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The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-12-28
COMMERCIAL.
TINES OppIcg. Tuesday. Dec. N-4P.

TINES OfrIcg, Tuesday, Dec H-4 p. NJ
While prices iuctuating as they now do, 1t is not
important quote the markets for week past. The
capture of Savannah by Sherman has lowered gold and
lessened prices though luxuries remain about the
Wheat Pork, Game and Butter lower. Spirits and
Furs the advance. Benton Bros. Co. carefully
correct their market every week. Prairie Chickens
$3.50 Quails 81 So As the holidays pass away game
drops Mink $500 to 81 90. Rats Is to 20 cts. Coon
so to IS cts Fox 100 $500. Deer skins 25 to GO
per pound. D. Allen, jr Esq, gives the figures.
As go prsss the cold is strengthening, and appear
ances indie ate Il cold snowstorm.
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8WspenAsiOn.

Suspension. aszssss1eas7 E.s@7ls. 's-s - .@s@E
If the TINES should not be issued next
week, we trust nobody will get in passion
about it. 1t is now nearly six years since
we skipped" week, and if the boys of
the Office, at a public meeting to be called
when we get ready, decide to have their
frolic and visits after New Years, our
readers must bear the infliction with Chris
tan patience. We are as much entitled to
breeze as other printers, and they all
take an annual adjournment. Don't Con-
gress do it! And Why is Congress better
than other folks? tss#
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Or COURSE. Every body is talking of
going to DORIS new Hall at North Nc
Gregor, on Saturday night next. Dorr
Hoxsie is all right in catering to public
taste and the lovers Of the dance will find
a most pleasant entertainment if they pat
ronise the "Ncw Years Jubilee" "Cousn
Tim" will be there with his Band, and all
will go "nerry as marriage bell" @a--.
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ington in favor of women clerks in the
Department. She says they will not only
not ask for an increase Of salary, but will
do the work and do it well fT less than is
now paid.
There is an old woodman in the Wind.
sor Forest, England, who has spent a
century in the Forest. He has planted
over $4,000 oaks with his own hands,
which are now trees. lie regards them all
as his children.
1t is said that the fine cut tobacco, which
is so popular with chewers, is made up Of
fifty per cent, peat to fifty per cent. Of
tobacco, thus: embryo is composed Of fine,
hair-like fibres, that when dried, havc.the
color and look of tobacco. This is satura.
ted with a solution of strong tobacco, which
together make very fine article.
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AwFuL.-In an exchange we find the

