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Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-07-19
Miners Record.

We are in receipt of the first number of a
paper under the above title, published at Tar
ryall Mines, Colorado Territory, South Park, }
by VIM. n. Byers, (editor) John L. Daily,
Edward Bliss and H. E. Rounds. Mr.. Byers,
it appears, has left the Rocky Mountain Ne,os
The Record is a we'll filled and neatly printed
sheet and if sustained will doubtless prove Of
great benefit to that portion of the mining dis
trict. 1t is Union all over. The editor says
The Record will support the administration
of Abraham Lincoln, so long as he follows the
policy so we'll marked out, and thus far so
ably followed We wish it the most abun-
dant success, and hope frequently to quote
from its columns. We make the following
extract:
"As we write this first line in our new Of
flee, carpenters are busy overhead, just adding
the last course to the shingle roof-the cracks
of the log walls are guiltless of mortar, and
the doorways are but apertures in the walls
The windows were put in to-day. We boast
plank floor, however, though it is but loose
spruce boards that rattle as you walk, and a
very small deuil might drop through. On
Sunday the roof was not complete and every
thing got "ducked" after being unloaded
The roof is right now though-the windows
are il, floor down, and in another twenty-four
hours we presume the ventilation will be
somewhat reduced. So we go-the march is
westward printing office on the summit Of
the Rocky Mountains to-day-where will be
the next stride?
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-07-19
Ma1lOneyiSml.

There will undoubtedly be a ''high time
at the Mahoney Convention, to be held at
Des Moines on the oath inst. Several of the
delegates appointed by the Scott county Dem
ocratic Convention have declined the honor !;
and the feud between the two wings of the
party throughout the State is daily increasing
in bitterness True, Mahoney processes the
atinoz. devotion to the Union, yet almost every
article in his paper gives the lie to this asser-
ton He bewails dolefully the "unconstitu-
t:oaal acts of the President, and fills his sheet
daily with every sort Of calumny against the
administration. He is so odious in his own
community that it was only by the extraordi-
nary efforts of the friends of law and order
that his office was saved from mob violence a
few nights since Yet this is the man who
sets himself up as leader Of Iowa Democra-
CIV. If he does not discover his mistake be-
fore he is ten days older we shall lose our
guess. 1t is openly asserted in Dubuque,
as a reason for the reasonable course of the
Herald. that it is in the hands and under the
control of knot of southerners, who take
this method to deceive their friends in the
South as to public sentiment in this region,
end thus stimulate and embolden them in their
objectionable rebellion They will reap their
reward
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-07-19
The War.

The hopelessness of the cause of the seces-
sionists and the utter dependency of their
leaders is every day becoming more apparent.
The first great drawback they received was
the refusal of foreign powers to acknowledge
their existence as nation or to allow their
privateers to enter or send prizes into their
ports. Their firm reliance on the powers OF
king Cotton" had led them to an opposite
conclusion. That hope at once and forever
blasted, the scales began to fall from their
eyes. Again they had calculated with great
deal OF confidence upon the refusal of foreign
governments to acknowledge or respect the
blockade, by our government, of the southern
ports. In this they have been equally disap-
pointed; and now their means exhausted and
their soldiers starving, nothing remains for
them but to fight with the hopelessness of
despair. Hemmed in upon every side by what
has been aptly termed the great anaconda, !"
whose sinewy folds are daily contracting, it
cannot be long ere the sound Of the crushing
bones of its hated victim will reverberate
through the land.
We have every confidence in Lieut.. General
Scott. He is calm, methodic, and will prove
himself invincible in the end. His plans are
vastly comprehensive and require time and
great preparation to bring them to that state
of maturity that, when put fully into action,
will leave not the slightest possibility of dis
appointment or defeat. 1t is idle for the
press or private individuals to urge him for
ward one moment faster than he is thoroughly
prepared to move He knows his position
better than it is possible for others to know it
and wisely keeps his own counsels.
IN the mean time the news from various
points upon the long line of operations is eve
~ way encouraging. All the victories of any
note, so far, are upon the side of the Union
anu we are daily looking for greater demon
STATIONS and more decisive results nor can
we believe these expectations, which are uni
yersal at the north, will be long delayed.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-07-19
STATE CONVENTION

