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The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-05-25
For the TIxEs

TUX tuO ! lAE0
At a convention Of delegates from the
various towns of Clayton county, held
pursuant to notice at Elkader, May 18th,
1864, for the purpose of perfecting county
organization to co operate in the Northern
Iowa Sanitary Fair to be held at Dubuque,
June 81, Alonzo Brown was called to the
Chair and Robert Grant chosen Secretary.
Upon motion Of Buell. Knapp the con-
vcntion proceeded to the organization of a
County Sanitary Society for the purpose
above indicated, and to continue during the
war--and the following officers were duly
chosen: Alonzo Brown, President; W.
l.. Calkins, Vice President Mrs. Robert
Grant, Corresponding Secretary, and Robert
Grant. Treasurer.
The Presidents of the various Soldiers
Aid Societies in the county, in connection
with Buell. Knapp, P. G.. Bailey, w. w.
Gilmore, VIM. Tiede, Henry Shumaker
and Alonzo Brown, were appoin ted an ex-
ecutive committee.
Upon motion the President was author
lied to call meetings of the society, and
the Chairman Of the executive committee
to call meetings Of the same when deemed
necessary.
Upon motion the Convention adjourned
ALONZO BROWN, Chairman.
ROBERT GRANT, Secretary.
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SKEDADDLEKs.-Many Of the officers al

SKEDADDLERs.-Many Of the officers and
men brought up in the boats last night from
fredericksburg are evidently skedaddlers,
as some of them can be seen lounging
around the hotels to-day with hardly a
scratch upon their persons. Yesterday, a
captain, who had walked all the way from
the battlefield, reported himself here as hav-
ing been struck with . she'll He was ex-
amined BY surgeon, and found not dis
abled, further than that his feet were some.
what swollen, which was caused doubtless.
ly by his long walk to this city. The ex-
amining surgeon reported the officer to the
War Department as having been disabled
from running" and it is understood that
he will be court martialed.- Washington
Star.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-05-25
General Sedgvick.

| General Sedgwick.
The army of the Potomac has lost one
Of its ablest captains. Maj. Gen. Sedgwick,
commander of the 9th corps and right wing
Of the Army of the Potomac, was killed by
the fire of a rebel sharp shooter at Spott.
sylvania c. ii. John Scdgwick was born
in Connecticut, and graduated at West
Point in 1887, entering the artillery. He
served with distinction in the Mexican war
at Contrcras, Chcrubusco, Ell Molino del
Rey, Chepultepec and San Cosme Gate
aud won the brevets Of Captain and Major.
| When this war broke out he was a junior
major in the first cavalry, and at the time
Of his death was Colonel of the 4th cavalry,
| regular army. In August 1861 he WAS
appointed Brigadcr General of Volunteers,
and when General Stone was placed under
arrest in the spring Of 1862, after the Balls
Bluff affair, Scdgwick was assigned tho
Upl er Potomac. Ia the peainsular cam
paign he led a division in Summers corps
and distinguished himself throughout, be-
ing deemed worthy of promotion to Major
General with his commission dating from
the Seven Days Battles. At Antietam he
was severely wounded and carried off the
field, and on his recovery in Decembar he
was assigned to Burnside's old corps,
Burnside then being commander of tho
Army of the Potomac. 1t was at Freder.
icksburg one year ago that Sedgwck was
chiefly conspicuous. 1t will DO remember
ed that when Hooker crossed over to the
ground on which the late battle was fought,
he made the fatal error of dividing his
army. He left a corps of &c, 900 men be-
low Fredericksburg under command of
Sedgwlck, and ordered him to cross the
Rappahannock and carry the enemy's
works, coming upon Lees rear while he
himself attacked the rebel army in front.
Sedgwick with heroic daring but frightful
slaughter performed his task. He carried
the heights Of Fredericksburg, but only to
find that Hooker had failed to perform his
part, and that he had permitted Lee to hurl
an overwhelming force against him while
the great bulk of the Army Of the Potomac
rested in inaction above. There was only
one alternative: Sedgwick must either suf.
fer annihilalion or make the hazardous at.
tempt of crossing the Rappahannock in re-.
treat with the enemy upon him. He ef-
fected the latter with such skill and sue
cess as has seldom been equaled under like
circumstances. Since that time Sedgwick
has been one Of the great captains Of the
Army of the Potomac, and has shared all
its perils, successes and reverses. His fall
is national loss.- Chicago Post.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-05-25

