The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-06-22
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Dispatches from Gen. Graft 70 IL A. NJ, OF

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Friday state that two more redoubts of III
Peterburg defences had been carried bv th
9Th Corps on that day.-4Sn prisoners and foe
gyms falling into the hands Ct the assailant.
ind that the Federal sacccsscs we're being fc
lowed up. Unofficial dispatches to 8 A. M, o.
Saturday report that Petersburg was still cccu
pied ty the rebels. Gen. Grant further state
that the rebels had withdrawn from their in
trcnchments in front Of Bermuda Hund.ed, AM
that Butler, immc lately th.reupon, had NOV
ed force upon the railroad and plank road tx
Richmond, Of which positions Grant hoped t.
retain possession. Several Federal a. saults or
Sunday We're repulsed. Our loss on Wednes
day is stated at 6,OOo. Pcau.egard had been
heavily reinforced. 1t is rumored that Butler
while engaged in destroying the Petersburg and
Richmond Railroad, was surprised by Lee and
defeated with heavy loss. .
EWc have news this morning from Gen. Sher-
idan's cavalry raid. He reports victory over
tho rebels at rrcvilan Station, near Gcrdons.
vile, on the lth inst. On the 18th he de.
stroyed the railroad from Trevilian Station to
Lorraine Court House. On the evening of the
same day he again. attacked the enemy. but,
finding him in too strong position and becom.
ing short of ammunition. he retired.
= 81 Hunters forces arc again nep tho advance,
spd the rebels arc making vigorous prepare.
tons for the defence Of Lynchburg. Captured
dispatches from Lee urge Imboden to hold out,
and give him the assurance 81 -reinforcements.
Advices from Sherman report the rebels as
having reiterated beyond the Chattahoochee
River, where it il believed Johnston will make
q final aid. - E.......
In the Senate, on Friday, the tariff bill was
passed by vote Of 2, to S. On Saturday, the
regulation for the extension Of the contract with
!. the overland Mail Company was adopted. The
bill giving all to the Behring's Straits telegraph
project was discussed.
In the House, the report of the conference
committee on the bill increasing the pay of sol.
diers to SIG per month was agreed to. The
bill appointing Commissioners to adjsdicate
claims for damages caused by the Federal
armies was passed. A District Of Columbia
railroad bill was passed. with proviso that
negroes shall not be excluded from the cars.
a resolution was adopted relieving Capt. Err
lesson Ut his contract for the iron clad Puritan;
rs also was resolution giving notice to Great
Britain OF the termination Of the treaty rcstric-
ting naval forces on the lakes. The subject Of
nayy.yard at the Fast was postponed till De-
cember next; and that of navy yard at the
West was under consideration when the House
adjourned.
The Federal prisoners captured and parolled
by John Morgan have been ordered to the field,
their parole not beng respected!
slhe average rate at y hich the E7S ()n0 (1()0
loan has been awarded is los 4.
Gen. Sturgis has been relieved of his com.
mand, in consequence of the disaster which he
recently suffered in Mississippi. ..
There is report that the rebel Gen. Shelby |
sin the vicinity Of Lexington, No., and the |
citizens OF that place are making preparations |
for defence. HT
AT last accounts Grants army was within
half q mile ut Petersburg and Smelling the city. |
The N. Y. Commercial has private dis
patch from Washington which says that the |
enemy have captured an entire division from |
Burnside ~
Prisoners-feport Lee removing heavy rein.
forcemerts to Petersburg.
Freedom OF Opinien.
In the electioneering tour Of Mr.. SEWARD
during the last Presidential canvass, he
made speech at St. Paul, in which occur.
red tho following truly American passage.
Our readers will please note it very care.
fully:
SILENCE on matters Of State, the absence
Of freedom of speech and fire.. dom of the
press-what kind of freedom is that? Is +
there q man in Minnesota who for one day
will consent 10 live in it, If he were de-
frt vnH IF irht trk r. |
and Hanllin, or hurrah for Douglas, to hur.
rah for freedom. or 70 hurrah for slavery,
just as he liked !? | think that these one
hundred and eighty thousand people who
inhabit there would be seen moving right
cut, east and west, into Blush North
America, or into Kanschatka, or anywhere
on the earth 20 get out of this luxuriant and
beautiful valley, If any po,cer, human or
divine, should announce to them that hence
forth they spoke and voted their real senti
mcnts and ,htir real choice, at tie peril
Of imprisonment or death! Now, fellow.
citizens, you need only look around thro'
such mass Of American citizens as see
before me. and you may go over all the free
States OF the Union. and you viii find them
every day of the week somewhere gathered
together expressing their opinions and pre-.
pairing to declare their will just exactly as
you are doing. Does this happen to be
90? Is it mere chance? Is it indeed, a
mans work or device, that in this land, on
this side Of the Atlantic Ocean, on this side
OF the Pacific Ocean, men may all meet Ir
may all stay apart-moy all Mink, speak,
act. print, ssri and vote, JUST EXACTLY AS
THEY NAT pLEAsE."
In three years after tue uttcrance of these
sentiments Of Freedom, the same Seward,
under the manipulations of Power and the
insanity Of modern II, publicanism, used
substantially to Lord Lyons, the British
Minister at Washington, the following boast.
ful language. HIS object was to show that
great as L. ons might regard Her Majesty,
his august Sovereign, she could not "be-
gin" with the selfappointed little despots
whom Dir. Lncoln's imbcciity had per-
mitted to grow up about him. Who would
suppose these contradictory sentiments
could come from the. same illustrious
statesman" VIII our countrymen see
the difference, or do they prefer to perpet-
nate power in the hands of men thus
bloated up with the insolence of Office
For the past year arrests have been rare,
and they will be rarer still as the play pro-
crosses, but We appeal to every man who
claims mastery Of himself, to denounce, by
tongue and vote, the Niserables who would
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