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The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-04-22

| News and Items.
The removal of the Minnesota Indiana
has been commenced. They will Dedicated
on tract near. Fort Ran dali, on the upper
| Missouri river. -u-.s
Gen. Foster, having been reinforced by
glnboat which ran by the rebel batteries,
is still holding out against the rebels. lie
is one Of the most plucky men in the army
of the Union. -.' : -. : "."
Capt. A. G. Webster, of the Union army
| has been hung in Richmond, on what
grounds We know not lie met his fate
with great fortitude.
JEFF. Davis recommends the rebel Con-
grcss to sequester the interest Of northern
capitalists in southern telegraph lines to
the amount Of $3,737 500. 81.
A Richmond journal says Grants and
Roscscran's armies are about to form a
junction at or about jackson, Miss, to
move to Vicksburg from that direction. The
Richmond Dispatch admits bad defeat Of
IcSVan III AeNtuCky.
Prince William II, son of Primo, Chris.
tan, Of Denmark, says foreign intelligence,
has been proclaimed king Of Greece.
Admiral Farragut has made stringent
blockade OF the Red river, the source from
whence the rebel army gets most Of its sub
sistence.
1t is stated that Gov. German has made
application to be placed in command of
negro brigade, and that many officers who
have denounced the arming Of negroes are
now earnestly in favor of such proceedings.
About l o'clock Of the 10th, a mob OF
40 men armed with revolvers took two
dcscrters from the hands Of an officer, at
Anna station, on the Illinois Central Rail-
road. Subsequently the same mob pur-
sued Mr. W clch, one Of the men who ar.
rested the descrters, and after wounding him
with shot beat him to death with stones
This is an outrageous violation o. law,
which should bring the sevcrest punish.
ment known to our statutes, upon the
guilty.
The Spanish Mission, it is said, has been
ten dered to Governor Curtin, Of Pennsylva-
ria.
There has been a reduction in Wclland
canal tolls on wheat equal to 20 per cent
Work is being vigorously prosecuted on
the Duckshot canal, which is the new cut
off for Vicksburg.
The Lady franklin brought up $50 bales
ofcotton from Memphis for Cincinnati.
The Richmond papers of the 9Th, con
tain dispatch from Charleston to the Ct
feet that our entire iron clad fleet had
weighed anchor and gone southwark.
Their destination is supposed to be Port
Hudson or Vicksburg.
The steamer Priorcss was burned on the
10th one mile below Cincinnati Boat and
cargo total loss; no insurance.
The city of Juarez, Mexico, is invested
by the French.
The revolution has broken out afresh in
Poland, and the nobility, middle classes
and peasants are all enlisted The rcvolu.
ton has heretofore failed to enlist the peas
antry.
The British man of.war Orpheus has
been wrecked on New Zealand. One hund.
red and eighty officers and men were drown.
cd; seventy were saved.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-04-22

Mr. II. C. HOPKINS Dear Sir Tho
American Cooking Stove obtained from
you has given full satisfaction in every
particular. Mrs. G. thinks it the perfec.
ton of cooking stoves. As baker we
have never had its equal indeed, for all the
uses Of stove, it has always been just the
thing. The arrangements for draft. for
boiling, for ashes, and the perfect fitting
Of every part, after . trial Of over seven
months, equal every expectation that we
had hoped for.
Yours truly, GEO. NJ. COLGATE.
AcGregor, April LIST, 1858. =
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-04-22
Weather, Markets, sc.

w C&SAAASAs 4vA3sX1AClos &C
Since our last issue the weather hi been
very fine. On Monday and Monday night
a much needed rain washed the face OF ma.
ture heisaboues, "i,ivt, eIe this had been
getting very dusty, and since then the air
has been cooler.
The markets arc becoming more and more
lively. We quote Mol, 95@9s; No. 2,
s5@ss rejected, 7507s. Receipts OF
wheat arc much better than for several
weeks past.
In Milwaukee, Tuesday p. M, gold ruled
at STAG, whcat-No. !, SLOT; No. 2,
Sl.l6.
The river is rising very fast and the RATS
begin to run down quite freely. Deliveries
Of freight by railroad and steamboat arc
heavy; and the levee is crowded with mer.
chandise, drays, and wagons.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-04-22

