The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-06-27
News and Items.

News and Items.
More than nine hundred miles of the
new Atlantic cable has been slowed away
OH board the Great Eastern, preparatory
to its being submerged. The screw steam
er Midway, the steamer Albany and the
British war steamer Terrible will assist
in the enterprise. The senate special
committee will report in favor of making
a temporary appropriation for the repair
of the levees on the Mississippi river.....
Gov. Brownlow, of Tennessee, has issued
a proclamation, calling an extra session of
the state Legislature to ratify the constitu-
tional amendment recently passed by con-
gross. Head Centre Stevens, in a serc-
made speech at Washington, denounced
Roberts and Sweeny as traitors to the Irish
cause, and spoke severely against the Can
ada movement. Most of the Fcnians at
Washington are said to sympathizc with
Stephens. i. .Kasson and Grinnell have
been left out in, the cold by the radical con
ventions in their districts. Dodge's ma
jority over the former was twelve and we
notice hints of boiling, charges Of bribery
&c. Let 'em fight. As successor of Grin
nell Judge Loughridge was nominated.
1.-The general impression is that both
houses of congress will fix Monday, july
l6, as the day for terminating the present
session. There is no doubt that all the
regular legislative business can be finished
by that time.
A new Sam Patch, is to jump at New
burg, from the rigging of vessel, seven
ty feet to- the water. His name is james
Mccrs.. 1.-The oldest church now existing
in this country is situated near Smithfeld,
Isle of Wight county, Va. 1t was built in
the reign of, Charles l, between the years
1880 and l635.....,T The Dubuque Herald
says $50 of the citizens of that place are
to start on an excursion to st. Paul on the
9Th of July. They have chartered the
steamer Itasca for the occasion and will
be accompanied by the Germania band.
The floor of privy in Louisville, Ky,
recently gave way, precipitating two NC
complished young ladies, the one IS and
the other 10 years Of age, into the vault
which was thirty feet deep and half filed
with water; their absence not being dis
covered until about an hour afterwards
when the bodies ofthe unfortunate young
girls were taken from the horrible pit in
which their, lives were sacrificed. 1.-The
president has approved the bill giving
bounties to colored soldiers, and pension
bounties and allowances to their heirs
He has also approved the bill to facilitate
commercial, postal and military communi-
cation among the several states. Sever
al additional vessels arc to be added to our
squadron on the European waters in view
of the war on the continent of Europe. .....
The members of the second and third Iowa
Infantry, or their heirs, who received ard
paid for the State clothing issued them in
June 1861, can get the money repaid them
by making proper application Immediately.
A recent fire at st. Joseph, Mo-, destroy
ed property to the amount of $500, OOO......
The Yellow Fever is raging at Vera Cruz.
1.-The Imperialists have lost and ADAM
doned most Of their important cities in the
interior of Mexico, and the general i'm
preston is that the empire is on its last
legs. Macmillan is in great financial dis
tress. Tampico is surrounded and closely
invested by strong force of liberals......
Pomcry of tho La Crosse Democrat, an
nounces campaign paper to commence
with the LIST of Superintendent large
oak beam has been discovered by work
men clearing away the old buildings for
the new Hotel Dieu, in Paris, from an in
scription on which was gathered the fact
that the tree whence it was cut was plant
ed in the forest of Roway, sometime be-
tween the years SAG and s6l......Several
metcoric stones fell at Nashville ON the 18th,
near the railroad depot. They were of
blush color, and were quite hot when
first discovered. Biologists say that moth
ing similar has been found in any part Of
the world. Two specimens have been for
warded east for further examination.