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Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-05-10

HYPooRACY OF NORTHERN STATESMEN. -
The Richmond Enquirer of the 9th ult.
has doleful article under this head. 1t de-
votes few lines of plaintive winnings each
to Willard Fillmore, Gen. Cass, Buchanan
Douglas, Ben. F. Butler, and "last. though
not least, to Franklin Pierce,' and finishes
its article in the following strain
"These facts carry on their face their own
proper commentary. They clearly demon
strate the fact that the Northern allies up
on whom We chiefly relied, are as false as
HE'LL and that our only safety, is in the
erecting of wall between US and them 'as
high as Heaven. "
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Cairo.

N&8kkOe n
William Hempstreet, Military Secretary at
Cairo, in Communication to the New York
Tribune, gives the following sketch Of the
topography and defences of Cairo, which we
do not remember to have seen before:
II need not state to your readers the geog-
raphy of Cairo, Ill. town of 1900 inhabi-
tants. 1t has many times been glanced at
by strategetic eyes. 1t naturally commands
two of the noblest Of rivers, with all their
large branches, and an immense trade. But
l will give you the general topography Of
Cairo. 1t is situated on the extreme south
ern point of Illinois, which, in dry weather
and low water, is dry enough for town, but
at high water, as in the present case, the
surface of the river is eight or ten feet above
the level Of the town, which is protected by
levees running several miles along the bank
Of each river. This levee is some fifty feet
above low-water mark, and this is to US q
ready made breastwork, perfectly defensible
from direct line from the river. Nothing
can be injured except from shetland you
know two can play at that game. North oil
Cairo for several miles, reaching from river
to river, is an interminable swamp, passable
only by the Illinois Central Railroad And
this road we have we'll guarded.
Cairo, then, is an isolated dry spot, and al
all of the available landing places Major j
D. Webster has planted batteries, well en-
trenched and supported, so that the channels
of both rivers and their conhuences are s(
commanded, and the batteries are SO connect
ed that they can rally instantly to eact
others support"
This gives one a very fair idea of thu
present centre of Western military interest
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s@The steamship Great Eastern will bt
open for exhibition to the public for sever
days during her stay in New York. The
exhibition will probably commence on the
18th inst, and close on the 21st inst. Ths
charge for admission will DO so cents. Thu
Great Eastern was advertised to leave Eng
land on the 1st inst. On her arrival, sht
will probably anchor in the North River.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-05-10

ANEW GovRRNMENTL oAN.-The Secretary
OF the Treasury asks for proposals until IL
O'Clock at noon on Thursday, the 30.h day of
May, unless the whole amount offered be
sooner taken at par, for thirteen millions
nine hundred and seventy eight thousand
dollars of the stock of the United State s
under the act Of Congress approved the 22d
June, 1850, authorizing loan, and provid-
ing for the redemption of treasury notes.
This stock will bear interest at the rate of
six per cent per annum, paying semi-annu-
ally on the first days of January and July
in each year, and will be reimbursable in ten
years from the first day of January last.
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a. "1he Union must be preserved in its
integrity" says Gen. Dix, in his letter to
the meeting at Rye. This is true doctrine
Rebellion must be crushed, and obedience to
the laws of the Union enforced everywhere
throughout tho land. No division of the
Republic is to be thought Of. The United
States will remain Continental Power.
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OUR ARMY CORRESPONDENCE.
CAMP SCENE.
KRnvuv M.v 7 1QG1

