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Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-06-24
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The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-05-25
Mechanics Meeting.

Mechanics Meeting.
McGREGoR, May 21st, 1864.
A meeting was held by the Mechanics
and Laborers of this place, as per notice in
the TINES, and the following officers
chosen:
R'esident-J. NJ. Chichester.
Secretary-J. L. Quick.
The President then stated the object Of
the meeting, it being to form Mechanics
and Laborers' Union Association for the
purpose promoting industry, and protect
ing industry, and protecting their rights
and interests.
Mr.. Vanorman than made few very ap
propriate remarks encouraging the organi
cation Of such a society.
A motion was then made and carried
that a committee of five be appointed to
draft Constitution and BY laws for the
government Of the organization, and the
following gentlemen were duly appointed
j. NJ. Chichester, j. L. Quick, A. Ring.
ling, E. Block, j. N. Sturtevant.
a motion was made and carried that the
proceedings Of this meeting be published
in the papers of this town.
The meeting then adjourned, to meet on
next Saturday, the 2sth inst, at o'clock
P. NJ, at Helwig's Lecture Room.
j. L. Quick, Secretary.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-05-25

CHARACTERISTIC 1t lis relatated of Grant
that after tie battle of Shiloh, and his CON-
plete victory at that point, Gen. Buell., a
thorough soldier, began criticising in a
friendly way the impolcy Of his having
fought q battle with the Tennessee river
behiad his men. "Whsre, if beaten, could
you have rstreated, General?" asked Buell.
II didn't mean to be BEATEN" was Grants
sentcntious reply. "But suppose you had
been defeated, despite all your exertions 2"
swell, there were all the transports to
carry the remains Of the command across
the river" but, General" urged Buell.,
"your whole transports could not contain
over ten thousand men, and it would be
impossible for them to make more than
one trip in the face Of the enemy
"Well, il had been beaten, said General
Grant, pausing to light another cigar as he
spoke, Transportation for ten thousand
men would be abundant for all that would
&c lsfkof. vs."- Nil Sentinel.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-05-25

BlrTERs.-The very careful notice OF the
reader is called to the new Advertisement
Of SWANS Bitters.. The character they
have as renovators of the human system is
so well established throughout the country
and particularly in the army hospitals, that
it seems useless to write a word in their
commentator. Those who are laborine
under disease or debility will save money
and secure health by goag at once to Ben.
ton & Go. and trying bottle Of this extra
ordinary medicine. DR.. Swain is a personal
friend of ours and we know his statements
to be entirely reliable.
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Anfl.LmYmru

| Anti-Luxury.
The Ladies met at Cooper Institute one
day last week to inaugurate the "Calico
Age" After some sharp words among the
principal speakers and one or two orders
from the police to "clear out" order was
restored and Miss Susan B. Anthony got in
a word or two:
If I understand the spirit of the women
here to day, it is that they want pledge
so strong and thorough that every one who
gives her name to it, will be compelled to
make sacrifice. (Applause.) If the ave.
nue. have already silks and satns and bro
cade to last for five, ten or fifteen years, if
the war should continue so long, and if the
avenue wear brocade and satins, the poor
working woman who earns three or five
dollars week, must make an attempt to
appear as well as the fifth avenue lady,
Here is the point of difference in the Assem-.
oily. We demand pledge made by the
women Of the Empire City, that will
place fifth avenue on a level with other
streets.
Our mothers did not pledge themselves
to dispense with the use of tea provided it
was made convenient. CLadies-"That is
good."O They did not say if our husband
chances to be worth 100000 or a million,
she may use tea-one pound or ten pounds.
That was not the point. 1t was crime
to find it closeted in the house at all. We
want the women of the north to pledge
themselves to something definite, that
those may be known who have taken the
covenant.
But Mrs. Swisshelm, one of the clerks
at Washington, thinks Mr.. Lincoln is afraid
to indorse the movement. In one of her
racy letters she says:
l wish that, consistently with duty to
the people, l could have withheld from
them the knowledge that our Chief Mag.
istrate considers our foreign relations in so
precarious state that we must continue to
buy more silk and velvet and lace than we
can afford for fear Of rupture with our
European shopkeepers. Whenever an out
lay Of family is more than its income,
and the head Of the house dare not curtaii
for fear of quarrel with his dry goods
merchant, it is time every member Of the
family knew it. Nothing can be gained,
and all may be lost, by postponing the
announcement. Now, the American peo-
pie know that our government is afraid to
decrease the amount Of our purchases of
silk street mops, lest we hear the thunder
OF French and English cannon on our
shores. $3.50 JANE G. SwIssHELM.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-05-25

