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The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-02-15

The Administration press will occasion.
ally vent an indignant slur on our Chief
Executive. or course, the wounds of a
friend are always grateful and do not de,
serve the same denunciation as when CON-
ing from the other side. The Washington
Chronicle thus polishes PALMEns1os and
LILcoLN:
"When the premier Of England and the
President Of the United States will learn
habtual'y to act as If their personal digni
ty and convenience and success were of
no consequence in comparison with the
preservation of the law and maintainance
Of the right, the millennium will be close at
hand"
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-02-15

ADAPTATION OF CHINESE CHARACTERS TO
TELEGRAPHs.-The manager Of the Ameri.
can Telegraph Company in Washington
has submitted to the test Of experiment q
continuance of DR.. Macgowan's plan for
transmitting messages in Chinese charac
ters by the ordinary electric tel, graph
apparatus. 1t has proved perfect success.
A French savan lately invented a method
for accomplishing the same object by means
of thirteen hundred different marks. &c.
Macsowan's plan, which he made known
many years ago in China, requires only
twenty marks, about half the number used
in an nlphabe,ic language consequently
dispatches in Chinese can be written more
rapidly than in English by the American
invention.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-02-15
North sowa Times.
McGREGOR, FEB Is, -: :::::: 1865.

The Ekader Journal of the 9th, says
that j. W. Knowles enlisted in that town
ship, got 5000 town bounty, and deserted
t, Canada: tfficers are on his track.
Knowles is we'll known at McGregor. :.
A not well-founded rumor has i, that 1t.
Tptcr, Of E kader, died in rebel prison
al Columbia, S. G. This is very sad news
and We hope it may soon be contradictej
....The Turkey and the Volga rose very
high after the rains of Thursday and Friday
last. Near Elkader, Mr.. U. Farnsworth,
while attempting to cross small tributary
of the Turkey, lost one of his horses and
barely saved his life. Mr.. F. carries the
,nail from McGregor ria Eikader to Straw
Derry Point He is most excellent, care
ful man, and the Elkader folks immediately
raised him money to purchase another
horse. >. The bridge over the Volga a, Lit
tleport was swrpt away. The loss will BE-
severe on the Lodomillo and Cox Creek
people.
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The Irrepressible Topic.

Sick unto death and weary Of the negro
question and negroes generally and partcu
lsrly, l heartily wish they we're all resting
in peace in Abraham's bosom. wish thai
members Of the colored persuasion, particu
larly the highly respected class who homer
New York with their presence, would follow
the advice Of the sapient Mr.. Garrison, and
''leave the American Republic to the perdi.
ton it merits" We have our choice, per.
diton apart from the Abolitionists and
their colored eonJreres, or paradise with
them. | think perdition by any other
name would smell as sweet.
Monsieur Redpa,h, that most jealous of
all the other Dogberries, once upon a time
promised all colored ladies and gentlemen,
free or otherwise, the pleasure of cu!tivating
and owning certain acres Of land in Hayti,
under the administration Of President
Jeffrard. We waited patiently and hope.
fully for the exodus, particularly since the
tide Of events in the South drifted this way
ndignen, and md PROPERLY per; : sympathetic state
for their brothers in bondsgc.
But in lieu Of cul,ivating in glorious
freedom, acres Of land teeming with milk
and honey, come the heart. rendirg appeals
from Washington of thousands Of wretched
negroes, led astray by this ignis .tatuus,
dyirg Of cold. exposure and starvation
some frozen to death, lying on boards with
logs for pillow; naked little children, old
women and men, young mothers alike
homeless and starving, exposed TO suffer-
ings they never dreamed Of in their old.
time child.like scrvitude.
Where are our phlanthropists The
citizens Of Washington, who had no voice
in bringing this evil to their doors, cannot
give aid and comfort to all these suffering
creatures. Now, then, is the time for the
philanthropic Cheevers and Beechers to
preach sermons to some effect.
1t is easy to send ships full Of provisions
to Ireland, and anywhere in fact, provided
always the world hears Of it and cries Jrauo!
Yet these poor misguided creatures, not
only in Washington, but elsewhere, are left
to die, like animals on the roadside.
do not draw my ideas from newspaper
correspondents, but from personal observa-
ton as well as private letters This fearful
evil and responsibility lies at some ones
door. ! can only advise the goodly com.
pany of parsons to preach their ne 1t sermon
IN slavery from the text of "Woe unto ye,
scribes, Pharisees and hypocrites"
The "slave pens" Of the South are com.
parately deserted the pens at Washington
require their delicate manipulation.
The above is clipped from communica.
ton Of the talented Lady Assistant"
editor Of the Sunday Times. The facts
are related from personal observation and
private letters. We wonder how much
longer the Pharisees will be permitted to
leech the blood and life out of all With whom
they come in contact.
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Arrests.

