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The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-07-13

The Truth.
D. W. Bartlett, Clerk of the House Com
mittee on Elections, writes to the Indezendent
as follows. When Democratic papers tell
these facts the paid journals detect terrible de.
signs against "the Government. Mr. Bartlett
is close observer and the facts he relates
carry with them their own confirmation to every
man capable of reasoning:
WASHINGTON June 81, 1864.
A friend asks me Why doubt the results of
the present campaign in Virginia, and suggests
that the expression of such doubts on my part
tends to discourage my readers. This is not
my conviction. 1t seems to me that half our
troubles since the war began have their origin
in the vanity of our leaders. Mr.. Seward has
been too ready to predict the cloec of the war
ia three months or year. Mr.. Stanton has at
times been too willing TO conceal our losses
our repulses and defeats. The naked truth
should be told to men, that they may make the
necessary sacrifices for the occasion. In this
correspondence have always endeavored to
tell the truth, and however pleasant it may
have been at times to claim victories where
they were not won, it has seemed to me better
to adhere closely to the facts, and not to in
dulge in Boosting in reference to the future.
So. then, say to the reader, be not too certain
Of immediate success. 1t grows less probable
that Gen. Grant will succeed in driving Lee
from Virginia this summer. 1.-THE people will
give the President three hundred thousand men
in July and August, (Which he will probably
call for0 then decisive victory in the fall
campaign can be confidently expected. With.
out such reinforcements great victory is still
possible, but we have no right to expect it. /
happen to know that these are the views of the
President, as expressed to . friend few days
ago. Of the end he is perfectly confident, but
he expects that the war will rage furiously for
| at least one year more. Let US prepare for it,
then AnotheS army must BE- raised. Congress
must refuse al unnecessary appropriations,
Mr.. Chase will have to raise at least one thou
sand millions more money. All these thinsa
can be and will be done. But they never viii
if the facts Of our situation are concealed.
D. w. B.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-07-13

Two ladies in New York paid $4OO each
to the Hancock recruiting fund, and after
the substitutes are obtained they will re-
ceive from the Provost Marshal the usual
certificates that they are represented in the
army on the new plan adopted in the War
Department. ,...... .... .... ,.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-07-13
McGREGOR. July 9th 1884

Att meeting of the subscribers to the
Garnavillo road improvement, G. s. G.
Scott President, T. W. Wood Secretary,
the following named gentlemen were ap-
pointed as Constructing and Finance Com.
mittec: T. w. Wood, D. Leffingwell, G.
G. Gone. Treasurer, 0. Hulverson.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-07-13
Short Skirts.

0nOTt Sk1et0s
If "Violet Vane," the very interesting
Sidewalk and Parlor Gossip of the N. Y.
Sunday Times, don't quit writing as below,
deputation of Western ladies will be sent
to Nassau Street to scratch her eyes out
In city not cid enough to afford the luxury
Of street sweepers. how would the streets be
passable for trail of five.dollar Silk, two
or three feet long? In late observation,
not at McGregor, we learned that plain
trails began to perambulate first in the
morning, carefully brushing off the rough
est de6ris of the pavement; cheap silks
next, and later in the day the ton gave the
flag stones an exquisite polish. But hear
"Violet: :"
I'VE women are geese. Were we sem
slole, rational beings, we would cut short
our skirts-about the length Of the Bal
moral skiIt-and never wear anything
longer in the street. dislike the bloomer
costume-a female in cloth pantalets is
ludicrous. But the short skirt, with pretty
gaiter boots and nice stockings is bewitch.
ing on pretty girl, and tidy On any one.
would give fifty dollars to see band
| of our exclusives shear of their absurd
trains, and appear on the sidewalk Of Fifth
avenue in sensible garments. Trains are
elegant for home. wear, but hidesus and un.
comfortable in the street. Looping up is
an improvement great one-but looping
off would be decidedly better. Dress.
makers need not complain either, for the
mode would necessitate even more dresses
than are now required; ss the same could
not be worn at home and in the street.
Will no lady Of fashion make the attempt
1t is our opinion it would be success
The walking dress should be: round hal
and short skirt, with tight fitting basque
and high gaiter boots. Who beginss
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-07-13