MAJ. P. W. PLuMNER.-T The telegraph
brings US the painful news that the Major
of the "Old Sixth" p. w. Plumn,er, is
killed. We should like to dispute this
heart-rending intelligence, did it not come
SO direct. Like a brave man and true
patriot he has gone. No empty ambition
led him to sacrifice his life in the cause of
his country. One Of the first to enter the
ranks, he has remained in active service
during the last three years promoted for
his bravery and solderlike conduct. Major
Plummer had the real love Of his fellow.
soldiers, and the warmest ties Of friend
ship among all who knew him. From very
boyhood have we been intimate with this
stricken soldier, and can accord to him all
the generous impulses of warm heart
He was noble hearted, true friend no
mean thought or action ever found lodge
ment in his liberal breast; and until the
day Of our death will we respect his men,
Dry. Major p. w. Plummer was a true
soldier. His patriotism came from his
hcart.-Irairie du Chien Courier.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-05-25

We copy from the Madison Journal part
of letter written May 10th, by Capt. Geo.
H. Otis, Of the I'd Wis, formerly typo in
this Office. to Gen. Fairchild, Of Madison /:
''The I'd is detailed at division head.
quarters doing provost duty. We have
heard from Col. Mansfield. He is in a
seccsh hospital at Mine Run. His wound
is reported slight. We are still pounding
the enemy and with good success. yet at a
fearful loss. Reinforceme hts are coming
in.
The weather is very rainiug-thc
roads are in On awful condition. Supplies
are plenty, forage little short, but before
night We will have plenty. The army is
in good condition and hopeful confident
Of success. Lee is doubtless worried bad.
~. Gen. Cutler is we'll. In front we are
all lively. This is the 18th day of fight
ing. Yours truly,
GEO. H. OTIs.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-05-25

Go AND SEE.-Persons who desire the
kindest attention, and goods at the lowest
prices, will be sure to call on ABBOTT
BROTHERS, in Cawelti's Block, one door
West of S. McConnelrs saddlery Estab-
iishment. If we did not feel out of order
very full notice Of their handsome stock
would be given to our readers in this issue,
but this duty must be deferred for the pres
ent. In the mean time we invite all to drop
in and see if our Endorsement of the agreea,
bility of principals, and salesman HOWE
Qate with Wiley) is not sound. Their
goods are fresh and bright, and the first
choice can be had if you call early.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-05-25

The MEssRs. FAIRBANKS are making six
teen of their largest Hopper Scales for an
Elevator now being built IN St. Louis, which
will be the first one in that city, and also a
similar number for an Elevator which the
Michigan Southern R. r. are now building
in Detroit. These will be among the largest
and finest Elevators in the country, and
show something of the improvements max
ing at different points for handling the
immense grain crop Of the West.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-05-25

An Ordnance,
For the issue and sale Of City Bonds. to
procure loan Of Money for the City Of
McGregor:
Be it ordained by the Common Council
Of the CITY 9i Med,egoIa that - Douglass Is SIS
is hereby APPOINTED a Commissioner and
hereby fully authorized to borrow on the
faith Of said city. and for the use thereof,
the sum of seven thousand dollars, for .
time not less than three years nor more
than ten years, at rate of interest not to
exceed ten per cent per annum, and to
issue bonds Of one thousand dollars each
therefor, such bonds to be signed by the
Mayor and countersigned by the Recorder
of said city.
d. LEFFINGWELL, Mayor.
D. BAuGn, Recorder.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-05-25
Victory and Prices.

