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ifc Gregor, Iowa, Friday, Oct. 17, 185G.
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DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
FOR fRBilDEXT.
OF XE9TCC*?.
PRSfDENTJAL ELECTORS.
1. of Pes M6inw,
t.C.
\S. GRANT* *. 4/t Ho«'tt,.
O. of Polk.
|J. u. ri4i'fifc
4
*tovy have entered tin"' Union, aud heoonu?
KORTH.
cto
l\o
BUCHANAN,
o? PRsrxsrtvANU.
i
FOR VICE PRESlBEN'Ti
tt E KI
oi i o»K, 1 i
4»cil! for theniof Ived, whether slavery siui.ll or
•hnll mt exist within their litnlU.—Buchanan's
letter o Acajitartee.
I Tl"9 principle wijl rorrfv not he mitrovcrted
DT any niuivniual of any party pnitc ssmj,' (le^^jtion
to populWr povemment. EeKiiles, how vain an'l
illujory would any othi principle prove
tier, in repard to the
l«it from the fact admitted ov
I. H. PALMSlt,. *i"of sympathies often outran their judgment,
—.—
This loRi-liition U foiuidod «po!i princli^rs a» slaves asked that the Government should
jocietit n.s froe government itself, ami in accord-1 .-J
Idco with them, has simply dvcluml that tiio I PRs« Bdl equal to the. emergottcy and up
people of A territory, like those of a Htnte shall to the letter of the Compact.
UTci!t"ri£.C
nil,
fhnt att^r a l'er- dolHUlg
TKrtftis JK» greaior card phiywl i» the
support, but it is also in exact accor
dance with the deliberately expressed sen
timents of most of the Northern States.
W e assume that the objections made to
the Law, are aimed at tho principle of it,
and not at its details or form. It may
have objectionable features, but we only
followed their assemblage. Jealous and
1?D. .ia^U1^ *r
im*
ltS 10
"N^ IVraon I oKl to Service or Labour
1 (j iNd in one State, under ti e Laws thereof, cs
taping into another, slia.ll, in Consequence
of anv Luv or Regulation therei:i, be dis
barred frotn such Set vie. or Labour, but
duo." i
WASHINGTON as President. This Law,
strong enough to bind a people who willing
ly complied with all their political obliga-
efliciont as to be valueless.
There were so many lognl ^lefects dis
covered in the old bill by parties whose
A
tjiat tj10,e
The present Bill was passed, as all know,
among the celebrated Compromise moaa-
in50 an(jin
€onstitu,iuU of
HUite.no eonstiiutional jKwer would tlien exjst I
%liich could prevent it from either sfooiiahiiv or! be pleasant to assist in the return of a
wublWiiiiK Slavery, a. the may bc, «e^U-
•politioal game, now rapidly drawing to a to the Government that protects you, binds
strings" was touched anew, and in obedi- we should remember that the statesmen of
cnc*.' to tho demands of men who care not all ages teach us, the history of all nations
•what violence they do to the bonds that! records, and our own observation confirms
unite us as a nation, if success and spoils
but cnown their present effort, a most dol
orous wail goes over tho "sea of heads"
:thcy address, deploring the existence of a
ilaw that is not only demanded by the Con
stitution, which every man of us is bound
Balieviug that the great body of. our white blood filling all the avenjues of trade writes
readers are as soundly patriotic as our-land complying with all the demands for i m^iti
The States through their Le
K an
K1»-1T liL'^sho^H bo ^dilhrsncc of I ta?
1 tectwu of that
claue:
solves, and that some of them have suf- ikbor, and call to mind the negro quarters cent
fered themselves to be misled we propose of towns and cities you have visited iu the carry Kentucky,
by their oivn Represe :tatives—ajter? By retaining him against the
principle that is now mooted only for party mands of his owner, they violate both the
profit.1 A*, -te close of the n olntion the State and National L4w»--^r wlttjmng
^thirt(&i victorious Nations, each as iadc-! him they obscrvsbotk.
pendent of the other as Persia is of Sweden, Which course does common sense, to
agreed to destroy the Article of Confode- t#ay nothing of our obligations, direct us
rotion which had lx*en their bond of Union to pursue
during the struggle for Iudependencc, and
independent States and long discussions
the
uPon
This portion of ibo Constitution was, G:lUaiin the pafrotism requisite to fill the
soon elaborated and enaetpfnnto'a 14*1 by prosi,ietfllai Office, and yet both wore fo*-.