OuGur TO REslox.-Thcrc are dozen
Major Generals in the army who ought to
resign, because they have been Withdrawn
from work. Among the most prominent
Of these are Clay, Fremont, Pope, and Nc
Clellan. We hold that whenever the gov.
eminent relieves an officer from service lie
should promptly resign.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-04-22
SALE OF REAL ESTATE
State of IJ,o0. CLautoo r.untu.. E.s


NOTICE is hereby given, that by virtue OF q spec.l
execution, issued nom the Office Of the Clerk Of
the District Court 81 Clayton county, Iowa and to
me directed in favor Of Elizabeth Powell anu sesinst
George D. Gardner. Ann g. Mc,irexor. aud Duncan
Ms, executors OF tho estate OF Alex. Me-
Oregon dsceasc |, aud Ann @. Mc7regor drf.n tants
dated the nth day Of April 1868, and by virtue
OF sad special execution, have levied upon the Real
Estate described in said execution as follows 10 wi.
The ndiv ded three OF the basil Gard tract
NUMBER one, AS known and designated ON the United
Staios plat. surveys, in township number ninety
nsrth OF Range three AMI four ws; OF thu 5th =. ~
IN clayton county Iowa. aud b, v'rtse f,.d special
execution, will on the ed day OF May A. D. lS63
IL. front door OF the Court House. in tho town OF
hlkader county and state aforesaid, at the hour II
one o'clock, NJ. Of that day, sell ut public auction
Tor cash. all the estate, right, title and interest OF said
DESCENDANTS IL and to the above described real estate
or 50 mu.h thereof may be nece.s 20 sati. ~
ss'd execution for the sum Of &5l2O) ave ,hou.aud
one hundred and twenty dollars, eighty aud 5o.lOO
1os1s coss SUI Ill interest aud costs that have or
may accrue thereon. JOHN CARRIER,
sheriff. q. u Iowa,
Dy n. ". FUTILE, Deputy.
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AN IDEA FOR THE SANITARY Soc,r-x

AN IDEA FOR THE SANITARY SOCIETY,"
\ letter from Lieut.. Omstcad of the 27th
Iowa to his sister, has been placed in our
hands. It corroboratcs all that Captain
Dr'ps has said relative to the sanitary so.
-slety, in that nearly all the heroic efforts
OF the patriotic ladies OF Iowa arc rendered
imperative for good t. the soldiers. In
view OF these things VIC suggest that pack
ngcs got up by the sanitary societies Of
Clayton county, hereafter be sent direct to
the captains Of companies. In this way
only does there seem to be any reasonable
hope that our brave Iowa soldiers will re-.
eeiye any Of the good things their kind
friends ct home prepare for them
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-04-22

ERRArux.-Last week in publishing the
result Of the election for city officers, we
gave the following as the vote for Mayor: -
Jno. T. Stoneman, l79; d. Lefingwcll,
176. The figures should have been thus !:
Jno. T. Stoneman, 1917, D. I.efingwell,
Ire.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-04-22

InE HYDRoPATnIc, .MsrHoD. Chi.
ergo F6st says, "a great many different
-medes 0ftreating the rebels, and the rebel
lion. have been proposed, and when history
shall come to speak Of them We shall prob
ably have Gen. Grants mode at Vicksburg
set down Is the hydropathic Treatment"
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-04-22
-. The Sioux City Req

81 The Sioux City Register states that
tho programme Of the expedition against
sha Indians "contemplates movement di-.
rcctIy up the river and upon both sides, by
the troops under command of Ger. Cook"
The forces organized in Minnesota will
pfccesd westwardly qin the direction Of
Devils Lake.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-04-22
CITY ORDINANCE.

