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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1864-02-25
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The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-08-24
MORE TESTIMONY fOllOwinr is tn

MORE TEsTIMoNY.-The following is the
closing paragraph of an article in the Alba
ny Evening Journal, signed by the we'll
kncwn initials of THURLow WEED, the late
editor Of that paper. Mr.. Weeds Repub.
licanism is unquestioned-the confidence
of the President in him has been evinced
frequently by employing Mr.. Weed in po-
sitions of very great delicate public duty
and of confidential trust. 1t seems after
all that man can be Republican without
being an Abolitionist, but it is matter OF
regret that the latter drive the team while
the former do the labor. Radical Aboli.
tionists and new converts--psrverts they
are-from the Democracy, wear all the po
litical ribbons now: ....
II did not, three years ago, mistake O,
magnify the evil of Abolition Influences
nor, fiercely denounced, did shrink from
the duty Of warning the people. Wha
then was only prophetic is nbw history
Abolition influences in Congress, and il
the Cabinet, have doubled the millions O
dollars, and deepened the rivers Of bloot
spent and shed, in a war which, so long a.
such influences and counsels sway the Gov
ernment. promises nothing but an interim
nable conflict or an inglorious termina
tion." I. w.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-08-24
Why REBELS ARECADLED u 4nNNIEs. -

WnY REBELS ARE CALLED u nNNlEs, -
In 1861 the Federal soldiers called the
rebels ''Secesh," in 1862 "Confeds," in
1868, "Grey backs" and in 1864 they
c died them "Johnnies" A correspondent
gives US the following information about
the origin of the last named soubriquet
rhe name Of Johnny originated in a quar-
rel begun between couple of pckets,
which begun by the Federal telling the
Rebel that they Che Rebels) depended on
England to get out Of the scrape, which
he rebel denied emphatically, saying they
were able to scrape themselves out. One
word brought OH another until the Federal
said his opponent was no better than a
Johnny Bull anyhow, the Reb swore he
would shoot Yank if he called him John.
ny Bull again. The quarrel was stopped
by another picket, and they soon cooled
down, but the Rcb kept mutterng "l'd as
soon be called niger as Johnny Bully"
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-08-24
FAvoRs TO GOVERNMENT HANDS. Among

FAvoRs TO GOVERNMENT HANDS. Among
the persons exempt from q draft are as
many employees of government arsenals
and workshops as are considered necessary
to carry on the work. The war depart
ment has given orders to this effect. The
enrolment law makes no such provision in
their behalf; but that fact is not the least
obstacle to the assumption Of the power by
the war department. Of course not The
old idea that Congress was the law making
power, and the President and his clerks
were the executive power, is a ridiculous
fallacy Of the past, unworthy to te enter.
tanned in this age of radical regeneration.
We shall next hear Of exemptions of all
post Office hands. all custom house tide.
walters, and all persons who have any part,
however humble, in carrying on the ma.
chinery of the government. They may
just as properly be exempted as the me.
chanics. The one class rs no more indis
pensable to the government than the other.
The place of every man among them who
is drafted can b" supplied in an hours no.
tiec.--s| s|ouraal Commerce.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-08-24
Terrible Affair.