Sta Convention of the Republicans of Iowa is
called Ssemble by their delegates at the City OF
Dos Mo.ss, At 10 o'clock n, Wednesday, July Sis t.
1851 for the nomination of officers to be elected at the
general election in October of this year. Candidates
ss selected for the Offices of Governor, Lieutenant
Governor, and one Judge of the Supreme Court. The
Convention will take such other action may In its
opinion contribute to the success Of the Republican
cArtv.
Every Organized county will be entitled to one dele
gate in the Convention, and additional delegate fol
each 800 votes, and for additional fraction Of 100 OIL
votes cast at the last General Election for Hon
Abrshsm Lincoln President of the United States.
Republican County Central Committees are requested
% os thoir conventions select their delegates in tn
ratio above stated and for efficient organization prepar
atory to the canvass.
H. NJ. HOXIE, Chairman State Central Com.
Samuel i. Miller, Loo County.
J. d. Weaver, Davis 81
0eosgs A. Hawley, Decatur I"
Lewis H Smith, Kossuth I"
y. B. Fairfield, Floyd
II. .. Henderson, Marshall 81
in. Nsedham, Mahaska -
WA. Warren, Jackson I"
". H. Tuthill, Cedar I"
8. J. W. Tabor, Buchanan -
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-07-19
Conversational Traitors.

The traitors in Congress, or, to say the
least those of rebel proclivities, are revealing
themselves clearly and Enthusiastically. Val
landigham, of Ohio, Ben. Wood, of New York
Burnett, of Kentucky, and Newton and Reid
of Missouri, are making all the delay and
trouble in their power in the House. They
voted alone against the loan bill, and, in fact
against every measure calculated to uphold
the Government and the course Of the Union.
Much to the surprise of certain ones, however,
Mr.. Crittenden, with the entire Kentucky del
egation, except Burnett, voted for the loan.
This has so totally upset the calculations Of
the traitors that they stand completely aghast.
They will doubtless find more Of the same
sort to complain of as the business Of Con-
lresS progresses.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-07-19

The Hon. G. L. Vallandigham, the leader of
the valiant band of traitors in the lower House
Of Congress, five in number, occupies far
from an enviable position, and is almost be-
meath pity or contempt. His late visit to the
Ohio camp at Washington, would, in its re-
suits, have conveyed salutary lesson to any
one possessing particle of honor or shame,
but these are ingredients undiscovcrable as
component parts of his character. In closing
his anathema in answer to the gibes, groans
and Kisses with which he was met by the SOL
diers, he said :" | am ashamed of you; sor-
ry for the honor OF Ohio, and the troops Of
Ohio, that you have seen fit to treat me in
this manner; but l give you to understand that
ifyou expect to brighten you have mistaken
your man." 'Who,' inquired one of the soldiers,
"who has the most reason to be ashamed,
you of us, or we of you: We are here fight
ing for our country; you have meanly and
traitorously tried to prevent it. We can stand
your shame, and all the shame you have fol-
us. so far as the honor of our State is con-
cerned, id sight better than you can stand
the shame that nantes every northern cheek
at the mention of your name."
| This ended the conversation. He soon af
ter left, passing by an efigy of himself, sus
pended from tree, at which the boys were
practicing pistol shooting.
But Vallandigham is not simply traitor t.
his country. He is worse, if possible. Reat
the following extract from letter the New
York Tribune and judge
"This notorious Vallandigham has poo
cid mother, we'll stricken in years, who daily
realizes
| How sharper than a serpent's tooth 1t Is
| To have Q thankless child"
This worthy old lady is respected membe
of the Presbyterian church in Dayton, and
although the mother of an honorable membe
of Congress- man very well off in world.
property, besides his $4,000 a year and mile
age-she is literally left to tho care of ia
y irish. At the last meeting of the New Lis
bon Presbytery, OH motion of the Rev. o. NJ
Todd, relief was granted to Mrs. Vallandig
ham by vote of the body. And for severa
years past she has been regularly relieved il
the same manner. The congregation of tn
church of which she is member, have also
from time to time, furnished the means of sup
port, without which she must have sutfere
the last degradation of virtuous poverty-th
poor house.
From these facts your readers can judg
how little of manly truth and conscentiou
scruple stood in the path that led Vallandig
ham to the camp of his country's enemies
The man who thus neglects helpless mothe
would very naturally incline to the side c
remembered. Yours, F.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-07-19
Iowa War Loan Constitutional.
OPINION OF THE SUPREME COURT.