DEG ordained BY the Town Couacii Of McGregor
ID That Lindsey Seal, be and hereby il appointed
Treasurer OF the Town Of Mctircgsr for the A. D.
1868. JOHN r. SLOVENIAN,
Mayor Of kcGrtgor
Attsst--Leuus D.xrox, Recorder.
April %, lS63u3iOwl
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-04-22

WT The Madison Evening" Journal
en- Monday commenced tho issue of q
o'clock edition, to accommodate it's west.
Urn subscribers. 1t is p7aiscworthy en-.
iespsiSs.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-04-22

GOOD Dwelling teuse, convenient to the bu.i
IA ness part Of the ci'v. Inquire at
HAMMERSLOUGH BROS.
NcGrcgor, April 20, lS63n34V
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-04-22

unOwAkDS ASSOCIAIION,P bslaAeiphis--to
u the K.i.f efths Sick and Distress.d, afflicted
utth Yirulsnt and CAr0nic Disease, and especialy
Diseases efthS Syxual Organs.
Medical Advice given drafts by the Acting Surgeon
Valuable REPORTS on 6PERMATOkRI0A or
SEMINAL WEAKNESS. and other Dsesses 81 the
Sexual Organs, and ON the NEW REMEDIES employ
ed IN the Dspenssry, cent In sealed letter envelopes,
free OF charge. Address
-" Dr. j. sKiLLIN HoU0uTON,
81 Howard Association,
Hs.1 esRb Siuth e., Pbiiadsirbis, r..
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-04-22
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
Recruiting Office.

0tAPT. SAMUEL GILBERT. Of the Ind Iowa Cav.
~ airy has opened Recruiting Once In his city.
nearly oppo.ite ,hi. ethcs where he will be tound
ready to receive all who wish to their
try in a we.l-known Regiment Tsis Regiment has
been in the neld for nearly two years.
Every man recruited, Il entitled to q
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-04-22
Bounty or 800.

Two months sdvanc, pay. s2s. and premium Of
81 90. Total, bounty and advance pay. &l2s 90.
Subsistence, outht. and pay frsM day Of enlistment.
NcGrsgor, April 20, lS63,340tf F
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-04-22
.4...s..~ Notice
or THE FORMATION or TIE
Iowa Land Company.
A CORPORATION has been formed under the
"A LAWS OF tho Sta OF Iowa, under the name Of
the
N0,n.>

Having it, incipal place Of tran.sctig business At
McGregor Iowa.
aud sale Of Real Estate ia the state Of Iowa. The
amount OF Capital stock authorized. is million
dollars divided into shares Of hundred dollars
each The Corporation COMMANDED business on the
lr.t day OF January, 4. D. 1868 and i to continue
twenty years from its organization. The affairs of
the company, to be condustca by Hoard Of three
Director, consisting OF the President Vice President
and Secretary, majority Of whom shall constitute
quorum for business They to be che.en annually
after the first day OF January, A. D. 1868. by the
stockholders. The largest amount Of indebtedne =,
liability. to which the corporation l. At any time to
subject ltslE l. not TO exceed oneourth Of shc
tho9issd capital sock. The private property OF the
stockholders shall bs exempt om the payment Of
corporate debts. L. y. COLLINS, Secretary. T.
April Is, ls63o3l0w4
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-04-22
1T the Baptist Church !!
Observation-Disclosures:
Organized in 1916.

