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Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-03
MARKETS.,

MARKETS..
MuscAr1NE, Oct. 2.
Receipts light, on &C cunt of wet weather.
WHEAT-We quote rel ected spring at 35c, and good
spring at Csc. Fall S0aS5c,
CoRN.-Shelled Is to 16 cts.
OAIs.-New 20@22c.
RyE.-steady at 20a22c.
BARlsY.-1n demand at 85a5Oc.
PoTAToEs-New, zoe.
BUTTEB.-Scarce at Sa10c.
SORGHUM MoLAssEs-SOa5Oc.
EGGs.--5a6c.
BEANs-In good demand at 81 GOA 49, according to
quality.
GREEN APPL Es-40a50c.
Street. Potatoes-75c'
BEEF CArrLR.-s1, 5oas2oo per cwt.
LAaD.-4a6c.
SHouLDERs.-(Countryc ured) at 3a313c.
HAMs.-(Country cured,) at 4a5c.
CLEAR S1DEs.-5c.
HIDEs.-Green &c, green salt SIC, dry &c, dry flint
lie.
FLoUR-$2,5 so.
HAY-Timothy $4% per ton.
WooL-35a50c per pound.
WH1sKEY--4Oc.
LUMBER MARKET.
CLEAn-1st quality. per N, s25, I'd quail, $3.50.
BARN SIDIN0-s11.
FENcING-$10a12.
FRAMING TIMBER-S12a12,5o.
FLooRING-(Dre ST.
sID1Na-(D ressed) sl2.
sH1NaLEs-sawed So, shaved Ss,25. cut 80 per NJ
LATH-S1.50.
PIcKErs-$12 per NJ.
sHsEr1NG-s9as10.
SoANTL1NG-2x4 SO.
SASH Sx1O- 3a314c.
do 9x12- 4a5c.
do 1Ox12- 4a4c:
do 9x16- SC.
do 10x16- &C.
Doors panel, 81 25a2 90.
do 4 PANEL, 50 o0a2 50.
BLINps-$2 O0a3 90.
81. LOUIS, Oct. l.
FLouR-Inactive. Country double extra $4.55a4, Is,
fine do $500:
WHEAr-steady. Bleached fall Coo, good do 70aS3c
Common dc 75a7sce, good und prime S4aS5c, choice
9Oc.
CoaN-Yellow 3211<. Inferior Sic. White a4c.
OArs-steady, 3sa40c.
BARLEY-spring 7sc.
CHICAGO, Oct. /.
FLoUR-Lesss activs-white winter $5,0Os$5,65,
re winter extra IS, choice spring extra good
do s440.
WHEA.-Dull No 1 red $1,OS, No. 2 red 951aa96o
Amber Iowa &c. No white 81, 90 No. spring 91a92c
No. spring s4sS5c, rejected red S91aa9Oc, rejected
| spring 7Oa7ac.
CoRN-steady. Yellow se1a. High mixed s4c.
OArs-Firm, No l 34a35c.
RYE-stsady, No 1 42c.
BARLEY-Firm, 7oa75c.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-03

E- Gerritt Smith has shown his accus-
toned liberality, by paying $25 extra bounty
to each of the fifty-two volunteers from where
he resides, Peterboro, New York.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-03

~ The report of the New York World
that Dr. Odds had been released is authorita-
lively contradicted.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-03

10 AND FROM CAMP STRONG -Messrs. Hatch
ard McGreer have made joint arrangements
fer running their omnibuses to Camp Strong,
one Of y hich Will leave the f cheherger II ,use
punctualy as follows:
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-03

t~ A Detroit dispatch states that Parson
Brownlow asserted in his speech in that city,
that he knew the rebels were about to declare
an emancipation policy and then propose that
the seeded States should become colonies of
England.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-03
Emancipation Meeting.

There was large and enthusiastic meeting
of citizens in the Court House, last night, to
ratify the Presidents proclamation of eman-
oipation. Speeches were made by Colonies
Hill and Byam, Chaplain +. w. Evans, Jacob
Butler and w. F. Davis strongly endorsing
the eman cipation policy of the President, and
resolutions pledging the support of the cit-
zens of Muscatine to the same and to vigor-
Gus prosecution of the war We're adopted with
only two dissenting voices.
Judge Thayer and Anderson Chambers
spoke against the resolutions, and the former
denounced President Lincoln as dishonest,
and said the South rebeled against bad gov
eminent His remarks were received with
kissing. The latter was completely used up
by Rev. Mr.. Evans, on the question of the
constitutiona'ity of the proclamation.
The latencss Of the hour is our apology for
not publishing fuller report of the meeting
in this ISSUE
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-03
Proclamation by the Governor.

