The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-01-10


,f'he "Disbanicd Volunteer" an old FREUD
and pet Of ours, Whites weekly from Washing
ton. His letter of Dec 2lst, in the New York
Sunday Mercury, is no worse nor better than
any time. We clip from his last to the Mer.
curry he opens by referring to the attack Of
the celebrated Charles Sumner on Andy:
But that windy demajog. Sumner, who has
had the sperrit of Cane in h IN even senst Pres
to Brooks cum down on him with his walkin
stick, hes got EN- inter an almity bad fx. In
his augsiety t. get the views OF Shurz alorr
the sonnet, he got cnrt, so to spoke, with his
britches down. He wasn't awar tibet General
Grants report on the condishun of the South
was FREDDY. and tibet President Anjy-~-t5o
bless his stiff backbpne--was waitu Tor jest
setch an opportoonity to get it afore congress
and the nashun, as the maylign mt loanatick
hes gin Him. He uxed for inform ishun, and
he got it, billed down into the smallest possabul
cumpiss, and raythcr hotter than he wanted it.
How he raved, didn't lie But heving no
more pluck inter him than thare is in sick
pdn, he showed the white fethcr in the eend,
and denidc the mieenin of his own blaggard.
egsprcShuns. The presidents sprsh mess.
edge and Genera, Grants short story kvered
the hull ground Of Summers inkwiry. and
Shurz tale was intrely cut off by Shermans
anotion to rrontit.
That lite CT the keystone state, Thad Ste
vens. is also homcward bound ; and you'll hear
OF him in "A day or two. pitchin inter the pres-
dent IN Pennsylvania
The radkle mar:rs is wide awake and no
mistake Setch rcvolushinary saints as Thad-
Gus desarve to be cannonized-on tie Injin.
Seepoy plan.
Then thars the gay and gallant sprais, Of
Rode Hand, the sun in Tor of Checf Iestis
Greeuback Chase, the legel tcnder candidate
for the mex presidency. Hes not onmindtul
of his britches pocket-not particularly. He
wants the duties increast on imported fabricks.
The cotton mill aristocracy OF the shave states
wants another % per cent or so aitlid to Their
profits. To be shure setch mcshure wood be
rayther hard on mekannicks' and laborcrs'
wives, who fiud it difficult nov to clohe thar
children dccenly. but then, who kecrs flu"
parsel of shi!tess wimmen when the nanny.
factoring inter sts are ut stake.
D they're nice set. are the rampant rads
in both houses. But thars one consolation
thar downfall has commenst Never senst
Harrison wa rolled inter the white house in a
cider bari hes thar been setch polytickle rev.
o!ushun rs il now commeusin in this L rtry
l tell you. eddyturs, the turnin pint has past,
and from this time forrad the ravin RAIDS will
60 down as fast as Lucyiur and his gang few
hellwards when they WIS kicked outer hcvcn
Tor viatin the supreme Lord. Evcrlastin mi
norities she'll be thar potion. Pubck opinyun
is chanein taste. than the camelian or the dol.
tin, or New England cal .iker changes it's kui.
Ter. BY mex fall thare wont be enuf Of the
whole Iackobin party for the democracy to
wipe thar noZe on.
tjvtrtr feiers rs tllay air never meet with
casualties on ralerodcs Innicent vimmin
and Children. and brave union scjers, is eittn
injured by drcdiu axidens continually, but l
don't remember of singl" prominent rad beiu
seriously inferred doorin the past year.
"Hevin takes the good, too good on airth to
stay.
And leaves the bad, too bad TO take away"
AS christi'n hope they'll repent aud die
happy. Bat as II man OF obscrvashun III be
wiin to bet long odds agin it.
Hopin, but slisrly eg-pecktin, that provi-
dence will e cntua,ly turn Ihare hearts as com
pleaty and c.iectu.lly as satan has turned
thare beds,
Iremiin, D. 3.