Congress, and it received the signature of
){it, Country. It mav not
rkivo tollid mast(,v
ins to its sovereign will and pleasure.—JSacAan- o
#-Vi iMtcr of Accrptdnec. 10f th.e T"\ is resisted in the execution of
i
office, and commands us to aid him,
2lioar from the "stump" a bold and un-iand mo3t of the northern Slates have j£now Nothingism has
jqualified condemnation of not only the^fc^'d, -ind all of them have such social dis-1
^Law, but of that clause of the Constitu-1 abilities to load the black with, that his life
"Tition requiring it^ennetraent. In the same among us is nota 1..'TPt oue. Wl,.-xt docs
*oreath the indignant orator will glory in this mean?
fif tlio re public aud boast himaeltM ready eluded tbc nogro we voted for that e*
but it the Marshall
TH3 FUGITIVE SLAVS LAW HT THE what reason can we offer for refusing to j,jmseif the dependant of Austria!—
strengthen the arm of him who is but the i
close, than the denunciation of this Law, you to sustain. If you can judge for your- daUger to our institutions been such
i s makers and apologists. Whenever self as to what yoii ought or ought not to! represented, patriotism would have
.ihore is a lull in the Kansas excitement, and do—if your conscicnce is the guide ia tho nvnsitrcs of defence, but when
•the public mind gives signs of recovering
"from the phrenzy into which interested
parties by infamous mis-statements had
thrown them, tho "harp of a thousand
observanceof law, there is but little Boces-^jj.jgj^jg
sity for a government of any kind.
Orators may flatter us and tell UB of our
"Freedom"—aud of a "higher law," but
the truism, that "without Law there is no
liberty."
damage which Slaver* caused Tts, it
-j.* .• "Wl«'W
right, is it manly, is it patriotic, is it in
accordance with the Constitution, to write
upon a Flag pretending to be National,
that "Fugitives from SoiMce or labor shall
not be surrendered on claim'.""'"
One nv re consideration and we close
he could restore the Government to tho the same you voted for it, aud when-you friends of thp cause inform eastern papers ps.nnder implement
pnritv thai marked its career, in the days 'look around your towns and villages and i-that "his chance is good for the sta'e" they
of Washington, Jefferson and Madison. see none but independent and industrious
act with those whoue position is in direct that insist upon recognizing the labors of!
complex ion to all hi? wc.i Uem prospects,
The Union of tl:e States is a partner- the South. conclude it will be so, but the sight for a
ship—no more, no less. The colonies join- If Iowa, |n4)^a f^id «ay that Hugh vote iu the electoral college is slim
ed together in defencc of the principle that negroes shall not live on their soil, how can ind'-ed.
*uo laws could hind them unless they were i they refuse to return the slave to his mas- Our friends will not.be ©ffen-
to substitute, for that hastily constructed, FILLMORE.
but very useful instrument, one mote de* jh0 Cincinnati Times an ably conducted evidently forgotten you do not scold us
liberate!}' got up, and more specifieiuliy Fillmore organ, shows conclusively (to its I for repealing that compromise which
definite in its enumeration of powers.— readers) that the gentleman whose name j)*01""
Delegates were appointed by each of these heads this article is not only the proper }'ou
man
elfish as individuals are found, when en- REALIZED on the great National race course CORRESPOND* CE^-'wTare receipt
gaging in a business that requires joint
iu
iunary Fathers but i:i the Constitution
itself such narrow ideas are emphatically
condemned. In one instance only is birth
half l? delivered up on Claim (rf the Party might have boe« omitted, without mar- jlir^t No., a historical account of'the s :Ule-
w},0
0jLrners
N 1U1) E, tions, in later years, through the influence'* |,-|c.id—ja the establishment of a Qo\c/n
mmr Northern mwi-who- allotted great xe- they guaranteed it to poster i|if.—
gard for the Negro, was found to bo BO in-
CX
.i i
inU'iv.Btud ia the rendition of
1852 the Democratic
^.nd Whig parties l)oth indorsed it in their
'S
i.i'ai.^1'- National platforms. No man can avoid in-1
ittc hv nil, thnt iift^r n IVr-{doiHtng it so long as he i3 bound by the adopted ci.izens,
aro
to refer to tho history of this subject, and East, wc i ro sure you do not regret your lolina while the desertion of such men as 'ovs cieves its roig or
we hope if tlie facts wc advance .-.re found vote of
Ho b.' irrefutable aud our conclusions irre- Topeka
fisable, that the reader will not any longer excluded ,— |OVV,..„
Kov. remains u, bo seen." We con- Lf
lnvC8lIU^n as wo can, we do not see Mr. I? illmore elec-1 timt
fcs aid to invent articles of co-partnership whole Union. That he has many warm
that should be scrupulously observant of friends, that he is an able man, that he is
U» rights and interests »f each member of
a wjl0ie SuUii Ci
the proposed Union, and when it was doubt but the fact of his being the nom
thought to be well balanced iu all particu- iUOeeof a party who would deny an Amer
lars, it was called a Co.NSTITITio.vaud was Citizen the right to entertain his own
Paramount Law. Mr. MADISOU caJls it |oiore platform, a large body of meu both
unjon
"the cement of the Union as well in i'-a native and adopted, whose constitutional vitation he had a
limitation as in i!» authorities" and under our form of Government aro broke up with eh
«wr been regarded as a text by which to just as well secured as *ro those «f his
I judge the orthodoxy of parties. The special followers. .,
Framers of that cemont were nearly all Tiie assumption that this Government
waa
Uiemowmitg slaves at the tirno, and it was «,.v i»,.]