In letter, under date of April 2sth,
1864, from the Rev. 7. Cuyler, written at
Culpepper, Va, we find the following:
am ensconced to-day in the gallery Of
a deserted Episcopal church in the ancient,
arstocratic Culpepper. Down in the brok-
en- pews on the lower floor, the Pendletons,
Hills, and MERGERS, and other patricians,
have 'said or sung" the English liturgy
for q generation or more. Immediately
under the church window lie the family Of
General A. P. Hill, who was born in yon-
der old brick house on the corner. The
tents of our men stand close up to the
graves of the proud old aristocracy of the
days Of Madison. A few rods off is the
Methodist church, now used a. . cavalry
stable.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-05-25

A WOMAN WITH HoRNs.-The New York
Observer of the 18th inst. contains letter
from its correspondent at Larnaca, in the
Island Of Cyprus, CTurkish dominons)
describing most remarkable lusus aaturo,
recently discovered there. 1t is nothing
less than woman with horns growing out
of her head. She has one large horn on
the side of her head Of the size and consis-
tency of an ordinary rams horn, besides
three or fOur cornicles on other parts of tho
head. The writer states that he has seen
her, and that she has been visited by near,
ly all the consnls and Europeans in that
place, some of whom are making an effort
to secure her for exhibition.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-05-25
WHOLE NO. 397.
"Mose" I'm Elysium.--An Anecdote OF
the Camp.
A letter from the Army Of the Potomac

A letter from the Army OF the Potomac
has the following good thing:
"A few days since two soldiers were sen.
fenced for a trivial offense to ten days in
the guard house, but they were taken out
occasionally to do police duty in the camp.
Doing police duty, you must know, is not
in the army what it is in the city, but cor
sists in going about under guard and clean
ing up the camp. These soldiers were put
to cleaning the mud away from the front Of
the colonel's quarters. They were from a
New York city regiment, and tojudge from
their dialect, might have been named Nose
and Sykesy. At any rate, shall call them
so in the recital. They had worked well,
and finally seated themselves on a log to
await the arrival Of the sergeant Of the
guard to relieve them, when the following
conversation took place:
Mose-"Saay, Sykesy, what you goin'
to do when yer three years is up! Coin
to be vet? Saay ?"
Sykesy-"Not if l knows myself, l amt
No! I'm goin' to be citizen, I am. I'm
goin' back to New York, and rrn gcin' to
lay back and take comfort, bum around the
engine house and run wild der machine"
Mose-"Well, tell yer what I'm going
to do. I've just been thinking the matter
all over, and got the whole thing fixed. In
the first place, Pm goin' home to New York,
and as soon as get my discharge, I'm
goin' to take a bath, and get this Virginia
sacred soil off me. Then I'm goin' to have
my head shampooned, my hair cut and
combed forward and lied, and then I'm
goin' to some up town clothing store and
buy me a suit of togs. I'm goin' to get
gallus suit, too-black breeches, red shirt,
black silk choker, stove.pipe hat, with
black bombazine around it, and pair OF
them leather shiny butes. Then Pm goin'
Up to Delmonico's place, and I'm goin' to
order just the best dinner he can get up
I'm goin' to have all he has on his dinner
ticket, you bet. What? No, I guess
won't have gay old dinner, much: I'll be
a citizen then, ana Won't have to break my
teeth off gnawing hard tack. After I've
had my dinner, I'll call for bottle of wine
and cigar. and all the New York papers,
and then III just sit down, perch my feet
on the table, drink the wine, smoke my
cigar, read the news, and wonder why the
Army Of the Potomac don't move"
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-05-25

