Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-10-30

ing important bit Of nesos, which no
aoubt tickles them nightly. 1t comes
tom tho Atlanta Gs.,) I"telI.ge"ee' Of
the 9th inst.,:
Wehaye received information from =
reliable source in regard to the reported
slaughter OF Federal troops at Washing
ton. 1t appears that four regimeot'
we're reau,r.d to change their arms,
whereupoe hey mutin'ed, and Genera
Mcclellan eursoundcd them with hve
+. cimcnts. A melee with stones ana
brIckbs,s then commenced, and to q"eli
the rot, Mcclellan gave the order 10
fire. The slaughter 10 represented TO
have been fearful. Surely the Lincoln.
,tes have commenced the work OF blood
and carnage among themselves. re.
port IL 10 circulation that McC'e'i'o mas
s,nce been shot and MORALLY wounded,
but this lacks confirmation.
On the pork question the South counts
herself very sound. The Memphis Ap-
peal says:
The spprehensions Of our people 10
,eoa,d TO the deficiency of bacon IN the
future are not well founded, II We can
r.lv upon the statistics of the hog
ron" OF the United States, a. given IN
the census report Of 1850. According
to that report, the fact appears surPr's-
inc. doubtless, to many OF our readers
that OF the tn rty milioo three hnndreo
and ffty-four thou and hogs raised IN
al the States and Territories OF the
Unite States, the Southern States, ex-
rour rno6sKnrtqGky M. Missouri Nc our pro:
three, or considerably more than one
half. The number Of hogs in Kentucky
is reported At 1901 1903, and in Missouri
at l,9O2,624. So that, with Missouri,
the Southern States raise upwards Of
twenty million OF hogs, against ten mil
lion in the Yankee States.
That is counting quite number OF
chickens before they are hatched.
Counting upon Missouri and Kentucky
as furnishing pork for the South is de-
cidcdy good joke.
SMALL CnANGE.-North Carolina is
bound to be up to the scratch in the
way of furnishing the "chcken feed"
One of her papers says that "lhe Legis-
lature Of North Carolina, at its late scs-
sion, authorized the issuance by the
Treasurer Of the State, Of 81, 900, 900 of
Treasury notes, in sums ranging from
live cents to one dollar.
SuprLIEs.- following item is, OF
course, intended to fortiiy the waning
pluck OF the Southern army:
We have announced, on Il e authority
Of Georgia paper, the arrival at
Savannah, OF an iron clad vessel, freight
ed with munitions OF war, DC. The
New Dreams Delta Of the 4lh, says ::
"a reliable gentleman informs us that
he was shown a copy of the manifest OF
the cargo OF the vessel alluded to above,
aud that among other articles, were the
following: 900 cannons, $500 Enfield
rifles, 10000 army pistols, $4,000 sab'es,
100000 blankets, $4,000 army shoes,
. 0OO,OOO percu IN caps, two tons OF
powder, Ia e 4 of qulnne, and other
articles M needed by the Confederate
amy"
THE MESSAGE OF GOVERNOR HARRIS, OF
| TENNESSEE.
The Nashville Union Of the 9th inst.
contains the message Of Governor Uar-
rs, delivered to the Legislature on the
day proceeding. We make the following
extracts from it
1t is due to Tennessee TO say, and it
my be said without disparagcment TO
other States, that our people have done
more in the work OF raising, organizing,
aiming and cqapping an army than was
ever before accomplished by any s. ate in
The same length of time. Having no
military organization, and almost with
out arms, and destitute Of authority to
raise troops and procure arms until the
passage of the act of the 9Th of May
last, within less than two months from
the passage OF this act thirty thousand
volunteers were organized end thrown
into the field. Too mich credit cannot
be awarded to the patriotic people of
the State for the alacrity with which
they have rushed to the standard of
their country on the first Inlimation..of ne
cessty. have been compelled to de-
cline the services Of 4 large number ten
dercd in excess of the demand. In ad-
dit.on to the provisional army of the
State, a number OF regiments have been
raised for Confederate service, making
in the aggregate :hirty-eight infantry
regiments, seven cavalry battaIions and
sixteen artillery companies, which Ten
nessee has contributed to the common
defence. The duty of furnishing arms,
munitions and the means necessary to
clothe and subsist the provisional army,
devolved upon the military and financial
board. Cut off from n rthern markets
and Southern ports blockaded, they
found it difficult, if not impossible, to
procure either arms or munitions to any
considerable extent, by purchase in the
market. TIE board, therefore, adopted
all practicable means OF stimulating pri-
vate enterprise to produce these articles
Of indispensable necessity within our
own limits. They established an arm.
DRY at Na>huille Tor the manufacture OF
arms, and made liberal contracts with
various companies for the casting
of cannon, the purchase of army