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North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-12-08
Meu, advertisements,
Ice Announcement
Cawelti 4 De rTmau,

Are already arranging to pack large amount OF Ice
tor the season OF 1870. Rates: 40 cents . hundred
or 81 90 per month for private families. Orders
spcctuy solicited thus early, that we may be post
ed ms to the demand CAWELTI 4 BERGMAN.
McGregor. Dec. 6th, 1869. 686
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-12-08

A city acquaintance hands US long
Autographed circular, purporting to come
from ~. P. Waters & Co., 1877 Broadway
New York" This firm proposes to fur
nish to ''true blue" dealers, "the best
counterfeit money ever put on paper, for a
small consideration" The circular i.
very seductively got up, and we hear fror
Expressmen that hundreds of package.
pass through their hands, addressed to
parties on the lines of Road and River.
The promise of speedy fortune by hand
ling counterfeit money which has deceiv'
ed 1.-THE Cashiers of FIVE New York Banks, y
is calculated to affect the eassy virtue OF
many persons, and it is not strange that
in these days Of Official robbery-and too
generally-justiied business deception
that the firm of ~. P. Waters & Co." are
making fortune out of the semi-dishon-
esty, the credulous simplicity and the
curiosity of the public. Their circular
strikes all these classes. The firm closes
with P. s. depend upon it as long as
you are true to us, you will never be cut
Of funds
On first reading this beautiful circular,
it was our opinion that some public test
was being tried on our western boys to
ascertain who were disposed to commit
themselves to violation of law, but we
have learned better. While expressing
this opinion day or two since, gentle
man far removed in business character
from suspicion of completely with scoun-
drels, east or west, told US that himself
and on acquaintance were curious to know
what the ''drift'' of the matter was, and
they RENTED a small amount to learn
A'some dinks." BY return express they
got q little card board which is fac
simils, or exact photograph Of Twenty
Dollar note, this, and "nothing more ~
A letter accompanied the package request
inh the curious victims to keep still. Our
friends were so amused with the "sell'
that they exposed it, and gave us the OPP
portunity to publish. Beware Of conf
dence men.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-12-08

The proprietors Of Johnson's Anodyne
Liniment, Parsons Purgatire Pills, and
Sheriddn's Cdrahy Condition Po,cders,
have published readable and instructive
pamphlet, which may be had free ut the
stores.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-12-08

News and Items.
A dispatch from Rome says all the
italian Bishops, except five, have
taken the oath of fidelity to the Pope.
1.-THE first heavily laden mercantile
ship that passed through the Suez
Canal from the Mediterranean, has
been wrecked and lost on the Red Sea
I'm this month of December, ten
persons are to be executed i'm the I'm
tied States for murder Charles
Brown, who has just escaped from q
three years captivity among the Chey-
ennes, says there are more than twenty
white children captives in the differ
ent bands of that tribe. .... Thurlow
Weed has retired from political and
journalistic life...... Congress assembled
at noon on the 9th. Seventy-five sem
ators answered to their names. Sena-
tor Morrill, appeared as successor to
Mr.. Fessenden. Senator Grimes resig-
nation was read and the the credentials
of John F. Lewis and John w. John
son from Virginia. were laid upon
the table. Senator Cameron presented
petition from the citizens of Penn
sylvania, which he Endorsed, urging
that the powers asked by the belliger-
ents in Cuba be granted to them.
One hundred and eighty members
were present in the house. Over two
hundred bills have been prepared to
create free banking law, all to be
presented within two days. The Chi
cago Post dispatch, from which we get
these items, says the opening is the
dullest of any session for many years.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-12-08

Tennessee has rejected the fifteenth
amendment.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-12-08

of an irredeemable currency. 1t is an
evil which hope will receive your most
earnest attention. 1t is duty, and one
of the highest duties of the Governments,
to secure to the citizens medium of ex-
change of fixed, unvarying value. This
1 implies its return to specie basis, and no
substitute for it, can be devised. 1t should
| be commenced now and reached at the
earliest practicable moment consistent
with fair regard to the interest of the
debtor class. Immediate resumption. If
practicable, would not be desirable. It
would compel the debtor class to pay be-.
yond their contracts, the premium on gold
at the date of their purchase, and would
bring bankruptcy and ruin to thousands.
Fluctuations, however, in the paper value
| of the measure of all values-gold-is
detrimental to the interests of trade. 1t
makes the man of business an involuntary
gambler, for in all sales when the future
payment is to be made, both parties spec.
ulate az to what will be the value of the
currency to be paid and received l earn
estly recommend to you, then, such legis-
lation as will insure a gradual return to
| specie payments, and put an immediate
stop to fluctuations in the value of the
| currency. The methods to secure either of
these results are as numerous as are
the spectators on political economy
To secure the latter, see but one way,
and that is to authroizc the Treasury to
redeem its own paper at a fixed price
whenever presented; to withhold from
! currency redeemed until sold again for
gold. The vast resources of the nation
both developed and undeveloped ought
to make our credit the best on earth.
With less burden Of taxation than the
citizen has endured for six years past
the entire public debt could be paid in
ten years, but it is not desirable that
the people should be taxed to pay it in
that time. Year by year tho ability to
pay increases in rapid ratio, but the
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1869-04-14
rhc Duty Of ths,NaturaiIsed tttixea on
ths suSJset or mpart1ai Suffrage.