WE NEED CHANsE.--If believer in
the righteousness of the principle Of self
government ever had reason to feel asham-
ed, before the world, he must feel so at this
moment, in view of the moral corruption so
notoricusly prevalent in Washington. We
shall conquer the rebels. There can be no
doubt of that fact. We may do it speedily,
and if so, we shall bring intense satisfac-
ton to every patriotic heart. But con-
quer, as we must-vindicate the national
integrity, as We shall-we never can hope
to recover our selfrespect, as people, until
we shall have swept away from position
and authority the horde Of riotous, lewd.
dissipated and peculating officials, which
now disgrace the federal capital. Just men
of all parties necessarily think alike on this
subject They do not put more faith in
the morality Of one party than in that of
another But they do believe in the COM
parative purity Of republican form of
government, and they do believe in the
possibility of selecting, as rulers under such
form, men whose national instincts would
revolt at such scenes of debauchery as
we now witness in Washington. They
do believe it possible to choose, as rulers,
men who would shudder to ccuntenance,
in any branch Of the national administra.
ton, obscene performances now so common
in that city that they almost cease to attract
unusual attention. They feel, therefore,
that a change in "the powers that be" is
absolutely indispensable to the salvation of
our country. They feel that, wicked as is
the southern rebellion, it is not one whit
more wicked, in the eye of Divine Justice,
than the wide spread and open licentious.
ness in high places at the seat Of govern.
ment. They feel that, with the end of the
one must come the end of the other, if we
would hope ever to restore the American
Union to its whilom elevated position in the
family Of natons.-N. y Sunday Times,
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-05-25

The Dead-letter Office sale in Washing
ton took place last week. The Chronicle,
describing the articles sold, says: "Some
thoughtful friend had mailed 'one set of
teeth : another had sent 'one blacksmith S
rasp ) also 'one artificial eyes 'one work
ed paddle 'one muslin nightgown.' and
'one sup house wife, furnished with pins
and scissors fine chance for some en-
terprising young man or buttonless bache.
lor. Shoulder straps in abundance, almost
equalng Wizards; and blue military coats
are even sent by mail, together with 'one
looking glass and razor thus furnishing
subjects Of grave reflection among the
dead letters"
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Washington Cor. Boston Journal.
Gossip About Mrs. Lincoln,

Mrs. Lincoln has some half. dozen sisters
who have never been particularly intimate
with the branch of the family to which she
belongs, and when the rebellion broke out
they took sides with the South One of
them had sometimes visited them at Spring
field, and was considered pleasant and
agreeable girl. Some little tino since she
appeared at the White House on Satur-
day afternoon, sent in her card, was re-
ceived, and spent the Sunday. AS she
was leaving on Monday she remarked that
martha" was at Baltimore and desired
pass to go South. How she got to
Baltimore, the President could not ina
gine, but he said he would give her pre-.
cisely such pass as he gave any one
About two weeks subsequently this
martha appeared at the White House
and sent her card Mrs. Lincoln respond.
ed that they could not receive her She
then sent in word that she desired the pro-
missed pass. The President wrote one in
his usual way-precisely such an one as is
given to any lady, and sent it out to her,
and she drove away. The next day she
again appeared, sent her card to Mr.. Lin
coin, who returned word that she coHld not
be admitted. She then sent in note that
the pass she had received was not such an
one as she wanted-she wanted to take
some goods South. Mr.. Lincoln turned
over her note and wrote upon the back
that the pass was precisely such as he gave
to others, and she could have nothing diff
ferent. The next day she appeared in his
reception room, with others, waiting to see
the President, but finding it out, Mr.. Lin
coin told his messenger not to admit her.
The next day she appeared again; the same
directions were given, and she did not get
an audience. The next day she came with
a Kentucky member of Congress, who
told the President she was in waiting !;
thought it hard that she could not see him,
etc., etc. He intimated to the member Of
Congress that if she did not avail herself
Of the pass without delay, she would find
it revoked. The next day she again ap-
peared with another member Of Congress,
but the President still refused to see her,
and told the Congressman he had heard Of
her talk where she was stopping, and if
she continued 1t, she would find herself in
the Old Capitol in less than twenty -four
hours. She departed, and the President
heard nothing more from her until the
newspaper stories appeared.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-05-25
WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1864.
For the North Iowa Times.
TO A SNOW.FLAKE.
BY KAT8 AULD.

