North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-03-13

The --latest.
A Washington dispatch of the 18th
says: Sanford Conover, who has been
convicted Of perjury in falsely swearing to
JEFF. Davis completely in the assassination
plot, has been refused new trial, and will
tomorrow be sentenced to the penitenta-
ry. Conover, it will be remembered, tes-
titled before the military commission
which tried the conspirators, and before
the House judiciary committee.
A resolution is before the House making
an appropriation of 81 600, 900 for the ben
eft of the people of the south. Accounts
from Alabama and Georgia represent the
restitution greater than heretofore stated.
Deaths are reported from starvation in Al
ALBANIA, while leading paper in Georgia
estimates the total number starving there
at $4,000.
The old style of ladies' dress has fully
returned to Paris. The hair is worn very
high short waists are in vogue; skirts
very narrow round the body, and a train
that sweeps the ground for several yards.
1t was reported that congress would adj
journ soon until Oct. or Nov, but, says
Washington dispatch, at the rate NOM
nations come in from the president, it will
take month for the senate to get ready to
adjourn. Nearly all democrats are re-
jected, and the president says he thinks it
is fair to send in half democrats and half
republicans, SO long as his democratic
nominations are tirst-class men. He
thinks John Quincy Adams for naval Off
Ger of Boston is specimen, hut it is very
doubtful If the senate will confirm him.
The Equitable Safety ms. Co., Of Bos-
ton, about to wind up its affairs.
WASHINGTON HuNT.-Bishop Porter, of
New York., was with Ex-Gov. Washington
Hunt in his last hours, and gives this ac-
count of the scene:
" AS the last evening advanced toward
midnight, his expressions rose in iervor.-
He seemed to see heavenly visions, while
yet his mind was most clear and collected.
AS weakness increased, he exclaimed,
I" How many blessings have to be thank
full for! " And still later, when we felt as
if his powers of expression might be fail
ing, las he had time remained silent, he
burst out in the opening words of the lO3d
Psalm. :! Bless the Lord. o my soul: and
all that is within me, bless His holy name"
Indeed the whole of the last day and eve
ding was sweet and heavenly. Though
much pleased to have me near him, he
more than once, during the evening, cx-
pressed anxiety about my exposing myself
to too much fatigue. His wife and son
were always near, and that hand which for
more than 80 years had so tenderly sooth-
ed and comforted him did not fail him now.
About II O'Clock he discovered me placing
his cold hand under the coverlet and cx-
claimed with animation, I" Bishop. l love
you more than | can express" think he
felt assured that that love was warmly re
turned, though could not utter the words.
In another hour. 1. e. at o'clock the no
BILE bosom heaved for the last time, and
with mingled grief and holy JOY, reached
forth my hand and closed the eyes which
had SO often frightened at my approach"
Two IMPEACHMENT CoUNTs-The Wash
ington correspondent of the N. Y. Er-
press gives specimens of two of the counts
in the impeachment project and the an
swers to them. The first charge is that
President johnson. in the matter of the
surrender Of the southern railroads to
their owners after the war was corrupted
by some 500 900 i'm notes. The answer to
this, when it becomes necessary to answer
it, will show that the $40, 900 note was an
advance of his, on his own credit, with
the Planters Bank of Tennessee. to move
the army, when in Tennessee.
The second charge is that he promised
the senators elect from Colorado that he
would not veto the bill admitting their ter
ritory as state, if they would support
him in the senate. Letters are in posses
sion OF Mr.. johnson from these Colorado
senators, denying that they have sold out
to the radicals, and promising to support
his policy if admitted. Thus two charges
in the Impeachment revolver prove blank
cartridges.
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