Nv Luc ONOVeTnOr.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENT, That in
N pursuance of the provisions of an act of the
nth General Assembly of the State of Iowa, entitled
IAN act revising and amending title of the Code and
fur providing for elections and conestng elect ons
approved March 2Sd 1855, 1, Samuel Kirkwood, Gov
ernor of the State Of Iowa, do hereby publish and de-
clare that at the next General election held in
this State. on the second Tuesday 4th day. of October
next the following Offices to be filled by vote Of all
the electors of this State, to-wit
The Office Of Secretary of State.
The office of Treasure of State.
The Office of Auditor of State.
The office of Register of the State Land Office.
The office Of Attorney General.
In each of the several Congressional Districts,
Representative to Congress will be elected by the vote
OF the Electors In each of the said Districts
lively.
In the LIST District the office of District Judge, Dis
In the ID District, the Office of District judge Dis
trict Attorney, and Member of the Board Of Educa-
In the Sd District the office of District Judge and
In the 4th District. the office Of District Judge,
District Attorney, and Member Of the Board of Educa
| tion.
In the 5th District, the office of District Judge,
District Attorney, and Member of the Board of Educs
| ton.
In tho 9th District, the office of District Judge and
| District Attorney and tho Office of Member OF the
Board OF Education, to fill the vacancy, occasioned by
Samuel r. Cooper, accepting military commission
Iowa.
In the 7th District, the Office of District Judge aud
/ District Attorney.
In the sth District, the Office of District Judge,
District Attorney and ember of the Board Of Educa
| ton.
In the 9th District the office of strict Judge and
District Attorney.
In the 10th District the office &C District Judge,
District Attorney, and Member of he Board Of Ednca-
| ton
In the 18th District, tho office of District Judge and
| Dist riot Attorney.
Whereof all citizens and officers concerned particular
y the Sheris of the several counties wi due
| tice and be governed accord ingly.
| ~ In testimony whereof have hereuuto set
IT. g lmy hand and raused to be affixed the Great
| L. . Seal of the State of Iowa.
| ~ Done at Des Mones this the 18th day Of Aug
ust A. D. 1862, OF the Independence of the United
States the Eighth Seventy and Of the State of Iowa
Sixteenth. SAMUEL J. KIRKWOOD.
| By the Governor ELIJAH SELLS,
Secretary of State.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-03
COME ONE. COME ALL!

Hon. Hiram Price
Will address the citizens of the county Muscatine
Friday, October 10th. Meetings to commence at early
candleIlight
Let every man who yields cordial support to the
Administration in using all the at its command
to crush out treason attend. Let motto be, The
Union inseparable, without an 'if' or a but"
LII WASHBURN
ALLEN BROOMHALL,
JOSEPH CRANE,
D WALKER,
Republican Central Committee.
Muscatins. Sept 25th, 1862
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-03

az Members of Congress are to be elected
this fall in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, Delaware, Iowa.. Massachu-
sets, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New
Jersey and Wisconsin.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-03

Gen. Mansfield, killed at Sharpsburg, dined
wit, with t the Hon Eli Thayer in Washington on
during the day, bnt just before taking leave
seemed distracted, and after few moments
silence, said, "Mr. Thayer, l am going into
battle. If fall, have my body sent to my
friends at Middletown, Conn.," He left i'm.
mediatelY after making the request.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-03

To Desfrog-Rats, Reaches, &c.
10 Destroy--Mice, Moles and Ants.
To Desfroy-Bed- Bugs.
To Destroy-MOths in Furs, Clothes, &c.
To Destroy-MosGuitos and Fleas.
To Desroy-Insects on Plants and Fowls.
TO DesrOg-Insects ON Animals &c.
TO Destroy--Every form and species of vermin
5-See "CosTARs' advertisement in this paper for
the destruction and utter determination of all forms nd
species of VERMIN.
ar Sold in cATINE, IOWA, by
j. B. DOUGHERTY.
and by the Druggists Grocers and Storekeeps generally
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-03
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Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-03

Price ten cents per passage.
sept23 HATCH & MoGRErR.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-03

81 Governor Morgan has issued orders
for draft in the State of New York. The
draft is to be made on the 10th of October,
proximo, for 10000 men. The principal
drafting will take place in New York city,
Kings, Queens, and Westchester Counties
There will be camp of rendezvous estab-
lished at East New York for The drafted
militia, under the command, it is understood,
of Brigadier General Richard Busted.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-03
Federal Tax.