Wise.
The Chicago Journal, reputed paper of
ability, though we believe it to be, latterly, a
falsifier of the telegraphic report on gold,
and to lend itself to the 1ears in the grain
market, recently gave FIVE reasons for a
speedy fall in the price of the precious
metal. The fifth was that 5rant will soon
enter Richmond; the fourth that our mines
were yielding Is to 80 millions the third
that Government can now borrow money
abroad; the second that the Gold bill is
now repcaled-but the First was cap.
per:
First. Foreign importations must be
diminished by the present heavy tariff and
the "ladies' dress reform" ..-
Shade of Mrs. Lincoln OF Mrs. Arnold
and of Mrs. Bryan, of Chicago! Do you
really, by your extravaganza in dress, hold
up the price of gold and thus bring the
credit of your country to nought? Did
you know before that the fate OF this land
depends on the quality of the skirts you
carry? For shame, ye unpatriotic danes,
to wrap the destinies of this great Republic
in your ample folds of silk and gingham,
and refuse to shell out, except at the solicit
tation of .'Ladies League" invented by
male grannies and engineered by those
whose competency for small matters is well
proven by the selection of such means to
attain SO great an object. How closely it
resembles the cowardlY talk of ADAM:
"The woman though gavest mer' If the
credit of the United States suspends from a
ladies waist or depends on the style of her
bonnet, let US hold convention, admit the
fact by Whereas and pass resolutions
requesting the President to appoint day
when the era Of calico, home.spun hose and
rag carpets shall commence.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-07-13

N. Y. sunday Times.
In 1874 We (the senior) subscribed for
this admirable paper and almost each week
it has become solace to US. dow We
could have lived without it is past imagin.
ing. Our opinion Of public journals is not
valuable to many, but SO far as it goes our
readers are welcome to it. It's stories are
superb-not flashy or fat, like the Ledger,
Leslie's, BalIou's, &C., &C., but thrillingly
interesting; its editorials able, pointed and
conservative; its paragraphs pungent and
refreshing; its European correspondence
reliable, general and interesting; its column
and a half of ANSWERS to Correspondents"
on all questions that suggest inquiry, from
the date Of oil great battles to the price Of
eggs in the time Of Herodotus, the size Of
pants worn by Alexander the Great, the
birth day of earth's greatest men, rules of
decision in gaming, questions of law, or
advice in domestic life, are all given with
freshness and truthtulness which is re-
markable. Its price is but g., per year,
yet, but no such elegant paper can long be
published at such paltry price. We will
forward the money for it to any subscriber
Of ours who will remit.
Speaking of it's Answers to Cores
pondents" reminds Us Of most delicate
piece Of advice recently given to a young
lady who signs herself "JuL1A," Poland,
Conn. If there is anything indicate in
the answer we cannst see it.: the young
lady was in distress at the loss of her bust
and the editor, as in duty bound, suggests
mode by which such loss can be rem.
edicd. This is the plainest answer we
ever saw in the Times, and readers Of OBJ.
scrvation will admit that is truthful and
just what she required. JULIA says:
should not venture to ask you what I
am going to, were l not sure that you
would never discover who I am. For the
last year my health has not been very good,
and have grown little thinner, especially
my bust. an well now, but my bust has
fallen away considerably. Can you tell me
anything that will improve this :. :. We
know Of but one thing you could take,
Miss Julia, with tolerable certainty of &C.
quring, in time, the fair re-development of
those Lines of beauty" as the poet calls
them, which you yearn for as q wonanly
desideratum. 1t is not hard to take,
either, we are assured by those who ought
to know, nor can it be SO difficult for one
to procure, so adroit as you seem to be-
In short, (but allow us to whisper it in
your private car, as it is delicate matter,)
we would advise you to take-a husband.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-07-13

