Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-05-10
VOL. XII--NO. IS. ! !
Notes by the Way.

aE- STEAMER hEY CITY, April 29, 1861.
FRIEND MAHrN: embarked, the 9th inst
it, on board the steamer 'Key City," Iii o'clock
wo In due time we sat down to dinner, with onl,
ne seven passengers, your humble servant in
rs. oluded. With twenty five years experience
m OF more or less travel on the Western, waters
N this is the smallest company Of passengers
ever met. ay. b. "a s. o,g .gfsa
Stopped at sport Louisa" put off freight;
at not more than one quarter of an acre of the
NJ town, and two houses, above water The in
habltants go from house to house in skiffs.
a We landed freight into warehouse door.
The people seemed contented and happy. I
= can truly say did not covet them their situa-
ton. G.eia. e elsLa 5u,
Gould see nothing of Burris City," ex-
;, cept the houses from the second story up.a
Passed New Boston without stopping.
No signs of business; the town had the ap-
psarance of Sunday. They, however, fred
salute of one gun, as we passed, and the
> Stars and Stripes toated gracefully over the
town.
Landed at Keithsburg; took on board six
hundred sacks corn for ST. Louis. No flag
: visible here; citizens raising large liberty
pole on an eminence back of town, where are
quartered a volunteer company waiting
marching orders. a.
Passed Adelia at Oquawka; boat and
barge heavily ladened with grain for St.
Louis.
i At Burlington the Star Spangled Banner
is visible in oil parts of the city, waving in
its glory. No business here for boats; ship
ping South for the present ceased Run
down about five rniles below Burlington;
stopped at wood yard; darkness Of night
closes upon US, and my observations cut off
for time
2oM.-Another Sabbath morning has ar
rived; the sun has broken forth in all its glo.
~, and the hill tops are bathed in its golden
light. We are now at the city Of Hannibal,
No., and here, for the first time, my eyes set
upon Secession flag. It has three stripes
two red and one (the centre) white, a blue
| field and seven stars thereon. OF these I
can see two, and an equal number of old
Union flags, waving over this beautiful city.
The old.star Spangled Banner to me never
appeared to better advantage than row, as
| 1t side by side seems to wave in triumph
over the flag of traitors
We are now passing the city of Louisiana
without stopping. No traitors flag visible.
The Federal flag seems to predomnate, and
is seen in different parts of the city, bidding
defiance to all oppression.
Three o'clock P M, passed Cap-au-gris,
Mo. The Secession flag is the only one vis-
ible at this point.
Six o'clock, passed the city of Alton, Iii.
Here the Stars and Stripes speak the senti-
ments of the people. The great and beauti-
full city of St. Louis is the omega of my
journey, and the darkness cuts off my obser-
vations. must bid adieu for the present.
Respectfully yours, C.
ST. LOUIS, May 1st, 1861.
FRIEND MAHIN: l arrived here on Sunday
evening at nine O'Clock. The present IN
happy ditfel ences between the North and
South of this once prosperous, happy and
united people, is the leading topic among all
classes in this now unfortunate city of ST.
Louis. It is well for the State of Missouri
that there exists, here in this city, strong
majority of respectable men who have influ-
ence and wealth, and can be relied on for
their patriotism and loyalty to the United
states. They desire to take neutral posi-.
ton in this lamented contest take no active
part in favor Of either North or South
There are now two thousand volunteers quar-
tered in the O. S. Arsenal for it's protection,
which place l visited yesterday, with ayiew
to see matters and things as they are, and
found the enclosure dotted here and there
with the tents of the soldiers, who are armed
and equipped for immediate service, and will
resist in earnest any assault that may be
made upon them. Outside of the walls the
excitement runs high. Crowds Of both men
and women, are anxious TO get sight
through the iron gate, or over the walls, to
see what is going on inside. Families in
this Immediate vicinity have removed to
more safe quarters, 1t is evident the seces-
sionists are not strong enough to take the
arsenal /; therefore an attack is not looked
Tor at present. Tie display of flags in this
city is not numerous. Ihe Star SpaDgled
Bannsr floats over the arsenal grounds, and
n several parts Of the city, while l saw
only one secession flag; and it hangs from
the St. Louis Engine House, corner Third
and Loeust.streels The traitors head-ouar-
ters is in what is known as the ola B5thoud
House, on Fifth street, between Olive and
St. Charles streets, and it is conceded beyond
a doabt if they had any show at all for sue.
cess the government property here would be
attacked in less than twenty-four hours
shipments Of produce sstill pass South,
unmoles Ted, from this point Some parties
here are shipping very heavily. A well
known packer here has loaded, entirely, the
steamer Empress for New Orleans. Her
cargo is valued at S250,0o0, and consists of
bacon, lard. barreled pork and dry salted
meats. an informed this shipment is made
with Ii view of an entire blockade of ship
ments South in short time. @.
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A NATIONAL MANA postmaster, who be-
gins to feel peculiar sensitiseness about
the neck. and VIII o invoiuntarily C; nges every
time he sees an axe, writes as follows 81
voted for neither Dugless nor Linken take
no responserhilfe for the trubbles of the
| our l. whose eternal anceat aters fit and bed