OPINION OF THE SUPREME COURT.
KEoKuK, Iowa, July s, 1871.
Hon. j. W. JONES, STATE TREASURER
The constitutional validity Of the State
bonds upon which the war loan is being made
having been questioned in some quarters, his
| Excellency Gov. kirkwood las requested on
opinion upon the subject from the supreme
| tribunal of the State. The constitution Inn
| ITS the State Indebtedness to $3.50, 200, with
an exception in the following words: "I
addition to the a6oue limited power TO con
tract debts, the Sale may contract dsbfs to
| repet inca, ION, suppress instruction, or de-
! tend the State in UAr."
We are not at liberty to entertain a doubt
that a state or condition of things exists in
this country. which fully brings the powe-
of the State, to contract debt beyond this
constitutional limit, within he true meaning
and sense Of the above exception. The
doubt, if any is honestly cherished, must
have had its origin in the idea, that the in
vasion or rebellion referred to must be local
and confined to our own borders and not ex-
ira territorial. This restricted Interpretation
of the constitution overlooks the true theory
Of our political system, the connection and
dependencies subsisting between the State
| and Federal governments, that the former is
member incorporate Of the latter, deriving
its limited sovereignty its legal status-its
rights and powers-its independence and lib.
erty from the Union. the overthrow of which
b., a rebellion, could not occur without in an
import mt sense affecting the political status
of the State.
Whether, however, this be true or not one
thing is clear, that it is the exclusive prov.
ince of the law making power to Judge of the
necessity, and to determine whether state
of things exist, making it important for the
safety of the State, that loan Of money
should be effected, and inasmuch as the act
authorizing the issue and sale of State Bonds
10 procure such loan, declares that it is to
enable the State to repel invasion and defend
itself in war, that that absolutely concludes
the question, and that no court in this coun-
try, laying the slightest claim to respectable
ity, would undertake to determine that the
facts are otherwise than as found by the
General ssembly. need not say, perhaps
that my associates, Judges Wright and Bald
win, concur substantially in the above opin
ion. Il. +. LOWE,
Chief Justice.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-07-19

IMPORTANT ARREST OF A FoRGER.-Yester.
day morning Sheriff Thorington was called
upon by cashier of one of the Ohio banks
and an Eastern detective to arrest man who
had arrived on the cars the night previous,
and who was about proceeding westwardly
on charge of having committed forgery to a
very large amount upon several of the Ohio
banks. 1t appears that the forgeries.. have
been perpetrated at different times during a
period of several years, and have been artfully
concealed by the forger The man was taken
into custody, and his brother; who resides in
this State, telegraphed for. He was accom-
panied by his father who was entirely igno-
rant of the crime his son had perpetrated, and
only became aware of there being something
wrong when the officer made the arrest. The
names of the parties we are desired to sup
press for the present. Gazette.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-07-19

These two vigorous sentences of Speak
er Grows speech, on taking the chair of the
House broke down all order on the floor and
in the galleries with the vociferous applause
they evoked:
mo flag alien to the sources of the Missis-
sippi will ever float permanently over its
mouth till its waters are crimsoned in human
gore, and not one foot of American soil can be
wrenched from the jurisdiction of the consti-
tuition of the United States until it is baptized
in fire and blood.
"a government that cannot command the
LOYALTY of it's own citizens is unworthy the re-
spect of the world; and government that
will not protect its own loyal citizens, deserves
the contempt of the world"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-07-19
The Southern Pulse.

