The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-08-16


News and Items.
The money from 500 captures is about to
be distributd among the officers and men
Of the navy.
The ram Stonewall is still at Havana.
The WorlTs special says another case OF
insane impulse has just resulted at Wash.
ington. A young lady, arming herself with
q pistol of the same pattern as that used by
Miss Harris, deliberately shot a soldier who
bad become an inconstant lover, severely,
If not fatally wounding him.
Massachusetts, let's niggers vote who have
two hundred and fifty dollars worth Of
property. She il willing to be governed by
rich niggers, but not by poor ones.
The commissioner Of internal revenue al
Washington has decided that licensed
commercial broker may negotiate sale OF
liquors from one dealer to another without
additional license. He has also decided
that monthly returns Of insurance compan.
les do not include premium rates.
Another attempt is said to have been
made to carry off Geo. N. Sanders from
Montrea'.
Counterfeit greenbacks of the denomna-
ton of $40 are in circulation in Jackson
county, Wis, among the pinerymen.
The Wis. State democratic convention
will meet at Madison on the goth of Sept.
Com. Porter has been temporarily ap.
pointed to the vacancy in the bureau of
navigation occasioned by the death Of Capt
Dryden.
The commissioner of internal revenue
has decided that deeds executed and delv.
cred prior to Sept. l, 1862, may be admit.
ted to record without stamp. ..a
Yellow fever is raging in Puerto Prin.
cipe.
The war in the Argentine republic is
still progressing. We have reports of bat.
tie in which the Paraguayans were repulsed
with loss Of $4,000. The report is doubt.
ed.
A heavy storm on Monday night did i'm
mense dsmmaee to crops and fruit t, ees in
Sank and Iowa counties, Wis. The dam
age is estimated at over $500, 900. One
hundred farms we're stripped Of every.
thing, leaving many families eatirely des.
titute. - 49, ..
The rebels Benjamin and Kirby Smith
are at Havana but are expected to leave for
Europe soon.
The latest reports received at the Adj.
utant Generals Office place the cavalry reg.
iments from our state as follows: First
Regiment, at Atlanta; Second, at Eastport,
Miss; Third, at Atlanta; Fourth, at At
lanta; Fifth, at Edgerfeld, Tenn. Sixth,
at Fort Randall and Montana; Seventh, at
Fort Kearney and Cottonwood Springs !:
Eighth, at Macon, Ga; Ninth, at Browns.
vile, Ark. sas 81 er.ss ..-s....
1t appears that the increase in the pub.
lie debt, since the close of May last. has
been, in round numbers, 1922, OOO, 900.
II mourn for my bleeding country"
said certain army contractor to Gen Sher.
idan. $50 you ought, you scoundrel,"
reelied Sheridan, ''for nobody has bled her
more than you have"
The 9Th Iowa cavalry now at Macon,
Georgia, is ordered to be mustered out i'm.
mediately.
The Davenport papers report several
cases Of hydrophobia, and yet the worth.
less ours are allowed to run At large un.
muzzled.
The History Of Iowa Colonies by Capt.
A. II. Stuart is almost ready for distribu.
ton.
Remember that the Iowa State teachers
association will come off at Oskaloosa next
week the 22d and 25th. ~
The republicans have repominated Cony
for the Office Of governor in Maine and
passed resolutions demanding equal rights
for the ex slave of the south.
Claims have been filed at Washington
by various states for money expended by
them in arning, equipping, paying and
transporting troops during the recent war,
the total sum amounting to $27,7lO, 1884,.
9e. Illinois has claim Of So, 800, 6l3 "a;
Michigan, $632, 1929; Minnesota, $25,.
1877; Indiana, 1922, 867 90; Ohio,
$3.50, 154 80; Iowa, $647, 573 7S; Wis.
consin, 81, 100, 4l346. 80 ~.
The frtedman's bureau is about to test
the right Of the slaves to compensation for
services rendered their masters since the
date of the emancipation proclamation.
The hail storm Of the 9TH inst, is report.
cd as having done $4,000" damage to
crops, mostly in Wis.
The N. Y. Home Journal has letter
from France stating that six Thousand sin.
gle men, from 20 to 40 years old met at
Marseilles in the grand square of that city,
and resolved to make no marriage proposals
till toilets were modified and work resumed
on the part of the females Amt this
awful? ..s .-,. ..
The new Board of trade of Chicago is to
be dedicated on the 3oth by '.splen'
'splay." ssas he baa
Attorney Gen. Speed, in an opinion re-
Gently made, confirms the legality OF the
military trials Of the assassination conspira.
tors. ssga- 4l
The trial of Capt Wertz, the keeper Of
the Andersonville prison, was commenced
yesterday.
South bend, Ind. was recently visited by
terrible tornado. which damaged property
to the amount Of over 100000. .aa
The commissioners to negotiate with the
Indians, leave Washington to-day
They are authorized to treat with any
tribes on Indian territory, Kansas or on the
plains Is s- asa .iasI .vsa. x. @,5,l5
On the LIST Of May last there were ! $780,
600 men enrolled in the army and on the