Owing to previous engagements, they can remain
positively ONLY fNE NIGHT.
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We pledge all who 60, that they shall hear
some splendid music. 4..
1T is an old and accepted axiom in pro
verbs that q ''new broom sweeps Clean"
We hope therefore that our new ard worthy
Mayor and Marshal, will see to it that old
woodpiIcs, dlapidated wagons, in the
streets, and dry goods boxes, lstchless
gates, and other plumber may be removed
Our streets and walks are narrow at the
best, and it is an imposition on tho public
that they be ''cluttcred' up so as to make
them still more narrow and intricate.
p. S.-Wc observe with pleasure, since
the above was written, that the work has
commenced.
The summer time table Of the Milwau.
kee & Prairie du CHEN Railway went into
effect on Monday of this week. There are
now two daily trains out and in; the mail
and day express, departs $50 .. M, and
arrives at Milwaukee, 4:30 p. IN. night ex.
press leaves $50 p. IN. and arrive at Mil
waukec 400 a. m. Trains coming this
way leave Milwaukee 1920 a. m and 900
p. m, arrives 6:2O p. m, and 10 o'clock, q.
m. This arrangement is very good. and
we trust will remain unchanged throughout
the season. The reader will observe that
the time between Prairie du Chen and
Milwaukee is reduced to eight hours, in.
Guiding refreshments ct Madison, for which
twenty minutes are allowed.
The splendid steamer Key City, of the
Dunleith Line, Jones Worden Captain,
Len W. Eldred, clerk in Office, Mr.. Cooley,
second clerk. John Gorruch and John
NOEL, pilots, Sam. Young, LIST mate, and
| K. sunderlin, steward, took her placs IN
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-04-22

place Of probably 200 p.ople. Encamped
near the town are, or were, six Michigan
regiments, FIVE Kentucky, 10th N. Y.-thc
Northumberland battery; all good
troops. Four Of the Mich and the 10th
N. Y, are brigade of Burnside's men,
Lebanon is an important point now, there
being large amount of supplies at that
point. 4 1tE
Yesterday, there was q most dissraceful
affair enacted. The 18th and 22d Mich.
regiments were ordered to Murfrcesboro,
they struck tents and proceeded to, the
Depot, where transportation was waiting
on their passage through the street, Capt.
Of the 18th KY, stepped up to negro ser.
want OF Capt. Kimber, Of Co. !. 22d Mich.
and tried to force him away with him. The
Captain interfered and told him he could
not have him. They reported the matter
to General Munson, commanding the post,
who came down to the seat Of war and or.
dered Col. Doolittle, Of the 18th, who
commanded the brigade to surrender nil the
niggers in the regiments. The Col. told
him he should not do it, as he had no right
to. lie then told the General the history
Of the Niger, which was that his master,
. secessionist, had given the slave boy to
Bragg, and the boy ran away and wanted
to 60 with this regiment. The General
| said Il made no difference he must Oiv. him
and all others up. lie replied, he would
not. The General then ordered out the
18th Ky. in line Of battle, ordered them to
fix bayonets and load he also ordered out
the 9th and 18th Ky. cavalry, and posted
them in the rear. He then telegraphed to
Gen. Wright Of Louisville who ordered the
18th and 22d to await orders. They wait.
ID until n'sht-no order eomins-Geu.
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-08-17
ALL SORTS OF PARAGRAPHS.

