The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-10-04
McGREGOR, IOWA. WEDNESDAY OCT 4, 1856.

A Ghost.
There is fear and trembling In the Aboltio
camp, for 10! the indwellers thereof see q ghos
Some pretend tina. it 10 nothing at all, but tn
more candid and outspoken who believe in a
cepting issues boldly, and calling things b
their right names, are beginning to point ou
the fact that the ghost Of Tyler is abroad
Here in the Northwest the Chicago 7Ii6un
blurts 1t out that the course of President John
son 10 not calculated to inspire the Republican
party with hope, and has no hesitancy in max
ing direct attacks. So, too, with several of tn
abolition papers Of the East; they have watch
ed the President narrowly and on the leading
issues Of the day find nothing commendable il
him. His reconstruction policy is odious t
State Rights in the question Of negro suffrage
he is not counted as one among them, and un
less they can bring influences to bear to moul,
him to their own purposes, as they did his pre-
decessor. but few months will elapse before al
attempt will be pretty generally made to reas
and write him out of the party.
In late number of the Worcester, Mass
Spy, appeared a set Of resolutions adopted at
meeting Of abolitionists there, in which the,
herald their own degradation. They state tha
they observe with anxiety the multiplying sign
of coalition on the part of the Democrac,
With the present national dissatisfaction. in it
avowed policy of reconstruction, without tn,
guarantee Of suffrage to the black man, ant
leaving it optional with the slave.holding rebela
to give or refuse to loyal freedmen the Ameri
| can citizens right OF the ballot. '"
They say that the experience of the pas
, should warn leading republicans that the IT,
lerizaton of the party and its virtual betrayal
into tho hands of the Democracy, so far from
being On impossibility, is the most practicable
and tempting method Of lifting the Democracy
again into power. .s..
Then they resolve that "the national security
| Of suffrage to the blhck man throughout the
| entire South is the only sure means of restoring
the union of these United States" 49,.
Another cause for alarm in the abolition
camp is the prompt manner in which the Presi
dent has sustained Gov. Sharkey, of Mississippi
| in his recent conflict with the military powers
These things don't suit the abolition brethren
| at oil, and they will not hesitate, as soon as
the coming fall elections are over, to tell him
| 90. They have q horror of 7'ylerixation, bu,
| the signs of the times are not in their favor
Darsnport Democrat. IL. ..
BEAUTIFUL GuRLs-There are no plain sirls
nova days: Positive ugliness is altogethe,
banished from the land. All the girls are
l w III VIC STcctSS VI uEIVluY IN
! the Park, or sitting in box at the Opera, one
is kept in q state of continual admiration by
the numbers of pretty girls that meet the eye
| on every hand. All this female beauty has ol
course existed at any time; but venture to
think that it is only lately that it has been shown
OF to the fullest advantage. In these DAYS OF
economics and art training we know how to
| make the most and the best of things. Mark
| what mine Of beauty has been discovered in
| red lair. How may years is it since red hair
was contemptuously denominated "carrots7 p
To be carroty was to be fright, and an allu.
sion to carroty girl, in q song or play, was
sure to raise laugh Of derisiop. But now
carrots are the fashion-the rage. The girl
with the ruddy locks, instead Of plastering her
hair down, to look like polished slabs of Peter
head granite, combs it out and lets the sun
into it, and straightway it is q fleece Of gold
Golden locks-that is to say, the rdiculcd
carrots" Of another period-are now the ad
miration of all the men, and the envy Of al
the women. 1t is no secret; / believe. thai
many women are in the habit Of bleaching
| their dark hair in order to impart to Il tinge
| OF the fashionable and admired red. am in
formed, too-And can add my perso1al Aasti
mony to the fact-that red-haired girls whc
have been on the shelf until they are no longer
young, are now going OF in the matrimonial
market like wildhre.
The great discovery that women have made
however. is not that auburn hair-as they love
to call it's particularly pretty; but that any
colored hair is pretty when naturally and artis
tically displayed. In fact, they have discover
ed that their hair is their chief beauty. hold
that no woman can be ugly, or even plain, il
nearly always beautiful thing in woman
The mouth may be large and ungraceful, the
nose may turn up, the cheeks may be too thin
or too plump, but the eye, in its normal and
natural state, is rarely without beauty, either
of form or expression. Good eyes and wealth
of hair will cover multitude of deficiencies
in other respects. Our maiden aunts have
found this out, and these elderly ladies are now
as smart and almost as juvenile as our sweet
heartA In fact, when Miss Tabitha and Miss
Edith are out walking together, it is hard to
say, until you come to close quarters, which ID
the old girl and which is the young one. g'
LOSSES Br RELloIoN-Near London there
dwelt an old couple. In early life they had
been poor but the husband became Chris
tian, and God blessed their industry, and they
were living in comfortable retirement, when
one day = stranger called on them to ask their
subscription to charity. The old lady had
less religion than her husband, and still han
kersd after the Sabbath earnings and easy
shllings which Thomas had forfeited from re
gard to the law of God ? So, when the visitor
asked their contributions, she interposed anG
said:
"Why, sir, we have lost good deal by re
ligion since we first began my husband know:
that very we'll. Have we not, Thomas
After solem pause, Thomas answered
"Yes, Mary, we have. Before got religion
Mary, L.had an old slouched hat, a tattereG
coat, and n,ended shoes and stockings but
| have lost them long ago. And, Mary, 20,
know that, poor as was had habit of get
ting drunk and quarelling with you and that
you know have lost. Aud then, had
hardened conscience and wicked heart, anl
ten thousand guilty fears but all are lost
completely lost, and like milestone cast int
the deepest sea. And, Mary, you have beer
loser, too, though not so great loser Al
myself Before we got religion, Mary, 20,
had washing tray, in which you washed fo
hire |; but since then you have lost your wash
ing tray. And you had gown and bonne
much the worse for wear but you have los
| them long ago. And you have had many n
aching heart concerning me at times bu
these you happily have lost. And could even
wish that you had lost az much as have lost
for what we lose for religion will be an ever
lasting gain"
FRENcH WIvEs.-French laws and customs
respecting marriage, although they canno
erase and obliteratc the natural distinction o
sex, confer complete equality and fraternity
A Frenchweman is not only wife at bed ant
board, she is also partner in business and Q
Joint proprietor, without whose consultation
and consent no important step can be taken.--
She knows when bill is due as well as, o
better than, her husband. She can consent to
or forbid her childrens marriage. She never
sisks her maiden name, but attaches it to tina
Of her spouse in form very little differing
from that of commercial associations. Mr.
White starts concern with Mr.. Black they
announce their joint undertaking as White &
Black M. White married to lie Blacl
are known TO the world as White.Blac