CJAvING been appointed Assessor Of Collection Dis.
III trict No. g. State ofIowa comprising the counties
Of Scott Clinton Jones, Jackson, Linn and
Cedar have, for convenience, the District
and appointed deputy assessors, a. follows, viz:
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-03

CO. TO THE NERVOUS OF roTH Sexes
Retired Clergyman having bsen restored to
health in few days. after many years of great stuff
ering is willing to assist otiers by sending ree) on
the receipt of postpaid directed envelope, copy Of
the description used. Direct to REV. JOHN M.
DANGALL, 1856 Fulton street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-03

All persons desiring Licenses under the Federal Law,
will make application to me, aad disters, brewers,
butchers ferry keepers and auctioneers
are required to make monthly reports ct the close Of
every month to me, - the Let divisiosin the other
counties the deputy Of the respective
ties. PklNf FAY,
~ Assessor ID District Of Iowa.
Muscatine, Sept II, 'e2-sw.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-03

W By letter from Capt. Alpheus Pal
mer to Mr.. Demorest, we learn that Company
G, 10th Iowa. lost none killed at Iuka. Five
were wounded, viz: Calvin Weeks, James
Coriell, Joseph Hammer, James Keonig, VIM.
H Smith, and Samuel Hale-all slightly except
Coriell, who is badly wounded but will proba-
bly, recover. CQt. Palmer was also struck
on the leg by ball which had glanced from
caisson. 1t produced only slight sore,
without drawing blood. Maj. Purcell's horse
was shot in the shoulder. In Capt Turner'S
company, E. Britt and F. Woodruff were
killed, and Frank Forbes and Geo. Gillespie
wounded. IS H. 80. 4.sa ~ j. .s.s
The 18th has had rough times for three
weeks, having been on the march most Of the
time without wagon trains, tents, blankets
or cooking utensils, and very little to eat. Il
rained all the night before Capt. Palmer wrote
the above letter, and being without tent HI
found the most comfortable position to b
leaning against tree.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-03
Captain Co. A, Both reg't.

Who IS MASON "A special dispatch from
Indianapolis to the Chicago Times, has the
following:
'Lieut Mason, formerly of Davenport,
more recently of Chicago, but now in this
city, greatly distinguished himself as an artil-
lerest at Munfordsville. He was il command
of that arm, and did tremendous execution.
-Dac. Dem. d Neaos.
He is Lieut.. Tyler A. Mason, formerly Of
this city. He removed from here about two
years since, and took up his residence in Chi
oago, where he acted as policeman. On the
breaking out of the war he joined Taylor's
famous battery, and was with them in every
battle in which they were engaged. At Fort
Donelson he was severely wounded, and dis
charged from the service. He proceeded to
indianapolis, and having recovered from his
wounds, assisted in recruiting battery, of
which he was elected junior second Lieuten-
ant. He has, for his bravery, been promoted
from one step to another, until he was placed
in command of the artillery at Munfordsyille,
where he dia,such good execution as to call
forth special mention in the papers and dis
patches.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-03

DULLIONS Greek Grammar,
ID Reader,
Latin Reader,
Cicero's orations,
Cesar,
McClintock's LIST Latin,
Anthon's Carson,
Coopsrs Virgil,
Davis Teganche,
Bourbon,
Algebra,
Arithmetic,
Green's Grammar,
Pinnock's Goldsmith Greece,
" Rome,
Adler's German Readers;
Peck's CARROTS Natural Philosophy,
Warren's Biographies, .....-.
Chasl's writing spoilers,
MUNGERa PATENT aLATE CLEAN
ERS.
CLEANS states without the aid Of water, at
BURNETT'S.
T,HE Primary School Drawing Slate.
i sep29 sfALAkR'S.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-03
Change Of Township Meetings..

JOHN MAHIN, Sec'y.
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NUMBER u,
MMissinrM