following train of events or sequences:
"Sone boys were playing marbles in
Fifth street, Cincinnati, the other day :,
when gentleman stepped on marble and
slipped against lady, who fell on hog,
which fell on mans leg, who falling,
cIutched kite string, bringing down the
kite before span of horses, which took
fright and ran down an alley, alarming a
man in a carpenters shop, so that he drop
ped match with which he was lighting a
cigar. among pile Of shavings, which ig
nited, fired the store, causing an alarm OF
fire, and brought out an engine, which ran
over fireman, breaking his arm"
A man in Nc 5regor says if the gentle
man" spoken Of above had bought his
boots of A. H. WHEELER, he would not
have Slipped against a lady" and the
dreadful occurrences recorded would have
been ayoidedi @E ,f@Es
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GAME-Those having game, furs, live
stock, grain, pork, or produce Of any kind
to sell, will employ w. B. DANIELS & Co.
whose card is in this issue oc our paper.
The firm is composed of wide-awake, en-:
ergetic men, and those who consign to
them will be satisfied with their account
of sales If the market doesn't lose its
bottom. .r H "s - sf'
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IT is claimed with very good reasoning
by men holding high positions and in the
possession Of acknowledged ability through.
out the United States, that the Presidents
sast call for three hundred thousand valun.
lunteers is--as were also his former ones
not legal because it does not assign the
quotas; Of the respective districts and
therefore does not give the time required,
by an act Of Congress, to furnish the num-
Der necessary to I'LL their quotas. It is
not known now how many each will be
required to raise. The President says:
The quotas Of states, districts, and sub
districts, under this call will be ass;;siv;a.
by the war4lepartment through the bureau
of the provost marshal general Of the
United States, and, in case the quota, or
any part thereof, Of any town, township,
ward Of city, precinct or election district
OF county not so sub divided shall not be
filled before the 18th day Of February
1866, then draft shall be made to fill
such quota, or any part thereof, under this
call, which may be untitled on said 18th
day Of February, 1865.
A very nine piece Of information, for
some, but it is clear that by it these sever.
al districts, sub districts, &C., are not given,
the full number Of days allowed them un
der the law to raise their quotas. But
then, there is no law now-for President,
land Of course the people who raised him
into power must tamely say "thy will, no
ours be DONE"
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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE !-Once more we
wish to call the attention to the public: all
who are indebted to this firm shall come up
before the LIST of January and pay! All
bills against US we want TO be presented
before the same date. Wishing you oil a
happy New Year, we are,
Yours respectfully, 80
HAMMERsLoUGH Bros.
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A young lady advertises in the Cleveland
Plaindesler for young gentleman to act as
amanuenis. He must be able to write in cipher,
aud when not engaged, he will be expected to
read poetry with feeling, converse with ease,
and be able to play cribbage and backgammon.
He must expect to be kissed when she is
pleased, and cuffed when she is not but, as
her temper is acknowledged to be good, there
will be more kissing than cutting. There is
good chance for some adventure loveipg gen.
,tlemen. III r@E Ha t@v
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Festivals.
The children and their friends land who
is not childs friend p have had gay
time with Us for the last few days. Christ
mas trees were dispensed with, but there
was an amount Of fun and profit to the
little folks which were equally as grateful.
Arriving home on Saturday morning from
Chicago, the writer, by some dizziness Of
himself, did not hear Of the Congregational
Christmas Of Saturday evening, and hence
did not attend it. This he regrets, because,
for years, all assemblages of the kind have
been visited, not rs matter Of form, but
from sincere desire to rcjuvenate in the
company of children. But, apologies aside
we went, on Monday night, to the Bap.
fist and the Methodist Christmas. We
suppose all the entertainments were pretty
much alike, and that all were highly salts.
factory to children, parents and visitors.
The night Of Monday was miserable
one in the weather line; but the youthful
| men and women were tout" to see what
was going on. Mr.. BARRON, Supt., with
his usual urbanity and fatherly care, opened
the proceedings, at the Baptist spree,
(pardon US, Barron; the word really has
no harm in IT'D by telling the lambs of the
flock ito jump up and have a good time"
This the lambs did. Then Rev. Mr.. TUCKER
gave a most capital, brief address to the
boys and girls, won the attention OF the
little ones and the communication of the
older ones-then prayer-then refresh
ments-then general hand. shaking and
promenading, and then, the feature of the
evening the introduction Of SANTA CLAUS,
| loaded down with toys Of all kinds. The
appearance Of "Old Nick" was greeted with
a storm of cheers. His basket was pre-
scented to E. r. and each child, in order,
came forward for gift. On retiring
SANTA was applauded to the echo. II the
junior of the TINES corps had not been
''Nick" himself, we would say more in
commentator Of the manner in which the
part was played.
Visiting the Methodist church, we found
every body of that denomination on hand
and as lively as bees in buckwheat. The
old folks were distributing eatables and
presents, the children laughing and happy.
We missed the face Of Judge Baugh, now
confined to bis house by accident: he is
about as young, on such occasions, as any
body, and we heard his absence regretlully
alluded to by several Of our citizens
Hoping that the Judge will be around when
1866 furnishes the Jubilee, we drop the
pen with a wish that all who read this
hurried sketch may have a Happy New
Year,!
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-12-28