stro,y wr;ter anil - noyarr,,l
friend of freedom Tim, discon rsrs on
the dutv or the n,,uralizcd ci,izen in
reC.renco 70 ,Le s,b;,ct of ;mror,;,l
ul,rage. The wheel of s,r,une re.
yoIvos and ,L,, ,,r,v or r,,;o, which
vestarj,v w,s ra;sed +, ,he very yeni,h
of ,o,y.r ,wI ,,,rv ,n,v ,o.lnv b,vo
";,s nose m ,bo crind.ionen With ,be
,h",,. ,,eor,.;n', ;,s Al NIL ,h'.
s,,,n,s ,,a;,,i,;n, ',o,y, ~ I;r,hs r..
ina, IN n,hsr a1'd vnn nr,I have n,
,"or, -, .y,,,r ovn a.,nnn, Make
.nII,,,n nniy,;r.,l in thn RrnulJic
Tn, ,he ,h,. ri,h, oT every man hc.
r,use n, i ~ ,,,n re, ncitb.r bir,b
nnr creJuor co,or nor class be borri.
or in lis wav ID, this. and YOU have
seen the hst Of the base and brutal
biyo,rv which has t,boord the foreiyu.
horn cirizen os a creature I, he avoid.
cJ nnI opnres.cJ which las shot down
Tim Grrmnu and ,hc Irishmon ON che
streets at l.DlIlsvll q anil New Orleans.
and which has afforded oupor,u,ity to
every iynor,nt un.,art I, uour the ioul
anois If his ;nsoicnt yillaiuv an sub.
ie,ts which are sacred 10 the minds
and hrar,s Of hu drcJ, of thousands
of better men than himself. Do the
opposite ofall ,his-ns, pe regret to
1
say, that too many of our weH-mean
inu couutr men have shown them,e We,
only too ready to Lo-cstablish the
principle of a "wlite mans Govern
meni," make citizenship mere Saxon
or Celtic institution, to the virtual
exclusion of all other races aud peo
plcs-,lo this, and YOU neel not be
astonishcd il Won find the Gu, of wrong
and misery, which you forced so freely
to the lips ofo,icrs, presented, without
much ceremony, to Sour own In '56
the poor foreigner was the victim of
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1869-04-14
THE LESSONS Of THE PAsT.

ltisa poor party that cannot profit
by defeat. The old Wing party could;
90 also can the Republican pary. But
it seems that the Democratic party is
incapable Of learning anything from
past experience, or Of looking lnto the
future. Long years ago it made
Slavery its idol. Any Statesman
might have known that the current Of
freedom would soon overwhclm our
country. But Democracy clung to
Slavery, loved it dearly, was welded
10 it and was swept away with it..
Then il took mp Rebellion, an the
iame result followed. Now its idol
is opposition to manhood suffrage.
"Repeal" is to be the motto of the next
campaign--rspsai Of tha Fiiieenth
Amendment, passed by our Lesisla-
ture, and which is now before the Leg
islatures Of the other States for ratif-
cation or rejection.
Any one who has watched the pro-
gress of opinion in the last ten years
has seen the current working strongly
in favor Of Manhood Suffrage. Ten
years ago there was hardly man to
advocate it; now it is adopted by
States. Yet in tho face Of all this tn"
Democratic leaders are arraying their
party against this current, and are as
suring their followers that they will at
last win the day. Well, let them so.
"Whom the gods would destroy, they
frst make mad" We might as well
beat them on this question rs any 9th
or. The Democrats had their fingers
scorehei with Slavery, burne'l with
Rebellion, and we ja lge that when
they are done. with Manhood Suffrage,
they will be willing to keep their
hands of Of things.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1869-04-14
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TSHE pJBi.IC CREDIT BELL.