Business Of every kind is held in sus-
pcnsc until the result of the operations in
Virginia is ascertained. 1t has somehow
como to be an axiom in trade, during these
war times, that military success must put
down prices and disaster put them up. It
is not easy to explain how this idea should
come to exercise so much control over the
money and commercial markets as it has
done at several periods of the war, for
there is certainly no just principle of pub
lie economy on which it can be justified. -
The STOCK and gold markets have always
been extremely sensitive to this influence,
and during the great movements Of the
army the market for produce and merchan-
die have responded exactly to the fluctu.
atoms of the military barometer. The
victory Of Gettysburg and the capture of
Vicksburg gave blow to the gold market
under which the price continued to depre-
ciate for nearly two months, the value of
all commodities being in the meantime cor
respondingly affected. This vas striking
result and well calculated to make an i'm.
preston on the public mind that victory
and prices were very intimately associated.
But on the contrary, the fact that. during
the two months succeeding this period Of
depr, citation, the price of gold and prices
generally returned to the level at which
they stood on the LIST OF July, shows that
the cause of the depreciation was rather
supposititious than real. The depreciation
OF gold, after the victories Of July, was to
large extent, attributable to mistaken
estimate as to the bearing IF the successes
on the period Of the war. For a time, it
was apprehcnded that the enemy would
be so far crippled by his defeats as to be
fatally disabled for opposition, and that, in
such an event, the currency issues would
be early limited by the proclamation of
peace, and be consequently deprecated
permanently in price. The estimate of the
injury to the rebel cause, however, proved
to be greatly exaggerated, and as the error
was discovered, the price of gold steadily
recovered in other words, when it was as
certained that the successes had no tenden-
cy to limit the issue Of currency, the price
Of gold returned to its former rate.
For these reasons the present hating of
merchants from fear Of fall in prices APP
pears to be, to large extent groundless,
in point. Of fact; though it is quite posi-.
BILE that the very anticipation might pro-
ducc that result. A depreciation however,
aoising from that moral cause would be
but brief in its duration, and matter not
to be very seriously calculated upon in
commercial or financial operations s.
Economist.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-05-25

ALARM AT ELKADER-We learn from a
gentlemen in attendance upon the District
Court at Elkader, last week, that Jack
Thompson was sick with the vareoloid,
and the citizens becoming alarmed, propos.
ed to board up his house for him whereat
Jack became exceedingly wroth, and open.
ing window, told his neighbors that if
they did not 60 away and leave him, he
would come out among them and see about
it. Our informant says the dissolving of
the English Parliament by Cromwell, did
not equal in effectiveness, and instantan-
eousness, this simple announcement by
Jack.-Mc Gregor Neus.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-05-25
McGREGoR, May oath.

W We are in receipt of an Agricultu.
raj Circular of S. & H. Ruble, of McGreg.
or. in pamphlet form, printed at the Tine
office, which is ahead of anything of the
kind that we have before SEEM Wesl
Union Pioneer.
Thank you JOHN. We are pleased with
the Ruble job ourselves; our facilities now
enable US to do excellent work and large
amount of it. Our printers have also good
taste, without which all the tools in thu
world are valuelcss.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-05-25