The consumption Of gunpowder by our
sauadrons in service, and for experimental
practice, during the last year, required a
supply of ] 1926 900 pounds OF powder and
575 tons Of nitre, 500 tones Of the latter
being domestic aud supplied entirely from
the New Haven chemical works,
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A1tesL
In the Senate, on Thursday, the commit
tee on military affairs. reported against the
homo bill mastering unemployed general
officers on, Of service.
In the house, Secretary Stanton was
directed to communicate the report of Gen.
CsEby concerning the purchase by the
United States of the products OF insurrect.
ionarJ states. Both houses adjourned to
the 9th prox
Gen. McCook defeated the rebel Gen.
Lyon at Ashbyvle, Ky., on the 18th inst.
and at Hopkinsville, Ky, on the 18th.
"rIangman" Foote has withdrawn from
the rebel congress In his. farewell speech
he declared that the confederacy was upon
the verge of ruin, and asserted that "Pres-
idential interference was the cause of all
the dire mischiefs."
The rebel General Lee is reported to have
received wound, which will disable him
''for some Time" ...-
Gen. Sherman occupied Savannah on the
2lst inst, capturing 800 prisoners, $50
cannon, 5000 bales of cotton, Is locomo.
tives in good order, 100 cars, a large lot of
ammunition and material Of war and 8
steamers. Hardcc, with the main body
Of his forces, made his escape during the
night before, having previously blown up
the iron.clads and burned the navy yard.
Rebel papers say that twenty-six Of
. Admiral Porters vessels re appeared before
theifcrts at the entrance Of Cape Fear river.
At Washington il is reported that the feet
is returning to Fort Monroe. A refugee
from Richmond, reports Fort Fisher captur-
ed by our forces. ...... .. 49,.
The privatecrs Chickamauga and Talla-
hassee ands everal armed blockade runners
are at Wilmington, and it is rumored that
the rebels have some iron clads OH the
river. The belief is entertained in some
quarters that the capture of the forts and
the closing Of the river are the only objects
Of the expedition, and that no attack will
be made upon Wilmington.
A Richmond papor puts the rebel force
at 100000 fighting men, and 46l, 1854 in the
field. The internal revenue receipts.
Sheridan's infantry has moved
up the valley to point between Harrison
burg and Newmarket; and Early has march.
ed to meet him. Custar had fight with
Rosser on Thursday; the result of the en-.
gagement is not stated.
A Richmond paper gives a rumor that
Charleston has been evacuated.
Hoods loss, officially reported, is 1850
killed, 9,72o wounded and $50 prisoners
and 81 pieces Of artillery.
Mosby rs reported killed. .
The rebels report that Breckenridge de-
fested Stoneman or Burbridge on the 18th
and 10th inst, near Glade Springs, south
western Va, and that the federa!s retr.ated
towards East Tennessee. ...
VERY LATEsr.-Mr. Patterson, of the
Lightning office Of McGregor, says at
P. NJ. Tuesday, that the line works badly
owing to the storm; but that it is telegraph.
cd that CHICAGO is in danger of rebel
raid from Canada and that Hooker is in.
formed that the rebels feellike giving up.
If the last is true, bless God! If the
srst is not false, our hats are subject to
the demands Of friends.
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On Thursday last A. Clark, ESQ, Of
Castala, sold in this market to Messrs.
Evans, Rowland & Jones, Times Block buy
ers, three dressed hogs, only fourteen
months old, which weighed 400, 4l2, 442.
making 1854 pounds the three, at $l5 per
cwt. Mr.. Clark realized for his shoats an
average of s62,7O, and the snug little sum
of $lss, 10 for the lot, an amount sufficient
to buy drove Of an indefinite number at
times since the west has been known to the
white man. Railroads and such farmers
as Mr.. Clark have made this country what
it is to day-one of the best in the world.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-12-28

The rebels now have atloat, preying upon
our commerce the following vessels: The
Tallahassee, Olustce, Chickamauga, Suwanee,
Edith. and Shenandoah. They are all English
built and are represented as very fast
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OUT-sIDE.-This issue, the outside con.
taias an account Of difficulty in which a
Germanic gentleman found himself, unex.
pectedly 80. The Presidents call for Three
Hundred Thousand more. "A fashiona-
bic call by Miss Lucy--a city belle. III
luck detied. "A very interesting letter
from the spicy pen Of our lady correspond
ent, giving an account Of visit to The
U. S. Hospital at Pr. du CHEN. -. Wo-
mans life. "A description Of the won
'derful volcano of Kilauea. Political
preaching rebuked-a good thing. .Archy
Browns meanness The wonan's tailor
in Paris. The necessity of advertising
mountaineering to business men. -.
Cut out-not pleasant occurrence for a
bachelor. Z. e.. Life in southern India. &C.
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U. S. TAX COLlECTOR'S SALE.