Arrests.
The Cincinnati Gazette, than which pro.
badly no other journal would have gone
further till within recent period, in jus.
tifying recourse TO the most arbitrary acts,
so long as the object professed was to "sus.
tain the goscrnment,''-now holds The fol.
lowing language
,,AN ACT OF JusrlcE.-The House of
Representatives did itself credit by order
ing thorough investigation into the cases
OF persons held in prison at Washington.
under military authority, against whom
charges have never been preferred. and t.
whom trial has been denied. Mr. Garfield
stated that partial investigation by the
military committee had developed outrages
of the most startling character. This in.
ves,igati"n should not stop with the Old
Capitol Prison, as similar outrages are
practlced throughout The country. Subor
dinate officers, clothed with authority, ry
often make arrests merely to show their
power, or to crafty malicious feeling; and
persons thus arrested, unless they have in
fuentisl friends at hand, are often kept
confincd and their cases frequently forgot
ten by the person ordering them into Gus
tody. The practice is disgrace to the
government, and Congress should prompt
'y adopt measures that will protect citizens
against such outrages The scoundrels
who abuse their flee and disgrace their uni
form by violating the rights Of individuals,
should be dsgraced, and severely punished
besides, by imprisonment.
"No arrest should be permitted, in any
case, except upon charges regularly made,
and then the accused should he promptly
tried. In the early stages Of the war, high
officers OF the government set the bad ex
s mple which petty officials are now imi.
'ating. We hope this movement in Con,
gress will put an end to such practices, and
put an end also to the officers who may
be found guilty; but in order to reach the
bott ON, commissioners should be appointed
to visit all the military prisons throughout
the north, and inquire into the cases o
persons confined. This would involve Ia
bor and expense, but these are as nothing
compared with the importance Of persona
rights"
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-02-15

Was Buny an y Prophet.
The following passage is from Bunyan's
"Pilg,im's Progress" We commend it to
the radicals, and invite them to extract
all the comfort from it they can. We
would not deny them the pleasure if we
could:
$50 Christian and Hopefu! vent on, and
ignorance followed. They went then TIL
they saw a way put itself into their way,
and seemed wilhal to lie q straight as the
uay which they should go; and here they
knew not which to take, for both seemed
straight before them. thereupon they stood
Till to consider. And as thcy were think
ing ab ut they way, behold man black Of
Il sh, but covered with a very light robe.
came to them and asked them why they
stood there. They said they were going tn
the Celestial City, but knew not which of
'hese ways to take. Follow me-" said
he man, ''it is thi,her that l am going"
So they followed him in the way that but
now came into the road. which by degrees
turned, and turned them SO far irom the
city they desired to go to thai in little
time their faces were turned away from it !;
yet they followed him. But by and by.
b fne they were aware, he led them both
within The compass Of a net, in which they
were both SO entangl d that they knew not
what to do; and with that the white robe
tell off the black mans back. Then they
saw where they were. Wherefore there
hey lay crying some time, for they could
not get tn, mSelves cut"
Perhaps as matter Of poetic justice We
should leave these men just where the
abolitonists now are, but the unfortunstes
may have some wish to know the end, so
We proceed:
Then they espied shining one with a
whip of small cords in his hand. lie asked
them whence they came and what they did
there. They told him. Then he said to
them follow me that may set you in your
way again. So he led ,hem back to the
way. and commanded them to lie down /;
which when they did, he chastissd them
sore, This done, he bade them 60 on their
wAy"
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Prisoners.