CAMF SOEN T.. ans
KsoKuK, May Z, 1861.
Well, soldier life is begun. If our friends |
could look in upon US they would laugh. |
Imagine long room, like Terry & Co.'s,
eighty by twenty feet, divided lengthwise
into two compartments by narrow boards
nailed to the floor edgswise, with three foot
aisle. between them. Hay is scattered along
these compartments. The names of the men
are written in pencil above their places, al
lowing three feet to each man. Carpet sacks,
coats, &c, are hung on nails at the head Of
each man. We sleep on the hay, covered
with our blue blankets, just distributed this
morning. Last night we had no blankets,
and some of us no hay. We thought with
the little girl, "What do poor people do who
have no cellar doors to put over them2"
Corporal Jackson, your correspondent, Chas.
Compton, Sam'l Holmes, and Henry O'Cou-
nor, bunk in q row. We are just now
laughing at the figure we present tell you,
clean hay makes an almighty soft bed after
hard drill. Five companies, two Musca-
tine, two Dubuque and one Davenport, are
now here. Five more are expected tonight.
We took supper about 8 O'Clock last night
at Burlington. The wind moderated after
we left Muscstine, and We had pleasant
trip. We arrived here this morning at three
o'clock. Many of our boys looked little
blank at the sight of their quarters, but tn ~
soon grew accustomed to it. We marched
at about 8 O'Clock to breakfast. This inter-
esting meal was taken in long room, around
two long tables set with tin plates and tin
cups, the latter filled with black soup
called coffee, which was to be sweetened with
a quantity Of very sticky brown sugar
Bakers bread, pretty dry, crackers. steak,
cooked a la deck hand, hard boiled eggs and
cheap molasses, comprised the rest of the
bill of fare. The boys looked little blank
at first, but wound up with three hearty
cheers for their first breakfast in camp. A
company from Hamilton, Illinois, opposite
here, started for Springfield to-day. Our
arms are not here yet. We commence drill
ing tomorrow. 1t il rumored that the com.
panies are to pc reduced to SO men EACH
This is not certain, however. We are not
yet properly in camp; and it is not certain
when we will be. There is not yet much
talk Us to the probable organization of the
regiment All the boys are well and in good
spirits. All of them, to be sure, would like
very well to see the folks at home. The
Muscatine companies have received many
compliments on their appearance. Blythe
way, as an item Of political news, the parties
here are in favor of drawing the usual party
lines in political matters. l will write to
you Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays
Harr, Compton, the indefatigable, is here,
exerting himself with great energy and ef-
fectiveness for the comfort and good care Of
the companies. He is jus: now engaged in
procuring good hunks, and has already got
us blankets Ill.,
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Grand Union Victory i'm Maryland

= HAGERSTOWN, May 4.
There is great rejoicing at the success of
Union ticket at the special election for mem-
bers OF the legislature. The Union candi.
date has a majority of four Thousand in
Washington County. At Cumberland, there
is great enthusiasm over the defeat of the
public safety bill. .s..
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IOWA NEWS.