Eagerly, obviously the papers srs
scanned for the name OF the absent one.
The once glad home is very desolato
now, aud longinEly, yearningly his re.
turn is looked for, In 7sin+in vain
nevormor shall he greet the eyes that
watch for him. His name is not among
tho list ol tie saved Among all the
thousands who were recorded IS saved,
wounded OF killed, h@ name can nowhere
bofound He lis among tho" "missing"--s
aud the wall and woe goes up from a.
heart thot will not be cOmforted,
So the wall ascends from many
hearth,stono all over tho land. NMis4
singW The word strikes the heart with.
q blow, from which, 10 this life, II rocov.
ors not. perbOpa tho heavy hOOf Ol the
horse trod him to tho oar,h. end no woa
left uuburisd; porhapa no parishod as q
picket in tho woods, or in a ravipo, OF
on the hilltop, or by tho rycF side, OF
fell from the transport into tho ses, OF
was captured blythe foo, OF fell In the
march, ordicd in the trench. Atrpny'
rale--no matter how OF whore ho fell
he comes back no more. The boy broth
or, the iait.haired sister, that use,i'to sc
gloOfully 10 meet their elder brother as
ho came home, go 10 meet him once
agaiu, but find him neyermoro. Would
tina. he would come back pgain--bdt no,
he is through with the thingso earth and
the dosolalc walk the earth rs Rachel
did, and "will not DO comiOriod baSauaO
he is not" i',,'f 'ibaFrF"
We look to the future with hOpe,--
We want to cou tho day when tho tramp
of uniformed men, thelarh of arnia dnA
the beating ordrums shall be ovor. Ond
when records ofIha missing, the wo oon,
dod, tho dying and the dead ofthc battle
fields shall cease. 1a, 55a
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SingulorTradition.

The subjoined extract Of tradition Of
The Seminole Indiana may be interesting
to our readers;
"Amongih The Seminole Indians there
is singular Tradition regarding the
white mans origin and superiority
They say that whoa the Great Spirit
made the earth, he also made three men
al Of whom were fair complexioned and
after making them, he led them to the
margin of a small lake, aud bade them
leap in wash. One obeyed, and came
out Of water purer and fairer than before
the second hesitated moment, du-
ring which time the water agitated BY
the first had become muddied, and when
he bathed, came out copper colored; the
third did not leap till tho water became
black with mud, and he came up with
his own coleg. Then the Great spirit
laid before them threo packages, and
out ofpity for his misfortune in color,
gave the black man the first choice. lie
took hold of each Of the packages, and
having felt the weight chose the bGagi.
est; the copper.colored then chose the
next heaviest: leaving the white man the
lighteat. Then the packages were open
cd; the first was found to contain spades
hoes and all the implements Of labor;
the esecond Onwrappcd hunting, fishing
and war-like apparatus; the third gave
the whito man pens, ink, and paper-the
engine of the mind, the meanso of mental
improvement the social link OF humani'
ty, the foundation of the white mans
suPeriorit.y..",'. .,'...... ..~....,.. ,,.,--
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A disgOstsd Rebel captain, named
Thomas B. Roane, left an unfinished let
ter at TappahonOck, Virginia when our
troops approac ned that place. Here is
a passage which spurns the idea OF fly
ing, yet it appears that the gallant cap
tain ran ike the others:
Your Internal cowardly army are con.
tinually backing down, and by damn, |
believe you will not stop shorrof the ter
ritory line, and there gov ViR cdpitaIate
never know where 90 write to. l rec
kOn Richmond is the safest place and
surest ditaction Ioy all letters now
When will your brigade reachRicbmondl
But in earnest whore does the army ex-
pect to take dual atand' / firmly be-
iieve Virginia and Tennessee are to be
given up without one effort at defense
Judge, lam di$gasied wih our adnlly-
PANTY government eternally relreating,
acting on the defensive. like one man
Ssldias spshisHFnls ilss,rs sF.aaRs
hides him right aud left.
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A Mon ster injustice,

i'nors reach us from Cairo Of most
lnw 1granteAprooedures there in relation
to il payment Of persons employed in
the transportation department. It's said
10 the constant practice Of the pay
ms{rs to issue 10 parties, who have not
bea paved for months, certificates of
ind edncss for the whole amount due
them To tho private who has not re-
eeiYsl cent for months, aad wishes TO
send portion OF his earnings to his fam
lily, ch certificate is no more use than
was paper, Ilis in vain for the payee
to AsA.ec;; he must take such payments
or ae; but hc is informed that Il small
ler Ange is desirable, he con find par.
tics ho will make the exchange. in
The ase to which our attention was call
ed, . ''party" BY whom the note was
shs 3, occupied portion OF the same
buil ng ns the pOymastcr He ot first
dec cd to exchange tho money, but
inc as an accommodation did 30 at an
emo Gus shave.
4 same process of swindling was
cod enccd under Commodore Foote,
but D attention of the honest sailor hay.
iHg en called to the fact such pay
med were forbidden, aud the proper
cur 81 of the Government slcne per-
mili to be used in settling, There are
thol nds 81 harpios in the shape of suit
lers ing on the soldiers pittancc, over
whd tho Goyeroment exercises but n
limi control, but the paymOstors are
of own creation and they shonld be
heI % a strict accountability Pitts
bur Dispatch,
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Eneelp OF SUMMONS I.iauora.