DY virtue of authority vested in by the Internal
ID Revenue Laws of the United States and In default
of payment OF certain License No. 5671, issued upon
application of E. g. Wait of Millville Township, Clay.
ton Co. Iowa, and bearing date the 1lth day Of june
A. D. 1854 have this day levied upon the following
dcstrbed goods and chattes the property Of the said
E. G. Wait to-wit: One Red Cow, Three Calves and
Two Pigs which shall expose for sale to the highest
next at the front door of T. C. Jereis' Grst MILL in
the of Millville Clayton Co., Iowa. at O'Clock p.
NJ of said day, to the of twenty-five Dollars
and Seventeen Cents together with the penalty Of 10
per cent and all legal costs that have may hereafter
accrue. - s asrs.s. .--
Dated this Dist day of December, 1864.
LEVI FULLER Collector.
BY ". L. CALKINS, Deputy. 2wl2S
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Politics.
We are rot inclined to write politics. In
our paper to-day is an article from the
Chicago Times and one from the Richmond
papers Our disinclination to write is not
caused by a surrender Of ideas on the ques-
tons of the late canvass; but of what use
is it to scold ard growl aud swear and sweat
ike the Chica go Tribune and its dIuters,
long after opinions involved in a political
canvass are taken from discussion and have
become, SO far as the present hour can
make them, the legal will Of the people.
Old womanIsh scoldlns is taboo ed in
domestic life: SO should similar freaks Of
fault, finding querulousness by professed
politicians, be also condemned. Live ques-
tons, before the ballot box for adjudication,
we ike to discuss; but dead ones, with a
closed ballot box to appeal to, are not to
our taste, as they are not to the interest Of
our readers.
We knew man, once, who opposed the
annexation Of Texas for ten years following
that event. He didn't expect to change
the act Of annexation, but he had learned
q song of certain kind and he could sing
no other. You see such specimens Of
editorial and oratorical ability everyday.
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"Now / lay me down to sleep,
Z I give my soul to God to keep"

then turning quickly TO his mother, as a
new thought struck him, he said: "And
when wake up, I take it back again, don't
I, Mar. Capt. Benton, at the P. o.,
can furnish Government Stamps till you
can't rest. Send or call for any kind you
want. "A Jail is now one Of the institu-
tons of McGregor; we saw Mayor Letting,
well in it OH Monday! He might have
been looking it over, but our dread of such
placcs is SO CRATE we didn't stop to ~
quire. IT'S not necessary to tell where i
is located; those wanting its hospitality viii
End it out soon enough, 81. +, svs. a. ss4
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MANY THANKs.-We are under bonds of
the strongest friendship to several gentle
men for Christmas favors. To Caleb E.
Brooks, of the Ossian House, for turkey !;
to William Moncrief, Station Master at
Ossian, for fat goose; to Supervisor
O'Brien, Of this city, for turkey; to
William Paul, Esq, Of Giard, for turkey,
and to Mr.. N c. Bennett, Of Castalia, for
barrel Cor little kag) Of most excellent
oysters. Mr. Bennett and lady returned on
Saturday morning from long visit to N.
Y and New England. .", -
To say that we are very grateful to our
acquaintance for these substantial recollec-
tons, is conveying poor idea of the regard
in which they are all held at this office.
We also got presents on Christmas like
the smaller children, but as Santa Claus
expressly forbade our mentioning what and
from whom they come, We reluctantly keep
silence.
Our thanks to Mr.. JAMES CoTrEn, Of the
Express Company, for kindnesses.
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Majority for Lincoln.

Estimating the four States not included
in the above table to have given for Mr..
Lincoln 100000, and for Mcclellan
Y 900, and We have as the result OF the
election in all Of the States:
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McGregor Western Railway.
On and after Monday, November 21st, Trains will
leave and arrive follows: .r1.5
{ ...-=< TRAINS LEAVE. $50 @Ta
North McGregor, $50 A. NJ. and 3:15 p. NJ.
TRAINS ARRIVE. r..-......
North McGregOr, 1890 A. NJ. and 400 A. NJ.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
FOR S.aLE. CHEAP!