P:uUu 0,.ra.1 2lt
I nnintun i.«.n..fr ttirm i V 1
it
Constimtioii tbo following
v
»»n4»2omsm with the obligations devolving that convention as the great panacea for If anv northern s^ate is for him we can I .,
.. 'ii e it i i-
1
upon every man who participates in the the present ills of the body politic, are en-1 not learn it by any moans of intelligence valln-s wi'l be
benefits or assumes the obligation# 'of i dangering the Union iu their bold denial within our roach. We know, that san-i'-
citizen of the United States. of the rights constitutionally claimed by guine men will hope strongly, and finally ^111
mado a test lor Office, and even tluit boon here some years, to prepare for our
would have denied to Hamilton or
Catholics and Protestants, Na-
esgne rs
tives and Foreigners, guided by a com
mon hatred of Tyranny religious and JK
litical, arhkv.til Iudepfeu hjiteo fin
P10GG provision authorizi|(G the
naturalization of those who loved fbiborty
so well as to daro the daugers of the ocoan
to enjoy it an express provision prohibit
ing an inquiry upon the subject of relig
ion aa a qualification for office, exhibits
what the framers of the Constitution
thought, in the questions that comprise
the strength of tho American" plat
form. r,,,,-
True, ra moment «eitcnaM»t-*nd
stimulated-by the impru.loiit elannishness
we aro
ly niar^ej
sorry to admit has frequent-
the conduct of some of our
wild ia their dread of Foreign influ
ence,*' and their torrot of the poor old
man who clothed in a little brief author
i:y" sita in the Tapal chair claiming do
minion over all Christendom, aud yet
a
executor of which your d»?y k„ow Nothingism as its friends chose to
cajj
largo ipass of our countrymen
jtj
V(-ils an
worL]lv 0f
an article that his ahx»dy grown beyond gjving this credit to an opponent, the De
our intention. jocratie party are charged with favori
The State of Indiana and Iowa will not |Ku0W^othi.,gisra, but
allow Negroes to come into their territory,
thoso w]-
n
lt'
^to expire on the spot, if by such sacrifice e
lusion and do not regret it. Iowa did|g0ne thousands but hen- enihusiastic j1•
liynest sentiment, aud had
cf
the time-serving order
,ho care to inform
cornpromiding
our Oppt„10nrs,1«d.
high commendation, and for and down the stream
hostility
whi(.h wc hTre tlw
I i»- v mralleled development of tlsis territory
acknowledge to be a Union Candidate,
..
own
for the Presidency, but that he is to! g''(-at Democratic Temple of Constitution-
favored one. Whether this is to be!®1 Freedom! -.V
maQf we do not
,jHOI.
tvafc
w werc tunart
be bora on thu sid:
1
Par!y °hjects to restoring, aud
Cixn
sit down among brothers in the
a Communi,,ation
capita upon e piomise o j(jiut profit, jfegs.ourselves uuable to tell who will sue- jp0n^ent at Hardin. It is unfortunately Citv life. Two hundred buildings have
le elates wait ue to»e\,e\ei) piopoM eeed, butviewing matters as impartially i
Written
wc can not
0 is new^ J. ATI ON A O\ 1 unit lit w it i ted, nor indeed can we safely promise his -phe substance of it only we can gathor, minded of the story of Aladdin's Lamp!
1 OWKR. Talent o. the highest order lent, supporters a single electoral vote in the
au(j we
,r|vo
adopted, he States through ti.eir Leg- notions in Religion who would proscribe them, and succeeded in worsting them in Our Store-rooms, particularly of this
mm,iv,»— iui1.n—IM.HMIB i,—aww
•1 KoOr.csoa
iTe hid made an a rangem«ii wi|b a
(•amp tioiit gentleman in town, one wliohas
whom sttoli Servico'*or labour may lairing the beauty of the instrument: fjr mcnt, progress and present condition of md iittttivuy. "\lfy\en we hoar tli% sltfill BOdf but at flattering
McGregor bu: business duties prevented
its comj)letion and it must therefore be de
ferred to a future timas Ci i A
We can not allow this occasion to pass,
however, without a brief notice of the very
^jpportant poiat at which we ave
it
has
usually
U1
,0 .1 ff t'sie uir^d
l'S0'
from a valued corres-^.^,
to
topics of tho day. The Democrats met credit to any place.
ql«suons an adopted Citizen becausc of the acci-,^ conference. A second meeting was 1 season's erection, are models, in size,
o J. ationa P" it was regar as dent of biith, will drive from tho I'ill-j held by agreement, and the Democratic beauty, and strength. Their contents
Warn mount l,iw. Mr. M\nisnN e.:ills it _J i 1. .1.. e I --i,,,., I
by the club whose in- can bo known, as most other matters par
accepted. This meeting luiiniug to the business of M* €f,r*gor ,by
hecrs for Buchanan in- jan examination of the TIMES.
