New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1864-01-22
EDITORIAL BREvITlEs

An ex-senator writing from WASH
ington says, that J.: NEARLY all traces
of good breeding have fed the city,
This is strange when it is positively
known that over 1000: mulatto babes
have been born there since the access
ion of Mr.. Lincoln to the Presidency.
The next Democratic national con-
vention will lie held at Chicago, com
mencing July 4th, 1864.
Arnold, Mrs. Nancy Of Chissgo,)
recently saidin congress that ''the dew
il has not a bride big enough to tempt
Abraham Lincoln" The most likely
thing is that Lincoln may set out to
bride the devil The war is the devils
own business, and with all his printing
presses tho President may bribe him
to let the carnival 60 on.
Seymour says in his Message that
the whole number ofmen obtained IL
that State from CONSUMPTION amounts
to 2577. Heretofore the cry has been
your money or your life, exhibiting
the charity Of tho hishwayman, now it
will under tho new CONSUMPTION be the
pirates cry, first your life, then your
money TO pay the taxes.
Pope Picus TX turns out to be a
genuine ''coppcrhead' for he address
ses Jefferson Davis as '1llustrious and
honorable President We wait in
suspense to learn what government
is going to do about it.
The Council Bluffs bugle is opposed
to Mcclellan for President. Bully
for the Bngle. Mac as We understand
believes the war just; how then can he
escape believing its object just9 We
are not logician enough to separate the
crime from the criminal. To the ID
We say with the idea Of making a Gen.
our candidate. Gen. Meade recently
made = speech in Philadelphia urging
en1istments as the highest duty Of pa
triotism. How there can be any pa
triotsism in enlisti1g for war prose-
cuted with the avowed object Of des.
troying the government as founded in
1887 is beyond our comprehension.
The House of Representatives Of
this state organized by el:cting Jacob
Butler of Scott Co. as Speaker, J. H
Rich Of Buchanan c.. as Clerk, and
Geo. Bailey Of Dallas as Door Keeper.
". F. Davis was elected secretary OF
the Senate, and F. ". Palmer as State
Printer. Senator Grimes has been
re elected for another full term.
The friends Of Rev. J. W. Windsor
will give donation visit at his resi-
dencc in this village on Thursday eve
ming next. A cordial invita- ton is ex.
tended to the public. Adam RUSSELL
one OF Go. l 80 Iowa regiment died re-
Gently in the hospital Of diseases con-
tracted while in the service. lie was
from this town having been at the time
of enlistment County Superintendent
If common schools for this county. He
was beloved and respected by his COM
panions, and leaves o wife and child to
mourn his loss, The sympathies Of the
people may justly be enlisted in their
behalf. A most heartrending calami
ty befel the family Of S. 0. Daggctt
one day this week, resulting in the
death of a child nearly three years Of
age. It appears that the little fellow
by some means fell backwards. into q
pail Of hot water scalding him 80 Sc
vcrely that he died in a few hours after.
Their calamity enlists the warmest
sympathy of the community.
Elsewhere may DO found the adver-
tisemcnt of NJ. NJ. Moon one of our OIL
dest and best commercial houses. His
stock is full and complete and will be
sold at rates to invite custom. Exam
Inc what he says and give him call.
The entire stock Of goods Of E. M. H
Brown is for sale at cost. the proprie-