The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-05-23
news And Items.

Gen. Fitz Henry Warren has resigned
his position as state senator and been ap.
pointed minister to Gautamala In his
report to the department at Washington,
Gen. Stoneman charges the negroes with
being the aggressors in the Memphis riot.
Gen. Grant urges an increase Of the
regular army Atty Gen. Speed is urg.
ing the passage Of 4 bill authorizing term
of the U. s. district court at Richmond,
Va, in June. Sec. Seward, in letter
to minister Bigalow, claims that the French
government is not carrying out its promis.
ed withdrawal Of troops from Mexico in
good faith, but on the contrary, has sent
additional forces there since the agreement
for withdrawal was made. He demands
the fulfilment Of the contract. :. is "sta'
bic government" . place to keep horses in!
go. Paper shirts and paper skirts are now
worn. We should be afraid they would
rattle too much in the start, stick too close
when the body warmed them, and finally
tear off in pieces and drap along the side
walk as we were "marching along" Not
any, thank you. The runners Of Nc
Gregor are nearly equal, in soliciting per.
sons to those of old Buffalo in $780,.
II. l.. Ram has sold the Whitewater Reg
lister to his brother and Mr.. Parsons. %.
A Mrs. D., of Erie, is supposed to have a
serpent in her stomach over yard long
Col. Brainerd, of Mazomania, has sold
his paper there and purchased half inter.
est in the Baraboo paper.
The wealth of Boston, if invested in 7,
3Os would yield each family SO per day......
The President has decided to order all
white volunteers mustered out of service
....It is now understood that the house
Judiciary committee will make no report on
that part of the question, which they have
under consideration, relative to the trial of
JEFF Davis for completely in the assasssi-
nation plot. The committee do not regard
the evidence they have taken, in this re-
spect, as worthy of credence. They will,
therefore, confine their report to the ques-
of treason. 1T is thought the Colorado
bill cannot be passed over the Presidents
veto. ;. !. - Geo. Howard Of the freedmen's
bureau is to be removed. cocoa Mrs. Hatch,
of Wells, Maine, has proved by experiment
that the terminating principle in corn
lives twenty-nine years, and no longer.
Kernels thirty years old refuse to sprout...
The President has signed a bill author
izing the issue of FIVE cent coins on levy
ing duty of 20 per cent on imported an;-
mails; one allowing the Vice Admiral of the
navy secretary ;and one providing for the
building of post Office building in New
York city......The corner stone of the
Douglas monument is to be laid in June.
Gov. Oglcsby is to deliver an address on
the occasion. :. The johnson men at
Marion are making preparations for a
rousing mass meeting in month or So.
Randall, .Doolittle, Sholes and other lights
of the conservatives Republican party
will be there and not less than 10000
auditors will give their attention. The
news of the coalition of certain republican
and democratic members in the Connecti-
cut senate, to prevent the election of a
radical senator has caused considerable
commotion among the politicians about
Washington, some of whom charge that
senator Foster, of that state, is a party to
it. If these charges prove true, a move
ment to supersede him, as presiding officer
of the Senate, will be made at once.