1t would seem as though the last two
! days had been rife with rio, and bloodshed
| to our citizens. On Sunday morning a
bloody affray occurred on the West side,
| the result of drunken brawl, in which
three men received dangerous, two of them
perhaps, fatal wounds 1t pains us, how
| ever, to say that the record of blood does
not end there. A more terrible tragedy
than the one spoken of occurred yesterday
evening about five o'clock at the station of
Mokena on the Rock Island road, as the
| train of excursionists of the St. Vincent de
way home. The excursonists on the train
filled number Of cars and had spent the
day in an agreeable and most unexception
able manner at the picnic at Cold Spring
Grove, some twenty miles from the city
No rowd; ism so far as reported occurred
| at the festivities. but everything passed off
| in the most pleasant manner possible. At
Mokens Station, on the return of the ex
cursion. some ten or twenty Of the young
men left the train, and going into a saloon
kept by German near the track procured
| some beer. Fearful that the train was
about to start, the party or parties sho
ordered the liquor threw down some change
which the proprietor told them was not
sufficient to pay for what was drank. The
party, however, proceeded to 60 out toward
the train, which was Just starting, when
the saloon keeper drew his revolver, swear
ing that he would shoot if they did not
stop. This they refused to do, and on run
min toward the train, they were fired on
by the proprietor together with his bar
keeper, who had also drawn revolver
The dastardly ruffians fired at least a dozen
shots, several of which it is reported were
aimed at the train, and which wounded
several men in one Of the cars. Wherever
they weressa;med, however, the shots took
effect on the persons Of four men, creating
dangerous. and it is feared in each cast
fatal wounds The individuals wounded
are the following: Michael Casey, sho'
mortally in the lungs; Farnham S. White
shot in the forehead, and skull fractured
(Mr, White is known as the bar keeper a.
the House of David" saloon OF Dearborn
street, and he is scarcely expected to sur
vive;) Michael kearney, dangerously sho
through the body; - Geary, who live.
on the North side, shot through the body
connot possibly recover. Some Of tn,
friends Of the wounded men made hurried
assault upon the establishment from which
the shots GENE, and Gid it as much damag,
as possible before the train got under ful
headway. The parties firing the shots
however, managed to get their craven car
casses out of the way in time to escape in
, jury. The wounded men were all brough
to the city, and conveyed to their homes
last ev. ming, where they lie in precarious
situation. The above is in substance al
We have been able at the present writing t.
ascertain with reference to this tragical af
fair. We would offer no comment upon i
except to remark that it is but adding an
other to the riotous and bloody affair.
which are Of late of such frequent occur
renee in our midst CHICAGO Post.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-08-24

A FUNNY Occurrence The Troy Times
of Thursday tells the following funny story
about the loss Of u looking giass: DAY
before yesterday, thrifty citizen of West
Troy, desirous to please his better half and
properly adorn his 'palatiar residence,
purchased twenty-five dollar mirror,
which was cheap and just suited her,
The purchaser concluded to carry the mir
ror home himself, and not to trust its trans
mission thence to the perils Of a porter
With tired muscle and pouring sweat, be
arrived on the ST. Charles Hotel corner
The ferry boat was 'on t'other side Of Jor.
dan.' and the owner Of the mirror was
thirsty - therefore the mirror was stood up
against the hotel stoop, on the sidewalk,
and small boy hidden to watch it, while
its owner stepped into the St. Charles bar
to get 'su.hin' to cool bisse,i with At
this unlucky moment q large billy goat
which enjoys the free dom OF the city, and
| is familiar to all the residents in that vicn-
| ity for his famous 'buckins' powers, came
! lesurely along the sidewalk. The small
boy in charge Of the mirror fed on the
double quick, in serious apprehension Of
! being 'bucked.' The goat KEEP, on his career
| until he caught sight Of another goat reflect.
ed on the polished surface of the glass;
| Then he stepped back some dozen feet,
reared alof his caudal appendage, gave
three or four preliminary shakes Of tho
head, and rushed on hts shadowy adversary
| with power Of buck which Of all the
creatures OF the animal kingdom the goat
| alone possesses. The glass was shattered
| IN spray Of fragments, and the goat went
through the back of the mirror up to his
head and shoulders. Whether the goat
| was more astonished at the utter demolition
| OF his opponent, or the owner Of the mirror
at his unexpected loss, is ooe Of the prob.
lens yet unsolved.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-08-24
"To Whom It may Concern"

