Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-12-13
News Paragraphs, il,

The New York Herald computes the Fl ght-
ing population Of the loyal States at 4,4O3,-
600 men.
The Convention at Wheeling has changed
the name of the new State from Kanawha to
Western Virginia.
The total number of troops raised by
Western Virginia is II 2,006; viz: $40 in
fantry, 2,SOS cavalry, and 35S arll!erymen.
A New York German paper states that
Gnn. Sigel favored Fremont's ramovaI on the
ground Of incapacity as a military nan.
The barque John e. Deshler has arrived
! at Cleveland from Liverpool Sept. 11th, with
a miscellaneous cargo for lake trade.
Anthony Pepperman died on the 10th,
near Salladsburg, Pa, in his SD year. His
progeny consists of IL living children, 80
grand children and 65 gr,at grand children
in all 166.
On the same day of its delivery, the Mes
sage of President Lincoln was telegra pied tc
all parts OF the loyal States. The Message
contains seven thousand five hundssd and
seventyeight words.
A company of rebels raised in Denver
City, while on their way to Arkansas, fell in
to the hands Of our boys, and have all beer
sent to Fort Wise. Perhaps they are wiser
in other respects.
On the completion Of the telegraph line
across Iowa, all messages passing between
the Atlantic and Pacific States are to be re
peated at Omaha; and Salt Lake, Omaha
and Cleveland, Ohio are to be the three
points at which the messages are to be re-
peated.
| VIM F. Chadwick, an attorney of Rock
Island, who IS under indictment, with j. w.
Bissell, for conspiracy to burn the railroad
bridge, has sloped for parts unknown: 1t is
reported.that he has gone to California. He
leaves his bail n the lurch for $4,000, be.
sides victi1nizing many who tried hard to sus
tain him.
There has been little excitement at Padu
cab about raising the flag over he house OF
a notorious seces sionist, by the Eleventh
Indiana. Gen. Smith intef fered once and
sent the regiment back to their quarters, but
they got out again, put up t flag nd grew
shoutingly patriotic. The aff;,r ended in
the exchange of few blows between the re-
spective Aids of Gems. Smith and Wallace
1t is stat that at Mr. G ugh's rece..t lee
ture in Albany, Mrs. Gov Morgan who oc
cupied front seat in the gallery, took. ou
her soldiers sock and knitted vigorously un
til the time for the commencement Of thu
lecture. The next vening the power o.
fashion had done its work upon the suscept
ible Albanians, and in every part of the spa
cious hall ladies were seen working viaor
ously with the patriotic yarn. -
English papers contain accounts Of the ef
feet Of the mildness of the weather-a pro-
longation of the summer on vegetat on
In the South Of Encla-d, new leaves and
new fruit are forming on trees that have al
ready borne good crops this season. Cur
rants, gooseberry, apple and pear trees, ar,
frequently met with good sized new fruit OF
their branches.
!, The lovers of oysters are rejoiced to learr
that the rebels have laid down their arms il
: the seaboard counties of Virginia, whepc
: come the most delicious hivalves, as they
think it will have some effect on the price,
} The counties of Northampton and Accoma
have long been famous for Rising oysters
and now that they have returned to loyalty
, we may look for a revival in the oyster trad
' and corresponding reduction in price. -.