Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-09-12
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OIL abOllshlng the Office OF Surgeon General
stopping q leak from which the State de-
rives no benefit and which will pass both
Houses
The Senate has passed bill creating an
Assistant Adjutant General-an officer much
needed in this State.
A joint resolution introduced by Mr.. Dun
combe, from the Special Committee on Indian
Troubles, asking the Secretary of War to send
a sufficient force, under competent officer,
to protect the frontier Of our State; also, a
bill requiring the Governor to raise five hun.
dred mounted men, and as many more as may
De necessary, to be kept on the frontier until
April next, and as much longer as the Gov
ernor may deem advisable, to be paid by the
State the same as other troops; both of which
have passed the two Houses.
The Committee on Military Affairs is now
the working Committee-the most Of the bills
thus far introduced having originated with
and the remainder referred to them. McCra-
ry, of Lee county, its Chairman, is an indie
fatigable sworker -eminently practical, and a
man of superior intellect
This afternoon the Senate has had under
consideration the bill providing for the man.
ner of drafting abolshing the Office of Ex-
aiming Surgeon and annulling the acts done
under the present system.
The Senate, in Committee of the Whole,
adopted several amendments, and made the
bill the especial order for Monday morning
This bill exempts from draft
First-The blind, deaf, dumb, idiotic or
insane
Second-Persons who are so manned as to
clearly disqualify them for military service
and where there is any doubt, the Assessor
shall so report on the roll.
7hird-Persons Frustrated by disease so as
to be unable to attend to business which
there must be no doubt.
Fourth-Persons exempted by the laws Of
the United States or this State.
The Commissioner of Drafting shall keep
each township roll separate, and add such
persons as were overlooked by the Assessor
and when informed by the Governor of the
number of drafted men required of his county,
he shall equitably apportion the same among
the several townships according to the mum
Der therein subject to draft-taking into ac-
count the number Of volunteers previously
furnished by such township, and if it be found
that any township has furnished as volunteers
number equal to its full quota of troops
called for (volunteers and drafted men), that
township to be exempt from draft.
The manner of drafting-the names of all
persons on the township polls, shall be writ
ten on slips of paper, closely folded, so as to
conceal the names-be of uniform size and
shape-placed in box and we'll shaken by
the Commissioner, after which, person Sc
lected by the Commissioner, and who shall be
blind-folded, shall draw from the box mum
Der of names equal to the number of persons
required from such township, and the persons
whose names are so drawn shall be the per
sons drafted-the drawing to be pubhc-a,
the office of the County Judge, in his presence
and that of the drafting Commissioner-the
County Judge to see that all the names are in
the box, and to publicly announce the name
drawn-and any person attempting to use
fraud, disturb or break up the drawing, to be
returned as drafted.
have been thus explicit, knowing that my
subject engrosses the public mind. trust
under this system, those very timid Demo.
Gratis who saw in drafting grand scheme, to
destroy the party, will not be kept awake al
night over the ''deep and damning plot of the
abolitionists." This Bill is Republican
measure, the Democrats having vainly endeav.
ored to initiate it. 1t will become a law and
all must submit. .- -a..e5.-. ..f
Mr.. Burdick introduced bill few min
utes since, providing for keeping Iowa regi-
ments full, and for a camp of instruction OF
1000 men, which has gone to the printer.
This information is for the benefit of that
Great Constitutional Expounder-the God
like singer-would- be Colonel of loyal regi-
ment Or at the head of camp of instruction.
He'll sing before he gets there, however
Petitions continue to pour in from the
Broad brims-the Dunkards-the Pension
ists-the Adventists the seven-day- Baptists
and other sects, praying to be exempt. No
~tso will ho
have previously named. The country in dan
ger-all must sacrifice. Among the many
beautiful prayers sent, one from persons,
whose signitures exhibit an unusual degree
of intelligence, for the exclusion of Negroes
and Mulattoes competition with
white labor. Too ignorant to know, that
while our loyal farmers and mechanics are in
the army, their fields must go untitled, and
and thus cripple our producing class-in the
rebellious States, the negroes furnish the sup
plies which give life to that rebellion. Now
cut off the producing class in the South
transport them to some extent, to the wheat
and corn fields of the West where there are
now no white laborers to compete with, and
how long will the rebellion ive-when would
the South be subdued? The time has come
when we must take the most practical view of
things accept the logic of events. Hun
dreds of good Democrats would have gladly
accepted the services of blacks, during the
late harvest Let fools pour in their petitions
they will be reported upon by bill, or 9TH
erwise-principally otherwise My time is
much occupied, but I will endeavor to give
you the principal items of legislation.
D.
The LAST OF THE REBEL PR1soNERs.-In-
stalments of the rebel prisoners in Camp
Butler, at Springfield, and in Camp Douglas,
at Chicago, have been shipped southwark