Jas. Allison, the defaulting treasurer Of
Clinton county made his escape from the Jail
at Dewitt a few days since. He pretended
to be sick and had the favor of being taken
to hotel and took the first chance to escape.
COUNTY AID TO RA1LRoAD.-We learn
from the Cedar Rapids Times that the Board
of Supervisors of Benton County are about
to submit TO the people the question of do
mating $4,000 acres of swamp lands in that
county to the Cedar Valley Railroad Com
pany.
The powder houses at Davenport arc
in the hands of the Government. Two sol.
diers are stationed at each.
BEAR KlLLED,-Mr. Hiram Bellows, whio
on his way from his home near Dakota CITY.
to Fort Dodge, few days since, killed quite
large black bear. He chased it two or
three miles, and finally despatched it by a
heavy load from double barreled shot gun.
So says the Fort Dodge Republican. =
Mr.. j. B. Leake has been nominated bv
the Republicans of Scott county to fill tho
| vacancy in the Legislature caused by the
resignation of Hon. w. F. H. Gurley. u. s.
District Attorney.
- The Senatorship from Keokuk county
is vacant on account of the removal of Hon.
y. 2. Sherraden. The Nesos says the Gov
ernor is probably not aware of the fact, as
ne has ordered no election to fill the vacancy.
~A dispatch was received yesterday by
Gov. Kirkwood from the Secretary of War,
stating that in forming the First Regiment
twenty more men would be allowed to each
company than the prescribed number, sew.
enty-eight. This will be gratifying news to
many interested, as our companies have
generally much more than this latter num-
Der, and the army officer at Keokuk had
already intimated that only seventy-eight
men, including officers, could be accepted to
company, thus turning adrift many whose
names are on the muster rolls of different
companies This dispatch was in response
to request made by the Governor that the
number might be increased Dovenpoyt
Gazette, STU. .,s- @ -
HORRIBLE Acc1DENr.-Three of Mr.. J.B.
Kyles's children were horribly burned last
week by the explosion of a powder horn
It seems the eldest, boy Of some eight or
nine years, In the absence of his parents
look the powder. horn to the stove. and while
amusing himself and the younger children
~ pouring little powder on the stove and
eeing it fash, the whole ignited being
title less than pound, and exploded, tear.
ng out the windows, and setting fire to the
lothes OF the stunned and senseless children.
The youngest Of the three died yesterday
norning. and it is extremely doubtful wheth-
the others will recover. An eyewitness
avs 1t was the most horrible scene he ever
'oked upon.-Mt. Vernon Ne,os.
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-.s.-- syssrer O3T8OLT, May D.
The extra session Of the Michigan Legis-
Iature met at Lansing. yesterday. The Gov
errors message recommends that the law of
last session, providing for raising two regi-
metts, be amended to authorize four more,
with power to raise ten, If needed; to pay
volunteers while in the service of the State,
preparatory to being mustered into the SER
vice Of the United States, at the same rate
as entitled to after being mustered into that
service; also, that all subsequent enlist
ments be for three years, unless discharged
sooner. To meet every exigency, he favors
loan of not less than one! million dollars,
bonds to be issued in small amounts,
in which case he thinks the
whole will be taken by citizens of this
State. He recommends the Legislature to
enact a law, authorizing townships to levy
taxes for the support Of families of volun-
teers. He says the National Government
cannot longer confine itself to mere defense.
1t must strike wherever treason is found.
All the delusive pretenses of rebels about
coercion and invasion Of States must be
thrown aside, snd the full right of the Fed
eral troops to march ct pleasure over every
inch of territory of the United States nut
beyond question. The State which refuses
aid On lawful calls of the President ia as
much guilty of treason as one which makes
actual war.
ALBANY, May 8.
Orders have been issued for the inspection
OF the New York British volunteers.
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TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKE IN SOUTH AMER1
cA-S,OO0 PEOPLE K1LLED.-By the arrival
of the Aspinwall steamer at New York, on
the Sd inst, we learn from Valparaiso that
an earthquake has destroyed Mendoza, in
Chill. Eight thousand lives were lost. San
Juan was also reported DESTROYED
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-05-10
Waehimg tom under Semi
Martial Law.

Washing tom under Semi
Martial Law.
Baltimore to be Occupied by o. 8. Troops.
Gov. Letcher Issues a Proclama.
ton.
Travel on tho Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road Uninterrupted.
NO FEAR OF FIGHTING IN BALTIMORE.
All the New Jersey Troops in
Washington.
No More Volunteers Wanted
Except for Three Years.
$4,000 offered from the West.
SENATOR BAYARD OF DELLA WARE
IN TROUBLE.
Union Majorities in Kentucky.
Great Onion Demonstration in
Maryland.
Secession of Tennessee and Arkansas
4 REGIMENT OF SZX-FOOTERS
FROM NAME
| A Blockade Ordered at Cairo.
! MICHIGAN IN THE FIELD.
The Southern Congress Recognizes Wa
against the United States.
CHANCE FOE A FIGHT AT HARPER's FERRY
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~ The pecaniary loss which the country
has already suffered from the JEFF. Davis re-.
bellion cannot be less than $500, 900, 900.
Does anybody suppose that the people will
consent to patch up with any halfway ar
rangsment controversy which has cost
them so dear, and leave it to be revived again
hereafter? Such supposition is absurd.
The business is now to be finished and set
tied forever, so that it can never be brought
up for consideration again.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-05-10