Fr1so0erss
From a letter in the Monroe (wis.,
Sentinel, We clip the following in reference
to the exchange.of prisoner question. Th'
letter is dated at Savannah, Jan. 25th. II
justice to the writer it is proper to state
that an acquaintance in this office says he
is one of the loyalest Of the "loysl." Who
that reads such accounts can refrain from
cursing policy which keeps our soldiers
there dying With starvation and hopeless.
ness. Who is to blame for this!
l have just listened to the story Of Lieut..
Gambal Of the 9Th III. Cavalry, who has
just escaped into our lines, after being near
iy month on the road, from the rebel
prison at Columbia, Ga. His story is
heartrending, and only adds to the testi
mony Of thousands OF the cruelty and bar
barous treatment Of our poor soldiers in
rebel hands. There is a day Of reckoning
rc to burn him. teakh hh lha si The hsss sseh9s a
of or Government have a great deal to
answer for in the delay Of the exchange.
Among other things, during his 10 months
imprisonment he noticed that our men
have died at the rate Of two thousand per
month. That the mechanics were star we'd
until they took the oath OF allegiance, and
are now working for the rebel government
That the men are actually enlisting in the
rebel army. So long have they waited for
release, that they have become discouraged,
and in order to sustain life, and get bread,
hey do almost everything, or anything
RE says that over four hundred Iri>hmcn
joined Cleyborne's Division Of Hoods
Army before it wen: north in October
That three hundred are now in Savannah,
in arms against u.s. Are these men to be
blamed for it? No! You have only to
see some Of the places where our men have
been kept, hear and see those few who
have escaped, and it must bring from your
heart curse upon the authorities who are
sacrificing, by delay for this and that pre-
tence, the lives Of cur brave comrades As
for me, would die before would be taken
prisoner and suffer as those men have to.
And before | would be reduced TO 80 low q
state Of suffering I'd enlist in the rebel
army. He says when he left Andcrsonvllle
5000 out Of the $4,000 were unable to be
moved, and We're left there to die. The
rebels have only about 80, 900 of our men
now, and they are dying great deal faster
than the rebels capture them. The rebels
are anxious for an exchange, aid our Con.
m'ssone,s hang back, upon misrcpresenta
tions; treating rebel officers with more
whisky and consideration than our own
men. The notorious Col. Bennett, Com.
missioner, has repeatedly refused to take
officers who had been paroled to 60 home
and effect an especial exchange.
G. B. BooTu.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-02-15

Blair Mission.
During the debate on the retaliation
resolution in the United States Senate,
and while Senator Wade was speaking
about Mr.. Blair's mission to Richmond,
Senator johnson inquired how he came
to go there2 Mr.. Wade replied as fol-.
lows:
Il would like to know; yes. sir, Tintend
to know, if there is power in the United
States Senate, 10 be informed on that sub
jet. ! intend to ktow why it was that
any man was permitted to 60 with impunity
Il Rough our lines, and confer with the arch
traitor Of the con'edsracy and come back
here, and 60 again."
Mr. Johnson said he went in a govern.
ment vessel The last time.
Mr.. Wade responded: "Yes, I under
stand he went in & 'vernment vessel. lie
had no more right to be on that vessel on
Il mission to hold a communication with
this arch traitor and devil than he had
to be on his road to the lower regions
n vehicle furnished by the govern
mcnt."
What will Mr.. Wade say now, for it ap
pears that President Lincoln and ths
premier Of his administration, Secretary
Seward, did 60 to Fortress Monroe to hold
communicat,on with the representatives o
jeff D-vs II that "arch-.raitor and devil
as the Senator from Obi terms him?
We think Mr.. Lnc,ln showed good
>.nse, generosity aud mag animi;y in go
ing to see the rebel comm sSioners, but WI
10 not see Low such rel ub!icans as Wads
can Justify ~ eX use it.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-02-15

LARGE ATTORNEY FEEs.-Oficial reports sent
to the senate in reply to its resolution calling
for information as to the amount ef fees paid
to attorneys on behalf of the government show
that the amount Of such fees paid by and for
the Navy Department, in the eighteen months
ending with December 81. 1864, was $4,000;
State Department. $l7.7l3; Interior Depart
ment. $500, Attorney Generals office, $l6..
600, and Treasury Department, mainly by Com
missioner Of Customs, 81, 3,633 l5 or these
fees, it appears that VIM. NJ. Evarts, of New
York city, received $l6,25O; E. Delafeld
Smith, Of New York city, $4,865; G.V. Low
cry, $e,45O; David Dudley Field, 81, 900; and
Daniel S. Dickinson, 500. Reports are yet
to ba received from ihe war department.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-02-15