REAL EsTATE.-As currency declines in
value and purchases of perishable or move
able value become more hazardous, many
who have succeeded in piling up paper
money by speculation, are anxiously in
quiring for real estate as permanent invest
ment. We are told that not less than 80
cultivated farms have been sold in Clay ton
and Allamakee counties within the past
three weeks, and the raid (this word is now
popularized and requires neither to be
quoted or italicized)-the raid on Land and
town.lots by Gen. Greenback continues
undated. Indeed We think the battle has
hardly commenced. Land is q sure thing
and pays interest in the shape of crops,
while other property may be quite expen.
sive to hold and not increase in value
either. But we have no time to write an
essay on the subject. One man can rec as
far now as another and if he, who can, does
"Ot ovnvince himself that his r,ur,ry is
better in homestead for "wife and weans"
than it is in any sort Of paper liabilities,
We cant help it. .... .....
One Of the most important sales recently
made near here is the large and very we'll
known farm Of Gen. Lafayette Bigelow.-
1t is the first large prairie farm lying west
of McGregor, contains about 255 acres,
half improved, good buildings and only
eight miles from town-a very desirable
property indeed. The sale was effected by
CALKINs & McCRANEY, the successful Land
Agents at this place, and made to O. HUI
version, Esq, Cashier Of the State Branch,
and now of the First National Bank of Nc
Gregor. The price was $4,000 cash. We
regard the purchase as a good one, but the
GENERAL has long desired to change his
business to one more in consonance with
his active turn Of mind, and we doubt not
he will make paying thing of it in the
end. May Fortunes best turn in the wheel
be his and his estimable family's luck
through life! ..
L. PEAvY, Esq, of this city, also had
land or the brain and relieved himself by
purchasing valuable farm nesr Monona
at very reasonable price. We expect
photograph copy of this tract as soon as
Lou. can get his Instrument out there
The picture will be good one, you bet (!
Calkins & McCraney have many valuable
lands to sell, and dealers can rely on their
faithfulness either as buyers or sellers.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-07-13
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
Found.
Ion, June 25th 1864.

Due Bill for TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS, pay.
able to Eli Weston and made by J. B. Gueuexias Of
Clay ton. The owner can have the same by calling
at A. steinam Co.'S and paying for this ADVERTISE.
ment. I'D. .rgv." 2. 4OA s 81
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-07-13

NECESSITY will compel us after August
18th, to advance our Subscription, Adver-
tissment and JOB Work at least FrrrY Per
CENT. Paper. Material, Labor and Eatables
are going to the clouds. All indebtedness
to this office can be paid at old prices up to
August 18th. New Subscriptions will he
50 in advance: If the TIMas is not wanted
1t these rates the Pr,prietors prefer winding
itup. Subscriptions before August 18th
will be Two DOLLARS in hand; after that
time THREE. ....
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-07-13
M ARRIED.

In Farmersburgh, Iowa, June 24lh, 1854, by r. d.
White, Esq, Mr.. JOHN II. FRANCIS to Mrs. FLoRlKDA
A. CAMPBELL, both ofFarmersburgh. saE-."I
July 4th. by H. s. Brunson, at the residence OF tho
brides father. in Smithfeld Township, Mr.. II. 8.
HUBERT, Of the 38th Iowa Infantry, to Miss NANCY
JOHNSON, both of Fayette County. 'sss.a n " F1H
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-07-13
GreenbNcks Wanted!

II WILL exchange for the above. st ore and
l. Dwelling House in first rate location for bust.
ness The roperty will rent for $500 per year, aud
rs cheap coed we'll on premises. Call on +. W.
WOOD for particulars. lOA
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-07-13

On the Fourth at Washington, "colored
men" filed the Presidential grounds at the
White House, while the Democrats held
their Joi'ncat,on near the cap,,ol buildings
in the square honored by the colossal statue
Of Washington. Very appropriate. Blacks
about the White House at one end ofPenn.
sylvania Avenue-whites in the capitol
square at the other end !. Ennui is pro
nounced on. soee. Desert, the closing course
at dinner, is pronounced dez-zert. Il. The
father of child dependent solely on him
for support is not liable to draft. What an
opening this would have been q year or
more ago for childless bachelors now?.
A cent of 1888 is now worth 70 cents to
one dollar, owing to the superiority of it's
metal or to the desire Of coin hunters, We
don't know which. -. We see it stated by
some contemporary that lthe Bank of Eng
land never suspended specie payment.
This is mistake. An order of the Privy
Council in 1897 forbid the Bank making
further payments in coin, and this order
ran "a vars. AT the same council its
notes were made a legal tender Cotem.
poraries should be posted before dealing in
statistics. The Bank of Prairie du Chen
is now at Upper Town.. :. The Prairie du
Chen Union and Standard are to be con.
solidated; Mr.. Train leaves the concern.
80. Morgan, in his Kentucky visit, got
three genteel thrashings: one at Mt Ster-
ling, one at FRANKFORT, and one at Cynthi
ana. ....A bald man Boosting that he did
not wear wig, was told an empty barn re-.
quired no tAatch!. The rebels for the
last six months have been storing supplies
at Richmond in anticipation OF siege.
The Chicago Post says the necessities of
trade will compel return to specie ne
dunn before January next. II this be true,
greenbacks had better be sailing them
selves down into something less perishable
than paper. The Post is a war journal
and hates the Times of that city. a-
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-07-13
Strayed or stolen!

