will be for the country and the world
In the border States every mans position
is getting to be understood, and every
body can see that, come what may, those
States will remain loyal. In the more
northern commonwealth loyalty is a thou
sand times stronger than treason, as will
be seen the moment the line is sharply
and distinctly drawn.
The Administration may learn lesson
from these reasonable gatherings. They
would not have been held if the Govern
ment had displayed half the energy that
was within the grasp of the Administra-
ton. We might this day have twice as
large an army in the field as there is now
on foot, and northern treason might have
been quelled long since, if traitors had
been promptly and vigorously arraigned,
convicted, sentenced and punished.
Every demagogue in the land viii
bully the Government if he thinks the
is afraid to punish him. and
leniency defeats its own object.
However, these recent reasonable assem-
blages should warn the Government to
more intense activity, and that if that
should be their effect, no patriot need re-
gret that they have been heidi Phaadel-
phia Bulletin.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-06-17
American Soldiers.

If anything were needed to show the
pluck and endurance of American SOL
diers, it,would be found in the struggles
now going on at Vicksburg and Port Hud-
son. We speak of besieged as well as be-
siegers for they are all Americans, and,
fighting in a common cause as one army,
they might defy the world. The works
at both places are very strong, probably
as strong as those of Sebastopol, to re-
duce which it took the allied armies about
one year. Our armies under Grant and
Banks have fought several battles before
their respective objects of attack, and
have suffered terribly. The attempt to
carry by assault the works which have
been strengthened by every conceivable
contrivance of modern warfare, was bold
and it has failed, thus far, both at Vicks-
burg and Port Hudson. But the armies
are undaunted, and they are resolutely
working to carry the places by slower but
surer means The bravery of the soldiers
has never been surpassed, and we have
no doubt that it will triumph, and that
we shall soon be able to announce the
capture of Viclzsburg and Port Hudson,
and the re-opening of the Mississippi riv-
er, never to be closed again by rebel bat
teries.