The Knoxville Wing, (Brownlow,) referring
to the reported desire of JEFF. Davis & Co. for
compromise, remarks:
We have seen for weeks that the Secession
Government rest on hope-that hope, once
swallowed up in disastrous defeat upon the
battlefield, would prove the destruction Of
what it now sustains. Davis and his military
associates are sensible of the fact, that if once
defeated, there would rise such tide of pop
ular indignation, both against them and their
co-workers, that they could in no way with
stand, and an ignominious flight, or an igno-
minious death would be the lot of one and all.
The thinking people of the South are seri-
ously bordering over the sad condition OF the
country. The question is, what is to become
of the country? a military spirit has been
aroused and unless it is speedily quelled it will
fasten despotism upon the necks of the peo-
pie This is now the case in Tennessee.
Before the secession leaders are aware of it,
the people will have discovered the chains
forged for them, and they will sweep their
corrupt leaders away by the storm which they
have raised. Already, no less than half a
dozen leaders are intriguing for the prospect
i've Dictatorship of the Southern Confederacy
These are Yancey, Wise, Toombs, Rhett
Davis, Gov Brown of Georgia, and Gov. Harris
of Tennessee. Personal rivalry among these
men may prevent either of these from grasp
ing the coveted prize. But some other ambi
tious man will try to seize the reins of power
and assume the kingly control of the South
ern States. Some of these Southern aspirant
are reported to have said, time and again, tina
Republican form of government is at an enc
that there is too much freedom in the coun
try-and that the people pass upon too man.
elections-and that a new form Of government
will have to be established.
This is unfortunately too true, as far as tn
South is concerned. Popular Government il
the South has degenerated into most detest
able form of anarchy. The population ha
become duped and excited the political lead
ers have become selfish and corrupt. A tota
breakdown, therefore, of this new Confederat
form of Government is inevitable. A militar,
despotism, supported by an immense standing
army, now looms up before the anxious gaz
of the spectators, tyrants, capitalists, ant
bad men of the South.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-07-19
VINO Col. SIGEL 1s.-Col. Frank Sigel, who

VINO Col. S1GEL 1s.-Col. Frank Sigel, who
so calamity led the United States forces against
the Missourians at Carthage, is about forty
three years ofage. He is native of Baden, and
a graduate of the military school at Carlsruhe.
He entered the regular army of Baden, and
was advanced so the post Of Chief Adjutant
in 1s47. His sympathies with the first rev.
olution in Southern Germany lost him his
commission. He was appointed General-in-
Chief in the beginning of the second revolution,
May, 1s4s, and led the forlorn hope Of the
liberal party with great energy and zeal.
He came to America in 1850; was professor
in DR.. Dulon's academy, and married Mr.. Du-
Ions daughter. He received call to pro-
fessorship in St. Louis, where he soon became
distinguished for his great military talents.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-07-19

The New ARMoRY-The Washington cor
respondent of the Chicago Tribune says there
will be a strong contest over the location OF
the new National Armory, which is to take the
place of that destroyed at Harper's Ferry.
Pittsburgh interests make strong pressure
for it, but Rock Island, ILL.,, is the favorlte
place with both the Senate and House Mill
tary Committees. The Senate Military Com
mittee will report for Rock Island, and the
House Committee, being nearly all Western
men, is expected to do likewise. The House
Special Committee is simply to report as to
the expediency of building new armory, and
has no power to locate it.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-07-19

~ The Fort Wayne Seminal says the
cultivation of the willow is proving one of the
most profitable pursuits the farmer can turn
his attention to. Any good corn land will
grow the willow pro6tably, and our river bot
toms that are less valuable in consequence Of
being subject to innunduations are just the
thing to grow the willow. The crop is said to
be a certain one, and far more remunerative
than corn, while the expenses and labor Of
cultivation are much less.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-07-19

OUrsPoKEN-The Paducah Herald, the
principa. organ of treason in Kentucky, comes
out fat-footed, in late number, in the follow
ing language:
'Let us make the fight for the Legislature.
Let it be done on the fair issue of Secession or
no Secession-to remain with the Abolition
North or join the South-to remain a Slave
State Or abolish Slavery. We all mean Seces
sion. Magofin means it. Breckenridge means
it. Powell means it. Burnett means it. We
all mean it. Then why not say so, and come
out and advocate it openly and honestly"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-07-19
A MODEL CHALLENGE.-The Albany Ert