Hpeakcr
was hisse
stead of Freomont, and at the regular)
0
the Atlantic finds ft] lia
mooting of the Republican Club the fol-1 ,, ..
0 1
at i ri :on 1 ne or"7i»uzauon I:KO mo 1 anKeo-» ern Cicilities possessed by any town in the ticeof them, but when we state that the oast
«jn?sentatives of blav# iUeresUi mostof
,j.ll „-11^1,,
was
KUC 1C
located,
Ihindintr as
McGregor, or^lcGrigor's 1
been calkvl is on the Iowa h-
4
to tl-.o back country,a rare and vory val-
.admit
the people in 'M ran
town Bite.
lera express disappointment at its ap
pearance when viewed from tho deck of a
Steam Boat. But to approciato its ca
pacity to become a popubus and hand
some City, a walk on shor-j is noenssary.
For two miles up the couloo there is
level land of a width su!Hei"nt for tw^ Or
three streets in many plaois x'uo a wide
bottom
similar
ni
made use of it to ride into power through
riot and blood-shod it necessary, the cal
mer sort of men who were identified with
Americanism,abandoned it, and IT DIED.
Its secresy was a feature that no bold man
over did approve. Its life was short and oi me iroui. u^wai n mv.* amount already
marked by iwts of violence disgraceful to times overflowed: two lols are thus
any people. Its death was deplored by imade, one in excavating, another in fil-1 tending from McGregor into the Interior
vcrv few, and we doubt if even the name jing: There aro many benches of land in '13 miles. The Judge has strong confi
ofa'n Ex-President can^soc^l iB^t-1«l.e hiWOo. «.towi for d«lltog» »d 'tt
ing its resurrection. jftirnishmg the most^splendid viens^of tin vorth l^wa, with tliat enlightened scl-
Dem-' We have much more land to build on
i'y of the party to dant'*pon McGregor for its navigating:
Uonor of belonfin" facilities is not exceeded on tho globl,
wWt-vo.,_nan,e i.thor h. beauty'
nt &cy have'iMrttfied bkYe aflHiated with no• «aiu land uo s^amp.
our great magna charta praise the Fathers Indiana by a8 ptf»rwi^l.ur.ing, f^tie3(-1thwt orders -i ••n.J ao marshes. Every toot is pro ucave,, cause secure .an aj)preciaiion Ge^ Jp^-^oodward, E(mf, ^iief En-
The Fillmore ticket in Iowa'will poll [and rato »f settlement now going on
nof
ortisiequut
I it- Empire-is hastening us onward as rapj,
U
mu
ded if w£ advise t' vm to waste.no ammu
nition in Iowa. If their love oj «ho Un-, ...
ion fcmcerc thev wonfl have us j8^'»
w"atl
of
.ll'«
believe, they can seeumtl.e m-,in ,bj«rt sro«nl. and its »s un
they desire, by voting for him whom they i
liajit'jd.
come, and M' Grogor is on tlie road to
in pencil, and so badly defaced been erected within four months and they
our readers.
hand it to our printers.— are going up now so fast that one is re-
True, many of them of are cheap but
A Fremoet Club was organized atHar- jrcat8arc high hero, compared with costs
din quite early in the canvass, and after ]0f building, and the improbability of ob
two or three meetings to confirm the mem- S taining a home to live in, compels speedy
bers in the faith it was proposed to invite and imperfect construction. Many of our
the Democrats toa free discussion of the housas arc built in a style that would do motioned Post-coach and delivering at
Tll0 Cimnk:in
y
V^ny- Hence bora on thu ete the Atlantic finds a! 'Z\ Jvl wWr«' The merchant the mechanic and tlx not slec a with Disunion in his heart after \V. Roal, and tl
wc find 4n
the
Jr?
th&gs abjttt to J5c nttSgnriVdi--slo«
men cannot live a
alon R. Ra!#, and i
i ho re bijoue wn sufch among us be uld
do wolilto "c^'.ar
trine.'^"s I s whin
fe
i»Tde of the Mississipi opposite Pmiri« d«
Chien, tho w^stsrn terminus of the Mil
waukie and Miiss. R. Road. It is not a
large pl ica measured by the numbir of
its houses, or its topographical capacity,
being situated at tho nnuthofa spring
rivnlotthat winds its way from tho prai
ries west, about three miles down a rat ine interest is alive throughout the
or coulee flanked on either side by hills country on this all-important subject.-—
of 200 t300 foet altitude. This ravine Every man we meet inquire as to its
forms an «asy grade road from the landing situation and probable progress.