ADVICE TO FARMERS--The Chicago 1ri-
buns advises farmers to plant all they can,
and raise as large crops as possible this year.
There is no doubt but prices will rule high
after harvest, Notwithstanding the large sur
plus of crops now on hand. There must be
large foreign demand, while we have an
army to supply at ::home and many Of the
soldiers have been taken from the fields
The Tribune directs the attention of farmers
particularly to sorghum, and says:
While on the crops we must not forget to
urge our farmers to cultivate the Sorghum
extensively. Experience has already dem
onstrated that in ordinary seasons the croE
is profitable. Much knowledge and skill
have been gained in the manufacture Of syr
up, and now that our supply of molasses
and sugar are quite sure to be cut off by the
war which the Southern traitors have forced
upon US, it is doubly important that oul
farmers should as far as possible supply the
deficiency. That the crops will prove very
profitable there can scarcely be doubt
Let everybody, therefore, who can, cultivate
field Of Sorghum.
The Tri6us says the farmer who turns the
sod, cultivates the corn, or tends the herd, is
now q directly in the line of patriotic ser
vice as the man who shoulders the musket
1t is as much the duty Of the father and the
mother. who remain at home to provide am
ply for the older brothers or for their neighbors
who have enlisted, as it is for those brothers
and friends to brave the dangers Of the bat
tle.field to sustain the Constitution and the
laws of the country. The home duty is far
less attractive, but it is none the less essen
tial to success.
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A Schooner Sunk and Five Lives
Lost.

BUFFALO, May Z.
The schooner Freeman, from Detroit, with
a cargo of corn, sunk near the light house,
last night, in storm. Five of the crew
were lost. The captain and one sailor were
saved.
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THREE YEARS ENLlsrMENTs.-The Chicago
Journal says the impression that troops en-
listing under the second call for three years
must serve the three years, war or no war,
is mistake. The enlistment will be for
three years, ''unless sooner discharged"
which means unless the war is ended, and
they are no longer needed. The Govern
ment has as little desire to retain large
body Of men on pay when there is no service
for them to do, as the men have to be retain
ed, and those who 60 for three years may
feel perfectly sure that whenever the war is
over their service is over, if the time is three
weeks or three years.,
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Thurlow Weeds advice to the Ad.
min; afrok snn "a

"Let us hear of no parleys or truces-let
the Government compromise its dignity by
no negotiations until the rebels have first
laid down their arms Let the Administers
ton understand that the country looks to it
to settle the controversy with the South,
and to settle it 90 effectively that SECESSION
shall become an obsolete term in the vocab-
ulavy of States.
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ALLopATHY IN THE ARMY.-It seems that
no Surgeons except of the Allopathic School
of Practice will receive Commissions in the
Army. Protests have been made against
this course by leading practitioners of other
Schools of Medicine.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-05-10

The Illinois Legislature has passed the Ten
Regiment bill, and it is nov . law. It pro-
vides for ono regiment In each of the old
nine congressional districts. and one from
the extra companies at Springfield.
Hon. John A. Dix has accepted the Major
Generalship of the New York forces tender
ed him BY Gov. Morgan.
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Pay, RatiOns and Clothing of the
Army.

| The following is the monthly income Of
the officers and privates in the artillery and
infantry service of the United States Army.
Members of the volunteer troops receive the
same amount during the time that they are
mustered into the service of the general gov
1
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Good Law.

We learn that it is the intention of Gov
Kirkwood to recommend the extra session OF
the General Assembly to pass law
to the: effect that suits for debt against
any of the volunteers must be continued till
their return. Such law should be passed.
Our volunteers have left their business, their
homes, and many their their families, to fight
for the country, to defend the honor and
dignity of the good old stars and stripes,
and our noble Constitution and laws and
no remorseless Shylock should take advan-
tage of them in their absence.
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ALWAYS TRUE.-Hon. A. R. Nelson, of
Tennessee, made speech at Knoxville the
other day, of which Parson Brownlow's paper
says:
He declared his unalterable attachment to
the Union-denied the right of secession
exposed the whole plot Of the Secessionists,
the slavery agitation of the North-and
boldly asserted, that while::te regretted that
war was now raging, he maintained that
Lincoln's call for volunteers was lawful and
constitutional, and that under the circum-
stances, with his oath of Office resting upon
him, he could not have done less than call
out the militia.
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~ Gunshot wounds are not painful
Immediately, but become so by Inflammation.
Their treatment is first to avoid q collapse,
and this is to be done by encouraging Ian
gusge, and, if necessary, little stinulant,
administered with care, as it may increase
the Inflammation. The next thing is to stop
the bleeding by pressure !; the next, to find
out if any bone is broken, and if SO, to steady
it and place it in natural and comfortable
position.
After this cold water dressing may be
applied, though many surgeons are in favor
of warm water fermentation, but we think
their practice untsnable, for cold water re-
moves Inflammation by evaporation, and
warm water may impart heat, instead Of
removing it. In the case of eight injury,
cold water dressings and rest of the muscles
will complete the cure. For desperate
wounds, the subsequent treatment requires
the skill of Larrey or Abernethy.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-05-10

