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The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-01-05

CoAGsEss sg1n assemblies today af.er
an interim of two weeks spent by the
members in enjoying the holidays. Not
much ha- | cen done a. vet BY that august
bat!y. AMI it is now pretty certain that
lite cy"nd the inevitable negro and.
IN ,Idr interests Will fn! place thee
during the present session. The war goes
on The New In land shoddy Contractors
grJw AZ. Major Generals flourish Ike
dJ-fenuei in June. anl small! politicians
make bunkun speeches negroes are freed.
ie AM ciothed at the Expense OF the
white man while Law and order. tvuh and
justice. are recs le~sly tranI led under foo,
IN the name at liberty AMI union We
punI.sh N ano- her column. severe .tric-
ture from New jersey contemporary
who gee 10 be familiar with Congress
slonal S,c ey in Washington, on the sta,e
OF Af4.rs III that modern eta LEI of
we Sni eruption Whether his
picture he over,.r swn We cannot say. but
hOl Tor the sake OF humanity IN general ,
and American society in particular that
things ere not quite As bad as they are
repre- .en:ei.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-01-05
Proc lie nlatiOn If The kGjutaHt
General OF indiana.
executive DtpARTMENs OF INDIANA J

GAk(l 1--WE It PARIMEN. of INDIANA /
ApJUTANr GIHLs IlPT
iNpIANAIoLIs. Lee. 81. 1861.
10 the People o! indiana,
/ he time FIR raising ii reg .ments Of
Infantry ia Indiana, under tie recent
proclamation OF the President of the United
: a'e- having | cen limited " tie War
Cepartm mt to the 1'h Cay OF February
lea. the Ieople of The State and es!ec
ally the authorities and committees of
counties and sub -disir:cis, are earnestly
requested to take Immediate measures ~
'aise the necessary number Of men to fill
he regiments called for The draft will
~ureiy be made unless our quots, which
Will be shortly announced in detail. Is
PROMPTLY filed by volunteers within TIE
tine designated. Every facility will lie
iforded by the department. and w the
military authorities of the Government to
insure success. and it is believed that with
rroIe energy and lileraii'y IN The Fart
Il Ire leopie. tie necessity for another
iratt Can Lc avoided Recruiting ofEccrs
".li be appointed as soon as possible, and
.uil instructions given at once for enlist
ing, clustering and rendezvousing troops
BY orc II of Gov Morton
s 'gned W III. H. IERLILL.
Atj't G.nl of indiana.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-01-05

At the request of Gen. Mcclellan The
amount of money ls691,10) contributed
to purchase him asword. CATER he had
been cheated cut o. that balloted f;r at
the great Sanitary Fair by the Loyal
Leaguers) has been turned over to the
Patriotic Orr han As ,lum located at Flush
ing. Long Island. Gen. Mcclellan is still
at bis home i1 Orange New Jersey.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-01-05

The lie rslafure cJnvenes day. The
House is republican. while the Senate. IN
8 .l-equenre of the detection of Dunniny
is tie. i he republicans expect to have
bug ;retiy much ther own WY. and
ieuec swsrins of hungry pap-suckers are
Oh, he scrt IL secure draw from the.
nium, :. zen az knl As a .oyernm,
tea In a. mach \. there are IN ire han
cry aul thirsty seea.rs iii N places to fas-
ten upon. some III. ncce- .ri!y turr,
away un:ati>fel We shall probably be
a lie ip announce next week the lucky
ole' IN the organ tion. We regre; to
a II hat some chronic Office seesers il,
the democratic party are al'o on hand a
uI' trying to ccure a prize In the cor
ruptlon lottery to be drawn by the present
legislature there is little prospect that
ANYTHING good WI! result FROM the action
Of tn, pre- ent general assembly OF the
State of Indiana. we shall endeayor how
ever TO Keep our readers advised as to he
More Important movements It that body
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-01-05

The New Yolk Host. leading Repub-
lean organ, says:
he Haytien, are much elated over the
re election Of President Lincoln. Several
# the towns and cities.of IIayti we're ilu-
minated in honor of the event.
They are probably expecting one of
hose gifts which our model President
proposed to give to the negro nations
Lincoln will probably give lIayti gun
oat in the name Of the United States.
A IIoue for dscaycd gamblers is to DO
erected on New ORLEANS.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-01-18