tliey are juig-d to be—the deception ari
ses from contemplating the height of the
adjacent hills. Nnr th? river, along i ^.nd dollars. This, it is to be under
Main sjreet tho hill is being cutaway and [stood is designed to aid the company in
the earth deposited on that low portion of construction of the 2d Division of
the Road, and has no connection with
of the front Do^toixi wniv*i is Din-* I.. *.i'i 11*1
I the lartre amount already secured which
0- i. I 1 AiiUk «.*iA A^n/t'ilAmAnt Tiiiu* ftr\inrr An I i 'A
OTJ before
iadow forth our brilliant future.
With TWO LINES OF RAILROAD
pr\ otp^j| f^tn |h.te jc^fat, both sure to
Built
a
country
L|
WANTED
uable advantage to the town. The ^ot
t*m or basin of this couloe is too narrow been extromuly limited, and our time Lat
to
whith to
u
Th» un- i
Y* ',
S
cr('
1,6 U01SC
Machinery our wharvos 1 ined v, ith strain
ers while the r-lopes that enclose them
will be dotted with tas eful dwellings
where now ate seen the rocks aud cedars,
once gazed upon by Dc So.o. This resuL
i* neither doubifnl nor distant. Tiie
couu,7
lis Steam Boat Tonnage
(.qual
letter than by firing blank cartridge$.—
i». e if liner itself vearly. It can have
Ajll there is to do, is to forgot your obn
jrations to au order whose founders have
now almost
is treb.
no rival
to that of the lower Cities,
wbo so. by all «)o visit it or
the extent and character of the country
of tlw R. Ilnd to
r,i.
...
Prairie du Chien will give us all the East-
establialied to advance the of "pin eout." A jlolitual «.-!.(.•«. The of "Iron Horse" ^™o«. ««ljci »t was
enough to! jjb^steamet srvK—The Ladv Fnnk-' Activity of everv man am an u». village ii the United States. A man can
most satisfactory contradiction not only Landing on Thursday morniug, in a dims* aTmer raoare quickly, a» if Jo aceommo hearing the Barkers .sing Iheirref# of p®-
in tho iivo-s^ind oharaotor?: of ».ur Il"Vfilu-' f"g- h»'.ivy an-.1 i'Hy injiisfil. !datf their to th*v WW ^'a o of •rioti: s »n fx. n ""i.ii'g^ney.
AIlU XiUU 1 Ka
I
to sU9tain ID that
kuavt's no equal, a rftf»tt.-~&o
on the Earth, byyig our wharves and
spotted with Messenger^ of Trade from
the Gulf to 8t. Paji!—WHAT MORE
6UR RAIL ROA^i"
I We regret much that we can uo but, lit-
Koi.k s,,isf}. put,iioanxi-.y,
of much show from the river as a been so closely occupied iu the various
We have often heard travel-1
as.
our opportunities for information have
to tlie
huncl!ilM
onarely New paper.
will require energy and capital to
f)[.o1lt
a
of belonging [facilities is not exceeded on tno gioo-s, ^ja Township, and he would bo if strange f^
forluaaU} ni,^hhot
properiy
"landi
and
of ail
We had tho pleasure however, on
Monday, of seeing for ten mi nines the
active business man of the McGregor
Road, Judge J. Brown, as he wa siart
ing West on Business of the Company.
Tuc Judge informed us that there was no
doubt of its rapid prosecution, aud that
tho .enterprise mut with all the warmth of
in convenient acces3 of the Mercan-1 company in sums of one hundred thou-1 g'vo Scott a larger majority "than it ever
tile centre. Thes^ cooliesare wider than sand dollars each, which added to the gave-4o aey-eandidate frr Propdent. h\
amounts understood to be pledged by in-: Maiyland, tho Whigs have ben tickliu
dividual residents of those couiuies.
will swell the stock to six hundred thou-
i{J to l)0
we Lave seen the "Engineer been in
yei anion us, men wiiO can look over the
'»»'lar o„ slow fji.ujeressuoof
cl(i
it represents. it has slept, we know, but we can all do some hin^g t9 hasten it
for years but it was only waiting until along we will have it iu five years by
the plow of the emigrant prepared the waiting on others we can Jmve it in
,1 two across the entire State and up to St.
wav to success. The awakening nasi,, 1 a
Paul, by united, energeac, confident and
enterprise by trying to help themselves,
and the Hercules of the East will soon be
along with his money-bags to a6k admis
sion as a partner. This has been the re
sult every where else, and why uothere
Try it, and our word for it, you will soon
hear the Iron-Horse thundering among
your hills and skimming along your val
lies, shrieking the death-knell ot the slow
your doors your Merchandise, your Mar
ket reports, your Letters, and what is of
far more value than all these, your warm
hearted relatives and friends,
iill 'USE
..