Strayed or stolen!
LNROM the premises Of the subscriber at Hssdin -
IL Iowa, about the LIST of June,
A DARK BAYOR BROWN HORSE.
He is pony-built, small, With short switch tail:
No marks brands rememb ered 1t Ia possible there
were few white hairs on his back caused by the.
saddle. .s'z. ....a..r .gre
liberal reward will be given for the horse, or for
relative to him.
MRS. GARDENER.
Hardin, Iowa, July Is, 1864. VI
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Geo. p. Morris, of the Home Journal,
New York, died on tho 9th. Isl. -
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-07-13

~ NOttce..-Episcopal Service every Sunday
O'Clock P. NJ, at the German Presbyterian Church,
opposite the Brick School House. Rev. W. F. LLOYD
Past or. ....
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JNO. H. FREEMAN

A NNOUNCES to the public that he has establish.
n ed an INDEPENDENT LINE for the convey
ance OF passengers from and to the Steamboats, Cars
and hotels of MEG regor and North McGregor. Eve
attention will be paid to travellers and their bsg
gage, aud reasonable charges made. 400
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-07-13

Gen. Gilmore is at Washington and as
signed to an active field command.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1864-09-01
Sherif'S Sale.

NNURsUANT tn the command of an execution writ
Of vendi expOnas, issued from the Court Of Com
mon Pleas within and for the county of Highland and
State of Ohio and 10 directed will expose to pub
lie sale at the door Of the Court House. in Hlsboro in
said county,
ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH, A. D. 1864,
between the hours Of two o'clock and four o'clock p
NJ , the following described real estate to-wit por
tion of In Lot No. 81 in the town OF Hsburo, High
land county, Ohio, known and designated the
corded plat Of said town, towit: Forty feet front
High street, the Of High aud Walnut streets
in said town. and running back seventy 5) feet to
alley in said lot sixteen 6) feet wde which alley
runs parallel with the line Of the premises hereby
toned aud fronting High street, said prop
erty being subdivisions and two OF said lot, NJ on
which property is thrce-stcry brick house used
A. Boarding House, together with all the privileges
and appurtenances to the same belonging.
... 0l..... ALSO,
Another pire nr parcel oflnd beginning at the North
west corner Josiah StovensOns lOt the said lot be-
ing part Of snd lot No. 57 and Is the east line of
the above named alley, three (53) feet nOrhward
ly from the north line Of Walnut street; thence with
the line o said stevenson eastwardly parallel with the
line of Walnut street thirtNtwO and one half GEO
feet; hrNce norhwHrdly and parallel with the above
med ail~v thrty-ye (35) ee t. another aey thence
(l) feet 90 the northwest corner ufJ A. FdlprS lot;
thence southwarly with the casterly line Of said Fd
ler's lot rty 800 feet tIhence westwardy with the south
Of said Fder's lot tWentysiX 26 feet TO the line OF
the alley herein rst above named; thence sOuthward-
y with the line Of the said last named alley ve (6 feet
to the plare of beginning This said last mentioned
aud deAcbed property being used as appurtenant to
the property FIRST above described and being alley
with certain ont buildings All Of the above descr bed
property will he sold together.
Valued at "a 500 To he sold the property ofJames
II. Thompson AZ the suit Of David johnson against
James II. Thompson and others.
Terms OF salo-Uash.
> I'M JOHNSON, SMITH c.
Hileboro, August 4, D., 1864. au4w6risla7 rs
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4Orttp.
A p1RaE FOR MCPHERSON.


