The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-04-05

Surgeon, Of the S.h Iowa cavalry, are
among the recently relieved federal pris,
oners.
If we may believe the New York 7ri-
! June, the New York Legislature, not onlj
this year but all other years, comprises
about as corrupt set Of scoundrels as
any pcnitentiary in New York possibly
can
1t is estimated that half million bushels
of wheat is in store along the Minnesota
According to the showing of the Auditor
of state the number Of children in Iowa, in
1864 between five and twenty. one years of
age, was 2sl ,93o. The number in 1865 is
295, 4s9-increlse, l3,4e9 The amounted
interest collected on the school fundin 1864
was $1s5, S29 75T;s in 1865, $l3s, $50 80.
Amount Of interest on the fund delinquent
in 1854, 1867 400 rs; in 1865, s2sa,65o,-
As. So it appears that there are thirteen
thousand four hundred and sixty nine
more children in the State than there were
this time last year |! ,.a.l. z.. G.aa .r9.
Report says that Gen. Buckner was in
Chicago few days ago, and is now in
Canada on secret mission. ...-.-. ...l
Robert j. Walker is out in a card deny
! ing the rumor that he had visited Canada
to propose annexation, and says that his
| visit was purely of a private nature.
A vigorous effort is now being made at
Des Mones to raise 100000 to secure the
completion of the Des Moines Valley rail-
road to that place; $4,000 is already
guaranteed to complete the road there du
ring the present year, if that amount shall
be raised. .7zrs ...9~ . ra>e14E 33.e
1t is said that some of the unsupphed on
making great efforts to secure the removal
of the internal revenue officers throughout
the state, so as to provide themselves with
places, and it is said their efforts in many
instances promise success, ~. ...-
Gen, Pope refused Gov. Miller Of Mime
sofa permission to raise two companies
OF Chippewa Indians for military service,
SOUTH ~ -,,~.. 3D.. a.s. ... ..ad
The president has ordered Brevet Maj.
Gen. Anderson to raise over Fcrt Sumpter,
at noon on the nth Of April the same
United statcslhag that foated over it at the
time of the rebel assault, and that it be
saluted with 100 guns from Sumpter and
from every fort and rebel battery that fred
upon Sumpter; also, that suitable military
ceremonies be performed under the direc-
ton Of Maj. w. 7. Sherman, whose opera
tons compelled the evacuation of Charles
ton; or, in his absence, by Gen. Gilmore;
and also that the naval forces at Charles.
ton be directed to participate in the cerc-
monies. ....---
Hon. VIM. Whiting, has resigned his
position as Solicitor of the war depai tment.e
Fred Douglas talks of starting paper at
Baltimore. e"'~
Three thousand dollars in counterfeit
grcenbacks, were takenby bank at Wash
ington teew days ago. -a'aa.-z 81 a'"s no
The Rhode Island Senate has defeated
bill to abolish separate schools for colored
children by vote Of 10 to 10. a1.5 ash
A negro, a member Of the "Nght.fn-
gered gentry has been arrested in Ken
lucky for stealing an anvil
A publisher of religious newspaper in
New York has made $4,000 in petrolc-
um. He is evidently "a little, round, fat,
oily man Of God" r. .r. #'''rn.5t'
The people Of Oberlin, Ohio, have pre-.
scented sword to negro, in consideration
of his being the first of his color to re.
cciye commission as captain in the ar
my. - 49,.
At a ball given by Gen. Mcdowell fip
San Francisco Cal, Mrs. Bacon, of Virginia
City, wore nearly 100000 worth Of jewel
ry. The To-sisn Consuls, and their wives
all appeared in court costume. .rc zo,q a.
90 Strawberries are sold in New York at
five dollars a basket or about twenty dol.
lars per quart. 81. =. .,..- 81 . - ~
The 9th corps Of the army of the, Poto
mac are going to erect a $4,000 dollar
monument to the memory of their late
Gen. Sedgwick. .--'.- ." .'..9 70 ..'
Sec. Stanton says the average loss Of
horses in the fedora, service is 500 day
THE secret service.fund voted to the
president last year is said to be s7o,oo0,.
600. -..-..... .-... .... o.. 80
Miss Harris, who shot Burroughs, was
indicted ION the 2sth, for the crime, and
arraigned for trial. ''a' a,. 5...I Dos a2. J
Stoneman's cavalry are advancing in
east Tennessee, driving the rebels before
them. 1t is stated that they twill soon
strike the enemy where they least expect
| it," -4sA :. .@|3t ~" rs"
C.L., yallandigham of Ohio and James
A. McMaster, the editor of the New York
Freeman's journal, have each testified be.
fore the military commission at Cincinnati,
exoneraiing the, Sons Of, Liberty from. any
designs ola reasonable character. asa.ena
A French paper says that President
Lincoln is about to recognize Mexico. =
Drafts by the rebel government, on their
financial agents at Liverpool have been
protested. yai tsaias 52m75f ,.Gt bof
+, In parliament, Mr.. Gregory gave notice
4 that he should, on an early day, ask what
4 steps the government had taken to pro
s sect the property Of British subjects in'the
confederate states prior to the closing o.
. ''Ht> '"N'''asaz baa ,slia%s gft 10 a411r
etsgT The Cityazoi Pittsburg has forty fiv,
9 ifcundries, consuming ierty-six THOUSAND
sftons of metal annually, and paying nill
. zion dollars wages. They render the at