,4w*Hdoni"
1 fluonce of his approach, in tne mcicflscd tTuion fo ever" ought to be sung in cvory tives oMer- t-he atispieiM* rtBttlt. I rank-
"snaggJd" and sunk near Warneri' The merchant the mechanic aod'tho not sleea with Disunion in_his heart after W.lloal, and the vool Wi sheik
iSKrt xjrto?t3a
We have hal applications far 3 or
x'.ra copies of the first lioLo.f .Uio 71'tips.
traok for1 tbo En- It hid be.-n- out of our pjfwcarl
is death to ||ulln«|p the®. Our edition wodk^iunbefed
annunciaiion of its arrival on the Wiscon- crease of our list that scarcely any copies
sin bank of the Great Hivcr with crowds wore left us for exchanges. This week
j«f pas6ongoP8hud toiwjdf fnjftflit issife J"^0. and we hope to oblige all
for Iowa or Minnesota—then will events who mav want tho Times for transmission
interest from the coutuies aud capitalists Tenif^fcoor h'M^W debatable,• btlt (tot a
in its length and breadth has
doubt of it. Delaware went
j^vofed to the' 1st Division ex-
do
it
and every man who owns a town-lot or
MHiiil iUiaun lJtlo (IJi ajOUiaULt/ Ul UO uivul iwarwl i-lmin
t»u bis .investment as he who owns |overwhelming
?e|^r
Township, and be would bo if strange !va" f.
^ht
1Vow ihr
!llws
convey llieli', proilucj eus.Harii U«n« i!i pi^rftlng Ho folWmj aSfcle—«
a continuation"5f
in' tho new found Arc idms of beautiful %SfLe11mle. i
preliminary Survey of the
Peters and Mis^-mrf River
fecouiu a part ot
liberal action among ourselves. Let but advantage of a Railroad td develop its vast
e e n w o k n o w e e n e i s a i o a s
have conferred, exhibit confidence in this
Wc are all Rail Iloal men at J^cGre*
been ti e in
to Tastern friends. To satisfy many, we
republish the McGregor and Rail
Roal" articles of last we Tho adver-
lisinsr matter of this No. will bo found
ce '"•qyUvi'li
Tits "GAME OF Bn,vu.—The N. w York
Trilmne is tilled with th« prodictions of
Fremont's election. The fi)llowi ig waa
its editorial of Sept. 20 1G52, and if the
name of Fremont be substituted for that
of S^t.Mt Would Sdrve as a •sample of
the calculations of tho present day.
•'Frjoia Maine to Jowa» from WBffalo to
Orteans, the rally for Scott is epontano-,
adviets from all parts of the cOtinlry—j
And everywhere as the £c4Vt ranks aref
formod, our friends are astonished at
heir strength. Hero ia Connecticut At
our elbow Which tho Pierce men have
hppp^ ^o,c:^ry and whero U. y will a|ll
inal.o an earnest tight, but in which they
will, be.beaten. if
JHufellirtWo yoifs i lSUt iC.VH.Ifcv
their adversaries with n prdsent of half a
dosea Old Fngies, and for every one of
them we shall aid at least a hundred to
Scott's majority. And so New York lias
been talked of as a doubtful State, which
is"sheer humbug. Unless TVnn.sylvatua
oufdocs all expectations, New York will
give the largest majority for .Scott of any
State in the Union.
'fCiftlirts'.not (MvtiR%fte Wfilg SdUbs
that this change is manifested. If the
plaint tide sweep6, Qn Pierce will l»rd)y
get fifty votis.
Frionls ofGei#lSbtt^lr# know whereof
wt'*affirm wlien we assure you tfiat all,
es wolh Wc a^ no prophet, end can
the future has in s ore, but
ijpy Uw prestige of Bucp^wsiR,all «rfur
cry indica'Lop portends an
uiunip^ f^r Old Chippe-
1
v
r:
equal w ten umes at a^iuunt. gyiewc of tke, abovtjt ^oaU-li^s plaui-^thc
it must and willc^me. The i:r.taen«e rt^n«jgen^alW.~Sin'df the Editor br'the
icountry NVest and North-West ot us can i* Y v i .,.
mow «Uf'Vi6out a llait 1W oi
even foot of it mus^aiid vuU vj:n". ^he iir.meiuje generally,"iind1 the Editor oP1the
Twi"
»t4er jrreat ^.l.ga-
Wiird—' it is livjef, but .ccmprthensi'. e. In
tlu-irold I pjfpasi:ig thanks to Mr. Woodward,, fbr
cut, the th'fs
l'Mvr.
will, he allow us to hope for
lsSch
s
,a continuation"6f sSch statistical a.-icles
ones"
as he alone ean writoi-
il0W
••ur coniiuy an iusa:uao: a conven-jin Corro Gordo County, a distance of one
lencc liniitjpcusuijie to locomotion, trade, hundred and forty miles from McGregor.
or happiness. We are all tiiuuliar with
n—allot us have talked with tliat im- ... ,,
pomul diarae'.er, Ihe conduo.or" i
a^^-'^| c^?tPf
—thele are. men who fehaic their heads .. .. v
i i of distance is less than toy other road
w i s e y a n e i a a u e u e n
may lave eyes, but they see no.." We living the Mississippi on the low* side.