Mr. Seaman, editor of the Ann Arbo,
(Mich.) Journal, relieves his mind in the
words following. The Journal is one o.
the most prominent Republican papers o
Michigan outside the citry Of Detroit. 1t
seems all classes Of men have stopped to
think and the result is a revolution in pub
lie opinion as great as. that which occurre ed
between lS4l and 1912. We begin to fee
that the Union and the beneficcnt govern
ment which distinguished it above all
others can yet be saved. Roll on the ball
Mt. Seaman closes his protest as follows
81 am opposed (he says) to slavery as
morally wrong and unjust. as I am oppos
to Mahometanisn, MormCnism, and vari
Gus other evils, hcresies and delusions yet
l think it best for every people and commu-
nifty to adhere to the rule Of non intcrven-
ton to attend to their own business, and
not to interfere with othcrs-except in de-
fence Of their own rights, and in very ex
treme cases.
Nor can approve the prolongation OF
our present civil war, and the sacrifice OF
hundreds of thousands of lives, and the
accumulation of thousands of millions OF
debt, for the purpose of trying to compel
the Confederate States to abandon and
abolish slavery.
"i5elng a national, not sectional repub
lican-a conservative, not a radical an
old line whig, not an abolitionist-I am
an unconditional Union man, in favor of a
federal, not consolidated Union in "a
vor of the union of all the states, from the
Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico, to the
great northern lakes, under any and all
circumstances, with, or without slavery.
believing that the Constitution of the
United States is the only bond Of union
for this whole country, which can ever be
formed that we must eventually sink in
to one or more consolidated military deS
potiSms, managed by military chieftains,
or selfish and corrupt rartizan politicians,
unless We become united in one Federal
Union, founded upon the absolute sover.
eighty of the states in all interna, and do
mestic matters, as the only practical basis
OF union am in favor Of the restoration
of the Federal Union as it was, as near
as practicable, under the Constitution as it
is-suhject to such modification as may be
dSrteu upon I'D future Dv CONSTITUTIONAL
majority of three fourths Of the States
believing that the war is now prosecut-
ed for an impracticahle purpose that the
Union can never be restored and perma.
nent peace established between the free
and the slave states, so long as the eman,
cipaton and restoration policies Of Presi
dent Lincoln are persisted in. am in
favor Of a change of policy, and of max
ing an effort TO restore the Union on the
old basis. Z. G. SEAMAN
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-08-24
For the North Iowa Times
KILLED. IN BATTLE.
ny KATR AULD

Trodden beneath q hundred daring feet,
He bleeds--he dies--a hero, young and brave!
lie knew what death he might be called to meet =;
He knew his home might be a soldiers grave;
And yet he bravely marched to meet his fate,
And tel while struggling in the dreadful aght,
His country while he tried to extricate
Iiom all its peril; and for glorious Right
He yielded up his youth and noble strength,
And measured, in the dust, his manly length.
Forgotten, there the witherng body lay,
The battle lost the soldiers scattered round,
The dead and dying, Fastening away
To other worlds, lay smouldering DER the ground
With not friend to hear parting sigh,
Or whisper, for the volunteer--s prayer,
lie, for his country, gored he should die,
And asked no more than to be buried there
Where he had fallen, mid the true aud brave,
Where many q dear-lOved comrade shared his grave
His wish was granted; in soldiers tomb
Ills body lies, until the judgment day;
Then will it rise forsaking deaths cold gloom
He'll dwell in Heaven, where life can ne'er decay
Oh, ye brave men--his comrades while on earth
With calm emotion look upon the grave
OF one who honored- -honored from his BIRTH
The land he loved, for which his life he gave.
Thus sacrificed is many . noble life,
Yet still continued Ia the dreadf al strife!
AN APOSTOPHE TO NIAGARA.
(suggested while standing At determination Rock ~
BY ,. PRANK PALMER.
This is Jehovah's fullest organ-strainl
hear the liquid music rolling brea king
From the gigantic pipes the great refrain
Bursts on my ravished ear, high thoughts aw aking
The low sub base, uprising from the deep,
Swells the great pecan as It rolls, supernal-
Anon, hear, at one majestic sweep,
The diapason Of the keys eternal!
Standing beneath Niagara's angry food
The laundering Catarart above me bounding
hear tho echo, ssMan, there is a Godn %
From the great arches OF the gorge resoundlng!
Behold, o man nor shrink aghat in fear
Survey the vortex boiling deep before thee!
The Hand that oped the liquid gateway here,
Hath set the beauteous Bow OF promise o'er thee
Here in the hollow Of that Mighty Hand,
Which holds the basin Of ;he tidal ocean;
Let not she jarring OF the spray wa shed strand
Disturb the crisons of pu:e devotion.
Rail- on, NIAGARA great River King!
Beneath thy sceptre all earth's rulers, mortal,
Bow reyerentIy; Wnd bards shall evey sing
The matchless grandeur OF thy peerless portal
I hear, NIAGARA, In this grand strain,
Ills voice, who speaks in Hood in flame and thunder
Forever may'st thou, singing, roll and reign
Esrth's grand, sublime, supreme, supernal wonder
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-08-24