GR~Ar CHANCE -Artemas Ward, ir,
the travelling Snowman, is about investing
his surplus filthy luc,e" in the MUD
Lake Company" which he thus describes A:
Those company, accordin' to its prospec.
ticuss. is the Knee Plus Ultry. 1t has
| l000O0O00O akres an half perch Of land,
with all the modern Improvements upon it !;
a well Of never failin' cod liver lie at the
front door. and anuther at the barn, an q
fne stream Of double refined Petroleum
parses throo the premises also. sevril
men, hosses, engines, an other animils
erectid onto the property for diggin' an
pumpin' the same. Imake bold to say that
Mud Lake air onsurpassble. Its stox
should be in every well regulated fausily.-
They 60 right to the spot, an containe no
merkury. an the ladies air delighted with
them etscttery."
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-02-15

A person Of an observing turn of mind,
il he has rode through a country town, has
noticed how curious youngsters along tho
route will fill the windows with their anx-
ious faces in order to get glimpse 1t all
passers by. Our friend Jonathan, : ped
Ter, drove up in front Of house one day,
and seeing all hands and the cook starting
from the windows. got off from his cart,
and the following dialogue took place with
the man Of the house:
Jonathan-Has there been . funeral
there lately?
Man of the house-No. Whys
Jonathan-I saw that there was one
pane Of glass that didn't have head in it.
Man Of the house-You have, blasted
quick, or there wiH b filnerol.
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n Aevees
| On Tuesday evening last it was ou,
pleasure, by invitation, to attend Socis
at the residence Of VIM. Greene, ESQ.,, q,
North McGregor. The occasion of this
special meeting was as follows:
On Friday Of week before last, the EN-.
ployees of the McGregor W. Railway "sur.
prised' sup,. GREENE by the presentation
of an elegant, Gold Hunter Watch and
chain; the Superintendent requested, as a
favor to himself and lady, that the donors
should make his house their home for the
evening Of the Tuesday following A,
about o'clock the guests found them.
selves in the parlor of the donee and in
front Of battery Of liquid cxcellencies
(which no one but an anchorite could fail t.
appreciate. Capt. Sherwin vas installed
SI~~ser nf Cera,rnnios nr Ceodrclor of the
train, and Of course he ordered steam up
and propelled the passengers as rapidly as
possible. We cannot remember the names
Of the 80 gentlemen there assembled
many of them accompanied by their ladies
but it will not do to forget to name Como
yer, Moncrief, Grohe, Hubbard, Dows.
Wheel"r, IIungerford, Hilton. Pennington,
Fletcher, Mathews, Gorham, Delano, Row
ley- cotfound 1t, we wish all their
names were knnwn to us at this moment
but NO matter all got fairly at work in the
Lincoln style -anecdotal or jpcular - and
the order to supper was given. On reach.
il g the dining room below, a long, wide
table was before US, and in few minutes
after the guests were seated, such fire OF
good things came at US as we never saw
excelled. For one we hesitate not to say
it was the best collation. we ever sat down
to. Mr.. and Mrs. Greene were as attentive
to the guests as though they could not
balance in Kindness the obligation which
tie boys" had placed them under.
After half a dozen courses, and the
wind-up by fruits, preserves, candies and
nuts as desert. the Catawba was introduced
and embraced Sherwin proposed 1.-The
health Of our host and hostess" and the
host responded in brief acknowledgment
Of thanks. An adjournment to the parlor
took place, where Hilton, Hurga,ford,
Moncrief, Shcrwin and others did some ex-
cellent singing: Hilton took the premium
Soon Mr.. and Mrs. G. rejoined the party
in tie parlor Mr. G. made bis lady
formal presentation Of her ocn watch
(Which it seems he had been "borrowing'
for two years.) Mr.. Conovcr responded
on the part Of the lady, in very humorous
manner; toasts, sentiments and short
speeches were made; verybody seemed
as happy as though camp meeting was
on hand; a farewell greeting in the gener.
Gus Cata~ba, and the company retired
delighted with their entertainment and
With the social worth of their entertainers.
We trust nothing may occur to impair the
friendship existing between the Supt. and
the employees.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-02-15
LOVE IN A COTTAGE.
HY n. p. WILLIS.