The bill that recently passed Con-
grcss, to protect the public credit, has
been signed by the President. and is
therefore a'law. 1t reads as follows /:
"Be Hcaactetl, etc., That in order
to remove any doubt as to the purpose
Of the Government to discharge all
just Obligations to the public creditors,
and to settle conflicting questions and
interpretations of the law, by virtue of
which obligations have been contracted,
it is hereby provided and declared
that the faith ofthe United States is
solemnly pledged to the payment in
coin, Or its equivalent, of al the obli-
cations of the United States not bear
ing interest, known as United States
notes, and of all the interest bearing
obligations of the United States, ex-
cept in cases where the law authorizing
the issue of any, such, obligation has
expressly proven that the same may
be paid in lawful money, Of other cur
rency than gold and 81 liver; but none
of said interest-bearing obligations,
not already due, shall be redeemed or
paid before maturity. unless at such
time as the notes shall be convertible
into coin, at the option of the holder ;
or, unless at such time US the bonds OF
the Unitel States a lower rate of inter-
est than the bonds to be redeemed can
he sol at par, in coin; and the United
States also solemnly pledges its faith
to make provision, Mt the earliest rrac-
tic,ble period, for the, red mption Of
the United States notes. in coin." Sic
transit rerudiatiOn. ...
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1869-04-14

THE LATEST NEWS.

Congress adjourned on Saturday.
The Senate re-asscmbled on Monday.
Ashley of Ohio, was confirmed Gov
of Montana by ono majority. Con.
gross passed. a bill andthe President
signed it, submitting the constitutions
Virginia, Mississippi and Texas to
a vote ofth people. In the Lcgisla-
turc the House refused on last Satur-
day to concur with the Senate resolu.
ton to adjourn. A banquet to Chas
Dickens was given in Liverpool Satur-
day night. .4T
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1869-04-14

TwITcHELL, who was to have been
hung in. Philadelphia on last Thurs
day, for the murder of his mother-in-
law, committed suicide by taking ar
ssnic. Eaton, who killed Timothy
Heenan. was hanged the same dav.
Some Of the papers are blaming Gov,
Geary for not pardoning these men,
who both protested to the last they
were innocent. We think ifa jury Of
twelve men convict man, he ought
to be punished. Gallows' confessions
are humbugs.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1869-04-14
Extra Session OF the Senate.

The following proclamation was
issued this evening by the President:
WHEREAS, objects of interest to the
United States require that the Senate
should he convened at II ot'ock ON
the 18th LAY of April, 1869, to receive
and act upon such communications rs
may be made to'it.o .ou the pari of the
Executive; now, therefore, |, U. ).
Grant, President of the United tatcs,
have consi cred it to he my duty to
issue this my proclamation, declaring
that an extraordinary OCCASION rcquir
es the Scnate of the United States to
convene for the transaction of business
at the Capitol in the city of Washing
ton, on the 18th day of April, 1869,
-at II o'clock, noon, on that day, on
which all who shall ut that time he
entitled to act as members of that
body are hereby required to take
notice. Given under my hand anl
the seal of the United States Il, Wash
ington, the Sth of pril, in the year
of our Lord, one thousand eight hun
dred and sixty-ninc, and of the indie
pcndence of the United States OF
America, the ninety-tbird..
BY the President.
Signe U. S. GRANT
The extra session is called to act
upon nominations to Office.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1869-04-14

The Press points oat singular fact
in The last annual report Of the Prison
Agent. The statistics submitted show
that while crime has been on the in.
crease among the white population,
II has been decreasin, among the
blacks. As the colorel population oil
Philadelphia care to a man Rcpubli
can in their political crccd," and the
majority of the Hliitcs Democratic
(vjde Wallacc's campaign docnmcntsl
tho P'css argues very, foccihly that
Democracy has something to do with
tho increase Of crime. Tho point is
we'll taken. 1.-Two are to be guided
by the reasoning Of tho Democratic
journals, certainly the color ofthc skin
has nothing to do with the question
or rather, if we acacps their theory
that-it impsls man to commit all
manner fbasc crimes, it only strength
ems the position of the Press. Th;
thick skull, long heel, sharp shin
bone, Ham Biblical, thoologico-po!iti-
cal theories don't pointcdly, or in
strictly philosophical manner, upon
facts submitted by the Prison Agent
In fact, we doubtif ever Nasby car
help the Democracy out here.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1869-04-14

LATE Mexican correspondence says:
Civil war in the State of Tamaulipas
continues to rage with inhabited fury.
A party of rebels under Vargas de-
feated Escobelo troops near Villa
grassa, capturing his cquipage, archi
YES, and twenty seven thousand dol
lars in specie. The same party at
tackled the city of Linares, but met
with heavy loss. Escobe1o's policy
towards the rebels is of the most
bloody, relentless character; nothing
hut determination satisfies him. He
has given orders to have shot all fore
igners who are not provided with
passports. Two American traders on
their return from Saltillo to the Rio
Grande, were robbed by the military,
shot and their bodies hung up on
trees, ..s:fi.'
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1869-04-14
(SSG SGEtriIIc.