JOSH BILLINGS ON "SuANGHAIs." The
shanghi reustir is a gentle, and speaks in
a furrin tun-. He IL bilt on piles, like q
Sandy Hill krane If he had ben bit on
legs he wood rcsembil the Peruvon lamy.
He IL not a gain anmile, but quiet oftin
Gums of scckund best in a ruff and tumbil
fite. Like the injuus that can't stand sivi-
l'zation. Tha ruest onto the ground, simi.
lor to a mudturhle. Tha often go tn sleep
stand;n, and sum times pitch over, and
when tha dew tha enter the ground like a
pickaxe. Thare food konssts of korn in
the year. Tha crow like jackaSs, trub.
bled with the brownskesucks. Tha will
cat az much tn onst az a district skulc
master, and generally set down right oph
tew keep from tipping over. Tha are
dredlul onhandy tn cook-yoo have tn bile
one eend tn time, 700 kant git EN- awL
into a potash kittle tn onSt. The iemail
reustir lais an egg az big az a kokernut, and
iz sick fur week afterwards, and when
she hatches out litter Nv yung shanghis,
she has to brood them standing, and then
kant kiver but three NV them; the rest
stand around the outside like boys around
cirkus tent, gittin peep under the canvas
whenever tha kan. The man who fust
brought the breed into this country ought
tn own them awl and be obliged tn feed
them on grasShoppers, caught bi hand.
never owned but one, aud he got choked tu
death by kink in clothes line, but not
until he he'd swallowed IS feet ov it. Not
eny shanehi for me, if you pleze; wud
ruther board travelling kolporter, and az
for eatin wun. civ NE billed owl rare dun,
or turky buzze-d ros,ed hole and stuffed
with pare OF injun rubber butes, hat not
eny shanghi fur me- not a shang!
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-08-24
Clayton and Fayette Quotas.

We are indebted to Capt. w. A. Benton
for the following interesting schedule of the
liabilities Of the above named two counties
under the late call for 100000 men. The
Captain obtained tho list from the Provost
Marshal of this district, Captain Adams. -
The list credits up TO July 3lst, 1854
Benton reports ADAMS to us as one of the
most obliging officers he has had business
with-this is the universal testimony in
favor CT our Dubuque friend:
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-08-24

BURLEsQUE. the following commen
dation Of Lincoln is not the ne plus ultra of
irony we confess to be unable to appreciate
it. Read it slowly and tboushtfully and
only think Of "the great and just confidence
which the people put in the man." the
moral purity" the long learning, &C., &c {:
Henry Ward Beecher has written letter
to distin nguished Indiana politician in
Washington, in which he says:
"In the present exigency, IN view Of Mr..
Lincoln's past Administration, the evidence
he has shown, the moral purity Of the man,
the great and just confidence which the
people put in him, the. danger which there
would be il he were set aside, Of having it
regarded as popular robuke of his policy,
and the confidence that feel that, through
long learning, he has learned &c govern,
am full and strong in my conviction that
he should be our next President"
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-08-24
Aorth gowa Jimes.
McGREGOR. AUGUST "a, :: 1864

ANYBODY BUT LINCOLN.-The Albany
Statesman, Republican paper, in view of
the proposed call for another Republican or
Union" convention to set aside the sage
Of Illinois, speaks ou, in meeting as fol-
lows .-------.
''Should the Chicago Convent nou,i-
nate either General Mcclellan, General
Grant or Dean Richmond, the chances are
that the Buffalo Convention would allow
things to take their course without placing
another ticket in the field
Anybody but Lincoln is now the prevail
ing sentiment Of the country, leaving the
office. e.holders, contractors and shoddyitcs
out Of view"
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-08-24

