The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-03-29
News and Items.

News and Items.
An order has been issued by the w.
Department to the effect that all Office,
, not mustered out on the exact date of ii
expiration of their enlistment, must renal
in service until the end of the war or unit
j their resignation is accepted. =
At the fall election the people of Mich
are to decide upon the proposed amendmcn
to the constitution of that state, allowin
J negroes to vote.
| In the legislature Of Wisconsin the ques
ton Of Biennial sessions is being discussed
Five men in Quincy, ILL.,, recently BILE,
out the gas in the room in which they slcp
and in the morning were found dead.
1t is reported that Horace Rublee, ESQ.
Of the Madison Journal. has been appoint
ed consul to Funehal, on the MADEIRA Is
lands, which are a portion of the Portuguese
dominions. The nominal salary is 81 SOC
per annum, in gold. Probably there ar,
fees in addition. ....
The country is becoming flooded will
counterfeit fractional currency, some o
which is not easily detected unless compar
ed with the genuine. ...,.
The state of Arkansas has been taker
from Gen. Canby's division, and added tc
the command Of Gen. Pope.
The rupture between Macmillan and
the church is complete. From the fact that
Macmillan has protested against being
excluded from the Austrian throne, 1t is
inferred that he expects to leave Mexico
and return to Austria.
President Lincoln and family visited
Norfolk and James river last week.
A Cincinnati dispatch to the Chicago
Tmsi says: "a gentleman high up in
confidence, and direct from Washington,
asserted here to-day that President Lincoln
has declared that there will be no more
calls for troops and no more drafts. Mr..
Lincoln expresses the opinion that, by the
4th Of July next the war will be at an
end"
Mrs. Gen. Ewell has been banished south,
with the loss Of her money, by order Of the
President.
The Duke de Morsey died on the 10th
inst
A grand sword tournament is in con.
temptation at the headquarters Of the Army
of the Potomac, for the purpose Of deciding
who is the best swordsman in the armies
of the United States. A prize of one
thousand dollars is being raised. The first
premium for the champion swordsman will
be a sword worth $500. The second will
be purse Of $500, and the third purse
of 5000. The affair promises to be worry
interesting.
1t is said there is New York railroad
which kills a an engineer regularly once a
month. h."
A private in the battle at Fort Fisher
was found not to have discharged his gun
during the entire engagement. When
asked the cause he said he was told by his
commander not to fire until he received
orders, and he had acted as instructed.
The old Falls Church, built prior to the
Revolution, and in which General Wash
ington was wont to worship, is in course
Of rapid demolition by reckless soldiers
and others in that vicinity. The venerable
tablet Of Lord Fairfax has been removed !;
the church is said to be now used as
stable and the tombstones in the inclosnre
have been mutilated, and in some instances
destroyed. --. .E
A proclamation has been issued by the
President directing the arrest and punish.
ment of parties furnishing hostile Indians
with arms and munitions of war.
An old gentleman fell dead in the street
in town in Massachusetts,, who had
$4,000 in mutilated bank bills on his
person. They were offered at the bank and
the officers were obliged to call meeting
Of the directors, in order to ascertain $50
old were some Of them) if the bank had
ever made any such issuel
That terrible disease, the "spotted fever"
which has baffled the the skill of physi.
clans, is rapidly spreading, through Indi.
ana. ..-. .-. '..... -.
Over two millions Of dollars damage has
been done by the-receat freshets in the oil
regions.
There arc 9ls National banks ia exist.
ence.
A young man who was three years ago a
newspaper carrier in. Cincinnati is now
worth over two millions of money. Petro-
leum did the business.
James s. Langworthy, the first perma-
l,sk 1c n,,h
ing and prominent citizen, died very sud.
denly, on the 14th, of apoplexy. He came
there in 1880, and since that time has been
engaged largely in mining, banking, and
real estate business. He and his brother
originally bought most Of the land on
which Dubuque now stands, for 800. In
the flush times he was reputsd to be worth
81 500, 900; but the crash of 1857 went
hard with him, and he has been more or
lesss involved since.
1t is reported that JEFF. Davis has fed
and that Gen. Lee has been made dictator
Of the confederacy.
Refugees report great CONSERVATION in
Richmond; that the city is being evacuated
and the rebel leaders having lost all hope
are looking towards Mexico as an asylum.
Sherman left Fayetteville on the 14th
inst. His right wing occupied Goldboro on
the 10th. His left wing, on leaving Fay.
etteville, moved in the direction of Mitchell
station, point % miles west of Goldsboro.
He is also reported to have arrived before
Raleigh and to have demanded its surren.
der.
Gen. Buckner, Of Fort Donelson noto-
riety is in command of the rebel depart.
ment Of West Louisiana, with headqnar.