The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-07-18
The Times.
McGREGOR, JULY IS. 1866.
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dates to the 4.h inst, arrived a. New York
The queen had approved the new English
ministry, with Lord Derby as premier
The Prussiaus had been victorious in b.
hcmia Gitschin had been taken lystorm.
The total Austrian losses, to the present
time, foot up nearly 10000. a junction
had been formed between the two wings of
tic:Pidssian army. After the battle of
Gitschin the Austrian army fell back to
kehigegratz. So far the Prussiaus have
norlost 4 single gun, while "A guns and 8
flags have been captured from the Austri-
an army. Several skirmishcs had occur.
red between the Austrian and Italian
troops on the line Of the Mincio.
The Nova Scotian brings three day. la.
ter news. A great battle took place on
the Sd, near Sudowa, between the Austri-
;5ps and .Prussans, in which the former
were badly defeated. Tho Prussians took
$4,000 prisoners. The emperor of Aus
tria, tired of the war, had agreed to cede
,rehGtia to. the Emperor NAPOLEON and ac-
sept his mediation: Napoleon Immediate
yvunmunicated with the kings Of Prus-
sia and Italy, in order to obtain an armis-
tice. No answer had been received at la
test dates; but it was believed in London
that the war was virtually at an end.
1t the republican senatorial caucus held
on Saturday, it was agreed to adjourn on
M,,,1,. GAL - r. a, orraa1 hot
the pending bill to regulate appointments
to Office by the president shall not be acted
upon at this session. Mississippi
bridge bill has passed the House. ION the
eth the bill to equal;zc bounties was made
the special order for to-day, TUESDAY and
the House resolution for the appointme nt
Of joint committee on the subject Of re-
.trepchmcnt, to sit during the recess of
Congress, was adopted. vote has
been taken on the Pacific railroad bill......
In the House, majority and minority re-
ports were made by the committee appoint
ed to investigate the Rousseau-Grinnell
ease. The former favored the expulsion
of Gen.. Rousseau, and censuring Mr..
Grinnell for the language used by him in
debate, The minority report recommends
merely the censure Of Gen. Rousseau
lending motion to abandon the matter,
tho House adjourned. The Ohio demo-
cratic state committee recommend a ma
tioilal convention, to be held at Baltimore
on the Sth OF January, for consultation
and organization. Atty Gen. Speed, on
Saturday, handed his resignation to the
president He assigns the same reasons as
were given by Postmaster Gen. L ennison.
Secretary Harlan will remain in the cabi-
" net for several days yet. Nothing positive
is known of Secretary Stantens inten-
tons. The nomination of ex-Gov. Ran
dali as Postmaster General was sent to the
senate on Saturday by the President, and
briefly considered in executive session, bu.
no definite conclusion arrived at
- The Herald of Dubuque is hostile to the
adoption of the Soldiers ticket by the con-
vcntion of democrats at Des Moines. A
somewhat heated discussion occurred in
convention relative to it, but tho majority
rcport---a sensible enc We think--was
! adopted by 2l3 to l5s. Capt. Albert
;, Stoddard Of Tana was nominated for
y clerk ard Capt Fred Gostschalk Of Du-
:. buquc for Reporter of the Supreme Court.
just now we would do nothing to intro
duce discussion among the true friends Of
American nationality, but when the occa-
sion requires, justities Or demands it, we
shall take pleasure, as we have aforetime,
in expressing our regard for the radical,
simple, inappropriate, suicidal, jackassic-
al course of several of our democratic CO.
> temporaries of the west If we were the
- boss Of the party, we would invite them to
follow Butler, Logan, Dickinson ct al
vote for JEFF Davis in the Charleston Con-
:. vcntion Of 1860, steal all the cotton that
could be reached during the war, herald
loyalty a few years and insist on hang
ing the man they once worshpped.
-: iloDAcE.-This distinguished editor must
be getting out Of tune az singer in the
choir Of puritanism. lie certainly, as
much as any other man, had as much Of
the doubtful honor of inaugurating the
late rebellion, the consequent destruction
Of q million Of lives, the establishment Of 1
debt which will require eternal labor t.
pay, the abrogation Of fraternity among
our people and the lnow apparently per
:. pctual hate Of sectionalism. Horace as
sisted strongly to make the late war h
. was the volunteer adviser of Lincoln in ii
prosecution; he volunteered to max
2. peace at Niagara; he was for punishin
treason in the most intense style and h
now is the northern agent of Jefferson Da
Wis. From the Waukegan Gazette of Lat
date we clip the following: Ifthe Britis
Government, for all time, will be condemn
ed for tying Napoleon to the beautiful Is
land Of St. Helena till death released him
Greedy must be right in his reply to Nh
Wilson. Why, in o country Ike ours, is nc
the miserable Davis tried, condemned, dis
charged, hung, shot or scmething'
:. '"s WAUKEGAN, Ill.,, june "a, go,
-, Hon. Horace Greeley, New York City,
Dear Sir IL would respectfully ask
it be true that you have offered to 90 Jei
Davis bail for his release. Also, if tt
above DO true, why you did not try to Of
tain bali, for Writ, the keeper of Jei
Davis slaughter-pens. ! ask these que
tons not from impertinent or idle curios
ty, but for the purpose of obtaining YOU
). views on so important point. In I'll
meantime, l remain, very respectful
yours.
j. WILSON, Jr.
ANSWER.
: Yes, cir, would bail Davis, or yo,
or any otic. culprit that the cover,