IT is related Of a witty Dominican monk,
Bocco, that he had great dislike for to.
bacco; and when once preaching to crowd
of Spanish sailors, he astonished them by
asserting there were no Spanish saints in
Heaven. A few, he said, had been admit.
ted, bat they smoked so many cigars that
they made the holy virgin sick, and Saint
Peter set his wits to work to get them out
At length he proclaimed that bull. fight
was to be held outside the gate Of Paradise.
Thereupon every Spanish saint ran off to
the fight. and ST. Peter Immediately closed
the gate, and took care never to admit
another Spanard - Errhange
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-08-24

"DlG HIN UuT."-The Boston C0vyier
is publishing series Of letters under the
head Of "a ride to the Hoosac Mountains"
The writer says among other things:
"As VIC sat in the bal-rootn of the tavern
after dinner, We heard from an old farmer
o suggestion worthy Of note. There amt
but one way said he, 'to get hole through
niger in it somewhere, and then Governor
Andrew will sc, all Massachusetts, to dig
him out"
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-08-24

A Philadelphia Republican makes the
cruel suggestion that capitalists should
withhold all work until the draft quota is
filed. That's rough on the laborng man.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-08-24

Total, ,.................. 1872
We also stand chance for Ohio, New
Hampshire, Connecticut, Wisconsin. Cali
fornia and Oregon.
Several territories have just been author
ICED to form state constitutions, and to be
admitted under them by proclamation on
due proof that they have been ratified but
they will at any rate have but three electoral
votes each n they Shouli accept the proyl,
s:onS Of the enabling act.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-08-24

SPIRITUAL PoETRY.-A Miss DorEN OF
the Spiritual Convention Of Chicago, pre-
sented to the meeting, few days since, a
poem ''inspired by Robert Burns" The
Post regards the "pome" as trashy. and in.
sinuates that Burns had nothing to do with
it. We rather like the two ''verses" pub
lished below, and most particularly do We
commend the lines Of the first and the
,ch0le of the second verse, to the serious
reflection of our readers. VII
Tho Jealous line tvixt black and white
Mind how - draw that
man may be, though black - night,
A man for q that.
While thus ye judge, I've little faith
Yen treat him iairly.
And much fear, that twixt 70 bath,
He'll su6er sairly.
The man who, In his country's need,
Does naught 10 save her,
His empty words, without one deed,
Are c(sh-ms-cla-ver,
I'd rather hear through some lone glen,
The tree winds whistle,
And wad na' gle for all such men,
Ane guild Scotch thistle.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-08-24

The Ladies once wore a style Of hood
called kiss me-if you dare" The present
style a. nu.f-' tutght he anti. c.licd
Kiss If you-want-to."
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-08-24

LoYaLTY.-Ca.i.us D.moclals coward,
traitors
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-08-24
The Next Election.

Our next President and Vice Presi.
dent are therefore to be chosen by the fol-
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-01-14

k GosHEN.-The first reports that reached us with regard to the death of the much lament ed Dr. Huxley, were somsvhas incorrect. He arrived at Alexandria in his usual health, and remained some days in attendance upon his son. On Tuesday, after fnishing dinner, at the Quartermaster's table, he was suddenly taken i'll, end died in about five minutes. His disease is variously stated as apople1y and heart disease. His remains were brought home on Tuesday of this week, and his fune- ral is to be attended today, ct I o'clock, P.
 Young Huxley, the Doctors son, we regret to learn, is still quite low, though not abso- lutely Worse.
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-01-14

Tn NHxf ADxNIsrnAT1oK.-Its seems to us too early as yet for Prssident making, and yet the people in various quarters are begin ning te express themselves on the subject of the mkt administration. The Union men of New Hampshire, in . recent convention, with spontaneous unanimity, rsnominated President Lincoln for the next Executive, and the Un, ion members of the Pennsylvania, together with several Union Leagues have since reitsra- ted this nomination. There will probably be mora or less difference in tho action of the !" wire pullers," but we believe the people are pretty generally of the opinion that " Honest old Abe" is about the wissst and strongest and most competent hand we can have at the heln of state. to pilot us through the ssorm, and vii make that opinion known at the proper time end place.