Generals OF Chief OF the Army.
The Army and Navy journal gives the
list Of officers who have held the position
of General in. Chief of the Army Of the
United-States, as follows: M, u
Brevet Brig. Gen. Josiah Harmar, from,
Sept 1889, to March, 1871. s@
Msj. Gen. Arthur st. Clair, from March,
1901, to March, 1892.
Maj. Gen. Anthony Wayne, from March,
1892. to Dec. 1896.
Brig Sen James Wilkinson, from Dec
1896, to July, 1898.
Lieut.. Gen. George Washington, from
July. 1898. to Dec. 1899.
Maj Gen. James Wilkinson (again,)
from June, 1900, to Jan. 1912.
Nj, Gen. Henry Dearborn, from Jan.
1912. 70 June, 1915. .-.
Maj. Ger. Jacob Brown, from June,
1915, to Feb. 1928.
Maj Gen. Alexander Macomb, from
MAY, 1926. to June, 1871.
Brevet Lieut.. Gen. Winfield Scott, from
June. 184l. to Nov. /, 1861.
Maj. Gen. George B. Mcclellan, from
Nov /. 1861, to July %. 1862.
Maj. Gen. Henry w. Halleck, from July
20. to March IL, 1864.
Lieut.. Gen. U. s Grant, from March -,
1864.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-01-18
Buy n Home.

nnDESlRABLE Residence Lots are offered for
lNIJsale In McGregor, within 50 to 40 rods of the
Flanders House Titles perfect terms reasonable Also
number OF lots ranging from TO acres.
Apply TO VIM. GREEN. or
ORLANDO MCCRANEY
Gcnl Agents Gia-d Company
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-01-18
A Contrast.

A Contrast.
Abraham Lincoln, in his Message e
Congress, holds the following language in
connection with the increase Of population
during the year:
a.'lt is not mat,rel to inquire how the in
crease has been produced, or to show that
which is probably true; the important fact
remains demonstrated that We have more
men now than when the war began; that
we are not exhausted nor in process of ex-
haustion; that We are gaining strength, and
may, # need b.. maintain the coutes. indie.
finitely''
Major Gen. Naglee, in the course Of an
eloquent and patriotic letter acknowledging
the gift Of medal for his gallant services
from citizens Of Philadelphia, says:
''Our country bleeds, and weskens rs it
bleeds; and all who love it as il is worthy to
be loved, must grow sick in contemplating
the exhaustion that ages will not restore
Have humanity and Christianity become
extinct, and are We 50 lost to all the better
impulses Of our nature, that no voice is
heard adequate to stay the bitter passions
that drag the victim to slaughter, that his
little ones may suffer-"
Comment, is almost unnecessary. On
the one hand we see brave and distin.
guished officer, made familiar with slaugh
Ter by long association, and following the
profession Of arms from education, elo-
quently protesting against the ceaseless
tide Of blood that flows over the land. On
the other, the President of people suffer
ing under the terrible lash Of war, bereaved
in every household, and filled with sad
forsbodings. finding cause for congratula-
ton in the fact that though the bullet and
the bayonet, disease, starvation and neglect,
have laid thousands in their graves, there
Are still enough left to continue, il need be,
indefinitely, the terrible strife. The brave
soldier may we'll ask, "dave humanity and
Christianity become extinct. Utica Oh.
<frrsr.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-01-18