BY KArs AuLp.
Blest wander from the upper deep,
Why comest thou to our barren earthi
| Thou in thy tomb SO soon must sleep
Though thou hast scarcely known thy birth,
! Whence comest thou, bright and fairy thingi
From what bright world hast thou come down !,
What message for me ddst thou bring
From that fair land whence thou hast fownI
Oh, are there any warmer hearts
There beating than are beating herei
Are they and thee SO far apart
That thou vert white and frozen therei
Or did our climate chill thy VEINS
While thou vert softly wandering on,
And is this frost all that remains
or warm, bright drops ere thou ccmest down
Fay, didst thou from angels crown
Fall down and float away to met
Ard did you tire of wandering round
And come and beg me notice thees
Oh, was the angel half SO bright
Il As thou, whom thou hast helped adorn?
Is there in Heaven gloomy night
Or is it one long, brilliant morn.
Bright wauderer from happy Heaven
How could'st thou from it soar aNayi
Though thy bright wings for flight were given,
Why didst thou not prefer to stay
Where all is bright and happy there-
Where all is joy and happiness
In lieu of yisieng US here,
Thou fair, bright herald ofthe blest!
Thon'rt going now, alas away;
ns'er shall see thy face again!
Thy feeey form lies in decay
Gone back whence thou so lately came.
Bright messenger from Heaven to me
Take back some word to angels there;
Say that with them soon shall be,
And be like them, pure, bright and fair!
Yes-lke that snowflake all must fall
And sink at last into the grave;
None will be spared--for we must all
Return to Him who being gave
To US who now are lingering here
Are lingering here but soon must go;
We soon shall be transplanted there
And be pure and white as snow!
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-05-25

A GOOD one is told Of Gen. Grant. As
he was on his way to the front news boy
came in, crying out Life of Gen. Grant p
One of the Generals Aids pointing to the
General told the boy that he guessed that
man would buy copy. The boy ap.,
preached the General, who asked carelesslv.
"Who is General Grantg" The boy giving
him look of indignation and disgust,
You must be ID greeny not to know
General Grant!' The General, after that.
of course bought his life.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-05-25

TnE submarine telegraph cable between
Spezzia and Cape Corsica, has ceased to
work 1t consists of six conductors, four
Of which at the end of 1868, failed to
transmit the electrical current, but the re-
naming two continued seryiceable till now.
This cable was submerged in 1853, and is
the oldest Of all the submarine ones.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-05-25

The French ladies are already busyine
themselves about the sea bathing costumes,
and have come to the conclusion that =
perfectly tight fitting dress will be the
most convenient, and if in varigated color1
the most picturesque.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-05-25

"A Geld Ct the dead rushes red in my sight!'
Time allowed him to lead his division
into the first great battle Of the series, to
fight as he habitually fought and seal his
devotion to his country with his blood
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-05-25
PHILLIPS FOR PEACE.

As white American citizen deprecate
single month more of war. l see in it
the seeds of debt, military ambition and
despotsm, against which God will demand
a virtue and Intelligence in the masses such
as history nowhere shows. The settlement
Of this war is not to be by battle, but by
craftsmanship.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-05-25
To .N1EfseryA1se1s.

AV SV"1 OV1 SssVCHSs
DY calling on the undersigned at McGregor or at
ID Olmstead's Springs, one mile eat of McGrpgor,
Farmers can purchase APPLE SEEDS by the
quart peck. This Is the best way to get hardy
trees suited to the climate. Grating will pro-
duce such fruit as you want. N. W. STEVENS.
April 9th, 1864. 800
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-05-20