A LARGE TWO STORY HOUSE AND TWO 49,
"A LOTS, in McCraneys Addition. 1t il con- It'll
yeniently located and has good spring water W.
the premises. We are determined to sell, leave
for Idaho in the spring and you can get BARGAIN
BY CALLING SOON. The house is well insured and
in good repair. Title perfect For particulars enquire
Of ..E SAM. s. HAISLET, Times Once.
Or of JNO. McCRANEY, on the premises 2m427
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Revenue Stamps.
Persons in want Of Revenue Stamps will hnd them
in Large Small Quantities at the POST OFFICE
Orders from the country will be filed promptly. A
reasonable discount made to dealers in the interior
towns.
42s W. A. BENTON.
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This gives the total vote in all but the
four States named above:
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I =
the "oiiicer is undoubtedly woman"
The number OF cmigrants arrived at New
YORK last week was .2,433 The total
number for the year was 1870, $40. To the
same date last year, the number was Isl,
$50. .,.-.. .rag
Among the curious wagers which have
been lost by the defeat of Mcclellan, was
one made Dy young lady OF Newark, N.
J.. the terms being that if Lincoln was
re- elected she would visit her friends in
New York state, five hundred miles dis
tant, carrying with her one hundred clans,
which she is to make into a huge pie Tor
the benefit of her friends. ...s
A fight between Joe Coburn and Mace,
is expected as soon as the latter arrives.
1t viii. probably take place in Canada.
A large fire occurred on Beekman Street
4 New York Friday night. Loss 10000.
The President has had fifty applications
for the Mission to France. ,.g
I General Davidson seems to be making
r.
himself felt in the southwest. lie lei
4 Baton Rouge, La, on the nth; and at las
laccounts was in Augusta, Perry Co., en-
route for Mobile. The Virginia Legislature
has passed batch Of resolutions intended
to aim blow at separate state action
State Sovereignty, as against Jeif Dav'
, and his clique being something Virg'nian
! can't or won't understand.
The government departments were close
Monday, to enable employees to kee
, Christmas.
The newly discovered well under Chics
20 is said to discharge over half'a Milo
i gallons o. water per day. 1
L Jane G. Swisshelm writes from sWasl
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-04-05

y pos EssGD AurnoR.--The sue
cess 81 many great authors is unionbt-
taly due 70 the manner IN which they
gave themselves ap olely to the topic
Ia hand. IL is told Of Balzac that
Wh,n a0oat 10 write book he shut
himself up Ill a darkcued room, from
which le dd not emerge until his
work was completed. Carlyle, If we
aro t. believe a corre pouden; Of the
Boston Commonwealth, has gone d
step iuttlcr. and lost lis own identity
ia iAal Of tile hero Of his latest work
Carlyle has IL bis study, nineteen
different portraits 81 Frederick, and
more dian two thousand books, in
many languages, which bear upon he
lle he ID writing. Every other pie
tire, anl every book nol bcaring on
that lie he has excluded from his
study The Spiriioaliss, Of which
there age not a few IN London, say
that BE il POSSESSED by tie spirit Of
Frederick, aad that he is no, respon,
sibla ior ihe things he writes nov
about slavery or any thing else, and
ihai when lie liie i completed he viii
awaken II from a spell, and lie cloth.
ed in hls nehi mind.
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Nei loag aHcs. ca elderly woman
entered i railroad car a. one Of the
0Aio stations and disturbed the pas
seurers good deal Nuh Complaints
atoat a most dreadful rheamafis that
sAe vas iraHhltd with A gentleman
prteai. vho had himself brea q Sc
were B7 rer with the same complaint,
said 81 bef-- DID you ever Try elee-
mdtF. dana ! tried Il. ADD 10 slr
s.arsc n hsu time il completely
rard me- Electricity exclaimed
ih old ady-~y.e-s. I've tried il to
my sat.slaeti0a. was struck with
Hetni Z about a year ago, bot i
didn't 30 me 4 m6ssel good
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II tas been q scoveFed that certain
young officer ia Nashville have been
.daaneing the service ~ exercising
if ponsible military tyrnny upon
Is mbiiams. Finding d house with
c8sdious apartments they would
order ibe lamily 70 Icay6, and they
opposing they had aathnily from
he .q,alers would ebey, -an oppor
mui,y being furnished in Ne fact that
tie Government, n aceumuhting i'm.
mense Store. there bad Ii some in
stance. found it necessary 70 impress
house 70 store hem iu.
The first discovery WAS some months
since, when a Captain went TO the
reiaenee of Ia elderly widow, and
stated tlel be had Orders from Gen.
Changer 10 take her house and that
shc must yacate lhe premises on the
following day a twelve O'Clock. Her
situation WIS gch thal lie determn-
"a 90 appeal rs The General for lenieu-
cy shc ngl doubling but the order had
been given o. represented bal when
she ail her case before Gen. c., he
disel4imed any knowledge Of tie mat
ter apl Tod hpr 70 return home, and
he would see her protected. Next
Soy be- vout 10 the house dressed in
q. oyere0tt 50 b 10 hide his star, and
at down, lie lid not wait long be-
Fore ibe officer ia question came and
demanded the house. by whose
Authority " inquired De General
Byar1erot Gen, Granger" replied
Tie officer WHO dil not know whom
re was addressing. a guard was At
once called, and the officer marched
90 baweea ba5oues