The administration ~ Washington sre more
just and generous towards General Grant than
towards General Mcclellan. They have prompt
ly published General Grants report Of his opera
tons in the capture Of Vicksburg. They with
hold General McClellsn's report Of his battles
and campaigns in Virginia and Maryland.
Farther reliable from Penusyl
wanna demonstrates that a large part of the lead-
Ing Republicans will not support Curtin for Gov
ernor at the next election.
The commutation money paid by drafted
men will amount. il j. supposed. TO some forty or
fifty millions Of dollars throughout the country.
Military men in Washington are astohished
10 find from General Grants report that less than
a thousand men we're killed IN his five battles.
Many persons have claimed that il was the Presi-
dent, and not General Grant. who originated the
idea Of taking Vicksburg.
-FRoN THE FROM The latest news from the
front represents all quiei there. the terrible heat
OF the weather alone being quite sufficient cause
nor nOn-actiOn. Meantime, however, every thing is
kept in fighting trim Officers find il as difficult
TO get furioughs as if they might be called into
action the next hour, and everything indicates
that the discipline Of the army is admirably main
tanned When an army is in this excellent train
ing shall have its ranks filled up with the new
men now rapidly reaching it, We may be assured
that no army JEFF. Davis can raise will be able
to oppose It's progress towards the very center OF
the rebeilion.- Washington Star. August IL
The worst raids for the nation is niger
aids.
ARTIFICIAL IcE-A great degree Of cold is
produced by a mixture OF s~altpeter AMI Glauber
stults, and there are now manufactured ia Eng
land and exported to India, &c, in large quaint
tie. chemical mixtures known as freezing powder.
by mean Of which five pounds oi rough ice can
be produced in fifteen minutes. at a cost OF about
Al per pound This powder, introduced into a
little machine, invented by the same person, may
be used upon the table TO ice wine or water with
the gHe,test celebrity. A bottle of champagne
NAV be ICED in ten minutes for 81. So great is
the intensity OF the cold produced. that the spark
ling contents of the bottle may be actually trans
formed into a SpOngy mass.
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-08-17
"Piain and to the Point

On the 18th of j une last, over the signature OF
j. e. WALKER. appeared a letter in the Sentinel
defending his conduct az an officer of the army.
In that letter appeared the following in reference
to the editor OF the indianapolis Daily Journal,
BERRY r SULGRovE:
81 have a iew words to say to the editor of the
Journal, to whose malicious assaults the reader
l. Indebted tor this letter. Conceived" as he
was lin sin. and brought forth in iniouity, 3" it is
but natural that the emenations OF his brain
should be as Legitimate as the off, spring of his
body. He is a III person 10 edit the organ OF a
hybrid party his paper represenis-a party which
has no parallel IN history for the wickedneSs OF
its designs. or the terrible consequences of its
acts. > = Let us hope that the editor of the
Journal may become degenerate in his latter days.
and use the intellect inherited through an irregu
lar process for the diffusion of truth Instead OF
falsehoOd."
We now use the words OF the said SULGRovE
as n fitting commentary upon the foregoing. and
ask him TO face the music:
"The facts and the inference here are rather
unpleasant things 10 face. We spare comment
when there is only one thing to be said. and that
is what everybody will say. The Journal, in
roofing around for party capital, has run its
snout against a very unpleasant spike. 1t can't
back out with credit, or 20 ahead without break
ing its neck. In that predicament. we leave it,
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-08-17

pscted to be most btter, we found the feeling
still more remarkable. Not only At every house
thee visited. did Gen p nks and his party receive
III that unb1pndei hospitality for which South
err character IL so respected, bnt in passing
among the various plantations. ladies on their
pazZas SciuallF waved handkerchiefs az them.
The scenes and incidents now around Ne are Of a
character 20 warm the heart and nourIsh the hone
OF every true patriot in the land. Thev sre Of
the deepest significance: and | am glad that
among the party was n British consul and the
captain Of a French man ofwar. who would both
do well to convey faithful impressions of these
things to their respective governments
To the SINE purport il the testimony Of the
Memphis Bulletin. after conversing with leading
men from nearly all e the seven original rebe
States when il saws:
IT'S useless to disguise the fact that the neo
pie Of the South aTe earnestly anxious that the
United StrteS should make some proposal Of
neace on the basis Of a restoration of the Union.
Nor will thew be guided by the opinions. viewsnr
feelings Of those who have led them astrav The
newspapers 80 not represent the sentiments of the
masses Of The South. On the contrary. thev tthe
newspapers, are ignored. and their sentiments
cursed by a large proportion of the people. Our
informant has Travelled through Alabama. Geor
gia and western North Carolina. and has come 70
the deliberate conclusion that the people are ripe
for the restoration Of the Union on anything like
an honorable basis"
A correspondent of the Boston Traveller, az
Gen Meade's headquarters. writes:
Within the last three days some twenty de-
seriers have come Aithin our lines at this place,
including an Orderly Sergeant from n Louisiana
regimen. who says he resides within forty miles
Of New Orleans, and is DESTROYS of returning TO
hs home. He reports that large numbers Of
Louisituisns are watching for a favorable oppor-
;unlty TO desert. being anxious 10 return to their
homes. Nv informant also saws that the news Of
the fall OF Vicksburg and Port Hudson. and TIE
opening of the Mississippi. has greatly disheart-
ened the Mississippi and Louisiana troops. This
feeling of discomfort and dependency, he as
scrts, is not confined TO particular State regi
ments. but all save the Texans are discouraged
nj the present aspect of aff,irs in the 80 called
Contederacy. Quite a number have been placed
under arrest and confined in tine guard house for
ut;ering language prejudicial TO the interest and
safety of the South
IL IL possible. notwithstanding the obvious ten
dency of Southern opinion and feeling al this
moment. that solicitor Writings diagnosia nav
turn ont TO be correct. But il clearly is not wise
craftsmanship to fix a policy upon the mere as
sumption of a fact that may prove Ia be not a
fact. and so the policy chosen defeat its own
object
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-08-17
The Morgan Raid Who was Found
IN his Pathway.