Vp.vat—the lioatl must come. Time is West ofAVeat Union a vpry .fine line has
curtain to bring it. Eastern capital seek- i byeu obtained, presenting^every destyv\ble
linlf-taniBh-
fjurope. The Road will be built
ia
been in ^'fFr.
The country through which this route
parses is of thp, most beautiful and pro
ductive description and neods ouly tlie
resources
The earryipg' fut oh thil pro
claims a.mott btiUiaat fyture. f"i- M'Gre
gor, h^u^s/shf doef finest
locations
011
the Upper Mississippi, and
supported by the most magnificent soction
dfeounfry in the whole'North West, there'
can bo
110
y
doubt but what she is defined
soon5"to 4ake ¥er-p«)bltion among the
jyoun
Cities of this favored Land.
IV., "it. it si1
Mowjffl, Qtfs Wh'
,86^
favor Sir Harlow, of tho K*i*
C&llc], we h.ftte Galena A' Dubuque pit*
pj»ptr3 of tho 15th.
We condensv.
Steamer Ptrtia with European adviMI
to tlie 4 th. i i *. W
BreadstulTs slightly advnficefl.
Great Britic.n and Russia are
in'o a ^uail aJipyt .the IsW of Sorpants.--
(Lflok •ftit for 'sunk*.1 jii-
UHHSiEFWojaj
4-
(AVO.afe.not
^rossJy ,ckj-
fe^ved,) as tlwy have n been s!ne» 18-fe.
-v n k crrcf T.
•avors the Republicans.
-U NKW JKRStr. 4 f'f
BlMtir or N Ttark ftOO Dem. TnK}v
MICHIliA*.
A Souatot elected, to fill. ^acauc|Tir
Dora. 1000 maj.
Columbus, 7 t,
Cincinnati Dem. by, reduced flMif.
Louis D. Campbell is beaten
1
Mi3ao«,lBiW
J, Ratfroad.
:e
V
completed to Clear J^ake,
a 4
dn"
•,nJ
ref°rt 1!"c
v n i Rus:sol favors the public with the
The Engineer Corns returned on battir-
of aK
f:,vor"bls
c-VP^trut,^Vu^81
in
a"6ntasn up" and been "left by the atny roatl in. the West. The present sur-^ne^tadrlU&taffeBr* Ih'dl
tram." Many of us it not actually born vey passes through Monona, 'Clermont,! will be found in our paper.
on a train, have been nuscd on onJ, and
We!|t Uni«jn,
Bedford. St, CLarles, Rock
rr.
i ford and Mason City to Clear Lake City.*
vabt ana vaiietl uu*.les.s now rapiuly do
veiopin^ umier the bufy Lands of a peo- feasibility of the route is now ostab
ple i.i»e most, aeave ana pushing—-iu*er- jished. The Submit level is l^aclMfd
iSvS tiuit would be no iiueiests without a with grades for better tlian was antici-,
connecvion wiui the Atluuac ^ea-UoaiU paLe(])
anj
the curvature Grades, and Joss
most even Hi ith-the «utfaec?:,fbe entire dis
tance showing at otic* ceoaomyand rapid
ity of construction.
I
I^OAD VOTK~—Winnesheik a^Her
recent vo'e decided by 200 mnjori v to
rjjh "V^estern R.
nt of 'bne hun*
au her crcdiv,t.')
R. Company to "the a-mou
TTfc""Barker Family on'-eHaiiietf a fa^rge J-red ihou«ind d-ollars. Much enthus
audience last evening at the Amorii-an.^iasm maikf^d Uio ff
We have not space foray extended
110-
wc but utter the truth. Tuccorah, headed by
''^e fla, of our
to
At'h rank viile there were 1£4 VO«es
119 For," one v blank, and 4
ffom
^n.Uville to .heir eong^tula-
vji^
is bound to be a Depot QJ» ^e N-
treg?irded
sheik
i
•4-
ff
u e
:a/ r, ylofli|,A.
0em. Gov. by 5JO maj.
^tlry^Cfc&irty l^e
OHIO.
v
GEOP.IIA.
.A
PE'I.AWARR.*
Toledo. 5'^8 Dcmr
ci«vt.urfd, •T:5
6»r iOottf
gress—Rep. loss. ,^h
INDTAKA.
ftetutflil very sea'teving'
yf^ie'Stjite'ls Repub'lican^j
PEN* Ni V V ASIA.