The Republican victory is more
complete than we supposed it when
our lat issue wca, to press. Marshall
Jewell tRep.) is chosen Governor by
,sf-fmajMktv, wlilr slr- er~,st- of tlR,
Republican Safe ticket appears to run
decide lly better than the Governor.
We shall not hc surprised t" find the
average cp'hlican majority nearly
or quite 1000.
Bnt this i. the least anpiripu' lca-
turr oi our triumph. We have three
Republican Representatives chosen to
the present House c'rar gain OF
hco-so that the deirg tion stands
three for us ont ofiopr; whereas the
a,t vas three against rs to one Tor Us.
The defeat of Blb'"ci in the New
Haven District was hoped for by our
most s,ugninc friends, an that was
all, as the District had eiven over
2,OOO m,jority against us h the two
preceding State elections Ii now
elects kcllos (Rrpublicam by 323
majority.
Inc Republicans nave increased
their mJoray IN the State Senate, Lnt
have lost in the House from local and
persona influences, mainly connect d
with projected Railroads. and Raj road
bridges. Norwak, Danbnrv, Canton,
East Haddam, and a dozen other
Republican towns, have each chosen
one Democrat to the House, while we
note M Democratic 'own but Water
bury which has chosen-a Republican.
The House is, however, Republican
by majority of Is TO 20.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1869-04-14
NIGHT SCENES IN THE nIpLE.'

Many Of the most affecting aud
most important scenes described in the
Bible, transpired under the spleudors
Of oriental night. Sodom and Egypt,
Beersheba aud Babylon, Carmel and
Gilboa, Olivet and Emmaus, Jerusa.
lem and the sea Of Ga'ilee, have each,
by night, been witnesses Of the power
and glory Of the omnipotent jehovah.
The author of "Night Scenes in the
Bible" has followed the shadow of
night across the landscape Of divine
revelation, and grouped together the
sacred scenes which are made awful or
impressive by the mantle of darkness
He has succeeded in bringing to
light "new and beautiful gems from
the mine Of bible TRUTH" and has
produced a delightful volume. The
leading clergymen OF the country have
given it their most cordial approval
as q "cAarlning' aud obstructive"
work.
The style in which it is published
cxcels anything it lr~beea our priv
ilega to examine. The stool engrav-
ings by the first artists Of the countr y
are perfect "gems Of art." We have
space to describe but two of them
The first is "rhe Night Watch in
Mount Seir." Beside one Of the noun
tain passes, with grand peaks towering
crag upon crag, on either side, stands
the watch-towcr, and its solitary watch
man. Just through the pass can b.
seen the first bright streaks Of ap-
preaching dawn. AT the foot of the
pass, wholly shaded by the overhang
Ing crass, party Of travellers are en-
c,mpel. They cry out to the watch
man: "Watchman, what of the
night" and down through the pas:
comes reverberating that cheering cry
"rhc morning cometh." Again we pas;
on down the ages to the time when
the morning had come, and tho SUI
Of righteousness had arisen with heal
ing on his wings. Before us is II lone
mountain side, and prostrate form
kneclin, on the un-cushioned rock
The pale moonhcams creep among the
crags, just revealing their barrcnness
the stars shine dimly overhead huge
night-bird flaps his wings and break:
the Stiffness oi'tha midnight hour; bn'
glory surrounds the lowly form-it i;
Jesus, for ''it came to pass in those days
that He went out into a mountain It
pray, and continued all night in prayc'
to God. 1t was u sublime scene, ant
the representation before us tcnis tc
awaken the most davout reflections.
Let parents who wish their children
to love tho wosl of Gel'and uadsrstaut
its lessons Of love, secure this volume
and give them free access to its pages
! -Night Scenes In the Bihia, by Rev. DAME
| March. u. d. ZoIgler. McCurdy 4 Co.. Publish
ass. phi!I. Cincinnati, Chicago and st. Louis
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1869-04-14
AND now five months have come

AND now five months have come
and gone, and tho delugo of American
citizens Of African descent, which was
to sweep over Iowa and Minnesota in
consequence Of the adoption of Impair
tial suffrage, has not only not come,
but there has not been a shower! And
10, one by one, the lugubrious prophe-
cies of the Democracy PISS into the
ridiculous jargon Of the past, or what
Mullins might call the oblivion Of
collateral chaos and everlasting smash
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1869-04-14
rRvM wAsiIISGrON.