The indianapolis Journsl and other Republi
can prints are trying to create the impressions that
Morgan found laid AMI comfort" at the hands Of
the Democrats (or copPerhesds and butternuts. A.
they call u.s. of Indiana during his s%oiourn in the
State. Morgan. however. did not think so.
Captain Cunningham. Morsan's Adiutant Gener-
a. made has escape across the river into Virginia,
and has since safely arrived at Richmond. He
gives the Examiner a long account OF the raid.
which the Cincinnati Commercial pub
lshed az length. Speaking OF Morgan's
experience in Indiana, Captain Cunningham
SAWS:
After crossing into Indiana the inhabitants
red In every direction. women and children beg
girg - TO spare their lives. and amazingly sur
Pr1>ei 10 ind 'se were humans The oopperieads
and oHtfernnfs ioers alicays VA the front opposing
rs Ia Indiana one recruit was
obtained. a boy fourteen wears old. who came as
an orderly"
This - certainly a elincher. THE coppcrheads
and butternuts we're ALWAYS in the front opposing
us." and that but lone recrui, was obtained /" and
be- boy only fourteen years Of age. There sure.
~ could not have been much aid and comfort
in this What does the Journal think about the
matterf-lLswrenceburx Register.
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-08-17

Ken"rkV Election i.

The Louisville Democrat gets off the follow
lowing items in reference to the recent election
in that State:
Who pays the expense of transporting squads
of soldiers to the polls of this commonwealth
Shall the taxes paid by Our people be used TO
pay men for tramplinS on our Constitution and
lawsl
If Lincoln bad appointed a Governor di-
rectlv. without the form of an election. the result
would have been the same in Kentucky with less
expense 10 the State.
-Bramiette votes can be counted by the barrel
IA this Stately the musket barrel.
Tho influences which mold public opinion in
Kentucky Is the bullet mold.
The vote Of Kentucky in 1860. at the Presi
dental election, was las 500.
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-08-17

l0Ning railroads.
NeW Albapy 4 Salem. Jefersonville & Indi.
annapolis. ,dison & Indianapolis. Ohio 4 Missis-
sipoi. and indianapolis & Cincinnati. He crossed
those rosd- At the following points: y A. & 3,
s.lem; J 81. Vienna; NJ /. Dupont; o &
NJ, Pierceviiie; ] & C, Weisburgh: and the
State line AZ Harrison.
Morgan Sas IN the State FIVE DAYS from the
time he landed at Mauckport July 9Th until he
crossed The State line July 18th The distance
travelled between those paints, considering the
route taken. il about 800 miles. BE averaged
about forty miles per day. Grierson's and Nor
gsn's raids are without parallels in history.