One day last week merchant of this city
gave notice of his anxiety to purchase . good
carriage horse. His wants becoming known to
an entespTisiDg soldier, the next dag grsyjAckes
appeared at his Office with horse for sale, and
Just such cne as the merchant wanted. "How
much do yor ask for your horse" :" said the
merchant eight hundred dollars" replied
the soldier "hes mighty cheap at that price,
too, sir if was not going home on furlough,
I'd like to see you keteh me sellin' Of hini but
as I'm going home, IN let you have him at that
price, ssI'li give you four hundred dollars," "
says the merchant This proposition made the
soldier consider on il, while the merchant
knocked the ashes ont Of his pipe. "IH give
you four hundred dollars, and not q cont more,
repeats the merchant firmly. "Weli, see here,
mistef," says the soldier, "I've Just got my fur
Tough to 20 home, and I'm goingi but that's
too cheap-say five hundred and take him. "
mo; four hundred dollars 10 enough, I'll give
you that som; Bsy you'll take it. and coma in
and get yoar money" Talk enough, says
the soldier, and the bargain is made. The mes-
chant tells the soldier to cauy The horse into hii
warehouse yard, which he does, and before pay
ing over the "pictefsp the merchant requires
good reference as to the soldiers character
which is satisfactorily given, and the shlnPlas
ieTs are ''foTksd over" and the horse delivered
up.
The next day after this fns horse trade, the
inpressing officer pouncss down on the horse
for the use of the Governmsilt. The horse ];
taken up and appraised ct tyFelve hundred dol
lars, being considered A No. ] Tor artillery pur
/ poses. The morchant, however, declines to tsk'
the Twelve hundred dollars, but consents to le
/ the Government have the horse for sige ksndrc'
dollars, which is agreed te, Ilud tho hoEss sol
at that price, the merchant making just nv
hundred dollars on that horse trade. The hoEs
| ia taken to the GoveVnnerlt stables, amonl
other unfortunate four-leggsl soldiers, for safe
keeping bat hardly has he bad tune 70 munc
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-05-20

A correspondent Of the Mobile Tri5Ess gives
the following sketch Of Mississippi City:
In the neighborhood of Mississippi City many
of tie old hsbitues have mcoPed themselves
safely and snugly until the storm of war has
blown over; and pleasant haIboT of refuge it
IS Though the angry waves of haze and pas
sion break with violence on our northern frOn-
tier the waves of the Gult dance as joyously to
tho shore as they ever did.
Biloxi, ones populous and thriving town, is
now nearly deserted, and more resembles q city
Of the dead than of the living. Occasionally,
however, Yankee gunbost appears in the bay
in front Of the town, and a general resurrection
takes place to view the intruder. As soon IS
the excitement is over, the specters gradually
disappear and are heard Of 10 more. Still there
are worse plsees than Biloxi to live in at this
season, as many even In Mobile can bear wit
ness.
The Yankee gunboGt, Cowslip, is now block
adiug the back bay Of Biloxi, and capturing al
the lstle bosts aud skiffs i can lay hold Of
What 3 noble employment Tor the gallant INT
ted States nsgy, seiziDg and eorfscstiBg little
bosts returning 5from Mobile or Pascagonla
river with few bushels Of corn, few poundl
Of rice, or other family supplies on board
There aTe but few vessels at Ship Island At pres
ent and understand bat two or three hundred
negroes on shore guarding white soldiers (pfis
oDeTs). The light house glares, like an evil eye
over Al as every night, and on clesr days we
can see the old gridiT0n floating over the fort
How often do wish some Of cur iTon-elsd gun
boats would come out from Mobile and gougi
| out that eVil eye.
a dstachmeats Of the 4th Louisiana regiment
commanded By MsjoE Pullin, has been on duty
on the coast for sohe time, but, understand, i
! ordered to leave. They have rendered good ser
vice in preventing communication with the en-
emy, stopping contHabAnd trade, protecting To
country adjacent to the coast from the depreds
tions OF deseTters They captured fine siool
laden with estion and tprpensine On its way {
New Orleans from Psscsgouls river. The Gil
eamloestion Ciiice at Mobile required that th
4 psjzs should be sent theie foT condemnation Al
n sale. solomon Commousonse advised thats
be sold ia Biloxi and the proceeds distribute
among the caDIOrs Commonsense wasn't j
ofice, and Of course bis suggestion was not heet
Cd, so that the prize started for Mobile, and, q
predicted was recaptuTed on the Way. SO muc
for rcd tape.