soldier ingenuity
At the Soldiers Fair, soon to come off at
Boston, there will be on exhibition and for
sale miniature steam engine, built of pick.
ed up materials, by two private soldiers.
Westel E. Hankins and Abram r. Evans,
both belonging to the 44th New York reg.
iment, which was begun and finished since
the arrival Of the army before Petersburg.
The engine, considering the materials and
the means Of making it, is great piece
of ingenuity. Its length is fourteen inch.
es and its highlh twelve inches. The boiler
is made from common oil can the fur.
mace from a camp kettle; the smokestack
from table-tray; the cylinder from piece
of musket barrel from the battle field the
cylinder cover from . piece Of signal teies
cope frame; the post connecting the cyln-
der with the bed plate from the rein rings
from set-of harness; two try cocks from
q Key to a door lock from house at
Spottsylvania; the steam chest is piece of
door plate, the steam pipes piece Of scale
beam he'ped out with silver pencil case;
the steam whistle, which, when working,
is loud and shrll, is composed Of the
mouth-piece to bugle, part of Spen-
Ger rife cartridge, and the tip of bayo
net scabbard; the safety valveis piece Of
lightning rod from mill at Rappahsnnock;
the beam of the valve a part Of cavalry
soldiers belt buckle; the weight rebel
grape shot; the piston rod and crank are
made from pieces of musket ramrod; the
connecting rod is piece Of wire from a
Iai!roaa lantern; the fly wheclis made from
piece Of mahogany table; the four spokes
to the wheel of musket ramrod; the hub
Of the wheel is the fuse plug Of rebel
shell; the brace from railroad lantern; the
valve rod is made from a piece Of wire
from parasol; the Maltese cross 18th
Corps badge) surmounting the frame; the
bed plate, stand-plate, shaft standards.
cross heads, eccentrics and guides are all
made from pieces Of brass picked up in
various places in Virginia; the packing
boxes ami screws were made from United
States medical instrument, destroyed. The
machine rests upon a frame made from
pieces Of mahogany piano case. from q
house near Petersburg, belonging to an
officer in the rebel army; the legs are pieces
Of andirons from the same house, and the
brass knobs on the frames are from rebel
cartridge boxes from the Weldon railroad.
This piece of mechanism, though SO small,
is in perfect running order, and works
beautifully. and has power sufficient to run
. sewing machine. 1t is named the Gene.
raj Charles Gr.ffin.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-01-18
A CARD TO THE La les.
DoEDONcO'6 Golden Pills !!
ron FEMALES.

-
ron FEMALEs.
IntGhtle IN correcting. regulating and remouinQ
all obstrucfi""s. Cr m nhHteuer canse, and
alac"ys .ucc ss'ui az a preventative.
The combination of ingredients in DR.. Duponco'.
Golden Pills, are perfectly harmless. They have been
used in the private practice OF old Dr. Duronco for over
thirty and thousands OF ladies testify their
great and failing in almost every case
correcting Irregularities relieving painful and distress
ing menstrau'ions, particularly at the change Of Ii G.
From to 10 pills viii that common yet dreadful
complaint, the Whites. Ne ry every female in tie
nd suffers from his complaint. The above pill al
permanently cured thousands and will cure you if you
use them. They cannot harm you, ON the contrary,
they remove all Instructions restore nature to its prop
err channel and invigorate the Whole system. Ladies'
whose health will not permit increase Of family will
find these Pills q successful preventative.
Pregnant females. or those supposing themselves
are cautioned against using these pills while in that
condition. lest they invite miscarriage, after which
adonition the proprietor assumes responsibility
although the mildness Of the pills will do no injury to
health.
N. B-The ingredients composing the genuine pill
are made known to every agent and they will tell you
the pills are free from anything injurious and yet will
Full and explicit explanations accompany each box
' = DENTON BRoffnERs 4 CO.. and
WOOD BROTHER McircCor
General Agents for Clayton county, Iowa.
Ladies, by sending the Above Agents One Dollar
through the McGregor Post Office can have the pills
sent ntialy) by mail to any part Of the country
free Of postage.
n Block cut for counterfeits Buy no Golden
Pills Of any kind, unless every box Is signed s. d.
Howe. All others base imposition and unsafe;
therefore, You value your life and health Ito say
nothing OF being hninbuggcd out Of your money! buy
only OF those who show the signature of s. D. Howe
on every box which have recently been added on &C.
count OF the pills being counterfeited
Sold also by Allen Hosford, Dubuque, Iowa: s..
Crawford 4 CO.. Galena. ILL.,, Emmert 4 Burrcl Free
port ILL.,, Lord Smith, Chicago; and by one Druggist
in every village and city in the L. S.
4O1 s. D. HOWE Sole Proprietor New York
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-01-18

Aavice for nrai... 81
DR.. bio Lewis offers the following
advice to ladies on the subject of cloth
ing: .-..-. .a.-a.e.
Dufing the damp and cold seasons def
cient dress OF the feet and legs is fruitful
source of disease. The head, throat and
liver are perhaps the most frequent suffer.
ers. The legs and feet are far from the
central part of the body. They are not in
great mass like the trunk, but extended
and enveloped by the atmosphere. Besides,
they are near the damp, cold earth.
For these and other reasons, they require
highest physiological condition, We must
give oar extremities more dress than the
body. We men wear upon our legs, in the
coolest season, but two thicknesses Of cloth.
The body has at least six.
Women put them on four thicknesses
under the shawl, which, with its various
doublings, furnishes several more-then,
over all, thick padded furs, while their legs
have one thickness of cotton under . bal
Icon. Thsy constantly come to me about
their headache, palpitation Of tho heart and
congestion of the liver. Yesterday one
said to me: 'All my blood is in my head
and chest. NV head goes bumpety bump,
my heart goes bu,npe,y bump" asked,
show are your feet !''-sChunks of ice. !"
she replied. I said to h.r, '.if you SO
dress your legs and feet that the blood can't
get down into them, where can it 60! It
can't 60 ont visiting. 1t must stay in the
system somewhere OF course the chest
and head must have an excessive quantity
So they 60 bumpety bump, and 80 they
must 60 until you dress your legs and feet
in such way that they shall get their
share Of blood. In the coolest season Of
the year leave Boston for bit of tour
before the lyceum going as far as Phila-
dolphin and riding, much OF The night
without an overcoat; but give my legs
two or three times their usua! Dress
During the coolest weather. men may wear
in addition to their usual drawers, pair Of
chamois-skiu drawers with great advantage.
When we ride in sleigh, or in the cars.
where dove suffer? In our legs Of course.
Give me warm legs and feet, and III hardly
thank you for an overcoat. ~.-
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-01-18
Safe Of TOsum PrODertu!

TNuE Postville Land Company are now prepared to
sell and give perfect titles to lots in the Town Of
Postville
SUPERIOR INDUCEMENTS
will be offered to business at this point Postyille
IL on the line OF the McGregor Western Railway, rs
miles from McGregor in the centre of the finest grain
region Of Iowa. A grain elevator Of the firstclass
erected by John LAWYER is nearly completed and the
cars will make regular trips to Postyiilc after July
18th.
Merchants and business in Mc(;regor who con-
template locating branch establishments, will find this
point not surpassed by any west Of Mciresor.
JOHN 4. SLOVENIAN
Agent for Postyille Land Company
Mcliregor. June 20th isti l0l
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-01-18

rTNHEsE Bitters prepared, IN pure Bourbon Whs
Ky, from combination Of over twenty differen,
kinds Of roots baris and herbs which act in perfect
concert with the other prepared from the Original
formula given by the great chief Red Jacket to Or
Chaplin, who used them successfully in his practice fol
many years. and by their gained great popular
ty in the treatment and cure of Dyspepsia, Liver Com
plant Constipation, Sick and Nervous Headache, Fevel
and Ague and all diseases arising from torpid liver
indigestion Persons suffering from either of these
loathsome diseases will find cure by the
these Btters which perfectly pure and free from al
those drugs and posons usually put up such prepa
rations and palmed of unsuspecting public.
single trial will convince the skeptca that in the
RED JACKET there II virtue which no other Ditter
pOsscss.
They strengthen and invigorate the system.
They are uneaualed for general debility.
They are sure cure for Dyspepsia.
They give good and healthy appetite.
They assist digestion.
They are the best stimu'ant IN existence.
They are preventative Of Fever and Ague.
They relieve constipation.
They cure Nervous Headache.
They're perfectly pure and palatable.
Aged persons and delicate females will find they can
save large doctors bills by the of these bitters
Beware OF countereits Red Jacket Bitters are only
sold in bottles with blown the side and our
private government stamp across the cork.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-01-18

