The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-09-06

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and said she coaildn't Just then Remember
the names Of two or>threc more. EA~'
Tennyson has made $4,000 by his
Enoch Arden. --. -.--
The debt Of Canada is over severty-cight
millions.
F. Ii has been intimatcd President will soon
restore the power Of the writ Of haJeas
corpus to the State Of Mississippi. ooh
The receipts Of Internal Revenue for
the month of August foot up over thirty
four millions. 'E@ 3D.. g9...
Gen. Grant will return to Washington
about the LIST OF October.
! The Washington hospitals have only
five hundred sick and disabled soldiers in
charge.
Since the 1st Of January there have been
1873 railroad disasters, attended by 226
fatalities to life and loo injuries to per-
sons. H"Ss,s 6 - n g. 70 p -
! The report that the sales of government
horses and mules had been stopped is pro
nounced to be without foundation. twas
set af9at by spectators. Some $4,OO0,OOO
have already been realized from the sales
1t is said the money necessary to build
a railroad, within three years, from Vino
ma to st. Paul has been secured Of English,
capitalists. A.. l. - = sf%s p go y
| In speech delivered by President John.
son, in the United States Senate in 1859,
be made the following emphatic declara.
! ton: .3tt.t .".t -..
1.-The man who deliberately and boldly
asserts that Thomas Jefferson, when &c
penned the sentiment that all men were
created equal, had the negro in his mind,
is either an idiot or knAve." .s't f2a&A~s
The Chicago Republicaa's special dis
patch from DssMoinss says: ..-..'s -
From present indications, two thirds of
the general Assembly, which commences
in January next, will be returned soldiers"
+ Good.b bye negro suffrage! T. % Il. e. 81 49, ?
I Queen Victoria is said to be much
grieved At her daughter Helena's obstit.ate
affection for British subject.
A man has taken out patent in Lon
don for luminous hats They would, he
says, preserve the wearer from being run
over by the cabs at night, and would to
some extent enable . saving in the lighting
of the streets with gas to be effected.
A project is on foot to lay down sub.
marine telegraph cable between Cuba and
the United States. X u g. IgI az a
| The Richmond Times says that the to.
bacco crops of several years are now
brought forward for the market, and that
at almost every railroad station there are
great quantities awaiting transportation.
The western widows are calling indigns-
ton meetings with reference to the advent
of Massachusetts virgins. The male per-,
suasion IS too scarce for the home market,
without any. importations. EssBzA zsgs
1t is reported that = large emigration is
| to set in next year to this country, from
Northern Europe. Thousands of Poles,
Norwsgians and Swedes are preparing to
take up their abodes here.
Gov. Fletcher says that the objectionable
oath required by the constitution of that
State mus, be taken by the Z ministers and
teachers and If necessary the entire militia
~ Of the State will be employed to enforce
it. L. F.aG sfEA"G =Esl'rEH J 10 e.
Davis, Clay, and Mitchell are now per-
| mit'ed to read newspapers. The letter Of
Davis to his counsel, Gillett, is the only
communication which he has as yet been
allowed to send off. 5.0s tsg
/ Paymaster Eddy, with 100000 govern
ment funds was lost at the time of the
obstruction Of the steamer Brother. Jona-
| than. @aS#s 1855 ~
A woman, running down stairs, in Lon
don, caught her foot in her hoops, fell and
| broke her neck.
New Workers drink about 100000
gallons of water per day. =
The organ Of the French at the City Of
Mexico, declares that Maxmiian's En-
| plre is a failure, and that eirther French
protectorate must be established or the
country must be absorbed by the United
| States. -g ssa ye.=s.a. .5-a a.. .1.as a
In this country we are discussing the
| policy of allowing negro suffrage. In
| Hayt the negro revoiu.ionists are demand
| ing that all white residents shall be debar-
| red all governmental privileges. These
| different results are obtainable under GOV.
ernments which each race and color. res.
pectiyely controls.
| A State Sabbath .SchoolsaC Convention is
talked Of. AConyention will NEE, at Gin
ton on the goth to arrange the programme.
A letter from Louisiana says nothing can
exceed the luxuriance Of the orange treesI
which are literally laden with fruit.
Two young competitors for the love of
the same girl at Fort Edward N. Y, met
the other evening, when one proposed to.
drown their enmity in friendly drink. The
invitation was accepted, but there was
poison in the cup, and the poor girl yfdds
one lover dying and the other waiting to be
hanged. ~ or 5'' 4,a
The log hat in which, thirty odd years
ago, the first white child was born who
ever inhabited Chicago, was recently pulled
down upon the very day that child was
married. ....
Marcus j. Wright and Col. L,o,ny, two
Memphis, Tenn, were arrested in that city
on Wednesday, on an indictment f1r tr&
son brought in 1852 by the District Court.
The Elgin (ScotlandD Courier chronicles
the death Of an old lady, who for years
cherished the pleasing, although perhaps
erroneous impression, that Gen. Grant was
her grandson" The only foundation for
| her belief appears to have been that she
had two sons who emigratad to America =
A Mexican emigration agency is to be
opened at Madison, Wis. 7rgf3 = =
/ Some one estimates that the value or
property in South Carolina, which was
$500, 1000, 900 before the war, is now no
more than S. 900 900.
TIE Masonic Hall OF Muscatine was re-.
Gently sold for $1,000. :. .> ~ J