What gone in thy glory, McPherson-o, wide
through this grief.stricken land,
Shall the voice Of people lament thee struck down
by the foemans red hand ...
o., bravest and best in the battle, that knew not to
falter fail,
For thine was the lineage Of highhoartod
Of the Gael
Sagacious council and ready thy sword backed each
enterprise we'll,
What hou vert in HIS need to thy oheftain the hero
Of vitksburg can tell:
Not even where the death angel found thee, was thy
name in the onset withstood,
For the ground was all fruitful of vaor, that drank
the rich dew Of thy blood
Brave heart, now emotonless lying, what Kleber the
dauntleSs, had been
To the France Of his early DEVOTION in thee had Amer.
lea seen
What she lost at victorious Marengo with the iifsds
Of gallant DssaiK,
BY the ramparts of fatsd Atlanta We mourn in our
hero to-day.
Take him tsnderly, then, to thy bosom, and hold him
there, sorrovnul West,
Thy child from the contest returning to sleep his last
sleep on thy breast
Rain tears from the sad eyes Of Heaven, twill need
them to wash out the stains
That the vintage Of battle oupCuring, has left on our
war.tramped plainsI
In the trenches round Petersburg spreading, where
ceaseess by night and by day,
Mid the of tho thunder cannon, tho spade
and the pick-0x make way,
There is who, though victsry crowned him. woulC
turn in the hour of his pride,
And weep that success had not found him with th
comrado he loved by his side,
o, long in land be remembered the life that so no
bly, he gave
And long may the flag he defended keep watch will
i.s stars DER his gravel
And this be the need that his Country shall claim
each patriot
To do and to dare and If need be to die Mcpherson
has done
FRANCES MARY sCANNELL.
NEW YORK, July 80, 1864.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1864-09-01
Tennessee.

The Union men of Ten nessee are TAX
ing steps to reorgsnize the civil govern
ment ofthat state. A convention is called
to meet at Nashville on the first Monday
in September next, to take into consider.
Grafton, 1st, The general state and con-
dition ofth country; %, The means of
recognizing civil government and res
toring law and order in the State of
Tennessee; Sd, The expediency of hol-
ding Presidential election in the State
in November next; aud finally, to take
such preliminary steps in reference to
said matters as they may deem necessary
and proper. The call is signed by num-
ber of the leading Union men of the
State,
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why Gen. Buell. Resigned.

Gen. Buell. some time since resigned
his com mission as Colonel in the regu-
lar army. He had previously been
mustered out Of service as a Msjor Gen
eral Of Volunteers, after the Court Mar
tial 10 his case, because he refused to
serve under Gen. Sherman or Gen. Can
by, who he says were his juniors. In a
recent letter he gives his reasons for
rCsiguing, among which are the follow
ing;
He says he has become convinced tha at
the power has passed into the hands o
sectional party, who will "trample
upon the political rights of the South. b"
And again:
"I believe that the policy and means
with which the war was being prose.
cuted we're discreditablc to the nation,
and stain upon civilization; and they
would not only fail torestore the Union,
if indeed they had not already render
ed its restoration impossible, but that
their tendency was to subvert the insti-
tutions under which the country had
realized unexampled prosperity and hap.
piness; and to such work l could not
lend my hand"
The people will remember Gen. Bu.
ellis "policy" of prosecuting the war,
when he was in command of our armies
in Kentucky and Tennessee, and how
disastrously it resulted. They have
not forgotten how he made our soldiers
catch and return runaway slaves to their
rebel mastors-nor how he protected
rebel property, refusing even to take
supplies for our army without the con,
sent of the rebel owners--men who
were every day causing our soldiers t
be treacherously assassinated, whilt
guarding their property! No wonder
General who pursued such "policy,
was so disgracefully driven through
Kentucky by Bragg, with far inferior
force, and afterwards let the rebel army
escape out of the State, with its i'm
meuse spoils, when he might have cap
tured or dispersed it. The country pai
dearly enough for Gen. Buell's "policy,
and will be apt to exclaim, in view o
his fnal retirement from the army, "a
good riddance to bad rubbish"