Heavy Democratic majovgUics in all tho
Eastern Couutios, Republican losso^ in
the West, Philadelphia 800U Dem. Rec
der's coun'y shows a Dem. gain of
State maj. large foe the Democrats.
O E I A L.
vf
rrtr
mSL
l^Gregor Market.
TJMKS OFFICE,
The PUamer Persia, reports an ad
vance of 22cts on Flour 6cts on Wheat.
The ellec* on the N. Y. and Chicago
markets has been a slight rise, but at tins
great distance from the seaboard, no
change is safe to. the buyer. Our quo
tations remain as they were hist weelt.
,.
"J*jour, per Bb£ ,"(iT•// 25
s
C. ti'»l -iWa 00
M-al, do -1 50
Wheat, per bus.'* 75
Qor», do S 40 —,
*4"* Oats, -'do "80
Barley. do 1 10
ftay 'per ton,: 'Vl*7*^"8 00*
.Wood,, per c.ofifc 3 00K*
Bu ter. per lb. (fit 25jg#
Eggs. doz. -r.n ~l5i4al 2IJK»»K
'•*•^1, LT» TTBM 310 («M2I
M- 'Sbgar, J5. 0. h' Hll A 12ft
id., (Wd & aw*aid ia i4ji
iX
1
CJo'Iee, ^,1 ttf/wtii. 3^- (en l'lfi
Apples, driedliB^i^^''0-|-iC4»--&Ri
Salw Bbl. rh. 00#J,#
do Sack, i ,ii ... 3 40-
Hides, dry.
8 10
V
'JEffncing, .jj M. 620 00
ffiuh l'lanks, 1B 00
Uiards, No. 1, do Wj
-tk 2, do £5 00
i v 3 o o
Scantlings Joists* ~i 5'J
Sl.ipgle^, 5$ iL _4 75_
ei d6)
141'
O $*
HI VE,R FREIGHT.
Boat And Freight Register.
TIMES OFFICE, Friday Oct. 17th.
T.
*u
•, fc.M--w»!r abstract ot Iiecoiptft. at the
Warc-H.,ur,e of "Kinsley k TO.odo^.
It will be seen that only days no
pet.. 12, Fanny Ihirps, 14 pakg,
-L yU OuK/n.-vl i »k4 do
do WarEa^lo 3 do
13 Gr ek Slav© 414 xlo
11 db Badger S *tS5 do
.1 4 Areola
4p Q^an W|»
4.COO
42 205
1.000
34.9G4
17.3.i
39.2i
23.440
52,89
n43J
do
\b Jacob Trailer 238 do
do Falls Ci y 1147 do
do Lady Franklin 478 do
-v *K'a^e OvsseP^
do City Belle
... 4J.^04
s^'do-^&r^t
40 do 11.11®
s -do ff^Do
T0U1I 3o21 3-^77
Tl ^.lb^yo Boats retutrt fit»m S Paul
on the 4ih day alter llioir respective 4a, ,eti.
HBcClrrfor Post
List of Letters remaining in the Post
Otlicu at McGi-egor, ou the 30tU Sopte^i.-1
ber, 1G5G.
Adams. 2 Adams W Allison
AsS.loy Jacob Audersou Jas Brancherl
Edward Blaicdpll Josiah /Brown |p|%
Jirown liatlin Brons' n II Brenan M,
Benson Chariot e B'-ners Jane Grassland
^"JMtio»}tC&iali rm' Vlufft -Combs
James Campbell Miss 11 Day 11
Djiy G, E ll Dciirus II l)^:on Hamilton
©lyton Si lis pecierJ }l|»ss 9 II W
Fox Charges Fcrrel Margaret A Gril
fith (ijiiV£.art,M Qte-'U Hutch
ins 'Haw It U Herman William llat
iolui Hull II II Hermis'.ed Isabella, In
maii-TUomiw} Jacks Jones A Johi]
son L: Kelly James Knight Josial
Lewis II Li'tlo S L^Guiiv
Mrs Murphy Joseph^,- Melaty
James Moutsrey l^ios^Manis S
M:tnus Cl'.arlfs Nichols OdeH'Ma
tin uk A1 xa!»dcr Read II Royce
i y I w -i s i A i
Jtsmos ^Biitks^!^W"ti: &>sep
S'er.gis W
|i
Sliifi'er Gardner Stal
lieni N Stewart Spoonor Ualvi
Thomas E S Vrooni.tn Vaiimaa
YalkJames Wright Riehard Wi'^lr*
2 Winstone A It Wiv,««|
WI ippl* Win B-
Ti.^.a^v.kaei't p#
•J)eaft Lnter omc." if not takeii^
is!.he 1s' January. Persons v/
as putting its const u .»n oe-iwem win pie&fia^ay A I