ENLISTMENT OF FoRE1GaERs.-The foreign
element in the war is likely to be large. Ger
man and Irish companies are forming in all
parts Of the loyal States where they are rep
resented; the Seventy-ninth regiment Of
New York is composed of Scotchmen, who
wear the tartan of their native land; and the
Fifty-fifth, of Frenchmen. A regiment of
Italians is in process of organization in New
York city, and the Scandanavians of the same
place are forming company or companies.
There is Scandinavian artillery company
in Chicago. Many of these brave men have
fed from oppression in the old World, and
it is natural that they should fight against
oppressors in the new. Almost every ma
tionality Of Europe is represented in the
army marshaling for the defense of the ma
tional capital and the national flag.
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NEGRO TROUBLES IN NEW ORLEANa. - The
negroes of New Orleans are being made sen.
sible that the whites are afraid of them.-
The negro churches have been closed sew
eral steamboat crews of blacks, both slave
and free, have been locked up, and every
measure resorted to, to prevent servile insur-
rection.
Coon OF OLD BUcK.-The Philadelphia
Press has been informed by reliable parties
that ex President Buchanan has subscribed
$4,000 for tho equipment of the volunteers
at Lancaster.
B9-It is certain that the British Govern
ment so far sympathizes with the North, as
to offer to lend or sell arms for the suppress.
sion of rebellion.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-05-10

The Philadelphia Press contains the
following table of provisions consumed
daily by force of 5000 men:
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TELl4GRAPHIC NEWS.

fsno.s,D .z,.,ss1r 70. RI. ,ou.uAI.l
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MICHIGAN IN THE FIELD.

A Blockade Ordered at Cairo.
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The Southern Congress Recognizes Wa
against the United States.
& O., & c., & @.

CHANCELLOR A FIGHT AT HARpER's FERRY
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Travel on tho Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road Uninterrupted.
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A salute was fired here this morning--re.
oioing at the tenth star to the constellation.
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.saave5sSl ~ saans,G a "a
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NO FEAR Of FIGHTING IN BALTIMORE.

All the New Jersey Troops i'm
Washington.
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a REGIMENT OF SZX-FOOTERS
FROM MAINE.
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and follow their usual avocations, but will be
required to do guard duty one day in each
week. Capt. Lyon has orders to receive 10.
900 volunteers. He has already upwards Of
5000 mustered into the service, and the
Home Guards of this city will complete and
perhaps exceed the complement.
New York, Nav 9.
The third regiment of United States In
fantry, under Major Shepard, left ~ railroad
for Washington via Baltimore, this morning
Senator johnson, of Tennessee, made a
manful Union speech, for the enforcement of
the laws and the preservation of the Union
ct all hazards, at Knoxville, q few days since.
The speech was received with great applause
The Express Washington dispatch saws
schooner, fully armed, was captured off the
mouth Of the Chesapeake and taken to An
napolis. Two rnen were captured. the rest
escaped in boats.
ANNAPOLIS, May 8.
Lieut.. Crosby, U. s. NJ, arrived here with
the light boat which was stationed off Wind
Mill Point, and removed by the Secessionists.
When seen she was twelve miles up the
Wicomico river. Her crew deserted her
Lieut.. Crosby reported seeing large numbers
# cavalry on the shore.
The Importance of Annapolis as military
Iepot is daily becoming more apparent.
WASHINGTON, May s.
1t is reported that the troops now at Per-
yville will soon arrive here. It is under.
TODD that they will land on the Baltimore
ide, joining Buttler's forces at the Relay
louise, and with troops from Harrlsbugh,
ill make force enough to pass safely through
altimore.
WAsH1NaToN, May 7.
Major Anderson has, this evening, with
10 consent of the President, accepted the
'mmand Of the Kentucky brigade. K