Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-03-30
Virginia Diplomacy.
State Omcer Of tho Old Dominion Absoouda
with an Unpaid BOARD Bill


1t is no longer matter of doubt that tn
distinguished Virginian, Camp, who wa
recently in this city, commissioned with tn
arrest of Barclay Coppock, should have tn
letter S prefixed to his n: me. The Enquirer
Of this city, assured us that he was man .
'the highest responsibility" Of the F
F. VS., we presume. But, notwithstandin,
this recommendation, it is fact that he hal
mizzled, put out, made himself scarce
absquatulated, with an unpaid board bill
amounting to ocer thirty dollars, at the
Mason House! While stopping in this city
he spent much Of his time in drinking and
gambling, and, when he left, was in company
with disreputabe woman. 1t tappears that
he had no baggage, and, just before his depart,
ure, borrowed some money from one of his
associates at this place, and several neither
garments from another. Tell it not in Gath,
publish it not in the streets of Askalon, that
such was the conduct Of duly commissioned
officer from the great State of Virginia to the
commonwealth Of Iowal .
CORTLAND Camp made his appearance here
first on the 9th of January, and left on the
25th of February. He registered his name at
Mason's Hotel as L. G. Thompson, of Boston,
though in no other way did he try to conceal
the object Of his mission. Everybody knew
his business in very short time after his
arrival, and, when he returned from Des
noines, it was known on the streets, ten
minutes after he left the cars, that he had
failed to obtain requisition for the arrest of
Coppock. So much for the accusation repeat
edly made against Gov. Kirkwood, that he
divulged the matter, and advised Coppock to
escape. Virginia must be sadly in need of
the proper material for public officers, if she
is obliged to make use Of such worthless
(S)camps as this chap has proven to be.
Let US hear no more from Gov. Lctcher
about State Comfy" If this is an example
Of the kind they have down in the Old
Dominion, we want no more of it.
The ANTI BATES MovEMENr.-Wew were not
favored, as we had reason to expect, with an
official report Of the meeting Of German
Republicans recently held in this city, to
protest against the nomination Of Hon.
Edward Bates for the Presidency. From the
given in the German paper, we
earn that the meeting was not very largely
attended. Several resolutions were adopted
-the first declaring in favor of VIM. H.
Seward, as the greatest of living American
the most faithful expounder and
advocate of the doctrines of the Republican
,arty, independent of all other organizations;
second, that they are not disposed to withhold
heir support from any other man upon whom
he Chicago Convention may agree, provided
lis devotion to Republicanism be shown to
'ubsist free of all other alliance; that they
will not vote for candidate who is committed,
lowever remotely, to Natveism and the
Slave -Aristocracy; that, therefore, they will
,ot support Edward Bates, of Missouri, or
dov. Banks, Of Massachusetts,, though either
# them should receive the nomination. The
ditor, in view of the slim turn out, remarks:
"We should err, however, if we should
l-aw the conclusion that, among the German
Republicans of this vicinity, there exists one
Who is favorably disposed towards Edward
Bates. Indeed, there is but one ground FOR
he feeble interes: manifesteu-people have
,ot the time to spare, and for this reason it
hardly repays the effort to invite them to