--latest News. ..-
Rebels are rcpulsed at Fl. Powhattan i,
Buffers Department.
Rebels reported to be we'll supplied witt
provisions.
Lee encourages his men to one NOR
grand attack.
Seymour orders the District Attorney I
New York to find indictments against a
who assisted to suppress the N. Y. Wora
and Journal Of Commerce.
Grant will flank Lee and the latter W.
contest every inch Of ground TOWARD,
Lynchburg. -. .....
Hoke's brigade has joined Lee.
1t seems the "bogus proclamation" WI!
not telegraphed over the line but WI.
handed to N. Y. publishers by Mattissr
and Howard Of the city or its vicinity
The announcement by Secretary Stantr
of draft for 800 or 400, 900 men b. Jul,
LIST, takes off some Of the intamy of giving
it currency.
New York, May 23.--The Times Sc eeal
says there has been no fighting since The
rebel attack on our communications with
Fredericksburg on Thursday. There is
every reason to believe that the movements
of Friday and Saturday will be speedily
productive Of important results.
A rebel Lieutenant states that Lees ar.
my numbered before the battle from &c, oOO
to 10000; that he has lost 25, 900 to %, 900.
He also says that the rebel army has plenty
Of provisions.
The 7a7bune's correspondent states that
less than 10000 new troops repulsed three
divisions of Ewel's corps. ,..
AT o'clock Friday morning, Birney's
Crawford's and Rnssell's divisions advanc
ed. The movement was so rapid and pn
expected that the rebel picket limo was
captured almost to man, and our troops
swept on until over two miles had been
gained and hundreds of prisoners captur.
ed.
Prisoners state that Lee came with them
across the Ny river, rode along their lines
and addressed the brigade, telling them
that they were to undertake movement
which, if successful, would be fatal to the
Yankees, and adjured them to make it sue.
cessful. He told them they were close to
our rich stores and immense baggage, and
that determined assault would give them
everything we possessed. 70.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-05-25

ID L H d:
At McGregor, on the LIST inst, Stephen H., aged
years and months, only son OF Stephen and Mary
Young.
At McGregor, May eth, 1864, ANNA JOSEPHINE,
daughter eff Granville and Martha Ann Roser aged
years, months and three days.
I saw her In the coffin,
A little, gentle child,
And that Of ali her winning ways,
Which many heur beguied.
Her life was like the dew.drop
That glitters on the rose;
Her Spirit like the tlmid dove,
In Heaven has found repose.
She is not dead-but sleepeth
In Spring groves peaceful shade;
And near her in their lowy bed
Are more sweet children laid.
The flowers she loved
Are blooming DER little grassy sod,
But the flowers we loved are resting
In the bosom of her Con.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-05-25

We MEANT To.-On arrival at home,
Saturday last, we intended to give sort oil
resume OF our travels and description Of
the sights we saw and the good people We
met during ten days absence, but sickness
of usual though not dangerous character,
epilepsy, overlook US on Monday morn.
ing early, and quite incapacitated us both
in strength and taste from doing as we in.
tended. On Tuesday our bachelor main
stay Of the office, JOHN, left, on business
for Monroe and Chicago, and will not return
till the close Of the week. We therefore
hurry up the inside columns of the TINES,
without the care generally bestowed upon
them. Readers will pardon any omissions
in the foreign or home news departments.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-05-25

A Sword.
The Oswego Palladium of May II, con.
talns long notice Of Sword Presentation
and Banquet given by the citizens to Capt.
CHALEs II. LEWIS Of the 10th U. S. Infantry
and 70" some time comnandant of Fl.
Ontario. Charley Lewis has hosts OF
friends here, and we refer to the act with a
share of the pride which must have been
felt by the donors. The affair took place
at the Munger House. Charles was ordered
to the front and about $50 guests of both
sexes assembled to witness the ceremony
and make themselves happy. c. T. Rich.
ardson, ESQ.,, made the presentation speech
and an almighty good one it was too-very
complimentary to Lewis as soldier and
man, and not more complimentary than
true. The Capt.'s acceptance was in the
following neat little speech:
This beautiful present Of which I am
made the recipient, demands from me nv
profound thanks to the donors. But the
gift itself, and the occasion, forbid that
should appropriate it as mere expression
of personal regard. While it admonishes
me Of the self sacrifices I may be called
upon to make, it teaches me the higher
duty of patriotism and attachment to
the Constitution and Union of these
States.
l have been ordered to the front and
while can give you no assurance of high
achievements in the conflict for the support
and restoration of our Union, pledge N.Y.
self to use this sword in a manner worthy
Of an American citizen. And God grant
that our arms may be victorious, and that a
free government be established North.
South, East and West, from the Atlantic
to Pacific shore.
The Palladium closes the notice as fol-
lows:
At the conclusion Of the ceremony the
company sat down to splendid banquet,
gotten up by that Napoleon of caterers,
Nate Munger, Esq. and while the band
performed some fine selections, the good
things with which the tables were heapei
disappeared iE manner which mutely but
unequivocally evinced the admiration of
the guests. After the banquet, short spicy
speeches, in response to toasts, were made
by Capt. Crofton and Capt. Dy KEENAN,, of
the 18th, Messrs. Ira D. Brown, D. Gray,
and others, when the tables were removed
and soon "far women and brave men, were
engaged in the giddy Greetings of the
"Waltz."
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-05-25