"You may depend upon1it, Eaid tho
doctor, "and experience has Bhuniantiy
proved it, that OF ten young n,en,A' who
from their twentieth to their thiyiieth
year, drink daily not moro than oae or
two wino.glassGu ofliquor, more 4 thaH
one half will DO dead, and the rest viii
become prematurely diseased" ~
"But doctot," said !, 'thcre still aye
not only drinkers, but even druhkards.
who, with all their rum drinking, besoIla
old and grey" : ar aNi
"Brt these cid brutcs," lie replied,
"ifyoe will look at matters ip thoir rua
light, haye robbed themOclVoa mot only
Of theif bodily strength, but also Of the
powers of their mind, BCholls their
confused, vacant look, and the ,semblins
otthein hands. ThosaipliYldnSla, fern
an exception from The. ccascquenees at
their sins. What does not tofall tbH
dram. drinking father, must DO endured
by his offspring {lN
Intoxicating liquors 10, In all oifcup.
stances, poison. Marx this? Asadsiak
it does not aeNo to allty thirst, bptroa
the contrary, increaSeS II, |, does nos
afford nourishment, for ithas no ,noar,
ishing properties in it,. On the contya-
ry it evidently weakenS Tie stomach and
bowels. Itaccordingly does not ooptribI
ute anything to the preservation ofhoaIlh
but helps to destroy it. The history OF
drinkers, five will observe it sS little
closely, makes this ahundontly TisT,S
fest. Those among tho poorer class, Win
drink the liquor distilled from corn, po4
latoes, and rye, baYo,a pale, diccoloyed,
sicklcy countOnanoe. The wealthy, Hhc
makes US Of cherry bounce, BFspsh bEsnN
dy, and strong imported wines and liq-
uors, have red, blopted, coppeI co,OEr
ed appearance NN F.Fil
doctor" said I, II am Of tho pPinr
ion that the injuryresnlsing fran vine
anil brandy arises from, the abacoCf thGp
and to this | adhere. |! Ia Tho abuaa
that converts Them into pOlsonH qiNt
"No, not that alone but the sleohoi u
the poison. With one or two glsasse
full Of pure alcohol you can almosI sipi
stantly XIII . sound, healthy1peson 'Rhp
is not accustomed to strong dEpkr1te
Even when mixed with other substaHosa,
alcohol fastons itselfiupon the seeds ri
disease IN the system, and causes thop5
gradually to produce their diTolnldaE
(ect !iGl "a
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The SE.ibbolcth.

Every great commotion Of the public
mind gives rise to characteristic phrases,
vhIch are soon and naturally caught up
as by.words, tests and wOtch.words.-
AS tho test OF the ancient IsraolitO was
tho pronunciation of the word Shitbol-
eth, oftho Kansas Yankee "koow," so
the gIibncss with which the word Abo'
lilionist is repeated has come to be ,cgur
dcd as tho means by which to direct n
traitor Colonel MetCalf, of Kentucky,
in speech recently delivered to some
of his ncighbCrs expresses the idea thus.
"You can know every traitor in the
land as plainly as you can your hogs by
the ear marks, They have q pass word,
by which you can know them as well in
the night 30 the day-limc--that word is
--Abolitionist. That is the sum total Of
all their arguments"
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Intervention oqnard Refatod.

The Paris correspondent of the Lon
don Post (Lord Palmerston's organ,
writes;
Mr.. Gladstone's late observations on
the results oftho civil war in America,
and the comments growing out Of the
same at home and abroad, have induced
many continental journalists TO question
the future neutrality Of France. ! b..
'ifs7G ain correct ii ID saying thai imperial
Cabinet has no! any way changed it's de-
cisions as 10 the conduct France ought
to pursue during the lamentable strOg.
gle. Strict neutrality from The first has
been observed. Although Commis.
missioner from The Southern States has
long been in Paris, the French Govern
mentcOmmunicates only with the rep
resenlalivos sent from Washington, The
policy Of France has been tho same as
that Of England. So far as French in
teross ore concerned a speedy tormina-
tion bf the American conflict Is doubtless
of no ordinary importance. II is not
only the want Of cotton but the loss of
the export trade with the United States,
which is causing much distress in the
manufacturing districts of France, Nor
is any improvement anticipated for a
long Zine to come. In official French
circioy no bclicfio placed in tho North
being able to conquer and hold the
South, but prolongOtiOn Of hos'iliIies
is anticipated. and consoqncn! CONNER
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