has been ascertained by proper investigation d,-
ing the last two years, that not less than $4,000
is paid 10y this State annually to fire insurance compa-
mics out of this State and that about S25OOuO only are
returned Tor losses to the State thereby causing drain
upon the State annually of about S35O00O This con-
santly increasing drain upon the vital interests OF the
State tells materially upon the welfare and prosperity
oil the people
Other facts here disclosed show concusvey that adj
cquate protection against loss by fire be given by
companies properly organized and conducted within the
State, at onehrd less cost to the insured than is
qnred to insure In Eastern companes and that, too.
with greater facilities for adjusting and paying losses
with promptness and dispatch.
great want is felt in this State for legislation
that will give check to the swindng institutions that
have infested the State under the head of Insurance
Companies, and that now gaining ground rapidly
without the least evidence of any responsibility
nected with them except the smooth stories OF their ill.,
trguing agents.
We claim for the Iowa Mutual that a correct state
OF its business is reported to the public every six
months also that certificates from some OF the most
responsible men in the State are furnished showing up
the veracity OF the having the of the
company and furthermore that it is organized diff
ferent plan and conducted differently from other
company in the State.
As o. the principles of this company we submit
the following:
lst-Each person insured is member of the cornpa-
n.y. and entitled to vote at each annual election of D
rectors.
2dThis company will pay loss or damage by light
ming whether the building is burned or not.
3d-In of any difference arising any time he
tween the person sustaining the loss and this company
the same may be submitted 10 three per
residing in the vicinity where sudh loss occurs,
4th.-Each member insured in the company shall be
entitled to his or he share of the profits of the compa
ny, to share of any dividend declared by the
pany from the accumulation of surdus fund, in pro-
portion to their premium deposited with said company
6th-Tlis company has two departments in which
farmers are insured in class entirely separate from
other property and neither department is in any way
responsible for the losses of property in the other
partments,
All losses will DO cquitaby adjusted and promptly
paid.
Our General Agent for Northern Iowa and Minnesota
is duly authorized to appoint Agents and issue policies
and make consgnments. Competent and enterprisng
agents wanted in each county. JNO. NILES. Pres't.
MILTON BRIGGS PHILO NORTON
Secretary. Treasurer
s7Sy ROBERT GRANT, Local Agt McGregor.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-01-18
The Rockford Nurseries.
Every Description Of Hardy Tees

Put up IN me order and at low rates.
100000 Choice Hardy Apple Trees adapted to the
West-Standards and Dwaris.
Pears, Standards and Dwarfs.
A good stock Of Dwarfs Chcrries-Dukes and Moril-
los-all hardy and productive.
GRAPE VINES-A large stock of Delawarcs Danas
Concords, Cuyahosas Rebeceas,, Hortfrd Prolific, and
host of other approved new hardy Grapes.
100000 Nipples from to years old, and price
from $40 per NJ, 10 $40 per hundred.
STkAWBERRIES-Tromp De Grand, Wilson
Albany, Peabodys Prolific, &C.
RAsPBERRIEs.-Puple Cane, and Doolittle's I'm
proved, Brinckle's Orange. &c.
ORNAMENTAL SHRUBDERY in great variety A
large collection of Eyergresns Green House and Budd-
ing Plants in profusion.
Leave orders with Bass 4 ElInendorf, at McGregor;
G. r. Bent, West Union; william Baxter, Strawberry
Point or N. w. Trott, travelling agent.
Catalogues sent on application.
Apply to Us. SuEARMAN, Proprietor,
S34yl Rockford H..
-. NOTICE.-It having come to my knowledge
that sundry parties using the of my Nursery
to sell their TRASH hereby give notice that John L.
Page il not and erer has been my agent neither has
he purchased and nursery stock Of me- consequen
ly do not hold myses responsible for his contracts
j. y SIiEARMAN,
Proprietor Of Rockford Nurseries
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-01-18

A Sewing Machine that
will not embroidcr as well
as stitch is not the one for
family use. Grover 4 Ba.
ker's celebrated Machines
both stitch and embroideI
with equal facility.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-01-18

Medicinal and table uses which are perfectly pure
md need only to be tried TO be appreciated None
ine unless they have our GOLD LABEL each bottle,
Ind our initials pressed in wax over the cork.
Sold BY all druggists and dealers through the country
Fall for our goods and take other. Circulars the
trade supplied on application to
Ben nett Pieters f. Co..
No.2 River street, Chicago
Sold wholesale and rstaifby ~ - {
BENTON, BROS. 4 CO., McGregor.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-01-18

We have lately intro
duccd . New Style Family
Sewing Machine, making
the Shuttle Stitch, o. the
stitch alike on both sides,
arranged in the same style,
and sold at the same prices
No our Grover and Baker
Stitch Machines.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-01-18
n o TICE,

LII persons are forbid cutting or taking any TIM.
N BIER from the SPANISH GRANT. from and after
this date without permit from the Agents Of the COM
pany All parties trespassing hereafter, will he dealt
with to the extent of Law.
Persons Wishing to purchase wOs6 or down timber,
can apply to the Agents. VIM. GREENE,
A6@sI o. MoCRANEY,
General Agents Giard Land Company.
September LIST 1863 $50