They may talk of love in cottage,
And bowers of the trellised vine
Of nature bewitching by simple,
And milkmaids half divine;
They may talk of the pleasure of sleeping
In the shade of spreading tree,
And walk in the fields at morning,
By the side of footstep freel
But give me a sly Irritation
By the light of chandelier,
With music to play in the pauees,
And nobody very near;
Or a seat on u silken sofa,
With glass Of pure old wine,
And Mamma too Hind to discover
The small white hand in ,ninet
Your love in a cottage is hungry,
Your vine is q nest of flies
Your milkmaid shocks tho Graces,
And simplicity talks OF pies; -..a
You lie down to your shady slumber,
And wake with a bug in your ear; s~ a
And your damsel who walks in the morning
Is shod like mountaineer.
True love Is at home on carpet,
And nightly likes his ease; ~ -.......
And true love has an eye for his dinner,
And starves beneath shady trees.
His wing is the ian of a lady,
His foot's an invisible thing,
And his arrow is tipped with jewel,
And shot from a silver string.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-02-15

"WHAR's THE FRONT pit is well
known that Wheeler has some splendid
troops. and some that are as bad as can be
found. These last are scattered from the
Ohio river to Savannah. A gallant soldier
tells the following:
ale was going through North Alabama
to rejoin his command. Stopped at house
to got dinner. To the old iady's Who's
youns?' replied. 'Wheeler's cavalry
'Whar gwinc p To the 'front.' The old
lady put ON her spectacles and eyed him
intently, then drawled out, Mister, some
of them fellers you call Wheeler's hoss
critters have been gwine by here every day
some gwine north. some gwine south,
some cast and some west. some this way
and some that-tley all sed they war
gwine to the front; now, Mister, kin you
tell me whar's the ironty The soldier left."
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IxlSSING.

The waters kiss the pebbly shore,
The winds all kiss the hills:
The sunbeams kiss the tulip bud
For the odOr it distils.
The dcw-drops kiss the rose at morn,
The ccrens dew at eve.
And fern and flower in circling clasp
Their mystic beauties weave.
The moonbeams kiss the clouds at night,
The star gems kiss the sea;
While shadows, dreamy. so.t and light,
Are kissing on the lea.
The zephyrs kiss the b'ushing pink
That blooms on beauty's lip;
And ruder blasts, though cold and chill,
Its ruby nectars sip.
The winds. the waves. the budding flowers,
The laughing, merry rills,
Are Lissing all. from morn TO eve;
And clouds still kiss the lis.
Zen heaven and earth DO meet to kiss
Through tears Of sparkling dew:
In kissing. then, can there lie harmi
don't think so-Go your
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-02-15

VIZ tind The following h,ating among
our exchang $. The article was original
in the TINES about year ago: We have
seen it in several other papers as original
Believing it to be suited to the times (n
any sense) we will play the ego.ist by re.
copying it. Maybe those who so love the
soldier boy as to be always mourning his
absence, will think to write to him:
LETTERS TO SOLDIERS Have you written
that letter to your soldier brother, Mary I
You remember when he left home to ip,n
the gallant boys in the field, you talk. d
ever so good to MIN and promised to write
every week. certain; 10 send him papers
and do all in your power tU cheer his lone.
illness. So did you, mother, and SO did
father and the rest Of the family. So did
sweethearts and wives promise to remember
the absent ones every hour during their
enlistment. Have you all done as you
promised? We fear not. The poor boys
ieel this neglect more than rebel bullets,
and they are strengthened more by loving
words from home than they are by food =
Indeed VIC saw it stated that young soldier
was given up to die fom sickness and de-
>pondency, and just then letters from bis
beloved and his mother reached him and
he got we'll! There is healing balm in
kind words, and all persons may be practi
sing physicians in this noble profession
None need such medicine more than he
who ventures life for his country's honor.
Look. in imagination, at the Regimental
Post Office when the mail arrives! All
the boys get letters but your brother, your
son. your husband, or your betro,hed.-
The others, nearly crazy with joy. tear of
the envelopes and devour their home
messages with almost maniac ecstacy, Will,
Tom or John or William or Charley, step:
slowly aside tc bury his sorrow in tears.
Wha: wonder is i, he gets sick or resort!
| to rum to kill out r,hectionl Come now
friends, don't neglect this holy duty any
longer
| "The brave, poor soldier ne'er despise
Nor treat him stranger,
| Remember, he's your couutrys stay,
In day and hour Of danger"
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A SMALL man became attached to tall
woman, and somebody said that he had
fallen in love with her. "Do you call il
falling in love!" said the suitor; sits more
like climbingw ..a..-