A MODEL CHALLENGE.-The Albany Zee.
ming Journal, publishes the following:
The Scotchmen of Troy gave supper to
one of their countrymen about leaving for a
trip "hame," on Tuesday. During the eve
ming the following was read:
II Jock Liddell loyal citizen of these
United States, do hereby challenge Jeff Davis
Beauregard, or any other rebel Devil to meet
me in personal combat mounted or on foot
truly believing that a Scottish Claymore-
ways the acheiver of liberty since the WORLD
has had history-will do that for traitor;
which the rope will eventually accomplish il
this challenge is not accepted"
This "Jock Lddelr' is an old cavalry sol
der, of immense muscle, and one of the mos
accomplished horsemen in the country.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-07-19

RuxoBEp MAssAcRE.-There is a painful
rumor current in Clinton county, that party
of some IS or 20 emigrants from that county,
on their way to California, have been massa-
cred near Salt Lake by Indians. Rev. VIM.
j. Parkhurst, Baptist minister, formerly Of
Le- Claire, and one Of the earliest settlers Of
Scott county, with his entire family, were
among the party.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-07-19

SECRETARY OF THE SENATE.-It seems that
the appointment of Gen. Clarke of Vermont,
the other day, was only to fill the Clerkship
Of the Senate ad interim, and that the case
was not finally disposed of. An election has
now been made, and John w. Forney of
Pennsylvania chosen Secretary Of that body:
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-07-19

~ Hon George Brown, editor of the Tor
onto Globe, and leader of the Opposition in
Canada, has been defeated for Parliament by
Mr.. Crawford, Ministerialist. The Opposition
leadership will now probably devolve upon
Mr.. Noes.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-07-19

HThe alleged treason of Mr.. Harvey,
Minister to Portugal, is undergoing an inves-
tigation before the Senate Committee on For
eign Relations. So says the New York
Tribune.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-07-19

~An the establishments in the Southern
Confederacy areare becoming bankrupt. We
have Just read of the breaking ofthree South
ern jails.-LoSisvillsJ owsN0k
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-07-19

Gen. Pillow is said to be fond of rum
ming parallels between himself aud Gen.
Scott. There is about as much resemblance
between them as between thunder peal and
an onion peel.-Lowisejls Journal
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-07-19

II has been settled by the managers of the
National Horse Fair Association, to hold the
next fair 1T Ottawa, ILL.,
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-07-19

tW"It is stated ON good authority that
jeff Davis and his brother Joe have recently
invested more than 100000 in Paris. They
mean to have comfortable retreat when the
secession game is played out.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-07-19

Hume, the American "medium" who
crazed half of Paris, is exposed as tricksrer.
1t seems that shoe of very,s'ngu ar con-
struction. containing springs and other me-
cbanical appliances, was found, after the
MEDIUMS third sit, in the room in the
rullleries in which he had shown off his
wonders. nobody about the palace knowing
anything of the remarkable shoe, the infer
ence that the medium" had used it in the
production Of his" phenomena" and had
been inadvertently lett behind by him on
his departure, seemed unavoidable.w .
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-07-19
Rebel Privateer Ordered from Cuba

HER PRIZES REL EASED.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-07-19

- Extraordinary exertion will be made
in the Western States this fall to manufacture
sugar from Sorghum, partially with the OBJ
jcct of evading the prospective heavy dute-
on imported sugars, and to supply the def
cheney caused by the loss of the crop in Loui
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-07-19
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.


IREPoRrED EXPRESSLY FOB THE JOURNAL
FROM THE SEAT OF WAR.
THE GRAND ARMY MOVING.
FORWARD TO RICHMOND!
Fifty Thousand Troops on the March.
Wonderful Effect on the Sick.
sKIRM1sH AT BUNKER HILL, VA.
FAIRFAX OCCUPIED BY FEDERAL TROOPS
FIGHT AT MAD RIVER, VA
The Rebels Defeated by Kentuckians.
A BATTLE IN MISSOURI
Interesting from Richmond.
Rebel Privateer Ordered from Cuba
! HER PRIZES RELEASED.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-07-19

A BATTLE IN MISSOURI