BURYING GRoUND.--The Farmersburgi
and Giard Cemetry, near the Log School
House, on the line of the two townships
named, is under contract to be fenced com
plctc by the LIST Of June. AS many per-
sons in McGregor have friends buried
there, an earnest appeal is hereby made to
the surviving ones to pay at once to l..
Benton, jr., such sums for this work as
their appreciation of it's sacred characte,
may prompt. 1t is unjust that strangers
should contribute to enclose our dead.
THOUGHT.
Mc(Rrcop Mar OAth
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-05-25
BENTON Bios & Co.-Will our read,

BENTON Bros & GOWN our readers
hunt up the new Advertisement Of this
popular Grocery and Drug Wholesale
Houses They are doing fine business
and in way so unassuming that one would
hardly know that they were making any
noise at all. They always keep full stock.
ed, sell at the lowest prices, and never lose
a customer.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-05-25

THERE will be a meeting Of the Demo.
cracy Of Mendon Township, at MOZART
HALL, in the City of McGREGOR, on
THURSDAY the Goth inst, at 8 o'clock
2. NJ, for the purpose Of appointing dele.
gates to County Convention, to be held
at the same place on Saturday 2eth inst
All those in favor of the Union, the Con.
stitution and enforcement Of the laws are
invited. TowNsHIp COMMITTEE.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-05-25

A CARp.-L. PEAVEY begs leave to in
form his friends and patrons that he will
improve the present few weeks of quiet
time to visit the east for the double purpose
of recreation, and that he may acquire and
add to his business whatever improvements
and new discoveries he may find amongs,
the artists of the eastern cities. His rooms,
therefore, will be closed for two or three
weeks.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-05-25

Standardization Brown Of Clay ton
County sends at Tuesday noon a lengthy
appeal to the people of the County to
awaken to the importance Of the Dubuque
Sanitary Fair. lis too late for this week
" e will give it place in our next.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-05-25

CoRREsPoNDENTs.-We are in receipt Of
many prose and poetic communications,
letters, &C., &C., intended for publication
that have not yet "passed the House"
Will our correspondents permit US to in.
form them that a little more care in the
penmanship of their articles will insure
much prompter publication Of them in this
paper. We sometimes oblige persons by
writing nearly all Of their communications
over before handing them to the compost
tor, but our time will not always permit
this labor. If the author of an article is
not sufficiently interested in his or her
own production to give it grammatical
and autographed finish, it can hardly be
expected another will do it. We care not
how army letters arc written so they are
full of facts well condensed but regular
communications must be. finished up well.
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List of Letters

PEMAINING unclaimed in the Post Office, at
N McGregor. State Of Iowa, 24th day Of May,
1864.
To obtain any of these letters the applicant must
call for advertised letters, give the date OF this list,
and pay one cent for advertising
"if not called for within month, they will be
sent to the Dead Letter Office.
Free Delivery of letters by carriers at the residence
OF owners IN cities and large towns may be secured
by observing the following rules:
81 Direct the letters plainly to the street and No.,
as we'll as the post Office aud state
"2. Head letters with the writer's Post Office and
state street and NUMBER sign them plainly with full
name, and request that answers be Injected accord
ingly.
sd Letters to strangers transient visitors in .
town or city whose special address may be unknown,
should be marked in the lower left hand corner with
the wcrd Transient
-. Place the postage stamp on the upper right
hand corner and leave space between the stamp and
direction for postmarking without interfering with
| the writing
"N. B.-A request for the return of letter to the
writer, If unclaimed within 80 days or less written
or printed with the writer's name, post Office, and
state. across the left hand end Of the envelope,
the face side will be complied with at the usual pre-
paid rate Of postage when the letter is de-
Hvered to the Writer.--Sec %. Law of 1852