The President caused cable tee
gram to be sent to Minister Hale at
Madrid, notifying him that mis- rcsig-
nation will he accepted There is rea-
son to believe that he will speedily be
removed, if he does not resign. The
quarrel between the Secretary and
Minister is bitter and disgraceinl, but
the cause of ifalc's retirement lies
chiefly in the fact alluded to last week
in the Spanish Cortes. lie has not
been bringing in ariic Is contrahnnd
of war, but has been using his diplo
matte privilege in a way Of trade for
his own benefit anl toa considerable
amount. 1t is said that he had a
connection with store, and brought
in goods free Of duty from England.
For two days experiments have
been in progress at the Navy Yard
with DLna's concu-sion fuse shells.
The resu Is attained are highly salts
factory and very important The in
vcniion is one by which round shell
are exploded Oh impact. In expert
ments with nine-inch shells, not one
failed to explode,
a New Orleans dispatch says n for
midable expedition under Frank T..
Blair and General Stecdnan is fitting
out there to assist the Cuban patriots.
The first installment Of the expedition
will be sent on steamship to Cuba,
and it is said there are no fears Of
Government interference.
The friends Of Mr.. Motley assert
positively tha. he is determined upon
for England, and that MIR. Moran,
Secretary of Legation, is to to re-
tanned under him There has been an
increased struggle on the part of the
friends of John jay yesterday and to-
day, and the President has been strong
ly inclined to appoint him on account
of his known American views on the
Alabama claims. 1t is also known
that Jay favors the ccssion Of Canada
to the United States.
General SickIes after a long consul.
tation concerning the Mexican mission
has concluded to decline it on thu
ground that the policy of Mr.. Fish
seemed TO promise only u continuation
OF Mr.. Sewar'Ps, in which, however,
the latter is at variance with the Pres.
lent; Grant being himself in favor Of
II very positive policy with Mexico
has renewed the request that Gen
Sickles should accept the position, anc
the latter has nm interview by appoint.
ment with the President to night.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1869-04-14

The election ofa Republican Gov
ernor, two members Of Congress de
feating Dixon-and a majority Of the
Legislature is as good result as could
be asked for in Connecticut; consider
ing that the Democrats generally carry
the State election since the inaugura-
tion Of Grant, it is auspicious, and
indicative that his courseis approved
by the people,. .,' =
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1869-04-14
THE LEGiSLATCRE.
HARRISBURG, pril 8.

HARRISBURG, pri' 8.
SENATE The joint resolution pro-
posing u constitutional amendment
changing the October election to No
vembcr in every year of the Presiden-
tal e ecton coming up, MIR. White
mnvel an anendmen, submitting this
and other questions to Il constitutional
convention ii'cnllca by the people on n
vote at the next October election. Mr..
Whites amenl lment proposes thirty
tielcgatts 1T la1gr, each voter voting
for fifteen, and one hundred represent
utive delegates, Ovcrru!td as not
germain, and the Whole subject post
pnncd.
The joint resolution for final al
j nrnmcnt ou Friday, the 10th inst,
WAS adopted.
The bill enabling bniltling, saving
and ioan associations TO collect debts
after the expiration Of charters was
passed
HOUSE The Registry bill passed
finally under operation of the previous
question.
The lill allowing parties to contract
for interest ut seven per cent. was de-
iratcd, yeas 43, nays i6.
The Governor to-day vetoed the
bill l'authori1ing him to commute the
.icath penalty to Imprisonment for life.
He denies that il is in accordance with
his recommendation in his last annual
message, wherein desire was express
ed simp y to commute death penalty
in six eases distinctly specified, to such
terms ofimprisonment as ameliorating
circumstances might justify and de-
,,or1
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1869-04-14

A FAMILY offse persons was kill
ed by the insane father in Oakland,
Minn, last Wednesday. Whittier
are We drifting? Only the week be-
fore a similar thing occurred in PHI
adelphia. Are We rushing into. .insan:
its; by our fast liviugy- =: